All language subtitles for Da Vinci`s Inquest - 01x07 - The Stranger Inside.eng

[ theme music playing ]

[ woman ] : hi. Call me.

We have a little problem.

[ man ] :
I took the canucks
To lose.

Aw, what the hell,
Something goes wrong,
They win.

- they got no coaching.
- it's about money.

They don't have
Enough money to get
The right personnel.

It's about money
And intelligence.

If you got the dollars,
You buy good scouts.

You get
The intelligence.

Then a few bucks
In the right hands
Under the table,

And you got
Yourself a team.

- morning.
- hey.

How you doing?
So what do we got?

An attractive young woman,
No signs of a struggle.

No torn clothing.

No physical signs of a mugging
From where we stand,

Except, uh,
She hasn't got a purse,

Unless it's underneath her.

Looks like
You were dressed up

For a night on
The town, weren't you?

French nails.

I had a girlfriend
Who gets them done
Like that.

It's a time-consuming
Process, smells wicked.

Those dig into your skin,
You feel it.

If she's being attacked
And defending herself,

We'll find some skin
Under there. I'll bag 'em
When you're done.

Rigor mortis. It's hard
To tell if it's coming in
Or going, it's impossible.

I talked
To the parking lot
Attendant.

He said he checks out
At 11:00, after that
It's a ticket dispenser.

There's a couple
Of nightclubs in this area,

So I did a check
On her credit card.

Okay, I'm not seeing
Any visible wounds.

There's no marks on her throat,
There's nothing on her face,

Nothing on her skull.
Weird.

You find it
Kind of strange

How she's laid out here
Kind of delicately?

Also weird.

Very neat, like somebody
Took special care.

Looks that way.

Yeah, it's a real shame.

That was really
A good-looking young woman.

She took care of herself.

Somebody's gonna be
Missing her, that's for sure.

[ cell phone ringing ]

Okay, you guys
Take it from here.
I'm done.

Hello?

Hey, sunny.

That'd be
Your girlfriend.

Leo, you want
To give it a rest?

It's getting real old,
Real fast.

[ leo ] :
I got no problem with that.
To each his own.

I like blondes,
You like 'em dark.

I figure you're
Born that way,

Nothing you can do about it.
It's a genetic thing.

I look at sunny, I see
An attractive woman.
That okay with you?

Why don't you hang
Here for body pick-up?

What's his problem?

All I'm saying is
That other people

May have a problem
With race mixing,

But I figure if that's
The way you're bent,

It's okay.
It's all I'm saying.

Beauty's in the eye
Of the beholder.

Am I wrong?

It's four two...

Six seven four.

So what's the news
From the front?

Here is a tasty
Little item.

The coroner
In victoria called,

Said he found
Some body parts he thought
Might tickle your fancy.

Tickle me.

Feet, legs and arms.

Feet, legs and arms...
Okay, what's the story?

There's a green
Garbage bag found under
The johnson street bridge.

Some kid shooting rats
With a crossbow finds it.

The coroner
Remembers your memo

On the red-headed
Torso the police found
Off commercial drive...

- really?
- ...Since the parts match
The general description.

Wow.
Okay, so no head,
No hands,

Boy, someone's taking
Great care for someone else
To remain anonymous.

Okay, I got everything.
I'm gonna be in pathology.

I'll let you know
When the mystery man arrives.

Yeah, send it right down.

Okay, um...

This is one where all
Is not what it appears
To be.

Whoa.

That's one vicious beating.

I'll get to the back
In a minute

Which is where the majority
Of bruising appears.

But, just to begin,
We've got a variety
Of bruising

From the shoulders
To the thighs.

Now the first thing
I notice

Is that some
Are relatively fresh,
The reddish ones,

Other are yellow,
Some purple.

- this is not
One single beating.
- correct.

You'll also notice
A variety of patterning,

So some sort of instrument
Or instruments were used.

Yeah.

What would do
Something like that?

