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Nothing to worry about.

Yeah.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Anson! Come here.

Help me. Oh my God.

Hey,

where are you? Sorry. Sorry. I'm pulling up right now.

All right. Book and bag. Let's go. But Anna and Tom Bronski will be waiting for

you. Come on, guys. Let's do some hustle.

Yeah, thanks, coach.

There was only one checkout lane open in the store, so the place was a zoo,

but... I got everything on the list.

Elliot, I got your junk cereal. Don't tell your mom.

Ava, I got spearmint gum that's at the bottom of one of these two bags. Happy

fishing. And most importantly, fresh diapers for my baby Chloe.

Whoa.

Fragrance and dye -free? What is it, her birthday? Well, you make it easy for me

to do my job by paying for everything. Speaking of which, can you do pick -ups

this afternoon?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I have to move a couple things around. But, uh, yes.

Good? Great. I love you. Have a great day. Bye.

Have a good one.

You think of poison?

Well, there's no way to know for sure until I do an autopsy, but it seems the

most likely based on what I'm seeing.

The good thing is I don't believe it's an airborne toxin.

Alcohol off -hats, man.

Any scene restrictions?

Don't touch anything.

Eyes only until I get a full toxicology done at the lab.

Find out exactly what we're dealing with here.

Guillory with two L's.

Come on.

Hi.

Hi. She's clear. Let her through.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Have a beautiful day.

Seriously?

Airport police?

Morgan.

Yeah, I see him. Who is he?

Anson Pierce, founder of a company called Virgo Core Beta Systems.

Just landed from a short flight out of Orange County.

He's a big player in the tech world.

Developed a popular and controversial social media platform called Enigmified.

It can turn any video you have into a deep fake within minutes.

A few simple words of direction in Anson's app can transform images of you

playing with your kids in the park to you spanking one of your kids in the

Oh, awesome.

Not terrifying at all.

Please tell me Anson wasn't traveling with a pet.

He was. His dog, Edison.

The animal's fine. It's being evaluated now along with Anson's security team and

the pilots.

Go ahead and start processing inside of the plane. Yeah.

Adam? Ronnie.

This is FBI Special Agent Oliver.

Respectfully, because this is an FBI investigation... Says who?

Well, I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but you and I both know that

any homicide originating in U .S. airspace falls under the jurisdiction of

FBI. It's too early to determine where the homicide originated.

You know what? It's not too soon to determine who our dead guy got in a

with back in Orange County on the ground.

I don't think those busted blood vessels are from turbulence.

I'm sorry, who is she?

Well, I'm standing right here. You could just ask me.

Who are you?

Morgan. She's a consultant.

I see.

It's nice to meet you, Morgan. And you're absolutely right. The petechia on

victim's neck is highly unusual.

Our medical examiner's already arranged to have the body transported to our

morgue, so if we need any assistance on this case, I'll reach out.

I'm gonna go take a peek around the plane, do my thing. Whoa, whoa, whoa,

fast. By law, that aircraft is our crime scene. Only my team should be on the

plane for the time being. Would you kindly ask your detectives to step off,

please?

My concern is that your medical examiner is going to quickly discover that they

are ill -equipped to crack the code on whatever toxin killed our victim, let

alone deduce how it was administered. Here we go. Based on intel and my

intuition, this is not a cyanide -in -a -soup situation.

This is far more sophisticated, okay? The what of this case will be hard, but

guarantee you the how will be harder.

Are you finished?

I'm going to want to be there for your ME's initial findings.

I'll see you at your precinct.

Not a fan of the Fed?

Some guys are better than others.

And what kind of a guy is Ronnie Oliver?

If you like overbearing federal agents who think they can do no wrong and want

to call all the shots, Ronnie would be your guy. Oh, so you guys have butted

heads before.

Yeah, it's been a while.

Well, he called you Adam. The only people I've heard call you Adam are the

lieutenant and your mom when she called on your birthday. That was a private

call. Well, then don't take it in the bullpen. Morgan, not everything is a

puzzle you need to solve. Come on, clearly you and this special agent have

history. I need to know what it is so I can be prepared.

