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so

all right first rule of stage

photography do not leave the flash on

good second rule of stage photography oh

sorry

definitely don't leave the flash on

excuse me but you can't be back here oh

it's okay we have one of these

oh ally it's me kenny kwan kenny

what are you doing here yeah i thought

you were a dj now i gave that up after

the davis cole wedding the one where the

groom was murdered i decided to forget

the whole wedding business it's too

dangerous

so what brings you back here are you

getting some backstage shots i already

did that i'm here for my friend maya not

every day she's cast in a neil khan play

am i the only one who doesn't know who

that is murdered by numbers

death at the vicarage he was one of the

most successful mystery playwrights of

the decade i'm sorry was

well he kind of dropped off the map he's

staging his new one here to test it out

before they take it to broadway this is

his big return

i gotta go

this could be maya's big break she's

made number three

noah there are no small parts

number three ally

number three

i'm sorry i've forgotten i'm late for an

appointment

i'm sorry

i've forgotten

i'm late for an appointment

i'm sorry i've forgotten

i'm late for an appointment

hello

so glad you're here

i need your opinion okay so at the end

of the first act when my character

discovers the governess murdered in the

party oh spoiler alert

did you win the surprise it's in the

title noah the stage direction calls for

me to scream but i just i feel like a

more honest reaction would be something

subtle you know like

you know isn't this something you should

be running by the director

i tried but he's been really distracted

lately and

it's important that i get this right

because the theater critic from the new

york times will be in the audience

tonight what's he doing in willowhaven

apparently he was a big supporter of

neil's earlier plays

and i'm hoping you'll become a big

supporter of me too

can you help me run lines while i finish

my makeup yeah sure

okay bye bye

so

excuse me

you're supposed to be here an hour ago

everyone is panicked neil has laura in

costume someone slashed my tires what

did you call the police no time where is

neil i don't know

ah are you sure you've memorized the

changes to that final scene yes neil i

memorized them because the changes were

subtle but they're absolutely crucial i

said i memorized them i read them like a

dozen times oh sarah you did that on

purpose

i'm so sorry i'm late cassandra

car trouble it's okay it's okay the most

important thing is that you're here now

we're gonna have to hold the curtain

wait what

you can't really be considering that the

show's about to start she's not even

dressed can you be ready in 10 minutes i

can be ready in five that's my star okay

go go go

i have to find kenny

that showbiz

cassandra

cassandra

we missed you at the cast party last

night yes uh something came up well i

was hoping to have a moment alone i'd

like to talk to you

it's almost curtain time

see me before you go on please

no

are you okay

yes sorry uh

i just spilled coffee i'm such a klutz

are you sure you're okay

just uh just a little

pre-show jitters

i have to go to the costume room excuse

me

sorry

hey

you ready

i hope so

oh the time's critic

here he is

i'm so nervous

one good review from him can make or

break the whole play maya you're gonna

knock his socks off

have you seen cassandra oh she said she

was headed to the costumer

what do you mean the spotlight is out uh

could you check on her alley we're

already running late please yeah of

course

good luck thanks

cassandra

cassandra

i believe i hear him rise now where is

kevin he missed his cue

hello

uh

i said i believe i hear him right now

so where have you been sorry go go go

the phone is for you thank you claudette

have earnest bring the motor car around

cue cassandra cassandra

i thought i told you never to call me

here

cassandra

never call here again where is cassandra

strangulation

oh no

it looks like she put up a fight

sure does good chance we'll post some

physical evidence for the body

look at this

right here

ligature marks

your killer had a weapon

rope maybe

maybe

all right

hey

make sure you get nice and tight in the

neck here thanks

excuse me

can't be back here sorry i'm just

looking for my bag it has my keys on my

phone hey wait

what's your name

roger

roger giles oh roger how many did you

get back on the stage with the rest of

the cast

well i just

so

i don't believe this

why does this keep happening to me

that's a good question mr juan

i saw someone what

in the costume room when i went to go

look for cassandra you think it was the

killer

maybe

who was it

i don't know i didn't get a good look at

them

did they get a good look at you

i'd like to say that i'm surprised to

see you here

but i'm not

hello detective acosta miss adams

i am

how you guys doing

uh she's been better she just found a

dead body

you know

how is it that you always seem to be in

the wrong place at the wrong time

well i think it just depends on how you

look at it oh

how so maybe i'm just in the right place

at the right time

well if you're up for it

i could use your help

i thought you'd never ask

okay so

walk me through it you are in here

looking for cassandra uh i was coming

down the corridor and i heard a crash so

i came inside and i called out for

cassandra but she didn't answer

and that's when i noticed the broken

lamp on the floor

so i bent down to pick it up

and then i heard footsteps running out

the door which door that one did you see

who it was

i didn't

it all happened so fast

okay

all right

you know what let's try something

okay

um i'll just

stand right here

and close your eyes

what

are you serious

