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Previously, on Allegiance--

Lincoln Michaels

found in his bathtub
this morning.

There's
a convicted killer

living in the roof
of a man who was murdered.

Get a confession.
Make it happen.

"I... murdered...
Lincoln Michaels."

You're not a big fan of
Assistant Commissioner Campbell.

Complaints about
racial profiling,

failing to investigate leads,
because he'd already decided

who was guilty.

We bring
enough of these forward,

the CFPC will
have to clean house.

My husband is dead!

You want to tell me
what happened?

When Wes was diagnosed,

Dr. Luo assured us it didn't
have to be a death sentence.

She recommended Malazadine.

Six days later,

Wes was dead.

Hundreds of patients
were taking Malazadine

and not getting
the meds they needed.

Dr. Luo, I am so sorry.

I want to make sure this never
happens to anyone else.

Looks like a jumper.

That's Carolyn McDermott.

There's no way she jumped.

It doesn't make sense.

That she would jump?

Her husband died,
she was grieving.

She didn't strike me
as suicidal.

She had hope.

She was facing charges.

But probably not jail time,

and she had reconciled
with Dr. Luo.

I was in the room
with this woman.

She didn't seem like someone
who was gonna harm herself.

So how'd she end up here?

Hey.

Nothing unusual on the bridge?

No one matching her description
in the last 24 hours.

Run the cams on King George
and Columbia too.

She drives a blue Camry,
license plate...

three-Delta-two,

X-ray-two-six.

What's this?

Carolyn McDermott.

The theory is that she may have
jumped from the Pattullo,

but we're not
seeing any footage.

Well, the current could've
carried her from the Port Mann.

I'll check that too.

Meantime, your priority
is with Zak--

interrogation
of the Loewen gang.

I'll head right down.

-Thanks, Gill.
-Yeah.

Oh, by the way--

your probation review
has been scheduled for tomorrow.

Hey. You got a sec?

Yeah. What's up?

Um, look, I just wanted
to give you a bit of a heads up.

Judge Ryan is planning on
bringing a civil suit

against you and the CFPC.

Judge Ryan?

The father of the spree killer.

I know who that is.
A civil suit?

CFPC will cover all your costs.

I was cleared by the C.I.U.

Sometimes, the family
doesn't want to believe

there was no alternative
to lethal force.

I didn't want to use my weapon.
It was either him or Zak.

I'll talk to you later, okay?

-Hey.
-Hey.

Listen.
Carolyn McDermott's injuries

are consistent with drowning,

but not with a jump
or fall from a bridge.

Well, how can you tell?

The impact trauma,
from that kind of height?

You'd be seeing bone fractures

or, at the very least,
internal organ damage.

There were no signs of impact
on the body.

Okay, so, not suicide?

She could have walked
into the river.

The pockets of her pants
and jacket were distended,

and looked like they'd been
weighted with stones.

Really?

And if it wasn't suicide,
where's the motive?

I'm still waiting
on tox reports,

maybe we'll have
more answers then.

Just to cover our bases,

maybe we could check out
Carolyn's house

for evidence of suicide
versus foul play?

I know
where she keeps the key.

It shouldn't take long.

All right.

I'll start in interrogation
without you,

but you need to be back A.S.A.P.

It's just-- I keep thinking
about her state of mind.

I mean, you were with her

after she reconciled
with Dr. Luo.

I drove her home.

So how did she seem?

We drove by
one of those Escape Rooms.

She said it felt like she had
just busted out of another one.

Her husband loved them.

And she was gonna go to one
with friends last night.

Right? Positive memories,
forward thinking.

I hear you...

but no forced entry,
no signs of struggle.

Anti-depressants.
It's almost empty.

Overdose?

I mean, it's possible.

It's not likely,
not with this medication.

So why take the pills,
fill the tub,

and then go to the river,

and fill your pockets
with stones?

After taking the trouble

to put on makeup
and do your hair?

Sabrina.

That's Carolyn
and her husband.

Vince, remember that case
I mentioned a couple months ago?

Graeme Benton--

he was squatting
in Lincoln Michaels' mansion,

he confessed to the murder?

Yeah, I remember.

We found Michaels
in the bathtub.

