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00:06A house keeping!
00:28Good day, Lady Harding here.
00:30Terribly sorry, but the safe in my room will not open.
00:33Would you be a dear and send someone up, please?
00:38Told you, temperamental, just like my second husband.
00:42Are you sure this is your code, ma'am?
00:44Oh, absolutely. 1122, it's my birthday. I use it for everything.
00:48Not very James Bond, I know, but...
00:50Oh, goodness, I'm already late for my event.
00:53Madam, I'm only supposed to open a safe for whomever the room is registered to.
00:57The suite is booked under your husband's name. Perhaps you could call him...
01:00The thing is, this lunch is a surprise for his birthday.
01:03My manager is very strict about...
01:05Of course he is, they usually are.
01:07Before you rush off, do let me explain.
01:10My husband grew up quite poor.
01:12His father died working in the coal mines in Ireland when he was quite young.
01:16I'm sorry, but...
01:16They had to sell everything just to keep a roof over their heads, including their father's watch.
01:21A family heirloom that they passed down from father to son for three generations.
01:26It's a very sad story, but I can't...
01:27And I searched for that watch since the day we were married.
01:3120 years of estate sales, auctions, eBay.
01:35A romantic odyssey to find the one and only thing my husband cannot buy.
01:42No.
01:43Yes.
01:44No.
01:45Yes.
01:46The watch is in there?
01:46It is.
01:52This stays between us.
01:56Oh, my hero.
01:58Oh.
01:59If I weren't already married and you weren't tragically employed.
02:04Oh.
02:05May I see it?
02:06Oh, I would love that.
02:07But it is already wrapped.
02:09Ribbon, velvet box, whole shebang.
02:12Of course.
02:13Ah.
02:14Have a good day, madam.
02:14Thank you so, so, so much.
02:28And just like that, the game begins.
02:46Transfer complete.
03:01Oh, how'd it go?
03:03Almost to the ghetto.
03:04You actually pulled it off.
03:06Guess we can check transportation off the list.
03:08I'll give this to Ricky and tell him we can shift into phase two of our diamond heist.
03:12Speaking of diamonds, I brought a souvenir from the hotel.
03:16Mom, that wasn't part of the plan.
03:19The minute I saw it, I knew you had to have it.
03:21I'm sure you could pawn it for 10 or 15 grand.
03:25Dad, maybe just try it on.
03:27No, I can't, honey.
03:28I gotta get going.
03:28It's my first time leading the prison support group and I want to pick up a travel or a decent
03:31coffee.
03:32Because prison coffee?
03:33That's the worst offender in there.
03:35See you later, kiddo.
03:42Mom, just give him some time.
03:45Doubt's okay.
03:49Hey, what's up?
03:56People come here?
03:58Voluntarily?
03:59You never worked out before?
04:00I mean, I broke a mild sweat once when I climbed up a flight of stairs carrying my purse and
04:05a latte.
04:06Jess and I have been getting up and running every morning at 5 a.m.
04:08My alarm clock doesn't even have 5 a.m.
04:10It's a little ritual we started back in Mexico.
04:13Getting up at the sunrise, jogging along Caballo Beach.
04:15Actually, I have gone for a jog.
04:17And it was on a beach, except I was being chased by a donkey wearing a sequined tuxedo.
04:22I mean, I was in the tux, not the donkey.
04:25It's a whole saga.
04:26I'll give you the director's cut later.
04:30Oh, jeez.
04:34Poor guy.
04:36All pain and no gain.
04:48I just confirmed their VIX ID.
04:51Ridge Rogers, 42.
04:53He's the owner of the gym and the guy on all the posters.
04:55And quite the specimen.
04:57Nine-time world bodybuilding champion.
05:00I googled him.
05:01How does someone even get like this?
05:03Such a big guy in such teeny tiny shorts.
05:06It's hard work, but it's a simple choice.
05:08You just gotta commit to a strict diet, two to three hours of training a day, and, well, no cheat
05:13meals.
05:13Okay, you lost me either two to three hours a day.
05:16And the strict diet.
05:17And then no cheating.
05:19It's 300 pounds on that bar, but, I mean, a guy his size could have easily handled that weight.
05:24A lot of these guys are on gear, though.
05:26Maybe a steroid-induced heart attack?
05:27That was my first thought, until I found this.
05:32The laceration is fresh.
05:34And from the shape of the wound, I'd say he was hit with a hex dumbbell.
05:37Probably a 10 or a 20-pounder.
05:39While he was bench-pressing on his back?
05:42Poor guy.
05:43The blow alone wouldn't be strong enough to kill, but it'd probably stunt him.
05:46And then he loses grip on the bar, and 300 pounds of iron come crashing down on his windpipe.
05:51I'm taking some free weights back to check for bloodstains.
05:54The unis are collecting dumbbells now.
05:55Oh, leave this one.
05:57I might need him later.
06:03What is it?
06:04It's Ridge's workout journal.
06:06He was tracking everything.
06:07His weight, what he was pressing, his meals.
06:10Can you ballpark his time of death for me?
06:13Sometime between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
06:16Well, looks like he was writing down all his workouts.
