Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024) s02e04 Episode Script

[NARRATOR]:
In Toronto's war on crime,
the worst offenders are
pursued by the detectives
of the Specialized Criminal
Investigations Unit.
These are their stories.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
- [BOOMING MUSIC]
- Cheers!
Hey, Celine.
I had this thought today
and it kind of blew my mind.
Like, you know when you have
one of those just boom!
- Clarity?
- Yeah.
Shared values
make money!
Totally!
Exactly. You're so right.
I'll get us more drinks.
[CELINE CHUCKLES]
Bartender, I need some more! Let's go!
[SIGHING]
Uh-oh.
Don't falter now.
I know, right?
Got to pace myself.
You're with that rowdy crew.
What's the occasion?
They're restaurant people.
Go hard now because it
could all collapse tomorrow.
I wouldn't know about that,
but I do know about pacing
I'm about to get a second wind.
Join me?
Gonna say yes.
Yeah, you are. Why not?
[GRUNTING]
- You should come join us.
- I'm going to say yes.
[GIGGLING]
Whoa, be careful.
[CHUCKLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GRUNTING]
[SIGHING]
[STRAINED GRUNTING]
Tell me you didn't drive home like this.
Jesus, sweetie, you can barely stand up.
It's four in the morning.
I know.
I'm sorry, Christopher.
[SCOFFING]: I was worried.
I'll go to the guest room.
I think you'd better.
But our marriage
it can't handle much more of this.
Don't lose patience with me.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SIGHING]
- Fun night?
- Jesus!
[SCOFFING]
What is wrong with you?
Thought you'd be happy to see me.
Lurking in my bedroom?
Well
it's not your bedroom.
Your husband's that way.
He'll have his earplugs in by now.
We're all alone.
I'm tired. Go home.
[SLAPPING, GRUNTING]
You just love to play games, don't you?
Keep everyone off balance?
Let's say I do.
What are you going to do about it?
[SCOFFING]
I'm going to sleep now, so
unless you plan to
creep back into the shadows
and watch me undress
it's time to say goodnight.
[GRUNTING]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
[STRAINED GRUNTING]
[SCREAMING STOPS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GRUNTING]
[BAG RUSTLING]
[THEME SONG]
[POLICE SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Looks like she hit the
planter on the way in.
Parking slip on her
dash from last night.
She went down to Ossington.
Look at this.
Sand?
Hmm, looks finer.
On her right cuff, no where else.
- [GRUNTING]
- Detectives.
Oh. Sir. [GRUNTING]
I'm superintendent
Bishop. This is my division.
I've heard a lot about you guys.
Used to work with your
boss, Inspector Holness.
What can we do for you, sir?
Well, my detectives are
convinced that this is
an accident, and they'd
rather not have you here at all.
Sounds familiar?
Does happen.
Tell me where they're wrong
and I'll get out of your hair.
Well, main impact was to
the head. Doesn't quite fit.
We protect our heads in a fall.
Long tumble.
Is that impossible?
Well, sure.
Just unlikely.
- Forced entry, huh?
- No.
No alarms. Housekeeper
found her this morning,
checked her pulse to see if
she was alive, called 911.
Husband's the only other occupant.
They spoke briefly when she
got home last night. Late.
Told your guys that he didn't
hear anything after that.
I'll take more if you've got it.
Well, shoes. Shoes are problematic.
Coming home at four A.M.,
the need to take off
your heels is existential.
Yet she wore them up the stairs
crossed to the husband
over to the guest room and back.
Well, it's not a home run, but
if you want it, it's all yours.
I'll keep my guys off your back.
If you want help, you let me know.
Thank you, sir. Will do.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER IN THE DISTANCE]
I don't understand how
this could've happened.
We we had an argument
and, um, she went to the
to the guest room. [SIGHING]
What was the nature of the argument?
I was worried about her. I
didn't know where she was.
So after she left the
bedroom, did you hear anything?
Like voices or footsteps?
I thought this was an accident.
It may well be, Mr.
Parsons, so we have to ask.
Um, no. I mean, I sleep with earplugs.
I guess I was wound
up after the quarrel,
so I took a sleeping pill.
Was it normal for Celine
to be out so late?
