Well, there is another innocent man that could
use your help. Look into the Oshae Bennett case again.
I've been asked to review the medical evidence
that's against you. Do you mind telling me what happened
the night Wyllanne died?
No, I haven't scheduled my pre-op appointment yet.
Um, let me check my calendar.
I'd like to stay on.
This isn't a place to hide from your problems.
I hate that I'm mixed.
Your racial identity is not a burden.
- That's when they win. - Hey.
He's had quite a day.
It's not about you.
RAISING MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN
- Hey. - Hey.
- How ya doin'? - I'm okay.
Yeah?
Okay.
Um, all right. I'm gonna be pretty late tonight, so don't wait up, okay?
Okay.
You uh, going anywhere special?
Uh, no, I'm just gonna see a friend.
Okay.
I love you!
Okay.
Time to go!
Let's go, Eloise!
Okay, please, come on.
You're being adopted by a family,
you know, so you're gonna have a bigger stall
and all the hay you can eat.
Come on!
Hey!
Oh.
- Yeah, she uh... - I made you a sandwich.
Oh, you didn't have to do that.
Hey. Hey.
There's a bag in the trailer.
There's a gift for Eloise's new owners,
you'll be sure to get it to them?
Yeah, I will. See? She never liked me.
Okay.
Good girl.
We had fun, didn't we?
Hey, listen, I...
I wish things could've been different for us, it's just...
Look, thanks for offering to deliver Eloise.
Any idea where you're going, or what you'll do next?
Uh, nope.
Haven't really thought about it. I'm just,
well, you know, ready for a fresh start.
Good luck.
- What have we got? - Looks like an od.
Found some drug paraphernalia in the vicinity.
Okay, thanks.
He's got track marks on his arm.
Yeah, it looks like he's been using for a while, huh?
Yeah.
He's got sunken eyes.
Dry mucosal surfaces.
Dehydration.
I mean, it's not uncommon for an addict.
I'll order a tox screen,
just to make sure it's an overdose.
Well, no, no I.D., no wallet, no cell phone.
Nothing other than the one-day recovery chip
and the needle and baggy we found nearby.
You know, I'll canvas the area for witnesses.
Check local security cameras.
See how our guy got here. Maybe he wasn't alone.
Okay.
Oh, hey!
- Yeah? - Where's Donovan?
- He took the day off! - He what?!
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Mark this whole side.
Okay, I'm done. Uh, he's all yours.
Open.
Ooh, all right.
- All right? - Good.
- Okay, step. - Step.
- One more. - One more.
- Two. - Okay.
- Three. - Three.
- You're good. - We're good. All right?
- Almost there. - All right, all right.
There's nothing in front of you, you can put your arms down.
My life's in your hands. Oh, okay. Fine!
Okay.
What is this place?
It's gonna be a retro 90s arcade and entertainment space.
Nice!
They commissioned me to do that mural.
If you offer me a choice between the red pill
- and blue pill, I'm out! - Oh, come on.
Let's join the rebellion!
One sec. Ooh, it, it's work.
- I gotta take this. - I thought you had a day off?
Okay, I'll make you a deal.
Let me take this then I'll turn off my phone.
- Deal. - Yeah.
Hey, Malik. Everything okay?
Uh, we, we couldn't I.D. The victim, Mac.
His prints weren't in the system.
I, I canvassed the whole neighbourhood and nobody,
nobody saw our guy. So, I just...
So, you're calling me with a whole bunch of nothing.
Nah, nah! I'm just, I'm just calling to let you know
that I got this and, you know, if I hit a snag,
I'll, I'll... what would Mac do, right?
Great. Now, don't call me again unless there's a fire.
Okay, all right.
- Hey! You good? - Yeah.
I just found this on our John Doe. Looks fresh.
Is that a tattoo?
No, it's burned in.
- It's like a brand, or something. - Huh.
I swear I've seen it before.
Okay, not you, too.
You stay here long enough, it'll be you, too.
So, what do we have?
No broken bones, no blunt force trauma.
Okay, no petechiae hemorrhaging.
No strangulation or asphyxiation.
Other than the obvious track marks,
I don't see anything unusual.
Aside from the spiral burn mark on his wrist.
His tox screen was strangely inconclusive.
Not enough drugs on board for an overdose,
but he did have trace amounts of psylocibin in his blood.
Magic mushrooms.
Well, that didn't kill him.
I got bruises, brands, tattoos and scarifications,
And one on-brand spiral coming at ya.
This is the Oshae Bennett case.
His girlfriend had the same mark.
