All language subtitles for Da Vincis City Hall s01e02 Cat in a Tree.eng

(dramatic music)

>> Seems all normal.

Old folks upstairs
should be going to bed

right about now.

News is over and...

>> There they go.

Beddy-bye.

(tense music)

>> Okay, I need somebody
to cover the front.

You.

Okay.

(tense music)

>> Man: How much trouble
are we actually in?

>> Woman: Oh, everybody's
a little bit dirty.

>> Can you narrow
that down for me?

>> All 10 members
of City Council.

Both parties received
generous campaign donations

from both bidders
on the ad contract.

>> That's hardly illegal.

I mean, that's just
par for the course.

Cover your bets.

>> Tell you the reason I think
Manning is so pissed off.

>> 'Cause he lost a 50
million dollar contract

with the city?

That seems like a pretty
good reason to me.

>> I think it's got more to
do with revenge than money.

The guy's got a big ego.

He thinks, "Hey, I've been
a generous benefactor.

"I donated generously
to your campaign,

"I submitted the lower
bid and now suddenly

"you're gonna turn
around and screw me

"for the other guy."

I think he wants to know
names of each and every person

who voted for the other guy
and he wants to punish them.

>> All I got to know is

who told him what the
other guy's bid was?

I don't give a shit about
campaign donations, all right?

If Lloyd Manning's got
somebody on the council,

or worse, God forbid, in the
City Administrator's office

who's selling him that
kind of information,

I have got to know about it.

>> I don't think
you want to go there

with the City Administrator.

You piss her off, your
watch stops ticking.

>> I'm not having anyone
telling my business

all over town.

Am I right about that, Marcie?

>> Sorry, sir.

Didn't hear ya.

>> See?

(Rita chuckles)

Okay, what else are we up to?

What's next?

>> Rita: Tom Venice.

And it's gonna be a dance.

>> Okay.

>> No matter how much he
tries to get a commitment

out of you, you
just keep dancing.

I mean, they're
right on the fence

and if he pulls out
now we lose the track

and it goes to the suburbs

and all those jobs
are going with him.

>> We're not losing any jobs.

(tense music)

>> Okay.

When you hit the door, hit
it just above the lock.

I want that door swinging
open, not falling down.

Okay?

>> (quietly) Okay.

(door shuts nearby)

(dog yipping nearby)

>> Man: Come on.

Good boy.

Make it snappy.

>> Wait till they
take the dog in.

(tense music)

>> Maybe they parked
above the lagoon here

and they get out,
they're looking around,

looking for someone by himself.

>> Excuse me, sir.

>> Hmm?

>> Didn't you see the crime tape

at the head of the trail here?

>> Uh, no.

>> Yeah, well, this
area's off limits for now.

>> Oh, okay. Sorry.

>> You can head out this way.

Thank you.

No, no, no, this way.

>> So they walk up this
trail here and find the guy

and he's the first
guy they come across.

>> Totally random.

They're down here
looking for fags.

They probably came down
here before once or twice.

>> How'd he end up naked?

>> (scoffs) I don't know.

Maybe they got their
blood on his clothes

and then decided
to get rid of 'em.

Or maybe the clothes
came off when they were

dragging him down to the water.

>> Detective: Looks like
our witness is here.

>> All right.

(man exhales)

>> Good job.

(dog barks)

>> Okay.

You and you take the door.

When you hit it, I want it
open on the first crack, okay?

Go!

(thrilling music)

Hit it.

(ram bangs door)

>> Man: Hey!

>> Police! Get
down on the floor!

>> Man: What's happening?

>> Hit it again, hit it again!

(ram bangs door)

Vancouver Police!

Don't move!

Put your hands behind your head!

>> Yeah, yeah, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!

Chill, chill!

>> Anyone else in the house?

>> Man: Chill, chill! Chill!

Whoa...

Let's chill.

(dramatic music)

>> Stay down, asshole!

Don't move!

(dramatic music)

(crowd chattering)

>> Announcer: The horses
are now on the track

for the next race,

the distance, six and
one half furlongs.

>> Okay, watch it.

Here comes Tom.

I see he's brought ammunition.

>> Tom Venice?

>> Yeah.

Be prepared to be seduced.

>> Who's that?

>> Um, Billie Simms.

Megabucks.

She owns a stable here.

>> Simms Sugar,
the sugar fortune?

>> Yes, exactly.

Major campaign funders,
they're old, old Vancouver.

>> She's got major horses.

>> Yeah.

>> She's got a beautiful
string of horses.

Hey, Tom.

>> Your Worship.

>> Hey, got a fantastic
crowd here in the place.

>> Yeah, it's a good night.
>> Congratulations.

>> Yeah, good to see you.

>> Good to see you, too.

>> Let me introduce
a friend of mine.

>> Please.

>> Billie Simms,
Dominic Da Vinci.

>> It's a pleasure to
finally meet you, Mr. Mayor.

>> Likewise.

I've invested in many of
your horses over the years.

>> Oh, thank you.

We appreciate it.

>> I'm hoping I might get
a return on them someday.

>> (laughs) Me, too.

>> Well, it's just the
way I bet them, I'm sure.

>> Well, maybe tonight's
your lucky night.

>> Oh, maybe it is.

I hope so.

>> Billie, why don't
you scoot on down there

beside the mayor?

>> Would you like to join us?

>> I'd love that, thank you.

>> Good.

>> Hello, Rita.

>> Hello, Tom.

How are you doing?

>> I'm good. Nice to see you.

>> Why don't you
come bet with me?

If anybody can pick
a winner, it's you.

(announcer speaking
indistinctly)

>> So, what's looking good?

>> Well, I don't know.

I was kinda hoping
you'd help me out there.

>> Give me a look at that.

>> Would you mark
my program for me?