Take a look at the wrists.
We've got ligature marks,

My guess is from handcuffs.

Yeah, handcuffs.

It's looking a little
Like torture.

Maybe.

Now before
I roll the body,

I'd like to point out
A couple more things.

The jaw is fairly strong.

It comes to a squarish end.

You can feel two points.

The breasts have been
Surgically implanted,

The hips
Are narrow and flat

And finally,
That's a surgically
Constructed vagina.

Get the hell
Out of here.

She was a he?

Pretty good-looking
Man, eh, leo?

You're going to have
To change the gender
On your paperwork.

Wayne.

Okay, let's have a look
At the back.

[ leo ] :
Oh my god.

I can't say for certain,
But those welts

Look like the result
Of a whip of some kind,

Maybe a riding crop.

You can see the impression
Of a weave in the pattern.

Are you leaning
Towards homicide?

Um, it's a fair assumption
So far.

I'm going to go back
Over the externals

And do a thorough
Record of the bruising
Before I open him up,

So you can go or stay.
It's up to you.

[ leo ] :
Uh... Question period.

I can understand about
The breast implants,

You might want to help
Mother nature a little bit,

But, uh, this,
This uh...

Vagina.

Yeah.
How common is that?

And I mean, uh,
Could you tell?

I mean, just by lookining,
You can't.

From what I've read,
It's fairly convincing.

You wouldn't feel
The difference in the dark.

It just goes to show you...

You can't judge a book
By its cover, eh, leo?

I've seen a few before,
But they're not that common.

And if you need help
With identification,

The breast implants
Have serial numbers.

We can get those
Over to you.

Oh, good.
Oh, that's good to know.

Yeah.
Good to know. Thanks.

Hey, maybe there's
A surgeon in town

That specializes in
This kind of makeover.
What do you think?

Uh, well,
From the looks of her

I say she had
Her surgery done five,
Maybe six years ago.

Full post-op transsexuals
Aren't that common.

All these pattern
Bruises, some old,

Uh, some fresher
Than others.

What does it
Look like to you?

A repeated beating?
Like a ritual?

I suppose.

Let me know
When you're going to do
The internal.

I'll follow up
With a few calls.

Sure.

Hey, sunny.

- hey.
- how you doing?

- good. Busy, you?
- yeah, yeah, me too.

Always.

Um, I wanted to
Ask you something.

Want to go out for
A drink some time?

Sure.

Yeah, I'd like that.

All right.
I'll give you a call.

We could play it
By ear, whatever.

- sure.
- yeah?

- sounds good.
- great. See you.

[ mick ] :
Yes, thank you very much.

I appreciate the help.
Thank you.

Well, that was
The transgender clinic,

They seem to think
By the description

Our victim is alison cody,
Also known as allan cody.

No current address,
But they gave me a number
For his family here.

You want me to
Make the call?

No, I'll do it.

Pulmonary embolism.

I opened up the lungs
And saw it immediately.

Clot to the pulmonary vessel,

Which resulted in hypoxia,

Lack of oxygen to the brain

And then cardiac arrest.

Can you tell me
If the blood clot

Was thrown as a direct
Result of the beating?

Possibly.

I've scheduled further
Work for tomorrow,

But even then
I may not be able
To determine that.

Why the sudden interest?

Just monitoring progress.
Thank you.

Dominic.

Let's take a walk.

- that transgender
That was beaten allan cody.
- yeah, yeah. What?

I want you to go
Over to his apartment.

You see any personal
Items lying around,
I want you to seize them.

You want me
To seize items?

The police are treating
This like a homicide,
You realize that?

Patricia tells me
She hasn't determined
The cause of death yet.

I was just talking
To her. She was leaning
Towards homicide.

Not yet.

Do you mind telling me
What's going on here?

Jimmy?

I want to exercise
As much discretion
As possible.

Jimmy.

Okay.

All right.

I'll go over there,
I'll seize all the stuff.

