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- Hey, Lucky!

- My father.
- That social worker lady
seemed worried that something

would happen to those kids.
- Is that her?
- Yeah, that's her.

- How much did she pay you?
- You better leave.

- I just found proof
that Marlene tried to buy
one of her granddaughters.

- And I don't think your father
would approve of you
harassing me.

- And does your wife approve of
you harassing sex workers,
Geoff?

- Come near my family
and you're dead.

- Above all, the Court must put
the safety of the children
first. This Court orders

that the minors Madison
and True Chartrand be placed

in protective care in
the Millwood foster system.

- You OK?
- Billy, we have to get
these kids back. Beckbie!

What's going on?
- Madison and True.

Foster family came to pick them
up from after-school care
and they were gone.

- No!
- Treating it as a possible
parental child abduction.

- [Hey, it's Kodie.
Leave a message.]

- Still nothing?
- Phone's off.

- We have been busting our asses
to prove she's a stable mother.
Now this?

- We don't know for sure
she's the one who took them.

I just... I can't believe
that she would do something so--

- Irrational? Dangerous?
If she's out of control

around those girls...
- Billy, she would
never hurt them.

- Before today, would you have
thought she'd ever kidnap them?

[sirens]

- Kodie didn't show up
for work. And the VP

spoke to the other students;
one of them saw Madison
get into a blue car.

- Kodie's family has a blue car.
- I need to get an Amber
Alert out.

- Amber Alerts are for kids
at serious risk. Wherever
those kids are,

they are safe.
- You know what
an Amber Alert's gonna do

to her chances of
getting them back.
- Please,

she is just scared. Give me
some time to find her.

- I'll hold off as long
as I can, keep it

to a quiet BOLO
for a car for now.
- Thank you.

- What now?
- We find her before they do.

♪♪♪

Kodie, if you get this,
please call me back.

I know you're scared, but
we can work it out. Please.

How are we gonna
explain this to a judge

when we find her?
- If we find her.

- OK, I'm Kodie.
Where do I take my kids?

I don't have a lot of money.
- Not many close friends,
except you.

- She fell off the map for a
long time when she was using.

- There's nothing
much here,

just bills and pizza coupons.
- Closet's empty.

Wherever she went, she isn't
planning on coming back
anytime soon.

I shouldn't have
fought with her.

Now she doesn't think
I'm on her side anymore.

- You've done nothing
but go to the mat for her.

- When Kodie needs to think,
she goes to the land.

- Yeah, she went somewhere
after that first drug test.

- The Chartrands have a camp.

Kodie took me there
once when we were kids.

- Could make sense that she'd
bring her kids there now.

- Yeah, especially 'cause no one
else knows where it is.

The Chartrands
wanna protect it.

- Yeah, or their criminal
enterprise.

Keep people away from whatever
it is they do up there.

- Or life is complicated
and it's both.

- But you've been there.

- Yeah, it was
a long time ago.

Um... I'm gonna
check her computer.

- Alright. I'll start
knocking on doors.

- Check gas stations,
bus stations,

and the marina. I wanna be
in touch with Winnipeg

on this one, too.

You're campaigning late.
- I'd rather not be.

What's going on with those
missing Chartrand children?

Their grandma called me.
She's beside herself.

- There's no need to panic.
- I'm not panicked, I'm annoyed.

And embarrassed I had to learn
about this from a civilian

instead of
my chief of police.

You have to tell me when
you're issuing an Amber Alert.

- I'm not issuing one. I don't
think it's necessary here.

- OK, what's your strategy?
- I've got a BOLO out
on Kodie's car.

- If anything happens to--
- It's not going to.

Kodie's just... afraid.
- There's a relationship here.

Are you sure you can
make this call?

- I have it under control.
- You better,

because if this goes sideways,
it will be very bad for me

and those kids.

[sighing]

- Hi.
- [Where have you been?]

- Sorry, I just...
I had my phone off.

- Kodie took her kids and ran.

- What? Where?

- I don't know. Billy and I
have been working all night.

I need you to go to the office
in case she shows up there.

And keep this quiet.

- OK, uh, I'm almost there.

- We need to talk.

[banging on door]

- Hey, Lucky!

I was hoping
you'd swing by.

