Hudson and Rex (2019) s02e06 Episode Script

1 - This is it, everyone! - - The happiest day of my life! - Get in here, ladies! Best bridesmaids ever!!! - Ah, you look so beautiful, Katie.
- I'm literally crying.
- Don't! It's too late for touch ups! - Okay now, Jillian.
I know this is not a smoothie.
But It's fine.
Because it's my cheat night.
Oooh okay! CHRISTINE: Alright, ladies! Make it quick.
I'm not going to have my daughter late for her own wedding.
Oooh! I just have to say something really quick.
Okay.
Today is the most - off-the-chain day - of my whole entire life.
- And I literally wouldn't want to spend it with anyone but the two of you.
WILLOW: Ohhh! I love you ladies! So much! Cheers! You too, Mom! And to my Katie Club members streaming live the big event don't forget to comment and hashtag Katie and Chad 4ever! BRIDESMAIDS: Whoo! - Cheers! - Are you nervous? Why would I be nervous? - I'm marrying my best friend.
- - Oooh! - Ohhh! - Thank you! - CHRISTINE: And you! Oh! You look so beautiful! - I feel so blessed.
- CHAD: You and me both! Oh-em-gee, Chad! You know it's bad luck to see each other before the wedding! What can I say? I'm a weak man.
I just wanted to see you one last time before we tie the knot.
I can't believe out of, all the guys out there, you chose me.
You okay? Mmph! You look a little pale.
Blughh! CROWD: Ooooh.
Oh, man.
Uhh Katie? (KATIE CRYING) Can someone get some water? Ughh! - Oh my God! - Katie!! CHRISTINE: Oh Katie! Somebody call an ambulance! Please stop! - - (THEME MUSIC) - (REX BARKS) - CHARLIE: Okay, buddy, let's go! Let's go! Come on, come on! Rex! Here! Good job, buddy! Good boy! Come here! Rex! - Rex! - (REX BARKS) Yes! Good job, buddy! (REX BARKS) - Okay! - (REX BARKS) - Come on! - (BALL SQUEAKING) Good job, buddy! Okay, partner! You ready for this? Let's go! Oh! (CHARLIE LAUGHS) Great job, buddy! Great job! Yeah, always room for improvement though! (PHONE CHIMES) Detective Hudson.
Yeah, we're on our way.
Alright, pal.
Let's go to work.
- (KATIE VOMITING) - WILLOW: Oh my God! BRIDESMAIDS: Katie! Can someone get her some water? That was three hours ago.
And already has over a million views.
Painfully ironic, isn't it? Because she died on her wedding day? No, because she died the exact same way she lived her life.
Publicly and with a dramatic flair.
You think somebody knew that she was live-streaming her wedding and wanted to make a statement? It's a plausible theory.
I've never even heard of Katie Collins.
Judging by the amount of views, you might be the only one.
DONOVAN: Come on! Katie Collins was a rising social media star.
Her fiancé, Chad, was a prominent college hockey player, until an injury sidelined his career.
Katie stayed by his side throughout his entire recovery, even posting updates to his fans which garnered her a big online following of her own.
Yeah, but that was, that was a few years ago.
Yeah? What's her claim to fame now? Yeah, she's what the kids call an influencer.
CHARLIE: Sounds like, you are pretty in tune yourself.
Well You know, Camilla subscribes to her online channel.
So I've seen a video or two.
Well, yeah.
That makes sense.
Sure, so CHARLIE: Should we, Jesse The wedding guests? Already questioned and released.
And the wedding party is still at the hotel.
Great.
You and Rex had better get your butts down there.
Sarah and her team are already doing a forensics sweep.
You got it.
Rex! Let's go, pal! CHARLIE: Sarah.
Hey.
Talk about bad luck on your wedding day.
Weddings and bad luck are virtually synonymous in my books.
Charlie.
Yours ended in divorce, not death.
It's a little different.
Death and divorce are neck and neck on the stress scale.
- Is that so? - Mm-hmm.
- According to? - The experts.
Don't argue with the experts, Sarah.
What did you find? I did a preliminary analysis on the victim's expelled stomach contents.
We found evidence of a toxin.
- Poison? - Yeah.
Any idea what kind? No, I'll have to run a test before I can determine that.
