1 00:00:03,056 --> 00:00:05,091 [narrator]: In Toronto's war on crime, 2 00:00:05,091 --> 00:00:07,953 the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives 3 00:00:07,953 --> 00:00:11,022 of the specialized criminal investigations unit. 4 00:00:11,022 --> 00:00:12,608 These are their stories. 5 00:00:16,539 --> 00:00:19,505 [soft ominous music] 6 00:00:33,850 --> 00:00:35,712 [sighs] 7 00:00:40,091 --> 00:00:43,022 Hey, I got your number from a friend. Can we meet? 8 00:00:47,574 --> 00:00:49,919 Never would've made you for a junkie. 9 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:53,229 You don't know me. 10 00:00:56,953 --> 00:00:58,643 Wow. 11 00:01:00,022 --> 00:01:02,436 We're a far cry from the little storefront you had on Dundas, 12 00:01:02,436 --> 00:01:05,539 where we did my first show, if I remember correctly, 13 00:01:05,539 --> 00:01:08,091 and you sold all my pieces. 14 00:01:08,091 --> 00:01:11,505 Mm-hmm. Did you come all this way to talk about the past, Rick? 15 00:01:11,505 --> 00:01:14,643 No. I've actually... 16 00:01:14,643 --> 00:01:16,677 I've been working on a new series of prints. 17 00:01:16,677 --> 00:01:17,953 Don't have anything to show you yet-- 18 00:01:17,953 --> 00:01:21,160 Wait, are you suggesting that I represent you again? 19 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,574 Thought we could talk about it, at least. 20 00:01:23,574 --> 00:01:25,919 What? What, it's not a good time? 21 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:29,884 Oh, of course not. I'm just days out from opening this gallery on Friday. 22 00:01:29,884 --> 00:01:33,712 I haven't even mounted Eve's show yet, which is going to be amazing, by the way. 23 00:01:33,712 --> 00:01:37,505 But no, no, I'm not busy at all. - You know what you need? 24 00:01:37,505 --> 00:01:40,677 You need a macchiato from next door. 25 00:01:40,677 --> 00:01:43,401 Just take a little break. I'm buying, for once. 26 00:01:43,401 --> 00:01:46,677 We'll have a little chat, I'll have you back here in 15 minutes, I promise. 27 00:01:46,677 --> 00:01:49,160 Huh, Lee? The plumber is on the phone. 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,022 Oh, should he call back? 29 00:01:51,022 --> 00:01:53,229 Absolutely not, I've been calling him all week. 30 00:01:53,229 --> 00:01:54,850 Look... - To be continued. 31 00:01:54,850 --> 00:01:58,056 Fine. Come to my lecture tonight. 32 00:01:58,056 --> 00:02:00,850 See you later. - Wouldn't it be great to start fresh? 33 00:02:00,850 --> 00:02:02,229 You have so much baggage with her. 34 00:02:02,229 --> 00:02:04,022 What did I do to piss her off? 35 00:02:04,022 --> 00:02:06,298 Stop it, you don't need Lee to put you on the map, 36 00:02:06,298 --> 00:02:08,367 and you don't need to prove anything. 37 00:02:08,367 --> 00:02:11,367 I think her problem was that you didn't produce enough fast enough. 38 00:02:11,367 --> 00:02:12,884 I know how stressful that can be. 39 00:02:12,884 --> 00:02:15,746 Oh yeah, do you, Ms. Paletto Award Winning Artist? 40 00:02:15,746 --> 00:02:17,643 Did Lee really say I was too slow? 41 00:02:17,643 --> 00:02:20,815 Tell me, Eve. This is my life. - Right, your life. Your career. 42 00:02:20,815 --> 00:02:22,298 And what is that supposed to mean? 43 00:02:22,298 --> 00:02:24,608 If you want a gallerist, do some new work, Rick. Good work. 44 00:02:24,608 --> 00:02:27,953 Don't just talk about it. 'Cause there's no free rides, and this art career you want? 45 00:02:27,953 --> 00:02:30,367 It's not all it's cracked up to be. - Neither was our marriage. 46 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:32,470 Which is why we're separated. 47 00:02:36,988 --> 00:02:39,091 [ominous music] 48 00:02:45,194 --> 00:02:47,953 So essentially, if you're gonna make great art, 49 00:02:47,953 --> 00:02:52,125 you need to pour your unique, authentic self into it. 50 00:02:52,125 --> 00:02:56,712 And only by doing that will your work stand the test of time. 51 00:02:56,712 --> 00:02:58,125 Thank you. 52 00:02:58,125 --> 00:03:00,608 [applause] 53 00:03:02,263 --> 00:03:03,677 Over-served? 54 00:03:03,677 --> 00:03:06,677 Understatement. He started early. 55 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,574 - Hi. - That was great. 56 00:03:15,574 --> 00:03:18,470 This is Jasper Claes, one of our grad students. 57 00:03:18,470 --> 00:03:20,367 Fantastic painter. 58 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:21,919 Well, I did learn from the best. [laughs] 59 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,229 Yes, pile on the compliments. 60 00:03:24,229 --> 00:03:27,022 We don't want her to quit teaching. - I do. 61 00:03:27,022 --> 00:03:28,919 What? She's my best artist. I do. 62 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,436 Hey, buddy. Let me give you a hot tip. 63 00:03:31,436 --> 00:03:35,263 If you want to be represented by the great Lee Sloane over here, 64 00:03:35,263 --> 00:03:37,401 you gotta be more like Eve-- 65 00:03:37,401 --> 00:03:39,022 Okay, let's take a walk, alright? 66 00:03:39,022 --> 00:03:41,229 Oh, let's take a walk, let's take a walk... 67 00:03:41,229 --> 00:03:45,470 Oh, I'm in trouble now... How do you sell that drivel? 68 00:03:47,367 --> 00:03:49,815 It's okay, it's okay. Oh, hey... 69 00:03:52,194 --> 00:03:53,988 [grunts] 70 00:04:04,022 --> 00:04:05,988 Hey, hey, hey. 71 00:04:05,988 --> 00:04:09,125 Come back downstairs. Don't babysit. 72 00:04:10,505 --> 00:04:12,608 Not here, okay? 73 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,160 [sighs] 74 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,194 That guy's such an asshole. 75 00:04:20,194 --> 00:04:22,332 That's why I'm divorcing him. 76 00:04:22,332 --> 00:04:24,194 Are you? 77 00:04:24,194 --> 00:04:26,574 I saw you guys earlier. 78 00:04:26,574 --> 00:04:29,988 Please. I just need to get through this week, 79 00:04:29,988 --> 00:04:32,263 then everything will change. 80 00:04:33,022 --> 00:04:34,367 Alright. 81 00:04:34,988 --> 00:04:36,850 Jasper. 82 00:04:36,850 --> 00:04:39,332 I love you. It'll be fine. 83 00:04:41,712 --> 00:04:44,367 [festive ambient music] 84 00:04:48,332 --> 00:04:50,781 I'll be back. I gotta get more wine. 85 00:04:52,746 --> 00:04:55,401 [muffled argument] 86 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:57,746 [dropping] 87 00:05:01,229 --> 00:05:03,574 [tense music] 88 00:05:10,505 --> 00:05:12,367 [knife clicking on the floor] 89 00:05:30,367 --> 00:05:33,332 [theme music] 90 00:06:09,815 --> 00:06:11,988 Janitor found Eve Kinwood at 6 a.m., 91 00:06:11,988 --> 00:06:13,712 stabbed multiple times in the back. 92 00:06:13,712 --> 00:06:15,988 Also at the base of her skull. 93 00:06:17,608 --> 00:06:19,332 You talked to the staff? 94 00:06:19,332 --> 00:06:22,470 Most of them were at a party last night. No one saw anything. 95 00:06:22,470 --> 00:06:24,574 No cameras? 96 00:06:24,574 --> 00:06:27,056 No. No keyless logs either. 97 00:06:27,056 --> 00:06:30,298 Nothing to monitor who comes and goes in this part of the building. 98 00:06:30,298 --> 00:06:32,677 Oh. A trusting, close-knit community. 99 00:06:32,677 --> 00:06:34,815 Or a jealous and divided one. 100 00:06:34,815 --> 00:06:37,884 It's a Paletto Award. Highest art award in the country. 101 00:06:37,884 --> 00:06:39,988 Graff, Bateman. 102 00:06:40,953 --> 00:06:43,160 I was getting more wine... for the party. 103 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,367 I heard yelling. - An argument? 104 00:06:45,367 --> 00:06:48,194 I think so. It was muffled. 105 00:06:49,263 --> 00:06:51,988 But then something hit the floor. Hard. 106 00:06:51,988 --> 00:06:53,367 What time was this? 107 00:06:53,367 --> 00:06:55,436 Around 5:30. 108 00:06:56,539 --> 00:06:58,746 I thought it was nothing. I didn't even go check. 