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Solve Presents the Missing Babysitter

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Part three

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listeners. Richie wants

0:14

me to keep investigating, so he

0:16

must be innocent, right, he

0:19

wants me to clear his name. Right.

0:24

I feel like I'm just talking into space. When

0:27

radio was invented, it connected people

0:29

all across the world. But I'm

0:32

here alone in my closet, very

0:35

alone. I

0:37

missed hearing Richie snores through the wall last

0:39

night. Sometimes it

0:41

keeps me up, but not hearing

0:43

them was worse. I

0:46

wonder if that's how care his parents feel. Is

0:49

their house as quiet as mine right now? Didn't

0:52

Care's mom call out of work like my mom did?

0:56

Is her dad pacing the living room like I'm

0:58

walking back and forth in this closet? It. I

1:03

started reading Kara's diary from the beginning. It

1:06

starts on the date Mr Bernard gave me April.

1:12

She was my age. My

1:15

mom was right, she was into some

1:17

stuff. In

1:19

fact, it was our favorite condescending

1:22

detective that caught her. Well,

1:35

well, well, miss Winger, you've

1:38

been up to some mischief. I'm sorry.

1:41

You were carrying cocaine, marijuana

1:43

and acid? Was that

1:45

all for you? I was going to

1:47

a party. Oh

1:50

so you were just going to give out hundreds of dollars of drugs

1:52

to be nice. I don't know.

1:56

I want my mom. Your mom is on the other

1:58

side of that glass. She's about ready

2:00

to call a lawyer for you. But I

2:02

wanted to make you an offer first. Para.

2:06

You're just a kid. You might

2:08

be selling some of this stuff, but you

2:11

aren't where it's coming from. Tell

2:13

us who's giving it to you, testify

2:15

against them. Give us the

2:17

big fish, and you little

2:20

fishy get to go back home and

2:22

straighten up, become a model citizen,

2:24

and make something of your life.

2:28

We'll keep your name out of it. I'm

2:30

guessing you aren't the only ones selling for him. I

2:32

can't tell you everyone I don't even know. That's

2:35

fine again, we

2:37

don't want the little fish. I mean,

2:39

sure, some might get caught in the net

2:41

along with a big guy, but there are too many of

2:43

you. No one will be able to figure out

2:45

where the information came from. Can

2:48

I think about it? No, this

2:50

is a limited time offer. You say yes

2:52

now, and we talked for a little while and you leave.

2:55

You say no, I go get an ink patch

2:57

so we can take your fingerprits and get you booked. I

3:00

don't know. Is this guy

3:03

worth throwing away? Your whole life? Is

3:06

fear worth it? Okay,

3:11

I'll tell you good choice.

3:13

Kid. Don't call

3:16

me kid? Okay,

3:20

Kara, Now give

3:24

me a name. Mr Howard.

3:27

He lives in my neighborhood. Is that how you know

3:29

him? His son introduced us

3:31

a few months ago. At first

3:33

I was just using and

3:36

Mr Howard said I owed him money for what I used

3:38

and I had to sell. He

3:40

said they'd hurt my parents. They're

3:43

not going after anyone else after this. How

3:45

do you know? He says? What I do?

3:47

Care I catch the bad guys.

3:50

You're gonna be safe. I promise

3:59

it's okay to help with someone in jail. This

4:03

Mr Howard? Why

4:06

does that sound so familiar? I

4:08

don't know anyone in town with that name? Then, Sam,

4:13

what are you doing in their closet? Science?

4:17

Okay, do you want

4:20

to talk honey? Yeah?

4:22

What do you know about? Mr? Howard? I

4:25

meant, do you want to talk about what's going on with your

4:27

brother? Nope? Sam,

4:30

I need you to be an adult here. I

4:33

am barely holding this together.

4:35

I've been on the phone with lawyers all morning.

4:37

I can't get ahold of Mr Bernard.

4:40

Why are you trying to find Mr Bernard? He

4:42

has experience with kids in trouble with the

4:44

police. I thought he might have some advice

4:46

for Richie. But Richie's innocent. I

4:49

know that, and you know that. But

4:52

there are people who just want

4:54

to blame someone for a young woman's

4:56

death. So in any case,

4:58

we need to prepare here for the worst. What

5:02

if we tracked down the witness. They can't be

5:04

sure it was Richie. It was the middle of the What did

5:06

I say about this? You

5:08

have to let the police handle it. The police

5:11

arrested the wrong person. Sam, I forbid

5:13

you to poke your nose into this. I already

5:15

have a child in prison. I don't want to be driving

5:17

around town looking for you. Okay, okay,

5:21

okay, give

5:25

me a hug. I

5:27

have to go into the lawyer's office. I

5:30

promised to stay here. Please,

5:34

I promise. Don't

5:36

let anyone in listeners.

