[s1e5] The Short Goodbye -

Private Investigator Elias Thorne is hired by a frantic, high-society woman to find her missing brother, a disgraced jazz pianist. However, as Elias digs deeper, he realizes the brother didn't vanish—he’s being used as leverage by the very syndicate Elias has been tracking all season.

Elias sits in his office, pouring a drink. The radio announces a fire at the docks. He pulls out a single charred page he managed to save from the ledger—the only thing left of his lead, and the start of his next move. [S1E5] The Short Goodbye

: Back at the office, Clara Vance arrives. She claims her brother, Julian, has missed his residency at the Blue Note. She offers a stack of cash that smells like gunpowder—a detail Elias notices but keeps to himself. Private Investigator Elias Thorne is hired by a

: Elias is at a rain-slicked funeral for a "John Doe" he couldn't save in Episode 3. He receives a cryptic note in his coat pocket: "Some goodbyes are shorter than others." The radio announces a fire at the docks