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The Rookie Season 4 Episode 16
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00:00Previously on The Rookie.
00:06That's Aaron Thorson.
00:08Rich kid, TikTok famous before he got arrested
00:10for murdering his roommate in Paris.
00:12I was locked in the cell for 541 days.
00:16The person who murdered Patrick, he's still out there.
00:18And no one is looking for him
00:20because they still think that I did it.
00:21I don't want to be a part of this reality TV show.
00:23Sweetie, it's only going to help you.
00:25Morris Mackey, I'm the reality TV producer here.
00:28I just want to say, this has been so fascinating.
00:30I love true crime, and to be in a documentary,
00:33it's just, it's a dream come true.
00:35Thank you, thank you.
00:39You're back.
00:43Another crazy story, how could I stay away?
00:47You good to go?
00:48Yeah, where should I, uh, where should I start?
00:50Why don't you, uh, tell me about Aaron Thorson?
00:52Well, Aaron came to the FTO program
00:55with the deck stacked against him.
00:56He had to sue the LAPD even to get into the academy.
01:00I mean, you have to respect just how hard he fought
01:02just to be here.
01:04Uh, but what happened in Paris
01:06never left him, no matter how hard he tried to move on.
01:10People would argue that doing a reality show
01:12is the opposite of moving on.
01:14Well, those people haven't experienced
01:16what it's like to be infamous.
01:17I mean, Aaron was desperate
01:19to reset the way the world saw him.
01:21And it all blew up in his face.
01:22Yeah.
01:23Yeah, it really did.
01:26I can't believe this is happening to me again.
01:38Nice to see you again.
01:39Mm-hmm.
01:40And congratulations on the baby.
01:43Did being pregnant make what you went through
01:45with Aaron more stressful?
01:46Not here to talk about me.
01:48Fair enough.
01:49Uh, let's talk about the reality show.
01:51Okay.
01:51It was his mom's idea.
01:53It was a way to rebrand his image.
01:55And what did you think of the title?
01:58No comment.
01:59Seriously, though, you have to have had an opinion.
02:01Listen, you're not gonna get me to say that dumbass title,
02:04so let's just move on.
02:05Yeah, so back there is my parents' room
02:34and the family room.
02:36Um, oh, right here.
02:37This is my favorite photo.
02:39I was six.
02:41And you might recognize my dad.
02:43He was part of a 90s rap duo, Flex and Flow.
02:46That's them right here.
02:46No, that's me.
02:49Yeah, man, when I was a kid,
02:51I used to love riding my tricycle
02:53up and down this hallway.
02:54Until he knocked over
02:55my music industry achievement award
02:57and broke it.
02:58Aaron tried to put it back together with Play-Doh,
03:00thinking we wouldn't notice.
03:01But that's my son.
03:03Always trying to get away with something.
03:07Not anymore.
03:08I mean, now he's very responsible.
03:13Over here, we got my childhood bedroom.
03:18What the hell?
03:20Hey, I never had this picture of Patrick.
03:23Did you put this here?
03:25We just thought it'd be a nice surprise.
03:27Man, Morris, what the hell did I tell you, man,
03:28about faking stuff like this?
03:30Relax.
03:30Not a big deal.
03:32We just wanted to do it for a take.
03:34Yeah, man, that's not cool.
03:35You know what?
03:35You're right.
03:36My bad.
03:37We'll do it again, but without the photo.
03:40Okay.
03:41Yeah.
03:41Okay.
03:46Got that?
03:48Morris was white hot
03:49from doing several award-winning documentaries
03:51in a row.
03:52The king of those 30 under 30 lists.
03:54He had a real gift for earning people's trust,
03:56convincing them that he was on their side,
03:58that they have a say on the final cut.
04:00Then, surprise, they didn't.
04:06Hey.
04:07Sorry.
04:08I totally forgot this was happening today.
04:10We just started.
04:11Don't forget to tell them about the forensics expert.
04:13I know.
04:14And the French prosecutor.
04:16I sent you that interview, right?
04:18He was biased against Aaron from the jump.
04:19I'm a decade older,
04:23but Aaron and I had similar upbringings,
04:25rich parents, private schools.
04:27Just lucky social media didn't exist.
04:29If I was in Aaron's generation,
04:31I would have just as much embarrassing footage as he did.
04:33Of what?
04:34You studied tort reform at 15?
04:36I got into trouble.
04:38Uh-huh.
04:39Okay.
04:40The point is,
04:41when you grow up in this world,
04:42you don't hear no a lot,
04:42which can make you a real ass.
04:43It can make you a very selfish person.
04:46Yo, they only got like five pairs of these
04:50in the whole world,
04:51and I got a pair.
04:52You don't have a pair, but I do.
04:54What's up?
04:54What's up?
04:55Yo.
04:55Hey, yo, what up, everybody?
04:56It's your boy, A.T.,
04:57and my guy, Patty P. right here.
04:59We got a pool party tonight.
05:00Everybody come through.
05:02Oh, shit.
05:03Got the mansion, you know.
05:04Got the mansion.
05:05And the shoes.
05:06Hot fun.
05:07You know what it is?
05:08Hot fun!
05:09You know the vibes?
05:10You know the vibes?
05:16$30,000 a bottle,
05:19and he didn't drink a sip.
05:20That boy lost his mind.
05:23I had to get him out of his comfort zone.
05:24I mean, I thought, you know,
05:26a semester abroad would have helped him mature,
05:28so I sent him to Paris.
05:36I was on scholarship,
05:38University of Michigan.
05:40Go Wolverines!
05:41I don't know why I said that.
05:43Can I please start over?
05:44You're doing fine.
05:46When did you first meet Aaron and Patrick?
05:47The program held a mixer.
05:49When we first arrived,
05:50it was mostly just a bunch of awkward college students
05:52butchering French.
05:54But Aaron and Patrick were from this whole other world.
05:57First impressions?
05:58I mean, honestly,
06:01they seemed like entitled douchebags.
06:03But then I got to know them.
06:04You know, it was like another planet.
06:06Planet rich.
06:07Patrick was the funniest.
06:09All that stuff you saw on Instagram?
