Coroner (2019–…): Season 4, Episode 7 - Episode #4.7 - full transcript
- [WINE BURBLES]
- What're we doin'?
Are we drowning our sorrows
or are we celebrating?
I got a terrible review
on a food scouts order.
Come on, say it, I know you want to.
Say, "I told you so."
[PANTS] Oh, hi Mira!
DONOVAN: That's Mira Samaroo.
She won the silver in
the 100 in the summer games.
She's one of the leaders of Surmount.
Hey Mack, um, are you gonna
ask Waylen to reassign me?
Let's just keep it professional, man,
We don't need to be more than that.
- JENNY: What is this?
- A few nights ago,
Gordon was having a hallucination.
He thought I was someone else
and he grabbed me.
Oh, my god, what's happening?
[ITALIAN OPERA PLAYS]
♪ ♪
[DRY FLOWERS RUSTLE]
♪ ♪
[VASES CLANK]
♪ ♪
[DRY PEDALS RUSTLE]
♪ ♪
[FINAL NOTES PLAY]
♪ ♪
Lovely.
[EXHALES]
- [OPERA ENDS]
- I'm glad you're here.
[SMALL CHUCKLE] Yeah.
But this is not right.
[SMALL LAUGH]
Damn. [CHUCKLES]
I-I'm just excited,
getting this all up,
and running again, you know.
I-I, I want this place
to look like a...
[INHALES] A flower shop
that I saw in Tuscany once.
Hmm.
Allora, non stare
lí con le mani in mano.
Sarebbe bello se fossi
una brava figlia.
E aiutare tua madre.
I uh, had no idea
that you spoke Italian.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I guess there's uh,
There's a lot of things
that I don't know about you.
Well, we have time, huh.
Ask away.
[SMALL LAUGH]
♪ ♪
Actually, yeah um...
A few weeks ago, when I had
that panic attack,
I had this memory of...
You being taken away in an ambulance,
And I wanted to know
if it actually happened.
Let's not go backwards,
hey. [DEEP BREATH]
I mean, I just really want
to be here with you now.
Yeah, I just, I think it
would help me understand...
Could we just build something new?
Instead of dredging up the past?
Because things are better now.
Out with the old, I say.
[CHUCKLES]
[FLOWERS THUD]
♪ La ci darem la mano ♪
♪ La mi dirai di si ♪
♪ Andiam, andiam, mio bene ♪
[JENNY'S PHONE CHIMES, BUZZES]
♪ A ristorar le pene ♪
♪ d'UN innocente amor ♪
♪ ♪
[HEAVY BREATHING]
CASSIDY: Whew!
Whew!
- WOMAN: Whew!
- Whew!
- [CLAPPING]
- [DONOVAN LAUGHS]
[CASSIDY INTERPRETING]:
Good job, everybody! Woo!
Woo!
♪ ♪
[CASSIDY INTERPRETING]:
If COVID...
Has taught us anything,
It's a world divided,
is weak and sick.
In order to survive,
We must evolve.
And be strong, together.
Mentally and physically.
WOMAN: Yeah!
Surround yourself with those
who inspire you,
- Not those who drain you.
- WOMAN: Yeah.
Those who allow you to grow,
To transcend,
To evolve! Woo!
- [CLAPPING]
- PARTICIPANTS: Woo-hoo! Yeah!
- Thank you!
- [LAUGHS] Right on.
[CALM, ETHEREAL MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
Woo! All right!
GROUP: Bye.
- Thanks, guys.
- All right, see you guys.
Hey!
- Just gimme a sec, okay?
- Okay.
♪ ♪
Oh.
Hmm.
[CASSIDY GIGGLES]
- You okay?
- Yeah, it's nothing.
I was on track to be selected
for this weekend's big retreat.
in Ravenleigh Valley,
but work got busy,
And I didn't finish the course,
so I won't be selected.
Won't there be other retreats?
Yeah, but Ljnd will be at this one.
- Ljnd?
- The founder of Surmount.
I took a few online
one-on-ones with him,
and he's so inspiring.
Huh.
And Mira said he specifically asked,
if I was going to be at this retreat.
Well, um...
Why don't I offer you
the next best thing?
We do a weekend retreat of our own?
Too much, too soon?
[CHUCKLES] No.
Are you kidding?
A weekend away with you
sounds like heaven.
It's just...
[SIGHS] These courses
are really expensive,
and they're only worth it
if I keep at it.
All right, what'd you need
to complete your course?
I'm 15 miles and two
mindfulness meditations short.
I could do it, if I took today off.
Then maybe you should.
I mean, if it's important to you.
You know what?
Maybe I'll sign up as well and uh...
Motivate you with a little
virtual trash talk.
- Hmm.
- That'd be so much fun for me.
Oh-oh!
Well, that will motivate me.
Because I'll never let you win.
Oh, and I'll never let you win.
Ooh, looks like we're gonna be
spending a lot of time together,
if we wanna keep tabs on each other,
to make sure the
other one isn't winning.
Ooh. We're still talkin'
about exercise, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh.
♪ ♪
When I'm done, I'm gonna
come over to your house.
And crawl into your bed.
- [CHUCKLES LONGINGLY]
- [PHONE CHIMES]
Oh, oh!
Just...
- Hold that thought.
- Mm-hmm.
Just... [EXHALES]
Go save the world.
- Okay. I'll see ya later?
- Yeah.
All right, bye.
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
[SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE]
♪ ♪
Time to get to work, eh, Dr. Cooper?
There's no rest for the wicked.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
Right thoracic impalement.
Looks like it punctured the chest wall.
Not as much blood as I'd
expect from an injury like this.
There's some petechial
hemorrhaging visible.
Punctured his lung on the way down.
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH IN THE SAND]
Oh, look who finally turned
his frown upside down.
Oh, nothing's gonna break this stride.
Not even you, Dr. Thompson.
- Jumper?
- Uh, possibly.
Either way, hell of a place to land.
[SCOFFS]
DONOVAN: What is it?
You guys ever see
the true crime web series,
"Surviving the Past" with Rohan Arjune?
I get enough true crime
in my real life.
Okay, well Arjune and his
boyfriend were attacked,
by a serial killer
who used to drug gay men,
Assault them, and drive them
out to remote locations.
He-he would dump the bodies.
I remember that. That was like,
six-ish years ago?
ELI: Oh, yes, and your Chief,
refused to confirm the existence,
of a serial predator in the community.
Said they were suicides.
Case closed.
Well, miraculously,
Arjune and his boyfriend
survived their attack.
All right, so what does that
have to do with this case?
Well, this is the exact spot
they were dumped.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪ ♪
MALIK: High safety railing.
Yeah, definitely not an accident.
Lots of foot traffic around here, too.
Might not have been alone.
Well, tourists and hikers
are common to this area.
Dog walkers, too.
Wait a second.
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[DONOVAN GRUNTS]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[SIGHS]
Hey...
We're headed back to the parking lot.
JENNY: Okay.
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
The decedent was living in his car?
Yeah, could support the jumper theory.
If he was struggling with housing,
navigating mental health issues.
[CAR DOORS OPEN]
MALIK: Yeah.
[DOOR CLUNKS OPEN]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
The receipt said
he filled up last night.
I don't know if I'd fill up
if I was gonna check out.
Well, maybe he wasn't
living in his car.
Maybe, you know, he was
running from something.
The uh...
Raptors won...
This weekend.
You probably
already, you know, heard that.
And there was a wing special.
Guess what, I ordered some
wings for both of us,
But you know, fine by me.
- More wings for me, right?
- [SIGHS] Sorry, man,
I've been distracted.
Hey, no worries. Yeah.
[GLOVE COMPARTMENT CLUNKS OPEN]
Hey uh, how did Arjune and
his partner survive the attack?
Uh, blind luck.
Arjune landed on the beach,
sustained some pretty bad injuries,
But a group of kids interrupted
before his partner could
be thrown off the bridge.
What was his partner's name?
[SIGHS] Blake...
Blake Zelek.
Why?
'cause Blake Zelek is lying
dead beneath the bridge.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
JENNY: Gotta get the body
back to the lab. [SIGHS]
Hey, is the original killer outta jail?
MALIK: Martin Lee Gaswick died
in custody before facing trial.
