Hudson and Rex (2019) s06e07 Episode Script
Dancer, Traitor, Shepherd, Spy
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[NADIA SIGHS]
- [PHONE RINGING]
- NADIA: Where are you, François?
[HORN BLARING, TIRES SCREECHING]
[PHONE BUZZING]
- [LOUD CLANK]
- Ughh!
MAN: Oh! Let me help you, sir.
[FRANÇOIS GROANS] FRANÇOIS:
But I am fine.
- Thank you so much.
- Watch yourself, sir.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[FRANÇOIS SIGHS]
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
[NADIA CLAPS]
You just need a little
more speed in your spot.
And don't forget the second arm.
Okay. Where is he?
I'm sure he'll be here soon. Okay?
Let's do it one more time, Sadie.
Let's go again, from
the repeat at bar 12.
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
[CAR HORN BLARING]
- [FRANÇOIS BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Oof!
Ooh!
[FRANÇOIS GROANS]
[PIANO MUSIC ENDS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
MAN: Sir! Are you all right, sir?
Sir!
Someone help Sadie.
Sir!
Help!
Help!
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
Okay, thank you for your help.
[CAMERA SNAPPING]
The man who called 911,
he said that the victim was alone.
When he collapsed,
he uttered a few words
in what sounded like an Eastern
European accent before he died.
But the witness said
that he could only make
out the name Sadie.
Well, that's strange. His
ID has a French name.
Yeah. François Duval.
There's a fresh cut on his hand.
I really don't think it
was caused by his fall.
Cause of death?
Oh, I'm not sure.
Petechia and signs of cyanosis
on his hands and face.
It's as if he died of asphyxiation
but there's no indication
he was strangled.
[REX BARKS]
[EERIE MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[REX WHINES]
Poison?
He smells poison?
Because that could make sense.
Rex doesn't always pick up on
poison that's been ingested.
It could have been on the
body. Skin contact poisons.
Rex. Back up.
[REX BARKS]
- You didn't come in contact?
- No, I'm gloved.
Everyone step back!
Notify the hazardous materials unit.
Good find, Rex.
The victim was a choreographer
and ballet instructor
according to his business card.
It's not exactly a cutthroat business.
I wouldn't think so here.
Too early to narrow
down the type of poison?
The cut on his hand didn't
have time to become inflamed
- before he died.
- Hmm.
That's how the poison was administered?
If so, it killed him
in under 30 minutes.
Something extremely toxic.
Yeah, a contact poison
that presents this way,
- my best guess is strychnine.
- Hmmm.
Contact poison means the killer
- had to get close to the victim.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Huh.
[PHONE BEEPS]
Looks like she's been
calling him all morning.
Should we go talk to her?
[SARAH SIGHS]
Hey! Hey, boss.
How'd you like dinner last night?
It was interesting.
Interesting is your word for bad.
No, it's my word for interesting.
No, no, Charlie's is different
and Sarah's is unique.
You didn't like the restaurant
recommendation I gave you?
Camilla liked it. I
just I didn't get it.
What's to get? It's delicious.
I didn't get how I could
spend that much on a meal
and still be hungry.
Maybe you have an appetite for
what I dug up on the case so far?
You've been sitting on that one
- all morning. Haven't you?
- I have.
- Right.
- Can you hold this?
- Yeah.
- Okay, so Sarah seems to think
that François Duval was poisoned
within a half hour before he collapsed.
I picked him up on CCTV on Bond Street
nowhere near his home or studio.
See, he looks agitated.
He bumps into this signpost.
He falls over and then he's assisted
by this passerby in a ball cap
and then collapses shortly after.
Okay, we need to find the identity
of the man in the ball cap.
And where's Duval coming from?
Well, no CCTV on that
and no credit card
history to help us out.
- Background?
- Well, I checked his business website.
It said he opened his school in '04
but nothing really before that.
I'm only halfway through a Marvelous
Mills post mortem tech workup.
You know, no matter
how much you say that,
- it's not going to catch on.
- Why?
Is it interesting?
[NADIA SIGHS]
- CHARLIE: Have a seat, Nadia.
- NADIA: Yeah.
Thank you.
How could this happen?
My uncle was in perfect health.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Were you his only family?
Did he have a partner?
No, he's been a bachelor my whole life,
despite the best efforts
of his students' moms.
[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]
François raised me
after my parents died.
Mm-hmm.
[REX WHINES]
Listen,
you weren't aware of any
conflicts he was having lately?
He was a ballet teacher.
And a good man.
Everybody liked him.
[NADIA BREATHES SHAKILY]
You think this was deliberate?
That is what we're trying to determine.
Did François speak with an accent?
Yes, French.
Any other languages?
No.
I knew something was wrong when
he was late for Sadie's rehearsal.
It was so unlike him.
Were he and Sadie close?
They worked together intensively.
She's our most promising
student in years.
Hmm.
I saw François yesterday at rehearsal.
[SADIE CRIES SOFTLY]
He seemed fine.
His usual self.
What are you rehearsing for?
Duval puts a few shows on every year.
[DOOR OPENING]
Baby, what's wrong?
SARAH: Uh, Sarah Truong, SJPD.
We're investigating the
death of François Duval.
No kidding.
I can't say I'm surprised.
He had Sadie on a six-day
a-week dance schedule.
Told her how long to sleep, what to eat.
All for a teaching job at
some regional dance school?
The man was a tyrant.
He wanted me to achieve excellence.
Baby, you're a ballerina.
Not a pro athlete.
[SADIE SIGHS]
You know, I'm going to need you
- to come down to the station.
- RYAN: What for?
- She didn't kill him.
- It's just routine.
We'll get her home safe.
Why don't you go get changed?
[DOOR OPENS]
Yesterday was the last
time you saw François?
Is that correct?
I understand that he lives here?
That's right.
Yeah, I checked his
apartment when he was late
but there was no sign of him.
I don't know if he came home last night.
Do you mind if I take
a look at his place?
Of course.
It's right here, adjoining the studio.
Come on, pal.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[NADIA SIGHS]
I'll be in the office if you need
anything else, Detective. Okay?
Thank you.
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[REX SNIFFS]
English, French.
And Russian.
Looks like a vintage copy.
But with a recent clipping
for electron ocean floor mapping.
[REX SNIFFING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
[REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Good find, partner.
[REX BARKS]
- Think you can open it?
- I mean, top of the line, TitanGear 620.
One of the highest security
ratings on the market.
DONOVAN: You know we have
blowtorches in the lab, right?
I'm not a cave person.
No, a simple side-channel attack
monitoring the flow of electric
current between the keypad
and electronic locking
mechanism should do the trick.
[REX WHINES]
Um, something strange about our victim.
His niece said that he
spoke English and French
but I found Russian
books in his apartment.
Yeah well, I have a couple
of Pablo Neruda books at home.
Keep meaning to take a Spanish class.
German on my bookshelf.
Think I can read them?
Nein.
Well, yeah, maybe it is an affectation
but also our witness
said that his dying words
were in an Eastern European accent
and I also found birch
juice in his apartment
which is popular in Russia.
