The Listener s02e03 Episode Script

What the hell is that? It's a hangover recipe sir, it's um tripe soup and Turkish coffee and a couple of other things.
Do you know what you're doing to your body son? Just trying to get the cinder block inside my skull out, that's all.
No Mr.
Bay, it's the drinking, the carousing around, the party.
I mean you are not 28 anymore.
Actually yes I am sir.
Now look, you are young and you are single and somewhat good looking and if you need a role model here I am.
You wouldn't be the first, as a matter of fact, two hours from now I'm going to be hitting the links, I'm going to be putting these bad boys to work.
I'm going to hit that little white ball, 320, is in my direction.
That sounds really good sir.
Yeah, that was a good workout.
Way hotter than Michelle said; I wonder if he's single.
I'm unattached.
What? The sensor? Oh.
Simple or yes or no's.
Yes, yes.
Have you ever taken narcotics or a medication from the ambulance for your own use? No.
Kind of Jake Gyllenhaal thing going on.
Since the age of 18 have you committed an undetected crime? No.
Have you ever accepted money or a gift for performing your regular duties.
No.
He's telling the truth; cute and honest.
Do you know what the polygraph examiner is thinking right now? No.
How would I know that? Crap, am I that transparent? Hey, hey.
How'd I do? Actually I wanted to talk with you about that.
Really? Did I fail? Yes.
You're kidding me.
You're pulling my leg, right? Damn shame, I was looking forward to working with the guy.
I know I was nervous but Yeah, or gullible.
No! Is this what it's going to be like working with you? Oh come on how many times in my life am I going to pull a prank with telepathy? Hopefully that was the last time.
And besides with my good looks and my deductive skills, we'll make a great team.
Fair enough.
Hey you have any tips on McCluskey? Never be wrong, that helps.
Okay.
Yeah just do that; it should be fine.
That sounds easy.
I like how you slipped in the one about the examiner.
Just keeping you on your toes and hopefully off mine.
Sign there.
All right.
You are now officially a confidential informant A1138, low profile.
Anyone asks, I'm hijacking your observational skills; the face reading, photographic memory, I don't care Everything about the truth.
Exactly.
Tell me I'm not going to regret this.
If I take time off work my bills don't pay themselves.
You'll be paid cash from RCI fund, it will be on a case-by-case basis.
Nice, when do I start? There's the training, the skill assessment, the learning curve how about right now? Conservative party is holding their leadership convention tomorrow.
Colonel James Spires and Gordon Legree, the two front Front runners.
Yeah, you know I also read newspapers.
Oh that's good.
Well it's no secret a lot of people despise LeGree for his pro-war stance.
Recently there's been a series of threats against him, all anonymous, and so far untraceable.
And you think that maybe some are going to follow through on their threats? If I could answer that I wouldn't need a telepath.
Fair enough.
How is this undercover exactly? Nobody knows I'm working with the cops.
Nobody knows we're working with the cops.
I'm working with the cops, you're not getting sucked in on this.
Oh so you get to be Jason Bourne and I'm Johnny Lame Job? Thanks a lot, senior buzz-kill.
All right look, first of all you gotta pick, am I Bourne or am I buzz-kill? You could be both.
So what are we doing on this thing? Okay look; we take care of the usual skinned knees, I read a few minds, you charm the ladies, Bob's your Uncle.
I don't know what that means; who's Bob? It's just an expression.
All right, here we go.
There's the Convention Center.
Also, Bob is not my uncle.
That makes no sense.
good for the economy, they'll be for Canadians, they'll be good for Canadian families.
We live in a dangerous world and burying our heads in the sand doesn't make us any safer.
This is just a bond spray; you put ice on it for twenty minutes, off for twenty, repeat you'll be good.
Okay? What exactly are you doing up here? Just keeping an ear out, an eye out, see if I can pick anything up.
It's like $300 out of taxes? I wonder how they cover this with ice? Just doing some light summer reading? I mean your range is increasing, right? Yeah a little why? What about those guys? About 150 feet away; that's got to be a personal best.
Four hours overtime, [inaudible.]
an hour.
Can't get him hear.
Too opento run.
I know where.
