The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016): Season 2, Episode 9 - The Mystery of the Triple Threat - full transcript
Laura looks into two different love triangles. One is hers and one may have ended with murder.
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No, Seth, don't...
I'm here for you man.
It's too late.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
I already got it.
- Bro it's too dangerous
- to do by yourself.
We are supposed to be a team.
Relax.
It's perfectly safe up here.
Oh, my God!
Holy crap.
- MAN: (ON TV) Come on down to
- our showroom...
Use your key, Alicia.
(DOOR BELL RINGS)
Coming.
- NICHOLAS: Mom, my shoes aren't
- in the laundry basket.
(DOOR OPENS)
- HARRISON: Mom, Nicholas won't
help me.
-(GASPS)
My day just went from crappy,
to uncrappy.
- HARRISON: Nicholas
- took my shoes.
Too amazing!
Let's do that again.
Actually, uh, we need to talk.
Talk as in talk?
Uh, I'm kind of in the middle
of a coffee crisis.
HARRISON: Mom,
I can't find Kanye.
And apparently also
a hamster crisis.
I thought weekends were
supposed to be relaxing.
- -This won't take long.
- -I have a dentist appointment.
And Alicia is on her way
over right now.
I just need 60 seconds.
- That should be doable.
- NICHOLAS: Mom, we have
to trap them.
Mom, we need keys!
ALICIA: Calm down. I'm here.
(GASPS) Alicia.
Oh, yay!
- Um, this is crossing the
- line a little.
- I think Tony is trying to dump
- me. Do not leave my side.
Oh, hello there handsome.
Hello, gorgeous.
Are you going to the movies
with the boys and me?
- 'Cause I don't think you're
- going to the dentist.
- I actually just need to talk
- to Laura for a minute.
Oh. Uh-huh.
He's under my bed.
I need cheese.
Mom, where are my Vans?
How many times have I told
you, I'm not the shoe police.
- I know, I know, 60 seconds.
- Stand by.
Standing.
(PHONE RINGING)
Jake, what's up? (MOUTHING)
Dead body? Yay!
I mean on my way.
Uh-huh. Okay.
I need an address. Mmm-hmm.
Okay, got it. I just have to
cancel a dentist appointment.
- What movie?
- That's what I'm talking
about.
Stick with me.
JAKE: Oh, there you are.
Body's at the far end
with Reynaldo.
Look at us walking down
the aisle. Takes me back.
- LAURA: I had an iron print
- on my dress.
- JAKE: I wasn't looking
- at the iron print.
- LAURA:
- Strategic bouquet placement.
You always knew how to
make things work out.
- Can't say the same thing
- for this guy.
Doesn't look like a suicide.
Jumpers usually go face first.
Yep. And this guy's got
contusions around the face
consistent with a fight.
- Probably pushed
- from the choir loft.
Died on impact.
No wallet, no ID, no phone.
- Could be a robbery or - someone trying to make it
- Look like one.
I don't see any
security cameras.
Because they do not have any.
- St. Brigid's keeping private
- things private.
- Priest says congregants can
- come and go as they please.
Doors are open 24 hours.
- Well he's not a congregant.
- The priest said he'd - Never seen him before.
Let's see what he can tell us.
Married. Could afford
a snazzy ring.
Chewed his finger nails.
- Blood's almost dry around
- his head.
So what? Dead maybe an hour?
- No more than that given the
- degree of clotting.
Well if he was pushed maybe
we can get some touch DNA
off his clothes.
We will certainly try.
These two, find them?
Yeah. While climbing on the
choir loft bannister,
I might add.
Why would anyone in their
right mind do that?
For the treasure.
- Treasure? What
- are you, pirates?
- We're contestants in
- the New Gotham Treasure Hunt.
- Never heard of it.
- That's kind of the point.
It's all anonymous.
How does that even work?
Secure site on the dark web.
We register with code names.
When the game starts we get
the first clue texted to us.
- What's the end game?
- Finding and deciphering
all the clues.
When you have all 10,
you can figure out
the location of the
- finish line and
- find the prize.
- Flash drive with $100,000
- in Bitcoin.
Wow! Who put up that kind of
nerd money?
Oh, right. Anonymous.
I don't suppose you two could
tell me where you were the
last few hours?
We were looking for clues.
Here. The photos with time
stamps on them.
Keep an eye on these two.
You think the victim could
be another treasure hunter?
Makes sense.
The body was found just below
where they had to climb up.
- Maybe the victim
- was in the lead,
Second place comes along,
shoves him off the ledge
to get in first place.
Then stole his phone to see
if first place had any clues
- that the killer hadn't
- gotten yet.
Plausible. Which means the
perp is still in the race.
And still in first.
Why not join these two
on the hot track,
catch up with number one?
Why don't I?
Oh, no.
You cheater. You cheater.
Winner.
Head back to the precinct.
- See if Meredith can decode
- the website.
- If you win, we're splitting
- the nerd money.
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
MEREDITH: This treasure hunt
is legit but secretive
as hell.
I've only got limited
access to the server.
Let me try this.
- MEREDITH: Hello!
- What do you open.
Booyah.
Booyah what?
- These are the first few photos
- clues texted this morning.
Yeah. And we already had
those photos.
Can we trace the numbers
receiving the texts?
Negative.
Or the number
doing the texting?
- The texting phone isn't even
- a phone. It's a pinger.
Don't make up words.
The pinger is a phone number
associated only with
a computer IP.
- There's no actual
- phone to trace.
What about the prize money,
can we trace that?
Nope. Bitcoin on flash
drive. Sitting at the
finish line somewhere.
Uh, booyah was premature.
No, that was the bad news.
Oh, great. We already
have tons of that.
Then I have good news.
We got touch DNA samples
from the victim's shirt
and bruises.
- And it doesn't match
- anyone in the system?
Now that was the bad news.
Accessing more photos.
LAURA: Oh, hey. Okay.
- There's a stained glass moon.
- Who sent that in?
MEREDITH: Okay, let's see.
Only one player. GX4 sent
one hour before the body
was found.
Putting him in the church
right near the time of death.
Can you figure out who GX4 is?
That's gonna take long time.
- And as soon as the winner
- claims the Bitcoin
This whole entire site's just
gonna vanish into thin air.
And so will the killer.
- We've got to beat him to
- the finish line.
- Jake's working that
- angle, right?
He's hours behind the
perp, but I'll check in.
- Meanwhile start
- brain storming.
- We've got to solve
- this puzzle, now.
- Okay. So we've got the eagle
- for the U.S.,
We've the Chinese dragon,
if this is a French crown
then something to do with
the UN?
Could be. But many of these
seem important mythologically.
Eagle, the dragon,
the crescent moon.
Mythological Brooklyn bridge?
Ah, I assume there's a case
beneath this arts and crafts
project?
- We're trying to beat a
- murderer at his own game.
And figure out where our
murderer is headed.
You're never gonna find him
that way. There's a hundred
different interpretations
that you could come up with.
It could be a
transportation thing.
Look, you got the...
Light house, the bridge...
And the bird could
mean flight.
Or the elements.
We've got fire, water...
Does Jake have anything?
What? What do you see?
(LAURA HUMMING)
Why is she humming
Sesame Street?
Situations like this,
I've learned best not to ask.
Hours and hours
of children's programing...
Has helped me see that this
episode is brought to us
by the letters...
S.
I.
L.
V.
E.
R.
C.
P.
Son of a gun.
I'd like to buy a "U", Pat.
(SIREN WAILING)
(SIREN STOPS WAILING)
Suspects on the roof.
We need units at all
exits, now.
- Final clue's on top of a
- movie soundstage?
Big Hollywood finish.
NYPD!
- BILLY: Hey!
- Police, don't move.
(PANTING)
(LAUGHS)
You're too late.
I win.
Actually you lose.
Freeze! Hands in the air!
.
Elliott Lansky,
breaking and entering.
- Trespassing.
- Oh, another trespass.
- Now it looks like
- you're adding murder.
Murder? I didn't kill anybody.
- Why'd you run from us
- when we said we were cops?
I didn't believe you.
In this race, people will do
- anything to slow down
- the competition.
Last year, I pulled the fire
alarm to get a competitor
out of a building.
That's a crime, FYI.
- Sounds like you'll do
- anything to win.
Which brings us the body
in the church.
- No idea what you're
- talking about.
Really?
