02x04 - Toof

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Previously on "Cardinal".

Delorme: Red bolted.

Cardinal: Her memory's coming back.

There's something she doesn't want us to know.

(Grunting)

Find her.

Bring her back to me.

I need her alive.

Dr. Bell: How did you feel when John questioned your decision about taking your students to Toronto?

I have to prove I'm okay.

Cardinal: She's Clegg's CI.

Delorme: She's barely out of rehab.

I want you to back off.

You're off the hook.

What about Zack?

He's never gonna let me go.

Cardinal: I had a talk with Commanda's behavioral sciences guy and he feels we're dealing with an Afro Caribbean spiritual practice and he suggests we consult an expert in the field.

Kevin: This is‐ what are you doing?

You mean what are we doing.

No one at this table uses our product.

Break any of my rules, and I k*ll ya.

Cardinal: She came out here to see her brother.

That's why she lied to us.

She's trying to protect him.

Who's the dealer?

Clegg: That's Gordie Katyuk.

He's one of Lasalle's guys.

Wombat.

But how does Terri fit into this?

It's okay.

It's Detective Cardinal.

(Sobbing)

("Familiar"‐Agnes Obel)

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♪ Took a walk to the summit at night, ♪

♪ you and I ♪

♪ To burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar, ♪

♪ you and I ♪

♪ And the dark was opening wide, ♪

♪ do or die ♪

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(Dreamlike Instrumental)

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(Ominous Instrumental)

Kevin (Echoing): He's not helping.

(Echoing) Have a look around.

(Echoing) Why can't you just believe that I'm trying to have a different life.

(Echoing) This exact conversation‐

(Echoing) This is no, no‐

(Echoing) So man times. So many times!

(Echoing Clicking)

Terri (Echoing): There were trees all around and a dirt road.

I saw this black truck in the distance coming fast towards me.

The same moments keep coming back to me.

I wish I could remember more.

Cardinal: Terri.

You don't have to hide anything.

I'm not interested in your brother's drug offences.

My only job is to find whoever sh*t you.

Now, you went to your old house on the airbase.

Why?

It was the only place I could think of that felt safe.

Who was chasing you?

I don't know.

I saw this black truck in the distance and I froze.

I had this flash that same truck coming down a hill towards me fast, like it was gonna run me down.

Cardinal: Are you sure it was the same truck?

(Muted Rumbling)

Let's back up.

You took a flight from Vancouver to Toronto.

What happened after you landed?

Terri: My brother was waiting.

Outside.

He had a car.

Flashy, black.

He wanted me to be impressed, but it obviously wasn't his.

Go on.

I remember the highway.

Those little stacks of rock, Inukskuk, along the side of the road.

He told me that he was clean.

That he was finally getting his life together.

And you think you're brother's using again.

That's why you came out here.

I wanted to know whose car it was, and where he was getting money.

And what did he tell you?

He he had a job with a property developer.

I tried to get the truth out of him.

But it turned into yelling.

Well, I‐ I was yelling.

I shout and he gets quiet.

Cardinal: But he was angry.

The dirt road where the truck was chasing you.

Did Kevin take you there?

Terri: I don't know.

I‐I don't know where that was.

Was Kevin driving the truck, Terri?

My brother would never hurt me.

Why were you running, Gordie?

When I found Wombat's head in my shower‐

I figured maybe I'm next.

So you're taking off.

Gordie: Yeah, I am.

I'm not the only one, either.

Delorme: Why would someone want you dead?

Hm?

New player in town.

Someone's trying to take over the Northern Raiders' turf.

He's going after the Raiders' dealers.

Any clue who this rival is?

Gordie: If I knew, I'd tell Lasalle.

Problem solved.

(Door Clicks Open)

Delorme: You were right.

Someone's picking off Lasalle's men.

Wombat.

A dealer named Brendon.

How's she doing?

Cardinal: Whoever sh*t her knows she's alive and is looking for her.

We need to find her brother.

You think he's our sh**t?

Cardinal: No, but I think he'll lead us to whoever it is.

I don't know how it's possible for somebody to come into our town, take over our trade.

k*ll our dealers.

m*rder our friends.

And no one here knows who the hell it is.

I had to go outside.

I had to ask a favour from the brotherhood in Michigan to find out who's trying to cut us out.

"Northwind".

Now, if Wombat were here, he could tell you:

I don't like asking for favours.

So this is what we're gonna do:

You're gonna go out there, you're gonna talk to the people you know, and we are gonna find this Northwind and we're going to take care of this in‐house!

Understand?

(Pulsing Suspenseful Music)

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(Buzzer)

(Door Clicks Open)

Nothing fancy but you'll be comfortable.

Let me know if you need anything.

