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Season 2 Episode 209 | 44m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry asks Alexa to look into the case of his friend, who is accused of murdering a survival expert.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ -[ Gasps ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Panting ] For goodness sake.
If you know that I am always going to be late, it would be polite for you to be late, too.
Just saying.
-Why are you breathing weird?
-'Cause I ran here.
And you're the light of my life -[ Chuckles ] -Oh, God.
What's wrong?
No, I'm not taking that till you tell me what's wrong.
-This is what's wrong.
Kidnap and murder victim, Marcus Farrow.
28.
Entrepreneur.
Outdoor adventurer.
Owner of Uncharted Tours, based out west.
He specialized in high-adventure tourism for wealthy clients wanting a boutique wilderness experience.
-Oh, yeah.
I've seen the ads.
-The cause of death was blunt-force trauma to the head.
We found a brick next to the body.
No prints.
Police have arrested this man.
Jared O'Loughlin.
Jared worked for Marcus, and was at his house the morning Marcus went missing.
That night, Marcus' brother, Connor, got a ransom call demanding 100K cash.
-And Jared's voice was on the other end of the line?
-Brother thinks so.
They found the body in Jared's garage three days later.
They're gonna charge Jared with first-degree murder.
-Why do I get the feeling this is personal?
Oh, you know this kid.
-Yeah, I've been mentoring him in a rehabilitation program for young offenders.
He's a good kid.
He's turning his life around.
-"Is" or "was"?
Does Jared have an alibi?
Motive?
-Money.
He was angry about not being paid.
-Why aren't you doing the digging on this?
-Not my case, conflict of interest, you pick.
-You want me to find him innocent.
-I want you to find the truth.
-Well, I assume that you traced the ransom call?
It was made from a phone belonging to the victim's fiancée.
-The fiancée?
-She says it was stolen from the house.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -We're very sorry for your loss.
-That first night, after, I kept thinking about all the time I wasted that day thinking about stupid things -- clients... work, dinner... macros.
I didn't think about him.
All those wasted hours.
I didn't think about him once.
Sugar?
-No.
Look, it would be really helpful if we could just start at the beginning.
In your statement, you said that you let Jared into the house that morning.
-I... Yeah.
I was running late for a session with a client at 10:30.
I was...
I was distracted, running around, um... -What time did Jared show up?
-10 past, 10:15.
He just went straight for Marcus.
Didn't even say "hi."
He just went straight into how -- how he hadn't been paid yet, how he needed money.
-Did he get physical?
-He's scary when he's mad.
-So he didn't get physical?
-Well, he didn't have to.
He just -- He went on and on, like...
It was -- It was like I wasn't even there.
And then, I turn my back for one minute, he took my phone.
-You saw him take your phone?
-No, but...
I mean, who else could it be?
-Where was the last place you remember seeing your phone?
-I put it down when I let him in, on the table just by the door.
And I went to my bedroom.
I got... my bag, and I came back, and it was gone.
He was the only one here.
-And did you look for it?
-I ran Find My Phone on my laptop.
It -- It said it was in the house.
I was -- I was running late, so I-I left it.
-So, you got to the gym at 10:30 a.m.?
-Barely just made it.
Are you looking for an alibi?
-I'm just trying to get the details straight.
-Powerlifter at 10:30.
Two one-hour sessions, back to back, brings me to 12:30, when I had lunch with a friend.
Then, I taught two group classes, got home at 3:30.
-When you realized that Marcus wasn't here.
-Not immediately.
I assumed that he was at work.
-Oh.
But his car was still at the house.
-In the garage.
I didn't look in the garage.
Why would I?
-Oh, right.
Your statement says that you called Marcus' brother at 6:00 p.m., when you notice that Marcus still wasn't home.
Well, how did you do that if your phone was missing?
-What are you trying to do?
My fiancé was just found dead in the garage of a violent ex-con.
-Jared has only been convicted of crimes against property, not people.
-Oh, are you -- are you -- are you saying that he didn't do it?
-No.
I don't know who did it.
Just that it's not in keeping with his record.
-Well, you wouldn't be saying that if you saw him that morning.
