04x05 - All's Fair in Love and Amor

[bunniefuu]

- (SHADE): So, what's going on?
- (EVERETT): My friend Mia brought a victim

of an alleged hit and run.
She wants to see us.

Her name is Teres Ramirez.
She's an actress...

I wouldn't leave your mouth
open that wide in here.

- The Rosa Trilogy?
- Yeah, that's what Mia said.

She's a huge fan.
Wait, you've seen it?

You haven't!?

The Rosa Trilogy's only
the most successful Mexican

telenovela in history.
It ran for 2000 episodes!

And Teresa Ramirez played Rosa!

After the series ended,
she moved to Toronto.

She married a producer.
That marriage ended very quickly

so she married two more times,
and those marriages bo...

- (ANGIE SIGHS)
- What?

You know more about Teresa
Ramirez than I know about you.

- She was a very famous actress.
- OK. Well, maybe she loved

the melodrama so much
she couldn't live without it.

Telenovelas are not melodramatic!

OK. Maybe there is a certain
heightened sense of reality.

Yeah. A handsome man walks
into a room and the women squeal

like wounded geese and faint.

- Never happens, huh?
- Not in the real world.

- Gracias.
- (NURSE CHUCKLES)

(GASPS)

- Oh, th...
- Ven aqui, guapo.

Ms. Ramirez, it is such an honour

to meet you. I am such a big fan.

That's sweet.
Take some photos, mi amor,

so all my fans around the world
know that I survived.

- OK.
- (CAMERA CLICKING)

- (MATT CHUCKLES)
- It's nice to be

- in front of the camera again.
- Teresa,

these are the private
investigators I was

telling you about,
Angie Everett and Matt Shade.

- Painkillers. Doctor's orders.
- Ah.

Mia said that you were walking

to your hairdresser
when you were hit.

- What time was the appointment?
- 8 o'clock. I am

always her first.
If not for that angel,

this face would have
been ruined. Look!

- Lucky we were in the area.
- That devil car came

- out of nowhere!
- Did you see what it

- looked like?
- A limousine, dark as night.

- Did you get the licence plate?
- No.

But I can tell you
that it was deliberate.

- I was the target.
- How do you know?

- I saw them!
- Who?

In the back seat,
grinning at me wickedly! I could

feel their evil.

You will help me. I know you will.

- You have kind eyes.
- (SHADE CHUCKLES)

Hola, everybody.

I'm sorry to break up the party,
but wheels up. Yeah, we got

- a code four.
- OK. Be right there.

- Stay out of trouble, lady.
- I feel safer now that he's here.

See you.

(INDISTINCT SPEAKING OVER PA)

A package for you, Ms. Ramirez.

Oh, I'll take it.

- Do you mind?
- No.

Oh, it's beautiful.

(GASPS)

- La rosa blanca!
- Take it away!

- What's wrong?
- I am marked for death.

(SIGHS)

♪ I see you and you see me ♪

♪ Watch you blowin' the lines
when you're makin' a scene ♪

♪ Oh boy, you've got to know ♪

♪ What my head overlooks ♪

♪ The senses will show
to my heart ♪

♪ When it's watching for lies
'cause you can't escape my ♪

♪ Private Eyes
They're watching you ♪

♪ Private Eyes ♪

♪ They're watching you,
watching you ♪

♪ Watching you, watching you ♪

(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

Nobody at the nurses' station
knows who sent the white rose.

You OK? You look a little flushed.

Oh, it's just the sun.

Um, I talked
to the hospital florist.

She couldn't even identify
the species. I called Zoe.

She's on it. But are we sure

this is an actual thr*at, Shade?
I mean, it's just a white rose.

Every time someone got a white
rose on The Rosa Trilogy,

it meant that a funeral
was coming. They called it

- "the hand of fate."
- Crossing the street

- while tipsy? Also tempting fate.
- Speaking of,

I thought I heard
the dulcet tones of espagnol

when I got in the car.
Were you watching

The Rosa Trilogy?
Strictly research.

- Oh.
- It was the series finale.

Oh, the series finale was
horrible. You need to watch

- the rest of the series.
- There's 2000 episodes!

But I do need to see how it ended.

- Uh-huh.
- Ahem.

♪

Wait. That's it?

Now I remember why everyone
hated the finale so much.

It's hard to believe
that was 15 years ago.