I just have to draw up
An order of seizure,
Then I--

All you have to do
Is sign it.

She was a very sweet woman.

Uh-huh.

Can you recall seeing her
The night before last?

No, I can't remember
The last time I saw her.

[ knocking ]

Hey, what's the pleasure?

Well, I've got
A coroner's order to seize.

What do you guys got?

- nothing.
- what?

No, we're just here
Questioning the manager.

I'll maintain continuity
In the evidence,

And if it turns out
To be a homicide,

Everything's kosher
For you guys, okay,
When you get your warrant.

Now-- this order,
That gives me right

To seize anything
That I want to put
Into my investigation,

Is that okay with you?

He volunteered to show
Us through the place.

So far, we found
No evidence of any violence,

Just a whole lot of pills.

Pills? What kind of pills?

[ mick ] :
Estrogen. Large, economy size.

If this isn't homicide,
What the hell is it?

I don't know.
Patricia hasn't made
A determination yet.

The jury's out.

You and francois should be
Talking face to face.

He's got two faces,
Danny boy.

Which one are you
Talking to?

Whatever happened
Between you two, get it
Straightened out,

Or I got to find partners
That can get down
To business.

You know what I'm doing
Out on the coast?

I am out here

Because francois'
Damn brother doesn't
Even trust him.

If I put you two together,
You can talk it out, right?

Nobody else.

If he wants to do that,
You have him tell me.

All right, okay.

I'll put it together
For tonight.

Good.
See you.

I got 30 years on the job
And I'll tell you,

If this isn't
A homicide investigation,
I don't know what is.

Well, that may well
Prove to be the case,

But I'm not yet done
With my examination.

I can tell you
Where I'm at so far.

Oh, good. Please.

Allan cody suffered
A cardiac arrest

Caused by a clot
To the pulmonary vessel.

Through a clot
As the result
Of a beating.

Perhaps.

I examined
All the bruising

In an attempt to
Definitively ascertain

Which of the events
Might have caused the clot.

That proved
Impossible to determine.

But it was one of them,
So whichever one it was--

I can't say that
With certainty.

You can get
A clot like this

From sitting
In an airplane seat
For too long,

And there are also
Other factors.

Allan was taking
Estrogen hormones
And he was a smoker.

Both of those factors
Could contribute.

Yeah, well, you let me
Know if he smoked himself
To death.

Because if that's your
Ruling, I'm going to call
Another pathologist

To conduct any further
Homicide investigations.

That's your prerogative.

I don't work for you.
I work for the coroner's
Office.

Yeah...

You have any
Further insight,
You let me know.

- you'll be the first.
- oh, really?

That'll make a change
From this morning.

If you're accusing me
Of something,

I would prefer if you make
An official complaint

To the chief coroner.

You mean your boyfriend?

What did you find?

Well, a couple of
Pissed-off detectives.

Are you going to tell me
What I was looking for,

Or am I to be kept
In the dark on this one?

'cause I'll tell you
Right now, I won't play
That way.

I received a call

Suggesting that allan cody's
Business affairs

Might prove sensitive
To certain citizens

If they were to come
Under public scrutiny.

Oh, yeah?

So these affairs...

Are relevant
To his death?

That's all you need
To know right now.

What I need to know
Is what you found.

What did I find?
I found some estrogen pills

And we've got a computer,
But the hard drive's
Been erased.

- I'd like to know
What's on there.
- you would?

Call a forensic
Computer analyst.

See what can
Be retrieved.

- I already have.
It's being worked on.
- good.

I won't be yanked
Around on this, jimmy.

Now, you asked me
To intervene.

I'm assuming
It's because
You can't do it,

Or you don't
Want to do it.
Okay.

- but if I'm involved,
I'm involved--
- [ knocking ]

Does someone want
To give me the courtesy

Of telling me why
You've interceded

In a homicide
Investigation?

Well, uh, I'm just...

Just following
Procedure here.

