1 00:00:09,469 --> 00:00:11,012 [piano music playing] 2 00:00:28,905 --> 00:00:29,947 No. 3 00:00:33,826 --> 00:00:36,329 [sighs wearily] 4 00:01:03,731 --> 00:01:05,775 [phone dialing] 5 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:16,369 [Tammy] Tides Motor Inn. This is Tammy. 6 00:01:19,247 --> 00:01:21,707 Hello? Anyone there? 7 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:23,459 [ends call] 8 00:01:32,677 --> 00:01:34,053 [line ringing] 9 00:01:36,889 --> 00:01:37,890 [Theodora] Hello. 10 00:01:37,974 --> 00:01:40,017 Uh, yeah, this is Nora Brannock 11 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:43,396 and, um… I need to see you right away. 12 00:01:43,479 --> 00:01:44,772 [honking] 13 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:55,283 [siren blaring] 14 00:01:58,327 --> 00:02:00,788 -[doorbell chiming] -[Theodora] Nora, how are you? 15 00:02:02,081 --> 00:02:03,040 Not great. 16 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:08,504 I suppose Dean's told you that he's not staying at the house right now. 17 00:02:10,214 --> 00:02:13,217 Yeah. The girl in the video… in the bedroom. 18 00:02:13,301 --> 00:02:15,636 He told me that he doesn't know who she is. 19 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,388 Says he didn't sleep with her. 20 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,432 Hmm. That's what he told me, too. 21 00:02:20,725 --> 00:02:21,893 And do you believe him? 22 00:02:23,394 --> 00:02:25,313 I mean, I did. 23 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,318 Just doesn't seem like him. 24 00:02:30,401 --> 00:02:34,113 I have to say, I like Dean a great deal. 25 00:02:35,698 --> 00:02:36,782 But that video… 26 00:02:37,742 --> 00:02:40,703 Your bedroom, a 17-year-old girl in pigtails… 27 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:42,496 It kind of speaks for itself. 28 00:02:44,874 --> 00:02:45,708 What? 29 00:02:45,791 --> 00:02:47,460 That word, "pigtails." 30 00:02:48,753 --> 00:02:49,879 What about it? 31 00:02:49,962 --> 00:02:52,298 It's just so specific, 32 00:02:52,924 --> 00:02:56,802 and I just heard my friend Karen say it at the club a few weeks ago 33 00:02:56,886 --> 00:02:58,221 and now you too. 34 00:02:58,304 --> 00:03:01,682 Before that I don't think I heard it for 20 years. 35 00:03:01,766 --> 00:03:04,101 But that's not what you called me about, is it? 36 00:03:06,562 --> 00:03:07,396 No. 37 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:14,654 So, I wanted to look at his phone records, 38 00:03:16,072 --> 00:03:19,158 so I could see if maybe there was a number I didn't recognize. 39 00:03:19,242 --> 00:03:21,244 Hers. The girl. 40 00:03:21,327 --> 00:03:23,412 There wasn't anything on his cell phone, 41 00:03:23,496 --> 00:03:29,043 so I thought, "Shit, maybe he called her from the house." 42 00:03:29,126 --> 00:03:30,378 "From the landline." 43 00:03:31,963 --> 00:03:33,589 But that's not what I found. 44 00:03:34,257 --> 00:03:37,718 Do you remember when we told you that I got a call at the motel 45 00:03:37,802 --> 00:03:39,720 when I was there by myself with the kids? 46 00:03:39,804 --> 00:03:41,514 -Hello? -[heavy breathing] 47 00:03:42,265 --> 00:03:43,891 It was about 1:00 a.m… 48 00:03:43,975 --> 00:03:44,892 Hello? 49 00:03:44,976 --> 00:03:46,560 -I remember. -[hangs up] 50 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:50,773 So I checked the phone log, and there it is. 51 00:03:50,856 --> 00:03:52,400 Right there. 52 00:03:52,483 --> 00:03:57,697 1:04 a.m. to the motel from our landline. 53 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:02,994 Holy shit. 54 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:08,624 Miss Birch, I think my husband's the one writing those letters. 55 00:04:08,708 --> 00:04:10,876 I think he freaked out. 56 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,586 We couldn't afford the house, 57 00:04:12,670 --> 00:04:14,880 so he wanted out, but he couldn't tell me. 58 00:04:14,964 --> 00:04:18,092 So he thinks, "If I can just scare her, 59 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:20,970 just enough, she'll want to sell the house." 60 00:04:26,934 --> 00:04:29,437 I think it's Dean. He's The Watcher. 61 00:04:43,326 --> 00:04:44,869 [knocking at door] 62 00:04:46,162 --> 00:04:48,497 Hi! I'm Karen. 63 00:04:48,581 --> 00:04:51,334 Karen Calhoun from Darren Dunn Realty. 64 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:52,835 Can we have a little chat? 65 00:04:55,171 --> 00:04:57,173 I mean, the rumors are swirling 66 00:04:57,256 --> 00:04:59,800 and, uh, I just want you to know that 67 00:04:59,884 --> 00:05:02,678 I'm not going to ask for any of the details, okay? 68 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:06,182 My husband and I aren't ready to talk about it. 69 00:05:06,265 --> 00:05:07,266 Do you understand? 70 00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:11,395 Mm-hmm. Which is why I said that I'm not going to ask for any of the details. 71 00:05:11,479 --> 00:05:12,563 Yeah. 72 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:18,361 I mean, even if you wanted me to know what actually did happen, 73 00:05:18,444 --> 00:05:20,780 like, who were the bodies… 74 00:05:20,863 --> 00:05:22,990 You know, I would just say, 75 00:05:23,491 --> 00:05:27,119 "Uh-uh. Please, I don't want to hear it." You know? [chuckles] 76 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:30,081 We don't want to talk about it. 77 00:05:30,164 --> 00:05:33,000 Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah. 78 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,252 Yeah, well, look here, uh… 79 00:05:35,753 --> 00:05:38,381 You know, I'm in real estate, right? 80 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:43,260 And I just want to say your house… your house is an absolute stunner 81 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:48,557 and you're directly across the street from the real prize. 82 00:05:48,641 --> 00:05:51,435 Nora and Dean's house is just spectacular, 83 00:05:51,519 --> 00:05:53,396 and everybody wants that house. 84 00:05:54,230 --> 00:05:57,066 Anyway, can I just take a little moment here 85 00:05:57,149 --> 00:06:00,486 and just say congratulations 86 00:06:00,569 --> 00:06:04,990 for taking such good care of this amazing little nest egg, 87 00:06:05,074 --> 00:06:07,410 because I know that you both are… 88 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:11,580 of a certain age and, you know… 89 00:06:11,664 --> 00:06:14,166 I know you have that condo down in Florida. 90 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:15,918 How do you know that? 91 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,753 You're probably mulling over in your head, 92 00:06:17,837 --> 00:06:20,506 like, "When are we going to flap our little snowbird wings 93 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:22,341 and move down there for good?" 94 00:06:22,425 --> 00:06:23,551 You don't know that. 95 00:06:25,136 --> 00:06:27,888 Well, what I do know is 96 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:34,437 that your house is now what we call a stigmatized property. 97 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,147 It's because of the murders. 98 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:40,276 It's just your house is probably going to go for way less than asking. 99 00:06:40,359 --> 00:06:41,861 As much as 50%. 100 00:06:41,944 --> 00:06:43,654 So, what do you want? 101 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,951 I would like to sell your house for you. 102 00:06:49,034 --> 00:06:50,119 We're not listing it. 103 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:53,998 Well, you don't have to. Just… You just sell it to me. 104 00:06:54,540 --> 00:06:56,792 Do you know Darren Dunn of Darren Dunn Realty? 105 00:06:56,959 --> 00:06:58,294 That's my boss. 106 00:06:58,377 --> 00:07:01,505 And, well, what we do is we work together, 107 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:05,342 we set up an LLC and then we buy houses, 108 00:07:05,426 --> 00:07:07,178 and then we flip them. 109 00:07:07,261 --> 00:07:09,805 And people are always really happy. 