Can't turn back.
Legree is mine.
Getting something? Got a hit.
What kind of hit? Someone's going to go after LeGree.
I heard "can't turn back, Legree is mine.
" You calling McCluskey? I got to find Legree? Anything I can do? Stay put.
Excuse me.
For all this posturing as a military man the truth is Colonel Spires belongs in the Liberal Party with the rest of those waving the white Can't turn back.
Stop the guy with the flowers! Message for you.
That was for It's a lucky thing the blood spilled was fake.
Let's make sure the rest of this comes off without any more trouble.
I'll be on site with Sgt.
McCluskey assisting.
Are we sufficiently staffed Sgt.
? We've stepped up our presence since the incident sir.
We have to assume that the protestors have more up their sleeves.
We're coordinating with a number of police security.
We also have eyes and ears through the hallways, surveillance apparatus and also metal detectors at each entrance.
Any other intelligence aspects corporal.
We have CI on the floor.
Someone inside the protest group? No sir; I have a man on the ground who knows how to spot trouble.
He's the one that got us on to the prankster.
Not soon enough it seems.
Now I happen to know both these candidates personally.
Let's be sure we don't have another incident.
Is it just me or is it really quiet around here today? Oh Logan and Bay are moonlighting; could be that.
You know it could be that? And between Toby and Olivia and all that Melrose Place, 'is it really over' stuff.
And Oz treating the nurse's station like it's a private hang.
Yeah, that's gotta stop.
Although I do like Oz.
Really? Not like him like him but I mean he's probably hooked up with someone anyway.
No, he's still prowling the open waters.
Oh I saw you practicing your putting in the ambulance bay earlier.
Oh yeah, I got myself a titanium putter with the copper insert; it's perfect for the center of gravity.
Yeah where you playing? Vaughn Mills; first time there.
Don't hit a pass or pin on the 11th; it has a wicked back to front slope.
I had him, I just couldn't get there in time.
Well at least you spotted the threat.
So what now? Legree is on the warpath; he's reached out to my superintendent and demanded a larger IIB presence.
Okay, so what does that mean? So anything you see or hear read.
bring to me and I'll figure out how to deal with it.
All right, got it.
Might be married but he never wears a ring.
Left a few more aisles placard goes on sixth row.
Never enough hours in the day.
That guy is totally Wow check her out.
I don't know where this goes.
That should take care of it.
I mean seriously, we gotta lift from the knees when you're doing that.
Thanks for the [inaudible.]
, take care.
Fifty bucks on the Bruins; My God this will kill me.
There's no way I can do a whole day.
You getting anything? Random stuff.
Never ceases to amaze me; you're like a telepathic radar.
Early warning detection system.
The last line of defense against all foreign and domestic This is what you've been waiting for.
Line it up; only get one shot! Do you see somebody up there? Yeah, 2 o'clock, he's fixing the lights or something.
All dead, you've got a bullet coming you bastard.
Oh hey Toby, talk to me.
He wasn't fixing the lights.
What did you read? Where'd he go? Where'd who go; who is this guy? I got to find Michelle.
Are you sure this wasn't another pink balloon.
He's got a rifle, he's going to use it.
Okay I'm coming with you; I just got to pack the rig up.
We've searched the catwalks, there's no one there.
I know what I saw.
So you read a guy thinking about a gun, does that mean there is a gun? I still don't know how this thing of yours works.
You have to search everybody; you have to check every room.
We do that and the convention is over.
That's not my call.
You're the witness, you saw the gun, you have to convince my boss and you have to back him up.
Understood? Totes yes.
Totes is like yes.
Mr.
Bay? Yes.
So tell me what you saw? On the west end of the building on the catwalk we saw a guy.
Wearing? Wearing beige overalls, baseball hat.
Tall, short? You couldn't really tell.
Caucasian? Uhm Black, Latino, Asian? He was pretty far away.
He was crouching down in a suspicious manner.
Suspicious how? Are you sure it was a man? I saw a gun.
You actually saw it? A rifle with a scope.
You saw it too? I saw a glint.
Well thank you very much, your vigilance is appreciated.
Sgt.