I went down there
Your guys weren't seizing
Anything, so I grabbed it

If it turns out to be
Homicide, we've protected
All your evidence.

If it turns out
Not to be homicide
And you dump the case,

We're six or seven days
Down the road with nothing,

We haven't even started.

Yeah, well,
The minute that patricia
Makes a ruling,

I want everything
You've seized.

No problem.

Thank you.

That's okay.
I'm just doing my job.

All right,
If it's ruled homicide,
I won't interfere.

In the meantime,

I'm trying to prevent
Unnecessary damage

From being done.

Hold it, hold it,
Wait a minute.
There's...

If this is ruled
A homicide, there's damage
That can be done?

Entire careers
Will be destroyed.

This is --.

Well, da vinci had
The proper paperwork.

We have no authority
Over a coroner's order.

We were looking
At the apartment
As a possible crime scene.

Didn't have enough evidence
For a search and seizure...
Still don't.

We're still pursuing
This as a homicide.
You understand that?

- [ mick ] : yeah.
- so where are we?

Well, we had no luck
With credit card receipts
From the parking lot.

Lot of unrelated citizens
Out on the town.

We talked to the surgeon
That did cody's makeover.

He doesn't know anything
About his personal life.

The building manager
Was a washout and...

His ex-wife,
She was not helpful.

You know,
Going on the theory
He was into s & m,

We contacted a couple
Of bondage houses.

Nobody admits
To knowing him.

Terrific.

Did you know that the...

The police are treating
Your ex-husband's death
As a homicide?

Yes, they told me.

Allan had a difficult life
Right to the end.

You know,
Our pathologist mentioned

That... The nature
Of some of his injuries

Suggested that he had
Been beaten before.

Now, I'm sorry
To have to ask you

These highly personal
Questions, I apologize.

But it's just
From the standpoint

Of trying to stop this
From happening to
Somebody else.

Your questions can't be
Any more difficult

Than those I ask myself.

Right.

So, okay, then.

Was allan engaged
In any, uh...

Sadomasochistic practices
That you know about?

Not that I know of.

I have a son by allan.

It's already been
Very difficult for him

To deal with
His father's change.

Is there any way
To spare him this?

Uh, well, see,
Here's the problem.

If they rule this
A... A homicide,

It's going to go
To trial.

And at that point
It's these kind of things

That get
Sensationalized.

I guess it's just best
To deal with it frankly

And tell him the truth.

The police will make
A psychiatrist available

To you if you wish
And to your son.

I've seen a few of those
Over the years.

They have a lot of theories
And explanations

And yet it still remains
A mystery to me.

Allan was a sweet person.

[ leo ] :
You know what I think
Happened?

I think allan
Was dating some guy
Who got heavy with her,

And she put out
That she was a he
And he flipped on her.

[ dominic ] :
I don't think
That's the angle.

Oh, yeah?
What then?

Well, if she's
Into s & m,

It could have
Been an accident.

So why all this
Scurrying around

To seize the computer?
It's a cover-up.

No, it's somebody scared
That their name's
On that list

And it's going
To go public.

That'd be the guy
Who calls up flynn

And puts a finger on him
To sit on top of it.

As long as he can,
Keep it in your
Jurisdiction.

Smells like that
To me.

You know, some
Of these citizens

That you're going
Out of your way to cover up

Might be involved.

The guy was beaten
And dumped.

How can you not figure
It's a homicide?

You know what
It smells like to me?

Somebody reached out
And put you in their
Back pocket.

That's what
It smells like.

Nobody's put me in
Their back pocket.

Oh yeah, and I suppose
You didn't put pressure,

You and flynn...

On patricia to jam up
On the autopsy report,

So you could run around
And cover some asses?

You think that?
If you think that,

I want you to go yourself
To patricia

And tell her
What you just told me.

Right... Okay.

Sorry.

It's all right.
See you.

See you later.

We're a couple
Of mushrooms on this.