Barney Gargle's hosting a poker
tourney. It's gonna be big.

The buy-in's only 25 bucks

and you can come home.
- Kodie Chartrand. You seen
her or the kids?

- Sorry, champ, not with
my new lady friend Mercina.

[chuckling]

Did you get those
kids back, then?
- Not exactly.

- You know, the little one's
a little wound up.

- How do you mean?

- Well, the way her big sister's
always looking out for her.

Like you and Shane--
it's hero worship.

- That wasn't worship.
That was survival.

- Kids are resilient.

As long as they have each other,
they'll be OK.

[dramatic music]

[cell phone ringing]
- Did you find her?
- [Not yet.]

But I talked to a security guard
at the green silos
north of town.

[He saw a blue Toyota come
through last night, but he
didn't get a good look]

[at the plate or the driver.]

- Beckbie.
- [Yeah?]

- The green silos?

- The ones north

on Road 13 West. Used to be
the Sinclairs' place

[before it got bought out.]

[You there?]
- Um, yeah. Thanks.

[dramatic music]

- Dead end.

- I remember where the camp is.

Sort of, I think.
I'll know it when I see it.

- OK, let's go.
- No, I'm going alone.

- No. No, even if you can find
it, chances are the people up
there won't be too happy.

- Kodie needs a friend
right now, not a lawyer.

- And as a friend, you've got
a plan to convince her
to turn herself in?

- That's what
the drive up is for.

- Hey, Kodie had mentioned
she was worried

True might have
an anxiety disorder.

Hank said she's pretty attached
to Madison, so maybe...

we could lay the groundwork
that Kodie was afraid
for True's well-being

if the kids
were to be separated.
- That could convince a judge

that she needed to take them.
That's good.

- It's what we got.
- Run with it,

and I'll find Kodie and...

- It's gonna be OK.

- License plate:

PIL 147.

We had a non-confirmed sighting
north of town; let's keep sharp.

- Hear you got
some missing kids.

- Where would you
have heard that?
- No need to get all riled up.

We all just want what's best
for those children.

I don't wanna
overstep here, but...

Kodie Chartrand,
she's a bad seed.

- Is that your professional
opinion, or just going off
of years of bias?

- Come on, Owen.

Just 'cause I'm not a cop
anymore doesn't mean
I don't wanna help,

especially when there's
innocent kids involved.

- Well, thank you for your
concern. If you wanna volunteer,

there's a clothing drive
at the senior centre.

[chuckling]

- My friends and I, we wanna go
out and start a search
for those kids

'cause you're so busy
with your BOLO.

- No. This is an official
police matter.

And none of you are on duty.
- No.

No, uh, they're not,

so they don't need
to take orders, do they?

Sorry, Chief, can't sit by
and do nothing on this one.

Time's ticking.
[clicks tongue]

[loud alert signal]

- Oh no...

[loud alert signal]

- Why won't you answer it, Mom?

- Let's go.

[journalists reporting]

- Any information on the
whereabouts of Madison
or True Chartrand

should be directed to...
- Right there, cut them off.

- I thought we agreed
an Amber Alert is overkill.

- We did. But that
changed things.

They were going after her
whether I called
the alert or not.

- How did they even find out?
- Pff! If Millwood PD was
a boat, it wouldn't float.

Kodie being who she is
is all the excuse

Mercer needs to do
something crazy.

- Aren't those your guys?
- No, they just work for me.

At least this way
there's a better chance

of somebody else
finding her first.

But Joanna, with all this,

it would be a lot safer if Kodie
turned herself in to me.

Are you sure you don't have
any idea where she might be?

- If I hear anything,
you'll know.

- Alright.

- He threatened your life?

- Yeah. I was tailing him.
- Why were you following him?

- Well, I was hoping to catch
him doing something else,

something people would
actually care about.

- That's not a plan!
- Maybe call the cops.

- You can't just disappear
like that, OK? I was worried.

- I can handle myself, Luna.

You know what? Forget it. I
needed your help, not a parent.

- Taylor, wait. Taylor!

[cell phone ringing]
Taylor!

Kodie, thank god!
Where have you been?

- [I need to talk to Joanna.]
- She's out looking for you.

- I messed up. I made
everything worse.

