All language subtitles for Body of Proof 1x09 - Broken Home_Subtítulos01.ENG

[THUNDER CRASHlNG]

Mr. Weaver, l apologize.

l've had this conversation
more than once with Lacey.

She knows she's not supposed
to use a cell phone in class.

WEAVER: My real concern
is what she's using it for.

l know these types of websites
are out there,

but a 12-year-old looking
at paparazzi photos of a dead body.

- And you see why l find that disturbing.
- Actually, l don't.

Death is a normal part of life.

My ex-wife is a medical examiner.

Dead bodies are what she does.

lt's still inappropriate material
for school.

Everybody's been looking at these photos.
The body, it's Nikki Parkson.

- Parkson Financial of Parkson Library?
TODD: Yeah, their daughter.

She used to be in magazines.

She's really big into the environment
and the rainforests. She's really cool.

And she died?
Why didn't l know about this?

She was sick or something.
Her funeral's today.

WEAVER: Cell phones are here to stay,
but we do have rules.

And as parents,
l expect you to help enforce them.

l agree, Mr. Weaver.
And we have wasted enough of your time.

l'm sure
you have important issues to deal with.

Lacey's father and l
will find the appropriate punishment.

So nice to meet you.

Well, l'm always available.

Megan, what are you doing?

Talk to you later, Lacey.

This is Nikki Parkson's
death certificate.

ls that your signature down at the bottom
as the witnessing physician?

Obviously, you know it is.

l'm just wondering
why you didn't call the medical examiner

after Nikki's death.

l treated Nikki
for a familial paroxysmal polyserositis

for over two years.

She had severe renal
and cardiac amyloidosis.

lt's really just a matter of time.

Would you mind describing for me
how Nikki passed away?

l got a call from Lillian Parkson,
night before last.

l went to the house.

Nikki was supine in her bed.

Checked her vitals, there were none.
l pronounced it.

You should have called it in.

The Parksons have suffered enough,
Dr. Hunt.

l did what l thought was best
for Nikki and for the family.

Now, if you don't mind,
l really do have better places to be.

Looks like you charmed another one.

What was that all about?

Nikki Parkson died two days ago.

He signed off on her certificate.

Yeah, so?

Look at this.

The trail of blood.

The doctor just said Nikki was supine
in her bed, on her back.

The blood should have run down
her neck.

That blood runs forward,
toward her chin.

So either gravity failed
or someone's lying.

We need to stop that funeral.

Curtis. Where's Kate?

Do l have to remind you again
that l am not her assistant?

You can try.
Not sure it will do any good.

- Why do you need her?
- About to dive into something

that could ruffle some feathers.
Just checking in.

Whoa, stop the train.

You're gonna check in with the chief
before you get in trouble?

But since the chief isn't here--

You're gonna dive right on in anyway,
aren't you?

You're the deputy medical examiner.

- You wanna make the call?
CURTlS: Me?

Approve one of your schemes? Oh, no.

Mm-mm. This conversation
never even happened, understand me?

Hey. One question.

Do you wanna be involved
in Lacey's life or not?

One asinine question.

- You know l do.
TODD: Okay, that--

Back at the school there,
that's not involvement.

That's the same work-comes-first attitude
that got us here.

l'm sorry. But there was no reason
both of us had to stay there.

- You can handle it.
- No, no, no.

No, see, that's just it.
l don't wanna be the bad cop all by myself.

l know how that ends, she turns 16

and then she wants to move in
with her mother.

Maybe that's my plan.

l did take her phone away from her.

All right. l will talk to her.
l will play bad cop.

But right now, l gotta go.

Don't you think
we should talk to the family first?

Parksons are very rich
and wield a lot of power.

Well,
that's kind of what l'm talking about.

lf they're covering something up,
they'll only make things harder.

Besides, l'm not here for them.

l'm here for Nikki.

You do nice work. She looks beautiful.

You know,
service doesn't start for another hour.

l'll go get my boss.

PETER:
Young, wasn't she?

MEGAN:
Twenty-two.

Her whole life ahead of her.

All the blood's gone now.

You see something?

Give me a tissue, will you?

A ligature mark?

So much for natural causes.

What are you doing to my daughter?

l am terribly sorry, Mrs. Parkson,
l know that this is a difficult time for you.

