[panting]
[gasping]
You-you can't scare me into killing the story.
If the university won't publish it
then I'll find another paper who will.
[choking]
You're finished!
What're you doing?
You can't shut me up!
I told...
I told Hailey everything.
[clinking]
Are you adding French vanilla creamer?
Is it your birthday or something?
I just feel like I should treat myself a little more often.
Oh. We all should.
You know, you seem a lot happier lately, Hailey.
I am.
Jonas and I are in a good place,
I've got my old college friends back in my life.
Family's good, work's good, friends are good...
Life is good.
It really is.
Well, it's great to see you like this.
And you're right, by the way.
I love being right.
What about, exactly?
Uh, about being ready to re-open the murder case of your fiancé.
I think I am.
I feel like I have the support I need
and the emotional distance to manage re-living everything.
Of course, that might be a different story
once that evidence box is opened.
Well, you know my door is always open.
Thank you.
[chatting]
Don't give him any ideas.
I can't help it if my fame lives on.
[laughs]
Well, I could not be a doctor
but right now I'm in desperate need of one.
Why? What's wrong?
My quads are screaming at me.
[laughs]
What's funny?
I took Fincher to his first spin class today.
Oh, brave man.
Fincher? This Fincher? At a spin class?
He liked it.
Sure I did.
You know what?
'Cause I burned so many calories today I can have two desserts,
right doc?
You can have one, ok?
And he's back.
I never left.
Well, that was fun.
I like Megan, she is smart.
You guys talked about doctor stuff half the night.
We went to the same medical school.
What are the odds?
You probably figured them out to the nearest decimal point.
You think I'm a nerd.
I find your nerdy math brain very attractive, Jonas.
I'll take it.
I can't believe Fincher went to a spin class.
You made me go to a yoga class.
It wasn't awful.
Yeah, but you didn't go to another one.
You're right, it was awful.
I knew it!
Why didn't you say so?
It was the beginning of our relationship.
I wanted you to like me.
But I like you for you, not for the things we do together.
I know.
I knew that then, too.
But I don't think Fincher knows that.
Don't worry about Fincher.
You have enough to deal with right now.
Are you nervous about tomorrow?
A little.
Re-opening Will's case is bound to be a bit overwhelming.
Well, I'll have Danny.
I won't be by myself.
For what it's worth, Hailey,
I am proud of you no matter what happens.
And I think, from everything I've heard,
Will would be, too.
So this is where we had dinner.
It's obviously a different restaurant now
but it was pretty fancy back then.
How did Will afford it?
You know, I have wondered that myself.
According to the police file Will paid for dinner in cash.
Did he borrow it, maybe?
I asked him that because I was worried he was blowing his rent
but he wouldn't tell me, he just smiled.
I remember that smile.
The "I'm not going to tell you
"so don't waste your breath" smile.
Yeah, that's the one.
I remember him saying something like
"there'll be lots more dinners like this when we're married".
Sorry.
Don't be.
So we had dinner here and then about 9pm
we walked to the car this way.
I didn't know where he had parked.
He dropped me off at the front door.
It was raining when we got here.
He refused to let me get wet.
I was wearing my best outfit.
Chivalrous.
He said he had this secret parking spot.
It was always empty, always free.
How did Will know about it? Did he come downtown a lot?
No, never.
I mean, between school and baseball he had no time.
It was a bit of a hike from the restaurant.
And back then it was all body shops and warehouses here.
So at 9pm it was a ghost town,
which is why there weren't any witnesses.
I never thought twice about it.
I was with Will. I always felt safe with Will.
I don't know why I didn't have the courage
to face this place before.
That gun was pointed at me.
It all just happened so fast.
I remember thinking that the shooter was out of his depth.
How so?
I don't know.
Just the look on his face after the gun went off.
What kind of look?
Shock.
And this um... this realization
that he had done something really, really bad.
In hindsight he had shot the wrong person.
I don't know why he didn't kill me, too.
I had never seen him before
and it didn't seem like Will recognized him.
Take it easy!
[gun shot]
I called 911.
I don't know how long it took or what I did in the meantime.
The ambulance showed up but it was already too late.
The shooter ran off that way.
That all matches what you told the detectives at the time.
So it's not helpful.
What we now know is that it wasn't just a simple robbery.
The gun was pointed at you.
That changes everything.
Except the lack of evidence.
Why would someone wanna kill me?
We have our own room?
I didn't wanna be in the middle of everyone.
Thank you for that.
Hi, Monty.
There's the case file up on the board for you to see.
It's been a long time since I've seen this.
That's exactly how I remember him.
This sketch has been run through our system a few times,
so our first task will be to age it and run it again.
The bullet was shot from a 9mm handgun,
no match to anything in the system at the time.
Interviews with the restaurant staff and a couple of cameras
on the street of the restaurant corroborate your timeline.
There were no cameras in the alley at that time
and there was no one else in the vicinity.
Even a plea to the public for help didn't yield anything.
I don't think there's much left for us to do
with the evidence on file.
The investigation was very thorough.
I'm gonna re-interview anyone I can.
I'll handle the sketch and the bullet.
What can I do?
Maybe you can try and jog any memory you have from that time.
If someone wanted you dead there has to be a reason.
This is the last of the boxes from my parents' attic.
I uh, got you something.
A box of chocolates from my business trip to Switzerland.
How fancy.
Only the best for my friends.
Thank you.
Yeah.
That's very kind.
[sighs]
Wow, I haven't been through this box since I packed it away.
It's gonna be ok.
Just focus on the good memories.
Hmm.
Will tied my engagement ring to this.
And yes, he pulled off all the thorns
so I wouldn't hurt myself.
He always thought of everything, didn't he?
What else is in that magical box of memories?
Look.
Oh.
Look at how young we were.
Look at you and Brad. You're so cute.
Oh, speaking of cute.
You and Will.
And there's Vivian.
And Emma.
Emma Harper, do you remember her?
I remember that night at the lake house.
Me too.
It was the night Will and I announced our engagement.
Yeah, that's right.
Maybe that's why everybody looks so happy.
I think that this was the last time I saw Emma.
Although, it was a bit of a crazy time.
Will died a few days after that.
Yeah, that was-that was the last time we were all together.
That's right.
I wonder whatever happened to Emma.
Didn't she get a job in France or somewhere?
That's right.
That was weird.
It was the middle of senior year.
Maybe I'll try to track her down,
see what she's been up to all these years.
Breaking news tonight at this hour.
Atlanta police re-open a high-profile cold case,
and it's not just any cold case.
It's the unsolved murder of Will Morgan,
college baseball star and, most crucial,
the then fiancé of local celeb, Hailey Dean.
Our felony-
I'd say Nancy Grace is a fan of yours.
Really? That's flattering.
Well, you never did lose a case.
Neither did she.
Whatcha looking for?
Or, rather, who?
How can you tell?
I saw that you were on your sister's account.
You only do that when you're looking for someone.
I'm trying to reconnect with an old college friend.
Oh, right.
How was the walk down memory lane?
It was a little sad but it was mostly nice to remember.
Mmm. Happy to hear it.
I'm having no luck finding her.
Well, not everyone uses social media,
like you, for example.
Oh, that's true.
I should do a more general search.
That's odd.
Nothing?
A few references from back when we were in college
but nothing more recent.
Maybe she got married and changed her name.
Maybe, but there should be a picture or something.
Nobody's invisible from the internet.
Everyone's on the internet.