okay

now concentrate on my voice

think back to that moment

you're standing there

you're holding the lamp in your hand

and you hear sound

now you turn towards the sound

and you see someone

who is it

i can't tell it's it's really dark okay

was it a man or is it a woman

i

don't know i don't know i'm

sorry

okay well

at least we tried um

do you want to show me what else

happened

uh-huh yeah uh so

i walked down here

and that is where i found cassandra so i

ran to get help

you left

yes

that means that there was a window of

time after the murder that the room was

empty

uh a few minutes

why

what if the killer came back

cassandra she was here because she

spilled coffee on her costume but it was

a fluke

she wouldn't have been back here

otherwise

so someone found themselves alone with

her and made a split-second decision to

kill her

right here

why would the killer come back

you see when you don't have time to

prevent your mistakes your focus shifts

to cover them up

and that

is when you make more of them

the victim 27 year old cassandra griffin

any witnesses

oh there's one

name

ally adams

the photographer uh-huh

isn't she a friend of yours well

you know we're friends i

we've met a couple times whatever well

it is a small town anyways uh she didn't

see much but her statement gives us a

pretty firm time of death which should

help us narrow down anybody with

opportunity manual strangulation legged

sure left a pretty distinctive pattern

behind but our corner should have more

for us soon okay anything else

you know our victim had no restraining

orders no open cases but her tires had

been slashed the night of the murder i

want updates as they come yes ma'am

go okay

you sure she was crying she tried to

play it off when i interrupted but she

seemed pretty upset and 10 minutes later

she's dead hardly coincidental

but how's mine

pretty shaken up they worked on that

play for months cass got pretty close

well my mom's friend is a grief

counselor great listener

good help

yeah

i don't think maya's ready to talk to

anyone just yet

a brush with death

changes a person

but i knew i had to be strong i mean for

the sake of the cast and crew you know i

could sense they were all looking to me

for guidance

right yeah um well can you describe what

you saw in the costume room uh well

cassandra's neck had these weird marks

like like in a pattern

ally could tell you more she was the one

who found the body hi yeah um actually

maya does not recollect anything from

that evening uh

i recollect just fine maya it's an

active investigation

daniel

will you do me a favor and keep this off

the front page of the gazette please

yeah i guess i could hide it in the

background for now thanks thank you for

your time

know i love the new place it's it's very

you thank you

i think you got plans tomorrow night

uh yeah actually it's movie night with

maya oh um

i forgot to tell you i have to cancel

audition

for uh

dog food commercial

okay uh how about drinks at the ace of

clubs eight o'clock i promise i'll keep

my notebook closed yeah she loves you

wouldn't you ellie

yeah

yeah sure okay okay great i will meet

you there

you don't have an audition do you

uh i might have one oh maya i just think

it's a crime that you haven't been on a

date like an actual date date since you

and i have to work

over the last few months i feel like

we've become a family and families get

through hardships together

as each of us attempts to navigate the

choppy seas of grief sarah and i want

you to know that if there is anything

anything at all that you need please

don't hesitate to ask

yes

what happens now the police will conduct

their investigation and hopefully

cassandra's family and friends will find

closure

i met with the play

the play

is postponed

indefinitely cass is dead

laura well

we're not

i spent three months of my life on that

play i understand your disappointment

and it may have been three months of

your life but it was nearly two years of

mine

it's out of our hands the theater is an

active crime scene

we have food and drinks for everyone in

the dining room please feel free to stay

as long as you like

you okay

now feel right

apparently the police never recovered

her cell phone

really mm-hmm

where do you think it is

with the killer most likely

have you seen roger

he would have a lot of nerves showing up

here

why yeah

did you hear what happened between him

and cassandra

maya

what are you doing you heard him show's

closed girl's got to eat you know

wait where are you going

so

look at all this stuff remind me never

to use his interior decorator

it's not real

sorry

we don't mean to snoop it's just all

very interesting oh no that's quite all

right i'm very fond of this it's from my

first play murder by numbers

see

just a prop that's all theater really is

nothing but make-believe

must have a lot of sentimental value

well for more reasons than one sarah and

i met on that production she was my

costumer no

do they have any idea who could have

done this well if they do they haven't

told me or any of us

with good reason i suppose

are you saying the police think it could

have been one of us

well the cast and crew were the only

ones with access to the backstage

and you ali and your assistant

do you have any idea what the motive

could be

i couldn't even guess

but i do know that the only people who

had the opportunity are right here in

this house

ali

it must have been frightening

finding her like that

not as frightening as ally being five

feet from the killer

i didn't know that you'd seen someone in

the costume room

um

i didn't really see anything

oh

well

i meant what i said

if there is anything that i can do for

either of you

i'm here for you

we're all in this together

it's unsettling isn't it what i mean we

