Flashpoint s03e01 Episode Script

Where are you going? I got to go in.
Re-upped, 10-33.
I don't speak code.
Soph, I got to go in.
Look, not now, not today, okay? We booked it off.
You promised.
It's an officer down, okay? You know that.
But you promised.
You're not the only cop.
I'm gonna try to make it back.
Ed not today.
Oh, my God.
Are you okay? Do you want me to call someone? Are you hurt? Do you need an ambulance? Let me drive you to the hospital.
Be careful putting that in.
Just What are you doing? Wait, no, don't, no, no! Stay down! Stay down! My baby! My baby's in there! No, my baby's in there! No! Yeah.
Copper's Guns and Gangs, undercover.
Greg Loewen.
Who is it? He was working alone, trying to recruit a CI, found himself in the middle of a gun-buy gone wrong.
Touch and go, Eddie.
He gonna make it? Hey, boss, we got a line on the subject.
Seen fleeing in a gold sedan, no plate I.
D.
Male, white.
Okay, good.
Hey, Eddie, I'm so sorry, buddy.
I know you needed the day off, but Leah had a family emergency and we're shorthanded here.
Yeah, yeah, and you're nothing without me.
You got my vest in the car, right? Yeah.
WINNIE Boss, we just got a 911 call-- carjacking matching the subject's vehicle.
Beautiful.
Where? Brock Avenue.
Eddie, carjacking, Brock Avenue.
You close? On Brock? I'm right here.
Looking for a gold sedan.
Boss, I got it.
Get a lock on my GPS.
Ma'am, I'm a police officer.
You okay? My baby.
He has my baby.
Okay.
Vehicle is a beige sedan, marker Alpha-Julia-2-Utah-453.
Winnie, I need an APB, vehicle believed traveling westbound toward Lakeshore.
You got it.
Winnie, subject known dangerous, There's an infant onboard.
Do not approach, SRU only.
Copy.
Turn right.
Shut up! Alix, I need you to breathe.
Breathe.
Okay, just breathe.
Come on, just breathe.
Look, look.
We know you're worried like hell, It's okay, it's okay.
but we gotta fight here, right? You got to stay strong, I got out of the car.
I don't know why I got out of the car.
It wasn't your fault, okay? Don't blame yourself.
Was he carrying anything besides the gun? He had a hockey bag.
All right, good.
Hey, boss, we ran the plates on the subject's car.
They're fakes, so the car's probably stolen.
We're running prints now.
Okay.
Guys, we got a 20 on the sedan.
Eddie.
We're gonna get your daughter.
Officer, stay with this woman.
Thank you.
- Yes, sir.
Vehicle marker, Alpha-Juliet-2-Uniform-453 heading westbound on Lakeshore.
Watch out here.
Guys, subject is 10-96.
Maintain distance.
This is the ass that that shot Loewen.
Gun it.
That hockey bag he's carrying-- Guns and Gangs think he's stolen some serious hardware.
Automatic rifles, shotguns, .
45s.
Okay, buckle up.
You, get inside! What are you doing? I said get inside! Is that a baby? Get inside.
We got him.
Sunrise Motel.
Winnie, patch me in.
Copy.
Go ahead.
This is Ed Lane with the SRU.
Who am I talking to? Let me guess.
Now we sit on our asses until SRU get here.
Subject is armed and dangerous.
Do not approach.
Do you copy? Do we copy? Do not approach.
Do you copy? I don't know.
I don't think I heard that.
I think we were already out of the car.
Come on.
Do not approach the subject.
Do you copy? Do not approach.
Do you copy? He's got the kid inside.
No way we're stepping down.
We do nothing with a kid inside? What are you doing? Shut up! But-but why are you? What?! Didn't you hear me, huh?! Is the baby yours? That baby is collateral.
What do you mean collateral? It means I'm not going back inside.
It means it's time to go big or go home, kid.
Please Shut up! Shut up.
Oh, no.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Shh, shh.
It's okay.
Police! Brant? Brant?! Officer down! Officer down! Winnie, how close is EMS? Under two minutes.
This is the Police Strategic Response Unit.
All guests of the Sunrise Motel, stay in your rooms until approached by a police officer.
Thank you.
Greg, we got to get these guys out of range now.
