[♪] [panting] [splashing] [branches cracking] help me! help me! somebody help me! [screams] [man on p.a.]: ...almost time for the next race. it's approximately 15 minutes away.

there are no changes. [snorts] [speaking quietly] mr. mayor. richard. i just wanted to say congratulations and good luck... thank you. i want to grab a minute your time to introduce you to a friend of mine. with the breeder's association. contributed to your campaign. oh, yeah? thanks very much. roger woo, dominic da vinci. we're looking forward to working with you to try and save the track here from going under. oh, we'll have to see how that goes. we're hoping you can get some slot machines in here, increase attendance, put some more money in the purses, save a lot of jobs. well, like i say, we're going to have to see how things develop, but i'm pretty confident. i'd like you to meet someone. he's got a casino license. they'd love to be involved in that. i'd love to, but another time. i've got to get down to the winner's circle. i'm dressing the winner of the first race.

please call my office, okay, richard? i'll be in touch. your attention please... mr. mayor. how you doing, lloyd? [♪] [bugle playing "first call"] the horses are now on the track for the 50th annual running of the vancouver handicap. decorating the winner of this race will be our newly elected mayor. ladies and gentlemen, decorating the winner of tonight's race, let's give a warm hastings welcome to the new mayor elect of vancouver, dominic da vinci. [applause] mr. mayor... lloyd manning wants to say hello. sure. uh, no. lloyd manning?

don't promise him anything, not even a meeting. he's going to try to corner you. okay, so no promises. no promises. and say hello to the singhs and the woos on your way back up. lumber, real estate. okay. the horses have now reached the starting gate. it's post time. hey, lloyd. hey. dominic. you sent for me? yeah. how you doing? who's this? suzette and tracy. oh, nice to meet you. you look great. you know glenn. how you doing? don't listen to him, because he won't know anything. how you doing? good. is everything okay? we're having some problems... we're having some problems, you know. i know that you really screwed me, and i want to set things straight. what kind of problems are you having? well-- how could i screw you? i just got elected. well, the thing... [bell ringing] i just want to meet, just you and the city and everyone, and i want to clear things up. just get ahold of me and we'll talk later. now's not the time, eh? [crowd cheering] any good?

you like the two, didn't you? isn't that what you said before? i want to thank you so much for your contribution during the campaign. any luck tonight? yeah? you play these? i've never seen you here. how's it going? is this your friend? how you doing? is this your brother? nice to meet you. i've heard nice things about you. we'll get together soon, okay? he says we screwed him. how did we screw him? looks like i'm about to find out. oh, yeah, thanks. excuse me. hi. who do you have here? pleased to meet you. [hushed conversation] [crowd roaring] is that the two? the number two horse! let's see your ticket again. oh, my god!

[female constable]: i'm sorry, ma'am. you can't come through right now. you're going to have to go around. excuse me. i'm with the coroner's service. excuse me? i'm the coroner. where's the machete? where's the weapon? where's the machete? uh, i don't know. somebody picked it up and bagged it. somebody bagged it? do you want to find out who that was? where's homicide? they here yet? i think they just rolled in. okay, you want to find out who's got that weapon? for future reference, i'd like to take a good look at the scene before you guys start carting it away. no i.d.? who's running the show here? who's controlling the-- oh, this is just a bit too sloppy. excuse me. detective. you got a minute?

[kosmo]: sure. hey, joe. how are you? congratulations. thanks. anything you can tell me so far? the chief wants to be up to the minute on this. we only just landed. haven't talked to any witnesses yet. okay. well, i'm around. keep me posted. hey! hey! they're throwing a fire line up with this one pretty quick. yeah, this is going to be a long one. no comments to anyone on this, yeah? let's just keep our mouths shut. [man on radio]: ...in what gay activists are already calling another hate crime. spokesperson and newly elected city councilor jason horne vowed to continue to push the issue. in other news, homeless activists were busy in the downtown area early this morning, staging a rally and occupying-- morning, mr. mayor. morning. i can get my own door, eh? it's not a problem, sir. i'll get on it and get back to you. okay. honeymoon's over. good morning.