06:11That's not who they were.
06:12Yeah, I mean,
06:13we went from the two musketeers to four, you know?
06:15Just like that.
06:16Me, Patrick, Roan, and Everest.
06:18We were, uh,
06:19inseparable.
06:22And, uh,
06:23man, that feels like so long ago.
06:26Are you nervous about the reunion?
06:27A little.
06:29Or a lot.
06:31Yeah, I mean, um,
06:32I haven't seen them since the trial.
06:34And they all went home,
06:36graduated from college,
06:37got jobs,
06:38and
06:38I went to prison.
06:40Do they believe in your innocence?
06:42Yeah,
06:43100%.
06:43They both said that.
06:45You know,
06:45there can be a big difference
06:46between what people say
06:47and what they believe.
06:52Sorry,
06:53let's,
06:53hold on,
06:54let me just said that.
06:56Sorry.
06:56Sorry.
06:56Ro, Ro.
07:07Good to see you, man.
07:08Yeah, you too, man.
07:09Yeah.
07:10You look so different.
07:11Yeah, I'm a little older.
07:12No, it's not that.
07:13I don't know.
07:14You're like a different guy.
07:15Something like that.
07:17I think I'm gonna cry.
07:18No, no, no crying.
07:19You're gonna mess up my makeup.
07:21Oh, I'm sorry I didn't come sooner.
07:23No, don't worry about it, really.
07:25I'm just glad to see you guys.
07:27All right,
07:27so let's get inside.
07:29I got food,
07:30drinks,
07:31cameras,
07:32and
07:32I'm sorry,
07:34this is so weird.
07:36Hey, it's fine.
07:36We're just happy to see you, bro.
07:38Yeah, me too.
07:39Yeah.
07:39Yeah.
07:40All right, let's
07:40guys, I gotta swap out my battery.
07:42Give me a second.
07:44Okay.
07:44Okay.
07:53What the hell?
08:04Holy.
08:05Morris Mackey's throat had been cut.
08:07By the time his body was found,
08:09he'd been dead approximately four hours.
08:11And who were your initial suspects?
08:12Everyone who stepped foot in the house that day.
08:14Including Aaron?
08:15Everyone.
08:16Good morning.
08:17Good morning.
08:19It's nice to see you again.
08:20Nice to see you.
08:21I heard you were happy
08:23with how the last documentary came out.
08:24Oh, my God.
08:25It was so good.
08:26And, and
08:26I got so many compliments.
08:29Oh, that's great.
08:31How about you?
08:32Didn't see it.
08:33Can we get started?
08:34Uh, yeah.
08:35So, tell me what happened
08:37when you arrived at the scene.
08:38We were the first responders.
08:46Whoa.
08:48Okay.
08:49It was a frenetic day.
08:51So many people.
08:52So, so many personalities.
08:55But when you're talking
08:56a star-studded crime scene
08:58with a witness list
08:58comprised mostly of influencers,
09:01I guess that's no surprise.
09:03All right, look.
09:03Even with all those cameras
09:04and phones rolling in the house,
09:06none of them caught anything
09:07even remotely helpful
09:08to our investigation.
09:09Yeah.
09:09Luck?
09:10It just wasn't in our cards that day.
09:14What?
09:15Why are you so happy?
09:15I am being colorful.
09:17They will use more of our coverage
09:18if we give them evocative sound bites.
09:20I'm right, right?
09:21Can we get back to the murder?
09:23I followed protocols.
09:25You know, I called it in,
09:26cleared the house,
09:27did everything right.
09:28Mm-hmm.
09:28You believe me, right?
09:29Of course.
09:30I mean, but we have to follow protocol too.
09:32It's gonna be okay.
09:34I can't believe this is happening to me again.
09:36I know.
09:38Are you okay?
09:41I think I'm having like a panic attack.
09:43Oh, okay.
09:43Uh, just sit down
09:44and I'm gonna grab you some water, okay?
09:46I'll be right back.
09:47Show's over.
09:47Time to go.
09:48What?
09:49No.
09:50No, no.
09:50No, it's not.
09:51This is my house,
09:52my production.
09:53The show goes on.
09:54Connor, keep filming.
09:55Yeah, that's not how this works.
09:57This is my crime scene.
09:58Shut it off now.
10:00Shut it off.
10:03There's nothing we could do.
10:05Well, thanks for coming out.
10:06Yeah.
10:07Our paramedic crew was short-staffed
10:09and since we're all EMT trained,
10:12I was subbing in.
10:13But I don't understand
10:14why were you called in at all?
10:15He was clearly dead, right?
10:17You have no idea
10:18how many people I see look that way
10:19and then spring back to life.
10:21Oh, interesting.
10:22And what did you think at the time?
10:24Did it seem to you like Aaron did it?
10:25Of course not.
10:26He would never do anything like that.
10:28Really?
10:29And you're confident saying that
10:30considering your ex-husband?
10:33Wow.
10:35Okay.
10:36Huh.
10:37Clearly you come prepared.
10:38Yeah.
10:39Um, I...
10:40I married a sociopath once.
10:43So, maybe I'm not the best judge of character.
10:46It's not about being a good judge of character.
10:48We judge by the facts.
10:49And what do the facts say?
10:51At first?
10:52Not much.
10:55So how long have you been here filming today?
10:57Oh, three or four hours.
10:59After rehearsal this morning,
11:00they had Everson me in the kitchen
11:02getting our hair and makeup done
11:03while they filmed other stuff.
11:05So you were in the kitchen the whole time?
11:06Uh, well, I did sneak off to Crafty once.
11:09Er, four times.
11:11I heard they had ice cream
11:11and I've been dieting like crazy
11:12because I was going to be on television
11:13and I heard the camera odds like 10 pounds.
11:16Is that true?
11:16So when was the last time you saw Morris?
11:19Honestly, I ain't seen him all day.
11:21I was dealing with work stuff
11:22right up until we started filming.
11:23And where were you when Morris' body was found?
11:26In my office.
11:27And how would you characterize
11:28Aaron's relationship with Morris?
11:34It's important you tell the truth.