And l'm afraid
l'm going to make it a lot worse.

You can't bury Nikki today.

BAKER:
You can't wait for me to find the bodies.

You gotta go find them
on your own now, huh?

You'll have to take that up with Megan.

l'm guessing Megan's got enough
on her plate right now.

Have you thought at all about
what you're doing to my family, Dr. Hunt?

l understand.

Mourners are due here. Any idea
how embarrassing this is going to be?

This has to be some kind of a joke.

l'm sitting writing a eulogy for my sister
and l get a call you're seizing her body?

l'm sorry, but there's now a question
about the cause of death.

l don't care what the excuse.

My sister deserves better than to be
paraded out there for the cameras.

Mr. Parkson, Mrs. Parkson,

l'm Dr. Murphey.
l'm the chief medical examiner.

l assure you we are doing everything
possible to protect Nikki and your family.

Don't you wanna know the truth?

BlLLY: You really think
we don't already know the truth?

Nikki killed herself.

And you thought it would be all right
to just cover up her suicide?

To protect her memory, her dignity.

BlLLY: You've seen the press out there.
You think they care about my sister?

We wanted to keep this private.

Now, thanks to you, this is how
she'll be remembered forever.

MEGAN:
This is Dr. Megan Hunt

performing the autopsy
of Nikki Parkson.

There is a linear mark,
2.5 centimeters in width,

situated horizontally on the upper neck.

lt extends obliquely upward
and backward.

Present within the mark
is a pattern of a braided cord.

An elliptical impression
is present behind the left ear,

bearing the same corded pattern.

All indications

are consistent
with a suspended hanging.

Well, you made the headlines.
You wanna see?

- Not particularly.
- Oh, okay.

- Lacey looked up to this girl.
- Well, it's not a bad role model.

Franklin School, Princeton.

Always top of her class.

Tons of charity work.

And uniquely enough, in this day and age,
no sex tape, no scandals.

Seems like she was something special.

What do you know
about paroxysmal polyserositis?

Symptoms include inflammation,
repeated fevers, uh, abdominal pain,

chest pain, joint pain, skin lesions,
all treatable with colchicine,

which, incidentally, is derived
from the crocus flower.

Ethan, l am impressed.

Thank you.

l'm on the lnternet.

But you're right.

She really was something special.

LlLLlAN:
Please sit down.

Nikki knew she was dying.

Her heart and kidneys were going.

That's how it finally gets you.

And she was taking colchicine?

Every day. lt just wasn't very effective.

Nikki got depressed and discouraged.

She had seen her father waste away
from the same disease.

She always said
she didn't wanna die like that.

And before you go digging him up,

he died in the hospital
surrounded by doctors

almost five years ago.

Who actually found Nikki?

l did.

lt was around 1 1 :00.

My mother went up to check on Nikki.

l heard her scream.

l ran upstairs to see,

and l saw Nikki hanging there.

l thought maybe l could save her. l tr--

But she was beyond saving.

Whose idea was it
to cover up the suicide?

Mine.

And l'd do it again.

Nikki spent her life
doing things to help other people.

That's how l wanted her
to be remembered, not like this.

So l cut her down, l put her in her own bed
and called the doctor.

LlLLlAN [SOBBlNG]:
l just-- l can't believe she's gone.

l spent every day of the last two years
caring for Nikki.

l gave up everything
to be at her bedside.

l don't know what l'll--

KATE:
l'm really, really sorry.

LlLLlAN:
Thank you.

BAKER: l'm sorry, Mrs. Parkinson,
but we need...

Hi.

l didn't know
there was someone else in the house.

Doesn't surprise me.
l'm the one they don't talk about here.

- l'm Sara, Nikki's sister.
- Peter Dunlop. l'm with the ME's office.

- l don't suppose l could see Nikki's room?
- Sure.

So you live here as well?

Me? Ha. No.
l escaped this house five years ago.

This is my first time back.

And as soon as the funeral's over,
l'll be gone again.

Troubles with your mother?

l saw the way you looked at her
in the hall.

l must seem like a total bitch, huh?

lt's just, with Lillian,
everything's about Lillian.

You heard her, how she lost everything,
what's she gonna do now.

You said that you left five years ago.
That was the same time your father died.

