Instinct (2018) s01e09 Episode Script
Bad Actors
1 My name is Dylan Reinhart.
Not too long ago, I was an operative in the CIA known as Agent Reinhart.
When I left the Agency and started teaching, I became Professor Reinhart.
I wrote a book about abnormal behavior and criminals, which was so successful a serial killer used it as clues for his murders.
That's when the New York Police Department reached out to me to help catch him.
Which I did, so they hired me, and I became Consultant Reinhart.
So now I'm working with this woman, Detective Lizzie Needham of the homicide division, catching killers.
Looks like I need a new name.
Don't they call you Professor Psychopath? JOAN: Sexy, edgy, risky.
Do you know what I mean? Tasty.
Yeah, I'm confused.
Are you enthusing about your empanada, or are you saying that a book about consulting for the NYPD isn't tasty enough for you? No, I'm saying that the public is fickle and these things wax and wane.
But the good news for you is there's a huge appetite for spycraft.
You do realize I am no longer a spy.
Yes, but with your CIA background and me as your editor, I could provoke a bidding war for the movie rights just based on the title alone.
So, my book, which I have not written yet, has a title? Oh, yeah.
Mm, what is it? Spy Brain.
Not that I would ever tell you - what to write.
- Oh, no, except when you do.
- (CHUCKLES) - There's just one small hitch.
Well, we'll get the Agency's permission.
Even if we could, I would never divulge my CIA past.
I still have former assets in the field who might be identified and their lives put in mortal danger.
We'll just change the names.
(CHUCKLES) Looks like a bad day for dogs everywhere.
Gary has a blankie, a Tempur-Pedic bed, ten toys, two tubs of finely chopped organic chicken What is that? His doggy GPS.
I know, but it's not like he can tell someone if he gets lost.
Lizzie, he's here for a tooth pulling, which is great news because it means the doctor thinks he'll live long enough to need the rest of his teeth.
So, isn't this overkill? No, this is overkill.
That's a lot of forms for a tooth-pulling.
I know they have to put him down first.
Put him under.
âUnder.
Right, right.
But are you sure that's all they want to do? The vet just needs my permission to run a few tests - before the procedure.
- I had my appendix burst in Tanzania once.
I had to be airlifted to Kenya.
I didn't fill in half as many forms as that.
Did you forget you're here for moral support? - Right.
- âGary's old.
I'm scared.
Maybe just be quiet.
(CHUCKLING): It's funny.
Studies claim that pet ownership reduces stress and helps fight depression, yet here you are stressing out about a tooth-pulling and depressed about Gary's inevitable demise.
(DOOR OPENS) - We're ready for Gary.
- Oh.
Hey, buddy.
(GARY YELPS, WHIMPERS) Oh.
It's okay, Gary.
(DOOR CLOSES) Can you play that video again? Check this out.
Keep your eye on the beagle.
It's disturbing.
He's cramping, seizing up with pain.
And look at that motion he's making with his left paw.
I think he's injecting epinephrine into his thigh.
This beagle wasn't having an allergic reaction to that kid's peanuts.
He was in trouble long before that.
EMS arrived to find the poor guy unresponsive.
They did a scoop-and-run, intubated him, administered ACLS, but they couldn't revive him.
What was his cause of death? Cardiac arrest due to anaphylactic shock brought on by a severe allergic reaction to peanuts.
It's tragic but not uncommon.
Where's his costume? And why was the epinephrine injection not effective? He had one? Oh, yeah.
Let me see.
There's a small puncture site on his thigh.
DYLAN: So the needle pierced the fur and his skin, but didn't counteract the peanuts.
LIZZIE: Maybe it was sabotaged.
We're gonna need to take this - and have it tested.
- Of course.
What is that? A highly concentrated peanut compound.
Surprisingly odor-free.
How can you possibly know that? Because I, too have a peanut allergy.
(SIGHS) This man didn't die from an allergy.
He was murdered by one.
LIZZIE: We need to secure the crime scene, collect evidence and retrace Gavin's steps leading up to his murder.
You can't do this.
We have a show in 20 minutes.
Look at the line.
Ticket sales have quadrupled.
I can't believe Gavin's dead.
He was such a sweet guy.
We can't let all those kids down.
I'm sorry you won't be able to exploit Bagel's untimely death, but we have a homicide - to investigate.
- âHomicide? Gavin's death was no accident.
Someone killed him.
How is it murder? He had a peanut allergy.
Are-are we in danger? We have no reason to believe so, but we're just starting our investigation.
Where was Gavin's costume kept, and who had access to it when he wasn't wearing it? He always brought his costume home.
Listen, I really gotta get this show started.
- Let's roll out, guys.
- LIZZIE: Hey, hey, hey.
Everyone needs to stay to be questioned.
Gavin was a mentor, an inspiration to me.
Uh, he was giving, he was loving, he was affectionate.
Why would anyone want to murder him? Gavin brought something special to Bagel's character.
Kids responded to him.
MAN: Gavin was like a brother to me.
We had a great connection.
Both on and offstage.
WOMAN: Gavin was universally loved and adored by everyone.
Theater has lost a great talent.
Gavin was a douchebag.
Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for the guy.
But he was banging Selma even though he was dating Mindy, which pissed her off and made Solly completely jealous because he kind of has a thing for Selma.
Yeah, Gavin was a mooch.
I think he owed Hector like a grand, which he never paid back.
And even though he had a nothing career, he was always bragging about some B-movie he shot in Morocco, which I don't think even got released.
We have five people who felt some level of contempt toward Gavin, just from this recent production alone.
I'd eliminate Hector.
Clearly, he resented Gavin but also had empathy towards him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have lent him money in the first place.
LIZZIE: And by killing him, he'd never get his money back.
I'd eliminate Solly.
Gavin was helping make his production successful.
True, and Solly's desire for Selma was more wishful than real.
What about Dina? She didn't have a problem pointing a finger towards everyone else.
Yeah, but she also pointed a finger at herself.
Not to mention she was right on all accounts.
Her story checked out.
Selma was oddly dispassionate, which could be the trait of a killer, but her motive is the most dubious.
Which leaves Mindy, who doesn't exactly strike me as a peanut chemist.
Well, that was efficient.
We managed to eliminate the five potential suspects in, oh, under 30 seconds.
Hey, hey.
Having a barbecue this weekend.
I would have sent an e-mail, but I couldn't get the thing to work, so I printed them.
Why does it look like a serial killer made these? Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to delete the shoe.
What home upgrade you showing off this time? We just put in some sweet new hardscaping.
You know, patio, outdoor kitchen, the whole shebang.
You should bring your, um you know, your, uh your guy, your, uh, domestic whatever.
You mean my husband? Yeah.
Yeah.
Great.
I look forward to meeting your domestic whatever.
You're one of those people that says you're definitely gonna come but have no intentions of actually going, aren't you? - Yes.
- âZACK: Tox labs came back.
Gavin's injector was not filled with epinephrine, but with saline solution.
The sample taken from inside Bagel's head is a highly concentrated extract of Arachis hypogaea.
