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- Let's hear it
for tonight's emcee,

your favorite idol--

Yoonie Kang!
[cheers and applause]

- Hello, Washington, D.C.!

Welcome to K-Bash!

[cheers and applause]
Thank you.

You truly are the best fans
in the world.

I'm so grateful
to be here with you

and all the other Korean
singers and entertainers.

This is going to be
an amazing weekend

full of panels,
interactive games,

and live performances
with lots of surprises,

like the man in my life,

who also happens to be
the best producer ever.

Let's give it up for Sung-K!

[crowd chanting]

Sung-K is here with me

to announce
something very special.

We'll be releasing
an album together--

all duets,
written and produced by us.

- Yoonie!

- And we can't wait
to close K-Bash performing

our first single together.
- Yoonie, it's me!

[cheers and applause]

- Stop, that's far enough.
- Yoonie, it's me!

- Miss, calm down.
- I still love you, Yoonie--

through the good
and not so good.

Don't forget that.

- What the hell
is wrong with you?

- I love you all too.

Now, who's ready
for our first act?

[cheers and applause]

[tense music]

♪

[dramatic music]

- It's you.

[soft jazz music playing]

- The online reviews say
that this one

is nearly impossible
to complete.

- They haven't met me yet.
[both chuckling]

- You're good, Mercer.

But I think
you've met your match.

- Ah, indeed I have.

- I love this.
- Hmm.

- I can't remember
the last time

I committed to
a no-tech evening.

No TV, no computers,
no phones...

nothing to distract me

from the pleasure
of your company.

- To be honest, I'm surprised
how long you've managed this.

- I have everything I need
right in front of me.

- Mm.

- More surprises are waiting
later tonight.

- Any hints?
- Mm.

The keyword being "later,"
after we finish this puzzle.

- The concept
of goal gradients says

if we're close
to finishing something...

- Hmm?
- We won't be able to stop.

[knocking at door]

- Must be dinner.

Hold that thought.
- Mm, holding it.

- [laughs]

[dramatic music]

- Rose, I need your help.

♪

I was at the festival all day.

I wanted to clear my head,

so I walked over
to the park near the hotel.

- Without your security?

- I know it was stupid,

but I just wanted
some alone time.

And it was late,
and the park was empty.

I didn't think
anyone would notice me.

- Do they know
where you are right now?

- I texted them I was okay
and not to worry.

I didn't trust
anyone besides you.

- What happened
when you were at the park?

- I walked over to the fountain

and heard someone crying.

It sounded like...

a woman in pain.

So I rushed over
toward the noise,

and that's when I saw Mia...

bleeding in the bushes.

- Mia? You know the victim?

- Not really.

Or not well.

I mean, she's a sasaeng.

It's Korean for what
Americans would call a stan.

- So she was stalking you?
- No.

She's like a super fan
who follows me

from city to city,
goes to all my shows.

Mia runs one of my fan sites.

But at K-Bash tonight,
she tried to rush the stage.

I mean, sasaengs can get
obsessive,

but they're harmless mostly.

- So, when you found her,
she was injured.

- She'd been beaten and stabbed
with a glass bottle--

[stammers]
I think.

I mean, there was
shattered glass everywhere.

- Did you call an ambulance,
get her to a hospital?

- There was no time.

I mean, she was dying.

And I tried to save her,

but it was too late.

The same person who tried
to charge me onstage--

my fingerprints
are probably everywhere.

I didn't know what else to do,
so I came to you.

- Rose.

This a former client?

- I did some
image-consulting work

after her ex-boyfriend's DUI.

Big scandal in Korea.

Could have derailed her career.

- This can do worse than that.

We need to get the police there
and an ambulance.

- Looks like
they're already there.

♪

I have to ask, did you have
anything to do with this?

- No.

You know
I wouldn't kill anyone.

- Okay.

I'll do my best to protect you.

- Hey, be careful.

The clothes you're wearing,
they're evidence now.

I know you don't want
to hear this,

but we need to get her
to the police.

- I can't. Rose, please.

- He's right.

We need to be ahead of this.

If we don't go to them,
they will come to us.