109 00:06:58,746 --> 00:07:00,919 Who would do this? 110 00:07:00,919 --> 00:07:03,056 Everyone loved Eve. 111 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,712 Thank you. 112 00:07:06,470 --> 00:07:08,781 [Graff sighs] So what do we have? 113 00:07:08,781 --> 00:07:12,677 An argument, multiple stab wounds. 114 00:07:12,677 --> 00:07:15,194 It could indicate a crime of passion. 115 00:07:15,194 --> 00:07:18,125 Great. So our suspects are only... 116 00:07:18,125 --> 00:07:21,229 everyone who ever loved or hated Eve. Easy. 117 00:07:21,229 --> 00:07:24,298 It could be the person who touched this. 118 00:07:25,505 --> 00:07:27,677 Had blood on their hand 119 00:07:27,677 --> 00:07:30,677 and transferred it when they stood up. 120 00:07:31,919 --> 00:07:34,712 Tech found this in a garbage can down the hall. 121 00:07:36,712 --> 00:07:38,505 Dried blood. 122 00:07:38,505 --> 00:07:40,953 Somebody tried to wipe this clean. 123 00:07:40,953 --> 00:07:42,746 Let me see her! 124 00:07:46,367 --> 00:07:48,988 So when was the last time you saw Eve? 125 00:07:48,988 --> 00:07:52,781 The last time I saw her was at Lee's lecture. Yesterday. 126 00:07:52,781 --> 00:07:54,988 - Who else was there? - Students, you know. 127 00:07:54,988 --> 00:07:56,608 Some faculty. 128 00:07:56,608 --> 00:07:58,367 I left early, I was unwell. 129 00:07:58,367 --> 00:08:01,677 A whole bottle of scotch would certainly make one feel... unwell. 130 00:08:01,677 --> 00:08:04,953 I had a couple of drinks, okay? I was tired, I came up here, 131 00:08:04,953 --> 00:08:07,022 I slept for a little bit and then I went home. 132 00:08:07,022 --> 00:08:09,367 - What time was this? - About 7. 133 00:08:10,229 --> 00:08:12,022 And when Eve didn't come home... 134 00:08:14,194 --> 00:08:16,194 We were separated. 135 00:08:16,194 --> 00:08:17,850 We had been for a little over a year, 136 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:19,505 so she kept the house and I moved out. 137 00:08:21,125 --> 00:08:24,367 It must've been hard working so close to your ex. 138 00:08:25,643 --> 00:08:27,988 There was always issues, but you know, she was my friend. 139 00:08:27,988 --> 00:08:31,229 And we talked all the time about 140 00:08:31,229 --> 00:08:34,160 life, and school, and my art. 141 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,539 - Not hers? - She was actually pretty modest about the whole... 142 00:08:37,539 --> 00:08:39,815 success thing. She'd always been quiet. 143 00:08:39,815 --> 00:08:41,539 A little distant. 144 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:44,160 I don't see much distance here. 145 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,022 You two were stuck together. 146 00:08:48,574 --> 00:08:49,746 Oh God. 147 00:08:49,746 --> 00:08:51,781 We... um... 148 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:53,953 had problems, 149 00:08:53,953 --> 00:08:57,884 but I always thought there was a chance for us, you know. 150 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,988 - Is this your art? - Yeah. 151 00:09:04,988 --> 00:09:07,574 That's screen print. 152 00:09:07,574 --> 00:09:09,263 It--it's good. 153 00:09:09,263 --> 00:09:11,436 Do they still do it with the squeegee thing and the ink 154 00:09:11,436 --> 00:09:12,677 and... messy business. 155 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:14,505 Yeah, I teach that. 156 00:09:14,505 --> 00:09:17,229 I also teach linocut and intaglio. 157 00:09:17,229 --> 00:09:20,505 His fingernails are way too clean for someone who plays in ink all day. 158 00:09:20,505 --> 00:09:22,091 He scrubbed that right hand raw. 159 00:09:22,091 --> 00:09:24,229 A man with a clean hand is not a killer, Bateman. 160 00:09:24,229 --> 00:09:26,539 Oh, come on. Sleeping in his office is not an alibi. 161 00:09:26,539 --> 00:09:28,988 I bet he wiped that bloody mitt all over that arm rest 162 00:09:28,988 --> 00:09:32,125 and called it a night. - Leave that to forensics. 163 00:09:32,125 --> 00:09:36,263 All I know is Rick's got an inferiority complex 164 00:09:36,263 --> 00:09:38,746 about Eve's art career that he's drowning in booze. 165 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:40,815 Yeah, I saw how he drank in your compliment, 166 00:09:40,815 --> 00:09:43,332 but is being less talented than you ex a motive to kill her? 167 00:09:43,332 --> 00:09:44,815 Seems like a divorce gone wrong to me. 168 00:09:44,815 --> 00:09:47,470 We need to find everyone who was at that party. 169 00:09:47,470 --> 00:09:49,884 See what happened between him and Eve. 170 00:09:53,298 --> 00:09:55,436 Rick was hammered. 171 00:09:55,436 --> 00:09:57,160 I was working refreshments. 172 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,022 He must've drank like a bottle of wine before the lecture even started. 173 00:10:00,022 --> 00:10:03,539 Seems to me that Eve wouldn't stand for that at a talk she organized. 174 00:10:03,539 --> 00:10:05,539 No. She hauled him right out of there. 175 00:10:05,539 --> 00:10:07,988 - What time was this? - Around 5 p.m. 176 00:10:07,988 --> 00:10:10,194 God, I can't believe this is happening. 177 00:10:10,194 --> 00:10:11,815 Eve was my first real mentor. 178 00:10:11,815 --> 00:10:13,953 How long did you stay at the party, Melinda? 179 00:10:13,953 --> 00:10:17,712 Until Suyin and I taught Sculpture 120 at 6 p.m. 180 00:10:17,712 --> 00:10:19,884 I'm her studio assistant. 181 00:10:19,884 --> 00:10:21,470 Wait. 182 00:10:22,539 --> 00:10:24,470 What are you asking me? 183 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:26,988 We just want to know if you saw anything. 184 00:10:26,988 --> 00:10:29,125 Honestly, nothing. You should talk to Jasper. 185 00:10:29,125 --> 00:10:31,574 When Eve took Rick upstairs, he went with them. 186 00:10:33,056 --> 00:10:34,574 Rick was a mess. 187 00:10:34,574 --> 00:10:36,539 I threw him in his office. 188 00:10:36,539 --> 00:10:39,194 He was passed out before he even hit the couch. 189 00:10:39,194 --> 00:10:41,608 The man's a drunk. It's not the first time he's passed out at school. 190 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,919 So a couple of glasses of scotch, maybe a bottle of wine, 191 00:10:43,919 --> 00:10:45,470 and he's what, comatose? 192 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:47,091 Is that surprising? 193 00:10:47,091 --> 00:10:49,091 It's featherweight for an alcoholic. 194 00:10:49,091 --> 00:10:51,091 Okay, so maybe he had more. 195 00:10:51,091 --> 00:10:53,815 All I know is he was embarrassing the hell out of Eve. I had to... 196 00:10:53,815 --> 00:10:55,298 help her get him out of there. 197 00:10:55,298 --> 00:10:56,850 She couldn't handle her own husband? 198 00:10:57,608 --> 00:10:58,988 Ex-husband. 199 00:11:00,884 --> 00:11:03,884 And no. No, he was making a huge scene. 200 00:11:03,884 --> 00:11:06,263 It's a sticky thing to get in the middle of. 201 00:11:06,263 --> 00:11:08,125 Yeah, well he started it. 202 00:11:09,712 --> 00:11:13,091 He was harassing us about how Lee would only ever represent people like Eve. 203 00:11:13,091 --> 00:11:15,125 He's so jealous of her. 204 00:11:15,988 --> 00:11:18,056 I swear, if Rick did this, I'll... 205 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:22,022 Kill him for killing your girlfriend? 206 00:11:23,401 --> 00:11:24,953 Who told you about us? 207 00:11:24,953 --> 00:11:26,298 You did. Just now. 208 00:11:26,298 --> 00:11:27,988 You know that Rick thought 209 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,608 that there still might be a chance for them. 210 00:11:29,608 --> 00:11:31,608 Did he tell you that? Did Eve? 211 00:11:31,608 --> 00:11:32,988 - No. - You sure? 212 00:11:32,988 --> 00:11:35,470 Because if Rick was asleep like you said he was, 213 00:11:35,470 --> 00:11:36,677 and you're left alone with Eve... 214 00:11:36,677 --> 00:11:39,160 I would never hurt her. Ever. 215 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,539 I was trying to convince her to come back down to the party, 216 00:11:41,539 --> 00:11:43,953 and she wouldn't. So I left. 217 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,056 Where did you go? 218 00:11:46,677 --> 00:11:49,056 So Jasper has no alibi. 