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IZZY: Straighter.

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As in "less crooked,"
if that's too complex for you.

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Jules.

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Are we at an octogenarian
forehead festival?

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No.

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Then why are there so many wrinkles?

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Steam every table now.

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A Rockefeller is debuting tonight.

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Sorry, Izzy.

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STERLING: Ms. Langford.

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Mrs. Langford.

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- Can I help you?
- You'd better.

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My daughter Plum needs
to attend this ball next year.

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Is that so?

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There are other debutante balls

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whose barriers to entry
are much lower than mine.

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- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
- Ms. Langford.

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- Mrs.
- Uh, do you know who I am?

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- Do you know who my father was?
- Of course I do.

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But it seems you don't know who I am.

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A Langford.

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Of the railroads family, I presume.

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Anyway, you are aware
that my wife Gwen...

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- Your third wife, correct?
- Gwen is a Wallace McKee.

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We were married here
in this very ballroom.

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No, that was your second wife.

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The Barlowes and the Wallace McKees

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practically built New York.

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Oh, my, what calluses you must have.

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We belong here.

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Who belongs here is at my discretion.

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And whilst the proceeds
of this event may go to charity,

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my invitations are not philanthropic.

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Plunk... I'm sorry, Plum, is it?

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She just doesn't fit.

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But my daughter is at the very top...

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Please, let's avoid
the shame of begging, shall we?

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Money doesn't get you
everything in my world.

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[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[APPLAUSE]

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[SIGHS]

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Your daughter Plum just shines.

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Or maybe she needs some powder.

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Oh, she does look beautiful.

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Despite that Hollywood trash on her arm.

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Brando is a much sought-after escort

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on the debutante circuit.

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You have a vintage car
collection, correct?

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- Mm-hmm.
- His father just signed on to

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the <i>Fast and Furious</i> franchise.

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You'll have to excuse me.

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I have a tight agenda to attend to.

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The lighting is gorgeous.
Would you like a photo?

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Oh. We can't waste friendly lighting.

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Not at your age. I'm sorry, our age.

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Oh, could you unlock it?

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I want the best possible filter.

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- Plum, fix your hair.
- PLUM: See?

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PLUM: Mom, I told you the stylist
didn't know what she was doing.

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They just do not use hair spray
the way they used to.

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Pesky ozone layer.

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Okay. Go.

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Oh, uh, Gwen.

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You have food in your teeth.
Or is that plaque?

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[SOFTLY]: Okay.

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Oh, never mind.

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- The lighting is terrible.
- [PHONE THUDS]

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[PHONE CHIMES]

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What's "au naturel"?

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IZZY: [GASPS] Buffy.

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Look. I tell you girls every year,
you'll rue the red.

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You didn't tell me that.

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Do you want my help or not?

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I've tried to clean them.

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Worst case, we do have extra gloves.

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Honestly, I'd be psyched
not to have to wear

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my Aunt Jackie's gross old gloves.

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[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

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- Your wife is causing a scene.
- Gwen? Oh, damn it.

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- Apologies. Your first wife.
- Paulina? Is here?

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She won't leave
until she speaks with you.

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She'll meet you in
the second-floor Astor Suite.

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Thank you. Tell my wife Gwen...

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nothing.

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[WOMAN GIGGLING]

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[EXHALES] Hot Mama, yeah.

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[MUTTERING]: Hot Mama.

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- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- [CHUCKLES]

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Oh, man.

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- I finished the presentation cards.
- Ah.

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<i>Rouge Bouche</i> Buffy
got lipstick on her gloves.

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Where are the spares?

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There's one pair left

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- on the top shelf.
- Only one?

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And why is that, pray tell?

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Several debs have been smoking
and stained their gloves.

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[GROANS]

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What is the pulmonary propaganda
behind young people smoking again?

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Do we have any club soda?

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Or have there been a rash
of upholstery stainings

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- I'm unaware of?
- On the bottom shelf.

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- I can take care of it.
- No, no.

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You get out there and keep your eye
on the little nicotine freaks.

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And no more stains.
Do you understand me?

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- Where's Paulina?
- [DOOR CLOSES]

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I will not let her ruin Plum's debut.

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The way you ruined mine?

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Your what?

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If Paulina doesn't understand...

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Sterling, shut up.

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44 years ago, at this very ball,
you destroyed my life.

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It was my moment to ascend in society.

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And everything was perfect.

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My presentation.

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My curtsy.

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My dress.

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Then you humiliated me.

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44 years later,

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you threw around your name
and your money

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and you forced your way into my ball

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for your perfect third wife

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and your perfect prunus daughter.

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You decided you had to have your way.

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So I decided I finally get to have mine.

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Oh, my God.

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[LAUGHS]

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You're Half-Off.

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[GRUNTING]

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[GROANS]

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[THUDS]

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[GLASS CLINKING]

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Whatever's the matter?

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Where's my dad?

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He'll be here any minute.

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Like Brando? Where are they?

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I'm sure your father will be
back for Deb of the Year.

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If not, I will find him.

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Now smile.

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IZZY: Don't worry, dear.

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This could still be a big night for you.

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But first, fix your hair.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Presenting...

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Miss Plum Wallace McKee Barlowe,

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daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sterling Barlowe,

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granddaughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barlowe.

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[APPLAUSE]

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[GLASS TAPPING]

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[APPLAUSE]

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And now,

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for The 72nd Empire City
Debutante Ball Deb of the Year,

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I'm pleased to announce...

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Miss Plum Wallace McKee Barlowe.

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[APPLAUSE]

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[GWEN SCREAMS]

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- Sterling has been stabbed.
- [ATTENDEES GASPING]

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And he's dead.

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[GASPS]

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That's not red velvet.

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<i>NARRATOR [OVER VIDEO]:
No to crybaby Alec Bloom,</i>

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<i>still crying over
his privileged childhood.</i>

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<i>Wah.</i>

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<i>Paid for by the Coalition
of Concerned Voters of New York.</i>

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Can't wait to dive into the pomp
and circumstantial evidence

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of this case. [CHUCKLES]

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- The what?
- It's a debutante ball.

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No way.

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I thought it was, like, ten weddings.

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The victim is Sterling Barlowe.

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Fatal stabbing. I was about
to speak with the ball director.

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What a terrible thing to happen
at such a beautiful event.

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IZZY: And mine, at that.

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I'm Izzy Langford

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of the Empire City Debutante Ball.

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We're Elsbeth Tascioni
and Detective Nina Taylor

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of the NYPD.

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Did you know the victim?

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He was a ball attendee,
and he's a Barlowe.

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Of <i>the</i> Barlowes. Everyone knows him.

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How terrible that his wife
discovered him.

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TAYLOR: We're just starting
our investigation.

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- Who is his wife?
- His third wife.

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Gwen Wallace McKee Barlowe.

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[CHUCKLES]:
And, yes, of <i>the</i> Wallace McKees.

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Is "the" part of their last names?

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I noticed the blood on the sword

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as soon as they began cutting the cake.

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Wow, an actual sword. [CHUCKLES]

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You must have good eyes.

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Exacting standards are how

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I pull off this event every year.

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- Who was holding the sword?
- Brando.

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Well, Plum, but it was Brando's sword.

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Which makes perfect sense,
because Sterling

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was furious that Brando
was Plum's escort

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for Deb of the Year and not him.

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But I told him,
no matter how unhappy he was,

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I would not break protocol.

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Escorts escort debs, not fathers.

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Why are there plums?

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So, I assume that Brando will be
placed under arrest soon.

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Weapons, fury and male ego?

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What a deadly combination.

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JULES: Sorry, Izzy.

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They're demanding to speak with you.

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Oh. If you'll excuse me.

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My assistant Jules will fill you in
on any details you may need.

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ELSBETH: Mm-hmm.
Clearly, a lot of them. [CHUCKLES]

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- IZZY: Hello.
- Ooh. Is it hot in here,

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or, uh, am I just confused?

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Okay, I understand what a deb is,

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but who or what is a plum?

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And don't forget Brando.

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- Right.
- JULES: Brando

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was the escort, or date,

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for Mr. Barlowe's daughter Plum.

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- Oh.
- Oh.

