- Mom. - Olive.
I really don't think the kids are gonna like
gruyere biscuits.
You're goin' on a field trip to the mountains
and I promised Mr. Bowman that I would provide
an appropriate snack.
I'm pretty sure he meant trail mix.
Gruyere is an Alpine cheese.
And we're going to the Rockies.
And Mr. Bowman's not even coming.
He says he's needed at that.
Right. So am I.
Okay, so I think they're gonna love 'em.
Yes, and you're gonna have the best time.
I love you.
You're gonna have a great time.
- Bye. - Bye.
♪ I'm workin' in a ♪
♪ I'm workin' in a smile ♪
♪ I'm workin' in a ♪
♪ I'm workin' in a smile ♪
♪ Gonna take my time ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm up on this ♪
♪ Gonna be just fine ♪
♪ In your make-believe ♪
♪ Eh, eh, eh, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-oh ♪
Kill me now.
That is the chocolate-covered shortbread I have read about.
Hi, Laura!
Hi, honey.
Or do I need to call you Dr. Smiley on school grounds.
Eh, call me excited for your feast.
Oh, you're gonna be here!
Barring a student in need of emergency counseling,
I will be here.
Aw.
Well, that makes me very happy because
I would not have this job if it weren't for you
pitching me to Adele.
Oh, I'd love to take the credit,
but when I went to Adele to sing your praises,
they'd already been sung quite well
by another faculty member.
Any guesses as to who?
Brad Bowman?
Gold star for Goldy.
Has he asked you out yet?
No.
He's Olive's teacher.
There is no policy against faculty-parent relationships.
Did you come in here to make me go on a date?
No.
Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something
that I've noticed.
There's been- - Goldy.
Oh, hi, Laura.
Hi, Brad.
It's funny, we were just talking about-
When people were gonna arrive.
Uh, well, that would be now.
They're gathering out front.
Sending the menu in advance was clearly a brilliant move.
Yes, it was.
So, are we good to open the doors?
Absolutely.
I'll handle it.
Oh, I thought you wanted to talk.
Later.
I was wondering-
When I was gonna finish these cookies?
Well, the answer is now.
Yeah.
Hi, hi, um.
Hi.
I'm sorry about that.
Oh, no worries.
I'm just gonna say it, okay?
Okay.
I haven't been on a date since my divorce,
which technically means I haven't been on a date
since before I was married. - Right.
And it's easy to say that I just haven't had time
between Olive and being a chef at The Bistro
and starting my own business,
but the truth is, um,
I am terrified
to even think about it.
I understand.
You are very understanding.
I'm a teacher.
So.
Friday night, The Bistro.
I go on my first date
in 12 years.
Ah.
- With you. - Okay.
If you're free.
I am.
I'll meet you at 7:00.
Sounds good.
There she is.
And there he is.
Hey, Adele, Archie.
Excuse me. - Okay.
Goldy, confession.
Brad did have to twist my arm to convince me
to use the booster club as the beta test for your business.
But look who's smiling now.
Oh, I certainly am.
It's like I'm sitting at Cafe du Mont in the French Quarter.
Yes, I had to stop Archie from going back
for second beignets.
Anyways, everything looks absolutely gorgeous.
It's like you've been doing this for eons.
Thank you.
And thank you so much for this opportunity.
I really appreciate it.
And you know what?
We have reserved beignets in the kitchen.
Oh, be still my heart.
All right, you.
Marla!
That is exactly what these shortbreads said
when I walked in.
They went, "Marla!"
They called my name and now we're in love.
Well, as long as the beignets weren't talking to you.
Archie Dennison is already in a committed relationship
with them.
Oh, I wonder if Adele knows.
Maybe she'll catch him in the act with the beignets.
Stop it!
She didn't catch anyone.
Oh, it's not the story Adele tells.
I have told you, there is nothing going on
between Archie and Laura.
Yeah, you did tell me that,
just like you told me you and Richard weren't splitting up.
Oh! Hey now!
Going for the jugular.
No, not at all.
I'm going for the truth.
He's here, by the way.
Who?
Your ex.
Yeah, he's cornered Brad Bowman.
Might wanna go save Brad.
Ugh.
There's not enough shortbread in this room.
Not only is it a great investment,
but it's also great for the community.
I know that means a lot to you,
being a a fourth generation Elk Parker.
Wow, how did you know that?
Trust me, I do lots of research on potential investors.
Well, I'm not sure I'm that-
Brad, I am.
You are what?
Ah, Goldy, hello.
Nicely done, by the way.
I should never have doubted you.
Well, if you hadn't doubted me,
then I might not have been so impelled
to prove you wrong.
You were what?
Confident that Mr. Bowman here will invest
in a tremendous new opportunity that will be
a boon for the town.
The Elk Park Wellness Center.
What?
Yeah.
I mean, you're not the only one that could
start a new business.
Forgive me, Dr. Korman.
I see a parent in distress.
Brad, yeah, thank you.
I'll be in touch.
Oh, come on.
You don't have to worry about your child support.
I'm not, I'm not.
But how much are you putting into this thing?
I'm a minority investor.
Come on, you and Olive will be fine.
I'm not worried about that.
Look, my new business is just me doing
what I've always done, cooking.
Since when are you a property developer?
I'm a doctor, and the property happens to be
the wellness center.
Well, if you're hitting up school teachers
for an investment, I can tell you right now-
I'm hitting up school teachers who happen to be
worth over $5 million dollars,
thank you to their family's silver mine.
And I'm not the only investor.
Who?
Well, um.
Archie, for one.
That doesn't make me feel better.
And the other one is about to make his way over.
Owen Gentle?
Dr. Gentle.
I know he's a doctor.
