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00:00:04Oh, my God.
00:00:37Oh, my God.
00:01:01Oh, my God.
00:01:03Hi, Nellie.
00:01:05Oh, Nellie, join us.
00:01:06Not today.
00:01:07I got to run.
00:01:08I got your recipe.
00:01:09I sent it.
00:01:10Granny Lou, you are a lifesaver.
00:01:16Hello.
00:01:19Good morning.
00:01:20Cutting it close.
00:01:21Editor's deadlines in 15 minutes.
00:01:23Oh, not for me.
00:01:24I traded Granny Lou's apple pie recipe for an extra 30 minutes.
00:01:28Of course you did.
00:01:29Well, I'm finally catching up on last week's column, and I'm still trying to figure out who in Bableton wrote
00:01:34to you.
00:01:35Dear Nellie, my family used to be close, but they moved away and some of them stopped speaking to us.
00:01:41Aw.
00:01:42It's been years, and now I have difficult news we feel compelled to share, but seeing them gives us anxiety.
00:01:49So should I share the truth or stay safe and avoid them?
00:01:53Sincerely, estranged in Bableton.
00:01:55You see, I can't tell if estranged is one person or two.
00:02:00Yes.
00:02:00We feel compelled to share, but my family and I have news.
00:02:05What are they confessing?
00:02:06I don't know, but it's something big.
00:02:09Dear estranged, I know it can be hard to face the truth, especially with family.
00:02:14Reunion often feels scary, but could be just what you need.
00:02:17Honesty is the best policy, even when the truth is unpopular.
00:02:21That Nellie Parker, she sure is something.
00:02:23Mm-hmm.
00:02:25You been, um, seeing her around?
00:02:27Sure.
00:02:28It's Bableton after all.
00:02:32So, how's it going with Detective Dreamy?
00:02:35Have you seen him lately?
00:02:36Once in a while.
00:02:37Okay.
00:02:38Because I'm seeing a lot of milkshakes and coffee breaks.
00:02:41Are you going on any actual dates?
00:02:43Um.
00:02:44Okay.
00:02:45All right.
00:02:45Okay.
00:02:46I think it's time to take matters into your own hands.
00:02:48Ask the guy on a date.
00:02:50Hello?
00:02:51Hi.
00:02:52Yes.
00:02:52Uh.
00:02:54Yeah, I could do that.
00:02:56Right now.
00:02:57Uh, sure.
00:02:59Uh-huh.
00:03:00Toodles.
00:03:01Toodles?
00:03:02She said it first.
00:03:04That was Palmer Arlott.
00:03:07Estranged in Bableton.
00:03:09The widow who lives in the manor?
00:03:10Yeah.
00:03:11Now she's freaking out about the advice I gave her, and she wants me to go there, like,
00:03:15right now.
00:03:17It's weird, right?
00:03:18I think I have to go.
00:03:21Yeah.
00:03:22Wow.
00:03:23I mean, everybody talks about the widow, but I don't know anyone who's actually been there
00:03:26in real life.
00:03:27Really?
00:03:27I think she has an actual butler.
00:03:31She's like this glamorous recluse.
00:03:33Well, I suspect she's not accustomed to being told no, so...
00:03:39Toodles.
00:03:50And I notified the family we'll be making an announcement, but it's been three years since
00:03:56we spoke with Clara, my sister-in-law, and my brother Hux, five.
00:04:01We're dreading it, aren't we, Moxie?
00:04:04Mrs. Arlott...
00:04:05Oh, call me Palmer, dear.
00:04:07Palmer, uh, you haven't told me what exactly you're announcing or why you're estranged.
00:04:15Can you relate to years of silences and drama, Nellie?
00:04:19No, I cannot, but I do empathize.
00:04:24Well, you wrote that honesty can be unpopular.
00:04:28Mm-hmm.
00:04:29They're coming to eat at my table.
00:04:31They're staying the night.
00:04:32My anxiety is escalating.
00:04:36Oh.
00:04:37Thank you, Norman.
00:04:39If you could just, uh, explain to me...
00:04:42We had a brilliant idea, Nellie.
00:04:45You will attend dinner this Saturday evening.
00:04:48Oh!
00:04:48You can help us implement your advice, provide guidance, be our right-hand woman at the table.
00:04:55Right, Moxie?
00:04:56So that's not exactly how it works, normally.
00:05:00Uh, yeah, but I could, I could do that.
00:05:04And despite an airing of grievances, it will be a glamorous affair.
00:05:09Won't it, Norman?
00:05:10Indeed, madam.
00:05:11You know, my late husband held the family together much better than I ever could.
00:05:16I just have this feeling that something bad is coming our way.
00:05:20Bad, but how so?
00:05:21Well, tempers flare.
00:05:23And I'm afraid things might get out of hand.
00:05:27Out of hand?
00:05:29Uh...
00:05:31Could I bring a plus one?
00:05:34Ooh, like a plus one.
00:05:36That's a great idea.
00:05:38Finally a real date.
00:05:39Well, it's more of like a work thing, and that's why I wanted to ask him on his way home
00:05:44from lunch.
00:05:44In three, two, one...
00:05:48Look at you.
00:05:49Light clockwork.
00:05:50He's a man of routine.
00:05:53Is that Josh Ward?
00:05:56We went to Camp Trailblazer together and...
00:06:00Wow, he grew up.
00:06:02Maybe say hi.
00:06:04On it.
00:06:05Hey.
00:06:06Long time no two.
00:06:07So...
00:06:10Guess who's not the new guy anymore?
00:06:12Mm-hmm.
00:06:15Um, okay, so...
00:06:16I was gonna ask you a favor.
00:06:18Would you be willing to be my plus one for a dinner party?
00:06:22Was that the favor?
00:06:23Yeah, well, because in this case, I...
00:06:25Nelly, are you asking me out on a date?
00:06:28Because if you are, I would be...
00:06:30What?
00:06:31I would be thrilled.
00:06:31You would?
00:06:32Yeah, absolutely I would.
00:06:34Okay.
00:06:35Um, I...
00:06:35Okay, I just should tell you that...
00:06:37Would I be meeting friends and family?
00:06:38So neither.
00:06:39Okay.
00:06:39The host is actually a prominent Babbelton figure, and we'd be meeting her family.
00:06:43Oh, do I have to wear a suit?
00:06:45Nick, Ward, Sheriff Bergy, do you copy?
00:06:48Requesting a 12-9.
00:06:49A 12-9?
00:06:50She wants our location in relation to the diner.
00:06:53Josh, we forgot Bergy's Burgers, we gotta go back.
00:06:56Bergy's Burgers?
00:06:57Yeah, Bergy's Burgers.
00:06:58It's funny, right?
00:06:59Okay, anyway, I better go.
00:07:00Oh, so I'll pick you up on Saturday at 6pm.
00:07:03Yes.
00:07:04It's a date.
00:07:06Nelly.
00:07:22Okay.
00:07:27Allow me, please.
00:07:29Jewelry is not entirely dead.
00:07:31No.
00:07:33You're very welcome.
00:07:38Geez.
00:07:39Oh.
00:07:41What are we doing?
00:07:44We're just telling my shoe, that's all.
00:07:46Okay.
00:07:47Oh!
00:07:51That was weird.
00:07:53Hm? What?
00:07:53Oh, hey, look, front door.
00:07:55Come on, let's go.
00:08:00Good evening, Miss Parker.
00:08:02Sir.
00:08:03Hey.
00:08:06Welcome to Arlott Manor.
00:08:09I'll alert Madame Arlott to your arrival.
00:08:11That would be lovely.
00:08:15Wow.
00:08:16The Arlott's date back to the founding of Bableton.
00:08:21Oh, Nelly.
00:08:23You look lovely.
00:08:26I'm so delighted you could join us.
00:08:28I'm Palmer.
00:08:29And this is Moxie.
00:08:30Michael Hogan.
00:08:31Very nice to meet you.
00:08:32Uh, your house is absolutely incredible.
00:08:36I'm very fortunate.
00:08:37This little guy.
00:08:38He's cute as a button.
00:08:40Oh, and he approves of you.
00:08:43Hm?
00:08:44Oh.
00:08:45What would happen if he didn't approve of me?
00:08:47Hey, nice.
00:08:48Just ask him.
00:08:52Cheers.
00:08:54Do you have any idea why we're here?
00:08:56No.
00:08:56So glad you made it.
00:08:58Thanks for inviting me.
00:08:59It's been two months.
00:09:03So, what's it like to be surrounded by out-of-towners that you don't know?
00:09:07I still have my intuition.
00:09:09Intuition, huh?
00:09:11Okay.
00:09:12All right, hotshot.
00:09:13Show me your magic.
00:09:14How about, um, the lady in white?
00:09:17Oh, hmm.
00:09:18Uh, very elegant.
00:09:21A painter, I think.
00:09:23Palmer mentioned a sister-in-law.
00:09:26I think that's probably her estranged up until tonight.
00:09:30A estranged, bold call.
00:09:33Married, uh, to Mr. Velvet?
00:09:36No.
00:09:37So, I think he is Palmer's brother.
