Hudson & Rex (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Under the Influencer - full transcript

- This is it, everyone!
- _

- The happiest day of my life!
- _

Get in here, ladies!

Best bridesmaids ever!!!

- Ah, you look so beautiful, Katie.
- _

I'm literally crying.

- Don't! It's too late for touch ups!
- _

Okay now, Jillian.

I know this is not a smoothie. But...

It's fine.

Because



it's my cheat night.

Oooh okay!

CHRISTINE: Alright, ladies!

Make it quick.

I'm not going to have my daughter

late for her own wedding.

Oooh!

I just have to say
something really quick.

Okay.

Today is the most - _

off-the-chain day

- of my whole entire life.
- _

And I literally

wouldn't want to spend it



with anyone but the two of you.

WILLOW: Ohhh!

I love you ladies! So much!

Cheers!

You too, Mom!

And to my Katie Club members
streaming live the big event

don't forget to comment and hashtag

Katie and Chad 4ever!

BRIDESMAIDS: Whoo!

- Cheers!
- _

Are you nervous?

Why would I be nervous?

- I'm marrying my best friend.
- _

- Oooh!
- Ohhh!

- Thank you!
- CHRISTINE: And you!

Oh! You look so beautiful!

- I feel so blessed.
- _

CHAD: You and me both!

Oh-em-gee, Chad!

You know it's bad luck to see each other

before the wedding!

What can I say?

I'm a weak man.

I just wanted to see you one last time

before we tie the knot.

I can't believe out of,

all the guys out there,

you chose me.

You okay?

Mmph!

You look a little pale.

Blughh!

CROWD: Ooooh.

Oh, man. Uhh... Katie?

(KATIE CRYING)

Can someone get some water?

Ughh!

- Oh my God!
- Katie!!

CHRISTINE: Oh Katie!

Somebody call an ambulance!

Please stop!

- ♪♪
- (THEME MUSIC)

- (REX BARKS)
- CHARLIE: Okay, buddy, let's go!

Let's go!

Come on, come on!

Rex! Here!

Good job, buddy!

Good boy!

Come here! Rex!

- Rex!
- (REX BARKS)

Yes! Good job, buddy!

(REX BARKS)

- Okay!
- (REX BARKS)

- Come on!
- (BALL SQUEAKING)

Good job, buddy!

Okay, partner!

You ready for this?

Let's go! Oh!

(CHARLIE LAUGHS)

Great job, buddy!

Great job!

Yeah, always room for
improvement though!

(PHONE CHIMES)

Detective Hudson.

Yeah, we're on our way.

Alright, pal.

Let's go to work.

- (KATIE VOMITING)
- WILLOW: Oh my God!

BRIDESMAIDS: Katie!

Can someone get her some water?

That was three hours ago.

And already has over a million views.

Painfully ironic, isn't it?

Because she died on her wedding day?

No, because she died the exact
same way she lived her life.

Publicly and with a dramatic flair.

You think somebody knew that she
was live-streaming her wedding

and wanted to make a statement?

It's a plausible theory.

I've never even heard of Katie Collins.

Judging by the amount of views,

you might be the only one.

DONOVAN: Come on! Katie Collins
was a rising social media star.

Her fiancé, Chad,

was a prominent college hockey player,

until an injury sidelined his career.

Katie stayed by his side
throughout his entire recovery,

even posting updates to his fans

which garnered her a big
online following of her own.

Yeah, but that was,

that was a few years ago.

Yeah?

What's her claim to fame now?

Yeah, she's what the
kids call an influencer.

CHARLIE: Sounds like,

you are pretty in tune yourself.

Well...

You know, Camilla subscribes
to her online channel.

So I've

seen a video or two.

Well, yeah.

That makes sense.

Sure, so...

CHARLIE: Should we, Jesse...

The wedding guests?

Already questioned and released.

And the wedding party
is still at the hotel.

Great. You and Rex had better
get your butts down there.

Sarah and her team are already
doing a forensics sweep.

You got it. Rex!

Let's go, pal!

CHARLIE: Sarah.

Hey.

Talk about bad luck on your wedding day.

Weddings and bad luck

are virtually synonymous in my books.

Charlie.

Yours ended in divorce, not death.

It's a little different.

Death and divorce are neck and neck

on the stress scale.

- Is that so?
- Mm-hmm.

- According to...?
- The experts.

Don't argue with the experts, Sarah.
What did you find?

I did a preliminary analysis

on the victim's expelled
stomach contents.

We found evidence of a toxin.

