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WOMAN: Previously on Elementary:
- A murder in Paris.
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French businesswoman.
Sabine Raoult was gunned down.
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- Crime was never solved.
- Two bullets missing
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from the crime scene
ended up in my father.
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Nobody at Interpol knows
what I've done.
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Truly above and beyond
this time, Agent Muller.
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This business with your son,
do you expect me to believe
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- you're here to help him?
- You know you had a predecessor?
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His name was Jasper De Clerq.
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My God, Morland,
his children found him.
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I think Sabine was collateral damage.
Morland was the target.
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Someone tried to kill
your father,
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and he's worried
they're gonna try again.
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[HUMMING]
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I could have sworn
I had that statue removed.
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Oh, dear,
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I've done something new
to anger you.
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It's what you didn't do.
You didn't mention
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you were the target of a
failed assassination attempt
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which left a woman
named Sabine dead
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and you more empty on the
inside than you already were.
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- How did you find out?
- Watson grew suspicious
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after observing
your eating habits.
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I don't speak of it because
I find the matter painful.
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- Sabine and I were very close.
- You also failed to mention
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whoever was behind
the attempt is still at large
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and that you believe
another attempt is likely.
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Why else would you be banking
your own blood?
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By insinuating yourself
into our lives
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without disclosing
any of this,
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without sharing whatever
intelligence you have
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so that we might implement
our own precautions,
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you've placed us in danger.
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Well, it's nice to see
that my well-being
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is as central
to your concerns as ever.
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Joan's deductions
are only partly correct.
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It's true someone tried
to kill me.
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That should come as no surprise.
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One makes one's share of enemies
in my line of work.
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Where she and the truth
part ways
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is in the assumption
that I am presently in danger.
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Banking my blood
is a precaution.
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Complications from
this type of injury
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can flare up years
down the road.
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I could be rushed back
into surgery at any time.
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As for your safety and Joan's,
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the would-be assassin
has been dealt with.
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It's over.
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You're lying, so I'll just have
to investigate the matter.
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Hey, eyes outside!
What if they come home early?
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Hey, they ain't coming home early,
and you know they aren't.
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I know that you're supposed
to be the lookout, so look out.
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All right. Heh, heh.
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[CLATTERING]
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What was that?
You see something?
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I saw everything.
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Ripped & Corrected By mstoll
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[GROANING]
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Hey, where were you?
You left your cell phone...
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- What happened?
- Just another failed attempt
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to gather information
on my father's shooting.
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- Well, let me help you with this.
- Hmm.
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What happened to asking your
contacts at Scotland Yard?
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Scotland Yard have been kept in
the dark like the French police.
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Father has kept a tight lid
on the investigation.
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You decided to beat
the answers out of someone?
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I touched base with a contact
inside a group father employs.
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I had to leave my phone at home.
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Because she's sensitive about
the presence of microphones.
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A woman did this to you?
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A highly trained woman.
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Well, it doesn't look like she
wanted to touch base with you.
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Quite the contrary.
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Some of this isn't blood.
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It's lipstick.
And you smell like perfume.
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Were you in a fight
or were you having sex?
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The two aren't
mutually exclusive.
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Anyway, I'm confident her
employers are also in the dark.
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Well, while you were sparring,
you missed a call.
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- I'll check my voicemail.
- No need.
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It was one of the counselors
at Hemdale. Gene Winnick.
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When he couldn't reach you,
he called me.
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I remember him.
He's a nice bloke.
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He wanted us to contact
a friend of his, a woman
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who runs a halfway house
in Lower East Side.
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She thinks she has information
about a murder.
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[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
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Are your residents mostly men
in recovery?
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We also have a lot of parolees
who've been released
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to transitional housing,
some homeless too.
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You said you knew something
about a murder.
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His name was Dennis Hicks.
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He was shot in his apartment
in Queens two weeks ago.
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The police think he was killed
by robbers.
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But you think otherwise?
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Let's go to my office.
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Fairbridge University.
You've heard of it?
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They have ads all over the city.
They've been in the news a lot.
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The government is cracking down
on for-profit colleges
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and Fairbridge's name
comes up a lot.
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They're being investigated
by the Department of Education.
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Long list of accusations.
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Including illegal
recruiting tactics.
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Since federal loans make up
most of their income,
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if it doesn't go their way,
they get shut down.
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Dennis was a recruiter
for Fairbridge.
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He was about to testify
as a whistleblower.
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- That's why they killed him.
- Or so you believe.
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So, what's your connection
to all of this
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beyond Dennis Hicks
being someone you knew?
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Fairbridge University owns us.
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So why would a college wanna own
a halfway house?
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We're a source of warm bodies
and Social Security numbers.
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And that's pretty much
all they care about.
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Five years ago, we were hurting
for cash.
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When Fairbridge offered
to buy us,
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even I thought
it was a good idea.
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Turns out, we let the devil
in the door. Ever since,
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school's been aggressively
recruiting our residents.
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And I'm not allowed
to do anything about it.
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Um, forgive me. My partner and I
tend to think
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of higher education
as being a good thing.
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What is so bad about people
turning their lives around,
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- going to college?
- If they're getting education
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and if there was real
financial support,
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I'd be all for it.
But with this,
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they're flat-out lied to.
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Recruiters promise degrees that
the school doesn't even offer.
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And help with job placement
that they never give.
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They'll say anything to get
people to sign on the dotted line.
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In this case, dotted lines are
on student loan applications.
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The school gets its money,
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and when my guys get out
or drop out,
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they're just as unemployable
as ever.
