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[SOFT MUSIC]

JOY: This show has touched so many hearts.

And it's been my privilege to play Anne for the last 25 years.

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

Do you want another angle? Yeah?

[CAMERA SNAPPING]

REPORTER: Hey Tegan, over here!

Why'd you make the jump from reality TV to theatre?

Oh! I just always wanted to try it.

FRECKER: Now make sure you get one of the girls

with our brilliant director!

And our Thursday show is almost sold out.

I put it in your piece

that people should get their tickets while they still can.

All right, now, one of just me and Tegan, yeah?

You can't be serious.

I'm being upstaged by a reality show reject?

[LOIS SIGHS] Actors.

Thanks everybody! That's it for photo call.

- Are you ready? - MARLY: LX three going out!

Yeah.

Dress rehearsal starts in fifteen.

REPORTER: Mr. Frecker, before you go,

who's this week's celebrity walk-on?

Well, I don't want to give away our secrets

but if you buy a ticket,

I promise you that you will not be disappointed.

See you Thursday.

- [UPBEAT MUSIC] - REPORTER: Thank you.

Can we just get another shot of the house here?

DONOVAN: The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips.

The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips.

The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the...

SEAN: Don't mind me!

Got to replace that burnt out bulb now the once.

Sure.

The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips.

The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the...

[SEAN WHISTLING LOUDLY]

[DONOVAN CHUCKLES]

[DONOVAN SIGHS]

You take your time.

[WHISTLING CONTINUES]

- [JESSE GASPS] - [DONOVAN LAUGHS]

- Oh! - Good luck!

DONOVAN: Actually, Jesse, we don't say good luck in the theatre.

We say break a leg.

Oh, right! Sorry. Yeah, break a leg. Obviously.

Could have been worse. I could have said Macbeth.

[REX BARKS]

- Rex says break a leg. - Oh, thanks buddy!

[REX BARKS]

SARAH: Joe. It's so cool that they invited you to take part in this.

Yeah, it's actually great to get back to my theatre roots

and just do a little bit of PR for the department.

Well, if you're photographed with Tegan Mansfield,

you'll be in all the gossip blogs.

JESSE: You say that like it's a good thing.

I seriously hope she doesn't ruin it.

SARAH: Jesse's obsessed with the show.

He goes like every year.

Yeah, I don't understand. Why do they do the same show every year?

It's tradition, okay? It's tradition.

It's like the Anne of Green Gables of Newfoundland.

It's the first show I saw when I moved here.

SARAH: He's going to see it again next week.

- I think he's got a crush on the leading lady. - I do not!

Jesse, you know all the lines.

Oh, I doubt he knows all these ones!

It's a good few changes this year.

You're in for a surprise, my son.

- What does he mean by changes? - Uh, just...

MARLY: This is your five minute call.

- Five minutes, please. - DONOVAN: Thank you.

Okay, we should take our seats!

Why are you dressed like a pirate too?

I'll see you after the show, Jesse.

- Okay. - [REX WHINES]

CHARLIE: Come on, pal.

The tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips...

Excuse me, sorry.

FRECKER: Friends, family, press.

Welcome to our sneak peek dress rehearsal

of The Shipwreck of the Despatch's 25th year!

I am producer Samuel Frecker

and this is our director, Lois Labonte.

[APPLAUSE AND CHEERS]

You privileged few are first to see

the new, untold story of the Despatch.

And even more interestingly is that

after this year's local run,

we will be taking the show on its first ever national tour!

[APPLAUSE]

Would you like to say a few words?

Chekhov would say there is nothing new in art except talent.

[REX BARKS]

Right. Well, without further ado !

[LIVELY ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

Londonderry.

1828.

Two hundred souls set sail

- in search of a better life in Quebec. - Ah!

- He's good! - But little did they know

that I would cause them to wreck.

[DONOVAN CHUCKLES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[WIND HOWLING]

Wow.

Um, so this is the show you love?

Definitely not.

