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00:00:13I'm stopping by the gazebo on my way home to put up the sign.
00:00:15Now, I know it's not in the city manager's job description, but you know how important this is to the
00:00:19mayor.
00:00:20Oh, one second, Teresa. I submitted the approval for your new awnings. They're gonna be beautiful.
00:00:24Okay, so the demolition crew is coming early Friday morning?
00:00:28Well, the groundbreaking is a week later.
00:00:30It's not like they're taking down the space needle. It's a gazebo. They'll have it done in a day.
00:00:36Who didn't confirm?
00:00:38No, I'll handle it.
00:00:39Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.
00:00:42Jason! Hi, Sally Ferguson. I hear you have an RSVP to the groundbreaking.
00:00:48Now, I know the flower show is a big deal, but...
00:00:51Okay, if I can smooth things over with the garden club, can I count you in?
00:00:55Great, I'll call you back.
00:01:00Mary, hi, it's Allie Ferguson.
00:01:02Good, good. I can't wait to see your prize-winning azaleas.
00:01:06Listen, about the flower show. I was thinking we'd move your booth to the front this year.
00:01:20Hey, don't forget to stop by my office. I'll help you fill out those forms.
00:01:24Good morning, Allie.
00:01:26Good morning, Freddie. Good morning, Julia.
00:01:28Mm-hmm. Julia, we are going to get you the approvals to paint your store.
00:01:32We just need a little more time. You know how City Hall is.
00:01:35You work for City Hall.
00:01:36We've been here for 50 years.
00:01:37Houston's family treasure's been here for 50 years.
00:01:39Downtown used to be nice.
00:01:40Downtown used to be so vibrant and colorful, and...
00:01:44We're just trying to bring some of that back.
00:01:46But red tape.
00:01:47Yeah, stop it.
00:01:48But there's too much red tape.
00:01:50I agree.
00:01:51And I love that you want to make Springfield better.
00:01:53That's what the mayor and I want as well, starting with the new fountain.
00:01:56Huh.
00:01:56Seems like there's more red tape for paint than digging up the town square, if you ask me.
00:02:03Have a muffin.
00:02:06I baked them myself.
00:02:10But she's still giving me muffins. She can't be that mad at me.
00:02:13You don't know my grandmother at all, do you?
00:02:26No stone, no turn.
00:02:27And that's why I think I would make just a great addition to the CLB.
00:02:32What does community mean to you?
00:02:33What does community mean to me?
00:02:35I want to protect it.
00:02:37Make it safe.
00:02:38Ryan?
00:02:38Ready for your first day?
00:02:40Yes, ma'am.
00:02:41Oh, huh.
00:02:42That's gonna get old really fast, please.
00:02:44Just call me Beth.
00:02:46Sarge.
00:02:47Can we agree on Sarge?
00:02:48Yeah, I think I can do that.
00:02:52Baby steps.
00:02:55So is that the Seattle PD interview?
00:02:58Jerry over in traffic told me he'd look at it all the time.
00:03:02Uh, I'm just trying to learn from my mistakes, Sarge.
00:03:06Look, I know you're trying for Seattle PD again at some point.
00:03:09Well, actually I can't for at least another six months.
00:03:11Until then, I'm taking this job very seriously.
00:03:14Yes, I've heard.
00:03:15Serious is your default setting.
00:03:18Look, Ryan, you were on traffic for less than six months.
00:03:21They reassigned you downtown because it took ages to get simple tickets filed.
00:03:25They were filled with details that didn't even matter.
00:03:28It would have mattered if the paperwork was wrong.
00:03:31What we do here is community policing.
00:03:33This is not Seattle PD and it is not the Army.
00:03:36Now things are a bit more relaxed here and you need to relax with it.
00:03:42Did you really just make a note about needing to relax?
00:03:46In the city code book?
00:03:48How much of that have you memorized?
00:03:50Most of it.
00:03:51But now that I'm here, you won't have to look stuff up.
00:03:54You can just ask me.
00:03:56It's a joke, ma'am.
00:03:58Sergeant.
00:03:59Sarge.
00:04:00I'm gonna go get a cup of coffee in the diner.
00:04:03Isn't that coffee?
00:04:05Now this?
00:04:05No, this is terrible.
00:04:06But my brother-in-law owns a coffee shop down the way and so I get a coffee every day
00:04:10and then I have them replace it at the diner.
00:04:12It makes things easier at Thanksgiving.
00:04:15It's all about relationships.
00:04:17Hmm.
00:04:18You want anything?
00:04:19Uh, no, I'm good. Thank you.
00:04:21I'm gonna keep my eye on things out here.
00:04:31It's a dance studio, Wyatt. I need to play music.
00:04:33What do you got against music these days?
00:04:34Nothing. You know, I help the music program at the school.
00:04:36I just don't like it when it's played too loud on the other side of my wall.
00:04:39What do you want me to do?
00:04:40Hum so my students can dance?
00:04:42Ally, you're the city manager.
00:04:43There must be some ordinance she's breaking.
00:04:45It's a public nuisance.
00:04:46A nuisance?
00:04:47How about the exhaust fan from your kitchen that's making my whole studio smell like pancakes?
00:04:51Unless that's the city manager about that.
00:04:53Who doesn't like pancakes?
00:04:54All I said was good morning.
00:04:56See, she doesn't want to talk about it either, Wyatt.
00:04:58Okay, okay.
00:04:59I can help you navigate this through City Hall if you want, or we can settle it like good neighbors.
00:05:04City Hall seems the way to go.
00:05:05Yeah, I think that's the way to go.
00:05:06Yeah, there goes my Nobel Peace Prize.
00:05:09Uh, stop by my office, I'll help you fill out the parts.
00:05:11Wonderful.
00:05:12Gladly.
00:05:13Hey Sam, how's the team looking?
00:05:16Pretty good.
00:05:16I think we have a good shot at State.
00:05:18Oh, well, I'll be there cheering you on.
00:05:20Thanks, Ms. Ferguson.
00:05:29Excuse me, ma'am.
00:05:30You know you're supposed to use a crosswalk.
00:05:32Oh.
00:05:33There was no cars coming.
00:05:35Yeah, it's still jaywalking.
00:05:37Well, technically, yes.
00:05:39But, I mean, the crosswalk was on the opposite side of where I'm going, and this was just more efficient.
00:05:44I get that, but I'm still gonna have to write you a ticket.
00:05:47A ticket?
00:05:48Oh, no.
00:05:49Officer.
00:05:50Uh, Pruitt.
00:05:51Can I see your ID, please?
00:05:54Yeah.
00:05:55That's my, uh, city hall badge.
00:05:58I am the city manager.
00:06:00Allie Ferguson.
00:06:01Nice to meet you, Allie Ferguson.
00:06:03Welcome to Springville.
00:06:04It's a great town that I manage.
00:06:08I've been here for six months, but just got transferred downtown.
00:06:11Oh, that's great.
00:06:11Well, if you need any help getting the lay of the land, I'm your person.
00:06:15Or if you need restaurant recommendations.
00:06:17I appreciate that.
00:06:18I'm actually hoping there's a good high place nearby.
00:06:20Oh, yeah.
00:06:21Uh, Sabai.
00:06:22It's fantastic.
00:06:24Okay.
00:06:25I'll check that out.
00:06:26Yes.
00:06:26Tell Mrs. Anong I sent you.
00:06:28I will do that.
00:06:31Listen, uh, about that ticket.
00:06:34Yes.
00:06:36Could you sign here, please?
00:06:40Okay.
00:06:41You can pay by check, online or in person at city hall.
00:06:45Yeah, I know.
00:06:45It's two doors down from my office.
00:06:47Well, that's efficient.
00:06:49Okay.
00:06:50Have a good day.
00:06:51And again, thank you very much for the Thai recommendation.
00:06:58I've lived here my whole life.
00:07:01You never got a ticket?
00:07:10Yeah.
00:07:27Good morning, Allie.
00:07:29Good morning.
00:07:30Uh, Theresa, do you know anything about that piano?
00:07:32What piano?
00:07:33The piano in the gazebo.
00:07:34There's a piano in the gazebo?
00:07:36Where'd it come from?
00:07:37That's what I'm asking you.
00:07:38Well, I didn't know there was a piano in the gazebo.
00:07:40Is there a concert or something we don't know about?
00:07:43Not that I know of.
00:07:44Which may prove your point, actually.
00:07:46Why is there a piano in the gazebo?
00:07:49This is the question of the day.
00:07:50Parks and Recreation is your jurisdiction,
00:07:52so if you don't know about it, who would?
00:07:54Oh, you're the mayor.
00:07:55You know how city bureaucracy is.
00:07:57There's probably an application stuck in the machinery somewhere.
00:07:59You know the building of Fountain in the town square
00:08:02is a stipulation of the Van Wilkinson Family Foundation's grant.
00:08:06If we don't stick to our schedule, we can't build it by the end of the year
00:08:09and we lose our funding.
00:08:10Do you really want to say goodbye to all our plans on revitalizing downtown?
00:08:15We worked for over a year on securing that grant.
