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Previously on Blackstone.

Well, first you kill a hooker, then you bring bad medicine hot to the reserve.

With every rainfall, more chemicals are being leached into your water table.

This dump needs to be moved.

Do you know that the reward for information leading to the whereabouts

is up to 100K?

You could buy a lot of shit with that, John.

Ms. Bull, it has been determined that you are currently incapable of providing

for your child. That is why you are here.

Okay, Wendy, let's not ruin a fun visit. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Be careful with her.

She's a child.

Maybe she's in party mode.

She'll come around when the money runs out. But that's the thing. She doesn't

have any money.

10 points.

and about me playing.

Understand?

Yeah.

See that drawer over there?

That's where the opener is.

Go on and get her like a good little Indian.

Wayne, why does she have a beer?

I was trying to find that out myself. Came in here, there she was.

Wendy, what are you doing with the beer?

He wanted it. Don't lie, Wendy.

Wayne.

Oh, she's a bad one.

Riz, but you can't take the Riz out of that. Enough.

What? You expect me to believe she's drinking beer?

Who left the fridge unlocked?

Have you taken your medication?

Have you taken your medication?

What the fuck do you think I was grabbing a beer for?

I want her out of here.

Do you hear me?

She hasn't done or said anything.

She's just a little girl.

water situation.

What's on your mind, Vic?

Well, I called Kevin at HC.

He talked to Kevin?

Yeah, and he said he told you to move the dump several times.

You just can't move the dump without serving another area, Victor.

Perhaps it needs to be built.

Guidelines and approvals to abide by?

Well, the same thing will happen.

We're going to do this by the book, so we don't have to do it again in five

years.

And I'm also happy to say that we found a safe place to move the waste.

Excavation will begin in two weeks.

Billy, go watch the other kids outside.

Okay.

Why don't you give the poor kid a break?

You know, her mother hasn't visited in a while.

She's missing her.

Her mother?

That squad made a spectacle on our front lawn, making us look bad, while the

whole neighborhood stood watching.

That fucking kid's gonna be just like her.

I can see it.

Little Indian's gotta follow the rules.

She follows the rules.

You know we can't afford to just send kids back for no reason.

Your disability's not enough.

I gave you a fucking reason. Now you get rid of that kid now!

Do you have any idea how many cases of missing or murdered Native women there

are? No. I guess too fucking many, if you ask me. It's shocking.

Well, her poor baby.

Do you think they really care about her, or do you think they're just doing it

for the money?

They care a hell of a lot more than Tracy.

Bullshit. Tracy cares about that little girl, so don't ever get that confused.

I'm sure she does.

You know, at least she's trying.

Honey, I can't talk right now, so can you go play with the other kids?

Okay.

Thank you.

Well, unfortunately, she's just not working out.

I mean, we've done our best, but she's not integrating into our household.

It's causing problems with the others.

You have to give it some time, Ellen. You know that.

Wayne and I thought long and hard about this, and we figured maybe she'd do

better at another home where there's not so many kids.

You want to move her?

Yes. We've made up our minds.

I don't think it's in her best interest to put her through the stress of another

placement.

I really urge you to reconsider.

Well, we've been at this for years.

I just don't think it's a good fit for us.

Okay.

I have another case pending. A young boy who needs temporary placement.

Would you consider giving another child a try?

Yes. I mean, if you need a place for him, then yes. We'd be happy to help

Okay. I'll call you back in ten.

Okay.

Must be nice to be Walt.

Look, Vic, I appreciate your concern, but I think we've answered all your

questions.

I have a few more.

Well, take them to Teresa, and she'll make sure counsel gets them.

Come on, Andy. He's here. He's not on counsel. This wasn't a planned meeting.

Well, why does Brebner get the job?

I mean, Greg knows someone over at McCollum, and they're more than well

-equipped to do the job, and they can start next week.

Walt's been nothing but fair with this reserve. Why can't we just sit tight for

two weeks and let him do this?

I'm also very confident that as a favor, he'll cut his rates.

It's true. Brebner's been doing some great work here. But every time it

we're gambling with this community's health.

We've got to deal with this now.

Let's take a vote. All in favor of McCollum, raise your hand. Whoa, whoa.

on a sec here.

Now, this is a decision to be made by counsel, not by us.

And you, you asked your questions and we gave you your answers. Now, get the

fuck out of here.

Unfortunately, she's been moved to another home.

You'll have to ask child services.

Around three.

No, no, that is not a good idea.

You're going to have to clear that with a social worker.

Deal.

Deal.

Look, just call Marilyn.

Shit, Dad.

This place has more garbage than there ever was.

I was born and raised on this reserve, and you've contaminated the entire

and you've stumbled from one fuck -up to another, and it's embarrassing.

You're just pissed off because this place is getting healthier and stronger,

you fucking know it.