Want me to get the crown on the phone?
Uh, no thank you. I have Clark's number.
Clark's number. Nice!
Okay, thank you, Alphonse.
I will let you know if I need you.
"Dehydration.
Trace amounts of psylocibin."
In 400 metres, turn left.
Turn left.
Come on!
There is no left!
Yeah, that... Ah, For god's sake.
Okay, nothing to worry about,
We're just gonna retrace our steps.
Everything's cool.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Easy. Easy!
Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Okay. Eloise, calm down!
Come on, gimme a break!
For god's sakes, calm down!
Damn it!
Come on!
What's wrong with you, man?
You're just lost. People get lost.
Nobody died.
All right?
Okay, nobody died.
- Hey. - Hey!
- You good? - Yeah.
Not every time I call, one of my family members
Is up on murder charges.
Oh, so this was uh, just an excuse to see me again.
Uh...
- You coulda just called. - Or this was about a case.
There's something different about you.
Does that line ever work for you?
You tell me. How am I doin'?
Ah, mr. Bennett, how're you doing?
You here to tell me they denied my appeal?
No, no, nothing like that.
Actually, I hear it's, it's going well.
But um, at the moment, Dr. Cooper could use your help.
- Yeah, sure. - Great, thank you.
Um, could you take a look at this picture and let me know
if you recognize the mark in it?
You seen this before?
Last time I saw her alive,
she didn't have it.
Is there any chance that she could've got it during the day,
and you just, you didn't notice?
I was so hung-over that morning that...
My only concern was the hell I was gonna catch
from Wyllanne, for drinking.
Wyllanne didn't like you drinking?
I've been trying to support her efforts to get sober.
She had a hard time, you know.
She worked the programs,
but she always ended up at day one.
But she went to meetings every Wednesday.
Never missed one. Even when she was using.
The only thing she had to do that day was recovery group.
She was always trying to get me to go with her, you know.
Maybe if I just would've gone with her,
Everything would've been okay.
Ugh!
Ahhhh!
Ah!
Eloise!
Y meetings.
One of them is 20 clicks away
From where Wyllanne used to live, so I doubt it that's one.
What about this one?
Uh, well that is a men's group.
But I found one that meets every Wednesday
at a community centre on delman drive,
So my money is on this one.
Let's do it!
Let's do... Um, sorry,
but this is uh, this is my case.
Well, if someone there knows who killed Wyllanne Rai,
it would exonerate Oshae. I have a moral obligation.
Okay, so you wanna go crash a recovery meeting with me.
Yeah. Could be fun.
Okay, all right.
Just don't step on my toes.
Eloise!
Just wanted to start by encouraging all of you
to share your personal experiences with us today.
So, you know, don't hold back. First...
Okay, let's uh, let's try to talk to people
after the meeting.
Someone who is celebrating a milestone.
We gotta be sly, because I'm guessing most of them
- have issues with authority. - Yeah.
- Shh! - Sorry.
Would you like to share with the group?
Hi, my name is Kai, and I'm an addict.
Hi, Kai.
Today is my medallion.
One year clean and sober.
It definitely hasn't been easy,
and if it wasn't for all you,
I'd be on day one instead of day 365.
Yeah, but it's that commitment to being clean
that has kept you clean, Kai.
I mean, we all saw you hit your rock bottom right here,
but we also watched you bounce right back up again.
I wish Freddy could be here with me right now.
He was like a brother to me.
He's the one who made me start coming to this group.
When he fell,
I nearly fell, too.
Hey, he'd be so proud of you, Kai.
Can't help but see a couple new faces in the back, there.
Would either one of you like to come up, share with the group?
Uh...
It's your case.
Hi, I'm... I'm Jenny Cooper,
And I'm uh...
The coroner.
I'm investigating a death.
Hey.
Come here, huh?
Hey.
Wait, whoa! Wait.
Wait.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Oh, it's okay. Okay, okay.
I'll take care of it.
It's all right.
There you go. Yeah, baby.
There you go.
Jenny Cooper?
You're coming to our meeting under a false pretext,
well, kinda compromises the safety of the space.
Sorry, I, I, I understand.
Um, I need to show you a photo of a decedent,
and I, I'd like to know, do you, do you know this man?
He had a one-day chip in his pocket.
No other form of identification.
That's Trent.
Trent uh, Wilner.
That was his last name, right?
He came to the meetings pretty regularly.
I mean Trent, he really wanted to get clean,
but he could never commit for more than a day or two.
- Have you seen this before? - No.
No. Sorry.
It's okay. Thank you.
