Hudson and Rex (2019) s09e04 Episode Script

1
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[SIREN WAILING]
Inspector Truong! Hi!
I'm Constable Taylor O'Neill!
I believe Chief Sullivan
expressed my desire
to shadow a detective today.
Chief Sullivan, yes. As in your mother.
Technically. But also my chief.
I can separate the two.
She did mention it. I had said
that I would arrange it for next week.
Oh, I thought it was today.
Let me see what I can
do. Give me a minute.
Are you busy this morning?
- It's a quiet morning, why?
- Good.
The chief wants her daughter
to shadow a detective.
Um you mean spend
the morning with Taylor?
To clarify, when I said
it was a quiet morning,
it's quiet work. Computer work.
I have so much de-fragging to do.
I have to get rid of so much bloatware.
Check for malware.
Backup and erasures.
It's fine, it's fine.
You're off the hook.
[JESSE EXHALES]
- One more minute.
- Of course.
[ELEVATOR PINGS]
[POP CAN RATTLING]
- Charlie.
- Hey.
Want a rookie shadow?
Constable O'Neill?
[REX SNORTS]
Um
Yeah, sure. We could
do a ride along maybe?
- [REX BARKS]
- Yeah, no, I understand.
- [REX YELPS]
- Okay.
Message received, partner.
Constable O'Neill hasn't
exactly warmed to Rex.
[REX GRUNTS]
And the feeling is very mutual.
Right. Okay, we've
got to work on that.
[SARAH SIGHS]
- You know where Joe is?
- [ELEVATOR PINGS]
- Just another minute.
- Sure.
Uh, excuse me.
Hey.
Joe, you interested in
a second set of eyes?
Okay, just lay it on me.
Come out with it.
The chief wants her daughter
to shadow a detective.
But who better to show an eager rookie
the investigative ropes, than you?
Right, no one else wants to do it.
You'd be saving me here.
Is she going to go full nepo baby on me?
- I can't guarantee she won't.
- [SIGHS]
- You owe me one.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you thank you thank you.
Constable.
We are going to head upstairs,
grab a few files
and solve an old missing-persons case.
Copy that!
- Sir!
- [ELEVATOR PINGS]
[REX BARKS]
Yeah, I'm going to need
you to step it up, partner.
[REX BARKS]
[CHARLIE EXHALES]
You need to focus.
You messed up that pike yesterday.
You've got to nail that.
I'm trying!
It's one thing to mess
it up in the back yard
but when everyone's watching
Who cares what they think?
You'll care what the
judges think won't you?
[GIRL SIGHS]
You've got to keep
your eye on the prize.
[CAR STARTING]
The window is filthy!
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]
- What is that smell?
[GIRL COUGHS]
Mom?
Get out of the car.
Go, go!
[HIGH PITCHED WHIRRING]
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [CAMERA SNAPPING]
- JESSE: Thanks.
Let's go, pal.
- Hey, Jesse.
- JESSE: Hey.
What've we got going on here?
So, Nora Manning.
She was about to drive her
daughter to gymnastics practice
and her car exploded.
Do we know what caused it?
The fire inspector told
me that an accelerant
was poured into the
windshield wash reservoir.
Nora started the ignition.
Car filled up with smoke and boom.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
Anyway, they sent over a sample.
So, are we dealing with arson
or attempted murder here?
- [REX SNIFFING]
- Well, the fire inspector also reminded me
that that fire bug that lit
up seven vehicles in one month
was arrested but let out on bail.
His name is Kyle Kennedy.
- I'm going to chase him down.
- Okay, great.
Can you remind the
inspector to send that report
- as soon as it's ready?
- Yeah.
Where's the mom and daughter right now?
They've been taken to the
hospital to get checked out.
Rex. Let's go.
- Thanks.
- See you later.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SEAGULLS CRYING]
PA: Doctor Stevenson, 401.
Doctor Stevenson, 401.
Nora Manning?
Yeah?
Hi. Detective Charlie
Hudson with Major Crimes.
- Could I have a word?