219 00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:53,746 Well, we're checking cameras in the area to verify his stress stroll. 220 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:56,712 We do have alibis on the students and on the lecture guests, 221 00:11:56,712 --> 00:12:00,022 including Lee Sloane who drove out of a paid lot at 5:15, 222 00:12:00,022 --> 00:12:02,574 before Suyin heard the argument at 5:30. 223 00:12:02,574 --> 00:12:04,505 So, it's between the boyfriend and the husband. 224 00:12:04,505 --> 00:12:06,160 What do we have on Sleeping Beauty? 225 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,850 Well, Rick is an alcoholic. Lots of insecurities. 226 00:12:08,850 --> 00:12:10,746 No domestic charges. 227 00:12:10,746 --> 00:12:13,539 But he was being helped upstairs by his wife's younger boyfriend. 228 00:12:13,539 --> 00:12:16,091 Well, that could turn into a crime of passion real fast. 229 00:12:16,091 --> 00:12:18,022 And what about Jasper? - No record. 230 00:12:18,022 --> 00:12:20,436 Not even a parking ticket. - Then my money is on Rick. 231 00:12:20,436 --> 00:12:22,988 We're betting now? Last chance to place wagers 232 00:12:22,988 --> 00:12:24,988 before I blow your minds with these epic traffic stills. 233 00:12:24,988 --> 00:12:26,643 No takers? 234 00:12:26,643 --> 00:12:28,815 No, they still owe me from last week. 235 00:12:30,539 --> 00:12:35,332 Well, there we have the fair Jasper walking past a security camera at 5:20 p.m., 236 00:12:35,332 --> 00:12:38,884 so lover boy is cleared. And look at this, 237 00:12:38,884 --> 00:12:43,643 Rick's car leaving the area at 1 a.m., way past 7. 238 00:12:43,643 --> 00:12:44,988 What did I tell you? 239 00:12:44,988 --> 00:12:46,919 My money's on the husband. 240 00:12:47,712 --> 00:12:49,056 Then let's find him. 241 00:12:49,056 --> 00:12:53,125 Now, if you came to Sloane gallery, I think I could do a... 242 00:12:53,125 --> 00:12:55,022 Oh, excuse me for a minute. 243 00:12:55,850 --> 00:12:56,815 Rick! 244 00:12:57,781 --> 00:12:59,815 I've been calling you. Are you okay? 245 00:13:00,781 --> 00:13:02,229 Hey. 246 00:13:03,953 --> 00:13:05,539 Are you okay? 247 00:13:05,539 --> 00:13:08,056 Everything is just... such a blur, you know. 248 00:13:08,056 --> 00:13:10,470 I just don't feel right. 249 00:13:11,746 --> 00:13:13,505 It's not... 250 00:13:15,022 --> 00:13:17,470 It's not just the hangover, it's just... 251 00:13:17,470 --> 00:13:19,263 I can't remember anything. 252 00:13:19,263 --> 00:13:21,263 Anything at all? 253 00:13:23,850 --> 00:13:28,125 Hmm... When was the last time you saw me? 254 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:31,781 Uh, you... went upstairs, with Eve. 255 00:13:31,781 --> 00:13:34,539 You honestly don't remember anything? 256 00:13:35,988 --> 00:13:39,953 No. I saw her in the office, and... 257 00:13:39,953 --> 00:13:42,091 she was on the floor. 258 00:13:42,091 --> 00:13:45,574 But it was dark and... I mean... 259 00:13:45,574 --> 00:13:50,401 I saw her in the office this morning with the police. 260 00:13:50,401 --> 00:13:52,677 I don't know. 261 00:13:52,677 --> 00:13:55,022 I just can't keep my head clear, you know. 262 00:13:55,022 --> 00:13:57,160 What don't you... 263 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,781 go upstairs to my office, 264 00:13:58,781 --> 00:14:01,332 and I'll be right there. Okay? 265 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:10,160 Hello? Yes, I... 266 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,229 I need the police. 267 00:14:12,229 --> 00:14:13,608 No, right away. 268 00:14:13,608 --> 00:14:15,988 So, first you said you were sleeping, 269 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:18,298 and now you think you were drugged? Which is it? 270 00:14:18,298 --> 00:14:19,712 On behalf of Mr. Kinwood, 271 00:14:19,712 --> 00:14:22,470 I would like to thank you for facilitating his drug test. 272 00:14:22,470 --> 00:14:26,229 But you should also know that he's here against my advice. 273 00:14:26,229 --> 00:14:28,574 I told you. I don't remember anything. 274 00:14:28,574 --> 00:14:32,332 Let me jug your memory. You said you left school at 7 p.m., 275 00:14:32,332 --> 00:14:35,953 yet... there is your car, 276 00:14:35,953 --> 00:14:37,988 leaving the area at 1 a.m. 277 00:14:37,988 --> 00:14:41,505 My client has already said he has no memory of these events. 278 00:14:41,505 --> 00:14:43,850 Well, that's a good thing you left a trail, then. 279 00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:46,401 We got his DNA off a cup in his office, 280 00:14:46,401 --> 00:14:49,677 it matches the DNA we found on Eve's couch. 281 00:14:49,677 --> 00:14:52,332 Rick's epithelial cells and... 282 00:14:52,332 --> 00:14:53,953 Eve's blood. 283 00:14:53,953 --> 00:14:56,884 I've been in that office, what, a thousand times? 284 00:14:56,884 --> 00:14:59,298 - Did you ever kill anyone in it? - Detective! 285 00:14:59,298 --> 00:15:02,022 Your client was ten feet away at the time of the murder. 286 00:15:02,022 --> 00:15:04,988 He told Lee Sloane he saw the body last night. 287 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:06,988 I think I would like to go, now. 288 00:15:06,988 --> 00:15:08,953 We get it, Rick. 289 00:15:08,953 --> 00:15:11,539 You know, you had too much to drink last night... 290 00:15:11,539 --> 00:15:14,574 Thank you. You can't recall. 291 00:15:14,574 --> 00:15:17,539 It happens to the best of us. 292 00:15:17,539 --> 00:15:20,056 Okay, I'm not perfect. But neither was Eve. 293 00:15:20,056 --> 00:15:22,160 But Eve didn't let anyone see that. 294 00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:25,677 No one... 295 00:15:26,712 --> 00:15:28,643 got to know the real Eve. 296 00:15:28,643 --> 00:15:31,194 You know, she would just drop people, 297 00:15:31,194 --> 00:15:34,643 for no reason. She did that to me. 298 00:15:36,608 --> 00:15:40,229 She did it to her friends, she did it to her assistant Melinda. 299 00:15:41,470 --> 00:15:44,505 You know, sometimes I wish that her work could talk. 300 00:15:45,815 --> 00:15:48,850 Because I think that's the only place she put her real self. 301 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,505 And then yesterday, when we were walking, she said, 302 00:15:53,505 --> 00:15:56,505 "A career in art is not all it's cracked up to be," so... 303 00:16:00,194 --> 00:16:01,919 I don't know. 304 00:16:03,712 --> 00:16:07,539 Don't ask me questions about who she is or what she wanted because... 305 00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:12,367 I don't know who she was. 306 00:16:12,367 --> 00:16:14,160 Can I have the report, please? 307 00:16:16,746 --> 00:16:19,470 Seems my client had an enormous amount 308 00:16:19,470 --> 00:16:22,160 of the sedative Zolpidem in his system. 309 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,677 No wonder he can't remember. 310 00:16:24,677 --> 00:16:28,056 So, thank you for the hard seat 311 00:16:28,056 --> 00:16:30,332 and the stagnant air, but we're leaving now. Come on. 312 00:16:30,332 --> 00:16:32,436 How do you know he didn't dose himself? 313 00:16:32,436 --> 00:16:33,953 Prove it. 314 00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:46,091 What do we have on Rick? 315 00:16:46,091 --> 00:16:49,436 Lab report doesn't lie. Rick had a lot of Zolpidem in his system, 316 00:16:49,436 --> 00:16:51,884 and Jasper, who also has no reason to lie, 317 00:16:51,884 --> 00:16:53,884 said he saw Rick out cold at 5 p.m. 318 00:16:53,884 --> 00:16:56,367 And Zolpidem lasts what, eight hours? 