It was stupid. I'm so stupid.
- [It's OK.]

It's OK. I wanted to run too.

- God, what do I do?
Turn myself in?

- No.

Keep running.

[sighing]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]
[gasping]

- I'm not a trespasser!
I'm a lawyer.

And friend.

I'm here to... I'm here
to help my friend.

- Not really sure
we're friends right now.

Where are the cops,
parked in the car?

- No one else knows
where you are.

I'm just here to help.

- You know, for
a big-shot lawyer,

all your help has done
is make things a lot worse.

- Kodie, I only
wanna talk, please.

[speaking Native language]

[exhaling sharply]

- Ah, what brings you in today?

- I'm a lawyer.
For the Chartrands.

- Oh, this must be
about the Amber Alert.
Are Madison and True OK?

- That's why I'm here.
Dr. Huxland,

I need a letter stating that
True has an anxiety disorder.

- Well, then you need to see
a child psychiatrist.
- She hasn't seen one.

- I'm not qualified
to make that decision.

- You saw True last month.
- Yeah, for strep.

- And you mentioned to Kodie
you were concerned about
her levels of anxiety.

- It's a far cry
from a diagnosis.

- How many patients
do you see in a year?

If you're concerned
that she's suffering

from anxiety, then she probably
is. I just need a letter

from a medical professional.
- And I need to avoid

peer review, malpractice, and
losing my license. I'm sorry,

Billy, the only people
more skittish than lawyers

are doctors.
- How familiar are you

with MFS?
- I have a few patients
in the system.

- True and Madison,
they have a special bond.

And MFS isn't looking for a home
that'll keep them together.

- Even in the worst of it,
Kodie made sure those kids
never missed an appointment.

I can write
a backdated letter

referring True to
a child psychiatrist.

It's the best I can do.
- I'll take it.

- So this is the famous
Chartrand camp, huh?

Or infamous.

Seemed different
when we were kids.

Listen, Kodie, I know
things didn't go well
last time we spoke.

- You accused me of not trusting
you and lying to you
about the case.

- Can I see the kids?
- Absolutely not.

They're safe. They've been
through enough already.

- Look, I know that things
seem out of control right now

and I know how desperately
you wanna be with your kids,

but we have to do this
the right way.

- The right way for you.

It's easy
to follow the law

when it isn't constantly
trying to crush you.

I talked to Luna.

She listened to you.
Turned herself in,

try to do the legal thing,
and what'd that get her?

- Exonerated.

- After months
rotting in jail.

Do you have any idea what months
in foster care does to kids?

Luna told me not
to turn myself in.

She told me to run.

- Luna's not a lawyer.
That would be very bad
advice to take.

- And where's yours gotten me?

- The system isn't perfect.
It was designed to
protect children.

- I'm trying to protect them.

I haven't always been
the best mom, but
they don't deserve this.

I went through
the foster care system.

I won't let that
happen to them.

- Caffeine for the weary.

- Thank you.
- How's it going out here?

- Is it a double?
- Quad.

I don't want you falling
asleep at the helm.

- Anything on the tip line?
- Crackpots and busybodies.

- Thanks for coming out.
We got a shot

of these two angels.

Madison's 12.

True is 7. We just
want everybody

to keep their eyes peeled.
- Anything you can tell us
about the mother?

- Well, uh, I'm
officially retired.

But there is an ongoing history
of drug abuse, I can
tell you that.

I just hope this woman
comes to her senses,

turns herself in peacefully,
but in my experience,

that's very unlikely
with this kind of element.

But rest assured,
my crew and myself

are prepared to do
whatever it takes
to bring these children home

safely. Alright? Thank you.

- Owen,

find her first.

- Heath, what do you got?

- What does he want?
- Let's call the police.

- And say what? Hey, Officer,
he's out there 'cause you've
been stalking him?

- We'll just tell them
what he did.

- And he'll deny it
and know it was us.

Taylor, he knows where we live.

- It's not a big deal.

- That's why you didn't
come home.

Look, I don't really wanna be
killed by some guy

so you can prove a point.
- He's after me,
he's not after you.

- You don't know that. Why
are you being so stupid?
- Don't call me stupid.

- I don't mean you're stupid,
it's just you're making
stupid decisions.

