Coroner (2019) s02e07 Episode Script
Monster in the House
1 DONOVAN: Those restless nights, they happen to include sleepwalking? - Mom, wake up! - Jenny! JENNY: If I don't fix this, someone might get hurt.
Yeah, it's-it's Jenny's.
She's been sleepwalking.
I got this terrible feeling that I'm never gonna see you again.
KELLY: Gordon, I made your lunch.
Looks like lawn clippings.
[DOOR BURSTS OPEN.]
LIAM: Mal?! DONOVAN: We were never gonna find him alive, Jenny.
KELLY: I was having contractions and I realized I didn't have any blankets in the house, not a single one.
MALIK: I have a missing firearm.
I need eyes on building security footage ASAP.
It's pretty clear you put the gun in your desk drawer.
[HORRIFIED GASP.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
NEIL: Where we at today, Jenny? JENNY: It's just something feels off.
NEIL: Stay with it.
Stay with it.
That's it.
Go there.
JENNY: It's Kelly.
[DISTORTED SLURP.]
NEIL: What about Kelly? JENNY: I started sleepwalking when I met her.
[HAIR RUSTLES.]
NEIL: Interesting.
At the sleep study, you dreamt you were digging.
Uh, yeah, I'm uh, I'm digging in all my dreams now.
Let's explore that.
[TAKES A DEEP BREATH.]
[WIND BLOWS.]
[DIRT SCRAPES.]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC.]
It's my sister.
It's Katie.
[WIND BLOWS, DIRT SCATTERS.]
NEIL: What happens if you keep digging? [MELANCHOLY MUSIC.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[DISCORDANT, URGENT MUSIC.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[DISCORDANT, URGENT MUSIC.]
[SIGHS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
JENNY: Kelly's baby.
[WIND BLOWS, LEAVES RUSTLE, BIRDS SING.]
ALISON: Alison Trent.
Hey, Alison, can you uh Can you pull up an autopsy report for Robbie Hart, from the Whitfield Co-op fire for me please? [MOUTHFUL.]
Robbie Hart.
H.
A.
R.
T.
Yeah.
Oh! Funny, you're not the only one asking.
Kelly Hart's insurance company called.
There was an issue with the claim.
It looks like her DNA saliva sample didn't match her son's.
Um, there's a problem with uh contamination during collection.
I did the collection.
What if the DNA doesn't match because ALISON: Robbie's not Kelly's son? [SNORT-LAUGHS.]
Could you imagine the kind of person who would do something like that? [CROW CAWS IN THE DISTANCE.]
- [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
- KELLY: Numbers are in French.
- Sheesh! Sorry.
Let's try - GORDON: Oh shit.
Sorry.
KELLY: [CHUCKLES.]
Trente-six.
[LAUGHS.]
You're too much.
You'll do anything to get out of this.
Okay.
So let's see if we lay Hello! - Hey! - Hey! How ya doin'? - [CHUCKLES.]
Good.
- Would you like a cup of tea? - Yeah, I would love one.
- I was just gonna make one.
Be lovely, sir.
Thank you.
- Be my pleasure.
- [CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
Hey, I was um I was thinking about the uh the story that you told me when we first met, after the fire.
- What story? - How when you were having contractions, with Robbie that you suddenly realized that you didn't have a a blanket for him.
Yeah.
That's right.
With everything that was going on completely skipped my mind to get one.
Kelly, uh [BLOWS OUT BREATH.]
The DNA test results came back and um you're not Robbie's biological mother.
Can you just can you sit with me? Please? It's not what you think.
I really don't know what I think.
The story I told you about the blanket is true.
I just wasn't the one having the contractions.
Please sit and let me explain.
Before I came to Toronto, I was living in Cambridge in a boarded-up rooming house, addicted to oxy, sharing a dirty mattress with a woman named Holly and her newborn son, Robbie.
One morning, Holly wouldn't wake up.
I didn't know what to do.
I tried to revive her, but she was already cold.
I looked at that beautiful little baby boy lying next to her and I knew that I had to turn my life around.
For him.
So you took her baby? Jenny, I made the best of a horrible situation, okay? I-I cleaned myself up, I moved to Toronto, I found work, I met Ed.
Robbie was thriving until [BREATH HITCHES.]
[SIGHS.]
Okay.
You wanna know my biggest secret? Is that what you want? Fine.
My big secret is that becoming his mother saved me.
He saved me.
And now I have to live with the guilt that if I hadn't taken Robbie with me, he would still be alive.
[SOBS.]
I bought that blanket for Robbie when Holly was having contractions, and I didn't tell you all of the details at the time because [EMOTIONAL BREATH.]
How could I? Jenny, I was holding Robbie's dead body in my arms when I told you that story.
[TAP RUNS IN THE KITCHEN.]
I think I'm just gonna make Gordon's lunch and then I'm gonna get outta here.
I just need a minute to myself.
GORDON: Where're you going? I got your tea here.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE.]
She's in tears.
What did you do to Kelly? Nothing, Dad.
[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS.]
[FABRIC FLAPS AND FLUTTERS.]
[JACKET RUSTLES.]
[MATCH STRIKES.]
[BREATH WHOOSHES.]
[NERVOUS INHALE AND EXHALE.]
- [LINE RINGS.]
- [NOOR'S PHONE RINGS AND BUZZES.]
- DONOVAN: Noor? - Hi.
Hey.
[AWKWARD SILENCE, MUFFLED CHATTERED FROM OUTSIDE.]
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, I had this whole speech planned and Now that I hear your voice I shouldn't have kissed you last night.
No, I'm glad you did.
Uh, I don't know if you know this about me, but I look damn good in a tuxedo.
A little formal for a Friday morning.
My sister's getting married in a few days.
If I'm not careful, I'm gonna steal the whole show with this look.
Describe it to me.
Okay, um imagine a white cotton dress shirt crisp to the touch, but the fabric's dimpled.
Small raised diamonds that Brush against your fingers when you run your hand over it.
And the jacket's dapper.
Matte black.
The fabric looks smooth and Cool on your wrist as you take my hand.
Go to the wedding with me, Noor.
Don't say no.
Just Consider it.
I'll think about it.
Hey.
Wanna take a walk? I mean, I'd love to, I just I'm doing my exam by correspondence to make my year, so - Gotta ace this.
- All right.
What's going on though? You okay? Yeah.
I mean, it's nice, you know, just spending time with someone who actually can stand to be in the same room with me.
Is somebody mean-girling you, Grandpa? - Uh - [BLENDER ROARS.]
My grass clippings.
You gotta get right to it or they congeal.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- No, you'll do okay.
I'll check with you later.
[BLENDER ROARS.]
- [PUDDLE SPLASHES.]
- [PHONE BUZZES AND RINGS.]
[AMUSED SIGH.]
