Ainsley MacGregor Mysteries Season 1 Episode 1

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00:00:00Thank you

00:00:30stop fidgeting with the flowers I'm not fidgeting I I'm relaxing see yeah you look very relaxed I

00:00:41mean come on Ainsley it's Sunday and we're celebrating you really can take a break I know

00:00:46and I appreciate you having me over for lunch it looks delicious Shannon well it's not every day

00:00:51that my best friend launches her new business you should be so proud of yourself for getting it

00:00:57ready in time for the Christmas season I am I mean I will be there's just so much to do and I should

00:01:04get back to it don't you dare I made your favorite salad I know thank you you're the best you have

00:01:12been working so hard to get Bless Your Arts off the ground take a breath yeah I suppose I should my

00:01:22grandma always said Ainsley you're as busy as a hound and flea season well she knew you well and she did

00:01:29a great job raising you and your brother after your parents passed yeah she really did and then when

00:01:34we went off to college and she moved out here to Sweet River I mean those were some of the best

00:01:39summers we ever had we got so lucky when Ryan decided to move here and take over as sheriff and

00:01:44even luckier when he convinced you to move here after what happened in the city hey you too oh wish I

00:01:50could join heading down to tap the temper neo barrels lots to do does no one take a day off

00:01:56around here says the woman who owns the most popular coffee shopping town and has got to be

00:02:00pried out of there at the end of the day I'm dedicated so am I I I should go you stay you oh yes ma'am

00:02:11bye Michael see you at Bless Your Arts this week yes you will I'm eating I'm eating okay good oh I ate too

00:02:24much it was just a salad and you're the most fit person I know oh don't forget we're starting those

00:02:30Pilates classes next week I'm already sore thinking about it you know physical activity and I we don't

00:02:34always get along you're still coming oh hey do you mind if I grab a couple of bottles of wine while

00:02:39we're here oh would that be for dinner with a certain fire chief let's stop he's my brother's

00:02:46best friend and I let's just get the wine all right to the tasting room doors open someone here no we

00:02:54don't have anyone booked for today maybe Michael left it open when he brought up some cases of wine to

00:03:00race talk but still there's no point I'm eating the whole outside yeah you sound like my brother

00:03:05that's not what I was gonna say but your brother does have a point did you want a Merlot or

00:03:11Shannon what what is it

00:03:14he's dead

00:03:24I'm coming I'm coming George just hold your

00:03:54horses I know you're as excited about the grand opening as I am yeah today is a big day for

00:04:01bless your arts are you sure that we're ready do you think we are on earth you talking to Ainsley

00:04:08hello George I might have known good morning Mrs. Whedon are you ready for the big day I am indeed

00:04:16and we really should get started strange behave Paisley I'm talking to dogs you don't want to be

00:04:22single forever does she Georgie so what do you think I don't think anything that is not helpful

00:04:35good it's not meant to be helpful hey Sheriff yes Kev oh my apologies deputy trainee he's very

00:04:44since Chief Trenton and not sensitive just proud as he should be what do you got for me deputy trainee

00:04:51kevin aunt maureen wants you to call her I know I tried but she says she has a tip for you of course

00:04:57she does she always does well you can tell her that I say hey will you kev will do call her sure

00:05:03now about Ainsley won't you have a fire to put out happily the town is fire free stop talking

00:05:14about dating my sister it's weird I'm asking as a courtesy I want to know what you think you're my

00:05:18best friend exactly and she's my sister don't you see how this is weird for me ask her out if you

00:05:23want to just don't tell me about it okay well thanks for nothing but don't call me the next time

00:05:29we have a fire I'm sure there's a cat in a tree somewhere that needs saving don't forget frozen

00:05:33flag football practice this weekend sports sports

00:05:59looking great mrs. Whedon oh thanks dawn need anything all good ready to go okay

00:06:28oh yeah your display is impeccable thank you

00:06:36hey Michael hey looks good yeah everything looks great

00:06:53okay may I have everyone's attention please for a moment I just wanted to say that this day would

00:07:04never have been possible without all of you who so generously donated your time and energy and

00:07:11resources to help creating bless your arts and my hope is that this will become a true creative hub for

00:07:18sweet river it's us that should be thanking you for restoring this old schoolhouse and for giving us

00:07:24all a chance to share what we love with our friends and neighbors yes yes everyone is all lovely it's nine

00:07:31o'clock tick tock of course okay it's time to open our doors and that sweet reverend

00:07:41welcome to bless your arts come on in hi welcome please come in

00:07:53oh I never dreamed to be this busy right out of the gates I hope it keeps up oh I do too Maria and people

00:08:10are going mad for your jewelry you use a lost wax technique to pour this you've got a keen eye I'm impressed

00:08:17well it's a very complicated and time-consuming process and I don't know how you make it all

00:08:22same way I raise five kids I delegate my start my day as mother nature and I end it as a drill sergeant

00:08:28well it works and your kids are amazing oh Samantha she's on her way here to help out really on a

00:08:34Saturday afternoon let's just say she was gently encouraged and she's a big admirer of yours

00:08:40me why you've been here less than a year and you're already a fixture in the community

00:08:46you fix this place up while teaching at the university making it look so easy

00:08:50you're a role model for her I'd say you're one for a lot of folks oh well I'm honored but I hope

00:08:58Samantha doesn't look too closely as George will tell you it's not very pretty behind the scenes

00:09:03oh it's not for sale don't be a idiot Michael everything has a price and you know this isn't

00:09:08how we do business in Sweet River please just leave you'll never get a better offer than this

00:09:13I'm not taking no for an answer Caldwell Michael what's going on it's fine I'm sorry Ains I didn't

00:09:18mean to cause a scene well who was that guy it's just someone that's trying to buy the winery

00:09:22I didn't know you two were looking to sell we're not we're just looking for more distribution

00:09:27maybe some investment but this guy won't take no for an answer I promise it won't happen again

00:09:33it's lunchtime I have to go to the coffee shop and pick up the lunches I got for everyone

00:09:39thanks Ains that's really kind of you

00:09:41hi professor your order's ready oh hi Lily and you don't have to call me professor here I feel like

00:10:10anything else would be weird I'll let Shannon know that you're here do you want a coffee while

00:10:13you wait oh y'all do have the best cup of coffee in town but I'm good I've had so much I could thread

00:10:18a sewing machine while it was still running I like that I'll have to remember that one

00:10:23hi hi hi here's your order thanks how's the first day going it's going really well

00:10:37what are you staring at

00:10:39um I'm I'm not staring I don't stare you do and you work

00:10:46okay that one in there who is she I don't know maybe she's a spy from one of the other

00:10:55coffee shops trying to steal my dark roast secret no no she if she were a spy she would

00:11:01come out of blended and stick out like us were them

00:11:03okay all right thanks for the lunches thanks for the order oh hey will you tell my husband to stop

00:11:11buy on his way home yes and Shannon who's this guy that's trying to buy the winery Rick Dean he's

00:11:19an investor from Houston he's been trying to get us to sell yeah I saw that he was at BYA this

00:11:25morning and he and Michael got into a pretty heated argument he really gets under Michael's skin

00:11:30we're just looking for more distribution a little investment boost he's trying to buy the whole thing

00:11:35well from under us Michael is not having it but I'm sure we'll be fine yes I'm sure you will be

00:11:40yeah okay I better take these lunches to my hungry vendors see ya oh and don't forget about lunch at my

00:11:48place tomorrow we got to celebrate your grand opening I won't thank you

00:11:52good night Aynes great first day good night Aynes good night

00:12:06hey Michael don't forget to stop by the coffee shop on your way home

00:12:12hey uh oh hey sorry Aynes I didn't hear that Shannon wants you to stop by on your way home

00:12:20oh sure yeah great first day ma'am I'll see you back at the winery Michael sounds good bye

00:12:25oh I wish he wouldn't call me ma'am makes me feel old as dirt

00:12:29he's a good guy he's been a big help since we brought him on for harvest

00:12:33hey look I gotta go okay yeah Michael are you sure you're okay yeah couldn't be better have a good night

00:12:50what do you think George you believe him

00:12:55neither do I

00:12:57Jake Aynes Lee hi oh oh let me get the button thank you um oh oh there we go yeah great

00:13:23uh-huh uh is my brother still here yeah yeah he's he's in his office okay yeah yeah uh yeah they gotta push the button

00:13:37button right I um yeah yeah yes hey um would you like to go with the dinner one night you want to go to dinner

00:13:52well yeah with me oh yeah yeah I'd love to why don't I make dinner for the two of us next week oh you don't have to do that

00:14:04well I'm a better cook than my brother okay well then I'm in as long as I get to buy the next time

00:14:09there's already a next time yeah as long as I'm buying

00:14:15okay then

00:14:18okay then

00:14:21hey there

00:14:33hey yourself

00:14:34is that smile on your face because you're big opening today

00:14:37you didn't come by well I didn't want people to think you're being raided

00:14:42uh-huh you don't need your little brother looking over your shoulder every five minutes

00:14:46true but I don't mind it occasionally I'm gonna come by I just want you to get your feet on the ground

00:14:52first oh they're on the ground and and they're sore hey sheriff oh sorry I didn't know you had

00:14:57someone with you her she's just my sister thanks the Emerson case report is done and filed and I'm headed

00:15:03out for the night thank you lena have a good nature you too

00:15:11she doesn't like me she doesn't know you she's new she doesn't like anybody yeah well you could have

00:15:17introduced us this is a sheriff station not a church social still okay fine I'll introduce you

00:15:22next time I promise now is there something you want cuz I got a lot of work to do super sweet way to

00:15:27treat your sister what do you want I'm worried I need a little bit more information Michael

00:15:34Caldwell got into this big argument with a stranger who wants to buy his winery but Michael

00:15:38doesn't want to sell it to him and the guy gave me the creeps did you meet this guy saw him I didn't

00:15:43meet him and what about him was creepy something about the way he amped up and then he just left felt

00:15:49anxious maybe even desperate didn't feel like just business something about it didn't smell right

00:15:56smell right to your crime nose or your community nose crime nose okay that makes me nervous

00:16:03anything else after that I saw this strange woman in Shannon's coffee shop well that coffee shop is a

00:16:10pretty eclectic place there's a lot of strange people going in and out no she didn't fit your skills

00:16:15as a criminologist are superb that's why you teach a course but you don't need to practice them

00:16:19because you're not in Chicago anymore and that's a good thing yeah maybe you're right leave it with

00:16:29me before I put an APB out on strange woman and creepy guy I'll just have a look around to see if

00:16:34there's anything hanky hanky that is a word I've literally never used in my life probably never

00:16:40will again okay good night Ryan thank you I love you good talk good night

00:16:47love you too sis

00:16:52hanky

00:16:55I think I'm right George there's something up with Michael and that guy and I don't like it

00:17:08I know you'd rather talk about my dinner next week with Jake honestly I'm surprised that he asked me

00:17:16I never dreamed he'd be interested in me oh am I interested in him I mean I never really gave

00:17:23it much thought because he didn't seem like yeah I know I know I'm a liar but you like him because

00:17:31he knows that secret spot on your neck you like to have scratched and that clouds your judgment

00:17:36but that's okay oh I'm gonna have lunch with Shannon tomorrow no I'm sorry you can't come

00:17:45of course she forgives you for eating her flowers but it's just a girl's lunch this time

00:17:51I hope I see Michael though

00:17:53to the tasting room oh door's open is somebody here no we don't have anyone booked for today

00:18:05maybe Michael left it open when he brought up some cases of wine to restock did you want a

00:18:11memory Shannon what what is it

00:18:16he's dead

00:18:21I can't really know

00:18:24call my brother right now

00:18:27I know I remember

00:18:29Shannon Shannon

00:18:31what's going on

00:18:33I don't know

00:18:34is that Rick what is he still he's dead Michael Michael why'd you change your clothes

00:18:41because I spilled wine on them while I was topping the barrels

00:18:44Ainsley you don't think I did this

00:18:51oh Ainsley I don't know what I think yet

00:18:53but it looks like someone murdered Rick Dean

00:18:57Ryan you know Michael you know he's not capable of something like this it's not that good

00:18:59I don't know what I'm doing

00:19:01but it looks like someone murdered Rick Dean

00:19:02Ryan you know Michael you know he's not capable of something like this it's not that good

00:19:16Ryan, you know Michael.

