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00:00:00Hello, is this a David D. Finch?
00:00:30My name is Claire Decker. I'm a freelance investigator for San Luis Obispo County for Social Services.
00:00:36I found a birthday card from 1992.
00:00:40It's great work again, Claire.
00:00:43You sure I can't hire you full-time?
00:00:48You know, my nephew, he still talks about you.
00:00:54He's an associate professor now at Cal Poly. Thank you.
00:00:57Architecture.
00:01:00That's very sweet, but I don't think so. I'm sorry.
00:01:04Well, I had to try.
00:01:09I want you to take this case.
00:01:16I couldn't.
00:01:17Sure you could. And it'll do you good.
00:01:19You're always saying how all you do is sit around at home.
00:01:22The truth be told is I don't really want to give this to one of my people.
00:01:26I think this case would be best handled out of house.
00:01:29I don't know.
00:01:29You know, we're so seldom assigned murder victims.
00:01:39And there has never been a case like this in our department.
00:01:42This is important to me.
00:01:49Now, you'll have to meet with Sheriff Mann.
00:01:52He and I have a little bit of a history,
00:01:54so he's going to angle to try to get you thrown off the case at every corner.
00:01:57But the fact is that after six months,
00:01:59if the decedent has no known relatives,
00:02:01then they are required to report it to us.
00:02:04You could be doing some good here, Claire.
00:02:11You're an excellent investigator.
00:02:13You are.
00:02:26Have fun?
00:02:26Thanks a lot.
00:02:27Thanks a lot.
00:02:34Thanks a lot.
00:03:04Thanks a lot.
00:03:34Thanks a lot.
00:04:04I like you, Claire.
00:04:06We've worked together before, but this is not what you do.
00:04:09This is not some spinster found dead all alone.
00:04:11This is not some old man found in a remote farmhouse on Black Mountain Road.
00:04:16This is not that.
00:04:18Simply following a protocol, sir.
00:04:20Claire, I called Vivian, Miss Hershey directly.
00:04:24I asked her not to intervene.
00:04:26She does this just to spite me.
00:04:30Look.
00:04:31Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire, Claire.
00:04:44look
00:04:46she was shot through the heart
00:04:50her head
00:04:52severed from her body with almost
00:04:54surgical precision
00:04:55both of her hands removed cut clean
00:04:58through the bone most likely with a medical power saw
00:05:00her breast implants
00:05:02were sliced from her torso
00:05:04with a scalpel or very sharp razor
00:05:06this is the
00:05:08picture that the public sees
00:05:10this
00:05:12is what
00:05:14I see
00:05:14this is why I can't sleep at night
00:05:18how are your daughters sir
00:05:22they're good
00:05:25they're great actually
00:05:28loves of my life
00:05:29they've really bounced back since
00:05:32since my wife died
00:05:33sir I haven't had a chance to tell you
00:05:36personally I'm so
00:05:38sorry thank you
00:05:42I've made you a confidential
00:05:44copy of the case file
00:05:46as you know our victim
00:05:48took great pains to make sure that her identity
00:05:50was a secret
00:05:51her driver's license social security card
00:05:54both fake
00:05:54that's not even her picture
00:05:56there's some actress from LA
00:05:58she rented
00:06:00the Chandler house almost exactly
00:06:02three months before the murder
00:06:03it's hidden up there but it's really one of the most beautiful
00:06:06houses on the coast so it's not cheap
00:06:08she kept mostly to herself
00:06:11she did do some volunteer work for a local food bank
00:06:15delivering meals to the elderly
00:06:17to the infirmed
00:06:18there's a list in there
00:06:19she also had a series of
00:06:21one night stands
00:06:24both men
00:06:24and women
00:06:25you'll find wigs
00:06:26perfume
00:06:27sexual items up at the house
00:06:31she would lure these people there
00:06:33they'd drink and do drugs
00:06:34and
00:06:34she was not a good girl
00:06:37not like you
00:06:39Claire
00:06:41your job is strictly
00:06:44her identity
00:06:45do not get involved
00:06:46with the murder investigation
00:06:47the caretaker
00:06:50has the keys
00:06:51he knows you're coming
00:06:52you'll have access for
00:06:5424 hours a day
00:06:55whenever you want to
00:06:56at the house
00:06:57although I don't know what you'll see
00:06:59we've been over every inch
00:07:01what do you think?
00:07:09to be honest
00:07:10I'm afraid she might find something we missed
00:07:14he thinks I'm this
00:07:16a wallflower
00:07:18you are a wallflower
00:07:20god I can't believe you're on this case
00:07:29don't you have to be a rehearsal or something?