- Goldy. - Hi.
The meal is sublime.
Oh.
I confess to inhaling my poached salmon.
Mmm, well, I must confess that my supplier
was short and it's actually steelhead trout.
Hmm, and yet the advanced menu said salmon,
so my tongue tasted salmon.
Power of suggestion at work, eh, Richard?
Absolutely.
Power of suggestion?
Oh, I, uh, use it all the time in my hypnotherapy
to treat serious addictions.
Hmm.
Oh, and speaking of treating addictions,
I was just telling Goldy about our venture
and she was- - Confused.
But so happy that you're a part of it.
I'm happy, too.
Well, I have to get back to work.
Great job.
Thank you. Enjoy.
Right?
Oh!
There we go. Sorry.
It's okay.
Okay, that's all right.
No, it's all good.
Okay, no, it's fine.
It's the middle of the afternoon.
I didn't bring the champagne!
Hey, I got it, I got it, I got it.
It's not a party until someone breaks a glass.
I'm sorry, but um, I think we need to leave,
and would it be okay if I brought you
your check tomorrow?
Oh, of course, yeah.
- You okay? - Yeah, okay.
Well, that was well handled.
Well, cleaning up that glass is a lot easier
than fixing what's broken in that relationship.
Can we still talk?
Yeah, go for it.
Somewhere else.
Okay, do you want me to come meet you
at your office when I'm done?
I'm heading out.
Counseling clinic?
Would my house be okay?
Yeah.
You meet me there?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I'll see you there. - Okay.
Excuse me.
Can I help you?
Julian.
Hey, Mr. Bowman.
Hey.
Uh, your mom and Archie, they left awhile ago.
Yeah, no, I'm actually not here for them.
Okay.
Well, can I help you with something?
No, I'm just waitin' on someone.
Okay.
Well, uh, it's good to see you, Julian.
Yeah, you too, Mr. Bowman.
We've got your usual Elk Park
drive time traffic report.
Now we are getting some reports of an accident
on Copper Canyon Road that could really slow things
down tonight, so please drive accordingly.
Call Laura Smiley.
Hi, it's Laura.
You know what to do.
Hey, it's me.
Um.
There's been an accident.
I'm so sorry.
I just, I don't know how long this is gonna take,
but I guess I'll see ya when I see ya.
Hey, Mason!
What's goin' on?
Hey, Goldy.
Hey.
Car ran off the cliff.
What?
Is it someone from Elk Park?
Listen, before we announce a death,
we need to confirm ID, notify the family.
Vehicle registered to one Laura Smiley.
What?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Goldy, you can't go in there!
Goldy, you can't go down there!
Ma'am, ma'am, get back, get back.
There's already one body down there.
What?
Mason.
She's dead?
Laura's dead?
Laura's her friend.
She heard the dispatcher give the ID on my walkie.
No, no, no, no.
I was, I was just with her.
Miss Barry, she's gone.
Okay, there's nothing you can do.
No.
Mason's gonna take care of you.
I'll be by in a minute.
Detective Shultz is gonna talk to you now.
He's, um, he can come on kinda strong sometimes,
but he's a great guy and, you know, a real detective.
I just mean he's super experienced.
He just transferred from San Francisco
and he's worked on major cases and he's got this wavy-
Mason.
He's right behind me, isn't he?
Yup.
Detective, I was just explaining that you've
worked on a lot of-
Major cases?
Yeah.
Thanks, Mason.
Mason.
Notepad.
I have my notepad.
You have to take notes too, okay?
It's good to have more than one perspective.
Yes, sir.
Miss Barry, I'm Detective Tom Shultz.
I'm sorry for your loss,
and I know this is the last thing you wanna be
doing right now, but I have to ask you some questions
about your friend, okay?
Okay.
So how long have you known Miss Smiley?
Dr. Smiley, actually.
She's a, um.
Was.
She was a psychiatrist.
And how long have you known Dr. Smiley?
Uh.
When she first moved to town about four years ago.
She was a counselor at my daughter Olive's school,
Elk Park Prep.
But she's only been doing that for like a year.
She has a private practice and, um,
Olive was a client of hers when my marriage
was coming apart.
She married?
No.
Children?
You said you saw her this afternoon.
Where was that?
Uh, the luncheon, the booster club.
I was catering.
Was there alcohol at the lunch?
Mimosas.
I'm sure that Laura didn't have any.
You know, it was just mostly for parents,
you know, the big donors.
She have a heart condition?
No.
Her health, as far as you know?
She was a skier, a runner, a hiker.
- Was she depressed? - No.
That was a quick no.
Why are you asking me all this?
There's no skid marks.
No signs that Dr. Smiley tried to stop.
We'll know more when we've done the autopsy,
but for now we're treating this as a suspicious death.
Hi.
Did you figure out the, um-
Cause of death?
Yeah.
Can I come in?
Sure, yes. Please.
So, uh, when is the autopsy done?
Well, in a different sized city, not long,
but Ferma County has a medical examiner
that happens to be at a conference in Florida
and she's not back for a couple more days.
So then what happens?
Forensics is processing her car,
and they've confirmed that there was nothing
done to disable it.
What, it?
Are you saying that you think that someone might've, what?
No, I'm saying what I already said.
Her death is suspicious,
and it's my job to look at every possibility.
You mind if I ask you a few more questions?
Okay if I keep cooking?
Sure.
So, um, Laura's license, it had a Denver address on it.
She kept her condo.
Uses it as an Airbnb.
So she's not married.
She seeing anyone?
No.
Why the hesitation?
There's, there's just this ugly rumor going around
that she's having an affair with a married man,
but it's not true, and Laura swore it wasn't.
Okay, well, who was it?
