Sex & Violence (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Surface Scars - full transcript

Alex helps a teenager who was held captive put his life back together.

[Narrator]
'Previously on Sex and Violence'

I love you.

[screaming]

[screaming and crying]

Just don't move, don't move.

I'm a victim's advocate.

Did your husband do this to you?

If your wife contacts you--

You giving me your number?

She did go home.
The hatchet woman!

I said she
talked about going home.



I want to report a
homocide and come fast, now!



[male voice]
Hey.

You fuckin' gonna rape me?

Bitch.

Had this happened to my
partner he wouldn't be here.

[Therapist]
Would it have
happened to your partner?

Well, he'd have had an
easier time raping him.

Why do you want to
become foster parents?

We'd like to adopt eventually.

Do you have any
fertility issues?

It's a standard question.

We only have
one fertility issue.

This is for real?



Yes. I have a pair no
straight couple will take.

Congratulations, we've
reached the very bottom

of the foster
parent list and that's you.

Bless your ice cold heart.

Any tips on talking about it?

I've been over things
with her. Just she's pretty.

I think that's
what you have to see.

That's how people have seen
her and how she sees herself.

He broke your arm
to control you, hmm.

Because you had your own
thoughts, you spoke your mind.

Isn't that closer to the truth?

He isolated you from your family
and friends, to control you.

But now, hmm, now, you're
gonna make your own choices.

Help me, please!
Please! Help me.

Please, Please, Please!

Come on!

Please help me! Help!

Help me please! Please!

[glass breaks]

Help, help!

[shotgun fires]

[Downey]
We should be
combing these woods.

[Roach]
I don't comb woods. I'm
here to control the crowd.

This is some fucked up shit.

Yup.

What, he drove away, Downey.

They might'a' dropped something.

You got a dead guy
with a wallet on the porch.

You lookin' for a bigger clue?

[Alex]
So, they pick you
up from the sidewalk?

They um, they told me they
were hiring me to do some--

painting, trim the bushes.

Where are your parents?

Etobicoke.

You going to school out here?

Well, why are you here?

I just left, I hitchhiked.
This is as far as you can get.

How long were you--?

I don't know.
There was no window.

Look, uh, they're
gonna ask you questions.

Then I'm gonna
take you to a doctor

and find you a safe
place to stay. Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Ow! ow!

Oh my god Shelly what'd you do?

Oh, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!!!

Oh, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!!!

Oh fuck Shelly. Ow, ow, ow!

SHELLY!

[crying]
Ow, ow, ow!

This is it?

It's gotta be it.

Jesus.

Downey, now just
wait for the investigators.

Hello?

Wait for the investigators.

How do we know there's
not another kid in there?

All right, you ready?

Shit. Augh.

Hello?

We should be waiting
for the investigators.

This is going to be a
whole fuck load of paperwork.

Oh, Jesus fuck.

What, you think there's gonna
be another kid in that drawer?

All kinds of receipts
with names on them in here.

Hello?

All right, hello, hello.

Looks like fuckin, he had
to loosen these to get out.

Okay, fuck it.

Jesus fuckin' Christ.

It looks like they
really gave him the once-over.

All those wounds and the scars.

It'll remind him
every day of his life.

I should be able to help him.

And Padraig,
the ah, the rape kit.

Someone needs to do one.

He wouldn't let
the nurses get near him.

Okay.

All right. Thanks.

I didn't scratch anybody.

They can find all
kinds of things under there.

Just a couple strands of hair.

Did they penetrate you? Anally?

Ok, Toby, I'm gonna
need to take a look.

Looks like the
bruising will heal.

Do you have any pain in your
abdomen or anywhere, inside?

No.

Here?

No.

What about your penis. Was
your penis inside one of them?

You know, your erection was
just a physiological response.

It means your penis
works like it's supposed to.

It doesn't mean you consented.

It just means you're
18 and you're healthy.

Now I'm going to try to
take evidence from your penis.

It's an area where
DNA can be transferred.

You didn't wash
it since the rape?

No.

Ok, it involves a
little bit of scraping

but I'm not going
to hurt you, okay?

You really are 18 and healthy.

That's what I mean, Toby.

It's just a physical
response to being touched.

Men who are sexually assaulted
get confused about that.

It doesn't mean you wanted it.

You have abrasions on your back?

What did this?

Tree branches.

I'll dress this for you.
Now, if you're good about it,

if you're diligent coming to see
me, or another plastic surgeon,

we can prevent
this from scarring

and get rid of any
scarring that's already there.

It'll take time. But, we
can erase this from your back.

I know it's not what you want
to spend your time doing now,

but it'll be worth it
in the long run. Okay?

Okay.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Padraig called me.

The kid's eighteen.

