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Joanie Prevost. I have a reservation.

The contest-winning couple's daughter.

- What did the man look like? - In his 60s.

- Bald. - What's he doing here?

The daughter was staying on Philippin's floor.

Samuel Prevost flew the coop.

He knows what he's doing! And you'll tell them nothing.

Miss? I know what it's like, you'll be fine.

Chamfort doesn't have the resources for a project like the third link.

- Yet here he is. - And you want to know why.

Precisely.

What are you doing?

It's him,

but not just him.

DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 8PM

May he live or die, but I can't stand this much longer.

Stop.

Stop, Mum.

Stop crying.

What's going on? Felix?

Felix?

Felix!

It's just a hunch, but a solid one.

- A solid hunch? - It's more than a hunch.

It's like a web of hunches in my mind

coming together and taking shape.

A three-dimensional feel Exactly.

So, Celine, your 3D hunch tells you Samuel didn't act alone.

- On a first-name basis now? - It just came out.

Fine, then.

What tells you Prevost had an accomplice?

- There's the bathtub and the cement. - The cement?

And there's more.

THE WALL

Why are you worried? .I didn't give anything away.

- They'll leave us alone. - They could catch on.

Just relax.

- Hey, Joanie, how are you? - No.

Where are you?

What's up? Are you OK?

This information is incredibly valuable to us.

I'm very impressed.

And curious. How did you pull it off?

The master key.

- You paid off an employee? - I snatched it.

I made sure the hotel wouldn't find out.

So we can keep using it.

Nice job.

I'm starting to understand what this info means to you.

Really?

Chamfort does concrete structures.

His company is too small to get the third link contract.

Except by partnering with QMG,

Chamfort gives them a competitive advantage.

Adding a Quebec component to their tender

will tip the balance when the government makes its choice.

Nice analysis.

But why do I need to know that?

I figure the people you really work for

specialise in building major tunnel projects.

I did some research, and one name came up:

Kaiserin.

The German multinational

that was awarded all major Asian tunnel projects in the last 10 years.

I'm guessing you work for them.

You pave the way and target the biggest competitors,

like Chamfort and QMG.

I left your car at your house and walked to the hospital.

My leg hurts.

Can you pick me up?

Sure you don’t want to stay with your dad?

No.

Mum's there with the police.

They arrested my dad.

I'm just exhausted.

I don't want to sleep alone tonight.

OK, I get it.

But I have a customer for a night tour.

I'll do the express tour and see you in an hour.

Thank you, Nathan.

- We're just checking on him. - Get out!

My partner saved your husband's life.

Had you not hunted him down, he wouldn't be lying here.

Sergeant, I talked to the doctor.

He confirmed an oxycodone overdose.

They've put him in a coma for a few days.

He might have lung and brain damage, they don't know.

He should actually be dead.

The hypothermia slowed down his metabolism.

That's what saved him. That and the naloxone.

Did Martin get a blood sample to compare to the pillowcase?

No, but Samuel Prevost's blood type is O negative.

- Like 7% of the population. - And the pillowcase blood?

The doctor sent the sample to the lab.

We should get the results tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the case is closed.

Did you see his right fist? Yes.

We'd have a decent denture mould for Philippin

from the marks on his knuckles alone.

Seriously, what more do you need?

Nothing more, I need less.

- Something's not right. - It doesn't fit.

- There are inconsistencies. - You don't think he's guilty?

As I've been saying, it's not as simple as we think.

She thinks there's an accomplice.

I prefer facts to conspiracy theories.

Bye.

Can you at least break it down for me?

All I know is,

from what we know about Samuel Prevost,

I can't believe he took Philippin's body,

after beating and strangling him, and cast him in cement.

So he didn't act alone. The cement was his accomplice's idea

and either he or Samuel cast him in cement.

We agree that the cement required the most premeditation.

So the accomplice is the brains behind it.

But the room was registered to Esther Smith, not Philippin,

so how could they know he'd be there that night?

I don't know,

but Prevost and Philippin coming face to face

in the same room that night, completely by chance,

seems a little unlikely.

Unless his accomplice is Esther Smith.

She invited Philippin to her room and...

Esther Smith's disappearance doesn't fit in either.

- Another inconsistency. - A glaring one.

Who else could be Prevost's accomplice?

An excellent question.

I think she'd be a great asset for us.

I'll do that.

Welcome to the Kaiserin team.

I thought you'd be happy. Your salary just doubled.

Before jumping for joy, I need to ask an important question.

Anything you want.

Why has Samuel Prevost been arrested for murder?

- Wait. - OK.

For your parents.

I finished my shift and thought I'd come and see you.

Thanks.

No questions?

I'm not supposed to pry into the guests' business.

