The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016): Season 1, Episode 5 - The Mystery of the Terminal Tenant - full transcript
The team finds the remains of a man's body that appears to have been killed in his own bathroom, but when the homeowner shows up alive and well, the detectives not only find themselves on ...
Mark !
Mark ?
Mark, something up here is leaking
schmutz through my ceiling .
Mark ! Are you here ?
Okay, okay, someone's gonna lose an eye .
Um, how come I don't see underwear ?
Remember, last time you went to daddy's,
Principal Velasco has made it very
clear commando equals no, no .
Yes ! Thank you .
Daddy's sofa-bed hurts my butt .
You tell daddy that he
should sleep on the sofa .
He certainly has had enough practice .
- Daddy only has icky juice .
- I can't help you out there, honey .
You two pack more for an
overnight than a grown woman .
Sit on this . I need your help .
Here we go . Yes !
Why can't daddy have a
sleepover at our house ?
I will explain that to you in 20 years .
Our house ! Our house ! Our house !
No more daddy sleepovers .
- Excuse me ?
- The boys come home exhausted,
unbathed, missing eyebrows . . .
Eyebrow ! It's just the one .
You want quality time with
your sons . . . New deal .
- We're nesting .
- Is that like spooning ?
Definitely not . You come
to the house, I go away .
Wait, so you want a weekly
vacation from your life ?
Why not ? You take a daily
vacation from yours .
- Well played .
- Look, this is what's best for me,
which is all that really matters .
You do realize you just
said that last part out loud .
But it also happens to be
what's best for the boys .
Fine, and I'm assuming you don't
wanna stay at my apartment .
God, no ! You have icky juice .
I booked a hotel room .
- It only cost me 75,000 Duane Reade points .
- It is booked .
- Broderick .
Be at the house at 6:00 .
Ethan's dad is dropping off the boys .
- Don't be late .
- We're on it .
Did you even hear what I said ?
Eyebrow, nesting, 6:00 sharp, Ethan's dad .
I got it . You got a body
at Sixth and Avenue A .
Do not expect an I .D . anytime soon .
Corpse was dissolved in sulfuric
acid which contaminated DNA
and which also dissolved co's
fingerprints and facial features .
- Co ?
- Gender neutral pronoun .
Went to a touchy-feely college .
You had a childhood ?
Thought you came out of the womb
with a five o'clock shadow and a lab coat .
Even money is on this being the
apartment owner, Mark Harris .
This could be 5'10", 160 pounds .
I should be able to salvage the
teeth to compare dental records .
Otherwise, it's gonna be a
bit difficult to determine
without skin, sexual organs, full cranium .
Way to bring the party down .
You see something ?
I see nothing .
Where's this guy's stuff ?
My house is straight out of hoarders .
Lillian as in Gish, Greenberg as in Hank .
Your references are even older than mine .
- Who's this one ?
- My partner .
- Hubba hubba .
- Back at you .
Mrs . Greenberg, when was the
last time you saw Mark Harris ?
Friday . He always takes out my trash cans .
Sweet boy ! It's just him and me .
The third unit's owned by
some skanky trust-fund girl,
who's away in Europe all
the time being a whore .
Her mother must be proud .
Okay, so no sign of forced
entry, TV and stereo's still here .
- Nothing like robbery .
- Victim probably knew his killer .
What else can you tell us about Mark ?
Uh, for the longest time he was
a hermit who didn't say boo .
He worked at home, he never went dancing .
Must have gone for a lot of hand
lotion if you know what I mean .
I wish I didn't .
Finally, he met a darling girl, Corrine .
Might this be the happy couple ?
Yes, darling .
Suddenly, he became a social butterfly .
And he had lots of parties here .
You would never know it by how neat it is .
- Looks more like a hotel .
- You're obsessing .
Most of us like a clean
house there, pig penny .
No need for name calling, jerko .
All right, total ray of sunshine .
Tech's telling me they got
more prints and DNA in here
than Penn Station at Christmas .
Mark's bed didn't exactly
pass the black light test .
- Hello !
- And goodbye to early check-in at my hotel .
Finding a needle in that dirty
haystack could take us all night .
- We might luck out and get a hit .
- Speaking of .
Can I hit that ?
Thanks .
Just . . . just one more . Come on .
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The apparent victim was quite
the low-profile New Yorker .
My great-aunt Milison has
more of an Internet presence .
You can follow her on Instagram .
How you doing on dental records ?
15,946 dentists in Manhattan alone .
Well, start making some calls .
On it .
- Did you rearrange the desks ?
- It's a Feng Shui thing .
The new floor plan really promotes
the free flow of creative energy .
- And ?
- Laura doesn't like sitting by you .
Crime scene techs pulled a print off of
a steak knife in Mark Harris's apartment .
Could be the murder weapon, assuming
he was diced before he was pureed .
Someone's been watching
too much food network .
Matches two . Carlo Corelli,
priors for fraud, lewd
conduct, petty larceny .
Last known address is in Hackensack .
- Track them down .
- Boom shakalaka !
Carlo Corelli tweeted a
mere nine minutes ago,
"at site, bring cash, no cameras ."
Sounds potentially incriminating .
- Tracing the IP address .
- Oh, no . I can . . .
254 Bond Street . Forwarding to Laura .
Show off !
As they say, there's a lid for every pot .
Whoa !
NYPD . Which gentleman is Carlo ?
Over there .
Hey !
Excuse me, I gotta . . .
You might wanna ease up on the carbs .
All right, let's go, let's
go, everybody home .
Get home safe .
Talk to us about Mark Harris .
I've never even heard of that individual .
Carlo, please .
We found your fingerprints
all over his steak knife .
- Where were you last weekend ?
- Here !
I throw these functions regularly .
It's all on my website,
averychubbyaffair .net .
Dot com was taken .
- What planet is this ?
- If you don't believe me,
you can quite easily check .
- So, you're on parole .
- Hmm, barely, past curfew .
Thus my attempted exit stage left .
So when we check, we're gonna find
that you weren't anywhere
near Sixth and Avenue A .
Sixth and A ?
- Mark H .
- Yeah, Mark H .
- You do know him .
- Only via the Internet .
Last month, I hosted a week of
these gatherings at his apartment .
So, is he one of you ?
Haven't a clue .
I just rented his apartment
off of nypadexchange .com .
NY whose . . . what ?
It's a peer-to-peer
apartment rental website .
If you're going out of town, you
post some photos of your residence
- and a stranger will rent it from you .
- No, really !
What planet is this ?
Who would let someone they
didn't know stay in their home ?
It's the trust economy .
But agreed, I would never
let my place be rented .
All kind of deviants out there, hmm .
Really, bro ?
We're on Mark's NY Pad Exchange page .
And head back to the apartment
and go through everything,
and see what you can find over
there and I'll call you back .
- How many renters did he have ?
- 84 !
- Are you kidding me ?
- Nope .
And any one of them could have
copied Mark's keys, let themselves in
and given him an acid bath .
Okay, most likely suspect
would be this weekend's renter,
namely one, Cody Roberts,
who is particularly suspicious
because A, he has a porn name . Cody Roberts .