I knew it, I knew it.
It's Roy.
Eddie I'm good.
Shielded extraction.
Wordy, Sam, you're with me and the boss now.
Let's go.
Spike and Jules, you cover.
Nice and easy.
Get back inside.
Shotgun? Yeah.
He's bleeding out.
Manual lift.
Can you do this? I can handle it.
Let's do it.
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
All right, buddy.
Okay, okay.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
All right, get him down, get him down.
Jules, give me a pack.
Yeah, okay.
Check his pulse, check his pulse.
Yeah.
-Medic! Okay, give me another one, give me another one and check his pulse.
What is that? Coagulates the blood.
There's no pulse.
Come on.
Come on.
Sam, status?! The medics are here, Ed.
Come on, let them take over, buddy.
Let them take over.
All right, you got him? Let's go.
There's a baby in there What?! What's that? We're supposed to just wait around? You got something to say here, Roy? We didn't hear any orders You had orders to wait.
We didn't hear This didn't have to happen.
Huh? He got kids? Has he got kids, Roy? He's your partner.
He's your partner, tough guy.
You get to make the call.
Go ahead.
Eddie, I need you on the job.
I'm on the job, boss.
We need tac options.
Spike, let's get in the truck, see what we can learn.
Roy? Roy? Yeah.
Can you see if you can get us a floor plan? Yeah.
Boss, I got a number on the room and an I.
D.
on the subject.
Thanks, Jules.
Hey, boss? What? Why is Ed being so hard on that guy? It's his brother.
Subject is Bruce DeMaura.
Time served for assault, armed robbery, weapons possession, weapons trafficking Dial me in, Jules.
Baby in there.
No CS gas, no live fire.
No provocation.
Two cops down-- this guy's not looking at much of a future.
Once we get floor plans, we'll get eyes in on the baby and make sure it's okay.
It's a she, Wordy.
I know.
Hello? Hi, my name is Sergeant Greg Parker.
I'm with the Police Strategic Response Unit.
Am I talking to Bruce? They want to know if it's Bruce.
Yeah.
That's more than one voice.
Jules, we may have a second hostage.
Find out who the room's registered to.
Is this Bruce DeMaura? No.
Who am I talking to? Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, we're gonna talk this out.
Yeah, we're gonna talk this out, right? He has lots of guns.
Yeah, yeah, you tell 'em that.
That's good.
YOUNG MAN: I'm really scared.
Voice sounds young.
What's your name, son? Ben.
Ben, is this your room? Yes.
Parker initiates contact with second hostage.
Can you tell me what happened? There's a baby in here.
I know.
And we're gonna get you both out of there.
All right, hang up the phone.
Why don't you let the baby go? I mean, you got me, right? I'm your hostage! You don't need two! Let her go! I said hang up the phone! Line's dead.
The room is registered to a Benjamin Sam.
All right.
No no Ed! Plans.
Thanks, Roy.
Break it down.
Window, screen wall.
Bedroom, bathroom.
Even if we get eyes in The front door opens the wrong way.
Yeah, it blocks the view of the main room.
We get a camera under the front door? The front window leaves us fully exposed.
If he looks past the curtain.
That's a big if.
Well, if we gotta go in hard, we gotta keep that kid and baby out of the line of fire, meaning we have to know exactly where they are at all times.
Let's do it.
Okay.
I picked up two different cell signals.
The first one's our subject, Bruce DeMaura.
The second one's a Paul Wilder.
The name Benjamin Sam doesn't check out.
It's not in any database.
Thanks, Winnie.
He lied about his name.
Wouldn't be the first time.
Fake name, motel Spike, text Paul Wilder our number.
Jules, you run the name.
Look, how many times do I got to explain this to you, huh? I'm not interested in making any deals, okay! This ends right here, right now.
Okay, okay.
Maybe maybe you can do that, but you should give them the baby.
You give them the baby, then you can do what you gotta do.
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah.
Yeah, we give 'em the baby, and they think I'm making a deal.
Paul Wilder, 17 years old.
Father deceased, lives with his mother and sister in Parkdale.
It's close.
Yeah.
I got his mom en route.
It's five blocks away.
What's he doing in a motel signing under a fake name? You live with your mother, maybe you have a girlfriend, you need some privacy.