- Yes, of course.
This is my daughter, Ailish.
Hi. This is my partner, Rex.
AILISH: Hi, buddy.
I'm really sorry this happened.
- You okay?
- Yes.
Shocked but okay.
CHARLIE: I didn't
notice a doorbell camera
- or security system at your house.
- NORA: No.
CHARLIE: Okay, can
you think of anyone
who might have wanted to do this to you?
No. Sorry.
Oh, it's okay. I'll let
you know what we find out.
Glad you're all right.
We'll keep in touch.
- Detective?
- Yeah?
Ailish, honey, the
nurse is waiting for us.
The police have work to do.
- They don't have the answers yet.
- [AILISH SIGHS]
If you have more questions,
we can talk later.
Of course.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
JESSE: I looked into the
arsonist, Kyle Kennedy.
And ?
Broke his conditions and
was detained two days ago.
He's been inside ever since.
- Okay, so he's not our guy.
- Nope, he's not.
And I've reached out to Nora's neighbors
for doorbell-cam footage
to see if we can see
someone sabotage the car,
- but so far, nothing.
- Hmm.
- What did you pull on the family?
- Nora Manning.
Single mother. Works at a bank.
Her daughter Ailish has
been in the press a few times
for these gymnastics competitions
but that's about it, Charlie.
- Nothing on the dad?
- He lives out west.
Okay, well,
Ailish seemed like she
wanted to tell me something.
Maybe Rex and I will go by the house.
- See if we can get her to talk.
- You got it.
All right, pal. Let's go.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay.
What've we got?
We've got Thanks.
Alec Daniels.
Born 1983.
Last known address was on
Long Run Road in Petty Harbour
with his girlfriend, Rosie Malone.
He worked at the shipyard in town.
What happened?
Well, he left home and went to work.
After his shift, he clocked
out and was never seen again.
- When?
- September 4th, 2011.
Fifteen years ago.
Did anything unique
happen with the weather?
- Anything notable?
- Foggy day.
Temperatures were fifteen degrees.
- Dropped to about seven that night.
- Okay.
So, we have the who.
We have the what and we have the when.
Now we just need the why.
- Nobody knows.
- What's your theory?
He bailed on his life.
He reinvented himself somewhere.
You quoted that from a
theory you read in the file.
Yes.
- But I agree.
- Based on?
You see, good investigating
isn't just about securing
your confirmation bias.
It's about finding
little inconsistencies.
Fresh eyes.
Beginner's mind.
He takes out his whole savings
and just drops off the planet?
Three-thousand dollars
is not going to get you very far.
Especially if you want to start
over again. Even back then.
- Maybe he was resourceful.
- Okay.
Some people just want to disappear.
Okay, so he disappeared.
But so did his car.
And it wasn't registered on
any ferry that left the island.
Nor did it turn up in any scrap yard.
So where is it?
That's a new, random theory.
But that's what we're looking for.
New random theories.
That's what makes this a cold case.
Because all of the other theories
led to nothing.
You know, maybe we should
walk through Alec's last day.
- I'm going to see if Rex is available.
- The dog?
- Yeah.
- Why?
Because Rex can do things that we can't.
The thing is though,
if he's here,
I can't do the things I normally can.
At least not well.
I find him distracting.
I think you're going
to need to get over that.
But, we'll try it without
Rex. Come on.
That's her boyfriend. Sawyer Glynn.
How long have the two
of them been dating?
[NORA CHUCKLES] Too long.
Couple of months.
You don't like him?
Ah, he's fine enough, I suppose, but
Ailish is on track to
be an Olympic gymnast.
Ever since he started coming
around, she's
she's been distracted.
[SOFT MUSIC]
SAWYER: Oh, who wants some pats?
Mom's going to make me practice soon.
You almost died this morning.
You'd think she'd give you a break.
The Nationals. Tryouts
are in a couple of days.
There's more to life
than tryouts, Ailish.
Of course you'd say that.
You don't want me to make the team.
[REX GRUNTS]
I don't care if you make the team.
