The Listener

Watch your spacing. Stay in line!

Music. Music!

Good. Good.

Stop! Stop.

And that is why she's an understudy and not prima ballerina.

What kind of lazy entrance was that, Natasha?

I'm sorry Micah. I can do better.

Well what are you waiting for, an invitation?

Do better, Miss Azarov!

We leave for Singapore in 3 days, if you haven't got it

by now maybe we should just cancel the whole tour.

Now. Again, from the beginning. Go, go, go.

Thanks for this. Jewel was supposed to meet me

in the auditorium about an hour ago.

Yeah, she's been known to keep people waiting.

It's the whole prima ballerina thing

- (whispers) it goes to their heads. - Oh good, should be fun.

Mrs. Harper? Tia Tremblay, the reporter.

- We were supposed to meet. - I don't think she's there.

Ok, let me just call.

Weird. She never goes anywhere without her phone.

Jewel? Are you in there? Are you ok?

We're coming in, Jewel.

Ah!

Slow down. What are you trying to break a record there?

What? I'm starving. Haven't eaten since last night.

I'm so worried about running into Sandy at the hospital

that I've been avoiding the cafeteria.

Well I thought you guys ended on good terms?

Ish. I mean, it's still awkward.

It's hard to get over your ex when you're running

into her everywhere like the lunchroom, hallways...

The only place I can be sure I won't see her is the men's room.

Quite frankly people are starting to talk.

You can't avoid her forever, right?

Well I know. Just, um... for now I'm happy I got this place.

Cheers to that, brother. Good for you.

Hey speaking of uncomfortable work situations,

- how's the new boss treating ya? - Ah he doesn't trust me.

Honestly I don't know if I trust him, either.

I don't know what the guy's thinking, you know.

You don't know what he's thinking?

Do you realize the irony of that statement?

- I get it. - Are you gonna tell him 'bout your... ?

What? No. Are you kidding me? I don't know how he's gonna react.

- You don't think he's going to find out eventually? - Toby!

- Yeah? - Something's happened.

You ok?

- The article I was writing... - Yeah, the ballerina thing.

Jewel told me she had information that would

bring the entire company down. When I got there,

her dressing room was completely trashed

- and she's gone. - What do you mean, she's gone?

She's disappeared.

And I think someone might have done something to her.

- Hey. - Ian, hey.

- Hey Dev. - Inspector Becker?

Yeah.

Tia Tremblay, Daily Record. We actually met years ago,

- I covered the Hastings story. - Yes, yeah.

You and your team did an amazing job getting

- that kid back home safely. - Thank you.

I brought Tia in because she's working on a story

- about the Northern Skies Ballet. - Stop.

You're not about to pitch me a case from a reporter, are you?

Jewel Harper, the prima ballerina, has gone missing.

That sounds like a Metro case. Thanks.

They're not lifting a finger for 48 hours.

- That's the procedure. - Procedure's wrong.

48 hours can be too late.

When Jewel Harper contacted me,

she told me there was corruption within the company.

and she was scared for her safety.

I show up to do the interview,

and her dressing room's completely trashed,

she's nowhere to be found

and she's left behind her cellphone and her wallet.

Jewel Harper?

She's married to the artistic director of the company, right?

What? Guys I used to date a ballerina.

Yeah, Micah Canet, he's...

also the resident choreographer.

So you think someone found out about the interview

and was afraid you were going to expose them?

The company leaves for Singapore in 36 hours.

We can't afford to wait for Metro to start investigating this.

Solving a high-profile case like this would be really good for the unit.

Ballerinas.

Ok, solve it.

But solve it fast.

Not so bad.

Yeah.

Jewel may be our star dancer Micah,

but enough is enough.

She's costing me too much money, too much aggravation.

I agree, but cancel? No.

Natasha will replace Jewel.

Natasha? Jewel will have a fit.

Mr. Canet?

Yes.

We'd like to speak to you about your wife's disappearance.

Ugh.

Ok excuse me. Can we pick this up later?

Come find me.

Like I told the other officers, Jewel's a high-strung,

dramatic woman. She's done this before.

She's disappeared before?

Why?

Well she loves the attention.

Feeds on it.

She finds that the police are looking for her,

she's going to love it even more. I'm sorry,

she's wasting your time.

And her dressing room being trashed?

I mean how would you explain that?

She's never done that before but it could

very likely have been another one of her temper tantrums.

And where does she go during these tantrums?

I don't know.

Maybe you should talk to her friend Alya.

We had someone speak to her. Jewel didn't show up there.

- Huh. - So you had rehearsal here,

- yesterday at 5pm? - I did.

Where were you before that?

I was in and out with meetings.

Who were those meetings with?

I'll have my secretary email you my schedule.

Should I know something here?

This is starting to feel a little like an interrogation.

Not at all. We're just trying to figure out what happened to your wife.

What is your relationship like?

Ah, well.

You know, we're passionate people.

So we have our ups and downs.

You're nothing without me.

I made you.

Is that all?

- What are you insinuating? - I think that's all for now.

Here's my card.

Please give me a call if you hear anything from your wife.

I will.

Just see. She'll be back here any second.

This will all just have been another one of her dramas.

I saw them argue.

He was angry. He was threatening Jewel.

I say we bring him in and sweat him a little bit.

I don't want to make Becker suspicious

of how we made the leap. We need more.

True.

There's no sign of forced entry.

Yeah. There's some blood over here.

That's a passive spatter.

She cut herself.

Or someone cut her.

On this?

And then the blood smeared over here.

Yes. And someone picked up that vase and...

and threw it towards this mirror.

There's some blood down here.

Those droplets are pretty large.

Tear-drop shaped.

You can't get that from cutting yourself on glass.

Someone threw something at her to create that splatter.

Lets test both areas of blood.

I bet we'll get two different sets of DNA.

I bet you're right.

I know I'm right.

Hey. What do you guys have for us?

Well what you see here was

not done by one person. There were clearly signs of a struggle.

Any witnesses?

Well we've spoken to almost everyone and no one seems

to have heard or seen anything.

The assistant stage manager was the last person

to see Jewel and that was just before 9am.

And then it wasn't until Toby's girlfriend came in at 7:15

that they realized she was gone.

So this could've happened anytime between 9 and 7.

Dev I need you to check out Micah Canet's alibi.

He says that he was in meetings all day yesterday.

- Ok. - You guys found her cellphone?

Yep.

She texted her friend, Alya. Said she was scared.

I should be on the list.

Be right back.

- Yeah sorry, I can't... - You sure?

- Hey! - No access?

- Hey. - What are you doing here?

My editor's on me. He wants me to file a story this afternoon.

Look, I can't tell you anything about this investigation, Tia.

I know. But, I can print rumours or you know,

you can give me something solid to go off.

Come on, Toby.

Can you just at least confirm for me that you're mistaken.

Just, something. Just a little nod of the head.

- Tell me I'm right. - Honestly, we still don't know.

Call me in a few hours. Maybe I can give you something then.

But you know what, I have a question for you actually.

Yeah, nice. I see how this is going to work.

Did Jewel ever mention that Micah was abusive?