DONOVAN: So, why would he be trying
to hide Russian ties from his family?
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
Well, that's what I'm
trying to figure out.
I'm sorry about my husband.
Ryan's
possessive.
Oh, you don't have to apologize for him.
I'm not sure how I can help you.
Well, you said that Duval
had you in rehearsals
for a show.
But I didn't see any
posters for the show at the school.
I wasn't having an affair with François.
Oh, I didn't suggest that.
But maybe your husband accused you?
He resented François.
The best teacher I ever had.
- Resented enough to hurt him?
- No. Never.
Ryan is all talk.
What are you rehearsing for?
François got me an audition
for the New York City Ballet.
It's almost impossible to get one
but he convinced them to see me.
And I got in!
I'm supposed to leave in two
weeks to join the company.
Oh, Ryan doesn't know
that you're leaving.
The story about rehearsing
for the show was a cover.
It was all François' idea.
He had an escape plan.
He knew exactly what to do.
He even booked the audition
the same week that Ryan was
away fishing with his buddies.
And you're sure Ryan never found out?
François and Nadia were
helping me train, but,
now I don't know what will happen.
Well, you can still go.
I can't get the visa I need
without Ryan finding out.
François said he'd
take care of that too.
It was like he was an expert
at making people disappear.
Wouldn't Ryan follow you?
Ryan can't travel to the US.
Lifetime ban.
I don't know
if I can go through
with it without François.
A witness told us that Duval
said your name before he died.
He did?
This could be why. You were
his unfinished business.
He wanted to be sure
I made it to New York.
Yeah, I think he did.
Sadie's husband Ryan has
a history of violence.
He was banned from
the US after an assault
at a Detroit ballgame five years ago.
- And you said he has motive?
- If he knew Duval
was trying to help Sadie leave town
but Sadie seems to think that he
never found out about the plan.
Poison doesn't seem like his style.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
You know, Sadie said
something interesting.
She said that when Duval
was arranging her audition
and move to New York, it was as if he
I don't know he was an expert
at making people disappear.
That is interesting.
Jesse. Any luck opening the safe?
Yeah, any minute now.
Oh.
- That's weird.
- What?
SARAH: Uh the toxicology report
shows that François Duval
wasn't poisoned with strychnine.
Whatever the poison was,
it doesn't show up on tests.
Hmm.
How did Rex know?
[DEVICE BEEPS]
- [COMPUTER BEEPS]
- [KEYPAD BEEPS]
- [SAFE CLICKS]
- Oh, here we go!
That must have been
what Rex was alerting to.
SARAH: Huh.
Here.
Thanks, Jesse.
Well, I've got currency from about
five different countries here.
JESSE: Multiple passports.
SARAH: All of them with Duval's picture.
Yeah and what looks like
a New York starter kit
for Sadie complete with cash
and a forged O1 Visa.
You know, I get the
feeling François Duval was
more than just a choreographer.
Yeah. I think he was a Russian spy.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
JESSE: So, if Duval was a foreign agent,
why is he active in Canada?
Well, Canada and Russia
are two of five countries
that are jockeying for a
trillion dollars worth of oil
in the Arctic Circle.
DONOVAN: All these countries
are trying to prove
that their land mass extends
underneath the Circle.
Russia's been mapping the ocean
floor around the North Pole
aggressively for years
now and Canada has been
monitoring their air, sea
and submarine movements
- while they do it.
- Wait, so,
Russian agents are basically
here to watch us watch them?
Right. We have two listening posts,
Alert on Ellesmere Island,
and Leitrim, near Ottawa.
As well as their own
underwater mapping efforts
in support of Canada's claim.
SARAH: What does a ballet
teacher in St. John's
have to do with all of that?
CHARLIE: Well, as a dancer,
he would have a perfect cover
for international travel.
Ah, that's why he would
have been recruited.
Yeah, could be.
So, let's say he's an
expert at putting people
in new places with new jobs
like he was doing with Sadie.
He could use his twenty
years of experience
and contacts here to help orient
and place agents in strategic
positions all over Canada.
The question is, what went
wrong after all that time?
Well, it does give me an idea
how to identify the
poison that killed him.
Yeah, I'm going to
put a call in to CSIS.
And, I'm going to make
a note for my memoirs.
CHARLIE: Rex.
DONOVAN: Special Agent
Liu, you do not seem surprised
to learn that there was a
Russian operative in St. John's.
It's not breaking protocol for me to say
there could be Russian operatives
anywhere in North
America, Superintendent.
Can you confirm that François
Duval was a foreign agent?
I appreciate your call.
Please keep me informed.
[LIU CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, if he was an agent,
maybe you have some idea as
to who would have wanted him dead.
Superintendent Donovan,
do you have evidence
that Mr. Duval's death is a
matter of national security?
Not yet.
Well, then maybe he was
killed by someone local
for reasons to do with his life here.
Using a poison so rare that we
haven't been able to identify it yet?
I suggest you follow the evidence.
If you're not going to help,
I can also assume you're
going to stay out of our way.
CSIS isn't in the business
of criminal investigation.
Of course not.
You wouldn't want to be called to court
to testify about your
involvement in this case
or any of your related sources.
Exactly.
Hey.
What did CSIS have to say?
They know plenty but
they're not sharing.
Well, I might have something.
You remember that man in the ball cap
that helped Duval up off the street?
Yes.
Well, my thought is that if Duval
was poisoned before he collapsed,
we know at least one person
he came into contact with.
- The man who helped him up.
- Exactly.
And if Charlie is right
and this is about
international espionage,
this guy in the ball cap could
have flown into St. John's
within the last day or
so to start his mission.
So, I went through
some immigration photos
and I came across this guy.
- That looks like the same guy.
- Right?
He travelled under
the name Simon Petrov.
He arrived in St. John's two nights ago.
That is good work, Jesse.
I'm going to notify all transit points
and let them know that if
this guy's on the island,
- we can't let him leave.
- Okay.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
- Hey.
- Hey, it's quiet in here.
Yeah, I sent my staff
to do other things.
I figured we don't want
too many eyes on this.
That's good thinking.
So, you said you had an
idea of what to look for?
Once Charlie mentioned espionage,
I started thinking chemical weapons.
Novichok?
It's so rare there's no
reliable postmortem test for it.
And it wouldn't show up
in a toxicology screen?
The transient nature of
nerve agents in the human body
make it difficult to detect
even if you're looking for it.
But one study showed
that it does absorb and
remain stable in bone.
So, you're testing Duval's bone?
With fluorescent sensors.
And what does that look like?
Well, this is my first
time doing this, Joe.
I don't even know if
this is going to work.
Of course. I know you've got this.
- Just let me know if I can support, okay?
- Okay.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
That was a very good question.
See you next time.
Ah. You've missed the lecture.
Ah. Police.
- Professor Federov?
- Yes.
I wonder if I might ask
you a few questions?
Of course.
Do you recognize this man?
- No.
- Mmm.
Oh, his name is François Duval.
He may have attended
one of your lectures.
I've seen 500 faces in these
seats over the last two days.
