BELLA CHESTER CHRISSIE DENNIS FRAN GOLDY GOLDY_MARLA GOLDY_OLIVE GOLDY_TOM GREEN HAL JESSAMYN KENNY LINDA MARLA MASON MASON_GOLDY OLIVE OLIVE_TOM OPERATOR PRESTON RICHARD SERGEANT SUSIE TOM TOM_GOLDY_TOM YELLOW_DRAFT SUSIE Gonna work? GOLDY Are you kidding? Have you ever used this, Susie? SUSIE I�m more of a take-out girl, Goldy. GOLDY This is restaurant quality! SUSIE So said the man who bought it for me. GOLDY Are we talking about -- SUSIE Your ex-husband. GOLDY I was going to say your boyfriend. SUSIE My extremely doting boyfriend. GOLDY You make that sound like a bad thing. SUSIE It�s a fine line between �doting� and �smothering.� GOLDY Have you told that to Richard? SUSIE Oh, I don�t want to hurt his feelings. He can be so...vulnerable. Wasn�t he like that when you guys were married? GOLDY Ha! I used to dream he�d be vulnerable. But I�m glad to hear he�s gotten there with you. SUSIE I think maybe he�s swung too hard in the other direction. I promise I�ll talk to him. After the party. And I�m sure I�ll use the grill after the party, too. MARLA Hey, birthday girl! SUSIE Thanks, Marla. Roses, Richard? RICHARD For my rose. CHESTER Happy birthday, cuz. SUSIE Thanks, cuz. CHESTER Goldy, Marla -- what can I do to help? GOLDY Make yourself a drink and relax. TOM That doesn�t look like regular shish kebab. GOLDY As you well know, I�m far from regular. I mean we�re grilling after Labor Day. MARLA Hi, Tom. TOM Marla. GOLDY How�s Kenny Zox? MARLA Smitten. GOLDY Is that mutual? MARLA We�ll see. Do you know the diameter of your pecs? MARLA Kenny knows his. He invited me to work out with him. GOLDY What�d you say? MARLA That I needed to refill my platter and I�ll call him later. I�m surprised you had time for the party. TOM What do you mean? MARLA I mean -- GOLDY Marla. MARLA -- that I need to pass shish kebab. Great to see you, Tom. TOM You gonna tell me what that was about or do I have to play detective? GOLDY Is it �playing� detective when you have that badge? TOM Are you dodging my question? GOLDY Marla is...of the opinion that I need... ...a more active social life, and she feels that you should be a part of that, and I told her you�re very, very busy -- TOM So you lied. GOLDY Um. Yes, I did. What is it? TOM You don�t want to play detective? GOLDY Scented candle. TOM Where�s the hostess? TOM Who�s the close-talker? GOLDY Hal Bartholomew, Susie�s ex. TOM Doesn�t look �ex� to me. GOLDY Oh, she�s just friendly, you know. But she�s with Richard. TOM Your ex? GOLDY The same. We�re highly evolved. RICHARD Good to see you, detective. TOM You, too, doctor. TOM Tom Shultz. DENNIS Dennis Lockwood, Susie�s neighbor. RICHARD And mine -- Dennis� office is next to mine at the hospital. TOM Oh, you�re a doctor, too? DENNIS A surgeon, that�s correct. GOLDY Dennis provided the wine for today - - brought it from Italy. TOM Which region? SUSIE Tom, you made it! TOM Wouldn�t miss it. DENNIS No hug for me, Susie? SUSIE Thank you for bringing the wine, Dennis. DENNIS Just being neighborly. I�ll get you a glass, Tom. TOM I�m all set, thanks. RICHARD Suze, can you make a little effort? SUSIE I invited him, didn�t I? Stephanie! GOLDY What�s up with Susie and Dennis? RICHARD Oh, oil and water. She loves to entertain -- as you can see -- and sometimes the party goes too late, and Dennis has complained. TOM He�s called the police? RICHARD Worse. He�s complained to the neighborhood association. TOM That�s worse? RICHARD To live in this development, you have to abide by a lot of rules. One of them is that three complaints triggers a hearing. And if the hearing board finds against you, you can be compelled to sell. GOLDY How many complaints does Susie have? RICHARD Two. Which is why I told her to make nice and invite the man. GOLDY �Scuse me a moment. Your ex-wife is here. TOM What?! GOLDY Look over my right shoulder. TOM What�s she doing here? GOLDY You�re asking me?! TOM I just mean she lives in San Francisco -- she�s seen me. GOLDY Do you want me to -- JESSAMYN Tommy?! . JESSAMYN Goldy Berry! Susie told me you were catering. So cute! GOLDY Hi, Jessamyn. JESSAMYN I don�t think I�ve seen you since high school graduation. GOLDY Yeah, I had no idea you�d gotten married and divorced -- until I met your ex-husband. YELLOW DRAFT . JESSAMYN Ah, well, it was a bit of a whirlwind, wasn�t it, Tommy? So how do you two know each other? GOLDY Oh, you know, small town. TOM What are you doing here? JESSAMYN Well, Susie and I were close in high school. I had business in Denver and thought I�d just pop over. SUSIE Jess! You came! JESSAMYN Of course I came! This looks -- and smells -- fabulous! SUSIE It is! Goldy�s a genius! HAL Jessamyn, hey! JESSAMYN Hal! Did you two patch things up? SUSIE Still divorced, Jess. HAL But I�m happy to be here to celebrate this wonderful woman! JESSAMYN Aren�t we all. SUSIE Jess...this is too much... JESSAMYN It�s your favorite, right? SUSIE Yes, and that�s how I know it costs $ . JESSAMYN You�re worth it. But save it for later. I�ll take whatever�s already open. GOLDY That was... TOM Yeah. GOLDY Sure you don�t want that glass of wine? KENNY Are you kidding me?! I�m at her birthday party right now! She didn�t say anything to me! KENNY Does she think she can back out?! We have a contract! Of course that�s not true! But maybe I should! I�m kidding, I wouldn�t hurt her. At least not in front of people. GOLDY Kenny! Want the first taste of quiche? KENNY I�m dairy-free. GOLDY Is everything all right? KENNY Not by a long shot. GOLDY Hey, are Kenny and Susie working together on something? MARLA Yeah, he�s building those new condos on Hyperion, Susie�s the main investor. Why? GOLDY I overheard him on the phone -- only because he was yelling -- I think she�s trying to back out. He said �he wouldn�t hurt her in front of people.