00:19:21You know he's not capable of something like this.

00:19:23It's not possible.

00:19:24Shannon, I promise you we're doing everything we can

00:19:25to get to the bottom of this.

00:19:26But you arrested him?

00:19:27No.

00:19:28We're bringing him in for questioning,

00:19:30and you know exactly why we have to do that.

00:19:32Michael has not been charged with anything.

00:19:35Mrs. Caldwell, what happened?

00:19:38Danny, it's awful.

00:19:39Someone killed Rick Dean,

00:19:40and the sheriff thinks Michael did it.

00:19:42Michael?

00:19:43Well, there's just no way.

00:19:45Who are you?

00:19:46I'm Danny Avery.

00:19:47Danny works with us.

00:19:48Were you here all afternoon, Danny?

00:19:50No, I've been in town.

00:19:51I just got back.

00:19:52Ryan.

00:19:55Sheriff, can we please take Shannon someplace to sit down?

00:19:58Yeah, of course.

00:19:59I'll take care of her.

00:20:00Thank you, Danny.

00:20:02Okay.

00:20:03Ainsley, please help prove that Michael didn't do this.

00:20:08Yeah.

00:20:08I'm sure the sheriff will do just that.

00:20:11Okay, don't worry.

00:20:11Shh.

00:20:18Ryan.

00:20:19Ainsley.

00:20:20I can call you Ryan when no one else is around.

00:20:22Michael, really?

00:20:24He was at the scene of the crime

00:20:25after having showered and put his clothes in the washing machine.

00:20:28It's not so unusual for someone to shower and change

00:20:30after working in a wine cellar.

00:20:32Come on.

00:20:32And there is wine on the floor near the barrels.

00:20:34How did you?

00:20:35I just checked.

00:20:36Michael said he spilled some on himself while he was there.

00:20:38And there is laundry and shower for the workers right beside it.

00:20:42Michael probably just...

00:20:44Probably just what?

00:20:45It's not a good look.

00:20:47He had conflict with the victim, which you saw yesterday.

00:20:49And it looks like, at least initially, he was killed with a wine bottle.

00:20:52Sheriff!

00:20:54I got it.

00:20:54You haven't even started this investigation.

00:20:57Rick Dean could have had any number of people who wanted to harm him.

00:21:00Ainsley, don't you think I know that?

00:21:01I got to get back to this.

00:21:02Just please come down to the station tonight

00:21:04and give your statement to Lena, all right?

00:21:06Yes.

00:21:07Come to a good look.

00:21:09Okay.

00:21:10We found this nearby.

00:21:11What do you think?

00:21:13Yeah, I just...

00:21:14Make sure.

00:21:16Did you know Mr. Doom was coming to your property today, Mr. Caldwell?

00:21:20No, I didn't.

00:21:21I was surprised when I saw him.

00:21:23I thought I made it clear I didn't want to do business with him.

00:21:25Then why did he say he was there?

00:21:28He was pressuring me to sell the winery.

00:21:30Threatening me.

00:21:31He threatened you?

00:21:32How?

00:21:33He claimed that he had information on the winery's illegal business practices,

00:21:37which is ridiculous.

00:21:39He said he would expose me if I didn't sell.

00:21:42So there was no basis to his accusations?

00:21:45No.

00:21:45But he could make things difficult for us.

00:21:47Cause delays and disrupt business,

00:21:50even if he was just making false charges.

00:21:54We're struggling a bit right now, and I'm not even sure why.

00:21:57But some bad press like that could be devastating.

00:22:00How did you react to these threats?

00:22:04I was angry.

00:22:05So you argued.

00:22:07I didn't kill him.

00:22:09I didn't even touch him.

00:22:10I told him to get off my property,

00:22:13I left the tasting room,

00:22:14and then I went straight to the barrel cellar to work.

00:22:16And cool off.

00:22:18I suppose so.

00:22:20But that's the last time I saw him.

00:22:23In the tasting room.

00:22:24And very much alive.

00:22:26How long were you in the cellar?

00:22:29Not long.

00:22:29I was talking the barrels and was doing a bad job of it.

00:22:34I should have waited for Danny to get there tomorrow.

00:22:37But I was impatient,

00:22:41and I was just spilling all over the place.

00:22:44I realized I wasn't getting anywhere,

00:22:47so I stopped.

00:22:49So Danny wasn't with you?

00:22:51No.

00:22:53It was his day off.

00:22:55So what'd you do next?

00:22:57I took a shower,

00:22:59and then I was heading into the house,

00:23:00and that's when I heard Shannon scream,

00:23:02and I ran into the tasting room.

00:23:04Is it normal that you would take a shower there

00:23:07and not at the house?

00:23:08I was covered in wine,

00:23:10and I didn't want to put my coat on over it.

00:23:12What did you do with your clothes?

00:23:14I threw them in the washer there.

00:23:15Do you usually wash your clothes in the winery building?

00:23:18No, but it was just easier.

00:23:20There was already a load,

00:23:22and I just threw my clothes in there and started it.

00:23:25That's all there is to it.

00:23:26Where did these clothes come from?

00:23:28I always keep a change of clothes in my locker

00:23:30in case something like this happens.

00:23:32That all sounds a bit convenient, Mr. Caldwell.

00:23:35That's the point.

00:23:36It was convenient for me to change there

00:23:38and not go into my house smelling like wine.

00:23:40Or convenient to clean up blood by showering

00:23:43and putting your bloody clothes in the washer.

00:23:44No.

00:23:45Tell us the truth.

00:23:46It will go a lot easier on you, Mr. Caldwell.

00:23:48I am telling you the truth.

00:23:49Or can't you stop this?

00:23:56I think you need a turning mic.

00:24:15They said you were busy.

00:24:16I asked if I could wait.

00:24:17I should get a better gatekeeper.

00:24:19Uh, wouldn't work on me.

00:24:21I'm so tiny, I'd slip right past him.

00:24:24I gotta finish up here

00:24:25to get over and read the medical examiner's report.

00:24:28May I see Michael?

00:24:29No.

00:24:30Have you already questioned him?

00:24:31Yes, Ainsley.

00:24:32You cannot be involved in this.

00:24:34I know that Shannon's your best friend

00:24:36and that you're very close with Michael.

00:24:37So are you.

00:24:39We all do sports together.

00:24:40Do sports?

00:24:42Whatever.

00:24:43I'm into fitness, not sports.

00:24:44Look, I can help you.

00:24:46I'm a criminologist, and you need one right now.

00:24:49The reason you left Chicago was to get away from all this.

00:24:52You were hurt badly.

00:24:54I was hurt because I got close to something I shouldn't have.

00:24:57Exactly.

00:24:58And I brought you here to get you out of the public eye

00:25:00and to keep you safe.

00:25:01But I can't.

00:25:01No, no, no.

00:25:02You just can't, okay?

00:25:05Look, I know how talented you are

00:25:07and how valuable you were

00:25:08to the Chicago Police Department as a consultant,

00:25:10but I also know that I don't know what I would ever do

00:25:12if anything were to ever happen to you.

00:25:17Good morning, George.

00:25:34I hope you weren't with Ainsley yesterday

00:25:37for all that dreadful business.

00:25:40No, he wasn't.

00:25:41And you heard?

00:25:42We've all heard.

00:25:45Wow, word travels fast around here.

00:25:47Well, we were all concerned about you, Ains.

00:25:50Shannon and Michael, too.

00:25:51I can't imagine how horrible

00:25:53that must have been for you, Ainsley.

00:25:54You, too, Danny?

00:25:56Oh.

00:25:56Oh, no, child.

00:25:58Were you there, too?

00:25:59Yeah, I came in after being in town.

00:26:02Has your brother talked to you about the investigation?

00:26:05Does anyone believe Michael was involved?

00:26:07I know.

00:26:08And I wish you could provide an alibi for him.

00:26:10Believe me, so do I.

00:26:12What can you tell us, Ainsley?

00:26:15Uh, nothing, really.

00:26:17Well, that's deeply unsatisfying.

00:26:19We all just want help.

00:26:22Yeah, I appreciate that.

00:26:23I do.

00:26:23It's just that it's an active investigation

00:26:26that I'm not a part of,

00:26:27so I can't tell you anything.

00:26:29Hey, y'all.

00:26:30Let's say we give Ainsley a break.

00:26:32We've all got a busy day ahead of us.

00:26:34Hey, Dawn, can you keep an eye on our booth

00:26:36this morning, please?

00:26:37I'll finish getting it set up,

00:26:38but I gotta run back to the winery for a bit.

00:26:40Yeah, you got it, Danny.

00:26:40Thanks so much.

00:26:42Hey, maybe we could all put our heads together tonight

00:26:46at the book club meeting to talk about what happened.

00:26:48That's a great idea.

00:26:50What about the book?

00:26:51We can talk about that, too,

00:26:52but something like this just doesn't happen in Sweet River.

00:26:55We really do want to help Ainsley.

00:26:58We're not just busybodies, you know?

00:27:00Of course not.

00:27:03Um, okay.

00:27:05Let's just see what happens at the club tonight.

00:27:08Will you open for me this morning?

00:27:09I need to run a quick errand.

00:27:11Happy to.

00:27:11George can stay with me.

00:27:13Okay.

00:27:13Oh, Mrs. Whedon, please don't feed him.

00:27:17Oh, Mrs. Whedon, please don't feed him.

00:27:18That's my boy.

00:27:27Oh!

00:27:28Oh, Jake!

00:27:29I'm so sorry.

00:27:31Did you ever play football?

00:27:32No.

00:27:33No, I don't do sports.

00:27:35Do sports?

00:27:36No.

00:27:36I think maybe you should have.

00:27:37I don't think I was hit that hard when I played in high school or in college.

00:27:41I'm sorry.

00:27:41I'm just kind of in a hurry.

00:27:44Yeah, I got that part.

00:27:45Do you need to check for the fire codes?

00:27:47I can show you about them.

00:27:48No, Ainsley, the only thing I'm here to check on is you.

00:27:50I heard about you yesterday.

00:27:54You okay?

00:27:57Uh, yeah.

00:27:58Yeah, I'm fine.

00:28:02That's so nice of you.

00:28:05I know about all your criminology stuff, but still, finding a body, it's got to be traumatic.

00:28:12Yeah, it's not the body.

00:28:14It's that my friends are involved.

00:28:16Hmm.

00:28:17I think I'm still processing it.

00:28:19Yeah, I get that.

00:28:22I thought, uh, a nice dinner would be a good distraction.

00:28:25One that you don't make yourself.

00:28:27We could just flip the order.

00:28:28I could, um, take you out first for dinner tonight.

00:28:31Yeah.

00:28:32Yeah, I'd like that a lot.