11:37They didn't always agree
11:39about the direction of the show,
11:40but my son, he would never hurt anyone.
11:42Hey, do we really have to do this in here?
11:52Yes, we do, son.
11:55For government code 3,300 per live order,
11:58I am required to advise
12:00that you do not have the right to remain silent.
12:02Anything you say can and will be is against you.
12:05Refusal to fully and completely answer
12:08all of Detective Lopez's questions
12:10will result in immediate termination.
12:14Do you understand?
12:17Yes, sir.
12:18I'm here to protect you
12:19as your union representative.
12:22This is your choice,
12:23but like Sergeant Gray said,
12:25if you choose not to cooperate,
12:26you will lose your job.
12:27Of course I'll cooperate.
12:31Good man.
12:34All right.
12:35I'll leave you to it.
12:40I didn't kill Morris
12:41when I saw him
12:47lying there
12:48like Patrick.
12:50I understand,
12:51but it was common knowledge
12:52that you and Morris
12:53weren't on the best of terms.
12:55Who are you with?
12:56TMZ?
12:57He's still feeding off my grief.
12:59Yeah, what he did to Patrick's dad
13:05was callous
13:07and exploitative,
13:08but I wouldn't kill him for it.
13:10Yeah, that was bad.
13:11Aaron pulled over Patrick's dad
13:13in a routine car stop.
13:15It was a total random reunion,
13:18but Morris and his cameraman
13:19were there filming,
13:21and that just made everything worse.
13:23Dexter Hayes,
13:24he was a grieving father,
13:26you know,
13:27and he took a swing
13:29at Officer Thorson,
13:31so we had to book him,
13:32but we let him go
13:33as soon as we could,
13:35and I thought
13:36that would be the end of it.
13:37But you suspected
13:38that Patrick's dad
13:39could have killed Morris.
13:40We did.
13:41He was furious
13:41about every roast
13:42as about the reality show.
13:46And after years of the press
13:47feeding off of his grief,
13:49yeah, it was believable
13:50that he could have snapped.
13:51This is absurd.
13:53You do know that.
13:55All right, sir,
13:55can you tell me
13:55where you were
13:56yesterday afternoon?
13:57I was in the office
13:58morning to midnight,
14:00asking any one of my employees.
14:02I didn't do this.
14:03Any idea who did?
14:05I can tell you
14:06that whoever killed that man,
14:08his last name is Thorson.
14:11I blame myself
14:12for ever letting him
14:13into Patrick's life.
14:14They're a sick family,
14:16and Aaron is not
14:17the only killer among them.
14:18What did he mean by that?
14:19You know what he meant by that.
14:20And we knew
14:21from the reality show
14:23that Morris gave Aaron's father
14:24a clear motive.
14:25And that's what I was thinking
14:27for the opening theme.
14:28Yeah?
14:29Yeah.
14:29I like it.
14:30I do.
14:31Almost as much as I like you.
14:33Mm-hmm.
14:35He's so sweet.
14:38Hey!
14:39You look good at
14:40for my wife, man!
14:41Link, it's not what you think.
14:43Boy, you better get
14:43the hell up out of here.
14:44What the hell was that?
14:49Are you seriously
14:50doing this to me again?
14:52In my own house!
14:53There's footage of Lincoln
14:54catching Morrison of Honor
14:55in an intimate moment.
14:56That had to factor
14:57into your investigation.
14:59Jealousy is a primal motive.
15:01And some believe
15:02that Lincoln had killed
15:02for jealousy once before.
15:04He was a suspect
15:05in a 20-year-old murder,
15:06wasn't he?
15:06Yes, he was.
15:07What can you tell me
15:13about your father's
15:14hip-hop duo,
15:15Flex and Flow?
15:16I mean, I was like a baby,
15:17you know,
15:17when they were at their height.
15:18And, uh,
15:19that was the year
15:20Make the Noise
15:21went platinum.
15:22Flex and Flow
15:23had one of the most iconic
15:23singles of the late 90s.
15:25Oh, my God.
15:25Make the Noise?
15:26That's like one of my
15:27go-to karaoke jams.
15:29My crib is all a-poppin'
15:31The party's never stoppin'
15:32Who the boys that make the noise?
15:33Flex and Flow,
15:34yo, Flex and Flow.
15:35Can I be interviewed alone?
15:37Yeah, we comin' for you.
15:39My crib is all a-poppin'
15:41This party's never stoppin'
15:42Who the boys who make the noise?
15:43Flex and Flow,
15:44yo, Flex and Flow.
15:45Flex and Flow.
15:45My crib is all a-poppin'
15:46This party's never stoppin'
15:47Who the boys who make the noise?
15:49Flex and Flow,
15:49yo, Flex and Flow.
15:50Flex and Flow.
15:52Dope.
15:53Dope.
15:58Oh, yes, that's me.
16:02I was a flow girl.
16:06Wait, what?
16:06There was a scout who saw me
16:08cheering in high school
16:09and he asked me to audition.
16:11At first, I thought he was just
16:12trying to get in my pants,
16:13but it turned out to be legit
16:15and it was for Flex and Flow.
16:19I was the biggest fan.
16:21What are you wearing, by the way?
16:22Oh, I teach capoeira
16:24on Thursdays and Sundays.
16:26Oh.
16:27Did you ever see Flex and Flow argue
16:28while you were working with them?
16:29Mm, I mean, well, sure,
16:32but nothing serious.
16:34They were like brothers
16:35and brothers fight.
16:36What do you say to the people
16:37who were convinced
16:37that your husband killed
16:38his late partner?
16:39Oh, honey, this alleged feud
16:41between Link and Calvin
16:42has gotten blown
16:43way out of proportion
16:44over the years.
16:45But what about the night
16:46of Calvin's murder,
16:47the infamous pre-release party
16:48for two hype homies?
16:49Did the party get a little wild?
16:51Sure.
16:52Did the police come
16:52and break it up?
16:53Mm-hmm.
16:54And did Link and Calvin argue?
16:56You bet.
16:57But they were just
16:57passionate people
16:58and nobody ever
17:00threatened nobody.
17:02Yeah, they, uh,
17:03they threatened each other.
17:05I was there.
