Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016): Season 5, Episode 9 - It Takes a Village - full transcript
Mummified remains of a woman put the team's investigative skills to the test. Jane works from her hospital room as she - with the support of Maura and her family - seeks to recover from a devastating loss.
Exterior's well-kept.
Yard's in good shape.
Cleaners need to be brought in
for full top-to-bottom service.
[ sniffs ]
There's a strong, musty odor
that needs to be investigated.
Possible leak.
[ sniffs ]
[ groans ]
[ exhales sharply ]
Power in the basement is out.
Probably just a breaker.
No visible signs
of water damage.
Odor is significantly stronger
down here,
Where there is a...
Wine room.
[ door creaks ]
Approximately 15 by --
[ gasps ]
[ woman speaking indistinctly
over p.A. ]
Hi, there.
Tasha?
She's okay.
She had
a very good surgeon,
And she came through
with flying colors.
[ groans ]
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
I wouldn't move around
too much.
Your spleen, kidneys,
and liver are bruised.
The baby?
I'm so sorry, jane.
I'm sure that...
I don't...
Yeah.
Everyone's been by --
Frankie, tommy, korsak.
And your mom's been here
the whole time.
She just went home
to take a shower.
She's gonna be very upset
you woke up when she was gone.
I'll fake sleeping
when I hear her coming.
[ sighs ]
What is that?
A baseball bouquet
from jack.
They're all grover verben.
It's his great-uncle.
Jack has hundreds of them.
So he didn't pay $500
for the...
No.
[ sighs ]
He thought
you could give them out
As "thanks for visiting"
gifts.
That's a very...Odd idea.
[ chuckling ] I know.
You guys are perfect
for each other.
[ cellphone buzzes ]
[ sighs ]
Dr. Isles.
Okay, go ahead
and take the photographs
And ask a technician
to collect the vitals.
I'll be there
as soon as I can.
Okay.
Yes, I'll talk to you soon.
Maura --
I know
what you're going to say.
I have a job to do.
You have a job to do.
Go to the crime scene.
I'll be fine.
You'll be fine.
I'm sure you will.
But that person
isn't gonna be any less dead
If I wait
just for a little bit.
Woman:
A panda needs to consume --
Woman #2:
Find your true love.
Man:
Here's a special important --
[ gasps ]
[ tv shuts off ]
Hi, sweetheart.
I know you're faking.
[ laughs ]
What, did you go
to a carnival?
Isn't it adorable?
It's...Big.
It's a "hug me tight"
teddy bear.
I wanted you to have something
to hold when I'm not here.
I thought you might be hungry.
I made you a sandwich.
White bread and cheese.
It's what
you always wanted
When you stayed home sick
from school.
I was thinking
more hot wings.
No.
How about
a little gin rummy?
I don't know, ma.
Afraid I'll beat you?
You haven't beaten me
since I was in grade school.
Yeah, well,
I'm gonna take advantage
Of your weakened state.
[ grunts ] all right.
[ sighs ]
Everything's
gonna be okay.
Yeah?
How do you know that?
Because I've been there.
What does that mean?
I had a miscarriage about a year
before you were born.
Oh, ma,
I never knew that.
I kept it to myself.
That's what we did.
Was pop there for you?
I think it was hard for him
to understand how I felt.
How did you feel?
Sad.
Devastated.
I was also confused.
I-I couldn't understand
How I could have
such a sense of loss
For something
that I never really had.
I think you should share how
you're feeling with somebody.
[ sighs ]
Yes.
I just don't think I'm ready
to talk about it yet.
You'll know
when the time is right.
Come on.
Play cards with me.
I'm feeling very lucky.
[ chuckles ]
Maura: Jane's doctor said
she should be able
To leave the hospital
by the end of the week.
How are her spirits?
Well, when I left,
She made me promise to call her
and fill her in on the case.
Sounds like
she's already feeling better.
[ camera shutter clicks ]
I hope so.
You were right.
This body is
beautifully preserved.
I don't think
I said "beautifully."
I'm pretty sure
I compared her to beef jerky.
And this is the perfect
environment to preserve it --
Cool, dry,
Just like the egyptians created
for their mummies.
I never understood why they went
to all the trouble.
So their eternal spirits
could recognize
Their earthly bodies
after death.
Why couldn't they just keep it
simple and wear funny hats?
[ chuckles ] I don't think
simple was their objective.
They went to great lengths
for their preparations.
For instance, did you know
that the brain was pulled out
Through the nasal passages
with a special hooked wire?
No.
Kind of wish
I didn't know it now.
Well, there are
no visible external injuries --
No entrance wounds,
blunt-force trauma,
Or blood loss.
No, and nothing we found in
the house points to foul play.
Makes me wonder
if she died of natural causes.
With this much decay,
how long will it take
to make a determination?
Well,
it took me five seconds.
This woman didn't die
of natural causes.
She was poisoned.
She looks like I feel after
sitting at my desk all day.
[ chuckles ]
maybe you need to get up
and stretch more often.
Duly noted.
Any idea
how long she's been dead?
Well,
it's difficult to say.
More than 2 years,
less than 10.
Is that based
on the dryness of the corpse?
No -- the collar
of her shirt.
That was a very popular style
in the mid-aughts.
Huh. Who says fashion doesn't
have a place in forensics?
[ chuckles ]
certainly not me.
You gonna be able to tell
what poison was used
With her tissue samples?
No.
Uh, even though
the skin was intact,
The organs
inside the body liquefied
And, over time,
turned to dust.
So we're screwed?
Not quite.
The diptera larvae --
the maggots --
They feasted
on the victim's flesh,
Died of the same poison
before they morphed into flies.
So you are...?
Making
a maggot milkshake.
I've collected the maggots'
tissue, casings, and feces,
So I can extract
trace elements of poison.
[ loud whirring ]
I hope you didn't
bring that blender from home.
What?!
I said I hope --
Never mind.
This is a nice room.
You can rest,
watch baseball on tv...
...Play along
with the game shows.
You suck at small talk.
I don't know what to say.
You okay?
I'm fine.
Really -- you don't
have to worry about me.
What kind of brother would I be
if I didn't worry about you?
Oh, janie.
I'm so sorry.
What can I do?
Why don't you tell me
about the case?
Yeah. Yeah, okay.
Uh...
Our victim's name
is fran clark,
38 years old,
single female.
Cause of death
was poisoning.
Did you figure out
when she died?
4 1/2 years ago.
What?
One day, she's using her phone
and credit cards.
The next day, she wasn't.
How did the body stay undetected
for that long?
All of her bills
are on autopay,
Her lights are on timers,
Mail went to a p.O. Box,
A gardener
takes care of her yard.
She didn't have anybody
that noticed she was missing?
No friends, family,
co-workers?
No, the neighbors said
she kept to herself.
And according to some messages
I found
On her answering machine
from her stepfather,
She and her mother
were estranged.
I'd love to hear
those messages.
I thought you'd say that.
[ click ]
Fran, it's howard.
I'm calling again because
the cancer's gotten worse.
You two have to patch things up
before it's too late.
He left her another message
after the mother passed away.
Fran, your mother died
this morning.
The funeral's on Wednesday.
I know you two had trouble,
but come and say goodbye.
I don't want you
to regret it later.
Any sign that she went?
I guess we'll find out.
The stepfather's coming in.
Hey.