00:08:17I won't let anything jeopardize it, I promise.
00:08:21I do think a piano in the gazebo could be kind of fun.
00:08:24Not when the demolition crew comes tomorrow to tear it down.
00:08:27We'll have to have it removed by then.
00:08:29Um, okay.
00:08:30We need to call the facilities.
00:08:31Donnie and engineering will have to make sure it's removed safely.
00:08:35What else?
00:08:36I guess we need to file a police report.
00:08:38Why?
00:08:39There's a random piano in the town square.
00:08:41What if it's stolen?
00:08:43Somebody stole a piano and left it in the gazebo?
00:08:46Why?
00:08:46Maybe they couldn't fit it into the trunk of their getaway car?
00:08:50Do you want to divide and conquer?
00:08:52Nah.
00:08:53I'll have all this done and that piano gone by lunch.
00:09:16Very good.
00:09:16Okay.
00:09:23You're welcome.
00:09:24Uh-huh.
00:09:43So, definitely.
00:09:43You're welcome.
00:09:59Oh, sorry, officer, I was just...
00:10:06No, no, no, no, it's okay.
00:10:09Is it okay if I go?
00:10:11Yeah, yeah, go for it.
00:10:14By the way, you're really good.
00:10:18Just please don't tell anyone, okay?
00:10:34I hate to bother you with this, but I've been working on this mysterious piano in the gazebo.
00:10:38The city didn't put it there?
00:10:39No, and we can't figure out who did.
00:10:41How can I help?
00:10:42Well, before I haul it away, I need a police report in case it's stolen.
00:10:45We can do that.
00:10:47In fact, I know the perfect person for the job.
00:10:51Allie, meet Officer Pruitt.
00:10:57We've met.
00:11:01I thought I was supposed to be here.
00:11:03When was the first time you saw the piano?
00:11:06Around nine.
00:11:08If you need a more precise time, it was about five minutes after you gave me a jaywalking ticket.
00:11:17I'll cross-check that, thank you.
00:11:19Can you think of anyone who might have put it here?
00:11:21Look, I just need a quick report.
00:11:24It's more of a formality.
00:11:25I can't finish a report without conducting an investigation, okay?
00:11:28There is a process.
00:11:29I appreciate process as much as the next person.
00:11:32However, one thing I learned working for the city is that a rigid process is the enemy of efficiency.
00:11:39It's more about the spirit of the law and working together to accomplish goals expeditiously.
00:11:47So in other words, you like to cut corners, or at least not use them crossing the street.
00:11:52It's not cutting corners.
00:11:54It's about getting things done and making it to the finish line quickly.
00:11:57In that race with the tortoise, how'd that work out for the hare?
00:12:06All I'm saying is that you need to know what strings to pull and who to talk to.
00:12:10In this town, I do.
00:12:14Great.
00:12:14You can introduce me to whoever I need to talk to for the investigation.
00:12:17Is there a music store around here, or some place that might have a spare piano lying around?
00:12:22Yeah.
00:12:23Over on Bay Street.
00:12:25Great.
00:12:25Let's start there.
00:12:27Great.
00:12:29Something wrong?
00:12:30No.
00:12:31It's all good.
00:12:32Let's go.
00:12:34Okay.
00:12:36This way, big guy.
00:12:39Just canvassing.
00:12:44Hey, Dex.
00:12:46Allie.
00:12:47Hey.
00:12:48Hey.
00:12:48Oh.
00:12:50Uh, did you get my text?
00:12:51Uh, yeah.
00:12:52Sorry.
00:12:53It's been a busy day.
00:12:54That's no worries.
00:12:54It was about the concert next month.
00:12:55You still want to go?
00:12:57Uh, as friends, I mean.
00:12:59I thought you had a gig.
00:13:00It got moved, so I am all freed up.
00:13:03Okay.
00:13:04Um, yeah.
00:13:04Yeah.
00:13:05Let's go.
00:13:06Anyway, Dex Holloway, this is Officer Pruitt.
00:13:08He has some questions for you.
00:13:10What can I help you with?
00:13:12We are here about a piano.
00:13:13Well, you've come to the right place.
00:13:15Uh, no, Dex.
00:13:15Someone left a piano in the gazebo in town square.
00:13:18Oh, that's really cool.
00:13:19Yeah.
00:13:20Except it's right where we're breaking ground for the new fountain, so we need to find out
00:13:23who put it there.
00:13:24Do you recognize this?
00:13:26I don't think so.
00:13:27So you didn't put it there?
00:13:29No.
00:13:29It wasn't me.
00:13:30Okay.
00:13:30Great.
00:13:31Thanks, Dex.
00:13:32Let me know if I can help with anything else.
00:13:34Text me?
00:13:36Yeah, sure.
00:13:46He seemed nice.
00:13:48Yeah, he's nice.
00:13:51Huh.
00:13:53And?
00:13:57And we dated off and on.
00:13:59Currently off.
00:14:00Is that obvious?
00:14:02Look, it may be my first day as a community police officer, but, uh, it wasn't very hard
00:14:07to figure out.
00:14:09Well, I believe him when he says he didn't put the piano there.
00:14:12Okay, so who do we interview next?
00:14:15How many people do we have to talk to?
00:14:17More than one, less than the entire town.
00:14:19Okay, well, I-I kinda need this done today.
00:14:22Then let's get going.
00:14:27Okay, well, thank you very much, and let me know if you think of anything.
00:14:30Bye-bye.
00:14:31Okay, so all the school's pianos are accounted for, so it wasn't a senior class prank?
00:14:34I didn't think so.
00:14:36It's not the kind of shenanigans kids get up to.
00:14:38Shenanigans?
00:14:39What is this, uh, a musical?
00:14:41What, your senior class didn't do a prank?
00:14:43We did not leave a piano in a gazebo.
00:14:46It's a Chevy and a school gym.
00:14:49I'm surprised.
00:14:51Bye?
00:14:51You don't strike me as the type who breaks the rules, and I got a jaywalking ticket to prove it.
00:14:57Youthful rebellion.
00:14:58Well, I learned pretty fast that the army doesn't like shenanigans either.
00:15:02You were in the army?
00:15:04Thank you for your service.
00:15:06It was an honor.
00:15:08Well, we've talked to about a dozen people, and nobody knows where that piano came from.
00:15:13Can we wrap this up and finish the report now?
00:15:14Yeah, I think we've done our due diligence.
00:15:17Great.
00:15:17I've got a crew waiting at the gazebo to haul the piano away.
00:15:21Did you arrange that before we finished the investigation?
00:15:23Just being efficient.
00:15:36And one, two, three, stretch.
00:15:40Lift that leg.
00:15:41Good.
00:15:43Very nice, everyone.
00:15:45Take five.
00:15:48Allie, I love this piano.
00:15:50Was this your idea?
00:15:51No.
00:15:52We're here to take it away, actually.
00:15:54Really?
00:15:54But the kids love it.
00:15:56I even got a new student because of it.
00:15:57Oh, really?
00:15:58She saw us practicing and convinced her mom to let her sign up.
00:16:01I should have thought of this ages ago.
00:16:03I should have thought of it.
00:16:06Did you have something to do with this?
00:16:08No.
00:16:08I just, I mean, it's a great idea.
00:16:11Well, great or not, it has to go.
00:16:13Sorry.
00:16:15Okay, kids.
00:16:16Back to the studio.
00:16:17Aww.
00:16:19Really is a shame.
00:16:22Sorry.
00:16:23Okay, guys.
00:16:25Take it away.
00:16:27Well, it wasn't as fast as this hair would have liked to make it to the finish line, but I
00:16:32appreciate the tortoise's help.
00:16:34Anytime.
00:16:35Does this mean we can say, K's clothes?
00:16:39If it makes you happy, yeah.
00:16:40Yeah.
00:16:41Um.
00:16:45I'll see you around.
00:16:47Sure.
00:16:48See you around.
00:17:02Um, the mayor wants to make sure the site is cleared before we...
00:17:07Well, I thought they moved the piano.
00:17:10They did.
00:17:11Well, they did a terrible job.
00:17:13Who is doing this?
00:17:15Does this mean we have to start the whole process over again?
00:17:17The paperwork?
00:17:18The police?
00:17:19Well, there's the crew coming to tear down the gazebo.
00:17:21I don't want to lose another whole day while the officer by the book does another investigation.
00:17:25You mean him?
00:17:30Okay.
00:17:30You know what?
00:17:33Stall him.
00:17:34Stall him?
00:17:34Yeah, go, go.
00:17:35How?
00:17:35Wait, I don't know.
00:17:36Just leave.
00:17:36Say something.
00:17:37Say that your cat is stuck in a tree.
00:17:39Hey.
00:17:39Hey, guys.
00:17:40So, slight change of plan.
00:17:43Who wants to move a piano?
00:17:44All right.
00:17:45Well, thank you very much.
00:17:46Have a great day.
00:17:47Hey!
00:17:48Hi!
00:17:48I'm Teresa.
00:17:50I work with Allie.
00:17:51Hi.
00:17:51How are you?
00:17:52I'm great.