-And you haven't answered my question about calling Marcus' brother when your phone was missing.
-The landline.
I called him from the landline.
-Thank you... for the tea.
Oh.
Marcus had life insurance, didn't he?
Like, $1 million worth?
-I only found out he had life insurance after he was killed.
-Gotcha.
♪♪ -10:15, Jared shows up at the house.
Two minutes later, Dennie's phone disappears, but Find My Phone places it inside the house.
And six minutes after that, she leaves for the gym without it.
-Mm-hmm.
-You don't believe her?
-Well, I believe her about the gym, 'cause, like, 40 people saw her there.
But the phone stuff, not so sure.
-Well, the timeline checks out.
I mean, if Jared showed up at 10:15 -- -The file shows that the phone was switched off while Dennie was at home.
So, yeah, it could've been Jared who took it, and turned it off.
But it could've been Marcus.
It could've been Dennie herself.
-To stop her being tracked.
-The only person insisting that Marcus was kidnapped when Dennie was at the gym was Dennie.
-How much does this case mean to Harry?
-A lot.
Let's visit Unchartered Tours.
I'll talk to Connor.
You talk to the workers.
-Okay.
-London Business School, Summa Cum Laude.
That's impressive.
-Three years and a truckload of debt, but thank you.
-I understand you helped Marcus get this place up off the ground.
-I herded the cash -- investors, start up, pitching.
All that nerdy stuff Marcus hated, that's me.
-Well, you seem eminently qualified for adventure tourism.
-Well, I guess I'm a jack of all trades.
But Marcus, he was special.
He walks into a room, everybody lights up.
Everybody orbits.
And then when our parents died, he just...
I -- I had to come back.
He wasn't in any shape to take care of this place, and if he'd lost it... -You're a good brother.
-Not good enough.
-Right through this way, guys.
Head on through.
Welcome.
Welcome.
Oh.
Just through there, on your left.
-Madison Feliciano.
You must be Vincent.
-I've already spoken to the police.
-Well, I'm not the police.
I'm with the police, but not the police.
It's a subtle, but significant, difference.
I'm sorry for your loss.
-So, you wanna get to it?
-Did you see Marcus on the day he was killed?
-Nah.
He was meant to come in.
He's a hands-on kinda boss.
He was gonna check out some new tracks, maybe see if we can open up a new tour next year, and expand.
He never showed up.
[ Harness clinking ] -First timers?
-First timers.
You know, after we got the news, I thought about quitting.
Was gonna head down south, get some time.
But, uh, then I remembered Marcus would never cancel a booking for anything except bad weather.
-You were really close.
-Yeah, you can say that.
-When did you learn he was missing?
-When Dennie called.
That was after work, so that would've been... 6:00, 6:30?
She asked if I'd seen him.
I told her I hadn't, and then... that's when she started to sound worried.
-And she called you from her landline?
And the ransom call came...?
-A few hours later, almost at 9:00.
-Where were you?
-At home, with my wife.
We were both here, working.
-I'm a freelancer.
A lot of my clients are international, so we're usually on different schedules.
-So you work from home, and you bring work home.
-Just accounting.
When Dennie called to ask if Marcus was here, I didn't think anything of it.
And then, the ransom call from Dennie's phone came in.
-At 8:53.
I looked at the clock.
-Well, tell me about the ransom call.
-It wasn't very long.
Maybe only a minute.
-46 seconds.
Phone records.
-It felt like forever.
Jared had done something to his voice, or he was -- he was putting on a voice.
-Well, how did you know it was Jared?
What did he say?
-He wanted 100K in cash.
He said not to call the police.
And then, he... put Marcus on the phone.
He was begging.
Crying.
Then, Jared said to wait for instructions.
-But you did call the police.
-I made him do that.
-Yeah.
I stayed up all night, trying to cobble together the money.
I had 30 grand in a deposit box, Lena had 20K stashed for emergencies, and then...
I had to dip into the safe at Uncharted.
But the instructions never came.
They never came.
♪♪ There's something else.
-Honey, you don't -- you don't have to... -It was my fault.
The young offenders' program Jared was in, they came in to do a tour, and I liked him.
I felt sorry for him.
