1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,456 The arts are under attack, 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,020 and we need your support now more than ever. 3 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:18,066 It's not lost on me how lucky we are. 4 00:00:18,090 --> 00:00:20,526 I mean, the fact that you left the pidgeon print 5 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:25,236 such a generous bequest in your will, it just... 6 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:29,436 It's a constant reminder that the work I do matters. 7 00:00:29,460 --> 00:00:37,460 That poetry is... Is life itself. 8 00:00:37,810 --> 00:00:39,986 But I'm asking you today to consider 9 00:00:40,010 --> 00:00:41,750 making an additional donation. 10 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,216 I don't know, Gary. 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,326 It's kind of like how you don't know 12 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:49,890 if you can publish my epic poem. 13 00:00:50,020 --> 00:00:51,920 With annotations. 14 00:00:52,050 --> 00:00:58,760 Well, well, your-your epic poem is extremely... epic. 15 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:00,090 And I just don't know 16 00:01:00,230 --> 00:01:02,536 - if we have the room. - Then make room! 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,976 "Quest for eternal spring or the blood circus," 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,516 it's my odyssey. 19 00:01:07,540 --> 00:01:11,716 I am going to get it published 20 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:14,840 if it is the last thing I do. 21 00:01:15,610 --> 00:01:18,656 I'm not getting any younger. 22 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,620 Delores, don't say that. 23 00:01:21,910 --> 00:01:22,956 Okay. 24 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:24,826 What if I come over tomorrow? 25 00:01:24,850 --> 00:01:28,266 And if you're willing to make a few judicious cuts, 26 00:01:28,290 --> 00:01:31,090 it could be perfect for our fall issue. 27 00:01:31,230 --> 00:01:33,270 - Here you are, ma'am. - Thank you. 28 00:01:33,390 --> 00:01:35,406 That's so generous of you. 29 00:01:35,430 --> 00:01:37,036 No, you're paying. 30 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:39,676 I want another glass of chablis. 31 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:43,940 Don't be an imbecile and forget the ice cubes this time. 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:50,986 My paycheck bounced. 33 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:54,156 - Again. I can't work for free. - Can't? 34 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:56,226 Let's choose our words wisely. 35 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:57,766 How much did that outfit cost? 36 00:01:57,790 --> 00:02:00,166 You are not allowed to ask me that. 37 00:02:00,190 --> 00:02:03,636 - I'm telling hr. - I am hr. And if it helps, 38 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:06,266 I'm not taking a salary right now either. 39 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:07,936 The arts are under attack. 40 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,136 That doesn't mean you can take advantage of me. 41 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:14,630 No, no, I would never do that. 42 00:02:14,740 --> 00:02:18,646 Not only are you the best associate 43 00:02:18,670 --> 00:02:21,316 an arts administrator could ever ask for, 44 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:24,486 you're an integral culture maker for the next generation. 45 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:25,986 - I am? - Yes. 46 00:02:26,010 --> 00:02:28,926 But jobs like yours don't exist anymore 47 00:02:28,950 --> 00:02:30,896 if we don't raise the money. 48 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:34,860 Hey. Maybe you could ask your parents 49 00:02:34,990 --> 00:02:36,466 to make a donation? 50 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:38,836 I already told you, I will never ask my parents for money. 51 00:02:38,860 --> 00:02:41,006 You have an entire dental floss empire. 52 00:02:41,030 --> 00:02:42,500 It is my parents' empire, not mine. 53 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:44,676 And if you don't pay me soon, I'm leaving. 54 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:48,646 Okay, okay, look... I think things 55 00:02:48,670 --> 00:02:50,516 might get better around here. 56 00:02:50,540 --> 00:02:53,840 Delores was coughing up a lung yesterday, 57 00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:56,156 and she still has that oxygen tank. 58 00:02:56,180 --> 00:02:59,156 Between us, I don't think she'll last much longer, 59 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:01,380 especially with the way she smokes. 60 00:03:04,020 --> 00:03:05,266 Why did you cut this? 61 00:03:05,290 --> 00:03:06,926 Because you have multiple other sections 62 00:03:06,950 --> 00:03:08,166 about your mother's womb. 63 00:03:08,190 --> 00:03:09,866 This sequence needs a hysterectomy. 64 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:13,530 Womb x is essential to the womb cycle. 65 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:15,376 It's where I felt 66 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,606 the constraints of the gestational sac. 67 00:03:18,630 --> 00:03:19,876 You really remember that? 68 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,446 It's a metaphor. 69 00:03:21,470 --> 00:03:23,940 I'm putting it back. 70 00:03:24,770 --> 00:03:30,856 A muse only comes to me with cigarette in hand. 71 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,556 Just like literary treasure Elizabeth bishop. 72 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:34,910 Shh. 73 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:37,026 I'm trying to work. 74 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:41,736 Hey, I've got to go to a meeting... 75 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,230 Have you thought any more about our conversation? 76 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,636 - About the additional support? - No. 77 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:50,236 But I did have one other thought. 78 00:03:50,260 --> 00:03:54,100 Will you take the trash when you leave? 79 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,986 Fred? What are you doing here? 80 00:04:06,010 --> 00:04:08,456 Delores feinn 81 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,250 wrote this wonderfully muscular, epic poem 82 00:04:11,390 --> 00:04:14,266 that we're publishing in tumbleweed's fall issue. 83 00:04:14,290 --> 00:04:16,336 You made fun of me for publishing delores 84 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,600 in pidgeon print. 85 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:20,366 Yes, it got back to me. No, I'm not over it. 86 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:22,790 I apologize for that, but now, 87 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:25,346 I see hers is a singular voice. 88 00:04:25,370 --> 00:04:27,940 Cut the crap. You're trying to poach her. 89 00:04:28,070 --> 00:04:29,940 She came to me. 90 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:33,210 You were dragging your feet, so I jumped in. 91 00:04:34,270 --> 00:04:37,270 If you want to talk more, come to our benefit on Friday. 92 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:40,186 Tumbleweed can afford to comp you in. 93 00:04:40,210 --> 00:04:41,450 What does that mean? 94 00:04:41,580 --> 00:04:44,296 What have you done, Fred? 95 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,696 Fred. 96 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,866 So you're looking for an accountant? 97 00:04:47,890 --> 00:04:53,160 Well, I asked delores to put us in touch for a different reason. 98 00:04:53,290 --> 00:04:55,136 But I understand, 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,006 other organizations are asking my generous friend 100 00:04:58,030 --> 00:04:59,476 for support. 101 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:02,416 I'm afraid they don't have the best of intentions. 102 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,086 Gary, I can't say if my client 103 00:05:06,110 --> 00:05:09,350 is planning on changing her will when I see her next week, 104 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,726 but knowing what I know, if I were you, 105 00:05:13,750 --> 00:05:16,750 I'd look for alternative sources of funding. 106 00:05:18,490 --> 00:05:22,296 I haven't been able to stop thinking about the womb cycle. 107 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,266 I was wrong to suggest any cuts. 108 00:05:26,290 --> 00:05:27,990 - Yeah, I told you. - I think 109 00:05:28,130 --> 00:05:32,606 you should make the gestational sac section longer. 110 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:34,060 Can you pull it up? 111 00:05:46,650 --> 00:05:48,596 Shoot. 112 00:05:48,620 --> 00:05:50,656 I'm supposed to be at a benefit right now. 113 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,620 But you should keep writing, delores. 