Everyone except Emma.
What's going on with the investigation?
Well, Danny's been going through the old case file
and my job is to try and remember anything useful,
but either my memory isn't what it used to be
or there isn't anything else to remember.
I'm gonna bet on the latter.
There is one thing, but it's a bit of a stretch.
Stretch away, girl.
I had this friend back then, Emma Harper.
She disappeared in the middle of senior year.
What do you mean, disappeared?
I guess she got this job offer in France
and she just up and left before her degree was finished.
Wait, you guess or you know?
That's the thing, I never heard from her again.
No phone calls, no letters.
That is a bit weird.
I know, right?
So did you do anything about it at the time?
You know, I didn't.
It was right around the time Will died.
I think the last time I saw her was right before he died.
The timing is a bit suspicious but,
I mean, stranger things have happened.
You're not able to find her, though?
Not on the internet, at least.
You try through her family?
She has a half-sister, Olivia, but I've never met her.
Hmm. It's about high time you did.
Look, give me about an hour or so to track her down
and I'll get back to you.
Thanks.
Alright, see you in a bit.
I mean, I don't know, Hailey.
I don't know what to tell you. I don't know where she is.
I'm sorry to bring it up after all these years.
Not at all.
I think about her all the time.
You know we're half-sisters.
My mother passed away when I was a kid
and my father re-married Emma's mom,
and then they were both killed in a car accident,
so... Emma's all the family I have.
But if I'm honest... we were never very close.
So you haven't heard from her in a while?
Not since senior year.
I was in China teaching English at the time
so we weren't talking much.
Did she call to tell you she was quitting school?
No. She would usually send a letter
but this time she sent an email saying that she got a job offer
to be a foreign correspondent in France
that she couldn't pass up.
That's right.
I forgot about her dream of being a big shot reporter.
That was her dream job and she would do anything to get it.
I believe it.
She was always very determined.
You know, I went to France a few years ago
and I hired a private detective and he couldn't find anything.
I check in with them a couple times a year and still...
nothing.
Did she send you any other emails?
No, just the one, which was weird
because she wasn't really into email.
Do you still have the email?
I don't know.
It was from her university account
so maybe they have a record.
I'm sorry I didn't reach out to you before, Olivia.
There was nothing you could do, Hailey.
If Emma wanted to disappear
she must have had a really good reason.
I don't have an active investigation on file.
There's no missing persons report for Emma Harper.
It makes sense, Emma's half-sister is her only family
and she believed Emma's email.
Let me see if I can find her in the system.
Ok, here's her driver's license from back then.
It expired that year and hasn't been renewed since.
The P.I. Emma's sister hired in France
didn't find one, either.
No activity under her social security number.
[phone rings]
Hey.
I just heard from my guy at the state department.
And?
Emma had a passport but it expired years ago.
And get this: it was never used.
Never? So no trip to France?
Not on a US passport.
So she never left the country.
Looks that way.
So where has she been all these years?
Good question.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Hey.
Hey. What a nice surprise.
Well, I'm not here for you, I'm here for Brad.
Brad? Should I be offended?
Not unless you were secretly dating Emma.
You weren't, were you?
No.
No, I can honestly say I never had any romantic interest
in Emma whatsoever.
Besides, I'm not the type of guy that would ever make a move
on one of my friend's girls.
I have known Brad my entire life.
Come on, I'll take you up to him.
Good to see you.
You too.
I guess everyone in the construction world
knows each other.
Brad's family is construction royalty.
They go back generations.
One of the most powerful firms in town.
Strange that he doesn't work for them.
It's a lot of pressure, taking over the family business.
Besides, Brad wanted to be an architect, not a CEO.
Which I'm sure suited you nicely.
Yeah, I do like working with people I can trust.
I think Will would have gotten a kick out of it.
Who knows, maybe I could have gotten Will
to come work for me, too.
Now that I would have liked to have seen.
What's that supposed to mean?
He was your captain.
He was used to giving you orders, not taking them.
At least on the baseball field.
Diamond. It's a baseball diamond.
Oh, sorry.
Can I tell you a secret?
Always.
I never liked baseball.
Wow.
You never really know someone, do you?
This takes me back.
I remember this night so clearly.
Emma really broke my heart.
By leaving?
I always felt a bit responsible.
I mean, we got into a big fight before this photo was taken.
What did you fight about?
Stupid stuff.
Like?
Why do you wanna know?
I was hoping to track down Emma.
I thought you might know where she ended up.
No way, Vivian would not like it if I was in contact with Emma.
Well, she can't be jealous.
You guys have been married forever.
You don't remember?
I guess you were too wrapped up
in your bubble with Will to notice
but Vivian and Emma did not get along.
Emma was convinced that Vivian was trying to steal me from her.
Is that what you fought about?
I told her it was nothing but she didn't believe me.
She broke up with me on the spot.
She wouldn't even let me drive her home.
That night was one of my biggest regrets.
I never saw her again.
I didn't know.
Because I didn't tell anyone.
I figured she was just overreacting
but then she took off.
Hard for me to believe that wasn't because of me.
Well, this obviously still stings.
Did you ever try to find her?
What would be the point?
Besides, Vivian and I are happy.
She's always been there for me.
Well, I guess things worked out for the best.
Emma?
Why would I know where she is?
We were barely even friends back then.
Well, anything you know would be helpful.
I'm just trying to reconnect with her.
Last I heard she went to France, leaving Brad shattered.
Do you remember that night at the lake house
when Will and I announced our engagement?
Vaguely.
Did you know that Brad and Emma had a big fight
that night over you?
Who told you that?
Is it true?
Well, it's no secret I didn't like Emma,
but Brad was lucky to get away from her.
She cared more about that stupid school newspaper than her man.
Right, the newspaper.
Wasn't she working on a big story at the time?
She was always working on some big story,
ditching Brad to follow some lead or another.
So I made sure I was always there to keep him company.
Like that night at the lake, when Emma refused
to go home with Brad after they had that big fight?
Oh, I doubt that was the reason.
They fought all the time,
though Brad doesn't remember it that way.
She didn't deserve him.
Did you ever see Emma again after that night?
She never came by Brad's to apologize
if that's what you mean.
And I would know,
I was there 24/7 picking up the pieces she left behind.
And you guys have been together ever since.
Emma taking off was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Honestly, you know what,
I don't remember the last time I saw Emma.
It's been a long time.
Maybe it was that night at the lake?
Maybe, or maybe on campus?
What's on your mind, Clyde?
Is it that obvious?
Something's bothering you.
Don't... don't get mad at me, promise?
Ok.
What if that gun wasn't pointed at you?
What if you've just wanted it to be
so you could try to make sense of what happened?
I have asked myself that question a hundred times,
but I know it happened.
It couldn't be clearer to me. I just don't know why.
Hey, what if I were to post on the reunion website
just to see if anyone knows where Emma is these days?
I think that's a great idea.
Great. Consider it done.
And please don't be afraid to be honest with me.
Promise?
I promise not to be afraid of you?
That's close enough.
Ok, so February 17th you and Will announce your engagement
at Clyde's lake house
in front of Vivian, Brad, Emma and Clyde
the same night these photos were taken.
That was the last time I saw Emma.
She might have been on campus in the next few days
but nobody saw her after Will died February 21st.
So I think we can tentatively say Emma disappeared
between February 17th and the 21st.
I'm working on getting her attendance records
from the university.
What about the college newspaper?
What about it?