Once he was gone, there was no buffer
between me and my mom.

So you left.

l was thrown out, actually.

l got caught with some coke,
embarrassed my mother,

which was the real crime.

So she threw me out,
cut me off entirely.

That must have been rough.

Best thing that ever happened to me.

Nikki's room.

That's what she used.

She tied a piece of it
on the beam in there.

Nikki was amazing.

Best of the three of us, by far.

The only regret l had about leaving
was that l couldn't take her with me.

Did you keep in touch?

l tried. We e-mailed,
talked on the phone sometimes.

Last few weeks, she was sounding
really depressed, despondent.

That's why l came back from London.

l was hoping l could cheer her up.

l thought l had.

- We're back.
- l'm just finishing up the neck.

We brought you a present.

- ls it eggplant Parm from Remmy's?
- Not exactly.

PETER:
We pulled this from the trash.

Oh, l'll pull the skin flap down.
We can make a comparison.

That looks like a perfect match.

We got a lot of e-mails
from Nikki to her sister.

There was no mention of suicide,
but the girl was clearly depressed.

Yeah.
Family interviews also support suicide.

l'm ready to sign off
as soon as you're ready.

Just about.

Hold on a second.

There is bruising

on the strap muscles.

- Bruising? From the rope?
MEGAN: Below the rope.

No question.

- Then what bruised them?
KATE: Hands.

Around her neck.

The hanging was only meant
to make it look like a suicide.

Nikki Parkson was murdered.

What the hell is all this?

We have a warrant, Mr. Parkson.

Nikki's bedroom is now a crime scene.

- A crime scene?
- Your sister didn't commit suicide.

- She was murdered.
- This is crazy.

Have you completely lost your minds?

Nikki was sick. She killed herself.

No. This is insane.
You're not going in there.

Well, l can arrest you if you'd like.

This is pointless. l mean,
how am l supposed to gather evidence?

She's been embalmed.

l don't even have the clothes
she was wearing.

She's had a manicure, for Pete's sake.

When you're done with that,
l need a revised death certificate.

Cause of death: manual strangulation.

Are you sure?

l'm only asking just because you just--
You don't seem a hundred-percent sure.

Yes, l'm sure.

l just don't understand it.

l'm looking at her heart and kidneys,
there's advanced amyloidosis.

She was already dying.
Why would somebody wanna murder her?

A mercy killing, maybe?

Somebody couldn't stand
to watch her suffer.

There's a lot more merciful ways
to end somebody's life.

Well,
l don't claim to have all the answers.

l just came in to tell you
your daughter called.

She's on her way over to see you.

Oh, she must be going crazy
without her phone.

A little young to have gout, isn't she?

She had beta thalassemia minor,
so age is not a factor.

Prep that. Get it on a slide.

Wait, you think she meant me?

You think she didn't mean you?

[CHUCKLES]

All right, so let's say you're the killer.

Nikki's in bed
or she's in the chair reading?

One way or another, my hands end up
around her throat and l strangle her.

Then l grab a piece of cord
from the curtain...

All right, question is, though,
do you tie it around the beam first

or do you put it around her neck
and hoist her up?

lf l wanted
to make it look like a true suicide,

l have to go
with the tying over the beam first.

And then l make a noose

- and lift Nikki up into it.
- Suicide.

Who else had access to the room
apart from family and doctor?

No one was here that night.

The help was all gone by 7.

l mean, that's the ''who.''

The other big question is the ''why.''

That's easy.

Rich people like this,

it's always about money.

Okay, this is new territory for both of us,
so bear with me.

Can't we just tell Dad you yelled at me?

No. And l'm not gonna yell at you.

You need to understand
that what you did was wrong.

And your father and l
both agree on that.

What's so funny?

l'm sorry, it's just this whole
tag-team parenting thing.

You guys both being at my school.

Why do you guys think
you have to keep it a secret?

- What do you mean a secret? What?
- You and Dad getting back together.

Uh, ha, ha...

Where did you get that idea?

Please.
Dad's been out, like, almost every night.

And the caller lD at home
has logged a ton of calls from your office.

lt doesn't take a genius.

Okay, l think we're done here.

Mom, are you okay?

l am sorry to disappoint you, Lacey,

but your father and l
are not getting back together.

