Forever Knight (1992) s03e17 Episode Script
Avenging Angel
You're welcome to stay here as long as you feel you need shelter.
[SIGHS.]
The rules are simple but absolute.
You cut all ties with whomever's abusing you, at least for the first three weeks.
No visits, no calls a cooling-off period.
However tempted you might be to reconcile, however apologetic your husband or boyfriend or whoever the hell it is might be, no contact.
Not right now.
Think you can do that? You sure you don't wanna go to the hospital? [TEARFULLY.]
Miss Stone-- I mean, Laura.
--thanks.
Try to get some sleep.
I'll check in later.
[SOBBING.]
[.]
WOMAN [SCREAMING.]
: No! No! [.]
No! No! Julie? Julie, open the door.
[JULIE GASPING.]
[JULIE GASPING & SCREAMING.]
[JULIE SOBBING.]
Julie? My father was here.
Oh.
He killed her.
He killed my mother.
[.]
NARRATOR: He was brought across in 1228.
Preyed on humans for their blood.
Now he wants to be mortal again to repay society for his sins to emerge from his world of darkness from his endless forever night.
[GROWLS.]
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
I'm coming.
Hold on.
[DOORBELL RINGING REPEATEDLY.]
Okay, okay.
Mom.
I, uh-- I wish you'd told me you were coming.
I figured you were busy, and, uh, I wanted to surprise you.
Sorry.
Come on in.
Come in.
Well, I-I-I tried to get a hotel room, but there's a convention or something in town.
Yeah, well, that's the film festival, Mom.
Everything is booked, and you wouldn't believe it.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
Anyway, I-- I-I have some business, and, uh-- In town and I thought maybe we could do something.
Well, you're welcome to stay here.
I've gotta work, but, um, if you're still here on Saturday, we could do something.
Yes, I-- I'd like that.
Okay.
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
[SIGHS.]
Detective Vetter.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Got it.
Has my, uh, partner been informed? Okay.
I'm on my way.
Gotta work.
Sorry.
Okay, well, make yourself at home.
Um, couch folds out.
I've got satellite hookup now, so you can watch lots of movies.
[SIGHS.]
It's good to see you again.
You too, baby.
I love you, honey.
Please be careful.
Yeah, Mom, I will.
Okay.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
Once again it has been confirmed.
The Metro Police are investigating a particularly brutal homicide here tonight at this shelter for battered women, this safe house.
Though it hardly seems appropriate to call it that now.
KNIGHT: Show's over.
Excuse me.
We are working here.
So am I.
The location of this facility is strictly confidential.
We have a right to be here.
This is news.
[HEART BEATING.]
You're all done here.
There's nothing more to see.
It's what you call a wrap.
Let's go.
That's a wrap.
Sarge, check the broken glass out in the alley.
There's a lot more of it out there.
Multiple stab wounds.
I stopped counting at 20.
I don't know what type of knife right now, just that it was sharp.
Still no weapon.
APB go out? Top priority.
Jack Henderson's face is in every law enforcement's fax machine on the Western Hemisphere right now.
Well, check hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.
He might be hurt and looking for help.
Three priors for spousal abuse.
He got a fine, community service, counseling.
Did him a lot of good.
I appreciate your keeping the TV cameras at bay, Detective Knight.
Women's lives depend on the anonymity of this place.
Oh, I did what I could.
I hope it's enough.
If it's all right with you, Miss Stone, I'll take Julie down to the ER, have her checked out before we take her downtown for her statement.
Yeah, thanks.
Gonna need you downtown too.
It might help if you're there for Julie.
Sure.
I guess you're used to this.
You must see it all the time: abuse, domestic violence.
You never get used to it.
[PEOPLE CHEERING.]
Come on, come on, come on.
[CLUCKING.]
[SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
Come on, come on.
Hot damn! Come on.
[ROOSTER CLUCKING.]
They're splendid specimens.
It's a pity one of them have to die, really.
I just hope it's not the one that I've wagered on.
This is barbaric.
Oh, really, Nicholas? This is sport.
Better to die proudly in the pit than at the hands of a butcher.
[.]
[MAN SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
She's his concubine, Nicholas, his property.
We have no right to interfere.
[GRUNTING.]
[SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
[SPEAKS IN CHINESE.]
[SPEAKS IN CHINESE.]
I will let you go, if you leave directly.
Leave her alone.
Touch her again and I will kill you.
Trust me.
He means what he says.
You may come with me if you've nowhere else to go.
Come with me.
No.
[HEART BEATING.]
Come with me and I will see to your safety.
No, I must go to my master.
He will punish me if I'm not prompt.
Your powers of suggestion need honing, and your gallantry is misplaced.
She has nothing without him, and she knows it.
He beats her, and yet she runs to him.
She would have more right to freedom if she were his dog, Nicholas.
Let it go.
I was after her to leave him almost from the time I could talk.
One of my earliest memories is of watching him beat her unconscious.
One big, happy family.
I want you to tell me what happened, Julie.
The whole story.
[SIGHS.]
He followed her.
She had said that she thought he was stalking her.
She was supposed to come over.
Just drop off some clothes and stuff.
I didn't have much 'cause when I left, I just left.
I had to get outta there.
He was coming after me again.
To beat you? To rape me.
Again.
LAURA: As long as he's out there, she's in danger.
We could put her under protective custody until he's found.
If he's the one we're looking for.
You don't believe he did this, do you? The jury is still out, Miss Stone.
Did you look at his record? Yes, I did.
We got a long way to go before we can make a case against Jack Henderson.
You know the law in these areas as well as anyone, Miss Stone.
Detective, captain, may I show you something? It's okay, Julie.
We want them to understand.
When Julie was 14 years old, she was raped repeatedly by her father.
She was threatened with death if she ever told anyone what her father was doing to her.