00:17:53I'm Ryan Prewitt.
00:17:53Ryan!
00:17:54So nice to meet you.
00:17:56So, what do you do?
00:17:59I'm a police officer.
00:18:02Right.
00:18:03Hence, the uniform.
00:18:05Uh-huh.
00:18:05Yeah.
00:18:06Yeah, that tracks.
00:18:08Uniform.
00:18:08Okay, it was very nice to meet you.
00:18:10I have to get going.
00:18:10Wait!
00:18:12I actually need a police officer.
00:18:15Right.
00:18:16I need to report a crime.
00:18:17You do?
00:18:18Mm-hmm.
00:18:18What kind of crime?
00:18:20How about you give me a few options,
00:18:22and I'll let you know if you get it right.
00:18:25I know your work order doesn't cover moving a piano,
00:18:28but since you're here and it needs to get done,
00:18:30maybe you can just do both?
00:18:32I mean, what's the crime?
00:18:34Um, I could name a few.
00:18:37Sorry.
00:18:47How did this even get back here?
00:18:49Maybe it's a player piano, you know?
00:18:51They...
00:18:51They do things by themselves.
00:18:53If you ever take the detective's exam,
00:18:55I hope you leave those kinds of theories off the essay portion.
00:18:59That's fair.
00:18:59Where did your moving crew put it?
00:19:01On the loading dock behind City Hall,
00:19:03until we could figure out what to do with it.
00:19:04Huh.
00:19:05Huh?
00:19:06What, huh?
00:19:06We have to reopen the investigation.
00:19:08What?
00:19:09No!
00:19:10I already have all the necessary approvals to move this piano.
00:19:13You signed off on it.
00:19:14Why can't we just do it again?
00:19:16Because this is a different piano.
00:19:20Are you sure?
00:19:21Same style, different brand.
00:19:23The other one had a scratch on the top.
00:19:24Well...
00:19:25Okay, fine, fine.
00:19:26Do an investigation,
00:19:27but can we at least still move this piano?
00:19:30I mean, the construction crew are here to tear down the gazebo.
00:19:32What are they gonna do?
00:19:40Yeah, I think they'll find a way to keep themselves amused.
00:19:43Besides, the gazebo is technically a crime scene.
00:19:46It is not a crime.
00:19:48Or it's barely one.
00:19:50I mean, you said yourself,
00:19:51it's probably just a harmless break.
00:19:53High school, if not college kids.
00:19:55College kids don't get up to these types of shenanigans,
00:19:59and they certainly don't have an abundance of pianos lying around.
00:20:02I can't think of who would stand to benefit from this.
00:20:32How much you need.
00:20:43People seem to really like this.
00:20:45Yeah, well, like it or not,
00:20:47unless we can put a fountain on top of it,
00:20:49it has to go.
00:20:51Do we really need a new police report?
00:20:54Yeah, I'm afraid so.
00:20:56I don't suppose we can just copy the last one.
00:20:59Hey, come on.
00:21:00Aren't you just the least bit curious about who's doing this?
00:21:02Hmm?
00:21:03It's a real life mystery.
00:21:05Professor Plum in the ballroom with a candlestick?
00:21:07Ooh, now we're talking.
00:21:10Okay, fine.
00:21:13I thought the crew needed a little entertainment while we wait.
00:21:16That was great.
00:21:18How many songs do you know?
00:21:19Oh.
00:21:20We need to postpone the demolition until tomorrow
00:21:22until we figure out who's leaving these pianos here.
00:21:25Tomorrow's Saturday and I'm out of town.
00:21:27I could move some things around and do it Tuesday.
00:21:30Can you move more things around and do it Monday?
00:21:33I'll throw in tickets to the county fair.
00:21:35You drive a hard bargain.
00:21:37All right.
00:21:38Now, since you don't have anything better to do...
00:21:41Theresa, I'll see you at the office.
00:21:42Okay.
00:21:44I've got a few days to figure this out.
00:21:47We?
00:21:48When did this become a we?
00:21:50If this isn't solved by the time they return on Monday,
00:21:52you're going to end up paying him to put on another concert.
00:21:55Oh, I wonder if he takes requests.
00:21:58Okay, well, fine, but we do this fast, right?
00:22:02Yeah, yeah, of course.
00:22:03Where to next?
00:22:05I don't know.
00:22:05I mean, we've already talked to everyone I can think of.
00:22:07All right, let's talk to him again.
00:22:09Who's our main suspect?
00:22:11Monica Murphy?
00:22:12She did say she got a new student because of the piano
00:22:15and that she should have thought of it.
00:22:17So let's start there.
00:22:18I left around 8 o'clock last night.
00:22:20The piano wasn't there.
00:22:21I would have noticed.
00:22:22Your security camera only shows your front door, right?
00:22:25Yeah, you can't see the square.
00:22:26And you didn't see anyone else playing it?
00:22:29Not that I remember.
00:22:30Then there's Wyatt O'Connor.
00:22:32He's been complaining about Monica playing music next door.
00:22:34Maybe he put the piano there to get her out of the way.
00:22:37I also heard he supports the music program at the high school.
00:22:40Like I was saying, I arranged a bunch of instruments to be donated.
00:22:44The band has to be good if you're gonna play the football games.
00:22:46Any pianos?
00:22:48Not too many pianos in the marching band,
00:22:50but the theater department has one, I think.
00:22:53Do you play?
00:22:53Me?
00:22:54No, but Sam used to.
00:22:57But he's more into football now.
00:22:59Right, Sam?
00:23:00Right.
00:23:04And lastly, there's Julia Hanson at the second-hand store.
00:23:07She's the only other person I know who'd have access to pianos.
00:23:10We get pianos occasionally from estate sales, but I don't have any right now.
00:23:14You know, I think that you should just leave it.
00:23:17I've seen people out there, they're playing and singing and dancing.
00:23:21Oh, I mean anything that gets people to look up from their phones and stop rushing around is okay in
00:23:26my books.
00:23:27People don't connect like they used to.
00:23:30Well, Springdale's a pretty small town, Julia.
00:23:32We connect here.
00:23:34I stop and talk to you and Freddie every morning on my way to work.
00:23:36You say hi, we talk about the weather, and then you're off.
00:23:40Well, I have a lot of responsibilities.
00:23:42I don't want to miss anything.
00:23:45Slow down once in a while.
00:23:47That's when you find a real connection.
00:23:58What are you doing here on your day off?
00:24:00I'm just working on the report for the piano case.
00:24:02We spoke to at least 20 people.
00:24:04I reviewed the security cameras.
00:24:05I even tried tracing the serial numbers, but we've hit a dead end.
00:24:08Do you have any other ideas?
00:24:09Nothing that Ally probably hasn't told you.
00:24:12How's working with her?
00:24:13We've been having a very spirited tortoise-y hair debate.
00:24:16Yeah, she doesn't understand that police work is a systematic process.
00:24:19Details matter.
00:24:20Well, it's not like you're taking down some major crime syndicate.
00:24:23It's a couple of pianos in a gazebo.
00:24:25I just feel like I am missing something, and it feels unfinished.
00:24:30Get used to that.
00:24:32We don't solve every case.
00:24:33I'd like to solve my first one.
00:24:37Some advice?
00:24:38Maybe let the heroin this one.
00:24:45Well, hello there.
00:24:47Hello.
00:24:48I almost didn't recognize you out of uniform.
00:24:51Well, police officers get days off, too.
00:24:54What is this day off you speak up?
00:24:57I want to drop off the report.
00:24:58I know you're on a deadline.
00:24:59Wait, we're done?
00:25:01Really?
00:25:02I'm not sure we've talked to every single resident of Springville yet.
00:25:06Well, if you didn't know them all before, you certainly do now.
00:25:09I certainly do.
00:25:12Yeah, I meet a lot of people at my job.
00:25:15You will, too.
00:25:16In the next couple of years, you'll even be on a first-name basis with the regular tourists.
00:25:20I probably won't be here long enough for that to happen.
00:25:22Oh, where are you going?
00:25:23Back home to Seattle.
00:25:25Yeah, I'm going to be on the fourth there eventually.
00:25:27Oh, have you applied?
00:25:28Yeah.
00:25:29Yeah, I aced the tests.
00:25:31But, uh, not so much on the interview portion.
00:25:34The answer is always world peace.
00:25:36Yeah, I can reapply again in six months.
00:25:39So, Springville's just a pit stop?
00:25:41I'm still committed to the job.
00:25:43And what does Seattle have that we don't?
00:25:46Fewer pianos being left in gazebos.
00:25:48Yeah.
00:25:49Not a lot of true crime podcast-worthy things happen here.
00:25:52Mm-mm.
00:25:53Well, I'm sorry we didn't defeat Piano Guy.
00:25:56Piano Woman?
00:25:57We gotta work on that name.
00:25:59Yeah.
00:25:59Mm-hmm.
00:26:00Yes.
00:26:02No, yeah, I would've loved to, uh, figure this one out.
00:26:05Being my first case here.
00:26:08That's why I was being so thorough.
00:26:10I appreciate it.