00:07:32your boyfriend James
00:07:33he just got a new car
00:07:35she could take a long hard ride
00:07:37I'm playing Chopin at the festival on Friday
00:07:42I'll leave two tickets
00:07:43okay
00:07:44can you drop it?
00:07:54I don't know if I can do anything but
00:07:56I'll try
00:07:58listen when she moved in
00:08:19was the house completely empty?
00:08:22yes
00:08:22except for the phone
00:08:24she told me she had bad credit
00:08:27and no credit cards
00:08:28paid me to put the phone in my name
00:08:31she even used my old answering machine
00:08:33who uses those anymore?
00:08:36look
00:08:37there's one now
00:08:39still the looky-loos
00:08:41they'll drive right up here in the driveway
00:08:44I even catch them sneaking around the yard
00:08:47I should remove it
00:08:49I should remove it
00:08:49but I'll leave one
00:08:50detail
00:08:53yeah
00:08:55good
00:09:17I don't know.
00:09:47I don't know.
00:10:17I don't know.
00:10:47I don't know.
00:11:17I don't know.
00:11:23What's with all the plants?
00:11:25Yeah, I picked them up last night.
00:11:28I just realized it seemed so empty in here.
00:11:31Hmm.
00:11:32Her house is amazing.
00:11:39She has such nice things.
00:11:42Her makeup, her perfume.
00:11:45Are you wearing contacts?
00:11:47Yeah, I hardly ever wear them, but...
00:11:51The thing is that I know that man is gonna get me thrown off the case if I find anything substantial.
00:11:58You gonna go back there?
00:11:59She has a whole drawer full of sex toys.
00:12:06We need to go shopping.
00:12:08Hey, Clara.
00:12:22Good morning, Annie.
00:12:23I hear, like, clockwork every week.
00:12:30Oh, and what's this?
00:12:31Are we getting kind of fancy going out this weekend?
00:12:35It's gonna look really good on you.
00:12:36And then, I like to go.
00:13:06Let's go.
00:13:36So, let's go.
00:14:06Let's go.
00:14:36Let's go.
00:15:06Let's go.
00:15:10Hello, Claire.
00:15:16Sheriff?
00:15:17Thought I'd swing by, see how you were doing.
00:15:20Doing fine.
00:15:22Find anything?
00:15:24There's not much to see so far.
00:15:29Nice car.
00:15:30It's beautiful.
00:15:33You'll keep me informed if you find anything.
00:15:37Of course, sir.
00:15:39I'm going to go around and talk to some of the neighbors tomorrow.
00:15:41You look good, Claire.
00:15:47Claire.
00:15:47Claire.
00:15:47Claire.
00:15:47Claire.
00:15:47Claire.
00:15:48I'm going to go.
00:15:48Yeah.
00:15:55Yeah.
00:15:55Yeah.
00:15:56Yeah.
00:15:57Yeah.
00:15:58I'm going to go.
00:15:58TURN
00:16:03TURN
00:16:08TURN
00:16:11TURN
00:16:13TURN
00:16:18TURN
00:16:30TURN
00:16:31TURN
00:16:34TURN
00:16:38TURN
00:16:42Oh, my God.
00:17:12Oh, my God.
00:17:42Oh, my God.
00:18:12I'm just checking in.
00:18:14Yeah, I was going to just call you in the morning.
00:18:16I'm still going through stuff.
00:18:19Have you found anything?
00:18:23No?
00:18:24Well, just so you know, a man called again this morning asking me to take you off the case,
00:18:28and I just politely told him to fuck off.
00:18:33Well, you find anything, you let me know.
00:18:37Have a good night.
00:18:39I like the new look, Clara.
00:19:35THE END
00:20:05She does bring the men back to them
00:20:11Time and time again
00:20:13This is a nice community
00:20:15Respect
00:20:16She was amazingly beautiful
00:20:22And she seemed such a nice person
00:20:35Oh, you said you'd come back
00:20:42Um, no, I'm sorry, ma'am
00:20:48My name is Claire Decker
00:20:49I'm a freelance investigator for San Luis Obispo County
00:20:51For social services
00:20:52I don't talk to police
00:20:53I'm sorry, I'm not police
00:20:56You're wearing her perfume
00:20:58Yes
00:21:00I am
00:21:02She was a very nice young lady
00:21:05Ma'am, would it be okay if I
00:21:08Asked you a few questions about her?
00:21:11We'd like to find out who she was
00:21:13Settle her estate
00:21:15My name is Teresa Suskind
00:21:18Come in
00:21:18Please
00:21:20Sit down
00:21:21I would offer you coffee
00:21:24But I'm out of supplies
00:21:25Juliet used to bring me
00:21:28Supplies from the food bank
00:21:30Every once in a while
00:21:31So, how well did you know Juliet?