>> I'd be honored.

>> And the next race, too?

(horses nickering)

>> So, Tom tells me that you're

going to save the track for us.

>> Well, I don't know.

I really don't.

But if there's a way.

>> Your predecessor,
he was pretty gung ho

in getting the slot machines
approved for us here.

>> Was he?

>> Mm-hmm.

He figured they'd be shoo-in
during the next term.

(bell ringing)

>> Too bad he wasn't.

(both laugh)

Oh, he hooked that one.

He's going out too fast.

(lighter flicks)

>> I wasn't up here.

I was down there
on that path there.

So I didn't really hear
anything that was said.

>> You mentioned a pickup truck.

Where was that parked?

>> See that police car?

There, more or less.

>> Why would you remember that?

>> Well, I come up here
a couple times a week.

I like to walk here.

So it was just
unusual to see such a

large group of people.

>> How large?

>> Between 10 and
a dozen, I guess.

They were talking to a guy
who was sitting on the bumper.

He had his clothes off, he
was Asian, about 25, I guess.

Young looking from where I was.

>> He was naked?

>> Yeah.

>> Did it appear a
confrontation was going on?

>> Not really.

I guess.

I heard someone call him a
chink, a slope, like that.

>> That didn't sound
confrontational?

>> No, it did.

That's why I came
back a second time.

Felt like I should call 911,

but I thought maybe
it was nothing.

So I came back, saw the truck,

but everyone was gone,

so I figured everything
was worked out.

>> What time was that?

>> Not that late, 10.

10:30?

>> You think you could
identify any of these guys?

>> They weren't all guys.

There was a couple
of girls there, too.

>> Detective: Could you
identify any of them?

>> I don't know, uh...

I wasn't that close.

I don't know.

>> Okay.

What about the truck?

What make was that?

What color?

>> I'm not really
a truck person.

Sorry.

>> Detective: Okay.

(crowd roaring in distance)

(announcer speaking in distance)

>> Oh, that's a good book.

>> You read this?

>> Well, I read about it.

>> Oh.

>> (sighs) So you
been doing this long?

>> Five years.

>> Oh.

Hours must get
kind of crazy, no?

>> Yeah, it's not bad.

I like this job, this is good.

>> Your boyfriend doesn't mind?

>> Oh, I don't have a boyfriend.

>> Well, I find that
hard to believe.

>> Yeah?

>> You know, it's funny,
I got the same thing.

People find it incredible
I'm still single.

>> Really?

>> Sam.

We have to slide
Dominic out of here

before this ends with
somebody in tears.

>> I'm one vote on council.

That's it, just the one vote.

That's all I can
guarantee is the one vote.

This is a very contentious
issue, the slots,

like I've explained.

And we're fighting the fight,

but that's all I can really say.

>> Sir, we're already late.

>> Okay.

>> Look, I hate to
put pressure on you,

but if you can't
give us a guarantee,

I'm afraid we're going to have
to cut our losses and sell.

>> That's official?

>> Well, it is getting late,

so why don't we schedule
a meeting for another time

when we can work our
way through this.

>> Sure, sure.

If that's official,
I'd like to know

because I'd love
to see this track

back under local ownership.

Matter of fact, I ought to make
a couple of calls right now.

>> The first thing they're
going to start doing

is slashing jobs.

Nobody can make this
work without the revenue from the slots

and without the slots,
the track is gonna close.

For good.

>> You're the top guy?

You can make that call?

Are you the top man?

>> All we need is
an indication, sir.

We're losing a lot of money.

>> Well, like I said, I
don't control City Council.

I'm just the one vote there

and we're trying to
move this thing forward

just as soon as we can.

Look, I appreciate
everything you've done,

especially for tonight,
I had a great time here.

It's gonna work out.

>> All right.

>> Hey, Billie.

>> Hey.

>> Such a pleasure to meet you.

>> Oh, you, too.

I really hope we meet again.

>> Well, I hope so, too.

Looking forward to that.

Okay, we're gonna
talk soon, Tom.

>> Goodnight.

>> Dominic: Okay.

>> We've got one more meeting.

It's on the way.

(crowd cheering nearby)

(car rumbling)

>> Yeah.

Fine, just add in breakfast
between 7:30 and 8 inside.

>> Okay.

Thanks.

>> Thanks.

Hey, Zack.

>> Yeah?

>> Hey, tell me, do you have
a valid driver's license?

>> Yeah.

I don't think it's expired yet.

>> We need about 12
more portable toilets

and as many barbecues and
hibachis as we can round up.

Do you want to help with that?

>> Yeah, sure.

We going someplace?

>> Oh yeah, this place
isn't really livable.

We're just gonna build
up our numbers here.

I was thinking maybe
we'd set up a tent city

in one of the parks.

>> Yeah, well, the
weather's good for it.

>> I was thinking maybe
Queen Elizabeth Park.

>> Oh, that's gonna
get some attention.

>> What do you think?

You want to help with
the driving tomorrow?

>> Yeah, sure, yeah.

Sleeping out under the
stars, that's fine with me.

>> Good.

Yeah, too many of us now.

>> Yeah.

>> It's no big mystery
why Lloyd Manning

lost the city
advertising contract.

Pacific Com Media put
in a better proposal.

>> But Manning
had the lower bid.

Why go with the new guy?

Why go with the Americans

when the old guy
is doing just fine?

>> He wasn't doing just fine.

He got lazy.

>> That's why the
vote went against him?

>> Yeah.

He'd had the contract forever.

He's tight with the mayor,
he assumes it's going to be

awarded to him again,
business as usual.

He was asleep at the wheel.

>> Were you offered any
inducements by Pacific Com?

>> There was money out there
if I wanted to take some.

They had my vote anyway.

>> So you were aware that there
was money around for votes?

