Saint-Pierre

Back off!

You arrested him at our kid's school.

Fitz: I'm telling you, he's not mr. Squeaky clean.

Arch: Fitz!

No one on the island stocks seven-year-aged mezcal.

All right, let's get some glasses for everyone?

Interviewer: Alphonse nova,

You're a beacon in the financial world.

Your philanthropy reaches all across the globe.

But what are you most proud of?

My company, of course.

I built it with my own blood, sweat,

And many other people's tears.

Interviewer: Interesting response.

Alphonse: Let me guess.

Most people say family.

Interviewer: Well, yes.

Alphonse: Family is not an achievement.

Anybody can take vows, procreate.

If family is to be my answer, then maybe mine could really

Make something of themselves instead of always falling back

On the nova name.

And you, you're new, mr. Sleeve tattoo.

Yeah.

Fitz: (on phone) I called you like 30 times.

Did you not get my text?

Oh, you mean the string of random numbers?

Yeah, I just thought you were asleep texting.

Fitz: (on phone) 10-42, it's code for homicide.

What do you call it here?

We say...

...I'm on my way.

What I'm saying is you would have walked right

Into a moving car if I hadn't rescued you.

What were you even doing up at that hour anyways?

Something disturbing your sleep?

You don't know me well enough to know what disturbs me.

Seeing marcus with a bottle of gallagher's fancy mezcal,

I mean, it couldn't have gone down lightly.

Serge: Are you kidding me?

You need to tell me who did this!

(indistinct announcement in background)

Serge corbin.

The new curator.

He got the job about six weeks ago.

Power was cut to the building.

Apparently, when the generator kicked in,

-The thing was triggered. -Okay.

Get his statement

And find a way to get this turned off, please.

Voice on reel: His was the first and last beheading

In saint-pierre.

(indistinct announcement in background)

He look familiar to you?

Investment billionaire, alphonse nova.

Oh, safe to say that his investment portfolio

Is about to lose some value.

Judging by blood coagulation,

I'd say it's been 10 hours or so.

You seeing any signs of a struggle?

Fitz: No, but who sticks their head in a guillotine willingly?

He was threatened?

Forced? Drunk?

Fitz: Maybe.

What's with the tux?

I mean, I get grief for just wearing a suit.

No digits, no electronic swipe.

Is that actual gold?

A weird rich person status thing?

-Arch. -Mm-hmm?

Look, the safety latch is broken.

Hmm.

Tempered with, maybe.

Huh?

With this?

His head was already in the guillotine.

Just waiting for the blade.

To drop.

I'm told you used to be the head of antiquities

At the met.

It's quite a prestigious job.

Why'd you leave?

I wanted a change of pace.

Alphonse, uh...

Mr. Nova is a met patron and was kind enough

To set me up at my position here.

Why would he do that?

Excuse me?

I mean, did alphonse expect anything in return

For setting you up?

What could I offer alphonse that he would want?

He is a--

He was a friend.

Don't you like to help your friends?

When was the last time that you saw alphonse nova?

Uh, a week ago.

I stopped by after they filmed that tv special.

Where were you last night?

I was with friends discussing baroque art.

I can provide names.

The novas spend every summer here.

Why?

No, I mean, what's the connection?

It really is quite lovely here.

It is. I-- I like it a lot.

Marcus: Alphonse has an office here for tax reasons.

One of his major hedge funds is based in France.

-Saint-pierre is his workaround. -Hmm.

Arch: Wife, renata.

Two children, seraphina and lucius.

Young lucius was a bit of a drinker.

He's had his run-ins with the spmp over the years,

But apparently he's sober now.

Renuf: And seraphina's a bleeding heart type.

She runs nova matters.

The family's charitable organization.

Totally under alphonse's thumb.

Right, but everyone's got a dysfunctional family.

Arch: Yeah, but we don't go all henry viii on them.

Renuf: The back door was breached

And we think that was the point of entry.

-What about the security system? -It's old.

It's hardwired to the main circuit board.

So, it fried when the power was cut.

Okay. The power was cut at 9:03 p.M.

Body was discovered at 8:00 a.M.

The time in between, that's our window of opportunity.

I need ideas on what events would warrant

Alphonse wearing a tuxedo.

I'd love to know more about this gold card.

Voice on video: You can find your own--

Sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Volume was up.

We've all seen this interview, patty.

The entire world has.

Patty: I called the producer to see if there was anything else

From the interview we could use.

And she sent me this.

One of the crew members took some behind-the-scenes footage.

Not in the way I did, all right?

Good luck, lucius.

You selfish dick, I'll kill you!

Patty: Lucius started his own investment firm.

The morning of this interview, alphonse pulled his backing.

You just watched lucius the moment

He found out he was bankrupt.

Hmm.

Marcus: In that case, fitz and arch talk to the family.

And renuf, why don't you see if you can get some info

From the staff who work there.

My daughter, she wants to go to some concert in montreal.

No adults.

And you said no?

She's 16.

Well, I got up to a lot worse at 16.

Loosen up, maybe?

I am jasper washington,

The nova family's personal counsel.

This-- this building doesn't-- I don't know...

Doesn't feel very saint-pierre to me.

Locals hate it.

Oh, I know.

I've fielded more than a few complaints,

But alphonse wanted what he wanted,

When he wanted it.

It was his way.

Renata:

What were you thinking hosting meetings

Behind your father's back?

You of all people should know how important

It is to have--

Jasper: Excuse me, the police are here.

Our condolences for your loss.

We'll need to speak to your son, lucius, as well.

Jasper, fetch my brother from his office to come join us.

Hey, jasper, is this you?

So, a soccer game in argentina.

I guess being the personal attorney around here

Has its perks.

Soothing my nerves.

Care to join?

French 75.

Fun.

No thanks.

Can you confirm where you were

Between 9:00 last night and 8:00 this morning?

Renata: I had dinner with the children at 8:00,

And we were in bed by 10:00.

Alphonse didn't join you?

No.

Father said he was preoccupied.

Any idea where he was or why he was wearing tails?

Arch: Alphonse was wearing a tuxedo.

He didn't like to be prodded about his comings and goings.

Alphonse was a grade-a prick.

But he was our prick, and we loved him.

And right now, life without him seems next to impossible.

Want to explain this?

Alphonse: (on video) find your own saved money,

You could start with nothing the way I did, all right?