GRACE: It's time to pack up!
Rachmaninoff will still be there in the morning.
I'm locking up in five!
Goodnight.
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [CHEERING] - BILLY: Whoa!
- SARITA: Whoa, yeah! - Oh, bubbly!
BILLY: Nothing's too good for my lady.
SARITA: Oh, thank you.
BILLY: And what better way to celebrate finishing your new book?
Which is killer, by the way.
Couldn't agree more, and I can really see the character
of Clodagh becoming a fan favourite.
You read the manuscript?
He hounded me until I let him.
SARITA: A toast... to "The Progeny's Puzzle"!
- Yes! - To Victoria!
- Aww! - ALL: Cheers!
Mmm!
Thank you so much, you guys.
It really means a lot to me.
This was a very challenging book to write.
BILLY: It's a total thrill-ride.
And your description of Monaco was just so exciting!
I actually want to check it out.
Maybe a celebratory vacation's in order?
I'd like that!
Hold on, didn't you say you have an office in Monaco?
Hmm?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you told us your company
has an office in Monaco,
last week, when we were talking about Mediterranean food.
Did I? I-I must have misspoken.
We've got an office in Morocco, in Rabat.
Yeah, you must have misheard. It's an easy mistake to make.
- I guess. - [PHONE BUZZES]
Oh, it's Grace Davis.
Hi, Grace, sweety.
Um, could I call you back later?
Oh, no! Oh, yes, of course.
We'll be right there.
It's Grace, my pickleball partner.
So sorry, but there's been an emergency.
Could we take a rain check?
- Definitely. - Of course.
- I'm so sorry, honey. - Duty calls.
Come on. I'll call you, Sarita!
I'll just take this...
[VIOLIN PLAYING]
It's a Gagliano.
It was stolen out of this case some time this evening.
It's valued at $200,000.
Whoa! What makes it so valuable?
It was hand-crafted by one of the world's finest violin-makers
Alessandro Gagliano, in 1729.
There aren't many left in the world.
And the school owns it?
No, it was on loan from the Metropolitan Music Foundation,
one of our main benefactors.
One of the students was supposed to play it
at the year-end concert on Saturday night.
The violinists are in competition to see who gets to play it.
Grace, why didn't you call the police?
It's my hope this is a prank.
It's a tradition among seniors this time of year.
Could be much ado about nothing.
I want to quietly solve the problem
without the Foundation ever finding out.
If word got back to them that their violin got stolen
under our care, they'd likely pull their funding.
VICTORIA: Hmm...
Well, I don't see anything broken...
Who has the keys to this case?
There are only two sets.
I have one and my assistant Eliza has the other.
What about that security camera?
The power to the system was cut,
so every camera in the school was offline.
What time did the system lose power?
The footage cuts out around 8 pm
and I noticed the violin missing at 9.
Okay. That's the window to our theft.
Grace, you can count on us.
We'll get that violin back to you
faster than Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture.
I'm gonna have to Google that one,
but it sounds hilarious.
♪
[THEME MUSIC]
♪
- Synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
This is my assistant, Eliza.
Victoria and Darby are going to help us find the Gagliano.
Oh, thank you so much. It's just heartbreaking.
I understand you two are the only ones
with keys to the display case?
Yes, and we keep them on us at all times.
Huh, wow!
Is that the list you mentioned on the phone?
Staff and students who we know were here last night,
but there could have been others too.
GRACE: The one I think most likely
to have pulled off the prank is at the top.
Atticus Carr?
He's a talented violinist but a real rebel.
He's been responsible for some kind of stunt every spring,
despite not being a senior.
But now that he is, he might have gone for a bigger one.
Hmm, do you know where we could find Atticus right now?
He and his friends hang out at the café just around the corner.
Ah, the cool kids' hangout.
Every school has one.
What would you know about cool kids?
She was a hall monitor in high school!
Oh, me too!
Rules are cool!
We had an office.
Whatever. We're on it.
- Okay, thank you. - Thank you.
♪
DARBY: Any idea where Billy went to school?
High school, no.
His father was in international finance
so they moved around a lot.
But he did his undergraduate and grad at Cambridge.
- I know that. - Oh.