McCluskey will let you know if we need anything further.
Okay.
So are you going to tell me why you're wasting your time with these clowns? They reported seeing someone with a gun sir.
With a scope, I got that.
Couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman but they both saw a scope.
Come on McCluskey, you trying to justify the hire? If Logan says that he saw a gun then I believe him.
Now your guy, he failed to stop an assault.
So what does he do, he sees another threat to redeem himself.
That's not who he is sir.
This convention is going to choose the next leader of the party, maybe even choose the next prime minister.
I'm not going to shut it down based on a couple of overactive imaginations.
If there is an imminent threat bring me the evidence.
I don't know; smuggling a balloon bull of red paint into a hotel and sneaking a big ass rifle into a convention are two very different things.
No I know.
I know what I saw.
You saw the guy up there too.
Yeah, but if he was just daydreaming or something.
I mean you know, you're looking down at the crowd from the catwalk, you think oh, maybe this is how Oswald felt.
I don't know.
Right but this was different.
The guy, he had intent, it was like he was lining up his target.
Well, the guy could be anywhere.
Hey.
Its everything I saw and heard when I connected with the guy.
Weapon being assembled, voices saying metal lamb It was all bathed in red light.
Okay metal lamb.
In Chinese astrology it signifies both the years I'm not sure the Asian community is particularly upset with Legree.
Is there anything else? The only other reference I get is a metal hair barrette with a cute little lamb design.
Maybe he pissed off a bunch of 13-year-old girls.
Then there's no saving him.
Keep digging.
Everyone's on alert between IIB and Hall security, we're going to find this guy assuming he is there.
He's here, I saw him.
I'll let you know if I need anything else.
Hey dude, come on, you did your duty right.
You called it in.
There's security guards everywhere and outside is teeming with cops.
So what more can you do, huh? - Woah, woah - Level "C" chest pains? Chest pains? Yeah.
Level "C", chest pains, loss of breath.
- Guy, this is Level "E" - Yeah that's what I said, Level "E".
"E" as in 'echo'.
Echo, on no, sorry I meant "C" as in chalupa.
Stay right there! You call our supervisor? He's on his way.
Oh great.
Now would one of you gentleman like to tell me why one of our confidential informants faked his way into a restricted area? This is bananas; we're not a threat, we came to you.
Unfortunately.
Sir if you'll just hand them over to me I promise this won't happen again.
So maybe it wasn't the best idea to go up there.
My boss has you pegged as the one who cried wolf.
Only there is a wolf and his intentions are lethal.
You, Totes back to the ambulance.
You come with me.
Metal and vents going down the barrel.
No, shorter than this and the quick was in the middle of the gun.
That doesn't sound like a rifle.
That's what I saw in his head.
There was also two magazines, one in the front, one behind the grip.
- Very close to that one.
- Yeah? That's it right there! Wow, that's not some nut job with daddy's hunting rifle; that's some serious hardware.
How serious? Only pros walk around with these law enforcement, anti-terrorists squads, military.
Spires makes a big deal about having served in Afghanistan.
The metal lamb thing could be code for battle op.
If he's ex-military, what if Legree is not the target; what if it's actually Spires? From now on.
no assumptions, the target could be on either candidate.
Sir, this was all a big misunderstanding.
Seems to be both of your fortes.
Where's Logan? He's still filling them in on what he saw.
You know I could have been slicing golf balls into the trees today.
How do you think I feel about having togigive that up? Not particularly happy.
Well I'm guessing you gentlemen will be getting my next round.
No, absolutely.
My friend Eric knows this great strip bar, we can head there after work and it's like Round of golf Mr.
Bay.
Of course.
A round of golf! Right, I don't know why I said strip club, they're not even Shut up.
I'm going to walk away now.
Cool.
I'll be here then.
I'll just stop stand here and stop talking.
Can I help you? Sgt.
Mcususkey, IIB.
Robert Vinto, Chief of Security.
Do you have a minute? Mr.
Spires isn't available at the moment.
We're looking into possible threats against the candidates.
Anything that rises to a level of serious concern? Ever seen one of these? DSR1 bull-pup.
German Army uses something like it to base defense up NORAD.