17:06I was a rookie officer then.
17:08My T.O. and I
17:09got a 415 call
17:11for an out-of-control party.
17:13It was a record release event
17:15for Flex and Flow.
17:17Anyway, as we were
17:19breaking things up,
17:20I saw Flex and Flow
17:21in each other's faces.
17:22Could you hear
17:22what they were fighting about?
17:24No.
17:24Um, as I approached
17:25their limousine was pulling up.
17:27But Flex, um,
17:29I'm sorry, Lincoln,
17:30was still very hot.
17:31He refused to get
17:32into the limo with Flow.
17:34And, um, yeah,
17:36he said that he'd rather walk
17:38than to deal with Flow's nonsense.
17:41Um, it was a good thing, too.
17:44A devastating loss
17:45for the music industry today
17:46as Calvin Yard,
17:48one half of the popular duo
17:49Flex and Flow,
17:50was gunned down
17:51in Los Angeles last night
17:53after leaving
17:53his record launch party.
17:55It couldn't have been
17:56more than five minutes later
17:57that we got a
17:58shots fired call.
18:00As the Flow's limo
18:02was making the turn
18:03on La Cienega,
18:04a car pulled alongside it
18:06and unloaded 20 rounds
18:07at the rear of the vehicle.
18:10Um, Flow was shot
18:11seven times.
18:14Yeah.
18:16That was my first homicide.
18:18I'll never forget it.
18:20It changes you.
18:22I did not have anything
18:24to do with Calvin's death.
18:26But at the time of his murder,
18:28all the talk was...
18:29That was garbage, man.
18:30All garbage.
18:31I love Calvin like a brother.
18:32You know, this...
18:33This is straight-up exploitive.
18:35Calvin's murder
18:36was solved decades ago,
18:37and you know it.
18:38A man named Gary Brown
18:40was convicted of Flow's murder.
18:42It turns out,
18:43Flow was sleeping
18:43with Gary's wife.
18:44So, as far as the LAPD
18:46was concerned,
18:47case closed.
18:48Yeah, but the order
18:48of guilt haunted
18:49Lincoln's reputation
18:50like a dark shroud.
18:52That was really good.
18:56Thanks.
18:58With Lincoln alibied out,
18:59you know,
19:00the investigation
19:00focused on Yvonne.
19:02Mrs. Thorson,
19:03how long had you been
19:04having an affair
19:04with Morris Mackey?
19:05Please.
19:06I was not sleeping with him.
19:08But the footage
19:09from Abby Rose S. Thorson,
19:10we saw it.
19:11That was for the show.
19:12What, are you saying
19:14you staged it?
19:15It's a reality show.
19:16Of course we staged it.
19:18I can prove it.
19:19I have the rest
19:19of the footage.
19:20Boy, you better
19:21get the hell up
19:21out of here.
19:25What the hell was that?
19:27Are you seriously
19:28doing this to me again?
19:29In my own house?
19:30You got some nerve.
19:32Let's talk about
19:33all the women
19:34you slept with
19:34when you were flexed.
19:36Cut.
19:38Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.
19:40Link.
19:41Buddy.
19:42You're going off script.
19:43I can't believe
19:44you're seriously
19:45doing this to me again.
19:46That's not the line.
19:47Yeah, man.
19:48I was improv-ing a little.
19:49Yeah, maybe not do that.
19:50Okay, it's a lot more powerful
19:52if this is the first time
19:52Yovana stepped out on you.
19:54Okay, so Morris,
19:55how did I do?
19:56It was a bit big.
19:57Yeah, maybe dial it back
19:59a hair.
20:00Let's go again.
20:02Go.
20:03We're making a show, people.
20:05None of that was in the footage
20:08you turned over to us.
20:09Oops, my bad.
20:11We want everything now
20:13or you'll be arrested
20:14for obstruction.
20:16Oh, that was good.
20:18Do you think I can get
20:19a copy of that?
20:20That would play really well
20:21in the show.
20:22Mrs. Thorson,
20:23this is serious.
20:23Morris Mackey was murdered
20:25in your house.
20:25Your son is still a suspect.
20:27Just like the police
20:28to only focus on
20:29what's in front of their nose.
20:31Morris Mackey didn't disappear
20:33out of thin air
20:33when he started working for me.
20:35Honey, the man had enemies.
20:43They're the crazy ones.
20:44We're the same ones.
20:46You're the cult.
20:47You're she.
20:48Prior to working
20:49with the Thorson family,
20:50Morris had been hired
20:51by a bunch of QAnon
20:52conspiracy theorists.
20:54Apparently, they didn't like
20:55the negative publicity
20:56they were getting.
20:57And they wanted
20:57to show their side.
20:59Try to control the narrative.
21:00So what happened?
21:01Morris was allowed
21:02into the inner sanctum.
21:03Conducted dozens of interviews
21:05with founders and followers.
21:06But he didn't make
21:07a propaganda film.
21:08He told the truth.
21:09We're in a war.
21:11Every one of us
21:11is prepared to start
21:12killing for our freedom.
21:14Morris may have won an Emmy,
21:15but he also pissed off
21:16a lot of unhinged
21:17and hyper-violent people.
21:18The storm is coming.
21:20There will be retribution.
21:24I've heard rumors
21:25that you have insight
21:25into the QAnon angle
21:26in this case.
21:27Have you ever tried
21:28to put toothpaste
21:29back in the tube?
21:30Look, I know
21:31it's an expression,
21:32but have you actually
21:33tried to do it?
21:35I have.
21:36It's basically impossible.
21:38And what do you think
21:39he was trying to tell people
21:40with these Q-drops,
21:41these cryptic messages?
21:43I really wasn't trying
21:43to say anything.
21:44I was just typing,
21:45and maybe I got
21:46a little carried away.
21:47Wait, what did you say?
21:49Well, I guess now
21:51is as good a time
21:52as any to reveal it.
21:56I'm Q.
21:58Smitty is Q?
21:59I'm sorry, what?
22:00Lord, give me strength.
22:01What?
22:02A lot of writers
22:03use pseudonyms.
22:04Q is my first initial,
22:06so...