[ dominic ] :
So information--

You can bury it,
But you can't kill it.

That's right.

And whoever erased
The hard drive

Didn't know much
About data storage,

Because you can hit
Erase files, right?

And they disappear from
The retrieval system,

But all that does is dump
A lot of information

On what's really there.

Is there any way you can
Tell if they made a copy
Before they dumped it?

No, not that I know of.

Now it's all on this disk.
I didn't take a long look,

But a couple names jumumped ot
And scared me.

Can you keep my name
Out of this?

Yeah, no problem.

Yeah, so you can tell
Whoever it is that's
Calling you

To see if their name's
On this list

That everything's fine.

Their ass is covered,

As long as they weren't
Directly involved

In allan cody's death.

You're telling me you're not
Gonna give me that disk?

That's right,
And you know why?

Because you handed me
This case.

You'll take all the heat
If it's ruled a homicide.

Hey, that's right.

You can lay it all
Off on me.

Which is what
You probably wanted

From the beginning
Here anyway.

We've all been
Playing some game

Of bluff poker
Or something, right?

Now I'm holding
The ace.

Yes?

I'm dominic da vinci.

From the vancouver
Coroner's office.

I have a... A card.
Can I come in?

May I ask what
This is about?

Well, under the term
Of the coroner's act,

I have the right
To enter any premises

Where I think a death
May have taken place.

And do I have the right
To have a lawyer present?

Call whoever you want,
But I'll tell you right now,
I'm coming in.

If you refuse
To let me in, I'm going
To call downstairs,

About a minute
And a half from now,

The boys in blue,
They'll come in too.

Thank you.

- I have a business license.
- I'm not here from city hall

To investigate
A noise complaint, you know.

My lawyer's on his way.

Good. Then while we're
Whiling away the time,

Could we discuss
Allan cody?

I know allan as alison.

Intimately, I wager.

We're close friends
And business partners.

How's she doing lately?

I don't know.
I haven't seen her
In a couple of days,

But I assume
Something's wrong,

- otherwise you
Wouldn't be here.
- fine.

That's great with me
If we can drop the --.

Yeah.

Your... Close friend
Allan cody,

Also known as alison,
Is dead.

The result
Of a beating.

I'm distressed
To hear that.

Me too.

Now we know that
For the last two years,

He's been working
Here exclusively

Pretty well on a
Regular basis, right?

Then we find
The body in a...

In a parking lot
A couple days ago,

Three days ago,
I think.

And covered in these
Welts and bruises,

And it's
Occurring to me

That some of
The instrumentation
I see on display here

May be the reason why.

I'm going to wait
For my lawyer.

You already
Said that.

Now here's
The other thing.

I'm in possession
Of the client list

And I've seized it legally
From allan's apartment.

- I see...
- and so before
The police seize,

Is it possible
That maybe you could
Enlighten me a bit?

It'd be good for you.

I'm, uh, I'm very sorry,
But my business demands

That I keep
My client's confidence.

Please, don't make me
Want to put one of your
Body parts

Into one of your pieces
Of machinery here.

I don't know what
Happened to alison,

But whatever happened
To her didn't happen here,

And didn't involve me.

You know,
Your non-cooperation

Is making my mind
Jump right to homicide.

- want me to phone the police?
- do what you have to do.

[ dialing tone ]

Done.

Hey. Yeah.
Come on up.

I would get yourself
A new lawyer too.

Should have been here
By now.

This is a photograph
Of allan's body.

Here's another photograph

Of some injuries
Inflicted by a whip.

Here's some more injuries

Inflicted by some other
Instrument.

These here are ligatures
On the wrist...

From handcuffs.

I got to tell you,

We find a match with any
Of the instruments

Seized from your
Place of business,

We will be pursuing
Homicide charges.

You haven't got enough
To pursue a charge
Of manslaughter,

Let alone homicide.

Yeah, but it ain't entirely
Out of the picture either.

