Woody Cardinal

This programme contains prolonged violent scenes

and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

What's the story here, Francis?

None of your business.

I shouldn't have told your mum

that we're trying to have a baby.

I'm sorry.

Speaking of which, shouldn't we know something?

No. I found out a couple days ago.

My wife has bipolar disorder.

Our thief is staking out these stores.

He follows his targets home with their new stuff,

then he hits their house later.

Melissa and Douglas London.

Their son, Keith, was supposed to arrive home last night

and never turned up.

He has his next victim.

This is Edie's show now.

I know she doesn't look like much,

but she's ready.

GUNSHOT

I made him bleed.

For you.

# 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. #

That is something you,

you learn very early on,

not to, ah, judge by volume.

That...

that could be a laptop,

or maybe it's just a blender.

Yeah, oh, it's funny, you know, people,

they ask me that all the time.

They do. Everybody wants to know

how you stayed in the game for so long?

Well, I don't mind answering.

It's a good question. People think it's a lot of ducking around

and diving and all that stuff but it's not.

It's-it's waiting.

And now,

do we really believe that

White Trash Johnny's got that boutique guitar?

Man, that is like a sieve.

I could get in and out of there so fast.

Nobody is watching this.

ECHOING: Where's Keith?

Where's Keith?

Where's Keith?

-Hey.

-Hey.

I can't stay. I'm on my way in.

John.

You didn't say that you found Katie Pine.

Who told you about that?

You shouldn't be thinking about that.

Hey.

All right, come here.

PHONES RING

Well, that looks fun.

Yeah, all hands on deck.

Yeah, word got out the killer's got another victim.

Phones have been ringing off the hook.

Now we've got press coming from all over.

Commanda?

Hold up.

Hey.

Question for you.

Do you have any reason to believe

there is money being laundered

through Thunderbird Casino?

Well, nothing organized, just small stuff.

You know who's doing it?

Point you in a direction.

Is this a factor in the killings?

A loose end from when I was at Financial.

My old sergeant's leaning on me,

which is why I was hoping

I could ask a favour.

My suspect cashed in chips four nights ago.

Knowing that do you think you could

get your hands on some of the money

he used to buy them?

Get my hands on it.

Just some serial numbers.

A sample.

If I can trace the money back to its source,

it could help me.

I don't suppose you're going to tell me who your suspect is.

I don't want to implicate anyone if this doesn't prove out.

If it does you'll hear all about it.

Delorme? Keith London came by bus.

His parents confirmed it.

Does he know you're working two jobs?

He'd kill me.

Keep it to yourself?

I'll see what I can do.

So what was that all about?

You and Commanda?

I worked with him on the Latraverse case.

He was our point man on the reserve.

Just catching up.

PHONE BUZZES

I'm sorry, I gotta take this.

Yeah?

OK.

Yeah, I will.

..No, Josh, I will.

Sorry.

It's fine.

Hasn't been easy for him,

my transfer from Financial.

The different pace.

Yeah, well, it's...

it's not always this way.

But this is what I always wanted...

..to be homicide.

I mean, no one grows up hoping to investigate real estate fraud.

So how'd you end up there?

I was good at it.

Doors kept opening.

I was there. It was easy.

Do you know anything about audio-visual equipment?

I can't get it to play.

I know it works. I've played it before.

Edie, uh, she still has this manual.

It's sort of classic Edie when you think about it,

keeping this filed away.

I think it has like some sort of sentimental value to it,

Cos her mum bought it in some sort of

rare spasm of sobriety.

Some friend bought them a VHS tape about a skin thing,

some sort of

new abrasion laser thing for the eczema

and it just sat there for months

unwatched like some sort of beacon.

That's how Edie puts it, like a beacon of hope.

But also if you think about it,

it was like a beacon of neglect, right?

Like by her mum,

to just let it sit there?

And, anyways, through the right combination of

Edie's begging

and, ah, some sort of uptick in maternal hormones,

she stepped up

and bought this very VCR

so they could watch it together and, uh,

that's what they did.

And what happened?

What do you mean? That's the end of the story.

6.30 from Sudbury two nights ago.

Yeah, to be honest, so many people come through.

Does that camera work?

-Imagine so.

-Call your boss,

tell him we need tapes from every camera

in the station, all right? Tell him if the system erases on a loop

that it needs to be stopped instantly.

Do I need to say any of that again?

I'll call my boss.

And we need to know if there is any unclaimed luggage

from that bus.

They're checking surrounding businesses for CCTV.

Yeah, well, there's nothing in here to indicate he was

meeting anyone.

Guitar supplies but

no guitar.

No, he'd take it with him.

If he has a guitar, he wouldn't check it.