110 00:07:10,890 --> 00:07:14,685 My family is going through a very difficult time. You can see that. 111 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:18,147 Have you no empathy, no dignity? 112 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:20,983 [chuckling] I get what I want, you know? 113 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:24,069 [door slams] 114 00:07:24,153 --> 00:07:25,404 [tense music playing] 115 00:07:40,169 --> 00:07:42,796 You were smart to come to me, Nora. 116 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,341 I spoke to my contact at the bureau. 117 00:07:45,424 --> 00:07:47,176 He knows a handwriting analyst. 118 00:07:47,259 --> 00:07:48,761 A guy he trusts. 119 00:07:48,844 --> 00:07:51,514 I showed this guy the third envelope, 120 00:07:51,597 --> 00:07:54,767 and the photos of the first two, and the samples you gave me, 121 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:58,479 of Dean's handwriting, birthday cards, valentines. 122 00:07:58,562 --> 00:08:03,567 Now, he warned me that it's not the best sample. 123 00:08:04,568 --> 00:08:09,740 We've got 30 letters, eight numbers, a slash and a comma. 124 00:08:10,282 --> 00:08:12,660 Not a lot to work with, right? 125 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:18,457 Now, he couldn't say whether all of these letters were written by one person. 126 00:08:18,541 --> 00:08:19,875 They're obviously similar, 127 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:24,463 but there's enough variance in a couple of the pen strokes between envelopes. 128 00:08:25,464 --> 00:08:28,092 See, these two lines here, for instance. 129 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:31,762 One is an up stroke and the other is a downstroke, 130 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:36,141 so he can't tell whether it's one person who has two ways of writing a slash 131 00:08:36,225 --> 00:08:39,395 or whether there's a second person copying the first. 132 00:08:40,354 --> 00:08:43,357 But here's something that he did notice. 133 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,067 Third envelope. 134 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:49,530 See the K in "Brannock"? 135 00:08:50,406 --> 00:08:51,490 See that loop? 136 00:08:52,408 --> 00:08:55,035 He said, in his experience… [clears throat] 137 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:58,872 …only about one in ten people do that. 138 00:09:00,332 --> 00:09:01,166 Look here. 139 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:05,379 Your husband usually doesn't write in all caps, 140 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:09,883 but he did write in all caps on Valentine's Day five years ago. 141 00:09:11,510 --> 00:09:13,887 The last line reads, 142 00:09:13,971 --> 00:09:16,348 "I love you, Mrs. Brannock." 143 00:09:16,432 --> 00:09:18,350 Look at that last K. 144 00:09:19,768 --> 00:09:22,438 Now, I couldn't pin this guy down. 145 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:25,232 He kept going on about how this wasn't a good sample. 146 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:29,236 But I asked him, just his opinion, 147 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:33,240 what the likelihood was that the person who wrote that valentine 148 00:09:33,324 --> 00:09:35,451 also wrote the words on that envelope. 149 00:09:35,534 --> 00:09:36,452 What did he say? 150 00:09:38,162 --> 00:09:41,624 He said he was 70% to 80% certain it was. 151 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:47,921 [sighs] 152 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:53,677 Why would he do this to his own family? 153 00:09:54,553 --> 00:09:56,013 If this was his dream home. 154 00:09:56,096 --> 00:10:00,726 He was excited about the kitchen, the town… It's not like I forced him. 155 00:10:00,809 --> 00:10:02,978 He was just as enthusiastic as I was. 156 00:10:03,062 --> 00:10:05,272 [Theodora] He may have wanted to please you, Nora. 157 00:10:05,356 --> 00:10:10,778 I think he still does and that's why he can't come out and admit it. 158 00:10:10,861 --> 00:10:13,197 I think he got in too deep. 159 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:18,160 He thought he could afford something, then realized that he couldn't. 160 00:10:19,161 --> 00:10:21,538 In fact, I know that's what happened. 161 00:10:22,706 --> 00:10:23,540 What? 162 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:27,419 I went to the bank where you got your loan. 163 00:10:27,503 --> 00:10:29,505 I talked to the guy, off the record. 164 00:10:30,089 --> 00:10:31,840 His friend, Steve, 165 00:10:31,924 --> 00:10:34,802 he told me about the hoops he had to jump through with his boss 166 00:10:34,885 --> 00:10:36,220 to get you that house. 167 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:42,184 Dean cashed out just about every investment to secure that loan. 168 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:45,020 Stocks, bonds, your IRA. 169 00:10:47,398 --> 00:10:52,027 But you had to have known that, right? 170 00:10:52,611 --> 00:10:54,947 Because you had to have signed off on it. 171 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:57,783 Well, I… I guess I… 172 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:01,412 There were a lot of things to sign… 173 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:04,415 Okay. That's all… Yeah, one more. 174 00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:06,875 …and I guess I didn't read the fine print… 175 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:08,460 What are these? 176 00:11:08,544 --> 00:11:11,046 Uh, this is just some IRA stuff. 177 00:11:11,964 --> 00:11:14,800 The Roth. Just sign there, initial there. 178 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:16,093 …and let him take charge. 179 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:17,010 Yeah. 180 00:11:17,094 --> 00:11:17,928 And… 181 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:22,307 And I knew… I knew all of our money was going into the house. I-- 182 00:11:22,391 --> 00:11:26,395 Literally all of your money, Nora. 183 00:11:26,478 --> 00:11:27,813 Except your AMEX card 184 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:30,441 and a checking account with about ten grand in it. 185 00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:35,988 So, when you decided to renovate the kitchen and the basement 186 00:11:36,071 --> 00:11:38,157 on top of the mortgage, 187 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,661 the money really wasn't there. So he goes back to his friend Steve. 188 00:11:43,287 --> 00:11:49,084 But, Steve, he said, "There is no way I can approve a second loan." 189 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:52,379 "But, you know, there are some folks 190 00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:55,090 who could lend you some money, 191 00:11:55,883 --> 00:11:58,343 as long as you pay them back." 192 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:01,555 That wasn't a refi, Nora. 193 00:12:02,181 --> 00:12:06,477 That was a high-interest loan on $150,000. 194 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,187 What the fuck. 195 00:12:09,646 --> 00:12:12,191 I know. It is a lot. 196 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,359 [Nora] Okay, hold on. 197 00:12:14,985 --> 00:12:19,323 This is only a problem until he makes partner, right? 198 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:20,824 Sweetie… 199 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,745 Dean got passed over for partner. 200 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:29,875 -When? -I don't know. 201 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,669 He told Steve a few weeks ago, 202 00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:35,839 but Steve isn't exactly sure when it happened. 