00:28:34Great.

00:28:357 p.m.?

00:28:36Uh, 7.30.

00:28:38I have a book club meeting here from 6 to 7, and then I could meet you at Dooley's after that.

00:28:437.30 it is.

00:28:45Great.

00:28:46Looking forward to it.

00:28:49Huh.

00:28:54I think you were in a hurry.

00:28:56Oh, I am.

00:28:58I, I have someone I want to catch up with.

00:29:01I'm going to head over to the ER and have them check my ribs.

00:29:03Think you might have cracked one.

00:29:04I'm not big enough to hurt.

00:29:07See you tonight.

00:29:12Oh, Danny.

00:29:13Good.

00:29:14What can I do for you, Mrs. Caldwell?

00:29:16It's up to us to keep the winery running while Michael is gone.

00:29:19Can you fill in?

00:29:20Do you need me to get you any help?

00:29:21I can do it.

00:29:23The vines are pretty much dormant.

00:29:24You two have already done the blending, and I can keep an eye on the barrel almost.

00:29:26Has Michael told you about how the winery's been doing?

00:29:30Financially, I mean.

00:29:31I know he was talking to that Rick gang about investing.

00:29:34Yeah, we've been doing okay, but lately it's not okay enough.

00:29:39I don't know what's happening, but according to the books, we're losing money.

00:29:42I'm worried about keeping this place above water until Michael gets back.

00:29:45Well, you can count on me.

00:29:46I know I can, Danny, and it means a lot to us.

00:29:49I'll have someone fill in for you at BYA while you're here, and I'm at the coffee shop.

00:29:53Thanks.

00:29:54And tell Michael I have his back.

00:29:56I will, Danny.

00:30:08You're not going to get away with this, Rachel.

00:30:09I can promise you that.

00:30:11You may have conned my father, but you can't con me.

00:30:13You really need to get a new act, Bridget.

00:30:15But this one's getting very old.

00:30:16Well, at least I won't have to deal with you for much longer.

00:30:20Is that a threat?

00:30:22I think you know exactly what it is.

00:30:24Miss Dean?

00:30:25Yes?

00:30:26I'm looking for Rachel Dean, the deceased's wife.

00:30:28That'd be me.

00:30:29I'm Dr. Stevens, the medical examiner for the county.

00:30:32Are you ready to identify the body?

00:30:35I'm his daughter, Bridget Dean.

00:30:37I'd like to be there, too.

00:30:39Of course.

00:30:45Mainsley.

00:30:47Kane, hey.

00:30:49I was just in the area.

00:30:50Thought I'd drop by and say hi.

00:30:51That was not a great time.

00:30:53Yeah, I see that.

00:30:55I'll wait.

00:30:56Hey.

00:31:21Hey.

00:31:21What are you doing here?

00:31:22Well, I said I'd come by today, didn't I?

00:31:25Well, today's almost over.

00:31:27We closed half an hour ago.

00:31:28Technically still today.

00:31:30Well, I'm just setting up for the book club.

00:31:33Oh, right.

00:31:34Yeah, that's tonight.

00:31:36Well, this place is incredible.

00:31:40Hey, I didn't know you also set up the art gallery.

00:31:42Yeah, we had almost 100 people through today.

00:31:46Congrats.

00:31:46So, how's the investigation going?

00:31:51Uh, you know, it's going.

00:31:54Well, you're going to go easy on Michael, aren't you?

00:31:57Go easy on him?

00:31:59He's a suspect in a murder case.

00:32:00I'm going to treat him like I treat anybody in that situation.

00:32:02But you know he didn't do it.

00:32:04No, I don't, actually.

00:32:05And I've got to let Lena take the lead on this,

00:32:07because if I do it, it's just a conflict of interest.

00:32:09Lena, no.

00:32:10She's new.

00:32:10She doesn't know him at all.

00:32:12Exactly.

00:32:12Look, I've got to go.

00:32:16Where?

00:32:17To continue the investigation.

00:32:19Oh.

00:32:21Congrats.

00:32:22The place looks great.

00:32:25You deserve it.

00:32:29The victim was definitely hitting the back of the head,

00:32:31causing blood force trauma.

00:32:32The wine bottle.

00:32:33There were fragments of glass matching the broken wine bottle

00:32:35he found at the scene in the wound,

00:32:37and, of course, wine scenes in his hair and on his clothes.

00:32:40But there's no way he died from getting hit by a wine bottle.

00:32:43That's the thing.

00:32:44The blow from the wine bottle didn't kill him,

00:32:46though it very likely knocked him unconscious,

00:32:47at least temporarily.

00:32:49So what was the cause of death?

00:32:50He was stabbed in his side, chest level.

00:32:52And it punctured the ventricle of his heart,

00:32:54causing cardiac tamponade.

00:32:56The bleeding was predominantly internal.

00:32:58Very little external bleeding there at the entry point

00:33:00for the stab wound, which is about seven inches deep.

00:33:02You think it was a knife?

00:33:03The shape of the wound and the fact that we found traces of glass in it

00:33:06makes it very likely it was from a shard.

00:33:08From the same wine bottle?

00:33:09It appears so.

00:33:10And the angle of entry makes it very likely

00:33:12the attacker was left-handed.

00:33:15See, the thing is,

00:33:15we didn't find a shard that size for the crime scene.

00:33:18Or pieces with the amount of blood on them

00:33:20you'd expect to find from a stabbing.

00:33:22So that means the murder weapon's missing.

00:33:27All right.

00:33:29Thanks, Kate.

00:33:30You just take a nice nap, George.

00:33:37You've had a full day.

00:33:38I hope you've had enough to eat.

00:33:40Oh, thanks to you, he's stuffed.

00:33:42I'm sure he'll pass out.

00:33:43He's a growing boy.

00:33:45He's five.

00:33:45Okay, y'all.

00:33:48Let's get started.

00:33:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:33:49Oh.

00:33:50It's, it's relaxing.

00:33:51Maybe we could read it here.

00:33:52One day, it could possibly happen.

00:33:54That's right.

00:33:55Nope.

00:33:56Then I would know how to read it.

00:33:57I wrote chapter two.

00:33:58Oh.

00:33:58I'm here.

00:33:59I'm sorry.

00:34:00Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

00:34:01You made it.

00:34:02Hi.

00:34:02Hi, hi, hi, hi.

00:34:03Hot time, Maureen.

00:34:08Okay.

00:34:09It is our first book club meeting at Bless Your Arts, and I want...

00:34:14Yes, yes, let's just get started.

00:34:15No more speeches.

00:34:17Oh.

00:34:20And don't slouch, Ainsley.

00:34:22You're a tiny little thing already.

00:34:23Yes.

00:34:25Well, at least you still do your reading.

00:34:26The good old-fashioned books, though.

00:34:28It speaks well of you.

00:34:29Oh, well, thank you, but I think plenty of folks enjoy reading on their electricity.

00:34:33It's convenient.

00:34:35It's barbaric.

00:34:37It's actually the exact opposite of barbaric, Mrs. Whedon.

00:34:41I think there's plenty of room at our club for both, Gladys.

00:34:45The original Widow's Circle book club has to change with the times.

00:34:50I mean, look around.

00:34:52There's so few of us left.

00:34:54Now, I like the feeling of having a book in my hands.

00:34:58The fun of turning the pages as you go,

00:35:01and the satisfaction of reaching that last page and closing the book.

00:35:05My point exactly, Maureen.

00:35:06But I don't think it matters how or what you read it on.

00:35:10It's the actual reading that counts.

00:35:12About that, I actually didn't finish the book.

00:35:16Yeah, I gotta admit, I didn't finish it either.

00:35:18Me either.

00:35:19Sorry, Mrs. Whedon.

00:35:20How can we have a lively discussion if no one has read the book?

00:35:24Oh, I read the book.

00:35:25So did I.

00:35:26Did you read it, Mrs. Whedon?

00:35:29I've read enough.

00:35:30But there's so much excitement going on right now.

00:35:33And maybe we really would be better served if we used our time talking about the unfortunate event at the minery.

00:35:37You mean the murder?

00:35:38Oh, yes.

00:35:40Let's talk about that.

00:35:40My nephew, Kevin, is deputy trainee at the sheriff's office.

00:35:45We don't know, Maureen.

00:35:47You mentioned at least once a day.

00:35:48What's he told you about the case?

00:35:49Oh, wait.

00:35:50I don't think Kevin should be disclosing any information that might compromise the investigation.

00:35:55Fiddlesticks.

00:35:56Who is more on the pulse of what's happening in Sweet River than the Riddle Circle?

00:36:00And we're fortunate to have Maureen here.

00:36:02Thank you, Gladys.

00:36:04Well, Kevin tells me the medical examiner determined Rick Dean died by being stabbed, not by being hit by the bottle.

00:36:12Really?

00:36:13I mean, Kevin really shouldn't be telling you things like that.

00:36:16He's a good boy.

00:36:17And he's so easily bribed with chocolate chip cookies.

00:36:21He's one of my students.

00:36:23And he does share those cookies in class.

00:36:25I told him to take your criminology class.

00:36:27How's he doing?

00:36:28Oh, I can't.

00:36:28We're off topic, ladies.

00:36:31Anything else, Maureen?

00:36:33Yes.

00:36:34They haven't found the murder weapon.

00:36:37Those sound like important clues to me.

00:36:39Especially if and when they do find the murder weapon.

00:36:44I watch a lot of mysteries on TV.

00:36:47It helps calm me down at the end of the day.

00:36:49That would keep me up.

00:36:50Yeah, me too.

00:36:51I have to read before I go to bed.

00:36:52Just not this book.

00:36:54Okay, I think I need to stop this conversation.

00:36:57My brother would not like it.

00:36:58As a criminologist, aren't you the least bit curious, dear?

00:37:01And your best friend's husband's accused of the crime?

00:37:04Well, I really like Michael, but how can we even be sure?

00:37:07We don't have to be sure.

00:37:09Because my brother and the sheriff's department is going to find out what happened and make sure that the proper person is brought to justice.

00:37:15It can't hurt anything easily to just discuss it.

00:37:18We might be able to come up with something that could help Ryan.

00:37:22Yeah.

00:37:22Okay, but only on two conditions.

00:37:29One, nothing we discuss here leaves this room.

00:37:32Or the fact that we're even discussing it.

00:37:34And two, we don't do anything to interfere with or impede the sheriff's investigation.

00:37:39Fine.

00:37:40Those of us here tonight at the Widow Circle, agree to those conditions.

00:37:44Okay.

00:37:45Let's schedule a new meeting in a few days.

00:37:47Give us time to think about the case and come back with some theories.

00:37:50Good idea, Maria.

00:37:51I agree.

00:37:52And I'll do some more digging with Kevin.

00:37:54No, Marines.

00:37:55Or not.

00:37:56You smart woman, Ainsley.

00:37:58If you were leading us, I'd imagine we could crack this case.

00:38:02You want me to lead?

00:38:03Mm-hmm.

00:38:04Yeah.

00:38:04With your background, of course you should lead.

00:38:11Yeah, okay.

00:38:12Okay.

00:38:15I hope I don't regret this.

00:38:21You're going to be all right.

00:38:27She's going to be with you in a minute.

00:38:28All right.

00:38:29Okay, keep breathing.

00:38:29All right.

00:38:43Dooley.

00:38:44Well, well, look what the cat dragged in.

00:38:47Howdy, Ainsley.

00:38:49It's right over there.

00:38:51Oh, thanks, Dooley.

