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00:00I don't understand. You didn't get any footage from the party?
00:14No, I got plenty of footage. Oodles of footage.
00:16Just not in the last hour, because I left to follow a lead.
00:21A suspect.
00:22Well, despite our best efforts,
00:24Vinick is now fully aware that someone here hates his guts.
00:27I will remind you both that if we don't secure this donation,
00:32Wheeler College may just disappear off the map.
00:35Pepto coffee? It's disgusting.
00:38No. I'm good.
00:39We should review everything you got from the time of the fire, just to be sure.
00:42Yeah, I already tried. It's not useful.
00:47I think the file got corrupted or something.
00:50But let's focus on the positives.
00:52I mean, we have a big new clue. The note.
00:55The original threat was emailed, but this is in the blackmailer's own handwriting.
01:00Okay. I have a source, a former con artist who specializes in this kind of thing.
01:04Forgeries, ransom notes. Lives nearby, so I'll head there now.
01:08I'll go with you.
01:10Okay.
01:13I'm so excited. My first meeting with an underworld source.
01:20Ah. Julie.
01:22What a surprise.
01:23Hi, Apollo. Is she in?
01:25Maybe. But first, you've got to do something for me.
01:29Read the first 600 pages of my novel and tell me honestly if it's too close to Little Women.
01:35Okay. Bye, Apollo.
01:36What? No. Come on. Come on. You'll read it later, okay?
01:39It's a story of four sisters who lived during Civil War times in New England,
01:43but not the Civil War you're thinking about.
01:46Vanessa! Julie's here.
01:48Hey. Who's this? He, uh, works with me. I need you to look at something.
01:55Oh, of course. Um, hang on. Let me get my glasses.
01:58I'm Charles, by the way.
01:59Oh, hey. Apollo Lombrakis. I live here. Sexually.
02:04Oh, well, congratulations.
02:05Ah, thanks. It's great. Just getting a little painting done right now. I'm a contractor by trade. If you need anything at all, just give me a call.
02:13What's happening here?
02:14Oh, yeah. I found a whole box of these in a dumpster. I don't know who Dr. Lucy Patterson is. I'm assuming she's dead.
02:20Whoa. Is that the case you're working on? Wait a minute. Am I a suspect? I had nothing to do with it, Charles.
02:25No, no. No, you're fine.
02:27Okay. That's a relief, huh? You hungry?
02:29I got baby carrots and I got hummus. It's organic.
02:34Wow, that seems a little risky.
02:36No, not really. I just got to keep them straight. This one's hummus. This one's paint.
02:42Huh. Now, hang on.
02:47Ooh.
02:48Ah, this is my bad. They're both hummus. No wonder this room smells delicious.
02:55You take it off? I'll talk to you later, Charles.
02:57So I'm guessing whoever wrote this was smart enough to disguise their handwriting.
03:01The handwriting isn't the clue. It's the pen.
03:03This isn't a cheap ballpoint. It's fancy.
03:06Fountain pen.
03:08See this dark streak in the middle of the horizontal lines?
03:12There's a chip in the nib.
03:14And whenever they press down hard, it releases extra ink.
03:17Huh. Good catch.
03:20Who would use a pen like that?
03:22Artists like to use fountain pens to sketch line drawings.
03:25Con artists like to use them to forge degrees from Harvard Business School.
03:30Class of 81.
03:31Vanessa, thank you. We'll be in touch.
03:34Well, you don't have to run.
03:36Lisichka, I could make a pot of coffee.
03:37Sorry, work.
03:38Or have those little cookies that you like. I got some in case you can't buy.
03:41We're leaving.
03:42Well, it was great to see you.
03:47Lisichka?
03:47Leave it alone.
03:48I got those little cookies you like?
03:54Vanessa
03:54is my mom.
04:05You didn't even hug her.
04:07You barely even said hello.
04:08We have a business relationship.
04:10That's it.
04:14But why?
04:16And how?
04:17And probably also when?
04:20Okay.
04:21I'm going to explain this one time, and then we do not discuss it again.
04:24Okay.
04:26Vanessa started pulling scams before I was in kindergarten.
04:30Small-time stuff.
04:30Over time, the scams got bigger, more audacious, and then one day, the cops came to the door
04:39and arrested her.
04:42My dad, who is not Apollo, was not in the picture, so I had to go live with my grandparents
04:48because she had to go live in prison.
