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Elsbeth - Season 3 Episode 8 -
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00:00Wait, hang on. My hair looks crazy today.
00:03Dude, it's a podcast.
00:04Yeah, and thank God, because you look horrible.
00:07Okay, we gotta start.
00:09Listen, today's a big show, because I'm ready to call it.
00:12Someone take Coach W to the vet and euthanize him.
00:16He's lived a good life, but it's time.
00:18Dude, you're calling him?
00:19He's done. And I don't say this lightly.
00:22I mean, we are talking about Coach Russell Willoughby.
00:26This man has how many NBA titles?
00:28A lot of NBA titles. That's true.
00:30A legend.
00:30And if my dude had just stayed retired, that'd be the end of it.
00:34But at age 106, he decides to coach college.
00:37He's 74, but continue.
00:39I'm like, okay, interesting. St. Ivins has sucked lately.
00:42Maybe he builds the program back into what it was.
00:45Boy, was that a bad bet.
00:46Okay, hang on. They've lost three games.
00:49It takes years to rebuild.
00:51Dude, I'm not talking about the record.
00:53You know what I'm talking about.
00:55Clearly, basketball is, like, the last thing on this man's mind right now.
00:58You're acting like we don't know exactly who to blame.
01:01Dude, I feel like if I mention her name, she'll put a hex on my ding-dong.
01:05She's not Voldemort, man.
01:07She might be.
01:07We're talking about the biggest story in sports right now.
01:11Don't say her name.
01:12Peyton Ramsey. I said it.
01:14Well, now she's going to hex your ding-dong.
01:16Good thing you never use it.
01:17Hey, speaking of that, today's podcast is brought to you by Shape&Scape.
01:22Fellas, you know how bad it hurts when you're using clippers down there and you catch a bit of script.
01:30Have you listened yet?
01:32Hey, beautiful.
01:33Listen to what?
01:35Mmm.
01:35We can't let these guys keep talking about us like this.
01:40You know my media policy.
01:41Pey, just tune it out.
01:43Focus on the fundamentals.
01:44These guys have millions of followers, okay?
01:46And by the way, they're still quoting inside sources, which means that your players are still DMing them.
01:53Ah, I told you that I don't know what DMing means.
01:58Anyway, listen.
02:00Pey, come on.
02:01Deep breath, okay?
02:03I will reiterate our media policy at the next team practice.
02:08Also, I had some thoughts about some of the guys' socials, but I don't want to overstep.
02:12No, no, no, no.
02:13I think it's a great idea.
02:14I'm sure that the guys will appreciate your advice.
02:17Thank you, babe.
02:18Thank you, thank you, thank you.
02:18Mmm.
02:19Mmm.
02:23See you.
02:24Mwah.
02:26See you in a bit.
02:28Hey, Peyton.
02:41You need to delete your ex-account.
02:43I don't think I have one of those.
02:45It's what they call Twitter now.
02:46And your old profile still has posts of 15-year-old Marcus saying,
02:50Do you think they spell it boobs because the two O's look like boobs?
02:54Yeah.
02:58Just found out no school because it's Yom Kippur.
03:01Hope all you Jews out partying and getting laid.
03:05Yeah, what's wrong with that?
03:07Yom Kippur is a day of atonement.
03:08No offense, but why do you care?
03:11Because I manage Coach W's personal brand now.
03:13So if one of his players posts something offensive, then it's bad for his brand.
03:18And if you don't want to take my advice, then maybe he rethinks tomorrow's starting five and we go from there.
03:24Hey, Dave.
03:25Marcus, could you give us a minute?
03:31Okay.
03:31I want to be very clear.
03:38You need to stop what you're doing here.
03:40What? Why?
03:41No, let's don't make a big thing out of this, okay?
03:43We both know that you've taken advantage of Coach's affection for you.
03:47To adopt a role that's completely inappropriate to your age and your experience,
03:52and that your presence here has become a distraction.
03:55You find me distracting?
03:57Creep.
03:58When I recruited Coach W to St. Ivins, it was the greatest moment of my career.
04:03Or it should have been.
04:05But you ruined it.
04:07You ruined him.
04:09Why?
04:09Because I finally got him to do something about his eyebrows?
04:12You turned a legend into a sad, pathetic loser.
04:15Posing for selfies.
04:16Doing sandwich commercials.
04:17You single-handedly destroyed a great man's legacy.
04:21The best thing you could do would be to lose his number.
04:25But I can't make you do that.
04:28So I'm doing the one thing I can do.
04:29I'm banning you from the premises.
04:32And why does Russell think about that?
04:36If you really care about him, you'll go quietly.
04:43Okay.
04:44Okay.
04:46Well, until you get the balls to tell Russell that you think he's a...
04:49Sorry, what was it again you called him?
04:52Right.
