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Watch your step.

It gets a little Slippery in here.

Yeah.

These blackberry thorns

Are just chewing On my ankles,

I'll tell you that.

You need A pair of hiking boots

Like the ones I've got on.

Watch yourself.

No, armored socks Is what I need.

Keep any extra shoes In your car?

Well, I've got A pair of rubber things,

But they just leak Like a sieve.

I've got boots, I've got sneakers,

I've got dress shoes, I've got anything I need.

That's nice.

Okay, who called This in, now?

Skipper From a salvage boat

Saw the headlights Near the water here.

What time was that?

About 4:00 a.M., Give or take.

Yeah?

Did anybody see anything else Down here?

No, it's pretty hard To see anything

From the road Here at night.

What size shoe Do you wear?

I'll lend you a pair.

No, that's okay. Thanks. I'm okay.

I've got extras.

That's nice of you, zack.

Here we are.

The car's registered To a henry bernard rose.

I ran his plate.

Nobody at his house Is answering the phone.

Did you send a unit Up to his address?

Yeah, yeah, They went there.

Nobody's-- Nobody's home.

Okay, so it must have come Off the road up there.

Couple of hundred yards, Anyways, hey?

That's got to be 200, 220 meters at least.

Okay, meters. Check that, meters.

And he cut Right through there.

You can see the path.

Yeah, he took out All these blackberries.

Comes right down here, Ends up here.

So where's our body?

Well, uh, There isn't one.

What do you mean There's no body?

There's a body.

If there's no body, What am I doing here?

Well, sir, take A look inside there.

Oh yeah.

Well, yeah, you've got A lot of blood in here.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Blood splattered All over the dashboard,

On the passenger seat there.

That's got to be Arterial, huh?

Well, maybe, Maybe arterial, yeah.

Pumping out Pretty good, see?

Got some on the ground, Right outside the car.

Yeah, the trail Leads this way...

And it stops right here By the trunk.

Okay.

And these are passive drops...

Passive drops.

He's standing here, He's bleeding.

Does that trail Pick up anywhere else?

Not that I could find. It just ends right here.

You've got to figure, The guy is standing here, He's bleeding out,

- where the heck does he go? - maybe he's bleeding out-- Maybe, maybe, maybe.

- did you look in the trunk? - no, it's stuck shut.

Are you thinking maybe He crawled in the trunk And succumbed to his wounds?

Like you say, We don't know what's Happening here, right?

Okay, let's get The trunk open.

I'll get a pry bar.

I'm going to go up. I'm going to check up the road.

Maybe a dog.

Why don't you get a dog?

Size eight.

They're prostitutes.

I paid them.

It was consensual.

They consented To being burned with this?

They consented.

Okay, so how does that work, Exactly?

Do you ask them beforehand, "Do you mind if I burn you?"

Well, no.

They show up,

And I tell them What I want to do,

And if they agree, they stay.

If they don't, They're free to go.

You don't Confine them?

No, I don't confine them.

Do you pay any of them With drugs?

No.

I pay them with cash.

Tell me about this girl here.

Slut.

Pardon?

Slut.

That's what you wrote On her breasts.

Do you know Her real name?

I don't know Her real name.

That's why I give her one.

So how long did she Stay with you?

A couple of days, I think.

So you keep these girls A couple of days.

Do you keep any Longer than that?

They stay Till they want to leave.

If a girl wants to leave, She's free to go?

Yeah.

Hmm.

Wow, the marks on her Look pretty painful.

That's got to be rough On the neighbors,

Her screaming From the pain.

No complaints That I know about.

So what happens-- You do a little dope With the girls,

That keeps them quiet?

Do you have Some kind of a formal complaint

Against me on this?

What kind of habit Have you got?

You can't tell me

That stash is all Personal use.

Do I look like a needle user To you?

You're not answering My question.

I can't comment on the charge That brought me here.

Do you remember this one?

Queenie?

I remember them all.

Did you do any dope With her?

I'd like to know if there's A formal complaint against me

Or if it's just the drug charge.

For now, it's just The drug charge.

Then I'd like to have My lawyer present.

You're free To use the phone.

Give him a call.

I was in the squad room. I got your message.

I want to talk to you About a couple of things.

What, you're Pissed off at me?

Yeah, a little bit. You take long enough.

Let's hit The alley here.

I'm concerned about you.

You still seeing The psychologist?

Just getting a few Things off my chest.

I hope That doesn't include

You telling her you beat Charlie josephs to death.

I didn't beat him.

Yeah, but You set him up.

Yeah, I set him up. I told you that.

Yeah, and you know what? Did you tell anybody else?

'cause you really put me In a corner by telling me.