If it hadn't been for me, Jared would never have been working for Marcus.
-You can't blame yourself -Can't I?
Marcus didn't want to hire Jared.
I talked him into it.
I got my little brother killed.
-The ransom call came from here at 8:53 p.m. -Here's what I don't get -- Marcus' house is five minutes that way, the tour office is five minutes in that direction, but Jared's lock-up is half an hour in that direction.
So, why would he come here to make the ransom call?
-A diversion?
Out of his neck of the woods.
-He must've known that he'd be suspected because Dennie saw him at the house.
-So...?
-So why on Earth would he leave Marcus' body to be found at his lock-up if he's trying to divert attention away from himself?
♪♪ [ Smoke alarm beeping ] -Wait.
Not again.
-Oh, no.
No.
Uh-oh.
[ Cat meows ] -The fuses are fine.
-Five days it took me to ferment this, and now it's nothing but a petri dish.
-Your gremlin's under the table.
-I'm so sorry.
-It's fine.
It's probably just something wrong with the switch board.
-No, I'm talking to the cat.
[ Cat meows ] Hello, my baby.
Hello, my baby.
-So, what do we do know?
-Well, I just wanna talk to Jared.
-No, I meant about the power.
-What a good boy.
[ Door buzzes ] ♪♪ Hi, Jared.
I'm Alexa Crowe.
-Harry's friend?
-Yeah.
How are you holding up?
-I'm all right.
-It's okay to say you're afraid.
Prison's scary.
You've been in juvie before.
-Yeah.
This is worse.
-I know.
-I shouldn't even be here.
I didn't do it.
-Tell me what you're more afraid of -- prison or confessing?
-I'm not going to confess.
Why would I?
-You know, I know that Harry wouldn't have called me unless he saw something in you that was worth the trouble.
And I know you trust Harry, because, otherwise, you wouldn't have agreed to see me.
So, I think we know enough about each other to call one another by our first names.
-Do we?
-Well, you know I trust Harry, because, otherwise, I wouldn't be here.
-Do you believe me?
-Let's just say I want to.
Now, tell me about Dennie's phone.
She says you took it.
-[ Scoffs ] She's lying.
-Okay.
You tell me through your version of events that morning.
-[ Sighs ] I went to work, like every Friday.
But I wasn't gonna do anything until he paid me.
-And that's what you and Marcus argued about?
-Yeah.
I mean... he hadn't paid me in over a month.
I've got bills to pay, cousins who depend on me.
It got -- I'll admit, it got ugly.
-Violent?
-No.
I said some things, he said some things, but we sorted it.
I never even touched him.
-Sorted it how?
-Dennie cooled him down.
He promised to pay me later.
Then, I left.
-I was only there for, what, 20 minutes.
-Wait a minute.
Dennie cooled him down before she left for the gym?
-No.
After.
She rang.
He went to talk to her, and he was chill when he came back.
-Are you sure that it was Dennie on the line?
-Yeah.
I mean, other than his girlfriend, who else would he call "baby"?
-Okay, Marcus Farrow's phone records, ladies and gentlemen -- and cat.
He got a call at 10:37 a.m., but it didn't come from Dennie's phone.
It came from a landline.
-Have you got a number?
-Yep.
-Is it registered to an address?
-It is.
-Well, would you look at that.
♪♪ ♪♪ -Signing in?
-Oh, that's what these are?
Sign-in sheets, huh?
-Yeah, just in case we lose anyone in the bush.
-Oh.
-Alexa, right?
-Yeah.
Vincent?
-Hey, can I interest you in our three-day white water rafting tour?
It's discounted.
-Mm, that seems like a lot of fun.
-Yeah, well, Connor said I should work on my salesmanship.
-Nah, I'm sure you do great.
Good-looking young guy like you -- Connor should put you on the cover.
-That's what I said.
-So, you were here Friday, right?
In the morning?
I saw the sign-in sheet.
-Oh.
Yeah.
I was.
-Anyone else?
-Not in the morning.
-Not Marcus's girlfriend?
Dennie?
-Not that I saw.
-See, there was a phone call to Marcus from that phone at about 10:30 a.m. -- 10:37, to be exact.