could be standing 10 feet away from a

cold-blooded killer

oh you don't think he or she would

actually show up here do you

gotta keep up appearances

please keep your voice down

how could you not tell me how was i

supposed to know that this would happen

that is a lot of money neil how are we

supposed to pay it back i said i would

figure this out if you had just been

honest with me sarah

don't do this

not today

then when

hey

hey anything back on the note oh yeah

clean

ah handwriting might give us something

what are these props for the play wow

i guess our attacker had a lot of

choices yeah we'll send them to lab

which is an eyeball test none of them

match the marks on her neck

this catalogs every costume every

accessory down to the smallest button

may i please

were they all in this room until show

time uh no i had a hard time keeping

track of them actually

where were you when ms griffin returned

here uh i was upstairs uh fixing a seam

on one of the actor's jackets before he

went on stage oh

which actor

kevin trudeau

sam

take a look at this

that's the constable's belt where is it

now

i would imagine with the actor they were

all wearing their costumes when the

police sent them home so we'll find that

belt with the constable you should you

got a name oh roger giles

is it normally that loud

what the clock

hadn't noticed no

it's loud

do you recognize his belt

uh yeah it's mine oh well no not my it's

the constables the constables my

character in the play yeah

where is this spell right now i don't

know was it in your position when you

left the theater no they told us that

all the actors went home in their

costume yeah they did no i wasn't in

costume my character doesn't appear

until the second act

you saw me i was just in a t-shirt and

jeans

no belt no belt no what's the costume in

your dressing room oh no i have six

lines

i didn't i didn't get a dressing room it

was with the other costumes okay

where were you when the play began

with the other cast and can they confirm

that

yeah i think so i think so

the whole night

it's kind of a blur yeah

sarah

hi uh i'm so sorry did we have an

appointment uh no uh

i was just hoping to speak with you uh

do you have a minute yes yes please uh

take a seat thank you

this is embarrassing uh

i know that neil and i agreed to pay you

for your wonderful work you've done on

our play bill and we will i was just

hoping that we could get another month

yes of course

thank you

it's just uh neil took out a second

mortgage on our home to fund the play

and now with no future performances

we have

no hope of

recouping those expenses

i am so

sorry did neil not have insurance

he did it covered some but there were

other deaths

you know with a name like neil kahn i

would assume he would have investors

lined up around the block i know

his first two plays were very well

received both critical and commercial

hits but he's never been able to repeat

that success his last show lost a lot of

money it really shook his confidence

we were hoping that this production

would turn that luck around ali he's

talking about walking away

starting fresh somewhere new

neil wants to leave town he's already

spoken to a realtor

doesn't that seem a little fast maybe

it's for the best

is that roger giles oh yes

sorry i was just organizing photos um

actually

i heard from some cast members that

there was an incident between roger and

cassandra

do you know what that may have been

about

no

but about a week before the show

cassandra asked neil to cut roger from

the play

but he didn't it was too close to

opening night

in hindsight

that might have spared us all this

heartache

why is that

you didn't hear the murder weapon was

roger's belt

can't hold him much longer

we'll need to another hour in there and

he'll talk

but will he have anything worthwhile to

say

ain't better

victim was choked with his belt we got

it yet

working on a search warrant for his

apartment

okay

hey sir what's this i was following up

with the robbery from last week uh yeah

bakery on maine yeah

anything on the security feeds uh two

guys masks

that's the third one this month yeah

donuts a little cliche don't you think

these are curlers delicious sure

detective acosta

any update on the griffin murder no

comments

are you gonna be naming a person of

interest in the case

come on man you gotta give me something

here

enjoy

right here

oh perfect i'm gonna have these contacts

sent over to you tomorrow hey i really

gotta show you something yeah

just give me one second i'll be right

back

i was printing out the baker's wedding

and i found these in the sd card taking

the night of the murder

i thought we gave everything to the

police

i must have missed one

hey sam i am going to see this

20 minutes before the murder

that's kevin trudeau with the missing

belt

you're welcome

i already told you everything i know i

think you might have left out a detail

or two

what's in your hand

a belt

built

there's only one character with a belt

like that and it wasn't you it got mixed

in with my costume i was taking it to

sarah

oh so you took her to sarah she'll

confirm that story

she wasn't there i left it next to some

of the other costumes well she wasn't

there a cast member noted that you were

late for a queue

where were you

i was a bit nervous i wanted to go over

my lines i lost track of time were you

running the lines with one of the other

actors

no

alone alone so there's no one to

corroborate your story

no

so what do you think

20 minutes is a big window could have

dropped it off or you could have hung on

to it

uh we had to let roger giles walk

searching his apartment came back clean

hey

too bad

lucky shot

who's next

um

i can try

it's fifty

dollars

um

okay so i just

use this stick right here

did i say 50

i meant 75.

