(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - Here. Now. Live. (SCREAMS) We bottle up our emotions. We're afraid of being our full selves. Don't regret the past. Don't fear the future. Let it out. Be free. (SCREAMS) (ALL SCREAM) Let it go! - (SCREAMING CONTINUES) Let it go! - REPORTER: In other news, provincial medical officials are investigating a case they say may be linked to the new coronavirus. (SOFT MUSIC) (INAUDIBLE) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Our framework to minimise the risks in Canada seems to be responsive according to the World Health Organization, who is calling it sophisticated and extremely efficient. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - REPORTER: Families across Canada are barred from seeing their loved ones as long-term care homes lock down due to rising COVID cases. They're often left with no access or information. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - What's this? Ugh. Mitch. There are no more masks. We can't keep doing this. Oh hey, Mike. Need a mask? I made these. - Thanks, Bobby. You're amazing. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (MUSIC SLOWS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (WHISPERS QUIETLY) Captions by Able. Captions were made with support from NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021 - Ugh. Stupid face shield. - The airbag didn't deploy. - It was probably in an accident, and someone sold it to her cheap. Her head hit the steering wheel? - Yeah. She wasn't wearing her seatbelt. There's blood around her nose. The steering wheel is bedazzled. There's bruising on her arm. - Her name's Roberta Almeda. At least we have an address. Pop the trunk for me. (CELL PHONE RINGS) - Yeah. (SOFT MUSIC) - I know you. - All right. Yeah, yeah. All right, let me know. - What's that? - Brownie mix. She's got a trunk full of it. - What are you looking for? - Receipt. She paid for all this at 8.53 last night. - So she's shopping so she can COVID-bake and then... What? Somebody attacks her and she tries to get away and slams into a pole? - Well, it could be carjacking. We didn't find a purse. - She had her debit card in her pocket. - Never a carjacking when you want it to be. - She was a frontline worker. She's got bruises on her nose and cheekbones. - All right. Let me know what the autopsy says. - Hey. Your leg still bugging you? - No. (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) - Hey. - RIVER: Hey. She was a healthcare worker ` one of us. - Does she look familiar to you? I feel like I've seen her before. I can't place her. - No. - The mechanism of death is exsanguination. - She bled out? - From her nose. Her skull is cracked. This is a terrible death for a young woman. - She's got a band-aid on her forehead. She has bruising on her arms. - There's a small, deep cut. - I mean, maybe it's domestic abuse. He followed her to the parking lot and attacked her there? - Hmm. - What? - I'm not the most experienced bedazzler, but... this looks like a real jewel. - Hmm. Yeah. - How did that get in there? - I don't know. But I think our girl was a rare gem. - Uh, yeah, I need to make an appointment about my foot. I busted it last year. McAvoy, yeah. Donovan. That's great. All right, thanks. - Think fast. Found these in Bobby Almeda's apartment, along with a hamster wearing a homemade sweater. She was a PSW, worked in six different nursing homes in the GTA. - That's a no-no. - Yeah, you can't be spreading your germs all over old people. - Which one was she working at last? - Uh, Linden Tree Long-Term Care. (TENSE MUSIC) - Did she have a partner? - No. Single. Hi there. I'm Detective McAvoy. This` - Jenny Cooper. We've met. I'm here all the time because of his 21 elderly patients who have died of COVID in the last month. - I see their faces when I sleep. Not that I've really slept since march. - She work here? - That's Bobby. - She died. - I know. I just heard. - OLD MAN: Is Bobby here? - No, sweetheart. I'm sorry. - Mr Davis, let's go back to your room. - Hey, can you hold this? - DONOVAN: Do you know anyone who might be angry with her? - No, she was very well liked. (KEYPAD BEEPS, LOCK BUZZES) (DOOR OPENS) - Hi. I'm Jenny Cooper. I'm the coroner. Did you know Bobby Almeda? - I can't believe it about