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00:01Mom, I finally got you.
00:04Sorry, it's been a crazy week.
00:06Lakeshore Hotel is opening in less than a month
00:08and the client just vaulted the design for the rear lobby.
00:11I know, you're busy.
00:13I just wanted to remind you that I don't land in Toronto
00:15to visit you until late afternoon.
00:17But, you know, hopefully we'll still have enough time
00:19to meet up before the big birthday bash.
00:21Oh, I always have time for you, sweetheart, you know that.
00:24But didn't you see the email?
00:26I just cancelled the party.
00:27Wait, you're kidding, right?
00:29No, cancelled.
00:30Mom, you invite 200 of your closest friends every year.
00:33I know.
00:34Caviar, champagne.
00:35I know.
00:36Once there were circus acts.
00:37Well, this year, it just didn't work out.
00:39Um, okay, uh, I gotta go, sweetie. Talk soon.
00:44Okay.
00:48This is the last masterclass of the season.
00:51You're all here to push your boundaries.
00:55Soften your strokes then.
00:57Let the brush do the work.
00:58I've been really working on a palette.
00:59I'm just struggling a bit.
01:00I don't know what to say to you anymore, Sadie.
01:01Maybe it's time to take a break.
01:02This class is for advanced artists.
01:03Please.
01:04You know how much this class means to me, Eric.
01:05I know when an artist has hit a wall.
01:06Face your limitations.
01:07Make space for someone worthy.
01:08Speaking about Sadie, Eric, or yourself.
01:10I told you not to come here, Vincent.
01:11Yeah, why?
01:12I rejoin your class every time I'm home, and then suddenly you just kick me out?
01:13I think you know what to do.
01:14I told you not to come here, Vincent.
01:15Yeah.
01:16Why?
01:17I rejoin your class every time I'm home, and then suddenly you just kick me out.
01:18I think you know why.
01:19Vincent!
01:20It's Olivia!
01:21I've been messaging you!
01:22Hi!
01:23Hi!
01:24You have to meet your talents.
01:25And then suddenly you just kick me out.
01:26I think you know why.
01:27Vincent!
01:28It's Olivia!
01:29I've been messaging you!
01:30Hi!
01:31Hi!
01:32You have to meet your talents.
01:33with silly virtual hijinks.
01:34I didn't chase success.
01:35It just found me.
01:36I've stopped selling my paintings.
01:37Won't for as long as I live.
01:38What else do you expect me to do?
01:39I don't expect anything from you, Vincent.
01:40I don't expect anything from you, Vincent.
01:41I don't expect anything from you, Vincent.
01:42I tell you not to come here.
01:43I told you not to come here, Vincent.
01:44Yeah.
01:45Why?
01:46I rejoined your class every time I'm home, and then suddenly you just kick me out?
01:47I think you know why.
01:48Vincent!
01:49It's Olivia!
01:50I've been messaging you!
01:51Hi!
01:52You have to meet your talents with silly virtual hijinks.
01:55I didn't chase success.
01:56It just found me.
01:57I've stopped selling my paintings.
01:58Won't for as long as I live.
01:59What else do you expect me to do?
02:00I don't expect anything from you, Vincent.
02:02I tried to make a real artist out of you.
02:06You made me.
02:07Is that what you're saying?
02:08And now you just throw me away like everyone else?
02:10Everything you have, I have given you.
02:13And I could have taken it all away.
02:18That painting's yours.
02:19Right, Eric?
02:20Yeah.
02:21Let's see who's got the power.
02:29Oh!
02:30Oh!
02:31Oh!
02:32Oh!
02:35How's it feel, Eric?
02:38Try it again, and next time, it won't be just your painting.
02:48Class is over!
02:49Go!
02:50Get out of here!
02:52Yeah!
03:09I need to put this right.
03:13Ah!
03:22Jesse, we're almost there.
03:23Want to bring us up to speed?
03:24Well, SJPD were called this morning when a fisherman spotted a body on the rocks.
03:45It could be a suicide or a hiking accident.
03:48Well, not judging by the scuff marks on the cliff's edge.
03:52Two sets, clearly a struggle.
03:53So they were definitely pushed?
03:55I think so.
04:01The body is being brought up from the rocks down below.
04:04Have we ID'd the victim?
04:05Eric Fleming.
04:06He's a local artist who's known for his invite-only master classes,
04:09which are pretty sought after.
04:11But word is, things got a little heated yesterday between him and a couple of his students.
04:15Sadie Bishop, who he apparently humiliated in front of everyone.
04:18And if you can believe it, Vincent Noseworthy.
04:22Help me out here. Am I supposed to know that name?
04:24Vincent Noseworthy.
04:26Oh, it's a generational thing.
04:28Yeah, well, Vincent Noseworthy, I mean, he's this local artist who blew up online a few years ago.
04:32He would travel the world, paint these scenic vistas, and post them for his fans to track down and share.
04:37Okay, so it's kind of like, uh, Banksy meets the Da Vinci Code.