Stirring choreography, isn't it?

Sure!

DONOVAN: Deep in the belly of this terrible gale,

let dread Pirate Lancaster tell you a tale.

For never a more compelling tale will you catch

than that of the shipwreck of The Despatch!

[SWORD RINGING]

One household in the Isle of the Dead

saved hundreds from an ocean gravebed!

[SWORD WHOOSHING]

Anne!

And Thomasina!

- With Hairy Man, her dog... - [REX BARKS]

will guide us through this story's fog.

[DONOVAN LAUGHS]

[REX YELPS]

Okay, well, at least they still have Hairy Man.

JOY: Thomasina!

There's been a big wreck offshore!

Ready the rowboat!

I said, ready the rowboat, Tommy!

Oh, readying the rowboat!

[REX BARKS]

Shhh. Not now, pal.

[GEARS CREAKING]

[TEGAN SCREAMS]

- [LOUD CRASH] - [AUDIENCE SCREAMING]

[LOIS GASPS] LOIS: Oh my God!

- [CROWD EXCLAIMING] - [REX BARKING]

[JOY CRYING]

Oh my... !

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]

I can't believe she's gone!

She was such a sweet girl

even if she didn't know her lines!

- Here. - Oh!

- It's just awful. - Thank you!

[JOY CRIES]

SARAH: There was nothing we could have done.

She was killed instantly.

Hmmm.

Find it. Come on.

Excuse me.

Do you have any idea what happened?

It was working perfectly this morning!

But when I called the cue tonight,

it's like the boat had a mind of its own.

It just crashed!

You ever have a problem like this before?

Never!

I check everything before every run!

You did a check tonight?

Not since the tech run this morning!

Frecker had me changing lighting cues all day

and with all of his changes I just didn't have time to...

It's been a bit of a disorganized process.

That's not an excuse!

These actors trust me to keep them safe!

I failed them!

You know Charlie,

Frecker's been changing things all the time.

I've been rehearsing all week

for what was supposed to have just been a walk on part.

Tegan died.

Died doing what she loved.

In light of this tragedy...

We're cancelling the show?

Somebody's dead. We need to do an investigation.

I don't want anybody on the stage.

I don't want anybody touching the fly

- until we give the go ahead. - Of course.

Nothing will be touched on the fly system

until we do a full check, but,

the show must go on!

We open in two days!

DONOVAN: I don't think you understand, Mr. Frecker.

What Detective Hudson is trying to tell you

is that this show does not go on without our say-so.

We shall prepare for the best.

Rehearsal starts at ten tomorrow.

It's what Tegan would have wanted.

I think Tegan would have wanted to live.

Can I come through with you?

I need to take a look at the fly lines.

I'm afraid this area is offlimits for now.

It just...

I don't know how this happened!

We're going to figure out what went wrong, I promise.

Uh, do you know what this is?

It's a record of the install and my safety checks,

how many weights on each line,

the time I last checked them, the condition they're in.

Okay, I'm going to need to borrow this.

How much did the rowboat weigh?

317 pounds.

And the counterweights are supposed to balance the set piece, right?

Yes. They make it so the line doesn't move unless you pull on it

even if you release the brake.

Who would have been in this area

between the safety check and the dress?

Anyone in the theatre has access.

And where were you?

Running lighting cues with the designer

and then the photo call.

Why?

You've had quite a shock. You should get some rest.

Thank you for your help.

CHARLIE: Hey, Sarah.

You find anything?

Yeah, the line holding the rowboat was unbalanced.

I think that's why it crashed.

- That's a pretty big oversight. - Unless it's not.

There's 150 pounds less here

than is listed in these records

from the install and safety check.

So, if that's correct...

Then someone removed the weights between this morning and tonight?

Pretty hard to remove 150 pounds...

- Yeah. - ... by accident.

[SARAH SIGHS]

So, what we're looking at is murder.

- [REX BARKS] - [DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

TEGAN: Well, I don't care if nobody likes me.

I'm not here to make friends.