>> Yeah, and if you're
gonna ask me who I think

might have taken
some, I have no idea.

>> Well, Sam, Rita,
Chuck and I are going to

grab a drink together.

>> All right.

That's our cue.

>> Goodnight.

>> 'Night.

>> Take it easy, huh?

>> Hey, send over a couple more.

You know, we haven't had a
chance to talk, you and I,

about what you hope to
accomplish this term.

What are your hopes?

>> I think we ought to deal
with our transportation issues

before we're totally gridlocked.

>> Yeah.

How would you like to head up
the Transportation Committee?

>> I would be very flattered.

>> Okay, done.

>> Thank you.

I appreciate the confidence.

>> Good.

So, just getting back
to this other thing

just one more minute,

somebody on the council
told Lloyd Manning, okay,

what the Pacific
Com's bids were.

That's why he got under it.

That's why he's so
pissed off right now

because he thought he
was made in the shade.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> And who might
that somebody be?

>> That's a good question.

>> You suggesting
that I know who it is?

>> I'm suggesting that
that guy who's the new

head of the
Transportation Committee,

who's gonna have all kinds
of inside information

about where the new
route's being developed,

where they might go,

I'm suggesting that
guy wants to know.

Who was it on the
council who's prepared

to sell this kind
of information?

>> Right.

>> Right.

>> Just get back to me
when you can on that one.

And it'd be a good idea for
the next couple of weeks if um,

you'd come on by the office

and we can talk more about
the Transportation Committee.

I gotta take off.

>> 'Night.

>> Dominic: Goodnight, sir.

>> Detective: So you're
talking about the victim now?

>> Yes.

Every time he went
out he'd carry

this big knife under his jacket.

>> Detective: So every
time that you saw him,

he'd be carrying a big knife?

>> I think so.

>> Uh, it was how big?

Like a machete?

>> Yes, it was a machete.

>> Now, did you ever
complain to anyone

about him having the machete?

>> Well, I talked to him.

He wanted to carry it because
of that dog over there.

I called the police
and told them,

but I don't think they
did anything about it.

>> Did you ever have any trouble
with that dog over there?

>> Everybody hated that dog.

It was always getting
loose and running around.

I'm glad it's dead.

You know, the police
shot him the other day.

Right in broad daylight.

>> Yeah, we heard about that.

Okay.

Thanks for your time.

(traffic rumbling)

(car horns honking)

>> Morning.

Morning, Marcie.

Nice to see you.

>> Hi, Sam.

>> Dominic: Hi, Sam.

>> Did you read the
Chief's comments about the halfway house?

>> Yeah.
>> Yeah?

It's not so good.

It's kinda nasty.

>> Yeah, it could've been worse.

>> Here, I got that.

You're taking this very calmly.

I like that, I like
the new attitude.

>> What am I gonna do?

You know, he's got a right to
say whatever he wants to say.

I'm not gonna get steamed
up every time he opens

his stupid mouth.
>> Let's avoid the elevator.

We'll take the back stairs.

(mobile ringing)
>> What's happening?

>> Oh, it's a little protest
from the neighborhood

about the halfway house.

>> Oh?
>> Yeah.

They're gonna come to
the next council meeting.

They left a petition with me.

>> Petition?

>> Yeah.

After you, please.

>> Well, how many
names are on it?

>> Sam: Uh, about a
hundred and change.

>> Hey, Claire.

This is gonna sound
like a pain in the ass,

but you think you
could dig me up a list

of all the missing
aboriginal kids

dating back to about
the mid-eighties?

>> Sure.

Boys and girls?

>> Yeah.

>> Nationwide, provincial, what?

>> Uh, both would be good.

I'm just trying to get
a really good handle

on what kind of numbers
we're looking at here.

>> Sure.

Oh, the DNA confirmation
on the two boys came in.

>> Okay.

Uh, you want to try and
get a hold of their parents

for an interview?

>> I'll try.

>> Thanks.

>> Rita: Good morning.

>> Well, good
morning to you, Rita.

How are you doing?

>> Good.

How are you?

>> You look nice today.

>> Thank you very much.

First thing, City
Administrator's here,

but your friend's
on the line waiting.

>> My friend? What friend?

(telephone rings)

Oh, is he?

>> You want me to leave?

>> No, I want you to stay.

Close the door, though.

>> Okay.

>> Oh, yeah, you don't
want to miss this.

Oh.

Can I put him on, I'm
gonna put him on speaker.

(ring tone hums)

Zack?

>> Zack: Yeah.

>> Dominic: How's
it going down there?

>> Zack: It's terrible!

There's no water,
there's no toilet,

dust, dirt, they've got
rats in there, you know?

It's no good.

I gotta go home,
gotta take a shower.

>> How many people
down there, Zack?

>> Well, I don't
know, there's 50, 60.

There's more coming.

>> Any sign of a police
plant down there?

>> Well, I don't know, maybe.

>> So what's the story, Zack?

What's your assessment?

Are they in there
for the long haul

or what's going on?

>> No, no, no, no, they
want to get out of there.

They want to set up a tent
city at Queen Elizabeth Park.

>> No, Queen Elizabeth Park?

That's a major
tourist attraction.

Can't do it.

That's the gardens and all that.

>> I have a wedding
coming up there.

When is this happening?

>> When is this
supposed to happen?

>> Well, you know, we gotta
get the tents together,

we gotta organize
everything, right?

>> Maybe you could talk 'em
into staying where they're at.

What do you think?

>> (scoffs) I don't think so.

>> What about CRAB Park?

>> Oh!
>> That's closer.

>> Jeez, that's perfect.

Yeah, CRAB Park.

You know where CRAB Park is
down by the waterfront, Zack?

>> Well, yeah, uh...

That's Vancouver
Port property, right?

>> That's right.

