High Potential Season 1 Episode 6 - Hangover
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00:00♪♪♪
00:28Hey.
00:30Sounds like someone had a night.
00:32Oh, my God.
00:33What's going on?
00:37I'm in Elaine's office.
00:39Please tell me she didn't make you work after the party last night.
00:45What happened?
00:46Are you okay?
00:50Sam, are you there?
00:55Yeah, I can fix this.
00:57I need tape.
00:59Tape? What tape?
01:02Okay, I'm sorry. I gotta go.
01:04Sam, what are you fixing? Do you need help?
01:18Elaine.
01:21Elaine.
01:23Oh, God.
01:27♪♪♪♪
01:41Stop playing with it red light, green light.
01:45Sure.
01:50Yeah.
01:51Hey, you busy?
01:52Ludo's got the kids till Tuesday, so I'm treating myself to some deep cleaning.
01:56What's up?
01:57A homicide call just came in at a company called Medcare.
01:59I'm headed there now.
02:00And you'd like me to join you?
02:03Yes, I would like you to join me.
02:10Medcare has the whole floor.
02:12What happened in here?
02:13There was a party last night to celebrate the launch of a new product.
02:16But it got pretty wild.
02:18When exactly was the party?
02:19Party started at 8.
02:20Last person stumbled out the door around midnight.
02:23Can you get us a list of attendees?
02:24Got it.
02:25No one enters without signing in.
02:26Building policy.
02:27We tested it on some special children who saw immediate results.
02:30With just a few breaths of the canary, your child's anxiety is proven to diminish by 85%.
02:37This is incredible.
02:39And it's all homeopathic.
02:40I'll get you that guest list.
02:45Get out.
02:46Good morning.
02:47Hey.
02:48Hi.
02:49Over here.
02:51We have a Elaine Barton, founder and CEO of Medcare Corp.
02:57Oh.
02:59Female innovator of the year 2024.
03:05Shatter pattern on this glass.
03:07It's about the size of a fist.
03:08Possibly from a fight that ended in Elaine's murder.
03:11Or the murderer was trying to send a message.
03:13What does this mean?
03:15Let's rush the autopsy and hope we can lift Prince off that trophy.
03:18You said an employee called 911?
03:20Yeah, Elaine's assistant, Samantha Wozniak.
03:22She's with an officer now.
03:23Is she a potential witness?
03:25She may be more than a witness.
03:28How long did you work for Elaine?
03:31About four years.
03:33Do you have any idea what happened?
03:35I don't remember.
03:39Did you black out?
03:40I'm not much of a drinker in general, and I started some new meds recently.
03:45So maybe the two really don't mix.
03:49I'm sorry, I'm not helping, am I?
03:51Well, I assume that you probably knew Elaine better than anybody else here, being her assistant, right?
03:56Why don't you tell us what she was like?
03:58Elaine was my hero.
04:01I watched this video of her speaking when I was a kid.
04:05I mean, she's the reason I applied to Stanford.
04:07Just tracked her down and begged her to hire me.
04:11I mean, being an assistant isn't glamorous, but I'm used to grunt work.
04:15You went to Stanford, but you're used to grunt work?
04:17Well, not everyone who goes there came straight from a country club.
04:21You know, I had a scholarship, and I worked two jobs.
04:24But I still graduated with honors.
04:27So you liked working for Elaine?
04:29Of course.
04:31She was a visionary.
04:33She was a visionary.
04:37Sam, have you ever heard of a Duchenne smile?
04:42A Duchenne smile is a smile that reaches the eyes. It's genuine.
04:46As opposed to a Pan Am smile, which stops at the mouth.
04:49It's insincere.
04:50It's the kind of fake smile a Pan Am flight attendant might give.
04:54Or a woman who is saying she loved her boss a little bit more than she really did.
05:01I believed in Elaine's vision.
05:05But?
05:07She wasn't easy.
05:09And I couldn't get everything right.
05:12Whatever mistake I made, I just wouldn't hear the end of it.
05:15That sucks. I'm sorry.
05:17It got worse the closer we got to the Canary launch.
05:21She got secretive. Just paranoid.
05:24She had new locks put on her door.
05:26It just felt like she had eyes and ears everywhere.
05:29We were rushing to scale a production. Every day was hell.
05:33How much can one person take?
05:35Right?
05:37Wait, you don't think that I...
05:44Oh, I know I would remember that.
05:46Sam doesn't remember what happened last night?
05:49Let's see what her stuff has to say.
05:51Uh-huh.
05:53You don't believe her?
05:55Uh, you know, promising young graduate, pins her dreams to a lady who makes her life hell.
05:59That would be a motive. And Sam had means and opportunity, too.
06:02So if a prince come back on that trophy...
06:04There are so many questions in that crime scene that still need answers.
06:07Please keep an open mind.