♪

- We just processed
the crime scene.

It was brutal.

You're saying your client
was there around 10:00?

- Yes.

She was a witness
to the aftermath.

- Right.

And the victim was
a fan of yours?

- One of the biggest.

- We got a livestream video
from a witness

where we can hear
a woman screaming at 9:50 p.m.

That's 10 minutes
before you say you found her.

So where were you before then?

- I don't remember exactly.

Walking from my hotel
to the park.

- You're staying at the
Four Seasons, though, right?

That's a few miles away.

So you just coincidentally
happened to be in the same park

as the person
who charged at you onstage,

who is also now
a murder victim?

- I was trying to stop
the bleeding.

But it was too late.

♪

All I could do was...

hold her hand.

♪

- Detective Mendoza,

Yoonie came here
of her own accord.

- Come on, you got to admit,
her story is strange.

And after watching
a young woman die,

she doesn't call the police,
she runs to a fixer?

- [scoffs] This is what
she's been trained to do.

Her record label has arranged
everything for her

since she was 10 years old.

- The principle
of obedience to authority

can make us do things
we ordinarily wouldn't do

because an authority figure
tells us to.

- Okay. Dr. Mercer,
you've helped us

with a number of cases
over the years.

You're buying this?

- Maybe the average person
would go to the police,

but a 26-year-old with
a multimillion-dollar empire--

I'd say her actions would
likely deviate from the norm.

- Her story still has more
holes than a golf course.

- Can I help you?

- Where is the detective
in charge?

- Who are they?

- Yoonie's boyfriend, Sung-K,

and Yoonie's manager, Ji-Ho.

- Uh, hi.
Detective Mendoza.

Can I help you?

- Do you have any idea
who she is?

- Not here.
Let me talk to them.

You can't question her
without a lawyer.

- I didn't hear her ask
for a lawyer.

- She is asking now.

[knocking on door]

Any more questions
go through them.

Yoonie, come.

Rose, we'll talk later.

♪

- Make sure your client
doesn't leave town.

- You're saying
she really is a suspect.

- I'm saying Yoonie Kang
stays in D.C.

until we know who killed Mia.
[cell phone ringing]

Hello?

♪

[camera shutter clicking]

- It looks like Mia
was struck over the head

and then stabbed
with a broken bottle.

- Probably not premeditated.

- Hey.

I just got off with
the district attorney's office.

I don't know who you know,

but I'm guessing
someone there owes you a favor.

- A magician never reveals
her tricks.

- The DA's giving you a 48-hour
media embargo on this case,

so you're on the clock.

- We'll need to act fast--

assuming you're
assisting me with this.

- Detective Mendoza
isn't wrong.

There are a lot
of inconsistencies

in Yoonie's story.

Yoonie said
that she was trying

to stop the bleeding

and then held Mia's hand
while she was dying.

- But Mia's hands are clean.

- If Yoonie was telling
the truth,

both of their hands
would be covered in blood.

Why lie about that?
- You think she's guilty?

- I think she's hiding
something.

- Maybe so, but I've known
Yoonie a long time.

Nothing suggests to me
that she's capable

of not only murder
but a brutal one at that.

- And if our investigation
starts to prove otherwise?

- Then we'll tell the police,
of course.

But it doesn't make sense.

Why would a pop star kill
her biggest fan?

[tense music]

[knocking]

- SAC Allen.

♪

Hi.

- Oh, hey.

Special Agent Clark,
good morning.

Sorry, Taylor's new album
just dropped.

- Ah.

- It's great
to finally meet you.

- I heard about
how you broke down

that drug-trafficking operation
in Texas.

I'm excited to work together.
- Thank you.

Well, have a seat.
Let's talk.

Gummy bear?
- No, thank you.

- Now, I know it's been

an incredibly rough year
for you.

- I admit that it has not been
the easiest year of my life,

but I assure you, my work
has not been suffering.

- No, it isn't.

It looks to me like you've been
working 24 hours a day.

- Well, last I checked,

criminals aren't exactly
nine-to-fivers.

- No.

But it's my understanding

that this department lost
a number of agents this year,

and over 40% cited burnout
as the reason.