319 00:16:56,367 --> 00:16:59,953 That's 1 a.m. And what's Rick doing at 1 a.m.? 320 00:16:59,953 --> 00:17:02,470 He's driving around in his car. Hopefully awake. 321 00:17:02,470 --> 00:17:05,746 Maybe he's running scared because he just killed Eve. 322 00:17:05,746 --> 00:17:07,505 Or somebody set him up. 323 00:17:07,505 --> 00:17:09,298 Now, forensics just came back on the knife. 324 00:17:09,298 --> 00:17:12,160 It's not just a knife. It's a tool used for intaglio printing. 325 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,746 Didn't Rick say he teaches that? 326 00:17:13,746 --> 00:17:16,263 Yes, but something other than blood was found on the handle. 327 00:17:19,401 --> 00:17:21,781 - Yeah... - So, it could be an art project? 328 00:17:21,781 --> 00:17:25,850 Maybe, but it's also the moisture-wicking agent used in powdered latex gloves, 329 00:17:25,850 --> 00:17:28,712 which we don't use at crime scenes, and neither do the techs. 330 00:17:28,712 --> 00:17:31,643 And you think our killer wore powdered latex gloves? 331 00:17:31,643 --> 00:17:34,539 Still could've been Rick. - It could've been anyone. 332 00:17:34,539 --> 00:17:37,401 Everything we have on Rick is circumstantial. 333 00:17:37,401 --> 00:17:38,988 It's true. 334 00:17:38,988 --> 00:17:41,746 But I'm not saying Rick didn't do it. Let's keep him on the boil, 335 00:17:41,746 --> 00:17:43,608 but he is an easy target. - Exactly. 336 00:17:43,608 --> 00:17:45,539 Exactly. Everyone knows his flaws. 337 00:17:45,539 --> 00:17:47,919 If somebody wanted to frame him, then nobody would bat an eye. 338 00:17:47,919 --> 00:17:50,436 But we haven't looked at everything yet. 339 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:53,643 Including the most important thing. Eve. 340 00:17:53,643 --> 00:17:56,229 We know the beloved professor. 341 00:17:56,229 --> 00:17:57,884 Everyone did. 342 00:17:57,884 --> 00:18:00,298 But Eve the painter seems to be a mystery. 343 00:18:00,298 --> 00:18:02,712 That Eve was closed off, worked alone. 344 00:18:02,712 --> 00:18:04,884 I think if we find the real Eve, 345 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:06,988 then we may well find the real killer. 346 00:18:07,988 --> 00:18:10,298 Who is the real Eve? 347 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,850 This is Eve. In living colour. 348 00:18:18,850 --> 00:18:22,539 Interesting brush stokes. Very gestural. 349 00:18:22,539 --> 00:18:26,608 Impulsive, yet somehow... also restrained. 350 00:18:26,608 --> 00:18:28,436 Apt description. 351 00:18:28,436 --> 00:18:31,539 What you're seeing here is a woman in transition. 352 00:18:31,539 --> 00:18:32,988 Breaking out. 353 00:18:32,988 --> 00:18:36,229 Of course, she made these around the time she separated from Rick. 354 00:18:36,229 --> 00:18:39,125 And these won her the Paletto award three months ago? 355 00:18:39,125 --> 00:18:40,919 No. Those came later. 356 00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:43,574 But number 15 is one of the award winners. 357 00:18:44,988 --> 00:18:47,125 Whoa. Her style is evolving. 358 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:49,643 It's gaining momentum. Energy. 359 00:18:49,643 --> 00:18:51,953 That burgundy is almost... primal. 360 00:18:51,953 --> 00:18:54,056 Hmm, you got a great eye, Detective. 361 00:18:54,056 --> 00:18:56,850 Yeah, these pieces are from a time 362 00:18:56,850 --> 00:18:59,091 I like to call the Eve-olution. 363 00:18:59,091 --> 00:19:02,194 Her rebirth. Her expansion. 364 00:19:02,194 --> 00:19:04,332 She found a new gear. 365 00:19:04,332 --> 00:19:06,091 I just can't believe that she's gone. 366 00:19:06,091 --> 00:19:08,505 You worked together a long time. 367 00:19:08,505 --> 00:19:11,160 - Fifteen years, yeah. - Wow. 368 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,850 I met her when I closed my first gallery. 369 00:19:13,850 --> 00:19:15,884 I'd moved to a smaller space, 370 00:19:15,884 --> 00:19:18,263 and she had just finished her master's. 371 00:19:18,263 --> 00:19:23,022 A talent, but she wasn't here yet. So, we grew together. 372 00:19:23,022 --> 00:19:25,505 No kidding. This place is beautiful. 373 00:19:25,505 --> 00:19:27,056 Oh, thank you. 374 00:19:27,056 --> 00:19:28,953 Yeah, I really needed to expand. 375 00:19:28,953 --> 00:19:31,332 I've got a lot of new clients recently, so... 376 00:19:31,332 --> 00:19:34,194 Everyone wants you to get them to Paletto-level success. 377 00:19:34,194 --> 00:19:36,919 Oh, well, that's not up to me, it's up to them. 378 00:19:38,298 --> 00:19:41,746 Which is why you only represent people like Eve. 379 00:19:44,988 --> 00:19:47,919 We heard that Rick thought you may have a bias. 380 00:19:47,919 --> 00:19:50,643 To people who are talented and hardworking? Yes, of course. 381 00:19:52,125 --> 00:19:54,436 Don't get me started on Rick. 382 00:19:54,436 --> 00:19:57,401 I used to represent him, and his... 383 00:19:57,401 --> 00:19:59,470 work was in decline. 384 00:19:59,470 --> 00:20:03,022 And to be honest, I don't know if he was really that good in the first place. 385 00:20:03,022 --> 00:20:07,091 But I can't help but think that if I had just taken him back, that maybe Eve would still... 386 00:20:12,781 --> 00:20:14,850 Anyways. I... 387 00:20:14,850 --> 00:20:17,919 have to put that out of my mind 388 00:20:17,919 --> 00:20:20,401 and get back to working on Eve's exhibition. 389 00:20:20,401 --> 00:20:22,712 The opening is Friday, if you'd like to come. 390 00:20:22,712 --> 00:20:24,298 [cellphone ringing] 391 00:20:24,298 --> 00:20:26,263 Oh, excuse me, I have to take this. 392 00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:34,332 "Behind the pedestrian world of appearances, 393 00:20:34,332 --> 00:20:36,988 there is a realm of formal perfection." 394 00:20:36,988 --> 00:20:39,643 Sounds like the opening credits of Days of Our Lives. 395 00:20:39,643 --> 00:20:42,470 I think it's Plato-adjacent. 396 00:20:42,470 --> 00:20:44,712 There's engine grease on this painting. 397 00:20:51,091 --> 00:20:52,815 Are you the gallery assistant? 398 00:20:52,815 --> 00:20:54,781 Uh, yes. Callie. 399 00:20:54,781 --> 00:20:57,056 Detective Graff, Bateman. 400 00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:59,884 Do you write those statements for the shows? 401 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:02,953 Me? Sometimes, but not Eve's. 402 00:21:02,953 --> 00:21:06,056 She was very specific about what she wanted it to say. 403 00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:08,436 She even got these printed herself. 404 00:21:08,436 --> 00:21:10,401 I'd like to see her studio. 405 00:21:10,401 --> 00:21:13,160 Oh, we don't know where it is. 406 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,988 She was very secretive. 407 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,815 I don't know where Eve's studio is. 408 00:21:21,815 --> 00:21:23,298 I don't think anyone does. 409 00:21:23,298 --> 00:21:24,436 Not even Lee? 410 00:21:24,436 --> 00:21:26,022 Definitely not Lee. 411 00:21:26,022 --> 00:21:27,539 You don't think that's strange? 412 00:21:27,539 --> 00:21:30,229 No. Eve wanted to be alone. 413 00:21:30,229 --> 00:21:33,125 Away from the chatter, from the school... - From Rick? 414 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:34,746 From everyone. 415 00:21:35,953 --> 00:21:37,884 Before she and Rick broke up, 416 00:21:37,884 --> 00:21:40,643 Eve was having a really hard time, you know. 417 00:21:40,643 --> 00:21:43,160 She said she couldn't make anything good. She needed... 418 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,850 A room of her own. 419 00:21:44,850 --> 00:21:46,298 Yeah. 420 00:21:46,298 --> 00:21:48,056 Wherever that was, it worked. 421 00:21:48,056 --> 00:21:50,263 She made all those intense paintings in a year, 422 00:21:50,263 --> 00:21:52,608 won the Paletto... - She was inspired. 