1 00:00:01,799 --> 00:00:03,348 Previously on Elementary... 2 00:00:03,689 --> 00:00:05,263 Have you heard anything about my friend? 3 00:00:05,264 --> 00:00:06,347 There have been no new leads 4 00:00:06,348 --> 00:00:07,751 in the disappearance of Polly Kenner. 5 00:00:07,775 --> 00:00:10,518 There is nothing I can do to get his attention. 6 00:00:10,519 --> 00:00:13,263 If I need to get louder, I'll get louder. 7 00:00:13,278 --> 00:00:14,256 A woman was murdered 8 00:00:14,257 --> 00:00:15,522 two nights ago in Brooklyn. 9 00:00:15,524 --> 00:00:18,525 The earrings that she was wearing were Polly's. 10 00:00:18,527 --> 00:00:20,127 Do you have any idea who did it? 11 00:00:20,129 --> 00:00:21,494 Yeah, he did it. 12 00:00:21,496 --> 00:00:23,363 Not a doubt in my mind. 13 00:00:23,365 --> 00:00:25,532 Your blood pressure and heart rate are way up. 14 00:00:25,534 --> 00:00:26,633 You're not just suffering from PCS. 15 00:00:26,635 --> 00:00:28,434 This is clinical fatigue now. 16 00:00:28,436 --> 00:00:30,102 So, I'm going to go away for a while, 17 00:00:30,104 --> 00:00:31,337 but I'll be back. 18 00:00:31,339 --> 00:00:32,539 While I'm away, 19 00:00:32,541 --> 00:00:35,508 you have my word, I won't hurt anyone. 20 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:36,709 My car's here. 21 00:00:36,711 --> 00:00:38,645 Taking a break from everything is smart. 22 00:00:38,647 --> 00:00:40,179 It's what your doctor wanted. 23 00:00:40,181 --> 00:00:42,581 You'll be back soon enough. You'll be better. 24 00:00:46,532 --> 00:00:49,352 _ 25 00:00:55,589 --> 00:00:57,031 Watson! 26 00:00:59,833 --> 00:01:01,567 I have returned. 27 00:01:01,569 --> 00:01:03,001 Am I crazy, or did you say 28 00:01:03,003 --> 00:01:04,836 you were gonna come back on Friday? 29 00:01:04,838 --> 00:01:08,006 I did... but some sore feelings developed between me 30 00:01:08,008 --> 00:01:09,741 and the local constabulary. - Why would...? 31 00:01:12,579 --> 00:01:14,813 You got involved in a case, didn't you? 32 00:01:14,815 --> 00:01:17,348 As you know, I spent the bulk of the last three months 33 00:01:17,350 --> 00:01:18,649 in my cabin, cut off 34 00:01:18,651 --> 00:01:20,384 from the outside world. 35 00:01:20,386 --> 00:01:22,120 So, when word reached me that renowned trapper 36 00:01:22,122 --> 00:01:24,355 Ragnar Hagerstrom had been killed by a pack of black bears 37 00:01:24,357 --> 00:01:26,357 just miles from my mountainside retreat... 38 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:27,959 You weren't supposed to do any work. 39 00:01:27,961 --> 00:01:29,327 I realize that, but... 40 00:01:29,329 --> 00:01:30,794 No work. That was the deal. 41 00:01:30,796 --> 00:01:32,996 As I told you when we last corresponded, 42 00:01:32,998 --> 00:01:35,099 I haven't experienced a headache in over a month. 43 00:01:35,101 --> 00:01:36,601 My sleep patterns have returned to normal. 44 00:01:36,603 --> 00:01:38,536 Well, my normal. 45 00:01:38,538 --> 00:01:40,438 I still have to follow up with Dr. Hanson, 46 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:41,839 but all indications are that 47 00:01:41,841 --> 00:01:43,608 my post-concussion syndrome is in abatement. 48 00:01:43,610 --> 00:01:46,009 Now, would you like to hear about 49 00:01:46,011 --> 00:01:48,378 one scorned woman's attempt to frame an innocent black bear 50 00:01:48,380 --> 00:01:50,147 or... not? 51 00:01:50,149 --> 00:01:51,715 And why do you keep looking over there? 52 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,620 I have a houseguest. 53 00:01:58,157 --> 00:02:00,557 You've taken a lover in my absence. That's excellent. 54 00:02:00,559 --> 00:02:02,191 I can't wait to meet him. Or her. 55 00:02:02,193 --> 00:02:03,727 Or is it them? 56 00:02:03,729 --> 00:02:06,529 No, I have not taken a lover. 57 00:02:06,531 --> 00:02:07,697 So, why are you so determined 58 00:02:07,699 --> 00:02:09,065 to stop me from going downstairs? 59 00:02:09,067 --> 00:02:11,033 Hey, Joan, I hope you don't mind, 60 00:02:11,035 --> 00:02:14,638 but I'm starving, so I dug through your fridge. 61 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,674 Hi. I'm Kelsey. 62 00:02:18,743 --> 00:02:20,509 Kelsey, this is Sherlock, my partner. 63 00:02:20,511 --> 00:02:22,478 Oh. I don't recall seeing 64 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,513 his name in the paperwork. - What paperwork? 65 00:02:24,515 --> 00:02:26,849 He is not my partner partner. 66 00:02:26,851 --> 00:02:30,219 He is my business partner. What paperwork? 67 00:02:30,221 --> 00:02:33,489 The application she filled out to adopt my baby. 68 00:02:33,491 --> 00:02:35,424 No... Kelsey just got in about 20 minutes before you did, 69 00:02:35,426 --> 00:02:37,593 so why don't I take you upstairs, 70 00:02:37,595 --> 00:02:38,894 and then you can get settled. 71 00:02:38,896 --> 00:02:40,529 We'll talk. 72 00:02:53,844 --> 00:02:56,011 How's it going, Professor? 73 00:02:57,281 --> 00:03:00,715 How long are you gonna keep calling me that? 74 00:03:00,717 --> 00:03:03,518 Haven't decided yet... Professor. 75 00:03:04,621 --> 00:03:06,321 Can I at least take off the dunce cap? 76 00:03:06,323 --> 00:03:07,988 Hey, who signed off on this concrete 77 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:09,657 being poured the other night? 78 00:03:11,093 --> 00:03:12,527 I did. 79 00:03:12,529 --> 00:03:14,295 And who forgot to ask me if we'd finished 80 00:03:14,297 --> 00:03:15,262 putting in all the piping? 81 00:03:15,264 --> 00:03:16,597 Me. 82 00:03:16,599 --> 00:03:19,701 Then no, you can't take off the cap. 83 00:03:26,475 --> 00:03:28,675 Are you gonna watch me pull up every slab? 84 00:03:28,677 --> 00:03:30,777 Just the first. Making sure you still know 85 00:03:30,779 --> 00:03:32,579 how to operate a chain hoist. 86 00:03:42,358 --> 00:03:44,057 Happy? 87 00:03:44,059 --> 00:03:46,059 What did I do now? 88 00:03:46,895 --> 00:03:48,495 What is that? 89 00:03:48,497 --> 00:03:50,163 That's a person, Fred. 90 00:03:50,165 --> 00:03:51,498 Two arms with... 91 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,600 guts in the middle. 92 00:03:53,602 --> 00:03:55,268 And those are the legs. 93 00:03:55,270 --> 00:03:56,770 Somebody got buried here. 94 00:03:56,772 --> 00:03:59,020 And you just cut 'em into pieces. 95 00:03:59,021 --> 00:04:03,021 ? Elementary 6x08 ? Sand Trap 96 00:04:03,022 --> 00:04:09,922 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 97 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:14,114 I'd ask for an update on the search 98 00:04:14,115 --> 00:04:16,548 for Michael Rowan, but your data speaks for itself. 99 00:04:16,550 --> 00:04:19,018 No activity on his credit cards or cell phone. 100 00:04:19,020 --> 00:04:20,352 Since we spoke last weekend, 101 00:04:20,354 --> 00:04:22,454 his e-mail account remains a ghost town. 102 00:04:22,456 --> 00:04:23,889 I take it our friends at the Bureau 103 00:04:23,891 --> 00:04:25,424 are still sending you missing persons alerts. 104 00:04:25,426 --> 00:04:26,726 Yeah, every day someone goes missing, 105 00:04:26,728 --> 00:04:28,194 I get a notice on my phone. 106 00:04:28,196 --> 00:04:29,961 I thought we were onto something when a woman 107 00:04:29,963 --> 00:04:31,396 who looked a little like Maddie Williams 108 00:04:31,398 --> 00:04:32,698 disappeared in Fresno the other day. 109 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:33,832 I almost called you, but then she 110 00:04:33,834 --> 00:04:35,534 turned up safe and sound a couple hours later. 111 00:04:35,536 --> 00:04:37,569 Would appear that Michael has gone dormant. 112 00:04:37,571 --> 00:04:39,304 That's one possibility. 113 00:04:39,306 --> 00:04:41,273 Another is that he's gotten so good at killing 114 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:42,541 that no one in law enforcement 115 00:04:42,543 --> 00:04:44,075 even notices anymore. 116 00:04:44,077 --> 00:04:46,277 As we discussed before I took my leave of absence, 117 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,013 he seemed to mean it when he said he would restrain himself. 118 00:04:49,015 --> 00:04:50,815 He also said he'd be back, so... 119 00:04:50,817 --> 00:04:51,978 we have to believe he meant that, too. 120 00:04:52,002 --> 00:04:52,985 Thank you. 121 00:04:52,986 --> 00:04:54,418 For tending to this while I was gone. 122 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:55,920 Couldn't have taken the time I needed 123 00:04:55,922 --> 00:04:58,022 without knowing that you were still at the helm. 124 00:04:59,092 --> 00:05:00,658 I wasn't the only one looking for Michael. 125 00:05:00,660 --> 00:05:03,160 You're the only one who mattered. 126 00:05:04,063 --> 00:05:06,063 Is there a corresponding wall of evidence 127 00:05:06,065 --> 00:05:08,031 which traces your search for a baby? 128 00:05:08,033 --> 00:05:10,100 I'm sorry about that. 129 00:05:10,102 --> 00:05:12,002 I did not mean to spring Kelsey on you. 130 00:05:12,004 --> 00:05:14,739 My attorney didn't even tell me about it till yesterday. 131 00:05:14,741 --> 00:05:16,039 Your attorney? 132 00:05:16,041 --> 00:05:18,175 Yeah, I hired him a few weeks before you left. 133 00:05:18,177 --> 00:05:20,043 Listen, I was gonna talk to you about it, 134 00:05:20,045 --> 00:05:22,179 but you were going through so much with your PCS, and I... 135 00:05:22,181 --> 00:05:23,747 Watson, you don't owe me an explanation. 136 00:05:23,749 --> 00:05:26,383 She's going to be here for a few more days only, okay? 137 00:05:26,385 --> 00:05:28,152 Then she goes back to school in Philadelphia. 