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Just...
Ahh!
Al Winslow.
Of course.
Hey, are you...
Hello?
Ah!
Ow!
Is someone there?
Is someone out there?
Oh man.
Dad, did you get any sleep last night?
Ah, a few minutes maybe.
Hey, listen, guys.
Before we get in there,
I know you've heard this before,
but I can't tell you how much
I appreciate you dropping everything
and jumping on the red eye.
Well, he's my family too.
Yeah, and you guys are
the closest thing I got to family, so...
Let's go.
Hiya, folks.
Harry Ridgeway.
Amy Winslow, we spoke on the phone.
This is my father, Graham.
Hi.
We talked also.
And this is our friend, Travis.
Travis Burke.
It's nice to meet you.
And you,
I'm just sorry it's under these circumstances, but...
Please, have a seat.
Yeah, ok.
Well, we put out an APB on him and on his car,
which is also missing.
And we spent a lot of yesterday searching the forest
adjacent to his property,
but not even a whiff of him with the dogs.
Did you happen to receive a ransom demand
since we last spoke?
No.
When's the last time you talked to your brother?
Well I, I saw him a little over a week ago.
I was in town doing a book reading.
Haven't spoken to him since then.
How did he seem?
Anything unusual?
Well, I, I mentioned this to Amy,
he left right in the middle of my, my reading.
He came back at the end, said it was a work emergency,
but, uh, at30 at night what kind of emergency
is a history professor having? So...
Did you press him on it?
He doesn't like me being judgmental.
How would you describe your relationship with your brother?
He's my baby brother.
We live thousands of miles away and we have very busy lives.
So not exactly close?
No.
But, uh, since my wife passed I wanted to be closer.
Frankly, sheriff, I'm scared to death
that I'm never going to get that chance.
Amy had said that you found blood stains at Al's house.
We're trying to match those
to the DNA we pulled from Professor Winslow's hairbrush.
How long is that gonna take?
Three days.
Seventy-two hours.
So you're familiar with the window
for locating missing persons?
I'm a crime novelist, sheriff.
And Travis is in your field.
Well, well.
What's the matter, you don't trust me, Mr. Winslow?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
No.
It's not like that.
No?
No.
I'm here to support my friends.
And cop to cop, I have no interest in trespassing
in your jurisdiction, Sheriff.
Harry's fine.
And to tell you the truth,
I could use your hand on this one, Detective.
I'm here for whatever you need.
Amy, she served as a consultant
with my police department in Washington
and she's helped us close quite a few cases recently,
so she's an asset.
Ok.
So what can I tell you to help you get up to speed?
Well, were you able to determine the last person
that actually spoke to my uncle?
As far as we can ascertain,
that would be his teaching assistant, Lucy Harding.
She was with him at his office Friday,
until he left for home around00PM.
My Father and I know Lucy.
She's a bright young woman.
We haven't been able to find his cell phone,
so either it's turned off or destroyed,
but records show that the last call
he made with it was at55PM on Friday.
Does he have a landline at his house?
He got a call there on Friday night at27
from a pay as you go cell.
He definitely did pick up,
but that was the last call he's gotten.
You're saying nobody's seen or talked to him since then?
So that means that there's a high probability
that Alister has been missing for more than 72 hours?
Let's not get ahead of our skis, Mr. Winslow.
Especially since you brought in reinforcements.
Ok?
Where are you folks staying?
Kent Lake House.
Well why don't you all get checked in
and then I'll meet you at your uncle's
and we can all go over the scene
and maybe you'll pick up something that we missed.
Ok.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sheriff.
Thank you.
Harry.
Ok.
Hey, how are you today?
So here's this, for us.
Thank you so much, we'll meet you up at the room.
Hey guys.
So, listen, uh...
I know you have the experience
but I wouldn't mind tagging along.
Oh, you know Graham I know that you're nervous
and you're worried about your brother, I understand,
but this is an active, open investigation.
It's not safe.
Yeah, and Dad, you haven't slept at all.
You can barely keep your eyes open.
Why don't you just, you know, take a,
like a 30-minute nap.
A nap?
Travis? Come on.
Graham. I'm sorry, I'm on Amy's side with this one.
Oh. Oh!
Dad?
No.
Dad!
Welcome to Kent Lake House.
Hi, I'm Graham Winslow.
Yes, Mr. Winslow, we have your reservations.
Great.
These two have an appointment
and they were hoping to store their luggage.
Of course.
Ms. Winslow, Mr. Burke, we'll take care of your bags
and here are your keys.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Ms...
Espinosa, but you can call me Jennifer.
Thanks, Jennifer.
Ok. I'll call you after my 30-minute power nap.
Max.
Ok, Dad.
I don't know, the way he said that,
you think it's gonna be 30 minutes?
It'll be four hours.
So, how long's it been since you've seen your uncle?
It's been a couple years.
I stayed with him and my uh... huh, "Aunt" Carmela.
Why do you say it like, "huh, aunt?"
What's that?
Well, because I mean we're practically the same age.
I don't really call her my aunt, you know?
Ok.
Did you know that Uncle Alister
is only a few years older than I am?
No, I didn't know that.
Yeah.
So when my Grandmother died,
my Grandfather married my step Gran
who was quite a bit younger.
Ok.
Had Uncle Alister.
I mean, my Dad was in high school when Alister was born.
So, "baby brother," literally?
Yeah. Correct.
And correct use of the word "literally."
I pay attention when you share your pet peeves, Amy.
Mmm. Smart man.
Well this is quite the collection.
Yeah, his history focus was
on the second half of the 20th century.
Spent a lot of time on eBay and at garage sales.
I mean, some of this stuff is worth a pretty penny.
Yeah, I'd say so.
So, to my eye, nothing has been ransacked.
To me, it doesn't look like anything was stolen.
His teaching assistant said the same thing.
When she came looking for him Monday,
front door was unlocked.
And what about the back door?
Locked.
Same with all the windows.
So, whoever came over on Friday...
He let them in.
Yeah.
Man.
He might have offered his visitor a drink.
Over here.
Lucy comes in, sees the broken bottle and the dried blood.
Ok, so the broken glass was here.
Yeah.
You know, there's not a lot of blood in the photo.
Somebody got cut.
Anyway, Lucy gets scared and keeps looking for Al
and winds up in the bedroom.
Show me.
We pulled a single slug out of the floor here.
That's a .22 caliber.
Um, what about these prints?
Match your uncle's that we found all over the house.
Did you find any other prints in the house?
Not bloody ones, but yes.
Lucy Harding's and a few of the ex-wife, Carmela Rhee.
Missing towels.
Huh.
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
Wait, Al had a dog?
Mm... no.
Oh, no, oh, sorry.
It just, well that reminded me
of a Sherlock Holmes story that I teach.
The Adventures of Silver Blaze?
It's about a stolen horse.
Anyway, my point is, is that Sherlock was able to solve
the mystery based on the things that were missing.
Which, in this case, was a dog's bark.