Hey. What are you doing back
so soon?
Well, I figured out
what kind of poison was used,
And I figured
you were dying to know.
It was hemlock.
As in
ancient greece?
Well, the way that she died --
alone --
Poisoned by something
that no one's used
Since socrates killed himself
2,000 years ago...
You should have korsak
ask the stepfather
About fran's mental health.
I'll call him.
Thanks for keeping me
in the loop.
As if
we have a choice.
[ frankie chuckles ]
Four years,
and nobody noticed?
Not that we know of.
Poor thing.
So, howard,
you say you were married
To fran's mother
for six years.
Yeah.
What were she and her mother
fighting about?
My wife never really wanted
to talk about it.
I'm not sure I know anything
that's gonna be helpful.
Look, we need to figure out
what happened to fran.
And although it's not what
we would have wanted for her,
It's better
to know the truth.
Are you sure there's nothing
you can tell me?
Well, I hate to say this,
especially now,
But I didn't like her.
She was mean, difficult.
She broke her mother's heart.
I tried to bring them
back together
When my wife was
on her deathbed,
But after she passed away, I
never wanted to see fran again.
I can understand that.
Frankly,
I'm not surprised she died.
She never went outside,
never got any exercise,
Survived on frozen food,
candy bars, red wine.
What about friends?
None that I knew of.
How about work?
On several financial filings,
She listed her occupation
as "freelance contractor."
She wrote computer code
for banks,
But she never went
to the office.
[ breathes sharply ]
man.
When you start talking
about all this, this is so sad.
I bet there's not one person
who misses her.
Do you think she was capable
of taking her own life?
Maybe.
I hope not.
[ grunts ]
[ clears throat ]
May I help you?
Yeah.
Uh, can I have tasha williams'
room number, please?
Are you family?
Not exactly.
Then I'm sorry.
Since tasha's underage, I can't
give out her room number.
Okay.
Well, um, she's a witness
in a homicide investigation,
So I need to know
her room number
And everything
related to her care.
Really?
Everything that
detective rizzoli said is true.
Though she might have fudged
some causal connections.
218.
I'll give you a few minutes,
but then she needs her rest.
Thank you.
Oh.
You like baseball?
Was ted kennedy
a liberal?
Here.
Grover verben,
the lefty lion?
Yeah.
Why are you giving this
to me?
Just my way
of saying thanks.
For what?
For taking care of tasha.
This is too much.
Mm.
Woman: Dr. Yates
to surgical step down.
Dr. Yates
to surgical step down.
Tasha.
Hey.
Hi.
Um, this is
dr. Maura isles,
Who you spoke to
on the phone.
Hello.
What's that thing?
That?
That is
a "hug me tight" teddy bear.
You know,
in case you get lonely.
I'm not really a hugger.
And that's not
really a bear.
I didn't want to say anything,
but she's right.
It's a panda --
ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Which literally translates
To "black-and-white cat foot,"
not "bear foot" --
More closely related to raccoons
than to bears.
Yeah, I am afraid not.
A recent national science study
of dna concluded
That pandas are actually
more closely related
To the spectacled bear of
south africa than to raccoons.
Maybe.
But their skull and dental
structures don't resemble bears,
Their feet don't have heel pads,
and they don't hibernate.
So if they are bears,
Then they're all alone
on their own little bear island.
So, we're agreed --
It's part panda, part bear,
part raccoon, part cat.
I'm not agreeing to that.
Jane,
that is ridiculous.
Yes, it is --
absolutely ridiculous
That a stuffed animal
could be genetically incorrect.
The real reason we're here
is to tell you that you're safe.
We got the guy
that was after you.
I...Wasn't really worried.
I'm sorry, ladies,
but visiting time is over.
That wasn't
a few minutes.
Our patient
needs her rest.
See you later.
Jane.
Yeah?
Thank you
for helping me.
You're welcome.
Frankie,
what do you got?
We went back and combed through
all the victim's
Autopay accounts
and found something strange.
Fran's gardener, joe martin,
got a pay raise.
Six months
after fran died.
According to the bank,
it was entered
From her regular I.P. Address,
using her password.
Hemlock is
a plant-based poison.
And who knows more about plants
than a gardener?
We found your fingerprints
on fran's computer.
You gave yourself a raise.
Anything else
you helped yourself to?
Okay, look,
I knew she was dead,
But I didn't
kill her.
You knew she was dead?
Yes. I-I found her that way
in the basement.
When?
Uh, four years ago-ish.
I went in to turn the sprinklers
off for the winter,
And there she was.
She didn't look
exactly like that,
But she was
definitely dead.
So you just forgot
to tell someone about it?
I should have,
but I was low on cash,
So I just figured
that I'd wait
For the next autopay money
to go through.
Then one thing led to another,
and...I didn't.
So you could keep
collecting the payments?
I figured somebody else
would find her.
And since she was dead,
you thought
You'd just help yourself
to her bank accounts?
No.
Look...A few months
after I found fran,
My girlfriend
kicked me out.
So I moved into the room
above the garage.
A-and occasionally,
I'd go into the house.
And her password was right there
by her computer.
So I gave myself a raise
because I deserved it.
I'd been doing lots of
extra work around the house --
You know,
since she couldn't.
Unbelievable.
If you think I killed her
for the money,
Then why didn't I
take more?
I had -- I had plenty of time
to steal everything.
I liked fran.
She was nice to me.
Did you see anyone else
at the house before she died?
Well, there --
there was this one guy
I saw a couple of times.
He's a skinny white dude
with a beard.
So, can I go now?
No.
We're gonna leave you here
and see if somebody finds you.
[ door opens ]
[ woman speaking indistinctly
over p.A. ]
Detective rizzoli,
This is cathy graff,
tasha's social worker.
I informed her you needed to be
kept in the loop,
Uh, since tasha is a witness
in one of your cases.
Yes, um...
We -- we just need to know
what social services' plan are
So bpd can maintain contact
with her.
Well, we always like to place
children with a family,
But because of tasha's age
and years on the street,
Adoptive parents
and foster families
Will be suspicious
of drugs,
Prostitution,
emotional difficulties.
Well -- well, she doesn't have
those problems.
Still, potential guardians
may be suspicious.
Well, uh, you could spend
five minutes with her,
And you know
she's a good kid.
That may be true,
but this is a complex situation.
There is nothing complex
about it. It's very simple.
This is a girl who needs
love, guidance, and rules.
I have a girl
just like tasha
Who is
a thriving college freshman.
I'm not saying it's right.
I'm just telling you
it's the reality of the system.
The likelihood is
that tasha will be placed
In a group home
with girls of a similar age.
That sucks.
I'm sorry.
I'll call you
when we have a placement.
How long is tasha supposed to
stay in the hospital?
A week -- 10 days tops.
[ sighs ]
Thank you.
Hey, korsak.
I talked to several
of the gardener's customers.
They said he was honest,
reliable,
Trustworthy,
heck of a good guy.
I've been through
all of fran's bank records.
Nothing else is missing.
All he took was
the extra $25 a month.
Well, with the password,
He could have cleaned out
her accounts.
Okay, so maybe
he didn't kill her,
But not telling anyone
she was dead
Probably disqualifies him from
the "heck of a good guy" award.
I tested the wine residue
on the glass
That we found
next to the victim.
"the wine that evaporated
from that glass
"was a cheap
domestic table wine
Without a trace of hemlock
in it."