- Poison?
- Yeah.

Any idea what kind?

No, I'll have to run a test

before I can determine that.

- That the groom?
- Chad Firestone.

Yeah, he's pretty shaken up.

He won't leave her side.

Til death do them part.

Or another man, in my case.

(REX WHINES)

(REX YELPS)

Chad Firestone.

Detective Hudson.

I'm sorry for your loss.
I know it's hard.

But I'm going to have to
ask you a few questions.

Gentlemen?

Can you think of anyone who
might have wanted Katie dead?

I don't understand.

I thought this was some
kind of freak accident.

Well, we are exploring all options.

She had her share of online haters.

But who doesn't?

Anybody who knew her for real-

loved her. It was...

It was impossible not to.

Did Katie take any recreational drugs?

No way.

She was a health nut.

She wouldn't put anything
like that in her body.

It wasn't her brand.

Her brand?

What exactly was her brand?

Natural health and wellness.

Embracing a positive lifestyle.

That kind of stuff.

Take me through Katie's last 24 hours.

Katie wanted to go traditional.

So...

The last time I saw her was at
yesterday's rehearsal dinner.

Any idea what she ate?

Hardly anything.

Maybe a salad.

She didn't have much of an appetite.

Pre-wedding jitters, she called it.

And after dinner?

I was with my groomsmen.

And she spent the night
with her bridesmaids.

I just can't believe she's gone.

It's like I'm living a nightmare.

I know how you feel.

She was my best friend.

She was our best friend.

She gave me this bracelet
for my birthday.

I literally never take it off.

- So meaningful.
- Yeah.

She was just, goals.

Goals?

Everyone wanted to be her.

Ah!

Well, that can sometimes
foster jealousy.

No no. Katie was beloved.

Anyone who followed her
journey was in awe.

She just wanted to help others.

JILLIAN: That's why she
had so many followers.

She was an inspiration to anyone

trying to live their bliss.

Which reminds me.

It says Best Friends.

(CAMERA SNAP)

Today, I lost my best friend.

RIP.

Katie would have liked that.

- (PING)
- Yeah.

Yeah.

- (CHARLIE WHISTLES)
- (REX BARKS)

Um-Chad had mentioned that
Katie had been with you

all night and today.

Can you tell me what she ate?

The only thing I saw her eat

were scrambled eggs in the morning.

But we all ate from the same batch, so-

Wait wait! Could we
all be poisoned then?

Uh, Jillian.

You're on that smoothie cleanse.

So you're fine.

Oh, right.

I lost seven pounds

in two weeks.

Mmm.

CHRISTINE: Don't you walk away from me!

You answer me right now!

(REX BARKS)

- ♪♪
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(REX BARKING)

- JOAN: I'm sorry for your loss!
- CHRISTINE: What did you do?

But I didn't do anything!

You are responsible for
my daughter's death!

And now you're trying to run away!

You're insane!

- CHARLIE: Ladies!
- I'm not insane!

Arrest her!

(REX BARKS)

She killed my daughter!

And now she's trying to escape!

JOAN: She's out of her mind!

Calm down, Mrs. Collins.

Would you mind just
taking a step inside?

I promise I will come
and talk to you after.

Ughh.

You must be Joan McCrae?

- Yes.
- Detective Hudson.

We were scheduled to meet later.

You weren't planning on leaving?

No, I was just getting my phone charger.

Mind you, with this family,

leaving is not such a bad idea.

You have an issue with Mrs. Collins?

Ugh, that's an understatement.

And her daughter was even worse.

A real, entitled princess.

I just talked to
the wedding party.

And they said that Katie was an angel.

Oh, give me a break.

She treated everyone like crap.

I saw her with her bridesmaids.

And, believe me, it was no love fest.

(REX BARKS)

Well, it seems like something
lethal got into Katie's system.

And one of the few things she's eaten

in the last 24 hours

was from the rehearsal dinner.

The one which you catered.

It's kind of funny that
she died from poisoning.

She was toxic.

But I had nothing to do with her death.

No one could have
tampered with your food?

No way.

I run my kitchen like
a military operation.

Great, so you don't mind if I
have forensics do a sweep.

Please, be my guest.

If only to publicly clear my name.

I'm sure Katie's crazy
followers are going to think

that I'm behind all this.

Why would they think that?

That woman used non-organically
sourced ingredients.

So?

So when Katie found out,

she did what any responsible
influencer would do.

She exposed her on social media
for the fraud that she is!

And that's why you think that
Joan murdered your daughter?

Why else would it be?