04:52A sad, pathetic loser.
04:54I will be seeing you around, Dave.
04:57Payton, if he sticks with you, he'll be gone before long, too.
04:59So you tell me.
05:01If you think he'll choose you over his career.
05:04It's not just that she's hot.
05:24Coach W is rich and famous.
05:26There's hotter girls he could pull, and they wouldn't try to do his job for him, either.
05:29I think she's got some kind of blackmail on him.
05:32I do.
05:33I'm telling you, dude.
05:34She's a witch.
05:35Oh, yeah.
05:36She's definitely a witch, dude.
05:38Jeez, he's scared me.
05:55Hey.
05:56It's late.
05:57Why are you still awake?
05:59Uh, couldn't sleep.
06:01Just watching tape.
06:03You okay?
06:08We're good.
06:09You do your job, and you let me do mine.
06:17I'm just saying, if I were with some rich guy, I don't think I'd be able to, like, approach
06:21this team for him.
06:22She's kind of impressive.
06:23But, babe, this team keeps losing.
06:26Oh, I think I'm going to pee my pants.
06:28Oh, we're seven blocks from the dorm.
06:30No, I can't make it that far.
06:32I'm going to win.
06:33Okay, okay.
06:33Just go over there.
06:35Where?
06:35In that alley.
06:37No, thanks.
06:37Not trying to get murdered.
06:38Babe, do you want a UTI?
06:40I'll keep lookout.
06:41What?
06:42Fine.
06:43Okay.
06:43Ugh.
06:52Ah!
07:00Hey, Elsbeth, watch where you're going.
07:07Sorry, Captain.
07:08I was on my phone.
07:09Oh, Merrill Canada's mysterious redhead identified.
07:12Uh-oh.
07:13Someone finally named you?
07:14Yeah, New York Confidential.
07:15They do celebrity gossip.
07:17I guess that makes you a celebrity?
07:18Hardly.
07:19They spelled my name wrong.
07:21Elsbeth with a P.
07:22Yeah.
07:23It's actually the more common variant.
07:24I don't know how any of them comment.
07:26Just email them with a correction.
07:29Oh, no.
07:30I wouldn't bother besides.
07:32Who cares, right?
07:34Certainly not me.
07:35This is Detective Taylor.
07:37Just transferred from the 15th.
07:38This is closer to my kid's preschool.
07:40Cute.
07:40Detective Taylor, where are we?
07:41We've got a positive ID.
07:43Dave Coppins.
07:43He's the athletic director.
07:45Cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.
07:47What's this about?
07:48Two St. Ivan students found a body on the street near campus last night.
07:52I'm headed there now, Captain.
07:53Good.
07:54The administration is going to want to wrap this up quick.
07:57Oh, sounds like an important case for the NYPD to get right.
08:00Maybe I should tag along?
08:01You like college sports?
08:02No, no.
08:04But I had a roommate who was on the softball team.
08:07I think she stole my Wham album.
08:13We've probably got it handled.
08:15Bring Elsbeth along, just in case.
08:17Oh.
08:18You're Elsbeth.
08:19With a B.
08:19Like Liza.
08:21What?
08:21Liza with a Z.
08:23Sorry.
08:25I played sports.
08:33None of this was here in my day.
08:35You went to St. Ivan's?
08:36Class of 2012.
08:37Field hockey.
08:38Cool.
08:38We're very grateful to our donors.
08:41Any working theories, detective?
08:43I'm still in shock.
08:44It appears he died of severe blunt force trauma to the head.
08:47Body had signs of exposure, frostbite, women's urine, but we accounted for that last part.
08:52Frostbite?
08:53No wallet or phone.
08:54Maybe a random mugging.
08:55It's still early.
08:57Ooh.
08:57Is that, uh, is that your school's mascot?
09:01It is.
09:02The St. Ivan's thing.
09:04We call him thingy.
09:05What is it?
09:06When they replaced the old mascot, they let the student body vote on the new one.
09:11Huh.
09:11Of course, the students turned it into a joke.
09:16What was the old mascot?
09:18You don't want to know.
09:19I really do.
09:21Dave liked to lift weights after work.
09:25May we take a look?
09:27Sure thing, detective.
09:28Ooh.
09:28Found it.
09:30Oh, no.
09:31That is not okay.
09:33Dave usually worked out here late when he wouldn't be in any of the players' way.
09:43Our facilities are state-of-the-art.
09:45I'll say.
09:47Ooh.
09:48Stuff.
09:50Uh, excuse me.
09:52Oh, that's okay.
09:55Interesting.
09:56Man, you can't just take people's things.
10:00Criminal justice.
10:01That was my major when I was here.
10:03Oh, cool.
10:05Mine, too.
10:06You're Jason Roberts.
10:07My wife and kid love you, by the way.