203 00:12:36,465 --> 00:12:40,761 So, suddenly, not only does Dean realize he's bought a house that he can't afford, 204 00:12:40,844 --> 00:12:44,473 he now has a high-interest loan from some shady people 205 00:12:44,556 --> 00:12:47,392 and there is no way he's going to be able to pay them 206 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:48,852 anytime soon. 207 00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:51,396 He needed a way out. 208 00:12:52,898 --> 00:12:54,107 Mm-hmm. 209 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:55,943 Yeah. 210 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:05,035 Nora, I am so sorry that we had to find out this way. 211 00:13:06,703 --> 00:13:07,538 [sighs] 212 00:13:08,163 --> 00:13:10,374 But I have to tell you something, sweetheart. 213 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:13,418 We now know who The Watcher is. 214 00:13:34,565 --> 00:13:35,858 [car passing] 215 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:47,411 Hey, Andrew. 216 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,164 What's… Where are you going? 217 00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:52,833 Where the fuck are you going? 218 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:54,376 Hey! Hey, motherfucker! 219 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:55,752 [honking] 220 00:13:57,296 --> 00:13:58,839 [both grunting] 221 00:13:59,423 --> 00:14:01,133 -The fuck. Let me go! -It's fine! 222 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:04,052 Everything's fine! Why are you running away from me, bro? 223 00:14:04,136 --> 00:14:05,304 Why are you chasing me? 224 00:14:05,387 --> 00:14:07,139 -Because you lied to me. -No, I didn't! 225 00:14:07,222 --> 00:14:08,849 You lied to me. You're an actor. 226 00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:11,393 -You didn't tell me you were an actor. -You didn't ask! 227 00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,520 Are you lying to me? Did you live in my house? 228 00:14:13,604 --> 00:14:15,355 -Yes, asshole! -Okay. 229 00:14:16,315 --> 00:14:18,191 What about Mitch and Mo? 230 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,694 Still think they're members of some blood cult? 231 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:21,862 That shit about your kid? 232 00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:24,364 Oh, fuck you! Everything I told you is true. 233 00:14:24,448 --> 00:14:26,533 If you don't want to believe it, that's on you. 234 00:14:26,617 --> 00:14:29,953 But you stay the fuck away from me, you fucking psychopath. 235 00:14:33,957 --> 00:14:34,791 Fuck. 236 00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:36,043 [pensive music playing] 237 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:37,354 [sighs] 238 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:38,522 [woman] Nora? 239 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:39,439 [laughs] 240 00:15:39,523 --> 00:15:41,900 I didn't know you were coming. You should've let me know. 241 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:42,859 Hi. 242 00:15:42,943 --> 00:15:43,986 [woman] What's wrong? 243 00:15:44,069 --> 00:15:47,447 Oh, nothing. I… I was just… 244 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,326 Well, it looks like almost every piece is sold. 245 00:15:51,410 --> 00:15:52,703 [both chuckle] 246 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,246 -Please sit. -I can't believe it. 247 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:56,039 [woman] Let me get you some water. 248 00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:06,049 [exhales, sniffles] 249 00:16:07,009 --> 00:16:08,260 Thank you. 250 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:14,641 I probably shouldn't know this, 251 00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:21,314 but, you know, people have nothing better to do these days than to gossip, 252 00:16:21,398 --> 00:16:23,859 and I heard what's going on with you and Dean. 253 00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:28,530 Yeah. Well, every marriage hits a rough patch, right? 254 00:16:28,613 --> 00:16:32,701 I thought we had ours, but it's nothing like this one. [scoffs] 255 00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:37,122 Well, can I just say then, this show… 256 00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:41,585 It's a real eye-opener because it's telling me, 257 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:46,757 "Hey, if you and Dean can't work it out, you can support your family." 258 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:50,385 How many artists can say that these days? 259 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:52,554 Seriously. 260 00:16:53,305 --> 00:16:56,141 I want you back here with another show next month. 261 00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,185 How does that sound? 262 00:16:59,436 --> 00:17:00,437 Well… [chuckles] 263 00:17:02,397 --> 00:17:04,775 I mean, yeah, of course. 264 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,069 Good. Good. 265 00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:11,907 [phone vibrating] 266 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:21,208 [dog barks distantly] 267 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:31,593 [rustling] 268 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:33,011 Hello? 269 00:17:40,852 --> 00:17:41,895 I saw you! 270 00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:53,740 Dean! Is that you? 271 00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:58,036 [exhales sharply] 272 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:01,039 -[gasps] Oh, God. -[Pearl] Oh. 273 00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:03,416 Someone's a little jumpy. 274 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,335 What is that saying? Um… 275 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,671 "A mistress who is strung too tight 276 00:18:08,213 --> 00:18:11,299 -has secrets that she keeps at night." -[Nora scoffs] 277 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,386 I'm sorry. You just scared me. 278 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:15,846 I didn't know if you'd heard, 279 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:18,473 but Mitch and Mo, your neighbors across the street… 280 00:18:18,557 --> 00:18:21,393 Turns out they weren't murdered in the face with a shotgun. 281 00:18:21,476 --> 00:18:23,895 I don't know whose funeral I went to. 282 00:18:23,979 --> 00:18:26,523 Wait, but someone was shot, though. 283 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:31,236 I mean, we saw bodies being wheeled out, and my husband heard gunshots, so… 284 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:34,781 I don't know that we can necessarily trust your husband at this point. 285 00:18:34,865 --> 00:18:35,740 -I mean… -Okay. 286 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:39,369 What is it you need from me exactly? 287 00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,414 I'm going to host a luncheon tomorrow for Mo, 288 00:18:42,497 --> 00:18:45,250 you know, just to be a good neighbor and all. 289 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,919 A good old-fashioned Yankee potluck. 290 00:18:48,003 --> 00:18:49,713 -Hmm. -I really think you should be there. 291 00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:52,090 Twelve o'clock. I won't take no for an answer. 292 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:54,718 -Okay. -[Pearl] Okay. 293 00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,804 You wouldn't mind bringing a casserole? Do you have a recipe? 294 00:18:58,305 --> 00:19:00,015 Not off the top of my head, but-- 295 00:19:00,098 --> 00:19:01,349 Nixon chicken, then. 296 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,186 Preheat the oven to 425, 297 00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:05,687 brown some boneless chicken, 298 00:19:05,770 --> 00:19:07,856 put it in a 8/12 casserole dish. 299 00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:10,984 Add broccoli, a can of cream of mushroom soup, 300 00:19:11,067 --> 00:19:13,904 sprinkle cheese over the top, cheese of your choice… 301 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:16,615 Myself, I prefer a nice sharp cheddar. 