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Only now they're buried in debt.
Whatever money they do make
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is seized by collectors.
We know how helpful that is
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when you're trying
to get your life back on track.
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I have assembled a list of cases
I'm presenting to the DOE
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vulnerable people,
who I promised to help,
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who have been criminally
deceived by Fairbridge.
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Now, I've talked to the police,
but they just think I'm crazy.
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A good man's been murdered.
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So, what do you say?
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Will you look into it?
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It says here Dennis Hicks
lived in Astoria.
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That's the 1-16.
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We could reach out to whoever
caught the case,
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- see where it stands.
- Assuming there's a case.
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Crime scene's two weeks old.
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[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
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Body's probably in the ground
already.
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Ooh.
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You remember Lukas Muller,
the Interpol agent?
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Sure, he got us information
on that Swiss bank account.
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My father pays him
for such help.
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If he was in his pocket two
years ago, stands to reason
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he investigated the shooting
which cost Sabine Raoult's life.
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You're assuming there was
an investigation.
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Your father may know exactly
who came after him.
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Then discreetly handled
the matter himself?
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No, he was lying when he said
the matter was resolved.
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I reached out to Muller
several times. No response.
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But my contact has just told me
he's in town for a conference.
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While I'm looking into this,
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are you gonna fight Muller
or sleep with him?
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If you get any push-back
at the 1-16,
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remind their lieutenant
he owes me.
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I helped get his
two-timing son-in-law deported.
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Body was found on the floor
over there.
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Three rounds
from a 9 millimeter.
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Looks like the intruders
took the stereo, X-Box,
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some things off the counter.
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Apartment's paid up,
the landlord gave the family
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time to clean it out.
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I gotta ask.
Why does Major Crimes
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need a consultant to go
over all this?
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I'm not checking your work.
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A friend of the victim asked us
to take a look. Lily Cooper.
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The one who thinks Mr. Hicks'
employers had him killed.
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The five other homes that
were broken into that night,
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they do all that as cover?
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The break-ins happened
between here and 30th Avenue.
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- All within a couple of hours.
- And there were no witnesses?
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The crew got in and out without
running into any residents.
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- Hicks was unlucky.
- I think you're right.
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Not about Hicks being unlucky.
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But about the killer not staging
the five other break-ins.
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I don't think what happened here
was connected to those.
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Look at the last names
of all the other families.
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- They're all Russian.
- There's a lot of Russians
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- in this neighborhood.
- Yes.
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But if you exclude Hicks,
the crew hit only Russians.
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There's a Russian-Orthodox
church just a few blocks away.
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The night of the break-ins was
also the Eve of the Epiphany.
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If the thieves had an
association with the church,
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they would've known which
families were attending services.
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That would explain how they
only broke into empty homes.
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That's one of the homes
that was hit, right?
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Yeah.
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That and this one can look
right into each other.
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According to this, they didn't
take very much from that one.
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- Maybe they left in a hurry.
- Because they heard gunshots
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coming from over here
and figured
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the police were on their way.
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WATSON: Nobody from that building
saw the shooter coming or going.
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But maybe the thieves did.
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- You remember me.
- I have nothing to say to you.
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- Please leave me alone.
- I anticipated you having
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reservations about me
approaching you in public.
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That might expose your
arrangement with my father.
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That's why I chose so private
a setting.
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Don't worry about the cameras.
I disabled them a while ago.
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There was an attempt on his life
just under two years go.
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I'm trying to ascertain
to what degree it was investigated.
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I imagine you are trying
to figure out how much he knows.
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I've given up asking what he
knows. I'm asking what you know.
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Ask someone else.
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I have friends that my father
may be placing in danger.
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- What is your game?
- My game?
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On second thought,
I don't want to know.
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I have a family. I have a wife.
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You and your father
can both go to hell.
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Every family whose home
was hit
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had RSVP'd to a dinner
that night at the church.
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So we looked at who had access
to those RSVPs.
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It turns out the leader
of your little gang, Roland?
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He works for the caterer.
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He also had a record,
so we started with him.
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He gave the rest of you up.
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- He's not the leader.
- No?
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That's funny. He definitely
described you as a minor player.
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No, seriously, you should be
thanking him.
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The only reason you're
sitting here talking to us...
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The reason the D.A. Is offering
you a deal and not him
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is that he said you were
keeping watch out the window.
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We're a lot more interested
in the homicide you saw
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across the street
than we are in you.
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So Roland would do
more time than me?
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Guaranteed.
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I was looking out the window,
there was a scary looking guy.
241
00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:09,577
Shaved head, Hispanic, tattoos.
242
00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:12,448
Had his gun out like this:
243
00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:15,610
And the other guy's
begging for his life.
244
00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:18,051
And he just plugs him
full of bullets.
245
00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,658
Pop! Pop! Pop!
246
00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:24,455
First, let's get your hand out
of my face and let's back up.
247
00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:27,963
That lead paid off. He's giving
Marcus a statement right now.
248
00:14:28,133 --> 00:14:30,624
After this, we'll have him sit
with the sketch artist.
249
00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:34,796
- Where are you?
- Lily Cooper's office.
250
00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:37,568
So, once we have the sketch,
I'll forward it to you.
251
00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:39,734
Maybe Lily can identify the guy.
252
00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:42,073
That sketch might be
more important than ever.
253
00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,307
Lily won't be
identifying anyone.
254
00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,474
I'm here because one
of the detectives
255
00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:50,645
found my card on her desk.
She's been strangled.