10:10We have season tickets.
10:12Nice.
10:13Nice.
10:14Who, uh, are you?
10:16This is Detective Taylor with the NYPD.
10:19Dave Coppins was found murdered on the street last night.
10:22There's going to be an announcement.
10:24Detective, your associate...
10:26Murdered?
10:27Holy...
10:27Uh, wait.
10:29Do they know who did it?
10:30Why, do you?
10:37Something I need to know?
10:41Ma'am, excuse me.
10:43Uh, we really prefer you not touch the equipment.
10:45Right.
10:46State-of-the-art.
10:47Also, it's about to be evidence.
10:49Why?
10:49What do you mean?
10:50Detective, if I could just...
10:53Who's that?
10:54That's Coach Willoughby.
10:55Oh.
10:56And that's his daughter?
10:58No.
10:59Oh.
11:00Oh.
11:01Uh, Detective, I found something that you might want to see.
11:04Coach W.
11:06Who's asking?
11:07Detective Nina Taylor, NYPD.
11:09We found the body of Dave Coppins murdered about a block from here last night.
11:15It's karma.
11:16Amanda's dead, Miss Ramsey.
11:17You know my name.
11:18I followed the team.
11:20You loom pretty large these days.
11:21Detective.
11:22Detective.
11:24Ooh, I love your nail polish.
11:26Is that short truce?
11:28No.
11:28Huh.
11:30It sucks that he got killed, but I'm not going to act like I'm going to miss him.
11:33I heard you two had a big fight yesterday.
11:35You didn't tell me about that.
11:37Detective.
11:37Got an alibi.
11:38I do, but my alibi is none of your business.
11:40Detective.
11:40What?
11:40Oh!
11:41Wow.
11:42You scared me.
11:43Um, you need to see this.
11:47I found the victim's school ID badge in this cubby right here.
11:52But if he left for the night, why wouldn't he take this with him unless he didn't leave
11:59for the night?
12:01I don't follow.
12:01Well, I remember that you told me we had frostbite, which is strange because when I
12:08walked Gonzo last night, it wasn't that cold.
12:11It doesn't have to be that cold if you're out for a long time.
12:13Can you get to the point?
12:14Oh, yes.
12:16Uh, this is an ice therapy bath.
12:19Very cold.
12:21And look at this.
12:24What am I looking at?
12:26Blood.
12:27I mean, not much.
12:28Maybe Dave was killed in the ice bath, and then when the killer cleaned up the mess,
12:33they missed a spot.
12:34I mean, it's hard to see against the school colors.
12:37There are a lot of heavy objects around here you could use to kill someone.
12:40Exactly.
12:42Maybe the killer dressed the body and then moved it across the street to make it look
12:50like a robbery.
12:51Okay.
12:52I'm calling this in so we can process it as a crime scene, and then I'm going to bring
12:55Peyton in for questioning.
12:57Wait.
12:58Uh, the coach's young friend?
13:00Yeah.
13:01She had a fight with the victim.
13:02She's got no alibi, and she has access to the facilities for some reason.
13:06But how does such a tiny little woman move that big body?
13:17All by herself.
13:19I'm sure we'll figure it out.
13:20Hmm.
13:28All right.
13:38You want to tell me what I'm looking at here, Lieutenant?
13:41Those are the results of the department's internal cybersecurity stress test.
13:44I wanted to give you a heads up because they identified several weak spots, including, well,
13:51you.
13:53Excuse me?
13:54All department employees received an email containing a link to an unsecured website
13:58duped to look like the NYPD's login page.
14:00Yeah.
14:02I remember this email.
14:03Why won't they ever just let us use an old password?
14:06I don't know, but it was a phishing test, and you handed over your credentials two minutes
14:12after the email went out.
14:13Let me get this straight.
14:14You played a trick on me?
14:17Not a trick.
14:18A cybersecurity stress test.
14:20Well, it sounds like police entrapment to me.
14:22Sir, I recognize you have some anxiety around technology.
14:25No, I have some anxiety around whether or not my own people are looking to make a fool
14:29of me.
14:30Sir, departments have lost millions of dollars to ransomware hackers using these methods.
14:35You put the department at risk.
14:37Oh, no, I didn't, because there were no real hackers.
14:40There was just you.
14:41All you need to do is pass a simple, quick remedial retreat.
14:46Say remedial one more time and find out what happens.
14:48Captain?
14:50Is she here?
14:55This isn't over.
15:01Several players overheard Dave say you were banned from the facilities, and yet you were
15:06back this morning, almost like you knew Dave would be a problem.
15:10No, I did know that.
15:12Because he didn't have the balls to tell Russell how he felt.
15:16We're sending a team to your home with a warrant.
15:18We're going to comb through everything.
15:19Your clothes, your shampoo.