so we're still... the school breakfast, is that still on? yeah, but there's been a police-involved shooting at a halfway house for drug-addicted mental patients. one of the residents was shot to death on the front lawn. the switchboard's already lighting up about it. so we want to do what about that? well, the neighbors have been complaining for the last six months, they want it shut down, the police want it shut down, but we've got half a dozen more houses opening up across the city over the next year on the same program. if this blows up, it's going to make that not so easy. province and the feds are in for a lot of dough, so we got to keep it open, so you might want to put in an appearance down there to keep things calm. don't want to step on toes my first week in office. can't we just see where this goes? at least maybe put in a call to your buddy the chief, ask him to keep his press comments to a minimum. right. my buddy. have you got your phone? oh, yeah. i got it. so, what's happening after the school? uh, our friend, lloyd manning. that was fast. yeah, sure. he latches on like a tick. the school breakfast-- i am getting breakfast there? mm-hmm. pancake breakfast.

it'll be great. okay. that's great. i'm starving. [cell phone rings] [da vinci]: that you, bill? no, it's charlie. give me the chief. can i talk to the chief? yeah, hang on. it's the mayor. dominic? so we've got a situation with a police shooting. i guess you've heard. i'm down there now, as a matter of fact. i'm just asking you if you could please refrain from making any comments to the press about the situation. we've been taking it on these police-involved shootings, and i'm not going to sit back and let the press spin it back on us, or the coroner's office take potshots at my people, two of whom were attacked by a machete an hour ago. there is media bias, dominic. i'm not playing the game anymore. if you go reacting like this every time, you go blaming the media every time something like this happens, they just come back at you harder the next time. that house has got to stay open. these folks need housing. i am standing by my people on this one. i'm just suggesting you let the coroner buy you some time. there's going to be a public inquiry. there always is on stuff like this. let the coroner take some of the heat off. can you do that? this is not a coroner's investigation. it's a homicide,

and we're investigating it. i'm just saying, let him run some interference, and if your guys end up being culpable on this-- how the hell are we culpable on this? you got an addicted lunatic threatening people in the neighborhood with a machete? recovering. that's the whole point of this. they're not addicted anymore. they're recovering. yeah, all right, okay, that's fine. you can call it whatever you want, but i want that house shut down, and taking a back seat is not going to help that agenda. okay, as far as the house goes, bill, here it is, okay? you do not set civic policy. that's just not your job. do you know how many police chiefs we've had in the last 10 years, bill? yeah, okay, good talking to you. [reporters clamoring ladies and gentlemen, how are you? that escalated pretty good. you can do zero to 60 pretty quick. okay. you want to get hold of the coroner down there for me? [♪]

okay, thanks. [chuckles] hello, sir. how you doing? good. did you not want any syrup on that? you hardly had any. sir, i need you to meet the principal. her name is lisa lundquist. we've got to get going, eh? yes. okay. well, it was very nice to meet you all. everything okay? okay. dominic, this is lisa lundquist. she is the principal here. how do you do? hi. pleasure to meet you. well, it's a pleasure to meet you. i've heard so many great things about you. thanks. can i get two? i haven't eaten a thing. i've been looking forward to your pancakes all morning. here's some syrup. i really appreciate some of the things that you're doing down here, especially these meals... but you have a situation. yeah, yeah, i do. um, do you think we can... sure, sure. well, uh, we've got quite a-- bye, bye. see you later. nice to meet you all. bye! bye! we've got quite a significant aboriginal student population here, and over the past year or so, we've had a real problem with pimps approaching the young girls,

and seducing them into the trade. there's a park being planned for the other side there, and lisa's concerned that it might become a bit of a hangout for the pimps and the dealers. what, you don't want a park? we're between a rock and a hard place here. i mean, we don't want to turn the school into some kind of armed camp with a lot of police presence, and we could really use the green space, but it's going to be a problem. i mean, i can see them out there every day, cruising the school. it's not even 8:00. and the kiddie stroll's just a block away on the other side. where's the parks board on this issue? do you know? well, they've been planning a park on the other side of the school there for years, at the neighborhood's request. well, that was then. the neighborhood's changed since then. in the meantime, the kiddie stroll moved up there, and the crackdown on the downtown eastside shifted a lot of the drug-dealing right up commercial drive, and now the school's caught in the middle. you know, hate to lose the green space, i also lobbied for the park, but i'm just terrified that it's going to end up with the dealers taking it over. i'll contact the parks board and just see where they're at. i'm not sure that we can even do anything at this point, but i'll certainly find that out,

