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All right, Slow down a little here.

Get into The inside lane.

He's going to Make a turn--

I got him. I see him. He's right there.

I'm just going to Hang back a little bit.

Okay.

There he is.

Okay.

He's headed North on jackson.

Copy that, north on jackson.

Okay, we've got him.

Turned, headed west On powell.

It's clear. Go for it, go for it.

Here we go. All right.

He's weaving All over the road.

He's anxious.

Well, we don't want to get him Pulled over by a cruiser, do we?

That would screw things up Nicely.

Yeah.

Hang on. I think He's pulling over to park.

Run the yellow.

Oh, christ. No, it's a deke.

Keep back, keep back, Keep back, leo.

No. If I keep back any further, I'll be on the moon.

He's pulling over Right here.

No, wait a minute. Look, he's parking.

Okay.

Hold up. We've got A temporary stop here.

I'll just slide in here.

Copy. Hold back.

He's out mid-block.

I'm on foot here.

Copy that. You've got primary.

[ reporter ]: We're still live

Here at the scene Of a possible arson.

No comments, unfortunately.

Dominic...

Oh, hey, sid, How's it going?

I figured I'd be seeing you.

Yeah, we were going To get together for a drink.

Well, I figured I'd be seeing you, so...

Yeah.

Well, look at this. Here we are again.

Yeah.

This is nasty.

Yeah. It's a little too hot To take you inside right now.

What's this On the porch?

Well, come And have a look.

It is hot.

Yeah.

Oh, gosh.

We found this woman Here on the front porch,

And there's Two kids inside.

Any survivors?

Yeah, the husband. He's at the hospital.

See this guy, This black guy?

He's at the mouth Of the alley.

How long Has he been here?

Uh, I think he was here When I arrived.

He must be a neighbour.

Oh yeah?

Give me one second. I'll be right back.

Got an e.T.A. On that yet?

Mr. Steadman...

Good morning.

No, no, no, no, no. What are you doing here?

I was in the area, Thought I'd take some pictures.

Why is that?

Because I wanted to.

Now, between you and me,

I don't think I feel good About you being here.

It disturbs me, And I think you know why.

There are other people here Taking pictures.

Does that Disturb you too?

Well, as a matter of fact, Yeah, it does,

But they have a legit reason For being here.

They're media. You're not.

I want To take a record of this.

There's a lot more arsons Around here lately.

And as you can see,

There's a load Of professionals here

Dealing with that, Trying to do their jobs.

That's what I'm interested in.

Why don't you apply for a job At the fire department, sir?

I've got a right to be here And record the goings-on.

Have you got a scanner?

I'm a private citizen And within my rights.

So if I go into Your truck,

I'm not going to find A police scanner in there?

Because if I do find one,

I'll have a very serious concern About that.

What are you doing now, Chasing fires?

Is that What you're doing?

I'm a taxpayer Observing my dollars.

If you want to really observe Your tax dollars at work,

I'll get one of the uniforms To take you in the back Of his car

And he can go through Your particulars, too.

Go ahead and do that.

This conversation is not over. Expect a call from me.

He lost his daughter In a fire

A number of years back.

He just can't seem To get over it.

Oh yeah.

Sad. Okay, sorry.

Okay, here's what I know So far.

All right.

The fire call came in At 3:10 this morning,

The first engine rolled in 11 minutes later.

Found the male occupant Of the house

On fire On the front steps.

He apparently tried To reenter a couple of times

To save the kids

And couldn't get past The front room.

So was he in the house When the fire broke out?

Apparently, He pulled his wife out,

Left her on the porch.

He went back inside, Got severely burned,

But I haven't had an opportunity To talk to him yet.

No, no, you stop that. That's it.

You go home.

Thanks.

[ screams ]

[ screeches ]

[ horn honks ]

I think he's dead, man.

Hey! Hey!

[ horn blasts ]

Somebody just scooped the money,

Headed east in the alley Between alexander and powell,

Blue track suit, six feet tall, Black, male.

I don't know If this guy's involved or not.

I think we just got hosed By a bystander.

Let's go back to the street.

Don't let anyone get burned. See what's going on there.