� MARLA That sounds like a joke. GOLDY Not a funny one. SUSIE How much have you had to drink? RICHARD Is it true?! SUSIE You�re going to believe Dennis? He�s trying to force me to sell my house! RICHARD So you�re not going to answer my question? SUSIE As you well know, Hal and I have history -- RICHARD I�m not asking about your history! I�m asking about him being here and leaving at in the morning. GOLDY Oh, there you are! SUSIE Here I am -- what�s up? GOLDY I was just wondering if you�re ready to do the cake. SUSIE Yes, of course, let�s -- RICHARD Susie... SUSIE Can we pick this up later? What�s going on? RICHARD She�s cheating on me. With her pathetic ex-husband. GOLDY How do you know? RICHARD Does that matter? I need to get out of here. RICHARD Sorry...sorry... GOLDY Richard, hold up! GOLDY Oh, Richard... RICHARD I was going to give her this today. DENNIS Richard, I�m sorry. RICHARD You�re not the one having an affair. DENNIS You don�t know it�s that. RICHARD What else? DENNIS I didn�t mean to cause trouble. RICHARD I need to get out of here. DENNIS Let me make you a cup of coffee first. TOM What happened? GOLDY I think Dennis saw Hal leaving here at in the morning. TOM You think he lodged complaint number three? GOLDY Maybe. But Richard thinks -- TOM She and Hal are having an affair, obviously. What, you don�t think so? GOLDY I think...I�m going to ask her about it later. For now, I have to head back in and smile and cut some cake. Want a piece? It�s really good. MARLA Dishwasher�s going. GOLDY Thanks, Marla. MARLA What else do you need me to do? Strangle Jessamyn? MARLA Seriously, that laugh of hers takes me back to high school, and not in a good way. MARLA And being totally flirty with the guy she divorced? I mean, do you think she�s here to patch things up with him? Marla. What? GOLDY MARLA GOLDY I�m...trying to clean this grill. MARLA It�s really clean, Goldy. JESSAMYN Okay, we�re off. MARLA Oh, no! JESSAMYN Yeah, but so great to see you both again, and to see how well your little business is going, Goldy. TOM Great party, guys. MARLA Thanks. GOLDY Yeah. Thanks. MARLA I told you like a month ago to ask him out. GOLDY Well, I�ve been busy with my �little business� as you know. SUSIE Thank you both so much. People loved it. Richard notwithstanding. GOLDY Susie, what Richard believes...is it true? SUSIE What�s true is that Dennis is trying to force me to sell my house. GOLDY Was Hal here until this morning? SUSIE In fact he was. And we were inside, not causing any noise, so I don�t know what Dennis is complaining about. GOLDY What was Hal doing here until ? SUSIE Not having an affair. I promise you that. And I�ll explain it to Richard, once he cools down. SUSIE About time you showed up. FRAN I was working. Or did you forget you hired me? CHESTER We hired her? SUSIE Not the agency, just me. FRAN How you been, Chester? CHESTER Good, Fran. But on my way home. Happy birthday, cuz. SUSIE Take care, Chester. Chester goes. SUSIE Goldy, Marla, do you know Fran Markesian? MARLA Hi. GOLDY The private eye? FRAN We know each other? GOLDY I�ve seen your ads online. FRAN Good to know someone notices those. My card... In case you ever need anything. Can we talk? In private? SUSIE Sure. Ladies, take off, I can finish the clean-up myself. And here. GOLDY Oh, no, Richard�s paying. SUSIE Yeah, I don�t think that�s gonna happen. And honestly, I feel better about it this way. GOLDY Okay. Happy birthday, Susie. Nice to meet you, Fran. FRAN You, too. OLIVE Are these leftovers from Susie�s party? Mmm. GOLDY OLIVE Mmm! Mom! Wow! GOLDY So good it makes you want to talk with your mouth full. OLIVE Dad wasn�t upset that I didn�t come? GOLDY Dad knows how serious you are about softball. OLIVE He�s pretty serious about Susie though. GOLDY Did your dad...show you a piece of jewelry he bought? OLIVE He proposed at the party? GOLDY Uh, not yet, no. But he showed me. OLIVE Mom? Yeah? GOLDY OLIVE Can I ask -- GOLDY I will not be upset if your dad remarries. OLIVE Oh. Good. But actually. I was gonna ask if you�ll ever get remarried. GOLDY Um, well, honey, I�m, I�m pretty busy running my business, and happy being your mom. OLIVE Our debate coach, Ms. Curtin, calls that �rhetorical avoidance.� GOLDY Fair enough. Okay then. Um. Honestly, if I were to ever remarry, it would be important to know that I�d changed enough, so that I wasn�t unconsciously falling into the same traps I did when I married your father. OLIVE Traps like what? GOLDY Like...thinking that my happiness will come from another person. Or that I somehow have the power to make the other person happy. OLIVE That�s really smart, mom. GOLDY Thanks. And it would be absolutely vital that this guy would know how important you are to me. And that you�d be that for him. OLIVE One-hundred percent. GOLDY And obviously, he would have to love my cooking. GOLDY Um, hi? Hey. TOM GOLDY What�s going on? TOM I texted you but you didn�t pick up. GOLDY My phone�s charging. TOM Is this a bad time? GOLDY Um, Olive and I are eating? OLIVE Is that Tom? TOM Hiya, Olive! Hey! OLIVE TOM Sorry to interrupt. OLIVE It�s just leftovers. TOM Well, your mom�s leftovers are most people�s five-star meal. OLIVE Yeah. Want some? TOM Better than the first time around. OLIVE Right? TOM Hey, so how�s softball? I heard you guys have a tournament coming up in Salt Lake? GOLDY How�d you know that? TOM I�m a detective. GOLDY Did you tell him? OLIVE No! GOLDY How�d you know? TOM Are you asking me to reveal my confidential informant? GOLDY Richard? TOM I�d love to watch you play. OLIVE We�re practicing tomorrow. You guys could come together. TOM Um, sure. GOLDY Sure. OLIVE May I be excused? GOLDY You don�t want seconds? OLIVE I�m good, thanks, mom. TOM It really is better the second time. GOLDY Thanks, but you didn�t come here for leftovers. What�s up? TOM Well. I just. Wanted to check on Richard. GOLDY I haven�t talked to him since he went to have coffee with Dennis. TOM Right. Well, also. I just. Um. Me leaving the party with Jessamyn... GOLDY Uh-huh? TOM I just wanted to figure out what she�s really doing here. GOLDY So you didn�t buy the �in Denver on business� line either? TOM No. GOLDY Did you figure out the truth? TOM She�s cagey. So no. GOLDY It�s a mystery. Maybe I should investigate. TOM �Scuse me. Hey, Mason. What?! Okay, I�ll be right there. GOLDY What�s wrong? TOM There was an accident at Susie Craig�s. Her grill exploded. GOLDY Oh no. Is she okay? TOM She�s dead. GOLDY I just...I mean I was just there... TOM What time did you leave? GOLDY Little after you -- around six. TOM Was she alone when you left? GOLDY Uh, no -- Fran Markesian was with her. Is Fran there? TOM Listen, are you gonna be okay if I go? GOLDY No, because I�m coming with you. TOM Goldy -- GOLDY She�s my friend. TOM Goldy, this is a police matter. GOLDY Tom. I was the last one to use that grill. TOM M.E.? MASON She�s examining the body. Is that Goldy? TOM She was using the grill all day, for a party. I asked her to come look at it. MASON So like a witness. TOM Not �like� a witness. A witness. MASON Right, sorry. TOM You have to stop using �like,� Mason. You�re a detective now. MASON I know, Tom. I�m just upset. She used to babysit me. Not a regular sitter, like Goldy was, but once in a while, you know. She always