Motive (2013) s03e13 Episode Script
A Problem Like Maria
So Montgomery just gets away with murder? London is dead.
Mark, you've met Neville Montgomery.
Thank you again for bringing my daughter's murderer to justice.
You're talking about corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Yes.
So if Neville found out that Maria gave me that recording, then she's dead.
Detective Flynn ran your new vice president through the database.
Threat assessment is giving me new steel doors and locks.
I'm very happy about that.
[Explosion.]
So, this next one interned with us straight out of college, and she's been with the company ever since.
So, no life experience.
No, quite the opposite.
According to her background check, she was a foster child.
Emancipated herself at 16.
M.
A.
in communications, graduated top of her class.
I think she's the best fit.
Bring her in.
Uh, Maria, we're ready for you.
Hello.
Neville Montgomery.
My son, Robert.
Maria Snow.
Yes, we met during the pre-interview.
It's great to see you again.
Please, sit.
So, uh, Maria, you're obviously very familiar with our company.
Why don't you start by telling us why you think you're the best fit for the position? Or we could discuss the biggest challenge facing this company.
And what's that? You.
60 years ago, your father was a pillar of the community.
He created jobs, and he gave back to the city on an unprecedented scale.
Today, you're emblematic of all one-percenters.
We need to change that perception.
And if I can be blunt something tells me that won't be a problem for you.
Your daughter London's drug issues aren't helping.
I recommend an aggressive campaign of philanthropy and a major rebranding as a 21st-century company balancing growth with social responsibility.
I've heard enough.
You've set yourself a herculean task, Ms.
Snow.
I look forward to seeing what you can do.
You won't be disappointed, sir.
Please.
Call me Neville.
Wow What did forensics say? Someone smashed the side window, tossed a molotov cocktail in there.
First, they break in to your house, now this.
[Sighing.]
Yeah, well, Neville Montgomery is as gangster as they come.
Stay at my house for a couple days.
You could feed my fish.
You don't have fish.
[Chuckles.]
You're doing day surgery.
Nah, they decided to remove the entire mass instead of doing a biopsy.
When? Thursday morning.
I'll be in for a couple of days.
Okay, well, that's great.
You know, go in there, get it over with.
Get it out of your body.
I'm sure as soon as I tell cross about the surgery, I'll be tied up to my desk.
[Cell phone vibrates.]
Only temporarily.
You loved that car.
I loved that car.
Detective Vega.
Thank you.
Maria Snow is dead.
[Police radios crackle.]
Thanks.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, we got two eye witnesses who saw her hit the car, called 9-1-1 at 10:15.
Neville Montgomery just bought this building, and his new vice president falls seven stories.
So you think he's responsible for this? Well, she did not do this to herself.
Well, this isn't your fault.
Hey, this isn't your fault.
Whatever game she was playing got her killed.
Why would you keep her cell phone? What were you thinking? I wasn't thinking, Henry.
Let's hope the police haven't realized it's missing.
Did anyone see you? [Stammering.]
I don't think so.
You need to be sure! When I think of what she tried to do to me, to this family You can't blame yourself, Neville.
She had us all fooled.
Robert.
I-I I need to talk to him.
[Door opens.]
Neville! I just heard the news.
Maria said she had something on me.
Did she say what? She didn't get the chance.
She was bluffing.
Or you missed something.
There was nothing for her to find.
Enough! There's no point in dwelling on the past.
If the investigation uncovers anything, I will know.
I would suggest you take a more proactive approach, Earl.
S03E13 A Problem Like Maria Hey.
Hey.
Did you find out who torched that chastity belt you called a car? No.
You know what the good news is? You get to get a new one.
Well, your ability to see the upside of everything is very admirable.
What do you think? I'm thinking her injuries are consistent with defenestration, and a seven-storey fall.
Please do not rule this a suicide.
I wasn't going to.
Suspicious death.
Thank you.
Single-pane glass.
Easy for her to jump through.
Yeah, but suicides tend to open the window, and they tend to take off their shoes.
Tend to, but these are not absolutes.
I'm not saying that Montgomery did it himself.
He's got a history of having other people do his dirty work for him.
If this was a murder, Robert's a much better suspect.
Maria dumped him, stole his job.
It's not even necessarily Montgomery.
I'm going upstairs.
It's not your fault.
Okay, Lucas, tell me you got something, anything.
- I've got the victim's purse.
- Okay.
No phone, no keys.
Um, all right, I will contact the cell phone company, to see if they can ping her phone, get a location on it.
Was anybody else in the building? If there was, they are long gone.
I've got uniforms canvassing all the buildings with sight lines.
Okay, we've got to pick up Robert and Neville Montgomery, asap.
- Cancel that.
- What? We have to talk to them before they can rehearse with their lawyers.
I'll take that under advisement.
I'm taking over the investigation.
That is a direct order from deputy chief Halford.
Of course it is.
Can I speak to you, please? Until the threat assessment unit find the person that is targeting you, you need to lay low.
I'm fine.
T.
A.
U.
is taking this seriously.
So should you.
Hey, you you didn't sideline me intentionally because Halford asked you to, did you? I know you wouldn't do that.
Angie, I'm worried about you.
Everything that's happened to me, my car, my house, it all traces back to Neville Montgomery.
Maybe.
Let me work the case and find out.
You stay away from Montgomery, you stick to victimology.
Yeah.
I don't want you going anywhere alone, do you understand? Mm-hmm.
I promise.
[Knock on door.]
Fran? Oh.
Hi.
You are looking at the new director of communications for Neville Montgomery.
Are you sure that's what you want? Of course I'm sure.
I've been working for this my entire life.
It's going to take you away from everything and everyone you love.
I thought you'd be happy for me.
I want you to have this.
Money? I can't take that.
People might come around asking questions about me.
don't tell them anything.
Fran, promise me, not a word.
I promise.
I have to go.
Mr.
Montgomery? Robert, thank you for coming.
Coffee, please, Paulina.
I won't be staying long.
What do you want? Robert, Maria's dead.
The police think it might be suicide.
No.
No, no.
Maria wouldn't do that.
That's impossible.
I was just with her last night.
How was she when you were with her? I took her to dinner.
I was trying to convince her to get back together.
Things got a little bit heated, and she left early, but What do you mean, heated? You argued? In public? The police are going to want to talk to me.
I'll talk to Henry.
You'll be protected.
But I thought I was an embarrassment to the Montgomery name, dad.
I made a terrible mistake.
I should never have doubted you.
So, you figured out that I'm not the mole.
Then who is it? None of that matters right now.
It matters to me.
They tried to frame me, ruin my life.
I mean, what if they're responsible for Maria's death? Robert, our priority right now is to protect you.
[Voice breaking.]
I can't lose another child.
You care to share what you got? I've got Maria Snow's file.
Social services cut it loose when they found out she died.
Our marching orders were to piece together the last 24 hours of Maria's life.
Both of her parents were petty thieves and drug dealers.
She went into foster care at age three.
In and out of foster homes till age 16, when she applied for emancipation.
Right, well, Maria's assistant emailed me her itinerary.
