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A detective investigates a vanished writer after a tense sailing trip with his wife, a young rival, and a captain spirals into betrayal, power games, and possible foul play.
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00:00:00To be continued...
00:00:29Always seeking the story unfold around me, fixating on the details, creating a what-happened, a who-does-what circumstance.
00:00:40It is who I am. Always been, and always will be, a writer.
00:00:59It is who I am. Always been, and always will be, a writer.
00:01:09It is who I am. Always been, and always will be, a writer.
00:01:18I don't know.
00:01:48I don't know.
00:02:18I don't know.
00:02:49They're not going to find him.
00:02:52I'm sure of it.
00:02:53I don't know.
00:03:23I don't know.
00:03:34Good morning.
00:03:39Is this for me?
00:03:40It should be good.
00:03:49It's certainly unconventional.
00:03:51Look, I'm almost there.
00:03:53I'm just working out the final details.
00:03:56Just tell them I'll need a week.
00:03:57I'll need a week.
00:03:57I'll need a week.
00:03:57I'll need a week.
00:03:58I'll need a week.
00:04:05I'll need a week.
00:04:39Hey. Is everything okay? Yeah. Everything's status quo. Well, it sounded like you were having a bit of an issue during that phone call. You look beautiful.
00:05:09You don't look bad yourself.
00:05:14I love you.
00:05:19Come on. Let's get out of here.
00:05:21What a day.
00:05:36I hope you don't mind, honey.
00:06:00I invited her.
00:06:07Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:10Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:12Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:14Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:16Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:17Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:18Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:19Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:20Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:21Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:22Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:23Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:24Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:25Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:26Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:27Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:28Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:29Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:30Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:31Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:32Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:33Happy f***ing anniversary, Isabel.
00:06:34Blake, I don't think we've formally met.
00:06:52You are a swizard.
00:06:57We have met before at the cafe.
00:07:00I served you and your husband.
00:07:07Are you sure you want me here, or is this some kind of joke?
00:07:12Cecile, why don't you join us for our anniversary?
00:07:16Yes, Cecile.
00:07:18Please do.
00:07:30The sun is going to keep getting hotter.
00:07:43So when you put your suit on, you should cover up.
00:07:45You know, it's true what George says about you.
00:07:49You're the most beautiful girl I've seen with him.
00:07:58Ever since I saw you at the cafe, I've been absolutely mesmerized by you.
00:08:04It's an illusion, my dear.
00:08:08He tends to like them in their prime.
00:08:13Usually not as sweet as you, though.
00:08:16They?
00:08:17Well, of course.
00:08:18You didn't think that you were his only, did you?
00:08:21George seems like the kind of man that can handle more than one woman.
00:08:27That's what suits him.
00:08:28Then who am I to judge what he does in his spare time?
00:08:33He'd be perfect if not for his needs.
00:08:36Do you enjoy sleeping with him?
00:08:41I do prefer older men.
00:08:46After ten years of marriage, you tend to get a sense of what your man likes.
00:09:03If this trip goes according to my plan, maybe I'll like you too.
00:09:11I think you already do.
00:09:14George, is it too soon?
00:09:19Too soon for what?
00:09:23My wife likes to drink.
00:09:28I know that phrase like the back of my hand.
00:09:31Well, George, in honor of our young guest, let's grab the champagne.
00:09:37Oh, don't worry about it, darling.
00:09:40When you're out here, time doesn't exist.
00:09:43If you can do anything, be anyone you want.
00:09:46Because without time, then it never really happened.
00:09:54Are you gonna let him go?
00:09:56Nope.
00:09:58Clear as day.
00:09:59Gotta get more information from each other.
00:10:01Certainly not till we run some tests.
00:10:04Right, the saw.
00:10:07Not only that, look at him.
00:10:09Our young addict just got his blood drawn this morning.
00:10:13Oh, the kid already admitted to that.
00:10:16Just being thorough.
00:10:18I wonder which one did it.
00:10:23Which one?
00:10:31I'm old school.
00:10:33This is Detective Kenny Park.
00:10:35K-E-N-N-Y-P-A-R-K.
00:10:38Badge number 817-A-334 on November 17th, 2015.
00:10:43I am interviewing Isabelle Boulanger.
00:10:46Why don't you just tell me what happened?
00:10:48I'm just this casual weekend friend.
00:10:54The kind that usually has consequences if you're not discreet.
00:10:58Aren't you concerned about being out on the ocean with a jealous wife?
00:11:01I've been in worse situations.
00:11:05Do you think George and Isabelle, maybe even Blake, have done this sort of thing before?
00:11:18Like it's a game to them?
00:11:21I don't really think about it, Detective Park.
00:11:25People come and go.
00:11:28I'm not invested.
00:11:35These two.
00:11:37They seem awfully in sync.
00:11:39The mannerisms.
00:11:41The tone.
00:11:42The creepishly similar looks.
00:11:46Come on.
00:11:47Cecile and Isabelle.
00:11:48Isabelle's honest.
00:11:50Something trustworthy about her.
00:11:54And this guy, he has this gorgeous wife.
00:11:56And what?
00:11:57This s**t on the side?
00:11:59Or whatever the s**t they've been saying?
00:12:02Well, let's call this for what it is.
00:12:04Some kinky, eyes wide shut sort of thing.
00:12:08And a fight between some jealous b****
00:12:10who may or may not be a closeted lesbian.
00:12:12Now she or someone or all of them
00:12:15and knock this s**t up.
00:12:17Hmm?
00:12:18He falls over the side of the boat and the rest is history.
00:12:21Now you want my personal opinion?
00:12:23They're all covering for this as a trio.
00:12:26Where did you go, George?
00:12:27What happened?
00:12:28Talk to me.
00:12:29They killed him, Park.
