1 00:00:03,584 --> 00:00:05,784 (light clacking) 2 00:00:05,786 --> 00:00:08,220 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:16,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 4 00:00:18,866 --> 00:00:20,699 Here's a question we should have asked 5 00:00:20,701 --> 00:00:22,101 ten minutes ago. 6 00:00:22,103 --> 00:00:24,503 What if these cuffs really are un-pickable? 7 00:00:24,505 --> 00:00:27,439 Claiming a new line of handcuffs to be “un-pickable” 8 00:00:27,441 --> 00:00:28,741 is the equivalent of proclaiming 9 00:00:28,743 --> 00:00:30,209 revamped laundry detergent 10 00:00:30,211 --> 00:00:32,077 “new and improved”-- it's a marketing ploy, 11 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:34,213 and not a very original one at that. 12 00:00:34,215 --> 00:00:35,948 I'm just saying, maybe we should have figured out 13 00:00:35,950 --> 00:00:38,350 how to unlock them before we put them on. 14 00:00:38,352 --> 00:00:41,153 The purpose of this exercise is to simulate field conditions. 15 00:00:41,155 --> 00:00:43,556 If we were kidnapped, do you think our captors 16 00:00:43,558 --> 00:00:46,725 would allow us a dry run with our restraints? 17 00:00:46,727 --> 00:00:48,260 (clack) Oh. 18 00:00:48,262 --> 00:00:50,729 (clicks tongue) Almost had it. 19 00:00:50,731 --> 00:00:53,732 Unlike hand grenades, handcuffs do not reward nearness. 20 00:00:53,734 --> 00:00:56,202 RINGTONE: ♪ Hello, hello! Bonjour, Bonjour! ♪ 21 00:00:56,204 --> 00:00:57,803 ♪ Bonjour, Bonjour! ♪ 22 00:00:57,805 --> 00:01:00,506 ♪ Hola, hola! Hola, hola! ♪ 23 00:01:00,508 --> 00:01:02,308 You're still using that ringtone? 24 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:04,877 You still haven't cracked my new passcode to change it? 25 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:07,413 ♪ Hello, hello! Bonjour, Bonjour! ♪ 26 00:01:07,415 --> 00:01:09,715 ♪ Bonjour, Bonjour! Hola, hola! ♪ 27 00:01:09,717 --> 00:01:11,483 It's Stuyvesant Memorial Hospital, 28 00:01:11,485 --> 00:01:12,918 your former place of employ. 29 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,653 (ringtone stops) 30 00:01:14,655 --> 00:01:16,255 (clacking) 31 00:01:16,257 --> 00:01:18,290 (electronic chime) 32 00:01:18,292 --> 00:01:20,726 (light clacking) 33 00:01:20,728 --> 00:01:22,661 If you'd like, I could play you the voice mail. 34 00:01:22,663 --> 00:01:25,464 I'll just put it on speaker phone-- what's your passcode? 35 00:01:25,466 --> 00:01:27,366 I got it. Thanks. 36 00:01:31,405 --> 00:01:32,938 This is her. 37 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:34,473 Abby Campbell. 38 00:01:34,475 --> 00:01:36,775 She's a lab tech at our fertility clinic. 39 00:01:36,777 --> 00:01:38,777 The night before last, she told a colleague 40 00:01:38,779 --> 00:01:40,446 she was planning to work late. 41 00:01:40,448 --> 00:01:42,481 Her husband-- he's a doctor here-- 42 00:01:42,483 --> 00:01:44,416 he says she never came home. 43 00:01:44,418 --> 00:01:46,185 Her car's still in the parking garage, 44 00:01:46,187 --> 00:01:48,320 but no one's been able to locate her. 45 00:01:48,322 --> 00:01:50,022 You called the police? 46 00:01:50,024 --> 00:01:52,558 They've already been here. They're looking into it. 47 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,660 But then I thought of you, and I figured 48 00:01:54,662 --> 00:01:56,629 since we have a detective in the family... 49 00:01:56,631 --> 00:02:00,466 Is it possible she left without telling anyone? 50 00:02:00,468 --> 00:02:03,335 She has a two-year-old daughter. I can't imagine her 51 00:02:03,337 --> 00:02:04,803 leaving her behind. 52 00:02:04,805 --> 00:02:08,240 She's a good person, stable, respectable. 53 00:02:08,242 --> 00:02:10,643 Respectable people have been known to uproot themselves 54 00:02:10,645 --> 00:02:13,212 without any warning. All I can tell you is 55 00:02:13,214 --> 00:02:15,114 it would be out of character, 56 00:02:15,116 --> 00:02:17,816 and that a lot of people care about her. 57 00:02:17,818 --> 00:02:20,052 So what do you think? 58 00:02:20,054 --> 00:02:22,221 Can you help? 59 00:02:23,824 --> 00:02:25,858 (door closes) 60 00:02:33,567 --> 00:02:36,268 This is her workstation. 61 00:02:36,270 --> 00:02:39,338 Where she spent her days looking at life through a microscope. 62 00:02:39,340 --> 00:02:40,906 And nights. 63 00:02:40,908 --> 00:02:42,308 No one seems surprised 64 00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:44,410 that Abby was planning to work late. 65 00:02:44,412 --> 00:02:45,944 The rise 66 00:02:45,946 --> 00:02:48,814 in the breeding age of the average American female 67 00:02:48,816 --> 00:02:50,949 has led to a great increase 68 00:02:50,951 --> 00:02:53,185 in the demand for fertility specialists. 69 00:02:53,187 --> 00:02:55,821 You'd think given the sensitive nature of this facility, 70 00:02:55,823 --> 00:02:57,126 there would be security cameras, wouldn't you? 71 00:02:57,150 --> 00:02:58,692 Surveillance 72 00:02:58,693 --> 00:03:01,360 in the hospital's lab wing has always been pretty light. 73 00:03:01,362 --> 00:03:03,996 She could have slipped out unnoticed. 74 00:03:03,998 --> 00:03:07,099 (electronic dinging) Or someone else could have slipped in. 75 00:03:14,775 --> 00:03:15,946 What is it? 76 00:03:15,947 --> 00:03:16,747 It's Emily-- 77 00:03:16,771 --> 00:03:18,771 she says she needs to talk, it's urgent. 78 00:03:19,347 --> 00:03:21,046 Did your entire social network choose today 79 00:03:21,048 --> 00:03:23,782 to have some sort of crisis, or is this somehow related 80 00:03:23,784 --> 00:03:25,517 to your former administrator's request for help. 81 00:03:25,519 --> 00:03:27,886 No, Emily and Tamara didn't know each other. 82 00:03:27,888 --> 00:03:29,555 Emily wants to meet up. 83 00:03:29,557 --> 00:03:31,990 She says she needs to talk in person. 84 00:03:32,793 --> 00:03:34,760 (exhales) 85 00:03:34,762 --> 00:03:37,329 Did you find something? 86 00:03:37,331 --> 00:03:39,465 Abby's workstation, and only Abby's, 87 00:03:39,467 --> 00:03:42,768 has been very recently and very thoroughly cleaned. 88 00:03:42,770 --> 00:03:44,937 Maybe she tidied up before she left. 89 00:03:44,939 --> 00:03:47,940 Maybe there was a violent struggle here... 90 00:03:47,942 --> 00:03:50,976 followed by a thorough scrubbing. 91 00:04:08,429 --> 00:04:10,896 Do you think Abby Campbell and her fellow techs 92 00:04:10,898 --> 00:04:13,165 would be in the habit of wheeling samples 93 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:15,401 to and from this area on gurneys? 94 00:04:15,403 --> 00:04:17,069 You almost never see gurneys 95 00:04:17,071 --> 00:04:18,437 in this part of the hospital-- 96 00:04:18,439 --> 00:04:20,506 it's all labs and support facilities. 97 00:04:20,508 --> 00:04:23,409 Yet there's evidence that one was used here quite recently. 98 00:04:23,411 --> 00:04:26,512 Had a sticky wheel, left scuff marks every few feet. 99 00:04:26,514 --> 00:04:30,249 That's one way someone could have gotten Abby out of here. 100 00:04:30,251 --> 00:04:33,786 They continue into the corridor. Let's track them. 101 00:04:44,999 --> 00:04:47,633 Trail ends here. 102 00:04:48,669 --> 00:04:51,103 You familiar with this room? 103 00:04:51,105 --> 00:04:53,639 No, I've never been down here before. 104 00:04:53,641 --> 00:04:56,542 Not exactly a surgical suite, is it? 105 00:04:58,145 --> 00:05:00,279 Actually, I think it is. 106 00:05:00,281 --> 00:05:01,647 Sort of. 107 00:05:01,649 --> 00:05:04,716 This is an ultrasonic aspirator. 108 00:05:08,522 --> 00:05:10,889 These are human organs. 109 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:14,960 More human organs. 110 00:05:14,962 --> 00:05:17,396 This is a prep lab for medical specimens. 111 00:05:17,398 --> 00:05:18,864 They take donor corpses 112 00:05:18,866 --> 00:05:20,933 and turn them into teaching materials 113 00:05:20,935 --> 00:05:23,001 for med schools. This would have been 114 00:05:23,003 --> 00:05:25,671 a great place to dispose of a body. 115 00:05:29,810 --> 00:05:31,543 Abby Campbell's dead. 116 00:05:31,545 --> 00:05:33,412 I'm just saying it's a possibility. 117 00:05:33,414 --> 00:05:36,381 No. It is a certainty. 118 00:05:44,325 --> 00:05:46,959 Note the chip in her left maxillary 119 00:05:46,961 --> 00:05:49,728 central incisor. 120 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:54,299 Note the chip in her left maxillary central incisor. 121 00:05:56,504 --> 00:05:59,071 Hello, Abby Campbell. 122 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:03,859 ♪ Elementary 4x04 ♪ All My Exes Live in Essex Original Air Date on November 26, 2014 123 00:06:03,883 --> 00:06:10,383 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 124 00:06:10,407 --> 00:06:29,718 ♪ ♪ 125 00:06:37,518 --> 00:06:41,553 Dental records confirm it-- this is Abby Campbell. 126 00:06:41,555 --> 00:06:43,889 Or at least what's left of her. 127 00:06:43,891 --> 00:06:45,891 Doubt we'll find much more. 128 00:06:45,893 --> 00:06:47,793 The culprit likely used the pressure oven 129 00:06:47,795 --> 00:06:51,196 Watson identified at the scene to burn away the other remains. 