00:09:42And he is her nephew.
00:09:45Son of him.
00:09:46Now, her, I don't know.
00:09:49Uh, maybe his girlfriend?
00:09:53Oh, no.
00:09:54There's no chemistry.
00:09:56Hmm.
00:09:56Maybe a cousin.
00:09:58The widow Arlon had no children of her own.
00:10:02How'd you pick up on that?
00:10:03Everyone in Bableton knows that.
00:10:05Ah, I see.
00:10:07What about the, uh, gentleman she's talking to?
00:10:10I don't know.
00:10:11He really doesn't seem like he fits in with anybody here.
00:10:15Oh, I know that guy.
00:10:16He's got a lawyer written all over him.
00:10:18Look at you.
00:10:19I get one.
00:10:21Palmer's lawyer.
00:10:22Top-up, sir.
00:10:23Uh, yes, please, Norman.
00:10:24Thank you so much.
00:10:25Uh, listen, Norman, are you gonna be serving dinner yourself tonight?
00:10:29Of course, sir.
00:10:31Excellent.
00:10:31Great.
00:10:32Good news.
00:10:35Perfect.
00:10:37Well, I guess we have one person left to identify.
00:10:42The mysterious caterer.
00:10:50Moxie looks happy.
00:10:52Isn't she marvelous?
00:10:54So, Clara, Nellie tells me that you're a painter.
00:10:58Is that right?
00:11:00Yes.
00:11:01Landscapes.
00:11:02Nellie, you're familiar with my work?
00:11:04I would love to be.
00:11:09You know, actually, I just noticed a little bit of paint on your, it's on your arm.
00:11:13Oh.
00:11:16I didn't catch what you do.
00:11:19Not much these days.
00:11:21Uh, my nephew was a professional rugby player for the Highland Wolves.
00:11:25Oh.
00:11:25Was.
00:11:26Really?
00:11:27Who wants to talk about what I do?
00:11:29Uh, you.
00:11:30You must be Teddy's cousin?
00:11:33No.
00:11:34I'm Palmer's wicked half-sister.
00:11:36Okay, I wish you could make small talk all night.
00:11:39Palmer, you called us all here for a reason.
00:11:41Five years of silence, and now you're stressing everybody out.
00:11:45Uh, yes, I suppose we've caused a bit of a stir.
00:11:48Wow, here comes the drama.
00:11:49And I apologize.
00:11:51And I apologize.
00:11:53In the spirit of honesty, I am changing my will.
00:11:58That's it?
00:11:59Wow.
00:11:59That's why the lawyer's here.
00:12:01I thought you were dying.
00:12:02Uh, I'm afraid this decision won't sit well, but Adam, you may start drafting my new will this week.
00:12:08I'll sign it as soon as it's ready.
00:12:10Of course.
00:12:11I am leaving my entire estate to Moxie.
00:12:17All of it?
00:12:19We were meant to share, and now it's all going to a dog?
00:12:22Arlott Manor?
00:12:22How could you?
00:12:23That dog?
00:12:24How does a dog inherit?
00:12:26Moxie has been loyal in the years since Edmund passed, when the rest of you have just abandoned me in
00:12:32your own way.
00:12:32Abandoned?
00:12:33How can you blame me?
00:12:34You and I still talk.
00:12:35Uh, we do, Teddy, but Moxie's with me every day of my life.
00:12:39Palmer has every legal right to make this a-
00:12:41Zip it.
00:12:42Family matters.
00:12:42Family business.
00:12:43Why is anyone surprised?
00:12:44I knew it would come to something like this.
00:12:47You have always focused on my wealth, Bree.
00:12:49You always look down on me for not being a full sister flaunting your wealth.
00:12:53Okay, leaving me out.
00:12:55That is outrageous.
00:12:56Oh, I am just getting started.
00:12:58Madam, perhaps a respite, cooler heads, I could serve dessert in the drawing room in half an hour.
00:13:02Yum!
00:13:03You're quite right, Norman.
00:13:06I should never have come back.
00:13:09Not with you here.
00:13:10Clara.
00:13:10Clara, sit down.
00:13:12I know you always do this.
00:13:14Is that how you intend to treat the rest of us?
00:13:16Hey, Spencer, please accompany me to the kitchen.
00:13:18This way.
00:13:20This isn't over.
00:13:25What just happened?
00:13:26I don't know.
00:13:33Okay, what did you drag me into?
00:13:36How do you know those people?
00:13:38Okay, so Palmer thought that things were going to get out of hand tonight.
00:13:40Now I can see why she wanted my help.
00:13:42And just, I thought that bringing you would be a good idea.
00:13:46Yeah.
00:13:46So Palmer's the woman who wrote you.
00:13:49Strange in Babilton?
00:13:50Uh, estranged.
00:13:52Estranged in Babilton.
00:13:56You're here for the column.
00:13:58You're working.
00:13:59Well, I tried to...
00:14:00So technically, not a date.
00:14:05It's not not a date.
00:14:08Is this the hangout for the non-family?
00:14:11Uh, yup.
00:14:12Yup.
00:14:12This is it.
00:14:15I should check on Palmer.
00:14:17Go ahead.
00:14:19It's all right.
00:14:20There you go.
00:14:44There was the tree house.
00:14:46Do you remember that?
00:14:47Of course I do, Miss Arlott.
00:14:51Excuse me.
00:14:55Oh, this place is like a time capsule, isn't it?
00:14:59Do you know Norman's been here for 40 years?
00:15:02No.
00:15:02Wow.
00:15:03Yeah.
00:15:04So how do you know the family?
00:15:05I'm a friend of Palmer's.
00:15:07I'm actually looking for her.
00:15:09I'm sorry.
00:15:10And you're Leah.
00:15:11Yeah.
00:15:12Right?
00:15:12I saw your van and your name right there.
00:15:15Dinner was excellent.
00:15:17Hmm.
00:15:18And you know Michael, right?
00:15:21How do you two know each other?
00:15:22Oh, he didn't tell you?
00:15:26Interesting.
00:15:28You know, I should probably sit this outside.
00:15:36You got to land on your own two feet, Teddy.
00:15:38Handouts don't fix anything.
00:15:39This is everything I knew you'd say.
00:15:41You make it impossible to talk to you.
00:15:43Just give me a break.
00:15:43That's because you never listen.
00:15:45You can't expect others to support you in a career that's always had an expiry date.
00:15:52Watch out.
00:15:53Everywhere you turn, there's a guest or a butler.
00:16:00Nellie, that went horribly.
00:16:02What am I going to do next?
00:16:03Palmer, you were honest and brave and the night can only get better.
00:16:18Adam, make me one of those lovely cocktails from your office.
00:16:24Gin smash coming up.
00:16:27Nellie?
00:16:28A word?
00:16:29Uh, yes.
00:16:36Someone hit the lights.
00:16:37Nellie, it's so dark.
00:16:39Is it an outage?
00:16:40Ah!
00:16:40Michael?
00:16:41It's alright.
00:16:46Oh my god.
00:16:49Norman!
00:16:50Were those gunshots?
00:16:51Let's find out.
00:17:03He's been shot.
00:17:04Nobody move.
00:17:07I'm a detective.
00:17:09Everybody stay back.
00:17:11911, what's your emergency?
00:17:13This is Detective Michael Hogan.
00:17:14There's been a murder at Arlot Manor.
00:17:16Requesting immediate backup.
00:17:18The bullet whizzed by my head.
00:17:20It brushed my hair.
00:17:23Palmer?
00:17:26What?
00:17:29What is that?
00:17:30Oh, what is that?
00:17:34Is that a bullet hole?
00:17:37Someone tried to murder me.
00:17:41Poor Adam paid the price.
00:17:43Who's got the gun?
00:17:44Hands up.
00:17:45Let's see the hands.
00:17:45Hands up.
00:17:46Inside the jacket.
00:17:47Jacket and yours too.
00:17:49Open your jacket.
00:17:49The purse.
00:17:50You can see inside the purse.
00:17:51Right, please?
00:17:52I heard a clunk.
00:17:54Clunk from where?
00:17:54I think over there.
00:17:56Okay, in the corner.
00:17:57Can I get some light over here, please?
00:18:17Okay, I want to get a copy of that report from the coroner's office as soon as it comes
00:18:20to the guide.
00:18:21And guys, make sure I get a clean scent from that one.
00:18:25Hey, Moss.
00:18:26Got a blown fuse, Mick.
00:18:28The box was beneath the stairs.
00:18:29It opened to anyone who wandered after dinner.
00:18:31The shooter was right here in this room and no one saw a thing.
00:18:34The doors were closed.
00:18:35Shots rang out no more than five, ten seconds after the power outage.
00:18:39Only one door.
00:18:41Windows don't open.
00:18:42Yeah.
00:18:43You got yourself a closed room mystery, Mickey.
00:18:45That's exactly what I was thinking.
00:18:47Anyway, the first bullet hit Palmer in the hat.
00:18:50Missed target by an inch, inch and a half.
00:18:52Second shot hit Adam in the chest.
00:18:55Palmer was holding Nellie's hand when the shots were fired.