Got it.
All right, so,
he could be a copycat killer.
Or suicide.
And he came back to the place
of the original trauma.
MALIK: Need to talk to Rohan
Arjune, bring him in.
- Yeah.
- I'll take a look at the body.
- Let you know what I find.
- All right.
Malik's really stepping up, huh?
You guys better?
Gotta stick close to those
who inspire you.
Not drain you.
Where's that little
nugget of wisdom from?
Honestly, I joined a wellness group.
It's called Surmount.
Cassidy got me into it.
And it's terrific.
Award-wining athletes,
Motivational speakers,
We do a lot of physical work,
and some emotional.
I'm glad you found something
that works.
Just you know,
Malik's Malik.
He's one of the good guys.
I'll handle things my way.
Cool?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
Let me know what you find.
- [FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH AWAY]
- [JENNY SIGHS]
ELI: It's nice of you
to care enough to try.
Even if you get shot down.
[SEAGULLS CRY]
What?
I'm serious.
I'm learning a lot from you,
Dr. Cooper.
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH AWAY]
[INDISTINCT HUM CHATTER]
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
Okay, that's weird.
[BAG CLUNKS ON DESK]
Hey, period.
It's Friday, exclamation point.
Uh, and it's lunch.
I know we usually meet
in the parking lot.
But, I thought today
would be a good day to...
- Tell my mom.
- PARVEEN: Ooh.
Is this movie star your boss?
ALPHONSE: Uh no, yes. Kinda.
Sorta.
- It's-it's complicated.
- Hey.
Hey!
Your, uh...
Your-your lunch is on your desk.
- Thank you.
- Um...
- [ADEEL CLEARS HIS THROAT]
- Ross, um...
These are my parents,
Adeel and Parveen.
- Hi.
- Ami, abu,
this is Ross, my...
B-boss' son.
So, your boss' son
- brings you lunch?
- Yes.
PARVEEN: You're spending
too much time in this place, Alphie.
How are you gonna find a girlfriend,
if you keep this up?
O-Kay. So...
You... [EXHALES]
It was lovely to meet you.
I'm sorry, I need to take off.
- I'll see ya later, Alphie.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- See ya.
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN,
JENNY SIGHS]
ELI: You okay?
Yeah, it's just been a morning.
And I'm just offering
to listen, without judgment.
- The Jenny Cooper way.
- [CHUCKLES]
I don't know, it feels like people
have been shutting me out lately.
You know,
I know it's hard to open but...
I mean, it doesn't mean
they're hiding anything,
it's just maybe they...
I don't know, maybe they can't.
Well, for some people,
being forced to reckon
with the past is a bomb.
For others, it's vinegar in the wound.
Ha, great, so I'm vinegar?
[CHUCKLING] No.
All I'm saying is that some
folks face things head on,
while others need time to get there.
Even the process doesn't
make sense to you.
Even if, it feels like
they're pushing you away.
Just have faith that eventually
they'll meet you halfway.
- [DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
- yeah.
ALPHONSE: Oh, there you are.
- Detective McAvoy just called.
- Great.
- Oh, maybe he's ready to talk.
- [CHUCKLES]
Uh, he says that Blake Zelek
doesn't have any next of kin,
or emergency contact.
- No family?
- Emancipated himself as a teen.
He hasn't been in contact with
his family in over a decade.
It seems like Rohan is the only
person we can find who...
Really knew him.
Okay, so we get Rohan in
to ID the body.
Yeah, yeah, detective McAvoy
would like to be here for that.
Okay.
- [FOOTSTEPS RECEDE]
- Um...
[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]
I'll go do the ID with Rohan.
I'm sorry...
There's definitely something
that is going on with you,
because you would
normally climb out a window,
than go and talk to friends and family.
Yeah, well, maybe I realized
connecting with those who are grieving,
isn't a weakness.
If anything, it makes you
more resilient.
Which... I admire.
[SURPRISED EXHALE]
Okay, you've definitely
been body-snatched.
- [CHUCKLES]
- No, seriously!
Who are you?
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
[TEXT ALERT CHIMES]
♪ ♪
[CHUCKLES]
[MESSAGES CHIME]
- Uh-huh.
- [MESSAGE CHIMES]
- [MESSAGE CHIMES]
- [CHUCKLES]
♪ ♪
[TRAFFIC WHOOSHES]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
JENNY: Hi.
ELI: Thanks for helping us out,
Rohan.
- I know it's rough.
- Yeah, of course.
- Thank you.
- Uh, this is detective McAvoy.
He has a few questions for you.
Oh, uh Dr. Thompson
explained everything.
He's been very helpful.
Great.
We're so sorry for your loss.
Yeah, Blake was special.
I still cared about him.
Even after things ended.
We're hoping that we could
get a little more information.
About Blake, his headspace,
something that would inform
how he died.
He had survivor's guilt.
That I had it worse than he did.
That I got thrown off the bridge,
that I had to deal with these injuries.
You know, I tried to tell him that,
that not everybody survived
against that monster.
That we were the lucky ones.
He wouldn't let it go.
[CLICKS TEETH]
You give as
much as you can, and you love them.
But if they aren't able or willing,
to treat their issues,
that's not on you.
[SIGHS]
Thank you for saying that.
We-we drifted apart.
We kept a few mutuals
over the years but...
Our connection's been spotty.
When was the last time you saw him?
Uh, I'm sorry,
was it suicide?
Uh, we don't know what happened.
What do you think happened?
ROHAN: It just,
it wouldn't surprise me.
You know, I've been waiting
for this call for a while now.
Is that horrible?
[RAPPING KNOCK AT DOOR]
Excuse me for a second.
- MALIK: Hey. Hey.
- Hey.
So, I was searching the Internet,
for info on the victim,
you know, and I just,
you gotta take
a look at this, it's from,
it's from Rohan's web series.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
ROHAN: We know the killers.
Their crimes.
They are the celebrities.
But the victims remain silent.
I am Rohan Arjune,
And I'm a serial killer survivor.
And this is
"Surviving the Past".
MALIK: You see, the thing is,
Rohan didn't post anything
this morning,
But the title, "Family Reunion",
it got me curious,
so I had the tech desk
scour the code of the webpage.
And they found a video that was buried.
Whaddya mean, buried?
I mean, like the video was there,
the link was removed.
It was like Rohan just,
he wanted to post it,
but then you know, he reconsidered it.
Okay.
[WEB SERIES MUSIC PLAYS]
ROHAN: Today is a special one,
folks.
As my loyal watchers know,
I have spoken extensively,
about my attack at the hands
of the Bridge Killer,
Martin Lee Gaswick.
But tonight, we have a special guest.
Someone who has held back
from appearing on the show.
Until now, that is.
Please welcome my fellow
Gaswick survivor,
and ex-boyfriend,
Blake Zelek.
- When was this recorded?
- Yesterday.
All right, let's bring him
down to the station.
- Finish the questioning there.
- Yeah.
[SAW WHIRS IN THE DISTANCE]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
DENNIS: River, hey,
are you okay?
He looks peaceful,
but his death was anything but.
I remember him in all
of the interviews, post-attack.
He always seemed really
shaken and scared.
The impact that killer had
on our community,
No one listened to us.
The cops didn't help us.
We protect each other.
[COMFORTED EXHALE]
Yeah.
We always have.
We're strong.
JENNY: All right,
let's take a closer look.
♪ ♪
JENNY: Eli was right about
the petechial hemorrhaging.
ELI: I think you'll want
to look at this.
The Hyoid bone is so protected
within the body,
that a fall from a significant
height won't break it.
JENNY: Right.
His is in pieces.
The only thing that could do it...
JENNY: Is strangulation.
Blake was murdered.
[FEET SHUFFLE, CANE TAPS]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
DONOVAN: Take a seat, Rohan.
[DOOR CLUNKS SHUT]
♪ ♪
We'd like you to take
a look at something.
[KEY CLACKS]
ROHAN: I mean, Gaswick was
so unassuming at the bar,
that when he gave me that drink,
and I started to feel off...
BLAKE: Can we talk about
something else?
Uh, Blake, it is important,
that we layout a timeline
for our viewers.
