Cardinal Cardinal

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KNOCKING

You're not answering your phone.

It's off.

Were you sleeping?

No.

Dyson sent me.

They found a body.

Where's McLeod?

No, she doesn't want McLeod.

She wants you.

Look at this, Delorme.

A young couple gets a new TV set. You'd think it'd be a happy day.

These two hate each other right now.

Cardinal.

It's not my department anymore.

It's a child.

They think it might be her.

I thought you were in exile.

So did I.

You got the call on this?

Yeah. First on the scene was one of ours.

Gentlemen, who's been inside?

Collier and our civilian.

The guy was here stripping wire.

I took a look inside too, sir.

I thought I'd get a little jump on things.

OK.

All right.

Gentlemen, suit up. In you go. Let me know what you need.

-Fox, come here.

-Yeah.

There's a lot of snow to cull here.

We're gonna need tents, generators, the whole circus.

I mean, I can put in the call if you like.

Constable, I'm gonna need your boots.

-My boots?

-And then I want you to go home.

You're dismissed.

Sir.

You have kids? Pets?

Carpet in your TV room?

I have... two kids.

Their DNA is now contaminating the crime scene,

the unprocessed crime scene

-that you chose to enter.

-Sir, I swear, I...

Let me tell you something.

If one day we're lucky enough to get this guy,

I can't have you serving up freebies to his defence attorney.

So...

off they come.

Facial features partially obliterated,

and likely by animal interference.

Left eye missing.

Right eye damaged but intact.

Body is clothed.

Denim jeans cover the lower portion.

Torn away at the left leg.

There's a spot up top where it looks like water collects.

I bet she's resting on a drain.

Partially detached from her skull.

Filled up around her.

Froze solid.

It's her.

You're sure?

Blue hoodie.

She was wearing it when she disappeared.

OK. Well, let's do this then.

Let's have our moment.

I'm serious, John.

If you want to say I told you so, now's your chance.

I don't have anything to say.

She could have run away.

She could have been with some cousin in Temiskaming.

We didn't know.

That's why you keep looking.

We tried. We failed.

We moved on.

You should put on that on the crest.

If I make you the lead on this,

I need to know that you're not gonna drift.

Yeah.

So McLeod can't be your second.

He's in court all month.

Who then?

You're kidding. She just transferred.

Lucky her. She gets to learn from the best.

I'm glad to be working on this with you.

MUSIC: Familiar by Agnes Obel

# We took a walk to the summit at night, you and I

# To burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar, you and I

# And the dark was opening wide Do or die. #

How long were you in Financial Crimes?

Five years.

Any homicide rotations?

Scene work? Anything?

No.

But look, I know this case.

I know the history.

Everyone thought Katie Pine ran away, except you.

Lot of good that did her.

How'd you know she'd been abducted? What was your thinking?

You want to be careful.

Those questions got me kicked off homicide.

I thought yelling at your Sergeant got you kicked off homicide.

Is that what you heard?

What I heard is that you ran through a year's manpower

on this one case,

ran everyone ragged

and then fell asleep driving home one night,

crashed into a dumpster.

Wrong.

It was a hydro box.

Much more expensive.

Here's what I need you to do.

As my new partner, I need you to cover off my active cases,

unsolved B&Es, dozens of them, stretching back a year.

Get up to speed.

OK.

See, the thing with John is two-fold.

First, whatever you do, stand up to him

and don't be a yes man.

I'm not.

And second?

Never disagree with him.

Huh.

Sure.

Katie's remains have been transported

to the forensics lab in Toronto.

OK.

It'll take a few days and then we'll release her to you.

There will be more questions

and we'll have to go over some ground we've already covered.

I'm sorry to put you through that again.

We're gonna throw everything we have at this, Dorothy.

You said that before.

Then you stopped looking.

There'll be a fire later for Katie.

You're welcome to come if you want.

I don't know, Jerry. It wouldn't feel right.

Hey, John.

People are gonna think what they think.

But I know you did everything you could for Katie.

PHONE VIBRATES

Delorme here.

Katie Pine wasn't this guy's first victim.

You wanted to know my thinking. There it is.

He's a predator. She didn't know him.

A little girl gets murdered, you look close.

A neighbour. An uncle.

I looked, Delorme.

Babysitters, band mates, cousins. I talked to them all.

I know her life inside and out.

Favourite song was Shake It Off. Favourite food, canned peaches.

Best friend, Tina. Boyfriend, Arnold.

