Fortier (2001) s05e04 Episode Script

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- Answer your phone.
- l didn't hear it.
You know me, totally concentrated.
- Dr.
Fortier.
- l'll take it.
lf Parent would get his tail back here Johnson's not home.
He's not with you? Didn't know you were on nights.
Why should l tell you? Who made you boss? Where is he? l'm stuck in the archives.
Parent's on his honeymoon.
l'm not happy about working overtime.
So your personal problems with Johnson don't really interest me.
l'll tell you Put Johnson on.
What do l do with Fortier? Don't talk to her.
Rolande put her through.
Not until tomorrow.
All right, l won't talk to her.
l won't talk to her.
Fine.
He won't show up.
Maybe not.
But if you're wrong, l get to arrest him myself.
Why would the Pine Grove firebug set a fire downtown? That's the tip we got.
Durivage's snitch? Must be a prank.
Arsonists don't brag about their crimes.
This one's been taunting us for long enough.
The snitch has.
We're not taking any chances.
l'll be glad when this case is closed.
lf he sets a fire here, that would make him the ''downtown firebug.
'' Fortier says the signature is important.
He operates in Pine Grove.
Why would he suddenly change location? l know why we're here.
- She'll find out.
- She won't.
He'll tell her.
Visitors coming.
Don't fall asleep.
When? Who? l can't say.
You'll know soon enough.
Tonight? Don't fall asleep.
''He wants me to meet him on his ground.
''He wants me to fight him using his weapons.
''Do l have a choice?'' Shut up.
Didn't say anything.
l can hear you thinking.
Tetreault will drive her crazy.
lsn't she already? Crazy for real.
Why don't we go right now? So it looks like we're doing our job.
Just long enough to warrant a report.
lt's giving me time to think.
About? About what l'll say to that lowlife.
l know him better now than l did five years ago.
Or maybe not.
Oh, well.
Okay, let's go.
What are you doing? And you? Not sleeping? Neither are you.
Been there long? Not really.
How long? Does it really matter? Get some sleep.
l will.
Whatever.
l don't want to hear another word.
l've been listening to you for three hours.
You can sleep at a hotel.
Pardon me? l need to be alone.
To think.
l drove 10 hours from Atlantic City to sleep at a hotel? Just because of a Playboy? My husband doesn't look at pictures of naked women.
Never! l was reading the article.
Never.
Never! You? l was expecting someone else.
Nothing to say? l'll go to bed.
l get up early.
l'm studying.
Studying what? Psychology.
There are ways l know.
Books You got me wrong.
There are ways to make you stop.
ls that a threat? A threat? Why? l'm not afraid of being transferred.
Go for it.
He doesn't get it.
Transferred? Why? Don't piss me off.
l can fight back.
l've got the staff on my side.
l'm a victim, not a killer.
A miscarriage of justice.
Were you growing dead bodies in your mother's garden? You must really love her.
Nice thighs.
We've got what we came for.
Let's go.
Stop or l'll kill you.
l found the file we were after.
You might have to What? Quit staring.
l missed the job.
l missed you more.
Had a fight with your wife? Shrinks Anyone know where Johnson is? He's watching for the Pine Grove arsonist.
Downtown, with Mayrand.
On Turrette Street? Turrette Street.
That's right.
He must be blind.
Three fires broke out there.
lt wasn't really a fight.
lt was an intense discussion.
So where was Johnson? Well We have a missing child.
Will you take it? At what time did you last see Felix? Where? Here.
Here, but where? And how? l want to know the circumstances.
What did you tell her? You saw him around 7:00 p.
m.
What were you doing? Watching TV.
Really? What? Don't remember? Star Academy.
Star Academy.
Felix was watching it too? l'm not sure.
Earlier, you said he was.
lt's not clear.
Can you make it clear? Help us a bit.
Sometimes, he sleeps.
ln front of the TV.
He was in his room.
He wasn't watching TV? l saw him playing in his room.
l didn't see him.
Not then.
Does Felix usually go out after dinner? - Sometimes.
- Often.
Goes to the park with his friends.
You didn't think of calling earlier? l thought he was in his room.
And you? l wasn't all there.
After work, he gets high, then he sleeps.
That's the truth.
Turpin must have picked us up on the police channel.
The vultures are here.
Are we sure it's arson? l know it's Turrette Street.
But are we sure? But But if we ever l'm with the team.
Missing child.
You're the boss.
- You must admit - l can't believe it.
We almost had him.
And you said Durivage wasn't a reliable source.
l couldn't guess.
Neither could you.
Lefebvre sent us a special detail for cops low on brains.
Tetreault was a mistake.
l got here first.