You ever seen it used domestically? Trade shows in the States.
It's a SWAT weapon, long distance tool, very specialized.
You were over there with Col.
Spires? Yes ma'am, Private, We've got a problem.
You agree with the Col.
about pulling out of the war? We lost a lot of good people fighting over a useless patch of territory that wasn't worth dying for.
Do the words metal lamb mean anything to you? How does she know about that? They're all dead; settle down.
I am not signing this lie.
Sorry, no idea.
Thank you for your time.
He's lying.
He was thinking about an argument or something, a struggle in a military tent.
It wasn't too clear.
I heard the words, 'they're all dead metal lamb'.
Okay what's he hiding? These soldiers were in the same unit as Ventone.
Did you see any of them when you were bouncing around in his head? That guy right there, that's the guy saying metal lamb.
Private Scott Flynn.
And this is the woman he tangled with when he freaked out.
Corinne Romley, his top advisor.
You think Flynn's our shooter? Well that would be some trick; Flynn never made it home.
MIA and presumed dead.
So whatever went wrong that day in the desert, this incident that you've been seeing, you think that's what is driving the shooter? Spires was in command of the unit, he was the one in charge of life and death decision.
Dangerous mission, things go sideways, Flynn blames his commanding officer.
Still doesn't explain how he's back from the dead.
Let's say he survives and he makes his way home and then he dedicates himself to one thing.
Payback to the man who sent him into battle.
Yeah, it's a theory.
It's all I got; you got a better one? A discharged troop blames blowhards like LeGree for getting us into this mess.
I don't know; I'm not ruling anything out.
We're here to see Corinne Romley.
It's all for the union okay.
Every deposit Corinne Romley, Chief of Staff.
Sgt.
McCluskey IIB, we spoke on the telephone.
The kind of frenzy Legree whips his supporters into we get our fair share of threats.
The but good news is this is the same team that kept the Col.
safe through Kandahar, Kabul and the Shah-i-Kot Valley so I'm sure we can get him through a political convention without incident.
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.
Toby Logan.
Let me guess, undercover? Can you think of any reason that someone would want Mr.
Spires dead? Is this just an overabundance of caution or is there something you'd like to share with me? What can you tell us about Scott Flynn? What does that have to do with the current situation? Humor us.
Private Flynn disappeared on night patrol in Jalalabad.
Flynn I am not signing this lie; they're all dead.
Get a grip soldier! We heard enemy fire, he never returned.
You have no idea what that can do to a unit.
Did they ever find his body? We left him behind.
Oh don't get up.
Excuse me.
Sagen.
What? It's a hell of a thing to go off to war with just a weapon in your hand and a soldier at your side and one promise that you cling to if you fall, you will not be left behind.
We failed him, pure and simple.
Now I assume this is about that unfortunate attack on Mr.
Legree? No sir, we have the man responsible for that.
Good, good.
We think there may be a much larger threat against you, Col.
Spires.
Really? I'm thinking Spires was there when it all went down.
Same incident in the barracks.
Yeah, this time I saw bodies lined up on the ground.
Enemy soldiers or their own? Not sure, look like a family that were covered in sheets.
Well whatever it was, that puts Spires, Ventone and Corinne Romley together with Private Flynn sometime before Flynn goes missing.
I'm going to get Dev down here.
Come with me, I'm going to need you.
Ouch! Why are you using one-inch staples.
So it doesn't come off when you're waving it around.
Mission accomplished.
You know next time you should just use one of those big foam fingers.
Just get it off me damn it.
Mr.
Bay can you explain to this man that we're trying to help him and his attitude isn't helping? What my boss is trying to say is that we are trying to help you and your attitude isn't helping.
Ever [inaudible.]
as a kid? Thank you sir.
I dug this out of the security tapes.
Tell me if this is your guy? Yeah, that's him; beige overalls, baseball hat.
Comes out in about a minute fast forward.
Do you think that could be Flynn? Can't make out his face.
He didn't go with a bag but he's coming out with it.
So he didn't go up there to plant the gun, he went up there to pick it up.
Which is how he must have gotten past security.
Dev alert all units to search for this guy.