138 00:05:28,154 --> 00:05:29,887 She's here to meet with me and a couple of other 139 00:05:29,889 --> 00:05:32,355 prospective parents before she goes back. 140 00:05:32,357 --> 00:05:34,224 It's Marcus. 141 00:05:35,226 --> 00:05:36,593 I know you just got back, but how 142 00:05:36,595 --> 00:05:38,127 do you feel about a trip to the morgue? 143 00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:39,962 Mmm. 144 00:05:39,964 --> 00:05:42,599 Meet Jane Doe. 145 00:05:42,601 --> 00:05:44,801 Construction crew found her in a concrete floor 146 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:47,036 they were cutting into pieces this morning. 147 00:05:47,038 --> 00:05:49,138 As I noted, the saw they were using 148 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,707 cut her just below the shoulders 149 00:05:51,709 --> 00:05:52,975 and right above the knees. 150 00:05:52,977 --> 00:05:54,476 No concrete in her throat or lungs, 151 00:05:54,478 --> 00:05:56,012 so she was dead before she went into the cement. 152 00:05:56,014 --> 00:05:58,815 These ligature marks... cause of death strangulation? 153 00:05:58,817 --> 00:06:01,517 Yeah. As confirmed by a fractured larynx. 154 00:06:01,519 --> 00:06:02,952 Time of death's between 6:00 p.m. 155 00:06:02,954 --> 00:06:04,453 and midnight two nights ago. 156 00:06:04,455 --> 00:06:06,055 Makes sense. The floor she was in 157 00:06:06,057 --> 00:06:07,690 was poured two nights ago. 158 00:06:07,692 --> 00:06:09,625 Any security cameras at the work site? 159 00:06:09,627 --> 00:06:11,126 No. 160 00:06:11,128 --> 00:06:13,161 And it's a small crew... eight guys total. 161 00:06:13,163 --> 00:06:15,197 Alibis for the first six have already checked out, 162 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:18,567 and I'm expecting the remaining two to go the same way. 163 00:06:18,569 --> 00:06:21,269 Says here that you found a nylon fiber in her teeth. 164 00:06:21,271 --> 00:06:22,338 God bless man-made fibers 165 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:23,672 and the manufacturers who register them. 166 00:06:23,674 --> 00:06:25,807 The lab says that the fiber 167 00:06:25,809 --> 00:06:28,743 came from the seat belt of a late-model Japanese sedan. 168 00:06:28,745 --> 00:06:30,812 Unfortunately, the seat belt is used 169 00:06:30,814 --> 00:06:32,314 in cars made by multiple companies. 170 00:06:32,316 --> 00:06:34,015 Stands to reason it was the murder weapon. 171 00:06:34,017 --> 00:06:35,616 These ligature marks are approximately 172 00:06:35,618 --> 00:06:36,617 48 millimeters across. 173 00:06:36,619 --> 00:06:38,419 That is standard width for a seat belt. 174 00:06:39,256 --> 00:06:40,688 Personal effects? 175 00:06:40,690 --> 00:06:41,889 Help yourself. 176 00:06:41,891 --> 00:06:43,290 I checked with Missing Persons. 177 00:06:43,292 --> 00:06:46,026 She doesn't match any reports. 178 00:06:46,028 --> 00:06:48,128 No hits on her fingerprints, either. 179 00:06:48,130 --> 00:06:50,931 Who needs fingerprints when you got one of these? 180 00:06:50,933 --> 00:06:52,900 What, a rubber bracelet? 181 00:06:52,902 --> 00:06:55,202 It's a smart rubber bracelet. 182 00:06:55,204 --> 00:06:56,504 Do you have a scalpel? 183 00:06:56,506 --> 00:06:58,138 Oh. 184 00:07:00,009 --> 00:07:02,009 Thank you. 185 00:07:02,011 --> 00:07:05,645 Companies with restricted areas sometimes use 186 00:07:05,647 --> 00:07:08,782 RF chips embedded in bracelets instead of 187 00:07:08,784 --> 00:07:11,285 the traditional plastic access cards. 188 00:07:11,287 --> 00:07:12,652 So... 189 00:07:12,654 --> 00:07:15,756 This should help us identify her employers, 190 00:07:15,758 --> 00:07:17,056 and that, in turn, 191 00:07:17,058 --> 00:07:19,459 should help us identify her. 192 00:07:19,461 --> 00:07:21,261 Oh, my God. 193 00:07:21,263 --> 00:07:22,562 Poor Lauren. 194 00:07:22,564 --> 00:07:24,464 You said somebody killed her? 195 00:07:24,466 --> 00:07:25,732 Strangled her. 196 00:07:25,734 --> 00:07:27,734 She didn't have any I.D. on her, 197 00:07:27,736 --> 00:07:29,603 but the RF chip in her bracelet 198 00:07:29,605 --> 00:07:32,772 told us she worked here at Pathas Global. 199 00:07:32,774 --> 00:07:34,173 Or at least she did until you 200 00:07:34,175 --> 00:07:35,641 suspended her without pay last week. 201 00:07:35,643 --> 00:07:39,178 She was very talented, but she and Pathas 202 00:07:39,180 --> 00:07:40,813 were proving not to be a good fit. 203 00:07:40,815 --> 00:07:43,216 That said, I'm sure HR still has all her information. 204 00:07:43,218 --> 00:07:45,051 I'll ask somebody to bring it up. 205 00:07:45,053 --> 00:07:46,752 Actually, we've already been to HR. 206 00:07:46,754 --> 00:07:48,120 Got everything we need. 207 00:07:48,122 --> 00:07:50,523 Well, I'm confused. 208 00:07:50,525 --> 00:07:52,425 Why did you need to speak with me? 209 00:07:52,427 --> 00:07:54,427 You said Lauren Wexler and Pathas weren't a good fit. 210 00:07:54,429 --> 00:07:55,394 But... 211 00:07:55,396 --> 00:07:56,562 you are Pathas, Mr. Salinger. 212 00:07:56,564 --> 00:07:57,963 It says so right there. 213 00:08:01,068 --> 00:08:04,202 Oh, you think I had something to do with this? 214 00:08:04,204 --> 00:08:05,503 Listen, I suspended Lauren. 215 00:08:05,505 --> 00:08:07,306 Why would I also kill her? 216 00:08:07,308 --> 00:08:09,674 Why would you call her an "incompetent bitch" 217 00:08:09,676 --> 00:08:11,643 on a convention floor last month? 218 00:08:11,645 --> 00:08:13,245 Oh... I wouldn't have taken you 219 00:08:13,247 --> 00:08:15,247 for a fan of tech industry gossip sites. 220 00:08:15,249 --> 00:08:18,116 You were overheard saying that you would end her. 221 00:08:18,118 --> 00:08:19,751 Now she's dead. 222 00:08:19,753 --> 00:08:22,053 If you thought the gossip sites were hard on you before... 223 00:08:22,055 --> 00:08:24,756 I wasn't talking about ending her. 224 00:08:24,758 --> 00:08:26,624 Okay, I was talking 225 00:08:26,626 --> 00:08:28,626 about ending her work on MERMA. 226 00:08:28,628 --> 00:08:30,562 What's MERMA? 227 00:08:30,564 --> 00:08:33,498 MERMA is an acronym. 228 00:08:33,500 --> 00:08:36,834 Marine Ecosystem Renewal and Maintenance Apparatus. 229 00:08:36,836 --> 00:08:39,736 This thing glides across the surface of a body of water, 230 00:08:39,738 --> 00:08:42,440 neutralizing pollutants and removing toxins. 231 00:08:42,442 --> 00:08:45,609 It's like a Roomba the size of a Fiat, 232 00:08:45,611 --> 00:08:48,579 only instead of cleaning floors, this thing cleans oceans. 233 00:08:48,581 --> 00:08:51,915 Now, Lauren, was supposed to be one of the finest 234 00:08:51,917 --> 00:08:53,817 clean-tech engineers in the country. 235 00:08:53,819 --> 00:08:55,652 I brought her here to spearhead that project. 236 00:08:55,654 --> 00:08:57,420 That was two years ago, 237 00:08:57,422 --> 00:08:59,723 and you want to know how many MERMAs 238 00:08:59,725 --> 00:09:01,091 we've built since then? 239 00:09:01,894 --> 00:09:03,193 Zero. 240 00:09:03,195 --> 00:09:05,562 Hence your frustration with Ms. Wexler. 241 00:09:05,564 --> 00:09:06,997 At the start, 242 00:09:06,999 --> 00:09:08,298 she was relentless. 243 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:10,500 She did over a year of field research. 244 00:09:10,502 --> 00:09:12,668 She traveled all around the globe 245 00:09:12,670 --> 00:09:14,270 commissioning prototypes. 246 00:09:14,272 --> 00:09:15,905 But then, about six months ago, 247 00:09:15,907 --> 00:09:18,908 she comes in here, tells me the thing won't work. 248 00:09:18,910 --> 00:09:19,909 Project's a loser. 249 00:09:19,911 --> 00:09:21,177 And I told her 250 00:09:21,179 --> 00:09:22,845 that was unacceptable, and I sent her 251 00:09:22,847 --> 00:09:24,114 back to the drawing board. 252 00:09:24,116 --> 00:09:25,715 And when her attitude didn't improve, 253 00:09:25,717 --> 00:09:27,349 I benched her, but... 254 00:09:27,351 --> 00:09:28,985 that is all I did. 255 00:09:28,987 --> 00:09:30,285 Can you account for your whereabouts 256 00:09:30,287 --> 00:09:32,254 between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight 257 00:09:32,256 --> 00:09:33,288 two nights ago? 258 00:09:33,290 --> 00:09:35,758 Is that when Lauren was killed? 259 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:37,760 Just answer the question, Mr. Salinger. 260 00:09:37,762 --> 00:09:40,796 Two nights ago, I was at a yoga retreat in San Francisco. 261 00:09:40,798 --> 00:09:42,631 A bunch of us were. 262 00:09:42,633 --> 00:09:45,100 We just flew back on the corporate jet this morning. 263 00:09:45,102 --> 00:09:48,270 In fact, I will get you my pilot's information. 264 00:09:48,272 --> 00:09:51,873 Hell, I will get you my yogi's information. 265 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:54,043 Hey, just out of curiosity, 266 00:09:54,045 --> 00:09:57,279 has your investigation brought you into contact 267 00:09:57,281 --> 00:09:59,347 with a man named Troy? 268 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:01,883 No. Why? - Well... 269 00:10:01,885 --> 00:10:04,653 few weeks ago, on a day when Lauren 270 00:10:04,655 --> 00:10:07,321 actually bothered to show up for a meeting, 271 00:10:07,323 --> 00:10:09,290 she stepped outside to take a call 272 00:10:09,292 --> 00:10:11,560 from someone by that name. 273 00:10:11,562 --> 00:10:14,763 I couldn't make out exactly what she was saying, but... 274 00:10:14,765 --> 00:10:16,730 it was obviously an argument. 275 00:10:16,732 --> 00:10:19,867 Did your eavesdropping happen to register Troy's last name? 276 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:21,802 Sorry. 