What is this about?
We're investigating his murder.
[DASHA CATCHES HER BREATH]
[REX WHINES]
That's very unfortunate.
But I'm afraid I've
never seen him in my life.
If he was here,
I missed him.
I'm sorry I cannot
assist you, Detective.
CHARLIE: Professor Federov.
[DASHA BREATHES SHAKILY]
You claim not to have
not seen François Duval.
But I can tell by your
reaction you knew him well.
- Um, I'm afraid you are mistaken.
- Professor.
I know Duval came to
your lecture and I know
you know more than
you're willing to say.
[DASHA SIGHS]
You're a Russian geophysicist.
And I believe that François Duval
may have been working
for the Russians as well.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
What is it?
Come with me.
Please.
I don't think it's safe to
continue the conversation here.
Follow my lead.
Act natural.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
This way.
Don't look back.
Rex, left.
In here.
Hi.
[REX BARKING]
You must be Special Agent Liu.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
DONOVAN: Were you unclear about staying
out of our investigation, Agent Liu?
Because I thought I was clear.
I was taking a walk.
- Your detective
- You want to know what we know
- without giving us anything.
- I'm not at liberty
- to speak about
- Detective Hudson is interviewing
Professor Federov right now.
And if you want to stay
out of his paperwork,
it's about time you start helping.
François Duval was a
Russian agent known to CSIS.
He came to Canada with his niece
after his brother and sister
in-law were killed in Russia.
Killed how?
François' brother, Nadia's father
was a dissident academic.
We believe it was a car bomb.
And yet Duval continued
to work for Russia?
It can be dangerous to refuse.
His real name is Marius Orlov.
And we were once very much in love.
CHARLIE: This was in Russia?
Yes. Butyn.
Our home town.
I had no idea who or
what he was back then.
He was my glamorous dancer boyfriend.
And I was a naive girl.
The FSB had already recognized
his potential and recruited him.
And they sent him to train in France?
Yes.
Then after his brother was killed
and he took his niece away from Russia,
I didn't hear from him for years.
Who re-initiated contact?
He did.
Two months ago.
In New York City.
You had no idea what he
was doing for the FSB?
We spoke about our work
but only when we were sure
we could not be overheard.
In parks, noisy restaurants,
that sort of thing.
So, your work is sensitive too.
It can be.
But I
trusted Marius with my life.
You saw him yesterday?
Sitting in my lecture.
He saw it advertised in the paper.
I didn't even know he lived here.
We, uh
We spent the night together.
And in the morning, he was gone.
[DASHA SIGHS]
What time did he leave?
Before six this morning.
Mmm.
You said that you were
worried about being overheard.
Did you suspect you
were being surveilled?
Both of us have work that
is important to Russia.
Do you recognize this man?
He sat beside me on the plane.
On my flight from Moscow.
You suspect him?
You do.
And I led him straight to Marius.
[DASHA BREATHES SHAKILY]
Thanks for taking the time, Louise.
I know it's late where you are.
Yeah.
Yeah, so as I mentioned, um, I
haven't encountered FGAs before.
And I you know, I'd hate
to move my team forward on this
if I'm not interpreting
these results correctly.
Right.
Yes, the victim had rapid
onset of asphyxiation.
Mm-hmm.
The excitation effects
that you're looking at
are from a postmortem biomedical sample
under a 475-nanometer green-blue light.
That's right, as per
your suggestion, yeah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Okay.
And you're certain?
Wow. Okay.
Yeah, absolutely.
Let me follow up with you tomorrow
and then I'll send you my full report.
Great. Okay, talk soon.
I believe the poison that
killed Duval was Novichok.
Specifically, A234 which
combines methyl cyanide
and a low-potency organophosphate.
CHARLIE: Cyanide.
That's why Rex alerted to it.
DONOVAN: Airports and ferry terminals
have Petrov's picture flagged
so, there's no reason to
believe he's left the island.
If he is still here, that
means he has another target.
- Who?
- My guess is Dasha Federov.
She's valuable in the Russian fight
for Arctic resources.
She's also met with Duval
twice in the last two months.
Well, if they're both doing
important work for their country,
I mean, why would they
be targeted for death?
Maybe they became suspicious of Duval.
You think he was working for CSIS?
Well, if he has flipped, that would
be a strong reason to kill him.
And if they thought that Duval
and Dasha were both in on it
That would make her a target too.
DONOVAN: Okay, I'm
going to confirm this
and see if Liu can set up a safe house
- while we try to figure this thing out.
- Okay, I'll make sure
- she gets there safely.
- Charlie, before you two go.
Here.
The K234 antidote. I just got them in.
Is this effective?
Well, hopefully, you won't need them.
Comforting.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I don't believe Marius
would trade secrets
to a foreign government but,
perhaps I didn't know
him as well as I thought.
He never once hinted to you
that he might be helping
Canadian intelligence?
No.
- Where will they take me?
- To a safe house
until the suspect is
apprehended. After that
What about Marius's niece?
- Where is she?
- Nadia?
I met her once
when she was very small.
Do you think I could talk
to her before I leave?
She and I are probably the
two people who loved Marius most.
- Mm-hmm.
- [REX BARKS]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
Come here.
Stay in here. Keep the door locked. Go.
Rex. Go.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAR STARTING]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Rex, follow!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
Ughh!
- [REX BARKING]
- What are you doing?
[REX BARKING]
- What?
- [REX WHINES]
Poison? Where?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
- Thanks, pal.
- [REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[CAMERA SNAPPING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
You were lucky.
I had Rex.
I just got a text from Joe.
Dasha's secure at the safe house.
I guess this proves she is a target.
There was no poison on
the passenger side door.
Only on the handle
you would have touched.
Maybe Petrov needs to
bring Dasha back alive.
DONOVAN: This guy almost
got my detective killed.
Superintendent, if I
knew where Petrov was,
- he'd already be in custody.
- You may not know where he is,
but you know a lot more
than you're letting on.
I'm holding back nothing I know to
be relevant to your investigation.
We believe Duval to be a double agent
working for Russia
while still feeding Canadian
intelligence information.
- I can neither confirm nor deny.
- Enough with the subterfuge!
People are in real danger here!
Then I suggest you do your job
and find the killer.
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay, yeah. Thanks.
Take care of yourself.
Yeah, you too.
SARAH: How's your friend at CSIS?
Good. Uh
So, apparently she said that
Liu is pretty hot stuff
at the agency right now.
He had an asset that provided
a tip about a Russian operative
that was working undercover
out of Alert two years ago.
So, Duval was giving
information to CSIS.
I imagine having his
brother murdered by the FSB
complicated his loyalties.
Hmm.
Imagine having to leave your home
and everything you've known.
Your dad did it.
Yeah.
And it was a lot of
work for a lot of years.
Mmm.
But I don't think he ever regretted it.
I'm glad he came here.
Morning.
- Hi.
- What's up?
Did you notice there wasn't a
single word on the morning news
about our little
international espionage murder?
I listen to music on the drive
to work but I'm not surprised.
Duval's death was reported as
St. John's Man Dead after
Collapsing on a Downtown Street.
