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Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent - Season 3 - Episode 06: Family Meal
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00:05In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:13These are their stories.
00:22Can I help you?
00:23You sure can. Would you mind moving your car out of the bike lane?
00:25I'm just waiting for my wife. She'll be right back.
00:27A lot of kids out here trying to get to school.
00:29Come on, man. Just give me a break. I'm going to be here for a minute.
00:32Well, a lot of things can happen in a minute.
00:34You sit here. Little Joey back there veers into traffic, falls off his bike.
00:38Or worse, he gets hit by a car.
00:40Police show up. Row gets closed. Hundreds of commuters get diverted.
00:43I'll move the car.
00:48How are you settling in, Eli?
00:49Good. Accommodation rental is quite nice.
00:53And I'm excited to eat out. The food scene here seems to be really taking off.
00:56That's right. They told me about you. The gourmand, right?
00:58I'll have my secretary sent over some recommendations.
01:04So, I'm not sure you made it through my brief.
01:07I did, Price.
01:09Delayer as much as possible by the end of the quarter.
01:12I'm going to make your company resemble your watch.
01:15Rose gold?
01:17Swiss movement.
01:18Never build something with nine cogs, I can work with eight.
01:20I find beauty in simplicity.
01:23Efficiency.
01:25Great.
01:26Um, here's your security pass.
01:28You report to me.
01:31As far as anyone else is concerned, you're not even here.
01:33Hmm. That'll change soon enough.
01:35My experience bad news travels fast.
01:39Quinn?
01:42Sorry I'm late.
01:44I had to drop my kid off at a friend's house.
01:46It took me a minute to realize the reservation was under Grace.
01:50My middle name.
01:52The subterfuge, it's a bit odd.
01:55Is it hard to keep the two versions of yourself separate?
01:57Well, I actually quite like it.
01:59It makes me feel powerful.
02:02Oh, I'm sorry. We didn't order this.
02:04It's from the kitchen.
02:06They know me here.
02:11Wyatt, what's your team's customer acquisition cost?
02:13$70 per customer, give or take.
02:16And your conversion rate?
02:18Currently it's 1%, but it's been a slow quarter.
02:22Um, did I pass?
02:25It's not a test.
02:27But what I can tell you is that your team's conversion rate is 10% less than your competitor.
02:32Your CAC is twice as expensive, and your CLV drops to 12% after the holiday season.
02:40You know what they say?
02:42A fool uses statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamppost.
02:46For support.
02:47Not illumination.
02:50Anything else you'd like to add to your valuation on the record?
03:03It's nothing personal.
03:05The data speaks for itself.
03:17Excuse me, sir!
03:19Oh my god.
03:19Are you hurt?
03:21No.
03:22Uh, okay.
03:24That.
03:26That was a lot.
03:27Uh, sorry, folks.
03:29Why don't we wash out this bad taste with some champagne?
03:31Yes.
03:32Hey, Bubbles?
03:33Round.
03:34Are you okay?
03:35Yeah?
03:35Yes, yeah.
03:36Biggest tragedy is not finishing that delicious cheesecake.
03:39Okay, that we can do.
03:40We will get you two.
03:41Is there anything else we can do to help?
03:43I would love a tour of the kitchen if possible.
03:46Yeah, that would be our pleasure, of course.
03:47Uh, let me just, let me get you a new table in the meantime.
03:50Come with me.
03:51I'm Taya.
03:52Eli.
03:52Nice to meet you.
04:15Hello?
04:20Hello?
04:21Hello?
04:23Hello?
04:36Hello?
04:43Hello?
04:43Hello?
04:43Hello?
04:44Hello?
04:44Hello?
04:45Hello?
04:47Hello?
05:18Victim is Eli Parker, 30 years old, BC driver's license.
05:23A cleaning woman who found him at 7 a.m. said that he's been at this rental for a month.
05:29Killer hits him with the bookend, suffocates him with a pillow.
05:33Looks like they came in through the patio door.
05:36What are you writing your detective boards?
05:39Next month.
05:42Good luck.
05:47Killer bashes him in the head.
05:49He's hurt, bad, but he's not dead yet.
05:53Why not finish the job with another blow?
05:56It's faster than a suffocation.
05:58Well, neighbors are pretty close.
06:00Guy screams for help.
06:01The killer panicked and put the pillow on him.
06:05Lights out.
06:06A B&E gone wrong?
06:08Short-term rental.
06:09Not the smartest place for a turnover.
06:11Very few valuables.
06:12Didn't even take the laptop.
06:17Normally, thieves have a methodical system for going through drawers.