114 00:05:54,390 --> 00:05:58,230 Let the fires of inspiration consume you. 115 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,370 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 116 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:10,016 Why are you actually here? 117 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,386 Just because we both run literary journals 118 00:06:12,410 --> 00:06:13,886 doesn't mean that we have to be enemies. 119 00:06:13,910 --> 00:06:17,410 Now, where is that silent auction table? 120 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,966 What do you want, Gary? 121 00:06:28,990 --> 00:06:30,760 I was sleeping. 122 00:06:31,830 --> 00:06:34,336 It's literally 6:00 P.M. 123 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,806 I am literally 95. I get tired. 124 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:39,876 I thought you were a real poet like Elizabeth bishop. 125 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:40,976 I am! 126 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,646 Then why are you giving up? 127 00:06:42,670 --> 00:06:45,146 You said yourself that you're not getting any younger. 128 00:06:45,170 --> 00:06:48,770 Don't you want to foster that genius as you live and breathe? 129 00:06:48,910 --> 00:06:54,086 Fine. Let me get to my computer and light a cig. 130 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,556 911, what is the exact address of your emergency? 131 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:32,226 Yes. I was just on the phone 132 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:34,166 with my beloved friend delores feinn, 133 00:07:34,190 --> 00:07:35,966 and the line suddenly went dead. 134 00:07:35,990 --> 00:07:38,706 I tried calling her back, but she's not picking up. 135 00:07:38,730 --> 00:07:40,706 Can you do a welfare check, please? 136 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:54,786 Too late again. 137 00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:57,416 Marissa. My god. 138 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,140 Wow. It's been years. 139 00:07:59,250 --> 00:08:01,020 I know. Crazy. 140 00:08:01,150 --> 00:08:03,656 I knew you were in New York, but I have to know everything, 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,096 except where to get a miniature hot dog in time. 142 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,066 Here, take it. 143 00:08:07,090 --> 00:08:08,496 No. You. 144 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,336 I've eaten way too many of these this benefit season. 145 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,136 Yeah, I hear every season is benefit season now, 146 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,836 considering all the cuts in funding to everything. 147 00:08:15,860 --> 00:08:18,530 That's why you should vote for my guy, Alec bloom. 148 00:08:18,670 --> 00:08:20,646 He wants to make the city affordable for everyone, 149 00:08:20,670 --> 00:08:22,216 including nonprofit workers. 150 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,616 Are you talking about me? 151 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,486 Of course I'm talking about you. It's all I do. 152 00:08:25,510 --> 00:08:26,916 Straighten your tie. 153 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:30,386 So, you're Marissa's guy. How cute. 154 00:08:30,410 --> 00:08:33,126 No, not like that. I'm Alec's campaign manager. 155 00:08:33,150 --> 00:08:36,096 I am perpetually single, much to Marissa's dismay. 156 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,826 We need the female vote, and the women of New York 157 00:08:38,850 --> 00:08:41,096 tend to mistrust attractive men who aren't partnered up. 158 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,696 They've caused too much damage. 159 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,136 Wait, I thought you were a lawyer now. 160 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:45,836 Yeah, that was when the law still existed. 161 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:49,106 Now, I'm following in my father's conniving footsteps. 162 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:51,376 - Ooh. - How do you two know each other? 163 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,570 Chicago. 164 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:55,216 We had some good years together. Okay. 165 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,146 Let's go through your speech. I've made some edits. 166 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:59,386 - But I'm so hungry. - Take this. 167 00:08:59,410 --> 00:09:01,856 - But that's yours. - No, no, no. I insist. 168 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,156 I love a good New York dog, 169 00:09:03,180 --> 00:09:05,726 but I still miss the ones in Chicago. 170 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:07,556 I recognize a true connoisseur. 171 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:09,580 I tell you what, split this one with me, 172 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,196 and then tell me you still miss Chicago. 173 00:09:11,220 --> 00:09:13,520 Okay. 174 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,166 Okay. 175 00:09:19,190 --> 00:09:21,036 I don't miss Chicago. 176 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,730 Am I crazy? Or am I sensing a vibe here? 177 00:09:24,870 --> 00:09:26,070 What? No. 178 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,346 Okay, we got to go. 179 00:09:29,370 --> 00:09:31,016 So nice to see you, Elsbeth. 180 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,246 I hope you enjoyed meeting the future mayor of New York. 181 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:34,570 Bye. 182 00:09:39,250 --> 00:09:42,920 That Alec bloom is quite charming, isn't he? 183 00:09:43,050 --> 00:09:45,596 He's something, all right. 184 00:09:45,620 --> 00:09:47,796 And here I was thinking you were my date. 185 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:49,896 - Platonically, of course. - Yes. 186 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,790 Well, that's how I feel about him, too.- 187 00:09:51,930 --> 00:09:53,236 I-I just met the man. 188 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:54,676 I don't even know if I want to be his friend. 189 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,176 Elsbeth tascioni, are you blushing? 190 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,576 No! Stop. 191 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,470 I'm just excited because I ran into a friend 192 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,940 from the good old days. 193 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:07,786 - Enjoy. - Here we go. 194 00:10:07,810 --> 00:10:09,256 Another benefit, 195 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,626 another droopy salad followed by unseasoned chicken. 196 00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:24,136 If you're sitting in this room, 197 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,636 you don't need me to tell you how important 198 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:29,300 the coalition for unhoused children is. 199 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:30,836 You already know. 200 00:10:30,860 --> 00:10:33,800 You may have read that I was unhoused, too, 201 00:10:33,930 --> 00:10:35,446 when I was a kid. 202 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:37,470 I don't want to dwell on it because 203 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,640 my parents did their best. 204 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,956 I just want you to know how much I actually mean it 205 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:46,350 when I say we must 206 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,180 make this city affordable again for everyone. 207 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,666 Enjoying your unseasoned chicken, Dr. Yablonsky? 208 00:10:58,690 --> 00:11:02,190 It might be fish, but who could tell? 209 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:03,836 It's so nice running into you. 210 00:11:03,860 --> 00:11:06,160 I have to come to these things all the time for work, 211 00:11:06,270 --> 00:11:09,916 but your generosity is inspiring. 212 00:11:09,940 --> 00:11:12,346 And I've been meaning to send you my condolences. 213 00:11:12,370 --> 00:11:15,886 You were so good to delores feinn. 214 00:11:15,910 --> 00:11:18,050 An oxygen tank explosion. 215 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:19,926 - What a way to go. - I was on the phone 216 00:11:19,950 --> 00:11:22,156 with her when it happened. 217 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:24,156 I heard her light a cigarette, 218 00:11:24,180 --> 00:11:27,196 and then this loud, terrible boom. 219 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:29,266 The police must've talked to you for hours. 220 00:11:29,290 --> 00:11:33,266 N-No, no, not really. They knew it was an accident. 221 00:11:33,290 --> 00:11:34,666 Who knew it was an accident? 