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High Potential - Episode 11
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00:13Bunny, I want this on camera.
00:16I have something important to say.
00:20All right, Dad. I'm recording.
00:23There's a secret I've been keeping for ten years,
00:26and I need to get it off my chest.
00:30Dad, let me say this, son.
00:33It's time the truth came out.
00:38Thanksgiving, ten years ago, it was me.
00:44I killed Barry.
00:46Grandpa, no.
00:48When you all were in bed,
00:50I waited for Barry at the top of the basement stairs,
00:53and I pushed him to his death.
00:56And then I moved his body into the sonar,
01:00hoping that it would all be written off as an accident.
01:04That's not true, darling.
01:05It is true.
01:07It's time I admit it.
01:25Morgan Guillory, L.A.P.D.
01:29Morgan Guillory, L.A.P.D.
01:38Turns out anyone can be a cop if you wait in line long enough.
01:41Chloe couldn't resist.
01:42There should be a law against these things.
01:43That's what I was about to say.
01:44It's an absolute outrage.
01:46Why is Zhang here with Mellon?
01:48He never comes to this floor.
01:50I have no idea.
01:51Top of the moon.
01:52See you, Selina.
01:53Mellon.
01:53Detective Zhang.
01:54What can I do for you, gentlemen?
01:56Celebrate.
01:56Hey, us.
01:57Close the cold case to score.
01:58Which one?
01:59We've got a confession of Bucket Lane.
02:02Who confessed?
02:03The guy captain and I thought it was the old man came clean on his deathbed.
02:08He brought champagne.
02:10Maybe the lieutenant's getting promoted.
02:12Mm-mm.
02:12Mellon wouldn't ride along for that.
02:15Some detectives never catch the way.
02:17That's right.
02:19Enjoy your champagne.
02:32Who has the good scotch?
02:34Morgan Guillory, Liquor Patrol.
02:36How did you get that back?
02:37They come in a two-pack.
02:38Lieutenant, what was that about?
02:40The Bucket Lane murder.
02:41George Donovan confessed on his deathbed.
02:44Whoa.
02:44A decade later?
02:46Bucket Lane murder.
02:48Sounds familiar, but the details are fuzzy.
02:49Morgan Guillory is fuzzy on the details.
02:52It was in the news for months.
02:53We were living under a rock in 2014.
02:56Sorry.
02:56Sorry.
02:57Yes.
02:58Oh, whoops.
03:00Would have killed for a rock to live under.
03:02It was murder in a mansion or something about a sauna.
03:05Mellon and I were junior detectives.
03:07He liked George for it.
03:08I had reservations.
03:10George beat the case.
03:11But he confesses now?
03:13Well, now I need to know the whole story.
03:16Follow me.
03:17Day after Thanksgiving 2014, Heather Donovan's husband, Barry Johnson, was murdered in the
03:23family home.
03:24The housekeeper found him in the sauna, slow-cooked like Texas barbecue.
03:30The family assumed that Barry fell asleep during his nightly schvitz, but the autopsy revealed
03:36cause of death to be a broken neck.
03:38He was dead before he went into the sauna.
03:39Yeah, the theory was the killer pushed Barry down the stairs, breaking his neck, then placed
03:43him in the sauna to cover up the crime.
03:45I'm hoping it'd be written off as an intoxicated man passing out and dehydrating in there.
03:49Lenore, George's wife, said she saw Barry heading to the basement in his robe shortly
03:53after midnight.
03:54That's the last time anyone saw him alive.
03:55Everyone's in bed and claimed not to have heard anything, but a drop of Barry's blood
04:00was found on one of George's shirts stuffed in the laundry hamper.
04:03This is why he ended up in the defendant's chair.
04:06I thought it was a weak case, but the DA ran with it.
04:09Ultimately, there wasn't enough to convict because of the coke dealer.
04:12There's a coke dealer too?
04:14Billy Ross.
04:15He's dead now.
04:16He was pulled over for running a stop sign shortly after midnight in his gold 442, five
04:22blocks from the murder.
04:23And Barry had cocaine in his system.