- Maybe this will jog
- your memory.
That's the victim's
blood on your shoe.
Hey, look. I saw a body.
But I swear
he was already dead
when I got there.
Let me get this straight.
Your story is that you saw a
dead body and you continued
on with your game?
It's a competition.
I trained all year for this.
I wasn't gonna settle
for second place again.
And that sounds
exactly like motive.
That guy was in first place.
He dies and you wind up
with this?
I won that flash drive
fair and square.
That's a $100,000 by the way
and it is mine.
No. It's not.
Now it's part of
a murder investigation.
Wait.
I can prove I didn't do it.
- This guy filmed
- the entire event?
With a GoPro?
- I hate it when narcissism
- pays off.
- Well he didn't even go
- near the body.
He must have.
He had John Doe's blood
all over his shoes.
Fast forward.
He comes back to steal a dead
guy's camera?
- -Oh.
- -Okay.
Well. That is grand
larceny genius.
And a new low for humanity.
Wait. Did Elliott have
that camera on him
when he was arrested?
- Yeah. It's in booking.
- You want me to go grab it?
Yes. Please.
It's the victim's camera.
- Should have a photographic
- trail of his last hours.
Be right back.
Smart.
So...
How's the thing we don't
talk about.
Still not talking about it.
(LAUGHS) Okay.
I can relate. I don't tell the
twins that Tony sleeps over.
That way I don't have to
explain why I'm choosing him
over their father.
- So you are choosing
- him over Jake?
(SIGHS) I don't know.
Lately Jake has been
annoyingly...
Irresistible.
I kind of like not choosing.
Well, what's not to like?
- I don't think Tony is willing
- to put up with that anymore.
Victim's camera.
Okay. Bluetooth capabilities.
- So he could text
- in those photos.
- -Let's see.
- -LAURA: Hmm...
Just a bunch of shots of
black and white fabrics.
So not a treasure hunter.
But maybe we can use
these photos to narrow in
on his identity.
- Call fabric suppliers,
- wholesalers?
- Sure, and while you do that
- I'll just to pull up his - Name and address.
RFID chip.
Look at you.
Oh, get a room.
- Anti-theft device.
- The victim low jacked
his camera?
- Mmm-hmm.
- Oh, genius.
Chip activation requires
complete registration.
Name and address.
Peter Drake.
3A, this must be it.
I'll never get used to this.
- -Can I help you?
- -NYPD.
- Is this Peter Drake's
- apartment?
Yes. I'm his wife.
- Is something wrong?
- MAN: Babe, who is it?
I'm sorry. And you are...
Oh, this is Chris, my husband.
My other husband.
CHRIS: The state didn't
recognize it, of course.
But this was a marriage...
- We both lost a husband.
- I'm so sorry.
I just need to understand.
So this was
a three-way marriage?
The Post mentioned us
in an article last month.
- They called what we have
- a "throuple".
So just to clarify
the three of you...
Live together. Sleep together.
Wow. Sorry.
It's okay, it's a new concept
for most people.
We just have to ask, can
you tell me where the
two of you
were between 11:00 and noon?
- Yeah. We were at brunch
- together.
A new restaurant in Hoboken.
Peter couldn't join us,
he left the apartment
before we did.
- He said he had an appointment.
- I don't know what it was.
- Peter was found in a church
- on the Lower Eastside.
We think he may have been
involved in a competitive
scavenger hunt.
It doesn't sound like Peter.
- CHRIS: The only time we ever - saw him go to church
- Was for work.
- -What he do?
- -He was an event planner.
Weddings, galas, bar mitzvahs.
All amazing.
This portfolio here...
- WIFE: He may have
- thrown it out.
- His business recently
- imploded.
He'd been so demoralized.
- Is this from it?
- Yeah.
That was the Van Owen account.
- When he lost that, he lost
everything.
- JAKE: Can you elaborate?
- CHRIS: Peter had been doing
- small parties for years.
Then he met the socialite
Sylvia Van Owen, and landed
her annual holiday party.
WIFE: He pitched her this
lavish black and white
Venetian masquerade.
That explains the photos of
the black and white fabric
on the camera.
Huge budget. Would have
launched him into a whole new
echelon of clients.
- CHRIS: He hired an assistant,
- turned down other work.
- Put all of his energy and
- money into that one event.
- We will need
- the assistant's name.
Ingrid Bower.
His designs are beautiful.
What went wrong?
A month ago someone
stole the account.
Peter was devastated.
I've seen a lot in this job,
but that was my first
throuple.
- Maybe they're on to something.
- Some people say - We aren't meant
To be with just one
person our whole lives.
Some people named Jake?
You're the one
juggling two guys.
Ah, seemed to work
for Maya. Chris, too.
- I don't think either one of - them had anything to do with
- Peter's death.
I agree.
- Whoa, whoa.
- Did you put sugar in my tea?
Sorry. That one's mine.
Since when do you add sugar?
Did you take your pill today?
I take it every day.
- Maybe it was about his work.
- Somebody sabotaged - Peter's business.
So Peter found out,
confronted him and was
pushed off the balcony.
It's a solid motive.
Event planning is
big business.
A Van Owen party easily
could go into six figures.
(CHUCKLES) Wow.
That's six figures more
than our wedding reception.
And Miss Van Owen probably
isn't serving Cheetos.
- Fair point.
- If I could go back,
I would probably take
everything ending in "eetos"
off the menu.
- What would you change?
- Not one thing.
Ooh, we're having a moment.
And now we are having an
awkward moment.
- And I'm just gonna
- keep talking
- Because I found an address for
- Ingrid the assistant. Yippie!
If there's anyone
who knows who sabotaged
Peter's business...
- It would be her, let's go.
- Okay, bye!
I'm just gonna stay here
and wash some mugs.
Excuse me.
We are looking for
Ingrid Bower.
I am Ingrid, can I help you?
You just did.
.
- Morning, Ingrid.
- I brought you a coffee.
- I don't want coffee, I just
- want to get out of here.
Great!
- So, tell me where you were
- yesterday morning.
With my client,
Sylvia Van Owen,
prepping for her party.
- I was there all morning
her staff can tell you.
- Your client?
So you sabotaged your
own boss' business.
- You stole it right out
- from under him.
- You're half right. Someone was
- sabotaging his business.
But it wasn't me.
It was Peter himself.
How exactly does that work?
Mrs. Van Owen makes the
Tea Party look liberal.
Once she found out Peter was
in a three-way marriage...
That was it.
- So you went behind his back
- and offered to take over.
I didn't do anything wrong.
- Well you certainly didn't
- do anything right.
You stole his clients...
And you stole every single
one of his ideas.
Peter wouldn't have cared.
He never reused an idea.
Because every party was
uniquely crafted
around a person.
He had this genius technique.
JAKE: Which was?
- Asking clients questions
- in an unguarded moment.
- Their off-the-cuff responses
- would reveal their truth
- And he'd conceive that party
- around that truth.
It sounds more like
psychobabble than party
planning.
You ever been married?
- It's none of your business,
- but yes.
- You kiss her on your
- first date?
Really? That's none
of your business.
- What was the first thing
- you noticed about her?
Her eyes.
My boobs, liar.
- INGRID: That's a start.
- Now let's get more specific.
What about her eyes?
They glowed.
They twinkled.
- INGRID: That's what
- Peter would do.
Then he'd create an entire
event based on glowing,
twinkling night stars.
Color scheme might be the
same as her eyes, her hair.
- Well he sounds like a
- talented guy.
Any idea why he was at
St. Brigid's Church
yesterday morning?
- Not really, he'd been going
- through a lot, lately.
Maybe just to reflect.
- Can you think of anyone
- who'd want to harm Peter?
- That Post article wasn't
- doing him any favors.
What do you mean?
After it came out someone
kept calling, harassing him.
After one event someone even
spray painted the words
"Deviant Pig" on his car.
And this event,
where he was tagged,
where was it?
We did a fundraiser
for the Metropolitan
Artists Ensemble.
- MAX:
- Kabuki Uncle Vanya, seriously?
- -Get to the point.
- -Getting.
They do have
excellent security cameras.
Thus, this footage
of a shadowy figure
leaving the parking lot the
night of the fundraiser.
Please note the spray can.
Ninety-nine point something
percent of all taggers
are male.
Great! So, now we can assume
it's a male shadowy figure.
- We have any idea
- who that might be?
