1 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:07,942 New York City. 2 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:10,177 - Once upon a time, I could exit 3 00:00:10,310 --> 00:00:13,347 the front door of my apartment building, 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,116 hoof it to Second Avenue, and find myself 5 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:18,352 at Elaine's Restaurant, 6 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:23,056 where I'd make a beeline for a certain well-known publicist. 7 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:24,859 Back wall, corner table. 8 00:00:24,993 --> 00:00:28,663 He'd slip me an item for the column between bites 9 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:30,297 of squid salad. 10 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:33,801 That was back when New York had glamour and secrets. 11 00:00:33,868 --> 00:00:37,572 Now, glamour has gone the way of the dodo. 12 00:00:37,705 --> 00:00:39,139 Everything's out in the open, 13 00:00:39,206 --> 00:00:41,809 warts and all, right there on your screens. 14 00:00:41,876 --> 00:00:45,747 Internet accounts like the anonymous "Pop Lunatic," 15 00:00:45,847 --> 00:00:49,283 where the latte order of a tic-tacky-- oh, whoops-- 16 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:53,621 I mean, TikTok star is what passes for news. 17 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:55,088 Snooze-worthy. 18 00:00:55,188 --> 00:00:58,993 Oh, sure, they post real stories now and then, 19 00:00:59,092 --> 00:01:01,663 but is it worth the endless scroll? 20 00:01:01,729 --> 00:01:04,331 Boy, are my thumbs tired. 21 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:08,870 No, dear readers, gossip ain't what it used to be. 22 00:01:08,937 --> 00:01:10,672 But who am I to say? 23 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:13,106 Hello. 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,510 Betty, it's Otis. We need to talk. 25 00:01:15,610 --> 00:01:17,645 Well, make it snappy. I'm on my way to a luncheon. 26 00:01:17,745 --> 00:01:21,381 Trust me, you're going to want to hear this, in person, now. 27 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:23,350 That juicy, huh? 28 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:25,887 Well, where are you? We'll pick you up on the way. 29 00:01:25,954 --> 00:01:28,121 The usual spot. Don't keep me waiting. 30 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:30,592 Slight detour. Maurice! 31 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:39,634 There's the golden boy. 32 00:01:43,905 --> 00:01:45,974 Okay, what do you got for me? 33 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:49,744 I'll warn you, tomorrow's column is pretty full. 34 00:01:51,045 --> 00:01:53,715 What? Okay. Uh, Maurice, 35 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:56,784 would you mind just stepping out for a moment, please? 36 00:01:58,653 --> 00:02:00,320 Oh. 37 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:01,789 Well, this had better be good. 38 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:03,891 If it's about your husband's pop-up again, 39 00:02:03,958 --> 00:02:06,326 I'll have Maurice here throw you into traffic. 40 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:09,129 And you know he will, because he's ex-military. 41 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,798 It's not about Harry. 42 00:02:10,932 --> 00:02:12,100 It's about you. 43 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:14,301 Me? 44 00:02:14,401 --> 00:02:16,971 Please. What's left to say? 45 00:02:17,105 --> 00:02:18,840 Betty. 46 00:02:18,940 --> 00:02:20,742 I know your secret. 47 00:02:22,944 --> 00:02:24,579 What? 48 00:02:24,646 --> 00:02:26,914 What? And I have the proof. 49 00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:28,448 Look, be reasonable. 50 00:02:28,549 --> 00:02:29,917 I've always kept your secrets. 51 00:02:29,984 --> 00:02:31,451 Have you? 52 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:34,956 From now on, you will print whatever I tell you to. 53 00:02:35,056 --> 00:02:36,356 When I call, you will answer. 54 00:02:36,456 --> 00:02:37,992 I don't want to hear any excuses 55 00:02:38,126 --> 00:02:40,862 about such-and-such not being a fit in the column. Make space. 56 00:02:40,995 --> 00:02:43,296 And maybe, just maybe, 57 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:45,633 I'll keep your little secret to myself. 58 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,200 I'd say blackmail was beneath you, 59 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:49,169 but I think we both know better. 60 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:51,238 Your whole career, all your power is based 61 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:52,974 on knowing other people's secrets. 62 00:02:53,041 --> 00:02:55,610 Well, now I know yours. 63 00:02:55,710 --> 00:02:58,245 You will do what I say, 64 00:02:58,345 --> 00:03:01,381 you will put out what I tell you to... 65 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:06,587 ...or I will ruin you. 66 00:03:14,529 --> 00:03:16,731 Everything okay, boss? 67 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,968 It will be. 68 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:26,741 Yeah, uh, I'd say I'm pretty fearless. 69 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:29,744 I mean, I did all my own stunts for the movie. 70 00:03:29,844 --> 00:03:31,478 That's incredible. 71 00:03:31,546 --> 00:03:32,914 I saw, on the poster, you're, like, 72 00:03:33,047 --> 00:03:34,949 hanging off of a cliff, right? 73 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:36,651 I-I have to imagine, 74 00:03:36,751 --> 00:03:39,187 if you're not afraid of that, you're not afraid of anything. 75 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:40,888 Oh, my God. 76 00:03:40,988 --> 00:03:43,024 No, Lorena. Lorena, no. Get back in prison. 77 00:03:43,091 --> 00:03:45,225 Oh, my God. 78 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:47,695 God. Ugh. 79 00:03:48,529 --> 00:03:50,131 Isn't that awful? 80 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,466 I should be used to it by now. 81 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:55,703 He thinks it's funny to scare celebrities using my face. 82 00:03:55,803 --> 00:03:57,572 Why does he have to pick on you? 83 00:03:57,672 --> 00:03:59,874 I'm an easy mark. After what the press has done to me, 84 00:03:59,974 --> 00:04:03,010 who is going to defend Lorena Marchuk? 85 00:04:03,111 --> 00:04:04,879 Well, I think it's time the world hears 86 00:04:04,979 --> 00:04:06,279 what you think of this abuse. 87 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:08,883 The world doesn't care what I think. 88 00:04:08,950 --> 00:04:11,085 -Sure they do. -I'm a villain. 89 00:04:11,219 --> 00:04:15,523 As if I'm the first person to ever have legal troubles. 90 00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:18,826 Oh, Betty, switch with me. 91 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:20,595 -Oh. -This couch is killing my back. 92 00:04:20,728 --> 00:04:24,732 Oh, it didn't help that your masseuse self-deported. 93 00:04:24,832 --> 00:04:27,668 Well, I will always take your side. 94 00:04:27,769 --> 00:04:30,138 You've always been my dearest friend. 95 00:04:30,238 --> 00:04:32,472 Well, you're a good friend to me. 96 00:04:32,607 --> 00:04:34,776 Hey, while you're up, 97 00:04:34,876 --> 00:04:36,511 why don't you go and get us something 98 00:04:36,611 --> 00:04:37,945 a little stronger than tea? 99 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:39,379 What do you think, huh? 100 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:41,414 Absolutely. 101 00:04:41,516 --> 00:04:45,820 I always felt you held a grudge. 102 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:48,222 A grudge? For what? 103 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:50,357 Augusto flirting with me 104 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:52,727 at Henry's barbecue in Litchfield. 105 00:04:52,794 --> 00:04:56,230 When you and Augusto had that thing going. 106 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:59,499 That was 1979. It was ancient history. 107 00:04:59,634 --> 00:05:01,836 Who can remember these things? 108 00:05:08,042 --> 00:05:10,310 Hmm. - Mmm. 109 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:12,246 -I've got to dash. -Oh? 110 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:14,081 I have a deadline. 111 00:05:14,148 --> 00:05:16,818 -I got to watch my program. -Right. 