How's that possible?
The killer could have put poison
in her glass,
Then poured it out
when she was dead,
Then cleaned the glass
and replaced the good wine
With a cheap one
he brought with him.
There were 500 bottles of wine
in that cellar.
Why bring a cheap bottle
When you could just open one
that was already there?
Wine collectors often keep lists
of their inventory online.
Perhaps
the killer was concerned
That the bottle
would be noticed as missing.
Well, at least we finally know
one thing for sure --
Somebody concocted
an elaborate scheme
To make it look like
fran died of natural causes.
All we have to do
is figure out why.
How's the mutant?
A bit lumpy,
Anatomically incorrect,
and highly flammable.
Social services
came by today.
I know.
She came and talked to me.
I told her
I can take care of myself.
Yes, you can.
And you have.
But now that someone like me
is involved,
You can't do it by yourself --
not anymore.
I don't need your help.
That's not the point.
Look, when you turn 18,
you can do whatever you want.
But until then, we have to
find you someplace to live.
No one wants
a kid like me.
Tasha.
[ breathes deeply ]
If you think
that you can stick me
In some crappy group home,
then you're wrong.
I'll run away again.
And this time,
you won't find me.
The password
we got from the gardener
Also worked
on fran's smartphone.
Remember
what the gardener said?
That her only friend was a
skinny white dude with a beard.
Fran: The firewall is
for my protection, bill.
It gives me a say
in how things are done.
But nothing's getting done,
because you've locked me out!
Well, I guess now
you'll have to listen to me.
Listen,
you little bitch,
If you don't take
that damn firewall down,
I'll kill you.
Don't push me.
The only thing the gardener
got wrong about this guy
Was that
they were friends.
If you don't take that damn
firewall down, I'll kill you.
I didn't mean
kill kill her.
What kind of kill
did you mean?
You know, the funny kind.
I'm not laughing.
Look, fran and I worked together
at the bank.
She wrote code.
I had an idea for an app.
We got into an argument.
She locked me out
of the program.
I-I got pissed.
That's all you see there.
Look, I found her like that.
I had nothing to do with it.
You found her?
What? No. Uh...
Frankie, we should just
let this guy keep talking.
He's doing a fine job
of hanging himself.
Bill.
We now have a recording
of you saying "I found her,"
Which puts you
on the scene.
Her financial stake in the app
gives you motive.
And the nuance
of "I didn't do it"
Is something
a jury might not care about.
After the fight
on the video,
I knew that
we couldn't work together.
So I offered her
some royalty payments
In exchange
for notes on code.
It actually worked
for a few weeks.
Then she stopped
sending me notes.
So you went
to her house?
Well, not at first,
but after four months,
I started to think
that she was mad at me,
That -- that she might sue me
for breach of contract.
That's when I went by.
And found a dead woman
in her basement.
Did it dawn on you
to call someone?
I did.
Who?
I made an anonymous phone call
to the police.
And?
Nothing happened.
So you figured,
if no one knew she was dead,
No one would know
that you owed her money?
Yes.
Why did it take you four months
to check in?
I thought fran was busy
doing other things.
And it's not like
she needed my money.
What do you mean?
She had money --
a lot of it.
Her inheritance.
That guy was telling the truth
about the welfare call.
Police got an anonymous call,
went by the house to check.
Everything looked fine.
No one answered the door.
Well, hard for a mummy
to run to the door.
How about
the inheritance?
Fran's mom had less than $90,000
in net assets when she died.
She gave it
to the stepdad.
But fran's father died
seven years ago.
There are no court records
of a will,
And his lawyer is dead,
But he had almost
a million dollars in property
At the time of his death.
No other relatives?
None that I've found.
Well, that money
had to go somewhere.
We can't find any sign that
it went through fran's accounts.
What'd she do --
turn her dad's estate
Into "die hard" bearer bonds
and hide them in the mattress?
And we need to dig
into her background,
Starting from
when her father died.
Somebody knew
she'd gotten a pot of gold.
We have to figure out
who it is.
How are you feeling
today?
Hey.
Well, I've beaten my mother
30 consecutive times,
So...Pretty good.
Yeah. She's cheating.
I just don't know how.
[ laughs ]
[ sighs ]
Well,
I spoke to your doctor,
And he says you're being
a very good patient.
Yeah.
I'm hoping for early parole
based on good behavior.
Gin.
Have you checked under
her pillow for a secret deck?
Whose side are you on?
Mine.
[ cellphone buzzing ]
[ grunts ]
Rizzoli.
What?
Okay.
I'll be right there.
You're supposed to
stay in bed!
Jane,
your mother is right.
You cannot be
getting out of bed.
Ple--
Jane,
where are you going?
Fran bought
a plane ticket
Two months
after her father's death.
Plenty of time to get control
of her inheritance.
Where was she headed?
The caymans.
She stayed 24 hours.
If you're on vacation,
you stay longer than that.
It's a stop-and-drop.
Yeah.
And I found the hotel.
The room was comped by
the grand cayman national bank.
How are we gonna get a subpoena
for an offshore bank?
Got to get a federal judge
and some evidence
Of a violation
of international banking law.
It's not gonna be easy.
[ sighs ]
Is it still wire fraud if you
don't actually send the money?
[ ringing ]
Man: Thank you for calling
grand cayman national bank.
How can I help you?
I need
my account balance,
But [chuckles]
it's kind of embarrassing --
I've forgotten
my account number.
What's the name and the address
on the account?
Fran clark.
2020 bingham drive, boston.
Your password, please?
7, 9, capital "g,"
2, 0, "p," hashtag, 11.
At today's
current rate of exchange,
The balance in that account
is $878,529.17.
Is there anything else
I can do for you, ms. Clark?
No. Thank you.
[ telephone beeps ]
And that's why
you shouldn't have
The same password
for all your accounts.
How long
has she been gone?
I don't know.
[ sighs ]
What about
the security cameras?
I've got people watching
every door,
And we've reviewed the tapes
from every exit
Since she was last seen.
There's been
no sign of her.
Okay, um, can you check
the stairwells,
Unoccupied rooms,
and -- and supply closets?
We're looking everywhere.
You need to check
all the delivery services
And see if they had trucks here
at the hospital.
She could have climbed inside
one of those.
I'll get someone on it.
Thank you.
Korsak is sending patrol units
to search around the hospital.
I spooked her.
No,
you were trying to help.
Same result.
Look, there are a lot of people
looking for her.
She won't get far.
Should we go back
to your room?
No.
And -- and -- and you got to
get back to work.
No, I-I-I don't.
Yeah, you do. Go.
Okay.
Um,
I'll come back tonight?
Okay.
[ door closes ]
[ grunts ]
[ door closes ]
How'd you find me?
Well,
it was pretty smart --
Knowing that security would be
watching the doors.
Stay hidden down here
until they stopped.
You're good at your job
[chuckles] aren't you?
[ chuckles lightly ]
Most days.
Not today,
When I came to talk to you
about social services.
I need to get a doctor
to check you out,
Make sure you're okay.
I'm okay.
That's not exactly
the medical assessment
I was hoping for.
[ sighs ]
Look...
Out on the street,
I've kept my grades up.
If I could just...
[ sighs ]
[ crying ] if I could just
graduate high school,
[ sniffles ]
I could get a job,
Maybe go to college.
