Cracked s01e05 Episode Script

Previously on Cracked -I read the scene report.
Detective Black had his weapon trained on a suspect.
And then the suspect ran away.
Something happened with Aidan.
I don't know where his mind went, but he was gone for several seconds.
-Looks like post-traumatic stress.
This is serious.
I shot someone.
I didn't get the result that I was hoping for.
You're doing very valuable work, and I hate it, because it means that you're not coming back.
I know him, and he is not going to let his relationship with Detective Liette interfere with his job.
I've been thinking about you non-stop since you left.
I drove you away.
I'm sorry.
I'm leaving.
Did you hear me? I'm going now.
Oh.
All right.
I'll lock up.
Do you have to leave these things lying around? I'm nearly done with it, Anita.
Go home.
- 'Night.
- Goodnight.
I got out of bed today Swear to God I couldn't see my face I got out of bed today Staring at a ghost Oh, have you seen my ghost? Seen my ghost? Seen my ghost? Oh, have you seen my ghost Staring at the ground? Na na na na na na na - Sorry.
- Oh.
- Got called in.
- Yeah, hey, that's that's the job.
Sorry.
Kipling and, uh Kipling and - and Queensway.
- What's up? Uh, someone ran down a psychiatrist last night.
His name's Karl Karzik.
You heard of him? I've heard of him.
How is he? He's out of critical.
You're putting us on a hit and run? Well, he says attempted murder.
You can get a list of the suspects by getting a list of his patients.
That's going to be tricky.
That's why it goes to Psych Crimes.
You're late.
And happy, which disturbs me.
Dr.
Karzik.
I'm Dr.
Ridley, a psychiatrist working with the police.
This is my colleague, Detective Black.
Hello, sir.
Do you have any idea who tried to run you down? Were you able to get a look at 'em? Male, female? Not "who" but "why".
This is about Mandar Kush.
Eight years of overseeing his treatment, eight years of hate mail, didn't bother me.
Three weeks ago, I get a brick thrown through my window with a note attached: "Mandar Kush dies in prison, or you die in pain.
" Poetic, no? So, you've been treating this guy for eight years.
Any idea why someone would be mad at you now? Because Mandar Kush has a hearing next week.
He's up for community living.
Yeah, I read something about that.
Community living? What do you mean, like he could be living in a community "Hey, neighbour, can I borrow some eggs?" I made the mistake of talking to some news editor.
They assumed I was going to recommend his conditional release.
- Are you? - It doesn't matter.
I'm not going to give my assessment to the review board.
Not after this.
Somebody wanted to scare me off.
It worked.
I'm withdrawing.
Eleven years ago, Mandar Kush attacked Peter Fong, a perfect stranger, on a populated downtown street.
Kush stabbed the 23-year-old 111 times, cutting out his heart and eating it.
Kush is our country's most infamous psychotic killer.
And next week, if our justice system has its way, Mandar Kush could be set free.
Set loose.
I mean, they're just trolling for ratings, right? This kind of guy does not get set free just 'cause he gets a hearing.
Even if he's not crazy anymore, as far as I'm concerned, he can go to jail with all the other murderers.
That's not the way it works, Poppy.
The man is sick.
I don't care.
It's not gonna make me feel better the next time he's craving a major organ.
The heart's a muscle.
Listen, whether or not Mandar Kush gets out isn't our problem.
We're looking for the driver who tried to kill his psychiatrist.
Now, you two go dig up the files from the original case to see who looks like they might take extraordinary steps to keep this guy locked up, and you two go take over the scene.
I need to swing by the hospital.
I'll catch up with you.
Suit yourself.
Hey! Hey.
Hey, it's Detective Black, Psych Crimes and Crisis.
Who could I talk to about tire tracks? Why do you want to talk to me about something that happened 'Cause if Mandar Kush gets out we don't want any you know, incidents.
Shouldn't you be worried about what he's gonna do? Should I remind you what he did to my brother? Well, have you considered doing something about it? Like trying to stop it? Hell yeah.
We have a letter-writing campaign to the review board.
Four hundred letters went out Friday.
We're lobbying for a change to the law.
Twelve MPs have signed on so far.
About minimum hospital terms.
You know, for those found criminally not responsible, that idea sure does have a lot of support.
It should.
Do you remember that doctor that killed his children to spite his wife for cheating on him? Jury found him not responsible.
I don't know how, but they did.
He only spent five years in custody.
So what do you think should be the minimum term for Mandar Kush? I'm guessing more than 11 years? Life.