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Uh, Plum was named Deb of the Year,

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the highest honor of the deb circuit.

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That sounds like a big deal.

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TAYLOR: So, Sterling was furious

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that Brando was escorting Plum
for Deb of the Year and not him?

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That's news to me.

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Uh, Mr. Barlowe forgot

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there even was
a Deb of the Year ceremony.

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He told me he was itching
to go home after cocktails.

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IZZY: Jules.

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Now.

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Sorry.

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TAYLOR: So, Sterling was either
killed at a ball

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he didn't even care about...

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Or he cared so much
that he died for it...

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according to <i>the</i> Izzy Langford.

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Elsbeth. What are you doing here?

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I have concerns.

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The Coalition of Concerned Voters

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seemed like just the place
to bring them.

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You used me.

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You twisted what I told you about Alec.

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It wasn't anything you said.

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I could just see in your eyes,
you don't trust Alec Bloom.

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So why should anyone else?

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Well, this is about facts,
not mind reading.

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I told you everything I know
about your late husband.

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Now you tell me everything
you've found out about Alec.

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You didn't tell me anything
I didn't already know about Milton.

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Like murder?

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There were things
I didn't want to acknowledge,

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but deep down...

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I knew who I married.

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What do you have on Alec?

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Or is this just politics as usual?

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One team has to win.

255
00:13:04,525 --> 00:13:06,003
This isn't a game, Elsbeth.

256
00:13:06,004 --> 00:13:08,615
Alec is that kind of slick populist

257
00:13:08,616 --> 00:13:10,312
who has the potential to upend

258
00:13:10,313 --> 00:13:12,619
the entire power structure of New York.

259
00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:14,403
And that resonates with enough people

260
00:13:14,404 --> 00:13:17,232
that you have to tear him down
at all costs?

261
00:13:17,233 --> 00:13:18,929
Show me the proof behind your campaign.

262
00:13:18,930 --> 00:13:20,757
Do you need it?

263
00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:24,110
Or do you already know enough
to make your own decision?

264
00:13:27,765 --> 00:13:30,027
You think the new ads
are working on voters?

265
00:13:30,028 --> 00:13:33,335
I don't know.
They're working on me, though.

266
00:13:33,336 --> 00:13:36,338
I'm not sure what to do.
I mean, do I talk to Alec?

267
00:13:36,339 --> 00:13:37,861
Well, that sounds like a good start.

268
00:13:37,862 --> 00:13:40,424
Just trust yourself, Elsbeth.

269
00:13:40,425 --> 00:13:42,166
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

270
00:13:42,167 --> 00:13:44,651
- So, what do you got?
- Brando Wilde is in holding.

271
00:13:44,652 --> 00:13:46,522
He was M.I.A. for a portion
of the evening,

272
00:13:46,523 --> 00:13:49,808
the blood on his sword
does match Sterling Barlowe's.

273
00:13:49,809 --> 00:13:51,730
- We're waiting on prints.
- ELSBETH: I can't believe

274
00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:54,290
that Brando is the son
of <i>the</i> Caine Wilde.

275
00:13:54,291 --> 00:13:56,945
The debutante ball
was comprised of who's whos.

276
00:13:56,946 --> 00:13:58,294
"Who" being the operative word.

277
00:13:58,295 --> 00:13:59,992
I don't recognize most of the names.

278
00:13:59,993 --> 00:14:02,464
These are very powerful
New York families.

279
00:14:02,465 --> 00:14:04,466
Doing weird, outdated society rituals

280
00:14:04,467 --> 00:14:06,120
with their unwed daughters.

281
00:14:06,121 --> 00:14:07,904
Ugh, prom was bad enough for me.

282
00:14:07,905 --> 00:14:10,211
Yeah, my daughter did cotillion.

283
00:14:10,212 --> 00:14:13,732
The table alone for
the Empire City Ball is $30,000.

284
00:14:13,733 --> 00:14:16,565
- Huh. Well, I'll stop my complaining.
- ELSBETH: I don't know.

285
00:14:16,566 --> 00:14:19,002
An evening with your parents.

286
00:14:19,003 --> 00:14:21,135
All eyes on you.

287
00:14:21,136 --> 00:14:23,180
Curtsies.

288
00:14:23,181 --> 00:14:25,357
Sounds sort of enchanting.

289
00:14:25,358 --> 00:14:27,429
In a transactional sort of way.

290
00:14:27,430 --> 00:14:30,797
But transactional with beautiful gowns.

291
00:14:30,798 --> 00:14:33,234
TAYLOR: Only Brando's prints
on the sword handle.

292
00:14:33,235 --> 00:14:34,844
Sterling's blood and cake on the blade.

293
00:14:34,845 --> 00:14:37,151
You know, I love cake
as much as the next person,

294
00:14:37,152 --> 00:14:40,676
but that Izzy sure seemed good

295
00:14:40,677 --> 00:14:45,493
at identifying blood versus red velvet

296
00:14:45,494 --> 00:14:47,204
at a distance.

297
00:14:47,205 --> 00:14:49,598
Was she, now?

298
00:14:49,599 --> 00:14:51,209
Go talk to Brando.

299
00:14:53,365 --> 00:14:55,778
I didn't kill anyone.

300
00:14:55,779 --> 00:14:59,261
[LAUGHS]: I mean,
do you know who my father is?

301
00:14:59,262 --> 00:15:03,099
Yes. Is it true that he's gonna play
"Crocodile" Dundee on Broadway?

302
00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:04,744
He's trying to intimidate us.

303
00:15:04,745 --> 00:15:06,528
Oh.

304
00:15:06,529 --> 00:15:09,531
Well, does your father know
where you are right now?

305
00:15:09,532 --> 00:15:12,055
Please don't-don't-don't call my dad.

306
00:15:12,056 --> 00:15:14,575
So, you expect us to believe
that someone took your sword,

307
00:15:14,576 --> 00:15:16,708
killed Sterling Barlowe,
put the sword back...

308
00:15:16,709 --> 00:15:18,884
without leaving prints...
and you didn't notice?

309
00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:20,315
Yes.

310
00:15:20,316 --> 00:15:22,801
That sounds a lot like
my dad's movie <i>Scapegoat 5.</i>

311
00:15:22,802 --> 00:15:24,454
Ooh, it actually does.

312
00:15:24,455 --> 00:15:28,147
Well, Izzy Langford
said that Sterling was upset with you.

313
00:15:28,148 --> 00:15:29,721
Did you two have a fight?

314
00:15:29,722 --> 00:15:31,505
[SCOFFS] A-a fight?

315
00:15:31,506 --> 00:15:34,029
R.I.P. to the dude, but, uh...

316
00:15:34,030 --> 00:15:36,205
he was a little bit too old to fight.

317
00:15:36,206 --> 00:15:39,034
Did you ever leave
your sword unattended?

318
00:15:39,035 --> 00:15:40,470
No.

319
00:15:40,471 --> 00:15:44,649
Well, uh, actually, yeah?

320
00:15:44,650 --> 00:15:47,913
I was <i>ocupado</i> for a bit.

321
00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:49,958
We're gonna need you to elaborate.

322
00:15:49,959 --> 00:15:51,525
Well, check my texts.

323
00:15:51,526 --> 00:15:53,267
But, uh, not my photos.

324
00:15:54,355 --> 00:15:55,660
[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

325
00:15:55,661 --> 00:15:58,750
Um... well, that's a lot of texts.

326
00:15:58,751 --> 00:16:00,534
[GASPS SOFTLY] From a lot of women.

327
00:16:00,535 --> 00:16:02,058
Thanks.

328
00:16:03,407 --> 00:16:04,669
It's that random number.

329
00:16:04,670 --> 00:16:07,584
Um, "au naturel"? It means "naked."

330
00:16:07,585 --> 00:16:09,021
I-I looked it up.

331
00:16:09,022 --> 00:16:12,807
Um, so, I got au naturel
and I put my sword

332
00:16:12,808 --> 00:16:15,244
in the hallway just like it says.

333
00:16:15,245 --> 00:16:17,648
And, uh, you know, I w...
I waited, and I'm all pumped up

334
00:16:17,649 --> 00:16:19,205
- to do, you know...
- Au naturel things. Got it.