00:26:13I do. I do.
00:26:14If I can't have something done right and quickly, I'd rather have it done right.
00:26:19Did that hurt you, to say that out loud?
00:26:21A little bit.
00:26:26Okay, uh, I'll let you get back to your, uh, your day off.
00:26:32Yeah.
00:26:34You know, I mean, we could go over the case one more time.
00:26:38I mean, there's nothing wrong with being thorough.
00:26:40No.
00:26:42Okay.
00:26:43I'll let you get back.
00:26:44I'll let you get back.
00:26:46I'll let you get back.
00:26:51Oh, that house back there had a camera.
00:26:53You couldn't see the gazebo.
00:26:55I'm gonna make a note.
00:26:56Were you always like this?
00:26:58Did you have fast and efficient tea parties, always done in one hour instead of two?
00:27:02Uh, no, actually, uh, the opposite.
00:27:06I grew up in Philly.
00:27:08My mom still lives there.
00:27:10And, uh, after my dad passed, it was just the two of us.
00:27:13And let's just say I had a very unstructured childhood.
00:27:17Your mom wasn't big into rules and regulations.
00:27:20Exactly.
00:27:21She was, and still is, a child of the sixties and embraced a very whatever-makes-you-happy
00:27:28kind of parenting style.
00:27:29So how did you...
00:27:30Become the goal-oriented and accomplished person I am today?
00:27:34Sure.
00:27:35We can use your words.
00:27:36Uh, after missing one too many school trips because I didn't have the signed permission
00:27:40form, I took it upon myself to make sure I never missed out on anything again.
00:27:45So you were responsible for everything.
00:27:47That must have been hard.
00:27:49Yeah, but it made me who I am.
00:27:51Can't be mad about it.
00:27:53Honestly, I never saw an opportunity I didn't like the look of.
00:27:56Including joining the rush of working for small-town government?
00:27:59Yeah, only to find out we don't rush much, but I'm working on that.
00:28:03Uh, there's a camera.
00:28:06This can probably see the gazebo.
00:28:08Looks like the right angle.
00:28:11This is Frank Meyer's place, but he's on vacation.
00:28:14We can follow up once he gets back.
00:28:17Or... we can find out now.
00:28:21Uh, what are you... what are you doing? That's...
00:28:25Hey, you're trespassing.
00:28:26Relax. Frank won't mind. He owes me a favor.
00:28:30I could arrest you right now.
00:28:32Come on. Did you never climb things when you were a kid?
00:28:35You and I had very different childhoods.
00:28:37Oh, let me guess. Military family?
00:28:40Police. Close.
00:28:41Um, the opposite of unstructured, you know.
00:28:44Thanksgiving with them in Seattle, it consisted of a very, you know, rigid schedule and not much climbing or whatever
00:28:50you're doing.
00:28:50Listen, structure and rules are important, but so is time for play. Aren't you ever spontaneous?
00:28:57Yeah, I plan time for hobbies.
00:28:58Oh, so, scheduled fun? You must be great at parties.
00:29:09Oh, no. There's a tree blocking the gazebo.
00:29:12Okay, so maybe sometimes being spontaneous doesn't pay off.
00:29:16I stand by my statement.
00:29:18Okay, you want to stand by it on solid ground?
00:29:19All right.
00:29:21Oh, sorry.
00:29:23You okay?
00:29:24Yes. Thank you. Sorry.
00:29:26Yeah. It's fine.
00:29:33Um, well, I think we've covered all the houses, so...
00:29:37Yeah.
00:29:37Is it okay to call the facilities and have them move the piano now?
00:29:41Yes, we are all done here.
00:29:42I am surprised you don't have the crew waiting on standby at the gazebo already.
00:29:50You have the crew standing by in the gazebo already, don't you?
00:29:53No, no. They're in a truck near the gazebo.
00:29:57There it is.
00:30:04Okay, I'll head back to the gazebo and meet you there.
00:30:07Okay, I'll see you in a minute.
00:30:08Okay, bye.
00:30:14Hey, you're Sam, right?
00:30:15Yeah, I was just taking a shortcut. Um, bye.
00:30:19Sam, Sam, wait.
00:30:21If you want to play the piano, it's okay.
00:30:23But it is your last chance.
00:30:25The guys are coming to take it away in a minute.
00:30:27Really?
00:30:29I...
00:30:30It's okay. I don't really need to play.
00:30:32You'd be fine if you did. You're really good.
00:30:34No.
00:30:36You think?
00:30:37Yeah, you're really good.
00:30:39Do you have a piano at home?
00:30:41No, we used to, but since football takes up most of my free time, my dad didn't think we needed
00:30:47one in the house.
00:30:48Do you like football?
00:30:50Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I'm good at it. At least that's what everyone tells me.
00:30:57Why don't you, uh, why don't you go ahead?
00:30:59All right, one last time before they, you know, take it away.
00:31:03Okay.
00:31:32Do you want to join me?
00:31:37Bye.
00:31:42Bye.
00:31:46Bye.
00:32:02Okay, they're ready.
00:32:06Let's give it a minute.
00:32:27That was a nice send-off for the piano.
00:32:29Can we take a look at this?
00:32:31Are you in the market for a desk?
00:32:32My apartment came furnished, but there's no good place to work.
00:32:35That's the way it should be.
00:32:36Once you're home, you're off duty.
00:32:38I'll make sure to ask the criminals to respect my work-life balance.
00:32:41Oh, a funny cop.
00:32:43Oh, that's just what this town needs.
00:32:46Well, come on in.
00:32:49Guess we're shopping.
00:32:50I guess we are.
00:32:53Thanks for coming in.
00:32:55Hey, Allie.
00:32:56Hi.
00:32:56Officer Pruitt.
00:32:58What did my grandma do now?
00:33:00He's here to buy a desk.
00:33:02My grandson thinks I'm a troublemaker.
00:33:04Your grandson knows you're a troublemaker.
00:33:07Desks are over there.
00:33:08Just yell if you see something you like.
00:33:09Great, thank you.
00:33:14What about this one?
00:33:18Yeah, it's, uh, no.
00:33:20That's, that's, that's too expensive.
00:33:22I don't want to spend, you know, too much on something temporary.
00:33:26Right.
00:33:27See you, adult.
00:33:29Why don't you just take it with you?
00:33:30You gonna help me move?
00:33:32Oh, um, I can't because, um, I'm busy that day and I hurt my back and my grandma is...
00:33:40Uh-huh.
00:33:40Yeah, that's what I thought.
00:33:42No, I'm gonna keep my place pretty simple.
00:33:44Pretty much what's in there is what was in there when I moved in.
00:33:47Hmm.
00:33:47So you haven't put a personal touch on it at all?
00:33:50Not even a plant.
00:33:52Well then, we have some work to do.
00:34:02I don't care what I've been told, bro.
00:34:05When I go, if I won't, oh, oh, oh, no.
00:34:08I'll go with the flow.
00:34:12I've got soccer, I've got style.
00:34:15When I walk on by the people's night, oh, oh.
00:34:18I'll go with the flow.
00:34:25I'll go with the flow.
00:34:45Okay, you good?
00:34:47Yeah?
00:34:47Not too heavy?
00:34:48No, it's not too heavy.
00:34:50yeah i think this is the perfect spot you get the best light don't want to have bad light
00:34:56i still think you should have got that vase you liked flowers bring so much life to a place
00:35:00sure but men don't often receive flowers i think we bought plenty of items you snuck this past me
00:35:07i did
00:35:11yeah i mean i guess this is all only temporary right
00:35:17great
00:35:22okay there's already a nail there should we put it there
00:35:26want to help me
00:35:30okay
00:35:46wow it looks great
00:35:49yeah it does
00:35:54so they're demolishing the gazebo on monday
00:35:57yeah and then something else gets in the way
00:36:00well it looks good in here
00:36:02it's more lived in
00:36:12should probably go
00:36:13um on the other hand
00:36:15we didn't expect there to be a second piano
00:36:18maybe a third is none of the question
00:36:21well what do you want to do about it
00:36:24have you ever been on a stakeout
00:36:37a stakeout i love it
00:36:39do you get to be in a van with high-tech equipment
00:36:41oh you should get some night vision goggles
00:36:43i'll put in a requisition
00:36:44was this the mayor's idea
00:36:46no it was ryan's
00:36:49ryan
00:36:50officer pruitt
00:36:51so you're gonna be up
00:36:53all night
00:36:54under the stars
00:36:55with ryan
00:36:56why do i tell you things
00:36:57yeah you think you'd have learned your lesson by now
00:36:59i'm only doing this to make sure that nothing happens before the demolition crew gets there tomorrow
00:37:03just be careful
00:37:05i am always careful
00:37:07besides i'm sure we'll have full support of the police department
00:37:10the department is absolutely not going to support this
00:37:13ma'am
00:37:14sarge you know how important this is to the mayor
00:37:16the mayor asked you to stake out the 10 square
00:37:20no
00:37:22but apparently she's very gung-ho about it
00:37:24so you want to sit all night guarding a gazebo by yourself
00:37:27well i'm not going to be by myself
00:37:29the city manager she volunteered to help me out
00:37:32oh
00:37:32i thought you were happy to be rid of ali
00:37:35now you want to spend a whole night in a car with her
00:37:36this is the best way to stop a crowd from happening
00:37:38at worst it's illegal dumping
00:37:41not even stakeout worthy
00:37:45okay fine
00:37:46but you're not being paid overtime
00:37:48and you're using your own car and buying your own copy
00:37:52and not from my brother-in-law's place
00:37:54deal
00:38:02city codes
00:38:04you need to join a new book club
00:38:07that's actually really interesting
00:38:08every city has different rules
00:38:10for instance springville
00:38:12has entire sections on public murals
00:38:15naming conventions and bees
00:38:18can we name this place nothing happening square
00:38:21ugh it's been hours
00:38:23it's been 45 minutes
00:38:24feels like hours
00:38:26i can do this by myself
00:38:28and let you take all the glory while you catch the nairdwell
00:38:33nairdwell?
