Harlan Coben’s Final Twist Season 2 Episode 4 photos preview “A Recipe for Murder,” airing tonight, Monday, October 26, from 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS . Hosted by bestselling author Harlan Coben , the true-crime series examines the killing of Portland chef Dan Brophy.
In the summer of 2018, Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute to prepare for another day of teaching. Instead, he is found shot dead in the kitchen, leaving detectives to reconstruct his final morning and search for the person responsible.
What Is “A Recipe for Murder” About? The investigation begins in a place shaped by Brophy’s working life. His years as a teacher and colleague leave detectives with a broad circle of people to consider as they explore whether anyone from his past could have had a grievance.
Another avenue leads beyond the culinary school. Brophy’s interest in mushroom foraging connects him to a close-knit local community with tensions of its own, expanding the inquiry into a different part of his life.
As investigators examine video footage and forensic evidence, they work to separate possible leads from the events of that morning. The episode follows that process without revealing the investigation’s final destination in its official preview.
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist Season 2 Episode 4 Details Episode Season 2 Episode 4, “A Recipe for Murder” Air Date Monday, October 26, 2026 Time 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT Network CBS Host Harlan Coben Streaming Live and on demand with Paramount+ Premium; next day, Tuesday, October 27, with Paramount+ Essential
Harlan Coben Hosts the True-Crime Series Harlan Coben guides viewers through real criminal investigations in this documentary anthology. Tonight’s installment concerns a real case rather than an adaptation of one of his novels.
The episode follows “Camilo’s Secret,” which examined a Miami disappearance. Visit our Season 2 Episode 3 photos for the previous preview.
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist Season 2 Episode 4 Photos — “A Recipe for Murder” “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Harlan Coben Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Harlan Coben Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Harlan Coben Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. “A Recipe for Murder” – In the summer of 2018, beloved Portland chef Dan Brophy arrives at the Oregon Culinary Institute like countless mornings before, unlocking the doors and prepping for the day\’s students. He never gets the chance to teach, as he’s found shot dead in the kitchen, bullet casings scattered around his body. While detectives piece together his final morning and console his grieving widow, they uncover a surprisingly wide web of suspects: decades of former students and colleagues who he may have crossed, and a hobby that connected him to a tight-knit, turbulent community of local mushroom foragers. Investigators comb through every inch of video footage and forensic evidence – and the trail soon leads them somewhere no one expected. HARLAN COBEN’S FINAL TWIST airs Monday, Oct. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Credit: CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. When Does “A Recipe for Murder” Air? Harlan Coben’s Final Twist airs tonight, October 26, from 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Paramount+ Premium subscribers can watch live and on demand. Essential subscribers can stream the episode Tuesday, October 27. Catch up through the official Paramount+ series page .
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