335
00:16:19,206 --> 00:16:20,467
But then nobody came.

336
00:16:20,468 --> 00:16:22,121
It's a bummer, you know?

337
00:16:22,122 --> 00:16:24,645
I'll never find out
who, uh, Hot Mama was.

338
00:16:24,646 --> 00:16:28,257
Oh, don't you worry. We'll find out.

339
00:16:28,258 --> 00:16:31,740
I am not Hot Mama.
What do you take me for?

340
00:16:31,741 --> 00:16:33,496
Oh, sorry, we just...

341
00:16:33,497 --> 00:16:36,701
Do you think I would cheat
when Sterling isn't out of town?

342
00:16:36,702 --> 00:16:39,704
Do you have any idea how much
money I would stand to lose?

343
00:16:39,705 --> 00:16:41,662
The text message
was sent from your phone,

344
00:16:41,663 --> 00:16:43,359
and you discovered your husband's body.

345
00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,666
It's what we would call "strange."

346
00:16:45,667 --> 00:16:48,930
What's strange is, my husband
was murdered with a sword.

347
00:16:48,931 --> 00:16:50,149
Check my messages.

348
00:16:50,150 --> 00:16:52,107
But not my photos.

349
00:16:52,108 --> 00:16:54,936
I never texted Brando.

350
00:16:54,937 --> 00:16:56,590
Does he want me to?

351
00:16:56,591 --> 00:16:58,461
The text isn't here.

352
00:16:58,462 --> 00:17:01,160
Not even in your deleted folder.

353
00:17:01,161 --> 00:17:02,770
But you could have
permanently deleted it.

354
00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:04,511
I don't know how to do that.

355
00:17:04,512 --> 00:17:06,034
Did anyone else use your phone?

356
00:17:06,035 --> 00:17:07,862
A few people took photos of me and Plum.

357
00:17:07,863 --> 00:17:10,778
Izzy offered,
but the lighting was terrible.

358
00:17:10,779 --> 00:17:14,129
She does have exacting standards.

359
00:17:14,130 --> 00:17:15,435
That she does.

360
00:17:15,436 --> 00:17:18,525
Which is why this is all my fault.

361
00:17:18,526 --> 00:17:21,354
I made Sterling get Plum into the ball.

362
00:17:21,355 --> 00:17:24,357
It was just so embarrassing
that Plum hadn't made

363
00:17:24,358 --> 00:17:27,273
her debut there when all
the other important kids had.

364
00:17:27,274 --> 00:17:29,362
It must be so fun for the girls.

365
00:17:29,363 --> 00:17:30,655
Everyone is there.

366
00:17:30,656 --> 00:17:32,365
- It's great for networking.
- Oh, sure.

367
00:17:32,366 --> 00:17:33,458
Like internships.

368
00:17:33,459 --> 00:17:36,021
Plum already oversees a staff of over 80

369
00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:38,806
at the mental health charity,
but sure. [CHUCKLES]

370
00:17:38,807 --> 00:17:40,677
Internships.

371
00:17:40,678 --> 00:17:43,028
Oh, here's our little intern now.

372
00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:45,682
Plum, please help Mommy with her alibi.

373
00:17:45,683 --> 00:17:48,033
She was with me all night,
until she found my dead dad.

374
00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:52,385
We are so sorry about your father.

375
00:17:52,386 --> 00:17:54,648
We were told he was upset
Brando was escorting you

376
00:17:54,649 --> 00:17:56,084
for Deb of the Year.

377
00:17:56,085 --> 00:17:57,433
That may have led them to have a fight.

378
00:17:57,434 --> 00:17:59,566
A fight over me? No.

379
00:17:59,567 --> 00:18:01,916
My dad couldn't stand Brando,
but that's not why.

380
00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,005
- Then why?
- GWEN: He's new money.

381
00:18:04,006 --> 00:18:05,964
Hollywood. It's not a good look.

382
00:18:05,965 --> 00:18:07,443
Brando was just hot arm candy.

383
00:18:07,444 --> 00:18:09,228
Debutantes might be
an antiquated tradition,

384
00:18:09,229 --> 00:18:11,317
but no one there
is fighting over anyone's honor,

385
00:18:11,318 --> 00:18:13,137
least of all Brando Wilde.

386
00:18:13,138 --> 00:18:15,016
But if your father hated Brando,

387
00:18:15,017 --> 00:18:16,670
then why did you pick him as an escort?

388
00:18:16,671 --> 00:18:18,804
I didn't. Izzy did.

389
00:18:22,131 --> 00:18:25,113
I was surprised when Izzy
invited Plum to the ball.

390
00:18:25,114 --> 00:18:28,073
But they're <i>the</i> Wallace McKee Barlowes.

391
00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:30,510
I'd suggested Plum in years past,

392
00:18:30,511 --> 00:18:32,207
but Izzy always said no.

393
00:18:32,208 --> 00:18:35,384
"You don't know what
you're talking about, Jules."

394
00:18:35,385 --> 00:18:38,779
"Focus more on not
mouth breathing, Jules."

395
00:18:38,780 --> 00:18:41,695
We hear they made a large
donation to the ball's charity.

396
00:18:41,696 --> 00:18:44,959
These people will always find
a way to get what they want.

397
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,918
A-And I've been axe-throwing
enough times

398
00:18:46,919 --> 00:18:50,443
to know that weaponry
and alcohol were a bad idea.

399
00:18:50,444 --> 00:18:53,576
The ball hasn't had swords
for decades for that reason.

400
00:18:53,577 --> 00:18:55,187
So why bring them back?

401
00:18:55,188 --> 00:18:57,535
IZZY: I wanted to hearken back
to the old days.

402
00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:59,495
I'm embarrassingly nostalgic.

403
00:18:59,496 --> 00:19:00,975
Apologies for my delay.

404
00:19:00,976 --> 00:19:03,325
I was defusing an upset parent.

405
00:19:03,326 --> 00:19:05,023
Oh. Murder is upsetting.

406
00:19:05,024 --> 00:19:07,852
No, I somehow announced
a parent's title wrong.

407
00:19:07,853 --> 00:19:09,767
More important than murder
to these people.

408
00:19:13,946 --> 00:19:16,122
It's so glamorous.

409
00:19:17,166 --> 00:19:19,385
What's the age cutoff for debutantes?

410
00:19:19,386 --> 00:19:21,387
About the same as for your jacket.

411
00:19:21,388 --> 00:19:23,084
Ha ha. Good one.

412
00:19:23,085 --> 00:19:24,999
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- So,

413
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,221
what was Sterling doing
in the Astor Suite?

414
00:19:29,222 --> 00:19:32,050
That was the holding area
for families before the ball.

415
00:19:32,051 --> 00:19:34,661
Who knows how
they ended up in that room?

416
00:19:34,662 --> 00:19:36,546
- They?
- Sterling and Brando,

417
00:19:36,547 --> 00:19:37,969
the boy with the bloody sword.

418
00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:39,985
You just cannot trust new money.

419
00:19:39,986 --> 00:19:42,147
Or oh-so-trustworthy old money.

420
00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:45,445
Did you offer to take a photo
using Gwen's phone?

421
00:19:45,446 --> 00:19:48,544
That is something I might have done,
but I cannot recall specifically.

422
00:19:48,545 --> 00:19:50,416
You don't remember using the phone

423
00:19:50,417 --> 00:19:52,461
of someone who gave you $2 million?

424
00:19:52,462 --> 00:19:53,898
It's quite tacky to discuss money.

425
00:19:53,899 --> 00:19:55,464
- Ah.
- ELSBETH: Why did it take

426
00:19:55,465 --> 00:19:58,946
that donation
to let Plum into your ball?

427
00:19:58,947 --> 00:20:00,905
She's very accomplished.

428
00:20:00,906 --> 00:20:02,732
Oh, this is a world of accomplishment.

429
00:20:02,733 --> 00:20:04,299
Another word for "privilege."

430
00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:06,823
I feel your disdain.

431
00:20:06,824 --> 00:20:09,478
But this ball
is a significant cultural event.