06:19His last entry was 9.45 p.m.
06:22It's 45 minutes after the gym closes.
06:25Wonder if Ridge had a workout, buddy.
06:27Well, if they did, they didn't come to sweat.
06:29They came to kill.
06:32We need to talk to whoever found the body.
06:35I'm calling.
06:35Uh, Ridge and I were co-owners in the gym.
06:38This is my wife, Amy.
06:39Called her right after I died, and I am a one.
06:42I just can't believe this is happening.
06:44So when you guys were at the gym this morning, you said the doors were locked?
06:46Yeah.
06:47I opened up, saw the lights were on, which isn't normal.
06:52And that's when I came in and found him.
06:54When was the last time you saw him?
06:56We were both here with him last night before closing.
06:58Did he mention anything about meeting up with someone after you left?
07:00No.
07:00He was going to get a workout in, like he does every night.
07:03Alone?
07:03He was a celebrity around here.
07:06During gym hours, people would keep asking for selfies.
07:08At night, he could focus.
07:09Uh, he did mention he was switching out the protein drinks in all the fridges last night.
07:13Why?
07:14Some fitness influencer convinced us to stock his power drink.
07:17Ridge didn't like him, so he developed his own line of protein drink.
07:20First batch just came in yesterday, and he was so excited.
07:25You recognize that?
07:26Yeah, it's Ridge's workout log.
07:28He had a strict routine, and he stuck to it.
07:30Okay.
07:31One last question.
07:32Where were you two last night between 10 and 2?
07:34Well, you were at your poker game.
07:36Yeah, the same crew every month.
07:38Last night went from 9 till around 3 this morning.
07:419 to 3.
07:41And you were home?
07:42No, I knew I was going to be picking Colin up late,
07:44so I took in a double bill at the Revival in Lakeview.
07:48Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde.
07:49I love a little classic whore.
07:55Olive?
07:56Do you see them?
07:58Who's them?
07:59Cockroaches.
08:02Oh, yeah.
08:02I see a couple over there.
08:04What the hell?
08:04We've never had bugs before.
08:06I'm calling the exterminator?
08:07Yeah.
08:09Okay, aren't you going to come down?
08:11No.
08:12I live here now.
08:12Okay, how about I distract them,
08:14and then you can get out of here.
08:15How do you distract the cockroach?
08:17Olive, you deal with blood and guts and gruesome crime scenes all day.
08:19You're afraid of a couple of cockroaches?
08:21I've got one on your shoe.
08:21What the fuck?
08:22Get off.
08:23Okay.
08:23Very funny.
08:24Nature boy.
08:25How about you piggyback this fine gill out of here
08:27so we can get back to the office?
08:28Yeah.
08:29All right.
08:30Come on.
08:32Okay.
08:33Okay.
08:33Yes, yes, yes.
08:40Okay.
08:41Well, Colin's poker buddies confirmed
08:43he was hemorrhaging cash
08:44from 9 p.m. until 2.30 a.m.
08:46He's alibied.
08:47Oh.
08:47Spoke to an usher at the Revival Cinema.
08:49Amy was there for the double bill from 9.15 to 2 a.m.
08:52The movie theater staff remembered her?
08:54How?
08:54She spilled a jumbo bucket of popcorn all over the lobby
08:57before the movie started,
08:58and then she apologized about it again after the movie ended.
09:00What about Ridge's notebook?
09:02Yeah, mostly just weights and reps,
09:04except for in the back where there's a list of dates.
09:06Dates for what?
09:07I don't know yet.
09:08Y'all are going to want to get eyeballs on this.
09:11All right.
09:12What are we looking at here?
09:14This gem is a bodybuilding influencer
09:17who goes by the name Atlas.
09:18And why should we care?
09:19Because for the last few months,
09:20every workout video he's posted
09:21has been from Ridge's gem.
09:23And this morning, this popped up.
09:24That's the locker room at Ridge's gem.
09:26Ding, ding, ding.
09:27Tell him what he's won, Simmons.
09:28Just play the video, Yates.
09:29Okay.
09:31Yo, gem bros, this just in at Ridge's gem.
09:34Look at these bad boys I found in the locker room.
09:36Come on.
09:38Wow.
09:38Can you say health code violation?
09:40Floor is moving.
09:42It's like a sea of cockroaches.
09:44An intrusion.
09:46A group of cockroaches is called an intrusion.
09:48Hello?
09:48This place used to be my home away from over.
09:50Now they got roaches.
09:52So it's going to be a no for Ridge's gem.
09:55Atlas, out.
09:56Wait, can you go back a second or two?
10:02Alice, do you see that?
10:03Yeah.
10:05Colin and his wife said that Ridge swapped out the old drinks
10:08after closing the gym that night.
10:09So if Atlas recorded this video
10:11and the new drinks were already stocked...
10:12Then he was in the gym after closing.
10:14Right in the window of Ridge's murder.
10:16We've got to talk to this guy.
10:18Who's going to bring him in?
10:19Not it.
10:19We've got defensive driving certification.
10:20It's an hour away and we're already late.
10:22I've gotten it for under 30.