Could present-day Teresa have
sent herself the rose?

I mean, maybe she wasn't att*cked.

Maybe she set up the whole
hit-and-run thing herself.

Not a chance! She's Rosa!

She's also been out of
the spotlight for quite a while.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(INDISTINCT SPEAKING OVER RADIO)

Yeah, thanks. I can't
tell them apart either.

- What are you looking at?
- Hey! Danica!

- Hi.
- Uh, I'm just here

for an insurance case
for Angie and Shade.

(PHONE CHIMES)

Oh, I just got your text.

Yeah. Thought I'd
just come out and...

- say hi in person.
- Hi.

Have you ever lost something

but you know where it is?
You just...

- can't get it?
- Like, uh...

- losing a ring down the drain?
- How did you know that?

You lost a ring down the drain?

It's not just any ring and
it's worse than down a drain.

(SIGHS) It's an engagement ring.

Oh, my God! You proposed finally!

- Congratulations!
- No. I, um...

I was getting ready for work
this morning and I took it out

of my makeup bag to admire it
then I got cold feet

about proposing,
like I do every morning,

and then I could hear Kate
coming into the bathroom,

so I just freaked out
and put it back in the bag...

- Just the wrong one.
- Kate's?

We have matching makeup bags.
I honestly

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

I'll get it back for you.

I would do it myself,
it's just that I have to be

- at a crime scene all day.
- As my first solo case,

I promise to give it
all the attention it deserves.

- Deal?
- Deal.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Danica's report said
the accident happened

- in a blind spot.
- If Teresa faked

the hit-and-run,
it would be for attention.

No cameras here.

Which means it really happened.

All right, this is
the path the limo took.

Let's follow it.

All right. You're dying
to ask me. Go ahead.

Shade, your obsessions are
none of my business.

- (SHADE LAUGHS)
- But why a Mexican telenovela?

- Yep.
- Better yet, how?

All right. My hockey
career had just ended.

- Oh, I knew I'd regret asking.
- I tried my hand

- at sports broadcasting.
- "Tried" being

the operative word. Did you know
that your epic fail video has

one million views now?
When I'm having a bad day,

one click and all my problems
seem so small.

And you're welcome.

Anyway, I took that pretty hard

at the time, so I went to Mexico
to figure some stuff out.

Where you discovered
your passion for telenovelas?

Hey, laugh all you want,
but millions of people

around the globe have connected
with Rosa's story:

the peasant girl who falls
in love with a millionaire

and becomes the richest woman
in all of Mexico.

I get it.
You're from a small town.

It was either the farm
or the steel mill,

but you had a dream
and you got out,

a one in a million sh*t. (GASPS)

Basically, you are Rosa,

minus the sugar daddy.
I mean, you've even had

some highly-publicized romantic
melodramas of your own.

I saw you gasp
for air when Hunter,

the hunky paramedic, walked in
in his too-tight shirt.

That was the hiccups.

You know, maybe we're looking
at this from the wrong angle.

Teresa takes the same route from
her hairdresser's

- every week.
- She said the car came

- out of nowhere.
- But if you knew her schedule,

you could surprise her
at that intersection.

You could hide around
the corner out of sight

and wait for her to arrive.

That's a hotel.

With a cab stand out front.

♪

(HONKING)

- Hey, buddy. You got a minute?
- I got an hour if you need

- a tour of the city.
- The other driver said you do

the early bird run to the airport?

Yeah. I'm on the road
to Pearson by 6 and back here

- by 7:30.
- Any chance you saw

a darkish-coloured limo
around that time this morning?

Was it a late '80s stretch
with whitewall tires?

- This is all the footage from today?
- Mm-hmm.

Wait! Go back.

There it is.

And the licence plates

are from Mexico.

♪

Target has been
seen biking, yoga-ing,

very excessive exercising. Note:

get more steps in.

Target is engaged.

- (CAMERA CLICKING)
- Object in sight.

Time for Operation Ring Recovery.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Ahem!

I love being a mom!

(CAR BEEPING)

Ah!

- (CAR BEEPING)
- (CAMERA CLICKING)

- (SHADE SIGHS)
- (SHADE): Danica couldn't

match the plates an owner,

but she did manage to track the
car down to this impound lot.

It shouldn't be this hard
to find a vintage limo.

- (ANGIE GASPS)
- What?!

- I found it!
- Let's go.