You know this is my day off, right? - KELLY: Goodnight, Gordon.
- [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
Hey, Donovan, I uh I need you to do me a favour.
I need you to verify a death for me.
There was an addict named Holly who lived in a, a rooming house in Cambridge.
Uh, she OD'd last year.
- You got a last name? - No.
Hmm.
Mind me asking why? Kelly's DNA test came back and It doesn't match her It doesn't match Robbie.
It doesn't match the baby who died.
And she said that Robbie belonged to, to this woman, Holly.
Never a dull moment.
All right, I'll call you when I find something.
[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
- Oh, there you are.
- Yeah.
Hey, we need, we need to talk.
- No, Dad, I gotta go to work.
- Jenny, Jenny - Dad! - Just talk to me, okay? No, Dad, I, honestly, I can't! Living under the same roof now, Smiler, so if you got a problem with me, - say so.
- Dad, the The problem Mm.
[SHARP INHALE.]
The problem is, that this is an impossible situation, - so I just, I can't - Why? Who says you can't?! Who says you can't? Just, if you, if you're mad at me, just be mad! Just be honest! Dad, just let it go! Let it go, Dad! I walk in the room and you leave! I try and talk to you, and you shut me down every time! You're behaving like a spoiled little brat and I did not raise you that way! I raised you better than that! Dad You lied to me my entire life! - Yeah, I tried to protect you - What - to protect me? No! I know you did it to protect me, but at some point, Dad, you did it to protect yourself! Okay.
Okay, well, so how does that feel now, to just kinda let it out? It feels like shit to yell at you! I-I-I have to deal with this for the rest of my life - and you don't! - That is totally not fair! You lied to me and now you're gonna forget about it! You don't have to deal with this! You just get to forget! I'm still here, goddammit! Can you see me?! I'm still alive! [GLASS SMASHES.]
[GASPS.]
What'd I do? I gotta cool down for a second here.
[UPSET, EMOTIONAL BREATHS.]
[LIGHT THUMP.]
[GLASS CLINKS AND SCRAPES.]
Ungh! [HEAVY THUD.]
Dad? Dad! Dad! Ross! Ross, call 911! He's having a seizure.
- It's okay.
- [RUNNING FOOTSTEPS.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
[SHAKY BREATH.]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr.
Diaz.
Cardiology, please.
Dr.
Diaz.
Cardiology.
[BAGS RUSTLE.]
Hey I got you some chips.
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
Uh, fatigue is a side effect of grand mal seizures, so it's not abnormal that he hasn't woken up yet, okay? [SNIFFLES.]
So he's just fine one minute and then the next he's having a seizure? We'll know more when the results come back, okay? I heard you two shouting.
Why can't you ever look Grandpa in the eye anymore? - Ross - He's old and he's sick.
Whatever it is, I don't get why you can't just let it go.
I'm trying.
Try harder.
[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
I'm Dr.
Green.
You must be Gordon's daughter? Hi.
Yeah, I'm I'm Jenny Cooper.
This is my son, Ross.
Be right back.
Uh, I was an ER doctor and now I'm the coroner, so you can be brutally honest.
I don't normally do this, but I know you're gonna sneak a peek as soon as I leave.
Thank you.
Saves me from having to hassle the nurses.
Well, you can see his vitals are stable, but we'll have to wait until he wakes up to see if there are any neuro deficits either from the seizure or the head injury.
Do you know what caused the seizure? I, uh, I don't see his lab results here.
Tox screen's not done yet, but one possible cause? An overdose of medication.
It happens sometimes with patients with dementia.
They lose track of their meds, double dose, triple dose.
Jenny, is Gordon in charge of his own medication? [GASPS.]
[NOISY KISSING.]
Glory Hole? Oh my! [HARD THUMP.]
Hey, Mac.
Oh! Yes, please! Thanks.
Hey, uh Who are you taking to your sister's wedding, by the way? Just Find our OD yet? Lots of ODs in Cambridge match the timeline.
Oh gosh.
Lots of options.
Okay, let me refine the data that has OD CoDs, and DoBs later than '83.
Plus variations of Holly - Hollis, Holland, Holly with an I-E, or two E's at the end.
[PHONE RINGS NEARBY.]
Holly Groves.
Patrol officers found her body in a flophouse while doing a wellness check.
Since when do cops do wellness checks on junkies? - Loverboy.
- Hmm? Find me her next of kin.
Loverboy? Is that my new nickname? Don't ruin it.
- He's right in there.
- Thank you.
JENNY: We have to stay positive, okay? Grandpa's stable, it's good.
Yeah, I've just never really seen him this sick, you know? [WHISPERS.]
My sweet boy.
- What happened? Is he okay? - Hey.
- ROSS: Hey.
[? i - Hi, Ross.
- How are you, sweetie? - No.
Um.
I'm sorry, what're you - What're you doing here? - Ross called me.
Yeah.
She's pretty much Grandpa's nurse, Mom.
- Okay, no, this is - She has a right to know.
This is a family thing.
Can you step outside? - She's family, Mom.
- No, Ross, she isn't.
- Jenny, okay, I'm- - Just step outside, please, - for a second.
- Okay.
Just rela Ross, we'll be back in a second, okay? Okay, just take a breath, Jenny.
I am here to help you, okay? I didn't do anything wrong.
Are you sure about that? - What's that supposed to mean? - It means just, Kelly, I - What's that supposed to mean! - Kelly, I jus Really, I just need you to leave right now.
- I didn't do anything! - Kelly, just go! [PHONE RINGS NEARBY.]
[TAKING DEEP, CALMING BREATHS.]
- Jenny? - Yeah.
- Hey.
- Sorry, I just need - What's going on? - I just need a minute.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
Hey Take a breath.
Yup.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
That's it [MUFFLED ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA.]
When I get home late from a job and I wanna work on our renovation, what do you always tell me? Don't smash things when you're tired.
Right, right.
It's been a horrible day.
You haven't slept, your father's very sick.
Please, don't smash anything, okay? She did it.
She gave him too much medication.
She Like I just Jenny, come on.
Haven't you ever lost track of your own medication? It could have been an accident, right? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Oof look, I don't know I don't know how long we're gonna be here, so you can You should go.
You should go see Mal.
No, no.
M-M-Mal's gonna be all right.
No.
We'll be here all night.
It's the highlight of his week.
Go.
No, he, he [SIGHS.]
[NERVOUS BREATH.]
[FOOTSTEPS ECHO IN THE CORRIDOR.]
What's going on? [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY.]
Look, um I know timing might be a little bit off, but uh There's something I've been wanting to tell you and I I haven't seen Mal.
[EMBARRASSED CHUCKLE.]
Not, not since the accident.
Where've you been going? I've been Going to the bar.
Yeah.
[SNIFFS.]
You should go see Mal.
You should go.