256
00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,054
Lily Cooper had a strongbox
bolted inside her desk.
257
00:14:57,229 --> 00:15:00,221
It's where staff kept contraband
they confiscated from residents.
258
00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:02,731
Staffer who discovered the body
found it like that.
259
00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,166
WATSON: Whoever killed Lily
wanted it to look like
260
00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:07,271
it was over the contents
of the box.
261
00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,464
And you don't buy it.
262
00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:12,406
When Sherlock and I went to see
her, she showed us a file
263
00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:14,637
that she was about to present
to the DOE.
264
00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:16,815
When Sherlock went back,
the file was gone.
265
00:15:16,982 --> 00:15:19,416
She thought that Dennis Hicks
was murdered because
266
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:22,452
he was cooperating in a case
against Fairbridge University.
267
00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:24,816
She may have been killed
for the same reason.
268
00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:27,049
And Holmes? Where's he?
269
00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:29,217
He's dealing
with a family thing.
270
00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:31,719
- You don't wanna know.
- So, what now?
271
00:15:31,897 --> 00:15:35,333
You have something more specific
in mind than arrest a college.
272
00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:38,937
We have a finders message out
with a sketch of the shooter.
273
00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:41,231
Detectives are re-canvassing
both scenes.
274
00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:43,466
We'll see if anyone recognizes
the face.
275
00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:45,974
Though we're pretty sure
he's just the hired gun.
276
00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:48,136
Fairbridge's hired gun.
277
00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:51,442
This is the CEO of Fairbridge
University, Wilson Trager.
278
00:15:51,617 --> 00:15:54,643
He is the university.
It's privately owned by him.
279
00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,880
No one stands to lose more
if the DOE rules against them.
280
00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,517
Then I guess
I know your next stop.
281
00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:09,697
Detective Bell, Ms. Watson.
282
00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:12,132
- Wilson Trager.
- Yeah. Thanks for seeing us.
283
00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:16,138
I assume you're here because
of the murder weeks ago.
284
00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:18,503
The poor guy who works
in a call center?
285
00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:21,111
His name was Dennis Hicks.
He was V.P. Of Recruiting.
286
00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,578
- Right. Sure.
BELL: Actually,
287
00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:25,808
two of your employees
have been murdered.
288
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,976
A woman named Lily Cooper
was killed.
289
00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:30,986
She was the Director of East
River Hope House, which you own.
290
00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:33,283
Oh, my God. That's terrible.
291
00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:37,293
We think there's a connection.
We're hoping we could ask you.
292
00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:39,658
Mr. Trager was leaving
for an important meeting.
293
00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:41,800
- It can't be rescheduled.
- I'm so sorry.
294
00:16:41,967 --> 00:16:44,800
But I've asked Josh and Bill
to help you in any way they can.
295
00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:47,632
Two people now.
I wanna know everything.
296
00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:51,298
And, you know, remind me to
send something to the families.
297
00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:53,468
Thank you for everything
that you're doing.
298
00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:55,977
- Yes, Mr. Trager...
- We can answer your questions.
299
00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:58,446
Please. Right this way.
300
00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:03,084
Can we hang on to this?
301
00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:06,691
We'll show it to Mr. Trager, let
you know if it sparks anything.
302
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:10,022
We were hoping to put
our questions to Mr. Trager.
303
00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,186
And why would that be necessary?
304
00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:15,094
We're solving two murders,
both victims were assisting
305
00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:17,599
a DOE investigation
that could cost millions.
306
00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:19,761
- We...
- So,
307
00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:23,567
you came here to accuse
Trager of hiring an assassin.
308
00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:27,201
Accuse is a strong word
at this stage.
309
00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:29,370
But you're hardly here
for a friendly chat.
310
00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:32,108
You wonder why you're talking
to us instead of him.
311
00:17:32,284 --> 00:17:33,751
Does he have something to hide?
312
00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:35,181
[SCOFFS]
313
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:38,915
We'll ask Mr. Trager if he knows
anything about the victims.
314
00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,252
Though based on what we all saw
in the lobby,
315
00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:43,520
I'd say he barely knew
they existed.
316
00:17:43,695 --> 00:17:46,687
As for the DOE investigation,
we've got it handled, I promise.
317
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:51,435
But you heard Mr. Trager tell us
to help you in any way we can.
318
00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:54,094
We'll give you full access
to his secretarial staff,
319
00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:56,264
his date book, his computer.
320
00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,206
You find any evidence that he
or anyone hired an assassin,
321
00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:01,573
more power to you.
322
00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:16,659
Lukas Muller is in New York.
I paid him a visit yesterday.
323
00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:19,423
- Why would you...?
- I was surprised,
324
00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:21,725
and confused by the way
that he treated me.
325
00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,334
During our prior interaction
I'd noticed
326
00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:27,733
a nervousness but that could
be written off to circumstance.
327
00:18:27,906 --> 00:18:31,740
He was sharing secrets which
could have cost him his job.
328
00:18:31,910 --> 00:18:33,969
I'm the son of the man
who lines his pockets.
329
00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:36,910
So, yesterday, I expected him
to treat me as a friend.
330
00:18:37,082 --> 00:18:39,107
Instead, he treated me
like an enemy.
331
00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:42,549
More precisely, a threat.
332
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:46,424
- I know, Father.
- Know what?
333
00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:49,755
Why you never mentioned
your brush with death.
334
00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:51,919
Why you never asked me,
335
00:18:52,097 --> 00:18:54,759
the finest detective
you know, for assistance.
