The Disappearance (2017) s01e01 Episode Script
Birthday Boy
1 [SOFT, EERIE MUSIC.]
Just like that, people in India were able to to cool their homes by five degrees.
They didn't have fans.
It was more like the wind.
So it was like air conditioning.
In what era did they use this technique? Well, in some places without electricity, they still do this.
- Good job, Justine! - Thanks.
Thank you.
Anthony, your turn.
Wow, Anthony.
Those are beautiful.
[MUSIC.]
[BIRDSONG.]
[BARKING.]
Pass them back, please.
[MUSIC.]
Hey! This is my uncle! - Hey! - This is my sister.
Hey, Larson, isn't this your mom? Okay.
Anthony, take it down.
I want all the pictures back now! So essentially what you're saying is that you want me to run the [INDISTINCT.]
- Exactly.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
And off we go.
[SIGHING.]
There are a few anomalies that don't make sense to me.
The insulin levels are spiking in about half the participants, so I think we need to redo the entire battery of tests.
Who wants to take the, uh, overnight testing? [PHONE RINGING.]
[CHUCKLING.]
Little wise ass.
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC.]
Leave a light on in the wild 'Cause I'm coming in a little blind So you want to tell me your version of events before she gets here? I didn't do anything wrong.
That's your story? You're sticking to it? - Mr.
Sullivan? A pleasure, sir.
- Yeah.
- Lisa Cooke.
- Glad to know you.
I couldn't let him finish.
You understand it was completely inappropriate.
You have to give him credit for thinking outside the box.
- A bit too far outside.
- [MAN CHUCKLING.]
You know I always thought that to know a place, you had to know the situation on the ground, so I encouraged him to do something different.
I told him to have fun, you know I had no idea he'd do anything like this.
I understand things at home are a little bit tricky.
You could say that.
Dad, what are you doing here? A simple thank-you would suffice, Luke.
You're welcome.
Look, I was stuck in the studio with a pain-in-the-ass producer.
I just got the message.
Yeah well, is Anthony coming with you or with me? Which is it? I got him.
I'll take it from here.
See you later, bud.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Look.
Calm down, he's fine.
I'm okay, Mom! Now, I just talked with his teacher.
Well it's a little weird.
Hello, Mr.
Sullivan! [DOG BARKING.]
Mr.
Cheng! Hey! You little shit, get out of my flowers! - Cookie, get over here! - Hey! - Go! - Cookie! C'mere.
Come, Cookie! Yes, good girl! [BIRDSONG.]
Hey, Dad.
Hi, Catey.
[SIGHING.]
Quit the patch, I see.
Yeah.
It was giving me the worst tan lines.
Anthony! Dude! What were you thinking? Straight to your room.
Why are you always here? Because I have no life.
Is he in trouble? What do you think? Anthony's convinced he's one of Dad's detectives.
- It's cute.
- No, it's the exact opposite of cute.
He's literally been rifling through people's garbage.
- Let me go talk to him.
- No, I'll talk to him.
You, uh, can you set an extra place for Helen? Yeah.
I'll open the wine.
[SIGHING.]
You're lucky you're getting a second chance.
She knows it's good and she just won't accept it.
Of course she can't accept it.
At least she acknowledged I'd done a lot of research.
Yeah.
But "Inappropriate!" Underline, underline, underline.
You can't spy on people like that.
We had to pick a place and describe the customs of its people.
I chose our neighbourhood.
Do you not understand why it's wrong? We're talking about people's private lives.
You can't do that.
[SOFT, EERIE MUSIC.]
[DOOR CLOSING.]
- Anthony? - I'm sorry.
Okay.
Go get ready for dinner.
Wash your hands.
[BIRDSONG.]
I'm sorry, Mom.
I'm gonna need you to explain this to me.
I was just doing my homework.
How could you think this was okay? Do you have any idea how over the line this is? You owe the entire neighbourhood an apology.
- Grandpa said - I don't care what Grandpa said.
I'm pretty sure Grandpa didn't tell you to take pictures of Felix's mother half-naked.
I certainly didn't.
Wow, 625 uses a shitload of electricity.
- They're growing weed.
- Really? Luke! Let's just say they have a green thumb.
- What?! - Dad, relax, it's just pot.
- That's how it begins, Cathy.
- [LAUGHING.]
- And it usually ends with a big poutine.
- [CATHY LAUGHING.]
- Can we be serious, please, Catherine? - Sorry.
Okay, Anthony, you went through people's garbage.
- For my statistics! - Is this a used condom?! 7843.
Isn't that Mr.
Robertson? I mean, how? He's 80, right? How's he still? Catey.
- Sorry.
"Making love.
" - [CUTLERY CLINKING.]
Dude, this is weird.
Was this taken in someone's bedroom? - What? I didn't see that.