You two really have no idea what
any of us have been through, do you?
I mean, this space that we hold for one another here,
it's sacred.
I understand.
Please don't come back.
Wait.
- Kai? Kai! - Leave me alone.
Can I talk to you, please? Look, I'm not the police.
You don't have to talk to me,
but I could really use your help.
We found a John Doe in the alley.
It was an overdose and we think it's trent,
- from your group. - Yeah, so?
So, we think his death might be related to Wyllanne's
And she was also in your group, right?
Yeah, but her boyfriend killed her. He confessed, so.
So, she had the same burn mark on her wrist...
As you do.
Trent had it too, right, so they both had the marks,
they're both dead,
it doesn't feel like a coincidence, Kai.
Look, can you just tell me what it means?
I mean, did somebody, did somebody give it to you?
Kai, can you just...
Damn!
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, okay.
Shh! Shh! Shh!
Yeah...
Okay, it's not that bad.
Hey,
I thought you said you were gonna turn that off.
I, I, I just forgot.
I just... Okay, take it. Take it.
What are those?
Whadda ya think?
Oof! They're hot!
Yeah!
I figured you for... A 12?
- Oh, you cannot be serious! - I am serious.
I haven't put on a pair of roller skates since I was a teenager.
Okay, here we go!
Can't remember the last time I had this much fun.
I don't think you're keeping the right company.
Touché!
Have you made a decision about the surgery?
No, not yet.
But I feel great!
I mean, best I've felt in a long time, actually.
And maybe if I don't have the surgery,
I'll be fine.
You have a hole in your spine, Donovan.
Swiss cheese has holes.
Bagels have holes.
Golf courses have holes.
Come on, it's my day off.
Says the man who's married to his work.
Is that why you don't have kids?
You are not gonna take it easy on me, are you?
Would you like me if I did?
All right then, what about you?
Do you want kids?
- I like kids. - Mm-hmm?
I've lived a less-than conventional life and I love it.
I've been able to make a living off of my art and I get to travel, and...
I get to do things at my own pace.
But who knows, right?
Shall we let fate decide?
Hmm, all right.
- Aren't you gonna read it? - No, you have to read it in private,
otherwise it doesn't come true.
- Uh, that is not a thing. - Oh, are you gonna take that risk?
Hmm.
Ugh!
Ah! Come on!
Come on!
Oh!
Okay.
Whoa, whoa.
Ow! Ow!
Agh!
Good night!
Toronto has too many opioid deaths.
Yeah, that's why we call it an epidemic.
Oh, okay.
All right, this... This is interesting.
Uh, Freddy Bullard, he died of an od
and his medical record says that he was on dialysis
the night before he died.
He gets out of the hospital, where a machine
is doing what his kidneys can't, and he gets high.
Yeah, but that is not the interesting part.
- He had the spiral. - Mm-hmm.
Impaired kidney function can be a result of dehydration
and Trent, our John Doe in the alleyway,
he had symptoms of dehydration.
I didn't think it was severe at first,
but now, I'm not so sure.
Okay, so if it's extreme, what does that mean?
It means something very weird is going on.
Interesting.
Hey.
Shh, shh, shh.
Yeah.
Okay.
We're gonna make it, Eloise. Come on.
There is lesions on the kidney.
It's not just dehydration, that's hyperthermia.
Okay, so at some point,
Trent was exposed to extreme heat before he died.
I've been to some pretty intense sweats,
but that's ceremony. No one's ever died.
Yeah, and I'm assuming you weren't on mushrooms when you did it.
No.
That's more like a peyote ceremony.
What if somebody combined them together?
Wouldn't be the first time our cultural practices
- have been co-opted. - Yeah.
Okay, so what if Kai's recovery group
tried to create some sort of extreme detox?
You said their meeting was in a community centre?
- Was there a pool? - Mm-hmm.
Maybe there's a sauna.
We had an accident and uh...
She got loose.
Just a scratch.
Oh, yeah? Good.
All right. I'll step out and uh,
let you do what you need to do.
I think Eloise would like you to stay.
You two look like you've been to war and back.
- She trusts you. - She does?
Here, give her this
while I give her a shot of antibiotics.
Hey, want some?
Yeah, that's it. That's it.
I was in uh, horse therapy.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
I've heard that works!
They say the horse is like a mirror, right?
- Yeah. - You like what you see back?
She was afraid.
Okay.
You have a good life now.
I wish I could be there to see it.
- Yo, hey! - Hey, you find Kai yet?
No, she hasn't gone back to her apartment yet, but I'll keep looking.
