King (2011) s01e06 Episode Script

- Previously on King: Don't you just hate paramilitary organizations, the whole chain of command thing? Who needs a baby when you got yourself a lapdog, huh? - He's drunk, I'm driving him home.
- He had one job.
- Protect my daughter.
- I'm sorry.
Maybe we should hold up on that kid thing.
Maybe.
Detective Hurston? Chief.
It's pretty much under control here, sir.
If you think that's necessary.
Yes, sir.
- Somebody get that rabbit! - Come on, li'l guy, come here.
Danny? Danny? Jessica King? Detective Charlie Hurston.
I'm at the university.
Got a slashed throat in the bio-chem lab.
Chief wants you on it.
- Your team having a problem? - No.
Not really.
- So, why would he? - No idea.
Uh, ok.
I'll take a look at the file when I come in.
- No, chief wants you on the scene.
Like now.
I'd really hate to lose this one, Jess.
Nice change from gang shootings.
We got blood, we got rabbits and broken glass.
Like a good ol' fashioned mystery.
- Making me tingly, Charlie.
- Bring your boots.
Danny? - Lowell? - Jess? What? Jess Glad you didn't have your gun on you.
Sorry.
The stranger in a dark house makes a gal a little edgy.
- Bathroom? - Straight back.
Thanks.
I'm so sorry, Jess.
I didn't We were shooting cards after work and uh, Jimmy had a few and I didn't think he should drive across town.
I told him he could crash here.
Coulda called.
- What are you doing dressed so early? - Chief threw me a murder.
- What's on the pizza? - It's veggie.
- Danny.
- What? Pizza's a meat thing.
Vegetables, they're just there for show.
Like filters on cigarettes.
What kinda stakes you guys playing for these days? It's a flash roll from work.
Setting up a gun deal.
It's a flash roll.
Yeah.
For work.
Setting up a gun deal.
I didn't ask you what it was, Danny.
I asked what stakes you're playing for these days.
Same stakes as always, Jess.
- Meaning? - Meaning I was all in on the last pot and got rivered for $73.
Starving.
Wrap these up for me, 'kay? - Sure.
- Gotta get my murder boots.
Jessica King! Since when do we do a straight up homicide? Since the chief wants us to.
Since we pissed him off on Seymour Keegan, that's when.
How drunk are you? Not very.
Not very at all.
Got a call at 5 am, I was up.
- What else would I be doing? - Sleeping with your wife? Yeah, maybe in the '90s.
Ok.
Look.
Just keep your mouth shut.
Don't want anyone getting a whiff of just whatever.
I'll do the talking.
Oh, that'll be different.
Celebrating or self-medicating? The wife is filing for a divorce.
Says I already bailed on her, she's just making it official.
Got a kid I haven't seen in 15 years.
Now I get to do it again with the second batch.
- Detective sergeant Jessica King? - Yes.
Dr.
Robert Taft.
President of the University.
Detective sergeant Derek Spears.
I'm encouraged that your department is making this case a priority.
Well, we're encouraged you're encouraged.
Dr.
Taft, homicide has the case, we're here for support.
- But Paul assured me - Paul? Chief Graci.
He assured me you were taking the lead in this case.
Well, we'll see.
Is the crime scene down this way? Hm, hm.
A hate crime would cause terrible repercussions on the campus.
What makes you think this is a hate crime, Dr.
Taft? A Muslim man has had his throat slashed.
How do you know he's had his throat slashed, sir? Campus security called me.
There's not much goes on here without me knowing about it.
The victim was Ahmad Khan.
A brilliant member of our biochemistry faculty.
I'll need a list of that faculty, Spears.
We've had a few campus incidents, - racial in nature.
- Anything involving Mr.
Khan? - Not to my knowledge.
- Where were you last night? At a banquet.
A fundraiser for the university.
With 200 people.
I'll need to be informed of any developments in this case Generally, we don't release information until we've completed the initial investigation.
- Certainly, to the public.
- You are the public, sir.
Just a little better dressed.
Call MK and Collier.
Get them to locate the next of kin, and find out what "controversies" Taft was going on about.
You don't need me in there? No.
Find some gum, drink some coffee and don't breathe on anyone important.
What about Taft? He's important.
He's self-important.
That's a big difference.
- He knows the chief.
- Clubby bastards.
He's on the police services board.