302 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:20,035 And then bake for 35 minutes. 303 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:22,454 -Okay. -[Pearl] Right? 304 00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:23,788 Nixon chicken. 305 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:25,999 I'll see you tomorrow. 306 00:19:28,877 --> 00:19:31,504 [Mo] Pearl, it's funny. I don't think I've been… 307 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:36,718 inside your house in, what, 20 years? But it's… 308 00:19:38,595 --> 00:19:40,847 It's exactly as I remember it. 309 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:47,604 [Pearl] Mmm. My parents bought this house right after they were married in the 1940s 310 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:49,606 and they never redecorated. 311 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:52,359 So, you know, I didn't either. 312 00:19:52,943 --> 00:19:55,737 I just wanted to preserve it just as it is. 313 00:20:00,742 --> 00:20:02,535 [bell dinging] 314 00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:09,668 [clears throat] 315 00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:15,048 [sighs] I know what this luncheon is really about. 316 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:22,973 When my son was in high school, he got into the drugs 317 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:26,810 and, it can do this, it triggered some mental illness. 318 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:29,437 The paranoia… He hears voices. 319 00:20:30,105 --> 00:20:31,606 We hadn't seen him in a while 320 00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:34,985 and the last time we spoke was to tell him about my cancer, 321 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:37,195 that it was treatable, 322 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:40,699 but who knows how long I've got. [laughs] 323 00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:43,743 And that Mitch and I were going to Florida. 324 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:47,580 But while we were on vacation, 325 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:53,211 he went to a homeless shelter in New Haven and he found two elderly people… 326 00:20:58,466 --> 00:21:03,263 with the same body types as his father and me. 327 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:08,226 And he brought them back to our house. 328 00:21:09,561 --> 00:21:13,148 -And he shot and he killed them. -[gunshots] 329 00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:14,607 [gasps] 330 00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:16,651 My God. 331 00:21:17,569 --> 00:21:19,154 To collect the insurance money. 332 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,615 And then… Well, I might as well say this. 333 00:21:23,575 --> 00:21:26,369 There's a rumor you've been getting some nasty letters, Nora. 334 00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:30,582 [crying] And as soon as I heard, I immediately thought, 335 00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:32,751 "Oh, no, it's Christopher." 336 00:21:34,127 --> 00:21:39,424 Mo, it's so funny that you would say this because all this time, 337 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:43,219 I've been thinking it was Jasper that wrote those letters. 338 00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:47,349 -You're kidding me. -[Pearl] No. I don't have any proof. 339 00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:49,059 It's just a feeling that I have. 340 00:21:49,768 --> 00:21:52,604 He has such an attachment to that house of yours, 341 00:21:52,687 --> 00:21:55,648 and a few weeks ago, 342 00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:59,652 I remembered something that happened, like, five years ago. 343 00:22:02,447 --> 00:22:04,407 I got a letter in the mail. 344 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:07,494 It wasn't long. 345 00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:08,828 Um… 346 00:22:09,496 --> 00:22:12,123 "An ode to a house," it said. 347 00:22:12,791 --> 00:22:14,459 And then it was something like, 348 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:19,172 "Dear Miss Winslow, I love your house." 349 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:24,886 "I love looking at it. I love how different it is." 350 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:28,640 "Your house is so special." 351 00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:32,769 "I'm so glad you haven't changed it." 352 00:22:33,561 --> 00:22:35,772 Do you still have it? Could I see it? 353 00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:37,357 No, I threw it away. 354 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:39,401 But, I… 355 00:22:39,484 --> 00:22:44,114 For some reason, I always thought it was Jasper who wrote it. 356 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:47,826 I mean, at the time we had been talking about repainting the house, 357 00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:51,371 and I thought maybe it was his way of saying he didn't want that. 358 00:22:51,454 --> 00:22:53,581 And the handwriting? Does it look like his? 359 00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:55,917 -It was typewritten. -[Nora] Oh. 360 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,295 But he loves going to the library and they have typewriters there. 361 00:23:00,255 --> 00:23:02,340 He says he didn't do it. 362 00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,759 [spluttering] But it's stuck with me. 363 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,180 [thudding] 364 00:23:11,516 --> 00:23:12,976 [Nora] Oh… 365 00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:14,894 Is… Is Jasper here? 366 00:23:14,978 --> 00:23:18,773 No. No, he's at his craft class at the community center. 367 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:19,732 Oh. 368 00:23:26,281 --> 00:23:27,824 [thudding continues] 369 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,868 Is someone else here? 370 00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:33,746 Oh, I hope it's a gentleman caller. 371 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,457 [laughter] 372 00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:40,170 Just because a woman's over 50 doesn't mean she doesn't have needs. 373 00:23:41,004 --> 00:23:43,089 [laughing] Isn't that right, Pearly? 374 00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:47,302 Yes, Mo, that's right. [laughing] 375 00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:56,478 -[beeping] -[alarm armed] 376 00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:07,655 [birds screeching] 377 00:24:09,324 --> 00:24:10,158 [Ellie] Mom? 378 00:24:10,742 --> 00:24:11,743 [sighs in relief] 379 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:13,453 -Sorry, you-- -Can I talk to you? 380 00:24:14,412 --> 00:24:15,580 Yeah, of course. 381 00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:21,544 What is it, sweetie? 382 00:24:22,545 --> 00:24:25,215 I know I screwed up with Dad. 383 00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:26,132 I… 384 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,927 I realize that, like, 385 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,055 whenever somebody makes me mad, 386 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:35,767 there's just nothing I won't say to hurt them. 387 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,561 Nothing I won't do. 388 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,483 Even if I know I'll regret it later. 389 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:53,368 It's okay, sweetie. 390 00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:56,538 We'll get through this. 391 00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:00,708 [Nora sighs] 392 00:25:04,546 --> 00:25:05,797 Ode to a house. 