She had back-to-back meetings downtown yesterday, followed by a 5:00 appointment at the spa, dinner with Robert at 8:00.
10:00 meeting with Neville at the heritage building.
Neville was with Maria, at the crime scene, right before she died.
No, he was supposed to be.
They were going to discuss plans for renovation, but his dinner ran late.
How do you know that? Deputy Chief Halford was Neville's guest last night.
Halford is Neville's alibi? Angie Because they had dinner together.
Is that what you're telling me? You can handle your responsibilities from your desk from this point on.
[Laughs.]
Oh.
[Tsks and smacks wrist.]
[Vega.]
: So, Maria took your job at your father's company after you were fired.
[Neville.]
: She was the natural fit for the position after Robert moved on.
[Vega.]
: And after your father disowned you, Maria broke up your engagement.
That must have stung.
She had cold feet.
I was hoping that we could work things out.
Is that why you were at Le Jolie Jeannot last night? Yes.
That's where we went for our first date.
And did you sort things out? You don't have to answer that.
It was a work in progress.
What time did you leave? Around 9:30.
I came straight home.
I was here by 10:30.
Can anyone verify that? I was alone.
The alarm company can confirm when he deactivated the system.
We'll need their contact information.
It's on the sign outside.
Thank you for your time.
Is everyone gone? Yes.
You need to eat something.
[Sighs heavily.]
From the moment London was born, I tried to protect her from the ugliness in the world.
I gave her everything, and It ruined her.
You can't blame yourself for this.
London had an illness.
Addiction is a disease.
How's Robert? He won't say anything, but he's taking it hard.
He's never had to fight for anything.
It's made him soft.
Complacent.
Entitled.
I happen to think your son is incredible.
He's got good taste, I'll give him that.
I doubt you felt that way during my job interview.
Tell me the truth.
How close was I to getting kicked out? You reminded me of myself at your age.
That doesn't answer my question, but I accept the compliment.
Your passion was obvious, and you haven't disappointed.
I I don't know what I'd do without you.
You'll never have to find out.
A waitress at Le Jolie Jeannot restaurant said that Robert and Maria had a big blow-out last night.
And apparently, several people overheard Robert tell Maria she was "dead to him.
" A fact Mr.
Montgomery failed to mention during his interview.
He was drunk, angry.
Gives him a motive.
Leaves the restaurant, goes after her? Unless we can prove she actually met up with Neville.
Yeah, that's doubtful.
Maria's phone records came in.
And there is a text from Neville at 10:20, saying, "sorry, dinner is running late.
I have to cancel.
" So maybe Neville was at dinner with Halford? Or they did a solid job of constructing an alibi.
Exactly.
Did you get anything else from Maria's schedule? Yeah.
That 5:00 P.
M.
spa appointment she was supposed to have, the spa has no record of it.
And at 5:15, she makes a phone call to that number.
Does that look familiar to you? Prosecutor's office.
You told Cross? No.
I'm going to check it out myself first.
But I'm not supposed to leave.
Who wants to come with me? Yes, Maria called me yesterday.
She said she had something urgent to show me.
Any idea what that was? No.
She refused to discuss it over the phone.
Said it was too sensitive.
We had plans to meet at 5:00, but I got tied up in court.
How long have you known Maria? Not long.
I kept bumping into her at the same events.
First at the symphony, then this terrible fund-raiser at the art gallery.
Sounds familiar.
What do you think of Neville Montgomery? Exceptionally well-connected.
Judges, politicians My old boss refused to prosecute a case that would have hurt Neville's bottom line.
And did Maria know how you felt? When Maria took the job as Neville's vice president, I gave her a hard time about being the devil's right-hand woman.
Excuse me, I have a meeting.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Same pattern.
Maria bumped into me to give me the audio recording.
Now she's bumping into the prosecutor.
She must have had something incriminating to show her.
Why else would she have contacted her? Well, Maria was hell bent on taking Neville down, and then suddenly, she took the V.
P.
position at his company.
A promotion like that could change her priorities.
Unless she had something new on him, and she was holding it over his head.
You talk to Cross? Yeah, that can wait.
Oscar, you cannot put that off.
No, we're good.
I have till Thursday.
So, if Maria had new evidence against Neville, and was blackmailing him with it, why didn't he kill her sooner? Opportunity? Maybe he wanted to lull her into a false sense of security.
Or her bitter ex-fiance, Robert, followed her after they had a fight.
Detectives.
Detective Flynn.
I hear you've been having a rough time lately.
You let us know if there's anything we can do for you.
Uh, no, I'm good.
Deputy Chief Halford would like an update on the Maria Snow case.
All right, uh, well, Robert Montgomery is a person of interest.
He and Maria had an argument last night at Le Jolie Jeannot restaurant.
His alibi is weak.
What about Maria? Any leads coming out of her last 24 hours? Well, I confirmed her schedule.
She had back-to-back meetings, and a 5:00 P.
M.
spa appointment, dinner with Robert.
There's no red flags.
Sergeant Cross, what's your assessment? Right now, Robert Montgomery is our most viable suspect.
[Chuckles wryly.]
I'm sure you can all appreciate how difficult this is for me.
Neville is an old friend.
I don't relish the idea of having to arrest his son.
But I'll do whatever is necessary to make sure that Maria Snow gets the justice that she deserves.
Thank you, detectives.
Keep an eye on her.
[Knocks.]
Robert.
You talk to Halford? The police have any leads? You're still their prime suspect.
Okay, what are we going to do? We continue to cooperate with police and proclaim your innocence.
But Robert, I can't stress this enough.
If you're hiding anything, I need to know now.
I would never hurt her.
I loved her.
Fine.
Let's go over your story again.
We had reservations at 8:00 at Le Jolie Jeannot.
[Knock on door.]
Bets? It's me.
[Door release beeps.]
Come on in! Oh, you've already started.
Nah, you only missed the external examination.
I'm about to get gastric contents and send them to toxicology.
Well, I'm glad I didn't miss that.
Looks like she broke every bone in her legs.
What's the cause of death? Uh, massive cranial damage, cerebral trauma.
Her inferior vena cava was torn, as was her liver, so take your pick.
It's all fatal.
You still ruling it as "suspicious"? I'm ready to call it a homicide.
Here, look at this.
See this bruises on her upper arms? It's consistent with somebody grabbing her forcefully.
I'm thinking maybe her attacker grabbed her from behind and then just pushed her face-first right through the window Right through.
That's odd.
What is that, like a game piece? Or a piece of a key chain? Token? Well, whatever it is, it's not damaged by her stomach acid, so I'm thinking maybe she swallowed it right before she died.
You mind if I take a picture? Yeah.
Be my guest.
I can get a jump on this.
[Shutter clicks.]
Have you talked to Robert? Not since the incident.
I still can't believe he could betray you like that.
He betrayed us both.
I've got a list of London's favorite charities that we could donate to in her memory, along with a few others I think would improve our corporate image.
We might have to rethink our generosity.
Halford's charity just tapped me for another donation.
