Tribal (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Look He's Protestin' - full transcript

Previously on Tribal...

Woah, woah, woah-woah-woah.
Hey! Stop! Hey!

What the hell are you doing?

Who are you?

Sam... Buke.

This is Commander Victoria Mann.

Commander?

What's going on?

Thanks everyone, have a good morning.

Connie.

Daniel, could you
excuse us for a moment?



Sure.

You really should've
consulted me on this.

But, I thought you didn't
want me to bog you down

with the smaller details.

I'm not convinced that
Daniel's the best fit.

We need an ally inside their community.

We have one. Sam
Woodburn, Chief of Tribal.

What are the charges
against Daniel Crowchild?

Has he been arrested?

This is an active
investigation... no comment.

No comment on locking
up one of your own?

Betraying your own ex-Chief?

I'm not betraying anyone.

I'm conducting an investigation.



What do you think about the new rooster

running the task-force?

She's been digging pretty deep.

You know they found
Tony Redclaw in there?

What'd you tell her?

There's nothing to tell.

Except about Dennis.

Right.

Do you remember Carol Nipawin?

Yeah, of course.

She's dead.

Serious?

Yeah, she'd been missing for a year.

Did you tell her mom yet?

No.

Hey, you need a ride kid?

Come on, get in.

Your back okay?

My back is fine.

It's my lungs.

So, how does it feel
to be on the other side?

I'm on a different side now?

Working for Tribal.

You hated all that.

I had some blind spots.

That what you call it?

Yeah, wasn't easy at first.

Still not easy, but...

But?

But...

It feels good.

You know, being a part
of something bigger.

Huh.

So, does this mean...

You might finally tell me
what happened that night?

What night?

The night you got shot.

You've never been the same.

Denise, I still don't remember much.

Okay, what do you remember?

I remember making some mistakes.

And?

You need me to carry you, old man?

Huh?

You good?

Let's go.

I'm not good... no.

Rosey Nipawin?

Mm-hmm.

I'm Chief Sam Woodburn
from Tribal Police.

Yeah, I remember you and your sister.

You used to hang around with Carol.

That why you're here?

I was the one who found your daughter.

So what are you doin' about it?

Everything we can.

Then why does it keep happening, huh?

All these girls keep going missing.

Seems like the cops don't even care.

That's not true.

I care.

Then do something about it.

Can you think of anyone

who might've wanted to hurt her?

I hadn't seen my daughter in two years.

We got into a big fight at Christmas.

She stormed out.

I kept trying to talk to her,

trying to find her, but...

Believe that?

Merry Christmas.

Her remains are ready to be picked up.

I could help get her to a
funeral home, if you want?

I don't have money for that.

Well, maybe the band council can help.

Or, I can make a call... if that helps.

I promise we're doing everything we can.

Yeah...

My daughter's still dead.

And our girls keep going missing.

Don't they?

I'm doing everything I can.

Hey.

Rumour has it, you knew one of them?

Yeah, her name was Carol.

That can't be easy.

How's Buke holding up?

I don't know.

You should ask him.

Has he been talking to Mann?

About what?

He knew one of them, too.

Who?

Tony Redclaw.

We arrested him a couple years back.

He didn't tell you?

Not yet.

Well, the information's public record,

so, it's just a matter of
time before it comes out.

Why was he arrested?

Hey.

What'd I miss?

You didn't tell her
about Tony Redclaw yet.

I just got here.

I just wanted to make sure
we're all on the same page.

Good morning.

Morning.

Hey, Sam, do you have a second?

Uh, yeah... sure.

- What's up?
- A client of mine, Frank Takosin,

is in holding over at Edgemont Prison.

What'd he do, Addison?

Some Metro officers
claim he assaulted them

at the protest out at
the Blackfoot Reserve.

Ah, let me guess.

He claimed he was innocent,
fighting for his land?

He needs help.

Frank called his brother, Jonas.

Now, he thinks the kid's been abducted.

- Abducted?
- Yeah.

Jonas was hitchhiking back to the
city from the protest this morning.

Why was he hitchhiking?

Well, a lot of young people don't
have a choice on the reserves.

Everyone has a choice.

Just, don't get in the car.

When was this?