04:41Well, no, I mean, I was gonna say more like Van Gogh meets Pokemon Go, but that works too, I suppose.
04:47Yeah, as prints, they sell out pretty fast, but the true commodity is a Vincent original.
04:52You can go for upwards of six digits.
04:54Oh, wow. Yeah, Viper, and I can see the appeal.
04:58I guess, uh, Rex approves?
05:00Yeah, well, blues and yellows are what canines see best.
05:05And it was also Vincent's favorite color palette.
05:07So the victim was Vincent's mentor?
05:09Yeah, last year Eric had kicked Vincent out of his class, saying he owed him everything and that he would threaten to take it all away.
05:18Looks like Rex has something.
05:22Fresh paint.
05:24And yellow.
05:25You know what, Jesse, can you take a sample of this while I, uh, while I check in with Sarah?
05:29Yeah, sure thing.
05:30Oh, by the way, you're actually gonna be checking in with Joe.
05:33Sarah's flying to Toronto for her mom's canceled birthday party.
05:36Oh, that's right, I forgot.
05:37Wait, it's, it's canceled?
05:39Is everything okay?
05:40Yeah, Sarah said it's just her mom being her mom, but she wanted to fly over to make sure.
05:44Okay.
05:45Rex, let's go.
05:48Okay.
05:53Forensics is still down by the shore with the body, but I did get the preliminary report.
05:57The time of death was, uh, around 7 p.m. last night.
06:02Is the yellow scarf his?
06:04I'm not sure.
06:05But the placement of it seems odd.
06:07Right?
06:09Yeah, apparently, uh, dogs see yellow better than other colors.
06:12Okay.
06:13Uh, well, look, we also found a cell phone.
06:15It's powered off, but it seems to have survived the fall.
06:18Well, let's see what Jesse can get off it.
06:20Well, I'll check with the service provider once it's charged and get the call data.
06:25You guys get at it.
06:26All right.
06:28You know, when you talk to the other master class attendees, ask about a yellow scarf.
06:31Just see if anyone remembers it.
06:33You think it might be Eric's?
06:34I don't know the person who pushed him.
06:36Okay.
06:37Oh, I tracked down Sadie Bishop, the student that Eric had a run-in with yesterday.
06:40Please.
06:41You know how much this class means to me.
06:43I don't want an artist to see the wall.
06:45Face your limitations.
06:47Turns out she's selling her own paintings down by the harbor to tourists.
06:51Okay, and you like tracking down?
06:52Vincent!
06:53Vincent!
06:54Oh, oh.
06:57Is he dead?
06:59Okay.
07:00There's a rumor online that a painter was pushed over the edge.
07:03Okay, SJPD, who are you?
07:05Olivia Park, Vincent's biggest fan.
07:08Oh.
07:09You know, I heard that monster Eric Fleming threaten him yesterday.
07:13And now he's dead.
07:14Vincent's not dead.
07:16Eric is.
07:22Shouldn't he be on a leash or something?
07:25Uh, well, Rex is a trained police dog, so...
07:29Can you please, can you please take him away?
07:31I'm, I'm, I'm like, terrified of dogs.
07:33Rex, easy, easy.
07:35Why don't you take Miss Park's statement and, uh, let me know when you find out.
07:38Let me know when you find Vincent.
07:39Wait, you're, you're looking for Vincent?
07:41Well, I have his current coordinates.
07:44I don't think I should give them to you because, I mean, don't you think they'll be a little unethical?
07:48Yeah, send them to me when you convince her that a homicide investigation trumps Pokemon Banksy.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Will do.
07:56Will do.
07:57After which, why don't you interview, uh, Sadie Bishop?
07:59Divide to conquer.
08:00Yeah.
08:01Rex?
08:02Of course I'm happy to see you.
08:08I'm just surprised you came, since there's nothing to come for.
08:11Well, I, I want to see you on your big day.
08:14And plus this new project of yours.
08:17Another historic building makeover?
08:19Oh, boutique hotels.
08:21Just another term for nightmare renovation.
08:26But aren't you investigating the murder of Eric Fleming?
08:29I heard something about it on the news.
08:31Did you know him?
08:32I knew of him.
08:34The art and design community are all intertwined.
08:37Fleming never broke through as a painter, but he had a great eye for talent.
08:40He discovered Vincent Noseworthy.
08:42Yeah, no, I know.
08:43Wait.
08:44Does that mean Vincent's a suspect?
08:47You know I can't share that kind of information.
08:50So he is.
08:51Mom, let's not get distracted.
08:55It's your birthday.
08:57We should be concentrating on you.
08:59Another day, another number.
09:01It's all the same to you.
09:03Let's just stay home, order in, and turn in early.
09:06Mom, are you okay?
09:07Yes, healthy as a horse.
09:09Well done.
09:12What's the lab calling about them analyzing some paint samples?
09:16So the murderer was an artist.
09:20Hey, what have you found?
09:24I still can't believe Eric is dead.
