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Previously on Will Trent. Me llamo Will Trent. I'm sorry, this is a little hard

for me. No se mi madre.

Pero ella era de Puerto Rico.

Antonio. Uncle Antonio.

You look just like your mother.

Let me take you to Puerto Rico.

What? Buenos dias. Un cafe con leche y un quesito.

Quesito.

Quesito. You're getting better?

I don't know about that, but love seeing where you're from.

There's a part of you that's from here too?

If there is.

I don't feel it yet. Mijo, you're so hard on yourself.

You're special.

Hey,

hey, hey.

What's happening?

Call an ambulance!

Catalina!

And there. Yep.

Also. Yep.

She was like family to us.

Her mom devastated Catalina with her only child.

I am so sorry.

Amanda, this is Ramos Delgado and his wife Isabella. He is cultural attaché

Colombia. They sponsor Catalina's visa.

Amanda Wagner, deputy director, GVI.

Sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

It's terrible.

She was so young.

Is there any reason to suspect foul play?

Our Emmy is here with my partner.

I'll go check on them.

We'll need a talk screen to confirm.

How we doing? The power couple from Bogota would love an update.

Poison. How do you know?

Lips are blue. EMT said they were blue when they found her. Central cyanosis.

Fingertip cyanotic, too. So she wasn't getting oxygen.

Long list of poisons with those effects.

She was dancing moments before she hit the floor. It was fast acting.

That's a shorter list.

No injection sites, no residue.

Even shorter. If it was mixed into a drink or food, anyone in this room could

have flipped it to her. These people want to go home.

Well, I have bad news for them. We need to talk to everybody here.

Half these people are foreign nationals who do not speak English, and at this

hour, we are not going to be able to get an interpreter down here.

I have two years of Espanol.

I got this.

¿Cuál es su nombre y vio usted algo?

Where are you from?

Atlanta, but my mother's from Puerto Rico. If you're Puerto Rican, why should

Spanish sound like that? And for real, why should English sound like that too?

Catalina era una bailarina talentosa con toda su vida por delante.

Siempre habrá personas que sienten envidia de un talento como el de ella.

Incomparable. What did he say?

Catalina was good at dancing.

Ramos. Speak in English, my love.

My apologies. I was under the belief you were Puerto Rican.

So was I.

I can't believe she's gone.

Catalina was my dance partner.

Javi, I know this is difficult, but I'm going to need you to tell us everything

you remember about Catalina's last hour.

We were together almost the entire night, rehearsing the final group number

closing ceremonies.

This late?

The after parties were the real dancing takes place.

Dancers come to unwind.

Catalina loved to talk trash. She was bold like that.

Did you see her eat or drink anything?

No.

She didn't like to eat or drink when she was dancing.

I wonder how many more of these we have.

So, you're not going to say anything?

What?

Really?

You don't notice anything different about me? Oh, did you get a haircut or

something?

Oh, the suit. The suit. You went from green -brown to... To brown -green. Yes,

yes. Night and day difference, isn't it? Oh, yeah.

Mm -hmm. Yeah, and now that I see it, it's big.

But it's almost, like, too big. Like, I might need a minute. It's a lot to

process.

Sarcasm.

Subtlety and attention to detail never were your strongest currencies.

Excuse me?

Special agent Trent.

Oh, did you go from green is brown to brown is green?

I love it.

It's popping.

Bon bon chiffon.

Thank you for noticing bon bon. It's what I do.

And you also dance salsa.

Oh, well, I'm the MC.

But yes, of course I dance salsa.

And people have got to stop getting murdered around me.

My sensitive, sweet, gorgeous, single soul can't take it.

What can you tell us about Catalina? Did you know her? Know her? I was obsessed

with her. Her attitude, her skin, her tetas. I used to watch her do her makeup

every night. It was like a sacred ritual.

The closest thing I've ever had to a religious experience.

How well did you know her? Not at all.

But I love the idea of her.

Can you show us where she did her makeup?

Of course.

This was her station here, bendita.

That rest her soul.

Doors popped open, no cameras, no security.

She knew the dancers, musicians, even fans had access.

Special agent, why am I only just now learning that you're Puerto Rican?

I don't know, Bon Bon.

Didn't seem relevant.

