Hudson and Rex (2019) s06e16 Episode Script

1
[MALE VOCALS AND GUITAR]
The waters would all stop running ♪
DANNY: What if you go up there
and I'll just harmonize with you?
- Okay.
- Let's do it from the beginning, so
If you're feeling drained,
don't worry baby ♪
Because I love to fill up ♪
- Your cup ♪
- That works.
- I don't know.
- [THEY LAUGH]
- Um
- Again?
Yeah. Um, love to fill up your cup?
- Yeah.
- Um
[MUTED RECORDING OF SONG]
STELLA: Okay.
Let's show the others tomorrow.
See what they think.
Marcus cancelled again.
What? [STELLA SIGHS]
I thought things would change.
I think we need a new bass player.
I already threw something up on Kijiji.
- Really?
- Yup.
Maybe just a session
guy to get this down.
And then what? This new
guy comes on tour with us?
I don't know. Let's find him first.
All right.
Here.
- Don't forget to eat.
- I'll do my best to lift you up ♪
This song needs work.
Tomorrow, Danny.
I'm locking up behind me.
Yeah, well, pull the
drawbridge up on your way.
[STELLA CHUCKLES] Yeah, good night.
Bye.
[ROUSING ROCK MUSIC]
STELLA: You here about the ad?
Uh, I have an appointment
with Danny actually.
You ever been in a band before?
- No.
- Musical influences?
His buzzer isn't
working. Is he up there?
Look, if you want to join the band,
you're gonna have to impress
me just as much as Danny.
He is the lead singer, but
he's not the only one
you have to audition for.
What?
You're not here to audition
for our band, Rosey Field?
No, no, you know what? I'm sorry,
there's been a misunderstanding.
I'm here for a guitar lesson with Danny.
[KEYS RATTLING]
Danny's upstairs.
Okay.
JESSE: So, you're
looking for a new bass player?
I thought you said
you didn't see the ad?
Yeah, well, I didn't
but you're Stella Ray.
Keyboards and vocals.
Danny, he plays acoustic guitar
but you said he also needed
to approve the new member.
So, he's not leaving the band.
Wanda Loring plays drums
but I'm not a drummer.
So, that leaves Marcus
Payne, the bass player.
So, you know the band and
you're some kind of Sherlock.
Have I impressed you?
- What's your name?
- Jesse.
Jesse.
Danny, the door's unlocked!
Danny, Jesse's here!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Oh, no!
[STELLA GASPS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO]
JESSE: Charlie.
His name is Danny Collins.
He's the lead singer of
a band called Rosey Field.
He runs this recording studio
when the band's not on the road.
- And he was your guitar teacher?
- Yeah, for the past few months.
He wasn't answering the door
when I came in for my lesson.
His band mate, Stella Ray, she let me in
and she told me she left
just after ten last night.
She said Danny was still working
but she's sure she
locked up when she left.
Take a look at this.
Looks like the door was
forced open by a screwdriver.
Do you think Danny caught
them and a struggle ensued?
[REX BARKS]
CHARLIE: Dust ring.
Excuse me.
Could you tell me
what was on this shelf?
Uh, Danny's songwriting award.
He got it for our first album.
There's been some really sketchy dudes
around the neighbourhood lately.
There's equipment missing.
What was here?
An audio interface. Some hard drives.
Rex.
- Track it.
- [REX SNIFFS]
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFING]
- So, it could have been a break-in.
- Mm-hmm.
The victim could have
surprised the intruder.
[REX SNIFFING]
Got hit over the head
for their troubles.
- But
- [REX BARKING]
- [REX SNIFFING]
- It doesn't look like robbery was the motive.
[REX BARKS]
- DONOVAN: Charlie.
- Yeah.
We've got another case.
A woman was found dead in her own home.
Her neighbour is the
President of the Police Board
and he wants chapter and verse.
- I need you to handle it.
- Okay, well what about this one?
- Isn't it your day off?
- Yeah. The victim was my guitar teacher.
I came in for a lesson and
found the body.
I'm all finished up there.
Danny Collins died of blunt force trauma
between midnight and 4:00 AM.
Multiple blows to the back of the head.
No defensive wounds.