Now if your client
Cooperates with us,

And we look
Favorably on that,

So will a judge
At a trial.

Mr. Cody's lifestyle
Is such that he...

Accepted
These mild injuries.

Hey...

You can adopt
Any twisted interpretation

Of a fun lifestyle
That you want,

But allan cody's death
Doesn't come

Under the category
Of a mild injury

In anybody's
Interpretation,

Not even if one
Of the perverts on your
Client list

Wears a costume
And pounds the desk
With his gavel.

I ask that you refrain

From casting aspersions
On my client's character.

Oh, which character
Would that be,

The roman gladiator
Or the marquis de sade?

Why don't you
Just tell us

When it was that you last
Saw or heard from allan?

This will be over.

- four days ago.
- you know what?

[ snaps fingers ]
Let's stop it right here.

All right?
I have a sworn statement
From a witness,

Says he saw him
At your door the night
Of his death.

You want to reconsider
Your answer?

Leo.

Patricia's final
Autopsy report.

This is --.

There's no way
The cause of death
Was undetermined.

You guys want to treat
This as a homicide,

You'll have
To order a new autopsy,
Different pathologist.

Yeah, that's what
We'll have to do.

- you want to authorize one?
- whatever you want.

Remember, it can take
A couple of days

And you may get
The same answer.

So be it.
Stop the interview.

You know what pisses me off?

These people are
Running a business
Where they torture people

And we have to handle
Them with kid gloves.

- you want to tell me
What's going on?
- sure.

You only brought
My detectives in here

Because you thought
This was a homicide.

Well, it might be.
It was ruled undetermined.

I want to find out
What she knows.

She knows something 100%,
So I want to keep
The pressure up.

If you guys want to order
A second autopsy,
That suits me.

I'll tell them,
"Cops are still treating this
Like a homicide."

It works beautiful.

I want to put another
Scare into her.

That was a relief, huh?

It's temporary,
I'm sure.

Yeah, they'll be back,
But we'll still
See each other

Because I'll be
Ordering the inquest.

On what grounds?

On what grounds?

On the grounds
That I think

There may be
A public interest

In the operation of
These s & m parlors

Like your client has.

And I may have to
Pull a few names
Off that list,

I'll warn you
Right now.

I don't know if your qc
Explained this to you,

But anyone subpoenaed
Who chooses not to appear,

They face jail time.

The privacy
You're protecting--
Do you understand this?

Will be so much
Dirty laundry flapping
In the public backyard.

What, uh, what
Do you want?

I want a one on one
With the mistress here--

Alone and off the record.
That's it.

Do you got a second?

Uh, sure.
What's on your mind?

I just got a call
From sergeant regan.

He's asked me to do
A second autopsy

On allan cody.

I was expecting that.

Um, he wants
A homicide ruling,

And he would love
To prove me wrong.

If I do find homicide,
I'll probably be called

To testify against
Your findings.

Oh, that's all right.

I'm pretty confident
In the witness box.

Okay. Thanks.

- have you finished?
- yeah.

- may I?
- go ahead.

So that's one hell
Of a client list
You've got.

There's a demand.

Could you tell me
About that?

In your opinion,
What is it these people want?

Well it's not about sex
In most cases.

- really?
- yeah.

I mean,
Sometimes it is,

But in my experience,
Those are the rare exceptions.

If um, if you're
A submissive--

We call them slaves.

- slaves?
- yeah.

Then you're, uh, you're
Seeking domination

Or a release
From something.

Something you can't get
In your straight life?

Basically, yeah.

Sometimes it's an extension,

A very extreme extension
Of their personality

Acted out
In a safe environment

Where they're not judged

As... Freaks,
Outsiders.

So allan...
He was a submissive?

To a degree.

Having a little trouble
With this concept?

Well, yeah.

I don't get
The attraction to slavery.

You've never engaged
In a submissive act?

Excuse me?

Never allowed your
Partner to dominate you?