I remember her saying she was working on something
really big at the time.
It's worth checking out.
I'll add it to Emma's file.
Anything new on Will's case?
We've run the sketch and bullet to the state database,
no matches.
We've sent it to the FBI so there's still a ways to go.
Monty and I have scheduled interviews
with some of the witnesses, the ones we could track down.
That's our next step.
You don't sound hopeful.
It's a long shot under the best of circumstances.
Oh, it's delicious, but I can't. I'm full.
Me too.
You just left half your food on the plate.
Well, so did you.
Should I be worried about you, too?
Says the human vacuum cleaner
who just left half his food on his plate.
I should be worried about you.
I'm just not feeling it today. My back is sore.
More spinning?
No. Mushroom picking.
Megan's idea, I'm guessing.
Yeah, well, tromping through the forest foraging for fungus
isn't the bonding experience you'd think it would be.
It doesn't sound so bad.
For four hours? In the rain?
How did mushroom picking even come up to begin with?
I may have mentioned
that I would rather workout outdoors than in.
Ok, so instead of telling her that you don't like spinning
you tried to get around it by suggesting an alternative?
It seemed like a foolproof strategy.
And I take it you haven't been honest with her yet.
I really like her, Hailey.
I don't wanna blow this.
Fincher, the truth will come out eventually.
It's ok if you guys have different interests.
And if she doesn't like me for me then it's not meant to be.
Exactly.
I'm not willing to risk it.
Just tell her how you feel
otherwise who knows what you'll have to deal with?
Look, I survived spin class,
I survived foraging the forest for fungus
for four hours in the rain,
I can survive anything.
[phone rings]
It's Brad.
Hi, Brad.
Hailey. I realized after we talked that I still had
some unresolved feelings about Emma,
so I thought I should talk to her to resolve my feelings.
That's great.
I'll let you know when I find her.
That's the reason I'm calling. I found Emma.
Where is she?
Well, I didn't physically find her
but I found the next best thing.
Her online profile page.
Really?
'Cause I looked earlier and I didn't find anything.
Well, I'm sure it's her.
I tried to message her but the feature is disabled.
Can you see anything?
Not really, her posts are private.
For friends only.
I put in a friend request
so hopefully she'll check the page soon.
Can you send me a link?
For sure.
Thanks.
Brad found Emma on social media.
Maybe you missed it.
You're not the most savvy person,
social media wise.
I am not ashamed of that in the least.
But it's just weird.
Clyde posts about her on the reunion page
and then suddenly Brad finds her on the internet?
Maybe it's a coincidence.
You don't believe in coincidences.
And neither do you.
Doesn't mean they never happen.
I'm gonna need my more bacon to go, bro.
I really appreciate this, Ethan.
I know your computer genius is in high demand these days.
Honestly, this is the most interesting thing
I've done all day.
I always look forward to your calls.
Don't tell cousin Danny.
Oh, I won't.
You know, anyone can sign up to social media accounts
using any name and any fake email.
Are you saying there's no way to know
if this page is real or not?
Well, as you already saw here, the page was created in 2007
which was just after the site opened up to the public.
That's right, I remember it was a pretty big deal at the time.
So to have an account from the very beginning
but not have any posts, private or otherwise, that's weird.
Well, some people like to have a page
so that they know what everybody else is doing.
Lurkers.
Though checking in on other people's lives without engaging
so they don't know that you're watching them?
That's... that's kinda like stalking.
Only in the strictest sense.
I might be a bit of a lurker myself.
You always have a good reason.
Besides, Emma couldn't even lurk very well.
She has no friends linked to her account.
Oh... there it is.
There what is?
You'll be pleased to know you were right to call me.
This page is definitely a fake.
Really? How can you tell?
The most obvious tell is the corruption in the metadata.
Metadata?
Yeah.
Someone hacked into the mainframe and edited the code
to make the page look older than it is.
How old is it?
I can't quite tell exactly,
but the metadata shows this calendar year.
Can you trace it back to its creator?
The IP address it originated from keeps changing.
Another classic trick.
No, I can't trace it right now,
but I can tell you who made the page.
Who?
Only the most notorious hacker of the modern era.
That's his signature.
You know, kinda like how artists sign their paintings.
We all like to be recognized for our work.
That's not the answer I expected you to give me.
Can you track them down?
I don't know.
Ethan, I've-I've never heard you unsure
about anything computer related.
Wha... I like a challenge.
Great.
This is gonna take a lot of serious effort, Hailey, so...
Oh. Ok. As-as soon as you can.
Of course.
Danny, Emma's social media page is fake.
I have it on the best of authority.
Whoever faked the page is trying to stop us
from looking for Emma.
It is suspicious.
A fake page shows up on the internet
the day after I was searching online for her.
Someone knows we're looking for Emma
and whoever that is knows something about where she is
and what happened to her.
It could have been anyone, Hailey.
Clyde posted on the reunion page which has 300 followers.
Said the police were looking for her.
Probably not the best choice of words.
Hailey?
Hailey, can you hear me?
Hailey?
Yeah, I can... I can hear you.
You know, Danny, if someone went to this much trouble
to try to throw us off then I can't help but fear the worst.
It's so peaceful here.
It was the perfect place to spread Will's ashes.
You haven't been here since, have you?
Intentionally.
I miss him, Hailey.
Me too.
You know, when he was a teenager he'd babysit me sometimes.
We watched scary movies I wasn't supposed to watch.
I begged him to let me even though we both knew
they'd give me bad dreams.
He was such a softie when it came to you.
He always felt so guilty.
And then I'd feel bad for making him feel bad.
And that would make him feel worse.
So much that he built a tent in my room with bedsheets.
We'd both spend the night in there.
He never snuck out after I fell asleep, either.
He protected you.
Which is why I always felt like I failed him.
I couldn't protect him.
I know it's irrational.
Feelings often are.
I need to solve this case, Hailey.
I know. Me too.
How'd you know I was here, anyway?
Monty told me.
She also told me that you slept
in the conference room last night.
I re-interviewed everyone I could.
No one had anything to add to their original statement.
I re-checked surveillance footage, nothing.
I didn't really expect to find anything.
But I guess I was hoping to more than I thought I was.
Danny, it's not your fault
Will's killer hasn't been caught.
How can it not be?
Will's death is the whole reason I became a cop.
I know. It's the reason I became a prosecutor.
So what do you think about the possible connection
between Emma's disappearance and what happened to Will?
Have you found anything connecting them?
No.
No luck with the social media hacker?
Not yet, but Ethan's all over it.
I have faith.
I worry about that kid.
He's too smart for his own good.
Danny, he's hardly a kid anymore.
All the more reason to worry.
Let's get outta here.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee.
You always know exactly what to say.
We got back the attendance records from the university
insofar as they exist.
Nothing for Emma past February 16th.
Well, not going to class isn't proof of anything.
She didn't officially withdraw,
but that doesn't mean anything, either.
What about the email she sent her sister?
Apparently the university disables
all undergraduate emails after senior year.
They're looking into the archives.
That's no help.
But they did tell me that they had a lot of problems
with security in those days.
Email was fairly new so it was easy to figure out
someone else's information.
The default password was just the student number.
And our student numbers were printed on everything.
Then the email could have easily been sent by someone else.
Likely someone she knew.
So, there's of course Brad.
Heartbreak can easily be a motive.
He's the one who conveniently found her on the internet.
That's a good point.
But Vivian's motivation is arguably stronger.
