Fortier (2001) s03e07 Episode Script

You have to understand.
Some things l need to do alone.
You have to understand.
l'm responsible for your safety.
Visiting a murder scene in the middle of the night You're not just pretending.
You really are crazy.
This is the only way to get through to you.
lt's two murder scenes, not one.
Why would he dig a hole ever so meticulously, then drag the body as if he were drunk? The guy who left Pascale's body in the woods isn't the one who dug the hole.
- You put an alibi for him? - He gave his mother.
- We didn't check it.
- But he said it.
But you're writing an alibi verification report.
So what? Johnson'll kill us if you say we didn't check.
Put ''Suspicious alibi.
Unverifiable.
'' - lt's not true.
- Moms always protect their sons.
Hurry.
Morgue's waiting.
You have to get information on the missing girls.
Working hard? Johnson around? Had you called, Suzanne would've told you he's out.
When will he be back? Don't know.
He's with Fortier on the Dubé girl murder.
Have either him or the shrink call me.
Bye.
The latest missing girl, the one we haven't found - Yeah? - lsn't she a masseuse? Yeah.
Rouleau won't be much help.
- Why not? - Squad rivalry.
He came to find out what we know.
Better move before his informers get the word to clam up.
TELL YOUR PARENTS - l sign here? - Yes.
Thanks.
Your turn.
l don't know why we have to do this.
To rule you out as suspects.
You're sick enough to think l'd kill my own daughter.
We'll get samples from everyone who had contact with her including the neighbors.
We most likely won't get a match, but if ever we do, we won't complain.
Luke was her boyfriend.
Your turn.
Seems someone came by the night of the party? Sebastian said a man came by to warn you.
Yeah, but we know him.
Strangulation.
You're sure? You can tell so easily? l'm never wrong when it's so obvious.
He kidnaps her, takes her in the woods, rapes, then kills her.
Simple.
l don't think it happened in that order.
He killed her first? No.
Sweetheart, l've been on the force a long time.
This stuff is run-of-the-mill.
Nothing to write home about.
The vaginal wall analyses lf you found sperm, l'll give you a big fat kiss.
Too bad it's not so simple.
l found tons of latex.
- Tons? - The rapist protected himself.
- Of course.
- Except the mucous membrane, the cellular decay, and the time of death Spit it out.
What? The girl was kidnapped and strangled, then raped after she was dead.
l didn't know Rouleau lived in the area.
lt's okay.
We're on our way.
He stopped by the SAS.
To see you or me.
Must be about this.
Why don't you call him? He may have something.
Why Anne? The teenagers must be stressing him.
Think he'll help us? - Why wouldn't he? - Because Lefebvre One boss too many He may not help us.
Rouleau's a cop, first and foremost.
He wouldn't hold anything back.
Seems to me the son could've been more aware.
l agree.
At least we have lots of writing samples.
Won't be long before we know for sure.
Nothing to say? We're looking for two criminals.
At least two.
Yes, sir Hi.
Massages are $1 a minute.
Been here before? You look familiar.
lt was always a girl at the desk when l came before.
Who's your girl? A cute brunette, short hair.
Don't remember her name.
Cristina.
- On the left.
- Here? Have a shower.
She'll be right with you.
The guy in 2 says you've done him before.
lt's possible.
Don't make a pass right away.
l have a bad feeling.
lt's obviously not the victim's handwriting.
Nor the brother's, parents', or next door neighbors' either.
Someone with authority, but not someone close by.
What's on your mind? The empty hole in the woods.
What about it? lf it wasn't for Pascale Dubé, and if the two events are related only by coincidence, whoever the hole was meant for was still alive when it was dug.
She may still be alive, but not for long.
Suzanne, check CAP's cases.
Look for something similar to the Linda Bedard case.
Hey, kid Search VlCLAS.
Think geographic profiling.
Compare your results with Mayrand's and Dufour's.
There may be an ex-convict living near the woods.
Coming with me? Alert all stations.
Who are you calling? Rouleau.
- Why? - He wants to talk to us.
lt's a bad idea.
A bad idea? l'll give you my professional opinion.
You do as you like.