Archie Dennison.
His wife's Adele.
Does Adele know about this gossip?
As far as I know, she probably started it.
Would you like me to give you a tour of my house?
No, I'm fine.
How long have Dr. Smiley and Mr. Dennison been-
Look, hey!
They haven't been anything.
I just told you that.
How long have Dr. Smiley and Mr. Dennison
been allegedly involved?
I heard the rumor a few days ago.
And were Archie and Adele at the booster club luncheon?
Yes, they both were because Adele is
the president of the boosters.
Anything happen there between the Dennisons
and Dr. Smiley?
What?
Archie had a few too many mimosas,
and he's a flirt, but not with Laura,
and Adele and Archie left hours before it was even over.
What do they do, Archie and Adele?
Well, Adele is rich and Archie is married to Adele,
but apparently he is now partnered up
with my ex-husband to help build a wellness center.
You have something against wellness centers?
Not at all, no.
I just would never expect for either one of them
to be involved with one.
Gotcha.
Well, thanks for the coffee.
Look, I'm sorry.
I'm just usually not, um-
Dealing with the death of a dear friend
while talking to a detective in your kitchen?
Pretty much.
I'll let you get back to your cooking.
Uh, listen.
This probably doesn't mean anything,
but at the luncheon
Laura asked to talk to me
and she wanted to talk in private.
That's why I was on the Canyon Road tonight.
I was going to see her.
And you have no idea what it was about?
I'll see myself out.
Mr. Bowman?
Do you know about...
Dr. Smiley?
I do.
And we're gonna make a lot of space today in class
to talk about it.
Go on in, kiddo.
How are you?
A mess.
I bet.
Listen, ah, we can take a rain check
this Friday at The Bistro.
No, I, uh, I actually think it'll be good.
And I'm looking forward to it.
Me, too.
Take care of her.
I will.
Excuse me, Goldy?
Hi.
Oh.
You must've heard.
It's, um.
It's devastating.
So, so tragic.
The police called this morning.
I just, I...
I can't believe it.
I know.
Oh, I know.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Goldy, please let me know if I can help
in any way with the funeral.
That's so nice, thank you.
Dr. Gentle?
Yes.
Detective Tom Shultz.
We spoke earlier.
Owen Gentle.
My condolences.
Thank you.
Miss Barry, what are you?
What are you doing here?
I just came by to make sure that Owen
had heard the news.
Well, I told you not to touch anything in her office.
And I heeded your wishes.
So what were you doing in there?
Uh.
Actually, I was in the office.
Okay.
Well, I need to speak to you,
but I have to talk to you first, Dr. Gentle.
And I really need to get to work.
That wasn't a request.
You have somewhere we can talk?
Uh, of course.
My office is right over here.
Have a seat.
- Look, I don't- - Come with me.
What were you doing in Dr. Smiley's office?
I was, what does that mean?
It's a pretty direct question.
I was, I wasn't doing anything.
I was only in there for 30 seconds before Owen came in.
Well, unfortunately we don't have security cameras
to prove that, do we?
What are you implying?
I think your behavior is suspicious.
Suspicious?
Yes, it's suspicious.
So answer my question.
What are you doing here?
I was dropping Olive off at school
when I saw Adele coming out of Laura's counseling office.
Adele didn't see me, but why would she be in there?
And I went to open the door, but it was locked.
Why didn't you call me, Miss Barry?
Well, next time I will!
Good.
You being here, did you find out more about Laura's death?
Did you bake chocolate-covered cookies
for the luncheon?
Chocolate-coated shortbread.
Well, we recovered chocolate-covered shortbread
from the front seat of Dr. Smiley's car.
Well, she probably just took some to go.
Why are you asking me this?
Yeah, well, we're still processing her office.
But if you hear or see or even think of anything else,
you call me.
Of course.
Good.
One more thing.
You know Julian Geddes?
Yeah, that's Adele's son.
Yeah, from her first husband.
- Right. - Yeah.
Did Laura mention anything to you about him?
Why would Laura talk to me about Julian?
Why would she?
- Ah! - Hey.
Well, this is kismet.
What is?
I was just coming to find you.
I, um, I actually had a question.
Did you ever teach a Julian Geddes?
- That's weird. - Why?
Well, Julian was a junior my first year here,
but what's weird is that I saw him yesterday.
Where?
There.
I was on my way from the dining hall after the luncheon
and I saw him pacing around the parking lot.
And you, you recognized him?
Not at first.
No, I just saw a man lurking around the school parking lot
with a hoodie on, so.
Hmm.
Yeah.
Said he was waiting for someone.
Can you show me where exactly he was pacing?
Yeah.
I was there.
He was,
he was probably here.
Yeah.
Why?
Is, is he in trouble or?
Is everything okay?
Uh.
That's...
Suspicious.
Yeah.
- Hello? - Adele?
It's Goldy Barry.
- Hi. - Hi.
You found the place?
I did, yes.
You'll have to forgive me.
My mind has been in a million different directions.
Ah, I know the feeling.
I'm sure you do.
That meal yesterday?
My goodness.
I mean, I can barely manage not to burn toast.
Oh.
I don't believe that.
Well, you don't know me.
Did I see your son at school yesterday?
- Julian? - Yeah.
I can't imagine that he'd be back at his alma mater.
And he lives here now with you, right?
In the guest quarters for now.
Hmm.
Why do you ask?
Oh, um.
I'm always on the lookout for potential cater waiters.
Well, I will pass that along.
Here you are.
Thank you so much.
Goldy.
I heard about Laura Smiley,
and I know the two of you were friends,
and I am so sorry.
Thank you.
I mean, I can't understand why the police
are calling her death suspicious.
