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Previously on The Border...

Jesus, Stop interrogating me. I'm not a terrorist.

You can't spend every minute of your time working,

and then spring the daddy-daughter time on me.

I'm as involved as you let me be.

I've leaned on you pretty heavily in this case.

- I can take the weight. - I know.

you've got a daughter for god's sake.

What would you have done?

Your spying on me? your such a freak.

Whats next? an ankle bracelet?

- Drive for 2 hours, sit for 2 hours,

wave a truck through, and drive home.

- Didn't they tell you the job involved travel?

There.

Convoy's on the bridge.

Home in time for breakfast.

Keep coming.

- Hey! - Whoa. Check this!

- Oh, man, you gotta be kidding me.

Get away from the vehicle.

Hands on your head.

Somebody help!

- Hold it! - Help him!

He needs help!

Somebody help him!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

- What are you doing here! - Shut up and lie down on the floor.

Get some help with this man.

Call an ambulance, then lock down the area.

We don't need to take anybody, we got transport. - I've got to get out of here.

- You take this case? - What're you talking about? - It's Zoe. Kessler's kid.

Get gone.

- This is my call, I'll take responsibility. - Go, go.

- They almost ran over him! - They'll call an ambulance, okay.

I need you to stay down there and be quiet.

- I need time to think. - I wanna go with the others.

You're gonna arrest them, right?

Arrest me too.

- You got street clothes on under that, right?

- Of course. - Alright, well get that thing off.

Where are you taking me?

- I want to turn myself in. - You're not gonna do anything until I talk to your father.

- I told you I don't want him involved.

- Well, like it or not, he is involved, Zoe. And he needs a heads up

before this hits the fan in very large chunks.

Go to your room. Get some sleep, okay. I'll talk to him as soon as he hits the office.

- I hate this. My friends are gonna think I ran out on them.

- I need you to sit tight. Now, give me your word.

- Three males, one female in detention,

one male in the hospital. All late teens, early twenties.

- They aren't talking until they see a lawyer. Not even their names.

None of them were carrying any I.D., no cell phones, either.

- What about the one in hospital?

- He's unconscious. The doctors are assessing him.

- How did a bunch of kids find out

about a secret shipment of radioactive material?

Even in this office, only the three of us and Gray knew about it. By the way--

- Oh, he's on his way in. - Did you spot anyone who could be the ringleader?

- One kid did most of the talking in the prison van.

- Let's start with him. - Got it.

I'm Major Mike Kessler, head of Immigration and Customs Security.

- Kessler? - That's right. And you are?

I'd like to call a lawyer.

- We've got 24h before we have to let you make that call.

Of course,

if you cooperate, we can shorten that time.

Yeah, I'll wait.

- You have a friend in hospital with serious head trauma.

I think his parents would like to be there with him.

- I assume you charged the driver with assault.

No, you broke the law.

You're on the hook for criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

- If you're looking for criminals,

try the people who were bringing weapons-grade plutonium into Canada.

Can I see you in private?

- It'll have to wait, Agent Mannering's up next.

- It's important. - Just give me a few minutes.

- This attack at the border. What was it? A hijacking attempt?

- College kids. Anti-nuke demonstrators. - You sure.

- That's my guess. One of them said the shipment was weapons- grade plutonium.

Is that true?

- Typical, misguided, leftist idiocy.

Then it is true.

- You know as well as I do that the U.S. and Russia have to decommission

thousands of nuclear warheads in order to comply with the

Non-proliferation Treaty.

The Ajax Research Center's been looking into ways of

reprocessing plutonium into reactor fuel.

- That truck was carrying nuclear warheads?

Decommissioned plutonium.

These children are actually impeding our attempts to find a peaceful use for that stuff.

- You could have told us. - It's classified.

And if the U.S. Department of Defense finds out about our security breach,

there'll be no more research in Canada.

- We'll stack the charges against these kids.

Scare them into giving up their source. - Drop the hammer.

There are hundreds of millions of dollars to be made from reprocessing plutonium.

We don't want to lose out on our share because of some

stupid college prank.

What?

- There were 6 protesters, not 5.

The sixth was Zoe. As she lifted

her mask for a second, I recognized her.

I threw her into the back of my truck, I drove her

- back to Toronto. - Jesus.

Where is she now?