Well, I guess I told you

'cause I didn't want To tell the psychiatrist.

Anyway, dammit, That charlie josephs,

I knew he wasn't Going down,

So I set him up.

No, I don't care, leo. I don't care.

You've got to set the guy up, Okay, understand?

You want to take The guy off the streets, That's your business,

But now you tie me up in it By telling me, okay?

I hope you didn't Get the sudden urge

To go and tell somebody else.

I won't.

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- that's us. - so, are we okay?

I don't know. Are we?

So can you tie him

To any of the Missing prostitutes

Through the photographs?

No, it doesn't Look like it, no.

No? Well, then,

I'm not seeing where There's a charge here.

Well, at the very least,

I'd like to know

If he gave queenie The dope that killed her.

Yeah, but people Overdose every day.

I mean, it's not like we Can charge the drug dealers.

There's no intent.

Well, I'm hoping

To get someone To give testimony

That he intentionally Gave her an overdose.

Okay, so I'm assuming That this would be

Another consensual sex Partner slash drug dealer?

I know it's a long shot, But that's who he victimizes.

I don't think he's had Too many solid citizens

Up in his torture Chamber there.

You're bucking A huge credibility issue here

In this witness pool.

I mean, even if you had someone

Who said that mills Confessed to them,

I'm just not seeing

A reasonable chance For conviction.

I'm going to have To agree.

I don't see any hope

Of this leading To a murder charge,

And that's Even with the testimony.

Queenie's death was due to A self administered overdose.

It was Self-administered.

Let's hand this over To sex crimes.

What the hell Is that?

It's a ferret.

Yeah, yeah, Right, right.

It's got a little Collar on it there,

And there's a leash In the backseat

Hanging off The coat hook.

Yeah, some people Have ferrets for pets,

Believe it or not.

Question is what's it doing In the back of this car

In the trunk here?

You know What this might be, zack?

This might be A ferret homicide.

The dog's here.

Bring him down.

Let him know The ferret's here, though.

We don't want him Sidetracked.

Yeah, okay.

Maybe we should get Some divers down here.

This guy could have Been dazed,

Wandered off.

Yeah, I suppose so. You might be right there.

Sure, he could have Got out of the car

And stumbled down there, yeah.

Maybe on impact,

You know, when he did This nose-dive into these rocks,

You know, he could have got Into the water that way.

On impact? How would that work?

Well, you know, The sunroof's open.

Through the sunroof?

What, he nose-dives Into the rocks,

And then whoosh, Out through the sunroof?

Well, yeah, It's possible.

Well, let me Just take a look

At something down here.

No, you know, I'm not seeing Those giant springs

That might launch him up Through that sunroof there.

Look, I've seen it happen.

Through a sunroof?

Well, it was a convertible,

But it's the same Ejection principle.

Ejection principle?

Are you kidding me?

What, he stops here, The car's stopped here,

And he goes flying Through the sunroof,

And sploosh, into the drink.

What about the ferret?

He's wounded, He crawls out of the wreck

And decides to lock himself In the trunk?

Okay, okay.

What about Up on the road?

Did you find Anything up there?

Yeah, that's Pretty interesting.

- yeah? What? - well, it could be

There was another car Involved.

Another car?

And when were you going To damn tell me

About another car?

I don't have To tell you anything.

I'm still investigating.

I'm only telling you now As a courtesy,

One investigator to another,

In the spirit of co-operation

Which I know Is not in your vocabulary, Which I'm ignoring

In an attempt to find out What the hell happened here.

Well, I'm ignoring All these wild theories

You're tossing around here Yet again.

I mean, come on. People getting ejected Into space.

You know, it might be That water fairies

Lifted him out of there, zack.

Run that one by me

And see if I might Get co-operative on that.

You want to see

What I found Up on the road?

Okay.

I can't wait.

Maid found the body About an hour ago.

What's the victim's name?

Mrs. Florence whitman, 78 years old.

She's from San francisco.

What floor?

Top floor, penthouse.

The nosebleed suite.

You guys secure the apartment, Or what?

Yeah, and forensics Is on the way.

I never seen So much blood.

It was gruesome. Blood all over the...

Sorry.

Did the victim live alone, Or what do we know?

She's the Sole resident, yeah.

Okay, we're going to take A quick look inside.

You want to see If you can find anybody

Who remembers Seeing her last night?

Canvass the building Maintenance people,

Manager, all the usual, right?

Thanks. No problem.

Looks like Dinner for two here.

Two plates, two glasses...

She must have had Some company.

Pretty fancy kitchen.

I guess the bedroom Must be up those stairs.

Yeah.

Got a hot tub Out on the balcony.

Okay, here we go.