Jesse, how well did you
know the victim in the case?
Good guy, great guitarist.
Other than that, I didn't really
know him outside of my lessons.
Congratulations. This one's all yours.
The rest of you, I need you across town.
Okay? Sarah, I'll fill you in.
Okay.
Okay.
Danny was hit in the back of the head.
It means he had his back turned.
He wasn't fighting anybody off
and wouldn't turn his
back on the intruder, so,
the break-in and robbery were faked.
Danny was killed by somebody he knew.
- [JESSE SIGHS]
- You got this.
Come on, Rex.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Thanks. So, it looks
like Phoebe Barnes drowned
but there's no physical
indication of foul play.
No bruising or signs of struggle.
Well, a healthy woman doesn't
just drown in her bathtub.
I'll check for underlying
health conditions.
A seizure, a heart condition,
adverse reaction to medication
- could have caused loss of consciousness.
- Mm-hmm.
[REX SNIFFING]
I mean, it's also possible that
she took something deliberately.
I think we can rule out suicide.
I found her journal. Her
entry from this morning,
it was talking about her plans
for the day. It seemed upbeat.
She was even drinking
Chinese herbal tea.
It was like she was
taking care of her health.
It looks like you're
right. She did have plans.
She was taking fertility medication.
- [REX BARKS]
- What have you got?
[REX BARKS]
Okay.
One of these is not like the others.
- [SARAH SNIFFS]
- [REX BARKS]
[SARAH SNIFFS] Hmm.
This one does smell different.
It's chemical.
So, someone poisoned her by
tampering with her medication?
I'll test it. To use this woman's
hope against her seems cruel.
Mmm.
I'm gonna go talk to the husband.
Come on, pal.
Let's go.
TRENT: Let me get this straight. Um
An hour ago,
I found my wife
dead in the bathtub.
And you're asking did
we have a happy marriage?
There's nothing on your
bedside table upstairs.
There's only one toothbrush
in the primary bathroom.
You two were sleeping in separate rooms.
Yeah, we were married a long time.
You know what that's like?
Well, I do know that
when things aren't
good, emotions run high.
A man could feel trapped.
Did our marriage have problems? Yeah.
Yeah it did. I guess you
caught me there, Detective.
The husband is always
suspect number one.
But you're gonna have
to do better than that
because I wasn't even in
the house when Phoebe died.
I was with a client.
I'll give you their name.
By the time I got home, it was too late.
That won't be necessary Mr. Barnes.
The thing is that, the
person who killed your wife
didn't have to be in
the house this morning.
All they needed to do
was poison her medication
and wait for her to inject it herself.
Her fertility injections?
Who besides you and your wife
had access to that medication?
- [REX WHINES]
- Um
Our housekeeper.
And Phoebe's nephew, Niall,
lives with us in the basement suite.
Oh, and we had a party. Two nights ago.
The house was full of people.
I'm gonna need a list of the guests.
Officer.
Let's go.
I'm going to rush tests on
Phoebe Barnes's medication.
Oh, great. Can you
find out when she
filled her prescription?
I need to know if she
had it two nights ago.
Okay. What's that?
It's enough alternate suspects
to buy Trent Barnes some time.
They're party guests. People
who could have had access
to Phoebe Barnes' medication.
If it was in the house at the time
- but I'll find out.
- Okay.
Wait. Danny Collins is on this list.
- The victim in the other case?
- Yeah.
Two people that know each other
dying on the same day?
I think these murders are connected.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
JESSE: I don't understand
how these two murders are connected.
Danny Collins was hit over the head
in his recording studio downtown.
Meanwhile, Phoebe Barnes
drowned in her bathtub
in a mansion across town.
You know we actually think
that she was poisoned.
Sarah is running some tests.
But you are right.
They are two completely
different M.O.'s.
But you think these two
victims knew each other?
Yeah, Danny was over
at the Barnes's house
for a party on Saturday night.
And the fact that two of them
were killed on the same night?
It can't be a coincidence.
And they're both in the music industry.
Phoebe was a concert promoter.
Did big national tours.
Did very well for herself.
JESSE: And Rosey Field was
rubbing elbows with her?
Good for them. Well, I
mean it should have been.