06:09Okay.
06:11Sam's web history.
06:13Searched last night at 10.21 p.m. for...
06:17gibberish.
06:19Okay. Too drunk to cite.
06:21Look at these.
06:23Okay, so those could have interacted with the alcohol and made her black out, just like she said.
06:27Just because you don't remember committing a crime doesn't mean you didn't do it.
06:32Huh.
06:35You might want to keep an open mind, too.
06:40What?
06:44Oh. That's not great.
06:48Looks like you hated your boss, and maybe one night after too many drinks, you...
06:51I didn't kill Elaine.
06:53Or you don't remember.
06:54This poor kid. I've been there.
06:57Wouldn't believe how many jerks I've worked for.
06:59No, I'm familiar with your work history, Morgan.
07:03Sam's obviously smart. She's got grit.
07:06Just wish I could go back in time and tell her she's got the power to walk away.
07:09Maybe.
07:10But this young woman seems to really have believed in what she was doing.
07:14And in her boss, tough as she might have been.
07:17When you find your calling, it changes the calculus.
07:20You'd be surprised at all the crap you're willing to put up with.
07:25The question is, did Elaine push Sam so hard that it wasn't worth it anymore?
07:31Sam Wozniak is still saying she remembers nothing.
07:33She's agreed to stay at the station. For now.
07:35Well, yeah. She wants to help.
07:37Morgan, you know I love how you always stick up for the underdog.
07:40Sometimes, good people do bad things, and we have to hold them accountable.
07:44Uh, yeah. Obviously. I know that.
07:46I'm just saying, I don't think it applies in this situation.
07:49I'll have Daphne and I start contacting everyone on the guest list last night.
07:53We need to find out who saw what and when.
07:55And I need you to break the news to Elaine's husband, Eric Barton.
07:59Okay, good. It's usually the husband anyway.
08:09Elaine didn't come home last night.
08:11I just figured she stayed after the party to work late.
08:14We're very sorry.
08:17What can you tell us about Elaine?
08:20Where do I start?
08:22The only thing bigger than Elaine's ambition was her heart.
08:25She quit medical school to revolutionize the healthcare industry.
08:29I was her first investor.
08:31When I saw her passion,
08:36I was immediately in, in every sense of the word.
08:40What time did you last see Elaine?
08:45I left around ten o'clock.
08:47The party was in full swing with Elaine at the center of it.
08:50It was her night to shine, and she did.
08:53She was pitch perfect.
08:54Were you and Elaine getting along lately? Was there anything we should know?
08:57We got along fine.
09:00Sure, things have been tense.
09:03She just closed a huge distribution deal.
09:07It was stressful.
09:10I'm sorry, I just gotta know, what exactly happened?
09:14It appears she was attacked in her office.
09:17Someone used one of her trophies as a weapon.
09:19Oh my God.
09:21Um, any suspects?
09:24One.
09:25Who?
09:27Uh, we'll share more when we can.
09:30But for now, can you tell us if your wife had any enemies?
09:33Elaine felt that the work she was doing would help millions.
09:36So when people got in the way of that,
09:40she let them know.
09:42She had a way of bending people to her will.
09:46Did she ever bend them far enough to break?
09:49She demanded a lot of her employees.
09:52Enough for them to want her dead?
09:56You'd have to ask them.
10:09If I may.
10:12Thanks.
10:13You're Morgan, right?
10:15I'm Tom.
10:16Janitorial staff.
10:18Oh.
10:19I've actually been meaning to talk to you.
10:21Oh yeah?
10:22Yeah, I couldn't help but notice
10:24you've been smudging up the glass of the bullpen doors with your cheesy chip fingers.
10:29Makes you think that's me.
10:31Well, for starters, the smudges are orange.
10:37A lot of people work on this floor, Tom.
10:39I can't be the only one who likes chips and has fingers.
10:44I guess I should leave the police work to you, huh?
10:46Tell you what.
10:47If I see anything, I'll be sure to let you know.
10:49Thanks.
10:50You got it.
10:51I'm gonna get back to work.
10:52Okay.
11:00Have we confirmed Eric left the party when you said he did?
11:02Not yet.
11:03Preliminary tox is back on Sam.
11:06Looks like she had more than enough diazepam and alcohol in her system
11:09to trigger anterograde amnesia.
11:11Here's something.
11:13The last check Elaine cut was written last night and made out to cash.
11:17$45,623.
11:20Pretty specific.
11:21So we keep tabs on Elaine's account, see if anybody caches it.
11:25And we have no idea why forever was written on the wall?
11:28Nope, not yet.
11:29It's driving me nuts.
11:31Time of death?
11:32Amy's still working on that.
11:33Yeah, we'll have prints off that murder weapon soon.
11:35My money's on Sam.
11:37Hi, how can I help you?
