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♪

[motorcycle roars]

♪

♪Who can it be knocking at my door?♪

♪Go 'way, ♪

♪ don't come 'round here no more.♪

♪Can't you see that it's late at night?♪

♪I'm very tired, and I'm not feeling right.♪

♪All I wish is to be alone,♪

♪Stay away, don't you invade my home.♪

[phone rings]

♪Best off if you hang outside,♪

♪Don't come in, I'll only run and hide.♪

Hey, it's about time.

[phone clatters to the ground]

What's your problem?

[grunts in pain]

[screams]

♪ Ahhhhh

[motorcycle roars away]

♪Who can it be now?♪

[crash sounds]

Who Dunnit?

Not only is that the questionthat has fuelled the second

most successful fiction genrein all of history,

but it's also goingto be the basis

of your midterm next week.

[sighs]

So, if crime fictionis number two,

what is number one?

Lacy?

Um, sorry, what wasthe question?

What's the most popular formof genre fiction in the world?

Um, romance? Right?

Good job.

Right, now, by using methodsof deduction, Lacy,

why would you deducethat out of all the people

in this room, that I asked youto answer that question?

I don't know.

[door creaks open]

Sorry, am I interrupting?

No, no you're not.

Ladies and gentlemen, the manwho created this class,

also known as my father,

emeritus professorGraham Winslow.

I'm sure you all know himfrom your Atticus Keller books,

which I'm sure he will bemore than happy

to sign for you after class.

First of all, let me talk to youabout your midterm,

just really quick.

Bud here will be craftingyour midterm mystery,

and he's gonna have a full arrayof suspects, 'mkay?

And it's going to be upto all of you to discover...

Lacy?

Who dunnit?

That's right.Who dunnit.

Have a good day, people.

Hey, Lacy.

Hey.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, why?

I just got the feeling thatmaybe you're worried about

that frat guy you'vebeen seeing?

How do you know about Rex?

Elementary, my dear Lacy.

[laughs]

[clears throat]

Actually, it's pretty easy.

I mean, the last two weeksyou've been coming to class

with a smoothie fromthe smoothie shop,

which is right next doorto Theta New Zeta,

which is a fraternity forthe pin that you can't seem

to keep your hands off of,

which showed up around your neckaround the same time

that you started bringingthe smoothie to class,

and for the first timeever in my class,

you've not been able to keepyour head out of your phone.

Which tells me that you'reanxiously awaiting

some responsefrom this Rex.

Am I correct?

Very Sherlock of you,Professor.

Thanks.

Yes, Rex and I were supposedto meet last night

and he didn't show up.

Have you checkedthe fraternity house?

Rex is a non-resident.

He lives in Tamblyn Dorm.

[sighs]

Well, you know what,everybody's sick around here.

I mean, maybe he justhas the flu

and turned his phone off.

Maybe.

Look.

Your paper on the red herringsin the works of Agatha Christie?

Absolutely phenomenal.

Seriously, like, great.

Would you like to help Bud craftthe midterm mystery?

[laughs in disbelief]

Sure.

All right, great.

Meet us at Holly's at 9:00 AM?

See ya then.

Yeah, well, then...

Ah, here she is.

Hey, sweetie-pie.

Hey, Dad.

Mwua!

So what are you doin' here?

Need an ego boost?

Oh, is she always this cruelbehind my back?

Only to your face, sir.

Oh, good one, good one.

I like this teaching assistantbetter than your last one.

Honey, I wondered if you're freefor supper tonight.

Uh, well, that depends.

Are you cookin'?

Always.

All right, then I'll be there.

I'll see you later.

All right, bye.

Nice to meet you, Bud.

Take care.

♪

Eldon.

Hey, Amy.

Hey.

Since when did the facilitiesmanager start cleaning windows?

Apparently something got swipedfrom Life Science,

so now we're adding externalsecurity cameras.

Hey, how's your dad doing?

Heard he's on campus today.

Yeah, yeah, he was.

Uh, you know it's beena little tough on him

since my mom passed,but... he's good.

He's good.

Thanks for asking.

Hey, how's your son?

Uh, well, um... he's,uh, getting' bigger.

And sicker.

We've got him in thisexperimental program

out in Boston, so...

Oh, Eldon, I'm sorry.

[sighs]

Well, listen, I won't keep youfrom doing your job.

[drill whirrs]

[laughs]

Talk to you soon.

See ya.

Bye.

So, to sum it up,Professor Morales,

you have a key code entryon every door,

you've got a state-of-the-artalarm system,

you got these camerasthat are recording everything

that goes on in here,

and then they feed itto your private server

in your own office.

Just as I reported to yourcaptain, Detective.

Yeah, but, see, there's no signof a break-in.

And those cameras,

they didn't record anybodycarrying anything out.

And yet, there has beena theft.

Of a plant.

My team and I have been workingfor five years

to genetically engineer crops

that are resistantto climate change.

One of our plants couldpotentially be worth

millions of dollarson the open market.

Okay, well then I would likea list of everybody

who has access to this lab.

I'm gonna need namesand numbers.

And what I really wantis the last two weeks

of everything thesecameras caught.

Travis, I'm not sureI understand.

Why do you want the footagegoing back two weeks?

Because, if this thiefis like most,

then he or she cased thejoint before they pulled it off.

And like, I know that going overtwo weeks of footage

is not very glamorous,so I'm sorry about that.

You still happy about becominga detective, Claire?

I am.

This is exciting.

A "locked room mystery."

Like "Murders inthe Rue Morgue".

You lost me,what is that?

Don't you read crime fiction?

[laughs]

No, I got enough crime factin my life.

I don't need to read about it.

Good point.

Yeah.

So, "Murders in the Rue Morgue"by Edgar Allan Poe

is basically the firstdetective story.

It features a crime committedin a locked room.

Like this crime.

Okay, and how did it end?

The killer was an orangutang.

A what?

Orangutang.

An orangutang?

[laughs]

Well, I don't know, maybe weshould have forensics sweep

for orange hairs, huh?

[laughs]

Come on, no more monkeybusiness.

Hmm.

Looks like Claire Tate.

What's that?

Oh, nothing.

She just reminded me of a formerMystery 101 student of mine.

Ah yes, my favourite classof yours.

I got the midtermon my calendar,

I'll be sitting in.

Well that's great,

except for the factthat you like to give hints

to the students, and althoughyou're my boss,

you can't do that.

I don't know whatyou're talking about.

[laughs]

Here it is.

What's that?

I got that 29 years ago,

when my predecessorasked me to become

Chair of the English department.

What are you sayin'?

I need to start thinking aboutwho I'm going to recommend

as my replacement, and I wantedto know if you're interested.

[panicked]Come on, Rex.

Pick up.

(Voicemail) Hi. You've reached Rex Hanford, leave a message.

[panicked breathing]

[knocking]

[panicked]Rex?

It's Lacy.

Rex?

[panicked breathing]

[phone dings]

Good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen.

[shrieks]

Insurance scam?

Or she sells the super-plantthat she's been growing

to make more money thanshe'll ever make as a professor.

Now, according to her,these plants are worth

millions of dollars to theagro-business companies.

And she told you that?

Yeah.

Not exactly a smart moveif she's the culprit.

It's kind of a good move.

Make it look like you're helpingthe detective, hmm.

And my daughter?

She's great.

Claire's learning fast.Asks great questions.

You did a good job.

[laughs]

Thanks.

Remember guys,

your Huck Finn papers aredue on Friday, all right?