- Were you in somebody's house? - Whose house is this? - No one's! - What, did someone let you in? - I took it through the window! Hey! Hey! How stupid do you think we are? This is obviously taken inside.
Anthony, you can never go in somebody's house, even if the door is wide open.
It's called breaking and entering.
They put you in jail.
Just imagine if you got caught.
Hmm? It's not less serious because he didn't get caught, Luke.
Thank you, Your Honour.
Is that what I said? His assignment was simple: A place in the world and, uh, the customs of its people.
Yeah.
And he made a map of his neighbourhood.
I thought that was pretty ingenious! And you know something? There was no kid in his class that worked harder than Anthony! You just said it.
He broke into somebody's house.
Obviously I didn't expect it to turn out like this! [CHUCKLING.]
See where he gets it from.
- What is that supposed to mean? - This this this compulsion to dig into other people's lives.
- Luke! - Hey! All I said was: "Anthony, do something different.
" Why are you even telling him how to do his homework? Why was I the one being yelled at by his teacher?! Well, that's a great question, Judge.
Uh, wha-what were you even doing there? And why were you even speaking to Anthony's teacher? Because I thought someone ought to be there! - And I was.
- Yeah, thirty minutes late.
Maybe it's not a bad idea for us to think about adjusting our schedules.
My schedule depends on my clients.
That is weak, Luke! Ever since you moved in, you come over before Anthony gets up, you're here in the afternoon when he does his homework, and you're there every evening, filling his head with stories.
And when he spends the week with Helen, I don't even see you.
Now, I let it go, because it was your way of coping when Mom died, but it's gotta stop.
It's unhealthy.
It's unhealthy? But his changing houses every week isn't? Henry, that's between Luke and me.
I'm sorry, Helen, this affects Anthony much more than either of you.
He only needs one father! Then why don't you start acting like a father? I'm sorry! Oh, it's okay, sweetie.
Just go hop in the bath.
Bye, dude! Well, I don't know where we even start with punishment for this.
Are you serious? Helen, it's his birthday tom Catherine, just You can't punish the kid on his birthday! [VOICES FADING.]
[DOOR CLOSING.]
[BARKING.]
Are you still spying? - I heard Cookie barking.
- [CHUCKLING.]
She's a dog.
That's what they do.
No.
I think someone was there.
[BARKING.]
Oh, it's probably a raccoon.
Go get in your jammies.
It's been a rough day, huh? Who is this boy? Anthony doesn't do this.
He's not a rule-breaker.
Did we miss something? He just got overzealous with his homework.
Thanks to Dad.
Ah, your dad's not the one who broke into someone's house.
I know.
Well, after tomorrow, straight home from school every day, no Internet for two weeks.
You talking to me, or him? Do you mind if I take him tomorrow night? - It's a day early.
- I know, I just I feel like I want to spend a little extra time with him on his birthday.
This didn't happen because of something you did or haven't done, Helen.
I mean, it's been a tough year for the boy.
You know with us, the separation, and then Mom dying, Dad moving in next door, using him as a crutch.
Go easy on your dad, okay? He means well.
I I just so much want that to work, you know, but I know.
Okay, so Anthony writes letters of apologies to every single person in that scrapbook.
Yes.
Especially Mrs.
Larson.
[LAUGHS.]
She looks good.
[LAUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Do you know what we did with kids who behaved badly in my day? No.
Ve killed them!! The tickling on them, ve ate them vith tickling and ve ate pieces of them and ve tortured them and made them laugh, and then ve said the magic words: Paulownia Tomentosa! - You found it?! - Yes! I was worried it would end up in the filter before you saw it! That's a very a fine specimen.
It's rare around here.
Where'd you find it? That's a secret.
Mm-hmm.
Well I brought you a little appetizer for your birthday.
- Is this Grandma Maggie? - Yeah.
That was around the time I started calling her Marie Curie.
- She's so pretty.
- That was the year I met her.
I miss her.
Yeah [SIGHS.]
I do too.
How did you meet her? Get in bed.
Okay.
So before I was a judge, I was a prosecutor.
Auntie Catherine called you a ball-breaker.
[LAUGHS.]
Do you want to hear the story, or not? And your Grandma Maggie was the top student in the Physics Department of the university.
And I was walking down a hall in the courthouse, and I opened a door into the wrong room, and there she was.
The rapist, Jason Dodd, was in court last week, and I don't need to tell you he didn't get bail.
He's suspected of committing five rapes in the last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more.
The guy's totally insane.
He's a pervert, a real sadist.
- So, Ms? - Cain.
Margaret Cain.
Twenty years old, Physics student at McGill.
Very smart.
She provide any details of her assault? Gave an impeccable deposition.
Was examined by a doctor immediately following the event.
Happened in an alley.
- I'll go in alone.
- Sullivan, one more detail.
She's pregnant with his child.
I'm Crown Prosecutor Henry Sullivan.
I'll be handling your case.