11:38Hi, Nina Wong. I'm here about Elaine Hartman.
11:41We need to talk to these party guests to try to nail down a timeline.
11:50Nina, how did you know Elaine?
11:53When she was first getting med care off the ground, she hired me as her assistant.
11:56Tell me about the party last night.
11:58It was a lovely celebration.
11:59Elaine was thrilled about the distribution deal with Saporium.
12:02I was so proud of her.
12:04But I left her in at 9.30.
12:07Did you notice anything out of the ordinary?
12:10Not really. I was enjoying myself.
12:12We don't get to have a lot of fun at med care.
12:14The party was honestly nice.
12:16I couldn't wait to get out of there.
12:19Y'all expected Elaine to be in a better mood, but I don't know.
12:23The vibe was weird.
12:26I wanted to leave early.
12:27Wanda insisted on staying until she sang Rolling in the Deep.
12:30It's kind of my anthem.
12:33We left as soon as she was done.
12:40But we heard an argument in Elaine's office on our way out.
12:43And you didn't think to go in?
12:46It wasn't unusual for Elaine to be cussing someone out.
12:49I feel bad, but I was just glad it wasn't me.
13:00Time of death was around 11 p.m.
13:03And how'd you get there?
13:04Well, the karaoke machine keeps a record of all the songs that were sung when.
13:08So I asked the vendor to give me a copy of the playlist.
13:11According to the playlist, Rolling in the Deep was played at 10.53.
13:14That is the song that Wanda sang right before employees heard the fight between Elaine and an unknown person.
13:20Right.
13:21After that, the entire sales team sang Since You've Been Gone, which would have been really loud, right?
13:27And yet the argument was heard over the song.
13:33And that was from 10.58 to 11.01.
13:35Okay.
13:36Next, Amanda from reception sings Nothing Compares to You.
13:39Quiet song, sung by a quiet woman, and yet nobody heard a thing.
13:42So the struggle had to have been over by then.
13:44And no one reported seeing Elaine after that.
13:46That's right. So she was killed in the three minutes between 10.58 and 11.01.
13:50Good work, y'all.
13:52I gotta see if I can dig around and get those memories out of Sam.
13:57Whatever you want. It's on me.
13:59I'm fine. Thank you.
14:01No, you have to eat something. You gotta be starving.
14:04Cheese curls.
14:05Great.
14:10Okay. There you go.
14:13Cheers.
14:16Thank you for being so nice to me.
14:20Well, listen, I didn't graduate from Stanford, but I have been where you are.
14:24Where we're qualified and treated like crap by your boss.
14:28Just hang in there, okay?
14:30I can't believe this is happening.
14:32I can't believe this is happening.
14:34Yeah.
14:36Hey, look at me. Look at me.
14:38Take a deep breath. Let me see it.
14:43Now calm your brain down.
14:45It's easier said than done, I know.
14:47I'm so scared.
14:49I can't remember anything.
14:52What if I...
14:53Killed your boss?
14:54No.
14:55Fantasized about killing your boss?
14:57Who hasn't?
14:58Who hasn't?
15:00We're gonna figure out what happened, okay?
15:02But you gotta help me.
15:05Of course.
15:07Come here.
15:13Check your pockets.
15:15I don't have any pockets.
15:17I know. So check all the places you put stuff if you didn't have pockets.
15:24Um...
15:25What is it?
15:26Oh...
15:28God.
15:30Okay. It's not ideal.
15:32I might as well just confess now.
15:37I recognize that lipstick.
15:41That's your lipstick, but on Sam's mouth.
15:43Now you claim that you were at your desk all night, Denise.
15:45So how do you explain this?
15:50Tell us exactly what happened, Denise.
15:52The truth this time.
15:54You need this job.
15:56Yeah, what you did last night could get you fired.
15:58It's not just about that.
16:00Someone lost their life last night, and if I let a killer through the door...
16:03No, we're not there yet.
16:05Let me guess. Your job is boring.
16:08Very.
16:09I worked at the DMV in Van Nuys one time.
16:12I was a mailing machine operator.
16:14I used every opportunity to leave my station.
16:17Did you abandon your post last night?
16:20The party sounded like such a good time.
16:23Sam looked amazing. I'd always had a thing for her.
16:26So I figured if I was at the party, I could at least keep an eye on things.
16:31Plus, I'd already signed everyone in on the invite list, so...
16:34I figured it was okay.
16:36Had a couple drinks, and then...
16:38Sam and I started talking, and...
16:41Keep going.
16:43We kissed a little.
16:45Um, didn't last long.
16:47Sam went to the bathroom, so I waited for her.
16:50But then some other woman came out.
16:52Someone I didn't recognize.
16:54Someone not on the list?
16:55Exactly.
16:56I tried to chase after her, but she booked it for the elevator, and the doors closed before I could get to her.
