Allegiance (2024) s02e09 Episode Script

1
I take it you don't have
Dad's name on a news alert.
First, the guy tries
to torpedo his career
by framing him for treason,
now he's Dad's arm-candy
for re-election photo-ops?
I am not giving up on
bringing Campbell to justice,
and we will do that,
even if it means going
against your wishes.
The mother lode.
30 years of civilian
complaints on the CFPC
excessive use of force,
withholding evidence,
coerced confessions
What if we didn't have to be a secret?
Well, what if we just
enjoy what we have?
[DOUBLE-TAP GUNFIRE]
It's okay. Hey.
[ZAK] Drop your weapon!
- Do it now!
- Shoot him! Shoot him!
[ZAK] Drop your weapon!
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Sorry that took so long.
They mixed up the order.
- Uh
- [SHUTS DOOR]
They gave me Wanda's espresso brownies..
I didn't even notice till I was, like,
halfway down the block.
I mean, uh, who starts
their day with brownies?
[CHUCKLES]
You good?
Yeah.
Now's your chance to cover
my bed in croissant flakes.
I have to go home I need
to change. But thanks.
Hey, it doesn't have to be me, but
I think maybe you
should talk to someone.
About you know,
what you went through.
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Here.
Doesn't get better cold.
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[PHARMACIST] Did your oncologist go over
the possible side effects with you?
- Yes.
- Good.
If you do experience any symptoms,
keep careful track of them, okay?
It's important that
you try and take these
at the same time every day,
but, you know, if you're
off by an hour or two,
it shouldn't make too
much of a difference.
The important thing
is to stay consistent.
Hands up!
[GASPS] Okay. Okay.
Down! Down on the ground! Now!
Hands where I can see 'em!
Hit the panic button, you're dead.
[FENCE CLATTERING]
Open that room! Let's go.
This is a cancer pharmacy.
We don't stock very many narcotics.
Go ahead.
Open your mouth again.
[GASPS]
[ROARS] Open it!
[BEEPING]
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[♪♪♪]
- Morning.
- Morning.
Hey.
I was hoping you could give
the new guy some advice.
Uh, what's a good
place for a first date?
In Surrey?
Uh well, I mean,
it depends on the date.
If she likes
- She?
- Mm-hmm.
If she likes Indian, I'd say Tasty's.
Pizza, it's, uh, gotta
be Captain's Oven. Um
Sushi literally anywhere.
All those sound good.
- You pick.
- Me? It's not my call.
[CHUCKLES] Are you asking
me out, Detective Kalaini?
[SIGHING] I gotta go.
Someone just robbed a cancer pharmacy.
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- [INDISTINCT EXCHANGES]
- [FLASH POPS]
And all three assailants were armed?
Yes. It all happened so fast.
Where did they enter from?
Two came in from that way.
The other came in from outside.
The one who jumped
out of the wheelchair,
he seemed like the leader.
He forced me to open the storage room.
That's where you keep the narcotics?
They were in a time-delay safe,
but he just loaded the whole thing
on a wheelchair, and wheeled it out.
Why didn't anyone
press the silent alarm?
He had his gun pointed at me the
whole time. I couldn't get to it.
The other pharmacist,
Taya, was on her break,
so I was alone behind the counter.
And when you came back
from your coffee break,
did you notice anyone
suspicious in the parking lot?
No.
I didn't even know
that we'd been robbed,
until I got back and then
saw Jolene on the floor.
Can you point out the
cameras out front for me?
Yeah.
He told us to lie down and count
to a hundred after they left.
We were too scared not to.
I know they were wearing masks,
but did you see any
distinguishing marks?
Three men
one Middle Eastern, one
South Asian, one White,
20s to 30s.
The leader had a tattoo of
a red cross by his left eye.
Snake tattoo on his neck.
[SABRINA] Any idea how tall they were?
I only got a good look at the leader.
He was around six feet, about 190.
Black hoodie over his head, N95 mask.
He had a full beard underneath.
I don't meet too many people who
go through something like this
and can give such a
detailed description.
Just following the recommendations.
We'll need an inventory of
everything that was stolen.
Of course.
Fentanyl, oxy, hydrocodone,
codeine, morphine,
and various cancer drugs.
The narcotics have a combined
street value of about two million.
That's them.
And that would be the time-delay safe.
Anything on the getaway vehicle?