Alright.
Is there anyone accompanying you today? Family or friend to offer support? No.
My parents are aware of what happened to me, but I I wanted to spare them the details.
I apologiZe in advance for any discomfort or bad memories.
I'm ready.
[LAUGHS.]
Go to sleep.
[SIGHS.]
Anthony? You know there are some rules you just have to follow.
- Even if you have a hunch? - Yeah.
There are lines you cannot cross.
I love you, Grandpa.
I love you so much.
Good night, kiddo.
[BIRDSONG.]
[ALARM RINGING.]
Good morning, sleepyhead.
[CHUCKLING.]
What about my kiss? Come on, come here, you! Ten years old, huh? Double digits.
You're so handsome, I'm gonna eat your face.
I'm gonna eat your face.
That's what that's what I'm gonna do [GIGGLES.]
Dad, stop! [GRUNTING.]
Get out of here.
Young man! Aren't you forgetting something? Happy birthday, Anthony.
It's a big day.
Thanks, Grandpa.
Don't speed.
My mom is mad at you.
- Mr.
Saïd.
- Yes, Mr.
Sullivan? - You know this game? - Of course! - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- [BELL RINGING.]
- Good morning, everyone.
Take your seats, please.
[BUZZING.]
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT.]
Joanie, you're up and around! Look at you! - Here you are.
- Oh.
Thank you, Mr.
Cameron.
- Not at all.
- Who's that? New patient in chemo.
Just transferred from Sinai.
Hmm.
[LAUGHS.]
Dire: Je dis.
Pouvoir: Ils peuvent.
Commencer: Elle commence.
I wasn't my best self last night.
Margaret, I need to know.
What about your family? What would your parents say? - I know an orphanage.
- No.
A place where kids are treated well, with dignity.
An orphanage is not a place for children to grow up in.
No matter how good you say it is.
I'm keeping it, Henry.
What about your Master's degree? I can defer it for a year.
And then my mom's gonna help me.
It's my child.
It's my responsibility.
Then it's mine too.
I miss you, Marie Curie.
Anthony's coming today.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING.]
[KIDS SHOUTING.]
[KIDS SHOUTING.]
It feels wrong to be doing this on his birthday.
Can you believe he's 10 already? How did the time go by so fast? What'd you get him? A sweater? [LAUGHS.]
I'm not completely lame.
Did you knit it yourself? [LAUGHS.]
What about you? I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Oh, so you didn't get him anything yet.
It's awesome.
He's gonna love it.
Mm-hmm.
At least we did something right.
[DOOR OPENING.]
Okay.
Everything's in order.
So this is it.
Your divorce is finalized.
Thank you.
See you later.
Hello? Anybody home? You did a great job with the decorations.
Did you do your famous treasure hunt? Hi.
Yeah.
I didn't make it easy this year.
So it's all done? You're divorced? Yes.
You still love each other.
It doesn't make any damn sense.
What are you giving him? Encyclopedias.
[LAUGHING.]
Well, everything's online now.
The answers of course.
But it's the research that matters.
How's a boy gonna remember something he finds with one click? I suppose it's to be expected.
People just don't seem to make the effort these days.
Henry, we tried.
Yeah and you gave up.
Sometimes that's best for everyone.
[SIGHING.]
[BABIES CRYING.]
Mr.
Sullivan, congratulations.
It's a beautiful boy.
You don't break up a family.
Okay.
- Hello, Felix.
- Hello.
Thank you, Felix.
- [BACKGROUND CHATTER.]
- [LAUGHTER.]
- Helen.
Hey.
- Hey.
How'd it go today? You know, we survived.
Good.
I'm gonna take care of this! - Come with me! - [EXCITED CHATTER.]
Your dad came up with a tough one this year.
Yeah, well, wait till you see Anthony's proud face when he gets back.
So Frank's here.
Cool.
Let's get him a drink.
- Yeah? - Seriously, it's fine.
- Any signs of the birthday boy? - Frank.
No, not yet.
It's taking him a while this year.
Yeah.
Hey! - Frank.
- Luke, thanks for having me.
So what it'll be? Uh, beer? Red? White? - A glass of white.
- Hi! I'm Catherine.
- Hi, Catherine.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Frank.
- Do you want some wine? - No, I'm good.
Good.
[LAUGHTER.]
Hey, did you see Anthony leave school? Yeah.
He ran out when the bell rang.
And you you didn't see him after that? What, he hasn't come home yet? No, no, not yet.
I'm sure he's gonna be here soon.
Well, yeah, he wouldn't miss his own party.
No.
I better go.
I'll, uh I'll see you later, eh? The cemetery, the dep, the church and the garage.
So Mom's cemetery, next to the park? Yeah, I just sent him around the neighbourhood.
Okay, he definitely left school.
I just called.
- Okay, I'm gonna look for him.
- I'm coming with you.