Don't you have a hostage-taking to go to? ls it a murder? Domestic violence? Can we go inside? Set up camp.
Seems like no one cares.
The whole family's nuts.
No one was watching that kid.
- Turpin's still there? - Call Lachance.
- How does it look? - Strange.
Very strange.
The kid vanished.
- When? - Around 7:00 p.
m.
While watching Star Academy.
Not exactly a palace.
One less mouth to feed? They're lying.
Why'd you say that about your father? - He's not my father.
- He practically is.
- Don't argue.
There's cops here.
- We're talking.
So what if Paul drinks? Why doesn't he answer? Lt.
Johnson, our boss.
Louise Marcotte, her brother Jacques.
Paul Tanguay and Valerie.
We'll do our best to find the little guy.
Can we use a room for interviews? What interviews? This will be our headquarters.
l'll see you each individually.
The rest is up to Lt.
Johnson.
l have three sergeants assisting me.
Everyone has a specific task.
Don't worry, this is routine for us.
- Kidnappings? - They're routine? Who said it's a kidnapping? That's funny? Pretty much.
Can we use a room? We can use Felix's room.
Good idea.
lt's that way.
Downstairs? We'll need some chairs.
This'll be fine.
The bed will be all right to sit on.
As you wish.
An accident? At work.
What do you do? Welding.
l put out my eye.
Tell me, did Felix choose the Stay here.
l'll start with you.
What's that for? l can't remember everything.
No cameras.
Call the station for photos of us.
Turn it off.
They're hoping.
He's been gone for six hours, in the night.
The only hope is that we find the body.
Lachance's personal bootlicker.
Big night? We woke him up.
Picked us up on the waves? Cut it out, guys.
Johnson's inside? With Fortier.
l don't mean to impose.
l'm just following orders.
You mean Lefebvre's imposing you on us.
Ready for the press release? We're not sure when the child went missing.
The parents say 7:00 p.
m.
Do you have a description? For the press release or the lnternet? We're one big happy family, so let's cooperate.
Come on.
Write it properly.
Last time we looked like morons.
Missing kids aren't easy to find.
The pressure isn't on him.
lf you don't like reporters, why'd you call them? Why not tell the truth? That? Someone tried to make it look like Felix was in bed.
So? So what? You saw him last around 7:00 p.
m.
? Yes.
That's not him.
No one thought of mentioning that? That you thought he was sleeping here? No one asked.
Something wrong? l'll reformulate: When did you last think you saw Felix? But at midnight, l saw it wasn't him.
Midnight? Yes.
l checked on him on my way to the bathroom.
That's when That's when you saw that? Yeah.
Here's his age A photograph.
Start with that.
lt's not enough.
With that, they'll leave so we can work in peace.
l can't.
l need details or they won't let up.
You mean like gory details? lf you're offering.
- l need a campaign plan.
- Says Lefebvre? Says me.
l always have a media strategy.
Not me.
You avoid reporters.
As much as possible.
A missing child case can last five years.
The media's my least concern.
l don't want to be here, either.
Help me, so l can hit the road.
You know how l work.
Will she be much longer? The $100,000 question.
l can't answer that.
- Strange neighborhood.
- Hell of a neighborhood.
You wouldnt let your kids sleep outside.
Sometimes, outside is better than inside.
What do you make of it? The mother couldn't care less.
The father's no better.
You believe he lost his eye welding? Sure.
Why not? l'll tell you what happened to the kid: They weren't watching him, so he split.
He's in an arcade.
ln the middle of the night? Or in a greasy spoon eating French fries.
At 6 years old? ln this neighborhood, maybe.
Let's do our job.
- What was the question? - Your family relations.
Relations? You all get along? Yes.
Are you sure? Why are you asking that? Do you think someone in the family wanted him out of the way? Look, l Now that we're alone, tell me one thing: Felix is missing.
No one seems too worried.
Why? But we are worried.
That's why we called you.
What are you doing there? Nothing.
You smoke? Not too bright.
The psychologist wants to see you inside.
Move it.
- What? - Come here.
This is new.
So? So what's it doing here? ''Lack of affect'' means what? Lack of feeling, lack of emotion.
So, is she a suspect? Then why bother about it? l don't know yet.
No time for this.
Turpin's about to bust in.
The others don't seem to be affected by it either.
Her detachment is rather unusual.
- You think - She's not well.
- Sick? - Borderline, maybe.
We need to dig deeper.
Her denial and detachment They're playing music.
Anything goes, at this point.
l have to see the others, first.
We're taking turns.
l get them after you.
They're dancing.
Who? The girl and the brother-in-law, in the living room.