[cell phone ringing]
- It's the same thing.
- No, it's not.

- Unknown caller.

- Don't answer it.

- It's less scary now.

Maybe in the daylight.

- Maybe you're just
less scary now.

- I have, um...

I've thought about you

a lot over the years.

I never actually meant--
- You don't need to convince me.

I never thought
I'd see you ever again.

- I'm here.

Kodie, you know
I trust you.

- Wow... my own lawyer
and former bestie,

finally.
- All I have been doing

is fighting for you.

Even when you weren't
honest with me.

Even when it hurt my own
relationship and my reputation.

- Someone's trying to make sure
I lose my kids forever.

- That... that sounds paranoid.

- Joanna!
- OK.

OK, let's assume that's true.

I get why you can't turn
yourself in, but what if
you get caught?

If someone is
framing you,

is...

is this really the best
place to be found?

How deep would the police have
to dig before they found
evidence of anything?

And you could bet they would
use your presence here

as probable cause to turn
this entire place upside-down.

- I don't have anything to do
with any of that stuff.
- Maybe not,

but we would have
a hell of a time

trying to prove that
if they find you here.

You could go to jail for years,
lose your children permanently.

- Nobody knows
where this camp is.

- Kodie, I found you.

How long before
someone else does?

Even if you don't
turn yourself in,

you cannot stay here.

- I don't have
anywhere else to go.

- What about Blood River?
Do you still have family there?

- My cousin.

He'd help me, at least

until I figured it out.
- OK, well, that's something.

[speaking Native language]

- Who's that? Did you
bring someone?
- No.

Let's go.

- There's no need
for that, ma'am.

We know Kodie Chartrand is here.

We just need to check
the premises.

I know... I know
she's probably family,

but... oh, she's
in a lot of trouble.

- Mom, where--

- You're just out here
by yourself?

I'd hate for you to get hurt.

[gunshot]

- Go.

- They're gone.

Forget it, they're gone.

- Taylor, you're copying
my life. You move

into my apartment and
you walk with Bear Clan...

- I'm just trying
to make a difference.

- You don't have any other
friends. You don't have a job--

- I was supposed to be
the lawyer, Luna, remember?

And then I lost my family

and I got poisoned
and I got leukemia.

Look, I don't have
anybody else.

But it's kind of hard
sitting around,

watching your best friend live
the life that you were supposed

to have.

- I went to prison, Taylor.

- And now you're playing lawyer
and you're saving lives like
it never even happened.

- You want my job? Take it.
Because right now,

our only client
just stole her children.

Hi, I heard about
that Amber Alert?

Yeah,

I saw this super sketchy vehicle
idling down on Bannatyne.

Thought I saw some kids
in the back seat.

Thanks.

Look, you've had two years
of clear tests.

Maybe it's time you move on.

- Here we go.

- Got it?

- Alright, just
a little further.

Come on, baby,
we gotta hurry.

- But I'm tired.
- And I'm hungry.

- Me too.
- Cousin Joel can cook.

Don't you worry about that.
We'll have a proper fry up

when we get there, I promise.
- Mom?

What's happening?
Did you screw up again?

- Um... You know what?

I think I have a... yes, here.

This'll tide you over.

[woodpecker pecking]
- You're doing your best.

- It's what moms do.

Doesn't always work out.
Didn't for your mom.

- That was different. You're
fighting for your kids.

- I'm pretty sure she fought
for you too, but she got stuck.

- Right.
- Seriously.

Once MFS was involved,
her hands were tied.

Joanna, when we ran,

your dad called
MFS on your mom.

Once they were in,
she couldn't do anything.

- No...

No, he never called
child services.

- He did. My mom told me.

I wanted to tell you,
but by the time

I wasn't grounded anymore,
you were gone.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't
have said anything.

It doesn't matter.
- No, it's OK. Um...

How much farther?

[dramatic music]

- Heard about your Amber Alert.

I always really liked Kodie.

- Someone in the area
called the tip line.

Saw her and another woman
on foot in the bush

with her children,
headed in this direction.

- Well, she's got family here.
- I know I don't have
jurisdiction, but...

- Yeah, I like you too,
Owen, but I can't have

the Millwood police chief
come in searching homes.

- I don't want that. I just
wanna help those kids.