She took a pretty good wallop.

Maybe more than one.

That's a lot of anger Right there.

And her purse is here.

Wallet, credit cards in it, Keys, everything's here.

Yeah, look,

The jewellery is just Laying right out there.

It's not smelling Like a robbery, is it?

No.

Look at these liquor bottles, Champagne.

Hell of a bash Went on here last night.

Well, we'd better back off,

Get the forensics guys in here And do their thing.

Okay, this is Our victim right here.

He went right through the fence, Down the bank, into the water.

If you follow these skid marks Right here

Back to their point of origin,

You can see Where he crossed the lane.

So he's coming In this direction.

Yeah, right.

How does he get In that lane, though?

Well, way up there.

Way up there, You see four short skid marks?

That's where he puts on brakes Suddenly, right,

He skids, okay,

He rights himself,

He goes across the lane,

And he starts accelerating, All of a sudden, whoom!

Right over here,

Right through this fence, All the way down,

All the way down to the water. He's still accelerating.

He got his foot stuck In the accelerator?

Maybe, but the question is

What caused him To put on brakes way up here

And lose control In the first place?

Good question.

I used to bring My daughter here swimming.

There's a picnic area,

So maybe there was Somebody crossing the road

Or something In the road...

Right. Maybe somebody comes over To his side of the lane,

He puts on brakes,

And he's just trying To avoid a collision.

Sure. Sure. Okay, so what now?

Where's the evidence That's telling you that?

Well, that's On the other side of the road

Up there.

You see those marks Right there?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Those little stuttery marks?

That's where somebody Slams on the brakes real hard.

That looks pretty fresh.

I don't see any debris.

Did your guys Find anything like that?

I don't think That happened.

Now, how long Do you think those...

They look new.

It could be Two or three days,

But it's hard to tell.

That's always The problem, right?

Hey, any luck With the dog?

The dog picked up the scent Pretty good from the car,

Followed it right back up here Towards the road.

The guy made his way Back up here to the road?

Yeah, it looks That way.

The guy's going back To try it again.

Okay. You know, not bad.

Here's my problem, though, With the whole theory,

Your idea As you're laying it out, zack.

- are you listening? - yeah, yeah, yeah.

There's no body. No body.

So this is What I'm going to do.

I'm going to head back To my office,

I'm due back on earth,

And I'm going to resume my day

And just get on With the normal thing, okay?

When you get a body, You let me know.

Oh, make sure You check the trees,

Because sometimes Those ejectors,

They can get up Pretty high.

You might not see it.

Oh, those Great blue heron nests--

They're always Full of stuff.

Okay?

She was killed Right here on the bed.

You can see the blood spatter There on the headboard,

So she would've been lying Right here,

With her head Right up at this end.

Not like she's Laying there right now?

No, more like She was rolled over.

You've got the spray All over

From the blood throw...

- any sign of A struggle from her? - nope, no signs.

Well, maybe she was asleep.

Or passed out From drinking too much.

She smells like booze.

Any idea what She was hit with?

Well, I'd say She took several blows

With some sort Of a round blunt object.

Like one of them Big round ashtrays

Or one of these bottles?

Hard to say Until we take a look.

Nothing visible On any of them.

Could be the killer Took the weapon with him,

Ditched it in The vicinity somewhere.

Yeah, we'll get the uniforms To check through the garbage.

Anything else?

No, that'll be it for now.

Thanks.

You talk to anybody

Who might have seen her Last night?

Caterer. We called them.

The delivery guy Is on his way over now.

The apartment manager's Not in yet.

Okay, thanks. Talk to you later.

Take it easy.

What, I got a lot On my plate?

What have I got on my plate?

It's mostly just paperwork And catch-up stuff,

But that doctor Still hasn't called back.

What doctor?

You know that file Of patricia's,

Queenie king, dr. Wyman, The tubal ligation thing?

Any luck tracking down Some of those women

That he sterilized?

Yes, I did.

20 aboriginal women under 18

Had the procedure done In the mid-'80s.

14 of them are now dead.

From tubal ligation?

No, no.

Six drug o.D.S, two alcohol, One murdered, four suicides,

Hepatitis.

Where are the others?

I'm still trying To track them down.

Let me know when you know.

Oh, how's that book?

You still Working on that?

My book? Um...

How's it going?

It's...I'm stuck somewhere Between fact and fiction.

Coroner's office.

Keep at it. That's a terrible place to be.

Okay, thanks. I'll let him know.

That was zack. He's got a body for you.

What?

Did he find it Up a tree?

He didn't say.

He didn't say. The guy totally wears me out.

That electrical fork Implement thing

You recovered From your suspect's apartment?

Alex mills? Yeah.

