Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024) s04e04 Episode Script

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[NARRATOR]: In Toronto's war on crime,
the worst offenders are
pursued by the detectives
of the Specialized Criminal
Investigations Unit.
These are their stories.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
I stand before you today
with gratitude in my heart
and a clear purpose.
My Veterans Reintegration
Act for Canadian veterans
transitioning into civilian life.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING]
Over 40,000 Canadians
served in Afghanistan.
158 of them never came home.
But the sacrifice that
our soldiers have made
[WILL]: Will be exploited by
me for my own political gain.
- Hey!
- Canadian soldiers are among
Do you want the remote or a tissue?
How can you fall for this crap, Tyler?
Because she's been there!
Trust me, Betty Reid is going
to be Prime Minister one day.
She never even made Sergeant.
If Betty Reid runs this
country, I'm outta here.
She should run her campaign on that.
[CHUCKLING]
[BETTY]: Thank you
and God bless our veterans.
Come on, let's go get drunk.
[APPLAUSE ON TV]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[MALE OFFICER]: How long
are you planning to stay?
Any weapons to be cleared?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Booth three.
Sir! I said booth three!
Passport.
And what is the purpose of your ?
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
Vacation.
Enjoy your trip.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Oh, um, we didn't order these.
Nope. He did.
I hear he's in the military.
Ooh! Okay. [GIGGLING]
[CLINK]
Let's go thank him for his service.
Mm-hmm.
Let's go. [LAUGHING]
[CROWD CHATTERING]
If I'm going to keep giving out shots,
I'd appreciate a little effort.
Getting rid of those two took effort.
- [CHAIR SQUEAKS]
- Whoa!
- Oh, my God!
- [SCATTERED GASPS]
Will!
Hey. You okay?
[GROANING]
Stupid bartender
must've over-served me.
[WILL GROANS]
Ta-da!
For my next trick, I'm
gonna go have a smoke.
- Whew!
- Maybe we should just not
[TENSE MUSIC]
Those are some sad-looking
carrots you made.
I could say the same about your beets.
Don't you bad-mouth
my beets, Tyler Fremes.
[CHUCKLING]
[QUIET INDISTINCT CHATTER]
What do you make of that guy?
He's been here for over two hours,
barely touched his food.
I make that he has nowhere else to go.
Go check on him. I'll
cover your station.
Mm! I take it back. These are great!
- [MAN]: Hello, hi.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[BETTY]: Did you wanna go play
in your room for a little bit?
Okay, I'll come upstairs
in a bit, alright?
[GASPS] Oh!
[CHUCKLING]
Thank you.
For Christ's sakes, Betty.
I've told you a dozen times.
- Our military needs your support.
- With all due respect,
you want funding for weapons.
I want funding for the
people who carry them.
Colonel! Do you mind if I
steal my wife for a second?
Of course.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[QUIET INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- I hate rum!
- I know, I know,
and I love you, but
right now, I do not care.
'Cause Diane Dumont is here,
owns three bottling plants,
and you're about to hit her up for 50K.
It's growing on me already.
- Who's that?
- Uh, not sure.
But usually, the less
dressed up they are,
- the more money they make.
- Good.
Let's hope he owns a
company that makes scotch.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Good set, bro.
Good haul, Tyler?
It'll keep me fed.
I don't know why people tip
bartenders and not coat check.
It's because your tip jar is empty.
You need some starter cash.
Are you okay? You seem kinda off lately.
For the first time in a while
Yeah. I'm okay.
Did you know, in Europe,
they have outdoor toilets?
[CHUCKLING] Me? I prefer brick.
[LAUGHING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ECHOING DRIPS]
Yo, yo, Ethan, come here, look at this.
[TENSE MUSIC SWELLS]
[THEME MUSIC]
[DISTANT SIRENS]
Shot dead in an
alleyway. It's a classic.
No cameras, no witnesses
Yeah, and it already smells bad.
We haven't ID'd the victim
yet. No phone or wallet.
Still wearing jewelry, though.
Exit wound through the forehead.
He was shot from behind.
Probably not a robbery, but the
killer wanted to make it look like one.
- Who found the body?
- Couple of boys coming home from the bar.
