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00:04Good to see you again.
00:05What took you so long?
00:07Look, why don't you get ready? I'll take you back.
00:18Okay, Dottie. Make sure to get you your favorite room.
00:21Thank you. I really needed this.
00:24Get settled. I'll be back in a minute.
00:30Finally.
00:33Come on in, Kai. I'm ready for you.
00:37Calves could use your thumbs.
00:40Wish you had more than two.
00:43Okay.
01:00Mmm, mmm, mmm.
01:02Gotta go far, gotta be rich, be a rock star.
01:05Gotta have the kids, set up the car.
01:06No, why not?
01:07Just throw it on the floor. No problem.
01:10There we go.
01:12You.
01:13Oh.
01:16Ta-da.
01:17Wow!
01:17Mom, have you seen my controller?
01:19Uh, you're gonna have to be a little more specific.
01:21The one for my S-75K drone with a three-axis gimbal.
01:24I don't know why I asked. That didn't help.
01:26I looked everywhere.
01:26I don't think you're supposed to be taking it to school, though, bud.
01:28Good morning. Here, do you need any help?
01:31Chloe, what's for breakfast?
01:33Ooh, mashed bananas.
01:35Ooh, mashed bananas. What's going on?
01:39Do you have good news to share?
01:42How do you do that?
01:43Was it that obvious?
01:45I mean, I am your mom, but yes.
01:47Well, I'm gonna need you to give me a ride Saturday mornings.
01:50Starting this Saturday.
01:51No way!
01:53A ride where?
01:54Oberlin Design Center.
01:55I got into that art class that I applied for.
01:57They said I beat out 60 other students for the spot.
01:59Ava!
02:00I'm so proud of you!
02:02Congratulations, Ava.
02:03That's a 1.67 acceptance rate.
02:04That's more competitive than some Ivies.
02:06Not sure how you know that, but thank you.
02:10Good morning, Lieutenant.
02:11Do you have good news to share with me?
02:21Hey, how's she doing?
02:23Unconscious but stable.
02:25CT scan didn't reveal any brain damage.
02:27Right now, we just have to wait for her to wake up.
02:29Her masseuse found her unconscious.
02:31He did CPR.
02:32If he hadn't gotten there when he did,
02:34and I doubt she saw whoever did this since they pinned her to the table.
02:39I didn't know they were close.
02:42Dottie's been a mentor to Daphne since she joined the LAPD.
02:46Hey, Daphne, listen.
02:48If you don't feel comfortable being part of this investigation...
02:50No, no. I'm good.
02:52All right, I'm happy to hear that.
02:54Because I want you running lead on this case.
02:57I've never led an investigation, and Dottie and I are close.
03:00Which is why you have context that we don't.
03:03I know you won't let any feelings that you have interfere with your ability to find who did this.
03:07No, we will find them.
03:08Good.
03:10Karatek is already on his way to a suspicious overdose case on the east side.
03:14I'll have Oz join him, and then we can update them on Dottie later.
03:17But for now, Morgan, I want you to stick with Daphne.
03:21You got it.
03:35She's gonna be okay.
03:37That woman is as tough as it gets.
03:39Should be all right.
03:40I didn't realize you and Dottie were so close.
03:43She was my field training officer.
03:45We spent five years in a patrol car seeing every kind of mess you can think of.
03:50I made detective around the time Dottie started teaching full time.
03:53But we stayed close.
03:54Dottie was like a surrogate mother to me.
03:57And like most mother-daughter relationships.
04:00It's complicated.
04:01She wanted me to take the sergeant's exam.
04:03I thought that's what you wanted.
04:04I did.
04:05Okay, so what happened?
04:08I've watched what Soto and Dottie have put up with for years.
04:13The hoops, double standards.
04:15I just figured what's the point.
04:18And Dottie disagreed.
04:20She said some things.
04:22I said some things.
04:24We haven't talked since.
04:29I mean, Dottie comes in every Tuesday morning for the 60-minute deep tissue.
04:33Well, it looks like this place has a lot more than massages.
04:35Yeah, I mean, we offer IV drip treatments, Botox injections, laser removal, chemical pills, stuff like that.
04:40What's with the sensors on everybody's arm?
04:42Uh, they're proprietary vital sensors.
04:44They track hydration, temperature.
04:46We use them for all of our treatments.
04:47That would explain the adhesive on Dottie's wrist.
04:49Can you tell us exactly what happened after Dottie went into the massage room?
04:52I got a page to the front desk.
04:54This delivery person was trying to drop off some oils that I didn't order, but was insisting that I pay
04:57for them anyway.
04:58How long were you gone, do you think?
04:59About ten minutes or so.
05:00Went back to the room.
05:02I knocked on the door.
05:02When I didn't hear anything, I went inside and I found her unconscious.
05:05No one heard Dottie's attack.
05:07I mean, she must have put up a fight.
05:09Massage room's a soundproof.
05:10Mm-mm.
05:11Mm-mm.