10:25Sorry, my gym bros, but you're on your own with Atlas.
10:30Right.
10:32His real name is Sheldon Shankman.
10:34He's an influencer with a decent following.
10:36He'll take whatever shortcut he can to get more likes.
10:39This is the same influencer you were telling us about before?
10:41Yes.
10:42So, why did Ridge kick him out?
10:44He's a walking disruption.
10:46You remember the fight?
10:47Yeah.
10:48Wait, there was a fight?
10:49Atlas was always making videos at the gym.
10:51He started treating the place like his own personal soundstage.
10:53Yeah.
10:54He would rearrange equipment like it was set dressing,
10:56telling people to move so we could get his good angle.
10:58Colin and Ridge allowed it because of his social media following,
11:01but it just became obnoxious.
11:03It was the protein drink debacle that really sealed it.
11:05What happened?
11:06Well, Atlas was starting his own line of protein drinks,
11:09Atlas Ignite.
11:09They looked legit on the label,
11:11so we agreed to sell them at the gym.
11:12Yeah, but when Ridge had them analyzed,
11:14they found trace amounts of dangerous chemicals.
11:16So we pulled the drinks and Atlas's membership.
11:18When was this?
11:19About a week ago.
11:19Yeah, I guess so.
11:20I was out of town working then.
11:22I'm guessing he didn't take the protein breakup very well.
11:24No, he did not.
11:25So revenge served cold and crawling.
11:28Yo, yo, yo, this is Atlas coming to you live,
11:30and we're getting back to basics today, baby.
11:32That's right, we're going to amp it up
11:33with a little old school H-I-I-T.
11:36Ain't that right, ladies?
11:37We're getting some high knees in.
11:38Let's get it.
11:39Left, right, left, right, left, right.
11:41Keep that energy up.
11:42I want to hear y'all.
11:42I want to feel y'all.
11:44Come on.
11:45Bro, you're in my live stream right now.
11:47Yeah, we don't mean to yuck your yum,
11:48but we've got a few questions that outrank your glutes.
11:51Detective Ellis, Metro 3D.
11:54The police, huh?
11:55What's the crisis here?
11:56Just trying to give my followers some new moves, all right?
11:59Your followers are going to have to sit this one out.
12:02Hey, everyone, get your phones out and live stream this right now.
12:05The cops are trying to silence fitness.
12:07Wow.
12:08You're making it worse for yourself, Sheldon.
12:10Trust me.
12:11I'm a citizen doing what I do.
12:12I've got rights, too, you know.
12:14Yeah, so did Ridge Rogers.
12:16Sheldon, Shankman, we're placing you under arrest for suspicion of murder.
12:19Wait, wait, wait, wait.
12:19Ridge was murdered?
12:20Put your hands behind your back right now.
12:21I didn't know Ridge was murdered, and I didn't do it.
12:24I'm telling you, I didn't do it.
12:26Yo, put the phones away.
12:28Respect my privacy.
12:29Respect my privacy.
12:30Come on.
12:31Come on.
12:34We're out.
12:37Do you know what this is going to do with my follower drop-off?
12:40My reputation is on the line, and I didn't even do anything.
12:43We found the digital wallet received for the 500 cockroaches you purchased online.
12:47Fine.
12:48I planted them, but it was a prank.
12:49It's called cyber libel, and it comes with a fine and a prison sentence.
12:52Did you know that?
12:53Okay, okay.
12:54I just wanted to get to Ridge before he got to me.
12:56Oh, because of your protein drinks?
12:57Yes.
12:59He was going to tell everyone not to drink them.
13:01But you are aware that your drinks contain heavy metal?
13:03Which one was it?
13:05ACDC, Metallica, Iron Maiden.
13:07It's not me when we get to the 90s.
13:08It's just trace amounts.
13:10Besides, it's not like I made the drink.
13:12That's not how it works.
13:13You pay the nerds at the lab, they slap your label on it, and boom.
13:16How'd you get into the gym after hours?
13:18I knew Ridge stayed after closing, so I just knocked on the door and told him that I needed
13:22to clean out my locker and he let me in.
13:24Then I dumped the roaches and took the video, and I left.
13:27But he was alive, okay?
13:29So you hated this guy so much that you dumped a bunch of cockroaches in his gym and then
13:32you just left?
13:33Really?
13:34I was pissed off.
13:35My mom's garage is filled with boxes of Atlas fuel that I poured my whole life savings into.
13:41All you're trying to find is pissed off people.
13:43You should try to find the guy that Ridge went off on last month.
13:45What guy?
13:46I don't know.
13:47They were fighting over some chick.
13:48It sounded like the dude's ex-wife.
13:51I thought Ridge was going to kill him.
13:53All right.
13:53Where'd you go after the gym?
13:54I went to the diner on 4th.
13:56Really?
13:57Yeah.
13:58What'd you have to eat?
13:59I had a kale and a spouse bowl.
14:02Haven't you lied enough today?
14:05I had the big country burgerlicious with extra cheese.
14:11Fine.
14:12I had five of them.
14:13Yeah.
14:14Is my mom here to pick me up yet?
14:17Apparently, Atlas was telling the truth.
