

Fake Empire
Season 1 Episode 109 | 42m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Alexa declines Kieran's next case until a clairvoyant's involvement is mentioned.
When Kieran presents Alexa with another unsolved murder—a nurse stabbed in the back a week after proposing to his girlfriend—Alexa declines until Kieran mentions the involvement of clairvoyant Chloe Angel, who knows details about the case not released to the public. Ever the skeptic, Alexa is determined to find the killer and prove that Chloe is a phony.
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Fake Empire
Season 1 Episode 109 | 42m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
When Kieran presents Alexa with another unsolved murder—a nurse stabbed in the back a week after proposing to his girlfriend—Alexa declines until Kieran mentions the involvement of clairvoyant Chloe Angel, who knows details about the case not released to the public. Ever the skeptic, Alexa is determined to find the killer and prove that Chloe is a phony.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[ Mid-tempo music plays ] -Hi.
My name's Finn.
I was wondering if you had time to do a questionnaire.
Just for my university psych.
Hi.
Sorry, sir.
Uh, Finn.
Hi.
I was wondering if you had some time to do a questionnaire.
It's for my university psych course on abnormal behavior.
It'll only take a couple minutes.
-Wait, wait.
You're doing psychology?
-Yeah.
First year.
-Done nonverbal communication yet?
-Uh... -'Cause if you look at my body language, I was walking at pace, I'm not making eye contact, my head is up, my chin is out, and everything about me screams "Get out of my way."
Psychology is about reading people.
It's about anticipating and interpreting human behavior.
And, Finn, sorry, but you suck at this, right?
'Cause if you can't achieve the simple act of choosing the right subjects for your study, then you got to ask yourself -- Is psychology right for me?
[ Down-tempo music plays ] [ Siren wailing in distance ] -[ Sighs ] Okay.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Don't say it.
-How can someone with your attention to detail always be so late?
-Why'd you have to say it?
-I reckon this must be a PB.
-So, what time's the shark feeding?
-[ Sighs ] Steven Harborne, 31.
Nurse.
No major assets.
Well liked, even though he was a Collingwood fan.
He got home from work about 6:30 p.m. one night last November.
His phone and empty wallet were found in a dumpster about two blocks away.
Looks like he interrupted a break-and-enter.
[ Dramatic music plays ] Right place, wrong time.
-See?
Being late has its advantages.
-He lived with his fiancée, Jasmine Harris, also a nurse.
She found his body.
Neighbors heard her screams.
-[ Screaming ] -He'd only proposed to her the week before.
Picked up the ring that day.
The ring hasn't been seen since.
I always thought the knife in the back was more a crime of passion than a robbery.
-You're probably right.
Good luck with that.
-Not interested in this one?
All right.
Well, good to see you.
Shame this one didn't work out.
Just as well I didn't mention the clairvoyant that got in touch with us yesterday.
-Clairvoyant?
-Chloe Angel.
-You're making that up.
-It's a stage name.
-It's a...name.
-She knows specific details about Jasmine's engagement ring -- why Steven chose it, the fact it had gone missing -- stuff that was never made public.
-Any link to the victim?
Anybody who could have told them all that?
-Nothing that jumps out.
-I see what you're doing.
-I don't know what you mean.
You're setting a little trap, aren't you, 'cause you know how I feel about clairvoyants -- how they exploit vulnerable people, take their money, giving them false hope that their loved ones are happy on the other side.
-Oh.
Well, fair enough.
-Why the engagement ring?
Why talk about that?
-Don't know.
But it's a good question.
You'll have to ask her.
-Okay, but no grinning.
-I'm not grinning.
-No grinning, 'cause you haven't won.
-No.
Absolutely not.
-No.
Just so we're clear.
-Crystal.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ -Chloe Angel -- real name Chloe Burles.
Cleanskin.
Barely even a parking ticket.
Look, I don't get why you think this woman's lying.
-Well, isn't it obvious?