Maybe it'll help.
Yeah.
Okay.
You gonna be okay? Yeah.
Okay.
Hm.
[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS.]
[UNDER HER BREATH.]
What the [APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
- Could I uh - Jenny? This is um This is a, a locked ward, right? It is.
How did the woman that was in my Dad's room get in? She said she was Gordon's daughter.
Is she not your sister? [TENSE EXHALE.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS.]
[PILL BOTTLES RATTLE AND CLATTER.]
Come on Come on.
[ITEMS IN DRAWER CLATTER.]
[PILL BOTTLES RATTLE AND CLATTER.]
[ITEMS RUSTLING.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[PILL DOSETTE RATTLES.]
[TENSE EXHALE.]
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
They're all here.
Shit! [GASPS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
[NERVOUS BREATH.]
- [WHEELCHAIR RATTLES BY.]
- Hey.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER AND LAUGHTER.]
[SNIFFS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
At least when you finally show up, you bring whisky.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
It's really good to see you, brother.
Hey Nice to see you.
[SIPPING COMPANIONABLY.]
[GELATINOUS TEARING.]
[GURNEY RATTLES.]
Uh, Dr.
Winter, can we borrow your expertise? Can we do this when my hands aren't covered in brains? Yup, I can see that uh you're busy.
He's busy.
Uh, this file's important to Jenny.
It's the autopsy report for a woman named Holly Groves.
It says, uh, cause of death: Opioid overdose.
If the lab results agree, then that's what killed her.
Can you tell me if she gave birth before she died? I would have to see the X-Ray of her pelvis.
I knew you'd say that.
The pubic symphysis is separated.
Sounds uncomfortable.
When the pelvic bones loosen during pregnancy, the pubic symphysis can temporarily separate.
And if she wasn't taking proper care of herself after childbirth, the separation could be permanent.
I should probably call my doctor, uh, to make sure I'm all together down there.
Uh, so, Holly Groves did give birth before she died? It's a definite possibility.
Well, Kelly Hart may be telling the truth after all.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
MAL: That is my roommate.
Anytime he snores, it sounds like an airstrike.
It's like I'm back in Afghanistan again.
Aw, come on, it can't be that bad.
I also see his balls twice a day.
- [LAUGHS.]
- There's that.
[LAUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Man, it's nice to get a laugh in with someone.
It's hard to get out of your head in here.
Are you talking to anyone? Talking to you.
Lighten up, brother.
This whole thing's hilarious if you sit down and think about it.
I mean, you'd think a soldier'd shoot himself properly, right? [CHUCKLES.]
Should've had you to do it, man, since you never miss.
How long before you're well enough to walk? - Oh, this thing, man? - Yeah.
Ah, it's just a prop.
I like the attention I get when I'm in it, man.
Like I'm a bona fide war hero or something.
[CHUCKLES.]
Are you kidding me? Since when do you need sympathy or special treatment? I don't need anything, man, 'cause I'm a soldier! 'Cause I'm strong, right?! 'Cause I'm proud, right?! [LAUGHS.]
All right.
Stand up.
Hey, maybe if I get lucky, I get a sponge bath later, man.
- [LAUGHS.]
Right? - Get up! - Come on, come on, get up! - Woo-hoo-hoo! Whoa! Jenny know how much rage you're holding in, champ? [LAUGHS.]
All right, listen, man.
I'm not gonna quit on you, but you have to help yourself, 'kay? Liam, I am unfit to be a soldier and unfit to be a civilian.
You got a solution for being stuck between those two rocks, huh? Yeah, you have options.
I have drugs that don't work.
I have panic attacks that last for days whenever I go out in public.
I have PTSD, I have dissociative disorder, and I have a therapist - who can't help me.
- You have me! Oh, you show up after weeks of being AWOL and you're supposed to be the lifeboat I get in? What a joke! Come on, man, this whole thing's bullshit! All you did was shack up with a freshly widowed MILF who's so messed up she can't even see how broken you are.
- STAND UP! - [LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY.]
- STAND UP! - You gonna hit me? [HARD THUD.]
Ungh! Come on! Hit me, big man! - STAND UP! Stand up! - [LAUGHING.]
- STAND! UP! - Liam, man! [HARD CRACK, TENSE MURMURS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
Okay.
Okay! I'll see you at MMA, asshole! - [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
- [MUSIC BLARES NEARBY.]
[TRAFFIC RUMBLES NEARBY.]
[KNOCKING.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
I just wanna be with you.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
[CHUCKLES.]
- I gotta go, baby.
YUSEF: What's going on? Call, call me tomorrow.
Donovan I'm married.
Oh.
Uh [SHOCKED EXHALE.]
Don't go off like this.
I'm-I'm not, I'm not trying to be dramatic here, I just Honestly, don't know what to do.
[SIGHS.]
I met Yusef when we were studying in Cairo.
I went to finish my social work degree, and he'd come from Eritrea to study journalism.
We were organizing a campus protest.
I don't even know what we were protesting.
But the fire and passion he had Still has Where is he now? [SHAKY SIGH.]
A refugee camp in Ethiopia.
Our government isn't in a hurry to bring over a Muslim man with "anti-government sympathies", even if his wife is Canadian.
[EMOTIONAL EXHALE.]
What happened between us It can't happen again.
[PHONE CHIMES AND BUZZES.]
[SILENCES PHONE.]
I have to go.
Donovan - Donovan.
- [DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
I don't regret it.
[UPSET SIGH.]
[DOOR BANGS SHUT, ENGINE STARTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
Okay It's gotta be one of these.
[PHONE CHIMES AND BUZZES.]
Hey, Ross, is Grandpa okay? So his um [CLEARS THROAT.]
his toxicology screen came back.
What was it? Was it um Was it camphor? Was it, was it turpentine? - Mom! - What? It was your pills, Mom.
Do you think that you could've done this? I mean With You know, like with, with your sleepwalking By accident? I mean, I jus No [UNSTEADY THUMPS.]
Mom! [EDGY, TENSE MUSIC BUILDS.]
[SILENCE.]
No [WHIMPERS.]
No - [PILL BOTTLE THUNKS.]
- [GASPS FOR AIR.]
[GASPING FOR AIR.]
[SCREAMS.]
[SNIFFLING.]
[WEEPING AND SNIFFLING.]
[FOOTSTEPS CLACK HEAVILY.]
[GLASS CLINKS AND CLATTERS.]
[SIGHS.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP, TRAFFIC RUMBLES NEARBY.]
[KNOCKING.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
- DONOVAN: Mrs.
Groves? - Yes? - I - Oh, whatever you're selling MALIK: Police.
MR.
GROVES: We nearly bankrupted ourselves trying to get Holly clean.
We tried all the best rehabilitation centres.
Throwing good money after bad.
Emery, stop it.
