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00:00:00You
00:00:30Yes, because the victim is Ainsley Trask.
00:00:46Ainsley Trask?
00:00:47You're saying she's coming to Mystery Island?
00:00:49That's what I'm saying.
00:00:50It was Ainsley Trask.
00:00:51Would she be coming alone or?
00:00:52With her husband.
00:00:54Janie, you cannot be serious.
00:00:56Em, hear me out.
00:00:57Did Ainsley Trask contact you?
00:00:59Time out.
00:01:00Who is Ainsley Trask?
00:01:01Ainsley Trask is the wife of Franklin Trask,
00:01:07who wants to bring several guests to the island for VIP package.
00:01:14Must have a few bucks.
00:01:16Yeah, he's quite well off, yeah.
00:01:18Hang on, is he the guy that...
00:01:20That I was once engaged to marry?
00:01:22Yes, he most certainly is.
00:01:26He runs Trask Global Management,
00:01:28a huge fund that rivals Carlos in valuation.
00:01:31And Ainsley Trask is a powerhouse corporate attorney
00:01:34who also sits on the board of Trask Global.
00:01:36And they...
00:01:38They just got married last year.
00:01:40And she told me that she's quite keen to come to Mystery Island.
00:01:44Did she offer to play the victim in the murder game?
00:01:46Oh no, that was my idea.
00:01:47As was asking Em to be the killer.
00:01:49Which is perhaps a little on the nose.
00:01:51You think I'd want to kill Franklin's wife?
00:01:54It was my idea to end the engagement.
00:01:56And you haven't been in a long-term relationship since...
00:02:04Jamie, I respectfully request that my personal life
00:02:08not be considered as fodder for our mystery games.
00:02:10I was just brainstorming.
00:02:12Besides that, I certainly won't be here when the Trask party attends.
00:02:17Ah.
00:02:19Well Ainsley has made your participation a condition to her package.
00:02:25You're joking.
00:02:26Is this my joking face?
00:02:27Why would she...
00:02:28Insecurity.
00:02:29She might worry that Franklin still carries a torch for you,
00:02:33so she's coming down here in the hopes of extinguishing that torch.
00:02:39Well, she is certainly playing with fire.
00:02:45I'm simply extending Jason's metaphor.
00:02:48Anyway, if you decide to go forward with this proposal,
00:02:54I will plan to be here that weekend as well.
00:02:57Oh, you don't need to.
00:02:58I know.
00:02:59I want to.
00:03:03At any rate, Janie, we have more murder games to write if you don't mind.
00:03:06Yes.
00:03:07My office is yours.
00:03:27Jason said you might be out here.
00:03:33You went back to his houseboat?
00:03:35He did.
00:03:36He said you seem to need some time and space to think.
00:03:39Ah.
00:03:40Neither of which you're giving me.
00:03:42I'm a terrible friend, aren't I?
00:03:43The worst.
00:03:44But I have bought scotch.
00:03:46You know, I only met Franklin a handful of times, but I dare say that Jason is correct about Ainsley wanting to come here to extinguish whatever flames your ex may still have for you.
00:03:59Oh.
00:04:00And I think you're rubbing off on him.
00:04:03Who?
00:04:04Well, Jason, I don't recall him thinking so much about psychology when our paths first crossed.
00:04:11Yeah, I suppose that's true.
00:04:13And I think it's rather chivalrous of him to want to come out here when Franklin comes to Mystery Island.
00:04:20If Franklin comes, you mean?
00:04:22Well, do I?
00:04:23I mean, I don't know if you realise, but you too would do well to extinguish whatever stray embers you may still have for Franklin.
00:04:30There are no embers, Janie. Trust me.
00:04:32Well, oh good. Then you'll have no problem supporting this venture.
00:04:36I see what you did there.
00:04:38What?
00:04:39Well played.
00:04:43Okay, fine. Tell Mrs. Trust they can come.
00:04:47Shall do.
00:04:48To, er, torches being extinguished.
00:05:13Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We have an exciting weekend ahead, starting with full VIP conditions for the party of Franklin Trask.
00:05:26Additionally, disguised as a guest and amongst his party will be our COO, Baroness Jane Alcott.
00:05:34Thank you, Bennett.
00:05:35Well, I'm excited about this weekend for a plethora of reasons, but chief among them is that our brilliant game writers, Dr. Priestley and Detective Trent, will also be here.
00:05:45Which hasn't happened for a while.
00:05:47The game will begin at the Hidden Hut.
00:05:50And this weekend, Amelia will be playing as herself.
00:05:55But Jason and I will be taking on fictitious roles in the narrative.
00:05:58And I will be disguised as Franklin Trask did meet me several years ago.
00:06:02And I will be playing the role of Professor Loretta Mabry, an archaeologist from California.
00:06:14And Jason will be cast very much against type as Sean Callahan, a Boston businessman, which is a euphemism for gangster.
00:06:25And our VIP party consists of Vivica Bentley, COO, and Franklin Trask's right-hand woman at Trask Global Hedge Fund.
00:06:34Spencer Trask, a former NFL tight end who was briefly a VP at Trask Global until a month ago.
00:06:42Patricia Colacello, Spencer's model girlfriend.
00:06:47And Mickey Carlisle, a Des Moines school teacher, who has been best friends with Ainsley Trask since they were children.
00:06:55And finally, the host of the party, Franklin Trask, a billionaire with a capital B.
00:07:02And his newlywed wife, Ainsley, a successful corporate attorney.
00:07:11For those of you who don't know me, my name is Dr. Amelia Priestley, game author.
00:07:15And on behalf of our CEO, Carlos Del Fuego, I want to welcome you to Mystery Island.
00:07:20And allow me to introduce our new new house manager, or Major Domo, and Simmons, her assistant.
00:07:26Oh, please, call me Bennett.
00:07:28Now, before we repair to the veranda for cocktails, if you could all kindly place your mobile phones into this black box Simmons has.
00:07:35Hang on. I promised my followers hourly updates.
00:07:38Aw, honey. Hey, you remember that time when you got food boys and didn't post for like two days?
00:07:43You actually got more followers. Well, this is like that.
00:07:46Spencer, you're so smart.
00:07:48You're so smart.
00:07:51Thank you, help me.
00:07:57Amelia.
00:07:59At last.
00:08:03It's lovely to meet you.
00:08:05That's something I hear often.
00:08:08Oh, she is more beautiful than you led me to believe, Frankie.
00:08:12Ooh.
00:08:14And no band on that fourth finger.
00:08:17I cannot believe you're still single.
00:08:19I see you're already playing detective, Mrs. Trask.
00:08:22I am all in.
00:08:23I even offered to bet Frankie I could solve the mystery first, didn't I, my love?
00:08:27You didn't take the bet.
00:08:29But I did.
00:08:30You're ready to pay our pains.
00:08:32If both of you wouldn't mind handing in your phones, we may proceed.
00:08:35Well, Spencer.
00:08:36It's, uh, good to see you, Emmy.
00:09:07Yeah, just move that piece.
00:09:10That's fine.
00:09:11Ladies and gentlemen.
00:09:12We hope you're all enjoying your first looks at Mystery Island.
00:09:15Your luggage has been taken care of.
00:09:17Bennett has your keys and you'll be shown to your rooms.
00:09:19Once you are all there, you will find the first clue that will begin the game.
00:09:23Can you tell us where the body is?
00:09:25That's all part of the mystery, Miss Colacello.
00:09:27But I can assure you, among the people assembled here, there is a killer.
00:09:31Delightful.
00:09:32This is already so much fun.
00:09:34Come on, Franklin.
00:09:36Let's not waste time looking at views.
00:09:37I've got a murder to solve.
00:09:47You okay?
00:09:48Fine.
00:09:49You don't look fine.
00:09:50No?
00:09:51How do I look?
00:09:52Understandably addled at being face to face with a man you almost married, his abrasive
00:09:55new wife.
00:09:56You think she's abrasive?
00:09:57She makes sandpaper look like silk.
00:09:59Franklin, from one extreme to the other.
00:10:01Are you suggesting I'm not abrasive?
00:10:03Or obnoxious?
00:10:04Or entitled?
00:10:05Or any of Ains's other in-your-face qualities?
00:10:07Listen, I should tell- I told Vivica I forgot my key.
00:10:10She's already decided to be my partner in crime solving and she keeps pumping me with
00:10:14questions about archaeology and I'm just inventing answers.
00:10:16Jamie, you were supposed to study.
00:10:18You know how I feel about studying, Em?
00:10:20What about you?
00:10:21Have they asked you about being a mobster?
00:10:22When someone asks me what business, I'm going to say, that's my business.
00:10:25Oh, that's good.
00:10:26Oh, and I must say, Franklin does seem quite into his wife.
00:10:31Well, he did manage to slip me this.
00:10:34What is it?
00:10:35I have to see you alone.
00:10:38Tell me where and when.
00:10:39I knew it.
00:10:40What did you know?
00:10:41Well, that he is still in love with you.
00:10:43You just said he was attached to his wife.
00:10:46Oh, he's overcompensating.
00:10:47Clearly.
00:10:48When are you going to meet him?
00:10:49I'm not sure that I am.
00:10:50Well, just to find out.
00:10:51Loretta, did you find your key?