- Which means
most of them didn't.

- I'm sorry?

- You said 40%,

which means 60% were just fine
with the workload.

- Maybe so.

But I'd like
to improve things here,

which is why I'm cutting
your caseload by 25%.

You're welcome.

- Rose.

Lucy Cha,
Yoonie's U.S. publicist.

- I need to clear up
some inconsistencies

in Yoonie's story
from last night.

- I'm sorry,

but Yoonie can't discuss
this matter any further.

You can speak to me.

- That what you want, Yoonie?

[tense music]

- You're gonna scare her
all over again.

I can't believe you took her
to the cops.

- If I hadn't, she might have
been arrested already.

The DA kept her name
out of the press, thanks to me.

- The label is aware
of the situation.

I assured them that
we have it under control.

Right now I think it's best
to focus on why we're here.

- Yoonie's album
drops in a month.

We can't afford
another public scandal,

not after last time.

- So no one cares that
a young woman, a fan, is dead?

- Of course we care,

but Mia wasn't exactly
some starstruck kid.

- Mia was a troll.

Created multiple fan accounts
to start fights online,

harass anyone
who disagreed with her,

even doxed her rivals.

- You're saying a lot of people
had conflicts with her?

- Even other fans, yeah.

- But, you know,
Yoonie loves all of her fans.

You're the fixer, Rose.

Please fix this for us.

♪

- Yoonie's publicist did
all the talking,

protecting the investment.

- While you were dealing
with her entourage,

DCPD was searching Mia's place.

They took her laptop
into evidence.

But Detective Mendoza
gave us permission

to see if we could find
anything they didn't.

- Then what are we waiting for?

- [chuckles]
See you in a minute.

♪

Look at this place--the colors,
the posters, everything.

- It's a shrine to Yoonie.

- Strong signs
of idol identity diffusion.

- What's that?

- Mia doesn't have
a great sense of who she is,

so she intermixed
her own identity with Yoonie's.

- She lived alone,
worked from home,

made Yoonie her whole world.

- Every photo, she's with
a different group of people.

So her only friends
were other Yoonie stans.

Am I using that word right?
- [chuckles]

I take it Yoonie and Sung-K
weren't Mia's favorite couple.

♪

- #Yoon-Dae-4eva.

- It's their shipping name.
- I get that.

But who's this guy?

- Yoonie's ex-boyfriend
Dae-Min.

- Dae-Min.

- Dae-Min's a former
child actor and musician

turned adult heartthrob

and reformed troublemaker,
because--

Okay, relationships
between K-pop idols

can be taboo,
so they couldn't hook up

until Yoonie's no-dating clause
ended when she turned 22.

They were together
for about a year.

- What happened?

- Dae-Min was driving
and lost control.

Yoonie was in the car,
but, luckily, no one was hurt.

He got a DUI.

Caused a huge scandal in Korea

and a very public breakup.

Six months later,
Yoonie's dating Sung-K,

but lots of her fans
are still loyal to Dae-Min.

It completely divided
her fan base.

- Why do they care?
It's not their relationship.

- That's how parasocial
relationships work.

One-sided connections
where people imagine

a personal bond with someone
they don't actually know.

- Sounds like
they could use a hobby.

- Maybe this is their hobby.

- How do you know
all this K-pop drama?

- Well, I went through,
like, a minor K-pop phase

in undergrad,
but it's in the past.

Okay, fine, I still go
to a Stray Kids concert

every once in a while--sue me.

- You know,
some fans can suffer

from team identification.

They feel
a psychological connection

to a team performance

as validation
for their own self-worth.

Maybe one of her fans
took it too far?

- A lot of Yoonie's supporters
are in town for K-Bash.

All it takes is one.

- I still have access
to my old alt fan accounts,

so I can look into
Mia's online activity.

- A phase, he said.

- Two semesters, I swear!
- It's okay.

Your closeted standom
is the perfect gateway

into Mia's world.

- Well, take a look at this.

Dae-Min blocked Mia months ago.

- Why would Dae-Min block
one of his biggest supporters?

