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In Toronto's War on Crime,

the worst offenders are
pursued by the detectives

of the Specialized Criminal
Investigations Unit.

These are their stories.

I made sinigang!

Thank you!

I really wish I could
go with you this time.

Better.

What?

Your lola, she's better.

So we're not going.

Son, we're staying
for your graduation.

We're so proud of you.

- Really?
- It's true!

Aw, but it's sold out.

- What?
- Huh?

Yeah. For like weeks now.

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

Hey, Luc!

Excuse me,
I'm completely lost.

My son is graduating
next weekend,

who do I talk to for tickets?

Sorry, I don't know.

This is the name of the boat

leaving Kowloon
with the shipment.

Tsk, I don't care what
the name of the boat is.

Don't be a fool, alright?

You make sure this package
is inside your container

before that boat leaves.

Is everything okay?

Hey.

Come on, man. Let's go.

Let's get it.

Jerome?

Jerome. We need to talk.

Talk about what?

- Stay here.
- Dad. Dad.

Dad.

Dad!
- Rodrigo?

Oy! Oy, get out!

Rodrigo! Oh! Oh!
Get in! Get in, go!

Get in!

- Mom!
- Get in, get in!

- What are you doing?
- Gloria!

Ugh, ah, Rodrigo! Argh!

Rodrigo!

Gloria!

No, Rodrigo!

Please, no, no, no!

Rodrigo and Gloria Ábalos.

Import/export business,
food mostly.

Neighbour called it in
just before midnight.

Poor kid.

Looks like a happy family.

Could you bag
this for me, please?

Where was the son?

Closet. Mom locked him in,

first responders had to wedge
the door to get him out.

Thankfully, the key was
in Gloria Ábalos' fist

because the shooters
went through her pockets

and emptied her purse.

Well, two to the chest,
one to the head.

Aka failure to stop,
aka failure drill,

aka Mozambique drill.

- Casings?
- ... 40 calibre.

Judging by the exit wound
to her forehead

and where the casings landed,

Gloria was kneeling here,

and the shooter hereabouts.

So a gun to the back
of the wife's head.

Open the safe, or--

We'll redecorate your walls.

Except he did open the safe.

Then why kill them?

I don't see any defensive wounds

or any evidence that
the victims put up a fight.

- How much was in the safe?
- Ledger said 80 grand.

What?

Well, the bullet to the back
of Gloria's head

would've sent her that way,
face down.

So the killers would've had
to flip her over

to put the two in the chest.

- To just make sure?
- Of what?

How to do the drill wrong?

The two to the chest comes first

and the head
is just the insurance,

and you can reach the heart
from the back.

Why risk leaving trace evidence

by flipping the deceased over?

Pockets turned out,

purse rifled through.

It's like these guys
couldn't decide

between a hit and a robbery.

Where's the son now?

Detectives.

Thank you, officer.

Jerome Ábalos?

I'm Detective Henry Graf,

this is Detective
Frankie Bateman.

Could you tell us in your own
words what happened here?

Um...

Uh, it was Thursday,

so I was helping my parents
with their books,

like I always do.

Why Thursdays?

Friday, all the deposits
go to the bank.

I was calculating the debits

when we heard
the back window smash.

Dad went out,
then we heard him scream.

My mother told me
to hide in the closet.

I hid like a coward.

They'd still be alive
if they hadn't cancelled

their trip to the Philippines.

Why did they cancel?

It was for my graduation.

Masters in Psychology.

They were so proud.

I bet. Anything seem off
about your parents yesterday?

No, I don't think so.

I only work here nights.

During the day I'm a TA.

I help Professor Sooley
grade papers.

And would anyone
else have known

that the money in the safe
is at its highest on Thursdays?

We've used the same bank
for over 20 years,

so they would, I guess?

Jerome, were you in
the closet the entire time?

I left my phone on the
counter.

Couldn't call the police,
I couldn't do anything.

Do you remember
seeing anything,

or hearing anything
the killer said?

I don't think they spoke.

At all?

What, is this,
is that strange?

Jerome, did you parents have
any enemies that you know of?

No. none.