00:10:53Sure did.
00:10:57Mr. Callaghan, you heard what Dr. Priestley said.
00:11:00We all have to unlock our doors to get the game started.
00:11:03Let's do it.
00:11:04You all got here rather quickly.
00:11:18Yeah, the riddle you had us work out wasn't hard.
00:11:21I thought it was.
00:11:22Yeah, you made that clear, Spencer.
00:11:24Once Ainsley pretty brilliantly figured out that each of the boards in our rooms featured a different part of an anagram.
00:11:29I remember having a hand in that deduction, Mickey.
00:11:32Yeah, I guess you helped a little.
00:11:34These detective kits are so adorbs.
00:11:37Do we get to keep them?
00:11:38Yep.
00:11:39Yay!
00:11:40Okay, we're here at the Hidden Hut, so we're next.
00:11:43Twelve years ago, when this island was just the home to Evelyn Murtagh and her son John, the sommelier on their staff disappeared.
00:11:50His name was Ricardo Rincon.
00:11:53The Murtaghs only realized he was missing when the police came to the island looking for him.
00:11:57Ricardo had been identified as part of a gold smuggling operation.
00:12:00Did you live in the hut?
00:12:01Yes, you did.
00:12:02Ah, you keeping up, Ains?
00:12:04Of course, the police searched his lodgings, but they found no gold.
00:12:08Might you have better luck?
00:12:09Oh, you better believe we will.
00:12:11I believe we will.
00:12:12Some bars we can go through.
00:12:13Yeah.
00:12:14Go for it.
00:12:15Yeah.
00:12:16Go for it.
00:12:17Looks like this is a big floor.
00:12:18Let's try it.
00:12:19Looks like this is a big floor.
00:12:20Let's try it.
00:12:21Let's try it.
00:12:22Let's try it.
00:12:23There's some boxes we can go through.
00:12:36Yeah, go for it.
00:12:44Looks like this is a big floor.
00:12:47Let's try this.
00:12:53Found something.
00:12:54That was fast.
00:12:56Hey guys, over here.
00:13:16Thoughts, Mickey?
00:13:19Mick teaches biology.
00:13:20Well, it's, uh, it's a human...
00:13:23Obviously it's human, Mick.
00:13:26Yes, Spencer, if you let me finish, human male.
00:13:32Judging by the degree of desiccation, I'd say he's been here for at least ten years.
00:13:36Oh, so this definitely could be Ricardo Rincon.
00:13:40Yes.
00:13:41Do you know if Rincon was missing his three left fingers?
00:13:45Well, I didn't know him personally, but no, I don't think so.
00:13:48Okay, so maybe this is someone else.
00:13:50Or maybe this is Ricardo Rincon, and he was being interrogated right here.
00:13:55What do you think to that possibility, Sean?
00:13:57Why are you asking me?
00:13:59Well, you just seem like the kind of businessman who's been involved in some tough discussions.
00:14:06There are marks on his ribs.
00:14:08Knife wounds, I'd say.
00:14:10It's probably been stabbed many times.
00:14:12Here's a knife.
00:14:17Or it might be dry blood on it.
00:14:19Loretta, look at this.
00:14:21How old would you say this is?
00:14:24Oh, well...
00:14:26It isn't an artifact.
00:14:28Right.
00:14:30The double letter R on the hilt.
00:14:33So possibly Ricardo stabbed this man here.
00:14:37Or Ricardo was killed with his own knife.
00:14:39Look at this map.
00:14:41It's written some sort of code.
00:14:42Franklin is brilliant with code.
00:14:46Hey, check it out.
00:14:48Some kind of journal.
00:14:49Like a diary.
00:14:51No, it's more like a log.
00:14:53It's in code, too.
00:14:54Well, maybe Franklin can help with that.
00:14:56He's brilliant with code.
00:14:57I'm brilliant at most things, Ains.
00:14:59I know you are, honey.
00:15:02It would be good to know more about Ricardo.
00:15:05Did he grow up poor?
00:15:06And that's why he turned to crime.
00:15:08Sometimes I think if I weren't beautiful,
00:15:11I would have been a criminal.
00:15:14Man, there's tons of files here.
00:15:16So if we take that and the map back to the house,
00:15:19get a better lookout.
00:15:26What do you think?
00:15:26The letters are clearly jumbled.
00:15:30But look at the dots.
00:15:31This could be a variant cipher.
00:15:35How did you learn to do this?
00:15:37In college.
00:15:39I was bored.
00:15:40Let's know you.
00:15:42To learn code.
00:15:43Because you're bored.
00:15:47You had such a swift victory locating the hidden room.
00:15:50Are you generously allowing others a chance at a breakthrough?
00:15:54Once you get to know me,
00:15:55you'll see what an absurd question that is.
00:15:59You said Ricardo Rincon was the sommelier?
00:16:02Mm-hmm.
00:16:03Where's the wine cellar?
00:16:06I'll show you.
00:16:10So, if I get to know you better,
00:16:12why would I realize that was an absurd question
00:16:14to think you might want to support the others?
00:16:16You're the psychiatrist.
00:16:17What do you think?
00:16:19I think you play to win.
00:16:21Always have.
00:16:24You know what?
00:16:25I get what Franklin sees in you.
00:16:28If we'd met under different circumstances,
00:16:30we might be good friends.
00:16:31Do you have many good friends?
00:16:33It's stuck in a forte of mine.
00:16:38I have Mickey,
00:16:39who clearly adores you.
00:16:41But then it is easy to be friends with people
00:16:43from your past who live a thousand miles away.
00:16:47You know what?
00:16:48Franklin, warn me you didn't pull your punches.
00:16:50Yeah, I should tell you that the police
00:16:53did search this cellar when Ricardo disappeared,
00:16:56and that was years ago.
00:16:57Well, looks like they clearly missed this switch in here.
00:17:05Well, lookie there.
00:17:10Our boy Ricardo sure liked his hidden rooms.
00:17:14Shall we?
00:17:20Bingo.
00:17:23You wandled that well, Ainsley.
00:17:36Impressive.
00:17:37I'm not dumb.
00:17:40See these dust patterns on the floor?
00:17:42Some bigger, some not.
00:17:44Someone's been moving the gold out a bit at a time.
00:17:50Are you suggesting a staff member?
00:17:54I don't know.
00:18:02A piece of what's left of Ricardo's smuggled gold.
00:18:07And the motive for his murder.
00:18:09Whoever tortured him in that basement below the hut that day
00:18:11must have finally gotten the gold's location out of him.
00:18:15That bar comes from a crate in a secret room
00:18:17off the wine cellar.
00:18:18But, based on dust patterns on the floor,
00:18:22there had to be more than one crate down there at a time.
00:18:25Someone's been moving the gold out gradually.
00:18:27That's what I thought, Frankie.
00:18:29Is she a genius or what?
00:18:33Ready to pay off on our bets, Spencer?
00:18:35Hey, whoa.
00:18:36You haven't won yet.
00:18:37We're supposed to find out who killed Ricardo.
00:18:39Well, Dr. Priestley thinks we should look at staff members.
00:18:43Will that make sense?
00:18:44Yeah, but if a staff member killed Ricardo,
00:18:46they would have been able to take the gold all at once.
00:18:49I think our culprit is more likely a person
00:18:52who's come down here several times in the last 12 years.
00:18:56Who would have brought an empty suitcase here
00:18:58and taken it back, loaded with stolen gold.
00:19:02Sean, how many times have you been to Mystery Island?
00:19:05About a handful.
00:19:06You fly privately.
00:19:11Nice way to avoid TSA.
00:19:14And what business are you in, exactly?
00:19:18Import-export.
00:19:20So the mob.
00:19:22Can I go to your room and see if you have a,
00:19:24I don't know, an empty suitcase fortified for extra weight?
00:19:33Go for it.
00:19:34Okay, if we track this code to here,
00:19:51and then, Patricia, what have you got?
00:19:53Well, it doesn't look like Morse code.
00:19:54It's the Fibonacci sequence.
00:19:55Oh.
00:19:58Has anyone ever sold a game this quickly?
00:20:01Never on the first day, only once on the second.
00:20:03And this is uncanny.
00:20:06Mrs. Trask is quite, well, she's quite something.
00:20:09Yeah.
00:20:10We worked so hard on the Red Herries
00:20:11getting the coding just right.
00:20:22What's the combination, Sean?
00:20:266-1-7.
00:20:28Lost an area code, of course.
00:20:29Well, it wasn't completely empty.
00:20:37Sean is the smuggler and likely the killer of Ricardo Rincon.
00:20:42Ha.
00:20:44Case closed.
00:20:46Well done, Ames.
00:20:47Loretta, are you involved?
00:20:58That's not Loretta.
00:20:59That's Amelia's best friend, Janie Alcott.
00:21:02The COO of Mystery Island.
00:21:04Indeed.
00:21:06Well, it's lovely to meet you all as my, uh, as my true self.
00:21:09And a hearty congratulations to Mrs. Trask for correctly solving the mystery.
00:21:14Impressive, Ains.
00:21:15The quickest solve yet, I'd say.
00:21:19She is special.
00:21:20Did she get a special prize?
00:21:22Yes.
00:21:22All game winners get a special prize, yes.
