01x03 - Indian Giver

[bunniefuu]

Eric!

sh*t.

Brought some bagels.

What's up mom?

What, I can't come
visit my own daughter?

Any time.

You could text or call first.

So, how long has this little

hobby of yours gonna last?

You mean, my career?

You know, your dad would
have been so proud of you.

Dad would be proud of me.

Is that why you're doing
this, to prove it to him?

I mean, he wanted you
to make real changes.

I am.

You know, you're living
in a man's world Samantha.

Oh, my god.

Don't you see what's actually
happening in the world?

Well, unlike your generation,

I have lived long enough to know that

men and women never truly change.

I can't talk to you.

That's because you're naive... reckless.

I have to go to work.

Not that you know what
that's actually like.

Catherine Prescott is hosting
a dinner party on Sunday

and wanted to know if you
and Ryan wanted to come.

That's why you came over.

To ask me about a stupid dinner party?

Morning Jackie.

Hello, Ryan.

Bagels.

Sweet.

I should go.

You sure... you don't want some

coffee or anything?

No... I don't wanna be a nuisance.

Just let me know about
the party on Sunday.

She's talking to caterers

so it's very time sensitive.

I'll let you know.

Deep down she really loves you.

She knows I hate bagels.

Yeah, we're at the scene right now.

Yeah, I'll keep you posted.

Okay, bye.

Said this pipeline
was already in bad shape.

So?

So it could have just been an accident.

Two explosions in two weeks.

You think that's a coincidence?

I think it's a possibility, yeah.

Sam, Buke.

Yeah, so the blast happened at 7:33 AM.

Blew the hell out of
the compression shed.

But operations team at
Deerfoot said the system

didn't detect any alarms, so...

Who got hurt?

Two maintenance workers.

Eric Wapiti caught the worst of it.

The guy's probably gonna lose his leg.

He's at St. Mary's right now.

- What about the other one?
- Emily Calfrobe.

She's being looked at by
the paramedics over there.

Thanks.

Can you give us a sec?

Yeah, for sure.

Hi, Emily.

I'm Chief Woodburn, Tribal.

Can you tell us what happened?

Eric and I were just
out doing our rounds and

bleeding the lines when
the shed just exploded.

So this was just a routine inspection?

This shed's not on our rotation

but Eric just wanted
to make a quick stop.

This is serious, stop!

I think they have cameras!

No, they don't.

Please just stop it.

Fine.

I hate it when you're always right.

He was just gonna make sure
the shed was locked when...

when...

Where were you when it exploded?

Um... I was right over
there, behind the truck.

Eric just gave me this
promise ring a week ago

and it's an opal and he knows

how much I love them.

He's gonna be okay, right?

They're doing everything they can.

Mr. Gervais...

Mr. Gervais, do you have any
comment on this situation?

As CEO of Deerfoot Energy,
I am overwhelmed with grief.

Whoever's done this disgraceful
act will see justice.

Hasn't this pipeline been rusting

and leaking into the ground?

Partially, which is why we've been

actively trying to upgrade it.

Safety's always been our top priority.

Do you believe that this
was an intentional attack?

Absolutely.

And I will not rest until
we find this t*rror1st.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Eric

and his family.

Like his mother?

- Chief Theresa Wapiti?
- Yes.

Yeah, didn't she oppose your
upgrade to the proposal?

This is a complicated issue.

We are an indigenous
owned and run company

devoted to this community.

Now's the time for us to unite,

to come together and demand
justice for our people.

Sam Woodburn, Chief of Tribal.

Where's Daniel?

He's gone.

How old are you?

I'm Detective Bukansky.

This is our business.

Oh, didn't you hear?

We're all one big happy family now.

Is that some kind of joke?

I'd say so.

Is it true what that reporter said?

That Eric is the Chief's son?

Yes, and a valued member of our team.

- And she opposed the upgrade?
- Yes.

If this pipeline is leaking oil,

it's possible these kids

were just in the wrong place
at the wrong time, right?

It's possible.

