Flashpoint s04e04 Episode Script

You're clear but exposed, go carefully.
The house is empty.
No sign of the vehicle.
They gotta be in the barn.
We'll take your truck, gimme the keys.
We should stay off the main roads 'til we get to the 427.
We were only been exposed for five minutes we should be fine.
- All you have to do - I'm not talking about dusting, here's a solution.
Or washing windows.
I'm talking about reasonably neat.
All you have to do is leave the door to my room closed.
A) A little privacy might be nice.
And B) Then you won't have to look at the mess.
Take this for your break.
Raisin granola bars? You want to start making your own? Would a chocolate chip kill you? Jess.
I'm going to Kathy's after, so, don't wait up for dinner.
Uh, no.
You will be here for dinner.
Phone? Have a nice day! Yeah, I will.
There she is.
Winnie, what's the word? Spike says you've moved your workout gear into the nursery.
Yeah, a couple extra hours with Izzie as opposed to watching the boss sweat? Oh, let me guess, she had oatmeal? Checked out that weapons ID site last night - I liked the patterning.
Yeah, it gives impact patterns on virtually any kind of cartridge.
- Did you guys tell him yet? - What? Buddy, you got baby spit-up all over your back.
You want me to impact-pattern that for you? Well, it looks like it came from an 80 degree angle.
High velocity.
Yeah, that's my girl.
Where's Wordy? Called his house, but Shel said he, uh, left a couple hours ago.
Jess, hang on! Jess! Jess! Help me! Help me! Stop! Mom! Help! Help! Call the police! Jess! Let her go! Get in here! Get off! Get off of her! Get off of her! Quit it! She's seen you.
Get in.
Get in! What's going on? Where you been? I was, ah, working on the basement, lost track of time.
Basement, huh? Heard you forgot burp cloth this morning.
Never really bonded until you've been puked on.
Better move.
Eye-witness, 911, a woman in her forties, and a teen-aged girl were dragged into a late model blue van at gunpoint at Bathurst and Harbord.
We got a tag? Yeah, partial: Starts Alpha-Zulu.
Ends in zero, Metro's on the look-out.
Okay, let's put out an Amber Alert.
Have Metro use unmarked cars.
Follow but do not approach.
Guys you're with me.
Let's move it.
Let's talk to the witness.
Get them taped up.
Now her mouth.
Oh, please! No, please! Do it! Okay, okay.
You don't have to do this.
You know, I can get you money- Quiet! Shut her up! Okay, okay.
She's just a kid! Let her go! What is going on? Don't you move! Okay, okay, okay.
Get them under control! Get down! We've been made.
No please, please! Unit 4-9 to SRU, possible Amber Alert vehicle, going southbound Simcoe.
They turned east on Pearl, we lost visual.
we're on our way.
Let's surround the area, try to box them in.
Copy that.
Shortcut here avoids the traffic.
Sam, Spike, what's your 20? We'll head south on Duncan.
Let's cut this short.
Two male assailants, at least one handgun observed.
The girl dropped this in the assault.
Jess Fuller.
It's a half a block away.
Did you get that, Winnie? Adding it the profile and sending it to all units.
All right, track down the dad, he's gotta come home.
Ed, we're in position.
We should be right behind them.
You said the van was there for a while? People park in the alley all the time.
You know, it blocks my property.
So, you know, I keep an eye out.
So when the girl came by and, uh It all, all happened fast.
Like they were expecting her.
Yeah, maybe.
Do you know the Fullers? Not really.
The girl uses that alley most days after school.
Okay, thank you very much, sir.
Very helpful.
I'm gonna get a canvas started, all right? All right.
Meet you at the house.
Okey-doke.
There's a patrol car sitting in that intersection.
They're trying to box us in.
This is the SRU.
Does anybody have a visual? Negative.
No sighting.
Sam, Spike? Nothing.
Between us and the Unis, we have all routes covered.
No blue van.
It's only four square blocks.
Where the hell are they? Three bathrobes, three toothbrushes.
Three names on the calendar: Sue, Jess, and John.
I don't see any signs of estrangement.
Those men knew the girl's routine.
Somebody tell me what's going on?! Must be the father.
John Fuller? Where are they? What's going on? The officers said there was an Amber Alert, no one's telling me anything.
We're gonna tell ya everything we know.
My God.
They made the unmarked car tailing them.
These guys aren't amateurs.
They gotta be here somewhere.
If you were them I'd want to ditch the car Sam.
Northview parking garage on Wellington.
On our way.