I'm just saying.
Eyes in 60 seconds.
Eddie, hold on.
We got a text from the kid.
Says the baby's coming out.
Hold up.
If he's giving up the baby, maybe he's ready to talk.
Hope so.
Change of plan, Wordy.
Drop the can, cover us.
That's it.
That's it.
Other hand where we can see it, please.
Eyes on subject.
You see that? He's got an automatic.
Looks like a .
308.
Shield might not take a .
308.
I don't like it.
He's dragging us into the open.
All right, good.
Good.
Nice and slow.
That's it.
Just set it down.
And back into the room.
Back into the room, leave the door open.
We're not gonna do anything else here, okay? You get back in here and you close the door.
We're doing this my way! Take the baby, quick.
Do it now.
Get back in here! Paul, I said get back in here! Paul, now! Eddie, you okay? I'm good.
I'm good.
Armor-piercing rounds.
That's it.
The gloves are off.
Jules, get the Arwen.
Spike, you cover.
We're gonna flush 'em out with flashbangs and CS gas.
It's okay, sweetheart.
You're okay.
It's okay.
He gives us a fake name, but that guy knows who he is? They know each other.
Gas masks.
Everybody good? Yeah.
Do you guys hear anything? That's impossible.
Jules, a couple more.
Okay, masks.
Boss.
Let's do it! Go! Go! Go! Police! SRU! Police! Police! Police! SRU! Let's see some hands! Police! Down on the ground! Down on the ground! We got a subject down! Subject down! Paul, you can come out now.
Hands where we can see them! Bathroom's clear! Bedroom's clear! Then where is he? Guy doesn't just disappear.
He's here someplace.
Let's tear it apart.
Winnie, we need an EMT.
Subject's unconscious.
He's got a serious head wound.
Gunshot? Blunt trauma.
Where's Paul? Boss, he's MIA.
Come again?! He's here somewhere.
We're looking.
Well, look harder! No joy.
The ceiling? It's a flat roof.
Bathroom window? No, it's small, it's stuck.
There's no way he went that way.
Well, let's make like he did.
Get a uniform to confirm east perimeter secure.
Forget that! Secure all perimeters! Spike, get back to the truck.
Let's get a chopper out there.
Copy.
Have Roy talk to the manager again.
Everything he knows about this motel room and about Paul Wilder.
And I want to talk to his mom right away.
Head wound like that.
Maybe he was pistol-whipped.
I'm Penny Wilder.
Is my son in there? Hi, Mrs.
Wilder.
I'm Sergeant Parker.
I heard guns.
What's going on? Is he all right? As far as we know, yeah.
They told me he was a-a hostage.
Can you tell me why your son might have been at this motel today? Uh, no.
What's he doing with all these batteries? Have a look at this.
Let's get that out to Spike.
Hip waders? Whoa-whoa-whoa, guys.
It's a hidden cupboard.
Okay, Paul, come on out.
Hold on.
Let me get the crowbar.
Paul, we're coming in! If you're there, keep your hands where we can see them.
Okay, Jules, we got a toolbox, On my way.
we got a computer.
Guys, keep your eyes open.
Mm-hmm.
Toolbox contains cash.
Over a hundred dollars.
Two rolls of duct tape.
flash drive.
We got a map of the city.
A highly annotated map of the city.
Let me look? On its way.
Motel manager says Paul's been renting here for three weeks.
Cash only.
Three weeks.
You got that, boss? Occasional nights? Occasional? No, consecutive.
Paid ahead.
Consecutive, paid ahead.
Mrs.
Wilder, has Paul been spending nights away from home? Uh, yeah.
He's called a couple of times to say he was crashing with a friend.
Was he doing that prior to these last three weeks? No.
No.
But that's a good thing because he's coming out of his shell.
He's quiet.
He's sensitive.
He, um, he really cares about his studies, especially if it's a subject he gets into.
Like what? Science.
These days, it's, uh, cities; how they work.
He skipped two grades.
His IQ is 137.
Near genius.
We prefer "gifted.
" I prefer "gifted" myself.
Paul have a girlfriend? No.
Why? We found this in Paul's room.
Do you recognize her? Uh, no.
I I'm sorry-- in his room here? He-he has a-a room here? I-I don't understand.