336
00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:59,660
You believed that I'm the man
who tried to kill you.
337
00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:05,671
It has made me wonder why
you really came to New York.
338
00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:08,438
Were you just following up
on your suspicions?
339
00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:11,208
Or did you intend to do me harm?
340
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:15,385
I did, at one time, suspect you.
341
00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:18,181
But I've long since moved off
the notion.
342
00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:21,016
I'm satisfied that
you weren't involved.
343
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:23,184
Though Muller, apparently, is not.
344
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:29,096
You and I have had our
differences, to put it mildly.
345
00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,632
But I've always thought
that at the very least
346
00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,896
you knew the content
of my character.
347
00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:38,869
If you don't know without
question
348
00:19:39,044 --> 00:19:41,205
that I'm not a killer,
349
00:19:41,713 --> 00:19:45,706
then there really is no
foundation for us to build on.
350
00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:51,081
This experiment of ours
has reached its end.
351
00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:54,851
If for no other reason than to
preserve my safety and Watson's.
352
00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:57,318
I do hope you'll agree.
353
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:02,567
Oh, and if you have any
lingering doubts,
354
00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:04,725
here's how you can
be certain
355
00:20:04,903 --> 00:20:07,269
I'm not the one
who tried to kill you.
356
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,508
You're alive.
357
00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:34,462
Hey, I didn't know you were
back, I was down in my office.
358
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:37,124
That's the honey we got for
your father when he comes.
359
00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:39,793
So it is.
360
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:42,969
I guess that means
the conversation went poorly.
361
00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:47,111
I was right. Two years ago, he
thought I was behind his murder.
362
00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:49,611
- And now?
- Now, according to him,
363
00:20:49,781 --> 00:20:52,477
I'm a former suspect,
I'm not at the center
364
00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:54,652
of an elaborate revenge plot.
365
00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:57,118
- You believe him?
- I do.
366
00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:59,484
But I also think I was right
two weeks ago,
367
00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:02,489
the matter is not resolved,
the culprit is still at large.
368
00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:06,595
Good news, we need no longer fear
about being in father's proximity
369
00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:09,632
because we will no longer be
in his proximity.
370
00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:14,061
- I'm sorry.
- Don't be sorry.
371
00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:16,730
He and I have gone years
without talking in the past,
372
00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:20,776
an arrangement that works.
We'll be returning to it soon.
373
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,414
How was your meeting
with Wilson Trager?
374
00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:26,516
It's hard to say, it was more of
a non-meeting than a meeting.
375
00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:29,687
He blew past us and stuck us
with a couple of lawyers.
376
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,915
Then they gave us full access.
Bank and travel records, e-mails.
377
00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:35,355
Suggests a confidence
we will find nothing.
378
00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:37,518
Well, I've been going
through all of it.
379
00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:41,130
No mysterious wire transfers
or secret liaisons with hit men.
380
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,269
But that's assuming that Trager
paid for everything himself.
381
00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:46,495
If he used
the college's money,
382
00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,663
it could take years
to find the trail.
383
00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,267
You're on speaker.
384
00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,436
GREGSON: That sketch we've been
showing around?
385
00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:58,105
The staff at Lily Cooper's
halfway house ID'd the guy.
386
00:21:58,283 --> 00:22:01,980
Victor Nieves. He's an ex-con,
he lived there a few years ago.
387
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:05,055
His parole officer had
a current address on file.
388
00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:07,817
We know he's armed and
dangerous, ESU is rolling now.
389
00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:11,793
Marcus is with them. I'll let
you know if we find anything.
390
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:14,322
I already told you,
391
00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:16,831
I don't know where Victor is.
392
00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,766
All right. Well, when was the
last time you saw him?
393
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:23,005
I don't know, two days ago,
maybe three.
394
00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:28,469
Ms. Nieves, it was raining
earlier today,
395
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:30,638
and those boots
are still wet.
396
00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:33,011
Someone other than your
husband leave them here?
397
00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:43,284
Please.
398
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:47,329
He's a good man,
399
00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,559
- don't hurt him.
- Hey, believe me.
400
00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:55,730
We'd rather keep things peaceful
but I'm not gonna lie to you.
401
00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:58,205
Your husband's in trouble
and we have to find him.
402
00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:01,005
The best thing you can do
is help us bring him in.
403
00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:03,613
Do you have any idea
where he would've gone?
404
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,880
- Hey, what's your name?
- Mayra.
405
00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:15,083
Mayra.
406
00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:17,421
Castle Kingdom?
I know that place.
407
00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:21,555
My brother and I used to go
there. You go with your folks?
408
00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:24,735
- What happened there?
- I fell.
409
00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:26,928
- You fell at the park?
- Uh-huh.
410
00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:29,767
That's no fun.
Here, let me fix that for you.
411
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,903
That look more than
a day old to you?
412
00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:41,574
Mayra, when were you
at the park?
413
00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,687
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
414
00:23:43,855 --> 00:23:45,823
- Gregson.
BELL: Yeah, it's me.
415
00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:48,721
Nieves's little girl alibied
them for the second murder.
416
00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:51,385
Looks like the whole family was
at an amusement park
417
00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:54,430
in South Jersey yesterday.
The wife won't say either way
418
00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:56,829
but I found a timestamped
receipt in the trash.
419
00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:59,732
I'm reaching out to the park
to see if they can pull surveillance.
420
00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:03,341
The story checks out. There's no
way Nieves killed Lily Cooper.
421
00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:05,999
- That's pretty damn interesting.
- How so?