Katie's fans love her!

Her word is gospel!

And Joan couldn't take it.

If she'd found out about this sooner,

then none of this would
have ever happened.

You know...

Ever since she was a little girl,

she dreamed of this day.

Promise me you'll find out who did this.

We'll do our best.

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

- Hey, Sarah.
- What've you got?

The tox screen came back.

Katie's blood showed
elevated levels of caffeine.

So you think the poison
may have been ingested

through a beverage? Tea or coffee maybe?

- Yeah, seems likely.
- Okay.

Any insight on the poison itself?

- (REX BARKS)
- Actually, yes.

So Katie's blood was also showing

dangerously high levels
of something called

aconitum napellus.

It's commonly known as monkshood.

It's perfectly safe to the touch, but

can be deadly if ingested.

- Monkshood? I...
- (REX BARKS)

don't think I've ever
heard of it before.

Oh, well you've definitely seen it.

Here, I'm sending you a
photo of it right now.

(PHONE CHIMES)

(REX BARKS)

Oh, wait a second.

This is monkshood?

I'm guessing you just figured out

who might have had access to it?

(REX BARKS)

(REX BARKS)

Everyone.

Who includes poisonous flowers
in a wedding arrangement?

Well, it's not that unusual. You know...

Poisonous flowers are pretty common.

You know, Lilies, Oleanders, Foxgloves.

They're all potentially deadly.

Most of us just don't
eat the arrangements.

Yeah, well tell that to Rex.

He has a fondness for snapdragons.

Oh actually, I did track the florist...

Happy Petals.

I left a message. Waiting to hear back.

DONOVAN: Okay, well... We need to
make sure we speak to the owner.

We need to find out

if someone made a special
request for monkshood.

It could have been a last minute order.

Yeah, I'm on it. Oh,
also I took the liberty

of doing an Internet scrape on Katie.

I'm going to go out on a limb

and say the material was plentiful?

Oh, yeah yeah.

This person spends more
time online than off.

I've sifted through

hundreds of posts, videos, stories,

And haven't even scratched the surface.

Now here

are Jillian and Willow.

And as far as I can tell

they are Katie's besties.

Appearing in 90% of her videos.

And in these videos, they...?

Mostly discuss style...

Oh, and diet.

Katie has a mean pear compote recipe.

That's true.

Absolutely.

I sifted through the comments section.

It's a classical blend of
fans, marriage proposals

and Internet trolls
scattered around the globe.

Pretty common social media stuff.

Yeah, I've been trying to
identify the more vile haters.

This one keeps recurring

khater fire emoji fire emoji.

Real creep.

Anything else?

Yeah, I went to Chad's profile.

And I noticed a series of
deep likes from Willow.

Deep likes?

Yeah, likes that
pre-date the friendship.

It's generally a form
of online flirting.

Uh, sure.

And then this took me

to Willow's account

where I noticed she was following

a Chillow ship account.

Jesse, English.

Ship.

Ship? Relationship.

It's, yeah, short form,

you know, a fan that
puts two celebs together

that aren't, will ship them.

You know, think...

well, Harry Potter and Hermione.

Mulder and Scully.

Bert and Ernie.

Batman and Robin.

That's a good one too.

It's fantasy.

This account is dedicated entirely to

connecting Chad and Willow.

Hence, Chillow.

Clever.

And there are some pretty
offensive memes of Katie, too.

So what does this all mean?

Well, typically, I'd say nothing.

You know, ship accounts
are fairly common.

But here's the kicker.

I mean, I traced the
source of the account.

It was set up by Chad.

CHAD: I have no idea.

You're saying that you've never
seen this account before?

No, I've seen the account.

Katie and I used to laugh
about it all the time, but,

the Chillow memes, the Katie jabs,

I mean, who has this kind
of time on their hands?

But I didn't set it up.

I'm having a hard time understanding

why it's registered under
your name and email.

All I can think of is Willow
must've gone into my laptop.

Why would Willow set this up?

She's been coming on to me
pretty aggressively lately.

And she's always enjoyed
these Chillow memes.

Maybe a little too much.

You're saying that one of Katie's
best friends is after you?

You're sure?

How would you

read into this?

She sent that the
morning of the wedding.

And you told Katie?

No way.

She would have been devastated.

I didn't have the heart to show
her this on her wedding day.

You mind if I...?

Not that it matters...

I loved Katie.

No photo was going to change that.

WILLOW: That was right after
I got my highlights done.

Okay, look. I'm more
interested in the woman

who's trying to hit on
her best friend's fiancé

on his wedding day.

