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00:02I don't care.
00:04The drilling has been non-stop.
00:07Well, it's affecting sales, so it is my business.
00:12No. No.
00:14Look, something ain't right.
00:17How long does it take to put in cable internet?
00:20Oh, you've been saying that all week.
00:23I just had a conversation with my lawyers.
00:26You keep this up, and heads will roll.
00:29Understand me?
00:32Good.
00:34Hey, what are you...
00:55I thought we agreed not to use emojis in the outline.
00:58They show tone.
01:01You know, I don't get paid by the comma.
01:02Because run-on sentences are just so charming and rebellious.
01:05Comma, slow down the read.
01:07But whatever. Honestly, I think it's ready.
01:10Okay.
01:10Oh.
01:11I can't look at it anymore.
01:13Oh.
01:14Rest in peace, Nash.
01:16I hope we did you justice.
01:20Ship it.
01:22I tell you, the publishers, they better love this.
01:25It's been years since I pulled an all-nighter.
01:27I do my best work at night.
01:28Oh, I believe that.
01:30All right, now that we are done with this, I guess I am going to have to go to the
01:35town council meeting this evening.
01:36Oh, that sounds charming in a children-of-the-corn kind of way.
01:40It's boring as hell.
01:42But I am the outgoing honorary mayor, and it is tradition that I pass the baton.
01:47Except in Founders' COVID, it's a golden rake.
01:51What? It's a clamming thing.
01:52What's next? A seaweed sash and an oyster crown?
01:57Why have you been skipping calls this week?
02:00It's just telemarketers.
02:01Nothing.
02:03You know, maybe I will tag along to this town meeting thing.
02:05Hey, go on for hours. Trust me, you're going to be bored out of your skull.
02:08Something tells me they're going to have a lot to talk about.
02:15Local car dealer, Bert McCarron.
02:18Jeez, I bought my SUV from him.
02:20Found dead in his backyard.
02:22It appears he died when an electronic insect killer fell into his outdoor spa.
02:27His body was then...
02:28Was then moved and posed nearby.
02:31It's your first book, Elliot.
02:32It's exactly how Edgar died.
02:34It doesn't say how he was posed.
02:36Okay, you know what?
02:37The police need to know this.
02:41Okay.
02:42You've reached the Founders Cove crime hotline.
02:45You are the 18th caller...
02:46Oh, you know what?
02:46It's going to be much faster if we just drive there.
02:49Dammit, my SUV is in the shop.
02:51I can drive us.
02:51They're supposed to meet Noah for coffee anyway.
02:58So, coffee with Noah, huh?
03:00Yep.
03:03I'm surprised.
03:06Why?
03:07Come on.
03:08Seriously?
03:11What is all this cracking?
03:14She just needs a second.
03:15Is it a new thing?
03:16No, she always does this.
03:18No.
03:19I meant Noah.
03:20Uh, yeah, I guess.
03:24Well, it's just you and Oliver seemed...
03:27You helped me out for the wedding when I interrupted you and...
03:30In bed?
03:32And now Noah?
03:34We're just friends, okay?
03:35Take a deep breath.
03:36And Oliver?
03:37Have you ever heard of Boundaries?
03:41There she goes.
03:49Okay, it's great that the cable company is upgrading the internet, but it's taking forever.
03:54Forever?
03:56You've only been here a month.
03:59Really?
04:00Seems longer.
04:02Hey, Miss Jim.
04:03Hey.
04:04Give me five minutes.
04:05Yep, no problem.
04:05Jack, we need to talk about Bert McCarron.
04:08Okay.
04:08He was electrocuted in a hot tub and then pulled from the tub and posed on the ground.
04:12You read the story.
04:13No, I wrote the story.
04:14That's how the victim in my first Selina St. Cloud novel got killed.
04:18That's a coincidence.
04:20There were four stones placed on the body, weren't there?
04:28How do you know that?
04:29Plato's Four Cardinal Virtues, the killer in my first novel, placed four smooth basalt river stones on his victim's body
04:37because the stones were purified by the rush of water.
04:40It was my symbolic period.
04:42I see.
04:43So, is this like one of those copycat things?
04:45Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
04:48We're still looking at leads.
04:49But if this is related to one of your books, then I need to know, have you had any problems
04:53with anyone lately?
04:54I mean, besides you?
04:55Huh, good one.
04:56Not like any threads, any obsessed fans.
05:00No.
05:02You're sure?
05:03Completely sure.
05:05Cross my heart.
05:06Oh.
05:07Well, in that case, you think of anything, you let me know.
05:11Okay.
05:11Oh, also, that name you gave me.
05:14And he's a mom?
05:15Yeah.
05:16So I called in a favor with a friend from the FBI.
05:18I haven't heard back, but I'll let you know.