Otherwise known as peanut.
LIZZIE: Somehow made odorless so Gavin wouldn't suspect.
Good for him.
Not Gavin, obviously, but the killer, who is much more sophisticated than I first thought.
He or she weaponized peanut extract.
Or at least had access to it.
Oh.
Epinephrine.
Look at these.
Oh, we need to bag and tag those.
Looks like Gavin was a bit of a Luddite.
Or else he couldn't afford to keep up with the pace of modern technology.
Ooh! âOh, my God.
Certainly lives up to the image of a starving artist.
I'd say it was extremely unlikely he ever entertained here.
His killer knew him well enough to know that he had a peanut allergy.
Maybe it was someone from his past? Another struggling actor? He certainly was struggling.
Haven't seen one of these since the '90s.
(MACHINE WHIRRING) (OVER MACHINE): This is Larry.
Did you get my last message? Call me.
(BEEP) LARRY: Stop avoiding me, Gavin.
We need to meet.
There could be serious implications if you ignore this.
- (BEEP) - LARRY: What do I have to do? Hunt you down? I know you're a fancy actor now with a steady gig, but we have to meet.
- Call me before it's too late.
- We can match up the time stamp on the voice mail, I.
D.
this guy.
But even if this Larry guy is our killer, how would he get a hold of something as exotic as weaponized peanut extract? Weaponized peanut extract? Sounds like something Saddam Hussein would have served to an in-law.
Never heard of it.
Odorless, highly concentrated, extremely lethal.
Who was the victim? An obscure actor who played a plushy canine at a kiddie theater.
No wonder you left the boring old CIA for the thrill and intrigue of the NYPD.
And you left it for what? Come work with me, and you can find out.
I'll see what I can find on purveyors of your peanut weapon.
Thank you, and good-bye, Julian.
(CHUCKLING): Oh! Sorry.
That was meant for the trash.
- What is this? - Ah, some coworker invited us to a barbecue.
Don't worry, we're not going.
What? Why not? I would love to go.
You have never included me in your work life.
When you were working for the CIA - I couldn't.
- âOr in your work as an author.
You want to sit and watch me type? - With your teaching.
- You want to hobnob with some pimple-faced freshmen? Look, we both know you're more comfortable keeping your life (CLICKS TONGUE) compartmentalized.
Oh.
I suppose it stems from my life in the Agency.
It was dangerous to mix personal with professional.
Think it might go back further.
To your childhood.
When you kept your world private.
You know, maybe because of your musical gift.
Or being gay, your father's disapproval.
It is time for you to come out of your shell.
Okay, it'll be fun.
I'll keep an eye on you.
You really want to go? I thought you would never ask.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING) This is Dr.
Reinhart.
Gavin set a lunch meeting with the suspicious caller on his answering machine a few days before he was murdered.
Did you I.
D.
him? Larry Greenspan.
Tax accountant.
Lives in Yonkers.
WOMAN: You looking for Larry? Do you know where we can find him? Mount Eden Cemetery.
Larry died of a heart attack couple of days ago.
Funeral is today.
So I guess Larry is not our killer.
What if he's another victim? If Larry was murdered by Gavin's killer, we're looking for a similar kind of sabotage.
Oh, I don't feel right about this.
About what? About saying, "Oh, sorry for your loss, "but we're gonna have to haul your friend away so we can see if he was iced by Mr.
Peanut.
" Let's just wait till they all leave.
I mean, how long can that take? There's, like, seven people here.
honor to our departed Larry.
It is difficult to say good-bye to a friend and a loved one.
Larry loved to give back to the community.
Nothing gave him greater joy than his volunteer work teaching acting at the community playhouse.
Another actor.
Larry felt passionate about the theater, which is probably why he came to be regarded as one of the country's foremost volunteer acting teachers.
"Foremost volunteer acting teachers?" - Oh, please.
- âShh.
Acting was his drug.
Larry never drank.
He never swore.
His only vice was the occasional cigarette he allowed himself after a long day Think his cigs could've been sabotaged? We should get our hands on his last pack.
Rest in peace, Lawrence.
We'll order an advanced tox screening on his blood.
Detective Needham, NYPD.
We have reason to believe that Mr.
Greenspan was the victim of a homicide, and We need his body.
It'll be fine.
Trust me.
And Lizzie will be there, right? Yeah, but I just I hate chitchat.
It's normal human interaction.
You know, the simple stuff.
It's not really the chitchat you're worried about, is it? It's the cross-pollination of the worker species with the domestic species.
Don't worry, okay? We'll, uh, cross-pollinate.
We'll make a little honey.
It'll be sweet.
- Honey? - âExactly.
- What is inside there, by the way? - Calvados.
(CHUCKLING): You bought a bottle of brandy? - âMm-hmm.
- Give me a sec.
(LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER) Hi, guys.
- Hey! - âHow you doing? - Hey, Anthony.
Thanks for having us.
- âOf course.
This is my husband, Andy.
What, did you bring the entire bar? I love him already.
Great.
Thanks.
All right, well, look, make yourself at home.
Here you go.
Eat, drink, meet the friends and fam.
- Where's Lizzie? - ZACK: Oh, she couldn't make it.
She had to pick up Gary from the vet.
ANDY: Aw, I was hoping to hang out with her.
- Me, too.
- âSure she's not trying to track down your deadly peanut butter killer? (LAUGHTER) FUCCI: Hey, don't worry.
We've already got two units staking out Colonel Mustard's place.
(LAUGHTER) Doc, come on.
Let me introduce you around.
Fuccis love to chitchat.
Come here.
(DOG BARKING IN OTHER ROOM) (CELL PHONE BUZZING) Hey.
DYLAN: Hey.
- You at Fucci's barbecue? - Yeah.
- I wish I was there.
- So do I.
Andy seems to be fitting right in, but I can't stop thinking about our victims.
Me, too.
I've been looking for an acting connection between Gavin and Greenspan.
Not finding anything.
You think Gavin could have taken Greenspan's class? I got a hold of the rosters from the last four years.
Nothing there.
Anything from the M.
E.
? Tox lab? Not for at least another hour.
Oh, I-I gotta go.
I'll-I'll keep you posted.
Hi.
I missed two calls from the vet.
Uh, is Gary okay? - Um - (TYPING) What? What's wrong? I'm not allowed to release any information.
You should hear from the doctor.
She'll be done in a couple minutes.
- (GARY YELPING) - Gary! Whoa, that's authorized personnel only.
I'm authorized.
(LOCK BUZZES) Gary? Gary? - (YELPING) - Oh! Hey.
You're alive.
- Yes, of course he's alive.
- âHey, buddy.
I tried to call you.
We had to pull a second tooth, which cost an additional 600.
Okay.
Thank you.
Come on.
Let's go, let's go.
Hey, Andy, how'd you make the jump from lawyer to pub owner? Well, after I passed the bar, I turned right around and bought it.
- (LAUGHTER) - ANDY: All right, there we go.
