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[piano music playing]
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No.
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[sighs wearily]
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[phone dialing]
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[Tammy] Tides Motor Inn. This is Tammy.
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Hello? Anyone there?
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[ends call]
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[line ringing]
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[Theodora] Hello.
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Uh, yeah, this is Nora Brannock
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and, um... I need to see you right away.
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[honking]
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[siren blaring]
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- [doorbell chiming]
- [Theodora] Nora, how are you?
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Not great.
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I suppose Dean's told you that
he's not staying at the house right now.
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Yeah. The girl in the video...
in the bedroom.
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He told me
that he doesn't know who she is.
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Says he didn't sleep with her.
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Hmm. That's what he told me, too.
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And do you believe him?
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I mean, I did.
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Just doesn't seem like him.
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I have to say, I like Dean a great deal.
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But that video...
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Your bedroom,
a 17-year-old girl in pigtails...
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It kind of speaks for itself.
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What?
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That word, "pigtails."
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What about it?
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It's just so specific,
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and I just heard my friend Karen
say it at the club a few weeks ago
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and now you too.
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Before that
I don't think I heard it for 20 years.
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But that's not
what you called me about, is it?
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No.
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So, I wanted to look at his phone records,
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so I could see if maybe
there was a number I didn't recognize.
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Hers. The girl.
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There wasn't anything on his cell phone,
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so I thought, "Shit,
maybe he called her from the house."
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"From the landline."
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But that's not what I found.
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Do you remember when we told you
that I got a call at the motel
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when I was there by myself with the kids?
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- Hello?
- [heavy breathing]
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It was about 1:00 a.m...
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Hello?
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- I remember.
- [hangs up]
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So I checked the phone log,
and there it is.
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Right there.
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1:04 a.m. to the motel from our landline.
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Holy shit.
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Miss Birch, I think my husband's
the one writing those letters.
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I think he freaked out.
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We couldn't afford the house,
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so he wanted out, but he couldn't tell me.
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So he thinks, "If I can just scare her,
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just enough,
she'll want to sell the house."
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I think it's Dean. He's The Watcher.
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[knocking at door]
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Hi! I'm Karen.
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Karen Calhoun from Darren Dunn Realty.
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Can we have a little chat?
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I mean, the rumors are swirling
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and, uh, I just want you to know that
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I'm not going to ask
for any of the details, okay?
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My husband and I
aren't ready to talk about it.
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Do you understand?
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Mm-hmm. Which is why I said that I'm not
going to ask for any of the details.
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Yeah.
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I mean, even if you wanted me
to know what actually did happen,
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like, who were the bodies...
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You know, I would just say,
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"Uh-uh. Please, I don't want to hear it."
You know? [chuckles]
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We don't want to talk about it.
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Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah.
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Yeah, well, look here, uh...
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You know, I'm in real estate, right?
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And I just want to say your house...
your house is an absolute stunner
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and you're directly across the street
from the real prize.
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Nora and Dean's house is just spectacular,
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and everybody wants that house.
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Anyway, can I just take
a little moment here
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and just say congratulations
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for taking such good care
of this amazing little nest egg,
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because I know that you both are...
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of a certain age and, you know...
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I know you have
that condo down in Florida.
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How do you know that?
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You're probably mulling over in your head,
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like, "When are we going to flap
our little snowbird wings
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and move down there for good?"
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You don't know that.
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Well, what I do know is
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that your house is now
what we call a stigmatized property.
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It's because of the murders.
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It's just your house is probably going
to go for way less than asking.
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As much as 50%.
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So, what do you want?
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I would like to sell your house for you.
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We're not listing it.
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Well, you don't have to. Just...
You just sell it to me.
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Do you know Darren Dunn
of Darren Dunn Realty?
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That's my boss.
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And, well, what we do is we work together,
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we set up an LLC and then we buy houses,
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and then we flip them.
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And people are always really happy.
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My family is going through
a very difficult time. You can see that.
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Have you no empathy, no dignity?
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[chuckling] I get what I want, you know?
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[door slams]
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[tense music playing]
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You were smart to come to me, Nora.
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I spoke to my contact at the bureau.
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He knows a handwriting analyst.
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A guy he trusts.
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I showed this guy the third envelope,
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and the photos of the first two,
and the samples you gave me,
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of Dean's handwriting,
birthday cards, valentines.
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Now, he warned me
that it's not the best sample.
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We've got 30 letters,
eight numbers, a slash and a comma.
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Not a lot to work with, right?
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Now, he couldn't say whether all of these
letters were written by one person.
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They're obviously similar,
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but there's enough variance in a couple
of the pen strokes between envelopes.
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See, these two lines here, for instance.
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One is an up stroke
and the other is a downstroke,
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so he can't tell whether it's one person
who has two ways of writing a slash
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or whether there's
a second person copying the first.
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But here's something that he did notice.
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Third envelope.
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See the K in "Brannock"?
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See that loop?
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He said, in his experience...
[clears throat]
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...only about one in ten people do that.
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Look here.
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Your husband
usually doesn't write in all caps,
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but he did write in all caps
on Valentine's Day five years ago.
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The last line reads,
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"I love you, Mrs. Brannock."
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Look at that last K.
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Now, I couldn't pin this guy down.
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He kept going on
about how this wasn't a good sample.
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But I asked him, just his opinion,
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what the likelihood was
that the person who wrote that valentine
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also wrote the words on that envelope.
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What did he say?
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He said he was 70% to 80% certain it was.
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[sighs]
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Why would he do this to his own family?
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If this was his dream home.
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He was excited about the kitchen,
the town... It's not like I forced him.
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He was just as enthusiastic as I was.
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[Theodora] He may have wanted
to please you, Nora.
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I think he still does and that's why
he can't come out and admit it.