Yeah, no, okay, we can move on,
from getting drugged at the bar,
- to the bridge.
- Please don't.
You once told me that,
you would often think
about that moment.
You waking up,
his smiling face towering over you.
Hey, uh,
I know this is hard but...
It helps to talk about this.
Does it, Ro?
Or does that make you just like
everyone else?
No, hey, that is not fair.
I was there, too.
- I thought you loved me.
- I did! I...
I do.
That is why I am doing this.
You're just another person
exploiting my story for profit.
No, no, you knew that we were gonna
talk about some uncomfortable things.
It's always the same, isn't it?
Make a buck off of trauma.
under the guise of helping
someone evolve.
Tell me I'm blocked,
That you can help me harness my power,
And then just...
Drain me.
- [SLAMS NECKLACE ON TABLE]
- You're no different than any of them.
- [LID SNAPS SHUT]
- You dodged the question,
when I asked you when's
the last time you saw Blake.
This footage puts you with him
hours before he died.
Look, I-I was...
Really upset after
Blake left the interview,
s-so I went to my partner's house.
You can call him, or I don't know,
check the-the security camera
footage at his condo.
Okay, why not tell me the truth,
when I asked "When's
the last time you saw him?"
I panicked, okay?
I-I know how this looks!
How does it look?
I knew that Blake
was having a hard time.
That he was funneling his money
into some sort of online thing.
I thought I could have him on the show,
And get him a bit of cash.
You know, and maybe push him
to talk about what happened.
Heal him a little.
Yeah, and get monster views online.
Yeah, a reunion special would uh...
Bring out all the true crime junkies.
No, this is my story, too!
[SHAKY] After the Gaswick
incident,
We were inundated
with requests for podcasts,
documentaries, news stories.
Do you guys know what it feels
like to be violated?
Your body broken,
and then,
there's this pressure to perform.
People would gawk at us on the street.
They would ask for our autographs.
They'd ask for us
to describe what happened.
We were continually
being re-traumatized.
At a certain point, I just gave up.
So, you created the show.
Yeah, I figured, if-if,
if I can't escape my past,
Then I might as well monetize it.
Make money,
and give agency to the survivors.
But I knew that Blake wasn't well,
when he came in for the interview.
I shoulda stopped him.
What do you mean by that?
Well, he-he was agitated.
I don't know, he was spitting some
paranoid stuff,
About the end of the world,
Uh, glaciers melting, food shortages.
I mean, does that really
classify as crazy talk these days?
Everybody's stressing out
about these things.
No, this was next level.
It was truly delusional.
He...
Went back on it,
when it was the on-camera stuff, but,
he started goin' off towards the end.
Up until that woman interrupted him.
What woman?
She came to the studio with him.
He said that they were friends, but she
acted more like his handler.
Cut things off when it got too intense.
They left together.
This woman could've been the
last person to see Blake alive.
Or the one who murdered him.
Murder?
What?
What are you talking about?
We have reason to believe
that Blake was killed.
No, no, I...
I didn't know.
If anyone hurt Blake um...
Oh, god.
Detectives, whatever you need, I'll do.
Do you have any idea
who this woman might be?
No...
Wait, one of the cameras
might've caught her.
I can send you whatever I have.
- All right.
- [CHAIRS RASP]
And in the meantime...
Let's hope your alibi checks out.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[CLUNKS SHUT]
♪ ♪
[SQUELCHING SOUNDS,
DOOR OPENS]
RIVER: Fast turnaround
on the samples from the lab.
No Leukotriene B4 detected
in the tissue surrounding the wound.
So the impalement was post-mortem,
not the cause of death.
Oh, oh that explains the lack
of blood at the scene.
He was tossed after his heart
stopped pumping.
JENNY: Yeah.
I mean, it's inline with
everything we're seeing here,
the petechial hemorrhaging,
the fracture of the hyoid, and the...
The asphyxiation due to strangulation.
But there's just a
[CLICKS TEETH]...
There was a shadow in the esophagus.
I just wanna...
Yeah, see, right there.
Part of the mucosa?
I think it's more substantial.
ELI: Let's dissect the trachea
and take a closer look.
Yeah.
[INSECTS BUZZ]
ROSS: [EXHALES]
That was weird.
[SCOFFS] No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Do your parents,
not know you're out?
Definitely not.
[FRUSTRATED EXHALE]
[FLOPS HEAVILY ON COUCH,
SIGHS]
[GORDON GRUNTS,
LEGS FLOP HEAVILY]
Sorry, what's the matter?
I ran into Alphonse today,
With his parents,
And he acted like we were just friends.
And I mean, I'm,
I'm trying to be sensitive about it,
but...
It...
It hurt.
Yeah, it hurt.
Of course it did.
Give him time.
This isn't about you.
And while you're giving him time,
I need some help, desperately,
- with some boxes.
- [ROSS' PHONE CHIMES]
I just got an order on my food app.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Good.
Oh, is that another one?
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Oh, there's two more.
Okay, this is a glitch.
How? That's not a glitch.
Obviously, people are finding out
about your food, and they want it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, I-I gotta cook!
- You gotta get cooking.
- I have to cook. Okay.
'Cause you're my retirement
plan, so let's get at it.
[GORDON'S PHONE RINGS]
Oh, you know who that is?
That's my buddy callin'.
JENNY: There's definitely
something in there.
[ESOPHAGUS SQUELCHING]
[NECKLACE RATTLES]
ELI: You're kidding me.
JENNY: I've seen a stone
like this before.
On a case I worked while I was away.
[DISTORTED MUSIC]
RIVER: Is that a moonstone?
JENNY: It is.
RIVER: I've seen one, too.
Okay.
George Rivera,
15, Bridgewater, Ontario.
He bled out from
a self-inflicted wound.
When he cut his femoral artery.
Carving "evolved" into his leg.
Body was found with
a moonstone pendant.
ELI: Rameen Shirazi,
63, Etobicoke, Ontario.
Suicide from a gunshot wound.
Allegedly brought on by
professional rejection and isolation.
- Body found in a park.
- Yeah, but...
River flagged this moonstone ring,
and he had a piece
of paper in his hand,
that was written in Farsi.
Yeah, he had "Degargoony"
which, which means
"to grow" or "transform."
But Blake only had
the moonstone in him.
"make a buck off trauma,"
"under the guise of
helping someone evolve."
That's what Blake said
in his interview.
ELI: This must be
more than a coincidence.
The apparent suicides,
the moonstones, the messaging.
It's definitely more than
some Gaswick fan boy.
Yeah but-but...
But we've got vastly different
victim profiles here,
over a wide geographic area.
Yeah, but I stand by
my initial rulings.
I mean, George and Rameen's
deaths were self-inflicted.
Blake was murdered.
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIMES]
Uh, hey, Malik.
Go. You're on speaker.
Hey. Um...
Rohan's alibi checks out,
But uh...
I think you're gonna wanna
look at something else, so...
I'm sending it over now.
JENNY: Let's pull it
up on the computer.
♪ ♪
MALIK: Rohan sent me this
footage of Blake's interview.
You have to scroll to...
38:24.
[COMPUTER MOUSE CLICKS]
BLAKE: You're no different
than any of them.
ROHAN: What are you talking
about?
Who is them?
No one.
This interview is over.
Cut the cameras, please.
No, Blake, wait.
Who is them?
I won't say anything about Ljnd!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
MALIK: She was the last person
seen with Blake.
But could she be connected
to George and Rameen?
And what is Ljnd?
We need to find out
who this woman is, Mack.
Yeah, I'll call you back.
[ECHOING] Hey, you okay?
[ECHOING] Yeah, yeah.
I'm good.
Uh...
Just, just,
I'm not feelin' so hot, uh...
I just need some air.
- Keep me in the loop.
- [DOOR WHIRS OPEN]
♪ ♪
Should we be concerned about that?
I don't know.
[DEEP INHALE] Uh...
I'll get Alphonse to call Tyler,
he was George's friend and mentor.
See if we can find out what
group the moonstones came from.
Oh, did I miss something?
I mean, could I have put,
these cases together sooner?
Hmm, even if you made a mistake,
and I'm not saying you did,
we all make them.
We can only try to be better
at correcting them.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You got this, Dr. Cooper.