What can I do? Uh, just drive around the neighbourhood.
Parks, playgrounds We'll do the treasure hunt in reverse and run into him.
I'll start at the school.
Catherine, can you look after Yeah, I'll call you when he shows up.
- [BEEPING.]
- Have you seen Anthony today? - No.
- Not at all? He hasn't come in? - Yes? - No.
- He didn't pick up the card? - No.
- Could I have it? - Of course.
- You sure you saw him leave? - I saw him leave the classroom.
Hang on, hang on.
Look, it's Helen.
I'll call you back.
- Alright.
- Yeah.
Anything? - He was here! He found it.
- The second envelope? Yes, it's gone.
So he'd have gone to the church next.
- Okay, I'll meet you there.
- Okay.
I put it back here.
We have officers going back and forth over the treasure hunt, okay? And they have Anthony's description.
Ah, thanks.
Ahem.
You know, in 95% of cases, we find them within an hour - of being reported missing.
- And if you don't? Well, generally speaking, in 80% of the other cases, the child has run away.
Has anything happened recently that could've upset him or? Well, we we separated.
But Our divorce was finalized today.
- He didn't even know about that.
- Well, separation, divorce, it's one of the main reasons kids run away.
Anthony's fine, okay? - He's coping really well.
- At that age He's fine! He's a secure, happy kid! We did everything we could to make things as easy as possible on him.
He's a happy, secure kid! He's loved! He wouldn't run away! It's his birthday today.
He was he was over the moon when he got up.
Um, he's been obsessed about his party for weeks.
Yeah, classic runaway scenario.
Oh, my God! I am telling you, he wouldn't run away! [SIGHS.]
Anything else? - Last night was a bit rough.
- A bit rough? - How so? - Just kid stuff.
He got into a bit of trouble.
They do it every year.
It's just something they do for fun.
Okay.
And where did that treasure hunt lead to? His present! In the garage.
And the second, uh the second clue? It's at the cemetery, uh, where Mom is buried.
Near the park.
- And where did that lead to? - I already told your colleague! The second clue led to the parking lot of the church over there.
Right.
And what exactly was that clue? Look, I drew a picture like this.
An open hand with a heart and a shirt.
Charity.
Right? It would've led him to the donation box in the parking lot at St.
Thomas Church.
Anthony would've understood that.
I've been downsizing.
We go there all the time with my clothes.
You could've understood that.
And where did the clue at the church lead to? Ah, uh, Saïd at the dep made this.
Showed him how to write his name in Arabic.
That's what it looks like.
And then on the final clue was a portrait of Diderot.
- Of Did-Diderot? - Diderot! He invented the encyclopedia.
And Anthony would've known that I keep the encyclopedia in the garage! Ga-ra-ge! - Dad! - Where's this scrapbook now? Uh Redo.
He had to redo his homework.
I'll check his room.
[SOFT, HAUNTING MUSIC.]
Do you think you could describe the picture you mentioned? The one you think was taken in someone's house? Mr.
Sullivan? - Huh? - The picture.
Uh, yeah.
Um, well, it's not easy to describe.
Please just keep looking, Frank.
That's all you can do.
I don't know what else to tell you.
I put an officer at each location where you left an envelope.
Um, do you think he could've gotten lost in the park? That's ridiculous! He knows every square inch of the park! Sure, but we're talking 200 acres.
- Did you not hear what I said?! - I know you're upset, Judge, but let's all try to remain calm.
Don't condescend to me, Officer.
I'll calm down when you bring Anthony home.
I got something here.
In almost all cases like this, we end up finding them.
You're telling me you're gonna sit on your ass.
Why don't you get on the phone and call Lieutenant Bowden? And you tell her Henry Sullivan's calling.
- Dad.
- Excuse me.
Sir? - They found the kid's bike.
- Oh - Yeah.
- Transfer me to Major Crimes.
Sorry, folks.
Could you gather around, please? [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[SOBBING.]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Shhh [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
So you know this guy, the grandfather? Judge Sullivan put away more crooks than you and I put together.
Have you canvassed the area? All the houses surrounding the park.
No one's seen anything.
- How many are you? - Full contingent.
- Everyone's been mobilized.
- Susan! Susan! Susan.
Thank you for coming.
I'm here, Henry.
We're here.
Are you the parents? I'm Lieutenant-Detective Susan Bowden.
- [PHONE RINGING.]
- Excuse me.
We chequered the entire park.
You each have a sector.
Take a map, pass it around.
It should be coming through any time now.
Alright, listen up.
We have a 10-year-old male, brown hair, blue eyes, 4'4", 55 pounds.
Grey jacket, green backpack.
We have reason to believe that he was abducted from Sunnyside Park.
Get it out to every department.
Provincial, Border Services, FBI.
Everyone.
Anything that looks relevant, anything remotely suspicious, you call it in.
We stay in contact at all times.