05:11Okay.
05:13If we have any more questions, I'll be in touch.
05:16As if I need another reason not to want a massage.
05:19Not how you like to unwind?
05:20No.
05:21Lay face down, try not to think about anything for an hour, can't see who's touching me, no thank you.
05:25Mm.
05:25Dottie used to say you can't pour from an empty cup.
05:27Yeah, well, she might want to find a new happy place because this spa is a perfect place to get
05:31attacked.
05:31Yeah, and without her weapon, she was relaxed and vulnerable, an easier mark.
05:35Yeah, and that delivery sounded more like a distraction than a mistake, right?
05:38So who would know that she was getting a massage?
05:40Well, like you said, her spa appointments were routine.
05:43So, a lot of people at the LAPD.
05:46Her classroom is a place to start.
05:48So now, that's our cause!
05:50Dottie runs 51 continuing ed courses here at the police academy.
05:56Forensics, interrogation, ethics.
05:58She earned those weekly massages.
05:59Do you know anyone who would have wanted her dead?
06:01Dottie is very by the book.
06:03Any time she sees any misconduct, she would report it.
06:07And that, uh, not everyone appreciated that.
06:09They didn't like her doing her job?
06:11Well, not everyone loves being told how to act.
06:14Especially by a woman?
06:15And a woman of color.
06:21This is her office.
06:22Okay, Morgan, you want to start over there? I'll check out over here.
06:25You got it.
06:29No way.
06:30What?
06:31Look at you two.
06:33Oh, wow, she framed that.
06:35That was from the day I made Detective.
06:38That's cute.
06:39Nothing seems out of place.
06:41Yeah.
06:42Might not look like it, but...
06:45When I took Dottie's class, everything was always in order.
06:49Perfectly tidy stacks of things.
06:51Papers clipped the same way, top left.
06:55But those papers are clipped top right.
06:57These binders are out of alphabetical order, and that tray is a mess.
07:01You know what?
07:02For Dottie, this is a mess.
07:04Kira, you think someone went through her stuff and then tried to clean it up after?
07:09What are these?
07:10Let me see.
07:13These are mandated reports.
07:15They just haven't been filed.
07:16Any time she sees any misconduct, she would file it.
07:20Not everyone appreciates that.
07:24I know who's here.
07:28Right there, the red hair.
07:29Not you.
07:30Him.
07:50Did you just tackle your first suspect as a lead investigator?
07:55You're not gonna say things like this the whole case, are you?
07:58I probably am.
08:10Any word on Dottie?
08:11I just got off the phone with the hospital.
08:13I'm still waiting for an update.
08:14And now this guy's gonna be Daphne's first solo interrogation.
08:17Yeah.
08:18We're not exactly easing her in having a question a fellow officer.
08:21Daphne can handle it.
08:23Dottie wasn't her only mentor.
08:24Time to see how she puts your training to use.
08:26You mean our training.
08:28By the way, I got an update on Arthur's attacker.
08:31His name's Eric Hayworth.
08:32He's from New Jersey.
08:33He's in a hospital across town after the beating Arthur gave him.
08:37Soon as the doctor's clear, Hayworth will bring him in for questioning.
08:41There she is.
08:48You know, when I woke up this morning, I didn't expect to get a lesson in excessive force.
08:53I didn't expect to have to give one.
08:55Officer Hoff, we detained you today under suspicion for the attempted murder of Dorothy Reynolds.
09:02Can you describe your connection to the victim?
09:06Did you get that from my textbook?
09:07How about you focus on my question?
09:09How about you find me someone who doesn't need training wheels?
09:11Took you down, didn't I?
09:12Well, luck finds everyone at least once.
09:15Pushing a cop like me on an investigation like this, you're out of your league.
09:21I can tell.
09:28Hey, should we...
09:31Since you brought it up, um...
09:36Let's talk about what kind of cop...
09:41Probationary cop.
09:42Loses his gun outside a Rams game.
09:48In one mistake, Aunt Reynolds writes me up and all of a sudden I'm radioactive?
09:52You know what something like this does to my career? My life?
09:55It's not your life I'm worried about. It's Dottie's.
09:58Okay, I-I heard that she might have not reported the file, so yeah, I panicked.
10:02But do you have any idea what it feels like to have everything you've worked for dangled off a cliff?
10:08No, but I do know that you had motive, means, and a history of losing your little temper with color.
10:15Hey! That's not true!
10:19You know what I think?
10:21I think fear makes people do stupid things.
10:25And right now, you don't look angry to me.
10:28You look scared.
10:31Tell me, Officer Hoff.
10:34Where were you this morning?
10:39I was at home.
10:41With my girl.
10:44I made the coffee, he was...
10:46No, no.
10:48She made the coffee, I made the toast.
10:51I burnt it again.
10:58Nice work in there, playing the newbie to make him feel in control.
11:01I thought I'd give it a try, see if it worked.
11:03Talk to me. What you got to tell you?