[upbeat music playing]

- Dae-Min...[sighs]

Thanks for meeting me
on such short notice.

- Everything okay?

- I need to ask you
some questions regarding Mia,

one of Yoonie's fans
who you blocked online.

- Yeah, her.
What about her?

- She was murdered last night,

and Yoonie is considered
a person of interest.

- Wait, what?

Yoonie couldn't kill anyone.

- I agree, but I have to ask,

where were you last night
around 10:00 p.m.?

- In my hotel room
getting ready for bed.

- You, during K-Bash?
Come on.

There must have been
a million parties last night.

- I was tired.

- So why did you block Mia?

- Mia was obsessive.

Yoonie and I broke up,
and Mia couldn't let it go.

I've got
over 2 million followers.

Mia isn't the only person
I've had to block.

- Mia have any enemies online
I should know about?

- Mia had a lot of enemies.

But there was one fan
who was just as bad as Mia.

They got into it a lot.

- You know this fan's name?
- He goes by YoonieVerse.

After my DUI,
he robocalled me so much,

I had to change my number
four times.

- So he's very protective
of Yoonie and not fond of you.

- But he hated Mia even more--

once threatened to fill her
full of holes.

If you're looking for someone
who had real beef with Mia,

I'd start with YoonieVerse.

- Looks like YoonieVerse
is a guy.

Claims to be the number-one
fan page for all Yoonie stats.

He's in town for K-Bash.

- So he basically posts
daily updates

of Yoonie's hits
and chart positions?

- When he's not debating
wild fan conspiracy theories.

- His profile indicates
he's pragmatic,

driven by facts,
and confrontational.

- Which gives me an idea.

Phoebe did an experiment
to test the best way

to get people to respond
to surveys.

We tested two groups.

Our control
was given questions

with typical open-ended
blank spaces to respond.

Our second group
was given surveys

with prewritten
incorrect answers.

Both groups were told

they didn't have to respond
to the questions.

Phoebe found that when
students were given surveys

with missing information,

they were less inclined
to respond.

But when given surveys

with prewritten
incorrect answers,

students had a compulsion
to correct that information.

- I think we can work
with that.

We just need some
deep-dive fan knowledge

that only a hard-core stan
like YoonieVerse would know.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

[upbeat music playing]

♪

[device beeping]

♪

- YoonieVerse's socials confirm
he's at the event.

[tapping on microphone]

- Welcome to the Yoonie Kang
Fan Brunch.

[cheers and applause]

I'm your host,
and you've all been invited

to this very exclusive event

because you are the biggest
Yoonie fans on the planet.

Give yourselves
a round of applause!

Congratulations.

All right,
we're gonna kick things off

with some Yoonie trivia.

So everyone knows
Yoonie's favorite color is...

all:
Purple.

- So much so that she mentions
the word "purple"

in Korean in--count them--
six of her songs.

[indistinct chatter]

But here's a tough one.

Anyone remember
what shape her earrings were

at the 2021
Korean Music Awards?

Anybody?

Too hard, huh?

They were triangles.
- They were stars, actually.

- All right,
I'm sure everyone knows

Yoonie was born on April 2nd,

which is why her favorite
numbers are 4 and 2.

But did you also know
that she was born at 4:02 a.m.?

- Okay, wrong!

Her birth certificate says
she was born at 2:40 a.m.,

but in an interview
with a Korean magazine,

she said she was born
at 2:40 p.m.

4:02 is just wrong.

- [scoffs] Whoa.

- Five bucks
that's YoonieVerse.

- Yeah.
[crowd gasping]

- Um...
- He's a troll.

I had to cancel my account
because of him.

- He doxed me
because I refused to delete

a Dae-Min appreciation post.

- Someone should dox him.
- Yeah, dox YoonieVerse.

- No.
- Good idea!

- You're a real tough guy
behind a keyboard.

- See how he likes it.
- Don't.

- Yeah, take his picture.
- Get out of the way!

- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

- Alec! Alec! You're hurt.
- I'm fine.

See if you can get him.
I'll call Mendoza.

- Okay.
- Security!

Suspect is heading east
past vendors.

