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00:05In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:13These are their stories.
00:22Can I help you?
00:23You sure can. Would you mind moving your car out of the bike lane?
00:25Oh, I'm just waiting for my wife. She'll be right back.
00:27A lot of kids out here trying to get to school.
00:29Come on, man. Just give me a break. I'm going to be here for a minute.
00:32Well, a lot of things can happen in a minute.
00:34You sit here. Little Joey back there veers into traffic, falls off his bike.
00:38Or worse, he gets hit by a car.
00:39Police show up. Road gets closed. Hundreds of commuters get diverted.
00:43I'll move the car.
00:48How are you settling in, Eli?
00:49Good. Accommodation rental is quite nice.
00:53And I'm excited to get out. The food scene here seems to be really taking off.
00:56That's right. They told me about you. The Gourmand, right?
00:58All of my secretary sent over some recommendations.
01:04So, I'm not sure you made it through my brief.
01:07I did, Price.
01:09Delayer as much as possible by the end of the quarter.
01:12I'm going to make your company resemble your watch.
01:15Rose gold?
01:17Swiss movement.
01:18Never built something with nine cogs, I can work with eight.
01:20I find beauty in simplicity.
01:23Efficiency.
01:25Great.
01:26Um, here's your security pass.
01:28You report to me.
01:31As far as anyone else is concerned, you're not even here.
01:33Hmm.
01:34That'll change soon enough.
01:35My experience bad news travels fast.
01:39Quinn?
01:42Sorry I'm late.
01:44I had to drop my kid off at a friend's house.
01:46It took me a minute to realize the reservation was under grace.
01:50My middle name.
01:52The subterfuge, it's a bit odd.
01:55Is it hard to keep the two versions of yourself separate?
01:57Well, I actually quite like it.
01:59It makes me feel powerful.
02:02Oh, I'm sorry.
02:03We didn't order this.
02:04It's from the kitchen.
02:06They know me here.
02:11Wyatt, what's your team's customer acquisition cost?
02:13$70 per customer, give or take.
02:16And your conversion rate?
02:18Currently it's 1%, but it's been a slow quarter.
02:22Um, did I pass or...?
02:25It's not a test.
02:27But what I can tell you is that your team's conversion rate is 10% less than your competitor.
02:32Your CAC is twice as expensive, and your CLV drops to 12% after the holiday season.
02:40You know what they say?
02:41A fool uses statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamppost.
02:46For support.
02:47Not illumination.
02:50Anything else you'd like to add to your valuation on the record?
03:03It's nothing personal.
03:05The data speaks for itself.
03:17Excuse me, sir!
03:19Oh my god.
03:19Are you hurt?
03:21No.
03:22Uh, okay.
03:24That...
03:26That was a lot.
03:27Uh, sorry, folks.
03:29Why don't we wash out this bad taste with some champagne?
03:31Yes.
03:32Hey, Bubbles?
03:33Round.
03:34Are you okay here?
03:35Yes, yeah.
03:36Biggest tragedy is not finishing that delicious cheesecake.
03:39Okay, that we can do.
03:40We will get you two.
03:41Is there anything else we can do to help?
03:43I would love a tour of the kitchen if possible.
03:46Yeah, that would be our pleasure, of course.
03:47Uh, let me just...
03:48Let me get you a new table in the meantime.
03:50Come with me.
03:51I'm Tyah.
03:52Eli.
03:52Nice to meet you.
03:55Nice to meet you.
03:55Nice to meet you.
03:58Nice to meet you.
04:01Nice to meet you.
04:15Hello?
04:20Hello?
04:34Oh, my God.
04:51Oh, my God.
05:22He said that he's been at this rental for a month.
05:26Killer hits him with the bookend, suffocates him with a pillow.
05:29Looks like they came in through the patio door.
05:32What are you writing your detective boards?
05:36Next month.
05:38Good luck.
05:41Oh, killer bashes him in the head.
05:46He is hurt, bad, but he's not dead yet.
05:50Why not finish the job with another blow?
05:53It's faster than a suffocation.
05:55Well, neighbors are pretty close.
05:56Guy screams for help.
05:57The killer panicked and put a pillow on him.
06:01Lights out.
06:02A B&E gone wrong?
06:05Short-term rental.
06:06Not the smartest place for turnover.
06:08Very few valuables.
06:09Didn't even take the laptop.
06:13Normally, thieves have a methodical system for going through drawers.
06:17Start at the bottom, move to the top.
06:19But this is overkill.
06:22Yeah, I like the B&E.
06:24So usually the trick is to break and enter through the same passageway,
06:29but our killer didn't come through the patio.
