Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016): Season 4, Episode 15 - Food for Thought - full transcript
When a food truck chef dies suddenly, all signs point to a suspicious poisoning, but many questions remain unanswered. Meanwhile, Tommy announces some big plans that have Angela very excited. And Maura's birth mother, Hope, takes a bold step toward making amends with her daughter.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
We got two quinoa base, basil-cheddar,
topped with poached egg,
- smothered with secret sauce, right?
- Yes.
MAN: Okay. Coming right up.
WOMAN: People love your food,
Holden.
MAN: Can't keep your secret sauce
in stock.
Your secret sauce. I'm happy to put
your photo on the label.
Eh... It wouldn't sell without
your pretty face, dude.
One thing you should think about
though, is another truck.
I'd rather stay small, keep it 100
percent clean, organic food.
You know my motto:
"Hell no to GMO."
We should head back
to the restaurant, chef.
Can you swing by later so we can
balance the truck's account?
Yeah, you got it. Oh...
- You okay?
- Yeah, um...
...I don't feel that well.
- Your stomach still jumping?
- It's feeling worse, actually.
- Oh. Let me take you home.
[GROANING]
- Chef, are you all right?
- Holden, what is it?
Call 911! Holden.
[YAWNS]
- Starting the day out tired?
- No.
You're yawning 'cause
you skipped breakfast.
ANGELA: You didn't eat breakfast?
[YAWNS] No, I'm yawning
because you're boring me.
You know that studies show yawning
actually increases boredom?
Hey, I got the best news!
I passed!
You passed the plumbers'
apprenticeship exam?
I didn't know you were studying
to be a plumber.
- Tommy, that's great.
- I only passed by one point.
But Massachusetts
has very rigorous standards.
- That's a difficult exam.
- I'm so proud of you.
- Yeah, good job, bro.
- All I gotta do now is 550 hours
of plumbing theory,
1,700 hours of work credits,
take the exam to be ajourneyman
plumber, 52 weeks after that,
- I'll be a master plumber.
- You can't legally fix my toilet
- for three years?
- Yeah, technically.
Hey, Frankie, wanna bring back
Rizzoli and Sons Plumbing with me?
Uh...
Thanks, bro, but I like
the detective work.
All right, go ahead.
Tell them your other good news.
And you, I'm gonna fix some eggs.
- I'm gonna ask Lydia to marry me.
- Oh, Tommy!
That's great!
That's gonna be so nice for TJ.
- TOMMY: Yeah.
- Right, Frankie?
Uh- huh. Ow!
- So nice for TJ.
- Yeah.
Who's that?
Excuse me.
So tell us how you're gonna propose.
Excuse me.
- Hey, Charlie.
- Hey, Frankie.
- I haven't seen you in forever.
- Yeah.
This is my brother, Tommy.
Tommy, Officer Charlie Hansen.
- Hi, Charlie. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
I think Tommy has inherited
my father's wandering eye.
Doesn't bode well for marriage.
It'd be nice if Frankie found someone.
Although, doesn't she seem
a little young?
Maybe the Rizzoli's aren't
cut out for marriage.
My engagement ring is still sitting
in a safety deposit box.
Well, you shouldn't wait too long
to make a decision about Casey.
It's not healthy, Jane.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
I would love to sit here and process,
but duty calls.
I remember when Copley Square
was just a couple of hotels.
- Now it's food truck central.
- My goodness! Is that Chef Holden?
- JANE: Who's Chef Holden?
- MAURA: He's last season's
- America's Best Chef winner.
- The reality show?
Yeah, he made the most inventive
deconstructed pheasant Normandy
from hearts of palm.
- What happened to him?
- Not clear.
Those two were with him
when he suddenly collapsed.
Is that Reed Bennett
and Dalia Reilly?
- FROST: Yeah, how'd you know that?
- I saw every episode.
Me too. What'd you think
of Chef Holden's sous-vide duck?
Oh, that technique was controversial.
I've made the grilled watermelon
with charred beets and fennel.
You're making me hungry.
[LAUGHS]
Can you two foodies
stop salivating, please?
- What'd the paramedics say?
- He was in full cardiac arrest
when they got here.
Couldn't resuscitate him.
What a shame. You know, his name
Holden actually means "kind."
He donated to every
food activist group,
put his money where his palate was.
He only served organic food.
He was perspiring heavily.
Posterior nose bleed.
Maura, are you smelling him?
Get everyone back!
Maura, your nose is bleeding.
No, Jane, get back!
Call the hazmat team now!
MAN: Move back!
- Everyone, move!
- I need hazmat and critical incident
response team at Copley Plaza, now!
MAN: Everybody move back!
[###]
All right man, you're good to go.
My EKG is normal. I'm fine.
Thank you.
Maura, I really think
you should go to the hospital.
It's not necessary. Really, everybody
that ate in the food truck
didn't get sick. Even the paramedics
that were treating him are fine.
You touched him with gloves.
Why did your nose bleed?
I likely became symptomatic because
I inhaled the toxin on his skin.
- Do you know what it is?
- MAURA: No.
No. Mm-mm. I am not stripping down,
and get sprayed with a fire-hose.
- We brought a shower.
- So we can strip and shower there?
We'll put up a screen.
Take off your clothes and shoes now,
put them in these biohazard bags.
- Oh, man! This is a new suit.
- These are my favorite shoes.
- Do you know what killed him?
- No, we haven't identified
- the toxin yet.
- I'll do the autopsy.
- No, Maura, you can't.
- I'll wear a full hazmat suit.
As soon as the body is sealed
and safe to be moved,
- we'll transport it.
- Please transport the food
and equipment from the truck too.
I'll let my staff know to prepare
for a biohazard.
- Are Jane and Maura okay?
- Yeah, they're fine.
- You want some coffee?
- Please.
The girls are changing in the car.
They don't wanna get caught dead
in a paperjumpsuit.
I kinda like it. Comfortable.
Oh, no. No.
We're gonna drink this coffee,
and then go change in the gym.
Maybe botulism killed Chef Holden.
I don't think so. Dr. Isles said it
had a distinct chemical smell.
- Like maybe a cleaning product.
- So maybe it wasn't a murder.
We have to investigate all suspicious
deaths, and I'm betting dollars
to donuts it'll turn out
to be a homicide.
I watched all his episodes.
Why would anybody want to murder
that really cute TV chef?
Wow. Congrats.
- Third kid, I can't even imagine.
- You ought to try, Detective.
Babies are the best.
- Hey, Maura.
- Hey, Frankie.
Dr. Isles, these were just
delivered for you.
For me? Oh.
I wonder what it is.
The return address is a PO Box
in Cyprus.
- You order something from Cyprus?
- No.
The customs tag says "collectibles."
I'm not a collector.
Unless shoes count.
[CLICKING]
That didn't sound good.
Uh, Frankie,
does the suspicious mail alert
say anything about excessive postage
or having a return address
as a PO Box?
FRANKIE: Yeah, it says don't handle and
activate your emergency plan.
Doesn't say anything about
a clicking noise if you pick it up.
- I think it's a pressure switch.
- Oh, God.
You should get out of the building.
You too, Officer Jenkins.
- Send the Bomb Squad in.
- No.
- Initiate evacuation procedure...
- I'm gonna put my hands over yours.
Okay? I'm gonna help you
maintain pressure.
Thank you, Frankie.
[ALARM BUZZING]
- What's going on?
- FRANKIE: Clear the building.
It's possible the package we're
holding is an explosive device.
Go outside and block the entrance,
Frost.
Wait, if there was a bomb, wouldn't
it have gone off when it was handled
- by the Post Office?
- No, not necessarily.
If the sender knows
it's reached its destination,
- it could be remotely activated.
- Anyone call about these packages?
Yeah, a few minutes ago, to check
to make sure they made it here.
I think I might have engaged
the pressure switch.
- So, what happens if you let go?
- It's like a landmine.
You step on it, when you
lift your foot, it goes off.
- Will you go, Frost?
- You should go too, Sergeant.
I'm waiting for the Bomb Squad.
Jenkins, you have a new baby. Get.
- Korsak...