- Casings?
- Nothing so far.
Well, it cleared his skull,
it would be nice to find that.
[SIGHING] Yeah.
Okay, so not a robbery
It's an execution.
No staging of the body.
But maybe he was coming home late,
could've been a night shift Partying?
Maybe came through the
alley as a shortcut
But why am I talking to myself?
It didn't rain last night.
And there's a bullet-sized
hole in this can.
[WATERING CAN CLATTERS]
Found a second victim.
Bullet measures 927 millimeters.
Ballistics says it's from a
Cold War-era Soviet pistol.
Looks to be a Makarov PM.
It's the odd choice for a murder weapon.
It's old, hard to find ammo.
What about our John Doe?
Time of death approximately three a.m.
No drugs or alcohol in his system,
- he wasn't drinking, he was
- He was serving.
This is bar rot. It's
a combination of citrus,
alcohol, salt on the skin.
Well, I'm just glad to be in a
profession that values gloves.
What about the ring he was wearing?
Uh, 14-karat gold, faded inscription,
looks like 11/27/96.
Talking about numbers, looks
like a military service number?
Plus three extra digits, 1-5-8.
That's the exact number
of Canadian soldiers
who were killed in Afghanistan.
So, our John Doe is Tyler Fremes.
He's too young to have
served in Afghanistan.
Well, the military service
number belonged to his father,
Stephen Fremes. He was
killed in Afghanistan
when Tyler was nine.
Poor kid, that's tough.
Well, you won't like the next part.
Tyler's mother died of
cancer two years later.
No next of kin.
He lived in a group home 'til he was 18.
- Criminal record?
- No.
Uh, Tyler was pretty wholesome.
Blood donor, volunteered
in a soup kitchen.
Aside from a recent parking ticket,
he was a standup guy.
Who happened to be prowling
the streets at three a.m.
We think he was working as a bartender.
We checked his bank statements.
He got a weekly payment
from "Hot Toddy Inc."
No bars or clubs by that name,
but Mark's pulling
the business registry.
- CC Lounge.
- You've been?
My daughter's credit card bill.
Oh.
That dance floor couldn't handle me!
[ECHOING GAVEL]
- Tyler's dead? Are you sure?
- Yes.
Did he have any enemies?
Anyone who might want to hurt him?
No. Everybody here loves the guy.
Except, well, two nights ago,
he got into a fight with some guy.
Well, he's not some
guy, he's Tyler's friend.
This friend, do you know his name?
No. He's some military guy,
he called him Sergeant
Sketch. He's here all the time.
- [BATEMAN]: Hmm.
- But he was thrown out.
Hasn't been back since.
He's a total creep, too.
He's always hitting on me
And yet you're wearing his jacket.
No, I'm not.
[GRUNTS]
You still have the coat check tag.
Seems you're better at putting
these on than taking them off.
And assuming that this place gets about,
mm, 150 people a night
this was checked in, oh, two nights ago.
Same night Sergeant
Sketch was thrown out.
Guess he didn't have time
to pick up his jacket.
[SIGHING] Fine!
- Can I at least have it back when you're done?
- No.
That doesn't work, no,
no, it has to be tonight.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Yes, yes.
No, because I'm not safe anymore!
[CLATTERING]
No
Please, I can't stay
here, I need to leave.
Yes, yes, I have the money.
Okay, I'll be there tonight.
Mm, well, nothing in the pockets,
but the jacket's real.
CADPAT patterns, multi-terrain
Relatively new.
Which suggests he was
likely still serving.
Slight wear on the shoulder
from rifle carry indicates
The jacket belongs to Will Dolan.
Found a picture of him wearing
it on Tyler's Instagram.
- Cheater.
- According to our contact
at the CAF, Will Dolan
is a Canadian soldier
Uh, infanteer, or at least
he was until yesterday,
when he was released
from the Armed Forces
after failing a random drug test.
The day after he and
Tyler got in a fight.
Maybe that drug test wasn't so random.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
Who did this?
Well, we're thinking it was you.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Then you're lousy cops.
Or you're a lousy killer, you
going somewhere, Will?
Offing a guy in an alleyway.