Until something went very wrong.
- I want you to find out what.
- Okay.
- He makes it sound so, easy.
- [CHARLIE CHUCKLES]
This doesn't seem obvious to me at all.
Well, it's not, yet.
[JESSE SIGHS] Okay.
Okay, so,
Danny's band mates are also on
this guest list, right? Stella.
Wanda Loring, she's the
drummer for Rosey Field
and Marcus Payne, he's the bass player.
Yeah. That's three other
people who knew both victims.
But Marcus was planning
on leaving the band.
Stella told me that this
morning before we found Danny.
So, was he leaving on good terms or bad?
- I'll find out.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
Unless you want to take
the Danny case back?
Or ?
Uh, no. No, let's work this together.
You already have the
inside track with the band,
I'll look into Phoebe's home life.
And Sarah has something for us. Come on.
- Okay.
- Rex.
Okay, okay.
So, you identified the poison
that killed Phoebe Barnes?
Well, first of all, Phoebe's
fertility clinic confirmed
that she picked up her medication
four days before she died.
So, it was in the house
the night of the party.
Yeah, and as for what
it was swapped out with,
it wasn't exactly poison.
I rushed a tox screen on Phoebe and
turned up nothing
unusual but I also tested
the syringe that Rex picked out.
And that told me to run
a plasma test on Phoebe's blood.
- And?
- SARAH: It showed an extremely high
insulin to C-peptide ratio.
An insulin overdose.
So, she would have
had severe hypoglycemia
which would have caused loss
of consciousness or a seizure.
Is that why she drowned?
Well, whoever swapped the meds
couldn't necessarily have
predicted she'd drown.
But it was clear that somebody
was trying to harm her?
Well, insulin is helpful
at the right dosage
to control blood sugar, but
you administer a sufficiently large dose
and whether or not
the person has diabetes
the consequences can be fatal.
And this was a sufficiently large dose.
- Did Phoebe Barnes have diabetes?
- No.
And neither did anyone
else in the household
according to her physician.
Danny Collins had diabetes.
I saw him check his
blood sugar a few times
and he kept insulin in
the fridge at the studio.
- Yeah, it's here in his medical file.
- Okay.
So, let's assume that
it was Danny's insulin
- that killed Phoebe Barnes.
- Okay, first thought, worst thought:
Danny's insulin. Did he kill Phoebe?
- [REX GROANS]
- And if so, who killed him?
No, no, no, more likely
someone killed the both of them
but who would want both of them dead?
One step at a time, cowboy.
- Yeah.
- SARAH: Okay. I'm going to go to the studio
and get Danny's insulin.
I'll check for finger prints
and see if I can match it
to what I found in Phoebe's medication.
Okay, great.
Let's see who had access
to Danny's insulin.
- Okay.
- I'm going to check to see
if I can track down Niall.
That's Phoebe's nephew.
He hasn't been seen
since his aunt was found.
Got it.
There's one other thing.
Okay, so, an insulin overdose
doesn't result in any
remarkable features
that would show up in autopsy.
So, the killer might have suspected
that the true cause of
death would never be found.
- Sneaky.
- SARAH: Yeah.
It's only because Rex found the syringe
that I knew what to look for.
Otherwise, it would have been tough
to prove that this was murder at all.
- Good job, partner.
- [REX BARKS]
Come on.
MARCUS: I couldn't believe
it when Stella called
and told me about Danny.
Now, you're saying that someone
killed Phoebe Barnes, too?
Who would do something like that?
Marcus, that's what I wanted to ask you.
Do you know of anyone
that might have had
a problem with Danny?
Danny just cared about the work.
I don't see how that
gets someone killed.
Look, I heard you were
leaving Rosey Field.
Was there any bad feelings there?
[MARCUS SIGHS]
By the end of our last tour,
tempers were frayed all around
and I figured it was time
for me to get a real job.
I'm not 22 anymore.
So, it was your decision?
You quit the band?
It was mutual.
[MARCUS SIGHS] Being
honest, there was a blowup.
We all said things
that we shouldn't have.
And today, I regret that more than ever.
Listen, Danny and I, we had our battles,
but there was always love underneath.
Yeah.