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I think he got in too deep.
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He thought he could afford something,
then realized that he couldn't.
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In fact, I know that's what happened.
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What?
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I went to the bank
where you got your loan.
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I talked to the guy, off the record.
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His friend, Steve,
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he told me about the hoops
he had to jump through with his boss
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to get you that house.
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Dean cashed out just about
every investment to secure that loan.
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Stocks, bonds, your IRA.
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But you had to have known that, right?
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Because you had to have signed off on it.
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Well, I... I guess I...
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There were a lot of things to sign...
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Okay. That's all... Yeah, one more.
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...and I guess I didn't read
the fine print...
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What are these?
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Uh, this is just some IRA stuff.
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The Roth. Just sign there, initial there.
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...and let him take charge.
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Yeah.
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And...
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And I knew... I knew all of our money
was going into the house. I...
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Literally all of your money, Nora.
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Except your AMEX card
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and a checking account
with about ten grand in it.
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So, when you decided to renovate
the kitchen and the basement
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on top of the mortgage,
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the money really wasn't there.
So he goes back to his friend Steve.
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But, Steve, he said, "There is no way
I can approve a second loan."
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"But, you know, there are some folks
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who could lend you some money,
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as long as you pay them back."
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That wasn't a refi, Nora.
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That was a high-interest loan on $150,000.
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What the fuck.
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I know. It is a lot.
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[Nora] Okay, hold on.
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This is only a problem
until he makes partner, right?
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Sweetie...
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Dean got passed over for partner.
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- When?
- I don't know.
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He told Steve a few weeks ago,
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but Steve isn't exactly sure
when it happened.
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So, suddenly, not only does Dean realize
he's bought a house that he can't afford,
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he now has a high-interest loan
from some shady people
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and there is no way
he's going to be able to pay them
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anytime soon.
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He needed a way out.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yeah.
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Nora, I am so sorry
that we had to find out this way.
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[sighs]
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But I have to
tell you something, sweetheart.
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We now know who The Watcher is.
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[car passing]
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Hey, Andrew.
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What's... Where are you going?
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Where the fuck are you going?
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Hey! Hey, motherfucker!
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[honking]
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[both grunting]
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- The fuck. Let me go!
- It's fine!
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Everything's fine!
Why are you running away from me, bro?
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Why are you chasing me?
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- Because you lied to me.
- No, I didn't!
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You lied to me. You're an actor.
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- You didn't tell me you were an actor.
- You didn't ask!
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Are you lying to me?
Did you live in my house?
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- Yes, asshole!
- Okay.
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What about Mitch and Mo?
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Still think they're members
of some blood cult?
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That shit about your kid?
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Oh, fuck you!
Everything I told you is true.
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If you don't want to believe it,
that's on you.
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But you stay the fuck away from me,
you fucking psychopath.
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Fuck.
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[pensive music playing]
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[sighs]
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[woman] Nora?
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[laughs]
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I didn't know you were coming.
You should've let me know.
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Hi.
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[woman] What's wrong?
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Oh, nothing. I... I was just...
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Well, it looks like
almost every piece is sold.
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[both chuckle]
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- Please sit.
- I can't believe it.
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[woman] Let me get you some water.
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[exhales, sniffles]
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Thank you.
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I probably shouldn't know this,
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but, you know, people have nothing better
to do these days than to gossip,
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and I heard
what's going on with you and Dean.
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Yeah. Well, every marriage hits
a rough patch, right?
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00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:32,658
I thought we had ours,
but it's nothing like this one. [scoffs]
255
00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:37,079
Well, can I just say then, this show...
256
00:16:38,205 --> 00:16:41,542
It's a real eye-opener
because it's telling me,
257
00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:46,714
"Hey, if you and Dean can't work it out,
you can support your family."
258
00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:50,342
How many artists can say that these days?
259
00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:52,593
Seriously.
260
00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:56,098
I want you back here
with another show next month.
261
00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:58,142
How does that sound?
262
00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:00,394
Well... [chuckles]
263
00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,732
I mean, yeah, of course.
264
00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:07,026
Good. Good.
265
00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:11,864
[phone vibrating]
266
00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,165
[dog barks distantly]
267
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:31,716
[rustling]
268
00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:33,134
Hello?
269
00:17:40,809 --> 00:17:41,852
I saw you!
270
00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,697
Dean! Is that you?
271
00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:58,034
[exhales sharply]
272
00:17:59,536 --> 00:18:00,996
- [gasps] Oh, God.
- [Pearl] Oh.
273
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,373
Someone's a little jumpy.
274
00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:05,292
What is that saying? Um...
275
00:18:05,375 --> 00:18:07,628
"A mistress who is strung too tight
276
00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:11,256
- has secrets that she keeps at night."
- [Nora scoffs]
277
00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:14,343
I'm sorry. You just scared me.
278
00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:15,803
I didn't know if you'd heard,
279
00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:18,430
but Mitch and Mo,
your neighbors across the street...
280
00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:21,350
Turns out they weren't murdered
in the face with a shotgun.
281
00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:23,852
I don't know whose funeral I went to.
282
00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,480
Wait, but someone was shot, though.
283
00:18:26,563 --> 00:18:31,193
I mean, we saw bodies being wheeled out,
and my husband heard gunshots, so...
284
00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:34,738
I don't know that we can necessarily
trust your husband at this point.
285
00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:35,822
- I mean...
- Okay.
286
00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:39,326
What is it you need from me exactly?
287
00:18:39,409 --> 00:18:42,371
I'm going to host
a luncheon tomorrow for Mo,
288
00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:45,207
you know,
just to be a good neighbor and all.
289
00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,876
A good old-fashioned Yankee potluck.
290
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,680
- Hmm.
- I really think you should be there.
