Fortier (2001) s01e10 Episode Script

Thioridazine.
3 doses of 90 mg.
Stop it, Mrs.
Gagnon.
Calm down.
He's dead She's on her way.
Here she is.
Hey, come on His wife's still in shock.
Thomas Sévigny, your alter ego from Financial Crimes.
You're a psychologist for Financial Crimes? l'm an accountant.
Of course.
Sorry.
- The others? - At the morgue.
We're hoping the doctor finds enough to clear Jean-Marie.
How could she not? l don't know.
That aside, let's look at this.
Expertex is where Gagnon, the dead assassin worked.
lt's a complicated scam.
We're examining contracts, grant proposals, board nominations l don't have all the answers.
lt's not a piece of cake.
Excuse me.
- Yes? - Just one scoop.
- Pardon me? - Of ice cream with the cake.
Hey, kid Sorry.
Expertex is the core of the network.
Highways secretary, Denis Tremblay.
Paquet, project manager, married to Josiane Gendron of Sonadev, a federal agency that awards grants through the investment company controlled by Paul Noel who lives with the daughter of Jacques Marsolais.
He's an Expertex partner, as are Archambault, Gagnon and Bruneau, the victim and former big boss.
Don't try to remember the names.
lt's a tangled web.
Archambault, who handled Expertex accounting, is on the board of the Metropolitan Bank.
Not sure it's important, but it's a lead.
That's it.
Lights, please.
ls that illegal? We don't know yet, but something's fishy.
Right A seed needs fertile soil to grow.
This would flip out any paranoiac.
They tend to find contexts that justify their madness.
We need to find out how the killer died and untangle the web.
Financial Crimes are nervous.
Their boss was shaking in his boots, as if l'd sent the Yeti.
Mr.
Johnson, it's very complex.
- The financial - Excuse me, but Because Expertex is involved in a financial and political scam, we're going to drop the investigation? No one said that.
Between a mental case and a scandal - We'll focus on our mandate.
- What about him? - Who? - Gagnon.
- The paranoiac? - Yes.
He tries to tell us he's going to be killed.
We try to find the truth in his delirium.
He dies.
Go to the morgue.
- To the morgue? - Help the guys out.
Talk to the forensic expert.
l can call her later.
l said, go to the morgue.
That's not nice.
Just because l contradicted you.
You'll scratch all day.
Go with her.
She'll get over her fear of cadavers.
l love her, Mayrand.
l'm sorry for you.
Remember you gave a guy insulin, and he dropped dead? Yeah.
Remember, we have to clear you? l'm sad.
l don't have Alzheimer's.
How could she dump me during my shift? She does it every six months.
And with a kid.
A kid? A go-go boy.
Not even 30.
Let her go.
A body's not everything.
A go-go boy can't hold a conversation.
He has a Master's in economics.
Oh, yeah? Well - Economics is totally boring.
- That's true.
You might get suspended, and now she dumps you Hard knocks.
Thanks for reminding me.
l almost forgot.
Forget chicks.
You should turn gay.
You're right.
l'll turn gay and be done with the sorrow.
For a cop working almost around the clock, it's not easy to hold on to a woman.
He's heartbroken.
That's not like you.
ls this the man who took on the boys from CCP? Love hurts like hell.
lt's worse than death.
- Rita? - She hit him hard, below the belt.
A big strong man like you? Come on.
Best way to forget Rita is to focus on your work.
The fondue is waiting.
Remember, when a woman packs her bags, all you've lost is what she packed.
- You're an idiot.
- Hey l may be one of the boys, but l'm still a woman.
Mind your mouth.
What are you doing here? Guess.
Don't forget your nose clip.
Come on, sweetums.
Come on Why do you give her free rein? Because l trust her.
Gabriel We all have our weaknesses.
Fortier like the rest of us.
Anne's a good girl.
She knows her limits.
You never said how Fortier bypassed the system.
Because l don't know.
You don't know why she didn't have to go to cop school? Griffin would never tell me.
And you're happy with that? What can l say? Fortier's on contract.
She's not on salary.
That gets her out of training? So Washington? What about Washington? lt's an open secret.
Deschênes told Dufour, who told Mayrand My trip to Washington had nothing to do with Fortier.
Aren't you happy with her? She's the only shrink l'd want.
So? lt's not so simple.