Yeah
lately it seemed like she was
at a different bar every night.
She was involved in a business venture.
Something to do with restaurants?
She was very invested.
Mr. Parsons, who has keys to the house?
Staff, um, kids, me
- that's all.
- [TENSE MUSIC]
Juliet.
Why don't we let Detective Graff
finish the conversation with your dad?
[SIGHING]
- You're okay.
- Yeah.
Juliet, is there something
you'd like to say?
I don't want to speak ill.
You know any detail could be important.
Even the uncomfortable ones.
We're not convinced
this was an accident.
There was an other man.
She told me as much.
It wasn't the first time.
Sometimes her affairs happened here,
right under his nose.
And did your father know?
Knew, didn't pretend to not to
God knows what their arrangement was.
Maybe the arrangement
wasn't to his liking?
Maybe he'd had enough.
I know you have to think
those things, but
trust me, Dad could
never. It's just not in him.
Hope it was worth it.
Whole thing seems overcooked to me.
Oh yeah? Is that your take?
Because I'm not terribly interested.
Okay? Thank you.
Wow. Nice.
So should I come in?
No. No.
No contact for a while.
Yeah, but you always say that.
Then I get the two A.M. call.
No, no. I mean it.
Hey. Where'd you get that coke from?
One line and I could barely stand up.
Too many questions, Naomi.
Thank you.
Oh, Celine Windt. Give
me the 20 second version.
Okay, uh, trophy wife found
at the bottom of the stairs.
Possible affair gone wrong,
but we can't rule out
an accidental fall.
- Pathology?
- No, they're next.
Victim was out late
We'll piece together her last movements,
find out who she was with.
Well, I'd appreciate a quick win here.
Budget review!
Oof, have fun with that.
I get to explain to the CFO
and the Staff Super why you
two book so much overtime.
Well then, Godspeed.
[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]
She had alcohol and cocaine in
her system and benzodiazepine.
Uppers and downers.
It's a wonder she could
stand on her feet at all.
Supports the accident theory.
Partied too hard, tripped on the stairs.
Unless someone wanted
to make it look that way,
spiked her with the
benzos, staged the tumble
and the head trauma
consistent with the fall
or more likely with an object?
Yes. Either.
Well, what do you like?
No, sir. Hunches are your department,
but here's something.
Petechial hemorrhaging in her eyes.
So she suffocated?
I can't rule out positional asphyxia
given that she was found with
her diaphragm constricted.
Okay, so
the fall knocks her out, she lands bad,
crimps her airway. Lights out.
Hmm, she didn't fall
down the stairs at all.
And what about the powder on her cuff?
Good luck with that.
Silicone beads, cornmeal,
and ground walnut shells.
Is that a drug thing?
No. It's for the shuckles.
Celine parked along this strip
so that leaves us what, um
9,000 bars to check?
You should've worn
your crepe soled shoes.
[CHUCKLING]
[ROCK MUSIC]
Found it.
The shuckle.
My aunt was a member of the
Canadian Shuffleboard Congress.
Yeah. No, of course she was.
[GRUNTING]
Can I help you guys?
Yeah. Detective Graff,
this is Detective Bateman.
We were wondering if, um
you'd seen this woman recently?
Yeah. Last night she came
in with a group of people.
They were [SCOFFS]
they were going pretty hard.
Who paid?
Do you have their credit card info?
I'll take a look.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
You paid for her drinks last night.
How did you know Celine?
Money. We needed it,
her husband had it
she invested at a key time for us.
So you you own restaurants.
We did. Seven venues in
the entertainment district.
But we just sold the whole group
to a consortium out of Chicago.
That's why we were celebrating.
Celine was gonna make a fortune.
Do you know if Celine might
have been romantically involved
with any of her work associates?
Look, she knew how to have
a good time, no question.
But I don't know. She
she talked about her husband
as if she really cared for him.
Did anything seem off
about her last night?
Late for the party as always.
She was even bringing
strangers into the fold.
Strangers?
This woman, um,
turns out she was an escort.
How did you know that?
I hit on her and she
she gave me her rates
What is this about?
Celine Windt died last night.
What?
Which makes you interesting to us
as one of the very last
people who saw her alive.
