Subtitle: Murderous Cocktail(殺しのカクテル)
We see Rintarō Miyoshi(三好 倫太郎), bartender for the cocktail bar Remembrance, murder its owner Tadashi Kurasawa(倉沢 正) after serving him a drink at the beginning of the episode.
On the same night, Sergeant Kaoru and Miwako fight because Miwako was late to a dinner date with him. Afterwards, Sergeant Kaoru spent the entire meal recalling all the times Miwako was late for the past three years. Upset, Miwako leaves the apartment,
Hearing a knock at the door a few minutes later, Sergeant Kaoru opens the door thinking that Miwako had come back. However, it is Miwako's aunt Akiko Mancel(アキコ マンセル) who's standing at the door. Next morning, she tells him that she'll be staying in the apartment for about three more days. He has to make her breakfast, and as a result, misses the police department's investigative meeting for Tadashi's murder.
Inspector Ukyō does attend the meeting, and he hears that Tadashi owned ten stores in town, nine of which were losing money. The only location making money was Remembrance, and there were plans to sell some of the cocktails served there as canned drinks. This plan is on hold, however, due to Kurasawa's death. From all this, Sergeant Itami removes Rintarō from the list of suspects, stating that the bartender doesn't have a reason to kill Kurasawa.
Inspector Ukyō still visits Bar Remembrance, and he immediately suspects Rintarō. The inspector manages to get his hands on Kurasawa's autopsy reports by giving CSI Yonezawa a ticket to the Suehirotei(末廣亭) starring the rakugo artists Shiraku Tachibanatei(橘亭 子楽) and Shōhei Katsuraya(桂家 小平). According to the autopsy, Kurasawa had a drink containing umeboshi and mint shortly before he was murdered.
Meanwhile, Sergeant Kaoru and Miwako help Aunt Akiko look for the bar where she met her English husband Albert. Albert had passed away last year, and her mind is filled with memories of the drink they had together at that bar every time she thinjs about him. Sergeant Kaoru and Miwako are at a loss what to do as the only restaurant/bar that fits Akiko's description isn't the location Akiko was looking for.
Inspector Ukyō joins Sergeant Kaoru and Miwako's search for the bar. He realizes that the bar Akiko is looking for must be the Bar Remembrance.
Can Inspector Ukyō catch the bartender?
Other characters appearing/mentioned in the story
Akiko Mancel(アキコ マンセル) - Miwako's aunt who married an Englishman thirty years ago, She visits Japan an year after her husband Albert had passed away. She was looking for a restaurant/bar where she first met Albert. There, they shared a special cocktail made by the bartender there that she just cannot forget. She is hoping that she can visit that bar and drink that memorable cocktail again.
Albert Mancel(アルﾊﾞｰﾄ マンセル) - Akiko's English husband who passed away last year. They met thirty years ago at Bar Remembrance.
Tadashi Kurasawa(倉沢 正) - The fifty year old manager in charge of the Kurasawa Chain(倉沢 ﾁｪｲﾝ), which owns ten restaurants in the city. He is murdered by Rintarō at the start of the episode.