Check that guy in the truck. See if he saw him run.

[ sirens wailing ]

[ sirens wailing ]

I'm on the job.

We're in the middle Of a kidnapping.

There could be a suspect In the crowd

Doing countersurveillance, Watching.

Call an ambulance, take The driver's statement.

I'll be in that Cafe over there

If you need Anything.

Okay.

Yeah, he's going To get forensics on the way.

Yeah, we're--

Yeah, just come down the alley.

I'm...Behind the, uh, Behind the marr.

Well, where are y--

Hey.

So the dead guy's The pickup guy.

Now, we don't know if He's working alone or what.

We think it was just Some street guy

Who took off With the ransom money When he got hit.

Street guy.

Yeah.

We don't think the Street guy's connected.

He just took advantage Of the situation.

That's no good.

The victim's name Is alice meisner.

Her father Is ed meisner.

He's the one who Dropped off the money.

The kidnappers Informed him

Not to get in touch With the police,

So we're trying To play it that way.

I need you to Just go in there,

Act like it's A regular scene...

[ cellphone ringing ]

Get the body into The morgue a.S.A.P.

Okay. I can do that In about 20 minutes.

All right. Kurtz. Hold on One second.

And I need forensics To get on this.

I'll let them know.

All right, that's All we've got.

Okay.

Boy, you believe that?

A street guy Gets away with the money?

Yeah. You know who he is, This guy, the father, meisner?

No. Who is he?

He's a big lumber guy, Okay.

Lumber.

Yeah. Big bucks.

Okay.

[ engine starts ]

[ police radio chatter ]

Get the scene taped off.

Make sure They hold up the traffic

At both ends, okay?

Okay, let's take A look here, zack.

Yeah, but she doesn't Have a clue

What it is I do.

Who's that? Kurtz.

I see more dead bodies In a month

Than homicide sees In a year.

What?

What's your point, Zack?

She doesn't think I've ever seen

A serious death.

I've seen things That would curl her hair.

Okay. Who's the uniform?

I am.

What do we know, huh?

Um, the driver of the truck Was coming south,

Doing the speed limit.

The victim suddenly Steps off the curb,

Sprints in front of him.

You can see by the skid marks Over there

He braked after he hit him.

Oh yeah. Yeah, I see that. Yeah.

Let's just take A quick look here.

Well, I'm seeing some Evidence of needle use here.

Yeah, yeah, those Look pretty fresh.

Yeah. Heavy user.

Now, my friend,

You're not having any needles In these pockets, are you?

Because That's the one part of my job

That doesn't endear me

To people in the street Like you.

Nothing in the pockets here, Zack.

Whoa--

There you go.

A set of keys.

House key?

House key.

That'll be a... Car key.

Yeah. We can't tell anything Until we see some numbers on it.

I'll take care Of that. Thank you, zack.

Look, don't let The ambulance go.

I want them to take him Right over to the morgue.

I'm going to take Some pictures.

[ man ]: Could he have been doing this Alone?

Well, we're working out A scenario

If that turns out To be the case.

Have you had Any further thoughts

About who might have Kidnapped your daughter?

I'm a visible target, I have money,

I don't hide From the public...

Nobody's made Any threats,

Nothing like that?

Well, only what I told Your detective earlier.

We received some Anonymous threats

Over the past Few months

After we had some layoffs At our logging operations,

Some e-mails.

We have somebody Looking at those,

But nothing else? No, no, nothing.

Is there anything That you can tell me

About your daughter,

Something that might Give us some indication

That anybody she knows Is involved?

We haven't kept In close contact.

Is she vulnerable In any way?

Does she associate With people

Who might Consider this--

She's a recovering Drug addict.

I guess that Makes her vulnerable.

So perhaps she might have Associated with people

Who would be aware Of your wealth

And might take advantage Of her situation.

Well, everybody knows I have money.

You know what it's like.

She had money.

I never denied her What she asked for,

So there were always A lot of hangers-on.

Do you think it's possible Your daughter might be involved?

I don't know.

I suppose That's not impossible.

With anyone In particular?

I don't remember anybody Particularly,

Except the first one, The boyfriend,

Um, terry something.