That doesn't mean he
doesn't need child services.

That's exactly what it means.

We should put him
back with his parents.

You don't know
shit about his parents.

Well, they need to be notified.

No they don't.

If this was your
kid you'd want to know?

My kid wouldn't
run a thousand miles

to get away from me
and live on the street.

Says you.

I hadda kick my lazy ass
kids out when they were 25.

I thought you got fired.

Not yet.

It's very important that
no one knows where you are.

You mean everyone
is gonna find out?

[Alex]
No, they're not
gonna publish the names.

There's a rape shield act, so
called, to protect the victim.

Yeah, but we don't know what
charges will be laid, or when,

and there's no law
against publishing the name

of a kidnap
victim or a runaway.

So you should just
probably lay low for now.

Ah, Marjorie, he
doesn't have anything.

Ah right, of course.
Ahm, Toby, this is Kevin.

He can get you some clothes, a
tooth brush, whatever you need.

Hey.

[Alex]
All right, so
how long can he stay?

A couple of nights,
Alex. He's eighteen.

Just find something.

Maybe I could
get him on welfare

but that takes
at least a month.

I know.

Look, a couple nights, okay?

So people are gonna look at
you a little weird tomorrow.

You're gonna be the only guy.

[Toby]What?

It's a women's
shelter, Toby, and kids.

They don't let men in here.

Great.

Don't feel emasculated.

This is the best
place for you now, believe me.

Toby, if you
need anything find me.

I'll come check on
you in a little while.

Also, there's a woman in
the burn unit. Kim, Mrs. Kim.

They're gonna release her soon.

Okay, when you find a place for
Toby, you can bring Mrs. Kim.

You know he's not gonna
get the proper treatment

in a youth centre.

They had him uh, chained up?

More than two weeks.
He's doesn't even know.

Okay, group home.
I'll make some calls too.

It feels like it's
getting worse, not better.

[Padraig]
How's the pain?

Not as bad.

Good.

Try reducing the painkillers.
Let me know if it's too much.

Is that my skin?

A little flaking
is a good thing.

That means there's new
skin regenerating underneath.

It's where it doesn't
peel that there's deep scars.

Did they find your husband?

No.

He thinks I was
cheating on him.

You weren't?

I wanted him, to think it.

Get it through his
head that I wasn't coming back.

You're gonna be
able to leave here soon.

I'll continue
treating you as an outpatient

but you can't
live on your own yet.

Do you know where you'll go?

Do you have family here?

Hisfamily.

They'll arrange a home
for you, a shelter for you.

Can my son go?

Yeah. But you wanna
wait on that, don't you?

I mean, he can
come visit you there.

When you're stronger
he can move in with you.

Don't rush it.

What he needs is for you
to be healthy, in the long run.

Don't patronize me.

When you're completely
off your pain medication,

then have him move in with you.

I'll talk to Alex about
getting you moved tomorrow

or the next day. Okay?

Kai's mom is gonna be
moved to a womens' shelter.

They're taking Kai?

No.

Yeah, that's the idea.
Eventually. She's not ready yet.

Does she want him?

She does. She's incapacitated.

This is what
fostering is, Steven.

We should be happy that
Kai has a mom who loves him.

So, um, how does this
change everything? The move.

Well, it'll be easier for Kai
to visit her, at the shelter.

Okay. I can do that.

I'll do it too.

We'll do it.

She scared him.

He has to get used to her. She's
always gonna look different.

He needs to spend time
with her to understand

that she's still
his mom on the inside.

This is so sad. I
didn't think it would be.

How's Nora doing?

She's an angel.

She takes care of him.
Like he's her own little doll.

Not like the doll she
pulls the head off though?

Just checking.

Let's see.

Is that super glue?

She got it in my asshole too.

Is it in your urethra?

Yeah, and I really gotta pee.

Looks like you were erect
when it happened. Who did it?

My mistress. She found
out I was cheating on her.

Detumescence set in, it
ripped off a lot of skin.

What?

You, you got soft,
then hard and soft again

several times
through the night.

The pain, it didn't wake you?

I was passed out. She
musta given me something.

We'll have to draw
blood to find out.

I'll call Victim Advocate, and
get a nurse with the rape kit.

What? No, no, no, no, no.

You don't want to press charges?

I just wanna pee.

It looks like she
forced it into both cavities.

I'll acetone most of it off.
It'll dissolve the external glue

but, it'll burn
where the skin is broken.

I don't think I should
use acetone on the cavities.

We'll try oil.

You can fix this? Right?

Yeah. Not right away. If the
skin is ripped in the urethra,

which I think it
is, it's gonna scar.

That'll cause
urethral strictures,

it's what's blocking
the flow of urine and semen.

They'll need to form
before we can remove them.