He's gone to a lot of trouble.
And I'm guessing these aren't bicycle paths.
You see that? Sunrise Motel.
He's circled it.
It's connected to a blue line.
Blue lines are connected to the streets.
And some of them lead to the lake.
What's he doing with all these batteries? Hip waders? Batteries and hip waders.
Guys, he's in the sewers.
Those blue lines? He's marked the sewers.
There's an old access point under the motel.
Let's go.
We're looking for a trapdoor.
Bedroom.
Come on.
Give me a hand.
Sam, grab that end.
All right.
We got it.
We got it.
You guys ready? Yep.
Looks clear.
The blue line you're on it's a storm sewer, noted beside it "11:30 a.
m.
" My guess is he's waiting for a system flush or a factory flush before he could go in 'cause we made entry at He played us.
Waiting till he could get away.
Spike, get squad cars to all the closest sewer exit points.
We're going in.
Copy.
Paul was in his motel room ten minutes ago.
He left through a sewer tunnel, and he still may be armed.
Do you have any idea where he would go? We got five exit points, and they're all near public places.
You got a library, you got a mall, a bus station, a rink, and a school.
If he knows we're after him, he's gonna want to get out of there fast.
Spike, give us the closest sewer access.
Go right.
You'll be heading north.
Copy.
Hey, boss, Bruce is conscious.
Be right there.
How do you know Paul? Okay, I just want you to know, that cop this morning, him getting shot, that was that was an accident.
Sure, an accident.
And that kid, you know, he's been asking around.
Really? About what? A gun.
And he came to you? Yeah, yeah.
Paid half up front.
The other half was today.
It was a straight up deal.
You know there are easier ways to get guns on the streets.
He came to you? I'm the guy that can get anything.
What was he looking for? Pug-nose, .
44.
Vintage.
Boss, you got to see this.
Paul's looking for a gun from Bruce.
Bruce shows up at his doorstep bringing the party with him.
Paul wasn't counting on that.
He was counting on a pug-nose .
44.
The flash drive from Paul's toolbox.
Photos.
Beheadings, vivisection, post-gunshot suicide, etcetera, etcetera.
Here we have biographies.
Gacy, Son of Sam, Dahmer, Ted Bundy.
These-these are serial killer profiles.
You know the name Paul checked under-- Benjamin Sam? Did you know Ben is Hebrew for "son of.
" Son of Sam? That's the .
44 Killer.
The same gun Paul was looking for.
There's more.
Five exit points.
Five photos.
Five victims.
Tracey-- that's the girl in the photo we found in Paul's room.
Yeah, today was her day.
Still might be.
Team one, listen up.
We may be dealing with a man with psychopathic tendencies.
Looks like he's been working on a plan involving girls he's been stalking.
Possible abductions at gunpoint.
Taking them back to a room with privacy.
Okay, there are five possible places he could be right now.
We just need to figure out where.
Yeah, if we're not too late.
So today's the beginning of Paul's career as a serial killer? These guys take a long time to plan their first victim, and he picked today for a reason.
He's probably going to stick to it.
Even knowing he's on our radar? Might not even occur to him, Eddie.
If he's got a psychopath's ego, he's thinking he's outsmarted us.
Yeah, and his brain is desensitized to the threat of punishment, so what just happened is not going to stop him.
Okay, talk to the mom.
Those photos of the five girls, I've cross-referenced them with the exit points.
Four of them were taken indoors.
You got a library, school, bus station.
Only Tracey's is outdoors and she's carrying something.
At first I thought that was like a purse or a knapsack, but now I'm thinking it's laces.
Skate laces.
Skating rink.
Yeah.
Call them.
Confirm any young women matching that description.
Employees, skaters taking lessons.
We're looking for someone who's on a set routine.
She'd be there now.
Copy.
Hey, Winnie, confirm that unis are set at all five locations.
Copy.
Eddie, change of plan.
Go to the rink.
What's going on? Penny, we need to talk.
Which way do we go? Spike, we're at a junction here.
Which way are we going? You're going to want to go left.
Left.
Is your son an empathetic person? Empathetic? Yes, if someone is harmed or in distress, does he feel for them? He doesn't really, um, respond like other people.
But you just have to know him.
