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Previously on "Major Crimes"...
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Last night, while traveling
home from a work session,
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my mother, Bonnie Pearl,
was assassinated in her car.
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BUZZ: Our, uh, primary suspect
was Erik Walsh.
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You think I was involved
because that bitch cost me
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everything I own.
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Stan is Bonnie's sole heir.
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My mother was a vicious, ruthless machine
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who'd destroy anything
and everything in her path.
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Aiden... he fired me
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and said I couldn't use him
as a reference.
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If I leave here today
without your signature
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and a check covering
two months of Gus's pay,
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you have no idea how ugly
this is going to get.
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Craig Curtis is the one
you should be investigating.
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CURTIS: We have a new location
opening in Hollywood tonight.
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Consider yourselves invited.
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For the past month,
there have been dozens
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of incoming calls about Tackles
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designated by the cities
"Burbank/Dallas SA"
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with no phone numbers listed.
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I think we found our Dallas.
And her name is Vanessa.
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[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
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Okay, what happened?
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Front door was unlocked when we got here.
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No sign of forced entry,
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but, as you can see,
her place was trashed.
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Another dead woman with links to Tackles.
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Kendall?
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KENDALL: She has slight
petechia and cyanosis.
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See the bluing of her eyelids and lips?
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To me, that suggests asphyxiation.
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Goes with this thin indentation
around her neck.
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SYKES: It was too thin for Vanessa
to have been strangled by hand,
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but a plastic bag could have done it.
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If someone were able to tie the bag
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around her head and hold it the...
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- Commander!
- Whoa!
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Are you okay?
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Yeah.
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I just, uh...
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I just needed to sit down.
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Buzz, Buzz, uh, let's get her some water.
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Uh, Nolan, uh, call Andy.
Tell him to come pick her up.
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- Yes, sir.
- No, I don't need anyone to pick me up.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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I am the incident commander,
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and I will not have you
collapsing in my crime scene.
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Now, you are overdoing it.
I will call paramedics.
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- They can be here in 10 minutes.
- T-This is nothing, Lieutenant.
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This is a reaction to the new medication
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my doctor put me on. Thank you, Buzz.
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Now, there are two coasters here.
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Are we thinking that Vanessa
sat down with her killer?
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- You don't have to do...
- PAIGE: That's my theory.
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And we found a blue stem from
a broken glass near the couch.
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As if her hand couldn't let go
of what it was holding.
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Shards of the same color blue
are in the victim's fist.
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BUZZ: Uh, she gripped the glass
with her left hand
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and the couch with her right.
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SHARON: Like she's glued in place.
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There's two coasters here.
Where is the other blue glass?
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I'll check the kitchen.
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Okay, okay. If Vanessa,
aka "Burbank/Dallas SA,"
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was being suffocated,
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why didn't she just drop the drink
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and then try to protect herself?
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SANCHEZ: Uh, her muscles tensed up, sir.
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Maybe another assailant held her down.
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Another phantom accomplice,
like Bonnie's second shooter?
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I don't believe that.
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Well, she has a router,
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but no laptop, notebook, iPad.
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The killer... took her devices?
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PAIGE: Couldn't find her wallet,
either, or her cell.
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Someone may have grabbed her purse, too.
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Again, just like Bonnie Pearl.
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Add to that pattern...
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Vanessa seemed unafraid of her killer.
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I mean, she served her murderer a drink.
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- Time of death?
- The body's in full rigor.
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Well, no shit, Sherlock.
She's stiff as a board.
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Uh, with liver temp,
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I'd say earlier...
between 11:00 and 3:00.
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TAO: Well, now we know
why she wasn't protesting
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in front of Tackles this evening.
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SHARON: If she died before
the restaurant's grand opening,
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then everyone who attended it
is still suspect.
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Uh, sir, Lieutenant Flynn
will be here in 10.
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Uh, did someone mention
the missing books?
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This table behind the sofa
looks like it had
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a complete row of books on it
until very recently.
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Missing books? What was
our killer trying to find?
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Or hide.
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Vanessa has four purple glasses
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and four green glasses, just like these.
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But I only found two blue ones
in the cupboard.
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Well, the third blue glass
broke in Vanessa's hand.
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The fourth one walked out
the front door with our killer.
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Your life is at stake,
you put up a fight.
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And Vanessa just sat there.
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Why?
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Because she was stunned... a lot.
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There are 15 areas on the back
of her body and neck
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where she was shocked by a stun gun.
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- Stun gun? Why is there no...
- But there are no burn marks.
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I was just about to say that, Cami.
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Oh, go ahead.
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Well, there's no reason
to say it now, is there?
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Why is there no physical
evidence of this stun gun?
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The newest stun guns don't leave marks
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above the skin's surface.
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We don't have the newest stun guns?
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Ours are about 10 years out-of-date.
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Technology advances faster
than the L.A.P.D.'s budget.
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Also [CLEARS THROAT] when I magnified
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this area of the victim's neck,
I found subcutaneous bruises,
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each exactly 1 1/2 inches apart...
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the same distance between
two prongs on a stun gun.
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Now, watch this.
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I got this from a deputy at County.
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See? It fits.
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And each time the stun gun was fired,
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the young lady's muscles contracted
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almost 20 times per second.
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So our murderer attacked Vanessa
from behind,
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managed to zap her
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while still getting
a plastic bag over her head.
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What a way to go,
especially if the killer
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was someone she trusted enough
to let in the house.
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Well, the murderer may have contacted her
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before dropping by.
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Her cellphone's missing,
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but we can still check
her incoming calls.
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Her texts, however...
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Let me talk to our intel guys,
see what they can find.
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Oh, and the last person I want
notified of Vanessa's death
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is her lawyer, Stan Pearl.
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No more impromptu press conferences.
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So, what now, Lieutenant?
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Well, we get the police
in Dover, Delaware,
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to notify her relatives,
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find out if they know something
that we don't...
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and then we talk to the rest
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ALEX: The last time
I saw Vanessa was with you.
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She said she was gonna protest
with us at Tackles last night,
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but, not surprisingly, she never showed.
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Why "not surprisingly"?
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Sh-She doesn't like that
kind of attention.
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We had to beg her to come
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to the press conference
at Bonnie's office.
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Also, it feels like
she's taking Bonnie's death
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harder than the rest of us.
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- She's not responding to our calls.
- Commander.
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How are you feeling?
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Much better, Lieutenant.
The extra rest helped.
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- Thank you.
- Yeah, you see?
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Sharon Raydor slept in,
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- and the world didn't implode.
- I mean, I get it,
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because her own family life
was so screwed up,
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and Bonnie was like a mom to her.
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- So, what does Alex have to say?
- Very tough, but very loving.
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- Not sure how she'll take it.
- Of course, the murder was so horrible,
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and we're all having trouble
wrapping our minds around it.
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Did Vanessa go back home to Dover?
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Is she dropping out of the suit?
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Uh, no.
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No, the reason why
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you haven't heard back from Vanessa is...
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No. No.
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[VOICE BREAKING] No, no, wait.
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We are very, very sorry.
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[SOBBING]
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Vanessa died yesterday at home.
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We found her last night around...
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Oh, my God.
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She finally did it? She killed herself?
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Why would assume
she committed suicide, ma'am?
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Because a little bit
before we were fired,
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she got really...
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really depressed. She had insomnia.
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The doctor ended up prescribing
her an antidepressant.
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And this one night,
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she ended up taking
all the pills at once.
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Vanessa Blaine attempted suicide?
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Okay, this is not a good surprise.
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We need to find out everything we can
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about what was going on in Vanessa's life
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right before she was fired.
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Well, Chief Mason's still working
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on getting cloud backups on her devices.
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Brin was living with her at the time
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and came home earlier than expected
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and ended up having to drag her
all the way to the E.R.
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Brin was Vanessa's roommate?
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[VOICE BREAKING] Yeah.
Well, no, not exactly.
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Brin couldn't afford a place of her own,
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so Vanessa agreed to put her up
for a while.
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Brin is Miss September.
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From the Tackles calendar. Right.
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FLYNN: She's not a suspect, is she?
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Do you murder a good friend
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just because she kicks you off the sofa?
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Or shoot your attorney
who's suing your ex-employer?
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Vanessa said she needed to be alone.
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Brin was angry that she had
to find someplace else to stay,
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but was even more worried
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that Vanessa would
try and hurt herself again.
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They had known each other before Tackles
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from this acting class
that they had taken together.
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TAO: Vanessa was an actress?
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Yeah, can you believe it...
A beautiful young girl
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moves to Los Angeles,
seeking her fame and fortune.
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Will wonders never cease?
Vanessa worried it would damage
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Here she is, Commander.
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Vanessa Blaine has one credit,
a TV movie...
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"Great White Shark Attack 4."
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They had to do number four
because "Shark Attack 3"
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left so much of the story up in the air.
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Vanessa was an aspiring
Hollywood actress.
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And who have we met in this case
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who has an interest in starlets?
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ERIK: I don't recognize her
at all, but, you know,
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these girls start
to blend together after a while.
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Why, what did this
Vanessa girl say about me?
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Well, not much these days.
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She died yesterday afternoon
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after someone used a stun gun
on her several times
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while holding a plastic bag
over her head.
