reads words on screen
It's you and me today pal.
All right, buddy.
Let's see-
if you can beat your personal best.
Okay?
Start at your starting mark!
♪ I'm close behind
♪ The chill down your spine ♪
♪ There's nowhere to hide
All right buddy!
Are you ready?
Three-
two-
one-
Go!
♪ It's time to run
Go go go!
Go Rex!
You got this!
Let's, go let's go, let's go!
Come on Rex!
Come on!
♪ You better hope you're fast enough ♪
Come on buddy!
You're falling behind!
Yes!
Good boy!
You beat your best time!
Oh we've got to go!
We're going to be late for Joe's thing.
Cheers!
I hear it's lonely at the top Joe.
Ah come on.
I'm moving one floor up.
So you think you'll have time for us little people?
Some of you!
Rex, at least.
Interim Chief Superintendent Joe Donovan.
Yeah!
It's got kind of a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
So what's first item of business?
I don't know.
Probably rubbing elbows.
Department brass have a table
at the Northern Lights Charity Gala tomorrow night.
Thousand dollars a plate.
That is some good salmon.
Come on.
Next round's on me.
I actually have to call it.
Charlie did you still want a ride?
Yeah I'm going to stick around for a bit.
Okay, well boss-
I just want to say
that working for you has- um
it's mattered.
It's mattered a lot to me.
Hey-
Jesse.
I appreciate it.
But don't worry.
I'll see you every morning at the Mugshot right?
Yes, definitely.
Okay, I'll see you guys.
Okay.
Good night.
Everyone drinking the same thing?
I'll pay for rides home too.
Hey, hey!
Hey stop!
That's my car!
Get away from my car!
That's- whoah!
Are you okay?
He's trying to take my car!
SJPD!
Stay away from the vehicle!
Somebody's been shot!
Help me!
What happened?
We heard gunshots!
It's Jesse!
Call an ambulance!
He's not breathing.
That's a lot of blood Sarah.
28-29-30!
Come on, breathe Jesse!
Come on, come on!
Go go go go go!
Keep going, keep going!
What the hell is taking the police?
Come on.
Come on Jesse, come on.
Come on, do this now okay?
Jesse, just start breathing.
Come on, come on!
28-29-30!
Ahhh!
Aghh!
28-29-
30!
I've got a pulse!
Ahh okay!
Come on.
It's good, it's good!
We've got a pulse!
One gunshot wound to the chest.
One to the abdomen.
He's lost lots of blood.
I'm Dr. Sarah Truong by the way.
I'm riding with you.
I'm right behind you.
Charlie, update me in my car!
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
Go ahead.
I came out of the bar and he was opening my car.
And I yelled at him.
I didn't see that he had a gun
or I would have left him alone.
No that's okay.
Is that when Jesse came out?
Right.
He identified himself as a cop.
And then-
It all happened so fast.
And then he shot Jesse and drove away?
Right.
Did he take your keys?
No.
I have them right here.
And I'm sure that I locked the car.
Describe the guy for me.
What happened?
He was wearing a hoodie.
And maybe black hair or brown?
I don't know, I didn't really see his face.
Height? Weight?
Not a big guy.
Excuse me.
Dr. Andrews, recovery please.
Dr. Andrews, report to recovery
Hey Rex.
Hey.
How's he doing?
He's still in surgery.
All of this over a car.
Anything?
No sign of the car.
I'm going through recent car theft arrests.
Anything with guns?
No.
Just joyriding, some broken windows.
Stolen keys.
But in Jesse's case-
the thief got the car open without keys.
So do we think that he copied the owner's fob?
Well she was at the bar for a few hours.
Plenty of time
to get close enough to her to copy them.
Yeah, well usually that's a pretty seamless process right?
Cars are often gone
before the owner's even realized that they're gone.
In this case-
the thief was interrupted.
Yeah.
And he shot a cop so he could steal a car.
He's either stupid or desperate.
Well the shooting was stupid, no doubt.
But the tech is pretty expensive.
Which suggest a bigger operation
than just a kid in a hoodie.
Right.
Did you show the mugshots to the witness from last night?
Yeah, I went by her house.
She didn't recognize anyone.
But I'm hoping that Jesse will as soon as he wakes up.
Rex hasn't left Jesse's desk all morning.
Nurse Jamieson.
Please report to the nurses' third floor station.
Dr. Kelly.
How is he?
Is he going to be okay?
Dr. Kelly: One of the bullets hit his lung.
A second bullet damaged the superior mesenteric artery.
That accounts for the blood loss.
We'll monitor him closely.
You asked for the bullets.
Thank you.
Sarah.
Hey.
The bullet's from a semi-automatic.
But the ballistics didn't match anything in the database.
Okay I'll check with registered owners
and see if anything connects.