No. They must've parked out of
sight of the security cameras.
Who robs a cancer pharmacy?
- The lowest of the low.
- Wherever there are narcotics,
there're people trying to steal them.
Well, it looks like a professional job.
They knew when the other
pharmacist was on her break,
knew where the safe was.
So it could be an inside job.
The pharmacist who was
conveniently on her break?
Mm. Didn't feel right
when I took her statement,
but we'll keep digging.
I got a hit on the database
a match to the pharmacist's
description of the leader.
Reza Samari.
There's the snake tattoo
that Jolene described.
- Thank you, Jolene.
- [KARA] He's a familiar face.
He's got priors for B-and-Es.
This guy does jobs for the Vipers.
Okay. Go to your C.I.s.
See if anyone's got any fresh
product hitting the streets,
and find Reza, and bring him in.
That's it. Let's go.
Sabrina?
I'll meet you at the car.
- What's up? I gotta go.
- I found a pattern.
I think I found a way
to get rid of Campbell.
- What kind of a pattern?
- His name keeps coming up.
Look, Pops and I don't agree
on, well, anything, but
he's right about protecting you.
I can't break confidentiality,
but if I'm right,
we can do this legitimately,
and no one ever has to
find out what you did.
[ZAK] Sohal!
- Let's go.
- I hope you're right.
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[DR. LUO] How have
the side effects been?
I'm tired, but other than that, nothing.
No vomiting? Hair
loss? Skin sensitivity?
No, he's a superstar.
We walk for two hours every day,
and I'm the one that gets winded.
That's great to hear.
Unfortunately,
I'm not seeing the
progress we were hoping for.
You've got an aggressive
cancer, Nicholas,
and with your permission,
I'd like to get more aggressive with it.
Yeah whatever it takes.
You're tolerating the treatment well.
I'm not seeing any signs of toxicity.
I'd recommend increasing the dosage.
[WOMAN, SHOUTING] No! I'm sorry!
I'm not leaving until I see her!
If she won't return my calls,
she can bloody well see me now!
I'm sorry, Mrs. McDermott, but
you don't have an appointment.
An appointment? My husband is dead!
My Wesley is dead and
you don't return my calls!
- What are you hiding?
- Excuse me.
You're not sending me out!
[RAGING]
[GASPS]
[SHATTERING]
She can talk to me now!
Mrs. McDermott.
Oh! Good. Do I finally
have your attention?
- You need to calm down.
- You don't return my calls,
my emails. You're avoiding me!
I'm not. I just haven't had the time
What happened to Wes?
What did you do to him?
Tell me the truth!
[♪♪♪]
Detective Sohal.
Ah, yeah, you better make this quick,
or you're gonna have
to answer to my mom.
She's waiting on her
butter to make parathas.
TJ, this is Detective Kalaini.
TJ's head of the Park City Kings.
Haven't seen you around.
What about this guy?
Seen him?
Here and there.
- Any idea where we can find him?
- Maybe.
What's in it for me? Dinner?
Reza and his friends
have had a busy morning.
There's gonna be premium
product hitting the street.
You might lose some
customers to the competition.
Come on, TJ.
Help us ruin your rival's day.
Wow! You are teaching him
all your tricks now, huh?
Detective Sohal knows
that I'm community-minded.
Reza's friends
a, uh, jittery brown dude
and the Eminem wannabe?
- Yeah, that's them.
- That's, uh, Mannroop Singh and Phil
[SIGHS] something-something.
Oh! Uh
try
going to Mannroop's bibi's house.
On 82 A.
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All right. 82 A.
[TRUCK DOOR SHUTS]
[GABBY] Command, we pulled
CCTV footage from the building.
We're looking for a blue Toyota Camry,
license plate three-delta-two,
X-ray-two-six.
Left the underground
parking at 10:23 a.m.
[GILLIAN] Copy that. We'll get
a B.O.L.O. out to all units in the area.
Carolyn's husband, Wes, was my patient.
He passed last Monday
from prostate cancer.
Apparently, she'd been
calling the office for days.
I didn't realize.
I've been so busy. I hadn't
had a chance to call her back.
I have almost 400 patients.
That's a lot. Is that normal?
It's the reality.
Did she give the impression
that she was under the
influence of drugs or alcohol?
I don't know.
I called 9-1-1 from under the desk.
When I said police were
on the way, she took off.