I'm here to win.

You don't win by making friends

and being sweet, and making alliances.

You win by pretending to make alliances.

And then at the perfect moment,

stabbing them in the back

- so that I go further. - This is right after the episode

where Tegan tries to steal Krissy's boyfriend

- in the hot tub by taking off her... - [DONOVAN CLEARS THROAT]

Morning!

Hi, we're just researching the victim.

She seems like someone who may have had a few enemies.

Don't make assumptions, Jesse.

Reality shows are not real.

Producers and editors pump up the drama for ratings.

- Everyone has a persona. - I'm not assuming! I'm justso that I go further.

you know, identifying potential suspects.

Right.

Do you have fingerprints on the fly system?

SARAH: No. I'm going to meet Charlie and Rex at the theatre,

see if I can find the weights that are missing

and take a look at Tegan's dressing room.

Okay, she may have had a few enemies there.

On that note, the sound technician recorded some rehearsals

to help Tegan learn her lines.

So I am going to see, what sort of juicy gossip

I mean leads,

- I can find on it. - Okay.

In the meantime, I'm going to go back to rehearsal

while they train Tegan's understudy.

I just want to keep an eye on things.

The show's not cancelled?

I mean social media is blowing up about Tegan's death.

No, not yet and I don't want it to get out

that this is a murder investigation.

Last thing I want is the media jumping all over that.

Okay, let's go.

Well, that's thorough.

[SEAN LAUGHS]

Marly's got a real penchant for safety.

Sin she couldn't enforce the same attention for detail

when it comes to historical accuracy.

I know! I know, right? I mean, Thomasina?

Come on! Anne's supposed to have a brother!

[SEAN LAUGHS] And you only saw the first five minutes.

Yeah, 48 people died.

It just changes the story so much, I mean...

I hear you.

Some shockin'...

Can I ask you something?

Did you see anyone backstage near the fly yesterday,

before the accident?

It was a dress rehearsal.

Sure, everybody was there.

[SEAN WHISTLES]

So, everyone's a suspect.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[REX SNIFFING]

Track it.

Guys, you've got to hear this.

- You find something? - Oh, did I!

Yeah, the sound technician left the actors' mics on

for twenty minutes after rehearsal ended.

It's like its own reality show!

Listen to this.

TEGAN: No Sam. I'm done waiting.

SAM: We've talked about this.

- You need to tell her! - I will.

Just... not yet.

You have to give me time!

That's Tegan's voice.

She said Sam. She's talking to Frecker.

Yeah, but who's her and what does she need to know?

[REX GROWLS]

[REX BARKS]

Sarah?

That's an odd spot to keep a script.

CHARLIE: I can see why.

Tegan has all of Anne's lines highlighted.

You think Tegan was trying to take over Joy's role?

Could Tegan have been pushing Frecker

to tell Joy that he was taking the lead role away from her?

If that's the case, maybe Joy decided it was curtains for Tegan.

[DONOVAN LAUGHS]

I killed the captain!

And he was my brother!

You think I won't kill you too, maiden?

- [DONOVAN CHUCKLES] - I think it can go bigger.

Are you serious? Bigger than that?

Just do what feels right for the character.

FRECKER: Yes, but, pump up the drama.

- This is theatre after all! - Right.

But remember to act natural!

[REX BARKS]

LOIS: Oh, I didn't know it was bring your pet to work day!

CHARLIE: He's not a pet. He's a highly-trained law enforcement animal.

Anyway. You guys have had a lot of change in the production.

I thought maybe you could use Rex instead of the stuffed dog.

Right!

Yes, I think having a real-life scene partner

would really make my performance more realistic.

Interesting!

Can he take direction?

Can he?

Rex!

Save the passengers.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

[REX WHINES]

[DONOVAN CHUCKLES]

- He's perfect! - [LOIS SIGHS]

You know what?

Whatever you want!

- Let slip the dogs of war! - [SEAN GRUNTS]

Got her all fixed up!