04:25The defense presented this far-fetched theory that Billy Ross broke into the house, killed
04:29Barry after a drug deal gone wrong, when we never found any proof that Billy Ross was ever
04:34even at the house.
04:35George got off, but Mellon always believed he was the killer.
04:38Why didn't you?
04:41Gut instinct.
04:42It just didn't add up.
04:43George was well-liked.
04:44He never had any history of violence.
04:47He was a philanthropist.
04:48He was a big wig at the Chamber of Commerce.
04:51He spearheaded that whole affordable housing initiative.
04:54So he didn't seem like a murderer.
04:55That was part of it.
04:56I also didn't buy that a 70-something-year-old man with a hip replacement could carry Barry into
05:00the sauna.
05:01Well, Barry was a little guy, though.
05:02Still.
05:04So what's your gut say now?
05:09The aftermath of the crime has been brutal on the Donovans.
05:12They used to be the most well-respected family in Beverly Hills for their ties to politics
05:16and a charity for domestic violence victims in their name.
05:19And suddenly overnight, half of America believes one of them has to be a murderer.
05:25Now, George confesses to the crime?
05:27I think he did it to clear his family.
05:29He wanted them to be able to lead normal lives.
05:31Who do you think did it?
05:35I don't know.
05:38Thank you for joining me on the strip down memory lane.
05:46Sure you don't want me to track down that scotch?
05:48No.
05:49But there's something you can do for me.
05:53Every cop has that one case they can't get out of their head.
05:56This one's mine.
05:58I regret not following my gut ten years ago.
06:01Why didn't you?
06:02I let Mellon talk me out of going deeper on my hunch.
06:04I felt like I had to toe the line.
06:07Be one of the boys for the sake of my career.
06:12I'm embarrassed I let that happen.
06:21Mind seeing if there's something we missed?
06:26On it, boss.
06:34I could have gave up what I want.
06:36You got me tied up.
06:39I shouldn't stay.
06:40I shouldn't fight another day.
06:42I shouldn't play your dirty games.
06:44But I like them.
06:47Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:50It's messed up beautiful, but I can't let it go.
06:54Oh, my darling.
06:56I can hear the danger calling.
06:58And tonight I don't know it will survive.
07:02Oh, my darling.
07:04And heard the warning for the morning.
07:06Yeah, forever lay me down by your side.
07:09It don't rely.
07:17Why do they keep their backsplash so clean?
07:20Stuck together.
07:21Tied and bound.
07:23Where you gonna bring me down?
07:28I could have caved.
07:29I could have quit and walked away.
07:31I could have gave up, but I won't.
07:33Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
07:35Oh, my darling.
07:37I can hear the danger calling.
07:39And tonight I don't know it will survive.
07:43Oh, my darling.
07:45Heard the warning.
07:45Put them on it.
07:47Head over life.
07:51Can't forever lay me down by your side.
07:59Can't forever lay me down by your side.
08:02Can't forever lay me down by your side.
08:06Yes.
08:06I like the color.
08:07I can.
08:08Yeah.
08:09Lieutenant?
08:11You were right.
08:14George Donovan did not push his son-in-law down the stairs.
08:19In fact, no one did.
08:29First of all, Barry was not killed on the basement stairs.
08:33Barry was killed in the common bathroom upstairs.
08:36So what, then?
08:37The killer carried Barry's dead body all the way down to the sauna?
08:40Not exactly.
08:41Let me take you back to the Donovan mansion the night of the murder.
08:45We find the killer walking down the upstairs hallway.
08:49He or she passes the bathroom and hears Barry showering inside.
08:52Showering wasn't in the file.
08:54Are you going to interrupt the whole time I just got going?
08:57My bad.
08:58The killer finds Barry vulnerable in the shower.
09:01He or she looks around.
09:06Spots a hairdryer and thinks, you know what can pass as a heart attack in an autopsy?
09:12An electrocution.
09:17So that's that for Barry.
09:18But now the electrical outlet's on fire.
09:23So the killer freaks out because, you know, flames.
09:29But mostly because now there's evidence of a murder.