- To Andy! - OTHERS: To Andy! All right.
FUCCI: Mmm.
Oh, yeah, pour some out - for these guys.
- ANDY: All right.
- Yeah, sure.
- Who wants one? (INDISTINCT CHATTER) I hate these things.
You? Maria Fucci.
Hello.
My name is Yeah, I know who you are.
You're married to the know-it-all who's partnered with Lizzie.
That fellow over there? Better-looking than I expected.
Looks like your hubby and Anthony are becoming fast pals.
Like two tiny cannibals in a fat guy's rib cage.
(CHUCKLES) "Like two tiny cannibals in a fat guy's rib cage.
" I like that analogy.
Oh, yeah, use it anytime.
Anthony loves throwing these things.
'Cause they're his buddies.
Plus Anthony loves mangling.
You mean mingling? Mangling.
Like, shmooshing his people together.
Work and personal.
It takes effort, you know, to play with people you don't know.
When you love someone, you make the effort.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) What do you say, Maria? Shall we make the effort? Why not? (CHUCKLES) Okay, but you serve first.
Oh, you can change into your suit over there.
- Oh - âLIZZIE: Detective Fucci, that's some neat hardscaping.
- FUCCI: Hey! - Your first-grade salary cover that? Excuse me, Maria.
- He's a good boy.
- âOh, oh.
Hey.
- He's a very good boy.
- How is the patient? LIZZIE: Alive, thank God.
We can't stay long.
I just came to pick you up.
Results from the M.
E.
are coming in.
FUCCI: Oh, how is the retiree? You know that Gary was one of the best drug-sniffing pooches in the business.
(GARY YELPS, BARKS) What? DYLAN: There you go.
Fresh from the M.
E.
He found black and brown particles in the alveolar scavenger cells.
Smoker's lung.
Larry smoked more than his rabbi thought.
Which brings us to the advanced tox screen findings we requested.
Fentanyl.
An opioid pain medication and recreational drug.
The concentration found in his pack of cigarettes did not suggest fun and games.
It was a lethal dose.
So Larry did not die of a heart attack.
Just like Gavin didn't die of an allergic reaction even though it appeared that both men supposedly died of natural causes.
And their deaths were also aided by the use of easy-to-acquire items epinephrine and a cigarette things not easily traced.
So we're looking for a serial killer who knows his victims well and is, what, a chemist? One who has a grudge against unknown actors? (CHUCKLES) Maybe.
But why such elaborate methods? This killer is more dramatic than his thespian victims.
- (LAUGHS) - Something's out of proportion.
(STAMMERING): Oh, no, just making some notes.
(PANTING) So, now you're stalking me? And you are avoiding me.
Didn't you get my message about the second victim? His cigarette was spiked with fentanyl.
Doesn't that remind you of Romania in '98? Is the CIA involved? Can't help you.
I have no information.
You never say you have no information about anything.
If the Company is I suggest that you and anyone you care about stay away from this.
Thank you.
You just gave me everything I need to know.
We are not looking for a serial killer.
We are looking for an assassin.
LIZZIE: Okay.
Thank you.
Mm no, I don't know if that kind of enlargement is tax deductible.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) I've talked to a dozen people on Larry Greenspan's phone bill.
Half of them were tax clients wondering if they still have to pay what they owe to him.
None of them know anything.
I called you last night.
I didn't leave a message.
I saw that.
- Sorry, I should've called you back.
- It's okay.
I'm sorry I called you a jackass.
- You didn't call me a jackass.
- In my head, I did.
Hi.
This is Detective Needham, NYPD.
We're investigating the homicide of a man named Larry Greenspan.
Does that ring a bell for you? That'd be great.
Thanks.
Yeah, uh do you recall their names or what they look like or? Oh, fantastic.
Oh.
Could you send me a a copy of that receipt, please? Thank you.
What's the connection? Looking for military records for Gavin and Greenspan? What's your theory? I'm just poking around, trying to find a connection between the victims other than acting.
- Hmm.
- It was a dead end.
What do you got? That was a restaurant where Greenspan was supposed to meet with Gavin Carson.
But Greenspan didn't show up because he was dead.
They just told me the reservation was for three; two showed up.
- Gavin and? - âA woman, about 30.
- Brown hair.
She paid.
- Not a lot to go on, unless we can get a copy - of her credit card receipt.
- (CELL PHONE BUZZES) Mm.
Here it is.
Her name is Nancy Millhouse.
Two L's.
Well, I have a Nancy Millhouse.
She's a dental hygienist nothing to do with acting.
Got her address and phone number.
Hi.
Is Nancy Millhouse there? When did she get ill? Sir, this is Detective Needham, NYPD.
Please don't give her any more of her medications.
There's a chance they've been tampered with.
We'll be there soon.
Okay, bye.
Nancy Millhouse is a diabetic.
Gave herself an insulin shot, started feeling worse.
MAN: She's severely hypoglycemic.
Someone must have spiked Nancy's insulin.
Do you have Glucagon on the bus? Yes.
You a doctor? Yes.
This is her insulin and her Glucagon, but I didn't give her any after I got your warning.
- Great.
Can we bag those, please? - Yeah.
Um, do you or Nancy know Gavin Carson or Larry Greenspan? No, I don't recognize them.
Did Nancy work for the government? - No.
- âIs Nancy an actor? Uh, she gave it up three years ago.
She's a dental hygienist.
That's how we met.
Why did she give it up? She quit after she got a parasite when she was shooting some low-budget feature.
Where was it shot? Morocco, I think.
EMT: Her vitals are stabilizing.
We're ready to take her to the hospital.
I'm sorry.
I've gotta go.
Thank you.
You remember the picture in Gavin's apartment? Mm-hmm.
It was taken in Morocco.
We need to see if Greenspan went to Morocco, too, and we need to find everyone who appeared in that film.
They could all be in danger.
- Why target actors? - That's what we need to figure out.
I'm gonna take the evidence to the lab.
- I'll meet you at the precinct.
- Okay.
What are you doing? What do you know? What do you mean? You're looking for foreign connections.
You ask if she works for the government.
You knew this case had some kind of international component before we heard about Morocco.
You know things you're not telling me.
I don't care about your super special, secret friend, but these are my cases.
I need to know what you know.
Right now, we need to identify everyone who went to Morocco to make that film, before another of them is killed.
Everything else has to wait.
I'm sorry.
So, why the Bat-Signal? We have another victim.
I should have known you wouldn't stay away from this.
We may have gotten to her in time.
Then you've probably just driven whoever it is further underground.
"Whoever"? You don't know? How far have you gotten? We know all the victims were actors who took part in the same low-budget film shot in Morocco a few years ago.
But I think that's a cover at least what the actors were told and actually the film was a propaganda tool to further some political or corporate agenda.
Like the fake Al-Qaeda insurgent videos ordered by the Defense Department.
Exactly.
And now all the participants are being systematically erased.
Someone is trying to cover it up.
Your partner knows all this, too? She's getting close.
Julian, these victims were civilians, innocents.