277 00:10:21,804 --> 00:10:24,272 Troy... all I got. 278 00:10:31,013 --> 00:10:32,813 Hey. 279 00:10:32,815 --> 00:10:36,717 I, uh, just got off the phone with Mr. Salinger's pilot. 280 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,452 His alibi checks out. 281 00:10:38,454 --> 00:10:39,887 Where's Joan? 282 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:42,056 She had to go home to check on a houseguest. 283 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:43,857 You guys have someone staying with you at your place? 284 00:10:43,859 --> 00:10:45,926 Like, on purpose? 285 00:10:45,928 --> 00:10:49,162 Did Lauren Wexler's cell phone company divulge her records? 286 00:10:49,164 --> 00:10:50,997 No. Shouldn't be long. 287 00:10:50,999 --> 00:10:54,201 Unless Troy was using a burner when he called her, 288 00:10:54,203 --> 00:10:57,003 should be able to work backwards to his subscriber information. 289 00:10:57,005 --> 00:10:58,238 Hmm. 290 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,539 You look good, man. 291 00:10:59,541 --> 00:11:01,408 I mean, you know, 292 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,910 compared to the last time I saw you. 293 00:11:03,912 --> 00:11:05,211 It was difficult being away. 294 00:11:05,213 --> 00:11:06,813 But I hear the department has done 295 00:11:06,815 --> 00:11:08,247 adequate work in my absence. 296 00:11:08,249 --> 00:11:10,883 Yeah, well, we are the police. 297 00:11:10,885 --> 00:11:14,520 They don't call us "New York's most adequate" for nothing. 298 00:11:14,522 --> 00:11:16,756 What is all this stuff anyway? 299 00:11:16,758 --> 00:11:20,559 It's the contents of Lauren Wexler's work space at Pathas. 300 00:11:20,561 --> 00:11:22,128 I had Mr. Salinger send it over. 301 00:11:22,130 --> 00:11:25,697 Did her drinking bird tell you much about who killed her? 302 00:11:25,699 --> 00:11:27,433 No. 303 00:11:27,435 --> 00:11:29,502 But this leaflet did. 304 00:11:29,504 --> 00:11:33,506 "Home care instructions for sutures, stitches and staples." 305 00:11:33,508 --> 00:11:36,275 According to the receipt on the back, she received stitches 306 00:11:36,277 --> 00:11:38,176 at an urgent care facility 307 00:11:38,178 --> 00:11:39,277 last month in Fishkill. 308 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:41,046 That's nowhere near her residence. 309 00:11:41,048 --> 00:11:42,280 Or the Pathas offices. 310 00:11:42,282 --> 00:11:43,782 So, what was she doing there? 311 00:11:43,784 --> 00:11:45,984 What, she was buying a hoodie? 312 00:11:45,986 --> 00:11:49,187 No. Have a look at the left sleeve. 313 00:11:52,425 --> 00:11:54,592 You know this isn't blood, right? 314 00:11:54,594 --> 00:11:56,494 It's red paint. It's not red. 315 00:11:56,496 --> 00:11:58,229 It's Farmhouse Wagon Sienna. 316 00:11:58,231 --> 00:12:01,599 Now, there are only three homes in the area surrounding 317 00:12:01,601 --> 00:12:03,468 the urgent care clinic which have elements 318 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:05,036 painted that precise color. 319 00:12:05,038 --> 00:12:06,971 And out of those three, 320 00:12:06,973 --> 00:12:09,541 only this one is owned 321 00:12:09,543 --> 00:12:12,109 by Troy Roselli. 322 00:12:14,346 --> 00:12:16,647 You can tell Ms. Wexler's cell phone company 323 00:12:16,649 --> 00:12:17,982 they can keep her records. 324 00:12:17,984 --> 00:12:19,850 I'm going to tell Watson 325 00:12:19,852 --> 00:12:21,686 to meet us in Fishkill. 326 00:12:24,724 --> 00:12:25,990 Can I help you? 327 00:12:25,992 --> 00:12:27,058 Troy Roselli? 328 00:12:27,060 --> 00:12:28,158 Detective Marcus Bell. 329 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,993 My colleagues and I want to talk 330 00:12:29,995 --> 00:12:31,395 to you about Lauren Wexler. 331 00:12:31,397 --> 00:12:33,029 - Who? - We believe she paid 332 00:12:33,031 --> 00:12:34,598 a visit here last month. 333 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,201 Soon followed by a trip to the emergency care clinic. 334 00:12:37,203 --> 00:12:38,768 Uh, I'm sorry. 335 00:12:38,770 --> 00:12:40,370 Never heard of her. 336 00:12:40,372 --> 00:12:41,672 See you had your garage door 337 00:12:41,674 --> 00:12:43,039 painted recently. 338 00:12:43,041 --> 00:12:44,373 It's nice. I like it. 339 00:12:44,375 --> 00:12:45,942 Thanks. 340 00:12:45,944 --> 00:12:48,912 You wouldn't happen to have a late-model Japanese sedan 341 00:12:48,914 --> 00:12:50,246 in there, would you? 342 00:12:50,248 --> 00:12:52,348 No, I, uh... I don't own a car. 343 00:12:52,350 --> 00:12:54,017 You mind showing us? 344 00:12:54,019 --> 00:12:55,885 No. 345 00:12:57,022 --> 00:13:00,389 Let me, uh, just throw on some clothes. 346 00:13:03,428 --> 00:13:06,629 Well, he's obviously lying about not knowing Lauren Wexler. 347 00:13:06,631 --> 00:13:09,398 And about not having anything in his garage. 348 00:13:11,068 --> 00:13:13,569 Back door just opened. He's running. 349 00:13:18,408 --> 00:13:20,375 And there goes the towel. 350 00:13:20,377 --> 00:13:22,811 Stop right there! 351 00:13:22,813 --> 00:13:24,880 I'll call local PD for backup. 352 00:13:24,882 --> 00:13:26,782 You two wait here. 353 00:13:26,784 --> 00:13:28,350 Well, should we help him or...? 354 00:13:28,352 --> 00:13:30,819 Well, normally I would, but you saw the towel drop. 355 00:13:30,821 --> 00:13:32,554 Mr. Roselli couldn't be more unarmed. 356 00:13:32,556 --> 00:13:34,489 Unless you think he's got a weapon up his... 357 00:13:34,491 --> 00:13:36,524 Let's just go look at the garage. 358 00:13:39,763 --> 00:13:44,232 I wanted you to know that I am happy for you. 359 00:13:44,234 --> 00:13:48,637 Your decision to become a parent... I support it. 360 00:13:49,939 --> 00:13:51,272 You do? 361 00:13:51,274 --> 00:13:52,706 Why wouldn't I? Are you forgetting 362 00:13:52,708 --> 00:13:55,342 I was in the room with you when you told a pregnant woman 363 00:13:55,344 --> 00:13:57,011 that procreation was the only act 364 00:13:57,013 --> 00:13:59,247 more masturbatory than masturbation? 365 00:13:59,249 --> 00:14:02,784 She was a murder suspect, and besides, you're adopting. 366 00:14:02,786 --> 00:14:05,286 You started looking for somewhere to live? 367 00:14:05,288 --> 00:14:06,820 What? 368 00:14:06,822 --> 00:14:08,622 No. Why? - Well, 369 00:14:08,624 --> 00:14:10,424 there's not an adoption agency on the planet that would 370 00:14:10,426 --> 00:14:12,626 hand an infant to a woman who lives with a heroin addict. 371 00:14:12,628 --> 00:14:14,060 You are in recovery. 372 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:15,396 - Watson. - You know what? 373 00:14:15,398 --> 00:14:17,063 Look, I already spoke to my attorney, 374 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:19,833 and he knows that if my lifestyle is a deal breaker, 375 00:14:19,835 --> 00:14:21,502 then I'm not going to adopt. 376 00:14:21,504 --> 00:14:23,203 Anyway, I think the bigger question is... 377 00:14:23,205 --> 00:14:25,872 how are you going to feel about having a kid around? 378 00:14:25,874 --> 00:14:28,574 I mean, I would not expect you to co-parent or anything. 379 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:30,376 The baby would be my responsibility. 380 00:14:30,378 --> 00:14:32,312 You said that about Clyde. 381 00:14:33,348 --> 00:14:36,183 I am not talking about a tortoise here. 382 00:14:37,886 --> 00:14:40,085 For you, Watson... 383 00:14:40,087 --> 00:14:42,555 I'd make adjustments. 384 00:14:42,557 --> 00:14:44,424 Always. 385 00:15:08,082 --> 00:15:10,515 Am I crazy, or is that a MERMA? 386 00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:12,451 The supposedly impossible-to-build 387 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,386 ocean cleaner? 388 00:15:14,388 --> 00:15:16,855 Without question. 389 00:15:19,926 --> 00:15:22,694 I'm beginning to think that Lauren Wexler 390 00:15:22,696 --> 00:15:24,363 wasn't so incompetent 391 00:15:24,365 --> 00:15:26,531 after all. 392 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:28,367 No, she wasn't incompetent. 393 00:15:29,802 --> 00:15:31,202 She was a thief. 394 00:15:40,622 --> 00:15:44,257 Look, when you guys came into my door, I swear to God, 395 00:15:44,259 --> 00:15:46,426 I had no idea Lauren was dead. 396 00:15:46,428 --> 00:15:48,599 Well, someone at her office overheard you two 397 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,232 arguing over the phone a few weeks ago. 398 00:15:50,234 --> 00:15:53,135 Look, I'm not saying I liked Lauren. 399 00:15:53,137 --> 00:15:54,636 I'm just saying I wouldn't have hurt her. 400 00:15:54,638 --> 00:15:56,738 You already lied to us once today, Mr. Roselli. 401 00:15:56,740 --> 00:15:58,975 You told us there was nothing in your garage. 402 00:15:58,977 --> 00:16:00,843 So, why should we believe you now? 403 00:16:00,845 --> 00:16:03,745 I lied for the same reason I ran away. 404 00:16:03,747 --> 00:16:05,914 Okay? That. 405 00:16:05,916 --> 00:16:07,083 The MERMA. 406 00:16:08,786 --> 00:16:10,353 Wish I'd never even heard of the stupid thing. 407 00:16:10,355 --> 00:16:11,487 You're an engineer. 408 00:16:11,489 --> 00:16:12,855 You were helping Lauren build it, right? 409 00:16:12,857 --> 00:16:15,858 Yes. I was out of work when she reached out to me. 410 00:16:15,860 --> 00:16:17,158 I needed the money. 411 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,427 That trip to the emergency care clinic... 412 00:16:19,429 --> 00:16:21,597 she cut her hand when we were replacing a propeller blade. 413 00:16:21,599 --> 00:16:24,099 You were aware the plans she gave you were stolen? 