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You're Killing Me Season 1 Episode 3
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00:07I don't care.
00:09The drilling has been non-stop.
00:13Well, it's affecting sales, so it is my business.
00:17No.
00:19No.
00:20Look, something ain't right.
00:22How long does it take to put in cable internet?
00:26Oh, you've been saying that all week.
00:30I've just had a conversation with my lawyers.
00:32You keep this up, and heads will roll.
00:35Understand me?
00:38Good.
00:40Hey, buddy, what are you...
01:15I thought we agreed not to use emojis in the outline.
01:17They show tone.
01:20You know we don't get paid by the comma.
01:22Because run-on sentences are just so charming and rebellious.
01:25Comma, slow down the read.
01:27But whatever.
01:28Honestly, I think it's ready.
01:30Okay.
01:31I can't look at it anymore.
01:34Oh.
01:35Rest in peace, Nash.
01:37I hope we did you justice.
01:41Ship it.
01:42I tell you, the publishers, they better love this.
01:45It's been years since I pulled an all-nighter.
01:48I do my best work at night.
01:49Oh, I believe that.
01:51All right, now that we are done with this,
01:54I guess I am going to have to go to the town council meeting this evening.
01:57Oh, that sounds charming in a children of the corn kind of way.
02:02It's boring as hell.
02:03But I am the outgoing honorary mayor,
02:07and it is tradition that I pass the baton.
02:09Except in Founders' Cove, it's a golden rake.
02:13What?
02:13It's a clamming thing.
02:14What's next?
02:15A seaweed sash and an oyster crown?
02:20Why have you been skipping calls this week?
02:22It's just telemarketers.
02:24Nothing.
02:25You know, maybe I will tag along to this town meeting thing.
02:28They go on for hours.
02:29Trust me, you're going to be bored out of your skull.
02:31Something tells me they're going to have a lot to talk about.
02:38Local card dealer, Bert McCarron.
02:41Jeez, I bought my SUV from him.
02:44Found dead in his backyard.
02:45It appears he died when an electronic insect killer fell into his outdoor spa.
02:51His body was then...
02:52Was then moved and posed nearby.
02:55It's your first book, Elliot.
02:57It's exactly how Edgar died.
02:58It doesn't say how he was posed.
03:00Okay.
03:01You know what?
03:02The police need to know this.
03:06Okay.
03:07You've reached the Founders' Cove crime hotline.
03:09You are the 18th caller.
03:10Oh, you know what?
03:11It's going to be much faster if we just drive there.
03:14Damn it.
03:14My SUV is in the shop.
03:16I can drive us.
03:17They're supposed to meet Noah for coffee anyway.
03:22So, coffee with Noah, huh?
03:26Yep.
03:28I'm, uh, surprised.
03:31Why?
03:33Come on.
03:34Seriously?
03:37What is all this?
03:40She just needs a second.
03:41Is it a new thing?
03:43No, she always does this.
03:44No.
03:45Oh, I meant Noah.
03:47Uh, yeah, I guess.
03:50Well, it's just you and Oliver seemed...
03:54You helped me out for the wedding when I interrupted you and...
03:57In bed.
03:59And now Noah?
04:01We're just friends, okay?
04:02Take a deep breath.
04:04And Oliver?
04:05Have you ever heard of boundaries?
04:08There she goes.
04:17Okay, it's great that the cable company is upgrading the internet, but it's taking forever, forever?
04:25You've only been here a month.
04:27Really?
04:28Seems longer.
04:31Hey, Miss Janet.
04:32Hey.
04:32Give me five minutes?
04:33Yep, no problem.
04:34Jack, we need to talk about Bert McCarron.
04:37Okay.
04:37He was electrocuted in a hot tub and then pulled from the tub and posed on the ground.
04:41You read the story.
04:42I wrote the story.
04:44That's how the victim in my first Selena St. Cloud novel got killed.
04:47That's a coincidence.
04:50There were four stones placed on the body, weren't there?
04:58How do you know that?
04:59Plato's Four Cardinal Virtues, the killer in my first novel, placed four smooth basalt river stones on his victim's body
05:07because the stones were purified by the rush of water.
05:11It was my symbolic period.
05:13I see.
05:14So, is this like one of those copycat things?
05:16Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
05:19We're still looking at Leigh's.
05:20But if this is related to one of your books, then I need to know, have you had any problems
05:24with anyone lately?
05:26I mean, besides you?
05:27Huh, good one.
05:28Not like any threats, any obsessed fans.
05:32No.
05:33Mm-mm-mm.
05:33You're sure?
05:34Mm.
05:35Completely sure.
05:37Cross my heart.
05:38Oh.
05:39Well, in that case, if you think of anything, you let me know.
05:43Okay.
05:43Oh, also, that name you gave me.
05:47Andy's mom?
05:47Yeah.
05:48So, I called in a favor with a friend from the FBI.
05:50Haven't heard back, but I'll let you know.
05:56Sorry, Noah.
05:56She's gonna have to take a rain check.