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I g... I get why Erik Walsh
would kill Bonnie,
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but why Vanessa?
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You saw how he treated the actress
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in that viral video.
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He's a monster.
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Okay, so?
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So, we found your eBay account
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- with a list of movie props you sold.
- Yeah, to pay my damn rent.
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And you know what we found
on that list, Erik?
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Stun guns, just like the ones you used
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in your 2011 hit "Sudden Vengeance."
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Now, is it possible that you held on
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to one of those stun guns,
you know, as a keepsake?
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Guys, those stun guns are props, fakes.
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I would never let a live weapon
on a set while I was directing.
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Safety issues... my safety in particular.
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Yeah, well, since you're
in the business of storytelling,
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- we should probably check that.
- Look!
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I don't know this girl Vanessa.
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And you said she died when?
Yesterday afternoon?
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Because I was working all day
around maybe 300 people.
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Working where?
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West Hollywood, off Sunset.
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Can we get an address?
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Or a cross street?
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It's a Starbucks, okay?
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I can't afford an office.
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So I go there every day,
and I use their Wi-Fi
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to send e-mails to producers
and studio executives
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begging for one more chance,
even if it's just television.
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My barista, Theo, can vouch for me.
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He worked a double yesterday.
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Well, we'll make sure that
we chat with Theo.
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In the meantime, why don't you, uh...
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write it all down for us, Erik.
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PAIGE: If our former movie director
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really was at the office,
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then aren't we left with our suspects
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from the grand opening of Tackles?
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Who each had time to murder Vanessa,
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clean up, and head to Hollywood.
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Buzz, would you please review your film
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from the opening of Tackles last night?
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BUZZ: Sure.
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[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
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♪
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Other than a lot of chanting
from the protestors
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and a lot of ogling
from guys in the crowd,
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the only suspicious thing might be...
286
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these holsters,
which I didn't really notice
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- at the time.
- Is that a stun gun?
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Yeah, one of the new ones, too.
Doesn't leave a mark.
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PAIGE: These security goons at Tackles
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work directly for Craig Curtis?
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Yes, and they're definitely over 30.
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Amy and Cami, I think it's time
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to notify Mr. Curtis
about Vanessa Blaine's death
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and make sure he brings
a little security with him.
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Yes, Commander.
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♪
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[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
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GUS: Rusty.
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Hey, Andrea. Long time no see.
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- Were you expecting him?
- Yeah.
301
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Uh, this will only take a minute.
302
00:11:19,671 --> 00:11:21,739
Good, because you're on the clock.
303
00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,674
Excuse me.
304
00:11:23,775 --> 00:11:26,377
Uh, is Andrea pissed at me?
305
00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:29,947
- Well, I told her that we broke up.
- Oh, I...
306
00:11:30,048 --> 00:11:31,315
You told her why, too, I guess?
307
00:11:31,416 --> 00:11:33,217
Does everybody here just hate me now?
308
00:11:33,318 --> 00:11:34,352
No, not everyone.
309
00:11:34,453 --> 00:11:37,855
Look, I have something for you.
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This is yours.
311
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Inside is a great reference from Aiden
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and two months' severance pay.
313
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It's not as much as you could've
gotten in a lawsuit,
314
00:11:46,398 --> 00:11:48,666
but the recommendation will help
you to get a better job.
315
00:11:48,767 --> 00:11:51,302
And in the event that
a future employer calls,
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Aiden has agreed to speak about you
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in the most positive way possible.
318
00:11:55,073 --> 00:11:56,207
You went to talk to Aiden?
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00:11:56,308 --> 00:11:58,075
- About what?
- This.
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Gus, I talked to him about this,
obviously.
321
00:11:59,912 --> 00:12:01,112
- Oh, my God.
- Hey.
322
00:12:01,213 --> 00:12:04,615
What Aiden did to us was immoral,
323
00:12:04,716 --> 00:12:06,717
but what he did to you was illegal.
324
00:12:06,818 --> 00:12:10,888
No one can be fired for...
for not sleeping with the boss.
325
00:12:10,989 --> 00:12:13,491
And I said leave it alone.
I don't want to get paid for...
326
00:12:13,592 --> 00:12:14,992
Oh, man. This is embarrassing.
327
00:12:15,093 --> 00:12:16,928
Oh, so... so you'd...
you'd rather be struggling
328
00:12:17,029 --> 00:12:19,764
to pay your bills and waiting
tables at a diner, Gus?
329
00:12:19,789 --> 00:12:22,357
No, but I-I feel like I'm being
bought off for... for sex.
330
00:12:22,534 --> 00:12:25,487
- It's gross.
- Gross? Okay, well, just so you know,
331
00:12:25,524 --> 00:12:27,171
- when I was being bought off for sex...
- Rusty, that is not what I meant.
332
00:12:27,272 --> 00:12:29,040
...I never made 10 grand, ever.
333
00:12:29,141 --> 00:12:30,541
So if that's what this check is for,
334
00:12:30,566 --> 00:12:33,301
then that must've been
some spectacular sex, Gus.
335
00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,682
Look, if... if you won't
do it for yourself,
336
00:12:37,783 --> 00:12:40,751
do it for the other people
that Aiden treated this way.
337
00:12:40,852 --> 00:12:42,286
Other people? What other people?
338
00:12:42,387 --> 00:12:44,355
Oh, y-you think that you're the only guy
339
00:12:44,456 --> 00:12:45,823
that Aiden ever hired or promoted
340
00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:48,516
for reasons not related
to job performance?
341
00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:53,097
Aiden agreed to give you
the reference and the check
342
00:12:53,198 --> 00:12:54,565
because if you sued him, suddenly,
343
00:12:54,666 --> 00:12:56,634
a lot of other people just like you, Gus,
344
00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:58,402
would start coming forward,
and that would not...
345
00:12:58,503 --> 00:12:59,870
Stop. Just stop!
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00:12:59,972 --> 00:13:01,055
Stop.
347
00:13:02,473 --> 00:13:03,708
I get it.
348
00:13:03,809 --> 00:13:05,476
I was an idiot.
349
00:13:06,812 --> 00:13:09,680
And the answer you were
looking for before...
350
00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:11,439
was twice.
351
00:13:11,616 --> 00:13:13,784
I slept with Aiden twice.
352
00:13:15,687 --> 00:13:17,722
And t-t-the second time was only because
353
00:13:17,823 --> 00:13:19,657
I... I wasn't sure how to say "no."
354
00:13:19,758 --> 00:13:21,092
Yeah, well, it feels
like you couldn't say "no"
355
00:13:21,193 --> 00:13:23,194
the first time, either.
356
00:13:23,295 --> 00:13:26,564
♪
357
00:13:26,665 --> 00:13:27,865
I hope that recommendation
358
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helps to put your career back on track.
359
00:13:30,135 --> 00:13:32,103
♪
360
00:13:32,204 --> 00:13:34,238
[SIGHS] I'm sorry it upset you.
361
00:13:34,339 --> 00:13:36,140
I was never very good at
making you happy.
362
00:13:36,165 --> 00:13:37,666
[CHUCKLES]
363
00:13:38,176 --> 00:13:40,878
Anyway, I have to go. Excuse me.
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00:13:40,979 --> 00:13:45,950
♪
365
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MASON: We hit the jackpot.
366
00:13:47,719 --> 00:13:49,754
After my guys cracked Vanessa's
six-digit pin on her phone,
367
00:13:49,855 --> 00:13:51,956
they cloned her disk image
onto this device.
368
00:13:52,057 --> 00:13:53,858
Now we have access to all the victim's
369
00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:55,438
texts, calls, and photos.
370
00:13:55,463 --> 00:13:57,161
When did Vanessa last back up her phone?
371
00:13:57,262 --> 00:13:58,496
Three days before her murder.
372
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PROVENZA: Three days?
373
00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:02,833
That means that we won't have
any texts from the killer
374
00:14:02,934 --> 00:14:05,736
saying that he's gonna stop by
Vanessa's house.
375
00:14:05,837 --> 00:14:08,472
Probably not, but we got
a lot of back and forth
376
00:14:08,573 --> 00:14:10,007
between Vanessa and Bonnie Pearl.
377
00:14:10,108 --> 00:14:11,475
Sometimes Vanessa would even
378
00:14:11,576 --> 00:14:13,244
reach out to Bonnie
in the middle of the night.
379
00:14:13,345 --> 00:14:15,379
Vanessa had trouble sleeping.
380
00:14:15,556 --> 00:14:16,957
So she texted her attorney?
381
00:14:16,982 --> 00:14:18,582
SANCHEZ: Well, Alex Snow said that
382
00:14:18,683 --> 00:14:20,684
out of all the women involved
in the lawsuit
383
00:14:20,786 --> 00:14:22,920
that Vanessa was closest with Bonnie,
384
00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:24,646
even if they argued a little, ma'am.
385
00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:28,192
No, I think that
Bonnie Pearl was more of a...
386
00:14:28,293 --> 00:14:30,795
- maternal figure.
- Exactly.