414 00:16:24,101 --> 00:16:25,767 Yeah. 415 00:16:25,769 --> 00:16:27,802 Lauren told me she took a job at Pathas 416 00:16:27,804 --> 00:16:29,537 because she believed in the MERMA. 417 00:16:29,539 --> 00:16:32,007 She knew oil companies would pay through the nose 418 00:16:32,009 --> 00:16:34,009 to clean up spills. 419 00:16:34,011 --> 00:16:35,743 But then, about a year into the project, 420 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:38,646 the guy who owns the company, Salinger, 421 00:16:38,648 --> 00:16:40,882 he decides to open-source all the tech. 422 00:16:40,884 --> 00:16:42,583 So the companies you're referring to 423 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,852 would be able to build their own MERMA vehicles. 424 00:16:44,854 --> 00:16:46,587 Companies, governments. 425 00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:49,023 Anyone who wanted to help clean up the ocean. 426 00:16:49,025 --> 00:16:50,324 Pathas wouldn't make a dime. 427 00:16:50,326 --> 00:16:52,059 Lauren freaked. 428 00:16:52,061 --> 00:16:53,728 She had points in the project. 429 00:16:53,730 --> 00:16:56,430 So she stole all the plans, started working with you. 430 00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:58,499 She was gonna beat Pathas to the market. 431 00:16:58,501 --> 00:17:00,100 What about the lawsuits that would follow? 432 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:01,968 She thought we could change the tech just enough 433 00:17:01,970 --> 00:17:04,238 to make it hard for Pathas to build a case. 434 00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:08,375 Maybe Salinger found out about what we were doing, 435 00:17:08,377 --> 00:17:10,511 killed her 'cause he was so ticked. 436 00:17:10,513 --> 00:17:12,746 Actually, Mr. Salinger has an alibi 437 00:17:12,748 --> 00:17:14,348 for the time of the murder. 438 00:17:14,350 --> 00:17:16,150 He didn't do it. Well, then maybe it was 439 00:17:16,152 --> 00:17:17,851 one of the other people Lauren stole from. 440 00:17:17,853 --> 00:17:19,619 What other people? 441 00:17:19,621 --> 00:17:22,022 The idea of the MERMA came from Pathas, but... 442 00:17:22,024 --> 00:17:24,591 the tech came from inventors from all over the world. 443 00:17:24,593 --> 00:17:26,325 Mr. Salinger said something 444 00:17:26,327 --> 00:17:28,028 about Lauren traveling a lot, 445 00:17:28,030 --> 00:17:29,863 commissioning pitches from people. 446 00:17:29,865 --> 00:17:31,230 Yeah, different engineers 447 00:17:31,232 --> 00:17:33,166 were supposed to work on different components. 448 00:17:33,168 --> 00:17:35,301 In the end, she poached the best ideas she heard. 449 00:17:35,303 --> 00:17:37,103 How would those people have found out 450 00:17:37,105 --> 00:17:39,138 you guys built your own MERMA? 451 00:17:41,242 --> 00:17:43,842 I guess it could've been during a test drive. 452 00:17:43,844 --> 00:17:46,979 That prototype you saw, it's fully functional. 453 00:17:46,981 --> 00:17:49,115 Lauren took it out on the Hudson a few times 454 00:17:49,117 --> 00:17:50,549 to put it through the paces. 455 00:17:50,551 --> 00:17:52,585 Maybe the wrong person saw her do it. 456 00:17:54,855 --> 00:17:58,123 ? Confusion, days of delusion ? 457 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:02,427 ? Take me through... ? 458 00:18:02,429 --> 00:18:04,262 I'm sorry about that. 459 00:18:04,264 --> 00:18:06,931 Feels like I spend half my life in the bathroom these days. 460 00:18:06,933 --> 00:18:08,300 Well, you're pregnant, 461 00:18:08,302 --> 00:18:10,235 so it sort of comes with the territory. 462 00:18:10,237 --> 00:18:13,105 I was telling you about Brody, right? 463 00:18:13,107 --> 00:18:15,507 Yeah. The father. - Yes. 464 00:18:15,509 --> 00:18:17,609 He's a very sweet guy. 465 00:18:17,611 --> 00:18:18,977 Very cute. 466 00:18:18,979 --> 00:18:21,480 No interest in being a dad, but... 467 00:18:21,482 --> 00:18:23,380 Hey, just so you know, 468 00:18:23,382 --> 00:18:26,084 um, what happened... 469 00:18:26,086 --> 00:18:28,086 it's not like me at all. 470 00:18:28,088 --> 00:18:29,587 I don't sleep around. 471 00:18:29,589 --> 00:18:32,223 Honestly, it's really none of my business. 472 00:18:32,225 --> 00:18:34,726 I know, but it's important to me. 473 00:18:34,728 --> 00:18:36,327 Because I was raised a certain way, 474 00:18:36,329 --> 00:18:38,763 and I didn't even date until I got to college, so... 475 00:18:38,765 --> 00:18:40,664 if things work out between you and me, 476 00:18:40,666 --> 00:18:42,933 I just want you to be able to tell people 477 00:18:42,935 --> 00:18:45,102 that the biological mom wasn't a slut. 478 00:18:46,071 --> 00:18:48,005 You have my word. 479 00:18:49,142 --> 00:18:50,508 So, your parents 480 00:18:50,510 --> 00:18:51,842 sound pretty conservative. 481 00:18:51,844 --> 00:18:53,710 How did they take it when you told them 482 00:18:53,712 --> 00:18:55,846 that you were gonna give the baby up for adoption? 483 00:18:55,848 --> 00:18:57,681 They practically threw a party. 484 00:18:58,851 --> 00:19:00,851 Ladies, here you go. 485 00:19:00,853 --> 00:19:01,952 Thank you. 486 00:19:01,954 --> 00:19:03,286 You're welcome. Thanks. 487 00:19:05,891 --> 00:19:08,959 So, you swear you and your partner never slept together? 488 00:19:08,961 --> 00:19:09,993 No. Never. 489 00:19:09,995 --> 00:19:12,629 And you're not a lesbian? 490 00:19:12,631 --> 00:19:14,830 No. - Sorry, it's just... 491 00:19:14,832 --> 00:19:15,931 he's hot, you're hot. 492 00:19:15,933 --> 00:19:17,534 You'd make a great couple. 493 00:19:19,037 --> 00:19:21,103 You would be surprised how often we don't hear that. 494 00:19:21,105 --> 00:19:22,938 In the form you filled out for your attorney, 495 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:24,774 it said that you used to be a doctor. 496 00:19:24,776 --> 00:19:28,545 Mm-hmm. Well, technically, um, I still am a doctor. 497 00:19:28,547 --> 00:19:29,779 Well... 498 00:19:29,781 --> 00:19:31,180 how did your parents take it 499 00:19:31,182 --> 00:19:33,082 when you told them you were giving that up 500 00:19:33,084 --> 00:19:34,717 to be a detective? Um, you know, 501 00:19:34,719 --> 00:19:36,318 it took them some time to adjust. 502 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,520 I'll bet it did. 503 00:19:38,522 --> 00:19:39,955 All the time you put in, 504 00:19:39,957 --> 00:19:42,658 all the money they put in, God... 505 00:19:42,660 --> 00:19:44,160 I couldn't do that. 506 00:19:44,162 --> 00:19:45,894 Not ever. 507 00:19:45,896 --> 00:19:48,997 I'm sorry if that sounds judgmental, but... 508 00:19:48,999 --> 00:19:52,000 judging you is kind of the whole point of this trip. 509 00:19:52,002 --> 00:19:55,036 It's okay. I mean, you have to go through your process, right? 510 00:19:58,609 --> 00:20:02,177 Am I crazy, or did I see a bunch of beehives on your roof? 511 00:20:07,217 --> 00:20:09,017 How was your breakfast? 512 00:20:09,019 --> 00:20:11,052 I cannot remember the last time 513 00:20:11,054 --> 00:20:13,387 I was so intimidated by a 20-year-old. 514 00:20:13,389 --> 00:20:16,157 She kept calling my situation unconventional. 515 00:20:16,159 --> 00:20:18,093 I've had more than one career. 516 00:20:18,095 --> 00:20:19,227 I live with my business partner. 517 00:20:19,229 --> 00:20:21,262 Conventional is the enemy of interesting. 518 00:20:21,264 --> 00:20:23,163 I don't think she sees it that way. 519 00:20:23,165 --> 00:20:25,132 Were you jogging? My PCS may be in remission, 520 00:20:25,134 --> 00:20:27,768 but I have no intention of ditching the regimen I adopted 521 00:20:27,770 --> 00:20:29,637 to treat it. Speaking of which, would it have 522 00:20:29,639 --> 00:20:31,171 killed you to change the water in 523 00:20:31,173 --> 00:20:33,040 my sensory deprivation tank while I was away? 524 00:20:33,042 --> 00:20:35,342 Oh, how'd it go with Troy Roselli last night? 525 00:20:35,344 --> 00:20:36,977 Did he confess? Only to being 526 00:20:36,979 --> 00:20:38,545 an accessory to intellectual theft. 527 00:20:38,547 --> 00:20:40,047 He has an alibi for the night 528 00:20:40,049 --> 00:20:41,481 Lauren Wexler was murdered. 529 00:20:41,483 --> 00:20:43,550 So we're back to square one. 530 00:20:43,552 --> 00:20:45,385 Hardly. 531 00:20:45,387 --> 00:20:49,189 He thought that in her fervor to build MERMA, 532 00:20:49,191 --> 00:20:51,625 she stole not only from Pathas 533 00:20:51,627 --> 00:20:55,228 but also from inventors all across the globe. 534 00:20:55,230 --> 00:20:56,896 He thought perhaps one of them discovered 535 00:20:56,898 --> 00:20:58,564 her betrayal when she began testing 536 00:20:58,566 --> 00:21:00,867 her prototype in the Hudson River. 537 00:21:00,869 --> 00:21:02,701 She kept a video log. 538 00:21:02,703 --> 00:21:04,570 Quite extensive ones. 539 00:21:05,606 --> 00:21:07,406 And do they show anyone spying on her? 540 00:21:07,408 --> 00:21:09,976 As it turns out, someone thought 541 00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:12,344 she was the one doing the spying. 542 00:21:12,346 --> 00:21:14,380 How many times I gotta tell you, 543 00:21:14,382 --> 00:21:16,382 you can't be here. 544 00:21:16,384 --> 00:21:19,017 How far am I from your construction site? 545 00:21:19,019 --> 00:21:20,252 A thousand feet? 546 00:21:20,254 --> 00:21:21,553 I'm not bothering anyone, 547 00:21:21,555 --> 00:21:23,322 and the last time I checked, the Hudson River 548 00:21:23,324 --> 00:21:24,690 was public property. 549 00:21:24,692 --> 00:21:26,725 Then do us both a favor and jump in. 550 00:21:26,727 --> 00:21:28,960 'Cause the land you're standing on is private property. 