I've got officers checking in with her friends.
Thanks.
Kai's helmet. I think she might be here.
What's your theory?
Uh, that they were using magic mushrooms
And extreme heat to speed up the detox process.
this seems counterproductive for addicts
- To be using hallucinogens, no? - Door's open.
Malik, I'm gonna call you back.
Wait, hey! Hang on... Hang on a sec.
You're something, you know that?
Don't you mean something else?
- Hey. - You've earned this.
Here.
All right, gimme a quick second, here.
Mac? There's a fire.
This is why I don't take days off.
All right, I gotta go.
Yeah, I've got work to do.
All right, um, I, I'll call ya later.
Yeah, you will!
Kai?
Hey, Kai, can you hear me?
Is she okay? What's going on?
No, she's, she's not okay. We need the ambulance
right away, otherwise she's not gonna make it.
You're gonna help me get her out of here, first.
Hey, Mason! Mason, no! Open the door.
Mason, open the door!
Kai got her medallion because of me,
and then you went and you put her ideas in her head,
and she started accusing me?
It wasn't my fault, what happened to them.
Mm-hmm.
Trent and Freddy, Wyllanne, I tried to resuscitate her.
That's okay, Mason, just open the door. Okay?
- It's okay. - I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
I've never intentionally hurt anybody.
I'm trying to save them.
I'm doing good work here; you have to understand that.
Hey. Hey, Mac, the door's locked.
- We gotta go around back. - All right.
- There's Jenny's car. - Yeah.
Okay.
Hey, I knew it. I knew it!
You knew what?
When Jenny called, this suv was in the background.
Last night, a witness said they saw a burgundy suv
near the alley where trent wilner was dumped.
- Door's open. - Yeah! I see that!
- Clear. - All right.
I hear something!
- Yeah! - This way. Clear!
Mason! Mason!
Mason, open the door!
Hey.
Go find Jenny! I'll cut him off out back.
Gotcha!
Mason, please!
Come here.
Mason, open the door!
Jenny! Jenny!
- Jenny! - Malik!
- Yeah. - Here, help me.
- I got it, I got it. - Yeah.
Hey. Kai? Hey. Sweetie, Kai? Kai?
Have a seat. Honey? Hey.
I should have known.
Mason gave me this right at the start of my treatment.
I didn't know people were dying.
It's okay, honey, it's not your fault.
I feel so stupid for believing in him.
We've gotta get her upstairs. Come on.
- Let's go. Let's go! - Gotcha.
Do you have anything sharp in your pockets?
- No. - No?
What's this?
Hello? Yeah, I need an ambulance at 44 Delman Drive.
Now! Yes!
- You guys okay? - Yeah! She needs hydration.
There's a, there's a bottle of water in my car!
- I'm coming, Mac! - Here.
Okay. Okay, sweetie.
All right. Here.
- Okay. - Here ya go.
Okay, Kai, can you take a sip?
Take a sip.
Okay.
Hey, you okay?
I'm good. You?
We got our guy. I'm great.
Yeah.
Ah! God!
Ah!
Oh...
_
Got some uh, good news, Oshae.
There's a connection between Dr. Cooper's case and yours.
What kinda connection?
Uh, her recovery group leader,
he convinced Wyllanne to participate in a,
in a dangerous treatment
that resulted in her death.
He was the one that was responsible.
It was his fault.
Not yours.
You mean I didn't, I didn't hurt her?
You're an innocent man, Oshae.
And I'm gonna work my ass off to overturn your conviction.
Thank you.
I did this to you, and I'm sorry.
We made a pretty good team.
Yeah. Yeah, we did.
You did the right thing for a man
who was wrongfully convicted
and three other souls who were murdered.
We... Did.
Yeah. We did that. Um...
- We should celebrate. - Mm-hmm!
What are you doing tonight?
When you said crash course, I was uh,
I was kinda thinking bumper cars.
It's a rage room.
You come here to smash things.
Yeah, you uh, you do this on your days off?
Yeah, it's a good way of letting off steam.
You think I need to let off some steam, do you?
You know, nothing bad is gonna happen
if you smash one thing.
Start off with something small.
Okay, um...
Wooo! Geez! Nice!
- There you go. - Mm-hmm!
Whoa, hey, hey, hey. No, not um...
Not that guy.
Didn't know you were a dog person.
Liam!
I, I let him in. Is that okay?
Oh, uh, yeah, dad. Of course!
Because Ross was sleeping, obviously, and... You.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
You two should have a good chat.
- Yeah. - Without me here.
I'll see you, Liam.
Hi.
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