All units, subjects may be on foot, may have split up.
So you and Sue are both school teachers? Yeah.
Middleborough Elementary.
Any trouble at work? You or Sue? Like what? Parents not happy with the job you're doing.
Co-worker who's got a beef with one of you? Have you noticed anything out of the ordinary lately? Strange vehicles, strangers? No, no Your daughter make any new friends lately? Maybe over the Internet? I-I don't I don't think so.
I mean I mean, we talk, she's been getting more independent.
More private.
She comes home late sometimes.
Sounds like a teenager.
Boss, the subject's vehicle entered a parking garage.
According to the attendant, it hasn't left.
Okay, uh, Eddie, just, um Just remember that it didn't go the way they planned it.
They wanted the daughter, the mother got in the way.
So, go careful.
You don't know what to expect.
Copy that.
Let's move.
What's your take on him? He's genuine, in shock.
Yeah, if it is extortion, I don't know where the money's coming from.
And go after the daughter of school teachers? Maybe it's family money? Ehn, it's worth asking him.
I just hope Eddie finds 'em and gets 'em back quick.
West side clear.
Spike Sam, we got 'em.
Police! Right there! Do not move! All right, come towards me.
Come towards me.
What happened? They took my car! Negative on the subjects.
They switched vehicles.
Okay, Winnie.
Honey nut cream colored SUV.
Tinted windows.
Tag number: Alpha-Yankee- Victor-Lima 9-2-4.
- Copy.
- No descriptions? They got him from behind, threw a bag on his head.
Interior's been stripped, nothing to go on.
What have they got, a 10 minute head-start? Okay, Winnie, run the plates, get traffic cams.
They're gonna probably still be headed to the highway.
Let's go.
The longer they're out there, the worse this is gonna get.
Secondary exits, extensions, detours.
They're gonna avoiding the obvious.
We need wings.
Winnie.
What's the ETA on the chopper? Durham's is out on a medical emergency.
I'm trying to pull one from Halton.
What about a UAV? Scout's range is only 3k.
So let's get one on standby for when we can narrow it down.
Yeah, I got one in the truck.
Nothing so far on the traffic cams.
Traffic Cam ahead.
We gotta get off this road.
Take the next right.
You were supposed to have this all worked out.
911, what is your emergency? 911, can you hear me? Team one, 911 has a live call from Jess Fuller's cell phone.
Nobody's responding to the operator's prompts.
Patch it.
Make sure they feed Spike on the trace.
Jess, I'm Sergeant Parker.
Can you hear me? Where are you taking us? Where's her gag? Please, please.
Maybe I can help.
I can get you money.
I really, really wanna co-operate.
Will you shut her up! Please, I want to help you.
Please, no! No-no-no-no-no-no! Make sure she can't get out of it! I've got it, I've got it.
Don't even think about taking it off her again Jess, can you hear me? Okay, I understand you might not be able to talk right now.
But if you can hear me can you just press a button on your phone? Okay, that's good.
Now, is it safe for me to be speaking to you right now? That's good.
I'm gonna ask you a few questions, if the answer is yes, you just keep pressing the button.
And if the answer's no, you just You just you just stay quiet, okay? Now, was that your mom that I heard? Come on, come on.
Are you both okay? Are you still traveling in the car? That's great.
You are so brave right now, honey.
Are there two men? Son of a bitch! What is going on back there?! She's got a cell phone.
We must've missed it.
Give it to me! Phone stopped moving.
They've probably ditched it.
Stand by for last location.
South-east of the 401, just outside city limits.
All right, deploy the scout.
Let's move.
The 911 call, came from somewhere Right near here.
- Are they all right? - We think so.
But right now we need to get back to why this might be happening, John.
They picked the wrong family.
I mean, the only ones with that kind of money don't even talk to Sue anymore.
- Who? - Her parents.
There's been no contact for 25 years.
What's the family name? Stearns.
Uh, Frank and, uh Eileen or Elaine.
They used to live in Florida.
Friends, or co-workers, any of them know Sue's parents were wealthy? We don't talk about them.
Sue left home at 17 and that was it.
Why are you stopping? You have complicated things.
I held up my end.
The research, the photos, the safe house Yeah, the mother coming along for the ride.
She didn't give us a choice.
You lost control of the situation.
So you're gonna fix it.
Fix what? The mother.
She has seen our faces.
She is the single reason we are not gonna get across the border tonight.
This wasn't what we talked about.
If she lives? All this work is for nothing.
Are you good with that? No, I didn't think so.