Why don't you see if you
can them into trying it out

and put it in CRAB Park.

Have a shot at that.

>> Well, I don't know.

I think the guy's
really got his heart set

on Queeny Park because of
the publicity angle, right?

Look, I'll see, okay?

I gotta go.

Bye.
>> Okay.

(ring tone hums)

>> Hey, aren't we in
some sort of title fight

with the port over
that piece of land?

>> Yeah, and now we can make
our problem their problem

for a change.
>> Yeah.

>> Dominic: That'll
be kinda fun.

>> Yep. Here you go.

>> That's today?

>> Yep.

>> What's next?

>> City Administrator.

>> Oh, yeah, you said that.

>> Please try not
to piss her off.

>> I should try not
to piss her off.

Oh, how will I
ever remember that?

(car rumbling)

>> Hey.

>> Hey.

>> How we feeling today?

>> Slept like a baby.

>> We'll go again tonight.

I've got an address.

Cindy and I will cruise
it, check it out.

>> Yeah.

>> Good work last
night, it was fun.

>> Yeah.

>> What do you say to
those who are suggesting

that the police response
at the halfway house

is inappropriate?

>> Well, who's saying that?

All I'm hearing is from
people who completely

approve of our response.

>> Well, I understand
the mayor, for one,

is none too pleased.

>> Well, let's
examine the situation.

You've got a house full of
drug addicted mental patients

smack dab in the middle of a
family oriented neighborhood.

Now, I ask you, who
in their right mind

would ever think that's
not going to cause

some serious problems?

>> The provincial and
federal governments

both seem to think
it worthy of funding.

>> And I say experiment
somewhere else.

Not in my city.

It's just another
example of our history

of being soft on drugs,

which comes from fuzzy thinking
from soft-headed people,

of which our present
mayor is head softie.

I don't know what to
expect out of his mouth.

(traffic rumbling)

(diners chattering)

>> Hey, guys.

>> Hey.

>> Maria, did we get
the toxicology back

from the victim at
the halfway house yet?

>> Yes, we did, I was
just looking at that.

>> Any drugs in his system?

>> Quite a few.

Diazepam, Thorazine, lithium.

A lesser man would
have been rendered

more or less catatonic,

but I guess he had
quite a tolerance.

>> Any street drugs?

Heroin, coke, meth?

>> No, it looks like he was
just on the prescriptions.

>> And no alcohol, you said?

>> No alcohol.

What's your theory there?

>> Well, I think maybe
the dog attacked him,

that's why he was out
in the street screaming.

>> Did someone use a
stun gun on this dog?

>> Not that we know about.

>> Well, I checked him
out in the freezer.

He's got two marks on his chest.

Looks like stun gun
artifacts to me.

>> Hm.

>> Yeah, so I'd be looking for
a stun gun somewhere in this.

Did you look for
artifacts on the guy?

>> Me, no.

I'll look again.

>> Okay, but you have
to tread lightly.

She may seem very tough,
but she's very sensitive.

>> Sensitive like me?

>> Yes.

>> Hey, thanks for coming.

>> You're welcome.

You have a good team here.

Neither Sam nor
Rita would tell me

what this meeting was about.

Very cloak and dagger.

>> Well, it's about the
city advertising contract.

>> Oh, right.

Mr. Manning's been
complaining, has he?

>> Well, as a matter of fact,

he feels that he
lost the contract

because of influence peddling
from Pacific Com Media.

>> He should talk.

>> So now you are
City Administrator.

All these kind of bids for
all these different things,

they would come
across your desk.

>> Everything comes across my
desk at some point or another.

>> Dominic: Okay.

>> If this is a quiz,

I could be a little
fuzzy on the numbers.

>> No, no, no, but...

So yourself and then
how many of your staff

would you say would be
privy to that information?

>> Where are you
heading with this?

>> Well, Manning obviously knew
what the opposition's bid was

before he submitted his own bid.

>> And you want to know
which of my staff would have

given him that number.

>> Yeah.

>> Did you notice anyone
hanging by their thumbs

from the clock tower when
you came in this morning?

>> Didn't notice.

>> 'Cause that's where any of
my staff would be right now

if they'd done that.

>> Okay.

>> My staff is
clean, tamper-proof,

and you're gonna have
to take my word on that.

>> Okay, I'll do that.

>> If there is a leak,
it's not in my department,

it's on council.

>> On council?

So where do I start
looking there?

>> Don't know.

>> Okay, thank you.

Jeez, I'm sorry if I said
anything that offended you.

I feel like I've offended you.

>> Not at all.

>> Okay.

We've got to get
together and talk about

the police and
fire, uh, you know.

>> Anytime you're ready.

>> Okay.

Was that sensitive
enough for you?

>> It's a start.

>> How are we doing with
our councilor interviews?

That's what I want to know.

>> Well, we've got
five out of ten,

nobody's confessed yet.

Do you want me to continue?

>> Oh, yeah, you keep digging.

Find that hole, I'll plug it.

(traffic rumbling)

>> Well, it's usually
pretty bad news

when the coroner comes calling.

>> Well, something
good may come of it.

>> Is it one of the kids here?

>> Uh, no, no.

>> That's a relief.

How can I help?

>> Well, you were involved
in a police investigation

several years back.

I don't know if you recall.

>> Well, which investigation?

I've been involved in a few.

>> Okay.

Well, this one, uh...

You were interviewed by a vice
detective name of Jim Laden.

It would have been
about 15 years ago.

>> (scoffs) I don't remember.

That was a long time ago.

I was on the street back then.

I was always getting
picked up by the cops

for something or other.

>> Well, this one
would have been about

a couple of aboriginal kids
that went missing at the time.

>> That was a long time ago.

>> Yeah, 1993.

>> Are they dead?

Is that why you're here?