Okay, look. I never met her
before and that's the truth.
But a client of mine
he was her friend.
Say more.
Okay, he said that Celine was an addict
and that she was lying
about being clean.
He said that he wanted to get
her help and he needed proof.
So he told me to offer her the drugs
to see if she would take them.
Cocaine? And she did.
I told him it was hardly fair.
It's like total entrapment.
But he insisted.
He said that it was for her own good.
He supply the drugs?
- Yeah.
- How were they?
Crappy, if you really wanna know.
Made me more dizzy than anything.
This client what's his name?
I don't I don't know his real name.
But I've been to his house.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
[KNOCKING]
Hello, sir. I'm Detective Bateman,
this is Detective Graff.
Toronto police.
You must be here about Celine.
[TENSE MUSIC]
How do you know Celine Windt?
She's my step-mother.
You've been arrested
for administering a noxious substance.
Okay. Whatever story this,
um, escort gave you
she's obviously lying!
It's more than a story, Eric.
It's, um, it's a dinner and a show.
Yeah, this is the baggy
of cocaine you supplied her.
A whiff of which is currently
being analyzed for benzodiazepine.
And this is the $ 1,300
in cash you paid her.
And this
is what you texted her so she'd know
who to approach with the drugs.
This whole premise is absurd.
Celine didn't need encouragement from me
or anyone else to go
to the bar and do coke.
She was a train wreck.
Vulture. Couldn't burn through
my dad's money fast enough.
Yeah, you mean your inheritance.
She was selling cologne at the
Manulife Centre when they met.
Little short skirt, big student loan.
My dad was hooked.
Married her three months later.
Does that sound like a
healthy arrangement to you?
Maybe she would've
been more suited to, um,
what someone your age?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Where were you at four
A.M. last night, Eric?
I was home, in bed.
Let's back this up for a second.
Because when it comes
to being a vulture,
I'm not sure she was doing it right.
How do you mean?
Well, that business venture.
It was a big win,
Celine had just made a
fortune for your father.
Was that news to you?
I The point is that
the woman was a mess.
A drunken fall? Hate
to say it, it's just
not that surprising.
[KNOCKING AT THE DOOR]
Well, that'll be your lawyer.
But don't worry, Eric.
We'll talk again real soon.
What's his motive?
He was hot for step-mom
or he was protecting Dad's money?
Well, maybe both.
I mean she was clearly
under his skin and
he wouldn't have paid
someone to drug her for no reason.
He's our guy.
Knocked out and then asphyxiated?
- Yeah.
- No weapon found?
Well, teams are looking,
but it's a blunt object,
so, I mean, it could be almost anything.
- Graff?
- Hmm?
You're both sure about this?
Yeah. Points to him.
He drugged her. He killed
her and staged the fall.
I can keep him
on administering a noxious substance.
Punt's bail hearing is in a day or so.
Buy you some time to get to murder.
Yeah, we'll take it. Thanks, Theo.
Okay, come on, what is it?
Well, he's right. The
motive is messy.
Premeditated kill, that's
not passion. As for
you know, protecting
the family's fortune.
Celine was growing it not spending it.
Hm-mmm.
It's even worse than murder. Untidiness.
Let's clean it up.
How are you holding up?
Just excellent.
Few days. Then you'll be out on bail.
What does Dad think? Does
he suspect anything?
Of course not. He thinks
it was an accident.
That stupid whore. She just
had to keep her mouth shut.
Don't worry about that.
A prostitute with bad drugs.
Her words don't matter.
It's easy for you to say
because you're not wearing the jumpsuit.
Hey, the detectives told me that
Celine made a bunch of money.
Did you know that?
It doesn't make a difference.
Of course it makes a difference!
Eric
[WHISPERING]: Celine was a menace.
She was bad for Dad
and she was bad for you.
You did what you had to do.
What matters now is
that we stick together.
If you expect me to
speak against my own son,
you're mistaken.
He's not who you seem to think he is.
Well, that's why we're
here. To understand him better.
He spoke passionately about your estate.
Does he have financial troubles?
He had asked me for help.
- And you said no?
- You have to understand.
After their mother died,
I didn't know how to give
the kids what they needed.
