Mosaic

Just gonna say a few things that I know

and a few things I'd like to find out about.

Anyhow...

I got out of a meeting with forensics earlier today.

I made a copy of the report for you to read later.

Maybe it'll jog your memory or something.

The short of it?

Olivia, she got hit on the jaw

on the left side of her face

by someone who was right-handed.

I don't know if you know this,

but Eric Neill is left-handed.

Your right hand was red, bloody, and swollen.

Both when Tia picked you up at midnight...

11:57 to be exact...

and then in the morning when Frank got you in town.

And also Facebook.

You deleted photos of you showing you wearing a T-shirt

that was found buried with the body.

You asked Tia...

my son's in her class, by the way...

to lie about what happened that night.

And you asked Frank to do the same thing.

Twice.

Back then and now.

And finally...

we had a guy following you today, man.

As soon as you found out the information

on what was found with the body,

you left the hotel.

You went to Marcellus County.

That's where the gardener, Horacio, lives.

He's the guy you sold the truck to in a hurry when...

after the murder.

After Horacio,

you went to a gas station on the I-80.

We've got some guys going to the gas station now.

They've been instructed to search the dumpsters.

You wanna tell me what they're gonna find or...

should I wait for them to tell me?

Joel!

What happens now?

Now I go back to the office and I write up a warrant.

I bring it to the prosecutor first thing,

and when he signs it, and I do believe he will sign it...

then I go and I talk to Judge Warren in chambers

and I tell her everything I just told you.

And then she approves it,

and then I come back to this hotel room...

and you and Laura are gonna have to decide how to play this.

A double Don Julio plotted, neat, lime, no salt.

Um, hello? Yeah.

Uh, excuse me.

Hi, everyone. I'm Michael O'Connor.

Hello, everyone. How's it going?

Okay, so this is the part of the annual fundraiser

where the host gives an intro talk.

And this would be the part of the talk

where I would say something punchy or comical

to break up the tension.

So imagine that this is that.

I grew up with Olivia Lake.

Not just like you all did reading her book,

but I... I literally grew up up the hill from her.

I used to ride my Big Wheel in her parking lot,

which is right down there.

She's like a surrogate mom to me.

So, what else can I say about Olivia Lake

that she hasn't already told me to say?

Wait, shoot. "...about Olivia Lake

that she hasn't already told me to say?"

What did I write?

But what... oh, right, okay,

so, but why are we really here?

Because this is the time of year

that we all have a chance to make a real difference,

a difference in the lives of children

not just in the Summit area,

but all throughout the entire greater Salt Lake area as well.

So, Olivia Lake began her career as a graphic designer

before illustrating several children's books for other authors

when she awoke from a dream with the idea

for "Whose Woods These Are."

- Hi. - I thought maybe

I should put both of us out of your misery.

Oh, but first, I'd like to pretend

that I'm not old enough to be anybody's surrogate mom.

However, more sincerely,

I'd like to say you're kind of like the son I never knew I really wanted.

But first, just look at this beautiful, beautiful house,

and, um...

that you have offered us for this event.

I mean, come on.

And the seed money

that you gave us to start Mosaic

or we wouldn't even be here to start with.

Michael is...

You are one of the most sensitive people

I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.

And that sensitivity has...

...turned into

being one of the most acute collectors of art,

which you could all see

if you were lucky enough to have a tour of the Red Room.

Hey, why don't we auction off

tours of the Red Room today

for, like, $1,000?

Uh, yeah, yeah, okay. That sounds good.

- Okay, $1,000, anybody? - Yes!

Oh, God, thank you.

- Make it 10! - Yay! Thank you.

Because we really do need those funds

to keep Mosaic going, and...

you know, it only takes one person to change a life.

Hunky bartender... your team or mine?

I'm wondering the same thing myself.

Reconnaissance, s'il vous plaît.

Yes, Captain.

So, Red Room?

- We're there! - Really? Great.

- Thank you... - Thank you.

Very much. Really appreciate that.

Thank you.

Double Glenlivet on the rocks with a splash.

Oh, actually, I just wanted a single.

Well, I'm sorry.

I've been instructed to only pour doubles this afternoon.

Oh, who could possibly do a thing like that?

Someone who actually thinks I'm gonna write her another check.

He could. I finally got a pen that writes on rubber.

Pour me something tall and muscular.

You got it.

A lesser nuanced host might have said "stiff."

Okay, cue Bill Conti.

I think I'm being played off.

- Here you are. - Thank you.

I'm sorry, I know you probably get this a lot,

- but... - Oh, I know.

I'm a little old for a children's author.

You might be the reason I became an artist.

Then I moved to New York to get a publisher and an agent,

and then blew through half my savings in the first couple of weeks.

And... and a buddy told me about Summit.

Ah, so you thought, "There's all these rich people blowing in and out here..."

- Yeah. - "...so I'll come out, bank some cash."

- Bank it out. - "And I'm from Minnesota..."

- Oh, yeah. - "so I'll come out here and teach skiing."

A little skiing, a little hunting, some tennis.

Oh, and then you blew out your knee?

- Shoulder. - Oh.

- Rotator cuff, actually. - Oh.

In a car wreck, of all things.

Oh, I bet that tree just jumped right out in the middle of the road.

Oh, you know, I think it was a little more of an insurance scam.

You can never trust nature.

Why is that guy looking at you like he's the boss of you?

I think it's because he is the boss of me.

Oh, all right, then.

Better go do your thing.

Maybe if I see you next time,

I'll show you yours if you show me mine.

Uh...

Okay, that sounds great.

Uh, excuse me.

Sorry, um, I saw online that you guys do silk screen stuff?

Yeah, we do. We do the emulsion, do the press, whole thing.

We got a bunch of T-shirts if that's what you're looking for.

Oh, well, honestly,

I just wanted to make a shirt of this.

You drew these?

- Yeah, I did. - You drew these yourself?

Yeah.

These are just all the ones that I've done

since, uh... since I got here.

They're insane.

I mean, they're insane.

That's... okay, okay, okay, okay.

- So... - I'm sorry, we'll do it in a different place.

Let's... let's ask some questions here.

Are you Kirby or are you Moebius?

- Seriously? - I'm dead serious.

Moebius.

Yeah, that's good. Good.

- Are you '70s or are you '80s? - '70s.

- "Métal Hurlant"! - Yeah, nice!

- Oh. - Mm.

So, you're not into the whole, uh...

"Incal" stuff with Jodorowsky?

- Nah. - Nah.

- Eh. - Eh.

Well, that's appropriate. That's appropriate.

Okay, so within the "Métal Hurlant" era,

- are you "Arzach" or are you... - "Airtight Garage"?

- "Arzach." - Okay, but you got to admit

"Le Garage Hermétique," that was insane.

Yeah, I guess, but, I mean,

"Arzach" is all drawing.

Like, I love that it's the purest sequential storytelling.

No words.

Do you want another round?