Hudson and Rex (2019) s09e06 Episode Script
Big Cheese
1
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[REX WHINES]
It's okay, pal.
I'm gonna be back before you know it.
- Yeah.
- [REX SNIFFS]
- What's eating Rex?
- I have my testimony in Jack's case.
And I'm a little bit anxious about it
and Rex is picking up on my vibes.
Ah. He's tracking a spike
in your cortisol levels.
It will be difficult to
relive your brother's death
and all the rest of it.
You, um you feel ready for this?
Yeah. It'll be fine.
Maybe I need that closure.
Alright, pal. I've got to get going.
You stay here.
See you.
[REX WHINES]
Hey.
He'll be okay.
[RHYTHMIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Deadly!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
MAN: You've got this! Come on, yeah!
Throw it!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
Deadly! Hit it hard!
MAN: Whoah!!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
[PLAYERS APPLAUD]
MAN: Go get it, buddy!
- That was really good!
- MAN2: Yeah!
[WATER LAPPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC] [EERIE MUSIC]
MAN3: Hey. Hey, are you okay?
Hello?
Oh my God! Hey!
- I need some help over here!
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
JESSE: Okay.
So, victim was found by the thrower
of the Carbonear Crackies.
It's a Tiddly team.
It's actually a beloved
Newfoundland sport.
One that you heard of before today?
Uh, you actually happen to be talking
- to last year's world champion.
- Right.
Okay, anyway
So, cause of death looks to be
cranial cerebral trauma.
The angle of the injury suggests
assault with a weapon.
Time of death?
I think some time before dawn
but autopsy will confirm.
- Is that a bag?
- Oh. Yeah.
Well, there's cash.
So, that tells us it wasn't a mugging.
What's this?
Parole papers.
Brian Powers. Okay.
I'm gonna call it in.
What is this?
It's pecorino cheese!
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
Hmm!
- The fondue thickens.
- [PHONE DIALING]
Hey.
Detective Jesse Mills.
I'm looking at a Brian Powers
[JESSE TALKING, INDISTINCT]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Huh.
It turns out,
Brian was released on
parole six months ago.
His PO has him staying at
Hopeall Homestead in Mount Scio.
What have you got there?
Could be from the assailant's clothes.
Okay. Let's let forensics finish up.
- Let's head over.
- Okay.
- It's a shame Rex isn't here with us.
- I know. Poor guy.
He's worried about Charlie. I get it.
[ELEVATOR PINGS]
Hey, pal!
Hey, how are you? Hey.
You still worried about
Charlie? Hmm? Huh?
[JOE CHUCKLES] Good boy.
Come on, Rex. Come
read some cold cases with me.
Come on!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[HORSE NEIGHING]
SARAH: The victim had a
thread of maroon fabric
on his watch band
so let's keep an eye out
for anything that will match.
JESSE: Everyone is wearing maroon.
Any of these guys
could be the assailant.
[SARAH SIGHS]
[JESSE SIGHS]
Dr. Truong.
Anton.
Jesse, this is Anton Pleschette.
We met through a case a few years ago.
You're managing Hopeall Homestead now?
I am.
Yeah, Brian.
I mean, that was a
really tough call to get.
He was one of the good ones.
Sorry it happened.
Did Brian have any
enemies that you know of?
Everyone around here loved him.
I don't know who he was in
touch with on the outside.
JESSE: You know any reason why he
would be carrying 2200 grams
worth of Italian cheese?
ANTON: Nah. I mean,
sometimes he'd bring like
treats and stuff for the guys.
He was like that, you know?
When was the last time you saw him?
Brian signed out 6
o'clock yesterday evening.
Do you know where he was going?
I know where he said he was going.
Where's that?
Same place all the guys go.
- I was at church.
- Church.
- Church.
- Okay, you went to church.
- Did you see Brian?
- Yeah.
- And where were you?
- Church.
JESSE: Okay. Well
when was the last time you saw him?
After church.
- I followed him.
- You you followed him?
Yeah, I seen him
sneaking off by himself.
I'm not sure how to
say what I saw, though.
Uh-huh.
This conversation is confidential.
It was Professor Plum.
In the garden.
With the candlestick.
[MITCH LAUGHS]
I got you, copper.
- Okay, so this isn't working.
- Mmmm.
I'm going to go to a
few of the businesses
near the park entrance.
See if I can get a hold
of their CCTV footage.
[THEY SIGH]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
WOMAN: Thanks.
[SOFT BACKGROUND MUSIC]
Hi. Jesse Mills, SJPD.
Oh, what now? More breakins?
No, why? You get a lot
of break-ins around here?
Yes, but I'm not one
of those NIMBY people
you know, complaining about
a house full of excons
moving into the
neighbourhood. To be honest,
they're actually good for business.
I have a question. Your cameras,
outside of the restaurant,
did they have an angle on
the park across the street?
Yeah, one of our cameras
points right at the entrance.
You should be able to see
anyone coming or going.
Okay, great.
Can I also order a half truffle
parm, half pep to go, please?
- Absolutely.
- Thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Find any camera footage?
Hmm? Yeah.
The pizza joint across the street
had the perfect view of
the park entrance, but,
this mama pigeon's nest
obscured everything. However,
the pizza is to die for.
Tests came back on that Hopeall
sweater I got from Anton.
The fibres found in the victim's
fingernails were a match.
So, it looks like Brian
was in an altercation
with someone in an identical sweatshirt
the night of his death.
Well, I've narrowed it
down to Mitch Maher,
Casey Reznor, Jules Duggan
and Bo Smith.
All of whom have the same dubious alibi.
- [SARAH SIGHS]
- [REX GRUNTS]
[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
Hey!
What's up, buddy?
Yeah, it's me. I'm back.
How did it go?
Uh, fine.
Um Why don't you
guys take me through the case?
Yeah. So, Brian Powers.
He's been in and out of
the system for years.
Mostly drugrelated charges.
SARAH: He was seemingly
turning his life around
when he was found murdered
from a head trauma in the park.
Coroner found tissue bridging
and abraded margins in the wound.
Suggests a sharp object with
a rough, jagged surface.
Yeah, some sort of rock, maybe?
SARAH: Yeah, the report
says the sediments
embedded in his skull were cordierite.
What is that?
JESSE: Cordierite.
Mostly found in medium to
highgrade metamorphic environments.
Weathered alluvial deposits.
Okay. Is there any
of that on the island?
SARAH: Closest deposits
are in Geco Mine in Thunder Bay.
It's mostly found in Brazil, India.
That's strange.
What about suspects?
Yeah, well half the guys at the
halfway house didn't say anything
and the other half claim
they were all at church.
Hmm. So a bunch of excons
going to evening mass?
SARAH: Most of them are registered
in congregations around town but it's
probably code for something.
JESSE: And I called all the churches.
They don't take attendance, Charlie.
- [REX YELPS]
- Rex, no, that's
Okay, that's the evidence.
CHARLIE: What? The cheese is evidence?
JESSE: Mmm, well,
maybe. I don't know, actually.
