- 13 hours ago
Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent - Season 3 - Episode 05: Up to Snuff
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:05In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:12These are their stories.
00:17The Arctic is crawling with polar bears, and they're hungry, and Logan the Brave, a six-year-old explorer, swings
00:25across to the other side.
00:27Unless he'd rather his dad show him how it's done.
00:30Oh, one's got his leg!
00:32Take that, polar bears!
00:38You really think you could do the monkey bars?
00:40Not a chance.
00:44Drinking on the job, huh?
00:49I was. Your husband wasn't having any.
00:52It's funny that your flask has his initials on it.
00:57I'll get the car.
00:58Follow me.
01:01Come over here.
01:02Come on, bud. Let's go.
01:04Not yet.
01:05Logan, right now.
01:07Hey! Come back here right now.
01:10Logan, get down from there. I mean it.
01:13Right now!
01:14Ah!
01:15My arm!
01:19Come on, come on.
01:20What happened?
01:21No, it's fine.
01:22Logan!
01:22We're fine!
01:23Logan!
01:24Logan!
01:24Can we get up?
01:25Just give me this face. Give me this face.
01:28You okay? What happened?
01:30So between Logan's testimony and the eyewitnesses, this case is cut and dry, but it never hurts to hear from
01:34a grandparent.
01:35Grandparents are old. I go by Papa.
01:38Sorry. My new intern is a nepotism hire.
01:44Marcy, just push the button. The red button.
02:07Oh, no.
02:09Oh, no.
02:32Hey!
02:33Hey, can I help you?
02:36Yeah, actually, I'm looking for a rug,
02:39something that doesn't stain.
02:55Yes, a broad for yourselves.
02:59So grab an ass and light some grass
03:02as we prepare to screen our first film.
03:08And who is our first victim?
03:11It is.
03:16Who's responsible for this masterpiece?
03:19Anyone?
03:20No?
03:21Our first director is shy.
03:26And lights.
03:34Help!
03:35Help!
03:36Somebody help!
03:36Somebody please help me!
03:43Help!
03:45Help!
03:46Help!
03:53Help!
04:10Help!
04:33Shut it up!
04:36Shut it up!
04:42Shut it up!
05:19What is this place?
05:21You've never been to the Cinephile.
05:23Uh, no, but I can't say I'm surprised that you have.
05:29Henry.
05:33And you must be Detective Bateman.
05:36Yeah.
05:38Welcome to Cinephile, Toronto's premiere showcase for the weird and the wicked, and we now have a brand new claim
05:47to fame.
05:52Murder.
05:57I didn't drag you down here for some AI slump. This is a genuine snuff film.
06:05No, no, no, please. Please don't. Don't. Don't. Don't.
06:10Oh, the aberrations of the camera lens reads like an older model. High eight, maybe?
06:22Shh, shh, shh. This guy's not dead. Not yet, anyway. It's a minor concussion at best.
06:32All right. Look at the way it bubbles around the quickly viscous quality of the skin. That is not CG.
06:40That darkening, coagulated, that is the reaction of skin, too. Exposure to hydrochloric acid.
06:49The queasy feeling you get from watching it, that's hard to fake.
06:53Shivers that run up your spine when you realize you've just witnessed someone perishing before your very eyes.
06:59Should we have another go?
07:00No, uh, less is more. Less.
07:02So, this was a RSVP event.
07:07Of course.
07:07We're gonna need to get the names of everyone in attendance.
07:10Sure, but everyone here was at a wrap party when that DVD was delivered.
07:15How do you know when that was?
07:16Because, like almost everything great in life, it was captured on film.
07:23This is from Cinephiles Doorbell Cam.
07:25Two nights ago, someone dropped the DVD in the festival submission box at 7.05 p.m.
07:30Same time as less than the other participants who were at the spaghetti factory for the wrap party.
07:35Yeah, we spoke to everyone in attendance, but it appears nobody has any connection to the film whatsoever.
07:40So, if no one at the Cinephile was involved, why release the film there?
07:44No, we believe the Cinephile was just a vehicle for getting the film out into the world.
07:47Exactly. If the killer had posted the video online, Mark would have already have tracked him down.
07:51So, how do you leak something without leaving a trace? Get somebody else to do it for you.
07:55At the screening, one of the kids recorded the video on their phone and posted it online.
08:009,200 views and counting, unless plastered the entire city with posters for the screening.
08:06I mean, the killer could be anyone.
08:08As could our victim.
08:09We cross-referenced this image against our missing persons registry with so far no hits.
08:15Until we know that this film is real, we don't even know that this is Toronto.
08:19Yeah, but if the film is real, that liquid is hydrochloric acid,
08:24which dissolves all traces of DNA within 72 hours.
08:27Then we're running out of time.
