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(ellis): You're really gonna
make me say it?

- Oh, yeah.
- Fine. I need you, max.

Do you have it?
Maybe I can get forensics

To lift a print out of it.
- You guys have so many rules.

We're in this together.
- But here's the difference:

You'll do whatever is needed
to get what you want.

He has to play by the rules.

- I just need to get
through this.

Get my desk job back,
and then she's gone,

Out of my life. Forever.

(light music)

- Yeah, I don't understand.
- Oh, it's really not

That hard to understand.
- Well, it doesn't make

Any sense, therefore,
I don't understand.

- Whoa. Scrappy, scruffy,
what's going on?

- We were in the car,
I was thirsty, okay?

And he wouldn't give me
a sip of his water.

- Why not, ellis?
- Yeah, why not?

- Because then you get
your lip gloss on it,

And I don't want
to drink from it, it's gross.

Does it matter?
- My lip gloss?

- What's going on?

- Their honeymoon phase
is officially over.

- We never had
a honeymoon phase.
- What honeymoon phase?

- They got the seven-year itch,
except they did it
in seven weeks.

- You never listen to me.
- You never think
things through.

- You two are spending
too much time together.

- Mm-hmm. We take regular
breaks from each other,

Or else we'd go crazy.
- We'd go crazy.

- You two need a break?

- Oh yeah.
- Yes, that would be great.

- Too bad. You're up.

- Dr. Sophie is dead?

- Who's dr. Sophie?

- Dr. Sophie fernwood.

She's written three self-help
bestsellers,

Has a hit podcast,
and an upcoming tv special.

According to her website,
"dr. S has helped millions

Of people find grounded
and long-lasting happiness

Through the lens of gratitude
and emotional authenticity".

What a load of malarkey.

- You're not into therapy,
I take it?

- Therapists are the lowest
of low on the con-artist ladder.

- They're not con-artists, max.
They're doctors.

- They burrow into your mind
and toy with your thoughts,

All for the purpose
of making a profit.

That's a con-artist.

- Okay, yeah, they gotta
make a living just like

Any other doctor, but their
purpose is to help people.

- Have you ever had therapy?

- Yeah.
- Did it help?

(sighs)
- it's...

- See?
Because you're not a teapot.

- A teapot?
- According to bruce lee,

In order to have a strong mind,
it has to be like water.

Shapeless, formless.

Put water into a teapot,
it turns into a teapot.

Therapists try to turn you
into teapots.

But you and me, my friend,

We cannot be moulded
or manipulated.

We are not teapots.

- I have no idea
what you just said.

- Do you ever get tired of that?

'cause I will never
get tired of that.

- So this is what
therapy buys, huh?

- It's what three bestsellers

And a lot of gullible
people buy.

5.5 mill. That's my guess.

- Make that 6 mill.

There's gotta be at least
$500,000 in cash

Just in this pool.

(theme music)

Any idea what time
she drowned?

- Nope.

- Okay. Well,
when will you know?

- I won't.

- Why is that?
- Because she didn't drown.

- Everyone's a little
punchy today.

- Today was supposed
to be my day off,

But my colleague had
a travel emergency,

As always.

No respect.

- I hear that.

- When did she die?
- Last night.

Some time between eight pm
and midnight.

Blunt force trauma
to the temple.

The blow caused
an internal hemorrhage.

She was dead
when she hit the water.

- Any sings of a struggle?

- None that I can see.

- Forensics couldn't find
a murder weapon.

You got any ideas?

- Something with
a really hard point.

- Maybe something
that the killer grabbed

At the last moment.
- I'll let you know

If I find anything.
- Okay. Thanks.

(camera shutter clicks)

No sign of forced entry,
no sign of a struggle.

She had to have known
the killer.

- We found a safe upstairs,
totally untouched.

Same with all
of her loose jewelry.

Lot of high-end stuff there.

- So it wasn't a robbery.

- Nope.

- Only the question is:

What's with all the cash
in the pool?

- Ma'am! You can't come in here.
- I need to get inside.

- This is an active crime scene.
- I know.

I'm daphne, dr. Sophie's
business manager.

- So you're her
business manager

And her emergency contact.

She doesn't have any family?
Or friends?

- Her clients and fans,
her colleagues,

We're her family.

- Why was it you needed
to get in here?

- I need her laptop.
Her latest book is on it.

Dream interpretation.
It'll be huge.

Any one of these people
could steal it.