And what does his company do, exactly?
Import/export, I think. Why?
No reason.
I can just tell things are getting sort of serious.
Serious? Never.
Exclusive? Maybe.
And sometimes, when we're in the heat of the moment,
we can let passion cloud our judgement.
Oh, like when you thought you could pull off
that Miley Cyrus undercut?
Wow, high school me is taking a serious beating today.
I'm just... I'm a little worried
that you don't really know him that well.
Knowing someone is about knowing their character,
not their résumé.
Besides, we can't all date hot winemakers we met in high school.
To think...
I had him at my Miley Cyrus undercut!
Mm-hm?
[QUIET CHATTER]
I think those are the cool kids.
- Hm. - And yes, I would know.
Excuse me? Hi.
- Um, are you Atticus? - Yeah.
Can we ask you a few questions?
About... ?
Um, well, uh, my sister and I
are researching music schools for my niece,
and Grace Davis told me that you were a star pupil.
Really?
How do you like school?
It's fine.
One-word answer kind of guy, huh?
Yup.
Oh, we heard about your senior prank.
It's the one time of year we get to have fun.
Huh, so I assume you have a prank planned for this year?
Oh, yeah.
My last year's prank on Maestro Oscar was epic.
- It was insane, right? - OLIVIA: It was pathetic.
Give it a rest, Olivia.
We are an elite school, we should act like it.
Burnout.
She's a snob.
Doesn't think I take music seriously.
Hmm.
Well, back to that prank. How big are we talking?
I want to get Maestro Oscar again, right?
But it's so hard to sneak around his back.
- He's always at school. - Always?
But he wasn't there last night, was he?
Sure he was. Around 8.
I asked him about getting my bow re-strung
just before the concert.
Oh, for the big competition?
Man, I really want to play the Gagliano.
Hmm...
Um, anyway, we should get to rehearsal.
♪
Atticus really didn't seem to know the Gagliano's missing.
- No. - Who's next on the list?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
♪
Ray and Jasmine.
Two of the school's best students.
And they were on the premises last night?
Yes.
JASMINE: Nice, guys!
[APPLAUSE]
- That was awesome! - VICTORIA: Yes!
Can we talk to you, Ray and Jasmine?
- Yeah! - About what?
Uh, well, my sister here has a daughter
that's a very talented pianist,
and so we're touring music schools
and wanted to talk to the best and brightest pupils.
Oh, well, what do you want to know?
How often are you able to practice?
Is it just during the school day?
Oh no, it's all hours.
We usually skip dinner and stay to play in the evenings.
- Yeah. - VICTORIA: Ah!
Well, we heard about the competition to play
- the antique violin. - Yeah!
Yeah, and Jasmine's actually the best violinist here.
Well, Ray is gonna be the next John Coltrane.
You said you're often here in the evenings.
Last night, did you see anything unusual?
- No. - No.
MAESTRO OSCAR: All right, folks. Let's wrap it up.
If you're not in my class,
please get to where you need to be.
Thank you so much for talking to us.
JASMINE: No problem.
You must be Oscar.
Or do we call you Maestro?
But I guess then you'd be Mister Maestro,
and I don't know how that works.
Quit while you're behind, sweety, okay?
- Okay. - Oscar is fine.
You're investigating the Gagliano?
You know about it?
The sign in the display said it was "out for cleaning,"
but I happen to know there's no 18th century
violin cleaning service in Alder Bluffs.
I got the truth out of Eliza.
Well, we've been asked to be discreet,
but I'm just curious... which of the kids is on track
for winning the competition to play the Gagliano?
Well, all of the students are extremely talented
and very hard-working.
The top contenders right now are Jasmine and Olivia.
But not Atticus?
- Atticus? - Mm-hm.
Uh, well, he's very gifted...
I'm not sure how serious he is.
Or do you not want to reward a prankster?
I didn't enjoy being the butt of the joke last year, no.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if Atticus was behind this.
Well, we're talking to everyone who was on the premises
at the time the violin went missing,
but you don't seem to be on this list at all.
Well, I left about 6.
You did?
- That's weird. - Huh.
Atticus said he spoke to you about having his bow re-strung, around 8.