00:21:25But allow me to introduce you to Jason Trent,
00:21:29who, along with Amelia, make up our game writing team
00:21:32and took on the role of Sean.
00:21:36It's nice to meet everybody.
00:21:37Clever narrative, you two.
00:21:40We thought so.
00:21:42Why don't we all meet on the veranda for a celebratory drink?
00:21:45Sounds good.
00:21:46Yes?
00:21:57Oh, and you were all getting caught up in maps and codes,
00:22:01and I just thought, well,
00:22:03you all know the expression, follow the money.
00:22:05I'm not talking about you, money.
00:22:08Huh.
00:22:09Forgive me.
00:22:09I don't follow.
00:22:11Ainsley's nickname for me is money,
00:22:13because it's what I look after for Franklin.
00:22:16Anyway,
00:22:18Sean's big mistake
00:22:20was not figuring out a way all those years ago
00:22:22how to take the gold in one fell swoop.
00:22:25I mean,
00:22:26if you're going to rob somebody,
00:22:27don't do it a little bit at a time.
00:22:29Don't you agree, money?
00:22:30Too true, Ainsley.
00:22:33Anyway, Janie, about that partial refund.
00:22:35Ainsley, come on, please.
00:22:38There's still plenty to do
00:22:39on this gorgeous island this weekend.
00:22:42In fact, Janie, I'm so glad you're here.
00:22:44Now that the game is finished,
00:22:45I'd love to chat to you
00:22:46about a potential investment in this enterprise.
00:22:49What, from you?
00:22:50From Trash Global.
00:22:52I believe you know one of my board members.
00:22:55Piper Plunkett?
00:22:56Piper, yes.
00:22:57She's my second cousin on my mother's side.
00:23:00Well, how lovely.
00:23:02Gosh, I haven't seen her
00:23:03since her father's third wedding.
00:23:05Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:07dinner will be served
00:23:07in the dining room in one hour.
00:23:10A gentle reminder
00:23:10that we require all guests
00:23:12to be in formal wear
00:23:13for this evening's meal.
00:23:15Come on, babe.
00:23:16Let's go get ready.
00:23:23Well, that was quite unexpected.
00:23:25Ainsley solving the game in record time.
00:23:27No, no.
00:23:27Piper, my second cousin,
00:23:29being on Franklin's board.
00:23:31And yes, Ainsley as well.
00:23:34Janie,
00:23:35I want to caution you
00:23:36in the strongest language possible
00:23:37not to entertain the idea
00:23:39of bringing these people
00:23:40into the company.
00:23:41I mean, it isn't these people.
00:23:43It's a billion-dollar hedge fund.
00:23:45And I know it's managed by Franklin.
00:23:48Franklin isn't my problem.
00:23:49It's his wife.
00:23:50Yeah, I realize she can be brass.
00:23:53I don't care about that.
00:23:54I care about how she managed
00:23:56to solve our mystery so quickly.
00:24:00And I intend to find out.
00:24:07She's furious.
00:24:09Yes, well spotted, Jason.
00:24:18Ladies and gentlemen,
00:24:19please be seated.
00:24:20Oh, God.
00:24:46what are you doing meeting you like you asked why didn't you use the normal path
00:24:59well i didn't want people to know where i was going right sorry for being startled
00:25:07sorry for startling you and thanks for the meet well you can thank ainsley for that
00:25:14i don't follow is she a big mystery fan constantly reading whodunit no not at all
00:25:26but emmy i didn't come here to talk about ainsley i came here because i've made a huge mistake
00:25:33franklin if this is about us of course it's about us emmy look i um i think i married ainsley because
00:25:41i wanted to prove to myself that i still wasn't in love with you the joke's on me
00:25:49because guess what
00:25:55i'm still in love with you i knew it
00:26:02i wish i could say i was surprised
00:26:04ainsley hang on
00:26:11you okay not really but we should follow them you're being unreasonable don't gaslight me
00:26:20franklin i know what i heard what did you hear my husband professing his love for his ex
00:26:26i arranged this whole vacation to test him and you failed you're a cheat and you
00:26:35well you were just ready to fall back into his arms i did nothing of the sort and there was no cheating
00:26:41going on that's you projecting your own behavior what's that supposed to mean you don't like whodunits
00:26:45yet you solved our game in record time it's called being smart which i thought you were
00:26:50ainsley please don't do this i'm doing what needs to be done money i would like my own room tonight
00:26:57please and i'll be leaving tomorrow morning when i get back to new york i'll be filing for divorce
00:27:01and i will bleed you dry
00:27:13thanks buddy
00:27:24i should go check on ains i'm sure she'll be back to her usual self by tomorrow
00:27:30oh chap i hate to break it to you this is her real self
00:27:36you've never liked her and you're in love with her what's that supposed to mean oh please stop
00:27:41arguing this isn't helping anyone
00:27:49bennett is it possible one of your staff shared details of the mystery script with ainsley
00:27:54oh i do hope not i'll start interviewing them immediately thank you i'd be shocked if one of
00:28:01the staff sold us out like this i don't like the idea either but i am certain ainsley cheated
00:28:06i will see what bennett finds in the meantime i think we should all get some sleep
00:28:13i don't think i'll ever get used to these shifting signs as time falls through my hands
00:28:23and the ground is giving way despite my best laid plans
00:28:31it's all out of my hands
00:28:38unravelling
00:28:40unravelling
00:28:46Sorry to wake you, Emmy, but Ainsley's not in the room.
00:29:07I can't find her anywhere.
00:29:08Are you sure she's not already down at the dock waiting for the boat?
00:29:12No, she's not.
00:29:13Her bags are still in the room and I just don't...
00:29:15Franklin, you go for breakfast. We will sort this.
00:29:18Okay. Okay, thank you.
00:29:21Have you told Jenny and Jason?
00:29:23Yes. They're meeting at her room and I've got the stars searching the grounds.
00:29:26Okay. Let me get dressed and I'll meet them there.
00:29:34Toiletry's in the bathroom.
00:29:37The bed's unmade, so clearly she slept here.
00:29:40Didn't Ainsley have four pieces of luggage?
00:29:45And now there's only three.
00:29:48You're spotted, Em.
00:29:50We've searched every room and communal area in the mansion as well as the nearby grounds.
00:29:55There's no sign of her.
00:29:57We could press on to other parts of the resort.
00:29:59Let's do that.
00:30:00I want to check places we know Ainsley's bed.
00:30:03Start in the hidden hut, then the wine cellar.
00:30:05Well, everything here is as we left it.
00:30:23Should we check the basement?
00:30:25She's dead.
00:30:47The carotid artery was cut.
00:31:03Kaila was angry.
00:31:04Kaila was angry.
00:31:05Or thorough.
00:31:06Time of death.
00:31:07Mall park between 12 and 2.
00:31:10Her hand.
00:31:11Yeah, I saw that.
00:31:13It looks like an S.
00:31:15But to guess there's Spencer.
00:31:17And the only staff member is Simmons.
00:31:19I'll go and check the security camera and see what his movements were.
00:31:23Huh?
00:31:24Ray and I will go tell Franklin.
00:31:26Oh.
00:31:33Franklin, when I'm not writing murder games for Mystery Island, I'm a detective on the mainland.
00:31:37This is Ray Romero, the chief of police.
00:31:39I'm grateful to you both.
00:31:41Do you have any leads?
00:31:43I regret to inform you, Mr. Trash, Dad.
00:31:46Your wife was murdered last night.
00:31:49Murdered?
00:31:52Are you sure?
00:31:53Quite sure, sir.
00:31:55I don't, um...
00:31:58What happened?
00:31:59That's what we intend to find out.
00:32:01Where was she?
00:32:03The hidden hut.
00:32:04She was killed sometime between midnight and 2 a.m.
00:32:07This is, um...
00:32:10There's a lot to take in, I know.
00:32:12Look, I realize everyone in this room is thinking about what happened between Ainsley and I last night.
00:32:18And I want to be clear.
00:32:20I loved Ainsley.
00:32:22And absolutely would have given her the divorce if that's what she really wanted.
00:32:27And my guests and I will, um, stay here on this island until the killer's been arrested.
00:32:33We appreciate that cooperation, sir.
00:32:35I need to interview everyone here.
00:32:38Starting with Spencer?
00:32:39You, actually.
00:32:41Everyone, could I have your attention, please?
00:32:45I'm a detective and this is Ray Romero, the chief of police.
00:32:48I regret to inform you that Ainsley's been killed.
00:32:51Oh, no.
00:32:52Okay, Amelia.
00:32:53To explain what we...
00:32:54I expect Jason told you that I was engaged to Franklin nearly seven years ago.
00:33:08And Franklin gave me a note upon arriving here insisting we meet in private.
00:33:12That he told me last night that he was still in love with me, which Ainsley heard, as did Jason.
00:33:17And this led to the row that the Trasks had, her threats of divorce, etc, etc.
00:33:21Yes.
00:33:22So you understand.
00:33:23I do.
00:33:24And as Jason also knows, I was adamantly opposed to Franklin and his party coming to this island.
00:33:28It was me who ended our engagement.
00:33:31Why?
00:33:32It was a mistake.
00:33:37I was in love with Franklin at first.