130 00:06:51,198 --> 00:06:52,631 Why leave 131 00:06:52,633 --> 00:06:53,932 the skeleton? 132 00:06:53,934 --> 00:06:55,200 I'll wager... 133 00:06:55,202 --> 00:06:57,102 from its careful reconstruction, 134 00:06:57,104 --> 00:06:59,872 they wanted it to end up in a lab somewhere. 135 00:06:59,874 --> 00:07:01,173 (sighs) 136 00:07:01,175 --> 00:07:03,342 Well, any way you slice it-- 137 00:07:03,344 --> 00:07:06,445 pun definitely not intended-- whoever did this 138 00:07:06,447 --> 00:07:08,213 is a nasty piece of work. 139 00:07:08,215 --> 00:07:10,482 He didn't just kill her, he took her apart. 140 00:07:10,484 --> 00:07:13,018 Nasty and skilled. 141 00:07:14,255 --> 00:07:18,357 Stripping and then reassembling Mrs. Campbell overnight 142 00:07:18,359 --> 00:07:21,560 would have taken a certain amount of expertise. 143 00:07:21,562 --> 00:07:25,297 We're looking at a doctor or a nurse or... 144 00:07:25,299 --> 00:07:28,267 pretty much any one of a thousand other medical professionals 145 00:07:28,269 --> 00:07:30,602 who work at that hospital. Or someone who works 146 00:07:30,604 --> 00:07:32,437 for one of its many associated laboratories, 147 00:07:32,439 --> 00:07:35,173 private practices and specialty clinics. 148 00:07:35,175 --> 00:07:36,842 (exhales) You said on the phone 149 00:07:36,844 --> 00:07:38,677 you thought she was choked to death? 150 00:07:38,679 --> 00:07:41,280 There is exactly one bone missing 151 00:07:41,282 --> 00:07:45,017 from this macabre display-- the hyoid. 152 00:07:45,019 --> 00:07:46,919 Should sit right here. Now, since the hyoid 153 00:07:46,921 --> 00:07:48,487 is known to break 154 00:07:48,489 --> 00:07:51,156 in one-third of all homicides by strangulation... 155 00:07:51,158 --> 00:07:53,892 You think the killer got rid of it to cover his tracks. 156 00:07:53,894 --> 00:07:55,394 Perhaps he thought a broken hyoid 157 00:07:55,396 --> 00:07:57,229 was more suspicious than an absent one. 158 00:07:57,231 --> 00:07:59,731 Now, assuming Abby Campbell was strangled 159 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:02,301 at her workstation-- and since that workstation faced 160 00:08:02,303 --> 00:08:04,236 the only entrance to the laboratory... 161 00:08:04,238 --> 00:08:07,039 Stands to reason he didn't sneak up on her. 162 00:08:07,041 --> 00:08:08,507 She knew him. 163 00:08:08,509 --> 00:08:11,176 Did I mention her husband is a doctor? 164 00:08:17,384 --> 00:08:19,818 MAN: ... cranberry muffin for Terry! 165 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:21,420 Hey! 166 00:08:23,257 --> 00:08:24,323 Hi. 167 00:08:24,325 --> 00:08:26,291 Hi. Thanks for coming. 168 00:08:26,293 --> 00:08:27,759 You said it was urgent. 169 00:08:27,761 --> 00:08:30,062 It is. Or at least I think it is. 170 00:08:30,064 --> 00:08:32,097 What, you don't know if it's urgent or not? 171 00:08:32,099 --> 00:08:33,699 Honestly, I'm not even sure 172 00:08:33,701 --> 00:08:35,901 if I'm supposed to be talking about this. 173 00:08:35,903 --> 00:08:37,636 About what? 174 00:08:37,638 --> 00:08:39,371 A police detective 175 00:08:39,373 --> 00:08:40,739 came to my house this morning. 176 00:08:40,741 --> 00:08:42,441 She said she had some questions for me, 177 00:08:42,443 --> 00:08:44,343 so I figured, okay. 178 00:08:44,345 --> 00:08:47,846 Then I let her in, and all her questions were about you. 179 00:08:47,848 --> 00:08:49,681 Did she tell you her name? 180 00:08:49,683 --> 00:08:51,316 Yeah, she left her card. 181 00:08:51,318 --> 00:08:53,618 Gina Cortes. 182 00:08:55,089 --> 00:08:56,955 Here. 183 00:08:56,957 --> 00:08:58,924 Burglary Division, 184 00:08:58,926 --> 00:09:00,525 Coney Island. Do you know her? 185 00:09:00,527 --> 00:09:03,829 No. What did she want to know. It was weird. 186 00:09:03,831 --> 00:09:06,231 It was personal stuff, like how we met, 187 00:09:06,233 --> 00:09:08,934 how often we get together. She asked if I thought 188 00:09:08,936 --> 00:09:11,570 you were the kind of person who would break the law. 189 00:09:11,572 --> 00:09:13,905 What? I know. 190 00:09:13,907 --> 00:09:16,641 Well, did she say she was working a case? 191 00:09:16,643 --> 00:09:19,211 No. When I asked why she was asking about you, 192 00:09:19,213 --> 00:09:21,913 she said she wasn't at liberty to discuss it. 193 00:09:23,450 --> 00:09:25,851 Joanie... 194 00:09:25,853 --> 00:09:27,519 are you in some sort of trouble? 195 00:09:27,521 --> 00:09:29,654 No, of course not. 'Cause if you are, 196 00:09:29,656 --> 00:09:32,057 you know you can tell me, right? Emily, 197 00:09:32,059 --> 00:09:34,893 obviously there's been some sort of misunderstanding. 198 00:09:35,829 --> 00:09:37,963 I'll look into it. 199 00:09:37,965 --> 00:09:39,998 SHERLOCK: Dr. Campbell, just for the record, 200 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,135 you are an oncologist at Stuyvesant Memorial? 201 00:09:43,137 --> 00:09:45,837 (sighs) Yeah. That where 202 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:47,205 you and Abby met? 203 00:09:47,207 --> 00:09:48,974 We didn't work together. 204 00:09:48,976 --> 00:09:50,342 Uh, not directly. 205 00:09:50,344 --> 00:09:52,477 My clinic is technically a private practice. 206 00:09:52,479 --> 00:09:55,447 We met at a party. Mutual friends. 207 00:09:55,449 --> 00:09:57,249 How long have you been together? 208 00:09:57,251 --> 00:09:58,683 Five years. 209 00:09:58,685 --> 00:10:01,953 Uh... married for three. 210 00:10:01,955 --> 00:10:04,990 Your calluses are... quite distinctive. 211 00:10:04,992 --> 00:10:07,292 You a rock climber? 212 00:10:08,162 --> 00:10:09,895 Uh... Abby got me into it. 213 00:10:09,897 --> 00:10:11,496 I mostly climb at the gym. 214 00:10:11,498 --> 00:10:14,099 I imagine you've got formidable grip strength. 215 00:10:14,101 --> 00:10:16,435 BELL: You're strong enough to have overpowered Abby, 216 00:10:16,437 --> 00:10:18,203 you've got the medical knowledge to... 217 00:10:18,205 --> 00:10:20,872 reduce her to a skeleton-- we have to ask. 218 00:10:20,874 --> 00:10:23,275 Did I kill my wife? 219 00:10:23,277 --> 00:10:25,043 No. 220 00:10:26,580 --> 00:10:29,748 I understand you guys have to ask... 221 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:31,083 but... 222 00:10:31,085 --> 00:10:33,318 The night that Abby disappeared, 223 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,887 I was going over the books with my clinic manager. 224 00:10:35,889 --> 00:10:37,756 Now, she can tell you when I left, 225 00:10:37,758 --> 00:10:39,958 but I remember it was late. 226 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,993 And why didn't you report Abby missing 227 00:10:41,995 --> 00:10:44,296 when you came home, realized she wasn't there? 228 00:10:44,298 --> 00:10:47,132 Abby's clinic is understaffed; she works long hours. 229 00:10:47,134 --> 00:10:49,634 She told the nanny to look after her daughter 230 00:10:49,636 --> 00:10:51,303 until I got home. 231 00:10:51,305 --> 00:10:52,471 I got home. 232 00:10:52,473 --> 00:10:54,139 I just... I went to bed. 233 00:10:54,141 --> 00:10:58,610 Would you describe your marriage as a happy one? 234 00:10:58,612 --> 00:11:00,412 Lately? 235 00:11:00,414 --> 00:11:02,013 No. 236 00:11:02,015 --> 00:11:03,648 Quite the contrary. 237 00:11:03,650 --> 00:11:05,750 You two weren't getting along? 238 00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:10,755 Abby and I were more in love than we ever were. 239 00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:14,092 Our marriage wasn't happy because she was dying. 240 00:11:14,094 --> 00:11:16,661 She had pancreatic cancer, 241 00:11:16,663 --> 00:11:18,864 stage IV. 242 00:11:18,866 --> 00:11:20,732 She didn't want anyone to know. 243 00:11:20,734 --> 00:11:24,136 I was giving her chemo, but the truth is... 244 00:11:24,138 --> 00:11:28,006 (sighs) there was no hope. 245 00:11:28,008 --> 00:11:31,343 She probably only had a year to live. 246 00:11:31,345 --> 00:11:33,845 You can ask my nursing staff. 247 00:11:33,847 --> 00:11:37,182 The people at my clinic, they'll tell you. 248 00:11:37,184 --> 00:11:40,685 I was doing everything I could to save Abby's life. 249 00:11:40,687 --> 00:11:43,054 I wouldn't have killed her. 250 00:11:43,056 --> 00:11:47,058 The cancer was doing that all by itself. 251 00:11:49,396 --> 00:11:52,197 ♪ So fast, I want time to fly, fun, fun ♪ 252 00:11:52,199 --> 00:11:55,233 ♪ Think about fun, you know what it is ♪ 253 00:11:55,235 --> 00:11:58,803 ♪ I got this, you got this, my friend is by my right, hey ♪ 254 00:11:58,805 --> 00:12:01,540 Sherlock?! ♪ I got this, you got this ♪ 255 00:12:01,542 --> 00:12:03,808 ♪ Now you know it ♪ 256 00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:07,846 ♪ Kickin' in the front seat, sittin' in the backseat ♪ 257 00:12:07,848 --> 00:12:09,281 What are you doing? 258 00:12:09,283 --> 00:12:11,583 Hospital's security cameras had no sound. 