Okay. Show me.
I mean, we all do our best, but
sometimes it's literally
like a revolving door.
Had you had words with her in the past?
- A disagreement or anything, no?
- Never.
She's always been pleasant.
Sometimes, people lash
out when a loved one dies,
- but never like this.
- I understand she said,
"What did you do to
him? Tell me the truth."
What did she think you were hiding?
I don't know.
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It's natural to want to blame someone.
I did everything I could,
but his cancer was aggressive,
and, unfortunately, the
treatment didn't work for him.
[VINCE] Does Carolyn
know where you live?
I no, I don't think so.
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Police! Hands where I can see them!
Where you goin', Phil?
- [CRASH]
- On your knees!
- Down on the ground!
- Hands behind your head.
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- [DOOR OPENS]
- We gotta be quiet. My bibi's asleep.
Hands up! Behind your head!
Reza Samari, Mannroop Singh,
Phil Taver you're under
arrest for armed robbery.
Where's the rest?
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[LOUDLY] Oh! You need me to speak up?
You stole three bags' worth of
meds from the cancer pharmacy.
- Where are they?
- It's all right, Kalaini.
We got probable cause. We'll
come back with a warrant.
Search the house up and
down, bring the whole circus.
[♪♪♪]
We ditched them.
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[RADIO BEEPS] [GILLIAN] 6103?
6103. Go ahead, Gillian.
We got a hit on that
Camry you're looking for.
[VINCE] Carolyn McDermott's car?
- Sending you GPS deets.
- Copy.
[SIREN BEGINS WAILING]
[GABBY] Carolyn McDermott?
Yes.
You're under arrest for mischief
involving property damage.
Gabby, she's not going
anywhere. Let me talk to her.
- All right. See you in the car.
- Thanks.
Hey, Carolyn.
I'm Sergeant Vince Brambilla.
You want to tell me what happened?
I came here last night
to scatter my husband's ashes.
It's a beautiful spot.
I couldn't do it.
I couldn't let him go.
I haven't been able to sleep
very much since he died.
The worst is waking up and,
for a second, thinking
It was all just a nightmare?
Carolyn, what made you
drive to Dr. Luo's office?
I wanted answers.
I thought she was avoiding me
because she was hiding something.
You wanted answers? About what?
When Wes was diagnosed,
Dr. Luo
assured us it didn't have
to be a death sentence.
She recommended Malazadine
said she had other
patients, just like Wes,
who'd been given years more time
some, even remission.
Malazadine is that
an experimental drug?
It's been on the market
for years. [SNIFFLES]
A single daily pill that
Wes could take at home
We'd get our life back.
- And what happened?
- [SOBBING] Wes
started on it right away,
but his blood work and
scans showed no progress
so Dr. Luo convinced
us to double the dosage.
"With aggressive cancers,
we have to get aggressive."
- Yeah.
- Six days later
Wes was dead.
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I'm sorry.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
You got my postcard.
Yes, I did.
Who writes postcards?
[SIGHS] I had time on my hands.
- How was Arizona?
- It was hot, it was dry.
Helena took up painting.
Watercolours of sunsets, mostly.
- Well, is she any good?
- Better than I can do.
So what's your thing? Golf? Pickleball?
[LAUGHING]
No. No, no.
No. Sometimes, all you
need is a little time away
to remember where you need to be.
It's good to have you back.
How you holding up?
I'm good.
Look. I don't know what
you're going through.
I've been lucky. I've
never had to use mine.
You know I'm here, right? Any time.
You just coming on shift?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We
just had to arrest a woman
whose husband just died of cancer,
and she took her grief
out on his doctor's office
to the tune of, like,
five grand in damages.
When you don't know what
to do with that stuff,
sometimes, it comes out sideways.
What are you working on?
Oh, we just picked up three men
who robbed a cancer pharmacy.
- You're kidding?
- Oh, the good news is,
is they ditched most
of it in a dumpster,
and we got everything
except for one cancer drug.
[♪♪♪]
"Malazadine"?
That's the drug this woman,
Carolyn, was complaining about.
She said that's how the
doctor killed her husband.
[♪♪♪]
We interrogated Reza and his crew.
They're all claiming they never
met the guy who hired them.
- So how does that work?
- Well, Reza got an encrypted text message,
he brought on Mannroop and Phil.
They got 10K for the robbery,
plus 50% from selling the
narcotics on the street.