No question.
And yet he could be getting released next week.
That must be hard to swallow.
Do you have any idea how many lives Mandar Kush destroyed? Do you know what he did to my mother? He basically killed her too.
There's a support group for people who witnessed it, still, to this day.
- You're in touch with them? - I'm one of them.
Sorry, I'll come back.
Stay, stay.
Mr.
Santor's just leaving.
- You haven't given me an answer yet.
- I'll have to get back to you.
You hear about Karl Karzik? It's our case.
- You know who did it? - Not yet.
What's he got to do with it? He's the attorney for Mandar Kush.
You know Karl's withdrawn? He wants me to assign someone else in time for the hearing to go ahead.
I can do the assessment.
- Why would you want to do that? - It bothers me, the idea that someone can attack a psychiatrist and get rewarded for it.
What do you know about Kush? Nothing.
I've watched the news.
He's obviously schizophrenic, extreme psychotic break, severe violence.
That's the ballpark, yes.
He's been on anti-psychotics for the last 11 years.
He's on clozapine? And risperidone, long-acting.
- Responsive? - Very.
According to Karzik, top 20%.
I can't really see Aidan being enthusiastic about releasing Mandar Kush.
Who says I'd recommend discharge? You need to be here in this department.
This is why we hired you to work - with this department.
- I understand that.
You know you're going to take yourself out of this office exception just this once.
- Daniella, listen - OK, don't do that.
What's that about? - I'd say it's about you.
- Yeah, me too.
I figure the doc wants a more reliable partner.
No of fence, but I'm not trading.
You've got two days, Daniella.
Daniella's going to see Mandar Kush, and you're going with her.
When you get to the hospital in Pennington Lake, check for his correspondence.
Maybe our guy sent threats there too.
- Why are we going to see Mandar Kush? - I'm taking over from Karzik.
I'm going to assess him for supervised release.
Wouldn't it be easier to just advertise your death wish on the internet? So, you monitor all his correspondence? With a patient like Mr.
Kush we intercept the vast majority of it.
Only Dr.
Ridley is clear to go further.
I'll bring you to Records.
You don't have to come in with me.
May I ask, where is Dr.
Karzik? I'm afraid Dr.
Karzik had to hand over the assessment to me.
I'm Dr.
Ridley.
Mandar.
Do I still get to have a hearing next week? Yes.
I want to go home.
I'm sure you do.
I want you to tell me about how you came to be here.
You've read my file.
No, I haven't.
I wanted to speak with you first.
Where would you like me to start? Wherever you want.
I first came to this country when I was 11.
My wife came when she was 11 too.
We were born maybe 40 miles apart in different towns.
We met much later.
It's a small world.
Destiny? Destiny is a very troubling concept to me, Doctor.
You have a son.
Arun.
He's a good boy.
How was the countryside? Psychotic.
You should see this guy's fan mail.
No, you shouldn't.
- This is fan mail? - No, this is ill will.
Suspect wheel on this one covers large swathes of the population.
So, wait, Daniella's still out there? Yeah, she's playing Clarice Starling with Mandar Kush as Hannibal Lecter.
The man is not a serial killer.
Yeah, 'cause we caught him after he did it the first time.
You get anything? A lot of anger.
Not sure if it goes anywhere yet, but I got something else.
Come here, check this out.
I went back, I talked to Dr.
Karzik again, backtracked through the day before his attack.
Nice life, this guy.
All right, this is a security cam from the tennis club.
Now, look.
One, two, three, four, five.
All right, now, here's the liquor store.
Picking up champagne for his girlfriend's birthday.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
That's our guy.
No license plate.
Not exactly unique.
You know, when I was a wee pup in the force, we used to call this a lead.
Anyone else got one, or would you rather pick a random hater out of one of my boxes of fun? When did you first hear voices? Arun was in daycare, and that's all they talked about at first how special Arun was, how forces were conspiring against him.
The memory is very upsetting.
How old is Arun now? He's almost 18.
I barely see him some visits.
He has a life, he says.
You should meet my lawyer.
He's coming here.
He's very much like you he listens.
Dr.
Karzik just takes notes.
Did you know who was speaking when you heard the voices? - Yes.
- Who? God.
He chose me as his vessel.
For what? For the salvation of the world.
Yeah.
I'm going through the victim impact statements at Mandar's trial.
I've got someone I think you should look at.
[I've been looking at the son.
.]
- Why would you look at Mandar's son? - He's in trouble at school, especially recently.
Seems a little stressed out about his dad coming home.