22:07Hey, is my name down there?
22:10But it was an accident?
22:12He didn't start it on purpose?
22:14That's what he said.
22:15Yeah, sounds like Smitty.
22:16I was trying to start
22:17the fan fiction club
22:19for This Is Us,
22:19and things just
22:20got out of hand.
22:21What the hell
22:22does This Is Us fanfic
22:23have to do with a cult?
22:24I mistakenly mixed
22:26cough syrup with diet pills
22:27when I was writing
22:28the satanic alien storyline
22:30for Jack and Rebecca.
22:32I woke up the next morning
22:33and read it.
22:35None of it made sense.
22:36But overnight,
22:38I'd gotten so many followers,
22:39I just went with it.
22:40You can't put the toothpaste
22:41back in the tube.
22:42Morris had received threats
22:46from hundreds of
22:47QAnon followers,
22:48but when we started
22:49investigating them,
22:50one immediately stood out.
22:52Tell me about Connor Hart.
22:54What about him
22:54got your attention?
22:55Well, he was working
22:56as a cameraman
22:57on the reality show,
22:58so that.
23:01Connor, thanks for coming down.
23:04I'm not in trouble, am I?
23:05No.
23:06At least I clear
23:06a few things up.
23:08I told you everything I know.
23:10I was getting a battery
23:11and he was just lying there.
23:14I'm not sure if you're aware,
23:15but it's common
23:16to run background checks
23:17on witnesses.
23:18And when we looked into you,
23:19we discovered that
23:20you're a member of QAnon.
23:21No, no, no.
23:22I may have gone
23:23to a political rally or two,
23:24but I'm really not into that.
23:26I swear.
23:28We're in a war.
23:29Every one of us
23:30is prepared to start
23:31killing for our freedom.
23:32The storm is coming.
23:34There will be retribution.
23:35So, clearly,
23:42you are a follower of Q.
23:43Why would you work for Morris?
23:45Honestly?
23:46I realized Morris
23:47was the best thing
23:48that could have happened
23:48to the movement.
23:49That makes no sense.
23:51But it does.
23:52Morris' documentary
23:53exposed who was
23:54a true believer
23:55and who wasn't.
23:57He never admitted it,
23:59but I think Morris
24:00was working for Q.
24:02That's why I followed him
24:03to the next gig.
24:05Do you still consider yourself
24:06a believer of Q?
24:07Well, some stuff
24:08didn't come true.
24:10London bombing,
24:11Pope's arrest,
24:12Zuckerberg still has a job.
24:13January 20th came and went.
24:15March 4th came and went.
24:17I'm starting to think
24:18Kennedy is still dead.
24:20Both of them.
24:22So you don't believe
24:24in Q anymore?
24:26Oh, I believe every word.
24:28Connor was, um...
24:29Deranged?
24:31Let's say
24:32reality challenged,
24:33which doesn't make him
24:34a killer.
24:35No.
24:36And the fact that
24:37he had a camera
24:37on his shoulder
24:38for the entire murder window
24:39means that he couldn't
24:41have killed Morris,
24:42so we were back
24:43to square one.
24:44When the QAnon lead
24:45didn't pan out,
24:46how did you pick up
24:46the pieces of the case?
24:47We rolled up our sleeves
24:49and put in the hours.
24:50We took on
24:51the painstaking process
24:52of reviewing
24:52every piece of video
24:54Morris shot
24:55in the weeks
24:55before he died,
24:56including the footage
24:57Yvonne forgot to give us
24:59until I found something
25:01that changed everything.
25:01Lopez!
25:06Come look at this!
25:08So I immediately
25:09informed Detective Lopez
25:10of what I discovered.
25:11Look at what I just found.
25:13What?
25:13What?
25:13I thought I knew
25:24everything about
25:24Patrick's murder.
25:26I had done my homework,
25:27but the truth
25:29was hiding right
25:30in front of me
25:30all this time.
25:32I know
25:33who killed Patrick Hayes
25:35and I can prove it.
25:37someone's here.
25:42More to follow.
25:43That video was recorded
25:45minutes before
25:46Morris was murdered.
25:50I mean,
25:50Morris claiming
25:51that he knew
25:51who the killer was
25:52must have been energizing
25:53for you.
25:54Finally,
25:54a break in your
25:55roommate's murder.
25:55He wasn't my roommate
25:58and I hate
25:59when people
25:59call him that.
26:01You know,
26:01like we found each other
26:02on some French Craigslist
26:03or something like that.
26:04Patrick was my best friend
26:06from the time
26:06that we were little kids.
26:07I mean,
26:07I was at his house
26:08so often,
26:09his dad bought us
26:09two of everything,
26:10you know,
26:11like siblings.
26:12Yeah,
26:12Patrick was my brother.
26:13How did it feel
26:14to hear that Morris
26:15thought he discovered
26:15who killed Patrick?
26:17I mean,
26:17there have been
26:18so many theories
26:20over the years
26:21and so many people
26:22think that they
26:22had it figured out.
26:24I just never really
26:26got my hopes up
26:27about it.
26:27This was different,
26:28though.
26:28I mean,
26:28he made a break
26:29in the case
26:30and died minutes later.
26:31You have to see
26:31the connection.
26:32Well,
26:33in the words
26:35of Detective Harper,
26:37we look for facts,
26:39not stories.
26:40Yeah,
26:40sure,
26:41but I mean,
26:41the timing.
26:42I mean,
26:42these murders
26:43had to be related.
26:44Whoever killed Patrick
26:45also killed Morris.
26:46Is it possible
26:47Morris found out
26:48that Aaron was
26:48the killer all along?
26:49Not a chance.
26:50The Paris police
26:51never had a shred
26:52of evidence
26:53against Aaron.
26:54They fumbled
26:55the entire case.
26:56Right off the bat,
26:57the paparazzi
26:57completely contaminated
26:58the crime scene.
27:11Oh,
27:11stop,
27:12dégage,
27:12c'est un...
27:13c'est un crime,
27:14but Aaron's DNA
27:17was all over
27:17the murder weapon.
27:18You mean the knife
27:19the killer pulled
27:20from the kitchen block
27:21on Aaron
27:21and Patrick's counter?