Thank you.

If she gets frustrated or antsy, call me right away, will you?

Of course.

Hey.

We'll see you in the morning.

(Foreboding Instrumental)

(Knocking)

Toof: Hey man, ready to go?

Hey Kev. Hey!

Hey. Come on.

Hey.

Kev, come on.

Hey, come on, man.

You okay?

I'm okay, man.

You scared me. sh*t, man.

You shouldn't be doing that.

I know.

Toof: Kev.

Look, if Ray finds out, man.

Get outta here, come on.

Come on.

Come on, man.

It's okay.

Look I'll uh, I'll tell them you're sick, okay?

You're a good man, Toof.

Okay.

(Sombre Piano Chords)

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Catherine (Voicemail): Hi, you've reached Catherine.

Leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can. (Beep)

Hey.

Uh, your meds are here.

Give me a call.

(Pulsing Dramatic Music)

Cardinal: We have confirmation of a rival moving in on the Northern Raiders' drug trade.

They've taken a‐ a biker's head, and a mid‐level dealer's hand.

Delorme: Brendon disappeared.

Presumed dead.

Yeah. Both apparently messages to Lasalle and his boys.

His dealers understandably are running scared.

What about the girl?

Cardinal: She's remembering more.

She's given us a description of the black truck.

I'll need you to look for that and the car that Kevin drove to the airport.

Any memories of her sh**t?

Doctor says that she has memory gaps surrounding the sh**ting itself and that those memories may never come back.

We think the sh**t is still looking for her to finish the job.

Terri was visiting her brother Kevin, a drug user, small‐time dealer.

Yeah, we think that if Kevin is somehow connected to this rival, that Terri might have heard or seen something she shouldn't have.

(Water Rushing)

(Birds Chirping)

Going this way.

(Leaves Rustling)

(Airy Soft Instrumental)

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(Loud Water Rushing)

Was I here?

We're hoping you can tell us.

Should I look for anything specific?

We don't know what might trigger your memory.

Could be any sight, sound, smell.

Just take it all in.

(Thundering Eerie Music)

Is this where I woke up?

Cardinal: Have a look at the markings on the wall.

Anything?

(Ominous Instrumental)

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(Rapid Shallow Breathing)

Breathe.

Breathe.

What did you see?

It‐ it was him, I think.

He had boots.

Big black ones with steel‐toes.

Delorme: Did you see his face?

Ah, a‐ a white guy, with blond hair.

He had a thick neck.

I guess‐ he thought I was dead.

(Ringing)

Catherine (Voicemail): Hi, you've reached Catherine.

Leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can. (Beep)

Delorme: And you've never seen him before?

Maybe with your brother?

I don't know.

I don't think so.

Okay.

Terri: I'm not lying.

I just can't remember.

I believe you.

Terri: But you think that the answers are in my head.

Everything okay?

Cardinal: Ah, I have to go to Toronto to meet Dr. Wasserstein.

The rituals expert at U of T.

We could Skype with her, no?

Pull local mug sh*ts matching the description Terri gave us.

See if she can identify him.

(Car Engine Engages)

(Dreamlike Instrumental)

White guy with black boots and a thick neck.

There's a lot of guys around here that fit that description.

Terri went through our photo line‐up.

No luck.

Maybe he's in your surveillance files, one of the bikers or their dealers.

Okay. Leave it with me.

I'll put together a photo line‐up for her.

Thanks. ‐ Yup.

Rachel called me.

Thanks for pulling her out.

You did the right thing.

Sure.

Rachel: Hey!

Sorry I'm late.

Missed you last night.

I can tell.

I'm going to get changed, and then I'm gonna kick your butt.

Jordan: Maybe.

(Ominous Instrumental)

♪ Did you drive today?

Yeah, I've got my Gran's truck.

Rachel: C'mon. Let's get outta here.

You just got here.

It's a beautiful day.

(Sirens)

These items suggest Palo Mayombe.

An Afro‐Caribbean religion originating in Nigeria and the Congo.

The shaman invokes the help of particular orishas.

Conflations of African spirits of Catholic saints.

Cardinal: And what do the orishas do?

They have different spheres of influence.

Ellegua for crossroads, Oggun for iron or metal.

And how does one invoke them?

You make offerings.

Ellegua likes sweet things.

Oggun wants iron.

Railway spikes?

That would do it, yes.

Ah, the power of the spirit world grows as the moon waxes, and weakens as it wanes.

So if I were wanting to make an offering?

The most potent time would be at new moon.

Under cover of darkness.

Has human sacrifice ever been a part of this?

There are some missionaries' accounts, but they've been discredited.

I mean, certainly human sacrifice would be a gross perversion of the practice.