- When the laptop's found,
it'll be taken as evidence,

So... I can assure you nothing's
gonna be stolen off of it.

- Out of curiosity,
how much would a leaked copy

Of one of those books go for?

- She got a million-dollar
advance for it.

- Gotcha.

Hey, guys! We need to find
that laptop, stat!

- Max.

When was the last time
you saw her?

- A few days ago,
at the fernwood.

- The fernwood?
- It's the wellness center

Sophie opened a couple
of years ago.

The physical embodiment
of her life's work.

The fernwood has therapists
who specialize

In several types of treatments.

She wanted to create a place
where people could work

On their issues through
multiple disciplines.

- So multiple therapists

Tell you how messed up
you are instead of just one.

- What was her mood like
last time you saw her?

- Not great, actually.
She was anxious, distracted.

(phone chiming)

(gasps)

Oh my god.

- Is everything alright?

- All three of her books

Just shot to the top
of the bestseller lists.

Again. Now you understand
how important it is

That book not be leaked.
Sales will be off the charts.

That sounded terrible,
didn't it?

- Yeah.
- Kinda.

- I'm sorry. I still can't
believe this is happening.

(phone chiming)

Is there anything else? I need
to get back to the fernwood.

People started calling
as soon as the news broke.

We're holding a gathering
so we can grieve together.

A lot of people are gonna feel
very lost without her.

- Right.
Well, one last question:

Where were you last night?

- I was on a red-eye flight
back from a publishing

Conference in london.

I landed at six this morning.

I still have the boarding pass
on my phone.

- I'll take a look at that.

Who's gonna be
at this gathering?

- Friends, clients, co-workers.
Here it is.

- Okay, you're free to go.
Thank you.

Show her out?

So, if everyone who was close
to her is gonna be there...

- Maybe the murderer
will be there too.

- You know, the most interesting
thing about what she said

Is what she didn't say.
I mean, yeah, she's dr. Sophie's

Emergency contact, but...
She never once

Spoke about their friendship.
Did you notice that?

- Well, lots of people who work
together don't get along.

Here. Maybe we can
learn something

From "the lighthouse inside".

- Did you steal that?

- She had like 50 copies.

This isn't evidence.

Okay? It was still
sealed inside a box.

Hmm, this one is signed.

This is probably worth
something now.

- Why did you take that?
- These people just lost

Their pied piper.
Which means they're vulnerable.

Vulnerable people want to talk.

So, we just need
to speak their language.

For example, "all of your life,

You've been told
that you are the storm,

That you are the hurricane,
when in fact,

You are the lighthouse."

- What the hell
is that supposed to mean?

- It means
that I am the lighthouse,

And you are the dark storm.

Don't you ever
read self-help books?

- Do I look like I read
self-help books?

- So when you're going
through it, who do you talk to?

- Nobody, I guess.

- Well, there has to be someone.

Marc.
- What?

- You talk to marc, don't you?

(chuckles)
- I do not talk to my cat.

- Makes so much sense now.

You are the dark storm,

And you tell your secrets
to a cat.

You know,
now that I say it out loud,

You sound kind of insane.

- Oh. Me, insane. Yeah.

This coming from the woman
who thinks she's a lighthouse.

Okay.

(rhythmic music)

- So many feels going on here.

- Lots of people too.

Any idea who we should talk to?

- Let's start with joan,

Our cognitive
behavioural therapist.

She knew sophie the longest.

(birds chirping)

- I still can't believe
she's gone.

- I know.
- I don't believe

I've introduced myself.

My name is maxine,

And this is my husband, colton.

- Hi.

- Hi.
- Were you two close?

- Very. We met in college,

Then I was the first therapist
that she hired here.

- Any idea who could've done
something like this?

- No. Everybody loves sophie.

She was a light to so many.

- Oh... My... Stars.

- Uh, sorry, my wife's
just really upset, you know.

- Wendell collins?
Hi. I'm a huge fan.

Do you mind if I get
your autograph?

- Uh, not the time, honey.

- I'm sure he doesn't mind.

- Sorry, who are you?

- Wendell collins, anchorman,
channel 14 news.

- Oh, sorry, I don't really
watch a lot of television.

- Are you saying
I watch too much tv?

- Sorry to interrupt.

Wendell, are you still
okay to speak first?

- Yes, I can do it. For sophie.

- He could've been the killer.
You're asking for autographs?

- You're always so suspicious.

- Yeah. I'm a detective.