Haven't they heard the cliche doctors are the last
people to seek help?
Well, I don't know that we should be making assumptions.
What else could it be?
I think that she was more fragile that she let on.
Working those two terribly draining jobs?
Is it any surprise she literally ends up
driving herself to death?
Well, I, um,
I realize that you probably weren't the president
of her fan club.
You heard the rumors.
I did.
And Laura assured me that there is no truth to them.
Goldy.
I saw her.
I saw her sneaking out of here late at night.
When?
About a week ago.
I was in Denver at the opera
and I had a headache so I came home early.
And my husband claims that he didn't even know she was here.
Adele, I'm so sorry.
My father warned me.
Never marry a handsome man, and I married two.
I never met your first husband.
Uh, he was gone before Julian and I came back to Elk Park.
Gone as in?
There's someone at the gate.
Would you excuse me?
Of course, yeah.
Miss Barry, you tell me this was a coincidence?
- I was just- - Detective?
I've just been advised by my husband not to speak to you.
Seriously?
I wouldn't joke about legal matters.
Look, I just, I just wanna ask you a couple questions.
And you're perfectly welcome to do that.
I'll have my attorney contact you and schedule a meeting.
Goldy, thank you so much.
No worries.
What are you doing here?
Getting paid for yesterday.
Oh, yeah, really.
No, seriously.
Look. See?
So you're telling me you didn't come here
because of what you told me you saw her doing?
I will tell you that, and I will tell you more.
Just not here.
Fine.
Follow me.
As you can see, there's a lot you don't know
that goes into solving a crime,
which is why I need you to stop trying
to do my job for me.
Look, I'm not trying to do your job.
I care about Laura and about what happened to her.
And I know this community.
What did you want to tell me?
So after you mentioned Julian to me,
I went to ask a friend about him, and-
You told somebody I was looking into Julian?
Oh, give me some credit, Detective, no.
I just asked a friend.
Name?
Brad Bowman.
He's a teacher.
Teaches history and was at the luncheon.
Yeah, give me some credit, Miss Barry.
Well, I asked Brad if he had ever taught Julian,
but he said that he actually saw Julian
in the parking lot after the luncheon.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Dr. Gentle saw him there, too.
So that's why you asked me about him.
Well, Brad also said that he asked Julian
what he was doing there and he said that he was
waiting on someone and he was standing
right in front of Laura's car.
Yeah, Dr. Smiley invited him there.
How do you know that?
'Cause she sent him an email.
What did the email say?
I'm not discussing this with you, okay?
- Okay, okay. - Yeah.
Thank you very much, Miss Barry.
There's just one more thing.
Um.
I did go to Adele's house to pick up my check.
But also, she has a desk drawer in her office
full of prescription medications,
and she tried to convince me that Laura took her own life,
and I am pretty sure that her ex-husband
was unfaithful to her.
Where did Adele live before she came back to Elk Park?
Salt Lake.
Whoa.
Mr. Geddes' car
found by hikers.
He drove off a cliff.
Vincent Geddes seems like-
A con artist who married rich and sponged off his wife?
You know, Adele filed for divorce a couple months
before the crash and then she rescinded it.
Why?
Well, maybe they made up.
Or maybe she didn't file a prenup.
I bet I could find out from Adele.
And she won't have her lawyers there when I talk to her.
Miss Barry.
You gotta stop with the Miss Barry.
It's Goldy.
Okay, Goldy.
I realize you might think you're in a position to help.
I am in a position to help.
People talk to me, they trust me.
And I've already helped you.
Well, I don't need your help.
Oh, am I interrupting?
Yes.
Call me if you need more help.
Good to see you, Mason.
More help with what?
This case.
Oh.
Well, she is very helpful.
I, I...
Drop.
Hey, Mar.
Hey, Goldy.
I am so sorry about Laura.
Yeah, it's awful.
I'll swing by her house to make sure everything's okay.
You know?
Trying to stay proactive.
Hmm, well, speaking of proactive,
I was talking to Archie Dennison.
Yes, I cleaned up the glass, remember?
No, just now.
Actually, we had lunch.
Marla, he is after you.
Well, and I'm after a job.
So I know that we were both invited to Adele's birthday,
but how would you like to work it?
Seriously?
Yeah, Archie had a different caterer and florist set up.
He was so wowed with the luncheon that I convinced him
to go with us.
Now I know it's coming up fast and you're gonna have to
spend a little bit more time at their house, but I'm-
I'll take it.
Oh, that was easy.
Shall we make a plan over dinner, chez you?
As long as you bring me flowers.
Of course.
I'll see you tonight.
Bye.
Pick up, come on.
Pick up, pick up, pick up.
Goldy.
- I'm in Laura's house. - What?
And somebody else is in the house, upstairs.
What are you doing?
And I'm hiding in the closet.
Stay there and stay hidden.
I'm on the way.
They're banging around.
I think they're looking for something.
I just, I can't see.
If I could just get a little closer.
Stay there and don't hang up.
Okay, okay.
Hey, hey!
We need a patrol car on Laura Smiley's house right now.
Sirens and lights.
Yeah, we're comin'.
Okay.
We're rolling.
Stay put.
They're leaving.
We're almost there.
Okay.
Better?
Thank you, yeah.
Well, you were definitely trespassing this time.
You gonna arrest me?
Don't tempt me.
Did they take anything?
No, no, nothing important.
We'd already been here yesterday and took all of her files.
Her laptop?
At the station.
I wanna show you something.
I promise, that key was not there when I got here.
Well, you know what that means.
That whoever broke in the house knew that there
was a key under there.
Well, I knew because I water her plants
when she's out of town.
And you haven't told anybody else?
No.
Ah, there she is.