That blowup, Marcus, was it recent?
End of the summer.
We all went our separate ways a while.
I got this job.
Didn't hear much from any of them.
I just figured they were all mad at me.
But you heard from
them this week, right?
Danny reached out.
And he told me he was working
on songs for the new album.
Phoebe was high on the band
and he wanted to know if
I'd consider going back.
- And what did you say?
- Things could be toxic in the band.
Danny and I disagreed about
songwriting credits, royalties.
Not that there's much
money in it, but
- it's the principle of the thing.
- Sure, but
you said Danny took songwriting credit?
Look, I don't need to rehash it all.
Point is, I'd already made up my mind.
- Put it behind me.
- Yeah, but you told Danny
that you weren't coming back
even if Phoebe was
going to manage the band.
Danny and Stella wouldn't
take no for an answer.
They took me out to lunch on Saturday.
Said, "Just go to the party.
Listen to what she has to say."
- And you agreed?
- Yeah.
I had a long chat with her at the party.
She was a smart lady.
She didn't change my mind.
And how did Danny take that?
Fine, I guess. I don't know.
Do you mind? I've got
to get back to work.
I just have one more
routine question for you.
Where were you last night
between midnight and 4:00 AM?
I was at home.
Alone. Sleeping.
Yeah, okay.
Okay.
TRENT: So, you're asking
about the band, Rosey Field.
Can I take that to mean
you're not here to imply again
that I murdered my wife?
Why don't we see where this takes us?
I have two homicides,
possibly connected.
You ever been to Danny
Collins's recording studio?
No. Why would I?
Your wife was planning to sign the band.
Had them over to your house.
Maybe there's a reason
that you would go there.
No. Never.
Are you sure
that it wasn't just a coincidence
what happened to Danny?
It's unlikely.
[TRENT CLEARS THROAT]
So, you're here to talk to Niall.
I mean, I'm surprised he's not back yet.
You know Niall
is a big fan of Rosey Field.
[TRENT CLEARS THROAT]
- Is that right?
- Yeah.
I think he's the one that
put Phoebe onto them.
He followed the lead singer
around all night at the party
- like a puppy dog.
- [REX YELPS]
Danny Collins, the lead singer?
Yeah. Phoebe had to
suggest that he back off.
Thought it might be making
the guy uncomfortable.
See Niall, he wants to be a musician.
How did Niall react when
Phoebe told him to back off?
He wasn't happy about it.
Where was he last night?
I don't know. I mean, his
suite has a separate entrance.
I don't hear him coming and going.
But you were here all night?
Yeah. All night.
Any way to verify that?
That I was home sleeping
when Danny Collins was killed?
No.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[STELLA SIGHS] I can't believe
Phoebe Barnes is dead, too.
Not even a week ago,
we found out that she
wanted to sign Rosey Field.
- To a tour?
- No, it was bigger than that.
Danny said Phoebe wanted to
get out of concert promoting
and into music management.
She wanted to start by
putting Rosey Field on the map.
It's hard to believe anyone in the band
would want to harm her
under those circumstances.
Harm her?
We wanted to hug her!
With her knowledge and her contacts
in promoting, her reputation
This was going to be huge for us.
Our big break.
But first you had to convince
Marcus to rejoin the band.
Phoebe wanted the whole band.
Its original members.
And if Marcus didn't agree to come back,
would that put your deal
with Phoebe in jeopardy?
Maybe but Marcus was
always going to come around.
But you were auditioning a replacement
two days after you
asked him to come back.
Danny was sure he could
convince Marcus to come back.
I just wanted a backup plan.
Did everyone see eye-to-eye
on bringing him back?
Sure.
Stella.
Jesse, this is Wanda Loring.
The drummer, of course. I'm
Detective Mills. I'm with the police.
You look way to young to
be a homicide detective.
Are you even old enough to drink?
I still get carded
occasionally but yeah.
Oh. It's nice to know they
sent the A-Team for Danny.
- Wow, okay.
- Yeah, okay. Just don't listen to her.
She's just dealing with her grief.
Wanda, listen,
it's not just Danny.
Phoebe Barnes is dead, too.
No kidding!
- What are the odds?
- Pretty low.