06:32After they broke the door, they would attract glass inside,
06:35but I don't see any shards on the carpet.
06:39Breaking was staged, as was the turnover,
06:43because our killer wanted to hide the fact
06:45that they walked through the front door.
06:47Meaning they had a key, or Eli here opened the door for them.
06:52We know if he was here on business?
06:53Could be.
06:54With a side of pleasure, Borealis guide.
06:58Oof, that is out of my price range.
06:59A rare splurge at a world-class restaurant
07:02sets the soul aflame.
07:05Okay.
07:06Any idea who was last to see Eli Parker alive?
07:10We're still working on that, too.
07:12Great.
07:18Yeah, I'm coming back.
07:25Maybe Quinn Hartnett, because Eli missed five calls from him last night.
07:33Eli was a client.
07:35I'm a wine importer.
07:37I was helping him build out a cellar back home.
07:39Well, five calls after 8 p.m.
07:42It's not exactly business hours.
07:44I was able to source a special bottle for him.
07:47I needed his go-ahead before purchasing.
07:49Must have been hell of a Beaujolais.
07:51Can we come inside, please?
07:55Come inside, please.
07:59We slept together a couple of times.
08:02We met at a bar.
08:03We both liked good food, so we had a few dinners.
08:06It was stupid.
08:06But last week, he ghosted me.
08:09I called him.
08:10I wanted some closure.
08:12Where were you last night?
08:14At Sonetta, an Italian place on King.
08:17I was celebrating a friend's 40th.
08:20What else do you know about Eli?
08:22He worked for a massive company.
08:24He was pulling 80-hour weeks.
08:28Last we spoke, he said that he was about to make some enemies at work.
08:34Our victim was a business management consultant at McQueen?
08:38Yeah, the company that advises other companies on how to run more efficiently.
08:42So Eli's boss said he was one of McQueen's top consultants because he was relentless and uncompromising.
08:49So, we have a young, overpaid victim whose purpose it was to tell older, more experienced employees how to do
08:56their jobs better.
08:57Yeah, that will buy you a long list of enemies.
09:00Yeah, Eli's from the McQueen, Vancouver office, but he's practically a nomad, living out of a suitcase, ready to be
09:07deployed to a new city at the drop of a hat for months at a time.
09:10He's been stationed in Toronto for the last month at an e-commerce giant by the name of Solara.
09:15He's been working on a labor analysis for the company.
09:18What were his findings?
09:19I'm sure he hadn't finished his report.
09:21He was last seen leaving Solara's offices last night at 6.30 p.m.
09:25So, that, paired with De Silva's pathology report, it places his time of death between 9 p.m. and midnight.
09:33Anything else about this man aside from his job?
09:36Yeah.
09:36Uh, so, in his scarce spare time, Eli would use his expense account to, uh, fund his one parent hobby,
09:45eating out at the city's best restaurants.
09:47It's his credit card statement.
09:48Man after my own heart.
09:51Edgulous?
09:53PSP?
09:54Oh, aloe?
09:55Dreyfus?
09:57These are all Borealis-starred restaurants, I say, for a birthday or an anniversary to go here.
10:02Not me.
10:03Look, I like food as much as the next guy, but take me to Burger Drops, I'm a happy girl.
10:07Oh, this fine dining, the pump.
10:11Hmm, some people like to eat with cutlery.
10:14A little pump is okay once in a while, but, uh, no, this guy, he'd go back to some of
10:20these places two or three times.
10:22I'd be a regular at any of these places if I could.
10:24And for Eli to have an expense account as bottomless as this, you'd have to be one hell of a
10:31consultant.
10:32Looks like Eli brought his expertise and scrutiny to everything he did.
10:36I found his blog on an open tab on his computer.
10:40Check out these posts.
10:41An efficient market is a happy one.
10:43Oligopoly of Umbrian truffles.
10:46Anaxagoras, ancient Greek philosopher.
10:48That's a deep cut.
10:50What's that post about, huh?
10:53It wasn't published yet.
10:55It's still a work in progress.
10:595592-136.
11:00Was that a hidden password?
11:02An asterisk denotes multiplication, but if so, he needs to get his math checked.
11:06Well, everything has a natural explanation.
11:09I don't see Eli as the type to make a careless mistake.
11:13I was also able to crack into his work files.
11:16Here's what he was working on for Solara.
11:18It's intense.
11:20Oh.
11:20What are we looking at?
11:22These groups represent all 300 employees, but he gave them codenames.
11:27He was analyzing the workflow of the entire company.
11:30He was trying to figure out who to fire.