291
00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:52,047
Twelve o'clock.
I won't take no for an answer.
292
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:54,675
- Okay.
- [Pearl] Okay.
293
00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:57,761
You wouldn't mind bringing a casserole?
Do you have a recipe?
294
00:18:58,262 --> 00:18:59,972
Not off the top of my head, but...
295
00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:01,306
Nixon chicken, then.
296
00:19:02,432 --> 00:19:04,143
Preheat the oven to 425,
297
00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:05,644
brown some boneless chicken,
298
00:19:05,727 --> 00:19:07,813
put it in a 8/12 casserole dish.
299
00:19:07,896 --> 00:19:10,941
Add broccoli,
a can of cream of mushroom soup,
300
00:19:11,024 --> 00:19:13,861
sprinkle cheese over the top,
cheese of your choice...
301
00:19:13,944 --> 00:19:16,572
Myself, I prefer a nice sharp cheddar.
302
00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:19,992
And then bake for 35 minutes.
303
00:19:20,868 --> 00:19:22,411
- Okay.
- [Pearl] Right?
304
00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:23,745
Nixon chicken.
305
00:19:24,788 --> 00:19:25,956
I'll see you tomorrow.
306
00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:31,461
[Mo] Pearl, it's funny.
I don't think I've been...
307
00:19:32,462 --> 00:19:36,675
inside your house in, what, 20 years?
But it's...
308
00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,804
It's exactly as I remember it.
309
00:19:41,388 --> 00:19:47,561
[Pearl] Mmm. My parents bought this house
right after they were married in the 1940s
310
00:19:47,644 --> 00:19:49,563
and they never redecorated.
311
00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:52,316
So, you know, I didn't either.
312
00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,694
I just wanted to preserve it
just as it is.
313
00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,492
[bell dinging]
314
00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,625
[clears throat]
315
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,005
[sighs] I know
what this luncheon is really about.
316
00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:22,930
When my son was in high school,
he got into the drugs
317
00:20:23,513 --> 00:20:26,767
and, it can do this,
it triggered some mental illness.
318
00:20:26,850 --> 00:20:29,394
The paranoia... He hears voices.
319
00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,563
We hadn't seen him in a while
320
00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:34,942
and the last time we spoke
was to tell him about my cancer,
321
00:20:35,025 --> 00:20:37,152
that it was treatable,
322
00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:40,656
but who knows how long I've got. [laughs]
323
00:20:41,490 --> 00:20:43,700
And that
Mitch and I were going to Florida.
324
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,537
But while we were on vacation,
325
00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:53,168
he went to a homeless shelter in New Haven
and he found two elderly people...
326
00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:03,220
with the same body types
as his father and me.
327
00:21:05,305 --> 00:21:08,183
And he brought them back to our house.
328
00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:13,105
- And he shot and he killed them.
- [gunshots]
329
00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:14,564
[gasps]
330
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,608
My God.
331
00:21:17,526 --> 00:21:19,111
To collect the insurance money.
332
00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:22,572
And then... Well, I might as well say this.
333
00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:26,326
There's a rumor you've
been getting some nasty letters, Nora.
334
00:21:27,327 --> 00:21:30,539
[crying] And as soon as I heard,
I immediately thought,
335
00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:32,708
"Oh, no, it's Christopher."
336
00:21:34,084 --> 00:21:39,381
Mo, it's so funny that you would say this
because all this time,
337
00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:43,176
I've been thinking
it was Jasper that wrote those letters.
338
00:21:43,927 --> 00:21:47,306
- You're kidding me.
- [Pearl] No. I don't have any proof.
339
00:21:47,389 --> 00:21:49,016
It's just a feeling that I have.
340
00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:52,561
He has such an attachment
to that house of yours,
341
00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:55,605
and a few weeks ago,
342
00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:59,609
I remembered something
that happened, like, five years ago.
343
00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:04,364
I got a letter in the mail.
344
00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:07,451
It wasn't long.
345
00:22:07,951 --> 00:22:08,951
Um...
346
00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:12,080
"An ode to a house," it said.
347
00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,416
And then it was something like,
348
00:22:15,959 --> 00:22:19,129
"Dear Miss Winslow, I love your house."
349
00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:24,843
"I love looking at it.
I love how different it is."
350
00:22:26,428 --> 00:22:28,597
"Your house is so special."
351
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:32,726
"I'm so glad you haven't changed it."
352
00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:35,729
Do you still have it? Could I see it?
353
00:22:35,812 --> 00:22:37,314
No, I threw it away.
354
00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:39,358
But, I...
355
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:44,071
For some reason, I always thought
it was Jasper who wrote it.
356
00:22:44,154 --> 00:22:47,783
I mean, at the time we had been
talking about repainting the house,
357
00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:51,328
and I thought maybe it was his way
of saying he didn't want that.
358
00:22:51,411 --> 00:22:53,538
And the handwriting?
Does it look like his?
359
00:22:53,622 --> 00:22:55,874
- It was typewritten.
- [Nora] Oh.
360
00:22:55,957 --> 00:22:59,252
But he loves going to the library
and they have typewriters there.
361
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,297
He says he didn't do it.
362
00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:04,716
[spluttering] But it's stuck with me.
363
00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:09,137
[thudding]
364
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:12,933
[Nora] Oh...
365
00:23:13,016 --> 00:23:14,851
Is... Is Jasper here?
366
00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:18,730
No. No, he's at his craft class
at the community center.
367
00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:19,814
Oh.
368
00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,781
[thudding continues]
369
00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:29,825
Is someone else here?
370
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,703
Oh, I hope it's a gentleman caller.
371
00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:35,414
[laughter]
372
00:23:36,289 --> 00:23:40,127
Just because a woman's over 50
doesn't mean she doesn't have needs.