Now, there will be absolutely no flying!

The boat is just going to glide in!

Now Joe, we're going to have to change your blocking.

Good job, partner.

People are going to be careful what they say around Joe.

So, you've got to be our extra eyes and ears.

Okay?

Excuse me, Ms. Jamieson? Can I have a word?

Anything for a fan.

- Especially a handsome one. - [THEY CHUCKLE]

Oh, wow.

Our 20th performance.

- That was a good one! - [JESSE CHUCKLES]

- You were there? - Yeah, yeah, you know what?

I have been every year since.

I really can't imagine anyone else in the role of Anne.

Oh. Well, you won't have to soon.

They're replacing me after the local run.

I...

I can't believe they would do that after all these years!

All these years playing a 17-year-old?

Tegan would have been a more age-appropriate Anne.

- Well, I mean, she's no Joy Jamieson! - Well...

Come on!

[JOY CHUCKLES]

And you're okay giving up the part?

Mm-hmm. I am.

I mean, I wasn't thrilled

they were giving it to someone so green, but...

Yeah, I mean, Tegan did seem inexperienced.

Yeah.

I noticed you pushed her last night.

She couldn't find her mark.

Honestly, I don't want to tour.

I love my life in Newfoundland.

My family is here.

And I have a new show coming up.

I'm sorry. I, um...

I love this show. And...

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

to leave,

like after all this time, with this just terrible tragedy. It's...

CHARLIE: Sneaking out of rehearsal early?

Frecker can finish it.

I wanted to ask you a couple of questions.

Um...

What did you think of Tegan as an actor?

[LOIS SCOFFS] That's of concern to the SJPD?

It's of concern to me.

I felt she had a lot of water in her soul.

What does that mean?

It's the opposite of fire.

Oh, so, if people were thinking that you cast her in a national tour,

that would be pretty frustrating.

Yeah, it was.

But my opinion on the subject didn't seem to matter.

It's Frecker's world after all. The rest of us just live in it.

How very Zen of you.

Has Frecker always been such a hands-on producer?

Hardly.

He's taken a sudden interest since he was bewitched.

You mean by the lure of Tegan's celebrity?

Call it that if you want.

I'm not one for television.

But I've seen the girl's show.

She had ways of getting what she wanted.

And besides,

Frecker's always had a thing for blondes.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

TV ANNOUNCER: This fall,

we're getting ready to shack up on Bungalow of Love.

JESSE: Sarah. Hey, you find anything out about the counterweights?

The missing 150 pounds from the rowboat

are still unaccounted for. Maybe the killer took them off site?

Mmm.

All these hours of watching Tegan on screen

only for her story to end right in front of us.

I mean, it's just hard to believe.

And from what I can tell,

behind the scenes, her Bungalow co-stars seemed to liked her.

I wonder who she was when she wasn't playing a part?

Well, she wasn't as well-liked by her co-stars in the theatre.

Did Joy tell you that?

Yeah. But she has a one-woman musical opening next month.

[TABLET BEEPING]

Oh, so she must have been planning for months!

Right. But I don't think the conversation

between Tegan and Frecker was about her taking over Joy's role.

I mean, Frecker had to know

that she wasn't planning on touring with the show.

Frecker's married, right?

I think so. Yeah, why?

Well, Lois told Charlie that Tegan bewitched him

into giving her the lead role.

She seems to think that they were an item.

Okay, I will look into Tegan's phone records

for conversations with Frecker.

See if they were closer than producer/actor.

Okay.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[TRYING ACCENTS] One household on the isle of the dead...

[REX WHINES]

One 'ouse'old on the isle of the dead...

[REX WHINES]

One 'ouse'old on the isle of the dead!

Which one do you prefer, huh?

[REX BARKS]

[DONOVAN LAUGHS]

You know, I can't rely on you for anything.

[DONOVAN LAUGHS]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Am I interrupting something?

Uh, no! I was just on my lunch break.