- That the groom? - Chad Firestone.
Yeah, he's pretty shaken up.
He won't leave her side.
Til death do them part.
Or another man, in my case.
(REX WHINES) (REX YELPS) Chad Firestone.
Detective Hudson.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I know it's hard.
But I'm going to have to ask you a few questions.
Gentlemen? Can you think of anyone who might have wanted Katie dead? I don't understand.
I thought this was some kind of freak accident.
Well, we are exploring all options.
She had her share of online haters.
But who doesn't? Anybody who knew her for real- loved her.
It was It was impossible not to.
Did Katie take any recreational drugs? No way.
She was a health nut.
She wouldn't put anything like that in her body.
It wasn't her brand.
Her brand? What exactly was her brand? Natural health and wellness.
Embracing a positive lifestyle.
That kind of stuff.
Take me through Katie's last 24 hours.
Katie wanted to go traditional.
So The last time I saw her was at yesterday's rehearsal dinner.
Any idea what she ate? Hardly anything.
Maybe a salad.
She didn't have much of an appetite.
Pre-wedding jitters, she called it.
And after dinner? I was with my groomsmen.
And she spent the night with her bridesmaids.
I just can't believe she's gone.
It's like I'm living a nightmare.
I know how you feel.
She was my best friend.
She was our best friend.
She gave me this bracelet for my birthday.
I literally never take it off.
- So meaningful.
- Yeah.
She was just, goals.
Goals? Everyone wanted to be her.
Ah! Well, that can sometimes foster jealousy.
No no.
Katie was beloved.
Anyone who followed her journey was in awe.
She just wanted to help others.
JILLIAN: That's why she had so many followers.
She was an inspiration to anyone trying to live their bliss.
Which reminds me.
It says Best Friends.
(CAMERA SNAP) Today, I lost my best friend.
RIP.
Katie would have liked that.
- (PING) - Yeah.
Yeah.
- (CHARLIE WHISTLES) - (REX BARKS) Um-Chad had mentioned that Katie had been with you all night and today.
Can you tell me what she ate? The only thing I saw her eat were scrambled eggs in the morning.
But we all ate from the same batch, so- Wait wait! Could we all be poisoned then? Uh, Jillian.
You're on that smoothie cleanse.
So you're fine.
Oh, right.
I lost seven pounds in two weeks.
Mmm.
CHRISTINE: Don't you walk away from me! You answer me right now! (REX BARKS) - - (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (REX BARKING) - JOAN: I'm sorry for your loss! - CHRISTINE: What did you do? But I didn't do anything! You are responsible for my daughter's death! And now you're trying to run away! You're insane! - CHARLIE: Ladies! - I'm not insane! Arrest her! (REX BARKS) She killed my daughter! And now she's trying to escape! JOAN: She's out of her mind! Calm down, Mrs.
Collins.
Would you mind just taking a step inside? I promise I will come and talk to you after.
Ughh.
You must be Joan McCrae? - Yes.
- Detective Hudson.
We were scheduled to meet later.
You weren't planning on leaving? No, I was just getting my phone charger.
Mind you, with this family, leaving is not such a bad idea.
You have an issue with Mrs.
Collins? Ugh, that's an understatement.
And her daughter was even worse.
A real, entitled princess.
I just talked to the wedding party.
And they said that Katie was an angel.
Oh, give me a break.
She treated everyone like crap.
I saw her with her bridesmaids.
And, believe me, it was no love fest.
(REX BARKS) Well, it seems like something lethal got into Katie's system.
And one of the few things she's eaten in the last 24 hours was from the rehearsal dinner.
The one which you catered.
It's kind of funny that she died from poisoning.
She was toxic.
But I had nothing to do with her death.
No one could have tampered with your food? No way.
I run my kitchen like a military operation.
Great, so you don't mind if I have forensics do a sweep.
Please, be my guest.
If only to publicly clear my name.
I'm sure Katie's crazy followers are going to think that I'm behind all this.
Why would they think that? That woman used non-organically sourced ingredients.
So? So when Katie found out, she did what any responsible influencer would do.
She exposed her on social media for the fraud that she is! And that's why you think that Joan murdered your daughter? Why else would it be? Katie's fans love her! Her word is gospel! And Joan couldn't take it.