-My mum's cousin's stepmum has the gift.
Last Christmas she spent all night reading coffee cups, telling everyone's fortune.
-Well, it's a party trick, isn't it?
-Uh, she knew my cousin's baby was gonna be a girl.
-Ow.
[ Inhales sharply ] -Well, she's got a 50% chance of getting that right.
What'd she say about you?
-That I was destined to work with a talented, powerful woman.
-Oh.
Well, maybe there is something in this.
-No.
There is no such thing as destiny.
-Look, you're wrong.
People need things in their life they can't understand.
It gives them hope.
-For what?
That big lotto win?
-That Prince Charming is gonna come in on his white horse?
Here.
Look at her big show.
Crap ticket sales.
Public's not stupid.
They know she's a phony.
-Bad ticket sales doesn't mean she doesn't have the gift.
Just should have hired a publicist.
-There is no gift.
All clairvoyants do is instinctively get a read on someone, ask cleverly worded questions, and respond quickly to what they say.
-You instinctively read people, ask cleverly worded questions, and then respond quickly to what they say.
-Yeah, but I'm not pretending to talk to dead people, am I?
Hey.
Listen.
Stay off my pillow, all right?
I don't want to tell you again.
[ Cat meows ] Cats are different.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ] [ Birds calling ] ♪♪ Chloe.
I'm Alexa.
We talked on the phone.
Cor.
I was expecting red velvet and candles and stuff.
-I never got hung up on expectations.
Does more harm than good.
You're the police, right?
-Yes.
Did -- Did my dead ancestors tell you that?
-No.
You just -- You look like a cop.
-Well, you're half right.
Uh, I assist the police when they're lucky.
-You used to be a cop, though.
-So, is this your day job?
Being a clairvoyant doesn't pay well?
-Maybe one day.
-Is that why you contacted the police with information about Steven's death?
-No.
No.
It's...It's Steven.
He's talking to me every day.
I can't shut him up.
-Is Steven a tree?
-What?
No.
He's -- He's all around us.
All the spirits are.
-What did he tell you?
-About the day of his death, about how just before he died, he picked up an engagement ring to be resized.
He keeps saying the word "epiphany" over and over.
I don't know what it means.
I've told the cops all of this.
-Did he tell you who killed him?
He doesn't seem to be busy.
Why don't you ask him now?
-Hm.
[ Chuckles ] That's not how it works.
I get images and voices -- like a dream, but awake.
I can't control it.
-If you're withholding information from the police, there will be a hindrance- of-investigation charge with your name on it, I promise you.
-It's not me.
It's Steven.
He won't -- He won't tell me.
He won't tell you.
The only person he'll speak to is his fiancée, Jasmine.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] -Hello?
[ Flatline ] -Jasmine!
Jasmine!
-We did all we could.
You know that.
-I know.
I know.
-Jasmine?
My name's Alexa Crowe.
I'm assisting the police with Steven's case.
I'm really sorry for your loss.
-[ Sighs ] Which one?
I mean, patients die all the time.
You'd think I'd be used to it by now.
-Well, maybe when dying stops meaning something to you, it's time to leave, huh?
-Well, I'm one step ahead of you there.
I handed in my notice last week.
-Yeah?
-Mm.
-Time to quit, huh?
Yeah.
I've been thinking about it for a while.
All my friends keep talking me into staying.
And maybe it is what Steven would want.
I... [ Sighs ] -You got engaged right before he died.
So tell me about the ring.
He was getting it resized?
-Yeah.
It was his mother's Tiffany ring.
When we got engaged, he... [ Laughs ] He said he had an epiphany to give me that ring.
-Did he use exactly that word -- "epiphany"?
-Yeah.
He -- He liked that it rhymed with "Tiffany."
You know, he thought it was funny.
-Yeah.
That is funny.
'Cause there's, uh, a clairvoyant, and she says that she's in touch with Steven and claims that he uses the word "epiphany" all the time.