Julie told.
Gloria, her mother, confronted her husband, and she was beaten so badly on that occasion, they had to take a cab to the hospital.
Um, Julie had to go with her.
This was Julie's punishment for telling the truth, for seeking help.
[.]
LAURA: Okay.
Um, I got these from the hospital.
Even while they were being treated, they were so terrified of Jack Henderson, they lied to the doctors, made up a story about their injuries.
[LAURA SIGHS.]
This is what we're up against.
Jack Henderson killed his wife.
Julie watched him do it.
You say the jury is out.
I say I rest my case.
I'm sorry, but we can't.
REESE: The law won't let us.
[SIGHS.]
Right.
VETTER: She's staying with me.
I don't know why she's here.
She didn't tell me.
Well, she didn't tell me anything about suing you.
[SCOFFS.]
Da-- Dad? Da-- Listen.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Where else is she gonna go? I just-- I won't be around her that much.
And when I am, I'll just try to keep a lid on it.
Okay? He followed her.
He must have come up the fire escape or something.
I don't know.
He was like a madman.
I've seen him angry but never like that.
He-- He-- He just went at her.
He pulled out a knife.
VETTER: Did you try to stop him? I tried to stop him.
I tried to stop him.
I wanna keep her here.
I'll tell her and Laura Stone it's a protective measure for now.
We got no murder weapon, suspect's at large.
His story is still out there.
I'm not lettin' her walk outta here until I absolutely have to.
[SIGHS.]
What's that? Well, everything's not in yet, but Jack Henderson was there at some time.
There's no doubt about it.
We have his fingerprints.
Any blood? No, DNA is not done yet.
But we have samples and stains that are consistent with his type, yeah.
Any of them mix with the victim's? No.
None so far.
[SIGHS.]
Look, I don't know, okay? Well, what was I supposed to do? Give her a field sobriety test in my living room? The divorce is your business.
Settlement's your business.
Look she's not happy about it, okay? Dad, I am not taking sides.
You know what? I-I've gotta go.
I'll talk to you later, okay? [EXHALES.]
I love you too.
I am being careful.
Okay, bye.
Headache? [GROANS.]
Family thing.
Saddle up.
Neighborhood clinic in Parkdale thinks they made Henderson.
Nurse over there says a guy just came in all sliced and diced up who looks like the fax APB.
The doc's puttin' him back together right now.
I told her to just take her time.
[.]
[CLICKS.]
[CLICKS.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Tracy, trust me, it's loaded.
You expecting trouble? [SIGHS.]
You know, you're lucky you don't have family.
I mean, I know it must be a drag around the holidays, but trust me.
Family is not all it's cracked up to be.
You've got problems? My parents.
Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be their daughter or their referee.
[.]
Tired? [GROANS.]
This is awful.
Why won't they let us go? How am I ever gonna make it through this? It'll work out.
[SIGHS.]
Well, the most important thing is you're here.
You're safe.
And I'm gonna stay here with you as long as I can.
They'll catch him.
Don't worry.
This time, he won't get away with it.
I promise you.
He'll get what he deserves.
It's a good thing you came in.
These are some nasty lacerations.
Bet you thought you'd never stop bleeding, huh? How'd you do it anyway? Fixin' up around the house.
WOMAN [OVER PA.]
: Dr.
Peters Hold on a minute.
I've gotta get some more bandages.
Here, hold this.
Right there.
I'll be right back.
I'll take the front.
VETTER: I've got the side.
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE.]
[.]
[GASPS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Police officer.
Don't you move.
[GUN COCKS.]
Go ahead, you son of bitch, give me a reason.
Tracy, take it easy.
It's done, okay? Come on.
Trace? Okay.
[HANDCUFFS CLICK.]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Okay.
Okay, here we go.
Fresh out of Henderson's pockets.
Maps.
Collingwood, Muskoka, cottage country.
Very fugitive-friendly places.
Yeah, it looks like he was holed up at Sunderland Hotel.
Called in for a warrant.
Sent the lab boys to turn his place over.
I guess it's too much to ask, maybe he left the weapon there.
No, I bet you he ditched it somewhere where it couldn't be found.
You know, mud works for ya.
[CHUCKLES.]
I'll go home and clean up after we skewer Henderson at the precinct.
[SIGHS.]
You really want him, don't you? You know, I know we're not supposed to get emotionally involved in these cases, but I'm having a hard time with this one.
Yeah, I know.
REESE: We found him.
He's under arrest.
Oh, good.
[CHUCKLES.]
Can I--? Can I get outta here now? Well, not quite just yet.
Look, I know you gave your statement to Detective Vetter, but I'd like to go back over it with you.
I just wanna make sure we've got it all straight before we bring it to the Crown, okay? Sure.
Whatever it takes.
Good.
Uh, Miss Stone, you're welcome to stay, but I know you've got some very troubled women to look after back at the shelter.
I can stay for a while.
Okay, well, this shouldn't take long.
Uh, Julie, let's, uh Let's take this back to the beginning, okay? Now, your dad and mom, were they living together as of tonight? No.
Not really.
I mean, my father moved to Collingwood a few months ago.
And he just came back for some stuff.
Mm-hm.
But you were living with your mom, right? Yeah.
But after he came back, things just started up again.
And I had to get out.
[SIGHS.]
I had to find somewhere.
I-- I went to Laura.
[SIGHING.]
Thank God for Laura.
Yes, thank God.
JACK: She's lyin'.
That's not the way it went down at all.
Okay, then you tell us.
How did you kill your wife? I'm telling you I didn't kill my wife.
Where's the knife? Why don't ya ask Julie? Julie? What are you saying? That she killed your wife? Come on! That's a stretch, Mr.
Henderson.
JACK: Listen to me.