112 00:05:16,918 --> 00:05:19,486 -Well, chin up, Lorena. -Hmm. 113 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:21,321 And I think it's high time 114 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:23,624 you stood up to that Otis Langley. 115 00:05:23,724 --> 00:05:25,293 As ladies, sometimes 116 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:28,663 we have to handle these things ourselves. 117 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:48,316 Geez. 118 00:05:48,415 --> 00:05:50,350 Betty? You scared me. 119 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,920 -Wh-What are you wearing? -Let's chat. 120 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:56,057 All right, well, better make it snappy, 121 00:05:56,157 --> 00:05:57,525 as you like to say. 122 00:05:57,658 --> 00:05:59,727 I'm needed back on set. 123 00:05:59,861 --> 00:06:01,262 What's with the getup? 124 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,565 Is this from your column, or are you stealing my act? 125 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:05,867 Actually, 126 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,668 I'm glad that you're here. 127 00:06:25,186 --> 00:06:30,057 Nobody tells Betty Heymouth what to print. 128 00:06:43,104 --> 00:06:45,539 Victim is Otis Langley, 129 00:06:45,606 --> 00:06:48,242 daytime talk show host and impresario. 130 00:06:48,342 --> 00:06:50,311 We're notifying his husband now. 131 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,747 Ooh, I found a shell casing. 132 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:55,082 No firearm. 133 00:06:55,216 --> 00:06:57,417 Powder residue on the body suggests 134 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:59,452 a deliberate shot at close range. 135 00:06:59,553 --> 00:07:00,955 Probably a pistol. 136 00:07:01,055 --> 00:07:02,590 Oh, that's brutal. 137 00:07:02,690 --> 00:07:04,558 He seemed like such a nice guy on his show. 138 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:06,260 -Mm. -Oh! 139 00:07:06,394 --> 00:07:07,828 Gosh. Sorry. Uh, 140 00:07:07,929 --> 00:07:09,297 I agree with Officer Hackett. 141 00:07:09,397 --> 00:07:11,032 Who would want to kill this guy? 142 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,567 He was so nice. 143 00:07:13,634 --> 00:07:17,238 Or maybe he just wanted famous people to like him. 144 00:07:17,305 --> 00:07:20,975 Ooh. His cell phone might have answers. 145 00:07:21,075 --> 00:07:23,210 Uh, oh. 146 00:07:24,378 --> 00:07:25,947 Two phones. Huh. 147 00:07:26,047 --> 00:07:27,782 Never a good sign. 148 00:07:27,882 --> 00:07:29,383 Huh. 149 00:07:32,153 --> 00:07:33,354 -Can I help you? -The cops told me 150 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,256 to come speak with the detective. 151 00:07:35,323 --> 00:07:37,457 -That's me. What is it? -I saw a lady go 152 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:39,560 into Mr. Langley's trailer this afternoon. 153 00:07:39,627 --> 00:07:41,494 -Who are you? -I'm a production assistant. 154 00:07:41,595 --> 00:07:44,832 -Did you know who it was? -No. But I saw she had, like, 155 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:46,567 a crazy face and a thing on her head. 156 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:49,469 -You mean a hat? -No, a thing. 157 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:51,672 And her face was so crazy. 158 00:07:51,806 --> 00:07:52,974 Like this? 159 00:07:53,107 --> 00:07:55,109 -Yeah, actually. -Really? 160 00:07:55,209 --> 00:07:57,611 That's who you saw? Lorena Marchuk? 161 00:07:57,712 --> 00:07:58,980 I think so. 162 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,815 The infamous real estate widow. 163 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:02,416 Oh, that's who this is. 164 00:08:02,516 --> 00:08:03,851 Didn't she go to prison? 165 00:08:03,951 --> 00:08:05,485 -Were they arguing? -I don't know. 166 00:08:05,619 --> 00:08:07,788 I was in a rush, but I think he let her in. 167 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:09,357 All right, thank you. 168 00:08:10,992 --> 00:08:15,096 So, aging, infamous socialite Lorena Marchuk 169 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:18,032 walks up to Otis's trailer, 170 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:22,603 broad daylight, climbs up these stairs... 171 00:08:23,637 --> 00:08:24,805 ...knocks on his door, 172 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:28,676 he lets her in, and then, she shoots him? 173 00:08:28,776 --> 00:08:30,211 It's possible. 174 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:31,612 In the '90s, Lorena was known 175 00:08:31,679 --> 00:08:33,948 as the Medusa of Madison Avenue. 176 00:08:34,015 --> 00:08:36,217 Yeah, and it's a running prank on Otis's show 177 00:08:36,350 --> 00:08:37,685 that someone jumps out 178 00:08:37,785 --> 00:08:39,887 and scares celebrities while wearing that mask. 179 00:08:40,021 --> 00:08:42,023 It's kind of funny. 180 00:08:42,123 --> 00:08:44,325 Maybe not to her. 181 00:08:44,425 --> 00:08:47,061 Don't touch that vase. 182 00:08:47,161 --> 00:08:49,830 It cost more than your life savings. 183 00:08:49,930 --> 00:08:53,502 So, Otis Langley is dead. 184 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,736 What has that got to do with me? 185 00:08:55,836 --> 00:08:58,005 You were seen going into his trailer today. 186 00:08:58,105 --> 00:09:01,075 -Me? -We hear there's bad blood between you two. 187 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:02,843 You bet there is, that bastard. 188 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:06,547 So, did you visit Mr. Langley in his trailer this afternoon? 189 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:09,016 No, I was here. 190 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,385 You, get up. 191 00:09:12,386 --> 00:09:16,057 I was in bed watching my favorite show. 192 00:09:16,190 --> 00:09:18,559 Ooh. Was it Ninja Warrior? 193 00:09:18,692 --> 00:09:20,928 I love that one. 194 00:09:22,363 --> 00:09:24,832 The Young and the Restless. 195 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:26,367 With a glass of wine. 196 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:29,770 -Just one? -That's none of your business. 197 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,540 Can anyone confirm your story? 198 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:32,940 Any staff, or...? 199 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,376 I'm between staff at the moment. 200 00:09:35,476 --> 00:09:37,244 But I'm always here. 201 00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:38,946 I don't get out a lot. 202 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,781 Not like I used to. 203 00:09:40,881 --> 00:09:42,917 Is that because of Otis Langley 204 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:45,753 and his cruel jokes at your expense? 205 00:09:45,853 --> 00:09:48,189 Oh. May I sit? 206 00:09:48,289 --> 00:09:49,657 Yes, you may. 207 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:50,958 Thanks. 208 00:09:52,059 --> 00:09:54,361 And "cruel" is exactly the word for Otis Langley. 209 00:09:54,428 --> 00:09:55,796 I should be used to it by now, 210 00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:58,065 but the media has never been kind to me. 211 00:09:58,132 --> 00:10:00,601 -Had you been in touch with Mr. Langley? -What? 212 00:10:00,701 --> 00:10:01,936 I should reach out to him? 213 00:10:02,036 --> 00:10:04,438 He should have called me to apologize. 214 00:10:04,539 --> 00:10:06,941 I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude, 215 00:10:07,074 --> 00:10:10,411 but there, uh, seems to be 216 00:10:10,478 --> 00:10:13,548 something... 217 00:10:13,647 --> 00:10:15,584 Oh... 218 00:10:15,649 --> 00:10:16,951 my. 219 00:10:17,051 --> 00:10:18,652 What is that? 220 00:10:21,590 --> 00:10:22,957 A pistol. 221 00:10:27,761 --> 00:10:30,097 Uh. Oh. 222 00:10:31,632 --> 00:10:34,201 Oh, Lorena! Not again! 223 00:10:34,301 --> 00:10:35,803 Defend me, Betty! 224 00:10:35,903 --> 00:10:38,806 Oh. You know I will! 225 00:10:38,906 --> 00:10:40,509 Are you her attorney? 226 00:10:40,609 --> 00:10:42,910 -Excuse me? -She said, "Defend me." 227 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:45,646 -Who are you? -Oh, I'm a lawyer, too, 228 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:47,014 but I'm with the police. 229 00:10:47,148 --> 00:10:49,483 -Well, sort of. I-- -I'm not a lawyer. 230 00:10:49,618 --> 00:10:50,918 I'm a columnist. 231 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:53,220 At The New York View! 232 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,156 Oh, you're Betty Heymouth! 233 00:10:55,256 --> 00:10:57,825 I recognize you from the, um... 234 00:10:57,958 --> 00:11:00,861 Oh, my son works with you. 235 00:11:00,995 --> 00:11:03,197 Do you know Teddy Tascioni? He's a fact-checker. 