259 00:12:11,585 --> 00:12:13,818 So I was providing a musical score in order 260 00:12:13,820 --> 00:12:15,987 to make the tedious comings and goings of the employees 261 00:12:15,989 --> 00:12:17,389 more engaging. 262 00:12:17,391 --> 00:12:19,658 You chose a ringtone you knew I would dislike. 263 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:22,194 So I thought I would fight fire with fire. 264 00:12:22,196 --> 00:12:24,780 “Friday”? Seriously? (music stops) 265 00:12:24,781 --> 00:12:27,265 There's also a song that appeals to me as a detective. 266 00:12:27,267 --> 00:12:30,368 It's a mystery about dogs and who may have let them out. 267 00:12:30,370 --> 00:12:32,971 So did you find anything? 268 00:12:32,973 --> 00:12:34,472 There's precious little 269 00:12:34,474 --> 00:12:37,542 on Abby Campbell the night of her disappearance. 270 00:12:37,544 --> 00:12:38,843 A trip to the cafeteria. A return 271 00:12:38,845 --> 00:12:40,412 in the general direction of her workplace. 272 00:12:40,414 --> 00:12:41,613 And then nothing. 273 00:12:41,615 --> 00:12:42,981 These are all from different days? 274 00:12:42,983 --> 00:12:45,784 I tracked down all available video of her 275 00:12:45,786 --> 00:12:47,786 in the weeks leading up to her murder. 276 00:12:47,788 --> 00:12:49,621 I was hoping to isolate any contentious encounters 277 00:12:49,623 --> 00:12:51,458 she may have had with her coworkers. 278 00:12:51,482 --> 00:12:52,258 And? 279 00:12:52,259 --> 00:12:54,159 It appears she was very, very well-liked. 280 00:12:54,161 --> 00:12:55,994 No unpleasantness whatsoever. 281 00:12:55,996 --> 00:13:00,265 There was, however, some suspicious pleasantness. 282 00:13:03,203 --> 00:13:05,870 They look intimate. 283 00:13:05,872 --> 00:13:08,740 Using hospital employee records, I was able to identify that man 284 00:13:08,742 --> 00:13:11,676 as Dr. Branford Fisher, a surgical resident. 285 00:13:11,678 --> 00:13:14,846 Dr. Fisher and Abby have no professional reason to interact. 286 00:13:14,848 --> 00:13:18,183 Their areas of expertise have no overlap. I have, 287 00:13:18,185 --> 00:13:21,453 however, observed no less than 12 meetings between them. 288 00:13:21,455 --> 00:13:25,156 And all in out-of-the-way corners of the hospital. 289 00:13:25,158 --> 00:13:28,093 That is a disused patient room. 290 00:13:28,095 --> 00:13:31,496 They spend approximately 15 minutes in there together, 291 00:13:31,498 --> 00:13:35,233 and then they emerged looking rumpled and happy. 292 00:13:35,235 --> 00:13:37,636 Abby was having an affair. 293 00:13:37,638 --> 00:13:39,471 Dr. Fisher called in sick 294 00:13:39,473 --> 00:13:40,872 the morning she was reported missing. 295 00:13:40,874 --> 00:13:42,307 I've attempted to contact him, 296 00:13:42,309 --> 00:13:43,575 but he's not answering his phone. 297 00:13:43,577 --> 00:13:44,943 And the only listed address for him 298 00:13:44,945 --> 00:13:46,778 is a P.O. box. 299 00:13:46,780 --> 00:13:49,648 All rather suspicious. 300 00:13:50,684 --> 00:13:53,451 How went your meeting with Emily? 301 00:13:53,453 --> 00:13:56,154 Not great, actually. 302 00:13:56,156 --> 00:13:57,889 Can you think of any reason why the police 303 00:13:57,891 --> 00:13:59,524 would be investigating me? 304 00:14:02,562 --> 00:14:04,996 You said Emily was not your only friend contacted 305 00:14:04,998 --> 00:14:06,898 by Detective Cortes. 306 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,100 Yeah, I got calls from two other people today. 307 00:14:09,102 --> 00:14:11,403 The detective asked them 308 00:14:11,405 --> 00:14:12,804 the same kinds of questions. 309 00:14:12,806 --> 00:14:14,306 What kind of person am I, 310 00:14:14,308 --> 00:14:16,441 would I ever break the law. 311 00:14:16,443 --> 00:14:18,610 But she never outright accused you of anything. 312 00:14:18,612 --> 00:14:21,413 No. Have you, Watson, 313 00:14:21,415 --> 00:14:23,648 ever committed any burglaries in Coney Island? 314 00:14:25,018 --> 00:14:26,284 Have to ask. 315 00:14:26,286 --> 00:14:27,485 No, I have not committed 316 00:14:27,487 --> 00:14:28,787 any burglaries in Coney Island. 317 00:14:28,789 --> 00:14:30,155 I can't even remember the last time 318 00:14:30,157 --> 00:14:31,456 I was in that part of the city. 319 00:14:31,458 --> 00:14:33,992 You have to talk to this woman. You think? 320 00:14:33,994 --> 00:14:35,660 The timing of her investigation is unfortunate, 321 00:14:35,662 --> 00:14:37,796 to say the least. We've only just returned to the NYPD, 322 00:14:37,798 --> 00:14:39,397 so the last thing we need are rumors 323 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:40,732 that we've engaged in some kind of thievery. 324 00:14:40,734 --> 00:14:43,001 I will handle it. Okay? 325 00:14:43,003 --> 00:14:45,570 (phone ringing) 326 00:14:47,174 --> 00:14:48,473 Hello? 327 00:14:48,475 --> 00:14:50,975 Mr. Holmes? This is Nate Campbell. 328 00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:53,978 How'd you get this number, Dr. Campbell? 329 00:14:53,980 --> 00:14:55,313 I understand you're looking for a doctor 330 00:14:55,315 --> 00:14:56,848 from Stuyvesant Memorial. 331 00:14:56,850 --> 00:14:58,883 Branford Fisher. 332 00:14:58,885 --> 00:15:00,218 I am. 333 00:15:00,220 --> 00:15:01,720 I can tell you where he is. 334 00:15:01,722 --> 00:15:03,188 But only in person. 335 00:15:03,190 --> 00:15:05,390 And you can't bring the police. 336 00:15:05,392 --> 00:15:07,025 (doorbell rings) 337 00:15:07,027 --> 00:15:09,661 (crickets chirping) 338 00:15:10,931 --> 00:15:12,931 We came alone, as per your request. 339 00:15:12,933 --> 00:15:14,532 But the police are aware we're here, 340 00:15:14,534 --> 00:15:16,501 on the off chance you intend to do us harm. 341 00:15:16,503 --> 00:15:19,938 No. Nothing like that. Please, come in. 342 00:15:25,011 --> 00:15:28,580 So, you told us you could help us find... 343 00:15:28,582 --> 00:15:29,981 Dr. Fisher. 344 00:15:29,983 --> 00:15:31,316 Someone needs to tell us 345 00:15:31,318 --> 00:15:33,251 what's going on right now. 346 00:15:33,253 --> 00:15:35,153 When you left your message, I got nervous. 347 00:15:35,155 --> 00:15:36,855 I called Nate. 348 00:15:36,857 --> 00:15:39,324 Because... 349 00:15:39,326 --> 00:15:40,558 It's complicated. 350 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,495 Branford never would have hurt Abby. 351 00:15:43,497 --> 00:15:45,463 Did you know they were having an affair? 352 00:15:45,465 --> 00:15:47,532 HOLMES: No, it wasn't an affair, was it? 353 00:15:47,534 --> 00:15:49,434 Dr. Fisher's a size 12. 354 00:15:49,436 --> 00:15:51,803 Dr. Campbell's a size nine. There's a pair of size 12 355 00:15:51,805 --> 00:15:53,505 running shoes here by the door. 356 00:15:53,507 --> 00:15:54,939 There's also a photograph of Dr. Fisher receiving 357 00:15:54,941 --> 00:15:57,776 a commendation on the wall. 358 00:15:57,778 --> 00:15:59,277 He lives here. 359 00:15:59,279 --> 00:16:01,780 On the phone, you said this was your house. 360 00:16:01,782 --> 00:16:04,249 It's their house. 361 00:16:04,251 --> 00:16:05,750 They were both married to Abby. 362 00:16:05,752 --> 00:16:07,419 Or is there another explanation for your matching 363 00:16:07,421 --> 00:16:09,053 wedding bands? 364 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:11,055 I think the current slang for such an arrangement 365 00:16:11,057 --> 00:16:12,524 is a “thruple.” 366 00:16:12,526 --> 00:16:14,192 Three people, one marriage. 367 00:16:14,194 --> 00:16:17,495 You were both married to Abby at the same time. 368 00:16:17,497 --> 00:16:19,297 We were. But I swear to you, 369 00:16:19,299 --> 00:16:23,067 neither of us killed our wife. 370 00:16:31,973 --> 00:16:34,521 We had to keep our marriage secret. 371 00:16:34,621 --> 00:16:36,388 We have a two-year-old daughter, Chloe. 372 00:16:36,390 --> 00:16:39,925 If we got reported to Family Services, we could lose her. 373 00:16:39,927 --> 00:16:43,462 Not to mention our careers. Hospitals don't like scandals. 374 00:16:43,464 --> 00:16:45,397 You all look very happy together. 375 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:47,365 NATE: We are. 376 00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:48,733 We were. 377 00:16:48,735 --> 00:16:51,036 We're just... a family. 378 00:16:51,038 --> 00:16:53,205 We're no different than anyone else. 379 00:16:53,207 --> 00:16:55,040 Can you account for your whereabouts 380 00:16:55,042 --> 00:16:56,274 the night Abby disappeared? 381 00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:57,776 FISHER: I was in Boston. 382 00:16:57,778 --> 00:17:00,212 My dad's been sick. I went up to see him. 383 00:17:00,214 --> 00:17:01,913 But I also caught up with some friends. 384 00:17:01,915 --> 00:17:04,316 They'll all tell you I was there. 385 00:17:04,318 --> 00:17:06,785 If you don't mind me asking, how did this... 386 00:17:06,787 --> 00:17:08,887 arrangement come about? 387 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:10,822 NATE: Branford and I were, uh, 388 00:17:10,824 --> 00:17:14,025 together first. But we had an understanding. 389 00:17:14,027 --> 00:17:17,429 Uh, and as I said, I met Abby at a party. 