Being Puerto Rican is always.

Relevant. Put that down. It's a crime scene.

How'd you know I was Puerto Rican?

Oh, everybody's talking about it out there.

They don't like you too much, Agent.

So which side is the Puerto Rican on?

It's my mother.

Oh, so your dad's German.

What? No.

Then where does the German come from?

There is no German. It does seem like there's a little German. Maybe it's

because you're so, like, tight, you know? But that's why we get along so

Papi, because you're like this and I'm like this.

You see? Okay, let's get back to the case. Harvey said that Catalina didn't

to eat or drink before she danced.

So if the poison wasn't ingested... This may go different from the rest. Maybe

it was absorbed through her skin.

No. Death by contouring?

We need to get this to the lab.

Y 'all got a body makeup lab?

In the meantime, do we release the hostages?

They're not hostages. They're witnesses.

And no, we can't let them go yet.

Hola.

Hello. Is this on?

Oh.

Does anybody know how to work this?

Oh.

It's on. Okay.

Hola, todos.

Por favor, un momento.

Yo, ¿qué está pasando?

Just one minute.

Can you hear me?

Sorry, too close.

Thank you all.

Gracias.

Just speak English, bro.

Yo, can we leave at what?

Not quite, not quite.

We still have a few more interviews and we're also waiting on some test results.

Should be really quickly, only a few more hours.

Long night?

Max had a sleepover last night.

Five boys.

One bathroom.

That sounds like torture.

Jesus, tell her.

Put a bell on, man. Do you remember that forensic science symposium last fall? I

told a professor that her criminology class could dig into one of our cold

cases. They're set up at the press room, ready to pitch their findings to the

both of you.

Findings? Absolutely not. No. No.

He's out.

Thick. Be nice.

How old are they?

College age.

No. I don't know how to talk to them. No, no, no. He will say the wrong thing.

You know he will. They're going to tell HR on me. Is that what you want?

Any dead body.

Bloated, picked over by animals. Something that will stick with me

Please tell her.

Have fun.

Beverly Rutledge.

63. Life devoted to service.

Stabbed to death in her woodworking studio April 2003.

We were at the halfway house on Beverly's block. It was the obvious

the police at the time.

Makes sense. House full of criminals.

Yeah, except they were wrong.

Can we stop with the whooshing?

This? is tony hollis she lived in the halfway house after serving four years

killing her boyfriend andre mccoy claims self -defense led down to manslaughter

she was spotted in beverly's woodworking studio more than once cops legit

thought she did it like prime suspect case closed but the dna didn't match at

all after that not a case went cold okay and

So we dug into Tony's transcript and interview notes. In her interview, she

mentions a guy in a yellow cutlass tailing her the night of the murder on

Beverly's block.

So you decided the guy in the cutlass killed Beverly Rutledge?

Did anybody follow up on that? No, Detective Palafi. I'm glad you asked.

They found Tony Hollis to be an unreliable witness because of her record

drug use.

These male detectives just wrote her off.

Hmm. Detective Wendy Severson and Lacey White.

Internalized misogyny.

Very common.

Okay. What else we got on the cutlass?

Yes, we used an aggregator to comb through the online archives of all the

newspapers for six months around the time of the murder, and we found this.

Residents of Lakewood Heights are advised to get on a lookout after a

fended off an attacker in Crawford Garden Park. Six feet tall, white male,

hair, mustache.

Driving a large sedan, Oldsmobile or Buick, light colored, possibly cream or

yellow. Lakewood Heights is right next to Beverly's neighborhood, and a Cutlass

is an Oldsmobile.

Yeah.

Thanks for that.

You might have something here.

Somebody's got to dig up those old case files for the other attack. Not it.

Death exacerbates my cancer.

All right. You and me, Kaya.

Let's go.

Get my bears.

Grab your bag.

Appreciate the rush. Get some sleep.

He says that Catalina was killed by a poison called aconitine. The tox screen

matches it to a residue that he found in her body makeup. It's a powder derived

from a flower.

Okay, well, we've talked to every dancer except one.

Roxy Vasquez. Ooh, La Roxy.

That'll be interesting.

What does that mean?

Roxy.

Catalina. What? What are you talking about?