09:32So, the wallpaper-covered faceplate is scorched, and that's not good.
09:36But it's a problem for later because, first it's time to move the body.
09:40Now remember, the guy only weighed about 150 pounds, so.
09:44Down the laundry chute he goes.
09:46The laundry chute?
09:48Mm-hmm.
09:49That's how he got down to the basement.
09:51It sure is.
09:53It's also how he broke his neck.
09:55And it's how Barry's blood ended up on George's shirt.
09:59And then what?
10:00Then the killer rolls Barry's body to the sauna.
10:07He carefully props him up, places an empty wine bottle next to him,
10:14and cooks him to perfection.
10:16And that is how Barry Johnson met his maker.
10:22I get it.
10:23You're still processing.
10:24That's okay.
10:25It's all very exciting.
10:26Let me show you some evidence.
10:28Every single inch of this house was photographed.
10:31Remember that scorched wall plate I was talking about?
10:34Right there.
10:36Yeah, but it's not scorched, though.
10:38But it's plain.
10:39All the other outlets are covered in wallpaper.
10:42There, there, and there.
10:43That means the killer switched out the wallpaper plate with the plain one to hide the scorch marks.
10:48I guarantee you they're scorching underneath that wall plate.
10:50There's just one problem.
10:52Um, just one.
10:53People don't get electrocuted by hair dryers anymore.
10:56There's safety features now.
11:26That's true.
11:27Ten years ago, Pacheco insisted we only dig deep into the family's alibis after midnight,
11:33the time we thought Barry was killed.
11:35But if he was murdered before midnight, before anyone went to bed,
11:38any one of those family members could be our killer.
11:40Yep.
11:46We need to talk to him.
11:49Daphne, Oz, hold down the fort while we're gone?
11:53Selena, if the captain finds out you're reopening a closed case behind his back,
11:57that's how Jean got exiled to traffic.
12:00Let me worry about that.
12:09I spoke to Lenore Donovan, explained we had a few loose ends to tie up before we can officially close
12:13the case.
12:14She said the housekeeper will let us inside while the family's out scattering George's ashes.
12:18Nice.
12:19First, we need to pick up Ida Perp.
12:22Who's Ida Perp?
12:31Yes.
12:32Hi.
12:33I'd like to speak to your detectives about the Bucket Lane murder.
12:37My name is Netta Donovan, and I've got a story to tell.
13:05Oh, hello.
13:07I'm Lieutenant Soto.
13:09This is Detective Kerenik.
13:10Hi, I'm Morgan.
13:11I'm the consultant.
13:12This is Ida Perp.
13:13She's faking this, so he'll carry her.
13:15I believe you're expecting us.
13:17Yeah.
13:17Can we see the bathroom, please?
13:19The one upstairs with the laundry chute?
13:23Mm-hmm.
13:26If your theory is correct, we should find...
13:30Scorch marks?
13:32Then the killer did switch the plate to hide an electrical fire.
13:35So where did that plate come from?
13:37Well, if I had to guess, I'd say the room Barry was staying in.
13:42Look for a scorched face plate covered in the same wallpaper as the bathroom.
14:03Look at this.
14:04There's security cameras all over the house.
14:06Why wouldn't the footage show up in the case file?
14:08Well, the family said the footage was deleted.
14:10A little help.
14:19That's our plate.
14:21Yes!
14:23Good work, Morgan.
14:25Come on, Ida.
14:26It's show time.
14:28Ready?
14:29Oh, hello.
14:31Make mama proud, okay?
14:33Yeah.
14:45That'd break a neck.
14:46She was right.
14:48Barry was killed in the shower and thrown down the chute.
15:02Guys, this is a public building.
15:04We're allowed to film here.
15:05You're standing in the way of journalism.
15:08We are standing in the way of murder porn.
15:10Let's just call it what it is.
15:12Look, your crew can film all they want, but we're not speaking on camera.
15:15We're a legit production, you guys.
15:25See?
15:26Ken Burns could walk in here, set all of his Emmys on the table, and we're still not talking on
15:31camera.