I checked her into a hotel.

Now look, only Darnell and I know about this. It doesn't have to go any further.

Get your coat.

I need you to make the arrest.

Major. Detective Jackson.

Miss Castle.

- Hi. - Hi.

- You never said I couldn't make a phone call.

- I've been retained to represent the young people you have in custody.

- I'd like a word with my daughter. Alone.

- Is it official? - As her father.

Alright.

- I didn't want to drag you into this.

- You were protesting at the border. How could I not be involved?

- I thought they'd just take us to Niagara Falls

or Fort Erie and charge us with causing a disturbance. - Is that what you thought?

- Yes. I thought we'd pay the fine and they'd let us go. - You tried to stop

a secret shipment of radioactive material.

- It shouldn't be allowed in Canada.

How'd you find out about it?

Did you overhear something I said? - No.

- See something on my computer? - Of course not. You never let anything slip about your work.

- Well that's the first thing people are going to think. - No they won't.

No they won't. I never even told my friends what you do.

I'm talking about my people.

- This is something I believe in.

I wanted to take a stand.

- How did you find out about the shipment?

- I thought you were going to talk to me as my father.

- You're gonna be taken to detention. - Is that where the others are?

- Yes. - Then, that's where I want to be.

- Ms. Castle will try and get you a bail hearing

as soon as she can, you might be held for a day or two.

Let's go.

- I'm recusing myself from this case. You'll take the lead. - Understood.

- Find the damn leak so we can get these kids out of here. - I'll keep you posted.

- That's against the rules. - I'll keep you posted.

So, how's your ex handling it?

- She thinks Zoe's acting out, and by arresting her, I'm playing right into her hands.

- Huh, well, that's a theory. - She wants me to pull some strings and get her released.

- Oh, no, that's unrealistic. - She's her mother.

Not interested in being realistic.

Turn left.

Cell here on your right.

- I do not like this. - What?

- I don't know, creeping through Zoe's personal data. I mean,

I've known her since she was... cute. - Then try serving

her mother with a warrant so you can take her computer.

- And the sooner we get a lead, the sooner we'll be done with this.

- All of the protesters are here.

They're on her 'friends' list. There's the guy who took the header.

There's messages about meetings and articles:

anti-nukes, globalization, environment...

God, it's like the love child of Al Gore and David Suzuki

and, yes,

a link to Vidviral.

- First Canada votes for a UN resolution

on total, world-wide nuclear disarmament.

Then we abstain from a resolution

to include tactical nuclear weapons.

Now why do we do that? NATO believes

that nuclear weapons are essential for 'credible deterrence'.

And Canada is a member of NATO. So where do we stand? For or against?

- Hey, run this guy and see if you can--

- Calvin Herbert, nuclear physicist,

professor at U of T,

author of books, and papers, he's an activist,

Scientists petitioning for disarmament,

and he's also a founding member of PAPUA--

- PAPUA? - Yeah. Physicists Advocating the Peaceful Use of the Atom.

You know, it's a shame. All the really good acronyms are--

- You know, the North American nuclear science community

isn't that large. This guy could have insider information.

You got an address?

- Zoe. Zoe, you are facing serious charges.

Criminal charges. And if your friend in the hospital

doesn't recover, it could mean jail time.

- Superintendent Norton, are you going to lecture or are you going to interview?

- You've just spent a few hours in a jail so can you imagine what 6 months to 2 years?

Superintendent.

- [Knock! knock! Knock!] - Agent Jackson.

Sergeant Hourani. Immigration and Customs Security.

This is not unexpected.

- Why is that? - I knew that some of my more active students

had plans for last night. And when a couple didn't show up in class, I assumed

that there had been some fallout.

- So you knew about the protest? - The cause is very near and dear to me.

I offered my full support.

- That would be full support from here in the ivory tower.

Actually having to put your ass on the line.

Yes. Unfortunately I am

limited when it comes to

literally kicking against the pricks.

How's it going?

- Uh, nothing on these college brats,

they're clean as babes in the woods,

or babes in toyland, or

babes in... oh, hello!

- What? - Video clip

Zoe deleted. Well, PC deleted.

Retrieval should take, like, 10 seconds.

Oh, nope, 5. Pathetic.

Oh geez! Oh geez. Oh geez.