05:58Come on, we're going.
06:03Blakes! Blakes! Blakes!
06:05Blakes! Blakes!
06:08Aging Uncle Fester.
06:09Okay.
06:10Norman is the president of the Salina St. Cloud fan club.
06:13Wait.
06:14We're meeting with one of your fans?
06:18If there is a crazy person who plans to become Founders Cove's first copycat killer, Norman will know who it
06:24is.
06:25How well do you know this person?
06:27He won a contest a few years ago.
06:29I picked him up.
06:30I took him to coffee.
06:31He stole the hairbrush out of my purse, which was a little strange.
06:35Actually, he just took the hair, but he's a really sweet guy.
06:38You'll see.
06:44Alison Chandler?
06:45Hi, Norman.
06:47This is Andy, my new...
06:49Whatever.
06:51We need your help.
06:53Anything you need.
06:54Please.
06:55Please come in.
06:57Thanks.
07:12I love what you've done with the place, Norman.
07:15You're too kind.
07:16How do you take your tea?
07:17Do not eat or drink anything.
07:19You are being paranoid.
07:20Look at that bottle of arsenic.
07:21I'm pretty sure it's real.
07:23Milk and sugar.
07:24Your wish is my command.
07:27Is that?
07:28Selena St. Cloud's signature trench coat from Hemlock and Heartache.
07:33Actually, it's my trench coat.
07:34Norman won it at a charity auction.
07:37Technically, he stole it from a charity auction.
07:41Yeah.
07:41It's totally normal.
07:42Poison berry tea for my lovely guests.
07:47Oh.
07:48Oh.
07:50Okay.
07:51And try their murder morsels.
07:53Their Bates family recipe.
07:54I'm sorry.
07:55Did you say Bates?
07:56Your name is Norman Bates?
07:58B-A-I-G-H-T-S.
08:01My mother had a wicked sense of humor.
08:03Is she down in the fruit cellar?
08:05I'm so sorry.
08:06She has no manners.
08:10So, back to the murder.
08:11By car salesman, yes.
08:12I bought a car from him a few years ago.
08:14I think he ripped me off.
08:16Oh, he rips everyone off.
08:17Whoever killed him would have to have an insatiable attention to detail
08:20to copy the murder from your book right down to the four stones of cardinal virtue.
08:26Which reminds me, I have to show you something.
08:34Ta-da!
08:35I only turn on when I have company.
08:39Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to...
08:42A few people come to mind.
08:43I'll make you a list.
08:45And it goes without saying, if you'd like to lay low, you could always stay here.
08:58Okay, I recognize some of the names on this list.
09:00Grayson Doyle.
09:01He sends the strangest Christmas cards.
09:03Are you blind?
09:04It's clearly Norman.
09:05The bug zapper?
09:07The bowl of polished stones?
09:08I mean, don't you think it's a little coincidental, given what happened to McCarran?
09:11It is the signature killing method from my first novel.
09:15Frankly, I'd be a little offended if he didn't have the bug zapper or the bowl of rocks.
09:18He bought his car from McCarran Motors.
09:20And he said that Bert ripped him off.
09:22Trust me, Norman wouldn't do anything to hurt the Selina St. Cloud franchise.
09:26Guys, the guy adores me.
09:28Oh, yeah.
09:28He adores you so much he wants to wear your skin.
09:31I did a background check before I met him.
09:33He's just a little eccentric.
09:36Oh, we're going to be late for the town meeting.
09:38Come on, let's go.
09:43All right, everyone.
09:45Before we start our council meeting, I have the great privilege of overseeing the transfer
09:50of power.
09:51Tonight, we will be welcoming our newly elected honorary mayor and local meteorologist on Channel
09:5649, Miss Connie Newsome.
10:01As per town bylaws, the ceremony is not complete without the passing of the golden rake from
10:06our outgoing honorary mayor, Alison Chandler.
10:13Thank you, Martin, our longtime town council chair.
10:16It was a close election, and I know we have big shoes to fill.
10:19Size 11, right, Alison?
10:21Thank you to all of you, and here's to a future filled with sunny skies.
10:34You didn't tell me that there was an election, and you lost to the weather slut.
10:39It was rigged.
10:40Now, everyone, before we continue, please bow your heads for a moment of silence, and remember
10:45our friend, Bert McCarron, as well as our friend, Nash Gilbert, Alison Chandler's mentor.
10:52Oh, and Brandon Hayes.
10:55He wasn't from here.
10:55He was just visiting, but he was murdered here also, at Alison Chandler's house.
11:05Thank you, everyone.
11:06On to town business.
11:08Now, look, as most of you know, we've been in an economic downturn, and Sea Line Bank,
11:14of all places, is going to be moving its branch to a newer facility.
11:18Isn't that the guy from the Mystery Convention?
11:19Martin Adams, whose grandfather started Founders Chowder in, like, the 40s, used to be a real
11:26hot spot.
11:27And, uh, Martin took it over a couple of years ago.
11:30Poured every penny he has into it.