So I just said, "Yes!
Yes." To everything.
It wasn't helpful for Eric.
I recognize that now.
He needed boundaries, but Celine
she helped me to understand that.
Can I ask
what happened to your
first wife, Eric's mother?
Natalie.
She drowned.
I'm so sorry.
Losing your mother can take
you to some dark places.
Hostility towards the
new wife, the new life.
It wasn't like that.
Natalie was a troubled soul.
She was depressive and the
kids, they bore the brunt of it.
Her mood swings I
tried to protect them.
As horrible as it was
her death brought a kind of peace.
Well, your family certainly
has been through a lot.
Where was it that, um,
your first wife passed away?
Here.
In the pool.
I see.
Hey, Bateman.
Natalie Parsons, 44,
unintentional drowning.
Unintentional. Any drugs in her system?
Just the vodka kind.
Graff. You'll never guess
who the lead investigator was.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
We were surprised to
learn that you investigated
the death of Natalie Parsons?
Have a seat.
That's right. It wasn't
much of an investigation.
She drowned. What about it?
Well, you didn't, um, feel
the need to mention it, sir.
Is it relevant?
Well, that's
that's what we're
trying to determine, sir.
And I have every
confidence that you will.
If it's not relevant, if it is
in fact a totally unrelated
10 year old incident
I'm sure you will
come to that conclusion.
Then why did you drop by at all?
I told you why.
My guys wanted you off their turf.
A single phone call
could have handled that.
But you wanted to see the
crime scene for yourself.
In case a new body shed
light on the old one.
And there it is.
The famous conjecture.
Well, am I wrong, sir?
[SIGH]: Four years
after the mom drowned.
I worked another fatality at the house.
A personal assistant to the
family, Danika Coulter. She
died of a heart attack.
Forgive me, sir, but that is
a lot of bad luck for one address.
If you guys want to sit here
and second-guess my work
be my guest.
But you should know, it's
not just me you're judging.
It's your boss.
[SIGHING]
[MECHANICAL BUZZING,
WORKPLACE INDISTINCT CHATTER]
What's this?
Could we have a word, boss? Inside?
Yeah.
Do you remember a drowning
incident that occurred
10 years ago in Hog's Hollow?
You were junior
investigator, Bishop was lead?
Uh sure.
Society mom had too many martinis,
ended up face down in the pool.
Natalie Parsons.
Yeah, that's right. Why?
Oh, well Natalie Parsons' husband
got remarried to our
current victim, Celine Windt.
You're joking.
It's worse, I'm afraid.
Third woman was found dead
in the house in the interim.
Family assistant, Danika Coulter.
Three deaths in the same house.
Why didn't we catch this?
They were ruled accidental.
And it's the same house
with different addresses.
The street was renamed
from Ryerson Crescent
to Hedge Brooke Crescent in 2022.
So nothing came up on our search.
Perhaps a coincidence
which also might describe
the death of Danika Coulter.
It was ruled a medical incident, but
Ma'am, Bishop was the lead
investigator on that too.
Oh, no. Bishop
Bishop is a good detective.
Half of what I learned,
I learned from him.
If those weren't accidents,
he would have caught it.
Yeah.
Um, it's just three
bodies in one house, ma'am.
It's a hard pattern to ignore.
Your suspect, Eric Parsons,
does he profile as a repeater?
Um, no, not particularly, no.
But you still like him for Celine Windt?
Yeah. We think he's the guy.
Okay. Then, one thing at the time.
Make your case.
And let's not go around
shouting serial murders
unless we're sure.
Dismissed.
[SIGHING]
I never understood why people are
so protective of their teachers.
I think that the day you discover
that they're fallible is a good day.
How so?
Well, moment of growth.
You've surpassed them, cast
them aside, and move on.
Ah, for us humans I don't
think it's that easy.
Hmm.
Eric's motive for
killing Celine is fuzzy.
Maybe this will help us.
We got two more bodies,
two more data points.
What's the pattern?
Okay.
Eric wanted money. [SIGHING]
It works as a motive for
Celine, might work for the mom.
Not impossible.
Yeah, but the assistant.
She's the outlier.
She had the so-called heart attack.