>> Yeah, we found their remains

and I was hoping that
you'd be able to tell me

who it was you thought
they were hanging with

at the time of
their disappearance.

>> You know, I
didn't know back then

and I don't know now.

>> Is that right?

'Cause according to
the detective's notes,

you said that uh,

they had met up with
some guy who was

paying them pretty good and
bought 'em clothes, dope,

anything else they wanted.

>> Christ.

>> That's what you said.

>> Garth and Dennis, right?

>> Garth and Dennis,
that's exactly right.

>> Listen, uh, can we talk
about this another time?

I really don't feel comfortable
talking about it in here.

>> Yeah, I see what you mean.

Okay.

Here, there's my card.

You call me, all right?

Any time.

>> All right.

Thank you.

>> Thank you.

The sooner the better, right?

>> Oh, hey, Finn!

Wait up a minute.

>> Hi, Charlie, how you doing?

>> Good, good.

So how we doing on that case?

>> Still pluggin' away.

>> We got the tox results in,
but nothing unusual there.

The guy was on his
meds, nothing else.

Might have been a
stun gun involved.

>> Okay.

>> And there definitely
was a dog involved

that might have provoked
the victim's actions.

>> Uh, this is the
dog you shot, right?

>> Yeah, same dog.

>> Yeah, yeah, you shoulda
got a statement from him

before you shot him.

>> Ha, ha, ha, funny.

>> Actually, uh, you know,
we got a call about that.

The owner of the dog wants
to press charges against you.

>> Jesus.
>> He says it was unprovoked.

>> Unprovoked?

>> Yeah.

>> The dog cleared
a six foot fence

and was going for my nuts.

>> Yeah, hey, I
wouldn't worry about it.

It's not gonna go anywhere.

So now listen, when are
we gonna see a report?

>> Soon as we write it up.

We're just trying to
interview the constables.

>> Oh, good.

Couple of standup
guys, those two.

All right, take it easy.

>> Jesus Christ.

I'm gonna end up
getting the biscuit

for shooting that
goddamn dog, you watch.

It's the only time I
raised my gun, ever.

Jesus!

>> Joe, relax.

You did the right thing.

I'm glad you did.

>> Joe: Thank you.

>> Yeah, 'cause it
was coming for me next

right after he
chewed through you.

>> Yeah, I know.

That was a bad dog.

(traffic rumbling)

>> Sorry to interrupt, I
know you have a meeting,

but I think I may have
something for you.

>> Found the leak, I hope.

>> I figured I'd
do some checking

into some of the councilors'
spousal relationships.

It looks like Sandra
Ferlinger's husband

has been doing business
with Mr. Manning.

>> What?

>> Yeah.

He owns a small
printing company.

Manning bought a piece
of it shortly before

the ad contract went to a vote.

>> That's conflict of interest.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Yeah?
>> Yeah.

>> What does Sandra have
to say to this, huh?

>> She's in your office.

She wants to talk to you.

>> Sandra Ferlinger's in there?

All right.

>> Did you have time to
read Sylvia's article

about Chief Jacobs?

>> Oh, no, I, uh...

Will you give me the highlights?

>> Okay, thanks.

Um, "When asked about
the halfway house,

"the Chief gave a
blunt assessment:

"Experiment somewhere
else, not in my city.

"It's just another
example of our history

"of being soft on drugs, which
comes from fuzzy thinking

"from soft-headed people
of which the present mayor

"is head softie.

"I don't know what to
expect out of his mouth."

>> Draw up a list of
potential chiefs of police.

>> Uh, sorry?

>> Get me a list of names
of potential candidates

for the office of Chief
of Police of Vancouver

to replace Bill Jacobs.

This is it.

I've had enough of his bullshit.

>> Rita: Okay, great.

>> Jesus Christ, my city?

>> Do you want to take five
minutes before you go in?

>> No, I'm fine.

Give me that paper.

>> I'm sorry, you sure you
want to handle it this way?

>> Yeah, and get me
an emergency meeting

of the police board, okay?

So I'll have that list
of names right there.

'Cause this is bullshit.

I've had enough of this
and someone's gonna

get their ass handed
to them in their hat.

>> Is this a bad time?

I can come back.

>> It's a good time.

Come on in, Sandra,
come sit down.

>> So, uh, how's things
going settling in?

>> Yeah, well, it's a little
more like jumping right in, but.

So, Sandra.

>> Hello.

>> I'm sure you've
heard the allegations

that Lloyd Manning's been making

about how Pacific
Com Media bought that

city ads contract
out from under him.

>> I heard, yes.

>> You heard that?

>> Sour grapes, if you ask me.

He's had it a long time.

>> So you don't think that
they bought out the vote

from under him?

>> Do you have
evidence that happened?

>> I got evidence.

I got evidence that your
husband sold Lloyd Manning

a big piece of his company.

>> Right.

Yeah, well, that was
something that he was

trying to do for a while.

>> You don't think that's
something you should report

as a conflict of interest?

>> Well, no.

I mean, uh...

Yes, I guess maybe
I should have.

>> Oh, it looks bad.

You know that.

>> I suppose it
could look that way.

>> Oh, no, no, it
does look that way.

>> Manning didn't buy my vote.

>> Okay, all right.

Fine.

Next question.

Who told Lloyd Manning what
Pacific Com Media's bid was?

>> It wasn't me.

>> Somebody did.

>> Well, it wasn't me.

>> Jesus.

>> Look, I'm really,
really sorry that I didn't

report the sale of
my husband's company.

I know it was a conflict.

>> Yes, it was.

>> You want my resignation?

>> Jesus, no, I don't
want your resignation.

Calm down.

I want your support
on the slot machines.

>> I can't do that.

>> What are you talking about?

What do you mean can't do that?

>> Because I'm opposed.