GORDON: This doesn't fit.
Doesn't even.
It holds two!
Well, then, just put two in there!
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
- 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 orders!
- [CHUCKLES]
- I'm so proud of you, kiddo!
- Yeah.
- 15 orders!
- I know, it's a new record.
- What was the old record?
- One and a half.
- Half?
- Yeah...
You know, I, I got lost,
and then the guy canc...
I, I ate it, okay?
Okay, I believe ya.
You know, I'm a lot stronger
than what I look.
When I was in my prime...
[BAGS CRINKLING]
- I used to bench four plates.
- Yeah, I bet.
Well, sometimes even five,
but the guy in the gym says no, no, no.
[CHUCKLES]
♪ ♪
- [MOUSE CLICKS]
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- JC!
- Hey.
Uh, did you talk to Tyler?
Uh, he said to tell you he's okay.
George's mother is still on him.
Apparently, George's trust fund
that his grandfather gave him.
Went missing around the time he died.
Hmm.
What about the moonstone?
Do you know what group it's from?
Yes. Surmount.
- I'm sorry, what?
- Surmount Wellness...
- Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
- Is the name of the group.
Um, yeah, thank you.
I just, I have to call Donovan.
♪ ♪
DONOVAN: Hi, you've reached
Donovan McAvoy.
- Please leave me a message.
- [BEEP]
Donovan, it's Jenny.
I need you to call me back.
As soon as possible, okay?
♪ ♪
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIME]
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
[SIGHS] Not now, Jenny.
[READYING EXHALE]
Tell me you haven't been
out here all day.
And tell me you didn't come
to work out dressed like that.
- Oh.
- [GIGGLES]
Hang on.
Uploading my stats.
Smoked you, by the way.
Ate you for breakfast.
Guess it just wasn't my day.
That, and I'm tougher than I look.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey um,
do you know someone named Blake Zelek?
He was connected to Surmount.
I do.
Pretty high up in the ranks.
I used to see him at classes
with Mira but...
I haven't seen him in a while.
He's dead.
They found him at the base of a bridge.
That's terrible.
It just never gets any easier.
Hearing we've lost someone.
I know we're a worldwide
community of trauma survivors,
[DEEP INHALE]
Which means,
our members are
particularly vulnerable.
- Have there been others?
- [PHONE CHIMES]
Oh, my god!
- Wow!
- What?
[GASPS]
There's space for me at the retreat!
Me pushing myself so hard
to finish the course.
I guess it paid off.
Ljnd took notice,
And now I'm in.
[HANDS CLAP]
I don't think you should go.
Because of Blake?
Donovan, I know how much
Blake struggled.
But, that has nothing to do
with the group,
or my personal journey.
Besides, I almost gave myself
a coronary,
trying to finish the course today.
Heh, yeah well, you know, I mean,
I-I had some pretty big plans
for us this weekend.
Donovan McAvoy. Argh.
[CHUCKLES]
This is a side of you
I never thought I'd see.
I was always the clingy,
needy one, when we were married.
Remember?
It was your favourite.
Look, I'm not being clingy, I'm just...
Concerned.
I need Surmount.
The fact that you and I
are even talking,
let alone this, again,
after everything that happened.
Just proves they're miracle workers.
You're more than any group, Cass.
We are more.
Please?
[SUCKS TEETH]
Fine.
- You're lucky I like you.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh, my goodness. [SIGHS]
Uh oh.
Carry me to my car.
My legs are jelly.
Why, yes, ma'am.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[SIGHS]
[INTERCOM BUZZES]
Uh, FoodScout's here.
MAN: Yeah, be right there.
[DOOR CLUNKS AND CREAKS]
- Well, hello there.
- Hi.
Wow.
Of all the places, to deliver
my last order of the night.
Well, it's a small world.
[BAG CRINKLES]
I um...
I wanted to apologize for earlier.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
Hey.
[DOOR SHUTS]
It's completely fine, really.
Well, is it? Heh.
It's difficult, having things blend.
Look, Ross...
You've kinda come out of nowhere,
And I'm,
just not ready to have that conversation
with my family yet.
I'm sorry.
I get it.
Really.
Tell me about your day.
My day?
Well, my day was weird.
Yeah, I had a ton
of food scout's orders,
- Which was amazing.
- Okay.
Yeah, but they all had
one thing in common.
- [BEATS ARM] You!
- Busted.
I may not be out to my family yet,
but, the people you met today,
That's my chosen family.
And now they know the guy
I have a crush on.
You have a crush on me, Alphie?
Yes, dummy.
♪ ♪
I guess you're lucky I have
a crush on you, too, then, huh.
Thank god for that.
You have no idea how much money
I spent on food today.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
GORDON: Sorry, I didn't hear that.
Could you speak louder?
Yeah, I thought so.
So, everything's okay?
Okay, perfect, well, I'll just be here.
Okay.
- Who was that?
- Oh, just a friend of mine.
Who needs a little help.
Oh, it feels so good to be
helping somebody again.
You've been helping people
your whole life, honey.
Well, that's nice of you to say.
Do you happen to remember our uh...
Our first date?
I bet you don't.
Oh, you mean when you got
the car stuck in the snowbank.
In the middle of the snowstorm.
You were shoveling out the back tires.
Yeah, that was some date.
Oh, you remember it.
Well, you were very impressed
by my shoveling.
- I will never forget that.
- Oh yeah, I loved those moves.
- Sh... shoveling?
- [BOTH LAUGH]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS]
- Ooh.
- Oh.
Do I remember your favourites, or what?
♪ When I gave you my heart now ♪
♪ I thought I gave it too fast ♪
GORDON: How did I ever
get someone like you?
Just lucky, I guess.
- I wanna ask you something.
- What's that, baby?
I would love to have some babies.
You ever thought about
having little kids?
Like...
What if we had like, two little girls?
Wouldn't that be amazing?
And then we can just sit back,
and watch them grow up, and...
Live out their dreams and everything.
Do you know how you would glow,
if you had a bun in the oven?
I can't wait to have your babies.
The future awaits.
We can do anything...
- Anything we want.
- Anything.
♪ I tried and I tried ♪
♪ I can't break away from you girl ♪
- That doesn't hurt, does it?
- No.
- What about this one? Is that...
- No.
- Is the bruising all gone?
- They're all gone, Gordy.
Well, how could I have
done that to you?
No, it wasn't you, baby,
it was Lewy body.
Well, it was still me, though.
- No, no, no.
- Oh, I love you so.
Never mind, love.
[GORDON'S PHONE RINGS]
Who is this?
Oh, that's my buddy, you know.
I'll be right back.
Two minutes.
[PHONE CONTINUES TO RING]
GORDON: Oh, look, wait.
It's the bank.
Say what?
Hi, your timing's not so good.
[KEYS CLACKING]
♪ ♪
PEGGY: You have no money left.
In your joint savings account
with Jenny.
No, it-it's okay Peggy.
It's all part of an, undercover sting.
We're trying to catch this-this...
Network of really bad eggs.
And they're trying
to defraud the bank, right.
- Gordon.
- Well, no.
It's very official sounding.
Like I...
You know, they asked
for my help, so I'm helping.
I'm being useful.
Honey, you were scammed.
MALIK: Mira's place is right down here,
right?
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Thank you.
I'll take it from here.
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
♪ ♪
[MEDALS CLANG]
Hmm.
Whoa.
[EERIE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS SHUFFLE]
[BLANKET RUFFLES]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[SIGHS] Come on.
[DEEP INHALE AND EXHALE]
[MALIK'S PHONE RINGS]
- Jenny?
- JENNY: Malik, it's Donovan.
He's part of the same
wellness group as the victims.
Yeah, uh, we need to find him, now.
[ENGINE CUTS OUT,
DOOR OPENS]
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIMES]
[READS] "Don't be mad,
can't pass up on an opportunity."
"To get to the next level."
Damn it, Cassidy!
[UPSET EXHALE]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[BAG CLATTERS, DOORS SLAM]
[SIGHS]
Resolve to evolve.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[STYLUS RASPS]
♪ ♪
[CAR DOOR SLAMS]
♪ ♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
[ENGINE RUMBLES AWAY]
[TIRES CRUNCH]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- What're we doin'?