- Taft? - Yeah.
Thought you knew.
- Taft is the boss' boss? - One of them.
He's on the board.
That explains why graci dragged us out of bed.
Or the bar.
Or wherever.
Ok.
1st day of the rest of my life.
Top of the mornin', to ya.
One cut.
Severed the carotid.
Staggered around as he bled to death, from the looks of the pattern.
What a mess Rabbits tracked through the blood.
Like something out of water-ship down.
Hum we had to double some of them up when we put them back in the cages.
- You know what that means.
- More rabbits.
Yeah and then wars, police states, dystopian bunny farms.
- Murder weapon? - Take your pick.
What about these boot prints? Uniforms chasing rabbits, mostly.
Early stages of rigor.
What d'you figure time of death, - between 8 pm and midnight? - Yeah.
No defense wounds.
Maybe our killer came in close, struck our guy before he knew what happened.
Either way this mess happened after his throat was cut.
Any Bible verses written in blood? - Nope.
- Copies of the Koran - desecrated? - Not so far.
University president thinks this is a hate crime.
Most murders are.
What about records for the key card lock? - Yeah, I'm on it.
- So, who found the body? Jeffrey Denmers.
Campus security.
What time did you discover the body, Jeffrey? Huh like 1:30 in the morning? The time will be on the key card log and the 9-1-1 call.
Was he breathing? Did he move at all? There was blood everywhere.
He was dead.
How'd you cut yourself? I don't know.
I went to check his pulse there was glass on the floor It's all kind of a blur.
Is that your blood? I guess.
I don't know.
Are you a homicide Detective? Sometimes.
Major crimes task force.
- How do you get used to it? - You don't.
Hey.
We need his clothes, pictures of the cut on his hand.
And a blood sample, ok? Hey, you guys got a mint, gum? Anything? - - Hey, Collier.
School records, they've got a sister Anusheh Khan - listed as next of kin.
- Ok.
You and MK can do the funeral call.
- Oh, ah - What? Well, I've never done that.
First time for everything, Collier.
Don't give any details.
Tell her you're sorry for her loss.
Then find out what she knows.
Gotta go.
There's a woman who wants to get into the lab.
I'm Detective sergeant Jessica King.
Can I help you? It's not true is it? He's not? - Do you work in the lab? Ms.
? - Dr.
Annette Hall.
Can I? No, he's not dead.
He can't be.
Why don't we move back here.
It's more private.
- Never done the funeral call? - I've never shot anyone either, doesn't make me any less of a cop.
- Don't get defensive.
- I'm not defensive, I didn't say Ok.
Look.
I'm It's from I was in High School.
Wait.
I forgot my keys.
Lynn Miller calls me, tells me her sister Kate was shot in a convenience store hold up.
Killed.
Wow.
How old were you? 17.
You know what I did when I heard? I laughed.
People frequently have extreme reactions to traumatic news.
She was shot.
In the neck.
- And you laughed.
- I've no idea why.
And that's why you don't want to do the funeral call, you're afraid you're gonna laugh? - I might.
- You won't laugh, Collier.
- I really may be.
- You won't.
Getting the news is one thing.
But giving it.
You see something drain out of people.
You won't feel like laughing.
When did you see Ahmad last? In the lab, around 9.
I stuck my head in to say good night.
- Anyone else there? - No.
He was a bit of a night owl.
- How many people use the lab? - We've been doing incredible work.
Annette? The project team of course.
Ahmad and myself.
Dr.
Tellson and a few graduate students are assisting.
- Dr.
Tellson? - Our department chair.
He doesn't usually get in until 10-ish.
I'm the early bird.
Somebody should call John, they've probably called him, right? - I'll find out.
You need a key card to access the lab, correct? That's right.
How are the rabbits? - Looked fine.
Still fluffy.
- They're very sensitive.
Even the slightest change in temperature can upset our baselines.
I know I sound cold.
But our project meant a lot to Ahmad.
What kind of work are you doing? Bio-scaffold experiments designed to regenerate damaged tissue in vivo.
Ok.
Using the body's own stem cells to repair cartilage from the inside.
No transplants.
Ahmad used to say we were 'building a better bunny.
' I'm sorry.
That was.
- Building a better bunny? - They're developing a technology that allows knees to fix themselves.
Osteoarthritis is a billion-dollar industry.
Hum, two knees.