If she'd found out about this sooner, then none of this would have ever happened.
You know Ever since she was a little girl, she dreamed of this day.
Promise me you'll find out who did this.
We'll do our best.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING) - Hey, Sarah.
- What've you got? The tox screen came back.
Katie's blood showed elevated levels of caffeine.
So you think the poison may have been ingested through a beverage? Tea or coffee maybe? - Yeah, seems likely.
- Okay.
Any insight on the poison itself? - (REX BARKS) - Actually, yes.
So Katie's blood was also showing dangerously high levels of something called aconitum napellus.
It's commonly known as monkshood.
It's perfectly safe to the touch, but can be deadly if ingested.
- Monkshood? I - (REX BARKS) don't think I've ever heard of it before.
Oh, well you've definitely seen it.
Here, I'm sending you a photo of it right now.
(PHONE CHIMES) (REX BARKS) Oh, wait a second.
This is monkshood? I'm guessing you just figured out who might have had access to it? (REX BARKS) (REX BARKS) Everyone.
Who includes poisonous flowers in a wedding arrangement? Well, it's not that unusual.
You know Poisonous flowers are pretty common.
You know, Lilies, Oleanders, Foxgloves.
They're all potentially deadly.
Most of us just don't eat the arrangements.
Yeah, well tell that to Rex.
He has a fondness for snapdragons.
Oh actually, I did track the florist Happy Petals.
I left a message.
Waiting to hear back.
DONOVAN: Okay, well We need to make sure we speak to the owner.
We need to find out if someone made a special request for monkshood.
It could have been a last minute order.
Yeah, I'm on it.
Oh, also I took the liberty of doing an Internet scrape on Katie.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the material was plentiful? Oh, yeah yeah.
This person spends more time online than off.
I've sifted through hundreds of posts, videos, stories, And haven't even scratched the surface.
Now here are Jillian and Willow.
And as far as I can tell they are Katie's besties.
Appearing in 90% of her videos.
And in these videos, they? Mostly discuss style Oh, and diet.
Katie has a mean pear compote recipe.
That's true.
Absolutely.
I sifted through the comments section.
It's a classical blend of fans, marriage proposals and Internet trolls scattered around the globe.
Pretty common social media stuff.
Yeah, I've been trying to identify the more vile haters.
This one keeps recurring khater fire emoji fire emoji.
Real creep.
Anything else? Yeah, I went to Chad's profile.
And I noticed a series of deep likes from Willow.
Deep likes? Yeah, likes that pre-date the friendship.
It's generally a form of online flirting.
Uh, sure.
And then this took me to Willow's account where I noticed she was following a Chillow ship account.
Jesse, English.
Ship.
Ship? Relationship.
It's, yeah, short form, you know, a fan that puts two celebs together that aren't, will ship them.
You know, think well, Harry Potter and Hermione.
Mulder and Scully.
Bert and Ernie.
Batman and Robin.
That's a good one too.
It's fantasy.
This account is dedicated entirely to connecting Chad and Willow.
Hence, Chillow.
Clever.
And there are some pretty offensive memes of Katie, too.
So what does this all mean? Well, typically, I'd say nothing.
You know, ship accounts are fairly common.
But here's the kicker.
I mean, I traced the source of the account.
It was set up by Chad.
CHAD: I have no idea.
You're saying that you've never seen this account before? No, I've seen the account.
Katie and I used to laugh about it all the time, but, the Chillow memes, the Katie jabs, I mean, who has this kind of time on their hands? But I didn't set it up.
I'm having a hard time understanding why it's registered under your name and email.
All I can think of is Willow must've gone into my laptop.
Why would Willow set this up? She's been coming on to me pretty aggressively lately.
And she's always enjoyed these Chillow memes.
Maybe a little too much.
You're saying that one of Katie's best friends is after you? You're sure? How would you read into this? She sent that the morning of the wedding.
And you told Katie? No way.
She would have been devastated.
I didn't have the heart to show her this on her wedding day.
You mind if I? Not that it matters I loved Katie.
No photo was going to change that.
WILLOW: That was right after I got my highlights done.
Okay, look.
I'm more interested in the woman who's trying to hit on her best friend's fiancé on his wedding day.
You actually think I wanted Chad? People have killed for less.
Time out.