[dramatic music]

- [grunting]

♪

- Out of the way.

♪

- Mia trolled me online,
so I kind of flamed her.

But that was, like, months ago.

I mean, honestly,
I've been trying

to bury the hatchet
since K-Bash started.

I asked to buy her a drink,

but she was too busy
staking out the fountain.

- "The fountain"?

- Yoonie posted something

about three waterfalls
at midnight,

and Mia was convinced
that it was a coded message

about going to the fountain
3 miles from the hotel.

So she started staking it out
every night,

hoping that Yoonie
would show up.

Finally told her
I'd meet her there.

- Did you?
- I flaked.

I went to a party.

I mean, I texted her to see
if she wanted to come with,

but she was determined
to talk to Yoonie.

And now you're saying
that Mia's dead?

- Anyone see you at that party?
- [scoffs]

Only, like, 100 people.
Ask anyone.

It was at the Marriott.
[scoffs]

- You said she wanted
to talk to Yoonie,

not see her
or get an autograph,

or get a selfie with her?

- Mia went on this witch hunt

trying to find incriminating
information about Sung-K.

- The boyfriend?
- Did she find something?

- Mia claimed to have some dirt
that would open Yoonie's eyes.

That's why she rushed
the stage that night.

She wanted to give it to her.

- We need to talk to Sung-K.

♪

[elevator bell dings]

- Marisa, great to see you.

- Agent Allen, that's
a heavy piece of machinery

you got there.
- Well, let's be real.

The coffee here kind of sucks.

I did the whole barista thing
in college

and love making my own anyway.

Come by my office.

I'll make you a cup.
- Oh, no, thanks.

I'm already
heavily caffeinated.

- Oh, well, let me know.

Bad coffee isn't good
for the soul.

I emailed your office about
a program I'm implementing.

- The agency escape room.

Sorry I didn't respond.

- It's gonna be so fun.

The theme is "space odyssey."

All the other agents seem to be
really excited about it.

- And it's after work?

- Mm-hmm.
- This evening?

- Just for a couple hours.
Optional, of course.

This job can do
a number on you.

You know, long hours,
anxiety, depression.

Sometimes a little night out
can be just the difference.

[elevator bell dings]
- This is my floor.

- Okay.

When people feel better,
they work better.

Don't you think?

- Sung-K isn't answering
his phone.

Lucy said he moved
out of the hotel

due to security concerns.

- That's not at all suspicious.

Detective Mendoza didn't have
any luck either.

- [sighs] The label's private
jet is still at the airport.

So I'm betting
he's still in the area.

[cell phone buzzing]

Hopefully Detective Mendoza got

all of Mia's phone records.

Looks like they back up
YoonieVerse's story.

- His alibi checks out too.

Wait a minute.

Some of these messages are
between Yoonie and Mia.

- Yoonie told us
she didn't know Mia well.

- Looks like they were
messaging one another

on Yoonie's private account.

- Her label monitors all
her official public accounts.

She's probably not allowed
to DM fans.

- Or maybe she didn't want
anybody to know

what they were talking about.

- Time stamps show they've been
messaging for months.

- Wow.

Hours before the murder,

Yoonie's last text message
to her is,

"Leave me alone, you lunatic.

You're ruining my life!"

- I hate to even think this,

but Yoonie's lies are
piling up.

- I bet you Detective Mendoza

is thinking
the exact same thing.

[handcuffs clicking]

- Let's go.
- I didn't do this.

You have to believe me.

[indistinct chatter]

[camera shutters clicking]

- Out of the way.
People, please.

[dramatic music]

- We're here for you, Yoonie!

♪

- You know,
when I first met Mia,

I barely had
any friends at all.

She came to one of my
promo shows when I was 15.

- And that's when you gave her
your private account info.

- I know what people think
of Mia,

how she acts online.

People think she's crazy,
possessive, obsessive.

But she was nothing like that.

Well, not at first, anyway.

- "At first"?

- I was dumb enough to think

that's what friendship
actually looked like.

When Dae-Min and I broke up,
a lot of the fans got mad.

But Mia would send me
these funny memes and videos

to make me feel better.