That's twice as much money as making, say, self-repairing noses.
Hey, what was the name of that security guard you interviewed? Jeffrey Denmers.
His stuff's at the lab.
We need to find John Tellson.
The chief of the department plays hooky the day his research partner gets murdered.
- Did you release Denmers? - Yeah.
Wasn't feeling it.
Hey, Collier how'd it go with Ahmad's sister Anusheh Khan? - I didn't laugh.
- Ok, good start.
I tried to build a rapport.
Spoke a little arabic.
Iranians are persians, not arabs.
And that's kind of like assuming a Canadian is an American.
That's probably why it didn't go so well.
She's downstairs in the basement wants to talk to you.
Pretty angry.
She wants her brother's body back.
Like, today.
Religious grounds.
This Jeffrey Denmers? This was taken during a protest from the Muslim student league when the university took away their prayer room.
Where did? What happened to Demaris' stuff? It was cleared out - when we got back from the funeral call.
- Must have dropped by - when in the field.
- Ok, I'll give her a call.
Guys, you need to check this out.
And you weren't feeling it? Bring Mr.
Denmers in.
- How's your hand, Jeffrey? - Ok.
Good.
Ok, so.
Your key card log shows you checking the building between 9 and 10 pm.
Any other people around? Dr.
Tellson, he was leaving when I went in.
Like usual.
And Dr.
Hall, she was coming down from the lab.
- When was that? - 9:30.
The key log says you didn't enter the lab until 1:17 am.
When you discovered the body.
Uh.
I looked in the window earlier.
On my rounds.
9 to 10.
I didn't use my security card.
You physically didn't go in? I saw Mr.
Khan working.
I didn't want to bug him.
- So you knew Ahmad Khan? - Not really.
You seem pretty close in this photo.
- I was just doing my job.
Ahmad wrote a letter of complaint.
You know about that, right? Why didn't you tell me you knew him? Islam requires that Ahmad's burial take place within 24 hours.
I'm sorry, Anusheh, that's just not possible.
We need to perform an autopsy.
Will you call my parents in Tehran and tell them that not only has their son been murdered, but that you are desecrating his body as well.
- Nobody's desecrating your - Ahmad's throat was cut.
Why do you need an autopsy to confirm that? I understand that this is difficult.
And I understand you have a job to do.
But Ahmad's my responsibility.
My parents had just completed an engagement.
We were going back.
- An arranged marriage? How did Ahmad feel about that? - It was a fact of life.
That he accepted.
Anusheh, was Ahmad ever a member of the Muslim student league at the university? No.
Ahmad He kept his faith discreet.
Then can you explain that photograph? The protest? Ridiculous.
The university taking away the only space for Muslim prayer due to budget cuts.
I thought that you said your brother was just Ahmad was walking by and stopped to hear the speeches.
Some racist security guard started harassing him.
He said he was made to feel like a criminal.
Did the security guard threaten Ahmad? - I don't know.
No.
- Did they have any further run-ins? What is the point of all this? Nothing you do Nothing is going to bring him back.
I need to take Ahmad home.
Now.
- I'm sorry.
- I will not leave this building without my brother's body.
Then we're going to have to find you some place more comfortable, aren't we? You say you discovered the body at 1:17 am.
- Then what? - I called 9-1-1.
9-1-1 logged your call at 1:36 am.
20 minutes to check a pulse? Did you kill Ahmad Khan, Jeffrey? - No! - Tell me what happened.
I saw the body.
And at first I was ok.
Then this rabbit jumped out from behind the counter and scared the hell out of me.
I slipped in the blood.
I fell right on the body.
I think I screamed.
I cut my hand trying to get up.
Knocked a rabbit cage over.
There were rabbits everywhere.
So that's a minute and a half.
What about the rest of the time? I sat on a stool.
Just sat there, trying to get my breath, trying not to pass out.
I couldn't stop crying.
Then I called 9-1-1.
All my life, all I've ever wanted was to be a cop.
I knew that if I told you After this you guys, you're not I'm never going to be a police officer am I? So we're just letting her stay in there? - It's a custom.
- What is? Letting victims' families have a sleepover in the soft interrogation room? The 24-hour thing.
It's not islamic law.
It's a custom.
Sounds like Ahmad lived a pretty secular life.
And Anusheh, she's not exactly the picture of a submissive fundamentalist sister.