Gloria brought me over there tonight to make peace with Julie.
[.]
[KNOCKS.]
It was Gloria's idea.
She wanted a reconciliation, you know? [.]
Your wife wanted to reconcile with you? Someone who had beaten her within an inch of her life? And the next time might have gone all the away, killed her? I'm not the guy I was before.
I used to drink.
I had a problem.
I did things to my family that I'm honestly ashamed of.
I got help.
I changed.
Okay.
So you didn't kill your wife.
But you did run away from the murder scene and the hospital.
What were you getting, a little exercise? Flight suggests guilt, Mr.
Henderson.
And you were headed to Collingwood.
For what, a little ice fishing? I got a little place there, okay? I ran outta Julie's room 'cause Julie was comin' after me.
She would've killed me if I hadn't jumped.
[.]
[SCREAMS.]
She wanted no part of any reconciliation.
As for the hospital, I'm number-one suspect because of my record.
Nobody's gonna listen to my side of the story.
I got scared.
I ran.
Julie is the one you want, not me.
She was mad at her mother for even suggesting the idea we could be a family again.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Tech boys found this in his hotel room.
Blood everywhere too, in his car, on his clothes, in his bathroom.
They're testing it now.
Okay, thanks.
Well [SIGHS.]
look familiar? No.
It was found in your motel room.
Yeah, okay.
It's mine.
But I used it to cut off my clothes when I was bleeding to death.
Look, why don't you just consider the possibility I might be telling the truth.
Because you've been playing hard and fast with the truth ever since you've been here.
You're in deep, Henderson.
Way over your head.
[DOOR OPENING.]
Tracy, honey, that you? Oh, my.
What happened to you? I got into it with a suspect.
Mom, I thought you stopped drinking.
Oh.
Well, I-- I like to have a little drink on special occasions.
Oh, yeah? And what's so special about today, huh? Let me guess: Wednesday? I don't appreciate your sarcasm, Tracy.
Do you have any idea how much trouble the drinking caused you and Dad? Oh, you know damn well that it wasn't because of my drinking that your father wound up in bed with-- I don't want to hear it! Well, you try.
Try to imagine how much that hurts.
All those nights that I spent alone, waiting to see if my husband, the peace officer, was gonna to come home in a bag.
I deserve a drink for putting up with him and his brothers.
And me? This is an old argument, Mom.
You won't win it.
Ever.
I am a cop because I want to be.
And you never considered anything else.
I wanted something else for you, something better.
I didn't want to worry about you too.
I was sick with worrying.
So you drank, and you made yourself sicker.
Well, you wait until you're as lonely as I am, and make no mistake, you are headin' that way.
You like to think of yourself as your own person, don't you, Tracy? Well, you are not, and you never will be.
You are your father's person.
And that's why you're a cop, Tracy.
He made you what he wanted you to be, and you never had a choice.
Well, I am sorry that I even came here.
I had nowhere else to go.
I'm afraid it's bad news, Nick.
That is not the weapon that killed Gloria Henderson.
All the blood on that knife belongs to Jack Henderson.
There isn't even a trace of Gloria Henderson's type, and I pulled this out of her sternum: tip of the blade that killed her.
Force of the blow embedded it in the bone and shattered the rib cage.
He really meant business.
What about the knife we found in the room? Lab compared the metal.
They're similar.
They could be from a matching set.
It's likely that they're both his, but there's still reasonable doubt.
Oh, man, I would hate for this creep to walk away because of a technicality.
Well, we're doing our best to make sure that doesn't happen.
You know, I'm seeing more and more of these cases, and it's really starting to get to me.
It's an old story.
It doesn't seem to want to end.
It's not right.
Someone should do something.
You had your chance, Nicholas, and you didn't, so put it out of your mind.
Maybe I should help her.
Oh, don't be such a fool, Nicholas.
After all, which is more amusing: some tawdry domestic melodrama or a pair of prize cocks pecking each other's eyes out? I'll catch up with you later.
[WOMAN SCREAMING.]
I'm sorry.
I should have [SNARLS.]
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
[.]
Call it what you will, but the word "safe house" doesn't apply.
I don't believe it.
Metro police are investigating a particularly brutal killing here tonight and have, at last report, a suspect in custody: the victim's husband, a man with a history of spousal abuse.
ANCHORMAN: On the national front, prime minister's REESE: Don't tell me that.
I don't want to hear that.
Knight, over here.
Where's your partner? She went home to clean up.
Why? You tell him.
Detective, I'm Derrick Schmidt from the Crown prosecutor's office.
Uh, you called in the phone warrant and sent forensics over to Mr.
Henderson's hotel room? Yeah.
Routine, right? Um, maybe not.
Forensics guys were a little eager turning over Henderson's flop.
Uh, they searched and seized before the bench rubber-stamped the warrant.
They should've waited, but they didn't.
Sorry, but the Crown's real anal about this kind of thing.
We've been thrown out of court twice on the same precedent.
So all the evidence we found in Henderson's room SCHMIDT: Is inadmissible.
So, uh, unless you can come up with something definitive-- What, a murder weapon? Well, at this point I'm thinking a full confession, a videotape of the crime maybe? REESE: An eyewitness? Blood from the scene? SCHMIDT: That's 200 kilos of circumstantial zilch without a murder weapon.
She's an extremely prejudiced eyewitness, whose testimony is suspect.
Look, this kid has got a history of drug abuse.
She's got emotional problems.
She's a walking catalog of teenaged angst.
She's been sexually abused.
We all know Henderson did it.
We all know it.
SCHMIDT: Yeah.
Uh, like I was saying, unless you can come up with something definitive.
You're gonna let him go, aren't you? He's gonna get away with this.
What about all the evidence? I mean, there's blood everywhere.
You said you found a knife.
All the blood we found was Jack Henderson's.