It was found on the victim.
SARAH: Anton may know
more than he's letting on.
He seemed reluctant to make the men
feel like they were being policed.
Yeah, okay. Jesse, why
don't you call Anton?
- Have him come in for a little chat.
- I'm on it.
CHARLIE: Rex!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
ANTON: It's policy
to give residents leave
for the church service of their choice.
If they make it back for curfew sober,
it doesn't matter to me if
they were praying or stargazing.
The point is that they take
responsibility for themselves.
Not to have me watching
their every move.
So, there's no way of you knowing
who was with Brian that night?
He left with Jules, Casey, and Mitch.
I don't know if they stayed together
or if they all split off.
Was there anyone who
was breaching protocol?
Anyone acting suspicious?
Every other day.
The road back to
the real world is bumpy.
Look, it's clear somebody
saw something, but,
I can't be the one interrogating them.
But what if it was someone else?
- Sarah and Jesse already tried.
- DONOVAN: No.
No, I don't mean a cop.
What if
What if it was another tenant?
Someone with a therapy dog.
[REX WHINES]
What, you want me to go in?
Not if you're not up for it.
Maybe it's too soon?
No. It's smart.
- I
- They'll smell cop all over you, man.
No.
No, Charlie's got more in common
with those guys than you think.
I spent the last year in prison.
It's a long story.
Fine.
No special treatment.
And he can't carry a gun.
He can't wear a wire.
It would just make you a sitting duck.
I can handle them.
The team is going to need ears somehow.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER]
What are you looking at?
JULES: It's not too often
people show up here with their dogs.
That's my therapy dog, Rocky.
[MITCH LAUGHS] MITCH: Is
that a therapy pig?
CHARLIE: Yeah, could be.
You got a problem with that?
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Raise a root beer for Brian.
- MITCH: Brian.
- ANTON: Brian.
- To Brian.
- Brian.
Couple of months ago,
I barely even knew Brian existed.
Now, it's hard to imagine
life without him being here.
Yeah, grief is tough, man.
It's bad enough dealing
with the loss of a person,
no matter how well you knew them.
Mitch, he was your friend.
And you too, Casey.
I'm sick of talking about Brian.
Well, we get it.
He's dead.
Can we move on?
Give me one of those
pepperoni slices, Bo.
[REX WHINES]
What about you, tough guy?
You want to talk?
I didn't know Brian.
Okay.
So what, you've never lost
anybody important before?
That's none of your business, Casey.
Suppose you got to care about
somebody to lose somebody.
Enough!
ANTON: Everybody shares, Chuck.
There's no single players here.
That's how this works, man.
My brother.
He died
died when I was in prison.
Didn't let you out for the funeral?
Damn.
That's tough.
I didn't think I was
going to get out of prison
so being here just doesn't feel real.
I wake up every morning,
thinking I'm still in the cell.
CASEY: You know,
you get out, but
it's never really behind you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CHARLIE GASPING]
Uh, so what happened to your friend?
What did happen, Casey?
Because I left Brian with you and Mitch
- an hour before he died.
- Yeah, that's right, Jules.
You did go off alone.
Did you circle around back because
you knew Casey and I left
- Brian alone in the park?
- Brian doesn't go anywhere alone.
MITCH: Oh, did you stick
around for payback?
- From snitching on you for the weed
- Alright, hold up!
Come on. Come on, now.
CASEY: You know it wasn't Jules.
Brian had a dealer he was dodging.
Somebody that wanted payback
before his time in the pen.
What do we know about Brian's dealer?
Well, Brian went to prison
after he was caught with
a large quantity of drugs.
The prosecutors offered him
a plea deal but he refused
and he took the fall himself.
The drug team zeroed in on three dealers
that he was suspected of
working for at the time.
So, we got,
Dean Richards.
He's a big fish. He's currently
doing hard time on the mainland.
Unlikely, but could have sent someone.
Yeah, we've got Jake Sloan.
Died two years ago of a heart attack.
[SCOFFS] Even more unlikely.
Then there's Phil Pender.
He found religion and moved to Calgary
where he gives talks at high schools.
Okay, okay.
So, if Brian did his job and kept quiet,
why would they kill him now?
Maybe they expected
his loyalty to continue.
If the killer isn't from Hopeall,
- should we pull Charlie out?
- DONOVAN: No.
No, someone inside there
knows more than they're saying.
[ROOSTER CROWING]
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
[WATER LAPPING]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
- [REX YELPS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX BARKS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
Rocky!
[GOAT BLEATS]
Come on!
- [REX BARKS]
- Let's go.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [QUIRKY MUSIC]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[COW MOOS]
[CHARLIE GRUNTS]
[CHARLIE GROANS]
[REX WHINES]
[REX WHINES]
No.
[EERIE MUSIC]
[VOICES WHISPERING]
Hello?
Hello, somebody?
Somebody needs to let me out! Ahh!
[REX WHINES]
[CHARLIE GROANS]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[DISTANT THUD]
[CHARLIE WHISTLES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Hey, Jules.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CHICKENS CLUCKING]
How's it going?
It goes.
Hey, big guy.
- Want to play fetch, do you?
- [REX BARKS]
I'm going to finish up in here.
[REX BARKS]
Alright.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
Good boy.
- [REX BARKS]
- How about a paw?
- [REX BARKS]
- Give me your paw?
Huh.
Lie down.
This dog's smart.
He's a genius.
How much do you want for him?
[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]
You can't afford him.
You'd be surprised what I can afford.
Oh yeah? What, you've
got a little side hustle?
I did notice you weren't
in your room last night.
[TOY SQUEAKS]
Yeah. I'm not gonna rat you out.
I heard the last person
that ratted you out
ended up dead in a field somewhere.
What are you implying, Chuck?
Because I didn't have beef with Brian.
I almost got high the night
before a random piss test.
If it wasn't for him,
I'd be back inside.
[REX BARKS]
The rip in your sweatshirt says
you had a beef with somebody.
I was breaking up a fight
between Brian and someone else.
You guys ever get out of this place?
I mean, besides going to church.
That Anton guy told me that, uh,
it's the only place I can
go without being policed.
If we say we're going to
church, he doesn't ask questions.
[REX BARKS]
So we spend a lot of time at church.
Truth is, I took a cash
gig down at the Strand.
If Anton finds out I'm slinging
drinks, he'll have to report me.
WOMAN: Casey.
Casey!
Casey!!
Come here!
Come here!
- What are you doing here?
- I needed to talk to you.
- Yeah, but you can't be here!
- Well, I
- [REX BARKS]
- Excuse me!
- Whose dog is this?
- CHARLIE: Rocky!
- I'm sorry.
- CASEY: Hey, come get your dog, man!
- Exactly, that's my stuff!!
- [REX GROWLS]
Look, I just My dog really likes
he really likes cheese.
I don't care!
CHARLIE: Hey.
Is this your wallet? Rebecca Reznor?
REBECCA: Who are you?!
Stay out of my business!
CASEY: Okay, look.
We got it, alright?