- Let me knock on some doors,
see if anybody knows anything.

Friends of yours?

- Not exactly.

Bastard must have
a police scanner.

- You know, it's not good
when you show up here.

It's really bad if they do.

[birds chirping]

[cell phone ringing]

- Hi.
- [Good news. I got a letter
from True's doctor]

[on file with MFS.]
- That's great.

- Do you have Kodie?
- I found her at the camp,
but she refuses

to turn herself in.
- [Why does it sound]

[like you're walking?]
- New plan.

- Please don't tell me you're
helping our client evade arrest.

- I'm doing everything I can
to protect both of us.

- I don't like this, Joanna.
You're flirting with the line.
- I, um...

I need you to do something for
me at MFS. Bring me a case file.

[sighing]
- Alright, what name?

- Hanley.

Thanks.

- Please, you have to let me
see him, please! Get
your hands off of me!

Billy?
- You OK?

- So, she's in there or not?
- Couldn't say.

Gonna let Officer Fisher
do his job, and you are too.

- Oh, of course, of course.

It's what it's all about--
helping out

the law enforcement
any way we can.

You know, just 'cause
you can't go in there...

there's nothing stopping us.
I could do you a solid
and go in there

and check it out.
- You really think anyone's
gonna be any happier to see you?

- Us, or me in particular? Ah...

I'm just trying to balance
the scales, Owen.

Do some good, make up
for my mistakes.

- Pack it up.

You're leaving.

- You really trust the locals
are just gonna hand over
Kodie Chartrand to ya?

- Yes, I do.
- Well, maybe we'll just go
and take a look around anyway.

[clears throat]

[chuckling]

You have no authority here,
and we're not doing
anything illegal.

- They're my officers.
- No, they're just a group
of concerned citizens

on their day off.
- Well, maybe today,

but tomorrow you answer
to me at the station.

- So that's it, huh?

You'd rather protect
a junkie who kidnaps

her own kids than do your job?

Ah, it's 'cause she's
one of you, isn't it?

You got a group of
upstanding people here

who care about the law and
the safety of their community,

but you'll always side
with them, won't ya?

[tense music]

Oh, there it is.

There it is.

You got nothing
to say to that, huh?

'Cause you're not
one of us, are you?

You can pretend to be
a police chief all you want,

but we know what kind
of chief you really are.

- What I am is the man
who took you down.

I put you in jail.
I took your job.

You don't call
the shots anymore.

[dramatic music]

- Joel!

I know it's been a while, but--
- Don't tell me anything

you don't want me to know.

You must be hungry.

[tense music]

- Fisher gave me 15 minutes.
I don't want to abuse
his goodwill.

- That's all I need. Thank you.
- Don't thank me yet.

I'd do anything for Kodie,
but with Mercer whipping
everyone up,

I have to follow the law
letter perfect here.

- I understand, but
the kids are unharmed.

- She's still facing
parental abduction.

- She could get
a 10-year sentence.
- She takes a plea.

- Then Kodie never sees
her kids again.

Or... she turns herself in,

hands over the kids, and you
charge her with violating

a custody order.
- Contempt to court.

- Summary conviction,
two years' probation,

and those kids may get
to know their mother.

- If she turns herself in
peacefully.

Alright.

- Kodie...

- How the hell could you
do this to me?
- Kodie--

- You are lucky my kids
are here right now.

- Just listen to me.
When you are inside it,

it is hard to see
a way out. I get that.

When...

when you helped me,

I didn't want it. I didn't even
understand that I needed it.

I know that it looks
bad right now,

but there's still hope.

I am still fighting,
and I am not gonna leave you.

[crash]
- It's OK. It's OK.

- Kodie...

- They haven't looked at me
like that since I was using.

I promised myself they'd never
be scared of me again.

- Hey...

- Jesus, Jojo, do I need to?

- ♪♪ Someone told me

♪ That love

♪ Love has no limits

♪ No limits

♪ Love

♪ Love has no limits

♪ No limits

♪ No limits

♪♪♪

♪ Someone told me

♪ That love

♪ Love has no limits

♪ No limits

♪ Love

♪ Love has no limits

♪ No limits

♪ No limits

♪ Someone told me

♪ Right, clear and true

♪ About what hurts

♪ I write my story

♪ With more than words ♪

- Have we already reached
that stage in the case?