387
00:14:30,820 --> 00:14:32,821
Every Wednesday morning
for the last two months,
388
00:14:32,998 --> 00:14:34,498
Bonnie would send Vanessa a text
389
00:14:34,599 --> 00:14:36,133
reminding her of her 4:00 appointment.
390
00:14:36,234 --> 00:14:40,137
"Don't forget about 4PM.
You're stronger than you think."
391
00:14:40,238 --> 00:14:42,173
And then a smiley-face emoji.
392
00:14:42,274 --> 00:14:43,808
Wow.
393
00:14:44,543 --> 00:14:46,644
Bonnie Pearl didn't seem
like the emoji type.
394
00:14:46,745 --> 00:14:48,479
"You're stronger than you think."
395
00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:49,747
Was Bonnie talking about
396
00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:51,816
the attempted suicide
or the lawsuit, ma'am?
397
00:14:51,917 --> 00:14:54,518
It's hard to say,
but where was Vanessa going
398
00:14:54,619 --> 00:14:56,487
every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.?
399
00:14:56,588 --> 00:14:58,789
If her cell's location services was on...
400
00:14:58,814 --> 00:15:00,291
- It was.
- Let's see what that tells us.
401
00:15:00,392 --> 00:15:01,826
Amy, were you able to convince
402
00:15:01,927 --> 00:15:03,828
Craig Curtis to speak with us again?
403
00:15:03,929 --> 00:15:06,363
He's getting a visitor's badge
downstairs with Cami
404
00:15:06,465 --> 00:15:08,532
and a massive security guy he calls Tick.
405
00:15:08,633 --> 00:15:11,702
Tick? I assume Tick is his given name.
406
00:15:11,803 --> 00:15:13,070
Unknown, but he was asked
407
00:15:13,171 --> 00:15:15,506
to surrender his stun gun
before coming upstairs.
408
00:15:15,607 --> 00:15:17,842
I held on to it for... safety reasons.
409
00:15:17,943 --> 00:15:20,911
We can call up morgue photos
and see if this fits the profile
410
00:15:21,012 --> 00:15:23,647
of the weapon used on Vanessa, ma'am.
411
00:15:23,824 --> 00:15:25,325
CURTIS: [SIGHS] This is beginning to feel
412
00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:26,851
like déjà vu, Detective Paige.
413
00:15:26,952 --> 00:15:29,086
What am I doing here again?
414
00:15:29,187 --> 00:15:32,256
You know, there are easier ways
to find out if a guy's into you.
415
00:15:32,357 --> 00:15:33,591
Like, do you have a card or something?
416
00:15:33,692 --> 00:15:36,393
- You're not my type.
- Oh, no? Why's that?
417
00:15:36,495 --> 00:15:38,796
- You're too far over 30.
- [LAUGHS]
418
00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:41,999
And a sense of humor, too.
Ooh, I love it.
419
00:15:47,148 --> 00:15:48,441
Hey.
420
00:15:48,466 --> 00:15:50,774
Oh, sorry, Tick.
You need to wait outside.
421
00:15:50,876 --> 00:15:53,777
But, uh, help yourself
to the break room next door.
422
00:15:53,879 --> 00:15:55,513
You have the right to remain silent...
423
00:15:55,614 --> 00:15:57,481
Commander, this stun gun
has a distance of...
424
00:15:57,582 --> 00:15:59,183
1 1/2 inches between prongs.
425
00:15:59,284 --> 00:16:01,752
PROVENZA: That's just like one
of the new stun guns
426
00:16:01,853 --> 00:16:03,554
that Morales showed us in the morgue.
427
00:16:03,655 --> 00:16:05,256
We'll need more than matching stun guns
428
00:16:05,281 --> 00:16:06,815
to connect Curtis to Vanessa's murder.
429
00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,054
- And Bonnie was shot in the head.
- Curtis could've hired
430
00:16:10,079 --> 00:16:12,302
this oversized dirt bag to off Vanessa.
431
00:16:12,631 --> 00:16:14,198
You mind telling me what this is about?
432
00:16:14,299 --> 00:16:16,300
The Miranda Warning shouldn't
make you feel special.
433
00:16:16,401 --> 00:16:18,135
We have to give it to everyone
who talks to us
434
00:16:18,236 --> 00:16:19,837
- in this building.
- RUSTY: Oh, my God.
435
00:16:19,938 --> 00:16:22,506
You guys lie to people
even when you don't need to.
436
00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:24,241
It centers us.
437
00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:26,119
We have bad news,
438
00:16:26,144 --> 00:16:28,245
and we, um,
wanted to inform you in person.
439
00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:29,756
Really? Bad news? What bad news?
440
00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:31,482
One of your former employees...
Vanessa...
441
00:16:31,507 --> 00:16:33,007
died yesterday afternoon.
442
00:16:33,185 --> 00:16:36,153
We found her after the grand
opening of your new restaurant.
443
00:16:36,254 --> 00:16:38,622
[SIGHS] Vanessa's d...
444
00:16:38,723 --> 00:16:40,357
What, was it suicide?
445
00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:43,827
Murdered... asphyxiated in her own home.
446
00:16:43,929 --> 00:16:45,696
Not before the killer used a stun gun
447
00:16:45,721 --> 00:16:47,555
15 times on Vanessa's body.
448
00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:49,381
Guess who we know who has access
449
00:16:49,406 --> 00:16:51,611
to as many stun guns as he wants.
450
00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:53,971
Oh, come o... W-Why would
I do something like that?!
451
00:16:54,072 --> 00:16:56,073
Because Stan Pearl told you
that he would reach
452
00:16:56,174 --> 00:16:57,808
a much better financial arrangement
453
00:16:57,909 --> 00:16:59,376
with Tackles than his mother ever would.
454
00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:01,545
And Vanessa refused to settle,
so let's ask ourselves,
455
00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:03,013
who benefits from both these murders?
456
00:17:03,038 --> 00:17:04,472
Okay, and then let's ask ourselves,
457
00:17:04,497 --> 00:17:06,326
where was I yesterday afternoon?
458
00:17:06,351 --> 00:17:08,085
Oh, that's right. The answer
is here, with you guys.
459
00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:10,411
Yeah, where were you before
that, between 11:00 and 3:00?
460
00:17:10,589 --> 00:17:12,132
[SCOFFS] I... I was
working out in the morning,
461
00:17:12,157 --> 00:17:13,924
and then I was getting ready
for my opening that night,
462
00:17:14,025 --> 00:17:16,060
so I had a two-hour pep talk
with Bill Landon.
463
00:17:16,161 --> 00:17:18,972
Dr. Bill Landon...
one of your top investors?
464
00:17:18,997 --> 00:17:20,297
Yeah, well, he's also my life coach.
465
00:17:20,398 --> 00:17:21,732
And yesterday, I needed a little help
466
00:17:21,757 --> 00:17:23,458
getting pumped up for the red carpet.
467
00:17:23,635 --> 00:17:25,536
I don't know if this is the exact weapon,
468
00:17:25,637 --> 00:17:27,938
but it matches up with
the one that attacked Vanessa.
469
00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:29,740
HOBBS: It's a circumstantial step.
470
00:17:29,917 --> 00:17:31,874
It's still a long way from murder.
471
00:17:31,899 --> 00:17:34,163
We need to confirm your session
with Dr. Landon himself.
472
00:17:34,188 --> 00:17:35,750
Yeah, well, good luck
getting ahold of him.
473
00:17:35,775 --> 00:17:37,508
He's doing a seminar in Salt Lake City.
474
00:17:37,609 --> 00:17:41,185
Commander, I think we found Vanessa
Blaine's weekly appointment.
475
00:17:41,286 --> 00:17:47,925
♪
476
00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:50,775
Every Wednesday afternoon
for the past two months,
477
00:17:50,809 --> 00:17:55,346
Vanessa shows up inside this
circle 12 miles from her house.
478
00:17:55,447 --> 00:17:57,515
Within here, we have a parking structure,
479
00:17:57,616 --> 00:18:00,652
a restaurant, a drug store,
and a medical building.
480
00:18:00,753 --> 00:18:04,589
Four stories of doctor's offices
occupied by two dermatologists,
481
00:18:04,614 --> 00:18:06,848
an ENT specialist,
an internist, a proctologist,
482
00:18:07,026 --> 00:18:10,228
a surgery/outpatient center,
and Dr. Jane Cross,
483
00:18:10,253 --> 00:18:13,655
a psychologist whose website
says she specializes
484
00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,748
in the after effects of sexual assault.
485
00:18:16,001 --> 00:18:17,535
Now, we checked with Dr. Cross's office,
486
00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,529
and they would not confirm
why Cross was seeing Vanessa.
487
00:18:20,706 --> 00:18:24,542
Ye Gods. She was raped.
488
00:18:24,643 --> 00:18:27,078
Maybe that's why Vanessa tried
to kill herself.
489
00:18:27,179 --> 00:18:29,747
And why she said that
no financial settlement
490
00:18:29,772 --> 00:18:30,839
would ever be enough.
491
00:18:31,016 --> 00:18:32,517
So if we accept this theory,
492
00:18:32,618 --> 00:18:34,852
how does it fit
with our pattern of facts?
493
00:18:34,953 --> 00:18:36,921
Well, it explains why Craig Curtis
494
00:18:36,946 --> 00:18:39,881
let a bunch of other women go
from Tackles all at once...