09:26Sadie, a few other attendees told me that you were pretty upset after yesterday's class.
09:32I was devastated.
09:34Being a painter means everything to me.
09:37When I calmed down, I realized that Eric was just trying to push me to be better.
09:42By insulting your talent after you spent thousands of dollars at his classes?
09:46I mean, it's a pretty interesting strategy, don't you think?
09:49Eric was a brilliant teacher.
09:51He knew that tough love is a powerful motivator.
09:53Where'd you go after class?
09:55Hiking on the coastal trail.
09:57Alone?
09:58Being alone in nature always pulls me out of a bad headspace.
10:01Eric was the same.
10:03He likes the isolation.
10:05So Vincent knows worthy.
10:07He apparently had your back.
10:10Did you know him?
10:11He was Eric's protege for years.
10:13When he went viral, Eric didn't approve.
10:15I think maybe it bothered Eric that he never saw anything like the success that Vincent has.
10:21Yeah, that's interesting because it looks like you have one of Vincent's paintings right here.
10:26No, no, no, that's someone else's.
10:28Yeah, but that's Vincent's signature yellow.
10:30It is of the scene of the crime and we did find some yellow paint there as well.
10:34Okay.
10:35It's Eric's painting.
10:37Vincent defaced it when they had it out.
10:39How'd it end up in your hands?
10:41After my hike, I went back to Blackhead Cliff to retrieve it.
10:45Since Vincent stopped selling his work, the value has gone way up.
10:48I mean, just by throwing paint on it, it was worth a fortune.
10:50Sure, but it's stolen.
10:52It's stolen goods.
10:53Eric threw it away.
10:54Okay.
10:55Yes, I know it was wrong.
10:58It was gonna end up in the sea and I could really use the money.
11:02What time did you go back there?
11:04Around sunset.
11:058, 815.
11:06Did you see anyone?
11:07Anything?
11:08No.
11:09Why?
11:10Was Eric already dead?
11:12I'm guessing no one saw you.
11:14I'm gonna have to take this painting in for evidence.
11:16But you're talking to Vincent too, right?
11:18Because he said some things that were very aggressive.
11:32Well, these are the coordinates that Jesse said.
11:35Vincent's gotta be around here.
11:39You gave me all those lessons just to turn your back on me.
11:42You wanna take it away from me?
11:45You win!
11:54Careful, though.
11:55Stop right there, Vincent.
11:56Why?
11:57They're worthless.
11:58Tainted.
11:59Hey!
12:03You cool it.
12:04Or the next one's for you.
12:10I should've never gone to the cliff.
12:20Eric discovered me here in Kitty Vitty when I was 15.
12:23He said I had real potential.
12:27Used to let me take his classes for free.
12:30And now he's dead.
12:33So you're burning your paintings?
12:35I hear they're worth big money and made you famous.
12:39Yeah, which just brought me nothing but misery.
12:41Fans hounding me.
12:43Money getting in the way of real inspiration.
12:46Eric was right.
12:48Who do you think might've wanted to harm him?
12:52I don't believe he was pushed.
12:55Eric took his own life.
12:57And what I said yesterday didn't help.
12:59There is no doubt that Eric was murdered, Vincent.
13:02Scuff marks on the cliff show clear evidence that he was pushed.
13:05People see the evidence they wanna see.
13:08Eric taught me to use true vision.
13:11Eric said he made you.
13:12That he could've taken it all away.
13:14What do you think he meant by that?
13:17Guess we'll never know.
13:22Look.
13:23Your dog can see yellow and blue.
13:26He's my partner.
13:28Rex.
13:29He found yellow paint just like that on the cliff.
13:32I mixed it myself.
13:33Yeah.
13:34It's organic.
13:35Made with walnut oil.
13:36There was a yellow scarf found in Eric's body, Vincent.
13:48What do you know about that?
13:53I used to wear one, but I stopped a few months ago before coming back home.
14:09before coming back home.
14:21So the lab's been keeping Sarah in the loop.
14:23She confirms that the cause of death
14:25is blunt force trauma from the fall.
14:27Also, the time of death was 7 p.m.,
14:30an hour after Eric's class.
14:31But before, Sadie Bishop claims to have gone back to the cliff.
14:36What about the evidence we found with the body?
14:38Yeah, well, the yellow scarf was purchased
14:39at a local shop in an artist collective, cash only.
14:43I noticed that Sadie Bishop's name was on the directory,
14:45but she had been blacklisted, so I'm looking into that.
14:48We also got the call logs from Eric's cell phone.
14:50He was making a call at the time that he was pushed
14:52to the Fleming Gallery, which is owned by, wait for it.
14:58Eric's ex-wife, Annabelle Fleming.
15:01They were married for a decade and got divorced two years ago.
15:03Well, Rex and I'll head to the gallery,
15:05see if she has any idea who may have wanted Eric dead.
15:08That's a good idea.
15:09Oh, you know what?
15:09Keep your eyes open.
15:10I'm looking for a new piece for my office.