I would've expected
better from a military man,
although I guess you're
not really a military man
- anymore, are you?
- I didn't kill Tyler,
- he's my friend.
- Aw, friend!
Who reported you for drugs. Didn't he?
Because he saw what I see.
Blood in the nostrils, dilated pupils.
Or maybe it was just
the drugs.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I messed up my back on tour.
And the army prescribed me pills.
But the pills ran out,
and my back still hurt.
The other night, Tyler found out.
He said I needed to get clean.
I disagreed, I tried to fight him.
I was so high, he
could've kicked my ass.
But he didn't. That
just made me angrier.
He reported me the
next day, I was furious.
'Til I realized he was right.
You know, better I
figure things out here
than across the globe
with a gun in my hand.
I'm leaving for rehab
in a couple of hours.
They have a pool.
Last night, I was at my sister's.
Shivering and sweating
and wishing I was dead.
I didn't kill Tyler.
And I still think you're lousy cops.
Alright.
Okay.
Then, Will, maybe you can help us out.
Can you think of anyone
who would've wanted
to do harm to Tyler?
Did he say anything?
After our fight, I went
to Tyler's to apologize.
He wasn't home.
But this guy was waiting
there, looking for him.
- Wait, what guy?
- Thick beard.
And an accent.
Think he was Middle
Eastern? Maybe Afghan?
Do you remember anything else about him?
The guy was nervous.
Kept fidgeting with his, uh, keychain.
It had a green seahorse, smiling.
It pissed me off how happy
that little seahorse was.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
Dude checked in two days ago. Paid cash.
- Let me guess, no ID?
- He was a little shifty.
And for The Seahorse,
that's saying something.
[DOOR BEEPING]
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
He left without taking his
complimentary bread roll.
Looks like someone tried
to break into his safe.
Lotta sketchy people around here.
- Yeah, you'd know.
- What do you mean?
Customer comes in for
a brief rendezvous,
- an escort, maybe an affair
- [SAFE WHIRRING]
Put their cash in the safe.
Then
[BEEPING]
[RATTLING]
It malfunctions.
Can't wait around for it to be fixed,
in case they get caught doing
whatever it was they were doing.
- They sure can't call the cops.
- Yeah, so the lucky motel owner
gets to keep whatever they leave behind.
It's a bum safe. So sue me.
Oh. We can do a lot more than that.
Come on.
The guy barely had a hundred bucks.
Yeah, that's him.
That's Stephen Fremes. Tyler's father.
So a man rents a motel room
with cash, searches for Tyler,
and then disappears
after the kid's murdered.
- I hope he has a good lawyer.
- Among his only possessions,
a photograph of him with Tyler's father,
the late Private Stephen
Fremes. We're thinking this
is Afghanistan, they look like friends.
- Then maybe things went south.
- So we need to talk to him.
We have to find him
first, and that would be
a hell of a lot easier
if we had some ID.
And we can't exactly ask Stephen Fremes.
But we can ask his friends.
Start on the left.
The woman on the right is Betty Reid,
the Minister of Veteran Affairs,
and she would not appreciate the press.
We'd like to start on the right.
Betty Reid lives on Millbank Avenue.
That's the same street
Tyler got a parking ticket
the day before he died.
Then I hope you have a good lawyer.
[ECHOING GAVEL]
[BETTY]: Oh, Tyler
looks just like his dad.
- You and Stephen were friends?
- Yes.
But I never knew his son.
You didn't get to know
him at your fundraiser?
A parking ticket places
Tyler on your street that day.
We thought maybe he
came by to say hello.
You don't get to know
anyone at a fundraiser.
You compliment them until
they open their wallets.
Well, Tyler didn't have much
in his, so why was he there?
The same reason you're here.
To ask about the man his
father's sitting with.
- Afghanistan
- [DOOR OPENS]
Detectives, I, uh
would've gotten you something
if I knew your orders.
Double espresso, for next time.
[CHUCKLING]
Uh, we've already taken measures
to increase Betty's security, but
police cooperation would go a long way.
So you do know the man in that photo.
And you think he's dangerous?
His name is Nazir Khan.
He was a civilian
interpreter I worked with
during my tour in Afghanistan.