ANTON: Rebecca, no. No!
You can't be here.
It's not visiting hours.
Alright, alright.
You. Call me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX GRUMBLES]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
- Take your stuffy, pal.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Listen, I didn't mean
anything back there.
You uh, you need a hand?
You can put topsoil around these plants.
Oh.
So that was your sister.
Must be nice though.
Have a family around.
These days, it's just uh
me and Rocky.
CASEY: You don't got a girl
waiting back home for you or something?
CHARLIE: I did.
Before I went inside.
CASEY: Ah. So she replaced you.
No.
I just, uh
I don't know.
Time apart, it uh
just changes things, I guess.
Yeah, well
that's the one thing about family.
Time apart doesn't matter.
That was nice of her to
bring all that fancy cheese.
Yeah, well, that wasn't for me.
She just doesn't know how
to mind her own business.
She's a troublemaker.
You know,
I go to prison for two years.
I come back and she's
talking all gangster,
wanting to be a thug.
Started hanging out
with the wrong people.
I heard she was,
dating that guy who died? Is that true?
Yeah.
I almost knocked him out
when I heard about it.
He's lucky Jules was able to
hold me back because, woah
it would have gotten a lot worse.
I mean
Brian wasn't a bad guy.
I just wanted better for Becca.
Yeah, I get that.
You know, when I got out,
I kept my distance from my girlfriend
because I wanted to keep her safe.
And then, once it was over,
I guess that distance was
still there.
I'm gonna grab a cold
drink. I'll be right back.
[JESSE CLEARS THROAT]
You alright?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Must have been strange to
hear him talking like that.
Well, it's a conversation
we haven't had yet, so, yeah.
- It's a bit strange.
- [DONOVAN CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Speaking of strange, this has got
to be one of the strangest cases
we've worked on in a while.
Stealing cheese to pay off drug debts?
You know, I remember
something like this happening
about 20 years ago when
I was still a beat cop.
People were stealing fine cheeses
and expensive meats from grocery stores.
Yeah, but they would sell the cheese
to get a few dollars
to support their habit.
They weren't paying off
drug debts, were they?
You know, groceries
are more expensive now.
Who would benefit from
cheese instead of cash?
JESSE: Uh, I know who.
Remember that amazing truffle parm slice
at the pizza joint near the crime scene?
Well, the owner,
Katrina Sinclair, that's her name,
she also happens to be the widow of
Jake Sloan.
DONOVAN: One of our drug dealer
suspects? You've got to be kidding me!
They were married in 2019
- and stayed together until his death.
- [DONOVAN SCOFFS]
Does she have any priors?
No known ties to the drug trade.
After her husband died,
she opened Bella Tonda's.
For a while, things went well.
Gourmet pizza was having a moment.
Don't tell me then
business started to suffer.
Sales went down. Costs went up.
She could barely keep it afloat.
Maybe she started looking
into other revenue streams
like collecting on her husband's debts.
Are you saying she's the new Big Cheese?
Yeah. Har har.
It sounds good in theory but
it's not enough to get a warrant.
Any connections to the Hopeall guys?
Jules's alibi about working
at the Strand checks out.
And Bo actually did attend
church after he left. So,
that just narrows it
down to Casey and Mitch.
I had Casey's sister Rebecca picked up
based on the stolen
cheese info Charlie got.
I'm about to question her.
We need Charlie to float
the name Katrina Sinclair
to see if anyone reacts.
Yeah, I'll get Anton
to pass the name along.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I didn't do anything wrong.
Stealing cheese is wrong.
Bringing it to your
brother Casey is wrong.
Who says I stole it?
You were caught on the
AllSales security cameras.
I was hungry.
Brian Powers was murdered two days ago.
He lived with your brother Casey.
Come on. Were you involved in
some sort of cheese theft ring with him?
Rebecca.
If you help me understand,
I may be able to help you.
I met
I met Brian through Casey.
We started dating.
He told me he had a debt to pay.
And the drug dealer
said he could pay it off,
stealing cheese.
And he refused to do it
so I stole it for him.
- Who is this drug dealer?
- I don't know.
I went to Hopeall to see if
Casey knew where I could unload it.
Why do you think Brian
wouldn't steal the cheese?
He didn't think he should have to.
He went to jail without snitching.
He figured that was payment enough.
So I stole it.
Okay? Just to keep them
off his back, hopefully.
I was too late.
So you stole the
cheese that was on Brian
- when he was found dead.
- What?
There was cheese on
Brian when you found him?
That doesn't make any sense
- because I didn't get it to him.
- Okay, okay.
Your brother Casey
He's very protective, right?
- If you say so.
- Is there any chance
that he hurt Brian to
make this all go away?
My brother wouldn't kill a halfdead
mouse in a rat trap. No way.
But what if Brian got wind
that you were trying
to pay off his debts?
He got offended. Casey stepped in.
And things got out of hand.
Hey, Chuck.
Your friends called.
They want you to drop
the name Katrina Sinclair.
See if anyone bites.
Got it.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT SNIFFS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
- CASEY: Hey, Chuck!
- [REX GRUNTS]
Hey! Chuck!
Hey!
- Take it easy!
- What's your problem, man?
- Hey.
- What's this?
- Casey.
- No, no, no, Anton.
My sister just called me and said
she got picked up by the
cops for stealing cheese.
Okay, so,
I'm thinking somebody
here ratted her out.
And you're the only one that's
been asking questions about her.
CHARLIE: I was just making conversation.
At first, I didn't talk
enough. Now I talk too much?
Look.
I think your sister's sweet but really,
what I was hoping was that
she could introduce me to
Katrina Sinclair.
Who?
What are you talking about, man?
Just hold on. Enough of this.
Just calm down.
What the hell is going on here?
We think this guy's a narc!
We don't like narcs.
Look, just walk away.
No, I think we've got to
teach this guy a lesson.
No, Casey. You don't.
- Man, this stops here.
- No.
- [ANTON SIGHS]
- Look, the truth is
- [ANTON GROANS]
- Hey!
- Back off!
- [MEN GRUNTING]
- [REX BARKING]
- CHARLIE: Rocky, stay!
[MEN GRUNTING]
ANTON: No no no no!
JULES: What do you think you're doing?
[REX GROWLING]
Rocky, hold!
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKS]
- Rocky, stay!
- [REX YELPS]
[ALARM SOUNDS]
Alright, break it up!
Break it up.
That's the panic alarm!
The cops are gonna be here.
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
- [CASEY SPITS]
It's okay.
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [LOCK UP DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS]
[CELL DOOR CLANGS]
CASEY: Hello.
Hey!
We're not gonna press
charges! You can let us out!
Police press the charges, moron.
The Crown
The Crown presses charges.
The police press the charges.
The Crown prosecutes those charges.
Okay. Well, is Her Majesty out there?
You can let us out!
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Somebody needs to let me out!
Somebody!
I've got to find my
my brother.
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
- MITCH: Chuck.
- Chuck!
- ANTON: Ah, leave him alone.
You alright?
Yeah.