04:53She ruined my life.
04:56And also, as I found out many years later, ruined my credit.
04:59I have repaired both, no thanks to her.
05:02So I pay her for her expertise as a criminal when I need it, and that is the extent of
05:07our interactions.
05:09The sitchka?
05:10Russian nickname my dad gave me when I was a baby.
05:13Means little fox, annoyingly, she won't stop using it.
05:17So this is why you became a P.I.?
05:20No, it's not why.
05:24Her being a criminal just put me on a path.
05:27I'm just, I'm just interested in the-
05:30It's why.
05:31Okay, fine.
05:31Yes, it's why.
05:32Who cares?
05:33Okay.
05:37You know, Emily and I went through a rough patch for a while.
05:40Charles, we are not discussing this.
05:42Stop asking questions about my mom.
05:45Okay.
05:48Focus on the case.
05:49Hi there.
06:07Oh, right.
06:08Hey.
06:08I was just thinking about you.
06:10Really?
06:11Neat.
06:12Because I was also thinking about you.
06:14Hmm.
06:15Want to grab some lunch?
06:17That would be lovely.
06:18Perfect.
06:19Let's do it.
06:19Let's get some lunch.
06:21Actually, I can.
06:22Whoa.
06:22Getting real mixed signals here.
06:25I forgot.
06:26I'm, I'm, I'm meeting a friend.
06:28A stupid friend.
06:29Stupid friends.
06:29They ruin everything.
06:31Just go have a lovely time with your friend.
06:33And you know where to find me.
06:35Okay.
06:39Okay.
06:43Thank you for kissing me.
06:44I can't tell whether you've gotten better or I've gotten worse.
06:51I must have gotten worse because you stink.
06:55I have to tell you something.
06:57I met someone.
06:59Really?
06:59Her name's Mona.
07:01She's stunning and funny, talented, brilliant, and gorgeous and sexy.
07:09Stunning, gorgeous, and sexy all mean the same thing.
07:13Well, she's all of them.
07:15We literally just met.
07:17But every time I see her, I, I sweat.
07:20I stutter.
07:21My heart races.
07:23You sure it's not your thyroid?
07:24Could be your thyroid.
07:27Calvert.
07:27Is this okay?
07:30What do you mean, is it okay?
07:33You mean because of Victoria?
07:36You mourned Victoria.
07:38You did right by her.
07:40You don't honor her life by not living your own.
07:43The only question is, is this something you want to pursue?
07:48Yes.
07:48Then go for it.
07:50Now, how did you meet this heart racing lady?
07:53She's one of the suspects in my new case.
07:56Oh, for God's sake.
07:57I know.
07:59Kind of bad.
08:00It's very bad.
08:01You remember how I reacted when you told me you were a spy?
08:05How's it going to go when you tell your girlfriend you've been lying to her?
08:09You cannot be in a relationship with someone you're lying to.
08:15Charles, oh boy, you're a very observant fellow.
08:18Now, recently between us, I invested in a hair system.
08:23Be honest.
08:24Can you tell?
08:26Not at all.
08:31Money well spent.
08:32Grazie.
08:35What?
08:36I can't even lie to Grant?
08:39Julie, exciting news.
08:42Vanessa's information has led to a promising new suspect.
08:45Dr. Elizabeth Muki, M-U-K-I.
08:49She runs the fine arts department.
08:51She was present at the event last night.
08:54And get this.
08:55She actually painted the portrait herself.
08:59Tonight, after the museum closes, I'm going to infiltrate her office.
09:03Maybe get lucky and find the smoking pen.
09:16Hi.
09:17Are you here for the extension school class?
09:19Oh, sorry.
09:20No, no.
09:21I'm a visiting lecturer in engineering.
09:23I'm just coming to look around.
09:25Ah.
09:26We're usually closed now, but faculty can come anytime.
09:29Ah.
09:30Are you Elizabeth Muki?
09:31Yeah, that's me.
09:32Oh, you can call me Betsy.
09:34And you must be Charles.
09:36Mona told me that she met you the other night.
09:40She mentioned me, huh?
09:41What did she say about me, exactly?
09:44Honestly, that whole night was a blur because my painting was set on fire in protest.
09:51Wow, you painted that portrait.
09:53Jeez, that's intense.
09:55Sorry about that.
09:56Yeah, yeah, thanks.