-I knew it.
I knew it.
I knew that he would try and contact me.
-Really?
-Yeah.
I've been to a dozen clairvoyants trying to contact him.
I can't believe it's finally happened.
I-I have to go tell Adam and Abby, 'cause they've been helping me look for him.
-Hang on.
Hang on.
It's probably just -- It's a horrible trick.
-I really want to talk to her.
What's her name?
-It's Chloe Angel.
But you have to be careful, because she's gonna say a whole lot of stuff that seems specific to you but really could apply to anybody.
It's very important that you do not volunteer any new information.
And above all, do not get emotional.
Right?
-[ Sobs ] -He's showing me tropical fish.
Turtles.
-We went to Bali together.
-Oh.
Well... -We went snorkeling.
-He's filled with joy from it.
-[ Exhales deeply ] -Something's changed.
He's turning his back.
He keeps saying the word "sorry," "sorry," "sorry," over and over.
Oh.
He's crying.
-[ Sobs ] -He says that you deserve better than him.
He made a mistake.
He never meant to fall for someone else.
-What do you mean?
What?
You're lying.
-He says that you -- you need to know the truth so that you can move on with your life.
-Jasmine.
-No.
I'm done.
-You -- You need to open yourself up to the true love that you deserve.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ] -[ Whispering ] Lies.
-Steven wants her to know the truth.
-She's a liar.
She's a fake!
-Yeah.
More than likely.
-Steven loved me.
We were getting married.
-Can you think of any reason that she'd tell you Steven was having an affair?
-We were happy.
He was giving me his mother's ring.
-You know, have you, uh, you ever thought about moving away from here?
No one would blame you after what happened.
-[ Sighs ] This was our home.
-Sometimes life is trickier than one cares to admit.
How was the sex?
-Um...it was fine.
-Fine.
Crikey.
That's what every girl dreams of, huh?
Was it always just fine?
-[ Exhales deeply ] Steven liked to take photos of me naked.
It was his thing.
I-I didn't love it at first, but then we started doing it together, and... -But something had changed.
Well, I mean, the last few months, he... he stopped taking photos.
I just thought, you know, he was tired.
He was working so many night shifts.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ Oh, my God.
What if she was right?
He was sleeping with someone else?
♪♪ -[ Sneezes ] -So these were all on Steve's hard drive, huh?
-Uh, tech folk went through them at the time of the murder.
No joy.
-Oh, yeah?
Any joy for you?
-Well, the geotagging shows these were all taken at Jasmine's house -- some on holiday, but all with Jasmine in them.
But these -- these were different.
I cross-checked the metadata with Jasmine's hospital roster.
They were all taken when Jasmine was at work, all in the few months before Steven died.
-Wow.
-How does he get his leg into that position?
-Not a leg.
Where were these all taken?
-A hotel on Swanston Street.
Charges by the hour.
No CCTV.
Cash only.
Chloe said that Jasmine was getting cheated on by Steven.
Now we know she was telling the truth.
-Doesn't mean she's psychic.
-It doesn't mean she's not.
-We need to find out who Steven's mystery lover is.
-One problem -- Steven didn't take any photos of her face.
-Then we need to find the person who's got this tattoo.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ [ Birds chirping ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -What are you doing?
-You don't have a tattoo.
It wasn't you sleeping with Steven.
-I'm not really into guys, and I've never met him.
Not on this plane, anyway.
Only in the afterlife.
-Well, you seem to know an awful lot about his love life.
There a lot of gossips on the other side?
-Laugh all you like, but there are spirits all around us.
Even for you, Alexa.
They're here to help you.
-What, clean my fridge?
Do my taxes?
-Why is it so hard for you to just believe?
-I believe that you know something about this case, which means you either killed Steven or you know who did.
Which is it?
-Neither.
I'm just the messenger.
So that means you're not supposed to shoot me.
-Chloe?
-Hi.