They didn't sign up for this.
You're not only jeopardizing yourself, but by involving the NYPD Then help me put a stop to this.
We're running out of time.
You're putting me in a very difficult position.
(LAUGHS) You've done the same to me.
(SIGHS) I went onto Telegram.
Made myself an invited guest in one of the private chats.
I don't have all the pieces, but enough to know you're being watched.
There's something you should see, but not here.
Okay, so Nancy Millhouse entered Morocco on February 23.
Look to see who else went there from the U.
S.
at about the same time.
Gavin Carson, Lawrence Greenspan.
Those are our other two vics.
The film is the connection between them.
They all got to Morocco on the same day, at the same time.
There's one more person who came in at the same time.
Nelson Grimes.
He's new.
Pull up his passport.
PROFESSION: actor.
Nelson Grimes could be our next victim.
We need an address.
No problem.
Address is no longer valid.
None forwarding.
Can you send me that link? Okay.
I'll keep looking.
Car's registered to a rental company.
Got an address.
No phone listed.
- Should I come with you? - No.
Keep digging.
See if you can find a phone number for this guy.
Have the local PD meet you at the guy's address.
Welcome to A-1 Gadgets.
Is there anything I can help you with? No, we're okay.
Actually, I was in the market for a USB eMAG dongle.
- We don't have those.
- âOh.
According to your Web site, there should be eight in stock.
Can you please check in the back? Um okay.
Let's get to work.
(TYPING) Getting back-channel access into a private video server.
Secret meeting in Morocco.
As you suspected, it was a propaganda video.
Probably made by a rogue intelligence group to create unrest in Chechnya.
So Larry Greenspan and Nancy Millhouse are playing the Chechen president and his wife.
Uncanny resemblance.
And here they are meeting Gavin Carson, who is a dead ringer for the head of the separatists.
The film was obviously designed to undermine the Chechen leader and prompt a regime change.
So our assassin has to be a rogue operative from some intelligence service, who now works for an oligarch or a corporation or someone who has enough resources to eliminate all these people before the truth about the existence of this film gets out.
Any idea who that assassin might be? I'd have to do some more digging.
There's no time to dig.
All the victims are here.
What is that? A mirror? Why is it black? Can you zoom in? Looks like somebody's trying to cover something up.
Let me see if I can find the original file.
Here we are.
Bishop.
Former operative in MI6.
Didn't he get burned three years ago? Became an independent contractor.
And, apparently, he was freelancing for the rogue intelligence group.
Who must have hired him to create the propaganda film, and then questions started to be asked about the footage? And Bishop decided to erase anyone who knew it was fiction.
And he knew the victim's vulnerabilities.
If Bishop's looking to erase anyone who knows about the film, we've just put ourselves on his hit list.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING) Lizzie located Bishop.
She thinks he's the next victim.
Oh, why doesn't she answer her phone? She may be out of range.
Bishop's safe house would be remote.
I know how to find her.
- Nelson Grimes? - âYes.
Detective Needham, NYPD.
We think you might be in danger.
- Danger? - âYes.
Uh please, come in.
Morocco? That project was years ago.
Why would someone come after us now? I'm still trying to figure that out, but I need to get you to the local sheriff's station.
- Sheriff's station? - âYes.
We need to get you out of here.
(CHUCKLING): Okay.
Uh Just let me get my stuff together.
I'll call and let them know we're coming.
Cell service is really bad here.
I'm really grateful you came.
Just trying to find my reading glasses.
Give me a sec.
Ready.
(GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (YELLS) (SCREAMS) (YELLS, GROANS) (GRUNTS) (GROANS) (FLAMES CRACKLING) It's fresh.
Come on.
Take him alive.
Lizzie! (GRUNTS) Lizzie! (COUGHING) (GRUNTING) Lizzie.
Lizzie, come on.
Come on.
(COUGHS) Bishop.
Playing with fire again? Hello, Julian.
Wake up, Lizzie.
- Come on.
- (GUNSHOT) You shot Grimes in self-defense.
This is yours.
It's clean.
Call an ambulance.
I'm on it.
(ENGINE REVVING) (INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO COMMUNICATION) LIZZIE: How did you find me? Your phone was out of range, but your tracker wasn't.
What tracker? (DOG HOWLS) Oh.
(CHUCKLES) Doggy GPS.
Maybe being overprotective isn't such a neurosis after all.
Why does it look like there's two sets of motorcycle tracks on the path? Sexy, juicy, spicy.
Again, I'm confused.
This is your idea for a children's book? No, darling, I'm talking about my taquitos.
But I will say my idea for the children's book is brilliant.
By you solving that plushy murder, you are trending with nine-year-olds all over the world.
Today, perhaps.
Tomorrow, I'm not so sure.
No, no.
You don't understand.
Who's not going to love the idea of a Dylan Reinhart take on Encyclopedia Brown, honey? Picture it.
Little Dylan, with little glasses and a tiny tweed suit, sleuthing.
I'm telling you, it's a whole new demographic.
Yeah, well, tell Scribner I'll, uh, sleep on it.
You're one of those people who say, "I'll sleep on it," and then you never do.
- Yes.
- âAh.
Well, you will be the death of me.
- I'm sorry, Joan.
- Talking about my taquitos.
ANDY: All right.
(SIGHS) - Any luck? - âNo.
You gotta help me with him.
Mm.
Actually, I may have to help Dylan.
One second.
- Hey! Drinks on Andy! - Hey! - FUCCI: Hey, how are you, man? - ANDY: Good, man.
FUCCI: Hey, look who else is here the man of the hour.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) You know them? âUh-huh.
They're the guys from the precinct.
- Shut up.
- âMm-hmm.
I'm just gonna go say hi.
You do that.
I'm really sorry.
I-I had no idea they were coming.
I did.
I invited them.
Thank you for opening up your life to me.
It means a lot.
FUCCI: Hey.
To Doc Reinhart.
Another collar.
You're on a roll.
(CHEERING, LAUGHTER) Where's Lizzie? (TYPING) Hey.
Hey.
Can I do anything? Almost done.
What does your report say? Only what I know, which isn't saying a whole lot.
(CHUCKLES) One of the advantages of being knocked on the head with a shovel I don't have to tell the truth 'cause I don't actually know it.
Who would have thought I'd be so good at writing fiction? Maybe I should write a book.
- Lizzie.
- âMm-hmm.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Me, too.
I had a partner who hid things from me.
Maybe he thought it was protecting me.
But I can't be put in that position again.
I need an honest and open partner.
You should not have taken off without backup.
You should've returned your phone call.
You should never have been there in the first place.
Your secrecy put me in danger.
You're right.
This is on me.
(SIGHS) I left the CIA not just because of the risk of losing my life, but of losing my relationship.
I know what it's like to compartmentalize.
I lived it.
I saw how destructive it can be.
I will not do that again.
I have to trust you.
You can.
Everyone's at Andy's bar.
You want to go? (CHUCKLES) Do they allow dogs? I know the owner.
I could talk to him.