11:05We have him on B&E, but I don't think he's our guy.
11:08His speech pattern shifted when he talked about his alibi.
11:11He stumbled, doubled back, added details later.
11:13That's how real memory works.
11:15Liars stay smooth.
11:16Good instincts.
11:17Now it's time to find out who else wanted Dottie dead.
11:19You can ask her yourself.
11:21She's awake.
11:2660 minutes of peace every Tuesday is all I asked for.
11:31So sorry, Dottie.
11:32We were really worried about you.
11:34Are you sure you're ready to talk?
11:36The sooner we do this, the sooner we find whoever attacked me.
11:40What do you remember?
11:42Hold up.
11:44Somebody that made you lead detective?
11:45Just this one time.
11:46She wouldn't have done it if she didn't think you were ready.
11:49Can we not do this right now?
11:51Okay, Dottie, can you think of anybody who might want you dead?
11:54Every LAPD officer since 1995 has been through my classes,
11:58or seen my signature on their walking papers.
12:01Some circles I ain't too popular.
12:03Okay, well I saw the calendar in your phone.
12:05Looks like you've been busy.
12:06You had an ethics convention, keynote speaker at a sorority alumni event,
12:11town hall meeting, anything unusual happen at any of those?
12:14Not that I can think of.
12:16I honestly have no idea who would do this.
12:19It's okay.
12:19You're gonna find them.
12:28Hey, Morgan okay?
12:29She's fine.
12:31How are you?
12:33I'm a sitting duck in here for whoever sent Hayworth after me.
12:37You should have thought of that before you beat the man half to death.
12:39The man ambushed me first, remember?
12:43So what do you expect me to do?
12:45Just turn the other cheek?
12:46No, I expected you to be smarter than that.
12:50What did Hayworth say?
12:51Tell you the truth, we didn't get to talk that much because I ran out of time.
12:55But what I did find out is that the man is ex-military.
12:59Most likely special forces and that's why it took me a minute to get them to confess to taking Roman.
13:04There's such a thing as a forced confession.
13:06But what if it's true?
13:07Then he can tell us where he took Roman that night.
13:10Exactly.
13:11And who ordered it?
13:15Come on! You've one job!
13:18Morgan, what's going on?
13:20Every single pen is betraying me is what's going on.
13:23Fill me in depth?
13:24Well, Officer Hoff's alibi checked out, so we cut him loose.
13:27Dottie offered a few names. Cadets she failed, officers she reported.
13:32Oz.
13:33Yeah?
13:34Give me a couple of your pens, I'll take a peek at your overdose case.
13:36Really?
13:37Uh, Morgan, we're good. Keep your eyes on the Dottie board.
13:39Actually, it couldn't hurt.
13:40The sooner you wrap up that case, the sooner you two can get back on Dottie's.
13:43All hands on deck.
13:44Beat it.
13:45Okay, what do you got so far?
13:47Luke Knight, 28, personal trainer, found dead in his apartment after an ibuprofen overdose.
13:52The amount in his system indicates murder.
13:53Lack of pills in his stomach and the injection site on his arm suggests he was dosed intravenously.
13:57Time of death was sometime between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. last night.
14:00Anybody else find it weird that both victims went to the same spa?
14:04Wait, are you saying our cases are connected? How do you know that?
14:07You see this stuff on Luke's wrist? Dottie had that in the exact same spot.
14:11The ME said it was some kind of adhesive residue.
14:13Yeah, it's from the sensors that the spa uses to track vitals.
14:16Or a number of other things.
14:18Not once you add in these red marks on Luke's wrist.
14:22You could have just pointed.
14:23The spa puts those sensors on with an adhesive that has lithium salts in it.
14:27But in someone whose pH levels are all over the place, you get a chemical reaction.
14:31So, the marks mean Luke brought the same sensor from the spa?
14:34And according to Dottie's masseuse, these sensors are specific to this spa only.
14:38So, same patches?
14:39Same killer.
14:41I suggest we go find them.
14:44Dottie!
14:45Come for the queen, you best not miss.
14:47What are you doing here?
14:49She checked herself out against doctor's orders.
14:51You're damn right I did.
14:52I'm not sitting around eating Jell-O while you all do the hard work to find whoever did this.
14:56So, who wants to get me up to speed?
15:03You're saying the person who tried to kill me killed this guy?
15:07That's our working theory.
15:08So, we find the connection between you and Luke Knight and we find our killer.
15:11Have you ever seen him before?
15:12Not a day in my life.
15:13So, what's next?
15:15We take it from the top.
15:16Go over everything.
15:17Oz, what do we know?
15:18Dottie and Luke were at the same spa at different times.
15:21Our killer went after Dottie at the spa, but went after Luke at his home.
15:24Maybe the attempt at the spa got interrupted somehow?
15:27Or, that was the killer's plan all along.
15:29You know, two different murders in two different places, hoping we wouldn't make the connection.
15:32Okay, so we know Dottie's movements to and from the spa, but we need to track Luke.