And the missing towels could mean that the shooter
brought your Uncle Al in here to dress the wound?
Which could mean that the shot was unintentional.
Which could mean that the shooter wanted
to make sure that your uncle survived.
Yeah.
What are you looking for?
Nothing.
Literally.
Empty spaces.
More missing things.
Got a closet filled with empty hangers.
Are you saying they packed clothes for him?
That's what it looks like.
Hey, did you already remove the evidence off this table?
No, why?
Well, because my Father, my uncle and I,
we all do the same thing,
we keep a stack of books that we're working our way through.
And you can see where the demarcation is of the sun damage,
so why, why would he pack books and clothes?
It's a good question.
But, I'll tell ya, sure glad you two are on the team.
How 'bout we go to the college and we see what you see there?
I'd love for you to talk to a few people while we're here.
Sure.
So, uh, Lucy Harding, you uh, teaching assistant,
you say you know her?
Yeah, I, I do.
She heard your uncle fighting on Friday with this guy.
Mark Lyons?
Do you know who that is?
He's another history professor.
He's actually my uncle's protege.
I don't know him really well. I've met him once.
What were they fighting about?
According to Mark, her.
Carmela Rhee.
That's your ex-aunt who doesn't like being called "aunt."
Yeah.
Mark says he told Al that Carmela was trying
to get him fired.
Fired? What for?
Why don't we go ask him?
Professor Lyons.
Sheriff?
This is Amy Winslow.
Oh, of course, Al's niece.
We met a couple years ago.
You teach literature at Elmstead College.
Good memory.
Well I am a history professor.
This is Detective Burke.
They're lending me a hand in the search for Al Winslow.
How're you doing?
You got time to talk?
Certainly.
Please, come in.
The Sheriff said that you and Al had a fight on Friday?
Fight?
I don't think I used that word.
No?
What word did you use?
Al was upset about something I had to tell him.
What was that?
Carmela was threatening to bring him up on charges
with the college ethics board.
For what?
I don't know.
Well then how do you know she's planning on doing that?
She told me.
Now, I'm sure when she talked to you, Sheriff,
she denied it.
She did.
Yeah, textbook Carmela.
She's been trying to drive a wedge
between Al and me for years.
Did you know she was having an affair?
I knew something about it,
but my uncle didn't discuss the details.
Do you know who it was with?
No.
Nor did Al.
I wish I could be of more help.
Here, don't hesitate to reach out, Amy.
For anything.
Sure.
Thank you.
I think I need to talk to Carmela alone.
Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
It works for me.
Meet you at your uncle's office.
Ok, bye.
Carmela?
Oh, hi.
Amy.
You're here because of Al.
Yes.
Do you mind if we talk for a minute?
Sure. Come on in.
Sheriff.
Oh, is there any...
No, no. No news yet.
This is Detective Burke.
He's lending us a hand.
Hi, Lucy.
Hi.
Could we take another look at Professor Winslow's office?
Sure, yeah, no problem.
Oh wow.
Wow.
So was his office ransacked?
We did our best not to rearrange anything.
Yeah, Al has a system.
He knows where everything is.
It would be a disaster if he came back
and everything was out of order.
So this is order?
Yeah.
So, my Father, Travis and I
hopped on the first flight we could.
Travis is quite the friend.
Or, might he be more than that?
Well, Travis and I have certainly faced
our fair share of, uh, challenges. Yeah.
Facing challenges will either bring people closer
or drive them apart.
What challenges drove you and my uncle apart?
I always admired your directness.
And I've always been impressed with your charming evasion.
I suppose we're suited to our literary specialties.
Mm-hm.
Crime fiction lays everything out.
Victorian romance is all about avoidance and obfuscation.
Look, Carmela, I'm, I'm not here to argue with you.
I'm simply trying to figure out if there's anything
in your split with my uncle
that would help me figure out where he is
and what happened to him.
The police asked the same thing
and I'll tell you what I told them.
I moved out nine months ago,
and we've barely interacted since then.
Ok, well when is the last time you spoke with him?
What?
Well, the fact is we spoke briefly on Friday.
But, look, I don't want to bad mouth your uncle.
About what?
We'd agreed in the divorce that, among other things,
I'd get the Mercedes
and he'd buy me out of my half of the house.
The judge signed the divorce papers three weeks ago
but your uncle has yet to provide me with a check.
On Friday, he came by here, angry with me
and told me he didn't appreciate being threatened.
You threatened him?
Certainly not.
He said something about a note taped to his office door.
I told him I didn't know what he was talking about.
Did he tell you what the note said?
No.
He just apologized and left.
When was this?
Friday afternoon.
Right.
Thank you for your time.
Hey.
Hey, thought I heard you.
Come on in.
I know, I messed with the system,
I will take the heat, Lucy.
But to find out if there's anything useful here,
we need actual order.
Ok.
How'd it go?
Good.
Uh, Lucy, did my uncle ever mention anything on Friday
about a threatening note being attached to this door?
Uh, no.
Threatening how?
Well I don't know the exact details,
but he told Carmela about it.
You're talking about this door?
Yeah.
You know what some of my favorite things are?
Hmm?
Security cameras.
We might get lucky.
Let's start on Thursday night.
When did he leave the office?
Hmm.
15PM.
All right.
Hey, who, who is that?
That's just a private tutoring student.
It's Janey Sullivan.
Frank Sullivan's daughter?
Yeah.
Who is Frank Sullivan?
He runs the biggest construction firm in the region
and the local political machine.
He's a powerful guy.
Got you elected.
I've always run as an independent.
Go ahead and play it.
You don't have night vision on these cameras?
I wish.
Yeah.
It's a university, you would think they did.
Hold it, what is that?
That is an umbrella.
Well, it hasn't rained in weeks.
Hey, is there a way to mirror it to that big ol' screen?
Sure.
Here we go.
What time does Al come in on Fridays?
Well, we don't have classes so it's usually afternoon.
Ok, go ahead and fast forward up till then.
Oh, there he is.
What's on the door?
Get closer to it.
Oh, it's a photo. It looks like a, maybe a lake?
I don't know. Can you print that out for me?
Sure.
There, freeze it.
"Stop or I'll destroy you too."
I'll let our tech have a look-see.
Maybe they'll pick up something about this umbrella person.
Yeah, that works for me.
Hey, thank you Harry.
Carmela said that my uncle
was trying to buy her out of the house
but he was dragging his feet on the payments.
Do you know about that?
I know money was tight and that he had taken on
a second job doing a history display for Kent Lake Hotel
for their upcoming anniversary.
Right.
Plus all the private tutoring.
I mean, how many students did he have?
Just Janey, but it was pro bono.
How did that work?
It was just a favor for Janey's dad.
Frank Sullivan.
Were he and Al friends?
Um, I think so, but Sinead, that's Janey's Mom,
she was much more involved.
She kept checking in with Al to see how Janey was doing.
Do you happen to have their phone number, by any chance?