No! No! There's someone
in there. Maybe two someones.

What?!

OK.

(TENSE MUSIC)

- (BOTH GASP)
- (GUITAR STRUM)

Wait a minute. I recognize her.

It's the Black Widow
from The Rosa Trilogy.

So this is just playing out
like the telenovela?

Yeah. The black veil is
her signature. It means...

Death!

I'm a quick study. We need to get

to Teresa before
the Black Widow does.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Sounds like Teresa's put
her hospital stay behind her.

So I've been thinking,
what if the driver was

someone from Teresa's past,
like that time Rosa was

paralyzed and she found out
an old rival had cursed her

- with the mal de ojo?
- The evil eye?

Oh! Yes, uh, that is
totally my working theory too.

♪

- Is that...
- Miguel? He played Alfonso,

- Rosa's millionaire.
- And that's Victoria

- next to him.
- She played Elsa,

- Miguel's wife, right?
- Are you sure

- you only watched one episode?
- Look at her!

She must have her plastic
surgeon on speed dial. Wow.

Oh! Hello,

Fer-nan-do.

Wait, how did you
even know that was him?

He played Diego, Miguel's
young nephew, on the show.

- Well, he's all grown up now.
- Mm.

Carino! Welcome to my reunion.

- Wow!
- Wouldn't have missed it

- for the world.
- Ooh! That dress!

Teresa let me raid her wardrobe.

I was once featured
on Celebrity Closets.

The cameraman got lost in there.
Couldn't find him for two hours.

You've certainly made
an amazing recovery.

I'll let you guys catch Teresa up.

No point letting this
dress go to waste.

- Happy hunting.
- Mm-hmm.

Come with me.
I want you to meet someone.

She's producing the reboot.

I almost forgot. I told
everyone you were investors.

♪

This Morgan Ortega,
award-winning producer

- and my secret w*apon.
- Angie Everett.

- And Matt Shade.
- Hi.

Hi, Matt Shade.

We're thinking
of investing in the reboot.

Oh, you won't regret it!
We're doing a cost plus deal

with international sales rights.

Bifurcated based on
a co-pro from Mexico,

probably with Telemundo, and
the South American territories.

Un trato simple. Basic deal.

- So... basic.
- Oh, and you have to be

our guest for the next two days.
We're having a private

salsa party tomorrow night,
and the restaurant even

- let Miguel plan the menu.
- Wow.

His character, Alfonso, was famous

for his mole poblano recipe
on the show. Do you remember

when he seduced the Escalante
twins by proving he could

make his mole sauce
in seven different ways?

- (ANGIE LAUGHS DRILY)
- Who even knew

- that was possible?
- I loved that episode.

- Well, you've got good taste.
- Oh, thanks.

- (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- Oh. Well, I hope

to see you on the dance floor
and I will test you

- on your mole sauces. Yeah.
- OK.

Wow. She's impressive.

If you like that type.
So how is my case?

Did you find out
who wants me dead?

You, uh, forgot to mention
that the entire cast was here

to sh**t the reboot
of The Rosa Trilogy.

Kinda widens the suspect list.

It's not officially
a reboot. Most fans hated

the original ending.
To give our fans closure,

Morgan came up
with an incredible idea.

The first new episode will start
where the series finale ended.

And in two days,
we are sh**ting it live.

- We found the 1980s limousine.
- My heroes!

- (SHADE CHUCKLES)
- Um, we're not sure

who was driving it yet,
but they left this behind.

Dios mio! The Black Widow!

(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS)

- That's Elsa's theme music.
- And Rosa's rival!

- That bitch got to my DJ!
- Many thanks

to all of you for joining me
in this journey.

- (WOMAN): Aww!
- Pendeja. I hope she falls in the...

(PEOPLE GASPING)

- (WOMAN): Oh, my gosh!
- (MAN): Get her help!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(MAN): Good job! (APPLAUSE)

- (VICTORIA SPEAKS SPANISH)
- Are you OK?

I'm OK! I'm OK!

- (APPLAUSE)
- (GASPING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

- You know what this means.
- More death.

- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- Is she OK?
- Luckily, her hair

- broke her fall.
- If Miguel hadn't made like

a sleek dolphin and jumped in
after her, she may have drowned.

She's a little shaken up,
but nothing serious.

Um, listen. Was Teresa

at the hospital
for most of the day?

