06x03 - Hound & Vision

[bunniefuu]

[SOFT MUSIC]

You headed home soon, Judge Cameron?

Not home, exactly but soon.

You sure you don't want me to stay

and help prep for tomorrow's trials?

No, no, no. You go ahead.

I'll see you bright and early.

Okay.

[SIGHS SOFTLY]

BROOKE: I'm Brooke Weaver

and you're listening to Sound Judgement.

From anywhere in St. John's,

I'm told you can see The Battery,

a community of houses dotting

the base of Signal Hill.

To some, the sight only

serves as a constant reminder

of the grisly crimes

that took place there.

[ELEVATOR PINGS]

[ELEVATOR DOOR OPENING]

[DISTANT FOOTSTEPS]

[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PHONE CHIMES]

- Hey!

- MAN: Hey, did you get in okay?

Yeah, I'm just settling in.

Okay, how's the place?

The room's not bad actually.

They say I have a nice view!

Are you all set for tomorrow?

Yeah yeah. I have all the

addresses for tomorrow's interviews.

I had to stop one of them

from spilling the whole

story on the phone.

- [MAN LAUGHS]

- Save it for the podcast.

[ELEVATOR PINGS]

[DISTANT FOOTSTEPS]

[SOFT KNOCKING ON JUDGE CAMERON'S DOOR]

MAN: You there?

The walls are damn thin here though.

Good luck editing the

background noise out of this one.

[PHONE BEEPS]

Okay, let's try this again.

From anywhere in St. John's,

I'm told you can see

[MUFFLED MAN AND WOMAN ARGUING]

[ARGUMENT INTENSIFIES]

JUDGE CAMERON: Get out of my way!

- MAN: No! No!

- [BANGING NOISE]

Doesn't the punishment fit the crime?

- Get off of me!

- You can't do that!

- [JUDGE CAMERON SCREAMS]

- [LOUD THUD]

[BREAKING GLASS]

[PHONE DIALING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

[BAG DRAGGING]

[MAN GRUNTING]

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

[BROOKE GASPS]

OPERATOR: 911. What's your emergency?

[WHISPERING] I think

there's been a m*rder!

[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]

JESSE: Charlie, no sign of Judge

Cameron turning up anywhere.

The press are already all over this.

- Any luck contacting her family?

- No.

No, I mean her daughter

Lucy's number is disconnected.

No social media presence.

One missing person at a time, Jesse.

Look, I want you to start digging

into Judge Cameron's trial record

for any controversial rulings.

What sort of suspects

am I looking for here?

I mean, the 911 caller was adamant

that a m*rder took

place there last night.

I won't know until I get in there

but we should be prepared for anything.

Joe's good friends with the judge.

So, I'm hoping for the best.

Yeah. Okay.

Detective Hudson! What happened here?

REPORTER: Is it true Judge Cameron

- was in an altercation here last night?

- No comment.

[ELEVATOR PINGS]

I've got a couple checking

into this room tomorrow.

[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]

Are you sure this is a crime scene?

Because this doesn't

look like a crime scene.

Maybe to you.

How many of your guests vanish

in the middle of the night

and leave all their stuff?

[REX SNIFFS] [REX BARKS]

And their car keys?

Okay.

Point taken.

Until I say otherwise,

this is a crime scene.

The judge lives

on the other side of town.

Any idea why she was staying here?

No idea. I just take

the bookings, all right?

Look, none of the other guests

complained about noises last night.

I'll talk to the one who did.

Hi!

Are you here about the m*rder next door?

Uh, we don't know it's a m*rder yet.

If you heard what I

heard, you'd know it was.

Please, come in.

My partner Rex is going to come in too.

- Are you okay with dogs?

- Rex?

Hi, Rex!

You're Detective Charlie Hudson!

Did you get my emails?

No, I don't think so.

I'm Brooke Weaver.

That's right. The true crime

podcaster from Ottawa, right?

Yeah, that's me! Sound Judgement.

I'm doing the story on

The Battery Murders of '07.

Yeah, well, let's just try

and keep this to the present

for right now. Um

What exactly did you hear last night?

After the woman from

next door came home,

a man came up too.

They immediately started arguing.

- Did you hear what they said?

- Not clearly.