[ inhales sharply ]
But if I get stuck
in some group home,
It'll be impossible.
Tasha...
I'm not gonna let
some group home full of girls
Screw up your gpa.
I promise.
But I need you
to trust me.
[ sighs ]
Please.
I'm not gonna
let you down, baby.
I can't find anyone
who knew about the inheritance.
What about
the stepfather?
Said he couldn't help.
He married the mom
after fran got the money.
But I called
the neighbors,
Trying to find someone
who knew her mom back then.
Any luck?
Yeah, the lady
down the block said
That she and fran's mom
were good friends.
She told me
what a wonderful woman she was
And that it was
a real shame --
She looked like she was getting
better, then died suddenly.
Suddenly?
I thought she died of cancer.
Well,
that's what we heard.
I called her doctor.
He wouldn't talk to me.
Did you have better luck?
The threat
of an official visit
From the medical examiner
works every time.
Yeah. Who wants you sitting
in their waiting room, right?
No. Not -- not you.
It's -- it's --
it's the office.
Okay. I get it. I get it.
It's -- it's -- it's --
So, our victim's mother had
stage iv lung cancer.
When traditional drugs
failed,
She was accepted into a trial
for a new a.L.K. Inhibitor.
It worked.
She went into remission,
and the doctor thought
That she would have
a meaningful recovery.
But she didn't?
No.
She died unexpectedly
two weeks later.
Was there an autopsy?
Since she was a cancer patient
and under a doctor's care,
There was no autopsy,
And her husband had her cremated
the next day.
So the stepfather
killed the mom, too?
First, he killed fran,
Thought he'd get all the money
when his wife died.
But then her remission meant
she wasn't dying fast enough,
So he felt like
he didn't have any choice.
Well, I don't know
what you were thinking.
If your stitches had opened up,
you could have bled to death
Before detective rizzoli
had found you.
But I didn't.
By the grace of god.
But since you've shown that you
clearly don't have any sense,
We're gonna have to keep
an eye on you night and day.
Careful.
Take your meds.
[ dialing ]
Cathy,
it's detective jane rizzoli.
Uh, we were talking
about tasha williams.
Yes, um,
I have a question.
What does it take
For a single woman
to become a foster parent?
Korsak: I guess if you have
a reclusive stepdaughter
And a dying wife, that 800 grand
seems like easy pickings.
Ah, what are the odds
of two people tripping over
The same body
and not doing anything about it?
Well, if he hadn't
have killed his wife,
We might never have known.
The problem is,
we can't prove any of it.
What if we got the wife's ashes?
Would that have forensic value?
Cremation requires temperatures
in excess of 1,100 degrees,
And that destroys dna,
So even if you could detect
some pathogen,
You wouldn't be able to say
it came from the mother's body.
We'll just have to just keep
grinding away at it.
We'll get something,
eventually...Hopefully.
That "hopefully" made you sound
a little less confident.
Mmm.
Can I have pizza?
Yes, when the doctor clears you
for solid foods.
I had a sandwich today.
Your mother?
Yeah.
[ sighs ]
well, I hope it was delicious,
Because if it causes a blockage,
you will not be happy.
I got it.
A blockage?
No.
An idea of how to throw a monkey
wrench into howard's plan.
Mr. Ames.
Oh.
Thanks for coming in.
Of course.
We're done
with our investigation,
And we've concluded
that fran was poisoned.
There's no evidence
to suggest
That it was
at someone else's hand,
So...
[ sighs heavily ]
We think
she committed suicide.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Our investigation is done,
but you'll likely be contacted
By an investigator
from grand cayman bank.
The caymans?
She had an account
there.
Well, what do they want
to talk to me about?
We can't officially close
our investigation
Because we couldn't find any
financial or chemical evidence
That fran was in possession
of the poison.
Cayman law requires
a clear cause of death
Before they'll allow
transfer of assets to an estate.
Because we can't provide one,
their policy is to send in
Their own investigator
before they deny the transfer.
Okay.
I know you and your stepdaughter
weren't close, but...
...I'm still very sorry
for your loss.
So, they released you?
They did.
They sent me home.
But the doctors still have me
on a short leash.
And you get released
at the end of the week.
Yep.
Well, you know, there's still
that bit of business
That we need to take care of
before I go --
That group-home thing.
I think
we've found an alternative.
Social services has agreed
To allow gwen
to be your foster parent,
And she has graciously agreed
to take you in.
I've got a daughter
who's in college,
So I have the room
and I have the time.
But there's gonna be
some rules.
Rules?
For starters, you have to be
home for dinner by 6:00,
Unless we've agreed
to something different.
Okay.
I'm gonna go...
[ groans ]
...And let you guys
work out the details.
I'll see you soon.
Bye, jane.
Homework needs to be done before
you surf the net or watch tv.
Of course.
And I know
that you're old enough to date,
But only on the weekends
and only if I've met them first.
Pre-dating interviews?
What is this -- guantánamo?
[ both laugh ]
It's gonna be great.
You got greedy,
howard.
This isn't an active
crime scene. You can't be here.
Actually,
the bank owns the house,
And they said
we could come in.
Technically,
you're breaking and entering.
Frankie, you mind
looking in that bag?
Look at this, korsak.
He's trying to provide
the investigators
With the evidence they need
to prove fran's suicide.
I'm sure you'll find traces
of hemlock in that bag, too,
Which would be okay, if we'd
told you what killed her.
Read him his rights.
Howard ames, you have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say
can and will be used against you
In a court
of law.
Okay. I put your stuff
in a drawer.
Thank you.
And I bought you some
of that shampoo you like --
You know, the one with all
the fruity-smelling chemicals.
But you said
that was like
Washing my hair
with dry-cleaning solution.
Yeah, but it's like
Fruity-smelling
dry-cleaning solution.
[ chuckles ]
it's in the green bathroom.
How's it taste?
It's...Cold.
Mm.
What?
You're having a beer?
Well, you're choosing the menu
tonight.
I actually like it.
Yeah, no.
See, that's how it starts.
I will not be blamed
If you start chugging beers
and belching the alphabet.
[ chuckles ]
So, how are you doing?
How am I
supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
Yeah, me neither.
[ pounding on door ]
Who's that?
Probably your family.
Ohh.
I don't know if I'm ready
for all of them
To pile in here
and try to make me feel better.
I just wanted to relax
And feel like everything's
heading back to normal again.
[ pounding on door ]
okay. Well, I'll tell them.
I'm sure they'll understand.
Hi.
Hail, hail.
The gang's all here.
Frankie: Hey!
Hey, janie.
We got pizza now.
You can have pizza, right?
I forgot the key.
The game's already on,
so we're gonna watch.
Look who I found!
Come on, get it on.
What channel's it on here?
It's 12. It's 12.
4 or 12.
Janie,
can you get me an opener?
[ man speaking indistinctly
on tv ]
Someone put lead in your shoes?
No. Get it yourself.
Should I tell them
to go?
Man: Doubled,
and now runners to second,
And he singled in the fifth.
Ready?
He's had a hit in every game.
We got anchovies.
You did not.
They look disgusting.
Yes!
Nyah!
All right.
Get in here.
Where are they?
Get your pizza.
Where are they?
Angela:
They're just awful.
Frankie:
The spin on that!
Ugh!
Get off me.
Oh!