Oh, right, sorry. Well, look,

Frecker's all over the news urging people to buy tickets

after the theatre's terrible tragedy.

I mean, they're selling like hotcakes.

We didn't even give him the okay to go ahead yet.

Hey.

Jesse, you pull anything off Rex's collar mic?

JESSE: No, not yet. But I did find something in Tegan's phone records.

Calls with Frecker.

Okay? Oodles of them. All hours. Long ones.

That sounds like more than a professional relationship.

Well, maybe the recording was Tegan trying to convince Frecker

to tell his wife about her.

Which he wouldn't want to have to do.

And now he's capitalizing off her death.

Sounds like motive.

Rex, come on!

We're are fighting through our grief.

The show will be dedicated to Tegan's memory.

As you can imagine, the cast is very shaken. Ah!

Here's our latest cast member!

Rex will be playing Hairy Man

who was the heroic dog who helped

pull victims of the shipwreck to shore.

- Say hello, Rex! - [REX BARKS]

Rex is working and you and I

need to have a word down at the station.

What's this about?

Your affair with Tegan Mansfield.

Please, shut off the camera.

Detective, you don't understand.

We weren't having an affair.

Oh, really?

Tegan was my daughter.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

TEGAN: No, Sam. I'm done waiting.

SAM: We've talked about this.

You need to tell her.

I will. Just not yet.

You have to give me time.

That was you and Tegan, three days before she died.

What were you talking about?

Tegan was tired of being a secret.

She wanted people to know that she was my daughter.

But I just didn't know how to break it to my wife.

She didn't know you'd had an affair?

Gloria knew there were dalliances.

But a child?

That's a whole other thing.

I just didn't want to rush it.

But Tegan was pressuring you to.

And that's why you killed her.

To keep her from telling your wife herself.

Kill her? No, I would never... !

Tegan's death...

it was an accident.

An equipment malfunction.

Our investigation says that's not the case.

I loved Tegan.

I would never do anything to hurt her.

This last day has been unbearable.

Not so unbearable that it kept you

from doubling down on promoting your show.

Do you have any idea

how tenuous producing theatre can be?

There was a real chance that

the tour would fall apart after Tegan's death.

I couldn't face losing both my babies on the same day.

Anyone in the company have an issue with Tegan?

Of course not. Everyone loved her.

Somebody meant for that rowboat to come crashing down.

What about your wife?

Is it possible she found out about your secret

and took matters into her own hands?

Absolutely not!

Gloria's been away all month.

Plus she never steps foot in the theatre.

She's been on me to sell it for years.

If only I'd listened and sold it

when I had an offer in the spring.

Tegan would still be alive today.

One household on the Isle of the dead

saved hundreds from an ocean-grave bed.

You in for rehearsal again?

Yeah.

Yeah, just a small one.

Lois wants to make a few adjustments

now that we're using a real dog!

- [REX BARKS] - Oh!

[DONOVAN LAUGHS] Hey.

[SEAN LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

It's nice to have a pup around.

But he doesn't look a thing like the dog from the actual story.

What do you mean?

A Newfoundland, Hairy Man was.

You don't know that,

I'm guessing that means you don't know

the real story of First Mate Lancaster either.

- I just know what the script tells me. - Ughh.

Well, he wasn't a pirate, for starters.

And he didn't cause the wreck.

He tried to help the passengers!

[REX WHINES]

- Your pup all right? - What is it, buddy?

Rex?

[ELECTRICAL BOX SIZZLING]

[REX BARKING]

Oh, no! Stay there, buddy.

[DONOVAN COUGHING]

Jeez. Hold on.

[SWITCH CLACKING]

Oh, give me a second here.

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

Okay.

That's a good job, Rex.

We almost had a fire on our hands.

That's the second time this month

we've had problems with our wiring.

This doesn't look like an accident.

Looks like somebody tampered with that.

MARLY: Where the hell is Lois?

And why is the generator running?

Well, the fuse box was just on fire.

I think you guys need to call an electrician.

I'll take care of it.

