All language subtitles for Diggstown S03E05 1080p WEBRip x264-BAE (1)_track3_[eng]

Oy.

Amy:
I read all the books.

Terri:
My sister was my doula.

Gloria:
Lyle and me painted
the nursery.

(indigenous vocables)

Terri:
I still remember
how she screamed-

When they took him.

(indigenous vocables)

Jen:
I breastfed her.

Napped.

Lyle was sobbing.

Woke up-

There were two
cops at the door.

(indigenous vocables)
(car doors slamming)

(baby crying)

(door banging)

Margaret:
They handed me a card
from some social workers.

(baby crying)
stay the hell away
from my nephew.

"we took your little girl,
here's a card".

Ronnie:
Don't touch me, no.

Baby was gone.

No one would explain.

No!
(baby crying)

He's my nephew!
He's my family!

They planned to
take her all along.

Ivy:
I didn't do anything!

Ronnie:
He's my nephew!

(baby crying)

It's okay, I'm here.

It took years to
get him back.

Ronnie maloney, you're
under arrest for kidnapping.

(baby crying)
jen:
I never got her home.

(baby crying)

Margaret:
She had a lot of problems,
being in the system for so long.

Trauma.

Nicholas!

(nicholas cries)

She doesn't want
to see me now.

Ronnie:
You can't have him!

Give us back my nephew!

(siren blaring)
(indigenous vocables)

Ivy:
I didn't do anything wrong.

I'm all he has.
I just want him back.

(indigenous vocables)

This is amazing work, amish.

Can you just maybe

Snip that last line of
margaret's though?

If I'm gonna get this
class action certified,

The video and the
affidavits all need to show

The harm suffered by
the women is the same.

I just don't understand
how it's legal

For the government to
take someone's child

With no warning.

I hope they get a
million dollars each.

Well right now we're just trying
to get this policy overturned.

Amish:
Give 'em hell.

I'm gonna try.

Thanks.

Your honour,

We're submitting
these affidavits

And the
accompanying video

As evidence of similar
harm this province's

Birth alert policy
caused my clients.

Scott:
Your honour,

These are
moving stories,

No question.

But the personal
accounts of all
these women,

From all walks
of life,

Does not a
class action make.

Marcie:
These women are either
indigenous or black,

They're all poor.

And they all suffered
an emotional devastation

As a result of this
province's birth alert policy.

My friend here has
yet to demonstrate

A uniformity of harm.

The affidavits that I provided
the court will show this.

Scott:
With respect,
all I'm hearing
ms. Diggs say

Is that the race
and economic status
of her clients

Makes their
experiences
identical?

I'm sorry,
but I find that
offensive.

Mr. Riley, that has to be one
of the most cynical rounds

Of sophistry I've
heard in my life.

And I spend my
days with lawyers.

Thank you both.

First thing tomorrow,
I'll give you my ruling.

Colleen:
Marcie! Hi!

Marcie:
Hey col-

Good morning,
your honour.

I heard about
the judgeship.

Congrats.

Thanks.

I just felt like I
needed a change,

You know, with
everyone leaving,

It seemed like
the right time.

For the record,

Some of us
weren't given
much of a choice.

And look at you,

You've never
looked happier.

Getting to fight
the good fight

With a blank cheque
in your back pocket.

Oh, to dream.

Let's just hope the
dream doesn't
become a nightmare.

Stop looking for
the rain, marcie.

(smooth jazzy music)

I don't do that.

(smooth jazzy music)

(marcie sighs)

Like the new digs.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I thought your
silicon valley
friend

Would've had you
installed in a
glass tower.

I'm not a glass tower
kind of girl.

How's clayton park
treating ya?

It is what it is.

You ever think about
making a change?

Ah, not really a glass
tower kinda girl either.

Marcie:
No glass tower.

No office actually
at the moment.

What's more
important to me

Is getting a good
team together.

(sighs) I'm good.

Was there anything else?

Ah, yeah, a favour.

Ah, my client ivy,
16, in foster care,

She just had a baby-

Yeah, I know ivy.

She was dealing
with a birth alert.

How'd it go?

Marcie:
Bad.

Baby ended up in care,

And now ivy has
just gotten word

That he's in a foster
family in cape breton.

Cape breton!

Marcie:
Yeah. Ivy's in school.

There's no way
she's gonna see him

All the way out there.

I got it.

(rhythmic ambient music)

Thanks, girl.