222 00:11:34,690 --> 00:11:36,190 - Some cop? - Pardon me. 223 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:39,006 I'm being rude. This is my friend Elsbeth tascioni. 224 00:11:39,030 --> 00:11:42,730 She works on a consent decree with the NYPD, 225 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:44,516 which may explain her curiosity. 226 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:47,410 Gary is director of the pidgeon print. 227 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:50,516 His journal maintains impeccably high standards, 228 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:52,356 which is why I sit on the board. 229 00:11:52,380 --> 00:11:55,526 Did this delores feinn sit on the board, too? 230 00:11:55,550 --> 00:11:57,596 No, but she was a big supporter. 231 00:11:57,620 --> 00:12:00,390 She was a chronic smoker, 232 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,696 despite having an oxygen tank with her at all times. 233 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,720 She must've forgotten to close the valve. 234 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,476 I always thought that I would lose her to cigarettes, 235 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:12,440 but not like this. 236 00:12:13,270 --> 00:12:17,246 Now, if you'll excuse me, I should make the rounds. 237 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:18,940 Go, go, go. 238 00:12:20,310 --> 00:12:23,386 I feel awful. I always suspected 239 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,926 that delores never actually used her oxygen tank. 240 00:12:26,950 --> 00:12:28,126 What do you mean? 241 00:12:28,150 --> 00:12:30,726 Well, the regulator Gauge was always full. 242 00:12:32,090 --> 00:12:34,396 I told so many people she only used it 243 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,696 to get corner tables in restaurants. 244 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,420 But you're a doctor. 245 00:12:38,530 --> 00:12:40,300 You know oxygen tanks. 246 00:12:42,060 --> 00:12:45,100 What if you weren't wrong? 247 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,820 Captain. 248 00:13:05,950 --> 00:13:09,150 This is the coverage on delores feinn from last week. 249 00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:11,806 I think they ruled this an accident way too fast. 250 00:13:11,830 --> 00:13:14,300 According to the article, 251 00:13:14,430 --> 00:13:16,976 delores's net worth was rumored to be upwards 252 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,976 of $200 million. 253 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,446 And she had no children or heirs. 254 00:13:21,770 --> 00:13:23,946 So, a lot of people must've wanted 255 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:25,400 to get their hands on her money. 256 00:13:25,510 --> 00:13:26,586 Yeah, sure. 257 00:13:26,610 --> 00:13:29,156 If Dr. Yablonsky was right, 258 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:31,650 and delores didn't even use her oxygen tank, 259 00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:33,386 then I think it's highly unlikely 260 00:13:33,410 --> 00:13:36,626 that she... whoops... accidentally removed the valve. 261 00:13:37,990 --> 00:13:39,090 Captain! 262 00:13:39,990 --> 00:13:43,160 I'd like to look into this further, but I need a detective. 263 00:13:45,830 --> 00:13:48,330 Rivers, get over here. 264 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:51,376 Yes, sir. 265 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,906 You're going on this case with Elsbeth. 266 00:13:52,930 --> 00:13:54,570 But, daddy, we were about to go to lunch. 267 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:57,016 Eat a sandwich in the car. 268 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,246 Yes, sir. What-what is the case? 269 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:01,346 How often do you think oxygen tanks 270 00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:04,086 just blow up by themselves? Not very often, right? 271 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:06,926 Literally all the time. 272 00:14:06,950 --> 00:14:08,380 Yeah. 273 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,426 But I-I-I respect your opinion, 274 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:13,526 you know, not only as a woman in the workplace, 275 00:14:13,550 --> 00:14:17,960 but as mandated by the consent decree. 276 00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:22,006 Okay. Can you dig into the accident report? 277 00:14:22,030 --> 00:14:25,730 I'm gonna go pay a visit to someone. 278 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,040 - Elsbeth. - Marissa. 279 00:14:32,170 --> 00:14:34,216 - I'd love to run an idea by you. - I love ideas. 280 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,410 I think Alec might have a woman problem, electorally speaking. 281 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:39,956 You mentioned that, but what does that have to do with me? 282 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:42,026 I think you two should have dinner. 283 00:14:42,050 --> 00:14:44,550 I can get you into via carota, corner table, 284 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,550 followed by orchestra seats to Mary! 285 00:14:46,690 --> 00:14:50,466 Boy. Look, that, 286 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:52,366 that does sound like a lot of fun, but 287 00:14:52,390 --> 00:14:55,006 I'm just not really looking to get into a relationship. 288 00:14:55,030 --> 00:14:56,770 Is this even coming from Alec? 289 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:59,770 I'm in the driver's seat when it comes to Alec's meetings, 290 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:01,570 policy moves, and overall image. 291 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:04,100 - Isn't that everything? - You two seemed to hit it off. 292 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:05,916 And he's pretty charming, right? 293 00:15:05,940 --> 00:15:07,646 Did you know he's a former fire marshal? 294 00:15:07,670 --> 00:15:09,916 - Lord. - It's more than that. 295 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:12,580 Your consent decree is kind of a "magic bullet" 296 00:15:12,710 --> 00:15:15,510 to position him well on policing for the electorate. 297 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:18,166 He wants to see how the system can be changed from within. 298 00:15:18,190 --> 00:15:20,266 What do you say? 299 00:15:20,290 --> 00:15:23,090 I am in my "say yes to new friends" era. 300 00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:25,320 - Perfect. I'll set a date. - Okay. 301 00:15:25,430 --> 00:15:27,570 Read your texts promptly. Thank you. 302 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:34,576 Can I, help you with that? 303 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,440 No. You're fine. 304 00:15:36,570 --> 00:15:39,886 Just rethinking the feng shui in here. 305 00:15:39,910 --> 00:15:41,586 Excuse me. And you are? 306 00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:44,556 Elsbeth tascioni. I'm here to see Gary. 307 00:15:44,580 --> 00:15:47,856 I'll show you in. I'm Hannah Lee, the associate director. 308 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,456 Do associate directors of prestigious literary journals 309 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,026 always move around heavy furniture by themselves? 310 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:57,120 The arts are under attack, and I am happy to help. 311 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,630 Especially because I just got a raise. 312 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:13,500 Wow. It is so impressive that you have the resources 313 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,386 to redecorate and give raises, 314 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:19,886 especially in this current landscape. 315 00:16:19,910 --> 00:16:21,326 The arts are under attack. 316 00:16:21,350 --> 00:16:23,326 So I heard. 317 00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:27,020 But we're lucky to have generous and loyal donors. 318 00:16:27,150 --> 00:16:29,090 Like delores feinn? 319 00:16:29,860 --> 00:16:34,406 Elsbeth, right? You work with the NYPD? 320 00:16:34,430 --> 00:16:38,446 It's my job to make sure that the police do their job, 321 00:16:38,470 --> 00:16:41,676 and I just want to confirm they did their due diligence 322 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,476 with your friend. 323 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,746 Do you remember what you two were talking about 324 00:16:47,770 --> 00:16:50,986 on the phone the night she died? 325 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,256 Poetry. 326 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,296 Delores was a poet herself. 327 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:00,350 That's why she was so invested in our press. 328 00:17:00,490 --> 00:17:03,390 We lost a great talent. 