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00:00:04Oh, my God.
00:00:37Oh, my God.
00:01:01Morning.
00:01:03Hi, Nellie.
00:01:05Oh, Nellie, join us.
00:01:06Not today.
00:01:07I got to run.
00:01:08I got your recipe.
00:01:09I sent it.
00:01:10Granny Lou, you are a lifesaver.
00:01:16Hello.
00:01:18Good morning.
00:01:20Cutting it close.
00:01:21Editor's deadline's in 15 minutes.
00:01:23Oh, not for me.
00:01:24I traded Granny Lou's apple pie recipe for an extra 30 minutes.
00:01:28Of course you did.
00:01:29Well, I'm finally catching up on last week's column, and I'm still trying to figure out who in Bableton wrote
00:01:34to you.
00:01:35Dear Nellie, my family used to be close, but they moved away, and some of them stopped speaking to us.
00:01:41Oh, it's been years, and now I have difficult news we feel compelled to share, but seeing them gives us
00:01:48anxiety.
00:01:49So should I share the truth or stay safe and avoid them?
00:01:53Sincerely, estranged in Bableton.
00:01:55You see, I can't tell if estranged is one person or two.
00:02:00Yes.
00:02:00We feel compelled to share, but my family and I have news.
00:02:05What are they confessing?
00:02:06I don't know, but it's something big.
00:02:09Dear estranged, I know it can be hard to face the truth, especially with family.
00:02:14Reunion often feels scary, but could be just what you need.
00:02:17Honesty is the best policy, even when the truth is unpopular.
00:02:21That Nellie Parker, she sure is something.
00:02:24Mm-hmm.
00:02:25You been, um, seeing her around?
00:02:27Sure.
00:02:27It's Bableton, after all.
00:02:32So, how's it going with Detective Dreamy?
00:02:35Have you seen him lately?
00:02:36Once in a while.
00:02:37Okay, because I'm seeing a lot of milkshakes and coffee breaks.
00:02:41Are you going on any actual dates?
00:02:43Um, all right.
00:02:45Okay, I think it's time to take matters into your own hands.
00:02:48Ask the guy on a date.
00:02:50Hello?
00:02:51Hi.
00:02:52Yes, uh, yeah, I could do that.
00:02:56Right now.
00:02:57Uh, sure.
00:02:59Uh-huh.
00:02:59You, you, toodles.
00:03:01Toodles?
00:03:02She said it first.
00:03:04That was Palmer Arlott.
00:03:07Estranged in Bableton.
00:03:09The widow who lives in the manor?
00:03:10Yeah.
00:03:11Now she's freaking out about the advice I gave her, and she wants me to go there, like,
00:03:15right now.
00:03:17It's weird, right?
00:03:18I think I have to go.
00:03:21Yeah.
00:03:22Wow.
00:03:23I mean, everybody talks about the widow, but I don't know anyone who's actually been there
00:03:26in real life.
00:03:26Really?
00:03:27I think she has an actual butler.
00:03:31She's like this glamorous recluse.
00:03:33Well, I suspect she's not accustomed to being told no, so...
00:03:39Toodles.
00:03:50And I notified the family we'll be making an announcement.
00:03:54But it's been three years since we spoke with Clara, my sister-in-law, and my brother Hux,
00:04:00five.
00:04:01Oh, we're dreading it, aren't we, Moxie?
00:04:04Mrs. Arlott...
00:04:05Oh, call me Palmer, dear.
00:04:07Palmer, uh, you haven't told me what exactly you're announcing or why you're estranged.
00:04:15Can you relate to years of silences and drama, Nellie?
00:04:19No, I cannot, but I do empathize.
00:04:24Well, you wrote that honesty can be unpopular.
00:04:28They're coming to eat at my table.
00:04:31They're staying the night.
00:04:32My anxiety is escalating.
00:04:35Oh.
00:04:37Thank you, Norman.
00:04:39If you could just, uh, explain to me...
00:04:42We had a brilliant idea, Nellie.
00:04:45You will attend dinner this Saturday evening.
00:04:48Oh.
00:04:48You can help us implement your advice, provide guidance, be our right-hand woman at the table.
00:04:55Right, Moxie?
00:04:56So that's not exactly how it works, normally.
00:05:00Yep, but I could, I could do that.
00:05:04And despite an airing of grievances, it will be a glamorous affair.
00:05:09Won't it, Norman?
00:05:10Indeed, madam.
00:05:11You know, my late husband held the family together much better than I ever could.
00:05:15I just have this feeling that something bad is coming our way.
00:05:20Bad, but how so?
00:05:21Oh, tempers flare.
00:05:23And I'm afraid things might get out of hand.
00:05:26Out of hand?
00:05:29Uh...
00:05:31Could I bring a plus one?
00:05:34Ooh, like a plus one.
00:05:36That's a great idea.
00:05:37Finally a real date.
00:05:39Well, it's more of like a work thing, and that's why I wanted to ask him on his way home
00:05:44from lunch in three, two, one.
00:05:48Look at you.
00:05:49Like clockwork.
00:05:50He's a man of routine.
00:05:53Is that Josh Ward?
00:05:56We went to Camp Trailblazer together, and wow, he grew up.
00:06:02Maybe say hi.
00:06:04On it.
00:06:05Hey.
00:06:06Long time no two.
00:06:07So?
00:06:10Guess who's not the new guy anymore?
00:06:12Mm-hmm.
00:06:15Um, okay, so I was going to ask you a favor.
00:06:18Would you be willing to be my plus one for a dinner party?
00:06:21Was that the favor?
00:06:23Yeah, well, because in this case, I...
00:06:25Nelly, are you asking me out on a date?
00:06:28Because if you are, I would be...
00:06:30Well, I would be thrilled.
00:06:32You would?
00:06:32Yeah, absolutely I would.
00:06:34Okay.
00:06:34Um, okay, I just should tell you that...
00:06:37Would I be meeting friends and family?
00:06:38So neither.
00:06:39Um, the host is actually a prominent Babbelton figure,
00:06:42and we'd be meeting her family.
00:06:43Oh, do I have to wear a suit?
00:06:45Nick, Ward, Sheriff Bergie, do you copy?
00:06:48Requesting a 12-9.
00:06:49A 12-9?
00:06:50She wants our location in relation to the diner.
00:06:52Josh, we forgot Bergie's Burgers.
00:06:55We got to go back.
00:06:56Bergie's Burgers.
00:06:57Yeah, Bergie's Burgers.
00:06:57It's funny, right?
00:06:58Okay, anyway, I bet I go.
00:07:00Oh, so I'll pick you up on Saturday at 6 p.m.
00:07:04Yes, it's a date.
00:07:06Nelly.
00:07:20Uh-huh.
00:07:22Okay.
00:07:26Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
00:07:28Allow me, please.
00:07:29Jewelry is not entirely dead.
00:07:31No.
00:07:33You're very welcome.
00:07:37Oh, jeez.
00:07:38Oh.
00:07:41What are we doing?
00:07:44We're just throwing my shoe, that's all.
00:07:46Okay.
00:07:47Oh!
00:07:51That was weird.
00:07:53Hmm?
00:07:53What?
00:07:54Oh, hey, look, front door.
00:07:55Come on, let's go.
00:08:00Good evening, Miss Parker.
00:08:02Sir.
00:08:03Hey.
00:08:06Welcome to Arlott Manor.
00:08:09I'll alert Madame Arlott to your arrival.
00:08:11That would be lovely.
00:08:13I know.
00:08:15Wow.
00:08:16The Arlott's date back to the founding of Bableton.
00:08:22Oh, Nelly, you look lovely.
00:08:26I'm so delighted you could join us.
00:08:28I'm Palmer, and this is Moxie.
00:08:31Michael Hogan.
00:08:31Very nice to meet you.
00:08:32Uh, your house is absolutely incredible.
00:08:35I'm very fortunate.
00:08:37This old guy.
00:08:38He's cute as a button.
00:08:39Oh, and he approves of you.
00:08:43Hmm?
00:08:44Oh.
00:08:45What would happen if he didn't approve of me?
00:08:47Be nice.
00:08:48Just ask.
00:08:50Is this an apology for us?
00:08:52Cheers.
00:08:54Do you have any idea why we're here?
00:08:56No.
00:08:56How did you make it?
00:08:58Thanks for inviting me.
00:08:59It's been two months.
00:09:03So, what's it like to be surrounded by out-of-towners that you don't know?
00:09:06I still have my intuition.
00:09:09Intuition, huh?
00:09:11Okay.