How did he respond when your husband died? He-he, uh, he didn't.
Does your son take pleasure in hurting people? What? No, God.
Wh-what are you saying? If anything, people take pleasure in hurting him and picking on him.
He's always been the smallest, the youngest, the smartest in his class.
I-I don't understand-- why are you asking me this? We think that your son might have psychopathic tendencies.
I'm sorry? What? Has he ever been rejected by a woman with red shoulder-length hair? Excuse us a second.
Jules, come on.
You're pushing too hard.
We don't have time for kid gloves.
You saw what was in the toolbox.
I know, but you can't shut her down.
He worships serial killers.
Or he studies serial killers.
Come on, classic Bundy.
He stalks girls that look like the one that rejected him.
Jules, he's 17.
We can't jump to that conclusion.
Plus, we got to keep her trust if we're gonna get to the truth.
Okay.
So you go to the house.
Do an environmental profile.
I'll keep talking to the mom.
If this comes to a showdown, we need to know everything.
Listen to me.
Please, I know my boy.
I know he's different, he's special, but there's no way he's a psychopath.
Sit.
We're not here to judge your son.
We just want to figure out how we can help him.
Can you help me do that? Thank you.
Found some photos on Paul's computer.
Oh, my God.
Penny? When you showed me that girl before, I didn't see it, but look at them-- all five of them.
You know them? Franny.
They all look like Franny.
His sister.
Ed, if you're first contact, you're going to need to negotiate.
So we're talking down a psychopath? A youth with possible psychopathic tendencies, until we get more information.
Copy that.
He loved Franny when she was a baby.
He took care of her.
She was the whole world to him.
But when she got older? She got more independent, and she wasn't his anymore.
And-and then one day she told him she thought he was scary.
He had a hard time with that.
I mean, it's hard.
He's awkward, he's reclusive.
Even he knows he doesn't get people.
He knows that? Yeah, oh, yeah.
I do my best to be a bridge between them, but Why can't I be with my friends without you acting like a freak? I've dealt with it my whole life and you hear me, it's over! It's over! I never want to see you sick freak face again! It it was just last year.
He went through every family photo in the house.
He cut Franny's face out of all of them.
He threw all of her things out a window.
He said he wanted her to just, to to go, to disappear.
What did you do? I made him promise never to hurt his sister.
I said, "Do it for me.
Do it for my sake.
Never touch" Oh, my God.
He's keeping his promise to me.
He's He's going after these girls instead of Franny! Oh, God, this is because of me! This is my fault! Ed, exit point's on your left-hand side.
Okay, Sam.
Tracey? Hi.
Hi.
It's Paul.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Do I know you? Last week, remember? We talked about how cold it was.
It was cold and Um you know? Right, yeah.
I need you to come with me.
I'm sorry, I actually have a lesson that I have to get to, so No, no, you've got to come with me.
Let go of me.
I have a gun.
What?! Boss, we've got him at the rink.
Keep quiet.
Help! Stay back! Paul! My name's Ed Lane.
I'm with the SRU.
Paul! My name's Ed Lane.
I'm with the SRU.
I need you to lower that gun, son.
Leave me alone! In position.
Okay, here we go.
She said he's serious about his studies, especially when it's a subject he gets into.
Like the sewers, like her sister.
Intense fixated interests.
He prefers to be alone.
She says he knows he doesn't get people.
And a psychopath would think that he does get people, and that he's smarter than them.
Hey, boss, I'm in Paul's bedroom.
How's it look? Orderly would be an understatement.
That's very good.
What else? There's a photo essay.
Like he's been studying human emotions, behaviors.
What do you see, Jules? Facial expressions, gestures, body language.
Jules, those captions, what do they say? "You are angry.
"You are bored.
You are happy to see me.
" Sounds like he's trying to learn how to read people.
That's odd.
Psychopaths-- they know how to do that.
What are you thinking? Look, I'm not ruling out that he has tendencies, but we might be dealing with some undiagnosed, high-functioning autism.
Like, Asperger's syndrome? People with Asperger's-- they're not violent.
I know that.
There's a lot more at play here, but it's a place to start.
January 23, that's today.
Guys, it's Franny's birthday.
That's why he picked today.
We're just here to help you, buddy.