329 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,020 Did she always write in this cute little nook? 330 00:17:06,130 --> 00:17:09,336 She liked to sit in the same spot, 331 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:12,706 there with her cigarette, like Elizabeth bishop, 332 00:17:12,730 --> 00:17:15,646 an important poet, and pulitzer winner. 333 00:17:15,670 --> 00:17:19,016 Delores seemed so impressive. 334 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,746 Well, except for the smoking part. 335 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:24,786 Cigarettes were an unfortunate part of her writing process. 336 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,226 You seem to know a lot about that. 337 00:17:26,250 --> 00:17:27,726 I was her editor. 338 00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:31,596 Did you edit in this little nook? 339 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:33,920 Always. It's what she wanted. 340 00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:36,966 Not everyone is so generous with their time for the elderly. 341 00:17:36,990 --> 00:17:40,706 I bet you were the only other person who spent time 342 00:17:40,730 --> 00:17:41,806 in that apartment. 343 00:17:41,830 --> 00:17:46,576 No. Actually, delores had visitors all the time. 344 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,676 I ran into Fred Harrison there recently. 345 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:56,556 Fred runs a struggling literary journal, tumbleweed. 346 00:17:56,580 --> 00:17:59,256 I was at his benefit the night of the accident. 347 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:00,726 That's kind of you, too, 348 00:18:00,750 --> 00:18:02,620 especially since you and Fred must compete 349 00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:04,196 for the same donors. 350 00:18:04,220 --> 00:18:05,396 Well, we have to stick together. 351 00:18:05,420 --> 00:18:07,096 There's so few of us left 352 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,766 who really appreciate the art of poetry. 353 00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:12,536 Yeah. I'm not well-versed in it. 354 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,336 No pun intended. 355 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:20,406 But someone once read keats out loud to me, and... 356 00:18:20,430 --> 00:18:21,846 It made me cry. 357 00:18:21,870 --> 00:18:24,246 - Keats can do that. - Delores, too, I bet. 358 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:27,186 You devoted all these pages to her. 359 00:18:27,210 --> 00:18:30,016 She must've been a literary genius. 360 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:34,956 Hey, can you read some of her work out loud to me? 361 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:39,426 Poetry lives on the page. 362 00:18:39,450 --> 00:18:43,566 But I love to hear the music of the words. 363 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:46,206 And since you love her so much, I'm sure you'll 364 00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:47,666 do her justice. 365 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:50,830 How about the one called "nipples of the sea." 366 00:18:58,510 --> 00:19:06,156 "The cerulean "azure waves "crash into the creamy 367 00:19:06,180 --> 00:19:12,826 "solar plexus of my eyes" that are also a 368 00:19:12,850 --> 00:19:18,150 "screaming mirror" shattered. 369 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:22,230 "A pussy Willow bleeds on the moon." 370 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,540 "Or is it a wolf?" 371 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,540 "Both things can be true." 372 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,040 Okay. 373 00:19:39,150 --> 00:19:44,390 But don't cerulean and azure both mean blue? 374 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:50,366 And why is the pussy Willow wolf bleeding on the moon? 375 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,190 Is she hurt? 376 00:19:52,330 --> 00:19:56,376 Why is it even called "nipples of the sea"? 377 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,546 It's a metaphor. 378 00:19:58,570 --> 00:19:59,806 Are you sure? 379 00:19:59,830 --> 00:20:03,530 I studied with jorie Graham 380 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,386 at Harvard. Do you know who that is? 381 00:20:05,410 --> 00:20:07,386 Respectfully, I don't. 382 00:20:07,410 --> 00:20:08,580 I'm sorry, but if 383 00:20:08,710 --> 00:20:12,410 you can't feel the visceral catharsis 384 00:20:12,550 --> 00:20:15,556 of delores's art, that's on you. 385 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:17,226 Wow. 386 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:20,566 Guess you're right. Can I take this with me? 387 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:22,590 I feel like I need to read more of her work 388 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,766 and educate myself. 389 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,890 There's hope for you yet. 390 00:20:27,030 --> 00:20:28,300 Great. 391 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,806 Thanks. 392 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:35,600 "A pussy Willow bleeds on the moon 393 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,740 "or is it a wolf? 394 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,010 Both things can be true." 395 00:20:46,210 --> 00:20:47,280 Yeah, this is terrible. 396 00:20:47,410 --> 00:20:48,840 - I knew it. - Yeah. 397 00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:51,796 Cerulean and azure both mean blue. 398 00:20:51,820 --> 00:20:53,166 - Yeah. - And why is 399 00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:55,196 "both things can be true" in all caps? 400 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:58,290 And why is it even called "nipples of the sea"? 401 00:20:58,430 --> 00:21:00,130 Nobody knows. 402 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:03,406 I knew delores's poetry was bad. 403 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:05,630 Gary made me feel so stupid about it. 404 00:21:05,770 --> 00:21:07,006 Yeah, well, clearly, 405 00:21:07,030 --> 00:21:08,246 money was the only reason he published her. 406 00:21:08,270 --> 00:21:10,646 And maybe the reason he killed her. 407 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:13,686 Well, as you said, a lot of people were after her estate. 408 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:15,416 Are there no other suspects? 409 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,110 Well, Gary did conveniently mention someone named Fred 410 00:21:19,250 --> 00:21:20,626 who came to the apartment. 411 00:21:20,650 --> 00:21:24,126 Sir, I spoke to the maître d' at satin a. 412 00:21:24,150 --> 00:21:26,366 Ooh, that's the restaurant delores went to a lot. 413 00:21:26,390 --> 00:21:27,666 Yeah, I was getting to that. 414 00:21:27,690 --> 00:21:31,066 But I value your perspective, Elsbeth, 415 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,766 because I believe all women. 416 00:21:33,790 --> 00:21:36,990 Has hr not updated their training since 2017? 417 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:39,170 - I like it. - Okay, so, anyways, 418 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,340 he confirmed that delores 419 00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:45,886 always got the best table when she would come in 420 00:21:45,910 --> 00:21:47,810 because her oxygen tank was so big. 421 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,956 Yeah, it was the only table that could accommodate it. 422 00:21:49,980 --> 00:21:52,156 - Did he ever see her use it? - No. 423 00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:54,626 I also checked with the pharmacy. 424 00:21:54,650 --> 00:21:57,656 Even though she was prescribed oxygen in 2022, 425 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,926 there is no record of her ever refilling it. 426 00:21:59,950 --> 00:22:01,996 So, Dr. Yablonsky was right. 427 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,820 She only used the oxygen tank for show. 428 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,566 And I spoke with the fire marshal... 429 00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:08,336 He sends his best to you, Elsbeth. 430 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,476 He said it takes 431 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,976 several hours for oxygen to saturate the air, 432 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,476 even in an enclosed space with no ventilation. 433 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:16,930 Like delores's writing nook. 434 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,086 Which means Gary pidgeon could've loosened that valve 435 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:21,946 hours before delores sparked an explosion, 436 00:22:21,970 --> 00:22:23,416 knocking down his alibi. 437 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:24,616 Not so fast. 438 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,040 All the information is good, 439 00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:29,356 but it doesn't lead to murder if you can't prove 440 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:31,380 that the oxygen tank was tampered with. 441 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,390 And delores feinn was a very elderly woman. 