15:21If one speck of Dave's blood turns up, you're done.
15:25If there's anything we should know, you can save everyone a lot of trouble if you tell us
15:30now.
15:30Or I could hire a lawyer.
15:32Huh?
15:33Do you think I'm stupid?
15:34David, if you're this dead set on pinning this on me, then I'm not talking to either
15:38one of you guys.
15:40And I want a lawyer.
15:46I still don't understand how someone as petite as Peyton could have moved Dave's frozen body
15:52all the way out to the street.
15:54Did you see her manicure?
15:56Flawless.
15:56What does that have to do with it?
15:57Well, don't you think she would have at least chipped a nail?
15:59Maybe she had an accomplice.
16:01Or a good gel manicure.
16:02Yeah, good point.
16:03Have you looked into Coach Willoughby?
16:05I'll check his alibi, but eh.
16:08He didn't know about Peyton's fight with Dave.
16:10She didn't tell him.
16:11And neither did any of the players who heard it.
16:13Plus...
16:14What?
16:15He doesn't seem up to it.
16:18I was excited when they announced the hire, but it's sad seeing him like this.
16:22He should have stayed retired.
16:23It seems a little harsh.
16:25They've only played three games.
16:26It's not his record.
16:27It's the way he's letting this woman embarrass him.
16:30He looks ridiculous.
16:32Trust me.
16:33She's the one calling the shots.
16:35Are you sure you're not letting your fandom cloud your judgment?
16:38Oh, come on.
16:39She's a nightmare.
16:40Exactly.
16:42What?
16:42It's not how you would behave if you needed to keep a low profile.
16:46That's your defense?
16:47She's acting too guilty?
16:48Yes.
16:49Well put.
16:50Okay, Counselor.
16:51If your girl didn't do it, why doesn't she just tell us her alibi?
16:55Good question.
16:56I don't know.
16:57Well, if you want to clear this woman, Elsbeth, you need to find out what she was doing the night of the murder.
17:04Come with me.
17:10Somerville?
17:11Captain?
17:13Mr. Tassione?
17:14Elsbeth needs your help chasing something down.
17:17Of course, sir.
17:18Thank you for the opportunity.
17:19I won't let you down.
17:20Okay, calm down.
17:22What's a cybersecurity retraining module?
17:24Oh, it's, it's embarrassing.
17:27I failed the department phishing test.
17:29You?
17:29Oh, but you're so youthful.
17:33Oh, I love those phishing tests.
17:35They're like a game.
17:36They're like Wordle.
17:37Only easier.
17:39I mean, they haven't tricked me yet, but it's fun to see all the ways they try.
17:43That night, I was in coach's office.
17:50We were watching some tape.
17:51Great.
17:52That's exactly what he said.
17:53Hmm.
17:54Hey, between us, what do you make of his girlfriend?
17:57Oh, Peyton?
17:59Uh, I don't know.
18:01I mean, it's kind of weird, I guess.
18:02She's like super young.
18:04He's like super old.
18:06She must be a real distraction.
18:09Not really.
18:10I mean, the media makes it seem like it's this big thing, but honestly, she's giving me some
18:15good tips on monetizing my socials, yo.
18:18Hmm.
18:19That's positive.
18:20Yeah.
18:20And like, I was all nervous when coach got hired because he used to like be famous for
18:25throwing balls at players at practice and stuff.
18:27Actually, he's been super chill, so maybe he just need to get laid.
18:32Hey, is there like a reason you were interviewing everybody on the court?
18:36Oh, no.
18:37Honestly, this is just a real dream for me.
18:41Oh, bro.
18:42In that case, let me put one up in your honor.
18:49Can we take a selfie for my kid?
18:51Yeah, yo, gotta get back.
18:55What up, kid?
18:57Oh, I don't believe this.
19:00What's that, man?
19:01Another website just spelled it wrong.
19:03Mysterious Red Hat E-L-S-P-E-T-H.
19:07They're just copy pasting the New York confidential.
19:09Is my son the last fact checker working in all of journalism?
19:14Is that like a job people used to have or?
19:17Oh, here we go.
19:19Is that your sports club?
19:20My fantasy league.
19:21Yeah, one of my guys might actually have something.
19:23Okay, here.
19:24Pull up this morning's episode of the Steve Trey Show.
19:26Okay, what's that?
19:27Uh, sports radio guy.
19:28Okay, he says start at two hours and 13 minutes.
19:31The show is longer than two hours?
19:33And people like that?
19:35Well, if you're joining us, it looks like Peyton Ramsey may not just be an evil succubus.
19:40She may also be a murderer, allegedly.
19:43Uh, Big Lou from Queens, drawn with Steve Trey.
19:46Now, in your opinion, did Peyton Ramsey murder the St. Ivins athletic director?
19:51I'm gonna have to say no, Steve.