00:09:12All right, hotshot.
00:09:12Uh, show me your magic.
00:09:14How about, um, the lady in white?
00:09:17Oh.
00:09:18Hmm.
00:09:18Uh, very elegant.
00:09:21A painter, I think.
00:09:23Palmer mentioned a sister-in-law.
00:09:26I think that's probably her.
00:09:27Hmm.
00:09:28Estranged up until tonight.
00:09:31Estranged?
00:09:32Bold call.
00:09:33Married, uh, to Mr. Velvet?
00:09:35No.
00:09:37So, I think he is Palmer's brother.
00:09:42And he is her nephew.
00:09:45Son of him.
00:09:46Now, her, I don't know.
00:09:49Uh, maybe his girlfriend.
00:09:53Oh, no.
00:09:54There's no chemistry.
00:09:56Maybe a cousin.
00:09:57The widow Arlon had no children of her own.
00:10:02How'd you pick up on that?
00:10:03Everyone in Bableton knows that.
00:10:05Ah, I see.
00:10:07What about the, uh, gentleman she's talking to?
00:10:09I don't know.
00:10:11He really doesn't seem like he fits in with anybody here.
00:10:14Oh, I know that guy.
00:10:15He's got a lawyer written all over him.
00:10:18Look at you.
00:10:19I get one.
00:10:21Palmer's lawyer.
00:10:22Top up, sir.
00:10:23Uh, yes, please, Roman.
00:10:24Thank you so much.
00:10:25Uh, listen, Roman.
00:10:27Are you gonna be serving dinner yourself tonight?
00:10:29Of course, sir.
00:10:31Excellent.
00:10:31Great.
00:10:32Good news.
00:10:35Perfect.
00:10:37Well, I guess we have one person left to identify.
00:10:40The mysterious caterer?
00:10:50Moxie looks happy.
00:10:52Isn't she marvelous?
00:10:55So, Clara, Nellie tells me that you're a painter.
00:10:58Is that right?
00:11:00Yes.
00:11:01Landscapes.
00:11:02Nellie, you're familiar with my work?
00:11:04I would love to be.
00:11:09You know, actually, I just noticed a little bit of paint on your, it's on your arm.
00:11:15Oh, I didn't catch what you do.
00:11:19Not much these days.
00:11:20Uh, my nephew was a professional rugby player for the Highland Wolves.
00:11:25Oh.
00:11:25Was.
00:11:26Really?
00:11:27Who wants to talk about what I do?
00:11:29Uh, you.
00:11:30You must be Teddy's cousin?
00:11:33No.
00:11:34I'm Palmer's wicked half-sister.
00:11:36Okay, I wish you could make small talk all night.
00:11:39Palmer, you called us all here for a reason.
00:11:41Five years of silence, and now you're stressing everybody out.
00:11:45Uh, yes, I suppose we've caused a bit of a stir.
00:11:48Wow, here comes the drama.
00:11:50And I apologize.
00:11:53In the spirit of honesty, I am changing my will.
00:11:58That's it?
00:11:59Oh, that's why the lawyer's here.
00:12:01I thought you were dying.
00:12:03I'm afraid this decision won't sit well, but, Adam, you may start drafting my new will this week.
00:12:08I'll sign it as soon as it's ready.
00:12:10Of course.
00:12:10I am leaving my entire estate to Moxie.
00:12:17All of it?
00:12:18I didn't think we were meant to share, and now it's all going to a dog.
00:12:21Arlott Manor?
00:12:22How could you?
00:12:23That dog?
00:12:24How does a dog inherit?
00:12:25Moxie has been loyal in the years since Edmund passed, when the rest of you have just abandoned me in
00:12:31your own way.
00:12:32Abandoned?
00:12:33How can you blame me?
00:12:34You and I still talk.
00:12:35Oh, we do, Tanny, but Moxie's with me every day of my life.
00:12:39Palmer has every legal right to make this.
00:12:41Hey, pal, zip it.
00:12:41Family matters, family business.
00:12:43Why is anyone surprised?
00:12:45I knew it would come to something like this.
00:12:47You have always focused on my wealth, Brie.
00:12:49You always look down on me for not being a full sister flaunting your wealth.
00:12:53Hey, leaving me out.
00:12:55That is outrageous.
00:12:56I am just getting started.
00:12:58Madam, perhaps a respite, cooler heads, I could serve dessert in the drawing room in half an hour.
00:13:02Yum.
00:13:03You're quite right, Norman.
00:13:06I should never have come back.
00:13:08Not with you here.
00:13:10Clara.
00:13:10Clara, sit down.
00:13:12You know, you always do this.
00:13:14Is that how you intend to treat the rest of us?
00:13:16Spencer, please accompany me to the kitchen.
00:13:17This way.
00:13:20This isn't over.
00:13:25What just happened?
00:13:26I don't know.
00:13:33Okay.
00:13:34What did you drag me into?
00:13:36How do you know those people?
00:13:38Okay, so Palmer thought that things were going to get out of hand tonight.
00:13:40Now I can see why she wanted my help.
00:13:42And just, I thought that bringing you would be a good idea.
00:13:46So Palmer's the woman who wrote you.
00:13:49Strange and Babilton.
00:13:50Uh, estranged.
00:13:52Estranged in Babilton.
00:13:56You're here for the column.
00:13:58You're working.
00:13:59Well, I tried to...
00:13:59So technically, not a date.
00:14:04It's not not a date.
00:14:08Is this the hangout for the non-family?
00:14:11Uh, yeah.
00:14:12Yeah, this is it.
00:14:14I should check on Palmer.
00:14:17Go ahead.
00:14:19It's all right.
00:14:20Go.
00:14:27Go.
00:14:44That was the tree house.
00:14:46Do you remember that?
00:14:47Of course I do, Miss Arlott.
00:14:51Excuse me.
00:14:55Oh, this place is like a time capsule, isn't it?
00:14:59Do you know Norman's been here for 40 years?
00:15:02No.
00:15:02Wow.
00:15:03Yeah.
00:15:03So how do you know the family?
00:15:05I'm a friend of Palmer's.
00:15:07I'm actually looking for her.
00:15:09I'm sorry.
00:15:10And you're Leah.
00:15:11Yeah.
00:15:12Right?
00:15:12I saw your van and your name right there.
00:15:15Dinner was excellent.
00:15:17Hmm.
00:15:18And you know Michael, right?
00:15:20How do you two know each other?
00:15:22Oh, he didn't tell you?
00:15:26Interesting.
00:15:27Yeah.
00:15:28You know, I should probably sit this outside.
00:15:36You got to land on your own two feet, Teddy.
00:15:38Handouts don't fix anything.
00:15:39This is everything I knew you'd say.
00:15:41You make it impossible to talk to you.
00:15:43Just give me a break.
00:15:44That's because you never listen.
00:15:45You can't expect others to support you in a career that's always had an expiry date.
00:15:52Watch out.
00:15:53Everywhere you turn, there's a guest or a butler.
00:15:59Nally, that went horribly.
00:16:02What am I going to do next?
00:16:04Palmer, you were honest and brave and the night can only get better.
00:16:20Adam, make me one of those lovely cocktails from your office.
00:16:24Ah, gin smash coming up.
00:16:27Nally, a word?
00:16:29Ah, yes.
00:16:35Someone hit the lights.
00:16:37Nally, it's so dark.
00:16:38Is it an outage?
00:16:39Ah!
00:16:40Hey.
00:16:40Michael?
00:16:41It's all right.
00:16:46Oh, my God.
00:16:48Norman!
00:16:49Were those gunshots?
00:16:51Let's find out.
00:17:03He's been shot.
00:17:04Nobody move.
00:17:07I'm a detective.
00:17:09Everybody stay back.
00:17:11911, what's your emergency?
00:17:13This is Detective Michael Hogan.
00:17:14There's been a murder at Arlott Manor.
00:17:16Requesting immediate backup.
00:17:18The bullet whizzed by my head.
00:17:20It brushed my hair.
00:17:23Palmer?
00:17:26What?
00:17:29What?
00:17:30Oh, what is that?
00:17:33Is that a bullet hole?
00:17:37Someone tried to murder me.
00:17:41Poor Adam paid the price.
00:17:43Who's got the gun?
00:17:44Hands up.
00:17:45Let's see the hands.
00:17:45Hands up.
00:17:46Inside the jacket.
00:17:47Jacket.
00:17:48And yours, too.
00:17:48Open your jacket.
00:17:49The purse.
00:17:50You'll see inside the purse.
00:17:51Light, please.
00:17:52I heard a clunk.