Thank you so much for coming.
-I'll be with you in a sec.
-Okay.
No problem.
-I'm so sorry about what happened to Steven, but I had nothing to do with it.
[ Exhales deeply ] There's a lot of hurt running through you.
You need to deal with that before your time comes.
-I know what's gonna happen when I die.
I'm gonna go back to being what I was four billion years before I was born -- nothing.
-Hey, guys.
Thank you so much for coming along.
-I hope your camera has a...filter.
You're gonna need it.
[ Cellphone rings ] Hi.
Thanks for getting back to me.
It's about Chloe Angel.
Yeah.
How are the ticket sales for her upcoming show?
[ Down-tempo music plays ] I can take the bald-faced lies, but the smugness.
Honestly, it's like she's a game-show host or a vegan or something.
What?
-I haven't seen you this worked up in a while.
-I'm not worked up.
-[ Chuckles ] -I'm a little worked up.
But look.
Chloe's lies don't even make sense.
If she wasn't sleeping with Steven, why would she tell Jasmine that her dead fiancé was cheating on her?
And why would she go to the police with it?
-Jasmine's now got a cheating fiancé?
Gives her a nice, juicy motive.
-Except that she didn't know about it until yesterday.
-You said she was pretty feisty.
That doesn't mean that she stabbed her partner.
-I've seen stranger alibis.
[ Clears throat ] -Nah.
See, she still lives in the house where Steven was killed, and she tries to talk to him in the afterlife 'cause she just can't seem to let him go.
-It means she's obsessed with him.
Doesn't mean she's not guilty.
-I looked into her eyes.
I think her grief is real.
-You sure you believe her or do you just want to believe her?
-We both know that I don't just believe in any old thing.
-Mm.
Grief-stricken or not, sounds to me like all roads lead to Jasmine.
[ Birds squawking ] -[ Gasps ] Alexa!
You should join us.
[ Indistinct conversations, up-tempo music playing ] -Amazing.
Wow!
What's going on here?
-It's a breakup party.
-All thanks to Chloe Angel.
I am officially breaking up with Steven today.
He was a bastard who was sleeping around on me and who didn't deserve me.
-All men are bastards.
-Well, present company excluded.
-Oh, no, no, no.
That's me.
Absolute bastard.
[ Laughter ] -[ Glasses clinking ] -You're not a bastard.
[ Mid-tempo music playing ] -Let me top you up.
-Go on, then.
Hey, Jasmine's doing better, huh?
-All thanks to you.
-Dude, it wasn't me.
-What, are you kidding?
You helped her to face the truth.
-Thanks.
-Adam!
Adam, you've got to stop Abby from putting on this stupid, depressing music.
Come on.
[ Both laugh ] Oh, God.
I haven't felt this good in ages.
-Would it be anything to do with the margaritas?
-No.
I've been so miserable for so long.
I've been feeling so guilty about Steven's death.
It's stupid.
-People feel guilty for all sorts of things.
Yeah.
Things they didn't do, things they did do.
Did you kill Steven?
-Jasmine.
Isn't that the clairvoyant you spoke to?
-[ Gasps ] [ Indistinct talking on television ] -On tomorrow morning's show, we speak to a clairvoyant who works with the police to solve baffling murder cases.
-By day, medium Chloe Angel is a gardener.
But since being contacted by the spirit of murdered Steven Harborne, it's her spiritual life that's now taking up most of her time.
-Steven's spirit has been at me day and night.
But being able to find new clues to help the police solve a murder?
It's been amazing.
-What's it like being a conduit for a murdered spirit?
It's -- It's been a joy to be able to connect spirits to their loved ones.
Um, that's what my public audience readings are all about, like the one I'm doing this week.
-Kill me now.
Except that wouldn't help, 'cause she'd still be blabbing to my ashes.
-So you think this is some big game for her?
-Oh, all Chloe seems to care about is how Steven's death furthers her career.