So, we don't actually believe
this to be a coincidence.
Fair enough.
How did she die?
We think she was poisoned
with Danny's insulin.
He kept his insulin here
at the studio, right?
Yeah, he did. He spent
way more time here
than he did in his own apartment.
And who else had access to this space?
It was only the band who had keys.
WANDA: So, I guess that means
Marcus and Stella and I
are your prime suspects.
Niall Elson?
Don't.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Rex.
[NIALL GRUNTS]
NIALL: Ughhh!
- [REX BARKS]
- [NIALL GROANS]
I said don't.
- [REX BARKS]
- Come on.
Let's go.
You always run when you see the police?
I had other plans for my day
besides getting arrested, yeah.
So, I borrowed Aunt Phoebe's
car and forgot to tell her.
Everyone should just chill.
Your aunt Does she
normally call the police
when you borrow the car?
Last time I took it
without telling them,
it was a whole scene.
Oh, so, you've been having problems
with your aunt and uncle lately?
I didn't think so, but
Niall.
Come on.
You know that we weren't at your
house because of a borrowed car.
Then what?
Your Aunt Phoebe was
found dead this morning.
What do you mean?
We're investigating her murder.
Did you see her this morning
before you left the house?
Yeah. Um
She made me breakfast.
Then she went out for a run.
She said she was
working from home today.
That's why I didn't think it
mattered if I took the car.
If I start asking,
no one is going to tell me
that you and your aunt
had a problem, are they?
No!
She was good to me! She said
she liked having me around!
Okay. Okay.
Was Phoebe having problems lately?
Not that I know of.
The party that was at
your house two nights ago,
did you remember anything
unusual about that?
Aunt Phoebe throws great parties.
Or, she did, I guess.
Rosey Field was there.
I don't know if that's unusual
but it was cool.
Yeah, I heard you're
a big fan of the band.
Phoebe introduced me to Danny Collins.
He gave me good advice
about being in music.
I play drums.
I'm trying to
get into a band.
Yeah, I heard that
that your aunt, she told
you to leave Danny alone.
- How'd that make you feel?
- Fine.
I was kind of taking
up too much of his time.
Did she often tell you what to do?
Who to hang out with?
No!
She gave me advice
about my music career.
Is that what you mean?
Danny was really encouraging too.
He said to come by the studio
some time and play for him.
Such a nice guy.
Charlie.
Well, that was informative.
Trent Barnes may have wanted me to think
that Niall had something
to do with this.
Rex, come on. Let's go.
- But the nephew's a long shot.
- Really?
So, you don't think he
had anything to do with it?
Well, unless he's a great actor,
I think I crushed the
poor kid telling him that
his two favourite people
in the world just died.
- What have you got?
- Well, looks like there was some drama
- behind the scenes in Rosey Field.
- Uh-huh?
Phoebe Barnes was ready to
offer them their big break
but Marcus might have been a holdout.
You think that might have
caused an argument with Danny?
Maybe. Sounds like there was
a little bit of history between them.
It could have come to a head.
Or maybe someone in the band
did have a murderous
grudge against Danny.
And maybe Phoebe's husband
wanted out of the marriage.
How could that add up to
motive to kill both of them?
Hmm.
- Hey.
- SARAH: Hey.
Okay, so, I collected the
insulin Danny was keeping
in his fridge at the studio
and tested it against the
residue we found in the syringe
that Phoebe Barnes was using.
There's no way to match it conclusively
- but it is the same type of insulin.
- Okay.
Well, assuming that it is Danny's,
is there any way that
we can we narrow down
- when it was stolen?
- Yeah, we got lucky there.
I talked to his pharmacist
and Danny picked up his
prescription on Saturday morning.
- The day of the party.
- That's right.
And he switched it that day
from an intermediate acting insulin
to a premixed one.
The one in Phoebe's syringe
was from his new prescription.
So, it had to be stolen Saturday.
Sometime between when he
picked it up from the pharmacy
and the party that night.
- New prescription.
- [SARAH SIGHS]
You'd be more likely to
notice if that went missing.
Yeah, I would think so.
CHARLIE: So, let's just
say that Danny did notice
that some of his meds were missing
and he had an idea of who'd taken them.