08:29Our victim is a white male. Photogrammetry puts him at about six feet,
08:33but other than that, he may as well have worn the mask,
08:36which appears to be homemade and is impossible to trace.
08:41You had anything on the watch?
08:42Yeah, 300,000 sold in the past year.
08:45Can you bring the video up?
08:51Behind the screen. Can you, uh, isolate that, bring that up?
08:56Yep.
08:58Excuse me.
09:07The murder happened near school.
09:09Well, let's make some calls.
09:11Find out what school has a student named Billy Roland White.
09:16So, the announcement came from this school.
09:19Takes a certain type to kill near kids.
09:21Yeah, schools are loud, chaotic, even if a kid does see something, who's gonna believe him?
09:37You seeing this?
09:38Yeah.
09:48Oh, you smell that?
09:56The tripod's still here, but the camera's gone.
09:59The rug's new.
10:02Oh.
10:16The film is real.
10:18We have the sample processed as quickly as possible,
10:21but the hydrochloric acid dissolved all the biological matter.
10:25No traces of DNA.
10:26Oh, that is grim.
10:27Um, were there any impurities, fillings, pacemaker, anything at all that could get us an ID?
10:33I found traces of iron, chromium, and nickel, but those are most likely from the watch.
10:38Other than that, I wasn't able to pull anything from the barrel.
10:41Which is why I analyzed a sample from one of the containers that was left in the garage.
10:47See, a civilian can't just order hydrochloric acid in these quantities
10:51in case they are a crazy person and a mask.
10:53This would have had to be purchased commercially.
10:56And stolen or sold.
10:57The sample was 37% purity, usually used in steel mills,
11:02so I used the lot number to track down the manufacturer.
11:05This container belongs to Atkinson Steel.
11:08I can assure you that all of our stock is completely intact.
11:11But if you'd like to learn how steel is made, I'd be happy to give you a tour.
11:15No, that's okay.
11:16I already know how steel is made.
11:19I even know how it degrades over time, water and oxygen,
11:23causing it to develop iron oxide.
11:25But this lock looks, um, brand new.
11:29Is that a bad thing?
11:30No, it's a suspicious thing, especially considering this old lock was smashed.
11:39We have pieces of metal all over the place.
11:40Well, you also have cameras all over the place.
11:43Show us some footage of you replacing that lock and we'll get out of your hair.
11:48Last week during the night shift, I went out for a smoke.
11:50I usually take a couple of laps.
11:53But when I came back, the lock was already broken.
11:56And 95 liters of hydrochloric acid was missing.
11:59I couldn't tell that anything was missing.
12:01You could tell that the lock was broken.
12:03Please.
12:05I can't lose this job.
12:06So you replaced the lock.
12:07You make it look like nothing happened.
12:09We need access to those cameras, Javier.
12:13I deleted the footage.
12:15That, unfortunately, is obstructing a murder investigation.
12:19Okay, okay.
12:20But what if I know who did it?
12:21He was driving off as I was coming back.
12:23Look, I recognize the car.
12:26Ryan Gray.
12:27Creep used to work here until they sacked him.
12:29Creep?
12:30He set the foreman's car on fire.
12:32The guy's nuts.
12:35I haven't seen Ryan since Friday.
12:39He borrowed my car, so I haven't been able to get to the grocery store.
12:45But he'll be back.
12:47He takes care of me.
12:48By letting you sleep on the couch?
12:51Well, there's only one bedroom, and Ryan needs his sleep.
12:55Anyway, he wouldn't want me blathering...
12:57Mrs. Gray, please.
13:00We're worried your son might be in some serious trouble.
13:02We just want you to know that if Ryan is guilty of what we think he is guilty of,
13:08he could go to jail for a very long time.
13:16Well, I shouldn't tell you, but I did find a stack of $100 bills in his dresser last week.
13:25How thick was the stack?
13:28So it was thick as a deck of playing cards.
13:32That's about $40,000.
13:36Is the money still in the house?
13:38It was gone the next day.
13:40Shirley, could you tell us if you recognize this balaclava?
13:47Of course.
13:50I knit this for Halloween when Ryan was a kid.
13:56He used to be such a sweet boy.
14:25Hey.
14:27What are you doing?
14:40He put out a Canada-wide warrant.
14:43Ryan Gray's face is everywhere.
14:45Borders, airports, rental car agencies.
14:48Still, the guy could be on a Greyhound bus to anywhere by now.
14:50What about the phone number his mother gave us?
14:52No, it's a dead end. He must be using a burner.
14:54The money that Ryan's mother found is bothering me.
14:57It's bothering me, too.
14:59If I had $40,000, I wouldn't be crashing with my mom.
15:02That money's recent.
15:03Do you think someone could have hired Ryan to make that film?
15:06And if it was just a snuff film,
15:09why wouldn't Ryan choose a more transient victim whom no one might miss?