5:46

I know it looks bad. I know to

5:48

an outside perspective that my brother is sneaking

5:50

out of the Garcia's house that night and lying about

5:52

it seems really really bad. But

5:54

I know Richie, it can't be him.

5:58

When Kara was having a rebirthday, after life of

6:00

drugs. He was just playing stupid video games,

6:02

and I

6:05

forgot when Kara was having a ree birthday. A

6:11

zero four to three HiT's

6:15

Kara's pass code? I'm in wait.

6:20

Mr Donard was texting her. Weird,

6:24

He said, carre his address last week. Hey,

6:31

Lisa, I need a ride.

6:41

There are people who just wants

6:43

to blame someone for a young woman's

6:46

death. So

6:48

in any case, we need to prepare for

6:50

the worst. Should

6:52

I ask you how you're doing? Since Richie

6:54

is like, you know, he

6:56

didn't kill Kara, I just

6:59

can't figure out why he lied about going to see her

7:01

that night. That might

7:03

be my fault. How I

7:06

sent him an email from a maide up account telling

7:08

Richie she was cheating on him. You want

7:10

to confront her? What did

7:13

you leave the note on his windshield too? She

7:15

thought that was Elena. I thought she spilled about

7:18

my real address, and I was mad, and

7:20

I thought she was screwing a guidance counselor, which was

7:22

gross. She wasn't, and she didn't

7:24

tell anyone about your address. She

7:27

didn't, So I,

7:29

yes, screwed with your best friend's relationship

7:32

for no reason. I have

7:35

to apologize to Richie. You can apologize

7:37

by helping me clear his name, which is what

7:39

we're about to do. You're playing

7:41

detective again. Now you

7:44

have arrived at your destination. I'm

7:48

just going to see my guidness counselor. This

7:51

sussets Mr

8:00

Bernard Seth whatever. Why

8:02

are you giving students your home address? Sam?

8:05

Get back in the car. I am certain I did

8:07

not give you my address, Samantha. It's

8:09

Sam. You gave it to Kara. I give

8:11

it to all my students in the program.

8:13

Sometimes kids don't feel safe after what they've

8:15

been through and they need to talk to someone they

8:18

know where to go. But you've been working

8:20

with Care for years and you just gave her

8:22

your address a few days before she disappeared.

8:24

What changed? Is everything okay out here?

8:27

Harrison? Hey Lisa? Are

8:30

you Harrison as an Elena's boyfriend? You're

8:33

old two? What

8:35

are you doing here? I was invited?

8:38

What are you doing here exposing a murderer?

8:40

Does your mother know where you are, Samantha?

8:42

I was just on the phone with her. Why did you give

8:44

care of your address? I just moved.

8:47

I sent her my new one. Look, I'm

8:49

still unpacking. Harrison is

8:51

here to help I just wanted to return

8:54

the favor for all the advice says given me. That's

8:56

so nice. Enjoy unpacking, Sam

8:59

and I are going to go now, but I'm

9:01

not done. We are going.

9:04

Hey, Sam, sorry to hear about your

9:06

brother. How do you know about him?

9:08

Elena told me she thought he

9:10

was a really good guy. He is?

9:21

Are you crazy? What do you think Harrison

9:23

meant when he said he was sorry about Ritchie, Probably

9:26

that he was sorry about Richie. It's not a coat.

9:28

Harrison went to juvie for selling drugs.

9:31

Okay, that's yet another reason to stop

9:33

snooping around him and Seth. Do you think

9:35

he was one of Mr Howard Steelers one

9:37

of the ones that went down with Care testified against him?

9:39

Who is Mr Howard? What are you talking

9:42

about? Before you moved here, before

9:44

you met Kara? She used to deal drugs

9:47

or Mr Howard? Detective

9:49

Fry offered her a deal to testify against him and

9:51

she got to go free. You guys

9:53

were best friends. Didn't you tell

9:55

each other everything? Kara didn't

9:57

really talk about her past. If

10:00

Harrison is out of prison, maybe Mr

10:02

Howard is too. Maybe he came

10:04

back to find Care and take events. What

10:07

are you doing. I have to get to

10:09

the Garcia's two baby said, I'm dropping

10:11

you off here at the police station.

10:14

This is where your mom asked me to bring you. You

10:16

told my mom on me seriously.

10:26

If it isn't Nancy Drew, I

10:28

know, can't you come up with in your reference?

10:31

Your mom is with your brother and his lawyer. You

10:33

can have a seat. I

10:35

think Mr Howard is back. Your mom will be out in

10:37

a minute. Come on, it's a lead. Don't

10:39

you want to check if the Guidecare testified against

10:41

this out of prison? Okay?