495
00:18:40,135 --> 00:18:41,502
to cover up what he'd done.
496
00:18:41,527 --> 00:18:42,560
Is there a police report
497
00:18:42,661 --> 00:18:45,229
- of this supposed sexual assault?
- Uh, no.
498
00:18:45,330 --> 00:18:47,832
Vanessa Blaine could've been
raped two years ago.
499
00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:50,101
Curtis can't be arrested on a theory.
500
00:18:50,126 --> 00:18:52,594
We just can't let this asshole
walk out of here.
501
00:18:52,847 --> 00:18:54,248
What other choice do we have?
502
00:18:54,273 --> 00:18:57,408
Craig Curtis might have raped
and murdered Vanessa,
503
00:18:57,509 --> 00:19:00,211
but all we can prove
is that he fired her.
504
00:19:00,236 --> 00:19:02,738
SHARON: Which, in itself,
is not an arrestable offense.
505
00:19:02,763 --> 00:19:04,897
But what we can do, starting now,
506
00:19:04,922 --> 00:19:08,158
is protect everyone else
involved in this lawsuit,
507
00:19:08,366 --> 00:19:10,100
including Vanessa's psychologist,
508
00:19:10,125 --> 00:19:14,570
who may very well know
the name of our rapist.
509
00:19:17,428 --> 00:19:18,828
SHARON: You sure I can't help?
510
00:19:18,929 --> 00:19:21,468
Not that you need any lessons.
511
00:19:21,569 --> 00:19:24,337
All you need to do is relax.
512
00:19:24,362 --> 00:19:25,896
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
513
00:19:27,709 --> 00:19:30,043
Why aren't you going to that
new specialist until Friday?
514
00:19:30,068 --> 00:19:32,736
Because my symptoms
have already gone away,
515
00:19:32,837 --> 00:19:34,471
- and it is less urgent...
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
516
00:19:34,572 --> 00:19:38,208
...than the dead body I have
in the morgue.
517
00:19:39,053 --> 00:19:40,262
What's going on there?
518
00:19:40,287 --> 00:19:43,656
Uh, well, uh, the prep is done.
519
00:19:43,681 --> 00:19:46,750
Now the lasagna just needs to bake.
520
00:19:46,851 --> 00:19:48,719
No, I mean your phone keeps ringing.
521
00:19:48,744 --> 00:19:51,612
You keep declining. Is it Gus?
522
00:19:51,789 --> 00:19:53,256
[SIGHS]
523
00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:55,058
You must be psychic.
524
00:19:55,159 --> 00:19:56,393
Yeah.
525
00:19:56,494 --> 00:19:58,995
I won my first settlement conference...
526
00:19:59,097 --> 00:20:00,430
- [GASPS]
- a severance pay
527
00:20:00,531 --> 00:20:02,833
and a letter of recommendation
for Gus from Aiden.
528
00:20:02,934 --> 00:20:04,401
And don't worry, I wasn't playing lawyer.
529
00:20:04,502 --> 00:20:05,902
Just bluffing like crazy
530
00:20:06,003 --> 00:20:09,806
while Aiden took a moment
to... consider his past.
531
00:20:09,907 --> 00:20:12,442
So Gus isn't the first person
he's done this to?
532
00:20:12,543 --> 00:20:13,677
Well, what are the odds?
533
00:20:13,778 --> 00:20:16,079
Anyway, after considering his options,
534
00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:18,181
Aiden signed a fantastic
535
00:20:18,282 --> 00:20:20,384
letter of recommendation, written by me,
536
00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:21,852
and two months' severance.
537
00:20:21,953 --> 00:20:24,888
When I gave it all to Gus,
he got mad at me.
538
00:20:25,333 --> 00:20:27,691
I'm sure that Gus will come around.
539
00:20:27,792 --> 00:20:29,086
Who cares?
540
00:20:29,594 --> 00:20:31,862
Um... look what came in the mail.
541
00:20:40,004 --> 00:20:41,938
♪
542
00:20:42,039 --> 00:20:43,240
[GASPS]
543
00:20:43,341 --> 00:20:44,975
Your college diploma.
544
00:20:45,076 --> 00:20:48,745
Your college diploma. Oh, my God, Rusty.
545
00:20:48,846 --> 00:20:51,515
- You did this in three years.
- [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
546
00:20:51,616 --> 00:20:55,485
I am [CHUCKLES] so proud of you.
547
00:20:55,586 --> 00:20:57,554
I never could have done it
without you, Mom.
548
00:20:57,655 --> 00:20:59,256
Hey, what's going on?
549
00:20:59,357 --> 00:21:01,291
♪
550
00:21:01,392 --> 00:21:02,826
Look.
551
00:21:04,996 --> 00:21:07,030
Oh, wow.
552
00:21:07,131 --> 00:21:08,331
Congratulations, kid.
553
00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:10,000
Thanks, Andy.
554
00:21:10,101 --> 00:21:12,035
[SNIFFLES]
555
00:21:12,136 --> 00:21:13,403
- Hey, Mom.
- Yeah.
556
00:21:13,504 --> 00:21:16,239
- Are you okay?
- Yes, I am incredibly okay.
557
00:21:16,340 --> 00:21:17,908
I'm, uh...
558
00:21:18,009 --> 00:21:19,910
[VOICE BREAKING] I'm so happy.
559
00:21:20,011 --> 00:21:22,579
This is everything that I wanted for you.
560
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,047
It's everything I dreamed about.
561
00:21:24,148 --> 00:21:26,116
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
562
00:21:26,217 --> 00:21:28,318
Don't apologize, Mom. I...
563
00:21:28,419 --> 00:21:29,686
I almost cried myself there, so...
564
00:21:29,787 --> 00:21:33,190
Hey, there's a lot going on.
565
00:21:33,291 --> 00:21:34,958
Now if we could just keep you safe...
566
00:21:35,059 --> 00:21:36,560
We'll keep him safe.
567
00:21:36,661 --> 00:21:38,895
As safe as a future attorney can be.
568
00:21:38,996 --> 00:21:40,664
Oh, my son, the lawyer.
569
00:21:40,765 --> 00:21:43,333
After three more years of work.
570
00:21:43,434 --> 00:21:45,535
Oh. Oh!
571
00:21:47,798 --> 00:21:49,963
Oh, my gosh.
572
00:21:53,711 --> 00:22:00,083
You know, I've never felt
this challenged and...
573
00:22:00,184 --> 00:22:03,086
this is the happiest I've...
574
00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:07,290
[VOICE BREAKING] I've ever
been in my entire life.
575
00:22:07,315 --> 00:22:08,442
I have...
576
00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:13,296
I have three children through college
577
00:22:13,397 --> 00:22:17,200
and a perfect husband.
578
00:22:17,301 --> 00:22:21,905
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
579
00:22:22,006 --> 00:22:23,840
Oh, Rusty.
580
00:22:25,995 --> 00:22:28,187
STAN: You guys just totally screwed me.
581
00:22:28,212 --> 00:22:30,113
Some of the girls are dropping
out of the lawsuit
582
00:22:30,214 --> 00:22:34,217
because you told them
they could be raped and killed?
583
00:22:34,318 --> 00:22:37,153
Are you deliberately trying
to destroy my whole case?
584
00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:41,391
We are already investigating
two murders related to Tackles.
585
00:22:41,492 --> 00:22:43,894
These young women need to be warned.
586
00:22:44,071 --> 00:22:46,806
Why the hell didn't you tell me Vanessa,
587
00:22:46,831 --> 00:22:49,666
my client for God's sake,
had be murdered?!
588
00:22:49,843 --> 00:22:51,711
Why didn't you tell us that Vanessa
589
00:22:51,736 --> 00:22:53,386
was the victim of a sexual assault?
590
00:22:53,487 --> 00:22:55,472
Because I didn't know until you started
591
00:22:55,497 --> 00:22:57,398
asking all these girls about it!
592
00:22:57,575 --> 00:22:58,875
Your mom knew.
593
00:22:58,976 --> 00:23:01,144
She was encouraging Vanessa
to get support.
594
00:23:01,245 --> 00:23:03,480
Well, Mom kept things from me.
595
00:23:03,581 --> 00:23:06,349
Always too busy jetting off
to God knows where
596
00:23:06,374 --> 00:23:08,409
to interview some nobody waitress.
597
00:23:08,662 --> 00:23:10,997
Any girl let go from Tackles
598
00:23:11,022 --> 00:23:13,300
- Any girl?
- These women were over 30.
599
00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,191
- His mother didn't teach him very well.
- Wasn't enough to call
600
00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:17,961
and ask if they'd like
to be included in the case.
601
00:23:18,062 --> 00:23:19,996
No, she had to look them in the eye.
602
00:23:20,021 --> 00:23:23,157
Stan, it is possible that Vanessa's rape
603
00:23:23,410 --> 00:23:24,967
caused her murder.
604
00:23:24,992 --> 00:23:27,103
That's why it is so important
605
00:23:27,128 --> 00:23:30,998
that we read all of Bonnie's
notes regarding Tackles.