- Would you get out? That's an order.
- Go!
- Get my mom out too, will you?
It's gonna be okay.
MAN: Bomb tech is in position.
All entrances are sealed off.
I can't believe there's only one bomb
tech in there. I can't stand here!
Come on, Jane, I will tackle you to
the ground if you take another step.
It's not a simple disposal, Jane.
They can't use a robot either.
I know, but it's Frankie
and Maura in there.
[SENSOR CLICKING]
That's a reassuring sound.
It means no radiation so far.
Okay. I like that.
My arms are sore!
- Distract me.
- Uh...
Tell me about your case.
That reality chef show guy
really got poisoned?
We don't yet have a cause of death.
What happens if you guess?
Well, I guess it's a little like
if you were to wear a dress.
Okay, I get it.
But there is something
that's bothering me.
- You mean other than this?
- Why didn't the chef,
who has a refined palate
and superior olfactory skills,
smell the toxin that
was covering his skin?
- Maybe he had a cold.
- I don't think so.
What's wrong?
Come on, Jane, stop watching that.
- JANE: I can't.
- Jane, give it to me.
What the hell?
What are they doing?
Are they saying goodbye?
- So itchy.
- Yeah.
Got it? So if I go like this,
you got it?
That's good? Okay.
- Thank you.
- Good thing my beard grows in fast.
- I didn't scratch your skin, did I?
- No. I'm fine.
The level of radiation we're being
exposed to isn't a health risk.
A little radiation from an X-ray is
the last thing I'm worried about now.
I really loved working
on the cafe racer with you.
Me too.
Me too, I really... I really
enjoyed repairing the throttle valve.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna look, okay?
What is it?
Cylinders, metal containers,
a circuit board.
There's some wiring.
"Kappa, alpha."
- Oh, no.
- What? What is it?
If the Greek letters under these
stamps say "Phi Iota Sigma,"
- I know what's in the package.
- You do?
Keefus.
- Coffee. I ordered it.
- You ordered it from Cyprus?
No, Amazon. They sent me an e-mail
months ago, from Missouri.
They said they were on back order,
looking for a new supplier. I forgot!
Maybe... maybe they fulfilled my
order with a company in Cyprus.
But that looks like a circuit board
and that's a wire.
I ordered a coffee maker too.
- It's probably the click we heard.
- The on-off switch.
This is not an explosive device.
- How much coffee did you buy?
- Oh, my God!
[LAUGHS]
A lot.
- You guys can let go now.
- FRANKIE: Oh...
Okay. Oh, my gosh,
I can't move my hands.
Okay. Okay.
- All right. Okay.
- I'm so sorry for the trouble.
Hey, it's okay.
This is gonna be something
I'll never forget.
- Really? Okay.
- Yeah.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- Oh, my God!
- Oh, come here, come here.
All right.
MAURA: Holden Hathaway is a
well-nourished 32-year-old male.
His blood work showed he was
suffering from hypoxemia,
with hypercapnia.
And that confirms what I'm seeing
- in his otherwise healthy heart.
- Yes, I noticed something strange
about his otherwise
healthy heart too.
Cause of death: Cardiac arrest,
brought on by respiratory failure.
Did he know he was nose-to-nose
with such a dangerous toxin,
and it might have a disastrous
outcome to all who knew him?
He was helping me with an
uncomfortable sensation.
- We're on speaker, Maura.
- It's all right.
If you're talking
about coffee pot-gate
and your brother playing Twister
with the medical examiner,
everybody knows.
- I had pruritus.
- Yes, that's Dr. Isles' way
of saying she had an itch.
Yes, pruritus,
given the situation I was in,
could only be relieved
by scratching.
Toxins, Dr. Isles.
Let's talk toxins.
Based on the patterning
of acute urticaria cyanosis,
cardiac arrest, and the odor
that I detected,
I had Susie run tests for
organophosphates on his skin.
I think I have it.
It's dichlorvos.
- What's dichlorvos?
- It's a common organophosphate.
It's used in insecticides.
It's a neurotoxin.
- Like bug spray?
- I can't confirm it was a spray,
but I can confirm that
that's what killed him.
Do you have the results from the GCMS
on his clothing?
Yes, we've got traces on his pants
and shoes.
But the chef's coat he had on
is saturated with it.
The hazmat team is still processing
the truck.
I'll have everything field tested.
Okay, and I'll have CSRU check for it
in Chef Holden's restaurant.
What are you doing down here?
I didn't realize
you've been promoted.
- To my lieutenant.
- Can't go in there.
What, it's hazmat protocol.
I need you to track down
Chef Holden's chef coats.
- Sure.
- It was really brave of you
to stay with Maura,
and hold that package.
- It was coffee pots.
- Yeah, but you didn't know that.
Frankie, is it possible
that a high-stress situation
has intensified a... crush?
No.
You might as well know,
I've liked her for a long time.
You know she's practically family.
And you work together.
So?
So you shouldn't mess around
with people you work with.
It's pretty ironic that somebody
dosed Chef Holden with insecticide.
- How ironic?
- Well, he was all
about organic food. No insecticides,
no GMOs in anything he served.
- What's a GMO?
- What you're about
to put in your mouth.
Genetically modified organisms.
You think a cookie made
with this GMO stuff is safe to eat?
It's unclear. The European Union
banned GMOs,
and there haven't been any long-term
safety studies.
Maura, can you trace the insecticide
on his chef's coat by brand?
No, dichlorvos has the same chemical
structure in every insecticide.
I've been digging
into Chef Holden's life.
- Did you locate any family members?
- His parents live in Hong Kong.
- No girlfriend or wife.
- What about these two chefs
- that were with him when he died?
- They met on America's Best Chef.
- I've been watching clips.
- It was an extraordinary season.
Particularly the finale.
MAN ON COMPUTER: Dalia, tell us about
your finale dish.
I made a seared sweet bay scallop
with a horseradish beurre blanc,
- grilled kale...
- Way to ruin perfectly good seafood.
- MAN: Reed, what about your dish?
- REED: I love comfort food,
so here's my twist:
Fricassee of sweet breads
and oyster mushrooms
with mashed sunchokes.
Nothing comforting about fricasseed
sweet breads and sunchokes,
- if you ask me.
- Mm-mm.
... deconstructed pheasant Normandy
with onions, apples, peppercorn- -
- What an astounding imagination.
- MAN: This was a tough one for us.
Not tough for me. I'd send them
all home and order a pizza.
MAN: ... America's third best chef.
[LAUGHS]
We all loved your witty take
on fresh nouveau cuisine.
- Congratulations.
- No wonder you like this show.
No one says "awesome."
MAN: ... America's second best chef.
That means that you, Chef Holden,
are America's best chef.
So they lose to Holden,
but they end up working for him?
Chef Holden won 150,000 dollars
to start his restaurant.
- He brought Dalia to help.
- Chef Holden's Farm to Table.
It's impossible to get a reservation.
"The organic French farm-style menu
is rife with amusing, inventive
dishes, like a playful take
on mint and coconut soup."
- Maura.
- I would love to eat there.
What about Reed?
What's his story?
Runner-up Reed didn't get famous. He
went back to his old job at a hotel.
Holden hired him to run a food truck.
Any indication Dalia or Reed
weren't getting along with Holden?
Yeah. Dalia and Holden
were a couple.
Chefs are the new Renaissance men.
They broke up when he got famous.
Dalia posted this: "End of romance
rage makes me wanna put a cockroach
in his food." Maybe she decided
Holden was the cockroach.
It was time to exterminate him.
DALIA: We broke up, but we stayed
friends. We had a business to run.
We're gonna need
to take his computer.
It's got all the records for the
restaurant and the truck.
We'll get it back to you.
Did you have any employees
who might have had an issue
with their boss?
No way.
You couldn't not like the guy.
I lost to him, but he still became
my best friend.
DALIA: He was super cool
and super generous.
He had a moral compass
like I've never seen.
- We all wanted to be like him.
- Even when he was offered millions
for his company,
he wouldn't sell out.
- Who does that?
- Were there any companies
that didn't like hearing the word no
for an answer?