10:44

First off, I don't want to know how

10:46

you know about that case. But whatever you did

10:48

to find out forget it. Fine. I will

10:50

if you check it out, great because

10:52

I already did. It was the first thing

10:54

I looked into. He died in prison

10:57

last year, So unless you're

10:59

a big believer and ghosts, he's

11:01

not our guy. There

11:04

has to be someone else. Okay.

11:06

I know it's hard to think that someone you love could

11:08

do something so terrible, but

11:11

my job is to look at things objectively,

11:13

and objectively, I don't think Howard

11:16

Lawson could have committed murder from the grave.

11:19

Howard Lawson Charri

11:21

called him Mr Howard in her diary, as

11:24

she always called the Delts by Mr. Or Miss and

11:26

their first name Samantha

11:28

Anne Duel. Is

11:30

she bothering you, Detective Fry, not at

11:32

all. You've got a bright kid.

11:36

If you'll excuse me, you are grounded

11:38

for eternity. Pretty sure it can only be into

11:40

lemmy. You underestimate me, young

11:42

lady. Can I talk to Ritchie? No visiting

11:45

hours are over, We're going home. I have to

11:47

ask it. Am I have spent the

11:49

day in the police station, sitting across from

11:51

my son and handcuffs. If you have no

11:53

regard for the police, this investigation

11:56

or me, think about your brother. You

11:58

aren't doing him any favors by singing everyone

12:00

off, and you aren't doing yourself any favors either.

12:11

Where are the two places? But all of your most

12:13

private things? The phone? In a diary?

12:16

Right? I mean? I have karrasphone, I

12:18

have her diary. Why can't I crack this?

12:21

What am I missing? I

12:25

found an entry in the diary about me. I

12:27

didn't know if I should read it. But Kara

12:31

starts by saying, I

12:33

don't have a little sister, but if

12:35

I did, I would want her to be like

12:37

Sam

12:40

if I had a big sister, I would have wanted

12:42

it to be Kara.

12:45

But I do have a big brother, and

12:47

I'm not going to lose him to Okay, no matter

12:49

what my mom or Fry say, I have to keep

12:51

going. Fry

12:54

said that care of referred to adults the same

12:56

way that the Garcia kids do. I

12:59

wonder if they learned from her. Sam.

13:10

Are you crashing all of my babysitting gigs now?

13:12

Sorry, Lisa, It's just things

13:14

aren't looking good for Richie and I don't know who else

13:17

to talk to. Yeah, I understand.

13:20

Well, the kids will be down for the night soon. I'm

13:23

just gonna go run them at bath. Do

13:25

you mind watching them for a minute? Sure, no

13:27

problem.

13:29

Hey Mara, Hey Reina, Hi,

13:32

Miss Sam do you want to play gymnastics with

13:34

us? Actually I

13:36

want to play detective. I'll

13:38

be a robber. No, you'll

13:41

both be witnesses. I'm just gonna

13:43

ask you some questions. First

13:46

question, the last time

13:48

Miss Kara was babysitting you, what

13:50

did you guys get up to? We

13:54

we ordered pizza and watch

13:57

the movie. And did did

14:00

you see anybody talking to Ms Kara? Um?

14:04

Mr Ritchie Richie? Right?

14:08

Oh? And Mr Howard. Mr

14:11

Howard, that's that's

14:13

impossible. All right, My little

14:15

gymnasts up to the bath, go

14:19

Lisa. The kids say they saw Mr

14:21

Howard talking Kara. But Howard

14:24

Lawson, the guy care helps send it prison

14:26

is dead. They're a little kids. Sound

14:28

they make stuff up, or they get confused,

14:31

or maybe they didn't. Wait. I

14:33

thought you wanted to talk. Oh we did. Thanks,

14:43

here we go, listeners. I can crack this. Kara

14:46

met with Elena, then went to babysit. They ordered

14:48

pizza, watched a movie. Richie

14:50

came over, left the ten PM.

14:52

That's when Mr Howard must have come. Oh

14:57

my god, I've been looking

14:59

at this whole wrong. I

15:02

know who killed Kara

15:23

Elena. You can't keep getting

15:25

in my face like this, Sam, this is harassment.