Uh, she was discharged
and I drove her home myself.

- OK.
- Why?

I'm just trying to keep
track of all the characters.

Uh-huh. Well, I know someone

interested in keeping
track of you.

- He even asked about your status.
- What'd you say?

Ask her yourself.

- Hi.
- Hi.

It's in my professional
opinion that Fernando

needs medical attention. And I'm
just the one to give it to him.

OK.

Wow. Twice in one day. We have
to stop meeting like this.

- Do we?
- (ANGIE CHUCKLES)

Do you ever get any free time,
or are you always just...

busy saving lives?

I'm kind of married to my work.

Oh. I can appreciate that.

But if I ever got an offer
I couldn't refuse...

(ANGIE CHUCKLES)

You were fantastic.

And you are quite
something yourself.

I'm Matt Shade. You must have
rehearsed that entrance all day.

That ending was
a little unexpected.

Hmm. Well, you handled
it like a pro.

They don't call me
the most riveting actress

in Mexico for nothing...
which is something I think

you should know,
as a potential investor.

- Really?
- You know, I don't know

what Teresa did with all her
money. But the penthouse suite

- at my hotel is bigger.
- You don't say.

I can arrange a private tour
for us if you want.

Uh-huh. Well, I think
I'll have to check my calendar.

- Talk to you later.
- OK.

You'll find your investment in us,

and in me, amply rewarded.

- Uh-huh.
- (ANGIE): Ahem.

I'm so sorry,
but the firm just called

and they need our advice on
the... Hackensacker deal ASAP.

Excuse me. Money calls.

Sure.

I found chisel marks
on the balustrade.

That railing was
rigged to collapse.

We need to figure out who had
access to Teresa's house

before the party.

(SHADE): I checked
into the pool guy,

the bathroom consultant
and the aqua massage therapist.

Guess what they
all have in common?

- A water-tight alibi?
- You got it.

Same goes for the investors
and the family members.

The limo drive-by on Teresa
was straight out

- of The Rosa Trilogy.
- Literally the first episode.

Well, what about
the pre-rigged balcony?

I wish I could help you.
My Rosa Trilogy

memory banks have a few holes.

I don't know why.
There's only 2000 episodes.

Oh, I couldn't get through
the first episode.

I'm sorry! I just can't
read subtitles

and watch TV at the same time.

It just makes me sleepy.
It's an ongoing battle.

(SNEEZES)

Like these roses.
But I have an update!

- You found the buyer.
- Almost?

Did you know that there's
over 200 flower shops

in the Greater Toronto Area
and 150 species of roses?

That's a lot of love in the air.

And allergies, apparently.

I've narrowed down the list
of florists and we'll know

who bought the genus Rosa
subgenera Carolinae very soon.

Well, we know that Teresa
and Victoria definitely

- have a love-hate relationship.
- Teresa did seem surprised

to see Victoria
standing on her balcony,

although that could
have been a performance.

Or the whole gag was just
a PR stunt to juice the reboot.

- Or k*ll it.
- Let's assume

that both incidents were real.
If they were inspired

by The Rosa Trilogy,
it would be someone

with intimate knowledge
of the show.

Like a super-fan?

Wow. Impressive.

Those are candid pictures

of Teresa shopping. Creepy.

And the webmaster is the president

of The Rosa Trilogy Fan Club
of North America based

- right here in Toronto.
- Does the president

- have a name?
- Uh... Darsie Amiri.

Look at that. The name's
on the caterer's list.

That's quite the website
you put together.

What can I say? Do what
you love, love what you do.

So your catering career
is temporary?

If you call pulling 85 hours

to get on the inside
of the Rosa reunion temporary.

Your boss said you were there
pretty early to help set up.

Any chance you were serving
margaritas on the balcony?

I left my power tools at home.

It would take some serious
commitment to sabotage

- that stone railing.
- The same commitment

required to stalk Teresa

- and Victoria?
- I'm a super-fan,

not a stalker.
I love everything Rosa.

Except for the ending,
it drove me crazy.

- No argument there, sister.
- Right?!

How crazy?

If I was gonna go
Black Widow on someone,

it would be Miguel.

Early Miguel was picante.
Late Miguel was...

- Douchey!
- So douchey!

- And petty!
- Ugh!

- Can we stay on point here?
- On point

would be asking,
"Who's the copycat?"