390 00:17:17,431 --> 00:17:19,898 It grew from there. 391 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:21,933 She was okay joining you? 392 00:17:21,935 --> 00:17:24,669 It was her idea, actually. She'd done it before. 393 00:17:24,671 --> 00:17:26,705 She was in another group marriage? 394 00:17:26,707 --> 00:17:29,908 Arrangements like ours happen more often than people think. 395 00:17:29,910 --> 00:17:32,544 For some people, it just works. 396 00:17:32,546 --> 00:17:34,212 It worked for Abby. 397 00:17:34,214 --> 00:17:35,914 Mostly. 398 00:17:35,916 --> 00:17:38,617 Her last marriage was a bad one? 399 00:17:38,619 --> 00:17:40,185 FISHER: It ended badly. 400 00:17:40,187 --> 00:17:43,722 She had a falling-out with one of her fellow wives. 401 00:17:43,724 --> 00:17:45,891 She hinted it got violent once. 402 00:17:45,893 --> 00:17:47,792 NATE: There was a dispute. 403 00:17:47,794 --> 00:17:49,761 Over money, community assets. 404 00:17:49,763 --> 00:17:51,029 And she was still fighting it, 405 00:17:51,031 --> 00:17:53,298 years after. You said 406 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:55,700 “one of her fellow wives.” How many people were involved 407 00:17:55,702 --> 00:17:57,302 in her previous marriage? 408 00:17:57,304 --> 00:18:00,438 Not counting Abby? Five. 409 00:18:01,975 --> 00:18:05,577 GREGSON: Abby Campbell's exes. All five of them. 410 00:18:05,579 --> 00:18:07,212 They're still married. 411 00:18:07,214 --> 00:18:10,882 They live in some big house out in West Essex County. 412 00:18:10,884 --> 00:18:15,220 I had to send five different cars to get them. 413 00:18:15,222 --> 00:18:17,556 All the suspects we could hope for. 414 00:18:17,558 --> 00:18:19,324 I don't know how they do it. 415 00:18:19,326 --> 00:18:21,593 I couldn't make a marriage to one person work. 416 00:18:21,595 --> 00:18:22,928 But Americans have experimented 417 00:18:22,930 --> 00:18:25,163 with every possible variation of matrimony. 418 00:18:25,165 --> 00:18:27,766 From the adelphic polygyny of the Omaha tribe 419 00:18:27,768 --> 00:18:30,335 to the patriarchal polygamy of the early Mormons 420 00:18:30,337 --> 00:18:32,270 to the free love hippy communes of the 1970s. 421 00:18:32,272 --> 00:18:33,905 And while some of those experiments 422 00:18:33,907 --> 00:18:36,875 were abject failures, many were remarkably long-lived. 423 00:18:36,877 --> 00:18:38,944 Yeah, well, this experiment ended badly, 424 00:18:38,946 --> 00:18:40,712 at least for Abby Campbell. 425 00:18:40,714 --> 00:18:43,682 Maybe bad enough to get her killed. 426 00:18:43,684 --> 00:18:46,785 They're here, but they're not happy. 427 00:18:46,787 --> 00:18:48,086 I assume you've kept them separate 428 00:18:48,088 --> 00:18:50,021 so they can't coordinate their stories? 429 00:18:50,023 --> 00:18:54,192 Yeah. Like five married people could ever agree on anything. 430 00:18:56,363 --> 00:18:59,464 Abby was special. We all loved her. 431 00:18:59,466 --> 00:19:01,833 Everything was great. The first year or two. 432 00:19:01,835 --> 00:19:04,069 I got nothing to say to you. 433 00:19:04,071 --> 00:19:06,771 EX-WIFE 1: But you have to understand, Abby was... 434 00:19:06,773 --> 00:19:09,608 stubborn. 435 00:19:09,610 --> 00:19:11,109 I'm supposed to be coaching my daughter's 436 00:19:11,111 --> 00:19:12,510 soccer team this afternoon. 437 00:19:12,512 --> 00:19:14,279 Do I really need to be here? 438 00:19:14,281 --> 00:19:16,314 It was really all about money. Abby worked hard. 439 00:19:16,316 --> 00:19:17,949 She wanted to keep what she earned. 440 00:19:17,951 --> 00:19:21,186 But Denise insisted we all pool our money. 441 00:19:21,188 --> 00:19:23,488 We're registered as two married couples. 442 00:19:23,490 --> 00:19:25,457 We share a house to save money. 443 00:19:25,459 --> 00:19:26,992 Trish is our nanny. 444 00:19:26,994 --> 00:19:28,827 The nanny? 445 00:19:28,829 --> 00:19:30,996 Yeah. Sure. 446 00:19:30,998 --> 00:19:32,297 I'm the nanny. 447 00:19:32,299 --> 00:19:34,165 EX-HUSBAND 1: It got a little ugly. 448 00:19:34,167 --> 00:19:36,801 Especially when it came time to buy the house. 449 00:19:36,803 --> 00:19:40,005 The house thing. That was when it all went bad. 450 00:19:40,007 --> 00:19:44,409 Abby had this inheritance, and Denise pressured her to use it 451 00:19:44,411 --> 00:19:46,077 as a down payment. Abby agreed, 452 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:48,847 but she was never really happy about it. 453 00:19:48,849 --> 00:19:50,882 We have six kids. Everybody's got to pitch in. 454 00:19:50,884 --> 00:19:51,883 It doesn't matter 455 00:19:51,885 --> 00:19:53,752 if they have a job or not. 456 00:19:53,754 --> 00:19:55,520 I don't got to talk to you about any of this. 457 00:19:55,522 --> 00:19:56,988 Unless you're charging me with something. 458 00:19:56,990 --> 00:19:58,356 EX-WIFE 1: The arguments 459 00:19:58,358 --> 00:20:00,525 just got worse and worse. 460 00:20:00,527 --> 00:20:04,162 And it didn't help that Abby was so much younger than Denise 461 00:20:04,164 --> 00:20:06,531 and maybe... got a little more 462 00:20:06,533 --> 00:20:08,166 attention when it came to, you know, 463 00:20:08,168 --> 00:20:11,102 sleeping arrangements. EX-HUSBAND 1: There was 464 00:20:11,104 --> 00:20:12,570 a little pushing and shoving between her 465 00:20:12,572 --> 00:20:14,472 and Denise toward the end. 466 00:20:14,474 --> 00:20:16,975 EX-WIFE 1: I think that was the last straw. 467 00:20:16,977 --> 00:20:20,445 The next day, she just... left. 468 00:20:20,447 --> 00:20:23,114 She'd been trying to get that down payment back ever since. 469 00:20:23,116 --> 00:20:25,684 But giving it to her would've meant selling the house. 470 00:20:25,686 --> 00:20:28,553 Denise said that was out of the question. 471 00:20:28,555 --> 00:20:31,189 You want to know what happened, talk to Denise. 472 00:20:31,191 --> 00:20:32,624 I don't know. 473 00:20:32,626 --> 00:20:34,659 That was between her and Denise. 474 00:20:34,661 --> 00:20:37,896 This is harassment, plain and simple. 475 00:20:37,898 --> 00:20:39,831 And if the NYPD causes me 476 00:20:39,833 --> 00:20:42,734 or my family any embarrassment, 477 00:20:42,736 --> 00:20:45,236 I will sue this department in general 478 00:20:45,238 --> 00:20:47,072 and you three in particular. 479 00:20:47,074 --> 00:20:49,040 It says here your specialty is contract law. 480 00:20:49,042 --> 00:20:51,476 Didn't know you were also a litigator. 481 00:20:51,478 --> 00:20:53,011 A lawyer is a lawyer. 482 00:20:53,013 --> 00:20:55,647 You want to test me, I'll see you in court. 483 00:20:55,649 --> 00:20:57,916 Look, no one's going to court, Denise. Not if you want 484 00:20:57,918 --> 00:20:59,451 your private life to stay private. 485 00:20:59,453 --> 00:21:01,086 Now, if you cooperate, you 486 00:21:01,088 --> 00:21:03,588 and your family can go back home to Essex, no problem. 487 00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:06,124 You make a stink, you're gonna end up in the press. 488 00:21:06,126 --> 00:21:08,193 GREGSON: Seven years after Abby left the marriage, 489 00:21:08,195 --> 00:21:11,029 you and her were still fighting over her share of the house. 490 00:21:11,031 --> 00:21:15,133 She fronted $100,000 for your down. 491 00:21:15,135 --> 00:21:16,935 You never paid her back. 492 00:21:16,937 --> 00:21:18,503 Like she needed the money. 493 00:21:18,505 --> 00:21:21,372 She married an oncologist. He's rolling in it. 494 00:21:23,343 --> 00:21:27,045 Okay, things were bad 495 00:21:27,047 --> 00:21:29,447 between Abby and me, but then... 496 00:21:29,449 --> 00:21:31,449 we had lunch a few weeks ago. 497 00:21:31,451 --> 00:21:33,685 We buried the hatchet. It was her idea. 498 00:21:33,687 --> 00:21:36,755 She was diagnosed with cancer and wanted closure. 499 00:21:36,757 --> 00:21:38,323 No loose ends. 500 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,192 Here. 501 00:21:41,194 --> 00:21:44,195 She e-mailed me this 502 00:21:44,197 --> 00:21:47,599 after she signed it. 503 00:21:47,601 --> 00:21:49,267 I have the original at home. 504 00:21:49,269 --> 00:21:52,270 It's a quitclaim giving up her interest in the house. 505 00:21:52,272 --> 00:21:54,906 So you see, I had no reason to hurt Abby. 506 00:21:54,908 --> 00:21:57,375 Not that I ever would have. I loved her. 507 00:21:57,377 --> 00:21:59,210 Once. 508 00:21:59,212 --> 00:22:02,447 Now, are we done? 509 00:22:02,449 --> 00:22:04,816 Uh, I'm sorry. 510 00:22:04,818 --> 00:22:08,820 Did-did she want anything in return for this peace offering? 511 00:22:11,958 --> 00:22:14,626 BELL: Denise? 512 00:22:14,628 --> 00:22:17,362 Yes, she asked for something, but I couldn't give it to her. 513 00:22:17,364 --> 00:22:19,364 She wanted me to draw up 514 00:22:19,366 --> 00:22:21,499 a confidentiality agreement. 515 00:22:21,501 --> 00:22:24,936 She was trying to sell something and she wanted a guarantee 516 00:22:24,938 --> 00:22:28,406 that the buyer wouldn't reveal the nature of the transaction. 517 00:22:28,408 --> 00:22:29,774 What was she selling? 