Here's your phone.

l'll talk to you soon.

l love you.

Go.

Todd, l just had a nice talk with Lacey.

You need to call me.

Soon.

Bastard.

[PHONE BUZZlNG]

[SlGHS]

You know, it's ridiculous
we gotta sneak around like this.

We're both adults.

Single.

l'm not the only one
who wanted to keep things quiet.

No, l know. l wasn't--

Didn't mean it like that.

l just-- lt--

lt shouldn't feel sleazy
and it still kind of does.

Maybe it's time
to get this out in the open.

Mm.

lt's gonna have to happen sometime,

assuming we keep doing
whatever this is that we're doing.

But, um, this was nice.

- And l didn't think it was sleazy.
- Really?

Sexy, definitely, but not sleazy.

Mm. Wow.

Mm.

PETER:
You're not gonna believe this,

but Sam's crime techs found semen
on Nikki's sheets.

They're running the DNA right now.

Why wouldn't l believe
a beautiful young woman was having sex?

Well, it's-- l mean, was sex
even a possibility in her condition?

She was weak, but not that weak.

Okay.

l have what you wanted.

What did l want?

l made up a slide of what Curtis thought
might be gout in Nikki Parkson's toe.

- Turns out he was right.
- That doesn't make sense.

- Why not?
- Ethan.

- l know l should know because this--
- Nikki was on colchicine.

Colchicine's used to treat gout.

There is no way
she could develop a gout flare like that.

Are we sure she was on colchicine?

According to her medical records,
3 milligrams a day.

We do have her pill dispenser.

Get it.

You're gonna hate me.

l already hate you, Dryer.

Ha, ha. You say that. But every April,
when you want your taxes done,

you are loving me.

What did you dig up
on Nikki Parkson's finances?

Money is not your motive.

The only real funds that she controlled
are in a charitable trust.

They have to be donated.

To the rainforests, to be specific.

So unless you're an endangered tree frog
or a golden tamarind...

Nobody profits from her death.

Keep digging on it, will you?

[SlGHS]

ETHAN:
Man, Nikki took a lot of pills.

PETER:
Which one was colchicine?

This one is supposed to be.

But...

You're gonna light it?

Smells like crème brûlée.

[CHUCKLES]

Actually, he's right.

That's sugar.

They're placebo pills.

No wonder the poor girl was dying.

She wasn't getting her medicine.

Mother, what are you doing?
What are they doing here?

We have some questions for your mother,
Mr. Parkson.

- Well, she doesn't have to answer them.
- l want to.

The sooner this is done,
the sooner we'll have Nikki back.

We need to have her funeral.

So, what can l tell you, Dr. Hunt?

Are you familiar with
Munchausen by proxy syndrome?

l'm sure l've heard of it.
l couldn't say exactly what it is.

ln some cases, parents actually make
their children sick in order to get attention.

Are you gonna say
my mother gave Nikki F.P.P.?

lt's a genetic disease.
She was born with it.

No, that's not what l was going to say,
not exactly.

But you did get quite a lot of attention
from your circle

because of Nikki's illness?

l'm blessed with supportive friends,
if that's what you mean.

BAKER: l checked with the pharmacy,
Mrs. Parkson.

You personally signed
for Nikki's medication.

- So why didn't she ever receive it?
BlLLY: Well, that's ridiculous.

Mother was religious
about Nikki's medication.

- l saw her dole out the pills every night.
MEGAN: She gave her pills, yes,

but not the colchicine.
They were sugar pills. Placebos.

- How could you do that?
- You don't understand.

MEGAN:
Oh, l understand.

As long as Nikki stayed sick,
you felt important.

Mom, what are they talking about?

- l'm putting an end to this. We're done.
- Nikki find out?

Did she threaten
to tell all your society friends

- what you did to her?
- Did you hear me? We're done.

Just imagine the embarrassment.

- ls that why you killed her?
BlLLY: Stop it!

l want you out of here. Now!

All right. We're leaving.

Thank you for the tea.

Two years
that woman watched this girl suffer.

Her own daughter.

lf Nikki had gotten her colchicine,
the attacks could've been prevented.

She would have lived
a fairly normal life.

Do you really think
her mother killed her?

Believe me,
l've known women like Lillian.

All they care about is their image,
more than anything else. lt's possible.