Are we drowning our sorrows
or are we celebrating?
I got a terrible review
on a food scouts order.
Come on, say it, I know you want to.
Say, "I told you so."
[PANTS] Oh, hi Mira!
DONOVAN: That's Mira Samaroo.
She won the silver in
the 100 in the summer games.
She's one of the leaders of Surmount.
Hey Mack, um, are you gonna
ask Waylen to reassign me?
Let's just keep it professional, man,
We don't need to be more than that.
- JENNY: What is this?
- A few nights ago,
Gordon was having a hallucination.
He thought I was someone else
and he grabbed me.
Oh, my god, what's happening?
[ITALIAN OPERA PLAYS]
♪ ♪
[DRY FLOWERS RUSTLE]
♪ ♪
[VASES CLANK]
♪ ♪
[DRY PEDALS RUSTLE]
♪ ♪
[FINAL NOTES PLAY]
♪ ♪
Lovely.
[EXHALES]
- [OPERA ENDS]
- I'm glad you're here.
[SMALL CHUCKLE] Yeah.
But this is not right.
[SMALL LAUGH]
Damn. [CHUCKLES]
I-I'm just excited,
getting this all up,
and running again, you know.
I-I, I want this place
to look like a...
[INHALES] A flower shop
that I saw in Tuscany once.
Hmm.
Allora, non stare
lí con le mani in mano.
Sarebbe bello se fossi
una brava figlia.
E aiutare tua madre.
I uh, had no idea
that you spoke Italian.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I guess there's uh,
There's a lot of things
that I don't know about you.
Well, we have time, huh.
Ask away.
[SMALL LAUGH]
♪ ♪
Actually, yeah um...
A few weeks ago, when I had
that panic attack,
I had this memory of...
You being taken away in an ambulance,
And I wanted to know
if it actually happened.
Let's not go backwards,
hey. [DEEP BREATH]
I mean, I just really want
to be here with you now.
Yeah, I just, I think it
would help me understand...
Could we just build something new?
Instead of dredging up the past?
Because things are better now.
Out with the old, I say.
[CHUCKLES]
[FLOWERS THUD]
♪ La ci darem la mano ♪
♪ La mi dirai di si ♪
♪ Andiam, andiam, mio bene ♪
[JENNY'S PHONE CHIMES, BUZZES]
♪ A ristorar le pene ♪
♪ d'UN innocente amor ♪
♪ ♪
[HEAVY BREATHING]
CASSIDY: Whew!
Whew!
- WOMAN: Whew!
- Whew!
- [CLAPPING]
- [DONOVAN LAUGHS]
[CASSIDY INTERPRETING]:
Good job, everybody! Woo!
Woo!
♪ ♪
[CASSIDY INTERPRETING]:
If COVID...
Has taught us anything,
It's a world divided,
is weak and sick.
In order to survive,
We must evolve.
And be strong, together.
Mentally and physically.
WOMAN: Yeah!
Surround yourself with those
who inspire you,
- Not those who drain you.
- WOMAN: Yeah.
Those who allow you to grow,
To transcend,
To evolve! Woo!
- [CLAPPING]
- PARTICIPANTS: Woo-hoo! Yeah!
- Thank you!
- [LAUGHS] Right on.
[CALM, ETHEREAL MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
Woo! All right!
GROUP: Bye.
- Thanks, guys.
- All right, see you guys.
Hey!
- Just gimme a sec, okay?
- Okay.
♪ ♪
Oh.
Hmm.
[CASSIDY GIGGLES]
- You okay?
- Yeah, it's nothing.
I was on track to be selected
for this weekend's big retreat.
in Ravenleigh Valley,
but work got busy,
And I didn't finish the course,
so I won't be selected.
Won't there be other retreats?
Yeah, but Ljnd will be at this one.
- Ljnd?
- The founder of Surmount.
I took a few online
one-on-ones with him,
and he's so inspiring.
Huh.
And Mira said he specifically asked,
if I was going to be at this retreat.
Well, um...
Why don't I offer you
the next best thing?
We do a weekend retreat of our own?
Too much, too soon?
[CHUCKLES] No.
Are you kidding?
A weekend away with you
sounds like heaven.
It's just...
[SIGHS] These courses
are really expensive,
and they're only worth it
if I keep at it.
All right, what'd you need
to complete your course?
I'm 15 miles and two
mindfulness meditations short.
I could do it, if I took today off.
Then maybe you should.
I mean, if it's important to you.
You know what?
Maybe I'll sign up as well and uh...
Motivate you with a little
virtual trash talk.
- Hmm.
- That'd be so much fun for me.
Oh-oh!
Well, that will motivate me.
Because I'll never let you win.
Oh, and I'll never let you win.
Ooh, looks like we're gonna be
spending a lot of time together,
if we wanna keep tabs on each other,
to make sure the
other one isn't winning.
Ooh. We're still talkin'
about exercise, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh.
♪ ♪
When I'm done, I'm gonna
come over to your house.
And crawl into your bed.
- [CHUCKLES LONGINGLY]
- [PHONE CHIMES]
Oh, oh!
Just...
- Hold that thought.
- Mm-hmm.
Just... [EXHALES]
Go save the world.
- Okay. I'll see ya later?
- Yeah.
All right, bye.
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
[SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE]
♪ ♪
Time to get to work, eh, Dr. Cooper?
There's no rest for the wicked.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
Right thoracic impalement.
Looks like it punctured the chest wall.
Not as much blood as I'd
expect from an injury like this.
There's some petechial
hemorrhaging visible.
Punctured his lung on the way down.
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH IN THE SAND]
Oh, look who finally turned
his frown upside down.
Oh, nothing's gonna break this stride.
Not even you, Dr. Thompson.
- Jumper?
- Uh, possibly.
Either way, hell of a place to land.
[SCOFFS]
DONOVAN: What is it?
You guys ever see
the true crime web series,
"Surviving the Past" with Rohan Arjune?
I get enough true crime
in my real life.
Okay, well Arjune and his
boyfriend were attacked,
by a serial killer
who used to drug gay men,
Assault them, and drive them
out to remote locations.
He-he would dump the bodies.
I remember that. That was like,
six-ish years ago?
ELI: Oh, yes, and your Chief,
refused to confirm the existence,
of a serial predator in the community.
Said they were suicides.
Case closed.
Well, miraculously,
Arjune and his boyfriend
survived their attack.
All right, so what does that
have to do with this case?
Well, this is the exact spot
they were dumped.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪ ♪
MALIK: High safety railing.
Yeah, definitely not an accident.
Lots of foot traffic around here, too.
Might not have been alone.
Well, tourists and hikers
are common to this area.
Dog walkers, too.
Wait a second.
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[DONOVAN GRUNTS]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[SIGHS]
Hey...
We're headed back to the parking lot.
JENNY: Okay.
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
The decedent was living in his car?
Yeah, could support the jumper theory.
If he was struggling with housing,
navigating mental health issues.
[CAR DOORS OPEN]
MALIK: Yeah.
[DOOR CLUNKS OPEN]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
The receipt said
he filled up last night.
I don't know if I'd fill up
if I was gonna check out.
Well, maybe he wasn't
living in his car.
Maybe, you know, he was
running from something.
The uh...
Raptors won...
This weekend.
You probably
already, you know, heard that.
And there was a wing special.
Guess what, I ordered some
wings for both of us,
But you know, fine by me.
- More wings for me, right?
- [SIGHS] Sorry, man,
I've been distracted.
Hey, no worries. Yeah.
[GLOVE COMPARTMENT CLUNKS OPEN]
Hey uh, how did Arjune and
his partner survive the attack?
Uh, blind luck.
Arjune landed on the beach,
sustained some pretty bad injuries,
But a group of kids interrupted
before his partner could
be thrown off the bridge.
What was his partner's name?
[SIGHS] Blake...
Blake Zelek.
Why?
'cause Blake Zelek is lying
dead beneath the bridge.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
JENNY: Gotta get the body
back to the lab. [SIGHS]
Hey, is the original killer outta jail?
MALIK: Martin Lee Gaswick died
in custody before facing trial.
Got it.
All right, so,
he could be a copycat killer.
Or suicide.
And he came back to the place
of the original trauma.