Great. Great. That's great. I'm never going to get

that image out of my head. Oh, I'm damned for all eternity now. Okay,

think kittens, think flowers--

- Play it again. - What?

- Are you insane? - Put it on your monitor.

- I need to see who the guy is. - Have you no sense of decency, sir?

Play it.

Here.

Not looking, I'm not looking.

Not looking. Not looking. Not looking. Not looking.

Not looking. I'm not looking... Not looking. Not looking.

Oh God.

- Okay. - Ah.

Thank you.

Okay.

Oh!

Just keep it yes or no, Okay?

- Try not to-- - So you actually saw it?

- Absolutely. - And you're sure?

- Absolutely. - Okay. Thanks.

How well do you know Daniel Winters?

I know him from school.

- Would you say he's a friend, a good friend?

- A friend. - Not a close friend?

- No. - Not close.

- No. - Okay!

Zoe. I know you've had sex with Daniel Winters.

And yet you say to me that he is not a close friend. So just how intimate do people

have to get with you before they're a close friend, Zoe? - Is any of this germane?

- And if you're lying about being with Daniel Winters, what else are you lying about?

- I never said I didn't have sex with him. - Are you lying about how you

found out about the shipment? Maybe you found out

- from your father. - No. I didn't!

- That question has already been asked and answered.

- If not your father, then who, Zoe? - Nobody, I told you,

- I don't know. - I think we're done here, Superintendent.

- So you knew about the shipment, but you won't tell us how you knew?

- I can neither confirm nor deny.

Charge me, please.

It would give me the ideal platform

to publicize Canada's collaboration in nuclear weapons research.

- You've got your facts wrong, here. This is about nuclear fuel, not nuclear weapons.

- Is that the official lie? - It's the truth.

- No. The nuclear warhead on that truck is powerful enough

to destroy the entire city of Toronto. And it's Canada's job

to make sure that it, and thousands of warheads like it,

retain their destructive power for decades to come.

- What are the charges? - They went with the laundry list, Mike.

Trespass, criminal negligence, assault. I'm surprised they missed possession.

- One of the kids had an inhaler. - Why the closed arraignment? - The Crown invoked

national security. There's a gag order on both parties. - You shouldn't be

- talking to me. - Screw'em. They're using an axe

to treat a hangnail. I'll fight it, it'll take time.

- What about bail? - Hearing's next week.

Mannering wants the defendants to stew in custody.

Thanks, Yvonne.

Mannering. What's this star chamber bullshit?

Excuse me?

- Those kids are no threat to national security and you know it.

- I can't possibly discuss this case with a parent

of one of the accused. I'm afraid you'll have to take up

your concerns with your daughter's lawyer.

- I shouldn't be telling you this--

- That's why we're standing outside in the cold.

- Gray and Layla got a little lesson in all things nuclear.

Seems that the oldest American ICBM's were scheduled to age out at 30 years.

Which is now. Department of Defense wants to know

how much the plutonium has degraded.

- Will they still get the bang for their buck if they decide to launch.

- Exactly. - There's a moratorium on testing.

- Which is why they sent a warhead to Ajax.

The scientists there are working on a way to analyze the 'efficacy' of the plutonium.

- So we're supporting the U.S. nuclear weapons program.

- The Canadian government wants the business, they just

don't want anyone to know about it.

Did you traced the leak?

- Maybe this Professor Herbert. - Stay with it.

Hey, Mike? Check on Zoe.

I was pretty hard on her. She might need a little T-L-C. - Thanks.

- They said we'd be here at least a week. Why are they doing this?

- They want to find out where you got your information. - Maggie went after me

like I was Bin Laden. I thought she was your friend. - She's trying to do her job.

- Well, she said I was lying. - About what?

- They found some stuff on my computer. - What stuff?

- Just some stuff. Can they do that? Can they just take my stuff?

- Zoe, they're going to poke into every corner of your life

until they figure this thing out.

Yeah, well, it isn't fair.

- This has got nothing to do with fair.

[Buzzer]

I'll get you out of here as soon as I can.

I need to see Zoe's computer.

Uh, I thought you weren't

on this case. Because, you know--

I'm not.

- Well then, the answer would be:

Sorry, um, no.

That would be protocol.

I can't. No, I can't, okay.