- I mean, you see her shoes? - No.
But she's doing all of this for her parents, isn't she? Yeah, maybe.
People find religion pretty quick when someone dies.
- Yeah, maybe - Ok, I give up.
- What am I missing? - Anusheh's pretty much ready to chain herself to my desk until we give her the body.
What doesn't she want us to know? Call the lab.
Put a rush on the autopsy report.
It's not mom's fault.
No, it's not.
This is something we decided together.
Sweetie Listen, we both love you just the same as ever, ok? I can't come home I don't know when.
Abby, please, just Abby, stop.
Cross-referenced the key card logs everything checks out.
- Just on my way to tell Spears.
- Text him.
Isn't he just in the break room, I can just No.
Just text him.
I think he needs a private moment.
- Ok.
Anything wrong? - What else you got? - Dr.
Tellson has surfaced.
- Covered in blood, holding a blade, screaming, "I murdered Ahmad Khan"? - No.
- I guess I should talk to him.
He's at the university, says he'll wait for you there.
Keep a uniform on him till I get there.
You running interference for me now? - Just thought you might need a minute.
- I'm ok.
- Didn't say you weren't.
- Oh, nice to know you care.
Didn't say that, either.
My kid.
Daughter.
She's You know how they say, "the kids are better off.
- We were fighting all the time.
" - They say that.
Well, it's bull.
She wants us both there.
- You're still gonna be there.
- Not if my wife gets her way.
She wants the kids to pick sides? See, if I fight it, it'll just get worse.
- What can you do? - I could drink more.
divorce and drinking.
Don't forget screwing around.
- How could I forget about that? - Right.
- I'm going back to the U.
- Ok.
Hey, Demaris? Call me back.
You sneak into the office to clear out your desk and you don't even say goodbye.
Dead at recess, girl.
I'm just saying - Detective! - Ah, Dr.
Hall.
- The rabbits.
- The rabbits? Your evidence people are still working in the lab.
We haven't been able to look after them properly.
Don't worry.
They're looking after your rabbits.
These aren't pets.
Tossing them a carrot isn't gonna do it.
Your people have no idea what needs to be done to My murder investigation takes priority over your experiment.
Why should this be a conflict? Unless you're suggesting the lab animals participated in Ahmad's murder? - Dr.
Hall.
- Annette.
If it's a problem, please call president Taft.
We're at a crucial stage I will check with ident.
Maybe we can get you in there.
I promise I won't interfere with their work.
Annette, would you mind giving us your fingerprints? It'll help us eliminate the prints we lift in the lab.
Of course.
Anything I can do to help.
- Professor Tellson, how long did you know the victim? - I was Ahmad's grad advisor before he joined the faculty.
We've worked together for years.
He was an exceptionally gifted young man.
Did Ahmad have any enemies that you know of? No.
God no.
Everyone loved Ahmad.
He was devoted to science.
Everyone liked him.
Everyone.
- Where were you this morning? - I went for a walk.
- Instead of coming to work.
- My wife and I had a fight this morning.
- About? - Personal.
And last night, at 1:30 am? - Driving.
- Driving.
Personal.
Ok.
Dr.
Tellson.
This is a murder investigation, so I suggest you be a little more forthcoming.
You saying I need a lawyer? I don't know, have you done something illegal? Jessica King.
Just got off the phone with the lab.
Ahmad Khan's anal swab showed semen.
Ahmad was gay.
I'll call you back.
If you want to call counsel, that changes things.
So I should go.
I'll need to get all the paperwork lined up for the warrants.
Phone records, bank statements, DNA sample.
I've got a lot of digging to do.
Pass that on to your lawyer.
Wait.
My marriage is My wife and I, it's been difficult and now this.
I'm finding it very hard.
I'm sorry.
Was Ahmad in a romantic relationship? He was recently engaged to be married.
I know that.
To a woman in Iran.
What about here anyone? - No, no girlfriend.
Not that I know - I was thinking boyfriend.
Ahmad was gay.
He never mentioned that to you? We were colleagues.
We didn't talk about personal life.
- How long you worked together? - Four years.
In a lab.
With rabbits.
Late at night.
He never said - anything about his - I know he was, there was some ambivalence about the situation his parents had made, the marriage.
Dr.
Tellson, would you object to giving us a saliva sample? So we can eliminate you as a match? I did not kill Ahmad Khan.