11:33Kiwi wing group.
11:35A combined income of six million dollars.
11:38I like this kid.
11:40He's smart.
11:41Kiwis are flightless birds.
11:42Hence the, uh, Kiwi wing is, uh, redundant.
11:47Hmm.
11:48Eli wasn't just any consultant.
11:50He was a corporate executioner.
11:52Question is, did someone kill him before he could have them fired?
11:57As chief transformation officer, it's my job to optimize Solara.
12:02Reorganize.
12:03With AI coming for us, we need to be agile.
12:05Lean.
12:06So you hired Eli to, uh, essentially help you figure out who to fire.
12:11Eli was tasked with de-layering.
12:13Hey, de-layering is what we're calling it now.
12:16Okay, uh, who all knew that Eli was de-layering?
12:19Myself and the board.
12:23Well, I think word got out.
12:26Sanson.
12:27That was the name of, uh, Mary Antoinette's executioner.
12:31Hmm.
12:33Come on, Price.
12:34New face, her medically sealed temporary office, personal printer.
12:40I think you, uh, underestimate the intelligence of your employees.
12:50Eli interviewed everyone at our company.
12:53He said it was just for analytics, but it's possible that some may have figured it out.
12:58We're going to need to see the employees listed in the Kiwi wing.
13:01The what?
13:01Uh, the name of the group.
13:03Eli was planning to delay her six million in salary.
13:05Eli never gave me any list.
13:07He was still conducting evaluations and was supposed to present his findings at a board meeting tomorrow.
13:11Oh, but I'm sure a smart CTO like you, uh, would have nudged Eli in the direction of where best
13:19to trim the fat.
13:20Yeah, yeah, middle management.
13:22It's where we have a lot of redundancies.
13:24And did any of them get the feeling that Eli was coming after them?
13:28Did they feel the shadow of the blade?
13:31Yeah, Wyatt Turner.
13:34After his interview yesterday, he waited outside until Eli left for the night.
13:38Security had to intervene.
13:42I just wanted him to cut the crap and have an honest conversation yesterday.
13:46That's it.
13:46Is that why security was dispatched to intervene?
13:49I was frustrated.
13:51Fair enough.
13:52But that's all.
13:53I mean, do you know how much I make?
13:58Two hundred thousand.
13:58Listen, I told Eli he should be hunting whales and not wasting his time chasing minnows.
14:05Sounds like you should be infuriated learning some kid who's in charge of your future.
14:10He said that if I deserve my job, that I have no problem and that data would speak for itself.
14:18When was the last time you saw Eli?
14:20After work.
14:20I did want to talk more, you know, to make my case.
14:23But he said he had a meeting and he hopped on his bike and left.
14:28Wyatt's husband was his only alibi at the time of the murder, so he's still a suspect.
14:32What do you got?
14:34Eli's, uh, bike share Toronto account, uh, seems right after his conversation with Wyatt,
14:39he, um, picked up a bike outside Solara, dropped it at, uh, Harvard and Spadina at 7 p.m.
14:46Um, what if Wyatt followed him?
14:49To where?
14:50Uh, Eli didn't have any credit charges on Monday.
14:53But, remember, he did, um, he did have this in his pocket.
14:58Pineapple.
14:59Symbol of hospitality.
15:01Or, swingers.
15:03Oh, I know where that's from.
15:05I pray it's the former.
15:11Isadora, my favorite new restaurant, got its star in its first gear,
15:16helmed by a bad girl chef-turned-industry darling.
15:20And they post their menus daily.
15:22Oh, my God, today there's sweetbreads.
15:24Uh, it's Heddy.
15:25Oh, yes, uh, look at the top.
15:34Yesterday we were slammed, 7 p.m., Eli Parker, two, two tasting menus and a travel supplement.
15:41Yeah, they were, uh, bawling out right up until the blow-up.
15:43I had to comp the entire room drinks to smooth that over.
15:46It cost me 500 out of pocket.
15:48So you're the owner?
15:49I am living the dream.
15:50One day at a time.
15:52So, this blow-up, what happened exactly?
15:55I have no idea.
15:56You should ask my brother Jonah.
15:57He's the GM in my eyes and ears of the dining room.
16:01After, uh, Eli's guest paid the bill, something changed.
16:07He got loud and aggressive, and this guy just flips the table on the way out.
16:13Is this him?
16:14No, no, he was white and had a nice suit.
16:18Well, maybe Eli took Wyatt's advice instead of Jason Minow's.
16:22He finally got himself a way out.
16:25His name is Price Chambers.
16:27Yeah, that's the guy.