You actually think I wanted Chad?

People have killed for less.

Time out. I know this
looks like a thirst trap.

- What what?
- But believe me...

I could not be less interested in Chad.

Well, this photo says otherwise.

Katie orchestrated the whole thing.

She wanted me to flirt with
Chad to generate drama.

We set up the Chillow account together-

on Chad's laptop.

And then deleted the follow-up emails.

- Why?
- Because it was all a build up

to the reception dinner.

Or what Katie called Act Two.

Act Two?

She was worried that after
the wedding ceremony

she would lose viewers.

So the plan was to discover the photo

over the appetizers.

And then the drama would unfold

over the main course and dessert.

It was going to be epic.

Did Chad know about this?

No. Of course not.

Katie wanted to make sure that
his reaction felt authentic.

Chad's not a good actor.

Okay, so Katie is willing

to throw away her entire relationship

- over a few views?
- No.

We made sure Chad came out unscathed.

I was going to be banned
from the wedding.

Why would you agree to do this?

Because Katie promised to
promote all of my posts-

which was a huge boost for me.

I mean, this week alone

I have close to three
thousand new followers.

Besides...

I always wanted to be a
reality show villain.

(CELL PHONE MUSIC)

Oh! I've got to take this.

- Hellooo?
- Okay.

Jesse, can you do me a favour?

Can you check to see

if Katie has been re-sharing any
of Willow's posts this week?

Got it and already on it.

Okay.

It seems fairly consistent.

I mean, Katie definitely
supported her friends publicly.

Well, it didn't come without strings.

What are you thinking?

I'm not really sure what to think.

I mean, I get social media.

But this is just a whole
other thing altogether.

Manufactured reality.

It's the Fake News of the people.

Yeah, well maybe Rex can figure it out.

Gotta go.

CHARLIE: Hey!

Excuse me!

BELLHOP: Can I help you?

Detective Hudson.

You mind if I look inside here?

It's just clothes in there.

(REX BARKS)

I don't think so.

Do you have any idea whose
room this came from?

Sorry, dude.

CHARLIE: Not exactly poker-faced.

I have to admit, I'm surprised.

Jillian was Katie's maid-of-honour.

They've been best friends
since grade eight.

And just last month

Katie posted this.

Okay, so...

Jillian, you are my best friend.

And I love you.

I love you, too.

Which is why I have to ask you

this important question.

Okay.

Will you adopt my kids

if anything was to happen to me

and if I had kids?

Katie!!!

Oh-em-gee yes!

- Yes?
- Yes!

Ohhh!

Ohhh!

Okay, respectfully,

how invested are you in
this whole Katie thing?

Respectfully, it's the
bi-product of having children.

Ah.

Well, your children's interests
infiltrate your brain. It's...

Gotcha.

Well, I lifted the serial
number from the SIM tray

and traced the device back to Katie.

- It's definitely her phone.
- Great work, Jesse.

I just don't think
I'm going to be able to

pull anything else off of that.

I mean, I've never seen
a phone so destroyed.

Makes you wonder what the two
of them are trying to hide.

Well, I did some digging into Jillian.

And something did pop up.

Both comment regularly on each
other's photos and videos.

But about three months ago,

there was this suspicious one-month gap

where nothing happened.

There were no likes, comments,

re-tweets, shares.

And that's...?

Charlie, that is the ultimate
social media slight.

- Huh.
- Yeah.

Digital passive aggression.

It's a brave new world, kids.

Yeah.

Have a seat, Jillian.

We know that this is Katie's phone.

Do you want to tell me

why it ended up in this condition

in your bag?

It was a pact.

Katie had two cell phones.

One for everyday stuff.

And a second for personal activities.

Such as?

You know, business
dealings, flirtations...

Things she wanted kept private.

CHARLIE: You realize this
is a murder investigation.

And that phone is evidence.

She made me promise to destroy
her private cell phone

should anything ever happen to her.

You okay?

Yeah yeah.

I just never thought anything
would actually happen.

But as her oldest BFF, I
was just keeping my word.

So...

That would explain

why the contents of the
first phone were so dull.

CHARLIE: You and Katie
stopped chatting online

a couple of months ago. Why?

We had a falling out.

I'm going to need a lot
more information than that.

Katie was getting more and
more popular on social media.

She was, like, a real influencer.

So I hear.

Katie's whole brand was healthy living.

But it was fluff.

I came to her

with a concrete idea

to market this vegan protein powder.

And I have a background in nutrition.