- Sometimes celebrities form

unhealthy relationships
with their fans.

- Mia was an emotional pacifier
when Yoonie needed one.

So this friendship was
mutually beneficial.

- When it was announced
that I was dating Sung-K,

she just flipped.

She wouldn't stop messaging me
about breaking up with him.

I finally got sick of it,

and that's why I told her
to leave me alone.

- Mia had become so attached,
she felt betrayed.

- Maybe because Yoonie
didn't tell Mia first.

- So it sounds like now you
were the one who felt betrayed.

- I guess, a little.

But I swear, I didn't kill her.

- [sighs]
I know how it looks.

But, Alec, I believe her.

- You lied about how close
you were to Mia.

Why should I believe you?

- Now she's pushing
this escape-room thing on us,

in the middle of the week?

She should not be interfering
with an agent's personal time.

- You have personal time?

- That is not the point.

- [chuckles]
And what would you be doing?

- Not this agency
space odyssey.

- [chuckles]

[elevator bell dings]

- I was hoping to get someone
a little more capable.

[door closes]

Not to throw shade
on Raina, but--

- But here comes the shade.

- She was better on her résumé.

- Oh. Girl, that's harsh.
[chuckles]

- I know, that's not fair.

I just thought
that we would get an SAC

who understood the Bureau

and the way
that we run things here.

- All right,
I'm gonna say this.

It's possible
that what you're feeling

stems from
the "not invented here" bias.

- [laughs]
And what is that, Alec, Jr.?

- It happens
when we reject ideas

because they come
from someone else.

Ask yourself,

do I really not like
Raina's ideas,

or am I a little biased

because they're not my own?

♪

- Yoonie connecting with Mia
isn't surprising.

- But then Mia turned on her.

- Or maybe they turned
on each other.

- So Mia rushes Yoonie onstage
and shows up at the fountain.

Yoonie tells her to leave.

It gets ugly.
Maybe she attacks her.

- Or maybe it was
somebody else.

We still haven't located
Sung-K.

- And we're looking for him,
but we have to entertain

the very real possibility
that it was Yoonie.

- Detective Mendoza,
someone here to see you.

- Where's Yoonie?

I need to talk
to whoever's in charge.

- Dae-Min, what are you doing?

- I'd like to confess.

Yoonie didn't kill Mia.

I did.

♪

Mia was getting more and more
aggressive after I blocked her.

So I went to the park
to clear my head.

That's when I saw her.

- So you just happened
to run into her?

- She was stalking me
probably.

She charged at me.

All I could do was pick up
that bottle in self-defense.

I didn't mean to kill her.

- That's a good story,

but that's not
what Yoonie told us.

- Well, she's lying.

Please.

Just tell me what I need
to say, and I'll say it.

♪

- Just the truth, Dae-Min.

- [inhales deeply]

Rose.
[door opens]

Will you give us
a second, please?

♪

- Obviously,
he was lying to protect her.

- Obviously, he thought you'd
be able to help him do that.

Why?
- [sighs]

The night
of the car accident...

Yoonie was the one
driving drunk.

She crashed the car.

Yoonie's people called me.

I knew that if she was caught
drinking and driving,

her career would be over.

- You coached
Dae-Min and Yoonie

through a falsified DUI?

- Dae-Min was already
an established actor and a man.

The Korean press would be
more forgiving.

I figured he wouldn't be
punished as much,

if at all.

I laid out the options,

and Dae-Min insisted
on taking the fall.

They made a mistake, Alec,
and my job was to fix it.

No one was hurt,

and neither of them
have touched alcohol since.

Dae-Min got
a slap on the wrist.

Ultimately, the label
forced them to break up.

♪

- Unless that's not
what happened.

♪

- Good news.
Your ex-boyfriend confessed.

We'll process your paperwork
so you can go.

- What?
No, that's crazy.

I know for a fact
that Dae-Min didn't kill Mia.

- You seem awfully sure
for someone who wasn't there.

♪

You're sure
because he was with you,

wasn't he?

♪

- The two of you were together
the night Mia was killed,

weren't you?

- It's obedience to authority.