I don't want you to leave town!
How are you doing, Ailish?
- I'm fine.
- She's not. She's traumatized.
- I'm fine.
Ailish, when we met earlier,
you wanted to tell me something.
Tell him.
Tell him.
You can talk to me.
Well, something weird is going on.
I've been getting strange text messages.
Threats, I guess.
What kind of threats?
AILISH: Telling me to
drop out of the national tryouts.
Could I see them?
AILISH: They're from
an unknown sender.
You won't think you're so great
when your legs are crushed.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
You're trash. I dream about
throwing you into a landfill.
Quit the tryouts if
you know what's good for you.
Kids can be so hateful.
I tell Ailish to
just tune that stuff out.
Do you know who sent these?
It's kids. They're just jealous.
Bunch of bullies.
SAWYER: Exactly. She's
being bullied. This is serious.
Yeah. A week of anonymous threats
followed by the dangerous
sabotage of your car.
I agree with Sawyer.
This is very serious.
I'm going to need to
keep Ailish's phone.
Wait
Oh my God.
You don't think these
things are connected.
AILISH: It is, Mom.
Someone wants me dead!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
JESSE: So
The messages.
They come from a German phone number
but they were sent
to Ailish using a VPN.
So it could be anybody.
I'm trying to put a production order
to see if we can get
a username at least,
but in the meantime,
I have been looking at
her social media feed
for any weird activity.
Look at these comments.
What a stupid sport.
Only a moron would think
it's worth their time.
Who wrote that?
It was someone with the
handle @flipofflosers.
- Oh.
- I've been trying to trace it
back to an email.
Whoever they are, maybe they Uh-uh!
Excuse me! Solved.
Anyway, maybe they decided
to crank it up a notch
and send those text messages.
And they decided to crank
it up a whole bunch of notches
- and blow up the car.
- Yeah, maybe.
Well, I'm cross
referencing the username.
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- [KEYBOARD CLACKING]
Okay, here we go.
It's registered to an email
- belonging to Sawyer Glynn.
- [REX BARKS]
That's Ailish's boyfriend.
[ROCK MUSIC]
[REX GROWLS]
I didn't post this stuff.
She's my girlfriend.
Why would I do that?
Maybe you resent how much time
she spends training for gymnastics.
- I do, but I still let her do it.
- You let her?
- That's not what I meant.
- [REX BARKS]
Ailish trains all the time.
I don't pressure her either way.
Ailish know that you were posting
under this flip off losers account?
We have the IP address.
Okay, fine. I posted it.
Because I was angry!
But not at Ailish!
It's everything.
The kids. Coaches. The parents.
The whole gymnastics scene.
It's high stress all the time.
She doesn't know how to
have a laugh or just chill!
You have a VPN app on your phone?
Yeah, why?
Because in all these threatening texts,
the most violent messages were
sent using a VPN app.
I use a VPN to watch animé!
It's the only way to get around
the geoblocks to see the best shows.
Those messages aren't from me.
We'll talk again,
I'm sure.
[REX GRUNTS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SEAGULLS CRYING]
You're reopening the case?
After all this time?
DONOVAN: It was never closed.
The investigation went cold.
We believe that you
might be able to tell us
something new that will help
us solve it, Ms. Malone.
What, um Constable
Taylor is trying say
is that we are new to the file.
And it's procedure for us to speak
to the people who knew Alec best.
Um, what did you want to know?
DONOVAN: Whatever
you can tell us.
[ROSIE SIGHS]
Look, why don't we start with
when you saw him last, hmm?
Everything seemed good.
He had a great job.
I'd just gotten into nursing school.
I thought we were happy.
- Mm-hmm?
- ROSIE: I mean
this guy was saving money.
He was mowing lawns on the weekend.
He was picking blueberries
in the barrens up there.
Selling buckets by the side of the road.
Bring a little jar home for
me when it was a special day.
I was so young.
But I should have known better.
- How so?
- ROSIE: You just never know people.
My father left my mom out of the blue.