Stephen and I were tasked with
exchanging intel with Nazir.
We became friends. Um
It's okay.
One day we went to meet with Nazir
and something was off.
Next thing I know, he
starts shooting at us.
I-I tackled Nazir. Disarmed him.
But he ran.
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
And I stayed with
Stephen as he bled out.
I watched my friend die, and they
gave me the Medal of Valour for it.
He was a traitor, working
for the taliban, so,
yes, I recognize Nazir Khan.
He's the man who killed Tyler's father.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SPEAKING DARI]
Well, Betty was right.
Nazir is Taliban and wanted for
the murder of Stephen Fremes.
The murder weapon's a Makarov PM.
The Taliban were stocked with
Soviet arms from the war in the 80s.
Why go after his son 18 years later?
He's a terrorist, how
did he get in the country?
Good question.
The last photo of Nazir
is from 18 years ago.
Hard to catch with facial recognition.
For others. Not for me.
Hmm.
His name would still
be on the no-fly list.
Which is why he used a stolen passport.
I think that might have got
him through airport security,
but how did he sneak through customs?
I don't even remember the guy.
Well, you let him into the country.
I see thousands of
people like him every day.
Terrorists?
I don't know what you're talking about.
- Uh, I-I gotta get back to work
- Sit down.
There is no more work.
You are going to be charged
with Conspiracy to Commit
a Terrorist Act. Breach of Trust.
You may even be considered
as a co-conspirator
- on a murder charge.
- Murder?
The man that you let into this country,
he's wanted for killing
a Canadian soldier.
See these agents over here?
They're from Counter-Terrorism.
They gave us five minutes.
- That leaves us with one.
- Okay, this is all a mistake.
These guys are about
to put you in cuffs,
and once that happens,
we can't help you anymore,
so Sandy, we need you to
tell us what you know now.
This guy
This guy approached me after work.
Offered me 10 grand
to let his cousin into the country.
I didn't know that man was a terrorist.
What do you know about Nazir Khan?
Nothing. I never heard of him!
All I got was a name on a passport.
And the man who approached you?
I
I have his number!
Thank you.
And God bless our veterans.
[APPLAUSE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
- [BANG]
- [OFFICER]: Police!
We have a warrant! Get on the ground!
[YELLS]
Nazir Khan, you're coming with us.
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
We're gonna go over this again.
Tyler Fremes. You killed
his father Stephen,
back in Afghanistan,
then you came to Canada
18 years later to track down his son.
Why?
Was Betty Reid your next target?
Was she?
[HOLNESS]: We need to turn him over.
If we hand him over, the case goes cold.
And if we don't, CSIS will say
that we're harbouring a terrorist.
We are dangerously close to illegal.
- I don't do illegal.
- He's gonna talk.
- He's not gonna talk.
- Mm-hmm.
Darcy, it's time.
[SIGHING]
Wait
He's praying.
Nazir's not in the Taliban.
Sunni Muslims pray with
their hands crossed,
not by their side.
Which means that Nazir's
not Sunni, he's Shia.
But the Taliban view Shia as heretical,
they would never let him
join, they'd rather kill him.
- So why won't he talk to us?
- Because he's scared.
Maybe. Or maybe he's putting on a show.
You need more, you're not
going to get it from him.
Okay, so where does a Shia
Muslim get a toothbrush
- with a cross on it?
- Probably free,
they give those out all the time
at shelters and soup kitchens
Soup kitchens. Tyler
volunteered at a soup kitchen.
Maybe there's some
CCTV or an eyewitness that
could put them together?
[ECHOING GAVEL]
Yeah, I remember him.
He was here the same day Tyler was.
- Did you speak to him?
- No. But Tyler did.
He went over and ate with the guy.
Tyler was a real
sweetheart. Even as a kid.
He used to come and
volunteer with his parents.
Kept coming after they passed
Do you know what they spoke about?
- No.
- Tina, please.
Is there anything else you remember?
I saw him give Tyler a gold ring.
Yeah, it was weird. But
what was even weirder was
Tyler started to cry.
I've seen other volunteers
cry, but never Tyler.
And he'd been through it.
I was worried about him, but he
left before I could say goodbye.