- -I'm not magical.
- -I might be.
- I've already been
- running the footage.
Let's see if we got any hits.
Chris and Maya's alibi
checked out.
Restaurant confirmed they were
miles away when Peter died.
I was sure the love triangle
would be the motive.
- There's gonna be
- crazy jealousy in a throuple.
I don't know. Maybe it's
possible to love two people
at the same time.
- I don't think I could have - that many people touching
- My stuff.
- -Mmm, I could.
- -Don't even think about it.
Bingo!
I just ran footage
through our badass
facial recognition software
which cross-checks
contour and bone structure
with all available data
in social media.
And I was wrong.
He is a she.
Oh!
Allison Beck.
- Spray painter,
- throuple hater...
- -And a possible killer.
- -MEREDITH: Oh!
According to her Facebook page
she's a first chair violinist
in a production at the
Kings Theater.
All right, I have got
Reynaldo going back
through the PCR amplification
- of the touched DNA.
- Could give us race and gender.
- So, what do you got?
- New suspect.
Who may have had an issue with
Peter's less-than-conventional
relationship.
- All right, well,
- it's intriguing,
But it is not enough to get a
warrant for her DNA to run
against the touch sample.
- Well, as long as you don't
- need this napkin.
I don't need a warrant.
(OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
JAKE: We think this woman saw
an article about a throuple
and freaked out?
Who does that?
Well, we've both seen
hate crimes over less.
CONDUCTOR: Now trumpet only.
- Excuse me, we're in the middle
- of a closed rehearsal.
- And we're in the middle
- of an open investigation.
Oh, sorry, uh...
CONDUCTOR: Patricia. Really?
- We have to keep our
- voices down.
- The acoustics in the hall are - unbelievable and your
- Voices travel.
- We're looking for
- Allison Beck.
Over there, first chair
violin, but she really
can't be interrupted.
- Do you know if
- she was here yesterday?
We started rehearsal at noon.
I'm not sure what time
she arrived, uh,
- we can check the
- entry log at security.
If you lead, I will follow.
Excuse me! We're working here.
(SIGHS)
Keep your pants on maestro,
it will only take a second.
Allison Beck.
- Detective Laura Diamond, NYPD.
- I'd like to talk to you about - Peter Drake.
This isn't a good time.
Oh, sure it is,
I don't see you
violining. Come on!
I heard about Peter's death.
It's terrible.
- I'm not sure I can tell you
- anything helpful.
- Other than you thought
- he was a deviant pig.
I didn't react well
to some of his choices.
And it's your place to judge?
A commitment-phobe
suddenly committing
to two people?
Uh, yeah!
- Your problem wasn't that
- he was with two people...
- It was that he wasn't
- with you.
We were engaged.
- But he dumped me because
- he said he needed to be alone.
- And then you read the article - in the Post and realized
- He lied.
He just couldn't be with you.
It's complicated.
I think I can simplify.
You were upset,
you spray painted his car
and then you killed him.
No, no, no.
After I acted like
a child with his car,
- Peter showed up at my door
- and we talked.
He apologized and
so did I and we...
We were good.
- Care to be specific about
- how good you were?
We slept together.
That night and then
a few times again.
- He'd been having doubts
- about his own arrangement.
But we finally moved on.
- (VOICE TREMBLING)
- We loved each other.
- But we weren't in love
- anymore.
(CONDUCTOR SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)
(SOFTLY) Here.
Cry me a DNA sample.
Works every time.
When was the last time
you spoke to Peter?
(CRYING) Yesterday.
- He had locked his bag
- in his apartment
- And it had everything
- in it that he needed.
He called to see if I still
had a copy of the key,
but I didn't.
Why would you have a key
to his apartment?
- Wouldn't he have just called
- Maya or Chris?
Not that apartment. He hung
onto his old rent-stabilized
place on Bleecker Street.
Sometimes he'd go there to
work or to meet me.
(SOFTLY) I will need that
address as well.
CONDUCTOR: First chair violin.
Mind joining us?
I'm sorry, but we simply must
begin rehearsal now.
CONDUCTOR: Everyone.
I'll take the napkin.
No, I'm good.
Well, not every time.
(KNOCKING)
Laura's Operation DNA
turned out to be a bust.
- Oh, you mean Operation
- I Told You So?
- Turns out we didn't
- need the DNA.
The suspect alibied out.
- She was already at Kings
- Theater at the time of death.
We did get the address of
Peter's old apartment in
the village...
- Apparently, he was using it
- as a love shack.
- Billy and I are headed to my
- pl...
Pilates class.
So we can
check it out for you.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIREN WAILING)
Will you stop stressing out?
Everybody knows.
It doesn't matter.
If we're on the DL, they have
deniability when one PP
starts asking questions.
- I don't want either of
- us to get transferred.
Yeah, well, I love you too.
Relax. Okay.
In a casual
no-commitment-on-the-DL
kinda way.
- -(DOOR OPENS)
- -MAN: There you go.
- -Thanks, man.
- -Yeah.
- Either Peter needed a - housekeeper or this place
- Has been tossed.
No forced entry.
(MEREDITH GROANS)
.
NYPD. Get off of her!
- -Meredith?
- -(GROANS)
Meredith?
Officer down! Suspect is
wearing all black, on foot,
going east on Bleecker.
-(MOANS IN PAIN)
- Come on, baby.
Easy, all right?
There you go. Easy.
Just lean back.
(GROANS) What happened?
Son of a bitch jumped you.
- He was going through your
- pockets when I found you.
He took off out the window.
- That's a 15-foot drop.
- It's okay.
We got prints, perspiration.
We'll get him.
- He picked the wrong day to
- rob a dead guy's apartment.
I think he was here to rob me.
Why do you say that?
This is the pocket where I put
the Bitcoin flash drive...
- Right in front of
- Elliot Lansky.
- Yeah, but you didn't have - a flash drive, you signed it
- Into evidence.
I know that,
but Elliot doesn't.
You would do anything to get
that flash drive back,
wouldn't you?
Even attacking a cop.
You think I attacked a cop?
Of course not. You were
locked up in holding,
but I think your partner did.
- I have no idea what you're
- talking about.
You saw Detective Bose put
the flash drive in her pocket
and then you called
your partner and told him
where the money was.
I called my lawyer.
I don't have a partner.
I train alone, I enter
competitions alone
and I win them alone.
You told my colleague
that you trained all year
for this treasure hunt,
pushing yourself to climb
faster, jump farther.
Yeah. Sure.
A guy who attacked
Detective Bose jumped from
15 feet to the pavement.
And then disappeared.
I don't know who
that guy is, but he's
not a treasure hunter.
- And you're so certain
- because?
No way you pull off
a 15-foot drop
on the pavement
without a rolled ankle,
broken foot.
The Amsterdam hunt is in
two weeks,
with a pot twice as big
as this one.
- A jump like that now
- is not worth it.
Or worth it when there's
a cop pointing a gun
at your back?
It wasn't me
or anyone I know.
- -See what we got here.
- -(GROANS)
Suck it up. Gotta take care of
that big brain of yours.
Unfortunate news. Elliot's one
phone call was to Hal Leven,
criminal defense attorney.
- Lawyers can be
- accomplices too.
- Not this one.
- He was in court all day.
- So he wasn't Elliot's partner
- in crime.
Which means my head-bashing
had nothing to do with the
flash drive.
- But still could have plenty - to do with Peter Drake's
- Murder.
- To wit, I am also the bearer
- of excellent news.
The fingerprints on the
window in Peter's apartment
aren't in the system...
That is not excellent.
But the DNA from the
sweat mark on the window
matches the DNA
we found on Peter's body.
Which means the guy who
took a swing at me is
Peter's killer.
What kind of killer breaks
into the victim's apartment
a day after the body's found.
The kind who's desperate to
get whatever the victim had.
The question is, what?
- -I'm going back.
- -I'm coming with you.
You're not. You're staying
right here. I'm sending
reinforcements.
I don't need rein...
A little mom trick.
Is that your hat, hmm?
(GROANS)
- Didn't you have a life scare
- a while ago?
- -Oh, it was just a scare.
- -TONY: Hey!
Hey!
Hey, is now a good time for
that 60 second I owe you
or you owe me?
I... I'm just now heading out
with, uh, with Billy and Jake.
What are you, a throuple? You
don't need three detectives to
check one apartment.