00:18:57So she's definitely not the killer.
00:18:58At dinner, the widow announced that she was going to disinherit her heirs.
00:19:01Give everything to the dog if you can believe that.
00:19:03So needless to say, things got a little heated.
00:19:06Folks have been murdered for less.
00:19:07Yes, they have.
00:19:08So, we got the widow's brother, Hux.
00:19:12Yep.
00:19:12Hux's son, Teddy.
00:19:14Clara Arlott is the late husband's sister.
00:19:16And Bree Spencer is Palmer's half-sister.
00:19:18And of course, there's the butler and the caterer in the kitchen.
00:19:21They couldn't have done it.
00:19:22You know what?
00:19:22You should interview suspects while they're confined, okay?
00:19:25Get some solid evidence.
00:19:26And for a deeper read, you know who to turn to.
00:19:29She knows stuff.
00:19:30Yeah.
00:19:31Yeah.
00:19:31She knows stuff.
00:19:37What's going on out there?
00:19:38We've been so worried.
00:19:40When can we leave?
00:19:41Just, uh, Nellie, can you come with me, please?
00:19:45Sorry, folks.
00:19:58So, you okay?
00:20:01I just feel like I caused this.
00:20:04Oh, you didn't cause anything.
00:20:06I brought them all together with my advice.
00:20:10And now a man is dead.
00:20:12Palmer almost died.
00:20:13That bullet was so close.
00:20:15Yeah.
00:20:16I was just trying to help her.
00:20:18And you are, Nellie.
00:20:20You are helping.
00:20:21Can I ask you a question?
00:20:23Yeah, of course.
00:20:23Anything.
00:20:24You know that.
00:20:25Who is the caterer, Michael?
00:20:27Uh, right.
00:20:31You're not gonna believe us, but that's actually my ex-wife.
00:20:34And it's 100% over and has been for a very long time.
00:20:38It's just...
00:20:38It was really awkward and I was just trying to avoid it.
00:20:42I just wanted our not-not-a-date to be perfect.
00:20:44That's all.
00:20:45You should have just told me.
00:20:46Yes, you're right.
00:20:47I should have just told you.
00:20:48I'm sorry.
00:20:49And you should have told me that you were working.
00:20:52Just didn't want to disappoint you.
00:20:54Uh-huh.
00:20:54You were so excited.
00:20:57I was.
00:20:58Look, we just got a push forward.
00:20:59Tech is collecting.
00:21:01Trace for the gun residue test.
00:21:03Looks like the gun is a weapon of opportunity.
00:21:05I know I saw that gun after dinner.
00:21:08Right.
00:21:09And then we went into the drawing room.
00:21:11Anybody could have grabbed it after that.
00:21:13Listen, uh, Nellie.
00:21:17Bergie thinks that you've done a real good job helping out so far.
00:21:20And she wants you to act as a consultant on this case.
00:21:22And, uh, well, Bableton trusts you.
00:21:26She trusts you.
00:21:29Yes, I trust you too.
00:21:30So, what do you say?
00:21:31Can you help me out?
00:21:32Are you deputizing me?
00:21:34No.
00:21:36Consultant.
00:21:36Sherlock Holmes was a consultant.
00:21:39What?
00:21:40I think that makes you my Watson.
00:21:42I am nobody's Watson.
00:21:44We're a team.
00:21:46It's an Arlette family heirloom.
00:21:48The pistol was carried by Civil War officers.
00:21:52I've never so much as even touched it.
00:21:54Mm-hmm.
00:21:55And yet, you, you kept it loaded.
00:21:59Right.
00:21:59My husband always did.
00:22:02Okay.
00:22:03I never changed anything that might go against his wishes.
00:22:06Was it always kept in the hall?
00:22:07You mean, did my family know it was there?
00:22:09It will.
00:22:10Yes.
00:22:12It should have been properly stored.
00:22:15Did you check it for fingerprints?
00:22:17Oh, did we?
00:22:19We'll know more once all the suspects are loaded into the system.
00:22:22Mm-hmm.
00:22:23I understand you're upset.
00:22:25Upset?
00:22:26I was blindsided.
00:22:27The new will and murder?
00:22:29That lawyer was only here to assist Palmer.
00:22:32He didn't deserve this.
00:22:34No one ever does.
00:22:35You, however, knew about the pistol.
00:22:38You grew up here.
00:22:39Is that right?
00:22:40Well, the manner meant more to you than anyone else, I believe.
00:22:44It's been in my family for generations.
00:22:46The memories, the history, I miss it so much.
00:22:49But the estrangement, that was Palmer's doing, not mine.
00:22:52She drove us all away.
00:22:54I don't know.
00:22:54They froze me out.
00:22:55We did nothing to deserve it.
00:22:58Can you think of any reason Clara might hold a grudge?
00:23:01I have no idea why she turned on me.
00:23:05My father, Hamish Arlott, was a traditionalist.
00:23:09He left the manor to his eldest, my brother Edmund.
00:23:12Well, it doesn't help that Edmund was the son.
00:23:15I mean, Clara was left with, she might say, more insult than inheritance.
00:23:21Oh.
00:23:22Got that.
00:23:23There were some savings on the necklace I'd never seen before.
00:23:26It meant nothing to me.
00:23:28Well, I believe she hung on to her savings.
00:23:30I mean, she always dreamed of buying the others out if the time came.
00:23:34What about the gun?
00:23:36Yeah, what about the gun?
00:23:38Well, Clara shoots, but with Labradors.
00:23:40Duck hunts.
00:23:42Okay.
00:23:42I mean, I was standing by the bar.
00:23:44Nellie's hand was in mine, and Adam was beside us.
00:23:48Yeah, that, uh, that fits with my memory.
00:23:51Great.
00:23:52Um, where was Clara at this point?
00:23:55I was by the fireplace.
00:23:57I'd close my eyes in the dark.
00:23:59Like this.
00:24:00Oh.
00:24:03Great.
00:24:04Um, maybe you could tell us a little bit about the, uh, the Labradors and the duck hunts.
00:24:09Who said anything about that?
00:24:16How about Hux?
00:24:17Well, that target practice at the gun club, wouldn't he be the best shot?
00:24:21I think we're just trying to determine if you would be comfortable using a gun like this one.
00:24:27My father taught me how to shoot using the same pistol.
00:24:30I know you don't want to think of any of them doing this.
00:24:34Brie was somewhere near that back wall.
00:24:37And the bullet?
00:24:38I felt it.
00:24:45So Palmer said that Brie was back there in the corner somewhere.
00:24:48That, that could be significant.
00:24:51Yeah, so Brie and Teddy were standing kind of, like, here and here.
00:24:57I mean, it would have been very easy Brie was here for her to just...
00:25:02And then, one, two...
00:25:05Right?
00:25:06That's great.
00:25:07It's a, it's a very convincing reenactment.
00:25:10What?
00:25:11How'd you get the gun in your hand?
00:25:13The purse.
00:25:14Open up the purse.
00:25:15I hid it in my handbag.
00:25:17Remember she had that handbag?
00:25:19You can see inside the purse.
00:25:20You looked at it after.
00:25:21It was empty.
00:25:22There was nothing in it.
00:25:22Okay, you got something there.
00:25:24I mean, Palmer and Brie were arguing at dinner.
00:25:25That makes sense.
00:25:26But if I was Teddy, I could have just hidden the gun, like, right under my cardigan,
00:25:30where no one would have noticed.
00:25:30Let's just focus on one person.
00:25:31And Hux, Hux could have done the same thing.
00:25:34But with his fancy suit jacket, he could have just opened it up, slid the gun in.
00:25:38No one would even notice.
00:25:40Claire's a bit trickier.
00:25:41She wasn't wearing a jacket.
00:25:42She didn't have any sleeves.
00:25:43So she could have stashed it under any of these cushions.
00:25:49She could have just hit it.
00:25:51Anyone could have hit it under the cushion.
00:25:53The cushions, they're everywhere.
00:25:56Anyone could have.
00:25:57Thank you, Nellie, for keeping our options so wide open.
00:26:00But I think what we need to do is focus on financial motive.
00:26:04Who was desperate enough to murder Palmer?
00:26:07That's what we need.
00:26:11Thank you, Norman.
00:26:13What can you tell us about Hux?
00:26:15Yeah, how was his money situation?
00:26:18Well, we were all so close back in the day.
00:26:21Hux, his wife, Clara, Edmund and me.
00:26:25Why didn't it last?
00:26:26Well, I suppose Hux can be hard on anyone.
00:26:29Overly involved, critical.
00:26:31I mean, he got that way with me when I declined to invest.
00:26:35I had been advised not to mix business and family.
00:26:39Smart.
00:26:40Yep.
00:26:40But Hux always muddied the two.
00:26:43I'm a property developer.
00:26:44I offered my sister an opportunity.
00:26:46That's it.
00:26:47That was five years back.
00:26:48I was going through a rough patch in my divorce.
00:26:52Don't read into it.
00:26:53I couldn't get it off if I tried.
00:26:55You couldn't just wiggle it?
00:26:57Yeah.
00:26:59Look, were you upset that your sister didn't invest?