And that's these guys were after.
They ditched all the
cancer meds in the dumpster.
Yeah, exactly where they were told to,
by whoever hired them.
Okay, so whoever hired them
told them where to
dump the cancer drugs,
but then they only
picked up the Malazadine?
[ZAK] Yeah. It makes no sense.
I understand how they'd sell the
stolen oxy and fentanyl on the street,
but it's not like cancer patients
are reaching out to
dealers on the corner.
Yeah, nobody's getting
high off of chemo.
So who are they selling to?
Anybody with prostate cancer who
can't get healthcare to cover it?
- Americans?
- If I'm trying to sell to U.S. buyers,
- I'm marketing online.
- I'll get Gillian on it.
You two find out what makes
this drug such a hot commodity.
[ZAK] You got it.
[SABRINA] Do you know why
the thieves would target
Malazadine specifically?
It's expensive about $30,000 a month.
- [ZAK] Really? 30 grand?
- It's effective.
I've put dozens of patients
on it over the years.
[BREATH CATCHES]
- But ?
- It's just odd.
After Mrs. McDermott's outburst,
I reviewed her husband's file.
Wes was on Malazadine.
Was there an issue?
I was surprised he
didn't have side effects,
but, on rare occasions, you meet people
who tolerate the chemotherapy well.
You doubled the dosage?
Before it could take effect, he died.
- Of his cancer?
- Yes.
The thing is,
I have another patient who's showing
a similar tolerance to the drug
and his cancer isn't improving,
and when I looked back, there
was another patient like them,
about four months ago, who passed away.
Well, do you think there's
something wrong with the drug?
Without the lab testing
the individual capsules,
we'd have no way to know.
But that first patient I
mentioned, he's just outside.
And you picked those up
at the Surrey General Cancer Pharmacy?
- Yes.
- A month's supply.
I picked it up on the 3rd.
- Do you mind if we hang on to this?
- Yeah.
I called the Vancouver location
they're expecting you.
Thank you.
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As a precaution, we need to
reach out to Health Canada
and the Cancer Agency,
have them contact every
patient who picked up Malazadine
from the Surrey pharmacy.
And all the remaining capsules
out there need to be tested.
I'll reach out to Vince. Maybe
Carolyn McDermott still has some.
[♪♪♪]
He just called back.
That's three different oncologists
who all had patients
with no side effects
all died earlier than expected,
and all of them got their Malazadine
at the Surrey General Cancer Pharmacy.
Could be a defect at
the manufacturing end.
Yeah, or someone's tampering with it
somewhere along the supply chain.
But how does this
connect to the robbery?
Well, maybe it doesn't. Somebody
hired a crew to steal Malazadine
because it's expensive, and
it works for a lot of people.
Just not for a handful picking
up their prescriptions from Surrey
in the last four months.
Yeah, the unlucky few.
Like Carolyn's husband.
[DOOR BUZZING]
Carolyn?
Detective Sohal.
Hi.
Hi. I hope you like jasmine.
We don't have the best selection.
I'm sorry to hear about your husband.
I understand that he
was taking Malazadine?
Yes.
Why?
Do you have any capsules left at home?
Everything is exactly where Wes left it.
We would like your permission
to collect the medication.
Is this about Dr. Luo?
- Was she negligent?
- No. There's no evidence of that.
- So, what then?
- We, uh, we just
we can't discuss the details
of an active investigation.
But you have my word
that we will do everything we can
- [GASPS]
- to uncover the truth.
Um
there's a
spare key under the blue
flower pot on the front porch.
The box is in our bedroom,
beside the bed, next to his glasses.
I know how hard this is.
And I know it might feel
like your life is over
but I promise you, it is not.
We were supposed to have more time.
Hey
Hey.
What kind of penalty is
Carolyn McDermott looking at?
Mischief causing damage to
property, five grand in losses.
Right. Uh, no priors, full confession,
and if she pleads guilty?
Probably just a fine, but
it depends on the judge.
She could face up to
two years in prison.
Two years for misplaced grief?
[VINCE] She doesn't belong there.
Is there something we can do
to get her released, pending trial?
Let me see what I can do.
Thanks.
I'll go pick up the
pills from her place.
Hey. How come you're taking such
an interest in a mischief case?
In a split second, she did
something that changed her, forever.
She's not just grieving her husband
she's grieving who she used to be.