Drama. Bon Bon. Okay, all right, all right.

So Roxy Vasquez, the hottest dancer here, probably the best dancer I've ever

seen. And she's Boricua too, just like us, Papi. What's her history with

Catalina? Well, Roxy and Javi used to dance together, but that was before

Catalina swooped in and stole him away.

Ha! It's incredible.

So who does Roxy dance with now?

No one.

She's just here doing exhibitions.

But if she got back with Javi, they could win it all.

Meaning the $100 ,000 grand prize.

This is really good information. You know, if only we had known this earlier.

I don't have a crystal ball. I don't know what you're doing. If you want

answers, you got to ask me questions.

Okay, here's a question. Where's Roxy now?

She's in the dressing room downstairs in the basement. Okay, you go talk to

Roxy. I'll find Harvey.

Once again, thank you, Bon Bon, for breaking the case wide open for us.

the key to Atlanta.

Here's a medal of honor.

And tickets to Cowboy Carter.

Roxy Vasquez?

One moment. I'm not finished yet.

Can I help you?

I'm Special Agent Will Trent.

Right. The man from nowhere.

Do you dance?

No.

I once found a salsa class on YouTube. It did not go well.

Come on, I'll show you.

I'm not answering questions, unless you do.

Why not?

Okay.

So you're going to start with your left foot forward, then you raise your right.

Whoa, whoa. Can you just show me?

Sure.

Left.

We've been interviewing people for hours.

You've been hiding from us?

I'm not hiding.

I needed to practice.

You're a rhythm.

Oh. Stop it.

Oh, okay. Don't yell at me.

If I yell at you, you'll know.

Look at me.

Why are you practicing, huh?

You're not competing.

Catalina Cortez stole your partner, although...

He's available now, isn't he?

I guess he is.

If you hurry, you might be able to scoop him up.

Agent Trent.

Is it a made -up name?

I'm an orphan.

It was given to me.

How'd you get those nasty bruises on your leg, huh?

Cause we're dancing.

It's a heel, dick and knee.

Part of the job.

Hmm.

Tell me about your relationship with Catalina Cortez.

Catalina was a pendeja.

She was a bitch.

Thought she deserved the best of everything.

Whatever she wanted.

Like she took Javi.

That must have pissed you off.

I'll be fine without Javi.

And I don't want to make a whole thing of this, but... Why didn't you cover up

those bruises?

Everyone else is slathered in body makeup, but not you.

You're paying awfully close attention to me.

Oh, you can count on it.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Agent Trent, your partner's looking for you.

She's down the hall.

To be continued.

Thank you.

He confessed.

This was in his backpack.

Javi, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You killed Catalina?

Yes. I killed her.

Okay, Javi. We got the labs back, and this is a match for the poison used to

kill Catalina.

Walk me through how you did it.

I put the poison into her body makeup, and I stirred it in. And that's what

killed her. How much did you put in?

I don't know, a couple of shakes, like sugar in your coffee. Like sugar in your

coffee? Yeah.

When did you do this?

Lunchtime, like noon.

Meaning more than ten hours before she died?

Yeah.

Okay.

He didn't do it.

How do you know?

The poison breaks down after four hours. She didn't start getting ready till

seven o 'clock that night. This guy's a patsy. That's what I'm saying.

He's lying.

We're missing something.

Let's get Roxy in here.

How long does this usually take?

Depends on the case.

Could be hours, days, weeks.

What?

There's a 20 -year -old bologna sandwich in here.

Bologna is probably still good. Gross.

Why isn't this all digitized?

Cross -referencing evidence.

Interviews. This would take like five minutes instead of five hours. I'm

is this hard?

Is it hard getting justice for woodworking Beverly?

It's a cold case. This is us taking you seriously.

That's what it looks like. Stop complaining.

I don't think expressing an emotion should be called complaining.

Shut up!

Okay, God.

Is this what we're looking for?

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

There's a witness statement for that attack you saw on the paper.

Sam Lopez saw yellow cutlets leaving the scene.

Hey, here's something that wasn't in the paper.

Partial plate.

Okay, here we go.

Registrations on every yellow Oldsmobile cut list in Georgia in the year 2003.

Kai keeps sending me voice memos. Why do you guys do that?