Jerome, if you know something,

now is the time to tell us.

Ábalos Imports had dealing
with syndicate drug runners,

the Ghosts.

Three days before
the murders, Hao Leung,

the son of Ghost leader
Sam Leung,

was in the shop making threats,

until Rod told him
to take a hike.

- Brave man.
- Or foolish.

Double tap to the chest,
one to the head.

It's consistent with
several unsolved killings

attributed to the Ghosts.

Why, didn't Gloria Ábalos
have any skeletons?

Uh, none that we
can see so far.

Rod Ábalos had an
appointment yesterday

with a Dr. Fooi, or Fu-eye.

But, we haven't been able

to track down anyone
with those names as yet.

What about the son?

Yeah, he was trapped
in the closet.

He heard the entire thing.

He also said that the killers

never uttered a single word
during the robbery.

Ghosts are pros.
Pros work quietly.

Yeah, but they're not mute.

They don't go through pockets,
empty out purses.

Why not?

For all we know, whatever
Gloria Ábalos had on her

was the real reason
for the murder.

Perhaps.

Talk to Sam Leung.

If this was the Ghosts,

I want to know
what kind of illegal import

was worth the exposure
of two dead bodies.

You're barking up
the wrong tree, detectives.

Rod Ábalos was a close friend.

We met stocking shelves
when we were kids.

What business did you have
with Ábalos Imports?

They imported the food
for my exotic pets.

Nothing more.

Right, and that's why your son
threatened Rod and Gloria

three days before
they were murdered?

Because they refused to import
dead crickets for your iguanas?

No, my son threatened them
because he is an idiot.

Oh, we're still going
to need to talk to him.

My son wanted
something imported

that could've gotten
Ábalos Imports into trouble.

When he is done pouting,
he can tell you himself.

- Sorry, what kind of trouble?
- Not illegal, just messy.

Like, guns kind of messy?

Asian leaf turtle
kind of messy.

Catch a good price, but
without the right permits...

Rod refused.

He called me, I took
care of it, end of story.

And how did that
sit with your son?

I assure you
he did not kill anyone.

How can you be so sure?

Because he has seen
what happens to people

who disappoint me.

You know, Mr. Leung,

Rod and Gloria didn't
appear to have any enemies.

Our suspect list
is getting shorter,

and you talking like this--

Ábalos Imports has been
vandalized

twice in the last month.

Rod has also received
several threatening phone calls.

Sounds like an enemy to me.

And Rod told you this?

He thought it was an
ex-employee,

but I don't have a name.

I was hoping he would ask me
to take care of it, but...

Some advice, detectives.

Find whoever did this
before I do.

Sam Leung is a gangster.

He's just trying to stop you
from arresting his son!

Hao was with friends
during the murders.

Queensway VIP, we checked.

Jerome, was there some reason

why you didn't tell us
about the vandalism?

Signs get smashed
all the time.

Your parents were killed
by amateurs, Jerome.

The scene was staged to make it
look like it was the Ghosts,

but they didn't do this.

Were there any employees

that might've been angry
with your parents?

My father fired
a lot of people.

Alright, well we need you
to write down their names,

and we'll have a chat
with them. Okay?

Would you excuse us
for a minute?

Yeah.

Mark found something
on the CCTV.

A dark grey sedan pulls in
behind Ábalos Imports

before the murders,

pulls out again about 10 minutes

after the shots were reported.

Mmm, grainy photograph with
two unidentifiable figures.

My favourite.

Uh, maybe one of these
unidentified people

was fired from Ábalos Imports.

What's that on the bumper?
What is that? A sticker?

I know exactly what that is.

Yeah, I know 'em.

That's Bo Lennox
and Carlos Rodriguez.

They're not on the list.

That's a pretty bad photo,
you sure about the names?

Yeah, Bo here bought this car

from my Zamboni driver
about eight months ago.

And where Bo goes,
Carlos is never far behind.

How well do you
know these guys, Manny?

I coached both of them.

Violent kids,
even from a young age.

They spent more time

in the penalty box
than you did, Frankie.

Those two were brutal.

Every game, I'd have to
pull one off the other.