422
00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,237
I was about to call you.
423
00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:11,405
Victor Nieves just
showed up here,
424
00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:13,608
turned himself in.
425
00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:17,077
He just confessed
to both murders.
426
00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:25,252
All right.
427
00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:36,941
This took some finding on the
part of Lily Cooper's staff
428
00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:40,134
but when I explained what
it was for, they obliged.
429
00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:43,045
That's supposed to make me
crack?
430
00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:45,841
I already said I killed her.
431
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:48,076
It's you people
who don't believe it.
432
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,847
Oh, no, we know
you didn't kill her.
433
00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:53,718
We've already established that
at the time of her murder,
434
00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:57,326
you were in an oversized
teacup with your little girl.
435
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,723
This photograph's not for you,
it's for me.
436
00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:03,525
I've never been a fan
of cutting deals,
437
00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,902
plea bargains,
reduced sentences.
438
00:25:07,072 --> 00:25:09,131
I think they're
a necessary evil,
439
00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:12,008
a dilution of justice.
440
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,577
I'm especially displeased
when they help murderers,
441
00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:16,873
and I do believe
that you're a murderer.
442
00:25:17,048 --> 00:25:19,312
The ballistics on the weapon
matched the slugs,
443
00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:22,681
pulled from Dennis Hicks.
So,
444
00:25:23,588 --> 00:25:25,579
I don't wanna help you.
445
00:25:25,757 --> 00:25:26,985
Mm-mm.
446
00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:29,183
But she believed
447
00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:31,659
that you were deserving
of other people's help.
448
00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:34,196
She was an exemplary
human being.
449
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,857
So, as I sit here, I've got
to try and persuade you
450
00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:39,731
to give up Wilson Trager
in exchange for a deal,
451
00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,896
it's just, you know,
452
00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:44,564
helps me to remember her.
453
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:49,343
Wilson who?
454
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:54,117
In your parole record, it seems
like you were trying to walk
455
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:57,016
the straight and narrow after
your release from prison.
456
00:25:57,188 --> 00:26:00,180
You completed your diploma,
you held a steady job.
457
00:26:00,358 --> 00:26:03,293
Enrolled in Fairbridge
to study computers,
458
00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:06,430
took out a student loan
for that. Yeah.
459
00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:10,534
- How much did you owe?
- Seventy-five grand.
460
00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:14,229
How much did Trager offer you
to murder Dennis Hicks?
461
00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:17,602
Hicks was my recruiter,
remember?
462
00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:19,767
He talked me
into going to Fairbridge.
463
00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:23,278
Fed me a bunch of lies.
I killed him on my own.
464
00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:25,814
You also confess to
Lily Cooper's strangulation
465
00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:28,008
on your own?
466
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,883
Trager paid you
to kill Dennis Hicks.
467
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,252
And then, he paid you again
to take the fall
468
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,417
for Lily Cooper's
strangulation.
469
00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,962
Now, assuming that he
contracted that out as well,
470
00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:42,122
you're not only
protecting him,
471
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:45,463
but you're protecting the
person who actually killed her.
472
00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:48,462
Why?
473
00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:52,466
Because I'm sure that guy
didn't have no choice either.
474
00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:55,972
Why on earth
would you think that?
475
00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:09,850
Until last night,
we were assuming
476
00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:12,188
Wilson Trager
only hired one killer.
477
00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,696
But when Victor Nieves'
confession to the murder
478
00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:17,858
of Lily Cooper was punctured,
we realized there had to be two.
479
00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:20,094
Do you think
he's part of a team?
480
00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:23,331
More like a collection of individuals
with similar problems.
481
00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:26,200
He seemed convinced
he understood
482
00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:28,505
the second killer's
circumstances.
483
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,172
Why? Because he believes their
circumstances to be the same.
484
00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:35,046
We've been through Trager's
life with a fine-toothed comb.
485
00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,814
Now, this guy doesn't have
conventional criminal ties,
486
00:27:37,989 --> 00:27:41,152
yet he managed to hire two
different killers in two weeks.
487
00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:44,955
It's possible Nieves knows the
identity of Cooper's murderer.
488
00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,724
I think it's likely that
he intuitively understood
489
00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,890
where Trager found
his second killer.
490
00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:52,828
He's getting them from
his own student rolls.
491
00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:55,199
HOLMES: His perch atop
a for-profit college
492
00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:57,500
gives him access
to a unique list.
493
00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:00,167
Individuals who sought
to improve their lot in life,
494
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,939
many with criminal records
who now, thanks to him,
495
00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:05,673
are buckling under student
loans they cannot repay.
496
00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,841
This makes them ripe
from manipulation.
497
00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,249
Maybe these two murders
weren't the only times
498
00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,413
he solved his problems
this way.
499
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:15,286
We looked for other suspicious
incidents in his past.
500
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,724
About a year ago,
the college's main campus
501
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:20,763
was being fined
for safety violations.
502
00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:24,732
It got dropped because of a fire
in the inspector's office.
503
00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:28,202
All inspection records were lost
and the city had to start again.
504
00:28:28,606 --> 00:28:31,234
A year before that,
Trager wanted to buy a co-op
505
00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:33,570
on Central Park South.
For whatever reason,
506
00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:36,737
the board was about to reject him
until a swing vote
507
00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:38,906
was injured in a hit-and-run.
508
00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:41,575
She resigned because she
could no longer fulfill her duties.
509
00:28:41,753 --> 00:28:43,744
The vote went Trager's way.
