Coroner

Merry Christmas.

Agh.

We lived every day in fear...

With this little bomb next to us, that...

We loved so much,

was gonna go off and destroy everything.

Oh, my god.

Oh!

Oh!

Ahhhhh!

What, what are you doing here?

- Caleb. Caleb. - Last one is clear.

Caleb, this is the police.

If you're in here, identify yourself.

Caleb! This is the police!

That is clear!

Caleb?

This is the police.

Sheesh!

Oh, god.

I never thought this through.

Don't. Don't. Don't.

You haven't seen me in such a long time.

Yeah, I haven't seen you since Katie died.

I didn't leave because of you.

Well, I killed Katie, and then you left,

so yeah, yeah, I think you did.

I never blamed you for Katie's death.

- Really? Really? - Then, why did you leave?

Hmm?

Why did you leave?

Because I couldn't stay.

- Oh you... - You couldn't stay.

Well, there's that.

Jenny.

Jenny. Okay.

Don't.

Do you know that when you were a baby,

you had colic.

For the first six months of your life,

you never slept for more than 45 minutes.

I rocked you and I held you,

but the only thing that would ever soothe you

was when Gord would take you in the car and...

And drive up and down the highway.

He always had this magic with you.

He could always make

sunshine out of the darkest day.

But after Katie died, I couldn't get out of bed,

I couldn't look after myself.

Let alone, you.

I thought that you were better off with your father.

Can you forgive me?

It's cold outside. Go in.

Please, go in.

- Hey! - Hey.

Oh, Gordon didn't tell you I was coming.

No, but um...

I'm so sorry, I thought you knew it.

He uh, he invited me for the day.

Yeah, it's fine.

Um, actually I'm uh,

I'm kinda glad you're here.

It's a, it's a bit of gong show right now.

- Oh. - Sorry.

- Hey, Liam! - Hey!

You made it. That's great!

Oh, I gotta introduce you to somebody.

- I want you to meet Peggy. - Hi.

- It's Jenny's mom. - It's a little awkward, okay,

I know, but it's fine. We're all here,

we're gonna have a fantastic feast.

Just wanna know one thing, do you like gravy?

I love gravy.

Okay, plenty of gravy, I guess.

Who's that?

- It's just, it's work. - I think.

- Hey, Clark. - What are you doin' here?

Here, uh, my mama never let me come empty-handed, so,

happy holidays.

So, did my um,

did my dad invite you?

No, no, no, I have some news.

- Oh. - Donovan didn't wanna call you,

but I thought you'd like to know,

Caleb Browning escaped from the hospital.

- What? When? - This morning.

Wow, okay. Um...

I just wanted to make sure you're okay, you know,

after what happened to you yesterday.

Oh, right. Um...

Yeah, no, I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm okay.

I'm okay.

- I got your voicemail. - Right. Um...

Yeah, uh sorry, I just, I just...

Uh, it's okay, it's okay.

I'm not asking for anything from you now.

Okay.

If you ever need me,

you know where to find me.

Thanks. Thanks.

Well,

this is the longest tapeworm I've ever seen.

This is the first tapeworm I've ever seen,

and it's more than enough for me.

So, have any idea where Caleb is?

No. Still trying to piece together

how he got out of the psych ward.

Hey, so the tapeworm wriggled out of her wound?

Yeah, looks like she was stabbed.

The wound cut her intestine,

which is where tapeworms attach to their hosts.

Makes sense.

The knife drawer was raided and...

Yeah.

She was here cleaning.

I mean, why did she come back to the house,

let alone to clean it?

None of this makes any sense.

Look, um,

Caleb escaped from the hospital.

I know. The police called me.

Did they find him?

No. Uh,

and his surrogate sister was just found dead.

That's awful.

Just, I don't think, I don't think that he would...

You're having trouble reconciling

- your instincts about Caleb. - Yeah.

Look, I just... I really believed that,

that he had lost his memory, but if he,

if he killed flora...

Someone can be both a victim of trauma and an abuser.

Maybe we saw one side of him and this family sees the other.

Okay, but why cover for him, if you're flora?

You know, why clean up after him if he just killed

two people that you love?

Because they love him.

They're protecting him.

They were trauma bonded, Donovan.

I mean, it's when an,

an abused person forms a strong emotional attachment

to their uh, to their abuser.

- Flora and Caleb? - Yeah, think about it.

I mean, flora had been abused by Caleb, for years.

She even took the family's hush money.

So, she goes to clean up after the murders?

Well, maybe in her mind, she was cleaning up after him,

you know, protecting him, like she has all these years.

She might not be the only one.

What?

We can't get hold of Aaron Browning,

and the address he gave us is fake.

Okay, um, I'll call you if I find anything.

The tapeworm head is still attached to her intestine.

I'd place her time of death as early this morning.

I just wish we had more to go on.

There's this.

Flora had liver cancer?

I found the same masses on John Browning's liver.

I thought cancer too, at first, but...

Then we got the results back from the lab.

They're cysts from the tapeworm larvae.

They both had tapeworm?

We'll send these out for biopsy.

Or we could just do this.

Ugh!

Okay, yeah, looks like anchovy paste.

Oh, it's a classic descriptor for tapeworm cysts.

Even I find that disgusting.

Did she have any cysts in her brain?

No.

Um, look, you guys,

you guys go home after this, okay?

We will.

- Happy holidays, Jenny! - Happy holidays, Jenny.

Happy holidays, guys.

Sorry, what?

John Browning and flora both have cysts

- from old tapeworm infections. - And?

What if the whole family had tapeworm at some point?

Tapeworm larvae can travel to your-your organs

and your muscles, and they can cause cysts.

So, I'm thinking that Caleb Browning has tapeworm cysts

in his brain. And if it's in his frontal lobe,

then that would explain why he can't control his emotions.

All right, then, why wouldn't the rest of the family

be violent? Why wouldn't Aaron be?

Because it's incredibly rare

for the cysts to travel to your brain.

Hold on for a sec, Jenny.

We got a list of properties the Brownings own.

Places where Caleb could be hiding out.

Closest is some land north of Pickering.

- All right, thanks, man. - Hey, Jenny?

I think I might have a lead on where Caleb might be hiding.

Okay, I need to come with you.

- Okay, Jenny... - Yeah, Donovan,

I know he's dangerous, but he's also sick,

and if I can explain that to him,