05:23Sorry, Noah.
05:24She's going to have to take a rain check.
05:25Come on.
05:25We're going.
05:30Please, please, please, please.
05:34Paging Uncle Fester.
05:36Okay.
05:37Norman is the president of the Salina St. Cloud fan club.
05:40Wait.
05:41We're meeting with one of your fans?
05:44If there is a crazy person who plans to become Founder Scope's first copycat killer, Norman will know who it
05:50is.
05:51How well do you know this person?
05:52He won a contest a few years ago.
05:55I picked him up.
05:55I took him to coffee.
05:57He stole the hairbrush out of my purse, which was a little strange.
06:00Actually, he just took the hair, but he's a really sweet guy.
06:03You'll see.
06:08Alison Chandler?
06:10Hi, Norman.
06:11This is Andy, my new whatever.
06:15We need your help.
06:17Anything you need, please.
06:20Please come in.
06:22Thanks.
06:35I love what you've done with the place, Norman.
06:38You're too kind.
06:39How do you take your tea?
06:41Do not eat or drink anything.
06:42You are being paranoid.
06:43Look at that bottle of arsenic.
06:45I'm pretty sure it's real.
06:46Milk and sugar.
06:47Your wish is my command.
06:49Is that?
06:51Salina St. Cloud's signature trench coat from Hemlock and Heartache.
06:55Actually, it's my trench coat.
06:57Norman won it at a charity auction.
06:59Technically, he stole it from a charity auction.
07:03Yeah.
07:04It's totally normal.
07:05Poisonberry tea for my lovely guests.
07:10Oh.
07:11Okay.
07:13And try their murder morsels.
07:14Their Bates family recipe.
07:16I'm sorry.
07:17Did you say Bates?
07:18Your name is Norman Bates?
07:20B-A-I-G-H-T-S.
07:22My mother had a wicked sense of humor.
07:24Is she down in the fruit cellar?
07:26I'm so sorry.
07:27She has no manners.
07:30So, back to the murder.
07:32That car salesman, yes.
07:33I bought a car from him a few years ago.
07:35I think he ripped me off.
07:36Oh, he rips everyone off.
07:38Whoever killed him would have to have an insatiable attention to detail.
07:41To copy the murder from your book right down to the four stones of cardinal virtue.
07:46Which reminds me, I have to show you something.
07:54Ta-da!
07:55I only turn on when I have company.
07:59Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to...
08:01A few people come to mind.
08:03I'll make you list.
08:05And it goes without saying, if you'd like to lay low, you can always stay here.
08:16Okay, I recognize some of the names on this list.
08:19Grayson Doyle, he sends the strangest Christmas cards.
08:22Are you blind?
08:22It's clearly Norman.
08:24The bug zapper?
08:25The bowl of polished stones?
08:27I mean, don't you think it's a little coincidental given what happened to McCarran?
08:29It is the signature killing method from my first novel.
08:32Frankly, I'd be a little offended if he didn't have the bug zapper or the bowl of rocks.
08:36He bought his car from McCarran Motors.
08:38And he said that Bert ripped him off.
08:39Trust me, Norman wouldn't do anything to hurt the Selina St. Cloud franchise.
08:43The guy adores me.
08:45Oh yeah, he adores you so much he wants to wear your skin.
08:48I did a background check before I met him.
08:50He's just a little eccentric.
08:53Oh, we're going to be late for the town meeting.
08:55Come on, let's go.
09:00All right, everyone.
09:01Before we start our council meeting,
09:03I have the great privilege of overseeing the transfer of power.
09:07Tonight, we will be welcoming our newly elected honorary mayor and local meteorologist on Channel 49,
09:13Ms. Connie Newsome.
09:17As per town bylaws, the ceremony is not complete without the passing of the golden rake
09:21from our outgoing honorary mayor, Alison Chandler.
09:28Thank you, Martin, our long-time town council chair.
09:31It was a close election, and I know I have big shoes to fill.
09:34Size 11, right, Alison?
09:36Thank you to all of you, and here's to a future filled with sunny skies.
09:48You didn't tell me that there was an election, and you lost to the weather slut.
09:53It was rigged.
09:54Now, everyone, before we continue, please bow your heads for a moment of silence,
09:58and remember our friend, Burt McCarron,
10:01as well as our friend, Nash Gilbert, Alison Chandler's mentor.
10:06Oh, and Brandon Hayes.
10:08He wasn't from here.
10:09He was just visiting, but he was murdered here also at Alison Chandler's house.
10:17Thank you, everyone.
10:19On to town business.
10:20Now, look, as most of you know, we've been in an economic downturn,
10:24and Sea Line Bank, of all places, is going to be moving its branch to a newer facility.
10:30Isn't that the guy from the Mystery Convention?