393 00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:13,263 Our neighbor, Pearl, she got a letter years ago 394 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:16,099 and that was the title, "Ode to a House." 395 00:25:16,891 --> 00:25:20,436 It was a love letter, really, but to their house. 396 00:25:21,396 --> 00:25:23,189 And she thought her brother wrote it. 397 00:25:23,273 --> 00:25:25,024 And Maureen, 398 00:25:26,401 --> 00:25:28,736 she thinks her son's writing the letters to us. 399 00:25:30,321 --> 00:25:31,948 But you think it's Dad. 400 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:32,949 No, I… 401 00:25:39,122 --> 00:25:40,373 I don't believe it's him. 402 00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:46,254 [horns honking] 403 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:48,881 [siren wailing] 404 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:00,143 Just hear me out. 405 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,605 [sighs] 406 00:26:03,688 --> 00:26:06,941 Okay, you said you didn't sleep with that girl in your bedroom 407 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:09,235 -and I didn't believe you, right? -Right. 408 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,113 Well, I was curious as to see who she was. 409 00:26:12,196 --> 00:26:13,990 So I went through the footage 410 00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:16,618 to find out if I can find the license plate on her car, 411 00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:18,828 because what you said didn't make sense. 412 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,079 But get this. 413 00:26:20,163 --> 00:26:22,498 Not only does she not show up to your house in a car, 414 00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:23,916 she didn't show up at all. 415 00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:27,587 -I mean, I've gone through… -[keyboard clacking] 416 00:26:27,670 --> 00:26:29,422 …every second of footage from every angle, 417 00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:32,675 all the way back to the day I put those cameras in, okay? 418 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,136 And she didn't show up in any of the footage. 419 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:38,139 Only place she shows up is your bedroom. 420 00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:39,891 Wait. What do you mean? 421 00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:43,478 Dude, I don't know how she got inside your house. 422 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:01,496 What's going on? 423 00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:03,164 Hey, Dad. 424 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:06,876 [car door closes] 425 00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:09,128 Can we talk? 426 00:27:12,215 --> 00:27:13,049 Hey. 427 00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:22,433 [Nora] So, what are we saying? 428 00:27:22,517 --> 00:27:25,144 The girl in the cherry dress is a ghost? 429 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:28,815 [Dakota] No. I mean, you know, that's a little far out, 430 00:27:28,898 --> 00:27:32,026 but there's cameras covering the entire exterior of your house, right? 431 00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:33,194 And in our bedroom. 432 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:34,862 I took that one out. 433 00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:37,073 -She watched me do it. -He did. 434 00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:41,911 Ellie. Homework. 435 00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:48,793 Point is, there's no footage of this girl ever going into your house. 436 00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:50,795 None. I mean, she does not show up. 437 00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:52,046 And you double-checked? 438 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:56,300 Mrs. Brannock, I've gone through it over and over… 439 00:27:57,093 --> 00:27:59,595 because it's weird. Right? 440 00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:02,223 Either this girl, like, parachuted onto the roof 441 00:28:02,306 --> 00:28:05,893 and came down the chimney or she's just, like, always inside here. 442 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:07,603 Hiding. 443 00:28:08,479 --> 00:28:12,024 Or there's some other way in we don't know about. 444 00:28:13,526 --> 00:28:15,319 [Nora] This is just so creepy. 445 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,073 [Dakota] Look, when your husband first told me 446 00:28:19,157 --> 00:28:22,243 that he didn't know who that girl was and that it was a setup, 447 00:28:22,326 --> 00:28:23,411 I didn't believe him. 448 00:28:24,746 --> 00:28:25,580 Now I do. 449 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:27,707 For what it's worth. 450 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:42,388 -[laptop closes] -Can you give us a minute? 451 00:28:42,472 --> 00:28:44,056 Yeah, of course. 452 00:28:53,524 --> 00:28:54,692 [door opens] 453 00:28:56,569 --> 00:28:57,570 [door closes] 454 00:29:00,364 --> 00:29:02,116 I'm going to ask you some questions 455 00:29:02,825 --> 00:29:06,621 and if you lie to me, I swear to God, it's over between us. 456 00:29:07,455 --> 00:29:08,915 You understand me? It's over. 457 00:29:08,998 --> 00:29:10,291 I'm not gonna lie to you. 458 00:29:11,876 --> 00:29:13,169 Ask me anything you want. 459 00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:20,218 Did you fuck that girl? 460 00:29:20,301 --> 00:29:21,135 No. 461 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:24,263 I never saw that girl in my life. 462 00:29:25,515 --> 00:29:28,184 I don't know how she got in the room. I never woke up. 463 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:33,105 I don't know how, but I swear to God I'm telling the truth. 464 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:35,817 [Nora sighs] Okay. 465 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,364 Are you writing those letters? 466 00:29:51,999 --> 00:29:52,875 Answer me. 467 00:29:52,959 --> 00:29:55,628 Just the last one. I'm sorry. 468 00:29:56,170 --> 00:29:58,256 -I'm sorry, I panicked. -Oh, God. Jesus. 469 00:29:58,339 --> 00:30:02,093 I panicked. I regret it so much now, but I didn't know what to do. 470 00:30:03,094 --> 00:30:04,720 Was it 'cause of the loan? 471 00:30:05,972 --> 00:30:09,684 Why in God's name couldn't you tell me that you didn't make partner? 472 00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:10,810 I didn't know how. 473 00:30:11,561 --> 00:30:13,521 I didn't know how. I was in shock. 474 00:30:13,604 --> 00:30:16,148 And you tricked me into signing away our entire savings, 475 00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:17,775 our fucking retirement! 476 00:30:17,859 --> 00:30:19,360 [Dean] I know. I'm sorry. 477 00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:21,028 -I know it looks bad. -[Nora] Don't. 478 00:30:21,112 --> 00:30:23,281 I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do. I… 479 00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:27,076 Babe, you gotta believe me. 480 00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:27,994 I… 481 00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:30,746 I did not write those first two letters. 482 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,165 Okay. 483 00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:37,628 [breathing heavily] Oh, God. 484 00:30:40,715 --> 00:30:41,632 [Nora sighs] 485 00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:44,594 Nora. 486 00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:49,682 Please don't divorce me over this. 487 00:30:52,143 --> 00:30:53,019 Please. 488 00:30:59,650 --> 00:31:03,446 I'm not saying I'll divorce you. 489 00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:06,949 I'm not saying I won't. 490 00:31:09,994 --> 00:31:10,995 Get your coat. 491 00:31:13,414 --> 00:31:15,791 -Where are we going? -To see Detective Chamberland. 