(rhythmic ambient music)

(chuckles) yeah, I can
think of worse places

In a pandemic to be
stuck than santiago.

Lawyer 2:
Leave it to mueller!

I ended up in my mother's
basement for four weeks.

Avery:
I'll tell you what,

I did learn to make a
pretty mean paella.

(man laughing)

Avery:
It was good, it was good.

(glass breaking)

Carmen:
Having a nice lunch

Laughing about all the
lives you've destroyed?

What's your problem, lady?

Hey.

Hey!

What the hell
is that about?

You don't even remember me.

Just another day at
the office, right?

I-I, I prosecuted you?

It's carmen.

(stammering) the
sexual assault case.

Sexual assault of a minor.

Pretty key detail
for a teacher.

Listen, we withdrew
the charges.

You think that matters?

You think the search results
ever go away for a story like:

"grade six teacher charged
with assaulting a student"?

Look, I was just doing my-

Your job?

Yeah, must be nice
having a job.

I haven't had a steady
one since I was charged.

Just lost another one at
maclean thanks to you.

Maybe if you come by
the office I could-

No. I don't want to have
a conversation with you.

I just hope that
you burn in hell.

(tense music)

♪

Ronnie, you know this
kidnapping charge is bogus

But let's get our
game faces on

Before the judge
gets here, okay?

That's what this whole
thing is to them.

My life. Ivy's.

A game.

Court registrar:
All persons with matters
in this court please rise.

The honourable justice
colleen macdonnell presiding.

Colleen:
Please be seated, everyone.

Ellery:
Doctor fortune,

As the court has recognized
you as an expert

In the effectiveness of
child welfare programs,

Do you consider care harmful
to indigenous children?

While I recognize the
concerns of the past,

I assure you that
the system has made

Very humane strides
over the years.

Ellery:
So one woman's
bad experience

Can't be used to condemn
an entire system?

Doug:
Your honour,

This is a simplification of
our argument to say the least.

You'll get a
chance to examine.

Proceed.

Of course not.

The priority is always
to return a child home.

Assuming home is safe.

And that's the key,
isn't it?

Safety.

So how does the government's
birth alert policy

Play into this?

Dr. Fortune:
If the government has
any reason to believe

That a child could
be in danger,

They have to act.

In the best interest
of the child.

Sounds pretty
reasonable to me.

Doug:
Dr. Fortune,

I've looked
through your resume

And I see you've
published two papers

On the effects of care for
youth in northern manitoba.

Is that correct?

Yes.

Have you conducted research
on the effects of care

On urban indigenous youth?

No.

What about indigenous
youth in nova scotia?

No, I have not.

Doug:
Would you say that the
separation policies

Of the government

Have led to the destruction
of indigenous families?

That's beyond the scope of
my research, I'm afraid.

So on one of the central
questions of this case,

You have zero
insight to offer.

Excuse-
I'm an academic.

Objection.

Colleen:
That's a fair suggestion.

Ellery:
Your honour, dr. Fortune
is indigenous.

Mr. Paul is insulting
his heritage

And lived experience.

Doug:
I'm insulted that you
presented an expert

Who can't speak to the heart
of the matter, counsellor.

Doug (clears throat)-

Mr. Paul,

Let's watch our tone.

Do you have any further
questions for dr. Fortune?

No, your honour,
I'm done.

(tense music)

Hey, look at you!

Looking very heroic
and military.

(reggie chuckles)

Ian, this is-

Louise.

It's good to finally
meet the man

Who launched an endless
stream of superlatives

Out of this guy.

Ah, come on,
let's grab a table.

Finally.

Got my two favourite
people together!

Is it strange being
back in canada?

I'm pretty jet-lagged,

So everything's a little
strange right now.

How's the peacekeeping biz?

It's okay.

We're thin on the
ground these days

So there really needs
to be more deployment.

I'd say that's a good thing.

Fewer deployments makes
oversight easier.

I guess,

But at the end of the day you're
doing less good in the world.

But without the
proper oversight,

More bad gets done too.

Ah, you know,

Ian probably doesn't
want to talk about work.

Ian:
I'm not actually clear what
you mean by "proper oversight".

Louise:
Well, it's due to a
lack of oversight

That peacekeepers don't have
the best reputation anymore-

Sorry, they don't?

That's a surprise to me.

I don't know dad,
what do you think?

Who do you think wins
the reputation olympics?

Peacekeepers or lawyers?

(whimsical music)

(sighs) why don't we
order some wine.

Red or white?