00:12:31And what we have here is a story of betrayal, adultery, mind f*****g games, f*****g money.
00:12:48Is it really though?
00:12:59I mean on the surface, yeah.
00:13:01It is.
00:13:05There's always more.
00:13:10Why have Blake and Cecile there? What's the point?
00:13:13So I guess you're used to being alone.
00:13:29Are you lonely, Cecile?
00:13:32I may be young, but...
00:13:37I've already learnt that life is lonely, detective.
00:13:46Are you happy now, George?
00:13:51When are you going to sleep with her, George?
00:13:58Relax, Isabel.
00:14:00It's not always about you and what you think people ought to do.
00:14:04I get it.
00:14:06Stop telling me to relax, George.
00:14:09God.
00:14:10Show me a goddamn emotion.
00:14:12You know, something.
00:14:13Anything.
00:14:14Sometimes you are just so f*****g detached.
00:14:19Honey, I have a book to write and you know what that entails.
00:14:22This wasn't supposed to be a weekend for your writing.
00:14:25This is our ten year anniversary.
00:14:27This is about us.
00:14:28And apparently Cecile.
00:14:32Okay, look.
00:14:33I get it.
00:14:34I'm sorry.
00:14:36Just remember these ideas pay for our lifestyle.
00:14:41You just want control.
00:14:44And for us to be grateful for the things that you give us.
00:14:47But everything comes attached to an expectation.
00:14:51Honey.
00:14:52Do you like having everyone need you?
00:14:53Is that it?
00:14:56Why don't you go take a seat upstairs?
00:14:58Okay.
00:15:00I get it.
00:15:01I'll stop.
00:15:02What's that?
00:15:03It's a fisherman's buoy.
00:15:04Helps the fisherman mark where their nets are.
00:15:05But, uh, it's also so that I don't hit them.
00:15:09Are they always like this?
00:15:10Not usually.
00:15:11I think it might be, uh...
00:15:12Me?
00:15:13I get it.
00:15:14I think it might be, uh...
00:15:15Me?
00:15:16I get it.
00:15:17So he's writing a book then.
00:15:18He's writing a book then.
00:15:19He's writing a book.
00:15:20He's writing a book.
00:15:21What's that?
00:15:22What's that?
00:15:23It's a fisherman's buoy.
00:15:24Helps the fisherman mark where their nets are.
00:15:26But, uh, it's also so that I don't hit them.
00:15:29Are they always like this?
00:15:32Not usually.
00:15:33I think it might be, uh...
00:15:34Me?
00:15:35I get it.
00:15:36So he's writing a book then.
00:15:37He always has a book to write.
00:15:50I didn't know he was a writer.
00:15:53Have you read any of his books?
00:15:56Are they any good?
00:15:57Well, I'm always in them.
00:16:00One form or another.
00:16:03George likes to put people in situations.
00:16:08And then see how things play out.
00:16:11I guess four people on the sailboat fix the bill.
00:16:23Speak of the devil.
00:16:29It's Hemingway.
00:16:31I'll read it as soon as I get to the beach.
00:16:34Seagulls.
00:16:48Seagull in the water.
00:16:50Yes, it's going to be his best one yet, isn't it, George?
00:16:54Now, who needs a drink like I do?
00:16:57Here, have a glass.
00:17:01Seagulls.
00:17:15Scavengers.
00:17:17They take things.
00:17:21They wait, and when the moment strikes, they fight for whatever's available to them.
00:17:24If you'd have told me I'd be sipping champagne on a sailboat across the Pacific Riviera with a beautiful woman, I would have thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
00:17:45We have a lot to talk about.
00:17:48So, George is an author?
00:17:54When I met him, I was drawn to his strength, his unpredictability.
00:18:04He's the kind of man that can own you with a look.
00:18:09Control.
00:18:10Manipulation.
00:18:11And this is attractive to you, yes?
00:18:12The man that plays with each of you.
00:18:13Like you're a pawn in his mental game of chess.
00:18:16I like games.
00:18:17I like games.
00:18:18I like playing them and I like being in them.
00:18:28Do you like role-playing detective?
00:18:33I like playing them, and I like being in them.
00:18:43Do you like role-playing, detective?
00:18:51I'm married, ma'am.
00:18:54I like to avoid games.
00:18:56The spirit of choice.
00:19:03What people do, and why they do it.
00:19:06If, in fact, they had to make a decision in the moment,
00:19:10if motivated, would they react?
00:19:15Would they hesitate?
00:19:19Is this yours?
00:19:27I was wearing it.
00:19:29Isabel asked me to.
00:19:32To cover you up.
00:19:36Or to dress me up, like a doll.
00:19:41It's George's blood.
00:19:56Just a
00:20:17Share the sober one on this boat trip?
00:20:19Nineteen months.
00:20:20I'm just curious, how does one get heroin on a boat?
00:20:30By bringing it.
00:20:35To each his own.
00:20:43I screwed up.
00:20:48Have some coffee.
00:20:51You honestly believe, after coming down from heroin, that I'd want a cup of coffee?
00:21:08Blake, what happened out there?
00:21:11As you get older, you come to realize that meaning is what gets you out of bed in the morning.
00:21:20To catch a fish.
00:21:23Not just a fish. The biggest fish.
00:21:25The biggest fish. And that was the old man's purpose.
00:21:31What happens when you catch that fish?
00:21:35I don't know.
00:21:36See, Blake, that's the point.
00:21:39Life's not black and white. If it was, we'd have no purpose.
00:21:43We need uncertainty.
00:21:45We need something to need.
00:21:47To possess.
00:21:48To give reason to all this, this beauty, this nothingness that surrounds you and I.
00:21:59Context.
