Blake, reeling from job loss, financial stress, Krista’s departure, and escalating tension with tenant Whitney, drinks several beers to numb himself. While moving through the living room, he trips on a rug edge and realizes the rug has been shifted from its usual position sometime in recent weeks.

Deciding to reposition it, Blake pulls the rug aside and discovers a half-foot-wide stain on the hardwood where the rug used to lie. Initially thinking it might be a brown spill, he gathers cleaning supplies and wipes it, revealing the stain is dark red. The color and metallic smell make it resemble blood more than wine.

Before he can process the discovery, the doorbell rings. Hoping it might be Krista, Blake instead finds Detective Garrison from the NYPD at the door. Blake hurriedly flips the rug back over the stain and, despite wearing only an undershirt and boxers and being buzzed, lets the detective inside.

Detective Garrison asks about Mr. Zimmerly, prompting Blake to make an awkward joke about the neighbor still being dead. Trying to appear concerned, Blake suggests he might have saved Mr. Zimmerly if he had arrived earlier after hearing the fall.

Garrison counters that the medical examiner determined Mr. Zimmerly did not die from a household fall. The injuries were inconsistent with striking a sink or tub and instead indicate blunt force trauma. The detective informs Blake that Mr. Zimmerly was murdered.