16:29When you see him, tell him he owes us a new set of plates.
16:33So, Price was Kiwi-wing and Eli was about to tell the board to fire him.
16:37No better way to get off the chopping block than to kill the executioner.
16:44Eli.
16:44Eli Sandbagged me.
16:45He picked that pricey restaurant and waited until after I paid the bill to begin his evaluation.
16:50I couldn't believe it.
16:51I hired him.
16:52What he was doing was illegal.
16:54Uh, no.
16:56Eli reported to the board.
16:58So, if he thought you were redundant, he'd be well within his rights to tell them.
17:02Well, I begged him to drop it, but the kid was so stubborn.
17:05And he kept on going on and on about how he had an obligation to share his findings.
17:08I mean, who says that?
17:09A man with a strong moral compass.
17:12For the record, Solara would be nothing without me.
17:15Yeah, well, we'll find out about that soon enough, because we do feel an inclination to share Eli's findings with
17:23Solara.
17:24And why would you do that?
17:26Because we can.
17:29So, after you had your little tantrum at Isadora, where were you?
17:34Drinking.
17:36Trying to figure out my next move.
17:40I just got off the phone with Barra Val.
17:42Well, Price was there until last call, hours after Eli's murder.
17:48You know, I've been thinking.
17:49We've been so focused on Solara.
17:52But at the end of the day, Eli's most important meeting was outside the office.
18:00So, all of Eli's fancy meals, you're thinking they were more than just breaking bread?
18:05Well, he's in a new city.
18:06Who's he dining with night after night?
18:08What if all these dinners were just important meetings?
18:10Well, more business gets done over restaurant linens than boardroom tables.
18:15I was able to pull footage from several of the restaurants Eli visited.
18:19Two were onto something.
18:20He dined out with the same person every single night.
18:23Himself.
18:25I guess he really was just there for the food.
18:27Alone, alone, night after night.
18:30No phone, no book.
18:31It's my nightmare.
18:33Well, unlike you, Don Juan, some of us don't get the choice.
18:36Play this back.
18:40Hey, Bateman.
18:42Hungry?
18:47All in all, underwhelmed.
18:51And that's what you get for a two-star lunch.
18:53How was everything?
18:55Mmm, mmm.
18:57Terrific.
18:58Thank you so much.
18:59I was able to pull up Eli Parker's reservation file for that night.
19:02Zach Worst dinner.
19:02Can I ask, did he order one glass of wine and one non-alcoholic beverage?
19:08Mm-hmm.
19:09And did he mention a dietary restriction on the day rather than in advance?
19:15Yeah.
19:15How'd you know?
19:17Lucky guess.
19:21I didn't want to risk sounding daft before, but I've always been fascinated by the elusive
19:27nature of the Borealis inspector, you know?
19:30They frequently throw a curveball at the kitchen to see how they react.
19:35And they've been known to drop their napkins to see how long it takes in front of house
19:40to notice her.
19:42I'm thinking, what if Eli didn't eat out night after night for fun?
19:48What if he was working?
19:51Lines up.
19:52Inspectors are anonymous.
19:54They all have day jobs.
19:55Actually, um, got my own guide and a duplicated Eli's.
19:59He, uh, bookmarked eight restaurants that he visited.
20:03Well, he could have been scoping them out the next year's guide.
20:05They rate each restaurant yearly to make sure they maintain their stars.
20:10Not to be the odd gourmand doubt, but, uh, just want to do a quick temperature check.
20:14A restaurant guide.
20:15We think this connects to Eli's death how?
20:18The restaurant guide.
20:20Toronto's restaurant industry is cutthroat.
20:23Fifteen billion dollars.
20:25Billion.
20:26Yearly in revenue.
20:27Big money.
20:27Big money backing some of these top spots.
20:30Having a star or not can mean the difference between a restaurant driving and being forced to close.
20:35One of the places he snubbed could have killed him out of revenge.
20:39Before we entertain this theory too much longer, why don't we just go straight to the source?
20:46You're putting me in a very difficult position.
20:48Revealing the identity of an inspector would compromise Borealis' core tenet of anonymity.
20:54Well, unfortunately, we're going to need to insist because failing to investigate murder would compromise our core purpose.
21:02Investigating murder.
21:04This is our victim, Eli Parker.
21:09That's awful.
21:10He seemed like a lovely man.
21:13Yeah, that's what people have been saying.
21:14We're going to need a list of the restaurants that he covered and, um, how long was he an inspector?
21:20Eli wasn't an inspector.
21:22Pardon me?
21:23That man was never an inspector for Borealis.
21:26I'm sorry.