11:33Planning for the future?
11:35Your town council has pushed for an aggressive modernization of town infrastructure, starting
11:40with state-of-the-art fiber-optic internet.
11:46Martin, you don't have a packed house here tonight because of the dang interweb.
11:50Who's that?
11:51Tammy B. Stain, my own local Buzzkill.
11:54The cats?
11:55They're the real brains behind the operation.
11:57Speak for yourself, Tammy.
11:59Jenny's Creek installed fiber optics in less than two weeks.
12:02It's been going on for over a month here.
12:04It's killing business at my bakery.
12:06Melody Chowper.
12:07She owns a bakery downtown.
12:08Look, I have spoken personally with Whitley Cable, and Carl tells me that his crew can
12:13get this done within the week.
12:14Carl?
12:14My crew's working around the clock to get the job done, Mr. Adams.
12:17What everyone here wants to know is what you're planning to do about the recent murders
12:22in Founders Code.
12:25Our local law enforcement is doing everything in its power to track down those responsible.
12:31No.
12:32It's great that some of you are making more money because we are becoming the murder capital
12:36of New England, but the person that stands to benefit the most is Alison Chandler, and
12:41frankly, she should be ashamed of herself.
12:43Sales of Selina St. Cloud novels have tripled, and this latest murder ripped from the pages
12:49of her books.
12:51It's not her fault.
12:52Can we get back to the cable issue, please?
12:54Okay.
12:55If it's not her fault, then whose fault is it?
12:57You want to tell me who that guy is?
12:59He is no one.
13:01Settle down, people.
13:02Okay, listen.
13:03Look.
13:03Police are investigating the death room this morning, all right?
13:06At this moment, we have no reason to suspect an ongoing threat.
13:11But of course, if you see something, please call us, okay?
13:22Peter?
13:23Wait up.
13:26We need to talk.
13:27I've been calling you all week.
13:29You haven't picked out me.
13:30Why are you so angry with me?
13:31Oh, please, Allie.
13:33Stupid doesn't become you.
13:34Who gave you all the ideas for those books, hmm?
13:37The Poison Ring and Hemlock and Heartache?
13:39The Candlestick and Passion from the Ashes?
13:41Me.
13:42Didn't you say what I did was beneath you?
13:44I was there for you, and you know it.
13:47We're not done.
13:48But lately, we've been flooded by city folks.
13:51We used to be so quiet here before they came.
13:54You know?
13:55We're not done.
14:43No prints so far, Jack.
14:45Place is clean.
14:46I'm not surprised.
14:50Love, music, and homicide.
14:52Title of your second book, if I'm not mistaken.
14:55Melody Chopra would normally start
14:56her days at the bakery at 5 a.m.
14:59Today, she was a no-show
15:01because blunt force trauma to the head.
15:04Just like my book.
15:05Just like your book.
15:06Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor.
15:08Mm-hmm.
15:09Wait, wasn't Norman playing this?
15:11Who's Norman?
15:12The menacquaintance.
15:14Norman's her obsessed fan.
15:15And I thought you didn't have any obsessed fans.
15:18He's not obsessed.
15:19He's just enthusiastic.
15:20Norman was playing this piece of music
15:22when we were at his house.
15:24We went to his house.
15:25Could you just stop talking?
15:27Time out.
15:27Is this Norman?
15:28Everybody, just one second.
15:30Let me think.
15:31The metronome.
15:33You turned it off when we got here,
15:34but it was too fast.
15:36Too fast for what?
15:37Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor.
15:39The tempo is lento.
15:42Excuse me?
15:42Ten years of piano lessons.
15:44If Melody was playing with the metronome
15:46at this tempo,
15:48she wasn't playing this piece of music.
15:51Maybe the killer changed the tempo.
15:54Or maybe the killer planted the sheet music
15:57to make it look like the murder came from Ollie's book.
16:01To my biggest fan, Norman,
16:04all the best, Alison Chandler.
16:11Oh, this is exactly how I picture
16:14the interrogation room.
16:16Remember when Selena was questioned
16:17for the murder of Colette Vandelay
16:19when she was wrongly accused of Colette's murder
16:20in love, music, and homicide?
16:22Mr. Bates,
16:23what were you last night around 9 p.m.?
16:25Is this where the hardened detective
16:26pokes holes and the poor suspect's storytelling
16:27finally breaks a good business?
16:29This is serious.
16:30We found your sign sheet music
16:32at the crime scene.
16:33A Chopin's Nocturne...
16:36Nocturne in C-sharp minor?
16:37Oh, yes, yes, from chapter 3 and book 2,
16:39of course, yes, it's my favorite.
16:41And you were playing that
16:42when Miss Chandler came to visit you?
16:43I played all the time.
16:45You had an altercation with a Burt McCarron
16:46at his dealership?
16:47I did.
16:48I attended a St. Cloud soiree in Burlington
16:50and installed a fog machine in my trunk.
16:52McCarron said it invalidated my warranty.
16:54But it was absolutely worth it.