Faster? Yeah, faster for you, annoying for me. Like listening to a podcast I

never subscribed to. So what do we do now? Like how do we narrow this list

We cross -reference the names, see if anyone has a record.

It's going to be a tough road, though, because...

Half these people were probably dead by now, and the other half definitely don't

remember where they were at the time of the murder. That's why I love a fresh

body. The warmer the better.

What are you doing?

Why do you hold it like that? That's not how you use the phone. Hold it normal.

What is normal? I'm speaker.

Speaker? You're the reason going out in public sucks now. If you'd listened to

your voice, you'd know that Kaya and Detective Pulaski got a partial plate.

Starts with LF2.

Oh, the lady's got a break.

LF. Two belongs to Wayne Hensley. Mr.

Wayne Hensley has multiple misdemeanors, domestic violence complaints, no

charges ever filed.

Still lives in Atlanta.

Still alive.

Okay. Yeah, I can dig through his socials.

Maybe he's on TikTok.

He's 65.

Don't be agent.

I have a better idea.

Stakeout. Really?

Go meats.

Do you recognize this?

Yeah, that's my body makeup.

I thought so.

Because it's the same body makeup used to poison Catalina.

What? Javi is lying.

He's covering for someone.

I think it's you.

Catalina stole your dance partner, right? And in doing so, she stole a

grand from you. I didn't kill her. Then how'd she get your makeup? I don't know.

She probably stole it.

Like she swiped my dress last year and then lied to my face about it. She

the world belongs to her. Ask anyone. She just takes things.

Catalina stole your makeup.

It means she wasn't a target.

You were.

Why would someone want you dead?

If you know something, now's the time to talk.

Roxy, I don't know what's going on, but if you're in trouble, I can help you.

How?

How are you going to help me?

You don't know me.

You don't know this world. You don't know these people.

I'm done talking.

Are we just going to follow this guy around all day?

I have other classes, you know.

You know, I was on a stakeout for three days once.

No shower, no bed, just me.

400 bags of Funyuns. What's this with a Funyun?

He can just rest and run his DNA.

For what?

Man's doing his laundry.

We have to wait and hope that he leaves some DNA behind someplace where there's

no reasonable expectation of privacy.

Like maybe on that cigarette he's smoking.

Who does that?

Hey.

All right.

What'd I miss?

He doesn't use fabric softener.

Fabric softeners are a scam.

The clothes are already soft enough. Hey, look at this.

Here we go.

Just leave it, man. Walk away. Walk away.

You're just killing me. Damn it, Wade. What are you doing?

Making an art installation with your DNA track?

I have to get out of this car.

Taya, take a walk.

Right in the

ear, really.

Right in my ear.

I'm going to have this baby in this car.

If anyone farts, I swear to God there will be another murder.

There's not a jury in the world who will convict me.

Could I be the one you love?

Oh, God, he's leaving.

This whole thing's a bust.

Okay, forget it. I give up. I don't care who murdered Beverly Rutledge. I don't

care about justice.

I just want to go home.

Kaya, it's been 90 minutes.

Get this murder coming. Go the hell home.

When I found out my mother was from Puerto Rico, for the first time in my

I knew something about myself.

I thought that meant I got to be a part of something.

Suddenly, I had this history.

I came from a people love.

A lineage.

Felt like I had an anchor.

Like I finally found a piece of home.

But to these people, I'm nothing. I'm less than nothing. I'm an outsider.

My Spanish is terrible.

I don't dance salsa.

Everything I learned about my heritage came from a book. Not even a book. An

audio book.

Whatever. Who cares? Look, are we done?

I don't have time for this. I'm in the middle of a case.

Don't do that.

Everything you're saying matters.

And by the way, we are talking about the case.

You know, when I was a kid,

when things were really bad, I used to try to

disappear.

Don't call attention.

Don't make noise.

If I tried hard, it was like I

was there, but I really wasn't.

That's how this feels.

I'm the man from nowhere.

It's pathetic.

I know.

When I was in college, I went to Korea with three other Koreans from Georgia.

Everybody in Seoul saw right through us.

Big, dumb, Georgia Koreans.

But that didn't mean we weren't Korean.

Just because you feel a barrier to entry into your culture doesn't mean it's not

yours. It's absolutely yours.