Actually, um, Meredith
might have a concussion
and she really should not be
left unsupervised.
- (LAUGHS) I think I can handle
- 60 seconds.
- Yeah, good.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
Don't do this.
Why are you so paranoid?
- Nothing good can be
- accomplished in 60 seconds.
But the bad?
Bad goes down fast.
I got a job offer.
Executive chef.
(LAUGHS) That's amazing!
It's in Vegas.
(GASPS) Oh.
Tony...
Executive chef.
It's your dream job.
I totally understand.
No, I don't think you do.
It is a hell of a job,
but you're my dream.
What are you saying?
Tell me we have a future,
a real future, and I'll stay.
You kept this relationship
on simmer for a long time now,
and that's fine.
I know what I signed up for,
but I can't keep putting my
life on hold.
I don't expect you to.
I wanna be with you Laura
far more than I want a sexy
gig and a sun tan, but if you
can't commit to us,
I'm gonna go.
- And I got three seconds to
- spare. Look at that.
Oh, I need more than
three seconds to wrap
my head around this.
Of course.
(LAUGHS)
I told the wild men that I'd
be over at your place
to make pizza tonight.
So I'll see you there.
And I'll need an answer.
.
I don't know, maybe the perp
got what he was looking for.
- Well, if he did,
- it was in his pocket
- 'Cause he wasn't carrying - anything when he went diving
- Out that window.
Well, time of death of this
lead. Right about now.
- I'm with you. Anything - resembling lunch
- In there?
No, I'm not looking for food.
Doing a little WWLD.
What would Laura do?
- A little game I used to play
- back when I was her partner.
Oh, I will crush this.
Laura used to store her
sweaters in the vegetable bin.
- She used to store candy in
- the crock pot...
- BILLY: I already checked the
- hamper.
Used to store passports
in a waffle maker.
I don't see one.
And her summer shoes
in the oven.
Oven? Really?
Really!
I'll be damned.
And I will be diamond.
Allison said that Peter wanted
back in the apartment so he
could get his bag.
- Maybe the killer wanted it
- just as bad.
- So, what's inside that's worth
- killing for?
MEREDITH: Mmm, 'kay.
Driver's license, a couple of
hundred bucks, ATM card...
Worth hiding in the oven not
worth committing murder.
Uh, we've also got
Peter's portfolio.
And that's all.
No smoking gun there.
All of Peter's personalized
party ideas.
- Maya and Chris thought he
- destroyed this.
- Not all of it.
- He did tear a page out.
Yeah, the Van Owen page.
- That's the one
- Laura found in the trash.
- I don't see why a killer
- would risk breaking into
- Peter's apartment over
- a portfolio.
Maybe Ingrid the assistant.
- She wanted to use the material
- to chase new clients.
But she alibied out.
So, who?
Peter's last client.
- Van Owen was the last client,
- Ingrid said so.
Ingrid was mistaken. The
Van Owen page was ripped
out here,
but what do we have here?
One more design concept.
- LAURA: And then it's all blank
- pages after that.
I think Peter Drake met a
mystery client at the church
to plan a wedding.
Okay, so bridezilla or
groomzilla met up with Peter,
- they fight about something
- and then
- Peter gets pushed
- off a balcony?
- What if Peter was lured to the - church not to plan a wedding
- But to kill him there?
In which case the killer might
have broken into the
apartment
- to take the portfolio so as
- not to be linked to Peter.
But there's no name,
no identifying info.
Peter could capture the
essence of a person
- through his rapid fire
- out-of-the-blue questioning.
That was his event planning
super power.
Look at this.
The gothic arches are the
same ones that are in
St. Bridget's.
Red and gold velvet.
We just saw like
ten tons of it.
At Kings Theater.
- BILLY: Okay what's with
- the hieroglyphics?
Egypt...
There was pyramid on the Aida
posters at the concert hall.
And the emeralds?
- Color scheme might be
- the same as her eyes.
We were good.
LAURA: Son of a bitch!
Allison.
Allison? Can we have a minute?
Uh, I'm actually late.
- We just need to ask you a - few more questions about
- Yesterday morning.
- -I told you I was a rehearsal.
- -(PHONE PINGS)
- We know you signed in and - out. We're interested in what
- Happened between then.
- Did you leave?
- No, I told you.
I told you everything.
- Well, you didn't mention that
- you were planning a wedding.
- We weren't.
- Peter and I were over.
I don't think Peter agreed.
- He did this whole design - for you. He was planning a
- Wedding for the two of you.
That doesn't make sense.
Peter knew I had moved on
and he was fine with that.
- Are you with me?
- Uh, yep.
Moved on to another man?
You seeing someone new?
As a matter of fact, yes.
I'm practically engaged
to someone else.
For God's sake.
And who would that be?
It's actually not for
public consumption.
But if you must know...
Niles Volant.
JAKE: The conductor?
I'm sorry I can't help you but
I have no idea what happened
to Peter.
We believe you. You didn't
kill Peter. We know who did.
Thank you.
Requesting back up at
Kings Theater.
- Buttonhook?
- Omaha, Omaha. Hike.
.
LAURA: Sorry to interrupt.
Me again.
Wow! The acoustics in here
really are perfect.
Can I help you, detective?
That explains how you
overheard Allison telling me
about Peter's missing bag.
(SOFTLY) You panicked.
Thinking there might be
something incriminating
inside?
Your name, cell number...
- I'm sorry I don't know what
- you're talking about... A bag?
- It was in the oven,
- by the way,
And what we found
was incriminating.
Peter's portfolio page.
Everything about it
pointed to Allison.
I'm...
- I'm sure Allison
- hasn't done anything wrong.
Well, we see that. Now.
It pointed to Allison because
you described everything
about her and yourself
to Peter.
This is beyond insulting.
You were so jealous
of Peter Drake.
I wasn't jealous of anyone.
- I've never even met
- Peter Drake.
So, no chance your DNA is
gonna match the DNA we found
on Peter's shirt.
That's what I thought.
What, you just...
Lost it?
- When you found out about
- the affair.
- It wasn't an affair! It was a
- mistake. He manipulated her.
It's over, maestro. Finito.
Coming right at you.
NYPD don't move!
Watch it!
- He's heading up.
- Block the staircases.
Split up and wait for my go.
LAURA: Buddy, where do you
think you're going?
There's no beanstalk up there.
- You're thinking of jumping?
- I wouldn't do that.
Not after that drop from
Peter's window. You rolled
your ankle, am I right?
LAURA: You're just making
it worse on yourself.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
She told you not to jump.
(BOTH GROAN)
- People should really
- listen to me more.
(JAKE LAUGHING)
- MEREDITH: Okay.
- Come on, bring it.
Hey!
- -Ah!
- -(LAUGHS)
And the curtain comes down
on another case.
- Take a bow, Diamond.
-(CLAPPING)
(WHISTLES)
Thank you.
What are you drinking?
I'm buying.
Oh! My twinkling eyes and I...
Will gladly take a beer.
Oh! And potato skins.
(LAUGHS) Of course.
Follow me.
- The lady says follow her,
- I mean...
- -Okay.
- -(LAUGHS)
- -Take it back.
- -Excuse me?
Meredith...
Detective why did you fail to
apprehend the fleeing killer
- when he was apparently well
- within your grasp.
- Because I'm in love with
- my partner?
Policing 101?
You render assistance
to a fallen officer.
- You were unconscious.
- I was following protocol.
- I would've done the exact same
- thing even if we weren't...
But we are!
And if Santiani or anyone
else has any doubt about
our police work,
one of us is out of here.
I'm willing to take that risk.
I'm not.
I can't imagine not working
with you every day.
Just take it back, please.
I take it back.
Thank you.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
(CLEARS THROAT) Hello?
Uh, no. He's not available
right now. Can I take
a message?
Yes. His wife.
Thank you.
Potato skins are coming.
What?
Dr. Misset called to follow up
on your CAT scan.
- You answered my phone?
- It was the third call
I was worried.
You said that you passed that
test with flying colors.
Your neurologist disagrees.
- -Laura...
- -You knew all along.
That it was not just a minor
heart condition, that it was
your brain too.
(SHAKILY) You lied.
Again!
All this time that you have
been asking for a
second chance,
the only thing holding me back
has been trust.
I don't trust you, Jake!
I don't think I ever will!
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey!
- So?
- I'm in.