and i'll get back to you as soon as i can. thank you. [da vinci]: how did we ever screw manning? did you ever find out? it wasn't us. the last administration, stiffed him on a city ad contract he's had for 15 years. he's screaming somebody from the previous council took a bribe from the competition, and he's going to sue the city for lost future revenues. that's got s.f.a. to do with me. yeah, i don't know. he's worth a meeting. after that, we have city staff introductions, chief of police, city planner... i wrote up a press release for you. it's the coroner. is it? nick. thanks. you got it? how's it going down there? i'm just trying to get a handle on things. okay, you got to do me a favor, okay? would you just get over there by the chief, and just see if you can get him to defer to you in terms of comments to the press? afraid he'll say something, put his foot in it. it's a bit too late for that. he's already doing it. they're going to come after me next. well, you know what to do. oh! ah, julia. what a-- uh, dominic, i'd like to introduce julia forsythe, the city administrator.

i don't know if you two have met yet. oh, we've met several times. how you doing? good. good morning. nice to see you. we have to talk about the fire department. fire department. okay. well, give rita a shout. we'll do whatever you need to. okay. great. i look forward to it. in you go. after you. oh. here we go. here we go, huh? and there we go. you see that skull? all right. now we've got something. to sha-cool. get it? [ male announcer ] new gold bond powder spray. cool, dry, no mess. stay cool with gold bond.

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mmm! that's good. [manning]: i thought since i do so much business in the city, we should get to know each other. remember don glenn? [da vinci]: sure do. i remember him from the track there,

and he was the only one cashing, as i remember. big winner. i'll have to take pointers from you. listen, i don't know if anybody's briefed you about the situation. well, the way i understand it, this has to do with the, uh... with a contract that didn't go your way. i've had the advertising contract with the city for almost 17 years with no complaints. i underbid the winning bid by a very substantial margin. this new company's not even canadian, let alone local. what happened? well, as i understand things, council voted the other way. council's votes were bought. [rita]: that's a pretty serious allegation. you got evidence to back that up? [glenn]: it's there. why wouldn't you go to the police with this, lloyd? we thought we might try to resolve this a little less publicly. sam, rita, would you mind taking mr. glenn, offer him a cup of coffee? of course. thanks very much. want something, lloyd? you're good? rita? okay, well, i'm just interested. i'm kind of new at this.

in real terms, what would that contract... losing that contract mean to you? over the next 10 years, tens of millions. that's lost revenue to the city, lost revenue to our country... that's a lot of money, and you're seeking, what, damages from us? i want the contract back. well, if you give me a look at some of that evidence that's there, i'll start looking into it. that's the best i can do for now. how's that? that's very good. i'll have don contact you. okay. listen, thanks a lot. i really appreciate your time. well, my door's always open. i hope this works out. me too. dominic. thanks, lloyd. you can't be making deals behind closed doors. i wasn't making any deals behind any closed doors. you just want us there, taking notes, in case somebody says you promised something that you didn't. that is what we're here for. all right. did you promise something? no. just an open conversation. no deals were made. okay, well, maybe next time, we can handle it a bit differently.