Have you received any threats recently?

Day and night.

Around the clock.

Any idea who would want to do that?

No, but my head of security

keeps better records
on our active threats.

We had a break-in at my office recently.

- Who broke in?
- We don't know.

We're still looking into it,
but could be connected.

Was that shed equipped
with security cameras?

Yeah, the footage gets
uploaded to a cloud account.

We're gonna need to see that.

Anything you need.

That it?

For now.

Alana.

Hmm?

I don't get it.

You don't get what?

Do those people want the pipeline,

or do those people want the pipeline?

- They both want it.
- What the hell are they fighting for?

'Cause they can't
agree on how to fix it.

Shocking.

That on the record, Buke?

It's a little more
complicated than that.

The council elected a new chief

Theresa Wapiti, who
opposed the original plan.

Why?

Because it wasn't safe enough.

She's trying to help.

This is helping?

In the long run, maybe.

But right now, lakes are
being contaminated and

kids are getting sick
just by drinking the water

because of the leaking oil.

Hey, why don't you
put that on the record?

Sick kids, huh?

sh*t.

Excuse me.

Hey.

What?

Never seen you so fired up.

Yeah, well, you
don't know what it's like

living on a reserve.

Is that why you became a lawyer?

Why'd you quit?

I didn't quit.

You went to law school.

Passed the bar.

Never practised.

You mean, you could be
sitting behind a desk right now

making real money like an actual lawyer?

Is that so hard to believe?

Hey, easy.

Didn't mean it like that.

- I know that look.
- What look?

"Really, you, a lawyer?"

No, I just don't get it.

Don't get what?

You grind through seven
years of law-school,

probably up to your
a*s in debt, then what,

just walk away?

Yeah.

To do this?

Yeah.

Why?

We're still analyzing the blast radius

but we found traces of tannerite residue

at the scene.

expl*sive compound, like TNT.

Along with shards of copper wiring

and steel pipe fragments,
all very common, low-grade,

IED components.

So this was a targeted attack?

Definitely.

Found these in the dirt too.

Cellphone fragments.

It's not Emily's phone.

Or Eric's.

Which means it's probably
the remote detonator.

Can you trace it?

Not without a complete serial number.

However, a lot of experts in expl*sives

are superstitious.

Why?

Better chance it won't
blow up in their face.

So, I ran a search

and found something interesting.

The Keystone Pipeline in 2010.

The Olympic River
Fracking Blockade in 2014.

And the Martin County Blast in 2013.

What about them?

All these explosions used
the same forensic signature

and all were at the
hands of the same guy.

Gunter Ludwig.

Who the hell is Gunter Ludwig?

It's this crazy environmentalist.

Gunter's been in and
out of jail for years

fighting for mother's pure earth.

Ludwig is an expert on expl*sives.

Blew up all kinds of
pipelines and oil tankers.

And back on patrol he
was always stirring up

the locals at environmental stand-offs.

He's older now.

Lives alone in the bush and he's been

off the grid for years.

Until now.

Woah, easy!

Gunter's an environmentalist.

He's not out to hurt people.

Tell that to Eric.

I know this guy.

And I know his
type, they don't like cops.

Trust me, Buke.

I know how to handle guys like...

Gunter, it's Sam!

Sam who?

Woodburn...

from Tribal Police.

I just wanna talk.

Woodburn?

Just put the g*n down Gunter!

Who's the white b*stard?

He's with me.

- Why?
- He's Tribal, too.

My a*s... he's white!

Hey, hey!

Tribal, Justice, and Metro
are working together now.

That'll be the day.

We need to talk.

So talk, Injun.

You know why we're here.

Just 'cause one of
your own gets blown up.

Come accuse me for it.

Well, when your signature shows
up on the forensics report,

yeah.

What signature?

Tannerite, N27 phone,
copper wiring, steel pipe.

That was your b*mb.

Oh, horseshit.

I've been out of the game for years.

So those forensics are coincidence?

People just ripping off my brand.

Deerfoot has cameras.