I was gonna
leave my wife for her.

I thought you
cheated on your mistress?

With my wife.

It's gonna be a while before
you can cheat on anybody else.

There's no way my wife
isn't gonna know about this?

Not if she sees you naked.

You were counselor for Tim
Fitzmorris and Carol Fitzmorris?

Yes, briefly.

But in a professional capacity.

I saw Tim Fitzmorris once.

He was advised to come and
see you, as part of his defense.

[Brenda]
I don't know.

By Ms. Mandalakis.
I was present.

You know I wasn't. So you know
the answer and know I do not.

He's reaching, this should
be moved to a jury trial,

Your Honour. It's no
longer an assault charge.

That's what we're here
to determine, Mr. Whynacht.

Not if there's no
admissable evidence.

Come on. He tried
to kill her Tuesday,

she's dead in his
storeroom on Wednesday?

But discovery was illegal. There
was no warrant to search there.

There was no reason to believe
Carol Fitzmorris was even dead.

And her whereabouts were
released to Ms. Mandalakis

by her court-appointed doctor.

She's not a
court-appointed doctor.

[Deane]
She appears on the register
of court-appointed therapists.

It's voluntary.

Meaning that she was her doctor.

Did you break
patient confidentiality?

Yes.

Why?

Because Alex kept badgering
me to help her find her client.

[Deane]
So you told Carol Fitzmorris's
Advocate where she had gone.

Ms. Shaw?

That wasn't a question.

Did you tell Ms. Mandalakis the
whereabouts of Ms. Fitzmorris?

No.

Wh-what?

No!

Uh, it says in the
police report that you did.

Well, I didn't.

Ms. Mandalakis, the advocate,
knew Ms. Fitzmorris' whereabouts

because you, broke patient
confidentiality and told her.

I broke patient confidentiality,
I did not know where Carol was.

The police
report says you did.

Alex deduced it.

So what did you say,
that broke confidentiality?

Do you want me
to break it again?

It's posthumous now.

It may have been posthumous
when I broke it the first time.

Does that mean it's not wrong?
You can't have it both ways.

Did Ms. Mandalakis
lie to the police?

[Whynacht]
Objection.

What?

How would she know?

[Judge]
Do you know?

Yes.

Yes, you know or yes, she lied?

Yes, to both.

So the police were called to
the scene under false pretenses.

The victim hadn't been missing
for 24 hours, Your Honour.

Is your case based
entirely on evidence

drawn from a
false police report?

All she did was try
get them to the store.

If she hadn't called the
police she'd be dead too.

Objection.

Sustained.

He would've killed her to
cover the original crime.

Oh my God. Objection.

Ms. Mandalakis isn't
that easy to get rid of.

The police received a report,
acted on it, nothing's tainted.

A false report from a
court-appointed Advocate.

You need to recuse yourself.

[Whynacht]
Objection.

Yes, I do.

Just move to a jury.

An ex-wife who's a
social worker is one thing.

An ex-wife lying to
the police is another.

You should be
throwing this whole thing out.

Get a grip. And
you, put together a case

that doesn't depend
on lying to the police.

I'm sorry they did this to you.

I don't want to hurt you.

I'm a little fat.

[Patient]
Is this gonna hurt?

Yyyyes. I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna harvest some
skin from your buttock,

but I promise to leave
your dick bigger than ever.

Well, I guess
that's worth some pain.

Cause I never really thought of
a dog that way before, you know?

I mean, we never had one
so I was never presupposed

to thinking that way.
I mean, but you know,

if you were really
concerned about me,

why would you even
bring alcohol into the house?

I could have drank
enough to kill myself.

That's why I don't think you
should be making any decisions.

I'm not sure I
should be seeing you.

You don't know
enough to extrapolate--

Where are your pills?

See, see that's what you want.

You don't know
what it feels like.

When you're trying to feel
something for someone and they--

What are you making?

I don't know. Cookies.

It probably won't be
long before they can take you

at Phoenix House, it's
not bad. I've been there.

Where do you live?

I have a room in
a boarding house.

I could do that.

Yeah, but it's expensive,
so it's probably Phoenix House

is probably the best
bet for you right now.

Do you want someone
to call your parents?

No.

Okay, I'll talk to
you in the morning Toby.

Oh.

What the hell is this?

I was putting cream on his back.

Really? 'Cause you
got some in your hair.

[Toby]
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

This is not what we do here.

Leave him alone.

Meet me in my
office, 10 minutes.

It's a private clinic.

So I need, fifteen
hundred more a month.

For how long?

It's a big commitment. The
public facility is not bad.

I've taken my clients there.

We need something
better, for Renate.

Okay, I'll do it.

Thanks.

So, why did you
lie to the police?