00:27:01No.
00:27:02And you know what?
00:27:03I'm not angry about her inheritance either.
00:27:04It's her money.
00:27:05It's her dog.
00:27:06That is not what you said at dinner.
00:27:08Yeah, but that's before he found out you were a detective.
00:27:10Ah, there we go.
00:27:11Oh.
00:27:12My sister's a recluse with a small fluffy dog obsession,
00:27:15and we're all suffering for it now.
00:27:16I mean, the lawyer is dead.
00:27:17We've been told that you're quite the marksman.
00:27:20Where were you when the lights went out?
00:27:23Stubbing my toe.
00:27:24I wasn't shooting at anybody, if that's what you're insinuating.
00:27:27Why were you wandering around in the dark?
00:27:29Seems kind of dangerous.
00:27:30Because I couldn't see.
00:27:33What are you writing?
00:27:34You could write that Teddy's a good nephew.
00:27:36He calls occasionally.
00:27:38No silent treatment like the rest of them, but he's busy.
00:27:42Oh, yeah.
00:27:43My Aunt Palmer and I, we talk a lot.
00:27:44Oh, nice.
00:27:46Like, a lot as in once a week?
00:27:48Uh, once a month.
00:27:50I'll pull phone records.
00:27:51It's all right.
00:27:52Once a season?
00:27:54Are you guys interviewing non-family as well?
00:27:56Teddy, we'll ask the questions, all right?
00:27:58Yeah, yeah.
00:27:59We'll ask the questions.
00:28:00And I have been wondering about that argument you had with your dad after dinner.
00:28:04Right, right.
00:28:05Rugger scores.
00:28:07No.
00:28:08Uh, money.
00:28:12Uh, things haven't been going well since my injury.
00:28:17My dad takes every opportunity to say I told you so.
00:28:22Am I making you nervous at all, Teddy?
00:28:25No.
00:28:27Well, yes.
00:28:28I mean, shouldn't I be?
00:28:29How are you with a gun?
00:28:30Oh, no.
00:28:31I, uh, I can't shoot.
00:28:33I'm built for tackling, only that.
00:28:35Yeah.
00:28:36Bit of a life problem these days.
00:28:39Sure.
00:28:39The difference is Brie always detested me.
00:28:43What?
00:28:43No.
00:28:44Why?
00:28:45Moxie never trusted her.
00:28:47Oh.
00:28:47Moxie always knows.
00:28:49Palmer never accepted me.
00:28:51Not the way she accepts Hux.
00:28:52Even Clara.
00:28:53Hmm.
00:28:53What could she have done differently?
00:28:56I mean, I was never asking for a parade.
00:28:58Were you asking for money?
00:29:00Brie needs my money.
00:29:02I mean, she always made this pathetic claim that I flaunted my wealth.
00:29:06I own a business.
00:29:07I could get business loans.
00:29:08I'm sure you can.
00:29:09Do you have any business loans?
00:29:12No.
00:29:15Am I required to talk about this?
00:29:17Did Brie tell you that our father made her take defense courses?
00:29:21With guns.
00:29:22With guns?
00:29:23Back when she was a teenager.
00:29:25Whoa.
00:29:27Defensive handgun training.
00:29:29That's gonna stick with you.
00:29:32Brie knew how to shoot.
00:29:38It's a joke.
00:29:47It's a joke.
00:29:49Alright everyone, listen up.
00:29:51You gotta stay in Bablington until further notice.
00:29:53While we're all staying the weekend here anyway.
00:29:55Further notice is not limited to this weekend.
00:29:57You must remain available for questioning for the duration of my investigation.
00:30:01I have assigned a police presence outside the manor grounds.
00:30:05Am I safe inside my home?
00:30:07Oh.
00:30:10Michael.
00:30:11I think Palmer needs a police officer in the house.
00:30:15What?
00:30:15Oh!
00:30:16Michael can stay with you.
00:30:17He will keep you safe.
00:30:19Right?
00:30:19That's a sleepover.
00:30:20Cops don't do sleepovers.
00:30:21What are you talking about?
00:30:22I can make up an additional room, sir.
00:30:24Oh.
00:30:27I'm staying at the Bableton Brook B&B.
00:30:29So.
00:30:31Well, there you go.
00:30:33You got it.
00:30:34Great.
00:30:35Well, good news.
00:30:36I'll be staying at the manor with you to ensure your safety during my investigation.
00:30:39That's great news.
00:30:42Yeah.
00:30:45I did it.
00:30:47I found a match for the prints on the gun.
00:30:49Good job.
00:31:05So, I see, uh, no lawyer.
00:31:08Don't need one.
00:31:09All you have are my prints on an old pistol that's no smoking gun.
00:31:12No.
00:31:13The gun was used in a murder.
00:31:15You would know your prints were on it if you pulled the trigger.
00:31:18Listen, detective.
00:31:19This is going to sound strange, but you're a smart guy.
00:31:22Stop.
00:31:22Stop with the flattery.
00:31:23I was there.
00:31:23I saw the argument between you and Palmer.
00:31:25What I would like is for you to expand on the family dynamic.
00:31:30For the record, of course.
00:31:35Palmer, Hux, and I shared a father.
00:31:37My mother was his second wife.
00:31:39They were grown by the time I was born.
00:31:40Palmer lived at the manor.
00:31:42I used to visit her with my dad when I was a kid.
00:31:44Um...
00:31:45I guess what I'm most interested in is that brief gap in time
00:31:49before Palmer changed her will and you could still inherit.
00:31:53See, I can't help but think that you were planning to take advantage of that.
00:31:58Come on.
00:31:59The pistol was lying on the floor in the hallway.
00:32:01No one was around, so I put it back.
00:32:03Really?
00:32:04Mm-hmm.
00:32:04The pistol was just lying there on the floor.
00:32:07Wow.
00:32:08Incredible.
00:32:09Yet, so unlikely.
00:32:12You don't believe me?
00:32:14Ask Nellie what she saw.
00:32:19Maybe I will.
00:32:23I bet Palmer's relieved there was an arrest.
00:32:26Maybe.
00:32:27But Bree is still family, whether they like each other or not.
00:32:30Do you want to see the salon reviews?
00:32:32Oh.
00:32:32They say the owner's tactless.
00:32:35Offensive, cheap.
00:32:37Someone even claims they're suing her.
00:32:39I wonder if they followed through with it.
00:32:40Dunno.
00:32:42Do you want to make a suspect board?
00:32:47No.
00:32:49So, Clara and Hux blame Palmer for pushing them away.
00:32:53Palmer blames them for abandoning her.
00:32:55She and Bree never got along.
00:32:57Her closest tie in the family seems to be to her nephew, Teddy.
00:32:59They talk a few times a year.
00:33:01Okay, tell me about Michael's ex.
00:33:05She cooked an excellent dinner.
00:33:07She has brown hair.
00:33:08Likeable.
00:33:08Pretty.
00:33:10Yeah, see?
00:33:15What?
00:33:16You were there.
00:33:17So, it was Michael.
00:33:19Yeah, but we didn't do it.
00:33:22Okay.
00:33:25The butler.
00:33:27What is that?
00:33:28No web presence.
00:33:29Really?
00:33:30Oh.
00:33:33Who doesn't have a web presence?
00:33:37Hmm.
00:33:41Well, we're here.
00:33:42It's the sai.
00:33:51We're here.
00:33:52We're here.
00:33:52What's up, we're here?
00:33:56Let's go.
00:33:56Oh, we can see.
00:33:56Look.
00:33:57What's up, myrrh?