551 00:21:28,962 --> 00:21:30,561 Look, every time you come out here, 552 00:21:30,563 --> 00:21:32,563 my bosses are gonna make me chase you away. 553 00:21:32,565 --> 00:21:34,365 - I'm not going anywhere. - Lady... 554 00:21:34,367 --> 00:21:36,634 these guys, they don't mess around. 555 00:21:36,636 --> 00:21:38,436 Okay, next time, they won't send a guard. 556 00:21:38,438 --> 00:21:40,038 They'll send one of their people, 557 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,107 and it won't turn out well for you... trust me. 558 00:21:42,109 --> 00:21:45,610 Now, when she continues to ignore him, he goes away. 559 00:21:47,447 --> 00:21:50,915 But I have a theory as to why his employers were so troubled. 560 00:21:50,917 --> 00:21:54,251 These are the results of Ms. Wexler's tests. 561 00:21:54,253 --> 00:21:56,521 Levels of heavy metals... lead, arsenic, 562 00:21:56,523 --> 00:21:57,622 cadmium, copper... 563 00:21:57,624 --> 00:21:59,123 well above EPA levels. 564 00:21:59,125 --> 00:22:01,591 So, you think the people behind the construction site 565 00:22:01,593 --> 00:22:03,760 were dumping waste into the river. 566 00:22:03,762 --> 00:22:05,963 Are you sure these results are accurate? 567 00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:08,966 I'm not, so I'm about to bring them to my Irregular Gay. 568 00:22:08,968 --> 00:22:10,167 That didn't sound right. 569 00:22:10,169 --> 00:22:11,768 She's not my irregular gay. 570 00:22:11,770 --> 00:22:14,271 Her name is Gay, and she is an Irregular. 571 00:22:14,273 --> 00:22:16,273 I know. I introduced her to you. 572 00:22:16,275 --> 00:22:17,841 But this is about water pollution. 573 00:22:17,843 --> 00:22:19,142 She's a geologist. 574 00:22:19,144 --> 00:22:21,812 But her subspeciality is hydrogeology. 575 00:22:21,814 --> 00:22:22,779 Now, unfortunately, these videos 576 00:22:22,781 --> 00:22:23,913 never captured the site in question 577 00:22:23,915 --> 00:22:25,949 or any of its signage, so I thought, 578 00:22:25,951 --> 00:22:28,251 while I'm with Gay, you could visit 579 00:22:28,253 --> 00:22:30,253 the Dutchess County Department of Buildings and Safety, 580 00:22:30,255 --> 00:22:31,555 because the site in question would've 581 00:22:31,557 --> 00:22:34,290 had to log paperwork with them. 582 00:22:34,292 --> 00:22:36,359 Let's see. 583 00:22:36,361 --> 00:22:42,065 Parcel FN10970-1B, 584 00:22:42,067 --> 00:22:45,935 lot 993482, 585 00:22:45,937 --> 00:22:48,972 east bank of the river. 586 00:22:48,974 --> 00:22:52,842 Says here that permit was issued to Topaz Valley Industries. 587 00:22:52,844 --> 00:22:54,643 Any chance I could get a copy? 588 00:22:54,645 --> 00:22:57,413 Sure. - Thanks. 589 00:22:57,415 --> 00:23:00,949 Did you know that you're the second person 590 00:23:00,951 --> 00:23:02,718 to ask about that parcel recently? 591 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,253 Am I? 592 00:23:04,255 --> 00:23:06,389 Another woman came in last week. 593 00:23:08,092 --> 00:23:10,525 Her name wasn't Lauren Wexler, by any chance, was it? 594 00:23:10,527 --> 00:23:12,194 Sounds right. 595 00:23:12,196 --> 00:23:14,829 But my boss is the one who ended up helping her. 596 00:23:14,831 --> 00:23:16,398 Mr. Pickering? 597 00:23:18,269 --> 00:23:20,369 Do you remember the woman that came in to ask 598 00:23:20,371 --> 00:23:22,371 about the construction going on by the river? 599 00:23:22,373 --> 00:23:23,571 Her name was Lauren, right? 600 00:23:23,573 --> 00:23:24,706 That's right. 601 00:23:24,708 --> 00:23:26,073 Something I can help you with? 602 00:23:26,075 --> 00:23:27,675 I work with the police. 603 00:23:27,677 --> 00:23:30,211 Ms. Wexler was murdered a few days ago. 604 00:23:30,213 --> 00:23:32,680 - Oh, my. - We think it might have 605 00:23:32,682 --> 00:23:35,417 something to do with the company that you issued this permit to. 606 00:23:35,419 --> 00:23:37,118 Did she say why 607 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,319 she was looking into them? 608 00:23:38,321 --> 00:23:40,554 Marjorie, would you mind helping 609 00:23:40,556 --> 00:23:41,923 this gentleman over here, please? 610 00:23:41,925 --> 00:23:44,091 Thank you. 611 00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:49,830 Look, I'll tell you everything I know, 612 00:23:49,832 --> 00:23:52,566 but please, you just gotta keep my name out of it. 613 00:23:52,568 --> 00:23:54,201 Why is that? 614 00:23:54,203 --> 00:23:56,904 When Ms. Wexler came in, I told her 615 00:23:56,906 --> 00:23:58,639 she has to be careful. 616 00:23:58,641 --> 00:24:00,741 Topaz Valley Industries is dangerous. 617 00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:02,676 What do you mean? 618 00:24:02,678 --> 00:24:04,344 Approving construction permits takes time. 619 00:24:04,346 --> 00:24:06,179 We were only a few months into our process. 620 00:24:06,181 --> 00:24:08,148 I was leaving the office one night, 621 00:24:08,150 --> 00:24:11,318 and a man in a ski mask put a gun 622 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,586 to the back of my head. 623 00:24:12,588 --> 00:24:13,719 He told me the permit 624 00:24:13,721 --> 00:24:15,221 for Topaz Valley had to be issued 625 00:24:15,223 --> 00:24:17,557 by the end of the week, or he'd be back. 626 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:19,059 I came in the next morning, 627 00:24:19,061 --> 00:24:21,962 and I forced the permit through. 628 00:24:21,964 --> 00:24:23,496 Look, you work with the police, 629 00:24:23,498 --> 00:24:25,332 so I probably don't have to tell you this. 630 00:24:25,334 --> 00:24:27,600 Organized crime and the construction business, 631 00:24:27,602 --> 00:24:31,236 they got a funny way of going together sometimes. 632 00:24:31,238 --> 00:24:32,872 Hey, are you still at Gay's office? 633 00:24:32,874 --> 00:24:34,607 No, I'm at the site where Lauren Wexler 634 00:24:34,609 --> 00:24:35,908 was testing her MERMA. 635 00:24:35,910 --> 00:24:36,909 Why? 636 00:24:36,911 --> 00:24:38,243 Gay took one look at the data 637 00:24:38,245 --> 00:24:40,713 and said she needed to do some on-site testing. 638 00:24:40,715 --> 00:24:43,349 Once we're done, we have to go directly to the precinct. 639 00:24:43,351 --> 00:24:45,084 Even if there are heavy metals in the water, 640 00:24:45,086 --> 00:24:46,585 we can't prove they came from the construction site. 641 00:24:46,587 --> 00:24:47,819 Funny thing about that construction site. 642 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:49,355 It's abandoned. 643 00:24:49,357 --> 00:24:51,090 The work has moved on without building a thing. 644 00:24:51,092 --> 00:24:53,092 That doesn't make any sense. I just spoke to someone 645 00:24:53,094 --> 00:24:55,461 who said the people who own the land threatened to kill him 646 00:24:55,463 --> 00:24:57,262 unless he issued a construction permit. 647 00:24:57,264 --> 00:24:58,730 Yeah, it was a cover. 648 00:24:58,732 --> 00:25:00,765 It was a reason for their trucks to be there. 649 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:02,201 They never did any construction. 650 00:25:02,203 --> 00:25:03,935 Nor did they dump anything in the river. 651 00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:05,937 In fact, quite the opposite. They took something out. 652 00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:07,271 They were siphoning sand. 653 00:25:07,273 --> 00:25:08,373 What are you talking about? 654 00:25:08,375 --> 00:25:09,608 I'm talking about one of 655 00:25:09,610 --> 00:25:12,343 the most in-demand natural resources on the planet. 656 00:25:12,345 --> 00:25:15,146 Sand is an essential ingredient in concrete, 657 00:25:15,148 --> 00:25:17,148 detergent, silicon chips, 658 00:25:17,150 --> 00:25:19,283 but its supply is finite. 659 00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:21,419 So those in the business of sand are always looking 660 00:25:21,421 --> 00:25:24,322 for new ways and new places to extract it. 661 00:25:24,324 --> 00:25:26,424 You think that's why Lauren Wexler was killed? 662 00:25:26,426 --> 00:25:28,092 She figured out what Topaz Valley was doing? 663 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:29,827 I do. I also think it's the reason 664 00:25:29,829 --> 00:25:31,896 that hundreds more might die if we don't act quickly. 665 00:25:31,898 --> 00:25:33,164 What do you mean? 666 00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:34,798 I mean the men who were working here 667 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,967 siphoned enough sand from the riverbed 668 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:38,769 to destabilize the support piers 669 00:25:38,771 --> 00:25:40,738 on the bridge that I'm looking at. 670 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:43,007 Gay thinks it's on the verge of collapse. 671 00:25:51,822 --> 00:25:53,968 I sure as hell wouldn't want to drink it, but how does this 672 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,109 prove that Maracott Bridge is about to collapse? 673 00:25:56,299 --> 00:25:58,133 That sample, taken today from the water 674 00:25:58,135 --> 00:26:00,202 beneath the bridge, shows, amongst other things, 675 00:26:00,204 --> 00:26:01,803 an excess of limestone. 676 00:26:01,805 --> 00:26:03,371 Why is that important? 677 00:26:03,373 --> 00:26:05,406 Because limestone is the material 678 00:26:05,408 --> 00:26:07,141 which the bridge support pylons are made of. 679 00:26:07,143 --> 00:26:09,310 High concentrations of it indicates 680 00:26:09,312 --> 00:26:11,379 that the support pylons are eroding. 