492 00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:19,045 The DNA results from the first two letters should be in by now. 493 00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:20,838 I think he's sitting on them. 494 00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:23,299 So I called him and said if they're not in, 495 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,968 I will file a lawsuit against the police department. 496 00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:30,222 Whoa. 497 00:31:30,306 --> 00:31:32,266 You know what, funny story… [laughs] 498 00:31:32,350 --> 00:31:35,561 It turns out the results had come in a few days ago, a week tops, 499 00:31:35,645 --> 00:31:38,981 and, my apologies, but some numbskull put it in my inbox 500 00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:42,443 underneath a couple of stupid catalogs I was never going to look at, 501 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:43,653 so I didn't see it. 502 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:47,740 Look, Restoration Hardware, pinball company, vintage arcade. 503 00:31:48,282 --> 00:31:49,951 It was right under here. [laughs] 504 00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:52,286 So, again, my apologies. 505 00:31:52,370 --> 00:31:54,372 And you haven't opened that yet? 506 00:31:54,997 --> 00:31:57,458 Nope. I was waiting for you good people to arrive. 507 00:32:00,002 --> 00:32:00,962 Here we go. 508 00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:04,256 All right. 509 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:06,926 These are for you to keep. 510 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:09,553 And… 511 00:32:11,472 --> 00:32:12,473 Here we go. 512 00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:18,896 Ah. [chuckles softly] 513 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:22,233 It's not a match with anybody in our database, unfortunately. 514 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:28,239 Huh. What the DNA sample did not contain was a Y chromosome, 515 00:32:28,322 --> 00:32:32,576 so that means your Watcher is a woman. 516 00:32:36,706 --> 00:32:38,416 [cutlery clinking] 517 00:32:51,762 --> 00:32:53,014 So, you're back for good? 518 00:32:53,848 --> 00:32:55,766 Like, you're not going to leave again? 519 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,354 [Dean] For now. 520 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:05,693 It's not that easy being married to your Dad, you know. 521 00:33:10,781 --> 00:33:12,158 I'm glad you're back, Dad. 522 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:31,093 [Nora] So, where's that leave us? Who are our female suspects? 523 00:33:31,177 --> 00:33:36,098 Uh… Well, Pearl, Mo, Big Mo, and Pigtails. 524 00:33:36,182 --> 00:33:38,851 But I'll say it again, Andrew thought it was Mitch and Mo. 525 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:43,147 And now with the whole son murders thing, it just got weirder, right? 526 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:45,566 Mo thinks it's her son writing the letters. 527 00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:48,110 -But that doesn't jive with the DNA. -[Dean] No. 528 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:51,989 [Nora] And then Pearl thinks it's Jasper writing the letters, 529 00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,991 but then the DNA thing again. 530 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:55,951 Yeah, the DNA thing. 531 00:33:56,035 --> 00:33:58,996 I think we should take a pause on this whole DNA thing. I… 532 00:33:59,497 --> 00:34:01,749 I'm not sure that the DNA on the envelope 533 00:34:01,832 --> 00:34:03,626 is the same as whoever wrote the letters. 534 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,461 -Why not? -[Dean] I don't know. I just… 535 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:07,963 Whoever's writing these letters… 536 00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:10,633 The lengths that they're going to to fuck with us… 537 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:13,094 Why wouldn't they take the extra little step of, 538 00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:16,847 I don't know, putting gloves on to write the letter, right? 539 00:34:16,931 --> 00:34:21,602 Letting somebody else lick the envelopes. Their mother, sister, girlfriend, whoever. 540 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:23,395 Boom. Female DNA, right? 541 00:34:23,479 --> 00:34:25,815 And now we're chasing our tail again. 542 00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:28,859 -That's what I would do. -Well, you'd know, wouldn't you? 543 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:38,077 Okay. Good, I deserved that. 544 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:41,163 Okay, so what's that mean? 545 00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:42,206 Are you saying 546 00:34:42,706 --> 00:34:45,626 the whole female DNA thing is not going to help us? 547 00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:46,877 [Dean] I don't think it does. 548 00:34:46,961 --> 00:34:49,296 All that tells me is that whoever is writing the letters 549 00:34:49,380 --> 00:34:51,215 is either female or knows a female, 550 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:55,094 which narrows it down to like the entire population of planet Earth. 551 00:34:55,177 --> 00:34:56,554 [Nora laughing] What the… 552 00:34:56,637 --> 00:34:59,014 -[laughs] We're back to square one. -[Dean] Hmm. 553 00:35:00,057 --> 00:35:01,642 [Nora] Hmm. [sighs] 554 00:35:03,561 --> 00:35:05,396 -[rain pattering] -[thunder rumbling] 555 00:35:06,313 --> 00:35:10,276 It's John Graff. I saw him. I talked to him. 556 00:35:11,152 --> 00:35:14,321 No, you talked to someone you think was him. 557 00:35:14,864 --> 00:35:16,282 Yeah, in this house. 558 00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:18,284 The house that… 559 00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:21,745 The house he lived in, and murdered his entire family in. 560 00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,123 Then this girl just shows up in the house, 561 00:35:24,206 --> 00:35:25,875 on video, wearing the same dress 562 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:28,711 that Graff's daughter was murdered in? Wearing pigtails? 563 00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:30,254 You think that's a coincidence? 564 00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:35,092 No. I don't, but I don't think that actually means it's John Graff. 565 00:35:39,221 --> 00:35:40,347 They never caught him. 566 00:35:44,268 --> 00:35:48,564 Cut his face out of every photo of him because he didn't want to be recognized. 567 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:50,858 So, why would he turn up at the one place 568 00:35:50,941 --> 00:35:53,194 where everyone does know what he looks like? 569 00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:56,572 It just seems stupid, right? 570 00:35:56,655 --> 00:36:00,242 I mean, why would he do that? Just to… Just to harass us? 571 00:36:00,784 --> 00:36:02,578 That doesn't make any sense. 572 00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,622 And I'm sorry, but I just don't believe 573 00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:08,876 that a 17-year-old girl is the mastermind behind all this. 574 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:12,463 Call me crazy, call me sexist, but she's not The Watcher. 575 00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:15,341 Somebody hired her. 576 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:21,555 Occam's razor. 577 00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:24,099 What's the simplest solution? 578 00:36:25,726 --> 00:36:28,312 What's motivating someone to write those letters? 579 00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:30,147 I don't know. 580 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:32,358 You wrote one. What were you trying to do? 581 00:36:33,651 --> 00:36:36,111 -Make you give up the house? -[Nora] Exactly. 