rackham

okay one more

hi

hey

oh

tough break

no you cheated

daniel no did you see what he just did

ali yes

daniel

what'd you see

oh well you know what i'm afraid i

missed it

let's go uh our food is getting cold we

didn't order food

yeah

do you know who that is we have the

cheater that's tony mac

trust me when i say you don't want to be

on his radar well i photographed

everyone in this town and i have no idea

who that guy is yeah well he's not

exactly the type that likes his picture

taken

can i uh get you something to drink

ally

uh i will have another ginger ale

i'm gonna have a stout whatever's on tap

you know a lot of the cast was at nils

the other day but i didn't see you there

yeah well uh

had somewhere to be

he flinched

when he saw you it was subtle but you

knew he'd be here

yeah that's why i picked this place

so you invited me here for a story

well not just a story

i thought it was the perfect excuse to

see you

again okay you know danielle

neil hey

what is he doing here

there are only two reasons you talked to

tony mack

to borrow money

i want to place a bet

is this off the record sure

neil is broke he sunk every penny he had

into that play he even had to borrow

money to finance it

well are you sure he got that money from

a

get out of bank

can i take my break

i'm just down the street yeah i'm that

way

okay well thank you for the drinks sure

yeah yeah

maybe we can do it again sometime

surveillance optional

come

you're over here

hey

there you go thank you

okay well we have officers searching the

area

and uh we're gonna check all the

security camera footage from nearby

businesses

hopefully get something from there

thanks yeah

hey did he hurt you

not as much as i heard him i scratched

his arm pretty badly

you know i can't

understand though why he didn't try to

steal my purse or anything

what

what if he wasn't after your purse what

if he was after you

what you witnessed a murder two days ago

what if there's somebody out there who

thinks that you can identify him

it was so dark in the costume room how

would anyone know it was me

i pass

my backstage pass i lost it that night

and

it has a picture of me on it and my name

what if i dropped it in the costume room

look i'm gonna have someone outside your

house you'll be safe no uh no you don't

have to do that ally come on

look sam i appreciate everything you're

trying to do but i don't need a police

detail and i certainly don't need a

bodyguard

what i need is a very long and very hot

shower

and to unpack i'm still unpacking from

the move

yeah you're uh

your new place it's um

i like it

it's you

thank you

yeah

if anything happens i will call you

promise

yes i promise okay

see you later

bye

lock your door

thank you

so

you okay i'm coming right now sam i'm

out of syrup

and i figured since you were right

outside you can ask my neighbor mrs

hendler if i could borrow some

greenhouse on the left

oh and thank you good

morning hey hi

she said that this doesn't make you guys

even uh she still owes you for some

portraits or something

sit down

i shot her christmas card last year

i let her pay me back in gingerbread

huh

what's what's all this

breakfast

i figured you hadn't eaten since you sat

in your car all night instead of going

home like i asked

yeah sure oh no thank you

i don't do syrup

so are you planning on going anywhere

today

why you're gonna call ahead and see if

there's any nearby parking available

i just think maybe you should lay low

for a while

i have work

ali someone tried to hurt you last night

okay if anything happens i have no way

to protect me

yeah that's very comforting

what do you want me to do just stop my

life because of one crazy person

yeah no i'm not gonna do that okay okay

just be careful

please yes okay detectives

good morning

good morning

so

it was sam

did you bring the supplies

as a matter of fact

i did supplies for what exactly

okay here is what we know cassandra was

murdered five minutes before she was

supposed to take stage and everyone on

this board had access to the costume

room but

do they have motives for murder

to be determined

so

where do we start

sally weinstock who's that did she play

the governess uh nope she's got a 915

appointment for a passport photo

yes i work here okay do me a favor go

through the board and pin anyone you

think maybe wanted to hurt cassandra

also they recorded the auditions and

rehearsals can you call the stage

manager and get that footage can you go

on yes you got it

okay here's everything from the last

three months auditions rehearsals

all of my casting notes

everything

wow

very thorough well i know that the

smallest piece of evidence can turn an

investigation on its head

how to get away with murder

that's uh that research for my play

forensic entomology a guide to

collecting evidence 101 crime scenes

that's a personal favorite

quit the collection well if you think

that's bad you should see my internet

search history

um is there anything else i i can do

actually uh yeah

why don't you tell us about cassandra

was she well-liked

oh

yes

very any dust-ups with the old cast and

crew

there was

one incident but i'm not sure even

merit's mentioning

maybe you let us be the judge of that

yeah

well shortly after rehearsal started

cassandra approached me about one of her

castmates roger giles

she said he was making her

uncomfortable uncomfortable

uncomfortable how

uh he would run into her outside of

rehearsals

in her mind far too frequently to be

coincidental so what he was following

her is she afraid of him

more concerned

okay okay

did you ever do anything about it

well

sure i spoke to him but he swore it was

innocent it didn't feel right to judge

him

unfairly on so little

maybe i should have

trusted cassandra's instincts

maybe you should have

roger giles has a history with cassandra

some kind of bad blood and his belt was

the murder weapon

kevin trudeau he was last seen with that

very belt before the show

then neil kahn the director yeah i saw

him arguing with his wife she seemed to