00:34:15pardon me miss parker norman oh i was um looking around yes i was um but i do have a
00:34:25couple
00:34:25questions for you do you think brie is capable of murder i suppose i can conceive of it yes okay
00:34:36secondly palmer says she never touches the pistol but who cleans it i mean it works i provided the
00:34:43officer my maintenance schedule last night is it the only gun at the manor inside yes there's a
00:34:48hunting rifle locked up in the stables as it should be we have sooty grouse and wild turkey
00:34:53on the grounds excellent soup stock yum oh i um i didn't finish the whip for the moose because
00:35:19that's when the power went out right so the younger sister was arrested yeah look um did you see brie
00:35:27in the kitchen by any chance yeah a couple of times and i had to keep ushering her out because
00:35:31you know
00:35:32i mean i was working yeah here three sugars no cream just like you like it thank you
00:35:41i'm sorry i still feel shaky from this whole thing
00:35:45yeah i gotta ask how did you get the job here i just came to cook as a favor palmer
00:35:52used to have
00:35:52a live-in chef and well you know the widow has a long-standing glam reputation so i thought maybe
00:35:58if
00:35:58i came here she would introduce me to some vip clients and that would make up for the very long
00:36:03drive to babilton right it has been um hard rebuilding in a new city
00:36:12i moved to salem and i heard you got relocated to the force over here
00:36:18i just didn't think that i should look for you you know no it's for the best
00:36:28uh so norman and you were in the kitchen when the power went out yeah absolutely we could barely
00:36:34see anything but you heard the gunshots yes it was like it exploded in here then norman came out of
00:36:40the pantry with the candlesticks and then we went into the room together and that's where we saw the
00:36:45dead body right uh it's a sheriff i'll be right back so wait you gotta be kidding me wow really
00:36:56is
00:36:56just like old times a favor for who you said you were asked to work here for a favor a
00:37:03favor for who
00:37:05oh i that was just a figure of speech
00:37:12all right well let me know as soon as you get it okay okay good work oh hey
00:37:19so the reports came in and the gun matches the bullet found in the wall and in the body and
00:37:26the
00:37:26one that made the hole in palmer's hat now i need a ballistics expert to determine where the shooter
00:37:30still have been unfortunately he's out of town right now testifying but burgy's trying to pull
00:37:33some strings to get him back now the bad news oh no yeah no significant gunshot residue was found
00:37:42on bree's hand or anyone else for that matter it makes fingerprints on the murder weapon a lot less
00:37:47important so they're letting bree go officer ward is bringing her back right now so that'll be so much
00:37:52fun and here we are yet again with everyone one room one weapon and no way to rule out
00:38:00any of them with an alibi or gunshot residue or even fingerprints all the suspects had everything
00:38:05in common except the personal the personal i think we're missing something about the estrangement
00:38:12and their relationships okay they all stood to gain the same thing but who really wanted palmer
00:38:19dead
00:38:24i think we're being watched i don't like that it'll be fine come on follow me let's go
00:38:36what is that it's palmer's will as it now stands it's not a big deal i grabbed it from her
00:38:42desk
00:38:43wanted to see what we're missing out on and it turns out she has it split equally between the four
00:38:48of us
00:38:48like she always said you see the sister i knew would never cut her family out may i yeah knock
00:38:55yourself out you didn't think she'd change it once you stopped speaking to her palmer made her world
00:39:01smaller she always got what she wanted except when edmund died no one thought she wanted that
00:39:06come on ox level with us how bad you need her money i don't market's great i do very well
00:39:13are you sure because financial suffering i mean that would make sense right and it would also
00:39:19explain why you won't help your son right yeah she heard you arguing in the dining room i did oh
00:39:26i
00:39:27always tried to tell him that he needed a backup plan after pro sports i love teddy but he doesn't
00:39:32listen how did his career end shattered tibia residual limp hasn't had a job in two years i take you
00:39:38you're not a father no no i'm not but i do have one and if i needed help he wouldn't
00:39:47say no
00:39:52so this is what it's come to for privacy huh that hucks quite the temper on him huh i know
00:40:00yeah
00:40:05remember when clara stormed away from the table and then that comment she made in the dining room
00:40:12i think her feud with palmer is personal sure yeah i guess she could be the murderer but so could
00:40:17anyone
00:40:24look at you with the tools of the trade
00:40:32teddy the only one who straight up can't shoot sheriff said stay in town but she didn't necessarily
00:40:37mean stay in the manor officer ward saw him sneaking away this morning too
00:40:44teddy's shoes had mud on them in the drawing room tech found mud trace in the manor well you're gonna
00:40:49have to follow him find out where he's going sure i'll do that thanks for the tip yeah well
00:40:57nelly what are you doing out here just uh fresh air that's all detective hogan will you be dining
00:41:03with us tonight norman is reheating the suit he will be in shortly palmer how are you doing
00:41:09your roses are beautiful thank you nelly they symbolize a new beginning
00:41:20soup hey you want to go for dinner tomorrow night
00:41:24i mean if you want to i just you know let's face it you do kind of owe me a
00:41:28real date
00:41:29why don't i cook for you at my place
00:41:33yeah sure even better
00:41:37great
00:41:40oh doesn't he love breakfast for dinner making pancakes there you go yes oh
00:41:46it's him
00:41:49oh he got the report on the power outage blown fuse was confirmed legitimate no tampering
00:41:57okay faulty wire or frayed wire could cause a short circuit but how could that be arranged in terms
00:42:03of timing no one touched any cords in the drawing room the only other room in the house that had
00:42:09people in
00:42:10it was the kitchen what i just i predict a riveting dinner conversation oh no this cannot wait until dinner
00:42:46i didn't finish the whip for the moose because that's when the power went out
00:42:49i didn't finish the whip for the moose because that's when the power went out
00:43:04melly what are you doing leah made the power go out when she was making the whipped cream what
00:43:10there's no way she could have known what she was doing detective what has happened here
00:43:17uh madame arlett has been disturbed
00:43:21i will see you at my place at six o'clock
00:43:26yeah um i'm sorry too
00:43:31oh pancakes
00:43:34oh young well i really appreciate you going the extra mile for palmer's safety
00:43:39yeah happy to be of service and hey how about that portrait super weird right i mean the dog kind
00:43:46has taken over for the husband who would have thought they were replaced by a pomeranian who would
00:43:52have thought here you go ah coffee three sugars no cream thank you just like you like it
00:44:02actually i i do like cream leah didn't think i did and i just didn't have the heart to tell
00:44:07her so
00:44:08if maybe i could uh no cream if you don't mind thank you you can get lots of cream there
00:44:17we go
00:44:19thank you
00:44:22so
00:44:24you want to talk about it oh you mean leah yes i suppose i should the truth is
00:44:31the truth is i never thought we were gonna get divorced never i was blindsided when she said she
00:44:39wanted to move out but uh then she did and when i was final i realized that it was the
00:44:49right thing
00:44:49for both of us so much so that we never saw each other again after we signed the papers i
00:44:56haven't even
00:44:56talked to her on the phone in over a year and then there she was like a bolt out of
00:45:05the blue
00:45:07it was a very dramatic reaction i didn't know what to do i panicked
00:45:14oh it's ward teddy's on the move are you uh sure this is the right spot this is the edge
00:45:27of the
00:45:27manor browns hey that's teddy look at the limp that's the rugby injury
00:45:36leah and teddy together
00:45:46whoa uh i did not see that coming did you yeah maybe a little uh there's a mud on the
00:45:55shoes and
00:45:56leah's favor they withheld information from a murder investigation they cannot do that
00:46:01mm-hmm so what are we gonna do we're gonna go good cop bad cop on them that's what we're
00:46:06gonna do
00:46:06oh yeah okay which one am i promise me remember you're not a real cop okay i'll be good cop
00:46:12you
00:46:12already seem like you've chosen bad cop don't make me regret this yeah i'm back up here we go
00:46:25we've been dating for a while but we haven't told any of his family except for palmer yeah you
00:46:32withheld that i asked you how you got the catering job that was my fault i fly under the radar
00:46:37with my
00:46:38father he just found out something else what else oh i think i figured it out you mean the handouts
00:46:45don't you i mean we thought the money was coming from huck's but the handouts that he was upset
00:46:50about they came from palmer right yeah my aunt sent me money every month since the injury
00:46:58i'm sorry i didn't tell you i i was just i was trying to avoid a scene with my father
00:47:02like like
00:47:03what you saw right adam convinced my aunt to stop supporting me you know what it's gonna be okay and
00:47:08you know your family needs to find out soon anyways because um we're getting married
00:47:21congratulations thank you yes uh congratulations
00:47:29okay so now we know teddy and leah are a pair we have the mixer cord the mud that forensics
00:47:35collected
00:47:35is going to match the mud from teddy's shoes and the mud that was at the kitchen door right
00:47:39so they could be working together it's possible oh okay that is helpful the way you have that laid
00:47:46out yes thank you so you really think your ex-wife could be involved in a murder no not the
00:47:54leah i
00:47:55knew no way but people change and i've seen some strange stuff in my time all right so then teddy
00:48:01came i guess to the kitchen door to finalize their murder plan maybe teddy had begun all along or leah
00:48:09handed off the gun and then caused the power outage and the two make off with a big payday together
00:48:14but
00:48:14it didn't happen that way did it adam was killed maybe teddy set her up unknowingly i think we're missing
00:48:23something yes teddy's allowance made palmer worth more to him alive and i actually think he really
00:48:31cares about her hawks too palmer was helping teddy but teddy said that adam intervened maybe we've been
00:48:40looking at this wrong how angry was teddy if adam was pushing so hard to get him cut off
00:48:54maybe adam was the target all along
00:49:06make this is conflict of interest uh yeah i am requesting to be taken off the arlot manor murder
00:49:13case my ex-wife has become a significant factor in the investigation leah wasn't even in the room when
00:49:20shots were fired nope but her fiancee was mick do you imagine i've ever worked a case in babbleton
00:49:26where there wasn't someone i cared about i trust your expertise
00:49:34come on guys keep it up granny
00:49:40what can i do for you nelly you spill the tea on the arlots oh the widow yes the arlot
00:49:46family goes
00:49:47way back in babbleton history mostly passed away though we were wondering if you were working on
00:49:53that murder case i am officially but don't make a big deal out of it jason oh eli eli come
00:50:01up here
00:50:02it's my grandson eli he's visiting from philadelphia he's a wonderful lawyer hello hi he's evidence
00:50:08expert a law student an intern really nice meeting you you too so eli and i were just discussing
00:50:16palmer's announcement to her airs oh yes shocking the poor fellow shot fascinating area of law the animal
00:50:23element they can't legally inherit so there's often a trust for their care bound to their life span
00:50:28and a trustee appointed oh you know nelly there's a family member on palmer's side came back to babbleton
00:50:35for about a year and then moved away again that's right her brother's ex-wife
00:50:39oh it's a big divorce vindictive yeah the wife suspected he was hiding assets have you met hux
00:50:47spencer yes this is terrible that's rod if he did it that could be criminal perjury charges
00:50:54oh well this is very helpful
00:51:08you were right there's public record of a filing and judgment looks like hux's divorce lawyer was
00:51:15adam dunbar well that can't be he's an estate lawyer his name's all over this and it looks like there's
00:51:21even a photograph of him and hux leaving the courthouse together so either he handled both or
00:51:26hux had some other reason for using him i take it this was helpful you may have opened a window
00:51:33and
00:51:33invited a hurricane okay a little left there you go right there yeah right on the bullet hole perfect
00:51:44just like that hold it right there great okay
00:51:50hux
00:51:56clara have you seen hux i have not
00:52:01that's the manor grounds but yours has more trees i've become an oregon history buff there was an oak grove
00:52:10where the manor was built clara can i ask you
00:52:16how well did you know adam i didn't not really oh it's just shocking and sad to be so close
00:52:23to a
00:52:23murder what did you think about him honestly smug he was the finance wizard when he started managing my
00:52:33brother's affairs this was back when edmund became unwell i'm sorry for your loss he had a neurological
00:52:41disease palmer took care of him i always respected her for stepping up what happened between you two i
00:52:47and i get the feeling it's not really about your father's will you're right i blame my father for
00:52:53that and palmer cares for the matter honoring the arlette legacy was always the most important thing to
00:53:00her or i thought it was
00:53:05look she sent me this three years ago your greedy intentions disgust me this is terrible out of
00:53:15nowhere she accused me of trying to steal the manor it's wildly untrue i i couldn't respond or even look
00:53:22at her again i just this does come from palmer's email account but i don't think she wrote this see
00:53:30how she writes rightfully mine when she wrote to me for advice most of the time she spoke for two
00:53:36palmer says we and our manner she doesn't leave out moxie exactly and even do you notice the semicolons
00:53:45the words are personal and harsh but the style it's like legal writing or something are you sure she
00:53:52didn't write it oh nelly i want to help you shine a light on our family's secrets i'm afraid our
00:53:59secrets
00:54:00have become dangerous
00:54:17oh
00:54:18oh
00:54:49Where's the room?