Tell her how many goals you've scored?
Yeah.
You gonna brag?
Maybe.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, ugh.
Ah, that's okay.
I was just in surgery and handed over the scalpel.
He's kidding, Mom.
He was five minutes away when you texted him.
Guys.
We were with Owen.
We were scouting the wellness center site.
Wow.
You guys have land already.
Yeah, Goldy, I told you, we're serious about this.
Well, thanks for being here.
Ah, don't worry about it.
You've got a lot going on.
You have no idea.
And I just got a new gig.
Adele Dennison's birthday party.
Wow.
Means I am already a week behind.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
What would you think about staying at Dad's house tonight?
Can we order Vietnamese?
Anything you want.
Ah, you don't have to.
No, I know, but I want to.
Go on.
Give your mom a hug.
Let's head out.
Well, as lousy as he was as a husband,
Richard is really coming through as a dad.
Well, Olive has this magical power
of making him forget his gigantic ego.
Well, he could've used all of it at the luncheon.
He can really go off on people.
Don't ever let him do that to you.
Oh, I am not talking about me.
Who?
Okay, don't get upset, but toward the end
I was taking out some trash and I saw him
and Laura arguing.
About what?
I don't know.
I was too far away to hear.
Hmm.
All right, all right, ready?
Yes, please.
Oh my goodness.
What is in this?
Guess.
Okay, well, um.
Tomatoes, obviously.
Oh, I'll get it.
Okay.
Mmm.
Detective.
Did you come to arrest me?
I'm beginning to think you wanna be arrested.
I came to tell you that I got the medical examiner
to come back a day early.
Autopsy's gonna be done tomorrow.
Okay.
Goldy.
You gonna introduce me?
Um, this is Detective Tom Shultz.
Tom, this is my friend Marla.
Um, Marla McGuire.
You did the flowers for the luncheon.
I did.
Did you wanna question me or?
Marla and I are working on a party for Saturday
for Adele Dennison.
Oh, you should come.
You know what? I should come.
But she'll never invite me.
I'll let you two get back to what you were doing.
Nice to meet you.
You, too.
Goodnight, Detective.
Okay.
Um.
When were you gonna tell me about this cute detective
that has a little crush on you?
He does not.
I'm helping him with something.
Uh-huh.
I am, and it would be weird and unprofessional,
and besides, I'm going out with Brad Bowman on Friday.
Oh, and you don't think that's weird?
Because he's Olive's teacher?
No, because of him and Laura.
Him and Laura what?
He's Laura's ex.
She didn't tell you that?
No.
And neither did he.
How does, how does Marla know this?
She said Laura told her years ago
when she first moved to town.
And Laura never told you?
Nope.
Maybe it wasn't a big deal to Laura.
You know what?
Maybe, I don't know, maybe I could do some more digging
tomorrow night.
Tomorrow night?
What do you, what do you have tomorrow night?
Brad and I are having dinner.
Oh.
Unless you think it's a bad idea.
No, I don't think it's a bad idea.
Where's this dinner taking place?
The Bistro.
You know it?
Yeah, yeah, yup, heard of it.
Hey.
Maybe you could be there, too.
I don't think Brad wants me at your dinner.
No, no, not, not with us.
You know, just in case he, he tells me something
and I have to tell you something or...
Something.
Yeah, okay.
But you know, um, I should bring a date.
- Oh. - Mason.
I'm taking you to dinner tomorrow night.
Me?
- Hi. - Hi.
I have to tell you, I was over the moon
when I found out Archie had this inspired notion
to get you to handle the event.
Ah, me, too.
Although I was looking forward to getting
dressed up to attend.
Oh, you'll still be attending.
No, no, no, no, no, I'll be working.
You'll be working in a dual capacity,
so you can get dressed up and bring a plus one.
You're the boss.
Literally.
So, how can I help you?
I have the guest list.
I just need to scout, make a detailed plan.
I won't trouble you unless I have any questions.
Sounds like we're in excellent hands.
I'll let you get to it.
Thank you.
♪ I was born in a hurricane ♪
♪ I was raised in the mud ♪
♪ Everybody gonna know my name ♪
♪ Here comes the flood ♪
♪ So I gotta shake, shake, shake these qualms ♪
♪ Make, make, make me strong ♪
♪ You know I want it all ♪
♪ And it won't be long ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm on a lonely road ♪
♪ Out here on my own ♪
♪ You know I want it all ♪
♪ And it won't be long ♪
♪ No, it won't be long ♪
Hello?
Hi.
Oh!
Archie!
Oh, you startled me.
Whoops, sorry.
Oh, it's okay.
Um, do you, do you know if this oven works?
Eh, well, we'd get it fixed if the current tenant
would do any cooking.
Oh.
Is this where your stepson is staying?
Oh. It's okay.
I actually think this will work better
for a staging area for my crew.
Do you think Julian will mind?
Maybe I can use it as an excuse to evict him.
Yes, I know, I'm awful.
Truth is, I should be grateful to Julian.
His troubles are what inspired me to build
the wellness center.
Oh, I guess I thought Richard had-
No, no.
I wanted to bring in medical partners.
- Yeah. - As I told Owen,
it's my vision.
A state-of-the-art treatment facility for anyone
battling the illness of addiction.
Like the Betty Ford Center.
Exactly.
We'll have capacity for 100 residents.
Wow.
That's amazing.
So I'm assuming then that Julian will be at the party.
Who knows?
He's as reliable as the wind.
Adele's been trying to reach him for days.
No answer.
And speak of the wife.
Hello, darling.
Just helping Goldy.
On my way.
Excuse me.
Do you mind?
It's a bit warm in here.
Not at all.
Miss Langsam.
Detective Tom Shultz.