17:00So to be clear, you didn't see her leave the building?
17:03Nah.
17:04What time was this?
17:06Sometime after ten, I think.
17:07Please tell me you got a good look at this lady.
17:10Uh, brownish hair.
17:12Average build.
17:14Is that it? That's all you got?
17:16No, she had this thing stuck to her arm.
17:18It was like a square, plastic-looking, I don't know what, smirk right here.
17:22Size of a matchbook?
17:24Yeah, give or take.
17:29Is it this woman?
17:30That's her.
17:31That was cool.
17:32It's an insulin pump. She's diabetic.
17:34This is definitely the woman you saw last night?
17:36Yeah, 100%.
17:37Carmen Nico and Arturo Jimenez.
17:39Let's find out what Carmen has to say for herself.
17:47Caradec.
17:48It's Daphne. Bad news. They weren't able to pull any prints from the murder weapon.
17:52Damn.
17:53Okay, Sam's home. Her mom's driving up from San Diego to be with her.
17:56Stop texting suspects.
17:58One more thing. Amy confirmed time of death was likely around 11 p.m.
18:01During since you've been gone.
18:03Thanks, Daph.
18:04No, thank you, Kelly Clarkson.
18:11We heard about Elaine Barton.
18:13We heard about Elaine Barton.
18:15What a loss.
18:16You knew her personally?
18:17Yes.
18:18Our son Nico was one of the earliest adopters of the Canary.
18:21Ah.
18:22It changed his life.
18:24Mrs. Jimenez, we understand that you were at the Canary launch party, right?
18:31We talked to the security guard that you ran from.
18:34Yes, I was there.
18:38Well, considering Elaine Barton is dead, we need to know why you crashed that party.
18:43I can't talk to you.
18:45You can't. Or you won't.
18:47Well, I can talk.
18:49I gotta say, this house is gorgeous.
18:53I can't help but notice, though, the stuff that you have doesn't quite fill up the space.
18:59You know?
19:00That and the temporary parking pass I saw makes me think you guys just moved in recently.
19:05A couple months ago.
19:07Oh, congratulations.
19:09I'm doing the math here, and something's just not quite adding up.
19:12Between Carmen's retail job and Arturo being out of work,
19:15how do you guys afford a place like this?
19:18I saw your unemployment check next to your name tag on the side table over there.
19:22You know, that's where I dump all my crap when I get home, too.
19:25I guess some things don't change no matter how big your house is.
19:30I think we're done here.
19:32Oh. Okay.
19:34Okay.
19:37Okay.
19:51Oh.
19:53I think it's time we move this conversation to the police station.
19:57Wouldn't you agree?
20:01Carmen, humor me.
20:04Let's see how close I can get to what really happened between you and Elaine.
20:09I think you were part of a big old scheme.
20:12Medicare pays you to fabricate a heartwarming story about how well the canary works
20:16because every product needs a good success story.
20:18Right.
20:20But deals like that often sour, don't they?
20:22Maybe Elaine got tired of paying you.
20:24Maybe you started asking for more cash in exchange for your cooperation.
20:34I can put you at the scene of the crime,
20:36and the wounds on your hand that you refuse to explain
20:38certainly give me probable cause.
20:41I'm offering you one last shot to come clean.
20:45What's it gonna be?
20:57If she's innocent, why won't she talk?
20:59And if she's guilty, why hasn't she called a lawyer?
21:03Daphne, look into their financials.
21:07Who's paying their mortgage?
21:15Morgan, you all right?
21:19It seemed like gibberish.
21:21What?
21:22Sam's web search, remember? It made no sense.
21:28Wasn't she heavily intoxicated?
21:31Exactly.
21:32Her hands were shifted over had they been in the right place.
21:42That is why the word forever was written on the wall in Elaine's office.
21:49I think I can get Carmen to talk.
21:51Take Morgan with you.
21:52No. Just me.
21:55The Canary was giving off forever chemicals,
21:58and PFA exposure can cause asthma.
22:01Metcare's buying your silence because their product was hurting kids.
22:05And one of those kids was yours.
22:07Certainly explains that nice house that you're living in.
22:10And it explains why Nico wasn't running around in the yard with the other kids.
22:16He couldn't.
22:18But that was your little boy.
22:20Money could not heal him, and it could not fix your pain.
22:25Every mother has her limit.
22:29Carmen, there is no chance I would be able to control myself
22:32if someone hurt my son the way Nico was hurt.
22:38Are you ready to tell me what happened in Elaine's office?
22:44At first, I was okay taking the money.
22:46It helped with the doctor bills.
22:50Let us move away from the freeway.
22:55But ultimately,
22:58I couldn't live with myself.
23:01Nothing that gave us change is the fact that my son was struggling.
23:07I wanted to destroy them.
23:10So you went to that party to get revenge.