373
00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:43,046
[laughing] Isn't that right, Pearly?
374
00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:47,259
Yes, Mo, that's right. [laughing]
375
00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:56,435
- [beeping]
- [alarm armed]
376
00:24:06,403 --> 00:24:07,612
[birds screeching]
377
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,281
[Ellie] Mom?
378
00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:11,700
[sighs in relief]
379
00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:13,410
- Sorry, you...
- Can I talk to you?
380
00:24:14,369 --> 00:24:15,537
Yeah, of course.
381
00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:21,501
What is it, sweetie?
382
00:24:22,502 --> 00:24:25,172
I know I screwed up with Dad.
383
00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:26,255
I...
384
00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:28,884
I realize that, like,
385
00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:32,012
whenever somebody makes me mad,
386
00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:35,724
there's just nothing
I won't say to hurt them.
387
00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:38,518
Nothing I won't do.
388
00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:43,440
Even if I know I'll regret it later.
389
00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:53,325
It's okay, sweetie.
390
00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,495
We'll get through this.
391
00:24:59,372 --> 00:25:00,665
[Nora sighs]
392
00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:05,754
Ode to a house.
393
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:13,220
Our neighbor, Pearl,
she got a letter years ago
394
00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:16,056
and that was the title, "Ode to a House."
395
00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:20,393
It was a love letter, really,
but to their house.
396
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,146
And she thought her brother wrote it.
397
00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:24,981
And Maureen,
398
00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:28,693
she thinks
her son's writing the letters to us.
399
00:25:30,278 --> 00:25:31,905
But you think it's Dad.
400
00:25:31,988 --> 00:25:32,988
No, I...
401
00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:40,330
I don't believe it's him.
402
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,211
[horns honking]
403
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:48,838
[siren wailing]
404
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,100
Just hear me out.
405
00:26:02,477 --> 00:26:03,562
[sighs]
406
00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:06,898
Okay, you said you didn't sleep
with that girl in your bedroom
407
00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:09,192
- and I didn't believe you, right?
- Right.
408
00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:12,070
Well, I was curious as to see who she was.
409
00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:13,947
So I went through the footage
410
00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:16,575
to find out if I can find
the license plate on her car,
411
00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:18,785
because what you said didn't make sense.
412
00:26:18,868 --> 00:26:20,036
But get this.
413
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,455
Not only does she not show up
to your house in a car,
414
00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:23,873
she didn't show up at all.
415
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,544
- I mean, I've gone through...
- [keyboard clacking]
416
00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:29,387
...every second of footage from every angle,
417
00:26:29,462 --> 00:26:32,632
all the way back to the day
I put those cameras in, okay?
418
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:35,093
And she didn't show up
in any of the footage.
419
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:38,096
Only place she shows up is your bedroom.
420
00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:39,848
Wait. What do you mean?
421
00:26:40,890 --> 00:26:43,435
Dude, I don't know how
she got inside your house.
422
00:27:00,577 --> 00:27:01,577
What's going on?
423
00:27:02,203 --> 00:27:03,203
Hey, Dad.
424
00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:06,957
[car door closes]
425
00:27:08,251 --> 00:27:09,251
Can we talk?
426
00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:13,172
Hey.
427
00:27:20,722 --> 00:27:22,390
[Nora] So, what are we saying?
428
00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,101
The girl in the cherry dress is a ghost?
429
00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:28,772
[Dakota] No. I mean, you know,
that's a little far out,
430
00:27:28,855 --> 00:27:31,983
but there's cameras covering
the entire exterior of your house, right?
431
00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:33,151
And in our bedroom.
432
00:27:33,777 --> 00:27:34,819
I took that one out.
433
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,030
- She watched me do it.
- He did.
434
00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:41,868
Ellie. Homework.
435
00:27:45,288 --> 00:27:48,750
Point is, there's no footage
of this girl ever going into your house.
436
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:50,752
None. I mean, she does not show up.
437
00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:52,003
And you double-checked?
438
00:27:52,087 --> 00:27:56,257
Mrs. Brannock,
I've gone through it over and over...
439
00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:59,552
because it's weird. Right?
440
00:27:59,636 --> 00:28:02,180
Either this girl, like,
parachuted onto the roof
441
00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:05,850
and came down the chimney
or she's just, like, always inside here.
442
00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:07,643
Hiding.
443
00:28:08,436 --> 00:28:11,981
Or there's some other way in
we don't know about.
444
00:28:13,483 --> 00:28:15,276
[Nora] This is just so creepy.
445
00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:19,030
[Dakota] Look,
when your husband first told me
446
00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:22,200
that he didn't know who that girl was
and that it was a setup,
447
00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:23,368
I didn't believe him.
448
00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:25,703
Now I do.
449
00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:27,664
For what it's worth.
450
00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:42,345
- [laptop closes]
- Can you give us a minute?
451
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:44,013
Yeah, of course.
452
00:28:53,481 --> 00:28:54,649
[door opens]
453
00:28:56,526 --> 00:28:57,527
[door closes]
454
00:29:00,321 --> 00:29:02,073
I'm going to ask you some questions
455
00:29:02,782 --> 00:29:06,578
and if you lie to me,
I swear to God, it's over between us.
456
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:08,872
You understand me? It's over.
457
00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:10,248
I'm not gonna lie to you.
458
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,126
Ask me anything you want.
459
00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:20,175
Did you fuck that girl?
460
00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:21,258
No.
461
00:29:22,343 --> 00:29:24,220
I never saw that girl in my life.
462
00:29:25,472 --> 00:29:28,141
I don't know how she got in the room.
I never woke up.
463
00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:33,062
I don't know how,
but I swear to God I'm telling the truth.
464
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:35,774
[Nora sighs] Okay.