I know this looks like a thirst trap.
- What what? - But believe me I could not be less interested in Chad.
Well, this photo says otherwise.
Katie orchestrated the whole thing.
She wanted me to flirt with Chad to generate drama.
We set up the Chillow account together- on Chad's laptop.
And then deleted the follow-up emails.
- Why? - Because it was all a build up to the reception dinner.
Or what Katie called Act Two.
Act Two? She was worried that after the wedding ceremony she would lose viewers.
So the plan was to discover the photo over the appetizers.
And then the drama would unfold over the main course and dessert.
It was going to be epic.
Did Chad know about this? No.
Of course not.
Katie wanted to make sure that his reaction felt authentic.
Chad's not a good actor.
Okay, so Katie is willing to throw away her entire relationship - over a few views? - No.
We made sure Chad came out unscathed.
I was going to be banned from the wedding.
Why would you agree to do this? Because Katie promised to promote all of my posts- which was a huge boost for me.
I mean, this week alone I have close to three thousand new followers.
Besides I always wanted to be a reality show villain.
(CELL PHONE MUSIC) Oh! I've got to take this.
- Hellooo? - Okay.
Jesse, can you do me a favour? Can you check to see if Katie has been re-sharing any of Willow's posts this week? Got it and already on it.
Okay.
It seems fairly consistent.
I mean, Katie definitely supported her friends publicly.
Well, it didn't come without strings.
What are you thinking? I'm not really sure what to think.
I mean, I get social media.
But this is just a whole other thing altogether.
Manufactured reality.
It's the Fake News of the people.
Yeah, well maybe Rex can figure it out.
Gotta go.
CHARLIE: Hey! Excuse me! BELLHOP: Can I help you? Detective Hudson.
You mind if I look inside here? It's just clothes in there.
(REX BARKS) I don't think so.
Do you have any idea whose room this came from? Sorry, dude.
CHARLIE: Not exactly poker-faced.
I have to admit, I'm surprised.
Jillian was Katie's maid-of-honour.
They've been best friends since grade eight.
And just last month Katie posted this.
Okay, so Jillian, you are my best friend.
And I love you.
I love you, too.
Which is why I have to ask you this important question.
Okay.
Will you adopt my kids if anything was to happen to me and if I had kids? Katie!!! Oh-em-gee yes! - Yes? - Yes! Ohhh! Ohhh! Okay, respectfully, how invested are you in this whole Katie thing? Respectfully, it's the bi-product of having children.
Ah.
Well, your children's interests infiltrate your brain.
It's Gotcha.
Well, I lifted the serial number from the SIM tray and traced the device back to Katie.
- It's definitely her phone.
- Great work, Jesse.
I just don't think I'm going to be able to pull anything else off of that.
I mean, I've never seen a phone so destroyed.
Makes you wonder what the two of them are trying to hide.
Well, I did some digging into Jillian.
And something did pop up.
Both comment regularly on each other's photos and videos.
But about three months ago, there was this suspicious one-month gap where nothing happened.
There were no likes, comments, re-tweets, shares.
And that's? Charlie, that is the ultimate social media slight.
- Huh.
- Yeah.
Digital passive aggression.
It's a brave new world, kids.
Yeah.
Have a seat, Jillian.
We know that this is Katie's phone.
Do you want to tell me why it ended up in this condition in your bag? It was a pact.
Katie had two cell phones.
One for everyday stuff.
And a second for personal activities.
Such as? You know, business dealings, flirtations Things she wanted kept private.
CHARLIE: You realize this is a murder investigation.
And that phone is evidence.
She made me promise to destroy her private cell phone should anything ever happen to her.
You okay? Yeah yeah.
I just never thought anything would actually happen.
But as her oldest BFF, I was just keeping my word.
So That would explain why the contents of the first phone were so dull.
CHARLIE: You and Katie stopped chatting online a couple of months ago.
Why? We had a falling out.
I'm going to need a lot more information than that.
Katie was getting more and more popular on social media.
She was, like, a real influencer.
So I hear.
Katie's whole brand was healthy living.
But it was fluff.
I came to her with a concrete idea to market this vegan protein powder.
And I have a background in nutrition.
So the research and analysis was all there.
But I I didn't have enough followers.
And since followers are our currency I needed a little help.