And that spoke to you.
Okay. Look.
I love it when you just show up
to my place and pass the time,
but we don't talk,
and I know you've got a lot going on,
but you won't let me in
and I want more,
if this is gonna mean anything.
I can't talk about this right now.
Guess I have my answer.
[♪♪♪]
No issues at the manufacturing level.
There's no recalls. No complaints
or lawsuits pertaining to Malazadine.
No red flags.
What do we know about the drug websites?
Well, all I could find were scams.
They claim to sell a
bunch of prescription drugs
for a fraction of what
they cost in the U.S., but,
basically, they just take your money,
- and you never get the drugs.
- Anything on the Dark Web?
I could write a book.
But no Malazadine for
sale that I could find.
If Reza's boss is selling it,
he's getting it to
customers some other way.
Well, he could have a
distributor in the U.S.
There's no record of
Reza, Mannroop, or Phil
crossing the border in
the last three years.
Well, maybe the boss goes himself?
Or hires other people to
do the cross-border runs
people with no records,
who won't get flagged.
[KARA] The lab just got back to me.
The Malazadine capsules that they tested
had nothing in them.
Sugar pills.
Explains why those patients
had no side effects.
[BOLTON] The Malazadine
had to be replaced
between the manufacturer
and the patient.
Right. The pharmacy.
Gillian, can you pull
up the pharmacy staff?
One of these people
tampered with those drugs.
[♪♪♪]
[SABRINA] You and Jolene were friends
before she was your boss?
We both grew up without money, but
I think she had it worse.
Her mom died when she was young,
and her dad expected
her to take care of him
and her three brothers.
That's not much of a childhood.
He paid for the boys to go to college,
but not her.
She was just a girl, right?
She must've worked hard
to put herself through?
Yeah, she took out
massive student loans,
worked part-time.
She was gonna prove them all wrong.
- Mm. Sounds like she has.
- Yeah,
but she's still obsessed with money.
Like she can never have enough.
That makes sense, if she
grew up feeling powerless.
She told me she felt invisible.
I don't know.
Maybe that feeling never goes away,
no matter how much money you make.
Like nothing's ever enough.
Where are we with the pharmacy staff?
Sabrina's interviewing the
pharmacist who was on her break
when the robbery went down,
and we've had full cooperation
from the technicians.
Vince and Gabby are
looking for Jolene Mendoza,
the pharmacist who was on duty.
She's not answering her phone.
But you told her to stay
local and keep her phone on,
- in case we had follow-up questions?
- Yup.
[VINCE] No sign of Jolene.
Concierge at her
building hasn't seen her.
Car's not in her parking spot.
No one's heard from
her since the robbery.
Let's get a B.O.L.O. out on her car.
Yeah. Will do. She hasn't used
her passport or Nexus card today,
but she has crossed at the Peace Arch
three times in the past five months.
All right.
Tell your officers to
find her and bring her in.
Yep.
[SABRINA] I've spoken
to the other pharmacist.
There's no evidence that Taya
was involved in the robbery.
Gillian, what have you
got on Jolene Mendoza?
She graduated top of her class,
like someone else we know.
Um, she's got no criminal record
not even a parking ticket.
And any connection to
Reza, Mannroop, or Phil?
- Not that I could find.
- Is she on social media?
[BEEP]
- Oh.
- [SABRINA] Taya told me
Jolene appreciated the finer things.
That bag? It's worth 50 grand.
What's a pharmacist make, on average?
100,000 a year.
Well, she's not spending half
her annual salary on a purse.
Does she come from a rich family?
[SABRINA] No, apparently not.
She grew up in Arthur Park.
Well, the robbery was
a professional job
three guys associated with the Vipers.
My guess is that Jolene's
boyfriend is in a gang.
What, are you nuts? Do you know
how hard it is to get into pharmacy?
My sister had top
marks and didn't get in.
Over a thousand applicants
for a hundred spots at UBC.
There is no way someone
that smart and hard-working
is hooking up with a gangster.
You haven't been in Surrey long enough.
Yeah, I went to high school
with girls like this
educated, successful, independent.
They're drawn to the status.
It's not about money it's power.
Yeah, with a gang, they
think they're untouchable.
Let's get this photo over to Gang Unit.
Is Taya still here?
[SABRINA] Yeah.
Let's see if she knows who he is.
That's "Roman".