And that was the last time I saw him.
You flew across the
world to track down Tyler?
And when you finally did,
you gave him his father's wedding ring.
It's engraved with the date
he married Tyler's mother.
Stephen wore the ring
while he was in Afghanistan,
which means he probably
had it on when he died.
Now, it makes sense that a terrorist
would steal jewelry.
But you had that ring
on you for 18 years.
You crossed seven time zones
to return it to Stephen's son.
- Why would a terrorist do that?
- They wouldn't,
because you're not a terrorist.
[BEEPING AT DOOR]
CSIS is in your office.
[HOLNESS]: See, I-I don't
think that you stole this ring.
Show them how to work the copy machine.
I think Stephen gave it
to you as he was dying.
Which would mean that Betty Reid
is lying about what happened.
And that's why you won't talk.
Because she's powerful, and
you don't trust us, I get it.
But Nazir? You're gonna have to.
For the sake of Stephen and for his son.
Please?
We're listening.
Just tell us what happened.
Look. Any second now, federal agents
are going to burst through that door
and take you away to God knows where.
We can help you.
If you have anything left to say, Nazir,
now is your last chance to say it.
[SIGHS]
I started assisting
the Canadian military
in Afghanistan as an interpreter.
I believed I was making a difference,
bringing change to my country.
Stephen and Betty, they weren't just
people I worked with.
They were my friends.
One day, we met in the
warehouse to exchange intel,
same as always, but this
time, we heard gunshots.
Stephen went out to check,
Betty stayed to keep me safe.
It was just a couple
of kids, messing around.
Stephen was coming
back to tell us, but
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
But what?
Betty's radio went out.
She missed the all clear.
She shot Stephen as he
walked through the door.
I tried to help and stop the bleeding,
she cried in my arms
when it didn't work.
She sent me home. Told
me it was too dangerous
for my cover for me to stay, so I left.
[TENSE MUSIC]
And then she framed me
for the death of my friend.
If this is all true, why did you wait
18 years to come forward?
I fled Afghanistan!
Through the mountains,
into Iran, then Turkey.
I had to leave my family behind!
I couldn't see my son.
Or hold my wife's hand
even after she got sick.
My son is now a father.
He has a beautiful little
girl. Her name is Bahara.
Named after his late mother.
And I can't hold her hand either.
[HOLNESS]: He's in the middle
of giving a statement
- I came here to clear my name!
- Let him finish
Tyler was the only who
might believe me, and he did!
I wanted to gather proof,
go through proper channels
- Wait, please!
- But Tyler was so angry,
he went straight to Betty,
and he gave her a choice
- [HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
- [DARCY]: Nazir, what choice?
It's time to answer for the murder
- of Private Stephen Fremes.
- Nazir, what choice?
Tell the truth, or he
would. And now he's dead!
[TENSE MUSIC]
An innocent man is in custody.
He's not innocent unless he can prove
that he's telling the truth. But
Let's take it for a walk.
Betty Reid accidentally
shot Stephen Fremes
and then covered it up, why?
You don't go to prison
for friendly fire.
No, but a soldier who kills their own,
even by accident doesn't
become a federal minister.
- Betty had ambition.
- Maybe, but your theory
still rests on the word
of a suspected terrorist.
Hold on, there's something
in Betty's media advisory
Just after meeting Tyler, she
scheduled a press conference
for the next day, and
then she cancelled it,
hours after he was murdered.
Tyler walks into Betty's
backyard fundraiser,
gives her an ultimatum.
Come clean or he will.
Betty relents and
books a press conference
- to show she means business.
- But she would know
if this gets out, she'd be charged
with obstruction of justice. So
She wouldn't just lose her career,
- she might go to prison.
- So she kills Tyler
and then sweeps the
whole thing under the rug.
Mm, go after her.
I'll try and something
to support Nazir's story.
Why must we always go
after the rich and powerful?
Tell them to stop killing people.
Well, that press
conference was to follow up
on my Veterans Reintegration Act,
which is apparently less important
than playoff hockey,
so we pushed it a week.
It just seems odd.
Booking a press conference,
cancelling it the next day.
In politics, it's practically a cliché.
So is lying.