This isn't about me.

This is about
Your clients.

Well, you certainly have
Something in common
With my clients.

You're secretive about
Your personal desires.

I'm in a public office,

Like a lot of those
Names on your list.

None of us like any details
From our private life
To be known publicly

That might affect our
Ability to do our jobs
Effectively.

That's very true.

So let me hazard a guess.

The person that beat allan,

And perhaps even
Caused his death,

Would be a dominant?

I'd say that's
A safe assumption.

And you are a...

I'm a dominatrix.

I see.

So this is what
I want you to consider.

They have ordered
The second autopsy.

Now if it comes back,
And it's ruled a homicide,

That means
You'll take the stand.

And if it's ruled
Undetermined,

Then you'll order
An inquest,

In which case, I'd be
Compelled to testify.

No, actually.

There's a third
Option here.

You just tell me
Exactly what happened,
Who was involved

And I promise you
Right here, right now

Only those people or persons
Have to come forward.

You've read the list.

If you look very carefully,
I'm sure you'll see

There are a number
Of very powerful people

Who have a great deal at risk
If they're exposed.

Your clients, did they know
You kept a list?

Not all of them, no.

So you see,
You've put me in
A very delicate

And dangerous
Personal situation.

And the difference
Between that

And the situation
That allan was in
Is what exactly?

Look.
I speak for the dead.

The living
Have the opportunity
To speak for themselves.

Now my advice to them
Is to take it.

Otherwise, you risk
Getting locked away
Somewhere

24 hours a day
You can play slaves.

But there's no break
To go back to the office.

[ sunny ] : mick?

Mm-hmm?

I should go.

- it's getting late.
- yeah.

- here, I'll help you
With that.
- thanks.

That was very nice.

Want to stay?

I'd like to,

But I think we should
Probably take it
A little slow.

- that's good.
- yeah?

I'm a patient man.

I can wait.

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- [ man ] : yo!

[ horn honks ]

All right, look.

I talked to leon.
I got everything worked out.

He doesn't want any problems
With you or your brother.

Says he's getting
Mixed signals.

It's already taken
Care of, danny.

Taken care of?

It's done?
Is it done?

It's been
Taken care of, danny.

All right?

There's a narc from montreal
Watching this place.

You know the guy?

This guy I use
Pointed him out to me.

He's a horseman.
Works big cases.

We need a sit down
With your brother.

We've got to get
This called off now.

It's too late.
Arrangements have
Already been made.

Jeez!
This guy's seen me
At leon's building!

What are you doing
In my car?

- what?
- how do you know
He didn't follow you?

- I shook him, all right?
- how do you know that?!

- would I be in your car?
- I don't know.

They got a tap on the phone
And we're cooked.

We got to get to montreal.
We're getting on a plane
Tonight.

- good morning.
- good morning.

Have a seat.

Before we go any
Further with this,

I'd like to make it
Perfectly clear

That the coroner's office
Is in no position

To cut any deals.

The police
And the crown council

Are in a different
Position.

Perhaps that's who
We should be speaking with.

Well, we're still
Awaiting the results
Of the second autopsy.

Now like I pointed out
Last night,

The clock is ticking here.

If it comes back homicide,

The client list goes
Right over to them,

And I guarantee you,
They make the deal

With the first person
Through that door, so...

It happened very suddenly.

We were at the end
Of a session,

Alison was having a cigarette
And she just slumped over.

Did you call 911?

No.

She was dead immediately.

Was there
A third person involved?

Is that who
I think it is?

Yeah.

Now what was his part
In all of this?

We'd prefer that you
Spoke to him directly.

All the bruises
Reveal some clotting.

Across her lower back,
The contusions
Are very heavy.

The evidence
Is more pronounced

In some of
The yellowed bruises.

Some of these older
Bruises are as much
As a centimeter deep,

Indicating a different
Instrument was used

And the impact
More traumatic.