Have you never dated a musician?

No. You?

One or two.

So he, um,

takes his guitar

into the night...

..planning to be back for the ten o'clock to Toronto.

-Yeah.

-Where do you go

in Algonquin Bay to kill three hours?

Let's do Willow Street, work our way downtown.

Yeah.

The killer had Katie Pine for over a week,

finished off Curry in just four days.

Might be nothing.

Might be situational.

Or he's accelerating.

Isn't that how these guys work?

It takes more and more to get them excited so

they speed up through their routines.

He might be tired of Keith already.

Drink.

OK, Keith,

this is going to be very hard to watch

but I need you to watch it.

So if you can't keep your eyes open...

..I can help you.

Let me know what you think.

'Hey, hey, hey, wake up.

'Wake up, come on.

'Hey, it's OK. It's OK.

'It's OK. It's OK.'

Here we are, we are,

the people of Babel.

We're just, you know, around,

going about our business.

Oh, no.

It's God

and God is not happy.

Na-ha.

-Nah-ha. I'm not happy.

-Hello, boys.

Not happy at all.

-Hi.

-Hi. Nooo!

You have smitten us down.

-Whatcha doin'?

-I'm just, uh,

teaching Aiden the fine art of smiting the people.

So I, uh,

I ran into Don today.

He said that you should come by.

Hey.

OK. Right.

Yeah, today at four. He said that he's had some turnover lately

and he could probably get you some shifts.

Hi!

Jesus Christ.

Oh, just go by.

See what he has to say.

Ahh!

Did you run into him or did you call him?

Did you call him?

The police were at our door, Woody.

Listen, it is a real job

with a real wage and a regular shift.

Yeah, and all I have to do is

kiss your brother's ass.

He's trying to help.

He doesn't have to help.

Why does he think he needs to help us?

Perhaps because you undermine me in front of him.

Is that what I'm doing? I'm undermining you?

Baby, I just need you to have faith in me, OK?

This is who I am.

You knew that when you met me.

Yeah, well, things change.

Oh.

Today at four.

I'll know if you don't turn up.

Yeah, the kid with a guitar.

He was here?

Are you sure?

He got sick.

I remember people who get sick.

What? He threw up?

Two beers in.

So either he got started before he got here or

I don't know, maybe he had some sort of stomach thing.

Did he come alone?

It was a busy night.

Did he talk with anyone?

Leave with anyone?

Look, I'm sorry.

Your staff that night.

Names and numbers.

Write 'em down, please.

And any customers you recall, any regulars.

-Are you serious?

-Yeah, write those down too.

And then we'll be out of your hair.

Toxicology says Todd Curry had a,

a cocktail of drugs in his system,

prescription stuff, stuff a doctor wouldn't mix.

No, cos it will make you sick.

You see Keith at the bar.

At the bus station, either way.

You follow him. You see he's alone.

You spike his drink.

He gets sick, he gets weak.

You scoop him up.

-Let's put together a canvass.

-Yeah.

Clinics, pharmacies, veterinarians.

Anyone who might stock this stuff.

Find out if there's been any, uh,

thefts or any break-ins.

Someone you know?

No.

Ah, come on.

Can I come in?

I got nothing to say to you.

That's OK, I'll do the talking.

I wanted to talk about a client of yours.

I don't have clients, A,

and, B, it's not against the law to have poker chips.

We went through that just last visit.

Is there coffee I smell?

It's old.

Hours or days?

This morning.

May I?

Knock yourself out.

So, uh,

a few nights ago

a client of yours cashed out,

which means that you probably sold him some chips recently.

Would you happen to have any of that

money left that he paid?

Is this a shakedown?

No.

Because look around,

there's not a lot you can pull out of me here.

This is not a shakedown, Francis.

If you'd open your eyes,

you'd see that something positive was happening here.

How's that?

Well I'm coming for your help, which means I'm not coming for you.

If I had a client

and if I sold him chips,

which I didn't, you'll never get him.

Hm.

So what tells you that?

All of history.

Some types you just don't catch,

let's put it that way.

Well, maybe we need to change that.

I scheduled a press conference this evening.

-I want you there.

-To say what?

That we're nowhere?

It comes from above.

People need to know that action is being taken.

People do?

Or management does?

Mr and Mrs London,

I'm Detective Sergeant Noelle Dyson.

The police in Toronto have shared with us that Keith

was in constant contact with his girlfriend, Claire,

but that you haven't spoken to him in over a week?

That's right.

Well, the last message

sent from Keith's phone...

..was this picture.

Does that seem

out of character for your son?

Well, yes.

Why would he send that?

It's possible he didn't.

That's what we're trying to find out.

We know when the message was sent.