But there was a crash.

And I heard the woman

collapse to the floor.

How did you know who it was?

He had heavier footsteps.

I heard the difference when

he started dragging her.

Just like how I can hear you

walking around the apartment

while I'm standing here talking to Rex.

[REX GROANS]

Right. Sorry. You were

saying about the footsteps?

And that's when I took the photos.

What photos?

Can you describe the pictures to me?

What did I catch?

It's a man passing by your door.

The face is visible but it's blurry.

Thank you.

Um

Did you get the sense that he

knew that you were here, listening?

No.

Do you think that there's a

chance that he might come back?

[REX BARKS]

It's not likely.

It seems like they knew each other.

Well, it sounded like

he hit her pretty hard.

You didn't find any evidence

of m*rder in that room?

No, it was pretty much

exactly the same as this.

It was clean, and identical, except

You know what? This has actually

been very helpful, thank you.

So, when can we sit down to

talk about The Battery Murders?

I'm here until Monday.

Brooke, I don't do interviews.

But I do love true crime podcasts

and I look forward to listening to it.

Okay, well if you need anything,

you know where to find me.

You mind if I take your vase?

Oh, it's not mine.

[REX BARKS]

Bye, Rex.

[REX SNIFFING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Looks like the judge

owes me a damage fee.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX SCRATCHING]

[REX BARKS]

DEAN: Hey, hey! Whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

We just put new floors in here!

It's not him you need to worry about.

[REX BARKS]

You're going to have to call that couple

and cancel their stay.

Sarah, I need forensics.

JESSE: Supreme Suites guarantees

a peaceful and secure stay.

Guess which one of these

statements is false.

I'm going to go with option A.

Our witness Brooke didn't sleep too well

after what she heard last night.

Trick question Charlie. It's all bunk.

- CCTV is completely bust.

- [REX YELPS]

There were no working

cameras in this place?

Well, there are, yeah, but

I mean their memory cards

have been full since 2018.

We're flying totally

blind on this one, Charlie.

May want to adjust your phrasing.

Did you get that email that I sent?

Yeah, yeah. But who took these pictures?

Annie Leibowitz?

CHARLIE: No, Brooke Weaver.

Suite 202. She's blind, Jesse.

Right. I'm sorry.

Um yeah, these are blurry

but I'll try to clean them up,

see who we're dealing with here.

Okay, while Sarah's

processing the scene,

I'm going to head

down to the courthouse.

I'll keep you posted.

[CAR ENGINE ROARING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Did the Judge give any indication

she wasn't going to be in today?

When I left her last night,

she was preparing for the trials today.

The court reporters had a field

day when she didn't show up.

That explains how the

press found out about this.

Do you know why she was

staying at Supreme Suites?

Her place was being fumigated.

Carpenter ants.

She has a lot of mahogany.

What type of cases did she

have on her docket lately?

Anything contentious?

I mean, it's a criminal court.

They're all contentious.

We've been wanting to interview

her daughter Lucy all day.

Any idea where she's living now?

No idea. We used to see

a lot of Lucy around here.

Not so much lately.

Hmmm. Kids grow up.

Did the judge have visitors often?

On occasion.

Judge Cameron had a sweet tooth.

She kept these around to offer guests.

Any visitors on her schedule yesterday?

Not that I know of.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX SNIFFING]

[REX SCRATCHING]

Well, someone dropped in unannounced.

Looks like dried paint?

Probably oil-based.

It doesn't match the

courthouse colour scheme.

Someone must have tracked it in.

I also brought these for

you to lift a print off of.

I doubt we'll be able to match these

to any of the prints in here.

The guy put a dish glove on?

We found the packaging in the trash.

And he also went to the

effort of cleaning up too.

A swab of this showed up traces

of benzalkonium chloride.

Our guy's resourceful.

I'll give him that.

Did you pick up any more

pieces of that broken vase?

No, no. Just the one that you found.

Our witness said

that she heard that smash

and then the judge

fell and hit the floor.

Why would you take the

shards with you unless

- [REX SNIFFING]

- unless your fingerprints were on that vase.

He did that before he put the gloves on.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX BARKS]

[BANGING ON SHUTE]

Okay, pal, keep back. Come on.