First, there was
the limo hit-and-run.

Then, the balcony drop. Straight
out of The Rosa Trilogy.

- We think so too.
- In episode 1846,

Victoria's character Elsa fell off

her balcony after Alfonso,
played by Miguel,

told her that he was in love
with Rosa.

Yeah, but she didn't fall in the pool.
The hot gardener caught her.

Victoria, the actress,
refused to get her hair wet.

Only a diehard fan
would know that.

- Or a fellow cast member.
- They had to rewrite

the pool stunt, which meant
the cast had to sit and wait

for six hours
in a hacienda with no A/C.

So, Luis ordered a dozen cases
of ice-cold champagne

- and saved the day.
- Luis.

- He played the doctor?
- Yes, Juan. They added him

late in the run
to spice things up.

The cast filmed 2000 episodes
together. How would we feel

about each other
after that many cases?

I'd like to think the love
would still be there.

I don't know. After that
much time together,

I might be you a
white rose or two.

- Ouch.
- The cast haven't seen

- each other in 15 years.
- With the reboot in a couple

of days, it means they'd have
to share the spotlight again.

Maybe someone's not so
interested in sharing anymore.

(MORGAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

In my business, sometimes you
have to be a hard-ass.

Trouble with the Rosa reboot?

Are you asking
as potential investors

- or as private investigators?
- Teresa spilled the frijoles.

Well, I don't mind
that she hired you.

In fact, I'd ask that you keep
up your cover story

until you find out
who's behind the incidents.

My actors are getting nervous.
Your phone call didn't sound

like you were
calming someone's nerves.

Yeah, it reminded me of
the time my manager had a secret

- bank account in the Caymans.
- It was Miguel's agent.

- Contract issues?
- He was asking about

his character to make sure
he's in our long-term plans.

And is he?

Well, when it comes
to the show, my lips

are sealed. Even for you.

You know it's her job
to flirt, right?

She's a producer.

Oh, so that was flirting!
Oh, she is good.

(ANGIE): Zoe did
a backgrounder on Miguel.

He's had more than one
public bankruptcy.

So I'm guess a short run
on the reboot wouldn't get him

- out of hock.
- But maybe he's jealous enough

of everyone else's success
to t*nk the whole idea. Oh!

There's the restaurant.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Wasn't Miguel supposed
to meet us out front at 8 PM?

That's what he said on the phone.

Maybe he's in
the restaurant already.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hello?

- (GUITAR STRUM)
- Look!

Another white rose.

Wait.

Is Miguel a suspect or the target?

Well, if we find
anything that connects him

to the limo or the railing,
then he's a suspect.

And if we find him impaled
on a Mexican vihuela,

- then he's the target.
- On a what now?

It's a Mexican guitar
favoured by Mariachi bands.

It's also used as a m*rder
w*apon on The Rosa Trilogy.

Not to be confused
with a poisonous arrow

- or a venomous scorpion.
- So you have been watching!

- It's addictive, isn't it?
- Uh, no. I'm not. It's not.

I don't believe you.

- Sh!
- (DISTANT CRYING)

(WHISPERING): Do you hear that?

(WHISPERING): It sounds like
it's coming from in there.

- I'm afraid of heights.
- Not really relevant

at this moment.

You go first. I got your back.

What are you gonna do,
season them to death?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(MUFFLED CRYING)

Is that someone crying?!

(CHILD CRYING)

(MACHINE BEEPS)

- Hey!
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Well, no dice opening the door
from the inside.

- The safety bolt's missing.
- Yeah, there's no

cell service in here.
I can't even call 911.

- (ANGIE SIGHS HEAVILY)
- You know,

in one of the best episodes
of The Rosa Trilogy,

Alfonso got locked
in a walk-in freezer.

You're just remembering this now?

You know, now that I think of
it... he was lured in.

By the voice of a crying child.

- Yeah.
- Oh, my God.

Um, how did Miguel's character
Alfonso escape?

Well, he invited

his business partner to dinner,

to tell him
that their partnership was over.

The partner poisoned the wine,

then... proposed a toast

to the good run that they had had.

But as he raised his glass,

he choked on a chicken bone
covered in mole sauce.

Which Alfonso can make seven ways.

Yeah, so Alfonso panicked.
He... hid the body

in the walk-in freezer.
The next morning, he came down,

he heard a crying child.