Any questions? Let's go! [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[HAUNTING MUSIC.]
Just like that, people in India were able to to cool their homes by five degrees.
They didn't have fans.
It was more like the wind.
So it was like air conditioning.
In what era did they use this technique? Well, in some places without electricity, they still do this.
- Good job, Justine! - Thanks.
Thank you.
Anthony, your turn.
Wow, Anthony.
Those are beautiful.
[MUSIC.]
[BIRDSONG.]
[BARKING.]
Pass them back, please.
[MUSIC.]
Hey! This is my uncle! - Hey! - This is my sister.
Hey, Larson, isn't this your mom? Okay.
Anthony, take it down.
I want all the pictures back now! So essentially what you're saying is that you want me to run the [INDISTINCT.]
- Exactly.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
And off we go.
[SIGHING.]
There are a few anomalies that don't make sense to me.
The insulin levels are spiking in about half the participants, so I think we need to redo the entire battery of tests.
Who wants to take the, uh, overnight testing? [PHONE RINGING.]
[CHUCKLING.]
Little wise ass.
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC.]
Leave a light on in the wild 'Cause I'm coming in a little blind So you want to tell me your version of events before she gets here? I didn't do anything wrong.
That's your story? You're sticking to it? - Mr.
Sullivan? A pleasure, sir.
- Yeah.
- Lisa Cooke.
- Glad to know you.
I couldn't let him finish.
You understand it was completely inappropriate.
You have to give him credit for thinking outside the box.
- A bit too far outside.
- [MAN CHUCKLING.]
You know I always thought that to know a place, you had to know the situation on the ground, so I encouraged him to do something different.
I told him to have fun, you know I had no idea he'd do anything like this.
I understand things at home are a little bit tricky.
You could say that.
Dad, what are you doing here? A simple thank-you would suffice, Luke.
You're welcome.
Look, I was stuck in the studio with a pain-in-the-ass producer.
I just got the message.
Yeah well, is Anthony coming with you or with me? Which is it? I got him.
I'll take it from here.
See you later, bud.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Look.
Calm down, he's fine.
I'm okay, Mom! Now, I just talked with his teacher.
Well it's a little weird.
Hello, Mr.
Sullivan! [DOG BARKING.]
Mr.
Cheng! Hey! You little shit, get out of my flowers! - Cookie, get over here! - Hey! - Go! - Cookie! C'mere.
Come, Cookie! Yes, good girl! [BIRDSONG.]
Hey, Dad.
Hi, Catey.
[SIGHING.]
Quit the patch, I see.
Yeah.
It was giving me the worst tan lines.
Anthony! Dude! What were you thinking? Straight to your room.
Why are you always here? Because I have no life.
Is he in trouble? What do you think? Anthony's convinced he's one of Dad's detectives.
- It's cute.
- No, it's the exact opposite of cute.
He's literally been rifling through people's garbage.
- Let me go talk to him.
- No, I'll talk to him.
You, uh, can you set an extra place for Helen? Yeah.
I'll open the wine.
[SIGHING.]
You're lucky you're getting a second chance.
She knows it's good and she just won't accept it.
Of course she can't accept it.
At least she acknowledged I'd done a lot of research.
Yeah.
But "Inappropriate!" Underline, underline, underline.
You can't spy on people like that.
We had to pick a place and describe the customs of its people.
I chose our neighbourhood.
Do you not understand why it's wrong? We're talking about people's private lives.
You can't do that.
[SOFT, EERIE MUSIC.]
[DOOR CLOSING.]
- Anthony? - I'm sorry.
Okay.
Go get ready for dinner.
Wash your hands.
[BIRDSONG.]
I'm sorry, Mom.
I'm gonna need you to explain this to me.
I was just doing my homework.
How could you think this was okay? Do you have any idea how over the line this is? You owe the entire neighbourhood an apology.
- Grandpa said - I don't care what Grandpa said.
I'm pretty sure Grandpa didn't tell you to take pictures of Felix's mother half-naked.
I certainly didn't.
Wow, 625 uses a shitload of electricity.
- They're growing weed.
- Really? Luke! Let's just say they have a green thumb.
- What?! - Dad, relax, it's just pot.
- That's how it begins, Cathy.
- [LAUGHING.]
- And it usually ends with a big poutine.
- [CATHY LAUGHING.]
- Can we be serious, please, Catherine? - Sorry.
Okay, Anthony, you went through people's garbage.
- For my statistics! - Is this a used condom?! 7843.
Isn't that Mr.
Robertson? I mean, how? He's 80, right? How's he still? Catey.
- Sorry.
"Making love.
" - [CUTLERY CLINKING.]
Dude, this is weird.
Was this taken in someone's bedroom? - What? I didn't see that.
- Were you in somebody's house? - Whose house is this? - No one's! - What, did someone let you in? - I took it through the window! Hey! Hey! How stupid do you think we are? This is obviously taken inside.