423 00:21:54,367 --> 00:21:57,298 Jasper, why do you think Eve became a painter to begin with? 424 00:21:57,298 --> 00:21:59,712 She always was. 425 00:22:01,229 --> 00:22:05,125 She told me once that as a kid she would break into this old body shop 426 00:22:05,125 --> 00:22:07,470 and make crazy paintings on car parts. 427 00:22:07,470 --> 00:22:09,401 Like in a garage? 428 00:22:09,401 --> 00:22:11,850 Yeah. I guess so. 429 00:22:13,712 --> 00:22:16,505 I know exactly where that studio is. 430 00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:18,988 [ominous music] 431 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:30,056 I thought the key in her office was weird. 432 00:22:30,056 --> 00:22:32,125 Jimmie's garage. 433 00:22:32,125 --> 00:22:33,850 A room of her own. 434 00:22:34,746 --> 00:22:36,850 A gateway to the Eve-olution. 435 00:22:36,850 --> 00:22:39,022 You know, Sushi's no good for an opening. 436 00:22:39,022 --> 00:22:41,091 The idea that it's out for so long... 437 00:22:41,091 --> 00:22:43,746 So, passed hors d'oeuvres? Crudité? 438 00:22:43,746 --> 00:22:46,505 Chopped up vegetables? Don't be cheap. 439 00:22:46,505 --> 00:22:48,712 I need to speak with Lee. 440 00:22:48,712 --> 00:22:50,574 In private. 441 00:22:50,574 --> 00:22:53,436 I... Find out what MOCA did for their last event. 442 00:22:54,263 --> 00:22:55,884 Melinda, hey. 443 00:22:55,884 --> 00:22:58,229 I know I said that you should come by any time, 444 00:22:58,229 --> 00:23:01,367 but I'd appreciate if you call first. - Really? 445 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:03,091 This is Eve's work. 446 00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:05,608 Where did you find these? - You want them? 447 00:23:05,608 --> 00:23:07,643 Of course I do. Anyone would. 448 00:23:07,643 --> 00:23:11,505 And... Eve wouldn't want her work rotting away in... 449 00:23:11,505 --> 00:23:13,746 what is this place? 450 00:23:16,367 --> 00:23:18,712 Just give me the address and I'll send a truck. 451 00:23:18,712 --> 00:23:20,608 I'll take care of it. 452 00:23:20,608 --> 00:23:22,712 The one isn't quite finished, 453 00:23:22,712 --> 00:23:25,574 but a dead artist's work is worth something, right? 454 00:23:28,332 --> 00:23:30,194 How much do you want for them? 455 00:23:30,194 --> 00:23:31,815 Yeah. 456 00:23:41,884 --> 00:23:43,988 Oh, seems like the place, doesn't it? 457 00:23:43,988 --> 00:23:46,229 What gave it away? 458 00:23:46,229 --> 00:23:49,677 Maybe the grease we found on the painting at the gallery. 459 00:23:57,229 --> 00:23:58,884 This doesn't add up. 460 00:23:59,953 --> 00:24:01,919 Let me guess, the... 461 00:24:01,919 --> 00:24:05,194 brush stokes are a little too far apart 462 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:09,332 to have been painted by a woman who works with her ex-husband but has a devoted young lover... 463 00:24:09,332 --> 00:24:11,263 You jest, but you're not wrong. 464 00:24:11,263 --> 00:24:13,470 Eve didn't paint these... 465 00:24:15,229 --> 00:24:17,677 because this one's still wet. 466 00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:21,746 So unless she's back from the dead, 467 00:24:21,746 --> 00:24:23,470 Eve's a fraud. 468 00:24:23,470 --> 00:24:25,815 [ominous music intensifies] 469 00:24:32,850 --> 00:24:35,091 We found these paintings and documentation 470 00:24:35,091 --> 00:24:37,091 of a group show that Eve was in three years ago. 471 00:24:37,091 --> 00:24:39,298 Jasper said she was in a slump, but... 472 00:24:39,298 --> 00:24:43,436 These paintings are nothing like the works we found in that garage Eve was renting. 473 00:24:43,436 --> 00:24:45,746 How does this get us any closer to a suspect? 474 00:24:45,746 --> 00:24:48,539 Well, the real artist killed Eve because they were tired of doing all the work 475 00:24:48,539 --> 00:24:50,608 while she got all the credit. - That's a powerful motive. 476 00:24:50,608 --> 00:24:54,022 I guess we'd better find out who was actually holding that brush. 477 00:24:54,022 --> 00:24:55,850 I've been going through the phone. 478 00:24:55,850 --> 00:24:59,091 Haven't been able to find any conversations with anyone about the garage or her work. 479 00:24:59,091 --> 00:25:02,539 But I did find one very suspicious thing in her camera roll. 480 00:25:02,539 --> 00:25:05,505 Turns out she made a video the night before she died. 481 00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:14,263 Never would've made you for a junkie. 482 00:25:15,125 --> 00:25:17,056 You don't know me. 483 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:29,815 Why would Eve made a video of herself buying heroin? 484 00:25:29,815 --> 00:25:32,298 I mean, Da Silva said that her blood screen was clean 485 00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:34,091 and there was no history of drug use. 486 00:25:34,091 --> 00:25:35,953 Was the buying it for someone else? 487 00:25:35,953 --> 00:25:37,850 Was it a payment for making her work? 488 00:25:37,850 --> 00:25:39,884 Maybe, but it couldn't be just anybody. I mean... 489 00:25:39,884 --> 00:25:42,056 if the real painter is the killer, 490 00:25:42,056 --> 00:25:44,712 they'd have to be able to get in and out of that school without being noticed. 491 00:25:44,712 --> 00:25:46,539 So is the killer a student? 492 00:25:46,539 --> 00:25:49,505 Hungry for success, willing to do anything for a mentor like Eve, 493 00:25:49,505 --> 00:25:51,263 including making her art for her? 494 00:25:51,263 --> 00:25:53,505 And who do we know, according to Rick, who was mentored by Eve 495 00:25:53,505 --> 00:25:55,608 and then dropped for no reason? - Melinda. 496 00:25:55,608 --> 00:25:58,160 She makes a bunch of paintings, gets turfed, 497 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,436 Eve's career takes off, Melinda decides to take her out... 498 00:26:00,436 --> 00:26:02,263 And sets up Rick. 499 00:26:02,263 --> 00:26:04,263 She was manning that refreshment stand... 500 00:26:04,263 --> 00:26:07,263 Maybe she gave him more than wine. 501 00:26:08,574 --> 00:26:10,712 I didn't drug Rick. 502 00:26:10,712 --> 00:26:14,781 I didn't lie about liking Eve. I... used to like her a lot. 503 00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:16,988 Before she got rid of me for no reason. 504 00:26:16,988 --> 00:26:19,367 Well, that's not what the registrar said. 505 00:26:19,367 --> 00:26:21,160 There was a reason. You were redundant. 506 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,539 That's gotta hurt. 507 00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:24,884 When was the last time you were at Eve's studio? 508 00:26:24,884 --> 00:26:27,263 The day she fired me. Maybe a year ago? 509 00:26:27,263 --> 00:26:30,712 Yet the paint on the sole of your shoes is the same color 510 00:26:30,712 --> 00:26:33,401 as accents in Eve's latest work. 511 00:26:33,401 --> 00:26:36,436 We saw it at the garage. - And so did you. 512 00:26:36,436 --> 00:26:39,367 But I don't think Melinda here painted those works. 513 00:26:40,574 --> 00:26:44,194 Hers are nothing like Eve's. Energy's all wrong. 514 00:26:44,194 --> 00:26:46,160 Yeah, thanks for the critique, but-- 515 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,643 So why did you go to the garage this week? 516 00:26:49,574 --> 00:26:52,263 I... I wanted some of my stuff back. 517 00:26:52,263 --> 00:26:55,160 What? She's gone. 518 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,332 It's mine. 519 00:26:56,332 --> 00:26:59,332 And... I used to use that space as a studio too, 520 00:26:59,332 --> 00:27:01,919 before she... had her revival, 521 00:27:01,919 --> 00:27:05,160 decided she didn't need me anymore and fired me. 522 00:27:06,332 --> 00:27:08,643 Wouldn't even let me back in to get any of my brushes. 