00:22:00Right.
00:22:02And once the fisherman gets it, the shark comes along and devours the old man's catch.
00:22:10The universe correcting itself.
00:22:12The old man's purpose.
00:22:13To spend your whole life learning to accept a lack of control.
00:22:23Irony.
00:22:25The basis by which all art exists.
00:22:27Some **** that was.
00:22:32Some **** that was.
00:22:36Blake.
00:22:38I need to understand the day.
00:22:42Why George has disappeared.
00:22:44Not his philosophy nor his little parenting anecdotes.
00:22:49In order to give you a goddamn understanding,
00:22:53you have to know the background of how it all happened.
00:23:12Sorry.
00:23:14Please.
00:23:16Proceed.
00:23:18Anything involving George cannot be easily explained.
00:23:22He's unpredictable.
00:23:23Unreasonable.
00:23:27Yet completely logical.
00:23:29Without any emotion.
00:23:32Like a genius.
00:23:37Or a sociopath.
00:23:44Let me paint you.
00:23:46A Rembrandt.
00:23:48Time spent with George is like time spent with a master.
00:23:53On one side, you feel for the guy.
00:23:57On the other hand, is it some brilliantly woven manipulation of your emotions?
00:24:04It is the compass?
00:24:05It is.
00:24:07It's quite nice.
00:24:09Is it?
00:24:11It's broken.
00:24:13I can see that.
00:24:14What about George are you protecting?
00:24:15Why do you think I'm protecting George?
00:24:16Because you just said he was your master.
00:24:17You misinterpreted.
00:24:18He isn't my master.
00:24:19Nobody is.
00:24:20Nobody is.
00:24:21I needed a place to live and George took me in.
00:24:22He gives me what I need.
00:24:23It's broken.
00:24:24It's broken.
00:24:25I can see that.
00:24:27What about George are you protecting?
00:24:29Why do you think I'm protecting George?
00:24:30Because you just said he was your master.
00:24:31You misinterpreted.
00:24:32He isn't my master.
00:24:33Nobody is.
00:24:34I needed a place to live and George took me in.
00:24:36He gives me what I need and I give him what he needs.
00:24:39Simple as that.
00:24:40He's my friend.
00:24:41But I'm not protecting anybody but myself, detective.
00:24:42If he's gone, do you get his boat?
00:24:43No.
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00:25:38Bill. I'm my own master. I had nothing to gain. Each day I wake up and I try to survive.
00:25:49George gave me more than enough and I would never take from him. At least not without
00:25:55his giving. I know you're an addict. I know you relapsed. And I'm sorry. But I have got
00:26:03two women in the other room and a man who's disappeared. So you have got to give me something
00:26:11to work with here. You want something to work with. I didn't do the heroin that's in my system.
00:26:23I don't know how it got there. I went to bed sober. And I woke up like this. It was definitely
00:26:37mine. But it was around my neck when I went to bed. And I sat for something. You know what
00:26:48I love about this compass. It's perfect to its design. There was a problem and a man
00:26:56came up with an idea to solve that problem. And this is it. Now it can be a paperweight
00:27:02or a doorstop. That's not what it's meant to be. It's not what it's designed to be.
00:27:09But what it does best is show us the way. It's simple. But it has value.
00:27:21What were you boys doing downstairs for so long? Organizing the cabin and packing for
00:27:41the beach. I showed Blake what you got me for our second anniversary.
00:27:45I bought this for George when we went to Morocco. I sat in a flea market for three
00:27:55hours while he tried to talk the price down. Practically stole it from that poor little
00:28:00man. He was a third generation fisherman. Got it off his grandfather's boat. Hated boat
00:28:07source. Practically doing him a favor. Don't worry. She likes to do this to me. She likes
00:28:21to see me beg. This time I'm really going to do it, George. It's not worth it, Isabel.
00:28:30Oh, but it's so much fun, though. Hey, guys. Three Arch Bay is coming right past that
00:28:39cove. We should anchor soon. This wasn't the first time we'd gone to Three Arch Bay. We've
00:28:57become very familiar with the area. And we knew which times to enjoy the beach privately with
00:29:06no other boats. Took the smaller boat to shore and had a perfect day.
00:29:27The thing about Three Arch Bay is it's secluded. You can climb the rocks, scale the hill, traverse
00:29:40the underwater coral. It's the type of place you'd expect a couple like George and Isabel to
00:29:47go to go to. It's heaven on earth. George and I walked along the beach, talked about life, art,
00:30:00and the idea of finding peace, which was something that we talked about often. Cecil and Isabel
00:30:10remain on the beach, continuing to drink champagne while bathing under the sun. Everybody was
00:30:23getting around.
00:31:38This place, how can you stand it?
00:32:01It's just so beautiful.
00:32:05I'm used to living out the suitcase.
00:32:09Ever since I was a kid.
00:32:11All alone.
00:32:15Along the way I got comfortable.
00:32:16Wondering.
00:32:21Knowing that it was just me.
00:32:26Just me.
00:32:28Alone.
00:32:29When I was your age, I left home.
00:32:40Abusive father.
00:32:42An emotionally unavailable mother.
00:32:44And a wild nature I just had to explore.
00:32:49That's how I met George.
00:32:53At first, he scared me.
00:32:56He was the first man I couldn't resist.
00:32:58And I knew I was going to marry him.
00:33:03I needed something to ground me.
00:33:06Someone who made me feel safe.
00:33:09Someone who made me feel less alone.
00:33:12But now I've come to learn.
00:33:15Sometimes it's better not to feel safe.
00:33:17Leave him.
00:33:27Look.
00:33:31It's something I took from my mother before I left home.
00:33:34This isn't right.
00:33:44You...