And then we, hired that woman to watch her and then Whoa, did we ever get taken for a ride there.
Stop it! Well, we really thought that we found the answer to our prayers when we hired a sober companion for Holly, and then she ran away.
And a month later uh Police found her and They found her body.
It didn't even look like her in the end.
We had to have a closed casket.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Did Holly have any kids? Absolutely not! Our daughter was a mess, but she had a big heart.
She would've never, brought a child into the life that she was living.
Never.
The pathologist report showed that she had a separation of the pubic bone, which usually means She fell off a horse.
That's what started this whole thing.
Holly was an equestrian.
One of the best in the province.
But she had a bad fall when she was 18.
Lots of surgeries and It was those painkillers they gave her.
She never had a problem with drugs before that.
What was the name of Holly's sober companion? Kelly Barken.
Kelly? Can you Her name was Kelly? EMERY: Yes, that's right.
Do you have a photo of Kelly? Well, all of Holly's things are boxed up in the basement.
So I can take a look and then get back to you.
I'd appreciate that.
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
ROSS: She's never gonna forgive herself.
Even if it was an accident, she's just She just won't.
But you know, right? It doesn't matter if she gets pissed or angry at you, she would never hurt you.
But I hurt her.
[PA SYSTEM DINGS, MUFFLED ANNOUNCEMENT.]
Yup, just had to finish my year.
Just had to follow the plan, just had to, just had to finish high school.
Maybe, you know, if I just would've done that, then none of this would've happened.
Grandpa, you don't think You don't think that this was my fault, right? [LONG INHALE AND EXHALE.]
[GASPS.]
Oh my Water.
- Here.
- Ahh Here.
[RASPY WHISPER.]
In this family We bend [SWALLOWING LOUDLY.]
But don't break.
[SHAKY, RELIEVED BREATH.]
[SLURPING NOISILY.]
- [DOORS WHOOSH OPEN.]
- Here you are! - I've been calling you - Shhh [WHISPERING.]
Are we having quiet time? Because I thought we were working.
I think Kelly tried to poison my dad and River is Trying to help me prove it.
- Oh my God, Jenny! - Yeah.
Is that why Donovan just got to your office? No.
No, that's that's separate.
This is um Ugh, this is personal.
I'm just trying to make sure that I'm not going insane.
Can I get a little quiet, please? This is the first time I'm testing a sweatshirt for drugs.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Voilà .
It's a positive test.
The smoothie does contain SSRIs.
[BREATH HITCHES.]
- [CLEARS THROAT.]
- [BAG RUSTLES.]
Are you gonna tell Donovan? No.
No, this'll never hold up in court.
[DOORS WHOOSH OPEN.]
[PAPER TAPS LIGHTLY.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
What did you find out? Kelly wasn't Holly's junkie friend.
She was her sober companion.
Holly was never even pregnant.
[MUFFLED SIRENS WAIL OUTSIDE.]
- What? You're sure? - Yeah.
Kelly went by a different last name back then, but I'm pretty sure it was her.
Holly's parents are sending me a photo.
I asked them to send it to you as well.
I mean, this whole time she was lying to me.
[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK.]
How did I not see what she was? Yeah, we don't know what she is.
[LOADING WHIR.]
[TENSE SIGH.]
Yep.
Kelly was pregnant.
Then whose baby was buried in the community garden? And where's Kelly's baby? ROSS: Good? All right, I'm gonna go hands-free here.
We're going autopilot.
- Solo.
Watch this.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Look at that.
That's pretty good.
[LAUGHS.]
A little dizz You okay? - All right, all right.
- A little weird at the end.
Yeah, yeah, that's all right.
You did it.
- You're okay.
- [COUGHING.]
Thank you, so thank you so much.
- Of course.
Here.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Hey! - Hi! - Hey - He's up! You didn't happen to see us, go around the nurse's station, did you? I just saw you walk in, yeah.
- He's okay? You're okay? - It's gonna be okay.
Got a little dizzy, that's it.
Yeah, let's get you back into bed, Dad.
- Supposed to get a shower.
- There.
- [EXHALES.]
- There.
Hey, will you um Will you just give us a minute? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Do you want some water? - Okay.
- Okay.
- Want some water? I'm good, thanks.
- Shove over.
- Is everything okay? Yeah.
[RELIEVED SIGH.]
That's good.
I'm really glad that you're okay, Dad.
Look, I have so many things that I have to apologize - to you for.
- No, Dad.
I'm I'm so sorry that I yelled at you like that.
No, no.
I should've told you about Katie.
I should've done that.
'Cause you deserved the chance to be able to deal with it.
But I took that away.
Now back then, I don't think I uh I knew a whole hell of a lot.
Your mother felt that she had to go away to grieve, and never came back, so I was on my own.
No, Dad, you weren't.
I was right there.
Yes, you were.
Yes, you were.
I wasn't on my own Because you were there.
Oh, Summer Sun, just tell me now that I haven't ruined everything For us.
No, Dad, no.
We're in this together now.
- Okay? - When you're right, you're right.
So I'm gonna try to communicate better with you.
And, and I will let you know [SNIFFS.]
When I get triggered or - Me too.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Can you just do me a quick favour? - Yeah.
- I'm worried about Katie.
She went down to let the dog out but it's gotta be like, hours ago now and Is that Arski? No.
Would you just go and check? Yeah.
Yeah, Dad.
Sure, I'll go check on Katie.
Thank you.
I'll go check on Katie, okay? I appreciate it.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[SIGHS AND SNIFFS.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP OUTSIDE.]
[HOUSE GROANS, LIAM EXHALES HEAVILY.]
[ECHOING DRIPS.]
[ECHOING DRIPS.]
[EXHALES SHAKILY.]
[LOUD, ECHOING DRIPS.]
[LOUD DRIPS.]
[MALLET SMASHES.]
[GRUNTING ANGRILY.]
Hey! I came as soon as I could.
Please tell me he's okay.
[GASPING FOR BREATH.]
We bend but we don't break.
[PHONE CHIMES.]
- Hey.
- Hey, Jenny.
- I've got eyes on Kelly.
JENNY: Are you sure it's her? I put out a BOLO and a uniform spotted her at the gas station on the corner.
So, what, what're you waiting for? - Well, she's with someone.
- So? We need to be cautious.
We'll wait until she's alone.
Can't even ID the other person.
They're parked in the dark.
Okay, w-what can you see? It looks like they're arguing.
[DOOR OPENS, BANGS SHUT.]
[EXHALES NERVOUSLY, GASPS.]
Hey, what do you want me to do, boss? JENNY: Donovan, what is going on? - Mac, we might lose her, man! - Wait! JENNY: Donovan, you need to arrest her right now, okay? She tried to kill my father.
You need to pick her up right now! - I'll call you back.
- Donovan Shit.