let me watch whatever I wanted on TV. GOLDY Hey, Mason. MASON Hey, Goldy. MASON I�m so sorry. I know you were friends. Thank you. GOLDY MASON operator was alerted at : pm by the alarm company, her smoke alarms were going off and she wasn�t responsive on her phone. Fire crew and EMTs were here by : . Fire inspector says it�s a blocked regulator on the grill. GOLDY That�s impossible. TOM I�ll meet you in there. Let Goldy look at the grill. TOM Dr. Lockwood. DENNIS What�s going on? TOM There�s been an accident. You didn�t hear the explosion? DENNIS Explosion?! TOM About an hour ago. DENNIS I was on the other side of town, a wild goose chase house call -- doesn�t matter. Is Susie all right? TOM She�s dead. DENNIS You�re kidding. TOM No, sir. DENNIS Does Richard know? TOM I�ll be calling him. DENNIS Is there anything I can do? TOM I�ll be sure to let you know if there is. DENNIS All my numbers are there. Take care, detective. MASON What is that? TOM Looks like pieces of a $ bottle of tequila. MASON How do you know -- TOM My ex-wife gave it to Susie at the party. GOLDY No...no way. That wasn�t there when I left. TOM What wasn�t there? GOLDY So the biggest danger with a propane grill is a blockage at the point where the gas meets the ignition. TOM Blockage, like grease? GOLDY Exactly, but you�d be surprised, sometimes bees will build a nest. This... GOLDY Whatever this is, I promise you, it wasn�t here when I left the house. BELLA Tom. TOM I don�t like that face, Bella. BELLA I don�t like what I�m seeing. TOM Which is? BELLA Time of death is consistent with the call for the fire. TOM Just after . BELLA Right. But I need to do a full autopsy, because my initial exam shows she has a broken hyoid bone, which likely means -- TOM She was strangled. BELLA Before the explosion. TOM This is a crime scene. We need to get forensics on the whole house. And you... GOLDY Need to go. MASON I�ll walk you out, Goldy. TOM Goldy...thank you. And I�m sorry. GOLDY Thanks, Mason. MASON Sure, Goldy. You...okay? GOLDY Yeah. I�m just thinking... MASON You think you know who killed her? GOLDY What? No. Why would you -- MASON Oh, sorry, no, just because you solved the Smiley case. GOLDY First, that was a team effort, and you were part of it. But no, I was just thinking: how�s Richard going to take this? MASON Richard as in Dr. Korman? GOLDY He�s Susie�s boyfriend. Or was. MASON They broke up? GOLDY No. I just meant... MASON Ah, yeah. I think you should let Detective Shultz talk to Dr. Korman first. Statistically speaking, the majority of murders are committed by a family member or romantic partner. Anyway, get home safe. RICHARD Hello, you�ve reached Dr. Richard Korman, I can�t get to the phone at the moment. Please leave a message or call my service at - - . RICHARD If this is an emergency, hang up and dial . Be well. GOLDY Hey, it�s me again. I�m, uh...just call me. GOLDY Berry Good Catering. CHRISSIE Oh, Goldy, this is Chrissie Brooks. GOLDY Chrissie! You got the menu revisions I emailed? CHRISSIE I did, but, um, we�ve...I�m sorry about this, Goldy, but we�re going to have to cancel. GOLDY Is everything okay? CHRISSIE Yes, we, just -- change of plans, I can�t really go into it. GOLDY Um, okay, but with less than five days notice, you don�t get your deposit back -- CHRISSIE I know. GOLDY -- unless you want to reschedule for a later date? CHRISSIE Um, no, that�s -- I�m sorry, I�ve got to run, but we�re canceled. The line goes dead. Goldy, irked, slams the emptied baking sheet into the sink. Olive, in softball practice clothes, walks in. OLIVE Did something else awful happen? GOLDY Oh, hey, honey. No, I mean nothing like last night. It�s just -- I�ve had two people cancel their catering bookings this morning. OLIVE Wow. Do you think -- GOLDY That I�m being blamed for my friend�s death? Yes, I do. OLIVE That�s gross. And unfair. GOLDY As you would say...one-hundred percent. OLIVE I�m sorry, mom. OLIVE The scones smell good, though. GOLDY For Marla�s cafe. OLIVE You talk to dad? GOLDY Just a couple of voicemails. I was about to call his on-call service, but I�m not sure they�ll reach him if he�s not picking up. OLIVE He�s at his cabin. GOLDY How do you know that? OLIVE We�re on the same family network. Used Find my Phone. GOLDY Tom better watch out...you might be coming for his job. KENNY Need a hand? GOLDY Hey, Kenny, no I�ve got it, thanks. KENNY Man, those smell amazing. Muffins? GOLDY Scones. KENNY I�ll come back later. Just black coffee for me until , I�m doing intermittent fasting. You know what that is? GOLDY I do, yes. KENNY Well, good, cause it rocks. Hey, you hear about Susie Craig? GOLDY I did, yeah. KENNY That was the grill you were using, right? It was. GOLDY KENNY Guess you feel lucky, huh? GOLDY Um, not exactly, no, but I do need to get these to Marla. KENNY Yeah, you do you. He heads off as Goldy�s phone rings. GOLDY Berry Good Catering. GOLDY I understand. Okay, well, I hope you will. Take care. GOLDY That�s my third cancellation this morning. MARLA You�re being blamed for Susie�s accident. GOLDY Yes. And the thing is... MARLA What? MARLA What�re you... Come on. GOLDY Goldy pulls Marla into... GOLDY It wasn�t an accident. Susie was murdered. MARLA How do you -- GOLDY I was with Tom last night when he found out. MARLA Okay, we�re going to come back to what you were doing with Tom last night, but who would want to kill Susie? GOLDY That�s what I have to find out. MARLA You mean that�s what Tom has to find out. He�s a detective, you run a catering business. GOLDY Yeah, well, I may not have a business left to run if I don�t figure out what happened to Susie. TOM -- have him please call me back immediately at the Elk Park PD or on my cell, - - . Okay, thank you. TOM That�s everything? MASON No, a few more boxes, Goldy and Marla are helping -- TOM What?! TOM What are you doing? GOLDY Helping Mason. We were walking up when he pulled in. TOM Seriously?! MASON Yeah, good timing, right? GOLDY Where do you want these? TOM Where do I...give them to me. GOLDY Woah, what�s your problem? TOM My problem is persons of interest in an investigation shouldn�t be handling evidence. MARLA This is evidence? I thought they were just Susie�s work files. TOM Mason! Yeah? MASON GOLDY �Persons of interest�? Does that mean �suspects�? TOM It means I need you -- -- to put the box down. And tell me what you�re doing here. GOLDY We were around the corner at the cafe, and I thought I�d just come by and see...how things are going. TOM What�s she not telling me? MARLA She�s lost three