15:36Morgan, you and I go back to the spa to see who Luke interacted with.
15:41Dottie, would you like to join us?
15:42Why not?
15:43Not every day. I get to revisit my attempted murder.
15:47Okay.
15:48Why don't you guys go? I got stuff to do back here.
15:51The killer could be a staff member or a guest who tracked them there.
15:55Okay, Karadek and Oz go to the gym where Luke trained his clients.
15:57See if anyone there had motives to kill him.
15:59Cross-reference them with anyone who had an issue with Dottie.
16:01And we can ID who one of them both did.
16:03All right? Let's go.
16:07I knew something was wrong when Luke didn't come in.
16:10I see him every morning at 4.45 a.m. when he starts training clients.
16:14Sounds pretty dedicated.
16:15What kind of clients was Luke bringing in?
16:17Celebrities, high earners.
16:18Luke was just starting out, but he was on the rise.
16:21He was all over social media.
16:23Was he on bad terms with anyone?
16:24Not that I saw.
16:25Most people only care about results.
16:28And Luke always got them there.
16:29Do you recognize this woman?
16:33Hmm. Sorry.
16:34Well, Phyllis, thanks for your time today.
16:36If we need anything else...
16:37I'll be here.
16:42Yeah, she's right.
16:44Luke had some pretty high-profile clients.
16:46Oh, wait, is it?
16:48Caption says, taking my new trainer to Malaysia.
16:50I posted that three weeks ago.
16:51Well, who was his old trainer?
16:55Vaz Ahmadi.
16:56Maybe Luke pushed him from Vaz.
16:57And if Vaz blamed Luke for stealing his golden goose...
17:00That's motive.
17:00Mm-hmm.
17:01We need to talk to him.
17:02Well, I don't think we have to go far.
17:10Did you train this man?
17:11Yeah, I was his trainer.
17:13Must have stung when Luke took such a high-profile client.
17:16Look.
17:16Luke was young and hungry.
17:18He was chasing my career.
17:20You gotta admire the hustle.
17:21You recognize this woman?
17:25Where were you at nine last night?
17:27Training Teddy for a military movie.
17:29We did it live.
17:31It's on there.
17:34One last hole.
17:36Hole!
17:37You see how Teddy's keeping his core tight?
17:39That's the key, right here.
17:40Get the demons out right here, Dad!
17:41Come on, bank resistance!
17:47I've been baking all afternoon.
17:49I'm good.
17:50Thanks.
17:52What's wrong?
17:53Nothing.
17:55Well, that's not true.
17:57You wanna tell me what's going on,
17:58or are we just gonna do this all night?
18:07I can't believe Ava got in, but I think we all know why.
18:10What the hell is that supposed to mean?
18:14Is this Justin Kidd suggesting that you got in this class because you're black?
18:18Sounds like it.
18:22Oh, my love.
18:27You know,
18:29I am very familiar with being underestimated for all kinds of reasons.
18:34But the color of my skin has never been one of them.
18:38And I can sit here and talk to you until I'm blue in the face about how talented I think
18:42you are,
18:43or how I know that you belong in every single room that you're in.
18:48But I don't think that matters right now, does it?
18:54I'm sorry.
18:56What can I do? How can I help?
18:59You can't.
19:10Do you want me to put a hit out on this child?
19:12Uh-huh.
19:12Because I will.
19:13I know.
19:15I think I just need to figure this one out on my own.
19:19Okay.
19:23I'm right here.
19:34I hear I have you to thank for saving my life.
19:36You know I couldn't let my favorite client go out like that.
19:39I never did get that massage.
19:41Yeah, we'll fix that when you finish your investigation.
19:44On the house.
19:48What?
19:49Nothing.
19:50Miss Reynolds.
19:50Hi.
19:51Kirk Hartford.
19:52I own the spa.
19:53Miss Reynolds.
19:54Words cannot express how sorry I am.
19:56Relax.
19:57I have no plan to sue.
19:58Unless you give me a reason.
20:01We think Dottie wasn't the only target.
20:03Another guest, Luke Knight, was killed in his apartment between 8 and 10 PM.
20:07He had residue from one of your fancy hydration trackers, so we're thinking he was here yesterday.
20:13Let me check.
20:15Um.
20:17Luke Knight.
20:18Huh.
20:20No record of that name as a guest.
20:22But he had on one of your trackers.
20:24Maybe Luke used a different name?
20:26Or one of your employees took him on as a client off the books?
20:29We closed early for an all staff meeting.
20:30Everyone was here at 9 PM.
20:32Which means no one who works here could have killed Luke.
20:39It doesn't make any sense.
20:41Why would Luke wear a custom sensor from a spa he never went to?
20:44Did you guys find anything at the gym?
20:46Boz lost a client to Luke, but he was live streaming during the murder.
20:49TID says it's legit.
20:50So we've got nothing.
20:51Hey.
20:53That's not on you.
20:54I'm the lead detective.