518 00:22:29,776 --> 00:22:31,509 I don't know. 519 00:22:31,511 --> 00:22:34,813 But I got the sense it was something that she'd stolen. 520 00:22:34,815 --> 00:22:37,482 When I explained to her that any contract that pertains 521 00:22:37,484 --> 00:22:40,084 to illegal activity is null and void... 522 00:22:40,086 --> 00:22:41,719 she dropped it. 523 00:22:41,721 --> 00:22:44,155 But I don't know. 524 00:22:44,157 --> 00:22:46,291 Whatever she took, 525 00:22:46,293 --> 00:22:48,760 maybe it was worth killing over. 526 00:22:59,639 --> 00:23:02,473 Detective Cortes. Joan Watson. 527 00:23:02,475 --> 00:23:04,809 But I'm guessing you knew that already. 528 00:23:04,811 --> 00:23:06,578 How can I help you, Ms. Watson? 529 00:23:06,580 --> 00:23:08,446 Actually, I was wondering if I could help you. 530 00:23:08,448 --> 00:23:09,914 You've been asking questions about me. 531 00:23:09,916 --> 00:23:11,516 I thought we could sit down, talk face-to-face, 532 00:23:11,518 --> 00:23:13,451 clear up any misunderstanding. 533 00:23:13,453 --> 00:23:16,254 That's very thoughtful of you, but now's not a good time. 534 00:23:16,256 --> 00:23:17,589 When would be a good time? 535 00:23:17,591 --> 00:23:19,657 I don't know. 536 00:23:19,659 --> 00:23:22,594 But when I'm ready to talk to you, I'll find you. Trust me. 537 00:23:22,596 --> 00:23:25,763 Can you at least tell me what you think I did? 538 00:23:25,765 --> 00:23:27,665 I never said you did anything. 539 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:29,701 Are you planning to talk to more people I know? 540 00:23:29,703 --> 00:23:32,303 Does that make you uncomfortable? 541 00:23:32,305 --> 00:23:35,373 Having someone poke around in your life, ask questions? 542 00:23:35,375 --> 00:23:39,510 It's not like you have anything to hide, right? 543 00:23:43,450 --> 00:23:45,717 (door opens) 544 00:23:45,719 --> 00:23:47,986 Just gonna text you. 545 00:23:47,988 --> 00:23:49,454 Still a free woman, I see. 546 00:23:49,456 --> 00:23:51,422 May I assume you've cleared up any confusion 547 00:23:51,424 --> 00:23:53,024 with Detective Cortes? 548 00:23:53,026 --> 00:23:54,759 No, you may not. 549 00:23:54,761 --> 00:23:57,562 I caught her as she was leaving her precinct. I told her 550 00:23:57,564 --> 00:23:59,831 I would be happy to answer any questions she might have. 551 00:23:59,833 --> 00:24:01,065 She said she didn't have any. 552 00:24:01,067 --> 00:24:02,767 So I asked her, “Can you at least tell me 553 00:24:02,769 --> 00:24:05,336 what crime I'm supposed to have committed?” She said no. 554 00:24:05,338 --> 00:24:06,738 Well, it's not unusual for a police detective 555 00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:08,606 to be cagey with a suspect. 556 00:24:08,608 --> 00:24:10,275 Well that's the thing-- I don't think I'm a suspect. 557 00:24:10,277 --> 00:24:12,043 I think it's personal. She's messing with me. 558 00:24:12,045 --> 00:24:13,444 You said before yesterday you'd never even 559 00:24:13,446 --> 00:24:14,979 heard of Detective Cortes. 560 00:24:14,981 --> 00:24:16,581 Mm, I hadn't. 561 00:24:16,583 --> 00:24:18,082 Perhaps at some point you slept with one of her lovers. 562 00:24:18,084 --> 00:24:20,184 Well, considering she's gay and I'm not, 563 00:24:20,186 --> 00:24:21,586 I think that's highly unlikely. 564 00:24:21,588 --> 00:24:23,821 Ah, so you've been looking into her. 565 00:24:23,823 --> 00:24:26,291 What choice do I have? She won't tell me what her problem is, 566 00:24:26,293 --> 00:24:28,760 so I have to find out myself. 567 00:24:28,762 --> 00:24:29,994 What is all this? 568 00:24:29,996 --> 00:24:31,696 Inventory forms, personnel records 569 00:24:31,698 --> 00:24:33,865 and security reports from Stuyvesant Memorial. 570 00:24:33,867 --> 00:24:35,199 One of Abby Campbell's ex-spouses 571 00:24:35,201 --> 00:24:36,601 seems to think she was trying 572 00:24:36,603 --> 00:24:38,836 to sell something that she had stolen. 573 00:24:38,838 --> 00:24:41,572 Whatever it was, you're thinking it came from the hospital. 574 00:24:41,574 --> 00:24:43,808 She would have had access to any number of valuable items. 575 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:45,810 Drugs. They are, of course, the most common target 576 00:24:45,812 --> 00:24:47,412 for medical larceny. 577 00:24:47,414 --> 00:24:49,380 But all of the hospital's inventories add up. 578 00:24:49,382 --> 00:24:51,983 Nothing is missing from any of the pharmacies. 579 00:24:51,985 --> 00:24:54,152 All of the equipment in Abby's lab is also accounted for, 580 00:24:54,154 --> 00:24:55,453 except for some inexpensive items 581 00:24:55,455 --> 00:24:56,721 like test tubes and beakers. 582 00:24:56,723 --> 00:24:58,589 Glassware goes missing all the time. 583 00:24:58,591 --> 00:25:01,159 Interns and nurses use them as tumblers and shot glasses. 584 00:25:01,161 --> 00:25:03,528 I noticed the suture scissors in your sewing kit. 585 00:25:03,530 --> 00:25:04,996 Anyway, it occurred to me 586 00:25:04,998 --> 00:25:06,831 there was something else she could have taken. 587 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:08,533 Something she would have had ready access to 588 00:25:08,535 --> 00:25:10,568 as an employee of the fertility clinic. 589 00:25:10,570 --> 00:25:13,638 Something that is in extremely high demand. 590 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,673 Viable human embryos. 591 00:25:15,675 --> 00:25:17,141 Would've been a simple matter to pilfer 592 00:25:17,143 --> 00:25:20,311 excess blastocysts intended for disposal. 593 00:25:20,313 --> 00:25:21,579 A single fertilized egg can go for 594 00:25:21,581 --> 00:25:23,648 up to $10,000 on the open market. 595 00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:26,517 I don't think Abby's eggs would have made it to the open market. 596 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:28,386 If she was looking for a motivated buyer, 597 00:25:28,388 --> 00:25:30,054 she needn't have looked any further 598 00:25:30,056 --> 00:25:32,757 than her own social circle. 599 00:25:34,194 --> 00:25:35,760 Dr. Amrit. 600 00:25:35,762 --> 00:25:38,029 Sherlock Holmes. This is Joan Watson. 601 00:25:38,031 --> 00:25:40,298 We work with the New York police department. 602 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:42,867 You went to college with Abby Campbell, 603 00:25:42,869 --> 00:25:44,769 did you not? Uh, excuse me? 604 00:25:44,771 --> 00:25:47,038 The two of you remained friends until her... 605 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,574 her recent demise. Posted your condolences 606 00:25:49,576 --> 00:25:51,209 just this morning on social media. 607 00:25:51,211 --> 00:25:53,144 So? 608 00:25:53,146 --> 00:25:55,213 You use embryonic stem cells in your research, right? 609 00:25:55,215 --> 00:25:57,915 Abby reposted an article you wrote a few months ago. 610 00:25:57,917 --> 00:25:59,951 In it, you argue that researchers should have 611 00:25:59,953 --> 00:26:02,353 unfettered access to embryos that are destroyed 612 00:26:02,355 --> 00:26:04,655 by IVF clinics in the course of their work. 613 00:26:04,657 --> 00:26:07,992 Embryonic stem cell research is the most promising path 614 00:26:07,994 --> 00:26:11,362 to finding a cure for diabetes and other metabolic diseases. 615 00:26:11,364 --> 00:26:14,098 But why that would be of interest to the police, uh... 616 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:16,667 Must be frustrating when politicians pander to their base 617 00:26:16,669 --> 00:26:19,137 by making it difficult to obtain suitable cells. 618 00:26:19,139 --> 00:26:21,105 Enough to purchase 619 00:26:21,107 --> 00:26:23,174 excess embryos from Abby. 620 00:26:23,176 --> 00:26:25,476 I have papers to grade. 621 00:26:25,478 --> 00:26:27,478 It is, of course, illegal to obtain embryos 622 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,981 without the consent of the potential parent 623 00:26:29,983 --> 00:26:32,083 that provided that genetic material. 624 00:26:32,085 --> 00:26:34,085 We can get a warrant. If the DNA of the cells 625 00:26:34,087 --> 00:26:36,287 from your lab match the patients from Abby's clinic, 626 00:26:36,289 --> 00:26:37,555 then that's a federal crime. 627 00:26:37,557 --> 00:26:40,425 I'm trying to save lives. 628 00:26:40,427 --> 00:26:43,895 Diabetes is a plague. It kills over four million people a year. 629 00:26:43,897 --> 00:26:46,931 How many embryos did you agree to buy from Abby? A few dozen? 630 00:26:46,933 --> 00:26:49,667 That would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. 631 00:26:49,669 --> 00:26:51,836 As far as we know, you never paid her a dime. 632 00:26:51,838 --> 00:26:53,538 Did you kill your old friend 633 00:26:53,540 --> 00:26:55,239 so that you wouldn't have to compensate her? 634 00:26:55,241 --> 00:26:58,342 I didn't hurt Abby. 635 00:26:58,344 --> 00:27:00,244 And she didn't want money. 636 00:27:00,246 --> 00:27:01,746 It was a trade. 