I admit...
I have a secret life

And I've tried
To protect it,

But it's important to me

That those close to me

Are protected as well.

Well, I think there's
A very good chance

Of doing just that,

Uh... But from
My standpoint,

From where I'm sitting,

That's totally up to you
At this time.

Look, let's just see
If you can answer a few
Of my questions.

Now you are not
Compelled to answer.

You can choose
To have a lawyer,

But if you do,

Well, I have to take
A different step

And this can't remain
A private conversation.

- all right.
- all right.

Okay, how long
Have you been using

Mistress harriet's...
Services?

I read her ad in the paper
A couple of years ago,

And I was uh... Curious,

But... You know,
Embarrassed.

At first,
It was only sporadic,

But then...

I realized
How much I needed it.

After that, it became
A more regular thing.

How regular
Would regular be?

A couple of times a week.

I've been having
A lot of difficulty

Understanding what this
Activity satisfies.

I mean, a man like you
Has such a...

A great life.
You have people
That you care for.

You have a position
In society

That many people
Would envy.

With all of that comes
A lot of responsibility.

And that comes
With a lot of pressure.

Some people
Might take a drink,

Or jump out
Of an airplane.

I...

I don't know
How to explain it.
I...

I used to jump on people,
I used to hurt them.

I don't do that
Anymore.

I get a release
From what I do.

Okay.

So what happened
With allan?

There are certain...

Safe words
That you agree on

That if either one
Of you uses them,

Then all the playing stops.

The playing?

Okay, so did you and allan
Have a safe word?

Yes.

Did you hit him?

Yes.

- with what?
- a crop.

- nothing else?
- no.

Did you go
To the safe word?

She didn't have to.
I didn't continue.

Why not?

I go to mistress harriet
For punishment.

I do what she
Orders me to do.

Mistress harriet
Ordered you

To beat allan?

Yes.
It wasn't something
I had done before.

Okay, so now
You've stopped.

So what the hell
Happened?

Alison-- allan

Was smoking
A cigarette.

I was booking
Another appointment.

She just fell over.

And did you try
To revive him?

I couldn't think
What to do.

You couldn't think
What to do.

Between the two of you there,

You couldn't think
To call 911?

But you did
Gather your thoughts
Together enough

To... Load allan
Into a car,

And then drive him
Across town,

Dump him in a remote
Parking lot.

No identification.

Then you did think
To call someone else
On that client list

Who called somebody else
In an effort to cover
The whole thing up.

And now you promised here,

You promised me that
You'd be frank with me,

And now you're
Telling me...

That you were
Just following orders.

I had you pegged
For a general.

Many of the bruises showed
Signs of clotting.

I believe the clot
Originated there.

- as a result of
The latest beating?
- there's no way of telling.

It could have
Been an old bruise
That released the clot

When it was struck again
During the most recent
Beating.

It could've been any
Combination of events.

I think the most recent
Beating was fairly
Superficial.

So where does
This leave us?

Well, no certain incident,
No definitive time,

No definitive cause,
No intent to cause death--

That leaves us with...

A legal act between
Two consenting adults.

Am I right?

- thank you, sunny.
- mm-hmm.

- so what's your ruling?
- undetermined.

We don't know
If it's natural,
Or if it's an accident,

But there's no reason
To believe it's a homicide.

Has everyone
Signed off on that?

I don't think you'll get
Two doctors anywhere

That'll sit
In a witness box

And argue with two
Pathologists' findings,
Do you?

Did you take care
Of everything else?

Yeah.

Everyone's been
Put to bed.

You destroy the disk?

Trust me.

[ telephone ringing ]

Dominic here.

Look look.
Hold on, hold on.

Slow down, slow down,
You're at who's residence?

What?

Oh, yeah?
Were there drugs
Or alcohol involved?

Well, well...

Fine, okay, fine.
So when was she last
Seen alive?

Do you happen to know
The name of the deceased?

Seal the apartment.
Call homicide. I'm on my way.

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