Okay? Look, Paul, your your mom tells me that you're a, you're a real bright kid.
So, can you, can you just help us out here? Look, I don't want to talk to you! Please, Paul, let me go.
He kept one photo of his sister and he didn't cut her out.
It was him and Franny.
She a baby? Yeah, I think she was turning about three.
But I thought they didn't get along.
Yeah, well, he kept it because they did have a bond back then.
She never rejected him, she never, she never judged him till she got older.
That's when he got angry.
Boss, but the serial killers, the death pictures, the five girls that look like her.
Look, maybe he's just trying to understand why he's different.
Why he's alone.
I mean, he's done his research.
He thinks he's a psychopath, so he's doing it by the book.
If that's the case, we got to make him look deeper than that.
Status, Eddie? Boss, he's agitated, he's unresponsive.
He's focused in.
He's threat yellow.
I'm going to try a new angle.
Hey, Paul, How you doing? Sergeant Parker.
We talked on the phone at the motel, remember? Nobody is listening to me.
I don't want to talk! Okay, I'll talk then.
Okay, okay.
Paul! You did something really brave today.
You did something really great.
Do you know what that was? No.
You helped a little baby.
And you kept her safe.
Like you kept Franny safe.
Don't talk to me about Franny! Okay, okay, we don't have to.
But I just want you to know that those those people that you been studying I mean, let's call them what they are; those killers.
Killers.
They wouldn't have, they wouldn't have helped that baby today.
And Bruce-- you could have shot Bruce, you could have crossed that line, but you didn't do that either.
You made the choice to not hurt him.
Those killers? They wouldn't have made that choice.
You're not like them.
No, you don't know me.
You're right.
I don't know everything about you, but I do know that you work really hard to understand yourself.
I understand myself.
I know what I am! It is the other people! I know.
I know you like order, you like routine.
It's stressful to be around all these people, but it's peaceful.
It's peaceful to just focus on just one thing that matters to you, right? Like stuff at school.
Like the sewers.
Like your baby sister.
She hates me.
Nah, she's scared of you because she didn't understand you.
But you and I, we could help her out with that.
'Cause I'm thinking you might have this condition.
If I'm right, there are a lot of people who are gonna know exactly what you're going through, and I'll help you find them.
Well, how do I know you're not lying? You think I'm lying to you? I don't know.
I don't What do you, what do you think lying means? What does that mean to you? Saying a false statement, deceiving or giving a wrong impression.
Okay, so let me ask you something different.
You think I'm listening to you? I don't want to hurt her.
I know that.
I don't I don't want to hurt her.
I know.
I know.
I knew that the minute we started talking.
Do you want me to give the gun to you? If that's what you want.
Or you can just put it down on the ground.
Okay, okay.
Stay where you are, Paul.
No one's gonna hurt you.
No one's gonna hurt you.
Yeah.
It's okay, son.
Oh, God! What's wrong with me? Why didn't I see this? Penny, you can't blame yourself, all right? You thought that your son was different, you thought he was special.
And he is.
Yeah, I should have done something.
You did.
You loved him.
And you cannot stop doing that.
He's gonna need help.
There's therapy, there's medication.
Most of all, he's gonna need you.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
I love you.
Let's go, son.
Come on.
Sorry, ma'am.
It's okay, ma'am.
It's okay.
Ed.
Yeah? We got that baby safe.
And you want me to back you up.
The call not to approach the motel-- I didn't hear you on the radio.
You didn't? We were doing the best that we could.
A cop was shot.
We thought there was a baby in there.
I know.
Look, I just don't have the time right now.
Never did.
Undiagnosed low-spectrum autism, a little obsessive-compulsive Maybe a borderline personality disorder.
And a mother who only sees the son she loves.
He's brilliant but different.
You ever get the feeling we only get to scratch the surface? Hmm, all the time.
You know, you were right today, though, about digging deeper.
We do what we can with the time we have, right? Yep.
Cut my skin and I bleed Just like anybody And I want and I need As much as anybody Sometimes I cry But doesn't everybody I have secrets, I have scars As deep as anybody I have fears no one hears Baby.
But don't tell anybody Sometimes I lie But doesn't everybody I really needed you today.
I'm sorry.
Sometimes doesn't everybody.