523 00:27:08,643 --> 00:27:11,091 So you lost a job, a mentor 524 00:27:11,091 --> 00:27:13,229 and a place to work all on the same day. 525 00:27:13,229 --> 00:27:14,401 [sighs] 526 00:27:14,401 --> 00:27:16,470 I don't know how much brushes are, 527 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:19,298 but I feel that getting those back 528 00:27:19,298 --> 00:27:22,781 really doesn't compensate for your hardship. 529 00:27:24,401 --> 00:27:27,436 You went there to see if Eve had any of her work lying around, didn't you? 530 00:27:27,436 --> 00:27:31,022 Because you know that Lee Sloane doesn't know where the studio is. 531 00:27:33,815 --> 00:27:36,367 Okay. Fine, yes. 532 00:27:37,332 --> 00:27:39,746 But I only showed her a photo of them. 533 00:27:39,746 --> 00:27:42,505 And when I went back to get them, they were gone. 534 00:27:43,712 --> 00:27:46,539 I haven't told her yet. And... Look. I didn't take them. 535 00:27:46,539 --> 00:27:48,194 Yeah, we know. 536 00:27:48,194 --> 00:27:51,160 Around the time that she fired you, was she hanging around anyone new? 537 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,781 Unusual? Different? 538 00:27:52,781 --> 00:27:55,263 - What, like a bunch of artists? - Sure. 539 00:27:56,539 --> 00:27:58,919 Yeah. She, um... 540 00:27:59,643 --> 00:28:02,194 did a couple of forums, panels. 541 00:28:02,194 --> 00:28:04,125 She taught art therapy classes. 542 00:28:04,125 --> 00:28:05,850 Where? 543 00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:11,160 This is where we held the class that Eve taught. 544 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,194 She was big on unconventional art spaces. 545 00:28:13,194 --> 00:28:15,263 So we've heard. 546 00:28:15,263 --> 00:28:17,608 She was one of the best art consultants we had. 547 00:28:17,608 --> 00:28:19,436 Worked seamlessly with the therapist. 548 00:28:19,436 --> 00:28:21,677 We're really grateful we got her in here before her career took off. 549 00:28:21,677 --> 00:28:24,022 Do you recall who was in the classes Eve taught? 550 00:28:24,022 --> 00:28:26,884 - I can't divulge their names. - But this is their work. 551 00:28:26,884 --> 00:28:29,229 This is work from all the sessions, 552 00:28:29,229 --> 00:28:31,712 but these pieces are from when Eve was here. 553 00:28:32,574 --> 00:28:34,677 Eve hung her own work? 554 00:28:34,677 --> 00:28:36,643 No. That's definitely by one of our clients. 555 00:28:36,643 --> 00:28:39,298 We can't afford a real Eve. - Of course not. 556 00:28:39,298 --> 00:28:42,298 Maybe this person, Nikki, is the real Eve. 557 00:28:42,298 --> 00:28:43,919 Excuse me? 558 00:28:45,022 --> 00:28:48,401 It may well be that Eve co-opted Nikki's work. 559 00:28:48,401 --> 00:28:51,436 And if so, she may be involved in Eve's murder. 560 00:28:51,436 --> 00:28:53,608 Nikki? No. 561 00:28:53,608 --> 00:28:55,298 What happened during these sessions? 562 00:28:56,505 --> 00:28:58,988 You know I can't talk about that. And you're wrong. 563 00:28:58,988 --> 00:29:02,815 Nikki loved Eve. She was a positive influence on her recovery. 564 00:29:02,815 --> 00:29:06,332 Still I'd like to talk to her myself. 565 00:29:06,332 --> 00:29:08,298 Do you have her last name? 566 00:29:08,298 --> 00:29:11,298 Sure. It's spelled: get a warrant. 567 00:29:20,712 --> 00:29:22,263 [knocking] 568 00:29:22,263 --> 00:29:23,919 Nikki? 569 00:29:26,401 --> 00:29:27,677 [knocking] 570 00:29:27,677 --> 00:29:29,746 Nikki, are you here? 571 00:29:31,298 --> 00:29:33,229 [knocking] 572 00:29:33,229 --> 00:29:34,781 Nikki? 573 00:29:35,712 --> 00:29:36,988 Nikki? 574 00:29:39,781 --> 00:29:41,677 Hi. 575 00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:45,091 I thought you didn't want to be in contact anymore? 576 00:29:45,091 --> 00:29:47,781 I was just really worried about you. 577 00:29:57,953 --> 00:30:02,505 You... owe my assistant. Getting a production order for psychiatric records 578 00:30:02,505 --> 00:30:03,781 is nearly impossible. 579 00:30:05,194 --> 00:30:06,919 But he caught Judge Parker on a good day. 580 00:30:06,919 --> 00:30:08,746 Thank you, counselor. 581 00:30:10,505 --> 00:30:13,125 Behold Nikki Trettini. 582 00:30:13,125 --> 00:30:15,160 Eve's favourite student. 583 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,298 She was treated for opioid addiction over a year ago. 584 00:30:18,298 --> 00:30:21,056 According to her case worker, she's been clean ever since. 585 00:30:21,056 --> 00:30:23,884 Eve helped Nikki get off the street. 586 00:30:23,884 --> 00:30:26,539 Got her clean, got her an apartment, paid her expenses. 587 00:30:26,539 --> 00:30:29,091 And in exchange, Nikki made her art. 588 00:30:30,539 --> 00:30:34,367 Says here Nikki was hopeful she was gonna make her own work soon. 589 00:30:34,367 --> 00:30:36,022 Have an art career. 590 00:30:36,022 --> 00:30:38,160 Now that could be a statement... or a threat. 591 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,091 Except I just ran her into the database, no drug charges, no history of violence. 592 00:30:42,091 --> 00:30:45,953 Well, maybe someone's never stolen her whole life's work before. 593 00:30:46,712 --> 00:30:48,988 I'll get a warrant. 594 00:30:56,643 --> 00:30:59,056 Eve was killed on September 18th, right? 595 00:30:59,056 --> 00:31:02,298 Says here Nikki met with her case worker on September 18th at 4 p.m., 596 00:31:02,298 --> 00:31:04,401 was in a group therapy session from 5 to 7. 597 00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:07,505 Nikki Trettini? 598 00:31:09,781 --> 00:31:11,263 Nikki? 599 00:31:11,263 --> 00:31:14,022 [suspenseful music] Nikki! 600 00:31:15,022 --> 00:31:16,608 Clear! 601 00:31:18,022 --> 00:31:19,470 Clear. 602 00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:22,125 [sighs] - She's gone. 603 00:31:24,539 --> 00:31:26,919 Must've relapsed. 604 00:31:36,608 --> 00:31:38,229 What's this? 605 00:31:45,125 --> 00:31:47,746 Maybe she didn't overdose. 606 00:31:47,746 --> 00:31:50,298 Looks like she hid this in a hurry. 607 00:31:52,332 --> 00:31:54,263 [Bateman sighs] 608 00:32:01,712 --> 00:32:03,884 Her case worker wasn't wrong. 609 00:32:03,884 --> 00:32:06,194 Ms. Trettini has been clean for about a year. 610 00:32:06,194 --> 00:32:08,815 So it's possible this wasn't an accidental overdose? 611 00:32:08,815 --> 00:32:12,229 I doubt it. She had a bad mix of drugs in her system. 612 00:32:12,229 --> 00:32:14,884 Sadly, if someone takes a sedative and opioid, 613 00:32:14,884 --> 00:32:17,125 their airway can collapse and they asphyxiate. 614 00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:19,401 It's kinda like sleep apnea on steroids. 615 00:32:19,401 --> 00:32:20,919 Wait. Nikki was sedated? 616 00:32:20,919 --> 00:32:23,643 Her plasma tox showed a high concentration of Zolpidem. 617 00:32:24,781 --> 00:32:26,229 You're thinking what I'm thinking? 618 00:32:26,229 --> 00:32:27,436 Couldn't be clearer. 619 00:32:29,022 --> 00:32:30,608 Lee Sloane? 620 00:32:30,608 --> 00:32:34,574 Yes. She has a vested interest in keeping Nikki from making her own art. 621 00:32:34,574 --> 00:32:36,470 She knows Rick well enough to frame him. 622 00:32:36,470 --> 00:32:39,298 And she happened to be at school the day that Eve was killed. 623 00:32:39,298 --> 00:32:42,298 Nikki hid this before she OD'd. 624 00:32:42,298 --> 00:32:44,436 Our thinking is that Lee showed up, 625 00:32:44,436 --> 00:32:47,022 Nikki panicked and hung this on the wall to conceal it. 626 00:32:47,022 --> 00:32:48,436 Nikki lets Lee in. 627 00:32:48,436 --> 00:32:51,022 Lee handed her a latte laced with Zolpidem, 628 00:32:51,022 --> 00:32:53,539 pumped her full of heroin, made it look like an OD. 629 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:55,539 I've never liked art dealers. 630 00:32:55,539 --> 00:32:57,574 And I don't like half-baked theories. 