[He's a boy.
.]
Boys and cars.
Anyway, who's your person of interest? - The arresting officer.
- [Why?.]
He gave a pretty emotional statement.
So the guy has an appropriate reaction and that makes him a suspect? - We have to check him out.
- [OK, fine.
What's his name?.]
Salvatore Lenza detective at the time, probably retired by now.
- You nearly done up there? - [Not even close.
.]
[I just started reading his file now.
.]
Did you even talk to him yet? Of course I talked to him.
I wanted to get his side of the story first.
Now I'm checking it against the file.
- And how's it holding up? - [At first glance, .]
Pretty well, actually.
Glance harder.
Yeah, get her.
I'll wait.
You know a cop named Salvatore Lenza? It's Sal, not Salvatore.
Yeah, he's retired.
Why? He made the arrest 11 years ago.
Ridley said take a look at him.
All right, yeah, he's en route.
I'll follow up on Sal.
You need to meet up with Detective Liette.
Why? Oh, hey.
You know who this is? No.
It's Mandar Kush's lawyer.
The airbag failed to deploy.
Bad luck.
An accident? It look like an accident to you? You can't tell anything from those.
That's not what the guy from Forensics said.
He wasn't trying to kill him.
How do you figure? Well, look, he swerves into him right here, lawyer loses control, slams into the pylon, right, but he didn't ride him there; He just took the one swipe If the airbag works? The guy lives, yeah, almost for sure.
It's the same thing with the doctor.
Look.
There he is.
He hits him from the right side.
See? There.
He brakes.
It's black marks on a black road.
Aidan, how do you know what's in his head? Why brake if you're trying to run a guy off the road? Why do you brake just when you're about to hit him? The only answer is you're trying not to kill him.
It's the same thing here.
Well, it doesn't matter what he tried.
The guy's dead.
It's a homicide.
Mandar was a wonderful husband.
A good father.
- And then he changed? - He never changed.
I mean of course in some ways he did.
He believed the craziest things that Arun was chosen, that Darbas Hindu demons were coming to destroy him and then me and then everyone.
It all happened very rapidly.
When did it start? When Arun went to daycare, Mandar liked to take him.
The other mothers told me things about how he was acting.
You didn't notice it before then? I should have.
It was there to see.
It's about your father.
This is Dr.
Ridley.
Hi.
I'm a psychiatrist.
You must be Arun.
Yeah, I hope you don't want to talk to me.
- Actually, I do.
- Well, get a warrant - or whatever.
- Arun.
I'd like to be done now.
OK.
One of your old cases has come up again, Sal.
Mandar Kush.
Why would you think that? I applied to speak at his hearing.
Oh.
Yeah, I guess you must be pretty upset about that.
Of course I am.
A guy like that getting out is a joke.
You don't know that he's getting out.
That's why I'm speaking at his hearing.
Uh, excuse me, can I get two coffees? So, what happened? - He get death threats? - Yeah.
There's someone trying to interfere with the case delay it.
Would you ever do something like that, Sal? I told you what I'm doing about it.
I gotta ask, Sal.
So you asked.
All right.
Can you think of anybody we should be looking at? Yeah.
There's this guy.
He's a wannabe vigilante.
He's pissed off that Kush got off on an insanity plea.
What's his frickin' name? Sal, do you ever get over seeing something like that? Pretty much.
The nightmares I'm fine.
Thanks for asking.
Well, it's certainly not like you could have done anything, right? Could have shot him.
No, you couldn't.
Why not? What's to stop me? He's standing there, all wild-eyed, blood all over his mouth, he's got a knife, people are screaming.
All I had to do was squeeze.
You never would have done it, Sal.
No way.
No one would have ever said a bad word about it.
Poldalski Podolski.
Yeah, Joe or Joseph or something.
Yeah.
It's worth looking at.
Thanks, Sal.
You get anything? Ohhoho! Looky this! Gas station cam caught the guy's rear end.
Oh, which is no help at all.
Ask me if I sent it to Information Services.
Yes, I did.
And? - And homerun.
Narrowed it down to four possible license plates, - only one of them currently issued.
- So? Plates are stolen; Car is probably stolen too.
This guy's being very careful.
Well, worth flagging it.
I did.
Yeah, he's being careful, but things aren't going like he planned.
Now he's killed someone.
So do you think he'll back off? Not this guy.
I think he's all in.
Did you get anything on the vic's brother? Roman Fong.
Yeah, he was registered in a hotel in Ottawa for three nights, and checked out the morning of the attack on the psychiatrist.