-But she knew about the affair and the missing ring.
-What if that's all she knows?
Like, if she has more details, then why not brag to the press or drop hints about what really happened?
-So someone fed her information for a purpose?
I bet they didn't expect her to splash it all over national television.
Oh, Chloe's made herself a target.
[ Dramatic music plays ] ♪♪ -[ Gasps ] [ Exhales sharply ] Oh.
[ Breathing heavily ] [ Wheezing ] -Chloe?
Chloe.
Hey.
Chloe?
Stay with me, Chloe.
Ambulance!
[ Gin Wigmore's "Beatnik Trip" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ I drive deep in the valley so the stars can shine ♪ ♪ I was hoping to trip with a friend of mine ♪ ♪ But my friend's in trouble with the boys in blue ♪ ♪ A mercurial tribe who decide what's true ♪ ♪ I'm gonna let go of feeling low ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪♪ -I bet you didn't see that coming.
Big week for you.
Meeting me -- obviously a highlight.
Going on television for the first time -- not as big as meeting me, but still big.
And then, um, someone tried to kill you.
-The doctors just said that my heart was beating too fast.
-Well, the doctor doesn't know that you pissed off a killer.
-Steven told me that when I -- -Oh, for God's sakes.
We both know that you were 30 seconds away from going to talk to Steven for a very long time in person.
Oh.
Fine.
Have it your way.
Good luck with everything.
You're gonna need it.
-Someone bumped into me, and I felt a pain in my thigh.
-Which leg?
-The left one.
♪♪ ♪♪ -Chloe, this means you were poisoned.
Who did this to you?
Who told you what you know about this case?
-I don't know who it was.
Someone contacted my website and gave me some details to convince Jasmine to get over her grief.
-This was about money.
-No.
It was only $500.
-$500 makes you an accessory after the fact.
That means serious jail time.
How could you not think this might be the killer?
-Well, the papers said that it was a robbery gone wrong.
-Listen.
I rang the manager of that theater.
It seems you've been trying to get this show up and running for years but you could never sell the tickets.
So what I think happened was that you didn't care if this was the killer or not.
You don't want to shovel for the rest of your life, and this was the main chance.
So you took the money, and then it was too late.
-I was trying to help people.
-You manipulated a grieving woman to get yourself on television.
This is why clairvoyants suck.
-Well...will I be charged?
-That depends.
Do you think you can tell the truth for more than 30 seconds at a time?
And I'll tell you what she is.
A fake, a phony and a con.
-Just because Chloe lied doesn't mean all psychics are dodgy.
-Come on.
Faced with tangible evidence, a clairvoyant admitted to faking it.
Why can't you accept that?
-Sometimes life isn't about proof.
You just need to believe in something.
-You're a smart woman, Madison.
You get to make your own destiny.
-Some people manage to do both.
So the payments to Chloe were made using an e-gift card, which was purchased online with a similar card.
They really didn't want to be traced.
-Clever and annoying.
-Mm.
-And you'll be thrilled to hear that the messages sent to Chloe all came via a VPN.
-Do we know what poisoned her?
-Tox screen shows no poisons, no drugs.
Everything's normal.
-No.
That ain't right.
She was injected with something.
-Well, you can believe that if you like, but there's no tangible evidence in the tox screen.
-Give me some good news.
-Well, Chloe sold out her show.
She's had to put on another one.
-Who said lying doesn't pay?
What about the tattoo?
Got anything on that?
-That I can actually help you with.
-Oh, good.
-Got to go.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ -Ah.
Your, uh, date's here.
She's had two short blacks already.
-Uh, she's not my date.
-That's not what she thinks.
-Wait.
She said that?
-Said she really liked your profile.
Thought you had lovely eyes.
She's right.
You do.
-Uh, yeah.
It's not a date.
It's for work.
-Yeah.
You might want to tell her, then.
[ Indistinct conversations ] -Is this one of yours?