637 00:27:01,748 --> 00:27:03,214 A trade for what? 638 00:27:03,216 --> 00:27:06,951 She came to me asking for access to my lab. 639 00:27:06,953 --> 00:27:08,419 She wanted to run some blood tests 640 00:27:08,421 --> 00:27:09,887 after hours and off the record. 641 00:27:09,889 --> 00:27:12,790 I asked for the embryos in return. 642 00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:15,059 They would have just been thrown away. 643 00:27:15,061 --> 00:27:16,108 Wasted. 644 00:27:16,132 --> 00:27:17,696 What was she testing the blood for? 645 00:27:17,697 --> 00:27:19,163 She wouldn't tell me. 646 00:27:19,165 --> 00:27:21,866 She would have used computerized equipment. 647 00:27:21,868 --> 00:27:24,502 There might be records of her tests on their hard drives. 648 00:27:24,504 --> 00:27:26,904 Do you mind if we have a look? No. 649 00:27:26,906 --> 00:27:28,973 I do not. I just don't 650 00:27:28,975 --> 00:27:30,942 think you're going to find much. 651 00:27:30,944 --> 00:27:35,279 I thought it was some religious fanatic opposed to my research. 652 00:27:35,281 --> 00:27:38,783 I get threatening letters and e-mails-- very nasty. 653 00:27:38,785 --> 00:27:41,385 But then I heard about Abby, and... 654 00:27:41,387 --> 00:27:43,793 now I'm not so sure. 655 00:27:45,201 --> 00:27:48,235 Blood chemistry analyzer. 656 00:27:48,237 --> 00:27:50,120 The flow cytomer. 657 00:27:50,122 --> 00:27:52,156 Everything she might have used to test blood. 658 00:27:52,158 --> 00:27:53,824 Whatever she was doing here, 659 00:27:53,826 --> 00:27:56,827 Someone wanted to keep it a secret. 660 00:28:04,870 --> 00:28:07,779 So Abby Campbell runs some hush-hush blood tests. 661 00:28:07,879 --> 00:28:09,779 Someone isn't happy about that. 662 00:28:10,345 --> 00:28:12,345 He or she kills her, 663 00:28:12,347 --> 00:28:15,448 takes her apart, and then the next night 664 00:28:15,450 --> 00:28:19,352 goes to the lab she used and destroys all of her data. 665 00:28:19,354 --> 00:28:22,088 Whoever set the fires didn't just burn those machines. 666 00:28:22,090 --> 00:28:24,323 The hard drives were pulled out and destroyed. 667 00:28:24,325 --> 00:28:26,392 Any idea what the blood tests were for? 668 00:28:26,394 --> 00:28:28,528 One theory is that Abby suspected a colleague 669 00:28:28,530 --> 00:28:30,663 of shenanigans and was seeking confirmation. 670 00:28:30,665 --> 00:28:31,867 Shenanigans? 671 00:28:31,891 --> 00:28:33,033 You remember the fertility doctor 672 00:28:33,034 --> 00:28:35,468 in California who used his own sperm to fertilize 673 00:28:35,470 --> 00:28:37,336 hundreds of eggs without informing the mothers? 674 00:28:37,338 --> 00:28:38,704 It's possible someone 675 00:28:38,706 --> 00:28:40,540 in Abby's lab was doing the same. 676 00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:42,975 It would explain why she wanted access to Dr. Amrit's lab. 677 00:28:42,977 --> 00:28:44,477 She may have been running paternity tests. 678 00:28:44,479 --> 00:28:47,547 So that's one theory. There any more? 679 00:28:47,549 --> 00:28:48,948 Not at present. 680 00:28:48,950 --> 00:28:51,117 But another may be just a warrant away. 681 00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:53,052 It's possible that there's a trace of Abby's research 682 00:28:53,054 --> 00:28:54,754 that her killer missed. 683 00:28:54,756 --> 00:28:57,657 The biological waste produced by university labs is set aside 684 00:28:57,659 --> 00:28:59,625 in locked bins for special processing. 685 00:28:59,627 --> 00:29:01,427 The waste is collected three times a week. 686 00:29:01,429 --> 00:29:04,564 There was a pickup the night before the lab was destroyed. 687 00:29:04,566 --> 00:29:06,899 So if Abby dumped her test materials 688 00:29:06,901 --> 00:29:10,236 in one of those locked bins... 689 00:29:10,238 --> 00:29:12,338 The disposal company might still have some. 690 00:29:12,340 --> 00:29:13,639 I'll get an ADA 691 00:29:13,641 --> 00:29:16,008 to get you a warrant. 692 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,514 Sort of a cliché, huh? 693 00:29:21,516 --> 00:29:23,649 Cop who actually hangs out in a doughnut shop? 694 00:29:23,651 --> 00:29:25,551 Who told you I was here? 695 00:29:25,553 --> 00:29:28,588 I am not at liberty to say, but I know why you've been 696 00:29:28,590 --> 00:29:32,091 harassing me. Before you moved to Burglary, you were 697 00:29:32,093 --> 00:29:33,893 in the Bronx under Ann Vescey. 698 00:29:33,895 --> 00:29:36,996 Rumor has it she promised to transfer you to Major Crimes 699 00:29:36,998 --> 00:29:40,032 when she was tapped to take over for Captain Gregson. 700 00:29:40,034 --> 00:29:42,068 That would have been a big step up for you. 701 00:29:42,070 --> 00:29:43,636 Only she didn't take over for Gregson, 702 00:29:43,638 --> 00:29:45,104 because he didn't leave. 703 00:29:45,106 --> 00:29:46,873 You blame me for that. 704 00:29:46,875 --> 00:29:49,342 Obviously, you found out that I was looking into Vescey. 705 00:29:49,344 --> 00:29:51,444 You think I torpedoed her. 706 00:29:51,446 --> 00:29:53,446 What is that? 707 00:29:53,448 --> 00:29:55,381 Everything I gave Captain Gregson. Read it. 708 00:29:55,383 --> 00:29:57,950 You'll see that I found Vescey was clean. 709 00:29:57,952 --> 00:30:01,721 The captain decided not to step aside because he was not ready. 710 00:30:01,723 --> 00:30:03,990 Not because of anything I said. 711 00:30:03,992 --> 00:30:06,125 It's heavy. 712 00:30:06,127 --> 00:30:08,294 You put a lot of work into this. 713 00:30:10,164 --> 00:30:11,764 I don't care 714 00:30:11,766 --> 00:30:13,900 what you did or didn't find out about Ann. 715 00:30:13,902 --> 00:30:16,502 What I care about is that you looked at all. 716 00:30:16,504 --> 00:30:18,037 You're not a cop. 717 00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:20,806 You're a citizen with delusions of grandeur. 718 00:30:20,808 --> 00:30:23,776 Cops-- real cops-- we have enough people 719 00:30:23,778 --> 00:30:25,278 looking over our shoulders. 720 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,880 Politicians, the press, the brass, 721 00:30:27,882 --> 00:30:30,983 IAB. They second-guess us all day long. 722 00:30:30,985 --> 00:30:34,120 But, hey, that's what they're there for. 723 00:30:34,122 --> 00:30:36,589 Who are you to look into us? 724 00:30:36,591 --> 00:30:39,058 I take it you've never used a consultant before? 725 00:30:39,060 --> 00:30:40,359 No, 726 00:30:40,361 --> 00:30:42,061 I've never used a consultant. 727 00:30:42,063 --> 00:30:44,330 Real cops do the job themselves. 728 00:30:44,332 --> 00:30:45,831 That's how it works. 729 00:30:45,833 --> 00:30:48,334 You don't belong. 730 00:30:48,336 --> 00:30:50,102 I don't know what to tell you, Detective. 731 00:30:50,104 --> 00:30:51,771 I'm not going anywhere. 732 00:30:53,641 --> 00:30:55,641 But you were. 733 00:30:55,643 --> 00:30:57,310 You and your partner. 734 00:30:57,312 --> 00:30:59,245 And now you're both back. 735 00:30:59,247 --> 00:31:00,680 That's weird, right? 736 00:31:00,682 --> 00:31:02,481 I just caught a new case last night. 737 00:31:02,483 --> 00:31:04,750 It's gonna keep me busy for a while, but after that, 738 00:31:04,752 --> 00:31:07,987 I don't know. Maybe I'll circle back around. 739 00:31:07,989 --> 00:31:10,189 See what else I can find. 740 00:31:22,103 --> 00:31:25,204 All that came from Dr. Amrit's lab? 741 00:31:25,206 --> 00:31:28,774 It seems the medical waste for the entire university 742 00:31:28,776 --> 00:31:30,276 was labeled identically. 743 00:31:30,278 --> 00:31:32,645 A team is being assembled to sort through it, 744 00:31:32,647 --> 00:31:35,614 but I thought you and I could get the ball rolling. 745 00:31:35,616 --> 00:31:37,116 Okay, but... 746 00:31:37,118 --> 00:31:39,552 Gloves, goggles, mask, right behind you there. 747 00:31:39,554 --> 00:31:41,220 You can apprise me of your meeting 748 00:31:41,222 --> 00:31:44,357 with your stalker as we sort. 749 00:31:44,359 --> 00:31:46,559 Mm. 750 00:31:49,530 --> 00:31:51,356 WATSON: I think she may be insane. 751 00:31:51,357 --> 00:31:52,507 Because she doesn't like you? 752 00:31:52,531 --> 00:31:54,368 Because she's fixating on me. 753 00:31:54,369 --> 00:31:56,435 In her defense, you were investigating her friend 754 00:31:56,437 --> 00:31:58,437 and you are a mere citizen. 755 00:31:58,439 --> 00:32:00,206 So are you. 756 00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:03,009 But I'm quite accustomed to people not liking me. 757 00:32:03,011 --> 00:32:05,611 Okay, so what if she continues to look into me, into us, 758 00:32:05,613 --> 00:32:07,780 and figures out that your father pulled some strings 759 00:32:07,782 --> 00:32:09,315 to get us back into the 11th? 760 00:32:09,317 --> 00:32:10,750 As I see it, 761 00:32:10,752 --> 00:32:12,618 the crux of the matter is that Detective Cortes 762 00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:14,653 sees you as an outsider and not a peer. 763 00:32:14,655 --> 00:32:17,890 If you were a cop, you would have what is called a “beef”. 764 00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:20,426 And a beef can be settled and what you have cannot be. 765 00:32:20,428 --> 00:32:23,162 Because I'm a consultant. Precisely. 