23:12The first thing I saw was people dancing, singing,
23:15celebrating that device, that woman.
23:17I couldn't stomach it.
23:19So I decided to go to her office,
23:22waiting for her to come in so I could tell her exactly what I thought about her.
23:25And that's when you lost it.
23:27Sitting there?
23:29I just got angrier and angrier.
23:31I grabbed a marker and wrote forever on the wall,
23:33and then I stabbed a stupid stuffed bird with a letter opener,
23:38and it slipped, and I cut my hand.
23:41Then that's when Elaine walked in.
23:44Before I could even say my piece.
23:47She said she would bury me in lawsuits because of the NDAs.
23:50If I tried to go against her,
23:52threatened to stop the payments,
23:54even if her husband disagreed.
23:57I wanted to hurt her.
24:00But...
24:01But what?
24:02I chickened out.
24:05Not what I was expecting.
24:07Hurting Elaine wouldn't help my son.
24:08Me neither.
24:10She had all the power, and we both knew it.
24:13So I turned to leave, and as I walked out, I did punch her stupid face.
24:16The one framed on the wall.
24:20Okay.
24:22Carmen, I want to believe you, but somebody murdered Elaine.
24:25I swear.
24:28She was alive when I left.
24:34Okay.
24:35This is a weird question, but is there any chance you remember
24:38what song was being sung on karaoke when you left?
24:41Chili Peppers, Californication, I think.
24:4410-15.
24:46Can anyone corroborate this story?
24:48Yeah.
24:50I ran into a drunk young woman in the bathroom.
24:52I was crying, and she was so sweet, trying to comfort me.
24:55And then she got just as upset as me
24:57when I told her what Elaine had done to my son.
25:00I don't remember her name, but she was wearing a...
25:02A sparkly floral dress.
25:04Yeah.
25:14So, Sam already wanted to stab her boss,
25:16and she's crying.
25:17Mother tells her about the PFAs and the canary.
25:19I think we need another round of interrogation.
25:20Okay, just hang on one second, okay?
25:22From what Carmen said, it sounds like there was a disagreement
25:25between Eric and Elaine when it came to these payouts.
25:27He was the money behind the operation.
25:29If she strong-armed him to participate in fraud,
25:32maybe he changed his mind.
25:33Yeah, or he didn't want to go to jail?
25:35I mean, that sounds like a motive.
25:36Maybe, but Morgan...
25:37Listen, I get it.
25:38Sam is still a suspect, I know.
25:39And by all means, continue to ask her questions
25:41that she won't be able to answer,
25:43because she still doesn't remember anything.
25:44But I feel like you and I could probably think of better ways
25:46to spend our time.
25:49That was rude, and I'm sorry.
25:50Go talk to Eric.
25:52Find out what he knew about those payouts,
25:54and whether or not he and Elaine were at odds.
25:57It's been hard to put one foot in front of the other,
26:00but the truth is...
26:02Sorry, we just hear you say something about the truth.
26:04Excuse me.
26:05You can't just waltz in here.
26:06Oh, we already waltzed.
26:07Hey, Eric, we know that you and Elaine
26:09were buying people's silence.
26:14Everyone out except Hornstock.
26:19My lawyer, tread lightly.
26:22Was that a threat?
26:23It's a warning.
26:25It's not to be trifled with.
26:27Well, you look at that.
26:28Neither are we.
26:30Go ahead.
26:32Spoke to Carmen Jimenez about her son, Nico,
26:34and I'm guessing they were just one of many families
26:37receiving payouts?
26:38Those were perfectly legal contracts
26:40under California Civil Code 1550,
26:42which you wouldn't know
26:43because you're obviously not lawyers.
26:46He's right, I'm not a lawyer.
26:48But I did pick up a couple of cleaning shifts
26:50at a legal library.
26:51Is there a point to all this?
26:53The point is,
26:54Section 12A2 of the Securities Act
26:57does not look kindly on companies
26:59that have materially false statements
27:01in their investor prospectuses.
27:03Now, in layman's terms,
27:04that means you raised a bunch of money,
27:06but you didn't tell the investors
27:07that your product was hurting people,
27:09so you could go to jail.
27:10Now, to me,
27:11that seems like a reason
27:12that a husband and a wife
27:13would get into an altercation.
27:19Are you gonna go?
27:21Nico.
27:30Carmen signed Nico up
27:31for the very first round of testing.
27:33Our prototype worked like magic.
27:37And then the health issues cropped up.
27:40Elaine promised to find a fix,
27:42and I provided financial redress
27:45for the Jimenez family and others.
27:47Financial redress?
27:48That's a fancy way to say hush money.
27:50And the FDA never got involved at all?
27:53Canary isn't a medical device.
27:55It's homeopathic,
27:56so we don't need FDA approval.
27:58Right, because why would there be guidelines
28:00on a product that children put in their mouths?
