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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?
04:34Oh, my God.
04:53Oh, my God.
05:23This 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. He's hurt. Bad, but he's not dead yet.
05:53Why not finish the job with another blow? It's faster than a suffocation.
05:58Well, neighbors are pretty close. Guy screams for help. The killer panicked and put a pillow on him. Lights out.
06:06A B&E gone wrong?
06:08Short-term rental. Not the smartest place for a turnover. Very few valuables.
06:13He didn't even take the laptop.
06:17Normally, thieves have a methodical system for going through drawers. Start at the bottom, move to the top. But this
06:23is overkill.
06:25Yeah, like the B&E. So usually the trick is to break and enter through the same passageway, but our
06:32killer didn't come through the patio.
06:35After they broke the door, they would attract glass inside, but I don't see any shards on the carpet.
06:43Breaking was staged, as was the turnover, because our killer wanted to hide the fact that they walked through the
06:49front door.
06:50Uh, meaning they had a key, or Eli here opened the door for them. We know if he was here
06:55on business?
06:56Could be. With a side of, uh, pleasure, Borealis Guide.
07:01Oof, that is out of my price range.
07:03A rare splurge at a world-class restaurant sets the soul aflame.
07:08Okay. Any idea who was last to see Eli Parker live?
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. I was helping him build out a cellar back home.
07:42Well, five calls after 8 p.m. It's, uh, not exactly business hours.
07:47I was able to source a special bottle for him. I needed his go-ahead before purchasing.
07:52Must have been hell of a Beaujolais. Can we come inside, please?
08:03We slept together a couple of times.
08:05We met at a bar. We both liked good food, so we had a few dinners. It was stupid.
08:10But last week he ghosted me. I called him. I wanted some closure.
08:15Where were you last night?
08:18At Sonetta, an Italian place on King. I was celebrating a friend's 40th.
08:23And what else do you know about, Eli?
08:26He worked for a massive company. He 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.
08:45Oh, 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.
09:04Yeah, Eli's from the McQueen-Vancouver office, but he's practically a nomad living out of a suitcase,
09:09ready to be 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,
09:32it replaces his time of death between 9 p.m. and midnight.
09:36Anything else about this man aside from his job?
09:39Yeah. So, in his scarce spare time, Eli would use his expense account to fund his one parent hobby,
09:48eating out at the city's best restaurants. It's his credit card statement.
09:52Man after my own heart.
09:56Edulous, PSP, Aloe, Dreyfus.
10:00These are all Borealis-starred restaurants, I say, for a birthday or an anniversary to go here.
10:05Not me. I mean, look, I like food as much as the next guy, but take me to Burger Drops.
10:09I'm a happy girl. I was fine dining, the pump.
10:14Hmm, some people like to eat with cutlery.
10:17A little pump is okay once in a while, but, uh, no, this guy,
10:22he'd go back to some of these 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,
10:32he'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.
10:44An 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.
11:04Was that a hidden password?
11:05An asterisk denotes multiplication,
11:07but if so, he needs to get his math checked.
11:09Well, everything has a natural explanation.
11:12I don't see Eli as the type to make a careless mistake.
11:17I 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,
11:29but he gave them codenames.
11:30He was analyzing the workflow of the entire company.
11:34He was trying to figure out who to fire.
11:37Kiwi Wing Group.
11:38A combined income of six million dollars.
11:42I like this kid.
11:43He's smart.
11:44Kiwis are flightless birds,
11:46hence the Kiwi Wing is redundant.
11:51Eli wasn't just any consultant.
11:53He was a corporate executioner.
11:55Question is,
11:56did someone kill him before he could have them fired?
12:01As Chief Transformation Officer,
12:03it's my job to optimize Solara.
12:05Reorganize.
12:06With AI coming for us,
12:07we need to be agile.
12:08Lean.
12:09So you hired Eli to,
12:11essentially,
12:12help you figure out who to fire.
12:14Eli was tasked with delayering.
12:17Hey, delayering.
12:18Is that what we're calling it now?
12:19Okay,
12:19who all knew that Eli was delayering?
12:23Myself and the board.
12:26I think the board got out.
12:29Sansa.
12:31That was the name of Mary Antoinette's executioner.
12:34Hmm.
12:37Come on, Price.
12:38New face,
12:39her medically sealed temporary office,
12:42personal 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,
12:58but 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
13:12and was supposed to present his findings at a board meeting tomorrow.