15:13It all comes to art appreciation.
15:16Rex has a better eye.
15:26You're sure Eric didn't jump?
15:28Not according to evidence found at the scene.
15:32Why, did you have reason to believe he did?
15:34Nothing concrete, but Eric had been depressed
15:37since the divorce.
15:38Cell records show that he was calling you when he was pushed.
15:43Any idea what that was about?
15:45He'd reach out sometimes after a few glasses of wine
15:50to try to convince me that we'd made a mistake.
15:53But you didn't agree.
15:56I loved Eric, but we weren't right for each other.
16:01We started out as artists, but he was more devoted
16:04to the discipline than I was.
16:07He didn't sell well, but he sure could recognize talent.
16:11Half of the pieces in here are from artists he discovered.
16:15Vincent knows where they seem to think that Eric had changed.
16:19Do you know Vincent?
16:21Of course, when Eric and I were together,
16:24Vincent was around all the time.
16:26And then his star began to rise
16:27and we saw less and less of him.
16:29Yeah, Vincent seems to think that he disappointed Eric
16:32by going viral.
16:34This is how it is with artists.
16:35It's always high drama.
16:38It rarely lasts.
16:39Oh, so you didn't think there was anything serious
16:41in there falling out?
16:43It would take a hell of a lot for Eric
16:45to truly turn on Vincent.
16:51Um, now, we found this with Eric's body.
16:58What is it?
16:59There's something I have to show you.
17:15You didn't think it was important to mention
17:16that you were exhibiting a painting of the crime scene?
17:19Well, honestly, until you showed me that scarf,
17:22I didn't even think of it.
17:25Who painted this?
17:27Vincent Noseworthy.
17:40Rex found it at the gallery.
17:42He's keyed into the scent of Vincent's organic paint.
17:44Oh!
17:46But I thought Vincent stopped selling his work.
17:47Well, Annabelle says he gave this to Eric as a gift.
17:50Then Eric sold it to her on consignment.
17:52Did Vincent say anything about it?
17:54Only that there had been some bad blood between them.
17:57I mean, Vincent painted the exact murder scene.
18:00What are the odds he'd be dumb enough to kill Eric
18:02the exact same way and leave a yellow scarf?
18:05You guys, that was Sarah.
18:06Her team confirmed that paint found on the burnt canvas,
18:09the paintbrush, and the crime scene are all a match.
18:12Organic, water-based paint.
18:14Consistent with Vincent's recipe.
18:16I guess Rex already knew that.
18:18There is more.
18:20I checked the data from Eric's cell phone.
18:22Three weeks ago, Vincent sent Eric a series
18:24of angry text messages accusing him of a big betrayal.
18:27Right around the time Eric gave the painting
18:29to Annabelle to sell.
18:30All right, bring him in here.
18:32Let's see what he has to say about all this.
18:37You didn't mention that Eric had sold a painting
18:39you'd given him.
18:41It was his right to sell.
18:43But it was against everything that Eric
18:44had instilled in you.
18:45I mean, that must have been a big betrayal.
18:49You stopped selling your paintings because of it.
18:51I was disappointed.
18:53That's all?
18:54You weren't angry?
18:56Maybe at first.
18:59Two weeks ago, I did let him know how I felt.
19:02I stopped selling my paintings because of what you taught me.
19:05And then you go around and you do this?
19:06You have no understanding of what real life is like.
19:10Oh.
19:11Everything has been given to you.
19:14I had no idea he was broke.
19:16OK, but you were still angry when you defaced his painting.
19:19He wasn't the man I thought he was, OK?
19:21Doesn't mean I killed him.
19:23So Eric sold your yellow scarf painting, and you didn't?
19:26It's not my yellow scarf painting.
19:27You're denying that you painted this?
19:29Look.
19:31Look at its similarity to the crime scene.
19:35Same cliff where Eric was found at the bottom
19:37with that yellow scarf.
19:41That's my painting, but someone added that scarf.
19:46Wait, a scarf was added, and Annabelle Fleming didn't notice?
19:49Or didn't care.
19:51People threw pumpkin soup at the Mona Lisa,
19:53and all it did was raise her profile.
19:55You expect me to believe that someone vandalized your painting
19:57and killed Eric to what, raise your profile?
19:59Who would do that?
20:00You haven't met some of my fans.
20:02Vincent, hi!
20:03It's Olivia!
20:04I've been messaging you!
20:05Hi!
20:06Hi.
20:08They track my location.
20:09They leave underwear on my doorstep.
20:11They don't leave me alone.
20:12Have you called the police?
20:13Yeah, they said there was nothing they could do.
20:17But you've got to believe me.
20:19I didn't paint that yellow scarf,
20:21and I had nothing to do with Eric's death.
20:25Someone's trying to frame me.
20:30You believe him?
20:31I'm not sure.
20:32I mean, he claims that a fan must have altered the painting
20:35and then killed Eric at the same cliff
20:37as some kind of tribute and left the scarf
20:40just to make sure everyone connected the dots.