09:57I just hope we didn't scare that guy away.
10:00I know we're suspicious of corporate types around here,
10:02but the museum could really use his money.
10:05Sure, sure.
10:07So you don't remember anything she said about me?
10:12Ask her yourself.
10:13Oh.
10:14Hello.
10:15Hi, hey.
10:16Hi.
10:17Fancy meeting you here.
10:19I like your trench coat.
10:21You look like a spy.
10:23That's a ridiculous assertion.
10:26I just came to look around.
10:28What are you doing here?
10:29Betsy's figure drawing class.
10:31Hey, you still owe me a lunch.
10:34How about tomorrow?
10:35Yeah, that should work.
10:36Let me just check my schedule here.
10:40Um, I have, uh, let's see.
10:45Yeah, I have office hours at 11, but after that, I am free all day.
10:49Whoa.
10:50Oh.
10:51Oh, you're the noodle.
10:53Noon model.
10:54I am.
10:55Yes, every week.
10:56Do me a favor and throw those on that chair over there.
11:00I'll see you tomorrow.
11:08Get it together, Noondike.
11:11It's just a naked woman.
11:12You've seen hundreds of them.
11:15You've seen four of them.
11:17I'll see you tomorrow.
11:36Oh.
11:37Oh.
11:37Oh.
11:38Oh.
11:39Oh.
11:39Oh.
11:40Oh.
11:40Oh.
11:41Oh.
11:41Oh.
11:42Oh.
11:42Oh.
11:43Oh.
11:44Oh.
11:45Oh.
11:45Oh, my God.
11:56No, I can't work like this.
12:02Oh, my God.
12:04Oh, Jesus.
12:09Okay, okay.
12:15Oh, my God, is all art making it?
12:31Okay.
12:37Oh, my God.
12:45Oh, my God, you're all over the place.
12:58You have a visitor?
13:03You're not supposed to show up unannounced.
13:05I know, but you ignored all my calls.
13:08That's what people do when they don't want to talk to other people.
13:12I need to tell you something.
13:14I don't want you to pay me anymore.
13:16I want to help you with your work,
13:18but I want to help because you're my daughter and...
13:22and not because I'm on your payroll.
13:25Well, I prefer to keep things professional.
13:28It's cleaner that way.
13:29You do work.
13:30I pay you.
13:31We don't owe each other anything.
13:37What's this?
13:38Every dollar you've insisted on paying me over the years.
13:41I never wanted any of it,
13:42so I never spent any of it.
13:44Mother-daughter relationships
13:46aren't supposed to be clean
13:48and professional.
13:52If I can't be your mom,
13:54then I don't want to be your source.
13:59If you insist,
14:01it's sorry to see you go.
14:03Everything okay?
14:17Put this in the petty cash for me.
14:18Okay.
14:18Put this in the petty cash for me.
14:20I'll go.
14:24Okay.
14:24Good job.
14:53Oh, thank you.
15:23So you didn't find any pens that matched?
15:28Nope.
15:29Did a methodical search, very professional.
15:32But no luck.
15:33Mookie wants Finnick's money from the museum,
15:35so she's not a top suspect anyway.
15:37All right, then we move on.
15:39Who's next?
15:41Mona Margadoff.
15:43What do you know about her?
15:44Music teacher, pretty unremarkable.
15:48Stays fully clothed all the time, as far as I know.
15:53Okay, well, look into her.
15:55Start one of your famous dossiers.
15:57I don't think I need to.
15:59She didn't do it.
16:00How do you know that?
16:01Gut.
16:03Mostly just gut.
16:04Also, instinct.
16:06Well, she was on Holly's list, and she was at the party,
16:09so maybe your gut should take a back seat
16:12to actual investigative work.
16:14The...
16:15Hey, this is the juicy case you wanted, man.
16:17Work the case.
16:19Julie, it's 8.53 p.m.
16:22Uh, I just wanted to apologize for our conversation earlier.
16:27As you pointed out, Mona Margadoff is indeed the potential suspect,
16:34just like anyone else.
16:36So, beginning now, I'm gonna use various undercover techniques
16:43to secretly gather information about her,
16:46never letting on, not even for a second,
16:49that I am a private investigator.
16:52I'm a private investigator.
16:56What?
16:57I'm an undercover private investigator.
17:00I recorded our first kiss with a spy camera,
17:03but I deleted it.