00:38:52He's been grinning like a mule eating cockleburs ever since he walked in here.

00:38:57Wait, am I late?

00:38:58Nope.

00:38:58He was early.

00:38:59Been here about 30 minutes.

00:39:01What?

00:39:02You're about happier than a clam at high time.

00:39:05Thanks, Dooley.

00:39:07I'll come check on you all in a minute.

00:39:08Enjoy yourself.

00:39:09Evening, Ainsley.

00:39:10Hi, Jake.

00:39:11Hi.

00:39:11I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long.

00:39:13I had to drop George off at the house.

00:39:15No, I just got here.

00:39:17Oh, Dooley said you've been here a while.

00:39:19Oh, did he?

00:39:22Um, hey.

00:39:24Yeah.

00:39:26Oh, yeah, here, let me.

00:39:28There you go.

00:39:30No problem.

00:39:31Okay, I can move my jacket.

00:39:32Put yours here.

00:39:35Okay, nice and comfy.

00:39:37And that over here.

00:39:39Move that along the way.

00:39:40Okay.

00:39:44Oh, actually, that is mine, and this one is yours.

00:39:47I've been drinking out of that one earlier, and...

00:39:51I'm sorry.

00:39:55I'm acting like a trunk with socks on a rooster.

00:39:56I'm so sorry.

00:39:58It's totally fine.

00:40:04You look great.

00:40:07So do you.

00:40:08Well, I'm, uh, just try and relax and enjoy a nice meal.

00:40:13That sounds good.

00:40:19Oh, I'm always in the mood for some of Dooley's Tex-Mex.

00:40:22Best in the county.

00:40:23Folks come from all over the place.

00:40:25As they should.

00:40:26Mm-hmm.

00:40:26You're a native here, in town, right?

00:40:38Yes, yes.

00:40:39Born and bred.

00:40:40Uh, family's been in Sweet River for generations.

00:40:43You know, I've never asked anyone how the town got its name.

00:40:47I mean, obviously, the river runs through it.

00:40:50Well, way back in the late 1800s, they discovered oil a couple counties over near the river.

00:40:55Sweet crude oil.

00:40:57And folks, they started calling the river the Sweet River.

00:40:59Kind of out of luck, but it stuck.

00:41:01And then when this town grew up on its banks, I think they just figured out a nice ring to it.

00:41:07Better than the Sweet Crude River, I suppose.

00:41:10That it is.

00:41:17So you must be pretty busy being the fire chief and running your own store.

00:41:22Yeah, well, I have help at both places.

00:41:24And luckily, there's not too many calls for the fire department.

00:41:28Yeah, it's mostly volunteer, right?

00:41:29It is, yeah.

00:41:31You looking to join?

00:41:32No, no, no, no.

00:41:34I think I have my hands full as it is.

00:41:35Right.

00:41:39Got that seat just like how you like it.

00:41:46Hey, Jake.

00:41:47Have you seen that woman around town?

00:41:49What woman?

00:41:50Don't look.

00:41:52Okay, well, um, how am I supposed to know if I've seen her?

00:41:56Dooley.

00:41:59How y'all doing?

00:42:00You fixing to order some grats?

00:42:01Yeah, we will be, but do you know that woman you just seated at the bar?

00:42:05No, don't.

00:42:06Don't walk.

00:42:07She doesn't want to look.

00:42:09Okay.

00:42:11Okay, look, look, no.

00:42:12I don't, I don't know her.

00:42:14But, I mean, she was in here every night since her and her husband came to town until, you know, well, until he wasn't.

00:42:21You know those two sure didn't get along?

00:42:23They make quite a fuss Saturday night.

00:42:26The night before her husband was killed?

00:42:28That's right.

00:42:29Her?

00:42:30Do you know her?

00:42:31Well, I was in here that night, too, with some of the guys from the station, and they made a big scene.

00:42:34Now, I don't eavesdrop, because I don't do that.

00:42:39But I couldn't help but hear her tell him that he wasn't going to be able to leave her, because she wouldn't let him.

00:42:44He wanted a divorce?

00:42:46Sure sounded like that to me.

00:42:47But I don't eavesdrop, so.

00:42:49Are you asking because of your, uh, investigative book club meeting tonight?

00:42:55How'd you know about that?

00:42:57Well, I ran at dawn on the way over here.

00:43:00We just had that meeting an hour ago, and it was confidential.

00:43:03You know, I don't think that this town does confidential.

00:43:06I heard about it, too.

00:43:08I sure hope you find out who did it.

00:43:11You know, it's an awful shame about Michael.

00:43:14He's an awful good customer.

00:43:16And you know, he was in here Friday night with them, and they had quite a row.

00:43:21Michael walked out on them, and you know what I don't blame him?

00:43:24That Rick Dean was meaner than a skillet full of rattlesnakes.

00:43:28He was threatening Michael.

00:43:29He told him he would ruin him if he didn't sell him the winery.

00:43:33It was an honor, he cussed.

00:43:34Did you tell my brother all of this?

00:43:36Well, no, I didn't want to get Michael into any more trouble.

00:43:39But it might help him get out of it.

00:43:44What are you thinking, Ainsley?

00:43:46I'm thinking I need to go talk to this Rachel Dean.

00:43:48If you'll excuse me for a minute.

00:43:49Oh, of course, yeah.

00:43:54Excuse me, Mrs. Dean?

00:43:56Yes, may I talk to you for a moment?

00:43:59Why?

00:43:59Well, first, I'm very sorry for your loss.

00:44:03I'm Ainsley McGregor.

00:44:06McGregor related to Sheriff McGregor?

00:44:08He's my brother.

00:44:09You were at the medical examiner's office today, too.

00:44:12What were you doing there?

00:44:14Um, Dr. Stevens is a friend.

00:44:17You often visit him at the morgue?

00:44:20Mrs. Dean, I'm a criminologist, and I'm trying to help find out who killed your husband.

00:44:24We know who killed him.

00:44:26It was that awful man from the winery.

00:44:28No, that's just it.

00:44:28I'm certain he didn't do it.

00:44:30Of course he did.

00:44:31Did you argue with your husband here at the diner the night before he was killed?

00:44:35What business is that of yours?

00:44:37There are witnesses that say they saw you two arguing,

00:44:40and that they overheard your husband was going to divorce you.

00:44:42No.

00:44:43That was never going to happen.

00:44:44The person you should be talking to is his daughter.

00:44:49She poisoned Rick against me.

00:44:50Bridget?

00:44:52If you have some kind of information that Caldwell didn't do it,

00:44:56then the person you should be talking to is Bridget.

00:44:58She's resented her father her whole life,

00:45:01especially since he divorced his first wife.

00:45:04She never even gave me a chance,

00:45:05even though Richard and I were very happy together.

00:45:07We're very much in love.

00:45:09So you know Michael?

00:45:11Well, no.

00:45:12I met him at a dinner once.

00:45:13I wouldn't say that I know him.

00:45:15Where were you when your husband was killed, Mrs. Dean?

00:45:18Are you here in some kind of an official capacity?

00:45:22Well, no.

00:45:24Okay, well, then this interrogation is over.

00:45:26Okay, if you have nothing to hide,

00:45:28then why don't you just answer my questions?

00:45:30I saw that you have a band-aid on your hand.

00:45:31How did you get that cut?

00:45:32That is none of your business.

00:45:43Miss McGregor.

00:45:50I do not take kindly to having my integrity questioned.

00:45:55When that happens, there are severe consequences.

00:45:57Hi, George.

00:46:17Oh, I'm so happy to see you, too.

00:46:20Yes.

00:46:20The date?

00:46:22Well, kind of got interrupted.

00:46:24It was off to a good start, too,

00:46:26but you know how I am when I get distracted.

00:46:29We still had a nice dinner, though.

00:46:33Okay, I'm coming.

00:46:34You got to go out?

00:46:37I got the message.

00:46:39I'm coming.

00:46:39There you go.

00:46:50Oh, George.

00:46:52What if I got myself into?

00:47:05So think of a crime as a room with people inside

00:47:08and others outside.

00:47:10And the people inside have their experience

00:47:12of what happens from the perspective

00:47:14of where they are in the room when the crime happens.

00:47:17Their experience is subjective.

00:47:20Now, the others, the people on the outside,

00:47:23the investigators, the criminologists, the forensics team,

00:47:26they're all viewing the room as two-dimensional,

00:47:29like a photograph.

00:47:32Okay, so your job as a criminologist

00:47:34is to observe everything you can from this spot,

00:47:37but then also put yourselves into the perspectives

00:47:40of the people inside the room.

00:47:42All right, class is done.

00:47:44Don't forget to read your observational study sheets

00:47:46that I gave you for next class.

00:47:47Professor McGregor, can we speak to you, please?

00:47:57Lily, sure.

00:47:58We heard about your book club.

00:48:00And we'd like to join and help with the investigation.

00:48:02Uh, it's not my book club,

00:48:05and there isn't an investigation.

00:48:07It's, uh...

00:48:08How did you hear about it anyway?

00:48:10Gladys Whedon.

00:48:11She's my grandmother.

00:48:12Oh, of course she is.

00:48:14She knows I'm studying criminology

00:48:16and thought it would be a good idea

00:48:17for me to attend the meetings.

00:48:18Your next one's tomorrow night, right?

00:48:20Uh, yeah, but I don't think it would be a good idea

00:48:22for the two of you to be a part of it.

00:48:25Especially you, Kevin.

00:48:26I mean, my brother would be irate if he found out.

00:48:28Then we won't tell him.

00:48:29He never lets me help out with anything important.

00:48:31Well, that's because you're an intern

00:48:33at the sheriff's station.

00:48:34Deputy trainee.

00:48:36I know we can help solve the case.

00:48:38And we'll get to see what you're teaching us in real life.

00:48:40We're not solving the case.

00:48:42The sheriff's department is.

00:48:43And you've seen up in my class.

00:48:45Well, my grandmother said she saw that Rachel Dean woman

00:48:47go into the dry cleaners yesterday.

00:48:49How does she even know who Rachel is?

00:48:50She and Kevin's Aunt Maureen have been snooping.

00:48:53They're good snoopers.

00:48:54And that's why we want to come to the meetings

00:48:55so we can help figure out what's important and what's not.

00:48:58Have you asked your parents about this?

00:49:00We're adults.

00:49:02We can drive, we can vote, and we can attend meetings.

00:49:05Right.

00:49:07Okay, you can come and observe for now.

00:49:09And I'm asking your grandmother to move the meeting up

00:49:11to tonight, 6 p.m.

00:49:13We'll be there.

00:49:14Yes!

00:49:22I forgot to ask you, how was your time with Professor Slay?

00:49:25You know, it was awfully nice of him

00:49:26to let you hang out in his office,

00:49:28this doggie, while I was teaching.

00:49:31George McGregor, I think you have a crush

00:49:33on Professor Slay's dog.

00:49:36Well, you have good taste.

00:49:37She's a beauty.

00:49:37And very well-behaved.

00:49:40Maybe she'll be a good influence on you.

00:49:43What?

00:49:43I'm joking.

00:49:44Don't be so sensitive.

00:49:45Hi.

00:49:59We need to talk.

00:50:01Hey, Georgie.

00:50:02How you doing, pal?

00:50:03Is there somewhere we could chat?

00:50:07Sure.

00:50:07Why don't we chat in the art gallery

00:50:08so that the entire building doesn't think

00:50:10you're about to arrest your own sister?

00:50:12That's not off the table.

00:50:14Would you like some coffee?

00:50:16No.

00:50:16I would not like some coffee.