465
00:29:39,652 --> 00:29:41,321
Are you writing those letters?
466
00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:52,832
Answer me.
467
00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:55,585
Just the last one. I'm sorry.
468
00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:58,213
- I'm sorry, I panicked.
- Oh, God. Jesus.
469
00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:02,050
I panicked. I regret it so much now,
but I didn't know what to do.
470
00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:04,677
Was it 'cause of the loan?
471
00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:09,641
Why in God's name couldn't you
tell me that you didn't make partner?
472
00:30:09,724 --> 00:30:10,767
I didn't know how.
473
00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:13,478
I didn't know how. I was in shock.
474
00:30:13,561 --> 00:30:16,105
And you tricked me into signing away
our entire savings,
475
00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:17,732
our fucking retirement!
476
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,317
[Dean] I know. I'm sorry.
477
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,985
- I know it looks bad.
- [Nora] Don't.
478
00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:23,238
I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do. I...
479
00:30:25,281 --> 00:30:27,033
Babe, you gotta believe me.
480
00:30:27,116 --> 00:30:28,116
I...
481
00:30:28,618 --> 00:30:30,703
I did not write those first two letters.
482
00:30:32,121 --> 00:30:33,122
Okay.
483
00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:37,585
[breathing heavily] Oh, God.
484
00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:41,672
[Nora sighs]
485
00:30:43,716 --> 00:30:44,716
Nora.
486
00:30:47,428 --> 00:30:49,639
Please don't divorce me over this.
487
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:53,100
Please.
488
00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:03,403
I'm not saying I'll divorce you.
489
00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:06,906
I'm not saying I won't.
490
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:10,952
Get your coat.
491
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:15,748
- Where are we going?
- To see Detective Chamberland.
492
00:31:15,832 --> 00:31:19,002
The DNA results from
the first two letters should be in by now.
493
00:31:19,085 --> 00:31:20,795
I think he's sitting on them.
494
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,256
So I called him
and said if they're not in,
495
00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:25,925
I will file a lawsuit
against the police department.
496
00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:30,179
Whoa.
497
00:31:30,263 --> 00:31:32,223
You know what, funny story... [laughs]
498
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:35,518
It turns out the results had
come in a few days ago, a week tops,
499
00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:38,938
and, my apologies,
but some numbskull put it in my inbox
500
00:31:39,022 --> 00:31:42,400
underneath a couple of stupid catalogs
I was never going to look at,
501
00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:43,610
so I didn't see it.
502
00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:47,697
Look, Restoration Hardware,
pinball company, vintage arcade.
503
00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:49,908
It was right under here. [laughs]
504
00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:52,243
So, again, my apologies.
505
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:54,329
And you haven't opened that yet?
506
00:31:54,954 --> 00:31:57,415
Nope. I was waiting
for you good people to arrive.
507
00:31:59,959 --> 00:32:00,959
Here we go.
508
00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:04,379
All right.
509
00:32:05,548 --> 00:32:06,883
These are for you to keep.
510
00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:09,510
And...
511
00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:12,430
Here we go.
512
00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:18,853
Ah. [chuckles softly]
513
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:22,190
It's not a match with
anybody in our database, unfortunately.
514
00:32:23,566 --> 00:32:28,196
Huh. What the DNA sample did not contain
was a Y chromosome,
515
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:32,533
so that means your Watcher is a woman.
516
00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:38,373
[cutlery clinking]
517
00:32:51,719 --> 00:32:52,971
So, you're back for good?
518
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,723
Like, you're not going to leave again?
519
00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:00,477
[Dean] For now.
520
00:33:02,897 --> 00:33:05,650
It's not that easy being married
to your Dad, you know.
521
00:33:10,738 --> 00:33:12,115
I'm glad you're back, Dad.
522
00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:31,050
[Nora] So, where's that leave us?
Who are our female suspects?
523
00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:36,055
Uh... Well, Pearl, Mo, Big Mo, and Pigtails.
524
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:38,808
But I'll say it again,
Andrew thought it was Mitch and Mo.
525
00:33:38,891 --> 00:33:43,104
And now with the whole son murders thing,
it just got weirder, right?
526
00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:45,523
Mo thinks it's her son
writing the letters.
527
00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:48,067
- But that doesn't jive with the DNA.
- [Dean] No.
528
00:33:48,651 --> 00:33:51,946
[Nora] And then Pearl thinks
it's Jasper writing the letters,
529
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,948
but then the DNA thing again.
530
00:33:54,657 --> 00:33:55,908
Yeah, the DNA thing.
531
00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:58,953
I think we should take a pause
on this whole DNA thing. I...
532
00:33:59,454 --> 00:34:01,706
I'm not sure that the DNA on the envelope
533
00:34:01,789 --> 00:34:03,583
is the same as whoever wrote the letters.
534
00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:05,418
- Why not?
- [Dean] I don't know. I just...
535
00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:07,920
Whoever's writing these letters...
536
00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:10,590
The lengths that they're going to
to fuck with us...
537
00:34:10,673 --> 00:34:13,051
Why wouldn't they
take the extra little step of,
538
00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,804
I don't know, putting gloves on
to write the letter, right?
539
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:21,559
Letting somebody else lick the envelopes.
Their mother, sister, girlfriend, whoever.
540
00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:23,352
Boom. Female DNA, right?
541
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:25,772
And now we're chasing our tail again.
542
00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,816
- That's what I would do.
- Well, you'd know, wouldn't you?
543
00:34:35,698 --> 00:34:38,034
Okay. Good, I deserved that.
544
00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:41,120
Okay, so what's that mean?
545
00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:42,204
Are you saying
546
00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:45,583
the whole female DNA thing
is not going to help us?
547
00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:46,834
[Dean] I don't think it does.