this your protection we're talking about. i'll take it under advisement. what's the matter with you? you look like you lost your best friend. uh, thomas sterne, the campaign manager for the previous two mayors, apparently committed suicide last night. thomas sterne. sorry to hear that. yeah, me too. you know, if there was influence in the awarding of the ad contract, he would've been the one to handle it. we're not going to be getting any information there. suicide? that's harsh. it's a bit of a shocker. bit of a shocker, right? hey. did you hear about tom sterne? [engine turns over]

you guys didn't get a chance to talk to the constables, huh? no, they were in the ambulance and gone pretty quick. i got statements from two patients here in the house who spoke to the victim an hour before the incident. they say he was playing music in his room real loud, they went down, asked him to turn it down. they said he was cooperative, didn't seem agitated, but the music started up again about an hour later. i got the other neighbors over here. the woman in the basement suite was watching tv and saw the whole thing. the guy in the basement in this house heard his dog barking, so he came out and saw most of it. now, the lady says she heard the loud music and made a noise complaint about 3:40. when the cruiser arrived, she pointed out where the music was coming from, because it wasn't playing when they arrived, and they went around the side of the house. and the victim's living where? right here in the basement? yeah, just right here, in front. the next thing she knows, the victim comes down the other side of the house with the machete, yelling, the neighbor's dog is going crazy, barking at him and the constables, he slips on the lawn, takes a couple of swipes at the constables, and that's when the gunfire started. what about the guy with the dog? well, now, he says the whole thing started in the street, but the constables fired first, and that's when the guy started attacking with the machete.

he see which constable fired? no, he just heard the shots. he can't say who it was. all right. okay, i guess we all know this one's going to be under a lot of scrutiny. i'm going to be asking you guys to let me know what you learn as you learn it, if that's okay. yeah, we're just going to hang here for a bit, knock on a few more doors. [kosmo]: see you. see you later, joe. oh, i got a little problem with what manning has been saying about the advertising contract with the city. okay, now, correct me if i'm wrong, but the voting, specifically on the bids for that contract, that's done by council in private, right? yes, that was in camera. okay, well, he's going around, saying that he's aware that he had the lower bid. how would he know that if it's all done in private? well, somebody on council would have had to tell him what the other bid was. so we got leaks springing from the council, so i want to start interviewing these councilors, and i want to find out how much they're in. why don't you let me do the interviews? no, i do the interviews. if it's bad news, if it's our people, you don't want to know about it. we had three people who were on council

when that contract was awarded, and they could be complicit. right. okay, i'll bring it up at the next caucus meeting. you can handle the interviews? good idea. [cell phone ringing] all right. i've got to get upstairs-- hello. you guys go. i've got to take this, okay? yes. hello, jason. [door opens] hey. hi. how you doing? good. is he busy? go ahead. hey, you got a minute? yeah, lou. hey, what do you got? we found some remains out in the woods near the university. i printed up some of the photos here. small skeleton. oh, yeah, look at that. i don't know how long it's been there. anyway, i was checking the location on the computer, and i found that there was another set of remains found there about five years ago. thought maybe it could be a relation. as you can see, some of the pictures look like they could have come from the same location. yeah, they do. i'm going to check that out. okay. yeah. okay, what we don't want is to turn this incident into a big campaign that's going to put the blame

firmly at the feet at the entire mental patient community. we can't do that. this house has functioned without incident for six months, and i'm willing to bet money it'll be the only incident that ever occurs there. well, all i can say is thank god no innocent people were killed. well, before we go condemning the victim as guilty, can we just complete the investigation? come on. i'm not backing off on this. it's not the way we should be dealing with these people, and you know it. see, that's public health policy. the police do not set civic policy. how do i make this clear to this man? we have a couple of other things to talk about. should we maybe move on? okay? okay, let's talk about making a joint statement about how we're going to work together to make this city a safer place. all right. okay. fine. well, see, one of my campaign promises, there we go, it's about the community police stations. we want to get them back into the community. what's your proposal on how we do that? give me the people, i'll put them in the community. there's no money to give you any more people. that's not my problem. yes, it is. you got to find a way within the budget to put more guys on the street.

you got to cut overtime. you got to do whatever you have to do. you cannot keep running over budget. i want more officers. you want more officers. not only are you not willing to give me more money, you want me to spend less. that's it exactly. you got to find a way to deal with the situation within the budget. we're getting somewhere here. this is beautiful. as long as you keep on giving us problems like these halfway houses, i'm going to need more constables. fine, fine. just do that within the budget. well, that's impossible. can't be done. i want a proposal from you. i want it at the next police board meeting, on how you're planning to get these community stations back up and running. like i said, it can't be done. well, if you can't do it, you're going to have to explain why at the board meeting. take it easy. [door closes] get the head of the union on the phone for me, will you? yeah. they'll want to know the mayor's going after their overtime.