A nearly-empty pill bottle

and a photo
of a loved one nearby--

it looked like a suicide
at first, too.

But Carolyn was found
in the river.

Leaving her phone behind?

"I'm here.
Didn't we say 8:30?

I'll meet you there."

Does any of this sound like
someone who wants to die?

If it wasn't suicide,

someone's gone
to a lot of trouble.

She's reaching out to friends,

family who came
to her husband's funeral.

She's getting ready
for an evening out,

and suddenly,
she drowns herself?

Something's off.
Just like with Lincoln Michaels.

We'll get a car,
secure the house,

preserve the scene,

and get you back to detachment.
Come on.

Yeah, there's someone
I have to talk to.

Can you drop me
somewhere first?

Graeme, thanks so much
for coming in.

Yeah. I-I didn't think anybody
would take it seriously.

Take what seriously?

Oh. Okay.

Okay, great. Great.

This is typical.

This is typical bullshit!

I mean, why would I even think
you'd do anything?

Do anything about what?

I didn't kill that man.

You made me confess.

All I said
was that your fingerprints

and DNA evidence

were found on Michaels' body.

Of course they were.

I checked his pulse
when I found him dead.

Graeme, I didn't force you
to confess.

I knew how it looked--

me living up there,
my record.

I was tired--

you know, tired of
looking over my shoulder,

not knowing when I'd eat,

so, yeah, the first time,
I said I did it.

And then you had
a follow-up interview.

Yeah, and that's when
that guy--

What guy?

Graeme, what happened
at the follow-up interview?

It's all in my letter.

What letter?

That,
and what I heard that night.

What did you hear that night?

Graeme, Lincoln's killer
might be connected to--

No. No way.

I want a lawyer this time.

Okay? This Legal Aid bullshit--

I am still waiting on a lawyer
that never comes.

You get me a lawyer...

then maybe we can talk.

He knew
how guilty he looked.

He was tired
of living in the dark,

barely existing.

The Assistant Commissioner's
been briefed.

The Michaels investigation
is closed.

We have a confession.

-Yeah, he wants to withdraw it.
-Of course he does.

They all do.

Are you thinking about

the family
who lost their father,

and what they'll go through

if you open
a pointless investigation?

Graeme is willing to talk.

He has new information
about that night,

if we reopen the case.

Eli, I have
other appointments today.

Sir, maybe this is nothing,

but if these two deaths
are related,

there could be more.

We could be dealing
with a serial killer.

I think
we should look into this.

Sir?

Carolyn McDermott
was emotionally unhinged.

She was grieving her husband.

She was facing criminal charges.

She filled her pockets
with rocks

and walked into the river.

I see no connection between
these two cases. Do you, Eli?

Of course, Benton wants
to recant his confession!

Prisons are full
of innocent people.

Sir!

Are you saying

that when a prisoner insists
that they're innocent,

it's proof
that they're lying?

Could we consider that,
sometimes,

we may have locked up
the wrong people?

I'm going to get back
to work now,

and give you an opportunity
to do the same,

and to consider
if you really intend

to disparage the integrity

of all the hard-working
men and women of the CFPC

with that kind of question.

Sohal.

What's going on here?

One day
from your probation hearing?

She was going to see friends
last night.

They had plans to meet,

but before they could,
something happened.

Let's wait for the tox report,
see if that changes things.

Yeah, we wait two days?
Two weeks?

Maybe we wait
for someone else to die?

Hang on.
It's downstairs calling.

We've got suspect interviews
stacked up.

Yeah, it's Kalaini.

I know,
just keep them down there.

Use the second room
if you have to.

Yeah, we'll be right down.

Where'd she go?

She headed for the stairs.

What's going on?

Vince.

Sohal? Talk to me.

I'm following up
on Carolyn McDermott's case.

I heard
the Assistant Commissioner

ordered you to stand down.

Yes, and I'm balancing
that order

with my own moral
and professional judgment.

Oh, Sabrina--

I am prioritizing
public safety.

You have
a probation hearing tomorrow.

Don't--
Don't give Campbell a reason!

He is the reason
I have to do this.

Carolyn McDermott is dead.

She would still be alive-

if I had pushed back on him
when I had a chance.