- As requested.

- Did you read it?
- Yeah.

- Oh god...

- Your father called MFS
on your mother.

Claimed he was afraid
for your safety.

- This is right about the time
she would've found out about
his affair with Gerrilynn.

She kicked him out of the house.

- You think he was just doing it
to try and get custody?

- Get custody, discredit her,

establish grounds to have her
committed, take your pick.

This was my fault.

- What are you talking about?

- He used what I did
against her.

- No, don't go there, Joanna.
You were a kid.

There's nothing you could've
done that would've been
that bad.

Hey...
- I think I'm gonna be sick.

Do you trust me, Luna?
- [Of course.]
- As your boss or your sister?

- Both.
- [Because as your sister,]

who moved heaven and earth to
clear you of murder charges,
I am pretty hurt

[that you told Kodie
that I didn't protect you.]

- That's not what I said.
- [And as your boss,]

I am furious that you
discredited me to our client

and gave her illegal
and unethical advice.

- You have no idea what Kodie's
going through right now.
- [It is not our job]

to empathise, it is our job
to get her out of it.

- It's not exactly something
I can just turn off, OK?
I've tried.

- Well, try harder,
because as your sister,

maybe I'll get over the fact
that you went behind my back

with Kodie, but as your boss,

if you aren't with me,
then you are against me

and there's no room for that
at Crawford Chang.
- Joanna--

- Here to congratulate me for
resolving an Amber Alert
peacefully?

- Didn't sound
too peaceful to me.

- Mercer's filing a complaint
against me because
I yelled at him?

- No, because you threw him
against a car and assaulted him.
- That's not what happened.

- It's what Sam's
saying happened.
- Yeah, well, you still think

I'm paranoid about him?

- You know, it's been
a busy few days.

Thanks for your concern,
everyone.

Looks worse than it is,

although I have filed
an official complaint.

Doesn't matter, though,
a little shiner like this.
What's important--

- I didn't do that.
I didn't hit him.

- How integral was your search
party in locating

Kodie Chartrand?
- You know, as an experienced
police officer,

what I saw yesterday
troubled me. It troubles me
that an Amber Alert

almost wasn't
issued at all.

We all know in child abduction
cases, every second counts,

and Millwood PD
wasted hours. Frankly,

it's left me concerned about
the competence and integrity

of the leadership.

Thank you, that's all.

- You're right,
he's gunning for you.

And you gave him the ammo.

- You're gonna be charged

with contempt to the court
order. We'll get you bail
and get you home.

- And we're already working
on a plan to get your kids back.

- We have,
before the Court,

a show cause hearing

from Mushkode Chartrand.
Ms. Cohen?

- On or about
August 12th of this year,

Mushkode Chartrand
removed her children

from their lawful guardian
in violation

of a court sanction agreement.
We have received

from the Millwood police force
a charging document

for a summary conviction
contempt of court charge.

- Your Honour, my client
surrendered peacefully

with the agreement
of a contempt charge.

- The Crown is exercising
its discretion

to increase the charge to two
charges of parental abduction.

We will be seeking
a 10-year sentence.

- Joanna, that's not
what Beckbie said.
- We had a good faith agreement,

Your Honour.
- The agreement was made
with the arresting officer,

Ms. Chang.
- The accused is
a demonstrated flight risk

and has shown a willful
disregard for this court's
orders.

We are asking
that bail be denied.

- Given the chronology and the
opinion presented by the Crown,

bail does not seem appropriate
in this situation.

- Your Honour, my client
is a loving mother

whose recent actions were driven

by a hardwired
protection instinct.

She is a parent.

Mushkode Chartrand
isn't a flight risk,

because the only things she
cares about are her children.

Wherever they are,
that is where she will be.

- The accused shall be placed
under house arrest

with an electronic monitoring
device. She may love her
children, but any attempt

to make contact with them and I
will revoke this bail agreement

and place her in remand.

You've been warned,
Ms. Chartrand.

- Hang tight, OK?

We'll meet you
at your house.

- What the hell was that?
- The bags, the kids,

Kodie, it's all connected.

If they're wrong about Kodie,
they're wrong about all of them.

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