236 00:11:03,330 --> 00:11:05,966 -I don't need those. -Oh. Well, he's... 237 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,201 - Elsbeth? - Oh. 238 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,737 Oh, sorry. That's me. 239 00:11:09,837 --> 00:11:12,541 Nice to meet you, Betty Heymouth. 240 00:11:12,641 --> 00:11:14,208 Uh-huh. 241 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:19,180 Lorena, don't tell them a thing, dear. 242 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,516 Oh, what a nightmare! 243 00:11:23,217 --> 00:11:25,352 Got any packages for me? 244 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:43,704 Ah, you've seen the new CaffePro 6000. 245 00:11:43,804 --> 00:11:44,905 Nice, right? 246 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:46,407 Here, I'll give you a tutorial. 247 00:11:46,541 --> 00:11:48,042 Where did it come from? 248 00:11:48,142 --> 00:11:50,411 The department found money in the discretionary budget. 249 00:11:50,512 --> 00:11:52,614 Each color is a different variety. 250 00:11:52,713 --> 00:11:56,450 Green is decaf, so, you want to avoid those. 251 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:00,721 I don't like the smell of it. 252 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:03,090 Really? It should have notes of... 253 00:12:03,190 --> 00:12:05,092 cinnamon and bay leaf. 254 00:12:05,226 --> 00:12:06,661 No, the machine. 255 00:12:06,727 --> 00:12:10,297 Plus, they repaired the squeaky radiator in my office, 256 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:12,132 repainted the stairwell, and 257 00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:14,835 I could swear the Wi-Fi is faster. 258 00:12:14,902 --> 00:12:18,072 Yes. IT upgraded it last week. 259 00:12:18,172 --> 00:12:19,740 What game is he playing? 260 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:21,742 -Who? -Tully. 261 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:23,578 You think Commissioner Tully's the reason 262 00:12:23,678 --> 00:12:25,179 they're approving our requests? 263 00:12:25,246 --> 00:12:27,582 Yeah. One minute, he's humiliated in a poker game, 264 00:12:27,682 --> 00:12:29,984 the next, we have this. 265 00:12:30,084 --> 00:12:34,188 Yeah. It must be a part of his payback plan. 266 00:12:34,288 --> 00:12:36,524 The plan in which he... 267 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:39,360 provides the precinct with sorely needed upgrades? 268 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:40,928 Dastardly. 269 00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:42,796 Trust me. 270 00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,199 It's never what it seems with that guy. 271 00:12:47,535 --> 00:12:49,203 Captain Wagner, get ready. 272 00:12:49,303 --> 00:12:51,071 I have major tea. 273 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:52,806 Those pods make tea, too? 274 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:55,276 It's slang. It means she has gossip. 275 00:12:55,376 --> 00:12:56,810 Are you not on Instagram? 276 00:12:56,944 --> 00:12:58,912 Otis Langley 277 00:12:59,013 --> 00:13:00,781 was Pop Lunatic! 278 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:02,651 -No! -Yes. 279 00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:04,285 I'm just kidding. What the hell is that? 280 00:13:04,385 --> 00:13:07,821 Pop Lunatic is this anonymous social media account. 281 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:11,458 People send messages to it when they have celebrity gossip, 282 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,460 sightings, blind items, 283 00:13:13,561 --> 00:13:15,630 and they reshare the juiciest stuff. 284 00:13:15,730 --> 00:13:17,164 I can't believe you don't follow. 285 00:13:17,264 --> 00:13:20,334 So, Otis had two phones on him when he died. 286 00:13:20,434 --> 00:13:21,703 And it turns out, one of them 287 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:24,238 was a burner logged into the Pop Lunatic account. 288 00:13:24,305 --> 00:13:25,973 There was nothing else on the phone, 289 00:13:26,073 --> 00:13:27,975 and it was encrypted with a VPN. 290 00:13:28,075 --> 00:13:29,310 People are going 291 00:13:29,410 --> 00:13:31,078 to freak when they find out it was him. 292 00:13:31,145 --> 00:13:33,180 So you think running a secret account 293 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,749 has something to do with his murder? 294 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:35,816 Maybe. 295 00:13:35,949 --> 00:13:37,184 Several celebs were trying 296 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:38,485 to sue the account for libel. 297 00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:40,287 But Otis also managed to piss off 298 00:13:40,387 --> 00:13:42,691 at least one person under his own name. 299 00:13:43,692 --> 00:13:45,125 Lorena Marchuk. 300 00:13:45,192 --> 00:13:46,661 And she's already got a criminal record. 301 00:13:46,761 --> 00:13:50,064 -Wasn't that white-collar? -Housing discrimination. 302 00:13:50,898 --> 00:13:52,701 Elsbeth, I didn't see you there. 303 00:13:53,802 --> 00:13:56,638 Betty Heymouth got an interview with her from prison. 304 00:13:56,738 --> 00:13:59,373 According to Betty, it was Lorena's second arrest 305 00:13:59,473 --> 00:14:01,342 that really made her infamous. 306 00:14:01,475 --> 00:14:04,111 She punched a Bergdorf's saleswoman. 307 00:14:04,211 --> 00:14:05,613 Yeah, I think that's when 308 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:07,214 Otis started using her face as a jump scare. 309 00:14:07,348 --> 00:14:11,619 Plus, ballistics matched the gun we found at Lorena's 310 00:14:11,686 --> 00:14:13,954 with the shell casing from the crime scene. 311 00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:16,624 A 1970s Soviet-made service sidearm. 312 00:14:16,725 --> 00:14:19,527 Lorena's late husband was from Belarus. We think it was his. 313 00:14:19,661 --> 00:14:22,196 -Mm. Betty doesn't. -Excuse me? 314 00:14:22,329 --> 00:14:23,832 Betty Heymouth. 315 00:14:23,931 --> 00:14:25,533 She thinks Lorena was innocent. 316 00:14:25,633 --> 00:14:27,901 -Why? -Hard to say, actually. 317 00:14:28,035 --> 00:14:30,971 She included a lot of details that made her seem guilty. 318 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:32,841 Maybe because she is guilty. 319 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:35,042 I don't know. I think I'm Team Betty. 320 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:36,544 Are you? 321 00:14:36,644 --> 00:14:38,312 I just don't understand why Lorena would let me sit 322 00:14:38,412 --> 00:14:40,214 on a loaded gun if she knew it was there. 323 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:41,716 What did I ever do to her? 324 00:14:41,850 --> 00:14:44,385 Maybe she got drunk and forgot where she stashed it. 325 00:14:44,485 --> 00:14:46,721 Or maybe she didn't put it there. 326 00:14:46,855 --> 00:14:49,791 Also, if Otis was making fun of her for years, 327 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:53,927 why did she suddenly decide to shoot him yesterday? 328 00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:55,429 These are all fine questions. 329 00:14:55,530 --> 00:14:58,098 Unfortunately, Lorena's lawyered up. 330 00:14:58,232 --> 00:15:00,200 She's not taking any questions. 331 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,403 Well, then... 332 00:15:02,537 --> 00:15:04,304 maybe we should go talk to someone 333 00:15:04,405 --> 00:15:06,940 whose questions she is taking. 334 00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:11,111 Ms. Marchuk lives a few floors up? 335 00:15:11,245 --> 00:15:13,247 Yeah, she's on the sixteenth floor. 336 00:15:13,347 --> 00:15:16,250 Better view, a longer elevator ride. 337 00:15:16,350 --> 00:15:18,152 Did you really meet Mick Jagger? 338 00:15:18,252 --> 00:15:20,889 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. First time I met Mick, 339 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:23,758 I was using the pay phone at Studio 54, 340 00:15:23,858 --> 00:15:26,661 and I was dictating my column, and he came up to me, 341 00:15:26,761 --> 00:15:28,061 tapped me on the shoulder, 342 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,531 and he said he needed to use the phone. 343 00:15:29,631 --> 00:15:31,298 My guess-- he wanted to call his drug dealer. 344 00:15:31,432 --> 00:15:33,467 I told him to buzz off. Betty Heymouth 345 00:15:33,568 --> 00:15:36,437 has never missed her filing deadline. Not once. 346 00:15:36,538 --> 00:15:38,740 You and Ms. Marchuk are close? 347 00:15:38,807 --> 00:15:41,141 Oh, my God. You met James Brown? 