Yeah, it's-it's Jenny's.
She's been sleepwalking.
I got this terrible feeling that I'm never gonna see you again.
KELLY: Gordon, I made your lunch.
Looks like lawn clippings.
[DOOR BURSTS OPEN.]
LIAM: Mal?! DONOVAN: We were never gonna find him alive, Jenny.
KELLY: I was having contractions and I realized I didn't have any blankets in the house, not a single one.
MALIK: I have a missing firearm.
I need eyes on building security footage ASAP.
It's pretty clear you put the gun in your desk drawer.
[HORRIFIED GASP.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
NEIL: Where we at today, Jenny? JENNY: It's just something feels off.
NEIL: Stay with it.
Stay with it.
That's it.
Go there.
JENNY: It's Kelly.
[DISTORTED SLURP.]
NEIL: What about Kelly? JENNY: I started sleepwalking when I met her.
[HAIR RUSTLES.]
NEIL: Interesting.
At the sleep study, you dreamt you were digging.
Uh, yeah, I'm uh, I'm digging in all my dreams now.
Let's explore that.
[TAKES A DEEP BREATH.]
[WIND BLOWS.]
[DIRT SCRAPES.]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC.]
It's my sister.
It's Katie.
[WIND BLOWS, DIRT SCATTERS.]
NEIL: What happens if you keep digging? [MELANCHOLY MUSIC.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[DISCORDANT, URGENT MUSIC.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[DISCORDANT, URGENT MUSIC.]
[SIGHS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
JENNY: Kelly's baby.
[WIND BLOWS, LEAVES RUSTLE, BIRDS SING.]
ALISON: Alison Trent.
Hey, Alison, can you uh Can you pull up an autopsy report for Robbie Hart, from the Whitfield Co-op fire for me please? [MOUTHFUL.]
Robbie Hart.
H.
A.
R.
T.
Yeah.
Oh! Funny, you're not the only one asking.
Kelly Hart's insurance company called.
There was an issue with the claim.
It looks like her DNA saliva sample didn't match her son's.
Um, there's a problem with uh contamination during collection.
I did the collection.
What if the DNA doesn't match because ALISON: Robbie's not Kelly's son? [SNORT-LAUGHS.]
Could you imagine the kind of person who would do something like that? [CROW CAWS IN THE DISTANCE.]
- [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
- KELLY: Numbers are in French.
- Sheesh! Sorry.
Let's try - GORDON: Oh shit.
Sorry.
KELLY: [CHUCKLES.]
Trente-six.
[LAUGHS.]
You're too much.
You'll do anything to get out of this.
Okay.
So let's see if we lay Hello! - Hey! - Hey! How ya doin'? - [CHUCKLES.]
Good.
- Would you like a cup of tea? - Yeah, I would love one.
- I was just gonna make one.
Be lovely, sir.
Thank you.
- Be my pleasure.
- [CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
Hey, I was um I was thinking about the uh the story that you told me when we first met, after the fire.
- What story? - How when you were having contractions, with Robbie that you suddenly realized that you didn't have a a blanket for him.
Yeah.
That's right.
With everything that was going on completely skipped my mind to get one.
Kelly, uh [BLOWS OUT BREATH.]
The DNA test results came back and um you're not Robbie's biological mother.
Can you just can you sit with me? Please? It's not what you think.
I really don't know what I think.
The story I told you about the blanket is true.
I just wasn't the one having the contractions.
Please sit and let me explain.
Before I came to Toronto, I was living in Cambridge in a boarded-up rooming house, addicted to oxy, sharing a dirty mattress with a woman named Holly and her newborn son, Robbie.
One morning, Holly wouldn't wake up.
I didn't know what to do.
I tried to revive her, but she was already cold.
I looked at that beautiful little baby boy lying next to her and I knew that I had to turn my life around.
For him.
So you took her baby? Jenny, I made the best of a horrible situation, okay? I-I cleaned myself up, I moved to Toronto, I found work, I met Ed.
Robbie was thriving until [BREATH HITCHES.]
[SIGHS.]
Okay.
You wanna know my biggest secret? Is that what you want? Fine.
My big secret is that becoming his mother saved me.
He saved me.
And now I have to live with the guilt that if I hadn't taken Robbie with me, he would still be alive.
[SOBS.]
I bought that blanket for Robbie when Holly was having contractions, and I didn't tell you all of the details at the time because [EMOTIONAL BREATH.]
How could I? Jenny, I was holding Robbie's dead body in my arms when I told you that story.
[TAP RUNS IN THE KITCHEN.]
I think I'm just gonna make Gordon's lunch and then I'm gonna get outta here.
I just need a minute to myself.
GORDON: Where're you going? I got your tea here.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE.]
She's in tears.
What did you do to Kelly? Nothing, Dad.
[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS.]
[FABRIC FLAPS AND FLUTTERS.]
[JACKET RUSTLES.]
[MATCH STRIKES.]
[BREATH WHOOSHES.]
[NERVOUS INHALE AND EXHALE.]
- [LINE RINGS.]
- [NOOR'S PHONE RINGS AND BUZZES.]
- DONOVAN: Noor? - Hi.
Hey.
[AWKWARD SILENCE, MUFFLED CHATTERED FROM OUTSIDE.]
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, I had this whole speech planned and Now that I hear your voice I shouldn't have kissed you last night.
No, I'm glad you did.
Uh, I don't know if you know this about me, but I look damn good in a tuxedo.
A little formal for a Friday morning.
My sister's getting married in a few days.
If I'm not careful, I'm gonna steal the whole show with this look.
Describe it to me.
Okay, um imagine a white cotton dress shirt crisp to the touch, but the fabric's dimpled.
Small raised diamonds that Brush against your fingers when you run your hand over it.
And the jacket's dapper.
Matte black.
The fabric looks smooth and Cool on your wrist as you take my hand.
Go to the wedding with me, Noor.
Don't say no.
Just Consider it.
I'll think about it.
Hey.
Wanna take a walk? I mean, I'd love to, I just I'm doing my exam by correspondence to make my year, so - Gotta ace this.
- All right.
What's going on though? You okay? Yeah.
I mean, it's nice, you know, just spending time with someone who actually can stand to be in the same room with me.
Is somebody mean-girling you, Grandpa? - Uh - [BLENDER ROARS.]
My grass clippings.
You gotta get right to it or they congeal.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- No, you'll do okay.
I'll check with you later.
[BLENDER ROARS.]
- [PUDDLE SPLASHES.]
- [PHONE BUZZES AND RINGS.]
[AMUSED SIGH.]
You know this is my day off, right? - KELLY: Goodnight, Gordon.
- [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
Hey, Donovan, I uh I need you to do me a favour.
I need you to verify a death for me.
There was an addict named Holly who lived in a, a rooming house in Cambridge.