Okay, let's get your statements.
I'll start with Chuck.
Chuck?
- [DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS]
- That's a joke.
You alright?
Yeah.
A little claustrophobic
in there, not gonna lie,
but that was a smart
move to detain all of us.
That will protect my cover.
We're narrowing in on
the suspect, Charlie.
- We can pull you out.
- No, I'm fine.
Where's Rex?
He's trying to recover a surveillance
device from an ornery goat.
[SMASHING SOUNDS]
What is going on?
JESSE: I was testing the
breakability of these pizza stones.
Because what happens is
is pizza stones, they
crack under thermal shock
or when they're improperly cleaned
and water gets trapped
into the pores of the stone.
Why?
Because pizza stones are
made from, drum roll please
Oh my God. Cordierite.
You know, Sarah, sometimes it's polite
to do a drum roll when it's called for!
But yeah!
Wait up!
Uh, somebody want to clue me in?
Katrina's gourmet pizza
business isn't cutting it
so she starts a side
hustle selling drugs
using her dead husband's contacts.
Puts out word that if
people can't pay in cash,
they can use cheese.
SARAH: Brian was murdered
with a pizza stone
holding a lot of cheese.
It's too many coincidences.
But still not enough to arrest her.
CHARLIE: Why would Brian
have so much cheese on him
if he refused to steal?
And why was he alone that night
when he wouldn't go anywhere by himself?
One of the guys must
have set up a meeting
between him and Katrina Sinclair.
I just need to figure out which one.
I'll do a search
and see if I can connect
Casey or Mitch to Bella Tonda.
Okay, well I can release Anton
and keep the others
detained for about an hour.
But Charlie, I'm worried this
play's been a bit too much.
No, no. I'm in the home stretch.
Rex is there.
I'll be fine.
Okay.
Too cheesy?
- [SOFT MUSIC]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX GROANS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
ANTON: Yeah, I don't like this.
You want to know the truth or not?
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Rex.
- Help me find it.
- [REX SNIFFS]
Good boy.
Mitch isn't connected to Bella Tonda
other than eating their pizza.
[REX WHINES]
Okay, Rex. Move back.
This is just so
This is just wrong.
Rex.
- Look at that.
- [REX YELPS]
A pay stub from Bella Tonda.
Mitch.
[REX BARKS]
[VAN DOOR OPENING]
Alright.
Welcome home, gentlemen.
Back to work!
[ANTON CHUCKLES]
[CHICKENS SQUAWKING]
Katrina!
I just got back from the station.
What?
We just got hauled in for a fight.
Yeah, they have no idea
I'm working for you.
We should lay low for a bit.
No, I've got to go.
[MITCH SIGHS]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
CHARLIE: Mitch, open up.
So, you are a cop.
Guilty.
Along with my partner, Rex.
Look, I started working for Katrina.
It was just deliveries and sales.
I needed a job and no
one was gonna hire me.
Before she could give me any real work,
she told me that Brian owed her a debt.
He wouldn't meet her.
She needed me to convince him.
CHARLIE: So you were the one
who stole the cheese for him.
MITCH: Well, yeah, I thought I
was gonna smooth things over.
[REX WHINES]
Help us take down Katrina.
You want me to put my neck on the line
- for some cops?
- No.
To help stop Brian's killer.
Look, Mitch.
If you don't at least try,
to find justice for Brian,
you're gonna regret it
for the rest of your life.
Trust me.
So, what should I do?
[SUSPESNSEFUL MUSIC]
Katrina!
What? What's going on?
The cops know. They're on their way.
Get outta here.
You should never have whacked Brian.
I had to set an example.
He was disrespecting me.
Sloane always said
you let one debt go unpaid,
they all go unpaid.
Well, I hope you got
rid of the murder weapon.
[KATRINA SIGHS] Come on.
Best place to hide a leaf
is in the forest.
It's over 500 degrees in there
so, the best thing about a pizza stone
is you can heat it at
temperatures high enough
that the evidence will burn off.
To be safe,
we need to throw this in the harbour.
Yeah, I'll get a medium
murder weapon to go please.
SJPD.
Katrina Sinclair.
You're under arrest.
[KATRINA SIGHS]
KATRINA: You can't prove any of this.
SARAH: Yeah. A pizza
stone is a very clever weapon.
That kind of heat destroys
almost anything. Blood.
Fingerprints.
Not iron deposits, though.
You see that?
That's from ironrich blood.
Pizza stones are extremely porous.
Liquids don't stay on the surface.
They travel deep inside
where the heat can't reach.
So, what do you think our
forensics team is gonna find
when they extract the
center of that stone?
Well, I'm guessing
traces of Brian's DNA.
Was the money he owed
you really worth it?
I didn't do it for the money.
He threatened to turn me in!
I was close to losing my business.
I had already lost my husband.
But now, you've lost your freedom.
[ENERGETIC MUSIC]
[CAR DOOR CLOSING]
No.
No, man. No no.
Not a good idea.
It's all I can do to get
these guys to trust me again.
Yeah, I get it.
But I came by because I
wanted to say thank you.
And I'm sorry.
[CHICKENS SQUAWKING]
Hey, Rocky.
Is that even his real name?
It's Rex.
ANTON: Yeah. Rex is
welcome here any time, aren't you?
Yes, you are.
CHARLIE: Well, we did get
you a little something,
as a bit of a thank you.
[CHEERFUL MUSIC]
Oh my God.
Who is this guy?
[DOG BARKS]
- Come here, boy.
- Come here.
Hi, buddy.
- Come on.
- [ANTON CHUCKLES]
- He's cute!
- Isn't he?
CHARLIE: Belongs here at Hopeall,
if you want him. I think
you've got the space for him.
Yeah man, are you joking? Yeah!
We'd love a dog! Wouldn't we?
- JULES: Absolutely!
- BO: We sure would.
MITCH: Looks like a Rocky to me.
Yeah, Rocky's a good name.
If he's anything like Rex,
he'll be good for the soul.
I bet.
Does he play fetch?
Why don't you give it a try?
- Nice.
- Hey.
Come on!
Go get it!
- [MITCH LAUGHS]
- BO: Attaboy.
MITCH: Come on!
- Here's your spy pig back.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
The transmitter is off now.
But thanks.
[REX BARKS]
- Yeah, here you go, partner.
- [REX GRUNTS]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
I'm glad you got out
of that in one piece.
Yeah, it definitely
brought up some stuff.
I think I might
want to speak to somebody.
Dr. Tremblay is
always on standby if
you ever want to talk.
Mmm.
And you know, if you just need a friend,
- I'm here too.
- [SOFT GUITAR]
Thanks.
Hmm!
Speaking of friends
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- Here I am ♪
Back on the island ♪
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX SNIFFS]
Been some time since I
felt the sun on my skin ♪
What's going on over there?
I love a good truce.
Me too.
Rex.
Maybe I'd be healthier
staying in the race ♪
My heart keeps shifting ♪
Maybe I'm a little bit different ♪
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[REX WHINES]
It's okay, pal.