510
00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,913
Now, if this guy
isn't behind it all,
511
00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:48,252
he is the luckiest bystander
in history.
512
00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:50,917
All right. Say, you're right,
say guy is a gangster,
513
00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:54,259
so how do we prove it?
Victor Nieves isn't gonna help.
514
00:28:54,432 --> 00:28:56,457
We know what we're looking for,
we can try
515
00:28:56,634 --> 00:28:59,296
and identify other people
that Trager coerced.
516
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:02,269
Check school's past students
for people who fit the bill,
517
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,431
ex-cons who defaulted
on their loans.
518
00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:07,339
Nieves' priors were burglary,
so we're thinking Trager
519
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:09,742
may have chosen people based
on their skills.
520
00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:13,680
An arsonist for the office fire,
wheel man for the hit-and-run.
521
00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:16,150
Nieves won't flip,
maybe someone else will.
522
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:19,688
Fairbridge University has got
to have, what, 20,000 students?
523
00:29:19,858 --> 00:29:22,326
That's got to be hundreds
of ex-cons a year.
524
00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:24,962
You think we're looking
for a needle in the haystack?
525
00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,291
We are. Well, at least,
Watson and Marcus are.
526
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:31,258
- What are you gonna do?
- I always find the best way
527
00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:33,768
to come at a haystack
is with a pitchfork.
528
00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:37,331
See you on the T at 7 a.m. Ha, ha.
529
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,375
I imagined you'd be the sort
to have a private entrance
530
00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:43,275
- and I'm not disappointed.
- Who are you?
531
00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,507
I mean you
no physical harm.
532
00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:48,516
My name is Sherlock Holmes,
I'm a consulting detective.
533
00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:52,747
You brushed off my partner
and her colleague yesterday.
534
00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:55,618
Their feelings get hurt,
so they sent you?
535
00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:59,028
No one sent me. I've missed
the opportunity to look you
536
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:02,166
in the eye myself and thought
it was time to rectify that.
537
00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:06,201
Got it. Drink?
538
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,668
So, lay it on me.
539
00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:15,711
I could have yelled for security
when I saw you, but I didn't.
540
00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:20,582
Humor me. What do you see?
541
00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:23,078
I see very much
what I expected to see.
542
00:30:24,422 --> 00:30:28,085
A psychopath with no connections
except the facades he maintains.
543
00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:32,229
A vampire of sorts
that feeds on hopes and dreams.
544
00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:35,388
Do one I haven't been called. Heh.
545
00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:39,230
Very well. You're
a double destroyer of lives.
546
00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:42,271
Once when you rope people into debt
and again when you use it
547
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,567
to leverage them
into doing your bidding.
548
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:49,943
Well, I haven't heard that one.
Look, I'm doing what guys
549
00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:52,344
like me have been doing
since the beginning.
550
00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,384
Promising people on that side
that what I'm selling
551
00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:58,351
will help them get
to this side of the wall.
552
00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:01,185
Why do you care so much,
what's it to you?
553
00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,692
Oh, two people are dead,
that's what it is to me.
554
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:08,264
- I heard somebody confessed.
- His name is Victor Nieves,
555
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:10,731
and you'll be hearing
his name at your trial.
556
00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:14,338
You hired him to commit murder,
then take the blame for another.
557
00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:19,742
Okay. You think I wanted
Dennis Hicks murdered
558
00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:22,106
because he was
a whistle-blower, okay.
559
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,080
But Lily Cooper, why on earth
would I wanna hurt her?
560
00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:29,243
She was gathering evidence to present
to the Department of Education,
561
00:31:29,420 --> 00:31:32,446
a list of individuals
the university had deceived.
562
00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:34,982
Ah.
563
00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:38,128
Okay. Those guys
you just saw me say goodbye to?
564
00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:40,287
Lead council for the DOE.
565
00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:43,727
We just shook hands on a deal
that's been in the works
566
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,597
for a week, pay a fine,
567
00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:48,102
support some guidelines
they wanna enforce
568
00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:50,298
and that'll be that.
569
00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:53,842
It amounts to nothing.
So, whatever sob story
570
00:31:54,012 --> 00:31:57,175
that woman would present,
I didn't care.
571
00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,976
I've known this investigation's
going away for days.
572
00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:03,245
I'm sure you'll be able
to confirm that.
573
00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:08,581
Obviously, you know the way out.
574
00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:14,321
Oh, you're back.
575
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:16,865
Fairbridge University decided
to stop cooperating
576
00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:19,526
so Marcus and I have been
getting help from the DOE.
577
00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:23,800
Comparing registration and loan
records against their databases.
578
00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:27,604
It's gonna take some time.
Oh, how did it go with the haystack?
579
00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:30,373
Trager left me questioning
his motive.
580
00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:34,006
But I'm as convinced as ever
that he did have her killed.
581
00:32:34,185 --> 00:32:36,176
Other than that, one
of his diplomas is fake
582
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:39,812
and he's a hunter, so his lack
of empathy extends beyond bipeds.
583
00:32:39,991 --> 00:32:41,117
[DOOR BELL BUZZES]
584
00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:43,487
- Expecting someone?
- No.
585
00:32:43,661 --> 00:32:46,129
Perhaps I goaded Trager
in sending another assassin.
586
00:32:46,564 --> 00:32:48,691
- Seriously?
- Look on the bright side,
587
00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:51,835
if one of us survives,
we identified another needle.
588
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:09,047
It was true
what you said before,
589
00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:14,082
I should never have suspected
my own son.
590
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,885
I do know you.