00:17:54Clunk from where?
00:17:54I think over there.
00:17:56Okay.
00:17:56In the corner.
00:17:57Can I get some light over here, please?
00:18:05I think over here, please.
00:18:17Okay.
00:18:17I want to get a copy of that report from the coroner's office as soon as it comes in.
00:18:21And guys, make sure I get a clean scent from that one.
00:18:25Hey, Moss.
00:18:26Got a blown fuse, Mick.
00:18:28Box was beneath the stairs.
00:18:29Opened to anyone who wandered after dinner.
00:18:31Shooter was right here in this room and no one saw a thing.
00:18:34The doors were closed.
00:18:35Shots rang out no more than five, ten seconds after the power outage.
00:18:39Only one door.
00:18:41Windows don't open.
00:18:42Yeah.
00:18:43You got yourself a closed room mystery, Mickey.
00:18:45That's exactly what I was thinking.
00:18:47Anyway, the first bullet to get Palmer in the hat.
00:18:50Missed target by an inch, inch and a half.
00:18:52The second shot hit Adam in the chest.
00:18:55Palmer was holding Nellie's hand when the shots were fired.
00:18:57So she's definitely not the killer.
00:18:58At dinner, the widow announced that she was going to disinherit her heirs.
00:19:01Give everything to the dog, if you can believe that.
00:19:03So needless to say, things got a little heated.
00:19:06Folks have been murdered for less.
00:19:07Yes, they have.
00:19:09So, we got the widow's brother, Hux.
00:19:12Yeah.
00:19:12Hux's son, Teddy.
00:19:13Clara Arlott is the late husband's sister.
00:19:16And Bree Spencer is Palmer's half-sister.
00:19:18And of course, there's the butler and the caterer in the kitchen.
00:19:20They couldn't have done it.
00:19:22You know what?
00:19:22You should interview suspects while they're confined, okay?
00:19:25Get some solid evidence.
00:19:26And for a deeper read, you know who to turn to.
00:19:29She knows stuff.
00:19:30Yeah.
00:19:31Yeah.
00:19:31She knows stuff.
00:19:37What's going on out there?
00:19:38We've been so worried.
00:19:40When can we leave?
00:19:41Just, uh, Nellie, can you come with me, please?
00:19:44I'm sorry, folks.
00:19:46Are you okay?
00:19:56So, you okay?
00:20:01I just feel like I caused this.
00:20:04Oh, you didn't cause anything.
00:20:06I brought them all together with my advice.
00:20:10And now a man is dead.
00:20:12Palmer almost died.
00:20:13That bullet was so close.
00:20:15Yeah.
00:20:16I was just trying to help her.
00:20:18And you are, Nellie.
00:20:20You are helping.
00:20:21Can I ask you a question?
00:20:22Yeah, of course.
00:20:23Anything.
00:20:24You know that.
00:20:24Who is the caterer, Michael?
00:20:27Uh, right.
00:20:31Look, you're not going to believe us, but that's actually my ex-wife.
00:20:34And it's 100% over and has been for a very long time.
00:20:38It's just, it was really awkward and I was just trying to avoid it.
00:20:42I just wanted our not-not-a-date to be perfect.
00:20:44That's all.
00:20:45You should have just told me.
00:20:46Yes, you're right.
00:20:47I should have just told you.
00:20:48I'm sorry.
00:20:49And you should have told me that you were working.
00:20:52Just didn't want to disappoint you.
00:20:53Uh-huh.
00:20:54You were so excited.
00:20:56I was.
00:20:58Look, we just got a push for it.
00:20:59Tech is collecting trays for the gun residue test.
00:21:03Looks like the gun is a weapon of opportunity.
00:21:05I know I saw that gun after dinner.
00:21:08Right.
00:21:09And then we went into the drawing room.
00:21:11Anybody could have grabbed it after that.
00:21:13Listen, uh, Nellie.
00:21:17Bergy thinks that you've done a real good job helping out so far.
00:21:19And she wants you to act as a consultant on this case.
00:21:22And, uh, well, Babbelton trusts you.
00:21:25She trusts you.
00:21:29Yes, I trust you, too.
00:21:30So, what do you say?
00:21:31Do you help me out?
00:21:32Are you deputizing me?
00:21:34No.
00:21:36Consultant.
00:21:37Sherlock Holmes was a consultant.
00:21:39Wow.
00:21:40I think that makes you my Watson.
00:21:42I am nobody's Watson.
00:21:44We're a team.
00:21:46It's an Arlott family heirloom.
00:21:48The pistol was carried by Civil War officers.
00:21:51I've never so much as even touched it.
00:21:54Mm-hmm.
00:21:54And yet, you, you kept it loaded.
00:21:59Right.
00:21:59My husband always did.
00:22:02Okay.
00:22:02I never changed anything that might go against his wishes.
00:22:06Was it always kept in the hall?
00:22:07You mean, did my family know it was there?
00:22:09Well...
00:22:10Yes.
00:22:12Should have been properly stored.
00:22:14Did you check it for fingerprints?
00:22:17Oh, did we?
00:22:18We'll know more once all the suspects are loaded into the system.
00:22:22Mm-hmm.
00:22:23I understand you're upset.
00:22:25Upset?
00:22:26I was blindsided.
00:22:28The new will and murder?
00:22:29That lawyer was only here to assist Palmer.
00:22:32He didn't deserve this.
00:22:33No one ever does.
00:22:35You, however, knew about the pistol.
00:22:38You grew up here.
00:22:39Is that right?
00:22:40Well, the manner meant more to you than anyone else, I believe.
00:22:44It's been in my family for generations.
00:22:46The memories, the history...
00:22:47I miss it so much.
00:22:49But the estrangement, that was Palmer's doing, not mine.
00:22:52She drove us all away.
00:22:54I don't know.
00:22:54They froze me out.
00:22:56We did nothing to deserve it.
00:22:58Can you think of any reason Clara might hold a grudge?
00:23:01I have no idea why she turned on me.
00:23:04My father, Hamish Arlott, was a traditionalist.
00:23:09He left the manor to his eldest, my brother Edmund.
00:23:12Well, it doesn't help that Edmund was the son.
00:23:15I mean, Clara was left with, she might say, more insult than inheritance.
00:23:21Oh, got that.
00:23:23There were some savings on the necklace I'd never seen before.
00:23:25It meant nothing to me.
00:23:28Well, I believe she hung on to her savings.
00:23:31I mean, she always dreamed of buying the others out if the time came.
00:23:34What about the gun?
00:23:36Yeah, what about the gun?
00:23:37Well, Clara shoots, but with Labradors.
00:23:40Duck hunts.
00:23:42I mean, I was standing by the bar.
00:23:44Nellie's hand was in mine, and Adam was beside us.
00:23:48Yeah, that fits with my memory.
00:23:51Great.
00:23:53Where was Clara at this point?
00:23:55I was by the fireplace.
00:23:57I closed my eyes in the dark, like this.
00:24:00Oh.
00:24:03Great.
00:24:04Maybe you could tell us a little bit about the Labradors and the duck hunts.
00:24:09Who said anything about that?
00:24:16How about Hux?
00:24:17Well, that target practice at the gun club, wouldn't he be the best shot?
00:24:21I think we're just trying to determine if you would be comfortable using a gun like this one.
00:24:27My father taught me how to shoot using the same pistol.
00:24:30I know you don't want to think of any of them doing this.
00:24:33Brie was somewhere near that back wall, and the bullet, I felt it.
00:24:44So Palmer said that Brie was back there in the corner somewhere.
00:24:49That could be significant.
00:24:51Yeah, so Brie and Teddy were standing kind of, like, here and here.
00:24:57I mean, it would have been very easy.
00:24:58Brie was here for her to just...
00:25:02And then, one, two...
00:25:05Right?
00:25:06That's great.
00:25:07It's a very convincing reenactment.
00:25:10What?
00:25:11How'd you get the gun in your hand?
00:25:13The purse.
00:25:14Open up the purse.
00:25:15I hid it in my handbag.
00:25:17Remember she had that handbag?
00:25:18You can see inside the purse.
00:25:20You looked at it after...
00:25:21It was empty.
00:25:21There was nothing in it.
00:25:22Okay, you got something there.
00:25:23I mean, Palmer and Brie were arguing at dinner.
00:25:25That makes sense.
00:25:26But if I was Teddy, I could have just hidden the gun, like, right under my cardigan,
00:25:29where no one would have noticed.
00:25:30Let's just focus on one person at a time.