10:31Martin Adams, his grandfather, started Founders Chowder in, like, the 40s.
10:37It used to be a real hot spot, and Martin took it over a couple years ago,
10:41poured every penny he has into it.
10:44So, planning for the future?
10:46Your town council has pushed for an aggressive modernization of town infrastructure,
10:51starting with state-of-the-art fiber-optic Internet.
10:56Martin, you don't have a packed house here tonight because of the dang interweb.
11:01Who's that?
11:02Tammy B. Stain, real local Buzzkill.
11:04The cats?
11:05They're the real brains behind the operation.
11:07Speak for yourself, Tammy.
11:09Jennings Creek installed fiber-optics in less than two weeks.
11:12It's been going on for over a month here.
11:14It's killing business at my bakery.
11:15Melody Chopra.
11:16She owns a bakery downtown.
11:17Look, I have spoken personally with Whitley Cable,
11:20and Carl tells me that his crew can get this done within the week.
11:23Carl?
11:24My crew's working around the clock to get the job done, Mr. Adams.
11:26What everyone here wants to know is what you're planning to do
11:30about the recent murders in Founders Code.
11:34Our local law enforcement is doing everything in its power
11:38to track down those responsible.
11:39No.
11:41It's great that some of you are making more money
11:43because we are becoming the murder capital of New England,
11:45but the person that stands to benefit the most is Alison Chandler.
11:49And frankly, she should be ashamed of herself.
11:51Sales of Selina St. Cloud novels have tripled,
11:54and this latest murder ripped from the pages of her books.
11:58It's not her fault.
12:00Can we get back to the cable issue, please?
12:02Okay.
12:02If it's not her fault, then whose fault is it?
12:05You want to tell me who that guy is?
12:06He is.
12:07Okay, okay.
12:08No one.
12:08Settle down, people.
12:09Okay, listen.
12:10Look, police are investigating the death from this morning, all right?
12:13At this moment, we have no reason to suspect an ongoing threat.
12:17But of course, if you see something, please call us, okay?
12:28Peter?
12:29Wait up.
12:32We need to talk.
12:33I've been calling you all week.
12:34You haven't picked out me.
12:35Why are you so angry with me?
12:37Oh, please, Ali.
12:38Stupid doesn't become you.
12:40Who gave you all the ideas for those books, hmm?
12:42The Poison Ring and Hemlock and Heartache?
12:44The Candlestick and Passion from the Ashes?
12:46Me.
12:47Didn't you say what I did was beneath you?
12:49I was there for you, and you know it.
12:52We're not done.
12:53But lately, we've been flooded by city folks.
12:56It used to be so quiet here before they came.
12:59You know?
13:00You know?
13:07The Poison Ring and Harm.
13:08I'm sorry.
13:09I'm sorry.
13:14I'll see you later.
13:15I'm sorry.
13:45No prints so far, Jack. Place is clean.
13:48We're not surprised.
13:52Love, music, and homicide.
13:54Title of your second book, if I'm not mistaken?
13:56Melody Chopra would normally start her days at the bakery at 5 a.m. today.
14:01She was a no-show because one forced trauma to the head.
14:05Just like my book.
14:06Just like your book.
14:07Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor.
14:09Mm-hmm.
14:10Wait, wasn't Norman playing this?
14:12Who's Norman?
14:12The menacquaintance.
14:14Norman's her obsessed fan.
14:16I thought you didn't have any obsessed fans.
14:19He's not obsessed, he's just enthusiastic.
14:21Norman was playing this piece of music when we were at his house.
14:24He went to his house.
14:25Could you just stop talking?
14:27Time out.
14:27Is this Norman?
14:29No, no, shh, everybody, just one second.
14:30Let me think.
14:31The metronome.
14:33You turned it off when we got here, but it was too fast.
14:36Too fast for what?
14:37Chopin's nocturne in C-sharp minor.
14:39The tempo is lento.
14:41Excuse me.
14:42Ten years of piano lessons.
14:43If Melody was playing with the metronome at this tempo,
14:47she wasn't playing this piece of music.
14:50Maybe the killer changed the tempo.
14:53Or maybe the killer planted the sheet music
14:56to make it look like the murder came from Ali's book.
14:59To my biggest fan, Norman.
15:02All the best, Alison Chandler.
15:09Oh, this is exactly how I pictured
15:11in the interrogation room.
15:13Remember when Selina was questioned
15:15for the murder of Colette Vandele
15:16when she was wrongly accused of Colette's murder
15:18in love music and homicide?
15:19Mr. Bates,
15:20where were you last night around 9 p.m.?
15:22Is this where the hardened detective pokes
15:23all those of the poor suspect's storytelling
15:25finally breaks a good business?
15:26This is serious.
15:27Okay, we found your sign sheet music
15:29at the crime scene.