I'm gonna be back before you know it.
- Yeah.
- [REX SNIFFS]
- What's eating Rex?
- I have my testimony in Jack's case.
And I'm a little bit anxious about it
and Rex is picking up on my vibes.
Ah. He's tracking a spike
in your cortisol levels.
It will be difficult to
relive your brother's death
and all the rest of it.
You, um you feel ready for this?
Yeah. It'll be fine.
Maybe I need that closure.
Alright, pal. I've got to get going.
You stay here.
See you.
[REX WHINES]
Hey.
He'll be okay.
[RHYTHMIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Deadly!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
MAN: You've got this! Come on, yeah!
Throw it!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
Deadly! Hit it hard!
MAN: Whoah!!
[PLAYERS CHEERING]
[PLAYERS APPLAUD]
MAN: Go get it, buddy!
- That was really good!
- MAN2: Yeah!
[WATER LAPPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC] [EERIE MUSIC]
MAN3: Hey. Hey, are you okay?
Hello?
Oh my God! Hey!
- I need some help over here!
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
JESSE: Okay.
So, victim was found by the thrower
of the Carbonear Crackies.
It's a Tiddly team.
It's actually a beloved
Newfoundland sport.
One that you heard of before today?
Uh, you actually happen to be talking
- to last year's world champion.
- Right.
Okay, anyway
So, cause of death looks to be
cranial cerebral trauma.
The angle of the injury suggests
assault with a weapon.
Time of death?
I think some time before dawn
but autopsy will confirm.
- Is that a bag?
- Oh. Yeah.
Well, there's cash.
So, that tells us it wasn't a mugging.
What's this?
Parole papers.
Brian Powers. Okay.
I'm gonna call it in.
What is this?
It's pecorino cheese!
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
Hmm!
- The fondue thickens.
- [PHONE DIALING]
Hey.
Detective Jesse Mills.
I'm looking at a Brian Powers
[JESSE TALKING, INDISTINCT]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Huh.
It turns out,
Brian was released on
parole six months ago.
His PO has him staying at
Hopeall Homestead in Mount Scio.
What have you got there?
Could be from the assailant's clothes.
Okay. Let's let forensics finish up.
- Let's head over.
- Okay.
- It's a shame Rex isn't here with us.
- I know. Poor guy.
He's worried about Charlie. I get it.
[ELEVATOR PINGS]
Hey, pal!
Hey, how are you? Hey.
You still worried about
Charlie? Hmm? Huh?
[JOE CHUCKLES] Good boy.
Come on, Rex. Come
read some cold cases with me.
Come on!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[HORSE NEIGHING]
SARAH: The victim had a
thread of maroon fabric
on his watch band
so let's keep an eye out
for anything that will match.
JESSE: Everyone is wearing maroon.
Any of these guys
could be the assailant.
[SARAH SIGHS]
[JESSE SIGHS]
Dr. Truong.
Anton.
Jesse, this is Anton Pleschette.
We met through a case a few years ago.
You're managing Hopeall Homestead now?
I am.
Yeah, Brian.
I mean, that was a
really tough call to get.
He was one of the good ones.
Sorry it happened.
Did Brian have any
enemies that you know of?
Everyone around here loved him.
I don't know who he was in
touch with on the outside.
JESSE: You know any reason why he
would be carrying 2200 grams
worth of Italian cheese?
ANTON: Nah. I mean,
sometimes he'd bring like
treats and stuff for the guys.
He was like that, you know?
When was the last time you saw him?
Brian signed out 6
o'clock yesterday evening.
Do you know where he was going?
I know where he said he was going.
Where's that?
Same place all the guys go.
- I was at church.
- Church.
- Church.
- Okay, you went to church.
- Did you see Brian?
- Yeah.
- And where were you?
- Church.
JESSE: Okay. Well
when was the last time you saw him?
After church.
- I followed him.
- You you followed him?
Yeah, I seen him
sneaking off by himself.
I'm not sure how to
say what I saw, though.
Uh-huh.
This conversation is confidential.
It was Professor Plum.
In the garden.
With the candlestick.
[MITCH LAUGHS]
I got you, copper.
- Okay, so this isn't working.
- Mmmm.
I'm going to go to a
few of the businesses
near the park entrance.
See if I can get a hold
of their CCTV footage.
[THEY SIGH]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
WOMAN: Thanks.
[SOFT BACKGROUND MUSIC]
Hi. Jesse Mills, SJPD.
Oh, what now? More breakins?
No, why? You get a lot
of break-ins around here?
Yes, but I'm not one
of those NIMBY people
you know, complaining about
a house full of excons
moving into the
neighbourhood. To be honest,
they're actually good for business.
I have a question. Your cameras,
outside of the restaurant,
did they have an angle on
the park across the street?
Yeah, one of our cameras
points right at the entrance.
You should be able to see
anyone coming or going.
Okay, great.
Can I also order a half truffle
parm, half pep to go, please?
- Absolutely.
- Thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Find any camera footage?
Hmm? Yeah.
The pizza joint across the street
had the perfect view of
the park entrance, but,
this mama pigeon's nest
obscured everything. However,
the pizza is to die for.
Tests came back on that Hopeall
sweater I got from Anton.
The fibres found in the victim's
fingernails were a match.
So, it looks like Brian
was in an altercation
with someone in an identical sweatshirt
the night of his death.
Well, I've narrowed it
down to Mitch Maher,
Casey Reznor, Jules Duggan
and Bo Smith.
All of whom have the same dubious alibi.
- [SARAH SIGHS]
- [REX GRUNTS]
[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
Hey!
What's up, buddy?
Yeah, it's me. I'm back.
How did it go?
Uh, fine.
Um Why don't you
guys take me through the case?
Yeah. So, Brian Powers.
He's been in and out of
the system for years.
Mostly drugrelated charges.
SARAH: He was seemingly
turning his life around
when he was found murdered
from a head trauma in the park.
Coroner found tissue bridging
and abraded margins in the wound.
Suggests a sharp object with
a rough, jagged surface.
Yeah, some sort of rock, maybe?
SARAH: Yeah, the report
says the sediments
embedded in his skull were cordierite.
What is that?
JESSE: Cordierite.
Mostly found in medium to
highgrade metamorphic environments.
Weathered alluvial deposits.
Okay. Is there any
of that on the island?
SARAH: Closest deposits
are in Geco Mine in Thunder Bay.
It's mostly found in Brazil, India.
That's strange.
What about suspects?
Yeah, well half the guys at the
halfway house didn't say anything
and the other half claim
they were all at church.
Hmm. So a bunch of excons
going to evening mass?
SARAH: Most of them are registered
in congregations around town but it's
probably code for something.
JESSE: And I called all the churches.
They don't take attendance, Charlie.
- [REX YELPS]
- Rex, no, that's
Okay, that's the evidence.
CHARLIE: What? The cheese is evidence?
JESSE: Mmm, well,
maybe. I don't know, actually.
It was found on the victim.
SARAH: Anton may know
more than he's letting on.
He seemed reluctant to make the men
feel like they were being policed.