Red's fine.
-White.

(whimsical music)

I'll just get a
bottle of each.

(background tv chatter)

Avery:
Carmen was right,

Her search results
are a nightmare.

I mean, don't these
people realize

That we withdrew
the charges?

But all anyone remembers are
those initial headlines.

Tv reporter:
And this courtroom controversy
went viral with the internet-

You have got to
be kidding me.

Tv reporter:
From a video used to
support a class action-

What? What's up?

Tv reporter:
The video posted anonymously,
is causing an online uproar.

Marcie:
That's the raw video.

How the hell did that
get on the internet?

Uh, I don't understand,

Isn't this free
publicity for your case?

What's the problem?

(dramatic music swells)

Your honour, the discrepancy
between the affidavits,

The video evidence
presented by ms. Diggs

And the raw footage which
was broadcast last night

Is highly disturbing.

Discrepancies of
basic editing.

The stories themselves
remain identical.

It's clear from
the raw footage,

Ms. Diggs was
cherry picking her facts

To intentionally
mislead this court.

Nothing could be further
from the truth, your honour,

I used my professional
judgement to determine whether-

The edited video

And the affidavits
filed imply uniformity.

The unedited video
completely refutes it.

Some of these women had
their children returned

Mere days later.

Some were given apologies,
some had-

This is about how the
government's birth alert policy

Uniformly wreaked havoc
on these women's lives.

(tense music)

Ms. Diggs, I'm sorry but the
court agrees with mr. Riley.

The request to have your
class action certified

Is denied.

(dramatic music)

Hey, cleo!

Oh, hi iris.

I'm just about to
meet with a client.

Iris:
Oh, it'll take
five seconds.

It's about ivy maloney's
baby, nicholas.

I hear he's gone
to cape breton?

Yeah, we found him a
great set of foster parents.

It's just it's so far
away for his mother.

Have you guys tried to
looking in colchester,

Or the valley?

You know how it works.

Sure, there are
closer foster parents

But they don't want
an infant or they do,

But they're not
certified for infant care.

Well what if I
find someone?

No, we just got him settled.

We can't be shuttling that
poor baby across the province

Like he's a sack of mail.

Isn't one more
trip worth it

If it means he gets
to see his mother?

Okay.

Give it a whirl.

Thank you!

(ambient music)

Marcie diggs.

Marcie:
Well if it isn't
mr. Barclay.

Tony:
How's it going?

How are your folks?

I think they're
gonna be fine.

So why do you seem to
have your entire office

Spread out on this bench?

(chuckles) I'm, uh,
actually between offices

At the moment.

You don't need to
camp out here,

You know I have
lots of space.

You have that
boardroom don't you?

Marcie:
You know, with all
these clients,

That would come in
pretty handy right now.

Tony:
It's all yours.
Come by whenever.

Marcie:
It'll just be for
a few days, I'm-

(phone dings)

I'm actually going to
check out some spaces now.

You're the best.

Doug:
Your honour,

Ms. Mckay is a
respected elder

Who I've asked to give critical
social and historical context

To the grave harm
facing indigenous children

Taken from their
communities.

Your honour,

She has no pertinent educational
background or training.

Whatever happened to
"lived experience"?

This witness is revered
in her community.

Ellery:
We simply don't believe
ms. Mckay has enough

Relevant experience
to assist the court.

Doug:
She's a child advocate
and a clan mother.

Maybe that's what she
does in her spare time.

Her spare time?

Ellery:
Well professionally, ms. Mckay
runs a small coffee shop.

Doug:
Your honour, it is
very important

That the court understand
ms. Mckay's role here.

Her wisdom and authority
has been passed down

Through generations of
matriarchal lines.

I'm afraid I have
to agree with-

Colleen.

Your honour.

In many communities,
the law does not function

Without clan mothers.

It is people
like ms. Mckay

Who'd be sitting
in your place.

And that's perfectly
understandable, mr. Paul.

However, I'm grasping
at a rationale

As to why this
witness's testimony

Is relevant to a
child abduction case.

And I'm-I'm not seeing it.

Please call your
next witness.

Marcie:
So it's a glass tower?

I love a sun-drenched space.

Well it's certainly bright.

I just, I think maybe
our clients might find

A space like this a
little-little intimidating.

Vivian:
So cross towers
off the list?

Yeah, maybe something
a little more...

Approachable.

Got it.

So...

How are you feeling about
our little endeavour so far?

Good!

Uh, I'm just,
I'm really focused on,

On building the
team right now.