Korsak:
This guy can hit.
Come on.
Go.
And strike 3 called.
Ohh!
Oh!
Yard's in good shape.
Cleaners need to be brought in
for full top-to-bottom service.
[ sniffs ]
There's a strong, musty odor
that needs to be investigated.
Possible leak.
[ sniffs ]
[ groans ]
[ exhales sharply ]
Power in the basement is out.
Probably just a breaker.
No visible signs
of water damage.
Odor is significantly stronger
down here,
Where there is a...
Wine room.
[ door creaks ]
Approximately 15 by --
[ gasps ]
[ woman speaking indistinctly
over p.A. ]
Hi, there.
Tasha?
She's okay.
She had
a very good surgeon,
And she came through
with flying colors.
[ groans ]
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
I wouldn't move around
too much.
Your spleen, kidneys,
and liver are bruised.
The baby?
I'm so sorry, jane.
I'm sure that...
I don't...
Yeah.
Everyone's been by --
Frankie, tommy, korsak.
And your mom's been here
the whole time.
She just went home
to take a shower.
She's gonna be very upset
you woke up when she was gone.
I'll fake sleeping
when I hear her coming.
[ sighs ]
What is that?
A baseball bouquet
from jack.
They're all grover verben.
It's his great-uncle.
Jack has hundreds of them.
So he didn't pay $500
for the...
No.
[ sighs ]
He thought
you could give them out
As "thanks for visiting"
gifts.
That's a very...Odd idea.
[ chuckling ] I know.
You guys are perfect
for each other.
[ cellphone buzzes ]
[ sighs ]
Dr. Isles.
Okay, go ahead
and take the photographs
And ask a technician
to collect the vitals.
I'll be there
as soon as I can.
Okay.
Yes, I'll talk to you soon.
Maura --
I know
what you're going to say.
I have a job to do.
You have a job to do.
Go to the crime scene.
I'll be fine.
You'll be fine.
I'm sure you will.
But that person
isn't gonna be any less dead
If I wait
just for a little bit.
Woman:
A panda needs to consume --
Woman #2:
Find your true love.
Man:
Here's a special important --
[ gasps ]
[ tv shuts off ]
Hi, sweetheart.
I know you're faking.
[ laughs ]
What, did you go
to a carnival?
Isn't it adorable?
It's...Big.
It's a "hug me tight"
teddy bear.
I wanted you to have something
to hold when I'm not here.
I thought you might be hungry.
I made you a sandwich.
White bread and cheese.
It's what
you always wanted
When you stayed home sick
from school.
I was thinking
more hot wings.
No.
How about
a little gin rummy?
I don't know, ma.
Afraid I'll beat you?
You haven't beaten me
since I was in grade school.
Yeah, well,
I'm gonna take advantage
Of your weakened state.
[ grunts ] all right.
[ sighs ]
Everything's
gonna be okay.
Yeah?
How do you know that?
Because I've been there.
What does that mean?
I had a miscarriage about a year
before you were born.
Oh, ma,
I never knew that.
I kept it to myself.
That's what we did.
Was pop there for you?
I think it was hard for him
to understand how I felt.
How did you feel?
Sad.
Devastated.
I was also confused.
I-I couldn't understand
How I could have
such a sense of loss
For something
that I never really had.
I think you should share how
you're feeling with somebody.
[ sighs ]
Yes.
I just don't think I'm ready
to talk about it yet.
You'll know
when the time is right.
Come on.
Play cards with me.
I'm feeling very lucky.
[ chuckles ]
Maura: Jane's doctor said
she should be able
To leave the hospital
by the end of the week.
How are her spirits?
Well, when I left,
She made me promise to call her
and fill her in on the case.
Sounds like
she's already feeling better.
[ camera shutter clicks ]
I hope so.
You were right.
This body is
beautifully preserved.
I don't think
I said "beautifully."
I'm pretty sure
I compared her to beef jerky.
And this is the perfect
environment to preserve it --
Cool, dry,
Just like the egyptians created
for their mummies.
I never understood why they went
to all the trouble.
So their eternal spirits
could recognize
Their earthly bodies
after death.
Why couldn't they just keep it
simple and wear funny hats?
[ chuckles ] I don't think
simple was their objective.
They went to great lengths
for their preparations.
For instance, did you know
that the brain was pulled out
Through the nasal passages
with a special hooked wire?
No.
Kind of wish
I didn't know it now.
Well, there are
no visible external injuries --
No entrance wounds,
blunt-force trauma,
Or blood loss.
No, and nothing we found in
the house points to foul play.
Makes me wonder
if she died of natural causes.
With this much decay,
how long will it take
to make a determination?
Well,
it took me five seconds.
This woman didn't die
of natural causes.
She was poisoned.
She looks like I feel after
sitting at my desk all day.
[ chuckles ]
maybe you need to get up
and stretch more often.
Duly noted.
Any idea
how long she's been dead?
Well,
it's difficult to say.
More than 2 years,
less than 10.
Is that based
on the dryness of the corpse?
No -- the collar
of her shirt.
That was a very popular style
in the mid-aughts.
Huh. Who says fashion doesn't
have a place in forensics?
[ chuckles ]
certainly not me.
You gonna be able to tell
what poison was used
With her tissue samples?
No.
Uh, even though
the skin was intact,
The organs
inside the body liquefied
And, over time,
turned to dust.
So we're screwed?
Not quite.
The diptera larvae --
the maggots --
They feasted
on the victim's flesh,
Died of the same poison
before they morphed into flies.
So you are...?
Making
a maggot milkshake.
I've collected the maggots'
tissue, casings, and feces,
So I can extract
trace elements of poison.
[ loud whirring ]
I hope you didn't
bring that blender from home.
What?!
I said I hope --
Never mind.
This is a nice room.
You can rest,
watch baseball on tv...
...Play along
with the game shows.
You suck at small talk.
I don't know what to say.
You okay?
I'm fine.
Really -- you don't
have to worry about me.
What kind of brother would I be
if I didn't worry about you?
Oh, janie.
I'm so sorry.
What can I do?
Why don't you tell me
about the case?
Yeah. Yeah, okay.
Uh...
Our victim's name
is fran clark,
38 years old,
single female.
Cause of death
was poisoning.
Did you figure out
when she died?
4 1/2 years ago.
What?
One day, she's using her phone
and credit cards.
The next day, she wasn't.
How did the body stay undetected
for that long?
All of her bills
are on autopay,
Her lights are on timers,
Mail went to a p.O. Box,
A gardener
takes care of her yard.
She didn't have anybody
that noticed she was missing?
No friends, family,
co-workers?
No, the neighbors said
she kept to herself.
And according to some messages
I found
On her answering machine
from her stepfather,
She and her mother
were estranged.
I'd love to hear
those messages.
I thought you'd say that.
[ click ]
Fran, it's howard.
I'm calling again because
the cancer's gotten worse.
You two have to patch things up
before it's too late.
He left her another message
after the mother passed away.
Fran, your mother died
this morning.
The funeral's on Wednesday.
I know you two had trouble,
but come and say goodbye.
I don't want you
to regret it later.
Any sign that she went?
I guess we'll find out.
The stepfather's coming in.
Hey.
Hey. What are you doing back
so soon?
Well, I figured out
what kind of poison was used,
And I figured
you were dying to know.
It was hemlock.
As in
ancient greece?