00:50:18Rude.

00:50:19Grandma used to always say

00:50:20you were so contrary,

00:50:21you'd float upstream.

00:50:23Grandma was crazy about me.

00:50:24True.

00:50:25But she also said

00:50:26you were quite cantankerous.

00:50:27Quit stalling.

00:50:29What are you doing?

00:50:31And I feel like

00:50:32that's too broad of a question.

00:50:33I mean, today in class,

00:50:34we were talking about

00:50:36observational procedure

00:50:38and how you should put yourselves

00:50:40into the shoes of...

00:50:40Ainsley.

00:50:42You're talking to witnesses?

00:50:43You're talking to suspects?

00:50:44You're getting your book club

00:50:45all riled up?

00:50:46No.

00:50:47I'm not the one riling them up.

00:50:48They riled themselves.

00:50:50Really?

00:50:50They're self-rilers?

00:50:52Yes.

00:50:52They're quite good at it.

00:50:54And it's not my book club, actually.

00:50:56Well, whatever it is,

00:50:57it's drawing too much attention to you.

00:51:00I went by your house this morning

00:51:01to check on you.

00:51:02Well, I wasn't at my house.

00:51:03I was at class this morning.

00:51:04Yeah, I know that.

00:51:05I forgot, but I remember now.

00:51:07Anyway, you know what I saw there?

00:51:09A threatening sign

00:51:10taped on my back door.

00:51:11I know.

00:51:11I didn't touch it

00:51:12because I thought

00:51:13we might need it for evidence.

00:51:14No, no, no.

00:51:15No, we don't need anything.

00:51:17I need because it's my job,

00:51:19not yours.

00:51:21You don't need to be helping out

00:51:22with these investigations

00:51:22because you're not in Chicago anymore

00:51:24with a police department

00:51:25who couldn't protect you, by the way.

00:51:27You're here in Sweet River

00:51:29with a brother who can,

00:51:30and that's all I care about.

00:51:31Please, just focus on Bless Your Arts.

00:51:36I am.

00:51:37And I was going to tell you

00:51:38about the sign.

00:51:40You should have told me about it

00:51:41the second you found it.

00:51:42The second you found it.

00:51:43Well, Grandma said it's rude

00:51:44to call anyone after 9 p.m.

00:51:46Will you stop it?

00:51:47Instead, you go back

00:51:48into your house alone.

00:51:49With George.

00:51:50Oh, forgive me.

00:51:51You were with George.

00:51:52Alone in the house

00:51:53with someone outside

00:51:54posting threatening notes.

00:51:55You should have called me.

00:51:56At least you know now.

00:52:00You said you were talking to suspects.

00:52:02You're referring to Rachel Dean,

00:52:04aren't you?

00:52:05Rachel's at the top of our list.

00:52:07No. No.

00:52:09You know who you should be talking to

00:52:11is Rick Dean's daughter, Bridget.

00:52:13There was bad blood

00:52:14between her and Rachel,

00:52:15and even more

00:52:16between her and her father.

00:52:18And they had a number of reasons

00:52:19to have possibly killed him.

00:52:21And at the very minimum,

00:52:22it isn't cut and dry

00:52:23that Michael did it.

00:52:24Oh, are you gonna charge him?

00:52:26You know you have to

00:52:27within 48 hours

00:52:28since he's been in jail.

00:52:28I know the rules.

00:52:30And I'm not talking to you

00:52:31about this anymore.

00:52:32I can help.

00:52:34I'm not disputing that.

00:52:36I just...

00:52:38I really don't want you to.

00:52:42I don't want you to...

00:52:44Get hurt.

00:52:45I know.

00:52:47And what happened in Chicago

00:52:48was terrifying,

00:52:50but I don't want to live

00:52:50the rest of my life in fear.

00:52:51You shouldn't be taking

00:52:52unnecessary risks.

00:52:53If I'm helping,

00:52:54if my best friend needs me,

00:52:56it's not unnecessary.

00:52:59I'm an adult.

00:53:00I can drive.

00:53:01I can vote.

00:53:03Where did that come from?

00:53:04Yeah, I know.

00:53:05It sounded way better

00:53:06when my students said it.

00:53:09Okay, look.

00:53:10I know you don't have

00:53:11the murder weapon,

00:53:12and that Rick Dean died

00:53:13by a stab wound to the side.

00:53:15Michael's prints

00:53:16were on the shards

00:53:17that we found at the crime scene.

00:53:18Ryan, Michael's prints

00:53:19are gonna be on all of the bottles.

00:53:20He put those bottles

00:53:21on the shelves

00:53:22in the tasting room.

00:53:23You know that.

00:53:23Of course I know that.

00:53:25What we need to be asking is,

00:53:27how did Rick get to the winery

00:53:28that day?

00:53:29His car wasn't there?

00:53:30Did he take a car service?

00:53:31A taxi?

00:53:32Why would he do that?

00:53:34We're checking out

00:53:34the car services.

00:53:36For someone could have

00:53:36been with him.

00:53:37Someone who killed him.

00:53:38I promise I'm gonna look

00:53:40into all of it.

00:53:41I'm pretty good at this stuff,

00:53:42too, if you recall.

00:53:43No, you're great at it.

00:53:45But together,

00:53:45we'd be phenomenal.

00:53:47Look, we know the crime

00:53:49must have occurred

00:53:49a short time before

00:53:50Shannon and I

00:53:51got to the scene.

00:53:52When I went to check

00:53:53for the pulse,

00:53:53the body was still warmish.

00:53:55Rigor hadn't set in.

00:53:56Now, I know it doesn't

00:53:58look good for Michael.

00:53:59He was close by.

00:54:01The thing that bugs me

00:54:02about Michael

00:54:02is that he's right-handed.

00:54:04Yeah, you would have

00:54:04to use your dominant hand

00:54:06to have the force

00:54:06to stab someone

00:54:07the way Rick Dean

00:54:08was stabbed.

00:54:09Yeah.

00:54:10We have to find

00:54:10that murder weapon.

00:54:12Well, I'm headed

00:54:12to the winery now

00:54:13with a search warrant.

00:54:14Oh, well, I'm coming.

00:54:16What?

00:54:17No, you're not.

00:54:17Not with me.

00:54:18Yes, I am.

00:54:19I am going to be there

00:54:20for my friend.

00:54:22Stand by her side.

00:54:22Thank you for coming

00:54:28here today, Mr. Preston.

00:54:30You've given me

00:54:30a lot to think about.

00:54:31I'm very sorry

00:54:32about your personal troubles.

00:54:33I would like for my company

00:54:34to take away

00:54:34your financial worries

00:54:36regardless of what

00:54:36happens with your husband.

00:54:37He's innocent.

00:54:38Oh, sure he is.

00:54:40Sadly, the justice system

00:54:42does move very slowly.

00:54:44I know the financials

00:54:46I shared with you earlier

00:54:47don't look good,

00:54:48but I promise you

00:54:49that is just a blip.

00:54:50We were actually doing

00:54:51really well before.

00:54:53I am aware

00:54:53of the vagaries of business.

00:54:54I will do more due diligence,

00:54:56but I am confident

00:54:56that I can make you

00:54:57a fair price for the winery.

00:54:58A win-win,

00:54:59as I like to say.

00:55:01That's a huge relief.

00:55:02What's this?

00:55:08Oh, no.

00:55:17Good morning, Mrs. Caldwell.

00:55:19We have a warrant

00:55:19to search your house

00:55:20and the winery of premises.

00:55:23Ains.

00:55:25Uh, it's going to be fine.

00:55:26I'll stay with you.

00:55:31What are they looking for?

00:55:33The murder weapon.

00:55:35Uh, Mr. Preston,

00:55:37I am so sorry

00:55:38about all of this.

00:55:39I, uh,

00:55:39I don't know what to say.

00:55:42Your personal business

00:55:43is exactly that.

00:55:44Personal

00:55:45and none

00:55:45of my business.

00:55:47Now,

00:55:47it doesn't deter

00:55:48my desire

00:55:48to purchase the winery

00:55:49nor my commitment

00:55:50to you

00:55:51to make a fair price.

00:55:53Win-win.

00:55:54I will be in touch.

00:55:56I will think

00:55:57positive thoughts

00:55:58for you.

00:56:00You're selling the winery?

00:56:03I don't know.

00:56:04I might have to.

00:56:05This is all

00:56:06so overwhelming.

00:56:08No,

00:56:08you have Danny

00:56:09and we can pitch in

00:56:10and help you

00:56:11until Michael's back.

00:56:12If Michael gets back.

00:56:13Shannon,

00:56:13you can't think that way.

00:56:15We're going to prove

00:56:15that Michael is innocent.

00:56:16We're going to find out

00:56:17who really did this.

00:56:18You don't have to sell.

00:56:20There's more to it

00:56:21than that.

00:56:22The winery

00:56:23has been slipping

00:56:23for a few months now.

00:56:24We're falling deeper

00:56:25and deeper

00:56:26into the red.

00:56:27I didn't want

00:56:28to say anything before

00:56:29because I was just embarrassed.

00:56:32Yeah,

00:56:33how's that possible?

00:56:34You said

00:56:35that you had

00:56:36your best summer

00:56:36in sales

00:56:37and I watched

00:56:38the bottles

00:56:39fly off the shelves.

00:56:40I don't get it either.

00:56:41The numbers don't lie.

00:56:43I mean,

00:56:43that's why Michael

00:56:44was talking to Rick Dean

00:56:46in the first place.

00:56:47Neither of us

00:56:47ever liked him

00:56:48because he was so desperate.

00:56:50Fortunately,

00:56:51Mr. Preston

00:56:52has come along now.

00:56:54Yeah,

00:56:54who's that Preston guy?

00:56:55He's got some

00:56:56big company in Houston.

00:56:58Like Rick Dean?

00:56:59Yeah,

00:56:59but much bigger.

00:57:01Wineries are a small

00:57:02part of their portfolio,

00:57:03but they're looking

00:57:03to grow it.

00:57:06What's his main business?

00:57:08Like all the big companies

00:57:09in Texas.

00:57:10Oil.

00:57:15Then what's he doing

00:57:16here in hell country?

00:57:16What does that mean?

00:57:23Sheriff.

00:57:25I gotta call you back.

00:57:26What do you got?

00:57:27We found this bloody shirt

00:57:28inside Michael Caldwell's

00:57:29locker.

00:57:30And inside that shirt.

00:57:32Shard of glass.

00:57:34Bingo.

00:57:37Okay,

00:57:38so we found

00:57:38the murder weapon.

00:57:38With the discovery

00:57:46of the murder weapon

00:57:47in Michael's locker,

00:57:49the sheriff's office

00:57:49really doesn't have

00:57:50any choice

00:57:51but to charge Michael.

00:57:52But Michael

00:57:53didn't do this.

00:57:54He couldn't.

00:57:55And I've known him

00:57:56since he was a boy.

00:57:57He's as fine a man

00:57:58as there is

00:57:59in this town.

00:58:00Thank you,

00:58:00Mrs. Whedon.

00:58:02We're here,

00:58:03Aunt Maureen.

00:58:04Oh,

00:58:05good.

00:58:06I'm so glad

00:58:07you're kidding.

00:58:07We do really

00:58:08want to help.

00:58:08Hi, Grandma.

00:58:10The more

00:58:10the merrier, dear.

00:58:11Grab a chair.

00:58:13Does that invitation

00:58:14apply to me too?

00:58:16How did you know

00:58:17about the...

00:58:19Never mind.