I heard about that.

(scoffs) of course.

Well, you know,
I hope that she considers.

Ellery's smart.
She's sharp.

No question.

But maybe not quite
right for this venture.

Oh, are you saying I
shouldn't hire her?

Oh, I don't tell
you what to do.

I mean, we established
that in our agreement.

So what are we
talking about?

Vivian:
My preference,

That's all that it is,

Is that you go in a
different direction.

(ambient music)

Martin tells me you're
a beast in the courtroom.

Ellery:
When did you
talk to my boss?

You know he brags
about you, ellery.

Unsolicited.

Mmhmm, I bet it
was unsolicited.

Chozanne:
In fact,

He told me he was speaking to
the justice minister about you.

Okay mom,

We don't have to have a
symposium on my work

Every single time
we get together.

What's wrong with me
wanting to help my daughter

Along in her career?

Marcie diggs
offered me a job.

Dear god, ellery!

You're gonna throw your
entire career away

To go work for
some radical?

I just want some
new challenges

And she's not a radical.

No?

It's pretty clear
she hates cops.

That's not true,

And I wouldn't be
considering this if it was.

Ellery, in a few years
you could be running

Every prosecution
in the province.

You have the ear of
the justice minister.

You think he takes
calls from marcie diggs?

This isn't what
we worked for.

Must be nice to have such
strong opinions on the military

When you've never
been in the field.

Ah, louise doesn't sensor
herself about politics.

She doesn't mean
anything by it.

Wrong foot, that's all.

Ian:
You know what dad?

You love her and that's
good enough for me.

Well thanks, buddy.

Reggie:
Wait, what-what does
that mean exactly?

Well just because
you love louise,

It doesn't mean I have to.

We don't need to get along.

I'll play nice on christmas
and thanksgiving, it's fine.

Look at you and mom.

Reggie:
You know, we need a re-do.

When everybody's rested.

Dad, it's not about
getting a good night's sleep.

Just let it be what it is.

Just try again for me.

Sure.

Okay.

Let's do it all over again.

(door knocking)

Oh, I hope I'm
not interrupting?

Marcie, come in,
meet my son ian.

Oh, I've heard a
lot about you.

Me too.

My dad's new boss.

Ah, excuse me.

I'm a freelancer.

I'm an eminence grise
for hire if you will.

He's basically invaluable.

I don't doubt that.

See you dad.

I'll be in touch
about that re-do.

So, what do your clients
want out of a class action?

Money? Apology?

I don't think they'll
turn down either.

But the most important
thing is to end the practice

Of birth alerts.

Well, perhaps civil court
is not the best place

To accomplish those goals.

(ambient music)

You really are invaluable.

(ambient music)

Avery v.O.:
Now as far as
I'm concerned

It's despicable when
people like ms. Nyiri

Violate our trust.

Anyone who'd harm a child
doesn't deserve my sympathy,

Or anyone else's
for that matter.

Interviewer:
And that was
avery mueller there

Commenting on the case that's
not making its weight.

(crowd chattering quietly)

Jen:
My daughter's kid
saw that video.

She is furious with me!

I promise you, I never
meant for that video

To go public.

But, marcie, why should
it have made a difference

To the judge?

'cause the defence
argued that-

Gloria:
So you violate
our privacy

And we don't even get
our day in court?

Ivy:
That isn't true,
is it marcie?

It can't be over already.

It's not.

Ladies, this case
is moving forward,

Make no mistake.

(scoffs) you said
it was thrown out.

Of civil court, yes.

But a civil suit is
not our only recourse.

We're taking this to the
human rights commission.

(scoffs)
(woman chuckling)

(ambient music swells)

Civil suit?

It's not,

Necessarily.

But filing with the
hrc is more likely

To get us media attention,

Which ultimately is more
likely to provoke change

In the government.

Meaning ending birth alerts?

Marcie:
That's the hope.

Look, other provinces have
already banned the policy.

Gloria:
But no guarantee.

Marcie:
Well there's never
any guarantees.

Look, the only
thing we can do

Is give this
our best shot.

Okay, what about money?

Can we at least
get a settlement?

Terri:
It's not about the money.

I know that terri,
but it'd be nice.

Marcie:
A settlement is possible.

It wouldn't be as
much as a civil suit,

But it would be something.

(women grumbling)

Something.

The most important thing

Is that this doesn't happen
to anybody else, right?

No more babies being stolen.

Gloria:
Yeah.