Or use it to make fun of you.

He used to be my partner.

That's all I get?

That's all you get.

You really don't think your new partner deserves to know what happened with your

last partner? You and I are not officially partners. Not officially, but

I both. Morgan, um...

I need a favor. It's kind of a big one.

What? No more questions about Ronnie, okay?

Focus on the case. Can we do that?

Yes, let's focus on the case.

Thank you.

Anson Pierce has been the subject of controversy over his social media

It lets users create images and videos that look so real, it's impossible to

tell what's fake and what's not.

Or it can be used to create misinformation that can impact our

reputations, and put people's lives in danger. Congress has tried to regulate

his company for years, but he has an army of lawyers and lobbyists.

No wonder he needed protection.

Where's the security detail now? Still in the process of being cleared at the

hospital. Yeah, we're getting an ETA on when they can come in for questioning.

And if Anson was poisoned on the plane, they may come all suspect.

Diana, it's good to see you.

Always a pleasure, Ronnie. Hold on, they let you in the building? Lieutenant

Soto, so good to see you. Good to see you. Wow.

Strange to be back here. Yeah, strange to have you back.

I hear you're helping us out on one of our cases.

Something like that. We're waiting on the M .E. to determine where the murder

took place.

That'll determine jurisdiction. Shouldn't you have a visitor badge or

if you want to be up here?

I won't stay long. I just figured while we wait on your M .E.'s findings, I'll

join you while you question Anson's family and witnesses.

Oh, I'll need the transcripts before I leave, if it's not too much trouble.

Detective, you mind some company?

Why not?

we're very sorry for your loss. Right now, we're just trying to gather as much

information as we can.

Well, can you tell us about your son?

When most kids were out kicking a ball or riding bikes, Anson wanted to change

the world.

He was nine when I realized his brain works in ways most of ours don't.

How long ago were they partners? Sorry.

A few years before you got here? That's okay. Those two set a record for closing

the most cases in a single year. Take your time.

They were quite the team.

Until they weren't.

It was a rough year for all of us. Every parent hopes their kid will find

something that they're passionate about.

But you never think for a moment that it might make your child a target.

Did Hanson ever mention anyone he was concerned about?

All the time.

Jealous competitors, stalkers, every other tech blogger.

I didn't agree with everything Anson did, what Parent does.

But it's all in the right place.

Well, we're going to check Anson's calendar and see if we can... Emmy just

called up. Preliminary autopsy on Anson is finished.

His toxicology screen won't come back for a day or two, so we can't be totally

sure he was poisoned.

Or how.

It could be inhaled, ingested, or injected.

And I did find this.

An injection site.

That's possible, but not likely.

She always like this?

Yes. Based on how he died, my guess would be a poison in the anthrax family.

The modified.

Okay, we need to know the makeup of the poison so we can determine who might

have created it. Well, whoever made the poison may not be the person who killed

Anson. Right, but they'll probably remember who they sold it to. All due

respect, we've got to get this body to my people as soon as possible.

Former Navy SEAL, Coast Guard, and we've got Parker, SWAT team out of Ventura.

So you're still carrying your handcuff key, huh?

Yeah, for, uh, good luck.

Because it wasn't good enough today.

So you have no idea how the guy you were hired to protect was killed?

Believe me, I wish we did.

You don't know or you're not telling us? You think we had something to do with

it? Do you know how hard it would be for any of us to find a job now?

Mr. Pierce died on our watch.

What's more upsetting to you, his life ending or your career?

Hey, I like Mr. Pierce.

But we weren't with him 24 -7. If we do anything, we'd tell you.

And Boss was a very busy man. Looks like almost every hour of his last week is

accounted for here on his schedule.

The only thing that bothers me is that every meeting here is so detailed except

for this one, Orange County.

Two hours, no location, no name.

What's that about?

We don't know.

He had us drive him to an office building downtown.