- Where was he that night? - Alone, inside a library or so he says, but nobody can vouch for that.
I got something we need to take a look at.
Joseph Podolski.
Podolski! He's in the files.
Set off a smoke bomb at the sentencing 11 years ago.
Since then, property damage, assault, weapons possession with intent to distribute, trespassing, vandalism, and explicit threats.
All right, I'm gonna get this and grab Liette to come with.
There's a body involved.
Gotta liaise with Homicide.
- You read my file.
- I also visited your family.
- You spoke to Arun? - He wouldn't speak with me.
- He's young.
- He's angry.
What does Arun say about you coming home? He doesn't I don't - I can't hear you, Mandar.
- He doesn't want me to come home.
But he will change his mind.
Does Ria want you to come home? - Yes.
Yes, she does.
- What if you hear voices again? I haven't heard voices in a decade.
What if you do? I'll tell my doctor and go to a hospital.
- What if you don't? - Then Ria will call someone like you.
And what about Arun? What about him? Are you prepared for what you're coming home to, Mandar? You're coming to join a family that has lived without you.
You're going to face a world that - That hates me? Fears you at least.
Arun doesn't fear me.
And I will face whatever it is.
Tell me about the murder.
Hey, Liz, wait.
I just, um you know I don't know, I What? You don't need to say anything, really.
No, I'm not saying anything.
I just, I I want you to know you know, I know that what I want is to be with you.
Aidan, please, don't do this on the job, not when we're working.
It's number 20.
I'll charm him, you piss him off.
What I do best.
Police.
We'd like to talk to Joseph Podolski.
Hello? Daddy! Yeah, Joseph Podolski, I presume? - Easy! You got me! Ah! - Yeah, I got you.
- Why do they run? - You arrest me outside my home, you don't get to trash it.
I know the law.
You're fast, man.
Yeah, here we go.
You guys run track? My ankle easy! It's all right.
We'll put some ice on it later.
You'll be fine.
Yeah, I've written to him.
I want to make him miserable.
Excuse me? I want him to suffer.
I'm gonna make sure he does.
That's not a crime.
- Depends what you do.
- Free speech, asshole.
Held overnight, pending charges, dirtbag.
I want my lawyer! - He reeks.
- Also, he's probably guilty.
I'll file for a warrant.
- Who's that? - Podolski's daughter.
She came here to wait for him.
Came from where? He left her in the apartment when he took off.
Child and.
Family Services are en route.
Where's her mother? The kid gave us her cell number, but there's no answer and the voice-mail is full.
Ah, maybe we should release him for the kid.
No, no, no.
We gotta keep him.
Come on.
We're working a murder case together, we're sleeping together; We can't disagree without the old "glare and walk away"? We are not sleeping together; What happened w I'm sorry if you got the wrong impression, Aidan.
What, you didn't mean to lead me on? What are we, in high school? OK, I don't want to do this, not now.
Tell me again that it's me who won't open up.
Who ducks and runs whenever we try to get serious? I asked you not to do this on the job, Aidan.
And you do.
Not anymore.
You want to know what I'm feeling, really? I'm lonely.
I'm afraid of my own brain.
I have nightmares, and not just when I'm sleeping.
I miss you.
I mean, I ache I miss you so much.
Aidan, it's over.
It has been over for a long time.
I'm sorry that we backslid.
That's nice.
Nice word, good deflection.
I'm ready, Liz.
I can make this work.
I can't.
I'm sorry.
I'm done.
God said that demons will come.
They will look like people, but they will not be human.
And they would come for me and Arun first because we were chosen.
And you were supposed to kill them? Oh, no.
No, no.
You cannot kill a Darba.
They're immortal.
God told me a secret, though.
If you eat the heart Now, I know that is crazy.
Now I understand.
- But at the time - At the time it was the word of God, and I believed it absolutely.
Suddenly, the Darba were there.
They were all around me, the demons, and they were they were coming for me, just like God said.
And one of them came up to me and started talking to me, and started to try and take control of my mind, and the others were closing in, they were closing in to get me, so I struck him with my knife.
They saw that.
They backed off because they were afraid, so I kept on doing it.
You kept stabbing him.
I stabbed him, and I stabbed him until my arm was too tired to stab him anymore.
- How did you feel? - I was terrified.
I wanted to run away, but but I couldn't.
I had to eat the heart.
The voices were too clear.
He was someone who was just trying to be kind to me.
And I ended his life.
I ended it.
And it should have been me that died.