Well, I did a comparison,

And it's a match

To the burn scars On queenie king.

Yeah, he's admitting He used it.

What about The scars from that?

How recent were those?

A couple of weeks, maybe?

See, I'm looking for something To put him with queenie

On the day she died.

The artifacts Won't give you that.

Yeah, okay. Dead end, I guess.

You know, I thought I was on to something

To keep that twisted little perv Locked up.

I was looking Along the bank

And up under The pilings.

I saw he was washed up On the shore like this.

Yeah, okay, Let's see who we have got here.

What's this on his neck?

That's kind of weird scratches On there.

See those?

Claw marks. Could be the weasel.

Actually, He could have got it

From banging around On the pylons down here,

And it's not a weasel, It's a ferret.

Well, it's the weasel family, Okay?

Ferrets Are in the weasel family,

- ferrets, mink. - look at these knuckles.

Aren't these scraped raw Right here?

Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah.

That's interesting. What's that mark?

That could be a bite mark Right down there, eh?

See my friend, zack, here.

He can go right from traffic, Right over to zoology,

And then pathology Without missing a beat.

Now, I've got a wallet.

It's a fat one.

Now we'll see Who we're dealing with.

Here's a license.

Yeah, yeah.

Henry rose, yep.

Good. What's the date?

September 10th, 1959.

Yeah. Rock and roll.

42.

Mrs. Whitman's lived here For many, many years,

Before I started.

She's widowed?

That's right.

She's on her own.

No relatives, Just her secretary.

She has a secretary?

Do you know her name?

His name Is ross gardner.

Gardner?

We're going to need A contact number for him

If you know one.

He has a suite In the building.

Mrs. Whitman Pays for it.

I called him already,

But I gather he went out Quite early this morning.

I guess one of the neighbors

Wanted to let him know About mrs. Whitman.

How long has he worked For mrs. Whitman?

Do you know?

Well, I understand

He used to be Mr. Whitman's secretary

Before he died,

And then he just continued on With mrs. Whitman.

Apparently, he and mr. Whitman Had a very close relationship,

But as I say,

That's before My time here.

We're going to need

Mr. Gardner's Apartment room number.

It's 2504. Is there anything else?

Apparently, mrs. Whitman Had a party last night.

Do you know anything About that?

No, nothing.

The catering guy You're looking for

Is right over there.

- okay, thanks. - there you go.

Thank you very much.

So that was pretty Good information

I gave you, then, right?

I gave you irish billy,

And he gave you that guy From the victory manor.

We'll see How that turns out,

But yeah, good.

So this guy, alex, At the victory manor,

Did you know him?

I've seen him around.

You seen him around?

I scored from him A couple times.

He puts out a lot.

But you didn't Know anything

About what else He was into?

No.

You're not Lying to me?

No. Why would I?

Alex has got a photograph Of you tied to his bed.

That's how you got Those marks on your wrists

And that burn You showed me.

Am I right?

Yeah.

I was embarrassed

About the stuff I did with him.

I should have said.

Yeah, well, It's over now, anyway.

I haven't got a murder

And I've got to move on To other cases.

Well, what about The other stuff he does?

Can't you guys Do something about that?

Not unless You want to file

A complaint Against him,

And that's Sex crimes, not me.

I can't file a complaint On him.

You know, you can If you want to.

Well, you see, The place he lives,

The victory,

Alex has got Everybody there

Paid off with dope.

I file a complaint, They'll come after me.

You know, maybe there's a way I can keep you out of it.

How do we do that?

Well, if you can Give me some names

Of the girls that He's been torturing,

And if sex crimes Can get any of them

To file a complaint,

Then you won't have To be involved.

I don't know If I want to do that.

Look, how about

I'm going to get you Some pictures

Of these other girls,

You just try And give me some names,

And I'll see If I can get some cash for you.

How's that?

Just give me some names.

I guess that'd Be okay. Yeah.

I've got To get back.

So how often would you say You'd cater a dinner

For mrs. Whitman?

Oh, three, four Times a week.

Sometimes more, Sometimes less.

Last night,

It was just mrs. Whitman And mr. Gardner alone,

No one else?

Well, they didn't Need anybody else.

The two of them could fill up An empty banquet room.

What do you mean By that?

Well, they're very theatrical.

I mean, everything was a drama With those two.

Did they say anything else To you last night,

Like maybe they were Planning a party

Or something Like that?

No.

Well, that's A lot of liquor

You brought them Just for their dinner.

That was their normal order.

So you served dinner, You served the wine,

Collected your tip, And left?

Yeah. Served the food, Poured the wine. Yeah.

Was that usual

For them to eat Together like that?

Oh, all the time.