00:21:33Oh, she'd stop by once or twice a week
00:21:37She liked to talk
00:21:39Did she ever tell you anything about her life?
00:21:42Any places that she had lived before?
00:21:44That for few
00:21:45I'm so sorry
00:21:48If you'll forgive me, I just need a moment
00:21:54Of course
00:21:58Are you all right?
00:22:02Juliet is not coming back
00:22:04I've seen
00:22:12Photographs
00:22:15It's so very sad
00:22:19Teresa
00:22:20Do you have any family?
00:22:25Would people know who to contact
00:22:27In case of an emergency?
00:22:32It's back there, dear
00:22:33In the closet just before the bedroom
00:22:36It's something you should have
00:22:40On the floor
00:22:53The last time she was here
00:22:56She left it
00:22:58If she's not coming back for it
00:23:02Well
00:23:03You'll know what to do with it
00:23:06You'll know what to do with it
00:23:09What to do with it
00:23:23You'll know what to do with it
00:23:23How can we ask you?
00:23:24It's something you should have
00:23:25!
00:23:25Do you know what to do with it?
00:23:27If you want to have to Denona
00:23:28I don't know.
00:23:58I don't know.
00:24:28Hello, this is Julia Town.
00:24:43I'm not here right now, so please leave your name and number.
00:24:47Thanks.
00:24:48Adios.
00:24:48Hello, Claire.
00:24:53Hello, Claire.
00:25:23Hello, Claire.
00:25:53Hello, Claire.
00:25:54Hello, Claire.
00:25:55Hello, Claire.
00:25:57Hello, Claire.
00:25:59Hello, Claire.
00:26:05Hello, Claire.
00:26:06Hello, Claire.
00:26:07Hello, Claire.
00:26:11You like my dress?
00:26:12Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:17You like my dress?
00:26:18Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:19Yeah.
00:26:20You like my dress?
00:26:21Yeah.
00:26:22It's nice.
00:26:23You like my dress?
00:26:24Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:25Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:26You like my dress.
00:26:27You like my dress?
00:26:28Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:29Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:30Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:31Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:32Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:33Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:34Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:35Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:36You like my dress?
00:26:37Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:38Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:39Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:42Yeah, that's nice.
00:26:43Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:46Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:50Yeah, it's nice.
00:26:57Yeah.
00:27:01Yeah.
00:27:01Yeah, I see look next to you very first.
00:28:06Good morning, detective man.
00:28:14Claire, there was a break-in last night, an elderly blind woman, Teresa Suskind.
00:28:18She lives in that yellow trailer on Scott Street.
00:28:21Oh my God, is she okay?
00:28:23She's fine. The place was ransacked. Nothing was taken. It was a man.
00:28:27Now, Claire, the landlord said that she saw you at Teresa's yesterday.
00:28:34I did speak to her yesterday, yes. And some other people on the list.
00:28:40Uh-huh.
00:28:40So, you spoke to a woman who never talks to us, and that night, there was a break-in?
00:28:49Is there anything you're not telling me, Claire?
00:28:55How's it going?
00:29:11Hey.
00:29:11Her name is Jessica.
00:29:25Yeah.
00:29:25These were given to me by an elderly neighbor of hers, a woman who she used to deliver meals to.
00:29:31Now, the woman is blind, but they had many conversations.
00:29:35Wait, are you sure these are the decedents? I mean, maybe she had a child.
00:29:38No, I know.
00:29:39I haven't brought these to the attention of the sheriff's department yet.
00:29:44Now, Vivian, you know that as soon as I find a substantial lead, he's going to throw me off the case.
00:29:50I can find out more.
00:29:52Well, look, it's been six months since the murder.
00:29:54I suppose a couple more days isn't going to hurt anything.
00:29:58You do what you need to do, but you make sure it does not reflect badly on this department.
00:30:03Thank you. I'll call you.
00:30:05Sure.
00:30:07Whew.
00:30:09My little girl is all grown up.
00:30:20Hey.
00:30:21You going on a trip?
00:30:22Can I ask you a small favor?
00:30:25Could you watch this for me for a couple of days?
00:30:30Uh, hide it?
00:30:31I know that it sounds really strange.
00:30:33It's a long story and I can't get into it right now, but it's really important to me.
00:30:38It's fine. Don't worry. I'll hide it from you.
00:30:40Oh, and don't open it.
00:30:44I'm not going to open your suitcase, Claire.
00:30:48Great.
00:30:51Sure.
00:30:53Who's that?
00:30:54It's my daughter. She's coming to town for a few days. Yeah, I'm really excited.
00:30:59I did not know that you had a daughter.
00:31:01Yeah.
00:31:02There's a lot you don't know.
00:31:04Maybe, uh, maybe you can meet her. We can go for a picnic or something like that.
00:31:08Or maybe I can just watch your suitcase for you.