No explanation. It's just
[ROSIE SIGHS]
Before he disappeared, did
did he seem different?
Like he had something
on his mind perhaps?
Uh
He wasn't himself that day.
He was keeping something from me.
He was trying extra hard to seem normal.
I thought
maybe he was working up a surprise.
[ROSIE SIGHS] Surprise
was he left for work
and never came back.
DONOVAN: Well, thank
you for your time.
We're sorry to have
brought all this back up.
We're going to get answers for you.
I promise.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey.
- Hey.
- I'm going to grab a coffee.
- Want to walk?
- Yeah!
The fire inspector sent over the
chemical analysis from the fire.
It's paraffin lamp oil.
- Purified kerosene derivative.
- Mm-hmm.
Used anywhere from tiki torches
to hurricane lamps and camping stoves.
And found in sheds and
garages everywhere, I'd say.
Yeah.
How's um how's Ailish doing?
Mmm, she's shaken.
But I think she's doing all right.
Oh, hey.
You were a competitive figure skater
- when you were a kid, right?
- Yeah.
So how competitive is it really?
I mean, are car bombs and
death threats the norm?
Well, it's intense but
no, not that intense.
It doesn't compare to football
at Mount Allison either.
The stakes of everything are
so high when you're young.
- Yeah.
- You're already dealing with
puberty and hormone changes.
Throw in the heightened
dopamine from physical activity
and you know, you've got a brew of
elevated chemicals and confusion.
Yeah, but do you really think
that a kid would kill another kid
over a gymnastics competition?
Thanks.
Charlie, we've been doing
this long enough to know
- that anything is possible.
- Yeah, I guess.
A lot of money at stake, too.
The prestige of winning
these high-level events.
Ailish has been a
star since she was six.
She has multiple titles under her belt.
Headhunted from schools on
the mainland. Scholarships.
Sounds like she's being fast
tracked to Olympic stardom.
Now, I will say those
posts from her boyfriend
- said that he resented the sport, right?
- Mm-hmm.
But the text messages are telling her
to quit the national tryouts.
- It's much more specific.
- Right.
So, we could be dealing with a
jealous competitor at the club.
'Cause I'm fearless ♪
Nothing that can break me ♪
Hero of my story ♪
I'm a warrior ♪
'Cause I'm fearless ♪
Nothing that can beat me ♪
No one to defeat me ♪
I'm a champion
'Cause I'm fearless,
fearless, fearless ♪
'Cause I'm fearless,
fearless, fearless ♪
'Cause I'm fearless,
fearless, fearless ♪
'Cause I'm fearless,
fearless, fearless ♪
COACH HALLIDAY: Okay,
everyone listen up!
You know what, guys? This province
has produced NHL superstars
and Olympic athletes.
There is so much talent here.
You guys included.
Let me tell you something.
There's no reason
why it couldn't be any one of you
up on that podium getting the glory.
Those national judges,
- they don't know what they're in for.
- [ALL CHEERING]
- Keep it up!
- HALLIDAY: Yes!
Okay, guys, take ten,
and we'll try it all
from the top again, okay?
CHARLIE: Excuse me.
Detective Charlie Hudson.
I want to talk to you about
a threat campaign being waged
against Ailish Manning.
I'm her coach, Henry Halliday.
Um, what are you talking
about? What threats?
Telling her to drop out
of the national tryouts
or else she's going to face
some kind of a consequence.
Are you kidding?
Where is she now? Tryouts are Friday.
This is Pamela O'Rourke.
- She's the president of the club.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Pleasure.
So, does Ailish get
along with the other kids?
The kids all get along great.
Yeah? What about the
coaches and the parents?
KENNEDY: Yeah. We're
all a big happy family really.
No rivalries?
Who's her biggest competition?
That would be my little
sister. Catherine.
For a long time, Ailish was
heads above everyone else
but lately Catherine's
been making huge strides.
They're really neck and neck.
I mean, honestly, I'm surprised
it hasn't hurt their bond
but they're the best of friends.
- That's good to hear.
- PAMELA: Poor Ailish!