Well, the way that she died --
alone --
Poisoned by something
that no one's used
Since socrates killed himself
2,000 years ago...
You should have korsak
ask the stepfather
About fran's mental health.
I'll call him.
Thanks for keeping me
in the loop.
As if
we have a choice.
[ frankie chuckles ]
Four years,
and nobody noticed?
Not that we know of.
Poor thing.
So, howard,
you say you were married
To fran's mother
for six years.
Yeah.
What were she and her mother
fighting about?
My wife never really wanted
to talk about it.
I'm not sure I know anything
that's gonna be helpful.
Look, we need to figure out
what happened to fran.
And although it's not what
we would have wanted for her,
It's better
to know the truth.
Are you sure there's nothing
you can tell me?
Well, I hate to say this,
especially now,
But I didn't like her.
She was mean, difficult.
She broke her mother's heart.
I tried to bring them
back together
When my wife was
on her deathbed,
But after she passed away, I
never wanted to see fran again.
I can understand that.
Frankly,
I'm not surprised she died.
She never went outside,
never got any exercise,
Survived on frozen food,
candy bars, red wine.
What about friends?
None that I knew of.
How about work?
On several financial filings,
She listed her occupation
as "freelance contractor."
She wrote computer code
for banks,
But she never went
to the office.
[ breathes sharply ]
man.
When you start talking
about all this, this is so sad.
I bet there's not one person
who misses her.
Do you think she was capable
of taking her own life?
Maybe.
I hope not.
[ grunts ]
[ clears throat ]
May I help you?
Yeah.
Uh, can I have tasha williams'
room number, please?
Are you family?
Not exactly.
Then I'm sorry.
Since tasha's underage, I can't
give out her room number.
Okay.
Well, um, she's a witness
in a homicide investigation,
So I need to know
her room number
And everything
related to her care.
Really?
Everything that
detective rizzoli said is true.
Though she might have fudged
some causal connections.
218.
I'll give you a few minutes,
but then she needs her rest.
Thank you.
Oh.
You like baseball?
Was ted kennedy
a liberal?
Here.
Grover verben,
the lefty lion?
Yeah.
Why are you giving this
to me?
Just my way
of saying thanks.
For what?
For taking care of tasha.
This is too much.
Mm.
Woman: Dr. Yates
to surgical step down.
Dr. Yates
to surgical step down.
Tasha.
Hey.
Hi.
Um, this is
dr. Maura isles,
Who you spoke to
on the phone.
Hello.
What's that thing?
That?
That is
a "hug me tight" teddy bear.
You know,
in case you get lonely.
I'm not really a hugger.
And that's not
really a bear.
I didn't want to say anything,
but she's right.
It's a panda --
ailuropoda melanoleuca.
Which literally translates
To "black-and-white cat foot,"
not "bear foot" --
More closely related to raccoons
than to bears.
Yeah, I am afraid not.
A recent national science study
of dna concluded
That pandas are actually
more closely related
To the spectacled bear of
south africa than to raccoons.
Maybe.
But their skull and dental
structures don't resemble bears,
Their feet don't have heel pads,
and they don't hibernate.
So if they are bears,
Then they're all alone
on their own little bear island.
So, we're agreed --
It's part panda, part bear,
part raccoon, part cat.
I'm not agreeing to that.
Jane,
that is ridiculous.
Yes, it is --
absolutely ridiculous
That a stuffed animal
could be genetically incorrect.
The real reason we're here
is to tell you that you're safe.
We got the guy
that was after you.
I...Wasn't really worried.
I'm sorry, ladies,
but visiting time is over.
That wasn't
a few minutes.
Our patient
needs her rest.
See you later.
Jane.
Yeah?
Thank you
for helping me.
You're welcome.
Frankie,
what do you got?
We went back and combed through
all the victim's
Autopay accounts
and found something strange.
Fran's gardener, joe martin,
got a pay raise.
Six months
after fran died.
According to the bank,
it was entered
From her regular I.P. Address,
using her password.
Hemlock is
a plant-based poison.
And who knows more about plants
than a gardener?
We found your fingerprints
on fran's computer.
You gave yourself a raise.
Anything else
you helped yourself to?
Okay, look,
I knew she was dead,
But I didn't
kill her.
You knew she was dead?
Yes. I-I found her that way
in the basement.
When?
Uh, four years ago-ish.
I went in to turn the sprinklers
off for the winter,
And there she was.
She didn't look
exactly like that,
But she was
definitely dead.
So you just forgot
to tell someone about it?
I should have,
but I was low on cash,
So I just figured
that I'd wait
For the next autopay money
to go through.
Then one thing led to another,
and...I didn't.
So you could keep
collecting the payments?
I figured somebody else
would find her.
And since she was dead,
you thought
You'd just help yourself
to her bank accounts?
No.
Look...A few months
after I found fran,
My girlfriend
kicked me out.
So I moved into the room
above the garage.
A-and occasionally,
I'd go into the house.
And her password was right there
by her computer.
So I gave myself a raise
because I deserved it.
I'd been doing lots of
extra work around the house --
You know,
since she couldn't.
Unbelievable.
If you think I killed her
for the money,
Then why didn't I
take more?
I had -- I had plenty of time
to steal everything.
I liked fran.
She was nice to me.
Did you see anyone else
at the house before she died?
Well, there --
there was this one guy
I saw a couple of times.
He's a skinny white dude
with a beard.
So, can I go now?
No.
We're gonna leave you here
and see if somebody finds you.
[ door opens ]
[ woman speaking indistinctly
over p.A. ]
Detective rizzoli,
This is cathy graff,
tasha's social worker.
I informed her you needed to be
kept in the loop,
Uh, since tasha is a witness
in one of your cases.
Yes, um...
We -- we just need to know
what social services' plan are
So bpd can maintain contact
with her.
Well, we always like to place
children with a family,
But because of tasha's age
and years on the street,
Adoptive parents
and foster families
Will be suspicious
of drugs,
Prostitution,
emotional difficulties.
Well -- well, she doesn't have
those problems.
Still, potential guardians
may be suspicious.
Well, uh, you could spend
five minutes with her,
And you know
she's a good kid.
That may be true,
but this is a complex situation.
There is nothing complex
about it. It's very simple.
This is a girl who needs
love, guidance, and rules.
I have a girl
just like tasha
Who is
a thriving college freshman.
I'm not saying it's right.
I'm just telling you
it's the reality of the system.
The likelihood is
that tasha will be placed
In a group home
with girls of a similar age.
That sucks.
I'm sorry.
I'll call you
when we have a placement.
How long is tasha supposed to
stay in the hospital?
A week -- 10 days tops.
[ sighs ]
Thank you.
Hey, korsak.
I talked to several
of the gardener's customers.
They said he was honest,
reliable,
Trustworthy,
heck of a good guy.
I've been through
all of fran's bank records.
Nothing else is missing.
All he took was
the extra $25 a month.
Well, with the password,
He could have cleaned out
her accounts.
Okay, so maybe
he didn't kill her,
But not telling anyone
she was dead
Probably disqualifies him from
the "heck of a good guy" award.
I tested the wine residue
on the glass
That we found
next to the victim.
"the wine that evaporated
from that glass
"was a cheap
domestic table wine
Without a trace of hemlock
in it."
How's that possible?