548
00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:49,253
All that tells me is
that whoever is writing the letters
549
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:51,172
is either female or knows a female,
550
00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:55,051
which narrows it down to like
the entire population of planet Earth.
551
00:34:55,134 --> 00:34:56,511
[Nora laughing] What the...
552
00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:58,971
- [laughs] We're back to square one.
- [Dean] Hmm.
553
00:35:00,014 --> 00:35:01,599
[Nora] Hmm. [sighs]
554
00:35:03,518 --> 00:35:05,353
- [rain pattering]
- [thunder rumbling]
555
00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:10,233
It's John Graff.
I saw him. I talked to him.
556
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:14,278
No, you talked to
someone you think was him.
557
00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:16,239
Yeah, in this house.
558
00:35:17,323 --> 00:35:18,323
The house that...
559
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:21,702
The house he lived in,
and murdered his entire family in.
560
00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:24,080
Then this girl just shows up in the house,
561
00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:25,832
on video, wearing the same dress
562
00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:28,668
that Graff's daughter was murdered in?
Wearing pigtails?
563
00:35:28,751 --> 00:35:30,211
You think that's a coincidence?
564
00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:35,049
No. I don't, but I don't think
that actually means it's John Graff.
565
00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:40,304
They never caught him.
566
00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:48,521
Cut his face out of every photo of him
because he didn't want to be recognized.
567
00:35:48,604 --> 00:35:50,815
So, why would he turn up at the one place
568
00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:53,151
where everyone does know
what he looks like?
569
00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:56,529
It just seems stupid, right?
570
00:35:56,612 --> 00:36:00,199
I mean, why would he do that?
Just to... Just to harass us?
571
00:36:00,741 --> 00:36:02,535
That doesn't make any sense.
572
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:04,579
And I'm sorry, but I just don't believe
573
00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:08,833
that a 17-year-old girl
is the mastermind behind all this.
574
00:36:08,916 --> 00:36:12,420
Call me crazy, call me sexist,
but she's not The Watcher.
575
00:36:14,046 --> 00:36:15,298
Somebody hired her.
576
00:36:20,052 --> 00:36:21,512
Occam's razor.
577
00:36:22,096 --> 00:36:24,056
What's the simplest solution?
578
00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:28,269
What's motivating someone
to write those letters?
579
00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:30,104
I don't know.
580
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,315
You wrote one. What were you trying to do?
581
00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:36,068
- Make you give up the house?
- [Nora] Exactly.
582
00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:39,113
And whoever's doing this
really wants the house.
583
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:42,742
They've wanted it for a while
and they want it for themselves.
584
00:36:43,951 --> 00:36:47,538
Hey, sexy. I just want to confirm lunch.
585
00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:50,374
I have one business thing
left to do for the day
586
00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:53,294
and then, uh, I'll see you there.
587
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:55,129
- [line ringing]
- [Nora] Hello?
588
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,505
- [Karen] Hey, honey.
- Hey.
589
00:36:56,589 --> 00:36:58,049
I have big news.
590
00:36:58,132 --> 00:36:59,508
You got an offer!
591
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:02,220
Oh, really? Good.
592
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:03,303
You're not going to...
593
00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:05,556
Well, first of all, um,
do we know who it is?
594
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,850
No, no, no. It's an LLC.
595
00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:11,604
But it doesn't matter
because it's an all-cash offer.
596
00:37:11,687 --> 00:37:13,731
Okay, what's the offer?
597
00:37:13,814 --> 00:37:14,814
You ready?
598
00:37:14,857 --> 00:37:19,237
$1.9 million, cash.
599
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,489
I think you should take it!
600
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:25,701
What? No! We paid 3.3 million.
601
00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,745
We're not selling it for 1.9, Karen.
602
00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:30,498
Oh, come on. What are you talking about?
603
00:37:30,998 --> 00:37:33,334
You know,
it's probably because of the letters.
604
00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:35,169
Some people think it's haunted...
605
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:38,839
Whatever, but my theory is
I think it's probably a developer
606
00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:40,091
that really likes the land.
607
00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:43,970
He's going to tear down the house
and salt the Earth and then rebuild.
608
00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:48,266
Karen, no one's buying this house
just to tear it down.
609
00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:51,560
Nora, I seriously think
you should consider it.
610
00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:54,313
You need to talk to Dean and...
611
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:58,234
You know what?
Maybe we can counter at like two even?
612
00:37:58,317 --> 00:38:02,697
But look, I think you should
factor in your emotional well-being.
613
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:04,031
I really do.
614
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:05,658
We won't do better than this.
615
00:38:05,741 --> 00:38:09,078
Okay, uh, I'll think about it.
616
00:38:09,161 --> 00:38:10,997
Okay. Call me back.
617
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,623
- [Dean] Hi.
- Hey.
618
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:13,749
[Dean] Who was that?
619
00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:16,002
[exhales] It's nothing. Hey.
620
00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:20,464
Hi. I was thinking
I might cook dinner tonight.
621
00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:23,134
'Cause I'm really, really good at it.
622
00:38:23,217 --> 00:38:24,677
- Yeah. Sure.
- Yeah?
623
00:38:26,012 --> 00:38:29,807
Can I have the keys?
I have to stop by the Country Club.
624
00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:31,599
Yeah.
625
00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:35,688
Hi. I'd like to speak
to Kathy in membership.
626
00:38:35,771 --> 00:38:38,357
I want to ask her
why our membership was revoked?
627
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:41,402
- Sure. Let me see if I can get her.
- [Nora] Great. Thanks.
628
00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:42,611
[dialing]
629
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,538
[dramatic music playing]
630
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:02,423
I need you to get down here right now.
631
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:05,134
I don't know. Take an Uber.