15:30A Chopin's nocturne...
15:32Nocturne in C-sharp minor?
15:34Oh, yes.
15:34Yes, from chapter 3 and book 2, of course.
15:36Yes, it's my favorite.
15:38And you were playing that
15:38when Miss Chandler came to visit you?
15:40I played all the time.
15:41You had an altercation with a Burt McCarran
15:43at his dealership?
15:43I did.
15:44I attended a St. Cloud Soiree in Burlington
15:46and installed a fog machine in my trunk.
15:48McCarran said it had validated my warranty.
15:50But it was absolutely worth it.
15:52We also found your fingerprints on the stones
15:55that were placed on Mr. McCarran's body.
15:58Well, that's interesting, isn't it?
16:00Where were you last night?
16:01And the night before?
16:03You're gonna book me?
16:04Then it's true!
16:05I have no alibi!
16:06I didn't take me away, copper!
16:07Mr. Bates!
16:08I have only one request!
16:09What's that?
16:10I want to call my lawyer, Conrad Tittle.
16:12That's the lawyer from the
16:13Selina St. Cloud Mysteries, isn't it?
16:15He never loses a case.
16:16Okay.
16:18Can we now please agree
16:20that there is plenty of hard evidence?
16:22Norman is a little delusional.
16:24But he wouldn't hurt a fly.
16:26Okay.
16:27Sell me.
16:28Okay.
16:28He's enjoying this way too much.
16:30He's not showing any signs of stress or guilt.
16:32And he was surprised
16:33when Jack mentioned the sheet music
16:35and the fingerprints on the stones.
16:37He clearly has no idea how they got there.
16:39Take me away.
16:40Throw the book at me,
16:41lest I strike again!
16:45The evidence against Norman is solid.
16:47Plus, he confessed,
16:48so I have to take that seriously.
16:51Unless you think that that gentleman
16:53you were talking to last night
16:55after the meeting
16:55if someone I should be worried about instead.
16:58Don't be worried.
17:00All right.
17:01Oh, I hate to break up the party yet again,
17:03but we've got to go.
17:05I hear and I obey.
17:07I wish.
17:16Where are they headed?
17:17They didn't say.
17:21So where are we going?
17:23Back to Norman's house.
17:25What the hell for?
17:26Evidence that he didn't kill anyone.
17:43Nice flashlight, by the way.
17:44Did you get that in a happy meal?
17:45Oh, it works, doesn't it?
17:47This is breaking.
17:48And I know we...
17:49Grow a pair.
17:51See?
17:53It was open.
17:55What exactly are we looking for in here, anyway?
17:57I don't know.
17:58What clues?
17:58Isn't that what we do?
17:59Oh, everything in this house is a clue.
18:00Well, then you can wait in the car.
18:02No!
18:02Classic murder mystery,
18:03faux pas number one.
18:04The first one to wander off
18:05is always the first one to get killed.
18:07Look at this.
18:09Ah!
18:11Noah!
18:12Before you get mad,
18:13Jack made me follow you.
18:15How did you get inside?
18:16Oh, Mr. Bates gave me the key.
18:18You seemed pretty excited
18:19to have me poke around.
18:20Well, you should see this.
18:28Huh.
18:29Looks like someone broke in.
18:31I bet Norman didn't even notice.
18:36Well, I told Norman
18:38someone broke into his house.
18:39Which means that
18:40they could have stolen the rocks
18:41and the sheet music
18:42and planted them at the crime scene.
18:44Did Norman finally admit
18:45that he didn't kill Melody or Bert?
18:47Mm-hmm.
18:48Well, not at first
18:48until I pointed out
18:49that he was taking time
18:50away from your writing
18:51and he gave us an alibi
18:51just like that.
18:53Okay, I'm gonna go get a candy bar.
18:55You want anything?
18:56Oh, I'm good.
18:57Good.
18:57Okay.
18:58How about a coffee?
19:00High test?
19:01Police grade?
19:02Why not?
19:08I know this is crazy, but I can't help thinking
19:13that these murders are my fault.
19:18Look, there's a lot of bad actors out there
19:20and nothing you can do changes that.
19:22But don't forget what you do.
19:27It's important.
19:28Your work
19:31makes people happy.
19:33Right?
19:34That's what matters.
19:38So, what'd I miss?
19:41Confirmed at the grocery store
19:42over on Hennesset Avenue.
19:44They remember seeing Norman
19:45at the time of Chopra's murder.
19:46Yeah?
19:47All right.
19:48Cut him loose.
19:48Let him go.
19:50Noah,
19:51make sure he leaves.
19:53Yeah.
19:54Okay.
19:54So if it's not Norman,
19:55who's the prime suspect?
19:56I don't know,
19:57but whoever it is,
19:58they're following the order
20:00of Ali's books.