00:31:46Hello, this is Julian Towner. I'm going to be right now.
00:32:04I'm going to be right now.
00:32:05I'm going to be right now.
00:32:05I'm going to be right now.
00:32:07Thanks.
00:32:09Adios.
00:32:10You didn't turn in the suitcase, did you?
00:32:36I did not.
00:32:38Feels good to do the wrong thing sometimes, hmm?
00:32:43It does.
00:32:45Be a bad girl.
00:32:48I'm sorry about the break-in. He was looking for that suitcase, wasn't he?
00:32:53Of course, my dear.
00:32:55Did he speak? Did he say anything?
00:32:57I spoke to him.
00:33:00He was not very happy by the time he walked out that door.
00:33:05Is he the killer?
00:33:06Oh, no.
00:33:07He was an errand boy.
00:33:08Have you always been so shy, Claire?
00:33:14I'm not shy.
00:33:16I'm not shy.
00:33:18I just like being alone.
00:33:20I was the same way, my dear, until I met my husband.
00:33:26It's amazing how love changes you.
00:33:30Your hair changes, your clothes, the way you speak.
00:33:37But it happens on the inside, too.
00:33:39One day you wake up, and you're a different person.
00:33:47One day you wake up, and you're a different person.
00:34:17Three, two, three, four.
00:34:20Two.
00:34:23Three, three, four.
00:34:33Three, two, three.
00:34:39Three, three, four.
00:34:42Two.
00:34:44Two.
00:34:45I don't know.
00:35:15I don't know.
00:35:45I don't know.
00:36:15I don't know.
00:36:45I don't know.
00:37:15I don't know.
00:37:45I don't know.
00:38:15I don't know.
00:38:45I don't know.
00:39:15I don't know.
00:39:45I don't know.
00:40:15I don't know.
00:40:45I don't know.
00:41:15I don't know.
00:41:45Well, good afternoon.
00:41:48Hello.
00:41:49I'll have a vodka martini.
00:41:52With a twist?
00:41:54How about dirty?
00:41:57Sure.
00:41:58All right.
00:41:59All right.
00:41:59All right.
00:41:59All right.
00:42:11Can I put in a place?
00:42:13Can I put it in the room?
00:42:14I don't know.
00:42:14Can I put it to your room?
00:42:16Can I put it to your room?
00:42:18Can I put it to your room?
00:42:18No, I'm not staying here.
00:42:19No, I'm not staying here.
00:42:19A friend stayed here and she recommended it.
00:42:27And I don't know.
00:42:43I'm not going to have a place.
00:42:45I know.
00:42:49We have deals with many of the doctors.
00:42:51Their patients stay here.
00:42:52And they check in the night before they have a little work done.
00:42:55Huh.
00:43:00My friend did that.
00:43:03Actually, there's one of the doctors right there.
00:43:07He comes in almost every day for a happy hour.
00:43:10Dr. Barry Harden.
00:43:13Nice guy.
00:43:17I'll be right here. Enjoy your drink.
00:43:18I am fairly certain that she was here.
00:43:39Is there any way that you could look it up for me?
00:43:42I'm afraid you're going to have to put that request in through corporate.
00:43:45I'm not allowed to give that kind of information about guests who stay here.
00:43:48Of course.
00:43:51Adios.
00:43:51I'm not allowed to do this.
00:43:52I'm not allowed to do this.
00:43:54I'm not allowed to do this.
00:43:55Oh, my gosh.
00:43:55No!
00:43:56No!
00:43:57No!
00:43:58No!
00:43:58No!
00:43:59No!
00:43:59No!
00:43:59No!
00:43:59No!
00:44:00No!
00:44:43You're back.
00:44:48It's getting late and I don't want to drive home.
00:44:51Do you have any available rooms tonight?
00:44:52We do, actually. Let me see what we have.
00:44:54Great.
00:45:13This is the SLO News Radio Archive.
00:45:18The FBI have announced that apparent suicide is the probable cause for the disappearance of Sylvia Harden, the wife of San Francisco plastic surgeon Barry Harden.
00:45:27She disappeared an estimated 100 miles east of Oahu.
00:45:31John.
00:45:32Claire, I've been at the house all day.
00:45:34No locks are broken.
00:45:36There's no signs of forced entry.
00:45:38There's no new fingerprints except yours.
00:45:40And they are everywhere.
00:45:42Well, it's my job to be there and go through everything.
00:45:45Hard to find a print of the victims.
00:45:46You seem to have taken over.
00:45:47I'm assigning your car out front for the next 24 hours.
00:45:51Are you coming by tonight?
00:45:53No, I'm in San Francisco.
00:45:55Not to do with the case.
00:45:57It's the anniversary of my parents' death.