I mean, I hope these threats
aren't getting in her head.
Catherine!
CATHERINE: Hey!
KENNEDY: As you can see,
everybody's getting along great.
Me too.
My hamstrings are on fire.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Uh I'm going to go do some
paperwork in my office.
- Excuse me.
- See you soon.
[SEAGULLS CRYING]
DONOVAN: You broke
the number one rule.
Do not make promises.
We've got to be careful not
to give people false hope.
Sorry, sir.
Okay. So, what's your takeaway
after the conversation we just had?
She loved him.
And she doesn't think it
was really reciprocated.
But according to interviews
that we had with his family and friends,
he did love her.
Except for what she just said.
Everyone has a personal bias.
Rosie talked about the fact that
her father left without explanation.
That primed her to not trust.
It's her personal bias.
Come on, try again.
She said she felt like
he was hiding something.
What if he was hiding something good?
Okay!
I like that.
Like what?
Like, maybe he was
saving for a nicer house.
A new car.
Or a ring!
Okay.
Now that's a working
theory we can pursue.
He only had about three
thousand bucks though.
- It's a little on the cheap side.
- Uh,
that's your personal bias.
That's a lot of money to some people.
- I'll leave my opinions out of it.
- Right.
But what if you're right? Hmm?
What if he was
saving to buy her a ring?
So he'd leave from home
and head to work down at the
St. John's Shipyard here.
And then he'd try to buy
a ring somewhere downtown.
He'd buy it at the mall.
Okay.
So, he's buying a
ring at the Avalon Mall.
Which means that he'd head
home via the Goulds highway.
If he was proposing,
that would be a special day.
So, maybe he picked blueberries.
Okay, okay. So where
would he do that?
Uhh
I'd say this marshy area up here.
It's covered in blueberry bushes.
There's a road right
through all those ponds.
Hmm.
Constable, do you have
a pair of hip waders?
[KNOCKING]
Hey, Pamela. Do
you have a moment?
Yep, sure.
Come on in.
So your gym is hosting the
national team tryouts this Friday?
High stress around here.
Being chosen will be a game changer.
- How so?
- Well, it sets you up for the Olympics
and then after that,
the sky's the limit.
Hmm.
Your sister Catherine and Ailish,
- they're the two front-runners?
- Both are incredible gymnasts.
Either can make the team.
- But only one of them will.
- Hmm.
Well, Catherine's
lucky to have you here.
You're a very supportive sister.
I've been her legal guardian
for the past three years,
since our parents died.
Sorry.
- Big responsibility.
- Big shoes to fill.
Our mother was incredible.
She pushed me to be the
best gymnast I could be.
Till I got injured.
But honestly, Catherine's way
better than I ever was at her age.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
Wait. Is that
CCTV footage?
Yeah. It's
just two cameras
but we can see everything with them.
Is there any way we could access that?
Why?
I have a feeling that
whoever is doing this,
- may be connected with the gym.
- Okay.
- Yeah, I'll send you a link.
- Okay, great.
- Thanks.
- [REX GROWLS]
Oh.
- What is your dog doing?
- [REX BARKS]
What've you got, pal?
- What've you got, Rex?
- [REX GRUNTS]
Excellent job, partner.
This oil.
This is the same
accelerant that was used
to blow up Nora Manning's car.
- Why would you have it?
- What? No!
We use paraffin mineral oil
to treat the leather on the equipment
but it's not lamp oil.
This is the wrong stuff.
Someone was supposed to return it.
There's a bottle missing. Why?
- Good question.
- [REX YELPS]
Who would be responsible
for purchasing this?
An employee or a volunteer?
[EXCITED CHATTER]
Yeah.
PAMELA: Nora!
Can you explain the paraffin oil?
What do you mean?
PAMELA: That police
dog found oil in my office!
I bought the wrong stuff.
I told you I'd replace it.
PAMELA: Not before you used
it to blow up your own car?
- Excuse me?
- Pam!
- You're being ridiculous!