Right!
Uh, I did come back.
Uh, I had forgotten my briefcase.
But it was only for a moment.
Uh, if you'll excuse me,
I really should attend to my students.
Sure.
VICTORIA: Interesting.
It seems we caught the Maestro in a lie.
But would he really risk his entire career
just to steal the violin?
He'd have to be pretty hard up for cash.
ALASTAIR: Yeah, he's hard up, all right!
I found his work history, his mortgage,
his custody agreement, his massive debt.
- Cold-pressed guava juice? - Oh!
My favourite! Thank you so much!
Oh, did you want one?
No, I'm good, thanks.
I've hit my guava limit for the day.
Okay.
So tell us about his massive debt.
Right. Oscar needed money badly,
especially if he was going to keep paying child support.
Hmm!
I assume you can't just sell
a rare violin at the local pawn shop.
In your travels as an "IT consultant"...
where would someone go to sell a high-end violin?
Billy thought the Dark Web.
- Mm-hm. - Oh, uh... who's Billy?
Oh, he's the new man I'm seeing.
Whoa, hey!
Oh, did you guys see that? There's a...
a bee. Um...
It's gone.
[LAUGHS] Just...
I'm bee-phobic.
Huh!
The violin?
Yeah, if...
well, if the violin's on the Dark Web,
I'll just poke around and see what I can find.
Okay!
- Thank you. - Yeah!
♪
Maestro Oscar needed cash.
Plus, he lied and said he wasn't on the premises last night,
but he was.
- That is so strange. - I know!
[SOUND OF PIANO KEYS BEING HIT]
- Get behind me! - What on Earth was that?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
GRACE: There's not supposed to be anyone in there!
[DISSONANT CHORD ON PIANO]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC] - Whoa!
- [GASPS] - [BOOMING PIANO NOTES]
Well, I thought we heard a bang.
GRACE: I can't believe this.
How long has this been going on?
[CLEARS THROAT] A few months.
Since my divorce was finalized.
So, staff are not allowed to be in relationships
with each other?
There's no official rule against it.
But why are you two fooling around on school property?
We have nowhere else to go!
My brother lives with me and...
And I live with my mom.
She moved in to help with the kids!
Well, it's completely inappropriate.
And it stops now!
We happen to know that you're in quite a bit of debt.
We saw your alimony agreement.
You went into my personal files?
How is that even legal?
I mean, fair point.
Well, there's no need for defensiveness,
we're just covering all our bases.
You're on the hook for over a quarter of a million dollars.
And selling a Gagliano would cover a lot of that for you.
I would never do that, okay?
I care too much about these students!
We just need the truth, Oscar.
Okay, fine, fine.
Yes, I'm... I'm in debt.
It's why I took a second job,
teaching Mommy & Me music classes on the weekends.
Okay, we didn't ask, but that's fine.
ELIZA: Hang on!
He couldn't have taken the Gagliano because we were...
together... at the time of the theft.
VICTORIA: So you two are each other's alibis?
- I mean, yeah. - I didn't do anything!
Well...
He may be telling the truth.
I found this.
Where did you get those?
In your jacket pocket over there when you were distracted.
Imagine what would happen if you were really distracted...
Someone could have taken them and returned them
before you even knew they were gone.
ELIZA: Oh my God.
Grace, I'm... I'm so sorry!
♪
Thank you.
♪
DARBY: Hey, I got your message.
- Did Victoria see you leave? - She didn't suspect a thing.
Did you look into Billy's business?
Mm-hm.
It all seems legit, including his office in Morocco.
Really?
Well, emphasis on the word "seems."
Billy's online history is very weird.
Weird how?
Well, his records... birth, employment, education...
it's all way too tidy.
Still not following.
People's records, if you cast a wide enough net,
are a mess.
For instance, when I ran your history...
You ran my history?
Yeah, of course. Look.
Okay, so the Toronto Public Library, right?
They think that your name is spelled "Darrby" with two Rs.
And then there's the, you know, dumb, shameful,
embarrassing things.
Like here, you were the President of the Alder Bluffs
Twilight Fan Club... and only member!
- [CHUCKLES] - Hey!
I almost got the school librarian to join.