think he was hiding something from her

uh he looks so mild-mannered oh looks

can be deceiving

he wears a bow tie

he had a lot riding on that play i mean

would he really ruin his opening night

maybe not

well these were taken a week before the

murder not sure what you're looking for

hmm

great thanks mae

okay mike tremont ordered a dozen roses

to cassandra's dressing room the day i

shot those photos uh who's my mom

her boyfriend

if his flowers were in the trash i'd put

an x in front of that found him

is there a home address

no but his social media profile does say

that he works as a security guard

look where

yeah no i just checked he's worked here

six months mostly day shifts so he's

there now is there any way you can get

me in there to talk to him well no can

do why not

the police just escorted him out of the

building

i wasn't at the theater that night i was

working can anyone confirm that

the security company they'll have my

schedule you normally work nights

and times are tight

i've been picking up extra shifts

what was your relationship with

cassandra griffin

we don't have a relationship but you did

at some point we dated for a little

while and wasn't serious but you bought

her flowers

it wasn't serious for her you seem angry

about that

what was the last time you spoke with

miss griffin about a week ago

she stopped returning my phone calls i

thought maybe the flowers would help

they didn't

you get in a fight no

she just said her heart wasn't in it

anymore

wow

must hurt yeah that must have hurt

i'm over it

i just wasn't into being

oh hey i want you guys to watch

something oh that is my laptop yeah

mine's at my apartment yeah but it's

password protected

i guessed it it's the same as your phone

well you know my phone password what

we're all friends here

okay what did you want to show us i

think i found our next lead

laura

she was desperate to win the lead role

so are you i really think i could have

brought something to it

no but you said you were attacked by a

guy uh she could have hired someone with

her tips from the bakery she constantly

complained about working at the bakery

and how the play could be her to get out

honestly it just seemed like a stretch

okay

but

watch this

tell me why you are perfect for this

role when i read the play

it truly spoke to me

i've never related to a character more

i would kill for this role

it's a figure of speech okay well where

were you when cassandra died

where were you oh that's right with the

body

touche

look i'm sorry she's dead i am but i had

nothing to do with it looks like we're

not the only ones onto you

the bakery was broken into last week and

they're still

investigating you need to leave you're

gonna get me fired okay just one last

question did you ever meet someone named

mike tremont who cassandra's boyfriend

we think no and i'm not surprised you

didn't bring him around rehearsals why

you didn't hear the rumors

she was sneaking around with somebody

from the play

bye thank you

68 maplewood repeat all cards 10 37 in

progress 68 maplewood copy that card 54

on my way

where are you

hey

looks like your ride couldn't make it

i'm happy to give you a lift

seriously

let's go

hey bud

i could do this all day

oh

i don't really want to

jim with like 14 hot dogs i never seen

anything like it it's crazy

i'll catch you later he hit carl

winter's house the baker

first his business and his home ah

sounds personal

we get a name yet no still not talking i

was covering for someone the driver or

whoever sprung for that six-figure

defense lawyer

thank you i hope you guys love them

bye

oh hi megan hi

you guys are investigating cassandra's

murder right oh i i wouldn't say

investigating yes well

i was boxing up cass's things to send to

her parents like they asked me

and i found something

well kind of something her day planner

cassandra was the type of person who

would bullet point what she had for

lunch super organized uh do you

have it

i gave it to the police

after i made a copy

hot yoga

oh i've been meaning to try that

did she say what studio

you know i keep seeing the letters kt on

here once a week does anybody know what

that stands for keratin treatment

kevin trudeau cassandra was involved

with a cast member maybe it was him

and it says she was supposed to meet him

today there's an address would he still

show up

there's only one way to find out

george wilbur b e petty theft drunken

disorderly

busy guy yeah

address unknown of an employer well it

wasn't dishwasher with ace of clubs for

six months oh i guess he found a more

lucrative career yeah any leads in his

accomplice nothing wow

hey did you say ace of clubs yeah you've

been there tuesdays are two for one

pretty good pretzels too i could go for

some pretzels and root beer i love root

beer

george wilber

doesn't ring a bell

well he used to work in the kitchen

well i've only been here a year

he quit six months ago

oh

i remember now

george

quiet guy

well you two interact much no ever

socialize outside of work

i don't think so when was the last time

you saw george

i couldn't tell you

couldn't tell us

pretzel yeah i had the good

wow

you sure this is it

we're at the right address what is this

place

only one way to find out

so we're just gonna walk in there

yeah why not because we're trespassing

and it might be dangerous

well

might not be

i think it's about time i negotiate a

raise

hey kids i'm prince funalon now who's

ready for a very happy birthday

so you and cassandra are

uh were birthday party entertainers yes

i was hoping to keep this private it's

the way to make ends meet but cassandra

found out about it

she did

i thought she was going to tell everyone

in the cast but

she asked for me to get her work too did

she say why she needed extra money we're

actors everyone has a sidekick

were you and cassandra ever romantically

involved

no

i mean i tried but

i got the impression she was seeing

someone

uncle louise has you dead to rights you

guys are back to a correspondence game i

thought he had enough of the island life