But also B, no profile pic,
no personal info on the site,
zero web presence, he is a ghost .
No Internet presence just like our victim .
Could be a coincidence, but unlikely .
We've searched all Mark's files .
No rental agreement paperwork .
Not surprising .
Nobody under 40 prints
out hard copies anymore .
I so knew that . My peeps .
- Mmm-hmm .
- I was 30, like, five minutes ago .
Long minutes .
All right, so, what are we theorizing ?
Cody rents the unit, possibly to
use it for something more illicit
than an anything-goes party .
Maybe he catches Cody in the
act, Cody takes him down .
- NYPD !
- don't move !
- Whoa ! don't shoot . I . . . I live here .
- Mark Harris ?
This is insane .
I'd rented out my place dozens of
times just to make a few extra bucks .
I never thought . . .
And you were away all weekend ?
We just caught the jitney
back from the Hamptons .
Cody was supposed to leave tonight .
Yeah, well, judging by the
remains we found in that bathtub,
it looks like Cody checked out for good .
- What do you know about him ?
- Uh, not much .
Um, he picked up the keys on Friday .
- He seemed like a nice guy .
- We only spoke to him for a minute .
Did you notice anything suspicious ?
This is random, but a black Escalade
was parked across the street .
A woman was inside watching the block .
Figured she was spying
on a cheating husband .
Long shot, but we'll check it out .
Do you notice anything
missing or out of place ?
Here, bedroom . . .
Not missing . . .
I clean a drawer out for renters to use .
This must be Cody's stuff .
- Hey, dad .
- Hey, boys .
Ethan, you wanna come check out my room ?
- Hey, Ethan .
- I'm so sorry we're late .
Uh, you're not Ethan's dad .
Uh, no, no, I'm Ethan's mom .
- Nora .
- Jake ! No worries about being late .
I was just doing some laundry .
Wow !
It is so refreshing to see a man actually
take some responsibility around the house .
Not like my ex .
He flaked tonight, last minute as usual .
And I had to race to get
the boys from soccer .
Well, I'm just learning the
divorced parents shuffle myself .
Well, I also blew it and didn't
have a chance to feed them .
- So, they're probably starving .
- No sweat .
I'll just order some pizza, why
don't you and Ethan join us ?
Uh . . .
Okay, sure . Thanks .
Amazing news ! I found Mark's dentist .
Better news ! We found Mark alive .
Never mind then .
Background check on Cody
Roberts came up goose eggs .
Prints were lifted from his
possessions, aren't on file,
could be a fake name, an alias .
Oh ! Hello, little clue .
Melody Buddies . Oh . . .
No, it's one of those
mommy and me music classes .
Tomorrow's 9:00 A .M . class is circled .
Maybe Cody's a divorced
dad, kid's in the class .
I think I'll be sick tomorrow .
I swore that I would never go back .
Laura, come on .
It's a bunch of little kids singing
and dancing . Can't be that bad .
You, my friend, have a lot to
learn about the joys of parenting .
Now if you'll excuse me, my
king size hotel bed is calling .
A cop ?
- That's incredible .
- Captain, actually .
Wow !
It's just a job .
My ex is a plumber .
He unclogs toilets .
That's just a job . You . . . you save lives .
Well, yeah, I try to .
It's so dangerous . Don't you get scared ?
I'd like to say no, but I am human so, yeah .
And I just try and remember,
it's not about me,
it's about making the city
safe for my kids and yours .
Well . . .
Thank you .
For the kids .
Mmm .
Hi .
Goodbye, Cartoon N etwork . Hello, bravo .
And heaven .
Worst invention since Gymboree .
But I came prepared .
Ear plugs ? What don't you have in that bag ?
Oh, I snagged all kinds of free
stuff from the hotel room, here .
Want that ?
You know you have to
pay for all this, right ?
- What ?
- Oh, yeah .
Oh, well .
Pretty loose definition
of melody and buddies .
- We need to time share those ear plugs .
- No, I got you covered .
Straight men stand out like a
sore thumb at these classes .
It's all just moms, gay dads and nannies .
Good to be me .
- Brutal, huh ?
- Tell me about it .
You, um, waiting for someone ?
You too, huh ?
Cody better hurry up and get
here . My ears are bleeding .
- Is that an ear plug ?
- Oh, I ain't playing .
Nothing a little Christy won't cure .
Christy ?
Is that a friend of Cody's ?
Christy ?
You know, crystal ?
Meth ! Oh !
Keep it down, newbie .
Sorry, sorry . I'm just . . .
I'm crashing really hard .
Just . . . Cody better get here fast .
Well, Cody's not coming .
But you're coming with me .
I was just so tired .
Lunch boxes, morning drop-off,
the baby's endless stream of diapers .
I was losing my mind .
Anyway, then one day I met Cody .
And he said that he had something
to make all that go away .
Babysitter and a maid . Oh, no .
- Crystal meth .
- Okay, you can mock, but it's amazing .
Weight loss, endless
patience, constant euphoria .
Cleaning the house never felt so good .
Little mother's helper .
I've got to admit, it sounds great .
Until you remember that it's an illegal
addictive drug that ruins lives .
Okay, tell me about Cody .
- Where did you meet him ?
- He showed up one day at class .
He was sweet . He even had this
s-s-stutter when he was n-n-nervous .
I trusted him . So . . .
When he offered me a
sample, I thought, why not ?
- He said all the moms are doing it .
- Smart sales pitch .
- So, did you ever see him anywhere else ?
- No .
But one time, I got stuck in a PTA
meeting and I had to miss the class .
I was totally freaking out . I
thought I was gonna chew my lips off .
Anyway, uh, so I texted him .
And he said that just this
once as a special favor,
I could score from his partner .
A partner ? Okay, what's his name ?
I don't know, I never saw the guy .
How did you get the drugs ?
There's a Rollerblade rental
place out in the Rockaways
near Beach and 118th .
You rent a pair of rollerblades,
size six and three-quarters .
That's not a size .
Exactly .
I'd like to rent a pair .
Size six and three-quarters .
- So you rent the blades, then what ?
- He gives you a locker
to put your street shoes in .
You put 200 bucks in the left shoe .
You go away and come back 20 minutes later,
you've burned 500 calories
and there's a week's supply in your shoe .
So, wait at the locker and bust the drop .
Piece of cake .
Hey !
Excuse me ! Excuse me !
Hold it, hold it . don't move !
I said don't move !
Don't make me shoot you . Come on, man !
Get down .
Okay, you are under arrest, sketch .
You have the right to remain silent .
Wait ! You're the police ?
Oh, thank God .
Who did you think we were ?
Jimmy's muscle .
Thank you .
Who's Jimmy ?
A freaking psychopath and the
biggest meth dealer in the city .
Well, if you are just a penny ante dealer
slinging crystal on the beach,
why'd Jimmy want you dead ?
'Cause Cody was my partner
and word in the street
was that Jimmy had him
whacked, so I figured I was next .
So you blew up your house ?
Yeah, it was a booby trap .
It's pretty sick, right ?
That is a word for it, yes .
I mean, you know, it gave
me a chance to escape
if Jimmy's people showed up .
But instead you're being arrested
for selling meth and arson .