15:13Our victim had nice clothes, nice watch.
15:15And a family.
15:16Noticed this and enhanced it.
15:20Dad.
15:21So, maybe this wasn't random, maybe it was a targeted hit.
15:26Well, then maybe whoever hired Ryan also cast the lead role.
15:40Some good news overnight.
15:42They found Shirley Gray's minivan at Pearson Airport.
15:44It's been there since last Saturday.
15:46That's only good news if Ryan Gray did not get on a plane.
15:49Well, he's not on any flight manifest.
15:51We're using facial recognition in case he's got a fake passport.
15:54I misjudged this guy.
15:55I thought we'd have him by now.
15:56I mean, look at him.
15:57He's wearing a damn T-coz.
15:59Okay, let's say that this was a targeted hit.
16:02Why make the murder public in such a horrific way?
16:04Well, there's only two people who know the answer to that.
16:07Ryan Gray and the person who hired him.
16:09And we still have no idea who our victim is.
16:11He was thrown in the back of Shirley Gray's band.
16:13There must be some evidence, some DNA.
16:15They're still processing the car, but they also sent this over.
16:21The next time I see you parked in this spot, I will have you towed.
16:25Shape a shop.
16:26It's a store in a strip mall up in North York.
16:31That killer's pretty far from home.
16:34Maybe he was meeting someone.
16:36Someone with 40K in cash and a serious grudge.
16:42Patience.
16:47Are you planning on shopping in here?
16:49Oh, ma'am, we're the police.
16:51I don't care if you're the king of Siam.
16:54This is Detective Graf.
16:55I'm Detective Bateman.
16:56What's your name?
16:57Esther Sversky.
16:59Store owner.
17:00Well, Ms. Sversky,
17:02do you recall putting this note on a tan minivan last week?
17:07Thursday.
17:09After a week of that Schmendrick parking in my spot,
17:12I decided to put a note on the windshield
17:14because he looked very dangerous.
17:17But it worked because then on Friday,
17:19I saw he was parked behind the furniture shop.
17:21Well, thank you so much for your time.
17:27So Ryan was parked here for a whole week.
17:29Yeah, it doesn't sound like he was meeting the man who hired him.
17:33Sounds like he was doing surveillance.
17:35Maybe of his victim.
17:36So he parks his car behind the furniture store
17:39the day of the murder.
17:40Closing in on his target?
17:42Officers.
17:43Shopping for a comfortable couch?
17:45Brighten up the break room.
17:46If only we had the budget.
17:48No, we're here to inquire about a minivan
17:49that was parked out the back of your store last Friday.
17:52Friday?
17:53I wasn't here.
17:54Who was?
17:54A new guy, David Barnes.
17:56Is he here now?
17:57No.
17:58It's crazy.
17:59But he begged me for this job,
18:01and then he missed both his shifts this week.
18:03The last time he was here,
18:04he left the store unlocked.
18:05Baruch Hashem, nothing was taken.
18:07He's all right, I hope.
18:09Footage from the furniture store Friday at 1.08 p.m.
18:12This is employee David Barnes
18:14helping the suspect, Ryan Gray,
18:15carry a large rug out the back exit.
18:18David never re-enters the store.
18:19So Ryan gets David to help him move the rug
18:22into the back of the minivan.
18:25Pushes him in,
18:27incapacitates him somehow,
18:28maybe chloroform,
18:29maybe drugs.
18:31That is a match for the rug in the garage.
18:32He helped the guy move the rug he was rolled in.
18:35That's cold.
18:36Pause it.
18:39Zoom in on his wrist.
18:42That's a bracelet our victim was wearing.
18:44Before it was dissolved in acid.
18:48I'm sorry, I don't understand.
18:50Is David okay?
18:52Are you aware of anyone
18:54who might have wanted to harm your husband?
18:57No.
18:58I mean,
19:00David and I lead very different lives.
19:02He goes out a lot.
19:03I'm usually with Logan or working.
19:05You two back from the store already?
19:08No, what's going on?
19:09Dad, can you take Logan to the park or something?
19:12Please, Dad.
19:17Hi, Logan.
19:18My name's Henry.
19:21Hi, Henry.
19:22Oh.
19:24Have you ever been to the Arctic?
19:26Yep.
19:26Have you?
19:27Not yet.
19:28My dad's taking me.
19:29Did you know that in Yellowknife
19:31you could see the Northern Lights
19:33for 240 nights a year?
19:35Yep.
19:36And did you know that astronauts
19:38can see the Northern Lights from space?
19:41Whoa.
19:42Whoa.
19:43Grab your glove, Logan.
19:44We'll play a little catch in the park.
19:46Okay.
19:57A left-handed glove,
19:58I guess he throws with his right.
20:00Yeah, yeah.
20:01Logan's right-handed.