Marcie, do you really
think this gives us

A better shot at that?

Yes.

I really do.

Then that's what
we should do.

We have to stop this.

Yeah, you're right.

Gloria:
Absolutely.

Yeah.

(ambient music)

Vivian:
Good, here you are!

You said this place
was close, right?

'cause I may need to run.

Right this way.

What do you-

What do you mean?

I have a ton of space.

We could be neighbours.

You wanna move my new
firm to your offices?

I-

(scoffs) no.

No. (chuckles)

You know, I'm trying real hard
not to take offence right now.

(phone ringing)

It's really nice
of you but, uh-

This is is hrc,
I gotta take this.

Marcie diggs.

A study?

(tense music)

Great, thanks.

Listen viv,

Don't think I'm not grateful for
everything that you're doing,

I just, this is
more your space,

Not mine.

I really have to
talk to my clients.

(ambient music)

Look, I just need a moment.

I'm just here to apologize.

Well this should be good.

So speak.

I, um, I might have
been too aggressive

When I was
prosecuting your case.

And this just
occurred to you now?

Avery:
Sometimes my colleagues,

Myself included,

Confuse putting
people behind bars

With the protection
of the public.

Carmen, I didn't
stop to think that-

Carmen:
That I could actually
be innocent?

Carmen, it wasn't personal.

Not for you.

I'm the one who's not
allowed to teach anymore.

Who's constantly
whispered about

Every time I go shopping,
or to the bank.

My husband moved out with
my kids for over a year

Because it took that long
for him to trust me again.

(tense music)

Carmen, I'm sorry.

I-I-I don't know
what to say.

What are you looking for?

Absolution?

You ruined my life
and now you want me

To tell you it's okay?

(tense music)

Well, it's not okay.

Just go!

Ellery:
You were encouraged
to submit a safety plan

And you didn't, correct?

I was told to and
I gave them one.

Ellery:
So how come out
of all the people

You might have chosen to
take care of your baby

Did you propose
ronnie maloney?

She's my auntie.

She's been good to
me my whole life.

Ellery:
You knew she had a
criminal record.

That was a long time ago

But she's not a criminal.

She smashed a bottle
in her neighbour's face.

She assaulted a
police officer.

That doesn't make her a
criminal in your eyes?

Auntie's always done
her best by me.

Yeah, I believe you
think that ivy.

I really do.

But, isn't it true that you
ended up in foster care

Because your aunt decided
to remain in a relationship

With a violent,
abusive man

Over parenting you?

Ivy, she had the opportunity
to put you first,

But she didn't,

And now here you are,
once again,

And you're paying the cost
of your aunt's bad choices.

(crying) that's not true.

Only this time ivy,
it's not just you,
this time it's your son.

Doug:
Your honour!

Leave her alone,
you bitch!

Colleen:
That's enough.

Mr. Paul, keep your
client in check.

There's nothing wrong with
ms. Lopez' questions.

(ivy sniffling)

Colleen:
As the crown is
finished with the witness-

Actually, your honour,
I have-

As the crown is finished
with the witness,

We will take a
fifteen minute recess.

(solemn music)

No one up there
wants the truth!

That lawyer up there is
talking like she knows my life.

She doesn't know me.

You gotta keep your cool.

Everyone up there
sounding like indian agents.

What?

You know child services is
doing the exact same thing

As residential schools.

Ripping children
from their families.

Same thing,
different name.

A lot of people are
trying to change this,

Advocates working to fund
community-based child services.

Oh, community based?

What about those of
us who don't know

Who our community is?

You're right, ronnie.

I-I can't even begin to
imagine what that's like.

Ronnie:
If we don't get
that baby back,

He'll be the fifth generation
to be raised in the system.

It'll wreck ivy.

It'll ruin them both,
I've seen it.

We're working really hard
so that doesn't happen.

(solemn music)

I want to go on the stand.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

Everyone up there
talking about the system's

A part of the system.

Ivy's the only one
who's testified

With any actual
experience of it,

And they steamrolled her!

I'm advising you,

After your last
outburst in the court,

This isn't the best way
for the truth to come out.

But it'll be my truth.

(solemn music)

They're not certified
for infant care.

Well you can
fast track that.

Oh, come on.

This is a great family
for ivy's baby.

They're only a few blocks
away from ivy's foster home.

She can actually
visit her son.

Iris, do you have any idea
how slammed this office is?

The baby is already in
an appropriate home.