- So Bo and Carlos would fight.
- Yeah.

The boys made me
question my life choices.

You think your Zamboni driver
has an address for Bo Lennox?

Why are we doing this?

The man supplies the metal man

gets say where
the metal goes, aight?

Just trust me.

Man, we coulda got
two racks for them.

Man, who says we didn't?

Yo, what was that?

- Police, police!
- Carlos, go! Move!

- Show me your hands! Get down!
- Hands in the air!

Down now! Don't move!

Police!
Get down on the ground!

Down! Now! Don't move!
Don't move.

Detectives, all yours.

Okay, we're looking
for guns, phones, money.

Anything of interest.

Detectives?

Any interest in
a big bag of cash?

Ábalos Imports.

Oh. What do you know?

The money was found
in a bag in the garage,

along with a deposit slip
from Ábalos Imports.

Guns? Any connection
to the victims?

No, not yet,
but Sam Leung said

that a disgruntled employee
was threatening Rod and Gloria.

Yeah, we think somebody Rod
fired might have contracted

Bo and Carlos, somebody who knew
that the safe was full of cash

on Thursday nights.

Quite the rap sheets,
but nothing big

ever seems to stick
to these guys, does it?

I have to say, I am not hopeful
that they're going to open up

just out of the goodness
of their hearts.

Interview room.

Kind of like a penalty box,
wouldn't you say, Bateman?

Oh, we need these two
to drop the gloves,

start fighting each other.

Miguel Carlos Rodriguez.

You've already spoken
to your lawyer on the phone,

I assume you know your rights.

You can just sit there. Silent.

I tell you, you are a much
better friend than I would be.

I mean, if my buddy
left a sticker

on the back of his car

that got me convicted of murder?

I mean, oof, I would
be pretty pissed.

Here's the thing, Carlos.

Up until now,

you've just kind
of been an idiot,

but what we're talking
about today is murder.

This is life, Carlos.

This, this is your life.

And I don't know if you
want to trust Bo with that.

Because he's pretty chatty.

Look, I got nothing to say.

Oh, that's right,
you're a pro.

You don't need to me to tell you
that we got you dead to rights.

You know that already,
you've been mulling it over

in that mind of yours.

Over and over and over,
all the things you screwed up.

The sloppy crime scene,
the clumsy getaway.

It's like you wanted
to go to jail.

So what's your play now?

'Cause if it was me
sitting in that chair,

I'd be talking
about who hired me.

No, it's okay.
You don't have to say anything,

Bo's doing enough talking
for the both of you.

Do you know that, uh,

he's saying you were
the only shooter?

That you killed both Rod--

And Gloria? All he did
was empty the safe.

He also say the cops

are allowed to lie
in interrogations?

This isn't
an interrogation, Bo.

This is just two guys talking.

Your lawyer's on the way,
we've been through that already.

Did you know, though,
when you took the job,

that Sam Leung was
a close friend of Rod Ábalos?

Yeah, I uh, I saw Sam
the other day.

He told us to find
the triggerman before he did.

We can protect you, Bo.

We're sworn to.

It's your choice.

Wait!

Sam Leung never hears
my name, right?

Bo and Carlos were hired

by ex-Ábalos
employee Luc Francis.

They grew up in the same
housing project in the Vern.

Luc got in touch with these
two from a burner phone.

- They told you this?
- Yeah.

Bo said if it wasn't
someone they knew,

they would have never taken
the job in the first place.

Yeah, but Bo and Carlos
both destroyed their phones

once the job was done, so, uh,
in terms of a solid connection,

how do you feel about
the word of a career criminal?

It's a start.

What's Luc's beef
with Rod and Gloria Ábalos?

He was fired for stealing.

Now Luc would've known that
the safe was full on Thursdays

and to instruct Bo and Carlos

to kill them in
a very specific way.

Make it look like
Sam Leung's crew.

Exactly.

That's why the crime scene

was so performative, inconsistent.

These two, they really
didn't understand the brief.

We got a video statement
from Bo Lennox,

it's a full taped confession.

You shouldn't have!

Murder weapons?

Uh, that's another
weird thing.