- [AILISH GASPING]
- [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
- [AILISH GASPING]
- [REX BARKS]
- Ailish, what's wrong?
- [AILISH GASPING]
- Does she have any allergies?
She's got a shellfish allergy!
She needs her epipen!
It could kill her!
PAMELA: Coach! Epipen!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- [REX WHINES]
- Got it!
[REX WHINES]
[AILISH GASPING]
CHARLIE: Hang on.
[AILISH BREATHING HEAVILY]
[REX BARKS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[DISTANT SIREN]
CHARLIE: Hey, Sarah.
You get the test results
back on the vegetable juice?
SARAH: We did. Bit
of a surprise here.
We found traces of clam juice.
Oh, that would kick off a near
fatal reaction to shellfish.
That doesn't seem like a mistake
someone would make. Does it?
Not if you have that type of allergy.
If she's being targeted,
I think we need to consider
that somebody contaminated
it deliberately.
Poor kid. Must be terrifying.
Yeah, Rex and I are
going to talk to them now.
- Okay.
- I'll keep you posted.
Let's go, Rex.
[AILISH GRUNTS]
AILISH: Oh, this
thing is ridiculous!
CHARLIE: Has she ever mistakenly
ingested shellfish before?
No. Never. She's diligent.
I'd even say paranoid.
She double-checks every ingredient.
That juice was poured from a container
in our fridge this morning.
It was vegetable juice.
Does she ever get a break?
National tryouts are in two days.
Once she makes that team,
she'll have a week off
before we head to Quebec
for summer training.
So you train elsewhere?
We have to find ways to make up
for what the gym isn't providing.
What do you mean?
Pamela is a youngster herself.
She makes promises she can't keep.
She and Coach Halliday both.
About what exactly?
They told the team to
expect all-new high-end equipment
which is already weeks delayed.
Meanwhile, Ailish has to
practice on a balance beam
held together by duct tape.
Looks like she's doing okay.
Okay isn't perfect, Detective.
Gymnastics is about perfection.
[AILISH SIGHS]
[AILISH GROANS]
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
[REX GRUNTS]
Hey!
Get back here!
- Bluebird ♪
- [AILISH GIGGLES]
You're smiling baby ♪
- Rex, come on!
- You know, I'm watching baby ♪
Bluebird ♪
I'll always be here ♪
It's true ♪
You can ask the flowers ♪
I sit for hours ♪
Telling all the rabbits ♪
The clouds and
the blossoms ♪
Bluebird ♪
That I'm so in
love with you ♪
Meet me at the milk bar ♪
Or in the back yard ♪
Sing to me at bedtime ♪
Under the starlight ♪
Bluebird ♪
- Okay, hon!
- I'm so in love with you ♪
That looks like fun,
but we've got to focus!
AILISH: Sorry, buddy.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
[NORA SIGHS]
JESSE: The gym is largely
run by government grants
and wealthy donors.
Now, a few times a year,
they'll host a fundraiser to
raise money so that athletes
- could travel to competitions.
- That sounds pretty normal.
Well, it was running smoothly
up until a couple of months ago.
The club missed two mortgage payments,
- back-to-back.
- Why? What happened?
I can't confirm anything
but I did some digging.
It turns out Coach Halliday
has a bit of a gambling problem.
He's part of this online betting forum.
I mean, this guy bets on everything.
From baseball games to football games
to marble races.
Even the conclave to elect a new pope.
I mean this guy is broke.
You know, that's interesting.
Nora mentioned something
about gym equipment
that had been ordered
that never showed up.
Maybe Coach has been skimming.
Would explain the two
missed mortgage payments.
I don't think Coach Halliday is
telling us everything he knows.
[REX GRUNTS]
So, Alec is driving.
It's foggy. It's dusk.
He's tired, distracted. Whatever.
But it's easy to see how
his car ends up in this pond.
Are you going to help me?
And rob you of this teachable
moment? Oh, hell no.
Just wind up. Throw
it as far as you can.
And drag it back in.
Don't think this is going to work.
Trust the process.
People find lots of stuff this way.