There's no evidence of his wife's blood on him, on his clothes, in his room.
And as for the knife, Natalie's 100 percent sure that the knife we found is not the one that killed Gloria Henderson.
Technically, we have no evidence.
LAURA: This is stupid, right? Tell me this is stupid.
Captain.
Detective Knight? We just monitored a 911 dispatch.
Miss Stone, I'm afraid there's been more trouble at your shelter.
There's been another attack.
VETTER: How the hell did it happen? This place is supposed to be covered by uniforms.
It is.
She left the grounds to go to the corner store.
Figures her husband caught the news report on TV.
Stalked her, caught her on the way home.
Got an APB out on him now.
First the screwup with the search warrants and now this.
What can we do? I don't know.
That's it.
We've gotta get out.
This is no safe haven anymore.
I've gotta find places for all these women.
I mean, Jack Henderson opened all this up, and now you're telling me you can't make a case against him? We might be able to salvage something.
How do you people sleep at night? How do you rationalize your incompetence? JACK: What about my car? Your car's been impounded for evidence.
It'll be returned to you as soon as the papers are processed.
Wouldn't count on that happening soon.
They're a little slow down there.
Keep it.
It's a rental.
I'll take the bus.
Sign for your things.
I'm releasing you on your own recognizance against my better judgment, but I'm told by my superiors I can't hold you.
You don't know it yet, captain, but you're doing the right thing.
You will stay in touch.
I have a place in Collingwood.
Here's the address and phone number.
You can have me followed if you want.
I might do it myself.
Captain, if it means anything, I'm sorry about what happened to my ex-wife, to my family.
I'd stay for the funeral, but Gloria's family? They won't want me around.
KNIGHT: Henderson gone? I couldn't hold him.
The Crown sent down a writ.
Look, he's heading back to Collingwood.
Follow up, make sure he's there, and stay on it.
I'd like to do more than that.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Look, I wanna go back to the shelter, check it out, see if I find anything to nail him before he leaves town.
You do that.
I'm gonna put a unit on him, while he's still here in town.
Vetter, come sit in with me with Julie Henderson.
I wanna go over her story one more time before I send her Where do I send her? Laura Stone's looking for some temporary shelter.
She's gonna take Julie until this all blows over.
Come on.
Uh, cap-- Um Can I catch up with you? My mom.
[.]
[CRYING.]
[SIGHS.]
Miss Henderson.
Captain Reese would like to speak to you before we release you.
He'll be in in a few minutes.
And you have a phone call on line three.
Hello? Julie, are you okay? I'm tired.
[SNIFFLES.]
I wanna get outta here.
They say they're gonna let me go soon.
I can't come to pick you up, Julie.
When they release you, ask them to give you a ride to my apartment.
You know where I keep the spare key? I know.
Will you--? Will you be there later? I've got something important to do.
Listen to me, Julie.
[SIGHS.]
Try not to get upset.
They let your father go.
They can't make a case against him.
They screwed up the evidence.
I wanna ask you something, Julie.
This is very important.
Do you know where your father was staying while he was in town? [.]
Mom, come on.
It's late.
You're not gonna find a place.
Just go back to my apartment and wait for me there.
No.
I am going home.
Now, I'm-- I'm sorry that Igot you involved.
I didn't mean to.
I-- I thought that I would just sneak into town, you know, do my thing with the lawyers and get out.
But I really did want to see you.
I couldn't resist.
Mom, I want you to stay.
I wanna work this out.
Well, we will in time.
Maybe not tonight, butsomeday.
[SIGHS.]
I'd better go.
Mom I'm sorry for what I did.
I-I don't even know why I did it.
[CHUCKLES.]
Only hurt my pride.
I'll live.
Take a lot more than that to kill me.
Just once more so I can be clear.
Now, your mother came by to drop off some clothes and things, right? Yeah.
Just stuff I needed.
Like I said, I left in a hurry.
In what? A suitcase? Shopping bag? Um, a bag.
Like a A Bay Company bag.
Julie, tell us again how your father got into the room.
Laura Stone says she's very good about security.
You need a pass.
Your mom had a pass, right? Um, my mother had a pass.
My father must have been stalking her, I guess.
REESE: You said he came up the fire escape.
He smashed through the window.
H-he was insane.
He was in a rage.
[GLORIA SCREAMS.]
Julie, our criminologists were all over that room tonight.
They didn't find any bag of clothes, Julie.
REESE: But you know what they did find? They found your father's fingerprints on the outside of the door to your room, Julie.
They determined that the window was broken from the inside out.
[.]
Laura, are you here? [.]
LACROIX: I hear something familiar on the wind tonight.
A lonely woman's cry for justice from beyond death.
And what justice is sweeter than that exacted by those who've been wronged? What law more perfect than that exercised by an advocate who moves swiftly and with resolve? Only you who've practiced it know what I'm talking about.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
[.]
Aah! Aah! Oh! [SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO.]
: Ten-57 reported in progress outside Sunderland Hotel at Dundas and Parliament.
Repeat: Shots fired.
Unit en route.
[STATIC.]
Eighty-one kilo? Please respond.
Eighty-one, please respond.
Where are they? Still in there.
They've been at it for hours now.
I don't know why she stayed with him as long as she did.
I hated her for that.
I hated that she kept me there, that she tried to keep us together.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[.]
She brought him over that night.
She said that he wanted to apologize.
I don't know what happened.
I just I just snapped.
I just wasso angry.
[GLORIA SCREAMING.]
That she'd betrayed me.
I just That she told him where I was.
I don't know how many times I stabbed her.
I wanted to kill him too.
He jumped out the window.
Right through the glass.
What did you do with the knife, Julie? VETTER [OVER SPEAKERS.]
: You have to tell us now, Julie.