681 00:26:11,381 --> 00:26:12,614 Hold up. I thought we were 682 00:26:12,616 --> 00:26:15,116 talking about sand, not limestone. 683 00:26:15,118 --> 00:26:16,351 We are. The extraction of the sand 684 00:26:16,353 --> 00:26:18,253 is what caused the erosion. 685 00:26:18,255 --> 00:26:20,687 Here. I made a model on my computer. 686 00:26:20,689 --> 00:26:23,991 I think this will help. 687 00:26:25,928 --> 00:26:28,929 Tons of sand got siphoned off the east bank here, 688 00:26:28,931 --> 00:26:30,297 reducing its size. 689 00:26:30,299 --> 00:26:32,933 Now, that, in turn, made the river wider, 690 00:26:32,935 --> 00:26:35,169 which means more and more water is flowing 691 00:26:35,171 --> 00:26:38,171 through this part of it at faster speeds. 692 00:26:38,173 --> 00:26:39,306 Now, if the guys doing the siphoning 693 00:26:39,308 --> 00:26:40,407 had just stopped there, 694 00:26:40,409 --> 00:26:42,842 maybe we're not having this conversation, 695 00:26:42,844 --> 00:26:44,978 but if I'm right, they got greedy. 696 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:46,380 They started using hoses 697 00:26:46,382 --> 00:26:48,715 to extract sand from the bottom of the river, too. 698 00:26:48,717 --> 00:26:50,884 That's why the woman who was murdered 699 00:26:50,886 --> 00:26:53,086 found such high concentrations of heavy metals. 700 00:26:53,088 --> 00:26:55,822 Sand acts as a natural barrier 701 00:26:55,824 --> 00:26:57,790 against heavy metals in the earth's crust. 702 00:26:57,792 --> 00:26:59,357 You remove the sand, and... 703 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,994 You get more of them seeping into the water. 704 00:27:01,996 --> 00:27:06,364 Meanwhile, the sand protecting this limestone pylon is gone, 705 00:27:06,366 --> 00:27:09,401 and the water moving past it is going faster and faster. 706 00:27:09,403 --> 00:27:11,970 Eventually, gravity takes over, and then... 707 00:27:13,908 --> 00:27:15,807 Hmm. I'll call the state police 708 00:27:15,809 --> 00:27:17,241 and the Department of Transportation 709 00:27:17,243 --> 00:27:18,643 and get them on this right away. 710 00:27:18,645 --> 00:27:21,112 In the meantime, I'd like to get someone 711 00:27:21,114 --> 00:27:23,047 from Topaz Valley Industries in here. 712 00:27:23,049 --> 00:27:24,783 That's easier said than done. 713 00:27:24,785 --> 00:27:26,351 It's a shell corporation. 714 00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:27,419 The man I spoke to at 715 00:27:27,421 --> 00:27:28,586 the Department of Building and Safety 716 00:27:28,588 --> 00:27:29,754 in Dutchess County 717 00:27:29,756 --> 00:27:31,289 thought it was a front for organized crime. 718 00:27:31,291 --> 00:27:33,090 I suspected as much. 719 00:27:33,092 --> 00:27:35,626 More specifically, I suspected an Indian group... 720 00:27:35,628 --> 00:27:38,429 recently expanded their operations stateside. 721 00:27:38,431 --> 00:27:40,031 The Sand Mafia. 722 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:41,598 The Sand Mafia? 723 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,900 That's seriously what they call themselves? 724 00:27:42,902 --> 00:27:44,302 It's a name they were given 725 00:27:44,304 --> 00:27:45,937 in India, where their activities 726 00:27:45,939 --> 00:27:48,939 have resulted in hundreds of murders in recent years. 727 00:27:48,941 --> 00:27:51,007 Now, they're made up of many different factions, 728 00:27:51,009 --> 00:27:53,744 not unlike the American Mob, but only one of those factions 729 00:27:53,746 --> 00:27:55,713 has a representative here in New York. 730 00:27:57,983 --> 00:28:00,884 You think this is the guy who killed Lauren Wexler? 731 00:28:00,886 --> 00:28:02,586 His name is Vikrant Jindal. 732 00:28:02,588 --> 00:28:04,387 Now, I doubt that he did the deed himself. 733 00:28:04,389 --> 00:28:06,323 In India, he was notorious for a very particular 734 00:28:06,325 --> 00:28:08,424 method of murder. 735 00:28:09,995 --> 00:28:11,461 Are those drill holes? - Yeah. 736 00:28:11,463 --> 00:28:13,463 From his signature tool, a power drill. 737 00:28:13,465 --> 00:28:15,765 Now, lucky for us, Mr. Jindal is also 738 00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:17,384 particular about his eating habits. 739 00:28:17,408 --> 00:28:19,635 I have it on good authority that he eats lunch 740 00:28:19,637 --> 00:28:21,504 every single day at his brother's restaurant. 741 00:28:21,506 --> 00:28:22,805 So... 742 00:28:22,807 --> 00:28:24,440 you fancy a curry? 743 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,248 Mr. Jindal, enjoying your aloo matar, I hope, 744 00:28:32,250 --> 00:28:33,983 lest the chef's skull 745 00:28:33,985 --> 00:28:35,284 soon resemble a colander. 746 00:28:36,187 --> 00:28:37,719 Before you sic your henchmen on us, 747 00:28:37,721 --> 00:28:38,921 let me introduce my colleagues. 748 00:28:38,923 --> 00:28:40,356 This is Detective Bell. 749 00:28:40,358 --> 00:28:41,290 This is Joan Watson. 750 00:28:41,292 --> 00:28:43,259 My name's Sherlock Holmes. 751 00:28:43,261 --> 00:28:45,261 We were hoping that you might discuss 752 00:28:45,263 --> 00:28:47,363 the murder of Lauren Wexler with us. 753 00:28:48,299 --> 00:28:50,199 Am I supposed to know that name? 754 00:28:50,201 --> 00:28:52,034 She spent a lot of time 755 00:28:52,036 --> 00:28:54,603 around your construction site near the Maracott Bridge. 756 00:28:54,605 --> 00:28:57,873 We think she realized that all the sand removal you were doing 757 00:28:57,875 --> 00:28:59,574 was gonna bring the bridge down, 758 00:28:59,576 --> 00:29:01,142 so you had her killed. 759 00:29:01,144 --> 00:29:03,678 Sorry, I don't know this woman. 760 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,147 And none of the work we did would have affected that bridge. 761 00:29:06,149 --> 00:29:07,949 Just like the work 762 00:29:07,951 --> 00:29:10,451 your organization did in New Delhi last year 763 00:29:10,453 --> 00:29:13,721 didn't affect this bridge. 764 00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:18,492 This is New York, not New Delhi. 765 00:29:18,494 --> 00:29:20,929 We would never allow something like that to happen here. 766 00:29:20,931 --> 00:29:23,064 Is that supposed to mean that you value American lives 767 00:29:23,066 --> 00:29:24,698 more than you value Indian ones? 768 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:27,968 What I value is the American dollar. 769 00:29:27,970 --> 00:29:31,238 There are more regulations here and more risk of lawsuits. 770 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,307 We tread more carefully in this country. 771 00:29:33,309 --> 00:29:34,742 Now, before we bought the land 772 00:29:34,744 --> 00:29:36,209 that you're referring to, 773 00:29:36,211 --> 00:29:38,646 we agreed to pay for impact testing, 774 00:29:38,648 --> 00:29:41,715 performed by the Department of Building and Safety 775 00:29:41,717 --> 00:29:42,950 in Dutchess County. 776 00:29:42,952 --> 00:29:44,117 We told them 777 00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:46,186 we were going to extract the sand, 778 00:29:46,188 --> 00:29:49,089 and we were given a report that guaranteed us 779 00:29:49,091 --> 00:29:51,925 there wasn't going to be any danger to the bridge. 780 00:29:51,927 --> 00:29:53,626 I was at that department this morning. 781 00:29:53,628 --> 00:29:55,162 There were no such reports issued. 782 00:29:55,164 --> 00:29:56,763 Then you didn't look hard enough. 783 00:29:56,765 --> 00:29:57,897 Give my men 784 00:29:57,899 --> 00:29:59,532 your e-mail addresses. 785 00:29:59,534 --> 00:30:01,574 You'll have copies from my attorney within the hour. 786 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,341 How'd it go with Dr. Hanson? 787 00:30:08,343 --> 00:30:09,676 He agrees I'm much improved 788 00:30:09,678 --> 00:30:11,243 after taking the last few months off, 789 00:30:11,245 --> 00:30:12,612 although he insists I remain vigilant. 790 00:30:12,614 --> 00:30:14,981 Most of my hobbies remain off the menu, 791 00:30:14,983 --> 00:30:16,582 including some sex acts. 792 00:30:16,584 --> 00:30:19,418 Is that the paperwork from Vikrant Jindal's attorney? 793 00:30:19,420 --> 00:30:21,454 Yeah, he e-mailed a zip file 794 00:30:21,456 --> 00:30:23,022 right after you left for your appointment. 795 00:30:23,024 --> 00:30:24,723 And? - It's like he said. 796 00:30:24,725 --> 00:30:25,992 He told Dutchess County they were 797 00:30:25,994 --> 00:30:27,159 going to extract the sand. 798 00:30:27,161 --> 00:30:28,427 Could be a forgery. 799 00:30:28,429 --> 00:30:29,828 I don't know. Looks legit. 800 00:30:29,830 --> 00:30:30,963 But I am going to go to 801 00:30:30,965 --> 00:30:31,998 the Building and Safety Department tomorrow 802 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,131 to make sure. 803 00:30:33,133 --> 00:30:34,733 In the meantime, I sent a copy to Gay. 804 00:30:34,735 --> 00:30:36,902 She took one look, and she said the inspector 805 00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:40,973 who allegedly signed off on all this work, a Romeo Garza, 806 00:30:40,975 --> 00:30:42,240 was either terminally stupid 807 00:30:42,242 --> 00:30:44,042 or he wanted that bridge to come down. 808 00:30:44,044 --> 00:30:46,177 And why would he want that? 809 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:48,914 I don't know. Maybe he's a very patient terrorist. 810 00:30:48,916 --> 00:30:50,581 Until we can get in a room with him, 811 00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:51,816 I'm gonna assume that Jindal's men 812 00:30:51,818 --> 00:30:53,218 forced him to write that report 813 00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:54,552 just like they forced his boss 814 00:30:54,554 --> 00:30:55,887 to approve that permit. 