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could you get ahold of the city administrator, make an appointment for me? i'd love to get a look at this budget so i know what he's actually talking about. thank you. this is mine? yeah. you got this for me? that's nice of you. couple of things developing you might want to know about. the homeless activists want to talk to you. you made a big deal out of housing issues during the campaign. you might want to address that. what else? jason horne wants us to meet him at the lagoon. he wants to talk about the gay bashing. alleged gay bashing. call a spade a spade. call a spade a spade? why does he want me to meet him at the park? he thinks it'll bring attention to the case, let people know it's an important issue. people are aware this is an important issue. it's a favor he's asking. there's no harm in chalking up a few of those. i know what he wants. and it's his constituency. he wants to let people know he cares. i'm not talking to the media. just make an appearance. i don't want to, not at this time. why don't you go talk to jason? i'll see what the homeless guys want. you know what they want, don't you? they want homes. so, what do you got here? there was, uh... another case of some remains found out here about five years ago. five years ago...

yeah. i don't think i was on that one. no? well, some guy found a skull, thought he'd take it home with him, thinks it's aboriginal and nobody's going to miss it. these are the case file photos. right here, and i just want to see how far apart these sites are. maybe they're together. yeah, well, nothing much has changed. that's the trail head right there. yeah, right there, right? yeah. i think we can find this. want to take a look? sure. so, how's the gig? oh, yeah. pretty good. lot of bedtime reading, though. i'll tell you that. yeah, i'll bet. they got me doing homicide. yeah, i thought you didn't want to do homicide. yeah, i know, but leo retired, you moved on, rose took a job back east, suddenly they got no guys with experience. i'm just helping out till they bring on some new guys... [♪] what is your concern? my concern is that the police aren't treating this as a hate-motivated attack, despite the obvious. everybody knows this is a gay stroll. half the world knows it.

what makes you think they're not treating it that way? well, the first murder wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime because the crown said there wasn't the evidence. now, i followed that case quite closely. i don't think they asked the right questions, i don't think they took the right approach, and i'm concerned they're going to do the same thing again. now, i can't really get in there and try and direct this investigation, eh? no, but you could maybe report that my constituents in the west end are demanding that this be looked at as a hate crime. now, i don't know if it's a hate crime, i don't want it to be, but i just think the police need to be pushed a little bit, given previous experience. well, what i could do is i could give homicide a call, and i could make them aware that the community's concerned. i'm sure it'll have a lot more weight coming from you. i got a question for you. sure. what are your feelings about putting in the slots down at the racetrack at hastings park there? what are your feelings? i think the slots are necessary. i think we put the slots in down there, we keep the jobs where we need them, and if we don't, we're going to lose the track and the jobs

to the 'burbs, and a vancouver institution too. those are my feelings. so if it comes down to a vote, you're coming down on the "yes" side? yeah, sure. i got no problem with that. great. well, i don't know why they didn't find this one five years ago. it's been buried 10 feet from the other one. yeah. now you're looking for two kids, probably related, yeah? they're about the same size. who knows. how do you want to treat the scene? you want me to start a homicide file on it? i... guess you could get the guys down here from your old crew, take a good look around, make sure we didn't miss anything else, and yeah, yeah. i'll go back over to missing persons, start looking for a pair of aboriginal kids. yeah. [hushed conversation] shakil, at the end of the last session here, the outgoing council, right at the last minute, they reached a decision i find kind of... they awarded the city advertising contract...

