Hudson & Rex

Thanks, St. John's!

I'm Denny Macpherson!

And this is Wayward!

Thank you!

Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!

You know, we play all over North America!

East, West, wherever!

But nothing beats a hometown crowd!

Here in the place where it all began!

Nice!

We love it.

This one's for you!

Whoo!

Nice set!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Alright, guys! Let's go back out there!

Give it a minute!

You don't want to rush your final encore. Eh, Denny?

What the hell are you talking about?

We all know what you're up to, Denny.

Okay, guys.

Relax a little bit.

Babe, can you lighten up?

Okay!

Let's go!

The officer will take your statement.

And someone will be in touch.

Thanks.

The witness was walking the beach alone

when she found the body.

According to his license,

his name's Denny Macpherson.

Really?

You don't recognize him either?

He's a local boy done good.

Your local boy was murdered.

I'm putting the time of death between 2:00 and 4:00 AM.

Think the body could have floated here?

No. I'm guessing he died right here.

Looks like the water didn't reach him until high tide.

High tide was 7:17 this morning.

Our witness called just before eight.

So he wasn't in the water for long.

I'll have his phone sent to Jesse

though I doubt the data will be salvageable.

A lonely place.

Why would he be meeting someone here

in the middle of the night?

Maybe he was just clearing his head

and got jumped.

His wallet was empty.

Musicians aren't exactly made of money these days.

Strange place for a robbery.

Yeah.

Even stranger place for a murder.

Rex, get your nose out of there.

How's it going over there, Jesse?

Well, salt water's super corrosive.

But the phone wasn't submerged for that long.

So we might get lucky.

Rice didn't work?

Rice never works. It's a total urban myth.

Oh, totally.

Charlie, I can't believe whose phone I'm holding.

This is such a tragedy.

They're all tragedies, Jesse.

Yeah, but this one especially stings.

I mean, Denny Macpherson was my age.

Okay, and he was just starting out.

And now, all those future songs are gone.

It's like his voice is silenced forever.

It just kind of freaks me out.

Yeah, sometimes our job is hard.

Did he have family?

Yeah, his brother, Robert.

He's out on his fishing boat.

The coastguard's delivering the news.

I never knew that you were a Wayward fan.

Well, I'm sort of a chillwave-cowpunk-nerdcore kind of guy.

So Charlie, listen.

I was looking into Denny's financials.

And I think there's something to your robbery theory.

You think he was carrying money?

Yeah, it's very likely.

He withdrew ten thousand dollars cash two days ago.

That would be a thick wallet.

Unless he spent it all.

Yeah, I don't think so.

He withdrew almost everything that he had.

And he took it out in brand new hundred dollar bills.

A fresh batch.

A fresh batch would give the bills a stronger odor.

Exactly what I was thinking.

So maybe we can use your partner here.

Have him help us out.

Huh. This is from the same shipment?

Mm-hmm.

I need those back.

It's police property.

Hey, buddy.

I've got a new smell for you.

We have a treasure hunt on our hands?

No no. The brown pigment from the hundred dollar bill

has a very distinct odor.

And if Rex can find the bills,

then we may be looking right at our killer.

Brings a whole new meaning

to the term, Follow the money .

No.

No?

Rex!

Alright, let's get started!

I thought that maybe we can work on some new material today.

I've got some ideas.

That's if Denny decides to crawl out of bed.

Okay, well then, I'll get you guys set up in Studio B.

The acoustics suck in that space.

Why can we never use the primo space?

Listen, if you want free rehearsal space,

you get what you pay for.

Whoa!

Hi.

Wayward.

Well. Two-thirds of them.

Vern Matheson. Their manager.

- How can I help you? - Detective Hudson.

SJPD.

Denny end up in jail again?

Not exactly.

I knew something was up last night.

Denny had this vibe.

He didn't want to hang out with us, or anything.

Which was just really not like him.

We're all like family.

Did something happen at the gig?

No.

He was on a high.

He was really excited to be back.

I mean, it was afterwards.

What happened next?

I tried to talk to him.

But he just pushed me away.

And he went off on his own.

No idea where he went?

What he was wearing?

He was wearing his leather jacket.

That's all I remember.

Where did you go?

Back to the hotel with Lee and Vern.

I just don't get how someone could hurt him like this.

You know?

We all loved Denny.

Tell me about last evening.

Just the usual.

Sound check.

Dinner at the club.

Meet and greet with some contest winners.

And then the show.

After that?

Denny left.

And then,

I had some drinks at the club.

And I went back to the hotel.

With Kara.

Yeah.

Okay, what's the deal with your dog, man?

He's on the clock.

Any idea

why Denny would have ended up at the beach last night?

Not that I know of.

He took out a large sum of money two days ago.

Any idea why?

Hey, look.

I've known Denny since I was a kid.

And I managed the band since day one.

He had his troubles, sure.

But he's straight now.

Booze? Drugs?

Booze, yeah. But no drugs.

Any band I manage is straight.

That's a deal breaker.

You forgot to mention the gambling.

Okay, that was under control, Lee.

Could have fooled me.

Babe, chill out, okay?

Denny's dead.

So Denny's home

for the first time in months.

Who does he hang out with?

Friends. He knows half the town.

He was excited to see his brother.

Bugged me to make sure Robert's name was on the list.

Of course, you know... Like I'm going to forget.

We saw them hanging out together.

Yeah, there's not much

brotherly love going on there, though.

Why would you say that?

Those two could wind each other up over nothing.

But end of the day,