bookings because of the exploding grill, people think she killed Susie. Accidentally, I mean, they don�t know about the murder part. TOM But you know about �the murder part�? Who else have you told? GOLDY Nobody! TOM Not Richard? GOLDY No -- why? TOM He�s not answering his phone, or his on-call service line. GOLDY He�s at his fishing cabin. TOM How do you know that if you haven�t talked to him? GOLDY Because he wasn�t answering my calls, either, and Olive used Find My Phone on our family plan to locate him. TOM Smart. GOLDY I thought so. TOM What�s the address? GOLDY We can drive together. TOM Goldy -- this is a police investigation -- GOLDY I realize that, but I actually care about Richard, and would like to be with him when he hears the news that his girlfriend has been murdered. Is that against the law? TOM Of course not -- GOLDY Fine. My van�s around the corner at Marla�s. Meet me there and you can follow me. TOM Get the board started. MARLA What�s �the board�? GOLDY That�s his. Richard? GOLDY Richard! GOLDY TOM Hey, what�re you doing? That�s breaking and entering. GOLDY I didn�t break anything, and I haven�t entered. Richard! It�s Goldy! You in here?! TOM Dr. Korman, it�s Detective Schultz! RICHARD Goldy? What�s going on? TOM We need to talk. RICHARD Is Olive okay? GOLDY Olive�s fine, Richard. Can we talk inside? RICHARD This is not possible. TOM I�m sorry, Dr. Korman. I have to ask, when was the last time you saw Ms. Craig? RICHARD Yesterday -- -- when -- Goldy saw us -- I can�t believe that was my last conversation with her... GOLDY Hey... RICHARD How did this happen? TOM That�s what I�m going to figure out. Which is why I need to ask you some questions. RICHARD What do you need to know? TOM So after you left the party, you went to Dr. Lockwood�s. How long did you stay? RICHARD Long enough to drink a cup of coffee, I don�t know, maybe an hour. TOM And what did you do after that? RICHARD Drove here. TOM And what did you do here? RICHARD How is this going to help you find out how Susie�s grill exploded? TOM Dr. Korman -- RICHARD No, wait -- you -- do you think this wasn�t an accident? TOM Please just answer my question, Richard. RICHARD Should I have a lawyer here? TOM Not if you have nothing to hide. RICHARD Of course I have nothing to hide! You�re the one who�s being evasive! Was Susie -- was this not an accident? TOM We have reason to believe it wasn�t. RICHARD Woah...and you think I killed her?! GREEN REV. . TOM I just want to know what you did last night, and if anyone was with you. RICHARD Why?! You think I went back to Susie�s? TOM We found your fingerprints on the grill. RICHARD Of course! I brought her that grill a few days ago! I loved Susie! I wanted to marry her! You saw the ring! GOLDY Richard, please, just answer Tom�s questions. RICHARD Were you interrogated like this? TOM Goldy was with your daughter at the time of Ms. Craig�s death. RICHARD What time was that? TOM Just after last night. RICHARD Well, I was here. TOM Alone? RICHARD Just me and my bourbon. TOM Did you talk to anyone last night on the phone? . RICHARD I shut my phone off when I got here. I...wasn�t ready to talk to Susie... TOM All right. I�d like to get a DNA swab, if that�s -- RICHARD Go for it. I have nothing to hide. TOM My kit�s in the car. RICHARD Do you believe this? GOLDY Tom�s just doing his job -- RICHARD I know...I mean, do you believe someone killed Susie? GOLDY No. But someone did. RICHARD There aren�t a lot of ex-wives who would be there for the guy they divorced like this. GOLDY Well, you�re more than the guy I divorced. You�re an excellent father to our daughter. And you�re my friend. YELLOW DRAFT . TOM Thank you, Dr. Korman. RICHARD Whatever you need, detective. And I apologize for losing my temper. TOM No need. GOLDY Will I see you at softball tonight? RICHARD Wouldn�t miss it. TOM Tell Olive I�m sorry I�ll miss the softball. GOLDY Of course. TOM Hey, I know I said I didn�t want you to come. But. You made that easier. And I appreciate it. GOLDY No problem. TOM Okay. I�ll, uh, see you. GOLDY See you. GOLDY What�s up? MARLA I�ll show you. But I need your whiteboard and markers. MASON How�d it go with Richard? TOM He says he was alone at his cabin at the time of death. Got his DNA. MASON I�ll run it to forensics. Also, I talked to Hal Bartholomew�s girlfriend, Becca, who he said had him over for dinner last night? TOM You were able to verify that? MASON No, because according to her voicemail, she�s on a flight to Australia. TOM Okay... MASON I added it to the board. TOM This is...um, really...creatively done. MASON Oh, yeah, you like that? Marla helped me. MARLA Okay, so...Fran was the last person we saw with Susie. And she hasn�t called Tom back. Which is what a guilty person would do. GOLDY Or a busy person. MARLA Fair point. Chester and Susie ran the real estate firm together -- maybe he wanted to run it alone? He seems like a nice guy, which is a great cover for a killer. GOLDY Or he�s just a nice guy. MARLA Maybe. He told Mason he was home watching TV alone. Which brings us to the ex-husband. GOLDY Hal? We know he�s in love with Susie. MARLA Exactly! And if he couldn�t have her, maybe he made sure no one would. He said he was having dinner with Becca Priester, but Mason hasn�t been able to confirm that. GOLDY Did Mason talk to your would-be boyfriend Kenny? GOLDY Because I think he�s got an actual motive: Susie was suing him. Her death has saved him who knows how much. MARLA Kenny told Mason he was at Elk Park Fitness at the time of the murder, and Elise Hancock, she manages the place, confirmed that he was there. GOLDY So a person with an actual motive has an alibi. Speaking of people we know Susie had bad blood with...what about Dennis Lockwood? Did Mason say if they checked out his house call alibi? MARLA He didn�t say. GOLDY What about Jessamyn? MARLA Jessamyn? She didn�t even come up. GOLDY Really? MARLA Do you think she... GOLDY I don�t think she �happened to be in Denver on business,� I think she clearly came to see Susie. MARLA Or to see Tom. They left the party together. GOLDY That�s only because he was trying to find out what she�s really doing here. Did he? MARLA GOLDY He said she was evasive. MARLA Evasive...okay, so we should print her picture up. That�s a lot of suspects. GOLDY And a lot of work to do. MARLA I�d feel awful if Mason got in trouble over this. TOM Then feel awful, because he�s in trouble. Tom -- GOLDY TOM Goldy. This isn�t a menu you�re planning. Someone was killed. GOLDY Yes, a friend of ours! Is it wrong to