00:25:32Hux could have done the same thing, but with his fancy suit jacket,
00:25:35he could have just opened it up, slid the gun in.
00:25:38No one would even notice.
00:25:40Claire's a bit trickier.
00:25:41She wasn't wearing a jacket.
00:25:42She didn't have any sleeves, so...
00:25:45She could have stashed it under any of these cushions.
00:25:48She could have just hid it.
00:25:51Anyone could have hid it under the cushion.
00:25:53The cushions...
00:25:55They're everywhere.
00:25:56Anyone could have.
00:25:57Thank you, Nellie, for keeping our options so wide open.
00:26:00But I think what we need to do is focus on financial motive.
00:26:04Who was desperate enough to murder Palmer?
00:26:07That's what we need.
00:26:11Thank you, Norman.
00:26:13What can you tell us about Hux?
00:26:15Yeah, how was his, uh, his money situation?
00:26:18Hmm.
00:26:18Well, we were all so close back in the day.
00:26:21Hux, his wife, Clara, Edmund, and me.
00:26:24Why didn't it last?
00:26:26Well, I suppose Hux can be hard on anyone.
00:26:29Overly involved, critical.
00:26:31I mean, he got that way with me when I declined to invest.
00:26:34I had been advised not to mix business and family.
00:26:39Smart.
00:26:40Yep.
00:26:40But Hux always muddied the two.
00:26:43I'm a property developer.
00:26:44I offered my sister an opportunity.
00:26:46That's it.
00:26:47That was five years back.
00:26:48I was going through a rough patch in my divorce.
00:26:52Don't read into it.
00:26:53I couldn't get it off if I tried.
00:26:55You couldn't just wiggle it?
00:26:57Yeah.
00:26:58Look, um, were you upset that your sister didn't invest?
00:27:01No.
00:27:02And you know what?
00:27:03I'm not angry about her inheritance either.
00:27:04It's her money.
00:27:05It's her dog.
00:27:06Uh, that is not what you said at dinner.
00:27:07Yeah, but that's before he found out you were a detective.
00:27:10Ah!
00:27:10There we go.
00:27:11Ooh.
00:27:12My sister's a recluse with a small, fluffy dog obsession, and we're all suffering for
00:27:16it now.
00:27:16I mean, the lawyer is dead.
00:27:17We've been told that you're quite the marksman.
00:27:20Where were you when the lights went out?
00:27:22Stubbing my toe.
00:27:24I wasn't shooting at anybody, if that's what you're insinuating.
00:27:26Why were you wandering around in the dark?
00:27:28Seems kind of dangerous.
00:27:30Because I couldn't see.
00:27:33What are you writing?
00:27:34You could write that Teddy's a good nephew.
00:27:36He calls occasionally.
00:27:37No silent treatment like the rest of them, but he's busy.
00:27:42Oh yeah, my Aunt Palmer and I, we talk a lot.
00:27:44Oh, nice.
00:27:46Like, a lot as in once a week?
00:27:48Uh, once a month.
00:27:50I'll pull phone records, it's all right.
00:27:52Uh, once a season?
00:27:54Are you guys interviewing non-family as well?
00:27:56Teddy, we'll ask the questions, all right?
00:27:58Yeah, yeah.
00:27:59We'll ask the questions.
00:28:00And I have been wondering about that argument you had with your dad after dinner.
00:28:04Right, right.
00:28:05Rugger scores.
00:28:06Mm, no.
00:28:07Uh, money.
00:28:12Uh, things haven't been going well since my injury.
00:28:16My dad takes every opportunity to say I told you so.
00:28:22Am I making you nervous at all, Teddy?
00:28:24No.
00:28:26Uh, well, yes.
00:28:28I mean, shouldn't I be?
00:28:29How are you with a gun?
00:28:30Oh, no, I, uh, I can't shoot.
00:28:33I'm built for tackling, only that.
00:28:35Yeah.
00:28:36Bit of a life problem these days.
00:28:38Sure.
00:28:40The difference is Brie always detested me.
00:28:43What?
00:28:43No.
00:28:44Why?
00:28:45Moxie never trusted her.
00:28:47Oh.
00:28:47Moxie always knows.
00:28:49Palmer never accepted me, not the way she accepts Hux, even Clara.
00:28:53Hmm.
00:28:53What could she have done differently?
00:28:56I mean, I was never asking for a parade.
00:28:58Were you asking for money?
00:29:00Brie needs my money.
00:29:02I mean, she always made this pathetic claim that I flaunted my wealth.
00:29:06I own a business.
00:29:07I could get business loans.
00:29:08I'm sure you can.
00:29:09Do you have any business loans?
00:29:12Hmm.
00:29:14Am I required to talk about this?
00:29:17Did Brie tell you that our father made her take defense courses?
00:29:21With guns.
00:29:22With guns?
00:29:23Back when she was a teenager.
00:29:25Whoa.
00:29:27Defensive handgun training.
00:29:29That's gonna stick with you.
00:29:32Brie knew how to shoot.
00:29:38It's a joke.
00:29:49All right, everyone, listen up.
00:29:51You gotta stay in Bablington until further notice.
00:29:53Well, we're all staying the weekend here anyway.
00:29:55Further notice is not limited to this weekend.
00:29:57You must remain available for questioning for the duration of my investigation.
00:30:01I have assigned a police presence outside the manor grounds.
00:30:04Am I safe inside my home?
00:30:07Oh.
00:30:10Michael.
00:30:11I think Palmer needs a police officer in the house.
00:30:14What?
00:30:15Oh!
00:30:16Michael can stay with you.
00:30:17He will keep you safe, right?
00:30:19That's a sleepover.
00:30:20Cops don't do sleepovers.
00:30:21What are you talking about?
00:30:21I can make up an additional room, sir.
00:30:23Oh.
00:30:26I'm staying at the Bableton Brook B&B.
00:30:29So.
00:30:31Well, there you go.
00:30:32You got it.
00:30:33Great.
00:30:35Well, good news.
00:30:35I'll be staying at the manor with you to ensure your safety during my investigation.
00:30:39That's great news.
00:30:42Yeah.
00:30:45I did it.
00:30:47I found a match for the prince on the gun.
00:30:49Good job.
00:31:05So, I see, uh, no lawyer.
00:31:08Don't need one.
00:31:09All you have are my prints on an old pistol that's no smoking gun.
00:31:12No.
00:31:13The gun was used in a murder.
00:31:14You would know your prints were on it if you pulled the trigger.
00:31:18Listen, detective, this is going to sound strange, but you're a smart guy.
00:31:22Stop with the flattery.
00:31:23I was there.
00:31:23I saw the argument between you and Palmer.
00:31:25What I would like is for you to expand on the family dynamic.
00:31:30For the record, of course.
00:31:35Palmer, Hux, and I shared a father.
00:31:37My mother was his second wife.
00:31:39They were grown by the time I was born.
00:31:40Palmer lived at the manor.
00:31:41I used to visit her with my dad when I was a kid.
00:31:43Um, I guess what I'm most interested in is that brief gap in time before Palmer changed
00:31:50her will and you could still inherit.
00:31:52See, I can't help but think that you were planning to take advantage of that.
00:31:57Come on.
00:31:59The pistol was lying on the floor in the hallway.
00:32:01No one was around, so I put it back.
00:32:03Really?
00:32:04Mm-hmm.
00:32:04The pistol was just lying there on the floor.
00:32:07Wow.
00:32:08Incredible.
00:32:08Yet, so unlikely.
00:32:12You don't believe me?
00:32:14Ask Nellie what she saw.
00:32:19Maybe I will.
00:32:23I bet Palmer's relieved there was an arrest.
00:32:26Maybe.
00:32:27But Brie is still family, whether they like each other or not.
00:32:30Do you want to see the salon reviews?
00:32:32Oh.
00:32:32They say the owner's tactless.
00:32:35Offensive.
00:32:36Cheap.
00:32:36Someone even claims they're suing her.
00:32:38I wonder if they followed through with it.
00:32:40Dunno.
00:32:42Do you want to make a suspect board?
00:32:47No.
00:32:49So, Clara and Hux blame Palmer for pushing them away.
00:32:52Palmer blames them for abandoning her.
00:32:54She and Brie never got along.
00:32:56Her closest tie in the family seems to be to her nephew, Teddy.
00:32:59They talk a few times a year.
00:33:01Okay, tell me about Michael's ex.
00:33:05She cooked an excellent dinner.
00:33:07She has brown hair.
00:33:08Likeable.
00:33:08Pretty.
00:33:09Yeah, see?
00:33:15What?