20:42Or he did.
20:44Well, hang on to him overnight.
20:46See if he changes his student by morning.
20:47OK.
20:50Hey, Sarah.
20:50Hey, Mark.
20:52Everything OK with your mom?
20:54Yeah, we're ordering Thai and watching old movies.
20:57Oh, that sounds perfect to me.
20:58Yeah, me too, but you don't know Paige.
21:01She likes to paint the town, not chill on the couch.
21:04Well, I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it.
21:06Anyway, so the lab checked Vincent's yellow scarf
21:08from the gallery painting.
21:09According to Vincent, it wasn't his scarf.
21:11Someone else painted it on after the fact.
21:13We might be telling the truth.
21:15The rest of the canvas was done with Vincent's organic paints,
21:17but the scarf paint was industrially processed.
21:20It also appears to have been applied more recently.
21:23Well, could he have used a different paint
21:24just to cover his tracks?
21:26Isn't the whole point of sending a message
21:27not to cover his tracks?
21:29Good point.
21:30Um, it looks like Jesse's also sent us a message.
21:35Looks like he's dug up a deleted post from superfan Olivia
21:39holding the same yellow scarf in a photo apparently taken
21:42three days before Eric was murdered.
21:43How is that possible?
21:44Ah!
21:45Yeah.
21:46That's what I'm thinking.
21:48So what are we looking at here?
21:58Vincent knows where.
21:59Claim someone framed him by adding a yellow scarf
22:02to his painting depicting the crime scene.
22:05He's still in custody.
22:07Ah, yeah, but not for long.
22:09Lab proved that the paint used to add the yellow scarf
22:12wasn't a match for his organic painting.
22:15Yeah, plus there's Olivia Park,
22:17a Vincent knows where the superfan was posed on top of the cliff
22:20wearing the same scarf found near Eric's body.
22:22I checked the metadata.
22:24I mean, that photo was taken three days before the murder.
22:26OK, so is it possible that she added the scarf to Vincent's canvas,
22:30then pushed Eric off, leaving the telltale scarf behind?
22:33Try to frame Vincent because he rebuffed her?
22:35She's a groupie, right?
22:37They get obsessed and do weird things.
22:38That's true.
22:39One summer, I followed Great Big Sea right across the country.
22:42A roadie even gave me a coffee mug that Alan Doyle drank out of.
22:46I still have it.
22:47It's unwashed.
22:50Well, my point being is that Olivia could have proved her love
22:54to Vincent by killing Eric on his behalf.
22:57I'll talk to Vincent about her.
22:59You know, there's also this.
23:01Take a look.
23:03Wait, is that one of Vincent's paintings?
23:04Yes, indeed it is, purchased online
23:06by an anonymous buyer two weeks ago.
23:08It's currently on loan, hanging in the lobby
23:10of a library in Hamilton.
23:12Vincent claims he's no longer selling his work.
23:14It could be a print, but we'd have to get a better look
23:16at it to make sure.
23:17OK, so now we need an art expert who's
23:19able to look at a painting in Hamilton, Ontario.
23:21I think Sarah might be able to help us out with that.
23:24You have too much to do, Mom.
23:31I could have hired somebody to authenticate the painting.
23:33You really didn't have to come all the way out here.
23:35You need my expertise?
23:37You shall have it.
23:39Here it is.
23:42It looks like Vincent's to me, but there's
23:47no record of it on his website.
23:49And he's not even selling anymore.
23:51Well, every artist has uncatalogued canvases.
23:55Could be a resale.
23:57There's something strange about it, though.
24:00Strange how?
24:03Brush strokes.
24:05They go from top left to bottom right.
24:07And that's strange because-
24:09It indicates it was painted by a lefty.
24:12Isn't Vincent right-handed?
24:14Uh, hold on.
24:18Sure looks like it.
24:22I don't know who painted this, Sarah,
24:24but it wasn't Vincent Knowsworthy.
24:36Thanks for the stay.
24:40Told you I didn't paint that yellow scarf, but, you know,
24:42a night in jail and cell phone free is, like,
24:46pure artistic inspiration.
24:48Tell me about Olivia Park.
24:50When did she first get in contact with you?
24:52My super van?
24:53Ugh.
24:55About a year ago.
24:57She asked my advice on how to get into painting.
25:00She seemed cool at first, like someone I could talk to.
25:02When did that change?
25:04After I told her about Eric selling my painting.
25:07Yeah.
25:09I got nervous when she showed up in town.
25:11To see the painting in the gallery?
25:12I thought so, but then she started offering
25:14to slash Eric's tires or steal my painting back.
25:18I blocked her after that.
25:19I don't suppose you know where she's staying.
25:21No, but I have a pretty good idea
25:24where she is right now.
25:25Okay, where's that?
25:27You kept me here overnight.
25:29Where do you think?
25:31Release Vincent!
25:34Release Vincent!
25:36Looks like we got a group of groupies.
25:39Release Vincent!
25:41Release Vincent!