The k*ller threw something out?

Looks like it.

[REX SNIFFING]

- Could've taken the stairs!

- [REX BARKS]

Yeah I know.

It looks like it's been emptied.

Track it.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX BARKING]

WORKER: Whoa!

Hey! Hey, down boy!

It's okay. It's okay,

we're police. SJPD.

Easy, pal.

Can I get you to open that cache?

[MOTOR WHIRRING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Lucy.

Come here.

We've been looking everywhere for you.

Is it true?

[LUCY CRIES]

Your mother was one of the most

formidable people I ever knew.

And I promise you, we're

going to do everything we can

to find out who did this.

I just, um

I just thought we would

have more time together.

The last few months have been

rough, since I moved out.

Why's that?

My boyfriend and I, we

found this really great spot

off of Bremigan's Boulevard.

Lots of space.

Even has room for my

photography darkroom.

Lucy, this is an industrial area.

Your mother couldn't have been happy

about you living in a warehouse.

She thought it was a death trap.

She never really approved

of any of the choices

that I made for myself.

Was your boyfriend another one of

the things she didn't approve of?

Lucy. We found a soda

bottle in your mother's office.

When we ran the prints,

it was a match with

someone in our system.

That someone was Shaun Hammond,

your boyfriend.

Why would he have been

in her office though?

I was hoping you could tell me that.

Do you know where Shaun was last night?

No!

He was out with friends but

he has nothing to do with this.

Lucy, Shaun has a long list of priors.

B&E, aggravated as*ault

He wouldn't hurt anyone now though.

And especially not my mom!

- Hey!

- Hey.

Any luck with the

photos that witness took?

Yeah, actually. I'm glad you asked.

I'm running an AI program

that should clear up the

blur and compile everything

into a composite of the k*ller's face.

Oh wow. I just saw

Rachel, the sketch artist

down at The Mugshot. Should I

tell her to pack up her desk?

Well, it's only a matter of

time. The future is now, Sarah.

[COMPUTER WHIRS AND BEEPS]

Mmmm!

Um Yeah he should be

an easy man to find.

All right, listen up.

Lucy is living with Shaun

Hammond in some warehouse

- on Bremigan Boulevard.

- Some warehouse?

She didn't give you an address?

DONOVAN: No, the moment

I asked about Shaun,

she clammed up. She's in shock.

I don't really blame her.

Hang on, I think what's on

his social media might help.

SARAH: The colours in that painting

they match those flakes that

Rex found in the judge's office.

Which is all the more

reason to bring him in.

And let's do it quick.

If I can clear up that

sign in the background,

I might be able to get us a location.

SARAH: That's the old McCormick factory.

There you go.

- Nice work.

- Thank you.

Bit of a fixer-upper.

You hang here. I'll check it out.

[GARAGE DOOR OPENING]

Shaun Hammond.

Police!

[CHARLIE GRUNTS]

[CHARLIE GROANS]

[CHARLIE EXHALES]

[REX BARKING]

Shaun!

I'm with the SJPD.

I need to ask you a few questions.

[METAL CLANGING]

[CHARLIE WHISTLES]

[SHAUN GRUNTS]

- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- [CHARLIE GRUNTS]

[REX SNARLING]

SHAUN: Let go!

You can save that paint for the canvas.

Get him off me!

DONOVAN: You know that can of paint

could do a lot of

damage to a man's head.

I'm sorry.

I just panicked.

You know you're lucky that

we are only charging you

with aggravated as*ault and trespassing.

Hey!

I had a handshake deal with

the guy who owns the warehouse.

I'm not talking about the warehouse!

I'm talking about the Supreme Suites!

I'm talking about Justice Cameron!

I'm talking about

specifically, last night!

I wasn't anywhere near there.

So, you're saying you didn't

talk to Judge Cameron yesterday?

- At the courthouse, yeah!

- Yeah.

We spoke to the bailiff.

He said there was a lot

of shouting yesterday.

I got a little passionate, sure.

[SHAUN SIGHS]

I came home last week

to find Lucy crying

saying that her mom saw the studio

and didn't approve of

the way she was living.

Didn't approve of the

way she was living?

Or didn't approve of you?

She didn't really get

a chance to know me.