Get her.
No! No! Please! Please! Stop! Stop! No! Hello? Where was that phone? Where'd you find it? It was just lying there ringing.
Okay, where exactly? There, right there.
How long? We got no traffic cams outside the city limits.
We don't need 'em.
We got the scout.
All right, good.
Let's go.
Well, considering what she's been through? She seems to be fine.
I'll give you a call when we get to the safe house, okay, I'll get her cleaned up, and lay low there until it's safe to come to the hotel.
All right.
Get the doors.
How fast can it go? She's not about speed.
She's got a 3k range, climbs to 500 meters, she's got an onboard self-stabilized, gimbaled camera with a 200x magnification.
Photo and video? Yeah.
Real-time, fully-encrypted video streaming right to our screens.
Off-road's no problem.
Take a look.
Okay.
Wordy and I'll work in tandem from the ground.
Let's go.
Phone dropped on this side, the vehicle's northbound.
What are our options? Highway 10 North.
Sam, get Unis down 532 West.
We'll take the 10.
You got it.
And Sue kept trying to reach out? Yeah, she'd send her mother Christmas letters, ah, pictures of Jess, but we never heard anything back.
So a few years ago she just Just gave up.
Okay, I appreciate that.
Thank you.
Well, that was a housekeeper in Miami.
Sue Fuller's mother is here in town on business.
She arrived yesterday.
She's staying at the Queen Crescent Hotel.
After no contact for 25 years? She's rich, she's widowed, Jess is her only granddaughter - she's the perfect victim for extortion.
But she came in yesterday.
Before the abduction.
I'm gonna call her.
Negative.
It's too a coincidental.
No, I wanna see her face when we tell her the news.
Please.
Bring them back.
You're late.
I know.
I'm sorry.
We're at the safe house.
But there's another problem.
What do you mean? Is Jess all right? Yeah, for now.
Please.
I'd like to talk to her.
It's my partner, the man I hired.
What is it? I knew him in the Gulf, I trusted him with my life.
But now that we've rescued Jess all he sees is that we have her, you have money And he wants more.
I already gave you the money.
He's making me send you a photo.
Oh my God! Oh my God, I'm calling the police! The police will just send Jess right back home.
Right back to the hellhole where she came from.
As long as he has the money, Jess is gonna be fine.
How much does he want? I told him about the account that Mr.
Stearns left open here.
There's a million.
Fine, a million.
I took the liberty of making an appointment at the bank it's across the street from your hotel, remember? Just present yourself to customer service, they'll be expecting you.
Yes, but when do I see Jess? I will call as soon as you transfer the money.
I will get her to your hotel.
I promise.
But you've got to do it before 4:30, it's only 40 minutes.
That's when the bank closes.
He wants to catch a plane out of here.
What happens to Jess, he couldn't care less.
I don't want him to kill her.
You've listen to me, Elaine, when I say- Tyler? Tyler! We're good.
Mrs.
Stearns? This is the police, can we talk to you a moment? Farmer's fields.
Subdivisions.
Lot of ground to cover.
What kind of blue pill would a guy work so hard to hide? It was a headache, Ed.
They make blue pills for headaches? I was not hiding the pill from you.
Everything okay at home? Oh, what the hell, man! Wordy, you said you were fixing the basement.
Shel talked to the Sarge and said you left two hours before that.
I was working on the basement and then I left.
Okay.
To the hardware store.
I needed a flat bar for the drywall Okay.
Ed, eye on the prize here.
Yup.
My daughter and granddaughter have been abducted? That's impossible.
Has anyone tried to make contact with you about this? Ask you to pay a ransom? No.
I really don't know what to say.
I didn't know that I had a granddaughter.
M-my daughter and I, we're We're not in touch.
What brings you to town, Mrs.
Stearns? My husband died.
And I'm here tidying up his affairs.
And I really should be going.
Uh, where do you need to go? Is it some place we can accompany you? Any of these dealings have to do with your daughter or your granddaughter? I told you, Jess is no longer a part of our lives.
You mean, uh You mean Sue.
Thought you didn't know you had a granddaughter, how did you know her name? Uh, you told me.
No we didn't.
Spike, have you had any luck? Nothing yet.
She's nearly at maximum range.
I'm gonna have to reel her in soon.
Boss, you got anything from the grandmother we can use? Eddie, I'm getting a lot of red flags.
She's lying, she's anxious, she could possibly be under duress, but there's more than that.
Yeah, it's like there's a delay.
Almost like she's filtering her answers.