17:04It wasn't pervy.
17:06Also, I stole your purse for the case,
17:08and I feel bad about it,
17:10because even though we just met, I like you,
17:13and I don't want to lie to you anymore.
17:17Anyway, this is all under the heading of
17:19I'm an undercover private investigator.
17:26You burned your cover on purpose?
17:29To a suspect?
17:30First of all, Mona is not a suspect.
17:33I guarantee we can trust her.
17:35Just ask her.
17:36Mona?
17:37She's here?
17:39You brought her here?
17:40I have never been in a real detective's office before.
17:45It's less interesting than I would have imagined.
17:49Have you told anyone else about Charles?
17:52Of course not.
17:53He made me promise.
17:54I made her promise.
17:55Oh, well, as long as she promised.
17:57Why?
17:58Why, why in the world would you do this?
18:01Well, to be honest, it was something that Calvert said to me.
18:04What could Calvert have possibly said to make you do this?
18:08I mean, you could just ask him.
18:12Oh, my God.
18:14I did not tell him to confess.
18:16I told him he can't have a relationship built on lies.
18:19I assumed he was gonna break it off with her.
18:21No offense, you seem terrific.
18:23I've heard a lot about you.
18:24I've heard a lot about you.
18:26You used to work at the Pentagon.
18:28I was once arrested at a rally outside the Pentagon.
18:31Oh, small world.
18:33This is so wonderful.
18:35You guys meeting.
18:36That's why I invited him.
18:38We were gonna have breakfast after.
18:39Okay, everybody shut up.
18:40Charles, stay.
18:42You two, scram.
18:44Are you still down for a breakfast burrito?
18:46Charles said you love breakfast burritos.
18:48I do, and I'd love one.
18:50So I know an incredible place down the street.
18:53My treat.
18:54Julie, do you want anything?
18:56Out.
19:00You are on extremely thin ice.
19:02That woman may be the perp that we're looking for.
19:05Mona didn't do it.
19:07She couldn't have.
19:09Because she was with me.
19:11She was with you?
19:13Oh, of course.
19:16She was the lead you were chasing down
19:20when you were supposed to be at the party.
19:22And she was with me the whole time.
19:24Are you sure?
19:25The whole time?
19:27Well, that was certainly...
19:30Yes, the whole time.
19:39Julie, look, I'm sorry.
19:41But this is bigger than the case.
19:44I didn't think that I could have this in my life again.
19:48Another chance at a meaningful relationship at my age?
19:52I mean, you of all people should understand that.
19:56The hell is that supposed to mean?
19:58Your mom.
19:59Your mom wants what I want.
20:01A second chance.
20:02And if you didn't really, down deep,
20:07want a relationship with her,
20:09you wouldn't keep seeking her out.
20:12You want to give her a second chance.
20:14You're just...
20:16You're too stubborn to admit it.
20:21My relationship with my estranged mother,
20:24which you know nothing about,
20:26and which is none of your business,
20:28is not an excuse to screw up my case.
20:31And that's what this is, by the way.
20:34It's my case.
20:35Mona is my suspect.
20:37You are my employee.
20:39And if you don't understand that,
20:41then you won't be my employee.
20:43You...
20:44This conversation is over.
20:49I'm really sorry this caused so much trouble.
20:52So, what's our next step?
20:54Lie low and hope Julie doesn't fire me.
20:58Charles, I know we don't know each other very well,
21:02but no matter what happens,
21:04I'm glad you told me the truth.
21:07It gives me a good feeling about you.
21:10And...
21:11I already had a good feeling about you.
21:14You will figure this out.
21:16I promise.
21:17But the only clue I have
21:19is this theoretical pen.
21:21It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
21:30That party...
21:31It was a cash bar, right?
21:33At Wheeler, it's always a cash bar.
21:36Why?
21:42Huh.
21:43So that's what it's like when I do that.
21:46It's annoying.
21:49I cannot believe Charles.
21:51I started working on a cover story
21:53in case we need to pull him.
21:54He said I don't understand my own feelings about my mom.
21:58The hell does he know?
22:00I mean, he's a pretty good detective.
22:04Don't tell me you agree with him.
22:06I didn't say that.
22:07I do agree with him, but I didn't say it
22:09because you're scary and I'm scared of you.
22:11I'm gonna explain something to you, okay?
22:13Vanessa and I have a purely professional relationship.