Exactly, you see, it was just
a simple misunderstanding .
Is there a brain in your head ?
Tell us about Cody .
He was Jimmy's best dealer
'cause he didn't look like a dealer .
So, what did he look like exactly ?
You know, normal, no tats,
no scars, just kinda nerdy like .
So, safe . No wonder the meth
moms gravitated towards him .
That was Jimmy's idea, you know .
An untapped market,
Jimmy made a lot of dough .
If Cody was so good, then
why did Jimmy want him dead ?
Cody wanted out . Quit the game, go straight .
But you don't quit Jimmy and live .
Where do we find Jimmy ?
Hey, look, I don't know who
Jimmy is, much less where he is .
Okay ?
Okay, slick, listen .
You even want a shot at a plea bargain,
then I'm gonna need more than that .
All I know is Cody picked up the liquid
meth from a cook at a bodega downtown .
All right ?
Looks like Cody's
partner told the truth .
This isn't your typical mom and pop shop .
I'll keep you posted .
I'm low on peanut butter
and bubblegum mouthwash,
but I'm feeling this isn't the place .
You got that right . I have a gun
in that wooden shop in there .
Oh !
I'm guessing that isn't Sprite .
Liquid meth .
The old Breaking Bad days where you
cook it from scratch are old school .
Now, you just pour and fry .
Like my pancakes .
Shall we ?
All units, we're moving in .
Excuse me ?
We're gonna need to take those .
Bloomberg's out of office, but
his war on sugar isn't over, so . . .
Is there a problem here, mamacita ?
Okay, hey . Hey, easy, muchacho .
Who're you calling boy, guera ?
Who're you calling guera, boy ?
What's a guera ?
White lady .
Fair enough . Okay, I'll tell you what .
Let's put the name calling aside .
We need to confiscate those bottles .
Aw !
Big mistake .
Hands behind your back . Behind your back .
Punching a cop ?
How much meth are you on ?
- Bite me, guera .
- What ?
I am so sorry, detective .
Excuse me ?
I tried to pull back, but
I had to make it look real .
Am I missing something here ?
Alejandro Padilla, DEA .
I'm long term undercover .
If I hadn't clocked you like that
you and your partner
could've blown my operation .
I'm calling the New York
division to confirm .
Give them operation code
tango-X-ray-Victor-five .
My handler will give you all
the confirmation that you need .
Who's your target ?
The biggest new meth supplier
in the city, goes by Jimmy .
- What about a last name ?
- That's all I got .
I've been working this group for six
months, haven't laid eyes on him .
We are looking at Jimmy for homicide .
Not surprised .
People who cross Jimmy have a
way of disappearing permanently .
Do you have any leads ?
I just got word today that the weekly
shipment is coming in tomorrow .
If Jimmy shows up for the
drop, we bust the entire ring .
And just maybe, Cody's killer .
You checked out .
And your office approved
a joint NYPD-DEA operation
to hit Jimmy's meth shipment tomorrow . . .
- On one condition .
- Which is ?
We get dibs on Jimmy and the box .
Murder trumps meth .
I got no problem letting you get first shot .
I'll avoid the arrest of you and your crew
and get you back on the street
before the meet goes down .
Deal .
But I have a condition too .
Hmm ?
Hook me up with that
sexy redheaded detective .
Don't even think about it .
Nora, is everything all right ? Is Ethan . . .
No, he's fine . I just dropped
him off at his dad's . But . . .
Big surprise, my ex was
acting like a complete jerk .
- Come on in .
- I'm just so upset and I was in the area
and I really needed to
talk to somebody who . . .
- Gets it ?
- Yeah .
Believe me, I do .
Dealing with exes is a special kind of hell .
I mean, you love them,
they're the parent of your child,
- but sometimes you wanna . . .
- Kill them ?
Cuff me now, detective .
I'm as guilty as charged .
- Can I get you a drink ?
- Yeah .
It's just not okay for him to say
these things to Ethan about me .
I mean, I may not be as thin as
his anorexic spin instructor, but . . .
I mean . . .
Do I look fat to you ?
Fat ?
You look great .
The next man in your life is gonna treat you
much better than your ex ever did .
Okay .
Hey, hey . Are you all right ?
I'm . . . I'm fine . It's just . . .
You're a really nice guy .
I'm not used to talking to someone like you .
- I'm sorry .
- No, there's no need to be .
And you're gonna be okay .
Oh !
No, I . . .
I . . . I can't do this . Not in Laura's house .
It used to be your house .
For easy access .
Nora, we are not having sex .
My boys are upstairs .
- Hello ?
- Is everything all right ?
Yeah, we're all good .
You don't sound all good . I'm coming home .
No, no, no .
You'll wake the boys up .
Well, good . 'Cause I need some hugs .
Laura, look, just . . . just enjoy the hotel .
Have another massage on me .
I . . . I've got this . We're all good .
- If you say so .
- Okay, bye .
Daddy ?
- Hey, buddy .
- Hey, daddy .
You okay ?
Why were you wrestling with Ethan's mommy ?
Don't be silly . You're dreaming .
Ethan and his mommy were here last night .
Oh, okay .
Okay . Come on, let's get you back to bed .
I'm gonna bust him and
then I'm gonna kill him .
Then I'm gonna tap dance on his grave .
Tell me how you really feel .
Jimmy sells meth to moms .
Over-worked, under-appreciated,
stressed-out moms .
Hanging is too good for him .
Couple of nights in a swanky hotel
has done wonders for your stress levels .
There's some things that room service
and a high thread count can't cure .
Oh, truck's pulling in .
Looks like something is about to go down .
Okay, all teams, hold your positions,
- wait for the hand-off .
- Roger that .
Hold .
Hold .
- Okay, now . Go, go, go .
- Yes .
Move it !
Let's go !
Let's go, let's go, let's go .
Turn around !
- Let's see it !
- Turn around !
- Yes !
- Yes !
Hands behind your back .
Grab the woman .
Blonde hair, sunglasses, white coat,
on your eastern perimeter .
Stop right there !
Get down .
How did you know the
kingpin was actually a queen ?
Who but another woman
would know that bone-tired, exhausted moms
were an untapped market for crystal meth .
Oh, I can't wait to get her in the box .
That came out wrong .
I know what you meant .
But Jimmy is lawyered up
and isn't saying squat .
Oh, damn it .
If I can't question her, I could
still put her in a line-up .
We got a witness that I don't know about ?
Mark .
The guy who rented his
apartment to Cody Roberts
said that he saw a woman staking
out the building the other night .
Maybe he could place Jimmy
at the scene of the crime .
It's a Hail Mary, but it's
all we got, let's try it .
I won't bring anyone in until you're ready .
Do you need some water ?
No, I'm okay .
This whole thing has
just really shaken me up .
I can't stand to be in
the apartment anymore .
What was in the tub .
I can't stop thinking about it .
Him . Ugh !
I think we're gonna get away
for a few weeks, sit on a beach .
Think happy thoughts .
Sounds like a great idea .
Ready when you are .
Are you sure she can't see me ?
I promise .
She will not see your face,
she will not know your name .
- Okay ?
- Okay .
Okay . Bring them in .