Few hours ago.

You know, if he's in lock up, they
record all those conversations.

Right, but the guards
wouldn't let me listen

without a court order, and by the time

I go through all that...

it might be too late.

Can you come out there
and talk to them for me?

We should check it out.

Wait... You guys are seriously

driving all the way to Edgemont

because some criminal's
worried about his baby brother?

If it could stop another
kid from going missing, yeah.

He's a teenager!

He's probably playing video
games with his buddies.

Or, maybe, he really is in trouble.

- Did you find anything out on the reserves?
- Not really.

They just want answers.

That's what we're doing.

Look, we need to tell people something.

We gotta show them we're not just
sittin' around here on our asses.

We're not... we're working 24/7.

So, go back out there and tell them.

Sure.

Maybe I can go pick you up some

coffee and donuts, too hmm?

You think maybe I should
try to go out there?

I think I got it.

Mm-hmm.

I told 'em we're not authorized

to release any recordings
without a court order.

I didn't ask you to release anything.

I just wanted to listen to it.

- Rules are rules.
- Are they?

Or, is something else going on here?

Don't worry about him.

You're talking to us now.

Fine, but it'll take
some time to dig up.

A 16-year-old kid
could've been abducted.

Just help us out.

Let me see what I can find.

Good.

And while you're at it,
we'll talk to Frank now.

Okay, I'll set it up.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming out.

Tell us what happened.

I was right here, calling my brother.

Just make it quick.

Hello.

Just like you said, Frank.

I stood my ground on the tracks

and the cops backed right off.

Proud of you, brother.

Where you at now?

Things were getting pretty rough.

People started to smash stuff.

So, I hitched a ride in
the van back into the city.

Hey, where are we going?

Into the city.

Why are we turning off here?

Jonas, you okay?

Yeah.

What's with the back roads?

It's a short cut.

Where are you taking me?

Relax.

Have a drink, kid.

I don't want a drink.

I wanna ride the black horse.

What?

I wanna ride the black horse.

Just chill out, okay?

Tell 'em you're gonna be sick.

Just get out... bro just get out.

I tried calling him back,
but the guard shut me down.

One more call?

They all say that.

It's hard to know what's
going on from that recording.

Except he told me he "wanted
to ride the black horse."

Yeah, so?

It's a trigger phrase our family has.

He wouldn't have said it
unless he was really scared.

Was there anyone else who
might've seen your brother

get into that vehicle?

Friends he'd been with?

All I know is that he was
at the railroad protest.

That's right off of
William Lake road, right?

Yeah.

Highway 30.

This whole thing's my fault.

Jonas is quiet.

He's a good kid.

Okay, so, the uh...

blockade was just here
off the railway crossing.

Highway 30, head south.

There's no shortcut through
the backroads into the city.

I'll reach out to Mitch.

See if we can run the kids' phone down.

That's a good idea.

You know, Marcus might be right.

He could be okay.

Yeah, well, I'm not taking that chance.

Don't worry.

- We'll find your brother.
- Thank you.

Okay, let's go.

So, what do you say?

I can't do that.

Why not?

An Amber Alert?

We don't even know if
the kid's been abducted.

But, if he has, we have
a chance to stop it.

Then send out a BOLO... check stations.

Go through proper channels.

The proper channels are broken, Connie.

That's the problem.

We can't overreact every
time you think a teenager

gets into the wrong vehicle.

Look, this could be another
missing indigenous person case

about to happen and we
have the chance to stop it.

We don't even know the make
and model of the vehicle.

How bad does it have to get,

before you start taking
these cases seriously?

Sam, right now, there is no case.

If this was a 16-year-old white girl,

every cop in the system would
be out there looking for her.

Okay, chase it... see if it's real.

I will... thank you.

So, this is a list of everyone
who had access to the grounds.

I'm still sourcing past
employee records at the plant.

HR's sending them over.

Good job.

Daniel.

Find anything yet?

Just getting started.

Hmm.

Yeah, Mitch?

Buke, I've got a hit.

That kids phone's still on.

Great, where?

The signal's pinging a 400-metre radius,

33 kilometres south of William Lake.

Residential?

No. Just looks like forests and roads.

But, these maps might be outdated.