You would rather be
charged with murder

than go up against your label
and admit you're together?

- You don't understand, okay?

It's not just about us.

My whole family in Korea,
they depend on me.

If my label drops me,
everyone suffers.

Yoonie, we'll keep this
to ourselves,

but you have to tell us
what happened.

- We met in his hotel room
at the Fairmont.

He was walking me home.

- And that's when
you found Mia?

- She was already bleeding out.

I tried to stop the bleeding.

Dae-Min held her hand.

- That's why there was no blood
on Mia's hands.

- She handed him something
before she died--

a necklace.

Dae-Min thought
we should throw it away,

but somehow I couldn't.

[somber music]

I'm sorry about Mia.

I'm sorry she's dead.

I'm sorry I wasn't
a better friend to her.

But I didn't kill her.

And neither did Dae-Min.

♪

- Alibi checks out.

Looks like they both wore
hoodies to disguise themselves.

Livestream picked up
Mia screaming at 9:50.

Camera footage shows
Yoonie and Dae-Min

exiting the Fairmont at 9:49.

- So they can go?

- Yeah, just tell your clients
to stick around

in case we need to follow up.

- You should probably go.

- Well, it looks like
I'm back to square one

on who did kill Mia.

- Mm.

Not exactly.

This isn't just a necklace.

- It's a flash drive.

- It took a while,

but I was able to decrypt
the flash drive.

It turns out it was
Sung-K's financial statements.

Long story short, he has been
defrauding his artists.

- How did he pull that off?

- Mm, he's got
a fairly sophisticated scheme.

Sung-K registered
in non-Korean markets

as the sole writer and producer

on all the work
he's done for artists.

- That way, he nets

all the international
publishing royalties.

- And none of his artists
realize

they're being ripped off.

He must be making
millions this way.

- Then he funnels the money
into American investments.

- So you think Sung-K stealing
from his artists

may have something to do
with Mia's murder?

- Or Mia was hell-bent
on proving

that Sung-K wasn't
good enough for Yoonie.

If she knew he was stealing,
it's only a matter of time

before she goes public,
which could ruin him.

- That sounds like motive.

You two need
to find Sung-K now.

- I tried reaching him.

Everyone is stonewalling.

I texted Yoonie.

She's not responding either.

- Then we follow the money.

You got a list of those
American investments?

- I'm sure I can find it.

- So Sung-K has a club.

- That man is on Yoonie
and Sung-K's security team.

My gut tells me
that Sung-K is hiding out here.

Hopefully
we can talk our way in.

Hello, Lance.
- Rose.

Club's not open yet.

- We're here to see Sung-K.

- He's busy.
Doesn't want to be disturbed.

- He actually called me earlier
and asked to speak to me.

- He said no visitors.

That means no one.

- Your body language
on the phone just now had

all the excitement
of a new relationship.

- I'm guessing
that wasn't your wife.

You and Julia have been
married, what, seven years?

It's all right.
I won't tell her.

All you need to do
is let us in.

♪

You were stealing money
from artists

and hiding it
in places like this club.

- I don't know
what you're talking about.

- We found your signature
on every document,

every bank statement.

You know I'm going to have to

turn all of that over
to the FBI.

- I thought you were
supposed to help us.

- Yoonie is my client

and could go to prison
for something you did.

One thing I won't do is help
someone get away with murder.

- Wait, what?

You think I killed Mia?

- The last thing Mia did
before she died

was give Yoonie the evidence.

Why did she do that,
do you think?

- Because Mia hated me.

Everybody knows that.

But I swear, I didn't kill her.

- Then why hide here?

- They told me to.

- You can ask Yoonie.

We have to do
whatever they say.

- Who told you to?

- Sung-K...

♪

Tell me how the scheme worked.

- What do you mean?

- The royalties,
the transactions

you signed for--
explain that to me.

How does a money-laundering
operation work?

- I...

- Sung-K, tell us
who put you up to this.

- [speaking Korean]

♪

[tense music]

- Going somewhere?

♪

- [speaking Korean]

What's going on?

- What's going on
is Ji-Ho killed Mia

because she knew about
a money-laundering scheme

worth millions of dollars.