13:14Oh, but I'm sure a smart CTO like you
13:18would have nudged Eli in the direction of where best to trim the fat.
13:24Yeah, yeah, middle 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,
13:39he waited outside until Eli left for the night.
13:42Security had to intervene.
13:46I just wanted him to cut the crap
13:47and 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,
13:58do you know how much I make?
14:01$200,000.
14:03I told Eli
14:03he should be hunting whales
14:05and not wasting his time chasing minnows.
14:08Sounds like you should be infuriated
14:10learning some kid who's in charge of your future.
14:13He said that
14:15if I deserve my job,
14:17that I have no problem
14:19and that the data would speak for itself.
14:21When was the last time you saw Eli?
14:23After work.
14:24I did want to talk more,
14:25you know,
14:25to make my case.
14:26But he said he had a meeting
14:28and he hopped on his bike and left.
14:31Wyatt's husband
14:32was his only alibi
14:33at the time of the murder,
14:34so he's still a suspect.
14:36What do you got?
14:37Eli's
14:38bike share Toronto account
14:40seems right after his conversation
14:42with Wyatt,
14:43he picked up a bike
14:44outside Solara,
14:46dropped it at
14:47Harvard and
14:48Spadina,
14:497 p.m.
14:51What if
14:51Wyatt followed him?
14:53To where?
14:54Eli didn't have any credit charges
14:56on Monday.
14:56But, remember,
14:57he did, um,
15:00he did have this in his pocket.
15:01Pineapple.
15:02Symbol of hospitality.
15:04Or
15:04swingers.
15:06Oh, I know where that's from.
15:08I pray it's the former.
15:13Is
15:14La Dora
15:16my favorite
15:17new restaurant
15:18got its star
15:19in its first year
15:19helmed by a bad girl
15:21chef-turned-industry darling?
15:23And
15:24they post their menus
15:25daily.
15:26Oh, my God,
15:26today they're sweetbreads.
15:28Uh,
15:28inside.
15:29Oh, yes.
15:30Uh,
15:31look at the top.
15:37Yesterday we were slammed
15:397 p.m.
15:40Eli Parker
15:41to
15:42two tasting menus
15:43and a travel supplement.
15:44Yeah, they were, uh,
15:45balling out
15:45right up until the blow-up.
15:47I had to
15:47comp the entire room drinks
15:49to 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,
15:57what happened exactly?
15:59I have no idea.
15:59You should ask my brother Jonah.
16:01He's the GM
16:01and my eyes and ears
16:02at the dining room.
16:05After, uh,
16:06Eli's guest
16:06paid the bill,
16:09something changed.
16:10He got loud
16:11and aggressive
16:12and this guy just,
16:13just flips the table
16:14on the way out.
16:16Is this him?
16:17No, no,
16:18he was white
16:19and had a
16:19nice suit.
16:21Well, maybe Eli
16:22took Wyatt's advice
16:23instead of
16:24chasing minnows.
16:26Finally got himself a whale.
16:29His name is Price Chambers.
16:31Yeah, that's the guy.
16:33When you see him,
16:33tell him he owes us
16:34a new set of plates.
16:36So,
16:36Price was Kiwi-wing
16:38and Eli was about
16:39to tell the board
16:39to fire him.
16:40No better way
16:41to get off the chopping block
16:42than to kill the executioner.
16:51Eli sandbagged me.
16:52He picked that pricey restaurant
16:54and waited until
16:54after I paid the bill
16:55to begin his evaluation.
16:57I couldn't believe it.
16:58I hired him.
16:59What he was doing
17:00was illegal.
17:00Uh, no.
17:03Eli reported to the board
17:05so if he thought
17:06you were redundant
17:07he'd be well within
17:08his rights to tell them.
17:09Well, I begged him
17:10to drop it
17:10but the kid was so stubborn
17:11and he kept on going
17:12on and on
17:13about how he had
17:13an obligation
17:14to share his findings.
17:15I mean, who says that?
17:16A man with a strong
17:17moral compass.
17:18For the record,
17:20Solara would be
17:21nothing without me.
17:22Yeah, we'll find out
17:23about that soon enough
17:24because we do
17:26feel an inclination
17:28to share
17:28Eli's findings
17:30with Solara.
17:31And why would you do that?
17:33Because we can.