632
00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:08,929
Hey, buddy.
Make a right up here, please. Sorry.
633
00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:12,641
Wait, so, he's the guy
she's been fucking this whole time?
634
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:14,268
[Nora] Yeah. It has to be.
635
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,020
It makes that John Graff shit make sense.
636
00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:19,774
She had access to all that information
the police were trying to cover up.
637
00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:21,150
Unbelievable.
638
00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:22,860
And remember how he was like,
639
00:39:22,943 --> 00:39:25,654
"We know you had to dig deep
to afford that house."
640
00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:28,199
Yeah, that's how he knew.
641
00:39:28,282 --> 00:39:29,658
[Dean] Okay, I'm flying in.
642
00:39:32,578 --> 00:39:34,747
Can we get a second car, by the way?
643
00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:39,418
[Chamberland] And I said, "Okay, thanks."
644
00:39:39,502 --> 00:39:41,420
[Chamberland and Karen laughing]
645
00:39:44,882 --> 00:39:47,635
[Nora] Hi. What the heck
are you guys doing here?
646
00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:49,595
[Dean] I had no idea you two were an item.
647
00:39:49,678 --> 00:39:50,930
[Karen] Hi. We're not.
648
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:56,143
No, we're just, uh... We're just
having a little late lunch.
649
00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:57,245
- [Nora] Oh.
- [Dean] Huh...
650
00:39:57,269 --> 00:39:59,688
We didn't even know
that you two knew each other.
651
00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:02,191
Because you never mentioned it,
which is weird.
652
00:40:02,274 --> 00:40:05,277
What the hell is going on?
You come in here, interrupting us.
653
00:40:05,778 --> 00:40:07,446
It's you. You're The Watcher.
654
00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:10,241
- Or maybe it's both of you. One of you.
- [Chamberland scoffs]
655
00:40:10,324 --> 00:40:12,535
Nora, you can't
make a statement like that.
656
00:40:12,618 --> 00:40:15,871
Whoever The Watcher is
wants us out of that house, right?
657
00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:20,167
Who's been telling me to sell that house
since the day we moved in? You.
658
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,711
Because you said
you were having money problems.
659
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:24,463
Which is how he knew that, right?
660
00:40:24,964 --> 00:40:26,841
That bullshit about, "you gotta dig deep"?
661
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:29,510
It's a safe assumption.
It's a $3 million house.
662
00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:32,304
And she tried to convince me that
you were having an affair.
663
00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:34,056
- Right there at that table.
- What?
664
00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:35,391
Yeah. "A girl in pigtails."
665
00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:38,227
Weird phrase to use
just a few weeks before
666
00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:41,272
a girl in pigtails shows up
at our house in our bedroom,
667
00:40:41,355 --> 00:40:43,107
dressed like the girl who got murdered.
668
00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:44,442
Her name was Pat Graff.
669
00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:47,611
- That name ring a bell to you, Detective?
- No.
670
00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:48,821
No, really?
671
00:40:48,904 --> 00:40:49,947
This is fucking insane.
672
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:51,157
Security!
673
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,242
This is outrageous. No, this is slander.
674
00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:56,078
It is. And you know what?
I thought we were friends.
675
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:58,038
I could lose my license over this.
676
00:40:58,706 --> 00:41:00,875
You wanted the house
but couldn't afford it,
677
00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:05,045
so he helps you by harassing us,
so we'll be willing to sell it cheap.
678
00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,964
And it almost worked.
679
00:41:07,047 --> 00:41:09,216
You could afford it at $1.9, right?
680
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:12,887
You even got us to do some nice
little renovations so you could flip it.
681
00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:16,891
Now, tell me Karen.
Who's behind that LLC? Is it you?
682
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,059
Or him? Or both of you?
683
00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:20,561
And those weird catalogs.
684
00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:23,856
What are you doing with a pinball catalog
sitting on your desk?
685
00:41:23,939 --> 00:41:27,318
I know, because a pinball machine
would look banging in a man cave.
686
00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:29,361
Okay. This is just... [clears throat]
687
00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:32,698
This is Detective Chamberland.
688
00:41:32,781 --> 00:41:35,284
I request a squad car
at the Westfield Country Club.
689
00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:37,828
You fucked up
and you know you fucked up, okay?
690
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,664
Hiring some guy
to pretend he's a building inspector
691
00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:42,917
to pretend he murdered his entire family?
692
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,836
And you recommended Theodora Birch.
Is she in on it, too?
693
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,922
I'm sorry, are they joining you?
694
00:41:48,005 --> 00:41:49,256
[Dean] You know what?
695
00:41:50,966 --> 00:41:54,053
This is all coming crashing down on you.
Okay? All of it, bro.
696
00:41:54,136 --> 00:41:56,180
Expect a lawsuit because you're done.
697
00:41:56,972 --> 00:41:58,641
- You're done.
- [Chamberland] Yeah.
698
00:41:58,724 --> 00:41:59,724
[clanging]
699
00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:03,062
[Karen] I might just call my friend
over at Page Six
700
00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:06,607
because I think it's high time
that the whole world knows
701
00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:08,192
what's going on at your house!
702
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:16,700
[Nora] We can't live like this.
It's driving us crazy.
703
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:19,370
[Dean] I know, but, look,
it all lines up, right?
704
00:42:19,453 --> 00:42:21,455
It's not like
we said anything that wasn't true.
705
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,250
They're trying to gaslight us
and make us seem crazy,
706
00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:27,086
but it's 'cause we're onto something.
707
00:42:27,169 --> 00:42:30,548
Yeah, but what? What can we do?
We can't prove any of it.
708
00:42:30,631 --> 00:42:33,300
Well, not yet,
but once we talk to Theodora?
