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[ theme music playing ]

[ knocking ]

Just a second.

[ baby crying ]

Hey. How you doing?

- how's it going? - ooh.

Hey there, cutie.

Here, let me Hold her.

Careful, She just ate.

Oh, I want one Just like this.

What can I do For you, sweetie?

Can you front me?

No.

This is the best In town right now.

Like it's welfare Wednesday.

I'm going to be Out of this stuff By tonight.

Hey, family man.

Hey, how you doing?

Ah, you know... Feeling better.

Good.

I can't hang around. I got a call.

- you want some Of this coffee? - yeah.

- you reminded me of dad For a second there. - oh, yeah?

- you remember him much? - not much.

I remember The card games.

What was that, uh, "Never look at your cards

Till the other guy Picks up."

Yeah, and watch their eyes. If you look really close,

You can almost see The hand reflected there.

Ah, crazy.

So you been dying To ask me. Go ahead.

Okay.

How'd you get strung up?

Started in montreal, I guess.

At the hospital.

It's a hell of A painkiller, mick.

[ knocking ]

It's open.

I got some pills for you In the medicine chest there.

Found 'em.

Morning.

Morning, ange. Hey, this is My brother danny.

Pleased to meet you.

My pleasure.

Now I know why he comes home With a smile on his face.

Thank you.

Uh, keys for the car,

They're in the, Uh, dresser.

You'll probably Need some gas.

- it was nice meeting you. - likewise.

Hope to see you again.

Hey, mick? Maybe we can have angie For dinner some time.

- yeah, that'd be good. - love to.

I got to get you To drop me off at That shaughnessy scene.

[ pager beeps ]

Looks like they dumped her here, And took off this way.

Yeah, let's see what Da vinci has to say.

It may not be A homicide.

Right up that Street there's

Where janet smith Was killed.

Janet smith, Janet smith--

What's with the janet smith All the time?

This is where It happened, 1924.

They moved her body After she was killed, too.

- what happened? - well, after a party Of some big shot's--

Don't encourage him, man.

- what've we got? - we got footprints Coming in here,

Taking off that way. Back to the curb.

Well, looks like An o.D. To me.

Yeah, another mardi gras Welfare hangover.

It's the third one this morning. Cycle never stops.

This guy we buried In fraserview cemetery

Was an opium overdose A hundred years ago.

That's where They buried janet, too.

Oh, chick, Get a life.

Spend some time In this decade, will you?

Did you guys find The syringe?

No. No. So, what's your call?

Oh, she probably o.D.Ed Somewhere inconvenient,

- and they just Dumped her here. - why here?

They roll up The sidewalks here By 8:00 at night.

[ siren wails ]

You guys don't have to Wait around here.

I'll wait for Body pick-up.

- great. - bye.

- this afternoon, right? - see you later.

She was pretty.

She was.

Sunny, you should Take a look at this.

Didn't even get time To take the full load.

Yeah, his ticket got punched Before the train Left the station.

I got a feeling It's going to be a long day.

Well, thanks For pointing this out.

I'll get right on it.

Hey, how's it going?

Hey, man, don't Knock the car.

Did you cash Your check yet?

No, man, I got to Go pay my rent

Or they'll throw me Out on the street, eh?

- did you hear about kelly? - yeah, too bad.

We could arrange for The same thing to happen to you.

Okay. Um, I got to Go cash my check

And then I'll Come back, okay?

- where are you guys Going to be? - right on the corner.

Give me, uh, Give an hour.

Make it half an hour.

So we've had two Come in like this This morning.

With the needle Still in.

Somebody's dealing High purity heroin,

Or it's been cut With something evil.

Last time we saw this, We had 12 dead before Word got out.

Take the syringes, Do the 4-14s.

Get them to toxicology.

- this guys shoes don't fit. - what?

These aren't His shoes.

I called the paramedics. The total overdose numbers

Are pretty much in line With the normal collateral Damage of a welfare wednesday,

But these two With the spikes there,

- they're really scaring me. - yeah.