What do you say, Gary?
Not too long ago, I was an operative in the CIA known as Agent Reinhart.
When I left the Agency and started teaching, I became Professor Reinhart.
I wrote a book about abnormal behavior and criminals, which was so successful a serial killer used it as clues for his murders.
That's when the New York Police Department reached out to me to help catch him.
Which I did, so they hired me, and I became Consultant Reinhart.
So now I'm working with this woman, Detective Lizzie Needham of the homicide division, catching killers.
Looks like I need a new name.
Don't they call you Professor Psychopath? JOAN: Sexy, edgy, risky.
Do you know what I mean? Tasty.
Yeah, I'm confused.
Are you enthusing about your empanada, or are you saying that a book about consulting for the NYPD isn't tasty enough for you? No, I'm saying that the public is fickle and these things wax and wane.
But the good news for you is there's a huge appetite for spycraft.
You do realize I am no longer a spy.
Yes, but with your CIA background and me as your editor, I could provoke a bidding war for the movie rights just based on the title alone.
So, my book, which I have not written yet, has a title? Oh, yeah.
Mm, what is it? Spy Brain.
Not that I would ever tell you - what to write.
- Oh, no, except when you do.
- (CHUCKLES) - There's just one small hitch.
Well, we'll get the Agency's permission.
Even if we could, I would never divulge my CIA past.
I still have former assets in the field who might be identified and their lives put in mortal danger.
We'll just change the names.
(CHUCKLES) Looks like a bad day for dogs everywhere.
Gary has a blankie, a Tempur-Pedic bed, ten toys, two tubs of finely chopped organic chicken What is that? His doggy GPS.
I know, but it's not like he can tell someone if he gets lost.
Lizzie, he's here for a tooth pulling, which is great news because it means the doctor thinks he'll live long enough to need the rest of his teeth.
So, isn't this overkill? No, this is overkill.
That's a lot of forms for a tooth-pulling.
I know they have to put him down first.
Put him under.
âUnder.
Right, right.
But are you sure that's all they want to do? The vet just needs my permission to run a few tests - before the procedure.
- I had my appendix burst in Tanzania once.
I had to be airlifted to Kenya.
I didn't fill in half as many forms as that.
Did you forget you're here for moral support? - Right.
- âGary's old.
I'm scared.
Maybe just be quiet.
(CHUCKLING): It's funny.
Studies claim that pet ownership reduces stress and helps fight depression, yet here you are stressing out about a tooth-pulling and depressed about Gary's inevitable demise.
(DOOR OPENS) - We're ready for Gary.
- Oh.
Hey, buddy.
(GARY YELPS, WHIMPERS) Oh.
It's okay, Gary.
(DOOR CLOSES) Can you play that video again? Check this out.
Keep your eye on the beagle.
It's disturbing.
He's cramping, seizing up with pain.
And look at that motion he's making with his left paw.
I think he's injecting epinephrine into his thigh.
This beagle wasn't having an allergic reaction to that kid's peanuts.
He was in trouble long before that.
EMS arrived to find the poor guy unresponsive.
They did a scoop-and-run, intubated him, administered ACLS, but they couldn't revive him.
What was his cause of death? Cardiac arrest due to anaphylactic shock brought on by a severe allergic reaction to peanuts.
It's tragic but not uncommon.
Where's his costume? And why was the epinephrine injection not effective? He had one? Oh, yeah.
Let me see.
There's a small puncture site on his thigh.
DYLAN: So the needle pierced the fur and his skin, but didn't counteract the peanuts.
LIZZIE: Maybe it was sabotaged.
We're gonna need to take this - and have it tested.
- Of course.
What is that? A highly concentrated peanut compound.
Surprisingly odor-free.
How can you possibly know that? Because I, too have a peanut allergy.
(SIGHS) This man didn't die from an allergy.
He was murdered by one.
LIZZIE: We need to secure the crime scene, collect evidence and retrace Gavin's steps leading up to his murder.
You can't do this.
We have a show in 20 minutes.
Look at the line.
Ticket sales have quadrupled.
I can't believe Gavin's dead.
He was such a sweet guy.
We can't let all those kids down.
I'm sorry you won't be able to exploit Bagel's untimely death, but we have a homicide - to investigate.
- âHomicide? Gavin's death was no accident.
Someone killed him.
How is it murder? He had a peanut allergy.
Are-are we in danger? We have no reason to believe so, but we're just starting our investigation.
Where was Gavin's costume kept, and who had access to it when he wasn't wearing it? He always brought his costume home.
Listen, I really gotta get this show started.
- Let's roll out, guys.
- LIZZIE: Hey, hey, hey.
Everyone needs to stay to be questioned.
Gavin was a mentor, an inspiration to me.
Uh, he was giving, he was loving, he was affectionate.
Why would anyone want to murder him? Gavin brought something special to Bagel's character.
Kids responded to him.
MAN: Gavin was like a brother to me.
We had a great connection.
Both on and offstage.
WOMAN: Gavin was universally loved and adored by everyone.
Theater has lost a great talent.
Gavin was a douchebag.
Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for the guy.
But he was banging Selma even though he was dating Mindy, which pissed her off and made Solly completely jealous because he kind of has a thing for Selma.
Yeah, Gavin was a mooch.
I think he owed Hector like a grand, which he never paid back.
And even though he had a nothing career, he was always bragging about some B-movie he shot in Morocco, which I don't think even got released.
We have five people who felt some level of contempt toward Gavin, just from this recent production alone.
I'd eliminate Hector.
Clearly, he resented Gavin but also had empathy towards him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have lent him money in the first place.
LIZZIE: And by killing him, he'd never get his money back.
I'd eliminate Solly.
Gavin was helping make his production successful.
True, and Solly's desire for Selma was more wishful than real.
What about Dina? She didn't have a problem pointing a finger towards everyone else.
Yeah, but she also pointed a finger at herself.
Not to mention she was right on all accounts.
Her story checked out.
Selma was oddly dispassionate, which could be the trait of a killer, but her motive is the most dubious.
Which leaves Mindy, who doesn't exactly strike me as a peanut chemist.
Well, that was efficient.
We managed to eliminate the five potential suspects in, oh, under 30 seconds.
Hey, hey.
Having a barbecue this weekend.
I would have sent an e-mail, but I couldn't get the thing to work, so I printed them.
Why does it look like a serial killer made these? Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to delete the shoe.
What home upgrade you showing off this time? We just put in some sweet new hardscaping.
You know, patio, outdoor kitchen, the whole shebang.
You should bring your, um you know, your, uh your guy, your, uh, domestic whatever.
You mean my husband? Yeah.
Yeah.
Great.
I look forward to meeting your domestic whatever.
You're one of those people that says you're definitely gonna come but have no intentions of actually going, aren't you? - Yes.
- âZACK: Tox labs came back.
Gavin's injector was not filled with epinephrine, but with saline solution.
The sample taken from inside Bagel's head is a highly concentrated extract of Arachis hypogaea.
Otherwise known as peanut.