You needed Katie to co-sign the bank loan.
Exactly.
And she totally hearted the idea.
So much so, in fact, that she actually co-opted my hard work and took out the loan out on her own.
As in, cut me out completely.
Oh, and she never even used the vegan protein powder.
So She took your idea.
Must've hurt.
Yeah yeah.
I was pretty upset at first.
But I got over it.
Considering I was her maid-of-honour.
Unless, of course, you were just biding your time.
I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Are you going to use that? I was planning on it, why? Yeah- (JILLIAN VOMITING) (REX BARKING) CHARLIE: Let's get Sarah in here fast! It's confirmed.
Trace amounts of monkshood in Jillian's blood.
Any idea how she ingested it? Well, she was on an all-smoothie diet, which simplified things a bit.
We tested her blender And found traces of the poison in it.
Luckily, it didn't kill her.
The amount in Jillian's system was far less than what Katie ingested.
DONOVAN: So someone spiked her smoothie? Just enough to put her out of commission? Maybe not.
Maybe we have it backwards Maybe Jillian wasn't a target.
Someone could have taken her blender, used it to grind up the monkshood that was intended for Katie.
And Jillian was just the casualty.
That would explain the different doses.
Yeah, it would also take Jillian off the suspect list.
Unless she made herself sick on purpose, to avert suspicion.
I mean, after all, wouldn't the perp know to thoroughly wash the blender? I don't know.
Maybe we've got ourselves a sloppy killer.
SARAH: Or, they assumed we wouldn't find it.
CHARLIE: Who's this? It's Willow.
CHARLIE: Katie got Willow a bracelet for her birthday.
It was something that Willow was adamant about.
She never took it off.
Can you zoom in on her wrist? Yeah, one second.
You notice anything? - No bracelet.
- That's not Willow.
And if that's not Willow then we have another bridesmaid.
And a whole new suspect.
(REX BARKS) WILLOW: That's Erica Firestone.
Chad's sister.
Wait a second.
Katie posted every little detail leading up to the wedding.
The bridal party was well-known to the public.
Why was there never any mention of Erica? Because Erica wasn't in the wedding party.
She wasn't even supposed to be at the wedding.
She showed up at the hotel the night before.
Which is so not cool.
In this photo, she's wearing a bridesmaid's dress.
Right.
Chad gave Katie this whole heartfelt story about his sister being the only family that he has left and how important it would be to have her in the wedding party.
So Katie agreed.
Even though Erica is totally basic, and so off-brand for her.
So she took your spot? Only because it was last minute and we're basically the same dress size.
Oh my God! I am totally hearting on your dog! Hi! - Hello! - (SNAP) Do you mind if I post this? - Uh, yeah, fine.
- Okay.
Why wasn't Erica at the actual wedding? All I know is that one minute Katie was asking Erica to sign a release form.
And the next, Erica was leaving.
Wait.
What kind of a release form? We all had to sign one.
So that Katie could feature us in the live stream.
What was the nature of Erica and Katie's relationship? I mean, it was icy.
Erica was sort of a social media downer.
She didn't even have a Twitter account! Ooooh.
Why didn't any of you mention Erica before? Well technically, Jillian didn't even know about Erica becoming a bridesmaid.
Katie was just seeing if the dress fit when Erica bailed.
Yeah, but you could have come forward.
I didn't want everyone finding out that I was the lowest-ranking bridesmaid.
I mean, in truth, Jillian and I are pretty much the same dress size.
And everyone knows it.
If this story found its way online it would be mortifying! (CELL PHONE BUZZING) Charlie, what's up? So get this.
The bridesmaids were all asked to sign a release form.
According to Willow, Chad's sister Erica She was so put off by it she bailed on the whole wedding.
What was it about the release form that upset her so much to leave? Well, that's what I was wondering.
You think you think you can get your hands on that form? Take a look at the small print? - Yeah, done.
- In the meantime I'm going to pay Chad's sister, Erica, a visit.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Erica Firestone? This is Detective Hudson.
SJPD.
I need to have a word with you.
Hello? Erica? (REX BARKING) What have you got, buddy? (REX BARKING) CHARLIE: The ambulance just left.
Looks like Erica's going to be okay.
We've got multiple prints, including a fresh one on the door.
Which was ajar.