Yeah. Look...
People's lives are complex, right?
They're full of mistakes, full of secrets.
But Billy's history isn't like that.
It just, you know, it's all put together, like a story.
Maybe he's just boring.
No. No, look.
His name is never misspelled.
DOB's always correct.
There's no gaps in his work history.
He worked as a teller at Barclays Bank while at Cambridge,
then immediately got a job in finance,
and then upper management.
There's nothing embarrassing.
This all scans perfectly.
So what are you saying?
I'm saying his history is crafted.
It's not real.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
♪
BILLY: Hey, good morning!
Oh, I see you invested in a pair of sweatpants.
But even with an office in Monaco
you can't afford your own robe?
Morocco.
And I could always leave more clothes here,
if that's what you'd like.
I forget, Billy, where did you say you went to university?
I don't think I mentioned it.
- Cambridge. - Right, right.
And you worked to put yourself through school, at Windsor Bank?
Barclays, actually.
Trying to see if I'm on the level?
No, I'm just... naturally inquisitive.
Well, I get it.
You're trying to protect your mom.
And although that's laudable,
it's also quite insulting.
To her.
Victoria is not attractive enough to warrant attention?
There's gotta be some kind of ulterior motive?
Um, that...
VICTORIA: Honey, Grace just called.
She's got a new lead.
- Hi! - Hello!
VICTORIA: Let's go!
♪
- [QUIETLY] Wait, Mom? - [QUIETLY] What?
What are we doing, just leaving Billy alone in the house now?
I promise you, he has no interest
in your My Little Pony collection.
VICTORIA: Grace?
GRACE: I received a note from the school suggestion box.
In the other recommendations that I go "shaft" myself...
- I got this. - Hmm.
"Charlie Morgan stole the Gagliano."
Charlie is the school's caretaker.
Huh!
Charlie's not in yet.
Feel free to look around.
Okay.
♪
DARBY: Huh, rubber gloves.
Well, those gloves could be used for cleaning.
Or for not leaving finger-prints on anything.
- True. - [GASPS]
Look. A lock-pick kit!
Maybe no one used Eliza's keys after all.
Let's check his computer.
[KEYBOARD TAPPING]
VICTORIA: Look at that!
He was searching the Gagliano's value.
What?
I can't believe it.
I fought to hire Charlie, even though he has a criminal record.
I truly believed he was reformed.
Grace?
What's going on?
The violin, Charlie.
We aren't calling the police at this point,
but you have to give it back.
Pfft, you think I did it?
Grace, I love my job here. I would never do that!
Well, what about the internet search for the Gagliano?
Come on.
No! I didn't do any of that.
If you found that there... [SIGHS]
I'm being framed.
Framed? Who would do that to you?
I'm not sure.
Is there anyone on my staff I can trust?
CHARLIE: No... No, Grace, please!
I'm disappointed in you, Charlie.
If the violin is returned to me before Saturday night,
I won't press charges.
But you're fired.
- No, Grace... - Get out of my school!
♪
DARBY: You know, something's bugging me.
I'm not convinced it was Charlie.
All the evidence points to him.
I know, but doesn't it seem a little too perfect?
It's like we're being told a story.
All the pieces are just lining up really easily.
Mm-hm.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Schwarzenegger?
Freud. I worry about your generation.
My point is there doesn't always have to be a hidden agenda.
Billy told me about your conversation.
Oh, right.
Billy.
I just think we should be looking for more leads.
The evidence against Charlie is flimsy.
Unless, of course, you have lunch plans with Mr. Perfect.
Hmm, no, I have lunch plans with Sarita
and that's right now, but I can cancel it if you want me to.
Oh, no. Go do your thing.
- Leave it with me. - I will.
♪
Hey, what are you doing right now?
[MUSIC AND CHATTER IN THE BACKGROUND]
Are you ready for some good news?
Yes...
I heard from the publisher...
They love your new manuscript!
They read it already?
That is astonishing!
Yes, and they want to fast-track it through the pipeline
so it'll be released this year.
You'll be back on top before you know it.
Oh!
Thank God, Sarita.
You got your mojo back and then some!
Any idea what turned things around?
I think it's having Darby back home.