20:01The killer copied the murders
20:03in the first two.
20:04What's the third one?
20:05Whiskers in the Dark.
20:07The cat lady gets whacked.
20:08And that character
20:09was based on Tammy Bustain.
20:12She was at the town meeting last night.
20:20Chandler wrote the murders.
20:22The killer just followed the script.
20:24Oh, and this one.
20:26Plot twist.
20:27The real killer
20:27might be holding the pen.
20:29Can you believe
20:30what they're writing about me?
20:31Can you please
20:32help me go through
20:33book number three?
20:34There's got to be
20:34a clue in here somewhere.
20:36No, I don't read my work.
20:38Huh?
20:38Once I send the manuscript,
20:39I just move on.
20:41Make an exception.
20:44Fine.
20:48You know what?
20:49I lost my favorite glasses again.
20:51They're on your head.
20:57I knew that.
21:02Noah, run the move.
21:03We're going to stake out
21:04at the cat lady's house.
21:05Sounds exciting.
21:07What, you serious?
21:08You got any better leads?
21:09No, not since we cleared Norman.
21:10I got nothing.
21:12Andy was right.
21:13Nothing about this case
21:13makes any sense.
21:14Speaking of Andy,
21:15you two are kind of chummy.
21:17I was going to say the same thing
21:18about you and Allie.
21:27This is so good.
21:29I totally forgot that Selina
21:31had a one-night stay
21:32with the local sheriff.
21:33Well done, Selina.
21:36Uh,
21:38Allie.
21:39Mm-hmm?
21:40Did you forget that there's
21:41an attempt on Selina St. Cloud's life
21:42halfway through this novel?
21:44No.
21:45Yeah.
21:45Right, the B&E, right?
21:46Yeah.
21:47A mask to seal
21:48that breaks into her home.
21:50Okay, so?
21:51So?
21:51Isn't Selina St. Cloud
21:53based on you?
21:54No.
21:57Oh.
21:57Oh, okay.
21:58So not happy right now.
22:01Um, let me get my flashlight.
22:03Flashlight?
22:03We need a real flashlight.
22:04Where's my phone?
22:05Oh, did you just see that?
22:07No.
22:08I'm calling 911.
22:09You called my weapons.
22:11Weapons like what?
22:12A dictionary?
22:13God, the cell tower must be down.
22:16Ah.
22:18That came from downstairs.
22:21Oh.
22:22Oh.
22:23Oh.
22:28Maybe we should just lock ourselves
22:29in the bathroom instead.
22:30Oh, you might as well save time
22:32and just jump in the wood, Chipper.
22:40I'll go for that.
22:44There.
22:45Ah!
22:47Oh, I got him!
22:48I got him!
22:48Hit him in the bottle!
22:49Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, please, please.
22:51Peter?
22:53What the hell are you doing here?
22:55I told you, we're not done.
22:57Whoa, whoa, whoa.
22:58You two know each other?
23:02Oh, Norman!
23:03What the hell?
23:04I saw the scoundrel creeping through the bushes.
23:06What were you doing in my bushes?
23:08I was worried about you.
23:09Rewind.
23:10How do you two know each other?
23:12Oh, he's, he's, uh...
23:15He's my ex-husband.
23:17One of them.
23:18Oh.
23:20I wasn't going to hurt anyone, all right?
23:22And she owes me money.
23:23That is so not true.
23:25I just went back to grab a few personal belongings.
23:27Like what?
23:27Like my wine collection and my snowblower.
23:29Oh, I paid for that snowblower.
23:31All right.
23:32All I need to know is, do you plan on pressing charges?
23:36Okay, if she won't, then I will.
23:38He broke into her house.
23:41Okay.
23:44What?
23:45Okay, now, I know this is not great timing,
23:47but I'll need you to come downtown to take your statements.
23:50All right.
23:51Okay.
23:58I'm okay, everyone.
24:00Thanks for asking.
24:06I told you, Allie wouldn't pay me what I'm owed,
24:09so I did what I had to do.
24:11You've been divorced for over a decade.
24:12She still pays you alimony.
24:13That's right.
24:14You've been arrested before, right?
24:17Harassment.
24:18Trespassing.
24:19Threats.
24:21A car you purchased at McCarran Motors was recently repossessed.
24:24Is that right?
24:24Yeah.
24:25I tried to work something out.
24:27McCarran wouldn't listen.
24:28Plus, you've had run-ins with Melody Chopra at town council meetings?
24:34I get it.
24:35This has nothing to do with breaking tallies.
24:38You think I had something to do with those two murders?
24:40Run-ins with both the victims.
24:41The killer clearly wants to implicate Allie Chandler through her novels.
24:45Where were you Sunday night?
24:47Where were you Monday night?
24:48I stayed in both nights.