- He's speaking at her memorial.

He's clearly a fan.

- Everyone.

Hi.

Thank you for coming.

We lost someone who changed...
A lot of lives.

The lives of millions
around the world.

A lot of you asked
to say a few words,

So let's start with one
of dr. Sophie's closest friends,

Our own wendell collins.

(soft music)

(wendell): Hi.
- He's a lot better on tv.

- Uh...

- Wendell.

Everything you learned
from sophie

Is still inside you.

Just...

Speak your truth.

- I, uh...

I...

Killed.

I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

(crowd gasping)

- Maybe not such a fan.

- I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

I went to her house, we argued,
I hit her on the head,

She fell into the pool.
I killed her.

- And... Why did you
kill dr. Fernwood?

- Maybe he needs a teleprompter.

- Okay. Can you tell us how
you killed dr. Fernwood?

- I went over to her house,
we argued,

I hit her, she fell into
the pool. I killed her.

- Look, mr. Collins.
We understand

That you confess to the murder,
but we're gonna need

More details than that.

- I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

I went over to her house,
we argued,

And I hit her,
and she fell into the pool.

I killed her.

- Yeah, I say it's drugs.
These local news types,

They get into some wild stuff.

I've been to a couple
industry parties, I got stories.

- Nobody's got time
for your stories, yates.

- Okay, speak for yourself.
Tell me over drinks?

- Maybe. I'll think about it.

- Okay, focus, you two.
There was just under $500,000

In cash floating in that pool.

Do you think wendell
was paying off dr. Sophie,

Or the other way around?
- You saw the doc's house.

She didn't need the money.

- Let's check
wendell's financials

While we're checking hers.
- I bet you a hundy

He's faking it.
He does the deed, confesses,

Pleads crazy,
and then he gets off.

- We've seen it before.
- But...

One thing we're missing
is motive.

- Let's form 1 him.

A couple days in the psych ward
should help

With whatever this is.
- Yeah.

- In the meantime...

Let's go talk to the last person
he was with, hmm?

- Don't know what's going on.
He was fine yesterday.

- Nothing seemed to be
bothering him lately?

- I'm his producer. We, um...

Uh, we talk work.
We... We don't talk,

That's what his therapist
is for. Was for.

- Okay, but you did have
dinner with him the night

Dr. Sophie was killed.
- Dinner with wendell

Is him eating a steak
while I take notes.

We left loggington's
around 8:30,

But I'm pretty sure
he went out for drinks after.

- We tracked his credit card
to a lounge in westburgh.

- Which is in the complete
opposite direction

Of dr. Sophie's house.
- What was he seeing dr. S for?

(sighs)
- this show is done for anyway.

Wendell was seeing her
for his anxiety.

He started to trip up
at the news desk.

Before long, he could barely
talk in front of other people.

- Wow. With a voice as smooth
as tennessee whisky,

Popular newscaster
wendell collins

Was afraid of public speaking?

- Was there any indication
that dr. Sophie was threatening

To expose wendell's condition?
Maybe to his boss?

- That would explain
the money at the crime scene.

- Wendell's paying through
his nose for two divorces.

No way did he have hush money.

- What's this?
- Wendell's mantra.

He says that before
every broadcast.

- Has wendell had any mental
breakdowns in the past?

- Thanks for your help.
I think we're done.

- Thanks.

No, we're not.

- He didn't do it.
He's innocent.

(birds chirping)

So now you're not talking to me?

- You can't just do that.
- Do what?

- Just cut an interview short
like that.

- Well, wendell's innocent,
so yeah, interview finito.

- Just because jane said his
whereabouts were accounted for?

- Why would she lie about that?

- I don't know.
Sometimes people lie, max.

That's why you don't just cut
an interview short.

Besides, you didn't even tell me
why you think

Wendell's innocent.
- Because of the other clue

That we got. Well, I got,
but we're a team, so... Yay us.

- What are you even
talking about?

"david's latent fear
of public speaking

Comes from the perception
that being watched

Is an existential threat."

- Okay, so dr. Sophie
has a client named david

Who also has a fear
of public speaking.

What's your point?
- Dr. Sophie uses

Real case studies.
She's just changing their names.

"his personalized mantra,
'this is who I am,

This is what I do,'
alleviated much of his anxiety."

- So dr. Sophie was writing
about wendell.

Wendell is david.
- But wait, there's more.