What did you do with the knife? [.]
[.]
[SIGHS.]
The rules are simple but absolute.
You cut all ties with whomever's abusing you, at least for the first three weeks.
No visits, no calls a cooling-off period.
However tempted you might be to reconcile, however apologetic your husband or boyfriend or whoever the hell it is might be, no contact.
Not right now.
Think you can do that? You sure you don't wanna go to the hospital? [TEARFULLY.]
Miss Stone-- I mean, Laura.
--thanks.
Try to get some sleep.
I'll check in later.
[SOBBING.]
[.]
WOMAN [SCREAMING.]
: No! No! [.]
No! No! Julie? Julie, open the door.
[JULIE GASPING.]
[JULIE GASPING & SCREAMING.]
[JULIE SOBBING.]
Julie? My father was here.
Oh.
He killed her.
He killed my mother.
[.]
NARRATOR: He was brought across in 1228.
Preyed on humans for their blood.
Now he wants to be mortal again to repay society for his sins to emerge from his world of darkness from his endless forever night.
[GROWLS.]
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
I'm coming.
Hold on.
[DOORBELL RINGING REPEATEDLY.]
Okay, okay.
Mom.
I, uh-- I wish you'd told me you were coming.
I figured you were busy, and, uh, I wanted to surprise you.
Sorry.
Come on in.
Come in.
Well, I-I-I tried to get a hotel room, but there's a convention or something in town.
Yeah, well, that's the film festival, Mom.
Everything is booked, and you wouldn't believe it.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
Anyway, I-- I-I have some business, and, uh-- In town and I thought maybe we could do something.
Well, you're welcome to stay here.
I've gotta work, but, um, if you're still here on Saturday, we could do something.
Yes, I-- I'd like that.
Okay.
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
[SIGHS.]
Detective Vetter.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Got it.
Has my, uh, partner been informed? Okay.
I'm on my way.
Gotta work.
Sorry.
Okay, well, make yourself at home.
Um, couch folds out.
I've got satellite hookup now, so you can watch lots of movies.
[SIGHS.]
It's good to see you again.
You too, baby.
I love you, honey.
Please be careful.
Yeah, Mom, I will.
Okay.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
Once again it has been confirmed.
The Metro Police are investigating a particularly brutal homicide here tonight at this shelter for battered women, this safe house.
Though it hardly seems appropriate to call it that now.
KNIGHT: Show's over.
Excuse me.
We are working here.
So am I.
The location of this facility is strictly confidential.
We have a right to be here.
This is news.
[HEART BEATING.]
You're all done here.
There's nothing more to see.
It's what you call a wrap.
Let's go.
That's a wrap.
Sarge, check the broken glass out in the alley.
There's a lot more of it out there.
Multiple stab wounds.
I stopped counting at 20.
I don't know what type of knife right now, just that it was sharp.
Still no weapon.
APB go out? Top priority.
Jack Henderson's face is in every law enforcement's fax machine on the Western Hemisphere right now.
Well, check hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.
He might be hurt and looking for help.
Three priors for spousal abuse.
He got a fine, community service, counseling.
Did him a lot of good.
I appreciate your keeping the TV cameras at bay, Detective Knight.
Women's lives depend on the anonymity of this place.
Oh, I did what I could.
I hope it's enough.
If it's all right with you, Miss Stone, I'll take Julie down to the ER, have her checked out before we take her downtown for her statement.
Yeah, thanks.
Gonna need you downtown too.
It might help if you're there for Julie.
Sure.
I guess you're used to this.
You must see it all the time: abuse, domestic violence.
You never get used to it.
[PEOPLE CHEERING.]
Come on, come on, come on.
[CLUCKING.]
[SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
Come on, come on.
Hot damn! Come on.
[ROOSTER CLUCKING.]
They're splendid specimens.
It's a pity one of them have to die, really.
I just hope it's not the one that I've wagered on.
This is barbaric.
Oh, really, Nicholas? This is sport.
Better to die proudly in the pit than at the hands of a butcher.
[.]
[MAN SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
She's his concubine, Nicholas, his property.
We have no right to interfere.
[GRUNTING.]
[SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
[SPEAKS IN CHINESE.]
[SPEAKS IN CHINESE.]
I will let you go, if you leave directly.
Leave her alone.
Touch her again and I will kill you.
Trust me.
He means what he says.
You may come with me if you've nowhere else to go.
Come with me.
No.
[HEART BEATING.]
Come with me and I will see to your safety.
No, I must go to my master.
He will punish me if I'm not prompt.
Your powers of suggestion need honing, and your gallantry is misplaced.
She has nothing without him, and she knows it.
He beats her, and yet she runs to him.
She would have more right to freedom if she were his dog, Nicholas.
Let it go.
I was after her to leave him almost from the time I could talk.
One of my earliest memories is of watching him beat her unconscious.
One big, happy family.
I want you to tell me what happened, Julie.
The whole story.
[SIGHS.]
He followed her.
She had said that she thought he was stalking her.
She was supposed to come over.
Just drop off some clothes and stuff.
I didn't have much 'cause when I left, I just left.
I had to get outta there.
He was coming after me again.
To beat you? To rape me.
Again.
LAURA: As long as he's out there, she's in danger.
We could put her under protective custody until he's found.
If he's the one we're looking for.
You don't believe he did this, do you? The jury is still out, Miss Stone.
Did you look at his record? Yes, I did.
We got a long way to go before we can make a case against Jack Henderson.
You know the law in these areas as well as anyone, Miss Stone.
Detective, captain, may I show you something? It's okay, Julie.
We want them to understand.
When Julie was 14 years old, she was raped repeatedly by her father.
She was threatened with death if she ever told anyone what her father was doing to her.
Julie told.