>> All right, as long as
you get up in the council

when Ben Solomon starts
rattling off about

the evils of gambling.

You respond, you respond
in a positive fashion.

Can you do that?

>> Well, I'll um, just have
to question my conscience

on that one.
>> That's fine.

You just take as much time
questioning your conscience

as you did questioning
the ethics of your husband

being in business with Lloyd
Manning and I'll be satisfied.

Thanks for coming by.

>> Oh, no, thank you.

>> Always nice to
see you, Sandra.

>> Sandra: Same here.

(motorcycle rumbling)

(police sirens blaring)

>> And I can see they cleared
out most of the window cameras.

Tray of rings,
couple cell phones.

>> All right.

Okay, I'm gonna check
him for some ID.

Oh, man.

(traffic rumbling)

>> Hey, Mick.

>> Hey.

So the guy's just up
here in the doorway

of the pawnshop here.

His name's Yusuf Sadat.

Where's the owner?

>> I got him down the
street there in my car.

>> Oh, you want to
run and get him?

They're gonna need
to talk to him.

I'll be out of your way
in just a minute here.

>> That's okay, take your time.

>> Hey, I heard from Maria
that the dog that got killed

looked like it had been
hit with a stun gun.

Is that right?

>> Joe: Yep.

>> What are the constables
saying about that?

>> Well, we were trying
to catch up with them,

but you know...

We do think they were
carrying one in their car.

>> They think about
using it on the victim?

You ask them that?

>> Yeah, it's on our list.

>> Well, I'd like
to know the answer.

Let me know.

>> Will do.

>> Now, the gay community,
they're keeping a

pretty close eye on this one.

So I just want to make sure that

if it turns out
to be a hate crime

we just do everything right.

We can prosecute it this way.

Now, this guy coming at us,
this is one of my councilors,

okay?

Can you just give him some
confidence it's being looked at?

That's all I ask for here.

Get his endorsement.

Because then witnesses
will start coming forward,

he tells the community,
everything's perfect.

>> Sure.

>> Jason.

Jason, over here.

>> Hey.

>> Thanks for coming.

This is Detective Carter.

>> How are you doing?

>> Pleasure.

>> Detective Carter's handling
the case down in Stanley Park.

So if you've got questions
for him, Jason, go for it.

>> So, have you arrested
any suspects yet?

Gin and tonic.

>> Uh, no.

No suspects at this point.

And so far, the evidence
doesn't say for sure

that this was a gay bashing.

>> Come on, it's
a known gay area.

The victim was gay, it
was a vicious beating.

>> Well, aside from the fact
that it occurred where it did

and the victim was
gay, we have nothing.

I mean, we're looking
at it like it could be,

but we don't want to get
tunnel vision, either.

>> Okay, but the suspects,
whoever they might be,

have to have known
it was a gay area.

I mean, you'd have to be
living in a box not to know it.

>> We have a witness who
overheard some racist statements

being directed at the victim,

but we don't know if these
are the same suspects

who said this or what.

>> It'd be a real step forward

if we could prosecute
it as a hate crime.

>> Well, if it's racial
and the witness can testify

he overheard these statements,
hate crime might be possible.

>> Right, okay, but
I'm talking about it

being prosecuted as a
hate crime against gays.

>> We're just working
with the evidence.

That's all we can do.

The Crown will decide
how to prosecute.

>> Okay, well, thanks
for the update.

We appreciate that.

>> Right.

I'll give you the
heads up as we go.

>> Would you?
>> Yeah, sure.

>> Okay, thank
you for that, too.

>> Jason: Thank you.

>> Okay.

>> All right, good seeing you.

Okay?

>> Thanks for doing that.

>> No problem.

Boy, Jesus.

Am I ever getting a lot of
heat from the police chief

over these halfway houses.

It doesn't stop.

>> I read about that.

>> Dominic: Yeah?

>> He sounded pretty
cocky, I thought.

>> Oh, yeah.

Well, that's gonna pass.

But listen, somebody tells
me now you're pretty tight

with the director
of police services.

Is that true?

>> We went to law
school together.

I wouldn't say we're tight.

But he takes my calls.

>> Oh, well, could
you put in a call?

Could you get him to
remind the police chief

that civic policy
is just not his job.

>> Okay.

>> You might also
want to remind him

we've got four more of
these houses coming online.

I just don't need the chief
of police being the one

that's stirring up all the
opposition that's out there.

>> Sure.

>> As a matter of fact,
I got one of those houses

coming right down there
in the west end, too.

>> Great.

I'll get out in front of that.

>> Dominic: I'd appreciate
it if you would.

>> You know, I don't
think you're gonna hear much opposition.

>> Dominic: Why?

>> Especially if you put
in a word with the Premier

about keeping that
hospital open.

>> Hospital.

>> We lose that hospital,

we're gonna have a whole
lot of people very upset.

>> Yeah.

Premier.

Okay, well, I got a call

scheduled with the
Premier tomorrow.

I'll bring it up with him then.

Is that soon enough for you?

>> Perfect.

>> Uh, I was closed
for the night,

but Yusuf come to the door.

So I uh, I buzz him in.

He wanted to buy a phone card.

>> So you knew him well.

>> Yes, every week he
buy a phone card from me.

Uh, he bought the phone
card and I let him out.

I just turn around, I went
to close, shut the light,

and he come right back,
screaming, shouting.

So I buzz him in again,

but three men, they follow
him in and they stab him.

>> Was Yusuf
dealing, do you know?

>> No, not that I know.

>> What did these
three men look like?

>> I don't really get good look.

>> What happened to your hand?

Did you get those cuts
fighting them off?

>> I'm all right.

>> We really need a
description of those men.

>> Uh, one was dark skinned
and the other two were white.

>> Did they say anything
during the attack?

>> No, nothing.

