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4. Delicate

Nichols and Stevens investigate the death of a ballerina at a prestigious New York conservatory; a place where a love of art and beauty collides with the harsh reality of murder.

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Nichols and Stevens investigate the murder of leading ballerina Alona Landau ( Lindsey Sinclair ) at The Schuman school of the arts. Suspects initially include her jealous boyfriend Cole Mulgrave (Samuel Smith) and the ballet department head and her lover Ethan Johns ( Lorenzo Pisoni ) but they both have alibis. The detectives then focus on rival students at the school, Paulette Bartol ( Vivien Cardone ) and Jessalyn Kerr ( Melissa Benoist ) who are close friends. Nichols and Stevens manage to prove that Bartol killed Landau so that she could cement her close relationship with Kerr.

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