"the final ingredient
in david's treatment plan

Doesn't work on everyone,
but david

Was highly responsive
to hypnosis."

- So wendell collins
was... Hypnotized.

- Into confessing
to dr. Sophie's murder.

(distant sirens wailing)

- How is hypnosis an alibi?
That's not even a thing.

- It's yet another way
therapists manipulate the mind.

It's all a trick.
- There's no trick. It's...

Just a state of relaxation
or focus.

Pretty effective
in pain control, stress relief,

And a healthy component of
substance abuse treatment plans.

What? My mom's a psychoanalyst.

- Cool. I didn't know that.

- Wouldn't kill you
to ask me about

My personal life sometimes.

- Psych called, confirmed
that collins was hypnotized

Into confessing to the murder.

- Huh.

- Did I really say that?
- I'm afraid so.

But the psychiatrist
we brought in

Has broken you out
of your hypnotic state.

Says it's very likely
you won't remember much.

- This is... Disastrous.

My career is over

- Oh, I don't know.
You made headline news

On your own network.

I heard ratings
were through the roof.

- Your producer said you two
had a dinner meeting

The night of the murder?
We spoke to the restaurant,

They also confirmed
that the two of you were there

Until 8:30 pm.

- And then you went
for drinks afterwards.

Alone. And stayed there 'til
past midnight. Also confirmed.

- So, we know you didn't
kill dr. Sophie.

- Of course I didn't kill
dr. Sophie.

I would never hurt her.

- Someone wants us
to believe you did.

- Who would want to set me up?

- Well, that's what
we'd like to know.

- Besides dr. Sophie,
did you see any

Of the other therapists
while at the centre?

- As a matter of fact,
I went through several.

Arts therapy, play therapy,
outdoors therapy...

- And nothing took?
- My fault, really.

Someone whose job
is communicating

To millions of people
has a fear of public speaking?

I was embarrassed
to even ask for help.

I was terrified that
if the truth got out,

I would be fired.

I'm not proud of myself,
but sometimes...

That fear and anxiety

Would make me lash out
at people.

- At other therapists?

- When I get angry,
I know I can be vicious.

Cutting.

I'm still working on it.

I now know that my anger
is a defence mechanism.

But I don't blame any of them.

Dr. Sophie was the only one
that stuck with me.

Without her...

Well, I owe her my life.

- Did any of
the other therapists

Use hypnosis
in their treatments?

- No, just dr. Sophie.

- And to your recollection,
nobody else has tried

To hypnotize you?
- No.

- But then he wouldn't
remember, would he?

- No, not if it was a part
of the hypnotic suggestion.

- Whoever killed dr. Sophie
also framed wendell collins.

- Alright, so we find
the hypnotist,

We find the killer.
- Not just anybody

Can hypnotize somebody
like that.

It takes a trained professional.
- There's lots of them

At the fernwood.
We just gotta figure out

Which one hated dr. Sophie
enough to kill her.

- Okay, you two. Saddle up.
- For what?

- You're going for therapy.

- Okay, let's run down
our stories.

- Okay. I'm a cop,
my dad was a cop.

- These therapists can sniff out
a lie a mile away.

You gotta stay close
to the truth,

But just change the details.

You're not a cop,
you're a cardio-thoracic surgeon

Just like your father was.

My father is an entrepreneur,
not a conman.

- Okay. How did we meet?
- We met five years ago.

You saw me in a flash mob.

For you,
it was love at first sight.

I was unimpressed,
but I felt sorry for you.

- What?

- Welcome to the fernwood.
You must be maxine and colton.

You are going to love
the all-day couples intensive.

It really shocks
the emotional system

And opens news pathways
of communication.

- And we're gonna meet
all the therapists, right?

- Absolutely.

- Let the healing begin.

He never listens.
- Please, all I even do

Is listen, because all
you ever do is talk.

- Sweetie,
you're a verifiable grump.

I could feed you ice cream
and cake,

And you would still be unhappy.

- Because I don't really care
for sweets, sweetie.

And I'm not unhappy.

Sorry. This place feels
so different.

I'd gotten so used
to dr. Sophie, you know?

Is it true one of her patients
was responsible for her murder.

Must be affecting business.

- Why do you think
you changed the subject?

Does talking about yourself
make you uncomfortable?

- No.
- Yes.

He needs focus and grounding.

You know, I hear hypnotherapy
could help with that.

- I don't use hypnosis.
- Well, what about lighthouses?

- The lighthouse
is just a metaphor.