One: Lefebvre wants to fire a squad chief.
You're first on his list.
Two: Rouleau stopped by the party the night of the murder.
Three: He wants to see us because he knows that we know Linda worked at a massage parlor that's run by one of his former men.
- You think - l'm sure of it.
He'll do anything to keep us off his turf.
Let him run after you.
There's no rush.
Plus, he could think you want to incriminate him.
Two girls, so far, have connections to him? lt's normal.
He's a cop, likely to meet lots of potential victims.
But he must already think you want to use that.
At best, to discredit him by showing his work is sloppy.
At worst, to implicate him in the disappearances or the murder.
lf you're right, the massage parlor boss has already been briefed.
We'll get nothing out of him or his staff.
Does that feel good? Yeah You like it soft, medium or hard? Depends.
Tell me what you like.
lt's up to you.
l say doctor knows best.
l don't remember seeing you before.
No, it wasn't you.
lt was Linda.
Why did you say it was me? Sensitive? lt's not that.
lt's sciatica.
Here? Oh, yeah Right there.
Not a cop, are you? Why? Can't cops have massages? l don't give a damn about what goes on here.
However l'd like to know where Linda Bedard is.
Why? So you don't end up like her.
lf the girl's still alive, we haven't much time.
He already started digging.
Boss Negative.
No ex-cons living nearby.
Damn it.
l can check with the teenagers.
Hold on.
You say there were two murderers in the woods? - Yes,two.
- But not at the same time.
No.
One after the other.
The hole was dug first.
How do you know? A signature needs preparation.
A modus operandi just happens like that.
The gravedigger took his time, prepared everything The other just dumped the body.
lronic.
By finding Pascale, we might have saved Linda's life.
lf Anne's right, the gravedigger probably saw us searching.
What did you say? That he must've seen us.
Right He saw us or heard about it.
- You'll never believe this - What? Come see this.
Suzanne, take messages.
This could take awhile.
That's pretty sick.
You could say that.
We had a necrophiliac, three or four years ago.
That was corpse desecration.
Same thing, anyway.
Etienne's right.
lt's not the same.
The doc said he killed her, then raped her.
- Then for sure - lt's not the same.
lsn't screwing a corpse necrophilia? He'd just killed her.
That makes a big difference.
So it's a signature or a modus operandi.
You got it.
Modus operandi.
Looks to me like he panicked.
Necrophiliacs get off on corpses, but they don't kill to get them.
l've certainly never seen a case like that.
The victim was killed and raped at about the same time.
But if dead bodies turn him on, why wouldn't he kill her? ls it possible that the guy was into foreplay? Foreplay Come on! lf you think like him killing is like foreplay, to get excited.
You're gruesome.
l'm not gruesome.
A guy who rapes dead women is gruesome.
Anything's possible.
Sure Anything's possible.
- New development.
- Yeah? We're after a necrophiliac.
And something's up at the massage parlor.
- What are we doing here? - Looking for an answer.
- To what? - Jean-Marie's question.
The masseuse said Linda was sleeping with Rouleau.
We need two independent sources, besides a hooker.
Fine with me.
What's your theory, Anne? l need more facts.
My problem's with your necrophiliac.
One: lt's not my necrophiliac, Two: lt was just a theory.
l have to see.
l know l'm being a pain, but l still don't get this signature and modus operandi.
A signature is like the killer's personality.
She's said it a hundred times.
Meaning he always does the same thing? So? Let's say you're right about Pascale Dubé.
He didn't kill her here, wasn't the place for it.
But someone, probably Linda Bedard was meant to be buried in that hole.
Hopefully not, but What? We have to dig.
lf it is a signature, Etienne's right The other girls' bodies are buried here.
- How old is he? - l didn't ask.
Always ask the client's age.
Guys never lie about that.
l did what you told me.
He's been here 10 times? What's with you? Why are you lying? His name's Mayrand.
Works for the SAS.
Damn! l remembered where l'd seen him before.
Used to work for Narcotics.
What did you tell him? That's right four.
Three in the hole, and the Dubé girl makes four.
That's right.
lt's probably Renée Desmarais, Nathalie Crete and Lynn Rousseau.