I think I probably

Have a photograph Of him and my daughter

At my house--

Okay, we'll need to get that.

Also, do you recognize The man in this photograph?

No, no.

Is this the man Who's responsible for--

He picked up the money You dropped off.

That's all we know.

Your relations With your daughter,

What was the reason

That you didn't keep In close contact?

Was there Something wrong there?

No, no, the usual.

Some resentment, I think.

I tried to force her Into treatment,

An intervention.

Is she still using?

I don't know.

I, um, I think so, sometimes.

Yes.

I don't know. I can't tell.

Okay. What kind of drugs?

Heroin.

Heroin.

She just couldn't quit.

Hey.

So how long have you been Back on the street?

A couple of weeks. I can't get welfare anymore.

So what's going on?

I don't know If you want to know this,

But just in case You could use the information...

What is it?

Can we talk about money Before I tell you what it is,

'cause last time, I told you about the pig farm,

And, like, I thought I got ripped off.

You didn't tell me About the pig farm.

You didn't tell me a thing About that.

The thing you told me about Was completely unrelated.

Some of the same people Were involved,

Some of the same girls.

Okay, well,

That's what happens When you're working the street.

I mean, You go with a lot of guys.

A lot of those guys Know a lot of other people.

I mean, there's a lot of rumours After the fact.

This isn't even related To that.

I just thought I should get paid A little more than you used to.

Okay, well, We can discuss that.

Okay,

So this guy picks me up The other night,

And so we go down To the harbour here

And I do the date,

And suddenly, He's pulling out a police badge

And telling me It's a freebie,

And I'm all, "No, it's not.

Cops pay Like everybody else,"

And so he's getting All excited

And threatening me,

And so I go "Goodbye," And I hoof it.

Do you know who it was? Did you get a name?

No. No name. I got his badge number.

You got His badge number? Okay, what's that?

I don't have it here. I got it somewhere else.

Are you sure You got the right number?

Because, you know, With this kind of accusation,

You want to make sure It's accurate.

Oh, it's accurate.

It's stamped right there On the badge.

You got his badge?

Yeah, I grabbed it While he was flashing it,

And took off.

That's why he's so Pissed at me,

And coming around Threatening me

And telling the other girls I'm bad news.

You actually stole his badge?

Yeah.

Well, I think You'd better show it to me.

I mean, he could be Impersonating an officer.

You know, gets himself A fake badge.

Nope. That's my insurance.

I want a hundred dollars For the name,

And 500 for the badge.

I thought You didn't know the name.

You know what? Let me think about it.

"Study long, study wrong."

The kids' room was upstairs.

Looks like they fell through When the ceiling collapsed.

This is the original position?

Nobody's moved them?

No.

Are you done here? Can I have the bodies?

Yeah, yeah. We're done.

It's looking Like an explosion.

Gas leak?

Yeah, yeah, On the main floor.

Firefighters said

They thought it smelled Like a gas fire.

Now, the father's In the hospital?

Yeah, he's not in Any condition

To talk About what happened. That's the latest.

Oh yeah? Do you want me To walk you through?

I'll show you The gas line.

There's a gas stove Here in the kitchen.

Sure, I'll be Right with you.

Just give me one minute.

Do you want me To have this truck towed

With you in it? 'cause I'll do it.

Again, what the hell Are you doing here?

Watching the procedures.

Well, like I said before, There are other procedures

I'll give you a real good Close look at

In about one minute.

You're really starting To scare me,

Mr. Steadman.

I worry about you.

Why? You got a guilty conscience?

No, I'm not having A guilty conscience.

What I'm having is

A premonition Of me losing my temper,

Doing something that gets me Charged with something.

I'm done here.

Yeah, you're damn right You're done here.

Get this vehicle Out of here.

Want to move these cones Up here?

He's going to come Right through.

And if I even hear of you, Mr. Steadman,

Chasing any more fires,

I'm all over you.

You hear me?

Look, do you need some help?

If you need some help, I'm the man to come to.

I'll get you the help you need.

You just do your job, And I'll do mine.

Let's not get the two things Mixed up

In future.

I do my job, you do yours.