But did you kiss him? My parents want to know why you would deny us our honor, - our dignity.
- Well, you can tell them that we don't have a choice.
- It's how it goes for everyone.
- One size fits all? Yes.
That's the way the law works.
So, Anusheh, we know that Ahmad had a lover.
We just need to confirm You think I will help you bring more shame on my family? Well, no, I don't think that there's any shame in being Hello? I'm from Iran.
Yes.
And I know that in Iran being gay can be - A death sentence.
- Yes, but But that's ok though because my brother is already dead.
No.
Yes.
No.
That's not what I was Just say it.
Whatever you're trying to say, - just spit it out.
- I understand I think that I understand what you're trying to do.
I'm trying to take my brother's body for burial.
No.
You are trying to protect your family.
- And yourself.
- Now you're gonna analyze me? If your family finds out that Ahmad is a homosexual, they're gonna blame you.
And not because his sexuality is your fault, or anyone's fault, or that being gay is But because you, you're the only one left to blame, is what I'm trying to say.
Thank you.
I feel much better now.
Now.
Some of my fellow investigators might see that as being a motive.
Of course.
An honor killing.
To save your family the shame.
They might think that.
Your fellow investigators.
But you don't think this? No.
Because some of your best friends are muslims.
No, that's.
No.
I I don't see you doing this, ok? I don't have any friends that are Muslim.
- Really? - Not that I wouldn't be willing, I Ok.
Look.
You talk a lot about honor.
And dignity.
Just honor your brother.
Give him dignity in death.
You knew him better than anyone.
You loved him.
Anusheh, you help us find his killer.
He slept with Professor Tellson.
But Ahmad was going through with his own marriage.
Tellson said he and Ahmad had sex around 8:30.
Ahmad went back to the lab.
Tellson left the building.
That doesn't change the time line.
Any alibis? Tellson was "driving", the wife Marge, home alone.
- They both have motive.
- I know what hers is.
- Jealousy? - Yeah, but what about his? Why murder your lover, and the star of your research team? They had sex, they seemed to be getting along.
- Could have been angry sex? - So long, "good-bye, I'm going back to Iran to get married" sex? Hate crime to crime of passion in less than a day.
- That was fast.
- Now I remember why I loved homicide.
Bring Margaret Tellson in.
- Detective King.
- Dr.
Tellson.
- My wife, Margaret.
- Mrs.
Tellson, thank you for coming.
Right this way.
You're welcome to stay here, or, if you are hungry, there's a little sandwich joint not far.
Oh, ok.
I'll I thought that Oh, no.
We just need to talk to Mrs.
Tellson at the moment.
Ok? Thanks.
- Do you know why you're here? - Not entirely.
- What did your husband tell? - Not much.
- How well did you know Ahmad Khan? - We were acquainted.
Do you know, for example, that he's your husband's - I do.
Yes.
He just told me.
Thank you for this.
- You had no idea? - Oh, I suspected for some time that there was an affair.
I just didn't know that it was with another man.
No one likes to be betrayed.
I don't like being played for a fool.
What time did your husband come home last night? No idea.
I was asleep.
Did he tell you where he was? If he had, would it have been the truth? What about you, mrs Tellson, what did you do last night? Watched Bull Durham.
- Alone? - Yes.
Completely, entirely alone.
One day you're trying to save your marriage, the next it appears you're a murder suspect.
Who knew? Saw Margaret Tellson's interview.
Wow.
Ice in her veins, huh? He put it there.
They're not exactly Lord and lady MacBeth but Yeah, I've got MK doing backgrounds on both of them and Annette Hall.
- What about the sister? - Collier doesn't think so.
Collier? We're banking on his instincts now? I'm also running the mo through the system.
Could be a stranger murder.
Could be Jeffrey Denmers? Um.
Security guard scared by a bunny rabbit.
Not feeling it? Wanna go for a drink? Hey, hey.
Damn.
I was hoping we'd have time to have dinner.
I got my weekly tonight, babe.
Wait, what? I thought that was last night? Last night was the birthday thing for cav, remember? Do you guys ever do anything except play cards? What? - That's Lowell.
I gotta go.
- No.
Cancel.
Stay home.
We can order Indian food and, I don't know.
I can't.
It's my weekly, Jess.
When do I get my weekly? Don't wait up.
Jessica King.