06:21Start at the bottom, move to the top, but this is overkill.
06:25Yeah, like the B&E.
06:27So usually the trick is to break and enter through the same passageway, but our killer didn't come through the
06:34patio.
06:35Well, after, uh, they broke the door, they would attract glass inside, but I don't see any shards on the
06:41carpet.
06:43The breaking was staged, as was the turnover, because our killer wanted to hide the fact that they walked through
06:49the front door.
06:50Uh, meaning they had a key, or Eli here opened the door for them.
06:55We know if he was here on business?
06:56Could be.
06:58With a side of, uh, pleasure, Borealis guide.
07:01That is out of my price range.
07:03A rare splurge at a world-class restaurant sets the soul aflame.
07:08Okay.
07:10Any idea who was last to see Eli Parker alive?
07:14We're still working on that.
07:15Two, three.
07:21Yeah, I'm back.
07:29Might be Quinn Hartnett, because Eli missed five calls from them last night.
07:36Eli was a client.
07:39I'm a wine importer.
07:40I was helping him build out a cellar back home.
07:42Five calls after 8 p.m.?
07:45It's, uh, not exactly business hours.
07:47I was able to source a special bottle for him.
07:50I needed his go-ahead before purchasing.
07:52Must have been hell of a Beaujolais.
07:55Can we come inside, please?
08:03We slept together a couple of times.
08:05We met at a bar.
08:07We both liked good food, so we had a few dinners.
08:09It was stupid, but last week he ghosted me.
08:13I called him.
08:14I wanted some closure.
08:15Where were you last night?
08:18At Sonetta, an Italian place on King.
08:21I was celebrating a friend's 40th.
08:23What else do you know about, Eli?
08:26He worked for a massive company.
08:28He was pulling 80-hour weeks.
08:31Last we spoke, he said that he was about to make some enemies at work.
08:37Our victim was a business management consultant at McQueen?
08:41Yeah, the company that advises other companies on how to run more efficiently.
08:46So Eli's boss said he was one of McQueen's top consultants because he was relentless and uncompromising.
08:52So, we have a young, overpaid victim whose purpose it was to tell older, more experienced employees how to do
09:00their jobs better.
09:01Yeah, that will buy you a long list of enemies.
09:04You know, Eli's from the McQueen, Vancouver office, but he's practically a nomad living out of a suitcase ready to
09:10be deployed to a new city at the drop of a hat for months at a time.
09:13He's been stationed in Toronto for the last month at an e-commerce giant by the name of Solara.
09:18He's been working on a labor analysis for the company.
09:21What were his findings?
09:22I'm sure he hadn't finished his report.
09:24He was last seen leaving Solara's offices last night at 6.30 p.m.
09:29So that, compared with De Silva's pathology report, places his time of death between 9 p.m. and midnight.
09:36Anything else about this man aside from his job?
09:39Yeah.
09:41So, in his scarce spare time, Eli would use his expense account to fund his one parent hobby, eating out
09:49at the city's best restaurants.
09:50It's his credit card statement.
09:52Man after my own heart.
09:55Edulous.
09:56PSP.
09:57Aloe.
09:58Dreyfus.
10:00These are all Borealis-starred restaurants I save for a birthday or an anniversary to go here.
10:05Not me.
10:06Look, I like food as much as the next guy, but take me to Burger Drops.
10:09I'm a happy girl.
10:11I was fine dining.
10:13Pump.
10:14Hmm.
10:14Some people like to eat with cutlery.
10:17A little pump is okay once in a while, but, uh, no, this guy, he'd go back to some of
10:23these places two or three times.
10:25I'd be a regular at any of these places if I could.
10:28For Eli to have an expense account as bottomless as this, he'd have to be one hell of a consultant.
10:36Looks like Eli brought his expertise and scrutiny to everything he did.
10:40I found his blog on an open tab on his computer.
10:43Check out these posts.
10:45An efficient market is a happy one.
10:47Oligopoly of Umbrian truffles.
10:49An axogorus, ancient Greek philosopher.
10:52That's a deep cut.
10:53What's that post about?
10:57It wasn't published yet.
10:58It's still a work in progress.
11:0055-92-136.
11:03Was that a hidden password?
11:05An asterisk denotes multiplication, but if so, he needs to get his math checked.
11:09Well, everything has a natural explanation.
11:13I don't see Eli as the type to make a careless mistake.
11:16I was also able to crack into his work files.
11:19Here's what he was working on for Solara.
11:21It's intense.
11:23Whoa.
11:24What are we looking at?