That's right.

I was canvassing for witnesses And noticed the truck here.

It had the car hooked up.

I'm asking the driver To lower it down for me,

And he's telling me,

"Hey, man, once I've get 'em hooked up, I don't lower them.

That's the rules." You believe that?

These guys are like a dog With a t-bone.

Yeah. Well, he finally Lowers it down for me.

Did you run The plates?

They were stolen off A car this morning.

Anyway, what with One thing and another,

I figured

Maybe this was related To your kidnapping.

Maybe. Good thinking. Hey, don't mention it.

Let's take a look.

I've got The insurance papers.

They said they got some keys Out of the guy's pocket, right?

Yeah, car keys, A couple of other keys.

Hey, you want To call the evidence officer,

See if there's any keys For this make? You bet.

This is our kidnap victim's car, Alice meisner.

This is her car.

What do we got here? Looks like works.

Yeah, got some works here.

Yeah, maybe He did a jimmy

To get himself right For the ransom pick-up.

Da vinci said he was A big drug user.

I'm not seeing Blood anywhere. Are you?

It's hard to tell. There's so much junk in here.

Sandwich wrappers, Couple of snotty kleenexes,

Cotton balls. That'll be for the works.

Cigarette pack...

Yeah, I've got one of those.

We can't process this here.

We've got to get it Down to the shop, eh?

What if somebody comes back?

Well, then, it's towed, Like it is.

Call the other towing companies, Let them know,

Tip them off.

If somebody Comes looking for it,

Tell them to come on down.

You know,

Maybe he was running Back here.

He parked the car here

When he went to Pick up the ransom money.

Yeah. It's only A couple of blocks away.

I guess we should Pop the trunk.

Oh, lord.

May we pop the trunk?

[ tow driver ]: yeah.

From here?

You've got some bread, Milk, some eggs.

Cat food?

We've got a receipt here.

They just got this stuff This morning.

And we've got a shovel here With dirt on it.

It's damp. Yeah, it's fresh dirt.

Somebody's been doing Some digging.

I don't like that.

We should get it Down to chick,

See if he can Lift prints,

Maybe tell us where That dirt came from.

We've got to Seize this car.

Hey, can you tow this down To the ident garage for us?

Why do I do this job?

You love it.

Not today.

Hey, guess who Was on the fire scene

When I get there?

Firemen.

Morris steadman, and He's taking pictures.

Do we happen to know

If he ever saw a shrink Or anything like that?

I don't recall hearing Anything like that.

I do know

That he registered A few complaints

With the chief

About the way You handled things.

He complained to the chief About me?

I didn't hear About it until now?

Why wasn't I Informed?

You were.

No. You were.

You said that You read them,

And then That was it.

You still have those on file, Right?

Yeah.

Because I'm going To need those.

Okay.

What's in them?

Oh, well, I'd have to refresh my memory.

Basically, he accused you Of dereliction of duty.

He's right off his nut. You know that.

He'd come in this office,

He was drunk, he was loaded, Right?

A couple of occasions.

That's right, A couple of occasions.

Now he's totally Gone off his nut.

Dereliction of duty, huh? Okay, you know what?

I got a picture of mr. Steadman Right on there.

I want you to fire this off

To the arson squad

And just see if Anybody's noticed mr. Steadman

Hanging around some Other fire scenes lately.

That seems odd, doesn't it?

Yes, it does...

But, then, it's an odd day.

All right.

Any word on the guy In the track suit?

No.

Dog squad followed him Into an underground parking lot

And lost His scent, so...

Worst-case scenario, He was working alone.

Nobody pulls off a kidnapping Alone. You know.

Did you hear About that italian guy?

The italians are good At this kidnapping thing.

What guy?

He was a count or whatever.

He's royalty, right, But he's broke.

He sold every stick of furniture In the joint,

And he comes up with The "I'll kidnap myself" idea,

Right, so he disappears,

Calls up his friends, And he says,

"I've been kidnapped. Send some money."

They said, "Prove it,"

So this guy, He cuts off his own ear,

And he sends it To them.

Here's your hundred.

Okay. Thanks.

So what Are you going to do

If you see him again?