Bobby. - I'm sorry. Um, can I...? Can I help? - (SIGHS) That would be great, thank you. Did Bobby die of COVID? - No. No, I don't think so. - She loved the elders. She would bake them treats that she would bring in. She even would sewed us masks when management wouldn't give them to us. - But you have N95s now, right? - Yeah. My brother works in construction, so I spray this thing with Lysol every night. - Yeah. - That's kind of beautiful. I mean, it's sad, but it's... beautiful. - Yeah. Not everyone understands that you can't have visits. Actually, Bobby had a run-in here. - With who? - I don't know. Some guy. - (FABRIC RIPS) - Ah. My ring always does this. Sorry. I didn't hear what was said, and then she went up to him, and then all of a sudden... bam. - I know how the gem got in her forehead. - Are we talking the bedazzling on the steering wheel? - No, uh, jewellery. There was a small gem in the cut on her forehead. - OK. - I just found out that Bobby got into a fight with one of the patient's relatives. - A physical fight? - Yeah. I mean, what if he followed her to the parking lot and then` - Did you get a name? - No. Put your fist up. - Wh`? - He was wearing a ring. - So your theory is that someone's mysterious relative, wearing a bejewelled ring... - Followed her to the Big Box parking lot. They got in a confrontation, and then he attacked her. - Why? - I don't know. Maybe he couldn't see his parent or his grandparent, and he was upset. - I'll check their security footage. - Did you get anything from the manager? - Oh, he blamed her for working in multiple homes, suggested not too subtly that she had brought the virus here. - I knew I recognised her. I mean, I've been here so many times, Donovan. I never even registered the PSWs. - You're not a saint. And everyone's wearing a mask. - Yeah. - Hey. Hey. - Hey. - We're having a little memorial for Bobby. I wrote down where. You guys should come. - Yeah. - OK. - Thank you. (SMOOTH, OLD-FASHIONED MUSIC PLAYS) - # Your kisses have stopped. # They'll never be topped. # My love lingers on. # Time, they say, # heals a broken heart. # But for me, # there just is no cure, # for deep in my soul, # you know, you're my goal. # My love lingers on. # Since you went away, # my heart, all it can say is # my love # still lingers on. - GORDON: Hey, Smiler. - Hey, Dad. - Would you believe I actually saw a Ross's goose today? Is that a sign or what? A Ross's goose. - (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) - Is everything OK? - I, um... finally got a letter from Liam. - Oh, kiddo. - Dad. You gotta keep your... - No, it's OK. You're a way over there, and I'm way the hell over here. Come on, take off your mask. Let's see that face. Please? There she is. K, what's in the letter? - You know, it's been five months of nothing, and now I get` - Are you afraid of something? What are you afraid of? - I know it's a goodbye. - Oh. You still love him. So, what do you wanna do? - I don't` I just` (STAMMERS) I can't face this right now. I just can't. I'm so` I'm so tired. Can you hold on to it for me? I feel like I'll put it somewhere, and I'll just lose it. - Sure. I could do that. - Thank you. - I'll just remind you, though, I have dementia. - (LAUGHS) Yeah. - Ooh, I made you the soup that you like. The squashy one. Eat it up here with me, and then we'll just disinfect later. - Sorry, dad, I should, um... I should, uh... I should eat it down in my lair. (CHUCKLES) - I can't find anything in this new house. - It's just a rental, dad. Bowls are there. - In front of me? - I'm really happy you live here. - Me too. If I was in that nursing home, well, I'd probably be dead. - MAN: Let me see my mother! Hey! Hey! - This was yesterday. Bobby worked the 7-11 shift, and around 5PM, this goes down. It's hard to ID him off of this. - BOBBY: Sir, I need you to calm down. (GRUNTS) (DONOVAN SIGHS) - All right, go back. Back, back, back. Right there. - Hm. - Zoom in there. Lucky, lucky. - What's that? - He's wearing a ring. - Huh. * (SMOOTH MUSIC PLAYS) - Hi! Hey. Oh, sorry. You came. Have some. This is Bobby's last batch. - Thank you. - Thanks. - Eat up. come on. - Oh. (CHUCKLES) - Do you really think the guy with the ring is gonna show up? - Guilt brings all the boys to the yard. Pretty good. - Mm. - Hm. I'm gonna go circulate ` at a distance. - SINGER: Hey, everyone. This one is for Bobby. # Dream a sweet dream. # You come to me # like the sunrise. # Dream. # Oh, sweet dream. # You hold my hand # through the darkness # I see diamonds falling. # Open arms that turn into weeds. # Life doesn't promise a thing. # Loving you, I do believe. # Moving on. You keep me, keep me moving on. - May I? - By all means. - # I won't give you up. # - Are you a friend of Bobby's? - Mm. I'm the coroner. I'm investigating her death. - Oh. - How do you know Bobby? - She's my granddaughter. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) - Cheers, guys. To Bobby. - Cheers. To Bobby. - Whoo! - Cheers. - Cheers. - To Bobby, guys. Get 'em up high. Cheers. - Cheers. - There you go. Hey. - Cheers. - To Bobby, guys. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) - Bobby would have loved this. - JENNY: Was she outgoing? - She loved people. I raised her on our farm. Too quiet, I guess. - She was very loved. - I worried, you know, when the virus started, because of her job. But it was her passion ` helping people. And she was so hard-working. - She's the granddaughter of a farmer, so you probably have a lot in common. - And she said, 'Gung-Gung, I'll be careful. 'These people need me.' But why? Why take her life? (CELL PHONE RINGS) Excuse me. I'm sorry. - Malik? - Yeah, yeah, I see the guy, but I can't find Mac. - Uh... that's fine. I'll find him. (TENSE MUSIC) - Police! (UPBEAT MUSIC) Down! Down! Down! (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) - (MAN GRUNTS) - Detective Abed, Homicide. I need to ask you some questions, sir. - I didn't do anything! (GRUNTS) - Ah. Missing a gem, huh? Guess you're not number one anymore. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SOFTENS) - # Four men in a rock 'n' roll band # fly at night. In the morning we land. # Fly at night till we're satisfied. # See the morning from the other side. # And when you close your eyes, # sleep comes fast. # When you fly the universe, well, # you need some rest, yeah, yeah. # You need some rest. (MUSIC PICKS UP TEMPO) # Ooh, we like the big wide spaces. # Yeah, we like the sea of faces. # Time is just a rubber band. # Time is at our command. # And when we look out # and see you there, # you seem much closer, and you... # you feel so near. # Yeah, you feel so near. # - Donovan. - (VOCALISES) - Donovan! - (STAMMERS) What did I just do? - Well, you were just singing karaoke at a stakeout. - Why...? - OK. - W-Why would I do that? - Because... you're high. - I'm high? - You're high, Donovan. You ate a weed brownie. Yeah. - I... ate a weed brownie. - Yeah. - (LAUGHS) - Shh. (LAUGHS) I... I ate... I ate the whole thing (BOTH LAUGH) - I ate the entire thing! - Oh my God. - I'm so... I'm. Oh no. - (BOTH LAUGH) - Genesis is bringing School-gen out of the classroom and into the home. We're inspiring the next generation of Kiwi innovators * - DONOVAN: Is this your ring? - Yeah. It's my championship ring. High school rugby. - It's missing a gem. - It's from high school. Why am I here? - We found this embedded in the forehead of Bobby Almeda. You were at her memorial. Maybe feeling a little guilty for punching her in the face? - (SIGHS) Aw man. - Yeah, we have you on camera. - I didn't mean to hit her, I swear. - Did you follow her to the parking lot after that? - No. I barely remember, man. I'm at Linden Tree, like, every day, begging to see my mother. Begging. She's only 62, but she's got Parkinson's. - So, Bobby comes out, and you attack her? - They don't pick up their landline. My mom doesn't have a phone or, like, a window I can see. How am I supposed to know she's even alive? - It made you mad. You blamed Bobby. - I saw Bobby a couple hours after I hit her. I mean, she was fine. Except that she` - Except? (SIGHS) (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) You slept in your car? (LAUGHS) - Just give me a minute, OK? - LAUGHS: OK. - Ugh. (GROANS) (SIGHS) - (CHUCKLES) I can still feel the effects of our, uh... karaoke. - Karaoke. It took me three hours to walk home last night. - (LAUGHS) - Anyways. Take a look at this. - OK. What am I looking at? - Security footage. We found the guy who hit Bobby. Few hours later, she brought his mom out the back