20:02But he shook my hand with his left.
20:06Yeah.
20:07A few months back,
20:09he fell on the playground
20:10and hurt his arm.
20:12Sorry.
20:13Where is David?
20:15What am I going to tell my son?
20:17What have you been telling him?
20:19Your husband's been missing for four days
20:21and you haven't reported.
20:22David's been staying in a hotel
20:25for the past few weeks.
20:27I've just told Logan that he's away working.
20:30We've been having some issues.
20:34What kind of issues?
20:35Just growing in different directions.
20:38But we were working on it.
20:40No, marriage is complicated.
20:50Oh.
20:51I think this backs up the idea
20:53that David liked to party.
20:55Well, perhaps he was, uh,
20:57taking the split hard.
21:01There's a laptop.
21:02I see it.
21:03Let's, uh, bag it
21:04and get it to Mark.
21:07What's David's kid's name?
21:09Logan?
21:11Well, I'm in.
21:13Really?
21:14Yeah.
21:14Well, that's not a man
21:15with a lot to hide.
21:17He's got three tabs
21:18open for divorce lawyers.
21:20Looks like he wasn't, uh,
21:22as into reconciliation
21:23as his wife.
21:24What about that maps tab?
21:26That would be the last address
21:28David ever searched.
21:32My niece and Logan
21:33are friends.
21:34Yeah.
21:35Kids never happen for me,
21:36so, I don't know.
21:38I just, uh,
21:39I pretty much piggyback
21:40off my sister's family.
21:41But yeah, David and I
21:42ended up taking Edie and Logan
21:43to a few Jays games last year.
21:45How about them Blue Jays?
21:47Nah, man.
21:48Too much heartbreak for me.
21:49I'm a Cubs fan now.
21:51I like the old ballpark.
21:52What's going on here?
21:55You have a fight
21:56with your planter?
21:57No, that was David.
21:59So it wasn't a friendly visit.
22:01Things had gotten tense.
22:03Truth is,
22:04I wasn't a fan
22:05of how he treated Logan.
22:06Treated him how?
22:07What do you mean?
22:09So, a few months back,
22:10we're at the playground.
22:12We're tipping the flask.
22:14And, um,
22:15David's really starting
22:16to feel it.
22:16I could tell.
22:17Anyway, it's time to go.
22:19And, uh,
22:19Logan's not listening.
22:21It's typical kid stuff, right?
22:22He goes down the slide
22:23one more time
22:24and David goes ballistic.
22:27He grabs this poor kid
22:27by the arm
22:28and he throws him
22:29to the ground.
22:30He ends up breaking
22:31Logan's arm.
22:32David's wife said
22:33that was an accident.
22:34If I got treated
22:34like Nell did,
22:35I'd probably say
22:35the same thing.
22:37Surprised she even
22:38confronted him about it,
22:38but she must have
22:39because the next thing
22:40I know,
22:40he's at my door,
22:41drunk,
22:41yelling at me,
22:42telling me that
22:42I ruined his life.
22:44You called the police?
22:44I threatened to.
22:46Got him to go away.
22:48Nell tells us
22:48she and David
22:49are working on things,
22:50but she doesn't tell us
22:51that David broke
22:52her kid's arm.
22:53Why would she hide that?
22:55Maybe Nell
22:56took care of it herself,
22:57hired Ryan Gray
22:58to kill David
23:00and protect her son.
23:16Nell.
23:28Nell.
23:31Why didn't you tell us
23:32that David broke Logan's arm?
23:36What, so you could
23:37question him about it?
23:38I don't want Logan
23:39to relive that.
23:41It took long enough
23:42for him to get comfortable
23:43to tell me the truth.
23:44Or maybe you didn't
23:45want it to happen again.
23:47You were finally
23:49going to leave
23:49your husband,
23:50weren't you?
23:52I'm guessing David
23:53wasn't happy about that,
23:54you know?
23:56If he broke down
23:57Sebastian's door,
23:58I can't imagine
23:59what he would do to you,
24:00to your son.
24:00David had been in a
24:02tough place lately.
24:03He hadn't worked in years
24:04and I run this successful
24:06skin care company.
24:07You understand what that
24:08does to the male ego.
24:09Did anyone else know
24:11about the abuse?
24:12Sebastian knew
24:13because
24:15he saw it.
24:17I had a hard enough time
24:18telling my lawyer about it.
24:20Yeah, your divorce lawyer.
24:23We were filing
24:24our restraining order.
24:26David was going to be
24:27legally out of our lives.
24:28I was going to win
24:29sole custody.
24:30I didn't need him dead.
24:35I'll waive
24:35attorney-client privilege.
24:36You can ask him yourself.
24:40Look, I had David Barnes
24:41on a skewer.
24:43Told him that.
24:43Low-key insisted
24:44he sign over custody.