I thought we agreed we weren't donating to Halford's legacy project this quarter.
Earl made an impassioned plea.
Oh, another one? You two are better friends than I thought.
If we were, there wouldn't be this many zeroes.
[Chuckles.]
I thought you two went way back.
Oh, 25 years.
Was it school? No, he was, uh, he was very kind to me once after a youthful indiscretion.
I can only imagine the trouble you'd get into.
[Chuckles.]
A man needs to keep a few secrets.
Cheers.
Okay, let's see those liberal groups you want me to underwrite.
Metro Heritage Preservation Society.
We're going to buy this.
Restore it to heritage specs and give them an office on the top floor.
[Scoffs.]
Why would I do that? Because I'm your V.
P.
now, and it's good for you.
You're good for me.
Yes, I am.
Maria Oh! I should I should be going.
Please, wait.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Montgomery.
- I thought you might be hungry - Just leave it, Paulina.
Just leave it.
[Breathing hard.]
[Silently raging.]
Swallowed it right before she died.
So, she wanted to keep it from her killer.
Or she wanted someone to find it.
Yeah, but to lead us to what? What is it We just got a ping off Maria's cell phone.
It's active again three blocks from Robert Montgomery's house.
I'll have a search warrant within the hour.
We've got a situation.
The autopsy report is in.
There's a piece of evidence that might be what we're looking for.
I can only suppress the report for a couple of hours, so we'll have to move fast.
Yeah.
My fiancee is dead, and you're treating me like the criminal.
Well, help us rule you out.
I have told you everything.
Whose phone is this? That's Maria's.
But I Robert Montgomery, you're under arrest for the murder of Maria Snow.
Hands out in front, please.
You think I don't know what's going on here? You put that phone in my house.
You planted it to frame me! Well, you're half right.
You are being framed, but not by us.
What's she doing here? She's been out to get my family ever since my sister died.
And now she's trying to keep you from taking the fall for another man's crime.
Deputy Chief Halford.
Maria.
Are you here with Neville? All alone, I'm afraid.
Really? Well, mind if I join you? Another round, please.
Oh, you are a bad influence.
[Laughing.]
Well, you are one of my boss's oldest friends.
I have to treat you right.
What do you have on him anyway? He knows I'm a good friend to have.
To good friends.
To good friends.
You were the last person seen with Maria.
We know you had an argument with her at the restaurant, and the staff heard you threatening her.
I didn't kill her.
Yeah, but someone knows you'd make the perfect patsy.
Who's been in your house since Maria died? Just my lawyer.
Look, my father had nothing to do with this.
No? [Neville, recorded.]
: If she wants 50,000, pay her 50,000.
As far as I'm concerned, it's money well spent.
Maria gave me that recording.
She says the 50,000 they're talking about is payment for the murder of Derek Caster.
Why do you think she would try to implicate your father in a murder-for-hire? I have no idea.
She loved him and he adored her.
Recognize this? That's a valet token from Le Jolie Jeannot.
What's that have to do with anything? We'll drop you off at booking.
What, you're still going to arrest me? We don't have a choice.
I told you to keep Robert out of this.
He was their lead suspect.
It was the natural course of action.
Maria had a juvenile record.
Are you telling me you couldn't find anyone from her past? Trust me, Neville, it will never go to trial.
How dare you go behind my back? I did what I've always done.
Protected the company.
To hell with the company! You're destroying my family.
Robert will survive.
But if you want him out today, you go down to the police station and confess.
Just get him out, Guenther.
I don't care what you have to do.
I want him home.
Yeah, nothing back here.
Maria was tidy.
There's got to be something.
Care to explain yourselves, detectives? You care to explain yourself? What's internal doing here? The autopsy report was suppressed.
How did you find out about the token? Because I happened to be at the morgue at the right time.
Why all the secrecy? Halford is dirty.
He tried to recruit me, so I went to Saunders.
I was already suspicious about him after he ordered the bogus investigation into your division.
Oh, yeah, I'll accept that as an apology.
You know, look, I think we can all agree that Halford is dirty, and that's a start.
We believe that Maria was trying to lead us to some evidence that would implicate Neville Montgomery in a crime.
And, obviously, so do you, or you wouldn't be here.
[Sighs heavily.]
We need to find out what Maria Snow was on to before Halford does.
I want to nail Neville Montgomery for murder.
Okay, so, let's focus on finding the evidence.
There's nothing in the car.
So why else would she swallow the token? Maybe it's not what's in the car, but where the car has been? You've got 15 minutes with the GPS.
We'll take it.
Robert, I've got Henry and his entire office working on getting you out.
They found Maria's phone in my house.
The police are obviously desperate to settle the case.
Why would they want to frame me? I have no idea.
I've thought about this from every conceivable angle.
Maria was the mole, wasn't she? I told you, don't think about that.
She convinced you I was the leak, and you took her word over mine.
I was devastated after your sister's death.
I wasn't myself.
She took advantage of my weakness.
You had her killed, didn't you? You had her killed and then decided to frame me.
Son, listen to me I don't know what I am to you, but I am not your son.
Guard! Robert I'm done here.
I told you we should have brought her in the loop.
She's resourceful, I'll give you that.
[Cell phone chimes.]
He's here.
Excellent work, Mark.
Did you search it? No, I waited for you.
So, what are we looking for? I'll know it when I see it.
There we are.
You just tampered with evidence pertinent to a homicide.
We're the police.
We decide what's pertinent.
Hello, Earl.
What the hell is this? Earl Halford, you're under arrest for obstruction of justice.
What are you doing here? Hey.
I'm just going through a list of destinations that Maria's car traveled in the last two weeks.
This is a private psychiatric facility.
Pretty sure you need to go home, get some sleep.
This one, her gym, I mean, we could do tonight, but I'm pretty sure this one is a medical building.
We should hit that in the morning.
Uh, no, because tomorrow morning you're at the hospital.
We've got a case to solve here, partner.
I am going to the hospital with you tomorrow.
What, and give Neville more time to cover his tracks? Negative.
I'm not going to put a case before you.
Go home, get some sleep.
I'm picking you up in, like, five hours.
I postponed the surgery.
What? I postponed the surgery.
I talked to my surgeon, explained the situation, and he agreed to postpone it for a few days You can't do that.
You know, believe me, I wouldn't do this unless I got my okay from the doctor Well, you need to phone him back And he assured me, an extra few days, I'm gonna be fine.
I do not approve.
I know.
Did you kill Maria Snow? No.
So, why are you tampering with evidence? Maybe you're just trying to steer us away from the killer, huh? Maybe he's a friend of yours.
You're making one hell of a mistake, sergeant.
Corruption.
Obstruction.
Evidence tampering.
[Exhales.]
You know how this works.
Cooperate, maybe the prosecutor goes easy on you.
Yeah.
You know, I could go for a burger.
How's it going? You get anything? No, he's not going to give us anything.
That's 'cause he thinks he's got a way out.
He went straight to the nav system.
Mm-hmm.
Means whatever Maria had on Neville is still out there.
You've got a clear path, Detective Flynn.