Ask me anything else. You want, you want your driveway shoveled? Anything.

- You look like you could use a coffee. - Uh, no, thanks.

I'm at maximum apogee right now.

- You need a coffee. - No.

No coffee. Please.

Oh, God.

Uh! Gray! Gray!

Gray! I'll show you the video.

This is not a good idea.

- Maybe I should call my lawyer. - We'd be done by the time she got here.

- Alright. What do you want to know?

- What is your relationship to Professor Calvin Herbert?

- He's my thesis advisor. - So you respect him. He's a,

- he's a mentor. - In some ways, I suppose. Yes.

- You share his political views? - Some.

- You both oppose nuclear weapons. - True.

- Did he tell you about the shipment coming across the border?

- Nope. - Daniel,

what do you hope to do with the rest of your life? - Finish my PhD.

- Do research, teach. - Forget it.

- Excuse me? - You're going to spend the next 3 or 4 years

in and out of courtrooms and lawyer's offices.

You'll be lucky if don't go to jail.

I haven't done anything wrong.

- Believe me, prison is an altogether

different kind of graduate school.

- I think I should call my lawyer now.

- She can't help you now. - You've dug a very,

very large hole for yourself. And there is only one way out.

- If you want to teach at any university,

anywhere, ever,

you will tell us exactly how you knew about that shipment.

It was Zoe Kessler.

- Zoe? - She got it from her father.

- That kid is lying. - You were observing?

Aren't you recused from this case?

- You know he is lying. - Come here.

All I know is that the Americans want some sort of assurance

that this security leak has been dealt with.

- That shipment should never have come into Canada.

We are opposed to nuclear weapons. - Oh, that's very

high-minded of us. Preaching peace and love while at the same time

we shelter under the American defense umbrella.

Do you agree with your daughter's stand?

You know me better than that.

- Now we have two possible courses of action, here.

We can prosecute her to the full extent of the law.

- Or, you can take responsibility. - Do the right thing.

- Resign. - Yeah.

Claim that the breach was a, an accidental slip, whatever.

Just do it quickly and quietly.

What about Zoe?

- She and her merry band will be back out on the street

within hours. It's your call.

Just do it quickly.

- C'mon. - Where am I going?

- Charges have been dropped. You're being released.

- Oh my God! - Alright, let's go.

[Telephone]

Kessler.

- It's minister Fleisher for you.

Alright, put her through.

Mike, what's going on?

- You should have my resignation in the morning faxes.

- How'd we get here? - Agent Mannering can fill you in on that.

I'd rather hear it from you.

- Sorry. - What can I do? What do you need?

- Nothing, thank you. - I do not accept your resignation.

- Accepted or not, I'm gone. Good-bye, Minister.

- Alright. Okay, we all know what job one is. Get the boss back.

- There's no way he's the leak. - I'm still checking Dr. Herbert's connections.

- Nothing so far. - Zoe? - No, she denied it,

and I believe her. She was always a lousy liar.

- Then what about this Winters kid, why'd he drop

- the dime on her? - The video didn't look all that passionate.

Maybe she dumped him after the road test.

- Ah, flowers, kittens, meadow... - Let's take another look

- at Winters. Get closer. - Uh, no, no.

I don't want to. Fine.

Fine. Give me 2 hours, you'll know if he, prays, flosses,

or likes to go commando. I'd say that last one's a yes.

- This is all my fault, isn't it?

We could blame geopolitics,

the military/industrial complex.

I'm sorry, Dad.

- Zoe, you're acting on principle.

I'm more concerned about your choice in boyfriends.

- What boyfriends? - Daniel.

He's not my boyfriend.

- Really? - Oh my God,

you didn't see that stupid video.

I heard about it.

- It was Daniel's dumb idea of a joke.

I deleted it right after he sent it.

He sold you out.

Said you leaked information you got from me.

No. Why would he do that?

- Did you break it off with him? - Yeah,

I guess. It was only 2 weeks. And it was mostly just about the sex.

- Maybe he didn't think so. Maybe you broke his heart.

- I really can't have this conversation with you.

Right, me neither.

Where did you find out about the date and time of the shipment?

- Daniel. But I don't know how he knew.

Alright.

But in the future, when you are picking yourself a sexual partner--

- I'm not talking about this. - Right.