00:55:01Oh, no, I placed the product order, like, Wednesday last week.
00:55:05Okay, well, I'll give them a call.
00:55:07We'll see where it's at.
00:55:41What are you doing in there?
00:55:42I can hear you, like a rat in the wall.
00:55:43I'm sorry.
00:55:45I was stuck in here.
00:55:47Well, you're not stuck now.
00:55:50But can we just talk?
00:55:52Why?
00:55:55Okay, fine.
00:55:57I can handle you.
00:55:59Great.
00:56:03Yeah.
00:56:09Let me tidy up your hair.
00:56:12What's wrong with my hands?
00:56:15Um, how is the styling business?
00:56:19Loaded question.
00:56:21Not good, Nellie.
00:56:23I suspect you already know that.
00:56:24Yeah.
00:56:25Are you being sued?
00:56:27Was.
00:56:28It went horribly.
00:56:30Adam was your lawyer?
00:56:31I just assume because he seems to represent all the Spencers, right?
00:56:35Losing the lawsuit must have made you pretty mad.
00:56:38So I triggered a power outage, picked up an old pistol and shot my lawyer.
00:56:42No.
00:56:42I don't actually think you did that.
00:56:45Right.
00:56:46Have you kept in touch with Adam?
00:56:47I haven't spoken to him once since.
00:56:50And you really just, um, stumbled upon the gun and picked it up and put it back in its
00:56:55case?
00:57:00Mm-hmm.
00:57:02Okay, Brie, you tell me.
00:57:04Who do you suspect?
00:57:06Your brother?
00:57:07Half-brother.
00:57:08Hux is known to be hard, but...
00:57:11He went to all of Teddy's games.
00:57:13Home and away.
00:57:15And how does he feel about Adam?
00:57:17Oh, hates him.
00:57:18Adam used to be Hux's lawyer for everything until he fired him.
00:57:21But that's just the end of a business relationship.
00:57:23You think he hates him?
00:57:25I know he does.
00:57:26Hux told me himself right before the dinner.
00:57:29Okay.
00:57:31Whoa, turbo.
00:57:33Ooh.
00:57:34Are you done with ballistics?
00:57:35Just waiting for the report.
00:57:36Where did you go?
00:57:37Well, I found a secret passageway in the wall.
00:57:41And a floor plan.
00:57:42I already looked into that.
00:57:43It's not burdens to the case.
00:57:45Okay, but we know.
00:57:47Mm-hmm.
00:57:48Palmer thinks that Clara abandoned her ages ago.
00:57:51Yeah.
00:57:52Clara thinks that Palmer sent her a vicious email.
00:57:55Catch is Palmer didn't send it.
00:57:57So who did?
00:57:58I think Adam was a weasel.
00:58:02Can we get into his computer?
00:58:04We have access to the house.
00:58:06The office computer is a different story.
00:58:08Active cases are protected and lawyers get very prickly about that.
00:58:14Good point.
00:58:15Let's do it.
00:58:16Yeah.
00:58:16Oh, oh.
00:58:17And Adam was Hux's divorce lawyer five years ago.
00:58:22Five years ago is when Hux and Palmer fell out.
00:58:25Mm-hmm.
00:58:25And Hux hates Adam.
00:58:28We got something.
00:58:29Let's bring him in and turn up the heat.
00:58:32Oh.
00:58:35I'm not proud of it, but I, uh, I dragged my divorce out.
00:58:39Made it as hard and as costly as I possibly could.
00:58:43Stupidly hoping that somehow she'd change her mind and come back to me.
00:58:46Still hoping, I guess, I hid money from her.
00:58:49Adam found out and he blackmailed me.
00:58:51Well, did you report him?
00:58:52No, I paid him off to disappear.
00:58:55I didn't tell a soul.
00:58:56Unfortunately, that meant staying away from my sister while he was cling-wrapped to her.
00:59:00Until the dinner.
00:59:01But you told Bree that you hated him.
00:59:04I mean, why did that even come up that night?
00:59:06Oh, I went to the study to get the brandy bottle and I overheard him strong-arming Palmer about giving
00:59:12Teddy money.
00:59:13I didn't even know she was doing that.
00:59:14Look, Hux, you realize, of course, this adds up to motive.
00:59:18And then there's your gun club membership.
00:59:20That's not good either.
00:59:21Yeah, the gun club, that's another example of trying to get close to Teddy and having it backfire, so to
00:59:26speak.
00:59:27We'd go there every week.
00:59:29He'd never tell me anything.
00:59:30Oh, okay, let me just make sure I get this straight.
00:59:32You and Teddy met at the gun club?
00:59:34Yeah, like I said, we'd meet there once a week and do shooting together.
00:59:36Us?
00:59:37Yeah.
00:59:37Trying to be a better father.
00:59:38He even won a few trophies.
00:59:40I thought that would have built up his confidence.
00:59:42Yeah.
00:59:43Look, I get that you think I pulled the trigger.
00:59:46I may be a lot of things, but I'd never take anyone's life.
00:59:51Ever.
00:59:54Teddy lied right to my face.
00:59:56I don't shoot.
00:59:57I only tackle, he says.
00:59:58I don't know if I should warn you or arrest her, too.
01:00:01But I'll tell you this much.
01:00:02I'm going to get the truth out of those two.
01:00:04I am going to get the truth.
01:00:05Okay, so I actually have to go.
01:00:08Oh.
01:00:08I have a deadline at work.
01:00:09Oh, okay, great.
01:00:11Listen, I got a few boxes coming from Adams.
01:00:13You want to meet back here in a couple hours?
01:00:15Yes.
01:00:16Good.
01:00:21Of course I didn't make the power go out on purpose.
01:00:24The cord was cut, Leah.
01:00:25Someone tampered with it.
01:00:27Not me.
01:00:27And you.
01:00:29You said you couldn't shoot.
01:00:30Gun club ring a bell?
01:00:31Hey, come on, man.
01:00:32I misspoke.
01:00:34No, you didn't.
01:00:35You lied.
01:00:35You put me on the spot.
01:00:36I was afraid you'd think I did it.
01:00:37And now I do think you did it.
01:00:39You were desperate for money,
01:00:40and Adam Dunbar wanted to stop you from getting it.
01:00:42No.
01:00:43No?
01:00:43No.
01:00:44I'm fixing everything.
01:00:46Really, I talked to my dad.
01:00:47I told him we're getting married.
01:00:50That's what matters.
01:00:52I'd never risk Leah.
01:00:54Michael, do you really think that I would marry a murderer?
01:00:58No.
01:01:00No, I don't.
01:01:02But you could see how I would react.
01:01:04And you can see how I would react to those gunshots.
01:01:08You think I want anything to do with that?