can i get some honey, please? which is six, seven million dollars, to a new firm, a pacific com media. now, that contract used to be awarded to lloyd manning. i'm sure you're aware of lloyd manning, right? thanks. now, you were on council last year. could you shed any light for me as to why that might have happened that way? pacific presented an attractive deal, and it was generally felt by council that manning wasn't getting the most out of the budget for us. well, i've heard allegations pacific com was throwing some money around out there. who was in on that decision? it was made at an in camera meeting. it was? well, details of that meeting got leaked out, because lloyd manning knew that he submitted the lowest bid, and that's just one of the reasons why he wants to sue the city right now. look, pacific com media came up here. not just to vancouver. they had edmonton, calgary, winnipeg, toronto, all the major cities, and you know, they scored advertising contracts in most of those places as well. they're big, they're good at what they do. what do you think? was there money in their game? i know that pac com donated something

to the campaign contribution... campaign fund of the previous mayor. how much that was, i don't know. was the contract bought? that's all i'm looking for, is... what's your honest feeling there? i was a bit surprised at how the vote went. how's that? bit surprised? yeah. [shakil]: well, what does manning want? manning wants the contract reopened. he wants the contract back. pacific's going to come down with both their feet on our heads if we try to do that. manning's pulling his boots on right now, so it's one guy or this guy, one or the other, okay? i don't know which way to go. we need some pretty hard evidence to take on pacific, and i would imagine if they did exert any influence, they went through the campaign manager's office, and we already know he committed suicide, so he's no longer available. okay, i'm looking for some guidance here. i was hoping to get some advice. what do you think? that these guys know how to play hardball at pacific, so even if we do find improprieties on their end, they could line us up with a squadron of their lawyers for years. okay. my suggestion is we ask questions quietly, see if manning's got any evidence, or whether he's just blowing smoke, trying to get some leverage.

that's pretty good advice. i think we'll stick with that. any objections to that? okay, let's move this along, okay? what's the next item? we've got about 50 people occupying the old watson's department store downtown, demanding beds for the homeless. i heard about that. now, remind me, why is it that we can't just leave them in there, in watson's, right now? they've got a roof over their head until we can find something else out there for them. it's really not suitable for even temporary housing. no? there are no toilets, no running water, and lots of rats and pigeons. i should make a tour. do you think that would be a good idea? one of those lunatics in the house of addicts was attacking a dog. he had this big blade with him, and he was attacking a dog. the police came, they asked him to stop, and he turned on them. he started hacking at them, and that's when he got shot. all right. where were you watching all this from? right here. standing right where we are now. you know, i got some pretty good eyesight, and i really can't make out much all the way up there. hang on. i'll get my glasses. you wear glasses? no.

yeah, i'm thinking this guy was being attacked by the dog the whole time. yeah, i'm going to ask him about that again. here. have a look at those. okay. they got night vision. why do you have night vision glasses? i hunt. what do you hunt? ducks. with night vision glasses? yeah. [kosmo]: okay. let's get back to the events. now, you stated the man was attacking the dog. yes, he was. before the police arrived. okay. yes, before the police arrived? yes. how do you know the man was attacking the dog? he was swinging hard at it. the music was going, he was fighting the dog, and the police came, and they pulled right up there, pulled their guns out, and they started shooting. hey, is that a rifle in there? i-i hunt. just step over here, sir, against the wall. well, he can't go in my house. it's all right. just relax. we're just going to have a look at the gun. is the gun registered? huh? is it registered? not yet, no. this is an assault rifle. all right, hands behind your head,

feet apart. i'm... i'm out here, trying to tell you what happened. [♪] i think i found them. claire, i think i found the missing boys. hello. i think i found who the remains might be. these couple of aboriginal kids here went missing from the pemberton area in 1993, reported runaways, never found. it's rumored that they'd started in the sex trade, maybe. that doesn't sound good. gave the vice squad enough of a reason to start investigating. where were their parents? well, it says here that they all thought that maybe the kids had both been murdered. looks like the vice cop did, too. why? it doesn't say. that's all it says. what were their names? garth... garth morris, dennis clarke, both 14 years old. suicide's not unheard of.

yeah, i guess that's always a possibility, huh? hey, you want to see if you can track down this vice cop, see if he's still on the job? i'd love to get his notes. they look like babies. hi. [sam]: come with me, please. ah, yes. ah, mr. mayor, this is joe friedland. joe's with the east end poverty coalition. oh, great. nice to meet you, joe. you too. you're the man in charge here? well, we're all in charge, but you can talk to me. okay. so how many people are we talking about? how many people need beds for tonight?