I feel more grounded.
And us being the Spencer Sisters,
I feel inspired by all these new mysteries.
Oh!
To the Spencer Sisters.
The Spencer Sisters.
Sarita, enough about me.
How is it going with the kite-surfer?
Oh, he's very good.
Once he's up, he stays up.
- [CHUCKLES] - I'll drink to that!
- Yeah! - [LAUGHTER]
♪
ZANE: You want me to run a background check on Billy?
DARBY: I'm looking into him as well,
but whatever's in his police records would really help.
Why, do you suspect him of something?
It's a gut feeling.
Sometimes your gut tells you to watch
eight straight hours of "90-Day Fiancé."
It's a good show!
What's your point?
Just maybe, in this case, you could be looking for reasons
not to let Billy in?
I'm worried about my mom.
Billy could be a hustler.
He could be a con artist who preys on wealthy older women.
I don't know.
What am I supposed to do, sit around and do nothing?
You could try trusting her judgement
and letting her be happy.
I also need one more favour.
I just need you to look into this guy named Charlie Morgan.
Seriously, Darby?
The Spencer Sisters aren't a trio.
- This is for... - A case, I know.
I've heard this before.
I just can't be at your beck and call every time.
But Zane, this could help a wrongfully accused man
get his job back.
I just need to track down some of his former associates.
Fine. This is the last time.
Okay. Last one.
♪
Excuse me, are you Elvis?
Can I ask you a few questions about Charlie Morgan?
I ain't saying squat.
You've got "cop" written all over you.
It's my walk, isn't it?
I'm working on it.
Anyway, I'm a private citizen now.
I'm a PI.
An ex-cop.
I know how you people think about us:
once a criminal, always a criminal, right?
I'm trying to help Charlie.
I'm not convinced he did anything wrong.
Go ahead, then. Ask the questions.
Off the record, do you know anything about a stolen violin?
If our crew was still active, which we are not,
but if we were, we would be bank guys.
Not antiques dealers.
Okay, and if you were active,
would Charlie in theory be back with you?
Not a chance.
He came to see if we knew anything about the violin,
seeing as I used to be a well-connected guy.
Well, then how come he didn't defend himself
when his boss accused him of stealing the violin?
Because who's she gonna believe,
an ex-criminal or some spoiled rich kid
with lawyers on speed dial?
Rich kid?
Talk to Charlie about the paper he found.
I think we're done here.
♪
OLIVIA: Framing the janitor? [SCOFFS] That's crazy.
Why would I care about the hired help?
Perhaps you held a grudge against him.
No idea what you're talking about.
DARBY: Maybe this'll jog your memory.
This is the tip that Principal Davis got
in her suggestion box, pointing her to Charlie Morgan.
And this is a page of math answers from a recent exam.
Both are written on the same kind of paper.
What did you call it, Mom?
VICTORIA: Doublet Thoreau stationery,
20 lb stock, in "linen."
Very expensive.
Where did you get that?
Charlie gave it to us.
A few months ago, you hid this sheet of answers
in a bathroom stall and went to look at it during your exam.
But Charlie had already found it and he caught you.
But he didn't turn you in because, guess what?
The help believes in second chances.
But you couldn't stand that he had something over you.
If Charlie would have told anyone,
it would go on my record
and I would never get into Juilliard!
So, what, you heard about the missing violin
and then saw it as an opportunity to frame Charlie?
I just wanted him gone.
Charlie might have had to go to jail!
And I might have had to go to Yale!
GRACE: I've heard enough.
First, you cheated. Now this?
Consider yourself expelled, Olivia.
- You can't do this! - Just watch me.
And of course, I will be re-hiring Charlie,
with my sincerest apologies.
One last question, Olivia.
Where were you between 8 and 9 Wednesday evening?
Visiting my grandparents.
My family will confirm it.
Right after they sue this school into the ground!
DARBY: Charming girl!
Delightful.
And another dead end.
♪
Hey, got your voicemail.
What's up?
I know I was hard on you about looking into Billy,
but I need you to hear me when I say
I can't be looking stuff up for you anymore.
I hear you. I do.
Okay, I gotta be thinking of my own career.