They didn't even know each other.
Sure an unlikely way for them to meet.
We didn't do our job.
Right, it's all our fault.
Hey, we didn't kill those girls! l'm getting confused.
Counter-transference is clouding my judgment.
Cops call that being only human.
Faced with something so inhuman we have to do better than that.
We try.
l should've realized it sooner.
You're not the only one.
You really don't get it.
lt's not that l don't know.
l'm afraid l'll get it wrong.
l'm thinking hard, but l'm being swayed.
So what? Let's see what forensics can tell us.
l'm sure Linda Bedard wouldn't want to know.
What are we looking for? A necrophiliac? A sadist? Could he be both? l don't know.
l don't know anymore.
One thing's for sure, he's still at it.
Yeah.
Recognize me? Yes.
Are your parents home? They're out for the day.
l'd like to talk to you.
- Come in.
- No.
You're coming with me.
- Where? - Not far.
You can guess why? Pascale.
Yeah.
Some cops came by l know.
We work together.
Come on.
Just a minute.
lf there was penetration, it'll be obvious.
Can you crosscheck with Pascale Dubé? l never even thought of that! Touchy Got anything else? There was perfume on Pascale Dubé's stomach.
Nothing unusual about that.
lt's not really perfume.
lt's like the deodorizer they use in washrooms.
There was some on her body.
Traces of it.
Here Like it was on the murderer's hands, and he caressed her.
That's right Like this.
lt must've happened like that.
Perfume.
Slightly acid.
Lemon scent.
That's not all.
There's skin under her nails.
Skin? She scratched him.
l get it.
She fought him.
l have no idea where to look for Linda Bedard.
You didn't tell us this case could cost you your job.
l'm thinking.
While madam thinks, get me all the data on Lynn, Nathalie and Renée.
Give me five minutes.
- What are we doing? - We're talking.
Not in your office? Changed my mind.
Wait.
l want to go home.
Not yet.
Why bring me here? To talk, like l said.
To talk about what? About you.
Nathalie Crete, criminology student.
Linda Bedard, we know is a masseuse.
Lynn Rousseau's a lab technician.
She's worked at the morgue.
Don't remember her.
- And the last one? - Renée Desmarais Waitress.
The funny thing is You find it funny? Funny, as in ''odd.
'' The restaurant's across from H.
Q.
We often eat there.
l know it sounds dumb, but the only connection between those girls is us The police.
l need to walk Fernand.
So why don't you talk to me? You're the one who's not talking.
l've told you everything l know.
l don't believe you.
What are you waiting for? For you to talk to me.
l told you who was at the party.
You mentioned the kids, but not the others.
There were no others.
No one came by during the evening? l'll tell you why we'll stay here until you tell the truth.
Because you're lying.
Yes, my dear because there were definitely others who stopped by.
l don't know how else to say it, but no Yes.
Because l stopped by your party.
You've reached Denis Rouleau.
Please leave a message.
Hl GABRlEL.
l'M TELLlNG YOU, WE'RE GOlNG FOR COFFEE NEXT TlME YOU STOP BY VlCE, OR ELSE DENlS ROULEAU.
PASCALE DUBÉ (18) - 1 .
KIDNAPPED LYNN ROUSSEAU (21 ) LAB TECHNlClAN - DEAD MASSEUSE Does that sum up what you're thinking? Yes.
Though all the girls were found in the same woods, we're after two attackers, one for Pascale and one for the others? Because of a hole? lt's pretty flimsy, l agree.
l don't deny that.
But is it possible the same guy could be really relaxed, but really in a hurry at the same time? Good point.
Say he was taken by surprise with Pascale.
Someone came along and he took off, dragging the body.
The killer digs the holes in a row, in chronological order.
He abducts the girl, probably rapes her, then buries her.
Chronologically, the hole was dug for Linda, not Pascale.
Except Linda isn't in the woods.
Tell them.
We have no choice at this stage.
Tell them.
lt appears that Go on that you'll shut up and let me finish.
The investigation is being tampered with.
By who? First, if this gets out, we're in serious trouble.
As we stand now, we'll pay for the slightest slip-up.