I'm sending it to you now.

Do me a favour,

check for any highway
transponder cams in the area.

We're looking for a van.

- Got a description?
- Not yet.

I'm on it.

We got a hit on the kid's phone.

Who do we have out near William Lake?

Tara's usually up there.

Call it in.

Tell her we'll meet her up there.

So, the count's up to 7 now?

Confirmed.

What about the others?

Why is it taking so long?

Because of science.

This isn't a game, Mitch.

Far from it.

You know, the chemical's
they use in that place

can disintegrate everything they touch.

Clothes, bones, teeth even.

You have to respect the process.

I'll respect it more when you
get some actual information,

Instead of making us just wait around.

That's a big part of my job, actually.

Your job?

Yeah, and I'm kind of busy right now.

You think this is a job to me?

I went to high school
with two of the women

we found down there.

Chances are, I know more.

Give me something!

I'm working as fast as I can, okay?

The whole team is.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

How come you didn't tell
me about Tony Redclaw?

What's to tell?

You arrested him.

Yeah, along with every
other cop in Metro.

Well, what else?

Nothing else, which is why I'm
not making a big deal of it.

Well, did Dennis arrest him,

or did he have any connection to Ganz?

Wouldn't surprise me.

Tony might have been in and out of

social services, as
well, so, there's that.

It just seems kind of interesting,

you not saying anything about Redclaw.

That's Mann's job to chase down.

Not ours.

Addison sure was overly helpful.

Guy makes, like, 400 bucks an hour,

but he wants to hang
around with us all day?

Frank's broke.

He's doing a favour for the guy.

Still...

Awfully good of him.

Coming all the way out
to the prison like that.

Is there something you want to say?

Remember when you said, "If
we're gonna be partners,"

"We should get to know each other?"

Oh, I know enough.

Hey, and don't think I haven't
seen you texting your wife.

Oh, it gets crazier.

We've been talking.

Is that a good thing?

Yes, it is.

You know, you should try it sometime.

What is that supposed to mean?

Well, you split with Ryan.

You're not talking to your mom.

- The tomb is haunting you.
- Oh, please don't... Just don't call it that.

I just wanna make sure you're okay.

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Hey, Chief.

Find anything?

Just the shed over there.

Looks pretty run down,
I can't see inside.

Any sign of the van?

No, but there's fresh tracks.

You call it in?

Yeah.

Any back up's still at
least 20 minutes out.

Should we wait?

Cover me.

Woah, woah. Wait.

Hey.

Hey!

Sam, wait... wait!

Uhhh!

Okay, we're clear. Hey!

Sam!

You shouldn't have done that.

- Exigent circumstances.
- I'm not talking about procedure.

- That was a bad move.
- What do you expect?

- We just sit around and wait?
- You had no idea what was going on in th...

It's a shed, in the middle of nowhere!

It was bad policing and a mistake!

What are you really
chasing out here, huh?

- You want some more?
- No, I'm good.

Making me drink all alone.

Yeah, kinda rude.

Why are we stopped?

Need to pick up Eddie.

He got hammered and left
his truck over at McCaul's.

Then he went huntin'.

You can let me out here.

Don't be crazy.

There's nothing around
here. You'd freeze.

Didn't see a thing.

Freezing my balls off out here.

Hey, Gar.

Hi.

- Who's this?
- Jonas, We're giving him a ride back into town.

He was down at the blockade, protestin'.

Oh...

Wow... Good for you.

You put on a bandana?

Stop those trains from
runnin' across your land?

Leave the kid alone, Eddie.

What? It's great.

Young man's gotta stand
up for what he believes in.

Right, Jonas?

Started out with a few
little Indian's wavin' signs.

Now, you've gone and messed
with folks' livelihood.

Gotta make you proud.

Our people just want to be heard.

What's there to hear?

Spit it out... I'm listenin'.

Just messin' with you, kid.

Have a drink.

Have a drink!

Relax.

Think you'd been kidnapped or somethin'.

Hey, what are you doing?

All you kids... staring
at your stupid phones.

Is it password protected?

Yeah.

Tara.

Get it to Metro.

Give it to Mitch for processing.

Got it.

Think he can access it?

Won't be easy, or fast.