00:33:16You were there.
00:33:17So, what's Michael?
00:33:19Yeah, but we didn't do it.
00:33:22Okay.
00:33:25The butler.
00:33:27What is that?
00:33:28No web presence.
00:33:29Really?
00:33:30Oh.
00:33:33Who doesn't have a web presence?
00:33:36Hmm.
00:34:15pardon me miss parker norman oh i was um looking around yes i was um but i do have a
00:34:25couple
00:34:25questions for you do you think brie is capable of murder i suppose i can conceive of it yes
00:34:33okay uh secondly palmer says she never touches the pistol but who cleans it i mean it works
00:34:41i provided the officer my maintenance schedule last night is it the only gun at the manor inside
00:34:46yes there's a hunting rifle locked up in the stables as it should be we have sooty grouse
00:34:52and wild turkey on the grounds excellent soup stock yum oh i yeah
00:35:15oh i um i didn't finish the whip for the moose because that's when the power went out
00:35:20right so the younger sister was arrested yeah look um did you see brie in the kitchen by any chance
00:35:28yeah a couple of times and i had to keep ushering her out because you know i mean
00:35:32i was working yeah here three sugars no cream just like you like it thank you
00:35:41i'm sorry i still feel shaky from this whole thing
00:35:45yeah i gotta ask how did you get the job here i just came to cook as a favor palmer
00:35:52used to have
00:35:52a live-in chef and well you know the widow has a long-standing glam reputation so i thought maybe
00:35:58if
00:35:58i came here she would introduce me to some vip clients and that would make up for the very long
00:36:03drive to babilton right it has been um hard rebuilding in a new city
00:36:12i moved to salem and i heard you got relocated to the force over here
00:36:18i just didn't think that i should look for you you know no just for the best
00:36:28uh so norman and you were in the kitchen when the power went out yeah absolutely we could barely see
00:36:34anything but you heard the gunshots yes it was like it exploded in here then norman came out of
00:36:40the pantry with the candlesticks and then we went into the room together and that's where we saw the
00:36:44dead body right uh it's a sheriff i'll be right back just wait you gotta be kidding me wow really
00:36:56it's just like old times a favor for who you said you were asked to work here for a favor
00:37:03a favor for
00:37:03who oh i that was just a figure of speech all right well let me know as soon as you
00:37:13get it okay
00:37:14okay good work oh hey
00:37:19so the reports came in and the gun matches the bullet found in the wall and in the body and
00:37:26the one that
00:37:26made the hole in palmer's hat now i need a ballistics expert to determine where the shooter stood but
00:37:30unfortunately he's out of town right now testifying but burry's trying to pull some strings to get
00:37:34him back now the bad news oh no yeah no significant gunshot residue was found on brie's hand
00:37:43or anyone else for that matter it makes fingerprints on the murder weapon a lot less important
00:37:48so they're letting brie go officer ward is bringing her back right now so that'll be so much fun
00:37:53and here we are yet again with everyone one room one weapon and no way to rule out any of
00:38:00them
00:38:00with an alibi or gunshot residue or even fingerprints all the suspects had everything
00:38:05in common except the personal the personal i think we're missing something about the estrangement
00:38:11and their relationships okay they all stood to gain the same thing but who really wanted palmer dead
00:38:24i think we're being watched i don't like that it'll be fine come on follow me let's go
00:38:36what is that it's palmer's will as it now stands it's not a big deal i grabbed it from her
00:38:42desk
00:38:42wanted to see what we're missing out on and it turns out she has it split equally between the four
00:38:48of us like she always said you see the sister i knew would never cut her family out may i
00:38:54yeah
00:38:55knock yourself out you didn't think she'd change it once you stopped speaking to her palmer made her
00:39:00world smaller she always got what she wanted except when edmund died no one thought she wanted that
00:39:06come on ox level with us how bad you need her money i don't market's great i do very well
00:39:13are you
00:39:14sure because financial suffering i mean that would make sense right and it would also explain why you
00:39:20won't help your son right yeah she heard you were arguing in the dining room i did oh i also
00:39:27tried to
00:39:27tell him that he needed a backup plan after pro sports i love teddy but he doesn't listen how did
00:39:33his
00:39:33career end shattered tibia residual limp hasn't had a job in two years i take it you're not a father
00:39:40no no no i'm not but i do have one and if i needed help he wouldn't say no
00:39:52so this is what it's come to for privacy huh that hawks quite the temper on him huh i know
00:40:00yeah
00:40:05remember when clara stormed away from the table and then that comment she made in the dining room
00:40:12i think her feud with palmer is personal sure yeah i guess she could be the murderer but so could
00:40:17anyone
00:40:24look at you with the tools of the trade
00:40:32teddy the only one who straight up can't shoot sheriff said stay in town but she didn't necessarily
00:40:37mean stay in the manor officer ward saw him sneaking away this morning too
00:40:44teddy's shoes had mud on them in the drawing room tech found my trace in the manor well you're
00:40:49gonna have to follow him find out where he's going sure i'll do that thanks for the tip yeah well
00:40:57nally what are you doing out here just uh fresh air that's all detective hogan will you be dining
00:41:03with us tonight norman is reheating the soup he will be in shortly palmer how are you doing your roses
00:41:10are beautiful thank you nelly they symbolize a new beginning
00:41:20hey you want to go for dinner tomorrow night
00:41:24i mean if you want to i just you know let's face it you do kind of owe me a
00:41:28real date why don't i cook
00:41:30for you at my place yeah sure even better great
00:41:39oh doesn't he love breakfast for dinner making pancakes there you go yes oh
00:41:46it's him
00:41:48oh he got the report on the power outage blown fuse was confirmed legitimate no tampering
00:41:57okay faulty wire or frayed wire could cause a short circuit
00:42:01but how could that be arranged in terms of timing no one touched any cords in the drawing room the
00:42:08only other room in the house that had people in it was the kitchen what i just i predict a
00:42:15riveting
00:42:16dinner conversation oh no this cannot wait until dinner
00:42:23bye
00:42:46i didn't finish the whip for the moose because that's when the power went up
00:43:04melly what are you doing leah made the power go out when she was making the whipped cream what
00:43:10there's no way she could have known what she was doing detective what has happened here
00:43:17uh madam arlett has been disturbed
00:43:20i will see you at my place at six o'clock
00:43:26yeah um i'm sorry too
00:43:31oh pancakes
00:43:34oh yum well i really appreciate you going the extra mile for palmer's safety yeah happy to be of
00:43:40service and hey how about that portrait super weird right i mean the dog kind of has taken over for
00:43:47the husband who would have thought they were replaced by a pomeranian who would have thought
00:43:52it here you go coffee three sugars no cream thank you just like you like it
00:44:02actually i i do like cream leah didn't think i did and i just didn't have the heart to tell
00:44:07her so
00:44:08if maybe i could uh no cream if you don't mind thank you you can get lots of cream there
00:44:17we go thank you
00:44:23so you want to talk about it oh you mean leah yes i suppose i should the truth is
00:44:31the truth is i never thought we were going to get divorced
00:44:36never i was blindsided when she said she wanted to move out but uh then she did and when i
00:44:45was final
00:44:45i realized that it was the right thing for both of us so much so that we never saw each
00:44:53other again
00:44:54after we signed the papers i haven't even talked to her on the phone in over a year and then
00:45:02there she was like a bolt out of the blue
00:45:07it was a very dramatic reaction i didn't know what to do i panicked
00:45:14oh it's ward teddy's on the move oh
00:45:22are you uh sure this is the right spot this is the edge of the manor grounds
00:45:30hey that's teddy look at the limp that's the rugby injury
00:45:36leah and teddy together
00:45:46whoa uh i did not see that coming did you yeah maybe a little uh there's a mud on the
00:45:55shoes and
00:45:56leah's favor they withheld information from a murder investigation they cannot do that
00:46:01mm-hmm so what are we gonna do we're gonna go good cop bad cop on them that's what we're
00:46:06gonna do
00:46:06oh yeah okay which one am i promise me you'll remember you're not a real cop okay i'll be good
00:46:12cop you already seem like you've chosen bad cop don't make me regret this
00:46:16i'm back up here we go
00:46:25we've been dating for a while but we haven't told any of his family except for palmer yeah you
00:46:32withheld that i asked you how you got the catering job that was my fault i fly under the radar
00:46:37with my
00:46:37father he just found out something else what else oh i think i figured it out you mean the handouts
00:46:45don't you i mean we thought the money was coming from huck's but the handouts that he was upset
00:46:50about they came from palmer right yeah my aunt sent me money every month since the injury
