DID I?

Sometimes the medication

can exacerbate the symptoms of your OCD,

but if we increase the dosage, it can help it.

-Again, sorry I was late. -No, I understand.

A lot of the buses run late downtown anyway.

How's work?

It's-- it's good.

Great.

Any changes in interests?

Not more than usual.

Um, have you been reaching out to family?

Naomi, I imagine she's due soon.

She is. October.

How exciting is that? A Libra baby?

It's really exciting to become an aunt.

You should grab some coffee with her.

We have to try reaching out to those in our past.

Hey-hey!

Oh, hey, girl.

Just wondered if I could pick up the pages.

I actually haven't finished them yet, Erica.

I'm almost done. I have about 11 pages left.

-I'm working on it right now. - Here?

Uh, yeah.

No, no, don't work on that here.

Hey, hey, Gen.

Do you have my-- Oh, sweet.

Yes, give me, give me, give me.

Uh, I actually haven't finished those yet.

I got a bit tied up last night.

Ooh.

Ew, no, James, not like that.

We all know you're super busy.

Could you just work on that at home?

Like you said, it's only ten pages.

11.

Well, yeah, but you're almost done with that one.

It's good for you

to interact with people you love or just people in general.

I don't avoid them, I just...

I don't need them.

I-- I don't know if I'll be able to...

I...

It can be a difficult disorder

to navigate alone.

Your last therapist said you were a bit of a loner, too.

Trevor, I'm-- I'm picking up my notes now.

Just give me two minutes.

Oh, my God, you answered.

Hello?

I-- is that you? Are-- are you there?

Hello?

When are you coming back to see us?

- - Is that you?

Looks like your last anger blackout was about...

a month ago.

Sounds about right.

Well, that's great progress.

I'm assuming you've been applying

some of your stress-managing techniques we reviewed.

Yeah, it's helping.

Come on. It's fine. You're okay.

I think we should increase

the lithium just slightly.

And by now, you should have already adjusted

to the symptoms,

so your side effects will be minimum to nonexistent.

How does that sound?

Sounds fine, Rach.

- -

Girl, open your e-mail.

Girl, open...

your e-mail.

What is it?

This is what I was going to tell you about at lunch.

Uh, isn't it bad if we lost a ghostwriter?

Oh, no.

It does not take that much talent to finish this book out.

I mean, the author came in and completely outlined

what we're supposed to do to finish the series, so...

So then why do you think Trevor fired them?

Well, maybe he didn't sound enough

like the author.

Maybe the actual author didn't like him.

Did you read the last book?

-Yeah, I-- yeah, I did. -Oh, my gosh.

He was so on the fence about that ending,

and I was like, "Just go for it."

And did you see how long it trended?

So people liked it?

Well, it's not about liking.

It's about trending.

So what do you think?

About the ending?

No, about the writing.

They have to replace this ghostwriter,

and we do not have time to outsource this,

so it's gonna basically be about who I want to work with.

I mean, I'll look into it, but I have a lot--

Oh, yeah, with Erica and James being little office work sluts?

Gen, they ask everyone to do their work for them.

You're just the only one who says yes,

and you know that they are gonna jump on this.

But you need to update your portfolio.

I know.

So let's work together on this, okay?

Send me some samples when you have time,

and maybe we can go over them during lunch.

-Do you think it could be her? - That's her.

I'd know her anywhere.

I thought Dr. Gollum moved away.

We haven't seen evidence of her work in four years.

Unless someone else is carving Dr. Gollum into a bloody heel

and stabbing people in the heart with it.

I'd say that's her.

- Copycat? -No.

I'd know her work anywhere.

How would you know her work anywhere?

Because that's my heel.

Next week, on A Book Titled Murder...

Do you want us to start?

We'll take this back to the lab...

I think you are on your last--

Sounds good, Karen.

No, maybe your first.

You have to have a certain personality for it.

Gen, you are just so...

- Biscotti? -Um, nut allergy.

What you got for me?

Um, well, I've finished the fifth book,

and I'm almost done with season three.

Did you need the fourth?

Oh, no.

I...

...I already got the set for Christmas.

We-- we all did.

You have a fresh perspective on the series, then.

What did you think of the last book?

Well, it did take a sharp turn there at the end.

Yes, it did.

Uh, how did the audience react?

Oh, they hated it.

And it wrote us right into a corner.

Dead end.

How would you feel

if Dr. Moriarty was actually in Sherlock's head

the entire time?

I guess I would feel cheated,

like the person I grew to love

really committed all those crimes.

Yep.

So we lose the audience, lose the series,

lose the writer because he thinks it's done,

and 65% of this publishing house's revenue.

So you need a new editor.

I need a new treatment.

Did-- did you want me to write it?

I want you to pitch it.

To me.

So how do you unsplit a personality

and keep a series going past its original ending?

-Dream. -James and Erica

pitched a dream 30 minutes ago.

The only thing more overused than an evil split personality

is a dream undoing bad writing.

Actually, it's called DID. I have that in my notes.

Twin.

Or Dr. Gollum didn't commit any of those crimes.

But she's our villain.

Maybe she's not.

Maybe that's how we get out of this dead end

instead of backpedaling, we add.

Karen and Dr. Gollum can continue their relationship

while looking for the real killer,

and we have loads more story to tell

as we look for the character we haven't even created yet.

But is this realistic?

How would the world's leading criminal psychologist

gotten as far as she has with a split personality?

If we're being totally realistic,

she would have had it in book one

and could still function.

But would she have hidden it this long?

I would.

They'd ruin her life.

They'd take everything from her.

Talk to me, Allan.

Hey, K.

Well, there was no other blood, or any DNA for that matter,

that was not the victim's.

I see the therapist isn't getting it.

I'm very shocked.

Like you're behind on, like, everything ever right now.