Day after the murder,
Luc texts Bo and Carlos

and instructs them
to stash the guns

in the south garbage bin
of a skate park.

And he pays them
an extra 10 grand.

Did we go pick up the guns?

Yeah, we sent a team,
the guns are gone already.

Killer could be looking
to finish a frame job

on the Ghosts.

Okay. Find this Luc
Francis character,

maybe we'll get lucky,
maybe he still has the guns.

Hey!

Whoa! What the hell
are you doing, Luc?

I cannot go home, Jerome!

There's a cop parked
outside my apartment.

Don't you think your family
has put me through enough?

Yo, my parents are
dead because of you!

What?

Bo and Carlos.

You told them about the money,

you told them about the safe!

So they robbed my parents
and then they killed them!

You knew it
and you let it happen!

Hey, Grandma! Ah, you know.

I was thinking.

Maybe we could visit
Aunt Shirley on Manitoulin.

Luc. These officers
would like to talk to you.

Look, look.
I didn't kill anybody.

No, you had your
buddies Bo and Carlos

take care of that for ya.

Look, we aren't buddies.

Well then why did they receive
a text message from you

instructing them how to kill
Rod and Gloria Ábalos?

- Wait, what?
- Yeah.

Found these in your
grandmother's crawlspace.

Two Glock 27s.

Now they just happen
to be the very same guns

that were used to murder
the Ábaloses.

You, Bo and Carlos,
just like old times, right?

Wait, wait, wait. Look.
No, no, I didn't do anything!

Sit down! Luc, sit down.

Look.

Bo and Carlos got
my brother killed.

- What?
- Yeah.

Never told you that, did they?

Dorian was 13,

and those fools convinced him to
rob this old man around the way.

What they didn't tell him

was that old man
was a G-soldier.

The street gang?

Yeah, shelled out
soon as they broke in.

They ran.

Ah, my brother
took two in the back.

Dorian Francis.
Ellesmere Road.

That was your brother?

Yeah.

You think I'd have
anything to do with them?

Well, Rod fired you
for stealing, you were--

No, no, no,
I didn't steal anything!

Okay, I guess you
didn't break the sign

outside of Ábalos Imports, either?

Okay, no, no. I did do that,
but I was pissed, okay?

Rod set me up!

So, you're not a murderer,
you're not a thief.

Sure seems like
somebody's out to get you.

Luc, you knew that
there was money

in the safe on Thursday night.

You knew that
the Ghosts were clients.

This is revenge,
plain and simple.

Rod set you up to look like
a thief, and you made him pay.

No, no, no, no!
Rod didn't fire me for stealing.

He fired me for being
friends with his son.

What?
What, what does that mean?

Dah, Jerome always
seemed so lonely.

So I took him out
to a club one night.

He got lit, threw up
the whole next day at work.

Rod let me have it, didn't
want me distracting Jerome

from his schoolwork,
so I said fine.

I told Jerome, no more invites.

Yeah, well I guess
that wasn't enough,

because three days later,
Rod "found" three grand

worth of Asian black truffles
in my locker.

Fired me on the spot.

So, you're saying Rod
set you up and fired you

just for trying to be
friends with Jerome?

That was a light
touch for Rod Ábalos.

When was this?

I don't know,
like five months ago.

Uh, th-that night with Jerome

was the last time
I saw Bo and Carlos.

Um. Luc,

you happen to notice
if Jerome exchanged numbers

with Bo and Carlos that night?

I mean, he could've.

I mean, Jerome
talked to them for hours.

Look, I told him
those guys were bad dudes.

What time did Bo and Carlos

get the text telling them
to stash the guns

in the skate park?

Um...

About one hour
after we told Jerome

that we were looking into
ex-employees like Luc Francis.

Well, well, well.

You uh, fancy a stroll
around campus?

I'd be delighted.

Professor Sooley.

Yes, that's right.
Can I help you?

Toronto Police.

We're looking
for Jerome Ábalos.

Who?

Your TA, Jerome Ábalos?

I don't know who that is.

He just finished his
Masters in Psychology

at this university,
he's set to graduate Saturday.