00:45:59They passed away in a boating accident in the bay here, so I come up every year.
00:46:03I'm sorry to hear that.
00:46:09Anyway, I'll be heading back tomorrow and I will be going to the house, so you should only need another day or two and then I'll file my report and give it over to you.
00:46:18Good.
00:46:23That's the one.
00:46:25I saw her wearing it.
00:46:28Fuck.
00:46:29The probable cause for the disappearance of Sylvia Harden, the wife of San Francisco plastic surgeon Barry Harden.
00:46:35She disappeared an estimated 100 miles east of Oahu while on a South Seas cruise three weeks ago.
00:46:42After intensive interviews with a doctor and numerous witnesses, no charges have been filed.
00:46:47Sylvia Harden was 34 years old and a noted philanthropist in the city.
00:46:51Despite a three-day search by the U.S. Coast Guard, no body has been recovered.
00:46:59And maybe a tiny blijven.
00:47:09Harmony death peshes in the name of Sylvia Harden is 10.
00:47:11The eye of Sylvia Hover and the Maharajas SheetanintƩ, the incident of Ripley Hall is 11.
00:47:13Was her mother to her husband and wife after Elesena has been discussing this was 17.
00:47:17Thisadascourse regime is almost perpetrated.
00:47:18You should watch any.
00:47:45Cheers.
00:47:48Cheers.
00:48:16It's almost last call.
00:48:28May I buy you another motif?
00:48:34Yes.
00:49:46Tina said you were out of town working?
00:49:48Yeah.
00:49:49What's up?
00:49:52There was a guy at your door last night when I got home.
00:49:56I'm pretty sure he was trying to break in.
00:50:00So I called out to him, but he used your name, said he was a friend of yours.
00:50:05It's nothing to worry about.
00:50:08He had a gun, Claire.
00:50:09Yeah, I saw it underneath his jacket.
00:50:15Does this have anything to do with that suitcase you left me?
00:50:18Is that what he was after?
00:50:19Claire?
00:50:23Yes.
00:50:25I knew you'd surprise me one day, but I never expected this.
00:50:28Um, look, I'm happy to help out a neighbor, help you out, Claire, but I can't have that.
00:50:36Ever.
00:50:37You understand?
00:50:39I have my daughter in town.
00:50:41I can't be involved in anything illegal or dangerous.
00:50:44Of course.
00:50:50I'm really sorry.
00:50:52I can come right now, take it back.
00:50:55Okay, good.
00:50:56Because this needs to be a safe place all the time, but especially when she's here.
00:51:02Teresa?
00:51:29Teresa?
00:51:32Can I ask a small favor?
00:51:41I've put the suitcase back in the closet.
00:51:43I'll be back for it.
00:51:45So nice of you to stop by, Julia.
00:51:48Teresa, I'm Claire.
00:51:50Claire?
00:51:51Of course.
00:51:53I'm sorry, dear.
00:51:54I can't keep the suitcase at my house,
00:51:58but the man who's looking for it,
00:52:01he won't check back here.
00:52:02No, he won't.
00:52:06Teresa, are you all right?
00:52:08I'm just fine.
00:52:11But I have some advice for you.
00:52:17Don't ever get old.
00:52:19Could this body be the doctor's wife, then?
00:52:24No.
00:52:25It can't be.
00:52:27The cruise with Sylvia Hardin on it left San Francisco three days after that body was found.
00:52:32Also, that body was never in the water.
00:52:34Oh, God.
00:52:37Oh.
00:52:38That body is Jessica.
00:52:40So, Hardin has an affair with Jessica.
00:52:42The wife can't take it.
00:52:43She commits suicide.
00:52:45There are eyewitnesses that saw Sylvia Hardin at the railing of the cruise ship.
00:52:49Hardin was in the bar at the time.
00:52:50He has an alibi, but Jessica was at the hotel Rex.
00:52:59She stayed there.
00:53:04Hardin's there all the time.
00:53:06He works down the street.
00:53:07It can't be a coincidence.
00:53:11And he's a doctor.
00:53:14So, Hardin's the killer.
00:53:16He's involved somehow, and there is only one way to find out.
00:53:21What are you going to do?
00:53:23I'm going to go back up there tomorrow.
00:53:25Oh, well, I have a gig.
00:53:26You should stop by.
00:53:28I'm confronting Hardin.
00:53:31I'm going to confront him in the bar of the hotel Rex.
00:53:34If he did it, if he's involved somehow, I'm going to know.
00:53:41That's too dangerous.
00:53:43What if he's the killer?
00:53:44Look at this.
00:53:45I don't care.
00:53:46I have to know.
00:53:47As soon as I do it, I will turn everything over to the police.
00:53:52What are you going to say?