00:33:40But I wasn't willing to move to New York and he certainly wasn't going to go to London.
00:33:43So we were long distance for nearly a year.
00:33:45And then he suddenly proposed, promising to relocate his business to London.
00:33:52And I accepted.
00:33:55But as the months passed, it became clear I was just another deal he needed to close.
00:33:59So I ended it.
00:34:01So why did you meet with him in secret down on the beach?
00:34:06Because I believe Ainsley cheated at the game and I had some questions I wanted to ask Franklin to help me prove it.
00:34:12Did you succeed?
00:34:14I learned she's not in the least bit interested in whodunnits.
00:34:20What do you think about this theory?
00:34:23I think Amelia's right.
00:34:27And where were you between midnight and 2am?
00:34:30Asleep.
00:34:33I had an aperitif in my room to take the edge off.
00:34:36And it did its job rather thoroughly.
00:34:39Okay.
00:34:40Well, thank you Amelia.
00:34:43I hope you understand that we can't at this time include you on this side of the table.
00:34:49Could you ask Franklin to join us?
00:34:51Of course.
00:34:52Of course.
00:35:01I had an aperitif last night as well and it did quite a number on me.
00:35:05I passed out in the chair in my room.
00:35:07I don't know why anyone would want to drug us but I need to order a few tox screens.
00:35:10Sure.
00:35:11Franklin, the police would like to talk to you in the dining room.
00:35:24Janey.
00:35:28What is it?
00:35:29I think I'm being treated as a suspect.
00:35:31Well yes, of course. I assume so given them questioning you do.
00:35:34Jealousy is a powerful motive for murder.
00:35:36I haven't seen Franklin in seven years.
00:35:38And the first day that you do you're exchanging love declarations on the beach.
00:35:40Not exchanging. It was him to me.
00:35:42Oh no, I'm darling. I don't think in a million years you had anything to do with Ainsley's murder.
00:35:46I'm just positing the kind of hypotheticals Jason is.
00:35:49Oh, Jason who knows me.
00:35:51Yes, and I don't think for a moment that Jason thinks you're the suspect either.
00:35:55But he has to do his due diligence as a detective. Wouldn't you agree?
00:35:59Yes, of course.
00:36:01I did tell Ray about my suspicions that Ainsley cheated.
00:36:05But I'm not sure he's convinced it's connected to her murder and won't pursue it.
00:36:11Then we shall.
00:36:13So there are some motives among these guests for perhaps wanting Ainsley's debt.
00:36:17Yes, starting with her husband who hardly convinced me with his stoic speech.
00:36:21Before we go there we should think about how Ainsley cheated.
00:36:25I know after her interviews Bennett said her staff were above reproach.
00:36:29But I would kind of like to search their rooms.
00:36:34Well Em, I'm COO. That's corporate property.
00:36:40I won't give you a huge impact of his death.
00:36:43It's so wonderful that it's really good for us.
00:36:45Okay, what are you doing?
00:36:46I'll be doing a good job.
00:36:48I find the best one here.
00:36:49I'll be doing a good job.
00:36:51I'm going to use the best one.
00:36:53I'll be doing a good job.
00:36:54I'm having a good job.
00:36:55I'm getting the best one for him.
00:36:57I'm just getting the best one.
00:36:59I'll be doing a good job.
00:37:00E Kitty's full suitcase.
00:37:02I can't do anything with you.
00:37:04I can't do anything with all my duties.
00:37:05It's really good for you.
00:37:06It's really good for you.
00:37:07It appears my theory was correct.
00:37:26$50,000.
00:37:27And this is likely just the payout?
00:37:29I bet Ainsley gave the same amount in advance.
00:37:32What are you doing?
00:37:37Get Jason.
00:37:46Jason?
00:37:59Amelia.
00:38:00Amelia, wake up.
00:38:04Hey.
00:38:05Hey.
00:38:07Hey.
00:38:09What's going on?
00:38:10Janie came running to tell me that you were chasing Simmons.
00:38:14Right.
00:38:16Oh!
00:38:17Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Lay back.
00:38:21Yeah, I think that might be best.
00:38:23You've got quite a knot on the back of your head.
00:38:25Did you see Simmons?
00:38:26Oh, he must have been waiting for me.
00:38:29Got behind me.
00:38:31We'll find him.
00:38:32We need to get you to the infirmary.
00:38:34I can carry you.
00:38:35Okay.
00:38:38Hang on.
00:38:43Thank you for being here.
00:38:46Of course.
00:38:47And listen, I'm sorry we had to grill you like that earlier.
00:38:52I'm sorry if I was a bit short with you.
00:38:54More with Ray.
00:38:56Do you really think I murdered the wife of my ex?
00:39:02Do you really think I think you did?
00:39:03No.
00:39:04I know you're just doing your job.
00:39:09Do you have conflicted feelings about Franklin?
00:39:12I do.
00:39:14The feelings in conflict are a great deal of pity,
00:39:17a small amount of nostalgia and confusion
00:39:20at how I ever could have said yes to marrying him.
00:39:23I can think of a few reasons someone would marry the guy,
00:39:26but I don't think you care about those reasons.
00:39:29You know me well.
00:39:32I think I can stand up now.
00:39:34Go slow.
00:39:40Oh, the suitcase and money in Simmons' room.
00:39:43Janie and Ray are taking care of that.
00:39:44I was thinking it was the payout.
00:39:46We'll definitely check to see if Simmons opened an offshore account
00:39:48in the last month where Ainsley could have wired the advance,
00:39:51but it looks like you were right.
00:39:53She's so competitive she spent a hundred grand to win a game.
00:39:55I think it's more than competition.
00:39:57I think she wanted to prove to Franklin that she's smarter than me.
00:40:00She knew Franklin was still in love with you.
00:40:02If she spent all that money just to hear him declare that love to you,
00:40:05then maybe she went to Simmons and asked for her money back.
00:40:08And perhaps he refused.
00:40:09She threatened him and he killed her.
00:40:11Are you going to bring more police over to search for him?
00:40:14I think a better use of manpower is to shut down the dock
00:40:16so he can't get off the island.
00:40:18He didn't plan for this.
00:40:19He'll get hungry and thirsty soon enough then surface.
00:40:22Now I don't know why anyone drugged our aperitif.
00:40:25Our aperitifs?
00:40:26Yeah.
00:40:27I had mine last night.
00:40:28Same reaction.
00:40:29I fell asleep way too fast.
00:40:30I have Ray running talk screen.
00:40:32You ready to head back?
00:40:34We'll get a few more suspects to interview.
00:40:36I'm happy to help with that.
00:40:38I'm sure you are, but technically you're still a suspect.
00:40:40Of course.
00:40:41So if you and Janie want to continue your investigation...
00:40:44We just might.
00:40:45Just don't chase him into the jungle, okay?
00:40:49Look straight ahead.
00:40:53Hello?
00:41:00Good news is you're not concussed.
00:41:05For the headache.
00:41:06And you need to rest.
00:41:08Thank you, Rosie.
00:41:09You're welcome.
00:41:12So, to your room.
00:41:13Oh.
00:41:14I'm not resting.
00:41:15There's a killer among us.
00:41:17But...
00:41:18Simmons?
00:41:19I'm not convinced it was him.
00:41:22So...
00:41:23So...
00:41:25Jason and Ray are doing interviews.
00:41:26We should do our own.
00:41:28Are we?
00:41:30Look.
00:41:31I watch a lot of true crime.
00:41:33And I know the husband is always suspect numero uno.
00:41:36Okay?
00:41:37But I'm telling you.
00:41:38Franklin isn't a good guy.
00:41:39Okay?
00:41:40He's a great guy.
00:41:41Yet, you left his company a month ago.
00:41:44That had nothing to do with Franklin, man.
00:41:48What'd it have to do with?
00:41:50Hingsley!
00:41:51She wanted me out.
00:41:52So I got out.
00:41:54Look, before you go thinking that's a motive,
00:41:56I make a ton of money in my endorsements.
00:41:58And now I got more time for Patricia.
00:41:59So it's all good.
00:42:00Why would Ainsley want you out?
00:42:01I mean...
00:42:02Look, I don't want to speak ill about the dead.
00:42:04Okay?
00:42:05But she was a controlling monster.
00:42:09But look, the NFL is full of people like her, okay?
00:42:11No biggie.
00:42:12Where were you between midnight and 2am?
00:42:14Passed out.
00:42:15Me and Patricia both.
00:42:16Jet lag, I guess.
00:42:18Hey, listen.
00:42:19Frankie said that Ainsley paid up a member of staff to cheat the game.
00:42:22Was it that Simmons guy?
00:42:24Why would you think that?
00:42:25Well, you know, suddenly he's not around.
00:42:28Bet he's gotta be top of the suspect list, right?
00:42:40Franklin?
00:42:44How you doing?
00:42:45Honestly, we wrung out.
00:42:48Your detective friend asked me about a prenup.
00:42:51Which, of course, we had.
00:42:53Ainsley was bluffing when she threatened to believe me financially in her divorce.
00:42:57Is that typical of her? Bluffing?
00:42:59Well, she's a corporate lawyer. It's what she does.
00:43:02Did.
00:43:05Every day.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:11No, don't apologize. Please.