24:45Nella was waving support.
24:46It was a good deal.
24:47She just wanted them
24:48out of their lives.
24:49But he got angry.
24:52He said the courts
24:52always favor the mother.
24:54Is that what you think?
24:55Wouldn't have mattered.
24:56Nella was financially stable
24:57and David had a history
24:58of substance abuse
24:59and violence.
24:59Who else can bet for that?
25:01Valid detective.
25:02I believe women
25:03isn't a recognized
25:03legal principle
25:04in any jurisdiction.
25:05Mel had recorded
25:06other incidents
25:07but we needed witnesses
25:08to David's temper.
25:09Mel didn't want her father
25:11getting involved
25:11but I felt that
25:12You brought him in anyway.
25:13Testimony from her grandparent
25:14can win a case.
25:15Did Mel's father
25:16corroborate her accusations?
25:18No, he was in shock
25:19and he left.
25:21Did Mel know
25:22that you were meeting
25:22with her father recently?
25:24Yeah, she didn't want
25:26him getting involved
25:26but I wanted to win the case.
25:30Excuse me.
25:32Marcy!
25:33Damn it.
25:36Nella was telling the truth.
25:37She was about to get
25:38full custody.
25:38Yeah, but she was lying
25:39about who knew
25:40about the abuse.
25:41She knew her lawyer
25:43spoke to her father.
25:44Well, maybe when he saw
25:45what David did
25:46to his grandson
25:46he didn't care so much
25:48about custody.
25:48He wanted revenge.
25:51The ancient guardian.
25:53The selfless patriarch.
25:56How'd you react
25:57when you found out
25:57it was your son-in-law
25:59who broke Logan's arm?
26:00You saw the statement.
26:02How he pulled
26:04Logan off the slide.
26:05You know,
26:06the force it takes
26:07to break a bone.
26:07That's enough.
26:08Now look,
26:09I spoke with Logan
26:11right after the
26:11playground incident.
26:13He said he fell.
26:14Nothing about David
26:15pulling him.
26:17But after Mel
26:17took him to the hospital
26:18he came back
26:19with a different story.
26:20Suddenly it was
26:20David's fault.
26:21Maybe he didn't feel
26:22safe saying it
26:23until he had assurance
26:24from his mother
26:25that it was okay.
26:26Maybe.
26:28But there's something else.
26:31When Logan was two
26:32he fell out of his high chair
26:33and had to go to a merge.
26:34He was fine,
26:35but I felt terrible
26:39because it was me
26:41who forgot to do up
26:42the safety straps.
26:43But in her lawyer's file
26:45Nell is claiming
26:45that David pushed
26:46the high chair over.
26:48So you think
26:49that she's fabricating abuse?
26:50Nell calls David
26:51an unemployed deadbeat
26:52but I'm their financial advisor.
26:54I was part of the decision
26:55that David assumed
26:56the role of stay-at-home dad.
26:58Why would Nell
26:59or your daughter
27:00go to such lengths
27:01to separate Logan
27:04from his father?
27:07Nell has been offered
27:09a very good job
27:11in Chicago.
27:13And David could stop her
27:14from taking Logan
27:15unless she had full custody.
27:18I love my daughter.
27:21But since she was tiny
27:22Nell has never let anyone
27:23get in the way
27:24of what she wants.
27:25I can't imagine
27:26you wanted to lose
27:27your grandson to Chicago.
27:29I didn't.
27:31So I went to my lawyer
27:32about helping David
27:33fight back.
27:34Did David know
27:35you were planning
27:35to help him?
27:36No.
27:36I was waiting to hear
27:37back from my lawyer
27:38to see if we had a case
27:40but it was shaky
27:40because there was
27:41a witness claiming
27:42David broke Logan's arm.
27:43Sebastian Mercer.
27:44I went to see the man
27:45but he held strong
27:47with his version of events.
27:53Sebastian?
27:54I need to talk to you.
27:55In the middle of the day?
27:56Why have you been
27:56answering my calls?
27:58Listen, I need to tell you something.
28:01Is this about David?
28:02The same David
28:03who you told me
28:04is abusing you
28:05and Logan.
28:07The same David
28:07who you needed
28:08out of our lives.
28:09Huh?
28:10You're going to stand here
28:10or are you going to pretend?
28:11Okay.
28:14There's nothing to tell.
28:16Okay, because you
28:17can't have anything
28:18to do with this.
28:20Right?
28:22Right.
28:24I hate that.
28:25Believe women
28:26is so important.
28:28If Nell is weaponizing
28:29that, putting real
28:30abused women at risk
28:31to get what she wants.
28:33And what Nell wants
28:34is what?
28:35Her kid,
28:36a career,
28:38move to Chicago.
28:39Great city.
28:40River runs backwards.
28:42You ever taken
28:42the architectural tour?