27:23What do you want to bet
27:24that if we went
27:24to your house,
27:25we'd find your DNA
27:26all over your stuff,
27:27too?
27:28I'm...
27:28Was that too mean?
27:31No.
27:32It actually felt good.
27:34It's a dumb question.
27:35From the beginning,
27:36the French police's case
27:37against Aaron
27:37seemed flawed.
27:38Oh, yeah.
27:39Their case was a mess
27:40and their forensics
27:42were compromised.
27:43I mean,
27:43the theory that Aaron
27:44killed Patrick
27:45because he didn't do
27:46his share of the chores
27:47never made sense.
27:48For one thing,
27:48they had a housekeeper.
27:50For another,
27:50Aaron is not a psychopath,
27:51which you would have to be
27:52to stab your roommate
27:53for leaving dirty dishes
27:54in the sink.
27:55I mean,
27:56I've come close
27:57to stabbing him
27:57over dirty dishes,
27:59but that's different.
28:01We're married.
28:02What do you say
28:03to the theory
28:03that Aaron had a falling out
28:05with his roommate?
28:06Aaron and Patrick
28:07were out partying
28:08that night.
28:09Does that sound
28:09like a broken friendship
28:10careening towards murder?
28:12By his own admission,
28:12Aaron was taking
28:13prescription drugs.
28:14Yeah.
28:15For a football injury
28:16he got in high school,
28:17they impair your ability
28:18to operate heavy machinery,
28:20not turn you
28:22into a hardened killer.
28:25Aaron passed out early.
28:27Woke up in the middle
28:28of the night,
28:28went to pee,
28:29and found Patrick's body.
28:40The French police
28:41took one look
28:42at a young black man
28:43and decided
28:44he was the killer.
28:45I mean,
28:46they didn't even pursue
28:46any other suspects.
28:48Bonjour.
28:48I appreciate you
28:49speaking with me.
28:50My accent is terrible.
28:52Detective,
28:53you've been accused
28:53of leading
28:53an incredibly biased investigation.
28:56And the fact
29:00that Patrick picked up
29:01a woman at the club
29:02that night?
29:03Colette Levine?
29:04She was seen
29:04leaving the apartment
29:06before the time of death.
29:08Understand?
29:09What about her jealous,
29:10controlling boyfriend?
29:11Did you interview him?
29:14No, we did not.
29:17But the thing
29:18that ultimately got you
29:18released from prison
29:19was the identification
29:20of this man.
29:22Yeah, Colette's boyfriend,
29:23Julian.
29:23Handsome,
29:24French,
29:25and, you know,
29:27let's just say it,
29:27you're super white,
29:28you know?
29:29Uh, what is,
29:31what is finance, bro,
29:32in French?
29:33Shouldn't you know that?
29:34You spent years in France.
29:35Yeah, but I didn't,
29:37I didn't retain it.
29:38It was actually
29:39a group of internet sleuths
29:41who found
29:41Colette's boyfriend.
29:42They spent
29:43countless hours
29:45investigating Aaron's case.
29:46Yes, they also pointed
29:47the finger
29:47at dozens of innocent people
29:48ruining their lives.
29:49Yes, some members
29:50of the group
29:51took it a little too far.
29:52We've been looking
29:53at the internet sleuths,
29:54actually.
29:55Any chance you post
29:56under the title
29:57true crime junkie?
30:00I,
30:01that, that,
30:03that doesn't,
30:05I think I might have
30:06logged on once,
30:07once or twice, yeah.
30:08Seriously?
30:09I mean,
30:10can you not see
30:11how people would take
30:11that as a clear sign
30:12of bias?
30:13I categorically denied
30:14any preferential treatment,
30:16okay?
30:16How can you say that
30:17with a straight face
30:18when it was revealed
30:19that Julian was the son
30:19of the French finance minister?
30:21Are you telling me
30:22you didn't get a phone call
30:23asking you to...
30:23That's enough.
30:24Thank you very much.
30:25It's done.
30:27Oh, come on.
30:28Don't do that.
30:29Come back.
30:29So it must have been
30:30frustrating to learn
30:31that the French police
30:32knew his identity
30:33before your first trial
30:34and didn't say anything.
30:36I mean, yeah,
30:36the good news was that
30:38the fact that they
30:39ignored Julian,
30:41it got me my retrial.
30:43But the bad news was
30:45the unidentified DNA
30:46on the knife,
30:47it didn't belong to Julian,
30:49so he, you know,
30:50he had an alibi.
30:51As horrible as the experience was,
30:52is there anything
30:53that you actually miss
30:54from that time?
30:55A miss?
30:56God, no.
30:56Well, Carlos.
31:01Carlos?
31:02Yeah.
31:03Uh, Carlos the Jackal.
31:05He was my cellmate.
31:06And, uh, man,
31:07he had some stories.
31:09So you're saying
31:10that the Jackal
31:11got you through
31:11your year and a half
31:12of incarceration?
31:13No.
31:14My mom did.
31:15Yeah, I don't...
31:16I don't think
31:17I would have got through
31:18it without her.
31:19Um, she actually
31:21leased an apartment
31:23in Paris
31:24until I was released.
31:26And, uh,
31:26she visits me
31:27every week.
31:28And I tell you what,
31:29if they would have let her,
31:30she would have been
31:30over there every day.
31:31Of course I moved to Paris.
31:33I'm his mother.
31:34I would have served
31:35the prison time for him
31:36if I could.
31:37You're a close family.
31:38We are.
31:39We've been tested.
31:40Were you close
31:41with Patrick?
31:42Yes.
31:43I adored him.
31:45He's a wonderful boy.
31:46According to your friends,
31:47you thought Patrick
31:48was a troublemaker
31:48and a bad influence
31:49on Aaron.
31:50Anyone who said that
31:51was lying.
31:52Yvonne,
31:53were you in Paris
31:54the day Patrick
31:55was murdered?
31:56Of course not.
31:57I was here in L.A.
31:59How do you explain
32:00this footage
32:01taken the day
32:02of Patrick's murder?
32:03Oh, hell no.