00:43:13It's just I know I told you my marriage was a mistake.
00:43:16That doesn't mean I didn't care about her.
00:43:19And it's hard not to think that one of the people I brought here is responsible.
00:43:24Franklin.
00:43:25It seems that Em was correct.
00:43:28Ainsley was cheating at the game.
00:43:30I was thinking about that.
00:43:31Ainsley came down here to the mainland a few weeks ago.
00:43:34Supposedly to see a client, but now I'm not sure.
00:43:37It does appear that she was paying one of our staff quite a lot of money.
00:43:41Well, there you go.
00:43:44Why?
00:43:45Why would she want to win so badly?
00:43:47To humiliate the game's author?
00:43:49And humiliate me?
00:43:50She's been trying to do that since my honeymoon was over.
00:43:53That's why she brought Mickey with us.
00:43:56I'm pretty sure they're having an affair.
00:43:58I told Detective Trent.
00:44:00Where is Mickey?
00:44:02I think he's just going to talk to the detectives.
00:44:06Thanks, Franklin.
00:44:14I'm not comfortable breaking into a guest room.
00:44:16You're not breaking in.
00:44:23We're just going in there to retrieve my property.
00:44:29I can't.
00:44:30I can't.
00:44:31Well, I'm going in.
00:44:38Ainsley and I were high school sweethearts.
00:44:40We split up freshman year of college.
00:44:43It was her idea.
00:44:44And I hadn't seen her for years until our class reunion last year.
00:44:48Then a month after that I was in New York for a conference and we connected.
00:44:51She just got back from her honeymoon.
00:44:53How did you see?
00:44:54Usual.
00:44:56Intense.
00:44:57Driven.
00:44:58Funny.
00:44:59Like ten steps ahead of everyone else.
00:45:03How many times did you see her after that?
00:45:05A few.
00:45:06And your relationship was strictly platonic.
00:45:11Why would you ask that?
00:45:13Ainsley is, was totally committed to her husband.
00:45:20She seems so ready to divorce him.
00:45:26Ains was the president of the theater club in high school.
00:45:29She's a drama queen.
00:45:31I figured she and Franklin would kiss and make up.
00:45:34Where were you last night between midnight and two?
00:45:37I went to my room around 11.
00:45:39I tried to finish my book, but I nodded off pretty fast.
00:45:46Thank you, Mickey.
00:45:48Vivica.
00:45:49Can we chat?
00:45:50Of course, detective.
00:45:51I was hoping there'd be a tranche of love letters between him and Ainsley.
00:45:53I was hoping there'd be a tranche of love letters between him and Ainsley.
00:46:14I was hoping there'd be a tranche of love letters between him and Ainsley.
00:46:22Well, this isn't that, but it is quite curious.
00:46:27John's book?
00:46:28He's probably borrowed it from our library.
00:46:30No, this is Mickey's personal copy.
00:46:33And it's quite annotated.
00:46:34It's quite annotated.
00:47:04We need to follow him.
00:47:05He's going to commit another murder.
00:47:08I'm just devastated.
00:47:09We need to follow him. He's going to commit another murder.
00:47:28I'm just devastated. I adored Ainsley. She was a real ally on the
00:47:39company board. Were you friends outside of work? But she had that nickname for you.
00:47:47Money? Detective, you must be assuming that that is derogatory. In our world it's
00:47:56really quite the compliment. Can you imagine why anyone would want to do this to her?
00:48:00No. I'm sorry to ask but where were you between midnight
00:48:09and two. Ah. I rarely make you past 11.
00:48:16I think it's a mess. No it's not. It's okay. No it's not okay. He's dead. He's stuck on his
00:48:18island. I think it's a mess. No it's not. No it's not okay. He's dead. He's stuck on his
00:48:25island. He's stuck that way. No I am old. I'm old. I'm old.
00:48:32I've got Mickey. I've got Miki. I've got Miki.
00:48:39I've got Miki.
00:48:46I've got Miki.
00:48:47I've got Miki.
00:48:48Hello? Hello? Hello?
00:48:54Is there anyone in there? Can I help you? I wanted to turn this in.
00:49:01You make sure it's not the murder weapon. We'll take a look. Thank you.
00:50:06I mean Ainsley was totally brilliant but she was a horrible person. I tried being a good
00:50:12sister to her but she's zero time for me so whatever I moved on.
00:50:17Were you upset when she forced Spencer out of Franklin's company?
00:50:20How did Spencer tell you that? Who runs the company?
00:50:24So you're saying Franklin forced out his own brother?
00:50:27I'm saying he brought Spencer in there because NFL players are a big deal.
00:50:31They get people excited right? Which is what Spencer was doing.
00:50:34But then Franklin comes to Spencer and says he believes he's trying to edge Franklin out of his own company.
00:50:39Which Spencer was totally not doing. Obviously. Even though he's totally smart and could do it.
00:50:44And Spencer would maybe be upset with me for telling you this but I was furious with Franklin for a minute there.
00:50:51I mean I could have killed him. Literally. But I calmed down.
00:50:57Spencer always says family first so anyway all good now.
00:51:02Except Ainsley being murdered.
00:51:05Except that.
00:51:06But he was just a suit for the reality to be discovered.
00:51:09And what in the life he's called Leonardo talked about.
00:51:10Who's that?
00:51:11Oh my god.
00:51:13Who's he!
00:51:14Who's he.
00:51:16Who's he?
00:51:17Who's the ilerj.
00:51:19Who's he!
00:51:20Who's the ilerj.
00:51:27Who's this beach road Mommy?
00:51:28There you are.
00:51:37So, I tailed Vivica back here where she met up with Franklin
00:51:41and gave him a very familiar shoulder massage.
00:51:45How did he receive it?
00:51:47Quite comfortably.
00:51:49And then he poured them some wine and they went up to his room.
00:51:53I noticed them being comfortable yesterday.
00:51:56Hey, what about Mickey?
00:51:58Well, he went to the Hidden Hutt.
00:52:00What are you joking?
00:52:02Isn't that where the forensics people are?
00:52:04Yes, they are.
00:52:05Which is why he went.
00:52:06He turned in.
00:52:09He turned in the knife.
00:52:12Or the one he threatened Vivica with.
00:52:15I'm not sure he was threatening her.
00:52:18He most certainly was threatening her.
00:52:20Think about his body language.
00:52:22He backed away from her.
00:52:23He held the knife low and close to himself
00:52:25and then he bolted from her.
00:52:27After shouting that she owed him.
00:52:30He actually said,
00:52:31I'm owed.
00:52:31Which, not to be a language obsessive,
00:52:33doesn't necessarily mean Vivica's the one who owes him
00:52:35whatever he feels like he's owed.
00:52:38Fair point.
00:52:40Miss Criminal Psychiatrist.
00:52:41That's the doctor, Miss Criminal Psychiatrist, please.
00:52:46Okay, so he handed in the knife and then what?
00:52:49He went to the beach and looked at the ocean.
00:52:52Is he still there?
00:52:54I don't know.
00:52:55While I was watching him, I had a thought,
00:52:57so I went and got his murder book.
00:52:59And look what I found among the annotations.
00:53:03Even an amateur, a person utterly unskilled at murder
00:53:06can walk up to a seated person from behind
00:53:08with a sharp four-inch blade
00:53:09and cut their carotid artery as easy as slicing a lemon.
00:53:14Ray said that Ainsley's carotid art
00:53:16is what the killer cut.
00:53:18But this is hardly proof we can take to Jason.
00:53:23Yeah, you're right.
00:53:25We need to get back to our murder board
00:53:26and think this all through.
00:53:36Now, I know it's a cliche,
00:53:38but before Mickey's book,
00:53:39I was thinking that Franklin was the prime suspect
00:53:41and his motive was to get out of his marriage.
00:53:45Do you think he's capable of murder?
00:53:49Every human being is capable of murder,
00:53:51given the right circumstances,
00:53:52but I'm not sure these are them for Franklin.
00:53:54Right.
00:53:55OK, so pivoting to our second suspect, Mickey,
00:53:59who was studying how to cut a carotid artery.
00:54:02What if he was still in love with Ainsley
00:54:05the same way that Franklin is still in love with you?
00:54:08Ainsley threatens divorce.
00:54:09Mickey goes to Ainsley, professes his love.
00:54:11But she rejects him and he kills her.
00:54:14Extreme, but possible.
00:54:16We also need to know what he's owed.
00:54:17Oh, definitely.
00:54:19And Spencer, who is clear on his dislike of Ainsley,
00:54:21is our third suspect.
00:54:23And fourth suspect...
00:54:25Is obviously Simmons.
00:54:27He was being paid by Ainsley to help her cheat.
00:54:33Maybe she didn't pay him the second half
00:54:35after everything blew up and he killed her for the money.
00:54:39That's a big maybe.
00:54:40We also know he was in his room from midnight until 2am.
00:54:44Speaking of which, did I tell you I fell asleep crazy fast last night?
00:54:48Apparently Jason did too,
00:54:49so he's running toxicology on the aperitif syndrome.
00:54:51Oh, and I also fell asleep uncommonly early,
00:54:54having drunk my aperitif.
00:54:55Really?