442 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,020 Why hasten her death? 443 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,560 The arts are under attack. 444 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:46,530 An oxygen tank explosion? 445 00:22:46,670 --> 00:22:48,046 These cases sound dangerous. 446 00:22:48,070 --> 00:22:50,676 Is it hard for your loved ones to deal? 447 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,446 My son Teddy is the strongest person I know. 448 00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:56,016 - And your husband? - They're so divorced. 449 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,686 Long before I started this work. 450 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:01,380 - Boyfriend? - He... He had a hard time. 451 00:23:01,510 --> 00:23:03,026 I mean, not about this. 452 00:23:03,050 --> 00:23:04,896 It was a long-distance thing. 453 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,296 Hey. 454 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,920 You're that guy running for mayor. 455 00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:09,396 I'm not voting for you, 456 00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:10,696 but is there any way I can get a selfie? 457 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,296 I'll take the photo if you tell us 458 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,760 why you aren't voting for Alec. 459 00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:15,206 Well, I work for the mta. 460 00:23:15,230 --> 00:23:17,606 How is he gonna run that with no experience? 461 00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:18,806 I hear that. 462 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:20,246 And if I knew me as little as you knew me, 463 00:23:20,270 --> 00:23:22,276 I'd probably vote for the other guy, too. 464 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,016 Hell, knowing me as well as I do, I might still vote 465 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,780 for the other guy. But... 466 00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:27,980 Here's the thing. 467 00:23:28,110 --> 00:23:30,586 I do have experience. 468 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:33,626 I slept on the f train on cold winter nights 469 00:23:33,650 --> 00:23:35,950 when I was a kid, when I didn't have a home. 470 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,896 There was this conductor named Pete. 471 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,766 - Would always buy me a sandwich. - Wait a minute. 472 00:23:40,790 --> 00:23:41,820 Pete? 473 00:23:41,950 --> 00:23:43,366 I think I know him. 474 00:23:43,390 --> 00:23:46,036 Hey. That's... We got to toast to Pete then. 475 00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:47,666 This is on Alec. But it's not a bribe, 476 00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:49,036 just to be clear. 477 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:51,160 - To Pete. - To Pete. 478 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,500 So can we count on your vote? 479 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,746 Yeah. We might be screwed either way, 480 00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,146 but you're the better choice. 481 00:23:59,170 --> 00:24:00,486 Psychologically. 482 00:24:00,510 --> 00:24:02,510 We'll take it. 483 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,116 - You are so good at this. - Aw. 484 00:24:05,140 --> 00:24:06,786 - Both of you. - I just keep 485 00:24:06,810 --> 00:24:08,180 telling him to be authentic. 486 00:24:08,310 --> 00:24:10,410 And I authentically love talking to new yorkers. 487 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,466 Me, too. 488 00:24:12,490 --> 00:24:14,030 I love this city. 489 00:24:14,150 --> 00:24:16,150 The people. The subway. 490 00:24:16,290 --> 00:24:18,566 Central park. Times Square. 491 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:19,506 Ew. 492 00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:21,236 Hey. Times Square rules. 493 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:22,530 That's where the lion king is. 494 00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,006 I love the lion king. 495 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:25,530 I've seen the lion king four times. 496 00:24:25,670 --> 00:24:26,646 Me, too. 497 00:24:26,670 --> 00:24:28,006 I'm empowering a philistine. 498 00:24:28,030 --> 00:24:30,200 Wait, have you been on the hip-hop bus tour? 499 00:24:30,340 --> 00:24:31,846 Love it! Have you been 500 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,346 to the restaurant where the-the waiters 501 00:24:33,370 --> 00:24:34,916 - croon musical numbers? - Yes! 502 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,256 Do you know Cooper? He came to my housewarming party. 503 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:38,826 I love Cooper the singing waiter. 504 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:48,936 Do you really like all these things as much as I do? 505 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,636 How do I know you're not being... Clintonian? 506 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:53,836 Alec is the real deal. 507 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:55,606 I wouldn't be here if he wasn't. 508 00:24:55,630 --> 00:24:57,006 And I can prove it. 509 00:24:57,030 --> 00:25:00,376 Here's Alec in front of the lion king marquee 510 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,716 in four different outfits. 511 00:25:02,740 --> 00:25:05,276 Here's him on the hip-hop tour bus. 512 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:09,370 And here he is getting serenaded by Cooper at brunch last month. 513 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,416 Gosh, I wish it was always this easy to prove things. 514 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,056 You want some free advice? Always keep a record. 515 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,526 Delores feinn was wined and dined 516 00:25:19,550 --> 00:25:23,296 by every nonprofit organization in New York. 517 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,136 Though I always wondered if the juice was worth the squeeze. 518 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,160 Meaning what? 519 00:25:27,190 --> 00:25:28,466 She never gave any money? 520 00:25:28,490 --> 00:25:31,876 - No. Not once. - Not even -to Gary? -I doubt it. 521 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:33,876 But it was widely known she planned to leave pidgeon 522 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,506 a large sum in her will. 523 00:25:35,530 --> 00:25:38,270 That's why I was so surprised to see Gary at my benefit. 524 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,546 We had a little fight a few days before, 525 00:25:40,570 --> 00:25:42,716 where he accused me of trying to poach her. 526 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:44,240 Well, were you trying to poach her? 527 00:25:44,380 --> 00:25:45,950 I wasn't trying. I did. 528 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,620 I made an offer to publish her epic poem with annotations, 529 00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:51,996 and, in exchange, she offered to change her will. 530 00:25:52,020 --> 00:25:55,066 Sadly, she passed a week before going to her accountant 531 00:25:55,090 --> 00:25:56,236 to seal the deal. 532 00:25:56,260 --> 00:25:58,460 So why would you kill delores 533 00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:01,206 when you needed her to stay alive a week longer? 534 00:26:01,230 --> 00:26:03,876 - Exactly. - Did Gary -know about this? - Discretion 535 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,100 is important in our business. 536 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,970 But, yeah, I'm sure he did the math. 537 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,576 - That must've made him mad. - Honey, we're all mad. 538 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,176 The arts are under attack. 539 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,046 Nobody buys books anymore. 540 00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:15,716 Ooh, it all feels hopeless. 541 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,440 But Gary didn't seem hopeless. 542 00:26:17,580 --> 00:26:20,126 Last time I saw him, he was redecorating his office. 543 00:26:20,150 --> 00:26:21,626 You know, you're right. 544 00:26:21,650 --> 00:26:24,096 He was in such a great mood the night of my benefit. 545 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:28,696 He even bid $12k on a trip to the left bank in Paris. 