Only one I can think of
is Copley Square Foods.
They kept trying to schedule
a meeting with him.
Copley Square Foods?
They're the biggest contributor to
the anti-GMO labeling lobby.
Chef Holden was
an anti-GMO activist.
He got us all on board
with environmental issues.
He even spent his own money
to lease us all green cars.
Even got me to use environmentally
friendly wax on my car.
- Where did he keep his chef's coat?
- Which one?
- How many does he have?
- REED: Dozens.
Changed three or four times a night.
Couldn't cook unless he
had on a clean coat.
- It was his lucky charm.
- He had them everywhere.
- Home, car, truck, here.
- Could you show us where?
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
Excuse me.
- Hey, Maura.
- MAURA: I found something odd.
I couldn't understand why Chef Holden
couldn't detect the odor
of the dichlorvos, but I'm looking
at medical records
from an ER visit six months ago,
his olfactory nerve
was severed in a car accident.
Isn't that connected
to his ability to taste?
Yes. So how could he get
a five-star review
after he lost his ability to taste?
I don't think he did.
I think someone tasted for him.
Detective Rizzoli.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
Hey, Hope. What are you doing here?
- It's about Maura.
- You need another body part?
She returned a gift.
It's my necklace,
and it was meant for her.
You didn't give that to her.
Your real daughter, Cailin, did.
That's not fair.
You're the last person to talk
to me about fair.
Hope, you only show up when you
want something, so spit it out.
- What do you want this time?
- Her forgiveness.
You just don't get it, do you?
You made it very clear that it was
pretty inconvenient for you
to find out that Maura
was still alive.
- That's not true.
- It's not?
You told her she wasn't yours,
and then accused her of scamming you.
Well, I was... it was shocking.
So was showing up again,
and asking her for a kidney.
Be happy she has the decency
to talk to you at all.
So many things I know
I've done wrong.
Yes, like standing by your man
and treating his wounds
after he murdered Lieutenant
Cavanaugh's wife and baby.
I told the Grand Jury everything.
And I will be a key witness
in the trial.
And I will be the reason
that Paddy is put to death,
- if he's found guilty.
- Hope, for all we know,
- you made a deal.
- I did not make a deal.
Then why hasn't the IRS
closed down your MEND clinics,
- and frozen all your assets?
- I turned over all the books.
- The IRS knows where to find me.
- So does Maura.
- I need her forgiveness.
- Here's the pain you can't undo.
Paddy is a gangster,
and you're a liar.
It's not really the happy ending
she was hoping for.
Excuse me.
I have a suspect to interview.
No one could know that he wasn't
the chef behind the restaurant.
Behind Chef Holden Foods,
he was the name.
Holden was the brand.
And you,
a classically trained chef,
- had to become his tasting beard.
- I guess.
- If you want to put it that way.
- It had to have been tough.
- It wasn't ideal.
- You were driving the car
that injured his olfactory nerve,
weren't you?
You stayed and you cooked
and you helped build his restaurant
because you felt responsible
for his injury.
I was responsible.
- Was the crash deliberate?
- You called it
an "end of romance rage."
You sent that out right before
the crash, didn't you?
Look, I was angry.
He broke up with me,
and asked me for a ride home. He said
it wasn't working out as a couple.
- Because of the restaurant.
- When he didn't die in the crash,
- you tried to poison him.
- No.
Is that what happened? Poison?
I loved him.
I chose to stay behind and help
him with the restaurant.
After he dumped you?
I had to make peace
just being near him.
It had to be enough.
We had to let Dalia go. We don't have
anything to tie her to the poison
- that killed Holden.
- Ten coats from the dry cleaners.
"Naturally Clean & Bright."
Just because they say they're
eco-friendly doesn't mean they are.
- Any trace of insecticide?
- No.
- Did you check the cleaners?
- CSRU went through the place.
They use natural insecticides,
onions, garlic, cloves.
How many other chefs' coats
did you recover?
Ten clean,
seven dirty ones at his house,
three clean in his car,
and four in the truck.
And five from the restaurant.
Crime lab's processing them all.
So far nothing at his restaurant,
home or car showed any trace
- of dichlorvos.
- FROST: Hazmat incident commander
didn't find any signs of insecticide
in the food truck.
- So they released that too.
- So the only thing contaminated
was a chef's coat,
that only Holden would wear.
- What are you doing?
- I was thinking about Chef Holden's
inability to smell the
organophosphate on his chef coat.
It's a subtle smell,
but I can smell it.
You can smell a fart
in New Hampshire, Maura.
Look at these two bottles
of his secret sauce.
- That one's darker.
- Yes.
- Now, taste them.
- Taste them?
No, we're in a crime lab.
It's not very appetizing.
- Maura!
- Just taste it.
Mm...
- It's good.
- Mm- hm.
Now, try this one.
- Tastes the same.
- If you're not a super taster.
- I think I've just been insulted.
- I did some DNA sequencing,
and do you know what the secret
ingredient is in Chef Holden's
- secret sauce?
- Ketchup.
Saffron.
- This sauce is 49 dollars a bottle.
- For hot sauce?
Well, it's 5,000 dollars a pound
for saffron.
- Come... that's not possible.
- It takes up to 500 flowers
to make one gram of saffron.
Which could explain...
Which could explain why he started to
use genetically modified saffron
- which is only ten dollars a pound.
- He was against using GMOs.
Okay. Let's get something to eat.
I'm starving.
What, you're always telling me
to eat more greens.
This will disguise the taste
of Brussels sprouts. Come on.
I liked this place better
when they covered everything
- in salt and grease.
- I think I like Maura.
[SPITS]
- You can't like Maura.
- Why not?
- Because it's Maura, that's why.
- You did.
Yeah, I mean she's hot and smart
and got a great ass,
but, Frankie, she's like our sister.
She didn't feel like my sister
when I had my hands on her.
Dude, just stop! You can't!
- Why not?
- Promise you won't hit me?
- Depends on what you say next.
- You and Maura...
...you don't match.
- JANE: Hi, guys.
- Hi.
Hey. I was just headed out.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What is the update on the rest
of Holden's chef coats?
The crime lab said they had no trace
of insecticides on any of them.
- Hey, Frankie.
- Hey, Charlie.
- I owe you a beer.
- You do? Okay.
- Cool. Come on.
- All right. Good night.
- Frankie.
- Yeah.
- Thanks for holding my hands today.
- Any time.
I'm sure glad I checked out
that cop's ass.
- Excuse me?
- It made me realize
that I wanna get married. To Lydia.
Oh. Well, that's very sweet, Tommy.
You know what? Check it out.
- I got her a ring.
- Oh, it's an amethyst!
That's a lovely color.
- It's really pretty, Tommy.
- Lydia likes purple.
- I'm gonna go show Ma.
- She'll be thrilled.
- See you.
- Bye.
- What's wrong?
- Don't like how I'm feeling.
- It lacks integrity.
- Okay, I'm lost.
Tommy's just so excited to go share
his news with your mom. I just...
I feel a little jealous. I always
wanted that kind of a relationship
- with my mother.
- Oh...
Constance isn't warm and fuzzy,
but she loves you, Maura.
I always knew I was adopted.
When I was young and felt Ionely,
I would tell myself,
"Someday, my real mother will appear."
- Hope came to see me today.
- What? Why didn't you tell me?
Hey, all right. Why?
Why did she come and see you?
- I think she wants to make amends.
- Well, she doesn't need to.
- I'm over it.
- You're not over it.
- And you shouldn't be.
- Yes, I should.
- And so should she.
- Maura...
...Hope knows how I feel about her.
And she swallowed her pride,
and came to see me anyway.
So what more does she want?
I talk to her when she calls.
Yeah, you talk to her the same way
that you talk to that neighbor
- that over-waters your roses.
- Which are on my property.
And I was very polite to him when
I told him to fix his sprinklers.
All right, so... you know, why,
why would you be Hope's advocate?
I'm your advocate.
- Now, I'm lost.
- Well, admit it.
It bums you out. Doesn't it?
Maura, nobody's gonnajudge you
if you change your mind about her.
- Hey.