19:53No?
19:54Well, you're in the minority here, Big Lou.
19:56Make a case.
19:57I drive a cab for a living.
19:58And last night, I swear to God, I took Peyton Ramsey all the way out to Long Island.
20:03No way she was anywhere near that murder when it went down.
20:08Lou, can you verify this?
20:09Nah, she paid cash, but I know it was her.
20:12And may I say that is a fine set of...
20:16Okay, that's enough.
20:18Wow.
20:19If only we're always that easy.
20:21So, worth checking out, huh?
20:23With all due respect to Big Lou, it must have been a lookalike.
20:27Why?
20:27Just in from the lab.
20:29They identified some smudges found on Dave's tracksuit.
20:31It was L-Mem's August Wind shade of concealer.
20:34Guess what shade of cover-up we found at Peyton's house.
20:37September breeze?
20:40We're bringing her in.
20:46What happened to your lawyer?
20:51He was an idiot.
20:54And I didn't murder anyone, so why would I pay some overpriced lobotomite for his crap advice?
20:59Great.
20:59Well, then you can explain to me how your makeup was found on the sweats Dave was wearing when they found his body.
21:05It doesn't feel like my job.
21:07Maybe he brushed up on me that day.
21:10I...
21:10He was a creep.
21:12The makeup was under his armpits.
21:13Like you had it on your hands when you were lifting the body.
21:17Well, then someone is framing me.
21:24I still don't think this is enough to charge her.
21:27The killer might just wear the same shade of makeup as Peyton.
21:30L-Mem makes over 150 specific shades of concealer.
21:33That would be quite the coincidence.
21:35Where are we on that alibi?
21:36Well, Captain, we are not nowhere, but we are also not somewhere.
21:41So that leaves you where?
21:44Exactly.
21:45Let's hold her 24 hours.
21:47Elsbeth, you're running out of time.
21:48Even if Coach weren't all horned up, he'd be struggling.
21:56I mean, college is a completely different skill set from the pros.
21:59Yeah.
21:59It's all about recruiting.
22:00And with all this NIL stuff now going on.
22:03Right.
22:04And that is all very interesting.
22:05But again, the question that I asked about 20 miles back, how did you know it was Peyton in your cab the night of the murder?
22:12Did you speak with her?
22:13Oh, I tried.
22:14Yeah.
22:15There we go.
22:16Because if she's the one really coaching the team, then boy, do I have some advice for her.
22:21Mm.
22:22I mean, some of these offensive sets that they're running, way too much pick and roll.
22:26You know, you can't expect these young kids to figure it out all by themselves.
22:29Totally.
22:29Yeah.
22:30Yes, and I really want to hear more about that.
22:33But when you said you tried...
22:34She said if I didn't quit yapping, she wouldn't tip.
22:38That does sound like her.
22:39Yeah, because it was her.
22:41Anyway, what I would have told her is that they got to go back to the flex offense that got them the championship in the 90s.
22:47Absolutely.
22:48Because the 90s came around as a beautiful game, right?
22:51If I could just...
22:51And there we go.
22:52And you said that she said to drop her at this house.
22:56That's the one?
22:57Yeah.
22:58Do you need a ride back?
22:59Because I can wait.
23:00You know what, Lou?
23:02I think I'll take the train.
23:04Okay.
23:13Lieutenant.
23:14You're looking at the freshly minted graduate of NYPD's remedial cybersecurity refresher training online module.
23:21Congratulations, Captain.
23:22I hope you'll take these cybersecurity issues more seriously going forward.
23:30Oh, no.
23:32No cash?
23:33No, no.
23:34I've got some right...
23:34Well, consider this a gesture of goodwill.
23:41No worries about the entrapment business.
23:44It was an internal stress test.
23:46Never mind.
23:52Hang on, Peg.
23:59Someone's at my door.
24:00Hi.
24:00I said no contact delivery.
24:02You could just leave it on the doorstep.
24:03Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
24:05Sorry.
24:06I'm Elsbeth Tassioni.
24:08With a B.
24:08And I am with the police, uh, sort of.
24:12What does the sort of mean?
24:13This woman says she's with the police department.
24:15She's dressed like a sour patch kid.
24:17I'm so sorry to bother you, but do you know this woman?
24:20Hang on, Peg.
24:20No, never seen her.
24:23Really?
24:24She didn't come and visit you the other night?
24:26Or someone who looks like her, maybe?
24:28No.
24:29Listen, I gotta go.
24:30No, Peg, not you.
24:32Um, so sorry.
24:33Is there anyone else who lives here?
24:35Maybe.
24:36No.
24:36Okay.
24:37Good luck.
24:38Have a good day.
24:43Rats.
24:46Strange.
25:03I know where you were the night of the murder.
25:06Cool.
25:07Me too.