631 00:32:57,574 --> 00:32:59,056 Can't take them to court. 632 00:32:59,056 --> 00:33:00,815 We know the Zolpidem link is tenuous. 633 00:33:00,815 --> 00:33:02,367 More than tenuous. 634 00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:05,298 You can't prove Lee Sloane gave sleeping pills to either of them. 635 00:33:05,298 --> 00:33:08,436 People take that stuff of their own volition all the time. 636 00:33:08,436 --> 00:33:10,367 Neither Rick nor Nikki had a prescription for it. 637 00:33:10,367 --> 00:33:12,850 Bet Nikki didn't have a prescription for heroin either. 638 00:33:12,850 --> 00:33:15,815 Forget about the drugs. We need proof of murder. 639 00:33:15,815 --> 00:33:17,746 What about Lee's alibi? 640 00:33:17,746 --> 00:33:21,056 So, Mark took another look into the parking stub Lee's assistant sent us. 641 00:33:21,056 --> 00:33:23,470 The credit card used was a company card, 642 00:33:23,470 --> 00:33:25,953 but the pin wasn't Lee's, it was Callie's. 643 00:33:25,953 --> 00:33:27,470 Lee's assistant. 644 00:33:27,470 --> 00:33:30,367 Callie drove that car off the lot to give Lee an alibi. 645 00:33:30,953 --> 00:33:33,091 Okay. That, I can use. 646 00:33:33,091 --> 00:33:34,953 But why kill Eve, though? 647 00:33:34,953 --> 00:33:37,919 I mean, Eve is your star, Eve is your money maker. 648 00:33:37,919 --> 00:33:40,781 Okay, I can see Lee finding out that Eve was faking it 649 00:33:40,781 --> 00:33:43,056 and then killing Nikki to protect Eve's secret... 650 00:33:43,056 --> 00:33:45,229 But that secret hadn't come out yet. 651 00:33:45,229 --> 00:33:48,056 Even if it had, why not just throw them both under the bus? 652 00:33:48,056 --> 00:33:50,298 Lee could say she was a victim to their lies too. 653 00:33:50,298 --> 00:33:51,884 No murder necessary. 654 00:33:51,884 --> 00:33:54,091 But Lee was complicit. 655 00:33:54,091 --> 00:33:57,436 Lee was definitely aware of Nikki and Eve's arrangement. 656 00:33:57,436 --> 00:33:59,470 I've been going through Nikki's phone. 657 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:01,677 So first, I found this weird video. 658 00:34:04,091 --> 00:34:06,815 Nikki in Eve's office with her Paletto award? 659 00:34:06,815 --> 00:34:09,919 Then, after Eve's murder, a whole text exchange 660 00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:12,436 between Lee and Nikki about the paintings. 661 00:34:12,436 --> 00:34:14,436 So Lee wants to know where the paintings are. 662 00:34:14,436 --> 00:34:17,470 Nikki responds with, "I'm broken. I can't work on them." 663 00:34:17,470 --> 00:34:19,712 Lee: "You know those ones are worth the most. 664 00:34:19,712 --> 00:34:21,574 Please, do it for Eve." 665 00:34:21,574 --> 00:34:24,712 Nikki: "Fine; Pick them up on Friday. Usual spot." 666 00:34:24,712 --> 00:34:26,988 Knowing, of course, 667 00:34:26,988 --> 00:34:29,884 that Lee doesn't know where that usual spot is. 668 00:34:29,884 --> 00:34:32,194 - Eve's studio. - Power move. 669 00:34:32,194 --> 00:34:35,574 So when Melinda offers to deliver the pieces, 670 00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:38,367 Lee decides that she no longer needs Nikki. 671 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:40,988 And so she kills Nikki to tie up the final loose thread. 672 00:34:40,988 --> 00:34:43,919 Which makes Lee's last message to Nikki so significant. 673 00:34:45,263 --> 00:34:47,850 "Nikki, we owe it to the world to share Eve's incredible work 674 00:34:47,850 --> 00:34:50,919 because behind the pedestrian world of appearances 675 00:34:50,919 --> 00:34:53,298 is a realm of formal perfection." 676 00:34:53,298 --> 00:34:56,194 Now, where have we heard that before? And don't say Days of Our Lives. 677 00:34:56,194 --> 00:34:58,160 The artist statement. 678 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:03,884 Now, Callie told us that Eve wrote and printed this statement herself, but... 679 00:35:03,884 --> 00:35:07,263 Eve didn't write it. Lee did. 680 00:35:07,263 --> 00:35:10,263 This isn't what Eve intended to say. 681 00:35:10,263 --> 00:35:12,608 So let's find the real statement. 682 00:35:12,608 --> 00:35:15,332 I'm sorry, this was the earliest I could get these loaners here. 683 00:35:15,332 --> 00:35:17,677 Eve's collectors were very reluctant to part with them. 684 00:35:17,677 --> 00:35:20,781 Uh... what happened to the work that was supposed to come from her studio? 685 00:35:20,781 --> 00:35:23,505 Well, Melinda said that she'd help me find them, but she flaked. 686 00:35:25,091 --> 00:35:27,022 Stay on him while I greet. 687 00:35:27,022 --> 00:35:29,263 Kit, hi. 688 00:35:29,263 --> 00:35:31,470 Oh, it's so good to see you. 689 00:35:31,470 --> 00:35:34,160 I wish it were under better circumstances. 690 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,505 Me too. Me too. 691 00:35:36,505 --> 00:35:38,988 But Eve's work lives on, right? 692 00:35:38,988 --> 00:35:42,229 Speaking of, there is a piece that I earmarked just for you. 693 00:35:42,229 --> 00:35:45,539 Don't you think this would look great in your place in Prince Edward County? 694 00:35:46,746 --> 00:35:49,332 [Bateman]: It's hard to believe Eve painted that. 695 00:35:49,332 --> 00:35:51,677 She means it's so... perfect. 696 00:35:51,677 --> 00:35:54,539 Like a Platonic form, but in this world. 697 00:35:54,539 --> 00:35:56,332 Is that what I mean? 698 00:35:56,332 --> 00:35:58,022 That was quite eloquent. 699 00:35:58,022 --> 00:36:00,298 Oh, I can't take credit for it. 700 00:36:00,298 --> 00:36:05,574 My interpretation is definitely influenced by Eve's words. 701 00:36:06,884 --> 00:36:08,367 If you'll excuse me a minute. 702 00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,608 Of course. I... 703 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,091 Hey there, Callie. 704 00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:18,263 Detective Bateman. Hi. 705 00:36:18,263 --> 00:36:21,953 1998. It's your birth year, right? 706 00:36:21,953 --> 00:36:24,815 It's also the pin to your company card. 707 00:36:26,505 --> 00:36:29,884 Lee wasn't with you in her car when you drove it out of the lot the day Eve died. 708 00:36:29,884 --> 00:36:33,160 Yeah, Lee said she'd been drinking. Couldn't drive. 709 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,160 What are you suggesting? 710 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,125 You're an accessory to murder. 711 00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:39,746 Unless you tell me exactly what happened. 712 00:36:42,677 --> 00:36:47,194 Oh, and this is one of my favorite pieces by Eve. 713 00:36:47,194 --> 00:36:49,091 It's so emotional. 714 00:36:49,091 --> 00:36:52,436 It's beautiful. Very melancholy. 715 00:36:53,988 --> 00:36:56,988 Is there something that you would like to say, Detective Graff? 716 00:36:56,988 --> 00:36:59,781 Actually, there is, if you don't mind. 717 00:36:59,781 --> 00:37:01,781 It'll only take a minute. 718 00:37:03,815 --> 00:37:06,263 Excuse me. One moment, please. 719 00:37:12,056 --> 00:37:15,574 "I waited a long time to tell my community 720 00:37:15,574 --> 00:37:18,091 about something I have hidden." - What are you doing? 721 00:37:19,539 --> 00:37:22,608 I'm reading from Eve's real statement. 722 00:37:22,608 --> 00:37:26,574 There is a lot in here I doubt you want people to hear. 723 00:37:26,574 --> 00:37:29,401 How about we go somewhere a little more private? 724 00:37:33,298 --> 00:37:35,574 - None of this is true. - I think it is. 725 00:37:35,574 --> 00:37:38,919 It clearly states that you knew Eve wasn't producing her own work 726 00:37:38,919 --> 00:37:41,229 when you nominated her for that Paletto award. 727 00:37:41,229 --> 00:37:42,919 I did not know that. 728 00:37:42,919 --> 00:37:45,953 And you also knew she had a change of heart after she won. 729 00:37:45,953 --> 00:37:49,608 The guilt of profiting from another artist was driving her crazy. 