Megan? What's going on?
l just got your message.

Let's go in my office.

So, what's so urgent?

What happened with Lacey?

Our daughter thinks
we're getting back together.

Why in the world would she think that?

Maybe it has something to do
with the fact that you're screwing my boss.

Oh, you're unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

Of all the women in the city,
you have to pick her?

Kate was an expert witness
on one of my cases and l...

We just hit it off.

- l'll just bet you did.
- lt happened.

Lacey doesn't know about this?
There haven't been any sleepovers yet?

When are you planning

- on passing that milestone?
- You are out of bounds.

Out of bounds? You have put me
in an untenable position.

We're all grown-ups here.

We have done nothing wrong.

You don't see me sleeping
with your partners.

You should. lt's been five years.
You can't tell me you've been a nun.

[SCOFFS]

But, thank you, though.

You know what? You do make me realize
one thing, at least.

lt's time to tell Lacey.

We found your DNA
on Nikki's bed sheets.

No offense, but you're not exactly
in Nikki's league, are you?

Auto theft, burglary.

You pled out to pot possession
in Costa Rica a few months ago.

Makes us think
you might've been up to no good.

Maybe tried to take advantage
of Nikki's condition, or even worse, rape.

Rape? Nikki and l were in love.

- Did Nikki know that?
SHANE: l'm serious.

l delivered a get-well basket to her
a couple of months ago.

l had a copy of Catcher in the Rye
in my back pocket.

Turns out it was her favorite book.

l ended up staying for a while
and reading to her. We hit it off.

Well, that's you and Nikki
sitting in the parlor.

Long way from messing up her sheets.

l kept going back.

Nikki was cool.
We liked the same stuff.

And she didn't care
if l wasn't rich or anything.

How did her family react
to you being around all the time?

They didn't like it.

Her mother tried to bar me
from the house.

- But that didn't stop you, right?
- l told you, me and Nikki were in love.

That's a beautiful story, Shane,
but l don't buy it.

- Believe what you want.
- You strangled Nikki

- and tried to make it look like a suicide.
- No, no, no. No way. Never happened.

You were in her room.
And right after that, she's dead.

She was alive when l left, l swear.

You don't believe me?
Ask the sister, Sara.

She was there, she walked in on us.

lt's true. l was out for the evening.

When l got back home,
l went up to Nikki's room.

- What time was that?
- l'm not sure. Close to 10.

Anyway, when l got to Nikki's door,
it was closed.

l didn't think for a minute
anything was going on, so l walked in.

And Shane was there?

SARA:
At first, l was angry.

But then l saw Nikki's face.
She looked so happy.

What did you do after that?

l gave Shane a minute to dress,
and then l walked him out of the house.

Why didn't you mention him
when we talked before?

l threw him out.
He couldn't have done it.

So you said that happened around 10.

What happened after that?

SARA:
l don't wanna get my brother in trouble.

Sara, you need to tell us the truth
about what happened that night.

Billy must've seen me
leading Shane out,

because when l came back inside,
he was upstairs.

He was yelling at Nikki.
He sounded really pissed.

We're not gonna get anywhere
near Billy now.

He's totally lawyered up.

Listen to this.

''The Parksons have made every effort
to cooperate,

but they no longer see a benefit
to continuing a dialogue.''

They're hiding. The question is,
which one did it? Billy or Lillian.

l mean, she had the motive,
trying to protect her image.

Yeah, but Billy had a motive also.

Last week, he inquired
about amending Nikki's trust.

He wanted to change
her choice of charity.

Where did Nikki want her money
to go to?

An environmental fund.

MEGAN:
Rainforests?

Something Lacey said.

Point is, maybe Billy couldn't stand
to see all that money

going to frogs and trees.
Might've led to a fight.

Which means
this could be about money, after all.

Either way, l need you two to help me
link one of them to this crime.

So much happened to Nikki's body
before we got it.

Megan, would you mind
stepping into my office for a minute?

Can it wait?

- l just think that we should talk.
- Funny.

Weren't in any hurry to talk before.

Funny thing.
You always go straight to the bodies.

What are you talking about?

Whenever something is bothering you,

this is where you're drawn for solace.
To the dead.

Maybe because they don't make
annoying observations.