Her brother's listed as her next of kin.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
Danika and Christopher
Parsons had started
to have a relationship.
I was upset when I found out.
Rich widower sleeping
with his assistant?
It's a bad joke.
You think Christopher had
something to do with Danika's death.
That's the thing.
I was worried, but Danika
swore he was a good man.
They'd fallen in love.
She even brought me to
his house to meet him.
How'd that go?
He was charming.
Daughter was polite,
Danika was beaming the whole time.
Three weeks later, she was dead.
And what about the son, Eric?
What was Danika's relationship with him?
There was none.
He was out of the house by then.
It was just Christopher
and the daughter.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Juliet.
[PAGES FLIPPING LOUDLY]
Juliet?
There he is.
Were you walking?
Yeah. Yeah, I was.
Just trying to clear my head.
Yeah.
Good.
Good to keep moving, I think.
Yeah.
I'm gonna stay for a while.
I brought my stuff, I'll
sleep in my old room.
You don't have to do that, honey.
Of course, I do.
I'm not going to leave you alone.
Is there something you're looking for?
Yes.
Things will need to be
managed, arrangements.
Her affairs, it's
I don't want you to
have to think about it.
I don't know what I'd
do without you, Jules.
[LIPS SMACKING]
Love you.
[BOOK CLOSING]
[SIGH]
You think we have the wrong kid?
And the wrong motive.
Just hear me out for a sec.
Now repeat killers come in two types.
Those who murder for
instrumental goals, profit, power.
And those who are looking
to fulfill an internal need.
Now what's the one thing that
connects all three victims?
Not money.
Christopher, the man.
What if this is about him?
About control, about
protecting him, possessing him?
Yeah, but Juliet would have been
16 years old when her mom died?
What? Mom, the Ice Queen?
A lack of hugs doesn't
make you a serial killer.
It could if the chemistry
was there in the first place.
Mom was cruel, psychologically abusive.
It was her versus Dad and the kids,
so Juliet took on the
role of father's keeper.
It's textbook sociopathy.
The grandiosity, the
narcissism, it's all there.
What about Eric?
A tool.
See, she's smart enough
to change up the pattern,
get somebody else to do
the wetwork on this one.
Female predators are
trappers not stalkers.
They tend to kill on their own turf.
The Hog's Hollow house.
It's her territory.
With Christopher in the middle,
anyone that threatens that
God help them.
I'm in. Let's put it to the test.
[CAR BEEPING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
You can just have a seat.
Thank you for filling, Juliet.
Of course.
How can I help?
We're sorry to inform
you that your father
is now our lead suspect in
the death of Celine Windt.
What? No, why?
Why would you think that?
Well, the sad truth
is incidents like these
almost always come down
to spousal violence.
They had a tumultuous relationship.
You said so yourself.
They fought that night and later
when they were alone together
at the house, she was killed.
No, no, no. You're wrong
about him, about all of this.
Celine was drunk and high,
she fell down the stairs.
The pathologist concluded otherwise,
saying that Celine was struck
with a blunt object on the head.
And asphyxiated.
It must be hard to hear such
a thing about your father.
It's shocking.
[SIGHING]
Does Eric know?
Um, not from us.
He told me he was upset
about Dad and Celine.
Their relationship.
That's why he went on
the walk that night.
A walk the night of Celine's death?
He was in the neighbourhood?
He probably went to Hollow Pond.
It's near the house. It's where
he goes to collect his thoughts.
[WATER BUBBLING]
They've got something.
She served him up.
Protecting daddy dearest.
We checked with the housekeeper.
That ashtray came
from the guest bedroom,
but then you would know that already.
The same room where Celine would stay
if she'd been out all night.
You incapacitated her
with a blow to the head
then you asphyxiated her.
All while her husband, your father,
was asleep in a room down the hall.
You're wrong.
Well, your DNA is on all of
these items and so is Celine's.
Detectives, we all know
there's a thousand explanations
for this.
Yeah, well, this is one of them.
And here's something
you might not know, Eric.
It was your sister that
lead us to this evidence.
What?
She steered us to the pond.
She told us you were in
the neighborhood that night.
[SCOFFING]
- It was her idea.