He asked us to wait in the car.

We're going to need that address.

Morgan, you got anything?

Not yet.

What about you?

None of those security guards confessed?

No, but there was a two -hour window before Anson got on his plane where they

claimed to have no idea where he was. Well, that's not nothing.

I'm heading back to the bureau. I'll have my team look into the backgrounds

Anson's security team. As will we.

Okay. And please expedite the body transfer.

Ronnie, I think you should reconsider.

Adam, it's not personal. All right, I just think it's best for my team to

this investigation without interference. Things will move a lot faster. Trust

me. Trust you. Really?

Where'd we get this flash drive?

Found it in Anson's jacket pocket. I had it processed this morning. It's not

his. What do you mean?

Anson's first breakthrough in tests was designing a higher capacity flash drive

his sophomore year at Taft High School. His company still makes them today.

So why would he have a flash drive from one of his competitors in his coat

pocket? He wouldn't. Let's see what's on that drive.

What the hell happened?

The hard drive we found on Anson must have had malware that breached our

firewall. I'm running every antivirus program I can.

Keep trying till something works. Someone wanted what this malware is

us to happen to Anson. Someone was able to give a hard drive to Anson that will

close up the poison too.

Pull any and all CCTV on Anson's whereabouts in Orange County before he

his plane to L .A. Whoever gave that flash drive to Anson is our prime

Got it. I'll head to the field office and get a tech team to do a sweep for

satellite video. Great. We can use all the help we can get. Until we're back

online, there's nothing else we can do here.

You two go with him.

So, do we need to go over the rules?

Rules? Let's just get in, get out.

Mind the FBI for any information we can use on the case, and get back home.

Are you worried I'm going to embarrass you? Not at all. I'm just saying let's

both be on our best behavior, okay?

I'll wait.

Ma 'am, I'm going to have to ask you to empty your bag.

Got it.

Apple pie.

Agent Oliver?

Everyone, this is Detective Karadek from the LAPD.

And his consultant?

Guillory. Nice to meet you all. All right. Raina's one of our top profilers

was just about to take us through. Yeah, great.

Okay. Now, based upon what we know about Anson Pierce's murder and data from a

wide range of crimes like this, I believe the killer was likely a single

male. Educated, but unemployed.

Someone in his orbit.

Likely a professional contact who had the ability to get close.

Do you have something you want to add?

Uh... Just...

Yeah, that's definitely a possibility.

You got another one?

Well, I don't have any formal training in profiling. We know.

Yeah,

of course you do.

Let's see. Based on my own data called gut instinct, given the Anson's

polarizing views on technology, I think it is possible

that the killer could be a shut -in who hated Anson.

Um, a Luddite who disliked technology.

Somebody who was pissed off at what the company was doing.

Right? Because this would feel like a personal thing to me.

You think my profile's off?

Didn't I just explain that?

Tech team just found this.

Can you answer that image?

That must be the flash drive you found in Anson's pocket.

Apply facial recognition and run it through the system.

How long is that going to take?

I don't know.

Already found him.

Huh. That means he didn't.

Looks like he's unemployed and single.

Nice work, Reno. All right, let's bring this guy in.

When did this happen?

Shortly after you slipped that flash drive into his pocket. So?

Did you kill him?

Are you serious?

Yeah, I am. He's dead.

And you got real close.

I was just trying to get his attention.

Okay, he didn't understand how much we had in common, how much I could help

I needed Anson to realize that his cybersecurity infrastructure was being

spearheaded by maladroit morons. I wanted to protect him from the White

They're ethical -minded super hackers that are not to be trifled with. So you

want me to believe that you're a hacker who tried to protect Anson from other

hackers by hacking him?

Not quite that simple, but close enough. You know what else is not so simple?

The poison that killed Anson.

The good news is his body's landing at our toxicology lab within the hour,

means we'll get to the bottom of what toxin was used and who used it real

We'll keep you in holding until then.

Plenty of sunshine and blue skies on top for you.