14:19The owner of the diner emailed us a receipt and the timestamp places him there at the time
14:22of death.
14:24Five burgers.
14:26Wow.
14:26I'm just gaining five pounds saying that.
14:28That's not a meal.
14:29That's a cry for help.
14:30So, Atlas isn't our killer.
14:31What else you got?
14:32Atlas said that Ridge got into some confrontation with somebody at the gym, so we got an ID
14:35on him from Colin, and we're going to head there now and talk to him.
14:38Okay.
14:38Let me know.
14:39Yes, sir.
14:41Hello, gentlemen.
14:43I'm George.
14:44Hello, George.
14:45No need to say my name back.
14:46I don't run that kind of meeting.
14:47I mean, man.
14:49So, what kind of meeting is this, then?
14:50You don't know what meeting you signed up for?
14:52Oh, is this a bathroom mop-up?
14:54Fair enough.
14:54I won't tell the guard.
14:57You're George Graham, ain't you?
14:58Yeah.
14:58I got a buddy up in Vickerton Penitentiary.
15:02He said you got him the best damn Philly cheesesteak he ever had for his birthday.
15:06Marlon, he's a great guy.
15:08Oh, yeah.
15:09You were inside?
15:10Up until a couple of months ago, I was wearing a jumpsuit just like you guys.
15:13Well, you escaped?
15:15The best escape from these walls is out early for good behavior.
15:19Look, the thing is, when I got out, I wasn't ready.
15:21I looked at my time inside as a waiting game.
15:24I wait, get out, pick up where I left off, right?
15:27Wrong.
15:29Because where you left off no longer exists.
15:31And the man who walked in this place, he no longer exists either.
15:35If I don't exist, then, well, they got locked up in here.
15:37Well, over the next couple of months, we're going to figure that out.
15:41Oh, man.
15:42I don't want to do no group therapy crap.
15:44Neither do I.
15:45Which is why we are going to write.
15:49Myself included.
15:50Now, I don't care what you write.
15:52It could be a story from your childhood, the lyrics to your favorite song,
15:56your granddad's recipe for sticky ribs.
15:59What's the point of this?
16:00What's your name?
16:02Artie.
16:03Well, hey, Artie.
16:04How about you just give it a try?
16:06For me.
16:07If we do it, what's in it for us?
16:09All right, y'all come back here tomorrow.
16:10I'll not only bring more of the good coffee,
16:12I'll also bring you the best damn Philly cheesesteak you ever tasted.
16:16Deal?
16:17Yeah.
16:18Okay.
16:18Now, they say the pen is mightier than the sword,
16:20so please try not to kill anybody with these.
16:25Just right.
16:31Yeah.
16:32Ridge and me definitely had an argument.
16:34Over what?
16:35Julia, my ex-wife.
16:37What was the problem?
16:38Ridge had a thing for her.
16:39He was trying to control her.
16:40What made you think that?
16:41Julia became obsessed with going to the gym.
16:44Sometimes twice a day.
16:45I guess Ridge thought she had the hots for him.
16:47Started calling her all the time.
16:48She wanted him to lay off,
16:50but I know she didn't know how to tell him,
16:51so I went down there to have a friendly talk
16:53and tell him to leave her alone.
16:54I'm guessing you didn't stay friendly very long?
16:56He'd lost it on me as soon as I walked in.
16:57Then he came to my house and smashed my car window.
17:00Did you report that to the police?
17:01No, man.
17:03Do you see the size of that guy?
17:04Hey!
17:04Okay, where were you last night between 10 and 2?
17:06I worked a night shift at the mall doing security.
17:10You guys like soft pretzels?
17:12I'll get you as many as you want.
17:13We're good, thanks.
17:14We will need your supervisor's phone number
17:16to confirm your alibi, though.
17:17Do you have cinnamon pretzels?
17:20You bet.
17:23After we confirm you're not the killer, of course.
17:27Thank you for your time.
17:30Looks like they're sending over a uni
17:31to check Otis' alibi.
17:33In the meantime, Julia's been hitting up Ridge's gym.
17:36Now, if Ridge was harassing her,
17:38why wouldn't she just go somewhere else?
17:39Right.
17:40So someone is lying to us.
17:42We should talk to Julia.
17:46Yikes, she's like an hour away from here.
17:49But she's super close to Gates
17:51and Simmons' defensive driving course.
17:52Okay, send them Julia's address.
17:54They can go talk to her.
17:55Already on it.
18:00What?
18:01Gates says,
18:02we're doing donuts.
18:04Police?
18:06Donuts?
18:06Get it?
18:08Yeah, I get it, Max.
18:27That drift was sick.
18:30I think I'm about to be sick.
18:32You're going to be sick
18:33and puke away from the car.
18:36You're riding shotgun.
18:37From now on.
18:39You're riding shotgun.
18:40You're riding.
18:40Whatever.
18:47Hello?
18:48Uh, hi.
18:50Looking for, uh, uh, Julia?
18:52What are you doing?
18:53What?
18:54She could be Spanish.
18:55We don't know.
18:55It's Julia.
18:57Okay.