You seem to know
what your husband needs,

But what do you need?

- Well, there is a pair
of louboutin pumps

That I've literally
been dreaming about.

- See? This is what
I'm talking about.

She doesn't think that there's
anything wrong with her.

- Yeah. I'm starting to get

A good snapshot of your dynamic.

I think it's time we shift
into your individual sessions.

So the approach here is simple.

By painting, you occupy
the parts of the brain

That are associated
with movements,

Leaving your frontal lobe
free to explore

Your thoughts and feelings.

Go ahead.

- So you just want me
to paint and talk?

- Exactly.

- Alright, what do you want
to talk about?

- Well, starting with
your childhood never hurts.

- I knew you were
gonna say that.

There's not much to talk about.

- If you could paint
your childhood,

What would that look like?

- Well, my dad was a... Surgeon.

And my mom was a teacher.

- You're also a surgeon.

- Yeah, that's right.

- Is that what you always
wanted to be?

- It was always assumed
that's what I was gonna be.

- By you or your father?
- Both.

- It's stressful
being a surgeon.

You see life and death
situations every day.

- I never really
saw it that way.

I just see a problem,
and I follow the steps

To fix that problem.

- Is that your father
that taught you that?

- Yeah.

He was very... Black and white.

Right and wrong.

Choices were really simple
for him.

He would've never been
in a place like this.

- Oh, why not?

- Wasn't one to talk
about his feelings,

Let's just say that.
- Hmm.

Well, is that why
you became a surgeon?

To connect with him?

- And before you even ask,
I had an amazing childhood.

No siblings,
just me and my parents.

- Hmm. Tell me one thing
that wasn't amazing.

- Why? Do you can dial
into my psyche

And tell me something
terrible happened

Even though it didn't?
- Oh, you caught me.

(chuckles)
I'm kidding.

Let's stop here.

Put your hand on
the trunk of this tree.

- Okay.

(sighs)

- Close your eyes,

And just breathe.
Feel it grounding you.

Now tell me about
this amazing childhood.

- My dad was an entrepreneur.

He was very poor but very happy.

One day, he met my mother.

A hottie of serious means.

They fell in love,

And her family said
they would disown her

If they ever got married.

She did it anyway.
A true fairytale.

- Hmm.

What did your mother do?

- She learned his trade.

She'd never worked before.

She didn't have to.

But turned out
she was a natural,

So she joined him
in his business.

And then... I joined too,
when I was old enough.

It was... Us three
against the world.

- Family business.
That can be stressful sometimes.

- We loved it.
- Loved?

- She passed away.

- I'm sorry to hear that.
And your father?

- He's taking some time off.

To write a book.

Hopefully, a bestseller
like dr. S.

- But your husband's around.

- He's busy all the time.
Surgery, you know.

- Which leaves you on your own.

- Yeah. For the first time
since I was a kid.

- Is it hard for you,
being alone?

- It's... It's okay.

"get in the car!"
" what about the family photos?"

"leave them!"
"we can't!"

"daddy, I call shotgun!"

Can you hypnotize
someone into playing?

Because... My husband
will never do this.

(sighs)

- Um... No.

(exhales deeply)

- Let's take a seat.

- I was ten years older
than my brother, so...

I always kind of felt like
I had two different childhoods.

- Hmm.
- One as an only child,

And one with a brother.

- That's a tough adjustment
for a kid.

Getting all the attention
for so long

And then having to share it.

- Not really. I spent a lot of
time by myself before that too.

- Why?
- My dad worked all the time,

So... I always kind of had to be
my own best friend, you know?

It's so peaceful here.
- Mmm.

- It's almost hypnotizing.

Speaking of which,
do you practise hypnotism?

I hear it can be
really affective.

- I don't. No, I think
it's better to connect

With things
on your own timeline.

- Right.
- Tell me,

What was it like
when daniel was born?

- Well, after daniel was born,
my dad had a heart attack,

Which kind of forced him
into an early retirement.

- That must've been difficult
for someone who values

Work above everything else.
- Maybe for other people, but...

Not for my dad.

He took all that work ethic
he had

And poured all his energy
into daniel.

He was really different
with him than he was with me.

He was always around,
he was never stressed out.

He didn't push daniel
like he did with me.

But you know,
danny was a different kid.

He was gentle and sensitive.

He was the kind of kid
who brought home birds

With broken wings.
- Hmm.

(chuckles)

It sounds like you and daniel

Experienced very
different fathers.