door for a visit. - That's kind. Hardly a motive for murder. - Keep watching. - She's bleeding. - Yeah, I'm thinking, could that earlier punch have killed her? She kept bleeding, went to drive, smashed her car. Makes it manslaughter. - Maybe. If she had a pre-existing condition. (CELL PHONE CHIRPS) - Hey, uh... Hey, I gotta go. I have a place to be. (GRUNTS) Well, this... is for you. - I quit coffee. - Who quits coffee during a pandemic? - Who has somewhere to be during a pandemic? (CAR STARTS) (TRANQUIL MUSIC) Mr Yee. Hi. Jenny Cooper. - 'Thrombo, thromb...?' - Thrombocytopenia. - No. - Did she ever have frequent nosebleeds? - No. - Any conditions that would stop her blood from clotting properly? - To be honest, I thought you were here about this. Bobby was growing it. - Wow. This is a lot of weed. - Found it about a month ago. At first, I thought strangers were growing on my land. - Guerrilla growers. - Hm. So I sat up all one night, waiting, and it was Bobby. I was mad, but we talked, and she said it was to help people. - Hmm. What kind of pesticides do you use? - Uh, atrazine, but I never spray here. - OK. (GASPS) Ooh! Ooh. Shoot. - Mice. They get at the stalks if you use too much mulch. - Do you use something for them? - What are you looking for? - Brodifacoum. It's a blood thinner. - But why would my Bobby eat poison? - It's water-soluble. It could have bled into the soil, absorbed into the plants. She baked with it. She ingested it. Maybe there was enough to accumulate in her system. - I put the poison there, trying to help her, and now you're saying I killed my own granddaughter? - No. No, I'm not saying` - Get out! - Mr Yee, I am just trying to figure out how Bobby died. I am not s` - But you are guessing. She was my granddaughter. Until you know how she died, get off my land! * - Mr McAvoy? - That's me. - I'm Dr Cheng. So, you've got some leg pain? Is it a dull pain or shooting? - Shooting. Kinda like Jordan playing in old shoes. - Can you feel that? - Yeah. - And the pain, does it go up or down? - Up and down, from my leg to my lower back. - Hmm. Any numbness in your foot? - Sometimes. Maybe I need orthotics. I walk a lot for my job. - Well, your MRI suggests we should run some tests. - Tests? - No poison in either one. But you were right. Bobby did have brodifacoum in her blood. - But it wasn't in the plants? - Or the brownies, according to my tests. - Thanks, River. (SOFT MUSIC) (SIGHS) (MUSIC QUICKENS) (ROSS WHISTLES) - Hey, that was... Oh. - See? - Not bad. Yeah, striped. Yeah, right there. - Oh yeah. - (GASPS) (FALCON CHIRPS) - Shh. - Wow. (GENTLE MUSIC) Ugh. - Oh no. - K, well, at least we can tell mom we saw one. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - REPORTER: Premier Doug Ford spoke out today about the treatment of patients in long-term care facilities, calling for full transparency and even suggesting criminal charges, which begs the question, will he follow through? - OK. My focus for the inquest will be on infection control. - You mean use of PPE? - Yeah, that's, uh, one facet. Linden Tree didn't give their workers masks, even though they knew COVID was in the facility. - As the crown attorney speaking for the coroner's office, I'm on your side, but can you prove that? - Yeah. I sequestered their garbage back in April. No N95s and no surgical masks. - Very nice. - Thanks. - Found a whistleblower-type complaint in their email. That's my sequestered garbage. - OK. Uh... READS: 'I've been working for three years. You don't care about the staff or the elderly residents. 'People are dying every day of COVID. You say it's pneumonia. 'You say wearing masks will scare the residents. 'You're killing people. We need protection. 