00:58:21Sweet river.

00:58:23Anyone who wants

00:58:24to help is welcome.

00:58:25Especially you.

00:58:30Okay,

00:58:31whenever we start

00:58:31an investigation,

00:58:32the first thing

00:58:33we need to determine

00:58:34is who our most

00:58:35likely suspect is.

00:58:36So,

00:58:37who had means,

00:58:38motive,

00:58:38and opportunity?

00:58:40Exactly.

00:58:40Well,

00:58:41I think we start

00:58:41with Rachel Dean.

00:58:42From all I've been hearing,

00:58:43she wasn't very happy

00:58:44with him.

00:58:44Right.

00:58:45And Rick,

00:58:46with the encouragement

00:58:46of his daughter Bridget,

00:58:48was planning on divorcing

00:58:49Rachel.

00:58:49He recently told her that.

00:58:51Sounds like her money tree

00:58:52was going away.

00:58:53Well,

00:58:53Bridget thinks that Rachel

00:58:54killed her dad.

00:58:57Well,

00:58:57yeah,

00:58:57well,

00:58:58she came into the store

00:58:59to get a few things,

00:58:59paper the card.

00:59:00I saw her name on it,

00:59:01so I asked her

00:59:02about her dad.

00:59:03She was willing

00:59:04to talk to you?

00:59:05Only all too willing.

00:59:06She was in a horn-tossing mood.

00:59:08She said that she was

00:59:09absolutely sure

00:59:10that Rachel had killed Rick.

00:59:12Said that he told Rachel

00:59:13that not only

00:59:14was he going to divorce her,

00:59:15but he was going to

00:59:15cut her out of the will

00:59:16and leave everything to Bridget.

00:59:18Of course,

00:59:19you know,

00:59:19you didn't get the chance

00:59:19to do that.

00:59:20So it all still goes to Rachel.

00:59:21Yeah,

00:59:22but Bridget said

00:59:22she's going to fight it.

00:59:23She still harbors

00:59:24a lot of anger

00:59:25towards her father

00:59:26for leaving her mother

00:59:26and for,

00:59:27you know,

00:59:27leaving her too.

00:59:28That's motive for Rachel.

00:59:30And maybe Bridget.

00:59:32Yeah,

00:59:32but why would Bridget

00:59:34kill him

00:59:34before he changed

00:59:35his will

00:59:36and made her

00:59:37his beneficiary?

00:59:38Maybe he wouldn't

00:59:38agree to do it

00:59:39and just made her

00:59:40madder at him.

00:59:41And angry people

00:59:42will do things

00:59:42they don't normally do.

00:59:43I've got some information

00:59:44that I'd like to share.

00:59:46Gladys and I have been

00:59:47doing some investigating.

00:59:48Snooping.

00:59:50You might as well

00:59:50call her what it is.

00:59:51Snooping, then.

00:59:52We saw Rachel

00:59:54going to the dry cleaner

00:59:55the day after the murder.

00:59:57We've been keeping an eye

00:59:58on her since she came

00:59:59to town.

00:59:59Yeah, we think

01:00:00she's still the nickels

01:00:01off a dead man's eyes.

01:00:02So, we went in

01:00:03to see Fred.

01:00:04He's been doing

01:00:05the dry cleaning

01:00:05for years.

01:00:06Mind here,

01:00:06he does a really good job,

01:00:08but he did lose

01:00:08that button.

01:00:09Uh, Maureen,

01:00:10what did you two find out?

01:00:12She brought a dress

01:00:13in that had wine stains

01:00:14on it.

01:00:15Said it was couture

01:00:16and...

01:00:17Couture.

01:00:18And he better

01:00:19not ruin it.

01:00:19Said she spilled

01:00:20a bottle,

01:00:21but Fred said

01:00:21you don't spill wine

01:00:22the way that dress looked.

01:00:24Almost like it exploded.

01:00:25Mm-hmm.

01:00:26Like it would have

01:00:27you hit somebody

01:00:27over the head with it.

01:00:28I'd say so.

01:00:29How did she get

01:00:30to the winery?

01:00:31She wasn't there

01:00:32when you found the body,

01:00:32right, Insane?

01:00:33No, she wasn't, but...

01:00:34Well, she could have

01:00:35come with him

01:00:36and left in that car

01:00:37after she told him.

01:00:37Yeah, that's certainly possible.

01:00:39And Ryan told me

01:00:40that the wound was inflicted

01:00:41by the attacker's left hand.

01:00:43Rachel had a bandage

01:00:44on her left hand.

01:00:45I saw it at the diner.

01:00:46If you stabbed someone

01:00:47with a shard of glass,

01:00:48you'd almost certainly

01:00:49cut yourself.

01:00:50Well, unless you're

01:00:50wearing gloves.

01:00:51Well, Rachel had gloves.

01:00:52I saw them in her pocket.

01:00:54And there was a small tear

01:00:55in the index finger

01:00:56of the left hand.

01:00:57Sorry, uh, quick question.

01:00:59How did you see them

01:01:00if they're in your pocket?

01:01:02Observational technique.

01:01:03You don't miss a thing.

01:01:04It's a big part

01:01:05of being a criminologist.

01:01:09Yeah.

01:01:10It's impressive.

01:01:12Sounds like snooping to me.

01:01:15Well, the evidence

01:01:16points to Rachel's hand injury

01:01:17as being something

01:01:18more than a coincidence.

01:01:19I'm sorry for Rick Dean,

01:01:20but I really hope

01:01:21all this is true

01:01:22for Michael's sake.

01:01:24Of course.

01:01:25Are we missing

01:01:26anybody else as a suspect?

01:01:28Did Rick Dean

01:01:29have other enemies,

01:01:30maybe business rivals?

01:01:31If he's going to be a guy

01:01:32like that,

01:01:32I'd have an enemies list

01:01:33a mile long.

01:01:35Shannon, why do you think

01:01:36Rick was so keen

01:01:36on buying the winery?

01:01:38I don't know.

01:01:39When we first met him,

01:01:40he was very charming.

01:01:42And then when we told him

01:01:43we weren't interested

01:01:44in selling,

01:01:45we were just seeking

01:01:46an investment,

01:01:46he became very aggressive.

01:01:48He's probably a man

01:01:49not used to hearing no.

01:01:51I mean,

01:01:51the winery's well run

01:01:52and it makes good wine.

01:01:53Isn't that enough

01:01:54to justify his interest in it?

01:01:56Maybe,

01:01:57but something

01:01:58just doesn't feel right.

01:02:00All the evidence

01:02:01is pointed to Rachel,

01:02:02but I feel like

01:02:02we're missing another suspect.

01:02:04And I think it has to do

01:02:05with why Rick

01:02:06was so intent

01:02:07on buying the winery.

01:02:08I need to do more digging.

01:02:11It sounds like

01:02:11it's time for a break.

01:02:13Do you need one?

01:02:14Oh, cookies.

01:02:15I've got lots of cookies.

01:02:16Love your cookies.

01:02:18Okay, well,

01:02:20everyone can take a break then.

01:02:24Thank you for

01:02:25not putting Michael's name

01:02:26on the suspect list.

01:02:29You know,

01:02:30I ordered some more

01:02:30of those shirts in the store

01:02:31like you picked up on Sunday,

01:02:32so next time you're in,

01:02:33you'll have more choices.

01:02:34Oh, great.

01:02:34Yeah, I really liked that one.

01:02:36I'm glad.

01:02:36And you,

01:02:37um,

01:02:39I'm escorting you home tonight.

01:02:41Oh, you don't have to do that.

01:02:42I have George.

01:02:43With all due respect,

01:02:44George is a lover,

01:02:45not a fighter.

01:02:45I think Jake's right.

01:02:47And if someone like Rachel

01:02:48left that note on your door

01:02:49threatening you,

01:02:50you should not be alone.

01:02:51How did you know

01:02:51about that note?

01:02:52Well, you got a threatening note?

01:02:54I didn't know that.

01:02:54Well, that settles it.

01:02:55I'm following you home.

01:02:56No ifs, ands, or buts.

01:02:57You don't have to do that.

01:02:59It's my job.

01:03:00Your brother assigned it.

01:03:02He did what?

01:03:05He asked me

01:03:06to keep an eye on you,

01:03:07and for good reason,

01:03:08it seems.

01:03:10Okay.

01:03:12But the least you could do

01:03:13is come in for a cup of coffee

01:03:14and some cake.

01:03:15Hmm.

01:03:16What kind of cake?

01:03:18Yeah, you're right.

01:03:19All cake is good.

01:03:22All right, back at it.

01:03:23Okay.

01:03:31Here you go.

01:03:32Well, that is not a slice.

01:03:34That is a slab.

01:03:36You complaining?

01:03:37No, ma'am.

01:03:38It's Texas size,

01:03:39and it does look delicious.

01:03:42Mmm.

01:03:46Shovelling it in too fast.

01:03:47Oh, it's just icing.

01:03:49I'm sure it'll come out.

01:03:50Oh, I hope so.

01:03:51I really like this shirt.

01:03:55Shirt?

01:03:56Jake,

01:03:57when did Danny come in

01:03:58to buy his shirt on Sunday?

01:04:00I reckon,

01:04:01I don't know,

01:04:02quarter to two?

01:04:03Came in the store

01:04:04when you bought a new work shirt.

01:04:05I remember thinking

01:04:06it was funny, too,

01:04:07because the shirt

01:04:07that he was wearing

01:04:08was just way too big for him.

01:04:09Hmm.

01:04:09That is funny.

01:04:12Shannon and I

01:04:12discovered the body

01:04:13at 1.30.

01:04:14We know the murder

01:04:15occurred shortly before that

01:04:16because,

01:04:17as I told Ryan,

01:04:18the body was still

01:04:19a bit warm.

01:04:20what's it,

01:04:2210 minutes from

01:04:22the winery to town?

01:04:24About that, yeah.

01:04:25Danny arrived

01:04:26at the crime scene

01:04:26at 2.15.

01:04:27I remember

01:04:28because I looked

01:04:29at my watch

01:04:29thinking Ryan

01:04:30and his team

01:04:31were working

01:04:31too slowly

01:04:32to process the scene

01:04:33and I was worried

01:04:34about Shannon.

01:04:37But how does that

01:04:38explain the wine

01:04:38on Rachel's dress?

01:04:40Yeah,

01:04:40she's still

01:04:40the most likely suspect

01:04:41at this point.

01:04:42I called my brother

01:04:43from the car

01:04:44on the way over

01:04:44and they're all over it.

01:04:46They recovered

01:04:47the dress

01:04:48before it was cleaned

01:04:49and they're bringing

01:04:49Rachel in.

01:04:50It has to be her.

01:04:51It has to be.

01:04:52And from everything

01:04:53I heard,

01:04:53Danny,

01:04:53he's been nothing

01:04:54but good to Michael

01:04:55and Shannon

01:04:55since he's been in town.

01:04:57I mean,

01:04:57did he even know Rick Dean?

01:05:00You're right.

01:05:02And I could just see

01:05:03the look on my brother's face

01:05:04if I asked him

01:05:05to question Danny

01:05:06because he bought a shirt

01:05:08when all the evidence

01:05:09is pointing to Rachel.

01:05:12No, George,

01:05:13you can't have any cake.

01:05:14I'm sorry.

01:05:15You remember

01:05:15what happened last time?

01:05:17He literally ate.

01:05:19Uncle and Ryan.

01:05:37Jake,

01:05:37the killer was just

01:05:38on my front porch.

01:05:43I've told you

01:05:44I didn't kill my husband.