00:54:56Yes, what if this was the murderer
00:54:58putting the three investigative geniuses on the island
00:55:01out of commission so that the murder could be committed?
00:55:03Well, Jason needs to test my aperitif as well.
00:55:06Okay, well someone would have had to have stolen a passkey
00:55:08from housekeeping.
00:55:10That's hardly impossible.
00:55:11And gotten into our rooms yesterday evening
00:55:12to spike the drinks.
00:55:15Oh.
00:55:22Janie, Ray and I are ready to talk to you.
00:55:24Oh yes, of course.
00:55:25I'm making headway?
00:55:26And some.
00:55:27Anything you can share?
00:55:29Nothing I can share.
00:55:30Of course.
00:55:31I'm glad you all are doing this
00:55:33and not chasing people through the jungle.
00:55:35Janie thinks her drink might have been spiked too.
00:55:37The aperitif?
00:55:38Yes.
00:55:39We're testing the residue from all the glasses.
00:55:42Janie.
00:55:46You back him?
00:55:56Ah.
00:56:01Are you busy?
00:56:07Just get out of the bath.
00:56:09Come on in.
00:56:11I'll just pop to the loo while you get dressed.
00:56:13All right.
00:56:22All right.
00:56:35I'm coming.
00:56:54So, what's up?
00:57:05I was wondering if I could show you my favorite place on the island to look at the night sky.
00:57:09Yeah, sounds great.
00:57:11So, how did Mrs. Strask communicate with you prior to this weekend?
00:57:18All via email, which made it much easier to appear incognito as Loretta Mabry, archaeologist from California.
00:57:29Do you like the accent?
00:57:31Impressive.
00:57:32Janie, in any of those communications, did Ainsley ask for an employee list?
00:57:36Yes, in fact, she did.
00:57:39Are you thinking that's how she got to Simmons?
00:57:42Yeah.
00:57:43She just said she had security concerns and that she was paying VIP prices, so I gave a fist.
00:57:50But, as I said to her, none of our employees have a criminal record.
00:57:55That is true, but we learned from Bennett that Simmons' sister is a single mother battling cancer.
00:58:00He started an online fundraising campaign for her about a month ago.
00:58:04So that might be his motive for selling secrets to Ainsley?
00:58:08I believe it is.
00:58:10Well, suddenly I'm feeling terribly for Simmons.
00:58:23Wow.
00:58:24Lovely.
00:58:25It is lovely.
00:58:26Hard to believe this is where I found the corpse of Mystery Island's founder.
00:58:30Gosh, Amy, that must have been awful.
00:58:32Not my first time seeing a corpse.
00:58:35Right.
00:58:36Of course.
00:58:37Well, today was my first day.
00:58:40Identifying her body.
00:58:44Why'd you bring me up here, Amy?
00:58:47Amy?
00:58:51You know, nobody's called me that since...
00:58:52Since you broke up our engagement?
00:58:56Are you trying to dodge the question?
00:58:58I brought you up here to what I thought you'd think was a decidedly romantic locale.
00:59:04But is, in fact, for me, something quite the opposite.
00:59:07Ah.
00:59:08Okay, so this is an object lesson in how incompatible we are.
00:59:13I said I didn't want you to come to Mystery Island, but a part of me did want to see you again because I wanted closure and I wish you could admit that you need that too because you are not in love with me.
00:59:28Did you forget what I told you on the beach?
00:59:30You know, and I'd like to know why that happened, but here's the thing.
00:59:35If you're so in love with me, why wait for your wife to bring you to my place of work and then make your move?
00:59:43Yeah.
00:59:44It's a good question, isn't it?
00:59:47I have a reply.
00:59:50I believe you wanted Ainsley to see you with me. I think you told her you were going for a walk on the beach.
00:59:56I think it might have been Ainsley who was no longer in love with you, who no longer adored you.
01:00:06I've been thinking a lot about our relationship, about why it remained transatlantic for so long.
01:00:11Our jobs?
01:00:14No, that's the surface answer.
01:00:17The deeper one is...
01:00:21Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
01:00:24So you're speaking in cliches now?
01:00:26There are only cliches because they're true.
01:00:29I think you liked the distance because it allowed me to keep adoring you and you want to be adored, Franklin.
01:00:36Okay, Emmy.
01:00:39So tell me then.
01:00:43Did I kill Ainsley?
01:00:47I mean, that's the deeper reason why you brought me up here, isn't it?
01:00:52To press my buttons.
01:00:54See how I respond.
01:00:56See if I fit into your psychological profile for my wife's killer.
01:01:00Did you kill Ainsley?
01:01:03I loved Ainsley.
01:01:05And I believe...
01:01:09I'm still in love with you.
01:01:11But you're right.
01:01:13I absolutely love to be adored.
01:01:16But I did not kill my wife.
01:01:19Do you believe me?
01:01:20Help!
01:01:21Help!
01:01:22Help me!
01:01:23Mr. Trask!
01:01:24Stop that!
01:01:25You're right.
01:01:26I absolutely love to be adored.
01:01:28But I did not kill my wife.
01:01:30Do you believe me?
01:01:32Help!
01:01:34Help!
01:01:35Help me!
01:01:37Mr. Trask!
01:01:38Stop that!
01:01:39Help!
01:01:40Help!
01:01:42Help!
01:01:43Help!
01:01:45Help me!
01:01:47Mr. Trask!
01:01:48Mr. Trask!
01:01:49Stop that!
01:01:50Spencer!
01:01:51Buddy, enough!
01:01:52Okay, okay, I'm good.
01:01:53Is he alright?
01:01:54I think not.
01:01:55He needs to go to the infirmary.
01:01:56What are you doing?
01:01:57What am I doing?
01:01:58This guy killed your wife!
01:01:59We don't know that.
01:02:00Yeah?
01:02:01Well, you also didn't know what I know.
01:02:03The rats always go back to their homes.
01:02:05So me and Patricia waited for him.
01:02:06He was trying to sneak back in.
01:02:07Is that true?
01:02:08Of course it is.
01:02:09Spencer doesn't lie.
01:02:11He grabbed him and told him to go confess to you for killing Ainsley.
01:02:14He said he didn't kill Ainsley.
01:02:16I was like, then why'd you go on the run?
01:02:17And then he actually tried to headbutt Spencer.
01:02:20We have security cameras in the dorm hallway.
01:02:22We know Simmons was in his room from midnight to two.
01:02:24Aw, he could have snuck back in that window.
01:02:26He's got a point.
01:02:27He does.
01:02:28But Spencer, not only are you a suspect, you were under arrest for assault.
01:02:32Are you joking?
01:02:33Patricia, I'm investigating a homicide and your husband is interfering with that investigation.
01:02:37Do I need to put these on you or you come in peacefully with me back to the jail?
01:02:42Yeah, no need, man.
01:02:44Come on.
01:02:45I think Jason needs our help.
01:02:46We need to show him Mickey's book.
01:02:47Yeah.
01:02:48Well, be prepared to face this wrath when we tell him how we got it.
01:02:49Wrath I can handle.
01:02:50But we need to solve this case before somebody else winds up it.
01:02:52Hey.
01:02:53How's he doing?
01:02:54How's he doing?
01:02:55Stable, but not talking yet.
01:02:56Hey.
01:02:57Well, be prepared to face his wrath when we tell him how we got it.
01:03:01Wrath I can handle.
01:03:04But we need to solve this case before somebody else winds up with it.
01:03:21Hey.
01:03:23How's he doing?
01:03:24Stable, but not talking yet. What's up?
01:03:26Can we talk?
01:03:27Of course.
01:03:32I spoke with Franklin earlier. I wanted to see if I could get him to tell me the truth.
01:03:35About Ainsley or about you?
01:03:37Both. And about himself.
01:03:39How'd he do?
01:03:40Well, with most people, the tell that they're lying is a gesture of obfuscation.
01:03:45Yeah, playing with their hair, fidgeting.
01:03:48Exactly. But with Franklin, the tell that he's lying is he doesn't seem to be obfuscating at all.
01:03:52He just looks at you with the most penetrating gaze.
01:03:55So he's a sociopath?
01:03:57Yeah.
01:03:57I don't think so, no. Just a man of profound conviction.
01:04:00And he did this penetrating gaze thing when he was telling you what?
01:04:04That he was in love with Ainsley. And with me.
01:04:07So you think?
01:04:08Franklin's always had one true love, himself.
01:04:11But I don't think he killed Ainsley.
01:04:14What do you think did?
01:04:15Well, Janie thinks Mickey's a strong candidate. The knife he gave to forensics.
01:04:19How do you know about that?
01:04:20Uh, we saw him in the jungle meeting with Vivica.
01:04:27Amelia.
01:04:28We kept a safe distance, but they were arguing about something.
01:04:31What?
01:04:32Well, it was hard to hear because we were keeping a safe distance, but he did shout,
01:04:35I'm owed. And then he showed her this knife which concerned me.
01:04:38So I followed him to the hut and I saw him turn it in.
01:04:40There was no blood on it, but we're having to check for DNA and prints.
01:04:44Okay. Well, he's also been reading this.
01:04:47And how did you come about this?
01:04:48Does that matter?
01:04:49For a chain of custody in a trial, it certainly does.
01:04:52Well, we can discuss that later, but you see all the notations?