Every time I catered, anyway.

So how were they Getting along last night?

Oh, pretty usual.

A little bitching about The food and wine,

Not the best year For the grape.

If there's anything else, We'll be in touch.

If you think of anything.

I just finished My canvass.

Nobody heard anything Unusual last night

That they can remember,

And mrs. Whitman's Secretary's

Up in his apartment Right now

If you want to go up And talk to him.

2504?

Yep.

[ knocking ]

Who is it?

Vancouver homicide.

Mr. Gardner?

Yes.

Come in.

Come in.

Feeling all right today, Mr. Gardner.?

You look A little pale.

I'm afraid I had Rather a lot to drink

Last evening.

It's catching up.

Where was that, Mr. Gardner?

Where you were Last evening?

Last evening, I was With mrs. Whitman.

We had dinner,

And then I went out With a young friend.

I'm sorry. I'm going to sit down.

What was the name Of this young friend?

Douglas something or other. I don't recall.

You're going to need To recall.

Well, I'm not sure I ever knew it.

Where'd you meet?

Did he come here Or did you go out?

He came here. We went out from here.

Now, what time Would that have been?

Um, late. I don't know.

I don't have a watch.

What's that On the front of your robe there?

I'm sorry, what?

It looks like A little bit of blood.

I don't know.

I don't know what that is.

You want to stand up, Please, mr. Gardner?

Well, I just sat down, But all right.

I'm going to advise you Of your rights.

Oh, I have rights now. Well, how lucky for me.

Yeah, you're lucky.

You're under arrest

For the murder Of florence whitman

- in the city Of vancouver-- - I'm sorry.

I'm really Not feeling well.

I need to use The bathroom.

All right.

I'm going to have To come with you.

Go ahead.

It's down the hall here.

I'll call chick,

Tell him to come Take a blood sample

From mr. Gardner.

Pardon the mess.

So what's this All about?

Well, patricia was Working on the history

Of this young Aboriginal woman

For her work At the university.

Regina king.

Regina king, right,

And, well, she needed a subject For her course,

And this body Became available,

So she wanted A history.

She started Working on it,

And it turned out That the young--

Had had a tubal ligation Performed on her

When she was Barely a teenager,

She's 15, 16,

And then it turns out That the doctor involved

Was quite A zealous proponent

Of sterilizing Young native women.

What was The doctor's name again?

Wyman, First name frederick.

So he performed tubal ligations On all 14 of these young women.

They're young girls, really.

Yeah, whose Various causes of death

Can be directly related To their lifestyles.

He sterilized all of them.

More than 10 years ago.

They were teenagers, though.

That's kind of a heavy decision To take on someone so young.

Okay, I agree,

But, I mean, You're a long way from proving

That the sterilizations Brought about their deaths.

It's a contributing factor.

That's what I'm starting to think.

So what do you want To get out of this?

An inquiry.

Well, we don't necessarily Need to prove a link

Between the sterilizations And their deaths

To begin an inquiry,

Which will give you Warrants on the doctor,

Which, I presume, you'd like?

Exactly. So that's a "Yes"?

Just tread lightly on this.

As always.

Very lightly.

Thank you, sir.

Now, the old absinthe

Contained a plant Called "Wormwood".

It was known to induce Some psychotropic effects,

Hallucinations.

It was banned a long time ago Because of a homicide, I think.

In france, right? I read about that.

Some absinthe drinker

Took an axe To his wife and kids?

Chopped them up For cord wood?

Yeah, that's right. Well, anyway, they're Making it again.

Really?

Hey, leo.

We've got a couple Of bottles here

With blood All over them,

- absinthe and champagne. - oh yeah? Two bottles?

Yeah, both of these.

Looks like somebody Tried to wipe them clean.

You didn't get Any prints off them?

Smudges, nothing good.

I got some fiber evidence, Some hairs.

I plucked those off her dress.

Those'll probably match up With the secretary.

Yeah, maybe, uh-huh.

I should get that answer In a few hours.

Thanks a lot, chick.

See you.

I guess we can't bank On that forensic evidence there.

Gardener's her secretary. He was with her last night.

His prints Are all over everything

Legitimately, right?

- yeah. - yeah.

It's going to come down To the blood on his robe,

Whether that Belonged to her or not.

You get anything more On the friend that gardner Was talking about?

Oh, the douglas Whatever?

That's a petty soft story there. That's pretty feeble.

Yeah, I know What you mean.

Well, as soon as The lawyer gets here,

We're going To interview.

- should be Straight ahead. - should be.

More coffee?

I don't know her, But that one, that's lila.

She's got a room in the baltic On hastings.

Anybody else here?

Sorry, that's it.