We could issue a press release To be on the safe side.

Too late to help Anybody today. Helen?

If you can make a call To the lab,

We can get the samples To the front of the line We gotta see what we got.

D, the emergency administrator's Holding on line two for you.

- thanks. - can you send out a hot dope Memo to all the usual outlets?

- I'll call needle exchange. - if we get a jump in the Numbers by this afternoon,

You may wanna tap The drug squad and bring them Up to speed.

Yeah, I'll make that call.

We'll probably still have time To get on the 6:00 news.

Maybe they can tie it in With a backgrounder On the hiv epidemic.

It never hurts to hit That note again.

- hey. - [ wayne ]: hey.

- who's this? - uh, there's no I.D.

We sent her prints out. Maybe she's got a record.

Dominic just heard From the paramedics.

They reported six overdose Interventions last night.

This is the one that was Dumped in shaughnessy.

Huh. And there was No syringe?

No, not when She came in.

She's got contusions On her knees

But no associated Bruising.

Postmortem artifact.

She was dead before They moved her.

There's got to be A better way, man.

You know, In switzerland,

The government has A maintenance program.

Come on, No taxpayer's Going to vote

For a government Who makes dope legal.

You don't legalize it, You decriminalize it.

You sell it to the voters. You tell them every time

A junkie gets this stuff From a program,

That's one less time He breaks into your house.

- that's right. - it's never going to happen.

There's too many people Making too much money

For dope to ever Be legalized.

Okay, say, say this, All right?

Let's say We start one day a month. Just pick one day.

Say, the day the welfare Checks come down.

I guarantee the o.D.S Go down by 50%.

And if you think It's bad now,

Wait until that Casino rolls in.

Casino on the brain.

Um, can--can we talk somewhere A little more private?

Yeah, sure, manny.

Got something?

Follow me.

Who is this guy?

One of leo's rats.

It looks like uh... I'm going to need something For this, eh?

Because it's the end Of the month.

Looks more like it's The end of the world.

Yeah. My world.

There was, uh, An o.D. Last night,

Got dumped up In shaughnessy.

Yeah.

It wasn't an o.D.

Somebody hotcapped her, Gave her some pure.

She--she--she died.

That was a homicide? Where'd you get this?

Same guy who threatened To do it to me.

Who is?

Look, uh, can we get The business

Out of the way first, You know?

Manny, let me get This straight.

You got some guy Who's trying to kill you,

And you want me To protect your ass And cover your expenses?

Take a course, manny. You negotiate like a moron.

Come on, leo. I can point him out to you.

It's a guaranteed Conviction.

You could use A couple of points After screwing up

That, uh, alcohol Killer thing, eh?

- okay. - all right.

I'll see What I can do.

So, what's Your brother do?

He's owned A couple of clubs,

Restaurants, Stuff like that.

Bit of an entrepreneur, Actually.

I got to warn you, though, ange, He's a bit of a pistol.

Runs in the family, huh?

Oh, yeah, pop was A real roadrunner.

- hey, ross. - leo.

I've got a snitch Who's got something Really good for me,

And believe me, I could use a solid collar.

Have you-- Have you got something

I could give him? He's itchy.

I'll leave the key To my temporary Lock-up here.

I got to use The can.

So, how'd we do?

Have a smoke.

I don't smoke.

Sure you do.

Keep the pack.

[ man ]: You know, that's the thing.

You know, When the changeover Happened in hong kong,

Everything just Went to hell.

Suddenly, I don't even know Who's playing anymore.

You got to have Somebody inside The red army now.

I know, this is Why we're talking.

We're at their mercy.

They can pull our chain Any time they want to.

Just like damn opec.

I got to--I got Something worked out...

With a supplier In the triangle.

He pays the reds To freight it To hong kong,

And then--and I Take over from there.

You amaze me. Okay, that can work.

I got the guy in customs On this side.

Leon's going to want A piece of this.

Forget leon.

Leon--leon's Too hot right now.

- two of his guys Got shot last week. - what was that about?