Roman's last name?
I don't know.
We met about eight months ago.
We were out at a club,
and he sent over a bottle of Cristal.
I thought it was kinda
cheesy, but Jolene loved it.
Fell full-on
head-over-heels for this guy.
Then he started taking
her out to fancy dinners,
buying her jewelry.
He took her to Whistler for the weekend
and she told me the room
costs, like, ten grand
a night!
Wow. What line of work is Roman in?
Some kind of real estate developer?
But you two don't get along?
I only met him a couple of times.
But
then Jolene started making excuses
too busy to hang out,
too tired after work.
She stopped answering my texts.
Blocked me on all her socials.
Well, did you talk to her about it?
She told that she had to set
boundaries in her private life.
Well, what did you make of that?
That Roman was controlling her,
cutting her off from her friends.
Gang Unit's identified Jolene's
boyfriend as Roman Henry.
He's a mid-level Viper.
[ZAK] We need to find him.
Can you link any properties
to Jolene, her boyfriend,
or any of the other Vipers?
Gangs often put their assets
in their girlfriends' names,
so check other female
associates, too, not just Jolene.
[♪♪♪]
Let's go, let's go! We got an hour!
I'm sorry to hear that.
Thanks for letting us know.
Yeah. Of course. We'll
keep you informed.
That was Dr. Luo. Her
patient Nicholas
the man we met
never made it to Vancouver to
pick up his new prescription.
He collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
He never got the chemo he needed.
Yeah.
Hey! Hey! I-I think I've got something.
"Ava Gautier".
The Gang Unit confiscated her
boyfriend's gun, bear spray,
and a kilo of meth six months ago.
- Boyfriend's a Viper?
- Yeah, you were right
he put it in his girlfriend's name.
I wonder if our Yaletown hostess
knows that she bought five acres
of blueberry fields in Surrey.
That's a solid lead. We'll send
all available units. Let's go.
[SIREN WAILING]
[♪♪♪]
Grab the product, get in the truck!
- [♪♪♪]
- Go! Go!
[PILLS CLATTERING]
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[♪♪♪]
[SHEETING RUSTLING]
- Clear!
- Clear.
- [COMMS BEEPS]
- Found a lab.
It's clear.
Looks like they've
been cutting the drugs.
[THUMPING, MUFFLED CRY]
[THUMP]
[ZAK] CFPC!
Police!
Suspects may have fled to the
adjacent property using the back road.
[FAINT PROTESTING, LIGHT THUMPING]
[MUFFLED PROTESTING PERSISTS]
[INDISTINCT PROTESTING]
[GASPING AND WEEPING]
It's Jolene.
Hey, hey.
[SOBBING]
Hey.
Roman made me feel like
the luckiest woman in the world.
Like he couldn't do enough
to show me how much he loved me
buying me presents,
taking me to fancy restaurants.
He flew me to Palm
Springs for the weekend
because the rain was getting me down.
It must've felt like a fairytale.
It did.
And when did it change?
We'd been dating about two months.
He said that he wanted
to buy us a place, but
he had to do something
for his bosses first.
And, by this point, you realized
- he wasn't a real estate developer?
- I suspected.
It just it didn't seem real.
Everything was so good between us.
We didn't talk about his work.
But he asked you about yours?
He wanted to know everything
about the pharmacy
the inventory, the
staffing, the security.
He told me that
the guys he worked for wanted to rob it.
- And who are they?
- I don't know. He didn't use their names.
And what did you say
when he floated the idea?
No way!
I have worked too hard
to get to where I was.
I wasn't gonna just risk everything.
But he said it was too
late and he had no choice.
Then he told me that
he wanted to protect me, and
maybe there was another way.
And what was that?
He said if I stole cancer drugs
and put the boxes back
with sugar pills before
anyone noticed they were gone,
that we'd make enough money
to keep his bosses happy
and buy our house.
So he chose the Malazadine?
I did.
It's expensive, and there's
a demand for it in the States,
and we were getting a big shipment in,
so we could do it just
once and get it over with.
And when was this?
About four months ago?
That lines up with what Dr. Luo
and the other oncologists said
patients getting no side
effects and no benefits,
- dying of their cancer.
- Yeah.
And the barn, where we found you
is that where you helped
Roman recut the drugs
before shipping them
to your U.S. buyers?
No! No. All I did
was steal boxes from work.