4 minutes and 32 seconds long.
Ring a bell?
-Uh, yeah.
That was me.
I don't know when, exactly, but he was coming in, so I just asked for an ETA.
-Well, you didn't tell Madison or the police that.
-Is it important?
-Yeah.
Maybe.
It means that you could've been the last person to speak to Marcus before he was kidnapped.
-Wait.
-You all right?
-Vincent... did Marcus call you "baby"?
-What?
"Baby"?
-Even in jest.
-[ Chuckles ] No.
Nah, he just called me "Vince."
♪♪ -Macchiato Man.
You want a Danish?
-I'm watching my sugar.
-Probably smart.
-So, is that enough small talk?
-I want to see Jared.
-It was hard enough convincing him to meet with Alexa.
I'm pretty low on good will.
-Did Alexa tell you how I got into police work?
-The youngest forensics data analyst in the department's history.
Quit bragging.
-Yeah, but did she tell you how?
I was 16, and illegally accessed a government inquiry on climate change.
-So, shoplifting for nerds.
-Uh, excuse you.
Bank-robbing for nerds.
-Sorry.
-The guy who caught me, he sat me down, and he gave me a choice -- a long prison sentence and a permanent record or a good, respectable job where I could help people.
Having someone extend a hand when you need it, it's rare.
That guy did it for me.
You did it for Jared.
And I'd like to join that club.
-You'd tell me if you thought I was wrong about Jared, right?
-You think you might be?
-When I first met him, I thought he was just another kid on the fast track to a long sentence.
Then, I found out that he took the fall for his uncle, so that his cousins wouldn't have to go into a home.
-So, maybe you're not wrong.
It's easy to believe the worst in people.
Believing the best -- that's hard.
But it's worth doing.
-[ Clears throat ] I'm gonna take a stab in the dark, and say Alexa didn't send you here with my sourdough.
-We're having electrical problems at the apartment.
-Right.
Dog ate your homework.
-Hey.
Would I lie to you?
-Yes.
-Yeah.
-You're paying.
-Fine.
♪♪ -You're a bit young to be a detective.
-Yes, I am.
Thank you for noticing.
-So, you work for Alexa.
-No, I work with Alexa.
-Okay.
So?
-Jared, none of this is set in stone.
-Alexa asked if it had got violent with Marcus.
I said "no."
But it almost did.
-What do you mean?
-Standing in his nice house, this guy who's never had to skip a meal so someone else can eat.
I wanted to put my fist through his face, show him who he was messing with.
-But you didn't.
-Before I met Harry, I would've.
The only reason why I didn't was 'cause I didn't want to let him down.
So, I went up north.
Calmed down.
-We're gonna get you out of here -- all three of us.
-Thanks.
But...
I don't wanna get my hopes up.
♪♪ ♪♪ -How'd it go with Vincent?
-Oh, my -- Do not do that!
-Well, I didn't wanna turn the light on, and have to jiggle the alarm again.
So we still have power, for now.
If you would just let me call an electrician... -Do you know what's weird?
-What?
-Vincent called Marcus while Jared was still at the house -- something about work.
At the same time, Jared heard enough of the conversation to be convinced that it was Dennie on the other end of the line.
Somebody is being a big fat liar.
-Well, I don't think Jared's a liar.
-How do you know?
-I went to see him.
-Did you tell me you were gonna do that?
-Look, I've got a theory.
Jared was arguing with Marcus about not getting paid, right?
If he took Dennie's phone, and turned it off three minutes later, that had to have happened while they were arguing.
-Yeah.
Go on.
-Well, who formulates a kidnap and ransom plan in the middle of a blow-up argument?
-So, crime of passion or a crime of premeditation -- it can't be both.
-Exactly.
And guess what else?
Marcus' finances.
-Insolvency?
-[ Scoffs ] Insolvents don't take two-week trips to Paris, and stay in the Hôtel Valdaro for 600 Euros a night in -- -Oh, the Lovers' Suite.
-Mm.
-What?
So who was he with?
[ Smoke alarm beeping ] Again?
Why do the fire alarms go off every time the bloody power blows?