No, I know. I get it, totally.
But did you maybe find something?
[SIGHS]
Thank you.
I ran his name through the system anyway, and in 2019,
Billy West was pulled over in Vancouver.
He was almost asleep at the wheel.
Inebriated?
They thought so, but he passed two breathalyzers.
Apparently he'd driven straight from San Francisco
and was barely awake.
When police asked his name, he said, "James West."
But when they took his license and registration,
it said "William."
- Weird. - Yeah.
They issued him a fine for careless driving,
but the officers noted the name thing.
What do you think it could mean?
Either Billy isn't who he claims to be...
Or it's a slip from a tired guy.
- I'm gonna need a drink. - Yeah.
♪
BILLY: What are we gonna do?
VICTORIA: About what?
The fact that I'm falling in love with you.
VICTORIA: [GIGGLES]
We'll take it one step at a time.
Thank God one of us has some sense!
VICTORIA: [GIGGLES]
I gotta go.
Oh, no! Don't go!
BILLY: Well, sweet dreams.
And I hope I'm in 'em!
VICTORIA: [GIGGLES]
♪
VICTORIA: For an ex-cop,
you have all the stealth of a marching band!
Oh, hey!
Didn't see you there.
I know you're worried about Billy and me.
You think that we're moving too fast.
But honestly, honey, do you think I was born yesterday?
No, that's not what I was thinking.
Uh-huh. I know what you're thinking.
Like something out of one of my novels.
A woman of a certain age with a fortune,
a man comes out of nowhere, sweeps her off her feet,
they have wonderful sex in all kinds of places...
I-I wasn't thinking that last part.
But that's not what this is.
Billy and I have a real connection.
See, I know you think that, Mom,
but a lot of women do,
and then they get hoodwinked.
I just don't want you to get hurt.
You don't want me to get hurt? Okay, okay, fine, fine!
Look, if it makes you feel any better,
my lawyers have multiple safeguards in place
to make sure that...
that there's no hoodwinking taking place!
Okay!
I didn't know that, and I'm glad you told me.
It's good.
Honey, I know I have strong feelings
about your love life, but all I really want
is for you to be happy and to just live your life.
And I hope that you can just trust me to live mine.
DARBY: Alastair? How'd you get in?
Your acquaintance, your, uh, boy...
boyfriend, let me in. Willy?
- Billy. - Yes, him.
Okay, so...
I found the Gagliano on the Dark Web.
It's just been sold!
Okay, there you go.
Someone with the handle "Bach2TheFuture"
is bragging online that they're gonna pay $180,000
to someone with the handle "Equinox32"
for an original Gagliano violin.
Now, they already put down a 5K deposit
and the rest is gonna be paid upon receipt of the instrument.
That has got to be our violin.
Can you access the real names of the buyer and the seller?
That's the point of the Dark Web.
Everyone has made up profiles;
nothing connects to the real names.
Hmm.
Well, could you look and see if the buyer or the seller
have posted anything before?
Maybe that'll give us a clue as to where they're from.
- Yeah. - [KEYBOARD TAPPING]
Ah, well, the seller is brand new,
but the buyer pops up a couple different times
and mentions Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Do you think that's where the buyer's from?
It's far away from Alder Bluffs.
What about the payment?
How does it work if everyone's anonymous?
Well, the buyer is gonna send cryptocurrency
to the seller's wallet.
- All anonymous. - Ugh!
Why does the Dark Web have to be so dark?
Okay, how do you get your money out of a digital wallet?
You transfer it to a regular bank account,
or you would just take cash out directly from a crypto ATM.
Oh, the café!
There was a crypto ATM there.
I remember noticing it and thinking,
"What does that do?"
See, she has such an attention for detail.
♪
DANIEL: Oh, please! Don't put this on me.
This is all your daughter's fault!
- I know she's with your son! - How do you know that?
We haven't heard one way or another!
Everybody needs to keep calm.
VICTORIA: What is going on, Grace?
Jasmine's mother; Ray's father, Daniel.
Both kids called in sick today.
And I explained about the stolen violin.
Nancy says Jasmine was fine at breakfast
but now she's not answering her phone.
We think we know why.
This is security camera footage from the café around the corner.