Uh, you don't,
you don't recognize him?

Detectives, I oversee every
Masters student in my department

and I've never even so much
as heard of a Jerome Ábalos.

- He lied?
- Yeah.

Jerome was never even enrolled.

Listen to this, we talked to
a Bonnie Baker in Admissions,

she said she received an email
from Jerome six years ago

asking for an example
of tuition receipts

so he could assure
his elderly parents

that they could still
pay by snail mail.

So he forged the receipts?

Yeah, we're waiting
on a warrant to confirm.

You know, the sneak in
and out kind,

because if Jerome knows
what we're up to,

that proof's going
to start to disappear.

He was lying from
the beginning, Theo.

He was trying to point us
toward the Ghosts,

and when that didn't stick--

He pointed to the only
other person with motive.

Luc.

Did Jerome plan to frame
Luc from the beginning?

No, I think he
pretended to be Luc

so that Carlos and Bo
would take the gig,

but when we blew up
his frame job on the Ghosts,

he had no choice.

Okay.

If it wasn't money,

what's the motive?

Freedom.

Freedom?

Jerome felt controlled,
and according to Luc,

his parents put unbelievable
pressure on him.

If I'm going to prosecute,

I need the word of someone
other than Luc Francis.

Who right now is
still our best suspect

for orchestrating the murders.

I need to hear from
someone who can testify

to Jerome's entire life.

Get me that, and I'll think
of getting you Jerome.

Yeah, same class
since kindergarten,

but I wouldn't say
we were friends.

- How come?
- Jerome was weird.

Our high school was
super competitive,

he was like, remedial, you know?

Dead weight?

And you were,
what, valedictorian?

Was third in my class.

I got into every university
I applied for.

Now I don't mean to offend,
but if you got into university,

why'd you end up here,
feeding fish?

School was my
father's dream, not mine.

I wanted to be like him,

but when you're
the first son in new country,

your parents expect you
to be better than they were.

Jerome's parents,
were they the same way?

They were next level.

This one time, Jerome
was doing a violin recital

and he fell apart.

He always did
in front of a crowd,

but he was crying
and he pissed his pants.

Rod grabbed his arm,
ripped him right off the stage

in front of everybody, he was...

Almost felt bad for the kid.

Advanced Bookkeeping,
Bellwoods College.

Presented, ooh, with honours

to one Jerome Ábalos,
check it out.

Iggy Pop or Milli Vanilli?

What?

Er, fake or forgery?

Forgery is the real thing,
it's just been altered.

Uh-huh.

Iggy Pop refused to
lip sync one of his songs

on Australian television

because that
would have been a forgery.

Whereas Milli Vanilli
never sang a word.

Neither the first nor last.

I mean, can we even be sure that
their names were Rob and Fab?

Agh, we'll never know!
You tell me!

Well, the paper feels solid.

But the seal isn't raised.

And the ink is pooled
and bled through the paper.

Dead giveaway.

What we have here,
ladies and gentlemen, is a fake.

Let's get the documents
section in.

All these photos are from

one stage in his life,
his graduation.

Now, don't parents put up
photos of their kids

in every stage of life?

You know,
their baby photos, birthdays?

First day of school,
that kind of thing?

Yeah, every parent I know.

Hey. You in the mood to
take me to a fake grad?

'Cause I got two tickets.

Milli Vanilli all the way.

Okay, what do we have?

Everything is fake.

Advanced bookkeeping courses,
first aid,

I mean there's even a chess
Grand Master certificate.

Chess Grand Master,
tell me more.

Well, it's really
interesting, actually,

how they determine your rating,
they use this AI,

you were joking.

But, wasn't there a ceremony

where he supposedly
graduated with his BA?

Yep, but the convocation
for his first fake degree

just happened to take place
right after Rod and Gloria

flew to the Philippines
to attend a funeral.

We checked Rod's email,
and Jerome...

Jerome sent this photo
in a message explaining.

I didn't tell you about Grad

because I didn't want
to stop you from going home

to pay your respects.

Yay us! We did it!

Who are the other
kids in the photo?

Get this, paid actors!