Gloria, her mother, confronted her husband, and she was beaten so badly on that occasion, they had to take a cab to the hospital.
Um, Julie had to go with her.
This was Julie's punishment for telling the truth, for seeking help.
[.]
LAURA: Okay.
Um, I got these from the hospital.
Even while they were being treated, they were so terrified of Jack Henderson, they lied to the doctors, made up a story about their injuries.
[LAURA SIGHS.]
This is what we're up against.
Jack Henderson killed his wife.
Julie watched him do it.
You say the jury is out.
I say I rest my case.
I'm sorry, but we can't.
REESE: The law won't let us.
[SIGHS.]
Right.
VETTER: She's staying with me.
I don't know why she's here.
She didn't tell me.
Well, she didn't tell me anything about suing you.
[SCOFFS.]
Da-- Dad? Da-- Listen.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Where else is she gonna go? I just-- I won't be around her that much.
And when I am, I'll just try to keep a lid on it.
Okay? He followed her.
He must have come up the fire escape or something.
I don't know.
He was like a madman.
I've seen him angry but never like that.
He-- He-- He just went at her.
He pulled out a knife.
VETTER: Did you try to stop him? I tried to stop him.
I tried to stop him.
I wanna keep her here.
I'll tell her and Laura Stone it's a protective measure for now.
We got no murder weapon, suspect's at large.
His story is still out there.
I'm not lettin' her walk outta here until I absolutely have to.
[SIGHS.]
What's that? Well, everything's not in yet, but Jack Henderson was there at some time.
There's no doubt about it.
We have his fingerprints.
Any blood? No, DNA is not done yet.
But we have samples and stains that are consistent with his type, yeah.
Any of them mix with the victim's? No.
None so far.
[SIGHS.]
Look, I don't know, okay? Well, what was I supposed to do? Give her a field sobriety test in my living room? The divorce is your business.
Settlement's your business.
Look she's not happy about it, okay? Dad, I am not taking sides.
You know what? I-I've gotta go.
I'll talk to you later, okay? [EXHALES.]
I love you too.
I am being careful.
Okay, bye.
Headache? [GROANS.]
Family thing.
Saddle up.
Neighborhood clinic in Parkdale thinks they made Henderson.
Nurse over there says a guy just came in all sliced and diced up who looks like the fax APB.
The doc's puttin' him back together right now.
I told her to just take her time.
[.]
[CLICKS.]
[CLICKS.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Tracy, trust me, it's loaded.
You expecting trouble? [SIGHS.]
You know, you're lucky you don't have family.
I mean, I know it must be a drag around the holidays, but trust me.
Family is not all it's cracked up to be.
You've got problems? My parents.
Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be their daughter or their referee.
[.]
Tired? [GROANS.]
This is awful.
Why won't they let us go? How am I ever gonna make it through this? It'll work out.
[SIGHS.]
Well, the most important thing is you're here.
You're safe.
And I'm gonna stay here with you as long as I can.
They'll catch him.
Don't worry.
This time, he won't get away with it.
I promise you.
He'll get what he deserves.
It's a good thing you came in.
These are some nasty lacerations.
Bet you thought you'd never stop bleeding, huh? How'd you do it anyway? Fixin' up around the house.
WOMAN [OVER PA.]
: Dr.
Peters Hold on a minute.
I've gotta get some more bandages.
Here, hold this.
Right there.
I'll be right back.
I'll take the front.
VETTER: I've got the side.
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE.]
[.]
[GASPS.]
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
Police officer.
Don't you move.
[GUN COCKS.]
Go ahead, you son of bitch, give me a reason.
Tracy, take it easy.
It's done, okay? Come on.
Trace? Okay.
[HANDCUFFS CLICK.]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Okay.
Okay, here we go.
Fresh out of Henderson's pockets.
Maps.
Collingwood, Muskoka, cottage country.
Very fugitive-friendly places.
Yeah, it looks like he was holed up at Sunderland Hotel.
Called in for a warrant.
Sent the lab boys to turn his place over.
I guess it's too much to ask, maybe he left the weapon there.
No, I bet you he ditched it somewhere where it couldn't be found.
You know, mud works for ya.
[CHUCKLES.]
I'll go home and clean up after we skewer Henderson at the precinct.
[SIGHS.]
You really want him, don't you? You know, I know we're not supposed to get emotionally involved in these cases, but I'm having a hard time with this one.
Yeah, I know.
REESE: We found him.
He's under arrest.
Oh, good.
[CHUCKLES.]
Can I--? Can I get outta here now? Well, not quite just yet.
Look, I know you gave your statement to Detective Vetter, but I'd like to go back over it with you.
I just wanna make sure we've got it all straight before we bring it to the Crown, okay? Sure.
Whatever it takes.
Good.
Uh, Miss Stone, you're welcome to stay, but I know you've got some very troubled women to look after back at the shelter.
I can stay for a while.
Okay, well, this shouldn't take long.
Uh, Julie, let's, uh Let's take this back to the beginning, okay? Now, your dad and mom, were they living together as of tonight? No.
Not really.
I mean, my father moved to Collingwood a few months ago.
And he just came back for some stuff.
Mm-hm.
But you were living with your mom, right? Yeah.
But after he came back, things just started up again.
And I had to get out.
[SIGHS.]
I had to find somewhere.
I-- I went to Laura.
[SIGHING.]
Thank God for Laura.
Yes, thank God.
JACK: She's lyin'.
That's not the way it went down at all.
Okay, then you tell us.
How did you kill your wife? I'm telling you I didn't kill my wife.
Where's the knife? Why don't ya ask Julie? Julie? What are you saying? That she killed your wife? Come on! That's a stretch, Mr.
Henderson.
JACK: Listen to me.
Gloria brought me over there tonight to make peace with Julie.
[.]
[KNOCKS.]