DARBY: We think they stole the Gagliano.
They took out a lot of money.
And we know they were on school grounds
the night of the theft.
- Oh, no... - It's not possible!
NANCY: They're blowing up their whole lives?
Maybe that's the point.
♪
We're going to lose our crazy strict schedules...
- Mm-hm! - Play music together...
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- No more nagging parents. - Nope!
[INHALES] Oh, man!
Hey, uh, where are we gonna stay when we get there?
We got money for a hotel.
And when we finish the deal,
we'll have enough to live on for years.
And we can rent a house of our own, huh?
Will people even rent a place to us, though?
Why the doubt, all of a sudden?
I'm... I'm not doubting.
It's just... starting to feel real now.
That's all.
Trust me. It's gonna be so much fun.
Yeah.
- [LOUD METALLIC SNAP] - Nice!
Thank you, Charlie.
No, thank you.
There's nothing in here!
Except for a portrait of this dude.
- John Coltrane. - VICTORIA: Hmm!
Remind me not to invite you to a trivia night...
[LOUD METALLIC SNAP]
Ugh, there's nothing in Jasmine's locker, either!
Where has your son taken my daughter?
Calm down, Nancy. It's okay.
Daniel, did you ever have the feeling
that Ray was unhappy at school?
He gets to train with the best musicians possible.
I mean, every dollar I earn goes to his education!
I would have died for this chance when I was a kid.
But what about Ray?
Is it possible that he doesn't want the life that you wanted?
He complains a lot about early mornings
and how he doesn't get to play the music he wants to play.
Anything else?
He wanted to spend more time with Jasmine,
but I wanted him to focus on practising.
I've always thought that if you have something special
you have to pursue it.
You think I pushed him too hard.
Listen, sometimes as parents we try to carve a path
for our children instead of letting them find their own way.
DARBY: Wait a second. There is something in here.
Look.
I didn't know you knew how to read music.
I don't. I'm reading numbers.
VICTORIA: 1530, 1605, 1655, 1740...
Important dates in musical history?
VICTORIA: No...
Those aren't dates, those are times!
This is a schedule.
VICTORIA: Yeah, but there's no airport in Alder Bluffs.
No, but we do have a bus station.
You want to ride with me?
[L SPEAKERS]
Our new life begins now.
Now what?
I just...
I think we're making a mistake.
[QUIETLY] This is the plan.
We're so close!
Well, let's just explain to everyone what happened.
- Please? - It's too late!
No, but if we just go back, we could fix it.
No, I'm never going back to that school, to that life.
I want you to come.
But I'm leaving, with or without you.
♪
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER BUS TERMINAL SPEAKERS]
♪
VICTORIA: I wonder what bus they're on.
I don't know. Let's look.
Okay, Toronto, New York, Philadelphia.
I don't see Atlantic City!
I'll check the ticket booth.
[SAXOPHONE PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
Huh...
I know this is a super weird question,
but do you happen to know where John Coltrane was from?
Yeah, he's from some little town in North Carolina.
Oh. Damn it.
But he did most of his playing in Philadelphia.
- Okay! - Yeah!
Thank you!
[PLAYING SAXOPHONE]
I think they went to Philadelphia.
VICTORIA: It leaves in two minutes.
Let's go!
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER BUS TERMINAL SPEAKERS]
♪
Hold the bus!
Jasmine?
Go! See if he's on there.
- Hey... - Hi.
Aw...
♪
Ray?
The lady with the niece?
We were actually investigating the stolen Gagliano.
Aw, crap.
The buyer, were they in Atlantic City?
Uh... yeah.
Well, he agreed to meet us in...
meet me in Philadelphia to complete the sale.
Yeah, well, that's not gonna happen,
and you're gonna have to, as they say, face the music.
Yeah, no. No way!
No, that's not happening!
Ray, do you really want to leave your whole life
and everything that you've accomplished?
That is not a life, okay?
Those aren't my accomplishments!
But nobody really cares about that, huh?
I mean, you've seen what that school is like, right?
They...
they don't let me play any of my music!
I saw you and your friends play that jazz piece.
It was wonderful!
Well, yeah, because we worked hard on it.