Line up against the wall, please .
Do you see anyone you recognize ?
Number . . .
Number two .
That's . . . that's her .
She's the one I saw .
He even had this s-s-stutter
when he was n-n-nervous .
Great .
Great .
Uh, we just have some paperwork to
fill out and a few questions to ask .
Of course .
No problem .
He picked Jimmy out of the lineup .
Good call . Looks like we
found ourselves Cody's killer .
Jimmy's guilty of a lot of
things, but not killing Cody .
I don't understand . He
picked her out of the lineup .
We have motive and opportunity .
What am I missing ?
The right victim .
Jimmy didn't kill Cody,
because Cody is sitting
next to my desk, right now .
Do you really think that unassuming guy
is a criminal mastermind
and a ruthless killer ?
He crushed at selling meth
because he's an unassuming guy .
I think Cody's old partner did
say he was something of a nerd .
I know he wanted out,
a vacation from his life .
But you don't quit Jimmy and live .
So Cody decides to stage his own death,
assume a new identity,
he scrolls down NY pad exchange
and finds the perfect victim .
Which was Mark, a loner who
looked sort of like Cody .
No social life, no web presence
and his only neighbor was
a half-blind old lady .
And because neither had a criminal record,
we couldn't use his prints to prove
that he was lying about his identity .
Which explains the acid bath .
Cody deliberately erased all identifying
features to cover his tracks .
He figured that we would ID the victim
as Cody and the killer as Jimmy .
And Cody walks away with a new identity .
And his scary old boss behind bars .
Flawless plan .
But Cody couldn't get rid of his own flaw .
His stutter .
So, how do we prove it ?
Let's see how well Cody
knows his doppelganger .
What kind of questions ?
Police department order 14-3 mandates
we ask all witnesses to complete
a quality control survey .
Waste of time, but . . .
I gotta ask or our funding
gets Cut .
Bureaucracy sucks . Help me out .
Ask away .
What is your mother's maiden name ?
- Missinger .
- Hmm .
- What hospital were you born in ?
- St . Francis .
- Which city were you born in ?
- Roslyn .
Where did you attend junior high school ?
Roslyn Middle .
- Who was your sixth grade teacher ?
- Mrs . Buxbomb .
What exactly does this have
to do with quality control ?
Oh, you can take it up with city hall .
Buxbomb . . . That's a name .
Listen, I . . . I really wanna help you
out, but I have a flight to catch .
Have a nice trip .
What're you so happy about ?
Max checked out all his answers,
he nailed every question,
and maybe he is who he says he is .
Who was your sixth grade teacher ?
I don't know . Some blonde lady .
Exactly . No one remembers
that minutia right off the bat .
Cody has every detail of
Mark's life down pat . Too pat .
You're forgetting one very important detail .
Mark's girlfriend Corrine . . .
I mean, how does she fit into this theory ?
She must be Cody's girlfriend .
Who became Mark's fake
girlfriend to study his life .
Or maybe that's just a bunch of crazy talk .
And she's just an innocent pawn .
I don't think so .
"I don't think so" is a long way
from proof beyond reasonable doubt .
Not a problem .
There's one way to prove
it beyond all doubt .
Detectives, may I present
Mark's dentist, Dr . Chang ?
Thanks for coming down, Dr . Chang .
Hey, my pleasure . I've never
been in a police precinct before .
Wow, you've dodged a bullet .
I can't tell you how many
dentists I've arrested
for getting a little too friendly
with their anesthetized patients .
Oh-ho, not me .
I use nitrous, you know, laughing gas .
More fun than a barrel of monkeys .
If the monkeys don't have
a crippling dental phobia .
So you brought Mark Harris' dental records ?
- Right here .
- Thanks .
All right, is this Mark ?
I think so . It's been a few years, but . . .
I pay more attention to
the chompers than the face .
I think someone is
self-medicating on laughing gas .
Well, this is the first time in my career
that I've been asked to
compare autopsy dentals
with a guy who's alive and well .
Or is he ?
If the corpse in the tub
was the real Mark Harris,
then the X-rays you took
should be an exact match .
Well, they are not .
- Sorry, Laura .
- He's right .
These two mouths are as
different as our hairstyles .
This doesn't make sense . I am
certain this guy is an impostor .
Sorry it didn't work out .
Come see us for your next exam .
We specialize in treating dental phobics .
And we have Pac-Man .
I think it's time
to throw in the towel .
I mean, for your theory to hold,
Cody would've had to somehow
switch out those dental records .
Gah !
- Son of a bitch !
- What ?
He did .
Huh !
Corrine, you naughty girl !
The apartment has been completely cleared .
Looks like Cody's on the run .
All right, all right . Thanks .
Got an APB out on both
him and the girlfriend .
Homeland put them both on the no-fly list .
Max, where are we on financials ?
Credit cards and bank
statements are both frozen .
Gonna be hard to run with no do-re-mi .
Yoo-hoo, I need a detective .
No, the redheaded lady detective .
Maureen O'Hara with a gun .
Over there .
Mrs . Greenberg .
Oh, there you are, pretty lady .
Are you okay ?
No, I'm certainly not .
I got to the checkout line at D'agostino's,
I put my hand in my bag
and my wallet was missing .
Maybe you left it at home .
I'm not an idiot . Someone lifted it .
Does Mark have a key to your apartment ?
Yes, for an emergency . Just like I have his .
Although, a lot of good that did .
We have an APB out on Cody Roberts .
But no one looking for Lillian Greenberg .
- Max ?
- Already on it .
Here we go .
Lillian Greenberg's credit card statements .
Lot of cat toys .
I'm an indulgent mother . Sue me .
Lookie here, an hour ago she purchased
two tickets on a Greyhound to Boca, tonight .
I certainly did not .
Such a bunch of yentas in Boca .
Here we go .
We'll stake out port
authority for our boy Cody .
Hold your horses . You might
be able to catch him sooner .
He's going from ATM to
ATM in his neighborhood
pulling cash from all her accounts .
Get away cash .
Don't leave home without it .
Put your
hands where we can see them !
Hell of a solve .
Gotta admit, I doubted you big time .
What else is new ? Thankfully, I ignored you .
What else is new ?
Uh, Sammy is picking the
boys up at the house in 15 .
On my way . I'm in sweet
little boy withdrawal .
So, nesting ?
- I'm over it .
- Thank God .
Nora on two .
Nora ?
Hey . How are . . .
You left what in my ex-wife's house ?
Who's up for ketchup and pickle sandwiches ?
Ew . No .
Everyone's a critic .
Delivery man .
Hello ?
Oh, I was . . . I decimated your
fridge so brought Chinese food .
That's so thoughtful .
Well, you know me .
I do know you .
Which is why I'm confused
about the Chinese food .
The pink monster will eat you .
The pink monster will eat you .
No .
Pink monster is not a play thing .
You were playing with it in my dream .
That was a nightmare, actually .
And I suggest that you forget about it .
Dinner's ready .
Moo shu, going once, moo shu . Going twice .
- I only want the outside !
- Me too .
Only eat the outside ? The
healthy stuff is on the inside .
The healthy stuff is disgusting .
Well, if you eat the healthy stuff,
look what you get afterwards .