Ha, ha. Okay,
so you care to share what's wrong?

Kate is sleeping with my ex-husband.

And this bothers you?

You need to ask?

You and Todd have been divorced
for five years.

You figure he'd be seeing somebody.

Yeah, but Kate?

- What have you got against Kate?
- She's screwing my ex-husband.

Unless you still have feelings for him,
l don't see the problem.

- Forget it.
- You see, you're doing it again.

The dead thing.

[SlGHS]

- You see something?
- Her manicure.

lt doesn't match her pedicure.

- Color's completely different.
- Okay. So?

So the mortuary didn't touch her toes.

That makeup artist was only worried

about making her look pretty
from the waist up for the viewing.

- Ethan.
- Yeah?

Did you scrape Nikki's toenails
for evidence?

Uh, l told you, it was pointless,
you know.

They were all cleaned, cut and painted
for the funeral.

Not her toenails.

Um...

Look, l hate to be a downer,

but Billy Parkson's DNA
is not necessarily in the system.

And there is no way in hell that he's
gonna give us a sample voluntarily.

We don't need Billy's DNA.
We have Nikki's.

We can do a sibling comparison
to get a match.

Right away.

[SlGHS]

KATE:
Well, this is nice. l've never been here.

- Thought you'd like it. Thank you.
- You're welcome.

- l'm sorry this has all
- Ahem.

- blown up the way it has.
- No.

There's nothing to apologize for.

l know. l just don't want to cause you
any grief at work.

You know what, we're all adults.
lt'll be fine. We'll just soldier through.

Just know l may need to call you
for support.

Have you talked to her yet?

l approached it.
But l didn't wanna push.

TODD:
That's probably smart.

Megan can be a little difficult sometimes,
to put it nicely.

Okay, but let's not do that, okay?

l don't wanna talk about her
like she's the enemy in this.

Look, this is still so new, you and me.

So how about we just accept
that it's gonna be a little clumsy at first,

and, um, the rest,
we'll figure out as we go.

Right.

- We don't have to hide it anymore, right?
- Yeah.

All right, l think we just need
to get this whole thing out in the air.

- What thing?
- Todd and me, dating.

You see how easy that was?

Why didn't you have the decency
to come tell me five weeks ago?

The reason l didn't say anything
about the relationship before

is because l don't even know yet
if it is a relationship.

The bottom line is, l don't want anything
to affect our work here.

Maybe you should've thought of that

before you jumped into bed
with my husband.

Your ex-husband.
And we didn't jump into anything.

You know, l don't care anymore.
Let's just move on.

- l would love to move on--
- You know what l found? l--

l just walked into the middle of something,
didn't l?

Um, the DNA results came back
from the tissue under, uh, Nikki's toenail.

The sibling comparison is positive.

- So it is Billy's.
- No. lt's a female sibling.

The DNA is Sara's?

BAKER:
Just got your message.

- So Sara Parkson.
- Yeah.

Her tissue was deeply embedded
under Nikki's nail,

and it wasn't from any casual contact.
lt was violent.

ETHAN:
Okay, this is weird.

Bizarre, actually.
l just got the full DNA report.

The lab found a second DNA
mixed in with Sara's. And it's not human.

PETER: Then what is it?
ETHAN: Some sort of organism?

- Tripana-- Trypanoso--
- Trypanosoma cruzi?

That's right.

lt's a parasite.
Your girl was bit by a kissing bug.

So Sara has Chagas disease.
The parasite's in her blood.

Bingo. lt's pretty common
in certain parts of the world.

The transmission vector is an insect.

Probably Rhodnius prolixus
or Rhodnius pallescens.

ls Chagas something
she could've picked up in London?

Not hardly. lf the bug was R. prolixus,

we're talking about Guatemala
or Honduras, probably.

lf it was R. pallescens,
then she spent some time in Costa Rica.

Our delivery boy, Shane,
was just in Costa Rica.

Got back three months ago.

- A coincidence?
- They're in this together. Gotta be.

Well, still, why kill Nikki?
We don't have a motive.

Maybe we do.

Nikki's charity was rainforests, right?

What do you wanna bet
it was started in Costa Rica?

BAKER:
We made the connection, Shane.

You and Sara, Costa Rica.

See, right now, Sara's family's getting her
a big fancy lawyer.