Have a good day.

[sighs]

[phone rings]

[clears throat]

(Voicemail) Hey, it's Lacy. Leave a message.

Hey, Lacy, this is Amycalling you back.

Um, I'm availablefor the rest of the day

if you want to call me,

or I can just see youtomorrow morning.

Okay, thanks.

Bye.

Professor Miller asked meto consider

being the departmentChair today.

Yeah, of course he did.

You know anythingabout that?

Well, he mentioned itto me.

I uh, told him it wasa terrible idea.

Obviously, he didn't listen.

Ha, ha.

You know though,I don't know.

I'm kind of freaked outabout it.

I don't know if I'm readyfor all that.

Well, you know what your momwould say.

Yeah.

She'd say "never walk awayfrom a challenge."

Challenge, yeah.

I don't believethat you ever do.

Well, you guystaught me well.

Yeah.

And uh, speaking of your motherand challenges...

check that out.

Is that what I think it is?

Check it out.

Is this a new Atticus Kellermanuscript?

What a keen sense of deductionyou have.

[laughs]

Dad, this is great.

I thought you stopped writing.

Yeah, well, I believeI would have,

but uh, that last daywith your mom,

she took hold of my handand she said

"now you listen to me,buster.

"You will have three monthsto mourn and then you've got

"to get back to writing."

I promised her that I would.

Yeah, she always knewwhat you needed.

Yeah, she certainly did.

Now, I need you to give mesome feedback on this thing

before it goes to the publisher,what do you say?

Yeah, absolutely Dad,of course.

I would be honoured.

Thank you.

Uh, but Dad, I've got a really,really busy week.

Do you mind if I read itover the weekend?

Of course.

We can't have our prospectivechairperson

of the English departmentbe shirking her schoolresponsibilities, can we?

[laughs]

[laughs with mouth full]

No.

[sighs]

Lacy's late.

She's never late.

Mm-mm.

Never ever.

She texted me yesterday,

and she said she gota weird message.

What was the message?

I don't know, I don't know.

I called her back after class,but she didn't get back to me.

I'm just gonnacall really quick.

Yeah.

(Voicemail) Hey, it's Lacy. Leave a message.

Straight to voicemail.

Hmm.

Hey, Lacy, it's ProfessorWinslow.

Um, could you just give me acall back when you get this?

Thanks. Bye.

[door bell jingles]

Hey, hey, hey.

I paid that speeding ticket.

I hope so.

How's it going, Bradley?

Officer Tate, I told youit's Bud.

And it's Detective Tate now.

Oh, nice.

But you can call me Claire.

Claire, I want you to meetmy mentor,

the brilliant Amy Winslow.

Hi, Amy.

Good to see you, Claire.

I know Claire.

Nice to see you too.

And you are?

Travis Burke.

Detective Travis Burke.

My mentor, and the mostbrilliant detective

at the Garrisonpolice department.

[laughs weakly]

There isn't a lot of basisfor that statement, Claire.

Why do you say that?

Well, because he's clearlynew to the force.

Why would you say that?

Oh, um, your shoes.

My shoes.

Yeah, yeah.

There's red mud cakedon the seam of your shoe

from Scarlet Ridge.

And the only people that ever goto Scarlet Ridge

are the people that stay atthe Scarlet Ridge Inn.

Like I said, she's brilliant.

I'm gonna assumethat you're a professor

at Elmstead College and yourspecialty is crime fiction.

Okay, hold on,how'd you know that?

Well, because Claire is agraduate from Elmstead College,

and Amy knows Claire, and Claireknows her crime fiction.

Yesterday she was, uh,quoting Edgar Allen Poe's

"Murders at the Rue Morgue."

Right.

We have a locked room mysteryat the college.

Which we can't talk about.

It's nice to meet you.

You too.

It's good meeting you.

Bye, Claire.

I wonder if Lacy's gonna be inher Modern American Novel class

later on in the day.

Hmm.

And so, I think DeLillois saying

that everythingis connected,

and that things which seem maybe mundane or small

at one point can have really huge implications

if we just pay attention.

(Voicemail) Hey, it's Lacy. Leave a message.

It's going straightto voicemail.

You know, I hateto be an alarmist...

No, no, no, I mean first,she doesn't show up

to her meeting, then she doesn'tcome to class,

and now she's not answeringthe phone

when her favouriteprofessor calls.

It's very un-Lacy like.

Yeah, it is.

Think maybe we should callher boyfriend?

Rex Hanford?

Yeah.

Okay.

[phone vibrates]

Is that her?

No, unfortunately.

Hey, Goldie.

What's up?

Yeah.

Yeah, no problem.

Just tell him to hang tight.

Okay.

Bye.

Professor Millerdidn't show up to his

turn of the century Lit class,so I need to sub.

Are you okay to run downthis Rex on your own?

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

-See ya.-Bye.

The key to understandingNathaniel Hawthorne

is to know he believed that sinand guilt and evil

are all unavoidable aspectsof being human.

Ow, we are out of time,people.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

Hey.

So, did you find Rex?

Negative.

I talked to a coupleof his frat buddies,

they said that he spendshis Tuesdays

at the Elmstead Current.

I'd go by, but I havea tutoring session.

Uh, no, I can goby there.

No problem.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I need to talk to Rex Hanford.

Uh, what do you want with Rex?

I was just hoping he couldtell me where his girlfriend is.

Lacy Daniels.

And I was also told thathe works here on Tuesdays?

Sometimes he does,and sometimes he doesn't.

Meaning?

He's Rex Hanford.

Future Pulitzer winnerin his own mind.

You don't really like himthat much, do you?

I'm the editor of the paper,Professor.

I just need to like his work.

[knocking at door]

Lacy?

It's Professor Winslow.

[knocking]

[screams]

I'm sorry!

Oh, Eldon, you don't haveto pick that up for me.

Oh...

Is this what I think it is?

Yeah, yeah, it's my dad'snew Atticus Keller manuscript.

Oh wow, how is it?

I'd love to read it.

Can you get it back to mebefore the weekend?

Are you kidding me?

No problem.

Thanks.

Yeah, enjoy.

Hey, hey, Eldon?

Um, there is... there'sthis student who lives here

that I'm having troublegetting a hold of.

I've texted and I've called

and I'm just a little worriedabout her.

Do you think you could just openthe door and do, like,

a health and wellness check?

Uh, I'm not supposed to...

I know, I know.

Like I said, I would never askyou to do it,

but I am super worriedabout her.

Well, I suppose a quick peekwon't hurt.

Yeah, yeah, just a quicklittle peek.

[knocks at door]

Facilities manager. Hello?

Lacy?

Looks like she's not home.

[phone shutter snaps]

And um, did you notifycampus security?

I don't really think that campussecurity is equipped

to handle a missingpersons case.

[laughs]

Probably right.

See, the problem Amy isthat I can't file a report

until someone's been missingfor 24 hours.

So, you said she hada boyfriend,

Rex was his name?

Yeah, yeah, Rex.

I tried to get a holdof him, but...

My advice... try again.

If she's still missing tomorrow,you call me.

[clears throat]

[knocking]

Rex.

[knocking]

[door creaks open]

[phone ringing]

Hey, Detective Burke?

This is Amy Winslow.

Listen, I have anothermissing person,

and this one's definitelyin trouble.

The detective seemed upset.

Well, he should be upset.

Maybe in the future,he'll listen to me.

No, I mean he was upsetwith you.