01:04:56Well, he's a school teacher. Maybe it's his first class.
01:04:59He teaches biology, not creative writing. And look at this passage.
01:05:03Cut their carotid artery as easy as slicing a lemon.
01:05:08Yeah.
01:05:09Oh, also, there's a prescription for Ainsley for Tamazapan, the sleeping medication,
01:05:13in Franklin's bathroom.
01:05:14Well, how do you...
01:05:15Well, I was using his bathroom and I searched his toiletries.
01:05:19It was definitely Ainsley's.
01:05:20Definitely. I'm thinking of our aperitifs.
01:05:22Yeah, me too. We'll know for a fact in the morning.
01:05:28What?
01:05:30Even when we're not working together, you deliver.
01:05:33Well, I do have Janie. She might be a bit of an investigative upgrade.
01:05:37Are you trying to make me jealous?
01:05:38Is it working?
01:05:40Really well.
01:05:45I don't know.
01:05:49Em.
01:05:51Did you just call me Em?
01:05:54I did. Janie calls you that all the time. Is it a problem?
01:05:57Quite the contrary.
01:05:59Good.
01:06:00Yeah.
01:06:02So what is it?
01:06:03Oh, uh, Ray got back to me with the toxicology reports.
01:06:07Janie, you and I all had our aperitifs spiked, which means you are no longer a suspect.
01:06:11And Frank is your prime suspect. I'll go fetch him.
01:06:14Meet me in the dining room. No one's in there right now.
01:06:20Have you had a breakthrough?
01:06:21Of sorts.
01:06:22Well, what's that mean?
01:06:24Have a seat.
01:06:25I'm fine standing.
01:06:27Sit down.
01:06:31Are you...
01:06:31Dr. Priestley's consulting on the case.
01:06:33Okay then.
01:06:36So what's this about?
01:06:39These sleeping pills prescribed your wife were not found with her things in her room.
01:06:44They were found in your dop kit in your room.
01:06:46You were spying on me.
01:06:48Franklin, I want to catch your wife's killer.
01:06:50And you think it's me?
01:06:51Why were these in your room?
01:06:52What does it matter?
01:06:54Ainsley didn't die from an overdose of sleeping pills.
01:06:56It's interesting that you're not answering my question.
01:06:59What do those pills have to do with their murder?
01:07:01Answer the question, Franklin.
01:07:03Actually, I don't think I will.
01:07:06I think I'm going back to my room.
01:07:08I want your outside landline so I can call my lawyer and a pilot to my plane.
01:07:12Franklin.
01:07:13You've been manipulating me since I got here.
01:07:15That's projection.
01:07:17This is not the behavior of an innocent man.
01:07:19It's the behavior of an annoyed man.
01:07:22Now I'm going to talk to Vivica.
01:07:23And we're going to hire the best private detectives in New York to come down here and do your job for you.
01:07:29I'll be here tomorrow along with my lawyers who will have my brother released.
01:07:34I am done cooperating.
01:07:38They're not alone.
01:07:39Better call Ray and let him know what happened.
01:07:41I doubt the others will talk to us now either.
01:07:43Mickey might.
01:07:45We just have to get him alone.
01:07:45Now.
01:07:46And do what?
01:07:47Employ a psychological technique to get him to tell us about what he's owed.
01:07:51What is this psychological technique?
01:07:53It's called bluffing.
01:08:02Has something happened?
01:08:03Why?
01:08:03Franklin just charged into the game room, grabbed Vivica and left.
01:08:08The investigation may have taken a turn.
01:08:10Is Mickey with them?
01:08:11Yeah, he's still in there with Patricia.
01:08:12I don't feel like being accosted about Spencer.
01:08:15Could you grab him for us, Bennett?
01:08:16That's right away.
01:08:18So, how do we bluff?
01:08:20I had a thought.
01:08:22Would you like to share it before he...
01:08:23Mickey!
01:08:25Um, would you like to take a stroll with us?
01:08:27Um...
01:08:29Let's go this way.
01:08:31So, I'm supporting Detective Trent in his investigation now.
01:08:35Oh, that's good.
01:08:36Yes, it is.
01:08:38And I just wanted to tell you that I'm sympathetic to what you're going through.
01:08:42Not just for the loss of Ainsley, but also for Vivica betraying your trust.
01:08:48She told you?
01:08:48Hmm, she seemed quite upset because according to her, it was all your idea.
01:08:56That's a lie.
01:08:56Vivica approached me.
01:08:59Well, you know, she thinks you believe she owes you.
01:09:02Because she does?
01:09:05Okay, maybe to her, to all these people, it's not a lot of money, but to me it is.
01:09:08She said ten?
01:09:09Ten?
01:09:10No, it's 25 grand, and I can prove that.
01:09:13We have a contract.
01:09:15Did you remind her of that contract?
01:09:17She said it's not valid because I didn't get Ainsley to fall in love with me.
01:09:24Right.
01:09:25You know, Vivica didn't actually tell us why she wanted Ainsley to fall in love with you.
01:09:30Because Vivica's in love with Franklin.
01:09:34You can't make me go!
01:09:36We cannot go!
01:09:37Let me go!
01:09:38Calm down!
01:09:39What is happening?
01:09:40These heartless monsters want to go back to New York and leave Spencer in your jail.
01:09:43We're sending lawyers down!
01:09:45You think you can buy your way out of anything?
01:09:47Stop.
01:09:48We may not be pressing charges.
01:09:50When I left Simmons, he was stable.
01:09:51Bennett, how is he now?
01:09:53He's much better.
01:09:53He's managed a few words, but the nurse says he needs to rest a bit more.
01:09:56That's good news.
01:09:57When can I see him?
01:09:58I'd say in an hour.
01:09:59I'll have a conversation with him, which will quite possibly result in Spencer being released.
01:10:03Franklin, we have to stay.
01:10:05You have one hour.
01:10:12Jason and I were hoping to talk to you about your contract with Mickey.
01:10:16You told them about our contract.
01:10:22You told them about our contract.
01:10:24Oh, Mickey.
01:10:27Yes, let's chat.
01:10:35Yes.
01:10:37The contract was for Mickey to get Ainsley to fall in love with him.
01:10:43He got $25,000 on signing
01:10:45and would receive the second half when Ainsley left Franklin.
01:10:50Yesterday, you told me you and Ainsley were friends.
01:10:53We are.
01:10:55We're.
01:10:56That's how I knew about Mickey.
01:10:58And you didn't think to tell me about this contract.
01:11:00It has no relevance to Ainsley's murder.
01:11:02That is for me to decide.
01:11:06It's obviously, it's quite embarrassing.
01:11:10You really did all this because you're in love with Franklin?
01:11:12Mickey told you everything.
01:11:17It's quite ironic I'm speaking to you about this who threw away the most wonderful man in the world.
01:11:22And still he travels thousands of miles just to see you again.
01:11:25I've seen the way you two look at each other.
01:11:30Don't tell me you don't know what it's like to be attracted to a work colleague.
01:11:33And then Amelia, imagine Detective Trent here. He, he gets married to someone you think is impressive and likeable.
01:11:44But she's not you, is she?
01:11:45And then imagine you find a way to just change things.
01:11:50Murder would also be a way to do that.
01:11:53Of course it would.
01:11:57But then why would I bother to sign a contract with Mickey?
01:12:01And anyway, I didn't need Mickey to get Ainsley to leave Franklin.
01:12:05I needed you.
01:12:11Now, if that is all, I have some calls to make on the landline regarding private detectives we're hiring.
01:12:17Of course.
01:12:27Hard to argue that if she wanted Ainsley to leave Franklin.
01:12:30She had no motive for murder.
01:12:31Janie and I both noticed her being quite touchy-feely with him.
01:12:34Yeah, it tracks, but I don't know. These people are...
01:12:37Twisted?
01:12:39Yeah.
01:12:40That was clever what she did trying to turn it around on us.
01:12:43Very clever.
01:12:45And she's not wrong.
01:12:47If you got engaged again, I might try to end it.
01:12:53Doctor's given the all clear. You can see Simmons now.
01:13:02Hey.
01:13:05I was just telling Simmons that we know what he did for his sister.
01:13:08Hold on, Janie.
01:13:11Simmons, you need to tell us what you did.
01:13:15I gave Ainsley to ask the answer to the game you guys wrote in exchange for a hundred grand.
01:13:21To pay his sister's medical bills. Which, Simmons, you really should have come to us about that.
01:13:26I appreciate that, but Jason, I swear I had nothing to do with her murder.
01:13:32When's the last time you were with Ainsley?
01:13:36Before dinner. Friday.
01:13:39She gave me the money and the pills.
01:13:40Pills?
01:13:43Did Ainsley have you drug the aperitifs in our three rooms?
01:13:45I'd put the pills in everyone's drinks.
01:13:51Well, everyone except Ainsley and someone else.
01:14:08We're closing game on an hour.
01:14:10I'm aware of that, Mr. Trask.
01:14:12They're just tying up some loose ends.
01:14:13All right, then. We're leaving in two minutes and we'll be heading down to the dock.
01:14:16Without Spencer?
01:14:17Patricia, we agreed an hour.
01:14:20And Spencer has no one else to blame but himself.
01:14:22Patricia!