Sure, yeah, I can just text it to Amy.
Great.
Ok, so, money's tight, but he's tutoring for free?
I know, I don't like the math on that either.
Got it, thanks.
Would you happen to know anything
about why Carmela and my uncle split up?
Uh, I know it was her idea and then a month later
she started coming around,
bringing him baked goods and stuff.
Do you think maybe she wanted to get back together?
Yeah, I think so.
What was Al's reaction to that?
He was super nice about it but he made it clear
that he wasn't interested.
Listen, I have to get to class-
Of course.
But here's an extra key to our office.
Before you go,
do you happen to have the passcode for Al's computer?
Yeah.
All of his passwords are History 101,
but "history" is spelled backwards.
Gotcha.
Yeah.
-Thank you, Lucy. -No, thank you.
I feel a lot better now that you guys are here.
Take care.
Thanks, Lucy.
-Let's go. -Yeah.
Carmela said that my uncle thought that she left the note,
but why would she say "stop"
if she wanted to get back together?
Just doesn't make any sense to me.
And then, what's with the "too?"
Right.
How many people does she destroy?
You know?
Yeah.
-Travis? -Yep, yeah.
-Hi. -Yes.
The note.
-The note is troublesome- -Yes.
But so is your uncle's bank account.
Come here, look at this.
So, your uncle,
he's got $100,000 worth of credit card debt.
Four months ago.
Ok, what happened four months ago?
Well, four months ago he gets a cash deposit of $100,000.
Woah.
Every Friday, he's taking cash withdrawals $500,
like clockwork.
Uh-huh.
So what if he borrowed that money from a loan shark?
And now he's paying the loan shark back.
Yeah, I get it.
So what's his balance now?
It's better, look it,
he made a deposit of $25,000 two weeks ago.
But this time it's a check.
Can you pull up an image?
You bet we can.
Kent Lake House. For consulting.
So that must be the job that Lucy was telling us about.
But here's the thing, even with that,
he still doesn't have enough to pay off Carmela
for her half of the house.
No.
You know, I've been thinking, I was wrong about something.
Really?
Yes.
Surprises me. What were you wrong about?
I was wrong about the fact
that my Dad's 30-minute power nap
lasted way longer than four hours.
Yeah, it did.
Yes, it did.
All right.
Well, I guess I'll take my sandwich to my room.
Oh, yeah.
I, I thought maybe we would eat together.
But that's ok, if you...
No, what are you talking about,
that's what I wanted to, you come in my room
and we'll eat together.
Oh, ok, so, so then that's your idea.
You're stealing that?
Are you seriously accusing me of theft?
Well that's, it's only because you're stealing.
Hey, guys!
-Hi. -Hi!
I thought I heard voices.
Hey, Dad.
How did you sleep? How did you sleep?
Oh, I slept fantastic.
Hey, listen, I ordered room service.
Do you want to join me and catch me up?
We can, we can make a plan for tomorrow?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
All right, come on in.
Okay.
Let's do that.
Hi, Dad.
Hi, sweetheart.
Hi.
Come in, buddy.
Got some sandwiches.
Yeah, good. Good.
I ordered room service.
Hey.
Hey, good morning.
Good morning.
How did you sleep?
Well, soundly.
Until00AM when I woke up worrying again.
How'd you sleep?
You know.
Hi, good morning.
Can I get a cup of coffee, black, please?
Make that two.
Thank you.
Good morning, Dad.
Hi, good morning.
So?
Where are we on the to-do list we came up with last night?
Ok, so I spoke to the Dean and set a meeting to talk
about the ethics board complaint that Carmela apparently made.
That's great.
And I talked to Harry,
caught him up on everything he missed yesterday.
He's gonna meet us here.
Great. Great.
I got in touch with Sinead Sullivan
and I told her about Alister and she agreed to meet us today.
Ok, good.
And I also saw Jennifer at the front desk
and I asked her if we could talk to the person in charge
of the consulting work that Alister is doing for them.
Wow, way to go Dad, you're on it.
Just doing my best, Atticus Keller impersonation.
Ah.
Thank you.
-Hello, folks. -Hi.
This is Olly Kent, the CEO of the Lake House.
Hi.
Graham Winslow.
Oh, Pi Beta Gamma.
Yes.
Are you a brother?
Oh, no, no.
I, I taught a bunch of them in a previous life
as a college professor.
Amy Winslow, it's nice to meet you.
Hi.
How're you doing? Travis Burke.
Pleasure.
Now, did you build this place?
My Dad.
This was all wilderness before he had his dream
to make the premiere resort destination in central New York.
Well, it's beautiful.
Yeah, I'm fortunate that the baton was passed to me.
Olly's also our resident photographer.
He took all of these pictures.
Well, my drone helped with that one.
Mr. Winslow.
I feel a little silly, but I was wondering...
No. It's a writer without a pen.
Olly, right?
Please.
So, my brother Alister
is doing some consulting work for you here
and, uh, I was wondering what that's all about?
Jen, do you know about this?
No, I'm sorry, I don't.
You said your brother told you this?
Actually, my uncle has gone missing.
No one's seen him since Friday.
Oh, my goodness. That's horrible.
I'm so sorry.
But you say that you haven't heard anything
about the consulting?
Maybe Mrs. Kent knows something?
My Mother.
Eleanor.
She and I are co-owners.
It's a good bet.
Jen, do you mind handling?
I've got a call with suppliers.
Of course.
Please, just reach out.
Let us know if there's anything we can do.
-Great. -Thank you.
-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
Again, lovely place.
Eleanor Kent.
Lovely to meet you all.
Nice to meet you.
Yes, I hired Al Winslow.
In two years it's going to be
the 50th anniversary of this place
and I wanted to create a space at the Lake House
dedicated to our family history in its very early days.
And I'm terribly sorry about this latest turn of events.
Have you spoken with Harry Ridgeway?
He's an old friend.
He's being very helpful.
Yeah, Mrs. Kent, when is the last time that you saw Al?
Well, now that would be when he dropped by to raid my attic.
A week or so ago.
Raid your attic?
Yes, he wanted to find anything to do with the history
of Kent Lake House and our family.
So he started with my husband's papers and... Meg's.
And who is Meg?
My daughter. She passed.
It would be 20 years ago this summer.
Sorry.
It was such a terrible day.
To lose both Meg and Mr. Kent.
Was it an accident?
Meg, yes.
She lost control of her boat out on the lake.
She and Olly were racing at night,
as they had done so many times before.
But when I told Preston that Meg had...
Mr. Kent had had open heart surgery just two weeks before.
The news of Meg,
he had a heart attack that was fatal.
That's awful.
I'm sorry.
Now, Jennifer, were you here at that time?
Oh, yes.
Jennifer practically grew up at the Lake House.
My mother worked the front desk, just like me.
Hmm.
But, forgive me, here you are facing a present crisis
and I'm waxing on about two decades old grief.
Grief pays no mind to time.
My wife passed three years ago.
You never get over it.