we have about 75. okay. can you start by showing me around inside? yeah. sure. uh, what else are you looking for? what can i do for you? you campaigned on a promise to end homelessness in vancouver. maybe you can start with that. okay. you going to show me around inside? okay. no, that's okay. we're fine. you got no power in here. uh, no. do you have any running water? toilets? no. so no heating, i guess. no. well, this is really not good enough. no. you know, you got no water, and you got no heat or electricity or anything. you're actually better off in the park. in the park? that's your solution after all the promises that you made? i didn't say that. i didn't say that. you're not going to start making it up on me, are you? i'm just saying... i came in here to see if the situation was livable,

and i'll tell you in one word, it's not. well, neither are the streets, or the parks, or even some of the hotels. we're here, right? and this where we're going to stay until you get us some housing. okay. i'll see what i can do. what does that mean? are you or are you not going to stick to your promises, huh? are you just going to put us on the street? i didn't make a promise. i just said to you i was going to see what i can do. police wagons are here. oh, police wagons are here. okay. [sirens wailing] okay. great. yeah. okay, i know what happens now. get everybody inside. everybody inside. just keep it cool. everybody get in. get the chief on the phone for me, will you? just... okay, nobody get excited, okay? just take it easy. everything's under control here.

they were parading up and down the street all morning, blocking traffic. your guys know how to reroute traffic. i don't see what the big deal is. we responded to some complaints by local businessmen saying that these people were interfering with their customers and preventing them from doing their normal business. yeah, but i would have at least expected a phone call before you started pulling all the troops. i mean, what about that? they're arming themselves... dominic, they're arming themselves with bottles, rocks, sticks, and they're destroying property. you want me to sit back and let that happen? i was just inside, and i didn't see any bottles and i didn't see any rocks. well, i'm relying on intelligence we received.

do you have an operator in there? no. you don't. what's your plan? my plan is to get them to leave the building and disperse. you're supposed to take that plan, you're supposed to run that plan by the police board, and i would have at least expected a phone call, a heads up from you on this, bill. dominic, it's just operations. we get the phone call. we responded the way we normally do. i just need some time here to deal with this. can you give me 48 hours? your call. yeah, it is my call. i'm so glad you agree with me. [horn honking] okay. okay, no one's going to disperse anybody. this is all going to go away. i'm going to find beds for whomever i can, but you got to keep a lid on things for 24 hours. you got to keep your people off the streets, okay? and i can do what i can here. that's reasonable, isn't it? you send the police in, there's going to be a battle. nobody wants a battle. just keep your people off the streets. 24 hours. okay. hey, you got my word. thank you. i really appreciate your help. thank you.

24 hours, huh? i hope so. chief says he's going to give me 48. mm-hmm. hey. how you doing? it's dominic. can you meet me at my office? i need you right away, okay? something's really come up. all right. okay. thanks, maria. okay, here's the lowdown on the dog. the dog at that address has been picked up twice by the pound, and it has a record of attacking people. two attacks. both of them were serious enough to require stitches. both attacks were on the inner thigh, the crotch area of both victims. now, i just got off the horn with maria, and she says our victim has a dog bite in the same area. ow. so, what, you think maybe the dog attacked this guy, he got the machete to defend himself? i think so. i mean, we heard about the dog barking, the yelling... that sort of fits. okay, so he goes for a walk, the dog attacks him, he gets his machete-- from the garage, yeah, with all the other tools. comes back, goes after the dog.

that's what causes all the noise. when the police come, he's got the machete, the dog is on the run, and our victim is yelling and acting all wild. because he's been attacked by the dog. that doesn't explain why he doesn't give up the machete when the constables arrive. the dog attack is just what led up to it. well, so what? you want to go talk to the guy, maybe pick up the dog? yeah. he's just over there in the basement. you may want to call the pound first, have them handle it? let's just check it out. if we need the pound, we'll call the pound. all right. okay. the shelters are all pretty much full up tonight. they can take maybe 10 people. maybe 10? yeah. zack mcnab is here. he says you booked a meeting. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. send him in. this is a private meeting. trust me, you don't want to be here for this one. okay. say no more. all right. i don't think anybody needs to mention this to anybody. fair enough. fine. hey, zack. hey. thank you. hey.