348 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:43,977 Yeah, yeah, I did. Yeah, Lorena is... 349 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,880 -Well, she... -Oh, my God. 350 00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:47,948 - And Princess Di? - Yes. I'll save you time. 351 00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:49,383 I've met all them 352 00:15:49,483 --> 00:15:51,251 -and then some. -Ah. 353 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:53,053 You're not from New York, are you? 354 00:15:53,153 --> 00:15:54,923 -Peoria. -Oh. 355 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:58,560 Yes, well, Lorena and I first met in the '90s, Detective, 356 00:15:58,626 --> 00:16:00,394 when she bought into this building. 357 00:16:00,461 --> 00:16:02,730 That was after her first prison stay. 358 00:16:02,797 --> 00:16:05,399 And you really never missed a filing deadline? 359 00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:08,937 -I really haven't. -What is that? Um, midnight? 360 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,304 11:30. 361 00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:12,640 -Huh. -What? 362 00:16:12,774 --> 00:16:17,177 Oh, well, uh, in today's column... 363 00:16:17,311 --> 00:16:19,881 Where is it? Let's see. 364 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:21,281 Uh, buh-buh-buh... 365 00:16:21,381 --> 00:16:22,684 I don't know where I put it. 366 00:16:22,784 --> 00:16:24,318 Buh-buh-buh, ah-ah-ah. 367 00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:26,019 Here it is, here it is. 368 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:27,154 Oh-- Uh... 369 00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:28,255 Sorry. 370 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:29,524 Um... 371 00:16:29,624 --> 00:16:32,861 It says, "I just can't picture 372 00:16:32,961 --> 00:16:35,763 "frail, aging Lorena pulling a pistol 373 00:16:35,830 --> 00:16:38,733 on a younger, bigger man at such close range." 374 00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:40,969 You don't need to read it to me, I wrote it. 375 00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,670 But what has it got to do with my deadline? 376 00:16:42,770 --> 00:16:46,006 Well, it's true that Otis was murdered with a pistol, 377 00:16:46,139 --> 00:16:48,843 but the police didn't release that information 378 00:16:48,943 --> 00:16:50,612 until early this morning. 379 00:16:50,678 --> 00:16:52,547 Are you a psychic? 380 00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:55,215 Well, I-I don't wait for press releases 381 00:16:55,349 --> 00:16:56,651 to get my information. 382 00:16:56,718 --> 00:16:58,218 I have my own sources. 383 00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:00,320 Oh, really? Like who? 384 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:03,156 Oh. Ha, ha. Nice try. 385 00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:07,461 You see, the thing is, I am very, very loyal to my friends. 386 00:17:07,562 --> 00:17:12,132 I really am, I mean-- and whatever Lorena's sins, 387 00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:14,802 she has always taken my calls, 388 00:17:14,903 --> 00:17:16,738 and in my book, 389 00:17:16,838 --> 00:17:18,238 that makes you a friend. 390 00:17:18,372 --> 00:17:19,774 Well, hang on. 391 00:17:19,874 --> 00:17:22,544 That doesn't sound like you really think she's innocent. 392 00:17:24,712 --> 00:17:27,481 Maybe I-I, I just don't want to believe it. 393 00:17:27,549 --> 00:17:29,517 -Why not? -Well, 394 00:17:29,584 --> 00:17:31,686 I've got a feeling it might be my fault. 395 00:17:31,753 --> 00:17:35,023 You see, I went up there that morning to have some tea, 396 00:17:35,122 --> 00:17:36,758 and I showed her a clip that I had seen 397 00:17:36,891 --> 00:17:38,793 of Otis insulting her. 398 00:17:38,893 --> 00:17:41,863 And... Oh, my God. 399 00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:43,765 Do you think I might have put her up to it? 400 00:17:43,865 --> 00:17:47,134 How did she seem when you showed her the clip? 401 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:49,771 Well, I shouldn't say, but I will. 402 00:17:50,572 --> 00:17:54,241 She was very, very angry. 403 00:17:58,012 --> 00:18:00,380 You people, please be kind to Lorena. 404 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,717 She's been through a lot. 405 00:18:03,885 --> 00:18:05,285 Is something wrong? 406 00:18:05,385 --> 00:18:06,754 Uh, no. 407 00:18:06,821 --> 00:18:09,423 It's just, my building has the same kind of lock. 408 00:18:09,524 --> 00:18:12,259 Well, I'm sure that passes for interesting in Illinois, 409 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,529 - but, uh... - No, no. 410 00:18:14,596 --> 00:18:16,096 It's just that, um, 411 00:18:16,196 --> 00:18:20,233 this kind of lock, it has a switch. 412 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,671 So, if you just press this, it keeps it from locking. 413 00:18:23,771 --> 00:18:25,940 So, if you leave without your keys, 414 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,407 you won't lock yourself out. 415 00:18:27,508 --> 00:18:30,310 Uh, presumably, Lorena has the same kind of lock? 416 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:32,412 Presumably, but I don't follow. 417 00:18:32,513 --> 00:18:36,316 Well, anyone who had access to Lorena's apartment yesterday 418 00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:40,555 could have flipped the switch 419 00:18:40,622 --> 00:18:42,957 on their way out... 420 00:18:43,958 --> 00:18:48,630 ...to make sure they'd be able to reenter, 421 00:18:48,763 --> 00:18:51,899 if they wanted to, say, 422 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,568 I don't know, 423 00:18:53,635 --> 00:18:57,672 plant a pistol between two couch cushions? 424 00:18:59,841 --> 00:19:02,309 Well, anything's possible. 425 00:19:02,409 --> 00:19:05,145 But proving something like that would be mighty tough, 426 00:19:05,278 --> 00:19:06,581 -right? -Mm. 427 00:19:06,681 --> 00:19:08,415 Uh... 428 00:19:08,482 --> 00:19:10,818 you'll have to excuse me, my deadline looms. 429 00:19:10,918 --> 00:19:12,285 Can I...? 430 00:19:24,032 --> 00:19:25,767 Mother Teresa? 431 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,703 She really has met everybody. 432 00:19:28,836 --> 00:19:30,004 Oh, hey. 433 00:19:30,104 --> 00:19:31,906 -Come on in. -Hey. Are you seeing 434 00:19:32,006 --> 00:19:33,440 all this stuff about Otis? 435 00:19:33,541 --> 00:19:34,509 No. What stuff? 436 00:19:34,642 --> 00:19:36,511 -May I? -Yes. 437 00:19:36,611 --> 00:19:38,913 Look, I know it's, like, really bad 438 00:19:39,013 --> 00:19:40,648 to, like, speak ill of the dead, 439 00:19:40,715 --> 00:19:43,183 but all these stories are coming out about how nice Otis was, 440 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:45,753 and I just want you to know that it's not true. 441 00:19:45,853 --> 00:19:47,287 Oops, I said it. 442 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:50,058 But, yeah, ask anyone who worked on the show. 443 00:19:51,092 --> 00:19:52,459 Otis was a dick. 444 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,295 Oh, how disappointing. 445 00:19:55,362 --> 00:19:57,264 Once this girl spoke up, everyone started 446 00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,232 posting their stories about Otis. 447 00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:01,401 I mean, now the hashtag 448 00:20:01,502 --> 00:20:03,571 is trending all over social media. 449 00:20:03,671 --> 00:20:05,372 "He sent back his mashed potatoes 450 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:07,207 because they were mushy." 451 00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:08,743 God. 452 00:20:08,843 --> 00:20:10,578 Oh. Wait, wait, wait. Scroll... 453 00:20:10,678 --> 00:20:12,980 Um, here. Hold on. 454 00:20:13,081 --> 00:20:14,182 Uh, ah-ah-ah... 455 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:16,017 There. 456 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:19,053 "Otis Langley was one of the gentlest souls I knew. 457 00:20:19,153 --> 00:20:21,388 I will miss him greatly." 458 00:20:21,488 --> 00:20:24,092 That person needs to read the room. 459 00:20:24,224 --> 00:20:26,127 That person... 460 00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:27,829 is Nadine. 461 00:20:28,563 --> 00:20:30,631 My assistant scheduled that tribute to go out 462 00:20:30,732 --> 00:20:33,266 before the stories about Otis began dropping. 