28:44Of course, yeah.
28:45It's got beautiful
28:46old buildings.
28:46Like Wrigley Field,
28:48home of the Cubs.
28:50What do we know
28:51about Sebastian?
28:52He's a venture capitalist
28:54at Quantum Echelon.
28:55They've got offices here,
28:57New York,
29:00and Chicago.
29:02You know if he was married?
29:03Lost his wife
29:04six years ago to cancer.
29:06Look, we don't know
29:07that Sebastian is lying
29:09about Logan's arm,
29:10but if he is,
29:11it's probably not
29:12about money
29:12because the man
29:13makes a lot of it.
29:14Exactly.
29:15So,
29:16why else does a man
29:17lie
29:18for somebody else's wife?
29:22The Cubs, huh?
29:24Chicago Cubs.
29:25I wanted to wear
29:26a Cub set
29:27in this interview,
29:28but nobody here
29:29at headquarters
29:29seemed to have one
29:30because,
29:32wow,
29:32this is a
29:33Blue Jays town.
29:34But you're rooting
29:35for the Windy City.
29:37You know,
29:37we could have
29:37just gone to a bar
29:38if you wanted
29:39to talk baseball,
29:40detective.
29:41Your work takes you
29:42to Chicago quite a bit,
29:43no?
29:44Did you know
29:45Nell Barnes
29:46was moving to Chicago?
29:49I, um...
29:50Sure you did,
29:51because you're
29:51moving there as well.
29:53Seems you're in a
29:54relationship, huh?
29:55We were keeping it quiet
29:56until the custody case
29:57was settled.
29:58Or because, uh,
30:00you're an eyewitness
30:01whose testimony
30:02could ensure Nell
30:04gets sole custody
30:05of her son, Logan.
30:07No,
30:07David was going to
30:08lose custody
30:08because he was abusive.
30:09According to Nell.
30:11Well,
30:12she wouldn't lie
30:12about that.
30:13Oh, but you did.
30:14We know that David
30:15didn't break Logan's arm.
30:17So did Nell's father.
30:19So,
30:21did you tell Nell?
30:22Yeah.
30:23She went through
30:24her dad's email
30:24and found out
30:25that he was retaining
30:26a lawyer for himself
30:27and David.
30:28And Nell's sole custody
30:30win wasn't guaranteed
30:31anymore.
30:32So you paid
30:33Ryan Gray
30:34to kill David.
30:35I don't know
30:36Ryan Gray.
30:37Well,
30:38that's...
30:39that's a little odd.
30:40because the last
30:41we checked,
30:43uh,
30:44you and Ryan
30:47were on the same
30:48high school
30:49D&D club.
30:51You know,
30:51you don't look
30:51like a dungeon master.
30:54We, uh,
30:54went through your portfolio.
30:56We know that
30:57you haven't sold
30:57a share in six years,
30:58but two weeks ago
30:59you sold 40K's worth
31:00in a down market.
31:02The exact same amount
31:03you paid your old buddy
31:04here, Ryan Gray,
31:05to take care of David
31:07so you and Nell
31:07could move to Chicago.
31:09We have enough
31:10to take you in,
31:11but we might be able
31:12to help you
31:12if you can testify
31:13to Nell's involvement.
31:15She had nothing
31:15to do with this,
31:16all right?
31:18Hmm?
31:19Well, so you did it
31:20yourself, huh?
31:21Didn't you?
31:24Okay, listen.
31:27I hired Ryan,
31:28but just to scare David.
31:30Just to scare him?
31:31By putting him
31:32in a vat of acid?
31:33That is pretty scary.
31:34So why'd you want him
31:35to film it
31:35if you only wanted
31:36to scare him?
31:37I didn't.
31:38I didn't need a video
31:39of what I asked him to do.
31:40Well, maybe you didn't
31:41trust your D&D ally
31:43to get the job done.
31:44Yeah?
31:45You needed proof
31:46that David was turned
31:47into sludge.
31:48Look, he was hurting
31:49Nell and Logan.
31:53He's, he's a special kid,
31:55all right?
31:55He doesn't deserve
31:56a father like David.
31:57No, he deserved you.
31:59Is that it?
32:00You were sick and tired
32:01of piggybacking
32:02on someone else's family.
32:04You could have
32:04the beautiful wife,
32:06the kid,
32:06and you would be
32:07a far better father
32:09than David ever was.
32:13Hey.
32:14Has Ryan been
32:15in touch since?
32:19I'm supposed
32:20to be meeting him
32:21somewhere outside
32:23of the city.
32:23Where?
32:24I don't know, okay?
32:25The guy has been
32:26extorting me.
32:27He sent me the video
32:28saying that if I didn't
32:29pay him more,
32:30he was going to release it.
32:31So I panicked
32:32and I stopped answering.