16:57We also found your fingerprints on the stones
16:59that were placed on Mr. McCarron's body.
17:02Well, that's interesting, isn't it?
17:04Where were you last night and the night before?
17:07You gonna book me?
17:09Then it's true!
17:09I have no alibi!
17:11I didn't take me away, copper!
17:12Mr. Bates!
17:13I have only one request!
17:14What's that?
17:15I want to call my lawyer, Conrad Tittle.
17:17That's the lawyer from the
17:18Selina St. Cloud Mysteries, isn't it?
17:20He never loses a case.
17:22Okay.
17:23Can we now please agree
17:25that there is plenty of hard evidence?
17:28Norman is a little delusional,
17:30but he wouldn't hurt a fly.
17:32Okay.
17:33Selmy.
17:34Okay.
17:34He's enjoying this way too much.
17:36He's not showing any signs of stress or guilt,
17:38and he was surprised
17:39when Jack mentioned the sheet music
17:41and the fingerprints on the stones.
17:43He clearly has no idea how they got there.
17:46Take me away.
17:47Throw the book at me,
17:48lest I strike again!
17:52The evidence against Norman is solid.
17:54Plus, he confessed,
17:55so I have to take that seriously.
17:59Unless you think that that gentleman
18:01you were talking to last night
18:02after the meeting
18:03is someone I should be worried about instead?
18:05Don't be worried.
18:07All right.
18:09Well, I hate to break up the party yet again,
18:11but we've got to go.
18:13I hear and I obey.
18:15I wish.
18:24Where are they headed?
18:26They didn't say.
18:30So where are we going?
18:32Back to Norman's house.
18:33What the hell for?
18:35Evidence that he didn't kill anyone.
18:52Nice flashlight, by the way.
18:54Did you get that in the Happy Meal?
18:55Oh, you know, it works, doesn't it?
18:57This is parking and entering.
18:59Grow a pair.
19:01Ah, see?
19:03It was open.
19:06What exactly are we looking for in here, anyway?
19:08I don't know.
19:08Clues.
19:09Isn't that what we do?
19:09Oh, everything in this house is a clue.
19:11Well, then you can wait in the car.
19:12No!
19:13Classic murder mystery,
19:14pop-up number one.
19:15The first one to wander off
19:16is always the first one to get killed.
19:18Look at this.
19:20Ah!
19:22Noah!
19:23Before you get mad,
19:25Jack made me follow you.
19:26How did you get inside?
19:27Oh, Mr. Bates gave me the key.
19:29He seemed pretty excited
19:30to have me poke around.
19:31Well, you should see this.
19:40Huh.
19:41Looks like someone broke in.
19:43I bet Norman didn't even notice.
19:49Well, I told Norman
19:50someone broke into his house.
19:51Which means that
19:52they could have stolen the rocks
19:54and the sheet music
19:55and planted them at the crime scene.
19:57Did Norman finally admit
19:58that he didn't kill Melody or Bert?
20:00Mm-hmm.
20:01Well, not at first
20:01until I pointed out
20:02that he was taking time away
20:03from your writing
20:04and he gave us an alibi
20:05just like that.
20:06Okay, I'm gonna go get a candy bar.
20:08You want anything?
20:09Oh, I'm good.
20:10Good.
20:11Okay.
20:12How about a coffee?
20:13High test?
20:14Police grade?
20:16Why not?
20:22I know this is crazy,
20:25but I can't help thinking
20:27that these murders are my fault.
20:32Look, there's a lot
20:34of bad actors out there
20:35and nothing you can do
20:36changes that.
20:38But don't forget
20:40what you do
20:41is important.
20:43Your work
20:47makes people happy.
20:48Right?
20:50That's what matters.
20:53So,
20:54what'd I miss?
20:57Confirmed at the grocery store
20:58over on Henningstead Avenue.
20:59They remember seeing Norman
21:01at the time of Chopra's murder.
21:02Yeah?
21:02All right.
21:04Cut him loose.
21:04Let him go.
21:06Noah.
21:06Hmm?
21:08Make sure he leaves.
21:09Yeah.
21:10Okay.
21:10So, if it's not Norman,
21:12who's the prime suspect?
21:13I don't know,
21:13but whoever it is,
21:15they're following the order
21:16of Ali's books.
21:18The killer copied the murders
21:20and the first two.
21:21What's the third one?
21:22Whiskers in the dark.
21:24The cat lady gets whacked.
21:25And that character
21:26was based on Tammy Bustain.
21:29She was at the town meeting
21:31last night.
21:38Chandler wrote the murders.
21:40The killer just followed the script.
21:42Oh, and this one.
21:43Plot twist.
21:44The real killer
21:45might be holding the pen.
21:47Can you believe
21:48what they're writing about me?
21:49Can you please
21:50help me go through
21:51book number three?
21:52There's got to be
21:53a clue in here somewhere.
21:54Hmm.
21:54No.
21:55I don't read my work.
21:56Huh?
21:57Once I send the manuscript,
21:58I just move on.
