Rizzoli & Isles

Aah!

I love a good nor'easter. Ugh.

I would love to meet the person who installed this roof.

What are you doing here so early?

Traffic's terrible.

Maura, headquarters is, like, less than a mile away.

Well, I was reviewing protocols for Hope's clinics,

and I was hoping to drop them off before work.

And... voilà.

For you for tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night? What's tomorrow night?

Oh, no. You are not getting out of it.

Getting out of what?

The Minuteman Mystery Writers Conference.

You promised.

Yes! That's tomorrow night. Fantastic.

It'll be fun.

You know, there's a panel discussion on dramatic theory.

And I really believe that the insight

of professional writers will improve my understanding

of internal structure better.

I haven't decided yet whether or not Aristotle's "Poetics" or...

What if it gets rained out?

It's inside.

Oh, great! Rizzoli.

Isles.

Jennie Tate, 32.

What is a patient doing in here?

And frankly, where the hell is here?

Here is a new cancer wing.

Whole building's been closed for four months for renovation.

Jennie was an overnight chemotherapy patient

in the adjoining building.

A nurse came in and changed her IV at 3:45 this morning.

When she looked in on her again at 6:45, Jennie was gone.

Right around the time the workers found her.

She may have been exercising.

You know, a recent article

in the "Journal of Oncology" suggests that moderate exercise

can improve the effects of chemotherapy.

Any reports of her going for a walk?

No. Any cameras?

No cameras, and no one saw her leave the ward.

We have lights coming.

The impalement appears to be the only injury.

You know, she may have fallen, but I can't be sure until I...

All: Until you perform the autopsy.

Very funny, but true.

What's with the white rose? Was she carrying that?

No one I interviewed mentioned it.

Find out if there were roses in Jennie's room.

If there were, find out who sent 'em.

Jane. Hey.

Frankie said Jennie didn't have flowers in her room.

What about the other patients?

No flowers. So where'd this white rose come from?

Push the button.

Push the button. Push the button.

Why? 'Cause he's right behind me.

Who? Who? Him!

Oh! Hey. Wait.

Hey.

Hey! Ah...

Uh, sorry.

You're running from him because he invited you to a concert?

Yes. I went to his house for what he called "the big game."

Do you know he does taxidermy?

Taxidermy?

Oh, yeah. Little mice.

He even has a favorite... St. Kilda.

All right, well, I mean, you know, that's...

odd, but harmless.

He dresses them up in seasonal costumes.

Skiing, surfing, leaf raking.

Back to the game. Sox?

The National Shinty Championships.

Kent was wearing a jersey and a kilt.

Well, special occasional, championship and all.

Yeah. That's... that's normal.

He had one for me.

A jersey?

I wish. Unh-unh.

At least he didn't have one for his mouse.

Wrong again, friend.

Oh, yeah.

Come on.

Detective Rizzoli, there's a woman here with information

about the homicide at the hospital.

Okay. Um, where is she? The interview room?

Interrogation room. Interview room's flooded.

All right, thanks.

Samantha Caspary?

Um...

Hi. I'm Detective Rizzoli. This is Sergeant...

What can you tell me about the murder

at the Mallon Hospital?

Detective Korsak.

Was she a patient?

Where was the body found? Was she thrown from the roof?

Are you a relative or a friend?

What? No. No, no.

So, what is your interest in this case?

So sorry. I tend to get carried away.

I'm in town for the Mystery Writers Conference.

So you're a writer.

Yes, which is why when I heard about your case,

I just had to come in.

Okay. Um...

we don't do interviews.

So I'll, uh, get an officer and he'll escort you...

But I can help you... to the front.

If you just tell me about the case.

Uh, I think you're a little bit confused.

We ask the questions.

How is it exactly you think you can help us?

I know who did it.

You do.

The victim was impaled, right?

And the killer left flowers behind.

Just cut to the chase, Ms. Caspary.

You are looking for a ghost.

As the story goes, Hannah Rose was a patient at the hospital.

Angered by her untimely death,

she came back as a ghost and killed several people.

How many is several?

I don't know.

I heard the story secondhand.

Actually, it might've been third-hand

on a visit to the U.S. long time ago.

And I was told that the doctor who was treating the patients

was found impaled on an iron post.

Multiple murders, a ghost killer...

Sounds like something I would've heard about,

but I haven't. Nobody has,

which is why it's too much of a coincidence

to be... coincidence.

Okay, I'll have someone look into the story.

Great.

I can't find anything in writing,

and the Mallon Hospital

won't let me anywhere near their archives.

So you thought you'd come to us

and we'd look in the archives for you?

Well, I must confess, I was rather hoping

that my information would help you,

and you would return the favor.

Mm.

Hey. Anything helpful from the Caspary woman?

Oh, yeah, if we're looking for the Headless Horseman

or if we're gonna take a ride in the Mystery Machine?

No.

Okay, what have we got so far?

Well, Jennie Tate was a data entry clerk

with an insurance company.

Now because of her illness,

she was on extended sick leave for the last six months.

Husband?

Charles. He's an actuary with the same company.

Co-worker said they were good, hard-working people.

What about the hospital?

No threats or any other violent incidents.

Nina's still running background on the employees.

Will you have Nina check the other patients

in Jennie's chemotherapy group?

Yeah. All right.

Those archives could hold the key to a fascinating story.

That might be true, but this is a homicide investigation...

Hi. You looking for me? No.

You've got Samantha Caspary.

Mm-hmm.

Samantha Caspary, potential crazy person.

Oh, no, no, no. She is an author with a PhD from Oxford.

Wrote a captivating best-selling biography on Dr. Joseph Bell.

The Scottish lecturer

who was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.

If I say, "Wow, I'd really love to read that,"

can we talk about the case?

Jennie Tate was in partial remission.

Her cancer was responding to a rather new combination of drugs.

Did the drugs cause her death?

The drug levels in her blood

were well below fatal toxicity levels.

Also, there was no evidence of sexual assault.

And the degree of blunt force trauma

is consistent with a fall.

What about that giant piece of iron bar

sticking out of her chest?

Did that have anything to do with her death?

Well, technically, that was the instrumentality,

but the cause of death was drowning.

The bar pierced her pulmonary artery,

her lungs filled with blood, and she drowned.

Could this have been an accident?

Well, those drugs do produce a mild state of disorientation.

So it seemed possible, until I noticed this.

These small lacerations couldn't be seen earlier

because they didn't bleed.

These are from the rose. Yes.

So our killer watched Jennie die

and then pressed her hand around the rose.