00:33:44You don't know me.
00:33:47The day before I left home,
00:33:49I was on a train.
00:33:52I looked out the window.
00:33:56There were sunflower fields.
00:33:58As far as the eye could see.
00:34:04Come on.
00:34:06Let's go play in the water.
00:34:18I swear I can do it five times.
00:34:22Like this.
00:34:25It doesn't work for me like that.
00:34:28Can you hear that?
00:34:30What?
00:34:31Seriously, you can't hear that.
00:34:32What is it?
00:34:33It's a whole orchestra of violins playing just for you.
00:34:37There you go.
00:34:38That's real funny, George.
00:34:39No, I'm serious.
00:34:39Hey, guys.
00:34:40Guys, come back.
00:34:41He wants you to play for him.
00:34:42Seriously.
00:34:43He does.
00:34:43George.
00:34:44Come back.
00:34:44What?
00:34:44The joke is already getting old.
00:34:46I don't need anybody simply.
00:34:54The girls look like they're having a good time.
00:34:56You ever, uh, build a sandcastle, Blake?
00:35:12Of course.
00:35:13I mean a sandcastle with a moat and a labyrinth of tunnels and a maze to protect your queen.
00:35:25I'd have to find a queen first.
00:35:28Those two.
00:35:30They're dangerous.
00:35:31Why would you say that?
00:35:36You know, when I was seven years old, I saw the most beautiful girl I'd ever come across.
00:35:42So, uh, naturally I ran to the store and I got her a $12 diamond necklace and wrote the most professing poem.
00:35:52And it pulled down two flowers from my mother's garden.
00:35:56So, when I saw her next, I gave her all those things.
00:36:01The gift, the poem, and the flower.
00:36:05What happened?
00:36:07They tore the poem to pieces.
00:36:11They ripped the necklace apart.
00:36:14And the flowers, well, they, uh, they were already dead by the time I got them to her.
00:36:23Things don't get better, Blake.
00:36:26They just get bigger.
00:36:32I bet I could do it six times.
00:36:33Hold on.
00:36:56Enjoying the day.
00:37:09Enjoying the day?
00:37:26I am.
00:37:28I love it here.
00:37:30I can relate.
00:37:39Do you want to talk about it?
00:37:44Do you still love it?
00:37:47I ask myself that every day.
00:37:52And?
00:37:54And I'll let you know if I come up with an answer.
00:38:10He really believes in me.
00:38:13Maybe he has to believe in something.
00:38:18One day, I want to have a girl like you.
00:38:25In a boat like that.
00:38:29My own queen.
00:38:32To build a sandcastle for.
00:38:39What do you think of Isabel?
00:38:50I think she's exquisite.
00:38:52Do you feel self-conscious?
00:38:54I just want you to be happy.
00:38:57I don't know why you'd choose me instead.
00:39:01Why do I have to choose?
00:39:02Why can't I have both of you?
00:39:06And there's Blake, too.
00:39:07Well, everyone likes having a pet.
00:39:11Come on, George.
00:39:13You don't always have to be.
00:39:14I'm just messing with you, okay?
00:39:16I'm just playing.
00:39:17I like Blake.
00:39:18He's a good kid.
00:39:19You know, I'm teaching him how to be a man.
00:39:23What makes a man a man?
00:39:26A woman.
00:39:28Or two.
00:39:29Or two.
00:39:37Hey!
00:39:49Hey!
00:39:57Where's my journal?
00:39:59I didn't bring it.
00:40:01Why not?
00:40:02You asked me to pack up stuff for a picnic.
00:40:05I didn't think it included your journal.
00:40:09George, let it go.
00:40:13It's none of your business.
00:40:16I'll go get it.
00:40:21Forget it.
00:40:23I'm done with the beach.
00:40:24I'm going for a swim.
00:40:35He's in a rare form today.
00:40:42George got upset about his journal.
00:40:45Leaves.
00:40:46Swims back to the boat.
00:40:49What time would you say that was?
00:40:50Four o'clock.
00:40:54You sure?
00:40:55I'm sure.
00:40:58Anyone who spends days at sea can look at the sun and know the time.
00:41:04So George would often leave mid-afternoon.
00:41:07This wasn't our first trip.
00:41:10One gets quite familiar with patterns.
00:41:13What happened next?
00:41:16Cecile and I went for a hike to sober up.
00:41:18And Blake?
00:41:22He stayed at the beach to read the book George gave him.
00:41:27With George leaving so often, were you ever concerned about him just one day disappearing?
00:41:37If we do find him, would you be disappointed if he were dead?
00:41:43Do you still love your husband, Isabel?
00:41:51Let me tell you a story, detective.
00:42:19Every morning a man wakes up.
00:42:27He makes a bowl of oatmeal for his wife.
00:42:30He cuts up a banana and puts it on top.
00:42:34And he puts it on her bedside table.
00:42:36She wakes up.
00:42:41She finds a gesture kind and loving.
00:42:45But after a month, she starts to hate it.
00:42:49She feels obligated.
00:42:51The thing is, she hates bananas.
00:42:54So one evening, she tells her husband,
00:42:59When you make my breakfast in the morning, could you add strawberries?
00:43:04And he smiles and goes to bed.
00:43:07She wakes up.
00:43:09Looks at her bedside table.
00:43:12There's a bowl of freshly made oatmeal.
00:43:14And what do you think is on top?
00:43:21Bananas.
00:43:24So you asked me if I love my husband, and the answer is yes and no.
00:43:30Because he thinks he gives me what I need, but I asked for f***ing strawberries.
00:43:34Now, women are complicated.
00:43:42We like being loved.
00:43:44We need to be touched.
00:43:47But sometimes we need something more.
00:43:52We need to be heard.