The gang recut them.
That's what they do.
To them, there's no difference
between cutting Malazadine or fentanyl.
All they care about is profit.
And after it worked the first time,
did you do it again?
I didn't want to.
I told Roman no.
I tried to break up with him,
but he waited for me after work.
He pushed me down the stairs
and he said that, if I didn't do it,
that he would kill my dad, my brothers.
Why didn't you report it to the police?
He would've known,
and when he's not happy,
he hits me.
[SABRINA] Here's what
I don't understand.
Roman has you successfully stealing
the Malazadine from your pharmacy,
the gang is making
millions recutting it,
selling it in the U.S., and
you're covering your tracks
so well with the fakes that
no one's ever gonna find out,
so why risk the whole operation
- by robbing the place?
- Exactly!
- Did you see that?
- Yeah.
That was real.
It just makes no sense.
That's why I gave you the
description of the robbers.
I thought that maybe,
if you caught them, that
you would catch Roman,
and then I'd be free.
At least
six cancer patients died prematurely
because they weren't getting the
life-saving treatment that they needed.
What?
Another man is in the
hospital right now,
fighting for his life.
I tried to tell Roman that,
but he said that they were
dying of cancer anyway.
You can stop him.
You can save thousands of
families from suffering.
Where did they go when
they left the barn?
I don't know! I don't know.
I think you do. I think you
know who the U.S. distributor is.
I don't! My job was to bring
them the drugs that's it.
We can protect you.
They'll kill me.
[SABRINA] The Court will hear how Roman
coerced you, he threatened you.
You feared for your life.
You have a clean record,
and if you help us,
that goes a long way.
You worked so hard to get where you are.
Do not let these men
take that away from you.
[TAKES A SHAKY BREATH]
That hit a nerve.
Where are they taking the drugs?
I overheard Roman say
that he made a deal with
the bikers at the port.
Do you have details? Names?
He repeated a number.
If you hand me my
phone, I wrote it down.
[♪♪♪]
One-one-four
six-five-three.
1-1-4, 6-5-3?
Thank you.
[CHAIR SCRAPES FLOOR]
[DOOR OPENS]
[JOLENE SIGHS]
[DOOR SHUTS]
It could be a shipping container.
I'll get units to the port.
We should definitely
check it out, but
something's not sitting quite right.
Yeah, it felt like she
was playing the victim
except that one moment when
I brought up the robbery.
Yeah, she was pissed off.
Like she had the
operation under control,
and Roman blindsided her.
[KARA] She's still not
pissed enough to give him up.
What if this is why
Roman left her behind
to send us in the wrong direction
and buy him more time?
Yeah, but she could've
been in on that, too.
So what's the play?
Well, given that Jolene's
been so cooperative,
she has no priors,
I see no reason why she
shouldn't be granted bail.
[♪♪♪]
[GABBY] Subject just
hailed a ride share.
Grey Tesla Model 3.
License two-tango-six,
tango-niner-three.
Driving east on 134.
Stay on her, but keep your distance.
Don't give her any reason
to change her plans.
Copy.
[♪♪♪]
Bogey just joined the
parade. We've lost visual.
[KARA] Can you get around?
[VINCE] Not discreetly.
- Bravo Team, do you have eyes on yet?
- Negative.
We're holding at our position.
How many opportunities
does she have to lose us?
Three cross streets and a
major intersection coming up.
[KARA] Bravo Team, get moving.
[♪♪♪]
Bogey's turning off.
[KARA] Tell me you have her in sight.
Negative. Negative.
We lost visual on the subject.
Repeat, no eyes. No eyes!
- [GABBY] The driver must've floored it.
- God.
Where did she go?
She could've turned off
any one of these roads.
Or the driver sped
through that intersection
and took a right.
[♪♪♪]
All right! Subject may be
heading for the Langley Airport.
Copy that. We're six minutes out.
[SIREN WAILING]
She's gonna lead us right to them.
Well, let's hope they wait for her.
Langley confirms a single
engine on Runway 0-7-2-5.
Tail number Charlie-Mike-Mike-
Lima-Foxtrot.
We need to ground that plane.
Pilot's not responding.
We can be there in under two!
I'll get airport security to open
the gate to taxiway "golf".
[♪♪♪]
[SIREN WAILING]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[♪♪♪]
Come on! Stop!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
CFPC! Pilot!