Geez, give a guy a heart attack.
Didn't know you were up here man.
Just finishing a sweep; it's all good.
Get a grip solider! They're all dead.
I am not signing their lies.
So there I was baby in one hand, the fire was so close I could Listen Sgt.
I want to apologize for the All right maybe you can apologize now for interrupting me.
So just keep this immobilized as possible, you know I recommend that you take an X-ray just to make sure.
Excuse me.
Superficial burns backstage.
Yeah, okay, well Mr.
Bay and I can handle that.
Thank you very much, ma'am.
It was nice meeting you.
You're on duty back here.
Yeah well, you know, the cops are probably done with me anyway, so.
You know Logan? Not that you're asking but you know where I'd be if I screwed up the way you do? You probably wouldn't be wearing that gray shirt Probably not gainfully employed.
Right.
Pain in the neck.
No, sort of have a little headache.
No, I mean you! Now I don't know why you and your partner were requested for this detail but I got to figure there's a reason.
All I ask is that someday you tell me what it is.
Sure.
Flynn's only family is a brother named Jackson back in Edmonton; still haven't been able to reach him though.
What about the weapon? There's three SWAT teams in Canada testing the bull-pup sniper rifle; London, Quebec City and Edmonton.
I got calls into all three.
Well Flynn is from Edmonton; why don't you see if there's a connection.
The minute those doors open, the bodies pile in it's going to be a lot harder to find our guy.
Thank you.
Dev your optimism is always appreciated.
How did they get the name? I don't know! Look she asked me to the words 'metal lamb' mean anything? God! Should we tell them? No! Take care of it.
Hey, hey.
Sorry I got you in trouble with your boss.
I guess I could say the same thing.
Grab a chair man.
Sure.
What's going on? I had to circumvent a few firewalls and spoof an IP but I got to some way deep military records.
Metal Lamb is actually Methar Lam.
It's a town 47 km northwest of Jalalabad.
Impressive.
You got your skills, I got mine.
was in the area.
Here's the official report.
While they were patrolling outside a cluster of towns east of the town the Taliban came in and wiped out the farmers.
Cable news reporter Donna Tadeo saw the incident.
"Eight bodies all attributed to a brutal Taliban attack.
Now these villagers have all been accused of cooperating with allied soldiers, something as of yet that has not been confirmed.
" Two weeks later Flynn goes MIA.
They're all dead, Methar Lam that's what Flynn was talking about, the attack.
It feels like a cover-up.
This reeks of a last minute political smear.
Well I believe there is a dangerous person out there who's motivated by something that happened back in Afghanistan.
Is that right? Why did Flynn let you down back in Methar Lamb? He didn't let us down; we let him down.
What do you mean? I'm sitting here; he isn't.
We murdered those people.
Jackson, it's Scott I'm in deep here.
Look at the Methar Lamb We know Flynn was making satellite phone calls back home.
he told someone what happened.
He wasn't supposed to be making calls was he? How do they know all this; I'm being set up.
Who was he calling? He wasn't married.
Ventone selling me down the river.
You don't want to end up wearing all this.
You got to tell the Sgt.
everything.
He had an older brother who lived in Edmonton.
He called him every week on Satellite phone.
It was his emotional lifeline.
So he told him what he saw.
We didn't talk about what we saw over there.
I wish I could forget what I saw.
We were chasing phantoms.
And you thought you found them.
Stop now, stop.
Don't say another word.
Ventone says you were responsible, that it was your call.
That's a lie; we had intelligence reports, we had reliable intelligence reports.
They were holed up in that farmhouse.
So there was not any Taliban fighters in that farmhouse was there? Flynn wouldn't go along with the cover-up.
He was a standup guy.
Look into Methar Lamb We know Col.
Spires shot Flynn; you're covering up for him.
You've got to stop protecting him.
You don't understand; it was an accident.
Well if you ask me, neither one of these mothers is worth voting for.
Yeah, the law of probabilities being what it is, I guess one of them has to win this thing, right.
It's like choosing between mayonnaise and white bread.
I don't even like mayonnaise.
You know I should go into politics.
You should sir.
Yeah, I got something to say.