25:45Release Vincent!
25:49Release Vincent!
25:55STPD, wait up!
25:58STPD!
26:01Tell your dog to stay away from me!
26:03Rex, Rex, come here now.
26:04You know, if you would have let go of the bag,
26:07he might have.
26:08Now, if I reach in here, am I gonna find anything sharp
26:13or dangerous?
26:17You sure?
26:20Okay.
26:21Looks like Vincent's yellow paint.
26:24Is this what you were tracking, Rex?
26:26Okay, you're gonna have to come inside with me.
26:30Let's go.
26:31Okay, don't try to run off again.
26:33The police station's over this way.
26:35First, you evade a police officer, and then he finds this.
26:42I wasn't evading the officer.
26:44It was the dog.
26:45I told you I'm terrified of them.
26:46Well, Rex alerted because this is Vincent's organic paint,
26:50which he doesn't share.
26:51So, how did you come to have it?
26:53Okay, I sort of broke into Vincent's fan.
26:57After he ghosted you for offering to terrorize Eric for him?
26:59I wasn't serious about the tire slashing.
27:01Look, I know what I did was wrong,
27:03but I didn't hurt anyone.
27:05We have a reason to believe whoever added
27:07the yellow scarf to Vincent's painting
27:09murdered him.
27:10I'm sorry.
27:11I'm sorry.
27:12I'm sorry.
27:13I'm sorry.
27:14I'm sorry.
27:15I'm sorry.
27:16I'm sorry.
27:17I'm sorry.
27:18I'm sorry.
27:19I'm sorry.
27:20I'm sorry.
27:21Murdered Eric.
27:22I would never deface Vincent's painting,
27:25and I don't even know how to paint.
27:27But you posted a recreation of the murder three days ago.
27:29We saw the photo you took.
27:31They had just unveiled the yellow scarf painting
27:34at the Fleming Gallery.
27:36It was my first time seeing a Vincent original in person.
27:40I obviously had to make a fan photo.
27:41Except we found the exact yellow scarf
27:44that you posed with on Eric's body.
27:45Did you kill him?
27:46Leave the scarf?
27:47What?
27:48Was it your way of getting back at Vincent
27:49for ignoring you, showing him that you were willing
27:51to go way further than slashing tires?
27:54No.
27:55You seriously don't think I could do something like that?
27:57I just wanted Vincent to notice me.
27:59Wait.
28:00I can prove it.
28:01OK.
28:02Mm-hmm.
28:03You...
28:04Wait.
28:04You want your flavour?
28:19What's your bet?
28:20What is your favourite game for
28:20in the Voilà Regency Star?
28:24So you think the paintings are fake?
28:26I don't think. I know.
28:28We have, uh, Sarah and her mother, Paige, on Zoom.
28:31Mom, this is Mark.
28:33And, of course, you remember Rex.
28:36Nice to see you too, Rex.
28:38And great to finally meet you, Mark.
28:39Likewise.
28:40So the waterfall painting's a forgery.
28:43And there's more?
28:44Uh, Sarah showed me the painting with the yellow scarf.
28:47And she immediately knew that the scarf had been added by somebody else.
28:50How's that?
28:51The base canvas was painted by a right-handed artist using a filbert.
28:55The kind of brush that Vincent uses.
28:57Exactly.
28:58And the yellow scarf was done by a lefty using a flat brush.
29:02Well, it looks like we needed you on the case from the start, Paige.
29:05Thanks, Mrs. Strong.
29:07Anytime.
29:08Thrilled to be of help.
29:13So someone sold a Vincent forgery in recently.
29:16Yeah, I've tried to track down the buyer and seller,
29:18but these art sales are traditionally and notoriously anonymous.
29:22But the person who added the scarf was left-handed,
29:24which automatically rules out Vincent.
29:26You know what?
29:27I also tracked down the reason why Sadie Bishop was blacklisted from the arts collective.
29:31She was having an affair with her instructor, one Eric Fleming.
29:37But the complaint was against her, not him?
29:39Yeah, both were sanctioned.
29:40Accused of giving her studio slots meant for others more deserving.
29:44I don't want an artist to sit a wall.
29:46Face your limitations.
29:50Make space for someone worthy.
29:53You know what, Jessie?
29:54Take her axe and go pay her another visit.
29:57Yeah, I'll see if she paints left-handed.
29:59Okay.
30:00Okay.
30:12So, you're a southpaw.
30:18SJPD.
30:19Mind coming to the station answering a few questions?
30:21We'll take that as a no.
30:34Whoever's been doctoring or forging Vincent's paintings is left-handed.
30:40Like you.
30:42A lot of creative people are left-handed.
30:45There have been studies.
30:48Eric was too.
30:50And he needed money.
30:52Yeah, Vincent mentioned it.
30:54He'd been struggling financially.
30:57Yeah.
30:58To put it lightly.
30:59But then something changed.
31:01Eric called me one night, drunk and desperate, begging for a loan.
31:06But the next time I saw him, he told me not to worry about it.