-Uh, yeah.
That was my experimental phase.
-Do you remember the client?
-This isn't really a date, is it?
-I'm so sorry.
I just really need your help.
Do you remember the client's name?
-Yeah.
Of course I do.
I never forget a cute girl, even when it's not a date.
-Ow.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] Hey, Mads.
Good timing.
I need you to go back through Steven's medical records a couple of weeks before he died.
-It's gonna have to wait.
I found Steven's mystery woman.
You're gonna love this.
[ Siren wailing ] [ Mid-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ -So, Abby, tell me what you know about Steven Harborne's murder.
Or I'll tell Jasmine that you were screwing her boyfriend behind her back.
-I don't know what you're talking about.
-Oi!
-Specky tattoo.
Looks great in Steven's photographs.
-I didn't kill him.
Why would I?
It was the best sex I ever had.
-Why was he sleeping with you when he was gonna get married?
-[ Sighs ] Steven was messed up.
He was never the marrying type.
That was all Jasmine.
-So you were his way out?
Did Jasmine know?
-She would have to be blind if she didn't know.
-Or maybe she just didn't want to know.
-Look, we weren't really friends at the start.
But once Steven died, she just sort of attached herself to me, and I felt guilty, so I let it.
-Pad thai with chicken?
Pad thai with chicken, absolutely no nuts.
Abby?
Green curry with tofu.
-Look, I don't care what you believe.
I didn't kill him.
And I bloody miss him.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ [ Indistinct conversations ] -You don't mind?
-No, of course not.
-Okay.
Great.
We're at question 8.
-Easy.
-All right.
Um... -Oh, Alexa.
-Hi.
Hi.
Don't let me stop you.
-Question 8.
"You and your beast friend --" Sorry.
"You and your best friend separately enter the lottery.
Your friend wins and buys themselves a new house, a big boat, and two high-powered sports cars but doesn't give you anything.
Do you, A, congratulate them for their good fortune, B, blame yourself for your own bad luck, C, take something from them 'cause it's just not fair, or, D, believe that too much of a good thing will ruin them?
-That's easy.
A.
-Too much of a good thing.
-What?
No.
I'd congratulate them on their good fortune.
-Too much of a good thing.
Finn, you have got a magnificent career ahead of you.
Well done.
Come here.
Hey, I want you to look up epinephrine, otherwise known as adrenaline.
'Cause what if Chloe was injected with something which occurs naturally in the human body?
-Well, adrenaline spikes in your body for about two minutes then is broken down by the liver and eventually excreted from the body.
-So it wouldn't be picked up in higher levels on a tox screen unless they were actually looking for it.
-And epinephrine comes in ampules and -- Oh, it's what's in an EpiPen.
-Yeah, and thousands of people use that every day for anaphylactic shock.
-But you can't kill someone with an EpiPen.
-A massive dose of adrenaline will make your heart race out of control.
-Too much of a good thing.
-Right.
-But how do you know how much to use to kill someone?
-Well, that's the thing.
See, nurses know all about dosage.
-Yeah, but this says hospitals don't really use auto-injectors.
They're more for patients in the community.
-Think about it.
The attack on Chloe happened right after she got to work.
That's within one hour of that interview going to air.
I think it was impulsive.
Angry.
-You think someone used what they already had with them?
-I think that Jasmine's friend Adam is allergic to peanuts.
And if you check out his bank account, I bet you'll find a withdrawal of 500 bucks the same day that Chloe received one.
Hey, Adam.
Hi.
-Jasmine's not in today.
First day off in two weeks.
-Just my luck.
Keep a good eye on her, don't you?
-That's what friends are for.
-Well, she's lucky to have a good one like you.
She's suffered a lot.
What?
-Do you believe all that stuff from the clairvoyant about finding new clues to the killer?
-I think all clairvoyants talk a lot of... -Absolutely.
It's such a tragic way for Steven to die.
-Yeah.