28:03Our latest model was so close, but...
28:05But you couldn't have bad press kill your launch.
28:08I didn't think we were ready
28:09for the launch at all.
28:13These families that were harmed...
28:17You made them a promise.
28:20Elaine was like a runaway train.
28:22She felt the distribution deal
28:24was too good to pass up.
28:26So I went to extremes to stop her.
28:28What kind of extremes?
28:29Not the kind that you're thinking of.
28:33I was parallel tracking
28:34with some developers,
28:35taking my jet up to Palo Alto every week,
28:37trying to come up with a solution.
28:39We still can't confirm
28:40that you were home at 10 p.m.
28:41the night that Elaine died.
28:43I didn't kill Elaine.
28:45I loved her.
28:48I just didn't love what she'd become.
28:55So here's the story behind the Canary.
28:58I don't have kids of my own,
28:59but I do have a niece,
29:01which is even better,
29:02because I can spoil her run.
29:05One day, a couple years ago,
29:06she's at my house,
29:07and she starts having a panic attack
29:09and can't breathe.
29:11So I'm an inventor.
29:13I improvise.
29:15I grab a kazoo,
29:16if you can believe it,
29:17some essential oils,
29:19and I put a few drops...
29:20You're lying.
29:22Sorry to interrupt.
29:24Looks like someone made a mess around you.
29:27Yeah, someone did.
29:29Mind if I take care of it?
29:30Right now?
29:31Yeah, I need to wrap up
29:32and get out of here.
29:33I go to nursing school at night,
29:34and I don't want to be late.
29:36Hang on.
29:38You'd rather be a nurse
29:39than a janitor?
29:40Oh, no.
29:41This is just a backup plan
29:42in case the janitor thing
29:43doesn't work out.
29:44I see.
29:45That makes sense.
29:46Okay, well,
29:47I will clean up after myself
29:48this one time.
29:49Appreciate that.
29:50See you tomorrow.
29:51See you tomorrow.
29:53I don't have kids of my own,
29:54but I do have a niece,
29:56which is even better,
29:57because I can spoil her run.
30:01If you had a niece you adored,
30:03and she made you rich and famous,
30:05wouldn't you have a picture
30:06of her somewhere?
30:07Well, I have a nephew I adore,
30:08and I have tons of photos of him.
30:10He hasn't made me rich or famous
30:11or anything,
30:12but there's still time.
30:13Yeah, right?
30:14I mean, I have a million of these.
30:15Kids?
30:17Pictures.
30:18They're cute.
30:19Thank you, but not the point.
30:20The point is she's lying.
30:21The kazoo,
30:22the essential oils,
30:23the whole thing.
30:24What does this smell like to you?
30:28Uh, Grandma's purse.
30:30Right?
30:31Peppermint, ginger, and licorice.
30:32Those are three of the eight
30:33Shaoyao San herbs.
30:34It's a formulation
30:35in traditional Chinese medicine
30:36used to relieve stress,
30:37treat depression,
30:38lower anxiety.
30:39The problem is,
30:40Elaine's background
30:41is Western medicine.
30:42All of her inventions
30:43before the canary
30:44were Western-based,
30:45so why isn't she just using
30:46like lavender and chamomile
30:47and other boring
30:48white people herbs?
30:49Where'd she get
30:50a traditional Chinese formula?
30:52Does she have an acupuncturist?
30:54Elaine was thrilled
30:55about the distribution deal
30:56with Zaporian.
30:58I was so proud of her.
31:01Nina had cupping marks
31:02on her back.
31:03She isn't
31:04traditional Chinese medicine.
31:06You know what else Nina has?
31:08What?
31:09A daughter.
31:10Oh, you think
31:11Nina's daughter made this woman
31:12rich and famous?
31:13I think Nina made
31:14the first prototype
31:15for her daughter
31:16and shared the information
31:17with her boss.
31:18And how would you feel
31:19if someone was about to make
31:20millions of dollars
31:21off of your idea,
31:22but it was hurting people
31:23when it was supposed
31:24to help them?
31:25I'm pretty sure I'd be mad.
31:26Yes, Tom.
31:28I think you'd be very mad.
31:30So, tell me about
31:31the canary, Nina.
31:33Was it your idea?
31:39My daughter, Alice,
31:40she struggles with panic attacks.
31:43One morning she was having
31:44a pretty bad episode
31:45and I just needed
31:46to get her to breathe,
31:47so I grabbed her kazoo
31:49and I put a drop
31:50of essential oil on it.
31:52And I told her to
31:53close her eyes
31:54and make the kazoo sound
31:55for as long as she could.
31:56And it actually
31:57calmed her down.
31:59When I shared the story
32:00with Elaine,
32:01she lit up.
32:03Good work, Morgan.
32:05So, Elaine took your idea
32:06and ran with it?