730 00:37:49,608 --> 00:37:52,022 Eve didn't want to exploit Nikki anymore, 731 00:37:52,022 --> 00:37:55,470 but you pressured her to continue this charade so you could profit. 732 00:37:55,470 --> 00:37:57,953 Eve makes way more money than I do from her paintings. 733 00:37:57,953 --> 00:38:00,608 And Nikki made nothing from them. 734 00:38:00,608 --> 00:38:03,194 Eve knew you'd never let her out of this lie, 735 00:38:03,194 --> 00:38:05,608 so she and Nikki hatched a plan. 736 00:38:05,608 --> 00:38:08,505 They were going to distribute this statement on opening night, 737 00:38:08,505 --> 00:38:11,367 come clean, give Nikki the credit she was due, 738 00:38:11,367 --> 00:38:14,056 and take you down in the process. - Okay. 739 00:38:14,056 --> 00:38:17,815 And you got all that from this little piece of paper? 740 00:38:17,815 --> 00:38:19,401 Oh, I did, yeah. 741 00:38:19,401 --> 00:38:21,919 And I know you've read it too. 742 00:38:21,919 --> 00:38:24,781 You see, I think Callie told you 743 00:38:24,781 --> 00:38:28,332 that Eve was printing her own statement herself. 744 00:38:29,401 --> 00:38:31,022 You were curious, you know, 745 00:38:31,022 --> 00:38:34,884 busy woman taking on admin tasks, that's strange. 746 00:38:34,884 --> 00:38:37,953 So you went down to the print shop a week before Eve died, 747 00:38:37,953 --> 00:38:40,677 and you... you had a look at the proof of the statement. 748 00:38:40,677 --> 00:38:44,194 You read it and you realized that if the truth came out, 749 00:38:44,194 --> 00:38:47,781 you'd lose everything: your reputation, your revamped career. 750 00:38:47,781 --> 00:38:51,712 All you'd be left with is this big brand new gallery, 751 00:38:51,712 --> 00:38:54,263 a ton of debt, 752 00:38:54,263 --> 00:38:58,160 and no clients to fleece to help you pay it back. 753 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,884 So, you killed Eve 754 00:39:00,884 --> 00:39:03,401 to prevent all that from coming to life. 755 00:39:03,401 --> 00:39:08,298 You came up with a new statement full of... 756 00:39:08,298 --> 00:39:11,470 pseudo-philosophical drivel, 757 00:39:11,470 --> 00:39:15,125 and then you killed Nikki to keep your fraud a secret. 758 00:39:15,125 --> 00:39:17,988 Everyone knows Rick killed Eve. 759 00:39:19,091 --> 00:39:21,919 Now, that's the story you wanted people to see. 760 00:39:21,919 --> 00:39:24,988 Because you're what, a curator, a gallerist. 761 00:39:24,988 --> 00:39:29,229 You... [clattering] ...take all these pieces, 762 00:39:29,229 --> 00:39:31,677 and you put them together. 763 00:39:31,677 --> 00:39:34,505 I do that too in my job. 764 00:39:34,505 --> 00:39:38,367 See, you knew everyone knew about Rick's drinking, 765 00:39:38,367 --> 00:39:42,194 about how he'd often pass out in his office. 766 00:39:42,194 --> 00:39:47,160 You knew how adept he was at failing to produce work. 767 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,229 And you knew about his explosive volatility. 768 00:39:51,229 --> 00:39:55,815 So all you had to do was light the fuse by crushing his dreams. 769 00:39:55,815 --> 00:39:59,056 So you spike his red wine with sleeping pills 770 00:39:59,056 --> 00:40:01,746 and meanwhile your assistant moves your car 771 00:40:01,746 --> 00:40:04,574 so it looks like, ladies and gentlemen, Lee has left the building. 772 00:40:04,574 --> 00:40:09,332 But really, you haven't. And then, with everyone downstairs enjoying themselves, 773 00:40:09,332 --> 00:40:13,712 you kill Eve, and then drag Rick into her office. 774 00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:16,298 Voila. Perfect frame job. 775 00:40:17,091 --> 00:40:19,056 Okay. I've had enough. 776 00:40:19,056 --> 00:40:21,608 Wait. Not exactly perfect. 777 00:40:21,608 --> 00:40:26,574 You see, these gloves, they're not great for moving artwork or committing murder. 778 00:40:26,574 --> 00:40:29,091 They leave a residue behind. 779 00:40:29,091 --> 00:40:33,815 On frames, and on the handle of the weapon we found at the scene. 780 00:40:33,815 --> 00:40:36,608 The knife you used to kill Eve. 781 00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:39,608 Eve was my friend, okay? 782 00:40:39,608 --> 00:40:42,953 My client of 15 years. I didn't kill her. I loved her. 783 00:40:42,953 --> 00:40:47,056 Whatever you're trying to do or say here is disgusting, and it is so upsetting. 784 00:40:47,056 --> 00:40:51,125 No, what's upsetting is that according to the autopsy, 785 00:40:51,125 --> 00:40:54,712 you stabbed her here first. Her brain stem. 786 00:40:54,712 --> 00:40:58,056 It controls her movement, her breathing, her ability to speak. 787 00:40:58,056 --> 00:41:02,229 You wanted it so that she wasn't able to run or cry for help. 788 00:41:02,229 --> 00:41:04,194 This was no crime of passion, 789 00:41:04,194 --> 00:41:07,194 this was a calculated premeditated murder. 790 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:12,643 Well, if I'm not being charged with something, 791 00:41:12,643 --> 00:41:14,470 I think I'm free to go. 792 00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:16,505 Oh, yeah, yeah, no, you can go. 793 00:41:16,505 --> 00:41:20,781 And you'll probably just catch the end of my partner's presentation of Eve's statement, 794 00:41:20,781 --> 00:41:23,988 exposing what a charlatan you actually are. 795 00:41:25,056 --> 00:41:27,125 I bet it's already trending. 796 00:41:27,125 --> 00:41:30,263 Because it's not just words. It's... 797 00:41:30,263 --> 00:41:34,298 Eve and Nikki, they made a little art film. 798 00:41:34,298 --> 00:41:37,125 It's actually quite an eloquent piece. 799 00:41:37,125 --> 00:41:40,436 But you've never seen it, you couldn't have. 800 00:41:40,436 --> 00:41:44,815 Eve only added a QR code to the statement the night before she died. 801 00:41:44,815 --> 00:41:48,608 It links to the film with Eve posing as a heroin addict, 802 00:41:48,608 --> 00:41:52,953 and Nikki playing the role of a Paletto-award-winning professor. 803 00:41:52,953 --> 00:41:55,263 Yeah, that's quite the commentary. 804 00:41:55,263 --> 00:41:58,746 It was just their statement on the irony of raw talent 805 00:41:58,746 --> 00:42:01,229 being subsumed by middle-class greed, 806 00:42:01,229 --> 00:42:04,401 ambition, and fear of irrelevance. 807 00:42:04,401 --> 00:42:06,574 Sound familiar? 808 00:42:07,884 --> 00:42:09,367 No. 809 00:42:09,367 --> 00:42:12,229 You can't ruin my reputation. You can't. 810 00:42:12,229 --> 00:42:15,091 You don't have a reputation without Nikki and Eve. 811 00:42:15,091 --> 00:42:18,056 Neither one of them would have careers if it wasn't for me. 812 00:42:18,056 --> 00:42:19,263 Me! 813 00:42:19,263 --> 00:42:22,574 I was saving her reputation. 814 00:42:22,574 --> 00:42:26,574 And it doesn't matter that Eve's dead. Art lives forever. 815 00:42:27,919 --> 00:42:31,091 So if she goes around telling everyone that she didn't make it, 816 00:42:31,091 --> 00:42:34,815 she destroys her legacy. Forever. Do you understand? 817 00:42:34,815 --> 00:42:36,436 Forever. 818 00:42:36,436 --> 00:42:39,125 I like that word. "Forever." 819 00:42:39,953 --> 00:42:42,194 I'm sure that soon enough, 820 00:42:42,194 --> 00:42:45,125 you'll find out what it really means. 821 00:42:58,712 --> 00:43:02,332 Is there a saying about success being wasted on the talentless? 822 00:43:02,332 --> 00:43:05,160 If there isn't, I think you just coined it. 823 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,953 I'll take credit for it. 824 00:43:08,091 --> 00:43:09,850 Speaking of, 825 00:43:09,850 --> 00:43:12,367 I hope Nikki gets the recognition she deserves. 826 00:43:12,367 --> 00:43:13,850 Me too. 827 00:43:13,850 --> 00:43:16,367 I just wish she was around to appreciate it. 828 00:43:25,125 --> 00:43:27,677 [theme music] 829 00:43:27,677 --> 00:43:30,056 Subtitling: difuze