11:26These groups represent all 300 employees, but he gave them codenames.
11:30He was analyzing the workflow of the entire company.
11:34He was trying to figure out who to fire.
11:36A Kiwi Wing Group.
11:38A combined income of six million dollars.
11:42I like this kid.
11:43He's smart.
11:44Kiwis are flightless birds, hence the Kiwi Wing is redundant.
11:51Eli wasn't just any consultant.
11:53He was a corporate executioner.
11:55The question is, did someone kill him before he could have them fired?
12:01As Chief Transformation Officer, it's my job to optimize Solara.
12:05Reorganize.
12:06With AI coming for us, we need to be agile.
12:08Lean.
12:09So you hired Eli to essentially help you figure out who to fire.
12:14Eli was tasked with delayering.
12:17Hey, delayering is what we're calling it now.
12:19Okay, who all knew that Eli was delayering?
12:23Myself and the board.
12:26Well, I think the word got out, Cecil.
12:31That was the name of Mary Antoinette's executioner.
12:36Come on, Price.
12:38New face, her medically sealed temporary office, personal printer.
12:43I think you underestimate the intelligence of your employees.
12:54Eli interviewed everyone at our company.
12:57He said it was just for analytics, but it's possible that some may have figured it out.
13:01We're going to need to see the employees listed in the Kiwi Wing.
13:04The what?
13:05The name of the group.
13:06Eli was planning to delay her six million in salary.
13:09Eli never gave me any list.
13:10He was still conducting evaluations and was supposed to present his findings at a board meeting tomorrow.
13:15Oh.
13:16But I'm sure a smart CTO like you would have nudged Eli in the direction of where best to trim
13:23the fat.
13:24Yeah.
13:24Yeah.
13:24Middle management.
13:25It's where we have a lot of redundancies.
13:27And did any of them get the feeling that Eli was coming after them?
13:32Did they feel the shadow of the blade?
13:34Yeah.
13:35Wyatt Turner.
13:37After his interview yesterday, he waited outside until Eli left for the night.
13:42Security had to intervene.
13:46I just wanted him to cut the crap and have an honest conversation yesterday.
13:49That's it.
13:50Is that why security was dispatched to intervene?
13:52I was frustrated.
13:55Fair enough.
13:55But that's all.
13:57I mean, do you know how much I make?
14:01200,000.
14:03I told Eli he should be hunting whales and not wasting his time chasing minnows.
14:08Sounds like you should be infuriated learning some kid who's in charge of your future.
14:13He said that if I deserve my job, that I have no problem and that the data would speak for
14:21itself.
14:21When was the last time you saw Eli?
14:23After work.
14:24I did want to talk more, you know, to make my case.
14:26But he said he had a meeting and he hopped on his bike and left.
14:31Wyatt's husband was his only alibi at the time of the murder, so he's still a suspect.
14:36What do you got?
14:37Eli's bike share Toronto account seems right after his conversation with Wyatt, he picked up a bike outside Solara, dropped
14:47it at Harvard and Spadina at 7 p.m.
14:50What if Wyatt followed him?
14:53To where?
14:54Eli didn't have any credit charges on Monday.
14:56But remember, he did, um, he did have this in his pocket.
15:01Pineapple.
15:02Symbol of hospitality.
15:04Or swingers.
15:06Oh, I know where that's from.
15:08I pray it's the former.
15:13Is La Dora my favorite new restaurant got its star in its first gear, helmed by a bad girl chef
15:21-turned-industry darling.
15:23And they post their menus daily.
15:26Oh, my God, today they're sweetbreads.
15:28Oh, it's Eddie.
15:29Oh, yes, uh, look at the top.
15:37Yesterday we were slammed, 7 p.m., Eli Parker, two, two tasting menus and a travel supplement.
15:44Yeah, they were, uh, balling out right up until the blow-up.
15:47I had to comp the entire room drinks to smooth that over.
15:50It cost me 500 out of pocket.
15:51So you're the owner?
15:52I am living the dream.
15:54One day at a time.
15:55So, this blow-up, what happened exactly?
15:59I have no idea.
15:59You should ask my brother Jonah.
16:01He's the GM in my eyes and ears of the dining room.
16:05After, uh, Eli's guest paid the bill, something changed.
16:10He got loud and aggressive, and this guy just flips the table on the way out.
16:16Is this it?
16:17No, no, he was white and had a nice suit.
16:21Well, maybe Eli took Wyatt's advice instead of chasing minerals.
16:26Finally got himself a whale.
16:29His name is Price Chambers.
16:31Yeah, that's the guy.