17:36So, after you
17:37had your little tantrum
17:38at Isadora,
17:39where were you?
17:41Drinking.
17:43Trying to figure out
17:44my next move.
17:47I just got off the phone
17:48with Barbara Val.
17:50Price was there
17:51until last call
17:52hours after Eli's murder.
17:55You know,
17:55I've been thinking,
17:56we've been so focused
17:57on Solara
17:59but at the end
18:00at the end of the day,
18:01Eli's most important meeting
18:05was outside the office.
18:07So,
18:08all of Eli's fancy meals,
18:10you're thinking
18:10they were more
18:11than just breaking bread?
18:12Well, he's in a new city.
18:13Who's he dining with
18:14night after night?
18:15What if all these dinners
18:16were just important meetings?
18:18Well, more business
18:18gets done over restaurant linens
18:20than boardroom tables.
18:22I was able to pull footage
18:23from several of the restaurants
18:25Eli visited.
18:26Two were onto something.
18:27He dined out with the same person
18:29every single night.
18:30Himself.
18:32I guess he really was
18:33just there for the food.
18:34Alone, alone,
18:36night after night,
18:37no phone, no book.
18:38It's my nightmare.
18:39Well, unlike you,
18:40Don Juan,
18:41some of us don't get the choice.
18:43Play this back.
18:47Hey, Bateman.
18:49Hungry.
18:54All in all,
18:56underwhelmed.
18:58That's what you get
18:59for 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
19:06Eli Parker's reservation file
19:08for that night.
19:09Zach was dinner.
19:10Can I ask,
19:10did he order
19:12one glass of wine
19:13and one non-alcoholic beverage?
19:15Mm-hmm.
19:16And did he mention
19:17a dietary restriction?
19:19on the day
19:20rather than in advance?
19:21Yeah.
19:22How'd you know?
19:23Lucky guess.
19:27I didn't want to risk
19:29sounding daft before,
19:30but I've always been
19:33fascinated by the elusive nature
19:35of the Borealis inspector,
19:37you know?
19:37They frequently throw
19:38a curveball at the kitchen
19:39to see how they react,
19:41and they've been known
19:43to drop their napkins
19:45to see how long
19:46it takes front-of-house
19:47to notice her.
19:49I'm thinking,
19:51what if Eli
19:52didn't eat out
19:53night after night
19:54for fun?
19:55What if he was working?
19:57Lines up,
19:59inspectors are anonymous,
20:01they all have day jobs.
20:02Actually,
20:03I got my own guide
20:04and a duplicated Eli's.
20:06He bookmarked eight restaurants
20:08that he visited.
20:09Well,
20:10he could have been
20:10scoping them out
20:11the next year's guide.
20:12They rate each restaurant
20:14yearly to make sure
20:15they maintain their stars.
20:17Not to be the odd gourmand doubt,
20:19but I just want to do
20:20a quick temperature check.
20:21A restaurant guide.
20:22We think this connects
20:23to Eli's death how?
20:25The restaurant guide.
20:27Toronto's restaurant industry
20:28is cutthroat.
20:30Fifteen billion dollars.
20:32Billion.
20:32Yearly in revenue.
20:34Big money.
20:34Big money backing
20:36some of these top spots.
20:37Having a star or not
20:38can mean the difference
20:39between a restaurant
20:40thriving and being
20:41forced to close.
20:42One of the places
20:43he snubbed could have
20:44killed him out of revenge.
20:46Before we entertain
20:47this theory too much longer,
20:48why don't we just go
20:49straight to the source?
20:52You're putting me
20:53in a very difficult position,
20:55revealing the identity
20:56of an inspector
20:57would compromise
20:58Borealis' core tenet
21:00of anonymity.
21:02Well, unfortunately,
21:02we're going to need
21:03to insist because
21:04failing to investigate murder
21:06would compromise
21:07our core purpose.
21:09Investigating murder.
21:11This is our victim,
21:12Eli Parker.
21:15That's awful.
21:17He seemed like a lovely man.
21:20Yeah, that's what people
21:21have been saying.
21:21We're going to need a list
21:22of the restaurants
21:23that he covered.
21:24and how long
21:26was he an inspector?
21:27Eli wasn't an inspector.
21:29Pardon me?
21:30That man was never
21:31an inspector for Borealis.
21:33I'm sorry,
21:33how did you recognize him?