15:28

Funny that you should mention harassment. Do

15:30

you think Kara ever felt unsafe in this town? I

15:33

don't know. We didn't exactly talk about our

15:35

feelings. Maybe it's because someone was

15:37

in town, someone from her past. I

15:39

don't like riddles Harrison. What

15:41

about him? He knew care from her day's

15:44

dealing. He was the one that got her into it. I

15:47

served my time for that kid. What

15:49

are you doing coming over here bringing that up. But

15:51

your dealing days aren't over, are they. That's

15:54

how you're able to get a Lena her riddling. I

15:56

guess delivering pizzas doesn't pay enough. That's

15:58

Elena's medicine. Who cares

16:00

where I got it from. You work a lot of late

16:03

nights, a lot of overtime. What

16:05

are you getting at? You were the one that saw

16:07

Richie. You're the witness. You're

16:11

right. I'm sorry. I

16:14

saw him leaving the garcia as while I was delivering

16:16

pizzas. I had to tell someone except

16:18

Richie left at ten pm and the pizza

16:20

place closes at eight p m. You

16:23

must have every times wrong. I don't. I'm

16:26

very detail oriented. If you were,

16:28

you might not be in this mess. What messes?

16:30

That? Murder? Howard

16:33

Harrison? What is she talking about?

16:36

That's your first name, right? You're

16:38

Howard Harrison Lawson Jr.

16:40

The son of Howard Lawson, the

16:43

man that Care testified against four years

16:45

ago. There wasn't Mr Howard there

16:47

that night. It's not the one I thought.

16:50

This is insane because that Mr Howard is

16:52

dead. Leave my

16:54

dad out of it. That's why you did

16:56

it right. Your dad died because of Kara,

16:59

so you decided to kill her. I said to

17:01

leave him out of it. Hers get

17:03

off her, Hey,

17:07

step away and put your hands up, Detective

17:09

Fry, I would, Lawson Jr. You're

17:11

gonna have to come with me. What is this,

17:13

Detective Fry? How did you explain at the

17:16

station? What's

17:19

going on? Where are you taking him?

17:29

All? Right? Anything else? Detective Duel,

17:33

I want you to let my brother go. One of

17:35

my offers as is already on it. And your

17:37

mother is waiting outside to take you both home. Does

17:40

she look mad? She doesn't

17:42

look happy. You

17:44

know you're gonna want to thank your brother for saving your neck. By

17:46

the way, while he was in lock up, he listened

17:49

to your little radio show the entire time. When

17:51

you went off to try to catch a murderer on your

17:53

own, he tattled on you. At

17:56

least they had one listener, and

17:59

you could have gotten yourself seriously hurt or

18:01

even killed. But

18:03

I am grateful to you. I

18:07

promised Carol that she would be safe, and

18:10

I didn't fulfill that promise. But

18:13

no more police work until you're old enough

18:15

to join the academy. Understood,

18:19

understood? I think from now

18:21

on I just want to get back to my science projects.

18:23

Anyway,

18:32

I thought Maple, New Jersey was boring, then

18:35

it is, but it

18:37

also has brave people at Kara. Every

18:41

day of her life she walked outside knowing

18:43

that she had done something dangerous and brave,

18:46

and that she had made enemies. But

18:49

she worked hard to create a life for herself. And

18:52

that's what I'm going to do. I won

18:54

the Science Fair with this radio. I'm

18:56

going to the Smithsonian and then

18:59

I'm going to go to one of the summer camps Mr Bernard told

19:01

me about after

19:03

I apologized for accusing him of murder.

19:06

There's even one program in crime scene forensics

19:10

if mom will let me go and hear anything resembling

19:12

detective work. But for

19:15

now, this case

19:17

is solved, and

19:19

I'm going to do something I never

19:22

thought i'd do, play

19:27

some stupid video games with my big brother.

19:31

This is sam Duel signing off.

19:35

Mm hmm. Samantha

19:45

Duel was played by Gesel Torres. Care

19:48

Winger by Valerie Rose Loman, Richie

19:51

Duel by Eric Shewitt, Lisa Hayes

19:53

by Jaden Jeron, Detective

19:56

Fry by Philip Anthony Rodriguez,

19:59

Atlantic Ker by Audrey Boss,

20:02

Mr Bernard by Michael John Pollock,

20:04

Sylvie Duel by Aaron Young, Harrison

20:08

by Adam Weber. This episode

20:10

of Solve was written by Alex Rubin, directed

20:13

by Corey Serge Executive

20:15

produced by Corey Serge Executive

20:18

produced by Walt Palmer and Sterling Barnett.

20:21

Casting by Daisy Laura. Audio

20:24

production and post production by Salt

20:26

Audio production manager

20:28

Liz Lamay. Recording engineers

20:30

Hope Brush and John Schmidt. Original

20:33

music and score by Nathan Turchon,

20:36

Edited and mixed by Zach Jurich.

20:39

Assistant editor shy han Zu.

20:42

Sound designed by Eric Rachelson. Script

20:45

supervisor Marilyn Miller.