546 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,796 - And he won. - How did he afford that? 547 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:34,636 He must have been expecting some money to come in. 548 00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:36,290 Hey. 549 00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:38,800 I went to a benefit, too, 550 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:42,106 and the silent auction was all done digitally 551 00:26:42,130 --> 00:26:43,830 on people's phones. 552 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:48,470 Do you have time stamps for when all the bids were placed? 553 00:26:50,980 --> 00:26:52,180 Why, hello! 554 00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:54,320 Heard you were going on a trip. 555 00:26:54,450 --> 00:26:58,096 But how are you buying such expensive luggage 556 00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,690 when the arts are under attack? 557 00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:01,526 Are you following me? 558 00:27:01,550 --> 00:27:03,320 Hannah told me where you'd be shopping. 559 00:27:03,460 --> 00:27:06,336 How thoughtful of her. But, no, I'm not shopping. 560 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,736 I'm just browsing to clear my head 561 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,236 in between applying for grants. 562 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,336 How can I help you, Elsbeth? 563 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,660 I was wondering if I could see your phone. 564 00:27:16,270 --> 00:27:19,246 You told the police that you called delores back 565 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:20,646 after the line went dead. 566 00:27:20,670 --> 00:27:22,916 And if that's the case, then that would be 567 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:24,416 - on your call log, right? - Well, 568 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,286 I guess you'll just have to take my word for it. 569 00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:27,986 Unless you have a warrant? 570 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:32,380 See... Thought you'd say that. 571 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:36,436 Which is why I got delores's phone records. 572 00:27:36,460 --> 00:27:37,936 And I won't take your word for it 573 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,390 because you didn't call her back. 574 00:27:39,530 --> 00:27:42,100 And I think that's because you knew she was dead. 575 00:27:46,670 --> 00:27:48,206 I didn't call her back 576 00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:50,200 because I was waiting for her to call me back. 577 00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:52,886 And when she didn't, I knew that something was wrong 578 00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:54,710 and I thought a little poetic license 579 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,910 would get the cops' attention a little faster. 580 00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:02,426 That's very considerate of you. 581 00:28:02,450 --> 00:28:07,760 But Fred said that you bid on a luxurious left bank vacation 582 00:28:07,890 --> 00:28:09,536 at his silent auction. 583 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,236 - You talked to Fred? - And according to 584 00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:14,006 the bidding time stamps, you did that minutes after 585 00:28:14,030 --> 00:28:15,670 delores's time of death. 586 00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:20,806 Everyone knew she was leaving you something big in her will. 587 00:28:20,830 --> 00:28:25,546 And it seemed like you were sure that payday was coming 588 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:27,546 when you offered up that... 589 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,280 This is so vulgar. 590 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,896 I loved delores for her artistic spirit. 591 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,120 I wasn't thinking about her money that night, 592 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:39,266 just her well-being. 593 00:28:39,290 --> 00:28:42,396 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to work. 594 00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:46,460 And... Talking about this accident 595 00:28:46,590 --> 00:28:48,406 is really upsetting. 596 00:28:48,430 --> 00:28:51,930 I am not so sure it was an accident. 597 00:28:52,060 --> 00:28:55,460 Delores didn't use her oxygen tank 598 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,700 except to get the best tables at nice restaurants. 599 00:29:02,110 --> 00:29:03,356 Are you sure? 600 00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:06,680 She never refilled the prescription. 601 00:29:08,210 --> 00:29:11,256 We have to find out who did this. 602 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,626 Even though proving someone tampered with an oxygen tank 603 00:29:14,650 --> 00:29:17,566 when delores died tragically alone 604 00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:20,906 sounds... incredibly difficult. 605 00:29:20,930 --> 00:29:23,576 Difficult but not impossible. 606 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,970 Well, best of luck, Elsbeth. 607 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,106 What a tragedy. 608 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:31,500 I'm just so thankful that I can lean on my community 609 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:32,886 in times like this. 610 00:29:32,910 --> 00:29:33,786 Yes. 611 00:29:33,810 --> 00:29:36,770 You all seem so... Supportive of each other 612 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,326 and not cutthroat or competitive at all. 613 00:29:42,510 --> 00:29:43,810 Hey, 614 00:29:43,950 --> 00:29:46,520 maybe I'll see you at the reading of delores's will. 615 00:29:46,650 --> 00:29:48,196 They're always public. 616 00:29:50,590 --> 00:29:52,860 Up to this moment, I've been the only person 617 00:29:52,990 --> 00:29:56,860 who's had access to all of delores's financial records. 618 00:29:57,660 --> 00:30:00,000 This won't... take long. 619 00:30:00,130 --> 00:30:04,676 "I, delores drusilla feinn, " being of sound mind, 620 00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:07,746 "do bequeath something to help the pidgeon print survive 621 00:30:07,770 --> 00:30:10,270 for generations to come." 622 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,126 "My unpublished poetry." 623 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:19,510 But that's not all. 624 00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:27,890 "I also leave the amount of" $413.17, 625 00:30:28,030 --> 00:30:30,400 less accounting fees." 626 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,216 The... Gift of her words is... 627 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,316 So much more than I could have ever imagined. 628 00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:48,110 What about the rest of her estate? 629 00:30:49,050 --> 00:30:50,196 I'm sorry. 630 00:30:50,220 --> 00:30:51,496 That's it. 631 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:52,590 There's nothing else. 632 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,196 That's all she had. 633 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,196 And her apartment? 634 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,550 It was rent-controlled. 635 00:30:56,660 --> 00:30:58,836 She paid $250 a month. 636 00:30:58,860 --> 00:31:00,436 And she could only afford it 637 00:31:00,460 --> 00:31:04,460 because she had all of you paying for her meals. 638 00:31:06,530 --> 00:31:10,270 Well, Gary didn't get any money, so... 639 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,976 There goes your motive. 640 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,316 But he thought he would. 641 00:31:13,340 --> 00:31:14,846 Yeah, well, try proving that. 642 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:24,820 Captain. 643 00:31:26,190 --> 00:31:27,596 What is this? 644 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:30,366 I dug up some photos of oxygen tank explosions. 645 00:31:30,390 --> 00:31:33,306 Notice how some of the victims have discoloration 646 00:31:33,330 --> 00:31:35,006 on the fabric of their sleeves. 647 00:31:35,030 --> 00:31:36,070 Why would that be? 648 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,940 No, I mean what is this? 649 00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:40,276 "Mysterious redhead." 650 00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:42,606 Isn't that... You? 651 00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:45,070 - You and Alec bloom? - We met. 652 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,410 What? 653 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:49,886 We talked. That's all. 654 00:31:49,910 --> 00:31:52,856 We had a nice time at the-the... thing. 655 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,126 Can we focus on Gary and not Alec, please? 656 00:31:56,150 --> 00:31:57,556 Are you saying this because you're deflecting 657 00:31:57,580 --> 00:31:59,496 or because you're that sure he did it? 658 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,560 Both things can be true. 659 00:32:15,570 --> 00:32:17,730 Why did you fire Hannah? 