Yeah, okay. Jesse, why
don't you call Anton?
- Have him come in for a little chat.
- I'm on it.
CHARLIE: Rex!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
ANTON: It's policy
to give residents leave
for the church service of their choice.
If they make it back for curfew sober,
it doesn't matter to me if
they were praying or stargazing.
The point is that they take
responsibility for themselves.
Not to have me watching
their every move.
So, there's no way of you knowing
who was with Brian that night?
He left with Jules, Casey, and Mitch.
I don't know if they stayed together
or if they all split off.
Was there anyone who
was breaching protocol?
Anyone acting suspicious?
Every other day.
The road back to
the real world is bumpy.
Look, it's clear somebody
saw something, but,
I can't be the one interrogating them.
But what if it was someone else?
- Sarah and Jesse already tried.
- DONOVAN: No.
No, I don't mean a cop.
What if
What if it was another tenant?
Someone with a therapy dog.
[REX WHINES]
What, you want me to go in?
Not if you're not up for it.
Maybe it's too soon?
No. It's smart.
- I
- They'll smell cop all over you, man.
No.
No, Charlie's got more in common
with those guys than you think.
I spent the last year in prison.
It's a long story.
Fine.
No special treatment.
And he can't carry a gun.
He can't wear a wire.
It would just make you a sitting duck.
I can handle them.
The team is going to need ears somehow.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER]
What are you looking at?
JULES: It's not too often
people show up here with their dogs.
That's my therapy dog, Rocky.
[MITCH LAUGHS] MITCH: Is
that a therapy pig?
CHARLIE: Yeah, could be.
You got a problem with that?
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Raise a root beer for Brian.
- MITCH: Brian.
- ANTON: Brian.
- To Brian.
- Brian.
Couple of months ago,
I barely even knew Brian existed.
Now, it's hard to imagine
life without him being here.
Yeah, grief is tough, man.
It's bad enough dealing
with the loss of a person,
no matter how well you knew them.
Mitch, he was your friend.
And you too, Casey.
I'm sick of talking about Brian.
Well, we get it.
He's dead.
Can we move on?
Give me one of those
pepperoni slices, Bo.
[REX WHINES]
What about you, tough guy?
You want to talk?
I didn't know Brian.
Okay.
So what, you've never lost
anybody important before?
That's none of your business, Casey.
Suppose you got to care about
somebody to lose somebody.
Enough!
ANTON: Everybody shares, Chuck.
There's no single players here.
That's how this works, man.
My brother.
He died
died when I was in prison.
Didn't let you out for the funeral?
Damn.
That's tough.
I didn't think I was
going to get out of prison
so being here just doesn't feel real.
I wake up every morning,
thinking I'm still in the cell.
CASEY: You know,
you get out, but
it's never really behind you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CHARLIE GASPING]
Uh, so what happened to your friend?
What did happen, Casey?
Because I left Brian with you and Mitch
- an hour before he died.
- Yeah, that's right, Jules.
You did go off alone.
Did you circle around back because
you knew Casey and I left
- Brian alone in the park?
- Brian doesn't go anywhere alone.
MITCH: Oh, did you stick
around for payback?
- From snitching on you for the weed
- Alright, hold up!
Come on. Come on, now.
CASEY: You know it wasn't Jules.
Brian had a dealer he was dodging.
Somebody that wanted payback
before his time in the pen.
What do we know about Brian's dealer?
Well, Brian went to prison
after he was caught with
a large quantity of drugs.
The prosecutors offered him
a plea deal but he refused
and he took the fall himself.
The drug team zeroed in on three dealers
that he was suspected of
working for at the time.
So, we got,
Dean Richards.
He's a big fish. He's currently
doing hard time on the mainland.
Unlikely, but could have sent someone.
Yeah, we've got Jake Sloan.
Died two years ago of a heart attack.
[SCOFFS] Even more unlikely.
Then there's Phil Pender.
He found religion and moved to Calgary
where he gives talks at high schools.
Okay, okay.
So, if Brian did his job and kept quiet,
why would they kill him now?
Maybe they expected
his loyalty to continue.
If the killer isn't from Hopeall,
- should we pull Charlie out?
- DONOVAN: No.
No, someone inside there
knows more than they're saying.
[ROOSTER CROWING]
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
[WATER LAPPING]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
- [REX YELPS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX BARKS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
Rocky!
[GOAT BLEATS]
Come on!
- [REX BARKS]
- Let's go.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [QUIRKY MUSIC]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[COW MOOS]
[CHARLIE GRUNTS]
[CHARLIE GROANS]
[REX WHINES]
[REX WHINES]
No.
[EERIE MUSIC]
[VOICES WHISPERING]
Hello?
Hello, somebody?
Somebody needs to let me out! Ahh!
[REX WHINES]
[CHARLIE GROANS]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[DISTANT THUD]
[CHARLIE WHISTLES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Hey, Jules.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CHICKENS CLUCKING]
How's it going?
It goes.
Hey, big guy.
- Want to play fetch, do you?
- [REX BARKS]
I'm going to finish up in here.
[REX BARKS]
Alright.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
Good boy.
- [REX BARKS]
- How about a paw?
- [REX BARKS]
- Give me your paw?
Huh.
Lie down.
This dog's smart.
He's a genius.
How much do you want for him?
[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]
You can't afford him.
You'd be surprised what I can afford.
Oh yeah? What, you've
got a little side hustle?
I did notice you weren't
in your room last night.
[TOY SQUEAKS]
Yeah. I'm not gonna rat you out.
I heard the last person
that ratted you out
ended up dead in a field somewhere.
What are you implying, Chuck?
Because I didn't have beef with Brian.
I almost got high the night
before a random piss test.
If it wasn't for him,
I'd be back inside.
[REX BARKS]
The rip in your sweatshirt says
you had a beef with somebody.
I was breaking up a fight
between Brian and someone else.
You guys ever get out of this place?
I mean, besides going to church.
That Anton guy told me that, uh,
it's the only place I can
go without being policed.
If we say we're going to
church, he doesn't ask questions.
[REX BARKS]
So we spend a lot of time at church.
Truth is, I took a cash
gig down at the Strand.
If Anton finds out I'm slinging
drinks, he'll have to report me.
WOMAN: Casey.
Casey!
Casey!!
Come here!
Come here!
- What are you doing here?
- I needed to talk to you.
- Yeah, but you can't be here!
- Well, I
- [REX BARKS]
- Excuse me!
- Whose dog is this?
- CHARLIE: Rocky!
- I'm sorry.
- CASEY: Hey, come get your dog, man!
- Exactly, that's my stuff!!
- [REX GROWLS]
Look, I just My dog really likes
he really likes cheese.
I don't care!
CHARLIE: Hey.
Is this your wallet? Rebecca Reznor?
REBECCA: Who are you?!
Stay out of my business!
CASEY: Okay, look.
We got it, alright?
ANTON: Rebecca, no. No!
You can't be here.
It's not visiting hours.
Alright, alright.