Fortune cookies !
Fortune cookies !
Duck sauce .
Who's ready ?
Mark ?
Mark, something up here is leaking
schmutz through my ceiling .
Mark ! Are you here ?
Okay, okay, someone's gonna lose an eye .
Um, how come I don't see underwear ?
Remember, last time you went to daddy's,
Principal Velasco has made it very
clear commando equals no, no .
Yes ! Thank you .
Daddy's sofa-bed hurts my butt .
You tell daddy that he
should sleep on the sofa .
He certainly has had enough practice .
- Daddy only has icky juice .
- I can't help you out there, honey .
You two pack more for an
overnight than a grown woman .
Sit on this . I need your help .
Here we go . Yes !
Why can't daddy have a
sleepover at our house ?
I will explain that to you in 20 years .
Our house ! Our house ! Our house !
No more daddy sleepovers .
- Excuse me ?
- The boys come home exhausted,
unbathed, missing eyebrows . . .
Eyebrow ! It's just the one .
You want quality time with
your sons . . . New deal .
- We're nesting .
- Is that like spooning ?
Definitely not . You come
to the house, I go away .
Wait, so you want a weekly
vacation from your life ?
Why not ? You take a daily
vacation from yours .
- Well played .
- Look, this is what's best for me,
which is all that really matters .
You do realize you just
said that last part out loud .
But it also happens to be
what's best for the boys .
Fine, and I'm assuming you don't
wanna stay at my apartment .
God, no ! You have icky juice .
I booked a hotel room .
- It only cost me 75,000 Duane Reade points .
- It is booked .
- Broderick .
Be at the house at 6:00 .
Ethan's dad is dropping off the boys .
- Don't be late .
- We're on it .
Did you even hear what I said ?
Eyebrow, nesting, 6:00 sharp, Ethan's dad .
I got it . You got a body
at Sixth and Avenue A .
Do not expect an I .D . anytime soon .
Corpse was dissolved in sulfuric
acid which contaminated DNA
and which also dissolved co's
fingerprints and facial features .
- Co ?
- Gender neutral pronoun .
Went to a touchy-feely college .
You had a childhood ?
Thought you came out of the womb
with a five o'clock shadow and a lab coat .
Even money is on this being the
apartment owner, Mark Harris .
This could be 5'10", 160 pounds .
I should be able to salvage the
teeth to compare dental records .
Otherwise, it's gonna be a
bit difficult to determine
without skin, sexual organs, full cranium .
Way to bring the party down .
You see something ?
I see nothing .
Where's this guy's stuff ?
My house is straight out of hoarders .
Lillian as in Gish, Greenberg as in Hank .
Your references are even older than mine .
- Who's this one ?
- My partner .
- Hubba hubba .
- Back at you .
Mrs . Greenberg, when was the
last time you saw Mark Harris ?
Friday . He always takes out my trash cans .
Sweet boy ! It's just him and me .
The third unit's owned by
some skanky trust-fund girl,
who's away in Europe all
the time being a whore .
Her mother must be proud .
Okay, so no sign of forced
entry, TV and stereo's still here .
- Nothing like robbery .
- Victim probably knew his killer .
What else can you tell us about Mark ?
Uh, for the longest time he was
a hermit who didn't say boo .
He worked at home, he never went dancing .
Must have gone for a lot of hand
lotion if you know what I mean .
I wish I didn't .
Finally, he met a darling girl, Corrine .
Might this be the happy couple ?
Yes, darling .
Suddenly, he became a social butterfly .
And he had lots of parties here .
You would never know it by how neat it is .
- Looks more like a hotel .
- You're obsessing .
Most of us like a clean
house there, pig penny .
No need for name calling, jerko .
All right, total ray of sunshine .
Tech's telling me they got
more prints and DNA in here
than Penn Station at Christmas .
Mark's bed didn't exactly
pass the black light test .
- Hello !
- And goodbye to early check-in at my hotel .
Finding a needle in that dirty
haystack could take us all night .
- We might luck out and get a hit .
- Speaking of .
Can I hit that ?
Thanks .
Just . . . just one more . Come on .
Synced by emmasan
The apparent victim was quite
the low-profile New Yorker .
My great-aunt Milison has
more of an Internet presence .
You can follow her on Instagram .
How you doing on dental records ?
15,946 dentists in Manhattan alone .
Well, start making some calls .
On it .
- Did you rearrange the desks ?
- It's a Feng Shui thing .
The new floor plan really promotes
the free flow of creative energy .
- And ?
- Laura doesn't like sitting by you .
Crime scene techs pulled a print off of
a steak knife in Mark Harris's apartment .
Could be the murder weapon, assuming
he was diced before he was pureed .
Someone's been watching
too much food network .
Matches two . Carlo Corelli,
priors for fraud, lewd
conduct, petty larceny .
Last known address is in Hackensack .
- Track them down .
- Boom shakalaka !
Carlo Corelli tweeted a
mere nine minutes ago,
"at site, bring cash, no cameras ."
Sounds potentially incriminating .
- Tracing the IP address .
- Oh, no . I can . . .
254 Bond Street . Forwarding to Laura .
Show off !
As they say, there's a lid for every pot .
Whoa !
NYPD . Which gentleman is Carlo ?
Over there .
Hey !
Excuse me, I gotta . . .
You might wanna ease up on the carbs .
All right, let's go, let's
go, everybody home .
Get home safe .
Talk to us about Mark Harris .
I've never even heard of that individual .
Carlo, please .
We found your fingerprints
all over his steak knife .
- Where were you last weekend ?
- Here !
I throw these functions regularly .
It's all on my website,
averychubbyaffair .net .
Dot com was taken .
- What planet is this ?
- If you don't believe me,
you can quite easily check .
- So, you're on parole .
- Hmm, barely, past curfew .
Thus my attempted exit stage left .
So when we check, we're gonna find
that you weren't anywhere
near Sixth and Avenue A .
Sixth and A ?
- Mark H .
- Yeah, Mark H .
- You do know him .
- Only via the Internet .
Last month, I hosted a week of
these gatherings at his apartment .
So, is he one of you ?
Haven't a clue .
I just rented his apartment
off of nypadexchange .com .
NY whose . . . what ?
It's a peer-to-peer
apartment rental website .
If you're going out of town, you
post some photos of your residence
- and a stranger will rent it from you .
- No, really !
What planet is this ?
Who would let someone they
didn't know stay in their home ?
It's the trust economy .
But agreed, I would never
let my place be rented .
All kind of deviants out there, hmm .
Really, bro ?
We're on Mark's NY Pad Exchange page .
And head back to the apartment
and go through everything,
and see what you can find over
there and I'll call you back .
- How many renters did he have ?
- 84 !
- Are you kidding me ?
- Nope .
And any one of them could have
copied Mark's keys, let themselves in
and given him an acid bath .
Okay, most likely suspect
would be this weekend's renter,
namely one, Cody Roberts,
who is particularly suspicious
because A, he has a porn name . Cody Roberts .
But also B, no profile pic,
no personal info on the site,
zero web presence, he is a ghost .
No Internet presence just like our victim .
Could be a coincidence, but unlikely .