32:33Okay, help us find him
32:35and at least we can say
32:36that you cooperate.
32:37Sebastian,
32:38how are you contacting him?
32:43With our burners.
33:14We've got a location
33:16on Ryan's burner.
33:16I want to pick him up.
33:17I want Nell in here, too.
33:18We've got to get
33:19to the bottom of this.
33:20Ryan's burner phone
33:20is frozen
33:21at 29 Downing Street.
33:22That's Nell's house.
33:26Mrs. Barnes,
33:27is your son at home?
33:28Yes, he's in the living room.
33:30Why?
33:31Is something wrong?
33:33Logan may be in danger.
33:34Sorry.
33:34Logan?
33:35Logan?
33:36Logan?
33:37I was in my office.
33:39Logan?
33:41Logan?
33:44Logan?
33:48Logan?
33:49As Detective Henry Graff,
33:50if we need to report
33:51a missing child.
33:52Logan!
33:58Ryan's not reaching out.
33:59He could get
34:00a new burner phone
34:01anywhere.
34:04So why does a kidnapper
34:06who's extorting Sebastian
34:07not reach out?
34:11One of the officers
34:11found an active camera
34:13across the street.
34:14The footage is coming now.
34:14Oh.
34:15Oh.
34:25There goes the phone.
34:29He knows exactly
34:30where he's going.
34:31Ryan surveilled David
34:32for a week before
34:33he threw him in a van.
34:34This guy does his homework.
34:39Look at Logan.
34:41He's got his arms
34:42wrapped around this guy.
34:43This doesn't seem
34:44like a stranger.
34:45What if Ryan's
34:46not reaching out
34:47because Ryan's
34:48incapable of reaching out?
34:50Mark, pull up
34:50the video of the murder.
34:56Okay, there's Ryan
34:57in the mask.
34:58He's violent,
34:59desperate.
35:01But David Barnes,
35:02our victim,
35:02he just keeps
35:03getting back up.
35:04What if David
35:05overpowered Ryan?
35:07Graff, we never see
35:08the face of the man
35:09going into the barrel.
35:10David swished their clothes.
35:11That's not David Barnes
35:12going in with the
35:13barrel of acid.
35:15I'm trying, Gray.
35:27I'm trying, Gray.
35:27Look at me!
35:28Hey, hey,
35:29take that off.
35:30My face is cold.
35:35Hey, Bud,
35:36you want to go
35:37help me find a lake?
35:38We can go fishing.
35:39Sure.
35:45Hey, do you remember
35:47what your awesome
35:48new name is?
35:49Thomas.
35:50What's your new name,
35:51Dad?
35:54Still Dad.
35:57Okay, let's say
35:59David Barnes is alive,
36:00he overpowers Ryan
36:02the hitman,
36:03knocks him unconscious.
36:04Why kill him?
36:07Why not just
36:08call the police?
36:09A call was placed
36:10from Ryan's phone
36:11to Nell's boyfriend,
36:11Sebastian,
36:12around the time
36:13of the murder.
36:13Now, we believe
36:14that David placed
36:15that call to find out
36:16who hired the hitman
36:17and Sebastian picked up.
36:19David realized
36:19two things,
36:20the first being
36:21that Nell had
36:21manipulated Sebastian
36:22into hiring a hitman
36:24and secondly,
36:24that Sebastian
36:25would go down for it
36:26while Nell got away
36:27scot-free.
36:28So, he edited
36:29the video
36:29to fake his own death
36:30and dropped it
36:31at the cinephile,
36:32that way we'd be
36:33looking for Ryan
36:33while David disappeared
36:35after kidnapping
36:36his own son
36:37and that makes Ryan
36:38look like a hitman
36:39gone rogue.
36:39David did all of this
36:40just to be with his son,
36:42the person that everyone
36:43was trying to take
36:43away from him.
36:44No, he's still a murderer.
36:45We have the board on alert,
36:46helicopters sweeping
36:47rural crossings.
36:48Unless he's going north.
36:50You think he'd stay
36:51in a country
36:52that just issued
36:53an Amber Alert?
36:54If he's a dad
36:54who just abducted his son,
36:56how do you make
36:56it a little less scary?
36:57You make it an adventure.
36:59Take Logan
36:59to his favorite place
37:00on Earth.
37:01The polar bears.
37:02The Arctic.
37:02One of those northern towns
37:03where everyone's got
37:04something to hide
37:05and no one's asking
37:06any questions.
37:08Okay, listen up, people.
37:09We need to turn
37:10those helicopters north.
37:12Have local law enforcement
37:13search all arcs
37:15and closed campgrounds.
37:16Come on, people.
37:17Let's go!
37:24Car's empty.
37:26John spotted the car
37:26off the highway.
37:27We're clearing the site,
37:28but it looks like
37:29they're in the wind.