815 00:30:55,889 --> 00:30:57,522 Marcus went to pick him up a little while ago. 816 00:30:57,524 --> 00:30:59,057 He's gonna call us when they're both at the precinct. 817 00:30:59,059 --> 00:31:00,291 Is that Kelsey downstairs, is it? 818 00:31:00,293 --> 00:31:01,526 Yeah, she said she had midterms. 819 00:31:01,528 --> 00:31:03,328 She wanted a quiet place to study. 820 00:31:03,330 --> 00:31:05,897 Either that, or she's already decided 821 00:31:05,899 --> 00:31:08,265 I would make a terrible mother and she does not want 822 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:10,735 to look me in the eye again before she leaves tomorrow. 823 00:31:10,737 --> 00:31:14,104 I'll try not to disturb her when I make my supper. 824 00:31:17,844 --> 00:31:19,443 Evening. 825 00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:21,445 Hi. 826 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:28,352 Do you need me to study someplace else or...? 827 00:31:28,354 --> 00:31:29,619 No. 828 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:33,190 I was, uh, hoping we might talk. 829 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:34,958 Sure. 830 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,535 Watson was saying that you might have some concerns 831 00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:48,271 about our living arrangement, so, uh, 832 00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:51,908 I was thinking perhaps I could allay them. 833 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:54,343 I wouldn't say I have concerns. 834 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:57,380 It's just... a lot to think about. 835 00:31:57,765 --> 00:32:00,131 So that's what I'm doing... I'm thinking about it. 836 00:32:00,133 --> 00:32:03,401 She told me that you were aware of my-my personal history. 837 00:32:03,403 --> 00:32:05,103 You know I'm a recovering addict. 838 00:32:05,105 --> 00:32:07,238 Mm-hmm. Doesn't concern you? 839 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:08,841 Should it? 840 00:32:09,677 --> 00:32:12,010 I want you to know that... 841 00:32:12,012 --> 00:32:15,981 if you deem Watson the best candidate to raise your child, 842 00:32:15,983 --> 00:32:18,016 and if you decide to give her that gift, 843 00:32:18,018 --> 00:32:19,817 I could leave. 844 00:32:19,819 --> 00:32:21,987 Wait, what do you mean, you could leave? 845 00:32:21,989 --> 00:32:23,221 I mean I could go away. 846 00:32:24,124 --> 00:32:26,057 We wouldn't have to share a home. 847 00:32:26,059 --> 00:32:29,560 I know for a fact that's not what she wants. 848 00:32:29,562 --> 00:32:31,395 You know, what we want and what we need 849 00:32:31,397 --> 00:32:33,430 are very often mutually exclusive. 850 00:32:33,432 --> 00:32:36,367 You think Joan needs to be a mom? 851 00:32:36,369 --> 00:32:39,971 I think that when she told me of her plan the other day, 852 00:32:39,973 --> 00:32:42,206 I was very surprised. 853 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:44,208 But when you know her 854 00:32:44,210 --> 00:32:47,111 as well as I do, 855 00:32:47,113 --> 00:32:50,381 it makes sense her being a parent. 856 00:32:50,383 --> 00:32:53,750 The child that she raises will be very, very lucky. 857 00:32:54,653 --> 00:32:56,286 So, you think she could do it? 858 00:32:56,288 --> 00:32:57,654 Be a mom? 859 00:32:58,657 --> 00:33:00,991 I think she could do anything. 860 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:09,198 Hmm. 861 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,001 Something wrong? 862 00:33:12,004 --> 00:33:14,270 No, um, just a... 863 00:33:14,272 --> 00:33:17,974 a colleague of ours was supposed to find a suspect. 864 00:33:17,976 --> 00:33:20,410 And he couldn't find him? 865 00:33:20,412 --> 00:33:21,977 He could. 866 00:33:21,979 --> 00:33:25,181 Just not in the, uh, condition that we anticipated. 867 00:33:27,185 --> 00:33:29,452 I count at least five drill holes, 868 00:33:29,454 --> 00:33:31,254 just like that picture you showed us at the precinct. 869 00:33:31,256 --> 00:33:34,723 Vikrant Jindal might as well have signed his name. 870 00:33:34,725 --> 00:33:37,526 - Hmm... - Romeo Garza had to have been 871 00:33:37,528 --> 00:33:39,127 in cahoots with the Sand Mafia, right? 872 00:33:39,129 --> 00:33:41,496 Jindal killed him 'cause he was a loose end. 873 00:33:41,498 --> 00:33:43,599 Yeah, that's... 874 00:33:43,601 --> 00:33:46,101 precisely what we're meant to believe. 875 00:33:46,103 --> 00:33:47,703 "Meant to"? 876 00:33:47,705 --> 00:33:50,138 Vikrant Jindal may be as large an odorous piece 877 00:33:50,140 --> 00:33:51,773 of human excrement as I've ever encountered, 878 00:33:51,775 --> 00:33:53,575 but I can tell you with virtual certainty 879 00:33:53,577 --> 00:33:55,043 he didn't kill this man. 880 00:33:55,779 --> 00:33:57,379 He's being framed. 881 00:34:04,251 --> 00:34:06,912 This fits Vikrant Jindal's M.O. to a T. 882 00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:08,018 What makes you think he didn't do it? 883 00:34:08,042 --> 00:34:09,447 His love of cows. 884 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:11,916 When I visited Jindal at his brother's restaurant, 885 00:34:11,918 --> 00:34:13,751 there was a Vaishnava puja shrine. 886 00:34:13,753 --> 00:34:16,554 Vaishnava is a particularly devout Hindu sect 887 00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:18,455 that hold cows to be sacred. 888 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:20,391 Also of note, neither Jindal 889 00:34:20,393 --> 00:34:21,826 nor any of his associates 890 00:34:21,828 --> 00:34:23,561 wore leather shoes or belts. 891 00:34:23,563 --> 00:34:26,664 And beef was conspicuously absent from the menu. 892 00:34:26,666 --> 00:34:28,932 Okay, but the killer didn't drill holes in a Guernsey. 893 00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:30,334 He did it to a person. 894 00:34:30,336 --> 00:34:33,637 A person whose wrists were first bound... 895 00:34:34,959 --> 00:34:36,859 with a leather belt. 896 00:34:37,895 --> 00:34:40,929 A devout Vaishnava would never even touch such an item. 897 00:34:40,931 --> 00:34:42,097 Back in India, 898 00:34:42,099 --> 00:34:43,431 Jindal always used rope 899 00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:45,667 or fabric to tie his victim's wrists. 900 00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:49,104 All right, maybe he went with something that was on hand. 901 00:34:49,106 --> 00:34:50,839 Maybe one of the victim's belts. 902 00:34:50,841 --> 00:34:53,274 A possibility I considered until I looked at the size. 903 00:34:53,276 --> 00:34:54,676 It's too large to have 904 00:34:54,678 --> 00:34:56,377 belonged to Mr. Garza. 905 00:34:56,379 --> 00:34:57,679 I think the killer brought it with him 906 00:34:57,681 --> 00:34:58,979 as he did the drill for his skull. 907 00:34:58,981 --> 00:34:59,980 Okay, say you're right. 908 00:34:59,982 --> 00:35:01,082 Where does this leave us? 909 00:35:01,084 --> 00:35:02,417 Jindal's attorney sent us 910 00:35:02,419 --> 00:35:05,353 paperwork that seems to support his story. 911 00:35:05,355 --> 00:35:06,921 Topaz Valley Industries 912 00:35:06,923 --> 00:35:09,824 asked for and received a permit to extract the sand 913 00:35:09,826 --> 00:35:11,759 in the vicinity of the Maracott Bridge. 914 00:35:11,761 --> 00:35:13,094 However, when I compared them 915 00:35:13,096 --> 00:35:14,561 to samples of handwriting 916 00:35:14,563 --> 00:35:17,031 found at Mr. Garza's home, it was obvious 917 00:35:17,033 --> 00:35:18,833 they were not a match for the signatures 918 00:35:18,835 --> 00:35:20,201 that we received on the paper. 919 00:35:20,203 --> 00:35:21,568 Okay. 920 00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:23,804 So the Sand Mafia forged the paperwork. 921 00:35:23,806 --> 00:35:25,706 Well, that's another possibility, 922 00:35:25,708 --> 00:35:27,274 but why would they kill someone so brazenly? 923 00:35:27,276 --> 00:35:29,744 Why not just dispose of the body where we would never find it? 924 00:35:29,746 --> 00:35:31,211 Okay, say you're right. 925 00:35:31,213 --> 00:35:33,213 The Sand Mafia didn't forge the paperwork, 926 00:35:33,215 --> 00:35:34,881 and they didn't kill Romeo Garza. 927 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:36,383 Who did? - And why did they want 928 00:35:36,385 --> 00:35:38,518 Topaz Valley to think their sand mining 929 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,153 wouldn't affect the Maracott Bridge? 930 00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:45,492 What? 931 00:35:45,494 --> 00:35:47,426 If the Sand Mafia didn't kill this man 932 00:35:47,428 --> 00:35:48,561 and they didn't 933 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:49,695 forge the signatures, 934 00:35:49,697 --> 00:35:51,831 what else didn't they do? 935 00:35:52,051 --> 00:35:53,551 This is horrible. 936 00:35:53,553 --> 00:35:55,453 Romeo was a wonderful man. 937 00:35:55,455 --> 00:35:57,655 You say this is connected to the work done 938 00:35:57,657 --> 00:35:59,790 by Topaz Valley Industries. 939 00:35:59,792 --> 00:36:01,559 You think it might be the same man 940 00:36:01,561 --> 00:36:03,761 that threatened to kill me if I didn't approve their permit? 941 00:36:03,763 --> 00:36:06,296 We would have thought it was the same man... 942 00:36:06,298 --> 00:36:08,665 if that man actually existed. 