-Because it mimics the effects of smoke in the air, which reduces the current.
So, when the power -- -Rhetorical, Madison.
-Jared likes you.
-Well, it took him a minute to warm up, but, uh... -He likes Madison more.
-Comparisons are odious.
-So, do you think he's innocent?
-I don't know yet.
But there's some reasonable doubt forming.
-Want some more?
-Yes.
-There was a theft at Hôtel Valdaro in Paris last year, so the staff started giving the guests the option of leaving their valuables in the industrial safe -- which Marcus and his guest did.
The security manager took photos of their passports.
-Yeah?
Who's the guest?
-Know who that is?
[ Knocking on door ] -This is Alexa Crowe.
Can you call me back when you get this?
Thank you.
-Okay.
No.
I'm sorry.
I'm in a rush.
-The powerlifter?
-Yeah.
She's got a competition next week.
It's Nationals.
-Ooh, Nationals.
Cool.
Hey, why did Marcus go to Paris two months ago?
-What, for the investors convention?
You know, to find an investor.
Look, I know that you're just trying to do your job, but you really need to leave me alone.
There's a kid rotting in a cell right now, Dennie, and I need to know if he deserves to be there.
-Jared deserves to die in there.
Now, if you will excuse me.
-Marcus did not go to Paris alone.
-Who?
Who was he with?
-They took the Lovers' Suite.
You and Marcus had an open relationship?
-We closed it after we got engaged.
-So you knew that he was sleeping with Vincent?
-Not specifically.
He slept with a lot of people.
Doesn't mean he didn't love me any less.
-And vacations with boyfriends is okay in the polyamory rulebook?
-He was under a lot of pressure.
-Why?
-Well, you pick -- Connor coming back, trouble with the business.
-What stuff with the business?
You might as well tell me.
Otherwise, I'll just find out like I did with this.
-After his parents died, Marcus... had issues with addiction.
The business struggled.
Connor came back to help.
Marcus got better.
He was trying to earn back trust.
He was trying to prove that he could take charge again.
-There.
Now, was that so hard?
You know you don't have to do that, that painting him as perfect to explain why you loved him.
Marcus was imperfect.
You loved him.
That's all.
-We found Marcus' body inside, but no witnesses saw Jared bring him here.
-So, the police found no forensic evidence in here?
Blood, hair, prints... -Some.
Not as much as you'd expect.
-Could've been cleaned up.
-Or maybe Marcus wasn't killed here.
Maybe his body was just left here.
Hang on.
-You took that?
-Yeah.
I was proud of him.
That's the lock that Jared put on the door.
And that's the one the police broke to get in.
They look like different padlocks to you?
♪♪ -The lock was changed.
-Yeah, somebody must have cut the old one, and replaced it.
The question is, who and when?
-Okay.
Can I plug these things back in now?
-Yeah -- one by one, until we find the one that's causing the problem.
Or, you know, we could call an electrician.
-Nah, it's much more fun this way.
-Could Dennie and Vincent have been working together?
-Yep.
Possible.
-But why the call?
I mean, why leave that thread dangling at all?
-To check whether Jared was still at the house.
I mean, that's the linchpin of whole the plan, right?
Vincent cannot come and kidnap Marcus until they know that the scapegoat, Jared, has been to the house and gone again.
-So, the fiancée and the lover team up, and split the life insurance.
Unexpected, but oddly empowering.
-Marcus did come back from Paris, and immediately propose to Dennie.
So, motive-wise... -The fact that he went in the first place.
Hell hath no fury.
-Yeah, but Vincent was scorned, too.
Right?
Marcus takes him on this romantic Parisian holiday, goes the whole nine yards with the Lovers' Suite, and then, he comes home, and immediately gets engaged to Dennie.
-Yeah, I'd kill him.
-Yeah.
You know, if they always intended to collect the life insurance, then Marcus always had to die.
-So the ransom call was a red herring?
-We're not going to be able to prove any of this until we crack Vincent.
[ Smoke alarm beeping ] Huzzzah!
-Hey!
-Did Marcus say anything in the ransom call?
Any clue?
-If he did, I missed it.
I missed a lot of things.