00:43:55We need to laugh.
00:43:56George is a beautiful man.
00:44:04And he has great intentions for the most part.
00:44:09He's very broken.
00:44:14Of course, I would be devastated.
00:44:16I would be devastated.
00:44:26You okay?
00:44:52She wants full custody.
00:44:56Well, that seems pretty harsh.
00:45:00No, I work too much.
00:45:04And the alcohol?
00:45:07No, I haven't had a job in four weeks.
00:45:13That's a good start.
00:45:17What do you think about that kid?
00:45:19Well, the addict.
00:45:21Mm-hmm.
00:45:21I think he's broken.
00:45:22Looks broken, agree.
00:45:28But does that make a young man guilty of murder?
00:45:31Maybe he snapped.
00:45:35The question is why.
00:45:38What about the English girl?
00:45:41You know, something about her in her eyes.
00:45:42Something mysterious.
00:45:44You know, like she almost seemed like she was too innocent.
00:45:46She was a young girl trying to find her way.
00:45:49Wrong place, wrong time, wrong company.
00:45:52On the flip side, what about George?
00:45:55I mean, what if he's the one in charge and control?
00:45:58It was his beau.
00:45:59He separated himself.
00:46:02Four people alone.
00:46:06A jealous wife.
00:46:08A man who presumably wants what his mentor has.
00:46:14A young English courtesan in George.
00:46:21I love it.
00:46:24I love these people.
00:46:27Sir?
00:46:28There's a man here.
00:46:30He's a fisherman.
00:46:31He needs to speak with you.
00:46:32They found something in the ocean they think you should see.
00:46:38Anyone hungry?
00:47:02Yeah.
00:47:03I'll get everything ready.
00:47:04I'll help.
00:47:12You guys run along.
00:47:14I'll help George set the table.
00:47:17You need some water.
00:47:19You're drunk.
00:47:21George.
00:47:34You're drunk.
00:47:55Mm.
00:47:59Just eating my salad is amazing, Blake.
00:48:08Yeah, you've come a long way from burning those steaks, that's for sure.
00:48:12That was one time.
00:48:19So, how often do you go sailing?
00:48:22Oh.
00:48:23Well, what is it, honey?
00:48:28Whenever you have to get some writing done, we spend the weekend at sea.
00:48:33Don't let her fool you.
00:48:36We got the boat so we could get away.
00:48:39I promised Isabella I'd buy her a home in the middle of nowhere, but for now, this'll have to do.
00:48:45So this just happens to be one of the weekends when you're working?
00:48:51Honey, it's not the time nor the place, okay?
00:48:54Oh, when is it ever the time or the place to call you out in your megalomania, George?
00:48:58Enough, Isabelle.
00:49:00You.
00:49:01I hate this boat!
00:49:03And I'm sick of all your unfulfilled promises.
00:49:05I said that's enough!
00:49:07Yes, master.
00:49:08May I remind you I didn't force that f***ing ring on your finger, okay?
00:49:15You gladly accepted it because you had no other choices.
00:49:20You know, in fact, none of you would have shit without me.
00:49:24So if ever any of you express anything other than gratitude, I'll f***ing throw you overboard.
00:49:30Do you understand me?
00:49:32All of you want freedom, yet here you are resenting me as if I'm taking it from you.
00:49:41Is this not freedom enough, huh?
00:49:44Huh?
00:49:45Huh?
00:49:52Sorry, excuse me.
00:50:14I want you.
00:50:15I want you to thank you for the money.
00:50:16I'm sorry I saw you do something, you're not!
00:50:17You are a very innocent!
00:50:18I'm sorry, I'm sorry I have to ask you!
00:50:19I'm sorry!
00:50:20I have to send you to your money!
00:50:22What?
00:50:24Why do you trust me?
00:50:26Is this not freedom?
00:50:30I'll see you for it!
00:50:33I'm sorry.
00:50:34I'll let you trust me.
00:50:35I'll never let you trust you.
00:50:36I'll let you trust me.
00:50:37You're the fisherman?
00:50:51I'm the captain.
00:50:54Captain.
00:50:56I'm Detective Park.
00:50:57What do you have for me?
00:50:59Lost and found wanted this, but I insisted a detective look at it.
00:51:07Have a seat, Captain.
00:51:29So what brings you here?
00:51:31You're on the boat.
00:51:33No, silly.
00:51:36America.
00:51:38California.
00:51:39Acuna Beach.
00:51:42George and Isabel.
00:51:45Yes, the boat.
00:51:48What brings you here, Blake?
00:51:52I'm just trying to find my way.
00:51:57Pick up a thing or two from the boulanges.
00:52:01They have the type of life that I see in magazines.
00:52:05Do they?
00:52:11At least on the surface.
00:52:15That's why I like you.
00:52:19Underneath all the layers of crap.
00:52:24You're pure.
00:52:25That's going to be the nicest insult I've ever gotten.
00:52:30You never answered my question.
00:52:36I love the black sky.
00:52:43I love the black sky.
00:52:45The little white dots.
00:52:49It's massive.
00:52:50They're so insignificant.
00:52:53But we have no idea what's really out there.
00:53:01It's heroin.
00:53:02It's heroin.
00:53:02You're heroin.
00:53:09You're heroin.
00:53:13It's...
00:53:14You know, it's like the guy who keeps a gun in his safety deposit box.
00:53:23That's his way out.
00:53:28This is my way out.
00:53:29I don't expect to relapse.
00:53:37I don't expect to stay sober.
00:53:45I saw you watching Isabella and I on the beach.
00:53:47I got a routine.
00:54:04I checked my pots in order.