But you said if I
found a family-

We don't have
the resources

To play musical
foster homes here.

(tense music)

You were brushing me off.

You never had any intention
of moving the baby.

(phone ringing)

Cleo:
I have to take this. Sorry.

(phone ringing)

Cleo:
Cleo thom speaking.

So, the hrc has
reviewed our submission.

And they have come
back with an offer.

They've offered to
conduct a study

On birth alerts.

And they've asked if
you all would be willing

To participate.

A study?

We don't know what the results
of the study could be,

It-it could lead
to lasting change.

It's just the
same run around.

Ivy:
We don't want
them to study it.

I want them to stop it.

You said this was
our best shot.

Just, there's more that
we can do if we just-

Marcie, we're tired.

Ivy, it's not over.

It is for me.

(solemn music)

Louise:
Reggie, you said it yourself,

Dinner was bad.

Ian and I just
didn't click.

Well you didn't let
yourselves click.

I mean, you kinda
went after him.

(sighs) how many times
do I have to apologize?

I meant no offence to ian.

I just get fired up
when it's something

I feel strongly about.

Oh I know.

Why do you think I threw
away my cargo shorts?

(louise laughs)

So listen,
I've proposed a do-over.

Ian's totally into it.

I find that hard
to believe.

Reggie:
Just give him a shot.

I mean, you gave me a
shot and look at us now.

Okay.

Bring on round two.

(ambient music)

♪

Someone doesn't look
up for office shopping?

It's just one
of those days.

I don't know, I just keep
hitting these roadblocks.

Class action
got tossed out,

And then hrc
turned us down.

And now ivy's baby couldn't
be further from her.

I don't know, I-

Every time I make a move
I just keep getting zapped.

Sounds like you
need a new move.

I think I'm out of moves.

Listen, you knew
this was a big case.

All of these women,
all of their stories,

Just take the roadblocks
one at a time.

One at a time.

Uh huh.

Viv, I'm sorry I gotta go.

Not just yet.

I have one more place
I want to show you.

What about this place?

(ambient music)

That's halifax legal aid.

Not anymore.

I just bought the building.

So, it can be whatever
I want it to be.

Including marcie diggs
& associates.

Marcie:
Wow.

Love it.

You know viv,
I really do have to go.

You go.

Just know that's your spot.

I'm just gonna viva it up.

Marcie:
Ivy.

I have a new strategy
for the case.

Not interested.

Ivy, just hear me out, okay?

I think I found something
that could really work.

Don't you get it?

I don't care about the case,
this is about my son.

And he's gone and I don't know
if I'll ever get him back.

And nothing that you've
done has made a difference!

So just leave me alone.

(tense music swells)

Ona:
Danish? Wow.

How did I get so lucky?

You know I would
never bother you at home

If it wasn't
really important.

Uh huh.

Get folding then and
tell me what it's about.

Ivy maloney.

Ona:
Mmmhmm.

Iris:
She had her baby.

I heard.

Doesn't explain why you're
plying me with pastry.

Iris:
Well and did you hear that
they sent him to a foster home

Three hours away?

Good foster parents
are like hen's teeth,

You know that.

Yeah, but I found
really good ones.

Right here in halifax.

I just need to get them
certified for infant-care.

So why are you
on my doorstep

Instead of going through
the proper channels?

You got turned down?

You're here to pull strings?

Iris:
The system put that
girl through the wringer

And now she can't even
see her own child.

Come on, ona.

You know this
isn't right.

You know she almost
lost her mind?

"marcie diggs
is a radical".

All I said was that I
was considering it.

Your mom's just
looking out for you.

Ellery:
No.

She's micromanaging me

And it's way past time
I put a stop to it.

You really think
going to work for marcie

Is the best way
to do that?

This isn't me rebelling
against my mother,

I'm not fourteen.

I just want change.

You can go anywhere.

Why marcie?

You don't want me
to do this either?

You know how this
is the kitchen

And I eat in here?

Well, down the hall's
the bathroom and-

In this metaphor am I
the sink or the toilet?

You know what I'm saying.

I do, and I don't like it.

You know, this decision it's
not actually about you, viv.

Crazy concept, I know.

I'm late, I've gotta go.

(ambient music)

Doug:
Colleen is
kicking my ass.

Every objection "overruled".

And this ellery person?

Oh, she's good,
isn't she?

Not the word I
was thinking of.

Be nice.

Iris:
(knocking) knock, knock.

We have some good news.

You said your team
would get my baby closer

And you did.