01:01:11Fair enough.
01:01:12I'm just trying to do my job.
01:01:13I know.
01:01:15I know you are.
01:01:31Listen, Nellie, um, I haven't been entirely open with you,
01:01:36so I would like to tell you everything.
01:01:41Okay.
01:01:41Um, I was shot once in the line of duty.
01:01:46What?
01:01:47Yeah, it's not a big deal.
01:01:48I was just grazed in the leg, but Leah couldn't handle it.
01:01:52She was terrified of my job, as it was,
01:01:55and that was, uh, that was the last straw,
01:01:56so she gave me an ultimatum.
01:02:00And, uh, you know, when I, uh, said that I wouldn't quit
01:02:05or couldn't quit because I love what I do.
01:02:08She, um, she left while I was still in the hospital.
01:02:13Michael.
01:02:14Yeah.
01:02:15Anyway, I just, I just thought you should know.
01:02:19Ironically, there's been a shooting,
01:02:21and her worst fears are realized anyway.
01:02:30Thanks.
01:02:33Anyway, back to work.
01:02:36Okay, let's see what we got here.
01:02:38You know, when you said that we know what we were looking for
01:02:41when we found it,
01:02:42that sounded a lot more promising a couple hours ago.
01:02:46You know, Bree really lost a lot when she got sued.
01:02:50I think she was in real trouble, and Adam knew it, too.
01:02:53Okay, this is weird.
01:02:54This is his planner,
01:02:55and he has meetings with Bree after their court case ended.
01:02:58She told me she never spoke to him again.
01:03:00Why would she laugh about that?
01:03:02Like I said, does anybody in this family tell the truth?
01:03:13Oh, look at this.
01:03:15It's a deed for the manor.
01:03:19Old one.
01:03:20Oh, wow.
01:03:21Yeah.
01:03:21Stated 1865.
01:03:24Shouldn't this be kept in town records?
01:03:26No, family records, but I don't know.
01:03:29He's our lawyer.
01:03:30I guess he was just storing it.
01:03:32Well, what, in his bedroom?
01:03:35What else is in there?
01:03:36Uh, well, there's this stuff here.
01:03:42There are love letters from Edmund to Palmer.
01:03:45Okay, why does he even have these?
01:03:47I don't know.
01:03:48He's scanning all these old documents from the archives.
01:03:51Look, this is a town charter.
01:03:54This is a livestock ordinance from 1853,
01:03:57and a marriage certificate.
01:03:59And in each case, the signature is circled.
01:04:04So, the seal on the charter and the deed is the same.
01:04:11I think he was comparing signatures.
01:04:14Wait, this one is different.
01:04:20So it is.
01:04:21Absolutely right.
01:04:25I don't understand why Adam had this.
01:04:28It's not even accurate.
01:04:30The year can't be right.
01:04:32The title transfer is signed by Samuel Babel himself,
01:04:36witnessed here in Babelton, 1865.
01:04:39So why would that be wrong?
01:04:41Samuel fought in the Civil War
01:04:43with Oregon's first volunteer infantry.
01:04:46He wasn't in Babelton in 1865.
01:04:49The war ended a year later, but he died there.
01:04:52If the year is correct, the signature can't be.
01:04:57I think Adam knew that Samuel Babel's signature was forged.
01:05:01I was always told the Oak Grove was sold to my family
01:05:04by Samuel Babel himself.
01:05:06The Arlots were highly respected.
01:05:09Samuel was a friend.
01:05:10I don't understand it.
01:05:13The Arlots don't own the land the manor is on.
01:05:19Maybe there's an alternate document proving ownership.
01:05:22Do you have any idea where something like that might be kept?
01:05:25There's a lock drawer hidden here somewhere.
01:05:27Here.
01:05:28Only Palmer has the key.
01:05:30I used to know how to find it when I was a kid.
01:05:33I saw my dad.
01:05:34I saw my dad.
01:05:38Uh-huh.
01:05:40Uh-huh.
01:05:41The lock is scratched.
01:05:42Someone forced it.
01:05:47Whoa.
01:05:49Whoa.
01:05:49He's never behaved like that before.
01:05:51Do you think he's trying to protect the safe?
01:05:53Maybe he knows Adam already stole the deed from the safe, huh?
01:05:56Well, not Adam.
01:05:57He wasn't a kid of the manor.
01:06:03But Brie was.
01:06:08Brie Spencer, you are under arrest for burglary.
01:06:11You have the right to remain silent.
01:06:12Anything you say or do can
01:06:13and will be used against you in a court of law.
01:06:15You have the right to an attorney.
01:06:16She will not be able to afford one.
01:06:18One will be appointed for you.
01:06:19You can exercise these rights at any time.
01:06:27I didn't know Brie broke in.
01:06:29She was confronted and admitted to it.
01:06:32Moxie actually bit her
01:06:33when she was trying to get away from him.
01:06:35My Moxie?
01:06:36You didn't notice that the deed was stolen?
01:06:38Or the love letters from Edmund?
01:06:40Why would I check?
01:06:42I mean, why would she steal them?
01:06:44Well, she's lawyering up, but she said enough.
01:06:47I think that Adam and Brie were planning extortion together.
01:06:50How?
01:06:50Well, that original deed you had stored in your safe?
01:06:53Slightly fraudulent,
01:06:54so I sent it off to forensics to check for a Ford signature.
01:06:56That can't be true.
01:06:58Adam and Brie had been meeting.
01:07:00Tell me, had either one of them ever attempted to threaten,
01:07:04blackmail you?
01:07:05No, Adam was my lawyer.
01:07:07I trusted him implicitly.
01:07:09Brie, I believe, tried to shoot me in the drawing room.
01:07:11No, that is not the direction the evidence is taking us.
01:07:15It's possible that Brie was trying to take out her accomplice,
01:07:18Adam Dunbar.
01:07:25So you downloaded Adam's computer onto ours.
01:07:29Adam had all of her passwords.
01:07:32It would have been so easy for him to send an email from Palmer to Clara.
01:07:35Yeah, I want to get Brie for more than just burglary.
01:07:38She needed Adam and Palmer alive to extort money.
01:07:41There's nothing here that says what they plan to do with the deed.
01:07:44Click on that.
01:07:46Ah, a draft of a will.
01:07:48This is Palmer's.
01:07:49This is the will for Moxie.
01:07:52I didn't know she had got that far.
01:07:54She said she hadn't.
01:07:55That's right.
01:07:55So he got ahead of her.
01:07:57And look at this.
01:07:58It's not signed.
01:07:59Super complicated stuff.
01:08:0027 pages.
01:08:01Look at all the Latin.
01:08:03Adam is listed as Moxie's caretaker.
01:08:15Adam would live at the manor until Moxie died of natural causes.
01:08:20Would he have full access to our money?
01:08:22I mean, it talks about a Pomeranian charity.
01:08:24I think it's on page 14 or something like that.
01:08:26They would get the estate after Moxie dies, right?
01:08:28This is your big red flag, this buried clause.
01:08:32Terms and conditions ad edem in full force and effect until the trustee's own demise.
01:08:37Ad edem?
01:08:38Latin for it stays the same.
01:08:41It means Adam Dunbar would live at the manor in the same way that he'd been living there
01:08:45with Moxie even after Moxie was gone.
01:08:47So basically, Adam would have full control of the estate and every penny of it.
01:08:53Well, is there any chance Palmer would have noticed that before signing this?
01:08:56Fine print and a fun note when he was the one advising her.
01:09:00Well, that's deceit.
01:09:01We need to tell Palmer right now.
01:09:03Hold on.
01:09:04Look, I just got the financial reports, okay?
01:09:05Let's get all of our ducks in a row first.
01:09:07Then we'll proceed.
01:09:08Eli, thank you so much for your time.
01:09:09Much appreciated.
01:09:10Good luck.
01:09:15Adam had some debt.
01:09:16Just nothing remarkable.
01:09:18So Palmer used to have a full-time chef and gardener, but not anymore.
01:09:23And certainly not because she couldn't afford it.
01:09:25Maybe that's what Huck's meant by making our world smaller.
01:09:28Maybe Adam was a puppeteer advising her to cut staff.
01:09:33Hang on.
01:09:34Wait.
01:09:34This is weird.
01:09:36There's no other salaries?
01:09:40What about the butler?
01:09:41He wasn't paid?
01:09:42That doesn't make sense.
01:09:43Maybe Norman was off the books.
01:09:45Let's think about this.
01:09:46Yeah.
01:09:47Norman said he would serve dessert later.
01:09:50Leah held off.
01:09:51Clara then came to visit him in the kitchen.
01:09:54The other suspects went into the drawing room.
01:09:56Then Leah pours the cream into the mixer.
01:10:01I think Norman had motive.
01:10:05He could have found out what Adam was planning to do with the will.
01:10:08I buy that.
01:10:09I mean, he sees and hears everything that happens in there.
01:10:11Yeah.
01:10:12He's fiercely loyal.
01:10:13Maybe that's why he doesn't take his salary.
01:10:15Because maybe staying in the manor is the only thing that's important to him.