'Bobby Almeda.' - What? - (FOOTSTEPS ECHO) - Um... Uh, nothing. Uh... she died. We never figured it out. - Huh. - Did anybody get back to her? It says that she was disciplined for giving the residents... uh, the residents weed brownies. - They didn't fire her. - Uh, no. She must have threatened to go public. - Linden Tree's parent company, Care Orchard, sent some video. Linden Tree said they implemented strict protocols as soon as the outbreak started ` staggered start times for staff, hand sanitiser at all workstations and entrances. - K. There's Gloria. He's switching the bottle. (TENSE MUSIC) That's Bobby. Wait. Um, show me the next day. - OK. - He's switching the bottle again. Why is Bobby the only one who gets the small sanitiser? I thought it was ingestion over time. It's absorption. Um, are there any code violations for Linden Tree? - Yeah, yeah. There's a bunch. What are you looking for? - Mice. (UPBEAT MUSIC) - MANAGER: You're back. No new cases today, happy to report. DONOVAN: Step away from the counter, please. - What's going on? - I have a warrant to search these premises. (MUSIC CONTINUES) Bingo. - Swapped it out each time for her. - No. - No? OK. Here. Put out your hands. Use it. Come on. - I just thought she'd get sick and go away. - Well, she wasn't that kind of person. - Mitch Gnatek, you're under arrest for the murder of Bobby Almeda. (SOFT MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (INAUDIBLE) * (SOFT MUSIC) - DR CHENG: Lidocaine should be kicking in. Not as bad as the biopsy, right? (DONOVAN CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Can you feel that? - No. Don't feel a thing. - Great. I'm going to insert a needle between your vertebrae. - K. - You're doing great. Needle's in. Now I'm just trying to get a little fluid. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - How's it going back there, doc? - Great. You're doing great. - How long will it take before the results come back? - Not long. - I just... wanna know if I have cancer. - Grandpa! Grandpa! I've lost Grandpa. - What? What do you mean you lost Grandpa? - We were birdwatching, and I just saw a hawk, and... He's gone, OK? - Great. Just show me where you last were. - I circled, and I retraced, and I backtracked. Um... I think we should get Grandpa a tracker. - I don't know how much longer he's gonna be able to do things on his own, Ross. I just wanna` - Yeah, but I didn't mean like a leash, Mom. I just meant like an app. - Yeah. We can look into that. - (SIGHS) - It's his jacket. Dad?! - GORDON: Yeah, I'm over here! - Yeah, Dad, it's us! Just stay exactly where you are, OK? - I'm fine! - Oh, I was worried. - Hey. Hey, it's OK. He's OK. All right? - OK. - Ross. Honey. I release you. - From what? - I release you from the responsibility of Grandpa. OK? He's resilient. And you... - You need to be 19. Come on. Don't move, Dad! Do you see him? - Yeah. Oh gee. What are you doing? - Oh, there's my coat! - Oh, there's my dad! - Where have you been? - Sorry. OK, maybe I got a little lost, but look what I found. Do you believe this? This is amazing. Look at this. - Yeah. - I may have wandered off the trail, but I found this place. Isn't it amazing? - This is really nice. - It's beautiful. - Who knew our new place would be adjacent to a spot like this? - Yeah. - This is sweet. - You'd find it. - (CHUCKLES) Oh yeah. Listen, stay right here. Take your time. We'll stick to the main path, huh? - I'll try not to wander off. - Very funny. (SOFT MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Hello. - Clark. What are you doing at my house? - I like your look. - What? Oh. Um, it's not a look. It's an at-home... look. Sorry, uh... Something wrong with the inquest? - Yeah, kinda. - Are you gonna tell me? - I'm trying to decide if you're the kind of person that likes to know or the kind of person that doesn't. - OK. Um... I don't appreciate you coming to my house, so you can call me tomorrow or email me. - I'm here as a professional courtesy. We got an anonymous tip about your sister's death. - Saying what? - It's about your dad. The way she fell is suspicious. - Yeah, well, are you gonna open a case against my dad because of this? - I'm not saying that, but... I have to look into it. - And who put in the tip? - You know I can't disclose that. - Let me guess. It's an inmate from a correctional facility named Kelly Hart. I helped put her in jail, and this door is closed. - I'm just the messenger. Oh, this means you have to recuse yourself from our inquest. - Uh, no. No, that's my inquest. - Rota fortunae, Jenny. Fortune's wheel. It was nice working with you. And, note to self, you like to know. (TENSE MUSIC) (CAR STARTS) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) - (SCREAMS) Damn it! Ow. Captions by Able. Captions were made with support from NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021