OK. We know the rest.
How did he get out?

Peppers.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Well, hello.
I'm so sorry I'm late.

Victoria needed me to help her
choose a dress for tomorrow's

- salsa party.
- What, did she give you

the full tour? We were supposed
to meet an hour ago.

So I don't understand.
They told me the restaurant was

supposed to be locked...
to protect my Tacos Campechanos,

of course. So how did
you two get inside?

The door was open.
And we found this.

(GASPS) Muerte.

Teresa and Victoria got
the same message.

Do you think am I next?

What if they hurt me?

What if they hurt my face?

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

"14 poisonings,

23 suffocations"...

Attempted suffocations.
Apparently, a Rosa rule:

lots of pillows,
but no actual m*rder.

Fine. 23 attempted
suffocations, "9 drownings,

12 disappearances,
3 sets of evil twins,"

and that's just
in the first 200 episodes.

But nobody's d*ed in the real
world of our case,

at least not yet.

Zoe, where are we at
with those white roses?

I located the buyer
but the perp paid in cash.

They did buy half a dozen roses,
so we still have three in play.

Teresa was just grazed,
Victoria had a soft landing

and Miguel would've known where
to find the key in the freezer.

So far, all the incidents were
meant to chill, not k*ll.

But we don't have the time

to go through the other
1800 episodes for clues.

If only we knew someone
with an encyclopedic knowledge

of The Rosa Trilogy.

I want a front-row seat
to the live performance

- of the new episode.
- Haceis un trato.

What do you need?

Your best conspiracy theories.

Well, no better place
to start than the end.

Like, why Luis just walks out
in the series finale,

leaving everyone sitting
at the dining room table?

That was kind of weird.

I did read that they had
to use existing footage

because he d*ed
during the last episode.

So the story goes.

(SHADE): After Luis joined
the show, his character Juan

became Alfonso's main
rival for both Rosa

and Elsa. Rosa even helped
Juan open his first clinic.

Darsie said the cast really became

a family when Luis joined
the show. He was the glue

that kept them together.
At least until

the series ended. Luis d*ed,
then they all became

- like strangers.
- Fast forward to a cast reunion

and a half-dozen
white roses of death.

We need to get the family

- to tell us what really happened.
- They've all kept silent

for 15 years. How do we
get them talking now?

Salsa!

(SALSA MUSIC)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Excuse me.

Finally! I thought I would
never get my hands on you.

It feels like you've
got more than two.

Don't be insulted,
but you're a better dancer

- when you're not moving.
- Luis was your normal

- dance partner on the show, yes?
- He used to say,

"If you felt the music,

it could penetrate your soul."

Heh heh. It's too bad he's dead.

Heart disease is the most common

cause of death in men 35 to 44.

It's why I usually date

- younger men.
- Uh... heh heh heh...

Two congas, por favor.

Sorry. Dancing with me must
be like driving an 18-wheeler

- blindfolded.
- It took me years to learn

how to surrender
to my dance partner.

Really? Only took me 30 seconds.

I used to drink these
all the time when I was a kid.

The only difference now
is the tequila.

It must have been really
strange growing up on the set

of a TV show. - Not really.

I just had a bigger
family than most.

What did you do when someone
you spent so much time with

got written off or moved on?

I learned how to make
friends easily.

But when Luis d*ed, I mean,
that must have been devastating.

I was only a boy,

but I remember how he carried me
on his shoulders.

He didn't even break a sweat.

He was a hero to me.

Kind of ironic that he played
a doctor on the show, then d*ed

of a heart att*ck at 35.

It's the most common cause
of death in men that age.

Hmm.

So how much money did
Morgan get out of your firm?

- We're still massaging numbers.
- Let me know

if you need some help massaging.

My hands aren't as dried up
and arthritic as Teresa's.

It's all an act, isn't it,

the duelling divas bit?

We were like family.

- And then Luis d*ed.
- Such a tragedy.

He had a heart condition,

sadly common in men 35 to 44.

♪

None of them
mention the accidents.

It's like nothing happened.

Maybe they've all
got a guilty conscience.

But their memories of Luis seem...

honest and heartfelt.

And their stories of how he
d*ed of a heart att*ck seem...

- Rehearsed?
- Is the entire cast

covering up a m*rder?

♪

- Everybody loved Luis.
- To death, apparently.

Then, the crappy ending airs
and the show is cancelled.