18:58Can I help you?
18:59Yeah, I'm Detective Simmons.
19:00This is Detective Yates.
19:01Can we ask you a few questions?
19:03About what?
19:05Uh, Ridge Rogers.
19:06We have some questions
19:07about his relationship
19:08with Otis Altamira.
19:10I, I don't know anything
19:11about his relationships
19:12with anyone.
19:13Otis is my ex-husband.
19:15Is it true?
19:17Is what true?
19:18Is Ridge
19:19dead?
19:21I'm afraid so.
19:24Hello?
19:27So you did know Ridge Rogers.
19:29I'm sorry.
19:29I, I can't talk anymore.
19:31But for the cops?
19:33I'd like you to leave.
19:34If you have any other questions,
19:35you'll have to talk to my lawyer.
19:37Oh.
19:38No, I don't think so.
19:39What are you, hey, stop it.
19:40That's harassment.
19:41Excuse me.
19:42I say we take her in.
19:43On what charge?
19:44For being rude.
19:46How many times have I got to tell you
19:47being rude is not a crime?
19:49Well, it should be.
19:50It isn't.
19:51Well, it should be.
19:52It ain't.
19:53Simmons, wait.
19:54What?
19:55What, what, what is it?
19:58I'm sorry.
20:00Yeah, don't worry about it.
20:04What?
20:05Huh?
20:06Come on.
20:08This is unnecessary.
20:10Really?
20:10Nope.
20:11Guess who's riding shotgun now.
20:12Oh, damn it.
20:15Oh, shit.
20:19So, Julia, or Hulia,
20:21or, you know, whatever her name is,
20:22she definitely knows something about this case.
20:24She wouldn't answer the door.
20:25Yeah, exactly.
20:26Which, you know, means she's definitely guilty of something.
20:28I can tell.
20:29How?
20:30You didn't even see her face.
20:31I didn't need to see her face.
20:32It was her tone.
20:33She did seem extra nervous.
20:34As soon as she heard we were cops,
20:36her back went up.
20:37Yeah, and as soon as we mentioned Ridge's name,
20:39she went all lawyer on our butt.
20:40Sounds like she's hiding something.
20:41It's not like we can force her to talk to us.
20:43Turn off the cameras in the interview room.
20:44Give me a phone book in five minutes with her.
20:46She'll talk.
20:48Okay, no more watching episodes of The Shield for you.
20:51I know you're right.
20:52You're right.
20:53Just the commish, you know?
20:55I love them.
21:00Hey.
21:01What?
21:01Watch the road.
21:02Would you shake your head for me?
21:04It's a simple question, yes or no.
21:06That means I can stop watching.
21:10Julia's a workout fanatic, right?
21:12Yeah, that's what her ex said.
21:14I think I know how to get her to start talking.
21:23Okay, are you ready to feel the fun?
21:27Yeah.
21:27Yeah.
21:34Woo.
21:34Woo.
21:35Step and squat and step and squat and bounce.
21:37Two, three, four.
21:38Step and squat and step and squat and bounce.
21:40Two, three, four.
21:42You.
21:42What's your name?
21:42Rich.
21:43What?
21:43Rich.
21:44Rich.
21:45Why did you come to my class?
21:46Getting safe.
21:47Okay, well, when I say squat, you get your cheeks onto the floor, okay?
21:51Show me what you got.
21:52Uh-huh.
21:53Woo.
21:54You, in the black.
21:56Julia.
21:57Julia?
21:57Perfect form.
21:58Keep it up.
21:59You stop.
22:00You drop.
22:01Give me 20.
22:02You.
22:03Give me 20.
22:04Step and squat and step and squat and bounce.
22:06Two, three, four.
22:08Woo.
22:14Hey, great class.
22:16You really whipped our butts out there.
22:17Give me a five-star review and I'll kick your butt any time.
22:20You got it.
22:21Hey, Julia, you killed those footsteps.
22:24Thanks.
22:25I don't think we officially met.
22:26I'm Brianna, founder of Neon Motion.
22:29Loved your class.
22:30Look, girl, I don't mean to pry, but you're giving super sad girl energy.
22:36It's because of Rich, isn't it?
22:41You know what?
22:41How about we get out of here?
22:42I'll buy you a drink.
22:50Thanks.
22:52I started coming here after I split with my ex.
22:55I needed to change my habits, my eating, my body.
23:00Rich was so kind and supportive.
23:04Were you and Rich?
23:06No.
23:07What?
23:07No, not at all.
23:09I mean, Rich was like a big brother.
23:11Otis, the ex, he started stalking me.
23:16Said he was just being protective, but it really creeped me out.
23:21Ugh.
23:21Creepy exes are the worst.
23:23Did you call the cops?
23:24There was nothing to call about.
23:26He just kept showing up everywhere I was.
23:29Even the gym.
23:32That's when Rich put the fear of God in him.
23:35He kicked him out, then went to his house to tell him to leave me alone.
23:40I haven't seen Otis since.
23:42Rich was a solid friend.
23:44He really was.
23:46I met Rich a year ago when I was trying to get retro aerobics off the ground.
23:50Because working out should be fun, right?