Cardinal: What do you make of the missing body parts?

Wasserstein: I won't ascribe that to any legitimate spiritual practice.

But in the context of animal sacrifice, the spirit must be able to get around in the afterlife.

To do the shaman's bidding.

It would need feet to travel.

Eyes to see.

So, I've cut them off or out.

What do I do with them?

You put them in your iron pot.

Your nganga.

You stir it all with sticks, your palos, in order to keep control of the spirit.

You would need fresh blood to keep it working.

More sacrifices.

In theory.

But this‐ Maybe it was inspired by Palo Mayombe but‐ that's not what this is.

(Eerie Instrumental)

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(Bar Chatter)

You should see this place, man.

Three bedrooms.

Sweet.

The house my mom's in now has got this, like, leaky roof.

Mhm.

She's been trying to save money to fix it.

But, I mean, you know how it is.

Totally.

But I'm gonna surprise her, man.

Man: Yeah? ‐I am.

A nice new house, no leaks.

Think I'm gonna even put a big bow on it!

You know like, where do they even get those big bows, man, like you know the ones you see on TV?

How're you buying houses now, huh?

I told you, man.

Something big is going down.

Well I smell bullshit.

And it's not on the bottom of my shoe.

Yeah, you'll see, man.

The Northern Raiders don't own this town anymore.

(Snickering)

Okay.

Leon: Toof.

Time to go.

(Waves Lapping)

(Chuckling)

Rachel: Ready?

Come on. (Chuckling)

(Chuckling)

Rachel: Hey. Hey.

(Jordan Chuckling)

(Echoing Laughter)

(Bubbling Water) (Muted Talking)

(Ominous Instrumental)

Musgrave: Delorme.

Thanks for the tip.

What tip?

(Buzzing)

Hi.

Cardinal: Hey. You got a minute?

Yeah.

How was your meeting?

Cardinal: Dave's k*ller has co‐opted an Afro Caribbean spiritual practice called Palo Mayombe.

Delorme: I've never heard of it.

Yeah, well, looks like he's created a bastardized version.

It fits the details of our crime scene and he's gonna k*ll again in three days.

At the new moon.

Who's his target?

Cardinal: Somebody he thinks will be a powerful servant in the afterlife.

Delorme: Maybe Terri?

She identify anyone?

No. I would've called.

Did you connect with Catherine?

Not yet.

That's Commanda.

Cardinal: Okay, we'll talk later.

Yep.

Hey, Jerry.

(Thundering Crescendoing Music)

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(Hospital Chatter)

Sorry.

Is he doing okay?

Commanda: He knows he has to answer some questions.

Jordan.

We need to know everything that you know about what happened.

So you met her at the gym this morning?

She didn't want to be there.

So we went to the‐ the Corner Pocket.

Commanda: Did she talk to anybody there?

Yeah, this guy.

I didn't know he was a dealer.

I thought we were going to go sh**t some pool with him.

But she wanted to go swimming.

Commanda: Where?

The lake.

After she pulled out this bag.

Heroin.

Jordan: I tried to stop her.

I‐I didn't even know she was into that.

Commanda: Did she use a needle?

She did it and then, uh,

she‐she started uh‐

she started shaking.

Her eyes.

I was scared.

I‐I called 911, but‐

You did everything that you were supposed to do, okay?

You did everything right, man.

This guy at the pool hall.

Did you happen to catch his name?

Is there anything at all that you can tell us about him?

He had, like, this‐this crazy tooth.

Lise?

Tooth.

Got it.

(Footsteps)

(Banging)

Hey, bud.

Still sick?

Ah, yeah.

Rough morning.

Probably something I ate.

Well, you look better now.

Yeah, yeah, I needed some sleep I guess, huh.

Well, we're going to a movie.

Ah, nah man, I'm‐I'm out.

You are driving.

Your truck?

Leon: Sure, why not?

I trust ya.

You know, I‐ I should probably just crash early man.

Yeah.

Let's go.

Toof: What, uh, what movie are we going to?

(Leon Clears Throat)

Don't know yet.

Toof: Can I‐can I pick?

Tomorrow's my birthday.

It is?

Toof: Yeah man. I'm 24.

No, wait. Twenty‐ twenty‐five. Huh.

Happy Birthday, man.

Dude, you can tell me that tomorrow, man!

So can I pick the movie, or what?

Sure.

Whatever you want.

Take the next left.

Leon: Stop here.

It's the middle of nowhere.

Stop here.

What're we doing here, Leon?

Stopping here, Kevin.

Let's go, Toof.

We got business.

(Truck Door Opens)

Come on, get out.

Are we, uh‐ are we meeting somebody?

Yup.

(Boom)

sh*t!

(Dramatic Music)

What are you do‐ What was that?