And if we find you
anywhere near that pipeline,

you're going away for life.

Hmm.

You're not gonna find nothing.

I kept outta this one.

Those idiots didn't want my help.

What idiots?

The Indians.

Arguing about everything.

Can't agree on nothin'.

They don't care about the environment.

They just want the money.

Like everyone else.

It's their own fault that boy got hurt.

I don't give a damn
about their pipeline mess.

So if you're not charging me,

get the hell off my property,

before I get real angry.

Sorry.

You all right?

I'm fine.

Look, you're right, I
should have held back.

You should have listened to me.

I've been doing this sh*t a long time.

Look, I'm not reckless, I'm determined.

There's a difference okay?

Yeah, Mitch.

All of 'em?

sh*t.

Yeah. Okay, thanks.

Deerfoot's security
cameras were all offline

at the time of the blast.

Tech maintenance.

What, they don't have anything?

How convenient.

Look, call Nate, tell him to find out

if anyone spotted Gunter on the reserve.

Yeah, well, someone had to.

- Hello.
- Hi.

- Is that her?
- Ya.

How's your son doing?

He's still unconscious.

They cut off the rest of his leg.

Theresa, have you seen
Gunter Ludwig around recently?

Not for years.

Why?

We think he may have set the b*mb.

Gunter?

It wasn't Gunter, it was Ray.

He's the one who did it.

Who's Ray?

Ray Napoose?

He's one of the band council members.

He's a b*stard, is what he is.

Why do you think it's him?

Because I got elected Chief.

And I am officially putting a stop

on the Deerfoot Pipeline upgrade.

You can't do that!

Watch me.

Chief Mikisew already
approved the agreement.

It doesn't protect us.

That pipeline is leaking
onto our water table.

And that agreement is just a Band-Aid

to try to fix the problem.

So we need to fix it now.

- No.
- Yeah!

We need to overhaul the entire system.

Reroute the pipeline away
from the water table to

outskirts of the reserve.

That will take years!

But it will help us in the long run.

So you're gonna let
it rust and leak out,

possibly explode.

We fix it on our terms,
not the government's

and not Deerfoot's.

They're exploiting us, Ray.

By giving us jobs?

By lining their own pockets.

That agreement was a cash grab.

This is our chance to grow.

Yeah!

For jobs, and yeah, money.

We need it.

See, that's all you care about.

I'm warning you Theresa.

Don't do this.

New Chief.

New rules.

So the upgrade was in place

and you come and reverse the decision?

I had to, for my community.

It doesn't prove Ray planted the b*mb.

Of all the workers, my son
ends up in the hospital.

You know where we could find him?

He's probably around here somewhere...

watching all this.

Oh, God, it's Eric.

I need to get to the hospital.

Come on.

Heard about your fancy
promotion, Woodburn.

Big city cop now?

Tribal, Ray.

What's he doing here?

We're working together.

You think you're pretty hot sh*t.

Watch your mouth.

I'm not talking to you, white boy.

You will.

Yeah?

Or what?

Is he really that stupid?

You've never played this game?

I'd start small.

Stop sign violations, speeding tickets.

Sounds scary.

Then we tail ya.

Wait 'till you've had a few drinks,

hit you with a DUI.

That's real police work.

Then another one until
you violate your parole.

And then we lock you
up, and you don't get

to see your family for a month.

Or you just talk to us.

Big city bullshit don't work out here.

Did you threaten Theresa
over the pipeline?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Poor kid lost his foot, Ray.

Shame.

When'd you last talk to Gunter Ludwig?

Ludwig... I don't.

So you won't mind if we run

your phone records and texts?

Go right ahead.

I don't give a sh*t
about Eric or Theresa.

You threatened her in public.

'Cause that pipeline's our future.

She was elected Ray.

That's kinda what politicians do.

They whine and piss, while
my daughter's go swimming

at our lakes and come back with rashes.

That doesn't give you a
right to blow up a pipeline.

We can blow up what we want.

Not when you're putting
innocent boys in the hospital.