I feel so outside.

So what can we do to center you?

What can you fall back on?

Solving Catalina Cortez's murder.

Good.

I like that.

Do your job.

Stand up for her.

These people don't know you, but I do.

This killer's underestimating you?

Good.

They won't even see you coming.

Take a swig. You're still building your tolerance.

I think it was the Funyuns.

Pete, please tell me you got good news. Looks like you got a bad guy.

Yeah! Lab ran the DNA from the gum. It's a full match on three separate rape

kits. It's conclusive. I briefed special victims. They're picking him up now.

What about Beverly Rutledge?

Not a match. Whoever killed her, it wasn't him.

Thanks, Pete. Yep.

Hey.

Look. You just solved three sexual assault cases.

This is huge.

No, yeah. I know. Good.

I just thought we solved a murder.

Wait, so what now?

The case just dies again?

No.

I want to talk to Tony. They wrote her off because she was unreliable,

My kind of gal. Let's bring her in.

Harvey's lying to us, and Rox is not telling us what she knows. So, you come

Encyclopedia Bonbon. Let's start with what you know about Harvey Amunos.

Harvey's drowning.

Money problems.

His family's in trouble trying to get out of Colombia.

He's scraping cash any way he can.

Sounds like motive to lie.

He's being paid to be the fall guy.

What do you know about Roxy Vasquez?

Roxy, Roxy, Roxy.

She loves oysters.

OK. She got a dog named Chew, Pikachu, not Chew Chew like the train. Anything

that could tell us who wanted Roxy dead, bon bon.

I'm accessing the memory palette.

You know, it takes a minute. Whenever you're ready.

Thank you. OK, here's something.

I have noticed that you tell me if it's relevant, y 'all the detectives.

Every time Ramos Delgado checks into a hotel on business, the social proxy

in blocks of him. You think Roxy's having an affair with Ramos?

Well, you said it, not me. I'm just a lonely observer of facts. If that is

we need to be looking at his wife, Isabella.

Kill the woman sleeping with her husband, keep his money and status.

If you want to talk, you better talk to him fast.

because they're going to Columbia after the finals.

Ramos is the guest of honor at some luncheon for rich people, which, like,

even is a luncheon anyway? Like, just say lunch. We can't hold Isabella. She

diplomatic immunity.

We need hard evidence to petition the Colombian government to revoke it.

We only have 24 hours.

Let's loop in Amanda.

Have her bring him in, say that she has an update, but then maybe we can rattle

his cage and see what shakes loose.

Can I go?

Y 'all didn't want to hear me 20 years ago.

Why should I say anything now?

Well, we don't always get it right.

We're trying to now.

You said in your original statement Beverly was the only one who cared what

happening to you. What do you mean by that?

She was kind.

Not a lot of people are nice to convicts, you know.

They don't think we can change.

But not Beth.

She'd let me hang out in her shop.

Woodworking, right?

Yeah.

That place always smelled like sawdust and pine.

She told me I could come by whenever I wanted.

She help you make that?

Yeah.

It's a habit by now.

May I?

It's beautiful.

First thing I ever made.

Got me through a lot in that house.

The halfway house?

What was going on there?

If you want to talk, I'll listen.

Start it with favors.

You know, he'd break a rule and Jim would... Who's Jim?

Uh, Jim Branson.

The house manager.

He'd look the other way if you did him a favor.

We're talking sexual favors?

Come on.

Lady, you know.

Yeah.

I do.

But all those favors turned into a deal with the devil.

With a record, it's near impossible to find a place to live, and he knew it.

You couldn't pay rent.

Well, Jim would make sure you earn it his way.

He brought guys in and charged them.

I'm so sorry, Tony.

Did Beverly know about it?

I told her.

And she said she was going to talk to Jim, call the cops if she needed to.

Put an end to it.

A week later, she was killed.

We will do everything in our power to put this right.

This case isn't what I expected.

We never are.

Deputy Director, thank you for taking the time to meet with us before we fly

tonight. Of course.

Happy to give you an update.

Please, come in.

Oh, my God.

What?

So, you have an update for us.

Sorry for the interruption.

Catalina's belongings still need to be released.