Who are you trying to fool for every penny you invested?

You'll fucking steal too.

I'm trying to make a decent living for me and my family. You're going to

fault me for having a bit of business sense?

Oh, you're a real entrepreneur, aren't you?

You're a fucking petty thief.

Well, whatever the fuck you think I am, there's a lot more than you ever were.

Right.

And it won't be long before everybody knows it.

So what's being done about this?

As you know, missing is all too often followed by raped and murdered.

I've talked with her relatives, her friends, the bars.

No one's seen or heard from her.

Why is there nothing in the papers or the news about this? Oh, come on, Leona.

No one's interested in another missing Indian.

That story's been done a thousand times. If you want to toss around numbers,

it's 582 to be exact. They don't have a problem talking about that stripper.

Look, they raised $100 ,000 for her.

Now, if you want news coverage, why don't you give them something to write

about? What is Blackstone doing?

Look, I could get you an interview.

You can. I know someone. She'll come down.

She's tough.

But you're going to have to win her over.

Not a problem.

See, now you can't be shy.

Guys get enough of that timid shit at home.

You got to own the stage.

I can do that.

Let's see.

Stay good.

You feel confident? So does the customer.

it easy for them to enjoy the club, they stick around.

They drink more, fire dances, everybody wins. You understand?

That's not a problem.

No one's going anywhere as long as I'm up here.

Really?

Yeah, really.

All right then.

Let's start again.

Carol.

That's pretty good.

Might actually give you a shift.

I got nowhere to go with it, Daryl.

we need to know let's not worry about that right now it's okay you go on

i'll be back a little later hi gilbert how you doing come on in buddy

you

okay

Thanks so much for coming.

Oh, it's no problem. I'm happy to be here. Great. I'm happy to do this,

actually. Why don't we stand over here? Okay. Where the lighting is nice.

Here? Yeah, it should be good. Okay, great.

And why don't you tell me what you have. Stu said this was something new that

hadn't been covered.

Yeah, the woman is from Blackstone. Her name is Tracy Bull. She's been missing

for a couple of weeks now.

Hold on a second. This isn't about Rachel Wellesley?

No.

Well, Sue said that you had some new info into her case.

He said that?

I don't really understand.

Jim, don't bother. This isn't going to work. Wait, hold on a second.

Look, I know she's just another Indian, so nobody really cares, but she deserves

just as much attention as the stripper.

Sue misinformed me.

Well, not entirely.

This is new. It hasn't been covered.

In fact, it's received no attention whatsoever.

You know what? It's difficult to get stories like this on the air.

Unless she's a stripper and she's white.

It's not me, okay? I don't make the news.

This matters.

A woman has gone missing.

been missing for a couple of weeks now.

She has a young daughter in foster care.

She needs her mother.

And why is it daughter in foster care?

Well, Tracy's had her challenges.

She decided to face a drinking problem recently and she was really getting back

on her feet. She's staying sober and making a real effort to get healthy.

And then suddenly she disappeared.

Let's set it up.

Thank you.

I thought she was leaving later, like three.

Who told you that? Your wife.

Where is she?

It's a hell of a screwed up system if you ask me, moving on around like that.

Where's Ellen?

I don't know. She's out.

So, can you at least tell me where they moved her to, where her new home is?

They never tell us.

They don't tell you, or you don't care enough to ask?

You know how hard it is to take in someone else's child?

You think this is easy for us?

You get attached to a kid, the judge pulls them out, sends them somewhere

You don't know if they're here for a week, a month.

It's difficult.

I like Wendy.

Tough to see her go.

Sure it was.

Oh, my God.

Can you believe that? What is that?

Can you believe some crazy fuck put this online?

You are more messed up than I thought.

What?

It's funny.

Stripping under a new name.

I don't know. Fraser's got to know something.

How about this one from Blackstone?

The one with the little girl. Yeah, what about her?

I talked to Stu.

He said she's definitely missing.

The Fraser boys are from there.

It's a stretch, but it means they know both of the women. It could be

A coincidence?

No.

My gut says there's a connection to the reserve.

Come on. I mean, you and I both know those native women go missing all the

Doesn't mean there's no connection.

Get the fuck out of my chair.

Is that the new inventory list?

I'm working on it right now.

How are we doing?

Same as last month.

Let me have a look at it.

Red white canoes.

Let's do a special on this import beer. We're not moving.

Blow that shit out.

What's up?

Why are you lying to me?

What are you talking about?

I saw the footage.

You lied to my fucking face.

What is it? You don't fucking trust me?

Why would you lie to me?

What the fuck do you want me to say, Jumbo?

It's my fucking brother.

have to go missing before something's done.

This country's treatment of its native women is horrendous. Right now there are

500... Okay, that was good when you talked about Tracy.

She is what's known so far about her parents.