37:30Survival gear's here,
37:32so's ammunition.
37:33Where's your rifle?
37:40Graf?
37:50Look at that, bud.
37:51Dad, what do you think?
37:53Are we almost at the tundra?
37:56Not quite.
37:58But we'll get there.
38:00David Barnes.
38:03What's going on, Dad?
38:07Hi, Henry.
38:09Hey.
38:10He's a policeman.
38:11Don't come any closer.
38:12Hey, why don't we just
38:13get Logan away from the edge,
38:15yeah?
38:16Let's go somewhere safe
38:17and talk?
38:17The only danger to Logan
38:18is you backing me
38:19into a corner.
38:20David, we know this
38:21isn't you.
38:21Oh, yeah, you sure?
38:22Because everyone else
38:23seems to think that it is.
38:24David, if you'd left Logan,
38:27you'd be scot-free by now,
38:28but you couldn't do it.
38:29But this plan,
38:31whatever this is,
38:33how long can you
38:34last out here?
38:40I know.
38:42I know.
38:44See, Tactical's got
38:45their weapons strained on you
38:46because of that rifle
38:47and your son
38:48is only inches away from you.
38:51It's as useless to you
38:53as a handkerchief
38:53and as dangerous
38:54as a grenade,
38:55so we need you
38:56to put it down.
39:02Okay, careful.
39:18Listen to me.
39:21The best thing
39:22that I have ever been
39:23is your dad.
39:27Now, I want you
39:28to go with the police
39:28now, okay?
39:30Don't worry.
39:31Don't worry.
39:33I'm going to be
39:34right behind you.
39:35Hey, Logan?
39:36Come here.
39:37Hey, come here.
39:39Don't you worry
39:40everything's going
39:41to be okay.
39:42I'm going to hang out
39:43with my friend Kathy
39:44here, okay?
39:45Okay.
39:47Attaboy.
39:51Well, David,
39:52you just said
39:53you were going
39:53to be right
39:54behind your son.
39:55What's better this way
39:57because she won't stop.
39:59It wasn't enough
40:00that the lawyer
40:01wanted to take
40:01my son away.
40:02She needed to just
40:03stand at my funeral
40:04and just watch them
40:05bury a casket
40:06of human sludge.
40:07Hey, David,
40:08we know Nell
40:09fabricated the abuse.
40:11Her own father knows.
40:14Okay?
40:14You're not alone.
40:16Now, you don't know this,
40:17but he was planning
40:18to help you.
40:20He was getting a lawyer.
40:25What?
40:27You're not alone.
40:31It doesn't matter
40:32anymore
40:34because I killed someone.
40:37I mean,
40:38I didn't mean to do it.
40:40I didn't want to do it.
40:41I know.
40:42I got stabbed in the neck
40:43with a needle
40:44and then I woke up
40:45in a horror garage
40:46and this guy,
40:47he was...
40:48You think that I wanted
40:49to just fight him
40:50or knock him out
40:51and then strip him down
40:52and listen to the skin crackle
40:54and the acid?
40:55Listen.
40:56I get why you did what you did.
41:00The only way for you to live
41:03was for him to die
41:06so you could be reborn
41:07as someone else.
41:08I just wanted to be
41:09with my son
41:11and now I can't.
41:15She won.
41:16David,
41:16no, no, no, wait!
41:17I know that you wanted
41:18to protect him.
41:20I know that
41:23that's all you've ever wanted.
41:25That's why you, uh,
41:26taught him to tie his shoes, right?
41:30Taught him to look both ways?
41:32That's why you held his hand
41:33when, uh,
41:35he crossed the street with him
41:37on the way to a Jays game.
41:40From the moment he was born,
41:43you made a promise
41:44that no matter what,
41:45you would always,
41:47always be there for him.
41:49And if you break that promise,
41:51part of your boy,
41:52that beautiful boy, Logan,
41:56well, part of Logan
41:57goes over the edge with you.
41:59There's no rebirth here.
42:02But he's gonna hate me.
42:03He's gonna be scared of me.
42:05No, he won't.
42:07He loves you.
42:10He's gonna keep on loving you.
42:14Because
42:16you're his dad.
42:19And David,
42:21you're the only one he's got.
42:24Don't leave him like this.
42:28Oh, my God.
42:33What if I die?
42:37Okay.
42:38Come on.
42:41Yeah, we're clear.
42:46Logan!
42:47Logan!
42:48Come here!
42:48Come here!
42:49Oh!
42:53Hi, Mom.
42:54My name's Thomas now.
42:56No.
42:56No, that's ridiculous.
43:02It's okay, Dad.
43:04Don't cry.
43:10Let's go.
43:16If there's evidence
43:18that she's involved,
43:19we'll find it.
43:21But that would put both
43:22that kid's parents in jail.
Comments