Well, he's going to be Nice to me, right?

Yeah? Why do you figure that?

Because he wants His badge back.

So what are you going to do To him?

Just going to Keep an eye on him,

That's all.

Yeah. Not like He's the only one.

Just good to know, Right?

Yeah, yeah, It's good to know.

Listen, anybody asks, You never told me, okay?

What we say, you and me, To each other,

Is going to be Off the record.

Okay.

That's cool with me.

All right.

So what's his name?

It's brian. Brian?

Yeah, he's a vice cop.

Brian in vice. Yeah,

And he's got a buddy From the narc squad.

He's even worse.

What do you mean, worse?

Well, he drives around Busting dopers,

Stealing their stash, Like that.

You know That guy's name?

Yeah, it's joe. Everybody knows him.

Like, you see joe coming,

Or joe and brian coming, And you'd better run.

I want to see the badge.

You've got to buy it If you want to see it. Sorry.

Hey, I'll need some napkins And some soy sauce.

A lot of partial prints On the car, everywhere.

I'm still Sorting them out,

But so far, the prints On the steering wheel

And off of the syringe You found,

They match a James walter kindrick,

Goes by "Walt." That's your kidnapper.

Walt. Okay. He's in the system.

Drug possession, Trafficking, and assault.

There's also A few other partials I picked up.

Some belong To your kidnap victim.

She's on record.

She also has a conviction For possession,

But, uh, a couple On the passenger door

Belong to another guy In the system.

Terry leroy becker?

Yeah, also For trafficking.

Now, sergeant kurtz Called,

Said that he's the Victim's ex-boyfriend.

Well, it could be like We were thinking, then,

The ex-boyfriend Could be involved in this

With this guy, Kindrick.

Well, they broke up A while back,

And his prints could Still be on the car

Even if they haven't had Any contact.

[ leo ]: Anybody out Looking for him?

Yeah, apparently,

They've got somebody Sitting on his place.

I'm heading over To autopsy

To take a look At the dead guy.

You got somebody Working on the dirt

Off of that shovel?

Yeah.

It's mostly potting soil, Some manure,

But the topsoil in it You could find

In almost any Vancouver backyard.

Oh, great. I can see Where that's going.

Yeah. Aw, I forgot The chopsticks.

Catch you later.

[ faint car alarm Blares ]

55 charlie.

I've got a positive On terry becker.

He's driving a grey camaro, Late '80s,

License plate number uhg 324.

Copy that.

[ knocks ]

Hi. Anything on steadman?

I only just sent them His picture.

What do you think he wants?

What's he going to find out About his daughter

By chasing around Other fire scenes?

Well, I imagine He's still grieving.

I don't think There's a shelf life on that.

Well, you know What's going to happen.

He's going to keep picking At that scab,

And it's never Going to heal.

Do I have to be somewhere?

You have an autopsy In about five minutes,

But before you go,

You know the survivor From the fire.

I know the survivor?

You did an inquest Five years ago.

He was involved.

This is the father We're talking about?

Mm-hmm. He survived a fire Very similar.

Glenn moorehouse.

Moorehouse...Okay.

Yeah, yeah, I remember.

Remind me.

He lost His wife and child

In a house fire That was started by tile glue In the basement.

Oh yeah. I do remember.

Okay, I need to see the files, All of the files.

Oh, look at that.

Oh, that's what you brought me. Great.

Do you want me To let autopsy know You'll be delayed?

Yeah. I'll have to sit here And look at these files.

Are you sure This is the same moorehouse?

This moorehouse had a family Who died in that fire.

Same guy. He remarried.

With the second family he lost In the second fire?

That's right.

Do me a favour

And get hold Of the fire investigator.

It's sid.

Sid fleming was on The previous moorehouse fire With you.

Oh, gosh, you're right.

Okay, he's going to want to know It's the same guy.

You got it.

Pretty crappy place

For somebody Whose dad's a billionaire.

Yeah.

Maybe she owns the building.

Yeah. Oh, hang on A second.

Hey.

In the girl's car,

We found a shovel with some dirt On it.

You might want To take a walk around,

See if there's a garden out back With some dirt disturbed.