582 00:36:36,195 --> 00:36:39,156 And whoever's doing this really wants the house. 583 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,785 They've wanted it for a while and they want it for themselves. 584 00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:47,581 Hey, sexy. I just want to confirm lunch. 585 00:36:47,665 --> 00:36:50,417 I have one business thing left to do for the day 586 00:36:50,501 --> 00:36:53,337 and then, uh, I'll see you there. 587 00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:55,172 -[line ringing] -[Nora] Hello? 588 00:36:55,256 --> 00:36:56,548 -[Karen] Hey, honey. -Hey. 589 00:36:56,632 --> 00:36:58,092 I have big news. 590 00:36:58,175 --> 00:36:59,551 You got an offer! 591 00:36:59,635 --> 00:37:02,263 Oh, really? Good. 592 00:37:02,346 --> 00:37:03,305 You're not going to… 593 00:37:03,389 --> 00:37:05,599 Well, first of all, um, do we know who it is? 594 00:37:05,683 --> 00:37:07,893 No, no, no. It's an LLC. 595 00:37:07,977 --> 00:37:11,647 But it doesn't matter because it's an all-cash offer. 596 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,774 Okay, what's the offer? 597 00:37:13,857 --> 00:37:14,817 You ready? 598 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:19,280 $1.9 million, cash. 599 00:37:19,363 --> 00:37:21,532 I think you should take it! 600 00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:25,744 What? No! We paid 3.3 million. 601 00:37:25,828 --> 00:37:27,788 We're not selling it for 1.9, Karen. 602 00:37:27,871 --> 00:37:30,541 Oh, come on. What are you talking about? 603 00:37:31,041 --> 00:37:33,377 You know, it's probably because of the letters. 604 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:35,212 Some people think it's haunted… 605 00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:38,882 Whatever, but my theory is I think it's probably a developer 606 00:37:38,966 --> 00:37:40,134 that really likes the land. 607 00:37:40,217 --> 00:37:44,013 He's going to tear down the house and salt the Earth and then rebuild. 608 00:37:44,096 --> 00:37:48,309 Karen, no one's buying this house just to tear it down. 609 00:37:48,392 --> 00:37:51,603 Nora, I seriously think you should consider it. 610 00:37:51,687 --> 00:37:54,356 You need to talk to Dean and… 611 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,277 You know what? Maybe we can counter at like two even? 612 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:02,740 But look, I think you should factor in your emotional well-being. 613 00:38:02,823 --> 00:38:04,074 I really do. 614 00:38:04,158 --> 00:38:05,701 We won't do better than this. 615 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:09,121 Okay, uh, I'll think about it. 616 00:38:09,204 --> 00:38:11,040 Okay. Call me back. 617 00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:12,666 -[Dean] Hi. -Hey. 618 00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:13,792 [Dean] Who was that? 619 00:38:13,876 --> 00:38:16,045 [exhales] It's nothing. Hey. 620 00:38:17,046 --> 00:38:20,507 Hi. I was thinking I might cook dinner tonight. 621 00:38:21,425 --> 00:38:23,177 'Cause I'm really, really good at it. 622 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:24,720 -Yeah. Sure. -Yeah? 623 00:38:26,055 --> 00:38:29,850 Can I have the keys? I have to stop by the Country Club. 624 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:31,477 Yeah. 625 00:38:32,728 --> 00:38:35,731 Hi. I'd like to speak to Kathy in membership. 626 00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:38,400 I want to ask her why our membership was revoked? 627 00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:41,445 -Sure. Let me see if I can get her. -[Nora] Great. Thanks. 628 00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:42,654 [dialing] 629 00:38:51,038 --> 00:38:52,581 [dramatic music playing] 630 00:39:00,381 --> 00:39:02,466 I need you to get down here right now. 631 00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:05,177 I don't know. Take an Uber. 632 00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:08,972 Hey, buddy. Make a right up here, please. Sorry. 633 00:39:09,807 --> 00:39:12,684 Wait, so, he's the guy she's been fucking this whole time? 634 00:39:12,768 --> 00:39:14,311 [Nora] Yeah. It has to be. 635 00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:16,063 It makes that John Graff shit make sense. 636 00:39:16,146 --> 00:39:19,817 She had access to all that information the police were trying to cover up. 637 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,193 Unbelievable. 638 00:39:21,276 --> 00:39:22,903 And remember how he was like, 639 00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:25,697 "We know you had to dig deep to afford that house." 640 00:39:26,198 --> 00:39:28,242 Yeah, that's how he knew. 641 00:39:28,325 --> 00:39:29,701 [Dean] Okay, I'm flying in. 642 00:39:32,621 --> 00:39:34,790 Can we get a second car, by the way? 643 00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:39,461 [Chamberland] And I said, "Okay, thanks." 644 00:39:39,545 --> 00:39:41,463 [Chamberland and Karen laughing] 645 00:39:44,925 --> 00:39:47,678 [Nora] Hi. What the heck are you guys doing here? 646 00:39:47,761 --> 00:39:49,638 [Dean] I had no idea you two were an item. 647 00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:50,973 [Karen] Hi. We're not. 648 00:39:51,098 --> 00:39:56,186 No, we're just, uh… We're just having a little late lunch. 649 00:39:56,270 --> 00:39:57,229 -[Nora] Oh. -[Dean] Huh… 650 00:39:57,312 --> 00:39:59,731 We didn't even know that you two knew each other. 651 00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:02,234 Because you never mentioned it, which is weird. 652 00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:05,320 What the hell is going on? You come in here, interrupting us. 653 00:40:05,821 --> 00:40:07,489 It's you. You're The Watcher. 654 00:40:07,573 --> 00:40:10,284 -Or maybe it's both of you. One of you. -[Chamberland scoffs] 655 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,578 Nora, you can't make a statement like that. 656 00:40:12,661 --> 00:40:15,914 Whoever The Watcher is wants us out of that house, right? 657 00:40:15,998 --> 00:40:20,210 Who's been telling me to sell that house since the day we moved in? You. 658 00:40:20,294 --> 00:40:22,754 Because you said you were having money problems. 659 00:40:22,838 --> 00:40:24,506 Which is how he knew that, right? 660 00:40:25,007 --> 00:40:26,884 That bullshit about, "you gotta dig deep"? 661 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:29,553 It's a safe assumption. It's a $3 million house. 662 00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:32,347 And she tried to convince me that you were having an affair. 663 00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:34,099 -Right there at that table. -What? 664 00:40:34,183 --> 00:40:35,434 Yeah. "A girl in pigtails." 665 00:40:35,517 --> 00:40:38,270 Weird phrase to use just a few weeks before 666 00:40:38,353 --> 00:40:41,315 a girl in pigtails shows up at our house in our bedroom, 667 00:40:41,398 --> 00:40:43,150 dressed like the girl who got murdered. 668 00:40:43,233 --> 00:40:44,485 Her name was Pat Graff. 669 00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:47,654 -That name ring a bell to you, Detective? -No. 670 00:40:47,738 --> 00:40:48,864 No, really? 671 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:49,990 This is fucking insane. 672 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:51,200 Security! 673 00:40:51,283 --> 00:40:53,285 This is outrageous. No, this is slander. 674 00:40:53,368 --> 00:40:56,121 It is. And you know what? I thought we were friends. 675 00:40:56,205 --> 00:40:58,081 I could lose my license over this. 676 00:40:58,749 --> 00:41:00,918 You wanted the house but couldn't afford it, 677 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:05,088 so he helps you by harassing us, so we'll be willing to sell it cheap. 678 00:41:05,172 --> 00:41:07,007 And it almost worked. 