Too bad.
lf you get anything concrete on Gagnon, call me.
Before you call Savaria.
You have a visitor.
So? Am l off the hook? lt wasn't air that killed him.
Anne wants to know what it was.
A poison? - l'll talk to her.
- Here she is.
- We're waiting for you.
- l'd love to be there.
l'm on another job.
Next time, you'll do the eyes first.
l'll help you get over your fear.
The eyes are the worst part.
At first you feel like you're being observed.
Observed by a corpse? That's silly.
No one ever gave you the evil eye? An eye's an eye.
Dead or alive.
- My students - You teach? At the university, in fact.
We dissect the eyes and the genitals.
The rest is a piece of cake, so to speak.
Could we talk about Gagnon? l need it now.
You'll have to wait a bit.
- l want to be sure.
- Fine.
Parent.
Take a look at this.
Christ! Very funny.
Nice.
As you wish.
But if you respect me, tell me why l should stop.
- Must l draw you a picture? - Yes.
Well, l won't.
l can't work with someone l don't know.
Fortier doesn't know all your secrets.
She still works with you.
lt bugs me.
Stop thinking about it.
Your little Washington trip is at your own expense.
Something stinks in the Gagnon case.
Give up on Fortier.
Close the Gagnon case.
Find the nut who's setting fires downtown.
Find the firebug - So? - He's off the hook.
l'm on the case, but not as a murder suspect.
What did he die of? Not diabetes.
His vials contained hydromorphone.
Hydromorphone is also Dilaudid.
The doc said 50 mg of XP.
Enough to kill him under the skin.
Because l didn't inject it into his veins.
Where did he get it? Not at the corner store.
lt's for very sick people.
Stronger than morphine.
But why was it mixed with insulin? Because they killed him.
Fernand.
Come! Come here.
That's it.
Stay.
lf he was murdered, he wasn't paranoid.
Gagnon was a paranoiac.
l'd bet my Ph.
D.
on it.
l'm totally lost.
Someone with a dog phobia can get bit.
A paranoiac can be the victim of a conspiracy.
- Hi.
- Yeah.
You were in my yard the other night.
What were you doing there? Are you spying on me? l do that with everyone.
Johnson's orders.
lt's for your safety.
Even at home? Remember Lachance.
Lachance? Killed by a nut three years ago, right on his balcony.
That guy is lying.
Why would he? lf he was telling the truth, he wouldn't take off like that.
He's invading my privacy.
He's spying on me.
Anne, can l tell you something? - What? - lt's not Gagnon, is it? The fact that we know he was killed and What? You're turning paranoid.
Etienne.
Please! No Please explain.
How could Dufour, a police officer, take the liberty of sticking a needle in my client's gut? l'm waiting.
We should've let him go into a coma? He needed a doctor.
l won't call 9-1 -1 for an insulin injection.
l don't believe it.
This is criminal negligence.
Jean-Marie did the ambulance course.
Thirty years ago.
- This just came.
- Give it here.
lt was a drug, not the injection that killed your client.
There was Dilaudid in his vials.
What's with you? - l'll see his wife.
- Good idea.
Yes? Why the cop in my yard? Worried about me? Having me watched? What gives you that idea? Get your stories straight with Deschênes.
Deschênes? lt's my job to know when people are lying.
That stupid idiot.
lt's me.
What did you tell Fortier? Moron! Cpl.
Mayrand.
Cpl.
Dufour.
We have to talk.
- You're excused.
- Do you know Mr.
Sévigny? - Financial Crimes.
- Your limousine is waiting.
You're witnesses.
- Witnesses? - Major ones.
Know any good lawyers? - Are we accused of something? - Not yet.
We'll be needing you for a few days.
We did nothing.
Shall l reiterate? No explanation? Gagnon said you stole his ideas.
Steal a partner's project? lt's ridiculous.
We want to question you.
Gagnon was murdered.
The weapon came from here.
You'll be called as witnesses in a government inquiry.
lt's best to cooperate.
Don't make me resort to force.
Leave it to us, Thomas.
Our job description reads ''find the guilty party.
'' All right.
Let's go.
- Can l get my purse? - Of course.
Almost done? lt'll take me all day.
Savaria's chomping at the bit.
Gagnon's murder changes everything.
We know he killed his boss.
l certainly won't charge him posthumously.
- The Expertex boss? - No, Gagnon.