21:27How did you recognize him?
21:29He came by a few weeks ago.
21:31He was a consultant for McQueen.
21:33What did he want?
21:34He was working on a project for a food group, wanted to be put in touch with an inspector who
21:38covered fine dining establishments for market research.
21:42And you connected him?
21:43Yes.
21:44Well, what about your core tenet of anonymity?
21:48For a modest fee and a signed NDA, we made an exception.
21:55I connected him with an inspector who focuses on fine wine.
22:01Who is this inspector?
22:08She's been with us for five years.
22:15Quinn Hartnett.
22:23You wanted to talk?
22:24Yeah.
22:26The police were here asking questions about Eli.
22:30That man?
22:32You found out about your little side hustle?
22:36I just wanted to tell you the same thing that I told him I don't want anything to do with
22:40it, and I never did.
22:42Well, it's too late to back out now, isn't it?
22:44You have no idea what you're talking about.
22:46You have no idea what you're stepping into.
22:48Time.
22:49Free shifts.
22:52You want to invite your friend for family beyond?
22:54No need.
22:56I was just leaving.
23:03Hey, I just got off the phone with our guy from McQueen.
23:05He said Eli never worked for any food company.
23:08He was bluffing.
23:10Well, using his credentials to gain access to the biggest secret in the restaurant industry.
23:15Who are the inspectors?
23:17Quinn Hartnett?
23:18Why?
23:19Like, Eli wasn't an inspector, but he sure was acting like one.
23:24Well, he was, wasn't he?
23:25All those dinners, um, running tests and everything, uh, it was like he was checking someone's homework, like he, uh,
23:34was inspecting the inspectors.
23:37Do you think he was looking into Quinn?
23:46That blog post Eli was, uh, drafting.
23:50Uh, Anaxag or something Greek?
23:53Anaxagoras, among other things, was one of the first individuals to recognize the sun as a burning star.
24:04Those asterisks, they weren't shorthand for multiplication, they were Borealis stars.
24:12One star, 55, 55,000.
24:16Two stars, 92,000.
24:18Three stars, 136,000.
24:20This isn't a password or an equation.
24:23This is Quinn's price list.
24:31I told you, I called Eli because we had an affair and he ghosted me.
24:36Could you remind me where you two met?
24:39At a bar.
24:40What, just a chance meeting, was it?
24:42You sure about that, Quinn?
24:45Okay, because we spoke to your boss at Borealis, and he seemed to think that he set you up with
24:51Eli for market research.
24:54Now, look, I don't mean to be salacious here, but I'm starting to wonder if you even slept with him.
25:03Fine.
25:05No.
25:06That's genius.
25:07That's absolute genius.
25:09No, it's not, really.
25:10That's half smart, you know.
25:12Lying about an affair to cover up something juicier.
25:15I don't follow.
25:16Oh, sure you do.
25:17Eli played you and uncovered your operation, selling Borealis stars, starting at the low, low price of $55,000.
25:29Not in a chatty mood.
25:32We could have financial crimes come in with their calculators and spreadsheets.
25:38If you think we're fun, they are a party.
25:41Okay, okay, okay.
25:45I...
25:48Eli asked me if I was open to giving his client's restaurant a favorable rating in exchange for a bonus.
25:59For brevity's sake, we call that bribery, extortion, fraud.
26:04But potato, potato.
26:07All right, Quinn, break it down for me.
26:10I own a restaurant.
26:11I want to get it in that book or whatever.
26:14What do I do?
26:15For the record, I don't solicit.
26:17They come to me.
26:18They come to you in person?
26:20No.
26:21No, it's more discreet.
26:23They...
26:25They send the money through Paysafe.
26:27It's...
26:27It's anonymous.
26:28Until Eli uncovered your scheme.
26:32The night of the murder, you...
26:35You called Eli five times, and now we know it wasn't over a broken heart.
26:41Why did you call him?
26:44A restaurant that I sold a star to told me that Eli was on to me.
26:51Was it Isadora?
26:53Yeah.
26:54The chef, Taya.
26:56She texted me, freaking out.
27:00So I called Eli to run some damage control.
27:03But he didn't pick up.
27:05So you called him again, and again, and again, and then you made him a house visit?
27:10No, I...
27:12I never saw him.
27:13I was...
27:14I was at...
27:14Seneda.
27:15I'm not a good client of yours.
27:17I'm telling you, I was there.
27:19I can connect you with the chef.
27:24The manager showed me the tapes at Queen's table.
27:27They ordered six bottles of wine and stayed till 2 a.m.
27:31That does sound like quite the party.