Uh, that's, uh, You know,

That's about not Watching your back.

By the way, I don't mean To pull your chain,

But, uh, leon thinks

That maybe you had A disagreement

With joey And christian.

Is he saying I did it?

Hey, relax, Did I say that?

Maybe he did it.

We got the whole Pacific rim out here

Wanting to do business With this port.

Why am I going To waste my time With nickel and dime?

I got no interest In small time.

- well? - yeah. Yeah, that's kelly.

You know Her last name?

[ leo ]: Better get some air.

- is this a homicide now? - maybe, yeah.

Are you aware there's Some very pure heroin

Circulating right now?

Nobody told us.

Read your memos.

It still doesn't mean She wasn't done on purpose.

Caesarean scar. She was a mother.

All's I know 'em by Is todd and sioux.

- got an address? - no. It's not around here, Though.

It's, like, out in surrey Or something. I don't know.

I've never been there, Only heard.

- where are they now? - on their corner, Doing business.

- who holds the dope? - he does. She holds the cash.

- so, uh, can I go now? - foforget it.

- not until you Point him out. - easy!

So your street crew Did a really good job

- getting that 200 kis off, eh? - yeah.

But you can take That much off the street,

Then what the hell is This sudden influx all about?

I mean, the number of o.D.S We're seeing here today,

There's no panic In the streets, is there?

That could be anybody. Stuff's so cheap these days,

And someone new could be trying To establish themselves.

There's a lot of Junk out there.

Not this pure.

Have you made any seizures In the last few days that Might fit the bill?

I wouldn't know If I did, man.

If I get lab results back In a week, I'm lucky.

Man, if we knew who it was, We'd be taking 'em down.

Open it up. Open it up!

Nah, he's clean.

Spit it out. Spit it out!

It's on the ground. She was trying To swallow it.

You give me This guy.

Nasty girl.

- this your car? - lick me.

Don't say anything.

[ retching ]

Looks like Somebody's been Living in the car.

Kelly lewis.

Kelly lewis.

[ sioux ]: Get off me!

I have the lab results On the samples we sent in This morning.

- oh, that was fast. Thanks. - you're welcome.

They haven't seen This kind of purity

Since that 200-kilo grab They made a while back.

That originated In the triangle.

They think this May be very similar.

And--and we're Thinking what?

This is another shipment From the same supplier?

Possibly.

What are the demographics On those o.D.S?

It's all over The place.

We got downtown core, Uh, the needle park there.

We got the kid From the dorm in ubc. There's a couple in surrrrey.

They can't all be buying From the same street dealer.

Anything's Possible.

It could be One small supplier.

It could be somebody Province-wide.

Maybe you should Call the horsemen.

If it's from a large shipment That landed in the harbor here

It could be All across the country, Or in the states.

I'll phone the medical Examiner in seattle

And see if they've had A bump in the numbers.

[ mick ]: Lewis, kelly anne.

She's got A rap sheet here

For uh, possession, Shoplifting--

Nothing major.

Lived in a welfare hotel Down on hastings street.

And that car sioux and todd Were picked up in--

- registered To kelly's father. - that's her car?

Yeah. Angie's over At her place

Right now Checking it out.

Did you notify Her parents?

Yeah. She comes from A money family in shaughnessy.

Just a couple of blocks From the dump sight.

Maybe some friend Taking her home?

Or a message-- Pay your bills on time.

There's a social Worker in her file.

What's all that about?

Uh, bailed her out One time, that's all.

What about these Junkies in interview?

You think we'll Get anything?

It'll be a couple more hours Till they sell each other out.

A couple more hours? We haven't got a couple More hours.

We've got bodies Piling up.

If they know the source Of that pure heroin,

We have to know it.

It'd still be better If we wait till they get sicker.

If they get too sick They'll confess to The kennedy assassination.

I wouldn't mind Closing that one.

Probably take credit For it, too, wouldn't you?

Yeah. Leary.

Hang on a sec. Dominic.

Yeah?

Okay.

Really? Really?