The guys are bringing the partners in.
Fortier? l was doing fine.
Don't put me in a bad mood.
She's cheeky, that one.
Go pee, Fernand.
Do it quick.
l'm in a hurry.
Go pee.
Go pee now! Just do it.
Go on.
Make an effort.
l have to go back to the office.
l don't have time.
l have other things to do.
Good, that's it.
Yes! Bravo! - Something wrong? - No, l'm just fine.
- You? - Fine.
How's Mrs.
Gagnon? She's calmed down.
When can l question her? Give her the afternoon.
What was your diagnosis of Mr.
Gagnon back then? Depressed.
Strong paranoiac tendencies.
- Nothing else? - Like what? lf only l knew.
Can you tell me what you're after? A paranoid murderer gets murdered.
His partners are involved in a complex scam that has the experts stumped.
- You think they killed him? - l don't know.
l have to sort out the delusions from reality.
You never know when someone will lose it.
l had no reason to think he'd get to that point.
- l don't hold you responsible.
- l make no apologies.
He claimed his partners were plotting against him.
l'll see if it's true.
A conspiracy against a paranoiac.
That's a good one.
Hold on.
l'll help you.
l'll be fine.
Come here, Fernand.
Don't do that again.
Don't you want help? l'm not on my deathbed.
But it's nice to have a shoulder to lean on.
What did you say? l don't know.
l l saw you fall and thought, you're always alone - Thanks.
- What? Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Come on, Fernand.
What happened to you? Just a little mishap.
Nothing serious.
lf you came to yell at me, l'm not here.
We sorted that out.
- What do you want? - Gagnon He was a paranoiac and a diabetic.
- No kidding.
- He was physically ill.
So? l don't believe it.
Will you tell me what's going on in your head? What if there's counter-transference? Gagnon talks about a conspiracy and gets killed.
Our immediate reaction is, the partners did it.
His insulin was in his office.
But who's most likely to spike his vials? Who knows he's physically ill, and sees him with his insulin? Parent Get a warrant.
Search Gagnon's house.
Yes, his wife.
Now, the motive? l don't know.
You see why police training is important? The case is only three hours old.
l think only his partners had something to gain.
We'll try your idea and search the Gagnons' place.
But find a motive.
ln his madness, Gagnon was looking for trouble.
That doesn't mean he was in trouble.
We know there's a financial scam at Expertex, but it's getting out of proportion.
They'd all have to be as crazy as Gagnon.
How could the company survive? They'd need Dilaudid, which they'd know would be found in the autopsy.
lt was someone as deranged as he was.
What if the partners want us to think it was his wife? That's a thought.
Check the files for Mrs.
Gagnon's family.
- Something specific? - Anything unusual.
- How far back? - Whatever! l'll stop short of a family tree.
- Could you get me a Band-Aid? - Sure.
l didn't say l was right.
Don't get me going only to put on the brakes.
You're a good little girl, but l like to go all the way.
Thanks.
ls there a message there? Don't start.
You could put your Band-Aid on somewhere else.
You lost trust in me.
lf you can't take criticism, you don't belong here.
You're a strange one.
You use me as bait for a serial killer.
You spy on me.
You might be a good cop, but as a secret agent, you suck.
This hurts my feelings.
You want the whole story? l'll give it to you.
Why is Griffin protecting you? Why are you the only one without basic training? All l know is what you tell me.
What's the use of being a psychologist if you can't talk about yourself? lt's a job, not a religion.
So go do your job.
You didn't read us our rights.
You haven't been charged.
We're nominating you What? as partners in the case.
lt'll be easier if you cooperate.
We don't even know what you want.
ls it about the murder or the other crazy accusations? Excuse me.
Thomas, could l have Please? l'll be right back.
Listen The financial scam could have made him crack, but that doesn't make his partners murderers.
l specialize in numbers, not blood.
Mental illness is my line.
lf it goes that way, fine l don't know financial crime.
Do you have a strong case? There are certain elements So, no, you don't l'm just not quite ready.
Mayrand Come here.
Do you have a game plan? We question them about the murder first.
His wife's still in hospital.
Can you take the girl? l'll see if she has a criminal mind.
You take the guy.
- And me? - Keep quiet.
lntervene only if it's pertinent.
What are you waiting for? Get going.
We have nothing more to say.
Let's take a walk, buddy.
Come on.