I know Katie Pine

and this guy is not from her world.

He stalked her.

He picked his moment and he struck.

And who does that?

A repeater.

But there's just one small problem.

No more bodies.

Unless we missed it.

When I first took this case, another file caught my eye.

Billy LaBelle. Age ten.

He drowned in the lake. You remember?

Yeah. An accident.

There were witnesses.

No. LaBelle's mom went for smokes.

When she came back, Billy was dead. No-one saw it happen.

No-one saw what happen?

A serial killer swoop in at that exact moment?

LaBelle was found face up in the water.

I talked to three different coroners.

They all say that's unusual.

The weight of your limbs keeps you face down.

Unless it wasn't an accident.

Young kid. All alone.

Small. Vulnerable.

That's how these guys start.

He holds LaBelle under until his lungs fill.

Looks him in the eye while he does it.

The biggest thrill of his life.

What does Dyson think?

Forget Dyson. I'm asking you.

It's a stretch.

LaBelle's mom was right there.

The timing doesn't work.

I'll see you in the morning.

We're done?

Goodnight.

And that's the new partner?

What did he want?

He wanted to hear himself talk.

Westbrook building is clear.

-I'm gonna head to Chalmers Street. Yeah.

-Copy that.

Who are you?

Mrs LaBelle, I am Detective John Cardinal.

I told him not to go in.

Told him to wait until I got back but, you know,

he's such a water rat.

That's all he ever wanted to do.

So you're there, uh, for about an hour

and then you go back up to the car for cigarettes.

Is that right?

And how far away was the car, would you say?

I don't know. Five minutes, if that.

Is there something wrong?

I told all this to the other cop a bunch of times.

Mrs LaBelle, I know this is difficult.

I'm just, uh,

I'm just doing some follow-up.

So, uh, gone ten minutes

and when you come back that's...

that's when you see Billy in the water.

And that was about 10am?

Yeah.

Mrs LaBelle, I spoke with your friend Rosalyn

this morning, Rosalyn Garret.

She was with you the night before Billy died.

Do you remember that? You were at the legion together.

Sounds about right.

And you stayed pretty late, closed the place down.

What's this got to do with Billy?

I'm just, I'm just trying to get the timeline straight here.

So up until 2am, uh, having a good time

and then first thing next morning with your son at the beach.

Mrs LaBelle, I couldn't help but notice

in the pictures of the scene,

I didn't see anything like a blanket or a picnic basket.

Picnic basket?

Sorry. I don't own a picnic basket.

Mrs LaBelle, I know this is difficult.

I know you've been through a lot

and I'm not here to add to your pain.

My son is dead.

What do you think you can add?

If you weren't with him that morning,

if you were sleeping it off

and he was out there on his own,

I need to know that.

I want you to go.

PHONE RINGS

Uh, McLeod, you got a minute? It's forensics on the line.

I could use an extra brain in the room.

SHE MUTTERS

Len, it's John.

I've got, uh, Detective McLeod with me.

We're ready when you are.

All right. It's all very preliminary so bear with me.

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Doctor?

Before you start, I wanted to introduce myself.

I'm Detective Lise Delorme.

I'm second on the case.

You guys want to call me back when you're all sorted?

That's everyone, Len. Go ahead.

OK. A lot of animal predation so there's lots we can't know,

but wrists and ankles have ligature marks

so she was tied up.

Petechial haemorrhaging in her remaining eye

shows that she suffocated,

and we can thank the ice for that detail.

-Strangled?

-Maybe.

Not enough neck tissue to be sure.

Stomach, empty.

She hadn't eaten in at least 24 hours.

As for the killer, no blood, no hair.

Toxicology is positive for benzodiazepine

but, and I can't say this with certainty,

there's no indication of sexual activity.

Now, her right eye, this is a little different,

four abrasions, two upper, two lower.

Leukotriene B4 is present

and what that means is that there's inflammation

and, uh, those injuries came before she died.

-And what do you make of that?

-Could be some random injuries.

Certainly can't rule that out.

Or they could be from a speculum to keep her eyes open.

And that, for now, is all that I have for you.

-Thanks, Len.

-Sure.

Hmm.

He wanted her to see him.

Just like Billy LaBelle, face up in the water.

Oh Jesus. Here we go.

He tell you his repeater theory?

Maureen LaBelle lied, Ian.

Billy was unattended the morning he died.

John, you want my advice?

You have a victim.

Don't go looking for more.

Stay on the B&Es.