I think I hit something!
Okay, well drag it back in!
Whatever it is,
it's big.
Come on, come on, come on!
Yeah, I lost my shirt on some
bad bets a while back.
So, you stole from
the club to cover them.
I always intended on paying it back.
I just needed a little more time.
Meanwhile, you're
placing false equipment orders
and keeping the money.
I was going to place a couple
more bets to earn that money back
and then replace it
before anyone found out.
But then, Pamela caught me.
And she didn't expose you?
No. She leveraged it
to get me to give
Catherine extra training.
And it worked!
I mean, Catherine and Ailish
are like neck and neck.
One of them is going to make nationals.
I just-I needed to push
Catherine a little harder.
I'm guessing you placed a bet on her?
The odds were too good to pass up.
Even Pam put some big money
on Catherine to beat Ailish.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
CHARLIE: You knew that the coach
was using phony equipment purchases
to embezzle money.
But you didn't report him.
You decided to blackmail him instead.
I don't know what you're saying.
We got a hold of your phone records.
You can delete the texts
but the internet is forever.
Hold on.
- I can explain.
- No, I think it's pretty self-explanatory.
You told the coach you'd keep his secret
as long as he agreed to more
training for your sister.
So what?
Catherine's had a tough few years.
She lost her focus for a bit, but
she has all the same talent Ailish has.
Halliday was always putting her second.
I found a way to even the score.
Hmm. And then you decided
to place bets on the outcome
of the national tryouts.
Is it a crime to believe in your family?
Catherine's technique
has improved dramatically
in the last few months.
She could easily win.
Yeah, but it's still a tossup
between the two of them.
And you wanted more of a sure thing.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about the messages
that Ailish is receiving.
The threats telling her to quit.
They came from a VPN on your phone.
What's a VPN?
Anyone else have access to your phone?
No. No one.
- Does Catherine?
- Nobody uses my phone but me.
I want my lawyer.
It'll take a bit to get the car out.
So, in the meantime, I took this off.
So it is Alec's car.
Any sign of him?
Not yet.
So where is his body?
We need Rex.
- I don't
- Just
get over it, Constable.
Charlie thinks Pamela is
covering for Catherine.
Well, she could have easily
downloaded the VPN app
to Pamela's phone. She
knows where Ailish lives.
I'm sure she knows about
the shellfish allergy.
How do we prove that?
Exactly.
Charlie's holding on to
Pamela for as long as he can.
Maybe after some time in a
cell, she'll start talking.
- Where's Catherine?
- Downstairs. Waiting at the Mugshot.
I don't understand.
Pam didn't have anything to do
with what happened with Ailish.
Do you know that for a fact?
Look.
I know she can be intense.
She's overly protective of
me since our parents died.
But she's genuinely a wonderful person.
And I know she loves Ailish.
Competition messes with
your head, doesn't it.
I remember in figure skating,
my best friend,
sometimes felt like my enemy.
Ailish has always been better than me.
But that doesn't make me angry.
It makes me try harder.
That's Nora and Ailish.
I need to know what happened.
- Did Pamela do this?
- She's being held.
That doesn't mean she's guilty.
Because I found out she's
been extorting the coach
to get you extra training.
And she was placing bets on you to win.
I mean I never thought
she would go that far.
So now I don't know what to believe.
Is that true?
SARAH: I think we
need a bit of patience
to let the investigation unfold.
Tryouts are tomorrow!
And someone's been
threatening my daughter!
- So, there's no time for patience!
- CATHERINE: Ailish.
I had no idea Pam was doing any of that.
I swear.
[NORA SIGHS]
Catherine, why don't you come with us.
You can't stay here all night.
CATHERINE: I have to go.
Pam's friend is coming to pick me up.
Oh.
I'll see you tomorrow, all right?
[WATER LAPPING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[REX SNIFFING]
There's no way the dog
will be able to track
his body after fifteen years.
- Give him time.
- [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS] [REX BARKS]
[REX SNIFFING]
[REX BARKS]
Let's see what you've got.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
That's Alec's shirt.