Why would he be upsetwith me?

For contaminatinga crime scene.

Oh.

Okay, so you're takingthis seriously?

That's how I takeserious things.

Seriously.

Okay, well then,you should know

that I found thisin Lacy's room.

That smudge?

Lacy said she gota message.

Maybe that message was writtenwith lipstick.

Maybe the same lipstick.

Not everything is a coincidence

like in one of your crimefiction novels, Amy.

Excuse me?

Let police do the police work.

[laughs weakly]

Gladly.

Thank you.

[knocks at door]

Knock, knock,President Hawkins.

Ah, detectives.

Detective Travis Burke.

Detective Claire Tate.

Hello.

So, did you find ProfessorMorales's plant thief?

No, no, not yet.

Not yet.

Actually, we're hereon a different matter.

One of your professors seemsto think that two students

have gone missing,

Rex Hanfordand Lacy Daniels.

Missing?

Now listen, I'm surethat it's nothing.

I'm sure it's kidsjust being kids.

But, what I was hoping

was that you could calltheir families for us

and just see if maybethey went home?

Well, yes, of course.

Please, have a seat.

Hey, um... What arewe doin' here?

I did some digging,

and Rex's ex-girlfriendlives here.

Let's see what she knows.

[doorbell rings]

Can I help you?

Hi, we're from the Englishdepartment,

and we were just wantingto talk to...

Brittany, sure.

Brittney.

And what was her lastname again?

Summers.

Summers.

Brittany Summers.

That's right.

Hi, I'm Brittany.

Do I know you?

Uh, not exactly.

My name is ProfessorAmy Winslow,

we're with the Englishdepartment.

I just wanted to ask youa couple questions

about your ex-boyfriend.

Rex.

What about him?

When was the last timeyou saw him?

Well, the last time I saw himwas when he made

the catastrophic decisionto be

with the little reporter ratherthan me.

The reporter?

Lacy.

They work at the schoolnewspaper together,

and I'd rather not talkabout him.

Bye.

Yeah, bye.

Wow, what a charmer.

And I'm wonderingwhy Josh Green,

the editor of the Current,

acted like he didn't knowwho Lacy was.

That's a good point.

Security camera footage arrivedfrom Professor Morales

at Life Science labs.

Took her sweet time on that,didn't she?

Detective.

Claire.

Oh, terrific.

Professor.

Did the president calltheir parents?

[laughs]

All right, you need to let medo my job.

Ha, happily, as soon as youstart doing it.

[phone rings]

Tate.

All right, I don't know...

Where?

Okay.

Someone found Rex.

[distant police radio]

Rangers Randolph and Williamsfound the body.

And you are sure thisis Rex Hanford?

Well, his face is banged up,

but it's a match for hisdrivers' license.

Cause of death?

ME said a broken neck.

C'mere.

What? Oh.

-That's not all that's broken.-Uh-nuh.

What do you think,Detective?

I think that Rex might'veended here,

but he started up there.

Yup.

Detective!

Friend of yours?

No.

That's Amy Winslow.

She was my crime fictionprofessor at Elmstead.

What is she doing here?

Playing cop.

Claire?

On it.

Amy, you really need to-

He's dead, isn't he?

Is Lacy with him?

Not that we know of.

How did he die?

Amy, you know I can't talkabout this.

Right.

Sorry.

What do we do now?

We're just going to sit hereand wait for someone

that can talk about it.

Detective.

Professor.

Uh...

Bud, get in the car.

Yeah.

We're following.

[engine starts]

What is she doing here?

Professor?

Did he go over?

Yeah.

His motorcycle did, too.

Look, this is a closedcrime scene.

You're not welcome here.

Professor Winslow,I'm Chief Tate.

Hi, you're Claire's dad,right?

Yeah, I was one of her teachers.

You can call me Amy.

Amy.

I understand from DetectiveBurke and my daughter here

that you're wanting to involveyourself in this.

Well, I'd prefer that you letpolice handle things.

Oh, uh, well, uh, no disrespect,sir.

But I'm involved in this becauseone of my students is in danger.

Okay?

And if you guys are gonnahandle this,

that's great, that's actuallywhat I want, okay?

But, I just, there's...

[sighs]

Don't you think if he would'velost control of the bike

that the skid marks would'vestarted way back there?

Not there.

But they don't.

This is not an accident.

This is a murder.

Hey do you think maybewe should just go?

No.

I wanna find out what their planis to find Lacy.

So?

We're going to officially reportthis as an accident for now.

It's a good idea.

Yeah.

Cause then the killer will thinkhe outsmarted you.

There is no direct evidencethat there is a killer.

Think about it, guys.

Rex gets a threatening messageon his mirror,

which Lacy probably got too.

And now, Rex is dead.

Did he have a cell phoneon him?

We're looking for it,

it probably fell out of hispocket during the fall.

Okay, well, look.

Can you now just entertainthe fact that Lacy is missing?

Can we maybe just, I don't know,

maybe you wanna cross-referencethe lipsticks

to see if they match?

We're already doing that, okay?Thank you for your help.

I'm gonna go.

Okay, can I go with you?

No, you cannot go with me.

Why?

Because you're nota police officer.

Well yeah, but I could be likea consulting detective,

you know?

Like Sherlock wasto Scotland Yard...

[unimpressed]Sherlock Holmes.

Okay. Look here.

You, you are a teacherwho teaches

about pretend detectives.

So no. You can't join me.

Hang on a minute, Travis.

Professor Winslow is the onethat alerted you

of these missing kids, right?

Yes, sir.

And a liaison who knowsthe campus

wouldn't be a bad thingto have.

Yes, sir.

Speaking of liaisons,Captain Tate, sir,

You know, I'm actually writinga thesis right now

about fictional copsversus real cops,

and I'd be happy to lenda hand too,

if that's all right.

The security footage drivearrived from Professor Morales

at Life Science labs.

Someone stole a plant worthmillions out from under the eyes

of the security camera.

There is a lot of footage.

Maybe Bud could help me.

Fine.

In the meantime,

I'll talk to the president aboutalerting the school community.

Bud.

I'll see you at Lacy's,Detective.

What?

I'll see you at Lacy's.

[car doors slam]

[knocking]

Facilities manager. Hello?

Thanks Eldon.

No worries.What's going on?

I'm not really sure.

Do you remember the guy whoseroom they searched?

They found him and it's bad,he didn't make it.

It was a motorcycle accident.

Oh, man.

Yeah.

So, what are you looking for?

[sighs]

I don't know.

I'll know when I find it.

Well, if I can help youin any way...

You're a liaison, Amy.

[sighs]

You know, I'm assumingthat you've never read

"Whose Body" byDorothy L. Sayers so...

you haven't, have you?

No.

No.

No, I thought so.

Uh, but there's this, there'sthis great example of the trope

of this really disgruntledpoliceman who's so upset

with this amateur sleuthfor invading his turf,

and it's just, it was kindof relatable,

but it's great, and I thinkyou should,

I think you should read it.

I think you'd like it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

How's it end?

Well, it ends with the amateursleuth solving all the crimes

and giving the cop the credit.

[laughs]

I'm not trying to step onanybody's toes here.

Okay?

Really, I just, I feellike there's

this questionable characterwho's connecting to Rex and Lacy

that I feel like you should takea look at.

I'm all ears.

Yeah?

So there's this girl,Brittany Summers,

and she actually used to dateRex before Lacy,

and she's just... unpleasant.