-Killed in a robbery.
-Hey, sit with me.
-I'm just so proud of Jasmine.
-You two have known each other long?
-Yeah.
I mean, teamed up with her on her first shift here.
-So you were showing her the ropes?
-I did what I could.
She's pretty clever, though.
-So, was she going out with Steven back then?
-No.
They met here.
-Mm.
He seemed like a lot of trouble.
-He didn't care about Jas.
She was completely under his spell.
-Isn't it crazy how girls go for those bad boys?
I mean, she really deserved better.
-Yeah, she does.
-And all that stuff about Steven shagging Abby -- I'm glad somebody told her.
I mean, I know that I-it's hard to be the bearer of bad news, but I guess it has to come from someone you trust.
You'll tell her I stopped by?
-Sure.
[ Telephone ringing ] -I'm glad she's got someone like you looking out for her.
No wonder she's thinking of staying on after all.
♪♪ -Hello?
-Up here.
-Hi.
I'm still trying to access Adam's bank accounts, but you were right about Steven's medical records.
Apparently he had a weird dizzy spell a month before he died.
It was diagnosed as a panic attack.
Everyone shrugged it off and forgot all about it.
-Let me guess.
Symptoms include an elevated heart rate.
-Excellent guess.
Gold star for you.
-'Cause his autopsy report mentions a small scar on his upper right thigh, a few weeks old.
Coroner through it might be a bee sting or an insect bite.
-Easy to ignore when the stab wound is the clear cause of death.
Was the wound on his leg, like Chloe's?
-Mm-hmm.
-So Adam poisoned Steven before he died, but it didn't work.
-Cue knife in the back.
-But if Adam killed Steven and got away with it, why would he involve Chloe and stir it all up again?
-I don't think this was about Steven.
What if this was all about Jasmine?
Kieran was half right.
This is a crime of passion, just not the way he thought.
[ Birds chirping ] [ Down-tempo music plays ] -Why do you keep saying that?
Like there's nothing I can do.
-First sign of madness -- talking to yourself.
-So it's you he's telling me about.
He keeps showing me a name.
Graham?
Garth?
-Save it for the act.
-Gary.
His name's Gary.
He says that you're wearing his watch.
Gary was your husband?
-Yeah.
Congratulations.
That's super research.
-He...
He never used to wear a watch.
He said that he hated wearing one growing up, but you bought one for him and... and he saw how much joy it brought you seeing it on his wrist every day.
-You're crossing a line now.
-"All my love."
"All my love."
He says that you'll know what that means.
-That's enough.
-He's worried that you're running away from life, that you've just been caught up in -- -Stop it.
-I'm sorry.
I was, um, deep in the zone.
What did I say?
-You were taking a crack at me.
-What is it that you want, Alexa?
-No.
What do you want?
It's really hard to pursue fame and fortune from a jail cell.
-So you're here to threaten me?
-I'm here to offer you a chance.
I know who the killer is, and you're gonna help me catch them.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ [ Cat purring ] ♪♪ [ Cat meows ] Not you, too.
[ Cat meows ] ♪♪ [ Bell clanging ] [ Insects chirping ] -You know this could all go horribly wrong.
-I thought I was the pessimist and you were the optimist.
-Yeah, but what if he goes all psycho killer on us?
-Guess we're not watching "Hamlet," then.
-We all know the uncle did it.
-Oh.
Where's your white horse?
-This isn't a date.
[ Indistinct conversations ] [ Down-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Exhales deeply ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -Don't stuff it up.
-[ Exhales deeply ] [ Dramatic music plays ] [ Applause ] ♪♪ -Welcome.
Welcome.
My name is Chloe Angel.
Thank you so much for being here.
It would be a little lonely out on this stage without you guys, so congratulations.
For those of you who I haven't done a reading for, I make connections with the spirit world.
It's not always a crystal-clear connection.
Sometimes it's more of a tin can and a piece of string.