They didn't use his name and
there was no mention of
[WHISPERING] Novichok.
I mean this was massive when
it happened in Salisbury.
Okay, okay, Jesse. I
reported the confirmed case
to the health authorities
but because we believe this
to be a very targeted
attack, they decided
- to avoid alarming the public.
- Yeah, no one likes an alarmed public.
And they've ensured that ERs
and EMTs are supplied with the antidote.
So, beyond that,
I think they're trying
to keep it quiet for now.
Do you think CSIS is trying
to organize a cover-up?
Uh, if they are, we'll never know.
I actually thought
about applying to CSIS
before coming to work for the SJPD.
Why didn't you?
I'm not cut out for that
level of deception, Sarah.
- No.
- No. No, probably not.
And Agent Liu, he seems
comfortable with this.
Agent Liu believes in the objective
- and he's trained to maintain
- An inhuman level of discretion.
Well, I'm sure he has
feelings, like the rest of us.
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Or he's a robot.
Perhaps.
Don't be fooled by the suit,
Jesse. No one is a robot.
CHARLIE: The question we need
to ask, Dasha, is why now?
If they had been following you,
they could have seen you
meet with Duval in New York.
Mmm.
Even the appearance of
disloyalty would put me in danger.
What did Duval promise you?
This is ridiculous!
Asking me to betray my
country would be madness.
- Very dangerous.
- No one is listening to us now.
- And the truth is you
- DASHA: I don't care
what he said to you. If he
told you I wanted to defect,
he was lying.
- Was he?
- Lying or no,
- he did say to me that she wanted out.
- And who did you tell?
- I am trying to protect you
- [DASHA SCOFFS]
the way I told Duval I would!
Dasha.
Dasha, we are trying to protect you.
[REX WHINES]
Marius
he knew I was unhappy with
my country's sabre-rattling.
Mm-hmm.
DASHA: They use it to justify my work
but I don't want to start wars.
Marius told me this Canadian
Security idiot would assist.
He told me we could be together.
I agreed.
Foolishness.
Like, um,
a teenager
all over again.
Was this the night before he died?
He told me to wait for him.
When he didn't come back,
I didn't know what to do,
who was watching. I acted normal.
Went to my lectures.
Then you walked in and
told me he was dead.
Why didn't you tell me this when
I brought you in to the station?
DASHA: Don't you see?
It's impossible to know
when they are listening.
- [DASHA SIGHS]
- [REX WHINES]
- She believes this is all her fault.
- Uh-huh.
That he was killed
for trying to help her.
When do you plan on
telling her the truth?
[LIU STAMMERS]
Duval has been working with
the Russians for a long time.
For many years, he's also
been helping people like Dasha
who are trying to get out of Russia.
Helping them disappear.
When they went to New York,
she told him about her work
in airborne sonar technology.
The Russians are trying to
catch up to the Americans.
Yeah, mapping the ocean
floor with airplanes.
I ran the intel up the chain.
Canada initiated counter movements
in the Arctic as a result.
Russians had to abort their test flight.
Russia found out about the leak?
They must have traced it back to Duval.
That's why the FSB has been
after Duval after all these years.
It would be a kindness to
tell her the whole story.
[LIU SIGHS]
Rex.
[REX BARKS]
I told you, buddy. We'll get
the car back when it's cleaned.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX WHINES]
Stay back, partner.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
Novichok?
I'll test but it appears to
be the same method of murder
as François Duval's.
Charlie didn't get to him in
time to try out the antidote.
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
How did Petrov find the safe house?
No sign of Dasha?
Rex tracked her scent out here.
Do you think that Petrov took Dasha?
SARAH: Charlie thinks she may
have gone looking for Nadia.
I know my uncle was interested
in Russian politics, literature, but,
I never imagined
You do look familiar.
- Is that crazy?
- DASHA: No.
- [DOOR CLOSING]
- CHARLIE: Dasha.
- You can't be here. It's not safe.
- Safe?
He found me at the house.
Agent Liu came in just in
time. He told me to run.
He's dead, isn't he?
[DASHA SIGHS]
He died saving me.
We can't have his death be for nothing.
- I'm getting you out of here.
- DASHA: There's nowhere to hide.
They'll find me again.
I had to see Nadia before they do.
We're not going to
let them hurt you too.
You don't understand.
Failure is not an option
in these missions.
They will stop at nothing.
[REX GROWLS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What is it?
Are you expecting anyone?
No.
The school is closed.
Rex, stay.
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[PIANO KEYS CLANG]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKING]
Nadia, get her out of here!
[REX BARKING]
CHARLIE: Aghh!
- [MEN GRUNTING]
- [REX BARKING]
[REX BARKING]
Agghh!
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKING]
- [CHARLIE SHUDDERING]
- [REX BARKS]
[CHARLIE GRUNTS]
[REX SNIFFS]
[REX WHINES]
[HEROIC MUSIC]
- [CHARLIE GASPS]
- [REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
[DASHA GASPS] [DASHA GROANS]
PETROV: Aghh!
- [CHARLIE GASPS]
- [REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
I'm okay.
I'm okay. Let's go. [CHARLIE PANTS]
Come on!
CHARLIE: Rex! Go!
[PETROV GRUNTS]
- [REX BARKING]
- [CHARLIE BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [CHARLIE GRUNTS]
- [REX BARKS]
[REX BARKING]
[CHARLIE PANTING]
[REX BARKING]
You're under arrest.
[REX BARKS]
[CHARLIE PANTING]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
- Will you be all right?
- I will.
My uncle left the school to me
and he taught me well.
About ballet and everything else.
Will Dasha be all right?
She's going to be relocated.
I was hoping to stay in touch with her.
She'd asked for the same thing.
So, CSIS is going to arrange
secure channels for you.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
She's a beautiful dancer.
Well, feds have also agreed to
help Sadie get a real O1 visa.
Then I'll get her to her flight.
And I'll be there to help make sure
that Ryan says goodbye politely.
Mm-hmm.
She'll finally get her
fresh start in New York City.
Just like my uncle wanted.
[APPLAUSE]
[REX BARKS]
[SADIE LAUGHS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
JESSE: Hey, guys.
What do you think of popping
in an old spy film tonight?
A little pizza? A little popcorn?
Spy Game!
- Three Days of the Condor!
- Bond!
- James Bond!
- JESSE: Okay, yeah.
Those are good, but hear
me out. How about this
Austin Powers marathon.
- [REX GROANS]
- [QUIRKY MUSIC]
That's a That's
an interesting choice.
- Yeah, that'd be different.
- He's a unique character.
Okay. Okay, I get it.
- Oh, Jesse, come on.
- We didn't say it was bad!
No except you did!
Trust me!
[REX YELPS]
[REX BARKS]
New idea: Black Swan.
- [SARAH LAUGHS]
- [CHARLIE GROANS]
- Okay, come on.
- [REX BARKS]
Oh boy.
[DONOVAN LAUGHS]
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]
[NADIA SIGHS]
- [PHONE RINGING]
- NADIA: Where are you, François?