That's not a crime, Amy.

[laughs]

No, no that's not a crime.

But she did tip me to a factI didn't know about.

So, Rex and Lacy wereboth reporters

for the school newspaper,

which is only pertinentinformation

because when I was at the schoolnewspaper's office today,

I talked to the editor,Josh Green,

and he acted like Lacy's namemeant absolutely nothing to him,

like he didn't know who she was,and I just,

I feel like that's weird.

[sighs]

Where's the newspaper office.

I can take you there.

Let's go.

Okay.

Garrison PD.

Are you Josh Green?

[panicked]Yes!

Do you know Lacy Daniels?

Who?

Lacy Daniels.

She's a reporter here, when isthe last time you saw her?

[panicked] I don't,I don't know. Why?

There's two students missing.

She's one of them.

I... haven't seen herin a few days, really.

All right.

[heavy breathing]

I'm sorry I scared you.

Here's my number.

You call me if you hearanything, all right?

Yeah...

That was awesome.

Thanks.

He's hiding something.

See, a reporter should haveasked me

who the other missing studentwas, unless you already know.

Ahh.

May I, may I?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Thanks.

What are you hiding, Josh?

Here.

He's on the move.

[engine starts]

You wait here.

[gasps]

Oh, shh.

[terrified]What?

[whispers] It's safe.Come on.

[relieved sigh]

All right, I'm gonna go look,okay?

Okay.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna look.

What?

She's alive.

[knocking heavily]

Hi, Josh.

Professor Amy Winslow,you remember me?

[whispers]Yes.

Is Lacy here?

Uh...

Professor?

Hi.

Lacy, can we come in?

We?

We need to talk to you, Lacy.

Alone.

[crying] No... He's...that's not, he can't be...

It's okay.

I'm so sorry, Lacy.

[sighs]

[sobbing]

[whispers] Lacy, the detectiveand I

need to ask you some questions.

Is that okay?

Thank you.

Okay, Lacy.

I'm sorry for your loss.

When is the last timethat you saw Rex?

Saturday.

We were supposed to write astory together Sunday night,

but he never showed.

I called, texted, nothing.

That's why I was so worriedin class yesterday.

And can you walk us throughwhat you did after class?

I came home,

[sniffs]

and somebody had broken in, andwrote a message on my window.

And that's the messageyou called me about?

Was it "back off?"

Uh, yes...

How did you know?

Rex had the same one onhis mirror in his room.

Lacy, do you knowwho might've written it?

Maybe.

A story Rex and I wereworking on was about someone

hacking the mathdepartment server,

stealing tests and sellingthe answers.

That's a crime.

Do you know who it was?

We had a good lead.

Brittany Summers.

We need to see if she ownsany purple lipstick.

Did she find out thatyou were onto her?

Um, we contacted her on herburner cell to try to get a buy.

Rex had me be the buyer.

We didn't think she knewRex and I were together.

But she did.

Suddenly she didn't haveanything to sell me.

Said it was alla practical joke.

How did you...

How did you end up here?

Well, when I went to Rex's room,

when I was on the phone withyou, professor, Josh showed up.

He was looking for Rex too.

He was upset with Rex,but that was nothing new.

Why is that?

He hated Rex.

Josh was always accusing Rex oftrying to take over the paper.

Is that why Josh was angryat Rex?

He said he owed him a story.

The math test story?

No, a different one.

The story was abouta tenured professor

who'd stolen a student's workand published it.

What professor?

Rex wasn't ready to say.

He called the person"Professor M."

And Josh....

Josh saw the warningon the mirror.

I told him about mine,he said I was in danger,

and that he had this cabin,his grandpa's,

where I could be safe.

Now I know it soundsso stupid now,

but, like, I was so freaked outand, and now Rex...

[cries]

It's okay. You're safe.

We do need to call your folks

and let them know you're okay,though.

Where were you Sunday night,Josh?

I was uh, at the office,waiting for Rex,

who never showed.

Waiting for Rex about what?

Some big story he said he had.

And was anybody else there?

No.

Why?

Okay, Josh, why did you bringLacy here?

For her safety.

I mean, she was in danger.

How long have you beenin love with Lacy, Josh?

[laughs]

I don't, um...

Was it before or after shestarted going out with Rex?

What does that matter?

It matters, Josh.

Because here'sthis handsome guy,

he's a star journalist breakingall the stories,

and then he sweeps Lacyright out from underneath you.

Hmm-mm.

And Josh, what are you goingto do about it?

Nothing.

Come on, man.

I didn't do anything.

Wrong.

You lied to a police officerin the middle

of a missing personsinvestigation.

That is an obstructionof justice,

which is why you'reunder arrest.

[sighs]

You have the rightto remain silent.

Anything you say can and will beused against you

in a court of law.

You have a rightto an attorney...

I agree, it's a wonderful wayto end the evening.

You have a good night, bye.

All right, that wasPresident Hawkins,

and he's relievedthat you are safe, Lacy,

so let's keep you that way.

I'm gonna post an officeroutside your dorm

until this is all settled, okay?

Okay.

What I need from you isBrittany's burner phone number.

Hey, Claire?

Can you escort Lacy backto campus, please?

Sure, see you tomorrow.

Okay.

It'll be okay.

Come on.

Thanks, Claire.

Tomorrow?

Oh, yeah, well, we went throughseveral hours of footage,

but we didn't see anyonetake a plant,

so I told Claire

that I could get back at itwith her tomorrow,

I mean, if that's okay with you,Detective.

Appreciate your dedication, Bud,to police work.

Protect and serve, sir.

Need a ride home, boss?

I can give you a ride homeif you like,

if you need a ride.

Uh, yeah.

Yeah.

I got it.

All right, see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Uh, you ready?

Yeah, sure.

Okay.

Well, thanks for the ride.

You're welcome.

Hey, and thank youfor the lead on Josh.

It was solid.

Oh, yeah.

You really think he killed Rex?

I don't know.

I mean, either he's tryingto play hero for Lacy,

or, he has moresinister motives.

Hmm.

But what I do know is I've beenin town for one week,

I've already got a homicideinvestigation.

It's like I never left Chicago.

[laughs]

I bet you probablyleft Chicago

to get away from all the crime,huh?

Yeah, yeah, partially.

Was the other part an ex-wife?

That's not a wild guess, is it?

The skin above your knuckle.

The what?

[laughs]

The skin above your knuckle

on your forefingerof your left hand

is just slightly paler in tone.

How did you see that?

You're good.

You know, a missing wedding ringis a key feature of

"A Study in Scarlet."

"A Study in Scarlet."What is that?

It's my favouriteSherlock Holmes story.

Wow, you really don't readany crime fiction, do you?

I really don't.

None?

None.

Oh!

I'm thinking maybeI should start.

You should.

Yeah.

[sighs]Okay. Well...

Hey, Amy.

Yeah?

Tomorrow.

I have to interviewall the Professor M's

at Elmstead College.

Potentially, if Rex endedsomeone's career, then,

makes sense it'd be someonewho'd want to end Rex's life.

Hm-mmm.

And having a familiar facethere with me,

you know, it might make peoplebe a little more compelled

to tell the truth,

to be a little more honestthan they would be if...

I was wondering...

Oh, me?

You.

Oh.

I mean, if you're not teaching,you're probably teaching.

No, I'm not, I don't teachon Wednesdays.

I would, yeah, I wouldlove to go.

Great.

Great.

Well then, tomorrow,I'll meet you...