- -Hell yeah!
- -(LAUGHS)
No, Seth, don't...
I'm here for you man.
It's too late.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
I already got it.
- Bro it's too dangerous
- to do by yourself.
We are supposed to be a team.
Relax.
It's perfectly safe up here.
Oh, my God!
Holy crap.
- MAN: (ON TV) Come on down to
- our showroom...
Use your key, Alicia.
(DOOR BELL RINGS)
Coming.
- NICHOLAS: Mom, my shoes aren't
- in the laundry basket.
(DOOR OPENS)
- HARRISON: Mom, Nicholas won't
help me.
-(GASPS)
My day just went from crappy,
to uncrappy.
- HARRISON: Nicholas
- took my shoes.
Too amazing!
Let's do that again.
Actually, uh, we need to talk.
Talk as in talk?
Uh, I'm kind of in the middle
of a coffee crisis.
HARRISON: Mom,
I can't find Kanye.
And apparently also
a hamster crisis.
I thought weekends were
supposed to be relaxing.
- -This won't take long.
- -I have a dentist appointment.
And Alicia is on her way
over right now.
I just need 60 seconds.
- That should be doable.
- NICHOLAS: Mom, we have
to trap them.
Mom, we need keys!
ALICIA: Calm down. I'm here.
(GASPS) Alicia.
Oh, yay!
- Um, this is crossing the
- line a little.
- I think Tony is trying to dump
- me. Do not leave my side.
Oh, hello there handsome.
Hello, gorgeous.
Are you going to the movies
with the boys and me?
- 'Cause I don't think you're
- going to the dentist.
- I actually just need to talk
- to Laura for a minute.
Oh. Uh-huh.
He's under my bed.
I need cheese.
Mom, where are my Vans?
How many times have I told
you, I'm not the shoe police.
- I know, I know, 60 seconds.
- Stand by.
Standing.
(PHONE RINGING)
Jake, what's up? (MOUTHING)
Dead body? Yay!
I mean on my way.
Uh-huh. Okay.
I need an address. Mmm-hmm.
Okay, got it. I just have to
cancel a dentist appointment.
- What movie?
- That's what I'm talking
about.
Stick with me.
JAKE: Oh, there you are.
Body's at the far end
with Reynaldo.
Look at us walking down
the aisle. Takes me back.
- LAURA: I had an iron print
- on my dress.
- JAKE: I wasn't looking
- at the iron print.
- LAURA:
- Strategic bouquet placement.
You always knew how to
make things work out.
- Can't say the same thing
- for this guy.
Doesn't look like a suicide.
Jumpers usually go face first.
Yep. And this guy's got
contusions around the face
consistent with a fight.
- Probably pushed
- from the choir loft.
Died on impact.
No wallet, no ID, no phone.
- Could be a robbery or - someone trying to make it
- Look like one.
I don't see any
security cameras.
Because they do not have any.
- St. Brigid's keeping private
- things private.
- Priest says congregants can
- come and go as they please.
Doors are open 24 hours.
- Well he's not a congregant.
- The priest said he'd - Never seen him before.
Let's see what he can tell us.
Married. Could afford
a snazzy ring.
Chewed his finger nails.
- Blood's almost dry around
- his head.
So what? Dead maybe an hour?
- No more than that given the
- degree of clotting.
Well if he was pushed maybe
we can get some touch DNA
off his clothes.
We will certainly try.
These two, find them?
Yeah. While climbing on the
choir loft bannister,
I might add.
Why would anyone in their
right mind do that?
For the treasure.
- Treasure? What
- are you, pirates?
- We're contestants in
- the New Gotham Treasure Hunt.
- Never heard of it.
- That's kind of the point.
It's all anonymous.
How does that even work?
Secure site on the dark web.
We register with code names.
When the game starts we get
the first clue texted to us.
- What's the end game?
- Finding and deciphering
all the clues.
When you have all 10,
you can figure out
the location of the
- finish line and
- find the prize.
- Flash drive with $100,000
- in Bitcoin.
Wow! Who put up that kind of
nerd money?
Oh, right. Anonymous.
I don't suppose you two could
tell me where you were the
last few hours?
We were looking for clues.
Here. The photos with time
stamps on them.
Keep an eye on these two.
You think the victim could
be another treasure hunter?
Makes sense.
The body was found just below
where they had to climb up.
- Maybe the victim
- was in the lead,
Second place comes along,
shoves him off the ledge
to get in first place.
Then stole his phone to see
if first place had any clues
- that the killer hadn't
- gotten yet.
Plausible. Which means the
perp is still in the race.
And still in first.
Why not join these two
on the hot track,
catch up with number one?
Why don't I?
Oh, no.
You cheater. You cheater.
Winner.
Head back to the precinct.
- See if Meredith can decode
- the website.
- If you win, we're splitting
- the nerd money.
(THEME SONG PLAYING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
MEREDITH: This treasure hunt
is legit but secretive
as hell.
I've only got limited
access to the server.
Let me try this.
- MEREDITH: Hello!
- What do you open.
Booyah.
Booyah what?
- These are the first few photos
- clues texted this morning.
Yeah. And we already had
those photos.
Can we trace the numbers
receiving the texts?
Negative.
Or the number
doing the texting?
- The texting phone isn't even
- a phone. It's a pinger.
Don't make up words.
The pinger is a phone number
associated only with
a computer IP.
- There's no actual
- phone to trace.
What about the prize money,
can we trace that?
Nope. Bitcoin on flash
drive. Sitting at the
finish line somewhere.
Uh, booyah was premature.
No, that was the bad news.
Oh, great. We already
have tons of that.
Then I have good news.
We got touch DNA samples
from the victim's shirt
and bruises.
- And it doesn't match
- anyone in the system?
Now that was the bad news.
Accessing more photos.
LAURA: Oh, hey. Okay.
- There's a stained glass moon.
- Who sent that in?
MEREDITH: Okay, let's see.
Only one player. GX4 sent
one hour before the body
was found.
Putting him in the church
right near the time of death.
Can you figure out who GX4 is?
That's gonna take long time.
- And as soon as the winner
- claims the Bitcoin
This whole entire site's just
gonna vanish into thin air.
And so will the killer.
- We've got to beat him to
- the finish line.
- Jake's working that
- angle, right?
He's hours behind the
perp, but I'll check in.
- Meanwhile start
- brain storming.
- We've got to solve
- this puzzle, now.
- Okay. So we've got the eagle
- for the U.S.,
We've the Chinese dragon,
if this is a French crown
then something to do with
the UN?
Could be. But many of these
seem important mythologically.
Eagle, the dragon,
the crescent moon.
Mythological Brooklyn bridge?
Ah, I assume there's a case
beneath this arts and crafts
project?
- We're trying to beat a
- murderer at his own game.
And figure out where our
murderer is headed.
You're never gonna find him
that way. There's a hundred
different interpretations
that you could come up with.
It could be a
transportation thing.
Look, you got the...
Light house, the bridge...
And the bird could
mean flight.
Or the elements.
We've got fire, water...
Does Jake have anything?
What? What do you see?
(LAURA HUMMING)
Why is she humming
Sesame Street?
Situations like this,
I've learned best not to ask.
Hours and hours
of children's programing...
Has helped me see that this
episode is brought to us
by the letters...
S.
I.
L.
V.
E.
R.
C.
P.
Son of a gun.
I'd like to buy a "U", Pat.
(SIREN WAILING)
(SIREN STOPS WAILING)
Suspects on the roof.
We need units at all
exits, now.
- Final clue's on top of a
- movie soundstage?
Big Hollywood finish.
NYPD!
- BILLY: Hey!
- Police, don't move.
(PANTING)
(LAUGHS)
You're too late.
I win.
Actually you lose.
Freeze! Hands in the air!
.
Elliott Lansky,
breaking and entering.
- Trespassing.
- Oh, another trespass.
- Now it looks like
- you're adding murder.
Murder? I didn't kill anybody.
- Why'd you run from us
- when we said we were cops?
I didn't believe you.
In this race, people will do
- anything to slow down
- the competition.
Last year, I pulled the fire
alarm to get a competitor
out of a building.
That's a crime, FYI.
- Sounds like you'll do
- anything to win.
Which brings us the body
in the church.
- No idea what you're
- talking about.
Really?
- Maybe this will jog
- your memory.
That's the victim's
blood on your shoe.