[HORN BLARING, TIRES SCREECHING]
[PHONE BUZZING]
- [LOUD CLANK]
- Ughh!
MAN: Oh! Let me help you, sir.
[FRANÇOIS GROANS] FRANÇOIS:
But I am fine.
- Thank you so much.
- Watch yourself, sir.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[FRANÇOIS SIGHS]
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
[NADIA CLAPS]
You just need a little
more speed in your spot.
And don't forget the second arm.
Okay. Where is he?
I'm sure he'll be here soon. Okay?
Let's do it one more time, Sadie.
Let's go again, from
the repeat at bar 12.
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
[CAR HORN BLARING]
- [FRANÇOIS BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Oof!
Ooh!
[FRANÇOIS GROANS]
[PIANO MUSIC ENDS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
MAN: Sir! Are you all right, sir?
Sir!
Someone help Sadie.
Sir!
Help!
Help!
[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]
Okay, thank you for your help.
[CAMERA SNAPPING]
The man who called 911,
he said that the victim was alone.
When he collapsed,
he uttered a few words
in what sounded like an Eastern
European accent before he died.
But the witness said
that he could only make
out the name Sadie.
Well, that's strange. His
ID has a French name.
Yeah. François Duval.
There's a fresh cut on his hand.
I really don't think it
was caused by his fall.
Cause of death?
Oh, I'm not sure.
Petechia and signs of cyanosis
on his hands and face.
It's as if he died of asphyxiation
but there's no indication
he was strangled.
[REX BARKS]
[EERIE MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[REX WHINES]
Poison?
He smells poison?
Because that could make sense.
Rex doesn't always pick up on
poison that's been ingested.
It could have been on the
body. Skin contact poisons.
Rex. Back up.
[REX BARKS]
- You didn't come in contact?
- No, I'm gloved.
Everyone step back!
Notify the hazardous materials unit.
Good find, Rex.
The victim was a choreographer
and ballet instructor
according to his business card.
It's not exactly a cutthroat business.
I wouldn't think so here.
Too early to narrow
down the type of poison?
The cut on his hand didn't
have time to become inflamed
- before he died.
- Hmm.
That's how the poison was administered?
If so, it killed him
in under 30 minutes.
Something extremely toxic.
Yeah, a contact poison
that presents this way,
- my best guess is strychnine.
- Hmmm.
Contact poison means the killer
- had to get close to the victim.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
Huh.
[PHONE BEEPS]
Looks like she's been
calling him all morning.
Should we go talk to her?
[SARAH SIGHS]
Hey! Hey, boss.
How'd you like dinner last night?
It was interesting.
Interesting is your word for bad.
No, it's my word for interesting.
No, no, Charlie's is different
and Sarah's is unique.
You didn't like the restaurant
recommendation I gave you?
Camilla liked it. I
just I didn't get it.
What's to get? It's delicious.
I didn't get how I could
spend that much on a meal
and still be hungry.
Maybe you have an appetite for
what I dug up on the case so far?
You've been sitting on that one
- all morning. Haven't you?
- I have.
- Right.
- Can you hold this?
- Yeah.
- Okay, so Sarah seems to think
that François Duval was poisoned
within a half hour before he collapsed.
I picked him up on CCTV on Bond Street
nowhere near his home or studio.
See, he looks agitated.
He bumps into this signpost.
He falls over and then he's assisted
by this passerby in a ball cap
and then collapses shortly after.
Okay, we need to find the identity
of the man in the ball cap.
And where's Duval coming from?
Well, no CCTV on that
and no credit card
history to help us out.
- Background?
- Well, I checked his business website.
It said he opened his school in '04
but nothing really before that.
I'm only halfway through a Marvelous
Mills post mortem tech workup.
You know, no matter
how much you say that,
- it's not going to catch on.
- Why?
Is it interesting?
[NADIA SIGHS]
- CHARLIE: Have a seat, Nadia.
- NADIA: Yeah.
Thank you.
How could this happen?
My uncle was in perfect health.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Were you his only family?
Did he have a partner?
No, he's been a bachelor my whole life,
despite the best efforts
of his students' moms.
[CHARLIE CHUCKLES]
François raised me
after my parents died.
Mm-hmm.
[REX WHINES]
Listen,
you weren't aware of any
conflicts he was having lately?
He was a ballet teacher.
And a good man.
Everybody liked him.
[NADIA BREATHES SHAKILY]
You think this was deliberate?
That is what we're trying to determine.
Did François speak with an accent?
Yes, French.
Any other languages?
No.
I knew something was wrong when
he was late for Sadie's rehearsal.
It was so unlike him.
Were he and Sadie close?
They worked together intensively.
She's our most promising
student in years.
Hmm.
I saw François yesterday at rehearsal.
[SADIE CRIES SOFTLY]
He seemed fine.
His usual self.
What are you rehearsing for?
Duval puts a few shows on every year.
[DOOR OPENING]
Baby, what's wrong?
SARAH: Uh, Sarah Truong, SJPD.
We're investigating the
death of François Duval.
No kidding.
I can't say I'm surprised.
He had Sadie on a six-day
a-week dance schedule.
Told her how long to sleep, what to eat.
All for a teaching job at
some regional dance school?
The man was a tyrant.
He wanted me to achieve excellence.
Baby, you're a ballerina.
Not a pro athlete.
[SADIE SIGHS]
You know, I'm going to need you
- to come down to the station.
- RYAN: What for?
- She didn't kill him.
- It's just routine.
We'll get her home safe.
Why don't you go get changed?
[DOOR OPENS]
Yesterday was the last
time you saw François?
Is that correct?
I understand that he lives here?
That's right.
Yeah, I checked his
apartment when he was late
but there was no sign of him.
I don't know if he came home last night.
Do you mind if I take
a look at his place?
Of course.
It's right here, adjoining the studio.
Come on, pal.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[NADIA SIGHS]
I'll be in the office if you need
anything else, Detective. Okay?
Thank you.
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[REX SNIFFS]
English, French.
And Russian.
Looks like a vintage copy.
But with a recent clipping
for electron ocean floor mapping.
[REX SNIFFING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
[REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
Good find, partner.
[REX BARKS]
- Think you can open it?
- I mean, top of the line, TitanGear 620.
One of the highest security
ratings on the market.
DONOVAN: You know we have
blowtorches in the lab, right?
I'm not a cave person.
No, a simple side-channel attack
monitoring the flow of electric
current between the keypad
and electronic locking
mechanism should do the trick.
[REX WHINES]
Um, something strange about our victim.
His niece said that he
spoke English and French
but I found Russian
books in his apartment.
Yeah well, I have a couple
of Pablo Neruda books at home.
Keep meaning to take a Spanish class.
German on my bookshelf.
Think I can read them?
Nein.
Well, yeah, maybe it is an affectation
but also our witness
said that his dying words
were in an Eastern European accent
and I also found birch
juice in his apartment
which is popular in Russia.
DONOVAN: So, why would he be trying
to hide Russian ties from his family?
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
Well, that's what I'm
trying to figure out.
I'm sorry about my husband.