Okay. That's four.

I'll get sex crimes To follow them up.

Okay.

So, alex, He's in jail now, right?

Yeah.

How's long's that Going to be for.

All we've got him on Is a dope charge,

And he'll probably Walk on that

By tomorrow.

I've been thinking, You know,

About what I know About him,

And I don't know If this means anything,

But I remember a while ago When his wife disappeared.

She disappeared?

Yeah, like, pretty suddenly.

One day, whoosh.

When did this happen?

A couple Of years ago.

Did the police look into it?

I don't know.

Who told you About this?

He did. Alex did, When I was with him one time.

He was getting All sappy about it.

Well, what did he say? Do you remember?

Just how I had The same eyes as her,

Blah blah blah,

And I asked him

If him and his wife Were split up,

And he said not in his mind,

That she'd just Disappeared one day.

You're not making this up Just to make me happy?

You'd be happy If he'd killed his wife?

No. You know What I mean.

No, I'm not making it up.

Okay, I'll take a look at that.

Okay.

You were going to give me Some money.

What do you think You're going to need?

40 bucks?

I've got 20.

For a murder?

That's it, 20 bucks?

No, you're getting 20 For a rumor.

If it turns out real, We can talk about it again.

Boy, they've Got you stuck

Way down In the bowels here.

You'd need a road map, Wouldn't you?

Suits me fine.

So you're dragging me All the way down here

For what now?

I impounded the car.

What'd you do With the ferret?

Oh, it's in the freezer Locker, you know,

In evidence In a freezer bag.

Oh yeah.

Okay, so what's Going on now?

So I'm going through The car there, right?

Down on the floor, I find this.

It's a lighter.

Lighter?

Yep, lighter. What's your thinking?

Well, there's no cigarettes In the victim's pockets, right,

So I figure, you know, Maybe there's a passenger.

Passenger, okay. Couldn't Be that he quit smoking

And lost his lighter A long time ago down there,

Or maybe he ran out Of cigarettes,

- went to buy some? - except the dog followed Somebody's scent

- back up to the road, right? - which tells you that, You know,

Dogs follow Whatever funky smells are,

And off they go.

Where'd you land That one, zack?

Oh, mexico, up off the baja.

That's a beauty. That's a mother of a fish.

Did you land that Or shoot it?

Okay, Forget about the passenger,

All right.

In your opinion,

How did this guy End up in the water?

Like you said, he fell in.

Disoriented and...

Yeah, but he couldn't have been That disoriented

If the first thing he does

Is take his dead ferret, Puts it back into his trunk.

I'm leaving.

I'm going to go back To my office

And get some work done.

Think about how That ferret died.

I already did.

Snapped his neck

When the leash shortened up Suddenly

When he hit the rocks.

It's up here.

Up the stairs to the right.

Alex's wife, Her name was sarah.

She disappeared A couple years ago.

Anyway, homicide Never got the call.

The case stayed over At missing persons,

So I went up There and got the file.

- who reported her missing? - the husband, alex.

He had a story To go with it?

Yeah. According To his statement,

His wife said

She was going to go To the corner store,

She needed Milk for coffee, So he asked her

To pick him up A pack of cigarettes.

She left their place On foot

- and never came back. - that's a classic.

Gone for smokes And don't come back.

Anybody see her?

The store clerk said Sarah made it there,

Picked up the Cigarettes and smokes

And walked out the door.

Now, a hooker Who worked the corner across,

Dana wintrup, Said she spoke to her.

They were friends.

Evidently, the wife Was in the trade.

She was a prostitute, Sarah was?

Yeah. She worked Out of the apartment.

Had an ad in the paper.

Anyway, according To dana's statement,

She said "Hi, bye," That was it.

The wife walked off Up the street,

Dana had a customer stop, So she didn't see What happened

- after that. - you know what I think?

I think you're reluctant

To hand this case Over to sex crimes

- like I asked. - okay, maybe I am.

The thing is,

None of these women He's torturing

Are ever going to be willing To testify to it.

That's not my concern. That's sex crimes' problem.

One day, he's going to cause Somebody's death over there.

If that day comes, Then the case will be yours.

Well, what about The information

That his wife Disappeared?

Missing persons.

I didn't make up The possibility

That her husband Might've killed her.

You didn't, but maybe Your informant did.

I'm going to re-interview him Before he makes bail

Based on this new information.

If you can get Anything from him

On the wife's death,

Then by all means follow it up.

If not, that's all.

You have other files to look at

And I do not want to Be talking about this again.

I understand.

Doug... Doug arrived

Around 12:00, 12:15,

And we had a cocktail,

And then we went out,

Went for a walk Along the beach,

English bay there,

And then we had Another cocktail

At the sylvia,

And then we came Back home to my place

And I passed out On the couch.