All right. Yeah.

[ baby cries within ]

Hey, rose.

Gentlemen.

Booties, please.

Box by the door.

What are we Looking at here?

What I see so far,

There's no sign Of any forced entry.

Now, the front door Was unlocked when I arrived,

So either she was in the habit Of keeping it open,

Or she left it open When she left.

No sign Of her being taken out of here

Forcibly?

No. No witnesses Or anything like that.

But take a look In the bedroom.

You tell me.

Two needles, Two spoons.

She was shooting up With someone.

Could have been yesterday Or last week.

Last month, maybe.

I think it was recent.

If you're maintaining,

You've got to keep Your needles close by.

You got a point there.

The way they give away Needles in this city,

Anybody can get a rig.

They got a delivery van

That brings them Right to your door.

It could have been anybody Shooting up.

What do you mean?

Well, you see two syringes, You think two people,

But it could have been One guy with two fits,

Or two other people,

Or her, or anybody.

You don't want to be Jumping to conclusions here.

Well, nobody's jumping To any conclusions, leo.

Oh, it sounded like that To me.

I can have ident Check the syringes for prints.

We have hers on record, And we have the pickup guy's.

We can answer that one Pretty quick.

What do we got here?

What do you got?

Leaflets here, from a--

Oh yeah.

Her dad did one Of those interventions.

This is the place He must have put her into.

So we've got no signs Of forced entry,

No struggle,

Just somebody getting high.

Well, I've Seen enough.

Rose, why don't you Stick around here,

See if you come up With anything else?

If you do, Give us a call.

Anything you say, leo.

Was she being smart Back there?

Who, rose?

Yeah, rose.

Smart with you?

Yeah, with me.

I don't know what You're talking about.

"Whatever you say, leo."

What was that?

You were giving her Plenty of attitude.

She was just giving A little back.

Well, I don't like Her attitude.

You like her attitude,

You two Should get together.

[ cellphone ringing ]

Just making An observation, leo.

That's all I was doing.

Yeah? You find anything?

Nobody was doing any digging That I saw.

Okay.

Well, let's do it, then. Right now.

Kurtz wants us to Pick up the boyfriend.

I do not want to open This can of worms.

I'm not saying Anything's wrong.

I'm just saying

I don't like The coincidence here.

Hey, I remember The first fire.

I remember it Clear as a bell.

I don't need To go over it.

I just want To freshen up Our memory on this.

Let's just deal With this incident here.

Come on. That first fire Is a closed case, dom.

We don't want to go Digging in it again.

Let's just refresh it, okay,

So if something goes wonky On this here one,

We've got A term of reference.

Okay.

Well, if I recall, The first fire,

The guy was out Of the home.

In this incident, He's in the home, badly burned.

He went back in To save the others.

So he's in there When the fire went up.

He's in there Sleeping?

No, I did not Say that!

I didn't Interview him.

It's just a question.

Suddenly, There's a lot of questions.

Which is why We want to go slow

And cover Our procedures.

We did a good job On the first one.

Yeah, but remember,

More than one guy Thought we made a wrong call.

I remember that.

I'm saying I'm happy With our first finding.

Okay, me too.

I'm just saying What we've got to do here

Is just look And see what's similar.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, first off,

Guy survives

While his wife And children perish.

That's identical. We know that much.

We know that much.

Even if this turns out To look like arson,

We've got to be aware

There's been a few arsons In this neighbourhood.

We cannot get Tunnel vision here.

No, no, no tunnels. No, no.

Heads up.

That's what we're Talking about here.

Guys...

That's him There in the window.

He left his apartment About 20 minutes ago,

Drove here.

Sergeant says We should take him now.

If he's involved,

He might not know His partner's been killed,

He's still waiting For a phone call.

He's just been Sitting there

Having his meal.

Seems pretty calm About the whole thing.

Well, you guys Take him.

I'll bring The wheels.

Jeez!

Vancouver police, man.

Shut up.

I didn't do Anything.

Terry, keep Your mouth shut.

Right now, Alice is missing,

And you don't Want to be seen

As involved in anything More serious than that.

Where is she?

I haven't seen her In two or three months.