Jealousy can make people do things they ordinarily wouldn't.
What about someone outside your circle?
What was Emma into in college?
The newspaper.
Journalists are often targets.
Who was the editor back then?
Can't be that hard to figure out.
Tom Rakanski?
That's me.
Look, I don't mean to rush you
but the client's coming by in 20 minutes.
This won't take long.
I'm Detective Morgan, this is Hailey Dean.
We just need to ask you a few questions.
Shoot.
Were you the editor at the Atlanta State paper?
In my senior year, yes.
I went there, too. I was friends with Emma Harper.
Emma. Right.
Was she working on anything at the time?
That's a long time ago.
Why're you asking?
Have you heard from her since college?
No, I don't keep in touch with anyone.
Not even on social media?
No, no. I didn't get into that.
I don't really care what my kindergarten classmates
are up to these days.
So you're a landscaper.
Yeah, yeah.
We do everything from entire garden design,
maintenance, you know.
I'd be happy to stop by, give you an estimate.
No thanks.
I just would have expected you to pursue journalism
as a career.
It turns out that wasn't what I wanted
but uh, I'm happy doing this.
Anyway, I've got work to do, so...
He is not happy,
I don't care what he says.
Even I could tell that.
I got the sense that he did not want to talk about college,
as though there was some painful memory he was trying to ignore.
To do with Emma I'm betting.
Probably.
When you brought it up he got defensive.
His posture completely changed, he closed off.
He only relaxed when he was trying to sell me
on his landscape company.
Then you think he does remember the story?
I can't say for sure but there is definitely something
from that time that he would rather forget.
Police are being extremely tight-lipped
in the Will Morgan murder case
and that can mean one thing only.
The cops are on to you.
You can run but you can't hide.
Wow, Nancy Grace is really paying attention to this case.
We can use all the help we can get.
Any luck?
Not really.
Well, I've had some.
Atlanta State recently digitized all their back issues.
I've got everything from Emma's time at the newspaper.
That's still four years worth of issues.
I'll do it. I was there.
Be my guest.
You're welcome.
Last eggroll?
It's all yours.
Thanks for bringing dinner.
It's the least I could do for making you go through
back-issues of my old college newspaper.
It's giving me flashbacks of green beer
and random purple punch parties.
I do not miss college.
Oh, Jonas.
College had more to offer than that.
Well, I'd love to say you're right
but my fraternity would strongly disagree.
You were in a frat?
I was.
Didn't you pledge?
I don't think sorority life was for me.
[laughs]
I lived off-campus with my parents
and I spent all of my time at the library
or at Will's baseball games.
When did you meet Will?
Or is that too weird to ask?
I'm asking my current boyfriend to help me find a friend
who may have something to do with my fiancé's murder
so no, not too weird.
I know you don't like to talk about Will.
[exhales]
I don't wanna run away from the memories anymore.
Especially not with you.
I met Will in the registration line the first day of
Welcome Week freshman year.
And you started dating right away?
That weekend was our first date.
We never looked back.
He was your first love.
He was.
And for a long time I thought he would be my only.
I felt the same way about my wife.
Well, Emma certainly writes a lot of articles,
mostly about school politics or funding issues.
Serious subjects.
She wanted to change the world.
Didn't we all?
I remember this.
Hmm?
The new student centre.
It was a really big deal the whole time I was there
and then they didn't start construction
until my senior year.
What was the problem?
Fundraising, and then all of a sudden they hired a firm
and broke ground.
It's right here in this article.
That Emma didn't write, by the way.
"An unnamed company donated materials to help build
"the student centre within the university's budget."
Written by Judith Capriali.
Wait, I know that name.
Isn't she a reporter with the Atlanta Star?
Judith Capriali?
I just appreciate you letting me drag you around
looking for someone who might not even be missing.
Hey, I know what a big deal it is for you to be back
in your college years.
If finding Emma helps you find Will's killer
I'm all in on finding her.
Hailey Dean.
Hi, Judith. Uh, this is Fincher Garland,
he's an investigator with the District Attorney.
I don't have a lot of time, deadlines and such,
but would you mind joining me in my office?
Great.
Sure.
So I was surprised to get your call, Hailey.
You are notorious for refusing to give interviews.
You mean when I was a prosecutor?
That was a long time ago and I'm not being interviewed.
So what can I do for you?
I'm looking for Emma Harper.
Emma. I haven't thought of her in years.
Do you remember the last time you saw her?
Must have been senior year.
So you don't keep in touch?
No, not since then.
We had a bit of a rivalry back then,
who was gonna be the best reporter,
get the biggest scoop.
That sounds like Emma.
Do you know if Emma was working on another story at the time?
Probably.
But I do remember her and Tom having a big blowout.
Tom Rakanski.
Yes. He refused to publish a story of hers,
but I can't recall what.
Hmm. When did this happen?
Winter, I think.
Why are you asking about all this stuff from back then?
Emma went to France.
She must still be there.
I don't remember her mentioning wanting to go to France.
Did you know about that?
Not until her cousin told me.
Her cousin?
Yeah. I went by her place and he was there
packing up all her stuff to ship to France.
And that didn't seem weird to you?
Well, he had a key and he knew about the paper.
Why?
You think maybe he wasn't her cousin?
I have a second cousin but we're not close though.
Does he live here in Atlanta?
No, he lives in Vancouver. Why?
Was he here back when Emma and I were in college?
Uh, I doubt it.
He was seen packing up Emma's room.
I don't think so.
He just graduated from college.
He would have been a kid then.
We can assume whoever was pretending to be Emma's cousin
likely knows the truth about what happened to her.
So someone wanted Emma to disappear,
sent an email off to her sister, packed up her stuff,
no loose ends.
There's another possibility.
What if Emma made herself disappear?
Because of the story?
Maybe.
If someone was after her she might have needed to get away,
change her name, everything.
I guess that's possible.
Anyway, we need to know why.
What that story was about.
Why are you asking me about ancient history?
Just answer the question.
Did you or did you not quash Emma's story?
Yes.
Why?
I was asked to.
By who?
The university president.
Is that the real reason you left journalism?
It just wasn't for me.
If anything it gave me a chance to do something else.
What was the story about?
I don't know.
If you don't know what the story was about
how did the university president?
I don't know that, either,
but if you think something happened to Emma
you should talk to that crazy brunette girl.
What crazy brunette?
She showed up just after I told Emma her story was toast.
I mean, I just got an earful from Emma,
the last thing I needed was some random girl screaming at me
that she was gonna kill Emma because of some guy.
Anyway, I packed up my desk right then and there.
Is she in any of these photos?
Yeah. I think that's her.
I mean, if anyone had it in for Emma
it was definitely that girl.
I think her name was Vivian.
You sure she's here?
I know Vivian well enough to know that she does not miss
her one o'clock yoga class, not even when she has the flu.
Dedication.
You can call it that.
...and the cool down was great.
Vivian.
Hey, Danny. Hailey.
What's up?
You remember Emma Harper, right?
You got the police involved?
Don't they have better things to do than look for people
who don't deserve to be found?
We all deserve to be found, Vivian.
What do you need, detective?
I have a lunch meeting to get to.
Did you threaten to kill Emma?
What're you talking about?
Just answer the question.
Of course not.
We have a witness who says otherwise.
I mean, maybe I said something once,
I don't remember.
Well, you told me Emma leaving
was the best thing that ever happened to you.
It was.
So maybe you helped that along a little.
