Digging up dirt

Casey investigates a band that is stealing lyrics. Flaw finds out who hasn’t been letting an entire neighborhood sleep at night.

## Episode Summary

The episode starts with Casey and Lieutenant Morry arriving at a concert. The stage projectors light up the dark sky, and there is a considerable crowd jumping to the music. The lieutenant notes that he didn’t know the detective liked this kind of music, and Casey frowns, saying that they are here for a case.

The band finishes up their song, thanks the crowd for coming, and the lights turn off. The musicians walk off to the backstage, where Casey and Morry are waiting for them. The band seems surprised, and Casey explains to them that she’s here to investigate alleged lyric theft. All of the band members groan, and their lead singer, Leon Hulligan, denies all of the allegations, and says that the other bands have been stealing lyrics from /them/. Casey says that she will have to investigate regardless.

Over in the US, Flaw, along with Thomas (who has his dog Bark on a leash) and Sasha Crow, are standing on a street in a suburban neighborhood. All of the houses down the street look identical. Flaw explains what the case is: all of the residents have been complaining about insistent banging waking them up at night, and none of them know where it’s coming from. As Flaw is talking, some of the locals come by and say “Good morning” to the group in the exact same intonation. Sasha remarks that it’s creepy.

Eventually, the group agrees to split to interview the neighborhood residents. Cue a montage of the trio going around and talking to people. Sasha gets mistaken for a Girl Scout, Thomas gets mistaken for a door-to-door salesman and has to chase down Bark after he runs off after another dog, and Flaw gets roped into gossiping. He gets a tip about who might be causing the ruckus, but the suspect, upon being questioned, puts the blame on their neighbor, and the said neighbor points to their neighbor, and so on, until Flaw comes around in a circle. The interrogation is deemed fruitless, so the trio agrees to just wait until the banging starts at night.

Back to the UK, Casey is being introduced to the band members: the lead singer and lyric writer, Leon, the guitarist Kyle, the bass guitarist and the drummer. Leon swears that he never stole lyrics in his life, but somehow the other bands keep getting a hold of them and releasing their songs before the Metropolitan Apprehension. Casey asks to see the songs that have allegedly been stolen, and the band suddenly breaks into a musical number with a song about loud upstairs neighbors. Lieutenant participates in it and sings a bridge about living on the top floor. The song ends and before the band can start another one, Casey clarifies that this is not quite what she meant by “see”. The band apologizes, and Leon hands the detective a file. Casey, quickly looking through the papers, asks if anyone has access to them before their song release, and Leon tells her a long list of people that do: producers, managers, editors and so on. Kyle adds that some of them work for other bands too, so they might be selling off information. While Casey continues to read the files, lieutenant Morry asks if they can sing another song.

Meanwhile, Flaw and his companions have been hiding behind a tree, Bark being collectively pet by all three of them. They watch as the lights in the houses turn off simultaneously, and, after a couple of seconds, the banging starts and the ground starts shaking. The three startle, and Bark barks and runs off somewhere down the street. The three set off after him. Bark climbs under a fence of one of the houses, Thomas also tries to do the same, while Sasha jumps over it. Flaw simply opens the gate, which was unlocked. However, there is no Bark in sight. The banging and shaking stops. Thomas breaks into tears over losing his dog.

Some time later, as Sasha is still comforting Thomas, Flaw phones Casey. She picks up, and they exchange the details of their cases. Flaw asks his sister if she really thinks that some of the stuff did it, and Casey tells him that she checked the files, and some of the lyrics that have been stolen were just drafts, not even in production. Flaw then suggests that perhaps there is a mole in the band. Casey agrees that perhaps it is so, and Flaw suddenly comes to a realization and hangs up the phone. He then returns to Sasha and Thomas and tells them to grab some shovels.

Casey confronts Leon about her findings and asks him who he usually shows his drafts to. Leon tells her that his most trusted band member is Kyle, the guitarist. Casey shares her suspicions about a mole, but Leon refuses to listen. Casey is irritated by his stubbornness, and brings in Kyle to interrogate. Casey shows him the evidence and forces him to admit that he sells the lyrics to other bands. Kyle tries to justify himself by saying that Leon is a bad leader, and always demands too much of them. Leon is shocked, and he apologizes, saying that he doesn’t mean to push them too hard. The two than make intense eye contact and burst into a sad musical number, during which the rest of the band and lieutenant Morry show up. After the song is finished, the lieutenant applauds and wipes the tears from the corners of his eyes. Casey asks if they are finished and promptly puts handcuffs on Kyle. He starts singing another song about going to jail, but Casey interrupts and threatens him with putting a gag into his mouth.

Over in the US, Flaw and his crew are digging in the backyard of the house that Bark was lost in, while an angered elderly lady sits on the porch and yells at them not to mess up her lilies. After Thomas digs up more dirt, the ground under him gives and he falls into an underground tunnel. Sasha and Flaw jump into it soon after. Thomas asks if he can leave, but the two shake their heads.

Sasha turns on a flashlight, and the three go down deeper. The walls of the tunnel have roots coming out out of them, and there are strange footprints on the floor. The three then hear the sound of Thomas’s dog barking and pick up their pace until they enter a large underground dirt cave. Upon shining a light into it, they discover that it is full of moles. The moles have drills and are all wearing construction hats. Bark sits in the middle, tied up. The moles notice the group and start to attack. A fight ensues, during which Flaw desperately tries to throw the moles off him, Sasha shines the light into their eyes, blinding them. Thomas sneaks to untie his dog, and after Bark is free, the crew runs out of the cave, the moles chasing after them. They make it to the surface and the dirt caves in, blocking the moles from coming out to the surface. Flaw and the others sit on the ground, stunned. Flaw declares the mystery solved. The old lady shouts at them for ruining her lilies.