24:52Can't corroborate.
24:53Nope.
24:55Why don't I contact your lawyer, Mr. Alweson?
24:58I can't afford a lawyer.
24:59Allie left me high and dry.
25:02She smiles like Sunday and stings like Monday.
25:05I pity the next man that gets tangled in her web.
25:18It's a witness statement, not a book.
25:20Just write what you saw.
25:22My dear friend, I have penned 14 Selina St. Cloud fanfic novels.
25:26Not only does this have to be perfect, but it has to sing.
25:29So, we've got enough to hold them.
25:32I know it looks bad, but Peter's never been physically violent.
25:35Altercations with both the victims.
25:37No alibi at the time of the murders.
25:39Plus, clearly has a problem with you.
25:41What if the connections to the books is all a cover?
25:44Maybe the victims are related somehow?
25:46No, I ran a background check on both of them.
25:48No connections.
25:52So?
25:54Peter?
25:55Please don't.
25:56It's been a long night, and the only sound that I want to hear is ice hitting a tall glass
26:01of bourbon.
26:01Okay.
26:03But why do you put up with this bullshit?
26:07Peter was this incredible playwright, and I was the suddenly single mom of a teenage boy.
26:13My novels hadn't hit it yet, and Peter always dreamed of moving to New York City, the theater scene.
26:21And then, I hit it big, and instead of being happy for me, he just became resentful.
26:28It took me years to build up the courage to leave him.
26:34I just feel bad that he sacrificed his success for me.
26:37But you know that that's not true, right?
26:41The funny thing is that Dummy doesn't even realize I could have stopped paying alimony a year after the divorce,
26:45but I kept paying.
26:48Why?
26:49I don't know.
26:51Guilt?
26:53Listen to me, Allie.
26:55It's time to kick this loser to the curb.
26:57Oh, I'm going to take relationship advice from you.
27:00For whatever reason, this asshole still has power over you.
27:03And he's going to have it until you put your foot down.
27:05Your success didn't deprive him of anything.
27:09I need you to know that.
27:13My car's going to be ready in two hours, and I'm going to go grab some breakfast.
27:18See you later.
27:20And Allie, not that it's any of your business, but Oliver and I text.
27:25He's in New York, and I'm here, so it's no big deal.
27:40I need to ride back to my car.
27:41It's near Miss Chandler's house.
27:45Come on.
27:51Well, if it isn't the great Allison Chandler.
27:54Hey there, Martin.
27:56You know, I don't see you at my restaurant anymore.
27:58I've just been very busy.
28:00I'll make sure to stop by.
28:02Well, yeah, that's what everyone says.
28:05You know, Allison, I still remember when this place was just a sleepy little town.
28:11People love to, well, to do this, to sit down across from each other and break bread.
28:17But since the flood of folks from the city, now we're the murder capital of New England.
28:23Sure sells a lot of books, doesn't it?
28:27Allison.
28:27I'm kidding.
28:29Oh, you know how much I love a good St. Cloud mystery, right?
28:32You might even call me a cloudy.
28:34Oh, you cloudy.
28:35Yeah.
28:36Well, enjoy your breakfast, Allison.
28:39Thank you, Martin.
28:46Oh, I almost didn't recognize you.
28:49You look terrible, Allison.
28:51How are you holding up?
28:53I'm doing the best I can.
28:54If I were you, I would head up to Sparkling Hills.
28:57The retreat in Vermont is the perfect place to hide out until this whole murder thing blows over.
29:01I heard Martin was just there last month.
29:04Poor guy.
29:04He needs a little getaway after the bank turned him down so low.
29:08But he came back looking ten years younger.
29:11We should try it.
29:12I don't need to hide out.
29:14Well, those bags under your eyes aren't going to go away on their own.
29:17Ask for Elle.
29:18She works miracles.
29:20See ya.
29:31Hey.
29:33Thanks for the ride.
29:34Yeah.
29:35And, uh, if Miss Chatterney's a bodyguard.
29:40I'm happy to volunteer.
29:41Yeah.
29:42I, uh, I think things are going to calm down now that the cops are watching the cat lady's house
29:4524-7.
29:46If the killer can't kill the cat lady, then what happens?
29:48I don't know.
29:49I guess the killer moves on to the next book.
29:50Maybe.
29:52But, oh, my God!
29:53Do you not remember the last chapter, Whiskers in the Dark?
29:55Moon, I've read so many books.
29:56They're just blending together at this point.
29:57There's a second attempt on Selina's life.
29:59Someone tries to kill her with a car bomb.
30:01Oh, my God.
30:03Allie's on her way to the shop to get her car right now!
30:04Oh, this can't be happening.
30:10This is a nightmare!
30:12Hi, this is Allie Chandler.
30:13Dammit, this woman never answers her...