20:55Of course it's on me.
20:57Look, until we tie Dottie with Luke, we're right where we started.
21:01Well, maybe what we all need is some sleep and the clarity of a new day.
21:07Yeah.
21:07Let's just pick this up tomorrow.
21:10Hey.
21:11Ava, you okay?
21:13You know your mom already left for the day.
21:14I know.
21:15I had my friend Brittany give me a ride over here.
21:18I was wondering if you had time to talk.
21:21Yeah.
21:22Let me see.
21:25Dottie?
21:26You feeling all right?
21:27Fine.
21:28We all need to up your snack game when you...
21:32Dottie.
21:32Whoa, hey.
21:33Dottie.
21:33I got you.
21:35I'm fine.
21:36I just need to sit down.
21:38Okay, I am taking you back to the hospital.
21:48You don't need to stay here all night.
21:50I'm sure you have better places to be.
21:53I am exactly where I want to be.
21:58I think about our fight.
22:02And what I could have said differently.
22:05I think about what you could have said differently as well.
22:11However...
22:12I feel like every time we talk, it's about what I should do next.
22:17And sometimes, I need you to listen.
22:19I do listen.
22:20Like now?
22:25Go on.
22:27I don't want to take the sergeant's exam because...
22:30Because Soto got passed over.
22:32I know.
22:33So what?
22:34Why not just take the damn test?
22:37Why not show them who you are?
22:40Why don't you keep throwing yourself at the wall?
22:43That's how we break through.
22:45Because I don't want to spend my whole life trying to make people believe in me.
22:48So what do you want?
23:04You sure it's okay I came by?
23:05Yeah.
23:06Yeah.
23:07What's going on?
23:08I got into this design class.
23:10Yeah, I heard.
23:11You did.
23:12You did?
23:12Yeah.
23:13Your mom pretty much told the entire LAPD.
23:16She's really proud of you.
23:18She said you were so excited.
23:20I was.
23:21Until I saw this post.
23:29The quietest belief that a black woman is good at something.
23:35I've had front row seats of this show many times.
23:38I showed it to my mom, but this isn't her battle to fight, so...
23:45What do you do when people say stuff like this to you?
23:51Well, first I put them in their place.
23:54And then I show them how wrong they are.
23:57I just can't help thinking that other kids agree with Justin.
24:00He's just the only one who actually said it.
24:03And now you're wondering if you should even take the class.
24:06Why would I sit in a room full of kids who don't even think I deserve to be there?
24:10What do you think I should do?
24:17What is your heart telling you to do?
24:25Hey, so I know you told me not to fly my drone at school.
24:28I don't love where this is going.
24:29And technically I didn't.
24:31I went across the street to test the gimbal.
24:33That's what keeps it steady whenever it's tracking the moving target.
24:35Oh, we're targeting people now.
24:37Oh, just for fun.
24:38I was tracking a kid running laps and that's when I saw someone shatter Mrs. Kim's window.
24:41Wait, really?
24:42Yeah, and everybody thinks it was Theo because he hates Mrs. Kim for always giving him detention.
24:46But it wasn't Theo.
24:47It was actually a delivery guy unloading equipment from his truck.
24:50Hang on.
24:51Everybody thought it was the kid who hated this lady, but really it was a total stranger?
24:55Yeah.
24:56I think we should tell the school.
24:58Some circles, I ain't too popular.
25:00Are you saying our cases are connected?
25:02I honestly have no idea who would do this.
25:06Yeah.
25:08Yeah.
25:08Yeah, I think we should.
25:33Okay.
25:36Yeah.
25:45I think I figured out what we've been doing wrong.
25:48Looking for someone with motive.
25:51That's usually how we conduct a murder investigation.
25:53Yeah, if the attacker knows the victim.
25:55But what if it was a total stranger?
25:57What if it was someone who had no idea who you were until they studied you?
26:01You think someone's been following Dottie?
26:03I do.
26:04And in order to figure out who, I've done a little light stalking myself.
26:08According to your doorbell camera, you leave your house around 8 o'clock every morning.
26:12Your credit card shows me that you get your coffee around noon every day,
26:15which I don't know how you're waiting that long, but that's on you.
26:18Then you get home around 6 p.m. every night.
26:21You took in your neighbor's trash cans when they went to Morocco.
26:24You found a home for this very cute little kitty who was living underneath your porch.
26:27Okay, now that's getting weird. How do you know all that?
26:29You posted it on Neighborhood Hub.
26:32Most people use this forum to complain about each other,
26:34but Dottie uses it to be nice and help people.
26:37Okay, check this out.
26:38This post is from three weeks ago at 7.49 a.m.
26:42To the jerk who blocked me in my driveway and made Cassie late for school,
26:47next time you're getting towed.
26:48See that motorcycle?
26:49That's across from my house right before I left for work.
26:52Mm-hmm.
26:52This is two weeks ago at 12.02 p.m.
26:56Whoever keeps running over the flower beds on West 7th, stop.