01:05:46I couldn't.

01:05:48I loved him.

01:05:49And yet he was going

01:05:50to divorce you.

01:05:52That never would have happened.

01:05:55His daughter

01:05:56made him believe

01:05:57terrible,

01:05:58false things.

01:05:59But I would have

01:06:01convinced him.

01:06:02We checked into

01:06:02your personal finances.

01:06:04You stood to lose a lot

01:06:05if you got divorced.

01:06:06I didn't marry Rick

01:06:07for his money

01:06:08and I don't care

01:06:09about keeping it.

01:06:10Yes,

01:06:10I've enjoyed this lifestyle

01:06:12but what really

01:06:13mattered to me was

01:06:14what really mattered

01:06:18to you was what?

01:06:20It was that he didn't

01:06:21trust me.

01:06:23He wouldn't even

01:06:24listen to me.

01:06:26He was under

01:06:27so much pressure

01:06:28because his business

01:06:29was failing.

01:06:29He was determined

01:06:30to buy that stupid

01:06:32winery.

01:06:33His business was failing?

01:06:34Yes.

01:06:37He was a very proud man.

01:06:38He was determined

01:06:39to save it.

01:06:41And how would

01:06:42buying a winery

01:06:43in Sweet River

01:06:44do that?

01:06:44I don't know.

01:06:46He didn't talk to me

01:06:47about that kind of stuff.

01:06:48That was part

01:06:48of my frustration.

01:06:50Part of why

01:06:51I got so angry.

01:06:56Go ahead.

01:07:00I know you have

01:07:01my dress.

01:07:02I'm sure by now

01:07:03you know that

01:07:04the wine stains on it

01:07:05matched the wine

01:07:05from the bottle

01:07:05Rick was hit with.

01:07:07And you won't find

01:07:08my fingerprints on it

01:07:09because I was

01:07:10wearing gloves.

01:07:12They're ruined now.

01:07:14The glass from the bottle

01:07:15ripped a hole in them.

01:07:17I cut my hand.

01:07:19So you were at

01:07:20the winery the day

01:07:20that your husband

01:07:21was killed

01:07:22and you hit him

01:07:23with a wine bottle.

01:07:24I drove over with him.

01:07:28He was determined

01:07:29to get Michael

01:07:30to sell him to the winery.

01:07:31Whatever it takes,

01:07:32he kept on saying.

01:07:34We argued on the way over.

01:07:36He asked me to wait

01:07:37in the car

01:07:37while he went into

01:07:38the tasting room

01:07:39to meet with Michael.

01:07:42I was so scared

01:07:43by the look on his face

01:07:44when he got out of the car.

01:07:47What happened next,

01:07:48Mrs. Dean?

01:07:49I saw Michael

01:07:50storm out of the winery.

01:07:53Rick wasn't with him

01:07:54and I was scared

01:07:55so I went in

01:07:56to check on him

01:07:56when he was crazy.

01:07:58I tried to calm him down.

01:08:03I told him

01:08:04whatever happened,

01:08:05it didn't matter

01:08:05as long as we had each other.

01:08:11And he yelled at me.

01:08:13He told me it was over.

01:08:15Everything was over.

01:08:20I have a temper.

01:08:21I'm not proud of it

01:08:24but in that moment

01:08:25all my frustration

01:08:27just

01:08:27boiled over

01:08:29and

01:08:30it's okay.

01:08:34I grabbed the wine bottle

01:08:35and

01:08:35I hit him

01:08:37in the back of the head

01:08:37with it.

01:08:39He went down

01:08:39immediately.

01:08:40He was unconscious

01:08:41but

01:08:41I checked on him

01:08:43and he was alive.

01:08:45He was alive.

01:08:46I panicked.

01:08:50I ran out.

01:08:52I got in the car

01:08:52and

01:08:53I drove away.

01:08:58I've been sorry

01:08:59ever since.

01:09:04It's okay.

01:09:04No.

01:09:06It's alright.

01:09:16I expected from her

01:09:22but you?

01:09:23Well,

01:09:24you were the one

01:09:24that told me

01:09:24to keep an eye on her.

01:09:25I thought maybe

01:09:25I'd just help her

01:09:26with the case

01:09:27while I was keeping her safe.

01:09:28It's not her case.

01:09:29I'm right here

01:09:30and it was the book club's tip

01:09:31that helped you

01:09:32get Rachel's dress, right?

01:09:34And you brought her in

01:09:34for questioning

01:09:35based on that?

01:09:36Yeah.

01:09:37She just confessed

01:09:38to hitting him

01:09:39with a bottle.

01:09:39But not killing him,

01:09:40right?

01:09:41No.

01:09:42How did you know that?

01:09:44By observing her behavior.

01:09:46She can flash anger

01:09:47but she recovers.

01:09:49I can see her

01:09:49hitting her husband

01:09:50with a bottle

01:09:50in a moment of rage

01:09:51but I can't see her

01:09:52finishing him off

01:09:53by stabbing him.

01:09:54She would consider

01:09:55what she'd done.

01:09:56She'd stop.

01:09:59That's exactly

01:10:00what she said.

01:10:02Somebody else

01:10:02killed Rick Dean.

01:10:04Somebody other

01:10:05than Michael Caldwell.

01:10:06Somebody left-handed.

01:10:08And somebody

01:10:09who was on my property

01:10:10last night

01:10:11leaving that sign

01:10:12on my front door.

01:10:16ready for another day,

01:10:24George?

01:10:26Yeah.

01:10:33Morning.

01:10:34You're here early, Ace?

01:10:36What happened

01:10:36with Rachel Dean

01:10:37at the sheriff's office

01:10:38this morning?

01:10:39How did you...

01:10:40she confessed

01:10:42to hitting him

01:10:43with a bottle

01:10:43but not stabbing him?

01:10:45And I believe that.

01:10:47She wouldn't have

01:10:47the wherewithal

01:10:48to plant that murder weapon

01:10:49in Michael's locker.

01:10:50Bridget Dean, then.

01:10:51No.

01:10:52Bridget's your classic

01:10:53red herring.

01:10:54Morning.

01:10:57Why was Rick Dean

01:10:58so desperate

01:10:59to buy the winery?

01:11:00You know,

01:11:02Rachel told my brother

01:11:03that his own business

01:11:04was failing,

01:11:05so...

01:11:06how would buying

01:11:06a winery save it?

01:11:07Hey, Danny,

01:11:10do you know

01:11:11this other potential buyer,

01:11:13Mr. Preston?

01:11:15Never heard of him,

01:11:16but I wouldn't be likely to.

01:11:17I'd never heard

01:11:18of Rick Dean either.

01:11:19I studied winemaking

01:11:20and computer science

01:11:21in school,

01:11:21not investing.

01:11:22Well, we sure have been

01:11:23happy to have you

01:11:24here in Sweet River, Danny.

01:11:25And I know

01:11:26that Shannon and Michael,

01:11:27they really appreciate you.

01:11:29Sweet River.

01:11:35She's off again.

01:11:36George,

01:11:37if you don't do

01:11:38something about her,

01:11:39folks around here

01:11:40are going to think

01:11:40she's a few pickles

01:11:41short of a barrel.

01:11:44Barrel?

01:11:45Barrel, yes.

01:11:47What are you talking about?

01:11:51Oil.

01:11:52Why oil?

01:11:53I said pickles.

01:11:55Are you feeling okay, Ainsley?

01:11:56No, no, I'm fine.

01:11:58The Sweet River

01:11:59was named after

01:11:59sweet crude oil

01:12:00found a couple

01:12:01of counties over, right?

01:12:02Yeah, that's the history.

01:12:04Has there ever been

01:12:05any oil found

01:12:06around here?

01:12:07No.

01:12:07I mean, there's rumors

01:12:08of oil west of town,

01:12:10but it's never

01:12:11come to anything.

01:12:12This is wine country.

01:12:14We're nowhere close

01:12:14to the Permian Basin,

01:12:16and that's where

01:12:16most of the oil

01:12:17in Texas is found.

01:12:20Right.

01:12:24Okay, well,

01:12:25we have a big day

01:12:26ahead of us

01:12:26at Bless Your Arts.

01:12:27I'll go get

01:12:29the signs outside.

01:12:31You can help me

01:12:32get set up.

01:12:34Oh, Mrs. Whedon,

01:12:36please don't.

01:12:38George's got it

01:12:39made here, doesn't he?

01:12:39Yeah, he sure does.

01:12:43Hey, Danny,

01:12:44you know,

01:12:46Michael never signed

01:12:47his booth lease

01:12:47for BYA.

01:12:49I have it right here.

01:12:50Do you mind signing it, please?

01:12:51Sure,

01:12:52but I'm not an owner.

01:12:53Oh, that's fine.

01:12:55I keep it really informal.

01:12:56It's just from my records.

01:13:06Have a great day.

01:13:07Oh, I'm only here

01:13:08to restock.

01:13:08Don's gonna watch

01:13:09the booth today.

01:13:09I've got some winery

01:13:10stuff to take care of.

01:13:12That's why I love

01:13:13Sweet River.

01:13:14Everyone helps each other.

01:13:26Where's the fire?

01:13:33Funny.

01:13:34That's just one

01:13:35of my better traits.

01:13:36I got your text.

01:13:37What's up?

01:13:38Hey, buddy.

01:13:38Do you know anything

01:13:39about seismic reflection

01:13:40and how to use it

01:13:42to detect whether

01:13:42there's oil underground?

01:13:44Nope.

01:13:44Not one of my better traits

01:13:46and not the first question

01:13:46I thought I'd get asked

01:13:47this morning.

01:13:48Well, look at this.

01:13:50You set off

01:13:50a small-shaped explosion

01:13:52on a cleared area

01:13:53on the ground.

01:13:54The shockwaves

01:13:55travel underground,

01:13:56bounce off the different

01:13:56types of rock

01:13:57and return to the surface.

01:13:58Sensors interpret them

01:14:00to determine

01:14:00the underground layout

01:14:01as a possibility

01:14:02of a petroleum reservoir.

01:14:04So you don't have

01:14:05to drill?

01:14:06Have you heard

01:14:07about the rumors

01:14:08of there being oil

01:14:09west of town?

01:14:10Oh, sure, yeah,

01:14:10but nothing's ever

01:14:11come of that.

01:14:13The Caldwell's winery

01:14:14is out west.

01:14:16Need to see

01:14:16if my brothers

01:14:17had any reports

01:14:18of unexpected activity

01:14:19out there.

01:14:19Oh, I can answer that.

01:14:20Fire department,

01:14:21we had a report

01:14:21of an explosion

01:14:22a couple months

01:14:24ago near there.

01:14:25We searched,

01:14:25but we never found

01:14:26the source.

01:14:27Hmm.

01:14:30Do you know

01:14:31who Jack Preston is?

01:14:32Well, he looks familiar,

01:14:33but no, I don't think

01:14:35I've met him.

01:14:35He owns an oil company

01:14:36in Houston.

01:14:37He was at Shannon's

01:14:38trying to buy

01:14:38the winery yesterday.

01:14:40Oh, that's interesting.

01:14:40Yeah, this is

01:14:41the social media

01:14:42that pictures

01:14:44of his wife

01:14:45and kids

01:14:45from a few years ago.

01:14:51I'll be a dog.

01:14:53Danny.

01:14:56Danny Avery

01:14:57isn't Danny Avery.

01:14:59He's Danny Preston,

01:15:01Jack Preston's son.

01:15:02Wait, you reckon

01:15:02that Danny?