You just get through it.
You know, this really is a lovely place.
Yeah, it is.
Apparently they do a lot of weddings here.
Oh, Dad.
They do, huh?
Yeah.
Who'd you hear that from?
Brochure.
You have a brochure?
Yeah. See?
Weddings.
Dad.
Hey, Dad-
Yeah.
Where did you get this from?
In the rack, out front, why?
Because this is the same image that we found on Alister's door.
They have it here.
All right, so what if the kidnapper left this on the door?
That could mean...
Mean what?
Oh, hey Harry.
So, this is an exact match for the note left
on Uncle Alister's door.
Oh, man.
I feel like such an idiot.
These postcards are sold all over town.
You know how it takes a while to notice
what's right in front of you.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm familiar with the phenomenon.
So, if the kidnapper left this postcard on your brother's door,
it could mean that he knew that Al was working on
the history project for the Kent Lake House, right?
So, who knew that?
Well, that we know for sure,
there's Eleanor Kent and Lucy Harding.
Lucy, who had access to your uncle's office and house
for days before we knew he was missing.
I don't know, Harry.
I trust her.
Well why don't we go talk to her, together.
She might be more comfortable with you.
Ok. I like that.
Divide and conquer
and then Travis and I will go talk to the Dean
about the ethics board.
Sounds good.
Ok.
I was hoping you could give me some news about Al.
Well, nothing concrete but we are learning some things
that we hope will be helpful.
Which is why we're here to talk to you.
I understand.
Is there an ethics board investigation into Al?
We have very strict legal rules around these matters.
I have to be careful.
However, if you were to rephrase your question
and ask about the subject of an investigation.
Is Al the subject of an investigation?
No.
Ok, but you can't tell us who is, of course?
No, not without a court order.
Right.
I have a question for you though.
Huh.
Who told you about this?
Uh, Mark Lyons told us that my ex-aunt filed the complaint.
Well, without revealing anything,
I would suggest that you look a little more into that.
Well thank you, Dean.
Thank you.
Have a good day.
Ah, that was revealing.
Yeah, so, either Mark lied to us...
Or Carmela lied to him.
Exactly.
Hi, Carmela, can we talk to you for a minute?
I'd love to chat, but I have a lecture to give.
Ok. Well, we'll walk with you.
Shouldn't take long.
Well what, what is it?
And who is this?
I'm Travis Burke.
Oh, the boyfriend.
What exactly did my uncle say about the note
that you left on the door?
I didn't leave it, I told you.
Right, of course, but what did he say?
I don't recall his exact words.
Ok, well, just happen to have gotten
a copy of the actual note.
Ok.
And, you know, when I was reading it,
I couldn't understand why my uncle would think
that you wrote this.
I have no idea.
And I have to get to my classroom.
Is it because he filed a complaint against you
with the ethics board?
Who told you that?
Is it true?
Ask your uncle, if you find him.
I have a class to teach.
So, you used the word "boyfriend."
No, I did not use that exact word.
I mean I'm not against using that word, but...
Hey.
Hey, so we just found out that Al is not the subject
of the ethics board complaint.
There's a possibility that he actually filed the claim
against Carmela.
So she was lying before?
Well, Mark said that she was considering filing.
I mean, maybe hers was a counterclaim?
Hey, have you done a complete background check
on both Carmela and Mark?
It was on my to do list, but I'm moving it to the top.
Graham!
Hey. Hi, kiddo.
I got your message, but I was teaching.
So glad you're here.
How're you holding up?
About as good as you, I bet.
Is there any progress?
We were actually wondering whether you were helping Alister
with his Kent Lake House project?
Sure, I mean I help wherever I can,
but Al just got started collecting papers and such.
It's strange, I didn't see anything about the Lake House
in Al's papers.
Well, that's because it's all at my place.
Lucy, have you told anybody else about this project?
Just Mark.
Professor Lyons.
When was that?
Uh, Friday night.
He came over to my place for dinner.
What time did he leave?
Early.
Before00PM.
That is early.
Thanks, Lucy.
Sure. Keep me posted.
Bye.
-See you later. -See ya.
Ok.
So he leaves before00PM.
Al got a phone call at27PM on that burner phone.
Mark could have called to see if Al was home.
Come by, Al certainly would've opened the door.
But what's the motive?
And how is that connected to the warning?
You're assuming that the postcard
and the kidnapping are connected.
Maybe they aren't?
Yeah, well either way,
I want to talk to this guy.
Let's not go in blind there, Big City.
Let me dig around first and see what I can find on him.
Guys, we're due at the Sullivan's.
Ok.
Thanks.
See ya, Harry.
Quite the edifice.
Hi.
I'm Graham Winslow.
This is my daughter, Amy Winslow.
Hi.
Travis Burke.
We have a meeting with Sinead and Janey Sullivan.
And me.
Frank Sullivan, pleasure to meet you, Mr. Winslow.
Come on in.
Thanks.
Thanks for seeing us.
Of course.
It's nice to finally meet
the famous and successful brother of Al.
Oh, well, you know. I do all right.
Better than all right.
Tell the man what you want to do, Janey.
I'm interested in writing.
See, I wanted her to go into the family business.
I tried the starving artist argument on her,
but, what did you tell me, Janey?
That Professor Winslow's brother has sold millions of books.
And made millions of dollars doing it.
Don't forget that.
Frank, you're embarrassing her.
And our guests.
No, it's fine.
Am I?
Forgive me.
So, how can we help?
Um, well I was actually wondering,
Janey, when did you start working with Professor Winslow?
That was through me.
Al and I had some dealings.
Yeah, what kind of dealings?
You'd have to ask Al about that, wouldn't you?
Did you have a tutor session
with Professor Winslow on Friday?
Uh, no, actually Al cancelled.
Do you know why he canceled, Janey?
Well, he called me and he merely said something had come up.
Huh.
Yeah.
And how did he sound when he spoke to you?
Fine.
But, you know, I don't know him terribly well.
So...
Right.
Hmm.
Uh-oh. Honey?
Are you ok?
Yeah, I've just got a...
sorry these migraines just come on so fast.
I hate to even ask this, but would you happen to have-
Of course-
Anything I could take for my head?
Yes!
Sure, yes.
Sorry.
No.
Oh dear.
Have some water.
I'm a little confused.
I thought that you and my uncle talked a lot.
If Al told you that, then he also told you
what my husband is capable of.
Sinead, I...
Your uncle lead me to believe that you're quite brilliant.
If that's so, then you'll leave matters alone.
I would truly hate for someone else to go missing.
Yeah, but why would Sinead be behind Al's disappearance
if they're still friends?
Yeah, see, maybe they're not, right?
Maybe they're more than that,
and maybe Frank Sullivan found out?
"I know what my husband's capable of."
Blood at Alister's house.
You think Frank Sullivan...
Dad.
No, no, no.
No, no, come on, we've all been thinking it
since we heard about the blood that my baby brother is...
Hey, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
This is my fault.