Just my record.

That must have really upset you, huh?

You couldn't get through

to her at the courthouse.

So, you followed her

to the Supreme Suites?

- And then

- Hey!

Who the hell do you think I am?

I'm not a m*rder*r!

That's isn't the voice

I heard last night.

- Are you sure?

- Detective.

I've had to learn to trust my

hearing above anything else.

I'm sure.

The k*ller had a raspier voice.

Deeper, too.

Okay.

Well, thank you for coming in.

Let me walk you to the front.

Oh no, I remember the way out.

All the signs around here

have braille on them, and

I'll manage on my own, thanks.

Okay.

Let me get the door for you.

Ah, right. Someone

is eager to walk you out.

- [BROOKE CHUCKLES]

- Listen, have you ever considered

a guide dog before? I have some

great trainers I could refer you to.

Well, I never thought I needed one.

I've been doing fine on

my own so far, but

Thanks Rex.

- Well, aren't you stubborn?

- [REX WHINES]

You know what?

Alright, buddy. Come on. Let's go.

Any luck with that partial print yet?

Nope.

When the k*ller threw the

vase down the garbage chute,

six pieces turned into sixty.

It's like the jigsaw puzzle from hell.

- Autopsy in?

- I just got it.

There's still a bit of a backlog

since Karma left for

her new job in Halifax.

You don't know what

you got till it's gone.

Yeah. Well, cause of death

was blunt force trauma

as we could suspect.

Cranial damage suggests

the k*ller had to have been at least

six-foot-one to deliver the hit.

Shaun's a little shorter than that.

A swab turned up traces

of sulfuryl fluoride.

- Pesticide?

- Yeah.

The judge's house was being fumigated

but why would she go back?

Well, I didn't find enough to suggest

that she stepped into the gas herself.

It was mostly concentrated

on her wrists and shoulders.

So, it probably came from the

k*ller during their struggle,

which would mean

the k*ller paid a visit

to the judge's house.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

- Fumigation all done here?

- Yeah.

Nothing creeping or crawling in

there now or your money back.

Once I get paid, that is.

Well, there may be a

little delay on that.

Judge Cameron was k*lled last night.

Oh wow.

[REX WHINES]

- Hey, hey, what's he doing?

- [REX BARKS]

He's alerting me to the scent

of the pesticide that you use.

It was found on Judge Cameron's body.

When was the last time you saw her?

Not since I started

the job three days ago.

Don't be getting any

ideas there, Columbo.

I'm just a simple bug

man, here to do a job.

Okay. You're not a suspect.

So, calm down, before you

start acting like one.

Anyone stop by when the tents were up?

Yeah, one guy did.

Yesterday, as I was heading

out on my lunch break.

- Mm-hmm.

- I gave him the address to her rental.

You regularly just hand

out that kind of information

- to a random passerby?

- He said he was from her work

and had some files to deliver.

I didn't think anything

of it at the time.

What did the man look like?

I didn't get a good look at him, man.

Did he go inside?

He could've.

But the gas I was pumping

in there would choke a man.

He'd have to be crazy to step in there.

Oh, I've seen crazier things.

I'm going to go inside. Rex.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I know you were in here.

What were you looking for?

[REX SNIFFS]

Well, what was in here?

Rex, you get anything off this?

[REX SNIFFS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX BARKS]

Yeah.

[REX BARKING]

Well, done, Rex.

Very well done.

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

ROSIE: Judge Cameron

had always said to me,

we're meeting people on the

worst day of their lives.

She was really empathetic like that.

BROOKE: She sounds like she

was really great to work with.

Everybody seemed to like her.

Hey, Rex!

[CHARLIE CLEARS THROAT]

What are you doing here?

Detective Hudson!

I was just in the

middle of an interview.

On an active investigation, sounds like.

You think you could give us the room?

It was really lovely

speaking with you, Rosie.

I'll be in touch.

Bye.

Wait for me. I'll give you a lift.

BROOKE: Thanks.

What did you tell her?

Just memories of Judge Cameron,

what she was like.

It was nice, given what's happened.

Can you tell me what was in this?

Judge Cameron kept all of her thoughts

and deliberations on active

trials in this notebook.

Even I wasn't allowed to read it.

