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GONNA GET HER HEART BROKEN, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, YOU KNOW MY MOTHER.
ON THE EXTERIOR, SHE'S A TOUGH COOKIE.
BUT UNDERNEATH ALL THAT BRAVADO--
GOOEY CENTER.
HEY, LANIE. (camera shutter clicks)
SO WHO'S OUR VICTIM?
ODETTE MORTON.
'CAUSE OF DEATH IS A SINGLE G.S.W. TO THE HEART.
PROBABLY A 9 MILLIMETER. SHE DIED INSTANTLY. (camera shutter clicking)
THE BULLET WENT RIGHT THROUGH HER.
WELL, UNLESS OUR KILLER USED A SILENCER
SOMEONE MUST HAVE HEARD THE SHOT.
NOT NECESSARILY.
ACCORDING TO THE STAGE MANAGER, THIS AREA CLEARS OUT
ONCE TAPING STARTS.
PLUS THE OPENING PYROTECHNICS COULD'VE COVERED A GUNSHOT.
WELL, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT SHE WAS SHOT
JUST AS THE SHOW STARTED.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS.
YEAH, THE, UH,
MAKEUP GIRL FINISHED WITH ODETTE AT 2:45,
TAPING STARTS AT 3:00,
AND SHE WAS DISCOVERED AT 3:04.
19 MINUTES. THAT'S NOT A VERY BIG WINDOW.
ALL RIGHT, SEE IF THE CREW SAW ANYONE NEAR THIS ROOM
AROUND THAT TIME.
YOU GOT IT.
HEY, RYAN. CAN I GET A LIST
OF ALL THE GUESTS THAT WERE INVITED TO TONIGHT'S TAPING
ALONG WITH ANYONE THAT CHECKED IN AT SECURITY?
UH, ALREADY ON IT,
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY IN HERE.
THERE'S AN EXIT DOOR TO THE ALLEY DOWN THE HALL.
THE CREW GUYS LIKE TO PROP IT OPEN
SO THEY CAN GO OUT FOR A SMOKE.
SO EITHER OUR KILLER GOT LUCKY
AND FOUND AN UNLOCKED DOOR...
OR THIS WAS AN INSIDE JOB.
(Lanie) THAT GETS MY VOTE.
ODETTE WAS A LOCK TO WIN THIS THING.
I BET IT WAS ONE OF HER BACKSTABBING RIVALS
THAT DID THIS.
WHAT? I WATCH THE SHOW.
ODETTE WAS MY FAVORITE CONTESTANT.
SHE WAS AN HEIRESS RAISED BY HER RICH GRANDPA,
A PARTY GIRL HEADED DOWN THE WRONG PATH,
THEN A BRUSH WITH DEATH MADE HER WAKE UP
AND CHANGE HER BAD-GIRL WAYS.
THAT'S A GREAT STORY.
EXCEPT FOR THE ENDING.
I GOTTA SAY, DR. PARISH.
I NEVER FIGURED YOU FOR A FAN OF "A NIGHT OF DANCE."
I'M NOT EXACTLY.
IT'S JUST...
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MORE THAN ANYTHING,
I WANTED TO BE A PRIMA BALLERINA.
IF I WASN'T DANCING, I WAS THINKING ABOUT DANCING.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
THE GIRLS CAME ALONG WHEN I WAS 13.
NOT THAT MANY TOP-HEAVY BALLERINAS OUT THERE.
WELL, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE.
OF COURSE YOU DO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.
ALTHOUGH...
DOES ODETTE HAVE ANY NEXT OF KIN?
UM, PAUL MORTON, HER BROTHER.
OKAY, GREAT. BRING HIM DOWN HERE.
AND TALK TO THE REST OF THE CONTESTANTS.
I WANT TO SEE IF ANYONE IS TAKING THIS COMPETITION
JUST A LITTLE TOO SERIOUSLY.