You have no idea what's
going on here Sam.

And don't pretend you're like one of us.

You're a sellout!

I'm done talkin'.

If you had anything
on me, you'd arrest me.

We finished analyzing the blast radius.

And?

Based on shrapnel pattern and scorching,

we determined that the blast
came from inside the shed.

Inside?

Emily said those sheds are locked.

They are.

I called Deerfoot and
they confirmed that they're

secured with a digital key-pad and

they change the codes regularly.

So whoever planted the
b*mb probably had help

from someone inside the company?

It's a hell of a view.

Thanks for waiting.

Kinda goes with that suit.

Have you had any internal conflicts

at your company recently, Mr. Gervais?

Internal?

Lawsuits, threats, HR complaints.

No, nothing comes to mind.

In a company this big?

Come on.

Didn't you say someone
broke into your office?

How'd they get in here anyway?

Holiday party. Someone
must have slipped through.

What'd they take?

Nothing, as far as we can tell.

What does any of this have
to do with the pipeline?

Well, it's possible whoever
planted that b*mb

was someone in your own company.

No, that's impossible.

And why is that?

I take care of my workers.

We're like a family here.

My old man was an as*h*le,
what's your point?

You don't understand.

Deerfoot is a beloved indigenous owned

and run company.

I provide crucial jobs to our community.

People love working here.

No one working at Deerfoot has ever gone

against our mission.

Or me.

There's only one person on that reserve

who opposed our operation,

who started this whole protest.

Who?

Must be nice, working up here,

looking down on us all.

I worked hard to earn this space.

Think that gives you some
kind of rights over us?

The ex-chief already signed the deal.

Well, I'm the chief now.

Theresa, council have
already spent the money.

Not my problem.

It will be if you re-neg on this deal.

What are you gonna do?

It's up to me now.

How do you think the community will feel

when you rip away their
jobs, their income?

I'm not afraid of that.

They'll come after you.

You're exploiting us Tom.

Actually, I'm trying to help you here.

Of course you are.

Incredible.

After everything I've done

to give back to our community.

You don't live like us.

You don't get it.

And you never will.

She brought this on herself.

People were angry.

It's her own fault that
her son's in the hospital.

Is that true?

That the council
already spent the money?

Yes.

So what's gonna happen
with the pipeline now?

Damage reports are still coming in,

but my engineers are
optimistic we can repair it.

As in, upgrade it?

Potentially.

So because of that expl*si*n,

your upgrade has a better chance

of moving forward now.

People need oil.

These people.

These people?

I'm sorry, but...

no, the deal was in place.

The council even spent the money.

So?

So, then this new Chief
Theresa 'What's-her-name'

parades in with feathers
in her hair and says,

"No, no, no, sorry, deal's off!"

I'm so sick of this sh*t!

Just go ahead and say it Buke.

It all lines up.

Tom pushed back.

He gets Ray and Gunter riled up

to blow up his own pipeline.

You really think that Tom would do this

to one of his own workers?

With 'these people',
it wouldn't surprise me.

Got a better theory, Chief?

No.

No, so stop making this personal,

like some little Tribal
cop out on reserve.

Tom had means, Tom had motive.

Hell, he's probably
protected by insurance.

So what are you saying?

Now they're gonna be
forced to upgrade it.

But he's smart, see?

He gets Ray to set the
b*mb that butcher's Eric

for payback against Theresa.

So yeah, that's what I
think 'these people' did.

Stop saying "these people".

Ugh!

Nate, I have to call you back.

What?

Eric's heart just gave
up at the hospital.

He's dead.

Connie!

Why is Ray Napoose still
walking around a free man?

When we have sufficient evidence,

we'll be making an arrest.

If Daniel was still chief,

this never would've happened.

Trust me, Chief.

This is our top priority.

We have our best resources
totally devoted to this case.

I don't trust you people.

What is this place?

Tribal Police in the city.

Who's really running Tribal?

We're doing everything we can, Theresa.

You think these people
give a sh*t about us?

Yeah, I do.