Neville's all yours.
Oh, Henry.
Good.
What are we doing for Halford? Neville, I'm leaving the country.
I'd advise you do the same.
Henry, please, you're blowing the situation way out of proportion.
Does it ever keep you up at night, the things we've done? We've always done what we had to do to protect our people.
What people? It's always been about you.
I specifically told you to protect my son.
- You were the one who - Good luck, Neville.
Henry, you can't abandon me now! [Vega.]
: Do you recognize this woman? We have evidence she was here on Monday.
Yes, I remember her.
Maria Snow.
She came to see Vera Desesso.
Did she mention her relationship to Miss Desesso? She said that she had grown up with her daughter.
Can we speak to Vera? You can see her, but you won't get a response.
Thank you.
The poor woman's catatonic.
Vera How are you doing? How long has she been this way? Years.
A failed suicide attempt, poor thing.
It's weird.
As long as I've been here, no one's come to see Vera except for Fran.
Now she's had all of these visitors, all in one week.
Would you give us a list of everyone who's come to see her? Mm-hmm.
Thanks.
You're paying $10,000 for Vera Desesso to stay in a private hospital.
Well, like I said, I fostered her daughter, Sonia, for a couple of years.
That's a lot of money to come up with every month.
My Uncle left me some money.
You and Vera must be very close.
I promised her daughter, Sonia, I'd look out for her mother.
Oh.
And what about Maria Snow? I know that she lived with you around the same time as Sonia, didn't she? Why would she visit Vera? Were they close? Uh I don't know, I haven't seen Maria in years.
You know, according to her car's navigation, uh, she was here last week.
Really? Maybe she stopped by while I was out.
Fran, I'm sorry to tell you, Maria Snow died on Monday night.
We're treating her death as suspicious.
[Gasps.]
[Breathing shakily.]
I was afraid this might happen.
That's not Maria.
That's Sonia Desesso.
Maria Snow is full of surprises, isn't she? Maria Snow, that's not even her real name.
Good point.
Her name is Sonia Desesso.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
She took her foster sister's identity 10 years ago.
Made a whole new life for herself.
Why do you think she did that? I would imagine she wanted a fresh start.
See, I think she didn't want you to know who she was.
Her mother is Vera Desesso.
I don't know who that is.
No? You don't remember her? She worked for you.
And that was, like, 25 years ago.
Any of this starting to ring a bell? You're a nostalgic guy, Earl.
We got a warrant to search your house, found all sorts of old case files, and pieces of evidence, too.
But this one this one was really interesting.
You know, Maria had stolen it from your house, but we were able to track it down, and it goes all the way back to when you were in uniform.
A rape allegation you responded to.
You really crucified the victim when you wrote that up.
"Claimant was about to be fired by her employer "for incompetence.
"She tried to seduce her employer "in a desperate attempt to change his mind.
"When he rejected her advances, she accused him of rape.
" That is one hell of an assessment.
And then you go on to suggest that the victim's mental state be evaluated before any further action is taken? You're committing professional suicide, sergeant.
You know, Halford's assessment cast serious doubt on the case.
The prosecutor concluded that Vera made up the story to extort money from you.
Yeah, a classic "he said, she said," and then the rape kit went missing, whole case fell apart.
See, you thought Halford destroyed that evidence.
He didn't.
He kept it.
I mean, you had to keep the rape kit.
If Neville decided to stop paying you to keep his little secret, you could make that piece of evidence appear just like magic, right? I'm being railroaded here.
When was it that you realized that Maria Snow was really Vera's daughter, Sonia? Was it when you realized that the rape kit was missing from your house? Or was it when you followed Maria to the psych hospital? Yeah, the nurse confirmed you were there the day Maria died.
Don't say a thing.
According to the nav system on her car, she went to a private lab two weeks before she died.
That's where she brought the rape kit.
And she was going to show the results of the DNA test to the prosecutor, wasn't she? And if she had done that, both you and Neville would have been screwed.
Maria Snow was the living proof you did have sex with Vera Desesso.
And the rape kit proves that it was not consensual.
I have nothing to say until my attorney is present.
Hmm.
I can't believe you want to tear this place down.
It's beautiful.
I think you should renovate it.
Well, it's not my decision.
It's yours.
I'm giving you complete control of this project.
Why? Because you deserve it.
And because I want to see what you can do to it.
[Cell phone rings.]
But you're not giving the preservation society any office space.
Yes? Are you sure? I see.
Thank you for letting me know.
Is something wrong? Neville, what is it? You have your mother's eyes.
I gave you everything.
My trust, my confidence.
I treated you like my own.
I am your own! I'm your daughter.
My daughter is dead.
You raped my mother.
You sent your goons to threaten her.
She lost everything, even me.
She tried to kill herself after what you did to her.
Now you're going to see what it feels like to lose everything.
You kill me, and you'll only destroy yourself.
The evidence I have against you Will disappear, just like it did 25 years ago.
[Grunting.]
[Witnesses screaming.]
[Car alarm blaring.]
You have nothing to substantiate any of this.
Actually, we do.
Glass in the sole of your shoe.
Forensics will match this to the heritage glass found at the crime scene.
Neville Montgomery, you are under arrest for the murder of Maria Snow.
I found the cop.
The one Neville paid to lie about what he did to you.
The evidence that went missing.
He kept it all these years.
Locked up in his house.
I took it.
I'm going to give it to the prosecutor tonight, and everyone is going to know what he did to you.
Neville is finally going to pay for what he did.
You know, Halford has a lot of friends.
We're not going to be popular in some circles.
He was dirty.
He deserves what he gets.
Anyone who disagrees with that doesn't deserve to wear a badge.
You'd be a good internal investigator.
Well, you're the golden boy again.
Brass is going to be falling all over themselves to promote you.
We'll see about that.
Okay I'm going to get the okay, uh I'm going to come back.
- Oh, honey, it's fine.
- No, no, we're good.
I'm so sorry I was just leaving.
And he is gonna be fine.
I know the surgeon.
He's in good hands.
We've got a deal.
We got a deal.
Yes, that's right.
There's no talking about the surgery.
[Gently.]
Okay.
No talking.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Thank you, doctor.
Bye.
Are you scared? Did you not just hear what she That's your deal with Betty.
You and me, we got a different deal, clearly.
Okay, I'm scared, but I don't think about the surgery.
More about, like, you know, what comes next.
Oh, yeah.
You'll bounce back, good as new.
Yeah, maybe.
But look at you, right? You got Neville, you've got to feel pretty good.
I'll feel better when the trial's over and he's locked up.
Savor the moment, partner.
I got you a fish.
I read an article that people with pets live longer.
[Knock on door.]
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Oh, hey, here we go.
Sam, Tyler, this is my partner, Angie.
These are the boys.
Okay [Exhales nervously.]
All right, here we go.
Now, listen, when you wake up, I will be here for you.
If I'm not, I'm in the cafeteria.
Can you hold up just one second? Listen, it's going to be fine.
You are going to be fine.
I'm going to be fine.
All right.
Hey, hold these.
Oh, yeah.