You think I did something to Emma?
Did you?
Of course not.
Emma had Brad, she won that internship,
her life was perfect but it's not my fault
she didn't appreciate it.
What internship?
To the Atlanta Star.
It was a big deal, I guess.
Career-maker.
It was all Brad talked about for a while
that Emma never would have walked out on that internship
if it wasn't for him.
Are we done here?
Great.
Vivian didn't seem worried about the questions.
She's smart, Danny.
She knows better than to pretend she liked Emma
or cared about what happened to her.
Because you'll see right through her.
Or her motive is so obvious she can't deny it.
But she didn't actually answer your question.
And by not answering she didn't lie.
Exactly. Smart.
[phone buzzes]
Hey, what's up, Monty?
Yeah, I tracked down that internship that Emma won.
It turns out that when she disappeared
it went to the runner-up, a Judith Capriali.
Who is now a reporter with the Atlanta Star.
Where she didn't show up for work today.
She called in sick.
She wasn't sick when I talked to her.
I'll send a uniform to her house to verify.
Already done. She isn't there, either.
Do you think she's running
because I showed up asking questions?
Sure looks that way.
I'll put out an APB.
Ok, thanks, Monty. I'll see you in a few.
I've gotta get back to the office.
I'll let you know when I find her.
Hey, Sabrina, it's me.
I was going to pick up some food.
Call me back and let me know what you want.
[texting]
[sharp metallic clang]
[door closes]
So the president of Atlanta State
who made Tom quash Emma's story died a few years ago.
I spoke to his secretary
but she had no idea what I was talking about.
Another secret lost to time.
Any luck on Judith?
She hasn't shown up at the office or house so nothing yet.
Hey, don't let your food get cold.
I'll call you later.
Ok.
No word on why Emma's story was thrown out.
And I'm guessing no word on what it was about, either.
Or how the president found out about it.
What about the reporter?
Judith? She's still in the wind.
Think she looks good for it?
She didn't tell me that she got Emma's internship.
Did she lie to you about anything else?
I didn't think so at the time but I don't know anymore.
What's going on with you?
You never second guess yourself.
I just feel like I'm too close to this case.
It's clouding my judgement.
Well, your gut won't lie to you even if you want it to.
My gut's not really talking to me right now.
[phone rings]
Sorry, one second.
Hey, Megan.
Yeah, sorry.
I won't be able to meet up for coffee today.
Yeah, work's real busy.
Yeah, we'll do it tomorrow.
Ok, bye.
It's too bad you're so busy, I was going to bribe you
with cheesecake to go to Judith's house.
Oh, I actually have the afternoon off.
Oh, so you're avoiding Megan.
Hmm?
You says something about cheesecake?
So.
Megan.
I know.
I know I'm supposed to talk to her
but now she wants to do a vegan cooking class.
Well, you could stand to introduce some vegetables
into your diet.
[laughs] I doubt that.
Plus, you know I don't cook, girl.
I barbecue.
So, Fincher, I think you have two choices here.
Either you can embrace these new experiences
and do your best to enjoy them with your new girlfriend-
Woah, woah, we're using the g-word.
Or you can be honest with her.
Is there a third option?
No.
We can practise right now,
I do this for my patients all the time.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
That is way too embarrassing, Hailey.
Mmm-mmm.
I just saw you inhale an entire cheesecake
in under a minute.
I'm not embarrassed about that, actually.
I'm quite proud of it.
Give it a shot.
I know it will help.
You're not gonna let up on this, are you?
Nope.
Alright, fine.
Megan-
Wait.
That's Judith.
It is Judith.
Danny.
Yeah, hey.
We got Judith.
Something's going on.
A deal's going down.
That's a lot of money.
Judith.
Hailey?
Were you following me?
Did I interrupt something?
I'm undercover.
Oh.
Well, these two fine gentlemen
are gonna take you for a little ride.
Are you kidding me?
Sorry about that.
Hailey Dean.
We talked to that man you were meeting in the alley.
He's a drug dealer.
You were seen giving him money.
Yes. I was buying drugs.
Most people don't volunteer that so quickly.
I'm a journalist.
I'm writing a story on the supply chain.
That dealer was my ticket up the ladder
and months of work gone in seconds.
Yeah. It's still illegal to buy drugs on the street,
no matter the reason.
I'll share my investigation with your vice squad.
But that's not why I'm here, is it?
You won an internship in college to the Atlanta Star.
Yes.
An internship that was previously awarded
to Emma Harper.
Is that why I'm here? Because of an internship?
An opportunity like that can make a career.
What are you implying?
Ambition is a powerful motive.
Did you find Emma's body or something?
Why would you assume she's dead?
You're talking like she is.
We don't know. We can't find her.
Did you ask her cousin?
Her second cousin who lives in Vancouver
and was only a child at the time?
No, um, that's impossible.
I saw him.
He's tall with light brown hair.
I'm not getting anywhere.
I know. She's telling the truth.
What if she doesn't know anything?
I'm not so sure about that.
Where'd you get this?
You recognize him, don't you?
Who is he, Judith?
This is him.
This is the man that was cleaning out Emma's room.
The man that said he was Emma's cousin.
So the same man who was seen packing up Emma's stuff
after she disappeared is the same man who shot Will.
That's confirmation.
Emma's disappearance is connected to Will's murder.
I almost can't believe it.
No wonder the cops couldn't figure out this case back then.
They were working a completely different crime.
No, they weren't even looking for her,
never mind trying to connect her disappearance to Will.
But the thing I don't understand
is why that gun was pointed at me.
Maybe you knew something about what got Emma in trouble
or you were asking too many questions once Emma was gone.
I didn't know anything, that's for sure.
And I don't remember asking questions.
Besides, a college senior asking questions
doesn't seem like a legitimate threat.
You may not have been Hailey Dean,
prosecutor turned therapist, back then
but you were still Hailey Dean.
What does that mean?
It means nothing can stop you from finding the truth.
That kind of determination can't be taught, Hailey.
You were born this way.
And I'm guessing whoever wanted to stop you knew it.
You always know when we need sustenance.
It's my sixth sense.
Where there is hunger I will feed it.
It's from hanging out with Fincher so much.
You're probably right.
So it turned out that Judith and Emma shared a computer
at the paper.
These are all of Judith's old floppy disks.
Wow, that's a blast from the past.
Can we even open those?
I got a disk drive from a friend in forensics.
Let's find out.
Ooh.
I had no idea Emma was such a thorough reporter.
There's a mountain of research here.
Statistics?
This was just a college newspaper.
Now you know why she won that internship.
There's a whole folder on the student centre.
It was a really big deal at the time.
It looks like there were several bidders for the project
but the winner was significantly more expensive
than the rest of them.
Well, I would imagine a lot of factors
go into a decision like that.
Still, the most expensive seems like a strange choice
for an institution like a university.
And, according to this accounting ledger,
this company made a large profit off of the build.
Emma found evidence of several large payouts.
I can track the accounts
but there's one that she noted in particular.
$100,000 paid directly
to the president of the university himself.
He was bribed.
That explains why the highest bid won the contract
and why he wanted the story shut down.
How did Emma get all this?
We might never find out but I think we can safely say
this is the story she was working on.
If this ever got out it would have been a big scandal.
And a big lawsuit, and everyone involved would have been dragged
through the courts.
This is a huge story.
Emma held the reputation of the university
and the construction company in her hands.
What's the name of the company?
Hold on.