591
00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:21,165
But in my defense,
it was not without reason.
592
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:27,230
I'd like to think we had grown
closer these last months
593
00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:31,000
to understanding
one another a little better.
594
00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:35,777
You remember where we were
two years ago,
595
00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:39,512
not to mention the decades
before that.
596
00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:44,378
My investigators located
a Paris cabbie
597
00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:47,388
who identified you
to a tee.
598
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:49,885
He said he'd had you
as a fare
599
00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:52,393
in the vicinity
on the night of the attack.
600
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,789
You were living in London at the time,
so it seemed plausible.
601
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,831
Yeah.
602
00:33:58,202 --> 00:33:59,191
Uh...
603
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:03,101
Do you think I'd have been as careless
as to allow a witness to identify me?
604
00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:06,801
I asked myself that question
and I concluded
605
00:34:07,011 --> 00:34:11,072
that he'd been bribed
to throw us off.
606
00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:13,709
Since recanted his tale, has he?
607
00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:17,143
He's proved impossible
to find again.
608
00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:20,415
Now, whether this means
that he's dead
609
00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:23,219
or simply vanished,
I can't say.
610
00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:26,591
But I urged my people
to move off you
611
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:29,824
as a suspect nonetheless.
612
00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:32,936
Lukas Muller just failed
to get that memo, did he?
613
00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:36,164
Lukas never believed
that I'd stopped suspecting you.
614
00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:39,275
He was convinced
it was just my way
615
00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:42,413
of sending the eyes
of the law elsewhere
616
00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:44,605
while I dealt with you.
617
00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:47,410
Recently, he threatened to tell
you as much.
618
00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:50,179
All right. So, then,
you threatened him back,
619
00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:52,413
that's why he was so afraid
of me?
620
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:57,653
It happened that my previous
Interpol contact was murdered,
621
00:34:58,062 --> 00:35:01,088
an agent
called Jasper De Clerq.
622
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:03,290
I told Lukas I was behind it.
623
00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:06,437
- But you weren't?
- No.
624
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,705
You'll understand if I find
your word on the matter
625
00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:11,933
less than reliable.
626
00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:16,573
Well, I hope you'll take
my word on this.
627
00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:20,882
As soon as I stopped
considering you as a suspect,
628
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,986
I realized how terrible
it was that I ever had.
629
00:35:25,189 --> 00:35:27,316
When I heard
about your relapse,
630
00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:31,155
I decided to arrange
an extended stay in New York,
631
00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:35,891
that it was time
to make things right between us.
632
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,598
And that was always
my only reason for coming.
633
00:35:41,339 --> 00:35:43,398
You've made it clear
634
00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:47,476
you'd like me to return
to London and so, I shall.
635
00:35:50,414 --> 00:35:52,678
I just wanted you to know.
636
00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:06,259
Are these your potential pool
of Trager's problem solvers?
637
00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:09,732
Call it a first swing. I focused
on people who live locally
638
00:36:09,901 --> 00:36:12,392
with records matching
the skills that he needed.
639
00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,632
Fairbridge students
who defaulted on their loans.
640
00:36:15,806 --> 00:36:18,240
Each packet contains
everything we've gathered,
641
00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:21,776
rap sheets, parole records,
loan histories from the DOE.
642
00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:25,074
I thought we'd look through them
and narrow them down from here.
643
00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:28,480
You've included Victor Nieves,
I see.
644
00:36:28,653 --> 00:36:30,985
Yeah, he's the only person
that we know for sure.
645
00:36:31,155 --> 00:36:33,180
So, I used him as a model
for the profile.
646
00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:35,951
The file that disappeared
from Lily Cooper's office
647
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,118
contained many
of these same faces,
648
00:36:38,296 --> 00:36:41,697
perhaps even Victor Nieves.
It's ironic.
649
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:44,460
If we're right, Lily and Trager
would have used
650
00:36:44,635 --> 00:36:48,264
much the same criteria,
one of them to help people,
651
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:51,273
and the other
to exploit them.
652
00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:05,784
Plaid is nice,
sudden urge to buy a throw?
653
00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:08,653
It's not plaid, it's tartan.
654
00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:12,159
I think this might be the key
to bringing down Wilson Trager.
655
00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:16,025
Projected demand
over the next five years
656
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,725
has us outgrowing several
of our satellite campuses.
657
00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:23,636
We're scouting facilities,
at least one or two will be new.
658
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,338
What the hell is that?
659
00:37:30,514 --> 00:37:31,503
[DOOR OPENS]
660
00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:33,149
SHERLOCK:
Uh, that's one of mine.
661
00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:35,376
Yeah, your calendar mentioned
this meeting.
662
00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:38,078
I took the liberty of preparing
my own slide show.
663
00:37:38,289 --> 00:37:40,519
It's gonna be
more illuminating, I promise.
664
00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:43,922
Yeah. May I? Thanks, thank you.
665
00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:46,723
Yes, the face before you
is Claudette Bailey,
666
00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:50,230
Fairbridge University,
class of 2012. Before that,
667
00:37:50,401 --> 00:37:53,427
she did 31 months for fraud
and destruction of property.
668
00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:57,472
When you sent her
to set fire to the inspector's office,
669
00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:59,041
she posed as cleaning crew
670
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:01,405
and disguised her accelerant
as floor cleaner.
671
00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:05,245
When I sent her? I have no idea
who that woman is.
672
00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:10,610
This is Joseph DeLuca.
He ran over a board member
673
00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:14,052
- in your co-op for you.
- All right, everyone out.