Oh my, that's going to put A different spin on things.

Yeah, I want to be there.

You better phone jim right now And tell him they're connected.

Kelly's parents Are coming down.

- her father's ed lewis. - ed lewis?

- ed lewis. - the m.P. Ed lewis.

Look, you guys Got to figure This thing out--

If it's a homicide or not. Here's your evidence.

Easy for you to say.

We got to crack this one Or they'll cut off our mail.

I'm going to go Get a sandwich. Are you hungry?

I got to make a call. Do you mind picking me up Something?

Yeah. What do you want?

Chicken sandwich.

The usual.

[ rings ]

[ machine beeps ]

Yeah, uh, it's me. I'm just checking in.

I'd like to pass off A little message here.

There's some pretty bad stuff Floating around on the street,

So be careful. I just wanted you to know.

All right. Talk to you later.

I'm very sorry For your loss.

Thank you.

It, uh, Was an overdose?

It would appear To be, yes.

Uh...

You--you go ahead.

Uh, I'm not...

She's going to Have to do it.

- I'm sorry. - certainly.

Mrs. Lewis.

Mr. Lewis?

I'm dominic da vinci From the coroner's office.

Oh, yes.

Dr. Flynn introduced us At dinner a few years ago.

That's right.

I'm very sorry About your daughter.

You never think.

You always hope.

Children shouldn't die Before their parents.

Last time I, uh, Talked to her,

I said something In anger.

I told her that I never Wanted to see her again.

I was fed up, You understand?

Yeah.

And then something like this Happens so suddenly,

It makes you question The choices you made.

Kelly paid for my success.

This may not Offer much solace,

But I've got A little problem.

You could probably Help me through it--

Maybe save some other, Some other guy's kid.

We're trying to trace Kelly's movements

The last few days Before her death.

Trying to find out Where the drugs came from.

Last I heard Was a phone call From her social worker

Saying that kelly Was going to check Herself into rehab.

She was trying To straighten out?

Yes. She tried real hard.

Well, we're going to Have to concentrate

On taking care Of emma now-- My granddaughter.

Oh yeah.

She's gonna be, uh, Seven months old This week.

She's a little angel,

Just like her mom Was at that age.

And, uh, where is The baby now?

Do you know?

She wasn't A bad girl,

Even if she did Bad things.

I know.

They don't know Where emma is.

[ dramatic music playing ]

[ emma crying ]

[ mick ]: I'm going to ask you A few questions.

- you're a junkie, right? - that's the way it looks.

You deal To support your habit?

I do what I need to do.

Well, I'm glad to hear you Talking that way,

Because you're gonna have to Do something to help yourself.

You're going To have to explain

How it is you came To kill kelly lewis.

I don't even know Who kelly lewis is.

Is that right? Because we have information

That says you gave Kelly a hot shot.

You fired her up With a pure dose of heroin.

I didn't kill her.

I didn't kill anybody.

Our witness says That kelly owed You and todd a lot of money.

That's a motive.

We got the junk You were holding on to,

And that's a murder weapon.

It's the same thing As a gun.

It's got your spit And your fingerprints All over it.

That doesn't Make sense.

If she owed me money,

Why would I Kill her? Huh?

Who am I going To get the money from?

I don't know who Your witness is,

But think about what Game he's playing.

- did we say "He"? - no.

We didn't say Our witness was a he.

You don't have a witness 'cause this didn't happen.

Oh, you mean kelly lewis,

Daughter of member Of parliament ed lewis,

Isn't dead Of an overdose?

We're having A collective hallucination here?

You hear that? The government's Involved now,

And nobody's going To let this one slide.

Kelly wasn't an invisible.

We don't care about Kelly lewis.

She's just another Dead junkie.

All we want Is the truth.

You know what They say, right?

Truth is the easiest thing To remember.

Yeah.

- come on. - okay, look.

I mean, I sold Junk, right?

I mean, you two Knew that, right?

Because you Caught me, right?

But the thing is,

I--I don't even know Who this kelly...