22:17Had.
22:18Apparently it's over.
22:19Which is fine.
22:20I'm fine with it because that's all I wanted from her.
22:23She was my source.
22:24She was one of my many, many sources.
22:27You know?
22:28And, and the fact that I used her as a source,
22:31it, it just doesn't, it doesn't mean anything.
22:34Okay, fine, fine.
22:36I pay you to see my mom on a semi-weekly basis.
22:39Who cares?
22:40It's not that weird.
22:41It's not like I'm like, boo-hoo.
22:44Like, mommy, can we please rekindle our relationship
22:47so I can actually have a real mom in my life
22:49without needing to be an emotionally vulnerable person
22:52and tell you how I feel and...
22:59Crap.
23:04Oh, hey, Julie.
23:07Word of caution, my guinea pig, Joni Mitchell,
23:10has escaped from her cage and she's in a mood, okay?
23:14So get in here, but leave your shoes on.
23:16She's a biter.
23:20I'll tell Vanessa you're here.
23:21Joni!
23:22Joni!
23:30Hi.
23:31Hi, Vanessa.
23:35Hi, Mom.
23:39Okay.
23:41Okay.
23:43I would like to examine the possibility
23:45of having a non-work-related relationship with you.
23:47Sweetheart.
23:48Just wait, just wait, just wait.
23:49I wrote this out and I need to get it exactly.
23:51Okay.
23:52I'm not sure what that would look like
23:53and I need it to move very slowly.
23:55If these terms are acceptable to you,
23:57check this box and return it to my work address.
24:00I'm sorry.
24:01I was considering just leaving this on the doorstep.
24:03I made a lot of mistakes.
24:06All I ever wanted was for you to forgive me.
24:09And I will do literally anything to make that happen.
24:17Okay?
24:19Found her!
24:20I found Joni Mitchell.
24:21She was in the toilet.
24:23There's no way we're gonna find that pen.
24:26But we don't have to if we find another piece of paper it wrote on.
24:30The dining hall caters all the school events
24:33and it's almost always a cash bar because the school is broke.
24:37Which means people sign credit card receipts.
24:39If we can get a hold of the receipts from the night of Vinick's party,
24:42we might find a match and it will literally
24:45be the name of the person who wrote the note.
24:50Look, I made a judgment call telling Mona.
24:55I knew the risks and I'm sorry if you don't like it.
24:59But either fire me or let me keep going.
25:02Your choice.
25:03Yeah, I know it's my choice because that's what being a boss is
25:06and I'll remind you that I am your boss.
25:15I went to see my mom.
25:17We're going to try and do whatever it is people do in these situations.
25:27Well, I think that's great.
25:30And that's all I'll say.
25:33Look, we're on the right track. I can feel it.
25:35We're going to have hard evidence as soon as I find that receipt.
25:39I hope you're right.
25:46Give me a second here.
25:48Thank you for looking.
25:50I think I used my personal card instead of my business card.
25:54Need those miles.
25:56Oh, yeah. You got to get the miles.
25:58I don't see the receipts from that light.
26:02I must have sent them in already.
26:04Okay. Thanks for looking.
26:05Thanks for looking.
26:10Oh, hey, Charles. How's it going?
26:13What's the, uh, haps, as they say?
26:17I was just trying to switch out a credit card I used at the party.
26:22What are you doing here?
26:23I wanted to see what was for lunch tomorrow.
26:26Ah. Beef stew.
26:28Beef stew.
26:30That's great. That's my favorite thing to put beef in.
26:36Okay, bye.
26:37Julie, looks like there's a new potato in our clue stew.
26:49The potato is a suspect.
26:52Griffin is the potato.
26:55The stew is the case.
26:57I'm going to start over.
26:58Viola, the Josh Nassar.
27:01I'm going to drop it.
27:02I'm going to drop it.
27:03I'm going to drop it.
27:04Give it a little bit.
27:05Give it a little bit.
27:06I'll drop it.
27:08Bye, bye.
27:09One, two, three, one.
27:11Cheers.
27:13You have a great time.
27:14Bye, bye.
27:15He'll be very busy.
27:17I'm gonna drop it.
27:18Bye.
27:19Bye, bye.
27:21Bye, bye.
27:22Bye, bye.
27:24Bye, bye.
27:26Bye, bye.
27:27Bye, bye.
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