Cardinal

This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

ETHEREAL INSTRUMENTAL

CLICKING

ENGINE TURNING OVER

DRAMATIC MUSIC

OMINOUS INSTRUMENTAL

CROWS CAWING INSECTS CHIRPING

ACCELERATING ENGINE

BRAKES SQUEAKING

CAR DOOR CLOSING

PANTING

GUNSHOT

HEAVY BREATHING

GUNSHOT

SPLASH

Kelly got a job today at a coffee shop.

I thought she was coming home for the summer.

Well, she changed her mind.

She's moving in with some friends.

It's not about that, John.

She had a gun to her head.

She doesn't blame you.

I want to show you something.

WHIRRING

DREAMLIKE INSTRUMENTAL

CHATTER

And Black flies?

Brutal little mothers.

You gotta stop eating candy, bro.

They like the sweet stuff.

Yeah? Why aren't they all over you, Mr Nice Guy?

They can smell my bitterness from a mile away.

She's totally out of it!

CHUCKLING

Wow.

We're going to have a good time, huh?

Can we get a tequila? Double shot?

Blaine. The redhead.

What's she drinking?

The guy over there bought her a beer.

She didn't drink it.

Leave her alone.

Back off, buddy. Shut up.

Miss, are you OK?

I don't know.

Do you know what day is it?

I said back off.

Um...

Do you know where you are?

Hey, Chief. Why don't you get out of here before I kick your ass.

Oh, yeah?

Miss.

Do you have a purse on you?

A phone?

I don't think so.

Hey!

Does anyone in here know who this lady is?

I thought she was just being nice.

Miss.

I'm gonna take you to some place safe.

If that's OK with you.

Sure.

SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC

I don't want to sell our house.

We've been talking about a place on the water

ever since we came up. Some day.

My 30's coming up in September.

Sure and then it'll be your 35, and then your 40.

Catherine.

I was thinking...

that I might actually...

I don't think we should look too far ahead.

There.

Perfect!

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING

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PHONE BUZZING

Cardinal.

I was on a date.

Ah.

Sorry.

He spent the whole time explaining how prosecution works.

He was probably nervous.

These are detectives Cardinal and Delorme

from the Algonquin Bay Police Department.

They'll be taking over the case from here.

OK, well, the bullet entered the victim's left temporal lobe.

Lodged near the hippocampus.

So, lobotomy by gunshot.

That would explain her placid mood.

What's her condition?

The bullet's close to a cerebral artery.

Based on her EEG...

one or two strong seizures and she's dead.

They're assembling a trauma team in Toronto.

Can we see her? Mm-hm.

Thanks.Thanks. All right, thank you.

So, I've been calling her "Red" because I don't think that Jane Doe

is appropriate for a living victim.

Is she local?

Nobody recognised her in the bar

and I ran her picture against our missing persons

and no hits.

No, ah, cellphone? Purse?

Just the clothes on her back

and judging by the leaves and the dirt and everything,

she had to be out in the bush for a while

before she went into the bar.Huh.

Hi.

I'm Detective Cardinal.

This is Detective Delorme.

How are you feeling?

Great.

How are you?

Um... There's a helicopter that's going to take you to a hospital

in Toronto. Why?

I feel fine.

Ah...

Well, because you have a bullet lodged in your brain

and the doctors want to take it out.

Oh.

OK.

Ah, can you help us with something?

We'd like to go through your clothing,

see if there's any identification.

Sure.

Ah, do you mind if I take your photo?

Is my hair crazy?

No.

Do you have any idea who might have done this to you?

Done what?

DOOR OPENS

Looks like you're ready to go.

Come on.

And I will meet you in Toronto.

Bye.Bye.Bye.

DRAMATIC MUSIC

MEDICAL MACHINES BEEPING

DRILL WHIRRING

Bone lifter.

Forceps.

SUCKING NOISES

SUCKING NOISES

Mitts.

McGill.

Coming up

on the hippocampus now.

Looks like we're there now.

SUCKING NOISES

SUCKING NOISES

The clouds are amazing.

Oh, God.

Flies.

So many flies.

It's all right.

We need you to stay very still now.

Is this a dream or a memory?

Could be either.

But she'll have no context for any of it.

What do you see?

There.

Pointing.

Over there.

Moons.

Almost there.

Is there anyone with you?

I can't hear.

The hissing.

You have such beautiful eyes.

Got it.

SUCKING NOISES

RED HUMMING

Sponge.

UP-TEMPO ROCK MUSIC

MUSIC STOPS

You're in early.

Yeah, I was here last night too.

Where were you? Work.

Are you leading the class tonight?

Depends on work, but, yeah.

Can I show you something?

Do you know her? Maybe from school?

I don't think so.

What about hanging around the Northern Raiders?

Your biker friends. I haven't been around them in six months.

But I don't know her.

Hey, if you're walking alone,

just beware of your surroundings, OK?

No headphones.

You don't think I can handle myself?

I know you can.

Just be careful.

SIRENS

Plain, unjacketed, lead, 32 calibre bullet.

And it looks to me like a 32 long.

See, normally with a head shot, you'd expect the bullet to mushroom

and look here, it's almost intact.

Old or waterlogged maybe.

That's why it didn't kill her.

Six right-hand grooves,