00:38:34outlaw? scoundrel?
00:38:36oh sorry one sec
00:38:37yep
00:38:39oh sorry the 1800s called and they want their words back?
00:38:42what do you call someone who puts pianos in gazebos?
00:38:46someone who has way too much time on their hands
00:38:48needs work
00:38:49this is gonna be a long night
00:38:52so
00:38:54tell me about the man
00:38:56the mystery
00:38:57mr. Ryan Pruitt
00:39:00you know everything
00:39:01from Seattle
00:39:02law enforcement family
00:39:04join the army
00:39:05police officer
00:39:06that's all you're gonna give me?
00:39:07i thought you'd appreciate the efficiency
00:39:09but you know i'm gonna just keep on bothering you if you don't talk
00:39:12so that's just wasting time
00:39:14that's the opposite of efficient
00:39:15has anyone ever told you that you can be very frustrating?
00:39:18they used other words but yes
00:39:23i grew up in Seattle
00:39:25in a little suburb
00:39:27two sisters
00:39:28we lived with our parents in a house
00:39:31near the water
00:39:32oh
00:39:34so
00:39:35a boat guy
00:39:37more like my dad really loves boats
00:39:40but i get terrible seasickness kind of guy
00:39:46you cannot mean that
00:39:47i do
00:39:48a hot dog is a sandwich
00:39:50get out of my car
00:39:51next you're gonna be saying that
00:39:53cereal is a soup
00:39:55whoa
00:39:56you gotta be kidding me
00:39:57okay hold on here
00:39:58what are you doing?
00:40:00i've proven a point
00:40:06see
00:40:07i didn't say they were the same
00:40:09i said they were similar
00:40:10i'll take that as a win
00:40:11oh
00:40:12yeah
00:40:12you can take that as a win
00:40:14all right
00:40:15congratulations
00:40:16thank you
00:40:25oh
00:40:26oh
00:40:26what
00:40:27what
00:40:27there's someone at the gazebo
00:40:28stay down here
00:40:29get the binoculars
00:40:31stay here
00:40:31stay here
00:40:31stay here
00:40:33are you okay?
00:40:34yeah
00:40:35stay down
00:40:45really
00:40:51what are you doing?
00:40:53stopping you from rushing into what could be a dangerous situation
00:40:56okay
00:40:56i don't think our piano guy bad guy is really going to be dangerous
00:41:00you never know where trouble lurks
00:41:05danger rarely plays the violin
00:41:10yeah
00:41:14tax
00:41:15ali
00:41:18shh
00:41:34he's a friend of mine
00:41:35he asked me to play the piano for his proposal
00:41:37but since you had it removed i had to improvise
00:41:41okay go go sorry
00:41:43okay okay sorry
00:41:44bye
00:41:45sorry
00:41:47congratulations
00:41:56blanket
00:41:57oh thank you
00:42:02that was a nice thing dex did
00:42:05he seems like a good guy
00:42:08yeah
00:42:08he is
00:42:11so you guys were on again off again
00:42:14are you going to try again
00:42:17i don't know
00:42:19i mean he checks all the boxes
00:42:21but his schedule is probably more packed than mine
00:42:24i mean we get busy and our relationship takes a back seat and we break up
00:42:30and then we hang out and we start dating again and the cycle continues
00:42:37so what are the boxes
00:42:38oh i don't know
00:42:40i mean the usual stuff funny kind smart
00:42:44thinks hot dogs are sandwiches
00:42:46yeah it doesn't hurt i mean it's not a deal breaker but
00:42:49okay what is
00:42:53well they have to want to get married
00:43:02and they have to want to settle down here in springville
00:43:16wow
00:43:18the stars are really beautiful tonight
00:43:22yeah they are
00:43:47i'm sorry i'm so kind of asleep
00:43:51no it's okay
00:43:52i did too
00:43:57oh come on
00:44:12how did this get past you
00:44:14so we had planned on staying awake
00:44:16um but
00:44:17we fell asleep
00:44:19i take full responsibility
00:44:21okay well we have to move it before the demolition crew get here
00:44:24so i guess you know we'll just have to lift from our knees
00:44:27no hope i already called them off as soon as i saw the piano
00:44:29the soonest they can get here is wednesday
00:44:31oh is that enough time
00:44:32well the groundbreaking is a week from today so we should be good
00:44:36okay everyone
00:44:37sorry excuse us
00:44:38one lap around the square and then we're done
00:44:42it's important to keep moving
00:44:45look i'm really sorry but we have to reopen the investigation
00:44:48no we need to stop playing around
00:44:51i assure you no one is playing around
00:44:57that was unfortunate timing
00:44:59very
00:45:07wow
00:45:08a lot of uh piano players in this town
00:45:11this is fantastic
00:45:12i love that the city put in a public piano
00:45:15oh we didn't
00:45:16and uh it's not staying
00:45:18oh
00:45:19that's a shame
00:45:22um hope can i talk to you for a second
00:45:28okay
00:45:29i'm
00:45:29i'm wondering if
00:45:31we might want to take a step back
00:45:33and reconsider if tearing down the gazebo is the right thing
00:45:36ali
00:45:36well i'm just saying people are loving the piano
00:45:39i get it
00:45:40the piano's nice but
00:45:42the van wilkinson family was clear about the grant
00:45:44we only get the funding if we build the memorial fountain in the town square
00:45:48well at least let me find another place to put the piano
00:45:51i just think it's really making a difference in the community
00:45:56if that's what you want to do then we'll do it
00:45:59oh thank you
00:46:00and look since the demolition isn't happening until wednesday
00:46:03maybe we can leave the piano here for a few days
00:46:06sure
00:46:07that's fine
00:46:09thanks hope
00:46:09see ya
00:46:10see ya
00:46:15hey ryan
00:46:16you got a sec
00:46:17hey sarge
00:46:18what's up
00:46:22call that number
00:46:23set up another interview with seattle pd
00:46:25uh i don't understand
00:46:27i was told i have to wait at least another six months before i can try again
00:46:30i made a call
00:46:31i know a guy
00:46:32look i like you
00:46:34i think you're a good fit for springville
00:46:36and the job is yours as long as you want it
00:46:38but if you are gonna leave then i would rather
00:46:41you do it before people start depending on you too much
00:46:44i mean you're already ali's guy
00:46:46no no she's not uh i'm not i'm not no
00:46:48i'm i'm a i am a guy though
00:46:51not her guy but did you did she say something
00:46:53i meant professionally
00:46:56yes that's i did i did too
00:46:58a word of advice if you ever commit a crime
00:47:01just confess
00:47:02because this
00:47:04is not gonna fill anybody
00:47:12wow
00:47:19thank you
00:47:22that was great guys
00:47:30oh i know that look
00:47:32time to get back to work
00:47:34maybe a little spontaneous break won't hurt
00:47:46okay so let's figure out the next steps to the case
00:47:49look at you doing two things at once
00:47:51don't forget we need to be methodical about this
00:47:53okay are you done
00:47:54oh i'm done
00:47:59here's the thing
00:48:01i'm not sure how much help i can be on the case
00:48:04i have another mystery on my hands
00:48:06i talked hope into letting me put another piano somewhere
00:48:10so you want to keep the piano
00:48:12well everyone keeps saying how vibrant downtown used to be
00:48:15and we've been looking for ways to make it that way again
00:48:19maybe this is one of those ways
00:48:22mystery is where to put it
00:48:24well
00:48:24well we could solve both of our mysteries together
00:48:29i have to canvas the neighborhood still
00:48:31and we could look for places to put the piano at the same time
00:48:35you know what i call that
00:48:36great idea
00:48:37efficient
00:48:50okay i talked to everybody on your list nobody had any leads
00:48:54maybe i should have worn the uniform
00:48:56because then you could have gotten them to confess
00:48:58you never know
00:49:00well beth told you not to wear it this sort of thing requires a personal touch
00:49:04get people on your side
00:49:05yeah how's it going out here there's plenty of room for a piano
00:49:07yeah but there's no cover to put a piano under and i don't know i'm just not feeling it
00:49:12i mean the town square has a certain romance
00:49:15exactly i mean we witnessed a marriage proposal last night i can't imagine that kind of thing happening out here
00:49:21can you get married in city hall
00:49:23certainly be more um efficient
00:49:25that is a bonus but i don't know i'm just i'm not picturing romance out here
00:49:35what are you doing
00:49:36trying to help you picture it
00:49:38allie ferguson
00:49:41will you marry me
00:49:43oh ryan
00:49:45this is the worst proposal i've ever seen