- what happened to doug? - I don't know.

- what does doug do For a living? - I'm not sure.

Did you ever give him Any money for sex?

Now and then.

Do you think This doug knew

About mrs. Whitman's Wealth,

All that jewellery Up there?

I suppose he might have been.

I might have bragged to him About it.

Do you think He could have

Gone up To mrs. Whitman's

After he left Your place?

Well, I suppose it's possible.

I seem to remember

Waking up On the chesterfield

At one point,

And he was either Coming in

Or going out Of the apartment door.

So you think He could have gone up there?

I... I suppose so.

You like that story

Because you don't have To commit to it just yet?

- I'm sorry, what? - well, think about it.

We're homicide detectives. We have experts who Can tell us

- if the blood On your robe was hers. - mr. Gardner's given you

- his explanation of the events. - we're all aware of that.

Gentlemen, I am all at sixes and sevens,

And I am a complete blank

To what occurred After I left with doug.

Well, we'd like to talk To this doug ourselves,

But, you know, I have a problem.

I think this doug

Is one of those Imaginary friends

Who doesn't Really exist.

Well, he does,

And I wish I could help you,

But I have no idea Where he disappeared to.

Collect your thoughts.

After you've done that,

And the picture Of what happened

Is a little more clear In your head,

Then we'll Get back together.

How's that sound?

Thank you.

This is a long time ago now. I don't know

If I remember everything Right anyway.

You gave a statement

To a missing-persons Detective

About the wife Of alex mills.

He was running girls

Out of the victory manor Down on hastings.

That's right. Uh-huh.

Sarah was The wife's name.

Right, but you gave A statement back then

About how Sarah and alex

Had some kind of Welfare-fraud thing

They ran.

That's right.

They had A few scams going.

I think they had A few different addresses,

Fake I.D.S.

It's not that hard To pull that off.

This scam went a little sour.

That led to sarah leaving him, Is that right?

I think so, yeah.

Anyway,

Alex wanted to bring A new girl into it.

Sarah got all jealous on him,

Said she'd blow The whole thing up,

Then she goes missing

Right after that.

This new girl alex was bringing Into the welfare scam,

Did you know who that was?

No. I've got no idea.

Okay.

And alex had a couple Different addresses,

Different residences?

Right.

The only one I knew about Was this big old house he had

In the east end Near the race track.

I worked there With his wife

Now and again.

You could hear The sound of the fair

In the summer,

So it was close to that.

You could hear kids screaming On the roller coaster.

I got the boss to agree To an official inquiry,

So we can subpoena the doctor.

I can get his testimony.

Great, great.

That way we'll get it From the horse's mouth.

Well, at least It'll go on record.

Of course, whether anything Comes of it of it or not...

I appreciate it.

You know,

I was just looking At that list

Of queenie's Foster parents, eh,

- and it's a long list. - you'll want to talk to The foster mother

Who signed the release Form for her to have The tubal ligation.

You know how I can get hold of her?

I've got her address, But good luck.

She sure would not Talk to me.

Nothing like a sheriff Standing at your door

With a subpoena In his hand

To make you Want to talk.

What's this?

Better go.

Unbelievable.

So I'm at The victim's house.

Staking out the guy That went in the river?

And I get, you know,

Just a dead end From the neighbors,

But I go into The mail box,

And there's A letter there

Addressed to a woman,

So I figure a woman Must be living there.

There's a woman Living in the house?

- nobody saw her? - nobody's seen her.

So I'm staking it out. I've got coffee.

I've got the sandwiches.

I've got a can To pee in.

Okay, so you're Staking out the place.

So last night, I see A light go on in there.

Go get a warrant, go in,

And there she is, The victim's wife--

The one who I told you Was in the car.

- lydia. - I must go.

This is Dominic da vinci.

He's with the vancouver Coroner's office.

He just wants To ask you

A couple questions About the other night.

Yes. What is it You wish to ask?

Hi. Well,

You were in the car With your husband

The night we lost him Down here--

Yes. Yes, That is correct.

Okay. Do you mind Showing us what happened?

Look at me, my face.

My husband Did this to me.

He wanted me killed.

Okay, all right. Now just relax.

Can we just deal With the accident?

Marriage to him Was accident.

I answer ad, You understand?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Russian woman Meet canadian man

Who wish to find wife.

And I see henry.

He is a good-looking man And he is polite

And he is easy to fall for, So why not get married?

After he brings me here,

He keeps me locked in house Like prisoner.

I cannot see friends, He forbids me to get job,

Even to pee he watches me,

So I say, "Henry, I must go.