432
00:20:09,479 --> 00:20:12,438
Enough to grace the covers
of little-known magazines

433
00:20:12,439 --> 00:20:15,290
over the years
such as <i>Dress Up</i> and <i>Life.</i>

434
00:20:15,291 --> 00:20:17,138
Speaking of "over the years,"

435
00:20:17,139 --> 00:20:18,792
Sterling told Jules

436
00:20:18,793 --> 00:20:21,447
that he didn't even remember
Deb of the Year,

437
00:20:21,448 --> 00:20:23,579
which means that he was
at a ball before.

438
00:20:23,580 --> 00:20:26,800
Mm-hmm. 1982.

439
00:20:26,801 --> 00:20:28,497
And that is me. [CHUCKLES]

440
00:20:28,498 --> 00:20:29,934
[GASPS]

441
00:20:29,935 --> 00:20:32,110
With '80s hair.

442
00:20:32,111 --> 00:20:33,807
Aw. [LAUGHS]

443
00:20:33,808 --> 00:20:35,722
Wait, so you knew Sterling?

444
00:20:35,723 --> 00:20:38,638
It's my job to know everyone
worth knowing to some degree.

445
00:20:38,639 --> 00:20:40,161
So, the children who attend today

446
00:20:40,162 --> 00:20:42,511
are children of people
who attended before?

447
00:20:42,512 --> 00:20:45,427
It's called nepotism.
It makes the world go round.

448
00:20:45,428 --> 00:20:46,703
Or lopsided.

449
00:20:46,704 --> 00:20:48,783
ELSBETH [SOFTLY]:
I don't mean to be tacky,

450
00:20:48,784 --> 00:20:51,809
but it's so expensive.

451
00:20:51,810 --> 00:20:54,915
- How did <i>your</i> parents...
- Oh, well, I will say,

452
00:20:54,916 --> 00:20:58,049
my father was very lucky
he had only one daughter.

453
00:20:58,050 --> 00:21:00,007
Why did you pair Brando with Plum

454
00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:01,617
if you're so against new money?

455
00:21:01,618 --> 00:21:06,231
I do intensive research to make
the perfect deb-escort pairings.

456
00:21:06,232 --> 00:21:07,884
Why were they perfect?

457
00:21:07,885 --> 00:21:09,975
- Isn't it obvious?
- No.

458
00:21:11,367 --> 00:21:13,238
They both speak English,

459
00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:16,197
they both love movies... and height.

460
00:21:16,198 --> 00:21:18,156
Brando is a very good height.

461
00:21:18,157 --> 00:21:21,681
But I will not blame myself
for what happened.

462
00:21:21,682 --> 00:21:24,205
Boys that age are born to hurt.

463
00:21:24,206 --> 00:21:26,555
[CLICKS TONGUE] It was ever thus.

464
00:21:26,556 --> 00:21:27,692
Was it?

465
00:21:27,693 --> 00:21:29,950
Sterling was the
escort for his first wife.

466
00:21:29,951 --> 00:21:32,039
A very bitter, brutal divorce.

467
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,432
Paulina.

468
00:21:33,433 --> 00:21:34,650
Excuse me?

469
00:21:34,651 --> 00:21:36,217
Oh, we got Sterling's phone records.

470
00:21:36,218 --> 00:21:37,915
They're still in touch.

471
00:21:38,699 --> 00:21:40,000
How wonderful.

472
00:21:40,744 --> 00:21:43,268
Uh, I had heard otherwise.

473
00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:44,486
My mistake.

474
00:21:44,487 --> 00:21:46,227
Oh, that's okay.

475
00:21:46,228 --> 00:21:47,837
You can't know everything, can you?

476
00:21:47,838 --> 00:21:49,317
No.

477
00:21:49,318 --> 00:21:50,797
Now, if you'll excuse me,

478
00:21:50,798 --> 00:21:53,278
I have to coordinate
the takedown of the ball

479
00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:57,282
amidst this most macabre complication.

480
00:21:57,283 --> 00:21:59,197
Of course.

481
00:21:59,198 --> 00:22:02,201
The deb world awaits.

482
00:22:22,626 --> 00:22:26,296
Sterling Barlowe was
a grade-A son of a bitch,

483
00:22:26,297 --> 00:22:28,472
the worst husband I ever had,

484
00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:29,913
and I'm glad he's dead.

485
00:22:29,914 --> 00:22:33,569
Can you think of anyone
who would want to hurt Sterling?

486
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,528
Hmm.

487
00:22:36,529 --> 00:22:38,617
We'll be checking your alibi.

488
00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:40,599
Sterling's phone records
show he called you

489
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,751
right before his death.

490
00:22:41,752 --> 00:22:43,448
But that doesn't mean you were
on good terms, does it?

491
00:22:43,449 --> 00:22:47,148
[PAULINA LAUGHS]
Does this sound like good terms?

492
00:22:47,149 --> 00:22:49,472
<i>STERLING [OVER VOICEMAIL]:
Where the hell are you, witch?</i>

493
00:22:49,473 --> 00:22:51,002
<i>They told me you're here.</i>

494
00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,744
He was waiting for you? Why?

495
00:22:52,745 --> 00:22:55,400
Beats me. I wouldn't be caught
dead in that crowd.

496
00:22:56,793 --> 00:22:58,663
- Too soon?
- Yeah.

497
00:22:58,664 --> 00:23:01,623
Well, if there's nothing else,
I'd like to go.

498
00:23:01,624 --> 00:23:05,811
Unless you'll let me see
the crime scene photos. Please.

499
00:23:05,812 --> 00:23:06,932
No.

500
00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:08,369
I do have one more thing.

501
00:23:08,370 --> 00:23:11,676
Um, your deb ball in 1982...

502
00:23:11,677 --> 00:23:14,505
it got a big spread in <i>Dress Up.</i>

503
00:23:14,506 --> 00:23:16,681
Do you remember Izzy Langford?

504
00:23:16,682 --> 00:23:18,466
PAULINA: Oh, I don't.

505
00:23:18,467 --> 00:23:19,945
See my smile?

506
00:23:19,946 --> 00:23:22,296
That was the beginning of the evening.

507
00:23:22,297 --> 00:23:25,473
Probably the only good date
I ever had with Sterling.

508
00:23:25,474 --> 00:23:27,431
And even then, I vaguely recall

509
00:23:27,432 --> 00:23:30,434
I wasn't the only one
he sent home crying that night.

510
00:23:30,435 --> 00:23:33,045
He liked to spread his jerk around.

511
00:23:33,046 --> 00:23:35,918
But look who's crying now.

512
00:23:35,919 --> 00:23:37,616
And by that, I mean dead.

513
00:23:39,023 --> 00:23:41,044
- Anything else?
- No, thanks.

514
00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:44,304
We'll be in touch if we have to be.

515
00:23:45,755 --> 00:23:46,973
[SIGHS]

516
00:23:48,540 --> 00:23:50,628
- I want to sage the room.
- I don't like to judge,

517
00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:53,631
but everyone we're meeting
lately is the worst.

518
00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:55,590
Why the trip down memory lane
with the magazine?

519
00:23:55,591 --> 00:23:59,289
I think Izzy knew Sterling
better than she's saying.

520
00:23:59,290 --> 00:24:01,160
She wouldn't let Plum into the ball

521
00:24:01,161 --> 00:24:04,468
until he forked over
a truckload of cash.

522
00:24:04,469 --> 00:24:07,645
Izzy seemed surprised when we told her

523
00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:10,648
that Sterling and Paulina
were still in touch.

524
00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:13,260
And why did Sterling call Paulina,

525
00:24:13,261 --> 00:24:15,174
thinking she was at the ball?

526
00:24:15,175 --> 00:24:16,393
[SIGHS]

527
00:24:16,394 --> 00:24:17,916
- Coroner's report.
- ELSBETH: Ooh.

528
00:24:17,917 --> 00:24:20,484
So we're not going with the smarmy kid

529
00:24:20,485 --> 00:24:21,703
with the bloody sword in his hand?

530
00:24:21,704 --> 00:24:23,748
Uh...

531
00:24:23,749 --> 00:24:25,184
Nope.

532
00:24:25,185 --> 00:24:27,448
[DOORBELL RINGS]

533
00:24:27,449 --> 00:24:31,190
Hi. I happen to know
the editor of <i>Dress Up,</i>

534
00:24:31,191 --> 00:24:35,978
<i>the</i> Gisela Mott,
and I thought you'd like a copy.