Kelly lewis is.

How you feeling? Getting sick yet?

I don't get high anymore. I don't need it.

That's a good one-- A junkie who doesn't need junk.

I only take it To keep from getting sick.

I didn't kill Anybody, okay?

Do you have any idea What happens to your brain

When you start Shooting junk young, Like you did?

You stop developing Your faculties.

You get stupid.

You know Your judgment...

Is getting retarded.

You got a case of Retarded judgment?

I can't figure out Why else you'd be in here

Jamming us like this.

You got to know Your boyfriend's In the other room

Just dying to Give you up.

She's doing all The thinking for you.

Like she's the brains, Telling you when to get up,

When to go to bed, When to go out, When to come home,

When to go To the bathroom.

Junkie mom is telling You what to do.

Ain't that the way it is?

I got news For you, bud.

She's down the hall Selling you out.

Bet he even tells you When to get high.

She just wants to make sure That you've got enough lead In your pencil

When you come off the nod. You know what I mean?

Does he have A little problem Getting it up?

Junk will do that, You know?

I understand. You know, at my age,

You get a few failures In the bedroom.

I need a minute.

- what's up? - kelly had a kid.

She's missing.

Her, uh, social worker Threatened her.

Told her that unless she checked Into a rehab, she'd recommend Apprehending her baby.

That was two weeks ago And she hasn't heard From her since.

The shelters had No record of her.

Now what about The ex-husband there?

I checked out His neighbor's and They haven't seen a kid around.

And he's been At work every day,

So it looks like He's telling the truth.

I think she was living In her damn car.

When she goes to fix, What does she do with The baby, then?

Maybe she takes The baby with her.

Oh, jeez.

Look, you're going to have to Get over on these two idiots.

Just do what You have to do.

You keep a baby That's not yours, That's kidnapping.

I don't know About a baby.

If the baby dies while It's in your care,

That's homicide.

I want a lawyer.

Okay. I guess That's it.

Yeah, that's it. It's over.

- wait a minute. - hang on a minute. What?

Well, what's Going to happen now?

Well, we've got To lay charges,

You've got To get a lawyer,

Got to get you Into lockup.

What if I had information?

We've still got to Get you a lawyer,

And we've got to get The crown down here,

Start negotiations, Right?

That's going To take a while.

Can we avoid all that?

That would be a whole Different conversation.

If you were to start giving us The right information,

We could help you out.

Hey, come on, Let's go get a soda.

- yeah. - you ever hear Of isaac newton?

I, uh, I never heard Of kelly lewis.

I don't know who Isaac newton is.

- well, isaac discovered The laws of gravity. - oh, really?

Well, this is where I come To take a smoke break.

Real nice view from up here. You should take a look.

- nah, that's okay. - go ahead, take a look.

No, that's fine.

I said to take a look.

Now would be a good time

For you to tell me Where the baby is.

What baby?

Maybe I'm not making myself Understood here.

Maybe it's the altitude.

You're not getting enough Oxygen to your brain.

We're six floors Up here, todd.

I don't know anything About a baby.

Okay, give me your shoe.

Give me your shoe.

Now, this is Going to work.

This is what's Going to happen.

I'm going to start Screaming.

People'll come Running in here,

Saying, "What happened? What the hell happened?"

I'm going to tell them, "I don't know.

"All of a sudden, He just jumped.

"I tried to stop him,

But all I could grab Was his shoe."

She said she hadn't Done any in a month.

She was trying to get Straight, you know?

She tied off and stuck The needle in her arm,

Just stayed there. She was, like, dead.

That's when we knew The stuff was too hot.

Okay. That would Take care of

The murder charge On kelly.

See how this works?

Todd's in the lock up. The baby's at their place.

Perfect. I got the address.

Sioux said manny Owed them money.

They told him kelly's O.D. Was deliberate

To try to scare him Into paying.

Said the baby was In the clothes closet.

No baby.

Let's go.

- hey, check the shades. - what've you got?

That damn manny, That weasel, was here.