21:59Make an exception.
22:03Fine.
22:07You know what?
22:08I lost my favorite glasses again.
22:10They're on your head.
22:17I knew that.
22:22Noah, we're on the move.
22:23We're going to stake out
22:24at the cat lady's house.
22:25Sounds exciting.
22:27What, you serious?
22:28You got any better leads?
22:29No, not since we cleared Norman.
22:30I got nothing.
22:31Yeah.
22:32Andy was right.
22:33Nothing about this case
22:34makes any sense.
22:34Speaking of Andy,
22:35you two are kind of chummy.
22:37Hmm.
22:38I was going to say the same thing
22:39about you and Ali.
22:48This is so good.
22:50I totally forgot that Selina
22:52had a one-night stand
22:53with the local sheriff.
22:54Well done, Selina.
22:58Uh, Ali.
23:00Mm-hmm.
23:01Did you forget that there's
23:02an attempt on Selina St. Cloud's life
23:04halfway through this novel?
23:06No.
23:06Yeah, right, the B&E, right?
23:08Yeah.
23:09A masked assailant breaks
23:10into her home.
23:12Okay, so?
23:13So?
23:13Isn't Selina St. Cloud
23:15based on you?
23:16No.
23:18No.
23:19Oh.
23:20Okay.
23:21So not happy right now.
23:23Um, let me get my flashlight.
23:25Flashlight?
23:26We need a real flashlight.
23:27Where's my phone?
23:28Oh!
23:29Did you just see that?
23:30No.
23:30I'm calling 911.
23:32You go find weapons.
23:33Weapons like what?
23:35A dictionary?
23:37God, the cell tower must be down.
23:39Ah!
23:42That came from downstairs.
23:44Oh.
23:45Oh.
23:51Maybe we should just lock ourselves
23:53in the bathroom instead.
23:54No, you might as well save time
23:56and just jump in the wood chipper.
23:58Oh.
23:59Oh.
24:00Oh.
24:04I'll go for that.
24:06Help!
24:09There.
24:12Oh, I got him!
24:13I got him!
24:13Hand me the bottle!
24:14Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
24:15Please, please.
24:16Peter?
24:18What the hell are you doing here?
24:20Oh.
24:21I told you.
24:22We're not done.
24:23Whoa, whoa, whoa.
24:23You two know each other?
24:24Yeah.
24:26I mean...
24:26Oh, Norman.
24:29What the hell?
24:30I saw the scoundrel creeping through the bushes.
24:32What were you doing in my bushes?
24:34I was worried about you.
24:36Rewind.
24:36How do you two know each other?
24:39Oh, he's, he's, uh...
24:41He's my ex-husband.
24:43One of them.
24:45Oh.
24:47I wasn't gonna hurt anyone, all right?
24:49And she owes me money.
24:50That is so not true.
24:51I just went back to grab a few personal belongings.
24:54Like what?
24:54Like my wine collection and my snowblower.
24:56Oh, I paid for that snowblower.
24:58All right.
24:59All I need to know is, do you plan on pressing charges?
25:04Okay, if she won't, then I will.
25:06He broke into her house.
25:09Okay.
25:11What?
25:13Okay, now, I know this is not great timing,
25:15but I'll need you to come downtown to take your statements.
25:18Fine.
25:19Okay.
25:21Lock your head.
25:27I'm okay, everyone.
25:29Thanks for asking.
25:35I told you, Allie wouldn't pay me what I'm owed,
25:38so I did what I had to do.
25:40You've been divorced for over a decade.
25:41She still pays you alimony.
25:43That's right.
25:43You've been arrested before, right?
25:47Harassment, trespassing, threats.
25:50That car you purchased at McCarran Motors was recently repossessed.
25:54Is that right?
25:54Yeah.
25:55I tried to work something out.
25:56McCarran wouldn't listen.
25:58Plus, you've had run-ins with Melody Chopra at town council meetings.
26:04I get it.
26:05This has nothing to do with breaking to Allie's.
26:08You think I had something to do with those two murders?
26:10Run-ins with both the victims.
26:12The killer clearly wants to implicate Allie Chandler through her novels.
26:16Where were you Sunday night?
26:18Where were you Monday night?
26:19I stayed in both nights.
26:22Can anyone corroborate?
26:24Nope.
26:27You might want to contact your lawyer, Mr. Altwistle.
26:29I can't afford a lawyer.
26:31Allie left me high and dry.
26:34She smiles like Sunday and stings like Monday.
26:37I pity the next man that gets tangled in her web.
26:51It's a witness statement, not a book.
26:53Just write what you saw.
26:54My dear friend, I have penned 14 Selina St. Cloud fanfic novels.
26:59Not only does this have to be perfect, but it has to sing.
27:02So, we've got enough to hold them.
27:05I know it looks bad, but Peter's never been physically violent.
27:09Altercations with both the victims.
27:10No alibi at the time of the murders.
27:12Plus, clearly has a problem with you.
27:15What if the connections to the books is all a cover?