What we're trying to work out is from where.

This man has been in your town for months,

hunting.

Is that true?

Yes.

How do you let that happen?

Keith never should have been here.

It's my fault.

What do you mean?

We told him after high school he could travel.

We thought he'd go overseas.

He wanted to go out west

and see his friends...

..and write music.

I fought him.

Told him it was a waste of time...

..insisted he come home.

He refused so I cut off his credit card...

..to force him back.

He was on that bus because of me.

Hey.

You were right. We need to have a press conference.

Well, thank you.

It's not up for debate.

Why the change of heart?

We need to get the word out,

what we know.

Stop.

What's with you?

Don't talk about my mother.

This is the VCR thing?

It's not his business.

Yeah, well, it's not like he's going to tell anybody.

Well,

I don't like it, Eric,

so don't do it.

Hey.

Hey.

Your mother is nothing, Edie.

She's a hole in the air.

I want you to think about

how you're going to finish Keith off, OK?

Picture it.

Cos once you do it,

no one's going to hurt you again.

Hey.

Tonight you say goodbye to the little girl

who your mum shat on

and say hello

to whoever you want to be.

I can't wait.

I got a truck with a busted transmission

and I'm down a driver to the flu, so...

..clients calling left and right.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, eh?

Have a seat.

So, I ran into my sister.

That's OK, Don. I know she called you, you don't have to pretend.

Well, look,

I do have some hours if this is something you're interested in.

You comfortable with a plough rig?

You know,

got a steering wheel, I can drive it.

And you're OK with the early mornings?

If I haven't smoked too much meth the night before.

Woody, look,

I know you got it in your head that...

I don't know...

I may not think highly of you.

But I'm telling you this,

I just want to help my sister.

Now, do you want this or not?

I do.

OK.

You start tomorrow, 5am.

Great.

There is the issue

of the other stuff,

the way of life.

That's going to have to end, Woody, 100%.

I'm sorry. I-I don't know what you're talking about.

I have a reputation in this community

and I can't have one of my guys

caught up in that.

It has to stop.

That's why I'm here.

Good.

I'm relieved.

I know Kristen's relieved

and, hey,

we all have to grow up eventually, right?

Good evening.

This will be a brief statement

and we aren't taking any questions at this time.

'Seven days ago,

'the body of Katie Pine, 13,

'of the Nipissing First Nations,

'was found on Windigo Island.

'Two days later, on March 8th,

'we discovered the body of Todd Curry, 17,

'of Sudbury.

'We have reason to suspect foul play in both instances'

and we have reason to believe that they are connected.

We also believe that a third person

may be in jeopardy.

Detective John Cardinal

is the chief investigator.

'We are appealing to the public

'for information about Keith Russell London.

'He's 19,

'from Toronto.

'He's six foot tall,

'brown hair, hazel eyes

'and he may

'be in possession of a guitar.

'He travelled to Algonquin Bay by bus.

'He arrived the night before last.'

How do they know about him?

Shhh.

'Anyone who might have spoken to,

'might have seen Keith Russell London

'is urged to come forward

'and contact us.'

Keith's mother,

Melissa London,

would now like to say a few words.

'I am Keith's mum...

'and I, uh...

'Tell them about your son,

'Mrs London.

'He's a good young man.

'He's a bright...

'..loving young man

'and we, we...

'Tell them how you wanted him to come home.

'He wanted to travel more.

'But I just wanted my boy to come home.'

We have no further comment.

What the hell is wrong with you?

You don't think this woman is going through enough?

The killer gets off on his victim's pain.

Now he gets to toy with the family too.

Well, how good of you

to provide him with that opportunity.

-Did you know about this?

-No. It was my call.

This is new ground for him.

He'll savour it. It buys us time

and if I'd asked you wouldn't have let me bring her on stage.

You're damn right I wouldn't have.

Because you just might have given this guy the climax

that he was after

and now he's going to finish the kid off.

We can share this.

You don't have to carry the whole thing.

Your parents are in town.

How do you know that?

I saw your mum on TV just now.

Uh, she's not holding up very well.

What did she say?

Kind of hard to make out the words.

Just please tell me why you're doing this.

Tell him, Edie.

We don't ask why.

Is there anything you want to tell your parents?

What do you mean?

Like if you,

like if you could talk to them.

What would you say?

Would you say you love them?

WHAT ELSE?

We're going to give them something!

We're going to give them a message.

Give it some thought.

I'm not going to let you torture them.

It's too late for that.

Well, I'm not going to help you make them suffer.

We're either going to send them a message

or we're going to send them a piece.

What would be better, huh?

A chunk of Keith?

KEITH SCREAMS

Keith?

So, just come up

with those thoughtful little words of yours.