23:53If it wasn't for Rich's support, Neon Motion wouldn't even exist.
23:58Right?
23:59He went out of his way to help me.
24:03I told him if he ever needed anything, just ask.
24:07And then a few weeks later, he was dead.
24:10The cops came to my house to talk to me, but I couldn't do it.
24:15I was scared.
24:16Scared of the cops?
24:17Why?
24:19Because I'm the reason Rich is dead.
24:24Why would Julia think she's responsible for Rich's death?
24:26Because just a few days after Rich helped her to get Otis off her back,
24:30he cashed in that favor.
24:31He asked her to run a license plate.
24:32She works at a license office.
24:34It's illegal for employees to do that.
24:35She could lose her job.
24:36Exactly.
24:37That's why she was scared to talk to Simmons and Yates.
24:39Why'd Rich ask her to run the plate?
24:41He didn't say.
24:42He didn't want to get her more involved.
24:44Look, I think she's afraid that whoever's registered to that plate
24:46might have something to do with Rich's death.
24:48So who's this person?
24:50Captain Dennis Thornwood.
24:51He's a commercial airline pilot.
24:53Lives one town over.
24:54No priors.
24:55On paper, he's clean.
24:56Everyone's got their secrets.
24:58If Rich would try and track this guy down,
25:00maybe our captain isn't as clean as he looks.
25:02Try to get him on the phone.
25:04You got it.
25:06So I might look like a big man,
25:10but I'm just a baby.
25:12I'm a tiny little baby.
25:15And baby needs milky.
25:21Uh, that was enlightening.
25:25Maybe we should take a break?
25:27Yeah.
25:28Yeah.
25:36That was the best cheesesteak I ever had.
25:38Yeah, Vinny is a genius when it comes to beef and buns.
25:42Coffee?
25:43Yeah, please.
25:45How you doing today, Artie?
25:48Yeah, I'm okay.
25:49Did your speech yesterday?
25:50You had me thinking all night.
25:52I just felt life on the outside.
25:54Guess I've been a bullion.
25:56And why's that?
25:58Honestly, just a tough family relationship.
26:01Where it'll fall into the same messed up patterns once I'm out.
26:05You don't have to.
26:07Yeah, I know.
26:09I guess I just have to tell them how I really feel.
26:11Well, I can't avoid it forever.
26:15It's a family.
26:17No.
26:19Can't avoid it forever.
26:23Thanks.
26:24Yeah.
26:29I don't know this ridge.
26:30I'm not really a gym guide.
26:32Bit of a homebody, to be honest.
26:33When I'm home, I'm home.
26:35Were you home the night before last?
26:36No, I've been in the air the past week and a half.
26:39I'll be back tomorrow.
26:40Looking forward to it.
26:41One last question.
26:42Does anyone else drive your car?
26:44My wife drives it occasionally.
26:45I can give you her number.
26:46But she travels a lot for work, too.
26:48She's actually at a conference right now.
26:51And I don't think she's ever set foot in a gym.
26:53Don't tell her I said that.
26:56National crew for flight 117 to New York.
26:59Oh, that's me.
27:00I gotta go.
27:01This plane won't fly itself.
27:03Well, technically it will.
27:04But I still have to be there.
27:07So, what do you think?
27:09I don't think we should check out his alibi and confirm with his wife.
27:11But beyond that, I don't really see any connection to Ridge.
27:14You think they got into a fender bender and Mr. Squeaky Clean pulled a hit and run?
27:18Maybe.
27:19Or maybe the captain is lying.
27:23Well, whatever it is, I think it's going to be a late night.
27:25So, you should probably order some food.
27:26Oh, I'll do it.
27:27I don't trust you.
27:29Mister, I wake up at 5 a.m. to jog like a psychopath.
27:33I worked out today.
27:34I deserve something good.
27:35You watched people work out today.
27:37And I burned a ton of sympathy calories doing it.
27:41Now, where are the menus?
27:45Sympathetic calories.
27:48If you're looking for your salad, there's lettuce on the burger.
27:51I've had salads all week.
27:52I'm looking for the ketchup.
27:53Oh, here.
27:55I know you like pickles.
27:57And you can have my tomato.
27:59Oh, here's your ketchup.
28:01And your mustard.
28:02Thanks.
28:06Okay, so those are the dates that Dennis was flying over the past two months.
28:11Captain Dennis was definitely out of town the night Ridge was murdered.
28:14As was his wife, Amelia Ashcroft.
28:17So, what are we missing here?
28:28Wait.
28:30What?
28:31Heartburn?
28:31No.
28:32Well, not in.
28:34Remember Ridge's notebook?
28:35He had a list of dates written down in the back.
28:42All the remaining dates were the same ones that Ridge wrote down.
28:45The same dates that Captain Dennis said he was home.
28:47Ridge was tracking when Dennis was home.
28:50So Ridge did know him.
28:52Looks like Captain Dennis' story just hit some major turbulence.
29:03Julia asks Ridge for help with a problem.
29:05Getting her ex off her back.
29:07And Ridge is more than happy to help her out.
29:09So, she tells Ridge if he ever needs anything, just ask.
