High Potential

-Good morning, Mr. Gabe. -Good morning.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

-Good morning, Morgan. -Good morning.

Uh, hey, my car's on the fritz again.

Do you mind if I grab a ride to work with you?

I'd love to, but I'm on the other side of town.

No, you're not. You're at your apartment.

You're in the hallway, aren't you, Morgan?

-Hi. -Hi.

Ludo's driving the kids to school, and you are on the way,

-so I just had him drop me off. -Mmm.

Hope that's okay. Can I come in?

No, no, no.

What do you got going on in there?

Nothing. I'm just getting ready.

And lying about where you are.

Is that Lucia?

Well, well, well, well, well.

-Morgan, can we not do this? -Do what?

Okay, all right, you win. Let me just say hi real quick.

I will give you a ride to work if you wait out here in the hallway

until I'm finished getting ready, otherwise start walking.

-Are you serious? -Mm-hmm.

Fine.

Oh. I actually grabbed those for the two of us, but that's fine.

-You can ask three questions. -Why only three?

-Is that your first question? -Sto-- Don't do that.

I knew you were gonna do that. No, okay, fine.

Is that the first time she slept over?

-No. Mm-mmm. -No?

Okay. Um...

I mean, how does it feel, you know, is it comfortable? Is it kind of strange?

That's obviously all one question.

Honestly, both.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

It's weird how comfortable it is.

-Huh. -Yeah.

Are you happy?

Yes. Yeah.

Good. You deserve to be happy.

So when are we all hanging out? You want me to invite you guys over for dinner?

We can see how she is with kids.

Mmm. Yeah, the question and answer portion of our morning has ended.

You know, I'm friends with a lot of people

in the LAPD.

I can very easily bypass you and get her number myself.

Okay.

Soto's sending us to a crime scene in Crestwood Hills.

Oh. Whew. Rush hour.

Well, know what that means. We got a lot more time to chitchat.

Yay.

Wow.

It's like a hobbit built a spaceship.

Victim's name is Gabe Rafferty. Fifty-five. Housekeeper found him.

ME says he's been dead since sometime last night.

This guy was 55?

Wow. Whatever he was doing, sign me up.

Besides the stabbing.

It's an odd choice of murder weapon. Could be symbolic.

Or convenient.

They're called phurbas.

They are Tibetan symbols of health and protection against evil.

-Didn't work. -Yeah.

Someone found a different way to use it.

-Looks like he was into samadhi. -What's that?

- Deep meditation. - Mmm.

Went through a yoga thing once.

Oh. How'd that go?

Okay.

-I won. -You don't win yoga, Morgan.

- Not with that attitude, you don't.

No defensive wounds on the body. No forced entry.

Housekeeper said the alarm was still set when she got here.

I'd wonder if the killer laid in wait,

but if this was premeditated, they'd have brought a weapon.

And if it was a crime of passion, there would be signs of a fight,

so neither one really makes sense.

-The victim's phone. -Thank you.

Someone named Renata Carlino really wanted to get in touch with him.

Thirty-five missed calls today.

-I need to see him! -You can't go there.

-Oh. Oh, no. -Come on.

Let me guess. Renata?

I've been Gabe's assistant for eight years.

So, you have access to the house 24/7?

Yes, anyone who works here has a unique passcode they enter when they come and go.

And is the system gonna say that you were here last night?

I've been out of town since Monday.

On Catalina Island for my sister's wedding.

I didn't have any service until the ferry got back to LA this morning,

and as soon as it did, I checked Gabe's biodata,

and that's when I saw he didn't have any.

-You checked his biodata? -Through the GeneGevity app.

That's Gabe's company.

You can share vitals with other users in your circle.

I checked Gabe's every morning.

Seems very intimate for an employer-employee relationship.

Well, we were so much more.

Not-- Not like that.

When I met Gabe, I was struggling.

I-- I'd just lost my mom

and all my master's degree ever did for me was land me in a ton of debt.