I must leave,"

And this is what I get For talking.

Oh, and this all happened The night of the accident?

Yes, correct, And after that,

I run from house To stay with friend,

And henry comes To look for me there,

And he asks me To go for a ride with him,

He says to say goodbye, And like fool, I go.

Okay, so then

He drove you Along the river road.

Were you coming From this direction?

He is driving Very fast along road,

And he is begging Me to stay.

He is saying He is sorry,

And I say, "I must go. Enough,"

And drive me back,

But he starts To screaming

And weasel Is acting crazy also

Until he is caught In his leash--

Oh, the ferret.

I try to shift car Out of gear,

But my husband, He pushes me away hard,

And he is screaming

He'll kill us together

When he drives car Into fence.

That fence there?

Yes, correct,

And bang, bang, We go down to the water there,

And idiot weasel snaps neck,

And henry, he bangs his head, And there is blood everywhere,

So henry, he is shouting Because idiot weasel is dead,

And he opens the trunk,

And he puts weasel inside Like dead mother,

And I try to leave,

But henry, he fights me, So I bite him,

And he says, "Go. Leave, you --.

I am going to jump In the water,"

And I say, "Go. You are coward anyway,"

And before I know what he is doing,

He has jumped in water,

And now he is yelling to me To pull him out,

But I cannot, And henry sinks underwater.

He sinks.

And what'd you do then?

I go up the road And I walk back to my house.

Okay.

- did you have Your phone with you? - yes.

You just saw your husband Drown in front of you,

You had a bad car accident, Got your face all beat up--

You didn't think To call the police?

I call the police,

And they send me Back to russia,

So I hide.

I am in trouble?

Yeah, you might be In some trouble here.

This is a very serious offense, A failure to report a death.

That's bad.

And they will send Me back to russia?

It's not my call.

Zack says he is Trying to help.

I might know A couple of people.

Oh, yeah. He might.

Mr. Gardner's Decided

He'd like to give Another statement.

Is there a guy Named douglas

In this story This time?

No. There's no douglas This time.

Okay, good. Then let's start again.

Tell us What happened.

Well, we had A late lunch,

And then we had Cocktails after lunch,

And we started talking About our favorite painters,

And flo said That her favorite was magritte,

And she mentioned His lovely wife

And how devoted He was to her,

And how at the end,

He was-- just signed Everything just for money,

And I said, "No, that was picasso,"

And then we both realized It was salvador dali,

And so we laughed about that, And then right away,

She started bickering About what time to eat dinner,

And she wants to eat early, And she knows I can't eat early

Because, you know, I won't sleep very well.

Okay.

What happened after dinner?

I'm trying to remember.

I'm trying to recall All the details.

Why don't we start

With your relationship With mrs. Whitman?

Give us a little taste Of what that was like.

Well, she would Come into a room,

And whatever You were doing,

She-- she had An opinion about it,

And she was going To tell you about it,

Even if you pleaded On your hands and knees

To just please give you A moment's silence,

She was going to tell you What she thought

And that everything You were doing was wrong.

"This is how it's Supposed to be done."

"You pour wine Like this,"

And, "This is how You open champagne correctly,"

And, "Do we have to listen To candide?"

And, "If my husband Was still alive,

He wouldn't put up With this insolence,"

And on and on and on.

People like that

Annoy me, too.

Do you want to add A little bit

About your relationship With mr. Whitman?

I was just So devastated

When he died.

Ross, I'm advising you again

Not to say any more At this time.

It's so tacky, Ending like this.

That's all right. We understand.

The man who loves you dies,

Your situation changes--

You're a little off-balance.

You do, you know.

You feel abandoned.

I was very alone.

Along comes mrs. Whitman, Telling you what to do,

Giving you No respect.

Something's Got to give.

I don't remember hitting her. I must have blacked out.

I black out Sometimes.

What did you hit her with?

Oh, I don't know.

I don't remember.

Just something that was handy?

Something that was handy, I guess, if I did.

I don't remember.

I'm a terrible drunk, You know.

- hey. - hey.

It's all boarded up.

Been that way for a while.

The basement door's Been kicked in.

Did you talk To the neighbors?

Yeah. They haven't Seen anybody around

For almost a year.

I think we should Check it out.

Do you think we should Get a warrant?

No, forget About the warrant.

I think we should Have a look,

Make sure there's nobody Squatting in there,

- causing damage. - sure, that makes Sense to me.

Hey, how old would you Say this house is?

I don't know, teens, '20s, maybe?

Yeah.

It looks like somebody Put in a cement floor

Pretty recently.

Yeah, that looks Pretty new.

Lock this down for me.

I think we're going to need That warrant.

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