32:12This interview is over.
32:14No, no.
32:15We did not okay
32:16this question.
32:17Who do you think
32:18you are?
32:19You...
32:19Fired!
32:20I actually don't work
32:21for you.
32:22You need to kiss my ass.
32:25Did you know
32:26that your mother
32:26was in Paris
32:26the day that Patrick
32:27was killed?
32:29What?
32:30No, she was...
32:31She was home in L.A.
32:33We have footage
32:34of her shopping
32:35on the Chandelier
32:35the night of the murder.
32:37Okay, well,
32:37that's impossible.
32:39Isn't this her?
32:50Okay.
32:53Officer Thorson,
32:54come back.
32:55Come on,
32:55let's finish this interview.
32:57Hey, there he is.
32:59You lied to me.
33:00Jimmy, you lied to everyone.
33:02I didn't want
33:03all my private business
33:04out there
33:04for all the world to see.
33:05Mom,
33:06you are literally
33:06producing a reality show
33:08about our lives.
33:08That's different.
33:10I was on trial
33:11for murder,
33:11fighting for my life.
33:12Exactly.
33:13The fact that I was
33:14even in Paris
33:15on that night.
33:16How does that help you?
33:17And what was your reaction
33:18to the revelation
33:18that Aaron's mother
33:19was in Paris
33:20at the time of the murder?
33:21Look, bombshell,
33:22game changer.
33:23I mean,
33:23none of this stuff
33:24came out
33:24at the time of the trial.
33:26This is...
33:26It's so exciting
33:27what it means
33:28for the case.
33:28Not for Aaron.
33:29His mom lied to him.
33:31Yes, that...
33:32Well, that is true.
33:36Thanks for coming back in.
33:38We just need to clear
33:38something up
33:39about the night
33:39Patrick was killed.
33:40Patrick?
33:41I thought this was
33:42about Morris' murder.
33:43Oh, it's about both.
33:45See, you felt Patrick
33:46was a bad influence
33:47on your son,
33:48so you flew Aaron
33:49to Paris
33:50to separate them.
33:51Only Patrick
33:51followed Aaron there,
33:53so you took matters
33:54into your own hands.
33:55You flew to Paris,
33:57you killed Patrick,
33:58but somehow
33:58Morris found out.
33:59So to keep
34:00your deadly secret,
34:02you killed him too.
34:05Yeah,
34:06that's a fun theory.
34:08It's a good story,
34:10but you're wrong.
34:11Then explain
34:12why you went to Paris
34:13and why you kept
34:14it a secret.
34:15Because I was
34:16with Jean-Pierre Darby.
34:18Who?
34:18The footballer?
34:19Yes,
34:20we met a month before
34:21at a fashion show
34:22in Milan.
34:22I'm sorry,
34:24you went to Paris
34:25for an international
34:26booty call?
34:27Yes,
34:28and we were in bed
34:29all night,
34:30asking.
34:31Hell,
34:31ask the neighbors.
34:34They were determined
34:34to convict you.
34:36Had it come out
34:37that I was in town,
34:38they would have
34:38used it against you.
34:39Said that we were
34:40conspiring to kill Patrick.
34:42Coming clean
34:43would have only
34:43hurt your case,
34:44made it worse.
34:45Yeah, you know what?
34:46I forgot how good
34:47you are at that.
34:48At what?
34:49At justifying yourself.
34:50You lied in a murder trial,
34:52you cheated on
34:53your husband,
34:53and now you're
34:54the hero, right?
34:56Yeah, sure, Mom.
34:57We'll go with that.
35:03You accused Aaron's
35:04mother of the murder
35:05with almost no evidence
35:06to back it up.
35:07I did,
35:08and in my defense,
35:12I'd been scrubbing
35:12reality show footage
35:14for over 200 hours
35:15at that point.
35:16So who broke the case?
35:17Oh, that was
35:18Detective Lopez.
35:19My wife is a badass.
35:20We knew the murders
35:21were connected,
35:22and we knew that
35:23Patrick's murder in Paris
35:24was never properly
35:25investigated,
35:26so I dug back
35:27into that case.
35:28Right now,
35:28I'm just trying to
35:29build a timeline,
35:30getting to know more
35:31about Patrick's life.
35:32What did the four of you
35:33do that last month?
35:35No details too small.
35:36Um,
35:38let's ask my brain.
35:41I can tell you one thing
35:42that we definitely
35:42didn't do,
35:43go to class.
35:44I mean,
35:45Aaron's parents let him
35:45borrow their private jet
35:46anytime he wanted,
35:47so we went all
35:48around Europe.
35:49I mean,
35:50Italy,
35:51Greece,
35:52French Riviera.
35:54Can I see?
35:55Yeah.
35:56I thought,
35:57screw school,
35:58when am I ever
35:58going to get to visit
35:59Planet Rich again,
36:00right?
36:00So,
36:01Santorini for the weekend.
36:03Yes, please.
36:04These photos of you
36:05guys on the tarmac,
36:06you always have
36:07so much luggage.
36:08I know.
36:09Rowan always acted
36:10like it was
36:11the Oregon Trail.
36:12Why?
36:12Every time I've seen him,
36:13he was wearing
36:14a golf tee and jeans.
36:15Not exactly,
36:16a clothes horse.
36:16Oh,
36:17uh,
36:19true.
36:20I wonder what was in there.
36:22Did you ever see
36:23Rowan with drugs back then?
36:24I mean,
36:25yeah,
36:25he was always
36:26kind of the life
36:27of the party,
36:27if you know what I mean.
36:28Why?
36:29Before Paris,
36:30Rowan's family in Iowa
36:31was in financial trouble.
36:32He almost dropped
36:33out of school.
36:34Now,
36:34he lives in Brentwood
36:35and drives a Porsche.
36:37I guess.
36:39I,
36:39I see you're very excited
36:41and I love that
36:41I'm,
36:42I'm not really following.
36:43Hey,
36:46Nolan,
36:46where's Rowan?
36:48Uh,
36:49he just left.
36:50Wow,
36:50I thought you were
36:50done with him.
36:51I was,
36:52until I realized
36:52he's the one
36:53who killed Patrick.