-When's the funeral?
-Monday.
This morning, I picked the spot to scatter his ashes.
Looks right out over the Waitemata.
It's gonna be a closed-casket funeral, though -- which is a shame, 'cause he was... he was real proud of being the hotter brother.
-Connor, just 'cause you don't know everything about him doesn't make what you do know any less real.
-There.
-Thanks.
♪♪ -What the hell are you doing here?
-How was Paris?
We've got your passport.
Hôtel Valdaro?
The Lovers' Suite?
-Why are you doing this?
-'Cause I want to know who killed Marcus.
-Well, the guy who killed him is in a cell.
Look, why don't you leave me alone?
Why don't you leave Dennie alone?
-Let's talk about Dennie.
Did you two ever chat about being screwed over by the same guy?
-[ Scoffs ] -Where were you the rest of the day when Marcus was kidnapped?
-You're sick in the head.
-Were you angry that he came home and proposed to Dennie?
-Look, he was going to come back to me.
He was always going to come back to me because he loved me.
-Did he tell you that?
-Yeah.
Here.
He told me that he loved me right here.
[ Cellphone rings ] -Yeah.
-Where the hell are you?
I've been calling you for an hour.
-What do you have?
-Vincent's got a solid alibi for the day Marcus disappeared.
He picked up a tour group from town at 9:00, drove them to HQ, and took them out right after his call to Marcus.
Overnighter.
Multiple witnesses.
And there's more.
The trip to Paris?
Marcus didn't just go for the investors.
He went for the casinos.
-What?
-20K at Club Elyses, 30 at the poker room of Clichy Montmartre, and 70 at the Aviation Club.
-Where the hell did he get the money if he couldn't even pay Jared?
-No, no, he couldn't pay Jared because of all this money.
He'd been taking it out of Uncharted's accounts.
I mean, dodgy invoices for equipment and services that, as far as I can tell, were never delivered.
-Marcus was stealing?
From his own business?
-From his own brother.
Connor had been shoring up the funds ever since he got back.
And he's inheriting Marcus' house, which he had valued two days ago.
-How much is it worth?
-1.5 million -- enough to pull the business out of the hole.
-So there's Connor's motive.
-Yep.
Alexa, where are you?
-Vincent headed on back.
I think you ruined his happy place.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Alexa screams ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ -This is Alexa Crowe.
You know what to do.
-Alexa, you're really scaring me.
Are you out of range, or just ignoring me, or what?
Just please call me back.
♪♪ [ Cellphone splashes ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Gasps ] [ Breathing heavily ] -She went looking for Vincent.
No, I'm not sure if she found him or not, but what if she's lost out there?
No, Harry, I'm not over-reacting!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Any news?
Look, hey, tell me where the search party's starting, and I'll meet you there.
No, I'm not just going to stay here and wait.
-Miss me?
-You've got a sick sense of humor, you know that?
-It was Connor.
-Connor and I both called the police to tell them you were missing.
-Well, he's smart.
I'll give him that.
We just need some solid evidence.
-Alexa, he left you to die.
-It's my word against his.
On the bright side... -Oh, there's a bright side?
-...we know that Harry is right about Jared.
But proving it... -Don't do that again.
-Yeah.
Okay.
-So, how did he do it?
-I don't know.
See, it's all about timing.
Dennie's phone made the ransom call from the park.
Connor got it at home with a witness.
Could she be lying about it?
-No.
No.
His phone was at his house when the ransom call came.
-Yeah, a defense lawyer's gonna ask how he could be in two places at once -- hell, I'm asking how he could be in two places at once.
Got any ice cream?
-Oh, that poor, scapegoated toaster.
Look, I'll check the switchboard.
-Don't worry.
I'll get it myself.
[ Smoke alarm beeping ] [ Beeping stops ] Yes!
♪♪ -Okay, so, power circuit number 3 is tripping out, and that's throwing out the main.
I think that that means that there's a problem in the kitchen.
Are you listening to me?
-Look at the oven.
-No, it's not the oven.
Look, I really, really, really think we should just call an electrician.
-Nah.
Forget the electricity.
-What?
-I think I know how he did it.