Okay, at least tell me
where you're heading.

Sabrina?

Sabrina--

No! No, no--

No. I told you I wasn't gonna
talk without a lawyer.

I did what I could, Graeme,

but my boss--
he doesn't believe you,

so if you want a lawyer,
you're gonna have to wait

for your Legal Aid application
to come through.

Yeah. Okay.

Thanks for coming by
with the good news.

I believe you, Graeme.

I don't think
that you're a killer.

I think the system's treated you
like shit since day one,

and I don't think
you've ever had a chance

at the life
that you deserve.

I think that the person
who killed Lincoln Michaels

is still out there...

and I think
that others are in danger.

We can help them, Graeme,
and then I can help you.

I was in the crawlspace...

...and I woke up because
I heard him crying, again,

then I heard him say,
"What are you doing here?"

Then I heard a noise...

and then a voice.

Did you recognize the voice?

He said,

"It hurt me to see you
suffer so much today."

Those were the exact words?

"It hurt me to see you
suffer so much today"?

It was a male voice?

-How old?
-Not young, not old.

Did you see, or hear,

anything that
might help us identify him?

Just that Michaels knew him.

And that he saw him
earlier that day?

Okay. It's a start.

Thanks, Graeme.

You're not gonna
forget me, right?

No. I won't.

You put all these details
in your letter?

Everything I have
is in that letter.

Who did you send it to
at the CFPC?

I didn't send it to the cops.

-Yo.
-Ish?

I need to know
about a civilian complaint,

filed by an inmate
at Surrey Corrections.

He confessed
to a murder he didn't commit

'cause Campbell pressured us
to get it.

Sab.

He wrote the details
in a letter to C.I.U.

Sab, we agreed.

I'm not asking for access
to privileged documents.

I'm just pointing you
in a direction.

What's in that letter
could help us

find the real killer
before he kills again.

What's the inmate's name?

Campbell's pissed.

Sabrina showed up

to re-interview
Lincoln Michaels' daughter,

asking about the funeral guests
who came to his house that day.

She wants to know
why her father's case

has been re-opened.

Campbell's talking consequences.
Where the hell is she?

You've reached Sabrina Sohal.

Leave a message after the beep.

Hey. Call me back.
I mean it.

We're not just
talking probation--

this could be your job.

Hello?

Detective Sohal, CFPC.

We've met, haven't we?

Oh, after the service
for the Michaels family.

Stephen Rechy.

Nice to see you again,
Detective.

I hope everything's all right?

Oh, I'm actually
just following up

on the Michaels case.

Oh?

I'm looking for someone

who may have been
at the funerals

for both Tabitha Michaels,

and Wesley McDermott,
more recently.

Oh, yes.
That was a... difficult service.

Uh, difficult?

For the family.

Cancer, but I understand
the loss was quite sudden.

Do you remember anyone
who may have been at both?

Male, maybe...
someone who didn't belong?

He may have come on his own,
maybe he didn't know the family?

There are people who may
be lonely and isolated,

participating
in the meaningful moments

of others--

I'm sorry, if you'll just
excuse me for one moment?

Yeah, of course.

Joan. How are you holding up?

It's the first time
I've seen it without him...

...since the day
he put it on.

I'm so sorry, Joan.

Would you like me to come by
and check in with you later?

Uh, maybe I could bring you
some of these flowers.

You don't have to do that.

It hurts me
to see you in such pain.

Thank you, Stephen.

Uh, do you always check in
personally with your clients,

after services?

Some of them.

It's just you today?

Just me.

Stephen, thank you so much
for your time.

I'm needed back at detachment,

but I'll come back
and follow up soon.

Gillian! I need your help.

Sabrina's gone solo

on an unsanctioned
investigation.

I've been trying
to cover for her, but--

Uh... that's not like her.

Sabrina, where are you at?

Sabrina. Talk to me.

Okay.
I can't GPS her phone...

...but I can try and get a ping
off her vehicle.

-Text me the location.
-Okay. Yeah.

Gillian, you're sure
this is right?

Yeah, last-known location
was right there.

How accurate is the tracking?

Within 20 metres,
but it's not transmitting now.

Do those trackers
survive water?

Not for long.

Why?