21:36He came by a few weeks ago.
21:38He was a consultant
21:39for McQueen.
21:40What did he want?
21:41He was working on a project
21:42for a food group,
21:43wanted to be put in touch
21:44with an inspector
21:45who covered fine dining
21:46establishments
21:47for market research.
21:48And you connected him?
21:50Yes.
21:50Well, what about
21:51your core tenet
21:53of anonymity?
21:54For a modest fee
21:58and a signed NDA,
22:00we made an exception.
22:02I connected him
22:03with an inspector
22:04who focuses on fine wine.
22:08Who is this inspector?
22:15She's been with us
22:17for five years.
22:21Quinn Hartnett.
22:29You wanted to talk?
22:31Yeah.
22:33The police were here
22:35asking questions
22:36about Eli.
22:37That man?
22:39You found out
22:40about your
22:41little side hustle?
22:43I just wanted
22:44to tell you
22:44the same thing
22:45that I told him
22:45I don't want anything
22:46to do with it
22:47and I never did.
22:49Well, it's too late
22:49to back out now,
22:50isn't it?
22:51You have no idea
22:51what you're talking about.
22:52You have no idea
22:53what you're stepping into.
22:54Time.
22:56Free shifts.
22:58You want to invite
22:59your friend
22:59for family, Bianca?
23:00No need.
23:03I was just leaving.
23:10Hey, I just got
23:11off the phone
23:11with our guy
23:11from McQueen.
23:12He said Eli
23:13never worked
23:14for any food company.
23:15He was bluffing.
23:17What, using his credentials
23:18to gain access
23:20to the biggest secret
23:21in the restaurant industry.
23:22Who are the inspectors?
23:24Quinn Hartnett?
23:25Why?
23:27Eli wasn't an inspector,
23:29but he sure
23:29was acting like one.
23:30Well, he was,
23:31wasn't he?
23:32all those dinners,
23:34running tests
23:35and everything.
23:36It was like he was
23:38checking someone's homework,
23:39like he, uh,
23:40was inspecting
23:42the inspectors.
23:44Do you think
23:45he was looking
23:45into Quinn?
23:53that blog post
23:55that blog post Eli
23:55was, uh, drafting?
23:57Uh, Anaxagoras,
23:58something Greek?
24:00Anaxagoras,
24:01among other things,
24:03was one of the first
24:03individuals
24:04to recognize
24:05the sun
24:06as a burning star.
24:11Those asterisks,
24:13they weren't
24:14shorthand
24:15for multiplication,
24:17they were
24:18Borealis stars.
24:19One star,
24:2155,000,
24:2255,000.
24:23Two stars,
24:2492,000,
24:25three stars,
24:26136,000.
24:27This isn't a password
24:28or an equation.
24:30This is Quinn's
24:31price list.
24:41I told you,
24:42I called Eli
24:43because we had
24:45an affair
24:45and he ghosted me.
24:47Could you remind me
24:48where you two met?
24:49At a bar.
24:51By just a chance
24:52meeting, was it?
24:53You sure about that,
24:54Quinn?
24:55Okay, because
24:56we spoke to your boss
24:57at Borealis
24:59and he seemed to think
25:01that he set you up
25:02with Eli
25:02for market research.
25:05Now, I don't mean
25:06to be salacious here
25:07but I'm starting
25:08to wonder
25:09if you even slept
25:10with him.
25:14Fine.
25:15No.
25:17That's genius.
25:18That's absolute genius.
25:20No, it's not really.
25:21That's half smart,
25:22you know,
25:22lying about an affair
25:24to cover up
25:24something juicier.
25:25I don't follow.
25:27Oh, sure you do.
25:28Eli played you
25:29and uncovered
25:30your operation.
25:31selling
25:32Borealis stars
25:34starting at the
25:34low, low price
25:35of $55,000.
25:40Not in a chatty mood.
25:42We could have
25:43financial crimes
25:44come in with their
25:45calculators
25:46and spreadsheets.
25:48If you think
25:49we're fun,
25:50they are a party.
25:52Okay.
25:53Okay.
25:58Eli asked me
26:00if I was
26:02open to giving
26:04his client's
26:05restaurant
26:05a favorable rating
26:08in exchange
26:09for a bonus.
26:09For brevity's sake,
26:11we call that
26:12bribery,
26:13extortion,
26:14fraud.