We've searched all Mark's files .
No rental agreement paperwork .
Not surprising .
Nobody under 40 prints
out hard copies anymore .
I so knew that . My peeps .
- Mmm-hmm .
- I was 30, like, five minutes ago .
Long minutes .
All right, so, what are we theorizing ?
Cody rents the unit, possibly to
use it for something more illicit
than an anything-goes party .
Maybe he catches Cody in the
act, Cody takes him down .
- NYPD !
- don't move !
- Whoa ! don't shoot . I . . . I live here .
- Mark Harris ?
This is insane .
I'd rented out my place dozens of
times just to make a few extra bucks .
I never thought . . .
And you were away all weekend ?
We just caught the jitney
back from the Hamptons .
Cody was supposed to leave tonight .
Yeah, well, judging by the
remains we found in that bathtub,
it looks like Cody checked out for good .
- What do you know about him ?
- Uh, not much .
Um, he picked up the keys on Friday .
- He seemed like a nice guy .
- We only spoke to him for a minute .
Did you notice anything suspicious ?
This is random, but a black Escalade
was parked across the street .
A woman was inside watching the block .
Figured she was spying
on a cheating husband .
Long shot, but we'll check it out .
Do you notice anything
missing or out of place ?
Here, bedroom . . .
Not missing . . .
I clean a drawer out for renters to use .
This must be Cody's stuff .
- Hey, dad .
- Hey, boys .
Ethan, you wanna come check out my room ?
- Hey, Ethan .
- I'm so sorry we're late .
Uh, you're not Ethan's dad .
Uh, no, no, I'm Ethan's mom .
- Nora .
- Jake ! No worries about being late .
I was just doing some laundry .
Wow !
It is so refreshing to see a man actually
take some responsibility around the house .
Not like my ex .
He flaked tonight, last minute as usual .
And I had to race to get
the boys from soccer .
Well, I'm just learning the
divorced parents shuffle myself .
Well, I also blew it and didn't
have a chance to feed them .
- So, they're probably starving .
- No sweat .
I'll just order some pizza, why
don't you and Ethan join us ?
Uh . . .
Okay, sure . Thanks .
Amazing news ! I found Mark's dentist .
Better news ! We found Mark alive .
Never mind then .
Background check on Cody
Roberts came up goose eggs .
Prints were lifted from his
possessions, aren't on file,
could be a fake name, an alias .
Oh ! Hello, little clue .
Melody Buddies . Oh . . .
No, it's one of those
mommy and me music classes .
Tomorrow's 9:00 A .M . class is circled .
Maybe Cody's a divorced
dad, kid's in the class .
I think I'll be sick tomorrow .
I swore that I would never go back .
Laura, come on .
It's a bunch of little kids singing
and dancing . Can't be that bad .
You, my friend, have a lot to
learn about the joys of parenting .
Now if you'll excuse me, my
king size hotel bed is calling .
A cop ?
- That's incredible .
- Captain, actually .
Wow !
It's just a job .
My ex is a plumber .
He unclogs toilets .
That's just a job . You . . . you save lives .
Well, yeah, I try to .
It's so dangerous . Don't you get scared ?
I'd like to say no, but I am human so, yeah .
And I just try and remember,
it's not about me,
it's about making the city
safe for my kids and yours .
Well . . .
Thank you .
For the kids .
Mmm .
Hi .
Goodbye, Cartoon N etwork . Hello, bravo .
And heaven .
Worst invention since Gymboree .
But I came prepared .
Ear plugs ? What don't you have in that bag ?
Oh, I snagged all kinds of free
stuff from the hotel room, here .
Want that ?
You know you have to
pay for all this, right ?
- What ?
- Oh, yeah .
Oh, well .
Pretty loose definition
of melody and buddies .
- We need to time share those ear plugs .
- No, I got you covered .
Straight men stand out like a
sore thumb at these classes .
It's all just moms, gay dads and nannies .
Good to be me .
- Brutal, huh ?
- Tell me about it .
You, um, waiting for someone ?
You too, huh ?
Cody better hurry up and get
here . My ears are bleeding .
- Is that an ear plug ?
- Oh, I ain't playing .
Nothing a little Christy won't cure .
Christy ?
Is that a friend of Cody's ?
Christy ?
You know, crystal ?
Meth ! Oh !
Keep it down, newbie .
Sorry, sorry . I'm just . . .
I'm crashing really hard .
Just . . . Cody better get here fast .
Well, Cody's not coming .
But you're coming with me .
I was just so tired .
Lunch boxes, morning drop-off,
the baby's endless stream of diapers .
I was losing my mind .
Anyway, then one day I met Cody .
And he said that he had something
to make all that go away .
Babysitter and a maid . Oh, no .
- Crystal meth .
- Okay, you can mock, but it's amazing .
Weight loss, endless
patience, constant euphoria .
Cleaning the house never felt so good .
Little mother's helper .
I've got to admit, it sounds great .
Until you remember that it's an illegal
addictive drug that ruins lives .
Okay, tell me about Cody .
- Where did you meet him ?
- He showed up one day at class .
He was sweet . He even had this
s-s-stutter when he was n-n-nervous .
I trusted him . So . . .
When he offered me a
sample, I thought, why not ?
- He said all the moms are doing it .
- Smart sales pitch .
- So, did you ever see him anywhere else ?
- No .
But one time, I got stuck in a PTA
meeting and I had to miss the class .
I was totally freaking out . I
thought I was gonna chew my lips off .
Anyway, uh, so I texted him .
And he said that just this
once as a special favor,
I could score from his partner .
A partner ? Okay, what's his name ?
I don't know, I never saw the guy .
How did you get the drugs ?
There's a Rollerblade rental
place out in the Rockaways
near Beach and 118th .
You rent a pair of rollerblades,
size six and three-quarters .
That's not a size .
Exactly .
I'd like to rent a pair .
Size six and three-quarters .
- So you rent the blades, then what ?
- He gives you a locker
to put your street shoes in .
You put 200 bucks in the left shoe .
You go away and come back 20 minutes later,
you've burned 500 calories
and there's a week's supply in your shoe .
So, wait at the locker and bust the drop .
Piece of cake .
Hey !
Excuse me ! Excuse me !
Hold it, hold it . don't move !
I said don't move !
Don't make me shoot you . Come on, man !
Get down .
Okay, you are under arrest, sketch .
You have the right to remain silent .
Wait ! You're the police ?
Oh, thank God .
Who did you think we were ?
Jimmy's muscle .
Thank you .
Who's Jimmy ?
A freaking psychopath and the
biggest meth dealer in the city .
Well, if you are just a penny ante dealer
slinging crystal on the beach,
why'd Jimmy want you dead ?
'Cause Cody was my partner
and word in the street
was that Jimmy had him
whacked, so I figured I was next .
So you blew up your house ?
Yeah, it was a booby trap .
It's pretty sick, right ?
That is a word for it, yes .
I mean, you know, it gave
me a chance to escape
if Jimmy's people showed up .
But instead you're being arrested
for selling meth and arson .
Exactly, you see, it was just
a simple misunderstanding .
Is there a brain in your head ?
Tell us about Cody .