So the research and
analysis was all there.

But I...

I didn't have enough followers.

And since followers are our currency...

I needed a little help.

You needed Katie to
co-sign the bank loan.

Exactly.

And she totally hearted the idea.

So much so, in fact,

that she actually co-opted my hard work

and took out the loan out on her own.

As in, cut me out completely.

Oh, and...

she never even used the
vegan protein powder.

So...

She took your idea.

Must've hurt.

Yeah yeah. I was pretty upset at first.

But I got over it.

Considering I was her maid-of-honour.

Unless, of course, you were
just biding your time.

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Are you going to use that?

I was planning on it, why?

Yeah-

(JILLIAN VOMITING)

(REX BARKING)

CHARLIE: Let's get Sarah in here fast!

It's confirmed.

Trace amounts of monkshood
in Jillian's blood.

Any idea how she ingested it?

Well, she was on an all-smoothie diet,

which simplified things a bit.
We tested her blender...

And found traces of the poison in it.

Luckily, it didn't kill her.

The amount in Jillian's system

was far less than what Katie ingested.

DONOVAN: So someone spiked her smoothie?

Just enough to put her
out of commission?

Maybe not. Maybe we have it backwards

Maybe Jillian wasn't a target.

Someone could have taken her blender,

used it to grind up the monkshood

that was intended for Katie.

And Jillian was just the casualty.

That would explain the different doses.

Yeah, it would also take
Jillian off the suspect list.

Unless she made herself sick on purpose,

to avert suspicion. I mean, after all,

wouldn't the perp know to
thoroughly wash the blender?

I don't know. Maybe we've got
ourselves a sloppy killer.

SARAH: Or, they assumed
we wouldn't find it.

CHARLIE: Who's this?

It's Willow.

CHARLIE: Katie got Willow a
bracelet for her birthday.

It was something that
Willow was adamant about.

She never took it off.

Can you zoom in on her wrist?

Yeah, one second.

You notice anything?

- No bracelet.
- That's not Willow.

And if that's not Willow

then we have another bridesmaid.

And a whole new suspect.

(REX BARKS)

WILLOW: That's Erica Firestone.

Chad's sister.

Wait a second.

Katie posted every little detail

leading up to the wedding.

The bridal party was
well-known to the public.

Why was there never
any mention of Erica?

Because Erica wasn't
in the wedding party.

She wasn't even supposed
to be at the wedding.

She showed up at the
hotel the night before.

Which is so not cool.

In this photo, she's wearing
a bridesmaid's dress.

Right.

Chad gave Katie this
whole heartfelt story

about his sister being the
only family that he has left

and how important it would be to
have her in the wedding party.

So Katie agreed.

Even though Erica is totally basic,

and so off-brand for her.

So she took your spot?

Only because it was last minute

and we're basically the same dress size.

Oh my God!

I am totally hearting on your dog!

Hi!

- Hello!
- (SNAP)

Do you mind if I post this?

- Uh, yeah, fine.
- Okay.

Why wasn't Erica at the actual wedding?

All I know is that

one minute Katie was asking Erica

to sign a release form.

And the next, Erica was leaving.

Wait. What kind of a release form?

We all had to sign one.

So that Katie could feature
us in the live stream.

What was the nature of Erica
and Katie's relationship?

I mean, it was icy.

Erica was sort of a social media downer.

She didn't even have a Twitter account!

Ooooh.

Why didn't any of you
mention Erica before?

Well technically, Jillian
didn't even know

about Erica becoming a bridesmaid.

Katie was just seeing if the
dress fit when Erica bailed.

Yeah, but you could have come forward.

I didn't want everyone finding out

that I was the
lowest-ranking bridesmaid.

I mean, in truth,

Jillian and I are pretty
much the same dress size.

And everyone knows it.

If this story found its way online

it would be mortifying!

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

Charlie, what's up?

So get this.

The bridesmaids were all asked
to sign a release form.

According to Willow,

Chad's sister Erica...

She was so put off by it

she bailed on the whole wedding.

What was it about the release form

that upset her so much to leave?

Well, that's what I was wondering.

You think you think you can
get your hands on that form?

Take a look at the small print?

- Yeah, done.
- In the meantime

I'm going to pay Chad's
sister, Erica, a visit.

♪♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)

Erica Firestone? This is
Detective Hudson. SJPD.

I need to have a word with you.

Hello?

Erica?

(REX BARKING)

What have you got, buddy?

(REX BARKING)

CHARLIE: The ambulance just left.

Looks like Erica's going to be okay.