Wait, hold on. You said this was the second time in two months?

Have there been other issues at the theatre?

It's an old building.

Things are always going.

- Like what? - Flood last month.

- Damaged a ton of costumes. - Don't forget the air conditioning

up and dying in the middle of a heat wave.

It's almost as if someone upset the theatre ghost.

Yeah, something tells me a theatre ghost is not responsible for this.

We were supposed to go over Frecker's new sound cues at 9:30.

You know I do morning pages between nine and ten.

And if Frecker wants more changes,

he can discuss them with you himself.

Well, I don't think he can, actually.

Last I saw, he was on his way to be questioned by the police.

Why's that?

Is this about Tegan's death?

Has he been arrested?

Frecker is not being detained at this time.

LOIS: Then I'm sure he'll be in soon to discuss strobe lights

or whatever nonsense he's cooked up this time.

In the meantime, we have work to do.

Let's go.

DONOVAN: Come on, buddy.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

The fuse box was definitely tampered with.

Well, thank goodness Rex was there.

Yeah, well, that's not all.

Apparently there's been a whole host of other issues at the theatre.

Marly seems to think it has to do with the building's age.

You don't sound convinced.

Well, given Tegan's death...

Those problems aren't accidents either.

SARAH: But who'd have reason to tamper with equipment at the theatre?

Well, Frecker was saying that he wanted to sell the building

before Tegan showed up.

Maybe the buyer wasn't happy with his change of heart.

DONOVAN: So they tried a few acts of vandalism in order to get

Frecker to reconsider.

SARAH: And when that didn't do the trick,

they upped the ante and tampered with the fly?

Tegan was the big draw for the show.

It would make sense that somebody would think

that killing her would slow ticket sales.

We need to figure out who this potential buyer is.

I might be able to help with that.

It looks like the buildings on either side of the theatre

were sold six months ago to a developer named Theo Schwab.

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[COMPUER PINGS]

SARAH: I recognize that face.

He was at the dress rehearsal.

That gives him opportunity.

Jesse, can you get me an address?

JESSE: Oh, yeah. I can do you one better.

His cell phone just pinged west of Quidi Vidi lake in Pleasantville.

Great.

Rex.

Ah, he looks like he's up to no good.

Let's check it out.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[THEO GRUNTS]

Well, that sure looks like breaking and entering to me.

You know what to do, pal.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX BARKING]

[REX SNARLING]

THEO: Ahhh!

Aghh!

Aghhh!

That's enough, pal.

[FABRIC TEARING]

[REX BARKS]

Theo Schwab?

We need to have a talk.

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

Look, this is all a big misunderstanding.

Oh, so you weren't breaking into private property?

Sit down.

Now, what were you planning to do

with all of this?

It's not what you think. I'm a developer.

Tundra Properties? I'm sure you've heard of us.

Here.

No?

Well, I'm in talks to buy the building.

I was inspecting the condition of the property.

Were you inspecting the condition of the Calvert Theatre as well?

No idea what you're talking about.

Oh, you were planning to buy that too.

But Sam Frecker, he changed his mind.

Not the end of the world.

There's lots of other properties out there.

Yeah. But that's the only one keeping you

from building an entertainment complex on that block.

Coincidentally, they've been having a few issues lately.

There was a flood. Somebody was...

tampering with the wiring.

Look...

We have your fingerprints on the fuse box.

You're on the hook here.

[THEO SIGHS] Okay.

Maybe I did a little futzing to give Frecker a nudge.

I thought if bills started piling up,

- maybe he'd be persuaded to sell. - Mmm.

But when he wasn't persuaded,

you decided to go after Tegan Mansfield?

What are you talking about? That was an accident, right?

No, no, no. That was murder.

See, somebody tampered with the fly system.

Wait and you think... ?

It wasn't me! I don't even know what a fly system is!

You were at the theatre that night.

Along with thirty other people!

You had reason to want the show to fail.

I could care less about the show! It's the building I want!

Look...