31:09Said it had worked itself out.
31:11What if Eric sold a Vincent forgery?
31:16And that's why he suddenly had some money.
31:20Well, that's one way to solve your money problems.
31:22Yeah. Yeah, she was not wrong.
31:23I mean, look, Eric wasn't just struggling.
31:25He was drowning.
31:27Reams of debt.
31:28Months behind on rents.
31:29Facing eviction.
31:30He was denied a line of credit from several banks.
31:33Yeah, he's the definition of a starving artist.
31:35So, what are we saying?
31:36That Eric forged one of Vincent's paintings and sold it to a buyer?
31:39Off Island, but didn't even get top dollar.
31:42I mean, it's a drop in the bucket of his enormous debt.
31:45Yeah, why stop at just one?
31:47Maybe because Vincent stopped selling?
31:52It's hard for forgeries to go under the radar if no new paintings are coming out.
31:56Yeah, I was checking Eric's credit card statements.
31:59I mean, he was renting a storage unit.
32:02Strange to pay for storage space when you can't pay your rent.
32:05Jessie, have the unis check it out.
32:08Let's see what Eric had stashed in that storage unit.
32:13You have to promise to keep me updated.
32:15You have no idea how jealous my friends are gonna be that I helped free Vincent Noseworthy.
32:19Well, the case isn't closed yet, Mom.
32:22And actually, neither is my investigation of your sudden party cancellation.
32:29Here we go.
32:31Once a detective, always a detective.
32:36You wanna know my preliminary findings?
32:37Mm.
32:38You said your birthday is just a number.
32:41But this year, the number is 65.
32:43Maybe a milestone you'd rather not shine a light on?
32:46Wow.
32:48You are good.
32:50But it's not getting older that I'm bristling at.
32:52It's other people's reactions to it.
32:55When are you gonna retire?
32:56Don't you think it's time for you to slow down?
32:58Oh, you must be so exhausted.
33:00It does sound irritating.
33:02It's ageism.
33:03And I've dealt with enough isms in my life.
33:06I'm the one who built my career,
33:08built my life one lobby bar and water feature at a time.
33:12And I'll be the one to decide when to change it.
33:14So the first change you make is robbing yourself of the annual celebration you've always left?
33:19Well, maybe I just skipped one.
33:23Turns out it was the right decision.
33:25I got to spend a day with you that I will never forget.
33:29We have to do more of that.
33:31I would love that too, Mom.
33:34But until then...
33:40Oh.
33:42Happy belated birthday.
33:44Thank you, Sarah.
33:50Oh, crap. I gotta go.
33:52Uh, now?
33:53I double booked with the lighting designer. I'm sorry.
33:56Mom, I'm so sorry, sweetie.
33:58Next time, St. John's, we'll paint the town blue, yellow, and red.
34:05Okay.
34:07Love you!
34:09I'll get the bill.
34:10Okay. Love you, too.
34:11Love you, too.
34:24Something tells me that the, uh, storage facility's storage panned out.
34:27Yeah. Uniforms found dozens of what appear to be Vincent paintings.
34:31But, uh, Jesse is doing an AI analysis.
34:34Yeah, so the brushstrokes on the painting found in Eric's locker are a 96% match to Eric's other works, as well as the painting in Hamilton and the scarf added to Vincent's at the gallery.
34:44Huh.
34:45Eric added the yellow scarf to the painting and ended up at the bottom of that same cliff with the scarf.
34:52Just like he predicted his own murder.
34:53That's impossible.
34:54How could he possibly know that he was gonna be pushed off a cliff?
34:57He couldn't.
34:59So why add the scarf?
35:01To a Vincent painting.
35:02With Vincent's signature yellow.
35:04Wait a minute.
35:05Vincent told me that he used to wear yellow, but stopped before he came back home.
35:10Do you think that Eric added that scarf so that the figure would look like Vincent?
35:14Why?
35:15Because Vincent said he wouldn't sell any more of his paintings as long as he lived.
35:19I don't think that Eric added the scarf to predict his own death.
35:24I think it was supposed to predict Vincent's.
35:28Eric painted all of these forgeries?
35:30We ran everything through AI software, which confirmed it.
35:33Well, he was digging at me for selling out. He was doing this.
35:37How many are there?
35:40Enough to get out of debt and be set for life.
35:43But he only sold one before you stopped selling paintings and wrecked his plan.
35:48Hard to sell knockoffs when the well runs dry.
35:50Exactly. But, um, Vincent, I think you may have come up with a solution to that problem.
35:56Eric wasn't gonna convince me to start selling paintings again.
35:58No. But what if you weren't around anymore?
36:00Then he could claim that, uh, you gifted him the stash and sell it posthumously.
36:06What, you mean after my death?
36:09Tell me, did you ever stay after class, just the two of you?
36:13Uh-huh. You think he would have done it then?
36:16Then my painting in the gallery would have looked like a suicide note.
36:19Suicide note.
36:21It's one death a person can predict, right?