We found it empty with the pages burnt.

That's bizarre.

She usually destroys her

notes for confidentiality

but she usually shreds it here

with the rest of the documents.

I don't think Judge

Cameron did this herself.

When was the last time she switched

the notebook out into that cover?

A month ago?

Six weeks maybe?

That narrows it down a bit.

Thanks.

Rex.

CHARLIE: I thought you were

focused on The Battery Murders.

Well, when a story drops

in your lap like this,

you have to follow it.

It's not a story.

It's a sensitive investigation.

It's still in flux. Who

else did you talk to?

[BROOKE SIGHS] A couple of people

who were with her

during her final cases.

The guy who was stabbed

in that stabbing case,

- the passenger in that DUI car wreck.

- Brooke.

From where I'm sitting, those

people, they're suspects.

Where else was I supposed to start?

Besides, the list of her trials

is a matter of public record.

- Uh-huh.

- What?

Are you worried that I'm going

to cr*ck the case before you?

You're going to have return

those files as evidence.

Sure!

If you sit for an interview

about The Battery Murders.

[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]

Deal.

The judge has seen hundreds

of cases over her career

but only five were in that notebook.

CHARLIE: Vandalism, petty

theft, B&E, DUI and car theft.

SARAH: And with infrared photography,

I was able to recover

a few pages on each case

from the burnt notebook.

JESSE: Ah, an all-star list

of non-violent felonies. I mean,

none of them really

seem that murdery to me.

Well, the question is which

one of them had anything to gain

- by burning those notes?

- Or the judge's death?

It's an a*t*matic mistrial

when a judge passes during proceedings.

[REX BARKS]

So, one of the cases wasn't

heading the way that they wanted.

- Any of these ongoing?

- JESSE: Well, carjacking,

B&E, and Banksy over here already

had their sentencing hearings.

SARAH: The notes I

recovered on those suggest

a couple of them took plea deals.

The B&E had a pretty lenient sentence.

So, we're not likely looking

at a revenge motive on those.

Yeah and petty theft over here,

I mean he only had a

preliminary hearing.

So, I'm guessing we can we rule him out.

So, that leaves DUI.

What do we know about him?

JESSE: Eli Newmore.

26 years old. He got loaded

and drove his car through

the front of someone's house.

The judge dropped a guilty

verdict on him last week

but he's out on bail before

his sentencing hearing.

Well, that sounds like

a good place to start.

Let's bring him in, Rex.

Eli Newmore?

I didn't just see you

driving this car, did I?

I thought your license was

suspended after that DUI?

Maybe you didn't then?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX SNIFFS]

Look, I've got a couple

of weeks left of freedom

before I go to prison for ages.

Can we just be cool about this?

[REX BARKS]

- Hmmm.

- [ELI SIGHS]

Anything in here that might

violate the terms of your bail?

Okay. Well, I'm just

going to have to impound this

and we're going to do a search.

And you're going to have

to come with me, so

Come on.

Be cool, huh?

We're just heading down to the station.

Couple of guys, having a chat.

Dad!

FATHER: Hey!

[CAR ENGINE STARTING]

CHARLIE: Eli Newmore.

Son of hotel developer,

Laurence Newmore.

It says here that before your DUI,

you'd just completed

a business undergrad.

[CHARLIE SIGHS]

So, what happened?

One big dumb mistake.

- [ELI CLEARS THROAT]

- One big dumb mistake

where you drove into

somebody's living room

and you k*lled a father of three.

Where were you two nights ago?

At home, with a friend.

It's going to sound stupid

but we were celebrating

my next three birthdays.

Your next three?

Yeah, it's how many I'm

going to miss while I'm away.

My lawyer says I'm lucky

I've got a clean record.

I'll probably be out

for my 30th birthday.

You seem sure about that.

Recommend the maximum

sentence of ten years.

No chance of early parole

based on good behaviour.

Showed clear lack of remorse.

What the hell is this?

These are Judge

Cameron's personal notes.

She had no intention of giving you

a first time offender slap on the wrist.

I knew that judge had it out for me.

So, that's why she had to die?

Okay.

I want my lawyer.

And I'd like this,

I'd like this out of my sight!