463 00:20:33,366 --> 00:20:35,235 I'm just glad there's at least one other person 464 00:20:35,335 --> 00:20:36,571 who didn't know he was a jerk. 465 00:20:36,671 --> 00:20:38,706 I was starting to feel like a rube. 466 00:20:40,808 --> 00:20:43,276 No, I knew. Everyone did. 467 00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:44,979 But when someone famous dies, 468 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:47,148 it's traditional to post photos you took together 469 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:50,017 to emphasize one's own proximity to stardom. 470 00:20:50,118 --> 00:20:52,787 And I believe strongly in self-promotion. 471 00:20:52,887 --> 00:20:54,354 Ooh, what are you promoting? 472 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:57,058 My newest enterprise: 473 00:20:57,158 --> 00:20:58,693 Eau de ChouChou. 474 00:20:58,793 --> 00:21:01,929 High-end canine fragrances for the dog who has everything. 475 00:21:02,029 --> 00:21:05,967 A-Aren't dogs highly sensitive to scents? 476 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:08,301 Trust me, once your little Gizmo tries it, 477 00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:10,403 she'll feel naked leaving the house without it. 478 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:11,606 Gonzo. 479 00:21:11,739 --> 00:21:13,306 And she is naked when she leaves the house. 480 00:21:13,406 --> 00:21:16,409 If everybody knew that Otis was a jerk, 481 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:19,147 then why didn't I ever read about it in the press? 482 00:21:19,247 --> 00:21:20,948 Well, you know how gossip works. 483 00:21:21,082 --> 00:21:23,117 Clearly, he was trading information about celebrities 484 00:21:23,251 --> 00:21:25,086 in exchange for protection. 485 00:21:25,153 --> 00:21:26,521 Oh, that makes sense. 486 00:21:26,654 --> 00:21:29,322 He did have a lot of dirt on other celebs. 487 00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:31,491 -Hmm? -Oh, we think Otis 488 00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:33,460 was the man behind Pop Lunatic. 489 00:21:33,594 --> 00:21:34,962 You're joking. I love Pop Lunatic. 490 00:21:35,096 --> 00:21:37,231 I am always sending them tips about myself. 491 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:41,102 In fact, I've sent several in the past few days. 492 00:21:41,202 --> 00:21:43,738 You're telling me it's been Otis this entire time? 493 00:21:43,838 --> 00:21:47,275 We think so. We found him with a phone logged into the account. 494 00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:50,310 Oh, no wonder the account hasn't posted anything since Otis died. 495 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:53,981 Elsbeth Taskioni, this is some major gossip. 496 00:21:54,081 --> 00:21:56,150 "Tascioni." 497 00:21:58,152 --> 00:22:01,923 Some of these stories about Otis make him seem really nasty. 498 00:22:02,023 --> 00:22:03,591 Oh, thank you. 499 00:22:03,658 --> 00:22:06,961 Ooh. Could I have one of those, too? Please? 500 00:22:07,061 --> 00:22:08,629 -Huh. -I heard that he once 501 00:22:08,696 --> 00:22:10,298 threw a shih tzu at an intern. 502 00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:12,834 -Did you see that one? -I did. 503 00:22:12,934 --> 00:22:14,735 But I think it was a schnauzer. 504 00:22:14,836 --> 00:22:17,104 Wait, where did I see that? 505 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:20,541 Oh, it was a blind item 506 00:22:20,675 --> 00:22:23,144 on Pop Lunatic a few weeks ago. 507 00:22:23,244 --> 00:22:26,013 I was scrolling through and-- Look. 508 00:22:26,848 --> 00:22:29,717 "Which well-regarded TV impresario's network 509 00:22:29,817 --> 00:22:31,552 "paid a giant settlement after he threw 510 00:22:31,652 --> 00:22:33,688 a schnauzer at his intern?" 511 00:22:33,788 --> 00:22:36,123 All right, from Otis himself, it was a schnauzer. 512 00:22:36,190 --> 00:22:38,659 No, Nadine. Why would Otis 513 00:22:38,726 --> 00:22:41,796 post a negative blind item about himself? 514 00:22:41,863 --> 00:22:44,065 To cover his tracks. Half the items I send in 515 00:22:44,165 --> 00:22:45,498 about myself are unflattering. 516 00:22:45,566 --> 00:22:47,869 Otherwise, people know you're the source. 517 00:22:47,969 --> 00:22:51,438 Can I see those last few DMs you sent him? 518 00:22:55,209 --> 00:22:57,845 Oh, wow. Okay. Hmm. 519 00:22:57,912 --> 00:22:59,280 Mm. 520 00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:00,514 Uh, look. 521 00:23:00,581 --> 00:23:02,049 Marked as read. 522 00:23:02,149 --> 00:23:04,652 You sent these after he died. 523 00:23:04,752 --> 00:23:07,054 That means someone else is accessing the account. 524 00:23:07,154 --> 00:23:08,689 Maybe he had an accomplice. 525 00:23:08,789 --> 00:23:10,524 But why weren't they posting new content? 526 00:23:10,625 --> 00:23:13,728 Maybe Otis wasn't Pop Lunatic at all. 527 00:23:13,828 --> 00:23:16,496 Maybe the phone belonged to the person who killed him. 528 00:23:16,597 --> 00:23:18,633 But who was that? 529 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,543 SIM card in... 530 00:23:31,579 --> 00:23:33,446 Activate... 531 00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:36,117 ...VPN. 532 00:23:37,818 --> 00:23:38,653 Oh. 533 00:23:38,753 --> 00:23:41,789 Wow, this looks interesting. 534 00:23:43,758 --> 00:23:46,493 You don't say. But I will. 535 00:23:48,796 --> 00:23:49,997 Go ahead. 536 00:23:51,165 --> 00:23:53,601 No. 537 00:23:54,969 --> 00:23:56,404 Do you know who this is? 538 00:23:57,437 --> 00:23:58,873 No. 539 00:24:00,741 --> 00:24:02,677 -How about him? -No. 540 00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:04,779 Really? I love him. 541 00:24:04,879 --> 00:24:07,348 Okay, how about this one? 542 00:24:09,617 --> 00:24:11,786 Bob Hope. Obviously. 543 00:24:11,886 --> 00:24:14,088 What is the meaning of all this? 544 00:24:18,159 --> 00:24:21,595 All of those people were featured in Pop Lunatic posts. 545 00:24:21,696 --> 00:24:23,798 If Lorena has no idea who they are... 546 00:24:23,898 --> 00:24:26,834 She probably didn't run the Pop Lunatic account. 547 00:24:26,934 --> 00:24:28,736 -I get it. But maybe she was lying. -Mm-hmm. 548 00:24:28,836 --> 00:24:31,272 But we didn't tell her why we were quizzing her, 549 00:24:31,372 --> 00:24:33,874 and her lawyer offered her cooperation 550 00:24:34,008 --> 00:24:35,443 as a show of good faith. 551 00:24:35,509 --> 00:24:38,312 Okay, fine, so, what's your point? 552 00:24:38,412 --> 00:24:42,583 Well, I think whoever murdered Otis is the real Pop Lunatic, 553 00:24:42,683 --> 00:24:45,319 and they planted that phone at the crime scene 554 00:24:45,386 --> 00:24:47,421 to make it look like Otis. 555 00:24:47,521 --> 00:24:48,689 Who would do that? 556 00:24:48,789 --> 00:24:50,558 Betty Heymouth. 557 00:24:50,658 --> 00:24:52,660 She's a master of framing-- 558 00:24:52,727 --> 00:24:55,830 information and people. 559 00:24:55,930 --> 00:24:58,498 Betty's nearly as old as Lorena. 560 00:24:58,599 --> 00:24:59,967 You're on Instagram. 561 00:25:00,034 --> 00:25:01,502 Age is just a number, right? 562 00:25:01,569 --> 00:25:04,705 "Pat Nixon called me anytime she was in New York. 563 00:25:04,805 --> 00:25:06,407 "We'd have breakfast at the Waldorf 564 00:25:06,540 --> 00:25:09,710 and gab about drab D.C." 565 00:25:10,511 --> 00:25:13,647 That's from today. Pat Nixon. 566 00:25:13,748 --> 00:25:17,518 You think Betty's read up on the latest Twitch star? 567 00:25:17,618 --> 00:25:19,887 What motive could she have to kill Otis? 568 00:25:19,987 --> 00:25:21,255 Good question. 569 00:25:21,355 --> 00:25:24,859 Let me see what my inside source can dig up. 570 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:28,529 What's a "Lonelygirl15"? 571 00:25:29,296 --> 00:25:32,333 It was an early YouTube channel that ended up being a hoax. 572 00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:34,201 People weren't as Internet-savvy back then. 573 00:25:34,301 --> 00:25:37,271 So, that means Betty wrote about something modern. 574 00:25:37,371 --> 00:25:39,707 Yep. My copy editor friend told me 575 00:25:39,774 --> 00:25:42,710 that Betty once tried reaching a younger audience, 576 00:25:42,777 --> 00:25:44,612 uh, covering younger celebrities, 577 00:25:44,745 --> 00:25:45,913 reality stars, tech, 578 00:25:46,013 --> 00:25:47,715 but then Betty's readers revolted. 579 00:25:47,782 --> 00:25:50,651 -Interesting. -And so, the paper's owners got nervous, 580 00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:52,920 and so, Betty went back to her old material, 581 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:56,023 talking about Raquel Welch and Gorbachev or whatever. 582 00:25:56,123 --> 00:25:58,592 But I bet she missed 583 00:25:58,692 --> 00:26:00,761 getting the scoop on newer stories. 584 00:26:00,861 --> 00:26:04,098 Maybe she found a different outlet for her passion. 585 00:26:04,231 --> 00:26:06,000 Ah, but running a side account like Pop Lunatic 586 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,902 would have been in breach of her contract. 