00:46:57i'm sorry i didn't tell you i i was just i was trying to avoid a scene with my father
00:47:02like like
00:47:03what you saw right adam convinced my aunt to stop supporting me you know what it's gonna be okay
00:47:08and you know your family needs to find out soon anyways because um we're getting married
00:47:20congratulations thank you yes uh congratulations
00:47:29okay so now we know teddy and leah are a pair we have the mixer cord the mud that forensics
00:47:35collected is
00:47:35matched the mud from teddy's shoes and the mud that was at the kitchen door right so they could
00:47:40be working together it's possible oh okay that is helpful the way you have that laid out yes thank
00:47:47you so you really think your ex-wife could be involved in a murder no not that leah i knew
00:47:55no way
00:47:56but people change and i've seen some strange stuff in my time all right so then teddy came i guess
00:48:03to
00:48:03the kitchen door to finalize their murder plan maybe teddy had the gun all along or leah handed
00:48:10off the gun and then caused the power outage and the two make off with a big payday together but
00:48:14it
00:48:14didn't happen that way did it adam was killed maybe teddy set her up unknowingly i think we're missing
00:48:23something yes teddy's allowance made palmer worth more to him alive and i actually think he really cares
00:48:31about her hawks too palmer was helping teddy but teddy said that adam intervened
00:48:39maybe we've been looking at this wrong
00:48:46how angry was teddy if adam was pushing so hard to get him cut off
00:48:54maybe adam was the target all along
00:49:06mick this is conflict of interest uh yeah i am requesting to be taken off the arlott manor murder case
00:49:14my ex-wife has become a significant factor in the investigation leah wasn't even in the room when
00:49:20the shots were fired nope but her fiancee was mick do you imagine i've ever worked a case in babbleton
00:49:26where there wasn't someone i cared about i trust your expertise
00:49:34come on guys keep it up granny hi hi what can i do for you nelly you spill the tea
00:49:42on the arlott's
00:49:43oh the widow yes the arlott family goes way back in babbleton history mostly passed away though
00:49:51we were wondering if you were working on that murder case i am officially but don't make a big
00:49:57deal out of it just oh eli eli come up here it's my grandson eli he's visiting from philadelphia he's
00:50:05a wonderful lawyer hello hi he's evidence expert a law student an intern really nice to meet you
00:50:13you too so eli and i were just discussing palmer's announcement to her heirs oh yes shocking the poor
00:50:19fellow shot fascinating area of law the animal element they can't legally inherit so there's often
00:50:26a trust for their care bound to their lifespan and a trustee appointed oh you know nelly there's
00:50:31a family member on palmer's side came back to babbleton for about a year and then moved away again
00:50:37that's right her brother's ex-wife oh it's a big divorce vindictive yeah the wife suspected he was hiding
00:50:44assets have you met hux uh spencer yes this is terrible that's rod if he did it that could be
00:50:52criminal
00:50:53perjury charges oh well this is very helpful
00:51:08you were right there's public record of a filing and judgment looks like hux's divorce lawyer was
00:51:15adam dunbar well that can't be he's an estate lawyer his name's all over this and it looks like there's
00:51:21even a photograph of him and hux leaving the courthouse together so either he handled both or
00:51:26hux had some other reason for using him i take it this was helpful you may have opened a window
00:51:33and
00:51:33invited a hurricane okay a little left there you go right there yeah right on the bullet hole perfect
00:51:44just like that hold it right there great okay
00:51:50hux
00:51:56clara have you seen hux i have not
00:52:01that's the manor grounds but yours has more trees i've become an oregon history buff there was an oak grove
00:52:10where the manor was built clara can i ask you
00:52:16how well did you know adam i didn't know really oh it's just shocking i'm sad to be so close
00:52:23to a
00:52:23murder what did you think about him honestly smug he was the finance wizard when he started managing my
00:52:32brother's affairs this was back when edmund became unwell i'm sorry for your loss he had a neurological
00:52:40disease palmer took care of him i always respected her for stepping up what happened between you two i
00:52:47i get the feeling it's not really about your father's will you're right i blame my father for that and
00:52:54palmer cares for the manor honoring the arlette legacy was always the most important thing to her
00:53:01or i thought it was
00:53:05look she sent me this three years ago your greedy intentions disgust me this is terrible out of
00:53:15nowhere she accused me of trying to steal the manor it's wildly untrue i i couldn't respond or even look
00:53:22at her again i just this does come from palmer's email account but i don't think she wrote this
00:53:29i see how she writes rightfully mine when she wrote to me for advice most of the time she spoke
00:53:35for two palmer says we and our manner she doesn't leave out moxie exactly and even do you notice the
00:53:43semicolons the words are personal and harsh but the style it's like legal writing or something are you
00:53:52sure she didn't write it oh nelly i want to help you shine a light on our family's secrets
00:53:58it's i'm afraid our secrets have become dangerous
00:54:12oh
00:54:49where's the room
00:55:01oh no i placed the product order like wednesday last week
00:55:05okay well i'll give them a call we'll see where it's at
00:55:40what are you doing in there i could hear you like a rat in the wall i'm sorry
00:55:45i was stuck in here well you're not stuck now
00:55:49but can we just talk why okay bye i can handle you great
00:56:08let me tidy up your hair
00:56:12what's wrong with my hands
00:56:16um how is the styling business loaded question not good nelly i suspect you already know that yeah
00:56:25are you being sued was not horribly adam was your lawyer i just assumed because he seems to
00:56:32represent all the spencers right losing the lawsuit must have made you pretty mad so i triggered a power
00:56:39outage picked up an old pistol and shot my lawyer no i don't actually think you did that right have
00:56:46you
00:56:46kept in touch with adam i haven't spoken to him once since and you really just um stumbled upon the
00:56:53gun and
00:56:54picked it up and put it back in its case
00:57:03okay brie you tell me who do you suspect
00:57:06your brother half brother hux is known to be hard but
00:57:11he went to all of teddy's games home and away and how does he feel about adam oh hates him
00:57:18adam used to be hux's lawyer for everything until he fired him but that's just the end
00:57:22of a business relationship you think he hates him i know he does hux told me himself right before the
00:57:31dinner whoa turbo are you done with ballistics just waiting for the report where did you go well i
00:57:38found a secret passageway in the wall and a floor plan i already looked into that it's not burdens to
00:57:44the case okay but we know palmer thinks that clara abandoned her ages ago clara thinks that palmer sent
00:57:54her a vicious email catches palmer didn't send it so who did i think adam was a weasel can we
00:58:02get into
00:58:02his computer we have access to the house the office computer is a different story active cases are
00:58:09protected and lawyers get very prickly about that good point let's do it yeah oh oh and adam was
00:58:19hux's divorce lawyer five years ago five years ago is when hux and palmer fell out and hux hates adam
00:58:28we got something let's bring him in and turn up the heat
00:58:35i'm not proud of it but i uh i dragged my divorce out made it as hard and as costly
00:58:41as i possibly
00:58:42could stupidly hoping that somehow she changed her mind and come back to me still hoping i guess i hid
00:58:47money from her adam found out and he blackmailed me well did you report him no i paid him off
00:58:53to
00:58:53disappear i didn't tell the soul unfortunately that meant staying away from my sister while he was
00:58:59cling wrap to her until the dinner but you told brie that you hated him i mean why did that
00:59:05even come
00:59:05up that night oh i went to the study to get the brandy bottle and i overheard him strong-arming
00:59:11palmer about giving teddy money i didn't know she was doing that look hux you realize of course this
00:59:16adds up to motive and then there's your gun club membership that's not good either yeah the gun club
00:59:22that's another example of trying to get close to teddy and having it backfire so to speak we go there
00:59:28every week he'd never tell me anything oh okay let me just make sure i get this straight you and
00:59:33teddy
00:59:33met at the gun club yeah like i said we'd meet there once a week and do shooting together us
00:59:36yeah
00:59:37trying to be a better father he even won a few trophies i thought that would have built up his
00:59:41confidence yeah look i get that you think i pulled the trigger i may be a lot of things but
00:59:48i'd never take
00:59:49anyone's life ever teddy lie right to my face i don't shoot i only tackle he says i don't know
00:59:58if i should warn you or arrest her too but i'll tell you this much i'm gonna get the truth
01:00:03out of
01:00:03those two i am going to get the truth okay so i actually have to go oh i have a
01:00:08deadline at work
01:00:09oh okay great um listen i got a few boxes coming from adams you want to meet back here in
01:00:14a couple