29:12So Ridge calls in a favor and asks Julia to look up a license plate.
29:15Which leads him to our pilot.
29:17It's Captain Dennis.
29:18Ridge starts tracking the Captain's movement.
29:20And the dates in the notebook are when Captain Dennis is in town.
29:23Okay, but why would Ridge care?
29:25That's what we're trying to figure out.
29:26Any luck getting in touch with the Captain's wife?
29:28Yeah, we sent her a bunch of voicemails.
29:29Simmons will keep trying, but apparently she's at some conference.
29:33We're going to head to the gym to talk to Ridge's business partner.
29:35See if we can figure out why Ridge is so obsessed with this Captain's schedule.
29:38Keep me posted.
29:59Hi.
30:01Hi.
30:01Max is at work, and Ricky is at his tailor's getting his jodhpurs altered.
30:08He swears they're coming back.
30:09Well, he was right about plaid.
30:12But, uh, I'm here to see you.
30:14Oh, uh, well, I was just thinking over the heist and jotting a few things down.
30:19You want to join?
30:20I didn't come here to talk about the heist.
30:23I came here to talk to you.
30:28Nope.
30:29Can't say I've ever seen this guy in my life.
30:31Who is he?
30:32He's a person of interest right now.
30:33That's all I'm at liberty to say.
30:35Hey, was Ridge planning on taking a trip?
30:39You must be kidding.
30:41Anyone who owns their own business knows there's no such thing as vacation.
30:44I mean, you're not joking.
30:46Personal training session, marketing photo shoots, product design meetings.
30:52I'm exhausted just looking at your calendar.
30:57Hey, Colin, what do these little hearts mean right there?
31:01That's my wife's schedule.
31:02She travels a lot for work, and, well, those are the days she takes my heart away.
31:07She just left for a conference today.
31:09The dates Amy is away and the dates Ridge marked in his notebook, they're the same.
31:14They're also the exact same dates that Captain Dennis said he was home.
31:17So how the hell are these three things related?
31:23I still haven't been able to get a hold of Captain Dennis' wife.
31:26Oh, no.
31:27Yeah, I asked the tech guys to see if they could trace her cell phone's location's history.
31:32Let's see where she's been.
31:35Oh, yeah.
31:40Yates, you got to see this.
31:42Eat my dust, suckers.
31:47Are you playing video games right now?
31:50What?
31:51No.
31:52I'm at work.
31:53Of course not.
31:54It's the department's defensive driving simulator.
31:57I'm on the Autobahn.
31:59It's pretty cool.
32:00Company hours.
32:03Unbelievable.
32:06Simmons, did you get anything?
32:08Yeah, I still haven't been able to get a hold of Captain Dennis' wife, but we were able to trace
32:12her cell phone's location's history, and I'm texting you her whereabouts over the last few weeks now.
32:17You're going to want to take a look at this.
32:21Whoa.
32:22What is it?
32:23Simmons, are you sure this is Captain Dennis' wife?
32:26Oh, I'm sure.
32:27She's at home with the Captain right now.
32:29Okay, we're on it.
32:30What do you mean we're on it?
32:31We're on what?
32:32You're going to go up there and turn.
32:33We're about to pay the Captain.
32:34A little visit.
32:36You are not going to believe this one.
32:44Detective.
32:46I wasn't expecting you.
32:47Is there something I can help you with?
32:48Actually, we were hoping to speak to your wife.
32:50Is she home?
32:51Yeah, she just got in this afternoon.
32:53Amelia?
32:54Yeah?
32:54Can you come to the door?
32:56Sure.
32:59What's up?
33:01Deer made headlights.
33:03What's this all about?
33:04I'm sorry for everything you're about to hear, Dennis, but it's Band-Aid ripping time.
33:08Amy, we need to see your phone.
33:10Amy, who's Amy?
33:12Patience, Captain.
33:13All will be revealed.
33:15Amy, your phone.
33:17I don't feel comfortable giving you my phone without a search warrant.
33:22Oh, found it.
33:24It's me calling.
33:25Pardon me?
33:29My bad.
33:30I was looking for your other phone.
33:32You have two phones?
33:34Seriously, Amelia, why do you have two phones?
33:37Well, you need two phones when you have two husbands.
33:45Two husbands?
33:46What do you mean?
33:47Please, save your questions till the end.
33:49Dennis, this is only the first Band-Aid.
33:53Amy, why don't you take us through your alibi one more time?
33:55You know, the double bill at the movie theater.
33:58What do you mean?
33:58Did anything interesting happen?
34:00Yeah.
34:01Frankenstein's monster made a friend and then he killed her.
34:04Amelia, what are they talking about?
34:06Amy, or Amelia, says she was at the movie theater the night Ridge Rogers was murdered.
34:11I was.
34:12And I still have the ticket if you need to see it.
34:14No need.
34:15The ushers remember you, actually.
34:16You spilled your popcorn all over them on the way in, and you thanked them profusely on the way up.
34:20You thanked them loudly, too.
34:22You wanted them to remember you.
34:23But you were playing out your own little version of Jekyll and Hyde, weren't you?