27:18Or maybe the victims are related somehow?
27:20No, I ran a background check on both of them.
27:22No connections.
27:26So?
27:28Peter?
27:29Please don't.
27:30It's been a long night, and the only sound that I want to hear is ice hitting a tall glass
27:36of bourbon.
27:37Okay.
27:37But why do you put up with this bullshit?
27:42Peter was this incredible playwright, and I was the suddenly single mom of a teenage boy.
27:48My novels hadn't hit it yet, and Peter always dreamed of moving to New York City, the theater scene.
27:56And then, I hit it big, and instead of being happy for me, he just became resentful.
28:04It just took me years to build up the courage to leave him.
28:10I just feel bad that he sacrificed his success for me.
28:14But you know that that's not true, right?
28:17The funny thing is that Dummy doesn't even realize I could have stopped paying alimony a year after the divorce,
28:22but I kept paying.
28:25Why?
28:26I don't know.
28:28Guilt?
28:30Listen to me, Allie.
28:32It's time to kick this loser to the curb.
28:35Oh, I'm gonna take relationship advice from you.
28:37For whatever reason, this asshole still has power over you.
28:40And he's gonna have it until you put your foot down.
28:43Your success didn't deprive him of anything.
28:47I need you to know that.
28:51My car's gonna be ready in two hours, and I'm going to go grab some breakfast.
28:57See you later.
28:58And Allie, not that it's any of your business, but Oliver and I text.
29:04He's in New York, and I'm here, so it's no big deal.
29:19I need to ride back to my car.
29:21It's near Miss Chandler's house.
29:25Come on.
29:31Well, if it isn't the great Allison Chandler.
29:34Hey there, Martin.
29:36You know, I don't see you at my restaurant anymore.
29:39I've just been very busy.
29:41I'll make sure to stop by.
29:42Well, yeah, that's what everyone says.
29:45You know, Allison, I still remember when this place was just a sleepy little town.
29:53People loved to, well, to do this, to sit down across from each other and break bread.
29:58But since the flood of folks from the city, now we're the murder capital of New England.
30:05It sure sells a lot of books, doesn't it?
30:09Allison, I'm kidding.
30:11Oh, you know how much I love a good St. Cloud mystery, right?
30:15You might even call me a cloudy.
30:16Oh, you cloudy.
30:17Mm-hmm, yeah.
30:18Well, enjoy your breakfast, Allison.
30:22Thank you, Martin.
30:23Hmm.
30:29Oh, I almost didn't recognize you.
30:32You look terrible, Allison.
30:34How you holding up?
30:35Hmm, I'm odd, doing the best I can.
30:37If I were you, I would head up to Sparkling Hills.
30:40The retreat in Vermont is the perfect place to hide out until this whole murder thing blows over.
30:45I heard Martin was just there last month.
30:47Poor guy.
30:48He needs a little getaway after the bank turned him down for a loan.
30:52But he came back looking ten years younger.
30:55You should try it.
30:56I don't need to hide out.
30:58Well, those bags under your eyes aren't going to go away on their own.
31:01Ask for Elle.
31:02She works miracles.
31:04See ya.
31:18Thanks for the ride.
31:19Yeah.
31:20And, uh, if Miss Chatterney's a bodyguard?
31:25I'm happy to volunteer.
31:26Yeah, I, uh, I think things are going to calm down now that the cops are watching the cat lady's
31:30house 24-7.
31:32If the killer can't kill the cat lady, then what happens?
31:34I don't know.
31:35I guess the killer moves on to the next book.
31:36Maybe.
31:38But, oh, my God!
31:39Do you not remember the last chapter of Whiskers in the Dark?
31:41No, I've read so many books, they're just blending together at this point.
31:44There's a second attempt on Selina's life.
31:46Someone tries to kill her with a car bomb!
31:48Oh, my God.
31:49Allie's on her way to the shop to get her car right now!
31:51Oh!
31:53And all this can't be happening?
31:54Uh, uh, uh, this is a nightmare!
31:58Oh, my God.
31:59Hi, this is Allie Chandler.
32:00Dammit, this woman never answers her...
32:02Oh, I was disappointed in having it!
32:04What are you doing?
32:05My queen needs me.
32:07I'm coming with you.
32:11Shit!
32:17Here you go, Miss Chandler.
32:19Sorry for the wait.
32:19It's been crazy around here.
32:20I was so sorry to hear about Bert.
32:23Yeah, poor guy's been under a lot of stress.
32:25All the drilling that's been going on, customers didn't want to come in.
32:28Mr. McCarrion even wrote a letter to the town council.
32:34Bye.
32:39There, there, there, there, there, there, there, there she is!
32:43Miss Chandler, stop!
32:44Okay, try not to panic.
32:46But we think there's a bomb in your car.
32:48The ending of Whisk is in the dark.
32:49Someone tries to kill Selina Zane Cloud with a car bomb!
32:52You think that the copycat killer is trying to kill me?
32:54Yes!