Zak?

Detective Sohal's cell phone
is currently unresponsive!

We lost contact
with her vehicle's GPS system

approximately 40 minutes ago.

The last ping placed it
within 20 metres of the Fraser.

The tread pattern matches
her SUV's make and model.

The Marine Unit's deployed
a dive team to verify.

Why was she sent out

without her partner,
without backup?

She wasn't sent anywhere
on her own.

She disobeyed a direct order
to stand down.

Whose order?

Mine.

What was she doing? What was
this investigation about?

She was looking
for a connection

between the murders
of Lincoln Michaels

and Carolyn McDermott.

And both deaths
had a similar stagings--

the victims were grieving,
they were found drowned,

with presence of medication
or alcohol,

and a photo of a loved one.

So I need each of you

to review all of your files
for apparent deaths by suicide

which involve
any of these elements.

Sohal may have been
tracking a serial killer.

It's the dive team.

They've confirmed
the vehicle is hers.

Detective Sohal was not in it.

All right. Thanks. Yeah.

That's great.

They're redirecting the search

to the shores
and waters downstream.

We need to mobilize
the Search-and-Rescue chopper.

Of course, Minister Sohal.

Remind me... Oliver.

Why she was alone?

She'd be safely in that
interrogation room right now

if she wasn't out chasing
some unsubstantiated theory.

Okay! We will order
an air search

and we will follow
her line of investigation.

Sir!

Absolutely.

Any means to return her safely.

Carry on, Eli.

Okay! The rest of you,
let's move!

Come on! Let's go!

What do we know about
the suspect she was following?

Not much.
We need to retrace her steps.

Gillian! Were you able to find

any connection
between the two deaths?

Yeah.

Both victims attended services
at Willowridge Funeral Home.

-We'll head there.
-I'm with you!

Vince!

Hey.

Uh, Zak! A second!

Hi.

Our office received a letter
from the man who was convicted

of killing Lincoln Michaels,
weeks ago.

He said that he had information

that could point
to the real killer.

That should have re-opened
the case,

but my boss,
when she went to investigate,

Assistant Commissioner Campbell
threw up the Blue Wall,

and shut it down.

I know the love
Sabrina has for you

and I know she trusts you,

and that carries
a lot of weight with me...

This isn't the first time
with Campbell, is it?

My sister is out there

today

because Campbell made sure
our investigation went nowhere.

I'll find your sister,

and I'll find a way
to make this right.

We've found three deaths
ruled suicides,

with similar staging.

Each one involved
a drowning, a bathtub,

and a photo of a loved one
who'd recently passed.

What about
the funeral homes?

Willowridge.
All three.

Vince?

Yeah. We're just leaving.

Sabrina's not here.

And there's no CCTV.

But the Assistant Funeral
Director is unaccounted for--

Stephen Rechy.

His boss says
he should be here.

His car's gone, and he's not
responding to calls.

I'll send you the number.

Track his cell
and find out what he drives.

We'll put out a B.O.L.O.

We're heading to his house

right now,
we're gonna need backup--

8831 Dominion Road.

All cars-- priority call
8831 Dominion Road.

I could livestream.

Do it.

Ram, up front!

You're with us.
You two, secure the rear.

Let's go!

Ready? Set?

I'm here!

Police!

Police! CFPC!

-Police!
-CFPC!

Clear!

You need to be quiet.

House is clear!

She's not here.

Sergeant?

Yeah?

I found this in the bathroom.

Okay, new deal.

Call off the backup
to Dominion Road.

Let's keep eyes out
for Stephen Rechy's vehicle.

Command!

Rechy left a stash
of formaldehyde

and disposable gloves
and paper booties.

If you don't want
to leave DNA behind...

Traces of formaldehyde.

GCMS tests found them
on Lincoln Michaels,

Carolyn McDermott,

and all three older cases
linked to Willowridge,

previously
assumed to be suicides.

Why weren't formaldehyde traces
flagged before?

They were--
but in very small quantities.

The chemical is used
in the embalming process.

We would have presumed

they had touched
their loved ones at a funeral,

but given
what you're telling me--

Not a coincidence.

There's a... a lot of love
in that photo.

Are those your parents?

They're not my parents.