Now you're joking!

No! And you know what,
he was about to do it again.

What?

Summer 2024 Convocation,

Gallery Section,
General Admission, wow.

Yeah, if it ain't broke,
why fix it?

Jerome knew his
grandmother was sick,

waited for his parents
to book flights,

and then what do you know?

It's the same week
of his convocation.

Yeah, except his grandmother
made a miraculous recovery,

and so the parents told Jerome
they could make it after all.

So, rather than
face the music,

he decided to just
kill his parents instead.

Go figure.

Yeah, two days
before the murder,

he makes a large withdrawal.

Eight grand.

That's enough for
two black market guns.

Oh, it's nice to see
that tuition money

going for something,
but, why keep up the lie?

Ego and insecurity are
two sides of the same coin.

Now, Jerome's parents had such
high expectations of him

that it made him
feel like a failure.

In retaliation,
he made them look like fools,

outsmarting those
he could never please.

Must've been quite the drug.

Do we have anything tying him

directly to Bo and Carlos yet?

Nope.

Then why are you smiling?

Well, because now we get to
do a little acting of our own.

But you found the guns
at his grandmother's house!

I know, but as far as we know,

Bo and Carlos could
have planted them there.

My guts are churning
over this, Jerome.

It's, I feel sick about it.

If only we had something
tying Luc to Bo and Carlos.

Phone call, text, anything.

Look, Jerome.
You have our word.

Until Luc Francis
is behind bars,

we won't stop digging.

We're going to find every
piece of evidence we missed.

Jerome!

Hi! Any news?

Actually, we've had
some incredible luck.

Um, due to a perfectly
timed anonymous tip,

the burner phone that was used
to hire Bo and Carlos

has been found.

Oh my God.
That's, that's great news.

I agree.
It's from our spin team.

I have to hand it
to you, Jerome.

You really had us fooled.

I don't think you're going to
be so lucky with the jury.

Take him away.

Hey, what's up?

Bo Lennox
isn't going to testify.

What? But, we have
his statement on tape.

His statement
has been excluded.

On what grounds?

Well, Mr. Lennox's
lawyer maintains

the statement was
given under threat.

Oh!

What, said I made it seem
that if he didn't confess,

Sam Leung would kill him?

- Hmm.
- I did my job to the letter.

Well, so did she.

Alright, look.
This is on me.

I lost today.

I really don't want to lose the
next one, so, any ideas?

Okay.

Uh, we have this photo
of Jerome with the burner phone,

we have an extensive
story of his deceit--

Which Sutton will spin
into a tale of parents

pressuring a child
to the point of lying.

Not murder.

Right.
Okay, so, we have nothing.

Bo's confession,
that was the case,

that was the entire glue
keeping this thing together.

Look, if family issues
were admissible as evidence,

we'd be sitting pretty.

Family issues. Dr. Fooi,
Rod Ábalos' notebook.

Fooi.

I thought you couldn't
find a doctor with that name.

We couldn't. But what if it's
not a name? What if--

It's an acronym.

We need to find what therapist
Rod was talking to

on the day he died.

And why.

Yes, Rod Ábalos
was my patient.

But I only saw him once.

Can you tell me what
he came to see you about?

No. And you know
that, Detective.

But what if
he's been murdered?

Well, that would
change things.

My God, what happened?

Did Rod mention
his son Jerome?

It's all he talked about.

Six years is a long time
to fake being a student.

Wait, Rod knew
about the lying?

Oh yeah. He knew everything.

Everything.

Detective Bateman.

Two men were hired to
kill Rod and Gloria Ábalos.

The instructions came over text.

Objection! Your Honour,

the Crown can't argue its
case through the witness.

Your Honour.

We have heard no testimony,
nor even in fact seen

any evidence to suggest
that anyone,

murderer or otherwise,
was hired by text.

Sustained.

Crown, evidence first,
questions second.

The weapons used to kill
Rod and Gloria Ábalos

were stashed in
a trash receptacle

at the skate park near
Evans Avenue, were they not?

Objection! Your Honour,

police have already testified
they found no guns in that park.

Sustained. Clean it up
or move on, Mr. Forrester.