27:00Community garden right next to my favorite coffee shop.
27:02Mm-hmm.
27:03And this last one, 5.55 p.m.
27:07Will the guy who revs his motorcycle every evening please stop?
27:10I just put the twins down.
27:12This is my neighbor Sam.
27:14Like you said, I get home around 6 p.m.
27:16And look at that motorcycle.
27:17Okay, all these posts showing the same motorcycle around your daily routine.
27:21This isn't a coincidence.
27:22Morgan's right.
27:23Someone's been following you.
27:24And if Dottie's attacker didn't know her,
27:26then maybe Luke's didn't know him either.
27:28But we haven't found anyone who had a reason to kill Luke and Dottie.
27:31Because we're not looking for one killer.
27:33We're looking for two.
27:34Someone wanted Luke dead.
27:36And someone wanted to kill me.
27:37And they swapped targets so nobody could connect them to their victims.
27:41Our killers made a murder pact.
27:48Everyone with a reason to kill Luke has a solid alibi.
27:51Same for anyone who might have wanted Dottie dead.
27:53But if Morgan's right, the killers made a deal that swapped victims.
27:56So the one after Dottie killed Luke and the one after Luke went for Dottie but bought the job?
28:01Exactly.
28:02Now we've run Luke's rivals, clients he dropped.
28:04Any of them could have agreed to go after Dottie in a murder pact.
28:06But only one of them was at the spa when she was attacked.
28:09Vaz Imadi.
28:11The trainer who lost his star client to Luke.
28:13His digital signature at the spa check-in was illegible,
28:16but the staff was able to ID him from his photo.
28:18Please tell me we got more on this guy than jealousy on a spa day.
28:21I think you guys should see this.
28:23I was going over Vaz's D&B records.
28:26Now, that's his license plate number.
28:299Z9984.
28:30Now check this neighborhood hub post.
28:32See that motorcycle outside Dottie's?
28:33You can't make out all the numbers on the plates, but...
28:35It's a partial match.
28:36I can only think of one reason Vaz would have been following Dottie.
28:39We'll see if you can find us another.
28:46I checked the garage.
28:47No sign of Vaz's motorcycle.
28:49He left his door wide open.
28:50Looks like our boy ran.
28:51Judging from all these past due bills, Vaz was in debt.
28:54So Luke was cutting into his business more than he let on.
28:57Hmm.
28:58This strap matches the ligature marks around Dottie's throat.
29:01I bet Vaz used a strap like this to string to Dottie,
29:03but when she fought back, he had to tighten his grip,
29:05which cut into his hand, causing the need for these ointments.
29:11Y'all like what I did there?
29:12I was channeling my inner Morgan.
29:14How'd I do?
29:15Not bad.
29:16But where is she?
29:17I'm in the bedroom!
29:20What is all this?
29:22Looks like Vaz was juicing.
29:24All that pressure training celebrities.
29:26Makes sense he might try to cut some corners.
29:27Or this is all about recovery.
29:29If you're Vaz, your body is your brand.
29:32And if your livelihood is dependent on performance,
29:34you're gonna take every opportunity you can to bounce back faster.
29:37But I didn't see any recovery supplements in his kitchen.
29:40Vitamins, electrolytes, amino acids.
29:43He was getting it some other way.
29:44If we have these catheters tested,
29:46I bet they're gonna find traces of nutrients
29:48that he was getting through an IV drip.
29:50If Luke heard Vaz was getting recovery IVs,
29:52he probably did the same.
29:53And if the killer knew that,
29:54he could switch out Luke's IV filled with micronutrients
29:56with a fatal dose of ibuprofen.
29:58We need to find who treated Vaz.
30:00If we're right,
30:00they could be the other half of our murder pact.
30:08Eric Hayworth.
30:10Does the name Roman Sinquera mean anything to you?
30:13No.
30:15Should it?
30:16You abducted him 16 years ago.
30:19I think I'd remember.
30:20Well, I suggest you think real hard about your next words.
30:23Unless you like the view from inside yourself.
30:29I'd rather take my chances with you
30:31and be locked up and flip on her.
30:36Who's her?
30:42I don't know.
30:44She doesn't have a name.
30:45Just the sound she leaves behind.
30:51Lady,
30:52you have no idea who you're dealing with.
30:56But I do.
30:58Which is why I'm not saying another word
31:01until you cook up some things
31:02that I'm going to need to cooperate.
31:08What you got for me?
31:10We got the labs back.
31:11It's confirmed.
31:12Vaz's catheters contained IV recovery residue.
31:14Means Vaz's partner in the pack
31:15administered IVs
31:16and used one to kill Luke.
31:17But we know it couldn't have been
31:18an employee from the spa.
31:19So maybe our killer supplied IVs to the spa.
31:22That would give them access to the sensors as well.
31:24And then they used one to track Luke's vitals
31:26as they were slowly poisoning him.
31:27Yeah.