00:53:55I'm not going to have to say a single word.
00:54:04I'm not going to have to say a single word.
00:54:34I'm not going to have to say a single word.
00:55:04And what can I get you?
00:55:09I'll have a vodka martini.
00:55:12Dirty.
00:55:12Hmm.
00:55:40Jessica?
00:55:41I don't believe it.
00:55:51I'm sorry?
00:55:54You're not Jessica?
00:55:57No.
00:55:58My name is Sylvia.
00:55:59Dr. Hardin, good evening.
00:56:04The usual?
00:56:10No, thanks.
00:56:15I know.
00:56:16What was that all about?
00:56:28What was that all about?
00:56:30I don't know.
00:56:30He must have taken L.
00:56:33It looked as if he'd seen a ghost.
00:56:37That's it.
00:56:38You look very much like a woman that used to stay here, Jessica DuPont.
00:56:44She knew the doctor.
00:56:46Did you know her?
00:56:50Yeah, she'd come in for a drink every now and then.
00:56:55Sit right there.
00:56:58Enjoy.
00:56:58Enjoy.
00:56:58Enjoy.
00:56:58Enjoy.
00:56:58Enjoy.
00:56:58Excuse me.
00:57:23Are you Jessica?
00:57:28I heard that man.
00:57:32Yes.
00:57:40I am Jessica.
00:57:43I'm Bianca.
00:57:44I had a friend who stayed here about a year ago, and I swear she met you.
00:57:57Hmm.
00:57:58Who was your friend?
00:58:00She was only here for a night.
00:58:02I doubt you'd remember her.
00:58:03But she described in great detail the most exquisitely beautiful ice blonde that she met here at this bar.
00:58:19Would you like to join me?
00:58:26If you'll excuse me, though, I just have to make a quick phone call.
00:58:33It shouldn't take long.
00:58:35I'll be back.
00:58:44Man.
00:58:45John, it's Claire.
00:58:47Claire, I was just about to call you.
00:58:48Teresa Suskind had a very bad stroke.
00:58:51Her landlord found her.
00:58:52What?
00:58:53I went over there myself.
00:58:54You have to get back there right away.
00:58:56There's a suitcase in the closet.
00:58:58It belonged to Jessica.
00:58:59It's very important that you get it.
00:59:01Yes, I found it.
00:59:02It's sitting right in front of me.
00:59:06Claire, I need you to tell me everything.
00:59:08Who is Jessica?
00:59:09Juliet Town's real name is Jessica.
00:59:13Last name might be DuPont.
00:59:15She spent a lot of time here at the Hotel Rex in San Francisco.
00:59:18That's where I am right now.
00:59:19I believe, I know, that she was murdered by a plastic surgeon named Barry Harden.
00:59:27Get a pen.
00:59:30Start writing things down.
00:59:33Here you go.
00:59:34Enjoy.
00:59:36That's it.
00:59:36That's it.
00:59:39I'll see you tomorrow.
00:59:43I'm so sorry.
00:59:44That took a little bit longer than I expected.
00:59:47It's perfectly all right.
00:59:48I ordered you another drink.
00:59:51Oh, thank you.
00:59:53Extra dirty.
00:59:54That's how I like it.
01:00:04You're so beautiful.
01:00:10That phone call seemed a little intense.
01:00:16It's been quite a week.
01:00:19It's over now, which I guess is good, but I'm a little sad.
01:00:24I had to find something out, and I did.
01:00:34A good friend of mine used to say, don't cry because it's over.
01:00:40Smile because it happened.
01:00:44I like that.
01:00:54I see her every day.
01:01:12She come out, but she don't play.
01:01:17Red heels, red nails, red jeans, and we all can tell.
01:01:22Half trash, half class, oh, I'll never get a pass.
01:01:32No matter how hard I try, brother, yeah.
01:01:42So hot she can stop a clock.
01:01:47I can't shake, you gotta watch these songs.
01:01:50Black hair, black hair, black hair, beware her smell.
01:01:55We all can tell.
01:02:02Her voice, my voice, oh, she'll make me pay the price.
01:02:06Till the day and night, what am I?
01:02:11My soul, my voice, oh, she'll make me pay the price.
01:02:33Oh.
01:02:34Oh, my God.
01:03:04Oh, my God.
01:03:34Oh, my God.
01:04:04Good morning, John.
01:04:14Claire, SFPD went by Hardin's early this morning.
01:04:17They found him dead.
01:04:19Murdered shot right through the heart.
01:04:21That can't be.
01:04:24He's responsible for Jessica's murder.
01:04:26I know.
01:04:27He might have even done it himself.
01:04:29I'm certain I confronted him last night in the lobby of the hotel Rex.
01:04:33You did what?
01:04:34I confronted him.