Uh, she OD'd last year.
- You got a last name? - No.
Hmm.
Mind me asking why? Kelly's DNA test came back and It doesn't match her It doesn't match Robbie.
It doesn't match the baby who died.
And she said that Robbie belonged to, to this woman, Holly.
Never a dull moment.
All right, I'll call you when I find something.
[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
- Oh, there you are.
- Yeah.
Hey, we need, we need to talk.
- No, Dad, I gotta go to work.
- Jenny, Jenny - Dad! - Just talk to me, okay? No, Dad, I, honestly, I can't! Living under the same roof now, Smiler, so if you got a problem with me, - say so.
- Dad, the The problem Mm.
[SHARP INHALE.]
The problem is, that this is an impossible situation, - so I just, I can't - Why? Who says you can't?! Who says you can't? Just, if you, if you're mad at me, just be mad! Just be honest! Dad, just let it go! Let it go, Dad! I walk in the room and you leave! I try and talk to you, and you shut me down every time! You're behaving like a spoiled little brat and I did not raise you that way! I raised you better than that! Dad You lied to me my entire life! - Yeah, I tried to protect you - What - to protect me? No! I know you did it to protect me, but at some point, Dad, you did it to protect yourself! Okay.
Okay, well, so how does that feel now, to just kinda let it out? It feels like shit to yell at you! I-I-I have to deal with this for the rest of my life - and you don't! - That is totally not fair! You lied to me and now you're gonna forget about it! You don't have to deal with this! You just get to forget! I'm still here, goddammit! Can you see me?! I'm still alive! [GLASS SMASHES.]
[GASPS.]
What'd I do? I gotta cool down for a second here.
[UPSET, EMOTIONAL BREATHS.]
[LIGHT THUMP.]
[GLASS CLINKS AND SCRAPES.]
Ungh! [HEAVY THUD.]
Dad? Dad! Dad! Ross! Ross, call 911! He's having a seizure.
- It's okay.
- [RUNNING FOOTSTEPS.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
[SHAKY BREATH.]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr.
Diaz.
Cardiology, please.
Dr.
Diaz.
Cardiology.
[BAGS RUSTLE.]
Hey I got you some chips.
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
Uh, fatigue is a side effect of grand mal seizures, so it's not abnormal that he hasn't woken up yet, okay? [SNIFFLES.]
So he's just fine one minute and then the next he's having a seizure? We'll know more when the results come back, okay? I heard you two shouting.
Why can't you ever look Grandpa in the eye anymore? - Ross - He's old and he's sick.
Whatever it is, I don't get why you can't just let it go.
I'm trying.
Try harder.
[APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
I'm Dr.
Green.
You must be Gordon's daughter? Hi.
Yeah, I'm I'm Jenny Cooper.
This is my son, Ross.
Be right back.
Uh, I was an ER doctor and now I'm the coroner, so you can be brutally honest.
I don't normally do this, but I know you're gonna sneak a peek as soon as I leave.
Thank you.
Saves me from having to hassle the nurses.
Well, you can see his vitals are stable, but we'll have to wait until he wakes up to see if there are any neuro deficits either from the seizure or the head injury.
Do you know what caused the seizure? I, uh, I don't see his lab results here.
Tox screen's not done yet, but one possible cause? An overdose of medication.
It happens sometimes with patients with dementia.
They lose track of their meds, double dose, triple dose.
Jenny, is Gordon in charge of his own medication? [GASPS.]
[NOISY KISSING.]
Glory Hole? Oh my! [HARD THUMP.]
Hey, Mac.
Oh! Yes, please! Thanks.
Hey, uh Who are you taking to your sister's wedding, by the way? Just Find our OD yet? Lots of ODs in Cambridge match the timeline.
Oh gosh.
Lots of options.
Okay, let me refine the data that has OD CoDs, and DoBs later than '83.
Plus variations of Holly - Hollis, Holland, Holly with an I-E, or two E's at the end.
[PHONE RINGS NEARBY.]
Holly Groves.
Patrol officers found her body in a flophouse while doing a wellness check.
Since when do cops do wellness checks on junkies? - Loverboy.
- Hmm? Find me her next of kin.
Loverboy? Is that my new nickname? Don't ruin it.
- He's right in there.
- Thank you.
JENNY: We have to stay positive, okay? Grandpa's stable, it's good.
Yeah, I've just never really seen him this sick, you know? [WHISPERS.]
My sweet boy.
- What happened? Is he okay? - Hey.
- ROSS: Hey.
[? i - Hi, Ross.
- How are you, sweetie? - No.
Um.
I'm sorry, what're you - What're you doing here? - Ross called me.
Yeah.
She's pretty much Grandpa's nurse, Mom.
- Okay, no, this is - She has a right to know.
This is a family thing.
Can you step outside? - She's family, Mom.
- No, Ross, she isn't.
- Jenny, okay, I'm- - Just step outside, please, - for a second.
- Okay.
Just rela Ross, we'll be back in a second, okay? Okay, just take a breath, Jenny.
I am here to help you, okay? I didn't do anything wrong.
Are you sure about that? - What's that supposed to mean? - It means just, Kelly, I - What's that supposed to mean! - Kelly, I jus Really, I just need you to leave right now.
- I didn't do anything! - Kelly, just go! [PHONE RINGS NEARBY.]
[TAKING DEEP, CALMING BREATHS.]
- Jenny? - Yeah.
- Hey.
- Sorry, I just need - What's going on? - I just need a minute.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
Hey Take a breath.
Yup.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
That's it [MUFFLED ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA.]
When I get home late from a job and I wanna work on our renovation, what do you always tell me? Don't smash things when you're tired.
Right, right.
It's been a horrible day.
You haven't slept, your father's very sick.
Please, don't smash anything, okay? She did it.
She gave him too much medication.
She Like I just Jenny, come on.
Haven't you ever lost track of your own medication? It could have been an accident, right? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Oof look, I don't know I don't know how long we're gonna be here, so you can You should go.
You should go see Mal.
No, no.
M-M-Mal's gonna be all right.
No.
We'll be here all night.
It's the highlight of his week.
Go.
No, he, he [SIGHS.]
[NERVOUS BREATH.]
[FOOTSTEPS ECHO IN THE CORRIDOR.]
What's going on? [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY.]
Look, um I know timing might be a little bit off, but uh There's something I've been wanting to tell you and I I haven't seen Mal.
[EMBARRASSED CHUCKLE.]
Not, not since the accident.
Where've you been going? I've been Going to the bar.
Yeah.
[SNIFFS.]
You should go see Mal.
You should go.
Maybe it'll help.
Yeah.
Okay.
You gonna be okay? Yeah.
Okay.
Hm.
[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS.]
[UNDER HER BREATH.]
What the [APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS.]