Yeah you are totally full of opinions, yeah.
You know what, you'd have my vote, right off the bat.
You patronizing me Mr.
Bay? No.
Contact Kline and the Military Prosecution Service, find out how we proceed on this thing.
What about Spires; do we wait until after the convention? First I want to hear everything you have.
Well the MIA soldier's brother, Jackson, turns out he's a 12-year vet of the Edmonton police.
He's a SWAT team sniper.
He spent the last four years lobbying both the military and politicians to look into his brother's death.
But nothing came of it no doubt.
They shut him down.
His last few emails accuse the army of cover-up.
Sir, Flynn was on the phone with his brother filling him in on the attacks when he was killed.
That's not all.
The brother took a leave from the Edmonton police four weeks ago.
They haven't been able to reach him but they just sent me his photo.
Are you telling me we have a SWAT sniper gone rouge and no one can find him? There's got to be a list of everyone who has authorized access to the Convention Hall.
I already cross referenced names but now I can plug in the fish where I can it will just take me a second.
Why don't you go back down to the convention floor and see if you can get anything.
- Sure - Okay.
Not good.
Jackson Flynn used an assumed name.
He's working security.
Got his temporary assignment three weeks ago.
Unbelievable.
Well that explains why your 'sweeps' keep coming up empty and why he had free reign to come and go.
We're an hour away from the doors opening, get the word out now.
I want every cop in this building checked.
I want this man found and until he is, this Convention does not go forward.
We have to keep Spires away from the Convention floor, it's the sniper's kill zone.
Too late that looks like an impromptu press conference; that's going out live.
We need to get down there.
Alert our people on the floor.
Now I've been getting a lot of questions in this campaign about what we intend to do financially and well we've come up with a budget answer.
Keep looking, I want a twenty on every security guard in the building.
Let's do this quietly.
I don't want chaos on national television.
tax cuts on daycare expenses .
.
they'll be good for Canadian families.
We're looking into universal childcare We will not be closing down any prisons.
Now Mr.
Legree says he has a plan, we haven't heard anything.
Don't do it Jackson! Your brother wouldn't have wanted this.
Spires murdered him.
Thank you very much for your time ladies and gentlemen.
You've proved your point.
Step away from the weapon.
He has to pay for what he did.
Spires buckled under the pressure, Scott didn't.
He stayed true to his oath as a soldier.
I heard him dying! I know you did.
This isn't going to bring him back.
Step away from the weapon.
If you love your brother, don't dishonor him.
There's going to be a military investigation; the truth will come out.
So we're good? The superintendent has agreed to let me keep confidential informant A1138 discreetly.
Alright, so he didn't ask any questions.
As long as he gets results he doesn't want to know anything.
The Army has reopened the case on the Methar Lam incident.
They are also looking for Flynn in Afghanistan.
For now they're classifying it as friendly fire.
And what about Corinne Romley's statement? Military investigations are slow and behind closed doors.
But you know what? it's going to take a while, we'll keep the pressure on and we're going to nail Spires.
Can you believe that guy almost became the next Prime Minister? The good thing about politics is close doesn't count.
Right.
Horse shoes, darts And another beer for you.
Oh I'm going to switch to water.
What's wrong? you never met a brew you didn't like.
I know, I just wanted to start taking a little bit better care of myself.
You know I can't back you up at work if I'm hung over.
True, yeah.
Well why can't you turn over this new leaf tomorrow; that would be much better.
Why, what's the difference? Hey.
Come on it.
Hi hey Hey Sandy.
What are you doing here? I'm here to play cards didn't Toby tell you? Slipped my mind.
Where's Olivia? She's on her way.
Whoa, what'd you bring here? Oh I've got brie, cranberry jalapeño jelly and salt water crackers.
And what is wrong with chips? I don't do junk.
Sue me.
What I need is a drink because this Zinfandel is calling my name.
Can I pour you some? He can't, he's turning over a new leaf.
Yes, yeah, I am turning over a new leaf from beer to wine so this is perfect.
Antioxidants, right? Excellent.
Why don't you pour yourself a glass and then get me a straw for the rest.
A woman after my own heart Sandy Wardwell! Nice.