You. Call me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX GRUMBLES]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
- Take your stuffy, pal.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
Listen, I didn't mean
anything back there.
You uh, you need a hand?
You can put topsoil around these plants.
Oh.
So that was your sister.
Must be nice though.
Have a family around.
These days, it's just uh
me and Rocky.
CASEY: You don't got a girl
waiting back home for you or something?
CHARLIE: I did.
Before I went inside.
CASEY: Ah. So she replaced you.
No.
I just, uh
I don't know.
Time apart, it uh
just changes things, I guess.
Yeah, well
that's the one thing about family.
Time apart doesn't matter.
That was nice of her to
bring all that fancy cheese.
Yeah, well, that wasn't for me.
She just doesn't know how
to mind her own business.
She's a troublemaker.
You know,
I go to prison for two years.
I come back and she's
talking all gangster,
wanting to be a thug.
Started hanging out
with the wrong people.
I heard she was,
dating that guy who died? Is that true?
Yeah.
I almost knocked him out
when I heard about it.
He's lucky Jules was able to
hold me back because, woah
it would have gotten a lot worse.
I mean
Brian wasn't a bad guy.
I just wanted better for Becca.
Yeah, I get that.
You know, when I got out,
I kept my distance from my girlfriend
because I wanted to keep her safe.
And then, once it was over,
I guess that distance was
still there.
I'm gonna grab a cold
drink. I'll be right back.
[JESSE CLEARS THROAT]
You alright?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Must have been strange to
hear him talking like that.
Well, it's a conversation
we haven't had yet, so, yeah.
- It's a bit strange.
- [DONOVAN CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Speaking of strange, this has got
to be one of the strangest cases
we've worked on in a while.
Stealing cheese to pay off drug debts?
You know, I remember
something like this happening
about 20 years ago when
I was still a beat cop.
People were stealing fine cheeses
and expensive meats from grocery stores.
Yeah, but they would sell the cheese
to get a few dollars
to support their habit.
They weren't paying off
drug debts, were they?
You know, groceries
are more expensive now.
Who would benefit from
cheese instead of cash?
JESSE: Uh, I know who.
Remember that amazing truffle parm slice
at the pizza joint near the crime scene?
Well, the owner,
Katrina Sinclair, that's her name,
she also happens to be the widow of
Jake Sloan.
DONOVAN: One of our drug dealer
suspects? You've got to be kidding me!
They were married in 2019
- and stayed together until his death.
- [DONOVAN SCOFFS]
Does she have any priors?
No known ties to the drug trade.
After her husband died,
she opened Bella Tonda's.
For a while, things went well.
Gourmet pizza was having a moment.
Don't tell me then
business started to suffer.
Sales went down. Costs went up.
She could barely keep it afloat.
Maybe she started looking
into other revenue streams
like collecting on her husband's debts.
Are you saying she's the new Big Cheese?
Yeah. Har har.
It sounds good in theory but
it's not enough to get a warrant.
Any connections to the Hopeall guys?
Jules's alibi about working
at the Strand checks out.
And Bo actually did attend
church after he left. So,
that just narrows it
down to Casey and Mitch.
I had Casey's sister Rebecca picked up
based on the stolen
cheese info Charlie got.
I'm about to question her.
We need Charlie to float
the name Katrina Sinclair
to see if anyone reacts.
Yeah, I'll get Anton
to pass the name along.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I didn't do anything wrong.
Stealing cheese is wrong.
Bringing it to your
brother Casey is wrong.
Who says I stole it?
You were caught on the
AllSales security cameras.
I was hungry.
Brian Powers was murdered two days ago.
He lived with your brother Casey.
Come on. Were you involved in
some sort of cheese theft ring with him?
Rebecca.
If you help me understand,
I may be able to help you.
I met
I met Brian through Casey.
We started dating.
He told me he had a debt to pay.
And the drug dealer
said he could pay it off,
stealing cheese.
And he refused to do it
so I stole it for him.
- Who is this drug dealer?
- I don't know.
I went to Hopeall to see if
Casey knew where I could unload it.
Why do you think Brian
wouldn't steal the cheese?
He didn't think he should have to.
He went to jail without snitching.
He figured that was payment enough.
So I stole it.
Okay? Just to keep them
off his back, hopefully.
I was too late.
So you stole the
cheese that was on Brian
- when he was found dead.
- What?
There was cheese on
Brian when you found him?
That doesn't make any sense
- because I didn't get it to him.
- Okay, okay.
Your brother Casey
He's very protective, right?
- If you say so.
- Is there any chance
that he hurt Brian to
make this all go away?
My brother wouldn't kill a halfdead
mouse in a rat trap. No way.
But what if Brian got wind
that you were trying
to pay off his debts?
He got offended. Casey stepped in.
And things got out of hand.
Hey, Chuck.
Your friends called.
They want you to drop
the name Katrina Sinclair.
See if anyone bites.
Got it.
[HORSE NEIGHS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT SNIFFS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
- CASEY: Hey, Chuck!
- [REX GRUNTS]
Hey! Chuck!
Hey!
- Take it easy!
- What's your problem, man?
- Hey.
- What's this?
- Casey.
- No, no, no, Anton.
My sister just called me and said
she got picked up by the
cops for stealing cheese.
Okay, so,
I'm thinking somebody
here ratted her out.
And you're the only one that's
been asking questions about her.
CHARLIE: I was just making conversation.
At first, I didn't talk
enough. Now I talk too much?
Look.
I think your sister's sweet but really,
what I was hoping was that
she could introduce me to
Katrina Sinclair.
Who?
What are you talking about, man?
Just hold on. Enough of this.
Just calm down.
What the hell is going on here?
We think this guy's a narc!
We don't like narcs.
Look, just walk away.
No, I think we've got to
teach this guy a lesson.
No, Casey. You don't.
- Man, this stops here.
- No.
- [ANTON SIGHS]
- Look, the truth is
- [ANTON GROANS]
- Hey!
- Back off!
- [MEN GRUNTING]
- [REX BARKING]
- CHARLIE: Rocky, stay!
[MEN GRUNTING]
ANTON: No no no no!
JULES: What do you think you're doing?
[REX GROWLING]
Rocky, hold!
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKS]
- Rocky, stay!
- [REX YELPS]
[ALARM SOUNDS]
Alright, break it up!
Break it up.
That's the panic alarm!
The cops are gonna be here.
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
- [CASEY SPITS]
It's okay.
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [LOCK UP DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS]
[CELL DOOR CLANGS]
CASEY: Hello.
Hey!
We're not gonna press
charges! You can let us out!
Police press the charges, moron.
The Crown
The Crown presses charges.
The police press the charges.
The Crown prosecutes those charges.
Okay. Well, is Her Majesty out there?
You can let us out!
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Somebody needs to let me out!
Somebody!
I've got to find my
my brother.
- [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
- MITCH: Chuck.
- Chuck!
- ANTON: Ah, leave him alone.
You alright?
Yeah.
Okay, let's get your statements.
I'll start with Chuck.
Chuck?