01:14:24Spencer!
01:14:25Hey, honey.
01:14:28Did you miss me?
01:14:31Hey, great news. They've decided not to press charges.
01:14:34Terrific. We're going now.
01:14:39Hey, Frankie, hold up.
01:14:41Simmons.
01:14:42Look, I, uh...
01:14:46I'm real sorry for losing my temper.
01:14:47I guess we both made mistakes.
01:14:49It takes a big man to admit that.
01:14:53Tough one, too.
01:14:53I gotta tell you, I hurt my hand there.
01:14:55You're made of steel.
01:14:56I appreciate that.
01:14:57That's very gracious, Simmons.
01:14:59I'm glad you're okay.
01:14:59Now, we are leaving.
01:15:02Don't go, Franklin.
01:15:13Not until we've told you who the murderer is.
01:15:14Is this some stall tactic?
01:15:24Not at all.
01:15:25And I promise if you stay, you'll get your money's worth.
01:15:28Yeah, because that's what this whole weekend has been about, after all.
01:15:31Not love.
01:15:33Money.
01:15:34Franklin, this really isn't worth your time.
01:15:36We need to...
01:15:37Hang on, dear.
01:15:37Amy, what do you mean this weekend's been about money?
01:15:41Janie?
01:15:42Right.
01:15:44Well, as you know, Ainsley reached out to me with a plan for you all to come down here.
01:15:48Now, the one requirement was that Amelia be on site and included.
01:15:52So it seemed obvious that Ainsley wanted you, Franklin, to be reconnected with your former
01:15:57love to ensure that you weren't still holding a flame for her.
01:16:01And when Ainsley won the game by cheating, this seemed it was to prove to you that she,
01:16:05your current love, was better than me.
01:16:07We thought maybe a flame had been rekindled between Ainsley and her high school sweetheart,
01:16:12Mickey.
01:16:12But then we learned that Mickey had been hired by Vivica to woo Ainsley away from you because,
01:16:17according to Vivica, she's in love with you.
01:16:21Whoa.
01:16:22Excuse me?
01:16:25Viv, is this...
01:16:26Not how I wanted you to learn it, Franklin.
01:16:28So it's true?
01:16:31Mickey?
01:16:32Yeah, it's true.
01:16:38Franklin, I'd really rather prefer to discuss this on the flight home.
01:16:41We'll get there, believe me.
01:16:44Continue, please.
01:16:48Love is obviously one of the biggest motives for murder, but when we questioned Vivica,
01:16:51she ably disproved that she could have killed Ainsley.
01:16:54I'm glad you agree.
01:16:57And you were so close.
01:16:59She gave you that complimentary nickname, money.
01:17:02And money is the other top motive for murder.
01:17:04So what if that was the motive for Ainsley's murder?
01:17:06Not the $50,000 that Vivica was paying Mickey.
01:17:09Or the $100,000 Ainsley paid Simmons.
01:17:11I mean, to most of you, those numbers are just rounding errors.
01:17:15But to commit murder, there needed to be a much bigger prize at the end.
01:17:19Yeah.
01:17:20Like Trask Global.
01:17:23My company.
01:17:25Do you remember what Ainsley said about our fictitious gold smuggler?
01:17:29If you're going to rob someone, don't do it a bit at a time.
01:17:32Don't you agree, money?
01:17:33Ainsley was right.
01:17:38The character I was playing would have been smart to find a way to take all the money in one fell swoop.
01:17:43Which is what would have happened if someone had forced Franklin out of his own company
01:17:48and taken control of Trask Global for over a billion dollars.
01:17:51Hey, whoa, Frankie, I swear I did not try to do that.
01:17:53Even if Spencer had been angling to take over Franklin's company months ago.
01:17:57Uh-uh, Spencer wasn't.
01:17:58We know he didn't kill Ainsley.
01:18:01He was fast asleep.
01:18:02Where were you between midnight and 2am?
01:18:04Passed out.
01:18:06Me and Patricia both.
01:18:07In fact, many people had a hard time staying awake that night, including Jason, Janie, and myself.
01:18:13Because they were drugged with Tamazepam.
01:18:16Toxicology confirmed it.
01:18:18Naturally, we thought the killer drugged us to keep us out of the way so the murder could be committed.
01:18:22But in quite a stunning twist, it wasn't the killer who drugged us, it was the murder victim.
01:18:26Which the killer wouldn't have known, of course.
01:18:29And Simmons clarified that Ainsley didn't just pay him to give away the plot of the game.
01:18:33She paid him to drug all the drinks in our room.
01:18:35All of them, but one person's.
01:18:39Vivica.
01:18:43Are you serious?
01:18:45Yeah, they're serious.
01:18:47Ainsley had me drug all the drinks except for hers and yours.
01:18:53Well, I don't see how this matters.
01:18:55It matters because it means that Ainsley was planning on meeting with you after midnight,
01:18:59when Bennett, Simmons, and the rest of the staff were in their rooms,
01:19:01and when all the guests were sleeping a deep, deep sleep.
01:19:04I was sleeping too.
01:19:05Simmons has no motive for lying.
01:19:07While we were at dinner, he drugged everyone's apartheid,
01:19:10then put the Tamazepam back into Franklin and Ainsley's room.
01:19:14Before their fight and before Ainsley moved rooms.
01:19:16But he mistakenly put the pill bottle back in Franklin's doggy.
01:19:20Ainsley had Simmons do this because she wanted complete privacy when she presented you with a
01:19:25contract that would pay her what we can only imagine is a very large sum of money for her vote.
01:19:31You weren't in love with Franklin. You wanted to take over his company.
01:19:36And you spent months wooing board members away from Franklin.
01:19:40And then you got rid of Spencer and pinned that on Ainsley.
01:19:43This is an absurd fantasy.
01:19:45But it isn't though.
01:19:46But don't you remember my second cousin is on your board, Piper Plunkett?
01:19:50She just told me all this on the phone before I walked in here.
01:19:52You needed one more vote to force Franklin out.
01:19:55You tried to hire Mickey to get leverage over Ainsley, but that failed.
01:19:58Ainsley didn't love Mickey.
01:20:01Ainsley didn't love Franklin either.
01:20:02Ainsley loved money.
01:20:04And once you understood that, you knew what to do.
01:20:07But then something must have happened.
01:20:09Did Ainsley change the deal at the last minute?
01:20:12Did she want more money than money was willing to pay?
01:20:15And if money didn't pay, Ainsley would simply tell Franklin what money had been up to.
01:20:19Ainsley out-negotiated money.
01:20:21That's what Ainsley was trying to write.
01:20:22It's not an S. It's the beginnings of a dollar sign.
01:20:25Ainsley was trying to tell us that her killer was money.
01:20:29This is more fantastical than one of your mystery game plots.
01:20:32A brilliant woman like Ainsley would have taken payment with a cashier's check for maximum secrecy.
01:20:37Unlike a wire transfer, cashier checks leave no digital trace.
01:20:40Give me the check.
01:20:43Give me the check.
01:20:52$10 million made out to Ainsley Trask.
01:21:09Oh.
01:21:11And endorsed back to you with what I can only expect is Ainsley's forged signature.
01:21:16Vivica Bentley, you are under arrest for the murder of Ainsley Trask.
01:21:28Go.
01:21:29Listen, please accept my apology for my behavior.
01:21:41You got as twisted as we did with Vivica's lies.
01:21:45Thanks for that.
01:21:46And for all you did.
01:21:47Just doing our job.
01:21:49I hope it's not another seven years until I see you again.
01:21:53Our paths may cross at Vivica's trial.
01:21:56Take care of yourself, Emmy.
01:22:05Well, I realize the three of you have been through this before, but
01:22:09an actual murder in the midst of fictitious ones.
01:22:13If you need a couple of days to recover, Bennett.
01:22:15Oh, no.
01:22:16Quite the contrary.
01:22:18I am extremely proud to be in the company of three such brilliant investigative minds.
01:22:27Why don't we all have a bottle of champagne?
01:22:31Why not?
01:22:32Amelia and I will join you on the veranda shortly.
01:22:36Oh, all right.
01:22:37Finish, shall we?
01:22:38Oh, Baroness, after you.
01:22:42What is it?
01:22:43I just wanted to say that you handled Franklin really well.
01:22:46Oh, as did you.
01:22:48I was impressed you made it through without smacking him.
01:22:51Oh, I was tempted.
01:22:52I'm sure you were too.
01:22:54I believe I have the right to remain silent on that detective.
01:22:59Jason.
01:23:00Em.
01:23:01Earlier in the library when you said...
01:23:03That if you got engaged again, I would try to stop it.
01:23:05Did you want to say why?
01:23:07You're the psychiatrist.
01:23:08I'm sure you'll figure it out.
01:23:09You'revere ΞΊ.
01:23:10Anyways.
01:23:12I'm sure I got caught up for theprove.
01:23:15Amy, jeep.
01:23:16You're what?
01:23:17I do.
01:23:18I love you.
01:23:21You're welcome.
01:23:23I do.
01:23:25Oh, side-by.
01:23:25And it does.
01:23:29I advise you.
01:23:31I don't even.
01:23:31Who is happy with mine.
01:23:33comparedε?
01:23:34And it does.
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