30:14Oh, what's the point in having it?
30:17What are you doing?
30:18My queen needs me.
30:19I'm coming with you.
30:24Shit!
30:29Here you go, Miss Chandler.
30:30Sorry for the wait.
30:31It's been crazy around here.
30:32I was so sorry to hear about Bert.
30:34Yeah, poor guy's been under a lot of stress.
30:37All the drilling that's been going on, customers didn't want to come in.
30:40Mr. McCarrion even wrote a letter to the town council.
30:45Bye.
30:50There, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there!
30:53Miss Chandler, stop!
30:55Okay, try not to panic.
30:57But we think there's a bomb in your car.
30:58The ending of Whiskers in the Dark.
31:00Someone tries to kill Selina, saying clown with a car bomb!
31:02You think that the copycat killer is trying to kill me?
31:05Yes!
31:05If they're following your books!
31:07Andy, I'm exhausted.
31:08I want to go home.
31:09If the good Lord wants to take me, he can take me in a warm bubble bath,
31:11not from a ridiculous car bomb.
31:14Oh!
31:15No!
31:32Detective, don't talk to me.
31:34Come on.
31:38So, again, you do not see anyone suspicious.
31:42I wasn't looking.
31:44I'll be back as soon as I can.
31:47Glad you're okay.
31:52You know, if you hadn't warned me...
31:54No, no, no, no.
31:56Please, no public displays of gratitude.
31:58Norman was the one who remembered the car bomb.
31:59So, you owe him your favorite pair of underwear or toenail clippings.
32:04I can't remember which.
32:05Probably both.
32:06It's probably both.
32:11Hey, does it bug you that the two people who were killed worked basically across the street from each other?
32:18I hadn't thought of it.
32:20Maybe because they were both at home and not at work when they died.
32:24Bert McCarron and Melody Chopra both complained about the cable construction downtown.
32:27Everybody was upset about the noise, not just them.
32:30Yeah, okay, but maybe it's about more than that.
32:34The dealership is here, right?
32:37Melody's bakery is there.
32:39And what's right down the street from both of them?
32:43The bank.
32:46What if all of this cable construction is just a distraction?
32:51Martin said that the bank is moving locations next month.
32:54That building is super old.
32:56A new location would probably have better security.
32:59Okay, good theory.
33:00Sell me.
33:01Okay.
33:02All of those drills and jackhammers that the installers are using,
33:05that seems like total overkill for a simple cable upgrade.
33:09Bert had a short fuse, right?
33:11He's had enough.
33:11So he complains to the crew.
33:13They plagate him for a while, but he notices the big tools.
33:17He starts asking too many questions.
33:18Maybe he threatens to go to the police and have them investigate.
33:22Melody.
33:24Melody works early mornings at the bakery.
33:27So maybe she saw something she shouldn't have.
33:29She gets suspicious.
33:31She threatens to report them.
33:32And if either one of them had contacted the town council or the police to complain,
33:38they would need to be silenced.
33:39But to divert suspicion, the killer copies the murders from your books.
33:43And the tunnels under the street would go directly under the bank.
33:49So they drool through the floor.
33:50They snatch the cash from the vault without ever triggering an alarm.
33:53And all of that noise is chalked up to a town-wide fiber optic upgrade.
33:57And they're not working right now.
33:59So where are they?
34:00Well, we need to tell Jack.
34:06I think he might already know.
34:10Put on a bolo on a white Whitley cable van heading out of Founders Cove.
34:15Block all exits.
34:16Block all highways.
34:17Do it now.
34:17Noah, start a campus.
34:18Somebody must have seen something.
34:19Got it.
34:19Start at the end of the street.
34:21Work your way back.
34:22You.
34:22You're with me.
34:22They hit the vault.
34:24Cleaned it out.
34:24And they're gone.
34:25How long ago?
34:26Rebar's still warm, so it just happened.
34:28Hopefully we get something on the radio soon.
34:30Okay, but there's still the copycat angle.
34:32I mean, whoever is behind this has to know my work down to the last little pretty detail.
34:36Which brings us right back to Crazefan or your ex.
34:39Could there be anyone else?
34:40Wait a second.
34:41Who was the one who pushed for the internet upgrade?
34:43Uh, Martin Adams.
34:45I mean, he pressured all of us to vote for it.
34:49The service tech at McCarran Motors said that Bert had filed a complaint with the town council,
34:54but I was still on town council when that complaint would have come in, and I didn't hear one word
34:58about it.
34:59He must have made the complaint to Martin, and Martin didn't want anyone to know about it.
35:03I mean, everyone knows that Founders Cove Chowder was in trouble,
35:07and Connie said that he had just been turned down for a loan by the bank.
35:11So he decided to rob the bank instead, and now he's skipping town.