Mare?

I'm gonna need all the uncleared missing person files

dating back two years, starting with minors.

You want locals or just passing through?

All of them.

-And Mary, do me a favour.

-Hmm?

Keep this between us.

Hi. It's Detective John Cardinal with the Algonquin Bay Police.

I'm calling about a missing person.

Uh, yeah, thanks for getting back to me.

Question about a find...

17.

I'm wondering if there's any new information since?

I see. So he was seen in St John's?

I'm gonna show you some pictures. Can you tell me if...?

Well, if you hear anything more, will you let me know right away?

Yeah. I know it's an Alberta case but...

I see, so there's a history of...

Can you call me at this number when you have a minute?

Yeah. Hi. It's Detective John Cardinal.

She may have been...

Stir plate, gone.

Grain mill, gone.

Six brand-new ball-lock kegs.

He took them all.

And insult to injury,

look at this.

Didn't touch the beer.

Maybe he prefers lager.

I've won awards with this beer.

He was a finalist once.

I got a friend at the paper

says, uh, houses are getting robbed all over town. Is that true?

Let her do her job, Phil.

Says it's been going on for months and you guys are nowhere on it.

Oh, I'm afraid I can't talk about other cases.

Guess everyone'll be focused on Katie Pine now.

Kinda surprised you're here at all.

What goes there?

Microwave.

I just got the thing.

I didn't even get a chance to install it.

And when was that?

Wednesday.

Is that important?

The fire will burn for four days

while Katie's spirit walks the world.

Miss Pine,

I'm Noelle Dyson with the Algonquin Bay Police.

I'm so sorry for what you're going through.

I've, um,

I've come with a message from my fellow officers.

I understand that you intend to give Katie a Christian service?

That's right.

On behalf of the police and the mayor's office,

we'd like to offer you the use of the St Francis church.

We'll cover the costs.

Why?

Miss Pine, there are so many people

feeling your pain right now.

I know that they would be very grateful

for an opportunity to pay their respects.

Oh, man.

Good to see you too, Francis.

What happened to your truck?

I hit a squirrel.

Why so much this time?

You're not gonna count it?

I trust ya.

Heard they found that dead girl.

Night, Detective.

KNOCKING

Your phone is off again.

I have news on the B&E file.

Well, this is nice.

What happened to your face?

I was in the crawl space.

I hit it on a pipe.

What's your news, Lise?

Well, starts with a microwave oven,

brand-new, bought four days ago.

Stolen the night before last.

Something about it rang a bell, so I went back and checked.

Every one of the B&Es, there's always something new stolen,

a computer, a stereo, something right out of the box.

And all of them were bought at one of the two

big box electronics stores.

And what does that tell ya?

Our thief is staking out these stores.

He follows his targets home with their new stuff.

Then he hits their house later.

That's what you were doing when I found you spacing out by the mall.

You were looking for this guy.

Hm.

Whenever somebody left with a big ticket item,

I noted their licence plate and the licence plates of anyone

who followed them out of the lot.

There you go. Last night's victim.

Let's see here.

Left 4:30pm with his microwave.

Followed out by five cars.

So one of these is our thief.

-There you go.

-Hmm.

When were you planning on sharing this?

I didn't know it would amount to anything.

I'll go meet the candidates.

-Delorme.

-Hey.

Check this out.

Who's he?

Malcolm Musgrave, RCMP Staff Sergeant.

To what do we owe the honour?

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

I mean, there's a rumour our department's under investigation.

What for?

Well, if they brought in the horsemen, it's gotta be a dirty cop

or we'd handle it internally.

Well, that's just what we need right now.

Oh.

This fellow here,

yeah, yeah, he stayed with us.

-Todd Curry. You're sure?

-Uh-huh.

Can you tell me, uh, when that was?

Uh, you'll have to forgive me. We still do this by hand.

We upgraded the system a while ago,

but I found our guests weren't crazy about being keyed into a computer.

There we go.

Let's see.

Todd Curry.

Stayed with us the night of January the 7th. Hasn't been back.

Do you know where he was going? If he was travelling with anyone?

Well, like I say, we try to keep them fed and warm,

no questions asked.

I recognise you, don't I?

You attended service for a while?

My wife and I.

Didn't stick.

I figure it's best to keep my attention where my work is,

right down here in the dirt.

And your wife, um, Catherine Cardinal. Right?

She came to us at a difficult time.

I hope we were able to provide some comfort.