01:00:14hours and yes good
01:00:21of course i didn't make the power go out on purpose the cord was cut leah someone tampered with it
01:00:26not
01:00:27me and you you said you couldn't shoot gun club ring a bell hey come on man i i misspoke
01:00:34no you
01:00:34didn't you lied you put me on the spot i was afraid you think i did it and now i
01:00:38do think you did it
01:00:39you were desperate for money and adam dunbar wanted to stop you from getting it no no no i'm fixing
01:00:45everything really i i talked to my dad i told him we're getting married that's what matters i'd
01:00:52i'd never risk leah michael do you really think that i would marry a murderer no no i don't
01:01:02but you can see how i would react and you can see how i would react to those gunshots
01:01:08you think i want anything to do with that fair enough i'm just trying to do my job i know
01:01:14i know you are
01:01:31listen nelly um i haven't been entirely open
01:01:35with you so i would like to tell you everything
01:01:41okay um i was shot once in the line of duty what yeah it's not a big deal i was
01:01:48just grazed in the
01:01:49leg but leah couldn't handle it she was terrified of my job as it was and that was uh that
01:01:56was the
01:01:56last straw so she gave me an ultimatum and uh you know when i uh said that i wouldn't quit
01:02:05or couldn't
01:02:05quit because i love what i do she um she left while i was still in the hospital michael yeah
01:02:15anyway
01:02:15i just i i just thought you should know ironically there's been a shooting and her worst fears are
01:02:23realized anyway
01:02:32thanks anyway back to work okay let's see what we got here you know when you said that
01:02:40we know what we were looking for when we found it that sounded a lot more promising a couple hours
01:02:44ago you know brie really lost a lot when she got sued i think she was in real trouble and
01:02:51adam knew it
01:02:52too okay this is weird this is his planner and he has meetings with brie after their court case ended
01:02:58she told me she never spoke to him again why would she laugh about that like i said does anybody
01:03:03in
01:03:04his family tell the truth oh look at this it's a deed for the manor old one oh wow yeah
01:03:21stated 1865
01:03:24shouldn't this be kept in town records no family records but i know he's our lawyer i guess he was
01:03:30just storing it well what in his bedroom what else is in there uh well there's this stuff here
01:03:42they're love letters from edmund to palmer okay why does he even have these i don't know he's scanning
01:03:49all these old documents from the archives look this is a town charter this is a livestock ordinance from
01:03:551853 and a marriage certificate and in each case yeah the signature is circled
01:04:05so the seal on the charter and the deed is the same i think he was comparing signatures
01:04:14this one is different
01:04:19so it is absolutely right
01:04:25i don't understand why adam had this it's not even accurate the year can't be right
01:04:32the title transfer is signed by samuel babble himself witnessed here in bableton 1865.
01:04:38so why would that be wrong samuel fought in the civil war with oregon's first volunteer infantry he
01:04:46wasn't in bableton in 1865. the war ended a year later but he died there if the year is correct
01:04:54the
01:04:55signature can't be i think adam knew that samuel babble's signature was forged i was always told the oak
01:05:02grove was sold to my family by samuel babble himself the arlots were highly respected samuel was
01:05:09a friend i i don't understand it the arlots don't own the land the manor is on maybe there's an
01:05:20alternate
01:05:20document proving ownership but do you have any idea where something like that might be kept there's a
01:05:25lock drawer hidden here somewhere here oh only palmer has the key i used to know how to find it
01:05:31when i
01:05:32was a kid i saw my dad
01:05:38uh-huh the lock is scratched someone forced it
01:05:49whoa who's never been here like that before do you think he's trying to protect the safe
01:05:53maybe he knows adam already stole the deed from the safe huh well not adam he wasn't a kid of
01:05:58a manner
01:06:03but brie was
01:06:08brie spencer you are under arrest for burglary you have the right to remain silent anything you say
01:06:12or do canon will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to an attorney
01:06:16she will not be
01:06:17able to afford one one will be appointed for you you can exercise these rights at any time
01:06:27i didn't know brie broke in she was confronted and admitted to it moxie actually bit her when she
01:06:34was trying to get away from him my moxie you didn't notice that the deed was stolen or or the
01:06:39love
01:06:39letters from edmund why would i check i mean why would she steal them well she's lawyering up but she
01:06:46said
01:06:46enough i think that adam and brie were planning extortion together how well that original deed
01:06:51you had stored in your safe it's likely fraudulent so i sent it off to forensics to check for a
01:06:55ford
01:06:56signature that can't be true adam and brie had been meeting tell me had either one of them ever
01:07:02attempted to threaten blackmail you no adam was my lawyer i trusted him implicitly brie i believe
01:07:09tried to shoot me in the drawing room no that is not the direction the evidence is taking us
01:07:15it's possible that brie was trying to take out her accomplice adam's unbar
01:07:25so we downloaded adam's computer onto ours adam had all of her passwords it would have been so easy
01:07:33for him to send an email from palmer to clara yeah i want to get brief for more than just
01:07:37burglary
01:07:38she needed adam and palmer alive to extort money there's nothing here that says what they plan to
01:07:42do with the deed click on that ah a draft of a will this is palmer's this is the will
01:07:50for moxie
01:07:52i didn't know she had got that far she said she hadn't that's right so he got ahead of her
01:07:57and look at this it's not signed super complicated stuff 27 pages look at all the latin adam is listed
01:08:04as moxie's caretaker adam would live at the manor until moxie died of natural causes would he have
01:08:21full access to our money i mean it talks about a pomeranian charity i think it's on page 14 or
01:08:25somewhere that they would get the estate after moxie dies right this is your big red flag this
01:08:31buried clause terms and conditions add edem in full force and effect until the trustees own demise
01:08:37add edem latin for it stays the same it means adam dunbar would live at the manor in the same
01:08:43way
01:08:43that he'd been living there with moxie even after moxie was gone so basically adam would have full
01:08:50control of the estate and every penny of it well is there any chance palmer would have noticed that
01:08:54before signing this fine print in a fun note when he was the one advising her well that's deceit we
01:09:01need to tell palmer right now hold on look i just got the financial reports okay let's get all of
01:09:06our
01:09:06ducks in a row first then we'll proceed eli thank you so much for your time much appreciated good luck
01:09:15adam had some debt just nothing remarkable so palmer used to have a full-time chef
01:09:21and gardener but not anymore and certainly not because she couldn't afford it maybe that's what
01:09:26huck's meant by making our world smaller maybe adam was a puppeteer advising her to cut staff hang on
01:09:34wait this this is weird there's no other salaries what about the butler he wasn't paid it doesn't make
01:09:42sense maybe norman was off the books let's think about this yeah norman said he would serve dessert
01:09:49later leah held off clara then came to visit him in the kitchen the other suspects went into the drawing
01:09:55room then leah pours the cream into the mixer i think norman had motive he could have found out what
01:10:06adam
01:10:06was planning to do with the will i buy that i mean he sees and hears everything that happens in
01:10:11there
01:10:11yeah he's fiercely loyal maybe that's why he doesn't take a salary because maybe staying in the
01:10:17manor is the only thing that's important to him and he knew that adam was trying to take everything
01:10:22i think he did it hold on just a second yes he could have tricked lee into turning on the
01:10:26mixer
01:10:27but he did not pull the trigger but i mean he could have had an accomplice i mean maybe clara
01:10:32did
01:10:32she could have been the shooter they've known each other forever right no what do you mean no
01:10:37because i trust clara great i need a little bit more than that adam pushed clara away she didn't
01:10:44know it was him not until i told her okay so leah swears that the butler was in the kitchen
01:10:51with her
01:10:51the whole time and she would have known if he had left right she said he went into the pantry
01:10:55and he came
01:10:56back with lanterns when the lights went off maybe he didn't have to be in the room at all
01:11:23i think it's this way okay
01:11:37now this should be a shared wall
01:11:58so
01:12:14norman did it
01:12:17wait wait wait
01:12:25Do you think he saw us?
01:12:28I don't know what to do.
01:12:30I'm going to go after him.
01:12:31You stay right here.
01:12:32Promise me, okay?
01:12:33If he circles back, you call me.
01:12:36Okay.
01:12:37Circles back.
01:13:02Hey, what are you doing here?
01:13:05Shh.
01:13:06I know.
01:13:17Please.
01:13:26Yeah, Norman's got the hunting rifle.
01:13:28I tried to call Nellie, but she's not answering.
01:13:31Norman knew you were on to him?
01:13:32Yeah, he's armed and he's heading into Babilton.