Shut off your engine! Do it now!
Shut it off!
Everyone in the plane, step out!
Show us your hands! Do it now!
Hands! Right now!
[♪♪♪]
[SABRINA] Jolene Mendoza,
you're under arrest
for theft, drug tampering, and
trafficking, and wrongful deaths.
[SOBBING] Wait! I-I told you
I didn't have a choice!
You said that if we caught
Roman, you would be free,
- so why didn't you help us?
- I did. I did!
I-I led you right here! I
No, Jolene. No. You
chose the Malazadine.
You knew how to smuggle it out of
the pharmacy without getting caught.
Roman didn't come up
with that plan, did he?
You did.
Because you're smarter than him,
and you needed him to see that
but he never did.
He robbed the pharmacy
just like he always planned,
and he left you behind to
feed us a false location.
He used you.
Nobody used me.
You may think you're in charge, Jolene,
but these guys they were
never gonna listen to you.
And what, I'm supposed
to care what you think?
With your off-the-rack
suit and little cop shoes?
You're the puppet. Not me.
All right.
Let's go.
[♪♪♪]
[SABRINA] The information that
I have is difficult to share.
We do have a suspect in custody,
charged with drug tampering.
Dr. Luo helped us identify
that there was a possible issue,
but she may have never flagged
it, if you hadn't pressed.
Hundreds of patients
like your husband
were taking Malazadine,
and not getting the meds they needed.
[GASPS] You mean
he might still be here?
I'm I'm so sorry, Carolyn.
He could have beaten it.
Thank you both,
for agreeing to this conversation.
I am
so sorry
for my behaviour.
I screamed at your receptionist.
I destroyed your office.
It was reckless and
- Please, it's
- It's It's
it was unfair
to take my rage out on you.
You didn't deserve it.
You've suffered a terrible loss.
I'm sorry I wasn't more
available after Wes passed.
I was so sure I'd given him
the best possible treatment.
You did.
And I'm grateful.
But I know this wasn't your fault.
I want to make sure this
never happens to anyone else.
[SOBS]
[♪♪♪]
Hey.
Things have changed since we've come up.
Well some things.
Some things, not so much.
Campbell still loves the spotlight.
I gotta get over there. You coming?
Oh, no. I've seen that
show a thousand times.
But this?
This is new.
[♪♪♪]
[PATS VINCE'S BACK]
[SIGHS WISTFULLY]
[♪♪♪]
Today, the brave men
and women of the CFPC
recovered over $10-million worth
of prescription medication
that was stolen from the
Surrey General Cancer Pharmacy.
During the course of this investigation,
they uncovered an insidious
drug-tampering operation
preying on vulnerable cancer patients.
You once told me you're not a big fan
of Assistant Commissioner Campbell.
I think he's an entitled prick
who yearns for the "good
old days" when no one
questioned his authority.
Right. And you can see
evidence of that thinking
going back decades.
I mean, you see how
many files there are?
Complaints about racial profiling,
failing to investigate leads
because he'd already
decided who was guilty.
Totes. Tunnel vision.
People seeing what they expect to see,
instead of what's actually
right in front of them.
Exactly.
Anyway, none of these
files are actual evidence.
They're still just civilian complaints.
But these complaints
they keep showing how
he prioritizes statements
from "reputable" witnesses
and discounts witnesses if
they happen to be unhoused,
or a person of colour
anyone marginalized.
CFPC culture going back
to the colonial days,
and Campbell's far from the only one.
I'd love to see him and his buddies
looking for jobs as mall
cops, but it's not that easy.
Every one of these files has to be
investigated, individually.
Some of the complainants
from these old files
are probably dead by now.
[ISHAAN] So we start
with the newer ones.
We bring enough of these forward,
the pattern will be undeniable.
The CFPC will have to clean house.
Even if we had unlimited
time and resources
which we don't
and even if we weren't understaffed
and underfunded which we are
every time we try to escalate
one of these complaints,
we come up against the Blue Wall.
Do you know how rare it is
to find a cop willing to go on
the record against another cop?
If we don't do something right now,
innocent people are gonna
keep paying the price.
[♪♪♪]
- Morning, Sohal.
- Kalaini.
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Gabby, what do we got?
It looks like a jumper.
Ah, let's turn her over.
[♪♪♪]
That's Carolyn McDermott.
There's no way she jumped.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]