26:15But potato.
26:16Potato.
26:18All right,
26:18Quinn.
26:19Break it down
26:20for me.
26:21I own a restaurant.
26:22I want to get it
26:23in that book
26:24or whatever.
26:25What do I do?
26:26For the record,
26:26I don't solicit.
26:28They come to me.
26:29They come to you
26:29in person?
26:30No.
26:32No,
26:32it's more discreet.
26:33They send the money
26:36through Paysafe.
26:37It's anonymous.
26:39Until Eli
26:40uncovered your scheme.
26:43The night of the murder,
26:44you, uh,
26:46you called Eli
26:47five times
26:47and now we know
26:48it wasn't over
26:49a broken heart.
26:52Why did you call him?
26:54A restaurant
26:55that I sold
26:57a star to
26:58told me
26:59that Eli
26:59was onto me.
27:02Was it
27:02Isadora?
27:04Yeah.
27:05The chef,
27:06Taya,
27:07she texted me
27:08freaking out.
27:10So,
27:11I called Eli
27:12to run some
27:13damage control.
27:14And he didn't pick up.
27:15So you called him
27:16again and again
27:17and again
27:18and then you
27:20made him a house visit?
27:21No,
27:21I,
27:22I never saw him.
27:24I was,
27:25I was at
27:25Sineta,
27:26another client of yours.
27:28I'm telling you,
27:29I was there.
27:30I,
27:30I can connect you
27:30with the chef.
27:35The manager showed me
27:36the tapes
27:37at Quinn's table.
27:38They ordered
27:38six bottles of wine
27:40and stayed till
27:412 a.m.
27:42That does sound
27:42like quite the party.
27:43Now,
27:44Borealis is conducting
27:45an internal investigation
27:46into the fraud
27:47and I get the impression
27:48it's going to be
27:49very hush-hush.
27:50Yeah,
27:51but there's still
27:51another angle here,
27:52though.
27:53If news of the
27:54scandal broke,
27:56the chef's about a star.
27:58I'd be destroyed.
28:00Tire.
28:09What are you doing here?
28:10Look,
28:11I just want to see Tire.
28:12No.
28:13Get out now!
28:14Whenever you show up,
28:15I'm left picking up
28:16the pieces.
28:16Jonas,
28:17stop!
28:17I,
28:18you need to leave
28:19right now.
28:21Yeah.
28:23You 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
28:36you saw him?
28:36Ages,
28:37like a year ago.
28:38You promise?
28:39I promise.
28:42What?
28:43Tire,
28:44you have been doing
28:45very well.
28:46Don't laugh.
28:47This is serious.
28:48You've been doing
28:48very well.
28:49But you could lose
28:50this in a second.
28:51I know.
28:54I won't let that happen.
28:57Tire Citron.
28:59George Brown graduate.
29:00Rose the ranks
29:01working in some
29:02of the city's
29:02top kitchens.
29:03Maven,
29:05Grey Gardens,
29:06Giulietta.
29:06But in 2022,
29:07she was fired
29:08after she was caught
29:09using cocaine at work.
29:11And this is all
29:12that you let,
29:12eh?
29:13No.
29:13Solberg,
29:13keep up.
29:14Toronto Life
29:15chronicles her downfall.
29:16The industry loves
29:17to tear down our idols.
29:19Exposes with former
29:20co-workers,
29:21turns out
29:22Ty's drug problem
29:23was very big indeed.
29:24She would pay off
29:25drug dealers
29:25using comped meals,
29:27bottles of wine,
29:28money from the till.
29:29So,
29:30after Songbird,
29:31she ODs,
29:32she almost dies,
29:33she goes to rehab,
29:34she gets clean.
29:35She becomes the face
29:36of sobriety
29:37in Toronto's kitchen.
29:38She would organize
29:39pre-work runs
29:40rather than
29:41post-shift partying.
29:43She makes
29:44Straight Edge
29:45look so cool.
29:46She opens
29:46her own place,
29:47Isadora.
29:48Wait.
29:48I'm not even
29:50halfway through.
29:50This article
29:51on going clean,
29:53listen.
29:54My work as a chef
29:55gives me both
29:55discipline and motivation
29:57to stay clean.
29:58Having a purpose
29:59in life,
29:59a goal to strive for,
30:01has been instrumental
30:02in my journey.