01:04:36Hardin confessed to you?
01:04:38No, but I could tell by the look on his face.
01:04:42Claire, there's a blonde wig missing from the house here.
01:04:47I have it.
01:04:49I need you back here immediately, or I'm going to put a warrant out for your arrest.
01:04:53You have withheld evidence.
01:04:55You have confronted a suspect, and now he is dead.
01:04:57Immediately, Claire.
01:05:01Yes, sir.
01:05:01I'll head back right away.
01:05:02First thing.
01:05:05Start the paperwork for a while.
01:05:07It can't be.
01:05:12It can't be.
01:05:35Oh, no.
01:05:37Tina.
01:05:45Hey, I thought you were coming to the gig last night.
01:05:47I saw someone who looked like you, but it couldn't have been you.
01:05:51Are you still in town?
01:05:52I'm at home.
01:05:54Hardin was murdered last night.
01:05:57Claire?
01:05:59And I know who did it.
01:06:01Hang on.
01:06:02Wait.
01:06:04I'm going to call you back, okay?
01:06:06Wait.
01:06:06You can't do this to me.
01:06:11Hello?
01:06:12Be at the Chandler house.
01:06:14Midnight, Claire.
01:06:15Make some wish in the end.
01:06:16Oh.
01:06:17Brick some good champagne.
01:06:18You dressed up as Jessica, you confronted Hardin, and that's the end of the story.
01:06:32Yes.
01:06:33Last night, after we spoke on the phone, you just went back up to your room?
01:06:35Tell the truth, Claire.
01:06:39Hardin was murdered last night.
01:06:40I need to know whether or not you have an alibi.
01:06:47Vivian, this is completely unacceptable.
01:06:49I'm turning this entire thing over to the county supervisors.
01:06:51They'll love to hear how Claire solved a case that you couldn't.
01:06:54But she didn't solve it, did you, Claire?
01:06:56Hardin killed Jessica.
01:06:58Who killed Hardin?
01:06:58I don't know.
01:07:02Where were you last night?
01:07:04Did you kill Hardin?
01:07:05John, I don't like the tenor of this conversation.
01:07:07If you're accusing Claire of something, then she needs a lawyer here.
01:07:10I want the truth.
01:07:11Don't you want the truth?
01:07:12You don't have to say anything.
01:07:15Claire, what else do you know?
01:07:18What else do you know?
01:07:42What else do you know?
01:08:12What else do you know?
01:08:42It's nice to finally be back.
01:08:49You've kept the place up so nicely.
01:09:01Jessica.
01:09:03The white orchid.
01:09:05That was a nice touch.
01:09:07I'm so glad to finally meet someone who understands how much work this all is.
01:09:13Finally, a worthy adversary.
01:09:30But you cost me $500,000 in that suitcase.
01:09:33That was your mistake, not mine.
01:09:36Why did you leave that behind?
01:09:38I leave money many places.
01:09:43In case I need it in a hurry.
01:09:46This isn't the first time you've done this.
01:09:51And it won't be the last.
01:09:52Dr. Hardin was very good.
01:09:59I can't tell you've had any work done.
01:10:01Barry was an artist.
01:10:03Chin implant.
01:10:24Chin implant.
01:10:24You're a natural beauty, Claire.
01:10:36Some of us, we need work.
01:10:39I just loved the way you confronted Barry at the Rex.
01:10:43You were incredible.
01:10:45That look on his face?
01:10:47I live for moments like that.
01:10:49You killed him.
01:10:51You'd be amazed at what people will do for money, Claire.
01:10:54You can hire someone to do anything.
01:11:01You've planned everything so meticulously.
01:11:04Every last detail.
01:11:06That's how it works, Claire.
01:11:08I don't get caught.
01:11:11That wouldn't be any fun.
01:11:15I always have an escape plan.
01:11:18Always.
01:11:19So just when you think you've got me,
01:11:22think again.
01:11:24Do you even remember this little girl?
01:11:53She doesn't matter.
01:11:54She doesn't matter.
01:11:58This time tomorrow, I'll be somewhere else.
01:12:00I'll be someone else.
01:12:04So, is it all just about the money?
01:12:08Not the money, the game.
01:12:11The sex.
01:12:11But I must say that woman, the Rex last night, Bianca, she was stunning.
01:12:21Is there anything that you don't know?
01:12:23Is there anything that you don't know?
01:12:24To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what you know.
01:12:28Would you like me to lay it all out for you?
01:12:30Allow me.
01:12:31Allow me.
01:12:32You research.
01:12:32You find a prominent and wealthy plastic surgeon, Dr. Barry Harden.
01:12:42You arrange to have some minor work done, and you lure him into an affair, but a man can't just murder his wife.
01:12:55She has to disappear in plain sight.