I know I pried into yours this afternoon,

but I couldn't just stand by.

I'm sorry, I know it's not a good time.

I wanted to help out on behalf of the hotel.

Can I do anything?

You were leaving. Can I give you a lift?

- Anywhere but here. - OK.

- I can't talk about Prevost, not yet. - Why not?

Because being the only one to know what I think I know

gives me an edge over my competitors.

- I don't get it. - Of course you don't.

Once I'm sure, I'll tell you, not before.

In this field, you quickly learn

that a secret you tell, even to someone you trust,

becomes a leak that could get out and spread.

Meanwhile, I need to know something.

- What? - Chamfort.

A month ago, no multinational corporation

would've partnered with him for the third link.

QMG is huge, probably our biggest competitor.

What advantage do they have?

Sure, Chamfort is Canadian, but he's too small a player to count.

What changed?

I need to know.

No, thanks, Nathan. You're very sweet, but I should sleep at the hotel.

All right, I understand.

Yes. Get some rest.

Maybe tomorrow, OK?

- OK. Bye. - Bye.

You can't be thrilled about heading back to work.

No, it's no problem.

- You must be burned out. - Obviously.

Nowhere near sleepy.

- Did you manage it? - No.

- Jesus, then why am I here? - To help me.

I know as much as you about IT security and passwords.

- You knew Hubert. - I haven't seen him since the flyover.

You must remember a word, a phrase, a date. I've tried everything.

If the info's in here, it won't be an obvious number.

- It must be in there. - You're not even sure?

How could I be? He didn't tell me where he hid it.

We could try endless passwords, we'll never get in.

As I said, we need an expert.

I'll never give this computer to some damn hacker.

Go on, try something.

- Please. - Yes, fine.

- What was that? - Philippin's university course numbers.

What?

All his courses dealt with the prime number theorem.

But there are infinite prime numbers.

He must have written it down. Maybe in his flat.

The police sealed it off. Forget it.

- Good thing you stole his laptop. - Stole it? I bought it for him.

Try...

Try the victims who died under the flyover.

The injured ones too.

Guilt..

That's what he was obsessed with.

I have vodka and let's see..

- And vodka. - A small glass.

Thanks.

- Were you in the army? - Me? No, why?

Isn't that rug from Afghanistan?

You're wondering where I met people with PTSD.

Or where you got yours.

I wasn't sure.

When you helped me earlier, you seemed familiar with it.

Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.

Excuse me.

Where is he?

- Adrien. - He's out. Can I take a message?

- Adrien! - What are you doing here?

Get out of here. I said he's not here!

Get out of here. He's not here.

Tell him Vince says that if he won't play the game,

he'd better give back my stuff. OK?

You bet.

Bye.

What a moron.

Are you OK?

I still have things to learn about my flatmate.

Where were we?

Right, the rug.

This isn't my place. I'm kind of squatting.

Adrien's aunt is a globetrotter. She's travelled the world.

He's lucky.

My parents took me to Maine once.

That's about it.

But on my own, I went to Paris, Berlin and Croatia.

- You'll laugh at me. - Why?

- I've never left Quebec. - No!

I know, it's crazy.

I was in Labrador when I worked on the border, but that's it.

I was supposed to go to San Francisco last year,

but that..

It didn't work out.

- You don't have to talk about it. - No.

I have to. My shrink says that

I have to open the bonnet and get grease on my hands.

It was my girlfriend.

She died because of me.

I had a chance to save her,

but I missed it.

I couldn't help my brother.

I watched him as he died.

The worst was when my mum came to.

6 hours waiting for help while my mother screamed,

unable even to touch her little boy's body.

Must have been hard on the family.

- You think your dad killed the engineer?

But what was Philippin doing there?

My dad attacked him, but something's not right.

- The cement. - How do you know that?

From Adrien, my flatmate. He was there when the chambermaid found the body.

Police wanted discretion, but staff already knew.

Shit! My car.

Goddamn it.

I'm almost done.

I'll head back to the hotel.

- On foot? No, I'll drive you. - OK, thanks.

- Do you think it was Vince? - I'm pretty sure.

He took the glove box contents.

Nothing valuable in it, but it's a pain.

The vehicle registration documents.

- What's up? - Nothing.

You sound weird.

Glove box contents, vehicle registration...

You sound like Inspector What's-his-face in that show.

Yes, I watch too much TV.

But you, did you talk to the police?

Did they question you?

Yes, they did.

- It wasn't nice. - Right.

Did you tell them everything?

What do you mean?

If I were you, I'd have held things back.

Details that would incriminate my dad.

If you know he's innocent, you should tell them everything.

Things that make him look bad at first

could clear him in the end.

You think so?