I messed with the fuses, I admit it.

But I did not hurt that girl.

[REX BARKING]

Aghhhh!

Bark all ye want!

Not one passenger is getting in to shore until I get me gold!

[REX BARKS]

Remind me to not get on his bad side.

- Joe or Rex? - Oh both, for sure.

[REX BARKS]

- Hey take it easy, pal. - [REX BARKS]

Hey, what did Theo Schwab have to say?

He copped to the vandalism

but he claims he doesn't even know what a fly is.

- Do you believe him? - Well, I mean,

he's slippery but I don't think he's a killer.

Besides, he cares about the building.

He's not interested in the show.

Yeah, I wish more people had that attitude.

Uh, what do you mean?

DONOVAN: This year's Despatch is a wreck.

If you thought drowning at sea was bad,

wait until you see this show.

Oh, Joe. I'm sure

they don't mean your performance.

There are comments like this

on every single article about the show.

I'd throw myself overboard if I were this cheesy pirate

they've added to this revisionist history.

So insensitive.

[REX GROANS]

The show is not even open yet.

How can so many people have an opinion on it?

Well, they're sock puppets.

- Sorry? - Yeah yeah.

They're fake online personas create by a single user

to influence public opinion.

So, someone with an axe to grind.

Maybe the same someone who tampered with the fly?

The question is who.

JESSE: You know, a handful of these were posted this morning

before 10:00 am from an IP address belonging to Dunne's Donuts.

I'll see if I can get the CCTV.

No, there's no need, Jesse.

I think I know who posted them.

SEAN: Miss Labonte won't like this.

Well, if she has an issue with it,

she can take it up with Superintendant Donovan.

Come on, pal.

Okay, Rex.

[REX SNIFFS]

[REX SNIFFS]

[SUPSENSEFUL MUSIC]

[REX BARKS]

Yeah?

Sarah. The missing counterweights.

This doesn't make any sense.

Why would Lois try and sabotage the show?

She's been directing it for years.

Well, maybe it has something to do with this.

The Seagull.

It's full of notes.

A rehearsal schedule, proposed set designs.

Yeah, according to this rehearsal schedule,

this show is supposed to be playing right now.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Do you know anything about this?

Ugh. It's a right shame.

Miss Labonte had been waiting years to direct that show.

And what happened?

Frecker cancelled it.

Said the Despatch needed extra rehearsal time

because of the tour.

You're not hitting your mark for your monologues.

If you don't hit your mark, I can't see you.

Okay?

Uh, yeah.

You're not grounded in the penultimate scene.

So, why don't you try rocks in your shoes again?

Okay?

Take the air out of it. Just take it out.

Everyone please. Pick up your cues!

[CHARLIE CLEARS THROAT]

No! No no no, we don't need you today!

- We're working with the puppet! - [REX BARKS]

Your work's done for the day, Lois.

And why is that?

You're under arrest for the murder of Tegan Mansfield.

[CAST AND CREW GASP]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Frecker has been calling nonstop

to see if the show can still open as planned.

Hey, where are we at with Lois?

She admits to writing the negative comments

but swears she had nothing to do with the fly.

Claims that somebody must've planted the weights in her office

but she had motive.

DONOVAN: Her cancelled Seagull show.

SARAH: And it was obvious she didn't like Tegan.

Was there a window where she could've removed

the counterweights from the arbour?

Yeah, cell phone records put her at the theatre for an hour

the day of the accident when she was the only one there

according to the security logs.

And listen to what I picked up from Rex's collar mic.

LOIS: No, this has got to be the end of the Despatch.

Between Tegan and those comments I posted,

there's no way the show can continue.

So, hopefully we can start rehearsing as soon as next week.

[REX WHINES]

Taken together it's pretty damning.

I don't know. I wish I had a confession

but under the circumstances,

- I'm comfortable with letting the show go on. - Oh yes!

What? I'm excited to see Joe in his big scene.

[REX GRUNTS]

Yeah, you too, Rex. You too.