It's a local firm. Stenson Construction.
Stenson Construction?
Yeah.
That's Brad's family company.
So we need this plus two of the loads into the warehouse.
Yes, my dad was on the student centre job.
Did Emma know that?
Probably.
Why don't you work for your family's company?
I don't know what my career choices
have to do with anything.
You remember that Emma worked for the school newspaper.
Sure. That job meant a lot to her.
So then you must have known about the story
she was working on at the time you guys broke up.
It was a big one.
I don't remember if I do.
It was about your family, Brad.
No, it wasn't.
Is that what you guys were fighting about
at the lake house that night?
I told you what that fight was about.
Maybe it was about more than Vivian.
Maybe there was something else that was coming between you two.
I told you everything I know.
I have to get back to work.
I just feel like he's hiding something from us.
I'm getting a subpoena for Stenson's records.
They have an army of lawyers but whatever we already have
should be enough to convince a judge.
Hey. I just talked to Brad.
He said that you accused him of harming Emma?
Sorry, Clyde.
We're just following the evidence.
Did he tell you that he had a fight with Emma
that night at the lake house?
Look, all I know about that is he was with Emma before
and then with Vivian directly after.
I mean, I didn't ask and he didn't volunteer.
Do you remember anything about the student centre?
No, why?
Did Brad ever tell you about his family's involvement?
No. Look, all we talked about back then was baseball, ok?
I've known Brad my whole life. He'd never harm a fly.
Normally I would agree with you
but anyone is capable of anything
with the right motivation.
Brad?
Wasn't he one of Will's best friends?
Yes.
That's gotta be hard on you.
Well, it's not where I expected the trail to lead,
that's for sure.
What did you expect?
I honestly don't know.
But not back to my group of friends.
I mean, we were all so tight, I thought I knew them so well.
You know, if it's one thing my job as an investigator
has taught me is that you can't really ever know anyone.
That's cynical.
Can't argue against it.
I think I know you.
You think you know what I would do in any given situation?
Absolutely.
Ok.
What would I do if all the food trucks in the city
were suddenly banned?
Wow. You went straight to the apocalypse.
The most extreme thing I could think of.
Ok.
Well, you would obviously exhaust all legal means first.
Obviously. But if they failed?
Then you would organize a black market
of underground food trucks on a clandestine schedule
rigorous security and multiple failsafes.
[laughs]
You really think I would do all that?
Fincher, please.
Ok, you do know me.
Mmmhmm.
Yeah, you know me.
But I obviously don't know Brad.
You can't stop people from doing bad things, Hailey.
No, but I can stop them from doing it again.
[phone ringing]
Hey, mindreader.
Mindreader?
Were you thinking about me again?
I was going to call to see
if you wanted to come over for dinner.
I can pick up a pizza on my way home.
Oh, so you're out for a run,
that explains the shortness of breath.
Oh, right. I should have lead with that.
Do you want extra--
[thud]
Hailey?
What's going on?
Hailey, talk to me!
Hailey?
Hailey!
Thank you for picking me up from the hospital, Jonas,
but you really don't need to fuss.
I do need to fuss.
You hit your head and you might have a concussion.
You have to take it easy for the next 24 hours, minimum.
I will.
And by easy I mean no more looking for missing women
and no getting knocked over by potential killers.
Jonas.
Don't "Jonas" me.
You have to promise you'll do what I say.
Doctor's orders.
I promise.
I wish I had seen his face.
Danny's getting the security footage from the area.
He thinks he might be able to track the biker's movements.
This has to be about Emma. I must be getting close.
I'm not starting this conversation with you, Hailey.
No computers, no phones, either.
Just rest, ok?
I'll be back to check on you later.
[door opens, closes]
Hey!
You're supposed to be at home recuperating.
I've been sitting at home all day.
But coming into the office wasn't an option.
You need to go home.
I'm texting Fincher and telling him to come pick you up.
Sabrina, I can't just stop.
This isn't about stopping, Hailey.
It's about a mandatory pause.
I just feel like there's something
right in front of my face but I can't make it out.
Well, it is possible that it's your subconscious
trying to tell you something.
Maybe a suppressed memory?
I don't think so.
This is more of a feeling.
The fact that you were just attacked
means that you're about to expose someone
who doesn't want something known.
Maybe I'm just not seeing it.
And some people are better
at hiding their emotions than others,
and I'm not always objective.
No, just 99 percent of the time.
I prosecuted a case early in my career.
A man was killed and he left behind a grieving fiancé.
I put the wrong person on trial before realizing
the fiancé was the killer.
She lied to me for weeks,
and I almost didn't see it until it was too late.
You thought she was a victim just like you were.
My perspective was clouded by my emotions.
But you did catch her in the end.
I'm just afraid I might be having the same problem now.
You're lucky Sabrina texted me and not Jonas.
I know. Jonas is gonna kill me.
As long as he doesn't find out.
You'd do that for me?
Yeah, as long as you stay home and rest.
No, not you, too.
I can come over and hang out with you for a while,
if you like.
Yes, please.
Alright. We'll get a movie?
Nope.
No tv, no computer, not until I get the all clear.
Dr. Jonas made me promise.
Dr. Jonas is no fun.
Tell me about it.
Speaking of better halves, how was vegan cooking class?
You didn't go.
No.
And you didn't tell her why.
I may have said I have a stomach bug.
Fincher, Megan likes you.
And she's doing exactly what you're doing.
Trying to make sure that you like her, too,
by desperately searching for common ground.
The sooner you two have an honest conversation
the sooner you will get back to the ease
that attracted you both to each other.
You know, hanging out with you used to be fun.
And it will be again, once you talk to Megan.
Which you can do right after you drop me off.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm hanging out with you and taking care of you.
Ok, ok. Listen.
If you promise to talk to Megan
I will promise to stay home and rest.
[laughs]
That is blackmail, young lady.
More like negotiation.
Once a lawyer, always a lawyer.
[phone rings]
You're on speaker with me and Fincher.
We found a nearby witness who saw the rider get
into a red pick-up truck.
We're looking through security footage to get a plate number.
Thanks for letting me know.
Yeah. One more thing.
We got the financial records from Stenson Construction.
All the financials for the student centre
were run through a company called Arcand International.
Arcand International?
Yeah, it looks like a shell corporation that was formed
only for the student centre job
That ledger with the bribes was all from Arcand's account.
Does it belong to Stenson Construction?
That's the logical assumption.
We're tracking it down but it's registered off shore to another
shell corporation so you can see what we're up against.
But the forensics accountants are working on it.
Well, keep me posted.
Will do.
You know, I wanna take this to the DA.
I think it's time we started an investigation of our own.
[door opens]
Oh.
Clyde, you scared me.
I'm sorry.
The door was unlocked.
First Swiss chocolate and now flowers?
Wow.
You have been busy.
Don't yell at me, too.
Now, why would I yell at you?
I'm supposed to be resting.
Well, I think for you work is resting.
You're not wrong.
How are you? Physically, I mean.
Danny told me what happened.
Oh, I feel fine, really.
Hailey, I am scared for you.
I can't imagine what it's like being in your shoes right now.
It's a bit more than I expected, I'll admit,
but I have no choice.
I have to see this thing through.
I have to find Will's killer.
Then what will you do?
That's not something I want to talk about right now.
Ok, look.
I know you wanna catch this guy.
We all do.
But I have already lost one friend to senseless violence
and I-I don't want to lose another.
I know.