Did you guys hear something?

Kevin: What're you doing?!

Leon: Jesus.

Huh.

Kevin: Leon! (Boom)

Toof: Whoa, man.

My eyes aren't working right.

Leon: Jesus. You see that?

Pop the trunk, man.

Open the lid!

Kevin: Come on, he's our‐ He's our friend. ‐Hurry up!

OPEN IT! OPEN IT!

Leon: Piece of sh*t.

(Humming)

And he's still standing up!

I sh*t him twice.

(Thump)

Leon: Ah!

There we go.

There we go.

(Thumping) (Grunting)

Woo!

Kev!

Let's go.

Help me get rid of this.

Leon: It had to be done.

Ray: I'm impressed, Leon.

You saw Toof was breaking one of the rules, took control, solved the problem.

Kevin.

Do you have anything to say?

Uh, yeah I'm actually‐ I'm not‐I'm not feeling too hot.

Have we been unfair?

No.

Well I want you to thank Leon.

Toof's big mouth could've tipped off the bikers and gotten you both k*lled.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

How 'bout some steak sandwiches?

You boys must be hungry.

Yeah.

I'm hungry.

Yeah, well, thanks for the ride.

Commanda: Do you think Nookomis will have the kettle on?

You know you're gonna have to face her eventually.

Might as well be today.

You want me to go in first?

(Knocking)

Commanda: Go easy on him.

It's been a sh*t storm.

You're telling me how to raise my noozhishenh?

No, no, no.

I mean Rachel's parents seem to think that it's Jordan's fault she started using again.

But the hospital tested him for dr*gs and he's clean.

Blame it on the Indian again, huh.

And they told him to his face that they didn't want him at her funeral.

There were some bikers sniffing around here the other day.

Scott Lasalle's boys?

Flexing their muscles and busted up a couple chairs at the rec centre.

Got some folks stirred up.

Nobody called me.

You're OPD.

Some people are still suspicious of that.

I'll look into it.

If anything happens again, call me.

Omampee.

So, coming in, or what?

(Sighs)

(Loud Rock Music)

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(Clicking)

Bastards didn't clean them before they shipped.

What'd ya get on Northwind?

Nothing.

Maybe you should reach out to some of our friends.

You don't listen.

No more favours.

We're doing this ourselves.

Do you hear me that time? ‐Yeah.

You never get it the first time.

(Clicking)

Hey.

Hey, Alan.

You mind? ‐No.

How's it going?

Okay.

Frenchy didn't get the NIS thing.

Ah.

So maybe you find a way to shine a little brighter this week, huh?

Yeah, right.

While I'm chasing cars, like a dog.

Listen, maybe you could help me out.

It'd be great if I could have the OPD on the lookout too.

Clegg: You sh**t his vehicle?

Yeah. Yeah, I'll see what I can do.

I will get you the descriptions.

Any, uh, word from inside Lasalle's camp on who the, uh, competition is?

They don't have a clue.

You're enjoying this.

Look, don't get me wrong.

I really want you guys to find this guy that's chopping people up.

But I can't lie.

It feels good to watch Lasalle chase his tail.

Thank you.

Well maybe we'll get lucky, Lasalle will find him first and you can put him away for m*rder.

(Clegg Deep Inhale and Exhale)

Leon: Hey, I've been looking around for the girl.

She's nowhere.

(Ray Chuckling)

I can't wait for you to solve all the problems, Leon, I'll take care of this one myself.

Well, do you know where she is?

Ray: She'll be with us soon.

The shells don't lie, Leon.

(Thundering Percussion)

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(Pulsing Dramatic Music)

(Ringing)

Hello?

Cardinal: Doug. Hi. It's John Cardinal.

John, hi.

Cardinal: I'm here in the city, I'm trying to get a hold of Catherine.

She doesn't seem to have her cell phone on her.

Doug: I'm actually just heading back to the hotel.

I left her at the old Lever building.

At the bottom of the Don Valley.

I know it.

Thanks.

(Suspenseful Instrumental)

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(Pulsing Suspenseful Music)

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♪ Cardinal: Catherine!

(Heavy Breathing)

Cardinal: Catherine!

John?

What are you doing here?

Cardinal: Step back, please.

Sweetheart.

Please, I'm asking you.

Step back from the edge.

John. I'm fine.

You left your meds at home.

(Sombre Piano Chords)

Dr. Bell changed them last week.

I have the new ones.

Why didn't you call me back?

I'm working!

But you said you were going to quit therapy and‐ and then you weren't returning my‐ my calls!

Jesus, John.

If I was going to jump, I'd jump, you couldn't stop me.

Go home.

(Forlorn Instrumental) (Heavy Breathing)

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