I just got back From seattle yesterday.

So you were Out of town

When your girlfriend Was abducted?

Some might say It looks a little convenient.

I was in the rehab centre.

You can check.

I'm not involved In it.

You guys should be Spending your time

Looking At somebody else.

Yeah? Like who In particular?

I have no idea.

[ terry ]: You're wasting your time With me.

Please...I wouldn't lie to you About this.

How long were You in the rehab?

Three months.

So you're clean now?

Yeah.

Roll up your sleeve.

Roll up your sleeve.

Rehab didn't take, huh?

I'm doing okay.

Oh, you're doing great.

Three months in the clinic, First day back, you get high.

Should call up The rehab centre--

They've graduated Another success story.

So did you try And contact alice

As soon as you Came back to town?

No.

What about this guy? You seen him?

What happened To him?

Doesn't matter. Do you know him?

Yeah. Who is he?

Jimmy. He never told me His last name.

James walter kindrick, Could that be it?

I don't know. It could be. I told you--

What's your Relationship With him?

Sometimes I'd score from him. That's it.

Did he know alice?

Yeah, the three of us Got high together

A couple of times.

The three of you?

Okay.

So his alibi checks out.

He got out of rehab Two days ago.

Well, he still could be involved In the planning of it,

Got the other guy To do the rest.

No, I don't Think so.

Anything else Come in?

Yeah, we got a witness Who gave us an I.D.

On the guy In the track suit.

He got out of lockup an hour Before he scooped up the money.

He wasn't involved In the abduction.

Know where he is? Nope.

No other contact From the kidnappers, No demands?

Nope. Nothing at all.

Okay, let's just see What the differences really are.

Now, the first fire--

This fire started In the middle of the night.

Now, that first fire,

It was, like, 10:30 in the morning

That the fire hall Got the call, right?

Yeah, about then.

Okay, what was The response time On this one?

11 minutes.

I haven't spoken With all of the Witnesses,

But you think When this happens, It's a pretty big noise.

Now, see,

Across The alley there,

You see All of the glass

That's blown right into The neighbour's yard?

That's quite a force.

All right. Now, previous fire,

That one started In the basement.

Yeah, by The laundry tubs.

The glue He was putting Down on the floor,

He was laying The tiles down.

Right, and so The fumes from that

Were ignited By the pilot light

From the hot water... Hot water tank there.

That's what we figured.

Or the hot water tank Fired up.

Either way, Gas was a part of that fire.

It's looking Like it's a part of this one.

What about combustibles?

Well, I looked In the garage,

And that's, uh,

Well, all of The combustibles

Are under lock and key Out there.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Paints, Thinners, glue,

It's all locked up tight In a cabinet.

Really?

My thinking here Is ruptured gas line.

Okay. What about The insurance deal?

Don't know yet.

That'll come out Tomorrow

When the insurance companies Hear about it.

I feel like the hand of god Reached down and smacked me,

Said, "Hey, wake up. Pay attention."

Uh-huh.

I hope and pray This is an accident.

Yeah.

Say, who was that guy, The guy that was Hanging around?

Steadman.

Yeah. He's been reported At other fires.

He has?

Yeah. You think He'd set a fire?

I don't think he's that nuts To actually set fires,

But I'm concerned About his mental health.

He's been obsessing.

Well, people can Do some pretty crazy things

When they go through Some trauma.

They get stressed, You can see some Bizarre behaviours.

Post-traumatic stress. Not good.

So what's his beef With you?

He thinks We overlooked something.

That's a normal reaction.

The grief's Been hanging on for years. He won't get help.

Well, he's been seen At some other fires. You wanted to know.

Oh, good. Well, not that good,

But thanks. It is good to know.

I got this fantastic Little fishing cabin

Up by the lake.

I go up there on the weekends, You know.

It's, like, a three-hour drive. It's beautiful.

You should come up.

I've got plans Already.

Come on, break them. Come with us.

[ kosmo ]: Hey, brian.

Hey, angie.

Long time.

Yeah, yeah. Long time.

What's going on?

Nothing. Just, you know, Sitting here having lunch.

Still working.

Um, you made homicide, right? Congratulations.