What?
No.
You heard what Frank Sullivan said.
Private dealings.
Al went to that thug for money instead of coming to me.
Hold on.
Graham, we don't know that Frank Sullivan
loaned your brother $100,000.
We don't know that.
You think that the boss of the local political machine,
who runs a construction business,
is above loan sharking?
No, no I don't.
But if Frank Sullivan loaned your brother the money,
don't you think that he wants Al around to pay him back?
Unless you're right.
Unless Sullivan found out that his wife
and my brother were involved.
Now, I know, I know, and I appreciate you guys
trying to spare me harsh truths,
but we're not getting anywhere unless we consider all options.
But Graham...
Who's that?
I don't know, unknown caller.
Hello.
Distorted voice: We have your uncle.
It'll cost you $200,000 to get him back.
How do we know that you have him?
Distorted voice: Talk.
I'm ok. Don't worry. I'm sorry about this.
Distorted voice: That's enough.
Hey, hey, hey.
This is... this is Graham Winslow.
I can get the money.
No, no.
I just, it will take me a little time.
Distorted voice: You have three hours.
We'll call you with further instructions,
but if you go to the cops, Al Winslow dies.
Hang on, can I speak to Al, please?
Can I speak to...
I need to call my broker.
No, Dad, we need...
He's alive, Amy.
That's all that matters.
He's been in the bank a long time.
Here he comes.
Hey, guys.
Hey.
Hey, how'd it go?
Got it.
What now?
Oh.
Now we answer the phone.
Hang on a second. Let me record this.
Ready?
Ok, yeah.
Hello.
Distorted voice: You get the money?
Yeah, I have it.
Distorted voice: At00PM you'll take a boat
from the launch dock at Kent Lake House, across the lake.
You'll receive further instructions
once you're on the other side.
If we see any cops,
you can forget about seeing your uncle again.
Hello?
Well, it's weird that means they also know
we're staying at the Kent Lake House.
Honey, I don't, I don't like this.
Dad, they just want their money.
You don't know that. What if they grab you too?
I don't like it either, Amy,
but I do have an idea that might make it a little bit safer.
I think we should get Sheriff Ridgeway involved.
No police.
They were clear.
Well, aren't you the police?
I noticed your badge this morning.
They don't know that.
Plus, I'm not gonna be carrying the money.
Ok.
How can I help?
All right, that drone that you used to take
all these fancy pictures with, does it have night vision?
How're you doing out there, Amy?
You know, if I weren't carrying ransom money
to a kidnapper right now,
I'd tell you it's a lovely evening
and I wish you were beside me.
Uh, you're on speaker phone.
Thanks for the warning.
Hi, Dad!
Olly.
Hi, honey.
Hello.
Hey, heads up, I'm hearing another engine.
Yeah, where's it coming from?
I'm not seeing anything.
My right, I think.
It seems to...
Amy!
That was gunfire.
Amy?
It's ok.
I'm ok.
That was gunfire.
There's another boat approaching.
Look, they're not letting her get to the far shore.
Travis, we gotta get out there.
Yeah, yeah.
I need you to get me closer.
They might hear the drone.
I don't care.
Hey, I'm not looking, just take the money.
Amy, he's coming onto your boat.
I need you to stay down, keep your head down.
Stay calm, you're gonna be ok.
Where's my uncle?!
Amy!
I'm ok.
Amy, just don't do anything.
Please.
It's ok, it's ok.
He took the key, I can't follow.
Which direction are they going?
West, toward Eagle Landing.
Ok, what's, what's out that way?
Uh, a path with an access road.
How do I get there?
Take the ATV.
All right.
Travis, what's going on?
It's Dad, honey.
We think we know where they're coming ashore.
Travis is gonna intercept them.
I'm swimming back.
No, no, no, Amy.
Dad, I'll talk to you soon.
Amy!
There's an ATV over there.
You see anyone else?
Let me get a little closer.
No.
I hope Travis is close 'cause they're taking off.
What's happening?
Travis just shot out the kidnapper's front tire.
Show me your hands!
Take off your helmet.
She refused her phone call.
Folks, I gotta ask,
how come you didn't notify me
when you received the ransom demand?
She said no cops.
Well you didn't exactly honor that condition, did ya?
She didn't know I was a cop.
If I was in your shoes, probably how I would have handled it.
Now that she knows what you do, let's go talk to her together.
Yeah.
Where's Al Winslow?
Where's my lawyer?
If you mean public defender,
they won't be available until morning.
If you mean one of your father's people,
you'll have to give your dad a call.
Here, use mine.
Yours is evidence in a crime.
No?
Fine.
I'll call him for ya.
I assume that you boosted the gun from him, yeah?
Wait.
Ah. Too late.
No, please don't.
Hey, Sheriff. Hold, hold on a second.
Janey, you're obviously very intelligent.
I mean, your lake plan was brilliant.
You get Amy isolated, you switch gears on her,
you make her give you the cash
before she could even get to the other side.
If we didn't have that drone,
you'd be who knows where right now
counting your money.
Which means that you're smart enough to know
that you are in serious legal trouble.
Now, you could make your circumstances better,
if you cooperate with us.
Would you like to do that?
All right.
Where is Al Winslow?
I don't know where Professor Winslow is.
What?
Are you working with somebody who does?
I didn't kidnap him.
Janey, we heard his voice.
That was from a voicemail that he left me.
Come on, you expect us to believe-
Believe what you want.
Listen, I only came up with this plan after you showed up,
with Graham Winslow.
I knew that he could afford it and after I had the money
I would have let you know the truth.
Janey, your family obviously has money.
No, my father does.
I'd like to make my phone call now.
After that, I'll write out my confession.
I thought we'd get him back.
Sorry, Dad.
I don't know.
Maybe she's lying, Graham.
It's hard to know what to believe right now.
I know.
As Dashiell Hammett wrote,
the problem with putting two and two together
is sometimes you get four.
And sometimes you get 22.
Yeah, I remember.
Well, we'll see if Janey feels like changing her story
after a night in the cells.
What if she doesn't?
What if it's the truth?
I mean, nobody's heard from Alister in five days.
I know, Mr. Winslow.
And we're all working the case.
Speaking of which,
I did that digging into Carmela Rhee and Mark Lyons.
Anything?
Well, Carmela seems like a stand-up citizen.
Mark Lyons?
Couple of bumps.
His credit report is bad, he's carrying some major debt.
And one of my deputies ticketed him last year
for disturbing the peace.
So, Mark fought with one of your deputies
over where a car was parked?
Did you talk to Deputy Patrick?
Not yet, but she's on shift tonight.
Yeah, I remember him.
He was so belligerent I was ready to haul him in,
but his wife begged me not to.
So, I just wrote it up as disturbing the peace
and I made him pay a big fine.
His wife?
Yeah, it was her Mercedes that was blocking the fire hydrant.
She drove a Mercedes?
Yeah, why?
Well, is this her?
Yeah.
Thanks, Gail.