A little bit.

Don't shoot.

Verena, the profiler, and I are going to be friends. Well, you know, Morgan, I

think the fact that Anthony's body just got blown up might take precedence.

That's fair.

Guys, please, tell me we got a lead on whoever attacked our coroner. CFI is

processing the scene. So far, nothing. Not a single witness? Nothing?

And since bodies should have never come here in the first place. No one could

have anticipated this would happen, Ronnie. It's becoming painfully clear

some things never change. What's that supposed to mean? It means stop being so

stubborn and admit you made the wrong call. The wrong call about what? Staying

on this case. My team doesn't need assistance.

It's causing too many problems.

We don't got to turn this into some kind of contest.

Contest? We're doing our job, same as you. Us, right?

Yeah. Do me a favor. Stay in your lane. And you do me a favor.

Show us some respect in our house. You don't live here anymore. Daphne, no.

is my partner you're talking to.

Choose your words carefully.

Sounds like a warning, detective.

I percept it.

Lieutenant, you don't step in here?

No.

Maybe we should all just get back to work.

Oh, good idea. Let me just hit somebody at the bureau to see if they can help

put Anson's body back together piece by piece.

I don't know if I ever mentioned it to you guys, but I was in labor for two

hours with my third baby before she popped out.

There she was, brand new person in the world. The point is, a lot can happen in

120 minutes, so instead of doing whatever this is that you guys are

we circle back to that mystery meeting that Anson had the day before he died.

Yeah, because poisoning Anson and orchestrating an attack to destroy

feels like a lot for one person to pull off. And Simon's been in holding all day

and couldn't have done it. You think our killer was working with a partner? I

do. So maybe whoever Anson met in that two -hour time window was the one who

poisoned him.

Okay, so are we compiling a list of experts who could make a poison like the

that killed Anson? Do you really think I don't already have a digital dossier

with multiple suspects waiting for me back at the field office? Keeping things

from us is not going to help solve this case. Oh, and you think sharing

confidential files with, I don't know, a consultant will? Yes, it will. So tag

her in and let her show you what she can do. You know, it's starting to feel

like when I left this place, you lost your mind.

You know what, Ronnie?

I'll make you a deal.

You show us all your intel, and if we come up empty, we'll back off the case.

What do you say?

Meet me in my office.

You come up short, you're out.

Look, I don't care who gets credit for solving this case. I just want it

Don't let personal feelings get in the way of figuring out who killed Anson. I

hear you, but I... What? What?

The FBI has information that we need to see. Selena.

that Morgan needs to see. Now, how else are we going to get our hands on it

unless I offered up something in return? Fine.

I know your history.

If you have something to prove, you better not let it get in the way of this

case. I will never let that happen.

But right now, we're just a distraction for him, especially Morgan.

He sees her exactly the same way I used to before I realized how valuable she

really is.

I know it's a big risk, but it's one I'm willing to take.

Let's hope it pays off.

All right, Morgan.

Here's a handful of terabytes of information, as if through.

Terabyte.

Of course.

Sure you want to do this?

Oh, yeah. Piece of cake.

What else can you tell her about the intel before she dives in?

There are roughly a dozen toxicologists on our radar for various reasons.

Our team is still in the process of discovering which one might have had

to kill Lanson.

Hopefully I can help.

All right, have at it.

I think I've seen enough.

It's already morning. Maybe we should get some rest.

You know, there is such a thing as too much information.

I just wish I had something a little more concrete.

Well, what about him?

You keep circling back to this guy over and over again. Why?

Kenneth Sutton was a board -certified medical toxicologist at California

Control for a decade. He quit three years ago and went off the grid after

daughter died. Her name was Julie.

What happened to her?

She took her own life when misinformation was spread about her on

platform. She was 24.

Okay, well, there's motive.

Yeah, and the FBI went and visited Kenneth right after Anson's murder.

Did they?

Well, it certainly would have been nice if they'd shared that information with

us. Yeah, and here's the weird thing. According to their files, Kenneth only

left his apartment on Wednesdays to go put flowers on his daughter's grave.