535
00:24:35,979 --> 00:24:38,937
How kind of you to come
to my home unannounced.

536
00:24:38,938 --> 00:24:40,417
I also know Gisela.

537
00:24:40,418 --> 00:24:42,614
Oh. Of course you do. [CHUCKLES]

538
00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:45,379
- Thank you for the old magazine.
- Oh, um,

539
00:24:45,380 --> 00:24:50,122
why did Sterling
leave Paulina a voicemail

540
00:24:50,123 --> 00:24:52,081
asking where she was at the ball?

541
00:24:52,082 --> 00:24:53,996
Maybe Paulina was at the ball.

542
00:24:53,997 --> 00:24:57,434
No. We confirmed that she was 11 courses

543
00:24:57,435 --> 00:25:01,482
into a 24-course tasting at
an absurdly priced restaurant.

544
00:25:01,483 --> 00:25:02,974
Then it's a mystery.

545
00:25:02,975 --> 00:25:05,486
But the voicemail... it was so angry.

546
00:25:05,487 --> 00:25:07,226
I told you it was
a ghastly relationship.

547
00:25:07,227 --> 00:25:08,402
Ugh. Horrible.

548
00:25:08,403 --> 00:25:11,796
But who gave Sterling the idea

549
00:25:11,797 --> 00:25:13,407
that Paulina was there?

550
00:25:13,408 --> 00:25:14,930
- Did Jules...?
- HAYDN: Darling?

551
00:25:14,931 --> 00:25:17,541
Your phone hasn't stopped
ding-ding-dinging.

552
00:25:17,542 --> 00:25:19,108
[SIGHS] Damn it.

553
00:25:19,109 --> 00:25:20,936
- Everything okay?
- Oh, I have to take this. Um,

554
00:25:20,937 --> 00:25:23,330
Haydn Langford, this is Elsbeth...

555
00:25:23,331 --> 00:25:24,548
Doesn't matter.

556
00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:26,028
Will you please see Elsbeth out?

557
00:25:26,029 --> 00:25:27,552
And take off that ridiculous hat.

558
00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:32,164
Apologies. She isn't always like...

559
00:25:32,165 --> 00:25:34,471
- well, no, she is always like this.
- [LAUGHS]

560
00:25:34,472 --> 00:25:37,692
Well, I don't mind. And I love
the hat, for what it's worth.

561
00:25:37,693 --> 00:25:40,259
I was just playing with my model trains,

562
00:25:40,260 --> 00:25:43,306
but Izzy doesn't like me
to talk about that.

563
00:25:43,307 --> 00:25:44,742
Did you just say "model trains"?

564
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:46,702
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

565
00:25:50,488 --> 00:25:52,489
My family had a little bit
of a railroad monopoly,

566
00:25:52,490 --> 00:25:54,448
so no one's actually worked for decades.

567
00:25:54,449 --> 00:25:56,798
- Oh.
- Hobbies are important.

568
00:25:56,799 --> 00:25:59,148
One must do something with their time.

569
00:25:59,149 --> 00:26:00,976
Oh, I agree.

570
00:26:00,977 --> 00:26:03,065
Although my principal hobby, as of late,

571
00:26:03,066 --> 00:26:04,762
is investigating murders.

572
00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:07,243
Do you and Izzy share any hobbies?

573
00:26:07,244 --> 00:26:09,114
Izzy has her debutante ball.

574
00:26:09,115 --> 00:26:11,247
Well, that's just one night.
What about the rest of the year?

575
00:26:11,248 --> 00:26:13,340
You wouldn't believe the prep
that goes into it

576
00:26:13,341 --> 00:26:14,773
for her and the debutantes.

577
00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:15,995
Wow.

578
00:26:15,996 --> 00:26:17,035
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- [SHOUTS]

579
00:26:17,036 --> 00:26:19,560
[BOTH LAUGH]

580
00:26:19,561 --> 00:26:22,040
[SIGHS] Yours and Izzy's hobbies...

581
00:26:22,041 --> 00:26:25,349
they seem like
completely different worlds.

582
00:26:28,831 --> 00:26:30,092
I know what you're thinking.

583
00:26:30,093 --> 00:26:31,789
It's what everyone thinks.

584
00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:33,748
Izzy and I don't make sense together,

585
00:26:33,749 --> 00:26:35,706
so she must have married me
for my money.

586
00:26:35,707 --> 00:26:37,404
- [GASPS] Oh, no, I wasn't...
- I'm not offended.

587
00:26:37,405 --> 00:26:40,668
I know she didn't get
the husband she really wanted.

588
00:26:40,669 --> 00:26:44,019
Honestly, she never would have
glanced my way

589
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,413
if not for her father's tragic death.

590
00:26:46,414 --> 00:26:48,850
After which her family had to uproot

591
00:26:48,851 --> 00:26:51,679
to a modest four-bedroom
apartment on Third Avenue.

592
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,550
I imagine that must have been
hard for her.

593
00:26:53,551 --> 00:26:55,552
What people don't know is,

594
00:26:55,553 --> 00:26:58,120
I was there to pick up the pieces

595
00:26:58,121 --> 00:27:00,644
when Izzy felt humiliated.

596
00:27:00,645 --> 00:27:02,037
We got married,

597
00:27:02,038 --> 00:27:05,649
and she devoted her life to the ball.

598
00:27:05,650 --> 00:27:08,913
To make right
what happened to her that night.

599
00:27:08,914 --> 00:27:12,787
- That night? Did she...?
- IZZY: Trip during the waltz?

600
00:27:12,788 --> 00:27:14,789
Silly thing for a girl
to get upset about,

601
00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:16,704
but you know how young women are.

602
00:27:16,705 --> 00:27:19,707
Anyway, choo-choo time is over,
so if you don't mind.

603
00:27:19,708 --> 00:27:20,969
Yes.

604
00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:23,450
- I will just disembark.
- No, no, keep it.

605
00:27:23,451 --> 00:27:25,190
- Really?
- And here.

606
00:27:25,191 --> 00:27:27,149
For you.

607
00:27:27,150 --> 00:27:28,455
[LAUGHS]

608
00:27:28,456 --> 00:27:31,066
Thank you, Haydn. [SIGHS]

609
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:32,981
This was so fun. [LAUGHS]

610
00:27:32,982 --> 00:27:34,243
And much needed.

611
00:27:34,244 --> 00:27:37,507
Oh, one more thing, Izzy.

612
00:27:37,508 --> 00:27:41,032
Brando took a lot of au naturel

613
00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:42,947
selfies in a room

614
00:27:42,948 --> 00:27:45,733
by himself at the time
of Sterling's murder.

615
00:27:45,734 --> 00:27:48,910
And the angle of the stab wound

616
00:27:48,911 --> 00:27:52,522
shows that it was done
by someone much shorter

617
00:27:52,523 --> 00:27:54,306
than Brando.

618
00:27:54,307 --> 00:27:56,091
He has that good height,

619
00:27:56,092 --> 00:27:57,701
like you said.

620
00:27:57,702 --> 00:27:59,877
So Brando has been cleared!

621
00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:02,053
[BLOWS WHISTLE]

622
00:28:02,054 --> 00:28:03,664
Next stop,

623
00:28:04,229 --> 00:28:09,135
Investigation Station.

624
00:28:10,019 --> 00:28:13,195
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

625
00:28:13,196 --> 00:28:15,066
A-a crybaby? [SCOFFS]

626
00:28:15,067 --> 00:28:17,329
I mean, going through everything
I ever said about my childhood?

627
00:28:17,330 --> 00:28:19,549
I mean, the-the-the depths
to which they'll go to.

628
00:28:19,550 --> 00:28:21,350
I mean, I had to work
through college. I...

629
00:28:21,351 --> 00:28:24,424
- [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
- Sorry, but I need you to listen.

630
00:28:25,774 --> 00:28:27,383
The ads aren't gonna stop.

631
00:28:27,384 --> 00:28:30,525
Winnie Crawford has proof
behind what they're saying.

632
00:28:30,526 --> 00:28:31,875
You spoke with her?

633
00:28:32,737 --> 00:28:35,217
Wait, this could just be
Winnie using you again.