32:55It's a following, you're booked!
32:56Oh, Andy, I'm exhausted.
32:58I want to go home.
32:58If the good Lord wants to take me, he can take me in a warm bubble bath.
33:02Not from a ridiculous car bomb.
33:05Oh!
33:05No!
33:23Thank you, sir.
33:24Detective, don't talk to me.
33:25Come on.
33:27Ah, yes.
33:30So, again, you do not see anyone suspicious.
33:34I wasn't looking.
33:36I'll be back soon as I can.
33:39Glad you're okay.
33:45You know, if you hadn't warned me...
33:46No, no, no, no.
33:48Please, no public displays of gratitude.
33:50Norman was the one who remembered the car bomb.
33:53So, you owe him your favorite pair of underwear or toenail clippings.
33:56I can't remember which.
33:58Probably both.
33:59Yeah, it's probably both.
34:05Hey, does it bug you that the two people who were killed worked basically across the street from each other?
34:12I hadn't thought of it.
34:14Maybe because they were both at home and not at work when they died.
34:17Bert McCarron and Melody Chopra both complained about the cable construction downtown.
34:21Everybody was upset about the noise, not just them.
34:24Yeah, okay, but maybe it's about more than that.
34:29The dealership is here, right?
34:31Melody's bakery is there.
34:34And what's right down the street from both of them?
34:38The bank.
34:41What if all of this cable construction is just a distraction?
34:46Martin said that the bank is moving locations next month.
34:50That building is super old.
34:51A new location would probably have better security.
34:54Okay, good theory.
34:56Sell me.
34:57Okay.
34:58All of those drills and jackhammers that the installers are using,
35:01that seems like total overkill for a simple cable upgrade.
35:05Bert had a short fuse, right?
35:07He's had enough.
35:08So, he complains to the crew.
35:09They placate him for a while, but he notices the big tools.
35:13He starts asking too many questions.
35:15Maybe he threatens to go to the police and have them investigate.
35:19Melody.
35:21Melody works early mornings at the bakery.
35:23So, maybe she saw something she shouldn't have.
35:26She gets suspicious.
35:28She threatens to report them.
35:29And if either one of them had contacted the town council
35:33or the police to complain, they would need to be silenced.
35:37But to divert suspicion,
35:38the killer copies the murders from your books.
35:41And the tunnels under the street
35:43would go directly under the bank.
35:46So, they drool through the floor,
35:48they snatch the cash from the vault
35:50without ever triggering an alarm,
35:52and all of that noise is chalked up
35:53to a town-wide fiber optic upgrade.
35:56And they're not working right now,
35:57so where are they?
35:58Well, we need to tell Jack.
36:05I think he might already know.
36:09Put on a bolo on a white Whitley cable van
36:13heading out of Founders Cove.
36:14Block all exits, block all highways.
36:16Do it now.
36:17Noah, start a canvas.
36:18Somebody must have seen something.
36:19Got it.
36:19Start at the end of the street.
36:20Work your way back.
36:21You. You're with me.
36:22They hit the vault.
36:24Cleaned it out.
36:24And they're gone.
36:25How long ago?
36:26Rebar's still warm, so it just happened.
36:28Hopefully, we get something on the radio soon.
36:30Okay, but there's still the copycat angle.
36:32I mean, whoever is behind this
36:34has to know my work
36:35down to the last little pretty detail.
36:37Which brings us right back to
36:38Craze fan or your ex.
36:39Could there be anyone else?
36:40Wait a second.
36:41Who was the one who pushed for the internet upgrade?
36:43Uh, Martin Adams.
36:46I mean, he pressured all of us to vote for it.
36:50The service tech at McCarran Motors
36:53said that Bert had filed a complaint
36:55with the town council,
36:56but I was still on town council
36:57when that complaint would have come in,
36:59and I didn't hear one word about it.
37:00He must have made the complaint to Martin.
37:02And Martin didn't want anyone to know about it.
37:05I mean, everyone knows
37:06that Founders Cove Chowder was in trouble,
37:09and Connie said that he had just been turned down
37:12for a loan by the bank.
37:13So he decided to rob the bank instead,
37:15and now he's skipping town.
37:18APB on Martin Adams,
37:19and APB on Martin Adams.
37:21Wait a minute, let's go.
37:28Fine.
37:40Burt McCarran and Melody Chopra
37:43were murdered because they suspected
37:45that the cable crew was doing
37:46more than just installing cable.
37:48And what about the similarity to your books?
37:51That's just a distraction,
37:52but whoever planned this
37:53forgot to take one thing into account.
37:56What's that?
37:57Selena St. Cloud is always one step ahead.
38:01Thanks, JJ.
38:02Thanks, guys.
38:04Oh, that's right.
38:05Vaughn all over the high and mighty Alison Chandler.
38:08You know, this used to be a nice town
38:09before people like Hurt showed up.
38:11Settle down, tough guy.
38:13Police got the cable crew going south.
38:15Turns out Whitley Cable was a complete front.