00:49:46it's the setting if i took the time to prepare a real proposal it would be the best ever
00:49:53i believe that
00:49:57no you're the one who needs a write-up
00:49:59me you're the one who started this
00:50:01me
00:50:01yeah monica what what is going on
00:50:04i came to file a formal complaint about the noise from her business
00:50:07and i'm gonna file one about the smell from his
00:50:10okay well look it's your prerogative to file a complaint and i can go inside and get the forms
00:50:14but maybe we can just take a breath and try to talk this through
00:50:18it feels like this all started a few months ago monica when you started having early morning classes
00:50:23her music rattles the whole kitchen it's distracting
00:50:26what's distracting is the smell my students are complaining
00:50:30may i ask a question please do
00:50:31um monica are your speakers near your shared wall
00:50:35yeah how'd you know that
00:50:36my sister had the same problem in her dorm you just need to pad the speakers move them to the
00:50:40other side of the room and it shouldn't be an issue after that
00:50:42oh
00:50:43well i could do that
00:50:45well if monica's willing to do that then i guess i can get a new fan and open up the
00:50:50windows when class is on that should reduce the smell
00:50:53really
00:50:54yeah that'll be great thank you you're welcome
00:50:58i'm glad we could help
00:50:59well officer britt and i have a case to solve
00:51:02okay bye thank you you're welcome well that went well
00:51:06yeah
00:51:16uh it's too bad the center director isn't here
00:51:19well we can still poke around see if there's a good place for a piano
00:51:22yeah
00:51:23oh
00:51:25oh yoga
00:51:26i actually wouldn't mind taking a class after sleeping in the truck all night
00:51:30you do yoga
00:51:32yeah
00:51:32don't you
00:51:33never tried it
00:51:34class starts in 15 if you want to join
00:51:37date
00:51:38what i mean we're not dressed for it
00:51:40there's a sporting goods shop right across the street
00:51:45okay
00:51:45yeah
00:51:46yeah we're doing it
00:51:48okay
00:51:59just take your time and stay with the class
00:52:01oh sorry
00:52:03let's move into downward dog
00:52:06hold
00:52:08and breathe
00:52:12great form
00:52:12keep opening up those shoulders
00:52:14everyone warrior one
00:52:16what's that
00:52:17right leg forward
00:52:18oh
00:52:18forward
00:52:19and then both heads up
00:52:21like this
00:52:22yeah
00:52:24this
00:52:25this is so slow
00:52:27i don't know how you make it look easy
00:52:29just takes time and concentration
00:52:31try focusing on your breath
00:52:33that keeps me in the moment
00:52:36warrior two
00:52:41try breathing with me
00:52:53how you feeling
00:52:55like i tested every ounce of patience i possess
00:52:58yeah the more you do it the better you get slow and steady
00:53:02wins the race
00:53:03so where have i heard that before
00:53:06i don't know
00:53:07could we really fit a piano in here
00:53:08whoa did you say a piano
00:53:10please don't tell me you're gonna cram more stuff in
00:53:12you saw how packed it was today
00:53:14i'm just thinking out loud
00:53:15we're looking for a place to put a public piano
00:53:18i don't think there's much room in the center
00:53:20but have you talked to that guy at the music store
00:53:22dex at holloway music
00:53:23yeah him
00:53:24he might know a good place he could go
00:53:26thanks
00:53:28huh
00:53:29we should talk to dex again
00:53:31why he said he didn't do it
00:53:33yeah because we asked him did you do it
00:53:35but you didn't
00:53:35but we should have asked him was
00:53:37did you sell the pianos to the person who did it
00:53:40interesting
00:53:47yes
00:53:48the first two are not mine
00:53:49but the one that's currently in the gazebo is from my store
00:53:51who bought it
00:53:53i have no idea
00:53:54someone came in after i left
00:53:55paid cash
00:53:57kenny took the sale
00:53:58can we talk to him
00:53:59oh he's camping
00:54:00he's off grid until tuesday
00:54:01it's okay
00:54:02uh
00:54:03we will figure it out
00:54:05all right
00:54:06see you later
00:54:06thanks
00:54:08uh ali
00:54:09can i talk to you for a second
00:54:11sure
00:54:12uh
00:54:12i'll just be a few minutes
00:54:13i'll meet you in the square
00:54:14sure
00:54:15so
00:54:15trip's come up with some friends
00:54:17and i'm not going to be able to make it to the concert
00:54:20yeah
00:54:21um
00:54:21i wanted to talk to you about that actually
00:54:24we keep circling a relationship because we enjoy similar things
00:54:28but then we end up rescheduling being together and
00:54:32i think it's because
00:54:33the connections
00:54:35isn't really there
00:54:36i'm realizing
00:54:37i'm realizing
00:54:38i need something more
00:54:40steady
00:54:41more
00:54:42constant
00:54:46more like someone who makes me slow down
00:54:49and take a breath
00:54:52okay
00:54:53yeah
00:54:54i get that
00:54:55so we'll just stay friends
00:54:57yeah
00:54:57just friends
00:54:59okay
00:55:01i'll see you later
00:55:02okay
00:55:13why don't you join
00:55:14nah
00:55:15there's too many people
00:55:45and
00:56:15all right
00:56:16all right
00:56:16i've never seen
00:56:16i've never seen this square so busy
00:56:18there's usually nobody here
00:56:20no
00:56:21fountain will be nice
00:56:23yeah
00:56:24but
00:56:24it won't be like this
00:56:28something special about that piano
00:56:31i've got to find a place for it
00:56:33i've got to find a place for it
00:56:33well we've mixed
00:56:34the community center
00:56:35the wharf
00:56:36city hall plaza
00:56:37about a dozen different street corners
00:56:39i just need more time
00:56:43oh
00:56:43it's been a long day
00:56:44why don't we meet tomorrow at 9am
00:56:46we can go over it all again
00:56:47can you do 10 30
00:56:49i got a
00:56:51appointment
00:56:51yeah
00:56:52that works
00:56:53okay
00:56:54okay
00:56:55well i'm gonna
00:56:56take off
00:56:57i'm gonna get some food before i get home
00:57:00thinking about trying that Thai place
00:57:02oh
00:57:03tell mrs anong i sent you
00:57:04i will
00:57:05what will that get me
00:57:06extra packets of sweet chili sauce
00:57:08oh yes
00:57:09i know
00:57:10i'm an impressive woman
00:57:11you really are
00:57:16are you hungry
00:57:19i could eat
00:57:31see
00:57:31now was i right or was i right
00:57:33you were right
00:57:33you're still wrong about hot dogs
00:57:35but definitely right about this
00:57:37oh it's getting late
00:57:38yeah
00:57:40didn't you say you had an appointment first thing
00:57:42yeah i have an interview with the seattle pd
00:57:45sergeant only set it up for me
00:57:47oh that's great
00:57:49congratulations
00:57:50congratulate me if i get the job
00:57:52the department sent me a recording of my last interview and i just it's all i can look at are
00:57:59the things i did wrong
00:58:00hmm
00:58:01such as
00:58:02they asked
00:58:04what community means to me
00:58:06and i said some stuff about
00:58:09protecting and serving
00:58:10and were you wearing tights when you said it
00:58:13does have a certain superhero vibe huh
00:58:15a little
00:58:16i mean
00:58:16the sentiment is there
00:58:19but it doesn't really answer the question
00:58:23you've been here for a bit
00:58:25what have you learned about community
00:58:27it's about making friends
00:58:29creating
00:58:31opportunities for connection
00:58:32hmm
00:58:34when you're part of a community
00:58:35and you're not just policing it
00:58:37you
00:58:37you know what's actually going on
00:58:39and
00:58:39you can get to the core of a problem more efficiently
00:58:43and you want to help because you're part of that community too
00:58:47say that
00:58:51cheers
00:59:01right
00:59:02who's the best
00:59:02i'm telling you
00:59:18is
00:59:25uh
00:59:26right
00:59:28you
00:59:38you
00:59:40you
00:59:44if
00:59:45in
00:59:45in
00:59:48I think the law and order part of the job is very important.
00:59:52However, I think it's even more important for a police officer to be a part of the community.
00:59:57What does the community mean to you?
01:00:00Well, um...
01:00:05I'm glad you asked.
01:00:11Hi.
01:00:12Hey.
01:00:13Whoa.
01:00:14Someone's been busy.
01:00:15Yeah, I've been making progress.
01:00:17I've even been researching other places with public pianos to see how they manage it.
01:00:21How did the interview go?
01:00:23It's good, I think.
01:00:25The flowers help. Thank you.
01:00:27You're welcome.
01:00:28I know you'll get the job.