A house call?
I feel so special.
You're special to me.
It's nice having my own personal physician.
Who doesn't work on warm bodies very often,
so don't think it's gonna become a thing.
So what's the verdict?
Well, you're not showing any signs of a concussion
so I'd say you're in the clear.
[phone rings]
It's Danny.
I gotta go.
Hey.
We got an address for the rider.
I'll be right there.
Do you know who lives here?
It looks like it belongs to a man named Marcus Young.
I don't think he's home, though.
I don't recognize that name.
Are you sure he's the guy?
We found his truck.
This is definitely the vehicle our witness saw him
load his dirt bike onto.
Danny! Hailey!
Over here.
Look what we found.
Is this the dirt bike that ran you off the path?
It definitely could be.
Let's get forensics in here to sample the dirt
on the bicycle's tires and test it
against Hailey's running trail.
Got it.
Danny.
He's dead.
That's him.
That's the man who shot Will.
I should be happy but I'm not.
Me either.
I didn't wanna find him this way.
You know?
I wanted to bring him to justice properly.
We both did.
I feel like I let Will down.
No. Never.
We still found him.
We did everything right.
It doesn't feel that way.
I know.
[horse whinnies]
The victim's name is Marcus Young.
At least that's one of his names.
He's linked to a number of outstanding warrants
for infractions for intimidation, threats,
car theft, damage to property, it goes on.
No violent crimes?
Suspected but never charged.
He's been off the radar for a long time though.
Since Will's shooting.
He went to ground after.
That makes sense.
None of those other crimes are even close to murder,
not even assault.
It's a big jump to murder.
And it's consistent with your statement.
That he was shocked when the gun went off.
He'd never killed before.
Except maybe Emma,
though now we may never know what really happened to her.
Who was this guy?
A career criminal by all accounts.
And it means that he was being paid to do the things
that he did.
Including whatever he did to Emma and trying to kill me.
I'll check into his financials.
Maybe we'll get lucky.
Why would he attack you now?
To finish what he started all those years ago?
Yeah, I mean, why not do it before?
It has to be because I was tracking down Emma.
Someone you've been talking to must have tipped him off.
I'll check his phone records, see if there's a match.
So I got the DA to open a case file for the student centre.
You're not gonna believe what I found.
Don't keep me in suspense.
The city inspector wasn't the only person to get paid off
by Arcand International.
That doesn't surprise me.
Yeah, but the other person who did get paid off will.
Tom Rakanski.
Tom the editor?
The very same.
Mmmhmm.
The president of the university didn't tell him
to quash the story.
Whoever this Arcand company is did.
And set Tom up with a nice jump on life.
And his anger isn't at Emma, it's at himself.
His disillusionment
is because he allowed himself to be bought off.
So he was lying just like you said.
And if Emma had taken the story off campus
he would have been exposed.
And become an accessory to Arcand's crimes.
You lied to me, Tom.
No I didn't.
You did.
You said the president of the university told you
to quash Emma's story.
That's not true.
Why would I lie?
Maybe because you received a large payment
from Arcand International to stop the story.
Which we can prove.
Look, I was already thinking about leaving journalism
and I couldn't afford another degree
and then this guy shows up
and offers me money to stop Emma's story,
a lot of money.
And you didn't think twice.
I didn't grow up rich, ok?
University, it put me in serious debt
and this payment erased all of that.
How could I turn it down?
You knew that Emma was gonna take her story
to a newspaper off campus.
That was just talk.
And if she did the many illegal actions surrounding the-
off campus.
That was just talk.
And if she did the many illegal actions surrounding
the student centre would have been revealed,
making you complicit in their attempted cover-up.
Wait, what're you saying?
I'm saying that you had a real motive to shut Emma up.
I didn't touch her, I swear.
Do you recognize this man?
Yeah. That's the guy who offered me the deal.
You been in touch with him lately?
No.
I don't even know his name.
I'm sorry that I took the money back then.
I wish none of this had ever happened.
I'm sorry that I took the money back then.
I wish none of this had ever happened.
His regret is genuine.
I believe he wishes he could go back and change things.
That doesn't exonerate him by any means.
I get why Tom would have come after Emma
but I don't get why he would have come after me.
Or had the wherewithal to hire someone.
I don't remember meeting him at college.
How would he have known about me?
So I still can't prove that Stenson Construction
is behind Arcand International
but I did discover that the shell company
that Arcand is registered to is associated with the construction
of the new court house which, in turn,
is registered to yet another shell company.
Let me guess.
Which was also set up to funnel funds
for another high-profile construction project.
We're trying to get the records for the projects
but I'm betting that we'll see a similar pattern of bribery.
We found a few complaints
about Stenson Construction's practises over the years.
I tried to follow up with some of the complainants
but none of them would talk to me.
They probably settled privately
and signed non-disclosure agreements.
I wonder why Emma wouldn't.
She wasn't that kind of person.
Brad had a lot to lose if that story ever came out.
Probably more than Emma even knew.
And Vivian?
I mean, if she went to the newspaper office threatening
to kill Emma I believe that her infatuation with Brad
was intense enough to want to protect him.
She would do what Brad couldn't and take Brad for herself.
Let's ask her if it's true.
Why am I here, exactly?
At the lake house that night,
did you and Emma talk about the article that she was working on
Look, I already told Hailey.
I don't know anything.
And I-I barely remember.
You didn't know that she had damaging information
about Brad's family?
Did you tell Emma not to publish the article?
I don't remember.
Do you recognize this man?
No.
You've never seen him before?
Never.
Vivian shows no sign of lying.
No nervousness, nothing.
Doesn't mean she wasn't behind all this.
No.
And her aggressive reactions make it hard to know
if she's being intentionally evasive
or if she's just offended by being questioned.
But you're not feeling it.
My feelings haven't exactly been reliable in this case,
Danny.
We still need something concrete,
feelings or no feelings.
Brad Stenson's here.
I'll get Marcus's mugshot out of interrogation.
No, actually leave it there.
I want to see how he reacts when he thinks no one is watching.
Put him in interrogation one.
Thanks.
He recognizes Marcus.
I'm sitting in.
Brad, I'm gonna level with you.
Emma was working on a story that would have ruined your family.
How do you know that?
Emma had proof that they bribed the university president
to win the student centre job.
And it looks like there were other bribes.
I don't have anything to say.
You wanted to protect your family,
their business, your legacy.
But Emma refused to bury the story.
Maybe you didn't mean to hurt her.
I didn't.
It's time to tell the truth, Brad.
I don't work for my family
because I don't like the way they do things.
I refused to be a part of it.
And I didn't hurt Emma.
I loved her.
Do you know this man?
What's he got to do with anything?
This man ran Hailey down.
He did?
He killed Will.
And he had something to do with Emma.
What?
Look again, Brad.
No.
Then look at me.
Brad.
I'd like to call my lawyer.
[sighs]
[snapping photos]
Fincher.
You look like you could use a coffee.
Mmm. Hailey, you scared me half to death.
How do you always know where I am when I'm on stake-out?
I bugged your phone.
What?
I called your office. Which used to be my office.
I still have a friend or two there.
Mmmhmm. Mmm.
Mmm-mmm.
This isn't a mochaccino.
Oh, sorry. Wrong cup.
You know, for such a food connoisseur you should
really appreciate the intensity of a straight up espresso.
Why would I do that when I can drink chocolate
and it's completely socially acceptable way
for me to start my day?