587 00:26:08,002 --> 00:26:09,236 Well, all the more reason 588 00:26:09,336 --> 00:26:11,372 to make sure her identity stayed secret. 589 00:26:11,472 --> 00:26:13,607 Plus, all those celebs suing Pop Lunatic 590 00:26:13,741 --> 00:26:16,377 meant she'd probably go bankrupt if exposed. 591 00:26:16,477 --> 00:26:18,813 -Sounds like a motive. -Yes. 592 00:26:20,648 --> 00:26:24,085 Sorry to interrupt, but, um, check this out. 593 00:26:24,151 --> 00:26:25,286 So... 594 00:26:25,386 --> 00:26:27,254 Another Otis horror story, 595 00:26:27,321 --> 00:26:29,256 but this one has a video 596 00:26:29,356 --> 00:26:31,792 from the day before he died, and look. 597 00:26:31,926 --> 00:26:34,095 So, Otis Langley came into the restaurant. 598 00:26:34,195 --> 00:26:35,729 He was so rude and disruptive. 599 00:26:35,796 --> 00:26:37,798 He was clearly in a bad mood the minute he walked in. 600 00:26:37,932 --> 00:26:40,901 This is the moment where he screamed in my manager's face 601 00:26:40,968 --> 00:26:42,470 and refused to pay his bill because he saw 602 00:26:42,603 --> 00:26:45,139 "specks of yellow" in his egg white omelet. 603 00:26:45,239 --> 00:26:47,274 You can see he stormed out to his car. 604 00:26:47,341 --> 00:26:48,642 This is where it gets-- 605 00:26:48,742 --> 00:26:50,579 Wait. Pause it. 606 00:26:50,644 --> 00:26:52,246 The license plate. 607 00:26:52,313 --> 00:26:53,914 Exactly. 608 00:26:54,014 --> 00:26:55,316 Isn't that Betty's car? 609 00:26:55,416 --> 00:26:57,084 Yeah. 610 00:27:07,027 --> 00:27:09,330 Oh. Oh, I didn't bring tissues, did you? 611 00:27:09,430 --> 00:27:10,731 I think this is gonna be a weepy. 612 00:27:10,831 --> 00:27:12,199 No, just focus on the actors' teeth. 613 00:27:12,299 --> 00:27:14,835 Disgust keeps the mascara intact. 614 00:27:14,935 --> 00:27:15,936 Oh, okay. 615 00:27:16,003 --> 00:27:17,037 Oh, sorry. 616 00:27:17,138 --> 00:27:18,405 I'll see you inside. 617 00:27:18,507 --> 00:27:20,542 - Over here! - Who are you? 618 00:27:20,674 --> 00:27:21,876 Uh, me? I'm nobody. 619 00:27:22,009 --> 00:27:23,512 I'm just trying to get down to the... 620 00:27:23,644 --> 00:27:26,180 Don't mind me. Okay. Sorry. 621 00:27:27,815 --> 00:27:30,017 Are you two together? - What? No. 622 00:27:30,117 --> 00:27:31,685 Let me go this way. 623 00:27:35,656 --> 00:27:38,359 So, if somebody were to play you in a movie, 624 00:27:38,459 --> 00:27:40,060 who would you want it to be? Who, who, who? 625 00:27:40,194 --> 00:27:42,363 -Oh, Peoria. -Ah. 626 00:27:42,463 --> 00:27:44,331 What are you doing here? 627 00:27:44,431 --> 00:27:46,467 Oh, my gosh. 628 00:27:46,568 --> 00:27:48,702 This really is glamorous, isn't it? 629 00:27:48,802 --> 00:27:52,139 Yeah, well, it loses its luster after a few decades. 630 00:27:52,239 --> 00:27:55,309 But now that I've got you, TMZ is reporting the news 631 00:27:55,376 --> 00:27:57,512 that Otis Langley was running 632 00:27:57,579 --> 00:27:59,581 that Pop Looney Tunes account. 633 00:27:59,713 --> 00:28:01,782 Do the police have a comment? 634 00:28:01,882 --> 00:28:03,384 Oh, wow. 635 00:28:03,484 --> 00:28:07,288 You never stop reporting, do you? 636 00:28:08,122 --> 00:28:09,757 -No comment. -Okay. 637 00:28:09,857 --> 00:28:11,325 But, um, be honest. 638 00:28:11,425 --> 00:28:14,495 -Were you really that surprised? -Ugh, me? 639 00:28:14,596 --> 00:28:16,697 -What do I know about it? -Well, you two were close. 640 00:28:16,797 --> 00:28:19,266 I just saw a video of Otis getting into your car. 641 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,269 Actually, it was the day before he died. 642 00:28:22,403 --> 00:28:26,207 Well, Otis and I, we had a working relationship. 643 00:28:26,273 --> 00:28:27,808 Well, what were you two talking about? 644 00:28:27,908 --> 00:28:29,544 Oh, now it's my turn. 645 00:28:30,878 --> 00:28:33,515 No comment. Otis was a source. 646 00:28:33,582 --> 00:28:35,617 Oh! Alec Baldwin. 647 00:28:35,716 --> 00:28:38,118 -Oh. -Hilaria! Buenas noches. 648 00:28:38,219 --> 00:28:39,920 She likes to speak Spanish. 649 00:28:40,054 --> 00:28:41,989 Uh, let me guess. 650 00:28:42,089 --> 00:28:45,627 You kept Otis's bad behavior out of your column 651 00:28:45,726 --> 00:28:48,462 in exchange for gossip about others? 652 00:28:48,563 --> 00:28:50,431 Yeah, it's a dirty business. 653 00:28:50,532 --> 00:28:53,100 Well, nice running into you, Peoria. 654 00:28:53,234 --> 00:28:57,606 Um, oh, a meeting in a car, ooh, that sounds urgent. 655 00:28:57,706 --> 00:29:00,074 He must've really wanted to speak with you. 656 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:01,742 Hmm. Well, as we now know, 657 00:29:01,842 --> 00:29:03,612 with Otis Langley running Pop Lunatic, 658 00:29:03,712 --> 00:29:05,212 he had a lot of gossip to give, 659 00:29:05,312 --> 00:29:08,048 you know, and he made a lot of enemies. 660 00:29:08,115 --> 00:29:10,619 Um-- oh, actually, listen. 661 00:29:10,719 --> 00:29:12,621 Between us... 662 00:29:12,721 --> 00:29:14,955 I'm not sure Otis was Pop Lunatic. 663 00:29:15,055 --> 00:29:17,458 -What do you mean? -Well, for one thing, 664 00:29:17,559 --> 00:29:20,261 not every post was from a direct message. 665 00:29:20,361 --> 00:29:22,997 I mean... I mean, a lot of them were. 666 00:29:23,097 --> 00:29:24,999 Gosh, if I had known about Pop Lunatic 667 00:29:25,099 --> 00:29:28,670 when I spotted Ina Garten in Williams Sonoma... 668 00:29:28,769 --> 00:29:30,304 What's your point? 669 00:29:31,506 --> 00:29:33,575 Whoever ran the account 670 00:29:33,642 --> 00:29:36,678 clearly had offline sources of their own. 671 00:29:36,810 --> 00:29:39,813 Maybe someone in your line of work? 672 00:29:39,913 --> 00:29:41,348 Oh! 673 00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:43,450 You better get into the theater, Peoria. 674 00:29:43,551 --> 00:29:45,486 -The movie is starting. -Oh. Oh! 675 00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:54,828 Excuse me. Excuse me. 676 00:29:54,928 --> 00:29:57,498 Ooh, I love popcorn. 677 00:29:57,599 --> 00:29:59,366 Were you talking to Betty Heymouth? 678 00:29:59,466 --> 00:30:01,135 -I sure was. -Be careful. 679 00:30:01,201 --> 00:30:03,971 Any publicist will tell you, she's nice to those she likes 680 00:30:04,071 --> 00:30:06,173 and vicious to anyone who crosses her. 681 00:30:06,307 --> 00:30:09,476 Unlike me, Betty has a bad side. 682 00:30:12,781 --> 00:30:14,081 Elsbeth. 683 00:30:14,181 --> 00:30:17,017 Have you seen Betty's column? 684 00:30:19,353 --> 00:30:22,356 It attacks Commissioner Tully and you. 685 00:30:22,456 --> 00:30:24,491 -And now... -"The Keystone Commish 686 00:30:24,559 --> 00:30:28,228 "has allowed a ditzy redhead to harass innocents. 687 00:30:28,329 --> 00:30:30,164 "But this non-officer of the law 688 00:30:30,230 --> 00:30:32,399 has her own beef with the victim." 689 00:30:32,499 --> 00:30:34,068 I didn't have beef with Otis. 690 00:30:34,168 --> 00:30:35,737 Yeah, uh, apparently, you left 691 00:30:35,869 --> 00:30:38,138 the New York Confidential's office an angry voicemail? 692 00:30:38,205 --> 00:30:39,940 -But Elsbeth... -I called with a correction 693 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,577 when his show's website misspelled my name. 694 00:30:42,711 --> 00:30:44,378 And that was months ago. 695 00:30:44,478 --> 00:30:46,480 -And that's hardly... -Elsbeth, I am trying to tell you... 696 00:30:46,548 --> 00:30:48,382 Elsbeth? 697 00:30:52,419 --> 00:30:54,756 ...Commissioner Tully's here to see you. 698 00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:01,663 So, the way this looks to me, 699 00:31:01,763 --> 00:31:03,698 I was minding my business, doing my job, 700 00:31:03,798 --> 00:31:06,066 until you two made a very loud, 701 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:10,971 very public enemy of Betty Heymouth. 702 00:31:11,071 --> 00:31:15,175 I get to open the morning paper and learn that, uh, 703 00:31:15,242 --> 00:31:18,546 I am screwing up "royally," 704 00:31:18,613 --> 00:31:20,782 and I need to be replaced. 705 00:31:20,914 --> 00:31:23,852 Well, she's pressuring you because she's scared. 706 00:31:23,917 --> 00:31:26,688 - Elsbeth. - No, no. No, no. 707 00:31:26,788 --> 00:31:28,122 Let's hear it. 708 00:31:28,222 --> 00:31:29,390 This should be fascinating. 709 00:31:29,490 --> 00:31:32,326 Okay, well, we think-- I think-- 710 00:31:32,426 --> 00:31:34,261 that Betty Heymouth may be involved 711 00:31:34,361 --> 00:31:35,963 in the murder of Otis Langley. 712 00:31:36,865 --> 00:31:38,132 Oh. I see. 713 00:31:38,265 --> 00:31:39,634 And you are the detective 714 00:31:39,734 --> 00:31:42,035 -on that case? -Uh, well, no, 715 00:31:42,102 --> 00:31:43,705 but Detective Fleming is coming around to my... 716 00:31:43,772 --> 00:31:46,373 Detective Fleming is coming around? Oh, good. 717 00:31:46,473 --> 00:31:49,910 Maybe I am running a slapdash operation here, Charles, 718 00:31:49,977 --> 00:31:52,045 -because what the hell? -If it's one thing 719 00:31:52,112 --> 00:31:55,482 -I know, I trust this woman's hunches. -Her hunches? 