MALIK: Need to talk to Rohan
Arjune, bring him in.
- Yeah.
- I'll take a look at the body.
- Let you know what I find.
- All right.
Malik's really stepping up, huh?
You guys better?
Gotta stick close to those
who inspire you.
Not drain you.
Where's that little
nugget of wisdom from?
Honestly, I joined a wellness group.
It's called Surmount.
Cassidy got me into it.
And it's terrific.
Award-wining athletes,
Motivational speakers,
We do a lot of physical work,
and some emotional.
I'm glad you found something
that works.
Just you know,
Malik's Malik.
He's one of the good guys.
I'll handle things my way.
Cool?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
Let me know what you find.
- [FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH AWAY]
- [JENNY SIGHS]
ELI: It's nice of you
to care enough to try.
Even if you get shot down.
[SEAGULLS CRY]
What?
I'm serious.
I'm learning a lot from you,
Dr. Cooper.
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH AWAY]
[INDISTINCT HUM CHATTER]
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
Okay, that's weird.
[BAG CLUNKS ON DESK]
Hey, period.
It's Friday, exclamation point.
Uh, and it's lunch.
I know we usually meet
in the parking lot.
But, I thought today
would be a good day to...
- Tell my mom.
- PARVEEN: Ooh.
Is this movie star your boss?
ALPHONSE: Uh no, yes. Kinda.
Sorta.
- It's-it's complicated.
- Hey.
Hey!
Your, uh...
Your-your lunch is on your desk.
- Thank you.
- Um...
- [ADEEL CLEARS HIS THROAT]
- Ross, um...
These are my parents,
Adeel and Parveen.
- Hi.
- Ami, abu,
this is Ross, my...
B-boss' son.
So, your boss' son
- brings you lunch?
- Yes.
PARVEEN: You're spending
too much time in this place, Alphie.
How are you gonna find a girlfriend,
if you keep this up?
O-Kay. So...
You... [EXHALES]
It was lovely to meet you.
I'm sorry, I need to take off.
- I'll see ya later, Alphie.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- See ya.
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN,
JENNY SIGHS]
ELI: You okay?
Yeah, it's just been a morning.
And I'm just offering
to listen, without judgment.
- The Jenny Cooper way.
- [CHUCKLES]
I don't know, it feels like people
have been shutting me out lately.
You know,
I know it's hard to open but...
I mean, it doesn't mean
they're hiding anything,
it's just maybe they...
I don't know, maybe they can't.
Well, for some people,
being forced to reckon
with the past is a bomb.
For others, it's vinegar in the wound.
Ha, great, so I'm vinegar?
[CHUCKLING] No.
All I'm saying is that some
folks face things head on,
while others need time to get there.
Even the process doesn't
make sense to you.
Even if, it feels like
they're pushing you away.
Just have faith that eventually
they'll meet you halfway.
- [DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
- yeah.
ALPHONSE: Oh, there you are.
- Detective McAvoy just called.
- Great.
- Oh, maybe he's ready to talk.
- [CHUCKLES]
Uh, he says that Blake Zelek
doesn't have any next of kin,
or emergency contact.
- No family?
- Emancipated himself as a teen.
He hasn't been in contact with
his family in over a decade.
It seems like Rohan is the only
person we can find who...
Really knew him.
Okay, so we get Rohan in
to ID the body.
Yeah, yeah, detective McAvoy
would like to be here for that.
Okay.
- [FOOTSTEPS RECEDE]
- Um...
[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]
I'll go do the ID with Rohan.
I'm sorry...
There's definitely something
that is going on with you,
because you would
normally climb out a window,
than go and talk to friends and family.
Yeah, well, maybe I realized
connecting with those who are grieving,
isn't a weakness.
If anything, it makes you
more resilient.
Which... I admire.
[SURPRISED EXHALE]
Okay, you've definitely
been body-snatched.
- [CHUCKLES]
- No, seriously!
Who are you?
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
[TEXT ALERT CHIMES]
♪ ♪
[CHUCKLES]
[MESSAGES CHIME]
- Uh-huh.
- [MESSAGE CHIMES]
- [MESSAGE CHIMES]
- [CHUCKLES]
♪ ♪
[TRAFFIC WHOOSHES]
[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]
JENNY: Hi.
ELI: Thanks for helping us out,
Rohan.
- I know it's rough.
- Yeah, of course.
- Thank you.
- Uh, this is detective McAvoy.
He has a few questions for you.
Oh, uh Dr. Thompson
explained everything.
He's been very helpful.
Great.
We're so sorry for your loss.
Yeah, Blake was special.
I still cared about him.
Even after things ended.
We're hoping that we could
get a little more information.
About Blake, his headspace,
something that would inform
how he died.
He had survivor's guilt.
That I had it worse than he did.
That I got thrown off the bridge,
that I had to deal with these injuries.
You know, I tried to tell him that,
that not everybody survived
against that monster.
That we were the lucky ones.
He wouldn't let it go.
[CLICKS TEETH]
You give as
much as you can, and you love them.
But if they aren't able or willing,
to treat their issues,
that's not on you.
[SIGHS]
Thank you for saying that.
We-we drifted apart.
We kept a few mutuals
over the years but...
Our connection's been spotty.
When was the last time you saw him?
Uh, I'm sorry,
was it suicide?
Uh, we don't know what happened.
What do you think happened?
ROHAN: It just,
it wouldn't surprise me.
You know, I've been waiting
for this call for a while now.
Is that horrible?
[RAPPING KNOCK AT DOOR]
Excuse me for a second.
- MALIK: Hey. Hey.
- Hey.
So, I was searching the Internet,
for info on the victim,
you know, and I just,
you gotta take
a look at this, it's from,
it's from Rohan's web series.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
ROHAN: We know the killers.
Their crimes.
They are the celebrities.
But the victims remain silent.
I am Rohan Arjune,
And I'm a serial killer survivor.
And this is
"Surviving the Past".
MALIK: You see, the thing is,
Rohan didn't post anything
this morning,
But the title, "Family Reunion",
it got me curious,
so I had the tech desk
scour the code of the webpage.
And they found a video that was buried.
Whaddya mean, buried?
I mean, like the video was there,
the link was removed.
It was like Rohan just,
he wanted to post it,
but then you know, he reconsidered it.
Okay.
[WEB SERIES MUSIC PLAYS]
ROHAN: Today is a special one,
folks.
As my loyal watchers know,
I have spoken extensively,
about my attack at the hands
of the Bridge Killer,
Martin Lee Gaswick.
But tonight, we have a special guest.
Someone who has held back
from appearing on the show.
Until now, that is.
Please welcome my fellow
Gaswick survivor,
and ex-boyfriend,
Blake Zelek.
- When was this recorded?
- Yesterday.
All right, let's bring him
down to the station.
- Finish the questioning there.
- Yeah.
[SAW WHIRS IN THE DISTANCE]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
DENNIS: River, hey,
are you okay?
He looks peaceful,
but his death was anything but.
I remember him in all
of the interviews, post-attack.
He always seemed really
shaken and scared.
The impact that killer had
on our community,
No one listened to us.
The cops didn't help us.
We protect each other.
[COMFORTED EXHALE]
Yeah.
We always have.
We're strong.
JENNY: All right,
let's take a closer look.
♪ ♪
JENNY: Eli was right about
the petechial hemorrhaging.
ELI: I think you'll want
to look at this.
The Hyoid bone is so protected
within the body,
that a fall from a significant
height won't break it.
JENNY: Right.
His is in pieces.
The only thing that could do it...
JENNY: Is strangulation.
Blake was murdered.
[FEET SHUFFLE, CANE TAPS]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
DONOVAN: Take a seat, Rohan.
[DOOR CLUNKS SHUT]
♪ ♪
We'd like you to take
a look at something.
[KEY CLACKS]
ROHAN: I mean, Gaswick was
so unassuming at the bar,
that when he gave me that drink,
and I started to feel off...
BLAKE: Can we talk about
something else?
Uh, Blake, it is important,
that we layout a timeline
for our viewers.
Yeah, no, okay, we can move on,
from getting drugged at the bar,
- to the bridge.
- Please don't.
You once told me that,
you would often think
about that moment.
You waking up,
his smiling face towering over you.