Greg loved Thea a lot.

Oh? Loved?

A car accident...

two days before they were
going to celebrate number 44.

44 years?

Six years before
they were golden, he said.

You should have seen him.

They were all golden.

You know that grief,
don't you?

I don't think you understand.

I think I might.

I lost my mom.

When I was 13.

What about you?

Is your mom still with you?

What happened to Greg
after Thea passed?

I helped him.

Like you helped Lincoln
and Carolyn?

I can't imagine seeing
the things that you see,

every day--
that grief.

It's not every day,
it's just sometimes,

and those times,
it just...

cracks my heart...

knowing it won't heal--

knowing what
they're gonna go through.

They say it takes time,

but time doesn't always help!

So you help them.

I do.

If he wanted her dead,
he could've left her in her SUV.

Maybe this is not who he is--
killing cops.

Not all serial killers
are psychopaths.

Yeah, they can be motivated by

intense emotional experience--
delusions.

He's taken the lives
of deeply grieving people,

and it looks like
he's tried to do it painlessly.

Maybe he sees what he's doing
as some kind of mercy killing.

Sabrina doesn't fit
his victim profile,

but he could be desperate now,

making impulsive decisions.

Has he taken her someplace,
to buy some time?

I've been searching for
other properties

under his family's name--

anything close to where
the SUV was dumped, but I--

Wait.
These mercy-kill suicides,

he staged them
in the victims' own homes.

Yes.

Stephen Rechy had access.

They'd have let him in.

Any of these victims' houses
could still be empty right now.

Send units
to Carolyn McDermott's home,

the Michaels' estate,
and the other three.

Sir! Greg Ramm
lived four blocks

from where Sabrina's SUV
was dumped.

His house is in probate!

1453 Pergola Road.

"1453 Pergola Road."

Right with you.

Send units
to 6112 114A Street

and 705 Fraserglen Crescent.

It's not like that.

It's because...

I understand,
you know,

what they're going through.

Your mom?

How old were you?

14.

How did she pass?

Stephen Rechy's mother,
Annette,

died by suicide.

It was Stephen who found her...
in the bath.

My father...

died the year before,
suddenly.

My mother,
she just loved him so much.

And she wouldn't get out of bed
for weeks and months...

a year.

It sounds like a very powerful
love that they had.

Without him, she just...

...didn't want
to be there anymore.

He was an only child.

Case workers' notes
describe him

as "deeply traumatized".

He lived in group care
for four years,

out on his own at 18.

He grew up isolated.

No significant relationships.

I was very close
with my mother.

I still miss her, every day.

And it's been so long.

Since she passed,
there's so many things that...

...so much
that she'll never got to see...

that I wanted her
to be proud of...

I used to head home
every day after school,

or a party, or anything,

just to tell her about it.

Do you ever think

"it doesn't feel real"
until she knew about it?

Yes.

Without her,

it doesn't...

it doesn't count,

it doesn't matter.

It's like it doesn't...

even feel like it happened,
because she wasn't there.

Nothing matters.

I just wish that I could...

just see her,

just one more time,

and just..

just tell her everything.

If you could just
be there with her.

Now that she's gone,
it just...

I just don't see
the point of going on.

It hurts me to see
that you suffered so much.

I'm so sorry, Stephen.

I...

I wasn't straight with you.
I--

My grief was real--

like Lincoln's

and Carolyn's
and Greg's,

but I had time to heal.

I said what I said
'cause I wanted to escape,

'cause I wanted to live.

You don't seem like
the kind of man

who would shoot someone
in cold blood.

You wouldn't do that

to my brother...

my father.

You wouldn't do that
to the people I love.

And I can't
just leave them behind.

Because that is
what suicide does, Stephen.

It's not helping.

It just leaves

a longer and longer
trail of grief,

and I don't think

that you're someone
who wants to do that.

We're at
the house on Pergola.

I want next-shift officers
brought in now.

It's overtime.
It's cleared.

Minister.

That's mud from the river.

Rechy's here.

6103...

We need backup
at the Ramm house.

We need everyone.

I need all available officers
to provide backup immediately.

Can you put the gun down?

Okay.

I'm just gonna walk...

out of here, okay?