JESSE: Then after Phoebe died,
if it came out how it happened, then,
he could put two and two together.
And identify Phoebe's killer.
And that would account
for motive in both murders.
[REX BARKS]
[ROCK MUSIC]
- [REX WHINES]
- Hey, hey!
Hey! Glad you guys are here.
So, I was thinking. If Danny was killed
to keep quiet about the stolen insulin,
then Phoebe Barnes must
be the primary target.
Well, I was actually
thinking the same thing.
See, her murder was premeditated
and his was improvised. So,
Rex and I paid a visit to
Phoebe's lawyer this morning.
- And?
- She was the main bread winner
in the relationship.
Had assets worth over a million.
And Trent Barnes stood
to inherit most of it.
You think he killed her for the money?
Well, they had a post-nup.
- A post-nup?
- So, if they got divorced,
he was looking at a
serious lifestyle change.
- Is that even a thing?
- Apparently it is.
They had no money when they got married.
So, as soon as her career took off,
her lawyer said that
she had it drawn up.
Wow. That must have been
an awkward conversation.
Yeah. I think maybe I'll
ask Trent about that.
- Fill me in. What have you got?
- Yeah.
So, I was checking
Danny's emails and texts.
There's nothing there
but I was looking at this
Rosey Field discussion board
to see if he posted anything.
He didn't but look at this.
The StixFreak709?
Yeah! This guy has been
posting for months.
Always about Wanda.
Okay well, it looks like he
goes to the Rosey Field concerts.
Mm-hmm. "Drummer was on fire tonight."
- "She's hot. She's the bedrock of the band."
- Hmm.
Yeah, Wanda responds to some of these,
but she doesn't answer to
anyone else on the board.
- [DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
- Maybe they knew each other.
Yeah, maybe.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
[REX BARKS]
- [REX BARKING]
- Whoa. Easy.
Marcus?
[REX BARKS]
What's in the bag?
I know this looks bad.
CHARLIE: There's blood on this.
I swear, guys.
It wasn't me.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
The shape matches Danny
Collins's head wounds.
- Fingerprints?
- It was mostly wiped clean
but there are trace amounts
of blood in the seams.
And the blood matches Danny's.
So, this is our murder weapon.
Only question is,
where did it come from?
I've got a little
greenhouse in my back yard.
I grow tomatoes, mostly.
Make my own red sauce.
And that's where you found
the award? In the greenhouse?
Went out this morning and found
it tucked behind the Rio Grandes.
It's a kind of tomato.
When you and I talked yesterday,
you had told me that you and Danny
fought over songwriting credit.
- What about it?
- So, do you feel that your name
should have been on that award, instead?
Danny won that award ages ago.
And he shared credit with the band
in his acceptance speech so,
it wasn't our biggest problem.
So, you had no reason to
take that award at all?
Hey. I didn't have to bring
it to the station!
I'm just trying to help.
So, you're telling me that
someone planted the award
in that greenhouse.
That's exactly what I'm saying.
And
I'd sure like to know who.
Yeah, so, would we.
JESSE: Okay. It had to be
Stella or Wanda, right?
I mean, I was asking questions
about Marcus yesterday.
Maybe one of them figured
that he was a good
candidate for a frame-up?
Wait.
What if Trent Barnes
was having an affair
with our drummer Wanda?
Do you think Trent is StixFreak709?
Well, think about it. His wife,
she was looking for a new career path.
She wanted to spend more time at home.
Wanted to have a family.
What if he was in
love with someone else?
Or or what if,
what if he refused to leave his wife
and his girlfriend
decided to force the issue?
Trent had the financial motive.
Yeah.
He wouldn't want to divorce his wife.
He would have lost a lot of money.
You know what?
Wanda knew that we
were looking at Marcus.
She knew about the greenhouse.
Yeah, okay. Well, let's say that um
Danny realized that the
insulin was missing.
- That's what got him killed.
- Mm-hmm.
How did he know?
Danny's call history.
I mean, if he knew who took his meds,
- then he would call them, right?
- Good thinking.
- Where is it?
- Okay, let me see, let me see.
I got it, I got it! Okay, so,
Sunday night, Danny,
he's at the recording
studio. Stella leaves.
