EPISODE

10. Salome in Manhattan

A celebrity chef's star is on the rise as he plans the opening of a trendy restaurant with powerful partners. Yet his world is upended when his tabloid-friendly, gorgeous girlfriend and business partner is killed under mysterious circumstances. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the seductive world of power and privilege and discover desperation and murder.

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Celebrity heiress Lisa Wellesley ( Alexandra Daddario ) is murdered in her upscale apartment and Nichols and Wheeler are called in to investigate. Her father ( Tyrone Mitchell Henderson ) and mother ( Haviland Morris ) seem to know little about her life. Meanwhile, her celebrity chef fiancé, Max Goodwin ( Eric Balfour ), his business partner, Larry Clay ( Shawn Hatosy ), former rapper and clothes designer partner, Reginald X. Oldman (RXO) ( Anthony 'Treach' Criss ), and troublesome young man, Jason ( Liam Aiken ), all become potential suspects. With information from barmaid Jackie ( Nikki M. James ) and further investigation, the detectives realize Max's partner and college buddy, Larry, saw Lisa as an impediment to his friendship with Max and murdered her in a fit of rage.

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