- [DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS]
- That's a joke.
You alright?
Yeah.
A little claustrophobic
in there, not gonna lie,
but that was a smart
move to detain all of us.
That will protect my cover.
We're narrowing in on
the suspect, Charlie.
- We can pull you out.
- No, I'm fine.
Where's Rex?
He's trying to recover a surveillance
device from an ornery goat.
[SMASHING SOUNDS]
What is going on?
JESSE: I was testing the
breakability of these pizza stones.
Because what happens is
is pizza stones, they
crack under thermal shock
or when they're improperly cleaned
and water gets trapped
into the pores of the stone.
Why?
Because pizza stones are
made from, drum roll please
Oh my God. Cordierite.
You know, Sarah, sometimes it's polite
to do a drum roll when it's called for!
But yeah!
Wait up!
Uh, somebody want to clue me in?
Katrina's gourmet pizza
business isn't cutting it
so she starts a side
hustle selling drugs
using her dead husband's contacts.
Puts out word that if
people can't pay in cash,
they can use cheese.
SARAH: Brian was murdered
with a pizza stone
holding a lot of cheese.
It's too many coincidences.
But still not enough to arrest her.
CHARLIE: Why would Brian
have so much cheese on him
if he refused to steal?
And why was he alone that night
when he wouldn't go anywhere by himself?
One of the guys must
have set up a meeting
between him and Katrina Sinclair.
I just need to figure out which one.
I'll do a search
and see if I can connect
Casey or Mitch to Bella Tonda.
Okay, well I can release Anton
and keep the others
detained for about an hour.
But Charlie, I'm worried this
play's been a bit too much.
No, no. I'm in the home stretch.
Rex is there.
I'll be fine.
Okay.
Too cheesy?
- [SOFT MUSIC]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [GOAT BLEATS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX GROANS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
ANTON: Yeah, I don't like this.
You want to know the truth or not?
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Rex.
- Help me find it.
- [REX SNIFFS]
Good boy.
Mitch isn't connected to Bella Tonda
other than eating their pizza.
[REX WHINES]
Okay, Rex. Move back.
This is just so
This is just wrong.
Rex.
- Look at that.
- [REX YELPS]
A pay stub from Bella Tonda.
Mitch.
[REX BARKS]
[VAN DOOR OPENING]
Alright.
Welcome home, gentlemen.
Back to work!
[ANTON CHUCKLES]
[CHICKENS SQUAWKING]
Katrina!
I just got back from the station.
What?
We just got hauled in for a fight.
Yeah, they have no idea
I'm working for you.
We should lay low for a bit.
No, I've got to go.
[MITCH SIGHS]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
CHARLIE: Mitch, open up.
So, you are a cop.
Guilty.
Along with my partner, Rex.
Look, I started working for Katrina.
It was just deliveries and sales.
I needed a job and no
one was gonna hire me.
Before she could give me any real work,
she told me that Brian owed her a debt.
He wouldn't meet her.
She needed me to convince him.
CHARLIE: So you were the one
who stole the cheese for him.
MITCH: Well, yeah, I thought I
was gonna smooth things over.
[REX WHINES]
Help us take down Katrina.
You want me to put my neck on the line
- for some cops?
- No.
To help stop Brian's killer.
Look, Mitch.
If you don't at least try,
to find justice for Brian,
you're gonna regret it
for the rest of your life.
Trust me.
So, what should I do?
[SUSPESNSEFUL MUSIC]
Katrina!
What? What's going on?
The cops know. They're on their way.
Get outta here.
You should never have whacked Brian.
I had to set an example.
He was disrespecting me.
Sloane always said
you let one debt go unpaid,
they all go unpaid.
Well, I hope you got
rid of the murder weapon.
[KATRINA SIGHS] Come on.
Best place to hide a leaf
is in the forest.
It's over 500 degrees in there
so, the best thing about a pizza stone
is you can heat it at
temperatures high enough
that the evidence will burn off.
To be safe,
we need to throw this in the harbour.
Yeah, I'll get a medium
murder weapon to go please.
SJPD.
Katrina Sinclair.
You're under arrest.
[KATRINA SIGHS]
KATRINA: You can't prove any of this.
SARAH: Yeah. A pizza
stone is a very clever weapon.
That kind of heat destroys
almost anything. Blood.
Fingerprints.
Not iron deposits, though.
You see that?
That's from ironrich blood.
Pizza stones are extremely porous.
Liquids don't stay on the surface.
They travel deep inside
where the heat can't reach.
So, what do you think our
forensics team is gonna find
when they extract the
center of that stone?
Well, I'm guessing
traces of Brian's DNA.
Was the money he owed
you really worth it?
I didn't do it for the money.
He threatened to turn me in!
I was close to losing my business.
I had already lost my husband.
But now, you've lost your freedom.
[ENERGETIC MUSIC]
[CAR DOOR CLOSING]
No.
No, man. No no.
Not a good idea.
It's all I can do to get
these guys to trust me again.
Yeah, I get it.
But I came by because I
wanted to say thank you.
And I'm sorry.
[CHICKENS SQUAWKING]
Hey, Rocky.
Is that even his real name?
It's Rex.
ANTON: Yeah. Rex is
welcome here any time, aren't you?
Yes, you are.
CHARLIE: Well, we did get
you a little something,
as a bit of a thank you.
[CHEERFUL MUSIC]
Oh my God.
Who is this guy?
[DOG BARKS]
- Come here, boy.
- Come here.
Hi, buddy.
- Come on.
- [ANTON CHUCKLES]
- He's cute!
- Isn't he?
CHARLIE: Belongs here at Hopeall,
if you want him. I think
you've got the space for him.
Yeah man, are you joking? Yeah!
We'd love a dog! Wouldn't we?
- JULES: Absolutely!
- BO: We sure would.
MITCH: Looks like a Rocky to me.
Yeah, Rocky's a good name.
If he's anything like Rex,
he'll be good for the soul.
I bet.
Does he play fetch?
Why don't you give it a try?
- Nice.
- Hey.
Come on!
Go get it!
- [MITCH LAUGHS]
- BO: Attaboy.
MITCH: Come on!
- Here's your spy pig back.
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
The transmitter is off now.
But thanks.
[REX BARKS]
- Yeah, here you go, partner.
- [REX GRUNTS]
[TOY SQUEAKS]
I'm glad you got out
of that in one piece.
Yeah, it definitely
brought up some stuff.
I think I might
want to speak to somebody.
Dr. Tremblay is
always on standby if
you ever want to talk.
Mmm.
And you know, if you just need a friend,
- I'm here too.
- [SOFT GUITAR]
Thanks.
Hmm!
Speaking of friends
- [TOY SQUEAKS]
- Here I am ♪
Back on the island ♪
[GOAT BLEATS]
[REX SNIFFS]
Been some time since I
felt the sun on my skin ♪
What's going on over there?
I love a good truce.
Me too.
Rex.
Maybe I'd be healthier
staying in the race ♪
My heart keeps shifting ♪
Maybe I'm a little bit different ♪
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]