We've got multiple prints,

including a fresh one on the door.

Which was ajar. So
somebody left in a hurry.

We also found this.

It was under the fridge.

It might have come off
during the struggle.

CHAD: Where is she? Where's my sister?

(REX BARKS)

CHARLIE: Okay, Chad. Just calm down.

Your sister's fine.

She's on her way to the hospital.

SARAH: She wasn't
coherent when she left.

But she was stable.

CHARLIE: Why didn't you
tell us that your sister

was going to be a part
of the wedding party?

Or, more importantly,
that she was the florist?

My sister left before
the rehearsal dinner.

For all intents and
purposes, she wasn't there.

And yeah, she was the florist.

But she had an employee
bring the flowers.

That's how much she didn't want
anything to do with Katie.

Do you understand how bad this looks?

Yes.

Erica has nothing to do with this.

CHARLIE: How can you be so sure?

The flowers are poisonous.

And they still came from her.

Because Katie insisted.

Erica warned her that
monkshood was poisonous.

She didn't think it was symbolically
appropriate for a wedding.

So she suggested other flowers, but...

Katie...

Katie wouldn't budge.

All that mattered to her was

the perfect shade of purple.

My fiancé just died.

And now my sister's been attacked.

- (REX WHINES)
- Instead of speculating,

Detective,

how about you start doing your job?

(REX BARKING)

Hey.

So, no love from the necklace.

But we did run a perfect
print from the doorknob.

- Any matches?
- Yes.

Bridget Thorburn.

A 26 year old grad student from Montreal

with a couple of restraining
orders on her record.

Hmmm! From who?

Oh, Instagram stars.

Would you really know
them if I told you?

Absolutely not.

Yeah.

Seems she has a habit of
overstepping boundaries

with semi-famous people.

She tracked them using social media.

Yet another reason why people like Katie

shouldn't post their
entire lives online.

They're not posting their entire lives.

They're posting the parts
they want people to see.

In my experience, the
happier people look online,

the sadder they are in reality.

You should post that.

Maybe I will.

Charlie.

Yeah.

So I went through Katie's
wedding plan binder.

- And?
- Well, sure enough-

there's an entire section
dedicated to contracts.

Take a look.

Voilà.

Erica's signed release form.

Pretty standard stuff. You know...

Nothing unusual in the small print.

Wait, if she was so averse to this-

why did she sign it in the first place?

- That doesn't make any sense.
- Well, I mean, you'll notice

that the next contract-

has been torn out.

- Oh.
- (REX WHINES)

Maybe that's what caught
Erica's attention.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.

So, get this.

I did an old-school pencil
shade on the next page.

And I actually picked
up a couple of letters.

It's like I was in

a film noir from the forties.

- What'd it say, Jesse?
- Miff I.

Miff 1. No.

I don't-I'm still working on it.

Alrighty, then. Okay... oh!

- One other thing.
- Yeah.

Ever come across this person

when you were looking into Katie?

Her name's Bridget Thorburn.

She's the woman suspected
of assaulting Erica.

No, not from my Internet scrape.

- But one second.
- Yeah.

The videographer did manage
to catch some footage

of guests entering the venue.

Yeah, here.

Can you zoom in on the necklace?

That's it.

That's our stalker woman.

Bingo.

What's she doing at the wedding?

I don't know. Let me see.

There's no Thorburn on the guest list.

Do you think you can track her?

Oh, yeah. That shouldn't be too hard.

I mean, these people practically
live on their phones.

You kind of live on your phone, too.

Well, I mean only when I...

You're sure this is where
the ping came from?

Yeah, I'm positive.

I just heard back from
the facility manager.

It's unit 3018.

Nice job, Jesse.

Any word on that warrant?

Yeah, Donovan's on it now.

How confident is Joe that we're
going to get that warrant?

Well, he said it shouldn't be a problem.

Good enough for me.

(CHARLIE WHISTLES)

(CHARLIE WHISTLES)

(REX YELPS)

That's taking fandom to the next level.

(GASP)

Rex, go!

- ♪♪
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(REX BARKING)

(REX GROWLS)

Ahh!

- (CRASH)
- Ah!

(REX GROWLING)

Ahhh! Get him away from me!

Eww!

He doesn't speak English.
So let me translate...

You're under arrest.

Give me your arm.

You know, I hate it when
people make me run.

Ughh!

JESSE: Hey.

So I went through her computer.
And it is official.

She is khater fire emoji fire emoji.

Katie's most vocal troll.

Trolls.

Social media feuds.