there he is. nice digs, eh? well, yeah, i guess so. i'm the mayor. thanks for dropping by, zack. yeah, no problem. so, uh... what can i do for you? we got a little problem down at the watson's department store. you've seen it on the news. oh, yeah. well, the police... they may have put an operator down in there with the homeless people. yeah, it sounds like something that they might do. it does, doesn't it? yep. yeah. so i want you to help me find a solution. can i get you anything? g & t? g & t. maybe if i was in my chair, i might be able to arrange something for you. it's good to see you. yeah, buddy. same to you. this is what i want you to do. this might sting a bit. [softly]: oh. what happened? joe had a little run-in. i shot a dog.

dog asked for it, joe. i would've done exactly the same thing. so, sorry, what happened? we were trying to take a look at the dog. it was kind of snarly, so we called the pound for backup. which dog is this? the one from this morning. it was on the loose. the victim was out walking. that's why he was carrying the machete. he'd been attacked by the dog before. anyway, i'm on the phone, calling for the pound to come seize the dog. joe's talking with the owner. suddenly, the dog makes a run at joe, and-- clears a six-foot fence, when i get my hand down, it latches on. it won't let go. first time i ever had to use my gun. you should go get some shots. yeah. uh, those smell great. i don't guess you got one of those for me, do you? yeah, sure. you can have a couple. that's great. that's terrific. uh, are there any beds in there for the night? yeah, plenty of spare mattresses. that's great. you want something on these?

oh, yeah, the works. yeah. mustard. okay. yeah, mustard's good. nothing wrong with mustard. go on in, help yourself to a corner. okay. thank you. thank you very much. i appreciate it. [♪] i always knew it would wind up like this, finding them dead one day. you want another beer? sure. i'll take a couple. two more of those, please. so i spent a couple of weeks back in the early '90s looking for these two kids. found out they'd been working boystown. been on the street for maybe a week, and then they went missing. that's young to be on the street. yeah, young, fresh, and pretty. i talked to another street kid at the time, said he knew them, and he thought... thank you. ta. he thought maybe they'd found some guy

who snapped them up and kept them for himself and his friends. who was the guy? he didn't know. mind if i take a look at those notes? they thought he was pretty well-off, because the kids come back to the hotel loaded with cash a couple of times. rumor was he'd get one of them really loaded, and then force the other kid to watch while he was gang-raped by a group of this guy's friends. who was the source? can i talk to that guy? yeah. he's around. does that say what i think it says? oh, yeah. there's more. yeah. are you still here? no, i'm not. do you have time for the city administrator? she's here? yeah. oh, no, send her in. okay. i'm going to say good night, if that's okay. oh, thanks, rita. i'll see you tomorrow. all right. thanks for a great day. thanks.

hey. come on in. reach down in that drawer where you keep the good stuff. we got to talk. we do? mm-hmm. yes, ma'am. sam tells me you want to know my thoughts on cross-training the firemen and the police. i do. you really want to take on two of the most powerful unions in the city? well, maybe, maybe not. i don't know. what chance do i have to succeed? any? they tried this in victoria a few years ago. it worked like a dream. i'm not saying a few trucks didn't get burned or a few people didn't receive threats, but eventually, it worked itself out. oh. by the way, this is just between us? nobody else knows we're working on this idea? no, it's strictly between us. nobody else. nobody, especially not the police board. nobody. i don't want to step outside and find my tires slashed. this place leaks like a sieve. so i understand. okay. so... if we cross-train the firemen,

we could effectively double the men on the street at no extra cost. it can be done. we can have as many men on the street as the chief wants, only they'll be firemen. at no extra cost. mm-hmm. [chuckles] well, why hasn't anybody done this here before? we've never had a mayor with a death wish before. okay. tell me more.

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