♪♪ -Oh, my God.
Connor told me what happened.
Are you okay?
-Yeah.
Yeah.
Hey, um, Lena, I just wanted to ask you a question about the case.
-Oh.
Connor's at work.
-No, this one's for you.
The night that Connor got the ransom call, he said you were here at home.
-Yeah.
-What did you have for dinner?
-Um... Chinese.
-Delivery?
-No.
Connor went to pick it up.
-Can I look at your clocks?
-Hey, babe.
Got lunch.
What's wrong?
-Condolences from Nancy and Bob.
-I was gonna come by, see how you were doing.
-That is so sweet of you.
-Honey... -Don't.
No.
no.
-So, did you get any offers on the house?
-What?
-Marcus' house -- well, your parents' house -- you know, the one that you knew well enough to slip into on the day that Marcus disappeared.
You waited until after Dennie and Jared left.
And then, you killed your own brother.
-Do you have a warrant?
-Nah.
I don't need one of those.
Lena let me in.
-Sit down.
♪♪ -You took Marcus to Jared's garage... ♪♪ ...and you replaced the lock.
See, I don't think that Marcus died on Friday night.
I think he died on Friday morning.
-Who did I talk to on the ransom call?
Honey, you heard me.
-Don't be silly.
There was no ransom call.
Just a shoddy little trick.
When you left Dennie's house that morning, you turned off her phone, so it couldn't be tracked.
And then, that night, you told Lena that you were going out to pick up dinner.
-Which I did.
-Which you did.
But you left your phone here, probably right outside the door.
And you switched on the "auto-answer" function.
Then, you made a stop at the park to make your ransom call.
Then, you came home, where you pretended to get the call, saying it was Jared on the phone.
-Check the time!
-But you see, what Lena didn't know is that you'd set the clocks back 20 minutes.
20 minutes is all you needed, so that when she went to check the time, it said 8:53, when, in actual fact, it was 20 minutes later.
You'd given yourself an alibi.
-You can't seriously believe this.
-You reset the time on my phone.
-Were you angry, Connor?
I mean, you'd given up a lot, hadn't you, to come back here and look after your brother, to rescue the business.
And you didn't even mind, as long as you were appreciated.
But when you were fixing his accounts, you found out, not only were you unappreciated, but he had just been gambling away all your money and hard work all over Europe, in romantic hotel trysts and casinos.
-Connor.
How could you do this?
He was your brother.
-And you set up an innocent man to take the fall.
-That's just -- everything you just said is circumstantial.
-You know what's not circumstantial?
Marcus' blood in the boot of your car.
Microfibers.
♪♪ -And you owe me a phone.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Hey.
-Why're you so bloody early all the time, man?
-I don't know.
Bad habit.
Jared.
Oh, man.
You okay?
-Yeah, man.
-You look good.
Look at this.
-Yeah, bro.
Bro, almost, eh?
-I thought Madison called an electrician.
-No, I don't like having people I don't know in my house.
Can you fix it?
-God, no.
I thought we were just staring at it together in solidarity.
Hey, Jared might know.
I could ask him to come and take a look this weekend.
-Is he an electrician?
-No.
But at least you know him.
Thank you.
I probably don't say it enough.
But thank you.
-Weren't you and Jared supposed to be out on a boys' night?
-We were.
And then, I thought about you, sad and alone on a Friday night, channel surfing, eating a microwave dinner.
-He ditched you for Madison, didn't he?
-Yep.
♪♪ -First pat-down by a cop?
-Never.
But I have had a scary interrogation -- two-way mirror, good cop-bad cop, the works.
You?
-First pat-down by a cop at 11.
Yeah.
Stole my neighbor's car, and went for a joyride.
-All right.
First arrest?
Together, on three.
-Okay.
-One, two, three.
16.
-13.
-Oh, you're beating me!
-I'm a delinquent.
What did they get you for?
-Activism.
Well, okay, I say it's activism now, but really, I just did it for the fun of it.
[ Both chuckle ] -We've come a long way, eh?
-We had help.
-You ever think about what it'd be like if -- -All the time.
But now?
Now, I mostly just think about where I'm going.
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