You remember when the prime suspect

in a murdered bride case
was a jealous lover?

Haha, yeah.

The good ol' days.

Okay.

BRIDGET: I didn't mean to hurt anyone.

Things just escalated.

And Erica threw a vase at me.

And she was going to throw another one.

But she slipped on the spilled water.

It was an accident.

I saw she was unconscious.

And I freaked.

Why were you there?

To confront Erica.

She killed Katie.

Well, that is an interesting theory.

Erica was interviewed at the hospital.

And has a solid alibi.

Right now, you're the number
one suspect in Katie's death.

What?

See, the thing about
trolling somebody online

is that there's a record
of all the interactions.

And you were quite the K-hater.

I didn't hate Katie.

I loved her.

Funny way of showing it.

Okay, I started off trolling her.

But then Katie actually
reached out to me.

And it humanized her.

Turned out we weren't all
that different deep down.

We started DMing and
became online friends.

Why were you at the wedding?

Hmm? You're name wasn't
on the guest list.

Not officially.

But Katie DMed me an invite.

If you and Katie were
such great friends,

why did you keep trolling her?

Dude, you don't get it.

When you're a social media star,

having trolls is a sign of success.

It means you made it.

And Katie was the one who
made me promise not to stop.

I'm going to need to see the
DMs between you and Katie

to back your story.

Well, be my guest. I'm sure
you'll find it real enlightening.

You know, Katie opened up to
me about all kinds of things.

Her anxiety about being an influencer.

Her strained relationship with Erica.

Like, Erica was the weirdo who
didn't approve of the marriage.

And she would have done anything
to get her out of Chad's life.

Can anyone corroborate that?

No. Like, Katie was always talking about

how she couldn't talk to some
of her closest IRL friends.

In real life?

And she couldn't even
talk to her mother.

Like Christine was always
pressuring her about her brand.

And was just so obsessed about
the whole diet pill thing.

What whole diet pill thing?

Katie's Little Helpers?

It's an herbal supplement.

We were set to release
it after the wedding.

Mrs. Collins, have a seat.

We had this whole campaign

planned around how Katie fit
into her wedding dress.

She was so excited to
be expanding her brand.

As excited as you were?

SARAH: Why didn't you mention
the herbal supplements earlier?

I didn't think it was relevant.

They're perfectly safe.

I've taken them myself.

SARAH: Yeah, but this isn't
about the diet pills.

Christine, they could have been
used to administer the poison.

Someone could have tampered with them.

But no one knew they existed.

We were keeping them top
secret until their release.

And if this is going
to be Katie's legacy

I don't want it tarnished
with any ugliness.

What ugliness?

Seriously?

You don't know how fast
online rumours can spread.

Social Media Star Dies of
Self-branded Diet Supplements.

The trolls would lap that up.

Whether it was true or not.

And the fact that these supplements

could still fetch a pretty penny,

that's not relevant?

How dare you?

SARAH: Guarana, kola,

yerba maté, green tea extract.

That explains Katie's
elevated levels of caffeine.

Hmm.

But these are one-a-days.

(REX BARKS)

Yeah, I hear you, pal.
Pretty potent stuff.

Yeah, but,

even if the capsules were
completely emptied out

and then filled with monkshood

the amount should only have
made your daughter ill.

It shouldn't have been lethal.

What if she was taking five?

One supplement filled with monkshood

should only have made Katie sick.

But five of them is a different story.

Let me get this straight.

Someone emptied the contents
of her supplement capsules,

filled them with monkshood-

that was ground up in Jillian's blender?

Christine swears no one
knew about the supplements.

What, not even the fiancé?

Yeah, they live together, eat together,

sleep together.

Seems likely enough he'd find out.

CHARLIE: If we are talking about Chad,

what was his motive?

This might help. Remember the
contract that was torn out

after Erica's signed release form?

- Yeah.
- Well, I figured it out.

It was M.i.f.f.l.

Miffler Press. It's a local

publishing company.

Nice work.

Well, I called them up. And they said

it turns out that Katie had
a book deal with them.

Due for release two years from now.

That's common for social media stars.

See, after they reach a
certain number of followers

the book deals start pouring in.

Yeah, yeah that' true. But get this.

She already had a working
title for her book.

It was called, Life After Divorce.

How I Glo'd Up After My Breakup.

Wait-What?

Ah, it's just like you said, Jesse.

Manufactured reality.

Looks like wedded bliss

was just this season's arc
for Katie's loyal followers.

DONOVAN: Mm-hmm. And she already
started plotting the next season.