Detective, you met
with Jerome Ábalos

the same day you became aware
that the murder weapons

may have been stashed

at the skate park,
is that correct?

Yes.

Uh, we informed Mr. Ábalos

that we were looking into
former employees

who had been fired
by his father.

He gave us a list,
Luc Francis was at the very top.

This was one hour before
the guns were stashed.

Objection! Your Honour.

Ms. Sutton just said police
were sent to the skate park

to retrieve the murder weapons.

I mean, they didn't do it

because they needed
the overtime.

Your Honour, they went
because they received a tip.

Overruled.

And where were the murder
weapons eventually found?

In the crawlspace in Luc
Francis' grandmother's home.

Hmm.

Detective, can you tell
the court what this is?

Yes, this is the pay
as you go cellphone

we caught Jerome Ábalos

stashing in Luc Francis'
grandmother's hanging planter.

And was this phone used
to contact the killers?

It's got some water damage,
but the data we could retrieve

corroborated our theory
that the men who killed

Rod and Gloria Ábalos were
hired through this very phone.

Thank you, Detective.
No more questions.

Detective.

Once the minutes are used up
on a pay as you go phone,

people often just
throw them away, right?

Yes. I suppose.

And you advised Mr. Ábalos

that you needed the phone

that Luc Francis used to
contact the two killers,

did you not?

Yes, as a ploy to
get Mr. Ábalos to--

And after that conversation,

Mr. Ábalos retrieved
a cellphone.

Yes, to plant it to frame
Luc Francis, as I've already--

Detective, isn't it possible

that Mr. Ábalos saw Luc Francis

throw away that phone,

and only retrieved it

in order to help
get justice for his parents?

That would be highly
improbable and coincidental.

Much like the Crown's case.

- Objection!
- Withdrawn. No more questions.

We're losing, Theo.

We need to get Jerome
up on the stand.

He needs to hear what his
father's therapist told us.

It's in disclosure, Graf.
He's most likely read it.

I don't know, I don't know
if Jerome would want to know

what his father
said about him to a therapist.

And even if he has read it,

he hasn't faced it
in front of a jury.

He's a pleaser, he cares
what people think about him.

Hao Leung said it, that
he crumbles before an audience.

Exactly.

Sutton's entire narrative
has been about how horrible

Rod and Gloria were
to poor Jerome.

Are we really going
to beat up on this kid?

- We need to push back.
- It could backfire.

Even if he does
decide to testify,

I can't be certain the jury
won't be fooled like you were.

Well, the kid plays sympathetic.

Come on, Theo,
it's going to work.

We searched the Ábalos home,

there wasn't one photo of
Jerome before his graduation

from Osler with a BA, and why?

Because before that,
he had never lived up

to his parent's expectations.

Exactly.

It, it's like they
cancelled the old Jerome.

Buried him because
he wasn't good enough.

Look. If he hears

what his father said
about him in that session...

Put me on the stand, Theo,
and I'll get him up there.

And you can take him down.

My apologies, your Honour.

Here you are, Detective.

Thank you.

Detective Graf,
did Rod Ábalos see a therapist?

Um, yes.

Rod had F-O-O-I,

or, or Fooi
written on his notepad,

next to the word Doctor.

Now I originally
thought that Fooi

might have been a doctor's
last name,

but later I realised
it was an acronym.

Families Of Origin Issues,

it pertains to
familial sources of trauma.

And what did you
learn from your review

of Rod's therapy records?

Rod and Gloria Ábalos

had discovered that Jerome, uh,

had been lying about
attending Osler University.

Rod wanted to confront Jerome,

but Gloria convinced Rod
to talk to a therapist instead.

And what was discussed
at Rod's therapy sessions?

Well, Jerome's
many obvious psychoses--

Objection! Your Honour,

Detective Graf is not
a psychotherapist.

He can't diagnose my client.

Sustained.

Detective Graf,

is it true that Rod and Gloria

were looking for a healthy way

to talk to their son
about his lies?

Yes, but at the time--

Uh, please,
the microphone, detective.