6103.
Subject is down.

Requesting EMT.

Sohal is secured.
Repeat--

Sohal is secure.

Ishaan.

She's okay.

Mm-hmm.

I had talked him down,
he was gonna let me go.

It-It was direct threat.

It was suicide by cop!

He pointed the gun
so you would pull the trigger.

He killed multiple times.

He wasn't gonna fire.

How could I know that?

How could I know?

You couldn't.

I thought
I was keeping you safe.

I didn't see...

how to--
I thought...

It's okay, Pappa.

I thought there was
a longer game to play.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

But this time...

we don't let it go.

Hey.

Isn't today your review?
Shouldn't you be at detachment?

I needed to see you first.

I wanted to say I'm sorry.

For what?

You keep trying to...

to be with me,

to be there for me,

and... I keep pushing you away,

and I don't want
to do that anymore...

but if we're gonna
go there...

we need to talk.

Graeme Benton.

That wasn't the first time
the CFPC put someone in jail

who shouldn't be there.

The Crown is dependent on

the information
the CFPC provides my boss with.

Like the sealed evidence
you were given

to prosecute my father?

I've been trying
to keep you safe.

There's something
you need to know.

All good?

Yeah.

You know, good as it can be.

I had no idea.

I wanted you to know...

before I went in there.

You know what?

Do it.

Do whatever it takes.

Afternoon, Detective.

Afternoon, sir.
Inspector.

This is Chief HR Officer
Gene Schelling.

Sabrina,
we appreciate that you chose

not to postpone
this probation review.

With all due respect,

I'm here to talk about
what happens next

to Assistant Commissioner
Campbell.

Well, there is
a time and a place

for that conversation,
Detective.

He refused to even consider

that Graeme
might have been innocent.

He ensured that Graeme Benton
would be convicted.

He ignored
new potential evidence

and shut down
a C.I.U. investigation

that could've stopped
Stephen Rechy--

and saved
Carolyn McDermott's life.

Yeah. We're aware.

The C.I.U. has brought
Graeme Benton's letter

to our attention.

We understand it's far
from the only evidence

they've compiled.

They have identified
an ongoing pattern

of abuse of power,

and in light of
yesterday's events,

one of our own
is coming forward

to corroborate...

these complaints.

I assure you, we're taking this
very seriously.

You should--
You should sit down.

Respectfully...

will this be enough

to terminate him
as head of this detachment?

W--

He has survived over 30 years.

How long
will this investigation take?

It's due process.

You know, may take a while.

And he has allies.

There are people
who admire his leadership, so.

Then there's something
you need to know.

Assistant Commissioner
Oliver Campbell

conspired to frame my father
for treason a year ago.

I know this

because I stole
the sealed evidence

the Crown
based their case on,

and I can prove
that that evidence

was fabricated
and that it was planted.

I understand

that I will lose my job

and that I may be charged
for theft

and for Breach of Trust,

but I cannot continue
to work for a man

that continues
to abuse his position.

Oof.

Bolton filled me in--

in confidence--
about your dad,

about what you did--

but why the hell
wouldn't you tell me?

The last thing I wanted to do
was get you in trouble.

I went to the Academy
with the Assistant Commissioner.

Did you know that?

Yeah, it was
just the three of us--

me, him, and Bolton,

and Oliver Campbell--
he was the star.

He built his numbers,
he shook the right hands,

and I saw things
that I just did not like.

But, you know--
I had a family.

But what you told them
in there--

that's gonna change the game.

Is it?

They taught me to shoot.

I didn't think
I'd have to do it.

And I thought that...

I could change things
from the inside.

I don't know, Vince.

I don't know that this is
the right place for me.

I was supposed to retire
six months ago.

I went down to Arizona to see
if I made the right choice,

and I came back
because this is where I belong.

But not just being a cop...

...but being a cop by your side.

What you did--

I should have done
a long time ago.

But, you know...

never too late
to figure out who you are,

and what you're for.

And like I told you--

good notes...

...make good arrests.

Campbell's not
the only one here

who things like he does...

...but I've got your back.

And Gillian.

Degas. Zak.

Bolton.

We got... your back.

This isn't gonna
be easy, is it?

Who said it ever is?