766 00:32:23,164 --> 00:32:26,599 So I-I just take it, I just let her keep bullying me? 767 00:32:28,102 --> 00:32:31,037 As I said before, she does not see you as a peer, 768 00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:32,738 so force her to. 769 00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:35,641 You remember the disagreement that Detectives Grell and Luntz 770 00:32:35,643 --> 00:32:37,810 had last year? Yeah. 771 00:32:37,812 --> 00:32:39,478 It festered for months, then it was resolved. 772 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,714 Do you recall how it was resolved? 773 00:32:43,284 --> 00:32:44,517 You're not serious. 774 00:32:44,519 --> 00:32:46,018 I have reason to believe Detective Cortes 775 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:47,653 would be amenable to the idea. 776 00:32:48,656 --> 00:32:50,456 (sighs) 777 00:32:50,458 --> 00:32:52,158 Six plastic vials, each containing 778 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,693 blood residue, and each one... 779 00:32:54,695 --> 00:32:56,729 with Abby Campbell's handwriting on the labels. 780 00:32:56,731 --> 00:32:59,432 Looks like she was thorough. 781 00:32:59,434 --> 00:33:03,335 Test subjects are identified 782 00:33:03,337 --> 00:33:06,972 by initials, plus dates and times of collection. 783 00:33:06,974 --> 00:33:08,974 These samples were gathered on three consecutive Thursdays 784 00:33:08,976 --> 00:33:11,310 between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00p.m. 785 00:33:11,312 --> 00:33:12,745 Does that mean something to you? 786 00:33:12,747 --> 00:33:14,346 Memorizing a murder victim's calendar 787 00:33:14,348 --> 00:33:15,948 is a matter of course. 788 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:18,617 I know where she was at these times, 789 00:33:18,619 --> 00:33:22,421 so I know who to talk to about the work she was doing. 790 00:33:22,423 --> 00:33:24,523 WOMAN: Support groups 791 00:33:24,525 --> 00:33:27,393 can be very helpful for cancer patients. 792 00:33:27,395 --> 00:33:30,296 They're going through so many things 793 00:33:30,298 --> 00:33:33,399 that only their peers can understand. 794 00:33:33,401 --> 00:33:35,468 And Abby Campbell had been attending your group 795 00:33:35,470 --> 00:33:36,902 for three months? 796 00:33:36,904 --> 00:33:40,039 Ever since her diagnosis. 797 00:33:40,041 --> 00:33:41,507 We have reason to believe 798 00:33:41,509 --> 00:33:43,742 that she was collecting blood during these meetings. 799 00:33:43,744 --> 00:33:46,512 May we assume it was from her fellow group members? 800 00:33:48,416 --> 00:33:51,217 Ms. Russof, this is a murder investigation. 801 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:55,821 A few weeks ago, Abby made a pitch to the group. 802 00:33:55,823 --> 00:33:57,823 She said she had a friend 803 00:33:57,825 --> 00:34:00,392 who was doing advanced cancer research. 804 00:34:00,394 --> 00:34:02,661 It was supposed to be promising. 805 00:34:02,663 --> 00:34:04,897 Maybe even a cure. 806 00:34:04,899 --> 00:34:07,199 She said she could get people into the study. 807 00:34:07,201 --> 00:34:09,368 She just needed blood samples 808 00:34:09,370 --> 00:34:11,704 to test for suitability. 809 00:34:11,706 --> 00:34:13,706 Sounds like you had your doubts. 810 00:34:13,708 --> 00:34:18,711 People are always touting miracle cures for cancer. 811 00:34:18,713 --> 00:34:22,114 You can probably guess how many pan out. 812 00:34:22,116 --> 00:34:24,750 I wasn't the only one who was skeptical. 813 00:34:24,752 --> 00:34:27,786 The husband of one of the group members came to a meeting, 814 00:34:27,788 --> 00:34:29,555 and he accused Abby 815 00:34:29,557 --> 00:34:32,024 of being a con artist. He said 816 00:34:32,026 --> 00:34:34,093 that if she didn't leave his wife alone, 817 00:34:34,095 --> 00:34:36,502 she would be sorry. 818 00:34:36,503 --> 00:34:38,231 Can you give us this person's name? 819 00:34:38,255 --> 00:34:40,033 Kirk. 820 00:34:40,034 --> 00:34:42,468 Kirk Abramovitch. 821 00:34:42,470 --> 00:34:44,103 Yeah, I threatened Abby Campbell. 822 00:34:44,105 --> 00:34:46,205 No, I didn't turn her into a skeleton. 823 00:34:46,207 --> 00:34:48,908 You make it sound absurd, Mr. Abramovitch. 824 00:34:48,910 --> 00:34:50,576 But on your social media page, 825 00:34:50,578 --> 00:34:52,278 I've seen pictures of you pitching in 826 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,746 at your father's butcher shop. 827 00:34:53,748 --> 00:34:56,315 I got to think knowing how to work a deli slicer 828 00:34:56,317 --> 00:34:58,450 and deboning a person are two very different things. 829 00:34:58,452 --> 00:35:00,619 WOMAN: That night at therapy, 830 00:35:00,621 --> 00:35:02,021 Kirk only yelled at Abby because 831 00:35:02,023 --> 00:35:03,889 he thought she was trying to scam me. 832 00:35:03,891 --> 00:35:05,087 He just wanted her to back off. 833 00:35:05,111 --> 00:35:06,826 I've seen her type before. 834 00:35:06,827 --> 00:35:09,228 Kirk's mother died of colon cancer in the late '90s. 835 00:35:09,230 --> 00:35:12,164 KIRK: She got suckered by every snake oil salesman 836 00:35:12,166 --> 00:35:13,566 that crossed her path. 837 00:35:13,568 --> 00:35:17,469 She tried light therapy, magnets, special diets, 838 00:35:17,471 --> 00:35:19,104 shark cartilage. 839 00:35:19,106 --> 00:35:21,941 She ended up taking out a second mortgage on her house 840 00:35:21,943 --> 00:35:24,343 to pay for some fancy clinic down in Mexico. 841 00:35:24,345 --> 00:35:25,711 All for nothing. 842 00:35:25,713 --> 00:35:27,279 WOMAN: I didn't think there was any harm 843 00:35:27,281 --> 00:35:29,548 in looking into the study Abby told us about, 844 00:35:29,550 --> 00:35:32,017 but, the truth is, I didn't need it. 845 00:35:32,019 --> 00:35:33,452 My chemo's working. 846 00:35:33,454 --> 00:35:34,887 Dr. Campbell says 847 00:35:34,889 --> 00:35:36,355 I'm doing really well. 848 00:35:36,357 --> 00:35:38,591 Dr. Campbell, as in Nate Campbell? 849 00:35:38,593 --> 00:35:39,992 So, 850 00:35:39,994 --> 00:35:42,795 Abby's husband is your oncologist? 851 00:35:42,797 --> 00:35:45,030 That's why I agreed to give Abby my blood-- 852 00:35:45,032 --> 00:35:46,632 because she was his wife. 853 00:35:46,634 --> 00:35:49,468 I thought she must know what she's talking about. 854 00:35:49,470 --> 00:35:51,203 (baby crying over monitor) 855 00:35:51,205 --> 00:35:53,639 Oh, that's our son. Can I 856 00:35:53,641 --> 00:35:55,507 go get him? 857 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,213 (footsteps approaching) 858 00:36:01,215 --> 00:36:02,982 (knocking) 859 00:36:02,984 --> 00:36:04,650 Oh, hey. 860 00:36:04,652 --> 00:36:06,752 Hi. Oh, he's beautiful. 861 00:36:06,754 --> 00:36:08,948 A hundred percentile in height and weight. 862 00:36:08,972 --> 00:36:09,456 Ah. 863 00:36:09,457 --> 00:36:11,056 He's gonna be a big guy. 864 00:36:11,058 --> 00:36:13,325 Oh, just like his daddy. (laughing): Yeah, right? 865 00:36:13,327 --> 00:36:15,294 Hmm. 866 00:36:15,296 --> 00:36:17,696 Do you mind me asking what kind of cancer you have? 867 00:36:17,698 --> 00:36:20,366 Spinal plasmacytoma. 868 00:36:20,368 --> 00:36:22,501 I had some back pain, there was a lump. 869 00:36:22,503 --> 00:36:24,069 Dr. Campbell prescribed chemo. 870 00:36:24,071 --> 00:36:26,605 And where is the tumor located? 871 00:36:26,607 --> 00:36:28,307 On my L4. 872 00:36:28,309 --> 00:36:32,011 I used to be a surgeon. Do you mind if a take a look? 873 00:36:32,013 --> 00:36:33,879 Okay. Okay. 874 00:36:33,881 --> 00:36:36,682 I'm gonna put you down for a second, sweetie. 875 00:36:36,684 --> 00:36:39,518 Right here. 876 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,287 Right here. 877 00:36:41,289 --> 00:36:44,390 Okay, if you could just stand straight for me. 878 00:36:47,995 --> 00:36:50,162 Okay, so, on a scale of one to ten-- 879 00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:53,432 ten being the worst-- um, how does this feel? 880 00:36:53,434 --> 00:36:55,401 A little uncomfortable. Maybe a two. 881 00:36:55,403 --> 00:36:57,603 Mm. (baby jumping) 882 00:36:57,605 --> 00:37:00,339 And are you taking anything for the pain? 883 00:37:00,341 --> 00:37:01,874 Uh, just naproxen. 884 00:37:01,876 --> 00:37:03,409 Yeah. 885 00:37:03,411 --> 00:37:05,644 Is the discomfort worse at night? 886 00:37:05,646 --> 00:37:08,614 A little bit, but the medicine helps. 887 00:37:08,616 --> 00:37:11,717 Well, for what it's worth, I think Dr. Campbell's right. 888 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:14,620 You should make a full recovery. 889 00:37:15,656 --> 00:37:18,023 In case you were wondering, Watson, 890 00:37:18,025 --> 00:37:20,426 Mr. Abramovitch does not have an alibi 891 00:37:20,428 --> 00:37:22,294 for the night of Abby Campbell's murder. 892 00:37:22,296 --> 00:37:25,064 I don't think he did it. Neither do I. 893 00:37:25,066 --> 00:37:27,800 But that's because I stayed for the duration of his interview, 894 00:37:27,802 --> 00:37:30,002 and I saw no indication that he was lying. 