25:09Do you think that if I order sushi to the precinct, they'll bring it back to me?
25:11I don't.
25:12But I do think that while someone was murdering Dave Coppins, you were meeting with a potential recruit.
25:18Oliver Ashford of John Adams Jr. High School.
25:21Ooh, that is one tall 14-year-old.
25:23Is that where Oliver said I was?
25:25He wouldn't give you up.
25:27But by the way, eighth grade seems very premature for college recruiting.
25:32You don't think he's talking to every program in the country right now?
25:35Well, if everyone is doing it, then why won't you tell the truth?
25:37Because when I do it, it's an international scandal.
25:44Why do you think people react so negatively to you?
25:48It seems like you're just trying to help.
25:50People act like it's the age difference between me and Russ.
25:53But really, I just think they're miserable, lonely losers who hate to see two people who are actually happy.
25:59Right.
26:02Have you ever tried approaching people in a less conflict-forward manner?
26:10And do what?
26:11Act quirky and naive so people find me less threatening?
26:14Is that what you think I'm doing?
26:17Maybe it's generational.
26:18But I do think it's a little sad that you feel like you have to do all of that to be taken seriously.
26:24Me, I'm just not going to apologize for being direct.
26:27And how's that working out for you?
26:29You're not going to get me to tell you where I was that night.
26:34Besides it being illegal, it would ruin Russ's reputation.
26:37No one would believe that he didn't know.
26:39And it would be tape gate all over again.
26:43Tape gate.
26:44Big Lou used that word, too.
26:45What's tape gate?
26:46So, when Russ was coaching the NBA, the visiting team found a wiretap in their locker room.
26:52It was the assistant coach, and he swore that Russ didn't know.
26:56But Russ's haters just couldn't accept that.
26:59You know, when you win, as much as Russ does, people just want to take you down.
27:03A bugging device.
27:05Interesting.
27:06Are you sure I can't order the sushi?
27:08Uh, no need.
27:08You're, uh, you're free to go.
27:10What?
27:10Yeah, you might not want to admit it, but I convinced them that you were in Long Island,
27:15so they're not pressing charges right now.
27:18Feels like you could open with that.
27:21Where are you going?
27:23Are you going to call someone to tell them to let me out?
27:26Hello?
27:31Elspeth, what's going on?
27:33What are we doing here?
27:33Shh.
27:36Uh, remember?
27:38We asked some of the players to meet us here.
27:41To, you know, sign some autographs for your son.
27:46Right.
27:46I remember.
27:48Really?
27:48That would be amazing.
27:49Oh, no, I'm improvising.
27:53Okay.
27:54What kind of autographs are we looking for?
27:57Well, uh, I'm not sure yet, but, um, we'll know them when we see them.
28:03Well, will we be looking for them long, do you anticipate?
28:07Uh, hopefully.
28:08Uh, hopefully.
28:17Not long at all.
28:31You should wear the new bomber I got you, babe.
28:33Hmm.
28:34Whatever you say.
28:36I'm just glad that those police have stopped harassing you.
28:39Right?
28:40I mean, we've had this resi for, like, months.
28:42Yeah, but I don't understand how they can keep holding you without any evidence.
28:46I told you, it doesn't matter.
28:47Yeah.
28:48You just focus on the job, and I'll do...
28:52What are you doing?
28:55Oh, uh, this?
28:56No, no, it's stupid.
28:58Sorry, I just, when we were doing that photo shoot, I thought that you were looking at my
29:03age spot, so I thought I'd borrow this from you for a little while.
29:06So you've been wearing my concealer since when?
29:11Since, since last week?
29:14Yeah, I know.
29:15It's, it's vain.
29:17I didn't think you'd mind.
29:20It's cute.
29:22Well, what can I tell you?
29:24You make me do crazy things.
29:25Why would he bug his own player's locker room?
29:35We're guessing he instilled The Wire because he wanted to know which players were talking
29:38about him and Peyton to the media.
29:40He could have listened to the tapes late that night and heard Dave insulting him.
29:45Big Lou told me all about Coach's old rage issues.
29:49Who's Big Lou?
29:49Don't ask.
29:50Maybe he saw Dave in that ice bath, and oh, he got so angry!
29:55Just one problem.
29:56Coach was watching tape all evening with one of his players, Xavier Dunlap.
30:00The kid confirmed it.
30:01Sounds like we have to go back and kick the tires on this alibi.
30:03On it.
30:04Will do.
30:11Oh no, did you lose something, Lieutenant?
30:13What?
30:14No.
30:17Hey, Elspeth with a B.
30:20Nice hustle.
30:25Coach?
30:30Coach?
30:30Is that that police lawyer?
30:33Coach, whoa.
30:35Oh my gosh.
30:36Let me handle that.
30:37Whew, I'm winded.