Sarah's fine.
And this is my husband.
Archie Dennison, this is Deputy Kildea.
Mason.
My first name, Mason.
I thought we were all saying our first names.
Sorry.
Mind if we take a seat?
Please.
Well, thank you for seeing us today.
As I said on the phone, we're viewing this
as a suspicious death.
I'm not sure what's suspicious about it.
She was a deeply troubled woman who decided to end it all.
What makes you say that?
Well, isn't it obvious?
Can you be more specific?
Uh, I didn't know her terribly well.
Well, you knew her well enough to diagnose
her mental state, though.
Detective.
How well did you know her, Mr. Dennison?
Only socially.
Ah, 'cause a week ago, Mrs. Dennison,
didn't you see Dr. Smiley leaving here late at night?
Do you have an eyewitness to that?
Mrs. Dennison told several people that.
So no eyewitness.
I'd consider it idle gossip not worthy of
your taxpayer funded time.
Well, gossip starts somewhere, right?
And I'm afraid it started with me.
Adele.
I imagined an affair.
Did you imagine the same thing with your first husband?
Vincent?
I'd love to speak to Vincent,
but that's not possible.
I'm not sure what Adele's prior marriage
has to do with any of this.
You haven't told your attorney, Adele?
Vincent Geddes was killed in a car accident.
The kind where the car falls off a cliff.
This interview's over.
Hold on a second, okay?
Detective, my clients have nothing further to say.
So unless they're under arrest, I'll show you both out.
We'll be in touch.
You have my number.
He was accusing you-
Yes, of killing Vincent.
Archie, I figured that out.
And of killing Laura.
My darling Archie, what possible motive would I have
for killing Laura?
You told me there was nothing between the two of you.
There wasn't.
But
hypothetically,
if I did discover that you lied,
then I guess I would just simply divorce you,
as per our prenuptial agreement.
All that money.
Gone.
And that is a lot of money to lose.
That would be a perfect motive for you
to keep Laura quiet, wouldn't it?
Take this, will you?
I'm heading to book club.
He threw the glass?
He threw his glass, and it was nice crystal.
Well, I mean, Adele did it, right?
Deputy.
But the way Archie lost it like that, maybe he did it.
Mason.
And what happened to Julian?
Maybe he's dead, too! - Mason.
Sorry, I got excited.
Never been part of a homicide investigation.
And you still might not be when we're waiting
on the autopsy results.
Well, yeah.
Sure, but you said it was a suspicious death,
and now it's really suspicious with these two.
Yeah, and now they won't talk to me.
Why don't you come to Adele's birthday party
with me as my plus one?
- Could he do that? - You're gonna do that?
The invitation said you and a guest.
Do I have to wear a tux?
Fresh tie will do.
Anyway.
I have to go talk to my daughter's father.
She's divorced.
That's why she said it like that.
I know that.
I think it looks nice.
Enter.
Uh-oh.
Am I in trouble?
Now why would you assume that?
Skier?
No, snowboarder, but that was from a car accident.
Oh, no.
He okay?
She, and she will be when I'm done.
Okay, really though, am I in trouble?
Not trouble, no.
Um.
I just, uh.
Were you and Laura fighting outside the dining hall
the day of the luncheon?
Wow.
Seriously?
I'm just asking a question.
Oh, just like old times when you would
just ask a question that sounded a lot more
like an accusation.
This is not about us.
- No? - No.
Okay, well, um.
I wasn't fighting with Laura.
I was just passionately conveying an opinion.
Okay.
What about?
I was concerned about all the rumors
and gossip about her and Archie and how it might
impact the wellness center.
I can fix bones in a few hours,
but what Owen does, it takes longer.
He fixes lives.
Did you know that his mother was an addict?
I didn't.
Yeah, he was gonna be a surgeon,
but when she died, he switched to psychiatry.
The man is on a mission and I'm doing whatever I can
to help him.
As I passionately conveyed to Laura,
more people need access to what her and Owen actually do.
And I'm living proof of that.
You're in therapy.
Yeah.
Good for you.
Yeah, well, maybe I should've done it long ago
like you wanted me to.
Things might've turned out differently.
Well, how did, um, how did things turn out with Laura?
Well, I didn't get a chance to talk to her
and she got a call from a patient.
Goldy, what is with all the questions?
I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to understand how my friend...
Of course.
Look, I'm sorry.
You know, the one thing that I've learned
from all of this therapy is that life is like a mystery
and sometimes you just have to accept that.
- Shultz. - Hey, it's Goldy.
So, my ex-husband did talk to Laura after the luncheon
before she got in her car and left.
Did he see something?
No, but he did say that she received a call
from a patient.
Around what time?
Probably 4:00ish.
Hey, Mason.
You're looking at incoming calls, right?
Yeah, what do you need?
Check out a call before the crash around 4:00.
Hey, this number.
It's Julian Geddes' number.
They talked for just a minute.
It was Julian.
They just talked for a minute.
He was probably calling her to tell her
he was coming to the parking lot.
She got another call nine minutes later.
An unlisted number.
This call was for 30 minutes.
- Hang on. - What?
- Wait a second. - What's going on?
The distance from the school to where she crashed, it's...
Tom?
I think we just figured out that Laura was on a call
with somebody when she went off the cliff.
With who?
That's an excellent question.
And Goldy's going to ask Brad about
his relationship with Laura.
Shouldn't she be wearing a wire?
We're not there yet.
They're here.
I used to have a major crush on Goldy
when she was my babysitter.
Really?
She used to bring me delicious treats
she cooked in mason jars.
Thought she had the jars specifically made for me.
I don't have a crush on her anymore, for the record.
Mmm.
I mean, she's cool, but, you know.