15:31I don't know who Ken Burns is, but what if I told you?
15:36I know for a fact George's confession is a sham.
15:42I'll talk to Soto.
15:54So why did you agree to do the documentary?
15:5616 years in that family, and I have nothing to show for it other than a destroyed reputation.
16:02The Donovan prenup is criminal.
16:04I tried to do right by them, but enough is enough.
16:07This is my story, too.
16:08I have a right to tell it and sell it as I please.
16:10I won't let them take away my moment.
16:14Lieutenant says we already know George's confession is a sham.
16:17So how about you tell us why you think George's confession is bogus out of the goodness of your heart?
16:23You'll still screw the Donovans over if you prove to the police that the case isn't as close as the
16:27family would like it to be.
16:28You can help us bring Barry's real killer to justice.
16:33Fine. George called me up after he'd seen that I'd signed on to participate in the documentary a few weeks
16:40ago.
16:41Begged me not to do it. Said he wanted to spare the family any more misery.
16:45That was George. He hated to see his people suffer.
16:49He wouldn't have waited ten years to confess if he'd actually done it.
16:52Okay. If not George, who do you think murdered Barry?
16:57I don't know, but they would all lie to protect each other.
17:03You won't be able to break them.
17:11Sana at the end of the stairs?
17:14I'd watch it.
17:19One of the people in this family is a murderer. We just have to figure out who.
17:28Welcome to what do we owe the pleasure.
17:43Again, we're sorry for your loss.
17:45Why are you here?
17:47I mean, we literally just sprinkled our dad's ashes off of Point Dume.
17:50I told them they could come.
17:53Well, as I said on the phone, we just have a few follow-up questions before we can officially close
17:59the case.
18:00Make sure the confession wasn't coerced.
18:02You think we had a gun to his head?
18:04No.
18:04No, we just have some I's to dot and some T's to cross.
18:08I'm sure your dad's confession came as quite a shock.
18:10I doubt dad meant to kill Barry.
18:12Was there any sense of relief?
18:14I mean, the media hasn't exactly been kind to you guys, so at least now all the speculation will stop.
18:19The speculation that ruined our lives?
18:20I mean, this whole thing cost Clark a wife, me, my career, and mom, you know, her place in society.
18:27Cody was being recruited by MIT before the murder.
18:30My nephew's a genius.
18:31Now that genius washes dishes.
18:33Heather had a move.
18:35Maddie's all over the murder blogs.
18:36Murder blogs?
18:37They call Maddie the baddie.
18:40Well, I for one think that your divorce was the only upside of this whole thing.
18:44That is a piece of work.
18:46Was there any friction between Barry and George that night?
18:49Well, there was one thing by the pool before dinner.
18:53You know, we were having some lemonade by the pool with dad when, uh, Barry comes out of the pool
18:57house all ring around the nosy.
18:59He was coked up.
19:00Yeah, and dad just freaked out.
19:03You know, was yelling at Barry for bringing drugs into the house, especially around his no-good addict son.
19:09That's not what he thought, Maddie.
19:11My brother's in recovery.
19:12Did Barry and George's fight by the pool escalate any further?
19:15They put aside their differences, momentarily at least, so we could have a nice dinner.
19:20And was it nice?
19:23Well, we tried.
19:25It started with another family photo and then a toast.
19:28All right.
19:28To family.
19:29Looking after one another in good times and bad.
19:33And of course, Maddie started drinking.
19:34Is that a good idea, son?
19:36Come on, dad.
19:36I can handle one drink.
19:37It wasn't long before Barry started offending everyone.
19:40I suppose you can let them make their own mistakes.
19:42They know you'll bail them out.
19:43And dad got upset.
19:44Says Mr. Father of the Year.
19:45Cody had enough and went upstairs.
19:47You know what?
19:48I'm not hungry.
19:49And Maddie let it out that Barry and Clark lost a lot of money.
19:52You know, I don't know if dad can afford to send me to rehab again, Barry.
19:55Not after all that money that he and Clark lost investing in your friend's failed company.
20:00You invested our money in what?