Anthony, you can never go in somebody's house, even if the door is wide open.
It's called breaking and entering.
They put you in jail.
Just imagine if you got caught.
Hmm? It's not less serious because he didn't get caught, Luke.
Thank you, Your Honour.
Is that what I said? His assignment was simple: A place in the world and, uh, the customs of its people.
Yeah.
And he made a map of his neighbourhood.
I thought that was pretty ingenious! And you know something? There was no kid in his class that worked harder than Anthony! You just said it.
He broke into somebody's house.
Obviously I didn't expect it to turn out like this! [CHUCKLING.]
See where he gets it from.
- What is that supposed to mean? - This this this compulsion to dig into other people's lives.
- Luke! - Hey! All I said was: "Anthony, do something different.
" Why are you even telling him how to do his homework? Why was I the one being yelled at by his teacher?! Well, that's a great question, Judge.
Uh, wha-what were you even doing there? And why were you even speaking to Anthony's teacher? Because I thought someone ought to be there! - And I was.
- Yeah, thirty minutes late.
Maybe it's not a bad idea for us to think about adjusting our schedules.
My schedule depends on my clients.
That is weak, Luke! Ever since you moved in, you come over before Anthony gets up, you're here in the afternoon when he does his homework, and you're there every evening, filling his head with stories.
And when he spends the week with Helen, I don't even see you.
Now, I let it go, because it was your way of coping when Mom died, but it's gotta stop.
It's unhealthy.
It's unhealthy? But his changing houses every week isn't? Henry, that's between Luke and me.
I'm sorry, Helen, this affects Anthony much more than either of you.
He only needs one father! Then why don't you start acting like a father? I'm sorry! Oh, it's okay, sweetie.
Just go hop in the bath.
Bye, dude! Well, I don't know where we even start with punishment for this.
Are you serious? Helen, it's his birthday tom Catherine, just You can't punish the kid on his birthday! [VOICES FADING.]
[DOOR CLOSING.]
[BARKING.]
Are you still spying? - I heard Cookie barking.
- [CHUCKLING.]
She's a dog.
That's what they do.
No.
I think someone was there.
[BARKING.]
Oh, it's probably a raccoon.
Go get in your jammies.
It's been a rough day, huh? Who is this boy? Anthony doesn't do this.
He's not a rule-breaker.
Did we miss something? He just got overzealous with his homework.
Thanks to Dad.
Ah, your dad's not the one who broke into someone's house.
I know.
Well, after tomorrow, straight home from school every day, no Internet for two weeks.
You talking to me, or him? Do you mind if I take him tomorrow night? - It's a day early.
- I know, I just I feel like I want to spend a little extra time with him on his birthday.
This didn't happen because of something you did or haven't done, Helen.
I mean, it's been a tough year for the boy.
You know with us, the separation, and then Mom dying, Dad moving in next door, using him as a crutch.
Go easy on your dad, okay? He means well.
I I just so much want that to work, you know, but I know.
Okay, so Anthony writes letters of apologies to every single person in that scrapbook.
Yes.
Especially Mrs.
Larson.
[LAUGHS.]
She looks good.
[LAUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Do you know what we did with kids who behaved badly in my day? No.
Ve killed them!! The tickling on them, ve ate them vith tickling and ve ate pieces of them and ve tortured them and made them laugh, and then ve said the magic words: Paulownia Tomentosa! - You found it?! - Yes! I was worried it would end up in the filter before you saw it! That's a very a fine specimen.
It's rare around here.
Where'd you find it? That's a secret.
Mm-hmm.
Well I brought you a little appetizer for your birthday.
- Is this Grandma Maggie? - Yeah.
That was around the time I started calling her Marie Curie.
- She's so pretty.
- That was the year I met her.
I miss her.
Yeah [SIGHS.]
I do too.
How did you meet her? Get in bed.
Okay.
So before I was a judge, I was a prosecutor.
Auntie Catherine called you a ball-breaker.
[LAUGHS.]
Do you want to hear the story, or not? And your Grandma Maggie was the top student in the Physics Department of the university.
And I was walking down a hall in the courthouse, and I opened a door into the wrong room, and there she was.
The rapist, Jason Dodd, was in court last week, and I don't need to tell you he didn't get bail.
He's suspected of committing five rapes in the last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more.
The guy's totally insane.
He's a pervert, a real sadist.
- So, Ms? - Cain.
Margaret Cain.
Twenty years old, Physics student at McGill.
Very smart.
She provide any details of her assault? Gave an impeccable deposition.
Was examined by a doctor immediately following the event.
Happened in an alley.
- I'll go in alone.
- Sullivan, one more detail.
She's pregnant with his child.
I'm Crown Prosecutor Henry Sullivan.
I'll be handling your case.
Alright.
Is there anyone accompanying you today? Family or friend to offer support? No.