606
00:23:31,175 --> 00:23:33,810
You guys honestly think
I'm gonna help you?
607
00:23:33,911 --> 00:23:37,061
[LAUGHS] A-After the way
I've been treated?
608
00:23:37,086 --> 00:23:38,481
Buzz?
609
00:23:38,659 --> 00:23:40,059
- I have news reporters following...
- Julio, the commander
610
00:23:40,084 --> 00:23:41,418
wants us to turn up the heat a little.
611
00:23:41,519 --> 00:23:43,386
...asking me if I offed my mother!
612
00:23:43,487 --> 00:23:45,455
Oh, maybe they're on
to something, Stanley.
613
00:23:45,556 --> 00:23:46,890
Where were you before the protest
614
00:23:46,991 --> 00:23:48,792
at the Hollywood Tackles opening?
615
00:23:48,893 --> 00:23:51,528
- I'm sorry?
- At your office? At lunch?
616
00:23:51,629 --> 00:23:53,229
Murdering Vanessa at her house? Where?
617
00:23:53,331 --> 00:23:55,966
Murdering Vanessa, what?!
Why would I do that?!
618
00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:58,868
Because Vanessa would
not come to terms with Craig,
619
00:23:58,893 --> 00:24:01,160
and Craig was not gonna pay anyone out
620
00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:03,640
until everyone agreed not to sue.
621
00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:06,352
Your mother even had a nickname
for her...
622
00:24:06,377 --> 00:24:08,011
"Burbank/Dallas SA."
623
00:24:08,112 --> 00:24:11,081
SA as in... settlement agreement?
624
00:24:11,182 --> 00:24:13,350
SANCHEZ: Vanessa blocked
your big pay day.
625
00:24:13,527 --> 00:24:14,894
She was never going to settle
626
00:24:14,919 --> 00:24:16,586
after being fired and then raped.
627
00:24:16,763 --> 00:24:19,031
You hid that from us
until you could kill her!
628
00:24:19,056 --> 00:24:21,691
That's bullshit, and you know it!
629
00:24:21,792 --> 00:24:24,461
I-I'm not a murderer or a rapist, either!
630
00:24:24,562 --> 00:24:26,949
Me, a rapist? [CHUCKLES]
631
00:24:27,565 --> 00:24:28,832
What happens to your civil case...
632
00:24:28,933 --> 00:24:30,400
- Commander?
- Yes?
633
00:24:30,501 --> 00:24:31,668
Dr. Cross, the psychologist
634
00:24:31,769 --> 00:24:33,203
who was treating Vanessa, is downstairs.
635
00:24:33,304 --> 00:24:34,492
Want me to go get her?
636
00:24:34,517 --> 00:24:37,307
Yes, please, Wes. Bring her to my office.
637
00:24:37,408 --> 00:24:40,210
in an illegible form of chicken scratch.
638
00:24:40,311 --> 00:24:41,978
I'll go to the firm and get them,
639
00:24:42,079 --> 00:24:43,546
- but what I find...
- No, no, no, no, no.
640
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:45,015
PROVENZA: You're not leaving our sight.
641
00:24:45,116 --> 00:24:47,984
Have your mother's notes
brought over here.
642
00:24:49,930 --> 00:24:51,921
Well, I need a phone.
643
00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,490
Please?
644
00:24:53,591 --> 00:24:57,427
God. It's so annoying.
645
00:24:57,528 --> 00:25:00,096
Why didn't Mom tell me about the rape?
646
00:25:00,273 --> 00:25:02,074
CROSS: Vanessa didn't
want anyone to know,
647
00:25:02,099 --> 00:25:04,434
and she had to be convinced
to come see me.
648
00:25:04,535 --> 00:25:06,569
Over the years, Bonnie used me to help
649
00:25:06,594 --> 00:25:10,129
with lots of sexual assault
cases from her practice.
650
00:25:10,307 --> 00:25:11,908
Bonnie...
651
00:25:14,078 --> 00:25:17,047
Bonnie was a great voice for women,
652
00:25:17,072 --> 00:25:20,040
and silencing her like this is a tragedy.
653
00:25:20,217 --> 00:25:21,451
It is.
654
00:25:21,552 --> 00:25:23,153
It really is.
655
00:25:23,330 --> 00:25:24,630
So, ordinarily,
656
00:25:24,655 --> 00:25:27,157
everything Vanessa told you
would be privileged,
657
00:25:27,334 --> 00:25:28,934
but since her murder...
658
00:25:28,959 --> 00:25:32,228
It's horrible. Horrible, horrible.
659
00:25:32,329 --> 00:25:35,413
If Vanessa opened up to you
during her recovery process,
660
00:25:35,438 --> 00:25:37,658
especially if she said anything
about her attacker,
661
00:25:37,683 --> 00:25:39,506
that could be extremely helpful.
662
00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:41,404
Though not necessarily admissible.
663
00:25:41,505 --> 00:25:44,908
You have to understand, the
attack was not very long ago,
664
00:25:45,009 --> 00:25:48,011
and she was in my support
group, not one-on-one therapy.
665
00:25:48,112 --> 00:25:50,113
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
- Some women need time
666
00:25:50,214 --> 00:25:52,248
to fully absorb what happened,
667
00:25:52,349 --> 00:25:54,918
especially when they knew their attacker
668
00:25:55,019 --> 00:25:57,353
and feel that they're somehow
partly to blame.
669
00:25:57,455 --> 00:25:59,089
So she knew her rapist by name?
670
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:02,258
Yes, but she never identified him.
671
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:03,993
Though she did finally agree
672
00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:06,329
to describe the details of her assault.
673
00:26:06,430 --> 00:26:07,841
Which were?
674
00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:11,034
She accepted an invitation from this man
675
00:26:11,059 --> 00:26:14,028
to join him in his hotel room
for a glass of wine,
676
00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:15,572
to watch the sunset.
677
00:26:15,673 --> 00:26:17,874
To her, it was
a spur-of-the-moment thing.
678
00:26:17,975 --> 00:26:19,976
When you say "spur of the moment,"
679
00:26:20,077 --> 00:26:21,911
did they just run into
each other by accident,
680
00:26:22,088 --> 00:26:23,989
or was this someone
she knew from Tackles,
681
00:26:24,014 --> 00:26:26,416
like a... a customer or a supervisor?
682
00:26:26,517 --> 00:26:28,084
All she said about her rapist
683
00:26:28,185 --> 00:26:30,386
was that this was a guy that she trusted,
684
00:26:30,488 --> 00:26:33,508
and there was no hint
of sexual advance beforehand.
685
00:26:33,533 --> 00:26:35,333
So Vanessa went up to his room...
686
00:26:35,358 --> 00:26:37,427
And before she finished
her glass of wine,
687
00:26:37,528 --> 00:26:39,562
she started to feel woozy.
688
00:26:39,663 --> 00:26:40,930
She was drugged?
689
00:26:41,031 --> 00:26:42,632
She didn't lose consciousness,
690
00:26:42,733 --> 00:26:45,001
but she had to lie down.
691
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,303
That's when he tied her up to the bed.
692
00:26:47,899 --> 00:26:48,814
God.
693
00:26:48,839 --> 00:26:52,175
He gagged her with a hand towel
and kept saying...
694
00:26:52,276 --> 00:26:55,245
"Trust me" over and over
695
00:26:55,681 --> 00:26:57,714
until he was done.
696
00:27:00,217 --> 00:27:01,818
And then what?
697
00:27:01,919 --> 00:27:04,120
Then he ordered her a taxi.
698
00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:07,590
And they say chivalry is dead.
699
00:27:07,691 --> 00:27:09,526
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
- What is it, Buzz?
700
00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:10,994
Bonnie Pearl's assistants are here
701
00:27:11,095 --> 00:27:13,296
with her notes and files...
two mail carts full.
702
00:27:13,397 --> 00:27:16,232
- I've heard enough.
- Yeah, me too. I'll help.
703
00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:17,567
[DOOR OPENS]
704
00:27:17,668 --> 00:27:19,235
Did Vanessa confide any of this
705
00:27:19,336 --> 00:27:22,057
to her friends after the fact
or call the police?
706
00:27:22,082 --> 00:27:23,215
No.
707
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,212
She thought because she worked
as a Tackles model,
708
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,642
the police would
think she was asking for it.
709
00:27:28,743 --> 00:27:30,010
I tried to convince her
710
00:27:30,111 --> 00:27:32,479
that a work wardrobe
never legitimizes rape,
711
00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:36,350
but like so many women
who suffer sexual assault,
712
00:27:36,451 --> 00:27:38,452
she internalized the trauma.
713
00:27:38,553 --> 00:27:42,155
So she didn't identify the guy,
but what about a description?
714
00:27:42,256 --> 00:27:44,524
Height, weight, race, hair color?
715
00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:45,592
No.
716
00:27:45,693 --> 00:27:46,727
The name of the hotel?
717
00:27:46,828 --> 00:27:48,095
I'm sorry.
718
00:27:48,196 --> 00:27:50,931
All I can say for sure
is that he was no stranger.
719
00:27:51,032 --> 00:27:53,800
As for what Bonnie knew, I have no idea.