Hey, look. I saw a body.
But I swear
he was already dead
when I got there.
Let me get this straight.
Your story is that you saw a
dead body and you continued
on with your game?
It's a competition.
I trained all year for this.
I wasn't gonna settle
for second place again.
And that sounds
exactly like motive.
That guy was in first place.
He dies and you wind up
with this?
I won that flash drive
fair and square.
That's a $100,000 by the way
and it is mine.
No. It's not.
Now it's part of
a murder investigation.
Wait.
I can prove I didn't do it.
- This guy filmed
- the entire event?
With a GoPro?
- I hate it when narcissism
- pays off.
- Well he didn't even go
- near the body.
He must have.
He had John Doe's blood
all over his shoes.
Fast forward.
He comes back to steal a dead
guy's camera?
- -Oh.
- -Okay.
Well. That is grand
larceny genius.
And a new low for humanity.
Wait. Did Elliott have
that camera on him
when he was arrested?
- Yeah. It's in booking.
- You want me to go grab it?
Yes. Please.
It's the victim's camera.
- Should have a photographic
- trail of his last hours.
Be right back.
Smart.
So...
How's the thing we don't
talk about.
Still not talking about it.
(LAUGHS) Okay.
I can relate. I don't tell the
twins that Tony sleeps over.
That way I don't have to
explain why I'm choosing him
over their father.
- So you are choosing
- him over Jake?
(SIGHS) I don't know.
Lately Jake has been
annoyingly...
Irresistible.
I kind of like not choosing.
Well, what's not to like?
- I don't think Tony is willing
- to put up with that anymore.
Victim's camera.
Okay. Bluetooth capabilities.
- So he could text
- in those photos.
- -Let's see.
- -LAURA: Hmm...
Just a bunch of shots of
black and white fabrics.
So not a treasure hunter.
But maybe we can use
these photos to narrow in
on his identity.
- Call fabric suppliers,
- wholesalers?
- Sure, and while you do that
- I'll just to pull up his - Name and address.
RFID chip.
Look at you.
Oh, get a room.
- Anti-theft device.
- The victim low jacked
his camera?
- Mmm-hmm.
- Oh, genius.
Chip activation requires
complete registration.
Name and address.
Peter Drake.
3A, this must be it.
I'll never get used to this.
- -Can I help you?
- -NYPD.
- Is this Peter Drake's
- apartment?
Yes. I'm his wife.
- Is something wrong?
- MAN: Babe, who is it?
I'm sorry. And you are...
Oh, this is Chris, my husband.
My other husband.
CHRIS: The state didn't
recognize it, of course.
But this was a marriage...
- We both lost a husband.
- I'm so sorry.
I just need to understand.
So this was
a three-way marriage?
The Post mentioned us
in an article last month.
- They called what we have
- a "throuple".
So just to clarify
the three of you...
Live together. Sleep together.
Wow. Sorry.
It's okay, it's a new concept
for most people.
We just have to ask, can
you tell me where the
two of you
were between 11:00 and noon?
- Yeah. We were at brunch
- together.
A new restaurant in Hoboken.
Peter couldn't join us,
he left the apartment
before we did.
- He said he had an appointment.
- I don't know what it was.
- Peter was found in a church
- on the Lower Eastside.
We think he may have been
involved in a competitive
scavenger hunt.
It doesn't sound like Peter.
- CHRIS: The only time we ever - saw him go to church
- Was for work.
- -What he do?
- -He was an event planner.
Weddings, galas, bar mitzvahs.
All amazing.
This portfolio here...
- WIFE: He may have
- thrown it out.
- His business recently
- imploded.
He'd been so demoralized.
- Is this from it?
- Yeah.
That was the Van Owen account.
- When he lost that, he lost
everything.
- JAKE: Can you elaborate?
- CHRIS: Peter had been doing
- small parties for years.
Then he met the socialite
Sylvia Van Owen, and landed
her annual holiday party.
WIFE: He pitched her this
lavish black and white
Venetian masquerade.
That explains the photos of
the black and white fabric
on the camera.
Huge budget. Would have
launched him into a whole new
echelon of clients.
- CHRIS: He hired an assistant,
- turned down other work.
- Put all of his energy and
- money into that one event.
- We will need
- the assistant's name.
Ingrid Bower.
His designs are beautiful.
What went wrong?
A month ago someone
stole the account.
Peter was devastated.
I've seen a lot in this job,
but that was my first
throuple.
- Maybe they're on to something.
- Some people say - We aren't meant
To be with just one
person our whole lives.
Some people named Jake?
You're the one
juggling two guys.
Ah, seemed to work
for Maya. Chris, too.
- I don't think either one of - them had anything to do with
- Peter's death.
I agree.
- Whoa, whoa.
- Did you put sugar in my tea?
Sorry. That one's mine.
Since when do you add sugar?
Did you take your pill today?
I take it every day.
- Maybe it was about his work.
- Somebody sabotaged - Peter's business.
So Peter found out,
confronted him and was
pushed off the balcony.
It's a solid motive.
Event planning is
big business.
A Van Owen party easily
could go into six figures.
(CHUCKLES) Wow.
That's six figures more
than our wedding reception.
And Miss Van Owen probably
isn't serving Cheetos.
- Fair point.
- If I could go back,
I would probably take
everything ending in "eetos"
off the menu.
- What would you change?
- Not one thing.
Ooh, we're having a moment.
And now we are having an
awkward moment.
- And I'm just gonna
- keep talking
- Because I found an address for
- Ingrid the assistant. Yippie!
If there's anyone
who knows who sabotaged
Peter's business...
- It would be her, let's go.
- Okay, bye!
I'm just gonna stay here
and wash some mugs.
Excuse me.
We are looking for
Ingrid Bower.
I am Ingrid, can I help you?
You just did.
.
- Morning, Ingrid.
- I brought you a coffee.
- I don't want coffee, I just
- want to get out of here.
Great!
- So, tell me where you were
- yesterday morning.
With my client,
Sylvia Van Owen,
prepping for her party.
- I was there all morning
her staff can tell you.
- Your client?
So you sabotaged your
own boss' business.
- You stole it right out
- from under him.
- You're half right. Someone was
- sabotaging his business.
But it wasn't me.
It was Peter himself.
How exactly does that work?
Mrs. Van Owen makes the
Tea Party look liberal.
Once she found out Peter was
in a three-way marriage...
That was it.
- So you went behind his back
- and offered to take over.
I didn't do anything wrong.
- Well you certainly didn't
- do anything right.
You stole his clients...
And you stole every single
one of his ideas.
Peter wouldn't have cared.
He never reused an idea.
Because every party was
uniquely crafted
around a person.
He had this genius technique.
JAKE: Which was?
- Asking clients questions
- in an unguarded moment.
- Their off-the-cuff responses
- would reveal their truth
- And he'd conceive that party
- around that truth.
It sounds more like
psychobabble than party
planning.
You ever been married?
- It's none of your business,
- but yes.
- You kiss her on your
- first date?
Really? That's none
of your business.
- What was the first thing
- you noticed about her?
Her eyes.
My boobs, liar.
- INGRID: That's a start.
- Now let's get more specific.
What about her eyes?
They glowed.
They twinkled.
- INGRID: That's what
- Peter would do.
Then he'd create an entire
event based on glowing,
twinkling night stars.
Color scheme might be the
same as her eyes, her hair.
- Well he sounds like a
- talented guy.
Any idea why he was at
St. Brigid's Church
yesterday morning?
- Not really, he'd been going
- through a lot, lately.
Maybe just to reflect.
- Can you think of anyone
- who'd want to harm Peter?
- That Post article wasn't
- doing him any favors.
What do you mean?
After it came out someone
kept calling, harassing him.
After one event someone even
spray painted the words
"Deviant Pig" on his car.
And this event,
where he was tagged,
where was it?
We did a fundraiser
for the Metropolitan
Artists Ensemble.
- MAX:
- Kabuki Uncle Vanya, seriously?
- -Get to the point.
- -Getting.
They do have
excellent security cameras.
Thus, this footage
of a shadowy figure
leaving the parking lot the
night of the fundraiser.
Please note the spray can.
Ninety-nine point something
percent of all taggers
are male.
Great! So, now we can assume
it's a male shadowy figure.
- We have any idea
- who that might be?
- -I'm not magical.
- -I might be.
- I've already been
- running the footage.