Hey, Spears.
What's up? Sure.
No.
Yeah.
Why not? Where are you? - Hey, love.
- Hey.
Jessica King.
Good morning, sir.
No, sir.
Yes, sir.
That was the chief.
I gotta get to work.
Take ten minutes.
Ten minutes for what? Like that'll fix anything.
I gotta go.
You got in late last night.
Yeah, I got today off, so What'd you do last night? Had a couple glasses of wine.
Went to bed.
I heard Spike's wife kicked him out.
Yeah.
Ugly.
Especially with the kids and everything.
So what's the story there? Is he screwing around or what? Don't know, don't care.
Dr.
Khan was awarded the biggest research grant the biochemistry department has ever received.
Now he's dead.
If the project loses Tellson as well, the council could cut funding.
Detective King, you remember Robert Taft, - from the university.
- Uh.
Sure.
Good morning.
Dr.
Taft would like an update.
Um? - Broad strokes are fine.
- Ok.
No trace evidence, no witnesses, no weapons.
On the plus side it's a secure lab.
Narrows it down.
I gather Ahmad Khan and John Tellson were having an affair.
- Looks like it.
- I can deal with the affair.
It's a matter of a formal reprimand.
But did John Tellson kill Ahmad Khan? - Robert, she can't do that.
- If charges are pending, I need to be prepared.
Margaret Tellson called me last night.
She's devastated.
Marriage, eh? Devastation comes with the territory.
You're certainly not making it any easier on her.
I interviewed Mrs.
Tellson in connection with a murder, sir.
That's bound to be more uncomfortable than a faculty lunch.
Thank you, Detective King.
- Paul.
- Any time.
Taft is on the board.
I'd appreciate it if you could at least appear to make an effort to keep the arrogant bastard involved.
- And get this done.
- Yes, sir.
Or we'll both be back in the phone room.
Annette Hall changed her name.
- What? - I confirmed her master's and phd, but there's no trace of her getting a B.
Sc.
Weird because she's supposed to be this big scientist.
- Ok.
- So I went digging.
Turns out Annette Hall used to be Anne Marie Holloway.
Changed it legally in 1993.
Before her record's a blank.
- Do we know why she did so? - I think so.
20 years ago, her brother, Brian Holloway, was shot and killed.
Brian Holloway was a piano prodigy.
Got accepted into Juilliard a couple of months before he killed himself.
Put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.
Any evidence it wasn't suicide? No sign of struggle.
He suffered from severe migraines.
Theory was he couldn't take it anymore.
- And Annette found him? - Anne Marie.
- Whatever.
- The mother was out.
Anne Marie was watching TV.
Said she heard a shot.
- So she changed her name? - I think it's worth looking into.
You think Anne Marie Annette Holloway Hall is a double murderer? Is her mother still around? - She is.
- Ok.
Bring her in.
Hey Collier, get in touch with Anusheh, let her know that Ahmad's body is gonna be released this morning.
I can do that.
- Thank you.
- Just over 24 hours.
I'm sorry that we couldn't do it quicker.
I need to go home.
Ok, well, I can arrange a car No.
I need to go home.
Ahmad made his own life here.
He chose who he would love.
Look what it got him.
What, there's no murders in Iran? Sorry.
I just It's just that a lot of people choose who they're gonna love and it all works out for them, so You know, if you don't have anyone that you can call, I can take a day off work.
Might be good if you have some company.
That would not be appropriate.
- Right.
- But Thanks.
Ok.
I'll arrange a car.
He played for the church choir when he was 9 years old.
He was studying in Toronto by the time he was 12.
- So gifted.
- When did the migraines start? - When he was 13.
It was terrible.
Not just the pain, he couldn't play.
For 2 or 3 days sometimes.
He hated losing that time.
But he was accepted into Juilliard? Yes.
There was enough money from his father's insurance to send him.
And then it went to Anne Marie's education when Brian died.
Were Anne Marie and Brian close? She was very proud of her brother.
I think that's when I lost her.
- Lost her? I can understand, it's very painful.
Why did Anne Marie change her name? I think she felt she didn't have any family anymore.
- She had you.
- I wasn't enough.
We were never Maybe she was starting over.
Mrs.
Holloway, this is a very difficult question, but do you think that Anne Marie would be capable of killing her brother? Mrs.
Holloway? Well when Brian died, I was a wreck.