679 00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:09,259 You could afford it at $1.9, right? 680 00:41:09,343 --> 00:41:12,930 You even got us to do some nice little renovations so you could flip it. 681 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,934 Now, tell me Karen. Who's behind that LLC? Is it you? 682 00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:19,102 Or him? Or both of you? 683 00:41:19,186 --> 00:41:20,604 And those weird catalogs. 684 00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:23,899 What are you doing with a pinball catalog sitting on your desk? 685 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:27,361 I know, because a pinball machine would look banging in a man cave. 686 00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:29,404 Okay. This is just… [clears throat] 687 00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:32,741 This is Detective Chamberland. 688 00:41:32,824 --> 00:41:35,327 I request a squad car at the Westfield Country Club. 689 00:41:35,410 --> 00:41:37,871 You fucked up and you know you fucked up, okay? 690 00:41:37,955 --> 00:41:40,707 Hiring some guy to pretend he's a building inspector 691 00:41:40,791 --> 00:41:42,960 to pretend he murdered his entire family? 692 00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:45,879 And you recommended Theodora Birch. Is she in on it, too? 693 00:41:45,963 --> 00:41:47,965 I'm sorry, are they joining you? 694 00:41:48,048 --> 00:41:49,299 [Dean] You know what? 695 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:54,096 This is all coming crashing down on you. Okay? All of it, bro. 696 00:41:54,179 --> 00:41:56,223 Expect a lawsuit because you're done. 697 00:41:57,015 --> 00:41:58,684 -You're done. -[Chamberland] Yeah. 698 00:41:58,767 --> 00:41:59,601 [clanging] 699 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:03,105 [Karen] I might just call my friend over at Page Six 700 00:42:03,981 --> 00:42:06,650 because I think it's high time that the whole world knows 701 00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:08,235 what's going on at your house! 702 00:42:13,657 --> 00:42:16,743 [Nora] We can't live like this. It's driving us crazy. 703 00:42:16,827 --> 00:42:19,413 [Dean] I know, but, look, it all lines up, right? 704 00:42:19,496 --> 00:42:21,498 It's not like we said anything that wasn't true. 705 00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:24,293 They're trying to gaslight us and make us seem crazy, 706 00:42:24,376 --> 00:42:27,129 but it's 'cause we're onto something. 707 00:42:27,212 --> 00:42:30,591 Yeah, but what? What can we do? We can't prove any of it. 708 00:42:30,674 --> 00:42:33,343 Well, not yet, but once we talk to Theodora? 709 00:42:33,427 --> 00:42:36,597 [sighs] If Chamberland's in on it, she is too. 710 00:42:38,348 --> 00:42:39,182 Right? 711 00:42:41,852 --> 00:42:43,687 This just isn't healthy. 712 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:47,357 I don't even recognize us anymore. 713 00:42:48,609 --> 00:42:52,487 Okay, first we need to pay off that loan you got us into, 714 00:42:53,864 --> 00:42:56,575 and then I say we sell the house. 715 00:42:57,326 --> 00:43:01,663 We take the best offer that comes in and we just get our lives back. 716 00:43:04,124 --> 00:43:05,125 [sighs] 717 00:43:06,168 --> 00:43:07,502 My show sold out. 718 00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:10,297 We'll be okay. 719 00:43:10,380 --> 00:43:13,133 Wait, what… Your show sold out? 720 00:43:15,969 --> 00:43:18,430 Yeah. It did. 721 00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,893 [Ellie] So I think I just found something. 722 00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:27,064 Remember how you told me about "Ode to a House"? 723 00:43:27,147 --> 00:43:29,274 -That letter our neighbors got? -Yeah. 724 00:43:29,358 --> 00:43:32,903 I looked it up on social media. Look at the first thing that popped up. 725 00:43:33,779 --> 00:43:36,657 -You've gotta be kidding me. -[Ellie] It's a whole group. 726 00:43:36,740 --> 00:43:38,533 They all went to Westfield High School. 727 00:43:38,617 --> 00:43:40,535 They all had the same English teacher, 728 00:43:40,619 --> 00:43:43,413 who, I guess, made them do this assignment they all loved. 729 00:43:43,497 --> 00:43:45,123 What was the assignment? 730 00:43:45,207 --> 00:43:48,418 Well, they were supposed to find a house that they all loved 731 00:43:48,502 --> 00:43:50,962 and, I guess, spend time studying it or something. 732 00:43:51,046 --> 00:43:53,131 Then they write a letter to it. A love letter. 733 00:43:53,215 --> 00:43:54,925 Holy shit, Ellie. 734 00:43:55,008 --> 00:43:56,510 Look, somebody posted theirs. 735 00:43:57,010 --> 00:44:00,889 "Dear 89 Hollyhock Ridge. You're an exquisite house." 736 00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:04,142 "Weathered and strong, you've stood where you are for 99 years." 737 00:44:04,226 --> 00:44:07,104 "Do you think you'll still be standing 99 years from now?" 738 00:44:08,105 --> 00:44:12,067 So, wait, who's the teacher, and when did they die? 739 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:14,528 Who said he's dead? He's in the group. 740 00:44:14,611 --> 00:44:16,988 His name is Roger Kaplan. I just looked him up. 741 00:44:17,072 --> 00:44:19,032 He lives in Westfield, 71 Oak Street. 742 00:44:19,825 --> 00:44:22,202 [spluttering] Yeah, I've seen that face. 743 00:44:22,285 --> 00:44:23,578 What do you mean? 744 00:44:23,662 --> 00:44:25,914 Right here at the open house. 745 00:44:25,997 --> 00:44:26,873 [knock at door] 746 00:44:26,957 --> 00:44:28,208 [man] Sorry to interrupt. 747 00:44:29,251 --> 00:44:32,504 There's something downstairs you guys are going to want to see. 748 00:44:33,213 --> 00:44:34,047 Cold air. 749 00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:38,135 That's coming from in here, which didn't make any sense. 750 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,846 -And when we took down the drywall… -[Dean] Yeah? 751 00:44:40,929 --> 00:44:43,598 …I couldn't quite figure out where it was coming from. 752 00:44:43,682 --> 00:44:46,393 Solid brick, no leaks. 753 00:44:46,476 --> 00:44:49,187 But then one of my guys found the problem. 754 00:44:50,564 --> 00:44:51,398 [grunts] 755 00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:55,026 Check it out. 756 00:44:56,987 --> 00:44:58,029 [Nora] Oh, my God. 757 00:44:58,572 --> 00:45:00,699 -[Dean spluttering] It's a tunnel. -[Nora] Right. 758 00:45:00,782 --> 00:45:03,118 [Nora] Is that to another part of the property? 759 00:45:03,201 --> 00:45:05,287 -[man] No idea. We just found it. -[Dean] No. 760 00:45:05,370 --> 00:45:09,124 [man] These are actually pretty common in the Northeast, with houses this old. 761 00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:12,836 They used them to run booze during prohibition. 762 00:45:13,545 --> 00:45:15,464 [Dean] Andrew said there were tunnels. 763 00:45:16,506 --> 00:45:17,340 [Nora sighs] 764 00:45:17,883 --> 00:45:19,468 Fuck it. I'm going in. 765 00:45:19,968 --> 00:45:22,429 -[man] Uh… -[Nora] Hold on. I'm coming with you. 766 00:45:23,305 --> 00:45:25,056 [man] You're gonna want a hard hat. 767 00:45:31,521 --> 00:45:32,481 [Dean] Holy shit. 768 00:45:33,940 --> 00:45:34,983 Holy shit. 769 00:45:37,194 --> 00:45:38,904 [Nora] Honey, let's just go back. 770 00:45:40,197 --> 00:45:42,157 I cannot believe this. 771 00:45:45,827 --> 00:45:47,537 [Dean] You all right? Watch it. 772 00:45:47,621 --> 00:45:48,997 [Nora] It smells down here. 773 00:45:50,624 --> 00:45:52,793 Wait. Oh, God. 774 00:45:53,376 --> 00:45:55,837 -Please let's get outta here. -[Dean] You're fine! 775 00:45:57,005 --> 00:45:58,465 [Nora] Oh, my God. 776 00:45:59,216 --> 00:46:00,717 What is this place? 777 00:46:03,053 --> 00:46:04,221 Hold on. 778 00:46:05,472 --> 00:46:06,807 [Nora screams] 779 00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:09,267 [Dean] Shit. Hello? 780 00:46:10,393 --> 00:46:11,394 [yells] Who are you? 781 00:46:12,646 --> 00:46:13,980 [breathing heavily] Oh, shit. 782 00:46:14,064 --> 00:46:15,524 [yells] Who are you? 783 00:46:19,736 --> 00:46:21,404 [closing theme music playing]