I'll see you soon.
Okay.
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Mark, you've met Neville Montgomery.
Thank you again for bringing my daughter's murderer to justice.
You're talking about corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Yes.
So if Neville found out that Maria gave me that recording, then she's dead.
Detective Flynn ran your new vice president through the database.
Threat assessment is giving me new steel doors and locks.
I'm very happy about that.
[Explosion.]
So, this next one interned with us straight out of college, and she's been with the company ever since.
So, no life experience.
No, quite the opposite.
According to her background check, she was a foster child.
Emancipated herself at 16.
M.
A.
in communications, graduated top of her class.
I think she's the best fit.
Bring her in.
Uh, Maria, we're ready for you.
Hello.
Neville Montgomery.
My son, Robert.
Maria Snow.
Yes, we met during the pre-interview.
It's great to see you again.
Please, sit.
So, uh, Maria, you're obviously very familiar with our company.
Why don't you start by telling us why you think you're the best fit for the position? Or we could discuss the biggest challenge facing this company.
And what's that? You.
60 years ago, your father was a pillar of the community.
He created jobs, and he gave back to the city on an unprecedented scale.
Today, you're emblematic of all one-percenters.
We need to change that perception.
And if I can be blunt something tells me that won't be a problem for you.
Your daughter London's drug issues aren't helping.
I recommend an aggressive campaign of philanthropy and a major rebranding as a 21st-century company balancing growth with social responsibility.
I've heard enough.
You've set yourself a herculean task, Ms.
Snow.
I look forward to seeing what you can do.
You won't be disappointed, sir.
Please.
Call me Neville.
Wow What did forensics say? Someone smashed the side window, tossed a molotov cocktail in there.
First, they break in to your house, now this.
[Sighing.]
Yeah, well, Neville Montgomery is as gangster as they come.
Stay at my house for a couple days.
You could feed my fish.
You don't have fish.
[Chuckles.]
You're doing day surgery.
Nah, they decided to remove the entire mass instead of doing a biopsy.
When? Thursday morning.
I'll be in for a couple of days.
Okay, well, that's great.
You know, go in there, get it over with.
Get it out of your body.
I'm sure as soon as I tell cross about the surgery, I'll be tied up to my desk.
[Cell phone vibrates.]
Only temporarily.
You loved that car.
I loved that car.
Detective Vega.
Thank you.
Maria Snow is dead.
[Police radios crackle.]
Thanks.
Thank you, sir.
Okay, we got two eye witnesses who saw her hit the car, called 9-1-1 at 10:15.
Neville Montgomery just bought this building, and his new vice president falls seven stories.
So you think he's responsible for this? Well, she did not do this to herself.
Well, this isn't your fault.
Hey, this isn't your fault.
Whatever game she was playing got her killed.
Why would you keep her cell phone? What were you thinking? I wasn't thinking, Henry.
Let's hope the police haven't realized it's missing.
Did anyone see you? [Stammering.]
I don't think so.
You need to be sure! When I think of what she tried to do to me, to this family You can't blame yourself, Neville.
She had us all fooled.
Robert.
I-I I need to talk to him.
[Door opens.]
Neville! I just heard the news.
Maria said she had something on me.
Did she say what? She didn't get the chance.
She was bluffing.
Or you missed something.
There was nothing for her to find.
Enough! There's no point in dwelling on the past.
If the investigation uncovers anything, I will know.
I would suggest you take a more proactive approach, Earl.
S03E13 A Problem Like Maria Hey.
Hey.
Did you find out who torched that chastity belt you called a car? No.
You know what the good news is? You get to get a new one.
Well, your ability to see the upside of everything is very admirable.
What do you think? I'm thinking her injuries are consistent with defenestration, and a seven-storey fall.
Please do not rule this a suicide.
I wasn't going to.
Suspicious death.
Thank you.
Single-pane glass.
Easy for her to jump through.
Yeah, but suicides tend to open the window, and they tend to take off their shoes.
Tend to, but these are not absolutes.
I'm not saying that Montgomery did it himself.
He's got a history of having other people do his dirty work for him.
If this was a murder, Robert's a much better suspect.
Maria dumped him, stole his job.
It's not even necessarily Montgomery.
I'm going upstairs.
It's not your fault.
Okay, Lucas, tell me you got something, anything.
- I've got the victim's purse.
- Okay.
No phone, no keys.
Um, all right, I will contact the cell phone company, to see if they can ping her phone, get a location on it.
Was anybody else in the building? If there was, they are long gone.
I've got uniforms canvassing all the buildings with sight lines.
Okay, we've got to pick up Robert and Neville Montgomery, asap.
- Cancel that.
- What? We have to talk to them before they can rehearse with their lawyers.
I'll take that under advisement.
I'm taking over the investigation.
That is a direct order from deputy chief Halford.
Of course it is.
Can I speak to you, please? Until the threat assessment unit find the person that is targeting you, you need to lay low.
I'm fine.
T.
A.
U.
is taking this seriously.
So should you.
Hey, you you didn't sideline me intentionally because Halford asked you to, did you? I know you wouldn't do that.
Angie, I'm worried about you.
Everything that's happened to me, my car, my house, it all traces back to Neville Montgomery.
Maybe.
Let me work the case and find out.
You stay away from Montgomery, you stick to victimology.
Yeah.
I don't want you going anywhere alone, do you understand? Mm-hmm.
I promise.
[Knock on door.]
Fran? Oh.
Hi.
You are looking at the new director of communications for Neville Montgomery.
Are you sure that's what you want? Of course I'm sure.
I've been working for this my entire life.
It's going to take you away from everything and everyone you love.
I thought you'd be happy for me.
I want you to have this.
Money? I can't take that.
People might come around asking questions about me.
don't tell them anything.
Fran, promise me, not a word.
I promise.
I have to go.
Mr.
Montgomery? Robert, thank you for coming.
Coffee, please, Paulina.
I won't be staying long.
What do you want? Robert, Maria's dead.
The police think it might be suicide.
No.
No, no.
Maria wouldn't do that.
That's impossible.
I was just with her last night.
How was she when you were with her? I took her to dinner.
I was trying to convince her to get back together.
Things got a little bit heated, and she left early, but What do you mean, heated? You argued? In public? The police are going to want to talk to me.
I'll talk to Henry.
You'll be protected.
But I thought I was an embarrassment to the Montgomery name, dad.
I made a terrible mistake.
I should never have doubted you.
So, you figured out that I'm not the mole.
Then who is it? None of that matters right now.
It matters to me.
They tried to frame me, ruin my life.
I mean, what if they're responsible for Maria's death? Robert, our priority right now is to protect you.
[Voice breaking.]
I can't lose another child.
You care to share what you got? I've got Maria Snow's file.
Social services cut it loose when they found out she died.
Our marching orders were to piece together the last 24 hours of Maria's life.
Both of her parents were petty thieves and drug dealers.
She went into foster care at age three.
In and out of foster homes till age 16, when she applied for emancipation.
Right, well, Maria's assistant emailed me her itinerary.