How did he end up over here?
He survived the crash, and
he was probably just
trying to make his way home.
What's this?
[DONOVAN EXHALES]
Taylor.
You were right.
[UPLIFTING MUSIC]
[REX GRUNTS]
[DONOVAN CHUCKLES]
That happened fifteen years ago.
How can a dog still smell it?
Well, when a body decomps
in the ground, near
a tree, for example,
the organic matter is
absorbed by the roots,
the wood layers, the
leaves, the needles.
So Rex wasn't just smelling the body.
- The tree smelled of it.
- What?
That's incredible.
Yeah. Rex
will teach you things
you never thought were possible.
- Oh!
- [DONOVAN LAUGHS]
Why'd you do that?!
That's okay, O'Neill.
You'll get used to it.
Huh?
Is that how you celebrate
success in the field?
- Get him off me.
- Yeah, right on!
[DONOVAN LAUGHS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[ELEVATOR PINGS]
Hey!
I heard Rex made a hell
of a find on your call.
He managed to impress the rookie?
Impressed might a bit of strong word
but we're getting there.
I'm on my way to find her right now
so that we can inform the family.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
It's been a strange case.
You know, spending all this time
trying to find someone to blame
and meanwhile, it was
just a family tragedy.
Mmm.
You know, sometimes there's
no bad guy in the story.
See ya.
Yeah, see ya. Come on, pal.
[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
Hey. Got your message. What's up?
There was a break-in
at the gym last night.
Searching the cameras but there
was nothing until last night.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Can you get a better look?
JESSE: I'm trying to clean it up.
Is that Catherine?
[COMPUTER TRILLING]
It's Ailish!
Why would Ailish want to
sabotage the equipment?
I know she felt betrayed by Catherine.
Maybe she's trying to even the score?
- Jesse, when do the tryouts start?
- Uh
- Five minutes ago.
- Let's go.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CHATTER AND APPLAUSE]
Catherine.
- What's wrong?
- The balance beam has been tampered with.
You can't do your routine today.
I'm not doing the balance beam today.
- It's not my event.
- I thought you do all the events.
Today we're just showcasing
our specialty skills.
- I'm on vault.
- Ailish is on balance beam.
Sometimes there's no
bad guy in the story.
Where's Ailish now?
Rex, go!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
Rex, no! Not now!
Why is the dog trying to sabotage her?
Rex isn't the one trying to do that.
Is he, Ailish?
- [AILISH SIGHS]
- [REX WHINES]
AILISH: I used to like it,
when it was fun.
And I was good at it.
But
like I never,
I didn't want it to be my whole life.
It just became so important.
To who?
AILISH: My mom, mostly, I guess.
I didn't want to look
like a quitter, but
I was so stressed all the time!
CHARLIE: So the car,
the clam juice,
the threatening messages ?
Pamela used to let us use her
phone to order food and stuff.
So, I downloaded the app and
sent the messages that way.
I figured nobody would ever know.
I know my mom loves me.
I figured if
if she was worried for me,
she'd make me stop but
Oh, God.
CHARLIE: She pushed
you to keep going.
AILISH: She wanted me
to overcome my fears.
I mean, she wants what's best for me.
[AILISH SIGHS]
You had the best intentions, Nora.
Trying to be a supportive mother
is it's a good thing.
Except that at some
point it became about me.
My dreams.
Not hers.
AILISH: I'm sorry.
I didn't know what else to
do. Nobody was listening to me!
[AILISH SIGHS]
[SEAGULLS CRYING]
I don't know if I can do this.
It's part of the job.
If you want to be a detective, that is.
Okay.
[SOFT MUSIC]
So you think a diversion
program is an option for Ailish?
Maybe. With some family therapy.
In situations like this,
pressing charges won't help. This
is something she can overcome.
I think so too.
You know, for a minute,
it kind of felt like old times.
For a minute, yeah.
- [REX WHINES]
- [ELEVATOR PINGS]
Good night, Charlie. Night, Rex.
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]