And I wish it was me that died.
We only have a warrant for Podolski's apartment.
He asked if we wanted to take a look at the lockup.
Yes.
This is it.
Lock it back up.
We'll come back with a warrant, do this right.
This is our guy.
Hey, you're back.
Yeah, got shut down by a bomb threat.
- Do we know how it was sent? - Overnight courier, cash order.
Podolski couldn't have sent it; He was in lockup.
- Maybe he has an accomplice.
- Well, we can't hold him on a theory.
I'll call Child Protection.
Hey, can I talk to you for a sec? Listen, I need you to hold off on this hearing, 'cause I'm not letting you walk into a potential bombing, OK? The hearing takes place in a secured facility, Inspector.
- That's not the point.
- No, the point is a hearing is scheduled and someone is trying to scuttle it.
If someone tried to run down a judge to stop a trial, would you let them succeed? Get it over with.
Thank you.
So, uh, how you leaning? I'm sorry.
That's confidential.
Stop it.
Stop what? Stop mooning at me.
I want my key back.
- I lost it.
- You never lost a key in your life.
- Well, I lost yours.
- Bull.
I bet it's in your pocket right now.
Aidan.
Got a little soccer ball on the fob.
Pull it out.
Let's see.
No future, you say, but you can't let go completely.
- It's not what you think.
- Sure it's not.
OK, you want to have some frank conversation after all this time? I'm keeping your key because somebody is gonna have to come and clean up after you blow your brains out.
Right over here, sir.
Thank you.
Your weapon, sir.
So, you good to go? Just another day at the office.
Come in.
You're late.
Yeah, had an interesting night.
Been sitting on Podolski since we let him out yesterday.
And? Crack of dawn this morning, guess where he goes.
Roman Fong's house.
They spent an hour together chatting like old friends.
So maybe he does have an accomplice.
Yeah, I've been saying.
I've just left Podolski at his house.
I don't know where Roman Fong is.
I do.
Good evening, sir.
Cell phone, any keys.
I served 26 years in the police force.
In all that time, I never saw anything that compared to this crime.
He didn't kill Peter Fong; He butchered him on the sidewalk.
And he was never punished for it.
He was treated.
I got to know.
Peter's family.
His brother Roman is here now.
Peter's mother, Anna, she never recovered.
This killed her.
And I watched her die.
There's got to be such a thing as justice.
Dr.
Ridley.
Mandar Kush has been receiving pharmacotherapy for 11 years without experiencing hallucinations or delusions.
He has had no violent or aggressive incidents.
His treatment is effective.
The terms of his discharge include biweekly injections of his key antipsychotic.
Mr.
Kush cannot "go off his meds".
To get to this point, Mr.
Kush has successfully progressed through a process of reintegration that has taken years without setback.
He has a family and a home to go to.
Although my assessment of Mr.
Kush has only been over a limited period of time, it is consistent with those of my previous colleagues.
Mr.
Kush has responded exceptionally well to treatment and is not a threat to himself or to anyone else.
Medically, there is no question Mr.
Kush should be designated fit for release into the community.
I am so sorry.
I don't want your apology! It should have been me that died! It should have been me! People I know around me float past With the debris Saying they don't mind, that such is life As they float on down the street I heard the worst is to come So, this is home.
No one knows what you look like now or what name you're going to live under, where this house is.
You're going to be safe.
I'm holding on to hope Hope, hope I'm never letting go No, no Even when the storm, it grows Hope, hope Are you angry at me for letting him out? Not that it was my decision.
But you could have stopped it.
Hope will never let me go But I didn't.
No, you pissed off everyone you work with and stuck to your guns.
Till I go on home Oh, until I go on home Mandar! Stay back! Call an ambulance! This is Papa Charlie 1 requesting an ambulance at the corner of 22nd and Heidi.
Shots fired.
So, you gonna ask me how it feels to shoot somebody? You're allowed.
OK, I'm asking.
Better than the last time.
Oh, Jesus, Aidan.
That's pretty flip.
At least he's gonna live.
The guy killed somebody, and he was trying to kill someone when I shot him, and he didn't seem too concerned about hitting you either.
I know.
It was necessary.
Save a killer, shoot a cop.
Not exactly the job I signed up for.
It's the job we got.
What's that? Uh, just, um a spare key that I give to the neighbour if I'm gonna go out of town.
They must have, um given it back.
No big deal.
Wednesday I've got a proposition for you.
He wants to bet $10,000 if you put up your diamond claim.
I'll take the bet.
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