She handled everything.
The funeral, the flowers.
And all that time, she kept her grades up.
She was the strong one.
- What's the motive? - She's jealous.
Here she is, this brilliant girl and all her mother can see is her brother.
His music, his migraines.
All the money's for his education, she has nothing.
Your tourettes acting up, or what, tiggs? - Derek Spears? - Yeah.
- You've been served.
- Tried to warn you.
Thanks.
Divorce papers.
She must have had them ready and waiting.
So 25 years later, along comes Ahmad Khan, leapfrogs past Annette, lands the lead position on a research team and screws the chair.
- Deja vu all over again.
Hey, you alright? About this? Yeah.
You know, last night was the first night in 12 years I didn't have to explain where I was.
Come here.
- I'm married.
- Good for you.
I've been where you are.
Twice.
Things get crazy.
I know.
I've been here too.
What're you doing? Let's go.
We're not gonna have an issue? We tip a few, I cry on your shoulder, and now it's an issue? - Just sayin' - Unlike what you may believe, everything isn't always about you.
Food's getting cold.
Annette Hall did it, but we can't prove it, what do we do? Chalk it up as "solved, no charges laid"? This woman is a true narcissist, thinks the world revolves around her.
Condition's not as rare as you'd think.
Twice she's been pushed out of the spotlight.
Same problem, same solution both times.
She got away with it once, she's on track to do it again.
We sure can't put her in the box and expect her to crack.
There's got to be something.
If Ahmad was the star, how can she be so sure that the research project's going to continue without him? There you go.
Good work, Collier.
No problem.
Dr.
Taft.
You'll be pleased to know that we have eliminated you as a suspect.
I beg your pardon? Your alibi checked out, turns out you were at that bun-fest.
I'm glad to hear it.
Chief Graci has asked me to keep you involved.
- Informed.
- I'm now asking you to get involved.
You wanna keep your big fat grant, so the big fat pharmaceuticals buy your research and make your university rich, right? Then you're going to have to help us.
What's up, doc? Everything seems to be back on track.
None of our assessments have been compromised.
Dr.
Hall, I have some bad news.
I'm going to have to ask for Dr.
Tellson's resignation.
Oh, no.
Normally his affair with Dr.
Khan wouldn't be grounds.
But with the murder and the scandal I won't have the grant put at risk.
I understand.
We can carry on.
I can manage - with the remainder of the team.
- No.
I'm taking you off the project.
I've been in touch with Dr.
Serensky at U of M.
and we're forming a joint venture.
- We're going to take a couple of these guys back to forensics.
We need a more extensive analysis of the blood spatter.
Wait, wait, that'll jeopardize the data.
- That's alright.
You don't need it, right? - No.
I assure you, I can complete this project.
I have spoken to the council and I'm afraid they don't agree.
They've invested in Dr.
Khan.
- I can talk to them.
- The decision's been made.
No.
I won't let you.
You never respected me.
I'm just as smart as Ahmad.
Just as smart as John.
Smarter than both of them, but it was always, "he's precious, - he's special, he's a genius.
" - Anne Marie.
Are you talking about Ahmad? Or are you talking about your brother, Brian? You put president Robert Taft in harm's way.
Worst he would have gotten was a small scar.
And a big story.
Great for cocktail party conversation.
Then everyone on the police services board would want one.
Once Annette Hall started talking she wouldn't shut up.
- Two confessions.
- Good work.
Is that all, sir? Mm-hmm.
King, how's it going with Spears? With him being back in the unit? He's a great asset.
I'm glad to have him back.
Try not to get too attached.
- Sir? - Just what I said.
Chief Paul Graci.
Maybe you should try loafers.
- Might help.
- Can't I get a manservant instead? Just in to drop off my gun, - I thought I'd - I forgot to call you back.
It was, I was How you doin', Demaris? - As my kid would say - None of your business.
- How is Dawn? - Hanging in there.
Sorry, again.
About everything No.
It's not your fault.
My kid's messed up, Jess.
You did what you could.
- I can keep your desk open? - Don't.
If I come back, I'll be looking for straight 8 to 4.
It's like losing one of the family.
No.
It's not.
It's a job family.
Not family family.
I've always admired you, Jess.
You go for it.
All of it.
All the time.
- You're pretty amazing.
- Right back Atcha.
Ok.
Gotta go.