>> Have you seen
any of them before?

>> No.

>> You got a camera up there.

You get anything on tape?

>> No, the system is broken.

It was broken when I
bought the business.

>> Well, we need a
good description,

so maybe you want
to sit in the back,

think about it a minute?

>> Sure.

(police radio chattering)

>> How many people you
got staying here tonight?

>> Uh, 64.

>> We got tents for about 50.

Did you find any of those
Jiffy cans anywhere?

>> Uh, we got three.

>> Do you mind if I
ask you a question?

>> No, fire away.

>> Well, how come
Queen Elizabeth Park?

I mean, that's just gonna
bring the police down on us

before we even get the tent
pegs in the ground, right?

>> We gotta keep escalating
this for the media, you know?

They get easily distracted.

Especially when it's something
as sexy as homelessness

or the always
intriguing poverty.

>> People are gonna
get their heads busted

if you go over there.

Well, where are we gonna
go after we get kicked out?

>> I was thinking maybe
that back lawn at City Hall.

You got that big
stretch of grass.

You don't like the idea.

>> Well, I mean, it seems to
me like a whole lot of effort.

I mean, but hey,
you're the boss.

>> No, I'm open to suggestions.

>> Seems to me that we need,
you know, public support.

I mean, I'm not just some loser.

I'm just an ordinary guy who
got caught in a squeeze, right?

>> Hey, Dawn.

>> Yep?

>> Give me a hand
with these, all right?

>> You go into a tourist
destination like that,

you're just gonna piss
off a whole lot of people.

>> I know, but I've got to keep
the pressure up on City Hall.

>> Yeah, but not
everybody around here

is as dedicated as you.

And that's a long way from
any amenities up there, right?

The food banks are down here,

the healthcare
clinics are down here.

People are gonna get
real tired going up there

at the end of the day.

>> But it's a tactical move.

You don't get any
concessions by being nice.

You have to irritate
these people.

>> Yeah, okay, okay, I get it.

I'm just saying it's
a long way to go

to get beat up and then
sent right back downtown.

Hey, maybe a young guy like you,

maybe you could take a
couple kicks to the head,

but me, I'm tired
of this shit, right?

Huh?

(traffic rumbling)

>> Here's a short list
of potential new chiefs.

>> Who we got here?

Anybody interesting?

>> A couple of prairie
boys, ex-horsemen.

>> Hmm.

No, no, I know these guys.

They're all in the
same mold as Jacobs.

>> How about this woman
here out of Calgary?

>> Oh, now that's
kinda interesting.

Oh boy, would that ever
stir things up, eh, Marcie?

Ah?

>> It might be a
bit of a hard sell.

(Dominic laughs)

Anyway, that's the
overnight research.

I'm expecting to get a few
more resumes sometime today.

>> Okay.

We ought to make sure
that we do not leak

any of this information
up to Jacobs.

That can't happen.

>> I went through a headhunter,

so the candidates think
it's about the job posting

in Victoria, not Vancouver.

>> That's how you're doing it?

>> Sam: Yeah.

>> That's pretty good.

>> Okay, and you said you
wanted to talk to the Premier

about the hospital.

>> Oh, yeah, goddammit, yeah.

I gotta get that on
there with the Premier.

'Cause if I lose that hospital,

I got the whole
west end in revolt.

What else?

>> And Sylvia
Markham wants to know

if you care to respond
to the chief's comments

about your soft drug policy.

>> Sure.

Sure.

HIV rates are down, crime
stats are down generally,

break and enters, overdose
stats, they're down.

They might call our
drug policy soft,

but I think-

>> Hi, Sylvia,
this is Sam Berger.

I have the mayor
on the phone here.

Yep.

Well, turn on your
tape, here he is.

>> I mean, I don't
even, who is this?

>> Sylvia.

>> You know what, the whole
thing's going on right here,

you understand what
the picture is,

is the chief trying to get
himself more manpower period

by fear mongering.

That's it.

Now, I don't want
to be answering

any more shallow questions-

>> HIV rates are down.

>> HIV rates are down.

Crime stats are down
generally, break and enters,

they're down.

Everything's down sharply.
>> Overdoses.

>> The overdoses and everything.

I mean, our policy, you
want to go and call it soft,

that's fine, but I think
the point is that...

(player grunts)

>> Yeah, I remember
Garth and Dennis.

I think they were from the
band north of Squamish.

>> Yeah, that's right.

They were pretty fresh to the
street when they disappeared.

>> Ah, they were new to the
street, but they weren't fresh.

They went through some
heavy shit, real harsh.

>> Mick: They tell you
about it at the time?

>> Yeah.

Shit, everybody on the street
talked about everything.

We were all trying
to survive it.

>> Okay.

Well, anything you
can tell me at all

is gonna help me out here.

>> Okay.

Well, being Indian,
Native, aboriginal,

whatever we call it these days,

I guess they found some guy
that had a specific thing

for Indian kids.

I don't know if that was
because they were Indian

and it was like an exotic
attraction kinda thing

or because they were
naive or whatever.

Or because they figured
nobody'd really give a shit

about them and figured
they had immunity

because cops didn't give a
shit about Natives generally.

>> What did they tell
you about this guy?

>> I think it was
Garth who told me.

One night they came home
with a fistful of cash.

Maybe a thousand bucks.

He wanted to go home,
get the hell out of Van.

Dennis couldn't,
for some reason.

Anyway, they got picked
up in a limousine

according to Garth,

taken to some fancy hotel.

Taken in through the
service entrance,

upstairs on the elevator
to some pretty fancy room.

>> You remember the
name of the hotel there?

>> Uh, Garth didn't know.

He didn't know the
city good enough.

He wouldn't have
known where he was.

I guess they went
once with this guy.

He paid them pretty good.