Statistics are deadly on TV. You know, we have a saying in the newsroom,

numb.

So we need to keep it personal or it'll never get on the air.

Okay. We still rolling?

Okay.

Whenever you're ready.

Tracy has a young daughter, Wendy.

She's now in foster care. She's scared and confused.

She grew up in our community, and now she's in a very foreign place.

She needs to come home.

Tracy needs to come home. She's not just another missing woman with no identity.

She's a mother, a daughter.

A sister, an auntie.

She's also a friend.

And cut.

Okay, that was great.

Um, I think I can get this on the air tonight.

Thank you.

Also, do you have any recent pictures of Jason?

Yeah, of course I can get you some. Okay.

No, she's fine. How can she be fine? Be honest with me.

These sorts of things are always tough.

I'd like to see her.

I don't think that's possible.

But she's going into a new house.

Don't you think she needs somebody who knows her?

That will only make things worse.

Look, I'm in the city right now. Why can't I see her?

It's confusing for her.

I think it's safe to say she's pretty fucking confused already.

She misses her mom, and I am the next best thing to that. You've got to trust

me.

Fine. Sure.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I really appreciate this.

Come on, bitch.

Shit. Start.

Come on.

Start, you motherfucker.

run it for.

What the fuck is wrong with this piece of shit anyway?

The camshaft's blown.

Well, shit for brains over there said it worked fine.

Maintenance guy will be in tomorrow, have it fixed up for you, ready late

afternoon. By tomorrow?

Yeah.

For sure?

Yeah. Tell you what, I'll have one of my guys bring it out to you.

Well, shit, Walt, that'd be great.

Tell him to drop it off at the house.

Not a problem.

What's with the fucking nice guy act all of a sudden?

Business is good.

I told you it would be.

brought you something.

Hey, hey.

You're welcome.

What's its name?

Well, I don't know. I was thinking maybe you could name it.

Teddy. Teddy. Yeah, I like that.

That's great.

tough.

Don't leave me.

Okay, sweetheart.

I'm not gonna go anywhere, okay?

Can you stay?

Yeah.

I can stay for a little while.

Come. Let's go sit down.

I am gonna stay right here with you and Tenny.

How's that sound?

Tracy Bull.

What about her?

Well, she's missing. What's chief and council doing about it?

Well, we're still talking to the police. And how's that going?

Not real well. She's still missing, isn't she? I just met with Stu.

We need to get a reward out there and we need to start making some noise.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.

Let's just make sure she's really missing and she hasn't just screwed off

kid. I'm not running a location service. Come on, Andy. You know Tracy.

She couldn't leave this reserve if she tried.

Something is definitely wrong here.

And while we've been sitting on our asses doing nothing, $100 ,000 has been

organized for that thing stripper. What's her name?

Angel.

Rachel Wellesley.

Now, why can't we do the same? Why can't we offer a reward?

Well, the thing is, I can't do anything on my own anymore since you and Victor

rearranged the bylaws.

And with the rec center and this water fuck -up...

We really don't have the funds. You are the leader of this community.

Find the money.

We have to show that we give a shit, and you do, Andy, don't you? You give a

shit?

You really think something happened to this girl? Yeah.

I'm worried.

All right.

We'll find the money.

Blackstone will put up... $25 ,000.

25 ,000. Yeah.

Great.

I mean, that's great.

Good.

She'll be okay.

Thanks for letting me see her.

You're welcome.

She likes you.

Yeah.

Yeah, she's a good kid.

I'm going to head out to Blackstone to meet with Tracy's sister.

If things continue as they are, someone in the family needs to be involved in

the decisions.

She's worse off than Tracy. You know that, right?

I don't presume to know anything until I meet her.

Well, I can tell you right now, it's not going to help.

You take care, okay?

Thanks.

Craig. Dan. for McCallum is on line one.

Hey, Dan. What's up?

Oh, great.

No, no, that's great. No problem.

All right, we'll see you tomorrow, then.

A job fell through at McCallum.

Al's coming out first thing in the morning to start excavating the dump.

It's a decent -sized reward.

Well, at least you had things different.

Now if you could just get us some clean water.

Use this on in an hour.

I saw Wendy today.

Yeah? How'd that go?

Fucked.

It's not surprising.

What's the new foster parents like?

I don't know. Same, but different.

Marilyn said that she's going to go see Sarah.

Tracy's sister, Sarah?

She's not going to help any.

I know it's that I tried to tell her, but... What do you think about me taking

Wendy?

What? You don't think I'm good enough or what?

I didn't say that.

Well, I've been thinking about it.

You'd have to be interviewed by child services. It's not an easy process.

So you don't think they'd allow me or what?

Honestly, Gail, no.

Thanks for the support, sister.

Would you prefer I lied?

I just, I know what these people are like, and I know what they expect.

Yeah, well, thanks for shutting the fucking door before I even start.