634
00:28:35,218 --> 00:28:38,133
No, Alec, please, you need
to give me more credit.

635
00:28:38,134 --> 00:28:40,788
[SIGHS] You're right.

636
00:28:40,789 --> 00:28:41,963
They have proof,

637
00:28:41,964 --> 00:28:44,966
so you can either own up
to the truth now

638
00:28:44,967 --> 00:28:46,750
or go down for it later.

639
00:28:46,751 --> 00:28:48,839
[SIGHS]

640
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,060
Well, can't you at least own up to me?

641
00:28:59,111 --> 00:29:00,228
So...

642
00:29:01,374 --> 00:29:04,987
technically, I wasn't unhoused.

643
00:29:06,902 --> 00:29:08,424
I had a fight with my folks,

644
00:29:08,425 --> 00:29:10,731
and I ran away from home.

645
00:29:10,732 --> 00:29:13,690
I spent a few nights on the street.

646
00:29:13,691 --> 00:29:18,303
But... the experience was profound.

647
00:29:18,304 --> 00:29:20,784
I mean, what I learned about
life in just those few nights

648
00:29:20,785 --> 00:29:23,179
made me want to be a public servant.

649
00:29:24,572 --> 00:29:26,616
When I told the story... [STAMMERS]

650
00:29:26,617 --> 00:29:29,117
it became this runaway train.

651
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:31,926
It made people care about housing,

652
00:29:31,927 --> 00:29:35,146
so I felt responsible to keep sharing

653
00:29:35,147 --> 00:29:38,759
and maybe growing the story
to raise awareness.

654
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,325
[SIGHS]

655
00:29:40,326 --> 00:29:42,198
I meant no harm.

656
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,029
I'm glad you finally told me,

657
00:29:48,030 --> 00:29:51,032
but what matters is, you tell
the truth to the public.

658
00:29:51,033 --> 00:29:54,035
About everything.
New Yorkers deserve to know.

659
00:29:54,036 --> 00:29:55,819
Oh, well, this is just politics.

660
00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:57,560
No.

661
00:29:57,561 --> 00:30:00,172
If you don't tell them, I will.

662
00:30:02,261 --> 00:30:04,262
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

663
00:30:04,263 --> 00:30:07,265
Everything I could find
on Izzy "Isadora" Klintock.

664
00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:09,267
Oh, great.

665
00:30:09,268 --> 00:30:12,227
- You good?
- Tip-top.

666
00:30:13,227 --> 00:30:17,319
So... all roads keep
leading back to Isadora.

667
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,843
Her husband was so nice,

668
00:30:19,844 --> 00:30:21,279
but he made it sound like Izzy's life

669
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,500
really changed for the worse
after her father's death.

670
00:30:24,501 --> 00:30:27,329
According to this police report,
Atticus Klintock died

671
00:30:27,330 --> 00:30:30,985
- in a car accident on April 3, 1982.
- Oh.

672
00:30:30,986 --> 00:30:33,291
Wait.

673
00:30:33,292 --> 00:30:38,024
That's the day after Izzy's deb ball.

674
00:30:38,025 --> 00:30:39,994
That feels very connected.

675
00:30:39,995 --> 00:30:43,519
Why can't people just be honest
about their past?

676
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,913
Well, that's where we come in.

677
00:30:45,914 --> 00:30:47,828
Right.

678
00:30:47,829 --> 00:30:49,743
We should talk to her family.

679
00:30:49,744 --> 00:30:51,440
Here's an obituary for Izzy's mother.

680
00:30:51,441 --> 00:30:53,529
Survived by daughters Isadora Langford

681
00:30:53,530 --> 00:30:55,792
and Raina Sullivan.

682
00:30:55,793 --> 00:30:58,665
But Izzy told us
she didn't have any sisters.

683
00:30:58,666 --> 00:31:00,362
We're stepsisters.

684
00:31:00,363 --> 00:31:03,452
When I was ten, her mom married my dad.

685
00:31:03,453 --> 00:31:05,802
Isadora doesn't like
to acknowledge her past,

686
00:31:05,803 --> 00:31:07,151
including me.

687
00:31:07,152 --> 00:31:10,154
And can I just say that debutante balls

688
00:31:10,155 --> 00:31:13,070
are a disgusting display
of wealth consolidation?

689
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:14,724
And beautiful gowns.

690
00:31:14,725 --> 00:31:16,857
I mean, Izzy's obsession with them

691
00:31:16,858 --> 00:31:18,946
is like some sort of trauma response.

692
00:31:18,947 --> 00:31:21,644
Because of her father's death
the day after her ball?

693
00:31:21,645 --> 00:31:23,690
Not exactly. My stepmom told me

694
00:31:23,691 --> 00:31:26,872
that sweet little Isadora
stole her dad's credit card

695
00:31:26,873 --> 00:31:28,999
to buy a deb dress.
I mean, it was on sale,

696
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,610
but her dad was having
major financial issues.

697
00:31:31,611 --> 00:31:34,831
So Isadora lied,
said the dress was borrowed,

698
00:31:34,832 --> 00:31:36,572
planning to return it after the ball,

699
00:31:36,573 --> 00:31:39,488
but some snobby rich kid saw

700
00:31:39,489 --> 00:31:43,144
the 50% off tag sticking out
and decided to make fun of her.

701
00:31:43,145 --> 00:31:46,625
And then he cut her dress strap
with his sword

702
00:31:46,626 --> 00:31:49,541
so that the dress would fall "half off."

703
00:31:49,542 --> 00:31:51,848
Ugh. That's terrible.

704
00:31:51,849 --> 00:31:53,807
- A sword?
- RAINA: When her dad found out

705
00:31:53,808 --> 00:31:55,678
about the dress, he was livid.

706
00:31:55,679 --> 00:31:58,159
He died on his way trying to return it.

707
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,770
- His car got hit by a semi.
- TAYLOR: Hold on,

708
00:32:00,771 --> 00:32:02,946
was Sterling Barlowe who teased Izzy?

709
00:32:02,947 --> 00:32:05,732
- This guy right here?
- RAINA: Mm, I don't know

710
00:32:05,733 --> 00:32:08,169
his face, but, yeah,
I remember the name.

711
00:32:08,170 --> 00:32:09,474
What a jerk.

712
00:32:09,475 --> 00:32:11,259
Wait.

713
00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:12,869
[GASPS]

714
00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:14,610
The straps.

715
00:32:14,611 --> 00:32:18,440
Captain, we have the motive.

716
00:32:18,441 --> 00:32:20,922
There she is. Arrest her.

717
00:32:23,289 --> 00:32:25,524
You stole Buffy Winn Sinclair's

718
00:32:25,525 --> 00:32:28,121
heirloom debutante gloves from my home.

719
00:32:28,122 --> 00:32:29,723
I did not.

720
00:32:29,724 --> 00:32:31,682
This woman entered my domicile

721
00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:34,815
under the ridiculous guise
of liking model trains

722
00:32:34,816 --> 00:32:38,515
and then absconded with the
gloves i-in one of her sacks.

723
00:32:38,516 --> 00:32:42,432
Well, I do like model trains,
and I prefer mittens.

724
00:32:42,433 --> 00:32:44,956
You went to Mrs. Langford's home
without Detective Taylor?

725
00:32:44,957 --> 00:32:48,211
- Furthermore, she and Detective Tall...
- Taylor.

726
00:32:48,212 --> 00:32:51,658
They spoke to my stepsister
Raina, whom I barely know.

727
00:32:51,659 --> 00:32:54,400
She knows you well enough
to tell us the story

728
00:32:54,401 --> 00:32:58,710
of Sterling Barlowe
damaging your deb gown in 1982.

729
00:33:01,191 --> 00:33:03,670
I totally forgot it was him.

730
00:33:03,671 --> 00:33:08,240
[SCOFFS] You forgot it was
<i>the</i> Sterling Barlowe?

731
00:33:08,241 --> 00:33:11,635
[SCOFFS] I was wrong, Captain.

732
00:33:11,636 --> 00:33:15,291
You should award Elsbeth
a medal of honor

733
00:33:15,292 --> 00:33:17,206
for her police work in uncovering that

734
00:33:17,207 --> 00:33:19,643
17-year-old rich kids are jerks.