30:05Well, it sounds like
30:06if the scandal broke,
30:07she'd lose a lot more
30:08than just her job.
30:10Yeah.
30:11When Eli came back
30:13for a tour of the kitchen,
30:14I thought he was a fan.
30:15You know, like,
30:17handshakes,
30:18selfies,
30:19the usual.
30:19People do that?
30:21But that didn't happen.
30:22He, um,
30:24he said
30:26an inspector
30:27sold us a star
30:28and that he was going to
30:29try and expose
30:29her operation.
30:30Why'd he tell you
30:31at all?
30:31I don't know.
30:33He said he wanted me
30:34to get ahead of the news
30:35or something.
30:37Well, I imagine
30:37that was difficult to hear
30:38that Eli was going to
30:40jeopardize your entire career.
30:41Yeah.
30:42It is.
30:43Especially because
30:43I didn't buy a star.
30:45I was trying to tell him that,
30:47but he wouldn't listen.
30:47Well, why'd you reach out
30:48to Quinn Hartnett?
30:49So she could tell him
30:50that I didn't buy a star.
30:53Show me proof I bought it.
30:55The app that Quinn Hartnett
30:56uses to get paid,
30:57it's anonymous.
30:58It doesn't keep records.
30:59Okay, great.
30:59So it's one crooked
31:00inspector'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
31:09Isadora's bank account
31:10the books, everything?
31:10What's going on?
31:11Just please,
31:11just take a look.
31:12I've put everything
31:13into this restaurant.
31:14I know where every dollar
31:14is going at.
31:15It's right there.
31:16Yeah, can't wait.
31:17But we'd also like to know
31:18where you were
31:19Monday night
31:19between 9 p.m.
31:20and midnight.
31:24I'm here.
31:24I'm here.
31:25I work till midnight
31:26at the earliest.
31:26Why?
31:27What are you implying?
31:27Can anyone else
31:28account for that?
31:29Yeah, I can.
31:30I mean, she was
31:31the last one here.
31:33Oh, forgive me.
31:34I'm going to need evidence
31:35to confirm your
31:36protective younger
31:37brother's opinion.
31:39The prep schedule,
31:41she's here.
31:42Every minute
31:42was accounted for.
31:49Okay, this is pretty tight.
31:50So, judging by Monday's
31:53schedule, you are here
31:54prepping a stock
31:56from 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,
32:07she's a big fan,
32:09got me onto your socials
32:10every day posting a new menu
32:12each one more delicious
32:14than the last.
32:16But the menu
32:18for the day after
32:19Eli visited your restaurant,
32:21well, it seems that
32:22the lobster
32:24went walkabout
32:25and was replaced
32:26by something else.
32:27Now, there's
32:28dozens of variables,
32:30reasons,
32:31factors as to why
32:33a dish gets changed,
32:34but I'm guessing
32:36that you didn't make
32:37the stock
32:37because you weren't here
32:38until closing.
32:39So, I'll ask you
32:41to answer my partner's
32:43question one more time.
32:44Where were you
32:45between 10 p.m.
32:47and midnight Monday night?
32:53I was, well,
32:55while you think of an answer,
32:57we're gonna have to ask you
32:58to accompany us
32:59down to the station
33:00because we got a few more
33:02questions for you.
33:09Your victim,
33:10Eli Parker,
33:10was going to expose
33:11a crooked Borealis inspector
33:13effectively destroying
33:14Ty's restaurant
33:15in the process.
33:16You're positing
33:17she left Isadora
33:18early to kill him,
33:19basing this on
33:20very nebulous reasoning
33:21about the cooking time
33:22of a stock.
33:23Nebulous or not,
33:24the second we broke
33:26her alibi,
33:27she clammed up.
33:27Okay,
33:28but she still claims
33:29she never bought
33:29the star, correct?
33:30Oh, come on,
33:30she's saving face.
33:31Where are you
33:32on proof of purchase?
33:33Isadora's bank account
33:34is clean,
33:35but we'll keep digging.
33:36You know,
33:36there's a dozen ways
33:37she could have got the money.
33:38Yeah, until then,
33:39we can't say for certain,
33:40she bought it.
33:41But even if she didn't,
33:43she still got motive
33:43to kill Eli.
33:44I mean,
33:45he was about to name her
33:46as one of the most
33:48corrupt restaurateurs
33:48in the city.