16:33When you see him, tell him he owes us a new set of plates.
16:36So, Price was Kiwi-wing and Eli was about to tell the board to fire him.
16:40No better way to get off the chopping block than to kill the executioner.
16:51Eli sandbagged me.
16:52He picked that pricey restaurant and waited until after I paid the bill to begin his evaluation.
16:57I couldn't believe it.
16:58I hired him.
16:59What he was doing was illegal.
17:00Uh, no.
17:03Eli reported to the board, so if he thought you were redundant, he'd be well within his rights to tell
17:09them.
17:09Well, I begged him to drop it, but the kid was so stubborn.
17:11And he kept on going on and on about how he had an obligation to share his findings.
17:15I mean, who says that?
17:16A man with a strong moral compass.
17:18For the record, Solara would be nothing without me.
17:22Yeah, well, we'll find out about that soon enough, because we too feel an inclination to share Eli's findings with
17:30Solara.
17:31And why would you do that?
17:33Because we can.
17:36So, after you had your little tantrum at Isadora, where were you?
17:41Drinking.
17:43Trying to figure out my next move.
17:47I just got off the phone with Barbara Val.
17:50Price was there until last call hours after Eli's murder.
17:55You know, I've been thinking.
17:56We've been so focused on Solara.
17:59But at the end of the day, Eli's most important meeting was outside the office.
18:07So, all of Eli's fancy meals, you're thinking they were more than just breaking bread?
18:12Well, he's in a new city. Who's he dining with night after night?
18:15What if all these dinners were just important meetings?
18:18Well, more business gets done over restaurant linens than boardroom tables.
18:22I was able to pull footage from several of the restaurants Eli visited.
18:26Two were on to something.
18:27He dined out with the same person every single night.
18:30Himself.
18:31I guess he really was just there for the food.
18:34Alone, alone, night after night, no phone, no book.
18:38It's my nightmare.
18:39Well, unlike you, Don Juan, some of us don't get the choice.
18:43Play this back.
18:47Hey, Bateman.
18:49Hungry?
18:53All in all, underwhelmed.
18:58That's what you get for a two-star lunch.
19:00How was everything?
19:01Mm, mm.
19:04Terrific.
19:04Thank you so much.
19:05I was able to pull up Eli Parker's reservation file for that night.
19:09Zach was dinner.
19:10Can I ask, did he order one glass of wine and one non-alcoholic beverage?
19:15Mm-hmm.
19:15And did he mention a dietary restriction, um, on the day rather than in advance?
19:21Yeah.
19:22How'd you know?
19:23Lucky guess.
19:27I didn't want to risk sounding daft before, but I've always been fascinated by the elusive nature of the Borealis
19:36inspector, you know?
19:37They frequently throw a curveball at the kitchen to see how they react, and they've been known to, uh, drop
19:44their napkin.
19:45To see how long it takes front of house to notice her.
19:49I'm thinking, what if Eli didn't eat out night after night for fun?
19:55What if he was working?
19:57Lines up.
19:59Inspectors are anonymous.
20:01They all have day jobs.
20:02Actually, um, got my own guide and a duplicated Eli's.
20:06He, uh, bookmarked eight restaurants that he visited.
20:09Well, he could have been scoping them out the next year's guide.
20:12They rate each restaurant yearly to make sure they maintain their stars.
20:17Hey, not to be the odd gourmand doubt, but, uh, just want to do a quick temperature check.
20:21A restaurant guide.
20:22We think this connects to Eli's death how?
20:25The restaurant guide.
20:27Toronto's restaurant industry is cutthroat.
20:30Fifteen billion dollars.
20:32Billion.
20:32Yearly in revenue.
20:34Big money.
20:34Big money backing some of these top spots.
20:37Having a star or not can mean the difference between a restaurant driving and being forced to close.
20:42One of the places he snubbed could have killed him out of revenge.
20:46Before we entertain this theory too much longer, why don't we just go straight to the source?
20:53You're putting me in a very difficult position.
20:55Revealing the identity of an inspector would compromise Borealis' core tenet of anonymity.
21:01Well, unfortunately, we're going to need to insist, because failing to investigate murder would compromise our core purpose.
21:09Investigating murder.
21:11This is our victim, Eli Parker.
21:15That's awful.
21:17He seemed like a lovely man.
21:20Yeah, that's what people have been saying.
21:21We're going to need a list of the restaurants that he covered.
21:24And, um, how long was he an inspector?
21:27If Eli wasn't an inspector...
21:29Pardon me?
21:30That man was never an inspector for Borealis.
21:33I'm sorry, uh, how did you recognize him?