30:39You two are very fast walkers.
30:41Yes, well, we have places to be.
30:43Right, I'm sorry.
30:44Um, I'm just, um, following up on, oh, by the way, do either of you know any good orthopedists?
30:51Because my knees are, um, sorry, uh, following up on Dave's murder.
30:57Uh, don't worry.
30:58I know both of your alibis.
31:01Oh, by the way, Coach, I've been watching a bit of game tape myself.
31:06It is so exciting.
31:08Squeak, squeak, squeak.
31:10One, two, two, two.
31:12Foo.
31:13Ah, swish.
31:15All that stuff.
31:17What game were you and Xavier looking at?
31:20No, no.
31:21Russell watches so much tape.
31:22It's okay.
31:23I was looking at a cut-up of last week's practice.
31:26So, if that's all you need to know, I've got a lot to do.
31:29Oh, right.
31:30I'm sorry.
31:33Good luck, Coach.
31:34What are you doing here, Elizabeth?
31:42Well, in the interest of being direct, I'm wondering how much you trust your boyfriend's alibi.
31:47No, mm-mm, husband, no.
31:50Sweet, Leo!
31:52What a rock!
31:53When did this happen?
31:55We got the idea at dinner last night, and we just couldn't let it go.
31:58What better way to silence the haters?
32:01We just got back from City Hall.
32:02Congratulations.
32:03It's so romantic.
32:05And it must be such a relief to have that financial security in case anything should happen to him.
32:12I don't know what you're implying.
32:13And as much as I would love to stand here and answer all of your invasive questions, that would be violating my spousal privilege.
32:19Actually, spousal privilege only applies in court testimony, but I guess you fired your lawyer.
32:24Ms. Tassioni, hi.
32:28Hi.
32:29I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave.
32:31Pardon me?
32:31You're harassing team personnel, and frankly, you're becoming a distraction.
32:35Ooh, never a good sign when they call us that.
32:37So unless you have a warrant...
32:38Did Coach send you out here?
32:40...consider yourself unwelcome in these facilities going forward.
32:43Ooh.
32:44Okay.
32:45Oh, sorry.
32:46Oh, thank you, sir.
33:00Hello.
33:01Hi, is this Stephen Connor?
33:04Yes.
33:05This is a courtesy call, as we may have detected some fraud on your account.
33:09Okay.
33:10I'd love to just run through a few unusual purchases with you if you have a moment.
33:15Did you purchase a bachelorette sash and tiara set for $56.17?
33:20What?
33:21No.
33:22Okay, looks like there may have been a breach.
33:24Let's run through a few more purchases to make sure.
33:27A phallus-shaped pool floatie for $86.05.
33:32Phallus-shaped?
33:33No, definitely not.
33:35I am so sorry to hear that.
33:37May I ask, do you have your physical card on your person?
33:39Well, no.
33:40I can't actually find my wallet.
33:42So someone must have...
33:43Lieutenant?
33:45You left it unattended on the conference room table after the department-wide.
33:49I kept meaning to return it.
33:51And yet, it slipped your mind?
33:53Well, you know, Lieutenant, protocol requires us to report a missing badge.
33:57I know.
33:58But I was sure it would turn up, and it's just so much paperwork.
34:01Oh, yeah, it's kind of like, uh, the remedial NYPD cybersecurity refresher training online module.
34:12You didn't actually buy a phallus-shaped pool floatie on my card, did you?
34:15No.
34:17That would be fraud.
34:17Well, I trust you take the security matters a bit more seriously going forward.
34:22Oh, dude, where are you going?
34:42I'm super late.
34:44I was at the police station.
34:47What?
34:47What's going on?
34:49No.
34:50Come on, man.
34:51I'm your captain.
34:55Bro, the other day, Coach asked me to say that we were watching tape together when Dave died.
35:02He asked you to lie?
35:04Yeah.
35:04He said he was doing some recruiting stuff, and he didn't want them to know, but the cops, like, figured out we lied, and now they think it was either him or me.
35:14For real?
35:15Then, dude, you just got to tell them where you were.
35:17I did.
35:18I fell asleep in the players' lounge playing Xbox, and I got nobody to vouch for that.
35:22I'm freaking out.
35:24Okay.
35:24All right.
35:24When I talked to them, they were thinking that it was Peyton.
35:27Apparently, she had an alibi.
35:29Really?
35:29Because I thought they had, like, forensic evidence or something.
35:34Okay.
35:35All right.
35:35When I talked to them, they were thinking that it was Peyton.
35:38Apparently, she had an alibi.
35:40Really?
35:40Because I thought they had, like, forensic evidence or something.
35:43Yeah.
35:44Apparently, they found her makeup on Dave's body because they were asking him.
35:47Like, I framed her.
35:50How would you know what kind of makeup Peyton wears?