Hey, uh,
I know this is hard but...
It helps to talk about this.
Does it, Ro?
Or does that make you just like
everyone else?
No, hey, that is not fair.
I was there, too.
- I thought you loved me.
- I did! I...
I do.
That is why I am doing this.
You're just another person
exploiting my story for profit.
No, no, you knew that we were gonna
talk about some uncomfortable things.
It's always the same, isn't it?
Make a buck off of trauma.
under the guise of helping
someone evolve.
Tell me I'm blocked,
That you can help me harness my power,
And then just...
Drain me.
- [SLAMS NECKLACE ON TABLE]
- You're no different than any of them.
- [LID SNAPS SHUT]
- You dodged the question,
when I asked you when's
the last time you saw Blake.
This footage puts you with him
hours before he died.
Look, I-I was...
Really upset after
Blake left the interview,
s-so I went to my partner's house.
You can call him, or I don't know,
check the-the security camera
footage at his condo.
Okay, why not tell me the truth,
when I asked "When's
the last time you saw him?"
I panicked, okay?
I-I know how this looks!
How does it look?
I knew that Blake
was having a hard time.
That he was funneling his money
into some sort of online thing.
I thought I could have him on the show,
And get him a bit of cash.
You know, and maybe push him
to talk about what happened.
Heal him a little.
Yeah, and get monster views online.
Yeah, a reunion special would uh...
Bring out all the true crime junkies.
No, this is my story, too!
[SHAKY] After the Gaswick
incident,
We were inundated
with requests for podcasts,
documentaries, news stories.
Do you guys know what it feels
like to be violated?
Your body broken,
and then,
there's this pressure to perform.
People would gawk at us on the street.
They would ask for our autographs.
They'd ask for us
to describe what happened.
We were continually
being re-traumatized.
At a certain point, I just gave up.
So, you created the show.
Yeah, I figured, if-if,
if I can't escape my past,
Then I might as well monetize it.
Make money,
and give agency to the survivors.
But I knew that Blake wasn't well,
when he came in for the interview.
I shoulda stopped him.
What do you mean by that?
Well, he-he was agitated.
I don't know, he was spitting some
paranoid stuff,
About the end of the world,
Uh, glaciers melting, food shortages.
I mean, does that really
classify as crazy talk these days?
Everybody's stressing out
about these things.
No, this was next level.
It was truly delusional.
He...
Went back on it,
when it was the on-camera stuff, but,
he started goin' off towards the end.
Up until that woman interrupted him.
What woman?
She came to the studio with him.
He said that they were friends, but she
acted more like his handler.
Cut things off when it got too intense.
They left together.
This woman could've been the
last person to see Blake alive.
Or the one who murdered him.
Murder?
What?
What are you talking about?
We have reason to believe
that Blake was killed.
No, no, I...
I didn't know.
If anyone hurt Blake um...
Oh, god.
Detectives, whatever you need, I'll do.
Do you have any idea
who this woman might be?
No...
Wait, one of the cameras
might've caught her.
I can send you whatever I have.
- All right.
- [CHAIRS RASP]
And in the meantime...
Let's hope your alibi checks out.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[CLUNKS SHUT]
♪ ♪
[SQUELCHING SOUNDS,
DOOR OPENS]
RIVER: Fast turnaround
on the samples from the lab.
No Leukotriene B4 detected
in the tissue surrounding the wound.
So the impalement was post-mortem,
not the cause of death.
Oh, oh that explains the lack
of blood at the scene.
He was tossed after his heart
stopped pumping.
JENNY: Yeah.
I mean, it's inline with
everything we're seeing here,
the petechial hemorrhaging,
the fracture of the hyoid, and the...
The asphyxiation due to strangulation.
But there's just a
[CLICKS TEETH]...
There was a shadow in the esophagus.
I just wanna...
Yeah, see, right there.
Part of the mucosa?
I think it's more substantial.
ELI: Let's dissect the trachea
and take a closer look.
Yeah.
[INSECTS BUZZ]
ROSS: [EXHALES]
That was weird.
[SCOFFS] No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Do your parents,
not know you're out?
Definitely not.
[FRUSTRATED EXHALE]
[FLOPS HEAVILY ON COUCH,
SIGHS]
[GORDON GRUNTS,
LEGS FLOP HEAVILY]
Sorry, what's the matter?
I ran into Alphonse today,
With his parents,
And he acted like we were just friends.
And I mean, I'm,
I'm trying to be sensitive about it,
but...
It...
It hurt.
Yeah, it hurt.
Of course it did.
Give him time.
This isn't about you.
And while you're giving him time,
I need some help, desperately,
- with some boxes.
- [ROSS' PHONE CHIMES]
I just got an order on my food app.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Good.
Oh, is that another one?
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Oh, there's two more.
Okay, this is a glitch.
How? That's not a glitch.
Obviously, people are finding out
about your food, and they want it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, I-I gotta cook!
- You gotta get cooking.
- I have to cook. Okay.
'Cause you're my retirement
plan, so let's get at it.
[GORDON'S PHONE RINGS]
Oh, you know who that is?
That's my buddy callin'.
JENNY: There's definitely
something in there.
[ESOPHAGUS SQUELCHING]
[NECKLACE RATTLES]
ELI: You're kidding me.
JENNY: I've seen a stone
like this before.
On a case I worked while I was away.
[DISTORTED MUSIC]
RIVER: Is that a moonstone?
JENNY: It is.
RIVER: I've seen one, too.
Okay.
George Rivera,
15, Bridgewater, Ontario.
He bled out from
a self-inflicted wound.
When he cut his femoral artery.
Carving "evolved" into his leg.
Body was found with
a moonstone pendant.
ELI: Rameen Shirazi,
63, Etobicoke, Ontario.
Suicide from a gunshot wound.
Allegedly brought on by
professional rejection and isolation.
- Body found in a park.
- Yeah, but...
River flagged this moonstone ring,
and he had a piece
of paper in his hand,
that was written in Farsi.
Yeah, he had "Degargoony"
which, which means
"to grow" or "transform."
But Blake only had
the moonstone in him.
"make a buck off trauma,"
"under the guise of
helping someone evolve."
That's what Blake said
in his interview.
ELI: This must be
more than a coincidence.
The apparent suicides,
the moonstones, the messaging.
It's definitely more than
some Gaswick fan boy.
Yeah but-but...
But we've got vastly different
victim profiles here,
over a wide geographic area.
Yeah, but I stand by
my initial rulings.
I mean, George and Rameen's
deaths were self-inflicted.
Blake was murdered.
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIMES]
Uh, hey, Malik.
Go. You're on speaker.
Hey. Um...
Rohan's alibi checks out,
But uh...
I think you're gonna wanna
look at something else, so...
I'm sending it over now.
JENNY: Let's pull it
up on the computer.
♪ ♪
MALIK: Rohan sent me this
footage of Blake's interview.
You have to scroll to...
38:24.
[COMPUTER MOUSE CLICKS]
BLAKE: You're no different
than any of them.
ROHAN: What are you talking
about?
Who is them?
No one.
This interview is over.
Cut the cameras, please.
No, Blake, wait.
Who is them?
I won't say anything about Ljnd!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
MALIK: She was the last person
seen with Blake.
But could she be connected
to George and Rameen?
And what is Ljnd?
We need to find out
who this woman is, Mack.
Yeah, I'll call you back.
[ECHOING] Hey, you okay?
[ECHOING] Yeah, yeah.
I'm good.
Uh...
Just, just,
I'm not feelin' so hot, uh...
I just need some air.
- Keep me in the loop.
- [DOOR WHIRS OPEN]
♪ ♪
Should we be concerned about that?
I don't know.
[DEEP INHALE] Uh...
I'll get Alphonse to call Tyler,
he was George's friend and mentor.
See if we can find out what
group the moonstones came from.
Oh, did I miss something?
I mean, could I have put,
these cases together sooner?
Hmm, even if you made a mistake,
and I'm not saying you did,
we all make them.
We can only try to be better
at correcting them.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You got this, Dr. Cooper.
GORDON: This doesn't fit.
Doesn't even.
It holds two!
Well, then, just put two in there!
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
- 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 orders!