Cognitive issues, memory gaps.
Mrs.
Stearns, just a few, ah, specific questions Sarge.
Yeah? You have no right to touch my things! Just trying to help, Mrs.
Stearns.
Eddie, we have something.
Mrs.
Stearns has in her possession what look like surveillance photos of a young woman, taking drugs, engaged in prostitution Please.
Those are private.
Give them back to me! Mrs.
Stearns, please.
It's Jess.
Where did you get these photos? I have to go.
Mrs.
Stearns, please.
Please.
Jess' life is in danger and so is Sue's.
So if you know where they are and who has them, you better tell me now.
Naughty girl.
No no! No! No! Try that again, you'll get a walk in the woods like your mummy.
No! No! No, you- you need me alive.
Don't tell me what I need.
No! No! What if they turned around after they ditched the phone? Used it as a misdirect.
There's a service road to the northwest, can you find that? Yeah, I got it here.
Whoa, Sam.
Ed, we got something.
Talk to me.
Female.
Hands look to be bound.
Possible wounded.
Zooming in.
It's Sue Fuller.
Coordinates.
Taunton and Westney Road.
We'll meet you there.
- Boss? - Yeah.
I want you to take a look at this.
Look at the shadow on Jess' face, then look at the street lamp right here, and here.
None of them are consistent.
And look at the edges on this one.
Yeah, it's digitally altered - very convincing.
Especially to someone who was convinced in advance.
Jess hasn't been using drugs, but someone is trying really hard to make you think that she was.
What, that's not Jess? It is Jess, but the pictures are doctored.
Jules.
Go ahead, Winnie.
A Tyler Hewitt accompanied Elaine on her flight from Miami.
He worked in the company business and security.
I'm sending you a scan of his passport photo.
- Thank you.
- Send it to Ed, Jules.
Elaine, Tyler Hewitt.
Has he been helping you since your husband died? Yes.
I'm so sorry, Mrs.
Stearns.
The lawyer won't even return my calls anymore.
Oh God.
There you go.
Oh, yes I need to see a copy of that registered letter you sent.
I've shown you that already.
I've shown you it several times.
Children's services insists there's nothing they can do if the parents don't comply.
No, and they won't comply.
No, of course not.
I mean, why would they? Look, she's earning them a living.
Look, have you shown photographs to the police? I've tried, nothing but red tape.
Meanwhile, this is This is what she has to endure.
Jess Everyday.
We can't let her stay there any longer.
Elaine.
I know it's not my place.
But But maybe what Jess needs is a door out of there.
Sunshine.
Detox support.
Family.
Family that really loves her.
Frank left him to oversee things because he knew I sometimes get a bit Confused.
Eddie, we're coming to you.
We're gonna put mother and daughter together, see what else we learn.
Come on, I got your purse.
Okay.
Thank you.
There on the right! Help me! It's okay.
It's all right, ma'am.
My daughter! My daughter! Please help me! We're looking for her.
We're gonna find her, okay? We've got Sue Fuller, Highway Seven, northwest of Brampton.
Dispatch EMS.
Okay, you up to helping us find your daughter? - Yes.
- We're gonna get her.
Let's go.
This girl had better hope her grandmother comes through with the money.
I don't know where they were going - they barely said a word.
One of them had a British accent.
We pulled over and one of them dragged me out into the woods.
No, it was the other one.
His partner.
We got our of sight and he pulled out his gun But then he just looked at me.
He just looked in my eyes and he shot into the ground.
Man's got a conscience; didn't want his partner to know.
Who are they? Mrs.
Fuller, I'm Sergeant Greg Parker.
Now I understand you've been through quite an ordeal, but we could still use your help.
Anything! Okay.
Thanks, Mrs.
Fuller.
Thank you.
We have your mother with us.
You have my mother? She's in the truck right now.
Now we believe she's in early stages of Alzheimer's and her memory's fragile.
She's been betrayed by someone she trusted who has, uh, kidnapped Jess and is attempting to extort her right now.
Do you mind coming with us? We know you've been estranged from her for some time.
But if you could just put that aside until we get Jess back safe? - Of course.
- Thank you.
Right this way.
Oh! Jess? Oh, no, mom, it's me.
It's Sue.
Sue.
Oh, are you all right? Yes, mom.
Yes, I'm all right, I'm fine.
Just sit down, I need to talk to you.
Mom.
You're granddaughter Jess, she's missing.
Okay, the man you trusted, he kidnapped her.
I know.
We need to know where they are right now.