720
00:27:53,901 --> 00:27:55,068
And we won't know, either,
721
00:27:55,169 --> 00:27:56,570
because Bonnie was shot in the face.
722
00:27:56,671 --> 00:27:59,940
Unless Bonnie, the lawyer,
wrote it all down somewhere.
723
00:28:00,041 --> 00:28:01,742
He tied Vanessa up.
724
00:28:01,843 --> 00:28:05,445
- He had rope with him in his hotel room.
- And drugs.
725
00:28:05,546 --> 00:28:08,248
Doesn't sound spontaneous to me.
726
00:28:08,349 --> 00:28:10,784
Well, we don't know the name
of our rapist,
727
00:28:10,885 --> 00:28:14,388
but he did give us
one identifying feature.
728
00:28:14,413 --> 00:28:16,080
And that would be?
729
00:28:16,491 --> 00:28:19,192
He is definitely not a beginner.
730
00:28:19,293 --> 00:28:25,232
♪
731
00:28:31,092 --> 00:28:33,526
I guess your phone is broken?
732
00:28:36,664 --> 00:28:39,432
I didn't answer your zillion
texts and calls
733
00:28:39,457 --> 00:28:41,258
because I'm mad and I was at work.
734
00:28:41,435 --> 00:28:43,603
Well, I just want to say
I-I'm sorry and thank you,
735
00:28:43,704 --> 00:28:46,406
and... and it's all clear now
what happened.
736
00:28:46,507 --> 00:28:48,541
And t-the recommendation
and the money will help,
737
00:28:48,642 --> 00:28:51,544
- a-and you didn't have to do all that.
- No, I did, Gus!
738
00:28:51,645 --> 00:28:53,580
Aiden destroyed my relationship,
739
00:28:53,681 --> 00:28:56,383
which was incredibly important to me.
740
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,160
He backed me into a corner...
741
00:28:58,185 --> 00:28:59,719
He didn't back you into a corner.
742
00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:02,322
He fully explained to you
why he was taking me to Napa.
743
00:29:02,423 --> 00:29:04,024
Oh, what, he said that to you?
744
00:29:04,049 --> 00:29:05,352
When he fired me.
745
00:29:06,527 --> 00:29:08,294
He said that you'd come by
to pick me up at work
746
00:29:08,319 --> 00:29:10,119
and that he'd dare you to tell me
747
00:29:10,297 --> 00:29:12,514
that the promotion was
only because he wanted to...
748
00:29:12,539 --> 00:29:13,735
you know...
749
00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:17,504
You just let me go knowing that?
750
00:29:17,529 --> 00:29:18,429
No, Gus...
751
00:29:18,454 --> 00:29:20,255
Without even, like, a heads up?
752
00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:22,842
If I were that important to you...
753
00:29:22,943 --> 00:29:25,211
- Was it, like, some kind of test?
- No, no, it wasn't a test.
754
00:29:25,236 --> 00:29:27,104
You were just... You were so...
755
00:29:27,129 --> 00:29:28,830
excited about Napa.
756
00:29:28,855 --> 00:29:30,823
And I... And yes, I-I behaved badly
757
00:29:30,848 --> 00:29:32,048
when you told me about the promotion.
758
00:29:32,073 --> 00:29:34,274
I just... I didn't want
to hurt your feelings.
759
00:29:34,755 --> 00:29:37,023
And this is better? Nothing?
760
00:29:37,048 --> 00:29:37,860
Nothing is better
761
00:29:37,885 --> 00:29:39,207
- than hurting my feeling?
- No. Gus...
762
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,693
- Now we have nothing!
- Look, here's the problem.
763
00:29:40,795 --> 00:29:43,797
The Gus that I knew... I love that guy.
764
00:29:43,822 --> 00:29:45,055
And... And...
765
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,848
You look like him and you sound like him,
766
00:29:46,873 --> 00:29:48,407
but you are not him,
767
00:29:48,736 --> 00:29:50,772
because the guy that I knew that...
768
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:52,587
Rusty...
769
00:29:52,612 --> 00:29:54,920
The guy that... the guy
that I thought I knew
770
00:29:54,945 --> 00:29:57,154
never would have hurt me like this.
771
00:29:58,813 --> 00:30:01,366
Rusty, I am that guy that you knew.
772
00:30:03,017 --> 00:30:04,620
And I love you, too.
773
00:30:06,114 --> 00:30:08,332
I promise, you can trust me,
but please...
774
00:30:10,258 --> 00:30:13,629
please... let's just try and fix this.
775
00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:18,232
♪
776
00:30:18,333 --> 00:30:20,267
Was Aiden the first time
you slept with someone else,
777
00:30:20,292 --> 00:30:22,888
or was it just the first time
you decided to tell me?
778
00:30:24,185 --> 00:30:26,933
How do I know that there aren't
10 more Aidens out there?
779
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:28,976
Or 20?
780
00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:32,079
♪
781
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:33,881
Oh, my God.
782
00:30:33,906 --> 00:30:36,608
See, I don't know how to trust you again.
783
00:30:36,633 --> 00:30:38,801
And here is...
here is the whole truth, Gus.
784
00:30:38,826 --> 00:30:42,395
If I could... I would forgive you.
785
00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:46,828
I just don't know how.
786
00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:56,503
♪
787
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:58,472
SYKES: I can't say this is
the start of a pattern,
788
00:30:58,573 --> 00:31:00,474
but back when he was playing
football in college,
789
00:31:00,575 --> 00:31:03,210
a cheerleader named Natalie Reed
accused Curtis
790
00:31:03,311 --> 00:31:05,880
and four of his fellow teammates
of gang rape.
791
00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:07,338
So our famous restaurateur
792
00:31:07,515 --> 00:31:10,050
also has experience in sexual assault.
793
00:31:10,075 --> 00:31:11,442
PAIGE: Natalie claimed the players
794
00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:13,787
slipped her some sort of drug
before the attack.
795
00:31:13,889 --> 00:31:16,123
Then how come we never heard of
this previous rape before?
796
00:31:16,148 --> 00:31:18,516
SANCHEZ: Uh, because
it wasn't prosecuted, sir,
797
00:31:18,693 --> 00:31:20,127
and it was kept out of the press.
798
00:31:20,152 --> 00:31:21,486
Curtis was about to win the Heisman.
799
00:31:21,663 --> 00:31:24,498
Which would make him not only an MVP,
800
00:31:24,599 --> 00:31:27,201
but, perhaps, a very famous alumnus,
801
00:31:27,226 --> 00:31:29,627
meaning millions of dollars
in future donations.
802
00:31:29,804 --> 00:31:32,406
NOLAN: I talked to the old defensive
coordinator for Craig's team
803
00:31:32,507 --> 00:31:35,976
who had... trouble with the way
things went down back then.
804
00:31:36,001 --> 00:31:37,302
And, according to Natalie's mom,
805
00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:39,179
who's still crying about it, by the way,
806
00:31:39,357 --> 00:31:40,690
her daughter ended up taking
807
00:31:40,715 --> 00:31:42,983
an $80,000 settlement from the school.
808
00:31:43,084 --> 00:31:45,719
To keep her from reporting
the assault to the police.
809
00:31:45,744 --> 00:31:46,878
SYKES: And buy her silence,
810
00:31:46,903 --> 00:31:48,403
and it worked, too... for a while.
811
00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,357
Until Natalie jumped off the center
812
00:31:50,382 --> 00:31:52,650
of Tampa's Skyway Bridge
three years later.
813
00:31:52,903 --> 00:31:54,070
And, unlike Vanessa's,
814
00:31:54,095 --> 00:31:56,163
this suicide attempt was a success.
815
00:31:56,264 --> 00:31:58,032
She did leave a note, though,
816
00:31:58,057 --> 00:32:00,658
accusing Craig Curtis
and his friends of rape.
817
00:32:00,683 --> 00:32:02,184
Her mother e-mailed us this.
818
00:32:02,316 --> 00:32:05,318
Curtis is good for these murders. He is.
819
00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:06,674
But can we prove it?
820
00:32:06,775 --> 00:32:09,009
Well, we may not have the exact stun gun
821
00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:10,978
or the weapon that murdered Bonnie,
822
00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:12,513
but her files will help.
823
00:32:12,614 --> 00:32:15,549
Bonnie had discovery requests
from fired waitresses
824
00:32:15,650 --> 00:32:17,584
from all of Craig Curtis's restaurants.
825
00:32:17,609 --> 00:32:20,377
And it turns out that Stan Pearl
was telling the truth.
826
00:32:20,555 --> 00:32:22,122
Bonnie Pearl traveled quite a bit
827
00:32:22,147 --> 00:32:23,548
over the last couple of months,
828
00:32:23,725 --> 00:32:26,026
visiting various cities
with Tackles restaurants.
829
00:32:26,127 --> 00:32:28,662
Yes, but was that
for her Tackles lawsuit,
830
00:32:28,763 --> 00:32:32,099
or was she trying to find out
who raped Vanessa Blaine?
831
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,034
Curtis was notified of her murder.
832
00:32:34,135 --> 00:32:35,602
Maybe we should see how he reacts
833
00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:37,438
to hearing about her sexual assault.
834
00:32:37,463 --> 00:32:38,529
Oh, I agree.