34:26What's that supposed to mean?
34:28Here comes the second Band-Aid.
34:30You weren't at the movie theater.
34:32You were at the gym, killing Ridge Rogers.
34:35What?
34:36Remember, please, save your questions till the end.
34:39You left this phone in the movie theater.
34:42You wanted to make sure that nobody could trace you back to the scene of the murder.
34:45After you killed Ridge, you went back to the theater, grabbed your phone, finished watching the movie.
34:49And what you didn't anticipate was that we'd find out about your secret other life and your secret other phone,
34:55which unfortunately does place you at the scene of the murder at that time.
34:59You killed someone?
35:01Why?
35:02You can definitely ask that question.
35:04Once Ridge found out about Amy's two marriages, her double life, he confronted her about it.
35:09And that's when she decided to kill him.
35:11To keep her secret.
35:14Amelia Ashcroft?
35:16And or Amy Thornwood?
35:18You're under arrest for the murder of Ridge Rogers.
35:21Put your hands behind your back.
35:33I hear the unis are bringing in our killer.
35:35Good work.
35:37How did Ridge find out about Amy's secret?
35:39It was completely by chance.
35:40Ridge saw Amy driving a car he didn't recognize when she was supposed to be out of town.
35:44So he had his friend, the aerobics queen, run the plates, which led him to the pilot's house.
35:49And that's when he realized that not only was Amy living a double life, she was legally married to two
35:54different people.
35:55So why didn't Ridge tell Colin about this?
35:57He warned Amy he was going to if she didn't come clean.
35:59So Amy went to the gym after hours and promised Ridge that she would tell Colin the truth.
36:05She pretended to leave, doubled back, and killed Ridge.
36:09But why marry both men?
36:11Well, because she said she loved them both equally.
36:13They were different.
36:15Both gave her what she needs.
36:17Yes, she just couldn't decide between them.
36:20So by choosing both, she chose neither.
36:26Okay, I look forward to your report.
36:29I guess I'm going to go home?
36:30Max, you're officially a consultant now.
36:32You can help with this report.
36:34Yeah.
36:35No, I don't want to overstep my boundaries.
36:37You're not.
36:38Get helping.
36:40You're the one who wanted a badge.
36:42Yeah, well, I didn't realize it came with paperwork.
36:44Must have missed that.
36:45Yeah, fine print.
36:49You've always been such a good man, George.
36:52I know there's a lot you want to say to me, so please just say it.
37:00I'm so angry at you, Viv.
37:02I know.
37:03No, you don't.
37:04You don't understand what it was like when you died.
37:08I didn't think I could keep going if it hadn't been for Max.
37:14Look, I understand why you made the choice you did.
37:16I can see the logic.
37:17What?
37:18But I never could have done that.
37:20I would have moved heaven and earth this day with you and Max.
37:22I know you would have.
37:23And if I had come to you with the truth, you would have said,
37:25don't worry, we'll all get through this together.
37:28So why the hell did you leave us?
37:29Because staying would have gotten you and our daughter killed.
37:32Case in point, look at where we are now.
37:34He found me and now all of your lives are in danger.
37:37All that proves is that we didn't have to waste the last 15 years being apart.
37:42I am so, so sorry.
37:57I don't think I can go back to the way things were.
38:00I know.
38:02And I'm not.
38:04Asking you to.
38:07But I do want to move forward, George.
38:09I want to know you again.
38:11I want to get to know our daughter who grew up without me.
38:15Isn't there a way we can make that happen?
38:17I guess time will tell.
38:20Night, Viv.
38:34Bodybuilding bigamy all in a day's work.
38:38All that paperwork has got me a little peckish.
38:40Want to grab some burgers?
38:42We just had burgers.
38:43I know, but once you get a taste, don't you want more?
38:46True, but like I said earlier, Jess and I have been trying to eat healthier.
38:51Like salad?
38:52Yeah, like salads.
38:53Okay.
38:53So, burger over salad.
38:56What'll it be?
39:01Uh, it's Jessica.
39:04She's making fish.
39:06Guess you don't have to decide after all.
39:11Can I at least give you a ride?
39:12No, I'm good.
39:14You can head home.
39:15Have a good night.
39:17You too.
39:23Hey.
39:25You, uh, you busy?
39:28Nope.
39:29Remember that Mustang in lockup?
39:39Okay, yeah, it says enough.
39:41You can drive with your hands.
39:43Gates.
39:45Gates!
39:46Gates!
39:56Hello?
39:58Cole Ellis?
40:00Yes?
40:02Well, you don't know me, but I think it's time we met.
40:14I'll go aboard to Fly Air Ricky now with 10%.
40:18More guessing.
40:20Okay, okay.
40:22That dial's moving, probably.
40:24Fine.
40:24Little green light, little red light.
40:28Never panic at Christmas colors.
40:30Here at Fly Air Ricky, we pride ourselves on safety and comfort and the fact that I haven't
40:35hit anything yet, please take a moment to admire how not dead we are.
40:40Thank you for choosing.
40:42Fly Air Ricky, and enjoy the rest of your flight.
40:46Oh, God.
40:47Oh.
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