Yeah, but there could be prints.

True.

You still think I'm overreacting?

I think you care about the kid,

but I think it's
clouding your judgement.

Oh, come on.

His phone's on the side of the road.

He's in trouble, Buke.

Yeah, Tara's bringing it to you now.

Run it for prints.

See if we can access it.

Will do.

Also, I finished running
that search for vans.

And?

Three hits.

A black Ford, a silver
Chrysler, and a rental.

Any one with a record?

No.

But, I can't be sure
yet about the rental.

Okay, well, keep digging.

Send me screenshots on all the vans.

Have Marcus run plates and background.

Will do.

Thanks, Mitch.

Got a sec?

Not really.

Great.

Did you know they pulled Tony
Redclaw's body out of that tomb?

I heard.

You and Buke arrested him?

Yep, that's what cops do.

So, you didn't say anything?

Nothing to say.

The guy's scum.

Who all the cops hated, right?

You like scum, Daniel?

Hey, no one deserves to die like that.

Or, maybe they do.

For molesting a 14-year-old girl...

Shattering his girlfriend's face.

You know he got blind drunk...

and plowed his truck into a library?

He killed 3 teenagers.

So, maybe.

Or, maybe not.

Maybe...

When did you see him last?

It's all in the reports.

Thanks.

That could be the van.

It's registered to a 'Harriet Gutowitz'.

She's got no priors.

Looks local.

This is her.

Harriet Gutowitz?

Yeah?

Tribal Police.

We're looking for a
teenager named Jonas Takosin.

You ever seen this kid before?

Nope, sorry.

Where were you earlier today?

Look, I don't know where he is, okay?

So, you have seen him?

I can't help ya.

Sorry.

If you lie to us now,

you're only gonna make
this worse, Harriet.

We can bring you in.

Your call.

I don't know where he is, I swear.

Do yourself a favour and
tell us what happened.

Okay, so let me get this straight.

You got the elected chiefs,

but, also, the real chiefs?

Hereditary.

So, who the hell is in charge?

Both are.

Yeah... great system.

So, the elected ones say,

"Ya, go ahead",

"Build a pipeline on
the reserve", and then,

the hereditary's get all
pissed and say, "No... stop."

And then everyone fights.

Who do you agree with?

I don't know.

Come on... tell me.

I wanna hear straight
from the Indian's mouth.

The way our elder's and traditions
get overlooked isn't right.

The elders know the land

and they want what's
best for the people.

They're tired of being overlooked.

So the answer's to bitch,
moan, and complain...

and sit parked on a railroad track?

Wasn't my idea.

It's the only way to
make people pay attention.

Do you know how many lives...

your chief's system is destroying

because you can't agree on anything?

You're looking at one.

Eddie's the best train
engineer in the country.

Or, was.

It's not the kid's fault you got fired.

Of course not...

He's just out there
fighting for the land,

like a real warrior.

You do that on the track, Jonas?

No.

Sure you do... It's
in your blood, right?

Come on, let me hear your war cry.

Enough, guys!

Relax.

I'm just messin' with ya, Jonas.

Have another drink.

No.

What, you can protest,
but you can't drink?

Come on.

Look's like Tom's truck.

Yeah, I'll talk to you later.

Stay there.

What happened?

You didn't hear?

They blew out the railway
bridge over the Walker River.

Who did?

Who do ya think?

The one's at the blockade.

Nothin's gettin' through now for months.

What happened to your eye?

They started throwin'
rocks. Cut me a good one.

Government wants to
call in the military.

Who's that?

Just a friend of ours.

Gave him a ride.

Oh, what the hell Eddie? Let him go.

Shut up!

And what happened after that?

I told you, I don't know.

They took off in Eddie's truck.

He's only 16.

Yeah.

Yeah... I know how cops work.

You're gonna twist
everything I say against me.

You want your son to go to jail?

Because that is exactly where
this is heading right now.

Gary's a good kid.

And Eddie?

I talked to three of them already,

but no one will go on record.

Dammit!

Find anything else on Redclaw?

I'm working on it.

Do you need some help, Daniel?

No.

Thank you.

I'm all over it.

The reports say the last time you
arrested Tony wasn't last year.