LAURENCE: Okay, I'm not

trying to be disrespectful.

I understand you have hard jobs.

You know? I know what it means.

But I'm just trying to tell

you that's my son, okay?

- It's my son!

- DONOVAN: Sir!

- Have you charged him?

- Sir!

LAURENCE: Have you charged him?

You have no right to keep him then!

- I want to see my son now!

- Sir, you need to settle down!

- Now.

- All right!

Thank you.

Look, we have a right to hold Eli.

On what grounds?

Breaking the terms of his bail,

by driving.

And suspicion of m*rder.

No, no. You can't

There is no way you can prove

he has anything to do with that.

We'll let our witness and

forensic be the judge of that.

You've got the wrong man.

Okay? Even with all

the mistakes he's made,

I know Eli is a good kid.

Listen.

I'm a father myself.

And I know they all start out that way.

But Eli has to face up to what he did.

Can you account for his

whereabouts on Wednesday night?

Yes.

He was home all night.

[DONOVAN SIGHS]

Hey.

- Are you listening to Brooke's interviews?

- Yeah!

Yeah, she's really good, Charlie.

I think she won herself a new listener.

Well, just give me the Cliff's

Notes. What'd you learn?

Okay, so Brooke spoke to Eli's friend

about the night of the m*rder, okay?

Now this guy says they

met not at Eli's house

but at a park to drink

and that Eli left before the

time the judge was k*lled.

Laurence Newmore just told Joe

that Eli was home all evening.

Hey. What ?

Can you play this one?

Yeah yeah, I haven't played

that one yet. Let me see.

- [KEYBOARD CLACKING]

- CHARLIE' VOICE: Our guy's resourceful.

I'll give him that.

Did you pick up any more

pieces of that broken vase?

Did you know that Brooke was

recording you at the crime scene?

No, I didn't. But I actually

meant this one right here

that's date stamped for

the night of the m*rder.

Okay.

BROOKE'S VOICE: From

anywhere in St. John's,

I'm told you can see The Battery.

[MUFFLED MAN AND WOMAN ARGUING]

- Can you make that clearer?

- Mm-hmm.

[JUDGE CAMERON SCREAMING] Get off of me!

MAN: You can't do this!

[JUDGE CAMERON SCREAMING]

BROOKE: You're telling me that I caught

the whole m*rder on tape?

I must've kept the

recording going by accident!

Oh my God! This is

going to be podcast gold!

Yeah, I also heard the recording

that you made of me and my colleague.

That's completely unacceptable.

Well, what else was I supposed to do?

I hear a m*rder and I can't get

a straight answer out of

you about what happened!

You think I felt safe

staying here after that?

Okay, I didn't think

about how terrifying that

must have been for you.

You know,

when my vision started to go,

I had to promise

myself I'd be resilient.

Learn to trust my other senses because

I couldn't live my life terrified.

- That's not always easy.

- Yeah.

Yeah, it's hard to

hold onto your courage

- when something like that gets thrown at you.

- Yeah.

I'm sorry for going behind your back.

It's just hearing the judge die

was a lot to process.

So, I did it the only way I knew how.

By turning it into a story.

I think that's the

reason why my listeners

turn to true crime in the first place.

It helps us makes sense

of the worst things

- that we couldn't explain.

- Well,

I'll admit I listened to your tapes.

You have a knack for detective work.

So, does this audio of the

m*rder blow the case wide open?

Yeah, well maybe.

My techie is trying to

clean it up right now

to see if we can get a clear

sample of the k*ller's voice.

But hey. Listen, while I have you,

do you mind if I send you an

audio file from an interrogation?

If it's the voice that you heard,

if we match it to your

audio later, it'll cinch it.

Here, just hang on.

[COMPUTER CHIMES]

COMPUTER: Incoming audio file.

Play file.

ELI: I want my lawyer.

And I'd like this,

I'd like this out of my sight!

Detective Hudson, I'm sorry,

but this isn't our guy either.

Brooke, promise me you'll stay

in The Suites until I say so.

Okay.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Sarah.

Did your team find

anything in Eli's car?

We just finished and you were right.

Rex was alerting to traces of sulfuryl

fluoride on the steering wheel.

Which means he was at

the Judge's house but

Eli should be our guy.