27:33Now, Borealis is conducting an internal investigation into the fraud, and I get the impression it's
27:38going to be very hush-hush.
27:39Yeah, but there's still another angle here, though.
27:42Well, if news of the scandal broke, if the chef should have bought a star, I'd be destroyed.
27:49Taya.
27:58What are you doing here?
27:59Look, I just want to see Taya.
28:01No.
28:02Get out now!
28:04Whenever you show up, I'm left picking up the pieces.
28:06Jonas, stop!
28:07I...
28:07You need to leave right now.
28:10Yeah.
28:12You don't want to find me.
28:22So what would he want?
28:23Why would he be here?
28:24I don't know.
28:25When was the last time you saw him?
28:25Ages, like a year ago.
28:27You promise?
28:28I promise.
28:31What?
28:33Taya, you have been doing very well.
28:36Don't laugh.
28:36This is serious.
28:37You've been doing very well.
28:38But you could lose this in a second.
28:41I know.
28:43I won't let that happen.
28:46Taya Citron.
28:48George Brown graduate.
28:49Rose the ranks working in some of the city's top kitchens.
28:53Maven, Grey Gardens, Giulietta.
28:55But in 2022, she was fired after she was caught using cocaine at work.
29:00And this is all the Giulietta?
29:02No.
29:02Songbird.
29:03Keep up.
29:03Toronto Life chronicles her downfall.
29:06The industry loves to tear down our idols.
29:08Exposes with former co-workers.
29:11Turns out Taya's drug problem was very big indeed.
29:13She would pay off drug dealers using comped meals, bottles of wine, money from the till.
29:18So, after Songbird, she ODs, she almost dies, she goes to rehab, she gets clean.
29:24She becomes the face of sobriety in Toronto's kitchen.
29:27She would organize pre-work runs rather than post-shift partying.
29:32She makes Straight Edge look so cool.
29:35She opens her own place, Isadora.
29:37Wait.
29:38I'm not even halfway through.
29:40This article on Going Clean, listen.
29:43My work as a chef gives me both discipline and motivation to stay clean.
29:47Having a purpose in life, a goal to strive for, has been instrumental in my journey.
29:54Well, it sounds like if the scandal broke, she'd lose a lot more than just her job.
29:59Yeah.
30:01When Eli came back for a tour of the kitchen, I thought he was a fan.
30:05You know, like, handshakes, selfies, the usual.
30:09People do that?
30:11But that didn't happen.
30:12He, um, he said an inspector sold us a star and that he was going to try and expose her
30:19operation.
30:20Why did he tell you at all?
30:21I don't know.
30:22He said he wanted me to get ahead of the news or, you know, something.
30:26Well, I imagine that was difficult to hear, that Eli was going to jeopardize your entire career.
30:30Yeah.
30:31It is.
30:32Especially because I didn't buy a star.
30:35I was trying to tell him that, but he wouldn't listen.
30:37Well, why'd you reach out to Quinn Hartnett?
30:39So she could tell him that I didn't buy a star.
30:42Show me proof I bought it.
30:44The app that Quinn Hartnett uses to get paid, it's anonymous.
30:47It doesn't keep records.
30:48Okay, great.
30:49So it's one crooked inspector's word against mine?
30:51Nailed it.
30:52Okay.
30:53I can prove it.
30:54I have...
30:54Jonah!
30:57Can you please show them Isadora's bank account, the books, everything?
31:00What's going on?
31:00Just please, just take a look.
31:02I've put everything into this restaurant.
31:03I know where every dollar's going at.
31:04It's right there.
31:05Yeah, can't wait.
31:06But we'd also like to know where you were.
31:08Monday night between 9 p.m. and midnight.
31:13I'm here.
31:14I'm here.
31:14I work till midnight at the earliest.
31:16Why?
31:16What are you implying?
31:17Can anyone else account for that?
31:18Yeah, I can.
31:19I mean, she was the last one here.
31:22Oh, forgive me.
31:23I'm going to need evidence to confirm your protective younger brother's opinion.
31:28The prep schedule, she's here.
31:31Every minute was accounted for.
31:32Hey, hey.
31:35Oh.
31:38Okay, this is pretty tight.
31:40So, judging by Monday's schedule, you are here prepping a stock from 10 p.m. to midnight.
31:48Why so late?
31:49It is for our lobster pasta.
31:51It's a 10-hour process.
31:52We cook it overnights.
31:54Sounds delicious.
31:55You know, my boss, she's a big fan, got me onto your socials every day, posting a new menu.
32:02Each one more delicious than the last.