- [REX BARKS] - [FRECKER CLAPPING]

Could I have everyone's attention, please?

Uh...

I know it's been a hard few days

and I appreciate all your perseverance.

Tegan wasn't just a company member.

She...

she was my daughter.

[CAST AND CREW GASP]

Didn't see that one coming.

[REX BARKS]

Tegan would want the tour to go on.

And so it will with our wonderful Joy Jamieson

continuing on in the role she originated.

MAN: Yes, Joy.

We dedicate tonight to Tegan

and to the Newfoundlanders whose lives we honour with our show.

I want to pay special tribute to the descendants

of this tragedy who work alongside us.

Aislinn.

Billy.

Justina.

And of course, Sean, whose great-great-great grandfather

will be played tonight by Superintendent Joe Donovan.

- [APPLAUSE] - [REX BARKS]

All right, everyone.

This is your fifteen minute call.

Fifteen minutes till showtime!

[DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

[DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC]

Uh, here we go again.

Cue light four.

Go.

[APPLAUSE]

Cue Donovan. Go.

Deep in the heart of this terrible gale,

let dread pirate Lancaster tell ya a tale.

For never a more epic tale will you catch

than this of the shipwreck of The Despatch!

[SWORD RINGS]

One household on the Isle of the Dead

saved a hundred lives from an ocean gravebed.

[SWORD SWOOSHING]

Anne!

- What's going on? - They can't find Joy!

Cue Joy! Go!

[REX WHINES]

Anne Harvey!

She was only seventeen years old!

[FLAMES CRACKLING]

[REX BARKS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Fire!

Everybody stay calm!

Stay in your seats while we contain the fire!

[REX BARKING]

Joy, can you hear me?

[JOY COUGHING]

What happened? Who did this to you?

I was checking my props in the cabin.

- He was there. - Who? Who was there?

JOY: He said we have to stop the show.

That we're not telling the real story anymore.

- The real story, what are you talking about? - Wait, wait.

Whoever did this was motivated by the changes in the show.

It wasn't Lois.

Sean. The maintenance guy.

Why would Sean do something like this?

CHARLIE: Jesse said Frecker changed his ancestor from victim to villain.

The pirate captain.

He was furious.

[EERIE MUSIC]

[REX BARKS]

[SEAN GASPS]

Easy there, pup.

[REX BARKING]

Nice pup.

[REX BARKING]

[REX BARKING]

- [SWORD RINGING] - Ah ah ah!

Looks like the jig is up, Sean.

[HEROIC MUSIC]

Good boy.

[REX BARKS]

I didn't want to kill Tegan.

I just needed Frecker to cancel the tour!

I couldn't let the country think that this was the real story!

Okay, that's enough, Sean. Let's go.

He turned my great-great-great grandfather

from a hero to a pirate!

A man who killed his brother!

He made a mockery of our history! And you let him!

Liars! Vultures! All of you!

Who gave you the right to change our story?

[SOMBRE MUSIC]

- Take him. - Come on.

[DONOVAN SIGHS]

[DONOVAN SIGHS]

[DONOVAN CHUCKLES]

[REX BARKING]

Hey.

[SOFT MUSIC]

You know, I thought updating the Despatch

was going to make Tegan a star but,

all it did was get her killed.

And now Joy.

- How is she? - She's going to be fine.

She's going to be released from the hospital tomorrow.

Thank goodness.

Will the tour still go on?

If it does, there's not going to be any pirates.

I've learned my lesson.

Truth makes the best story.

[REX WHINES]

As a long time fan, I'm very happy to hear that.

Well, we'll be first in line to buy tickets.

Well, there won't be any need for tickets.

I want you two on stage opening night!

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

What do you say, Rex?

[REX BARKS]

I think Rex and I have had enough of the spotlight for the time being.

- Isn't that right, pal? - [REX GRUNTS]

- [DONOVAN LAUGHS] - Ah.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[REX WHINES]

[CLOSING THEME MUSIC]

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