As women, we'll see more eye to eye.
Right? l guess lt's this way.
- May l - Of course.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
What are we looking for? Vials, syringes, pharmaceuticals, incriminating documents, anything.
- That's quite broad.
- l know.
lt's almost too clean here.
- Shall we get started? - l'll go downstairs.
You know what l see in your eyes? Fear.
A lot of fear.
That's true.
Why are you afraid? May l smoke? Divorced? Separated.
l wasn't married.
Recently? Yes.
ls there someone new? Yes.
Do you mind if l ask who? Yes.
How does my love life concern you? l have no idea.
l hoped you could tell me.
And who are you with? l'm on my own.
Okay.
l'll recapitulate.
Gagnon comes here claiming to be in danger.
Our detective accompanies him to your offices.
When they get there, Gagnon kills the big boss, and takes our detective hostage.
We arrest him and bring him here.
We give him his insulin shot.
He dies.
Why? l don't know.
You don't know? You sound sincere.
ls that wrong? Only if you're scared at the same time.
Why are you scared? Quebec Health lnsurance Board lt's Suzanne.
Can you look up 32-JL250360? That's right.
l'll wait.
l can't access it from here.
ln the marital status? Who? You're sure it's covered by health insurance? You You don't want to say.
You're asking a lot.
- l know.
- You don't know.
Because what l can tell you has nothing to do with the murders.
Not according to Mr.
Gagnon.
Gagnon.
He was crazy.
Prove it to us.
We were going public.
- Oh, yeah? - Gagnon He was so suspicious.
Constantly at odds with everyone.
We were afraid of him.
That's why we were hiding it.
Hiding what? That we were going public, to sell shares and cash in.
There's nothing illegal about that.
Not so much the goal as the means.
l'm not proud of it.
Can you tell us more? l'm separated because l 'm involved with Denis Tremblay.
Ring a bell? Highways secretary.
lt's a secret, because of the contracts we get.
- That's it? - Sonadev gives a grant, when his department gives you a contract.
You have an edge because of your boyfriend.
That's sort of unfair competition, isn't it? The deal with Metropolitan Bank was the Sonadev manager's idea.
Your project manager's wife? - Josiane Gendron.
- Yes.
Sometimes this job is worth a Caribbean vacation.
You've only seen half of what l can do.
l'd love to see more.
lf you could talk to Fortier about me l can't catch her.
She's a slippery as an eel.
About what? My problem with men l have to call Parent and let him know.
Parent, l have a job for you.
With all his ideas lf he hadn't been crazy, we'd all be millionaires.
Do you realize you're providing a motive for his murder? We didn't kill him.
Does ''Dilaudid'' mean anything to you? - They didn't call back? - l've called three times.
So? lf Josée Archambault's a killer, then l'm Freud.
l They were working on a big deal and didn't want him to blow it.
That's what made him suspicious.
But why would they kill him after Bruneau was dead? Revenge? - l have - They could've saved the deal, but not with Gagnon dead.
Some revenge.
Unless the partners What? Mrs.
Gagnon's father has terminal cancer.
He takes Dilaudid XP.
- Take care of Mrs.
Gagnon.
- Yes.
My client's on her way.
- Bye, Thomas.
- Bye.
Good work, kid.
Thanks.
Great.
Marsolais and Archambault.
Not much to go on.
Wanna bet it was his wife? lf not the partners, then the wife.
- Why would she kill him? - Yeah, why would she? lt was his wife.
Ask Rita why women are bitches.
Money.
Gagnon had $25,000 in life insurance.
$25,000? That won't go far.
lt wouldn't even buy a car.
She may have a lover.
Kills her husband and blames someone else.
Classic.
Let's flip a coin.
- Tails is what? - His wife.
Heads we don't know.
My dollar.
Damn it.
l should've said.
The Dilaudid.
Guess who found it? Yours truly.
Speak of the devil.
- Well - She's next.
Now we'll see some action.
Yeah.
Okay, guys, let's go.
Lieutenant Can l see you? How is she? You see her.
ls she fit for questioning? - By who? - Fortier.
Fortier's waiting for her in the conference room.
lt should be fine.
Can l stay? Anne usually works alone.
ln what capacity? No charge.
My treat.
Ask Anne.
Me and shrinks Never mind.
You never go out.
l don't have time.
Never ever? Mrs.