The killer could have put poison
in her glass,
Then poured it out
when she was dead,
Then cleaned the glass
and replaced the good wine
With a cheap one
he brought with him.
There were 500 bottles of wine
in that cellar.
Why bring a cheap bottle
When you could just open one
that was already there?
Wine collectors often keep lists
of their inventory online.
Perhaps
the killer was concerned
That the bottle
would be noticed as missing.
Well, at least we finally know
one thing for sure --
Somebody concocted
an elaborate scheme
To make it look like
fran died of natural causes.
All we have to do
is figure out why.
How's the mutant?
A bit lumpy,
Anatomically incorrect,
and highly flammable.
Social services
came by today.
I know.
She came and talked to me.
I told her
I can take care of myself.
Yes, you can.
And you have.
But now that someone like me
is involved,
You can't do it by yourself --
not anymore.
I don't need your help.
That's not the point.
Look, when you turn 18,
you can do whatever you want.
But until then, we have to
find you someplace to live.
No one wants
a kid like me.
Tasha.
[ breathes deeply ]
If you think
that you can stick me
In some crappy group home,
then you're wrong.
I'll run away again.
And this time,
you won't find me.
The password
we got from the gardener
Also worked
on fran's smartphone.
Remember
what the gardener said?
That her only friend was a
skinny white dude with a beard.
Fran: The firewall is
for my protection, bill.
It gives me a say
in how things are done.
But nothing's getting done,
because you've locked me out!
Well, I guess now
you'll have to listen to me.
Listen,
you little bitch,
If you don't take
that damn firewall down,
I'll kill you.
Don't push me.
The only thing the gardener
got wrong about this guy
Was that
they were friends.
If you don't take that damn
firewall down, I'll kill you.
I didn't mean
kill kill her.
What kind of kill
did you mean?
You know, the funny kind.
I'm not laughing.
Look, fran and I worked together
at the bank.
She wrote code.
I had an idea for an app.
We got into an argument.
She locked me out
of the program.
I-I got pissed.
That's all you see there.
Look, I found her like that.
I had nothing to do with it.
You found her?
What? No. Uh...
Frankie, we should just
let this guy keep talking.
He's doing a fine job
of hanging himself.
Bill.
We now have a recording
of you saying "I found her,"
Which puts you
on the scene.
Her financial stake in the app
gives you motive.
And the nuance
of "I didn't do it"
Is something
a jury might not care about.
After the fight
on the video,
I knew that
we couldn't work together.
So I offered her
some royalty payments
In exchange
for notes on code.
It actually worked
for a few weeks.
Then she stopped
sending me notes.
So you went
to her house?
Well, not at first,
but after four months,
I started to think
that she was mad at me,
That -- that she might sue me
for breach of contract.
That's when I went by.
And found a dead woman
in her basement.
Did it dawn on you
to call someone?
I did.
Who?
I made an anonymous phone call
to the police.
And?
Nothing happened.
So you figured,
if no one knew she was dead,
No one would know
that you owed her money?
Yes.
Why did it take you four months
to check in?
I thought fran was busy
doing other things.
And it's not like
she needed my money.
What do you mean?
She had money --
a lot of it.
Her inheritance.
That guy was telling the truth
about the welfare call.
Police got an anonymous call,
went by the house to check.
Everything looked fine.
No one answered the door.
Well, hard for a mummy
to run to the door.
How about
the inheritance?
Fran's mom had less than $90,000
in net assets when she died.
She gave it
to the stepdad.
But fran's father died
seven years ago.
There are no court records
of a will,
And his lawyer is dead,
But he had almost
a million dollars in property
At the time of his death.
No other relatives?
None that I've found.
Well, that money
had to go somewhere.
We can't find any sign that
it went through fran's accounts.
What'd she do --
turn her dad's estate
Into "die hard" bearer bonds
and hide them in the mattress?
And we need to dig
into her background,
Starting from
when her father died.
Somebody knew
she'd gotten a pot of gold.
We have to figure out
who it is.
How are you feeling
today?
Hey.
Well, I've beaten my mother
30 consecutive times,
So...Pretty good.
Yeah. She's cheating.
I just don't know how.
[ laughs ]
[ sighs ]
Well,
I spoke to your doctor,
And he says you're being
a very good patient.
Yeah.
I'm hoping for early parole
based on good behavior.
Gin.
Have you checked under
her pillow for a secret deck?
Whose side are you on?
Mine.
[ cellphone buzzing ]
[ grunts ]
Rizzoli.
What?
Okay.
I'll be right there.
You're supposed to
stay in bed!
Jane,
your mother is right.
You cannot be
getting out of bed.
Ple--
Jane,
where are you going?
Fran bought
a plane ticket
Two months
after her father's death.
Plenty of time to get control
of her inheritance.
Where was she headed?
The caymans.
She stayed 24 hours.
If you're on vacation,
you stay longer than that.
It's a stop-and-drop.
Yeah.
And I found the hotel.
The room was comped by
the grand cayman national bank.
How are we gonna get a subpoena
for an offshore bank?
Got to get a federal judge
and some evidence
Of a violation
of international banking law.
It's not gonna be easy.
[ sighs ]
Is it still wire fraud if you
don't actually send the money?
[ ringing ]
Man: Thank you for calling
grand cayman national bank.
How can I help you?
I need
my account balance,
But [chuckles]
it's kind of embarrassing --
I've forgotten
my account number.
What's the name and the address
on the account?
Fran clark.
2020 bingham drive, boston.
Your password, please?
7, 9, capital "g,"
2, 0, "p," hashtag, 11.
At today's
current rate of exchange,
The balance in that account
is $878,529.17.
Is there anything else
I can do for you, ms. Clark?
No. Thank you.
[ telephone beeps ]
And that's why
you shouldn't have
The same password
for all your accounts.
How long
has she been gone?
I don't know.
[ sighs ]
What about
the security cameras?
I've got people watching
every door,
And we've reviewed the tapes
from every exit
Since she was last seen.
There's been
no sign of her.
Okay, um, can you check
the stairwells,
Unoccupied rooms,
and -- and supply closets?
We're looking everywhere.
You need to check
all the delivery services
And see if they had trucks here
at the hospital.
She could have climbed inside
one of those.
I'll get someone on it.
Thank you.
Korsak is sending patrol units
to search around the hospital.
I spooked her.
No,
you were trying to help.
Same result.
Look, there are a lot of people
looking for her.
She won't get far.
Should we go back
to your room?
No.
And -- and -- and you got to
get back to work.
No, I-I-I don't.
Yeah, you do. Go.
Okay.
Um,
I'll come back tonight?
Okay.
[ door closes ]
[ grunts ]
[ door closes ]
How'd you find me?
Well,
it was pretty smart --
Knowing that security would be
watching the doors.
Stay hidden down here
until they stopped.
You're good at your job
[chuckles] aren't you?
[ chuckles lightly ]
Most days.
Not today,
When I came to talk to you
about social services.
I need to get a doctor
to check you out,
Make sure you're okay.
I'm okay.
That's not exactly
the medical assessment
I was hoping for.
[ sighs ]
Look...
Out on the street,
I've kept my grades up.
If I could just...
[ sighs ]
[ crying ] if I could just
graduate high school,
[ sniffles ]
I could get a job,
Maybe go to college.
[ inhales sharply ]
But if I get stuck
in some group home,
It'll be impossible.
Tasha...