LIZZIE: Somehow made odorless so Gavin wouldn't suspect.
Good for him.
Not Gavin, obviously, but the killer, who is much more sophisticated than I first thought.
He or she weaponized peanut extract.
Or at least had access to it.
Oh.
Epinephrine.
Look at these.
Oh, we need to bag and tag those.
Looks like Gavin was a bit of a Luddite.
Or else he couldn't afford to keep up with the pace of modern technology.
Ooh! âOh, my God.
Certainly lives up to the image of a starving artist.
I'd say it was extremely unlikely he ever entertained here.
His killer knew him well enough to know that he had a peanut allergy.
Maybe it was someone from his past? Another struggling actor? He certainly was struggling.
Haven't seen one of these since the '90s.
(MACHINE WHIRRING) (OVER MACHINE): This is Larry.
Did you get my last message? Call me.
(BEEP) LARRY: Stop avoiding me, Gavin.
We need to meet.
There could be serious implications if you ignore this.
- (BEEP) - LARRY: What do I have to do? Hunt you down? I know you're a fancy actor now with a steady gig, but we have to meet.
- Call me before it's too late.
- We can match up the time stamp on the voice mail, I.
D.
this guy.
But even if this Larry guy is our killer, how would he get a hold of something as exotic as weaponized peanut extract? Weaponized peanut extract? Sounds like something Saddam Hussein would have served to an in-law.
Never heard of it.
Odorless, highly concentrated, extremely lethal.
Who was the victim? An obscure actor who played a plushy canine at a kiddie theater.
No wonder you left the boring old CIA for the thrill and intrigue of the NYPD.
And you left it for what? Come work with me, and you can find out.
I'll see what I can find on purveyors of your peanut weapon.
Thank you, and good-bye, Julian.
(CHUCKLING): Oh! Sorry.
That was meant for the trash.
- What is this? - Ah, some coworker invited us to a barbecue.
Don't worry, we're not going.
What? Why not? I would love to go.
You have never included me in your work life.
When you were working for the CIA - I couldn't.
- âOr in your work as an author.
You want to sit and watch me type? - With your teaching.
- You want to hobnob with some pimple-faced freshmen? Look, we both know you're more comfortable keeping your life (CLICKS TONGUE) compartmentalized.
Oh.
I suppose it stems from my life in the Agency.
It was dangerous to mix personal with professional.
Think it might go back further.
To your childhood.
When you kept your world private.
You know, maybe because of your musical gift.
Or being gay, your father's disapproval.
It is time for you to come out of your shell.
Okay, it'll be fun.
I'll keep an eye on you.
You really want to go? I thought you would never ask.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING) This is Dr.
Reinhart.
Gavin set a lunch meeting with the suspicious caller on his answering machine a few days before he was murdered.
Did you I.
D.
him? Larry Greenspan.
Tax accountant.
Lives in Yonkers.
WOMAN: You looking for Larry? Do you know where we can find him? Mount Eden Cemetery.
Larry died of a heart attack couple of days ago.
Funeral is today.
So I guess Larry is not our killer.
What if he's another victim? If Larry was murdered by Gavin's killer, we're looking for a similar kind of sabotage.
Oh, I don't feel right about this.
About what? About saying, "Oh, sorry for your loss, "but we're gonna have to haul your friend away so we can see if he was iced by Mr.
Peanut.
" Let's just wait till they all leave.
I mean, how long can that take? There's, like, seven people here.
honor to our departed Larry.
It is difficult to say good-bye to a friend and a loved one.
Larry loved to give back to the community.
Nothing gave him greater joy than his volunteer work teaching acting at the community playhouse.
Another actor.
Larry felt passionate about the theater, which is probably why he came to be regarded as one of the country's foremost volunteer acting teachers.
"Foremost volunteer acting teachers?" - Oh, please.
- âShh.
Acting was his drug.
Larry never drank.
He never swore.
His only vice was the occasional cigarette he allowed himself after a long day Think his cigs could've been sabotaged? We should get our hands on his last pack.
Rest in peace, Lawrence.
We'll order an advanced tox screening on his blood.
Detective Needham, NYPD.
We have reason to believe that Mr.
Greenspan was the victim of a homicide, and We need his body.
It'll be fine.
Trust me.
And Lizzie will be there, right? Yeah, but I just I hate chitchat.
It's normal human interaction.
You know, the simple stuff.
It's not really the chitchat you're worried about, is it? It's the cross-pollination of the worker species with the domestic species.
Don't worry, okay? We'll, uh, cross-pollinate.
We'll make a little honey.
It'll be sweet.
- Honey? - âExactly.
- What is inside there, by the way? - Calvados.
(CHUCKLING): You bought a bottle of brandy? - âMm-hmm.
- Give me a sec.
(LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER) Hi, guys.
- Hey! - âHow you doing? - Hey, Anthony.
Thanks for having us.
- âOf course.
This is my husband, Andy.
What, did you bring the entire bar? I love him already.
Great.
Thanks.
All right, well, look, make yourself at home.
Here you go.
Eat, drink, meet the friends and fam.
- Where's Lizzie? - ZACK: Oh, she couldn't make it.
She had to pick up Gary from the vet.
ANDY: Aw, I was hoping to hang out with her.
- Me, too.
- âSure she's not trying to track down your deadly peanut butter killer? (LAUGHTER) FUCCI: Hey, don't worry.
We've already got two units staking out Colonel Mustard's place.
(LAUGHTER) Doc, come on.
Let me introduce you around.
Fuccis love to chitchat.
Come here.
(DOG BARKING IN OTHER ROOM) (CELL PHONE BUZZING) Hey.
DYLAN: Hey.
- You at Fucci's barbecue? - Yeah.
- I wish I was there.
- So do I.
Andy seems to be fitting right in, but I can't stop thinking about our victims.
Me, too.
I've been looking for an acting connection between Gavin and Greenspan.
Not finding anything.
You think Gavin could have taken Greenspan's class? I got a hold of the rosters from the last four years.
Nothing there.
Anything from the M.
E.
? Tox lab? Not for at least another hour.
Oh, I-I gotta go.
I'll-I'll keep you posted.
Hi.
I missed two calls from the vet.
Uh, is Gary okay? - Um - (TYPING) What? What's wrong? I'm not allowed to release any information.
You should hear from the doctor.
She'll be done in a couple minutes.
- (GARY YELPING) - Gary! Whoa, that's authorized personnel only.
I'm authorized.
(LOCK BUZZES) Gary? Gary? - (YELPING) - Oh! Hey.
You're alive.
- Yes, of course he's alive.
- âHey, buddy.
I tried to call you.
We had to pull a second tooth, which cost an additional 600.
Okay.
Thank you.
Come on.
Let's go, let's go.
Hey, Andy, how'd you make the jump from lawyer to pub owner? Well, after I passed the bar, I turned right around and bought it.
- (LAUGHTER) - ANDY: All right, there we go.
- To Andy! - OTHERS: To Andy! All right.
FUCCI: Mmm.