- Yeah.

- Were you ever angry
with him for that?

- No.

I could never be angry
at daniel.

- I wasn't talking about daniel.

- With your tight-knit family
no longer together,

You're left with
only your husband.

If you take a moment
and visualize,

Does that make you feel
secure or uneasy?

- Uneasy.

- So you don't trust
your husband?

Or most specifically,

Do you trust that he'll do
the right thing?

- Always.

And for the record,
it's very annoying.

There's no surprises
with that one.

- Okay. So, what I'm hearing

Is that you've learned
to mistrust

Everyone outside your circle,
and well, now that your circle

No longer exists, your...

Your mistrust is redirected.

- To who? Myself?

You don't think I trust myself?

- I'm suggesting that...

Maybe you don't trust yourself
enough to trust someone else.

- Like colton?

Because I do trust him.

I really do.

- Well, that can be scary.

If you trust colton
as you did your family, that...

That could change the way
you see people,

The world, everything.

(sighs)

- Do you believe
your wife loves you?

- Sure.

- Do you believe that she would
think any less of you

If you weren't a good surgeon?
- No.

- But it matters to you.
- Yeah.

- Would you say
that being a surgeon

Is what matters most
in your life?

- Yes. It's... It's who I am.

- It's what you do.

I like to get to it.

I don't practice therapy
that dances around the issues.

Your father only connected
with you when it was about work.

But he loved your brother daniel
simply for who he was.

Is that fair to say?

- Yeah, that's fair.

- From a very young age,
you were taught

That your self-worth
is only measured by your work.

And without it, you're not
worthy to be loved.

Did you ever trust anyone
and had that trust broken?

- Once.

- Do you want to talk about it?
- No.

But, I mean, hasn't everyone?

Dr. S let someone in and...
She got burned too.

That's what daphne
told me anyways.

- I wouldn't take
what daphne says to heart.

She was no longer really
a part of dr. Sophie's circle.

- Why not?
- People change.

Now, back to you.

You came to the fernwood
to save your marriage.

That's a great step.

I'm now gonna ask you
the central question

Of every relationship.

And your answer to it
is all you need to know.

Are you better
together or apart?

- Hey. How did it go?

- Uh... Good. You?

- Good. Yeah, just...
Exhausting.

- I hear that.
I am officially talked out.

- Really? You? Talked out?

- I know, right?
- Damnit!

(soft suspenseful music)

Oh, come on!

- All those therapists,
not a single one of them

Uses hypnosis.
- So they say.

But any one of them
could've learned how to do it.

- True. Although they all seem
to genuinely like dr. Sophie.

- Well, that's what we
thought about daphne, but...

What was she searching for?

You know, joan told me
that daphne and dr. S

Were on the outs.
I don't know why.

- I think we already
have something

That might give us
the answer to that. Come on.

Hey. Forensics just came back
with dr. Sophie's laptop.

Look at this.

- How is our happy couple?

Have you set boundaries?
Started active listening?

- Well, would you look
at that...

Daphne was dear johned.

- What the hell is a dear john?
- It's a breakup letter.

- Dr. Sophie emailed daphne
three days before

She was killed, and dumped her.
- But daphne was on a plane

When the doc was murdered, so...

- She could've hired
someone to do it.

- Well, she was about to lose
her only client,

A bestselling book,
and a budding empire.

- That's one hell of a motive
for murder right there.

Let's bring in daphne.

- I'm allowed to be
in her office. I'm her manager.

- Ex-manager.
We saw the breakup email.

- Why didn't you tell us
that dr. Sophie

Had dissolved her business
relationship with you?

(scoffs)
- five years.

Five years.

She couldn't even call me.

I'm the one who molded
her into a star.

I helped her start the firm,
I organized her book tours...

- So then why did she drop you?

- She wanted brené brown-levels
of fame.

She figured little ol' me wasn't
big enough to get her there.

- Is that why you killed her?

- What?

Wendell confessed. I saw him.
You saw him.

- Please, we both know
that was a false confession.

- I was on a flight
when she died.

- You could've hired
somebody to do it.

- Sophie betrayed me,
but I didn't kill her.

She was brilliant
at what she did.

I thought that if I could
find the manuscript,

I could publish it before anyone
knew she was dumping me.

- And you'd still get
your cut of her big book.

- Her dream interpretation book

Is gonna be her biggest
bestseller yet.

If anyone can ever find it.