feel terrible about that and want to help? TOM No and yes, in that order. GOLDY Tom, I told you, Susie was killed in a way that�s severely impacting my reputation and my livelihood! TOM That�s no excuse for pumping my partner for information. GOLDY We would never do that. People just like talking to us. MARLA And Goldy was very helpful the last time you caught a killer, no? TOM Okay. Let�s play out the amateur detective thing for a minute. Who did it? Enlighten me. MARLA Well I�d look at Dennis. He�d complained to the neighborhood association about Susie. TOM He did, and why would he draw attention to a conflict with someone if you intended to kill them? MARLA Maybe he didn�t plan it -- maybe it was spur of the moment. TOM Except this was pre-meditated. Dr. Lockwood�s bedroom window looks out on Susie�s patio. The killer made sure Dr. Lockwood was away from home at the time of the murder. GOLDY His wild-goose chase house call. TOM Right. Call came into his service from a patient, Len Gorch. But when Dr. Lockwood got there, Mr. Gorch wasn�t. Mr. Gorch is in Aspen for the weekend. GOLDY Does the service have a record of the number that called Dennis pretending to be Gorch? TOM They do, and we ran it -- it�s an unlisted cell. The person that called Dr. Lockwood is a killer who thinks several steps ahead. Not someone to trifle with. You need to leave this to the professionals. TOM Good. And if you hear anything that you think might be helpful, promise that you�ll call me. GOLDY I promise. MARLA Absolutely, promise. MARLA Well. I guess I should be relieved he didn�t arrest us. MASON Hey, how�d it -- TOM Everything�s fine. No harm done. MASON Good. I�m really sorry. TOM Mason, what did I tell you about apologies? MASON Give them once and move on. I got it, sorry. TOM Mason -- MASON That was an apology for the second apology. MASON And now I�m moving on from that. I ran the background checks like you asked. And? TOM MASON Before she moved to Elk Park, Fran Markesian was police in Pittsburgh. She retired after nineteen years. TOM Why not wait until twenty and be fully vested on the pension? MASON That�s what I wondered, so I made a call to my cousin who�s on the job with the Allegheny County Sheriff, and he said Fran was under investigation in a bribery scandal. TOM Was? MASON She resigned and moved here. HAL What are you SAYING?! I LOVED SUSIE! That�s SLANDER! Hal! CHESTER HAL You�ll be hearing from my attorney! GOLDY Hal, are you -- HAL Excuse me! CHESTER Goldy, hi. I�m sorry, Hal�s... GOLDY Upset. We all are. Um, I brought food... CHESTER Oh lovely, thank you. GOLDY I�m so sorry, Chester. CHESTER I...still can�t believe it. It�s just...insane. And then Hal... GOLDY Yeah, what was that about? CHESTER You know that Hal used to be a partner here. GOLDY Sure, until the divorce, and he started his own agency. CHESTER Well, apparently, according to him, he and Susie were ready to merge his real estate agency with ours. GOLDY You didn�t know about this? CHESTER I know when we talked about it last week, Susie was against the merger. GOLDY You think he changed her mind or that he�s lying? CHESTER I�d vote for number two. Hal's sales numbers are dismal. But as I told him, beyond it being a classless, craven move to come at me the day after Susie... CHESTER ...Susie owned the controlling interest in our firm, %. And I...would like to hope that interest will go to me, but I won�t know that until we see her will. Which hopefully will happen by tomorrow. GOLDY Right, of course. CHESTER We haven�t even had a funeral and he�s in here -- Hey... GOLDY CHESTER Who...who could have done this to her? GOLDY I don�t know...but I�m sure Detective Shultz will find out. FRAN Come on in, fellas. FRAN I started working insurance claims for her, and we went from there. TOM Went where? FRAN Different jobs. TOM Any current? FRAN Yeah, one that�s protected by confidentiality law. TOM She�s deceased. FRAN I�m not. TOM I thought she was your friend. FRAN That line usually work on people? TOM So there�s nothing I can do to get you to open your books to me? FRAN Court order, but you�d need probable cause, which I don�t see, detective. TOM Mm. Would I need a court order to ask you why you left the police force in Pittsburgh? FRAN We�re done here. TOM I�ll find a judge. And be back with a court order for your records. MASON She�s hiding something. TOM What gave you that idea? MASON Well, when she -- TOM I was kidding. You�re gonna surveil her. MASON I am? TOM Park across the street, and keep your distance. GREEN REV. . MASON Where are you going? TOM Following a lead. GOLDY Hey, Dennis. DENNIS Goldy. How�s Richard? GOLDY Not great. Has he not been in the office? DENNIS I�ve actually been out, doing house calls. GOLDY Oh, yeah, you were on one of those last night, yes? DENNIS Well, in theory, but my patient was actually in Aspen. Detective Schultz seems to think I was called away so that I wouldn�t witness...what happened at Susie�s. GOLDY That would mean the person who called your service would have to know you were on call, and had this particular patient, and that the patient was in Aspen. DENNIS Of course, you�re right. I didn�t think about all that. I hope Detective Shultz did. GREEN REV. A. GOLDY I�m sure he�s on top of it. GOLDY Listen, I have to run. Take care, Dennis. You, too. DENNIS Hey. Hey... You okay? TOM GOLDY TOM GOLDY Um, no, you scared me half to death. TOM You scared me -- I thought you were going to fall. GOLDY I wasn�t going to fall. TOM You did fall. GOLDY Because you grabbed me. TOM Goldy... What�re you doing? I told you -- GOLDY I know what you told me, which is why I texted you about Hal! TOM Which is why I�m here. Why are you here? GOLDY Well...I was in the neighborhood. And you didn�t get back to me. TOM Oh, so this is my fault? GOLDY I think we share responsibility. TOM You want to tell me what�s going on? GOLDY -- and you showed up. He�s obviously in financial trouble. TOM You don�t know that. Maybe he was just prepping to merge with Susie�s company. GOLDY And Susie never mentioned this to Chester? TOM You�re assuming Chester�s telling you the truth. GOLDY Fair point. So one of them is lying. GOLDY And depending on what Susie�s will says...you might get a clearer idea of who. I�d also like to know why Jessamyn was meeting him in an empty office. TOM Yeah, that too. LINDA Are you looking for something specific, sir? MASON Oh, um, I -- I�m looking at your fitting rooms. LINDA You...want to try something on? MASON Oh, no, no! I...a woman went in there and