It was Gloria's idea.
She wanted a reconciliation, you know? [.]
Your wife wanted to reconcile with you? Someone who had beaten her within an inch of her life? And the next time might have gone all the away, killed her? I'm not the guy I was before.
I used to drink.
I had a problem.
I did things to my family that I'm honestly ashamed of.
I got help.
I changed.
Okay.
So you didn't kill your wife.
But you did run away from the murder scene and the hospital.
What were you getting, a little exercise? Flight suggests guilt, Mr.
Henderson.
And you were headed to Collingwood.
For what, a little ice fishing? I got a little place there, okay? I ran outta Julie's room 'cause Julie was comin' after me.
She would've killed me if I hadn't jumped.
[.]
[SCREAMS.]
She wanted no part of any reconciliation.
As for the hospital, I'm number-one suspect because of my record.
Nobody's gonna listen to my side of the story.
I got scared.
I ran.
Julie is the one you want, not me.
She was mad at her mother for even suggesting the idea we could be a family again.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Tech boys found this in his hotel room.
Blood everywhere too, in his car, on his clothes, in his bathroom.
They're testing it now.
Okay, thanks.
Well [SIGHS.]
look familiar? No.
It was found in your motel room.
Yeah, okay.
It's mine.
But I used it to cut off my clothes when I was bleeding to death.
Look, why don't you just consider the possibility I might be telling the truth.
Because you've been playing hard and fast with the truth ever since you've been here.
You're in deep, Henderson.
Way over your head.
[DOOR OPENING.]
Tracy, honey, that you? Oh, my.
What happened to you? I got into it with a suspect.
Mom, I thought you stopped drinking.
Oh.
Well, I-- I like to have a little drink on special occasions.
Oh, yeah? And what's so special about today, huh? Let me guess: Wednesday? I don't appreciate your sarcasm, Tracy.
Do you have any idea how much trouble the drinking caused you and Dad? Oh, you know damn well that it wasn't because of my drinking that your father wound up in bed with-- I don't want to hear it! Well, you try.
Try to imagine how much that hurts.
All those nights that I spent alone, waiting to see if my husband, the peace officer, was gonna to come home in a bag.
I deserve a drink for putting up with him and his brothers.
And me? This is an old argument, Mom.
You won't win it.
Ever.
I am a cop because I want to be.
And you never considered anything else.
I wanted something else for you, something better.
I didn't want to worry about you too.
I was sick with worrying.
So you drank, and you made yourself sicker.
Well, you wait until you're as lonely as I am, and make no mistake, you are headin' that way.
You like to think of yourself as your own person, don't you, Tracy? Well, you are not, and you never will be.
You are your father's person.
And that's why you're a cop, Tracy.
He made you what he wanted you to be, and you never had a choice.
Well, I am sorry that I even came here.
I had nowhere else to go.
I'm afraid it's bad news, Nick.
That is not the weapon that killed Gloria Henderson.
All the blood on that knife belongs to Jack Henderson.
There isn't even a trace of Gloria Henderson's type, and I pulled this out of her sternum: tip of the blade that killed her.
Force of the blow embedded it in the bone and shattered the rib cage.
He really meant business.
What about the knife we found in the room? Lab compared the metal.
They're similar.
They could be from a matching set.
It's likely that they're both his, but there's still reasonable doubt.
Oh, man, I would hate for this creep to walk away because of a technicality.
Well, we're doing our best to make sure that doesn't happen.
You know, I'm seeing more and more of these cases, and it's really starting to get to me.
It's an old story.
It doesn't seem to want to end.
It's not right.
Someone should do something.
You had your chance, Nicholas, and you didn't, so put it out of your mind.
Maybe I should help her.
Oh, don't be such a fool, Nicholas.
After all, which is more amusing: some tawdry domestic melodrama or a pair of prize cocks pecking each other's eyes out? I'll catch up with you later.
[WOMAN SCREAMING.]
I'm sorry.
I should have [SNARLS.]
[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
[.]
Call it what you will, but the word "safe house" doesn't apply.
I don't believe it.
Metro police are investigating a particularly brutal killing here tonight and have, at last report, a suspect in custody: the victim's husband, a man with a history of spousal abuse.
ANCHORMAN: On the national front, prime minister's REESE: Don't tell me that.
I don't want to hear that.
Knight, over here.
Where's your partner? She went home to clean up.
Why? You tell him.
Detective, I'm Derrick Schmidt from the Crown prosecutor's office.
Uh, you called in the phone warrant and sent forensics over to Mr.
Henderson's hotel room? Yeah.
Routine, right? Um, maybe not.
Forensics guys were a little eager turning over Henderson's flop.
Uh, they searched and seized before the bench rubber-stamped the warrant.
They should've waited, but they didn't.
Sorry, but the Crown's real anal about this kind of thing.
We've been thrown out of court twice on the same precedent.
So all the evidence we found in Henderson's room SCHMIDT: Is inadmissible.
So, uh, unless you can come up with something definitive-- What, a murder weapon? Well, at this point I'm thinking a full confession, a videotape of the crime maybe? REESE: An eyewitness? Blood from the scene? SCHMIDT: That's 200 kilos of circumstantial zilch without a murder weapon.
She's an extremely prejudiced eyewitness, whose testimony is suspect.
Look, this kid has got a history of drug abuse.
She's got emotional problems.
She's a walking catalog of teenaged angst.
She's been sexually abused.
We all know Henderson did it.
We all know it.
SCHMIDT: Yeah.
Uh, like I was saying, unless you can come up with something definitive.
You're gonna let him go, aren't you? He's gonna get away with this.
What about all the evidence? I mean, there's blood everywhere.
You said you found a knife.
All the blood we found was Jack Henderson's.
There's no evidence of his wife's blood on him, on his clothes, in his room.