We should meet up.

Okay. Where?

Uh, the English departmentbuilding?

'Kay.

At 9:00?

Yeah. 9:00.

Okay.

9:00. English building.

Uh, I'll see you then.

Okay.

Okay.

Great. All right.

I'll get outta here.

All right, bye.

Bye, and thanks again,that lead was very helpful.

All right.

Bye.

[rain patters]

[door bells jingle]

Hi.

Hey.

Oh, it's a mess out there.

I know.

The usual?

Yeah.

Oh, and an extra coffee.

You uh, you meeting someone?

Detective Burke, but I'm gonnameet him at the school.

Oh.

And coffee for the cutedetective, now.

I get it.

[laughs]

There's nothing to get.

Okay? It's just work.

Mm, nope.

I saw the sparksbetween you two.

[laughs]

You saw sparks?

You saw nothing of the kind,okay?

But we are complete opposites.

Right.

Amy, are you familiar withthe phrase "opposites attract?"

Mmhmm.

It's a cliché.

Well, clichés are thingsthat happen

so often they getcalled clichés.

Doesn't make 'em any less true.

On the house.

Thank you.

Mmhmm.

Have fun.

It's work!

Hey there.

One of those for me?

[laughs]

Hey, what are you doing here?

Ah, I was looking forProfessor Miller.

See if you told him you wantthe job.

Oh, uh, well no, you know what,I actually think he's sick.

Yeah, I had to subfor him yesterday.

Oh, I see.

And uh, what are you doing here?

You don't, uh, you don't teachon Wednesdays.

Hey.

Hey.

Hi.

Hi.

Um, uh, Travis, this is my dad,Graham Winslow,

and Dad, this is DetectiveTravis Burke.

Oh, hi. Nice to meet you.

I gather this is whothe second coffee's for?

Oh, um, uh yeah,I got you a coffee.

Thanks.

And how do you knowmy daughter, Detective?

Um...

Um...

Your daughter's helping mewith a thing.

What thing?

Police thing.

What police thing?

Dad, he can't tell youabout all of his police things.

But he's telling you?

Uh, well, uh...

Sir, if I may, your daughterhas a gift.

She has a keen insightinto criminality,

and an ability to observe thingswhich is off the charts.

Which doesn't comeas any surprise,

considering who your father is.

It's an honour, Mr. Winslow.

Thank you, Detective.

That means a lot,considering your profession.

And I trust that you'llmake sure my daughter

doesn't do anything dangerous?

Sir, I wanna give you my word.

Your daughter will beabsolutely safe, I promise.

Okay.

Shall we?

Yeah, we should.

Bye, Dad.

Yeah.

Talk to you later.

-Okay.-Yep.

All right.

Hey, nice to meet you, sir.

You bet.

Pleasure.

'Kay.

So you went with M's as bothfirst and last names.

Mmhmm.

Yeah, you cover the bases,but just tenured professors.

Right, yeah.

[inhales]

...that covers.

Jameson Mook...

Mook.

Well, I gotta be honestwith you.

Professor Miller is innocent.

I mean, that man is likethe sweetest person

on the whole entire planet.

Okay.

But you know I gotta, I gottacross my I's and dot my T's.

[laughs]

Uh, Morales.

Yeah, I don't knowabout Morales.

I just, I think it's...

It's a little bit fishythat she's a part of

two suspicious activities thathave taken place on campus.

I just, I don't likecoincidences.

Yeah.

Any coincidenceis worth noticing.

"You could throw it away laterif it's only a coincidence."

Miss Marple.

Marple? Marple?

Is she tenured?

You don't know Miss Marple?

You should talk to her.

You can't talk to her.

She's only the most famous

female fictional detectiveof all time.

She said that about coincidence.

Well, good.

Glad that Miss Marpleand I agree.

Mm.

Hi, I got a message from thepresident's office to be here.

Yeah, Mark, have a seat.

This is Detective Travis Burke.

How you doin'?

Hi, good.

Mark Cutforth. Physics.

Ivy Mittner. Sociology.

Uh, Steve McDonough.

History.

Jameson Mook.

Theatre.

Hello again.

Professor Morales.

So, have you found the culprit?

Uh, well actually, this is abouta different matter.

Um, I'm not sure, did you getthe email from the president

regarding the unfortunateaccident of Mr. Hanford?

Yes. Just awful.

Was he a student of yours?

No.

He wasn't.

No.

No.

Possibly in a freshman seminar.

I honestly couldn't tell you.

Okay, that's fine,but did you know him,

maybe because he's a reporterat the "Elmstead Current"?

I don't think I've ever talkedto a reporter before, so...

No.

No.

Yes, right, he did an articlea couple of years back

about a production I directed.

It was an all-female Macbeththat was...

Uh, not that I recall.

Yes.

Would you care to elaborate?

Do I need my lawyer?

No, no, Sarah, not at all.

Look, we just understood thatMr. Hanford was looking

into a professor and had somepotentially damaging information

that he was planning...

Damaging?

That sounds bad.

Well, you don't meanjust a bad play review?

So, this is a fishingexpedition.

But, if he's deceased, itshould be a moot point, no?

[laughs weakly]

Can you answer my question?

He was a work-study studentin my lab.

I thought he was acommunications major.

That is immaterial.

We are forced to employwork-study students

regardless of course of studyfor janitorial services.

This young man workedsix hours a week.

And did he know aboutthe stolen plant?

And how did you knowabout the stolen plant, Amy?

[inhales awkwardly]

Professor Winslow is consultingfor the police department.

And finally, last question.

Have you published any majorpapers in the last six months?

Of course I have.

Yeah.

Sure.

I have, yes.

Oh, certainly.

No, not in a...

Well, it's been years.

All right. Thank you.

Now, we're still very muchworking on your case, Professor.

I should hope so.

Good day to you both.

Good day to you.

Thank you, Professor Morales.

What?

So, when did I go from liaisonto consulting?

Oh, well I needed youto sound more important

for Professor Morales.

[laughs]

So, consultant.

What do you think?

Well, I think that we candefinitely rule out

Jameson Mook, thetheatre director.

Agreed.

Yeah.

And, um, I mean obviously weneed to look into the papers

that the rest of them published.

But it sounds like you'vegot a "but" there.

But... I think that we needto take a closer look at...

Morales, right?

Uh, no, I was actually goingto say Steven McDonough.

The history professor?

Mm.

Why?

Well, because when you asked"do you know him,"

he's the only one that hedged.

He said, and I quote,"not that I recall."

Ooh.

All right.

And what about your boy here,Professor Miller?

He was a no-show.

Yeah, uh...

Well, if you want I couldjust run you by his house.

I want. I'd like you to dothat right now.

Okay.

Is this a campus owned house?

Yeah.

[doorbell rings as Big Ben]

That's quite a bell.

[laughs]

He didn't show up yesterday,so I had to sub for him.

[doorbell rings like Big Ben]

Hey, will you call thefacilities manager again?

Yeah. Yeah.

Thanks.

Hey, Eldon.

This is getting to be a habit.

We haven't formally met yet.

I'm Detective Travis Burke.

Eldon Parnell.

It's nice to meet you.

You joining the force, Amy?

[laughs]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I'm just a liaison.

This lady knows crime.

At least the pretend kind.

Oh, speaking of which,

I'm tearing throughyour dad's book.

Yeah?

Is it good?

Oh, best ever.

So, what's up here?

Well, that's what we're hopingto find out.

Yeah.