you know he's uh visiting my mom for a

few weeks

well why were you out for a draw

did you come here for uh for a chess

lesson

oh i think we both know why i'm here

yeah i have my suspicions

does the name tony mac mean anything to

you

i say yes

i didn't say anything

you didn't have to

i saw neil at the ace of clubs the other

night and it looked like he was in a

fight with tony

tell me ellie

what were you doing in a pool hall i was

working on my nine ball

really

okay detective answer me this what kind

of business does a mild-mannered

playwright have with the loan shark i

can think of one

funny business

what do you think of this color

i want to change things up around here

and it's called citrus punch sam

i will look into it

okay

it's a little bright

yeah

the lady at the hardware store said it

would really make a statement yeah yeah

it does do that

look when i look at you i don't see day

glow

okay

what do you see when you look at me

b15

true blue

i don't hate it

look

i said i'm not interested in pursuing it

i don't understand

you returned the goods that's all i

cared about yes but it's very likely

that these are the same two men that

robbed your bakery detective i

appreciate the help

but i'd rather just leave this whole

unpleasantness behind me thank you

so he's not pressing charges nope

get this 500 stolen from the bakery 2

000 damages and another 2 000 worth of

jewelry stolen from the home

but that was recovered yes but they

broke a tv and they destroyed artwork

so they're careless or

they're sending a message

i need you to tell the police i didn't

do it

i didn't tell the police anything you

told them something they've talked to me

twice already they have a car parked

outside the pub they don't think i

noticed but i do

thank you hey i'm gonna lose my job

you're hurting me

this isn't over

hi

okay let me get this straight roger

giles threatened you well i don't know

if it was a threat

he was just really angry um

maybe i'm just making a bigger deal out

of it no no no i'm i'm glad that you're

telling me

you know you should probably consider

staying with someone just until things

cool down oh yeah i already talked to

maya

yeah yeah yeah yeah that's that's good

maya it's good oh man i am

no i'm so sorry about it that's right

hey

you took my suggestion yeah uh

drew blue

good suits you

i'm gonna repay the living room this

weekend

oh

so you won't be doing another stakeout

at my front door detective acosta

well miss adams

i was told that someone was more than

capable of taking care of herself

wow

so you do listen

oh yeah it's good because not a pancake

mix

detective acosta

tony mack

welcome to our little establishment what

can i get for you but you

look like a whiskey man neat

thank you i'm fine i uh i'm actually

looking for one of your employees

roger giles i'm afraid mr giles no

longer works here when did he quit he

didn't quit had to let him go

sad to see it happen very loyal

but uh i couldn't ignore the

noise around them

you understand

huh

i appreciate your time anytime

you a billiard man detective

yeah i play a little

this is a sign up sheet it is tables go

fast around here

hey

oh hi so since you held me out of the

bar i thought i would return the favor

okay i'm listening so i just spoke to

the critic of the times it turns out

he's received a dozen emails begging him

to attend the show

so i got him to forward them to me

laura dufresne

and why would an understudy insist a

critic come see your performance

unless she knew she would go on that

night

what can i get for you today the truth

oh and a cinnamon bun please

i didn't invite that newspaper critic

there to see me

i wanted him to see her cassandra why

because she was terrible i thought if

she got a poor review neil would have to

recast the role if it's so terrible then

how should get the lead

isn't it obvious

neil was in love with her cassandra was

sneaking around with neil

he's married

hence the sneaking

an affair

it's a pretty serious charge

you just accused me of murder uh that

was more of a trial balloon look

everyone knows i should have been cast

in the lead there's no other explanation

enjoy your bun

so

you know i'm so sorry to stop by like

this but they're my favorite pair oh i

haven't seen any earrings are you sure

you lost them here uh this is the last

place i remember wearing them well feel

free to have a look around thank you

oh

neil proposed to you on stage

yes

neil has always had a flare for the

dramatic

well i guess it worked

well it hasn't always been easy

my friends thought he could be a bit um

mercurial i think that's the word

and then there was the dry spell

he couldn't get anyone to return his

calls for years

that you stood by him

yes of course

i worked two jobs

to keep us afloat while he wrote

it was hard

but it was worth it

you know

i'm not finding anything in here do you

mind if i check the restroom not at all

please thanks

need a hand

hi hi

what are you doing here i had a few

followed questions from ms khan but she

seems very distracted says she's helping

a friend locate a lost item

an earring is it

you know me if my head wasn't attached

right

the thing is

i do know you

what's your angle no angle i'm just

looking for an item that i misplaced

in his desk

fine

you caught me

i heard a rumor among the cast that neil

and cassandra were involved so

i figured i would come check it out you

know see if there was a photograph or a

love letter or something he kept tucked

away

but you're here now so i will defer to

you detective well thank you ali

what

aren't you forgetting something

i'm guessing

front pocket

no

it's actually the back pocket

oh i found it oh

i am so glad

so am i

cassandra and neil

no way no i heard the rumors and so did

cassandra we laughed at them you sure

she didn't keep anything from you i mean

he was married

no let me show you the texts

oh you and cassandra were pretty close

yeah she was my best friend we shared

everything clothes shoes passwords

try pepper

her family dog

nope

maybe her birthday 11 13 90.