35:15APB on Martin Adams, and APB on Martin Adams.
35:26Fine.
35:37Bert McCarran and Melody Chopra were murdered because they suspected that the cable crew was doing more than just installing
35:44cable.
35:45What about the similarity to your books?
35:47That's just a distraction, but whoever planned this forgot to take one thing into account.
35:52What's that?
35:52Selina St. Cloud is always one step ahead.
35:56Thanks, JJ.
35:57Thanks, guys.
35:59Oh, that's right.
36:00Fawn all over the high and mighty Alison Chandler.
36:03You know, this used to be a nice town before people like Hurt showed up.
36:06Settle down, tough guy.
36:08Police got the cable crew going south.
36:10Turns out Whitley Cable was a complete front.
36:12Those guys were all convicted felons.
36:14How did Martin get tangled up with them?
36:16So that guy that was pretending to be the foreman, Carl,
36:19told Carl was a regular at Martin's Restaurant.
36:21Carl and Martin get to talking.
36:22Martin needs money.
36:23Carl has a plan.
36:24Oh, and Martin had already booked a flight to South America,
36:26and if it weren't for you, he would have been long gone.
36:30Well done.
36:34So, uh, I guess it's too soon to have heard back about Andy's mom?
36:40No, actually, I did hear.
36:42My friend ran that name through every database they had.
36:45State, federal, and nothing.
36:49I don't mean just nothing since the disappearance.
36:53I mean nothing since birth.
36:55That doesn't make sense.
36:57I know.
36:58It's like...
37:01It's like Renee Walker never existed.
37:06I...
37:06Noah, let's go.
37:30Is this some kind of joke?
37:34This is the last money you will ever get from me.
37:37But there are strings attached.
37:39You need to leave town.
37:41You think this is enough to pay me off?
37:43You owe me a whole lot more than this.
37:45I don't owe you a damn thing.
37:48I spent years blaming myself for leaving you.
37:51Because, believe it or not, there was a time when I thought you were
37:54the most charming, brilliant man that ever walked the planet.
37:59Looking back, you were a god-awful husband.
38:04You convinced me that I was the reason you couldn't pursue your career in New York.
38:08Because it was true.
38:09We've been divorced for years.
38:12And yet, you're still here.
38:14And all those ideas that you gave me for my books.
38:19Stagey cliches.
38:20And I only put them in there to make you feel better about yourself.
38:23I guess I wasn't the one standing in your way.
38:26You were.
38:28Go be miserable somewhere else.
38:31You're not my problem anymore.
38:44Ronald, this is a surprise.
38:46Can't a manager call his favorite client just to say hello?
38:50Didn't I tell you not to call me while you're eating?
38:53I heard from the publishers.
38:56They loved the outline.
38:58Okay.
38:59Fantastic.
39:01But here's the thing.
39:01There's a shit ton of hype about this, um, copycat killer in Founders Cove.
39:05So, they have an idea.
39:08Oh, no.
39:09They never have good ideas.
39:11I mean, the thing cloud sales are smashing records.
39:14So, they want to shelve the Nash Gilbert true crime story.
39:19And instead, you come up with a new St. Cloud novel.
39:24Okay.
39:24Please tell me you did not agree to this.
39:26This is a good thing, Ali.
39:28It's a great thing.
39:29But, they need a new outline by next week.
39:32They're shooting for a December release just before Christmas.
39:35A new outline in a week?
39:37Yeah, but it's bright side.
39:39You're never crazy about working with Andy, whatever her name is.
39:43So, now you don't have to.
39:44We'll shoot her a few bucks and ba-boom.
39:47That's that.
39:49So, they're not asking for her, too?
39:52No.
39:53Ali, they want you.
39:54You.
39:56Call me if you need anything.
40:05You're trending.
40:07That means they basically...
40:08I know what trending is.
40:10Oh.
40:10So, I just got off the phone with Ronald.
40:13The outline?
40:14Change of plans.
40:15They have decided to put the Nash book on hold.
40:18And they want a new Selena St. Cloud novel instead.
40:23Oh.
40:26I mean, you can understand why.
40:30All the press, you know, and sales are off the charts.
40:36I know.
40:38No.
40:39Yeah.
40:39I get it.
40:42I get it.
40:45I guess you don't need me anymore, then.
40:53Got it.
40:55Not so fast.
40:58They are adding a sidekick character to be Selena's assistant.
41:05And they're making me keep you on.
41:09Selena's world is already established.
41:11That's what I told them.
41:12But they wouldn't listen.
41:14But hey, listen.
41:15If you are not up to the challenge...
41:26Bring it on.
41:27I think we have it.
41:30I think we have it.
41:33Never know.
41:34Let me try.
41:38Here goes nothing.
41:39Because everything is possible.
41:43Let me try.