I�m just...um... MASON Detective Kildea, Elk Park PD. I�m tracking a suspect who went into your fitting rooms, and obviously I can�t follow her in there. LINDA A thief? MASON No, no, nothing to do with your shop here. MASON No no no no... MASON No, no, no, no! LINDA Sir... MASON Is there a back door out that way? LINDA Yes. TOM -- it�s okay. I�ll be there in minutes. Get the security footage ready. GOLDY Fran knew she was being tailed. There�s no way she would ever shop at Posh. You�ll see when we get there. TOM �We�? GOLDY Right. Of course. Good luck. MASON You don�t have cameras in the rooms? LINDA That�s illegal. MASON Right. Just checking. LINDA At least she didn�t steal anything. TOM Where does that door go? MASON What do you think? TOM I think we need to talk to Fran. TOM Heather, it�s Tom Schultz, I need you to put out a BOLO statewide on Fran Markesian. Thanks. And has the autopsy report come in? Okay, no, I�ll call Bella, thanks. MASON I can sit on her house. In case she comes back. TOM I�ll pick up some sandwiches and join you. GOLDY ...so whoever wanted Dennis away from the house had to know that Len Gorch is his patient. Who would? RICHARD Me. Len tried to defect to me a few months ago. GOLDY What do you mean �defect�? RICHARD I�ve, uh, picked up quite a few patients who used to see Dennis. GOLDY He sure doesn�t seem to hold a grudge. RICHARD He says it gives him more time to be in his villa in Italy. But it�s a shame because he�s a brilliant surgeon. And I know his billable hours have taken a massive hit. GOLDY Must be billing enough for a nice house here and an Italian villa. RICHARD He has a business there -- a family vineyard he�s always bragging about. OLIVE Dad, can Zoe come over for s�mores? RICHARD As long as it�s okay with Zoe�s folks. RICHARD I shouldn�t have told you that about Dennis, he�s really sensitive about his reputation. Don�t say anything to anyone, okay? GOLDY Mum�s the word. RICHARD Hey, does Tom know that Susie was suing Kenny Zox? GOLDY Yeah, but Kenny was at the gym last night. RICHARD Elk Park Fitness? GOLDY I think so, why? RICHARD Because there�s a jogging trail from there which passes right behind Susie�s house. Maybe five minutes for a guy in Kenny�s shape. RICHARD I have to say, I find it hard to believe Kenny...but then I guess I can�t believe anyone would... GOLDY I know. Listen, you sure you�re okay to take Olive for the night? RICHARD I�m committed to s�mores. GOLDY Okay. And remember -- RICHARD Drop off for the bus to the Utah tournament is back here at AM. GOLDY -- and I didn�t know about the jogging trail, but it�s possible that Kenny could have snuck away for ten minutes without anyone noticing. Right? TOM I will look into it. GOLDY Just doing as you asked, calling you with thoughts. TOM And I appreciate that. TOM Goldy, I�m sorry, I�ve got to take this. GOLDY Oh, no worries. Take care. TOM Hey, Bella. What�s up? BELLA While the explosion definitely made it a challenge, I can say categorically that she was strangled with a ligature that cut into the papillary dermis -- the superficial layer of her skin. TOM Cut into. So you think the killer used a wire? BELLA Flurocarbon fishing line. TOM You sound sure about that. BELLA Forensics came back on the material that clogged the grill. Mostly latex. TOM You�re thinking gloves? BELLA What else? But they were able to isolate another material, melted in with the latex. TOM Flurocarbon. I guess there�s no way to tell what brand of fishing line? BELLA I can tell you it was lime green. BELLA It�s a match for lime green fishing line we found in Susie�s garage. With one set of fingerprints on it. GOLDY Hi, is Detective Shultz in? SERGEANT He�s out on a call. GOLDY Oh, okay, what about Mason -- uh, Detective Kildea? SERGEANT He�s out, too. Can I help? GOLDY I was just...going to drop these muffins and, um, check in. SERGEANT You�re welcome to wait. GOLDY Thanks. . GOLDY You asked me to call you, and you don�t call me?! TOM It�s not the same thing -- GOLDY Clearly! TOM -- you�re calling me because I�m the police officer investigating a crime -- GOLDY I know that! But I thought you were also my friend, who would give me a heads up when you�re arrest -- TOM I was going to call you. GOLDY When? TOM After I knew more. GOLDY More about what? Do you think he killed Susie? TOM Goldy -- GOLDY What about Kenny? Fran? Hal and Jessamyn? TOM Hal's girlfriend Becca called from Australia and confirmed his alibi for the time of the murder. TOM And no one is being charged yet. GOLDY But Richard�s in handcuffs. TOM I need you to trust me to do my job. GOLDY Well you should trust me about Richard. There�s no way he would do this. Okay. TOM GOLDY I�m sorry for yelling. TOM I understand. GOLDY Can I...at least talk to him? MARLA How�re you holding up? CHESTER As best I can. MARLA What can I get you? CHESTER Large latte and one of those scones. To go? MARLA CHESTER No, I�m meeting someone. MARLA Grab a table, I�ll bring it to you. RICHARD Apparently the fishing line that strangled her is the same kind I use. GOLDY Is that some rare kind of line? RICHARD I mean I do special order it... RICHARD I didn�t...I would never. GOLDY I know. GOLDY I�m gonna find out who did. Before Olive gets back. I promise. JESSAMYN -- and there�s a lot at stake. For both of us. GOLDY Hello? CHRISSIE Goldy? It�s Chrissie Brooks. GOLDY Oh, hi, Chrissie. CHRISSIE Listen, our party is back on! GOLDY Is it now? CHRISSIE Hope you�re still available! GOLDY Um...sure, yes -- GOLDY Sorry, Chrissie, I need to take this other call. Can you email me your menu approvals? CHRISSIE Of course! Thank you, Goldy! You�re the best! GOLDY Hey. MARLA I just heard about Richard. I can�t believe it. GOLDY Because it�s not believable. But I guess word is already all over town. Chrissie Brooks just called and suddenly her party is back on now that I�m in the clear. MARLA I�m sure everyone will be un- cancelling. But I didn�t call about that. MARLA -- so Chester sits down, then a few minutes later, Jessamyn shows up -- and she�s the person he�s meeting. They clearly wanted privacy, because they moved to this table. MARLA But what they don�t know is that this heating grate -- -- leads to -- MARLA -- this one. So I sat here and listened to what they said, just in case it was more than being sad about Susie. GOLDY Was it? MARLA Oh, yes it was. Apparently Jessamyn now works for a real estate company in San Francisco, and she promised her bosses that she could make a deal to buy Whitetail Realty. GOLDY Did Chester sound surprised? MARLA