[ Laughter ] Yeah?
I don't get the perfect message through, but I can't control it.
So anything that comes through me is a gift, yeah?
Oh, there are a lot of spirits in the room tonight.
Let's give them a round of applause.
I'm sensing a young man.
There's a lot of sadness around his passing.
It was...It was a shock.
I can see the letter "C" or "K." -It's Kate.
-Kate.
-I'm Kate.
H-His name was Chris.
He was killed in a car accident.
[ Audience murmuring ] It wasn't his fault.
-No, it wasn't.
He wants you to know that he can hear you when you talk to him at night and that you were his true love, yeah?
He would have done anything for you.
[ Applause ] I'm getting a message from someone here called George.
George, if you're here, stand up.
I'm sensing something...bitter.
A taste that your grandfather loved.
-Uh, his coffee.
He -- He liked it strong.
-Yeah.
He sees himself in you.
Was he a -- Was he a ladies' man?
He keeps saying, "Quality, not quantity," yeah?
He wants you to find your true love.
He's very proud of you.
Love doesn't end when we cross over, yeah?
I want you all to know that.
[ Fingers snapping ] I'm getting a lot of voices coming forward.
Oh, one very loud voice in particular.
Oh, I've spoken to this man before.
Steven passed away a few months ago, and the police believed that it was a robbery gone wrong, but...but now he's saying that he knows the name of the killer and it's someone in this room.
[ Audience murmuring ] Yeah.
He's saying that -- that he was cheating on his partner and she...she was angry, so furious.
He's saying that you killed him.
Jasmine.
[ Audience gasping, murmuring ] -What?
[ Tires screech ] [ Indistinct talking on radio ] I didn't do this.
I-I don't know why Steven's saying that.
Adam, tell her.
-She's lying.
I know she's a fake.
-Mm, Steven came home that night.
You were waiting.
Hiding.
He'd been out cheating on you.
You were angry.
You loved him, and he betrayed you.
Oh, there was so much blood.
It was horrible.
And -- And the neighbors heard your screams.
You -- You made it look like a robbery.
-That's a lie.
She's a fake.
-How do you know?
[ Audience murmuring ] You seem to know everything there is to know about her.
You know when her shifts are.
You know who she talks to.
'Cause you're in love with her and you always have been, and you'd do anything for her.
So it must have hurt when she chose Steven.
You knew he was cheating on her, and you didn't know how to tell her.
And then suddenly... they were engaged.
You had to do something drastic, so you went around to the house.
But still Jasmine couldn't leave Steven behind.
She even searched for him in the afterlife.
-I can see it clearly now, what Steven's been telling me all along -- the anger, the jealousy.
You killed him, and then you tried to kill me.
[ Dramatic music plays ] -You can't prove any of it.
-Maybe.
But thanks to you, everybody knows that Jasmine's fiancé was cheating.
And you made her the prime suspect.
So unless you've got some proof that she didn't do it, then what it comes down to is will you save yourself or tell the truth and save the woman you love?
♪♪ -Adam, please.
-Who are you gonna choose, Adam?
[ Dramatic music plays ] ♪♪ Sorry, Jasmine.
♪♪ [ Mid-tempo music plays ] -Just your average night out, huh?
-Pretty much.
You get used to it.
♪♪ -So they just told me that I have three shows, all sold out.
-Oh, congratulations.
You're a born performer.
-Well, you make it sound like it's a crime.
-Just so we're clear, it is.
Daylight robbery.
-So you've caught the bad guy.
Um, I just want to make sure we're square, yeah?
-We'd have caught him a lot sooner if you'd just told police what you knew in the first place.
[ Down-tempo music plays ] -You know, this thing with my husband... -Oh, yeah.
-I know you could look online and see a photo of Gary wearing the watch, and then, you know, I'm wearing the watch and make a correct assumption.
The inscription.
How'd you know that?
-Well, you're the detective.
You tell me.
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