The inevitable divorce.

None of it is real.

It was just drama

to maintain viewers.

Mm-hmm.

And Chad may have had
access to the supplement.

And if Erica tore out the
contract to the book deal

and showed it to him-

That gives Chad a motive.

I checked the house and his hotel room.

There's no sign of Chad.

Phone seems to be off.

Must've sensed us coming.

Hey. If he's on the run

any idea where he might hide out?

Hold the phone.

Somebody just posted a photo of him

with a hashtag Katie and
Chad 4ever-sad face.

Can you blow up that photo?

Yeah. It's pretty lo-res.
But I can try. Okay.

DONOVAN: That looks familiar.

Is that a bus stop?

JESSE: Buses don't stop there.

But shuttle buses heading to St.
John's International do.

DONOVAN: Charlie, he's on
his way to the airport.

I'm on my way.

- CHARLIE: Rex, go!
- (REX BARKING)

CHAD: Move!

- ♪♪
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

- Move!
- (REX BARKS)

Get out of the way!

(REX BARKING)

- Ugh!
- (REX BARKS)

- (REX BARKING)
- Police! Coming through!

(REX BARKS)

(REX BARKING)

(REX GROWLS)

CHAD: Ughh!

(REX BARKS)

You're getting good at this, buddy.

(REX BARKS)

(DOOR BUZZER)

CHAD: I didn't mean to kill her.

Well then, why don't you
help me understand.

All I ever wanted was
to be married to Katie

and live a quiet life.

When we first met, it
was just the two of us.

And I had a few followers
from my college career.

- But it was nothing.
- Yeah.

But she took your small-time celebrity

and turned it into a huge
online following for herself.

Exactly. All of a sudden

she was this wellness guru?

And 80% of her life was a performance.

It was BS.

Everything she knew about wellness

came from what I taught her
when I was an athlete.

You went along with it, Chad.

It made her happy.

And I knew-

what we had in private was real.

At least, I thought I knew.

Erica found

Katie's book deal.

She gave it to you.

A how-to manual on
getting over a divorce.

She was everything to me.

And I was a footnote in her brand.

My entire life was a sham!

Chad, that's when most people
would just end the relationship.

Believe me! I wanted to!

That's exactly the kind
of drama she wanted.

So you took it a step further.

I wanted to turn that phony
world she created against her.

To reject her before she rejected me.

And

then to humiliate her.

To have her throw up on camera

that would be the icing on the cake.

So you poisoned her supplements.

Just to get her sick. Not to kill her.

I did a little bit of research.

I knew the exact dosage to give her.

Of course, she was only
supposed to take one pill.

I hate what this thing has done to us.

Maybe on some level-

I wanted to destroy everything.

So that we could go back to normal.

Nothing about this is normal.

(REX BARKS)

(DOOR BUZZER)

Well, looks like Katie's final video

has reached ten million views. Look.

She wanted her wedding to go viral.

Looks she got her wish.

You know, I can't believe it was Chad.

The only person in her life

who wasn't using her for
her online celebrity.

The viral universe is cruel.

JESSE: Well, it's not all bad.

Because look what else is trending.

♪ Rex, go! ♪

(LAUGHTER)

Buddy!

I mean, it's no Katie's Final Bow.

But three hundred thousand
views and counting.

♪ Rex! ♪

SARAH: Rex has officially
reached social celeb status.

CHARLIE: Nice job, partner, but hey.

Don't let it go to your head, okay?

- (REX BARKS)
- You've still got a job to do!

You have to remain humble.

Look, check this out.

There's are a few fake fan accounts.

Here's a medieval one.

Rexcalibur!

Ha!

JESSE: Oh, here's a
Jurassic one as well...

DONOVAN: Tyrannosaurus Rex!

- (REX BARKING)
- (LAUGHTER)

CHARLIE: Rex, my man.

You are my hero!

Put her here!

We can't give Rex all the love!

I mean, look!

- (DONOVAN LAUGHS)
- Wow!

Chex!

JESSE: Charlie and Rex.

You two have been shipped.

(LAUGHTER)

Okay. Alright, you big softie.

Yeah, I know. I love you too, pal. Yeah.

Next time on Hudson & Rex

My daughter-

(GUN SHOT)

She's disappeared

Alia is an activist to some

She's getting an award
for ruining my life!

Go find her Rexy. Off you go.

Rexy

(BARK)

Keep your dog in line

Or what?

Or we'll do it for you.

(BARKING)

(GUN SHOT)

Rex!