- [CHUCKLES]
- I'm so proud of you, kiddo!
- Yeah.
- 15 orders!
- I know, it's a new record.
- What was the old record?
- One and a half.
- Half?
- Yeah...
You know, I, I got lost,
and then the guy canc...
I, I ate it, okay?
Okay, I believe ya.
You know, I'm a lot stronger
than what I look.
When I was in my prime...
[BAGS CRINKLING]
- I used to bench four plates.
- Yeah, I bet.
Well, sometimes even five,
but the guy in the gym says no, no, no.
[CHUCKLES]
♪ ♪
- [MOUSE CLICKS]
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- JC!
- Hey.
Uh, did you talk to Tyler?
Uh, he said to tell you he's okay.
George's mother is still on him.
Apparently, George's trust fund
that his grandfather gave him.
Went missing around the time he died.
Hmm.
What about the moonstone?
Do you know what group it's from?
Yes. Surmount.
- I'm sorry, what?
- Surmount Wellness...
- Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
- Is the name of the group.
Um, yeah, thank you.
I just, I have to call Donovan.
♪ ♪
DONOVAN: Hi, you've reached
Donovan McAvoy.
- Please leave me a message.
- [BEEP]
Donovan, it's Jenny.
I need you to call me back.
As soon as possible, okay?
♪ ♪
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIME]
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLE IN FOLIAGE]
[SIGHS] Not now, Jenny.
[READYING EXHALE]
Tell me you haven't been
out here all day.
And tell me you didn't come
to work out dressed like that.
- Oh.
- [GIGGLES]
Hang on.
Uploading my stats.
Smoked you, by the way.
Ate you for breakfast.
Guess it just wasn't my day.
That, and I'm tougher than I look.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey um,
do you know someone named Blake Zelek?
He was connected to Surmount.
I do.
Pretty high up in the ranks.
I used to see him at classes
with Mira but...
I haven't seen him in a while.
He's dead.
They found him at the base of a bridge.
That's terrible.
It just never gets any easier.
Hearing we've lost someone.
I know we're a worldwide
community of trauma survivors,
[DEEP INHALE]
Which means,
our members are
particularly vulnerable.
- Have there been others?
- [PHONE CHIMES]
Oh, my god!
- Wow!
- What?
[GASPS]
There's space for me at the retreat!
Me pushing myself so hard
to finish the course.
I guess it paid off.
Ljnd took notice,
And now I'm in.
[HANDS CLAP]
I don't think you should go.
Because of Blake?
Donovan, I know how much
Blake struggled.
But, that has nothing to do
with the group,
or my personal journey.
Besides, I almost gave myself
a coronary,
trying to finish the course today.
Heh, yeah well, you know, I mean,
I-I had some pretty big plans
for us this weekend.
Donovan McAvoy. Argh.
[CHUCKLES]
This is a side of you
I never thought I'd see.
I was always the clingy,
needy one, when we were married.
Remember?
It was your favourite.
Look, I'm not being clingy, I'm just...
Concerned.
I need Surmount.
The fact that you and I
are even talking,
let alone this, again,
after everything that happened.
Just proves they're miracle workers.
You're more than any group, Cass.
We are more.
Please?
[SUCKS TEETH]
Fine.
- You're lucky I like you.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh, my goodness. [SIGHS]
Uh oh.
Carry me to my car.
My legs are jelly.
Why, yes, ma'am.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
[SIGHS]
[INTERCOM BUZZES]
Uh, FoodScout's here.
MAN: Yeah, be right there.
[DOOR CLUNKS AND CREAKS]
- Well, hello there.
- Hi.
Wow.
Of all the places, to deliver
my last order of the night.
Well, it's a small world.
[BAG CRINKLES]
I um...
I wanted to apologize for earlier.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
Hey.
[DOOR SHUTS]
It's completely fine, really.
Well, is it? Heh.
It's difficult, having things blend.
Look, Ross...
You've kinda come out of nowhere,
And I'm,
just not ready to have that conversation
with my family yet.
I'm sorry.
I get it.
Really.
Tell me about your day.
My day?
Well, my day was weird.
Yeah, I had a ton
of food scout's orders,
- Which was amazing.
- Okay.
Yeah, but they all had
one thing in common.
- [BEATS ARM] You!
- Busted.
I may not be out to my family yet,
but, the people you met today,
That's my chosen family.
And now they know the guy
I have a crush on.
You have a crush on me, Alphie?
Yes, dummy.
♪ ♪
I guess you're lucky I have
a crush on you, too, then, huh.
Thank god for that.
You have no idea how much money
I spent on food today.
[LAUGHS]
♪ ♪
GORDON: Sorry, I didn't hear that.
Could you speak louder?
Yeah, I thought so.
So, everything's okay?
Okay, perfect, well, I'll just be here.
Okay.
- Who was that?
- Oh, just a friend of mine.
Who needs a little help.
Oh, it feels so good to be
helping somebody again.
You've been helping people
your whole life, honey.
Well, that's nice of you to say.
Do you happen to remember our uh...
Our first date?
I bet you don't.
Oh, you mean when you got
the car stuck in the snowbank.
In the middle of the snowstorm.
You were shoveling out the back tires.
Yeah, that was some date.
Oh, you remember it.
Well, you were very impressed
by my shoveling.
- I will never forget that.
- Oh yeah, I loved those moves.
- Sh... shoveling?
- [BOTH LAUGH]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS]
- Ooh.
- Oh.
Do I remember your favourites, or what?
♪ When I gave you my heart now ♪
♪ I thought I gave it too fast ♪
GORDON: How did I ever
get someone like you?
Just lucky, I guess.
- I wanna ask you something.
- What's that, baby?
I would love to have some babies.
You ever thought about
having little kids?
Like...
What if we had like, two little girls?
Wouldn't that be amazing?
And then we can just sit back,
and watch them grow up, and...
Live out their dreams and everything.
Do you know how you would glow,
if you had a bun in the oven?
I can't wait to have your babies.
The future awaits.
We can do anything...
- Anything we want.
- Anything.
♪ I tried and I tried ♪
♪ I can't break away from you girl ♪
- That doesn't hurt, does it?
- No.
- What about this one? Is that...
- No.
- Is the bruising all gone?
- They're all gone, Gordy.
Well, how could I have
done that to you?
No, it wasn't you, baby,
it was Lewy body.
Well, it was still me, though.
- No, no, no.
- Oh, I love you so.
Never mind, love.
[GORDON'S PHONE RINGS]
Who is this?
Oh, that's my buddy, you know.
I'll be right back.
Two minutes.
[PHONE CONTINUES TO RING]
GORDON: Oh, look, wait.
It's the bank.
Say what?
Hi, your timing's not so good.
[KEYS CLACKING]
♪ ♪
PEGGY: You have no money left.
In your joint savings account
with Jenny.
No, it-it's okay Peggy.
It's all part of an, undercover sting.
We're trying to catch this-this...
Network of really bad eggs.
And they're trying
to defraud the bank, right.
- Gordon.
- Well, no.
It's very official sounding.
Like I...
You know, they asked
for my help, so I'm helping.
I'm being useful.
Honey, you were scammed.
MALIK: Mira's place is right down here,
right?
[FOOTSTEPS THUD]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Thank you.
I'll take it from here.
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
♪ ♪
[MEDALS CLANG]
Hmm.
Whoa.
[EERIE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[FOOTSTEPS SHUFFLE]
[BLANKET RUFFLES]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[SIGHS] Come on.
[DEEP INHALE AND EXHALE]
[MALIK'S PHONE RINGS]
- Jenny?
- JENNY: Malik, it's Donovan.
He's part of the same
wellness group as the victims.
Yeah, uh, we need to find him, now.
[ENGINE CUTS OUT,
DOOR OPENS]
[DONOVAN'S PHONE CHIMES]
[READS] "Don't be mad,
can't pass up on an opportunity."
"To get to the next level."
Damn it, Cassidy!
[UPSET EXHALE]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[BAG CLATTERS, DOORS SLAM]
[SIGHS]
Resolve to evolve.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[STYLUS RASPS]
♪ ♪
[CAR DOOR SLAMS]
♪ ♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
[ENGINE RUMBLES AWAY]
[TIRES CRUNCH]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