You mean no other contact with the outside world? It doesn't look like it.

And Ronnie's team pulled these photos from the surveillance cameras at the

Verdugo Hill Cemetery.

That's it. There's no other record of him going anywhere on any other day.

Why would you wear gloves to put flowers on a grave?

You wouldn't.

He's not wearing gloves at any of these other cemetery visits.

Only this one.

And look at the date.

That's two days before Anson's murder. I think he was wearing gloves to protect

himself from the poison that he hid in the flowers.

Poison he put there so somebody else could come and pick it up and kill Anson

with it.

I don't know how, but I think you did it.

Let's go talk to Kenneth. Yeah.

Good morning.

Hey, how's everyone doing over there?

Uh, we're all good here.

Just trying to feed our little lady before I do drop -off. Be right there.

Um, I bet you can imagine why I'm calling.

How late are you going to be?

It's tough to say.

Oh, are you kidding me?

Are you sure everything's all right?

Yeah, yeah. Uh, just, um, I don't think I can stay over again tonight.

That's okay. I should be home by, like, dinner at the latest.

I can't clear my whole schedule.

Ludo. I know this is a lot, but it's kind of what we both signed up for. No,

know. I know. You're right.

I got it.

Okay. All right. I'll see you tonight.

Mm -hmm.

It's Ronnie. Leave a message.

Hey, Ronnie.

We're pretty sure we know who made the poison that killed Anson. A guy named

Kenneth Sutton, 75 Edenhurst, apartment 406. We're just getting there now.

Call me back.

Kenneth Sutton, Detective Adam Karadek, LAPD. Need to ask you a couple questions

about the death of Anson Pierce.

I already spoke to the FBI.

Yeah, we know you did, but they didn't ask about the gloves you were wearing

other day when you went to put flowers on your daughter's grave.

We know why you wanted Anson dead. You blamed him for your daughter's suicide.

Let's see what Kenneth's apartment has to say.

Feels awful.

Did you know that deep fake video of Julie was only 31 seconds long?

It took one bully less than a minute to ruin her life with Anson's act.

Well, that's the world we live in now.

Well, please remind me to throw my 15 -year -old daughter's phone in the trash

when I get home. Looks like your profile on the killer was right. A shut -in who

hated Anson.

Yeah, but I don't think I could have predicted he was a butterfly.

A butterfly.

Yeah, everyone's got a different organizing style.

Like ladybugs prefer to have lots of storage to hide their mess.

Now bees, bees build their hives very structured and efficient.

So the bee organizing style is much more methodical.

Whereas crickets like to have things very neat and orderly with just a couple

sentimental items front and center.

And what's a butterfly?

Butterflies like to have everything out in the open. There's quick and easy

access to everything.

Much like Kenneth does, or did. Mm -hmm. Now, I am a ladybug, and you, my

friend, you're a cricket.

Morgan. We can talk about it later. Or never.

I'll probably squeeze it in somewhere.

So while it might look on the outside like Kenneth is a pack rat, he's not.

Everything here was important to him. Everything had purpose.

Let's just hope we can find something here which leads us to whoever he was

working with.

No TV, no computer, no technology of any kind, so he must have been partnering

with somebody who was tech -savvy, someone like Simon.

Looks like the FBI just landed.

I'll handle this. It should be fun.

Tell me it's not true. A suspect is dead? We tried to stop him. You

have tried anything.

I called you. You didn't answer. As I predicted, Morgan came through. Now

even further away from solving this case. Or are we one step closer to

this case? Oh, what, you got a confession before you jumped?

Ronnie, come on, brother.

We can't keep working like this.

I can admit...

Maybe I was letting some of the past get in the way of how I was handling the

case. That's on me.

But the bottom line is, this thing that we're doing, it's not good for either

side. There shouldn't be any sides, man.

I walked right into that one, didn't I?

You know, I still know you pretty well.