No, it sounded like it was his idea. So now they�re waiting for the will to be read. GOLDY Them and Hal. MARLA Hal? GOLDY Supposedly he wants to merge his company with Whitetail Realty. But I think that would be more like a rescue. He was meeting with Jessamyn, too -- did she bring him up? MARLA Not that I heard. So what do we do? GOLDY Head back to my white board. GOLDY Preston Pittman is Susie�s lawyer, I can ask him about the will. MARLA Jessamyn�s been at her firm for nine months and she hasn�t made a sale yet. GOLDY Hal's laid off his staff, but he hasn�t filed for bankruptcy yet. Fran�s not answering, I left messages at her office and on her cell. MARLA I reached Elise at Elk Park Fitness. Because they have digital IDs, she knows Kenny was there from to : the night of the murder. But I pressed -- did she see him working out the whole time? GOLDY And? MARLA She did...except when he was in the locker room. GOLDY When was that? MARLA The first half hour he was there. GOLDY That�s enough time to sneak over to Susie�s and kill her at the time she was murdered. It�s something. But it�s hardly proof. MARLA What would proof be? GOLDY Well, Susie was killed with fishing line, so if we found that -- MARLA What if I distract Kenny and get him away from his house long enough for you to search it? MARLA Kenny! Marla? KENNY KENNY What�re you doing here? MARLA I thought it was you... KENNY Are you okay? MARLA Mmm...just give me a second... KENNY Can I get you some water -- MARLA I got a flat! Just a few houses away, and I saw you driving past so I ran here to catch you. KENNY Oh, wow. Kismet. MARLA Yeah, kisment, and I�ve never changed a tire before... KENNY I got you, Marla. Come on. KENNY KENNY -- nice bottle of Merlot I picked up when I -- MARLA Oh, gosh! I just realized what time it is! I�m going to be late for choir practice! KENNY You sing in a choir? I had no idea. MARLA Oh, yeah, and I�d skip it, except I�m the soloist this week. KENNY Let me just put this down -- MARLA Amazing grace... MARLA How sweet the sound...that saved a wretch like me... GOLDY How many verses did you have to do? MARLA He had tears in his eyes, Goldy. It�s what they sung at his grandma�s funeral. I suddenly feel awful tricking this guy. GOLDY Well, maybe don�t. MARLA Did you find fishing line? GOLDY No, but I found this. GOLDY It�s a letter from Preston Pittman, Susie�s attorney, about the lawsuit they filed. Read this. MARLA �Be advised that my client, Ms. Craig, has recorded conversations in which you made threats on her life...� GOLDY The phone call I heard Kenny making from the party -- when he said he wouldn�t hurt her in front of a house full of witnesses. It must have been about this letter. So not proof that he killed her, but proof that he wanted to. GOLDY Thanks for seeing me, Preston. PRESTON Of course. How are you holding up? GOLDY I�m...a mess, honestly. PRESTON How�s Olive? GOLDY At a softball tournament for another couple of days, thankfully. She doesn�t know her dad�s been arrested. PRESTON Well, I�m sure he�ll be out on bail before she gets back. I heard he retained Sarah Langsam, she�s Elk Park�s best criminal defense attorney. GOLDY Yeah. Listen, I...know Susie has recordings of conversations with Kenny Zox in which he threatened her life. PRESTON How do you know about this? GOLDY I...just do. Have you given the tapes to the police? PRESTON Goldy. There were no recordings. PRESTON Yes, unfortunately the day she was killed, Susie confessed to me that she�d fabricated the threat to try to get out of their project together. Kenny was unpleasant and aggressive. But she had no tapes. PRESTON But speaking of letters, I thought you�d called because you�d gotten mine. GOLDY You sent me a letter? PRESTON With a copy of Susie�s will. GOLDY Why would I get a copy of her will? PRESTON Because you�re in it. GOLDY What? PRESTON I have another copy here. PRESTON She left you her antique fiesta ware. Hi. GOLDY GOLDY By way of apology for yelling at you yesterday. TOM No apology needed. But I�ll take it. TOM Hey, this isn�t a quid pro quo, right? Pastry in exchange for me telling you about the case. GOLDY No, in fact, I�m here to tell you about the case. TOM Susie�s will? How�d you -- GOLDY I�m named in it. I get her fiesta ware. But look who gets her house and her share of Whitetail Realty. TOM Hal? Her ex-husband? GOLDY She hasn�t updated the will since the divorce. Much to her lawyer�s chagrin. So this means Hal -- TOM Is going to take over her company. GOLDY And sell it to Jessamyn. TOM What? GOLDY Or to Jessamyn�s realty firm. That�s why she came back to Elk Park. Chester knew about it. TOM Thanks for coming. JESSAMYN You didn�t make it sound like I had a choice. I�ve never been on the receiving end of you at work. I�m not sure I like it. TOM It�s come to my attention that Hal Bartholomew has inherited Susie�s company. JESSAMYN Do you think Hal killed her? TOM No, he has an alibi for the time of death. But I think you�re here in Elk Park to buy the company from him. JESSAMYN How do you know that? TOM Is it true? JESSAMYN I came here to buy the company from Susie. TOM Really? Susie wasn�t against selling? JESSAMYN She was, at first. She liked playing hardball. That�s an email from Susie to me, sent the day before her party. Once I got to the right price point, she said... TOM �We�ve got a deal, Jess.� Why didn�t you tell me this? JESSAMYN Because the deal isn�t done, and I didn�t want to jeopardize it. TOM Jess, this is a homicide investigation. JESSAMYN I know what it is, Tommy. My friend is the homicide. But this deal has nothing to do with her being murdered. TOM Okay. I see that now. I�m sorry I had to press you. JESSAMYN No, I�m sorry. I know you�re just...doing your job. I have to say I... TOM What? JESSAMYN A year ago, when you told me you were still going to take the job here, even after we�d split up, I didn�t think you�d last a month. But you...seem happier here than you did in the city. TOM I am. Things...worked out the way they were supposed to. For both of us. GREEN REV. . JESSAMYN I�m glad, Tommy. Listen, Hal is going to sell Whitetail to me once he takes possession. But I promise you, Hal had no idea he was still in her will. Yesterday he was begging me to hire him if Chester got the agency in the will. MASON Tom. Fran Markesian turned up. GOLDY You can�t blame Richard for this, you�ve had him locked up. TOM Based on how long the body�s been in the water, she was killed Monday. After Mason lost her at Posh. The night before I arrested