It was around two years ago.

Fine, whatever the report says.

But then, there was a warrant
for his arrest last year,

just like you said.

Okay... so?

So, how come there's no arrest report?

Right.

We went out there to get
him, but he shook loose.

What happened?

Well, it got ugly.

Busted in.

Shots were fired.

We were pinned down
and he slipped through.

- That was it.
- And that was the last time you saw him?

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

Anyone get hurt?

Yeah... Buke.

Buke?

That's when he got shot.

Thanks.

And his name is Eddie Peerless.

Used to work as a train
engineer until he got laid off.

He's all over social media
attacking the blockade.

Looks like he's out for blood.

So what'd you find on her son?

Gary?

Just basics. Address, phone number.

There's not much else online.

Let's get a BOLO out on Eddie's truck.

Right...

- But then what?
- Call Gary.

If he picks up, we'll get Mitch
to run a trace on his phone.

Yeah, well, that won't
help if they're driving.

It's worth a shot.

Tell him that we talked to his mom.

Maybe you can convince
him to let the kid go.

Woah... me?

Come on... you're better
at the empathy thing.

Try him again.

Hello?

Gary.

This is Sam Woodburn from Tribal Police.

- Yeah?
- Is Jonas Takosin with you?

Uh...

No, not... not anymore.

Uh, we dropped him off.

- Where?
- Few miles north of Crestview.

He said he wanted to get out,

so we just let him out.

When?

Uh, a couple hours ago.

Where are you, Gary?

Why?

Your mom's worried about you.

You talked to my mom?

Yeah.

And she's afraid you might
do something you'll regret.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm talking about making mistakes, Gary.

And I don't think you want to do that.

You're better than that.

And you know to do the right thing.

Don't you, Gary?

We can help you.

Just tell us where you are.

Gary!

All right... did you get that, Mitch?

Uh, I'm sourcing it,
but it's gonna take time.

How long?

I'm going as fast as I can, Buke.

But, I need at least 20 minutes

to triangulate the towers
and ping the phone's GPS.

Plus, I hate to say it,

but it sounded like
the kid was on the move.

Think that's gonna make any difference?

Did you hear those bells?

Yeah, so?

Sounded like a train crossing.

There can't be that many around here.

Mitch, can you bring up
that map of that area?

I'm on it.

Okay, I got it, here.

I got it. Yep.

He said he was north of Crestview.

Yeah, unless he's lying.

That's all he said,
right? North of Crestview?

Yes.

There's a bunch of them here,

but if they were in a car,

I mean, they wouldn't
have gotten that far.

And... wait.

Highway 50's closed...

which means they were
probably headed east,

past the junction.

Who was that?

Uh... nobody.

Woah, buddy!

One too many.

I gotta ask you a good one.

How come Indian's can't grow beards?

You never really see a bearded Indian.

Yeah?

And how come... how come
you guys grow your hair

down to your ass, like girls?

Leave him alone, Eddie.

He's just a kid.

I'll give you forty bucks,
you shave your head, right now.

No... its' ok.

How about a hundred?

Right now?

Have another drink.

It'll help you make a good decision.

I'm kinda good.

Drink up, big man, we're havin' a party.

Our own little friendly blockade.

Come on, Eddie.

Let's just let him go.

Why?

It's finally getting fun.

Right... Jo-nass?

Drink it.

All of it.

Let's just... let's let him go, okay?

It's cold.

Let's just get out of here.

Drink up, Indian.

Come on, come on, come on.

I wanna hear your war-call.

Come on, come on, come on.

Howl for me, Jo-nass!

Awooooo!

Okay, there's three train signals.

Junction 34, Crestview,
and Alpine Village.

Okay, I'm gonna call it in.

We'll get units out to all three.

Any word from Mitch?

Nope.

Okay, Alpine's closest to here.

Hey.

Hey, Buke.

What's with this call
all the way out here?

This for real?

Yeah, we've got a
missing 16 year old kid.

How come no one's heard about this?

You don't think we've tried?

There's a lot of red tape
on this, but it's for real.

No one's here.

It seems like a waste of time to me.

How about you wait out here
for another 20 minutes...

Well, I don't work for you.

Are you kidding me?

Buke, you okay with all of this?