- Frankie.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Would you like to try the coffee?
- Sure.
- I feel a little ridiculous.
- Why? You shouldn't.
Everything about that box
was suspicious.
- It could easily have been a bomb.
- But it wasn't.
You know, sometimes we think
that something is more than it is.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah. I don't really have time
for coffee. Thanks, though.
Just wanted to make sure
you're okay.
I'll see you around.
Oh. Why would Holden
pay off a gangbanger?
- What do you mean?
- Shabazz Jones.
I recognize his name. He's with the
Huntington Avenue Raiders.
Look, you see that?
Under truck security?
Six hundred bucks a week
going to Shabazz.
He's on parole
for assault and battery.
- Who'd he go after?
- Food truck owner.
Shabazz was shaking down
Holden's food truck.
Maybe Holden got tired of paying.
How many times I gotta tell you
this ain't your spot?
You can't park here!
Get the hell out of here.
Hey, Shabazz.
You can't touch people, man.
Hey, be cool, little mama.
I know every food truck around here.
I can get you free food
for a lifetime.
That's all right. I brought my money.
Thank you.
That should cover
for the food he stole.
- Give me that.
- That's my order.
No, you just ordered one assault and
battery and two robberies. Let's go.
You were threatening
the owner of that truck.
Told him he couldn't park there
because he wouldn't pay you, right?
- I don't like his pulled pork.
- I do.
- What about you, Frost?
- Delicious.
I see here you like to beat up
food truck owners.
Says you were arrested for hitting
the owner of Chubby Chocolate Treats
- with a tire iron.
- We got in a scuffle. So what?
So you trade in your tire iron
for some bug spray?
Some what? What the hell
is she talking about?
Chef Holden. He got tired
of paying your rent.
- That was my only steady gig.
- Pretty dumb to kill him then.
Why would I kill him?
I was on his payroll.
Yeah, we know that.
What do you think you're doing here?
Look, I wasn't shaking him down,
if that's what you think.
I provided a service
on the payroll.
- You could talk to my man Reed.
- Reed Bennett?
The guy who ran Chef Holden's truck?
- That's the one.
- Why would he pay you?
'Cause they needed me. I held that
space for that truck every day.
- Six hundred bucks to do that?
- Yeah, that...
...and keep my homies away from that
truck during prime business hours.
- Suits don't like gangstas.
- What prime business hours?
When the suits got hungry.
Reed said they was trying
- to hook a whale or something.
- What does that mean?
- The hell if I know.
- Book him for assault and battery.
Come on, you don't wanna do that.
- Yeah, I do.
- Wow. That's crazy.
Shabazz said that Reed paid him
to make sure
the suits had access
to the food truck.
The food suits, maybe?
Well, Reed parked it right in front
of Copley Square Foods.
- That place is full of food suits.
- And Dalia said that they kept
trying to schedule a meeting
with Holden.
- Hey, what's up?
- It can wait.
I... I just found this sauce
in my bag.
Research on Olympic medalists
is curious.
Who would you guess is the least
happy: Gold, silver, or bronze?
- Bronze. You finish third.
- No, they're the happiest,
because they medaled.
The least satisfied
- are those who finish second.
- Korsak.
Can you play back the finale
of America's Best Chef?
Yeah.
MAN: Reed, you are America's
second best chef.
But we all love your secret sauce.
Congratulations.
It's the secret sauce.
Chef Holden was opposed to GMOs.
There's no way that he would have
allowed genetically modified
- saffron in it.
- But his olfactory nerve
was severed, so he couldn't taste
the difference.
Yeah. Is Reed Bennett's employment
contract on Holden's computer?
I think Reed wanted to sell
his secret sauce recipe
to Copley Foods, but there's no way
Holden would have agreed to that.
Because a mass manufacturer would
certainly use a cheap GMO saffron.
The only way Reed was able to get
rich was to get rid of Chef Holden.
And Chef Holden inadvertently
gave him the keys. Listen to this.
"In the event of my death,
I leave the food truck
and secret sauce to Reed Bennett
to manage as he sees fit."
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
I'm not sure if this helps,
but Susie just found something
else on the chef's coat.
Environmentally friendly car wax.
Yeah, that helps.
- Hey, chef.
- Hello.
Do you have something
on Chef Holden's death?
Yeah. We'll have a lot more once
we've looked at your car.
- Why would you look at my car?
- Chef Holden's face was everywhere,
and you were stuck slinging
quinoa on a food truck.
It was smart of you to turn the suits
at Copley on to your secret sauce.
Were you going in to sign a contract?
What contract?
I'm here out of courtesy.
You heard Dalia say they wanted
to meet Chef Holden.
You made a lot of courtesy visits.
Visitor's parking log
recorded you six times
this last six months.
Is this the sauce
with the GMO saffron?
- There's no GMO in our stuff.
- That's not what Dr. Isles found.
The DNA profile was conclusive
for the bottle I tested.
It contained genetically modified
saffron.
You saved a pile of money, Reed.
Paying $10 an ounce instead of $5,000.
You almost had a deal, if you could
just deliver Chef Holden.
That wasn't gonna happen.
He wouldn't sell out.
- "Hell no to GMO."
- Stand back.
I wouldn't want you
to inhale bug spray.
MAURA: It's positive for dichlorvos.
And it's quite a dark red,
which means it still has a heavy
presence of insecticide.
Did you lay it over the hood,
and spray it right here?
He couldn't even taste anymore.
I let him sample the stuff
with the GMO saffron,
and he said it was great.
Is that when you decided to kill him?
Hell of an opportunity to test your
product, get the suits on board.
Then kill the man,
keep the brand.
Dalia and I were the real chefs.
But he got all the credit,
he was the celebrity chef.
Pretty face and his noble cause.
I was the runner-up,
I should have won!
If I had, none of this
would have happened.
You think about that when you're
working in a prison kitchen.
What's remarkable about saffron
is that everyone's palate
experiences it differently.
I wonder what's gonna happen
to Chef Holden's Foods now?
- Dalia is gonna keep it going.
- It makes me feel better.
- Mm! Hi, girls.
- Hey, Ma.
- Try these cakes.
- Wedding cakes?
- Did Lydia say yes?
- No, he didn't ask her yet.
I'm just getting a head start.
[LAUGHS]
Mm. Tart with a crisp, acidic,
adult finish.
Maura.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Can you get that?
Yeah.
Thank you.
- Is that strawberry?
- Bubblegum. Tommy's favorite.
Oh.
May I come in?
Of course you can.
- Is everything all right?
- No, it isn't.
Hey, Ma. Why don't we go pick
out the font for the invitations?
I haven't picked out
the card stock yet.
We'll fluff pillows. Come on.
Please don't go.
I made a decision today.
I am closing my clinics.
- Why would you close MEND?
- Because I want you to know how
sorry I am.
And I want to make
restitution somehow.
By closing clinics that are saving
desperate mothers and...
...and children? I don't want that.
That's not gonna make up
for anything.
I need your forgiveness.
And for you to accept me,
flaws and all.
I can't.
Please.
You are my daughter.
I'm not your daughter.
Maura.
Whether you like it or not,
you're both related.
I've changed.
I wouldn't make
the same decisions today.
So please give me... a chance.
You know you never
answered my question.
Does this bum you out?
- Yes.
- Okay.
I mean it, Maura, no judgment.
Please, can we just start over?
People change.
Life changes us.
There's... research proving the
elasticity of the brain.
You wanna start over?
Very much.
- Go outside.
- Outside your house?
Yeah. Yeah, I like this plan.
- Okay, what's going on?
- Would you...
You can knock now.
Hello.
I'm Maura Isles,
your biological daughter.
Hello.
I'm Hope Martin.
I'm your mother.
I've always wanted to know you.
- This is so touching.
- Ma.
Would you like some tea?
- Yes.
- From the Yan Sichuan Province?
Yes!
No one I know likes that tea.
- 'Cause its panda poop tea.
- Yes.
[LAUGHTER]
Okay... I'm gonna go get some
frozen yogurt.
- What do you want?
- Chocolate with a vanilla swirl.
Oh, I'll have what Angela's having.