- She hid it?

- Probably.

For all of her books,
I would never see an outline,

Chapters, a first draft.

It would just appear
in my email one day,

A finished manuscript
ready for publishing.

She even spellchecked it.

Maybe she didn't trust me.

Maybe I'll sign joan
as my next client.

- Is she a really bad writer?

- I read a few of her papers,

She really knows her stuff,
but she's just so...

- So...?

- ...Boring.

That's what made sophie great.

She had that "it factor".

People loved her.

- We checked all
of daphne's financials,

Emails, phone records.

There's not a thing that
suggests she hired a hit man.

- I checked the trash.
The trash is trash.

If this woman wrote a book,
there ain't no sign of it.

- Are you sure?
- I mean...

You can't ever really
delete anything.

For example,
and I thought I scrubbed it,

But if you search,
"slurp goblins" on my computer--

- Hey, hey!
- We don't wanna know.

- Hello! I do.

- Drinks at o'leary's.
You pay, I'll play.

- Okay.
- Why wouldn't dr. Sophie

Have a copy of her book
on her laptop?

She told daphne it was finished,
right?

- Yes, and it's not like
writers lie

About how much they write ever.
- Hold up.

I remember seeing a book
about dreams on dr. Joan's desk.

Coincidence? I think not.

Especially because that's
the subject of dr. S' new book.

- All therapists talk
about dreams. It's very common.

- But dr. Joan and dr. S
went to college together.

Joan was the hardworking
study buddy,

And dr. S was the party girl.

Maybe joan was doing research
on dreams for dr. S,

Got jealous
and stole her manuscript?

- We can't make up a motive
just because you think

You saw a book on dreams
on joan's desk.

- Well, I think
it's worth looking into.

I follow your leads,
why can't you follow mine?

- I follow your leads
all the time.

- Yeah, but I have to drag you
kicking and screaming

To even follow
my brilliant ideas.

- Okay, I think "brilliant"
is a bit of a stretch.

- Stop!

Did you two learn
nothing in therapy?

Partnership is like a canoe.

If you both paddle in the same
direction, you go places.

Wonderful, magical,

Erotic, hallucinatory places.

But if each of you paddle
in the opposite direction,

What happens?

What happens?

- We don't get anywhere.
- We just keep going in circles.

- That's right. So line up,

Look forward and get moving.

- Okay, I'm sorry.
We'll follow your lead.

- Thank you.

- Anybody else here
need fixing?

- Yeah, I had this thing--
- I can't help you. Nobody can.

(max): Thanks, ricky.
- What did he say?

- Okay, ricky was able to get
into sophie's account.

There's that $500,000
withdrawal

Made the day before she died.
- Yeah, we already know that.

- Yeah, but he noticed
another pattern.

Sophie transferred $30,000
into an unknown account

When her first book came out,
then another 50 for her second,

And then 75
for her latest bestseller.

- Sounds like payment to me.

Dr. Sophie had a ghost writer.

- Why if that's why joan had
the book of dreams on her desk?

What if she's the ghost writer?

Do you remember when daphne
said that sophie

Got a million-dollar advance
for her next book?

- 75k is nothing compared
to a million bucks.

Maybe joan decided
she wanted half.

- Dr. Sophie is getting
all the accolades, the money.

Joan is working
behind the scenes,

Doing all the research,
working her little

Fingers to the bone.
- Okay, so joan blackmails

Dr. Sophie,
she goes to her house,

They get into an argument,
they fight,

Joan panics, she hits her.

She dies instantly
and falls into the pool.

Yeah but how does wendell
fit into all of this?

- Well, if joan
is a ghost writer,

She would have access to all
of dr. Sophie's interviews.

- So she would've known
that wendell was particularly

Susceptible to hypnosis.

- Making him
the perfect fall guy.

- So, all she had to do
was hypnotize him.

- After that, she's just
one trigger phrase away

From getting him
to confess to murder.

- Huh.

That's a pretty
damn good theory.

Wanna go test it out?

(knocking)

- Hello?
- Hey, wendell. Looking good.

- Thank you.
What can I do for you two?

- We just wanted to hear
you speak your truth.

- Just speak your truth.

- I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

I went to her house, we argued,

I hit her, she fell into
the pool. I killed her.

- There it is. It's the trigger.
- I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

I went to her house, we argued,
I hit her,

She fell into the pool.
I killed her.

- We broke him, didn't we?
- I killed dr. Sophie fernwood.