Let's see if we got any hits.
Chris and Maya's alibi
checked out.
Restaurant confirmed they were
miles away when Peter died.
I was sure the love triangle
would be the motive.
- There's gonna be
- crazy jealousy in a throuple.
I don't know. Maybe it's
possible to love two people
at the same time.
- I don't think I could have - that many people touching
- My stuff.
- -Mmm, I could.
- -Don't even think about it.
Bingo!
I just ran footage
through our badass
facial recognition software
which cross-checks
contour and bone structure
with all available data
in social media.
And I was wrong.
He is a she.
Oh!
Allison Beck.
- Spray painter,
- throuple hater...
- -And a possible killer.
- -MEREDITH: Oh!
According to her Facebook page
she's a first chair violinist
in a production at the
Kings Theater.
All right, I have got
Reynaldo going back
through the PCR amplification
- of the touched DNA.
- Could give us race and gender.
- So, what do you got?
- New suspect.
Who may have had an issue with
Peter's less-than-conventional
relationship.
- All right, well,
- it's intriguing,
But it is not enough to get a
warrant for her DNA to run
against the touch sample.
- Well, as long as you don't
- need this napkin.
I don't need a warrant.
(OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
JAKE: We think this woman saw
an article about a throuple
and freaked out?
Who does that?
Well, we've both seen
hate crimes over less.
CONDUCTOR: Now trumpet only.
- Excuse me, we're in the middle
- of a closed rehearsal.
- And we're in the middle
- of an open investigation.
Oh, sorry, uh...
CONDUCTOR: Patricia. Really?
- We have to keep our
- voices down.
- The acoustics in the hall are - unbelievable and your
- Voices travel.
- We're looking for
- Allison Beck.
Over there, first chair
violin, but she really
can't be interrupted.
- Do you know if
- she was here yesterday?
We started rehearsal at noon.
I'm not sure what time
she arrived, uh,
- we can check the
- entry log at security.
If you lead, I will follow.
Excuse me! We're working here.
(SIGHS)
Keep your pants on maestro,
it will only take a second.
Allison Beck.
- Detective Laura Diamond, NYPD.
- I'd like to talk to you about - Peter Drake.
This isn't a good time.
Oh, sure it is,
I don't see you
violining. Come on!
I heard about Peter's death.
It's terrible.
- I'm not sure I can tell you
- anything helpful.
- Other than you thought
- he was a deviant pig.
I didn't react well
to some of his choices.
And it's your place to judge?
A commitment-phobe
suddenly committing
to two people?
Uh, yeah!
- Your problem wasn't that
- he was with two people...
- It was that he wasn't
- with you.
We were engaged.
- But he dumped me because
- he said he needed to be alone.
- And then you read the article - in the Post and realized
- He lied.
He just couldn't be with you.
It's complicated.
I think I can simplify.
You were upset,
you spray painted his car
and then you killed him.
No, no, no.
After I acted like
a child with his car,
- Peter showed up at my door
- and we talked.
He apologized and
so did I and we...
We were good.
- Care to be specific about
- how good you were?
We slept together.
That night and then
a few times again.
- He'd been having doubts
- about his own arrangement.
But we finally moved on.
- (VOICE TREMBLING)
- We loved each other.
- But we weren't in love
- anymore.
(CONDUCTOR SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)
(SOFTLY) Here.
Cry me a DNA sample.
Works every time.
When was the last time
you spoke to Peter?
(CRYING) Yesterday.
- He had locked his bag
- in his apartment
- And it had everything
- in it that he needed.
He called to see if I still
had a copy of the key,
but I didn't.
Why would you have a key
to his apartment?
- Wouldn't he have just called
- Maya or Chris?
Not that apartment. He hung
onto his old rent-stabilized
place on Bleecker Street.
Sometimes he'd go there to
work or to meet me.
(SOFTLY) I will need that
address as well.
CONDUCTOR: First chair violin.
Mind joining us?
I'm sorry, but we simply must
begin rehearsal now.
CONDUCTOR: Everyone.
I'll take the napkin.
No, I'm good.
Well, not every time.
(KNOCKING)
Laura's Operation DNA
turned out to be a bust.
- Oh, you mean Operation
- I Told You So?
- Turns out we didn't
- need the DNA.
The suspect alibied out.
- She was already at Kings
- Theater at the time of death.
We did get the address of
Peter's old apartment in
the village...
- Apparently, he was using it
- as a love shack.
- Billy and I are headed to my
- pl...
Pilates class.
So we can
check it out for you.
(WHISPERS) Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIREN WAILING)
Will you stop stressing out?
Everybody knows.
It doesn't matter.
If we're on the DL, they have
deniability when one PP
starts asking questions.
- I don't want either of
- us to get transferred.
Yeah, well, I love you too.
Relax. Okay.
In a casual
no-commitment-on-the-DL
kinda way.
- -(DOOR OPENS)
- -MAN: There you go.
- -Thanks, man.
- -Yeah.
- Either Peter needed a - housekeeper or this place
- Has been tossed.
No forced entry.
(MEREDITH GROANS)
.
NYPD. Get off of her!
- -Meredith?
- -(GROANS)
Meredith?
Officer down! Suspect is
wearing all black, on foot,
going east on Bleecker.
-(MOANS IN PAIN)
- Come on, baby.
Easy, all right?
There you go. Easy.
Just lean back.
(GROANS) What happened?
Son of a bitch jumped you.
- He was going through your
- pockets when I found you.
He took off out the window.
- That's a 15-foot drop.
- It's okay.
We got prints, perspiration.
We'll get him.
- He picked the wrong day to
- rob a dead guy's apartment.
I think he was here to rob me.
Why do you say that?
This is the pocket where I put
the Bitcoin flash drive...
- Right in front of
- Elliot Lansky.
- Yeah, but you didn't have - a flash drive, you signed it
- Into evidence.
I know that,
but Elliot doesn't.
You would do anything to get
that flash drive back,
wouldn't you?
Even attacking a cop.
You think I attacked a cop?
Of course not. You were
locked up in holding,
but I think your partner did.
- I have no idea what you're
- talking about.
You saw Detective Bose put
the flash drive in her pocket
and then you called
your partner and told him
where the money was.
I called my lawyer.
I don't have a partner.
I train alone, I enter
competitions alone
and I win them alone.
You told my colleague
that you trained all year
for this treasure hunt,
pushing yourself to climb
faster, jump farther.
Yeah. Sure.
A guy who attacked
Detective Bose jumped from
15 feet to the pavement.
And then disappeared.
I don't know who
that guy is, but he's
not a treasure hunter.
- And you're so certain
- because?
No way you pull off
a 15-foot drop
on the pavement
without a rolled ankle,
broken foot.
The Amsterdam hunt is in
two weeks,
with a pot twice as big
as this one.
- A jump like that now
- is not worth it.
Or worth it when there's
a cop pointing a gun
at your back?
It wasn't me
or anyone I know.
- -See what we got here.
- -(GROANS)
Suck it up. Gotta take care of
that big brain of yours.
Unfortunate news. Elliot's one
phone call was to Hal Leven,
criminal defense attorney.
- Lawyers can be
- accomplices too.
- Not this one.
- He was in court all day.
- So he wasn't Elliot's partner
- in crime.
Which means my head-bashing
had nothing to do with the
flash drive.
- But still could have plenty - to do with Peter Drake's
- Murder.
- To wit, I am also the bearer
- of excellent news.
The fingerprints on the
window in Peter's apartment
aren't in the system...
That is not excellent.
But the DNA from the
sweat mark on the window
matches the DNA
we found on Peter's body.
Which means the guy who
took a swing at me is
Peter's killer.
What kind of killer breaks
into the victim's apartment
a day after the body's found.
The kind who's desperate to
get whatever the victim had.
The question is, what?
- -I'm going back.
- -I'm coming with you.
You're not. You're staying
right here. I'm sending
reinforcements.
I don't need rein...
A little mom trick.
Is that your hat, hmm?
(GROANS)
- Didn't you have a life scare
- a while ago?
- -Oh, it was just a scare.
- -TONY: Hey!
Hey!
Hey, is now a good time for
that 60 second I owe you
or you owe me?
I... I'm just now heading out
with, uh, with Billy and Jake.
What are you, a throuple? You
don't need three detectives to
check one apartment.
Actually, um, Meredith
might have a concussion
and she really should not be
left unsupervised.