And I'll have the same.
But can they not swirl?
Mm-hm.
- Can they at least touch?
- I guess.
That's real progress, Maura.
Ripped By mstoll
We got two quinoa base, basil-cheddar,
topped with poached egg,
- smothered with secret sauce, right?
- Yes.
MAN: Okay. Coming right up.
WOMAN: People love your food,
Holden.
MAN: Can't keep your secret sauce
in stock.
Your secret sauce. I'm happy to put
your photo on the label.
Eh... It wouldn't sell without
your pretty face, dude.
One thing you should think about
though, is another truck.
I'd rather stay small, keep it 100
percent clean, organic food.
You know my motto:
"Hell no to GMO."
We should head back
to the restaurant, chef.
Can you swing by later so we can
balance the truck's account?
Yeah, you got it. Oh...
- You okay?
- Yeah, um...
...I don't feel that well.
- Your stomach still jumping?
- It's feeling worse, actually.
- Oh. Let me take you home.
[GROANING]
- Chef, are you all right?
- Holden, what is it?
Call 911! Holden.
[YAWNS]
- Starting the day out tired?
- No.
You're yawning 'cause
you skipped breakfast.
ANGELA: You didn't eat breakfast?
[YAWNS] No, I'm yawning
because you're boring me.
You know that studies show yawning
actually increases boredom?
Hey, I got the best news!
I passed!
You passed the plumbers'
apprenticeship exam?
I didn't know you were studying
to be a plumber.
- Tommy, that's great.
- I only passed by one point.
But Massachusetts
has very rigorous standards.
- That's a difficult exam.
- I'm so proud of you.
- Yeah, good job, bro.
- All I gotta do now is 550 hours
of plumbing theory,
1,700 hours of work credits,
take the exam to be ajourneyman
plumber, 52 weeks after that,
- I'll be a master plumber.
- You can't legally fix my toilet
- for three years?
- Yeah, technically.
Hey, Frankie, wanna bring back
Rizzoli and Sons Plumbing with me?
Uh...
Thanks, bro, but I like
the detective work.
All right, go ahead.
Tell them your other good news.
And you, I'm gonna fix some eggs.
- I'm gonna ask Lydia to marry me.
- Oh, Tommy!
That's great!
That's gonna be so nice for TJ.
- TOMMY: Yeah.
- Right, Frankie?
Uh- huh. Ow!
- So nice for TJ.
- Yeah.
Who's that?
Excuse me.
So tell us how you're gonna propose.
Excuse me.
- Hey, Charlie.
- Hey, Frankie.
- I haven't seen you in forever.
- Yeah.
This is my brother, Tommy.
Tommy, Officer Charlie Hansen.
- Hi, Charlie. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
I think Tommy has inherited
my father's wandering eye.
Doesn't bode well for marriage.
It'd be nice if Frankie found someone.
Although, doesn't she seem
a little young?
Maybe the Rizzoli's aren't
cut out for marriage.
My engagement ring is still sitting
in a safety deposit box.
Well, you shouldn't wait too long
to make a decision about Casey.
It's not healthy, Jane.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
I would love to sit here and process,
but duty calls.
I remember when Copley Square
was just a couple of hotels.
- Now it's food truck central.
- My goodness! Is that Chef Holden?
- JANE: Who's Chef Holden?
- MAURA: He's last season's
- America's Best Chef winner.
- The reality show?
Yeah, he made the most inventive
deconstructed pheasant Normandy
from hearts of palm.
- What happened to him?
- Not clear.
Those two were with him
when he suddenly collapsed.
Is that Reed Bennett
and Dalia Reilly?
- FROST: Yeah, how'd you know that?
- I saw every episode.
Me too. What'd you think
of Chef Holden's sous-vide duck?
Oh, that technique was controversial.
I've made the grilled watermelon
with charred beets and fennel.
You're making me hungry.
[LAUGHS]
Can you two foodies
stop salivating, please?
- What'd the paramedics say?
- He was in full cardiac arrest
when they got here.
Couldn't resuscitate him.
What a shame. You know, his name
Holden actually means "kind."
He donated to every
food activist group,
put his money where his palate was.
He only served organic food.
He was perspiring heavily.
Posterior nose bleed.
Maura, are you smelling him?
Get everyone back!
Maura, your nose is bleeding.
No, Jane, get back!
Call the hazmat team now!
MAN: Move back!
- Everyone, move!
- I need hazmat and critical incident
response team at Copley Plaza, now!
MAN: Everybody move back!
[###]
All right man, you're good to go.
My EKG is normal. I'm fine.
Thank you.
Maura, I really think
you should go to the hospital.
It's not necessary. Really, everybody
that ate in the food truck
didn't get sick. Even the paramedics
that were treating him are fine.
You touched him with gloves.
Why did your nose bleed?
I likely became symptomatic because
I inhaled the toxin on his skin.
- Do you know what it is?
- MAURA: No.
No. Mm-mm. I am not stripping down,
and get sprayed with a fire-hose.
- We brought a shower.
- So we can strip and shower there?
We'll put up a screen.
Take off your clothes and shoes now,
put them in these biohazard bags.
- Oh, man! This is a new suit.
- These are my favorite shoes.
- Do you know what killed him?
- No, we haven't identified
- the toxin yet.
- I'll do the autopsy.
- No, Maura, you can't.
- I'll wear a full hazmat suit.
As soon as the body is sealed
and safe to be moved,
- we'll transport it.
- Please transport the food
and equipment from the truck too.
I'll let my staff know to prepare
for a biohazard.
- Are Jane and Maura okay?
- Yeah, they're fine.
- You want some coffee?
- Please.
The girls are changing in the car.
They don't wanna get caught dead
in a paperjumpsuit.
I kinda like it. Comfortable.
Oh, no. No.
We're gonna drink this coffee,
and then go change in the gym.
Maybe botulism killed Chef Holden.
I don't think so. Dr. Isles said it
had a distinct chemical smell.
- Like maybe a cleaning product.
- So maybe it wasn't a murder.
We have to investigate all suspicious
deaths, and I'm betting dollars
to donuts it'll turn out
to be a homicide.
I watched all his episodes.
Why would anybody want to murder
that really cute TV chef?
Wow. Congrats.
- Third kid, I can't even imagine.
- You ought to try, Detective.
Babies are the best.
- Hey, Maura.
- Hey, Frankie.
Dr. Isles, these were just
delivered for you.
For me? Oh.
I wonder what it is.
The return address is a PO Box
in Cyprus.
- You order something from Cyprus?
- No.
The customs tag says "collectibles."
I'm not a collector.
Unless shoes count.
[CLICKING]
That didn't sound good.
Uh, Frankie,
does the suspicious mail alert
say anything about excessive postage
or having a return address
as a PO Box?
FRANKIE: Yeah, it says don't handle and
activate your emergency plan.
Doesn't say anything about
a clicking noise if you pick it up.
- I think it's a pressure switch.
- Oh, God.
You should get out of the building.
You too, Officer Jenkins.
- Send the Bomb Squad in.
- No.
- Initiate evacuation procedure...
- I'm gonna put my hands over yours.
Okay? I'm gonna help you
maintain pressure.
Thank you, Frankie.
[ALARM BUZZING]
- What's going on?
- FRANKIE: Clear the building.
It's possible the package we're
holding is an explosive device.
Go outside and block the entrance,
Frost.
Wait, if there was a bomb, wouldn't
it have gone off when it was handled
- by the Post Office?
- No, not necessarily.
If the sender knows
it's reached its destination,
- it could be remotely activated.
- Anyone call about these packages?
Yeah, a few minutes ago, to check
to make sure they made it here.
I think I might have engaged
the pressure switch.
- So, what happens if you let go?
- It's like a landmine.
You step on it, when you
lift your foot, it goes off.
- Will you go, Frost?
- You should go too, Sergeant.
I'm waiting for the Bomb Squad.
Jenkins, you have a new baby. Get.
- Korsak...
- Would you get out? That's an order.
- Go!
- Get my mom out too, will you?
It's gonna be okay.
MAN: Bomb tech is in position.
All entrances are sealed off.