Think we'd be a bad fit.
Oh, yeah.
Who would date a prep?
Uh, technically, two.
Um, I guess it just feels like one.
I have to confess.
I'm a little bit disappointed.
About what?
I knew you were going to Adele's,
and I was really hoping to dance with you.
Well, that could still happen.
Adele made me promise that I would at least
spend some time as a guest.
They seem to be having a nice time.
Do you think she's into him or just, you know,
playing along for the investigation?
You know her better than I do.
Sure.
I think she's playing along.
He reminds me of Richard.
He doesn't look anything like Richard.
He's good-looking, slick, well-dressed.
And wrong for her.
Yeah.
Listen, I, um, I have to ask you an awkward question.
As Olive has heard me say a hundred times,
I have never heard a question that I didn't appreciate.
Just ask.
Okay.
Is there any truth to the rumor that you
and Laura once dated?
Oh, no.
I think I just asked you a question you didn't appreciate.
No, it's just a pathetic story.
I'll be the judge of that.
Laura and I met in Aspen, skiing.
Cliche, I know, but we really hit it off.
We made it work for a couple years long distance,
and then she decided she wanted to move to Elk Park.
She said she just fell in love with the place,
but I thought it was more than that,
and I bought a ring,
which I returned a couple days later.
Well, that couldn't have been easy.
No.
And I'm sure it was even harder when she took
the school counseling job.
I handled it.
Ah.
Now you owe me a painful romance story.
I have one or two of those stories.
Well, ante up.
I, uh, I definitely will.
I'll be back.
What's going on?
The autopsy came back.
The crash didn't kill her.
She was poisoned.
The ME said the poison was water hemlock,
which apparently grows all over the place here.
I'm having forensics test the chocolate-covered shortbread
that was in the front seat of her car.
Chocolate is a great masker of flavor.
Wait a minute, you don't think that?
You're the killer?
You've been helping me in the investigation
because you wanna get caught?
No. Okay?
But there's no question that there is a killer now.
And hemlock takes 30 minutes to take effect.
Laura was on the phone with someone for-
30 minutes.
Yeah, and since nobody came forward after her death,
I'm assuming the killer was on the phone with her-
To make sure that she died.
Yeah.
That is awful.
Well, Brad, Brad just admitted to me
that he proposed to Laura and she turned him down.
I mean, he was trying to joke about it,
but it was clearly still painful to him.
I mean, do you think that he?
I have to look into it.
God.
You should, you should probably get back to your dinner.
I've lost my appetite.
I'm so sorry.
It's Olive, I need to go.
Okay, let's get out of here.
Olive needs you.
You're just being a great mom.
But you still owe me a story.
Tomorrow, while we're dancing.
That sounds great.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Goodnight.
I just, I thought I'd check in on you.
Thank you.
I'm actually, um, doing an impression of you.
So these are for the party tomorrow.
They're not quite as visual as your board.
I like what you're doing here, though.
- Mmm-hmm. - Yeah.
Well, I'm just trying to figure out
who was at the luncheon that had access to the shortbread.
All of them?
When it was on the buffet, yes,
but that was in plain sight.
How about before you brought them out to the buffet?
Well, I was in the kitchen with Brad,
but we were together the entire time.
But then-
What?
Well, I just, I went out into the hall,
and when I came back, Marla was in the kitchen alone
eating the shortbread.
And she was the one who told me about Laura and Brad,
and she was the one that invited me
to do this last minute gig after going out with Archie.
Going, going out?
On a date?
I mean, I don't know.
They were clearly flirting at the luncheon.
Wow.
But the thing is, is, I've just,
I've known Marla for years.
There's just no way that she's a killer.
In my experience,
there's always a way
for anyone of us.
It's just a matter of things coming together in a way
that makes it happen.
Take the appetizers to the staging area.
Thank you.
So beautiful.
Oh.
You as friendly with Adele Dennison?
As friendly as I need to be.
What about Julian Geddes?
That's Adele's son.
Well, I was his teacher for a couple of years, but...
And how is he doing now?
I'm sorry, but that would be violating
doctor-patient privileges.
Mmm.
Excuse me.
I'll see you later.
- Wow, Goldy. - Yeah?
We're only in the appetizers,
and it's already magnificent.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
However, I have been instructed by the hostess
to ask you to shed your outerwear.
Okay.
She's the boss.
I'll go stow this.
No, please, let me.
I can take it for you. - Really?
I actually have to use the restroom.
Oh, thank you, thanks.
Goldy, you look...
Oh, my.
You struck Richard dumb, Goldy.
Is there anything you can't do?
I don't know, I'm sure Richard can think of a few things.
Oh, yeah, you two are hilarious.
Owen, the O'Connors would love to hear more
about the wellness center.
Can you?
Uh, duty calls.
Have fun.
Oh!
Don't scream.
It's me.
I didn't want to scare you.
Well, you failed!
I'm sorry!
And first off, what are you doing without gloves?
Put these on, okay?
You wanna be detective, you've gotta get better
at sneaking around.
This is Adele's desk.
Look.
Clonazepam.
Isn't that for seizures?
I worked with a chef who had them.
Well, there also for anxiety.
Looks like he hasn't taken them in months.
"Stay away from my husband or I will
end things for you here."
Maybe she was talking about getting
Laura fired from school?
Yeah, maybe.
Don't you wanna take that?
Not until I come back with a search warrant.
Oh, yeah. Yes.
I was, um, starting to think that you
weren't gonna make it.
Needed to buy a fresh tie.
You did good.
Wow.
You are good at what you do.
So are you.
You know, I've been meaning to ask you.
What are you doing here?
In Elk Park, I mean.
That's a, that's a funny story, actually.