no

oh she lent me the login to her online

streaming account once and the password

was password

oh bingo

west and broad street isn't that the

museum

no

that's the gazette

sam we got roger giles

all right

i just wanted to scare her scare her

why

she told everyone i was a creep she

tried to have me kicked out of the play

after that no one would even talk to me

so after the murder you went back for

the no

yeah

and that's when i found you in the

hallway

i knew it would look bad

i i just didn't want anyone to find it

and think that i had something to do

with her death

okay

the south side of the line

yeah

can't narrow it down more than that

i'm not seeing anything

oh

oh wait i found it i found it

um

thank the vacasta you calling the

trespassing yeah caught this one

skulking around the parking lot

good evening detective

evening miss adams

what are you doing here miss adams

well really it's just one big

misunderstanding oh

can't wait to hear it great well um

you see the thing is um she was meeting

me

she never said anything about that uh

yeah that's cause we're working on story

deep cover uh you know so i asked her

not to say anything you know we've been

dealing with theft in the building

does she really look like someone who

would steal paper and ink

cartridges

honestly detective she has permission to

be here

i guess that settles it okay well uh

ally let's let's go

where

oh yes the story

goodbye

thank you for that no problem i bet

you're wondering why i'm in the parking

lot of the gazette oh i can't wait to

hear this

oh

that was a quick interview

i talked fast

question completely unrelated of course

what would one need in order to get a

search warrant for someone's vehicle

probable cause

oh

like this

a picture of a phone

no not just any phone

cassandra's phone

i didn't take her phone i swear she must

have left it behind

okay but you told us you hadn't spoken

to cassandra for about a week how did

her phone end up in your car

you know what let's just try this again

when was the last time that you saw

cassandra griffin

the night before she died under what

circumstances

i

i stopped by the theater after her

rehearsal

i just wanted to talk

i

i convinced her to take a ride

and then what happened

i asked her for another chance she said

she wasn't interested

and then i dropped her back off i swear

you lied only because i knew how it

would look and how would it look like i

did something to cassandra but i would

never hurt her i swear okay okay

all right

well then i guess you have nothing to

worry about

and are our officers who are currently

searching your apartment they'll be able

to back up all these claims

my apartment

he give you anything on the griffin girl

no i suppose he wasn't involved why you

got something you could say that

interesting

but not incriminating

how about this

trick or

now treat more convincing

it's winter

it's a good time

i think you and i should have a chat

carl winter's bakery got into some

financial trouble so they reached out to

a loan shark for help it's only max

mike was moonlighting for max but winter

came up short in his monthly payment he

sent mike to collect

could casandra found out

if she did

he might have gone to great lengths to

make sure she never told

mike the x with cassandra's missing

phone he's at the top of my list see

mine is still roger cassandra was killed

with his belt and he thinks he can id

him

well let's not forget laura she had

reason to want cassandra out of the way

uh

guys

the main character in the play got

strangled

by the match was having an affair with

maya why don't you say anything

i didn't know how could you not know

i only read the scenes i'm in

all right guys thanks for coming in

really appreciate it

what's that

now they heard about the murder on the

news i think they saw the person that

slashed for retires that night came in

to give a description

what do you think

i didn't slash cassandra's tires well as

your understudy if she doesn't turn up

then you're the star of the show right

you know we had a witness describe

someone that sounded like you blonde

hair

about five six

it could have been anyone

i'm sorry miss dufresne but

not one of your better performances

well

everyone's a critic

hey

we're working on a lineup for tremont

i don't know if he's our guy i mean how

would mike tremont get in out of the

theater without being seen there's an

exit in the classroom room to the street

stage manager um kenny kwan yes anyone