674
00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:16,420
I'm having you thrown out
for trespassing.
675
00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:19,062
Oh, security already knows
that we're here.
676
00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,755
Detective Bell is showing them
our warrant as we speak.
677
00:38:21,932 --> 00:38:23,991
We just didn't...
We didn't feel like waiting.
678
00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:28,229
Your staff deserved to know
who they're working for ASAP.
679
00:38:28,906 --> 00:38:31,636
Victor Nieves,
we've spoken about him,
680
00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:34,276
but now you have a face
to put to the name.
681
00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:37,472
Boyd Erlich,
who at your instruction
682
00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,980
strangled Lily Cooper
with his bare hands.
683
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:42,551
All right, this is...
This is wonderful theater.
684
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,711
Your imagination
is running wild
685
00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:47,050
but I can't be connected
to these people.
686
00:38:47,224 --> 00:38:49,488
You're wrong about that.
We figured out
687
00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:54,063
how you've chosen them
or who has been choosing them.
688
00:38:54,231 --> 00:38:56,665
The collections agent
who was assigned their loans.
689
00:38:56,867 --> 00:39:00,633
I noticed a photograph
of you hunting in Scotland.
690
00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:03,903
I recognized the tartan worn
by your companion
691
00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:07,476
as belonging to the Mackmains.
Judging the facial features,
692
00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:10,273
I took him to be a relative
of your wife. Later on,
693
00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:13,781
I noticed in Nieves' history
that his agent's name
694
00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:17,944
was Bradley Mackmain,
not a terribly common name.
695
00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:20,147
It was enough
to merit our attention.
696
00:39:20,324 --> 00:39:23,851
We checked and Bradley Mackmain
is your wife's nephew.
697
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,895
He picked the people to coerce
based on your instructions.
698
00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:30,199
That's why there was never
a trail leading back to you.
699
00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:32,767
You said that we were wrong
about why Lily Cooper
700
00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:35,599
was murdered
and you spoke the truth.
701
00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:38,936
It wasn't her case file would be
so damning in front of the DOE.
702
00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:41,476
It was that she had included
Victor Nieves.
703
00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:45,809
I noticed his defaulted loan
had started being paid again.
704
00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:48,213
Lily cared about Victor.
She was worried
705
00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:52,788
he'd gone back to robberies.
Started asking him for answers.
706
00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:57,894
She called Mackmain to confirm
but she wouldn't let it go,
707
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:01,964
- and she was getting close.
HOLMES: How do we know all of this?
708
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:06,797
The police had a conversation
with Bradley Mackmain.
709
00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:08,996
He seemed remarkably eager
to testify
710
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,971
against you
in exchange for a deal.
711
00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,236
BELL: Wilson Trager,
you're under arrest
712
00:40:14,445 --> 00:40:16,572
for murder of Dennis Hicks
and Lily Cooper.
713
00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:20,309
[BOARD MEMBERS
WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
714
00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:30,353
I was gonna order take out,
do you have any preferences?
715
00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:35,361
Oh, I didn't realize
someone else was here.
716
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:38,266
I wasn't.
717
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,370
[FOOTSTEPS]
718
00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:43,098
I take it that was your friend
from the mercenary group.
719
00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:45,242
You guys went another round?
720
00:40:45,409 --> 00:40:48,037
I needed some information
and she's able to provide it,
721
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:51,181
quid pro quo was in order.
Feel free to eat without me.
722
00:40:51,348 --> 00:40:53,612
There's somewhere
I need to be.
723
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,116
[SIGHS]
724
00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:06,820
Sherlock.
725
00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:10,494
Don't get the wrong idea,
I'm not here to stop you,
726
00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:12,966
I just came here
to give you this.
727
00:41:14,371 --> 00:41:17,204
I did some digging
about Jasper De Clerq.
728
00:41:17,775 --> 00:41:21,472
Don't look surprised.
I was clear about my mistrust.
729
00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:25,877
It turns out, what you told me
was not entirely true.
730
00:41:26,350 --> 00:41:28,511
I assure you, it was.
731
00:41:28,686 --> 00:41:30,779
You said you had nothing to do
with his death.
732
00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:33,014
But it had everything to do
with you.
733
00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:36,519
You'll find De Clerq's travel
and phone records
734
00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:38,719
in the weeks
leading up to the shooting.
735
00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:44,835
- You notice anything about them?
- Well, Tokyo for four days,
736
00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:49,299
and Riyadh, back to London.
737
00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:54,302
- He was everywhere I was.
- He was spying on you.
738
00:41:54,478 --> 00:41:58,608
Likely, keeping his eyes open
for a vulnerable moment.
739
00:41:59,049 --> 00:42:01,745
The timing of his murder,
just as your investigation
740
00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:05,218
was heating up, suggested he
was killed to tie up a loose end.
741
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,853
Whoever killed Sabine
then tried to kill me.
742
00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:12,389
De Clerq was working for them.
743
00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:13,587
[SIGHS]
744
00:42:15,165 --> 00:42:17,429
It's a new clue. Thank you, son.
745
00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:20,494
You said you were fed
a false lead
746
00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:22,662
to cast suspicion on me.
747
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,865
That is an affront
to my reputation.
748
00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:31,072
An offense which I cannot abide.
You stay, go, I don't care,
749
00:42:31,248 --> 00:42:33,876
but either way,
I'm gonna find and stop
750
00:42:34,051 --> 00:42:36,645
whoever tried to kill you.
751
00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:41,419
[SIGHS]
752
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Ripped & Corrected By mstoll