Danny makes a call. He calls
right here.
- He calls Wanda.
- You're kidding me.
Okay. This is all circumstantial.
- Mm-hmm.
- We've got to get them to talk.
Okay.
I'll take Wanda.
- I'll take Trent.
- Okay.
Rex!
[DRUMS PLAYING]
Something's different.
You're carrying
yourself like the A-Team!
I just want to ask you
a few more questions,
- if that's all right.
- Of course.
- I'll do whatever I can.
- Okay, great.
You know, we are getting close
to an arrest on Danny's murder.
Okay.
I also noticed that he
had called you Sunday night.
Before midnight, you
chatted for a few minutes.
Yeah, that's right.
Why did he call you so late?
Is that late?
We're musicians. [WANDA SCOFFS]
What was the call about?
Mmmm, confirming rehearsal time
for the next day, I believe.
Did he also ask about
his missing insulin?
Ask you why you took it?
No.
See the day of Phoebe Barnes's party,
Danny and Stella went
out for lunch with Marcus
to try convince him to rejoin the band.
You knew about this lunch
because you were supposed to go too.
Mm-hmm.
But I didn't go.
I don't like to beg
people to be with me.
That's when you knew they would be out.
When the studio would be empty.
I suppose I did.
That's when you took Danny's insulin.
Hmm!
And when Danny
had noticed that his
insulin was missing,
he realized that you
were the only other person
that had access to the studio that day.
So, he called you up to talk about it.
He didn't know what you'd used it for.
So, he was probably just puzzled.
Why would I want to kill Phoebe Barnes?
Because you were having
an affair with her husband.
That's a nice theory.
You can't prove it, though.
Can you?
If I did have an affair with Trent,
there'd be no evidence of that, either.
No phone calls.
No witnesses.
That's where you're wrong though, Wanda.
There was one witness.
Trent.
So, whose story do you
want us to believe?
His or yours?
[WANDA SIGHS]
Trent?
[TRENT BREATHES SHAKILY]
What are you doing?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
It's my fault Phoebe is dead.
Isn't it?
Why don't you just step away from
the gun and we'll chat about it?
You don't believe that I loved my wife.
But I did.
And no one's going to believe it.
All of our friends are
gonna find out what I did.
And that's what she's
gonna be remembered for.
You can still remember
your wife for who she was.
I don't deserve that.
Trent, I don't
think Phoebe would want you
to make things worse by hurting yourself
or anyone else.
God, I'm such an idiot!
I mean, what was I doing?
I'm out at the bar
until 2:00 in the morning
chasing, I mean, I don't even know what.
- Yeah, I understand.
- It was just an affair!
You didn't want this to happen.
You know, I mean how much
am I supposed to pay
- for one mistake?
- Calm down, Trent.
[REX BARKS]
But I ended it.
When Phoebe said
that she wanted to have kids
and work on our marriage, I knew
that I needed to grow up.
- Mm-hmm.
- I chose my wife!
- You tried to make things right.
- I told Wanda.
I broke up with her.
I thought she'd be cool about it, but,
she did this, didn't
she? She killed Phoebe?
You just put the gun down.
- Why did she do it?
- Trent.
Phoebe was a good woman!
She deserved better than me!
- She didn't deserve this!
- [GUN COCKS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Ugh!
- [CRASHING GLASS]
- [REX BARKING]
[TRENT CRYING]
Okay, Trent.
Time to talk about what
your girlfriend did. Come on.
Let's go.
You okay?
[TRENT SIGHS]
- I wasn't going to hurt you, you know.
- Well,
Rex is a highly trained canine officer.
- He's not gonna take that chance.
- [REX BARKS]
So, how about you explain
to me what happened
- from the beginning?
- Okay, um
Well, Phoebe, she, you know,
she started from nothing.
And she built this big career
and I was proud of her.
But you know, she traveled all the time.
And even when she was home,
- her work came first.
- So, you cheated.
She took me for granted.
And I don't know
She was on the road all the time.
So, I mean, maybe she
did the same thing.
Whatever, it's just
things weren't good for a while.
And then one day, she says
she wants to make a change.