And that's why I know you want to solve this case just as badly as we do and for

all the right reasons.

Just like we used to do back in the day.

Hmm?

We're always the calm ones.

Apparently, I still am.

All right, man, look, let's just process the scene, see if we can find anything

that leads us to Wilbur Kinnick's work quick.

Hey, Morgan, Ronnie's team is pulling security footage from Verdugo Hill

Cemetery to see who picked up that poison.

Great.

Let's just hope whoever it was didn't know there were security cameras or they

would have made sure we couldn't get a good look at them. Yeah, here's hoping.

You miss it, don't you?

Being his partner.

It's okay. I'm not going to have hurt feelings if you do.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I do miss the guy. I mean, he was more than my partner. He was my

friend. So, you just don't like how it ended?

We had a few bad seeds in the department who wanted to see the two top

detectives go down.

Some evidence went missing from one of our cases.

Pretty large sum of money from the crime scene. I guess it looked like we were

on the take.

You don't want to talk about it. That's okay.

It was an honest mistake, Ma.

The money was incorrectly logged into the evidence file. One wrong digit, a

nine. It should have been a zero.

And it looked like we had stolen the money.

Things got messy. Rumors started flying. Ronnie saw an opportunity at the FBI,

and he took it.

Took it and ran. Left me to clear both of our names, which I did.

Weathered the storm, but I definitely got wet.

People around here didn't look at me the same for a long time after that.

Even though you didn't do anything wrong? Mm -hmm.

Ronnie, he was gone.

Wait a minute.

What's this?

What are you doing? What's your face doing?

I'm pretty sure that's what my face looks like when I've got something. Do

have something?

We thought Anson was in some kind of altercation the day he died, right?

Yeah, what, you don't?

Well, I mean, if he didn't mention it to his security team, the team that he

paid to keep him safe, then maybe these marks on his body went from a fight.

You think he was in a different kind of encounter?

One where he was a willing participant?

No, a two -hour mystery meeting. Sounds like we need to talk to the person he

was meeting with in Orange County. Yeah, I'm gonna get Ronnie's help on this.

Have him get some footage of the back exit of the office building.

I think that Anson was just passing through on his way to a more comfortable

spot for his meeting.

Oh, Adam and Morgan, welcome back.

Nice work to our partners at the LAPD who helped to lead us to Aria Vale. She

checked into the Borzai Hotel in Orange County the night before Anson's death.

What do we know about her?

Well, she runs a non -profit that tries to regulate AI and online technology.

And she made no secret about her desire to shut down Anson's company.

Yeah, we think she might have found another way to shut him down. I have so

questions for this woman.

Well, so do I. Which is why I have a team tracking her down as we speak.

Give me a second.

Hi.

It's Dad.

He just... Wait, Elliot?

Honey, slow down. What's going on? He just collapsed.

What? Is he breathing?

You know what? I'm going to call 911, okay?

No. No ambulance. It's okay. I'm fine.

He keeps saying no. What do you want us to do? Just keep an eye on him, all

right? Everything's going to be okay. I'll be right there.

Thanks.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I think I recognize that voice.

Is that the mother of my children?

What happened?

I got lightheaded and I fainted, but I'm fine, really.

Okay, is Chloe down?

Yeah, she's asleep.

Where's Elliot? He's outside on the porch.

Okay, can you give us a second?

Do you want to talk about it? Not really, no.

Look, I was probably dehydrated and didn't eat enough food, but I'm good

I'm sorry.

Why are you sorry? None of this is your fault.

I'm just having to do so much with the kids, and you're really picking up the

slack around here, and I just feel really bad. Yeah, because I want to.

When you and I split up, we agreed we're going to remain a family no matter

what.

That's what I'm doing.

I know.

And I couldn't do this without you.

And I don't want to.

I feel the same.

Thanks.

I'm going to go check on Elliot.

Yeah, please do. I think he's a little freaked out.

I know that the two of you remember everything that ever happened, but if

can find a way to erase the memory of his father face -planting on the kitchen

tile, I'd really appreciate it.