He was Jimmy's best dealer
'cause he didn't look like a dealer .
So, what did he look like exactly ?
You know, normal, no tats,
no scars, just kinda nerdy like .
So, safe . No wonder the meth
moms gravitated towards him .
That was Jimmy's idea, you know .
An untapped market,
Jimmy made a lot of dough .
If Cody was so good, then
why did Jimmy want him dead ?
Cody wanted out . Quit the game, go straight .
But you don't quit Jimmy and live .
Where do we find Jimmy ?
Hey, look, I don't know who
Jimmy is, much less where he is .
Okay ?
Okay, slick, listen .
You even want a shot at a plea bargain,
then I'm gonna need more than that .
All I know is Cody picked up the liquid
meth from a cook at a bodega downtown .
All right ?
Looks like Cody's
partner told the truth .
This isn't your typical mom and pop shop .
I'll keep you posted .
I'm low on peanut butter
and bubblegum mouthwash,
but I'm feeling this isn't the place .
You got that right . I have a gun
in that wooden shop in there .
Oh !
I'm guessing that isn't Sprite .
Liquid meth .
The old Breaking Bad days where you
cook it from scratch are old school .
Now, you just pour and fry .
Like my pancakes .
Shall we ?
All units, we're moving in .
Excuse me ?
We're gonna need to take those .
Bloomberg's out of office, but
his war on sugar isn't over, so . . .
Is there a problem here, mamacita ?
Okay, hey . Hey, easy, muchacho .
Who're you calling boy, guera ?
Who're you calling guera, boy ?
What's a guera ?
White lady .
Fair enough . Okay, I'll tell you what .
Let's put the name calling aside .
We need to confiscate those bottles .
Aw !
Big mistake .
Hands behind your back . Behind your back .
Punching a cop ?
How much meth are you on ?
- Bite me, guera .
- What ?
I am so sorry, detective .
Excuse me ?
I tried to pull back, but
I had to make it look real .
Am I missing something here ?
Alejandro Padilla, DEA .
I'm long term undercover .
If I hadn't clocked you like that
you and your partner
could've blown my operation .
I'm calling the New York
division to confirm .
Give them operation code
tango-X-ray-Victor-five .
My handler will give you all
the confirmation that you need .
Who's your target ?
The biggest new meth supplier
in the city, goes by Jimmy .
- What about a last name ?
- That's all I got .
I've been working this group for six
months, haven't laid eyes on him .
We are looking at Jimmy for homicide .
Not surprised .
People who cross Jimmy have a
way of disappearing permanently .
Do you have any leads ?
I just got word today that the weekly
shipment is coming in tomorrow .
If Jimmy shows up for the
drop, we bust the entire ring .
And just maybe, Cody's killer .
You checked out .
And your office approved
a joint NYPD-DEA operation
to hit Jimmy's meth shipment tomorrow . . .
- On one condition .
- Which is ?
We get dibs on Jimmy and the box .
Murder trumps meth .
I got no problem letting you get first shot .
I'll avoid the arrest of you and your crew
and get you back on the street
before the meet goes down .
Deal .
But I have a condition too .
Hmm ?
Hook me up with that
sexy redheaded detective .
Don't even think about it .
Nora, is everything all right ? Is Ethan . . .
No, he's fine . I just dropped
him off at his dad's . But . . .
Big surprise, my ex was
acting like a complete jerk .
- Come on in .
- I'm just so upset and I was in the area
and I really needed to
talk to somebody who . . .
- Gets it ?
- Yeah .
Believe me, I do .
Dealing with exes is a special kind of hell .
I mean, you love them,
they're the parent of your child,
- but sometimes you wanna . . .
- Kill them ?
Cuff me now, detective .
I'm as guilty as charged .
- Can I get you a drink ?
- Yeah .
It's just not okay for him to say
these things to Ethan about me .
I mean, I may not be as thin as
his anorexic spin instructor, but . . .
I mean . . .
Do I look fat to you ?
Fat ?
You look great .
The next man in your life is gonna treat you
much better than your ex ever did .
Okay .
Hey, hey . Are you all right ?
I'm . . . I'm fine . It's just . . .
You're a really nice guy .
I'm not used to talking to someone like you .
- I'm sorry .
- No, there's no need to be .
And you're gonna be okay .
Oh !
No, I . . .
I . . . I can't do this . Not in Laura's house .
It used to be your house .
For easy access .
Nora, we are not having sex .
My boys are upstairs .
- Hello ?
- Is everything all right ?
Yeah, we're all good .
You don't sound all good . I'm coming home .
No, no, no .
You'll wake the boys up .
Well, good . 'Cause I need some hugs .
Laura, look, just . . . just enjoy the hotel .
Have another massage on me .
I . . . I've got this . We're all good .
- If you say so .
- Okay, bye .
Daddy ?
- Hey, buddy .
- Hey, daddy .
You okay ?
Why were you wrestling with Ethan's mommy ?
Don't be silly . You're dreaming .
Ethan and his mommy were here last night .
Oh, okay .
Okay . Come on, let's get you back to bed .
I'm gonna bust him and
then I'm gonna kill him .
Then I'm gonna tap dance on his grave .
Tell me how you really feel .
Jimmy sells meth to moms .
Over-worked, under-appreciated,
stressed-out moms .
Hanging is too good for him .
Couple of nights in a swanky hotel
has done wonders for your stress levels .
There's some things that room service
and a high thread count can't cure .
Oh, truck's pulling in .
Looks like something is about to go down .
Okay, all teams, hold your positions,
- wait for the hand-off .
- Roger that .
Hold .
Hold .
- Okay, now . Go, go, go .
- Yes .
Move it !
Let's go !
Let's go, let's go, let's go .
Turn around !
- Let's see it !
- Turn around !
- Yes !
- Yes !
Hands behind your back .
Grab the woman .
Blonde hair, sunglasses, white coat,
on your eastern perimeter .
Stop right there !
Get down .
How did you know the
kingpin was actually a queen ?
Who but another woman
would know that bone-tired, exhausted moms
were an untapped market for crystal meth .
Oh, I can't wait to get her in the box .
That came out wrong .
I know what you meant .
But Jimmy is lawyered up
and isn't saying squat .
Oh, damn it .
If I can't question her, I could
still put her in a line-up .
We got a witness that I don't know about ?
Mark .
The guy who rented his
apartment to Cody Roberts
said that he saw a woman staking
out the building the other night .
Maybe he could place Jimmy
at the scene of the crime .
It's a Hail Mary, but it's
all we got, let's try it .
I won't bring anyone in until you're ready .
Do you need some water ?
No, I'm okay .
This whole thing has
just really shaken me up .
I can't stand to be in
the apartment anymore .
What was in the tub .
I can't stop thinking about it .
Him . Ugh !
I think we're gonna get away
for a few weeks, sit on a beach .
Think happy thoughts .
Sounds like a great idea .
Ready when you are .
Are you sure she can't see me ?
I promise .
She will not see your face,
she will not know your name .
- Okay ?
- Okay .
Okay . Bring them in .
Line up against the wall, please .
Do you see anyone you recognize ?
Number . . .
Number two .
That's . . . that's her .