Rolled on them, So he could take Their stash.

Bastard.

[ sirens wailing In distance ]

[ horns blaring ]

[ women laughing ñ

[ emma cooing ]

Oh yeah.

The baby changed here--100%.

I paged manny. So far, he didn't answer.

Well, if he fixed from Todd and sioux's stash,

It will be A long distance call.

- you got an address? - [ phone ringing ]

Different domicile Every time he got popped.

Leary. Yeah.

Victory square. They found manny.

Paramedics are on the way, But it might be too late.

- did he have The baby with him? - I didn't see a baby.

I almost didn't see him.

Manny? Where's the baby?

Damn it! He's dead. What are they doing?

Resurrection.

[ woman ]: We're giving him A two-four-two of narcan.

Give me a hand. He's getting two ccs to start.

Let's do it.

Okay, four ccs this time. If he wakes up on this,

He's gonna be One pissed-off junkie.

Doesn't look good.

This last two ccs is it.

Ready?

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Let me go. Let me go.

Let me go. Let me go.

Manny, Where's the baby?

Hey, we got 15 minutes To get him to a hospital Or he's dead.

- hey, we got A damn question here. - I don't want to die!

Pay attention, manny. Did you take the baby?

No. No, no, no, no. She's right here.

I tried to get her To the hospital.

Yeah, you're a damn Angel of mercy.

Get him out of here.

I'll call ange, Tell her the baby's Still missing.

- well, these shoes Aren't his. - huh?

These shoes Are too big.

Shoes?

[ door opens, closes ]

All right, So here's the situation.

We still have A missing baby,

We've got a dead kelly, And you're still in deep.

Now I want the name Of who you got your junk from,

And I want it now, Or you're being charged With kidnapping.

- where's the baby? - manny was at your place.

He took her then Somebody took her from him.

- oh! - what about the junk?

I got it from a frog Named christian.

Okay. Come with me.

Is that the guy?

Uh-huh.

Tell me something.

What the hell were you Going to do with a baby?

I always wanted To have a baby.

Can I go now?

No. Go get yourself A coffee over there.

How'd it go with her?

Sioux says her supplier Was a french-canadian guy

By the name of christian.

It's the dead guy From the robbery.

- that's right. - he won't do us much good.

Hey, son of a bitch,

You got a problem And you gave it to me.

I gave it to a snitch Who almost died.

I don't recall Giving you anything.

Let's just say you did.

It would be real nice To know where it came from

Because this Particular problem Killed an m.P.'s daughter.

You know, leo,

I'd be happy To give that guy up,

But he's an informant Who's close to a guy

That the horsemen Want in a bad way, man. I can't give him to you.

[ rings ]

Dominic? Leo.

You got a friend With the horsemen?

So, I'm here With a dilemma.

Somebody you're Associated with there

Knows where this dope Is coming from.

Where you going With this?

I'm not looking to Take this anywhere.

I'm not looking To win the drug war.

All I want to do is stop A few casualties tonight--

Right here On the streets.

Now, if you don't want To help me out on this,

I'll have to Go to my boss,

And then he's going To go to his boss,

The attorney general.

The a.G. Goes to the m.P., Then guess what?

Everybody goes To the press.

It's one big Pain in the ass For everybody concerned.

I got an informant I've got to protect.

Let me see What I can do.

I just care that That dope's off the street By tomorrow morning,

Or it's being Stepped on hard.

Now, if the bodies Keep rolling in, hey,

The attorney general Gets the call.

Quiet night, I hope.

Three o.D.S. Maybe it's peaked.

What's that?

It's a torso. Male.

Somebody dumped it Behind the tennis courts On commercial drive.

- any news on the baby? - no, not yet.

[ siren wailing In distance ]

[ emma crying ]

[ cell phone ringing ]

Da vinci. What?

I'm kind of losing you. What'd you say?

You found the baby?

Are you kidding me?

Say it again to me You found the baby.

[ laughs ] Is she all right?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, that's something, Isn't it?

[ theme music playing ]