Ryan's
possessive.
Oh, you don't have to apologize for him.
I'm not sure how I can help you.
Well, you said that Duval
had you in rehearsals
for a show.
But I didn't see any
posters for the show at the school.
I wasn't having an affair with François.
Oh, I didn't suggest that.
But maybe your husband accused you?
He resented François.
The best teacher I ever had.
- Resented enough to hurt him?
- No. Never.
Ryan is all talk.
What are you rehearsing for?
François got me an audition
for the New York City Ballet.
It's almost impossible to get one
but he convinced them to see me.
And I got in!
I'm supposed to leave in two
weeks to join the company.
Oh, Ryan doesn't know
that you're leaving.
The story about rehearsing
for the show was a cover.
It was all François' idea.
He had an escape plan.
He knew exactly what to do.
He even booked the audition
the same week that Ryan was
away fishing with his buddies.
And you're sure Ryan never found out?
François and Nadia were
helping me train, but,
now I don't know what will happen.
Well, you can still go.
I can't get the visa I need
without Ryan finding out.
François said he'd
take care of that too.
It was like he was an expert
at making people disappear.
Wouldn't Ryan follow you?
Ryan can't travel to the US.
Lifetime ban.
I don't know
if I can go through
with it without François.
A witness told us that Duval
said your name before he died.
He did?
This could be why. You were
his unfinished business.
He wanted to be sure
I made it to New York.
Yeah, I think he did.
Sadie's husband Ryan has
a history of violence.
He was banned from
the US after an assault
at a Detroit ballgame five years ago.
- And you said he has motive?
- If he knew Duval
was trying to help Sadie leave town
but Sadie seems to think that he
never found out about the plan.
Poison doesn't seem like his style.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
You know, Sadie said
something interesting.
She said that when Duval
was arranging her audition
and move to New York, it was as if he
I don't know he was an expert
at making people disappear.
That is interesting.
Jesse. Any luck opening the safe?
Yeah, any minute now.
Oh.
- That's weird.
- What?
SARAH: Uh the toxicology report
shows that François Duval
wasn't poisoned with strychnine.
Whatever the poison was,
it doesn't show up on tests.
Hmm.
How did Rex know?
[DEVICE BEEPS]
- [COMPUTER BEEPS]
- [KEYPAD BEEPS]
- [SAFE CLICKS]
- Oh, here we go!
That must have been
what Rex was alerting to.
SARAH: Huh.
Here.
Thanks, Jesse.
Well, I've got currency from about
five different countries here.
JESSE: Multiple passports.
SARAH: All of them with Duval's picture.
Yeah and what looks like
a New York starter kit
for Sadie complete with cash
and a forged O1 Visa.
You know, I get the
feeling François Duval was
more than just a choreographer.
Yeah. I think he was a Russian spy.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
JESSE: So, if Duval was a foreign agent,
why is he active in Canada?
Well, Canada and Russia
are two of five countries
that are jockeying for a
trillion dollars worth of oil
in the Arctic Circle.
DONOVAN: All these countries
are trying to prove
that their land mass extends
underneath the Circle.
Russia's been mapping the ocean
floor around the North Pole
aggressively for years
now and Canada has been
monitoring their air, sea
and submarine movements
- while they do it.
- Wait, so,
Russian agents are basically
here to watch us watch them?
Right. We have two listening posts,
Alert on Ellesmere Island,
and Leitrim, near Ottawa.
As well as their own
underwater mapping efforts
in support of Canada's claim.
SARAH: What does a ballet
teacher in St. John's
have to do with all of that?
CHARLIE: Well, as a dancer,
he would have a perfect cover
for international travel.
Ah, that's why he would
have been recruited.
Yeah, could be.
So, let's say he's an
expert at putting people
in new places with new jobs
like he was doing with Sadie.
He could use his twenty
years of experience
and contacts here to help orient
and place agents in strategic
positions all over Canada.
The question is, what went
wrong after all that time?
Well, it does give me an idea
how to identify the
poison that killed him.
Yeah, I'm going to
put a call in to CSIS.
And, I'm going to make
a note for my memoirs.
CHARLIE: Rex.
DONOVAN: Special Agent
Liu, you do not seem surprised
to learn that there was a
Russian operative in St. John's.
It's not breaking protocol for me to say
there could be Russian operatives
anywhere in North
America, Superintendent.
Can you confirm that François
Duval was a foreign agent?
I appreciate your call.
Please keep me informed.
[LIU CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, if he was an agent,
maybe you have some idea as
to who would have wanted him dead.
Superintendent Donovan,
do you have evidence
that Mr. Duval's death is a
matter of national security?
Not yet.
Well, then maybe he was
killed by someone local
for reasons to do with his life here.
Using a poison so rare that we
haven't been able to identify it yet?
I suggest you follow the evidence.
If you're not going to help,
I can also assume you're
going to stay out of our way.
CSIS isn't in the business
of criminal investigation.
Of course not.
You wouldn't want to be called to court
to testify about your
involvement in this case
or any of your related sources.
Exactly.
Hey.
What did CSIS have to say?
They know plenty but
they're not sharing.
Well, I might have something.
You remember that man in the ball cap
that helped Duval up off the street?
Yes.
Well, my thought is that if Duval
was poisoned before he collapsed,
we know at least one person
he came into contact with.
- The man who helped him up.
- Exactly.
And if Charlie is right
and this is about
international espionage,
this guy in the ball cap could
have flown into St. John's
within the last day or
so to start his mission.
So, I went through
some immigration photos
and I came across this guy.
- That looks like the same guy.
- Right?
He travelled under
the name Simon Petrov.
He arrived in St. John's two nights ago.
That is good work, Jesse.
I'm going to notify all transit points
and let them know that if
this guy's on the island,
- we can't let him leave.
- Okay.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
- Hey.
- Hey, it's quiet in here.
Yeah, I sent my staff
to do other things.
I figured we don't want
too many eyes on this.
That's good thinking.
So, you said you had an
idea of what to look for?
Once Charlie mentioned espionage,
I started thinking chemical weapons.
Novichok?
It's so rare there's no
reliable postmortem test for it.
And it wouldn't show up
in a toxicology screen?
The transient nature of
nerve agents in the human body
make it difficult to detect
even if you're looking for it.
But one study showed
that it does absorb and
remain stable in bone.
So, you're testing Duval's bone?
With fluorescent sensors.
And what does that look like?
Well, this is my first
time doing this, Joe.
I don't even know if
this is going to work.
Of course. I know you've got this.
- Just let me know if I can support, okay?
- Okay.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
That was a very good question.
See you next time.
Ah. You've missed the lecture.
Ah. Police.
- Professor Federov?
- Yes.
I wonder if I might ask
you a few questions?
Of course.
Do you recognize this man?
- No.
- Mmm.
Oh, his name is François Duval.
He may have attended
one of your lectures.
I've seen 500 faces in these
seats over the last two days.
What is this about?
We're investigating his murder.
[DASHA CATCHES HER BREATH]
[REX WHINES]
That's very unfortunate.
But I'm afraid I've
never seen him in my life.