32:06But the menu for the day after Eli visited your restaurant, well, it seems that the lobster went walkabout and
32:15was replaced by something else.
32:16Now, there's dozens of variables, reasons, factors as to why a dish gets changed, but I'm guessing that you didn't
32:26make the stock because you weren't here until closing.
32:29So, I'll ask you to answer my partner's question one more time.
32:34Where were you between 10 p.m. and midnight Monday night?
32:43I was, well, while you think of an answer, we're going to have to ask you to accompany us down
32:49to the station because we've got a few more questions for you.
32:55Your victim, Eli Parker, was going to expose a crooked Borealis inspector, effectively destroying Ty's restaurant in the process.
33:02You're positing she left Isadora early to kill him, basing this on very nebulous reasoning about the cooking time of
33:08a stock.
33:09Nebulous or not, the second we broke her alibi, she clammed up.
33:13Okay, but she still claims she never bought the star, correct?
33:16Oh, come on. She's saving face.
33:17Where are you on proof of purchase?
33:18Ah, Isadora's bank account is clean, but we'll keep digging. You know, there's a dozen ways she could have got
33:23the money.
33:24Yeah, until then, we can't say for certain, she bought it.
33:27But even if she didn't, she still got motive to kill Eli. I mean, he was about to name her
33:32as one of the most corrupt restaurateurs in the city.
33:36She'd lose everything.
33:38What about access?
33:40Ty left Isadora an hour after Eli. How does she know where to find him?
33:44Oh. Eli's restaurant booking account. So, uh, to secure a table at Isadora, he needed to leave a local address.
33:52And Ty has access to the services back end.
33:57Black pressure. See what breaks.
34:00Mm-hmm.
34:01It's not just a restaurant, it's...
34:06Did anyone explain to you why we named it Isadora?
34:09No.
34:12Isadora was my mom's name.
34:20And she was the greatest cook.
34:23Um, and after she died, I would remember her through her recipes.
34:29So, Isadora is basically her epitaph.
34:36Like, we made the curtains out of her old tablecloths, and we play her favorite music.
34:44And that man was trying to take that all away from me for something I didn't do.
34:49So, I...
34:52To answer your question, I, like, have no idea where he went after he left the kitchen.
34:56Then where did you go that night?
34:59Um...
35:01I was incredibly overwhelmed, and it was weak, and dumb, but I met up with a friend, and we
35:12did a bump, and then a line, and then, uh, more.
35:21Why didn't you tell us this before?
35:27Your brother.
35:30I didn't want him to know.
35:33I didn't...
35:34I've already put him through way too much.
35:36He's the one who found me when I OD'd.
35:38He performed CPR on me until the ambulance came.
35:40Like, he saved my life.
35:42That's why he, uh, works at the restaurant.
35:45I never thought about it like that before, but...
35:48Yeah, I mean, yeah.
35:51You're right.
35:52Well, we're just going to need your friend's contact information
35:56to verify that you were indeed together between 10 p.m. and midnight.
36:01There's no point.
36:02Like, we did blow in his car, and then I left.
36:04I was out of my head.
36:05I thought I was walking around all night until the sun came up, leaving you unaccounted
36:08for during the murder.
36:14Tell you, that is not good.
36:19Can I go now?
36:22Well, you're not under arrest.
36:26Okay, okay.
36:27I, uh...
36:29I've got a kitchen door out, so.
36:37Frankie.
36:38This whole case hinges on the proof that Taya bought a star, right?
36:42We've got to follow the money.
36:44Exactly, and there's only a few ways to gain wealth.
36:48Earn, borrow, steal, or inherit.
36:52I thought it was a mom.
36:53There's a will.
36:56She left Taya at $80,000.
36:58Yeah.
36:59You haven't even gotten to the best part.
37:02Please remember, every service matters.
37:05We have built something incredible, and if for some reason people say otherwise, they are
37:11dead wrong, because I know the hard work and the passion that all of you put into this
37:17place, and, um...
37:19No one can take that away from you, okay?
37:21Okay, so, have a great shift.
37:23Yes.
37:24Okay, have a great shift.
37:28Family meal's in the prep kitchen.
37:29Get ready.
37:29Get what you need.
37:32Yeah, sorry to interrupt your family dinner.
37:36Um, Chef, um, my partner has a few questions for you.
37:40Would you mind if we gave them some privacy, please?
37:43It's fine.
37:44Go ahead.
37:46It seems like a great team you got there.
37:48Yeah, they rock.
37:51Taya, do you ever wonder why Eli tipped you off?
37:55You see, we spoke with the rest of Quinn's clients.
37:59None of them heard anything.