660 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,110 I saw her leaving with a box of her things. 661 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,646 I had to let go of Hannah 662 00:32:22,670 --> 00:32:24,770 because of unexpected budget cuts. 663 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:29,920 As in you expected to get money in delores's will 664 00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:31,596 and you didn't? 665 00:32:31,620 --> 00:32:35,620 Actually, I've been diving into the unpublished works 666 00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:37,366 of delores. 667 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:41,106 It's been the only thing inspiring me in these... 668 00:32:41,130 --> 00:32:42,960 Hectic and dark times. 669 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:45,176 I know what you mean. 670 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,976 I read this cover to cover, and, 671 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,800 I was so moved that... 672 00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:53,086 I wrote some poetry of my own. 673 00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:56,386 Do you think that you could, give me some feedback? 674 00:32:56,410 --> 00:32:58,716 I would love to be published by you. 675 00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:03,510 And, you must be looking for new donors. 676 00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:07,126 Sure... Elsbeth. 677 00:33:07,150 --> 00:33:08,266 Read it to me. 678 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:09,490 Really? 679 00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:14,366 Wow... This is called "emotional w." 680 00:33:14,390 --> 00:33:16,430 And that is with a "w." 681 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:20,830 "Father. 682 00:33:21,670 --> 00:33:24,310 "Father. Father. 683 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,216 "Father? 684 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:33,240 "Father. Father. 685 00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:34,850 "Shoe rack. 686 00:33:35,650 --> 00:33:37,350 "Mouse. 687 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,620 Saddam Hussein." 688 00:33:48,930 --> 00:33:50,736 That was terrible. 689 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,000 Don't sugarcoat it. 690 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,160 I want to learn. 691 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:55,706 It gestures to Sylvia plath 692 00:33:55,730 --> 00:34:00,646 in a way that makes me want to put my head in an oven. 693 00:34:00,670 --> 00:34:04,016 It lacks any technique or structure 694 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,040 or emotional resonance. 695 00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:10,720 And, frankly, your voice is the word salad of a toddler. 696 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:13,020 So you hate it? 697 00:34:13,850 --> 00:34:16,590 So much. 698 00:34:17,460 --> 00:34:18,996 And how dare you 699 00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:21,720 dangle your support as a way to get yourself published 700 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:23,106 by my press. 701 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:24,306 I have standards. 702 00:34:24,330 --> 00:34:25,700 Do better. 703 00:34:26,430 --> 00:34:30,230 That's very interesting, because... 704 00:34:30,340 --> 00:34:34,546 I actually didn't... Write that poem. 705 00:34:34,570 --> 00:34:36,086 Delores did. 706 00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:40,186 She submitted it to Fred at tumbleweed. 707 00:34:40,210 --> 00:34:41,886 You lied? 708 00:34:41,910 --> 00:34:44,310 Just used a little poetic license. 709 00:34:44,420 --> 00:34:47,726 You were expecting something in that will, Gary. 710 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:49,850 That is the only reason you would publish 711 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,066 a voice that you hated so much. 712 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:55,866 Well, who cares if I hated it?! 713 00:34:55,890 --> 00:35:01,376 The entire point of my job as the director of a nonprofit 714 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,270 is to keep it alive! 715 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,546 So you lied? 716 00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:05,746 I was cultivating. 717 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:07,646 I was trying to encourage delores 718 00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:10,256 to donate to a worthy cause. 719 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,916 But that doesn't mean that I killed her. 720 00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:16,040 It means that I debased myself in service to that goal! 721 00:35:16,150 --> 00:35:19,596 Why? Because this world doesn't care about the finer things. 722 00:35:19,620 --> 00:35:22,420 Because this world doesn't understand nonprofit. 723 00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:27,820 Because profit is the only thing this world cares about! 724 00:35:27,930 --> 00:35:31,006 Gary, what's happening in your field is awful. 725 00:35:31,030 --> 00:35:33,230 It really is. 726 00:35:33,970 --> 00:35:37,846 But I know that somebody 727 00:35:37,870 --> 00:35:42,140 tampered with that oxygen tank, and there must be 728 00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:46,340 some way to prove it. 729 00:35:48,810 --> 00:35:51,710 I'm sorry about the misunderstanding in the paper, 730 00:35:51,820 --> 00:35:53,490 but that's the press. 731 00:35:53,620 --> 00:35:55,266 Yeah. But maybe when you get a chance, 732 00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:58,696 you can clarify to the press that we're not an item? 733 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,106 I'm afraid that's a no. 734 00:36:00,130 --> 00:36:02,506 New York view hasn't endorsed us, 735 00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:04,206 but they love gossip. 736 00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:07,000 "Mysterious redhead" is a good story for our campaign. 737 00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:09,330 But I don't want to be the mysterious redhead. 738 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:11,800 I have important work to do. 739 00:36:11,940 --> 00:36:15,346 Marissa, we've known each other a long time. 740 00:36:15,370 --> 00:36:17,956 I... I thought I was your friend. 741 00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:23,480 I-I don't want to be a story or... A pawn. 742 00:36:24,380 --> 00:36:26,380 I'm sorry. You're right. 743 00:36:27,150 --> 00:36:28,820 I don't want to be that person. 744 00:36:29,590 --> 00:36:31,236 Don't worry. We'll take care of it. 745 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,820 Glad we got that out of the way. 746 00:36:33,930 --> 00:36:35,806 Now we can relax. 747 00:36:35,830 --> 00:36:38,276 - Want to see if Cooper's singing tonight? - That sounds like fun, 748 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:41,500 but there's something else I wanted to talk to you about. 749 00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:42,670 As a candidate? 750 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,016 As a former fire marshal. 751 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,456 Hey, Steve. 752 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,986 I'm here to pick up a box delores left for me. 753 00:36:51,010 --> 00:36:52,116 Yeah. 754 00:36:52,140 --> 00:36:53,540 You know, I read some of it. 755 00:36:53,650 --> 00:36:55,356 There's a lot going on there. 756 00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:56,850 Sure is. 757 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,366 Beautiful. 758 00:36:59,390 --> 00:37:00,690 - Thanks. - So, I guess 759 00:37:00,820 --> 00:37:03,390 they're investigating this as a homicide now. 760 00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:07,366 What? 761 00:37:07,390 --> 00:37:08,860 - How do you know? - Redheaded woman 762 00:37:08,990 --> 00:37:10,676 who works with the NYPD 763 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:12,476 came by the other day to look through these. 764 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,046 Said that she was getting a warrant to check the clothes 765 00:37:15,070 --> 00:37:17,240 of anybody who went into delores's apartment 766 00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:18,716 the day of the explosion. 767 00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:22,580 Something about how oxygen discolors fabric. 768 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:25,750 I got to go. 769 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:34,566 I need my tweed jacket. 770 00:37:34,590 --> 00:37:35,966 Ticket, please. 771 00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:37,796 My assistant has it, but I had to fire her. 772 00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:38,950 So she's not speaking to me. 773 00:37:39,060 --> 00:37:40,336 Not my problem. 