Trust Inspector What's-his-face.

You're funny. And you're nice.

But there are things I can't tell them.

Like what?

Who are you?

QUEBEC POLICE

Holy shit.

DAY 3 THURSDAY 8:10AM

Hi. Any news on Esther Smith's disappearance?

Nothing. We'll probably find her after the spring thaw.

- Have you seen Trudeau this morning?

She texted that you should meet her at the hotel.

Why didn't she text me?

I sense she was afraid you'd get there first.

That's professional.

She said to thank you for your understanding.

- Did she predict I’d be annoyed? - Something less polite.

The bitch.

That's the one.

Can I help you?

It's about the contest Samuel Prevost and Patricia Fleury won.

From the Dominion grocery store in Trois-Rivieres.

She won a week-long stay.

And their daughter joined them at her expense.

- To spend family time. - As I understand it.

The problem is that I checked, and Dominion never held a contest.

A woman called and introduced herself as...

I need her name, number, payment method

- and any information about her. - OK, hang on a minute.

See? Nothing is random. He was here by design.

That means...

- You're not just the concierge here? - No, I'm mainly the manager.

- The labour shortage?

Do small grocery stores often rent rooms here

and pay by credit card?

Aren't contests partnerships that are paid in kind?

Mostly, yes, with large companies.

But grocery stores and hair salons don't have much to offer.

In that case, contest organisers pay for the stay, and that's that.

Look, I have my hands full with the conference.

- So your murderer... - It's more your murder than ours.

- What do you mean? - Well, it happened in your hotel.

Is there something I'm missing to make the murder yours?

Sandrine Picard's phone number and the transaction number.

For details, call the credit card company.

Thanks.

Trudeau...

Mr William Taylor, I have some questions for you.

With pleasure.

Do you know where Esther Smith is?

Esther Smith?

- No. - We'll deal with this later.

Is that your daughter with him?

Absent father, daughter looking for approval.

- That must piss you off. - I don't give a damn.

Mrs Trudeau.

Hi, my name's Nathan. Welcome aboard.

Today, the hidden history of Quebec City.

I'll start with Jean Bochart de Champigny,

sixth intendant of New France.

The man who invented welfare.

In 1690, he set up the Quebec Office of the Poor,

the world's first social assistance programme.

- You're not getting in? - Are you Nathan Gignac?

Yes.

How long have you known Samuel Prevost?

Police. Homicide Squad.

I asked you a question.

I told your colleague where I was, when and why.

We're asking you again.

We met at the flyover victims’ memorial.

So 5 years ago.

Your sister died in the accident?

- What was her name? - Anne.

Our condolences - Thanks.

Have you seen Samuel Prevost often since?

- Pretty often. - At other memorials?

I became a friend of the family.

What?

Joanie's a pretty girl, right?

Even in mourning, you notice pretty girls, right, Nathan?

And Sylvie, the hotel concierge, how do you like her?

She's cute too, in her own way.

Get away from my car.

- Nathan, we just want to talk. - I know my rights.

You have questions, call my lawyer. Thank you. Bye.

Nice job. Real expert work. Can you just be human for once?

Humanity's overrated.

In relationships as well as interrogations.

What do the concierge's looks have to do with it?

- I got up early this morning. - Yes, I noticed.

Nathan's sister who died in the accident...

Anne.

I checked her social media. It's still online.

Guess who's next to Nathan in a holiday photo?

- Sylvie. The hotel concierge. - Bingo.

Why didn't she tell us she knew a flyover victim?

Why didn't you ask? We just saw her.

I have a plan.

The hotel, the fake contest, the conference, Esther Smith,

it's all linked, I need to know how.

Samuel didn't act alone. He had one or more accomplices.

Come on, Quebec City's not that big.

Everyone knows someone affected by the flyover collapse.

It's not some Illuminati conspiracy.

Speaking of conspiracies, remember that trowel

that we found with Philippin in the bathtub?

Yes, why?

Doesn't it look like the coat of arms of a secret society,

like the Freemasons?

Are you serious? Now the Freemasons?

I knew you'd say that. I'll get Esposito to check.

All good, Esposito?

Someone is here to see you.

A friend said it's better for my dad if I come clean.

Your cement idea doesn't hold up.

Welcome to our conference on sustainable materials.

What is it? I thought you wanted to attend.

- Is it because you saw Celine? - No. Chamfort isn't here.

New materials are his speciality.

Esther Smith was supposed to be here to give a talk.

Why did Celine's partner ask if you knew where she was?

No idea, but something's going on with Chamfort.

If you see him, follow him. Tell me what he's up to.

- OK. - Let's go.

- What did they ask you? - Bullshit.

It went nowhere.

But they know we know each other.