32:07Well, with my blessing,
32:08I wanted her to help
32:09other kids like my daughter.
32:12Did she pay you for the idea?
32:14Yes.
32:15And it allowed me
32:16to go and live a life
32:17that I wanted,
32:18a quieter one
32:19with my daughter
32:20up in the Bay Area.
32:21Let me see.
32:23You know,
32:24where were you at 11 p.m.
32:25on the night of the murder?
32:27Walking back to my hotel.
32:31Detective, I didn't kill her.
32:34Look, I've heard the rumors
32:35and I know that Elaine
32:36has changed a lot
32:37since we worked together,
32:38but I have to believe
32:39that whatever was going on,
32:40she still had good intentions.
32:43Elaine was this kid
32:44from Missouri
32:45with a dream to help people.
32:48Her first invention
32:49in med school,
32:50it wasn't flashy,
32:51it was a solid,
32:52that removed medical tape
32:53gently.
32:55She saw all these sick people
32:56getting poked with IVs
32:59and she said that
33:00if she couldn't save them
33:01from the needles,
33:02then at least she could help
33:03reduce the irritation
33:04from the adhesives.
33:07That's the Elaine
33:08that I knew.
33:10We'll check with the hotel,
33:11see what time she
33:12swiped the key card.
33:14She's telling the truth
33:15about how much she loved Elaine.
33:17You see that smile?
33:18Still doesn't mean
33:19she didn't kill her.
33:21This whole thing
33:22has been awful.
33:24My friend died.
33:26She was murdered
33:27with her own trophy
33:29at her own party.
33:30This is,
33:31this is horrific.
33:33How long have you
33:34and Eric Barton
33:35been sleeping together?
33:37What?
33:38Well,
33:39the only people
33:40who know exactly
33:41how Elaine died
33:42are the murderer
33:43and Elaine's husband
33:44because
33:45we told them.
33:46So,
33:47either you killed Elaine
33:48or you're having an affair
33:49with her husband.
33:51Or both.
33:54You know,
33:55Eric mentioned
33:56multiple trips
33:57on a private jet
33:58to Palo Alto.
33:59Is it safe to assume
34:00that he was going there
34:01to see you?
34:02Only because we were both
34:03trying to do what was best
34:04for the canary.
34:06Eric and I thought
34:07that we could change her mind
34:08and get her to
34:10do the right thing
34:11and then we just started
34:12spending all this time
34:13together and,
34:14and we started to...
34:15Do the wrong thing.
34:16I know.
34:17It looks bad,
34:18but
34:19we were both fighting
34:20for something we loved.
34:24And then we fell in love.
34:26Did he join you
34:27in your hotel room
34:28that night
34:29after he left the party?
34:30Yeah, he did.
34:34Which is why
34:35neither one of us
34:36could have killed Elaine.
34:38Okay,
34:39so obviously
34:40we need to confirm
34:41both Nina and Eric's alibi
34:42Okay, well,
34:43assuming they check out
34:44and I have a feeling
34:45they will,
34:46we're going to have to
34:47book Sam, Morgan.
34:48I'm sorry.
34:49No, I know,
34:50but I still don't believe
34:51Sam's a killer.
35:00Keradec,
35:01Sam's here.
35:02I don't understand.
35:04Can we please
35:05have some more time?
35:06Morgan,
35:07we talked about this.
35:08No, I understand that,
35:09but we still haven't figured out
35:10who that big check was for.
35:11What check?
35:12Elaine wrote a check
35:13made out to Cash
35:14for $45,623.
35:19Hey!
35:20Sam!
35:21Hey!
35:38$45,623.
35:42That's the amount
35:43left on my student loans.
35:53Elaine wrote that check
35:54to you.
35:55Oh, my God.
35:59That means I...
36:01How is that possible?
36:02How could I...
36:03Just take a deep breath, okay?
36:05Oh, Sam.
36:06Mm-hmm.
36:08Sometimes really good people
36:10do bad things.
36:14Oh, my life is over.
36:16No.
36:17Oh, my God.
36:19No, I know.
36:22I'm sorry.
36:38Hey.
36:41I was wrong about Sam,
36:43and you were right.
36:44I just wanted to be sure
36:45you were okay.
36:48Yeah, I'm okay.
36:50I just really didn't want it
36:51to be Sam, you know?
36:52Yeah.
36:54I wanted to protect her.
36:57Truth is,
36:58when I was her age,
36:59I stayed in a lot
37:00of bad situations,
37:01and it wasn't because
37:02I loved where I was.
37:04I was just
37:05too afraid to get out.
37:07I understand.
37:21She got secretive,
37:22paranoid.
37:23I mean, she knew locks
37:24were put on her door.
37:25It felt like she had eyes
37:26and ears everywhere.
37:30Karatek.
37:32Yeah?