Gagnon will answer your questions.
How are you? l'm sorry l have to ask you questions about your husband.
Dr.
Ross told you.
Are you okay? We can do it tomorrow.
lt won't take long.
Did your husband have enemies? Other than his partners, no.
No quarrels with the neighbors, the cleaning lady He wouldn't have cleaning ladies.
No cleaning ladies? He was extremely perfectionist.
Extremely perfectionist? Extremely.
That's very perfectionist, ''extremely perfectionist.
'' That's how he was.
- When you had company - No.
l didn't finish.
We never had company.
- Never? - Never.
How does one live with a paranoiac? How you managed to live with him remains a mystery.
Pierre was smart.
But his mental illness was very hard to live with.
- That depends.
- On what? Jealously, of course.
Jealousy.
lt's one reason l never went out.
You were okay with it? - With what? - Did this life suit you? You can stop if you want.
Why don't you? Something to get off your chest? Can we talk about your novel? What's the little girl's name? The heroine? - Pierrette.
- Pierrette? An old-fashioned name.
lt's because of Pierre.
We know about your father.
He's dying.
He takes Dilaudid.
You know it's to ease his pain.
lt's what killed your husband.
lt was in his insulin.
You don't have to answer any more questions.
lt's true.
l want to answer.
How did you do it? Do what? Replace the insulin with Dilaudid.
Don't answer that.
l didn't kill him.
Stop if you want.
You still claim his partners killed him? They didn't kill him.
But neither did l.
Who? There were times when Pierre Sometimes he He knew that He knew something was wrong.
But his thoughts His thoughts of persecution? Yes.
lt was like two people lived in his body.
One was afraid, the other suffered from fear.
- He was afraid of the boss - Of Expertex.
l know.
He wanted to show everyone that Yes? l don't know.
l forget.
No, Mrs.
Gagnon.
You shared his illness to the point where you believed it was all true.
l can't say it.
What happened? You can tell me.
Talk to me.
l replaced the vials in his kit.
You killed him? You admit it? l Unless he asked you to do it? We're still stuck with the firebug case.
- l'd like to set it on fire.
- Yeah.
Check him out.
Parent You'll catch something from those dusty old files.
l'd wear rubber gloves.
Get real.
l'd look stupid.
Do you really hate dirt? Don't make fun of me.
l've got my wipes.
Fine with me, as long as your hang-up's under control.
You don't brag about being cheated on.
You gamble away your paycheck.
Everyone's got their hang-up.
Get off my case.
Hey, babyface.
We tease you because we like you.
Don't want you getting sick.
What if you caught something serious We'd be out of a job.
- We'd shut down.
- That's right.
Jeez, you guys Leave me alone.
Suicide? Suicide.
Assisted suicide, we could say.
lt was assisted suicide.
That's up to the judge.
He set up his own murder.
Had his wife spike his vials and put them in his office.
Jean-Marie injected him and he died.
lt was under our nose.
lt's often the case with paranoiacs.
lt's never obvious.
- lt's a bit twisted.
- So is paranoia.
lt's stronger than reality.
ln his head, he was trying to put a pumpkin through a bottleneck.
The pumpkin is his delirium, the bottle is reality.
- That's why he killed himself? - He did it out of fear.
Out of fear of being afraid.
And to prove that everyone's crazy except him.
We're holding your client for the night.
Could you tell me exactly what the charge is? l'll call Dussault.
Can l buy you a drink? No, thanks.
l don't drink.
We could go dancing, for a change of scene.
l don't dance.
You don't dance, don't drink, never go out What do you do for fun? l work.
- Good night.
- Bye.
What's with her? Have you no shame? You went to Washington? You went that far? Talked to my friends.
What do l look like? Answer me.
- l've nothing to say.
- You potomaniac.
You lying, conniving, scratchy old grouch! Try to be honest for once.
Who are you to preach honesty? Look in the mirror.
Who are you? Who do you think you are? And who do you think you are? Aren't you happy with me? Don't l serve you faithfully? Quit bawling.
We're not married.
We do our jobs.
Why should my personal life concern you? You work with the police! Personal lives are an issue.
Griffin, upstairs, gave me the go-ahead.
l want to know why! You don't need to know.
What's that? My resignation.
With my signature.
Fill in the rest.
You want to know who l am, and what l've got? Hold on to your hat, because it's going to hurt.