01:12:58I am so enjoying this.
01:13:02Harden does more work on you, just enough to make you look like Sylvia, the nose.
01:13:11The larger breasts, so that with a wig, and her beauty mark, and her clothes, you can easily pass for her.
01:13:21After you heal up, you move away to a small town like Morro Bay, and you establish yourself as the mysterious Juliet town.
01:13:35Three months later, according to your plan, Harden murders his wife.
01:13:41And that night, it's time for Juliet town to disappear.
01:13:44But before you go, you meticulously clean this entire house, and you leave behind Sylvia Harden's hairbrushes and her toothbrushes, her DNA.
01:13:57That way, the sheriff's department connects that mutilated body on the beach with Juliet town, the mysterious woman who lived in this house.
01:14:07So not only does the DNA match, but now Juliet town has disappeared.
01:14:12But the truth is, that the body on the beach, Juliet town, the body known as the white orchid, is really Sylvia Harden.
01:14:29And then, three days later, on that South Seas cruise that's been booked for weeks, that Sylvia must have told all her friends about,
01:14:42you board the ship with Harden.
01:14:44The two of you lay low for a couple of days, and then you go for drinks one night in the ship's bar.
01:14:51You get into a fight, just loud enough for other people to hear.
01:14:54You leave the bar.
01:14:56Harden stays there, behind.
01:14:58And you make sure that people see you crying by the railing.
01:15:03But then when no one's looking,
01:15:06you break the glass.
01:15:07Poor Sylvia Harden.
01:15:12She's disappeared.
01:15:14She jumped, maybe she fell.
01:15:17It doesn't matter.
01:15:19She's gone.
01:15:21Bon voyage.
01:15:24You're supposed to meet back up with Harden, but you don't.
01:15:27And I don't know where you've been for the last six months,
01:15:29but you've blackmailed Harden for everything he's worth.
01:15:34And here we are.
01:15:35The story comes to a close.
01:15:38It's time for you to disappear again.
01:15:41You don't know just how close you are.
01:15:50You confess?
01:15:53Hmm.
01:15:56Hmm.
01:16:00It's not the crime.
01:16:02It's the hard part, is it, Claire?
01:16:05It's the getting away.
01:16:09The disappearing.
01:16:15Why did you risk coming here tonight?
01:16:18Came here to meet the great Claire Decker.
01:16:21And thank you.
01:16:22I'll need to be much more careful next time.
01:16:28What makes you think that I'm going to let you go?
01:16:31I knew if you showed up here tonight,
01:16:33you'd let me go.
01:16:34And besides, well, I've let you go, haven't I?
01:16:45I mean, if I wanted to, you'd be dead by now.
01:16:49You're not going to shoot me, Claire.
01:17:04You're going to let me walk right out that front door.
01:17:07Do you know why?
01:17:18Because you and I
01:17:24were the same
01:17:27person.
01:17:30You're not Jessica.
01:17:49Until we meet again.
01:18:11Hi.
01:18:12That's a direct order.
01:18:27Do it now.
01:18:28The suspect is in custody.
01:18:34Go through the house
01:18:53and secure the backyard, okay?
01:18:55Are you okay, Claire?
01:19:07Something's not right.
01:19:08We heard everything.
01:19:09We got to go.
01:19:12It was way too easy.
01:19:13Okay.
01:19:25Claire.
01:19:27Claire.
01:19:27Claire.
01:20:11Okay.
01:20:11She likes you.
01:20:39She's a cool kid.
01:20:40She's at the age where she doesn't like anybody.
01:20:42Hey, Daddy, check it out.
01:20:45You guys have an amazing relationship.
01:20:49We're best friends.
01:20:52That's awesome.
01:20:56What's up with the case?
01:20:59Oh, um, there was a break-in of the house last night.
01:21:04Somebody stole the white orchid out of the window.
01:21:07No way.
01:21:08I'm surprised they lasted this long.
01:21:26Shoot.
01:21:27Get out of here.
01:21:28Be right back.
01:21:30Hello?
01:21:31Claire, you were right.
01:21:34It was too easy.
01:21:37This morning, Jessica confessed.
01:21:40Jessica confessed to being Sarah Richards, an actress from Los Angeles.
01:21:45She was paid $400,000 to meet with you and play the role of Jessica.
01:21:50She even had plastic surgery done.
01:21:58She had an earpiece.
01:22:01We found it in the patrol car.
01:22:03Someone very nearby was coaching her.
01:22:12Claire, are you there?
01:22:13Claire, the white orchid is still out there.
01:22:24She did have an escape plan.
01:22:30A good friend of mine used to say,
01:22:33don't cry because it's over.
01:22:36Smile because it happened.
01:22:38Smile because it's over.
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