She had back-to-back meetings downtown yesterday, followed by a 5:00 appointment at the spa, dinner with Robert at 8:00.
10:00 meeting with Neville at the heritage building.
Neville was with Maria, at the crime scene, right before she died.
No, he was supposed to be.
They were going to discuss plans for renovation, but his dinner ran late.
How do you know that? Deputy Chief Halford was Neville's guest last night.
Halford is Neville's alibi? Angie Because they had dinner together.
Is that what you're telling me? You can handle your responsibilities from your desk from this point on.
[Laughs.]
Oh.
[Tsks and smacks wrist.]
[Vega.]
: So, Maria took your job at your father's company after you were fired.
[Neville.]
: She was the natural fit for the position after Robert moved on.
[Vega.]
: And after your father disowned you, Maria broke up your engagement.
That must have stung.
She had cold feet.
I was hoping that we could work things out.
Is that why you were at Le Jolie Jeannot last night? Yes.
That's where we went for our first date.
And did you sort things out? You don't have to answer that.
It was a work in progress.
What time did you leave? Around 9:30.
I came straight home.
I was here by 10:30.
Can anyone verify that? I was alone.
The alarm company can confirm when he deactivated the system.
We'll need their contact information.
It's on the sign outside.
Thank you for your time.
Is everyone gone? Yes.
You need to eat something.
[Sighs heavily.]
From the moment London was born, I tried to protect her from the ugliness in the world.
I gave her everything, and It ruined her.
You can't blame yourself for this.
London had an illness.
Addiction is a disease.
How's Robert? He won't say anything, but he's taking it hard.
He's never had to fight for anything.
It's made him soft.
Complacent.
Entitled.
I happen to think your son is incredible.
He's got good taste, I'll give him that.
I doubt you felt that way during my job interview.
Tell me the truth.
How close was I to getting kicked out? You reminded me of myself at your age.
That doesn't answer my question, but I accept the compliment.
Your passion was obvious, and you haven't disappointed.
I I don't know what I'd do without you.
You'll never have to find out.
A waitress at Le Jolie Jeannot restaurant said that Robert and Maria had a big blow-out last night.
And apparently, several people overheard Robert tell Maria she was "dead to him.
" A fact Mr.
Montgomery failed to mention during his interview.
He was drunk, angry.
Gives him a motive.
Leaves the restaurant, goes after her? Unless we can prove she actually met up with Neville.
Yeah, that's doubtful.
Maria's phone records came in.
And there is a text from Neville at 10:20, saying, "sorry, dinner is running late.
I have to cancel.
" So maybe Neville was at dinner with Halford? Or they did a solid job of constructing an alibi.
Exactly.
Did you get anything else from Maria's schedule? Yeah.
That 5:00 P.
M.
spa appointment she was supposed to have, the spa has no record of it.
And at 5:15, she makes a phone call to that number.
Does that look familiar to you? Prosecutor's office.
You told Cross? No.
I'm going to check it out myself first.
But I'm not supposed to leave.
Who wants to come with me? Yes, Maria called me yesterday.
She said she had something urgent to show me.
Any idea what that was? No.
She refused to discuss it over the phone.
Said it was too sensitive.
We had plans to meet at 5:00, but I got tied up in court.
How long have you known Maria? Not long.
I kept bumping into her at the same events.
First at the symphony, then this terrible fund-raiser at the art gallery.
Sounds familiar.
What do you think of Neville Montgomery? Exceptionally well-connected.
Judges, politicians My old boss refused to prosecute a case that would have hurt Neville's bottom line.
And did Maria know how you felt? When Maria took the job as Neville's vice president, I gave her a hard time about being the devil's right-hand woman.
Excuse me, I have a meeting.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Same pattern.
Maria bumped into me to give me the audio recording.
Now she's bumping into the prosecutor.
She must have had something incriminating to show her.
Why else would she have contacted her? Well, Maria was hell bent on taking Neville down, and then suddenly, she took the V.
P.
position at his company.
A promotion like that could change her priorities.
Unless she had something new on him, and she was holding it over his head.
You talk to Cross? Yeah, that can wait.
Oscar, you cannot put that off.
No, we're good.
I have till Thursday.
So, if Maria had new evidence against Neville, and was blackmailing him with it, why didn't he kill her sooner? Opportunity? Maybe he wanted to lull her into a false sense of security.
Or her bitter ex-fiance, Robert, followed her after they had a fight.
Detectives.
Detective Flynn.
I hear you've been having a rough time lately.
You let us know if there's anything we can do for you.
Uh, no, I'm good.
Deputy Chief Halford would like an update on the Maria Snow case.
All right, uh, well, Robert Montgomery is a person of interest.
He and Maria had an argument last night at Le Jolie Jeannot restaurant.
His alibi is weak.
What about Maria? Any leads coming out of her last 24 hours? Well, I confirmed her schedule.
She had back-to-back meetings, and a 5:00 P.
M.
spa appointment, dinner with Robert.
There's no red flags.
Sergeant Cross, what's your assessment? Right now, Robert Montgomery is our most viable suspect.
[Chuckles wryly.]
I'm sure you can all appreciate how difficult this is for me.
Neville is an old friend.
I don't relish the idea of having to arrest his son.
But I'll do whatever is necessary to make sure that Maria Snow gets the justice that she deserves.
Thank you, detectives.
Keep an eye on her.
[Knocks.]
Robert.
You talk to Halford? The police have any leads? You're still their prime suspect.
Okay, what are we going to do? We continue to cooperate with police and proclaim your innocence.
But Robert, I can't stress this enough.
If you're hiding anything, I need to know now.
I would never hurt her.
I loved her.
Fine.
Let's go over your story again.
We had reservations at 8:00 at Le Jolie Jeannot.
[Knock on door.]
Bets? It's me.
[Door release beeps.]
Come on in! Oh, you've already started.
Nah, you only missed the external examination.
I'm about to get gastric contents and send them to toxicology.
Well, I'm glad I didn't miss that.
Looks like she broke every bone in her legs.
What's the cause of death? Uh, massive cranial damage, cerebral trauma.
Her inferior vena cava was torn, as was her liver, so take your pick.
It's all fatal.
You still ruling it as "suspicious"? I'm ready to call it a homicide.
Here, look at this.
See this bruises on her upper arms? It's consistent with somebody grabbing her forcefully.
I'm thinking maybe her attacker grabbed her from behind and then just pushed her face-first right through the window Right through.
That's odd.
What is that, like a game piece? Or a piece of a key chain? Token? Well, whatever it is, it's not damaged by her stomach acid, so I'm thinking maybe she swallowed it right before she died.
You mind if I take a picture? Yeah.
Be my guest.
I can get a jump on this.
[Shutter clicks.]
Have you talked to Robert? Not since the incident.
I still can't believe he could betray you like that.
He betrayed us both.
I've got a list of London's favorite charities that we could donate to in her memory, along with a few others I think would improve our corporate image.
We might have to rethink our generosity.
Halford's charity just tapped me for another donation.
I thought we agreed we weren't donating to Halford's legacy project this quarter.
