Rizzoli & Isles

Oh, God, no.

I've experienced some symptoms,

headaches, um, occasional memory loss.

Yes, I-I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation

after the fall.

Yes. Yes, I've decided to have decompression surgery.

My... my doctor thinks that it could eliminate

some of the pressure caused from the injury.

Later today.

No, no. There's no reason for you to go out of your way.

It... it is a minor procedure. I will be home tomorrow.

Okay, I've... I've gotta run.

Okay, talk to you soon.

Okay.

I told you it was a bad idea to call her.

Now she wants to come by the hospital.

Maura, she's concerned.

Well, there's nothing to be concerned about.

It's what mothers do.

I don't want to make a big deal out of it.

What have you got there?

Heaven in a bag.

Bernie Brody's Bodacious Bagels.

Is that the new place around the corner?

Yeah, with a line around the block.

Aw. I can't have anything before my surgery.

But that isn't until this afternoon.

I know, but I have to fast.

It's okay. Please, no. You guys go ahead.

Rizzoli. Isles.

Yeah, I got it. Okay. We'll be right there.

What about your surgery?

Well, it's not till 1,

so I figured I would work till then just like any other day.

Mm.

It's still warm.

I hate you.

Put it in your pocket.

Wh...

Do you know the hole in the middle

provides for more even cooking?

But also allow people to thread a string through it

for easy handling and transportation? No.

They even gave it to women in childbirth as gifts

in 17th century Poland.

Who knew that there was that much bagel trivia

to last a 30-minute car ride?

Oh, I'm so hungry. Hello, Sergeant.

Victim is Michelle Stevens. Husband said

she fell down the stairs in the middle of the night.

Anybody see her do it? No.

Daughter found the body. Husband called 9-1-1.

Any sign of forced entry?

Nothing broken or jimmied.

There are some scuff marks by a window in the back.

Couldn't tell how old they are.

Sergeant Korsak? We need you in the den.

There's a lot of blood.

The victim sustained severe cranial trauma

resulting in massive hemorrhaging.

That's another way to put it.

There's blood on the railing.

Yeah, and the position of the body

is consistent with a slip and fall,

and an initial wound caused by striking the railing

on the way down, but I can't say for sure.

Yeah, but the railing didn't cause the massive hemorrhaging,

or there'd be more blood on the stairs, right?

Yeah, more than likely.

At least some spatter. I'll give you that.

So... she lands hard at the bottom of the stairs,

starts bleeding,

maintains consciousness long enough

to smear blood on the walls before passing out.

That is consistent with what we see.

Interesting.

I wonder if that place makes cherry bagels.

How'd you get here? Connecticut?

No. I, uh, came the usual way.

The usual way is with Korsak.

Hey, Frankie.

Nina said you left this in the car.

Thanks, Garcia.

Nina brought you to work today?

Um...

The victim's husband and daughter

are waiting to talk to us. Okay.

We're very sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

What time did you find your mother, Clair?

Um... around 2.

That's pretty late.

I got up to go to the bathroom.

I went out and...

Was she breathing?

No.

She was just lying there.

So still.

Had you heard anything before that?

No.

What about you, Mr. Stevens?

Sorry?

Did you hear anything like a-a thump or call for help?

No. The, um, the bedrooms are on the other end of the house.

You didn't know she'd gotten out of bed?

I don't know if she ever got into bed.

Um, my wife and I were down here drinking,

and, uh, I got tired, so I decided to go upstairs.

Michelle wanted to watch TV, so I, um...

I left her.

She must've come upstairs later in the dark,

tipsy from all the red wine and slipped and, uh...

And that's when Clair found her?

I heard Clair scream.

Can I lie down?

Is it okay? The, um, the EMTs gave her sedatives.

That's fine, but we need to collect your clothes.

Yes, and also we need your permission

to search the property.

Why?

Just to rule out foul play.

Yeah, of... of course.

Whatever you need.

Thank you.

It's gonna be okay, sweetheart.

How you doing?

Well... Careful.

Dietary restrictions has her a little bit grumpy.

I am not grumpy!

I'm simply focused.

Why don't you go home, Maura?

Because it is a work day, and I have work to do.

Okay.

So what'd you find? Well, there were

high levels of alcohol in her system...

just like her husband said,

and the bruising on the back of her body...

is consistent with a fall down the stairs.

Mm-hmm. Kent: Aah!

Uh... Re... What the hell is that?

He's working with melons.

Well, you don't break out the melons

for a simple slip and fall, do we, Kent?

No, Jane, we don't.

Now observe.

This is the equivalent of falling down a flight of stairs.

Certainly painful, but not fatal. Mm.

Now this is the amount of force that'd be required

to sustain the victim's injuries.

Like a fruit homicide.

Fruiticide.

Due to the severe cranial damage,

I can't say exactly what struck her.

But I do know that she didn't do it to herself.

Any questions, Detective?

Just one.

What did these melons ever do to you?

What'd you find out about our family?

Oh, they're pretty impressive on paper.

So are the Kardashians.

Well, Michelle's an Ivy League-educated lawyer

with a thriving practice.

Maybe she made an enemy in court?

She doesn't go to court.

Her specialty is contract law. It's pretty tame stuff.

What about Robert? Stanford alum.

He's got a successful antiquities business

dealing in Greek artifacts.

And he's active in charity work,

volunteers at his daughter's school.

He coached her field hockey team.

What about the daughter?

She's an honor student and an athlete.

I mean, they don't have any financial problems.

There's no history of domestic violence,

no criminal records.

These don't seem like the type of people who kill each other.

Well, there were scuff marks around the window.

Maybe someone else got in the house.

Mm. Clair has a boyfriend.

She texted him several times last night

about a fight with her mother.

Then there was a series of phone calls between them.

That's something Clair never mentioned

in her moment of grief.

Well, if you want, I could give your doctor a breathalyzer.

That won't be necessary.

Good, 'cause I don't think it's legal.

But I would do it if it would make you feel better.

There's nothing to worry about.

You know, the operation lasts a couple of hours.

They make a small incision in the back of the neck.

They push the skin and the muscle aside

and remove a piece of the skull to relieve the pressure.

That doesn't sound so simple.

I promise you, I will be up and walking around

by this evening.

Hello, everyone.

Angela: Hello. Jane: Hi, Hope.

Angela: Come on in.