Eric is dead because of a pipeline.

They don't care about us.

They never have and they never will!

Theresa...

You're blind, Sam.

So blind.

So, where are we at?

It's complicated.

Complicated.

Buke, you're supposed to
show her how it's done.

It was a shed in the
middle of nowhere, Connie,

- what do you expect?
- Leads, evidence, suspects.

Takes time.

It's a bloody homicide now.

You know what that means?

It'll go national.

Try international.

You must be thrilled.

You two better get
in front of this case,

or it'll blow back on all of us.

And Sam, whatever you do,

don't tell the press it's complicated.

He's a political animal.

Don't worry about it.

I won't.

I shouldn't have said what I said.

Probably went too far and I'm sorry.

Do you know where the term
Indian-giver comes from?

I never said that.

But you implied it.

So, do you know?

Of course.

- Tell me.
- No.

Why not?

Because this is a trap.

I was just curious.

What?

Colonial encroachment.

Settlers would come over

and they would exchange
gifts with the Indians.

But the Indians didn't get
the whole gift giving thing.

They felt cheated.

So they'd demand their gifts back.

And do you believe that?

I didn't make up the expression.

But you used the analogy earlier.

You asked, I answered.

Hey, don't put me on
trial here councillor.

Yeah, I asked, because
people like you...

Oh, people like me.

Now look who's talking.

Yeah.

White, aging, r*cist dinosaurs.

I am not r*cist.

You're the worst kind of r*cist because

you don't think you're r*cist.

I have an opinion.

Doesn't make me r*cist.

They spoke different languages.

And the settlers would offer
gifts in exchange for land.

They didn't understand
the terms of the agreement.

They were confused, so of course

they wanted their land back.

They felt cheated, because they were.

I knew this was a trap.

You know what the settlers did after?

They m*rder*d them.

Every last one of them.

Well, I didn't m*rder anyone.

And they called us
stupid and Indian givers

because that's easier than to
empathise and try to understand.

And that's what you guys still do.

Even today.

Got it.

I'm an as*h*le.

We good?

No.

Look...

Eric is still dead.

Can we get back to this please?

I'm not ready to look at you.

Awww.

What is it, Mom again?

What the hell's with her?

She's a little crazy.

Ha ha, yeah.

Crazy parent. Now that, I get.

Been accused of that, too.

You have kids?

Yeah.

There's no pictures.

It's not really my thing.

Well, how many?

Two.

Do they live here?

No.

Out East.

Boys, girls, how old?

Anton is 25.

Janie just turned 22.

Oh, God.

What?

It was her birthday.

You forgot your mom's birthday?

It's this whole thing with her.

Like the world's supposed to stop.

So call her back.

I can't deal with her right now.

Connie's right.

We need to get moving on this.

You think?

We need to find the
pressure points soon.

Pressure points?

Weaknesses, blind
spots, susceptibilities.

Leads to motive.

I'm gonna get a coffee, you want one?

No.

His name was Eric.

He was 18 years old.

All alone now, Woodburn?

Where's your partner?

You two break up already?

You know he had a family?

A mother.

She's in a lot of pain right now.

Get out of my face.

You know, he had a girlfriend too.

Emily.

And he bought her this opal promise ring

because he was in love with her.

I'm warnin' you.

Your fight's with the energy companies,

corporations, the government.

Not kids like Eric.

His blood's on you now.

He's a fraud.

You been here all night?

His real name is Tom Weber.

He grew up out west, near Merritt...

Which neighbours the
Nooaitch Indian Reserve.

Tax records show that he
started working construction

right out of high school

but when he turned 18,
he changed his name.

Oh, you have been here all night.

He formed Deerfoot at 23
and started applying for

federal grants,
claiming he was Nooaitch.

Why?

So he'd qualify for indigenous owned

business subsidies.

But I crosschecked his ancestors

against the membership roles.

And?

Not one person in
his entire family is listed.

How the hell did you
figure this all out?

I called in some favours.

At 3 in the morning?

I told ya, been doing
this sh*t a long time Sam.