- [LAWYER]: Eric
No. You listen to me.
It was her goddamn idea.
- Eric!
- Shut up!
She said that Celine was
stealing our dad's money.
Bleeding him dry.
She said that she was
gonna sell the house
right out from under
him and take everything.
And you bought it.
That bitch! Of course she turned on me.
We're gonna take a minute.
Take your time.
Of course she did!
Eric's testimony against Juliet
is useless without corroboration.
No one's gonna take his word
over the pretty daughter
who wasn't even there.
Well, they would if they
knew it wasn't her first time.
Tell me you're sure about this.
She changed tactic.
Okay, it fits the profile.
She knew the victims, one location,
long intervals between kills.
Female predator right out of the manual.
And we missed it.
Hey, boss. You couldn't
have known back then.
Open it up. Find our mistakes.
Natalie Parsons, dead in
the pool, pulmonary edema.
Blood alcohol 0.18, and guess
who found her and called 911?
Uh, young Juliet?
[CLICKING OF TONGUE]
Poor thing. Okay, so she waited for
her to get loaded, held her under.
Second victim, Danika
Coulter, found by Christopher.
When he came home from work,
discovered the bathroom locked.
Kicked in the door, and found the body.
And get this, she had cracked ribs,
but the pathologist ruled inconclusive.
That seem odd?
So acute cardiac arrhythmia
She either had a heart attack
and fell under the corner
of the vanity causing the cracked ribs
or it was the blow to the
chest that stopped her heart
in the first place.
Like from a baseball bat or a kick
You can see our dilemma.
One of them is a medical incident
and the other's a crime.
I hate to say it, but they both fit.
Sorry guys, inconclusive.
Thing I don't get is the cracked ribs.
Okay, it's tenuous, but
this is the second body.
There's enough to keep
digging, but Bishop didn't.
He closed the file.
Because he couldn't get past their alibi
and we're going to hit the same wall.
At the time of Danika Coulter's death,
Juliet was at the rowing club.
Confirmed by multiple witnesses.
I don't believe it.
I think something's off.
Statement, Juliet Parsons,
"I left from my rowing
club meeting at 7:30 A.M.
before arriving at 8 A.M."
And according to Bishop,
Danika Coulter arrived to
start her work day at
at 9.
Bateman.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
You called it.
What?
Bishop made a mistake.
And I think he knew it.
If he comes clean
we've got a shot at her.
He won't.
Not to us.
Hello there, Viv.
[LAUGHING]
It's good to see your face.
Aw, you too, Charles. You too.
I'm gathering this
Hog's Hollow business is getting messy?
Yeah
We believe that Juliet
Parsons is responsible
for all three deaths.
We missed it, Charles.
You didn't miss anything.
I was the lead on victim one,
you weren't even there for victim two.
At the time of Danika Coulter's death,
you were vying for this job.
You really think so poorly of me?
Look, I didn't have
the pieces for murder.
You know how it goes, once
you call murder you can't
climb down and I didn't have the pieces.
Come on, Viv.
You know me.
The work is who I am.
I remember the work.
[GRUNTS APPROVINGLY]
[HUFFING]
But look at us now, Charles.
I spent all week in front
of the budget committee
arguing wins and
loses, the work changes.
The incentives certainly do.
Juliet Parsons had an alibi.
Out of the house by eight.
And Danika Coulter
didn't arrive till nine.
Except
You made a correction in your notes.
You crossed out "Arrived"
and you put "Started" instead.
Danika's workday started at nine.
You parsing my six-year-old notes?
Had she slept over?
Danika was in a relationship
with Christopher Parsons.
Did you discover that
she had slept over?
I don't remember.
Because that would've put her
there earlier in the morning,
alone in the house with Juliet.
Even if it were true,
it doesn't prove murder.
No.
To do that, you would've had to admit
that you may have gotten
the first one wrong.
You would've had to face your sergeant
and your colleagues and the public.
How hard were you gonna work for that
when the other option was available?
What option?
Telling yourself that you
got it right the first time.
That you're a good cop,
that you do not miss.
And that this will all go away.
What do you want?
[BUZZING]
Superintendent Bishop has
informed professional standards
that an oversight may have
compromised the Hog's Hollow cases.