01:00:30You seem like the type who always gets what he wants.
01:00:36This is what you want, right?
01:00:41Yeah.
01:00:43Then it's practically a done deal.
01:00:48So, progress?
01:00:50Yes.
01:00:50I've, uh, I've pulled every photo of the town I could to see if I've missed a place where
01:00:54a piano could go.
01:00:55Something not obvious.
01:00:57Wow, that gazebo's been there a long time.
01:01:00Yeah, since the 1880s.
01:01:01This one looks like it's from the 1970s.
01:01:04You can see the...
01:01:08Allie, is this who I think it is?
01:01:14Yes, it is.
01:01:18It was never about the fountain.
01:01:29You got married in the gazebo.
01:01:33June 28th, 1975.
01:01:37Beautiful day.
01:01:39You told us you didn't put the pianos in there.
01:01:40I didn't.
01:01:42I made Freddie do it.
01:01:45It's not my fault you didn't ask the right questions.
01:01:48Where did you get all the pianos?
01:01:51An estate sale.
01:01:52But they only had two.
01:01:54So you got the third one from Dex's store?
01:01:56And I would have bought more if you hadn't figured it out.
01:01:58Grandma, now is not the time to admit that.
01:02:01So you were just trying to save the gazebo?
01:02:03Yeah.
01:02:04I thought it would be easier to distract you than to get anyone to care about how much
01:02:09this place means to some silly old woman.
01:02:12You're not silly.
01:02:13You were just trying to protect the place you loved.
01:02:17How did you come up with this idea?
01:02:20Freddie.
01:02:21Okay, not on purpose.
01:02:23Well, he showed me videos of public pianos and inspiration just struck, you know.
01:02:28Yeah, we put the first one out there because I thought it would slow you down a little and
01:02:32get you to rethink things.
01:02:33And the second one?
01:02:34Have you seen the town square lately?
01:02:36The piano has made everyone slow down and talk with each other and sing with each other
01:02:44and dance with each other.
01:02:49Real human connection.
01:02:51The most powerful force in the world.
01:03:00So that's it?
01:03:01We can get rid of the piano and she's not going to do it again?
01:03:04She promised she wouldn't.
01:03:05But more importantly, Freddie promised he wouldn't.
01:03:08I think if it was up to her, she'd buy every piano on the West Coast just to stall us.
01:03:11I think it's really sweet.
01:03:12I mean, she has so many memories with the gazebo.
01:03:14Well, the fountain will be a place to make new memories.
01:03:17And with the grant, we can create more places for people to enjoy.
01:03:21I just wish I found a place for the piano already.
01:03:24I looked at city-owned properties, but there is nowhere as perfect as the town square.
01:03:28But how would that work in the long run?
01:03:30The weather's nice now, but what happens when it rains all winter?
01:03:32I found a company that does weatherproof pianos.
01:03:35And if it was in a place like the gazebo, it would last even longer.
01:03:39Allie.
01:03:39I know.
01:03:41I just wish there was a way I could make everybody happy.
01:03:44We work in municipal government.
01:03:46That's not possible.
01:03:51So that's it?
01:03:53Yeah, I guess.
01:03:59Hi, it's Allie.
01:04:01Can you send a crew to meet me at the gazebo?
01:04:03No.
01:04:05No.
01:04:09No.
01:04:45Wouldn't you get the job?
01:04:47If I get the job.
01:04:49When?
01:04:52Would you leave right away?
01:04:54No, I'd like to take my time and make sure I didn't leave any loose ends.
01:05:01Wouldn't expect anything less.
01:05:08It's quiet out here.
01:05:11I was thinking the same thing.
01:05:14At least we got the job done.
01:05:16Once the gazebo's gone, I guess that's that.
01:05:23It's funny, at this point in a project, I'm usually thinking about the next thing.
01:05:28Worried I might be missing something.
01:05:33But...
01:05:37It's quiet out here.
01:05:40Yep.
01:05:42Yes, it is.
01:05:46I'm going to figure out how to make the piano work.
01:05:51I just wish I had more time.
01:05:53Maybe I could have even saved the gazebo.
01:05:56If anyone can do the job, it's you.
01:06:00It's not about the job.
01:06:05I've really enjoyed working with you.
01:06:09For the first time, I feel like...
01:06:13I'm not missing anything.
01:06:16I feel like I am right where I'm supposed to be.
01:06:20Yeah, me too.
01:06:34I...
01:06:35We can't.
01:06:39I'm sorry.
01:06:40I, um...
01:06:41I should go.
01:06:42I need to make sure everything is set for tomorrow.
01:06:45Yeah, yeah.
01:06:45Me too.
01:06:46Um...
01:06:46I'll, uh...
01:06:48See you at the finish line.
01:06:51Yeah.
01:06:53See ya.
01:07:03Best Thai food in town.
01:07:05Uh, yeah, it really is.
01:07:06You know, if I get the job, Seattle is less than a three-hour drive.
01:07:09I might have to come back just for this.
01:07:10I'm sure Seattle has great Thai food.
01:07:12Yeah, but can I get extra sweet chili packets there?
01:07:16What?
01:07:16Never mind.
01:07:17If you do get the job, we're really gonna miss you around here, Brian.
01:07:21Oh, thank you, Beth.
01:07:23Yeah, see?
01:07:24Only took you a week.
01:07:26Didn't take long to fit in at all.
01:07:46I know.
01:08:10Okay, so you can have this torn down and the site cleared by the end of the day, right?
01:08:17Well...
01:08:18You gotta be kidding me.
01:08:29Look, I...
01:08:30Absolutely, that's why we're here.
01:08:31We're gonna...
01:08:31Oh, just give me one second.
01:08:32It's impossible.
01:08:33All right, everyone!
01:08:36Apparently, there's a new piano.
01:08:38Yeah, no, I didn't do it.
01:08:39Freddie?
01:08:39Well, who did?
01:08:40Oh, she didn't ask me to do it either.
01:08:41Dex?
01:08:42Not me.
01:08:42Hold on, let me go take a look at it.
01:08:48No, it's not one from my store.
01:08:50Somebody has to know where it came from.
01:08:52That's the same piano as the first one.
01:08:53How do you know that?
01:08:55I don't know.
01:08:55It just looks the same, I guess.
01:08:57You know, from a distance.
01:08:59Oh!
01:09:00No, no.
01:09:01He's right.
01:09:01No, that's the first piano that we put in here.
01:09:04So we keep getting rid of them and they keep coming back?
01:09:06It's like a horror movie.
01:09:07Someone must have taken it from the loading dock behind City Hall.
01:09:10Yeah.
01:09:10Why don't we just leave it here?
01:09:12It's clear everybody wants it.
01:09:14Yeah.
01:09:15Everybody, please.
01:09:18We hear you.
01:09:19And Allie is already working on finding a place to put a public piano.
01:09:24It just can't be here.
01:09:25Please tell me that we can remove it before we have to do another investigation.
01:09:28That's not a problem with the other pianos.
01:09:30We didn't know where it came from or who it belonged to.
01:09:33We know this one belongs to Julia, so the question remains, who took it from City Hall and placed it
01:09:39here?
01:09:39But we can get rid of it now and ask that question later because we need to tear down the
01:09:43gazebo today.
01:09:44Yeah, that's fine.
01:09:45Okay, Freddie, how long will it take for you to get a dolly and one of your friends and move
01:09:50it back to the store?
01:09:51Maybe 30 minutes?
01:09:53We can move the demolition to this afternoon.
01:09:55If we do the other job now, come back for two.
01:09:58Oh.
01:09:59Two?
01:10:08Sorry.
01:10:09Couldn't help it.
01:10:12Though, while the piano's still here, we might as well play it.
01:10:14Alas, hurrah.
01:10:16You know, I have class in a few.
01:10:18Dex, would you mind if I bring the kids over?
01:10:21One last dance in the square?
01:10:23Oh, yeah.
01:10:24More than the merrier, tell them to bring their friends.
01:10:27That's good news, huh?
01:10:28Now you have extra time to find a spot for the piano.
01:10:31I can't believe my luck.
01:10:33And now that the investigation's back on, I can help.
01:10:37Uh, hold on a second.
01:10:41Ryan here.
01:10:43Oh, hello.
01:10:48I will keep an eye out for it.
01:10:51Okay, bye.
01:10:54What's up?
01:10:55Everything okay?
01:10:56I got the job.
01:10:59You did?
01:11:01Oh, that's great.
01:11:03I knew you would.
01:11:05Congratulations.
01:11:06Oh, thank you.
01:11:09Wow.
01:11:10So, uh, I guess Beth will be taking over the case?
01:11:16Yeah, she can if, uh, that's what she thinks best.
01:11:22Um, yeah, maybe it's for the best, you know?
01:11:25It's a Springville community matter now.
01:11:32Right.
01:11:33Yeah, it's a Springville community matter.
01:11:38Well, I should go, um, I, uh, I hope Seattle is everything you wish it to be.
01:11:49Okay, I'll see you later.
01:11:50Yeah.
01:11:52Yeah.
01:12:06Yeah.