They were the perfect family
for a decade,

then estranged
for the next 15 years.

Secret m*rder pacts can have
that effect on people.

- We don't know it was a m*rder.
- No,

but we're getting close.
Zoe dug up some paperwork

from a Mexican cemetery.
Luis' body? Exhumed.

- By who?
- Conchita Alonso.

- Never heard of her.
- What if we aren't the only

ones questioning whether
Luis d*ed of a heart att*ck?

Speaking of sad endings,
the answers to the most

important questions of my life
are going live in a few hours.

Remember, I said

front row, near the set.
Wait a minute.

What if Luis d*ed on set?

Too many witnesses. But maybe
during a closed rehearsal.

The director would know
what really happened.

- And where is he now?
- Dead. Too much sex

or not enough sex or...
whatever, it was sex-related.

What happens to a director's
body of work when he dies?

Donated to archives.

- Passed on to family.
- Sold at an estate sale.

- And bought by...
- A producer looking to do a reboot.

- Morgan Ortega.
- She gave me her number

last night.
We need to know that why?

Along with the address
to her condo.

Oh.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- Hey.
- Oh! O... K.

Heh heh. Did you get it?

OK.

Ouch! Ouch! (GRUNTS)

- I don't see the ring.
- It's not there.

But... instead,

I found these.

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

I had it all mapped out.

Career, kids, family foosball.

- What changed?
- I got consumed with work

and so did Kate.
She's got a deadline every day.

I should've just
stepped up and done it.

I've had that ring
in my bag for so long

I feel like it's cursed.

You know, it's kind of
ironic and romantic.

You were keeping the ring
in your case and she was keeping

those photos in hers.
It just feels like you were

both waiting
for the perfect moment...

No, you don't understand.
When Kate works out excessively,

it means she's circling around
something life-changing.

She's probably thinking
about how to let me down gently.

(SIGHS)

(SNEEZES)

(TINKLING MUSIC)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

♪

This'd be a lot easier if we
knew what we were looking for.

Well, we know Morgan's plan
began right after

that estate sale.

Yeah, but what was it
that set her off?

Shade...

check this out.

Wow. It's an old VHS machine.

Let's see what's on TV.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

That's Luis.

This is a continuation
of the final scene

- from the series finale.
- But this wasn't in the final cut.

(HOLLERING)

- (g*nsh*t)
- That sounded like a real g*n.

(SHOUTING)

Did we just watch
Luis get m*rder*d?

- It certainly looks that way.
- (CRYING AND SHOUTING)

I think I know
who Conchita Alonzo is.

It's his daughter.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

This is Sangita Patel
live from the set

of The Rosa Trilogy reboot.
The Daily Rumor has been given

exclusive access, along with
a very lucky few contest winners

- for this incredible day.
- OK. Places everyone. Places.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

We've been waiting 15 years

to find out what's
in store for Rosa.

And we're just minutes away.

(ANGIE): You don't have to do
this before it goes too far.

I think the action's starting now.

Morgan... you're making
a big mistake.

Put the g*n down.
We can talk about this.

Morgan, you need
to think this through.

You can stop this now,
before it's too late.

It's already too late.

Was it you, Rosa?

Or was it you, Alfonso?

- (AUDIENCE MURMURS)
- How about Elsa? Did you do it?

- What is this about? Do what?
- She knows.

- What does she know?
- That one of you k*lled

- her father.
- That's insane!

- I only met her a week ago.
- My real name is Conchita

Alonso Betancourt Novarro.
Luis was my father.

- I am so sorry, mi amor.
- This cannot be his daughter.

- She had his body exhumed.
- Yeah.

And do you know what they found
lodged in his spine?

A b*llet!

(CROWD GASPS)

It was you, the limousine

and the railing! I almost drowned.

I thought I could scare
the k*ller into confessing.

But now, I have a new plan.

We are going to play out the
scene exactly as it happened.

And this time,
the truth will come out!

Morgan. We understand

why you did this,
but you need to let the police

- find the k*ller.
- No. I'm doing this

- for my father!
- Luis would have been

proud of you,
so strong and successful.

- He wouldn't want this!
- It would dishonour his memory.

(AUDIENCE MURMURS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(AUDIENCE GASPS)

- (g*nsh*t)
- (SCREAMING)

Dios mio! Que pedo, wey?!