I'm sorry I talked to
you like that marcie.

I shouldn't have
doubted you.

I'm so happy.

(ambient music)

Is this all for our case?

Marcie:
It is, yes.

So, you gonna tell me all about
your exciting new plan or what?

Absolutely.

You good here?

Yeah, I'm just working
on my questions for ronnie.

All right.

You wanted to see me?

Martin:
Close the door.

Take a seat.

You want to explain to me

Why I just got a call from
carmen nyiri's lawyer?

I'm not following.

Martin:
Thanks to your
visit to ms. Nyiri,

And your little apology,

You and our office
are now being sued

For malicious prosecution.

(sighs) frankly, she
deserved an apology.

Martin:
You're a prosecutor.

It's not your damn
business to decide

What people deserve.

You leave that up to the
judges and the juries.

I went after that woman.

And I tore her life apart.

For what?

This is what
we're gonna do.

I'm gonna call a
press conference.

You're gonna set the
record straight.

You're gonna deny making any
comments about the nyiri case,

Deny making an apology,

And maybe just maybe
this thing will go away.

I'm not doing that sir, no.

Martin:
Well isn't that funny?

I don't remember
asking you a question.

I'm not going to lie.

Martin:
I expect you to start
working on a statement

With our communications
team today.

Now.

(tense music)

♪

Yeah.

(tense music)

That's not gonna
happen martin.

(tense dramatic music)

This is the last of them.

Thanks for all
your help on this.

You really saved the day.

Somebody needed to be
looking out for ivy.

Listen, if you ever
need anything,

Don't hesitate to call.

Actually, there is something.

Is that job offer
still good?

Doug:
You weren't trying to
kidnap your grand-nephew

Were you, ronnie?

I was trying to
protect him.

Keep him from going through
what all of us went through.

Doug:
And what do you
mean by that?

Ronnie:
I didn't want
him to be stolen

Like the rest of us.

I wanted him to
have people.

You know, me and my
big sister kara,

We grew up in a little
house out in spryfield.

That was till we
were seven, eight,

And then mom died
in a car wreck

And me and kara,
we didn't have people.

Didn't have nowhere to go.

But your mother was
from millbrook.

Was that an option?

We didn't know anything
about millbrook.

I mean, mom got scooped
when she was little

Just like a
bunch of others.

She never talked about
home for the longest time.

It was too painful.

Doug:
What happened to you
and your sister?

Ronnie:
We ended up in
foster care.

And what was that like?

How do you think it was?

I was in six different
foster homes

By the time I was fifteen.

Some of them were
nice enough

And some of them
were not so nice.

Do I gotta get
into all that?

Doug:
Were you and your
sister placed

With indigenous
foster parents?

Is that a joke? No.

My sister was sent to a
different home than me.

She ended up way out
in another town.

By the time I was old
enough to find her,

She was dead.

No one even told me.

Doug:
I'm so sorry
to hear that.

So your grandmother went
to residential school,

Your mother grows
up in care,

You and your sister
grow up in care.

What kind of relationship
do you have

With your community?

My mom tried to
look for relatives,

She found a few
cousins once.

But other than that,
we didn't know much.

She died before
she could go back.

Have you been
able to reconnect

With your community?

Ronnie:
I've been back.

But I'm still a stranger.

No one remembers
me or my mom.

It's a weird feeling 'cause
I know that's my home

But it's like everything is
covered in plastic, you know?

And that's why you didn't
want your grand-nephew

Growing up in care?

To keep him from experiencing
that same feeling

Of dislocation
you've described?

Ronnie:
I don't trust the system

To keep us safe.

We didn't get a chance
to know who we are,

To know where we came from,
you get me?

Ivy didn't want that
for her little boy.

I didn't either.

He needs to have people.

Thank you, ronnie.

Your honour, I have
no further questions

For my witness.

Your witness, ms. Lopez.

Can you explain
to the court

Why your niece, ivy,
ended up in care?

I had a drug addiction

That I let get
the better of me.

But that was a
long time ago.

When you say "get
the better of me"

You mean to say that you
left your niece in a diner

For two hours while you were
shooting up in an alley?

Ronnie:
You don't know what
you're talking about.

Objection, your honour.

Colleen:
Ms. Lopez, I'm gonna

Encourage you to rethink
your line of questioning.

The court is very familiar
with the challenges

Indigenous people
face as a result of

Intergenerational trauma

And the racism ingrained
in our society

And is sympathetic.