- Could I uh - Jenny? This is um This is a, a locked ward, right? It is.
How did the woman that was in my Dad's room get in? She said she was Gordon's daughter.
Is she not your sister? [TENSE EXHALE.]
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS.]
[PILL BOTTLES RATTLE AND CLATTER.]
Come on Come on.
[ITEMS IN DRAWER CLATTER.]
[PILL BOTTLES RATTLE AND CLATTER.]
[ITEMS RUSTLING.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[PILL DOSETTE RATTLES.]
[TENSE EXHALE.]
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
They're all here.
Shit! [GASPS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
[NERVOUS BREATH.]
- [WHEELCHAIR RATTLES BY.]
- Hey.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER AND LAUGHTER.]
[SNIFFS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
At least when you finally show up, you bring whisky.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
It's really good to see you, brother.
Hey Nice to see you.
[SIPPING COMPANIONABLY.]
[GELATINOUS TEARING.]
[GURNEY RATTLES.]
Uh, Dr.
Winter, can we borrow your expertise? Can we do this when my hands aren't covered in brains? Yup, I can see that uh you're busy.
He's busy.
Uh, this file's important to Jenny.
It's the autopsy report for a woman named Holly Groves.
It says, uh, cause of death: Opioid overdose.
If the lab results agree, then that's what killed her.
Can you tell me if she gave birth before she died? I would have to see the X-Ray of her pelvis.
I knew you'd say that.
The pubic symphysis is separated.
Sounds uncomfortable.
When the pelvic bones loosen during pregnancy, the pubic symphysis can temporarily separate.
And if she wasn't taking proper care of herself after childbirth, the separation could be permanent.
I should probably call my doctor, uh, to make sure I'm all together down there.
Uh, so, Holly Groves did give birth before she died? It's a definite possibility.
Well, Kelly Hart may be telling the truth after all.
[LOW HUM OF CHATTER.]
MAL: That is my roommate.
Anytime he snores, it sounds like an airstrike.
It's like I'm back in Afghanistan again.
Aw, come on, it can't be that bad.
I also see his balls twice a day.
- [LAUGHS.]
- There's that.
[LAUGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
Man, it's nice to get a laugh in with someone.
It's hard to get out of your head in here.
Are you talking to anyone? Talking to you.
Lighten up, brother.
This whole thing's hilarious if you sit down and think about it.
I mean, you'd think a soldier'd shoot himself properly, right? [CHUCKLES.]
Should've had you to do it, man, since you never miss.
How long before you're well enough to walk? - Oh, this thing, man? - Yeah.
Ah, it's just a prop.
I like the attention I get when I'm in it, man.
Like I'm a bona fide war hero or something.
[CHUCKLES.]
Are you kidding me? Since when do you need sympathy or special treatment? I don't need anything, man, 'cause I'm a soldier! 'Cause I'm strong, right?! 'Cause I'm proud, right?! [LAUGHS.]
All right.
Stand up.
Hey, maybe if I get lucky, I get a sponge bath later, man.
- [LAUGHS.]
Right? - Get up! - Come on, come on, get up! - Woo-hoo-hoo! Whoa! Jenny know how much rage you're holding in, champ? [LAUGHS.]
All right, listen, man.
I'm not gonna quit on you, but you have to help yourself, 'kay? Liam, I am unfit to be a soldier and unfit to be a civilian.
You got a solution for being stuck between those two rocks, huh? Yeah, you have options.
I have drugs that don't work.
I have panic attacks that last for days whenever I go out in public.
I have PTSD, I have dissociative disorder, and I have a therapist - who can't help me.
- You have me! Oh, you show up after weeks of being AWOL and you're supposed to be the lifeboat I get in? What a joke! Come on, man, this whole thing's bullshit! All you did was shack up with a freshly widowed MILF who's so messed up she can't even see how broken you are.
- STAND UP! - [LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY.]
- STAND UP! - You gonna hit me? [HARD THUD.]
Ungh! Come on! Hit me, big man! - STAND UP! Stand up! - [LAUGHING.]
- STAND! UP! - Liam, man! [HARD CRACK, TENSE MURMURS.]
[BREATHING HARD.]
Okay.
Okay! I'll see you at MMA, asshole! - [DOOR BANGS SHUT.]
- [MUSIC BLARES NEARBY.]
[TRAFFIC RUMBLES NEARBY.]
[KNOCKING.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
I just wanna be with you.
That's it.
That's the whole thing.
[CHUCKLES.]
- I gotta go, baby.
YUSEF: What's going on? Call, call me tomorrow.
Donovan I'm married.
Oh.
Uh [SHOCKED EXHALE.]
Don't go off like this.
I'm-I'm not, I'm not trying to be dramatic here, I just Honestly, don't know what to do.
[SIGHS.]
I met Yusef when we were studying in Cairo.
I went to finish my social work degree, and he'd come from Eritrea to study journalism.
We were organizing a campus protest.
I don't even know what we were protesting.
But the fire and passion he had Still has Where is he now? [SHAKY SIGH.]
A refugee camp in Ethiopia.
Our government isn't in a hurry to bring over a Muslim man with "anti-government sympathies", even if his wife is Canadian.
[EMOTIONAL EXHALE.]
What happened between us It can't happen again.
[PHONE CHIMES AND BUZZES.]
[SILENCES PHONE.]
I have to go.
Donovan - Donovan.
- [DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
I don't regret it.
[UPSET SIGH.]
[DOOR BANGS SHUT, ENGINE STARTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
Okay It's gotta be one of these.
[PHONE CHIMES AND BUZZES.]
Hey, Ross, is Grandpa okay? So his um [CLEARS THROAT.]
his toxicology screen came back.
What was it? Was it um Was it camphor? Was it, was it turpentine? - Mom! - What? It was your pills, Mom.
Do you think that you could've done this? I mean With You know, like with, with your sleepwalking By accident? I mean, I jus No [UNSTEADY THUMPS.]
Mom! [EDGY, TENSE MUSIC BUILDS.]
[SILENCE.]
No [WHIMPERS.]
No - [PILL BOTTLE THUNKS.]
- [GASPS FOR AIR.]
[GASPING FOR AIR.]
[SCREAMS.]
[SNIFFLING.]
[WEEPING AND SNIFFLING.]
[FOOTSTEPS CLACK HEAVILY.]
[GLASS CLINKS AND CLATTERS.]
[SIGHS.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP, TRAFFIC RUMBLES NEARBY.]
[KNOCKING.]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN.]
- DONOVAN: Mrs.
Groves? - Yes? - I - Oh, whatever you're selling MALIK: Police.
MR.
GROVES: We nearly bankrupted ourselves trying to get Holly clean.
We tried all the best rehabilitation centres.
Throwing good money after bad.
Emery, stop it.
And then we, hired that woman to watch her and then Whoa, did we ever get taken for a ride there.