Oh, yeah, pour some out - for these guys.
- ANDY: All right.
- Yeah, sure.
- Who wants one? (INDISTINCT CHATTER) I hate these things.
You? Maria Fucci.
Hello.
My name is Yeah, I know who you are.
You're married to the know-it-all who's partnered with Lizzie.
That fellow over there? Better-looking than I expected.
Looks like your hubby and Anthony are becoming fast pals.
Like two tiny cannibals in a fat guy's rib cage.
(CHUCKLES) "Like two tiny cannibals in a fat guy's rib cage.
" I like that analogy.
Oh, yeah, use it anytime.
Anthony loves throwing these things.
'Cause they're his buddies.
Plus Anthony loves mangling.
You mean mingling? Mangling.
Like, shmooshing his people together.
Work and personal.
It takes effort, you know, to play with people you don't know.
When you love someone, you make the effort.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) What do you say, Maria? Shall we make the effort? Why not? (CHUCKLES) Okay, but you serve first.
Oh, you can change into your suit over there.
- Oh - âLIZZIE: Detective Fucci, that's some neat hardscaping.
- FUCCI: Hey! - Your first-grade salary cover that? Excuse me, Maria.
- He's a good boy.
- âOh, oh.
Hey.
- He's a very good boy.
- How is the patient? LIZZIE: Alive, thank God.
We can't stay long.
I just came to pick you up.
Results from the M.
E.
are coming in.
FUCCI: Oh, how is the retiree? You know that Gary was one of the best drug-sniffing pooches in the business.
(GARY YELPS, BARKS) What? DYLAN: There you go.
Fresh from the M.
E.
He found black and brown particles in the alveolar scavenger cells.
Smoker's lung.
Larry smoked more than his rabbi thought.
Which brings us to the advanced tox screen findings we requested.
Fentanyl.
An opioid pain medication and recreational drug.
The concentration found in his pack of cigarettes did not suggest fun and games.
It was a lethal dose.
So Larry did not die of a heart attack.
Just like Gavin didn't die of an allergic reaction even though it appeared that both men supposedly died of natural causes.
And their deaths were also aided by the use of easy-to-acquire items epinephrine and a cigarette things not easily traced.
So we're looking for a serial killer who knows his victims well and is, what, a chemist? One who has a grudge against unknown actors? (CHUCKLES) Maybe.
But why such elaborate methods? This killer is more dramatic than his thespian victims.
- (LAUGHS) - Something's out of proportion.
(STAMMERING): Oh, no, just making some notes.
(PANTING) So, now you're stalking me? And you are avoiding me.
Didn't you get my message about the second victim? His cigarette was spiked with fentanyl.
Doesn't that remind you of Romania in '98? Is the CIA involved? Can't help you.
I have no information.
You never say you have no information about anything.
If the Company is I suggest that you and anyone you care about stay away from this.
Thank you.
You just gave me everything I need to know.
We are not looking for a serial killer.
We are looking for an assassin.
LIZZIE: Okay.
Thank you.
Mm no, I don't know if that kind of enlargement is tax deductible.
Thank you.
(SIGHS) I've talked to a dozen people on Larry Greenspan's phone bill.
Half of them were tax clients wondering if they still have to pay what they owe to him.
None of them know anything.
I called you last night.
I didn't leave a message.
I saw that.
- Sorry, I should've called you back.
- It's okay.
I'm sorry I called you a jackass.
- You didn't call me a jackass.
- In my head, I did.
Hi.
This is Detective Needham, NYPD.
We're investigating the homicide of a man named Larry Greenspan.
Does that ring a bell for you? That'd be great.
Thanks.
Yeah, uh do you recall their names or what they look like or? Oh, fantastic.
Oh.
Could you send me a a copy of that receipt, please? Thank you.
What's the connection? Looking for military records for Gavin and Greenspan? What's your theory? I'm just poking around, trying to find a connection between the victims other than acting.
- Hmm.
- It was a dead end.
What do you got? That was a restaurant where Greenspan was supposed to meet with Gavin Carson.
But Greenspan didn't show up because he was dead.
They just told me the reservation was for three; two showed up.
- Gavin and? - âA woman, about 30.
- Brown hair.
She paid.
- Not a lot to go on, unless we can get a copy - of her credit card receipt.
- (CELL PHONE BUZZES) Mm.
Here it is.
Her name is Nancy Millhouse.
Two L's.
Well, I have a Nancy Millhouse.
She's a dental hygienist nothing to do with acting.
Got her address and phone number.
Hi.
Is Nancy Millhouse there? When did she get ill? Sir, this is Detective Needham, NYPD.
Please don't give her any more of her medications.
There's a chance they've been tampered with.
We'll be there soon.
Okay, bye.
Nancy Millhouse is a diabetic.
Gave herself an insulin shot, started feeling worse.
MAN: She's severely hypoglycemic.
Someone must have spiked Nancy's insulin.
Do you have Glucagon on the bus? Yes.
You a doctor? Yes.
This is her insulin and her Glucagon, but I didn't give her any after I got your warning.
- Great.
Can we bag those, please? - Yeah.
Um, do you or Nancy know Gavin Carson or Larry Greenspan? No, I don't recognize them.
Did Nancy work for the government? - No.
- âIs Nancy an actor? Uh, she gave it up three years ago.
She's a dental hygienist.
That's how we met.
Why did she give it up? She quit after she got a parasite when she was shooting some low-budget feature.
Where was it shot? Morocco, I think.
EMT: Her vitals are stabilizing.
We're ready to take her to the hospital.
I'm sorry.
I've gotta go.
Thank you.
You remember the picture in Gavin's apartment? Mm-hmm.
It was taken in Morocco.
We need to see if Greenspan went to Morocco, too, and we need to find everyone who appeared in that film.
They could all be in danger.
- Why target actors? - That's what we need to figure out.
I'm gonna take the evidence to the lab.
- I'll meet you at the precinct.
- Okay.
What are you doing? What do you know? What do you mean? You're looking for foreign connections.
You ask if she works for the government.
You knew this case had some kind of international component before we heard about Morocco.
You know things you're not telling me.
I don't care about your super special, secret friend, but these are my cases.
I need to know what you know.
Right now, we need to identify everyone who went to Morocco to make that film, before another of them is killed.
Everything else has to wait.
I'm sorry.
So, why the Bat-Signal? We have another victim.
I should have known you wouldn't stay away from this.
We may have gotten to her in time.
Then you've probably just driven whoever it is further underground.
"Whoever"? You don't know? How far have you gotten? We know all the victims were actors who took part in the same low-budget film shot in Morocco a few years ago.
But I think that's a cover at least what the actors were told and actually the film was a propaganda tool to further some political or corporate agenda.
Like the fake Al-Qaeda insurgent videos ordered by the Defense Department.
Exactly.
And now all the participants are being systematically erased.
Someone is trying to cover it up.
Your partner knows all this, too? She's getting close.
Julian, these victims were civilians, innocents.
They didn't sign up for this.