If he was here,
I missed him.
I'm sorry I cannot
assist you, Detective.
CHARLIE: Professor Federov.
[DASHA BREATHES SHAKILY]
You claim not to have
not seen François Duval.
But I can tell by your
reaction you knew him well.
- Um, I'm afraid you are mistaken.
- Professor.
I know Duval came to
your lecture and I know
you know more than
you're willing to say.
[DASHA SIGHS]
You're a Russian geophysicist.
And I believe that François Duval
may have been working
for the Russians as well.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX SNIFFS]
What is it?
Come with me.
Please.
I don't think it's safe to
continue the conversation here.
Follow my lead.
Act natural.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
This way.
Don't look back.
Rex, left.
In here.
Hi.
[REX BARKING]
You must be Special Agent Liu.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
DONOVAN: Were you unclear about staying
out of our investigation, Agent Liu?
Because I thought I was clear.
I was taking a walk.
- Your detective
- You want to know what we know
- without giving us anything.
- I'm not at liberty
- to speak about
- Detective Hudson is interviewing
Professor Federov right now.
And if you want to stay
out of his paperwork,
it's about time you start helping.
François Duval was a
Russian agent known to CSIS.
He came to Canada with his niece
after his brother and sister
in-law were killed in Russia.
Killed how?
François' brother, Nadia's father
was a dissident academic.
We believe it was a car bomb.
And yet Duval continued
to work for Russia?
It can be dangerous to refuse.
His real name is Marius Orlov.
And we were once very much in love.
CHARLIE: This was in Russia?
Yes. Butyn.
Our home town.
I had no idea who or
what he was back then.
He was my glamorous dancer boyfriend.
And I was a naive girl.
The FSB had already recognized
his potential and recruited him.
And they sent him to train in France?
Yes.
Then after his brother was killed
and he took his niece away from Russia,
I didn't hear from him for years.
Who re-initiated contact?
He did.
Two months ago.
In New York City.
You had no idea what he
was doing for the FSB?
We spoke about our work
but only when we were sure
we could not be overheard.
In parks, noisy restaurants,
that sort of thing.
So, your work is sensitive too.
It can be.
But I
trusted Marius with my life.
You saw him yesterday?
Sitting in my lecture.
He saw it advertised in the paper.
I didn't even know he lived here.
We, uh
We spent the night together.
And in the morning, he was gone.
[DASHA SIGHS]
What time did he leave?
Before six this morning.
Mmm.
You said that you were
worried about being overheard.
Did you suspect you
were being surveilled?
Both of us have work that
is important to Russia.
Do you recognize this man?
He sat beside me on the plane.
On my flight from Moscow.
You suspect him?
You do.
And I led him straight to Marius.
[DASHA BREATHES SHAKILY]
Thanks for taking the time, Louise.
I know it's late where you are.
Yeah.
Yeah, so as I mentioned, um, I
haven't encountered FGAs before.
And I you know, I'd hate
to move my team forward on this
if I'm not interpreting
these results correctly.
Right.
Yes, the victim had rapid
onset of asphyxiation.
Mm-hmm.
The excitation effects
that you're looking at
are from a postmortem biomedical sample
under a 475-nanometer green-blue light.
That's right, as per
your suggestion, yeah.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Okay.
And you're certain?
Wow. Okay.
Yeah, absolutely.
Let me follow up with you tomorrow
and then I'll send you my full report.
Great. Okay, talk soon.
I believe the poison that
killed Duval was Novichok.
Specifically, A234 which
combines methyl cyanide
and a low-potency organophosphate.
CHARLIE: Cyanide.
That's why Rex alerted to it.
DONOVAN: Airports and ferry terminals
have Petrov's picture flagged
so, there's no reason to
believe he's left the island.
If he is still here, that
means he has another target.
- Who?
- My guess is Dasha Federov.
She's valuable in the Russian fight
for Arctic resources.
She's also met with Duval
twice in the last two months.
Well, if they're both doing
important work for their country,
I mean, why would they
be targeted for death?
Maybe they became suspicious of Duval.
You think he was working for CSIS?
Well, if he has flipped, that would
be a strong reason to kill him.
And if they thought that Duval
and Dasha were both in on it
That would make her a target too.
DONOVAN: Okay, I'm
going to confirm this
and see if Liu can set up a safe house
- while we try to figure this thing out.
- Okay, I'll make sure
- she gets there safely.
- Charlie, before you two go.
Here.
The K234 antidote. I just got them in.
Is this effective?
Well, hopefully, you won't need them.
Comforting.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I don't believe Marius
would trade secrets
to a foreign government but,
perhaps I didn't know
him as well as I thought.
He never once hinted to you
that he might be helping
Canadian intelligence?
No.
- Where will they take me?
- To a safe house
until the suspect is
apprehended. After that
What about Marius's niece?
- Where is she?
- Nadia?
I met her once
when she was very small.
Do you think I could talk
to her before I leave?
She and I are probably the
two people who loved Marius most.
- Mm-hmm.
- [REX BARKS]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
Come here.
Stay in here. Keep the door locked. Go.
Rex. Go.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAR STARTING]
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Rex, follow!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
Ughh!
- [REX BARKING]
- What are you doing?
[REX BARKING]
- What?
- [REX WHINES]
Poison? Where?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
- Thanks, pal.
- [REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[CAMERA SNAPPING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
You were lucky.
I had Rex.
I just got a text from Joe.
Dasha's secure at the safe house.
I guess this proves she is a target.
There was no poison on
the passenger side door.
Only on the handle
you would have touched.
Maybe Petrov needs to
bring Dasha back alive.
DONOVAN: This guy almost
got my detective killed.
Superintendent, if I
knew where Petrov was,
- he'd already be in custody.
- You may not know where he is,
but you know a lot more
than you're letting on.
I'm holding back nothing I know to
be relevant to your investigation.
We believe Duval to be a double agent
working for Russia
while still feeding Canadian
intelligence information.
- I can neither confirm nor deny.
- Enough with the subterfuge!
People are in real danger here!
Then I suggest you do your job
and find the killer.
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Okay, yeah. Thanks.
Take care of yourself.
Yeah, you too.
SARAH: How's your friend at CSIS?
Good. Uh
So, apparently she said that
Liu is pretty hot stuff
at the agency right now.
He had an asset that provided
a tip about a Russian operative
that was working undercover
out of Alert two years ago.
So, Duval was giving
information to CSIS.
I imagine having his
brother murdered by the FSB
complicated his loyalties.
Hmm.
Imagine having to leave your home
and everything you've known.
Your dad did it.
Yeah.
And it was a lot of
work for a lot of years.
Mmm.
But I don't think he ever regretted it.
I'm glad he came here.
Morning.
- Hi.
- What's up?
Did you notice there wasn't a
single word on the morning news
about our little
international espionage murder?
I listen to music on the drive
to work but I'm not surprised.
Duval's death was reported as
St. John's Man Dead after
Collapsing on a Downtown Street.
They didn't use his name and
there was no mention of
[WHISPERING] Novichok.