Look, sometimes you're such a bitch. Gail, look, I'm just being honest.

Hello?

Yeah, hi.

What? Why?

You said it was a great piece.

I don't believe this.

The station manager didn't think Tracy's story was newsworthy.

an effort to see Wendy.

Yeah, um, I'm concerned now that her mother is missing that she must be

abandoned. Well, I think it's admirable that you want to step up and take care

of her. And I'm also heartened because there are so many Native kids in the

system and such a lack of Native foster homes to place them in.

So, um, what's involved?

Well, there's awareness sessions.

and caregiver orientation, so you know exactly what you're getting into.

Meanwhile, we prescreen to make sure you meet all the eligibility requirements.

An assessment worker will do a home visit and discuss your family history,

family relationships, financial means, that sort of thing.

And then we need references, medical, all kinds of paperwork.

After that, hopefully, acceptance.

I should warn you that he's not a big fan of unexpected visitors.

Two minutes. That's all I want. Okay.

Let me do the talking.

Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt. Jim? Yeah, what do you got?

Leon is here. I shot some footage with her the other day about a missing woman

from Blackstone.

Oh, come on, Dad. I told you it's not newsworthy.

Don't waste my time. How can you say it's not newsworthy and then run another

segment on Rachel Wellesley? She does have a point.

Reed. Excuse me, folks.

To be blunt, it's just not news that another Aboriginal woman is missing.

What? It's to be expected?

How racist is that? Hey, I'm not racist.

Do you have kids?

If a daughter?

Hey, how would you feel if she or your wife were missing and no one noticed or

cared?

You have no idea how many of these requests we get.

Some are real, but some are misadventures.

Like the kids who decide to stay over at their friend's house and forget to call

their parents.

We have to use our discretion. She is missing.

And her little daughter, she can't stay at a friend's house because she's in

foster care.

Now explain to me why all the attention on the stripper, the white, blonde, blue

-eyed stripper.

Um, white, blonde, blue -eyed.

Stripper. Are you fucking kidding me?

Bring me something the public can relate to.

I already sent you the footage.

It's all there.

It's local and personal.

All you need to do is watch.

Is the band counselor putting up a reward?

$25 ,000.

Hmm. It's not quite a hundred, is it?

Oh, for fuck's sakes, Jim.

This isn't about money.

The longer we do nothing...

the more chance she winds up dead in a ditch.

Okay, run with it.

Now get out of here.

Let's go.

Hey, everyone, it's okay.

Just remain calm.

We're not all we wanted. That's all that matters.

Now, you've never fought before, is that right?

No.

And I understand your own daughter, Natalie.

She passed away recently.

Yeah.

She... She committed suicide.

I'm very sorry.

The truth is that I was too wrapped up in my own problems then, and I

wasn't there for her.

But, sir, I've been sober now for months, and I'm involved.

in the community, and, you know, I'm helping get this rec center put

and the community can vouch.

No, that's fine.

I appreciate your honesty.

I see you live with your sister.

Yeah, I do.

How does she feel about fostering? Well, she's excited.

She wants to help.

And you both live permanently on Blackstone?

Mm -hmm.

You know, I've come through a lot.

And I've learned.

And to tell you the truth, if you've ever lost a child,

it's a precious gift to get a second chance. And

Wendy should be raised in her own community.

that shit?

I'm doing some landscaping this morning. What landscaping?

I don't know.

Moving some dirt around, cleaning up a bit.

Well, why are you doing it? Hire someone.

Because it sets a good example for our people to see their chief performing

actual physical labor.

Well, don't fuck up my garden.

We'll be gone first thing in the morning. Don't worry about it.

Oh, Teresa called.

We have some...

Conference call with the Chiefs.

Tomorrow? Yeah, when you park that fucking thing.

Case last year, a little girl who was removed from her non -native foster home

by her band.

The band started a repatriation campaign, bringing the kids home, which

completely avoided the issue of why the girl had to be removed in the first

place. Now, when this child arrived under our care, she was in very bad

physically and emotionally.

And then here she was, thriving, happy, spirited.

She bonded with the Foster family, they with her. They wanted to adopt her

permanently and had started those proceedings.

But when the band was informed, they objected.

And the band dragged the family and this department through a long, long court

battle, capitalizing on all the sensitivity around aboriginal issues,

correctness, cultural genocide. They trotted out all the hot buttons.

And in the end, the court bowed to the political pressure and returned the girl

to her reserve.

Within a month, she was back in the hospital with all sorts of injuries of

undetermined cause.

This is only about me wanting to give Wendy a good home where she can be who

is.

Kale, I can...

So you're sincere.

And I'm sure you think you're committed to providing for Wendy.

But to be honest, you're simply not an appropriate candidate.

There's no way I see this working.

I simply can't put your application forward.

I'm sorry.