The only thing she had wrong
was who was behind it.

- Ji-Ho, you got to put
the gun down.

- Yoonie and I are going
back to Korea.

- You'll be extradited.

- I'll take my chances.

- Yoonie, you don't have
to go anywhere.

- He wants to convince you
that you need him,

but you don't.

He forced you into
that relationship with Sung-K.

He monitored your phone calls.

He read all your text messages.

That's how he knew
you and Dae-Min were together.

- He was gonna confront
you both that night,

but he ran into Mia first.

In that necklace, she had proof

that Sung-K and Ji-Ho
were stealing from you.

That's why he killed her.

[siren wailing]

- Oh, and we called the FBI.

It sounds like
they're on their way,

and they'll probably bring
a trained sniper.

If they see you with a gun
on her, they'll kill you.

♪

- He won't shoot me.

I'm worth way too much to him.

[sirens wailing]

[tires screeching]
- FBI! Drop your weapon!

- Hands!
Let me see your hands!

[indistinct shouting]

♪

- Oh, hey.
Got a second?

- Of course.

Sorry that I missed
the escape room.

I was finishing up some work.

- Oh, don't sweat it.

You weren't the only one with
more important things to do.

A lot of last-minute
cancellations.

- Well, if it helps,

I don't think
it was to spite you.

People love doing
those kinds of activities.

They just don't want to feel
like it's part of the job.

- I guess I made
a huge miscalculation.

- I know that it's important

to come in with
your own big ideas.

- Well, actually,
they weren't my big ideas.

When I was at Quantico,

I attended an ethics
and behavior seminar,

and one of the agents spoke
to my class

about the importance
of team-bonding exercises.

- You are talking about me.

- You spoke so passionately
about agents' emotional health.

I wrote down
everything you said.

- I had a lot
of big ideas back then,

and I have learned a lot since.

- So...

why didn't you take this job?

[soft music]

- I thought that I would be
more useful in the field.

Okay, I love it.

[both laughing]

Maybe you're right.

The Bureau could use
a fresh perspective.

- Maybe we work together--

new ideas meets experience.

- I like that.

- How about we start over?

- Now, that sounds
like a great idea.

♪

- So...[sighs]

Do you want to try
to resuscitate

our tech-free evening?

[chuckles]

- I thought maybe
we should talk first...

about my work.

- Okay.

Let's talk about it.

- I don't think of myself
as a liar.

But sometimes
it requires me to be...

less than honest.

- The fudge factor.
- What?

- Studies show that
most people are able

to lie and cheat
just a little bit,

even though they see themselves
as very honest.

We like to think of ourselves
as perfect,

but we're far from it.

- I'm not sure if I did
the right thing back then.

I'm also not sure
I wouldn't do it again.

- Rose...

you are a smart woman

with a complex profession.

You wouldn't tell me
how to do my job,

and I'm not gonna tell you
how to do yours.

- That's not
what I'm worried about.

- What are you worried about, then?

- That knowing what I do
and how I need to do it

might make it hard to trust me.

- I wouldn't be
falling in love with somebody

that I couldn't trust.

[soft music]

♪

- And I love you, Alec...

so much.

♪

- ♪ I feel your heart

[singing in Korean]

♪ In my heart

[singing in Korean]

♪

- Your song is great.
- [sighs]

- Yeah, I think
Mia would have loved it.

- I'm dedicating the album
to her memory.

- I'm glad
you're recording again,

and here in the States.

- I couldn't have done it
without you and Alec.

You gave me my life back.

♪

- Just glad we could help.

- I thought the label
wanted you to do

your next album in English.

- What label?

We've decided to part ways, amicably.

- Good for you.

A change of environment
could be

just what you need.

- Maybe.

For so long,
I just did whatever Ji-Ho

and the record company told me,
even when I didn't agree.

I don't want
to do that anymore.

I think I'm gonna go
independent,

give it a shot on my own.

- Taking a chance on yourself--

that's brave and admirable.

- And this time around,

we're gonna write
our own songs.

- [singing in Korean]

♪

♪ Forever with you

♪

[dramatic music]

♪