774 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:41,906 I need you to find it. Now. 775 00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:43,100 I... 776 00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:46,036 This is what it looks like. 777 00:37:47,730 --> 00:37:49,600 Please! I'm begging you. 778 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,836 I don't see it. 779 00:38:09,860 --> 00:38:11,896 Listen to me. 780 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,536 My life depends on me finding that jacket. 781 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,090 Do you understand? 782 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,976 If the wrong people get their hands on it, 783 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,100 my life, my-my press, is over. 784 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,546 Your jacket isn't here, Gary. 785 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:28,246 Hannah gave us the ticket so we could send it to the lab 786 00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:29,586 - for testing. - What lab? 787 00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:31,450 Why does my jacket need testing? 788 00:38:31,580 --> 00:38:34,280 Because you murdered delores feinn 789 00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:37,110 after you found out you were losing her to tumbleweed. 790 00:38:37,220 --> 00:38:38,396 That's not true. 791 00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:39,896 Delores was important to me. 792 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,096 Only because you thought you were in her will. 793 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,436 And you killed her before she could change it. 794 00:38:44,460 --> 00:38:48,366 You still think I tampered with delores's oxygen tank? 795 00:38:48,390 --> 00:38:51,936 I was at Fred's benefit the night she died. 796 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,130 Remember? 797 00:38:53,260 --> 00:38:54,606 I couldn't have killed her 798 00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:56,276 and have been on the phone with her. 799 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:58,670 That just means that you left before she... 800 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,600 Lit a cigarette. 801 00:39:00,710 --> 00:39:05,716 Oxygen can take hours to saturate the air. 802 00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:08,180 When you called her back later that night though, 803 00:39:08,310 --> 00:39:10,326 she picked up, alive. 804 00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:14,520 And that's when you coaxed her into her writing nook. 805 00:39:14,650 --> 00:39:16,150 This is preposterous. 806 00:39:16,290 --> 00:39:18,036 As her editor, you knew 807 00:39:18,060 --> 00:39:21,866 if you could just get delores to write, 808 00:39:21,890 --> 00:39:28,000 she would make her way to that same spot, light up... 809 00:39:28,130 --> 00:39:29,206 And boom. 810 00:39:29,230 --> 00:39:30,830 But if it weren't for 811 00:39:30,940 --> 00:39:34,016 a certain former fire marshal telling me 812 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:38,456 how oxygen discolors the fibers on fabric, 813 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,386 I never would have thought to check the sleeves 814 00:39:42,410 --> 00:39:44,550 of your tweed jacket. 815 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:48,730 By the way, I'm the one who told Steve the doorman 816 00:39:48,850 --> 00:39:50,366 to tell you about the warrant. 817 00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:53,760 Because I really needed to get you here... 818 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:56,206 so that I could read you this little poem 819 00:39:56,230 --> 00:39:58,106 that I actually wrote. 820 00:39:58,130 --> 00:39:59,876 Okay. 821 00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:03,746 "The sleeves of your jacket are faded, 822 00:40:03,770 --> 00:40:07,410 "but they are supposed to be..." Plaided. 823 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:10,570 "Just admit it, pal," you opened the valve 824 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:15,286 "and delores fell for the trap you... Baited." 825 00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:17,956 Just because it sort of rhymes 826 00:40:17,980 --> 00:40:19,210 doesn't mean it's poetry. 827 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:22,466 And your meter is a mess. 828 00:40:22,490 --> 00:40:24,896 Yeah. That may be true. 829 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,536 But, Gary, the discoloration on your sleeves proves 830 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:34,430 that your jacket was exposed to oxygen when you... 831 00:40:34,570 --> 00:40:36,640 Tampered with the tank. 832 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:42,886 Delores was torturing me for years. 833 00:40:42,910 --> 00:40:46,410 And she didn't even have any money. 834 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:50,280 I'm glad I killed her. 835 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:54,026 May, can we please have Gary's jacket now? 836 00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:55,396 W-Wait, what's going on here? 837 00:40:55,420 --> 00:40:57,066 I thought you said my jacket was at the lab. 838 00:40:57,090 --> 00:40:58,066 Sorry. 839 00:40:58,090 --> 00:40:59,906 That was poetic license. 840 00:40:59,930 --> 00:41:01,706 As was the warrant. 841 00:41:01,730 --> 00:41:05,506 Pure oxygen can discolor fabric 842 00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:09,446 when it's exposed to cleaning supplies. 843 00:41:09,470 --> 00:41:12,076 But delores never cleaned her oxygen tank 844 00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:13,640 because she never used it. 845 00:41:13,770 --> 00:41:16,140 So, as you can see... 846 00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:18,280 your jacket's fine. 847 00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:22,426 Too bad you already confessed though.- Gary pidgeon, 848 00:41:22,450 --> 00:41:25,596 you are under arrest for the murder of delores feinn. 849 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,426 You know, maybe you would've 850 00:41:28,450 --> 00:41:30,296 realized that I was bluffing 851 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:31,636 if you knew more about chemistry. 852 00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:35,060 But science is under attack! 853 00:41:35,790 --> 00:41:37,606 What's gonna happen to the pidgeon print? 854 00:41:37,630 --> 00:41:39,606 I mean, Gary may have been a murderer, 855 00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:42,630 but the press was a literary treasure. 856 00:41:42,770 --> 00:41:44,170 It lives on. 857 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:45,716 Their Instagram announced 858 00:41:45,740 --> 00:41:47,386 that Hannah Lee is taking over as director, 859 00:41:47,410 --> 00:41:50,116 thanks to a special endowment from Lee dental floss. 860 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:52,616 Hey, you. 861 00:41:54,350 --> 00:41:55,526 Ready for lunch? 862 00:41:55,550 --> 00:41:57,556 You know, captain, 863 00:41:57,580 --> 00:41:59,350 detective rivers really listened to me, 864 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,396 and he backed me up this time. 865 00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:03,096 That's my man. 866 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:06,166 Sounds like the results of mandatory hr training to me. 867 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:13,406 Hi! 868 00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:15,506 Hey. I wanted to run something by you. 869 00:42:15,530 --> 00:42:18,346 Yeah, I wanted to run something by you, too. 870 00:42:18,370 --> 00:42:20,846 Why hasn't Alec made a statement saying 871 00:42:20,870 --> 00:42:23,370 that he and the mysterious redhead are just friends? 872 00:42:23,510 --> 00:42:24,680 Because I won't let him. 873 00:42:24,810 --> 00:42:26,386 Don't tell Alec, 874 00:42:26,410 --> 00:42:28,690 but I'm the one who leaked the photos in the first place. 875 00:42:28,810 --> 00:42:30,040 You? 876 00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:32,156 I said I didn't want to be that person. 877 00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:34,050 Turns out, I am that person. 878 00:42:34,190 --> 00:42:36,366 I need you to listen to me carefully. 879 00:42:36,390 --> 00:42:39,096 It's super important that you don't make any moves 880 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,020 or talk to anyone about this unless I tell you to. 881 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,736 Elsbeth tascioni, 882 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,200 the future of New York is in your hands. 883 00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:58,216 Captioning sponsored by and Toyota. 884 00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:01,640 Captioned by media access group at wgbh access.Wgbh.Org