So somebody left in a hurry.
We also found this.
It was under the fridge.
It might have come off during the struggle.
CHAD: Where is she? Where's my sister? (REX BARKS) CHARLIE: Okay, Chad.
Just calm down.
Your sister's fine.
She's on her way to the hospital.
SARAH: She wasn't coherent when she left.
But she was stable.
CHARLIE: Why didn't you tell us that your sister was going to be a part of the wedding party? Or, more importantly, that she was the florist? My sister left before the rehearsal dinner.
For all intents and purposes, she wasn't there.
And yeah, she was the florist.
But she had an employee bring the flowers.
That's how much she didn't want anything to do with Katie.
Do you understand how bad this looks? Yes.
Erica has nothing to do with this.
CHARLIE: How can you be so sure? The flowers are poisonous.
And they still came from her.
Because Katie insisted.
Erica warned her that monkshood was poisonous.
She didn't think it was symbolically appropriate for a wedding.
So she suggested other flowers, but Katie Katie wouldn't budge.
All that mattered to her was the perfect shade of purple.
My fiancé just died.
And now my sister's been attacked.
- (REX WHINES) - Instead of speculating, Detective, how about you start doing your job? (REX BARKING) Hey.
So, no love from the necklace.
But we did run a perfect print from the doorknob.
- Any matches? - Yes.
Bridget Thorburn.
A 26 year old grad student from Montreal with a couple of restraining orders on her record.
Hmmm! From who? Oh, Instagram stars.
Would you really know them if I told you? Absolutely not.
Yeah.
Seems she has a habit of overstepping boundaries with semi-famous people.
She tracked them using social media.
Yet another reason why people like Katie shouldn't post their entire lives online.
They're not posting their entire lives.
They're posting the parts they want people to see.
In my experience, the happier people look online, the sadder they are in reality.
You should post that.
Maybe I will.
Charlie.
Yeah.
So I went through Katie's wedding plan binder.
- And? - Well, sure enough- there's an entire section dedicated to contracts.
Take a look.
Voilà.
Erica's signed release form.
Pretty standard stuff.
You know Nothing unusual in the small print.
Wait, if she was so averse to this- why did she sign it in the first place? - That doesn't make any sense.
- Well, I mean, you'll notice that the next contract- has been torn out.
- Oh.
- (REX WHINES) Maybe that's what caught Erica's attention.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
So, get this.
I did an old-school pencil shade on the next page.
And I actually picked up a couple of letters.
It's like I was in a film noir from the forties.
- What'd it say, Jesse? - Miff I.
Miff 1.
No.
I don't-I'm still working on it.
Alrighty, then.
Okay oh! - One other thing.
- Yeah.
Ever come across this person when you were looking into Katie? Her name's Bridget Thorburn.
She's the woman suspected of assaulting Erica.
No, not from my Internet scrape.
- But one second.
- Yeah.
The videographer did manage to catch some footage of guests entering the venue.
Yeah, here.
Can you zoom in on the necklace? That's it.
That's our stalker woman.
Bingo.
What's she doing at the wedding? I don't know.
Let me see.
There's no Thorburn on the guest list.
Do you think you can track her? Oh, yeah.
That shouldn't be too hard.
I mean, these people practically live on their phones.
You kind of live on your phone, too.
Well, I mean only when I You're sure this is where the ping came from? Yeah, I'm positive.
I just heard back from the facility manager.
It's unit 3018.
Nice job, Jesse.
Any word on that warrant? Yeah, Donovan's on it now.
How confident is Joe that we're going to get that warrant? Well, he said it shouldn't be a problem.
Good enough for me.
(CHARLIE WHISTLES) (CHARLIE WHISTLES) (REX YELPS) That's taking fandom to the next level.
(GASP) Rex, go! - - (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (REX BARKING) (REX GROWLS) Ahh! - (CRASH) - Ah! (REX GROWLING) Ahhh! Get him away from me! Eww! He doesn't speak English.
So let me translate You're under arrest.
Give me your arm.
You know, I hate it when people make me run.
Ughh! JESSE: Hey.
So I went through her computer.
And it is official.
She is khater fire emoji fire emoji.
Katie's most vocal troll.
Trolls.
Social media feuds.