35:52Right?
35:52Like, maybe look at the guy who lives with her.
35:54Wow.
35:55Do you really think that coach could have killed Dave?
35:57Maybe he framed Peyton because he's too afraid to break up with her.
36:06Before we go out there, I want to say something.
36:11Been a hard week, huh?
36:14We lost Dave Coppins.
36:16I know that tragedy is hanging over you.
36:19It's, um...
36:21It's hanging over me.
36:23So, no one would blink if you guys went out there today and played like crap.
36:30But you know what we don't do here at St. Ivan's?
36:33We don't let adversity deflate us.
36:37Because we stay in the game.
36:41Do you guys want to go out there and shove all those expectations in their damn faces?
36:46Come on.
36:49You guys have done the work.
36:51Now, I want to see you all go out and play the game the way I know you can.
36:56As Dave would want you to.
36:57So, get out there and win this game for Dave.
37:00All right?
37:01Come on, let's go.
37:02Come on, let's go.
37:32I don't know what these mascots have, but turns out you can see pretty much everything.
37:35You cannot be in here.
37:37Yes, I know.
37:38However, Thingy can go wherever he...
37:43She?
37:44Thingy can go wherever Thingy wants.
37:47And did Thingy just witness you planting evidence?
37:51Yep.
37:54Babe, where...
37:56Oh, boy.
37:59Let's turn to the replay!
38:00Shall we tune out the noise?
38:06That was your philosophy.
38:08But when Peyton said that your own players were talking about you to the media,
38:13you had to know which ones.
38:15So you bogged your own locker room.
38:19And to think, I defended you all through tape gate.
38:21Late one night, you listened to the day's recordings, and you heard something you didn't like.
38:30You heard Dave confronting Peyton.
38:32But more importantly, you heard all the stuff that no one would say to your face.
38:38Listen, that pissed you off.
38:41It triggered your old rage issues.
38:46You had been lifting weights, getting fit for your lady.
38:50So when you threw something at Dave that night in the ice bath, you didn't know your own strength.
38:54You killed him.
38:55You have no way of knowing this.
38:56We know you tried to frame one of your own players just now.
39:00Not cool, coach.
39:01Do you mind if you show us your hands?
39:04Well, sure.
39:04I'm not wearing any makeup, but nice try.
39:07Oh, no.
39:08I just need to put handcuffs on him.
39:10You know what they say, it's not the crime, it's the cover-up.
39:22Hey, thanks for the help.
39:23All I did was ask a good friend a few questions.
39:26Well, when you're done playing ball and looking for a job in criminal justice, give me a call.
39:32I guess St. Ivans needs a new coach.
39:36There's always next season.
39:37Well, not for all of us.
39:40I was wrong about you.
39:49You're plenty confrontational when you need to be.
39:53Sorry about all of this.
39:56No, you're not.
39:59You should lead into that.
40:10Officer?
40:23Good work.
40:24Helping Elizabeth on this one.
40:25And, uh, thanks again for the help on that cyber course.
40:31Of course, sir.
40:31It's just a fraction of the things I learn from you every day.
40:34You'll give me a heads up if I ever turn into that old guy that no one wants to tell when to move on.
40:40Not if I'm in an ice bath, I won't.
40:41Fair enough.
40:52You've reached the tip line of New York Confidential.
40:55Give us the tea.
40:56It's El's Beth.
40:58E-L-S-B-E-T-H.
41:02Have some integrity.
41:05Taking a page from Peyton Ramsey's playbook, I see.
41:09I don't know why it bothered me so much.
41:11Oh, no one likes losing control of their narrative.
41:15The media companies aren't always kind to women connected to powerful men.
41:19Even men like Alec Blue.
41:21Yeah, I really like Alec.
41:23I'm just not so sure I'm cut out for mayoral politics.
41:28I'm not like Peyton.
41:30I don't know.
41:32Yeah, she made a real Cinderella run, but I'm not sure we'll be hearing much from Mrs. Russell Willoughby anymore.
41:41My guest this week is the founder of Paramore Cosmetics,
41:45which recently sold to Elmem for an eye-popping nine figures.
41:51Peyton Ramsey, welcome to the podcast.
41:53Thank you for having me, Ava.
41:55Now, you developed your patented concealer formula
41:58after the police accused you of a murder that was actually committed by your ex-husband.
42:03I've always loved makeup,
42:05but being wrongfully accused really showed me that there's a gap in the market for high-end smudge-free products.
42:10You have such a genius for viral marketing.
42:12And part of that is leveraging your own personal story.
42:16So forgive me, but I have to ask the rumors about you and Senator Lindsey Graham.
42:23I've read those rumors too, Ava.
42:25But I choose not to dignify people's gossip with a response.
42:29I try and stay focused on the business.
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