20:03How did George react when Maddie brought up the bad investment?
20:06We really didn't have time to react because of Heather's mishap.
20:13Are you hurt?
20:15Sorry.
20:16New here.
20:16Heather caught on fire?
20:17We knew about that.
20:18Mellon didn't think it was important enough to even include in the case report.
20:22We put it out right away.
20:23I was okay.
20:24Just clumsy, as usual.
20:26What happened after that?
20:28Barry decided he'd had enough.
20:30He headed upstairs.
20:31And then we cleared the table and set up the Monopoly board.
20:36Monopoly comes out.
20:38Cody returned.
20:39Cody, what's up, bud?
20:40He loves that game.
20:42I knew you couldn't resist.
20:43But then Barry puts his TV on full blast.
20:47What the hell is he watching up there?
20:49And dad was not happy.
20:50I'm going to kill that bastard.
20:53George threatened to murder Barry.
20:55Well, I sound surprised.
20:56We sent you his confession.
20:57Where was Netta during all of this?
21:00Probably checking her social media.
21:05Where was I?
21:06You just told us Heather caught on fire.
21:08And then you need to check your Instagram.
21:11Right.
21:11Yes.
21:12That is why you do not wear bell sleeves to dinner.
21:16So we quickly tore off her wrap.
21:19And that's when we saw the bruises.
21:26Mrs. Karadek, please leave a message.
21:29Karadek isn't picking up.
21:30Okay, we'll call Soto then.
21:32All right.
21:39What the hell is Netta Donovan doing here?
21:48You sure that's what she said, Oz?
21:50Barry abused Heather?
21:53Yeah, okay.
21:54What?
21:56Mellon saw her?
21:59Okay, bye.
22:02The Donovans lied to us.
22:04Barry was beating Heather.
22:06They learned this when they stripped off Heather's wrap and discovered she was covered in bruises.
22:10That's a strong motive for murder for any of them.
22:12I can see why they kept it a secret.
22:14And why that secret would have ruined their charity.
22:18Mellon saw Netta at the station.
22:20Our time is running out.
22:22Selena, maybe we should call this off.
22:23You've gone rogue.
22:24I don't want to be answering to Mellon if you get reassigned.
22:26I don't want that either.
22:28So let's solve this case.
22:35Was anyone planning on telling us about the moment during Thanksgiving dinner when you learned Barry was beating Heather?
22:45Netta.
22:47It was a family matter.
22:49And some things need to stay in the family.
22:51In a murder investigation?
22:52Can we please not talk about this?
22:54Be okay, Mom.
22:57It was after Heather's sleeve caught on fire.
23:04We put out the fire.
23:05And that's when we saw what Barry was doing to her.
23:08Oh, no, Mom, I'm okay.
23:09We're fine.
23:11Honey.
23:15What happened?
23:16What the hell?
23:16You bastard.
23:17How dare you?
23:18You think I did that?
23:20Barry denied it and stormed it.
23:22I'm done here.
23:23I'm done.
23:24Did anyone see Barry again after that?
23:27I did.
23:29I was having a glass of wine while cleaning up when he came down the stairs in his robe.
23:37Headed for the sauna.
23:39How much did you have to drink?
23:40I had some wine.
23:42I can't remember how much.
23:46Well, it's a good thing Barry's already dead.
23:48I'd like to murder him myself.
23:49Assuming Morgan's theory is correct, everyone but the killer probably thinks Barry was still
23:53alive when Lenore says she saw him.
23:54Well, let's divide them up.
23:55Get everyone's account of the hours between dinner and dinner.
23:58Establish a timeline.
23:59Yeah.
23:59Okay.
24:04So, why don't you walk us through what happened after dinner?
24:07Heather couldn't sleep in the same room as Barry.
24:09George and Lenore wouldn't have allowed it, so I offered to go grab her stuff from the
24:14room while Lenore helped her get into new clothes.
24:17Barry was watching TV when I went to his room.
24:20She needs her stuff.
24:21He flipped and threw it at me.
24:22Take it, okay?
24:24Oh, my...