38:17Those guys were all convicted felons.
38:19How did Martin get tangled up with them?
38:21So that guy that was pretending
38:23to be the foreman, Carl,
38:25told Carl was a regular at Martin's restaurant.
38:27Carl and Martin get to talking.
38:28Martin needs money.
38:29Carl has a plan.
38:30Oh, and Martin had already booked
38:31a flight to South America,
38:32and if it weren't for you,
38:34he would have been long gone.
38:36Well done.
38:41So, uh, I guess it's too soon
38:44to have heard back about Andy's mom?
38:47No, actually, I did hear.
38:49My friend ran that name
38:50through every database they had.
38:52State, federal, and...
38:55nothing.
38:57I don't mean just nothing
38:58since the disappearance.
39:00I mean nothing since birth.
39:02That doesn't make sense.
39:04I know.
39:06It's like...
39:08It's like Renee Walker never existed.
39:13I...
39:14Tell me.
39:15Noah, let's go.
39:16I...
39:39Is this some kind of joke?
39:43This is the last money
39:45you will ever get from me.
39:46But there are strings attached.
39:48You need to leave town.
39:50You think this is enough
39:51to pay me off?
39:53You owe me a whole lot
39:54more than this.
39:55I don't owe you
39:56a damn thing.
39:58I spent years
39:59blaming myself
40:00for leaving you.
40:01Because believe it or not,
40:02there was a time
40:03when I thought you were
40:04the most charming,
40:06brilliant man
40:07that ever walked the planet.
40:10But looking back,
40:12you were a god-awful husband.
40:15you convinced me
40:16that I was the reason
40:17you couldn't pursue
40:18your career in New York.
40:19Because it was true.
40:20We've been divorced
40:22for years.
40:23And yet,
40:25you're still here.
40:26And all those ideas
40:27that you gave me
40:28from my books,
40:30stagey cliches,
40:31and I only put them in there
40:33to make you feel
40:33better about yourself.
40:35I guess I wasn't the one
40:36standing in your way.
40:38You were.
40:40Go be miserable
40:41somewhere else.
40:43You're not my problem anymore.
40:57Ronald,
40:58this is a surprise.
40:59Call a manager
41:00call his favorite client
41:02just to say hello.
41:03Didn't I tell you
41:03not to call me
41:05while you're eating?
41:07I heard
41:08from the publishers.
41:09They loved
41:10the outline.
41:12Okay.
41:13Fantastic.
41:14But here's the thing.
41:15There's a shit ton of hype
41:16about this, um,
41:17copycat killer
41:18in Founders Cove.
41:19So,
41:20they have an idea.
41:22Oh, no.
41:23They never have good ideas.
41:25I mean,
41:26the think cloud sales
41:27are smashing records.
41:29So,
41:29they want to shell
41:31the Nash Gilbert
41:32true crime story.
41:34And instead,
41:35you come up
41:36with a new
41:37St. Cloud novel.
41:39Okay.
41:39Please tell me
41:40you did not agree to this.
41:41This is a good thing, Ali.
41:43It's a great thing.
41:43But,
41:44they need
41:45a new outline
41:46by next week.
41:47They're shooting
41:47for a December release
41:49just before Christmas.
41:50A new outline
41:52in a week?
41:53Yeah.
41:53For the bright side.
41:55You know,
41:55we're never crazy
41:55about working with
41:56Andy,
41:58whatever her name is.
41:59So,
41:59now you don't have to.
42:00We'll shoot her a few bucks
42:01and ba-boom.
42:02That's that.
42:05So,
42:06they're not asking
42:06for her,
42:07too?
42:08No.
42:09Ali,
42:09they want you.
42:11You.
42:12Call me
42:13if you need
42:14anything.
42:22You're trending!
42:24Oh,
42:24that means
42:25that basically
42:25I know what trending is.
42:27Oh.
42:27So,
42:28I just got off the phone
42:28with Ronald.
42:30The outline?
42:31Change of plans.
42:32They have decided
42:33to put the Nash book
42:34on hold
42:35and they want
42:36a new
42:36Selena St. Cloud
42:38novel instead.
42:41Oh.
42:44I mean,
42:45you can understand why.
42:48Now,
42:48the press,
42:49you know,
42:50and sales
42:51are off the charts.
42:54No.
42:56No.
42:57yeah.
42:58I get it.
43:01I get it.
43:04Because you don't need me anymore then.
43:12Got it.
43:15Not so fast.
43:18They are adding a sidekick character
43:23to be Selena's assistant.
43:25And they're making me keep you on.
43:29Selena's world is already established.
43:31That's what I told them.
43:32But they wouldn't listen.
43:34But hey,
43:35listen,
43:35if you are not up for the challenge...
43:47Bring it on.
43:48I think we have it.
43:50I think we have it.
43:54I think we have it.
44:07Let me try.
44:10Here goes nothing.
44:17Here goes nothing.
44:23Let me try.
44:26Here goes nothing.
44:37Here goes anything.
44:37Here goes anything.
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