Earl made an impassioned plea.
Oh, another one? You two are better friends than I thought.
If we were, there wouldn't be this many zeroes.
[Chuckles.]
I thought you two went way back.
Oh, 25 years.
Was it school? No, he was, uh, he was very kind to me once after a youthful indiscretion.
I can only imagine the trouble you'd get into.
[Chuckles.]
A man needs to keep a few secrets.
Cheers.
Okay, let's see those liberal groups you want me to underwrite.
Metro Heritage Preservation Society.
We're going to buy this.
Restore it to heritage specs and give them an office on the top floor.
[Scoffs.]
Why would I do that? Because I'm your V.
P.
now, and it's good for you.
You're good for me.
Yes, I am.
Maria Oh! I should I should be going.
Please, wait.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Montgomery.
- I thought you might be hungry - Just leave it, Paulina.
Just leave it.
[Breathing hard.]
[Silently raging.]
Swallowed it right before she died.
So, she wanted to keep it from her killer.
Or she wanted someone to find it.
Yeah, but to lead us to what? What is it We just got a ping off Maria's cell phone.
It's active again three blocks from Robert Montgomery's house.
I'll have a search warrant within the hour.
We've got a situation.
The autopsy report is in.
There's a piece of evidence that might be what we're looking for.
I can only suppress the report for a couple of hours, so we'll have to move fast.
Yeah.
My fiancee is dead, and you're treating me like the criminal.
Well, help us rule you out.
I have told you everything.
Whose phone is this? That's Maria's.
But I Robert Montgomery, you're under arrest for the murder of Maria Snow.
Hands out in front, please.
You think I don't know what's going on here? You put that phone in my house.
You planted it to frame me! Well, you're half right.
You are being framed, but not by us.
What's she doing here? She's been out to get my family ever since my sister died.
And now she's trying to keep you from taking the fall for another man's crime.
Deputy Chief Halford.
Maria.
Are you here with Neville? All alone, I'm afraid.
Really? Well, mind if I join you? Another round, please.
Oh, you are a bad influence.
[Laughing.]
Well, you are one of my boss's oldest friends.
I have to treat you right.
What do you have on him anyway? He knows I'm a good friend to have.
To good friends.
To good friends.
You were the last person seen with Maria.
We know you had an argument with her at the restaurant, and the staff heard you threatening her.
I didn't kill her.
Yeah, but someone knows you'd make the perfect patsy.
Who's been in your house since Maria died? Just my lawyer.
Look, my father had nothing to do with this.
No? [Neville, recorded.]
: If she wants 50,000, pay her 50,000.
As far as I'm concerned, it's money well spent.
Maria gave me that recording.
She says the 50,000 they're talking about is payment for the murder of Derek Caster.
Why do you think she would try to implicate your father in a murder-for-hire? I have no idea.
She loved him and he adored her.
Recognize this? That's a valet token from Le Jolie Jeannot.
What's that have to do with anything? We'll drop you off at booking.
What, you're still going to arrest me? We don't have a choice.
I told you to keep Robert out of this.
He was their lead suspect.
It was the natural course of action.
Maria had a juvenile record.
Are you telling me you couldn't find anyone from her past? Trust me, Neville, it will never go to trial.
How dare you go behind my back? I did what I've always done.
Protected the company.
To hell with the company! You're destroying my family.
Robert will survive.
But if you want him out today, you go down to the police station and confess.
Just get him out, Guenther.
I don't care what you have to do.
I want him home.
Yeah, nothing back here.
Maria was tidy.
There's got to be something.
Care to explain yourselves, detectives? You care to explain yourself? What's internal doing here? The autopsy report was suppressed.
How did you find out about the token? Because I happened to be at the morgue at the right time.
Why all the secrecy? Halford is dirty.
He tried to recruit me, so I went to Saunders.
I was already suspicious about him after he ordered the bogus investigation into your division.
Oh, yeah, I'll accept that as an apology.
You know, look, I think we can all agree that Halford is dirty, and that's a start.
We believe that Maria was trying to lead us to some evidence that would implicate Neville Montgomery in a crime.
And, obviously, so do you, or you wouldn't be here.
[Sighs heavily.]
We need to find out what Maria Snow was on to before Halford does.
I want to nail Neville Montgomery for murder.
Okay, so, let's focus on finding the evidence.
There's nothing in the car.
So why else would she swallow the token? Maybe it's not what's in the car, but where the car has been? You've got 15 minutes with the GPS.
We'll take it.
Robert, I've got Henry and his entire office working on getting you out.
They found Maria's phone in my house.
The police are obviously desperate to settle the case.
Why would they want to frame me? I have no idea.
I've thought about this from every conceivable angle.
Maria was the mole, wasn't she? I told you, don't think about that.
She convinced you I was the leak, and you took her word over mine.
I was devastated after your sister's death.
I wasn't myself.
She took advantage of my weakness.
You had her killed, didn't you? You had her killed and then decided to frame me.
Son, listen to me I don't know what I am to you, but I am not your son.
Guard! Robert I'm done here.
I told you we should have brought her in the loop.
She's resourceful, I'll give you that.
[Cell phone chimes.]
He's here.
Excellent work, Mark.
Did you search it? No, I waited for you.
So, what are we looking for? I'll know it when I see it.
There we are.
You just tampered with evidence pertinent to a homicide.
We're the police.
We decide what's pertinent.
Hello, Earl.
What the hell is this? Earl Halford, you're under arrest for obstruction of justice.
What are you doing here? Hey.
I'm just going through a list of destinations that Maria's car traveled in the last two weeks.
This is a private psychiatric facility.
Pretty sure you need to go home, get some sleep.
This one, her gym, I mean, we could do tonight, but I'm pretty sure this one is a medical building.
We should hit that in the morning.
Uh, no, because tomorrow morning you're at the hospital.
We've got a case to solve here, partner.
I am going to the hospital with you tomorrow.
What, and give Neville more time to cover his tracks? Negative.
I'm not going to put a case before you.
Go home, get some sleep.
I'm picking you up in, like, five hours.
I postponed the surgery.
What? I postponed the surgery.
I talked to my surgeon, explained the situation, and he agreed to postpone it for a few days You can't do that.
You know, believe me, I wouldn't do this unless I got my okay from the doctor Well, you need to phone him back And he assured me, an extra few days, I'm gonna be fine.
I do not approve.
I know.
Did you kill Maria Snow? No.
So, why are you tampering with evidence? Maybe you're just trying to steer us away from the killer, huh? Maybe he's a friend of yours.
You're making one hell of a mistake, sergeant.
Corruption.
Obstruction.
Evidence tampering.
[Exhales.]
You know how this works.
Cooperate, maybe the prosecutor goes easy on you.
Yeah.
You know, I could go for a burger.
How's it going? You get anything? No, he's not going to give us anything.
That's 'cause he thinks he's got a way out.
He went straight to the nav system.
Mm-hmm.
Means whatever Maria had on Neville is still out there.
You've got a clear path, Detective Flynn.
Neville's all yours.
Oh, Henry.