You bet, Sheriff.
Thanks, officer.
Carmela was cheating on my brother with his protege.
If Al found out, was he the kind of guy
that would lodge a complaint against them
with the ethics board?
I don't know, but I certainly would have.
You mean, so they both could have viewed Al
as trying to destroy them.
Or either one of them could have threatened to destroy him.
Well, we gotta talk to 'em.
Both.
Harry, where is my daughter?
Please, can I see her?
Sorry, but visiting hours are over.
Then charge me with something and put me in the cell.
Right next to her.
No charges are required.
Come on.
You know, from the standpoint of a writer,
I just don't know enough about
what's behind the actions of either Sullivan woman.
Love, or greed or something else.
But looking into Sinead's eyes, she seemed afraid.
She certainly has every reason to be scared for her daughter.
That kid is in big trouble.
Yeah.
And then there's my ex sister-in-law and her boyfriend.
Which we are going to be talking to both of them tomorrow.
Yeah, well tomorrow's already here and I need to head to bed.
Ok.
I'm really grateful nothing happened
with you tonight, honey.
Yeah, me too.
I love you, sweetheart.
I love you too, Dad.
Same goes for you, my friend.
Goodnight, Graham.
Goodnight.
Goodnight, sweetie.
We have to find my uncle.
We're doing everything we can.
Which, apparently includes swimming
halfway across the lake.
Do you expect me to just sit out there?
Yeah, actually that's exactly
what I expect from you next time.
You know, there's something that you didn't know about me.
Hmm?
Is that I was the captain of the swim team at Garrison High.
Of course you were, Amy.
Of course you were.
You've got an answer for everything.
I like that.
Not for where my uncle is.
We will find him.
Tell me that again.
We will.
You know what?
What?
I believe you.
All company transactions have...
all company transactions have to be approved, Mom.
Then why keep it a secret?
I'm still... and this is still my...
No, this is our business.
I don't mean to keep...
-Hi. -Hi.
Mr. Winslow.
We shouldn't have this discussion in front of guests.
All right. We can talk about this later.
Yeah.
Hey.
Everything ok?
Ah, when you're in business with somebody,
especially a family member, you have this assumption that
they'll tell you about things related to the business.
Olly.
Frank Sullivan is here, insisting on seeing you.
This ought to be good.
Maybe I should tag along.
Be my guest.
Already am.
So we meet again, Mr. Winslow.
Olly, can we speak in private?
If this is what I think it's about,
I'd prefer to remain in a public space.
Fine.
Is Sinead here?
Come on. We both know she stayed here in the past
when she and I had disagreements.
Frank, I'm sure you can appreciate my position
regarding guests and their privacy.
Seriously, Olly?
She's my wife and she hasn't answered my calls
since she went for a drive last night.
Are you not concerned about Janey's whereabouts?
This is none of your business, pal.
Well, I just, you know, I think it's funny
that you're worried about your wife but not your daughter.
My daughter's with friends.
No, Mr. Sullivan.
Your daughter is in a jail cell.
What?
Is this some kind of joke?
Frank. Let him go.
No joke.
He's telling the truth about Janey.
She was arrested last night.
For what?
I suggest you take your hands off me
and address your questions to the police.
I'm not gonna forget this.
Sorry I'm late.
I was grabbing some java.
Thank you so much, Harry.
Bonnie's Brew, that's the best coffee in town.
I used to live upstairs.
How could you move away from Bonnie's?
I know, right.
But I wanted to be walking distance from school.
Hmm. Smart move.
You're on Belvedere?
Uh, Grandview, in the building next to Last Drip,
but it's no Bonnie's.
My dad just sent me a text and apparently Frank Sullivan
just made a big scene over at Kent Lake House.
He was looking for Sinead.
Anyway, he thinks his daughter spend the night with a friend.
Not in jail.
My dad said that you should be expecting a call
from Frank anytime.
Ah, speak of the devil.
He sent me a text, he wants to meet.
Can you handle the other situation?
Yeah, we got it.
Hi.
Oh, hello.
You mind company?
Not in the least.
Thanks.
Oh.
I just wish you were here under better circumstances.
As do I.
It's quite a place you and Olly have here.
Listen, I just want to say,
if you're upset with him over us
drafting him into service last night,
I take full responsibility.
Forgive me, I, I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, I saw... I saw the two of you having a rather
spirited discussion earlier,
and Olly seemed to indicate that it was...
Oh, no.
That was over what I hired your brother to do.
The history of the Lake House?
Yes.
Olly seems to think it's a frivolous,
narcissistic enterprise.
I knew he wouldn't like it,
which is precisely why I didn't bother running it by him
for his approval.
Sounds reasonable.
My husband always used to say that the advantage
of a family business is that you got to share the profits.
But also, the debits.
It's my dad.
Hey, Dad.
Hey, honey. I just had a thought.
What if Janey didn't plan to extort me all by herself.
What if she was in business with another family member?
Like Frank?
No, I was thinking more like the person
who was desperate to talk to her last night.
That's actually a good thought, Dad.
Thanks, honey.
I'm on my way to the police station now
to see if Sinead's still there.
I'll let you know how it goes.
All right, bye.
Bye Graham.
Go Detective Winslow, go.
-Go ahead. -Thank you.
You two don't give up.
Well, legally I'm not really allowed to.
I don't understand.
Oh, Travis is a police detective.
Yeah, that's right,
and I'm working with Sheriff Ridgeway
to find your ex-husband.
So, your affair with Mark Lyons, when do you think that ended?
Well, it ended a few months ago.
Right.
Remember, 'cause that's when she started bringing
all the baked goods to my uncle.
Mm-hm.
Did you do that
because you wanted to get back together with him?
Ah, but Al didn't want to, did he?
No.
So he pushed to have the divorce,
even though that meant that he would have to pay you
for half the house with money he didn't have.
Now, do you think he pushed ahead because he found out
about the affair or because he found out who it was with?
What do you think?
No.
I told him about that.
Why?
Because I was angry.
I, I took it out on him.
I was really angry with myself.
For being a fool.
Mark didn't love me.
He pretends to be Al's protege
but he is insanely jealous of him.
When did you tell Al about Mark?
A week ago.
And that's when he filed the claim with the ethics board.
I got the notice on Friday.
Can you prove that?
So Mark got this on Friday as well?
Yes.
He was furious.
I've never seen him so angry.
He said...
What?
"I could kill him."
So, if they didn't get the ethics board notice
until Friday...
Then neither of them could have left the note.
Ok, but what if the note and the kidnapping weren't connected?
Right.
He's not in his office,
do you have the card that he gave you earlier?
Oh, yeah.
Straight to voicemail.
Of course.
Hi, Mark, it's Amy Winslow,
will you just give me a call when you get this?
It's important.
Thanks, bye.
You got a little...
Come on.
It's the way we came, remember?
Sinead!
Sinead.
I'm sorry, I don't have time to chat.
I need to work on Janey's bail.