Do you mind letting us in?

That's what I do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[knocks at door softly]

Professor Miller?

This is the police.

We're entering your home.

The bedrooms and the homeoffice are up here.

I'll, uh, stay down here unless you need me.

No, that's fine, Eldon.

Thank you.

He's not in there.

This is his office.

Professor Miller?

Professor Miller?

What are you doing in herewith the lights off?

Here, let me...

Amy, stop.

Touch nothing.

Is he?

Sorry.

Look at his hand.

Pills...

I don't understand.

"I have gone to bewith my Florence..."

Who's Florence?

His wife.

I just saw him on Monday.

He seemed to be fine.

He even told me he was comingto my midterm mystery.

[sighs]

I don't know, but then,he was also talking to me

about the factthat he wanted me

to become Chairof his department.

So I don't know, Eldon,

maybe he was tryingto tell me something.

[sighs heavily]

He was married to herfor over half a century.

Maybe he just...

Wanted to be with her.

Hey, Eldon.Thank you.

Let me know if you needanything.

All right, appreciate ya.

Thank you.

The medical examiner'sgonna do an autopsy,

which is standard in these kindsof deaths.

So, if there's any next of kin

that needs to know aboutthe funeral...

He didn't have any children.

He used to say he had hundredsof kids every four years.

[tears up]

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I get it.

I'm sorry.

[phone rings]

Um, I need to take this.

Excuse me.

Yeah.

Yeah?

Hey.

Brittany Summers just biton the text we sent

about buying test answers.

She'll do an in-person meet.

You ready to go back to college?

Thanks for meeting me.

Do you have the money?

Um, do you have the exam?

No, I just like sitting in carswith girls

who ask stupid questions.

Sorry, I just...

I mean, you don't exactlylook like a hacker.

My brother taught me how to codewhen I was in 4th grade.

When I didn't look like this.

Money?

Wait, so did knowing codehelp you hack

into the math department?

Are you seriously askingme that?

Well, did it?

Yes, obviously.

That's how I got the exam thatyou said you wanted to pay for?

$300 now.

You said $200 in the text.

Yeah, that was beforeyou became annoying.

Thank you.

Bye.

[clears throat]

Hello.

Who are you?

Detective Travis Burke.

Hi, Brittany.

Remember me?

What's going on here?

Claire, would you liketo make your first arrest

as a detective?

What's going on is we recordedour whole conversation.

You're under arrest for hackingand digital theft.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Do you recognize that?

Should I?

It's your shade.

You know what else?

It matches the shadeof the lipstick

put on Lacy Daniels' window.

This lipstick's worn by

a hundred girls at Elmstead,at least.

Right.

But, you wanna know the funnything about lipstick?

See, when you transferfrom the tube to your lips,

you also transfer your DNAback to the lipstick.

So that forensics testthat I just ordered.

Am I gonna see a match?

So what if you do?

Is it a crime to writeon a mirror?

"Back off" of what?

What do you think?

I think that Rex isgonna write an article

about this little side businessthat you've got going on.

Or, he was hitting on me,and I wasn't interested.

Where were you Sunday night,8:00 to midnight?

I need a lawyer.

All right, Brittany.

Obviously, you're a veryintelligent person,

you got a lot going for you.

But you know what else you got?

A tape admitting that you stolean exam

and were trying to profitfrom the theft.

Now, I don't carewhat lawyer you hire,

no one can makethat disappear.

So, do you understandthe consequences?

Now, if you answeredmy questions Brittney

then I'm gonna be inclinedto tell the DA

that you were very helpful.

So, you wanna try again?

Fine.

Sunday night, I wasat the Sig Kappa house,

in my room, studying.

Okay.

Is there anybody therethat can vouch for that alibi?

Yeah.

Some of the other sisters,I guess.

Names and numbers.

[typing]

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Amy?

Hi, Tabby.

What brings youto my department?

Well, I just had a quickquestion for you.

Steven McDonough justpublished a big paper

in the American Bulletinof History on Nixon, right?

Yes, a fact he likes to remindme of daily,

and has left me many copies,so please, take one.

Thank you.

Before this, he publisheda paper back in 2002,

but why the long drought?

Steven's a good historian,but he's an abominable writer.

Except for that Nixon piece.

He teaches European history,

I mean, why is he writingabout Nixon?

That would have been inspiredby the student Andy Buck.

He was a Nixon nut.

Was.

He died last spring break.

A boating accident.

And now with Rex Hanford...

What's that got to dowith anything?

Andy and Rex werebest friends.

Hey, uh, guys.

Brittany's sorority sisterscannot confirm her alibi

between 8:00 and 10:00 PM,

which the MA says fitsthe time of death.

Is the evidencefrom Rex's room here?

It's there.

Thanks.

Why?

Well, I think I know whySteven McDonough

didn't recall knowing Rex.

What are you doing?

All right.

Huh.

See, almost word for word.

Word for word.

Except, of course,the author.

That's incredible.

Nice work, Amy.

Yeah.

Hey, what does this mean?

Well, it means that someone elsehad a reason

for keeping Rex quiet.

[knocks at door]

Uh, excuse me?

Hey, Steven.

We've got a few more questionsfor you.

About Richard Nixon.

Can you sit down, please?

Uh, look.

I have a dinner engagement.

Sit down, Steven.

Where were you Sunday?

Sunday?

Yeah.

Steven, Sunday is the dayafter Saturday,

it is the day before Monday.

What were you doing Sunday?

Uh, I'd had lunch that daywith some colleagues.

And something I atedidn't agree with me,

so I went to bed quite early.

What time?

Uh, 6:30, 7:00.

6:30, 7:00.

Do you live alone?

At the moment.

Yeah, I figured.

So there's nobody therethat can vouch

for this early bedtime story?

No, I suppose not.

Look, what is going on?

Amy, why don't you tell himwhat's going on?

Yeah, sure.

Want to you take this for me?

Thank you.

Open it to page 11, please.

Can you read the top for me?

The Nixon Story?

By?

Steven McDonough.

And if I were to read this,

I could deduce that you arethe author, not Andy Buck,

who wrote this a year ago?

Now, look.

Let me...

What did you do when Rex Hanfordconfronted you

for publishing the essayof a dead student?

Hang on.

When I asked you if you knewRex Hanford,

you told me "not that I recall,"and yet...

Yes...

Steve, I got a whole bunchof emails

between the two of youdated last week.

Amy.

Can you please read himthe emails for me?

Absolutely, Detective.

All right, so last Friday, Rexsent you an email that says

"We need to talkabout Andy Buck,

"I'd like to get your sideof the story."

Two hours later, you reply"What story?"

An hour later, he replies"The Nixon Story."

Then you say, "I can explainhow Sunday at 8,"

he replies "Sure. See you then."

Well, obviously he wasin that accident,

so, so we never met.

How did you know that?

You said you went to bedbetween 6:30 and 7:00,

and if you were supposedto meet him at 8, eh, right?

It doesn't makea lot of sense,

unless you knew he wasn't goingto show up.

No, I... Look.

I... I admit there are someirregularities with this,

but last time I checked,plagiarism isn't a crime.

No.

But murder is.

Murder?

Steven McDonough,

you're under arrest forthe murder of Rex Hanford.

He spends the night in jail,he'll wanna talk.

[laughs]

I'm gonna report to the chief.

Okay.

Report what?

Oh, he arrestedSteven McDonough.

McDonough confessed?