01:15:03I don't reckon,

01:15:03I know.

01:15:04And his grandma

01:15:05used to say,

01:15:05we need to stop

01:15:06hollering down the well

01:15:07and get out

01:15:07to that winery.

01:15:08We have a killer

01:15:09to catch.

01:15:11I'm just gonna say it again,

01:15:12I don't like

01:15:13that we didn't call Ryan.

01:15:14We need proof.

01:15:15Well, then we let

01:15:16the sheriff's office

01:15:16handle it.

01:15:17The fire department,

01:15:17they handle fires.

01:15:18Sheriff's office,

01:15:19they handle proof of a crime.

01:15:20Danny's father's gonna

01:15:21provide him an alibi.

01:15:22I just know it.

01:15:23We have to try

01:15:24to outsmart him.

01:15:25I just wanna go on record

01:15:25that my instincts

01:15:26say this is a bad idea.

01:15:28Well, mine say that

01:15:28this is our best shot

01:15:29at freeing an innocent man.

01:15:36Danny, it's Ainsley!

01:15:38What are you doing?

01:15:39We're not sneaking up on him.

01:15:40Act normal.

01:15:41If I were acting normal,

01:15:42we wouldn't be here.

01:15:44I'll protect you.

01:15:46You are just like your brother.

01:15:49Stubborn as a mule

01:15:50with his heel

01:15:50caught in a stump.

01:15:52Oh, that's a good one.

01:15:53Oh, you like that one?

01:15:53Mm-hmm.

01:15:54Yeah.

01:15:55Ainsley!

01:15:59Hey, Ainsley.

01:16:00Jake?

01:16:01What are y'all doing out here?

01:16:03Shannon's at the coffee shop.

01:16:04Are you going somewhere?

01:16:05Nah, just cleaning up.

01:16:07I want it to be nice

01:16:08when Michael gets back.

01:16:10Heard they brought

01:16:11Rachel Dean in.

01:16:12I'm sure it's only a matter of time

01:16:13till they let Michael go.

01:16:15Rachel didn't confess

01:16:15to the murder, Danny.

01:16:19Well, she must have been

01:16:20involved somehow.

01:16:22When did you discover the oil?

01:16:24Kenny?

01:16:25I don't know

01:16:26what you're talking about.

01:16:27How did Rick Dean

01:16:27find out about it?

01:16:29You're really not

01:16:30making any sense, Ainsley.

01:16:32Well, I kind of think

01:16:33she is Mr. Preston.

01:16:36Did Rick just get in the way

01:16:37or did he actually

01:16:38work in your favor?

01:16:40I mean, your father

01:16:41shows up, right,

01:16:41when it's looking most bleak

01:16:42for Shannon in the winery

01:16:43and makes a strong

01:16:45offer to buy it.

01:16:45That's not what happened.

01:16:47You've been working here

01:16:47long enough to have

01:16:48doctored the winery's books

01:16:49to make it look like

01:16:50it was starting to fail.

01:16:52I did a little digging

01:16:53on the way over here

01:16:54and you're some kind

01:16:55of tech whiz, aren't you?

01:16:56You sure were in college?

01:16:58I've been nothing but good

01:16:59to Michael and Shannon

01:17:00since I've been here.

01:17:01You've got it all wrong.

01:17:02You got in way over your head

01:17:03and you panicked.

01:17:05Fortunately, your father came,

01:17:07picked you up,

01:17:07and took you to town.

01:17:09And then he gave you

01:17:10one of his shirts to wear

01:17:11while you changed out

01:17:12of the bloody one

01:17:13you were wearing.

01:17:14And then, y'all,

01:17:15you pulled up in front

01:17:16of my store

01:17:16to get a new one.

01:17:18And it's just a shame

01:17:18that you and your father

01:17:19aren't closer in size.

01:17:20It wouldn't have stuck out

01:17:21as much.

01:17:23You're not a bad person, Danny.

01:17:24You just did a bad thing

01:17:25that you never meant

01:17:26to happen.

01:17:34I was just here

01:17:35to change the books.

01:17:36And Rick Dean

01:17:37found out about it.

01:17:38He knew my dad

01:17:39found oil out here.

01:17:40He was desperate

01:17:41to save his company

01:17:41and he tried to get

01:17:42to the Caldwells first.

01:17:43Rick, he knew your secrets

01:17:44for your dad.

01:17:46Couldn't touch him.

01:17:49I was going to head

01:17:50into town to meet my father.

01:17:52He was here to make

01:17:53the offer to Michael

01:17:53and to pay off Rick Dean

01:17:55if that's what it was

01:17:55going to take.

01:17:57I heard this ruckus

01:17:58coming from the tasting room

01:17:59and I saw Rachel Dean

01:18:01running out

01:18:01and driving away

01:18:02so I ran to the tasting room.

01:18:05Rick was on the floor

01:18:06but he was coming to

01:18:08and getting to his feet

01:18:09and I told him

01:18:09that I'd help him,

01:18:11that I'd call an ambulance

01:18:11but he lunged at me

01:18:13and said if he was going down

01:18:15so was I

01:18:15and so was my father.

01:18:17He caught me off guard

01:18:18and knocked me to the ground.

01:18:20He was out of his mind.

01:18:22He was choking me.

01:18:26I grabbed the nearest

01:18:31shard of glass

01:18:31and I stabbed him.

01:18:34I panicked.

01:18:35I called my dad

01:18:36and he came and got me

01:18:37but you have to believe me

01:18:38I never set out

01:18:39to hurt anyone.

01:18:40I was going to make sure

01:18:41my dad paid a fair price

01:18:42and that the book stuff

01:18:43was just to encourage

01:18:44them to sell.

01:18:45Then why did you let

01:18:46the sheriff's office

01:18:47believe that Michael

01:18:47had done it?

01:18:48My dad made me.

01:18:50Your dad made you?

01:18:52Danny, come on.

01:18:53You're a grown man.

01:18:54I was scared.

01:18:55He convinced me

01:18:56that the best way

01:18:56to avoid being caught

01:18:57was to pin the blame

01:18:58on someone else.

01:18:59That being caught

01:19:00would ruin my life.

01:19:01I was trying to point

01:19:02you guys to Rachel

01:19:03but my life's ruined anyway.

01:19:08My dad convinced me

01:19:09to plant the shard

01:19:09in Michael's locker.

01:19:11Danny?

01:19:12Stop talking.

01:19:14Dad, no.

01:19:15It's too late,

01:19:16Mr. Preston.

01:19:17Turns out that your son

01:19:18has a conscience

01:19:19even if you don't.

01:19:20There's no way out of this.

01:19:21You have no idea

01:19:23how things work

01:19:24in my world, ma'am.

01:19:25Danny, collect your things

01:19:26and come with me.

01:19:27You don't have to do this,

01:19:28do you?

01:19:28Yes.

01:19:29Okay.

01:19:30He does.

01:19:32We'll see just how much

01:19:33you're able to prove

01:19:33once my lawyers

01:19:34get through with you.

01:19:34Danny, go.

01:19:35Drop your weapon, Preston!

01:19:37No!

01:19:40Stop!

01:19:45Come on.

01:19:47Stop moving.

01:19:51I'm taking responsibility

01:19:54for my actions, Dad.

01:19:56It's something you've never done.

01:20:00Good work.

01:20:02I'll talk later.

01:20:04Good talk, bad talk.

01:20:05I'm grateful.

01:20:07Relieved.

01:20:08And mad.

01:20:10You figure it out.

01:20:13Thought you weren't

01:20:15going to call my brother.

01:20:16Technically,

01:20:17I didn't call him.

01:20:18I texted him on the way

01:20:19and I only dialed him

01:20:20so that he could hear

01:20:21Danny's confession.

01:20:22Always good to have

01:20:23a backup plan.

01:20:24Better to tell your partner

01:20:26about the plan.

01:20:26Partner?

01:20:27In crime prevention.

01:20:30Okay.

01:20:31Can I get everyone's

01:20:32attention, please?

01:20:33I just wanted to thank y'all

01:20:37for believing in me

01:20:38and for saving me.

01:20:40We're so grateful.

01:20:42I can't imagine

01:20:43having better friends.

01:20:44What are y'all

01:20:45going to do about the oil?

01:20:49We are very curious.

01:20:52We don't know

01:20:54how or when

01:20:55we're going to put a well in,

01:20:57but we have decided

01:20:58that if and when we do,

01:21:00we will be donating

01:21:01some of the profits

01:21:02to the National Police Foundation.

01:21:04I like that.

01:21:06That's amazing.

01:21:07That's amazing.

01:21:09That's very nice, y'all.

01:21:11It's the least we could do.

01:21:12If I may,

01:21:13I'd like to ask

01:21:13that the donation be made

01:21:15in honor of my sister,

01:21:17who will be officially

01:21:18collaborating with

01:21:19the Sheriff's Department

01:21:20moving forward.

01:21:21And a special thanks

01:21:22to the Sweet River

01:21:23Widow Circle Book Club.

01:21:26We'll be coming up

01:21:27with a better name for that

01:21:28now that we're doing

01:21:29more investigating

01:21:30than reading.

01:21:31Well, should we open

01:21:35the doors

01:21:36and let the customers in?

01:21:37Absolutely.

01:21:38Bless Your Arts

01:21:38is 100%

01:21:40open for business.

01:21:42And Sweet River

01:21:42is 100%

01:21:43better for it.

01:21:44Yes.

01:21:47So, would you

01:21:48like to have dinner tonight?

01:21:50Oh, I have dinner

01:21:50every night.

01:21:52You're hysterical.

01:21:54Pick you up at 7?

01:21:55Yeah, it's a date.

01:21:57I like the sound of that.

01:21:59A date.

01:22:01We're not on a date.

01:22:06A official collaborator?

01:22:10Do we need to talk

01:22:11about this?

01:22:11Uh, we talk enough,

01:22:13don't we?

01:22:13No.

01:22:14What if there's

01:22:14coconut cake involved?

01:22:16Grandma's recipe?

01:22:17Of course.

01:22:18Okay, we can talk.

01:22:20Expect a lecture, though.

01:22:21Oh, I always do.

01:22:22I love you.

01:22:24Yeah, yeah.

01:22:26Love you, too.

01:22:29Oh, what do you think, George?

01:22:32As Grandma would say,

01:22:33it's been a gracious

01:22:34plenty of excitement

01:22:35for one week,

01:22:36don't you think?

01:22:36I know, you want

01:22:38an update.

01:22:40Well, I like Jake.

01:22:43I like him a lot.

01:22:44But I love you, George.

01:22:47Yes, I do.

01:22:48You're my...

01:22:49Baby girl,

01:22:51stop talking to that dog.

01:22:54I'm glad Jake

01:22:54wasn't here to see that.

01:22:56Besides,

01:22:57George and I

01:22:57have work to do.

01:22:59Come along, George.

01:23:00Yes, we are.

01:23:01Oh, Mrs. Whedon,

01:23:02please don't give him

01:23:03any more treats.

01:23:04Never mind.

01:23:08Forgot to tell you, George,

01:23:10I love Sweet River, too.

01:23:24It's beginning to look

01:23:26a lot like Christmas.

01:23:30Christmas.

01:23:31Everywhere you go.

01:23:35Take a look in the

01:23:36five and ten,

01:23:38glistening once again,

01:23:40with candy canes

01:23:41and silver lanes aglow.

01:23:44It's beginning to look

01:23:46a lot like Christmas.

01:23:49Christmas.

01:23:50Toys in every store.

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