33:50She'd lose everything.
33:52What about access?
33:54Taya left Isadora
33:56an hour after Eli.
33:57How does she know
33:58where to find him?
33:59Oh, Eli's restaurant
34:01booking account.
34:02So, uh,
34:03to secure a table
34:04at Isadora,
34:04he needed to leave
34:05a local address,
34:07and Taya has access
34:08to the services back end.
34:11Black pressure.
34:13See what breaks.
34:14Mm-hmm.
34:16It's not just
34:17a restaurant,
34:18it's...
34:20Did anyone explain to you
34:22why we named it Isadora?
34:24No.
34:26Isadora was my mom's name.
34:34She was the greatest cook.
34:38And after she died,
34:40I would remember her
34:42through her recipes.
34:43So?
34:46Isadora is...
34:47basically her epitaph.
34:51Like, we made the curtains
34:52out of her old...
34:55tablecloths,
34:56and we play
34:56her favorite music,
34:58and that man
34:59was trying to take
35:01that all away from me
35:01for something I didn't do.
35:03So, I...
35:06To answer your question,
35:07I, like, have no idea
35:08where he went
35:09after he left the kitchen.
35:11Then where did you go
35:12that night?
35:13Um...
35:15I was incredibly
35:17overwhelmed,
35:18and it was weak
35:20and dumb,
35:22but I
35:23met up with a friend,
35:25and we
35:26did a bump,
35:29and then a line,
35:31and then,
35:31uh, more.
35:35why didn't you tell us
35:37this before?
35:42Your brother.
35:44I didn't want him
35:45to know.
35:48I didn't...
35:48I've already put him
35:49through way too much.
35:50He's the one who found me
35:51when I ODE'd.
35:52He performed CPR on me
35:53until the ambulance came.
35:55Like, he saved my life.
35:56And that's why he, uh,
35:58works at the restaurant.
35:59I never thought about it
36:01like that before,
36:01but...
36:03Yeah.
36:03I mean, yeah.
36:05You're right.
36:06Well, we're just
36:07going to need
36:08your friend's
36:10contact information
36:11to verify
36:11that you were indeed
36:13together between
36:1410 p.m. and midnight.
36:15There's no point.
36:16Like, we did blow
36:17in his car,
36:18and then I left.
36:18I was out of my head.
36:19I was walking around
36:20all night until
36:20the sun came up.
36:21Leaving you unaccounted for
36:23during the murder.
36:28Taya, that is not good.
36:33Can I go now?
36:35Well,
36:37you're not under arrest.
36:40Okay.
36:41Okay.
36:41I, uh...
36:44I've got a kitchen to run.
36:45So.
36:51Frankie.
36:52This whole case
36:53hinges on the proof
36:55that Taya bought a star,
36:56right?
36:57We gotta follow the money.
36:58Exactly.
36:59And there's only a few
37:00ways to gain wealth.
37:02Earn, borrow, steal,
37:04or inherit.
37:06Taya's mom.
37:07There's a will.
37:10She left Taya
37:11at $80,000.
37:12Yeah.
37:13You haven't even
37:14gotten to the best part.
37:17Please remember
37:17every service matters.
37:19We have built
37:20something incredible.
37:22And if for some reason
37:24people say otherwise,
37:25they are dead wrong.
37:26Because I know
37:27the hard work
37:27and the passion
37:28that all of you
37:30put into this place.
37:32And, um...
37:34No one can take
37:35that away from you.
37:35Okay?
37:36So, have a great shift.
37:37Yes?
37:38Okay.
37:39Have a great shift.
37:42Family meal's
37:42in the prep kitchen.
37:43Get ready.
37:43Get what you need.
37:46Yeah, sorry to interrupt
37:48your family dinner.
37:50Um,
37:51Chef,
37:52my partner
37:53has a few questions.
37:54Would you mind
37:55if we gave them
37:56some privacy, please?
37:57It's fine.
37:58Go ahead.
38:00Seems like a great team
38:01you got there.
38:02Yeah, they rock.
38:05Taya,
38:06do you ever wonder
38:07why Eli
38:08tipped you off?
38:10You see,
38:11we spoke
38:12with the rest
38:12of Quinn's clients.
38:14None of them
38:14heard anything.
38:17You want me
38:17to tell you
38:17what Quinn said?
38:19What?
38:19She said
38:20it's because
38:21you're a restaurant.