-What'd you get your degree in? -19th-century art and textiles.

-Okay. -Yeah.

Well, everything changed after I went to one of Gabe's seminars.

He was so charismatic and alive.

His mission inspired me to stop feeling sorry for myself

and make the most of my life, and I've been working for him ever since.

What exactly was his mission?

Life extension.

GeneGevity is a pioneer in gene hacking.

Gabe believed that with the right diet,

exercise and self-care, we could bypass the bad genes

and amp the good ones to slow down the aging process

until eventually it stops altogether.

Gabe made himself the living proof.

He was showing the world that it worked.

In other words, the guy who was trying to live forever just got murdered.

I wasn't just given the name Healthiest Man on Earth.

I earned it.

Here at GeneGevity, we strive to create ethical science-backed practices

tailored to you and your individual needs.

We believe you have a long life ahead of you.

Live it well.

No, no. This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts.

We're all supposed to think that we can live like this guy.

He's got a sauna and a staff.

Give me Gabe's time and money, and I'll live it well too.

Says the woman with Fun Dip in her purse.

"Biohack Your Workouts."

"Your Refrigerator is Your Medicine Cabinet."

"The One Gut Worm Everyone is Talking About."

Oh. Click on that one.

You know, I did a GeneGevity juice cleanse once and I felt great after.

I even considered signing up for the program,

but I was not comfortable sending in bio samples.

-What's a bio sample? -It comes off of you or out of you.

GeneGevity wants you to pop it in the mail and send it on in.

-Moving on. -You don't want to talk about poop?

Nope, enemies.

Other than the postal service, I'm assuming,

who else might have had an issue with old Gabe?

Pharmaceutical CEOs and doctors all spoke out against GeneGevity,

but GeneGevity has done a lot of good for a lot of people.

That's why his users are all fanatical.

Actually, not all of Gabe's customers were fans.

I did a public record search.

In the last few months,

GeneGevity and Gabe were being sued by a woman named Siobhan McBreyer.

-What did she sue them for? Huh. -Child support.

We haven't seen anything about Gabe having a child.

If he was keeping the child a secret

and McBreyer's lawsuits weren't getting her anywhere,

- she may have been mad enough to kill. - -Mmm.

A secret love child and revenge murder.

It's like a telenovela.

Invite her in for a chat.

Oz is taking a day off, right? You mind going through Gabe's videos solo?

Let's see if there's any other secrets he's hiding.

You got it.

You wanna check out this gut worm video first?

Ugh.

Excuse me. We're having a memorial for my father here in a few days,

but his headstone still hasn't been installed.

I'm sorry about that. Are you sure it was ordered?

Yeah, my mother said she ordered it months ago.

We install the monuments the day we receive them.

You might want to check on that order.

Thanks.

Assistant's alibi checks out.

Spoke to multiple guests who saw Renata at her sister's wedding.

Oh.

Siobhan McBreyer's here.

And she's off our suspect list.

-We don't know that. -We don't?

She's about a thousand months pregnant,

and you think she got the jump on the healthiest man alive?

Yeah, no.

Ms. McBreyer, thanks for coming in.

I'm Detective Karadec. This is our consultant, Morgan Gillory.

We understand you are suing Gabe Rafferty?

Did he sic you on me?

Because I am within my rights to mail him

as many notices as I want until he responds.

Well, that's not why we brought you in.

Mr. Rafferty's dead.

Oh.

Oh.

Of course he's dead. It's great, it's great.

What happened to him? Hmm? Was it painful?

Please tell me it was painful.

Uh, it looked like it was probably painful. Yeah.

You don't seem very upset for someone who just lost the father of her unborn child.

Well, Gabe's not the father. I never met the guy.

But you're suing him for child support?

He wasn't the baby's dad, but he's still responsible for her.

What does this have to do with child support?

My ex-husband didn't want kids.

I took the precautions, and they worked until nine months ago,

and Andy accused me of doing it on purpose.