You told us Tyler came to
you for information on Nazir,
but that's not true. Is it?
Tyler walked into your
backyard to confront you.
You were the one who shot his father
- 18 years ago and he knew it.
- No, that's not true.
I mean, yes, Tyler came to confront me.
Said I was responsible
for Stephen's death,
but I explained to him that
Nazir's version of events
was false, and Tyler
said he believed me.
- That's the last time I saw him.
- Then why lie to us?
If my opposition
learned about this story,
no matter how ridiculous,
it could still play.
I thought it was inconsequential,
but I was wrong, 'cause here you are.
I'm sorry.
It's a beautiful shot.
It's very patriotic, aside from the gun.
- Guns can be patriotic.
- I meant literally.
The gun in your holster
isn't Canadian issue.
It's very common for
soldiers to take enemy weapons
as souvenirs, isn't it?
Sometimes they even take them home.
This one is a Makarov PM.
It's the same gun that killed Tyler.
I haven't seen that gun
since I left Afghanistan.
I think you saw it three nights ago.
[SIGHING]
Ms. Reid.
Where were you at the
time of Tyler's death?
That night, my daughter woke up crying.
I went into her room to calm her down
and fell asleep in her bed.
A sleeping five-year-old. Convenient.
Actually, it is.
We still have a baby cam in her room,
I can show you the footage.
My daughter's baby monitor
was a can on a string.
Good thing you were
never accused of murder.
[SCOFFS] Rowan's about to turn 12,
she's accused me of worse.
Aside from three minutes,
Betty Reid spent the entire
night next to her daughter.
- She's alibied.
- So you believe her?
Not for a second.
But if she hired a hitman,
they wouldn't have used her gun,
they would've found something different.
Something untraceable.
Which means she gave
it to someone she knows.
Other than being Betty's doting husband,
what do we know about Landon Reid?
Landon Reid, uh
Former labour lawyer,
had political ambitions,
ran for office four times, never won.
Uh, then he met Betty,
she went into politics soon after,
he stepped in to be
her campaign manager,
helped her to win her first election.
Everyone loves a war hero.
Now he's her Chief of Staff.
Gets her coffee, her
lunch, her dry-cleaning.
- Takes care of her every need.
- And Betty needed Tyler gone.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR OPENS]
Okay, I took a run through your speech.
I got rid of any dilutive
or qualifying language
Hey
Hey, what's going on?
Nazir is in federal custody.
That's why you're upset?
Betty, this is a good thing!
This is what needs to happen.
Hey.
We've worked on this
veterans' bill for two years.
It is going to move forward,
and you are going to
help thousands of people.
This thing you're
feeling, it will go away.
I've got you. Alright?
I've got your back.
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
[ECHOING GAVEL]
No coffee order this time?
Oh, uh, I don't offer drinks
to people who accuse my wife of murder.
Then let's clear this up real quick.
Where were you at the
time of Tyler's death?
Look, I don't even know the man!
I was asleep. In my bed.
Well, that's lucky for you.
Betty got up to deal with your daughter?
I offered to go in, but she insisted.
And you do what you're told.
Landon, you're-you're
doing her bidding.
You're at her beck and call.
Watching her live out
your political dreams,
- it's gotta be hard.
- Supporting my wife?
Um, actually, it's quite easy.
Well, don't you miss it?
Being behind the podium,
having your face on people's lawns?
I'd rather look at my
wife's face. Wouldn't you?
I guess neither of you are married?
So, maybe that's why
you don't understand.
Another thing you might not know
about marriage is the snoring.
She usually puts up with
me. Except on that night,
Betty came in and nudged me to stop.
I think it was around 3 a.m.?
[DOOR OPENS]
And if you don't believe me,
you can ask her.
Hun, who's car is in the driveway?
Detectives. Everything okay?
[LANDON]: Uh, these
two would like to know
where I was three
nights ago at three a.m.
[SIGHING]
Snoring as usual.
Maybe that's why you're
sleeping in your daughter's bed.
Can I get the two of you anything?
I was just about to
make myself a coffee.
Oh, hun, it's after three.
Let me make you an herbal tea.
But I'd be happy to make
you that double espresso
if we're all done here.