38:02Do you want me to tell you what Quinn said?
38:04What?
38:05She said it's because you're a restaurant.
38:09Because you actually deserve that start.
38:14Well, Quinn knew it.
38:15Eli knew it.
38:15I think everyone who's ever walked through these doors knows it.
38:19Thank you, I guess.
38:22So, uh, I don't understand what this conversation is for.
38:27Um, do you, do you believe me?
38:31We found something in your mother's will that makes that difficult.
38:35She left $80,000 to you and to Jonah.
38:39Yes, she did, but I don't have access to that money, which is fair, I guess.
38:43I mean, like, she didn't trust me.
38:44I was in rehab at the time.
38:46Jonah wasn't.
38:48And just under a year ago, he withdrew $55,000.
38:53It's the exact price of your store.
38:55How much longer do you think?
38:57I'm sure it won't be long.
38:58It was just a few questions.
39:00She told you everything already?
39:01Yes, well, the problem with that, Jonah, is she lied.
39:04See, we, we know where she was in the, uh, night of the murder.
39:10And you know, I wasn't here.
39:14Where was she?
39:16Why don't you go ask her?
39:23You bought a star.
39:26What?
39:27No, no, no.
39:28Don't, don't, don't play with me.
39:30They have proof that you took it out of mom's money.
39:33I wanted to earn that.
39:35Why did you do that?
39:39Everybody's cheating, Tyler.
39:40Everybody is cheating.
39:41No, they're not.
39:41No, literally every, every place is cheating.
39:43Their game is rigged.
39:44People, like, do this.
39:47You get so focused, like, doing your thing and the art thing and picking up dill with tweezers
39:52that you could, I did this for you.
39:54I did this for you.
39:55Why?
39:56Jonah.
39:57I mean, why was it so important that you help her in this way?
40:01Because this restaurant is everything to her.
40:03Yeah, it keeps you stable.
40:05It keeps you sober.
40:07It keeps you alive.
40:10Yeah, actually, yeah.
40:11It keeps you alive.
40:12I am keeping myself alive from the work that I'm doing every day.
40:16It's not fair that you're...
40:17You know, it's not fair finding you on the ground.
40:20Not breathing.
40:21Covered in your own puke.
40:22It was so long ago.
40:23It wasn't.
40:24She did all this to ensure your sister's sobriety.
40:28Do you think it worked?
40:36Ty?
40:38It was one time.
40:40It was one time.
40:41I'm so sorry.
40:42It slipped.
40:43I slipped.
40:43I slipped.
40:44It was only one time, but I'm back on the program now.
40:47And I'm not going to do it again.
40:48Never just one time with you.
40:50Please don't be mad at me, Jonah.
40:56Oh, my God.
40:58It's what happened.
40:58It's what happened.
41:00I don't get it.
41:02Hey, you.
41:04I...
41:05I have come back from this before.
41:09I can do it again, and we're going to be okay.
41:12I promise.
41:14We're not going to be okay.
41:15Yeah, we're going to be okay.
41:17It's totally fine.
41:19It's not.
41:20It's fine.
41:21I'm sorry.
41:22I can't.
41:35What happened?
41:38I can't.
41:40Yeah, you can't.
41:41You're going to tell me what happened.
41:42What happened with Eli?
41:45I just wanted to talk to him.
41:48I just...
41:49Oh, my God.
41:50I just wanted to talk to him, and he just...
41:53You wouldn't listen.
41:54He just kept talking about, like, the bigger picture,
41:58and, like, the system and efficiencies,
42:02and nothing's personal.
42:04But, like, this is it.
42:05This is literally personal.
42:06This is our lives, and he's...
42:08He's ruining it.
42:13It was an accident.
42:14It was an accident.
42:15Like...
42:15Like, it slipped.
42:16Like you said.
42:17Like, we slipped.
42:18We...
42:19We fought.
42:23And then he started screaming.
42:27And I just wanted him to stop screaming.
42:33Sorry, Ty, please.
42:34I'm sorry.
42:34I love you.
42:35No, it's okay.
42:36It's my fault.
42:37I, uh...
42:37Don't.
42:42You were right not to trust me.
42:43You were just trying to take care of me.
42:45Um, yeah.
42:47This is my fault.
42:49Ty, please.
42:51I'm sorry.
42:52I did it.
42:53Ty, please.
42:55Wait, wait, wait.
42:56Don't take him away.
43:01What is it they say?
43:03That you're only as sick as your secrets?
43:06Well, secrets grow in the dark.
43:09We just have to shine a light on them.
43:18We just have to shine a light on them.
43:21We just have to shine a light on them.
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