I'm not gonna let
some group home full of girls
Screw up your gpa.
I promise.
But I need you
to trust me.
[ sighs ]
Please.
I'm not gonna
let you down, baby.
I can't find anyone
who knew about the inheritance.
What about
the stepfather?
Said he couldn't help.
He married the mom
after fran got the money.
But I called
the neighbors,
Trying to find someone
who knew her mom back then.
Any luck?
Yeah, the lady
down the block said
That she and fran's mom
were good friends.
She told me
what a wonderful woman she was
And that it was
a real shame --
She looked like she was getting
better, then died suddenly.
Suddenly?
I thought she died of cancer.
Well,
that's what we heard.
I called her doctor.
He wouldn't talk to me.
Did you have better luck?
The threat
of an official visit
From the medical examiner
works every time.
Yeah. Who wants you sitting
in their waiting room, right?
No. Not -- not you.
It's -- it's --
it's the office.
Okay. I get it. I get it.
It's -- it's -- it's --
So, our victim's mother had
stage iv lung cancer.
When traditional drugs
failed,
She was accepted into a trial
for a new a.L.K. Inhibitor.
It worked.
She went into remission,
and the doctor thought
That she would have
a meaningful recovery.
But she didn't?
No.
She died unexpectedly
two weeks later.
Was there an autopsy?
Since she was a cancer patient
and under a doctor's care,
There was no autopsy,
And her husband had her cremated
the next day.
So the stepfather
killed the mom, too?
First, he killed fran,
Thought he'd get all the money
when his wife died.
But then her remission meant
she wasn't dying fast enough,
So he felt like
he didn't have any choice.
Well, I don't know
what you were thinking.
If your stitches had opened up,
you could have bled to death
Before detective rizzoli
had found you.
But I didn't.
By the grace of god.
But since you've shown that you
clearly don't have any sense,
We're gonna have to keep
an eye on you night and day.
Careful.
Take your meds.
[ dialing ]
Cathy,
it's detective jane rizzoli.
Uh, we were talking
about tasha williams.
Yes, um,
I have a question.
What does it take
For a single woman
to become a foster parent?
Korsak: I guess if you have
a reclusive stepdaughter
And a dying wife, that 800 grand
seems like easy pickings.
Ah, what are the odds
of two people tripping over
The same body
and not doing anything about it?
Well, if he hadn't
have killed his wife,
We might never have known.
The problem is,
we can't prove any of it.
What if we got the wife's ashes?
Would that have forensic value?
Cremation requires temperatures
in excess of 1,100 degrees,
And that destroys dna,
So even if you could detect
some pathogen,
You wouldn't be able to say
it came from the mother's body.
We'll just have to just keep
grinding away at it.
We'll get something,
eventually...Hopefully.
That "hopefully" made you sound
a little less confident.
Mmm.
Can I have pizza?
Yes, when the doctor clears you
for solid foods.
I had a sandwich today.
Your mother?
Yeah.
[ sighs ]
well, I hope it was delicious,
Because if it causes a blockage,
you will not be happy.
I got it.
A blockage?
No.
An idea of how to throw a monkey
wrench into howard's plan.
Mr. Ames.
Oh.
Thanks for coming in.
Of course.
We're done
with our investigation,
And we've concluded
that fran was poisoned.
There's no evidence
to suggest
That it was
at someone else's hand,
So...
[ sighs heavily ]
We think
she committed suicide.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Our investigation is done,
but you'll likely be contacted
By an investigator
from grand cayman bank.
The caymans?
She had an account
there.
Well, what do they want
to talk to me about?
We can't officially close
our investigation
Because we couldn't find any
financial or chemical evidence
That fran was in possession
of the poison.
Cayman law requires
a clear cause of death
Before they'll allow
transfer of assets to an estate.
Because we can't provide one,
their policy is to send in
Their own investigator
before they deny the transfer.
Okay.
I know you and your stepdaughter
weren't close, but...
...I'm still very sorry
for your loss.
So, they released you?
They did.
They sent me home.
But the doctors still have me
on a short leash.
And you get released
at the end of the week.
Yep.
Well, you know, there's still
that bit of business
That we need to take care of
before I go --
That group-home thing.
I think
we've found an alternative.
Social services has agreed
To allow gwen
to be your foster parent,
And she has graciously agreed
to take you in.
I've got a daughter
who's in college,
So I have the room
and I have the time.
But there's gonna be
some rules.
Rules?
For starters, you have to be
home for dinner by 6:00,
Unless we've agreed
to something different.
Okay.
I'm gonna go...
[ groans ]
...And let you guys
work out the details.
I'll see you soon.
Bye, jane.
Homework needs to be done before
you surf the net or watch tv.
Of course.
And I know
that you're old enough to date,
But only on the weekends
and only if I've met them first.
Pre-dating interviews?
What is this -- guantánamo?
[ both laugh ]
It's gonna be great.
You got greedy,
howard.
This isn't an active
crime scene. You can't be here.
Actually,
the bank owns the house,
And they said
we could come in.
Technically,
you're breaking and entering.
Frankie, you mind
looking in that bag?
Look at this, korsak.
He's trying to provide
the investigators
With the evidence they need
to prove fran's suicide.
I'm sure you'll find traces
of hemlock in that bag, too,
Which would be okay, if we'd
told you what killed her.
Read him his rights.
Howard ames, you have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say
can and will be used against you
In a court
of law.
Okay. I put your stuff
in a drawer.
Thank you.
And I bought you some
of that shampoo you like --
You know, the one with all
the fruity-smelling chemicals.
But you said
that was like
Washing my hair
with dry-cleaning solution.
Yeah, but it's like
Fruity-smelling
dry-cleaning solution.
[ chuckles ]
it's in the green bathroom.
How's it taste?
It's...Cold.
Mm.
What?
You're having a beer?
Well, you're choosing the menu
tonight.
I actually like it.
Yeah, no.
See, that's how it starts.
I will not be blamed
If you start chugging beers
and belching the alphabet.
[ chuckles ]
So, how are you doing?
How am I
supposed to be doing?
I have no idea.
Yeah, me neither.
[ pounding on door ]
Who's that?
Probably your family.
Ohh.
I don't know if I'm ready
for all of them
To pile in here
and try to make me feel better.
I just wanted to relax
And feel like everything's
heading back to normal again.
[ pounding on door ]
okay. Well, I'll tell them.
I'm sure they'll understand.
Hi.
Hail, hail.
The gang's all here.
Frankie: Hey!
Hey, janie.
We got pizza now.
You can have pizza, right?
I forgot the key.
The game's already on,
so we're gonna watch.
Look who I found!
Come on, get it on.
What channel's it on here?
It's 12. It's 12.
4 or 12.
Janie,
can you get me an opener?
[ man speaking indistinctly
on tv ]
Someone put lead in your shoes?
No. Get it yourself.
Should I tell them
to go?
Man: Doubled,
and now runners to second,
And he singled in the fifth.
Ready?
He's had a hit in every game.
We got anchovies.
You did not.
They look disgusting.
Yes!
Nyah!
All right.
Get in here.
Where are they?
Get your pizza.
Where are they?
Angela:
They're just awful.
Frankie:
The spin on that!
Ugh!
Get off me.
Oh!
Korsak:
This guy can hit.
Come on.
Go.
And strike 3 called.
Ohh!
Oh!