I can't believe there's only one bomb
tech in there. I can't stand here!
Come on, Jane, I will tackle you to
the ground if you take another step.
It's not a simple disposal, Jane.
They can't use a robot either.
I know, but it's Frankie
and Maura in there.
[SENSOR CLICKING]
That's a reassuring sound.
It means no radiation so far.
Okay. I like that.
My arms are sore!
- Distract me.
- Uh...
Tell me about your case.
That reality chef show guy
really got poisoned?
We don't yet have a cause of death.
What happens if you guess?
Well, I guess it's a little like
if you were to wear a dress.
Okay, I get it.
But there is something
that's bothering me.
- You mean other than this?
- Why didn't the chef,
who has a refined palate
and superior olfactory skills,
smell the toxin that
was covering his skin?
- Maybe he had a cold.
- I don't think so.
What's wrong?
Come on, Jane, stop watching that.
- JANE: I can't.
- Jane, give it to me.
What the hell?
What are they doing?
Are they saying goodbye?
- So itchy.
- Yeah.
Got it? So if I go like this,
you got it?
That's good? Okay.
- Thank you.
- Good thing my beard grows in fast.
- I didn't scratch your skin, did I?
- No. I'm fine.
The level of radiation we're being
exposed to isn't a health risk.
A little radiation from an X-ray is
the last thing I'm worried about now.
I really loved working
on the cafe racer with you.
Me too.
Me too, I really... I really
enjoyed repairing the throttle valve.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna look, okay?
What is it?
Cylinders, metal containers,
a circuit board.
There's some wiring.
"Kappa, alpha."
- Oh, no.
- What? What is it?
If the Greek letters under these
stamps say "Phi Iota Sigma,"
- I know what's in the package.
- You do?
Keefus.
- Coffee. I ordered it.
- You ordered it from Cyprus?
No, Amazon. They sent me an e-mail
months ago, from Missouri.
They said they were on back order,
looking for a new supplier. I forgot!
Maybe... maybe they fulfilled my
order with a company in Cyprus.
But that looks like a circuit board
and that's a wire.
I ordered a coffee maker too.
- It's probably the click we heard.
- The on-off switch.
This is not an explosive device.
- How much coffee did you buy?
- Oh, my God!
[LAUGHS]
A lot.
- You guys can let go now.
- FRANKIE: Oh...
Okay. Oh, my gosh,
I can't move my hands.
Okay. Okay.
- All right. Okay.
- I'm so sorry for the trouble.
Hey, it's okay.
This is gonna be something
I'll never forget.
- Really? Okay.
- Yeah.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- Oh, my God!
- Oh, come here, come here.
All right.
MAURA: Holden Hathaway is a
well-nourished 32-year-old male.
His blood work showed he was
suffering from hypoxemia,
with hypercapnia.
And that confirms what I'm seeing
- in his otherwise healthy heart.
- Yes, I noticed something strange
about his otherwise
healthy heart too.
Cause of death: Cardiac arrest,
brought on by respiratory failure.
Did he know he was nose-to-nose
with such a dangerous toxin,
and it might have a disastrous
outcome to all who knew him?
He was helping me with an
uncomfortable sensation.
- We're on speaker, Maura.
- It's all right.
If you're talking
about coffee pot-gate
and your brother playing Twister
with the medical examiner,
everybody knows.
- I had pruritus.
- Yes, that's Dr. Isles' way
of saying she had an itch.
Yes, pruritus,
given the situation I was in,
could only be relieved
by scratching.
Toxins, Dr. Isles.
Let's talk toxins.
Based on the patterning
of acute urticaria cyanosis,
cardiac arrest, and the odor
that I detected,
I had Susie run tests for
organophosphates on his skin.
I think I have it.
It's dichlorvos.
- What's dichlorvos?
- It's a common organophosphate.
It's used in insecticides.
It's a neurotoxin.
- Like bug spray?
- I can't confirm it was a spray,
but I can confirm that
that's what killed him.
Do you have the results from the GCMS
on his clothing?
Yes, we've got traces on his pants
and shoes.
But the chef's coat he had on
is saturated with it.
The hazmat team is still processing
the truck.
I'll have everything field tested.
Okay, and I'll have CSRU check for it
in Chef Holden's restaurant.
What are you doing down here?
I didn't realize
you've been promoted.
- To my lieutenant.
- Can't go in there.
What, it's hazmat protocol.
I need you to track down
Chef Holden's chef coats.
- Sure.
- It was really brave of you
to stay with Maura,
and hold that package.
- It was coffee pots.
- Yeah, but you didn't know that.
Frankie, is it possible
that a high-stress situation
has intensified a... crush?
No.
You might as well know,
I've liked her for a long time.
You know she's practically family.
And you work together.
So?
So you shouldn't mess around
with people you work with.
It's pretty ironic that somebody
dosed Chef Holden with insecticide.
- How ironic?
- Well, he was all
about organic food. No insecticides,
no GMOs in anything he served.
- What's a GMO?
- What you're about
to put in your mouth.
Genetically modified organisms.
You think a cookie made
with this GMO stuff is safe to eat?
It's unclear. The European Union
banned GMOs,
and there haven't been any long-term
safety studies.
Maura, can you trace the insecticide
on his chef's coat by brand?
No, dichlorvos has the same chemical
structure in every insecticide.
I've been digging
into Chef Holden's life.
- Did you locate any family members?
- His parents live in Hong Kong.
- No girlfriend or wife.
- What about these two chefs
- that were with him when he died?
- They met on America's Best Chef.
- I've been watching clips.
- It was an extraordinary season.
Particularly the finale.
MAN ON COMPUTER: Dalia, tell us about
your finale dish.
I made a seared sweet bay scallop
with a horseradish beurre blanc,
- grilled kale...
- Way to ruin perfectly good seafood.
- MAN: Reed, what about your dish?
- REED: I love comfort food,
so here's my twist:
Fricassee of sweet breads
and oyster mushrooms
with mashed sunchokes.
Nothing comforting about fricasseed
sweet breads and sunchokes,
- if you ask me.
- Mm-mm.
... deconstructed pheasant Normandy
with onions, apples, peppercorn- -
- What an astounding imagination.
- MAN: This was a tough one for us.
Not tough for me. I'd send them
all home and order a pizza.
MAN: ... America's third best chef.
[LAUGHS]
We all loved your witty take
on fresh nouveau cuisine.
- Congratulations.
- No wonder you like this show.
No one says "awesome."
MAN: ... America's second best chef.
That means that you, Chef Holden,
are America's best chef.
So they lose to Holden,
but they end up working for him?
Chef Holden won 150,000 dollars
to start his restaurant.
- He brought Dalia to help.
- Chef Holden's Farm to Table.
It's impossible to get a reservation.
"The organic French farm-style menu
is rife with amusing, inventive
dishes, like a playful take
on mint and coconut soup."
- Maura.
- I would love to eat there.
What about Reed?
What's his story?
Runner-up Reed didn't get famous. He
went back to his old job at a hotel.
Holden hired him to run a food truck.
Any indication Dalia or Reed
weren't getting along with Holden?
Yeah. Dalia and Holden
were a couple.
Chefs are the new Renaissance men.
They broke up when he got famous.
Dalia posted this: "End of romance
rage makes me wanna put a cockroach
in his food." Maybe she decided
Holden was the cockroach.
It was time to exterminate him.
DALIA: We broke up, but we stayed
friends. We had a business to run.
We're gonna need
to take his computer.
It's got all the records for the
restaurant and the truck.
We'll get it back to you.
Did you have any employees
who might have had an issue
with their boss?
No way.
You couldn't not like the guy.
I lost to him, but he still became
my best friend.
DALIA: He was super cool
and super generous.
He had a moral compass
like I've never seen.
- We all wanted to be like him.
- Even when he was offered millions
for his company,
he wouldn't sell out.
- Who does that?
- Were there any companies
that didn't like hearing the word no
for an answer?
Only one I can think of
is Copley Square Foods.
They kept trying to schedule
a meeting with him.
Copley Square Foods?
They're the biggest contributor to
the anti-GMO labeling lobby.