No, not yet, but he thinkshe will after he spends

a night in jail.

Once he does, he'sgonna release Josh.

So, does this mean that movieNight of the Living Dead

is over?

We still need to find outwho stole the plant.

Right.

But I mean, you can leaveif you want.

Oh, no, no, no.I'd love to stay.

It's showing me how boring

and tedious actual police workcan be.

It's good for my thesis.

But, um, do you want to maybe goget some dinner?

Good idea.

Amy, do you want to join usfor dinner?

No, you know what,I'm not even hungry.

You guys go ahead.

Okay. See you later, Amy.

[deep sigh]

Hey.

Hey.

Uh... you hungry?

Starving.

[small laugh]

This is nice.

Yeah, it is.

I noticed something.

Mmm?

I noticed the skinabove your knuckle

on the fourth finger on yourleft hand is the same tone

as the rest of your hand.

Good work, Detective.Yes, yes, it is.

I guess you could say

I'm a cliche of marriedto your job.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, alright, or you know,

you just haven't metthe right person yet.

Mmm. Or maybe I have.

Yeah.

Yeah. I mean maybe I justhaven't figured out

if he's the culprit yet.

Hmmm. Right, right,

like you don't have enoughevidence to know

that he's "the guy."

Him? Maybe he's notthe usual suspect.

You know, like the usual kindof guy I would go out with.

What is the usual kind?

Like an academic,like a writer, reader,

hopefully of crime fiction.

Okay, so this suspectthat you met-

Hypothetically met.

-hypothetically met.He's not a teacher.

Uh-huh.

He doesn't write.

He doesn't read mystery fiction,like for instance, your dad's.

Hypothetically yes.

[laughs]

Hey.

Hey, Dad.

I got the email aboutProfessor Miller.

Do you want some coffee?

[sighs]

[coffee pours]

[sighs]

Thanks.

[whispers] I was withDetective Burke, Dad.

I found him.

I'm so sorry.

Hey, hey.

At least he passed in his sleep.

[inhales deeply]

What?

What is it?

Yeah.

Yeah, he did die in his sleep.

But he died from an overdoseof sleeping pills.

What?

Yeah.

He left a noteand everything.

I guess he just didn't wantto be away from Florence.

Why didn't he say anythingto me?

I could have helped him copewith being a widower.

[sighs]

This makes no sense.

I saw him last week.

All he talked about was this apphe got to help him

with his arthritis.

You dictate everything andthe computer does the typing.

What?

Yeah, he thought that I coulduse it for my writing.

What are you saying,that he couldn't type?

His arthritis was brutal.

His hands were morelike claws.

Right, right, I know that,but are you saying

physically he couldn't type?

Because that doesn't makeany sense,

because he typedhis suicide note.

Wait a minute, I needto call Detective Burke.

Good, good.

You let him handle this.

Well, okay, I'm kind of inthe middle of it too.

Honey, now look.

It's Professor Millerwe're talking about here.

Okay?

There's been one dead,

and this could bea second murder.

Yes, yes.

Which is why you let theprofessionals take the ring.

Come on.

Amy, Amy, you and I are usedto dealing with mysteries

that live on the page.

This is different.

This is dangerous.

Tell me you understand that.

[sighs]

Thank you for gettinghere so quickly.

So the ME just finishedProfessor Miller's tox screen.

Sleeping pills didn't kill him.

He had a lethal doseof fentanyl.

Fentanyl?

That's...

The painkiller that kills.

Hey Eldon.

Well this is getting old.

Tell me about it.

Forget something in here?

No, not exactly.

No fentanyl in the medicinecabinets,

no opioids of any kind.

What are you looking for?

No prints.

It's wiped clean.

Wait a minute.

That proves it.

That proves that ProfessorMiller didn't type that note,

and whoever did wipedthe typewriter clean.

Travis, this is a murder,

and it's gotta be connectedto Rex.

You said it yourself,no coincidences.

The ME said that Miller diedMonday night, so...

Let's see what Steve McDonoughwas doing Monday.

All right, yeah,thank you Claire.

So, McDonough has an alibifor Monday night, apparently.

He was having dinner

with the Chair of his departmentat his house.

We'll see about that,

I just happen to be very goodfriends with her.

You are?

Yes, I am.

Nice.

Okay.

[phone rings]

Hello?

Hey, Tabby, it's Amy.

Hey.

Did I get Steve McDonougharrested?

[laughs]

No, I think he did thatall on his own.

Uh, listen, could I ask youa question?

Were you with Steven McDonoughon Monday night?

Yes, he cooked for me.

The man's quite a gourmand.

Okay, do you know what timesyou were there?

Five courses...

I left just shortly aftermy office hours, so 6:00?

Got home around midnight?

[sighs]

Okay, all right,thanks, bye.

Well, there's his alibi.

That's all right, Amy,that's all right.

You know, this doesn'tchange his motive,

or his lack of alibifor killing Rex.

So I just need to find someevidence that connects him

to the murder.

Hey, Travis, check this out.

[clears throat]

Yeah?

We've got it.

You got what?

The plant thief.

And Travis, you were right.

It was Professor Morales.

Bud noticed a small,

two minute gap in the timecodeon Saturday.

At first we thought maybeit was a glitch,

like something that happenedevery day at the same time.

So, we went back and checked,but no.

So then, we broughtin Russ.

Good job, Russ.

What'd you find, Russ?

Well, somebody clipped twominutes out of the footage

and they threw that filein the trash,

which they then emptied.

But it wasn't hard to find.

I ran a basic recovery programand got the file back.

But if Morales tookthe plant herself,

then why would she give upthe evidence that proves

that she did it?

Because she thought she hadthe perfect locked room mystery.

Yeah, but what's her motive?

Money.

It's like Moralestold Trav here.

That plant couldbe worth millions

to a multinationalAgro business.

He's right.

Thank you.

Don't ever call me Trav.

Never again, sir.

We got another arrestwe gotta make.

Good work, Russ.

This is absurd.

I was moving the plantbefore the cleaners came in.

I did that weekly.

You have absolutelyno basis for this.

You're gonna hearfrom my lawyers.

What's going on?

Well, turns out the victimwas the culprit.

Just like in the firstAtticus Keller book.

Hmm, yeah.

I'm gonna go question her.

Yeah, uh...

Good luck.

Hey, congrats.

Thanks.

Uh... I'll call ya.

I mean, you know,I'll call you about the...

when I find out aboutthe confession...

I'll call you later.

Yeah, yeah okay.

[clears throat awkwardly]

The great mystery writersare much like magicians.

What do I meanwhen I say that?

Jake.

Uh, they use misdirection.

They use misdirection.

What's misdirection?

It's kinda like this right now,

I've got you guysall paying attention

to my right hand cause it'sdoing something crazy over here,

so much that you don't payany attention

to what I'm doing with my left.

But the second timeyou see the trick,

you start to understandwhat the magician is doing,

and that's what I tellmy students,

I say, when you're nearingthe end,

always go back tothe beginni...ng.

Always...

[whispers] Always go backto the beginning.

Bud, take over.

Wha...

Where, where are you going?

I have to take careof something.

Hi.

Hey, are you lookingfor Travis?

Uh, actually, no.

I was looking for the drive withall the security footage on it.

It's in evidence holding.

Oh.

But, Russ made us a copy.

It's right here.

Do you think that I couldborrow that for a couple hours?

That should be fine.

Travis said you're a consultant,right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, we're a little shorton workspace right now, so...