21:36He came by a few weeks ago.
21:38He was a consultant for McQueen.
21:40What did he want?
21:41He was working on a project for a food group, wanted to be put in touch with an inspector who
21:45covered fine dining establishments for market research.
21:48And you connected him?
21:50Yes.
21:51Well, what about your core tenet of anonymity?
21:54For a modest fee and a signed NDA, we made an exception.
22:02I connected him with an inspector who focuses on fine wine.
22:08Who is this inspector?
22:15She's been with us for five years.
22:21Quinn Hartnett.
22:30You wanted to talk?
22:31Yeah.
22:33The police were here asking questions about Eli.
22:37That man?
22:39You found out about your little side hustle?
22:43I just wanted to tell you the same thing that I told him I don't want anything to do with
22:47it, and I never did.
22:49Well, it's too late to back out now, isn't it?
22:51You have no idea what you're talking about.
22:52You have no idea what you're stepping into.
22:56Free shift.
22:58Did you want to invite your friend for family being on it?
23:01No need.
23:03I was just leaving.
23:10Hey, I just got off the phone with our guy from McQueen.
23:12He said Eli never worked for any food company.
23:15He was bluffing.
23:17What, using his credentials to gain access to the biggest secret in the restaurant industry?
23:22Who are the inspectors?
23:24Quinn Hartnett?
23:24Why?
23:26Like, Eli wasn't an inspector, but he sure was acting like one.
23:30Well, he was, wasn't he?
23:32All those dinners, running tests and everything.
23:37It was like he was checking someone's homework.
23:39Like he was inspecting the inspectors.
23:44Do you think he was looking into Quinn?
23:53That blog post Eli was, uh, drafting.
23:57Uh, Anaxagoras, something Greek?
24:00Anaxagoras, among other things, was one of the first individuals to recognize the sun as a burning star.
24:11Those asterisks, they weren't shorthand for multiplication.
24:17They were Borealis stars.
24:19One star, 55, 55,000.
24:23Two stars, 92,000.
24:25Three stars, 136,000.
24:27This isn't a password or an equation.
24:30This is Quinn's price list.
24:41I told you, I called Eli because we had an affair and he ghosted me.
24:47Could you remind me where you two met?
24:49At a bar.
24:51By just a chance meeting, was it?
24:53You sure about that, Quinn?
24:55Okay, because we spoke to your boss at Borealis and he seemed to think that he set you up with
25:02Eli for market research.
25:05Now, I don't mean to be salacious here, but I'm starting to wonder if you even slept with him.
25:14Fine.
25:15No.
25:17That's genius.
25:18That's absolute genius.
25:20No, it's not, really.
25:21I was half smart, you know, lying about an affair to cover up something juicier.
25:25I don't follow.
25:27Oh, sure you do.
25:28Eli played you and uncovered your operation, selling Borealis stars, starting at the low, low price of $55,000.
25:40Not in a chatty mood.
25:42We could have financial crimes come in with their calculators and spreadsheets.
25:48If you think we're fun, they are a party.
25:52Okay.
25:53Okay.
25:55I...
25:58Eli asked me if I was open to giving his client's restaurant a favorable rating in exchange for a bonus.
26:10For brevity's sake, we call that bribery, extortion, fraud.
26:15But potato.
26:16Potato.
26:18All right, Quinn.
26:19Break it down for me.
26:21I own a restaurant.
26:22I want to get it in that book or whatever.
26:25What do I do?
26:26For the record, I don't solicit.
26:28They come to me.
26:29They come to you in person?
26:30No.
26:32No, it's more discreet.
26:34They...
26:35They send the money through Paysafe.
26:37It's anonymous.
26:39Until Eli uncovered your scheme.
26:43The night of the murder, you called Eli five times and now we know it wasn't over a broken heart.
26:52Why did you call him?
26:55A restaurant that I sold a star to told me that Eli was on to me.
27:01Was it Isadora?
27:04Yeah.
27:05The chef, Taya.
27:07She texted me, freaking out.
27:09Well, so I called Eli to run some damage control.
27:14And he didn't pick up.
27:15So you called him again and again and again and then you made him a house visit?
27:21No, I...
27:22I never saw him.
27:24I was...
27:25I was at...
27:25Sineta.
27:26Another client of yours.
27:28I'm telling you, I was there.
27:29I can connect you with the chef.
27:35The manager showed me the tapes at Quinn's table.
27:38They ordered six bottles of wine and stayed till 2 a.m.
27:42That does sound like quite the party.