Stop it! Well, we really thought that we found the answer to our prayers when we hired a sober companion for Holly, and then she ran away.
And a month later uh Police found her and They found her body.
It didn't even look like her in the end.
We had to have a closed casket.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Did Holly have any kids? Absolutely not! Our daughter was a mess, but she had a big heart.
She would've never, brought a child into the life that she was living.
Never.
The pathologist report showed that she had a separation of the pubic bone, which usually means She fell off a horse.
That's what started this whole thing.
Holly was an equestrian.
One of the best in the province.
But she had a bad fall when she was 18.
Lots of surgeries and It was those painkillers they gave her.
She never had a problem with drugs before that.
What was the name of Holly's sober companion? Kelly Barken.
Kelly? Can you Her name was Kelly? EMERY: Yes, that's right.
Do you have a photo of Kelly? Well, all of Holly's things are boxed up in the basement.
So I can take a look and then get back to you.
I'd appreciate that.
[MONITOR BEEPS.]
ROSS: She's never gonna forgive herself.
Even if it was an accident, she's just She just won't.
But you know, right? It doesn't matter if she gets pissed or angry at you, she would never hurt you.
But I hurt her.
[PA SYSTEM DINGS, MUFFLED ANNOUNCEMENT.]
Yup, just had to finish my year.
Just had to follow the plan, just had to, just had to finish high school.
Maybe, you know, if I just would've done that, then none of this would've happened.
Grandpa, you don't think You don't think that this was my fault, right? [LONG INHALE AND EXHALE.]
[GASPS.]
Oh my Water.
- Here.
- Ahh Here.
[RASPY WHISPER.]
In this family We bend [SWALLOWING LOUDLY.]
But don't break.
[SHAKY, RELIEVED BREATH.]
[SLURPING NOISILY.]
- [DOORS WHOOSH OPEN.]
- Here you are! - I've been calling you - Shhh [WHISPERING.]
Are we having quiet time? Because I thought we were working.
I think Kelly tried to poison my dad and River is Trying to help me prove it.
- Oh my God, Jenny! - Yeah.
Is that why Donovan just got to your office? No.
No, that's that's separate.
This is um Ugh, this is personal.
I'm just trying to make sure that I'm not going insane.
Can I get a little quiet, please? This is the first time I'm testing a sweatshirt for drugs.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Voilà .
It's a positive test.
The smoothie does contain SSRIs.
[BREATH HITCHES.]
- [CLEARS THROAT.]
- [BAG RUSTLES.]
Are you gonna tell Donovan? No.
No, this'll never hold up in court.
[DOORS WHOOSH OPEN.]
[PAPER TAPS LIGHTLY.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
What did you find out? Kelly wasn't Holly's junkie friend.
She was her sober companion.
Holly was never even pregnant.
[MUFFLED SIRENS WAIL OUTSIDE.]
- What? You're sure? - Yeah.
Kelly went by a different last name back then, but I'm pretty sure it was her.
Holly's parents are sending me a photo.
I asked them to send it to you as well.
I mean, this whole time she was lying to me.
[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK.]
How did I not see what she was? Yeah, we don't know what she is.
[LOADING WHIR.]
[TENSE SIGH.]
Yep.
Kelly was pregnant.
Then whose baby was buried in the community garden? And where's Kelly's baby? ROSS: Good? All right, I'm gonna go hands-free here.
We're going autopilot.
- Solo.
Watch this.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Look at that.
That's pretty good.
[LAUGHS.]
A little dizz You okay? - All right, all right.
- A little weird at the end.
Yeah, yeah, that's all right.
You did it.
- You're okay.
- [COUGHING.]
Thank you, so thank you so much.
- Of course.
Here.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Hey! - Hi! - Hey - He's up! You didn't happen to see us, go around the nurse's station, did you? I just saw you walk in, yeah.
- He's okay? You're okay? - It's gonna be okay.
Got a little dizzy, that's it.
Yeah, let's get you back into bed, Dad.
- Supposed to get a shower.
- There.
- [EXHALES.]
- There.
Hey, will you um Will you just give us a minute? - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Do you want some water? - Okay.
- Okay.
- Want some water? I'm good, thanks.
- Shove over.
- Is everything okay? Yeah.
[RELIEVED SIGH.]
That's good.
I'm really glad that you're okay, Dad.
Look, I have so many things that I have to apologize - to you for.
- No, Dad.
I'm I'm so sorry that I yelled at you like that.
No, no.
I should've told you about Katie.
I should've done that.
'Cause you deserved the chance to be able to deal with it.
But I took that away.
Now back then, I don't think I uh I knew a whole hell of a lot.
Your mother felt that she had to go away to grieve, and never came back, so I was on my own.
No, Dad, you weren't.
I was right there.
Yes, you were.
Yes, you were.
I wasn't on my own Because you were there.
Oh, Summer Sun, just tell me now that I haven't ruined everything For us.
No, Dad, no.
We're in this together now.
- Okay? - When you're right, you're right.
So I'm gonna try to communicate better with you.
And, and I will let you know [SNIFFS.]
When I get triggered or - Me too.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Can you just do me a quick favour? - Yeah.
- I'm worried about Katie.
She went down to let the dog out but it's gotta be like, hours ago now and Is that Arski? No.
Would you just go and check? Yeah.
Yeah, Dad.
Sure, I'll go check on Katie.
Thank you.
I'll go check on Katie, okay? I appreciate it.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[SIGHS AND SNIFFS.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP.]
[CRICKETS CHIRP OUTSIDE.]
[HOUSE GROANS, LIAM EXHALES HEAVILY.]
[ECHOING DRIPS.]
[ECHOING DRIPS.]
[EXHALES SHAKILY.]
[LOUD, ECHOING DRIPS.]
[LOUD DRIPS.]
[MALLET SMASHES.]
[GRUNTING ANGRILY.]
Hey! I came as soon as I could.
Please tell me he's okay.
[GASPING FOR BREATH.]
We bend but we don't break.
[PHONE CHIMES.]
- Hey.
- Hey, Jenny.
- I've got eyes on Kelly.
JENNY: Are you sure it's her? I put out a BOLO and a uniform spotted her at the gas station on the corner.
So, what, what're you waiting for? - Well, she's with someone.
- So? We need to be cautious.
We'll wait until she's alone.
Can't even ID the other person.
They're parked in the dark.
Okay, w-what can you see? It looks like they're arguing.
[DOOR OPENS, BANGS SHUT.]
[EXHALES NERVOUSLY, GASPS.]
Hey, what do you want me to do, boss? JENNY: Donovan, what is going on? - Mac, we might lose her, man! - Wait! JENNY: Donovan, you need to arrest her right now, okay? She tried to kill my father.
You need to pick her up right now! - I'll call you back.
- Donovan Shit.