895 00:37:30,004 --> 00:37:32,404 Why do you think he's innocent? 896 00:37:32,406 --> 00:37:34,840 Because I'm pretty sure I know who did kill Abby. 897 00:37:34,842 --> 00:37:36,408 You do? 898 00:37:36,410 --> 00:37:37,876 It all made sense once I realized 899 00:37:37,878 --> 00:37:40,612 Sadie Abramovitch doesn't have cancer. 900 00:37:50,158 --> 00:37:52,497 This is Sadie Abramovitch before chemo. 901 00:37:52,597 --> 00:37:54,297 Do you recognize her? Of course. 902 00:37:55,033 --> 00:37:56,866 It says here that you're treating her 903 00:37:56,868 --> 00:37:58,201 for spinal plasmacytoma. 904 00:37:58,203 --> 00:38:00,737 The tumor is located on her L4 vertebra. 905 00:38:00,739 --> 00:38:02,839 That sounds right. 906 00:38:02,841 --> 00:38:04,274 She's doing quite well. 907 00:38:04,276 --> 00:38:06,342 We're hoping for a complete remission. 908 00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:07,911 You should know 909 00:38:07,913 --> 00:38:09,546 that when we visited Mrs. Abramovitch, 910 00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:11,247 my colleague noted several inconsistencies 911 00:38:11,249 --> 00:38:14,017 with her diagnosis. Spinal plasmacytoma 912 00:38:14,019 --> 00:38:16,886 causes microfractures in the affected vertebrae. 913 00:38:16,888 --> 00:38:18,822 Most patients can barely walk. 914 00:38:18,824 --> 00:38:21,524 Sadie can move around just fine, sit, stand, walk. 915 00:38:21,526 --> 00:38:23,426 Lift her baby. No issues. 916 00:38:23,428 --> 00:38:25,528 We diagnosed Sadie very early on, 917 00:38:25,530 --> 00:38:27,497 so, the microfractures 918 00:38:27,499 --> 00:38:29,599 didn't have time to fully develop. 919 00:38:29,601 --> 00:38:32,135 Hmm. And you never removed the tumor? 920 00:38:32,137 --> 00:38:33,937 No. Too much nerve involvement. 921 00:38:33,939 --> 00:38:36,339 WATSON: That makes sense. 922 00:38:36,341 --> 00:38:38,308 Except when I pressed directly on her L4, 923 00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:40,276 instead of a sharp pain, 924 00:38:40,278 --> 00:38:42,178 she only felt a dull ache. 925 00:38:42,180 --> 00:38:44,147 And her discomfort gets worse at night, 926 00:38:44,149 --> 00:38:48,151 which is a classic symptom of a benign osteoid osteoma. 927 00:38:48,153 --> 00:38:50,520 I stand by my diagnosis. 928 00:38:50,522 --> 00:38:51,855 MAN: Excuse me, 929 00:38:51,857 --> 00:38:53,256 but my client agreed to this interview 930 00:38:53,258 --> 00:38:54,624 in order to help you 931 00:38:54,626 --> 00:38:56,092 find his wife's killer. 932 00:38:56,094 --> 00:38:58,328 Now, I fail to see how a possible misdiagnosis 933 00:38:58,330 --> 00:39:00,463 of one his patients has 934 00:39:00,465 --> 00:39:03,900 any relevance. One misdiagnosis would not. 935 00:39:05,670 --> 00:39:07,370 Several dozen, however, 936 00:39:07,372 --> 00:39:10,106 tell an entirely different story. 937 00:39:10,108 --> 00:39:12,842 BELL: After we got a warrant for your files the other day, 938 00:39:12,844 --> 00:39:15,345 we asked all your patients to get follow-up exams. 939 00:39:15,347 --> 00:39:17,313 Of those who agreed to be tested, 940 00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:19,782 almost a third didn't have cancer at all. 941 00:39:19,784 --> 00:39:21,718 HOLMES: You've been misdiagnosing patients, 942 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,419 and you've been subjecting them 943 00:39:23,421 --> 00:39:27,056 to unnecessary chemotherapy, probably for years, 944 00:39:27,058 --> 00:39:30,226 to-- I don't know-- bolster your profits, 945 00:39:30,228 --> 00:39:32,095 inflate your remission rates? 946 00:39:32,097 --> 00:39:34,931 And no one suspected you. 947 00:39:34,933 --> 00:39:37,667 Until your own wife got cancer. 948 00:39:37,669 --> 00:39:39,269 We figure Abby noticed something fishy 949 00:39:39,271 --> 00:39:41,337 when she was getting chemo at your clinic. 950 00:39:41,339 --> 00:39:42,839 Patients like Sadie, 951 00:39:42,841 --> 00:39:44,507 whose symptoms didn't match their diagnoses. 952 00:39:44,509 --> 00:39:47,243 But she wanted proof, so she ran tests. 953 00:39:47,245 --> 00:39:49,045 HOLMES: Her mistake 954 00:39:49,047 --> 00:39:50,780 was confronting you with the evidence 955 00:39:50,782 --> 00:39:52,949 of your misdeeds before going to the authorities. 956 00:39:52,951 --> 00:39:56,119 Perhaps she thought you'd be able to explain yourself. 957 00:39:56,121 --> 00:39:59,422 But instead, you strangled her. 958 00:39:59,424 --> 00:40:01,691 Do I need to point out, this is all supposition? 959 00:40:01,693 --> 00:40:03,660 Nah, it's more than that. 960 00:40:03,662 --> 00:40:06,162 We had a talk with your clinic manager. 961 00:40:06,164 --> 00:40:10,400 She rolled, confirmed the false diagnoses, 962 00:40:10,402 --> 00:40:11,868 the fraud, the whole thing. 963 00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:13,436 She also recanted your alibi. 964 00:40:13,438 --> 00:40:15,705 In fact, the last time she saw you 965 00:40:15,707 --> 00:40:17,807 the night that Abby disappeared, 966 00:40:17,809 --> 00:40:19,676 you were headed to the research wing 967 00:40:19,678 --> 00:40:22,345 right after a heated phone call with Abby. 968 00:40:25,884 --> 00:40:28,251 I told her... 969 00:40:28,253 --> 00:40:31,854 that everything I did was for the good of the family. 970 00:40:31,856 --> 00:40:34,190 Nate? No, no, no. I'll... 971 00:40:36,294 --> 00:40:37,894 I'll tell you everything, 972 00:40:37,896 --> 00:40:40,597 but you need to let me talk to Branford. 973 00:40:42,067 --> 00:40:45,435 I need to tell him I'm sorry. 974 00:40:46,404 --> 00:40:48,671 I'll see what I can do. 975 00:40:54,212 --> 00:40:56,879 Good combination. 976 00:40:58,016 --> 00:41:00,416 (sighs) 977 00:41:00,418 --> 00:41:02,485 Third time you've approached me. 978 00:41:02,487 --> 00:41:04,988 If you're smart, there won't be a fourth. 979 00:41:04,990 --> 00:41:08,024 Actually, a fourth time is what I wanted to talk to you about. 980 00:41:08,026 --> 00:41:10,893 The NYPD Boxing Club is having a match in a few weeks. 981 00:41:10,895 --> 00:41:13,396 I thought maybe we could raise some money for charity. 982 00:41:13,398 --> 00:41:15,398 You want to fight me? 983 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,533 That's how it done, right? 984 00:41:17,535 --> 00:41:19,068 When two cops have a problem with each other 985 00:41:19,070 --> 00:41:20,503 and they can't resolve it? 986 00:41:20,505 --> 00:41:23,006 Yeah, the only problem is, you're not a cop. 987 00:41:23,008 --> 00:41:25,008 And that would be bad for you, right? 988 00:41:25,010 --> 00:41:27,777 Getting your ass kicked by a consultant? 989 00:41:27,779 --> 00:41:29,612 (laughs) 990 00:41:29,614 --> 00:41:32,281 If you want to fight me so bad, why wait? 991 00:41:32,283 --> 00:41:33,883 There's a ring right there. 992 00:41:33,885 --> 00:41:38,921 Yeah, I thought that's what you might say. 993 00:41:38,923 --> 00:41:41,157 All right. 994 00:41:50,068 --> 00:41:52,535 HOLMES: Keep them submerged as long as you can. 995 00:41:52,537 --> 00:41:54,771 I know how to treat sore knuckles. 996 00:41:54,773 --> 00:41:57,073 This needs more flour. You just like 997 00:41:57,075 --> 00:41:58,541 the parallel. 998 00:41:58,543 --> 00:42:00,176 Primitive aftercare for a primitive sport. 999 00:42:00,178 --> 00:42:03,746 While this might look primitive, 1000 00:42:03,748 --> 00:42:06,949 I assure, this is the result 1001 00:42:06,951 --> 00:42:08,718 of years of painstaking research. 1002 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,720 It's a poultice of comfrey leaves and flour 1003 00:42:10,722 --> 00:42:13,589 with a dash of mountain arnica and a sprinkling of marigold. 1004 00:42:13,591 --> 00:42:14,991 I highly recommend it. 1005 00:42:14,993 --> 00:42:16,793 Unless, of course, you want your eye 1006 00:42:16,795 --> 00:42:18,428 to blacken as a badge of honor. 1007 00:42:18,430 --> 00:42:20,997 I just want to put this whole thing behind me. 1008 00:42:20,999 --> 00:42:23,166 And does Detective Cortes feel the same way? 1009 00:42:23,168 --> 00:42:24,567 Oh, I guess we'll see. 1010 00:42:24,569 --> 00:42:26,202 At the very least, 1011 00:42:26,204 --> 00:42:29,272 this has proven the wisdom of continuously training 1012 00:42:29,274 --> 00:42:31,207 in the combat arts. 1013 00:42:31,209 --> 00:42:33,509 You do, of course, need to work on your defense. 1014 00:42:33,511 --> 00:42:35,778 You allowed Cortes to land far too many punches. 1015 00:42:35,780 --> 00:42:37,413 I did. 1016 00:42:37,415 --> 00:42:41,210 But all that matters is that I landed the last one. 1017 00:42:41,211 --> 00:42:45,685 ♪ And I won't let you ♪ 1018 00:42:45,785 --> 00:42:50,521 ♪ Out of my life... ♪ 1019 00:42:52,378 --> 00:42:59,155 ♪ And I won't let you out of my life... ♪ 1020 00:43:01,184 --> 00:43:07,684 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 1020 00:43:08,305 --> 00:44:08,616 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app