Maybe I can help with that.
Sinead!
You should stay away from me.
Come on, we need to talk.
Maybe you should come with me, where you'll be safe.
You're being ridiculous.
Get in the car.
Mark certainly has a motive for wanting to silence my uncle.
Oh, I don't know Travis.
Can't help but think about the irony that the word
"family" and "familiar" have the same root
and that I just had no clue
about so much of my uncle's life.
Huh.
That's like what my poppa always said.
"Nobody knows you like your family,
"except when they don't."
You called your dad, Poppa?
No, that's actually what I used to call my grandfather.
Aw.
You guys were close?
You know, how I don't really like,
talk too much about my family.
Mm-hm.
Well that...
It's because it's sad.
I was 11 years old.
My mom and dad,
they were driving home from a dinner party.
It was during a snowstorm and there was an 18-wheeler
lost control on I-90 and eight people were killed.
Oh, Travis.
It's all right.
Now, my grandparents, they were babysitting me.
And when they got the phone call,
I was playing with these little toy trucks.
I was making them crash.
And for years, I thought it was my fault.
So, my grandparents, in the spot,
they just, right there on the spot,
said maybe they did until they passed.
When did they pass?
Uh, Poppa...
He died when I was a sophomore in college, aneurism.
He was sitting at his desk at the 18th precinct.
That's why you became a cop.
Yeah.
It's cliché, right?
No.
Mm-mm.
No, it's sweet and I know that he would be so proud of you.
And my Gran...
She fought cancer for five years,
because she promised me that she was gonna see me
get my detective shield.
She did.
Like I said, it's sad.
Thank you for sharing that with me.
For trusting me.
Hey, Amy.
I trust you with my life.
Hey, um...
You... should probably get that.
It might be important.
Yeah, yeah.
Hello?
What?
No, no, no, no.
Don't go in.
We'll be right there.
It's Lucy.
Somebody just broke into her apartment.
She thinks they're still there.
Hey, Lucy, call 911.
We'll be right there.
Ok.
All right, bye.
Phew.
You used to race cars?
Thank you.
I grew up in Ireland.
Mrs. Sullivan.
She's with me and I hope you'll follow Olly's pledge
to protect the privacy of his guests,
because someone may be arriving looking for her.
I understand.
And please, feel free to use Mr. Kent's office.
He's away on business today.
-Great. -Thank you.
Hey. Did you call 911?
Yes, right after you told me to.
Has anybody come out of the building?
No.
I'm going in.
No, Travis.
When the officers get here,
you let them know that I am inside and that I am armed.
Ok?
Police!
Come out with your hands up!
Tell them Travis and I are inside, ok?
Travis!
Amy.
So all that's missing are the Kent Lake House materials
and my spare apartment key.
Why would they have taken that?
I don't know, but you definitely need to call a locksmith
as soon as possible.
Hey, when was the last time
that you were in your apartment?
Monday.
After Al went missing I freaked out a bit
and went to stay with my cousin.
This is the first time I feel safe enough to come home.
So you said that you told Mark
about the Kent Lake House project
when he came over for dinner the other night?
Yeah.
And what started that topic?
Well, I mean he saw the boxes.
They were right there.
Why, you don't think that Mark...
What did you discuss about the papers?
Not much, really.
I mean, I was excited to be included
and that Al was gonna compensate me
and how generous Mrs. Kent was being with the fee, I mean.
And the fee was $25,000.
Yeah, sure, but that was just for the first quarter.
So, the full fee was $100,000?
Oh.
And Mark had some serious debt.
That kind of money is quite a motive.
Yeah.
Thanks Lucy.
Called him a few times, he hasn't gotten back to me,
so how do you want to handle it?
As directly as possible.
I have a doorbell, Detective.
You're not armed, are you?
Are you joking?
You broke into Lucy Harding's apartment,
you stole the Kent papers now you have a choice.
You can let us in and talk to us about it,
or I'm gonna call Sheriff Ridgeway.
He's gonna show up with a warrant
and the jurisdiction to arrest you.
What do you wanna do?
I didn't break in anywhere.
Ok, you know what, that's fine.
I'm gonna call the sheriff.
Please, please.
Come in.
There's been a misunderstanding because Lucy asked for my help.
Oh, really?
Why else would she give me her spare key?
I don't know, maybe you stole her key
now you're using that as an excuse?
She had me over for dinner and begged for my help.
I wasn't going to take the boxes then so she gave me a key.
Yeah, well that's not the story she tells.
Well then I guess it's her word against mine.
So you're not trying to steal this job from Al
so that you can pay off your massive debt, Mark?
Where is my uncle?
You think I know where Al is?
Well you need him to be out of the picture
so you could take over the Kent job.
Feel free to look.
Gladly.
Thank you for being so kind.
Especially after what Janey put you through.
No, come on.
This is certainly no excuse,
but she thought that by stealing your money
I'd be able to leave Frank.
I definitely think you should do that.
I'd start by filing a restraining order.
You know, I,
I was surprised that you flew out here at the drop of a hat.
I was under the impression
that you and your brother weren't close.
Not as close as we should be, but I'd do anything for him.
Hmm.
Graham, can I trust you?
Of course.
Well, it's the sheriff.
Oh, great.
Why don't we go ask him about that restraining order?
What is all this stuff?
It's the Kent paperwork, actually.
Preston Kent was quite a packrat.
Well, I mean you didn't organize this
in the last two hours, obviously.
No, I'm good, but not that good.
So, when did you get all of this stuff from Lucy?
It was a couple days ago, actually.
Well, most of it.
I just came back from collecting a fresh trove.
Back from Lucy's?
No, the bank.
I found a key to a safe deposit box
in an envelope Al had collected.
Did you look through this yet?
We'll help you.
Lucy had just begun collecting press clips
and filing a freedom of information request
for an accident report.
Where's that?
This?
Well it says that Al Winslow signed it.
Sure, she signed for him. TA's do that all the time.
Hey, Travis?
Hm?
Take a look at this.
Absolutely.
Let me make a call and we'll get the paperwork started.
Thanks.
Make you feel safer?
Yes.
Though, to be honest it's not only my safety
I'm concerned for.
Oh, Janey, I get it.
No.
Some months ago,
I fell in love with someone quite special.
I kept quiet about my feelings
until he shared that he had the same feelings for me.
We tried to work out what to do,
and we were so careful because Frank is who he is.
But somehow, Frank must have found out.
How do you know?
Before Frank uses force,
he likes to give you subtle little warnings,
to frighten you.
He did that, in this case.
A message, on a postcard.
You're in love with my brother.
Yes.
How did you...
You've seen the postcard.
But how.
All took it...
Took?
Hang on, hang on.
You know where Alister is?
told you sooner, hould he
but I didn't know who to trust.
Well, you told us now and that's all that matters.
I'll call as soon as I have Al safely in hand, all right?
Thanks, Harry.
I'm terribly sorry.
And I appreciate your understanding.