38:23Because you
38:25actually deserve
38:26that start.
38:28Quinn knew it.
38:29Eli knew it.
38:30I think everyone
38:31who's ever walked
38:31through these doors
38:32knows it.
38:33Thank you, I guess.
38:37So, uh...
38:39I don't understand
38:40what this conversation
38:40is for.
38:43Do you believe me?
38:45We found something
38:46in your mother's will
38:47that makes that difficult.
38:49She left
38:50$80,000 to you
38:52and to Jonah.
38:53Yes, she did,
38:54but I don't have access
38:55to that money,
38:56which is fair, I guess.
38:57I mean, like,
38:58she didn't trust me.
38:59I was in rehab
38:59at the time.
39:00Jonah wasn't.
39:02And just under
39:03a year ago,
39:04he withdrew
39:04$55,000.
39:07It's the exact price
39:08of your star.
39:09How much longer
39:10do you think?
39:11I'm sure it won't be long.
39:12It was just a few questions.
39:14She told you
39:14everything already.
39:15Yes, well,
39:16the problem with that,
39:17Jonah, is she lied.
39:19See, we...
39:19we know where she was
39:21on the, uh,
39:22night of the murder.
39:24And you know,
39:25I 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
39:46that you took it
39:47out of mom's money.
39:48I wanted to earn that.
39:49Why did you do that?
39:53Everybody's cheating,
39:54Tyra.
39:54Everybody is cheating.
39:55No, there's no one.
39:55No, literally every,
39:56every place is cheating.
39:57Their game is rigged.
39:58People, like,
39:59do this.
40:01You get so focused,
40:02like,
40:03doing your thing
40:04and the art thing
40:05and picking up
40:06dill with tweezers
40:07that you could...
40:07I did this for you.
40:08I did this for you.
40:09Why, Jonah?
40:12I mean,
40:12why was it so important
40:13that you help her
40:14in this way?
40:15Because this restaurant
40:16has everything to her.
40:18Yeah, it keeps you stable.
40:19It keeps you sober.
40:22It keeps you...
40:23Alive?
40:24Yeah, actually,
40:25yeah, it keeps you alive.
40:26I am keeping myself alive
40:28from the work
40:29that I'm doing every day.
40:30It's not fair that you...
40:31You know,
40:31it's not fair
40:32finding 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
40:39to ensure your sister's sobriety.
40:42Do you think it worked?
40:50Ty?
40:53It was one time.
40:54It was one time.
40:55I'm so sorry.
40:57Slam, Ty, slam, Ty, slam.
40:58It was only one time,
40:59but I'm back on the program now,
41:01and I'm not gonna do it again.
41:02It was never just one time with you.
41:05Please don't be mad at me, Jonah.
41:10Oh, my God.
41:12It's what happened.
41:13It's what happened.
41:14No, Cannon.
41:16Hey, look.
41:17I...
41:19I have come back to this before.
41:24I can do it again,
41:25and we're gonna be okay.
41:26I promise.
41:28We're not gonna be okay.
41:30Yeah, we're gonna be okay.
41:31It's totally fine.
41:33I'm sorry.
41:34It'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.
41:55You're gonna 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,
42:05and he just...
42:08You wouldn't.
42:08Listen, he just kept talking about, like,
42:11the bigger picture,
42:12and, like,
42:14the system,
42:15and efficiencies,
42:16and nothing's personal,
42:18but, like,
42:18this is it.
42:19It's just literally personal.
42:21This is our lives,
42:22and he's...
42:22He's ruining it.
42:27It was an accident.
42:28It was an accident.
42:29Like...
42:30Like, it slipped.
42:30Like, you said.
42:31Like, we slipped,
42:32but we...
42:33We fought.
42:37And then,
42:38he started screaming,
42:41and I just wanted him to stop screaming.
42:47Sorry, Taya, 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
42:57or just try to take care of me.
43:00Um, yeah.
43:01This is my fault.
43:04Taya, please.
43:05I'm sorry.
43:06I did it.
43:07Taya, please.
43:09Wait, wait, wait.
43:10Don't take him away.
43:16What 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.
43:49What is it they say?
43:51What is it they say?
43:52What is it they say?
43:54What is it they say?
43:54What is it they say?
43:55What is it they say?
43:55What is it they say?
43:55What is it they say?
43:55What is it they say?
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