00:54:08I got a routine I checked my pots in order day before yesterday was Tuesday I was checking my
00:54:17first pot and I saw on my third buoy that there was a boat anchored and so I figure I'll just
00:54:24check that pot on the way back and when I came back what was still there so I figure I'll just
00:54:32check that pot next time I'm out sometimes it's best to just let a pot soak so you found this then
00:54:40today yeah it's protocol to regard the buoys we have at sea that boat either didn't know what it
00:54:51was doing or it had no regard for my business dealings I found that book this morning in my
00:55:01lobster pot my lobster pot well I appreciate you bringing it in oh I brought it in detective
00:55:14because it's so perfectly preserved in a watertight bag it wanted to be found
00:55:21I've seen this before this is one of the story plots from his last book
00:55:29I'm sure you could find three more of those if you ask around the docks detective
00:55:36if one is found you can bet it was george and his big plan
00:55:42it has his signature all over it
00:55:48did you help your husband with his writing mrs. Boulanger
00:55:53every once in a while george would get stuck get writer's block gets too close to it he told
00:56:03me once it was like walking through fog whichever direction you go however fast you try it's just
00:56:12white he would get to his last page and just start from scratch throw his book out
00:56:21and I hated that about him do you have any idea what that can do to a man
00:56:27I'm more curious about what that might do to his wife
00:56:33I think something's happened to your husband and I'm trying to figure out what that something is so how can you sit here all day long and just stare daggers at me I'm trying to help you and you're telling me after he disappeared
00:56:40I'm trying to help you and you're telling me after he disappeared that this is all some part of master plan by george Boulanger
00:56:47what I am saying is that if there was a fisherman and I mean if then George would know that it was on this man's route
00:56:54and just stare daggers at me.
00:56:58I'm trying to help you.
00:57:00And you're telling me, after he disappeared,
00:57:04that this is all some part of Master Plan by George Boulanger.
00:57:08What I am saying is that if there was a fisherman,
00:57:12and I mean if,
00:57:14then George would know that it was on this man's route.
00:57:18He would study the patterns, the protocols,
00:57:20and he wouldn't ever allow our boat to be anchored there.
00:57:23George doesn't do anything,
00:57:25and I mean anything without forethought.
00:57:32George came back from his swim.
00:57:33He seemed very determined, almost manic.
00:57:38But the first time in having spent time with him,
00:57:41I was actually concerned.
00:57:45He was always so calm.
00:57:49There was a change in him.
00:57:53George came back
00:58:06like he had a plan.
00:58:12A mission.
00:58:14There was something
00:58:15very, very
00:58:17off about him.
00:58:19I thought he might hurt Isabel.
00:58:22Perhaps he'd had enough of her drinking.
00:58:27Or maybe,
00:58:29he was gonna hurt Cecile and me.
00:58:32He'd had a rough childhood.
00:58:33From what I gathered,
00:58:36he had a dinner.
00:58:40Feet on the dead or injured,
00:58:41they have a job to do.
00:58:44They purge the earth of garbage.
00:58:46If you look at the abyss long enough,
00:58:50the abyss looks back at you.
00:58:54Nietzsche.
00:58:57If you look at the abyss long enough,
00:59:00the abyss looks back at you.
00:59:06Every once in a while, George would get stuck.
00:59:08And he would get to his last page
00:59:11and start from scratch.
00:59:14I hated that about him.
00:59:17Anything involving George cannot be easily explained.
00:59:22He's unpredictable.
00:59:24Yet completely logical.
00:59:27Control.
00:59:28Manipulation.
00:59:31To be honest,
00:59:32I like games.
00:59:38Without any pushing.
00:59:41Everyone likes having a pet.
00:59:43Seagulls scavenge.
00:59:45Like a genius.
00:59:47Or a sociopath.
00:59:49Seagulls scavenge.
00:59:52There was a big bang.
00:59:53Downstairs, in the cabin, like someone fell.
00:59:57It got really uncomfortable really quickly.
00:59:59There we were on the boat,
01:00:02in the middle of the water.
01:00:04What was he gonna do?
01:00:06Most people live a lie.
01:00:07I strive for truth.
01:00:17People live a lie.
01:00:20I am truth.
01:00:21What did they do to you?
01:00:28Lab results.
01:00:29For the blood on the shawl.
01:00:32Matches Blake's.
01:00:33Not George's.
01:00:34Nothing on the boat matches George.
01:00:36It's clean as a whistle.
01:00:37Okay.
01:00:38What about the spot on the boat?
01:00:42Blake.
01:00:51What the hell happened to you, George?
01:01:07How did your blood get on the shawl?
01:01:11I guess Isabel was really drunk.
01:01:14After George got back from his swim,
01:01:16he went down into the cabin.
01:01:18Cecile and I stayed on the deck.
01:01:22We heard some commotion.
01:01:24George raised his voice.
01:01:26And there was a loud bang.
01:01:28I got up to go check it out.
01:01:31But by the time that I got to the front end of the cabin,
01:01:34I got hit square in the head.
01:01:38And I must have passed out.
01:01:40Because the next thing I know,
01:01:43I'm waking up bloody.
01:01:45With that shawl around my head.
01:01:48And Cecile over me.
01:01:49That's the last thing I remember.
01:01:53I tried to intervene.
01:01:54But George told me to mind my own business.
01:01:56Blake was lying on the floor, bleeding.
01:01:59And Isabel was drunk and she was visibly scared.
01:02:04George came back from his swim.
01:02:06Found a bottle.
01:02:07Accused me of being drunk.
01:02:11And he told me I should go to bed.
01:02:13I hate it when he babies me.
01:02:16I stumbled.
01:02:18I hit my head.
01:02:19And he started to scream.
01:02:22At that point, I, uh...
01:02:24I reached for something.