735
00:33:19,644 --> 00:33:22,646
Well, you know, I had a feeling
I didn't like Sterling,

736
00:33:22,647 --> 00:33:25,475
but I could never put my finger on why.

737
00:33:25,476 --> 00:33:27,651
So I thank you for the clarification.

738
00:33:27,652 --> 00:33:31,132
And you carried that grudge
all these years.

739
00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:34,397
Grudge? More like a gift.

740
00:33:34,398 --> 00:33:36,486
Oh, I know what Haydn told you

741
00:33:36,487 --> 00:33:39,750
between blows
of your obnoxious whistles.

742
00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:42,405
He's a very sweet man who needs
a little embellishment

743
00:33:42,406 --> 00:33:44,842
to make himself feel heroic.

744
00:33:44,843 --> 00:33:47,018
And whilst I obviously blocked out

745
00:33:47,019 --> 00:33:48,846
what happened to me that night,

746
00:33:48,847 --> 00:33:51,065
I carried the lesson.

747
00:33:51,066 --> 00:33:54,068
It pushed me to achieve.

748
00:33:54,069 --> 00:33:57,898
I now run the most prestigious
debutante ball in the nation.

749
00:33:57,899 --> 00:34:00,901
And I'm happily married
to Haydn. He's a very good man.

750
00:34:00,902 --> 00:34:03,861
Who happens to have
multigenerational wealth.

751
00:34:03,862 --> 00:34:05,732
I love Haydn.

752
00:34:05,733 --> 00:34:07,343
So, in a way,

753
00:34:07,344 --> 00:34:10,433
Sterling was the best thing
that ever happened to me.

754
00:34:10,434 --> 00:34:13,653
Hmm. I wish I could thank him.

755
00:34:13,654 --> 00:34:17,570
Too bad he had a sword
plunged through his chest.

756
00:34:17,571 --> 00:34:19,442
Oh, my, what graphic language.

757
00:34:19,443 --> 00:34:22,532
There is no way I could have
gone off and murdered someone

758
00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:24,664
and still have had that elaborate ball

759
00:34:24,665 --> 00:34:26,100
run so perfectly that night.

760
00:34:26,101 --> 00:34:28,321
It ran perfectly for you.

761
00:34:29,366 --> 00:34:31,149
The value of the missing gloves

762
00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:33,717
should put the charges
in the felony category.

763
00:34:33,718 --> 00:34:37,286
Arrest her or find those gloves.

764
00:34:37,287 --> 00:34:40,201
Oh, I promise you, Isadora,

765
00:34:40,202 --> 00:34:43,684
we won't rest until we do.

766
00:34:50,212 --> 00:34:52,519
You'd better find those gloves.

767
00:34:56,523 --> 00:34:58,263
- What did you do?
- [GASPS]

768
00:34:58,264 --> 00:35:00,961
Alec has been missing events
and ignoring messages.

769
00:35:00,962 --> 00:35:04,400
The last thing he attended on
his calendar was time with you.

770
00:35:04,401 --> 00:35:07,316
If he's dead in your house,
I'm going to be very upset.

771
00:35:07,317 --> 00:35:10,188
We talked. I gave him an ultimatum.

772
00:35:10,189 --> 00:35:12,146
Oh, God, you broke his heart? Now?

773
00:35:12,147 --> 00:35:13,583
No.

774
00:35:13,584 --> 00:35:16,455
I told Alec he had
to tell voters the truth

775
00:35:16,456 --> 00:35:19,458
about him not being unhoused, or I will.

776
00:35:19,459 --> 00:35:21,242
This isn't an after-school
special, Elsbeth.

777
00:35:21,243 --> 00:35:22,940
This is mayoral politics.

778
00:35:22,941 --> 00:35:24,985
I know exactly what this is, Marissa.

779
00:35:24,986 --> 00:35:28,075
So you know Alec is the best
candidate and hope for New York.

780
00:35:28,076 --> 00:35:30,643
But New Yorkers don't know who he is.

781
00:35:30,644 --> 00:35:34,212
Untruths are-are woven into his story.

782
00:35:34,213 --> 00:35:35,866
He's selling a lie.

783
00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:38,738
He's selling a future
for the people of this city.

784
00:35:38,739 --> 00:35:41,045
A future you may have
taken away from them.

785
00:35:41,046 --> 00:35:45,223
Your fight is with Alec, not me.
I won't support lies.

786
00:35:45,224 --> 00:35:46,703
This coming from someone

787
00:35:46,704 --> 00:35:48,487
who defended Peter Florrick in Chicago.

788
00:35:48,488 --> 00:35:52,709
I am one voter who hopes
Alec resumes campaigning soon.

789
00:35:52,710 --> 00:35:55,103
[SIGHS]

790
00:35:57,279 --> 00:36:00,543
We're set up in the
interrogation room. You good?

791
00:36:00,544 --> 00:36:02,458
Never better. Let's go.

792
00:36:02,459 --> 00:36:03,807
<i>JULES: The Winn Sinclairs</i>

793
00:36:03,808 --> 00:36:06,984
won't stop calling about the gloves.

794
00:36:06,985 --> 00:36:10,030
You sure you didn't take them?
It'd be a huge help if you did.

795
00:36:10,031 --> 00:36:11,597
Oh, I'm sure.

796
00:36:11,598 --> 00:36:15,296
Izzy insists that the ball
went perfectly,

797
00:36:15,297 --> 00:36:17,603
but this is the second mistake
that I'm aware of.

798
00:36:17,604 --> 00:36:20,519
The gloves and the name thing.

799
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:21,868
That was actually my fault.

800
00:36:21,869 --> 00:36:24,001
- What happened?
- Mr. Fischer...

801
00:36:24,002 --> 00:36:26,830
sorry, Sir Fischer... got knighted.

802
00:36:26,831 --> 00:36:29,572
But American citizens can't use titles,

803
00:36:29,573 --> 00:36:32,488
so he got British citizenship.

804
00:36:32,489 --> 00:36:36,840
He told me right after I gave
Izzy the presentation cards.

805
00:36:36,841 --> 00:36:40,409
So I ran back and put the
title change card on the desk,

806
00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:42,019
but Izzy must not have seen it

807
00:36:42,020 --> 00:36:44,238
because she was dealing
with Buffy's gloves,

808
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,242
so Izzy called him Mr.
during the presentation.

809
00:36:48,243 --> 00:36:50,375
It was a total disaster.

810
00:36:50,376 --> 00:36:52,899
I'd be beside myself, too.

811
00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,728
You saw Izzy when you put
the card on the table?

812
00:36:55,729 --> 00:36:58,209
No. When I heard

813
00:36:58,210 --> 00:37:01,342
the mistake, I went back to the office.

814
00:37:01,343 --> 00:37:04,041
I saw the card and threw it in the fire.

815
00:37:04,042 --> 00:37:07,261
Izzy would have blamed me and fired me.

816
00:37:07,262 --> 00:37:09,438
And I totally deserve it, don't I?

817
00:37:09,439 --> 00:37:10,823
I remember those fires.

818
00:37:10,824 --> 00:37:13,964
Izzy insisted. Uh, she thought
it was a romantic throwback

819
00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:15,531
to past balls.

820
00:37:15,532 --> 00:37:17,358
Or a great place to destroy evidence.

821
00:37:17,359 --> 00:37:19,665
- Mm.
- Please don't tell Izzy.

822
00:37:19,666 --> 00:37:22,059
I'd love to take over the ball one day.

823
00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:23,713
- Sounds like a blast.
- It is.

824
00:37:23,714 --> 00:37:26,019
My hair falls out from stress sometimes,

825
00:37:26,020 --> 00:37:27,934
but it usually grows back.

826
00:37:27,935 --> 00:37:29,632
Oh.

827
00:37:29,633 --> 00:37:33,287
Izzy did something with those gloves.

828
00:37:33,288 --> 00:37:35,551
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

829
00:37:35,552 --> 00:37:38,031
The hotel wants to open up
the crime scene for a wedding.

830
00:37:38,032 --> 00:37:39,294
Can we clear it?

831
00:37:40,687 --> 00:37:43,342
No. Not just yet.