27:43Now, Borealis is conducting an internal investigation into the fraud and I get the impression it's going to be very
27:49hush-hush.
27:50Yeah, but there's still another angle here, though.
27:53If news of the scandal broke, the chef's who bought a star, they'd be destroyed.
28:00Taya.
28:09What are you doing here?
28:10Look, I just want to see Taya.
28:12No.
28:13Get out now!
28:14Whenever you show up, I'm not picking up the pieces.
28:16Jonah, stop!
28:17I...
28:18You need to leave right now.
28:21Yeah.
28:22You know where to find me.
28:32So what would he want?
28:33Why would he be here?
28:34I don't know.
28:35When was the last time you saw him?
28:36Ages, like a year ago.
28:38You promise?
28:39I promise.
28:42Ty, you have been doing very well.
28:46Don't laugh.
28:47This is serious.
28:48You've been doing very well.
28:49But you could lose this in a second.
28:51I know.
28:54I won't let that happen.
28:57Taya Citron.
28:59George Brown graduate.
29:00Rose the ranks working in some of the city's top kitchens.
29:03Maven, Grey Gardens, Giulietta.
29:06But in 2022, she was fired after she was caught using cocaine at work.
29:11And this is all at Julietta?
29:13No.
29:13Songbird, keep up.
29:14Toronto Life chronicles her downfall.
29:16The industry loves to tear down our idols.
29:19Exposes with former co-workers.
29:21Turns out Ty's drug problem was very big indeed.
29:24She would pay off drug dealers using comped meals, bottles of wine, money from the till.
29:29So after Songbird, she ODs.
29:32She almost dies.
29:33She goes to rehab.
29:34She gets clean.
29:35She becomes the face of sobriety in Toronto's kitchen.
29:38She would organize pre-work runs rather than post-shift partying.
29:43She makes Straight Edge look so cool.
29:46She opens her own place, Isadora.
29:48Wait.
29:49I'm not even halfway through.
29:51This article on going clean.
29:52Listen.
29:54My work as a chef gives me both discipline and motivation to stay clean.
29:58Having a purpose in life, a goal to strive for, has been instrumental in my journey.
30:05Well, it sounds like if the scandal broke, she'd lose a lot more than just her job.
30:10Yeah.
30:11When Eli came back for a tour of the kitchen, I thought he was a fan.
30:16You know, like, handshakes, selfies, the usual.
30:19People do that?
30:21But that didn't happen.
30:23He, um, he said an inspector sold us a star and that he was going to try and expose her
30:29operation.
30:30Why did he tell you at all?
30:32I don't know.
30:33He said he wanted me to get ahead of the news or something.
30:37Well, I imagine that was difficult to hear, that Eli was going to jeopardize your entire career.
30:41Yeah.
30:42It is.
30:43Especially because I didn't buy a star.
30:45I was trying to tell him that, but he wouldn't listen.
30:47Well, why did you reach out to Quinn Hartnett?
30:49So she could tell him that I didn't buy a star.
30:53Show me proof I bought it.
30:55The app that Quinn Hartnett uses to get paid, it's anonymous.
30:58It doesn't keep records.
30:59Okay, great.
30:59So it's one crooked inspector's word against mine?
31:02Nailed it.
31:03Okay.
31:03I can prove it.
31:04I have...
31:05Jonah!
31:08Can you please show them Isadora's bank account, the books, everything?
31:10What's going on?
31:11Just please, just take a look.
31:12I've put everything into this restaurant.
31:14I know where every dollar's going at.
31:15It's right there.
31:16Yeah, can't wait.
31:17But we'd also like to know where you were, Monday night between 9 p.m. and midnight.
31:24I'm here.
31:24I'm here.
31:25I worked till midnight at the earliest.
31:27Why?
31:27What are you implying?
31:27Can anyone else account for that?
31:29Yeah, I can.
31:30I mean, she was the last one here.
31:33Oh, forgive me.
31:34I'm going to need evidence to confirm your protective younger brother's opinion.
31:39The prep schedule, she's here.
31:42Every minute was accounted for.
31:43Hey, I'm here.
31:49Okay, this is pretty tight.
31:50So, judging by Monday's schedule, you are here prepping a stock from 10 p.m. to midnight.
31:59Why so late?
32:00It is for our lobster pasta.
32:02It's a 10-hour process.
32:03We cook it overnights.
32:04Sounds delicious.
32:06You know, my boss, she's a big fan, got me onto your socials every day posting a new menu.
32:12Each one more delicious than the last.
32:16But the menu for the day after Eli visited your restaurant, well, it seems that the lobster went walkabout and
32:26was replaced by something else.