Chef Holden was
an anti-GMO activist.
He got us all on board
with environmental issues.
He even spent his own money
to lease us all green cars.
Even got me to use environmentally
friendly wax on my car.
- Where did he keep his chef's coat?
- Which one?
- How many does he have?
- REED: Dozens.
Changed three or four times a night.
Couldn't cook unless he
had on a clean coat.
- It was his lucky charm.
- He had them everywhere.
- Home, car, truck, here.
- Could you show us where?
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
Excuse me.
- Hey, Maura.
- MAURA: I found something odd.
I couldn't understand why Chef Holden
couldn't detect the odor
of the dichlorvos, but I'm looking
at medical records
from an ER visit six months ago,
his olfactory nerve
was severed in a car accident.
Isn't that connected
to his ability to taste?
Yes. So how could he get
a five-star review
after he lost his ability to taste?
I don't think he did.
I think someone tasted for him.
Detective Rizzoli.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
Hey, Hope. What are you doing here?
- It's about Maura.
- You need another body part?
She returned a gift.
It's my necklace,
and it was meant for her.
You didn't give that to her.
Your real daughter, Cailin, did.
That's not fair.
You're the last person to talk
to me about fair.
Hope, you only show up when you
want something, so spit it out.
- What do you want this time?
- Her forgiveness.
You just don't get it, do you?
You made it very clear that it was
pretty inconvenient for you
to find out that Maura
was still alive.
- That's not true.
- It's not?
You told her she wasn't yours,
and then accused her of scamming you.
Well, I was... it was shocking.
So was showing up again,
and asking her for a kidney.
Be happy she has the decency
to talk to you at all.
So many things I know
I've done wrong.
Yes, like standing by your man
and treating his wounds
after he murdered Lieutenant
Cavanaugh's wife and baby.
I told the Grand Jury everything.
And I will be a key witness
in the trial.
And I will be the reason
that Paddy is put to death,
- if he's found guilty.
- Hope, for all we know,
- you made a deal.
- I did not make a deal.
Then why hasn't the IRS
closed down your MEND clinics,
- and frozen all your assets?
- I turned over all the books.
- The IRS knows where to find me.
- So does Maura.
- I need her forgiveness.
- Here's the pain you can't undo.
Paddy is a gangster,
and you're a liar.
It's not really the happy ending
she was hoping for.
Excuse me.
I have a suspect to interview.
No one could know that he wasn't
the chef behind the restaurant.
Behind Chef Holden Foods,
he was the name.
Holden was the brand.
And you,
a classically trained chef,
- had to become his tasting beard.
- I guess.
- If you want to put it that way.
- It had to have been tough.
- It wasn't ideal.
- You were driving the car
that injured his olfactory nerve,
weren't you?
You stayed and you cooked
and you helped build his restaurant
because you felt responsible
for his injury.
I was responsible.
- Was the crash deliberate?
- You called it
an "end of romance rage."
You sent that out right before
the crash, didn't you?
Look, I was angry.
He broke up with me,
and asked me for a ride home. He said
it wasn't working out as a couple.
- Because of the restaurant.
- When he didn't die in the crash,
- you tried to poison him.
- No.
Is that what happened? Poison?
I loved him.
I chose to stay behind and help
him with the restaurant.
After he dumped you?
I had to make peace
just being near him.
It had to be enough.
We had to let Dalia go. We don't have
anything to tie her to the poison
- that killed Holden.
- Ten coats from the dry cleaners.
"Naturally Clean & Bright."
Just because they say they're
eco-friendly doesn't mean they are.
- Any trace of insecticide?
- No.
- Did you check the cleaners?
- CSRU went through the place.
They use natural insecticides,
onions, garlic, cloves.
How many other chefs' coats
did you recover?
Ten clean,
seven dirty ones at his house,
three clean in his car,
and four in the truck.
And five from the restaurant.
Crime lab's processing them all.
So far nothing at his restaurant,
home or car showed any trace
- of dichlorvos.
- FROST: Hazmat incident commander
didn't find any signs of insecticide
in the food truck.
- So they released that too.
- So the only thing contaminated
was a chef's coat,
that only Holden would wear.
- What are you doing?
- I was thinking about Chef Holden's
inability to smell the
organophosphate on his chef coat.
It's a subtle smell,
but I can smell it.
You can smell a fart
in New Hampshire, Maura.
Look at these two bottles
of his secret sauce.
- That one's darker.
- Yes.
- Now, taste them.
- Taste them?
No, we're in a crime lab.
It's not very appetizing.
- Maura!
- Just taste it.
Mm...
- It's good.
- Mm- hm.
Now, try this one.
- Tastes the same.
- If you're not a super taster.
- I think I've just been insulted.
- I did some DNA sequencing,
and do you know what the secret
ingredient is in Chef Holden's
- secret sauce?
- Ketchup.
Saffron.
- This sauce is 49 dollars a bottle.
- For hot sauce?
Well, it's 5,000 dollars a pound
for saffron.
- Come... that's not possible.
- It takes up to 500 flowers
to make one gram of saffron.
Which could explain...
Which could explain why he started to
use genetically modified saffron
- which is only ten dollars a pound.
- He was against using GMOs.
Okay. Let's get something to eat.
I'm starving.
What, you're always telling me
to eat more greens.
This will disguise the taste
of Brussels sprouts. Come on.
I liked this place better
when they covered everything
- in salt and grease.
- I think I like Maura.
[SPITS]
- You can't like Maura.
- Why not?
- Because it's Maura, that's why.
- You did.
Yeah, I mean she's hot and smart
and got a great ass,
but, Frankie, she's like our sister.
She didn't feel like my sister
when I had my hands on her.
Dude, just stop! You can't!
- Why not?
- Promise you won't hit me?
- Depends on what you say next.
- You and Maura...
...you don't match.
- JANE: Hi, guys.
- Hi.
Hey. I was just headed out.
- Hi.
- Hi.
What is the update on the rest
of Holden's chef coats?
The crime lab said they had no trace
of insecticides on any of them.
- Hey, Frankie.
- Hey, Charlie.
- I owe you a beer.
- You do? Okay.
- Cool. Come on.
- All right. Good night.
- Frankie.
- Yeah.
- Thanks for holding my hands today.
- Any time.
I'm sure glad I checked out
that cop's ass.
- Excuse me?
- It made me realize
that I wanna get married. To Lydia.
Oh. Well, that's very sweet, Tommy.
You know what? Check it out.
- I got her a ring.
- Oh, it's an amethyst!
That's a lovely color.
- It's really pretty, Tommy.
- Lydia likes purple.
- I'm gonna go show Ma.
- She'll be thrilled.
- See you.
- Bye.
- What's wrong?
- Don't like how I'm feeling.
- It lacks integrity.
- Okay, I'm lost.
Tommy's just so excited to go share
his news with your mom. I just...
I feel a little jealous. I always
wanted that kind of a relationship
- with my mother.
- Oh...
Constance isn't warm and fuzzy,
but she loves you, Maura.
I always knew I was adopted.
When I was young and felt Ionely,
I would tell myself,
"Someday, my real mother will appear."
- Hope came to see me today.
- What? Why didn't you tell me?
Hey, all right. Why?
Why did she come and see you?
- I think she wants to make amends.
- Well, she doesn't need to.
- I'm over it.
- You're not over it.
- And you shouldn't be.
- Yes, I should.
- And so should she.
- Maura...
...Hope knows how I feel about her.
And she swallowed her pride,
and came to see me anyway.
So what more does she want?
I talk to her when she calls.
Yeah, you talk to her the same way
that you talk to that neighbor
- that over-waters your roses.
- Which are on my property.
And I was very polite to him when
I told him to fix his sprinklers.
All right, so... you know, why,
why would you be Hope's advocate?
I'm your advocate.
- Now, I'm lost.
- Well, admit it.
It bums you out. Doesn't it?
Maura, nobody's gonnajudge you
if you change your mind about her.
- Hey.
- Frankie.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Would you like to try the coffee?
- Sure.
- I feel a little ridiculous.
- Why? You shouldn't.
Everything about that box
was suspicious.