- What - Leave them be.
Don't intervene.
From now on, don't let on that they seem strange.
Send me the father.
We'll compare the fingerprints.
We'll just ask the family if it's his.
- What should l do? - Keep looking.
Not easy, with the rain.
Do we have a choice? What do you expect us to do? Find my boy.
We'll start with that.
How do you feel? Does Felix's disappearance upset you? Yes.
Let's change the subject.
Your brother-in-law Does he slow dance often with Valerie? Yeah ls that bad? Everyone does that.
Don't recognize it? Felix has so many toys.
lt's a simple question.
Have you ever see him with it? lt's important.
Maybe.
l don't remember.
Hold on to it, just in case.
Your daughter dances with her uncle.
He's not just her uncle.
He's her godfather.
They slow dance in the middle of the night? They're screwballs.
- So what? - So Murder's a possibility.
Why's that? They don't look upset.
l suggest you use the three codes: Green: the boy ran away.
Yellow: he was kidnapped.
Red: they killed him.
The motive? Squalor.
ls that motive enough? We take dance lessons together.
With your niece? Slow dancing? ls it a crime? Not yet.
l know what you think.
What? l'm not a perverted uncle.
Dancing isn't like sleeping together.
l didn't say that.
You did.
l'm not stupid.
l see the look in your eye.
So you understand what we're doing.
Can you say something to help me? l was in my room.
At what time? lt must've been around After dinner.
- You eat early? - Always.
When l get home from work.
Then l go read in my room.
lt's like a habit.
You didn't see or hear anything? Not at 7:00 p.
m.
But l came out, later.
At what time? About 1 1 :00 p.
m.
And? Valerie was up.
And? She was up.
Then we went back to bed.
Who told you Felix was missing? My sister.
Can you tell me about him? About who? Felix.
What about him? Describe him.
You have pictures.
No, his personality.
He's a good kid.
Nice.
- Not tough.
- Not tough? Does as he's told.
- Docile? - Kind of.
A nice, docile kid who does as he's told.
He's never a problem.
Wouldn't run away in the night? l don't know.
You said the opposite.
l didn't.
l don't know what got into him.
You don't know? l don't know.
Why are you laughing? No reason.
Because l don't know.
Why do you live here? ls it a crime? l'm just asking why.
Because of money.
We share the expenses.
No woman in your life? Not right now.
Where do you work? l'm a monitor.
A monitor? ln a nearby school.
Want the principal's name? lt's not necessary.
No leads here.
The brother-in-law? He's a school monitor.
Nice Get out of here! We don't look good on TV.
We'll give you something later.
They don't respect authority.
The lady pled guilty to shoplifting.
- What did she steal? - Makeup.
- Makeup? - She really needed it.
Very weird.
We didn't notice.
The brother-in-law's exaggerating.
Meaning? He acts like everything's fine.
Perfectly fine.
Let's get them out.
- Why? - To make them react.
This place may act as a cocoon.
A what? This apartment is like a mother's womb.
Everyone's happy, comfy, carefree l want to provoke some emotion.
l can't work with people who are spaced out.
Don't worry.
Durivage doesn't want to rule out murder.
Neither do l.
Let your work know you won't be in tomorrow.
No problem for me.
- l'll call tomorrow.
- Me too.
We're gonna take off.
Sorry.
Johnson asked if you need anything else.
Can you do a search? We don't have a warrant.
l know, but it's important.
We'll do it.
Thanks.
Lachance is briefing Turpin.
Official theory? Missing without explanation.
Hold the sensationalism.
There's no body.
- Don't say that.
- Well, that's how it is.
Armand Don't say ''missing without explanation.
'' What's the difference? lt makes a big difference to them.
- Explain.
- We're feeding them lines.
Their attitude forces us to be intrusive.
lt's a defense mechanism.
- Against what? - l don't know.
This we know: They reported Felix missing, yet they're indifferent.
What about Turpin? Never mind.
Back to the station.
Deal with the media later.
l'll get the family.
What did he say? We'll have the warrant tomorrow.
- You woke him up? - lt's his job.
- The old fart face.
- Fontaine's all right.
Anything we find will be illegal.
We won't find anything until we get the warrant.
Nothing whatsoever.
l'll go upstairs.
They don't give a damn.
That's obvious.
Until we find evidence against them.
Doesn't seem likely.
Durivage would disagree.
What's he know about our job? That guy l'd check out the parent's room.
l want to see the brother-in-law's room.
What about the girl? Nothing.
lncest is nothing? Think he sleeps with his niece and no one says a word? We've seen worse.
Why would the girl keep this in her closet? God My baby! Translation: Andrea Szakos