You mentioned you
wanted your grand-nephew

To grow up knowing
where he comes from.

Is that where you
were taking him

On the night in question?

No, I wasn't going to mill-

Ellery:
Isn't it true
that millbrook

Was 100 kilometres in
the other direction?

I was just trying
to protect him.

I didn't have a plan-

Ellery:
I need to understand this.

You stole a newborn
from the hospital

With no car seat,

No formula, no plan.

Isn't this kind of
poor decision-making

The reason why you lost
custody of your niece?

Isn't this kind of
poor judgement

That you've displayed
over and over again

The sole reason you
were deemed unfit

To be accepted as the
guardian for your grand-nephew?

Lady, you're right,

I didn't have a plan.

The only thing that was
going through my mind

When I saw that awesome
little boy in my niece's arms

Was "not him".

They don't get to have him.

Not him.

(tense dramatic music)

No, I don't care if the minister
needs it this afternoon.

(knocking)

No. Listen, I gotta go.

Oh, I'm sure you
remember my clients

And their
class action suit?

I remember the
judge threw it out.

Yeah, see,

They actually decided that
they wanted to file suit

Against the
government individually.

Individually?
- Mmhmm.

All these women.

And next week it'll
be double that.

And, that's just the start.

I mean, I figure once the
media gets wind of this

There'll be quite a few
more women wanting to sue.

If the ladies wouldn't mind
stepping out into the hallway,

Perhaps you and I can
come to some agreement.

Hm.

(tense dramatic music)

Marcie:
The ladies stay.

(tense dramatic music)

Ms. Maloney, I believe
you acted impulsively,

And, yes, unwisely

When you left town with
your great-nephew.

But I'm troubled to
learn of the government's

Callous disregard for your
niece's rights as a mother.

And even more troubled
at why widespread

This disregard
appears to be.

Particularly,
it must be said,

When it comes to
indigenous women.

The defendant acted at
the request of the mother,

And had good cause to
fear the harm her nephew

Would suffer in the
foster care system.

Therefore, I find
ronnie maloney not guilty

On the charge
of kidnapping.

Sheriff:
Court is adjourned.

(solemn ambient music)

Hey ronnie, we won!

You should be smiling.

What's there to smile about?

I should never have been
arrested in the first place.

And nicholas is
still in care.

(solemn ambient music)

(muffled chattering)

I'm sorry I'm late.

I didn't mean to
leave you two alone.

It's okay,
we haven't ordered yet.

I mean, you can't
be serious.

These missions are
totally outdated.

Try telling that to the
people we're helping.

Hey guys,
let's just take a breath.

No dad, it's fine.

There are villages
across the globe

That wouldn't have
clean drinking water

Without peacekeepers.

Do you know how many
communities here in canada

Don't have clean water?

Okay, well it's not
an either/or situation.

Everyone should have
clean drinking water.

We should order.

The salmon
looks good.

Oh, it's farmed.

So?

So are chickens.

Louise:
(chuckles) so now
you want to discuss

Factory farming next?

Ian:
Bring it on.

(playful ambient music)

Ronnie:
Hmm, we got, uh,
stinky cheese

And, um, some fancy
milk chocolates.

What? No caviar?

Doug:
Just enjoy your fancy
milk chocolates, ronnie.

I'm lactose intolerant.

Ivy, my girl,

You'll go through
these in a day.

Won't you,
miss sweet tooth?

I feel like I owe
you guys so much.

Marcie:
I just think
it's amazing

How threatening to choke the
system with a slew of lawsuits

Actually got the
system to work.

That money is
gonna be put away

For this one's education.

Doug:
I'm just glad that social
services listened to reason

And had a change of heart
once ronnie was acquitted.

Ting, tang,
they better had.

Otherwise you guys and me,

We'd be going all the
way to the supreme court.

(all laughing)

Thank you.

For bringing us home.

(gentle ambient music)

♪

Marcie:
Oh.

Thank you.

Hey, have I got great
timing or what?

Marcie:
Perfect.

I can finally toast
this amazing team.

You guys did good.

Thank you.

(glasses clink)

Ellery:
Did I miss the toast?

Oh, no.

No worries,

We'll do another one
after introductions.

Everyone,
meet ellery lopez,

The newest member
of our team.

Ellery,
meet reggie thompson,

Iris beals.

And doug paul.

Ellery:
Hi doug.

I'm looking forward
to working together.

(glasses clink)

Everybody, cheers.

(uplifting music)