Don't worry about it.

I can just take it back to myoffice and I'll bring it back.

That should be fine.

Okay, great.

Do you want a copyof our log notes, too?

Yes, I would love that.

Thank you, Claire.

[phone vibrates]

Hey Dad, what's up?

It's your worrywart fatherchecking in on you.

Oh, I'm fine.

I hear from Tabitha thatDetective Burke made an arrest.

Yeah, more than one,actually.

Well, that's a relief.

Can I get some details?

You know what, Dad,

I'm just in the middleof something,

but I can come over laterfor dinner.

Then I can fill you in.

I'm already makingmy five-alarm chilli.

I'll see you at 6:00.

Yeah, sounds good.

Love you.

Love you, too.

Okay...

Eldon?

Hang on.

Rex?

I finished.

Oh.

[laughs]

Hey, Eldon.

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.

No, um.

What's up?

Finished your dad's manuscript.

Oh, that's nice.

[clears throat]

How was it?

Well, your old manfaked me out.

See, Atticus Keller gotthe killer locked up,

but there were stilltwo chapters left.

Oh, so he locked upthe wrong guy?

Exactly.

Yeah.

But you knew that, cause therewere still two chapters left.

I should have.

But the suspect seemedso perfect.

He had a motive.

Big time.

And no alibi for the timeof murder.

You know it.

But the suspect wasn'ta nice person, either.

[nervous laugh]

No, he wasn't.

And the irony is... the realkiller was a nice guy.

Someone nobody would suspect.

The thing is, he hada motive too.

Just not one anybodyever thought of.

How's your son doing

with all those expensivecancer treatments, Eldon?

[door slams heavily]

I knew you'd crack it.

Eldon.

I, um, I...

I'm gonna need your cell phone,Amy.

Well?

Well what?

You're not gonna do that whole"last chapter detective" thing?

Morales had offered to helpyour son,

but when you went to visit her last week,

she told you she struck out.

No dice on the help.

You were angry and desperate, and so you came up with a plan

that would cover your son's medical expenses

and get revenge on Morales.

Am I right?

You know you are.

Never pictured youthe vengeful type, Eldon.

Seeing your kid dying in slowmotion changes a person.

But what you didn't know is that guy in the corner of the lab

on the day you had your blowout with Morales

fancied himself the next Woodward and Bernstein.

He started tailing you.

Rex saw you steal the plant.

[camera shutter clicks]

And saw who you sold it to.

Rather than go to the police, he came to you,

to squeeze you to give up the people

you sold the stolen goods to.

Leave me alone.

Can I get a quote at least?

Look, this story's gonna happenwith or without you.

College reporter takes down big business

for corporate espionage.

Rex might've won a Pulitzerafter all.

He promised to keep youout of it,

but you didn't believe him.

Would you?

You set a meeting with him.

You shoved him off and made it look like an accident.

But it was murder.

Did you know about McDonough?

That he had a reasonto want Rex gone?

I guess I got lucky,for a second,

until Professor Miller.

I knew that wasn't suicide.

I just couldn't figure outhow it was all connected.

And then I realized.

It was so simple.

His office window looks out on the Life Science building.

He saw you walk out withthe plant on Saturday night,

didn't he?

I ran into him on Monday,

after you saw me installingthose cameras.

He wanted to know whyLife Science made me work

in the middle ofa Saturday night.

Poor guy.

He had absolutely no ideawhat you were doing,

but you knew that he wouldas soon as it got out

about the theft.

And then there was Morales.

You had to make sure that shetook the fall for your theft,

even if it meant thattwo people had to die.

Pull off over there,just past the caution tape.

How are you gonna explainmy death?

You're like all those detectivesyou teach about.

You returned to the sceneof the crime,

because you couldn't let it go.

You were checking out the edge,you slipped.

You fell.

Give me the keys.

Give me the keys!

[screams in pain]

[grunts]

Where is it?

[panicked breathing]

Amy! Amy?

[panicked breathing]

Amy!

Amy!

Amy!

[panting heavily]

Amy! Come on.

I can do this all night.

[panicked breathing]

Eldon, stop.

Eldon.

You don't want to do this.

You don't want to do this.

Stop it.

Stop! Stop!!!

I just need you to remember why

you love my dad's booksso much, Eldon.

Remember what you told me?

Do you remember?

You said that, you saidthat you love

that there were no bad guys,

there were just complicatedpeople that did bad things.

And I kind of feel like this isone of my dad's books,

you know?

Because you're not a bad guy.

Eldon, you're a good guy.

You just got caught upin a desperate situation,

and things got complicated andyou made some bad decisions,

but I know why you did it.

Because you love your son somuch you'd do anything for him.

But killing me is not goingto save him.

[police sirens]

Freeze!!!

Travis!

Freeze!

No, no, it's okay!

Hands where I can see 'em!

It's okay!

Are you okay?

He's surrendered.

Aren't you?

Are you surrendering?

[crying]Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Let's go.

Let's go.

You have the rightto remain silent.

Anything you say can and will beused against you

in a court of law, Eldon.

You have the rightto an attorney,

if you can't afford one,

one will be appointed to youby the State.

Do you understand?

Hey.

Are you okay?

I cannot believe that...

I can't believe that was Eldon.

I expect that you're goingto explain everything to me

in a little bit, yeah?

Yeah, yeah.

How'd you know I was here?

Your dad.

He called me, said that you werereally, really late for dinner.

How did you find me?

GPS on your phone.

Are you okay?

I'm so glad you're here.

I finished it.

And?

And... well, Dad, you knowI love all of your books, right?

Oh no, but...

But... but... I will have to saythat this one is...

hands down my favourite.

[laughs]

I loved it.

Honey, that is the best newsI've had since last week

when Travis called to tell methat you were safe.

Oh, we're calling himTravis now, are we?

Well, uh, yeah.

Had him over for dinnerlast night.

You what?

Yeah.

Why would you have himover for dinner?

Well, always good to geta policeman's perspective

on crime fiction.

Dad, he doesn't readcrime fiction.

Yep.

And he doesn't read your books.

I realize that.

But, uh, he's still a verynice man, huh?

[sighs]

I know where this is going.

No.

Come on, Dad.

Honey.

All right, people.

It's about that time.

Let's get started.

Uh... Um...

[door squeaks]

So, unfortunately, Bud and Ihave been a little busy,

but I do have a treatfor you all.

This year, the midterm is goingto be administered

by a very special guest.

Oh, hi.

Emeritus Professor GrahamWinslow, everyone.

[applause]

Oh, please, please, please.

[laughs]

Take it away, Dad.

Thanks, sweetie.

Okay, gang.

Here's the scenario,let's get started here.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Oh, President Hawkins said thatI could audit your class.

I mean, I'm a little nervous,now I gotta take a midterm.

[laughs]

I wouldn't be nervous,

my dad's gonna give everybodyan A anyway.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Even the guy who's neverread his books?

[whispers] Oh, I heardabout that.

He caught you.

How's it feel to be guilty?

Uh, like I want a lawyer.

[laughs]

Uh,

[clears throat]

excuse me?

The back of the classroom there.

Is there something that you haveto say to the rest of the class?

No, sir.

Sorry, Dad.

So, as I was saying, um,let's talk about the dead body.

[laughs]

Are you seriously gonna auditmy class?

Yeah.

I mean, how else am I gonnalearn from you, Professor?

Oh, I mean, you could alwaysbring me in to consult

on another case, Detective.

We'll see.