36:56All right,
36:57here we go.
36:58Here we go.
36:58Nice,
36:59nice.
37:00Bro,
37:00it's been crazy.
37:01I've had like
37:01half a million followers
37:02from all the publicity.
37:04What,
37:04you think,
37:05uh,
37:05you think Aaron did it?
37:07Of course he did it.
37:08The guy's a total psycho.
37:09Okay,
37:09watch this.
37:15Ah,
37:15fudge.
37:16Hold on,
37:17I'm gonna do it again.
37:17Okay,
37:17okay.
37:19Rowan.
37:20What the hell?
37:21We got a warrant
37:22for your arrest.
37:23What?
37:24For what?
37:25For the murders
37:26of Patrick Hayes
37:27and Morris Mackey.
37:28Oh,
37:29snap!
37:29That's crazy
37:30and wrong.
37:32I didn't,
37:33why would you even
37:33think that?
37:34Because Patrick found out
37:35you were smuggling drugs
37:35in Aaron's private jet
37:36and threatened to tell
37:37the police.
37:38Somehow Morris found out
37:39that you killed Patrick
37:40to protect your secret
37:41so you killed him too.
37:42Come on.
37:43That's,
37:43I mean,
37:44that's so wrong.
37:45Hey,
37:45Rowan.
37:46Rowan.
37:48Okay,
37:49Rowan.
37:53Oh.
37:54Yeah.
37:58Are you okay?
38:00All right,
38:01you're fine.
38:02Stand up.
38:03Put it down.
38:04You're under arrest.
38:05Rowan always had
38:06these crazy plans,
38:08you know,
38:08let's go to Morocco
38:10or dude,
38:11I heard about this
38:11sick party in Ibiza
38:13and I never thought
38:16about it
38:17but he was the one
38:18who decided
38:19where we were flying to
38:20always
38:20and,
38:22you know,
38:22now looking back
38:23at it with cop eyes,
38:24I mean,
38:25it is so obvious
38:27that Rowan
38:28was up to something.
38:30I just could never see it.
38:31I mean,
38:34Patrick did though.
38:37Look,
38:38why,
38:38why,
38:39why didn't he tell me?
38:40You know,
38:41we talked about everything.
38:42You know,
38:42why wouldn't he,
38:43why wouldn't he tell me
38:44about this?
38:47You know,
38:47if he had
38:48everything,
38:52everything would have
38:54been so different.
38:54Aaron.
39:09Is it true?
39:11Yes, sir.
39:14Rowan Clausen
39:15confessed the murder
39:16on Patrick.
39:20I'm so sorry
39:21I didn't believe you.
39:21can you ever
39:25forgive me?
39:28Of course.
39:34After all this time,
39:36the case of
39:37who killed
39:37Patrick Hayes
39:38was finally solved.
39:39But the question
39:40that lingers is,
39:42is whether
39:42the emotional wounds
39:44will heal.
39:46Feels gross, right?
39:48Yeah.
39:51Two people
39:54were dead.
39:55Even after
39:56you catch the guy,
39:57it's still
39:58just awful.
40:00I'm just glad
40:01the truth
40:02finally came out.
40:03Aaron's innocence
40:04is now proven
40:05without a doubt.
40:07He deserves
40:08to move on
40:08with the rest
40:09of his life.
40:10And we'll be here
40:11to help him do that.
40:12And now that it's over,
40:14what's your view
40:14of Aaron Thorson?
40:16Uh,
40:16I will admit
40:18it took a minute
40:19for Aaron
40:20to win me over,
40:21but once he did,
40:22I knew he'd be
40:22a good cop.
40:24All right,
40:24I'm done.
40:26Uh,
40:26wait,
40:27this is not
40:27gonna air
40:28before his training
40:30is done,
40:30right?
40:31Because I gotta,
40:31I gotta keep him hungry.
40:33I never once
40:34stopped believing
40:35in my boy.
40:36Has he forgiven you
40:37for the lie?
40:39He will.
40:40There's nothing
40:41our family
40:41can't get through.
40:43It looks like
40:43Aaron will finally
40:44be able to put
40:44all of this behind him.
40:45That's,
40:46that's not really
40:46how it works.
40:48I mean,
40:48as someone
40:49who has
40:49had friends killed,
40:51you never really
40:52get closure.
40:54All you can hope
40:54for is that
40:55the memories of them,
40:58the,
40:58the good times
40:59you had together
41:00are what you see
41:01when you think of them.
41:03How does it feel
41:03having the truth
41:04come out
41:05after all these years?
41:08I,
41:08I,
41:08I don't know.
41:10It's,
41:10it's still sinking in.
41:11This is obviously
41:12gonna make compelling
41:13episodes of your reality show.
41:14Oh, no.
41:15That,
41:15uh,
41:16every rose
41:17has a Thorson
41:17is not moving forward.
41:19I mean,
41:19it was,
41:20it was a mistake
41:21to do in the first place.
41:22Yeah.
41:23I mean,
41:23the only reason
41:24why I did agree to it
41:25was to rehabilitate
41:26my image.
41:27Um,
41:28but,
41:29ironically,
41:30it ended up
41:31doing something
41:31even better,
41:32which was
41:33uncover the truth.
41:35So what are you
41:35gonna do now?
41:36Say what I need
41:38to hear
41:39Might be dark
41:41right now
41:42But the light
41:43is here
41:44for myself
41:47and for Patrick
41:48Mm-hmm.
41:50They'll do it.
41:53They're still
41:54going to have
41:54a great job
41:55and I'll say
41:56They'll go
41:57to the back
41:57of the back
41:58and see
41:59what I need
42:00if the light
42:02will be dark.
42:03They'll be dark
42:03for myself
42:04and be blind
42:04to watch
42:05and learn
42:05and enjoy
42:05their eyes
42:06and watch
42:07their eyes
42:08and hear
42:09their eyes
42:09and hear
42:09and they'll be
42:11see
42:11what I need
42:12to do.
42:13They'll be
42:13and your eyes
42:15and hear
42:16and hear
42:17that
42:17they'll say
42:18I'll see you next time.
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