And then the next time
it wasn't just him,

it was a bunch of men.

They all got loaded
and had a gang bang.

I think it was Dennis
that mentioned one time

that he and Garth got taken
to Victoria for the night

in a helicopter.

Taken to a big party
where everybody was

doing everybody else.

I don't remember seeing
them much after that.

>> Remember of any other
kids that have disappeared

around that time?

>> Oh, a lot of
people came and went,

drifted into the scene
and back out again.

>> Remember if any of
them were Native kids?

>> Ah, jeez.

First names.

Adam.

Jeff.

Cody.

Uh, Cody Bell, I believe.

>> Cody Bell, that's
the last name, Bell?

>> Yeah, Bell.

B-E-L-L.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah, I don't remember
seeing him much after that.

>> Any of these guys
mention the limos,

fancy hotels, helicopters,
all that shit?

>> Well, I don't know if they
got the same kinda treatment.

Maybe they did.

I think, I think Cody did, yeah.

>> That's messed up.

(truck rumbling past)

>> You've been a little
hard to track down.

>> I've had some busy shifts.

>> Where's your partner?

>> He's still on rest leave.

>> Okay, so?

You said you had something
you wanted to explain.

>> Uh, yeah.

I forgot to mention that

we had a stun gun
with us that night.

>> Yeah, I heard about that.

Now, that was you or
your partner had that?

>> That was me.

The dog was in the
middle of everything,

so I shot it with the stun gun
just to get it out of play.

>> Why was it you decided
to use it on the dog

and not on Mr. Green?

>> Well, we were hoping that
he'd see the dog go down

and he'd calm down.

That didn't happen.

He saw the dog get
hit, he got wilder.

He hit my partner
with the machete

and that's when I shot him.

>> Why'd you come forward with
this about the stun gun now?

Why avoid mentioning it earlier?

>> I didn't want to use it.

I had a bad experience
before with one

and I didn't want to have to
go through all that again.

>> What was the bad
experience you had before?

>> I shot a guy who
was ripped on coke.

He ended up having
a heart attack.

>> Okay, where's
the stun gun now?

>> It's in the trunk.

>> Well, I'm gonna have
to confiscate that.

>> I don't think it
would have stopped him

even if we had used it.

>> Well, we'll
never know, I guess.

Can you pop the trunk?

>> What happens if I don't?

>> Well, it's not going to
look very good at a hearing

if I have to say you
were uncooperative.

>> I think I'm
gonna hold onto it

until I talk to a lawyer.

>> Hey, Joe.

Ali's spotted the suspects.

>> I'm gonna need that stun gun.

Don't lose it.

(traffic rumbling)

(constable exhales)

>> Okay, so you want to hear
what the chief is saying now

on the radio?

And I'm quoting loosely.

Next time there's a call
to this halfway house,

I mean any police call,
whether it's a noise complaint,

a cat in a tree, a
lunatic in the street,

and I am going to send a
full emergency response team

to respond and I'm sending
the bill to the mayor.

Because who knows what my
officers are going to be

walking into, et
cetera, et cetera.

>> Okay, you gotta respond.

You can't keep silent.

>> I'm responding.

I'm looking for a new hire.

>> Okay, well, in the
meantime, you can't let him

dominate the issue in the media.

>> All right, well...

Why don't we give him a call

and see if he wants to
take a late meeting?

>> Okay.

Here? Six, seven?

>> At his convenience.

>> Okay.

(Dominic sings melody)

>> What?

>> Okay, we're coming
up to the corner.

There's a bunch of
guys standing around.

>> Ali: That one there
with the dark blue hat.

>> Detective: Car 27 to 236.

>> Officer: This
is 236, go ahead.

>> We got the ID on
the guy on the corner

with the dark blue hat on.

Can you grab him for us?

>> Officer: Copy, dark blue hat.

Over.

>> Copy.

>> Hey, how are we doing
regarding finding out

who gave Manning that
number for the bid?

>> Well, nobody's
admitting to it.

I don't know, could be it
was the previous mayor.

>> Well, we can't
stop and assume that.

We better keep on digging.

What's this item here?

This charity event, I
don't remember that.

>> Ah.

Billie Simms' annual party.

>> Oh.

Excellent.

>> I didn't think
you wanted to go.

>> I'll just make an appearance.

>> All right.
>> Okay, so,

Chief sends his regrets.

He has no time to meet
with you this week.

>> No time this week?

>> Rita: No.

>> You just talk to him?

>> With his guy, yeah.

>> Hmm.

So they're in the office?

>> I could check.

>> Yeah.

Yeah.

(tense music)

>> Marcie: This your guy?

>> Bill.

Bill!

>> Well, hello, Your Worship.

>> Now, what's this, you
haven't got any time for me

this whole week?

>> I'm sorry, I've got
a very busy calendar.

>> Well, you got enough
time to declare war

on my drug policy.

You can't spend five minutes
talking to me about it?

>> What's to talk about?

You know that I don't go for
that four pillars approach.

>> That's an opinion you
keep to your goddamn self.

You understand me?

>> Look, I don't believe
that halfway house

is of any benefit
to any community.

I'm not gonna sit back
and say no comment

when I'm asked my opinion.

>> Okay, well, here's
the way it is, okay?

This may be fuzzy thinking,
but I don't think so.

The police department
works for the city,

not the other way around, okay?

That halfway house is
supported by the city,

therefore the police
will protect that house,

protect the people
in that house,

protect the people
around that house, okay?

You want a war with
me, you can have one.

>> Oh, can we quote you on that?

>> You sure can.

And you can read that
part about the chief

banging the shit out
of Sergeant Kurtz

in that hotel last year, too.

That'll go over pretty good.

All's fair in love and war.

>> Sounds like it went well.

>> Yeah, it went pretty good.

Thank you.

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