835
00:32:38,707 --> 00:32:41,275
But we may get more
of an unguarded response
836
00:32:41,376 --> 00:32:46,080
if we surprise Mr. Curtis
in his natural habitat.
837
00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:50,284
♪
838
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:53,020
[MID-TEMPO ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
839
00:32:53,121 --> 00:32:55,723
Aww. Hey, cutie. Welcome back to Tackles.
840
00:32:55,748 --> 00:32:57,215
Uh, hello, ma'am.
841
00:32:57,392 --> 00:33:00,094
"Ma'am"? So formal. I like it.
842
00:33:00,195 --> 00:33:01,462
You officers want the bar or a table?
843
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:03,897
We are so not hungry. Is Craig Curtis in?
844
00:33:03,999 --> 00:33:06,200
Oh, uh, Craig doesn't like
to talk to people when he's...
845
00:33:06,225 --> 00:33:08,426
We're L.A.P.D. We don't care
if he wants to talk with us.
846
00:33:08,603 --> 00:33:10,437
We want to talk with him. Understand?
847
00:33:10,538 --> 00:33:12,172
Wow, okay.
848
00:33:12,273 --> 00:33:14,742
[SCOFFS] No need to be rude.
849
00:33:17,612 --> 00:33:19,313
CURTIS: You guys know
about Vanessa's rape?
850
00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,714
That's... That's a surprise, actually.
851
00:33:20,815 --> 00:33:22,516
Oh, are we not supposed
to know about that?
852
00:33:22,617 --> 00:33:25,252
Like we weren't supposed to know
about Natalie Reed?
853
00:33:25,353 --> 00:33:26,520
Oh, come on. That...
854
00:33:26,621 --> 00:33:28,055
You have any idea how long ago that was?
855
00:33:28,156 --> 00:33:29,323
Yes, and in case you were wondering
856
00:33:29,424 --> 00:33:30,958
about Natalie, she's still dead.
857
00:33:31,059 --> 00:33:32,993
You mention Natalie Reed again,
this conversation is over.
858
00:33:33,018 --> 00:33:35,153
You want to talk about Vanessa, fine.
859
00:33:35,330 --> 00:33:37,431
Yeah, she called me
right after it happened.
860
00:33:37,456 --> 00:33:39,157
She was... Well, she was drugged.
861
00:33:39,182 --> 00:33:40,282
She was scared out of her mind.
862
00:33:40,535 --> 00:33:42,036
Why would she contact you?
863
00:33:42,061 --> 00:33:43,194
Because I just told you, she was scared.
864
00:33:43,371 --> 00:33:44,605
She wanted me to protect her.
865
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:46,097
You know that taking care of these girls
866
00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:47,274
is a serious part of my job.
867
00:33:47,299 --> 00:33:48,399
Until they turn 30.
868
00:33:48,652 --> 00:33:49,853
When'd you get this call from Vanessa?
869
00:33:49,878 --> 00:33:51,979
- Can you put a date to it?
- [SCOFFS] Yeah.
870
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,580
Was part of taking care of Vanessa
871
00:33:53,681 --> 00:33:55,482
- firing her a month later?
- Her contract expired.
872
00:33:55,583 --> 00:33:56,950
I couldn't make an exception for her
873
00:33:56,975 --> 00:33:58,208
without causing a bigger headache.
874
00:33:58,233 --> 00:34:00,268
- Who raped her?
- You know, she wouldn't say.
875
00:34:00,522 --> 00:34:02,456
Probably because she knew
I would do something to the guy.
876
00:34:02,557 --> 00:34:05,692
Here. It was, uh, the 19th, 11:27 p.m.
877
00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:07,594
I'm sitting on the tarmac,
flying back from Vegas,
878
00:34:07,695 --> 00:34:09,396
she calls me, she's crying so hard,
879
00:34:09,421 --> 00:34:11,041
- I could barely understand her.
- Mm, is that what you said
880
00:34:11,066 --> 00:34:12,766
after you and your friends
gang-raped Natalie?
881
00:34:12,867 --> 00:34:14,089
All right, you know,
shut your mouth, bitch!
882
00:34:14,114 --> 00:34:15,771
You don't know what the hell
you're talking about!
883
00:34:15,796 --> 00:34:16,818
- Sit down right now.
- No, no, no, no, no.
884
00:34:16,848 --> 00:34:18,768
It's okay, Wes.
Let the big man hit the girl.
885
00:34:18,793 --> 00:34:19,747
Go for it, asshole.
886
00:34:19,772 --> 00:34:21,260
You're gonna talk to me
like that in my place, huh?
887
00:34:21,285 --> 00:34:23,625
For the last time, sit down.
888
00:34:23,778 --> 00:34:28,649
♪
889
00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:30,084
Hey, what the hell's going on?
890
00:34:30,109 --> 00:34:31,418
Drop your weapon!
891
00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:33,253
You sit your ass down.
892
00:34:33,354 --> 00:34:36,557
♪
893
00:34:37,058 --> 00:34:40,260
Back up. Back it up.
894
00:34:40,361 --> 00:34:42,529
I never raped anyone in my life!
895
00:34:42,630 --> 00:34:43,840
And I didn't kill Vanessa, either.
896
00:34:43,865 --> 00:34:45,399
You know, I do have an alibi
for that day.
897
00:34:45,424 --> 00:34:46,958
Ask Bill Landon. He'll back me up.
898
00:34:47,135 --> 00:34:49,403
Mm, your friend Dr. Landon's a
little hard to get on the phone.
899
00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:51,705
Yeah, maybe you could help us find him.
900
00:34:52,574 --> 00:34:54,308
I'm sorry it's taken me a while
to get back to you.
901
00:34:54,409 --> 00:34:55,909
I was holding a seminar in Salt Lake,
902
00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:57,744
then a full-day retreat in Santa Barbara,
903
00:34:57,846 --> 00:34:59,480
and now we're off to
one of Vicky's charity galas.
904
00:34:59,657 --> 00:35:00,857
We fight for animal rights
905
00:35:00,882 --> 00:35:02,483
because they can't fight for themselves.
906
00:35:02,584 --> 00:35:04,318
She'll be feeding us to a pack
of rescue dogs
907
00:35:04,419 --> 00:35:06,453
if we're not done in five minutes.
908
00:35:07,589 --> 00:35:10,424
We understand your time
is precious, Dr. Landon.
909
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:11,992
Oh, everyone's time is
precious, Commander.
910
00:35:12,093 --> 00:35:13,894
It's one of the things we teach
in the Landon Method.
911
00:35:13,995 --> 00:35:16,330
Do you have somewhere my wife
and son can wait while we chat?
912
00:35:16,355 --> 00:35:17,655
Oh, right through here.
913
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,014
Dad, don't over-explain.
914
00:35:19,267 --> 00:35:21,568
- We need to wrap this up in two minutes.
- I heard five.
915
00:35:21,669 --> 00:35:23,871
Seth is right.
This is not a workshop, Bill.
916
00:35:23,972 --> 00:35:26,573
[CHUCKLES] Sorry.
917
00:35:26,598 --> 00:35:27,532
Oh!
918
00:35:27,709 --> 00:35:30,043
See, Seth, uh, manages my schedule.
919
00:35:30,145 --> 00:35:32,212
And then Vicky makes sure that
any attempts at being profound
920
00:35:32,313 --> 00:35:34,148
only occur in front of a paying audience.
921
00:35:34,249 --> 00:35:35,782
It's wonderful, though, don't you think?
922
00:35:35,807 --> 00:35:36,873
Working with your family?
923
00:35:37,051 --> 00:35:39,620
Oh, yeah, mostly.
But, uh, this is one detail
924
00:35:39,645 --> 00:35:41,779
in which they can both remain uninvolved.
925
00:35:41,956 --> 00:35:44,625
So, you'd like to know
if Craig was really with me
926
00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:47,060
on the afternoon the young woman
from Tackles was murdered?
927
00:35:47,085 --> 00:35:48,585
Yeah, that would be helpful.
928
00:35:48,763 --> 00:35:50,264
Well, short answer is "yes."
929
00:35:50,365 --> 00:35:52,399
I had a roughly two-hour talk with Craig,
930
00:35:52,424 --> 00:35:54,492
helping him release expectations.
931
00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:57,806
Let me explain. See...
932
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,974
when Craig first came to me,
he was depressed,
933
00:36:01,075 --> 00:36:03,777
suffering from an injury
that not only ended his career,
934
00:36:03,802 --> 00:36:06,104
but destroyed the life
he'd planned to live.
935
00:36:06,281 --> 00:36:08,815
Oh, and this guy planned, practiced,
936
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:11,518
sacrificed for a dream
he'd cherished from childhood.
937
00:36:11,619 --> 00:36:14,655
And this incredibly human ability
938
00:36:14,756 --> 00:36:18,525
to see beyond the curve,
like, to look ahead of today,
939
00:36:18,626 --> 00:36:20,694
well, that can morph from
one of our greatest strength
940
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,888
into a debilitating weakness, and why?
941
00:36:24,065 --> 00:36:26,400
Well, because very often,
we arrive at the future,
942
00:36:26,425 --> 00:36:29,627
only to discover that, uh,
it just isn't there.