- C'mon, c'mon, have a seat, class is about to begin.

Now, Daniel Winters has been swapping

emails with Doctor Edwin DeSoto,

nuclear physicist, Illinois Tech.

Now, DeSoto got a mega-research grant

from the Pellicano Foundation--

- What's the Pellicano Foundation? - Excellent question.

Pellicano Foundation funds scientific research.

- Where do they get their money? - Mostly

from PLN Technology, a major contractor

for the U.S. Department of Defense. Specifically,

nuclear warheads. So,

follow the arrows back to the money.

Our guys are trying to extend the life of old warheads.

PLN wants to build new ones.

- And PLN technology doesn't want to compete with Canadian scientists.

- So with DeSoto in their pocket, they get him to tell Daniel Winters

when the warhead is coming north. - Protest, security breach,

and the U.S. Defense Department figures it's too risky to do business in Canada.

- PLN gets the contract, and Bob's your mother's brother. Very good.

Okay. So how did DeSoto find

that particular Canadian activist?

- Ah, well, Ms. Norton, Professor Herbert,

12 years ago, co-authored a paper

on radioisotopes with none other than Dr. Edwin DeSoto.

- Alright, so that leaves one question...

are Herbert and Winters really anti-nuke guys who got used?

Or did they get paid off?

- Let's go around again with Herbert.

- Low-tech, but surprisingly effective.

Oh. Take a look at this.

What's up?

- Did he tag the car with something?

- Tracking device? - They knew where the shipment was going.

An explosive?

No. We would've heard by now.

Let's find that vehicle.

- What? You figure that's Daniel Winters inside that suit?

Bet on it.

- Thanks for coming. - Yeah, well I'm glad you called.

How's Ryan doing?

- Better. Doctors think he might be okay.

Good.

What about you?

- Why'd you tell them my dad was the leak?

- Whoa, I didn't. Who said that? - He had to quit his job.

- Zoe, I never, I swear. I wouldn't do that.

- They lied to him. - Were you pissed at me for something?

- No. You know I care about you. - Well, somebody screwed him over.

Don't worry.

I'm going to finish what we started. Then everything will be cool.

- What are you talking about?

- I'm going to make sure this story gets out.

- If you tell anybody they can send you back to jail.

No, I've got a way.

And when I'm done, I bet your dad gets his job back.

- I'm coming with you. - No, you can't. This is serious.

- I'm coming with you. Whether you like it or not.

- What's your relationship with Dr. Edwin DeSoto?

- We're former colleagues. We don't communicate now

as much as we used to.

My politics are somewhat to the west of his.

But he is a leading

researcher in the field of nuclear physics.

- His money comes from a major missile defense contractor.

Poor Edwin. He always assumed

that he could just keep his head down, focus on pure research.

Not pay any attention to what the, uh,

- practical applications might be. - Well, it looks like

someone came along and called in a marker.

- We think he told Winters about the nuclear shipment.

Maybe he told you, too.

- No, if I'd known he was the source, I would have questioned his motives.

- So you think Winters was conned?

Not necessarily.

Daniel is perfectly capable of furthering his own interests

while championing a worthy cause.

- And what would those interests be?

DeSoto offered him a position

on his research team after he graduates.

- The little bastard. - You should also be aware that the little bastard

is very tenacious. Since the protest didn't succeed,

it is very, very likely that he will attempt something else.

There it is.

[Cell phone] Who was that?

Nobody.

- Radio transmitter? - And receiver.

It was on the grill of the lead car escorting the plutonium.

- We need you to tell us what it does. - Listening device?

- On the front grill of a car? What are you gonna listen to,

- traffic? - Hey, that convoy went

from the border to the Atomic Research Centre in Ajax.

- Correct. - The ARC has a security

system that's second to none. Their pass keys are special transmitters

that generate random alpha- numeric electronic codes.

The lead car on that convoy would've had one. - That's not what this is.

No, we saw a skeleton put it on the car.

- No, this device could've picked up the code

as the car passed through the gates and relayed the code

to Daniel Winters' computer. See Winters sent this huge program

to the university's mainframe. I was thinking it was part of his thesis,

but now I'm thinking that it's a formula

for generating alpha-numeric codes.

Well I'll be a Boba Fett.

He's created a clone.

Of ARC's security system.