What did he say to you? How did he tell you that you would see her? He said that would He would call me after the money transfer, and then he was going to bring her to my hotel.
Did Tyler give you a phone number? A way to reach him? He said he wasn't going to answer his phone.
B-but he would call me.
What time? What time? Oh my God.
It's past 4:30.
I missed the deadline.
Oh my God.
Okay, okay, when he calls, will you help us? Oh, mom.
Oh, Sue, of course.
It's not there.
She hasn't been to the bank.
Something's wrong.
Well you said she forgets everything.
you'd think she could remember this one thing.
I am not gonna miss the plane over this.
Yes? Oh my God, Mrs.
Stearns.
Is everything all right? What do you mean? It's past 4:30.
My My-my partner, he's losing it.
I keep telling him to calm down, but Elaine, this is really, really important.
Why haven't you been to the bank? The bank Oh, I I'm so sorry.
I completely forgot.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Maybe, uh Maybe I can talk to him.
You know, explain the situation.
Maybe he'll give us some more time.
And where am I going? To the bank.
Hudson Trust.
It's right across the street from the hotel.
You'll see it.
But I thought you said the bank closed at 4:30? No, no, I never said that.
This one closes at 5:30, so you have to go now, hurry.
Right across the street.
Are you still at the hotel? No, I Yes, of course.
Heh.
Yes, I'll leave now.
Is someone with you, Elaine? No.
Tyler? Spike Spike? Got it! Great, great.
Concession Road A, north of Salem.
Let's go, let's go now! What's going on? I think she's with the cops.
She was stalling to get a lock on us.
Are you sure? It's not worth the risk.
Let's cut our losses.
No, we need her as collateral.
Let's get to the airport, then we'll cut our losses.
You mean we let her go? You know what I mean.
That's not what we talked about.
Taking a million from an old lady's one thing.
I never signed up for this trail of bodies.
Her surviving was never part of the picture.
Even if the old lady never talks, she can I.
D.
us.
Think about it! I get it.
You're clear but exposed, go careful.
The house is empty.
No sign of the vehicle.
They gotta be in the barn.
Why did you let is go on so long? Even after dad died? Why did I let it go on? I wrote to you.
I never got any letters.
I kept hoping that you would write back.
But he just kept bringing back all the letters.
"Return to sender.
" Dad did that? So you never got any of my letters either, I guess.
Oh Jess.
I'm so sorry.
I forget so much now.
I just wanted a chance to see you before I forget you too.
You will meet Jess, mom.
You will.
We'll take your truck.
Gimme the keys, I'll get the bags.
We should stay off the main roads 'til we get to the 427.
Then we're only exposed for 5 minutes.
We should be fine.
Shhh.
That's a cow barn.
It's gonna be two levels, pens underneath.
All right, stealth and slow, we're exposed out here.
Vasquez! Coming.
Where is she? She's tied up.
Let's just leave her here She's only gonnna slow us down.
I told you she's coming with us.
We need collateral.
- I'm just saying- - Discussion over.
She's a liability.
You're a liability.
Go, go, go.
Let's go.
Police! Police, don't move! Police! Right there, right there! Police! Drop your weapon! Help! Wordy? Clear.
He's dead.
There's another vehicle! Let's go, go! They're gaining speed.
50 yards.
Don't touch it! What are you zeroed at? Wind? Full value, three o'clock.
What's my M.
O.
A? Two mils.
- I warned you.
- No! No, please! - Eddie - I see it.
It's gotta be a stem shot.
I know.
It's okay, Jess, you're safe now, okay? You're safe.
I need to come with you, don't I? You do.
Would you do me a favor? Back at my hotel, there's a suitcase.
In it is what I was going to show Jess, to help her decide if she wanted to come live with me.
Would you? I'll take care of it.
Thank you.
Watches all the cars collide I roll my green sleeves over Ruby I don't blame you for doing it to me real girls don't take aim like kings do these days I made my mind up to be a black winged bird never turn my head for how things were leave the bluest skies for boys to burn and I'll soar on my way sad as the state of things we can't change Hey.
SIU.
I had an appointment.
Okay.
Everything's fine, though.
Okay? I didn't mention it to Shel.
'Cause I didn't want her to get worried.
But everything's fine.
All right, look.
Whatever's between you two, that's none of my business.
That's not what worries me.
What worries me is that I know you, I can read you I need you to tru- And you are still not being straight with me, and as long as you're a member of my team, that is my business.
Eddie, I need you to just trust me.
You got something you wanna tell me? Do you trust me?