Since when did you care about being socially acceptable?
Since they started putting chocolate in coffee.
A smile.
I've seen precious few of those
on your face these last few days.
I don't have a lot to smile about right now.
Brad lawyered up.
What about Vivian?
She lawyered up, too.
So Will's murderer is dead
and I may never know why he wanted to kill me
and we may never find out what really happened to Emma.
Yeah, but you did, Hailey.
You found Will's killer.
Yes and no.
I've thought about this moment for so long.
It never happened this way.
But it doesn't matter, it's over.
Hailey, don't try to lie to me.
I'm not.
I'm not lying to you.
But I may be lying to myself.
Well, I know you're dying to hear what happened
between me and Megan, so...
I am.
I told her how I was feeling and it was very uncomfortable,
I didn't care for it one bit.
And?
She was relieved.
Like you said, I-I said that I wasn't sure
that I was interesting enough for her, you know,
'cause she's a doctor and all and she said she was afraid
that she wasn't interesting enough
because of my exciting job as an investigator.
She didn't wait to get to know you.
I know, right?
I don't need any more excitement in my life,
not after I started hanging with you.
And she said she felt the same way, too,
like after coming home from a long day at the hospital.
So you guys watched a movie, ordered a pizza,
and all was well with the world?
Not exactly.
The vegan cooking classes were non-refundable.
Oh.
Mmmhmm.
Do tell.
You know what?
The food was surprisingly good, and I'm not gonna lie,
I didn't hate cooking it, either.
Who says change is such a bad thing?
Wow.
I wish I had recorded that.
I'm glad you didn't.
[message alert]
Oh. Jonas finished the autopsy.
Marcus Young was shot with the same gun that shot Will.
A criminal doesn't usually keep his murder weapon
this many years.
Suicide?
The evidence is consistent.
Why would a career criminal kill himself?
We were closing in on him, Hailey.
But who said he knew that? How?
And why didn't he run?
Maybe he was tired of running.
Maybe he just couldn't live with himself anymore.
But the same gun?
That's all a bit too neat, isn't it?
Is that what's bugging you?
And what about Brad?
We're tracking a burner phone that called Marcus
the day he tried to run you over.
If we can trace the location of that call we can start to pin
some concrete evidence on him.
I gotta get back to work.
Hailey. You read my mind.
I was just about to call you.
Did you find the hacker?
I did.
Ethan, that's incredible.
I know.
She thinks so, too.
She?
I know, right?
What did she tell you?
Uh, she says she doesn't know exactly who hired her
but she was paid by some company, Arcand International.
Arcand International.
Is she sure?
That's what the bank transfer said.
She's laughing because she said it was all done in French
and she didn't understand at first.
Did the transfer come from France?
No, Switzerland.
Thank you, Ethan.
I'm ready to call it a night, Monty.
Hang on.
I just found something in Marcus's financial records.
It looks like he was being paid a monthly fee of $10,000.
That's a lot of money.
From who?
This corporate tax code looks familiar.
Marcus was being paid by Arcand International.
That's proof.
Marcus was a hired killer.
Arcand hired him to take care of Emma and Hailey
for some reason.
Which means that Marcus may have pulled the trigger but-
Brad or his family was behind it.
Straight to voice mail. Her phone must be off.
This is Hailey Dean. Please leave a message.
Hey, Hailey. It's Danny.
Give me a call back.
We just found out something interesting.
We just got a ping from the burner phone
that was used to call Marcus the day he died.
I didn't expect that with Brad in custody.
Where is it?
Let me type in the coordinates.
The lake house! Oh, my gosh!
Hailey.
Hailey, call me back as soon as you can.
It's just you and me.
No one knows I'm here.
I just wanna talk.
Hello, Hailey.
Clyde?
What can I do for you?
Why?
You're gonna have to be a little bit more specific.
Don't play games. Not now.
Well, I knew that this was inevitable.
I've seen you go to the end of the earth for people
you didn't even know and there was no way
you were gonna let Will's death go.
I confided in you.
And the whole time you were trying to throw me off track.
A fake social media page?
An attempt on my life?
Marcus was never a very good killer.
He wasn't back then and he's not now.
You hired Marcus.
I didn't have to.
He already worked for my father.
You know, Arcand International.
So that's why Brad recognized his picture.
That's why he lawyered up, to protect you.
Oh, and I will reward him for that.
He will be transferred to my new office overseas.
Let me guess.
Switzerland.
You were just there.
You already do your banking there, anyway.
Ah, I see.
That's how you figured it out.
You were always so clever.
You still haven't told me why.
Well, you already know why.
Emma's story was gonna expose me.
You?
Yes. Yes, me.
I bribed the university president
for the student centre job for my family.
I was about to graduate and I figured that was a good time
for me to step into my father's shoes.
Where is Emma?
Now listen, I did everything I could.
I paid off her editor,
I tried to reason with her,
I tried to pay Emma,
but she did not care who she brought down
with her social justice warrior garbage.
You killed her?
She left me no choice!
Where is she?
Why does that matter?
Where is she?!
She's out by the tree line,
with a beautiful view for all of eternity.
You killed Emma and then you killed Will.
That was never the intention.
Will was my best friend.
He wasn't supposed to die.
I know. I was, but why?
You really wanna know?
I think you owe me that.
Emma said that you knew everything.
I didn't know anything!
Well, of course I know that now!
I knew that within a day of- of Will's death.
But Emma, she was just trying to save herself.
This is all a big misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding?!
You stole my life from me, you stole Will,
over a misunderstanding?
And-and I am sorry.
Truly, I am, but what's done is done.
You're a monster.
I don't understand why you're getting so mad, Hailey.
Isn't this what you've always wanted?
To confront Will's killer?
Look, I-I might not have pulled the trigger myself
but believe me a conversation with Marcus
would not have been satisfying.
I never wanted this.
Well, I could have killed you the minute you stepped foot
on my property, but I didn't, and I'm giving you this gift.
The gift of truth.
You had it all figured out
and you got away with it for all this time.
If you had just stayed out of my life
I might never have known the truth
but some little part of you wanted me to know.
Wanted me to be impressed.
Wanted me to be afraid of you.
You should know me better by now.
You asked me what I would do once I was face to face
with Will's killer.
[laughing]
You're not gonna shoot me, Hailey.
Don't feel bad about it.
Some of us are just... we're just made differently.
[gun shot]
Hailey!
Hailey, are you alright?
Danny.
It's ok, I'm here. It's ok.
Tell me what happened.
It was Clyde.
I know.
Danny!
[gun shots]
We found remains near the tree line
consistent with Emma's height and age.
I'll expedite the process so she can be laid to rest
as soon as possible.
Thank you.
[exhales]
He's a lot like Will, you know.
In some ways.
I hope you can be happy now.
I really want that for you.
I want that for you, too.
You never told me how you found me here.
Our forensics accountant managed to track the inheritance
of Arcand International through Clyde when his father died
a couple years ago.
Clever.
Your cell went straight to voice mail
so we put an emergency trace on your phone.
I can't imagine what would have happened if you hand't-
It doesn't matter what might have happened.
All that matters is that you're ok.
We can finally close Will's case.
It's so surreal.
I know, I'm having the same feeling.
I've carried the weight of Will's murder for so many years.
What if I don't know how to live without it?
We'll figure it out.
I know this doesn't mean you won't keep coming
to the police station asking for my help.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Just let me take a vacation first, ok?
No promises.
I'll be right back.