37:33We gotta go back
37:34to Elaine's office.
37:35We know Elaine was secretive
37:36and paranoid,
37:37so why would she hang
37:38a mirror behind her desk?
37:39Yeah, anyone coming
37:40into the office
37:41would be able to see
37:42what she was working on
37:43in the reflection.
37:44Makes no sense.
37:45Unless it was serving
37:46a different purpose.
37:47Look.
37:49If this were a real mirror,
37:50there'd be a gap,
37:51but my fingernail's
37:52touching its reflection.
37:53Because it's two-way glass.
37:58With a camera
37:59hidden behind it.
38:00Providing a perfect vantage
38:01point for the entire room
38:02and everything
38:03that happened in it.
38:07Sam, we have some news.
38:10Turns out there was
38:11a hidden camera
38:12in Elaine's office.
38:13We have video evidence
38:14of the night she died.
38:15You came in to tell Elaine
38:16you were quitting.
38:17And when you told her
38:18why you were leaving,
38:19she tried to bribe you
38:20to keep you quiet.
38:25But you refused.
38:26And you were about
38:27to go public
38:28to the rest of the party
38:29about what the Canary did
38:30to you.
38:31And now,
38:32you're going to tell
38:33the whole world
38:34about it.
38:35And tell everybody
38:36about what the Canary
38:37did to the Jimenez family.
38:38You're a fraud.
38:39I quit.
38:40But she couldn't
38:41let you ruin
38:42her life's work.
38:43Remember you told us
38:44Elaine was paranoid
38:45leading up to the launch?
38:46She tried to silence
38:47you that night.
38:49But you fought her off.
38:57She fell and landed
38:58on one of her awards.
39:01You hit your head.
39:03And that's when
39:04you passed out.
39:07So what does this mean?
39:09It means it was
39:10self-defense.
39:12Sam, you responded
39:13to a threat of bodily harm
39:14with a reasonable amount
39:15of force and
39:17with a halfway diesel lawyer.
39:23You'll serve no time.
39:29Because all you did
39:30was stand up for yourself.
39:45We'll meet you there,
39:46Lieutenant.
39:47I'm going to put $5
39:48in the jukebox
39:49and spend it all on yacht life.
39:50I will so have your badge
39:51if you do that.
39:55I'd ask you to join us
39:56for drinks,
39:57but I'm sure you're anxious
39:58to get back to your kids.
39:59Not tonight.
40:00Actually,
40:01Ludo's got them.
40:02Well, then you should
40:03definitely join us.
40:04First round's on me.
40:05As great as that sounds,
40:06I had an evening
40:07of doing absolutely nothing
40:08that I was really
40:09looking forward to.
40:10All right.
40:11I'll see you tomorrow.
40:12See you tomorrow.
40:18Goodnight.
40:19Goodnight, Morgan.
40:31Goodnight.
40:50She's looking at me
40:51like I'm supposed to
40:52jump in there and arrest her.
40:53I swear.
40:54I did.
40:55Of course I did.
40:56Oh, hey!
40:57Hey!
40:58Morgan, you never come.
40:59I figured, what the hell.
41:01Let's get you a drink.
41:02Okay.
41:08Hey, I'll have
41:09another IPA, please.
41:10Manhattan, please.
41:11Oh, something you
41:12might want to know.
41:13Uh, Eric Barton
41:14and his lawyers
41:15have promised that
41:16none of the harmful canaries
41:17will make it onto shelves.
41:18That's great news.
41:19It is.
41:20Also, I was texting
41:21with Sam on the way over.
41:22I told her to swing by
41:23for a drink.
41:24What?
41:25It's a joke, dummy.
41:26Morgan.
41:27Go drink your beer.
41:29I'm glad you came.
41:32What made you decide
41:33to come hang out
41:34with your coworkers
41:35rather than...
41:36Rather than drinking
41:37two and a half glasses of wine
41:38and cutting my own bangs?
41:40Well, mostly,
41:41I just wanted to thank you.
41:43For?
41:44For being a really great boss.
41:48So far, this isn't a job
41:49I want to run from,
41:50and that's mainly
41:51because of you.
41:54It means a lot.
41:56And for the record,
41:57I wouldn't let you.
41:59Hey, Lieutenant.
42:00Caredex said
42:01back in the day
42:02you ran over
42:03a parked Vespa
42:04with a patrol car.
42:05Totally true.
42:06Okay.
42:07I gotta go
42:08straighten this out.
42:09Please say that's true.
42:10It's not entirely true.
42:20This is St. Dennis,
42:21our hospital's namesake.
42:22He was famously beheaded.
42:24But if he would've come here,
42:25we would've fixed him
42:26right up.
42:28Not really.
42:29Obviously,
42:30once your head's off,
42:31that's pretty much game over.
42:35So faster.
42:37Ha!