Why can't she have
coffee after three p.m.?
There's no front door
camera, no hits on the car.
We have nothing to prove whether or not
Landon left the house
the night of the murder.
Other than his wife's word.
Well, she's not gonna turn on him.
Too bad, if she did, she could
have coffee any time she wanted.
Yeah, what was that with the coffee?
I don't know, maybe nothing.
But something bugs me about them.
Well, whatever it is, it's not giving us
a murder confession.
I think we're trying to
solve the wrong murder.
We can't prove Landon killed Tyler,
but maybe we can prove
Betty killed Tyler's father
18 years ago.
If we can, that would be
enough to put her on trial.
And it would give us a
motive in Tyler's death.
Can't get them in the present.
Maybe we can get them in the past.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[DISTANT CHATTER]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Incident report detailing
the death of Private Stephen Fremes.
I had to threaten a
judicial order to get this.
You ask a lot of favours for a new guy.
- I'm still the new guy?
- Uh, any word on Nazir?
I was busy getting you
classified documents.
Thank you.
I'm trying. Can't get anywhere near him.
This-this guy, uh,
Grundland's making it hard.
Grundland. That's the colonel
who showed up and arrested
Nazir with the RCMP?
- Why's he so invested in this?
- Colonel Mark Grundland.
He was Betty's immediate
superior in Afghanistan,
stationed with Betty when
Private Fremes was killed.
It'd be nice to see where he
was at the time of the murder,
but we don't have his vehicle log.
That's because it's classified.
Guess you need another favour.
Colonel Grundland, you were Betty Reid's
immediate superior in
Afghanistan, is that correct?
Betty was a hell of a soldier
And now she's a hell of a politician.
One who generously funds
many of your initiatives.
I thought we were here to discuss
the detainment of Nazir Khan.
[DARCY]: Well, that's what we're doing.
This is an incident report
from October 14th, 2008.
That's the day that Private
Stephen Fremes was killed.
Where did you get this?
Ballistics matched the
bullet found in Private Fremes
to Betty's service weapon.
We know this. Nazir Khan disarmed her.
This is all on record.
Lazy.
Excuse me?
The investigation was shoddy.
Nazir Khan was carrying
a service weapon,
so why would he take Betty's
gun instead of his own?
I can't rationalize the
actions of a terrorist.
But you don't even question them.
Call logs show Betty
radioed you at 15:33,
your personal vehicle
left the base at 15:38,
five minutes later? Why?
Like I said, she was an ideal soldier.
She needed help.
What is an ideal soldier, in your eyes?
You've said that twice now.
A good soldier follows orders.
Not like Generation Z or
whatever they call themselves,
always riding my ass.
Betty didn't ask stupid questions.
- So when she needed me, I went.
- Alone?
Wouldn't protocol mandate
a quick reaction force be dispatched?
Which didn't happen until 16:36,
one full hour later.
See, we think Betty
radioed you to report
that she had accidentally
shot Private Fremes,
and you went to her
to talk her out of it.
Why would I do that?
Because Betty was negligent
under your command.
It wouldn't just be a stain
on the platoon's reputation,
it would be a stain on yours.
The shiny captain making
a name for himself.
No one making the platoon look bad,
just more good old-fashioned
hatred for the enemy.
Betty Reid told you the truth,
and you convinced her to cover it up.
Well, ordered.
I think "ordered"
would be a better word.
[TENSE MUSIC]
These are quite the allegations.
Mom?
Yeah, sweetie?
There's no such thing as monsters.
Right?
What?
No, of course not.
What if you're lying?
I'm not.
I'm really not.
[SIGHING]
- Thank you for waiting.
- Yeah, of course.
A kid's bedtime is sacred.
Oh, apparently not a man's newspaper.
So, now that my wife has
joined us, I'll ask again.
Why are you here?
We just met with Colonel Grundland.
Well, that doesn't answer my question.
Yeah, well, it answers some of ours.
You see, initially, we made some
false assumptions about you both.
For example, Betty, we assumed
you were the type of person
who would frame an innocent man.
But, now, we know that you know reported
your involvement in
Stephen Fremes's death.
Colonel Grundland ordered
you to cover it up.
