King

Okay! Okay! I'm coming!

- Where's my daughter? - You can't...

Where is she? Does anybody know where Alicia is?

Sorry.

Does anybody know where she is?

Where is my daughter?

She's in her room.

- Look, I don't think that you should... - Alicia!

- You're not allowed up there. - Out! Out of my way! Alicia!

Excuse me....

Alicia, open this door!

- Who is it? - Alicia!

- She doesn't want to talk to you. - I am her mother.

- Go away, Mom! - You can't come in!

Open this door!

- I'm here. - Go away!

- We're going to go to the hospital. - I told Kevin not to call you.

Alicia, listen to me.

- It's nothing. Leave me alone. - This is not nothing!

- Miss Carter, I think that... - Alicia!

- Stop, you're embarrassing me! - We have to get you checked out!

- Alicia! - No, it's nothing!

Alicia!

Alicia! Stop! Listen to me!

- No, it's nothing! - We have to go to the police.

No! No! No!

Yes, Alicia! Alicia! Let go!

Alicia! Let go!

Shush! Shush! It's okay.

It's okay, baby.

It's okay. I'm sorry.

Please don't cry.

Danny, I need you to be honest,

totally honest, does this sweater make me look motherly?

- Not matronly, motherly. - Honey, you look great.

I think this cookie thing's too much.

No! No! No! It's perfect.

These flats are killing me.

- Mrs Sless? - Jessica. Jess.

- Sandra Bladow. - Please come in. Welcome.

I actually kept my last name, King.

- You're Danny? - Yes, yes. Hi.

Jess King. Not like I'm zealous.

Is this where you see yourself having a baby?

No! We used to have a house, but...

Yeah! Yeah! This is more of a transitional place for us.

- Transitional? From what? - We plan on buying another one

soon, with walls. You know, for rooms.

And you know, more green space, for...

- cookie? - Let's sit down.

- Sorry. We're a bit nervous. - It's not uncommon.

We want you to think we're good people.

This is the first of four home visits.

First thing you need to be aware of,

I don't work for you. It's not my job

to get you a baby. Okay.

In fact, if I can talk you out of adoption, I'm happy to do it.

My job is to advocate for the child.

That's the only person I ca... That's great, that's amazing.

- May I finish? - Of course.

There is one other thing...

It's just that we have tried so hard to have a baby.

Yes, I'm sure it's all very sad.

Look, let's be clear about one other thing.

Adoption is not a backup plan.

We know! We do know that. I need your assurance

that you've stopped trying to have a baby.

Baby, yes. We haven't stopped trying to have sex.

Yes, we can't have a child together

We're medically incompatible, so it's...

So you've stopped, then.

Good. Today, I'm just going to get to know you

and then, I will leave you each with this questionnaire

to fill out before our second visit.

Now, if you lie or obfuscate

on any of our conversations or on this document,

you should know with absolute certainty

I will find out, so show me your warts before someone else does.

Sorry. I'm just going to...

- How long have you two been married? - Two years.

- First marriage for both? - This is my third.

- Three's the charm? - Hope so. - So do I.

You know, I know two years doesn't seem like very long,

but we've actually been through a lot together.

- Not that much. - Busy lives!

Sorry. Chief, this is not the best time. Just a second.

- I got a can of worms down here. - Chief, can I call you back?

Fifteen years ago in Winnipeg, a woman testified against her rapist.

- Vicious crime. - Okay, Chief, seriously!

I cannot talk about a vicious rape right now.

Man made threats at sentencing,

the victim and her daughter were put in a new identity program

for their own protection.

- Almost done. - Two nights ago,

the woman's daughter was sexually assaulted.

- Mother insists it was the same man. - Any evidence linking the two assaults?

That's what I want you to find out. What we do know is Winnipeg screwed up.

The victims' identities were published

on an archival website. Those bas...

bad... people.

- I need you here, King. - Okay.

- Just as soon as I finish this... - Mother's waiting,

daughter's with Hicks from sex crimes. Get in here. Now!

Can we... Honey, can you...

Can we reschedule? Is that an option?

Cookie?

KING S01 Ep10 - Alicia Pratta

It's a gong show!

The chief in Winnipeg is an old friend, he's a good man.

...who's going to be looking for a new job soon.

You know, that whole service could be facing

a crippling lawsuit, not to mention...

That mother and daughter might have been assaulted

by the same maniac. We don't know that.

- It's a gong show, sir. - King, not today. Please.

- How's Marie? - Hanging in.

- You know I'm here, right? - How about you solve this case

and explain to me why you're three inches shorter.

- You noticed. - I'm too old for a growth spurt. So?

Flats. Don't look down, sir.

Mother's name is Veronica Pratta. She's in my office.

Why can't I be with her?

Your daughter's giving a statement.

- She did that at the hospital! - That was a medical exam.

And rape kit, I know, I was there. I don't understand why

I'm being left out of this. Alicia's an adult

and we need to treat her... And I am her mother!

And given how you people screwed up...

Those people made a mistake and I'm here to make it better.

Brittany, this is detective sergeant King.

- Awesome to meet you. - Just on our way to a movie.

I wanted to grab some paperwork first.

Day off's canceled, we got a new case.

Call the team in. Miss Pratta, my office.

- Where is my daughter? - Please have a seat.

Can I get you anything? I just want to see Alicia.

I'm at a bit of a disadvantage right now

because I don't have your file in front of me,

so I don't know the details of your case.

It would help if you could fill me in.

So, what happened 15 years ago?

- I was raped by Jeffrey Carson. - Is Carson Alicia's father?

No. He came after. I don't know who Alicia's father is.

I was 16, I was working the streets.

- Was he abusive to Alicia as well? - No. He just ignored her.

- And the assault? - He raped me

and kicked me unconscious with steel toed boots.

I have Alicia's mitts. Can we get these to her?

Thank you. Five broken ribs,

36 stitches. Carson said if I went to the cops,

he would hurt Alicia and then he'd kill me.

Must've been frightening to testify against him in court.

He got four years! A hooker with a meth addiction?

The jury didn't have much sympathy.

And the new identity program brought you here.

Years! Erasing one life, creating another, and now this!

Miss Pratta, we don't know that Jeffrey Carson

is responsible for your daughter's...

Fifteen years ago that man left me under a bridge

to freeze to death. Two nights ago,

my daughter is found under a bridge.

It was him!

- Jenny Hicks! - King! Good to see you.

How's the baby?

Walking, talking, teething.

It's been 48 hours.

Alicia's showered, washed her clothes. No DNA.

Nothing. Does she have any idea

who did this? Says she doesn't.

- Do you believe her? - Yeah, I do.

My theory right now,

she was roofied at a sorority party the night of the assault.

- Toc screen will confirm it. - What about Jeff Carson?

Looking into him just in case,

but what are the chances? I have to take this.

Let me know what comes up.-...

Alicia.

Your mom asked me to give you these.

I went missing at Ontario Place when I was ten.

My mother practically had the whole thing shut down.

- She cares about you. - She's paranoid.

I'm not going to end up like her.

Alicia...

I didn't want her to know about this. Kevin told her.

- Is Kevin your boyfriend? - No, just a friend.

Alicia, I need you to take me back to this party the other night.

I can't remember much...

Tequila and more tequila.

Then, outside; I wanted air.

That's it.

Then I woke up.

I was just cold and there was this...

feeling like... stinging.

I was under my coat.

I thought maybe this is what a hangover feels like,

but when I stood up, everything hurt.

- And where were you? - Under this bridge.

My mom thinks it's Carson, right?

There's no way!

What else do you remember?