He's recommending a full review.
That's a brave decision.
What matters is that Juliet's
alibi no longer holds.
He's admitted he got it wrong.
Your suspect's in play, Detectives.
You've already questioned
us. Why are you here?
I think you've caused
this family enough pain.
This won't take long.
Yeah, we appreciate your time.
There are just
a couple of details about the fatalities
that we need to clarify.
Wonderful. A tour through our grief.
It's okay, Jules.
What can we do to help?
Well, let's start at the beginning.
Natalie Parsons, your mother.
It must've been very
traumatic finding her.
Can you tell us what happened that day?
She was floating.
I pulled her out here, I called 911.
And what drew you to the pool?
Was she thrashing, crying out,
screaming for help when she drowned?
Nothing like that. I saw her
from the coach house window.
And did you try and resuscitate her?
It was already over.
You were how old? 16?
That's a tough age.
How would you describe your
relationship with your mother?
I told you Natalie was troubled.
She didn't make it easy.
Her death brought a kind of peace,
I believe is how you put it.
A solution, almost.
It's a horrible thing to say.
Okay, then, let's move on.
Danika Coulter, shall we?
I came home from work.
Bathroom door was locked,
and she wasn't answering.
So I forced my way in.
And I
she was cool to the touch.
I just held her until
the paramedics came.
And how did you feel about
Danika? Did you get along?
We weren't pals. She was the assistant.
Well, until she became more.
Dad was vulnerable.
He was still grieving.
- No.
- She took advantage of him.
Another problem in
search of the solution.
Your own people said
it was a heart attack.
Mistakes were made and
we'll be asking ourselves
how for a long time.
But in some ways, I
think we know the answer.
You see, sometimes, people
are too invested in being right
to see the signs that they're wrong.
It's like that, um,
that feeling in the gut, you know.
That little hum in
the back of your brain
that would just never go away.
You know that palpable
feeling of intuition is real.
It's based on observation
and experience,
sensory data collecting in your brain,
telling your body, warning it.
Something is wrong.
Something is missing
Okay, enough! Enough.
I won't let you put him
through this any longer.
No, we're almost done.
One more.
We don't need a description here,
Eric has already confessed to the crime.
We know what happened
and who was involved.
Yes, I'm aware he's
claiming I played some part.
It's simply not true, he's deflecting.
Well, you did that Celine
was bad for your father.
You said that she was bleeding him dry.
Celine was no saint.
She was a drunk and a
tease. She was unstable.
That may be true, but
it's also clear that
Celine loved your father very much.
Please.
She wasn't in it for the money, was she?
She wasn't sleeping
around. She did love you.
I know she did.
And you also know who murdered her.
Dad
please don't let these people
interfere with our family.
Juliet is lying to you. She's, um,
lied to you her whole life.
She's possessive. She's manipulative.
Christopher. She's sick.
Anyone who comes between
you and Juliet is met
with annihilation and
she seems okay with that.
She destroyed the life of your son
and took the lives of
three women you loved.
That's not possible.
No.
It's true.
It's mortifying even.
Mortifying from the Latin, mors, death,
decay because a lie from a loved
one rots us from the inside.
And when we can't face that heartbreak,
we lie to ourselves as well.
Never should've told you.
Told her what?
Dad.
Celine wanted to start fresh.
She said there was too
much darkness in this place.
She was poisoning you against me.
We were going to sell the house.
We were looking at property in Quebec.
Celine wanted to contribute her
own money. That mattered to her.
We were just waiting for
a deal to come through.
So she was trying to help you escape.
And she said not to tell Juliet.
But you didn't listen.
What did Juliet say when you told her?
She said it would be a lot to manage,
but she'd handle it all.
And I did, Dad.
Someone had to.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
No, Juliet
Juliet Parsons,
you're under arrest for
the murder of Celine Windt.
Just right here, thank you.
[METAL HANDCUFFS CLANGING SOFTLY]
She plead not guilty,
but Christopher and Eric are
punching holes in her denial.
The Crown's sure they got her.
Cold case unit's all
over the earlier deaths.
They're confident.
Earning our pay.
Two bodies too late.
[THEME SONG]