720 00:31:55,617 --> 00:31:57,251 - Yes. - She is here 721 00:31:57,351 --> 00:32:00,822 to make sure that the department doesn't get sued. 722 00:32:00,954 --> 00:32:02,990 That is her job. Meanwhile, 723 00:32:03,123 --> 00:32:05,627 she appears to be investigating a case 724 00:32:05,727 --> 00:32:08,495 wherein she has a history with the victim? 725 00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:10,464 I called New York Confidential's tip line 726 00:32:10,598 --> 00:32:11,999 with a firm but polite correction. 727 00:32:12,132 --> 00:32:13,802 I have no idea how she heard about that, 728 00:32:13,902 --> 00:32:15,936 but she's making it into more than it was. 729 00:32:16,003 --> 00:32:19,006 That's because she is a gossip columnist. 730 00:32:19,139 --> 00:32:20,407 That is her job! 731 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:23,377 She may be an old bag, but she... 732 00:32:23,477 --> 00:32:25,312 ...she has a lot of readers in high places. 733 00:32:25,412 --> 00:32:27,948 And an extremely vindictive streak. 734 00:32:28,015 --> 00:32:29,517 Exactly. 735 00:32:31,586 --> 00:32:35,088 So, you two... 736 00:32:35,890 --> 00:32:40,795 ...are going to bring Betty Heymouth back onsides. 737 00:32:40,895 --> 00:32:43,464 Because if she keeps calling for scalps, 738 00:32:43,565 --> 00:32:45,800 I'm gonna give her a few. 739 00:32:56,945 --> 00:32:58,813 You enjoying your new perk? 740 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,616 Ah. We are very grateful 741 00:33:01,683 --> 00:33:04,017 for, uh, all of the improvements around here. 742 00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:06,453 Oh, you think they came from... Oh, no, no. 743 00:33:06,521 --> 00:33:08,188 If it were up to me, Charles, 744 00:33:08,288 --> 00:33:10,692 you'd be shelling out for your Latte Grande down the street. 745 00:33:10,825 --> 00:33:12,560 Then who? 746 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:14,896 The mayor? 747 00:33:15,028 --> 00:33:16,497 Hizzoner is very focused 748 00:33:16,564 --> 00:33:19,233 on appearing fair and honest right now. 749 00:33:19,366 --> 00:33:23,671 Wants to make sure he's not accused of slow-walking requests 750 00:33:23,738 --> 00:33:26,106 from the precinct where his ex-girlfriend 751 00:33:26,206 --> 00:33:28,141 -happens to work. -Elsbeth? 752 00:33:28,242 --> 00:33:29,376 Hmm. 753 00:33:29,511 --> 00:33:31,513 Well, in my opinion, there's nothing wrong 754 00:33:31,579 --> 00:33:36,651 with using discretionary funds to show pleasure or displeasure, 755 00:33:36,718 --> 00:33:38,452 as you're about to find out. 756 00:33:39,286 --> 00:33:41,255 You wouldn't take the machine... 757 00:33:43,925 --> 00:33:45,225 ...would you? 758 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:46,728 No, I'm not that cruel. 759 00:33:46,828 --> 00:33:50,999 But, uh, I'll just stop paying for the, uh, 760 00:33:51,064 --> 00:33:53,233 little pod refills. 761 00:33:53,333 --> 00:33:54,802 Consider that a shot 762 00:33:54,903 --> 00:33:57,104 - across the bow. - Now, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. 763 00:34:02,075 --> 00:34:05,445 It's not the only thing I can defund, Charles. 764 00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:12,386 Oh... 765 00:34:12,452 --> 00:34:13,988 Decaf. 766 00:34:14,087 --> 00:34:15,489 Hi, Betty. 767 00:34:15,590 --> 00:34:17,324 I won't take up too much of your time, I just... 768 00:34:17,424 --> 00:34:19,359 -Well, go ahead. -Pardon me? 769 00:34:19,426 --> 00:34:20,795 Well, we know why you're here. 770 00:34:20,895 --> 00:34:22,997 I get a lot of these kinds of visits. 771 00:34:23,096 --> 00:34:25,198 -What kind is that? -You're here to grovel, 772 00:34:25,299 --> 00:34:27,602 so that I don't go after you in my column anymore. 773 00:34:27,735 --> 00:34:30,939 Okay, yes, I did bring you a little something 774 00:34:31,071 --> 00:34:32,840 as a gesture of friendship. 775 00:34:33,608 --> 00:34:36,410 -"Eau de ChouChou"? -Mm-hmm. Perfume. 776 00:34:36,476 --> 00:34:39,881 For the pet who already has everything. 777 00:34:39,948 --> 00:34:41,214 Do you have a dog? 778 00:34:41,315 --> 00:34:43,317 -No. -Oh. 779 00:34:44,151 --> 00:34:46,153 Okay, well, that's all right. I know what you really want, 780 00:34:46,253 --> 00:34:48,656 which is gossip, about the case. 781 00:34:48,790 --> 00:34:51,025 On background, of course. 782 00:34:51,893 --> 00:34:53,595 Step into my office. 783 00:34:57,532 --> 00:35:00,267 So, they're releasing Lorena. 784 00:35:00,367 --> 00:35:03,470 Well, that's a relief. She should sue you people. 785 00:35:04,304 --> 00:35:06,074 I hope not. 786 00:35:06,173 --> 00:35:08,175 But my real news: 787 00:35:08,275 --> 00:35:10,778 Pop Lunatic is gonna live on. 788 00:35:10,845 --> 00:35:12,145 What? 789 00:35:12,245 --> 00:35:13,715 After we wrap the case, 790 00:35:13,815 --> 00:35:16,316 all of Otis's personal effects will go to his husband, 791 00:35:16,416 --> 00:35:19,654 including the phone that he used to access the account. 792 00:35:19,754 --> 00:35:24,659 And Harry told us he's gonna carry on Otis's legacy. 793 00:35:24,792 --> 00:35:26,493 Well, so he says. 794 00:35:26,594 --> 00:35:28,997 Well. Well, that's wonderful news. 795 00:35:29,097 --> 00:35:31,331 Mm. Can you believe 796 00:35:31,431 --> 00:35:34,434 that Otis didn't even tell his own husband 797 00:35:34,501 --> 00:35:36,037 he was Pop Lunatic? 798 00:35:36,136 --> 00:35:39,607 Harry was completely shocked. 799 00:35:39,674 --> 00:35:42,944 Well, I welcome the competition. 800 00:35:43,845 --> 00:35:46,047 Right. 801 00:35:48,716 --> 00:35:51,786 By the way, I have to ask. 802 00:35:51,853 --> 00:35:53,621 How did you hear about the voicemail I left 803 00:35:53,688 --> 00:35:55,990 on New York Confidential's tip line? 804 00:35:56,057 --> 00:35:58,960 You don't you get it, do you, Peoria? 805 00:35:59,727 --> 00:36:03,064 I have ears everywhere. 806 00:36:03,196 --> 00:36:04,599 Every corner table, 807 00:36:04,699 --> 00:36:06,067 the back of every black car, 808 00:36:06,166 --> 00:36:08,002 the rope line at every club, 809 00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:11,238 the answering service in every newsroom. 810 00:36:11,371 --> 00:36:14,642 There is nothing said out loud in this city 811 00:36:14,709 --> 00:36:16,144 that I can't find out about. 812 00:36:16,209 --> 00:36:19,113 Because I know something fundamental about people: 813 00:36:19,212 --> 00:36:21,049 they want to talk. 814 00:36:21,149 --> 00:36:25,653 And it's what's kept my phone ringing for the last 40 years. 815 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:28,790 They love to gossip. 816 00:36:28,890 --> 00:36:32,593 Everyone from Otis Langley 817 00:36:32,727 --> 00:36:35,362 to Augusto Pinochet. 818 00:36:35,462 --> 00:36:39,534 They all want what Betty has to offer: 819 00:36:39,634 --> 00:36:41,301 validation. 820 00:36:43,538 --> 00:36:46,273 Did you really know Augusto Pinochet? 821 00:36:46,406 --> 00:36:48,076 I know everyone. 822 00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:51,278 Right, but he's less of a celebrity 823 00:36:51,378 --> 00:36:54,649 and more of a brutal autocrat. 824 00:36:54,749 --> 00:36:57,284 Augusto was stubborn, but... 825 00:36:57,417 --> 00:36:59,554 so handsome in uniform. 826 00:36:59,654 --> 00:37:03,725 Now, I have a deadline, so out with you. 827 00:37:08,462 --> 00:37:11,331 I'm sorry, Nadine, she will not come out from under the bed. 828 00:37:11,431 --> 00:37:14,102 Selecting the perfect fragrance is a process. 829 00:37:14,234 --> 00:37:17,638 But trust me, I will find Gizmo her signature scent. 830 00:37:17,772 --> 00:37:18,973 -Gonzo. -Gonzo. 831 00:37:19,073 --> 00:37:20,407 See anything interesting, Mom? 832 00:37:20,508 --> 00:37:21,809 Well, you have to read between the lines, 833 00:37:21,943 --> 00:37:23,211 but it really feels like 834 00:37:23,276 --> 00:37:25,780 Betty and Pinochet had a fling back in the day. 835 00:37:25,913 --> 00:37:27,280 Ooh, what's this? 836 00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:28,983 Well, Mom asked me to go through the archives at work 837 00:37:29,083 --> 00:37:30,985 for old Betty Heymouth columns. 838 00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:32,553 Oh, I thought you'd given up on that. 839 00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:34,989 I did, but get this: 840 00:37:35,123 --> 00:37:37,525 "Pinochet showered me with gifts..." 841 00:37:37,625 --> 00:37:40,128 "...spoils taken off the body 842 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:41,929 of leftist guerrillas captured by his men." 843 00:37:41,996 --> 00:37:43,664 Well, she's really not supposed 844 00:37:43,798 --> 00:37:46,266 to accept gifts from sources over a certain dollar amount. 