31:28Which means Kirk Harper wasn't being honest.
31:31Maybe Dottie should call a lawyer.
31:38Someone want to tell me why I'm here?
31:40You said no one on staff at my spa
31:42was involved in the attack, right?
31:43That's right.
31:44But someone you work with was.
31:46Where do you get your IV bags?
31:48IV bags?
31:50What do they have to do with anything?
31:51Quite a bit.
31:52Including whatever it is that you're hiding.
31:54I have nothing to hide.
31:55Then you won't mind giving us
31:57the name of your IV supplier.
31:58I wish I could.
32:00But any information about my suppliers
32:02is confidential.
32:04Is it?
32:05Well, you know what, Kirk?
32:07Speaking of information,
32:08IV bags typically have a lot of it on them.
32:10Product name, composition, volume,
32:13storage instructions.
32:14But your IV bags are blank,
32:15which makes me wonder,
32:17is Kirk providing bootleg formulas at his spa?
32:20And if that's true,
32:21you're looking at fraud,
32:23health code violations,
32:24reckless endangerment.
32:25Should I keep going?
32:26I don't think you need to.
32:30Lately, business has been tough.
32:33I've been cutting costs,
32:34so I use a black market supplier for the IVs.
32:38They give me a discount,
32:40I give them some of our sensors.
32:42We need a name.
32:44Phyllis Martell.
32:49Phyllis Martell worked at a trainer's gym,
32:51an ideal place to sell bootleg recovery IVs.
32:53Seems like Vaz has been her client for a while.
32:56How do you go from wellness sessions
32:58to a murder pact?
33:00Well, if I had to guess,
33:02based on Luke's post,
33:03he stole Vaz's big shot client about a month ago.
33:06Around the same time,
33:07Phyllis must have been upset with Dottie
33:08for some unknown reason.
33:10So they vented to each other
33:11about the people they hated,
33:12but over time,
33:13all that feeding off each other turned dark.
33:15One of them probably mentioned
33:17being better off with their enemies gone,
33:18and suddenly...
33:19A murder pact was born.
33:20But we still don't know
33:21why Phyllis wanted Dottie dead.
33:22No.
33:23But I know who to ask.
33:26Wow.
33:26I have not thought of Phyllis in so long.
33:29She was supposed to be my big sister in college,
33:31but it didn't exactly end up that way.
33:33Big sister as in a sorority?
33:35Fabi de Nuf.
33:37My mother and aunt saw her water lettuce.
33:39This wasn't a sorority about parties.
33:41It was about pride, discipline,
33:44striving for excellence in a world
33:45that didn't make room for women like us.
33:49But for Phyllis,
33:50I think it was more about exerting power and control.
33:54How bad was the hazing?
33:56The physical and psychological abuse is so bad,
33:59one of our pledges had to go to the ER.
34:02So I turned in the chapter.
34:05Well, that couldn't have been easy.
34:07Eventually, I joined Fabi de Nuf at another school,
34:09but I think Phyllis got suspended.
34:11I don't know what happened to her after that.
34:13I did.
34:14Phyllis was charged with a felony.
34:17She didn't do time, but with a conviction,
34:19we know second chances are even harder for us.
34:21She wanted to do law school.
34:23I guess that didn't happen.
34:25But this was all decades ago.
34:26Why would she try to have me kill now?
34:28Three weeks ago, a judge denied her request
34:30to have her felony record removed.
34:32This was just before she crashed
34:33your sorority alumni event,
34:35where she heard you speak.
34:36So the judge turned her down,
34:37then she saw me,
34:38the person she thinks ruined her life,
34:40and it pushed her over the edge.
34:42Exactly.
34:43Then a few days later,
34:44Vaz Amati, the man who attacked you in the spa,
34:46started following you.
34:47Because he agreed to kill me
34:48if Phyllis took out Luke Knight.
34:50Do we know where she is now?
34:51We located Phyllis' RV.
34:53Morgan's on the way,
34:53but I need to talk to you first.
34:55I'm going with you.
34:56Wait, ah!
34:56Daph, I need to see this through.
35:12All clear.
35:13You can come in.
35:15According to the witness across the street,
35:17Phyllis parked her RV here a few hours ago.
35:19They didn't see where she went,
35:20but maybe something to hear can point the way.
35:22So this is where she ended up, huh?
35:25Overdue statements, max credit cards,
35:27empty bank accounts.
35:29Are there any toiletries in that bathroom?
35:31No.
35:32And there's no luggage.
35:33She packed a bag.
35:34She's on the run.
35:35And she's armed.
35:36Q-tips, oil.
35:38She cleaned a weapon.
35:39She left, but clearly not in her RV.
35:44Nope.
35:45She took another bus.
35:46That stop goes to the main station.
35:48The only bus is leaving around this hour,
35:50Route 137 straight to Tijuana.
35:52I don't think she's going on vacation.
35:54I don't think she's going on vacation.
35:54I don't think she's going on vacation.
36:02All right, we're going on vacation.
