Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Officer Gray lectures Riki, Sana, and Oliver for not reporting Vera’s break-in, but Sana notes that it was the police who ruled Marshall’s death an accident. Like Riki and Oliver, she realizes she isn’t the only one who doesn’t want to talk to the police and wonders what the other suspects are hiding. When Officer Gray leaves, Sana receives a text from Vera saying she knows the truth about Sana and Marshall. Sana meets Vera at a wharf, and Vera asks why Marshall had images of Sana’s paintings on his laptop. She admits that the paintings are not great but still good. Sana notes the “Asian mother” compliment and confesses her history with Marshall.

Sana’s mother, Priya Singh, was disowned when she turned to writing instead of engineering. Now, Priya is a famous writer, and her parents are proud of her. She supports Sana’s own art, but Sana finds this support to be an extension of Priya. Priya brags and pressures her to be the best, leaving Sana feeling hopeless and inadequate. An NFT collector, Marshall praised her paintings and talked her into signing away all rights to her own art. Then, he ghosted her. Priya told Sana it was a learning experience and advised her to “get over” it.