Look, just give us 20 minutes, okay?

- Okay.
- Thank you.

Tara, you got anything yet?

Looks like he's had enough.

You can't tell by looking...

but the grade is
actually going downhill.

And and the next train...

won't have time to stop.

Even with the sensors on.

You're kidding, right?

This is going way too far.

Aren't you tired of their
bitchin' and whinin'?

Take him off the tracks now!

Shhhh.

Look...

He's protestin'.

Listen, enough is enough.

He is just a kid.

Oh... I am so sick of hearin' about

their sacred elders, and chiefs,

culture this and that,

pipeline, no pipeline,

"we stole their land,"

"we stole their country".

Well, this is my country, too.

Take him off the rails.

Ooh.

Fine.

No, you're right.

I'm just really pissed off.

Tired of fightin' all the time.

It's... it's just the booze talkin'.

Yeah?

I wouldn't hurt anyone.

You really had me going.

That was close.

Call it in!

- Are you okay?
- Police... don't move!

Hands!

Show me your hands!

Drop that weapon... move!

I wasn't trying to hurt the kid.

I was trying to stop him.

Don't you move!

Okay, I got this.

Go go go!

On your stomach. Do you
have any other weapons?

No.

You move, I'll put another bullet in ya.

Up!

All right... all right.

Hey.

You okay?

Ha... ha...

All right, lady!

Okay.

He okay?

Yeah, he's gonna be fine.

Don't forget the press
meeting starts at nine, now.

Thanks for the reminder.

Stayin' late, Daniel?

Maybe.

May as well go home. I'm not
authorized to grant overtime.

Got it.

Who's this?

Nathan Redclaw.

Redclaw?

Are they related?

Tony's nephew.

Or, was.

Kid was shot and killed last year.

What happened?

Police raid gone bad.

Had a warrant out for Tony.

Busted in.

Pfft.

Looks like the kid took a bullet.

Who shot him?

Detective Charles Bukansky.

Wait-what?

Buke shot Tony's nephew?

Then Tony disappears,
winds up in a tomb.

All around the same time.

Hmm.

Thanks for that.

Have a good evening.

I'm looking for Denise,
is she still around?

Hey Buke, I'll check
if she is still here.

Thanks.

Hey...

heard you were some kind of hero today.

Yeah, we got lucky.

Aren't you proud of yourself?

I mean, you know,
protecting a young kid,

on the train tracks like that?

It's gotta feel good.

Any new leads on the tomb?

- No. Nothing.
- That's too bad.

We'll get there.

Buke?

- Yeah.
- No, she already went home.

Hey.

You okay?

I saw your car pull up.

Yeah, it's my back.

You know I can still tell
when you're lying, right?

Ha-ha.

It's nice coming home to see you.

I missed it.

How are ya?

I'm exhausted.

We had a 10-year-old
wheeled in from a car-wreck.

It was brutal.

You've always been
better at handling stress.

It's because I don't bury it.

We pulled a kid off the tracks today.

These guys were gonna
just leave him there.

You save him?

We did.

That's gotta feel pretty good, right?

Of course.

Something else?

Nope.

That's it.

You're right.

Feels good.

Come on... okay?

Yep.

Sam!

I just heard the good news.

So, how's the kid doing?

You really care?

Look, you can't expect me to
throw out all our procedures

every time a teenager gets in trouble.

If this had been about a white kid,

every cop in the station
would've chased it.

That's simply not true.

Do you ever feel ashamed, Connie?

After everything I've done for you?

Nothing's changed.

Look, just because you
won, doesn't mean I'm wrong.

They could have killed him.

Well, they didn't!

I've always believed in you.

Yeah.

Well, I wish I could say the same.

Hey.

Hey.

How's Jonas?

Safe, thanks to you.

You know, you didn't need to come
all the way out to the prison today.

Frank isn't only a client.

He's a good friend.

Oh, right.

Heard you almost beat
the crap outta those guys.

Yeah.

That's the job.

Would've been nice to see you in action.

I'm headed for a late-night bite.

You wanna come with?

Focicelli's...

Oh... yeah they have great pizza.

Thanks.

I just got a lot of work to do.

Maybe some other time.

Sure thing.