01:02:26The, um...
01:02:27Compass.
01:02:28Maybe...
01:02:31That's the last thing that I remember.
01:02:33I remember.
01:02:37George got back to the boat.
01:02:39Noticed Cecile and Blake together at the front of the boat.
01:02:42Realized he was losing control.
01:02:44Found a drunk Isabel.
01:02:46Tried to put Isabel to bed.
01:02:48She resisted.
01:02:50Someone threw a compass.
01:02:52Or not.
01:02:54And Blake got his one way or another.
01:02:58So the shawl and the journal are useless.
01:03:01The compass is just ridiculous.
01:03:02And all we've got are three alibis that all light up.
01:03:09Yeah, this is Bailey.
01:03:21Accounts above and drain.
01:03:23When?
01:03:25Midnight.
01:03:25All of the money was transferred into Mrs. Boonage's accounts.
01:03:29Offshore.
01:03:30We're untraceable.
01:03:40Okay.
01:03:41We need to get creative.
01:03:43Start thinking like writerhood.
01:03:44What grounds us?
01:03:45What is our foundation?
01:03:47George is obviously the foundation.
01:03:49Okay.
01:03:49Let's start once again.
01:03:51Uh, they wake up.
01:03:52Uh, George says good morning.
01:03:54He gives her some flowers.
01:03:55Yada, yada, yada.
01:03:56What else?
01:03:57What did George do?
01:03:58He makes a call.
01:03:59Give his call a log.
01:04:01Check his credit card statements.
01:04:02Was she a cosigner on his accounts?
01:04:05Yeah, tell him I need a week.
01:04:06Just need to work out the final details.
01:04:09She'll be good.
01:04:10It's certainly unconventional.
01:04:12George doesn't do anything.
01:04:14And I mean anything.
01:04:17Without forethought.
01:04:18It's so perfectly preserved in a watertight bag.
01:04:33Fisherman.
01:04:34When was the wire made exactly?
01:04:37Was it timed?
01:04:38Who sent it?
01:04:39Why go on a trip with your wife if you're planning on taking off?
01:04:44Maybe he hasn't made his decision yet.
01:04:46Really?
01:04:48Can't rule it out, Bailey.
01:04:51And what are you thinking?
01:04:53Maybe this is much broader.
01:04:55Okay, you get to the boat.
01:04:56Cecile cast off.
01:04:58And then it's a beautiful day to sail.
01:05:00Except there's a fight below deck between George and Isabel.
01:05:03It's not always about you and what you think people ought to do.
01:05:05Relax, Isabel.
01:05:06What were they really fighting about?
01:05:08Was she mad at him because he wanted to leave?
01:05:10Was this whole thing a stage performance?
01:05:12I mean, was their marriage really on the rocks anyway?
01:05:15What if she kills him, throws him over because she's sick of it?
01:05:18The pressure, the writer's block, the unfulfilled promises.
01:05:21Not sure I'd buy it.
01:05:23Next.
01:05:24The, uh, the compass toss.
01:05:25It's Blake.
01:05:27Blake would do anything for George or Isabel.
01:05:30And Cecile.
01:05:30She was brought into this whole thing to be the one final piece.
01:05:34Is she their alibi?
01:05:36Then there's the beach.
01:05:38All was fine.
01:05:39Then George decides to write.
01:05:40He found inspiration or was this all a part of his plan?
01:05:43So he contacts the fisherman to hand off the journal.
01:05:47He knows that that way if he disappears, he's got the journal as a good clue.
01:05:51Isabel's telling the truth.
01:05:53And he did do this on his own.
01:05:57Blake said he never does anything without a plan, right?
01:05:59He staged everything.
01:06:00He is or was a writer, after all.
01:06:03But I don't buy it.
01:06:05They killed him, they throw him overboard.
01:06:08And everything we've heard, all of these stories, they're just that.
01:06:11Just a string of stories.
01:06:12Well conceived, mind you, but conceived nevertheless by our three witnesses.
01:06:18Our case files should be called The Disappearance of George with the hands of Cecile, Blake, and Isabel.
01:06:27So if, and I mean if, they did do it, then we have to consider that they're all lying to us.
01:06:33Okay?
01:06:34Let's have one more chat with him.
01:06:39It's a beautiful necklace.
01:06:55Thanks.
01:06:56It's been in my family a long time.
01:06:58My mother gave it to me before she left.
01:07:00She said it reminded her of being wild and free.
01:07:06Take me through the last part of the night one more time.
01:07:10And the last thing you saw.
01:07:12Blake had a pretty nasty cut.
01:07:15I went back to check on Isabel and she asked me to lay in bed with her.
01:07:21I crawled into bed and held her.
01:07:26The last thing I remember, George standing at the cabin, watching us.
01:07:31He was just watching you?
01:07:32Hmm.
01:07:34What about the morning?
01:07:35Isabel woke me up.
01:07:37She told me that George was gone.
01:07:39We were hoping that he was out in the dinghy or that he'd gone to the beach for a swim.
01:07:42That's it?
01:07:43Yeah.
01:07:45Yeah, it's the last thing I remember.
01:07:49If George were to disappear, would he do it like this?
01:07:55He's refined.
01:07:57There's too many mistakes.
01:08:00I don't know what happened out there, but...
01:08:03Would he just leave us?
01:08:06No.
01:08:07Not his style.
01:08:10You seem to know George pretty well, Blake.
01:08:11More so than his wife and his girlfriend.
01:08:15Have you ever heard of the trials and death of Socrates?
01:08:22Socrates believed that he was the smartest man in the world.
01:08:31The prosecutor asked, why do you believe this?
01:08:36Socrates said, I know I am the smartest man in the world because I know that I know nothing.