Richard. GOLDY But I was with Richard that night, at Olive�s practice, with dozens of witnesses. TOM What time did he arrive? GOLDY Uh, well, practice started at . He was...maybe twenty-minutes late. TOM Bella�s pegging time of death at pm that evening. I�m sorry. GOLDY Are you sorry? TOM You know I don�t want to like Richard for this. But I have to follow the evidence. GOLDY Evidence?! Anyone could have put her in that river! TOM Her gun wasn�t with her. I sent deputies to Richard�s house. GOLDY No... TOM They found it on the back porch, under Richard�s grill. GOLDY Thank you. GOLDY Wait...you not only carry a handkerchief, but a monogrammed handkerchief? TOM Christmas gift from my mother. Every year. GOLDY Dare I ask what the L stands for? TOM Mom is a big fan of the th president of the United States. GOLDY Ah. Your dad, too? TOM If I ever speak to him again, I�ll ask him. GOLDY You never told me you and your dad don�t speak. TOM Well...it�s not something I love talking about. GOLDY How long has it been...? TOM Since the day he was sent to prison. Going on twenty-five years now. Tom... Yeah. GOLDY TOM GOLDY I�m sorry. TOM It is what it is. GOLDY Well, I�m also sorry I snapped at you. I just...he�s Olive�s dad... TOM I get it. GOLDY Yeah. I understand. TOM I...don�t want to give you false hope, but I will say that all the evidence...is circumstantial. GOLDY Right. That�s some comfort. TOM I�ve gotta go. LINDA Hey, Goldy, it�s been a minute.Can I help you find something? GOLDY Um...well...this is going to sound odd, but I�m here to ask about a woman named Fran Markesian. LINDA Oh, Fran...I just heard...she was killed? It�s...beyond awful. GOLDY I know. Was she a customer? LINDA Fran? We weren�t her style. GOLDY So how did you know her? LINDA We kept getting robbed last year, so we hired her as a consultant to overhaul our security system. Installed new cameras, redid the fitting rooms. GOLDY The fitting rooms? LINDA She got rid of places the thieves could hide sales tags -- pulled up the carpets, closed off the space under the benches. GOLDY Right... LINDA I have to help a customer, be right back. DENNIS Richard said you were clever. GOLDY Dennis... DENNIS Now now...just rest... GOLDY Dennis...let me go. DENNIS Why would I do that? GOLDY You think that�s the only copy Fran had? DENNIS I�m sure of it. That�s her computer, there. DENNIS I took that from her office after I shot her. GOLDY Susie threatened to expose you? DENNIS Quite the opposite. She came over after the party. Apologized to me for the trouble she�d caused. GOLDY Your complaints. They started all this. You wanted to force her to sell her house. Why? DENNIS So I could buy it. I treasure my privacy and our houses are quite close. My bedroom looks over her patio. Which was advantageous the night of the party. A A B DENNIS I knew why Susie was apologizing to me. Why she seemed suddenly afraid of me. Because of what Fran had found out. About my villa in Italy. B GOLDY You use it to perform illegal surgeries on your Italian patients. The ones in the mafia. DENNIS They don�t like that word. But they pay extremely well. And with your ex-husband stealing all my patients away -- GOLDY You needed the mafia to keep you afloat financially. B DENNIS Of course I couldn�t count on Susie to keep quiet. I certainly wasn�t prepared to lose my license to practice medicine. Or for my Italian friends to be upset with me. B GOLDY You called your own service on a disposable cell. DENNIS This is Len Gorch, I need to see Dr. Lockwood at my home immediately, my back is seized up. DENNIS This is Dr. Lockwood. OPERATOR Mr. Gorch needs to see you, doctor. DENNIS It�s Sunday night. OPERATOR Should I call Dr. Korman? DENNIS No, no, I�m going. GOLDY You put the gloves and the line in the grill, pretending to hide the evidence with the explosion. GOLDY You knew forensics would figure it out. GOLDY It wasn�t enough to give yourself an alibi. You needed someone to take the fall. DENNIS Fortunately, there was a likely suspect. GOLDY And Fran? DENNIS Fran was only too happy to tell me it would cost a million dollars for her to keep quiet. I agreed to hand it to her in a secluded spot. DENNIS I used the same sedative I used on you. GOLDY How�d you know she�d stashed a copy of the file at Posh? DENNIS I didn�t. I just knew I should be concerned about you. Richard couldn�t stop bragging about how you�d solved the Laura Smiley murder. GOLDY You�ve been following me. GOLDY Why am I still alive? DENNIS Come now, don�t stop being clever. You know why. GOLDY You�re waiting for Richard to make bail. So you can blame him for my murder. DENNIS Half right. I�ll be taking care of you both. Murder-suicide. DENNIS Richard! Surgery ran long, I wanted to be here -- but I take it you won! RICHARD Well, I got bail. I�m a long way from winning. DENNIS You will beat this, Richard. No jury in the world would believe you could commit murder. RICHARD Thanks, Dennis. Um, I was just gonna call an Uber. DENNIS Let me drive you! And hey, we can swing by my place for a celebratory glass of wine. RICHARD Kinda early in the day. DENNIS Celebratory iced latte? He grins, Richard returns it. RICHARD Sure. A DENNIS Welcome welcome welcome! I�ll fire up the espresso machine. One shot or two? A RICHARD Two�d be great. DENNIS Coming up. Hey, why don�t you get some fresh air. I�ll bring your latte out to the pool. RICHARD Sounds good. GOLDY Dennis. TOM Put the glass down. DENNIS Okay, sure. TOM Don�t push me, doc. What... RICHARD RICHARD What is going on? Goldy? TOM TOM Can you zoom in? LINDA Yeah, hang on. LINDA Woah. Who is that? GOLDY How did you... TOM Long story. DENNIS Welcome welcome welcome! GOLDY And we got upstairs in time to see Dennis getting ready to drug your latte. He hit Tom with a frying pan -- TOM Cheap shot. GOLDY -- and I held him off long enough for Tom to return to consciousness - - TOM Which is when you walked in. RICHARD Wow. I cannot thank you enough. Both of you. TOM The right man is locked up. And will be for a long time. GOLDY Hey, honey, you�re on speaker with me and your dad and Tom. OLIVE We�re going to the finals! FANTASTIC! RICHARD TOM GOLDY Bravo, honey! That�s great, Olive. OLIVE Thanks! How are you guys? GOLDY I�ll let your dad tell you. RICHARD It�s been an interesting few days here, sweetie... GOLDY Some job you have. GOLDY I�m glad you�re doing it here. RICHARD I told her a little about what you�ve been through, and she wants to hear your voice. Sorry, Tom. TOM No, I got a lot of paperwork to get to. Take care, guys.