You remember when the prime suspect in a murdered bride case was a jealous lover? Haha, yeah.
The good ol' days.
Okay.
BRIDGET: I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
Things just escalated.
And Erica threw a vase at me.
And she was going to throw another one.
But she slipped on the spilled water.
It was an accident.
I saw she was unconscious.
And I freaked.
Why were you there? To confront Erica.
She killed Katie.
Well, that is an interesting theory.
Erica was interviewed at the hospital.
And has a solid alibi.
Right now, you're the number one suspect in Katie's death.
What? See, the thing about trolling somebody online is that there's a record of all the interactions.
And you were quite the K-hater.
I didn't hate Katie.
I loved her.
Funny way of showing it.
Okay, I started off trolling her.
But then Katie actually reached out to me.
And it humanized her.
Turned out we weren't all that different deep down.
We started DMing and became online friends.
Why were you at the wedding? Hmm? You're name wasn't on the guest list.
Not officially.
But Katie DMed me an invite.
If you and Katie were such great friends, why did you keep trolling her? Dude, you don't get it.
When you're a social media star, having trolls is a sign of success.
It means you made it.
And Katie was the one who made me promise not to stop.
I'm going to need to see the DMs between you and Katie to back your story.
Well, be my guest.
I'm sure you'll find it real enlightening.
You know, Katie opened up to me about all kinds of things.
Her anxiety about being an influencer.
Her strained relationship with Erica.
Like, Erica was the weirdo who didn't approve of the marriage.
And she would have done anything to get her out of Chad's life.
Can anyone corroborate that? No.
Like, Katie was always talking about how she couldn't talk to some of her closest IRL friends.
In real life? And she couldn't even talk to her mother.
Like Christine was always pressuring her about her brand.
And was just so obsessed about the whole diet pill thing.
What whole diet pill thing? Katie's Little Helpers? It's an herbal supplement.
We were set to release it after the wedding.
Mrs.
Collins, have a seat.
We had this whole campaign planned around how Katie fit into her wedding dress.
She was so excited to be expanding her brand.
As excited as you were? SARAH: Why didn't you mention the herbal supplements earlier? I didn't think it was relevant.
They're perfectly safe.
I've taken them myself.
SARAH: Yeah, but this isn't about the diet pills.
Christine, they could have been used to administer the poison.
Someone could have tampered with them.
But no one knew they existed.
We were keeping them top secret until their release.
And if this is going to be Katie's legacy I don't want it tarnished with any ugliness.
What ugliness? Seriously? You don't know how fast online rumours can spread.
Social Media Star Dies of Self-branded Diet Supplements.
The trolls would lap that up.
Whether it was true or not.
And the fact that these supplements could still fetch a pretty penny, that's not relevant? How dare you? SARAH: Guarana, kola, yerba maté, green tea extract.
That explains Katie's elevated levels of caffeine.
Hmm.
But these are one-a-days.
(REX BARKS) Yeah, I hear you, pal.
Pretty potent stuff.
Yeah, but, even if the capsules were completely emptied out and then filled with monkshood the amount should only have made your daughter ill.
It shouldn't have been lethal.
What if she was taking five? One supplement filled with monkshood should only have made Katie sick.
But five of them is a different story.
Let me get this straight.
Someone emptied the contents of her supplement capsules, filled them with monkshood- that was ground up in Jillian's blender? Christine swears no one knew about the supplements.
What, not even the fiancé? Yeah, they live together, eat together, sleep together.
Seems likely enough he'd find out.
CHARLIE: If we are talking about Chad, what was his motive? This might help.
Remember the contract that was torn out after Erica's signed release form? - Yeah.
- Well, I figured it out.
It was M.
i.
f.
f.
l.
Miffler Press.
It's a local publishing company.
Nice work.
Well, I called them up.
And they said it turns out that Katie had a book deal with them.
Due for release two years from now.
That's common for social media stars.
See, after they reach a certain number of followers the book deals start pouring in.
Yeah, yeah that' true.
But get this.
She already had a working title for her book.
It was called, Life After Divorce.
How I Glo'd Up After My Breakup.
Wait-What? Ah, it's just like you said, Jesse.
Manufactured reality.
Looks like wedded bliss was just this season's arc for Katie's loyal followers.
DONOVAN: Mm-hmm.