If I were married to Frank Sullivan
I think I'd have trust issues too.
Excuse me.
It's Amy.
Oh.
Hi, honey.
Hey, Dad.
We know where your uncle is.
What?
How?
He and Sinead Sullivan had fallen in love
and when Frank found out, he sent the warning.
What warning?
The postcard.
Sinead and Alister panicked.
They were afraid for his life.
She sent him where Frank would never look.
The family cabin.
Dad, the postcard wasn't from Frank Sullivan.
Sure it was.
Harry just went to get Alister.
You told Harry?
What is the address for him?
The address?
Dad!
-The address! -What is the address?
Hello?
Who's there?
Sheriff Ridgeway, Mr. Winslow.
I've been looking for you, and those papers.
Right.
I expect you have.
So how much are you gonna offer me for them?
Money?
Mr. Winslow, not only do I have a badge,
I also have a gun.
And when they read my police report it will say
you were unstable, attacked me and I feared for my life.
Yeah, well that's a bad idea, Harry.
Yeah, we've been standing over there for the past 10 minutes.
What do you think you're doing, Big City?
Well I'm here to arrest you for conspiracy to commit murder.
I don't know what you all think is going on here.
What I think, Harry?
I think you covered up a murder.
What?
You came here for the Kent papers.
You broke into Lucy's apartment.
You shot your gun at me.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Amy, can you please tell the sheriff?
Yeah, no problem.
So Lucy's driver's license lists the old address,
which made sense
because that's why he brought us those coffees
from Bonnie's Brew.
You're on Belvedere right?
Uh, Grandview.
In the building next to Last Drip,
but it's no Bonnie's.
Because you needed Lucy's new address.
So when I told you that Frank Sullivan was looking for you,
it gave you the perfect excuse to just slip away.
Ah, speak of the devil.
He sent me a text.
He wants to meet.
Can you handle the other situation?
Wait, you didn't meet with Frank, did you?
No, you went to go find Lucy's new place
and then you broke into it.
You must have been so surprised
when those Kent papers weren't there?
You want to know what's funny, Amy?
What's that?
The Kent papers aren't here either.
In fact, Al, he doesn't even know why you want those papers.
He's hiding for a totally different reason, aren't you Al?
Uh, yeah.
I misread your warning postcard.
Except for it wasn't your warning, was it, Harry?
That idiot.
Harry, I hope for your sake that you've got plenty of evidence
on that "idiot's" complicity.
Otherwise, my friend,
you're gonna be hanging all by yourself.
Olly, they asked us to speak to them about Al Winslow.
Did Harry find him?
Oh yeah, yeah, no, we found Al.
Al is in the hospital.
Is he all right?
Ah.
You know, he's been shot.
Oh.
Oh no, that's awful.
It was just a flesh wound, to the leg,
unfortunately he accidentally shot himself
when he placed a loaded gun into his belt.
Ow!
You see, he was preparing to flee.
See, Al thought that Frank Sullivan had learned
about his falling in love with his wife, Sinead.
The reason he thought this
is because somebody left a note on his office door.
This.
It was this postcard, right here.
"Stop, or I'll destroy you too."
With a picture of your sister's lake on the front of it.
Now, what my uncle didn't see in all of his panic,
he didn't notice the word "too."
Implying that someone else had already been destroyed.
Right, you know, because had he thought about that,
he probably would have realized that Frank Sullivan
didn't write that note.
Mm-mm.
No, someone else wanted him to stop doing something else.
What?
What Mrs. Kent hired him to do.
Uncover the history of the Kent Lake House.
Well who would want him to do that?
Harry Ridgeway.
I don't understand.
How would Harry even know about this project?
Well, because my uncle's TA, Lucy Harding,
filed a Freedom of Information request for the accident report
on the death of your daughter.
That's right, and she filed that at the sheriff's office,
where we all learned that that accident report
was filled out by a young Harry Ridgeway.
Who just happened to be elected sheriff
that very next year on a campaign funded largely by you.
Yes, we were impressed by him.
Oh, I'm sure you were.
He was an incredible investigator.
In fact, he learned that your sister Meg's death
was not an accident.
What?
Harry took these photos and, uh, he held onto them as insurance.
I'm so sorry, Mrs. Kent.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Kent.
The cause of death was not drowning,
it was several blows to the head,
including one to the face
which left a distinct impression
of a signet ring from Pi Beta Gamma.
Mom.
Listen, yes, Meg and I had a fight.
That's why she went out to the boat,
but I didn't kill her, come on.
Olly, Harry also had some other insurance.
"I can make all this disappear, and rule it as an accident."
"How much is that gonna cost me?"
"Well, been thinking of running for sheriff."
If you have all this, you have Ridgeway as well?
Oh, yeah, yeah, no he flipped about an hour ago.
He's so furious that somebody, you, left a note on the door.
Your sister.
Olly.
Why?
Dad.
He was going to cut me out of the Lake House,
of my inheritance.
Yeah, he told me.
Said I was his biggest disappointment.
That he was leaving it all to Meg which is a joke.
Now, did he say Meg, or did he say your sister?
Did you know that your dad had a secret safe deposit box?
And the key, Mrs. Kent,
it's been hidden in your attic all these years.
This was in it.
Jennifer, will you read this?
"I, Preston Kent, being of sound mind
"do hereby leave my entire stake in Kent Lake House
"to my daughter, Jennifer.
"Jennifer Espinoza, my only child who is worthy of it."
Mr. Kent had been paying your mother child support
ever since you were born.
He's kept all the check stubs.
Nobody knows you like your family.
Except when they don't.
So they say I'm lucky there's no infection.
It turns out that surgeons know more than history professors
about treating wounds.
Listen, brother.
How would you feel about me sticking around for a bit?
Just, just until you recover.
I don't want to get between you and Sinead,
you know, I can stay in my room in the Lake House.
Ok, Graham, stop, stop.
You'll stay at my place.
For as long as you like.
-Ok. -Ok!
And you two.
Wow, you, you literally saved my life.
Correct use of the word "literally."
Ah, so this is a family pet peeve.
Yeah, I guess you could say so.
Honestly, I, I don't know how to thank you.
Well, how about you come and visit us
after school's out?
Consider it done.
-Hey. -Hey.
We got him back.
Just like you promised.
You said you believed me when I said we would.
Mmm.
And well, the irony of that is you're pretty unbelievable.
Yeah, we'll talk.
I just mean that, you know you put everything on hold back home
to jump on a plane, fly across the country
to come and do all this.
I mean you put your life in danger.
You... you got shot at.
And you did all that for my family.
And for me.
So, yeah.
I think you're pretty unbelievable.
Well, it's pretty easy to believe
when you know my motive.
What is it, this time, huh?
I love you.
What?
I love you.
Hey, partner.
Some night for a murder.
Yeah.
Uh...
Hey, what's Amy doing here?
She's the one that called it in.
The deceased is Sam Jameson.
You know who that is, right?
Yeah, I know.
He's Amy's fiancé.