- Shit. What did you say? - Nothing.

- But that's not the worst. - What?

The new porter...

He's a cop.

His name is Alex Theberge.

Do you think he's undercover?

I don't really know. His last posting was in Fermont.

If he's undercover, he won't let on.

- What do we do? - \Ne should be careful.

- I'll call you back. - OK.

- Alex? - Sophie.

- What are you doing here? - Nothing.

I'm working. I've been in Quebec City for a while.

I started therapy with a new shrink.

- I'll tell you about it. - Yes.

I was bored, so I got a job.

It helps me pay the bills. Better than doing nothing.

Bye, Alex.

OK. Wait, Sophie.

Why are you following Chamfort?

The night Philippin died, I'd taken a sedative.

I was sound asleep, but a noise woke me up.

My dad was in my room.

His fists were bloody.

He had a bag of ice.

He dumped it in an ice bucket and put his hands in it.

- What time was that? - 11:11pm.

Are you sure? You weren't out of it?

Yes.

But the four ones stuck with me.

- But there's something else. - We're listening.

In prison, Philippin became fixated on me.

He wrote me letters.

He begged me to come and see him, and forgive him.

He wanted to give me money. He said that...

He thought I was beautiful.

When he got out, he even came to the house.

He was crazy, obsessive.

That could be considered harassment. Did you press charges?

You may have noticed that we don't love the police.

Did he contact anyone else?

- Other victims? - No.

We used to visit with the other families.

I was the only one.

- Why did he focus on you? - I don't know.

I appeared on TV.

On the local news.

"What happened to the girl who lost her leg?"

"The 353 amputee enrolled in Med school."

He must have seen it.

That's all I can think of.

Thanks for coming.

I wouldn't have if I wasn't 100% sure my dad was innocent.

If he is, we'll do everything we can to prove it.

- But it won't be easy. - He's impulsive.

The cement doesn't fit.

If he ran into Philippin, he probably hit him, but...

Your friend, who told you to come clean,

was it Nathan Gignac?

Nathan?

- No, why? - Just curious.

Sylvie Cadieux. Does the name ring a bell?

- No. - She's the hotel concierge.

- So? - Nothing in particular.

We're looking at everyone who was around during the incident.

The incident?

One way to put it.

Thank you, Joanie.

Why didn't you let me ask my questions?

I requested a phone tap on Nathan Gignac.

- Nathan Gignac? - Effective tomorrow morning.

I'd like to know what Joanie and Nathan talk about.

I didn't want you pushing them to talk before that.

Trudeau.

What?

Call the coast guard.

A body in the river, a woman.

She was seen drifting on the ice.

- Hello? - The notary called.

- The notary? - He's dealing with Philippin's estate.

He rented a room for the reading of the will.

- What should we do? - He hasn't notified the heirs.

That'll happen soon.

We'll keep in touch.

The body was stuck in the ice right there.

It started moving at low tide.

The guy who spotted her lost sight of her before the patrol got there.

- OK. Do we have a description? - Even better.

The guy has a great lens.

The coat, the pink scarf...

- It looks like Esther Smith. - Yes. We found her.

I was hoping to find her alive, weren't you?

Yes, but at least we have an answer.

By the way, we checked out the Freemasons.

The symbols don't match any lodge in North America.

- Should I look further? - Thanks, Esposito.

At least we have an answer.

What's going on?

They just went into Philippin's.

What should I do?

Follow them.

Really? You told them everything?

I don't know if it'll help my dad,

but at least I feel better.

What is it?

Philippin's notary said what?

- Hurry up. We won't get caught. - The police were here already.

They're not looking for the same thing.

We're looking for two things.

Yes, one thing that could ruin my life

and another one that could set you up,

along with the next ten generations after you.

- So shut up. - We don't know what or where.

Look everywhere.

What is it?

I'm invited to the reading of the will.

In 2 days.

Dad, I think I have something.

Bernard, this is a crime scene.

Think about it. We shouldn't be here.

- This could be it. - And it is.

But I don't want you to... I don't want to see it, OK?

Come on.

Hubert, I just want you to look at it rationally.

Rationally...

The time to be rational was 4 years ago.

Rationally, you shouldn't have authorised crappy concrete.

You shouldn't have ignored so much defective material.

OK, I made mistakes.

Mistakes? Twelve people, Edmond, twelve.

You knew what you were doing, just to avoid delays.

We had no choice. It was 120,000 dollars per week.

Are the numbers your excuse?

Twelve dead and you want to talk money?

Listen to yourself.

You're right.

I'm asking a lot.

But if not for my wife and son, I'd never have...

Out with it.

What are you asking

I'm asking you...

to take full responsibility for the flyover collapse.