01:08:44What's the last thing you saw, Blake?
01:08:49George standing over me.
01:08:51And?
01:08:53That's it.
01:08:54Tell me what you remember from this morning.
01:08:56I woke up with a terrible headache, of course.
01:09:03And I went outside to get some fresh air on my face.
01:09:06I noticed Blake passed out.
01:09:12He had his heroin necklace crushed open.
01:09:15There's a bandage on his head.
01:09:18I looked around for George.
01:09:20He was nowhere.
01:09:22I waited up on the deck for him for about an hour or so.
01:09:27I thought maybe he would pop up out of the water.
01:09:31Like he always did before.
01:09:33But he never did.
01:09:37So I woke up Cecile to help me look for him.
01:09:41On the beach or in the water.
01:09:46But he was gone.
01:09:51So we called Harbor Patrol.
01:09:54He's just disappeared.
01:09:56We woke up and he was gone.
01:09:58George has disappeared before.
01:10:03This time's different.
01:10:07He's done this before, yes.
01:10:12But never quite like this.
01:10:17Thank you, Isabelle.
01:10:20You're free to leave.
01:10:21One more thing, detective.
01:10:24If I know George the way I do, then he'll show up.
01:10:29In one form or another.
01:10:32George likes to put people in situations.
01:10:35And then see how things play out.
01:10:36I guess four people on a sailboat fits the bill.
01:10:46If you'd have told me I'd be sipping champagne on a sailboat with a beautiful woman,
01:10:53I would have thought I'd die to contact.
01:10:58You just want control.
01:11:00We have a lot to talk about.
01:11:16One day, I want to have a girl like you.
01:11:20And a boat like that.
01:11:21Irony.
01:11:24The basis by which all art exists.
01:11:28George doesn't do anything.
01:11:30And I mean anything without forethought.
01:11:33That's just not his nature.
01:11:36If this trip goes according to my plan,
01:11:39maybe I'll like you too.
01:11:43I've already learned that life is lonely, detective.
01:11:46You misinterpreted.
01:11:48I'm just his casual weekend, friend.
01:11:49Just his casual weekend.
01:11:51He isn't my master.
01:11:52Nobody is.
01:11:53Nobody is.
01:11:56We need uncertainty.
01:11:59We need something to need.
01:12:01To possess.
01:12:02To give reason to all this nothingness that surrounds you and I.
01:12:20Yeah.
01:12:27I'm working.
01:12:28Figured it now.
01:12:29Why?
01:12:30Check.
01:12:31Check.
01:12:34Okay.
01:12:34I'm looking at him right now.
01:12:36There's two things worth noting.
01:12:38What are they?
01:12:39First, detachment in an email.
01:12:42I want you to listen to it.
01:12:43It's a voice memo recorded from his phone and it's dated at 10.56pm.
01:12:50You're kidding.
01:12:52What's the second thing?
01:12:54The phone call he made that morning was to JNE Publishing.
01:12:58We're getting it transferred now, but I can tell you this.
01:13:02It was about the delivery of the next novel.
01:13:05The publisher demanded it.
01:13:12Thank you, Bailey.
01:13:15Good work.
01:13:16Good night, guys.
01:13:25Destin.
01:13:26Destin, one, two, three.
01:13:30Isabel, are you okay?
01:13:33You think she's going to throw me overboard?
01:13:35He could hear us right now.
01:13:36I will throw his ass overboard.
01:13:39Blake, what are you thinking?
01:13:40You can't want to do this.
01:13:42You can't get a camera.
01:13:43Let's take it.
01:13:43You can't get a battle.
01:13:45You know what?
01:13:45I have an idea.
01:13:46We should get rid of him.
01:13:49No.
01:13:50We could.
01:13:51What if all three of us?
01:13:52What if we three?
01:13:54No.
01:13:54I'd leave him if I could.
01:13:58I feel trapped.
01:14:00I could kill him.
01:14:02This is a possibility.
01:14:04I don't know.
01:14:05We're not going to kill him.
01:14:06We shouldn't be talking about this.
01:14:08I know you think about it, too.
01:14:10I know.
01:14:11Yes, but I just...
01:14:12I just...
01:14:13Cecile, you can't...
01:14:14You don't agree with this, do you?
01:14:16Do you?
01:14:18Look, he's...
01:14:19He's like a father to me.
01:14:20He's...
01:14:21Like in your house.
01:14:23No.
01:14:24No.
01:14:26You can have the boat.
01:14:28I'm not doing this.
01:14:36Like...
01:14:36Like...
01:14:37Like...
01:14:38Fine.
01:14:40I'll do it.
01:14:42Well, I mean...
01:14:43If he's getting the boat and you're getting the money, what's left for me?
01:14:47Cecile.
01:14:48I'll give you the world.
01:14:50I just...
01:14:51Don't even know what I want.
01:14:54How are we going to do that?
01:14:55We don't know where he is.
01:14:58Just do it here.
01:15:01Oh, here he comes.
01:15:08Hey, when you get in tomorrow morning, I'm going to need you to double check if there's
01:15:17a Captain Cody on file at the Dana Point Harbor, okay?
01:15:26I think I figured it out.
01:15:27When I begin a new story, I start with choosing a location.
01:15:53It must have a compelling and suggestive component to it.
01:15:58Time and space need to be defined by its own unique characteristics.
01:16:04I didn't choose to be this way.
01:16:08It is who I am.
01:16:11Always been.
01:16:12And always will be.
01:16:20I am.
01:16:21I am a writer.
01:16:27Moving from place to place.
01:16:31Shifting from idea to new idea.
01:16:40Looking for my next book.
01:16:51We're going to look.
01:16:59So we're going to look.
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