Yeah. That was, like, Four years ago.

Well, it's a belated Congratulations,

But that's awesome.

You still with vice?

Yeah. Well, you know, It's kind of hard to give up.

You know...

Um, this is my suki.

Suki, Angela. Angie.

Angie baby.

Suki's in vice.

Hey. Nice to meet you.

Yeah. Good to meet you.

Oh, and joe.

Hey, joe.

Yeah, I think we met A while ago.

Yeah, we did.

You're with narcotics?

Yeah, that's right.

I think maybe we met At a party somewhere.

You know mick leary?

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

Now I remember.

Well, take it easy.

It was good Seeing you, brian.

You too, you too.

You look good, As per usual.

Really.

Anyway, so it's just A wonderful place to go.

It's, like, three hours Up the highway.

I've got This little boat.

There's a couple Of rooms,

So it's private.

You should Definitely come up.

Yeah. You got to have Some holiday time coming up.

Yeah. So come to the lake.

I'll think about it.

How about you, angie?

Want to come up to the lake With me and brian?

Uh, some other time, But thanks anyway.

Anything off his body At the autopsy?

Yeah, cat hair And garden soil.

Cat hair?

Well, we did get That tin of cat food

Out of the grocery bag From the car there.

But we didn't see a cat In her apartment,

No evidence of that.

No sign of a cat.

The cat's his cat.

No, I was at his apartment. The cat's not his.

It could be anybody's cat.

That hair just floats On the wind.

He could have picked it up Anyplace.

Well, if it helps,

It was an orange cat, Probably a male.

You can tell it's a male By the hair?

Most orange cats Are males.

Yeah? How does that happen?

Nobody knows.

It doesn't really Matter anyway.

The cop at the scene took A blanket out of his cruiser

And threw it on the guy,

So the hair could be From anywhere.

All right, It's been 12 hours

With no further contact From the kidnappers,

So let's get a photograph Out to the media outlets

And hope That somebody's seen her.

Also, get kindrick's Photograph out there.

Same thing,

If anybody recognizes him And knows anything.

Get ready To man the phones.

Rose, hold on a second. Bring me up to speed.

What about Kindrick's apartment?

Anything there?

I talked to his landlady.

He hasn't been home In over a week.

She was nice enough To let me in,

Where I found Some pay stubs.

Kindrick worked

For one of those medical supply Delivery places.

They deliver what you need If you're a shut-in.

I called His employer,

And kindrick hadn't been to work For a couple of weeks.

So he stashes her someplace, Goes off to get the money,

And now she's left waiting

For somebody Who's not going to show up.

Okay, well,

What's left to do?

I was going to take a run At kindrick's employer,

See what his route Around the city was.

Maybe an abandoned house Or something along his route

Stands out.

Yeah, well, hopefully,

Somebody in the public's Seen something somewhere.

Hope so.

Okay, let me know.

You got the badge With you?

Yep.

There you go.

There you go.

It's the real thing. See?

Yeah, it's the real thing.

You don't want it?

No, no, You keep it.

I mean, If you run into brian again,

I don't want him beating on you For it.

Just give it back.

Why?

I want you to stay close To him, get friendly.

You can keep the $500.

Okay.

[ knocking ]

[ banging ]

Mailman Was delivering some mail,

Hadn't seen the old lady Who lives here

For a couple of weeks,

So he gives us a call.

Uniform checks it out

And gets a whiff Of a real bad smell

Coming through the door.

There's a big hole dug In the backyard.

Maybe he was thinking About burying her

And didn't get around to it.

That could account For the shovel.

Yeah.

Kindrick was delivering Medical supplies

To the elderly owner,

I'm thinking He found her dead one day,

Just decided To take the place over.

Looks like he was living here For a while.

Here you go.

That's alice?

Yeah.

Appears to me She was upstairs,

Tied up like she is,

Was trying to Come down the stairs,

Maybe get to a phone,

Chair tipped over, Down she went.

Neck's broken.

Yeah, I think so.

Where's The other woman?

She's in her bedroom At the end of the hall.

Looks like she died In her sleep.

Okay.

I'll look upstairs.

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