32:27Now, there's dozens of variables, reasons, factors as to why a dish gets changed, but I'm guessing that you didn't
32:37make the stock because you weren't here until closing.
32:39So, I'll ask you to answer my partner's question one more time.
32:45Where were you between 10 p.m. and midnight Monday night?
32:53I was, well, while you think of an answer, we're going to have to ask you to accompany us down
32:59to the station because we've got a few more questions for you.
33:09Your victim, Eli Parker, was going to expose a crooked Borealis inspector, effectively destroying Ty's restaurant in the process.
33:16You're positing she left Isadora early to kill him, basing this on very nebulous reasoning about the cooking time of
33:22a stock?
33:23Nebulous or not, the second we broke her alibi, she clammed up.
33:28Okay, but she still claims she never bought the star, correct?
33:30Oh, come on. She's saving face.
33:31Where are you on proof of purchase?
33:33Isadora's bank account is clean, but we'll keep digging.
33:36You know, there's a dozen ways she could have got the money.
33:38Yeah, until then, we can't say for certain, she bought it.
33:41But even if she didn't, she still got motive to kill Eli.
33:44I mean, he was about to name her as one of the most corrupt restauranteurs in the city.
33:50She'd lose everything.
33:52What about access?
33:54Ty left Isadora an hour after Eli.
33:57How does she know where to find him?
33:58Oh, Eli's restaurant booking account.
34:02So, uh, to secure a table at Isadora, he needed to leave a local address.
34:06And Ty has access to the services back end.
34:11Black pressure.
34:13See what breaks.
34:14Mm-hmm.
34:16It's not just a restaurant.
34:18It's...
34:20Did anyone explain to you why we named it Isadora?
34:24No.
34:26Isadora was my mom's name.
34:34She was the greatest cook.
34:37Um, and after she died, I would remember her through her recipes.
34:43So, Isadora is basically her epitaph.
34:51Like, we made the curtains out of her old tablecloths, and we play her favorite music.
34:58And that man was trying to take that all away from me for something I didn't do.
35:03So, I...
35:05To answer your question, I, like, have no idea where he went after he left the kitchen.
35:10Then where did you go that night?
35:13Um...
35:15I was incredibly overwhelmed.
35:18And it was weak.
35:21And dumb.
35:22But I...
35:24Met up with a friend.
35:26And we...
35:27Did a bump.
35:29And then a line.
35:31And then...
35:32Uh, more.
35:35Why didn't you tell us this before?
35:42Your brother.
35:44I didn't want him to know.
35:48I didn't...
35:48I've already put him through way too much.
35:50He's the one who found me when I O.D.
35:52He performed CPR on me until the ambulance came.
35:55Like, he saved my life.
35:56That's why he, uh, works at the restaurant.
35:59I never thought about it like that before, but...
36:03Yeah, I mean...
36:04Yeah.
36:05You're right.
36:06Well, we're just going to need your friend's contact information to verify that you were
36:12indeed together between 10 p.m. and midnight.
36:15There's no point.
36:16Like, we did blow in his car and then I left.
36:18I was out of my head.
36:19I was walking around all night until the sun came up.
36:21Leaving you unaccounted for during the murder.
36:29Taya, that is not good.
36:33Can I go now?
36:36Well, you're not under arrest.
36:40Great.
36:41Okay.
36:41I, uh...
36:44I've got a kitchen to run, so...
36:51Frankie.
36:52This whole case hinges on the proof that Taya bought a star, right?
36:56I think we've got to follow the money.
36:58Exactly.
36:59And there's only a few ways to gain wealth.
37:02Earn, borrow, steal, or inherit.
37:06Taya's mom.
37:07Here's a will.
37:10She left Taya at $80,000.
37:12Yeah.
37:13You haven't even gotten to the best part.
37:17Please remember, every service matters.
37:19We have built something incredible.
37:22And if for some reason people say otherwise, they are dead wrong.
37:26Because I know the hard work and the passion that all of you put into this place.
37:32And, um...
37:34No one can take that away from you.
37:35Okay?
37:36So, have a great shift.
37:37Yes?
37:38Okay.
37:39Have a great shift.
37:42Family meal's in the prep kitchen.
37:43Get ready.
37:43Get what you need.
37:46Yeah, sorry to interrupt your family dinner.
37:50Um, Chef, uh, my partner has a few questions for you.
37:54Would you mind if we gave them some privacy, please?
37:57It's fine.
37:58Go ahead.
38:00Seems like a great team you got there.
38:02Yeah, they rock.