24:25Take her crap.
24:26Take her crap.
24:26She's such an asshole, Barry.
24:27Okay.
24:28That was the last time I ever saw him.
24:33You understand why I have to ask about the abuse?
24:36Why didn't you go to the police?
24:38I thought he'd change.
24:41Plus, I was ashamed.
24:43Is that why you never went to the hospital?
24:45I was a nurse before Cody was born.
24:49I could deal with the injuries myself.
24:51My aunt was a nurse.
24:53She was always throwing out her back, all that heavy lifting you have to do, moving patients
24:58around.
24:59They train nurses to do that, don't they?
25:02What are you trying to imply?
25:03It's okay, honey.
25:05Yes.
25:06That's part of the training.
25:11And by then, Cody had hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place.
25:15He was dominating us as usual.
25:17And that's when Barry switched from a war movie to a...
25:21dirty movie.
25:23Did someone order a pizza?
25:27Maddie and Clark volunteered to stop it.
25:29Come on, Maddie.
25:30Let's handle this.
25:31And I asked them to grab the Christmas decorations for me as well.
25:34Did you ever hear the TV come back on again after your sons went upstairs?
25:37No, I don't believe so.
25:40How long were they gone?
25:4130 minutes or so.
25:44Little wuss locked himself in, but we got Barry to turn the TV off after a few choice words.
25:48So you threatened him?
25:51Banged on his door a bit, that's all.
25:53We didn't kill him, if that's what you're asking.
25:55I didn't even see him again.
25:56Not alive, at least.
25:58After that, Maddie and I headed to the attic for Mom's Christmas decorations.
26:02How long were you upstairs?
26:03Half hour, maybe.
26:05Both of you?
26:07I may have given Maddie a little grief for drinking in front of Dad.
26:10At some point, he disappeared and left me with all the heavy boxes.
26:16Maddie left you alone in the attic?
26:18For how long?
26:2015 minutes.
26:22Maybe 20.
26:30Maddie and Clark were each alone for enough time to sneak off and murder Barry.
26:34Mm-hmm.
26:34One of them could be our guy.
26:35Or they were lying about being in the attic and they both murdered him together.
26:43So going back to the attic, Lenore knows the smell of fake pine gives me a headache, and
26:48yet she insists on lighting those scented Christmas candles every year for the ambiance.
26:53What does Lenore's candles have to do with the murder?
26:55If you'd let me finish.
26:57So Lenore likes to light her scented Christmas candles, and I had to leave the house, get some fresh air.
27:04And I saw Billy Ross selling drugs to Maddie.
27:11So Ross did show up at the house that night, but not for Barry.
27:14He came to see Maddie.
27:16Maddie the baddie, a former drug addict who was furious at his brother-in-law and was getting coked up
27:22right at the time of Barry's death.
27:24Makes for a killer doc, huh?
27:29All right.
27:31Thanks.
27:34Daphne and Oz got some interesting news from Netta.
27:38She says she saw Maddie Donovan meeting Billy Ross in front of the house when he told us he was
27:42in the attic.
27:44He went to meet the Coke dealer?
27:45Yep.
27:46George's lawyers were right about Ross coming to the house.
27:48But there was no drug deal gone wrong.
27:51If Ross came to see Maddie, he had no motive for killing Barry.
27:54Hmm.
27:55That probably explains why Netta didn't mention it at trial.
27:58One more thing.
27:59Daphne also said she just saw Mellon and the captain leaving the station.
28:02If you have any ideas, feel free to speak up.
28:05Yes, I know.
28:06I know.
28:06Just give me a second.
28:07I need to rewind a little bit.
28:08There's just so many moving pieces.
28:10Okay.
28:11We know that everyone was together at dinner around 8 o'clock.
28:15Cody leaves when George and Barry start fighting.
28:18Please, Cody, stay.
28:20Barry leaves when everybody calls him out for beating Heather.
28:23I'm done here.
28:24I'm done.
28:26Heather decides she still wants to have family game night because moms hold on to tradition like a life raft
28:31in a storm.