- (LAUGHS) I think I can handle
- 60 seconds.
- Yeah, good.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
Don't do this.
Why are you so paranoid?
- Nothing good can be
- accomplished in 60 seconds.
But the bad?
Bad goes down fast.
I got a job offer.
Executive chef.
(LAUGHS) That's amazing!
It's in Vegas.
(GASPS) Oh.
Tony...
Executive chef.
It's your dream job.
I totally understand.
No, I don't think you do.
It is a hell of a job,
but you're my dream.
What are you saying?
Tell me we have a future,
a real future, and I'll stay.
You kept this relationship
on simmer for a long time now,
and that's fine.
I know what I signed up for,
but I can't keep putting my
life on hold.
I don't expect you to.
I wanna be with you Laura
far more than I want a sexy
gig and a sun tan, but if you
can't commit to us,
I'm gonna go.
- And I got three seconds to
- spare. Look at that.
Oh, I need more than
three seconds to wrap
my head around this.
Of course.
(LAUGHS)
I told the wild men that I'd
be over at your place
to make pizza tonight.
So I'll see you there.
And I'll need an answer.
.
I don't know, maybe the perp
got what he was looking for.
- Well, if he did,
- it was in his pocket
- 'Cause he wasn't carrying - anything when he went diving
- Out that window.
Well, time of death of this
lead. Right about now.
- I'm with you. Anything - resembling lunch
- In there?
No, I'm not looking for food.
Doing a little WWLD.
What would Laura do?
- A little game I used to play
- back when I was her partner.
Oh, I will crush this.
Laura used to store her
sweaters in the vegetable bin.
- She used to store candy in
- the crock pot...
- BILLY: I already checked the
- hamper.
Used to store passports
in a waffle maker.
I don't see one.
And her summer shoes
in the oven.
Oven? Really?
Really!
I'll be damned.
And I will be diamond.
Allison said that Peter wanted
back in the apartment so he
could get his bag.
- Maybe the killer wanted it
- just as bad.
- So, what's inside that's worth
- killing for?
MEREDITH: Mmm, 'kay.
Driver's license, a couple of
hundred bucks, ATM card...
Worth hiding in the oven not
worth committing murder.
Uh, we've also got
Peter's portfolio.
And that's all.
No smoking gun there.
All of Peter's personalized
party ideas.
- Maya and Chris thought he
- destroyed this.
- Not all of it.
- He did tear a page out.
Yeah, the Van Owen page.
- That's the one
- Laura found in the trash.
- I don't see why a killer
- would risk breaking into
- Peter's apartment over
- a portfolio.
Maybe Ingrid the assistant.
- She wanted to use the material
- to chase new clients.
But she alibied out.
So, who?
Peter's last client.
- Van Owen was the last client,
- Ingrid said so.
Ingrid was mistaken. The
Van Owen page was ripped
out here,
but what do we have here?
One more design concept.
- LAURA: And then it's all blank
- pages after that.
I think Peter Drake met a
mystery client at the church
to plan a wedding.
Okay, so bridezilla or
groomzilla met up with Peter,
- they fight about something
- and then
- Peter gets pushed
- off a balcony?
- What if Peter was lured to the - church not to plan a wedding
- But to kill him there?
In which case the killer might
have broken into the
apartment
- to take the portfolio so as
- not to be linked to Peter.
But there's no name,
no identifying info.
Peter could capture the
essence of a person
- through his rapid fire
- out-of-the-blue questioning.
That was his event planning
super power.
Look at this.
The gothic arches are the
same ones that are in
St. Bridget's.
Red and gold velvet.
We just saw like
ten tons of it.
At Kings Theater.
- BILLY: Okay what's with
- the hieroglyphics?
Egypt...
There was pyramid on the Aida
posters at the concert hall.
And the emeralds?
- Color scheme might be
- the same as her eyes.
We were good.
LAURA: Son of a bitch!
Allison.
Allison? Can we have a minute?
Uh, I'm actually late.
- We just need to ask you a - few more questions about
- Yesterday morning.
- -I told you I was a rehearsal.
- -(PHONE PINGS)
- We know you signed in and - out. We're interested in what
- Happened between then.
- Did you leave?
- No, I told you.
I told you everything.
- Well, you didn't mention that
- you were planning a wedding.
- We weren't.
- Peter and I were over.
I don't think Peter agreed.
- He did this whole design - for you. He was planning a
- Wedding for the two of you.
That doesn't make sense.
Peter knew I had moved on
and he was fine with that.
- Are you with me?
- Uh, yep.
Moved on to another man?
You seeing someone new?
As a matter of fact, yes.
I'm practically engaged
to someone else.
For God's sake.
And who would that be?
It's actually not for
public consumption.
But if you must know...
Niles Volant.
JAKE: The conductor?
I'm sorry I can't help you but
I have no idea what happened
to Peter.
We believe you. You didn't
kill Peter. We know who did.
Thank you.
Requesting back up at
Kings Theater.
- Buttonhook?
- Omaha, Omaha. Hike.
.
LAURA: Sorry to interrupt.
Me again.
Wow! The acoustics in here
really are perfect.
Can I help you, detective?
That explains how you
overheard Allison telling me
about Peter's missing bag.
(SOFTLY) You panicked.
Thinking there might be
something incriminating
inside?
Your name, cell number...
- I'm sorry I don't know what
- you're talking about... A bag?
- It was in the oven,
- by the way,
And what we found
was incriminating.
Peter's portfolio page.
Everything about it
pointed to Allison.
I'm...
- I'm sure Allison
- hasn't done anything wrong.
Well, we see that. Now.
It pointed to Allison because
you described everything
about her and yourself
to Peter.
This is beyond insulting.
You were so jealous
of Peter Drake.
I wasn't jealous of anyone.
- I've never even met
- Peter Drake.
So, no chance your DNA is
gonna match the DNA we found
on Peter's shirt.
That's what I thought.
What, you just...
Lost it?
- When you found out about
- the affair.
- It wasn't an affair! It was a
- mistake. He manipulated her.
It's over, maestro. Finito.
Coming right at you.
NYPD don't move!
Watch it!
- He's heading up.
- Block the staircases.
Split up and wait for my go.
LAURA: Buddy, where do you
think you're going?
There's no beanstalk up there.
- You're thinking of jumping?
- I wouldn't do that.
Not after that drop from
Peter's window. You rolled
your ankle, am I right?
LAURA: You're just making
it worse on yourself.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
She told you not to jump.
(BOTH GROAN)
- People should really
- listen to me more.
(JAKE LAUGHING)
- MEREDITH: Okay.
- Come on, bring it.
Hey!
- -Ah!
- -(LAUGHS)
And the curtain comes down
on another case.
- Take a bow, Diamond.
-(CLAPPING)
(WHISTLES)
Thank you.
What are you drinking?
I'm buying.
Oh! My twinkling eyes and I...
Will gladly take a beer.
Oh! And potato skins.
(LAUGHS) Of course.
Follow me.
- The lady says follow her,
- I mean...
- -Okay.
- -(LAUGHS)
- -Take it back.
- -Excuse me?
Meredith...
Detective why did you fail to
apprehend the fleeing killer
- when he was apparently well
- within your grasp.
- Because I'm in love with
- my partner?
Policing 101?
You render assistance
to a fallen officer.
- You were unconscious.
- I was following protocol.
- I would've done the exact same
- thing even if we weren't...
But we are!
And if Santiani or anyone
else has any doubt about
our police work,
one of us is out of here.
I'm willing to take that risk.
I'm not.
I can't imagine not working
with you every day.
Just take it back, please.
I take it back.
Thank you.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
(CLEARS THROAT) Hello?
Uh, no. He's not available
right now. Can I take
a message?
Yes. His wife.
Thank you.
Potato skins are coming.
What?
Dr. Misset called to follow up
on your CAT scan.
- You answered my phone?
- It was the third call
I was worried.
You said that you passed that
test with flying colors.
Your neurologist disagrees.
- -Laura...
- -You knew all along.
That it was not just a minor
heart condition, that it was
your brain too.
(SHAKILY) You lied.
Again!
All this time that you have
been asking for a
second chance,
the only thing holding me back
has been trust.
I don't trust you, Jake!
I don't think I ever will!
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey!
- So?
- I'm in.
- -Hell yeah!
- -(LAUGHS)