38:05Taya, do you ever wonder why Eli tipped you off?
38:10You see, we spoke with the rest of Quinn's clients.
38:14None of them heard anything.
38:17You want me to tell you what Quinn said?
38:19What?
38:19She said it's because you're a restaurant.
38:23Because you actually deserve that start.
38:28Well, Quinn knew it.
38:29Eli knew it.
38:30I think everyone who's ever walked through these doors knows it.
38:33Thank you, I guess.
38:36So, uh, I don't understand what this conversation is for.
38:41Um, do you, do you believe me?
38:45We found something in your mother's will that makes that difficult.
38:50She left $80,000 to you and to Jonah.
38:53Yes, she did.
38:54But I don't have access to that money, which is fair, I guess.
38:57I mean, like, she didn't trust me.
38:59I was in rehab at the time.
39:00But Jonah wasn't.
39:02And just under a year ago, he withdrew $55,000.
39:07It's the exact price of your star.
39:09How much longer do you think?
39:11I'm sure it won't be long.
39:12It's just a few questions.
39:14She told you everything already.
39:15Yes, well, the problem with that, Jonah, is she lied.
39:19See, we, we know where she was on the, uh, night of the murder.
39:24And you know, I wasn't here.
39:28Where was she?
39:30Why don't you go ask her?
39:37You bought a star.
39:40What?
39:41No, no, no.
39:42Don't.
39:42Don't.
39:43Don't play with me.
39:45They have proof that you took it out of mom's money.
39:48I wanted to earn that.
39:49Why did you do that?
39:53Everybody's cheating, Tyron.
39:54Everybody is cheating.
39:55No, literally every, every place is cheating.
39:57The game is rigged.
39:58People, like, do this.
40:01You get so focused, like, doing your thing and the art thing and picking up dill with tweezers that you
40:07could...
40:07I did this for you.
40:08I did this for you.
40:09Why?
40:11Dona?
40:12I mean, why was it so important that you help her in this way?
40:15Because this restaurant is everything to her.
40:18Yeah, it keeps you stable.
40:19It keeps you sober.
40:22It keeps you...
40:23Alive?
40:24Yeah, actually, yeah, it keeps you alive.
40:26I am keeping myself alive from the work that I'm doing every day.
40:30It's not fair that you...
40:31You know, it's not fair finding you on the ground.
40:35Not breathing.
40:35Cover it in your own puke.
40:36It was so long ago.
40:37It wasn't.
40:38She did all this to ensure your sister's sobriety.
40:42Do you think it worked?
40:50Ty?
40:52It was one time.
40:54It was one time.
40:57It was only one time, but I'm back on the program now, and I'm not going to do it again.
41:02There's never just one time with you.
41:05Please don't be mad at me, Jonah.
41:10Oh, my God.
41:12It's what happened.
41:14I don't get it.
41:16Hey, look.
41:17I...
41:19I have come back to this before.
41:24I can do it again, and we're going to be okay.
41:26I promise.
41:28We're not going to be okay.
41:30Yeah, we're going to be okay.
41:31It's totally fine.
41:33It's not.
41:34It's fine.
41:35I'm sorry.
41:37I can't.
41:49What happened?
41:53I can't.
41:54Yeah, you can't.
41:55You're going to tell me what happened.
41:56What happened with Eli?
41:59I just wanted to talk to him.
42:02I just...
42:03Oh, my God.
42:04I just wanted to talk to him, and he just...
42:08You wouldn't listen.
42:09He just kept talking about, like, the bigger picture, and, like, the system, and efficiencies,
42:16and nothing's personal.
42:18But, like, this is literally personal.
42:21This is our lives, and he's ruining it.
42:27It was an accident.
42:28It was an accident.
42:29Like, like, a slip.
42:30Like you said.
42:31Like, we slipped, but we...
42:34We fought.
42:37And then he started screaming.
42:41And I just wanted him to stop screaming.
42:47Sorry, Ty, please.
42:48I'm sorry.
42:49I love you.
42:49No, it's okay.
42:50It's my fault.
42:51I, uh...
42:52Don't.
42:56You were right not to trust me or just try to take care of me.
43:00Um, yeah.
43:01This is my fault.
43:04Ty, please.
43:05I'm sorry.
43:06I did it.
43:07Ty, please.
43:09Wait, wait, wait, wait.
43:10Don't take him away.
43:15What is it they say?
43:17That you're only as sick as your secrets?
43:20Hmm.
43:21Secrets grow in the dark.
43:24We just have to shine a light on them.
43:27We just have to shine a light on them.
43:56See you next time.
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