Brooke couldn't identify his voice.

Sounds like you're ahead of my bad news.

That tracks with what I have.

We finally found this

under the driver's seat.

But then after completing a

print, it didn't match Eli's.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

I've got to go.

Rex, come on.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[BROOKE GASPS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[COMPUTER PINGING]

[PHONE DIALING]

Detective Hudson, I was

just about to call you back.

Brooke, I'm downstairs. I'm going

to have to have to come with me.

- Why?

- I wasn't straight with you before.

But I will be now. I

think you're in danger.

Is that why you sent

a cop to come get me?

He's on his way now.

I didn't send anybody.

I'm downstairs. Don't let him in.

Rex!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ELEVATOR PINGS]

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Hang on!

Just a minute!

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[LOUD BANGING ON DOOR]

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

[LOUD BANGING ON DOOR]

[METAL CLANGING]

[DOOR BANGS]

[BROOKE BREATHES SHAKILY]

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

LAURENCE: Listen, please.

I just want to talk to you.

CHARLIE: SJPD!

I know you're here! Come peacefully!

[MEN GRUNTING]

[DISTANT CLATTERING]

[REX WHIMPERS]

[MEN GRUNTING]

Rex!

[REX GROWLS]

[Kn*fe BLADE RINGING]

[DOOR BANGS]

[REX GROWLS]

[LAURENCE GRUNTS]

[REX BARKING]

No more grasping in the dark, Laurence.

Good job, partner.

DONOVAN: I know what it's like.

Every kid makes poor choices.

You want to fix everything for them.

But did you really think

that k*lling the judge

was going to make everything go away?

I heard from our lawyer

that Judge Cameron was gonna

come down hard on Eli.

I just wanted to reason with her.

So, it must've really stung

when you read her notes.

Ten years is a long time.

Ten years is his entire

future wiped away.

She wouldn't listen to me.

She accused me of trying to bribe her.

Everything spun out

of control from there.

Oh come on. I don't believe that.

Not for a second.

You went to find her at home.

And then you came across her notebook

and you b*rned all of her

deliberations on Eli's case

before you even talked to her.

I was angry.

I overreacted.

You got rid of all the evidence

knowing full well that if

she didn't listen to reason,

all of the documents on

that case had to disappear.

That's premeditation,

right there.

[LAURENCE BREATHES SHAKILY]

If I could go back

I'd have burnt this book

somewhere you'd never find it.

I'd do whatever it takes

to give Eli a fair trial

and protect him.

No loose ends.

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

Yeah.

That's the voice I heard.

[SOFT MUSIC]

LUCY: Oh God!

Are you all right?

SHAUN: I've slept in worse places.

[LUCY SIGHS]

Did you catch the k*ller?

Yeah.

It was a man trying to stop

your mother from doing her job.

I'm truly sorry, Lucy.

But hopefully you can

find some closure in this.

[LUCY SIGHS]

Nothing's going to make up for the

time I could have spent with her.

- I never even got to make her proud.

- Hey, hey.

That's not true.

I talked to her.

I was a little busy

fighting off accusations

of being a k*ller to tell you earlier.

But I explained everything to her.

She was just a little freaked out

to see you living a life

she didn't understand.

But she cooled off.

DONOVAN: And Shaun, I'm truly sorry.

But we recovered this page

from a notebook that your mother had.

It seems to be a list of expenses.

Darkroom equipment.

Bed frame.

- Oh God, we do need that.

- [LUCY CRIES]

Safety inspection, $450.

Yeah.

She was just worried about you.

And it may have seemed like an argument

but it just shows that the

last conversation with your mom

proves how much she loved you.

You two look great together.

- [BROOKE CHUCKLES]

- How's the training going?

So far, so good.

Iris is learning to match my speed

and well, I'm learning

to maybe slow down a bit.

[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]

Well, that is the beauty

of a good partnership

is you find that sweet

spot in the middle.

[REX BARKS]

Ready to hold up your

end of the bargain?

I'm a man of my word.

Detective Charlie Hudson.

You were the detective with the SJPD

- assigned to The Battery Murders.

- That's right.

It was a very tricky case, to be honest.

St. John's had never seen

that many murders before,

certainly not that quickly.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]