- Yeah. If it works, he'll be able to open every door in the place.

- Get me security at the Atomic Research Centre in Ajax.

- Security. - Major Mike Kessler from ICS. - Boy, you sure got here quick.

- Excuse me? - I was just talking to you folks.

- You have unauthorized personnel on your grounds. - The system indicates

- no unauthorized entry. - I just saw them drive in.

Could you open your gates, please? - Would you hold your I.D.

- up to the camera. - I don't have it with me.

- Well, I'm sorry, I need I.D. or I can't let you in.

- Call ICS Headquarters in Toronto, they'll vouch for me.

- Like I said, I was just talking to them. They're sending somebody out.

Sit tight, they should be along in a few minutes.

- Guys. You've got somebody inside. They've cracked your security.

- Down. - I'm telling you!

- Stay down. - You've got a security breach!

- Get in the car. [Horn]

- Immigration and customs security.

- He's with us. - Let's go guys.

- Turn him loose. Turn him loose. - Let him go.

This is good here.

- I thought we were going to the roof to hang the banner.

What is that?

Is that a bomb? Are you crazy?!

- I'm only going to blow a pipeline, part of the cooling system.

- You can't! There's radioactive material here. - Right.

If there's an explosion, the press will have to report it.

And then everything will come out.

- This is way, way too much. - Zoe, your dad will be

like a whistleblower. And after this,

Canada won't dare import U.S. nuclear weapons.

- Just put that thing back in the bag

- and let's get out of here. - No.

I'm getting security.

- Hey! - What are you doing?

- Daniel! Let me go! - C'mon!

Ow!

Ow! Daniel!

This is crazy.

- Again, I'm sorry, it's just with no I.D. we can't be too sure around--

- No problem. You've got men on all exits?

- Yeah. - Start a grid search.

[Electronic sound]

Crap!

C'mon. C'mon!

C'mon! Oh, c'mon!

[Cell phone]

- Zoe? - Dad...

- Zoe?! - Dad!

- Daniel locked me in detain. - Zoe?

Dad?

- Zoe? - Alright! Go!

Argh! HELP!

- Something about being locked in. I've lost the signal.

There!

Alright, alright, UH!

Hey that banner says U.S. Nukes Made Here.

- Where's Zoe? - Take ea--

- I can't breathe... - I won't ask you again.

Where's Zoe.

Second floor, electrical room.

Sergeant, get him out of here.

Show me the way.

Can somebody hear me?!

- Help! - Zoe. Zoe.

Are you all right? Hang tight, we'll be with you in a minute.

You alright?

- You okay? - What about the bomb?

- Oh, fantastic. - What bomb?

- Daniel had a bomb. He was going to blow up some pipes.

- Where? - In there, by the catwalk, under the stairs.

- Get Zoe out of here, go to emergency status, you know the drill.

- Hey, where are you going? - I'll be right behind you.

- You're a civilian now. I'm ordering you to come with me.

Get Zoe out of here.

Let's go!

- Minister Fleischer is in the board room.

So, I understand you've taken up bomb disposal.

- Is that your new career? - It's amazing how military training comes back.

- Mike. - Minister.

- The U.S. are going to develop replacement warheads

rather than refurbish the old ones.

- They're giving the business to PLN Technology? - Yes.

- What about Doctor DeSoto and the security breach?

- We didn't mention that in our report to the Americans.

No concrete proof, really.

- You turned this to your advantage.

You've been anti-nuke since I met you.

- Somehow, being able to blow up

the entire planet doesn't make me feel all that safe.

- Well, I'm glad somebody got something out of this little exercise.

- We appreciate the way you kept the lid on.

- Now we pretend it never happened.

- That would be an excellent strategy.

- Hey Slade. - Oh, um...

- Anyways, I thought if I played along,

I'd get the leak, and then I could tell my Dad.

- Trust me, it never goes according to plan.

[Knock! Knock! Knock!]

- Hey. Found this person hanging around the lobby,

she says she knows you.

- Hey there. I thought you said you were going to your mom's tonight.

- I told her you were going to buy me dinner.

Sure.

Have a good night.

How old's Gray?

I don't know, 30, 32.

Hmm.

- Where would you like to eat dinner?

- Well, I don't know. You're the boss. Where would you like to eat dinner?