Wild Cards

Previously on wild cards.

- Hey, what's the situation? - Hi.

- Name? - Max mitchell.

Used to work with them but for some reason,

Got transferred to sea patrol. - It's called maritime unit.

- You're gonna stay on the case. - Thank you, ma'am.

- Both of you. - What?

Ma'am, you can't be serious,

She's a thief and a con artist.

Meet my dad, george graham.

- Who's that? - That's my butler.

What? You think that's funny?

I don't see you helping.

maritime unit,

It's not a sea lion, it's a fender.

You sure?

- You wanna come down here and pet it, be my guest.

Bonjour.

Ahoy, partner.

Whose boat is that?

- The director of the milan dance company.

Why are still here? Chief li called us in.

What?

Damn it. Okay, I'll meet you down there.

- Absolutely not. This is our first official shift together.

Okay? We need to project a united front.

You think hall and oates walk on stage separately?

No.

I'll meet you back on the shore.

Fine.

Look, buying them donuts isn't going to make 'em

Like you, alright? What are you wearing?

- I googled what a detective would wear

For her first day of work.

And after three pages of sexy Halloween costumes,

I got this. - You're not a detective.

You're a criminal consultant.

- If I was a surgical consultant,

Would you call me a doctor?

This isn't a joke, okay?

This is my life we're talking about.

- Of course. - I need to get off that boat

And back to being a full-time detective,

And you need to stay out of prison.

Best way we do that is to keep our heads down

And do as we're told. Think you can handle that?

- Absolutely. - Great.

Good day!

It's an honour to be working alongside

The brave officers of the metro pd.

I hope I do you all proud.

And I bring donuts.

donuts? I love donuts.

Suck up.

- Catch more flies with honey, honey.

Simmons, you're a maple glaze all the way.

- I feel so seen. - Cruller. Sweet, but twisted.

Need I say more? - So, li wasn't kidding.

Criminals are doing our jobs now.

- It's only a two-month trial. Stand down.

What are you doing? - Saving the best for last.

You. Apple fritter.

It's a maverick because it's not really a donut.

Has a bit of health because the apples.

It's a work hard, play hard treat of the pastry world.

- Since the commissioner has consecrated

This unholy union between the two of you,

I have to give you something to do.

- Ooh! Let me guess, the daughter of a columbian

Diplomat was kidnapped and we have 24 hours to get her back.

Or an armed robbery by a ruthless crew

Out for one last score. - If you don't cut her off,

She'll just keep going. - It's a case you two

Are perfectly suited for.

- Hi, I'm here today to talk to you about porch pirate...

sorry about that.

Thieves who steal packages left outside doors or in hallways.

Um... What... What can we do?

Um, retrieve packages as quickly as possible.

Are you just leaving your packages out,

Waiting to be stolen? That's probably a big part

Of why they're getting stolen. - Alright!

Let's give it up for detective ellis.

Okay, you want to catch a thief, you offer a reward.

Anything over 1,000 dollars will get 'er done.

Questions?

- There's a ghost in my neighbour's condo.

- That's more of a statement, but I'm super into it.

- Absolutely not. - He moved in a few months ago,

Some kind of big-time sports agent.

He's in the middle of a bitter divorce

And bought a fancy new sports car last month.

- Bonny, you have all the tea. - Not much else to do

When you're retired. - Come on,

You're still a little spitfire. - Okay, about the ghost?

Listen for yourself.

- When was the last time you saw your neighbour, bonnie?

A few days ago. Maybe.

- Alright bonnie, look. I'll call down to the concierge,

We'll do a wellness check. - No need.

Finger, we're in.

- Max, cops can't just... - I'm not a cop.

Okay, wait. Ma'am, stay here.

Police. Anybody home?

Max, stay behind me.

Alright, I'm done with the bedroom walkthrough.

Windows are locked, but check for latents anyway, okay?

Hey, I'm trying to get a line on the ex-wife right now.

okay.

- It's the chief. - Hey, I'm guessing you heard.

- I send you for community outreach

And you turn it into a homicide? - Well, we didn't kill him.

- I'm sending in simmons and yates.

- No, I'm already here, just let me see it through.

Let us see it through.

- This was never the plan. - Look...

We were the first ones on the scene.

Okay? I had to secure it and start collecting evidence.

We mess with chain of custody on a homicide,

The defense is gonna toss everything out, you know that.

- You do things by the book, ellis. No big swings

Trying to prove something. - Yes, sir.

Okay, what do we got?

- Victim died of multiple stab wounds,

I put the time of death in the last 12 hours.

Somewhere between 10 pm and midnight.

- There's a knife missing from the knife block in the kitchen.

- Could be the murder weapon, he's also got a black eye,

Sustained hours pre-mortem.

- So someone punched him in the face,

And then hours later, stabbed him to death?

Rough night. - Victim's name is jake boshep,

40. - Look at this.

- Why is she touching things? - Don't touch that.

- Someone smashed his sports agent of the year award.

Maybe his competition got jealous.

- We only know what the scene tells us.

No forced entry, nothing was stolen.

Injuries suggest this was personal.

- So, you think the vacuum did it?

Very funny.

There's not much personal stuff in here.

Maybe his car will tell a different story.

- Bet insurance doesn't cover that.

- Hey, hey, what are you guys doing?

- I'm detective ellis. Is this jake boshep's car?

- Yeah, I heard what happened. It's terrible.

- We're gonna need to take a look at the footage

From your security cameras. - There isn't any.

System reboots the first of every month.

Happened just last night, wiped it clean.

- That's convenient. - Happens automatically

To free up space on the server. - Alright, well, I'm still gonna

Need to take a look at your hard drives, then.

- Sure. - Where were you last night?

I worked day shift, so after work,

I watched the game at a bar with my friends,

- Stayed there until closing. - Yeah?

What was the final score? - 114 to 95.

- Watch out. You don't wanna mess with those shoes.

- Parking receipts and dry-cleaned shirts

Still in the plastic and some cash

In the front console. - So not a robbery.

This was personal. I wonder who hated jake enough

To smash up his car, give him a shiner

And stab him to death.

- Did you ever see anybody with jake?

No. Guy, all he did was work.

He was barely ever here.

- Well, jake's whole life was his work.

We should probably start there.

Alright, there's a way we do things around here, okay?

So just pay attention and follow my lead. You got it?

- You got it. - Hi, I'm detective ellis.

Hi, I'm trisha.

You're jake's assistant, right? You poor thing.

They sent me to help out. Tissue?

- Thank you. - Do you need a hug?

Help? Wanna vent?

I don't...

- You don't need to choose. Okay? I'm an emotional buffet.

- Okay! - Come here.

Wha...

Thank you. Gentlemen?

I'm detective ellis.

I'm here to speak with bill flaire.

- That's me. Pleasure to meet you, detective.

I'm dr. Melvin tadlock.

I just came to give my condolences.

- Did you know mr. Boshep? - Only indirectly.

Some of his clients were my patients.

- I see. - I'll leave you two alone.

- We'll be in touch. - Sure.

- I've got a few questions for you, mr. Flaire.

- Yeah, I got a meeting in about 15 minutes.

- I'll be brief. - It's her title fight

Tomorrow night. We are about to make her the biggest

Name in sports.

- What can you tell me about jake?

- This whole thing is unbelievable.