28:32But first, Heather, Lenore, and Netta go upstairs around 9 o'clock.
28:37Heather and Lenore go into Lenore's room to change.
28:40Netta goes to grab Heather's stuff from Barry's room.
28:42Take her crap?
28:43Take her crap.
28:44Such an ass where she sees him alive for the last time.
28:48Lenore and Heather go back downstairs to start game night.
28:51Cody comes downstairs from his room.
28:53Monopoly begins.
28:56Until Barry starts blasting porn on his TV, causing Maddie and Clark to go upstairs and bang on his door.
29:02But then Barry turns the TV off.
29:04So Maddie and Clark instead go up to the attic to get Lenore's Christmas boxes.
29:10That's when Maddie leaves Clark to go meet the Coke dealer.
29:13So Clark is alone in the attic.
29:15Then both brothers reconvene back downstairs at the game board around the same time.
29:21Monopoly ends.
29:22Everybody goes to bed except for Lenore, who finishes cleaning up in the tea room because, again, moms being moms.
29:27And that's when she sees Barry go down to the basement.
29:31But we know Barry was killed upstairs.
29:34And we know it wasn't Lenore, Heather, or Netta because Barry was alive before Monopoly even began.
29:40But then the porn turned off with...
29:45Ugh! Damn it!
29:49I hear Captain Pacheco.
29:51No.
29:55Just...
29:56We were hoping to let you rest this day, but I'm afraid it might have to...
30:00Captain.
30:01Oh, there you are.
30:03Would you excuse us?
30:06Did you think I wasn't going to find out about this?
30:10You put this entire case at risk.
30:12And the department.
30:14What in God's name were you thinking?
30:17Mrs. Donovan, please, you have my utmost apologies for this intrusion on your day of mourning.
30:27And Lieutenant, this, uh, cleaning lady experiment of yours?
30:33And that's when Barry switched from the wrong to speak to a dirty...
30:36It's officially over.
30:37Captain, this experiment has been...
30:39Lieutenant.
30:40Yeah?
30:42I know who did it.
30:56Captain Pacheco, when you investigated Barry's death ten years ago, you focused on the events that happened after midnight, correct?
31:03We knew the murder happened then.
31:05Lenore saw Barry go into the basement at midnight.
31:08Right.
31:09So that would make perfect sense, you know?
31:12Unless Lenore was wrong.
31:13What?
31:13Are you saying my mother lied?
31:15No, absolutely not.
31:16I'm asking, what if Lenore thought she saw Barry, right?
31:20I mean, she admitted to tipping back a few.
31:22I know what I saw.
31:24Barry passed me on his way down to the basement.
31:26Well, Barry's bathrobe went down to the basement, yes.
31:29But Barry wasn't in it.
31:30Because Barry was killed before midnight upstairs.
31:35Uh, so, so let me get this straight.
31:38You're saying the killer murdered Barry somewhere else, then dragged his body from the second floor to the basement, right
31:44past the entire family, playing Monopoly?
31:47No.
31:48I'm saying the killer tossed Barry's body down the laundry chute, breaking his neck in the process.
31:52The laundry chute?
31:53No, I, I understand.
31:55I, I, I know.
31:55What is going on?
31:56No, no way a body fits down that chute.
31:58There's no way.
31:58Ida Perp did.
32:00Ida Perp is not a living person.
32:01And neither was Barry.
32:06Because Cody electrocuted him in the shower before the family even began playing Monopoly.
32:20You knew what your dad was doing to your mom.
32:22Kids always know.
32:24You were just trying to protect her any way you knew how.
32:26I just, I'm not saying.
32:27You need to leave, all right?
32:29You guys, you need to leave.
32:30Who do you think you are, ladies?
32:31Please, look, look.
32:32I don't believe this any more than you do.
32:34He was 15.
32:36You really think a teenager could pull that off?
32:38Cody wasn't a regular teenager.
32:39He was a genius.
32:40A kid that MIT was recruiting as a sophomore.
32:43And this very smart young man knew that his father was beating his mother.
32:48So picture Cody knowing what he knows about his dad.