Outside of class.
Tell me this...
Do you think that you would be able to play that well
without the school's help?
And all that practice, it really paid off.
You are an accomplished musician.
Yeah, tell that to my dad.
He says I don't practice enough.
Well, your dad...
your dad pushes you too hard.
But I think deep down you both have the same dreams,
just different ways of making it come true.
You should try talking to him instead of running away
from your problems.
Ray, look, you're lucky.
We have not gone to the police.
You can make this all right.
Just give me the violin.
♪
Jasmine!
Are you okay?
- DANIEL: Where's Ray? - He's on that bus.
Wait!
A little compassion would go a long way.
♪
Thank you.
I can't go home, okay?
My dad will never forgive me.
DANIEL: That's not true.
Ray, I wanted for you what I didn't have,
but not if it makes you unhappy.
♪
Let's go home.
Thank you.
Hey, maybe I should sell this thing and run away.
You don't know how to use TikTok,
let alone the Dark Web!
Besides, you'd miss me too much.
[VIOLIN PLAYING A BACH SOLO]
♪
So the rebel prankster won the competition?
There's no denying he has heart and talent to spare.
Thank you for returning the violin on behalf of myself and the school.
The Spencer Sisters are always happy to help.
I'm so glad you stopped Jasmine and Ray
from making a huge mistake.
We've made some changes.
Mental health check-in days with the kids
to help with the pressure they're under...
and we're implementing a jazz program.
Will Ray and Jasmine be able to join?
After their six months of community service...
If there's anything I've learned out of this entire thing,
it's that most people deserve a second chance.
And what happened to the buyer of the violin?
When Ray tried to undo the deal, they disappeared.
But there is the matter of the $5,000
that Ray and Jasmine received.
They donated the money.
New security system for the school.
It'll be monitored 24/7 by a security team
led by one of the most dedicated employees here.
Oh!
That's great.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
The evening's going off without a hitch.
Plus, the senior prank wasn't on me for once!
- Ladies. - Yeah.
Oh! [GIGGLES]
[JAZZY SPY MUSIC]
[APPLAUSE]
That's good.
[CROWD LAUGHING]
ALASTAIR: Hey, it's good you're here.
- Hey, you found something? - Yes.
Okay, so I searched various countries'
facial recognition databases, okay, for Billy's image.
And I got a strong lead!
That is Billy, outside of a club in Dubrovnik.
- It is? - Yeah.
And that there is Nigel Westlake from Scotland Yard.
Now, this photo was taken when Billy was supposedly
working in Copenhagen.
[SIGHS] Okay...
Okay, there you have it... Billy's a liar!
Well...
Sorry, that could be anyone.
I mean, it could be Billy, sure, but it just as easily could not.
It's him!
Alastair, if you wore sunglasses and a hat
and you stood in profile, that guy could be you!
No, it's... it's definitely him!
Billy has secrets, okay? Very suspicious.
Maybe he's a bad guy, or at least he's not
who he says he is, and Victoria deserves better.
You're pretty invested in this, aren't you?
What? No, it's...
No. No... no!
You care about my mom a lot. Don't you?
I... Yes... no... I, um...
That's irrelevant, okay?
I'll tell you what's important.
What's important is that Billy
is talking to Scotland Yard, okay?
Now, maybe Billy is a criminal
who's gone into witness protection,
or maybe he's an undercover MI6 agent gone rogue!
- Oh my God. - Hmm?
Is this what I've been sounding like?
Okay, listen, Alastair, I know I started this,
but I'm done digging into Billy.
I have to trust my mom and...
[SIGHS] ... just let her be happy.
And if you really care about her,
you'll do the same.
♪
[QUIETLY] I do care about her!
That's what I'm saying!
BILLY: It is a good one, right?
VICTORIA: [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
And keep in mind, anything changes...
- Hey. - Oh, hey.
Why don't you join us for some Malbec?
Oh, Darby's more of a beer kind of gal.
There's a six-pack in the fridge, honey.
You know what?
I'd love to try what you're having.
I'll get another glass.
♪
What?
Thank you.
The wine's symbolic.
I'm taking a few sips and then I'm getting a beer.
It still counts...
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