Sorry I missed it.

You need a blanket out here?

Oh, I'm okay.

That was pretty scary, huh?

You know what? Your dad is just fine.

But I'll have him go to the doctor tomorrow, just to be safe.

They should probably order an MRI or an echo.

I read that dizziness could be a sign of a silent heart attack or a coronary

spasm that can lead to a myocardial infarction.

The Internet's a dangerous place.

Apparently so is our kitchen.

You're worrying, I can tell.

It's okay.

I'm worried, too.

Sometimes my mind can take me to places I don't want to go. Does that ever

happen to you?

It did today.

Thoughts are hard to control.

You know, especially when you've got a brain like you and I do.

But we are in charge.

And the trick is to focus on the stuff that you do want, not the stuff that you

don't.

I don't think I can.

It's not always easy.

I know.

gotta ask ourselves do we want to be scared or do we want to notice all the

wonderful things that are happening right around us like what like the fact

my son called me today because his dad needed help and that made me so proud

like the fact that we're all here tonight under one roof safe and sound

tonight you're all mine and i'm grateful for that me too

Okay, okay, I can't breathe.

You can breathe fine.

If you couldn't breathe, he wouldn't be able to talk.

Hanson felt that you were resisting the inevitable evolution of humans and

technology together. He said, quote, Aria Vell fears the inevitable and hates

freedom.

Look, we met up a few times to try to find common ground.

And? We both decided that we were wasting each other's time.

Here it comes.

Here comes what?

One word.

You familiar with the Gatikuros?

The ancient sculpture?

Well, people thought it was.

Until a famous art scholar by the name of Pierre Paul took one look at it and

uttered one word.

Fake. No proof, just his intuition.

Old Pierre had the ability to identify what was real and what wasn't based on a

gut feeling.

Okay. I can do it too.

You know what word comes to mind when I see you?

Liar.

Now you're acting surprised.

It never gets old.

I ain't buying that either.

So what do you say? You ready to start telling me the truth?

During one of our meetings, things got heated.

That's why he got the bruises on his neck and wrists.

Yes.

A collar and wrist restraints.

You know, a guy dies from poison just hours after you saw him. I didn't poison

him.

Can you explain this?

That's from my earring.

It poked him, and we laughed about it.

Anything else you want to tell me?

Yeah.

I think I need a lawyer.

Based on Soul Tower triangulation, neither Simon nor Aria came anywhere

Julia's grave in the days leading up to Anson's murder.

So neither of them are the person in this photo retrieving the poison?

You know, unless maybe they pulled that trick that we came across with our

suspect in the pawn shop homicide case. He left his cell at home to shore up his

alibi. You remember that one? Oh, you mean Abe's Smoke Shop murder on Crenshaw

Boulevard? No, I'm fairly certain it was Mr. B's pawn on Centinella. You want to

make this interesting? What are we making interesting?

Welcome back.

Is Ludo okay?

Yes, thank you. Where are we? I'm still trying to connect Aria or Simon to

Kenneth. Yeah, but I think it may be time to open it up to other suspects.

I just don't buy that Kenneth didn't have more contact with whoever he was

working with. Yeah, I agree, but there's no evidence that he met with anyone

else. I mean, we checked his friends, his family, his colleagues, but Kenneth

was a butterfly.

A what?

His organizing style. Everything in his place had purpose.

See these books right here?

I mean, they look completely untouched. Hard copy still wrapped in plastic.

Louisa May Alcott.

Familiar? Enough to know one of her most famous quotes.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Yeah, I think those books belong to Kenneth's daughter.

Parker had a flint hanging on his keychain, most likely a gift from Julie.

there is more than just a spark between him and our Louisa May Alcott

enthusiast. I think Julie and Parker were in a relationship when she died.

so you're saying Kenneth and Parker hatched a plan to kill Anson in

for Julie's death. Makes perfect sense. Parker had all the right credentials to

work his way onto Anson's security detail. And we know Kenneth made the

Kenneth had dog collars in his apartment, but no dog.