She wanted to believe that faith could heal her, and you let her.

Keep 'em.

If any of those kids come through, please call me.

-Right away.

-Of course.

You look tired.

You know what I need?

Tea. From a Styrofoam cup.

I need to call work, make sure everything's going OK.

Catherine.

I spoke to them last week. Your students are covered.

-Everything's good.

-We need more firewood at the house.

I'll take care of it.

Well, I gotta get in touch with my dad about their visit.

I can't remember if I did.

Catherine.

I should come home.

Excuse me.

We could have used all this manpower when Katie Pine was still alive.

This is not the time.

The killer's still out there

and you've got half the force doing theatre.

We are paying our respects to a grieving mother.

Is that what this is?

Indeed.

Dorothy Pine's not coming.

Why?

Maybe she had better things to do.

THEY CHANT

Detective, it's Father Presnell.

I was just speaking with one of our volunteers who remembers Todd Curry.

Turns out he did come back.

To stay.

No, no. He came to borrow a sleeping bag.

He found a place to squat. One of the kids went to visit him.

You know where?

Uh, it's an abandoned house.

Uh, from the description, it sounds like the one on Sparhawk Street.

-Do you know that?

-Yeah, I do, I do. Thank you.

First Billy LaBelle, and now Todd Curry.

17 years old, last seen at that address.

If I can get in there, have a look around, maybe I can track him down.

No judge will grant this warrant.

They will if you back me.

And when this kid shows up alive and well, what then?

You gonna move down your list

until you've cleared every missing person in the province?

If this is real, we need to catch the guy

and to catch the guy we need to act like it's real.

The Chief is considering handing Katie Pine over to the OPD.

-What?

-We've got a murdered indigenous girl

who has slipped through the cracks. Everybody is watching.

I am trying to give you a chance here,

but you are gonna have to work the case that is in front of you

or you are going to lose it.

Again.

So, you decide.

Get me the warrant.

Hi.

I'm Detective Delorme.

I'm here about a noise complaint.

OK.

Now we have reports...

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Of a loud engine sound.

We're trying to locate the source.

Oh, no. We haven't heard anything, Detective.

Are you sure?

Nothing unusual?

No.

I mean a noise like that, it'd wake the boy

and then we'd know about it, that's for sure.

Is it just the two of you here?

With the boy.

Maybe someone else has heard something?

No. Just us.

I noticed all the skis.

Oh. Well, oh, they're mine.

Three different sizes.

Different conditions.

Well, if you do hear that noise, Mr...?

I will call you, Detective.

Good luck with, uh, the noise complaint.

Shit.

PHONE RINGS

Cardinal.

Woodrow "Woody" Baldwin.

He did three months in Drumheller for auto theft.

He's our guy.

-I can feel it.

-Good work.

You should see him.

Thinks he can charm his way out of anything.

All right, listen, well, we'll put a patrol on him.

Lise, I gotta call you back.

I'll call when I know more.

-McLeod.

-Yeah?

Your three favourite detectives on the OPD side.

Grab a pen, write them down. We're gonna need help.

-And I don't want their dregs.

-Got it.

-Lise?

-Yeah? Yeah.

You're not coming on scene, you're needed elsewhere.

-Now?

-Yeah. Now.

Don't keep 'em waiting.

I'm sorry to pull you away. I know it's not a good time.

He suspect anything?

No. He's focused on Katie Pine.

OK.

I know it's early, but give me your generals.

Well, he's stubborn.

Smart.

Thinks he knows better.

He never would have found that second body

if he'd done what he was told.

And?

And...

I don't trust him.

What's discussed in here can't leave these walls.

Not to your Sergeant, not to your spouse.

Not even to members of my team.

We clear?

You'll know the name Kyle Corbett,

Sudbury-based, came up in the '90s,

controls the bulk of the drug trade north of Toronto.

Among his greatest hits,

2011, he blew up a rival's garage in Val-d'Or.

Killed an 11-year-old boy.

We have reason to believe that someone from our side

is feeding Corbett information

and we believe that that person

is Detective John Cardinal

of the Algonquin Bay Police Department.

Delorme's been transferred to Cardinal's section at my request.

She's our inside guy.

Hansen, I brought you in to work the Sudbury side.

The job is to draw a line between the two.

You find the link between Cardinal and Corbett.

Questions?

You know John Cardinal?

Not well.

Do you think he's the kind of guy who'd do this?

I don't find that question to be especially useful.

Did he?

That's all that matters.