She's the one I saw .
He even had this s-s-stutter
when he was n-n-nervous .
Great .
Great .
Uh, we just have some paperwork to
fill out and a few questions to ask .
Of course .
No problem .
He picked Jimmy out of the lineup .
Good call . Looks like we
found ourselves Cody's killer .
Jimmy's guilty of a lot of
things, but not killing Cody .
I don't understand . He
picked her out of the lineup .
We have motive and opportunity .
What am I missing ?
The right victim .
Jimmy didn't kill Cody,
because Cody is sitting
next to my desk, right now .
Do you really think that unassuming guy
is a criminal mastermind
and a ruthless killer ?
He crushed at selling meth
because he's an unassuming guy .
I think Cody's old partner did
say he was something of a nerd .
I know he wanted out,
a vacation from his life .
But you don't quit Jimmy and live .
So Cody decides to stage his own death,
assume a new identity,
he scrolls down NY pad exchange
and finds the perfect victim .
Which was Mark, a loner who
looked sort of like Cody .
No social life, no web presence
and his only neighbor was
a half-blind old lady .
And because neither had a criminal record,
we couldn't use his prints to prove
that he was lying about his identity .
Which explains the acid bath .
Cody deliberately erased all identifying
features to cover his tracks .
He figured that we would ID the victim
as Cody and the killer as Jimmy .
And Cody walks away with a new identity .
And his scary old boss behind bars .
Flawless plan .
But Cody couldn't get rid of his own flaw .
His stutter .
So, how do we prove it ?
Let's see how well Cody
knows his doppelganger .
What kind of questions ?
Police department order 14-3 mandates
we ask all witnesses to complete
a quality control survey .
Waste of time, but . . .
I gotta ask or our funding
gets Cut .
Bureaucracy sucks . Help me out .
Ask away .
What is your mother's maiden name ?
- Missinger .
- Hmm .
- What hospital were you born in ?
- St . Francis .
- Which city were you born in ?
- Roslyn .
Where did you attend junior high school ?
Roslyn Middle .
- Who was your sixth grade teacher ?
- Mrs . Buxbomb .
What exactly does this have
to do with quality control ?
Oh, you can take it up with city hall .
Buxbomb . . . That's a name .
Listen, I . . . I really wanna help you
out, but I have a flight to catch .
Have a nice trip .
What're you so happy about ?
Max checked out all his answers,
he nailed every question,
and maybe he is who he says he is .
Who was your sixth grade teacher ?
I don't know . Some blonde lady .
Exactly . No one remembers
that minutia right off the bat .
Cody has every detail of
Mark's life down pat . Too pat .
You're forgetting one very important detail .
Mark's girlfriend Corrine . . .
I mean, how does she fit into this theory ?
She must be Cody's girlfriend .
Who became Mark's fake
girlfriend to study his life .
Or maybe that's just a bunch of crazy talk .
And she's just an innocent pawn .
I don't think so .
"I don't think so" is a long way
from proof beyond reasonable doubt .
Not a problem .
There's one way to prove
it beyond all doubt .
Detectives, may I present
Mark's dentist, Dr . Chang ?
Thanks for coming down, Dr . Chang .
Hey, my pleasure . I've never
been in a police precinct before .
Wow, you've dodged a bullet .
I can't tell you how many
dentists I've arrested
for getting a little too friendly
with their anesthetized patients .
Oh-ho, not me .
I use nitrous, you know, laughing gas .
More fun than a barrel of monkeys .
If the monkeys don't have
a crippling dental phobia .
So you brought Mark Harris' dental records ?
- Right here .
- Thanks .
All right, is this Mark ?
I think so . It's been a few years, but . . .
I pay more attention to
the chompers than the face .
I think someone is
self-medicating on laughing gas .
Well, this is the first time in my career
that I've been asked to
compare autopsy dentals
with a guy who's alive and well .
Or is he ?
If the corpse in the tub
was the real Mark Harris,
then the X-rays you took
should be an exact match .
Well, they are not .
- Sorry, Laura .
- He's right .
These two mouths are as
different as our hairstyles .
This doesn't make sense . I am
certain this guy is an impostor .
Sorry it didn't work out .
Come see us for your next exam .
We specialize in treating dental phobics .
And we have Pac-Man .
I think it's time
to throw in the towel .
I mean, for your theory to hold,
Cody would've had to somehow
switch out those dental records .
Gah !
- Son of a bitch !
- What ?
He did .
Huh !
Corrine, you naughty girl !
The apartment has been completely cleared .
Looks like Cody's on the run .
All right, all right . Thanks .
Got an APB out on both
him and the girlfriend .
Homeland put them both on the no-fly list .
Max, where are we on financials ?
Credit cards and bank
statements are both frozen .
Gonna be hard to run with no do-re-mi .
Yoo-hoo, I need a detective .
No, the redheaded lady detective .
Maureen O'Hara with a gun .
Over there .
Mrs . Greenberg .
Oh, there you are, pretty lady .
Are you okay ?
No, I'm certainly not .
I got to the checkout line at D'agostino's,
I put my hand in my bag
and my wallet was missing .
Maybe you left it at home .
I'm not an idiot . Someone lifted it .
Does Mark have a key to your apartment ?
Yes, for an emergency . Just like I have his .
Although, a lot of good that did .
We have an APB out on Cody Roberts .
But no one looking for Lillian Greenberg .
- Max ?
- Already on it .
Here we go .
Lillian Greenberg's credit card statements .
Lot of cat toys .
I'm an indulgent mother . Sue me .
Lookie here, an hour ago she purchased
two tickets on a Greyhound to Boca, tonight .
I certainly did not .
Such a bunch of yentas in Boca .
Here we go .
We'll stake out port
authority for our boy Cody .
Hold your horses . You might
be able to catch him sooner .
He's going from ATM to
ATM in his neighborhood
pulling cash from all her accounts .
Get away cash .
Don't leave home without it .
Put your
hands where we can see them !
Hell of a solve .
Gotta admit, I doubted you big time .
What else is new ? Thankfully, I ignored you .
What else is new ?
Uh, Sammy is picking the
boys up at the house in 15 .
On my way . I'm in sweet
little boy withdrawal .
So, nesting ?
- I'm over it .
- Thank God .
Nora on two .
Nora ?
Hey . How are . . .
You left what in my ex-wife's house ?
Who's up for ketchup and pickle sandwiches ?
Ew . No .
Everyone's a critic .
Delivery man .
Hello ?
Oh, I was . . . I decimated your
fridge so brought Chinese food .
That's so thoughtful .
Well, you know me .
I do know you .
Which is why I'm confused
about the Chinese food .
The pink monster will eat you .
The pink monster will eat you .
No .
Pink monster is not a play thing .
You were playing with it in my dream .
That was a nightmare, actually .
And I suggest that you forget about it .
Dinner's ready .
Moo shu, going once, moo shu . Going twice .
- I only want the outside !
- Me too .
Only eat the outside ? The
healthy stuff is on the inside .
The healthy stuff is disgusting .
Well, if you eat the healthy stuff,
look what you get afterwards .
Fortune cookies !
Fortune cookies !
Duck sauce .
Who's ready ?