I bet the poison was placed in the dog collar and hidden inside the flowers

Kenneth left at Julie's grave.

Parker must have picked up the flowers and put the collar on Anson's dog, which

made contact with his skin on the flight.

Time for him to tell us.

Teradek, we got a big problem. How big?

My apprehension team just made it to Parker's hotel.

He must have seen us coming because he's long gone. Can you do some sort of

satellite facial tracking or something? Yeah, already in the works. Queen 2.

Our problem's about to get a whole lot bigger if he's heading back to the

Airport. And since Jed is still there, he could be making a run for it.

We'll tag in TSA to stop him. Of course, sir. Daphne, I need you here.

Now. Got it.

No communication with air traffic control.

Understand? Huh.

Just like old times.

And new times.

Let's just hope this plan works.

Let's go. Let's go.

How long until we're in the air?

Five minutes or so.

Daphne, how are we looking? We're doing our best.

Simon's a little frazzled. This is incredibly challenging.

Keep trying. We're running out of time. Yeah, I can see that.

What did you do? Nothing. Nothing, I swear. What? Why did that happen? I

know. I don't know. Everything just shut down.

Freeze! Hold it!

LAPD! FBI!

Drop it! Drop the weapon now!

Put the weapon down!

Parker, put the gun on the ground.

Do it! Now!

Unless you want to meet Kenneth on the other side.

Is it moving?

Yeah.

Couple.

All right, move.

First I'm packing to the motherboard of an airplane.

First and last.

Pretty nice view, right?

Oh, I've seen better.

Souvenir.

You know, I almost took one of these earlier.

Almost.

Thanks.

I'm sure you saw the press release from Anson's mother. I did.

Wow. Looks like she's going to lobby to regulate all of her son's platforms.

Hopefully there's none of the tragedy like Julie's in the future. I'm into

I'm sorry, Adam.

Probably should have said that a while ago, but it turns out I'm even more

stubborn than you are.

Yeah, man, I saw an exit and I took it.

And I left you to clean up the mess for both of us, which you did.

But in many ways, you're the reason I'm here.

Yeah, you would have still made it on your own, even without my help.

Yeah, I probably would have.

But I still owe you one.

No, you do not. I do.

Which is why I'd like to put in a word for you with the special agent in

So?

What do you say?

I need to tell you something.

Brownie offered me a job. He wants to partner with me again.

Wow.

What'd you say?

I said no.

Okay. When I worked at the DMV and a big rig driver named Rufus suggested that I

be a pretty decent long hauler, I at least slept on it before I told him

absolutely not. I don't need to sleep on it. This is where I want to be.

And I have a new partner now.

What did you just say? You heard me.

I mean, plus you saw the FBI, Morgan. I mean, the gadgets, the tech, the bells,

the whistles. It would make our job way too easy, wouldn't it?

Yeah, yeah. I mean, how are we going to, you know, take all the credit and brag

about everything if the computers are doing all the work? That's what I'm

saying. All right, well, then I guess I'll see you tomorrow, partner. I'll be

here.

This seems like a bad idea. I don't think you have enough information to

determine that. Hey, hey, no peeking. I'm not, I'm not.

Okay, right?

Take it off.

Ta -da. Oh, I thought I smelled tacos.

Mom even got those nachos with the disgusting cheese you like.

It's called queso Oaxaca.

She's letting us eat on the couch and we're watching 2001?

A space odyssey? With all of us?

If the kids can get through the monkey part.

It's not a documentary, is it? Oh, God forbid. He learned something.

Thank you.

You got it.

We're all so busy.

We gotta remember to slow down and appreciate each other.

I'm glad you're okay, Dad.

Hey, me too, buddy.

Can I press Y?

Go on up.

Oh, gross. It's a fork or something. Seriously, who raised you? I had nothing

do with it. Don't look at me. That is kind of gross, buddy, here.

Oh, my God. What have I gotten myself into?

So good, right?