01:12:17So many people have been using the piano. It's amazing.
01:12:21Yeah, it is, isn't it?
01:12:22Yeah.
01:12:45Do you know what would be even more amazing?
01:12:48If you took a turn up there.
01:12:51Maybe it's time you showed your dad what you really love to do.
01:12:57Yeah.
01:13:25You have a talented son.
01:13:28I didn't realize he liked playing anymore, but wow, he's phenomenal.
01:13:36Maybe you should tell him that.
01:13:39Yeah.
01:13:40Yeah, maybe I should.
01:13:53Why didn't you tell me you could play like this?
01:13:56I thought you'd be mad.
01:13:58Never.
01:13:59You're amazing.
01:14:01If you love this, I will always support you.
01:14:06I want some.
01:14:22I don't want to interrupt.
01:14:23No, come on in.
01:14:27Are we doing the right thing?
01:14:28It's like the whole town has suddenly found this thing they love.
01:14:32I know what you mean.
01:14:33I never knew a piano would fit so well until it was there.
01:14:36Any luck on finding a new place for it?
01:14:38I'm going over the grant paperwork.
01:14:39I know there's an answer.
01:14:40I'm just trying to go slow and take my time and...
01:14:43Take your time.
01:14:44Hmm.
01:14:45It looks like Officer Pruitt is rubbing off on you.
01:14:49Has he started working on the case of who put piano for there?
01:14:53I don't know.
01:14:54Um, I think Beth is taking over.
01:14:56Why?
01:14:57You two are great together.
01:14:59He got a job in Seattle.
01:15:01Oh.
01:15:03He's leaving?
01:15:04Really?
01:15:05Oh, I thought you two were getting close.
01:15:08No.
01:15:09It was just work.
01:15:11Or you could tell him you like him.
01:15:16I don't know what you mean.
01:15:18Oh.
01:15:20Anyway, I should get back to work.
01:15:22Sure thing.
01:15:23I will be at the gazebo if you need anything.
01:15:46Aren't you done for the day?
01:15:48I'm just finishing up my notes on the piano, okay?
01:15:50So you can hit the ground running.
01:15:53You got the job.
01:15:55Yeah, I did.
01:15:56Just found out.
01:15:57Um, still have to go over all the details, but I want to say thank you.
01:16:01You sure you don't want to finish this last case?
01:16:03You worked extra diligent on this one.
01:16:06I think it's probably for the best if I turn it over to you.
01:16:09Is this because of Allie?
01:16:10Let's just say there may be a, um, a conflict of interest.
01:16:14Plus, I'm leaving.
01:16:15I'm not going to be part of this community anymore.
01:16:18You know, someone recently pointed out to me that Seattle is less than a three-hour drive from here.
01:16:23If it's worth making that drive for Thai food, maybe it's worth making that drive for other things.
01:16:29Those other things are a lot more complicated than Thai food.
01:16:32Are they?
01:16:33Or are you saying they're more complicated because that's easier than facing it head on?
01:16:41Uh, maybe I will finish the case.
01:16:44Uh, I may even know who left that last piano there.
01:16:47Hmm.
01:16:48Who?
01:16:49Not ready to say yet.
01:16:51Uh, I think they were making things a little more complicated than they needed to.
01:16:56I reckon they were.
01:16:59Go get her.
01:17:03Allie, I need to talk to you.
01:17:05Right.
01:17:05What are you doing here?
01:17:08Hey.
01:17:09Hi.
01:17:12I wanted to check the tapes of the loading bay.
01:17:16It's important.
01:17:18You're still on the case?
01:17:19Yeah.
01:17:20Uh, I didn't want to leave anything unfinished.
01:17:23For the community.
01:17:25Uh, did you figure it out yet?
01:17:26You're witnessing our last-ditch attempt to keep the gazebo.
01:17:29Really?
01:17:29You think you can do it?
01:17:30The grant is watertight.
01:17:32Unless we can find an ordinance that keeps pianos in gazebos.
01:17:36I'm not sure that's in the city code book.
01:17:38Maybe there's some archaic law we missed.
01:17:39Are you saying you don't know all of the city codes?
01:17:41They do change from time to time.
01:17:43Nothing is set in stone.
01:17:45Right.
01:17:46Nothing is set in stone.
01:17:48Nothing is set in stone.
01:17:50Uh, I'm gonna make a quick call, okay?
01:17:51Uh, I'll see you at the gazebo.
01:17:53Okay, I'll meet you there.
01:17:54I think I just figured it out.
01:17:57Um, so, this part of 2nd Street, this was renamed Benton Street back in 1968.
01:18:03And-and Douglas Street was changed from 3rd Street.
01:18:06If we can rename a street, we need to call the mayor.
01:18:11Hope, are you still at the gazebo?
01:18:13Still here.
01:18:14Can you stall the crew for a few minutes?
01:18:16I think I found a solution.
01:18:18Just give us a few more minutes.
01:18:20Oh, wait, wait.
01:18:20There they are.
01:18:22Did you sort it out?
01:18:23I checked every code, every contract, every line of the grant application.
01:18:29Our plan's foolproof.
01:18:31Turns out we won't need your services after all, but thank you.
01:18:35Oh, are you ready to share the good news?
01:18:37Yeah.
01:18:40Everybody, please, everyone, can I have your attention?
01:18:42I have an announcement I'd like to make.
01:18:46Actually, I'm going to let the city manager, Allie Ferguson, announce it because it was her idea.
01:18:55Hi, everyone.
01:18:56I want to thank you all for being here.
01:18:58I have been doing this job for years, and seeing the community that's engaged has been pretty incredible.
01:19:06I'd like to thank Mayor Atkinson and Officer Ryan Pruitt from the Springfield Police Department.
01:19:16What are we thanking them for?
01:19:19Oh, right, yeah.
01:19:21Buried the lead, didn't I?
01:19:23As most of you know, the city has secured a major grant for everything, including parks and landscaping, and city
01:19:30beautification, and a fountain honoring Springville's first mayor.
01:19:34We don't want the fountain.
01:19:35We want the piano.
01:19:36I know, I know.
01:19:37We want the piano, too, and this is the best place for it.
01:19:42The problem is, according to the grant's conditions, the fountain must be placed in the Springville town square, or we
01:19:48lose the funding.
01:19:49So what are you going to do?
01:19:50Well, since we can't move the fountain, we're going to move the square.
01:20:01I, Mayor Hope Atkinson, hereby declare that the plaza in front of City Hall will now be known as Springville
01:20:09Town Square.
01:20:10Further, I declare that the former town square will be renamed Springville Municipal Park.
01:20:22Oh, we did it.
01:20:23We did it.
01:20:25Okay.
01:20:27All right.
01:20:36Oh, hi.
01:20:37You came.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:39Uh, did you work it out?
01:20:41We did.
01:20:42Partly thanks to you.
01:20:44Me?
01:20:45What did I do?
01:20:46Well, you said nothing is set in stone.
01:20:49And you were right.
01:20:50I realized I could rename City Hall Plaza into Springville Town Square.
01:20:55Problem solved.
01:20:56Oh, you're a genius.
01:20:57We'll still have to redo the plans, but construction can start this year, as promised.
01:21:03Okay, what about the gazebo?
01:21:04It's going to stay.
01:21:06We can allocate some of the grant money to spurs it up.
01:21:10And install a weatherproof piano.
01:21:12This sounds like a lot of work.
01:21:15It'll be worth it.
01:21:17Maybe being methodical isn't so bad.
01:21:22Well, I can't wait to watch the transformation.
01:21:27Wait, what?
01:21:29I turned down the job in Seattle.
01:21:31You did?
01:21:34Why?
01:21:35I was just really worried I wouldn't get good time for it.
01:21:39Well, who could blame you?
01:21:40I mean, no one makes pants at you like Mrs. Anong.
01:21:45Also, I felt like I got the job under false pretenses.
01:21:47How so?
01:21:48They asked me what community means to me.
01:21:50And what did you say?
01:21:52I told them that community is about friendship and creating moments for connection.
01:21:57And the only way you can help a community is to be a part of it.
01:22:00Like being a part of Springville.
01:22:02I couldn't give that up.
01:22:03You learned all of that from us in a week?
01:22:05Yeah, I think I just needed to be in the right place with the right people.
01:22:08And by people, you mean me?
01:22:10Yeah.
01:22:10Yeah.
01:22:12Especially you.
01:22:30Congratulations.
01:22:33It took months, but I loved every minute of it.
01:22:38The new weatherproof piano is beautiful.
01:22:42It is, isn't it?
01:22:44It's too bad we never figured out who put that last one up there and why they did it.
01:22:49My working theory is that they were buying time so someone could come up with a clever solution.
01:22:54Hmm, it's so nice they did that for the community.
01:22:57They didn't do it for the community.
01:22:59No.
01:23:00It's just a theory, of course.
01:23:02I guess it's going to remain a mystery.
01:23:05I guess it will.
01:23:08Hmm.
01:23:14Shall we?
01:23:16Absolutely.
01:23:18Absolutely.
01:24:00You
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