845 00:37:46,366 --> 00:37:47,602 Maybe that's where she got it. 846 00:37:47,702 --> 00:37:50,104 -Got what? -The gun used to kill Otis. 847 00:37:50,204 --> 00:37:51,639 It's from the USSR. 848 00:37:51,773 --> 00:37:53,306 And the leftist guerrillas were probably 849 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,143 using Soviet-made weapons. 850 00:37:55,243 --> 00:37:58,546 -Wow, that's smart. -Yes, I knew it. 851 00:37:58,646 --> 00:38:00,581 Betty killed Otis 852 00:38:00,681 --> 00:38:02,482 and then set up Lorena to take the fall. 853 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:05,920 Oh, I just wish there was some way I could prove it 854 00:38:06,020 --> 00:38:09,090 without putting Captain Wagner's job in danger. 855 00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:11,626 She really will carry water for anyone who flatters her. 856 00:38:11,692 --> 00:38:13,661 Even a brutal strongman. 857 00:38:13,795 --> 00:38:15,596 That's how it works. They'll do propaganda 858 00:38:15,663 --> 00:38:17,297 for anyone willing to talk to them. 859 00:38:17,364 --> 00:38:19,934 -Mm. -During my divorce, I could always tell 860 00:38:20,001 --> 00:38:22,804 which columnists had just spoken to my ex-husband. 861 00:38:22,870 --> 00:38:25,973 They'd print any lie he told them about me. 862 00:38:27,275 --> 00:38:29,110 -Nadine. -Hmm? 863 00:38:29,210 --> 00:38:30,343 You're a genius. 864 00:38:30,443 --> 00:38:31,979 Oh. People are always saying that. 865 00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:34,347 But specifically why are you saying it? 866 00:38:34,447 --> 00:38:36,818 I need your help. 867 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,453 Well, friends, New York City's 868 00:38:40,521 --> 00:38:41,756 bachelor mayor Alec Bloom 869 00:38:41,856 --> 00:38:43,724 may have found his first lady. 870 00:38:43,858 --> 00:38:47,995 A very reliable source tells us that Bloom recently shared 871 00:38:48,062 --> 00:38:50,164 an intimate dinner at Gracie Mansion 872 00:38:50,231 --> 00:38:53,201 with former supermodel Nadine Clay. 873 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:57,805 Our source claims Bloom wowed her by flying in croissants 874 00:38:57,905 --> 00:39:01,408 from her favorite Parisian bakery Le Matin, 875 00:39:01,542 --> 00:39:04,212 and that things have moved quickly from there. 876 00:39:04,312 --> 00:39:06,413 Ooh, la, la. 877 00:39:07,215 --> 00:39:09,717 Hey, what's going on here? 878 00:39:09,851 --> 00:39:11,586 Hey, hey! That's my stuff. 879 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,222 You can't do that. Who's in charge here? 880 00:39:14,322 --> 00:39:15,957 Ma'am, we can't let you upstairs. 881 00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:18,259 This is a flagrant violation of my First Amendment rights. 882 00:39:18,391 --> 00:39:20,393 Where's your warrant? 883 00:39:20,528 --> 00:39:22,163 Have you seen today's paper? 884 00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:23,731 It has everything we needed 885 00:39:23,831 --> 00:39:25,900 to convince the judge to give us a search warrant. 886 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,102 And here it is. 887 00:39:29,369 --> 00:39:32,106 Oh, no. No, not my Noriega. 888 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:34,407 We know that you were the brains 889 00:39:34,508 --> 00:39:36,409 behind Pop Lunatic, not Otis. 890 00:39:36,510 --> 00:39:38,445 Oh. How would you know that? 891 00:39:38,579 --> 00:39:41,015 You told us, in today's column. 892 00:39:41,082 --> 00:39:43,017 Pop Lunatic went dark, but you're still 893 00:39:43,117 --> 00:39:45,586 checking the DMs to see if there's anything 894 00:39:45,686 --> 00:39:47,088 you can put in your column 895 00:39:47,188 --> 00:39:49,590 before the account goes to Otis's husband 896 00:39:49,690 --> 00:39:51,259 and you lose access forever. 897 00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:54,095 I could have heard about Nadine and Mayor Bloom from anyone. 898 00:39:54,228 --> 00:39:57,098 No, you couldn't, because Nadine made the whole thing up. 899 00:39:57,231 --> 00:39:58,966 Nadine confirmed it with me this morning 900 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,269 that she'd never met Alec Bloom. 901 00:40:01,369 --> 00:40:02,970 She's never been to that bakery. 902 00:40:03,104 --> 00:40:06,774 In fact, she hasn't eaten a croissant since 1996. 903 00:40:06,874 --> 00:40:09,644 You'd only get that detail wrong if your source was the DM 904 00:40:09,744 --> 00:40:11,345 Nadine sent to Pop Lunatic. 905 00:40:11,444 --> 00:40:13,614 Your mistake made it possible for us 906 00:40:13,714 --> 00:40:15,650 to search your files, and we found proof 907 00:40:15,783 --> 00:40:17,218 that you started a draft of your column 908 00:40:17,285 --> 00:40:20,855 about Otis's murder hours before he died. 909 00:40:20,955 --> 00:40:22,590 You'd never missed a deadline before, 910 00:40:22,690 --> 00:40:24,491 and you weren't gonna let some late-breaking news 911 00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:25,793 make you start now. 912 00:40:25,893 --> 00:40:27,962 And are you ready for this juicy news item? 913 00:40:28,062 --> 00:40:29,263 Tell me if I'm right. 914 00:40:29,363 --> 00:40:32,366 Otis figured out you were Pop Lunatic, 915 00:40:32,465 --> 00:40:34,735 and he threatened to expose you. 916 00:40:34,835 --> 00:40:37,204 Yeah, running Pop Lunatic was a nice side hustle, 917 00:40:37,305 --> 00:40:39,106 but it was getting too hot. 918 00:40:39,173 --> 00:40:41,375 And exposure would mean losing your column 919 00:40:41,474 --> 00:40:43,476 and dozens of defamation lawsuits. 920 00:40:43,611 --> 00:40:46,647 -You needed out. -So, you solved two problems in one. 921 00:40:46,747 --> 00:40:48,115 You killed Otis, 922 00:40:48,215 --> 00:40:51,252 and then you made it look like he was Pop Lunatic. 923 00:40:51,352 --> 00:40:53,187 Betty Heymouth, 924 00:40:53,287 --> 00:40:55,556 -you're under arrest for the murder of... -Oh, shut up. 925 00:40:56,557 --> 00:41:01,128 At least I'll get the front page of the View one last time. 926 00:41:01,228 --> 00:41:04,098 Guess you could have used a fact-checker after all. 927 00:41:04,198 --> 00:41:07,201 Thank you, Captain. 928 00:41:07,301 --> 00:41:08,736 There's no one I trust more 929 00:41:08,836 --> 00:41:10,671 with my livelihood than you, Elsbeth. 930 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:14,709 Hey, are you suddenly in the mood for a croissant? 931 00:41:14,842 --> 00:41:17,244 Nah. I'm more of a beignet man. 932 00:41:21,115 --> 00:41:22,016 Commissioner. 933 00:41:22,149 --> 00:41:24,151 Captain. 934 00:41:24,218 --> 00:41:25,586 Glad I caught up with you. 935 00:41:25,686 --> 00:41:27,655 You see, we solved the Betty Heymouth problem. 936 00:41:27,722 --> 00:41:30,992 Mm. Arresting her was a blunt fix. 937 00:41:31,092 --> 00:41:33,861 -That's usually more my style. -Well, she happened to be guilty. 938 00:41:34,996 --> 00:41:38,199 So, no ill will toward Precinct 11? 939 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,869 Just keep a tighter grip on your team. 940 00:41:41,969 --> 00:41:43,637 Especially that... 941 00:41:43,704 --> 00:41:44,972 lawyer. 942 00:41:45,072 --> 00:41:47,208 Well... 943 00:41:47,341 --> 00:41:49,276 can I drop you somewhere? 944 00:41:50,077 --> 00:41:51,579 My car's waiting outside. 945 00:41:51,712 --> 00:41:53,914 Commissioner's perk. 946 00:41:54,015 --> 00:41:57,852 Just running a quick errand, and I don't mind the walk. 947 00:41:57,918 --> 00:42:00,321 Those of us still doing real police work 948 00:42:00,388 --> 00:42:02,990 need to keep our feet on the ground. 949 00:42:10,131 --> 00:42:12,199 You convinced Tully? 950 00:42:12,299 --> 00:42:14,702 Nope. These are on me. 951 00:42:14,802 --> 00:42:16,237 That's generous of you, Captain. 952 00:42:16,337 --> 00:42:18,572 Are you replenishing the coffee pods indefinitely? 953 00:42:18,672 --> 00:42:19,940 Eh, I don't know. 954 00:42:20,041 --> 00:42:21,442 Because that'll get expensive. 955 00:42:21,542 --> 00:42:23,210 Do you want the pods or not? 956 00:42:23,277 --> 00:42:25,112 Perhaps we should encourage the officers 957 00:42:25,212 --> 00:42:26,714 to reuse the pods to save money. 958 00:42:26,814 --> 00:42:28,349 I ain't got time... 959 00:42:28,449 --> 00:42:29,917 And then there's the plastic waste to think about. 960 00:42:30,017 --> 00:42:32,620 There are programs that recycle. I'll look into it. 961 00:42:32,753 --> 00:42:33,954 Now, I was reading the manual, 962 00:42:34,055 --> 00:42:35,756 and the machine should be descaled 963 00:42:35,823 --> 00:42:37,191 every three to six months. 964 00:42:37,291 --> 00:42:38,459 They offer...