Mr. Delgado, if you wouldn't mind going with me to property for a signature.

That's right. I completely forgot.

Thanks for the reminder.

It's right this way. It won't take long.

Of course.

Isabella, we don't have much time.

I saw your tattoo.

The Florida Maga.

Roxy has one, too. Only hers is a hummingbird.

You know the story, don't you?

Two lovers torn apart.

Couldn't be together.

Got to pity on them and turn one of them into a hummingbird.

And the other went into a flower, so... They could always find their way back to

each other.

You and Roxy are having an affair.

Your husband found out.

He tried to kill her because of it.

Is that true, Miss Davana? Don't, don't, don't.

Don't let... We leave right after the final death.

There's nothing you can do about it.

We can protect you. No, no.

You can't.

You don't know him.

Tell her I'm with her. I'll be in the car.

What now?

We get him.

Yeah, perfect. Thank you. Guys, we got it. Judge just signed off on the warrant

for Jim Branson.

Where's Kaia? We gotta go.

Caffeine run. Thought we'd be here late.

Oh, you're learning.

Well, she did take my order a while ago, so... These damn voicemails. Three.

In the last hour. Are you ever going to listen to them?

Fine. Okay, but I'm going to do it on speaker and I don't want to hear

about it.

Hey, detective.

I know you said you want to drip coffee, but have you ever had matcha?

I think you'd really like it. Let me know if you want to switch it up.

No, matcha tastes like lawn.

Ugh, line's brutal.

There's still time to change your mind if you want to try the matcha.

It's great with oat milk.

You know what? I'll just get you both.

No. Why would she do that? I'll drink it.

How many more of these are there?

Just one, thank God.

Okay, wrapping up at the coffee shop.

You know what's cray?

Jim Branson's current address is just a few minutes away. I'm going to swing by.

If it's trash night, maybe I can snag DNA like you showed us. I'll keep you

posted. God damn it, Kaya.

doing on my property.

I'm making a citizen's arrest for the murder of Beverly Rutledge.

What did you just say to me?

I meant to say this is a citizen's arrest.

You're under arrest for solicitation of human trafficking.

Hey, say, stay here.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Hey, you all right?

Yeah. Sure?

Yeah.

Dude, that was so dumb.

Okay.

And in turn, no more. Let's get you home.

He's a murderer.

I'm not prosecuting a man we both know didn't do it. What the hell are you

talking about? Hurry, confess.

You know, I have a different theory.

Catalina, she was collateral damage.

You wanted Roxy gone because Isabella was going to leave you for her. And that

just aided you.

And so you did something.

That's a big accusation to make, agent. Yeah, well, there's precedent, isn't

there? Six years ago, Senator Ernesto Castaño, your biggest rival, dropped

at a political rally, huh?

Oh, yeah. We obtained his autopsy report.

Aconitine. Same poison used to kill Catalina.

If you did your homework, you also learned I was never charged. Yeah,

you handpicked the prosecutor. Even if that were true, and it's not, you'll

never touch me.

Diplomatic immunity protects me. That eats at you, doesn't it, hermano?

I'm not your hermano.

You're not.

I did my research, too.

It must gnaw at you, coming from nothing, always being on the outside.

Same way it kills you, knowing you can't put me away.

And you know that.

Catalina didn't do anything to deserve this. No, she didn't.

It's just the cost of doing business.

No one crosses me.

You get all that, Faith?

Yeah, we did.

We spoke to the Colombian government and the State Department.

Your immunity is revoked.

You're going to be charged here.

I want my attorney.

Sure. You should do that. Let's go.

The Hummingbird and Florida Maga.

And now we can be together because the man from nowhere knew the old Taino

legends from the island, right?

I must have come across it in the book.

Thank you.

Agent Trent.

You know, Puerto Rico could be the place where I'm going to start.

I love that, Fred.

Yeah. I'll look you all up next time I visit.

Oh, you want to come down?

You could work on your salsa.

Yeah, I really got to go.

What? You got a girl waiting at home for you?

Maybe.

I don't just have any girl waiting.

I have a gorgeous girl waiting for me.

Isn't that right, Betty?

Let me show you what I learned today.

You ready?

Yeah.

That's my girl.

Something like this, I don't know.

That's my goal, yes.