01:10:19And he knew that Adam was trying to take everything.
01:10:23I think he did it.
01:10:24Hold on just a second.
01:10:25Yes, he could have tricked Lee into turning on the mixer.
01:10:27But he did not pull the trigger.
01:10:29But, I mean, he could have had an accomplice.
01:10:31I mean, maybe Clara did it.
01:10:33She could have been the shooter.
01:10:34They've known each other forever, right?
01:10:35No.
01:10:36What do you mean, no?
01:10:37Because I trust Clara.
01:10:39Great.
01:10:39I need a little bit more than that.
01:10:41Adam pushed Clara away.
01:10:43She didn't know it was him.
01:10:45Not until I told her.
01:10:47Okay, so Leah swears that the butler was in the kitchen with her the whole time and she
01:10:52would have known if he had left.
01:10:54Right.
01:10:54She said he went into the pantry and he came back with lanterns when the lights went off.
01:11:06Maybe he didn't have to be in the room at all.
01:11:23I think it's this way.
01:11:24Okay.
01:11:37Now this should be a shared wall.
01:12:17Do you think he saw us?
01:12:28I don't know what to do.
01:12:30I'm going to go after him.
01:12:31You stay right here.
01:12:32Promise me, okay?
01:12:33If he circles back, you call me.
01:12:36Okay.
01:12:37Circles back.
01:12:38Okay.
01:13:02Hey, what are you doing here?
01:13:06I know.
01:13:17Please.
01:13:26Yeah, Norman's got the hunting rifle.
01:13:29I tried to call Nellie, but she's not answering.
01:13:31Norman knew you were on to him?
01:13:32Yeah, he's armed and he's heading into Babilton or back to the manor.
01:13:36I don't know which.
01:13:37Sending officers, Mick.
01:13:37Okay, good.
01:13:39Ballistics came in.
01:13:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:13:40I'm just going to try Nellie again, okay?
01:13:41Wait.
01:13:42Forensic states that bullet paths and points of impact don't line up.
01:13:45It couldn't have passed through Palmer's hat.
01:13:48Something's off, Mickey.
01:13:55Nellie, I was just ringing for tea.
01:13:58Yes, I came up because, uh, Norman went out.
01:14:03To walk Moxie?
01:14:05I actually don't know, uh, what Norman is doing.
01:14:14Homer, I'm sorry to tell you this.
01:14:19Norman killed Adam.
01:14:22What?
01:14:31You know that already, don't you?
01:14:35You marked Adam for him with the white rose.
01:14:42Was it a symbolic gesture?
01:14:44A death before a new beginning?
01:14:45Or were you just helping Norman aim with the white pigment in the dark?
01:14:51Both.
01:14:53And your hat.
01:14:56The fake bullet hole.
01:14:58Of course, you could hide it with the bows and the feathers and the netting.
01:15:03All you needed was somebody to notice it.
01:15:06I was helping you.
01:15:08Nellie, please.
01:15:10Please understand, I had no choice.
01:15:13Adam went too far.
01:15:15We had to escape his control.
01:15:17You kept Adam at the bar, across from the vase where the pistol was found, where Norman fired shots through
01:15:24the panel.
01:15:24Adam went after the Arlott name.
01:15:26Edmund's legacy must be protected.
01:15:30You mean Edmund's secret.
01:15:31You knew the deed was fraudulent.
01:15:34This manor was built on stolen land.
01:15:38It belongs to the town of Bableton, Palmer.
01:15:41Adam was going to take it all away.
01:15:43He was going to ruin us.
01:15:44He cut Rianne.
01:15:48She always hated me.
01:15:50It was the will, wasn't it?
01:15:51That's what the deed was used for, to force you to change the will.
01:15:55But Adam couldn't be the heir.
01:15:57No, he said the family would see right through it.
01:16:00And that the courts would back him when they sued.
01:16:02But he said Moxie would be believable.
01:16:05Moxie would allow him control.
01:16:08As his trustee.
01:16:10And my family would have no claim.
01:16:12He threatened to expose the Arlott's as liars and thieves.
01:16:17How did he know the deed was forged?
01:16:20He didn't.
01:16:21No one did.
01:16:22As was Edmund's dying wish.
01:16:25But Brie broke in, looking for anything to use against me.
01:16:29She took everything that mattered to us.
01:16:33Brie is no longer in my family.
01:16:35So you framed her for your attempted murder?
01:16:40You promised an announcement.
01:16:42To bring the family together?
01:16:43I mean, it was the perfect motive for her to want to kill you before you could change the will.
01:16:48She was desperate for money after being sued.
01:16:50She had the biggest grudge against you.
01:16:52You made sure I knew that.
01:16:54And then you tricked her into putting her fingerprints all over the gun.
01:16:59You didn't think about the gunshot residue, though.
01:17:02You grabbed my hand in the dark, making yourself the victim and me your perfect witness.
01:17:09That's why I was invited, wasn't I?
01:17:11That's why you wrote to me in the first place.
01:17:15What do you imagine Adam would do next after forcing me to change my will?
01:17:21He needed my death.
01:17:24My family may have abandoned me years ago, but I never would have allowed that outsider to take everything.
01:17:31He would have squandered their rightful inheritance.
01:17:34Homer, they didn't abandon you.
01:17:37That was Adam.
01:17:39He forged emails from you to them and pushed them away.
01:17:46I didn't know that.
01:17:51The panel.
01:17:52Did Norman construct that just for this?
01:17:56That's his butler's secret.
01:17:57Anticipating our every need, watching, taking good care of us.
01:18:04He slips into a room and no one even knows he's there.
01:18:10Homer, remember what we talked about?
01:18:15Honesty.
01:18:17Even when the truth is difficult.
01:18:21Norman, I'm sorry.
01:18:23It's over.
01:18:24Homer, Nellie knows everything.
01:18:26It's time for us to turn ourselves in.
01:18:29Norman, no.
01:18:30I have always taken care of you, Madame Arlotte.
01:18:32Norman, I understand why you did what you did.
01:18:37No one takes better care of Palmer than you.
01:18:41Remember, lower the gun.
01:18:44It's over.
01:18:47Norman, this isn't right.
01:18:49And you always do things the right way.
01:18:52Don't you?
01:18:57Freeze!
01:19:09We know you were just trying to protect us.
01:19:11Palmer, you should have trusted us.
01:19:13Told us what Adam was up to.
01:19:14I am so sorry.
01:19:16Well, I'm going to get you the best lawyer in town.
01:19:17I promise you that.
01:19:18Norman, too.
01:19:19Norman, too.
01:19:23Norman, too.
01:19:27You'll take care of Moxie.
01:19:29Move into the manor.
01:19:31We would be honored.
01:19:33We'll visit you.
01:19:35Don't worry.
01:19:35We'll set this right.
01:19:36We sure will.
01:19:37We love you.
01:19:38I love you, too.
01:19:49Be a good girl, sweetheart.
01:20:04so how are you relieved that you're okay a little worried there you know
01:20:13happy to be going home you can say that again i guess everyone will be going home now
01:20:20yep leah too point taken i should uh i should figure that out for myself not a bad idea
01:20:33i should probably yeah see ya
01:21:06dear nelly some might call me new in town there's something that's been weighing on my mind
01:21:14there's this really great woman i've been getting to know she's impressive and smart
01:21:19sometimes intimidating me so i had some stuff in my past that i needed to resolve
01:21:24and she helped me see that i'm starting to worry that i waited too long for the right time to
01:21:29make
01:21:30my move what should i do sincerely some schmuck in babilton hey
01:21:44hi
01:21:50so what do you say
01:21:56they say the schmuck should go for it
01:22:00oh yeah i was hoping you'd say that because this time i'm gonna do it right i made us a
01:22:09reservation
01:22:09tonight 8 pm shea danielle you and me dinner
01:22:15and dancing
01:22:17no
01:22:20and dancing
01:22:21i think i'm falling for you
01:22:30so what are you doing now
01:22:31nothing no
01:22:33what do you say milkshakes on me
01:22:36oh milkshakes is that your move i've seen it before
01:22:41listen kid i got a lot of moves
01:22:44well good because we're going dancing
01:22:46ugh
01:22:48fine
01:22:50you know
01:22:51who would have thought
01:22:53that the butler actually did it
01:22:55that was me
01:22:57i did
01:22:57you're right it was you
01:22:59you did
01:23:00baby you can take your time
01:23:05i'm not trying to change your mind
01:23:10i'm not going nowhere
01:23:12just tell me when you get there
01:23:15baby you can take your time
01:23:21this is it
01:23:22operation forever and always is to go
01:23:25after the trial
01:23:25sunday
01:23:26order please
01:23:27this is the signed confession of one christopher hughes
01:23:31where is mr hughes
01:23:32and why isn't he making his accusation directly to this court
01:23:35it's looking like pioneer electric burns down an entire town and gets away with it
01:23:38there might be one other move we can try
01:23:40come home son
01:23:41it's never too late to come home
01:23:43i'm ready to render my verdict
01:23:45when calls the heart
01:23:46new episodes sunday night at 8
01:23:48on hallmark channel next day on hallmark plus
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