943 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:09,803 What? 944 00:36:09,897 --> 00:36:11,622 Last night, after Mr. Garza was killed, 945 00:36:11,684 --> 00:36:14,664 it seemed easier to come up with reasons that the people 946 00:36:14,711 --> 00:36:16,833 behind Topaz Valley Industries wouldn't have done it 947 00:36:16,876 --> 00:36:18,114 than reasons that they would. 948 00:36:18,168 --> 00:36:20,310 I wondered, if they didn't forge his signature 949 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:21,451 on the report that we received 950 00:36:21,482 --> 00:36:24,539 and they didn't murder him, perhaps, despite the story 951 00:36:24,562 --> 00:36:25,903 that you told my partner, 952 00:36:25,958 --> 00:36:27,589 they didn't put a gun to your head, either. 953 00:36:27,644 --> 00:36:29,058 Why would I make up something like that? 954 00:36:29,238 --> 00:36:30,129 Probably because 955 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,806 you didn't want us to realize how many 956 00:36:31,829 --> 00:36:33,246 different crimes you had committed. 957 00:36:33,831 --> 00:36:35,096 Let's start with the first. 958 00:36:35,128 --> 00:36:36,761 We talked to some of your colleagues 959 00:36:36,763 --> 00:36:38,495 at, uh, your company this morning, 960 00:36:38,497 --> 00:36:41,565 and they shared with us a rumor that you get kickbacks 961 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:43,835 from a company called Siwanoy Concrete. 962 00:36:43,837 --> 00:36:46,070 - What? - I thought it was strange how often 963 00:36:46,072 --> 00:36:48,072 you accepted Siwanoy's bids for 964 00:36:48,074 --> 00:36:49,573 construction jobs around the county, 965 00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:51,609 especially when there were 966 00:36:51,611 --> 00:36:53,444 competing bids that were lower. 967 00:36:53,446 --> 00:36:55,078 One wonders 968 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,747 how much of a windfall you would receive 969 00:36:56,749 --> 00:36:59,015 for the reconstruction of a collapsed bridge. 970 00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:00,614 Now, hold on just a second here. 971 00:37:00,675 --> 00:37:02,006 We think that when you received 972 00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:04,210 the permit request from Topaz Valley 973 00:37:04,272 --> 00:37:06,018 to siphon sand near the Maracott Bridge, 974 00:37:06,049 --> 00:37:06,939 you looked into them. 975 00:37:06,963 --> 00:37:09,017 Eventually, you realized that it was a front 976 00:37:09,056 --> 00:37:11,044 for Vikrant Jindal and his men. 977 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,459 More importantly, 978 00:37:12,482 --> 00:37:13,679 you realized that if they actually 979 00:37:13,718 --> 00:37:15,651 carried out the work they were proposing, 980 00:37:15,653 --> 00:37:17,552 there was an excellent chance that over time 981 00:37:17,614 --> 00:37:19,322 that bridge would collapse. 982 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:22,561 So you forged a report saying the exact opposite, 983 00:37:22,572 --> 00:37:24,651 and then you signed Romeo's name to it. 984 00:37:24,698 --> 00:37:26,007 Lauren Wexler realized 985 00:37:26,031 --> 00:37:27,439 the bridge was in danger, right? 986 00:37:27,473 --> 00:37:29,005 That day she came to your offices, 987 00:37:29,056 --> 00:37:31,563 she tried to warn you, so you killed her. 988 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,293 You knew that if we talked to Vikrant Jindal, 989 00:37:34,295 --> 00:37:37,429 he would give us the report that had Romeo's name on it. 990 00:37:37,431 --> 00:37:40,762 Then Romeo would tell us that he didn't write a word of it. 991 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:41,980 So you killed him, too. 992 00:37:42,028 --> 00:37:43,768 Made it look like it was Jindal's people 993 00:37:43,807 --> 00:37:45,706 so we would go after them and not you. 994 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,943 I think I'd like to talk to my lawyer now. 995 00:37:49,246 --> 00:37:51,112 Sure. No problem. 996 00:37:51,114 --> 00:37:54,682 - When he gets here, we can show him this. - _ 997 00:37:54,684 --> 00:37:56,785 A warrant to search your car. 998 00:37:56,787 --> 00:37:58,880 We're especially interested in your seat belts. 999 00:37:58,950 --> 00:38:00,912 We know that Lauren Wexler was strangled with one 1000 00:38:00,923 --> 00:38:03,491 from a late-model Japanese sedan. 1001 00:38:03,493 --> 00:38:05,701 You drive a 2014 Nissan Altima, don't you? 1002 00:38:06,639 --> 00:38:08,974 We appreciate you driving it here, by the way. 1003 00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:10,682 Saved CSU a lot of time. 1004 00:38:10,761 --> 00:38:12,480 By now, they've probably 1005 00:38:12,544 --> 00:38:15,778 finished taking swabs for Ms. Wexler's 1006 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,698 skin cells and saliva. 1007 00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:21,135 Detective Bell is going to read you your rights now. 1008 00:38:23,989 --> 00:38:26,307 Kelsey, your rideshare is here. 1009 00:38:26,309 --> 00:38:28,443 Be right down. 1010 00:38:30,456 --> 00:38:31,989 You okay? 1011 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:36,020 Yeah, it's just hormones. 1012 00:38:36,686 --> 00:38:38,452 Here you go. 1013 00:38:38,454 --> 00:38:40,654 Thank you. 1014 00:38:42,424 --> 00:38:43,624 I'm sorry. 1015 00:38:43,626 --> 00:38:45,137 Uh, that was a lie. 1016 00:38:45,561 --> 00:38:47,628 I can't give you my baby. 1017 00:38:49,496 --> 00:38:51,264 Okay. 1018 00:38:51,637 --> 00:38:53,671 I mean, I knew there were no guarantees. 1019 00:38:53,807 --> 00:38:56,286 You're meeting with other parents. Maybe you'll find the right match. 1020 00:38:56,325 --> 00:38:58,376 No, no. I-I'm sorry. 1021 00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:00,778 It's just... I should have been more clear. 1022 00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:03,381 I can't give you my baby, because... 1023 00:39:04,065 --> 00:39:05,732 I'm keeping it. 1024 00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:10,220 I'm not visiting with any other parents. 1025 00:39:10,222 --> 00:39:12,789 I'm going back to Philadelphia. 1026 00:39:16,175 --> 00:39:17,274 It's okay. 1027 00:39:17,276 --> 00:39:18,587 Come here. Sit down. 1028 00:39:18,611 --> 00:39:20,277 I-I'll cancel your ride. 1029 00:39:26,121 --> 00:39:28,888 I'm sorry. I know this is crazy. 1030 00:39:29,921 --> 00:39:31,721 No, it is not crazy. 1031 00:39:31,723 --> 00:39:34,057 It's your baby. 1032 00:39:37,162 --> 00:39:39,729 You know this is all your fault, right? 1033 00:39:40,699 --> 00:39:43,232 I've never met anyone like you. 1034 00:39:43,234 --> 00:39:45,001 Like, it's inspiring. 1035 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,474 Until I got pregnant, 1036 00:39:51,476 --> 00:39:54,710 I could have told you exactly what the next 20 years 1037 00:39:54,712 --> 00:39:56,678 of my life looked like. 1038 00:39:57,715 --> 00:40:00,316 You know, like, I was on a track. 1039 00:40:00,318 --> 00:40:03,352 Then I peed on a stick one morning, 1040 00:40:03,354 --> 00:40:05,754 and all of a sudden, 1041 00:40:05,756 --> 00:40:07,123 I wasn't just off the track. 1042 00:40:07,125 --> 00:40:09,591 I mean, the track was gone. 1043 00:40:09,593 --> 00:40:13,194 And giving up the baby was supposed to fix all of that. 1044 00:40:15,432 --> 00:40:19,034 Then I spent a couple of days here with you, and... 1045 00:40:20,704 --> 00:40:23,405 I don't know, it got me thinking, 1046 00:40:23,407 --> 00:40:26,441 "Why can't I do everything I ever wanted 1047 00:40:26,443 --> 00:40:28,676 and be a mom?" 1048 00:40:29,746 --> 00:40:32,580 It-it sounds so lame when I say it. 1049 00:40:32,582 --> 00:40:37,002 But then Sherlock came to talk to me last night, 1050 00:40:37,011 --> 00:40:39,611 and he told me that you can do anything. 1051 00:40:39,622 --> 00:40:43,024 And I believe him. 1052 00:40:44,761 --> 00:40:46,767 I don't know, I guess I just want people 1053 00:40:47,088 --> 00:40:49,363 to say the same thing about me. 1054 00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:54,535 I want my son to be able to say it. 1055 00:40:58,107 --> 00:40:59,807 He's kicking. 1056 00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:03,009 He's probably saying, 1057 00:41:03,011 --> 00:41:06,380 "You're crazy. Let me stay here with Joan". 1058 00:41:07,015 --> 00:41:08,848 No. 1059 00:41:11,287 --> 00:41:13,554 He's probably just really happy. 1060 00:41:16,192 --> 00:41:17,991 You should be, too. 1061 00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:22,228 Do you want to feel it? 1062 00:41:31,416 --> 00:41:32,714 How long have you known? 1063 00:41:32,716 --> 00:41:33,982 Since that day at the gala. 1064 00:41:33,984 --> 00:41:35,450 I've never understood 1065 00:41:35,452 --> 00:41:36,876 the idea that a sad motion picture 1066 00:41:36,887 --> 00:41:39,112 could be helpful to a sad person. 1067 00:41:39,268 --> 00:41:40,640 You don't have to understand it. 1068 00:41:40,670 --> 00:41:42,436 You just have to watch it. 1069 00:41:42,626 --> 00:41:44,534 She isn't wrong, you know. 1070 00:41:44,601 --> 00:41:46,273 Kelsey. 1071 00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:51,533 You are inspiring. 1072 00:41:52,869 --> 00:41:54,969 To the right person. 1073 00:41:54,971 --> 00:41:58,073 I guess I'll have to work on that. 1074 00:42:08,569 --> 00:42:15,469 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man