36:24Then he'd be free to sell the forgeries.
36:26But wait. Eric called me and told me not to come.
36:36And then he kicked me out when I got there.
36:37That doesn't seem like someone who wants to push me off that cliff.
36:39No, but backing out might be why he ended up on the rocks himself.
36:44But who killed him?
36:46Well, someone who knew about the yellow scarf painting and, uh, would profit from the forgeries, who might still be planning on following through.
36:55Annabelle called me today.
36:58She said she wanted me to meet her on the cliff so we could spend time remembering Eric together.
37:03I'm supposed to be there in an hour.
37:15Annabelle, stay where you are!
37:17Duke, Duke!
37:18Come any closer!
37:20Step back from the cliff.
37:21I'd rather die than lose everything!
37:25Uh!
37:33Jason confirmed with the storage facility.
37:35Annabelle had access to all of the forgeries.
37:37And they had informed her of the police confiscation.
37:39So she knew it would be coming for her.
37:43Annabelle!
37:44Don't!
37:45Eric wouldn't want this!
37:46Keep back!
37:49Hey!
37:50You shouldn't be here!
37:51Tell him to keep away from me!
37:52Stay where you are, Annabelle.
37:53I can't have her death on my contents.
37:55Not with Eric's, too!
37:56Oh!
37:57None of this is your fault, Vincent.
37:58Just make sure he stays put.
38:01Back up.
38:02Flag left.
38:03You know what to do.
38:04Watch your eyes, dude, okay?
38:08Annabelle?
38:10Talk to me.
38:11This is not the answer.
38:12Oh!
38:13Oh!
38:14Do you have any idea how hard I worked to find success?
38:19I put in years of sacrifice.
38:25I gave up painting to support Eric while he burned through all of his money and mine.
38:30And in the end, fame and fortune gets handed to that kid on a silver platter.
38:42And he didn't even want it.
38:45The right thing now is to face the truth, just not run from it.
38:50Oh, you sound like Eric.
38:53Always talking about integrity.
38:59He wanted to confess everything.
39:02To cleanse his soul.
39:05Take me down with him.
39:07But I couldn't face it.
39:13I had to push him.
39:24Now it's my turn.
39:32I deserve to be down there with everything that I've destroyed.
39:37No!
39:41No!
39:42No!
39:48No!
39:50No!
39:52Annabelle, you're under arrest when you murdered her for me.
40:07So, Vincent's taking over the gallery.
40:12What a truly great space, huh?
40:15It's too bad Sarah missed it.
40:17I know.
40:18Flight's delayed. I told her I'd sent pics.
40:20This gallery would be a great date spot.
40:24Well, actually, maybe a gallery where a famous murder painting was hung isn't exactly romantic, but, uh...
40:29Hi.
40:31Hello.
40:33Where's, uh, where's Rex?
40:35Uh, he was here, like, a minute ago.
40:38Oh!
40:39Well, if it isn't the master and his new apprentice.
40:42Oh, wow.
40:43Do I sense a new collab?
40:45Oh, if you can see color, you can express yourself with paint.
40:48Even if you're a dog?
40:49Especially if you are.
40:51Rex has no filters.
40:53No self-doubt.
40:54No struggles with success.
40:56Oh, no. He's, uh, just straight up 100% Rex all the time.
41:00Exactly.
41:02And that...
41:04is what art...
41:05was really all about.
41:15Okay.
41:16Time to add your bit.
41:18Here you go, Rex.
41:20And in your favorite color.
41:22Just pure feeling.
41:32Hey.
41:35I heard Annabelle's under psychiatric care.
41:38Yeah, while she awaits trial.
41:40You know, she told us that the whole scheme was hers.
41:42She pressured Erica into it.
41:44How are you holding on?
41:46Well, I decided to stay off socials.
41:49Just focus on the beauty here in St. John's for a while.
41:52That's great. Does that mean you'll start selling again?
41:54Well, I'm trying to find that middle ground between starving artists and millionaires sell out.
42:01Oh.
42:02Oh, well done, Rex.
42:03Oh.
42:17That's it. I'm sold. I need that from my office.
42:23Are you sure you can afford it?
42:26What do you mean?
42:27Oh.
42:31Whoa.
42:33I thought maybe I could use the proceeds to open up the Eric Fleming studio for aspiring artists.
42:39If Rex approves.
42:41Rex!
42:44Well, I think that's a resounding yes.
42:46Next time on Hudson and Rex.
42:50You got this. You got this. You've got 30 seconds to find the dummy.
42:58That's not a dummy. That body's real.
43:00Sylvia Lawton. 59 years old. Retired criminal court judge.
43:04I've known her for years. Why would anyone do that to her?
43:06We need to inform her next of Kim.
43:10Cody Moreau. Judge Lawton gave him 12 years.
43:12According to her phone records,
43:14Cody called her over three dozen times
43:15since he's been released.
43:16I may have a way to prove him guilty,
43:18but I'm gonna need Brax's help.
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