832
00:37:47,814 --> 00:37:49,076
Hello?

833
00:37:52,923 --> 00:37:54,141
JULES: Presenting

834
00:37:54,142 --> 00:37:58,015
Miss Elsbeth Gudmundsdottir Tascioni.

835
00:37:58,016 --> 00:38:01,192
Of Ms. Tascioni's many accomplishments:

836
00:38:01,193 --> 00:38:04,978
lawyer, mother, can nap anywhere.

837
00:38:04,979 --> 00:38:08,764
Knock it off. You messaged me
that you found Buffy's gloves.

838
00:38:08,765 --> 00:38:10,018
Where are they?

839
00:38:10,019 --> 00:38:12,020
And why are you dressed
in that ridiculous outfit?

840
00:38:12,021 --> 00:38:15,545
It helped me solve the case.
Oh, and thank you, Jules.

841
00:38:15,546 --> 00:38:17,896
You got all my information correct,

842
00:38:17,897 --> 00:38:21,400
unlike Izzy on the night
of Sterling's murder.

843
00:38:21,401 --> 00:38:22,506
I'm leaving.

844
00:38:22,507 --> 00:38:24,380
Oh, wait, not without your dress.

845
00:38:24,381 --> 00:38:27,261
Well, the dress that you photoshopped

846
00:38:27,262 --> 00:38:30,717
onto your deb gown in your office.

847
00:38:30,718 --> 00:38:33,981
Jules found it hidden in your desk.

848
00:38:33,982 --> 00:38:38,203
But this strapless dress is from 1996,

849
00:38:38,204 --> 00:38:41,162
14 years after your ball.

850
00:38:41,163 --> 00:38:44,165
<i>The</i> Gisela Mott found it for us.

851
00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:47,299
Your original debutante dress,
as appears here,

852
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:50,156
- had straps.
- ELSBETH: Your motive

853
00:38:50,157 --> 00:38:52,652
became even clearer to me
when I realized

854
00:38:52,653 --> 00:38:54,610
that you photoshopped your dress

855
00:38:54,611 --> 00:38:56,308
to erase the humiliation

856
00:38:56,309 --> 00:38:58,962
that Sterling inflicted upon you.

857
00:38:58,963 --> 00:39:01,269
You wanted to make perfect

858
00:39:01,270 --> 00:39:05,752
the night that you say
defined your life.

859
00:39:05,753 --> 00:39:09,408
Oh. Speaking of balls,

860
00:39:09,409 --> 00:39:11,627
first on the program...

861
00:39:11,628 --> 00:39:14,195
- Program?
- Pomp.

862
00:39:14,196 --> 00:39:16,110
Putting all of this on,

863
00:39:16,111 --> 00:39:19,896
it made me realize how much
pressure is put on a young deb.

864
00:39:19,897 --> 00:39:22,290
On a young you.

865
00:39:22,291 --> 00:39:24,379
And then Sterling

866
00:39:24,380 --> 00:39:27,121
ruined your dress.
[IMITATES SWORD SLASHING]

867
00:39:27,122 --> 00:39:31,647
And in your mind exposed your
family's financial troubles.

868
00:39:31,648 --> 00:39:34,041
You give that man too much credit.

869
00:39:34,042 --> 00:39:37,697
Your father dying... it was a tragedy,

870
00:39:37,698 --> 00:39:40,830
so you married

871
00:39:40,831 --> 00:39:43,833
sweet Haydn

872
00:39:43,834 --> 00:39:47,185
and you reclaimed your status.

873
00:39:47,186 --> 00:39:50,623
And then you took control

874
00:39:50,624 --> 00:39:52,538
of the ball,

875
00:39:52,539 --> 00:39:55,889
and you wouldn't invite Plum.
Oh, no, no, no, no.

876
00:39:55,890 --> 00:39:58,544
That is, until Sterling

877
00:39:58,545 --> 00:40:01,286
forced his way in with his money.

878
00:40:01,287 --> 00:40:05,203
Proving that money
really does rule this world.

879
00:40:05,204 --> 00:40:07,901
And then you had an entire year

880
00:40:07,902 --> 00:40:10,817
to prepare for Sterling's murder.

881
00:40:10,818 --> 00:40:13,195
To prepare for the ball.

882
00:40:13,196 --> 00:40:14,212
Next on the program...

883
00:40:14,213 --> 00:40:16,866
Circumstance... tial evidence.

884
00:40:16,867 --> 00:40:18,390
You set up Plum with Brando,

885
00:40:18,391 --> 00:40:20,218
knowing Sterling hated new money.

886
00:40:20,219 --> 00:40:22,568
Then you texted Brando
from Gwen's phone,

887
00:40:22,569 --> 00:40:26,789
signing it "Dash Hot Mom."
But who signs their texts?

888
00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:28,661
You do.

889
00:40:28,662 --> 00:40:32,708
You responded to me, "If you insist.

890
00:40:32,709 --> 00:40:34,667
Dash Izzy."

891
00:40:34,668 --> 00:40:36,451
- It's good manners.
- TAYLOR: You reinstated

892
00:40:36,452 --> 00:40:38,845
the sword tradition
and had fires everywhere.

893
00:40:38,846 --> 00:40:41,108
You made sure Jules
saw you look for gloves

894
00:40:41,109 --> 00:40:42,657
in the office as an alibi,

895
00:40:42,658 --> 00:40:45,878
and then you took
Brando's sword from the hall.

896
00:40:45,879 --> 00:40:47,401
But you weren't perfect that night.

897
00:40:47,402 --> 00:40:48,663
Jules came back

898
00:40:48,664 --> 00:40:51,318
to the office with a title change card

899
00:40:51,319 --> 00:40:53,451
while you were in
the other suite with Sterling.

900
00:40:53,452 --> 00:40:55,583
And you didn't take into account

901
00:40:55,584 --> 00:40:58,369
Buffy wearing important heirloom gloves.

902
00:40:58,370 --> 00:41:02,851
[SCOFFS] They were disgusting
old gloves from her Aunt Jackie.

903
00:41:02,852 --> 00:41:04,723
Aunt Jackie O.

904
00:41:04,724 --> 00:41:07,769
Yes, <i>the.</i>

905
00:41:07,770 --> 00:41:09,771
She was a friend of the family,

906
00:41:09,772 --> 00:41:13,340
and everyone called her
Aunt Jackie. So cute.

907
00:41:13,341 --> 00:41:16,691
But you couldn't return
the gloves because...

908
00:41:16,692 --> 00:41:21,217
You threw them into the fire
after you killed Sterling.

909
00:41:21,218 --> 00:41:24,220
The pearl buttons survived the flames.

910
00:41:24,221 --> 00:41:26,572
Expensive things tend to last.

911
00:41:29,270 --> 00:41:31,054
Here's your escort.

912
00:41:34,057 --> 00:41:36,408
He called me Half-Off.

913
00:41:37,931 --> 00:41:40,498
After everything he did to me,

914
00:41:40,499 --> 00:41:42,979
he couldn't even remember my name.

915
00:41:49,943 --> 00:41:52,205
- You'd better turn on the news.
- Oh.

916
00:41:52,206 --> 00:41:54,468
Is it our case?

917
00:41:54,469 --> 00:41:56,556
<i>NEWSCASTER: New York City
mayoral candidate Alec Bloom</i>

918
00:41:56,557 --> 00:41:59,647
<i>is set to make an announcement regarding
the state of his campaign.</i>

919
00:41:59,648 --> 00:42:02,302
<i>There's speculation
he may drop out of the race.</i>

920
00:42:02,303 --> 00:42:03,825
Drop out?

921
00:42:03,826 --> 00:42:05,740
Maybe.

922
00:42:05,741 --> 00:42:08,308
Or maybe he'll be that
rare politician who comes clean.

923
00:42:08,309 --> 00:42:11,485
Or maybe neither.

924
00:42:11,486 --> 00:42:13,531
Or maybe both.

925
00:42:13,532 --> 00:42:15,229
Maybe.

926
00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:19,624
The question becomes, what will you do?

927
00:42:19,625 --> 00:42:22,105
<i>Here's Alec Bloom now.</i>

928
00:42:32,202 --> 00:42:35,497
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