said that the wind kept blowing it open

so they chained it shut

only one way and one way out that's a

fire code violation let's solve the

murder first and worry about writing

them a ticket later

you know i feel like we're missing

something no

oh where are you off to oh i'm going to

sarah's house i promise i'd drop off my

costume want to take along i can't i'm

meeting sam at the theater to do a

walk-through of the crime scene

again

yeah he thinks it'll help

huh

okay

see ya

my

oh

neil ali

what are you doing here the police

finally gave the okay for me to collect

all of the set pieces yesterday

i have to admit

i've been putting it off it was

two years of my life

well do you want me to give you a hand

please that would be wonderful

of course

you know

i'm sorry you didn't get to stage your

play

i watched some of the rehearsals and

it's very good

well that's very kind of you to say

may i ask where you draw your

inspiration from

where all writers get it

from life

you witnessed a murder in a parlor

it's a metaphor

you know

laura was really upset when she didn't

get that lead role

i was wondering what made you choose

cassandra

ah

i see

you've heard the rumors

no no

what rumors

i know that casting cassandra was an

unconventional choice

and certainly there were stronger

actresses

but

she had an

innocence

it fit the role

i love my wife very much ali

i promise you

okay

uh where do you want these props well

we'll just hit the box over here for the

time

i was moving a set piece and it got away

from me

i can be clumsy like that

you know i forgot that i have a lunch

with maya um that i have to get two

oh

yeah i'm running late

you're not going to meet maya are you

because maya is at my house with my wife

why did you kill cassandra

i know you did it because i'm the one

who gave you those scratches

how could you betray your wife like that

ever everything she sacrificed for you i

love my wife

she is my whole world and i would do

anything to protect her do you

understand anything

i cover up the murder

hey it's maya if you're calling to give

me money or art please leave a message

here we are

oh thanks

of course

so

do you think you're gonna try to stage

the play again

oh i don't know that's that's neil's

choice it's up to him whatever he

decides

and i will be right at his side

i i'm sorry i forgot the sugar

i wasn't sure if you used sugar

sweetener

you're leaving

um yes yeah i um is something wrong

i'm sorry i've

forgotten i'm late for an appointment

it isn't true

of course not

i have to find you

ally

are you in here

i just want to talk with you

it's not what you think

you don't understand

unless you really truly have loved

someone

you don't know what it's like

you see them in trouble

and they're afraid

and all you wanna do

is help

uh

uh

holly

ally

okay allie

i've had enough of the cat and mouse

show's over mr khan

come on go

ally ally come on out aly sam

miss kahn sarah what are you doing i

told you i had all of this under control

you told me all kinds of things neil and

as usual i had to take care of it myself

just like you took care of cassandra

wait she did it there were rumors about

cassandra and neal having an affair they

were more than just rumors sarah

ally

the night of the show you confronted her

she denied it she denied everything but

i know she was lying

so when you found yourself alone in the

costume room with her you grabbed a belt

and you strangled her stay back ali stay

back when you realized that i had been

there you came clean to neil hoping he

could help you with the only possible

witness

me

i saw the way you looked at her

how could i compete with that

i wasn't gonna lose you i was never

gonna lose you to her

get him out of here

are you crazy please give me the gun

what sam sam is sam it's a prop gun from

neal's house

oh

thank you

anyway took about 20 minutes and she

confessed everything oh

there you are

these dogs found this behind their house

they're buried with this

hot off the presses

what are you looking for i quote yeah i

had to leave that out what it was a good

quote i had a word limit

but the important thing is is that you

saved the day

again

i had help

well we could celebrate

how about dinner

um i'm actually busy tonight

big plans

yeah

something like that

you're

nobody till somebody

loves you

you're nobody

till somebody

cares

you're

so find yourself somebody

find yourself somebody

find yourself somebody

to love

you