I mean this was massive when
it happened in Salisbury.
Okay, okay, Jesse. I
reported the confirmed case
to the health authorities
but because we believe this
to be a very targeted
attack, they decided
- to avoid alarming the public.
- Yeah, no one likes an alarmed public.
And they've ensured that ERs
and EMTs are supplied with the antidote.
So, beyond that,
I think they're trying
to keep it quiet for now.
Do you think CSIS is trying
to organize a cover-up?
Uh, if they are, we'll never know.
I actually thought
about applying to CSIS
before coming to work for the SJPD.
Why didn't you?
I'm not cut out for that
level of deception, Sarah.
- No.
- No. No, probably not.
And Agent Liu, he seems
comfortable with this.
Agent Liu believes in the objective
- and he's trained to maintain
- An inhuman level of discretion.
Well, I'm sure he has
feelings, like the rest of us.
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Or he's a robot.
Perhaps.
Don't be fooled by the suit,
Jesse. No one is a robot.
CHARLIE: The question we need
to ask, Dasha, is why now?
If they had been following you,
they could have seen you
meet with Duval in New York.
Mmm.
Even the appearance of
disloyalty would put me in danger.
What did Duval promise you?
This is ridiculous!
Asking me to betray my
country would be madness.
- Very dangerous.
- No one is listening to us now.
- And the truth is you
- DASHA: I don't care
what he said to you. If he
told you I wanted to defect,
he was lying.
- Was he?
- Lying or no,
- he did say to me that she wanted out.
- And who did you tell?
- I am trying to protect you
- [DASHA SCOFFS]
the way I told Duval I would!
Dasha.
Dasha, we are trying to protect you.
[REX WHINES]
Marius
he knew I was unhappy with
my country's sabre-rattling.
Mm-hmm.
DASHA: They use it to justify my work
but I don't want to start wars.
Marius told me this Canadian
Security idiot would assist.
He told me we could be together.
I agreed.
Foolishness.
Like, um,
a teenager
all over again.
Was this the night before he died?
He told me to wait for him.
When he didn't come back,
I didn't know what to do,
who was watching. I acted normal.
Went to my lectures.
Then you walked in and
told me he was dead.
Why didn't you tell me this when
I brought you in to the station?
DASHA: Don't you see?
It's impossible to know
when they are listening.
- [DASHA SIGHS]
- [REX WHINES]
- She believes this is all her fault.
- Uh-huh.
That he was killed
for trying to help her.
When do you plan on
telling her the truth?
[LIU STAMMERS]
Duval has been working with
the Russians for a long time.
For many years, he's also
been helping people like Dasha
who are trying to get out of Russia.
Helping them disappear.
When they went to New York,
she told him about her work
in airborne sonar technology.
The Russians are trying to
catch up to the Americans.
Yeah, mapping the ocean
floor with airplanes.
I ran the intel up the chain.
Canada initiated counter movements
in the Arctic as a result.
Russians had to abort their test flight.
Russia found out about the leak?
They must have traced it back to Duval.
That's why the FSB has been
after Duval after all these years.
It would be a kindness to
tell her the whole story.
[LIU SIGHS]
Rex.
[REX BARKS]
I told you, buddy. We'll get
the car back when it's cleaned.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[REX BARKS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[REX WHINES]
Stay back, partner.
[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
Novichok?
I'll test but it appears to
be the same method of murder
as François Duval's.
Charlie didn't get to him in
time to try out the antidote.
[DONOVAN SIGHS]
How did Petrov find the safe house?
No sign of Dasha?
Rex tracked her scent out here.
Do you think that Petrov took Dasha?
SARAH: Charlie thinks she may
have gone looking for Nadia.
I know my uncle was interested
in Russian politics, literature, but,
I never imagined
You do look familiar.
- Is that crazy?
- DASHA: No.
- [DOOR CLOSING]
- CHARLIE: Dasha.
- You can't be here. It's not safe.
- Safe?
He found me at the house.
Agent Liu came in just in
time. He told me to run.
He's dead, isn't he?
[DASHA SIGHS]
He died saving me.
We can't have his death be for nothing.
- I'm getting you out of here.
- DASHA: There's nowhere to hide.
They'll find me again.
I had to see Nadia before they do.
We're not going to
let them hurt you too.
You don't understand.
Failure is not an option
in these missions.
They will stop at nothing.
[REX GROWLS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What is it?
Are you expecting anyone?
No.
The school is closed.
Rex, stay.
[DOOR HANDLE RATTLING]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[PIANO KEYS CLANG]
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKING]
Nadia, get her out of here!
[REX BARKING]
CHARLIE: Aghh!
- [MEN GRUNTING]
- [REX BARKING]
[REX BARKING]
Agghh!
[MEN GRUNTING]
[REX BARKING]
- [CHARLIE SHUDDERING]
- [REX BARKS]
[CHARLIE GRUNTS]
[REX SNIFFS]
[REX WHINES]
[HEROIC MUSIC]
- [CHARLIE GASPS]
- [REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
[DASHA GASPS] [DASHA GROANS]
PETROV: Aghh!
- [CHARLIE GASPS]
- [REX WHINES]
[REX BARKS]
I'm okay.
I'm okay. Let's go. [CHARLIE PANTS]
Come on!
CHARLIE: Rex! Go!
[PETROV GRUNTS]
- [REX BARKING]
- [CHARLIE BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [CHARLIE GRUNTS]
- [REX BARKS]
[REX BARKING]
[CHARLIE PANTING]
[REX BARKING]
You're under arrest.
[REX BARKS]
[CHARLIE PANTING]
[CHARLIE SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CLASSICAL PIANO]
- Will you be all right?
- I will.
My uncle left the school to me
and he taught me well.
About ballet and everything else.
Will Dasha be all right?
She's going to be relocated.
I was hoping to stay in touch with her.
She'd asked for the same thing.
So, CSIS is going to arrange
secure channels for you.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
She's a beautiful dancer.
Well, feds have also agreed to
help Sadie get a real O1 visa.
Then I'll get her to her flight.
And I'll be there to help make sure
that Ryan says goodbye politely.
Mm-hmm.
She'll finally get her
fresh start in New York City.
Just like my uncle wanted.
[APPLAUSE]
[REX BARKS]
[SADIE LAUGHS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
JESSE: Hey, guys.
What do you think of popping
in an old spy film tonight?
A little pizza? A little popcorn?
Spy Game!
- Three Days of the Condor!
- Bond!
- James Bond!
- JESSE: Okay, yeah.
Those are good, but hear
me out. How about this
Austin Powers marathon.
- [REX GROANS]
- [QUIRKY MUSIC]
That's a That's
an interesting choice.
- Yeah, that'd be different.
- He's a unique character.
Okay. Okay, I get it.
- Oh, Jesse, come on.
- We didn't say it was bad!
No except you did!
Trust me!
[REX YELPS]
[REX BARKS]
New idea: Black Swan.
- [SARAH LAUGHS]
- [CHARLIE GROANS]
- Okay, come on.
- [REX BARKS]
Oh boy.
[DONOVAN LAUGHS]
[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]