943
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,514
That instead, we've entered a space
944
00:36:31,539 --> 00:36:34,341
where no amount of planning,
no sacrifice,
945
00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:37,544
no hope will manifest our expectations.
946
00:36:37,645 --> 00:36:42,849
And in this situation,
we must adapt, adapt, adapt,
947
00:36:42,951 --> 00:36:45,852
and find another way to love our lives.
948
00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:48,455
There is no goal greater than this.
949
00:36:48,556 --> 00:36:50,624
Love your life right now.
950
00:36:51,026 --> 00:36:54,528
Which just happens to be
the name of my new book.
951
00:36:54,629 --> 00:36:56,656
I'm gonna leave a copy with you.
952
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,433
"Love Your Life Right Now."
953
00:36:59,610 --> 00:37:02,278
Available next week on Amazon
and in bookstores.
954
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:04,638
PAIGE: So, after he lost
his football career,
955
00:37:04,663 --> 00:37:06,631
you helped Craig love his life
956
00:37:06,884 --> 00:37:08,885
by opening a tits-and-ass restaurant?
957
00:37:08,910 --> 00:37:10,410
I don't create dreams, Detective.
958
00:37:10,511 --> 00:37:11,878
I just turn them into reality.
959
00:37:11,903 --> 00:37:13,937
You know, you'd be surprised
how often people let
960
00:37:14,115 --> 00:37:18,218
unidentified, misdirected anger,
resentment,
961
00:37:18,243 --> 00:37:20,578
and, yes, fear ruin their lives.
962
00:37:20,603 --> 00:37:23,338
What did Craig have to be afraid
of, if he's so innocent?
963
00:37:23,591 --> 00:37:25,425
Well, fear of the lawsuit, of course,
964
00:37:25,526 --> 00:37:26,860
fear of failure,
965
00:37:26,961 --> 00:37:28,462
fear of the harsh judgment of others.
966
00:37:28,487 --> 00:37:29,687
Harsh judgment? From what?
967
00:37:29,864 --> 00:37:31,498
Letting young women go from a job
968
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:33,033
just 'cause they hit 30, that's, uh...
969
00:37:33,134 --> 00:37:34,534
it's right on Craig's brand,
970
00:37:34,636 --> 00:37:37,437
but from a human standpoint,
it's hardly endearing.
971
00:37:37,538 --> 00:37:38,839
[SIGHS] Bill! [CHUCKLES]
972
00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:41,408
Are you talking alibis or the Method?
973
00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:43,944
Those Galápagos penguins
aren't gonna save themselves.
974
00:37:44,045 --> 00:37:45,646
And part of loving my life
975
00:37:45,747 --> 00:37:47,214
is keeping my spouse happy right now.
976
00:37:47,315 --> 00:37:48,882
[CHUCKLING] So anything else?
977
00:37:48,907 --> 00:37:49,907
Doctor, when's your next
978
00:37:50,084 --> 00:37:51,785
intensive seminar in Los Angeles?
979
00:37:51,886 --> 00:37:54,154
Later this week.
You can register on our website.
980
00:37:54,255 --> 00:37:56,690
And feel free to pass
those around if you want to.
981
00:37:56,791 --> 00:37:59,693
We'll call you if we have
any more questions, sir.
982
00:37:59,794 --> 00:38:00,927
Lieutenant?
983
00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:03,864
Questions such as
the long-term effects of guilt.
984
00:38:03,965 --> 00:38:06,433
- Oh, I could talk about guilt for hours.
- Oh, no, no.
985
00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:09,236
Well, I specialize a bit in guilt myself.
986
00:38:09,337 --> 00:38:10,470
Oh, right through here.
987
00:38:10,571 --> 00:38:11,738
Are you really gonna pay good money
988
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:13,273
to hear this guy talk all day?
989
00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:16,576
No, I just want to make sure
he'll be around if we need him.
990
00:38:17,070 --> 00:38:18,979
We found something. Buzz?
991
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,581
I'm working on it. I'm working on it.
992
00:38:21,683 --> 00:38:23,684
- See?
- Thank you. Okay.
993
00:38:23,709 --> 00:38:26,577
This is a map of
all 15 Tackles locations.
994
00:38:26,754 --> 00:38:28,689
Now, the receipts that Buzz and I found
995
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:30,657
confirm that over the past two months,
996
00:38:30,758 --> 00:38:34,328
Bonnie traveled to every single
one of these cities.
997
00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:35,786
Looking through Bonnie's files,
998
00:38:35,811 --> 00:38:39,514
we didn't find any actual names
of women she spoke to,
999
00:38:39,767 --> 00:38:42,969
but we did discover
three more double cities
1000
00:38:42,994 --> 00:38:45,762
with the initials "S.A."
scribbled by them.
1001
00:38:45,787 --> 00:38:49,356
As in "Burbank/Dallas SA,"
a.k.a. Vanessa Blaine.
1002
00:38:49,610 --> 00:38:52,179
Yes, ma'am, but no real
phone numbers or names.
1003
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,514
But there is a San Diego/Miami SA,
1004
00:38:54,615 --> 00:38:58,585
an Indianapolis/Tampa SA,
and a Las Vegas/Atlanta SA.
1005
00:38:58,686 --> 00:39:01,355
"S.A." doesn't stand
for "settlement agreement."
1006
00:39:01,456 --> 00:39:03,023
It stands for "sexual assault."
1007
00:39:03,124 --> 00:39:05,225
That would explain
why Bonnie didn't write down
1008
00:39:05,326 --> 00:39:07,828
Vanessa's name or phone number
in her call logs, too.
1009
00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:10,664
She wanted to keep
the sexual assault quiet
1010
00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:12,999
until she'd found other victims.
1011
00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,869
Because Vanessa's rapist was,
1012
00:39:15,970 --> 00:39:18,638
- obviously, very experienced.
- Oh, my God.
1013
00:39:18,740 --> 00:39:20,140
Bonnie and Vanessa weren't killed
1014
00:39:20,241 --> 00:39:22,642
because they were
suing Craig Curtis for damages.
1015
00:39:22,744 --> 00:39:23,944
No, they were murdered
1016
00:39:23,969 --> 00:39:26,837
to conceal a pattern of sexual assault.
1017
00:39:27,014 --> 00:39:29,149
And we need to identify
all these other women
1018
00:39:29,174 --> 00:39:32,009
before they end up dead, too.
1019
00:39:32,186 --> 00:39:34,788
♪
1020
00:39:35,629 --> 00:39:37,263
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
1021
00:39:37,364 --> 00:39:42,868
♪
1022
00:39:44,211 --> 00:39:45,311
Are you feeling light-headed again?
1023
00:39:45,412 --> 00:39:46,645
No, I'm fine. It's just...
1024
00:39:46,746 --> 00:39:49,415
I-It's just what? Y-You can tell me.
1025
00:39:49,516 --> 00:39:52,985
I-I can't believe I'm saying this, but...
1026
00:39:53,010 --> 00:39:55,445
And I know it's a lot to ask...
1027
00:39:55,622 --> 00:39:57,323
But if anything were to happen...
1028
00:39:57,424 --> 00:39:59,058
Sharon, nothing is gonna happen.
1029
00:39:59,083 --> 00:40:02,485
No, I know. But I-I need to say this.
1030
00:40:02,662 --> 00:40:05,264
If anything were to happen, please,
1031
00:40:05,365 --> 00:40:08,734
please look after my children.
1032
00:40:08,759 --> 00:40:10,293
Of course.
1033
00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:13,072
But y-you're gonna be here.
1034
00:40:13,173 --> 00:40:17,776
But if I'm not, if something bad
were to happen...
1035
00:40:17,801 --> 00:40:19,435
Look, remember,
1036
00:40:19,613 --> 00:40:22,615
my own ticker isn't what it used to be.
1037
00:40:27,654 --> 00:40:30,322
We'll be... two injured hearts
1038
00:40:30,347 --> 00:40:31,781
- beating as one.
- [LAUGHS] Oh, God.
1039
00:40:31,806 --> 00:40:35,309
That sounds like a...
a bad country-western song.
1040
00:40:35,562 --> 00:40:38,297
Look, the kids will be fine. I promise.
1041
00:40:38,322 --> 00:40:40,256
- How did I get so lucky?
- [LAUGHS]
1042
00:40:40,281 --> 00:40:42,616
I think because
you finally gave in, really.
1043
00:40:42,869 --> 00:40:46,005
♪
1044
00:40:46,106 --> 00:40:47,387
What?
1045
00:40:48,909 --> 00:40:50,609
I've been so happy in my life,
1046
00:40:50,634 --> 00:40:53,236
but walking through that door to see
1047
00:40:53,261 --> 00:40:56,229
yet another doctor
could change everything.
1048
00:40:57,217 --> 00:40:58,951
Not everything.
1049
00:40:59,052 --> 00:41:01,045
♪
1050
00:41:01,070 --> 00:41:02,902
Never everything.
1051
00:41:04,524 --> 00:41:05,824
[SOFTLY] Okay.
1052
00:41:05,926 --> 00:41:13,866
♪
1053
00:41:13,868 --> 00:41:22,741
♪