You're not only jeopardizing yourself, but by involving the NYPD Then help me put a stop to this.
We're running out of time.
You're putting me in a very difficult position.
(LAUGHS) You've done the same to me.
(SIGHS) I went onto Telegram.
Made myself an invited guest in one of the private chats.
I don't have all the pieces, but enough to know you're being watched.
There's something you should see, but not here.
Okay, so Nancy Millhouse entered Morocco on February 23.
Look to see who else went there from the U.
S.
at about the same time.
Gavin Carson, Lawrence Greenspan.
Those are our other two vics.
The film is the connection between them.
They all got to Morocco on the same day, at the same time.
There's one more person who came in at the same time.
Nelson Grimes.
He's new.
Pull up his passport.
PROFESSION: actor.
Nelson Grimes could be our next victim.
We need an address.
No problem.
Address is no longer valid.
None forwarding.
Can you send me that link? Okay.
I'll keep looking.
Car's registered to a rental company.
Got an address.
No phone listed.
- Should I come with you? - No.
Keep digging.
See if you can find a phone number for this guy.
Have the local PD meet you at the guy's address.
Welcome to A-1 Gadgets.
Is there anything I can help you with? No, we're okay.
Actually, I was in the market for a USB eMAG dongle.
- We don't have those.
- âOh.
According to your Web site, there should be eight in stock.
Can you please check in the back? Um okay.
Let's get to work.
(TYPING) Getting back-channel access into a private video server.
Secret meeting in Morocco.
As you suspected, it was a propaganda video.
Probably made by a rogue intelligence group to create unrest in Chechnya.
So Larry Greenspan and Nancy Millhouse are playing the Chechen president and his wife.
Uncanny resemblance.
And here they are meeting Gavin Carson, who is a dead ringer for the head of the separatists.
The film was obviously designed to undermine the Chechen leader and prompt a regime change.
So our assassin has to be a rogue operative from some intelligence service, who now works for an oligarch or a corporation or someone who has enough resources to eliminate all these people before the truth about the existence of this film gets out.
Any idea who that assassin might be? I'd have to do some more digging.
There's no time to dig.
All the victims are here.
What is that? A mirror? Why is it black? Can you zoom in? Looks like somebody's trying to cover something up.
Let me see if I can find the original file.
Here we are.
Bishop.
Former operative in MI6.
Didn't he get burned three years ago? Became an independent contractor.
And, apparently, he was freelancing for the rogue intelligence group.
Who must have hired him to create the propaganda film, and then questions started to be asked about the footage? And Bishop decided to erase anyone who knew it was fiction.
And he knew the victim's vulnerabilities.
If Bishop's looking to erase anyone who knows about the film, we've just put ourselves on his hit list.
(CELL PHONE CHIMING) Lizzie located Bishop.
She thinks he's the next victim.
Oh, why doesn't she answer her phone? She may be out of range.
Bishop's safe house would be remote.
I know how to find her.
- Nelson Grimes? - âYes.
Detective Needham, NYPD.
We think you might be in danger.
- Danger? - âYes.
Uh please, come in.
Morocco? That project was years ago.
Why would someone come after us now? I'm still trying to figure that out, but I need to get you to the local sheriff's station.
- Sheriff's station? - âYes.
We need to get you out of here.
(CHUCKLING): Okay.
Uh Just let me get my stuff together.
I'll call and let them know we're coming.
Cell service is really bad here.
I'm really grateful you came.
Just trying to find my reading glasses.
Give me a sec.
Ready.
(GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (YELLS) (SCREAMS) (YELLS, GROANS) (GRUNTS) (GROANS) (FLAMES CRACKLING) It's fresh.
Come on.
Take him alive.
Lizzie! (GRUNTS) Lizzie! (COUGHING) (GRUNTING) Lizzie.
Lizzie, come on.
Come on.
(COUGHS) Bishop.
Playing with fire again? Hello, Julian.
Wake up, Lizzie.
- Come on.
- (GUNSHOT) You shot Grimes in self-defense.
This is yours.
It's clean.
Call an ambulance.
I'm on it.
(ENGINE REVVING) (INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO COMMUNICATION) LIZZIE: How did you find me? Your phone was out of range, but your tracker wasn't.
What tracker? (DOG HOWLS) Oh.
(CHUCKLES) Doggy GPS.
Maybe being overprotective isn't such a neurosis after all.
Why does it look like there's two sets of motorcycle tracks on the path? Sexy, juicy, spicy.
Again, I'm confused.
This is your idea for a children's book? No, darling, I'm talking about my taquitos.
But I will say my idea for the children's book is brilliant.
By you solving that plushy murder, you are trending with nine-year-olds all over the world.
Today, perhaps.
Tomorrow, I'm not so sure.
No, no.
You don't understand.
Who's not going to love the idea of a Dylan Reinhart take on Encyclopedia Brown, honey? Picture it.
Little Dylan, with little glasses and a tiny tweed suit, sleuthing.
I'm telling you, it's a whole new demographic.
Yeah, well, tell Scribner I'll, uh, sleep on it.
You're one of those people who say, "I'll sleep on it," and then you never do.
- Yes.
- âAh.
Well, you will be the death of me.
- I'm sorry, Joan.
- Talking about my taquitos.
ANDY: All right.
(SIGHS) - Any luck? - âNo.
You gotta help me with him.
Mm.
Actually, I may have to help Dylan.
One second.
- Hey! Drinks on Andy! - Hey! - FUCCI: Hey, how are you, man? - ANDY: Good, man.
FUCCI: Hey, look who else is here the man of the hour.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) You know them? âUh-huh.
They're the guys from the precinct.
- Shut up.
- âMm-hmm.
I'm just gonna go say hi.
You do that.
I'm really sorry.
I-I had no idea they were coming.
I did.
I invited them.
Thank you for opening up your life to me.
It means a lot.
FUCCI: Hey.
To Doc Reinhart.
Another collar.
You're on a roll.
(CHEERING, LAUGHTER) Where's Lizzie? (TYPING) Hey.
Hey.
Can I do anything? Almost done.
What does your report say? Only what I know, which isn't saying a whole lot.
(CHUCKLES) One of the advantages of being knocked on the head with a shovel I don't have to tell the truth 'cause I don't actually know it.
Who would have thought I'd be so good at writing fiction? Maybe I should write a book.
- Lizzie.
- âMm-hmm.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Me, too.
I had a partner who hid things from me.
Maybe he thought it was protecting me.
But I can't be put in that position again.
I need an honest and open partner.
You should not have taken off without backup.
You should've returned your phone call.
You should never have been there in the first place.
Your secrecy put me in danger.
You're right.
This is on me.
(SIGHS) I left the CIA not just because of the risk of losing my life, but of losing my relationship.
I know what it's like to compartmentalize.
I lived it.
I saw how destructive it can be.
I will not do that again.
I have to trust you.
You can.
Everyone's at Andy's bar.
You want to go? (CHUCKLES) Do they allow dogs? I know the owner.
I could talk to him.
What do you say, Gary?