36:10I don't think we're going to stay there.
36:11And we're going to have a new station.
36:13I don't think we're going to have a new station.
36:15Hey, drive.
36:18LAPD, everyone stay seated and remain calm.
36:22Oh, my God, she has a gun.
36:24Someone help us.
36:25Hey, hey, quiet, quiet.
36:27Phyllis Martell, keep your hands visible
36:29and walk to the front door.
36:31Dan.
36:34Phyllis, we can talk this out,
36:36but I need you to let everyone off the bus.
36:42They can go, but I'm not leaving.
36:46Go, go, just go.
36:48She's letting them out.
36:49Go, clear them, clear them.
36:51Keep it moving, keep it moving.
36:52Go, follow these officers.
36:53Go, go, go.
36:54This way, sir, this way, go.
36:56She's not coming off that bus.
36:58Her hate for me runs too deep.
36:59I'm not gonna be the one to get her off that bus.
37:01Dottie's right, Daph, it needs to be you.
37:07Phyllis, I'm coming on.
37:13Phyllis, I'm coming in.
37:16Coming up the steps slowly.
37:21Are you by yourself?
37:22Yes.
37:23It's just me.
37:24No one else is coming on this bus, okay?
37:27My name is Detective Daphne Forrester.
37:29We both know that this can end quietly,
37:32but I need you to put your gun down.
37:34You don't know what I've lost.
37:36Maybe not, but I know what it's like to feel invisible.
37:42You've spent your whole life proving who you are to people
37:44who have already made up their minds.
37:48You don't owe them that anymore, Phyllis.
37:53Right now, you can decide who you are.
37:56Not them.
37:58I don't know if I can.
38:00Yes, you can.
38:03And it starts with putting that gun down
38:05and walking out of here on your own terms.
38:11A mistake doesn't define you.
38:29Come with me, man.
38:49Hey, you wanted to see me?
38:51Yeah, close that.
38:54Heyward's willing to talk,
38:55but he wants full immunity
38:57in exchange for his cooperation.
38:59Are you considering?
38:59Arthur swears he's the one who took Roman,
39:02and I believe him.
39:04So far, all Heyward's given us
39:06is the name of his employer, a Willa Quinn.
39:09Who that is and how she fits in all this,
39:12he won't say yet.
39:14When are you gonna tell Morgan?
39:16Good morning.
39:17How do you think she'll take?
39:19I don't know.
39:24I heard you made some arrests.
39:26We did.
39:27Vos won't be coming after you or anybody else.
39:29I'm glad Luke's family found closure too.
39:33Thank you, Morgan.
39:34It's the least I can do to pay you back
39:35for all those nice things you said about me
39:37during my performance review, Dottie.
39:39I don't remember saying anything nice about you.
39:43Thanks for proving me right.
39:45You got it.
39:51You look good out there.
39:54I had a decent teacher.
39:59I push you as hard as I do
40:01because you're a bright light that I saw dimming.
40:05People like you don't get to fade out.
40:07Not if I can help it.
40:09I know.
40:10And I won't.
40:13That's my girl.
40:21Hey, Morgan.
40:22You got a second?
40:23Yeah, of course.
40:24So I talked to Ava.
40:25Yeah, I know.
40:26She told me.
40:27If it's okay with you,
40:28I want to talk to her again.
40:30There are some things I wasn't clear on at that time.
40:32Daphne.
40:33Anything you want to say to my daughter?
40:35I trust you.
40:38Okay.
41:00Hey.
41:01Hi.
41:03Thanks for coming.
41:04Are you kidding?
41:05I love it here.
41:06Okay, I used to come here all the time when I was a little girl.
41:08Really?
41:09Butterscotch pecan biscuits.
41:10Oh, yes.
41:11Okay.
41:11Absolutely.
41:12So you know.
41:13I know.
41:13Okay.
41:13Yes.
41:16So have you decided about the class?
41:20Mm-mm.
41:20Not yet.
41:21Okay.
41:21I still have some time.
41:24Yesterday, when I asked about what you wanted to do, I was deflecting.
41:31Because what I needed to tell you, I wasn't ready to hear from myself.
41:35We cannot control what others say or do.
41:38You don't have to change yourself for any of that.
41:42Decide who you are in this world, despite how it sees you.
41:45And do what makes you happy.
41:47Because your path isn't about proving anything to anyone.
41:52It's about choosing a life that's most true for you.
41:56Every single time.
41:58Okay?
42:02Oh.
42:03Yeah.
42:04Okay.
42:04Now we eat.
42:05Okay.
42:06All right.
42:06Listen.
42:07Have anything you want?
42:08Any of my treats?
42:11Oh.
42:15Oh.
42:25Oh.
42:25Oh.
42:26Oh.
42:27Oh.
42:28Oh.
42:29Oh.
42:30Oh.
42:31Oh.
42:32Oh.
42:32Oh.
42:55So fast-ter!
42:58Ha!
43:03You
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