And as for the knife, Natalie's 100 percent sure that the knife we found is not the one that killed Gloria Henderson.
Technically, we have no evidence.
LAURA: This is stupid, right? Tell me this is stupid.
Captain.
Detective Knight? We just monitored a 911 dispatch.
Miss Stone, I'm afraid there's been more trouble at your shelter.
There's been another attack.
VETTER: How the hell did it happen? This place is supposed to be covered by uniforms.
It is.
She left the grounds to go to the corner store.
Figures her husband caught the news report on TV.
Stalked her, caught her on the way home.
Got an APB out on him now.
First the screwup with the search warrants and now this.
What can we do? I don't know.
That's it.
We've gotta get out.
This is no safe haven anymore.
I've gotta find places for all these women.
I mean, Jack Henderson opened all this up, and now you're telling me you can't make a case against him? We might be able to salvage something.
How do you people sleep at night? How do you rationalize your incompetence? JACK: What about my car? Your car's been impounded for evidence.
It'll be returned to you as soon as the papers are processed.
Wouldn't count on that happening soon.
They're a little slow down there.
Keep it.
It's a rental.
I'll take the bus.
Sign for your things.
I'm releasing you on your own recognizance against my better judgment, but I'm told by my superiors I can't hold you.
You don't know it yet, captain, but you're doing the right thing.
You will stay in touch.
I have a place in Collingwood.
Here's the address and phone number.
You can have me followed if you want.
I might do it myself.
Captain, if it means anything, I'm sorry about what happened to my ex-wife, to my family.
I'd stay for the funeral, but Gloria's family? They won't want me around.
KNIGHT: Henderson gone? I couldn't hold him.
The Crown sent down a writ.
Look, he's heading back to Collingwood.
Follow up, make sure he's there, and stay on it.
I'd like to do more than that.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Look, I wanna go back to the shelter, check it out, see if I find anything to nail him before he leaves town.
You do that.
I'm gonna put a unit on him, while he's still here in town.
Vetter, come sit in with me with Julie Henderson.
I wanna go over her story one more time before I send her Where do I send her? Laura Stone's looking for some temporary shelter.
She's gonna take Julie until this all blows over.
Come on.
Uh, cap-- Um Can I catch up with you? My mom.
[.]
[CRYING.]
[SIGHS.]
Miss Henderson.
Captain Reese would like to speak to you before we release you.
He'll be in in a few minutes.
And you have a phone call on line three.
Hello? Julie, are you okay? I'm tired.
[SNIFFLES.]
I wanna get outta here.
They say they're gonna let me go soon.
I can't come to pick you up, Julie.
When they release you, ask them to give you a ride to my apartment.
You know where I keep the spare key? I know.
Will you--? Will you be there later? I've got something important to do.
Listen to me, Julie.
[SIGHS.]
Try not to get upset.
They let your father go.
They can't make a case against him.
They screwed up the evidence.
I wanna ask you something, Julie.
This is very important.
Do you know where your father was staying while he was in town? [.]
Mom, come on.
It's late.
You're not gonna find a place.
Just go back to my apartment and wait for me there.
No.
I am going home.
Now, I'm-- I'm sorry that Igot you involved.
I didn't mean to.
I-- I thought that I would just sneak into town, you know, do my thing with the lawyers and get out.
But I really did want to see you.
I couldn't resist.
Mom, I want you to stay.
I wanna work this out.
Well, we will in time.
Maybe not tonight, butsomeday.
[SIGHS.]
I'd better go.
Mom I'm sorry for what I did.
I-I don't even know why I did it.
[CHUCKLES.]
Only hurt my pride.
I'll live.
Take a lot more than that to kill me.
Just once more so I can be clear.
Now, your mother came by to drop off some clothes and things, right? Yeah.
Just stuff I needed.
Like I said, I left in a hurry.
In what? A suitcase? Shopping bag? Um, a bag.
Like a A Bay Company bag.
Julie, tell us again how your father got into the room.
Laura Stone says she's very good about security.
You need a pass.
Your mom had a pass, right? Um, my mother had a pass.
My father must have been stalking her, I guess.
REESE: You said he came up the fire escape.
He smashed through the window.
H-he was insane.
He was in a rage.
[GLORIA SCREAMS.]
Julie, our criminologists were all over that room tonight.
They didn't find any bag of clothes, Julie.
REESE: But you know what they did find? They found your father's fingerprints on the outside of the door to your room, Julie.
They determined that the window was broken from the inside out.
[.]
Laura, are you here? [.]
LACROIX: I hear something familiar on the wind tonight.
A lonely woman's cry for justice from beyond death.
And what justice is sweeter than that exacted by those who've been wronged? What law more perfect than that exercised by an advocate who moves swiftly and with resolve? Only you who've practiced it know what I'm talking about.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
[.]
Aah! Aah! Oh! [SPEAKING IN CHINESE.]
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO.]
: Ten-57 reported in progress outside Sunderland Hotel at Dundas and Parliament.
Repeat: Shots fired.
Unit en route.
[STATIC.]
Eighty-one kilo? Please respond.
Eighty-one, please respond.
Where are they? Still in there.
They've been at it for hours now.
I don't know why she stayed with him as long as she did.
I hated her for that.
I hated that she kept me there, that she tried to keep us together.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[.]
She brought him over that night.
She said that he wanted to apologize.
I don't know what happened.
I just I just snapped.
I just wasso angry.
[GLORIA SCREAMING.]
That she'd betrayed me.
I just That she told him where I was.
I don't know how many times I stabbed her.
I wanted to kill him too.
He jumped out the window.
Right through the glass.
What did you do with the knife, Julie? VETTER [OVER SPEAKERS.]
: You have to tell us now, Julie.
What did you do with the knife? [.]
[.]