(AUDIENCE MURMURS)

They say that every m*rder*r
makes at least one mistake.

Teresa, I can't
protect you anymore.

You have to confess!
I know it was an accident.

Confess?! I thought
I was protecting you

- all these years, princesa!
- Loca.

Like Morgan said,
the truth will reveal itself.

This is a waste of time.
Whoever used the g*n

- is getting away.
- (SHADE): Are they?

(AUDIENCE GASPS AND MURMURS)

We put invisible paint
on the handle of the g*n.

Which reveals itself
in ultraviolet light.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(GASPS)

(AUDIENCE GASPS AND MURMURS)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)

♪

(INDISTINCT SPEAKING OVER RADIO)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

All those years, I thought my
father d*ed of a heart att*ck.

Then, when I realized
that everything

about his death was a lie,
I had to discover the truth.

And you did, with an assist
from your prop master.

Well, you were right.
The best revenge was catching

my father's m*rder*r
in front of an audience.

It makes sense it was Miguel.
Darsie's theory was

that he was gonna end up
in a permanent coma

- if the show had continued.
- Leaving a dashing,

vibrant Luis to step
into the spotlight.

The Rosa Trilogy could
have gone for another

2000 episodes.

I am so sorry about your father.

He meant so much to all of us.

- Can you ever forgive us?
- We just wanted to protect

the show and each other.

But the secret ended up
destroying our family.

We were so selfish. I've carried
the guilt for years.

Rosa was an inspiration to me.

Her story became mine and...

helped me keep going
after my father d*ed.

And for that, I am grateful.

- (UPLIFTING MUSIC)
- (AUDIENCE): Aww!

Shade, are those tears?

Best series ending ever.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)

(AUDIENCE CHEERS)

So much better without subtitles.

(INAUDIBLE SPEAKING)

(SOFT MUSIC)

- Hey.
- Hey. What's goin' on here?

I think I have some idea.

You left this in my car.

Thank you.

Uh, do you remember

- this place?
- (CHUCKLES)

Of course.

We came here after our first date.

And had our first kiss.

Right under that...

- that tree over there.
- Oh, my God.

Those are beautiful.

Did you...

No, I...

I assume this is all Zoe.

Where did you find so many roses?

Would you believe me
from a Mexican telenovela?

On the show, it actually means
a funeral is coming.

OK. So was that the tone
that you were

- going for with this?
- I just wanted

to help you guys write
your own love story.

How about we start
with a proposal?

♪ When I can't ♪

♪ Find the stairs, you show me ♪

♪ Home's not so far away ♪

You picked the ring.

Mind if I ask the question?

♪ When I'm falling apart ♪

Danica Powers...

will you marry me?

Yes!

It's always been yes.

(VOCALIST HARMONIZING)

♪

Time to say goodbye

to melodrama and fantasy.

I didn't mind
a little heightened reality.

Well, I could always lend you

my 50 DVD box set if you'd like.

Nah. I already know the ending.

Do you? From what I hear,

the live show went viral

and has even caught the eye
of some broadcast networks.

- There may be a bidding w*r.
- Really?

Mm-hmm. I'll get it.

Hey. Thanks, buddy.

Wait! It could be
from the Black Widow.

Ah! The pink rose of gratitude!

From Teresa! "Thank you for
saving my life and the reboot.

Welcome to the Rosa
Trilogy family.

I'm gonna hang this in my office.

- Of course you are.
- (PHONE CHIMES)

- A certain producer we know?
- Yeah.

It's a dinner invitation
from Morgan Ortega.

I guess flirting wasn't
just in her job description.

- (CHUCKLES)
- (PHONE CHIMES)

From Victoria.

She'd like to do dessert.

- (PHONE CHIMES)
- Come on.

From Teresa.
It's just an address...

and a photo.

- Oh.
- Oh, dios mio.

- Tough choices.
- Yeah.

So have you got any plans tonight?

- Yeah. I called 911.
- (KNOCKING)

Oh. Have fun.

- 'Night, Shade.
- Yeah.

- Hey, buddy.
- Hi.

Did somebody call for a paramedic?

I feel lightheaded
and short of breath.

- What's your diagnosis?
- Hmm.

Sounds like you need
some food, stat.

- (ANGIE CHUCKLES)
- We could take the ambulance.

Only if you let me
turn on the siren.

Deal.

♪