709
00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:36,554
[sighs] If Chamberland's in on it,
she is too.
710
00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:39,305
Right?
711
00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,644
This just isn't healthy.
712
00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:47,314
I don't even recognize us anymore.
713
00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:52,444
Okay, first we need to pay off
that loan you got us into,
714
00:42:53,821 --> 00:42:56,532
and then I say we sell the house.
715
00:42:57,283 --> 00:43:01,620
We take the best offer that comes in
and we just get our lives back.
716
00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:05,082
[sighs]
717
00:43:06,125 --> 00:43:07,459
My show sold out.
718
00:43:09,211 --> 00:43:10,254
We'll be okay.
719
00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:13,090
Wait, what... Your show sold out?
720
00:43:15,926 --> 00:43:18,387
Yeah. It did.
721
00:43:20,723 --> 00:43:22,850
[Ellie] So I think I just found something.
722
00:43:24,977 --> 00:43:27,021
Remember how you told me
about "Ode to a House"?
723
00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:29,231
- That letter our neighbors got?
- Yeah.
724
00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:32,860
I looked it up on social media.
Look at the first thing that popped up.
725
00:43:33,736 --> 00:43:36,614
- You've gotta be kidding me.
- [Ellie] It's a whole group.
726
00:43:36,697 --> 00:43:38,490
They all went to Westfield High School.
727
00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:40,492
They all had the same English teacher,
728
00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:43,370
who, I guess, made them do this assignment
they all loved.
729
00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:45,080
What was the assignment?
730
00:43:45,164 --> 00:43:48,375
Well, they were supposed to find
a house that they all loved
731
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,919
and, I guess, spend time
studying it or something.
732
00:43:51,003 --> 00:43:53,088
Then they write a letter to it.
A love letter.
733
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:54,882
Holy shit, Ellie.
734
00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:56,467
Look, somebody posted theirs.
735
00:43:56,967 --> 00:44:00,846
"Dear 89 Hollyhock Ridge.
You're an exquisite house."
736
00:44:00,929 --> 00:44:04,099
"Weathered and strong,
you've stood where you are for 99 years."
737
00:44:04,183 --> 00:44:07,061
"Do you think you'll still be
standing 99 years from now?"
738
00:44:08,062 --> 00:44:12,024
So, wait, who's the teacher,
and when did they die?
739
00:44:12,107 --> 00:44:14,485
Who said he's dead? He's in the group.
740
00:44:14,568 --> 00:44:16,945
His name is Roger Kaplan.
I just looked him up.
741
00:44:17,029 --> 00:44:18,989
He lives in Westfield, 71 Oak Street.
742
00:44:19,782 --> 00:44:22,159
[spluttering] Yeah, I've seen that face.
743
00:44:22,242 --> 00:44:23,535
What do you mean?
744
00:44:23,619 --> 00:44:25,871
Right here at the open house.
745
00:44:25,954 --> 00:44:26,830
[knock at door]
746
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:28,165
[man] Sorry to interrupt.
747
00:44:29,208 --> 00:44:32,461
There's something downstairs
you guys are going to want to see.
748
00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:34,170
Cold air.
749
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:38,092
That's coming from in here,
which didn't make any sense.
750
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:40,803
- And when we took down the drywall...
- [Dean] Yeah?
751
00:44:40,886 --> 00:44:43,555
...I couldn't quite figure out
where it was coming from.
752
00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:46,350
Solid brick, no leaks.
753
00:44:46,433 --> 00:44:49,144
But then one of my guys found the problem.
754
00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:51,521
[grunts]
755
00:44:53,982 --> 00:44:54,983
Check it out.
756
00:44:56,944 --> 00:44:57,986
[Nora] Oh, my God.
757
00:44:58,529 --> 00:45:00,656
- [Dean spluttering] It's a tunnel.
- [Nora] Right.
758
00:45:00,739 --> 00:45:03,075
[Nora] Is that to
another part of the property?
759
00:45:03,158 --> 00:45:05,244
- [man] No idea. We just found it.
- [Dean] No.
760
00:45:05,327 --> 00:45:09,081
[man] These are actually pretty common
in the Northeast, with houses this old.
761
00:45:09,998 --> 00:45:12,793
They used them
to run booze during prohibition.
762
00:45:13,502 --> 00:45:15,421
[Dean] Andrew said there were tunnels.
763
00:45:16,463 --> 00:45:17,463
[Nora sighs]
764
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,425
Fuck it. I'm going in.
765
00:45:19,925 --> 00:45:22,386
- [man] Uh...
- [Nora] Hold on. I'm coming with you.
766
00:45:23,262 --> 00:45:25,013
[man] You're gonna want a hard hat.
767
00:45:31,478 --> 00:45:32,478
[Dean] Holy shit.
768
00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:34,940
Holy shit.
769
00:45:37,151 --> 00:45:38,861
[Nora] Honey, let's just go back.
770
00:45:40,154 --> 00:45:42,114
I cannot believe this.
771
00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:47,494
[Dean] You all right? Watch it.
772
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:48,954
[Nora] It smells down here.
773
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:52,750
Wait. Oh, God.
774
00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:55,794
- Please let's get outta here.
- [Dean] You're fine!
775
00:45:56,962 --> 00:45:58,422
[Nora] Oh, my God.
776
00:45:59,173 --> 00:46:00,674
What is this place?
777
00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:04,178
Hold on.
778
00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:06,764
[Nora screams]
779
00:46:07,681 --> 00:46:09,224
[Dean] Shit. Hello?
780
00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:11,351
[yells] Who are you?
781
00:46:12,603 --> 00:46:13,937
[breathing heavily] Oh, shit.
782
00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:15,481
[yells] Who are you?
783
00:46:19,693 --> 00:46:21,361
[closing theme music playing]