I, I thought I could save her.

But now if he walks,
it's because of you.

It's because of me
he's not walking right now.

Please don't put
yourself in these situations.

You're gonna
get yourself killed.

What were you even
doing here this late?

I could ask you the
same, but I already know why.

I didn't plan that.

You don't have sex with clients
of the social services, Kevin.

I'm the grounds keeper, laundry
doer, I'm not a social worker.

That doesn't change anything.

You know, maybe it's what
he needed. It's what he wanted.

To be touched lovingly
for once, not, not to hurt him.

No. He's the victim of a
horrible crime and at the most

vulnerable time in his
life, you took advantage of him.

You think it was loving but
trust me, when he looks back

on things, after he recovers,
he's not gonna feel that way.

If he even recovers.

You're wrong.

Kevin, I've known you since
you were a kid, so I understand

why you might be confused
about this. But, I don't know,

I think it's clear
you've been here too long.

It's time for you to move on,
make other plans for yourself.

And don't even think
about coming back in here

while that boy's staying here.

He's gone. He left.
He took his things.

What? See this is exactly
what I was talking about.

You know, you have to consider
this your 2 weeks notice.

Find another job.

Okay, fine. I think
you're probably right.

And Toby didn't
leave because of me.

He left because you
humiliated 'im and scared 'im.

And that's all on you. Not me.

Hey.

Thank you.

What would you do
if I cheated on you?

Cry.

So where's Toby?

Toby didn't stay.

Why?

It's not the right place
for a grown man? I don't know.

Carol Fitzmorris. Now Toby.

I'm not bringing people
here if they don't stay.

Noboby wants to stay
here Alex. It's a shelter.

Oh, so he wants
to be in the street?

Apparently.

Did you call his parents?

No.

What are you not telling me?

I told you
everything you need to know.

Bitch.

Hmm, well I'm
surprised to see you.

You told me to
come, at the hospital.

You left the shelter?

I'm not a woman.
It's women and children.

Hmm, Where you staying now?

Have you spoken to your parents?

I don't want them to know.

You think they
don't know already?

It's been all over the
news. All over the country.

Kidnapping's news.

Yeah, but they
don't know it's me.

Of course. It's just some
other run-away from Etobicoke.

I don't have to go
back to them. I'm eighteen.

True.

Shall we talk about, why
you don't want to go back?

Shall we talk about
what happened to you?

I lied.

About what?

I wasn't kidnapped.

Haaaa.

I went there.

A man's been shot in the face.

Another man is on
the run from the police.

You weren't kidnapped?

Toby.

I knew what they
wanted me to do, down there.

Well you said that they
hired you to do chores.

I knew what they
wanted. I'm not stupid.

So fucking stupid.

Hey...I let them tie me up
and I let them put a mask on me.

Hey...I let them tie me up
and I let them put a mask on me.

What else did you consent to?

Did you agree that they could
keep you there indefinitely?

For two weeks?

No, I--

That you could
remain tied up for ever?

For like 20 minutes
or an hour or something.

That seems a perfectly
reasonable expectation.

So, that's the lie? That you
didn't go there to do chores.

You went there for sex. Were
they paying you for the sex?

I didn't like name
a price or anything.

I just thought they'd feed
me and bus money or something.

Well how much is the bus?

The bus to where? To Ontario?

No just like, bus
money just to get around.

The local bus. Isn't
that like two dollars?

Wasn't talking about the bus
necessarily. I just meant like--

You mean just enough
money to get by, to get around.

How are you
earning your money now?

I don't have any.

Toby.

Consent, is not something you
give once and is there forever.

You can change your mind.

[phone rings]
I want you to make an
appointment to see me next time.

I want you to check in
with the shelter everyday.

They have a high
turnover of beds there.

I want you to get
something to eat. Get a job.

And ah, stop selling
your ass for bus fare.

Hi. No, no I can't. I've
got appointments all day.

Oh really. Ah,
what about later?

Good luck.

[Narrator]
Next time on 'Sex And Violence'.

My mother never accepted
help while she was alive.

And you think that
she's gonna want my help, now?

Hi.

Hi.

This is Kai. He's
here to see Mrs. Kim.

We failed. Each other.

Ben?

Yes, you're?

Jasper.

Good to meet you.

Hi.

Hi.

Ah, Is Alex around?

No. Who are you?

A friend of Alex.

Do you want to come in?

Hit me over the
head with a bottle.

Why?

Cause they're shit faced.

But you know what would
make Mommy really happy?

If you gave her
a hug. Go ahead.

Oh, look at the little one.

So cute.

You wanna fuck me?

Cause you can.

Yeah, lucky me.

I wanna get in your pants.

No thanks.

I already got one
asshole down there.