My parents are aware of what happened to me, but I I wanted to spare them the details.
I apologiZe in advance for any discomfort or bad memories.
I'm ready.
[LAUGHS.]
Go to sleep.
[SIGHS.]
Anthony? You know there are some rules you just have to follow.
- Even if you have a hunch? - Yeah.
There are lines you cannot cross.
I love you, Grandpa.
I love you so much.
Good night, kiddo.
[BIRDSONG.]
[ALARM RINGING.]
Good morning, sleepyhead.
[CHUCKLING.]
What about my kiss? Come on, come here, you! Ten years old, huh? Double digits.
You're so handsome, I'm gonna eat your face.
I'm gonna eat your face.
That's what that's what I'm gonna do [GIGGLES.]
Dad, stop! [GRUNTING.]
Get out of here.
Young man! Aren't you forgetting something? Happy birthday, Anthony.
It's a big day.
Thanks, Grandpa.
Don't speed.
My mom is mad at you.
- Mr.
Saïd.
- Yes, Mr.
Sullivan? - You know this game? - Of course! - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- [BELL RINGING.]
- Good morning, everyone.
Take your seats, please.
[BUZZING.]
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT.]
Joanie, you're up and around! Look at you! - Here you are.
- Oh.
Thank you, Mr.
Cameron.
- Not at all.
- Who's that? New patient in chemo.
Just transferred from Sinai.
Hmm.
[LAUGHS.]
Dire: Je dis.
Pouvoir: Ils peuvent.
Commencer: Elle commence.
I wasn't my best self last night.
Margaret, I need to know.
What about your family? What would your parents say? - I know an orphanage.
- No.
A place where kids are treated well, with dignity.
An orphanage is not a place for children to grow up in.
No matter how good you say it is.
I'm keeping it, Henry.
What about your Master's degree? I can defer it for a year.
And then my mom's gonna help me.
It's my child.
It's my responsibility.
Then it's mine too.
I miss you, Marie Curie.
Anthony's coming today.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING.]
[KIDS SHOUTING.]
[KIDS SHOUTING.]
It feels wrong to be doing this on his birthday.
Can you believe he's 10 already? How did the time go by so fast? What'd you get him? A sweater? [LAUGHS.]
I'm not completely lame.
Did you knit it yourself? [LAUGHS.]
What about you? I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Oh, so you didn't get him anything yet.
It's awesome.
He's gonna love it.
Mm-hmm.
At least we did something right.
[DOOR OPENING.]
Okay.
Everything's in order.
So this is it.
Your divorce is finalized.
Thank you.
See you later.
Hello? Anybody home? You did a great job with the decorations.
Did you do your famous treasure hunt? Hi.
Yeah.
I didn't make it easy this year.
So it's all done? You're divorced? Yes.
You still love each other.
It doesn't make any damn sense.
What are you giving him? Encyclopedias.
[LAUGHING.]
Well, everything's online now.
The answers of course.
But it's the research that matters.
How's a boy gonna remember something he finds with one click? I suppose it's to be expected.
People just don't seem to make the effort these days.
Henry, we tried.
Yeah and you gave up.
Sometimes that's best for everyone.
[SIGHING.]
[BABIES CRYING.]
Mr.
Sullivan, congratulations.
It's a beautiful boy.
You don't break up a family.
Okay.
- Hello, Felix.
- Hello.
Thank you, Felix.
- [BACKGROUND CHATTER.]
- [LAUGHTER.]
- Helen.
Hey.
- Hey.
How'd it go today? You know, we survived.
Good.
I'm gonna take care of this! - Come with me! - [EXCITED CHATTER.]
Your dad came up with a tough one this year.
Yeah, well, wait till you see Anthony's proud face when he gets back.
So Frank's here.
Cool.
Let's get him a drink.
- Yeah? - Seriously, it's fine.
- Any signs of the birthday boy? - Frank.
No, not yet.
It's taking him a while this year.
Yeah.
Hey! - Frank.
- Luke, thanks for having me.
So what it'll be? Uh, beer? Red? White? - A glass of white.
- Hi! I'm Catherine.
- Hi, Catherine.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Frank.
- Do you want some wine? - No, I'm good.
Good.
[LAUGHTER.]
Hey, did you see Anthony leave school? Yeah.
He ran out when the bell rang.
And you you didn't see him after that? What, he hasn't come home yet? No, no, not yet.
I'm sure he's gonna be here soon.
Well, yeah, he wouldn't miss his own party.
No.
I better go.
I'll, uh I'll see you later, eh? The cemetery, the dep, the church and the garage.
So Mom's cemetery, next to the park? Yeah, I just sent him around the neighbourhood.
Okay, he definitely left school.
I just called.
- Okay, I'm gonna look for him.
- I'm coming with you.
What can I do? Uh, just drive around the neighbourhood.