01:13:34Or back to the manor.
01:13:36I don't know which.
01:13:36Sending officers, Mick.
01:13:38Okay, good.
01:13:38Ballistics came in.
01:13:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:13:40I'm just going to try Nellie again, okay?
01:13:41Wait.
01:13:42Forensic states that bullet paths and points of impact don't line up.
01:13:45It couldn't have passed through Palmer's hat.
01:13:47Something's off, Mickey.
01:13:55Nellie, I was just ringing for tea.
01:13:58Yes, I came up because, uh, Norman went out.
01:14:03To walk Moxie?
01:14:05I actually don't know, uh, what Norman is doing.
01:14:14Homer, I'm sorry to tell you this.
01:14:19Norman killed Adam.
01:14:22What?
01:14:30You know that already, don't you?
01:14:35You marked Adam for him with the white rose.
01:14:42Was it a symbolic gesture?
01:14:44A death before a new beginning?
01:14:46Or were you just helping Norman aim with the white pigment in the dark?
01:14:51Both.
01:14:53And your hat.
01:14:56The fake bullet hole.
01:14:58Of course, you could hide it with the bows and the feathers and the netting.
01:15:02All you needed was somebody to notice it.
01:15:06I was helping you.
01:15:08Nellie, please.
01:15:10Please understand, I had no choice.
01:15:13Adam went too far.
01:15:15We had to escape his control.
01:15:17You kept Adam at the bar, across from the vase where the pistol was found, where Norman fired shots through
01:15:24the panel.
01:15:24Adam went after the Arlott name.
01:15:26Edmund's legacy must be protected.
01:15:30Edmund's legacy must be protected.
01:15:30You mean Edmund's secret.
01:15:31You knew the deed was fraudulent.
01:15:34This manor was built on stolen land.
01:15:38It belongs to the town of Babbelton, Palmer.
01:15:41Adam was going to take it all away.
01:15:43He was going to ruin us.
01:15:44He cut Breein.
01:15:48She always hated me.
01:15:49It was the will, wasn't it?
01:15:51That's what the deed was used for, to force you to change the will.
01:15:55But Adam couldn't be the heir.
01:15:57No, he said the family would see right through it.
01:16:00And that the courts would back him when they sued.
01:16:02But he said Moxie would be believable.
01:16:05Moxie would allow him control as his trustee, and my family would have no claim.
01:16:12He threatened to expose the Arlott's as liars and thieves.
01:16:17How did he know the deed was forged?
01:16:20He didn't.
01:16:21No one did.
01:16:22As was Edmund's dying wish.
01:16:25But Bree broke in, looking for anything to use against me.
01:16:29She took everything that mattered to us.
01:16:33Bree is no longer in my family.
01:16:35So you framed her for your attempted murder?
01:16:40You promised an announcement to bring the family together.
01:16:43I mean, it was the perfect motive for her to want to kill you before you could change the will.
01:16:48She was desperate for money after being sued.
01:16:50She had the biggest grudge against you.
01:16:52You made sure I knew that.
01:16:54And then you tricked her into putting her fingerprints all over the gun.
01:16:59And you didn't think about the gunshot residue, though.
01:17:02You grabbed my hand in the dark, making yourself the victim and me your perfect witness.
01:17:09That's why I was invited, wasn't I?
01:17:11That's why you wrote to me in the first place.
01:17:15What do you imagine Adam would do next after forcing me to change my will?
01:17:21You know, he needed my death.
01:17:24My family may have abandoned me years ago, but I never would have allowed that outsider to take everything.
01:17:31He would have squandered their rightful inheritance.
01:17:35Homer, they didn't abandon you.
01:17:37That was Adam.
01:17:39He forged emails from you to them and pushed them away.
01:17:46I didn't know that.
01:17:51The panel.
01:17:52Did Norman construct that?
01:17:54Just for this?
01:17:56That's his butler's secret.
01:17:58Anticipating our every need.
01:17:59Watching.
01:18:00Taking good care of us.
01:18:04He slips into a room.
01:18:06And no one even knows he's there.
01:18:10Palmer.
01:18:12Remember what we talked about.
01:18:15Honesty.
01:18:17Even when the truth is difficult.
01:18:21Norman, I'm sorry.
01:18:23It's over.
01:18:25Nellie knows everything.
01:18:26It's time for us to turn ourselves in.
01:18:28Norman, no.
01:18:29I have always taken care of you, Madame Arlotte.
01:18:32Norman, I understand why you did what you did.
01:18:37No one takes better care of Palmer than you.
01:18:41But when we lower the gun, it's over.
01:18:46Norman, this isn't right.
01:18:49And you always do things the right way.
01:18:52Don't you?
01:18:57Freeze!
01:19:09We know you were just trying to protect us.
01:19:11Palmer, you should have trusted us.
01:19:13Told us what Adam was up to.
01:19:14I am so sorry.
01:19:15Well, I'm going to get you the best lawyer in town.
01:19:17I promise you that.
01:19:18Norman, too.
01:19:26You'll take care of Moxie.
01:19:29Move into the manor.
01:19:31We would be honored.
01:19:33We'll visit you.
01:19:35Don't worry.
01:19:35We'll set this right.
01:19:36We sure will.
01:19:37We love you.
01:19:38I love you, too.
01:19:49Be a good girl, sweetheart.
01:19:52Oh, um...
01:20:05So, how are you?
01:20:08Relieved that you're okay.
01:20:10You had me a little worried there, you know?
01:20:13Happy to be going home?
01:20:14Oh, okay.
01:20:16You can say that again.
01:20:18I guess everyone will be going home now.
01:20:20Yep.
01:20:22Leah, too.
01:20:26Point taken.
01:20:28I should, uh...
01:20:29I should figure that out for myself.
01:20:32Not a bad idea.
01:20:34I should probably answer.
01:20:36Mm-hmm.
01:20:38See ya.
01:21:06Dear Nellie, some might call me new in town.
01:21:10There's something that's been weighing on my mind.
01:21:14There's this really great woman I've been getting to know.
01:21:16She's impressive and smart.
01:21:19Sometimes intimidating me, so.
01:21:22I had some stuff in my past that I needed to resolve,
01:21:24and she helped me see that.
01:21:26I'm starting to worry that I waited too long
01:21:28for the right time to make my move.
01:21:30What should I do?
01:21:32Sincerely, some schmuck in Babilton.
01:21:35Hey.
01:21:36Hey.
01:21:38Hey.
01:21:38Hey.
01:21:39Hey.
01:21:39Hey.
01:21:41Hey.
01:21:42Hey.
01:21:42Hey.
01:21:44Hey.
01:21:44Hi.
01:21:49So what do you say?
01:21:56They say the schmuck should go for it.
01:22:00Oh, yeah?
01:22:01Mm-hmm.
01:22:03I was hoping you'd say that.
01:22:06Because this time, I'm going to do it right.
01:22:08I made us a reservation.
01:22:09Tonight, 8 p.m., Shea, Danielle, you and me.
01:22:14Dinner.
01:22:16And dancing?
01:22:18No.
01:22:20And dancing?
01:22:27And dancing.
01:22:30So what are you doing now?
01:22:32Nothing.
01:22:33No?
01:22:33What do you say?
01:22:35Milkshakes are on me?
01:22:36Oh.
01:22:37Milkshakes.
01:22:38Is that your move?
01:22:38I've seen it before.
01:22:41Listen, kid.
01:22:42I got a lot of moves.
01:22:44Well, good.
01:22:45Because we're going dancing.
01:22:47Ugh.
01:22:48Fine.
01:22:50You know, who would have thought that the butler actually did it?
01:22:55That was me.
01:22:57I did.
01:22:58You're right.
01:22:58It was you.
01:22:59You did.
01:23:00You did.
01:23:01Baby, you can take your time.
01:23:05I'm not trying to change your mind.
01:23:10I'm not going nowhere.
01:23:13Just tell me when you get there.
01:23:15Baby, you can take your time.
01:23:21This is it.
01:23:22This is it.
01:23:22Operation Forever and Always is a go.
01:23:25After the trial.
01:23:26Sunday.
01:23:26Order, please.
01:23:28This is the signed confession of one Christopher Hughes.
01:23:31Where is Mr. Hughes?
01:23:32And why isn't he making his accusation directly to this court?
01:23:35It's looking like Pioneer Electric burns down an entire town and gets away with it.
01:23:38There might be one other move we can try.
01:23:40Come home, son.
01:23:41It's never too late to come home.
01:23:43I'm ready to render my verdict.
01:23:45When Calls the Heart.
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