Step back from promoting,
so, she's not on the road.
Get into management
and start a family.
And, I mean,
I'd given up on that years ago.
But you still wanted that?
Yeah.
There was no question in my mind.
To be a good husband
and be a good dad
That's all I ever wanted.
[REX YELPS]
[REX WHINES]
So, you had recommitted to your wife
and broke things off
completely with Wanda.
Yeah, weeks ago.
I wanted to start with a clean slate.
I just I swear. I never
knew that Wanda was dangerous.
I mean, she wasn't even that
upset when I broke up with her.
WANDA: I told Trent
what he wanted to hear.
Of course I was furious
when he tried to end it.
He didn't have the guts
to stand up to his wife
and tell her the truth.
And what truth was that?
He loves me.
He wanted to be with me.
He was just indecisive.
He needed someone to
make it easy for him
to make the right decision for him.
So, you came up with the
plan to kill Phoebe Barnes
with Danny's insulin.
It came to me fairly easily.
I did hope it would
look like natural causes.
I'd give Trent whatever time he needed
to grieve his wife.
And then we'd be free to be together.
I'm surprised you figured
it out so, quickly.
Rex smelled the insulin
in Phoebe's syringe.
Ah. Well,
I couldn't have predicted
there would be a K9
on the case, I suppose.
And what about Danny finding
out you took his insulin?
Could you have predicted that?
No.
No, that was unfortunate.
If I had it to do over, I
would take it from a stranger.
Or maybe a hospital.
[DISTANT SIREN]
JESSE: Yeah, she basically
confessed to both murders.
Looks like she won't be out
of jail for a very long time.
I mean she's always been a bit obsessive
and controlling in her relationships,
- but I
- That's true.
The rest of us used to talk about it
whenever one of her
relationships turned bad but
[MARCUS SIGHS] we never
thought she'd take it this far.
And she really killed Danny
just so, she wouldn't get caught?
It seems that way.
That is cold.
JESSE: Look, I know it must be tough
to hear that someone
you were so close to
for such a long time could
do something like this.
Did she at least say she was sorry?
Was she remorseful at all?
Not exactly.
It was more like she
it was more like this all made
sense to her in some twisted way.
Look, I'm really
glad I got to know Danny.
And I just
I wanted his friends
to know what happened.
Thanks, man.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Take care of yourself.
- STELLA: Jesse.
- Yeah.
I think I have an idea.
I'm going to have an
officer take your statement
and you'll have a chance
to review before you sign.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- Jesse.
- JESSE: Yeah.
Wanda Loring's confession looks good.
Cool. Thanks, boss.
Yeah, I can't say I'm sorry
- to go back to the desk tomorrow.
- Mmm.
You know, I'd like to say it's toughest
when a case like this
involves someone that you know.
The truth of the matter
is they're all tough.
Good work.
Thank you.
[REX BARKS]
[SOFT GUITAR]
[REX WHINES]
CHARLIE: Are we still on?
Because Rex has been
looking forward to this.
Yeah, I guess there's
no turning back now.
Right, Rex?
[REX BARKS]
[THEY CHUCKLE]
[REX BARKS]
Hey.
You'll be fine, kid.
It's just a friendly jam.
I'll do my best to keep up.
Yeah, you and me both.
Hey, you had a good teacher.
I had the best teacher.
Okay, friends.
Last song Danny ever wrote.
Let's take it away.
[GUITAR PLAYING]
If you told me that you were leaving ♪
I'd probably break down and cry ♪
The waters would all stop running ♪
And the stars would
fall from the sky ♪
[FULL BAND JOINS IN]
[REX BARKS]
If you come to me when you're down ♪
JESSE AND STELLA:
I'll do my best to lift you up ♪
[SOLO] If you're feeling drained,
don't worry baby ♪
'Cause I'd love to fill up your cup ♪
Uh uh, uh uh, yeah ♪
Uh uh, uh uh ♪
Baby yeah ♪
[SOLO] I don't have
that much to say but ♪
JESSE AND STELLA: Baby yeah ♪
[SOLO] You could lighten up
a cloudy day ♪
Won't you tell me
that you're gonna stay? ♪
Doo doo doo doo doo ♪
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]