Good.
What are we doing for Halford? Neville, I'm leaving the country.
I'd advise you do the same.
Henry, please, you're blowing the situation way out of proportion.
Does it ever keep you up at night, the things we've done? We've always done what we had to do to protect our people.
What people? It's always been about you.
I specifically told you to protect my son.
- You were the one who - Good luck, Neville.
Henry, you can't abandon me now! [Vega.]
: Do you recognize this woman? We have evidence she was here on Monday.
Yes, I remember her.
Maria Snow.
She came to see Vera Desesso.
Did she mention her relationship to Miss Desesso? She said that she had grown up with her daughter.
Can we speak to Vera? You can see her, but you won't get a response.
Thank you.
The poor woman's catatonic.
Vera How are you doing? How long has she been this way? Years.
A failed suicide attempt, poor thing.
It's weird.
As long as I've been here, no one's come to see Vera except for Fran.
Now she's had all of these visitors, all in one week.
Would you give us a list of everyone who's come to see her? Mm-hmm.
Thanks.
You're paying $10,000 for Vera Desesso to stay in a private hospital.
Well, like I said, I fostered her daughter, Sonia, for a couple of years.
That's a lot of money to come up with every month.
My Uncle left me some money.
You and Vera must be very close.
I promised her daughter, Sonia, I'd look out for her mother.
Oh.
And what about Maria Snow? I know that she lived with you around the same time as Sonia, didn't she? Why would she visit Vera? Were they close? Uh I don't know, I haven't seen Maria in years.
You know, according to her car's navigation, uh, she was here last week.
Really? Maybe she stopped by while I was out.
Fran, I'm sorry to tell you, Maria Snow died on Monday night.
We're treating her death as suspicious.
[Gasps.]
[Breathing shakily.]
I was afraid this might happen.
That's not Maria.
That's Sonia Desesso.
Maria Snow is full of surprises, isn't she? Maria Snow, that's not even her real name.
Good point.
Her name is Sonia Desesso.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
She took her foster sister's identity 10 years ago.
Made a whole new life for herself.
Why do you think she did that? I would imagine she wanted a fresh start.
See, I think she didn't want you to know who she was.
Her mother is Vera Desesso.
I don't know who that is.
No? You don't remember her? She worked for you.
And that was, like, 25 years ago.
Any of this starting to ring a bell? You're a nostalgic guy, Earl.
We got a warrant to search your house, found all sorts of old case files, and pieces of evidence, too.
But this one this one was really interesting.
You know, Maria had stolen it from your house, but we were able to track it down, and it goes all the way back to when you were in uniform.
A rape allegation you responded to.
You really crucified the victim when you wrote that up.
"Claimant was about to be fired by her employer "for incompetence.
"She tried to seduce her employer "in a desperate attempt to change his mind.
"When he rejected her advances, she accused him of rape.
" That is one hell of an assessment.
And then you go on to suggest that the victim's mental state be evaluated before any further action is taken? You're committing professional suicide, sergeant.
You know, Halford's assessment cast serious doubt on the case.
The prosecutor concluded that Vera made up the story to extort money from you.
Yeah, a classic "he said, she said," and then the rape kit went missing, whole case fell apart.
See, you thought Halford destroyed that evidence.
He didn't.
He kept it.
I mean, you had to keep the rape kit.
If Neville decided to stop paying you to keep his little secret, you could make that piece of evidence appear just like magic, right? I'm being railroaded here.
When was it that you realized that Maria Snow was really Vera's daughter, Sonia? Was it when you realized that the rape kit was missing from your house? Or was it when you followed Maria to the psych hospital? Yeah, the nurse confirmed you were there the day Maria died.
Don't say a thing.
According to the nav system on her car, she went to a private lab two weeks before she died.
That's where she brought the rape kit.
And she was going to show the results of the DNA test to the prosecutor, wasn't she? And if she had done that, both you and Neville would have been screwed.
Maria Snow was the living proof you did have sex with Vera Desesso.
And the rape kit proves that it was not consensual.
I have nothing to say until my attorney is present.
Hmm.
I can't believe you want to tear this place down.
It's beautiful.
I think you should renovate it.
Well, it's not my decision.
It's yours.
I'm giving you complete control of this project.
Why? Because you deserve it.
And because I want to see what you can do to it.
[Cell phone rings.]
But you're not giving the preservation society any office space.
Yes? Are you sure? I see.
Thank you for letting me know.
Is something wrong? Neville, what is it? You have your mother's eyes.
I gave you everything.
My trust, my confidence.
I treated you like my own.
I am your own! I'm your daughter.
My daughter is dead.
You raped my mother.
You sent your goons to threaten her.
She lost everything, even me.
She tried to kill herself after what you did to her.
Now you're going to see what it feels like to lose everything.
You kill me, and you'll only destroy yourself.
The evidence I have against you Will disappear, just like it did 25 years ago.
[Grunting.]
[Witnesses screaming.]
[Car alarm blaring.]
You have nothing to substantiate any of this.
Actually, we do.
Glass in the sole of your shoe.
Forensics will match this to the heritage glass found at the crime scene.
Neville Montgomery, you are under arrest for the murder of Maria Snow.
I found the cop.
The one Neville paid to lie about what he did to you.
The evidence that went missing.
He kept it all these years.
Locked up in his house.
I took it.
I'm going to give it to the prosecutor tonight, and everyone is going to know what he did to you.
Neville is finally going to pay for what he did.
You know, Halford has a lot of friends.
We're not going to be popular in some circles.
He was dirty.
He deserves what he gets.
Anyone who disagrees with that doesn't deserve to wear a badge.
You'd be a good internal investigator.
Well, you're the golden boy again.
Brass is going to be falling all over themselves to promote you.
We'll see about that.
Okay I'm going to get the okay, uh I'm going to come back.
- Oh, honey, it's fine.
- No, no, we're good.
I'm so sorry I was just leaving.
And he is gonna be fine.
I know the surgeon.
He's in good hands.
We've got a deal.
We got a deal.
Yes, that's right.
There's no talking about the surgery.
[Gently.]
Okay.
No talking.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Thank you, doctor.
Bye.
Are you scared? Did you not just hear what she That's your deal with Betty.
You and me, we got a different deal, clearly.
Okay, I'm scared, but I don't think about the surgery.
More about, like, you know, what comes next.
Oh, yeah.
You'll bounce back, good as new.
Yeah, maybe.
But look at you, right? You got Neville, you've got to feel pretty good.
I'll feel better when the trial's over and he's locked up.
Savor the moment, partner.
I got you a fish.
I read an article that people with pets live longer.
[Knock on door.]
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Oh, hey, here we go.
Sam, Tyler, this is my partner, Angie.
These are the boys.
Okay [Exhales nervously.]
All right, here we go.
Now, listen, when you wake up, I will be here for you.
If I'm not, I'm in the cafeteria.
Can you hold up just one second? Listen, it's going to be fine.
You are going to be fine.
I'm going to be fine.
All right.
Hey, hold these.
Oh, yeah.
I'll see you soon.
Okay.
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