You should be happy.

You were going to die tonight.

What about the police?

You saw them.

They're nowhere.

If Detective John Cardinal had the first clue about us,

he would have knocked down our door already.

Do you think he liked being on TV?

What, the detective?

Yeah, most of them like it,

even when they pretend they don't.

I couldn't tell with him.

What are you doing?

Come on.

Take up some space with me.

-You're ridiculous.

-Oh, yeah?

You ever tried it?

Come on.

Come out here.

Spread your legs.

Put your arms out.

Take a deep breath.

Yeah. Serial numbers from six different bills,

all fifties.

I'll get you back.

Be careful.

What does that mean?

You're young and hungry

and you're good.

Sometimes the reward for that

can be cases you can't win.

If this is nothing,

no one will be more relieved than me.

Who's there?

Josh?

Ha, John Cardinal.

Can we talk? We need to talk.

We had a thing tonight.

I cooked.

And she promised she'd be there

and then she didn't turn up.

She has a lot going on.

Oh, I know.

No one's work is as important as yours,

God knows.

Which is sort of the point. Why did she promise to come?

-To your dinner?

-To my dinner.

Knowing how busy she is. It's like she set it up to fail.

We're trying to have a kid.

She tell you that?

That's none of my business.

Yeah, well,

here's something detective-y for ya.

I was searching for her cigarette stash, I know she's smoking again,

which I'm thinking it's not cool, right,

for the baby but, the joke's on me because

I didn't find any cigarettes, I found these.

You're drunk.

You want to think about what you're doing.

Are you two having an affair?

No. Right.

To be honest, I half hoped you were

because if this isn't about another guy,

I don't know what to make of it.

She says things will return to normal when she's back in Financial,

but I don't know how you come back from this.

What do you mean when she's back in Financial?

The transfer to CIS, it's temporary.

It's some assignment. You didn't know that?

Where is she, anyway?

If her case is so full on,

why aren't you with her?

Ugh. I don't feel very good.

-Hannam?

-Yeah.

Can you run some bills for me?

On Katie Pine?

Nah, it's a different thing.

I need to know if this money

is associated with any criminal activity.

Nope. These are new bills.

But they can't be.

Look at the issue dates.

That's fresh money, straight from the bank.

Someone laundered this money.

Why would you launder new bills?

Hey.

Hey.

I ran into Josh.

He's had a bit to drink.

Managed to get him in the door before the

barfing started.

But he's fine now.

You cleaned up.

It's done. It was nothing.

It was fluids mostly.

Where did you run into him?

In a bar.

You could have called me. I would have...

I didn't want to

interrupt whatever you were doing.

I-I was just catching up on paperwork.

Thank you.

Yeah.

I know a lot of people,

they don't approve of what I do.

You can't listen to that, though, I mean,

you can't do this job without a thick skin, right?

And you know what? Those people are just...

..you know, they're envious of me.

They, um...

TV ON

Hello?

Hel-lo!

Bingo.

OK, OK, OK, OK.

OK. OK. OK.

Shh-shh-shh.

Please be quiet.

Let's be quiet now.

-Shh-shh-shh.

-Untie me! Untie me!

-OK.

-Oh, my God. Before they come.

There's a woman upstairs sleeping upstairs.

-Unite me. Untie me.

-Be quiet.

-Please! Please! Please!

-You gotta be quiet now.

DOOR SHUTS

Please hurry!

Please hurry. Hurry.

Oh! Ah!

Shut up. Or I'm out.

FOOTSTEPS ABOVE

Shh-shh.

FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS

OK, so, let's, uh...

..let's just be calm.

ERIC!

No need-no need for anybody to

freak out here.

Stop.

OK.

Who are you?

-How'd you find us?

-I didn't, uh,

I didn't find you, uh...

Let's just take a breath here, OK?

Shoot him.

No, no. No, no. I-I...

I picked the wrong house.

OK? That's what's happening here.

I-I came for the guitar.

Eric, you have to shoot him!

You're a burglar?

Well done, burglar.

-Jackpot.

-Shoot him!

I got a lookout waiting outside in the car.

He's waiting for me.

If you fire the gun,

he hears it.

You're lying. What's his name?

Aiden.

It's Aiden.

You know how I know you're not telling the truth?

Ah!

HE LAUGHS

I swear I will kill her.

There's no one outside, Keith.

You know how I know?

"I picked the wrong house"

and then he switched.

Then he switched to "we".

But there is no "we" Keith, so I can shoot

and no one will hear.

I swear.

Move back or I'll kill her.

I wonder if you've got the strength to do that, Keith.

In your state?

To push that screwdriver through her neck?

It's tougher than you think, flesh is.