Lefebvre's waiting for a chance to give me the ax.
That doesn't explain the tampering.
Who is it? A big gun.
Rouleau.
You must've had your doubts.
Pascale Dubé lived right around the corner.
The note He wrote the note they found on the girl.
l compared the note they found on Pascale with Rouleau's handwriting.
They match.
That also explains the victims' connections to the police.
The restaurant, the morgue, the intern The weird perfume on Pascale Does Rouleau wear lemon perfume? And the last one, Linda Bedard.
The masseuse.
She was sleeping with Rouleau.
Let's not get carried away.
No one said Rouleau was the killer.
But if we start to question him like a suspect Exactly.
You can see why it's so delicate.
ls he a suspect or not? Come on, snap out of it.
Walk in my shoes.
Luke's right.
Of course, he She was just a bit of fun at a party to him.
What do you mean? You know.
Hey, guys Hello.
- Hi.
- Hi.
l have a few questions.
Okay.
What? Alone.
- You have to tell Lefebvre.
- Not yet.
You say it's risky business, yet you're acting like a kid.
A juvenile delinquent protecting his buddies.
There's an unwritten rule among squad bosses.
Which is what? Not investigating each other? lt's called benefit of the doubt.
- Same thing.
- lt's not.
Had Durivage respected it, he wouldn't have caused me all these problems.
He learned his lesson.
We all have at some point.
l want to question him, at least.
Not yet.
Why? l asked if you were ready for a rape case.
l wanted to know if you could be objective.
Especially if the suspect is a cop.
Sorry.
What is it? Counter l'm not saying it right, but it's like that.
Counter-transference.
Exactly.
Counter-transference.
Rape.
The police.
Only one thing could make me change my mind about Rouleau.
lf you say he was the one We'll arrest him and bring him in.
Your cop ls it him? You You, Anne Fortier You'd let him go free a guy who killed four girls.
Just because you don't want to tell me the truth? l'm not letting anyone off.
But l'm not stupid.
l know the unwritten rule too.
l know how it works.
That's why l'm here.
That's why l work with the police.
l spent my life closing in on him.
Patiently, like a hunter.
You're not spooking him now that he's in my sights.
You're not letting him get away.
We'll discuss it again later.
Where are you going? What time did you go to bed that night? Why? l want to know.
You're not with the other cops? The other cops? There was a shrink with the other cops, for Pascale.
We all work together.
Gabrielle didn't want to talk either, at first.
What l'm after is the truth.
That's all.
Come on.
l'll go first.
l'll tell you what l think.
One of you kids killed Pascale.
Why'd you say you saw me? l'm not the only one.
Yannick did too.
You're the one who told us to keep it down.
Yes, but why? Think about it.
l'll be back to see you again.
Hi.
Hi.
Ah, food! Got a problem, buddy? - Hurry up.
l'm closing early.
- Yeah? Since when? Since my waitress got killed.
Like it's our fault? l'm talking to you.
You cops are all the same.
l'd better keep my mouth shut.
What did we do? You don't get it, Mayrand.
The man's scared.
He's afraid of someone who's in the police.
But Us guys we're not in the police.
The police is in us.
That may not mean much to you.
To us it means our job is protecting people, not scaring them.
So if you have a problem, say so.
lf not, cheeseburger and fries.
Same here.
Renée wasn't sleeping with just the Vice boss.
There was someone else.
Can l drive you home? No, not yet.
ln your opinion, what's going on? l don't know.
l'm totally lost.
lf you're lost, imagine how l feel.
Down, Fernand.
Rouleau looks pretty suspicious.
You don't even have a theory Sure l have a theory.
Feel like sharing it, maybe? My theory is that we don't count for much.
- Count for much? - Right.
We don't count for much as mere detectives.
So that's what you meant.
We're stuck.
We're in over our heads and we can't go to the top.
You and Johnson are really alike.
Both inscrutable.
Four girls are dead.
Maybe even five, by now.
Vice? SAS.
ls Rouleau on duty tonight? He left for the day.
lt's Johnson.
Know where l can find him? He was going to have a beer with the boys.
At Dumbo's? Yes, at Dumbo's.
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