We've already told you,
that story is garbage.
When we realized this,
that you tried to do
the right thing all those years ago,
we started to wonder if maybe
we'd made another false assumption.
Tyler came to you with an ultimatum.
And you scheduled a press conference.
We assumed that it was a stall tactic
to buy time in order to get rid of him,
but what if it wasn't?
You were gonna come clean.
I have nothing to come clean about.
That's disappointing.
I was hoping for a little humanity.
A little valour, if you will. No?
I think when Tyler approached
you, a part of you was relieved.
To get rid of that
weight you feel every time
you pin on your Medal of Valour.
To get rid of that torment
of carrying around that lie.
Because you're not a bad person, Betty.
You were just following orders.
I-I don't know what
it was like over there.
I don't know what I would've
done if I shot my friend
by accident and my commanding officer
gave me a freebie, I
might have just told myself
I didn't have a choice, but I
know that it would weigh on me.
It might weigh on me enough
to book a press conference.
But politicians can't
book a press conference
without telling their Chief of Staff.
You told your husband
what you were going to do.
He didn't want you to come clean.
He didn't want you to come clean,
because it would not
only destroy your legacy,
it would destroy his.
- You were in politics, right?
- Uh, I still am.
I mean front and centre.
Years ago, you ran in your riding.
- Yeah, I gave it a try.
- And you failed.
- Uh
- You couldn't do it yourself.
[CHUCKLING]
How pleased you must've
been when you met Betty.
Betty, the perfect poster
child, the war hero.
When did she tell you
it wasn't the truth?
When did she tell you the real story,
how she framed Nazir Khan?
I'm sure you showed
empathy at first, but
I bet deep down, you were excited.
Because now you knew that
Betty Reid follows orders.
Now you had someone you could control.
[BATEMAN]: Landon is not
just getting you dinner
- [CHUCKLING]
- he's deciding what you eat.
He's not just picking
up your dry-cleaning,
he's telling you what to wear.
- He will put words in your mouth
- You've gotta be kidding Betty,
- this is completely absurd!
- No!
What's absurd, is that
after killing Tyler,
you came home and told your
wife exactly what you did.
Why the hell would I do that?
Because with Tyler dead,
you couldn't come clean.
Not without implicating your
husband for Tyler's murder.
You would go to jail.
He would go to jail,
and your daughter would be
left without her parents.
He used your child to manipulate you.
What kind of husband does that?
You don't share a bed
with a man like that.
You go to the next room and
you sleep beside your daughter.
That's enough! I'd
like you both to leave.
Did he tell you that it was
for the good of the country,
because I seriously doubt
he told you the truth,
that it was for him,
because it's always for him.
If he can't make it as a politician,
the next best thing is
to do it through you,
but if you go down, so does he.
He's not a husband
looking out for his wife,
he is a parasite who
needs its host to survive.
- Get the hell out of my house.
- Isn't it exhausting?
Being perpetually controlled?
First it was the army,
- now it's the man you married?
- I do not control my wife
Be quiet!
[BREATHING HARD]
Our daughter is sleeping.
Betty
We can prove that Colonel Grundland
ordered you to cover up Stephen's death.
You will lose your career,
but your daughter will
grow up with her mother.
A mother who never again
needs to listen to a word
out of that man's mouth.
A mother who will teach her
the difference between right and wrong.
And Nazir Khan will finally walk free.
They have absolutely zero proof.
Of any of this!
Betty
You are going to be Prime
Minister of this country.
And you'll be the man
telling me what to do.
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
Did you ever love me?
More than anything in this world.
My husband killed Tyler Fremes.
- I'm willing to go on record
- [LANDON GROANS]
You stupid bitch!
He used my gun, which
has since gone missing
She's lying! She's-She's
a goddamn liar.
- Yeah, bring him in.
- And he admitted
- to shooting Tyler.
- This-this is absurd.
This is completely
ridiculous. What the
Hey! Hey, hey! Let go of me.
I'm Hey! Let me
Easy, easy!
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
They'll take back her Medal of Valour.
Just when she might have earned it.
Valour is of no service,
and the bravest often fall
by the hands of cowards.
I'm over it.
[THEME MUSIC]