And she already started plotting the next season.
The inevitable divorce.
None of it is real.
It was just drama to maintain viewers.
Mm-hmm.
And Chad may have had access to the supplement.
And if Erica tore out the contract to the book deal and showed it to him- That gives Chad a motive.
I checked the house and his hotel room.
There's no sign of Chad.
Phone seems to be off.
Must've sensed us coming.
Hey.
If he's on the run any idea where he might hide out? Hold the phone.
Somebody just posted a photo of him with a hashtag Katie and Chad 4ever-sad face.
Can you blow up that photo? Yeah.
It's pretty lo-res.
But I can try.
Okay.
DONOVAN: That looks familiar.
Is that a bus stop? JESSE: Buses don't stop there.
But shuttle buses heading to St.
John's International do.
DONOVAN: Charlie, he's on his way to the airport.
I'm on my way.
- CHARLIE: Rex, go! - (REX BARKING) CHAD: Move! - - (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Move! - (REX BARKS) Get out of the way! (REX BARKING) - Ugh! - (REX BARKS) - (REX BARKING) - Police! Coming through! (REX BARKS) (REX BARKING) (REX GROWLS) CHAD: Ughh! (REX BARKS) You're getting good at this, buddy.
(REX BARKS) (DOOR BUZZER) CHAD: I didn't mean to kill her.
Well then, why don't you help me understand.
All I ever wanted was to be married to Katie and live a quiet life.
When we first met, it was just the two of us.
And I had a few followers from my college career.
- But it was nothing.
- Yeah.
But she took your small-time celebrity and turned it into a huge online following for herself.
Exactly.
All of a sudden she was this wellness guru? And 80% of her life was a performance.
It was BS.
Everything she knew about wellness came from what I taught her when I was an athlete.
You went along with it, Chad.
It made her happy.
And I knew- what we had in private was real.
At least, I thought I knew.
Erica found Katie's book deal.
She gave it to you.
A how-to manual on getting over a divorce.
She was everything to me.
And I was a footnote in her brand.
My entire life was a sham! Chad, that's when most people would just end the relationship.
Believe me! I wanted to! That's exactly the kind of drama she wanted.
So you took it a step further.
I wanted to turn that phony world she created against her.
To reject her before she rejected me.
And then to humiliate her.
To have her throw up on camera that would be the icing on the cake.
So you poisoned her supplements.
Just to get her sick.
Not to kill her.
I did a little bit of research.
I knew the exact dosage to give her.
Of course, she was only supposed to take one pill.
I hate what this thing has done to us.
Maybe on some level- I wanted to destroy everything.
So that we could go back to normal.
Nothing about this is normal.
(REX BARKS) (DOOR BUZZER) Well, looks like Katie's final video has reached ten million views.
Look.
She wanted her wedding to go viral.
Looks she got her wish.
You know, I can't believe it was Chad.
The only person in her life who wasn't using her for her online celebrity.
The viral universe is cruel.
JESSE: Well, it's not all bad.
Because look what else is trending.
Rex, go! (LAUGHTER) Buddy! I mean, it's no Katie's Final Bow.
But three hundred thousand views and counting.
Rex! SARAH: Rex has officially reached social celeb status.
CHARLIE: Nice job, partner, but hey.
Don't let it go to your head, okay? - (REX BARKS) - You've still got a job to do! You have to remain humble.
Look, check this out.
There's are a few fake fan accounts.
Here's a medieval one.
Rexcalibur! Ha! JESSE: Oh, here's a Jurassic one as well DONOVAN: Tyrannosaurus Rex! - (REX BARKING) - (LAUGHTER) CHARLIE: Rex, my man.
You are my hero! Put her here! We can't give Rex all the love! I mean, look! - (DONOVAN LAUGHS) - Wow! Chex! JESSE: Charlie and Rex.
You two have been shipped.
(LAUGHTER) Okay.
Alright, you big softie.
Yeah, I know.
I love you too, pal.
Yeah.
Next time on Hudson & Rex My daughter- (GUN SHOT) She's disappeared Alia is an activist to some She's getting an award for ruining my life! Go find her Rexy.
Off you go.
Rexy (BARK) Keep your dog in line Or what? Or we'll do it for you.
(BARKING) (GUN SHOT) Rex!