- It could easily have been a bomb.
- But it wasn't.
You know, sometimes we think
that something is more than it is.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah. I don't really have time
for coffee. Thanks, though.
Just wanted to make sure
you're okay.
I'll see you around.
Oh. Why would Holden
pay off a gangbanger?
- What do you mean?
- Shabazz Jones.
I recognize his name. He's with the
Huntington Avenue Raiders.
Look, you see that?
Under truck security?
Six hundred bucks a week
going to Shabazz.
He's on parole
for assault and battery.
- Who'd he go after?
- Food truck owner.
Shabazz was shaking down
Holden's food truck.
Maybe Holden got tired of paying.
How many times I gotta tell you
this ain't your spot?
You can't park here!
Get the hell out of here.
Hey, Shabazz.
You can't touch people, man.
Hey, be cool, little mama.
I know every food truck around here.
I can get you free food
for a lifetime.
That's all right. I brought my money.
Thank you.
That should cover
for the food he stole.
- Give me that.
- That's my order.
No, you just ordered one assault and
battery and two robberies. Let's go.
You were threatening
the owner of that truck.
Told him he couldn't park there
because he wouldn't pay you, right?
- I don't like his pulled pork.
- I do.
- What about you, Frost?
- Delicious.
I see here you like to beat up
food truck owners.
Says you were arrested for hitting
the owner of Chubby Chocolate Treats
- with a tire iron.
- We got in a scuffle. So what?
So you trade in your tire iron
for some bug spray?
Some what? What the hell
is she talking about?
Chef Holden. He got tired
of paying your rent.
- That was my only steady gig.
- Pretty dumb to kill him then.
Why would I kill him?
I was on his payroll.
Yeah, we know that.
What do you think you're doing here?
Look, I wasn't shaking him down,
if that's what you think.
I provided a service
on the payroll.
- You could talk to my man Reed.
- Reed Bennett?
The guy who ran Chef Holden's truck?
- That's the one.
- Why would he pay you?
'Cause they needed me. I held that
space for that truck every day.
- Six hundred bucks to do that?
- Yeah, that...
...and keep my homies away from that
truck during prime business hours.
- Suits don't like gangstas.
- What prime business hours?
When the suits got hungry.
Reed said they was trying
- to hook a whale or something.
- What does that mean?
- The hell if I know.
- Book him for assault and battery.
Come on, you don't wanna do that.
- Yeah, I do.
- Wow. That's crazy.
Shabazz said that Reed paid him
to make sure
the suits had access
to the food truck.
The food suits, maybe?
Well, Reed parked it right in front
of Copley Square Foods.
- That place is full of food suits.
- And Dalia said that they kept
trying to schedule a meeting
with Holden.
- Hey, what's up?
- It can wait.
I... I just found this sauce
in my bag.
Research on Olympic medalists
is curious.
Who would you guess is the least
happy: Gold, silver, or bronze?
- Bronze. You finish third.
- No, they're the happiest,
because they medaled.
The least satisfied
- are those who finish second.
- Korsak.
Can you play back the finale
of America's Best Chef?
Yeah.
MAN: Reed, you are America's
second best chef.
But we all love your secret sauce.
Congratulations.
It's the secret sauce.
Chef Holden was opposed to GMOs.
There's no way that he would have
allowed genetically modified
- saffron in it.
- But his olfactory nerve
was severed, so he couldn't taste
the difference.
Yeah. Is Reed Bennett's employment
contract on Holden's computer?
I think Reed wanted to sell
his secret sauce recipe
to Copley Foods, but there's no way
Holden would have agreed to that.
Because a mass manufacturer would
certainly use a cheap GMO saffron.
The only way Reed was able to get
rich was to get rid of Chef Holden.
And Chef Holden inadvertently
gave him the keys. Listen to this.
"In the event of my death,
I leave the food truck
and secret sauce to Reed Bennett
to manage as he sees fit."
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
I'm not sure if this helps,
but Susie just found something
else on the chef's coat.
Environmentally friendly car wax.
Yeah, that helps.
- Hey, chef.
- Hello.
Do you have something
on Chef Holden's death?
Yeah. We'll have a lot more once
we've looked at your car.
- Why would you look at my car?
- Chef Holden's face was everywhere,
and you were stuck slinging
quinoa on a food truck.
It was smart of you to turn the suits
at Copley on to your secret sauce.
Were you going in to sign a contract?
What contract?
I'm here out of courtesy.
You heard Dalia say they wanted
to meet Chef Holden.
You made a lot of courtesy visits.
Visitor's parking log
recorded you six times
this last six months.
Is this the sauce
with the GMO saffron?
- There's no GMO in our stuff.
- That's not what Dr. Isles found.
The DNA profile was conclusive
for the bottle I tested.
It contained genetically modified
saffron.
You saved a pile of money, Reed.
Paying $10 an ounce instead of $5,000.
You almost had a deal, if you could
just deliver Chef Holden.
That wasn't gonna happen.
He wouldn't sell out.
- "Hell no to GMO."
- Stand back.
I wouldn't want you
to inhale bug spray.
MAURA: It's positive for dichlorvos.
And it's quite a dark red,
which means it still has a heavy
presence of insecticide.
Did you lay it over the hood,
and spray it right here?
He couldn't even taste anymore.
I let him sample the stuff
with the GMO saffron,
and he said it was great.
Is that when you decided to kill him?
Hell of an opportunity to test your
product, get the suits on board.
Then kill the man,
keep the brand.
Dalia and I were the real chefs.
But he got all the credit,
he was the celebrity chef.
Pretty face and his noble cause.
I was the runner-up,
I should have won!
If I had, none of this
would have happened.
You think about that when you're
working in a prison kitchen.
What's remarkable about saffron
is that everyone's palate
experiences it differently.
I wonder what's gonna happen
to Chef Holden's Foods now?
- Dalia is gonna keep it going.
- It makes me feel better.
- Mm! Hi, girls.
- Hey, Ma.
- Try these cakes.
- Wedding cakes?
- Did Lydia say yes?
- No, he didn't ask her yet.
I'm just getting a head start.
[LAUGHS]
Mm. Tart with a crisp, acidic,
adult finish.
Maura.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Can you get that?
Yeah.
Thank you.
- Is that strawberry?
- Bubblegum. Tommy's favorite.
Oh.
May I come in?
Of course you can.
- Is everything all right?
- No, it isn't.
Hey, Ma. Why don't we go pick
out the font for the invitations?
I haven't picked out
the card stock yet.
We'll fluff pillows. Come on.
Please don't go.
I made a decision today.
I am closing my clinics.
- Why would you close MEND?
- Because I want you to know how
sorry I am.
And I want to make
restitution somehow.
By closing clinics that are saving
desperate mothers and...
...and children? I don't want that.
That's not gonna make up
for anything.
I need your forgiveness.
And for you to accept me,
flaws and all.
I can't.
Please.
You are my daughter.
I'm not your daughter.
Maura.
Whether you like it or not,
you're both related.
I've changed.
I wouldn't make
the same decisions today.
So please give me... a chance.
You know you never
answered my question.
Does this bum you out?
- Yes.
- Okay.
I mean it, Maura, no judgment.
Please, can we just start over?
People change.
Life changes us.
There's... research proving the
elasticity of the brain.
You wanna start over?
Very much.
- Go outside.
- Outside your house?
Yeah. Yeah, I like this plan.
- Okay, what's going on?
- Would you...
You can knock now.
Hello.
I'm Maura Isles,
your biological daughter.
Hello.
I'm Hope Martin.
I'm your mother.
I've always wanted to know you.
- This is so touching.
- Ma.
Would you like some tea?
- Yes.
- From the Yan Sichuan Province?
Yes!
No one I know likes that tea.
- 'Cause its panda poop tea.
- Yes.
[LAUGHTER]
Okay... I'm gonna go get some
frozen yogurt.
- What do you want?
- Chocolate with a vanilla swirl.
Oh, I'll have what Angela's having.
And I'll have the same.
But can they not swirl?
Mm-hm.
- Can they at least touch?
- I guess.
That's real progress, Maura.
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