Yes, but at that time,
they weren't privy to the fact

that the psychopath they raised
intended to have them killed.

Objection! Your Honour.

Detective Graf,
one more move like that

and I'll call a mistrial.

I agree.

It's not a good idea.

I'm the one accused
of butchering my family.

Don't you think the jury
wants to hear from me?

That's not what
I'm worried about.

Don't let the Crown's affable
demeanor fool you,

the man is a shark.

Sharks don't scare me.

Being thought of
as a murderer does.

I've done nothing wrong.

The jury will believe me.

My parents were
everything to me.

All I wanted was
to make them happy.

But you couldn't, could you?

No. But my parents
weren't bad people.

They just wanted me to
have everything they couldn't

growing up in the Philippines.

But the pressure
to be successful,

it must have been suffocating.

It was.

But I understood it.

Jerome, if your parents were
alive, right now, right here.

What would you say to them?

I'm sorry.

Sorry I couldn't
live up to your dreams.

Hearing you die in that closet

will haunt me for
the rest of my life.

Thank you, Jerome.

Please.

You just said you couldn't
live up to your parent's dreams.

Did that make you angry?

No. Sad, maybe.

They just wanted me
to reach my full potential.

Full potential. Right.

Can you identify this
for the court?

That's my degree.
Bachelors of Science.

Your fake degree.
Bachelors of Science.

- Yes.
- Fabricated by you.

Yes.

Can you describe this
photograph to the court?

It's a...

it's a photo of my parents
and I celebrating my degree.

Sorry?

My fake degree.

From Osler University.

Jerome, there are
no other photos of you

from before this moment

on the walls of your house,

your parents' business,
why is that?

- I don't know.
- You don't know?

Mm-mm.

Okay.

Well, is it safe to say
that this kind of love

and happiness and pride
from your parents

was something new for you?

Yes.

Say from the from the moment
you started lying

about your
academic achievements?

Yes.

It was so much pressure.

So I lied. To make them happy.

Jerome,
your parents were killed

exactly two days after
they cancelled their trip

to the Philippines so they could
attend your Masters convocation.

But there was no graduation.

Was there, Jerome?

No.

So you killed them so that
they wouldn't find out.

Describe this photo, Jerome.

Oh, your Honour.
This is just gratuitous.

I'm losing patience with you,
Mr. Forrester.

Well, your Honour.

Jerome just stated love was
a new thing in his household.

It's crucial to the Crown's case
to prove that wasn't true.

Get to the point!

Photo, Jerome.

That's my mother's hand.

Clutching a key as she's
being brutally murdered.

A key, that if found,

would have meant
certain death to you.

Her only son.

Yes.

Can you tell me
in your own words

what it felt like to
finally have, as you say,

your parents' love.

After all the years
of disappointment

that you caused them.

It felt amazing.

I bet it did.

In the six years that you were
lying to your parents

about going to school,

were you ever afraid

that if they found out,
they would stop loving you?

Yes.

You couldn't bear to lose
their love again.

Could you?
- No.

Even if it meant killing them
so that they wouldn't find out.

- No!
- Do you know what your father

said about you
in therapy, Jerome?

After he learned you'd
been lying to him for years,

stealing his money,
making him look like a fool?

He said,

"Please help me show my son

how much I love him."

- My father did not say that!
- That is a direct quote!

It was in disclosure.

Probably too painful for you
to read though, wasn't it?

You probably assumed your
father was cutting you down.

But he said was,

"Please help me show my son
how much I love him."

- No, that's not true.
- No?

Read it yourself.

Your father wanted
to help you, Jerome.

Your mother clutched that
key as she was beaten

and shot to death
at point blank range,

so you would be safe.

Even when they knew you
lied to them, they loved you.

They died for no reason, Jerome.

Look at me.
Look at me, Jerome.

If you had known that,

if you had known how they felt,

would your parents still
be alive today?

Would they still
be alive today, Jerome?

Yes!

Yes.

Of course they'd still be alive.

But how could I have
known that?

How?

How would I ever
have known that?

How?

Did the parents
create the monster,

or was it always hidden inside?

It doesn't matter.

The monster's real.

Either way.

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