I went to her house,
we argued, I hit her,

She fell into the pool.
I killed her.

- Ooh.
(chuckles)

You scared me.
What are you doing here?

- Oh, last-minute crisis.
We forgot our love languages.

- Centre is closed.
- Oh, we'll be quick.

We just came to hear you
speak your truth.

- Honey. That doesn't have
the same effect on her

As it did on wendell.
- Oh.

What happened, joan?

Dr. Sophie gave you the $500,000
you asked for, right?

Why didn't you just take it
and walk away?

- Who are you?

(suspenseful music)

- Hey! Joan! Joan, stop! Hey!

Joan! Stop!

Wait!

(tense music)

- Don't come any closer!

- Joan. Why don't we go inside
and we can talk, huh?

- What's the point?

My life, my career,

It's all over anyway.

- Look, I know you didn't mean
to kill dr. Sophie.

- I really didn't.

I just wanted my share
of the advance.

I was owed at least that.

- But she didn't give you
any credit, did she?

- No. She laughed at me.

Said I was the same sucker
I was in college

When I used to do her research.

I wrote her papers
even back then.

- And that made you mad, right?

- It did.

- What happened, joan?

- I tried to leave
with the bag of money,

But she grabbed it,

Started pushing me
again and again and...

I...

- So you hit her with something.

- One of her own books.
It was on the patio table,

And... I didn't think
it would kill her.

I mean, I only hit her once.

- Exactly, it was just
a mistake, right?

- She just fell in the pool.
I freaked out and ran.

It all happened so fast,
I didn't mean to do it.

- Joan, wait! Wait. Wait.

- What if daphne
publishes your book?

- You already wrote
three bestsellers.

- No one is going to read a book

In earnest written by
a therapist in prison.

- Are you kidding me?

That's like the best hook ever.

- There are computers
in jail, right?

- Yeah.

(joan breathing heavily)

- Okay.

- Okay.

Come on, joan. Here you go.

(distant sirens wailing)

(sighs)

- You're still here?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I just finished taking
down her statement.

- I heard it was a pretty
intense night.

- Yeah. There was a second there
when I really thought

She was gonna jump.
It was close.

- Yeah.

Hey, I've been meaning
to ask you,

How was doing all that therapy?

Get anything out of it?

- Yeah, uh... I think.

(scoffs)
I don't know.

I haven't really
processed it yet.

- We probably could have used
some therapy

Back when we were partners, huh?
(chuckles)

- Probably.

- You know, I've been going
for about a year now.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Even since your brother died.

I wanted to help you,
I didn't know how,

And you didn't want to talk
about it,

So it made me realize...

(clears throat)

...That I didn't know
what I was doing,

As far as managing my feelings
and emotions and all that stuff.

- Well, how has it been going?
- Good.

It's slow.

Damn slow, but...

But good.

- Where's yates?

- Oh, I don't know. She gave me
the safe word tonight.

- The safe word?
- Oh, yeah.

If either one of us is getting
on each other's nerves

And we need some space,

We give a safe word.
No questions asked.

- I know I'm gonna regret this,
but what's the safe word?

- Ice cream.
- Ice cream, okay.

I was expecting worse.
What does it mean?

- She said our partnership
is like ice cream.

It's awesome, it's reliable,

And too much of it
can give you gas.

(chuckling)

- That's actually...
That's actually kind of sweet.

- I mean, don't get me wrong,

I had to veto the first
five safe words.

They were disgusting.

(chuckles)

You heading out?

- No, I gotta finish
these reports, so...

- Alright, well,
I just wanna say,

If you ever need to work
things out, therapy's good.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

- I appreciate that.

- And talking to your cat
doesn't count.

- Okay. I don't talk to my cat.

- That's not what max says.

(soft music)

- Hey. What are you doing here?

- I just had some drinks
with yates.

Oh boy, does she have
some stories.

Also, I have something for you.

- What?

- Your painting
from the fernwood.

What do you think?

- Honestly?
It's pretty terrible.

- Yeah. It really is.

- What am I supposed
to do with this?

- Burn it. Because if anybody
finds out they came

For your brain,
you'll be locked up for life.

And then I'll have no one.

- Don't worry.
I wouldn't let that happen.

We make too good of a team.

Um, I should... I should really
get back to this report.

- Yeah. It's...
It's a nice night.

I'll probably go for a walk.

Don't work too late.
- You got it.

(sighs)

(chuckles)