Parks, playgrounds We'll do the treasure hunt in reverse and run into him.
I'll start at the school.
Catherine, can you look after Yeah, I'll call you when he shows up.
- [BEEPING.]
- Have you seen Anthony today? - No.
- Not at all? He hasn't come in? - Yes? - No.
- He didn't pick up the card? - No.
- Could I have it? - Of course.
- You sure you saw him leave? - I saw him leave the classroom.
Hang on, hang on.
Look, it's Helen.
I'll call you back.
- Alright.
- Yeah.
Anything? - He was here! He found it.
- The second envelope? Yes, it's gone.
So he'd have gone to the church next.
- Okay, I'll meet you there.
- Okay.
I put it back here.
We have officers going back and forth over the treasure hunt, okay? And they have Anthony's description.
Ah, thanks.
Ahem.
You know, in 95% of cases, we find them within an hour - of being reported missing.
- And if you don't? Well, generally speaking, in 80% of the other cases, the child has run away.
Has anything happened recently that could've upset him or? Well, we we separated.
But Our divorce was finalized today.
- He didn't even know about that.
- Well, separation, divorce, it's one of the main reasons kids run away.
Anthony's fine, okay? - He's coping really well.
- At that age He's fine! He's a secure, happy kid! We did everything we could to make things as easy as possible on him.
He's a happy, secure kid! He's loved! He wouldn't run away! It's his birthday today.
He was he was over the moon when he got up.
Um, he's been obsessed about his party for weeks.
Yeah, classic runaway scenario.
Oh, my God! I am telling you, he wouldn't run away! [SIGHS.]
Anything else? - Last night was a bit rough.
- A bit rough? - How so? - Just kid stuff.
He got into a bit of trouble.
They do it every year.
It's just something they do for fun.
Okay.
And where did that treasure hunt lead to? His present! In the garage.
And the second, uh the second clue? It's at the cemetery, uh, where Mom is buried.
Near the park.
- And where did that lead to? - I already told your colleague! The second clue led to the parking lot of the church over there.
Right.
And what exactly was that clue? Look, I drew a picture like this.
An open hand with a heart and a shirt.
Charity.
Right? It would've led him to the donation box in the parking lot at St.
Thomas Church.
Anthony would've understood that.
I've been downsizing.
We go there all the time with my clothes.
You could've understood that.
And where did the clue at the church lead to? Ah, uh, Saïd at the dep made this.
Showed him how to write his name in Arabic.
That's what it looks like.
And then on the final clue was a portrait of Diderot.
- Of Did-Diderot? - Diderot! He invented the encyclopedia.
And Anthony would've known that I keep the encyclopedia in the garage! Ga-ra-ge! - Dad! - Where's this scrapbook now? Uh Redo.
He had to redo his homework.
I'll check his room.
[SOFT, HAUNTING MUSIC.]
Do you think you could describe the picture you mentioned? The one you think was taken in someone's house? Mr.
Sullivan? - Huh? - The picture.
Uh, yeah.
Um, well, it's not easy to describe.
Please just keep looking, Frank.
That's all you can do.
I don't know what else to tell you.
I put an officer at each location where you left an envelope.
Um, do you think he could've gotten lost in the park? That's ridiculous! He knows every square inch of the park! Sure, but we're talking 200 acres.
- Did you not hear what I said?! - I know you're upset, Judge, but let's all try to remain calm.
Don't condescend to me, Officer.
I'll calm down when you bring Anthony home.
I got something here.
In almost all cases like this, we end up finding them.
You're telling me you're gonna sit on your ass.
Why don't you get on the phone and call Lieutenant Bowden? And you tell her Henry Sullivan's calling.
- Dad.
- Excuse me.
Sir? - They found the kid's bike.
- Oh - Yeah.
- Transfer me to Major Crimes.
Sorry, folks.
Could you gather around, please? [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[SOBBING.]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Shhh [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
So you know this guy, the grandfather? Judge Sullivan put away more crooks than you and I put together.
Have you canvassed the area? All the houses surrounding the park.
No one's seen anything.
- How many are you? - Full contingent.
- Everyone's been mobilized.
- Susan! Susan! Susan.
Thank you for coming.
I'm here, Henry.
We're here.
Are you the parents? I'm Lieutenant-Detective Susan Bowden.
- [PHONE RINGING.]
- Excuse me.
We chequered the entire park.
You each have a sector.
Take a map, pass it around.
It should be coming through any time now.
Alright, listen up.
We have a 10-year-old male, brown hair, blue eyes, 4'4", 55 pounds.
Grey jacket, green backpack.
We have reason to believe that he was abducted from Sunnyside Park.
Get it out to every department.
Provincial, Border Services, FBI.
Everyone.
Anything that looks relevant, anything remotely suspicious, you call it in.
We stay in contact at all times.
Any questions? Let's go! [SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[HAUNTING MUSIC.]