My ex-wife is from here.
Ex-wife.
Yup.
Hmm.
Yeah, she was always talking about how much she missed it,
especially when we were going through a rough patch,
which was a good description of all three years
of our marriage.
Oh.
Anyway, I saw this job listed and I thought,
you know, maybe, maybe that'll be the thing to
save our marriage.
She served me with the divorce papers
on the same day the job offer came through.
But you came anyway.
Yeah, San Francisco just wasn't the same.
And I needed a break from all the crime.
What was her name?
Jessamine.
Jessamine?
Jessamine Cole?
You know her?
Since kindergarten.
I'm surprised you lasted three years.
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please head this way?
Dinner will be served shortly.
Owen.
Goldy.
What are you doing?
Hoping not to find something.
I don't understand.
My patient Julian Geddes lives here, and, uh.
What?
I'm afraid Julian has, uh,
developed an unhealthy fixation.
An obsessive attraction, really, to, uh,
a mutual friend of ours.
To Laura?
She obviously didn't tell you,
probably trying to protect him, I'm sure.
But my concern was that he might've somehow...
Do you know that Julian's father was killed
the same way, driving off a cliff?
I did, actually.
I was praying that...
That's water hemlock.
The police said it was in the shortbread
that Laura ate before she died.
Your shortbread?
Same recipe, minus the poison.
I posted the menu online a week before the luncheon.
Goldy, Julian was in the parking lot with Laura
that day before she left.
Do you think- - What I think
is that the person who planted the hemlock in the drawer
should've gone to the trouble to look in Julian's kitchen.
Do you know if this oven works?
Yeah, we'd get it fixed if the current tenant
ever did any cooking.
Julian couldn't bake shortbread,
but I bet your oven works just fine.
Hang on.
You, you think that I-
Planted the hemlock in the drawer before I walked in.
Yeah, I do.
But I'm not a detective, so.
Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm just gonna run it by Detective Shultz.
Wait.
Goldy! - What?
Owen!
You at the station?
No, we're coming to you.
Mason, we're about to have dinner.
We're watching Julian's surveillance camera.
Goldy's in trouble!
He's taking her into the forest.
Go on, deeper into the woods, hurry.
- Okay, just- - Come on.
Just let me take my heels off, okay?
- Come on. - I can't walk in them.
Goldy!
Hey.
Your head! Are you okay?
Yeah.
It's Owen.
He killed Laura and he's trying to frame Julian.
Owen, put the gun down.
Owen, Owen, look at me, look at me.
You knew.
- Hey, Laura. - Hi.
Uh, here. For you.
What is this?
I don't know.
Goldy just...
You knew if she started eating right away
that the hemlock would hit as she was
driving up the mountain.
And you stayed on the phone with her
just to make sure that your plan would work.
You should've stayed out of it, Goldy.
Stayed out of what?
I'm trying to help people!
You killed Laura!
No, you don't under, you don't understand.
Don't you see?
The wellness center can help treat people with addiction.
Oh, I use it all the time in my hypnotherapy
to treat serious addiction.
Modify behavior, help people break through limitations
in their thinking.
The power of suggestion.
What if Julian was the inspiration to build
a wellness center?
His troubles gave me the inspiration
to build the wellness center.
And what about Julian?
You were supposed to help him.
Julian, tell your mother that the wellness center
is a wonderful investment, and to give Archie the money.
Yeah, but then Julian realized
what he was trying to do.
Because he stopped taking his medications.
You both think you're so clever, don't you?
It wasn't Archie who Laura was gonna see that night.
It was Julian, and he told her what you did.
And Laura made a complaint to the state medical board.
How did you know that?
You know, the state of Colorado has strict laws
against the misuse of hypnotherapy?
You're probably gonna lose your license.
Answer me!
How did you know that?
So what's your next move?
You gonna shoot us both?
Put it on Julian?
The thing you don't know is that Julian has
an alibi right now.
For the past hour, he's been with Deputy Kildea.
No.
No, you're, you're bluffing.
Just like you bluffed Julian
when you sent him that email from Laura's work computer.
You needed people to see Julian in the school parking lot
with Laura before she died because all you did
was tip Laura off.
As soon as Julian told her that she sent him an email,
Laura suspected that he was in danger
and she sent him somewhere safe.
Julian's got a lot to share with Deputy Kildea.
With the thumb drive Laura gave him,
with the medical board complaint,
and the fact that two weeks ago Julian installed
hidden security cameras in the guest quarters.
That's how you knew we were in the woods.
You're lying. You're lying!
Owen had to plant the poison tonight
so that by the time the medical examiner
got back from her conference,
I'd have reason to search Julian's room.
But Owen, I had the ME come back a day early,
so we're a few steps ahead of you.
- It's over. - Don't!
Hey, hey!
Owen.
Don't.
Don't get any closer, Goldy.
Owen, look.
I know, I know that you just wanna help people,
and the wellness center, it is such a great cause.
But Owen,
your mother, she, she wouldn't want this.
Did you know that his mother was an addict?
I could've helped so many people.
I know.
Detective! Goldy!
Hey.
Take him away.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you
in the court of law.
I was closer.
You're good.
Yeah.
Hey, doin' all right?
So you, like, you like disarmed him?
Well.
I tackled him.
You're like the coolest person I know,
and that even includes Detective Shultz.
Mason.
I'm gonna head to the station now.
Well, I hate to be uncool,
but I gotta head there as well.
Got a long night of paperwork ahead of me.
I'm gonna need you to come to the station tomorrow.
Is that okay?
Of course.
9:00am?
Try to get some sleep tonight, all right?
Thank you.
I'm just doing my job.
Well,
thank you for doing it so well.