The lawyer's gonna call his friend,
the judge,

and the two of them are gonna offer Sara
a real sweet deal

to lay this whole thing on you.

You're done.

And you're just gonna sit there
and take it.

No.

No way l'm taking the blame.
lt was her damn plan.

BAKER:
All right, so walk me through it.

l met Sara on a beach in Costa Rica
four months ago.

She told me about her rich little sister
back home who was dying.

Sara had a plan to use the sister
to get a share of the family's money.

She was pretty bitter about scraping by
when her family had so much cash.

And your job in this was what?

Just to cozy up to Nikki.

And convince her to will her money over

to the fake rainforest foundation
that Sara set up.

Sara told me everything l needed to know
about Nikki.

Her favorite books and foods,
the kind of music she liked, all that stuff.

So getting in tight with her was easy.

And the environment
was already her thing,

so piece of cake.

l don't get it.

All you had to do was sit back
and wait for Nikki to die.

The money would've gone straight
to Sara.

What happened?

Nikki changed her mind.

She wanted to switch charities.

That's why Billy was looking
to reassign the beneficiary.

- l know why you killed her.
- You're wasting your time.

You knew Nikki better than anyone.

You knew just how to manipulate her.

But she surprised you, didn't she?

She changed her mind.

Picked a new charity over yours.

That's why you came rushing home.

- Not to comfort her, to talk her out of it.
- You always cared about the rainforests.

MEGAN: She wouIdn't Iisten, wouId she?
- This is just more important to me now.

l don't know
why that's hard to understand.

MEGAN: So one night, when you knew
that Shane would be there,

you walked in on them.

- What are you doing here?
- Shut up.

Maybe you gave her a second chance,

or maybe you just wanted
to kill your sister.

But even sick and dying,
Nikki struggled to stay alive.

She fought back. She kicked you.

We have your DNA
from under her toenail.

You took a cord from her window,

threw it over the rafter,

and then made it look
like she hanged herself.

TeII me,

what's it like to watch your sister die?

It took you Ionger than you expected,
didn't it?

Did her body convuIse,
did she struggIe?

lt was just supposed to be a con.

But she had to ruin it.

She was gonna give her money
to her disease. To research.

She wanted to help people, so they
wouldn't have to suffer like she did.

People she didn't even know.
l'm her sister.

Do you have any idea
how much money my family has?

And they cut me off
like l never even existed.

Besides, she was dying, anyway.

Déjà vu.
We're back to where we started from.

No. Nikki got justice.

She can rest in peace now.

You must think l'm a monster.

You're right. l do.

You have to know,
l loved Nikki very much.

l'd do anything l could to have her back.

Honestly, Mrs. Parkson,
l'm not interested.

We're here for Nikki, not for you.

They, however, are here for you.

What is this?

BAKER:
You're under arrest, Mrs. Parkson,

for interfering
with your daughter's medical care.

You're doing this here? Now?

- You have no proof.
BlLLY: Yes, they do, Mom.

l found Nikki's medicine.

All the pills you never gave her.

- You did this to me?
POLlCEWOMAN: Ma'am.

What about our family?

When have we ever been a family?

This way.

So you know, Nikki's money is gonna go
to help fight her disease,

just as she wanted.

That's what she'll be remembered for.

Thank you, Dr. Hunt.

- Mom?
- Ha, ha.

l noticed that your other cover
was pretty beat up.

Aren't you supposed to be punishing me
or something?

l mean, we're at my favorite restaurant,
and you got me a gift.

lt's a thank you. lf it wasn't for you,

we would never have found out the truth
about Nikki Parkson.

l guess that's kind of true, huh?

l know that your father talked to you
about Dr. Murphey.

Yeah.

We're not getting back together.

l don't know if you'd gotten your hopes up
about that.

l'm fine.

How are you, though?

l mean, Dad's dating your boss.

l'd be going crazy right now.

Thank you.

You are the first person to acknowledge
how hard this is.

[MEGAN CHUCKLES]

- l promise l'll hate her.
- No, no. That won't help anyone.

Just promise that you'll respect her,

[SlGHS]

and give her the benefit of the doubt
once in a while.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Let's have another dessert.
- l thought the rule was just one.

Oh, who cares about rules?