Wow.

He's not even an Indian.

And yet, this guy has been awarded

over 87 million dollars
in federal grant programs

designed to help build indigenous

owned and controlled businesses.

Hey, Sam.

I've got some nut named
Gunter asking for you.

Government skunks, all of ya!

You stink ♪♪♪!

- Hey, calm down!
- Get your dirty skunk hands off of me!

Hey, just put him in holding.

Back down, Buke.

What... the son of a
b*tch shot at us, Sam.

- He should be in jail already.
- I shot the air, ya skunk.

You want my help, or not?

You went after Tom.

I went after Gunter.

All right, ease up.

Talk.

I got an email.

They said no one would get hurt.

Who did?

- Don't know.
- Bullshit.

Didn't wanna know.

It's called plausible
deniability, ya prick.

What did they want?

Blow up the pipeline.

So you helped them?

Someone may or may not have left

cash on my doorstep in
exchange for something.

You know we can arrest
you as an accessory?

Like I said, may not have.

Then what do you want?

They promised no one would get hurt.

I don't like being lied to.

Can you trace an email address?

Opal 685.

Hey... Opal.

Thanks for coming in.

Is that your email address?

No.

Come on.

I don't know who's that is.

Gunter rolled on you.

You paid him to build a
b*mb so you could blow up

your boyfriend.

No, I didn't.

Kinda make sense now,

how you didn't get hurt that day.

You don't know what happened.

Did someone put you up to this?

Was it Tom?

Did he pay you off or was it Ray?

I had nothing to do with the b*mb.

Come on, Emily.

You knew the codes, you knew how to

get inside the shed.

I didn't send the email.

Then who did?

Come on, let's get out of here.

Don't do this... please Eric.

He's not even an Indian.

I figured it out when
I was in his office.

You shouldn't have been in there.

- And we should just tell somebody.
- No!

This is our land and
he treats us like sh*t.

Making us do 18 hours a day.

Doing his dirty work.

While we have nothing!

While he makes millions off us.

This'll show him.

Please Eric, I know you
don't really wanna do this.

This is serious, stop!

I think they have cameras.

No, they don't.

Please just stop it.

Fine.

I hate it when you're always right.

Eric!

Well, you were right all along.

What part?

It really was an accident.

They're gonna push through with
the upgrade now, aren't they?

I'd put money on it.

So the white guy makes more money

and the community gets screwed.

Yeah, that fake Indian... can't believe

he'd get away with sh*t like this today.

He won't.

Can I trust you with this?

Is this all true?

Yeah.

I can guarantee the front page.

Do what you gotta do.

Yeah, that's all great.

I'll remember that, thank you.

Can you leave us?

I was extremely saddened
to hear the truth

about Eric Wapiti.

He was the one who
broke into your office.

Eric did?

I don't understand.

What did you say?

Oh, you don't speak Cree?

I'm a little rusty.

What nation are you from again?

Nooaitch.

Are you sure?

Of course I am.

Hmm.

Yeah, that's funny.

We checked with the band office

and even their ancestry records.

My great uncle was a proud member

of the Nooaitch Nation.

I grew up on the reserve.

Oh, don't even start.

You didn't grow up on any reserve.

You're not one of us.

What's that even mean anymore, us?

Hey.

You could have just told me.

Are you trying to
give me a heart attack?

It's not a dinner party.

It's your birthday party.

I did, didn't I?

No, you wanted me to figure it out.

Stop it.

I'm sorry I forgot your birthday.

I don't care.

What, you love your birthday.

That's not true.

Dad used to get stressed
out every year trying to

figure out what to do for you.

No, he didn't.

I'm sorry.

I should have remembered.

So, uh, are you gonna be there Sunday?

I'll try, Mom.

Don't do me any favours.

Hey, if I can't make it,

I'll take you out for brunch okay?

You don't even wanna come in?

I'm exhausted, I...

I just wanted to say
I'm sorry in person.

Go on then.

Go save the world.

You're proud of me.

Just like he is.