32:51He heads upstairs fed up.
32:56Sometime later, he hears Barry in the bathroom and he gets an idea.
33:06He realizes he has an opportunity to end this abuse once and for all.
33:18He tosses the hairdryer into the shower, killing Barry.
33:23Now, Cody's a smart kid.
33:24He knows electrocutions can be written off as heart attacks.
33:27But he has an unforeseen technical difficulty.
33:31The outlet catches on fire.
33:32So he has to come up with a plan B on the fly.
33:39He sends Barry's body down the laundry chute.
33:44He cleans up any evidence of a fire.
33:47And he goes downstairs and joins game night, creating an alibi.
33:54Then at midnight, when everyone else but his grandmother is asleep,
33:58Cody heads down to the basement, passing Lenore.
34:02She sees the robe and thinks that it's Barry.
34:06In the basement, Cody moves Barry's body from the hamper into the sauna.
34:11He wants to make it look like it's an accident.
34:14So he sets the wine bottle.
34:19He cranks up the thermostat on the sauna.
34:24And he leaves the robe behind.
34:28Cody had no idea that the fall had broken his father's neck.
34:32Or that Barry's blood got onto his grandfather's shirt and the hamper.
34:35Who could blame you for any of this?
34:38You knew your dad was hurting your mom.
34:40You must have been terrified one day he was going to take it too far.
34:46This is ludicrous.
34:48My son is not a murderer.
34:50He was playing Monopoly the whole night.
34:52And Barry was still alive.
34:54He was watching TV, remember?
34:56And channels just don't change on their own?
34:59Channels don't.
35:00But George and Lenore's televisions use radio frequency remotes.
35:07Meaning?
35:07Well, it depends what kind of range you want for your remote.
35:11Infrared remotes get the job done for the most part,
35:13but require a direct line to sight from the remote to the TV.
35:16But if you want to get a little fancier, clasps up to join a bit.
35:18A radio frequency remote offers greater flexibility and coverage.
35:24Simply put, you can control the sources from any room in the house.
35:27So, that is how Cody made it sound like Barry was still alive during Monopoly
35:32when he was already dead in the hamper.
35:35Is he watching porn up there?
35:40Turning up the volume on the porn, that was an accident.
35:42He didn't want Maddie and Clark to go upstairs.
35:50Again, on behalf of the LAPD, I apologize.
35:53She's right.
35:55I did it.
35:58I killed dead, Mom.
36:01It was me.
36:02What?
36:09Wait, don't say another word.
36:11We want a lawyer.
36:12No, don't.
36:12Let me say this.
36:13Let me say this.
36:15Come on.
36:15Mom, this secret's been eating me alive.
36:19I should have told the truth a long time ago, and I tried.
36:24When Grandpa was dying, I told him what I did.
36:26I said I wanted to come forward, but he asked me to give it some more thought.
36:31A week later, he makes that video confessing.
36:33He was protecting me at the cost of his own reputation.
36:37Mom, I think about what I did every day.
36:41I can't sleep.
36:42I can't focus.
36:43I'm spiraling.
36:45I don't feel like I deserve any success in my life.
36:50Maybe after I serve my time, I can look at myself in the mirror again.
36:53No, no, no.
36:53No, I am sorry.
36:56This is not your fault.
36:58This is not his fault.
37:00It's my fault.
37:02Please blame me.
37:04Cody will be tried as a minor.
37:06He'll likely serve less than three years.
37:37He'll likely serve less than three years.
37:42So, Captain, what do you think of our cleaning lady experiment now?
37:49You did good work in there.
37:52One thing, Selena.
37:56Never go behind my back again.
37:59Or you could say goodbye to major crimes.
38:27Morgan?
38:29Morgan?
38:36You continue to amaze me.
38:41We're lucky to have you on the team.
38:45Back at you, Lieutenant.
38:47You risked your career to put the right person behind bars.
38:51Every cop has that one case.
38:59How do we start healing if we can't keep out there?
39:05Good night, Mona.
39:06Good night, Karadek.
39:55Did you like flannel?
39:57Ha!
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