Sure.
There was a partial print
on the cartridge they found at the scene.
Well I'm taking
there wasn't a match.
Otherwise you would have led with that.
No.
But-
according to this-
there were traces of lavender hand cream on that cartridge.
Lavender hand cream?
Have you called Jesse's sister?
I did.
I told her that he's going to come through it all right but-
Charlie, I don't know.
Yeah.
It's the hospital.
Hi.
Yes.
We'll be right there.
Thanks.
What?
Jesse's awake.
Hey!
Hey.
Oh we're so relieved to see you Jesse.
Yeah me too.
Yeah.
Yeah!
Jesse.
Do you think you can
take us through what you saw?
I just made a mistake.
I should have called for backup.
No no, you-
Jesse you might have saved that woman's life.
Do you remember anything about the shooter?
I um-
I don't know.
I just um-
I recognize him.
I think I recognize him.
You recognize him?
Where from?
I um-
I think-
I've seen him
walking around with a woman- a girl.
They're always together.
Could be his girlfriend.
I don't know.
Guys, I just-
I can't remember.
Okay.
Is it any of these guys here?
Take a look.
Who are these people?
Well they're people who have prior arrests
for vehicle theft.
Vehicle theft?
Mm-hmm.
Did my car stolen again?
Hey Rex!
Hey I didn't even see him there.
He's just getting confused.
It's normal for post-op.
But we should let him rest.
Jesse did you recognize the man from inside the pub?
I can't remember Charlie.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
You know what?
The important thing is that you get better.
Yeah.
I'm sorry guys.
You think Jesse recognized the shooter?
It's hard to know for sure.
But he mentioned something about a girlfriend.
And Sarah found hand cream
on the bullet casings at the scene.
Okay so someone would have to get close to the owner
in order to copy the fob.
Yeah.
You're thinking what-
a female accomplice?
I mean guys can wear hand cream too, but-
I mean- it's a stretch.
Okay hold on a second.
This is the list of all the auto thefts in St. John's
over the past while.
They've tripled in the last three weeks.
They're taking them from bars, parking lots, driveways.
But most of the time-
it says here that people don't see them.
Most of the time-
But there are some witnesses?
Yeah there's a couple.
Here here.
Look at the statements.
Yeah.
Uh, let's see.
Late model luxury vehicles.
High resale value, especially overseas.
Yeah so they're shipping them out of St. John's.
I'm going to follow up with all of these witnesses.
Walter Wales?
Detective Hudson, SJPD.
Yeah you called me about the stolen car.
That's right.
You said in your statement you got a look at the man.
Yes yes, from my office.
Short guy, hoodie.
Track pants.
You find the car?
No.
Insurance said they wouldn't.
Listen- the day of the theft-
did you encounter a stranger?
Someone-
that you hadn't met before?
No, I was in the office all day.
Listen it's a cold day.
Um- if your wife didn't
witness the theft-
maybe she'd be more comfortable waiting in the car?
Of course.
My dear.
We'll just be a minute.
Did you happen to-
meet a woman the day your car was stolen?
You know if I mentioned that in front of my wife-
it would have ruined the rest of my day.
Sure.
Tell me about the woman.
I went over and had lunch at Élan.
I was at the bar, having a steak.
One martini in, and this woman-
well, she started flirting with me.
You get a name?
No.
Pretty.
Brunette.
30s.
Mmmm!
My God.
You think this woman
had something to do with my stolen car!
She may have copied your car fob.
Son of a gun.
Well you know what Detective?
I really don't need this to go any further.
After all-
the insurance company paid out on the car anyway!
What?
Yes?
Thanks Detective.
Right.
Come on Rex.
I heard about Jesse.
I am so sorry.
How is he doing?
Well he's almost out of the woods.
Or so we hope.
Everybody's rooting for him.
Even the guys on my team.
Ha.
Even them huh?
Yeah!
Something like this happens-
and they're willing to forget
how many times Mills showed them up.
Right.
Listen Vanessa.
I'm on my way out.
Do you want to walk with me?
Yeah but you know-
I just left a strategy meeting, okay?
And the police commissioner was there.
And he was asking where you were.
He heard about Jesse?
Yeah and he said that your focus and priority
needs to be on the department.
Not just one team.
Well my first day as interim police chief.
And I'm already in the principal's office.
Yeah well I never said that I agreed with him.
I'm just trying to give you a heads up.
Well I appreciate it Vanessa.
But he's wrong.
My team is my priority.
How about this one here?
No.
I don't know.
Is there any chance that he's not even in there?
These are mugshots of cases
that you've been working on recently.
Hey, worth a shot.
I don't know.
Maybe my head-
is just playing games with me.
Or maybe he just-
I didn't even recognize him in the first place.
I don't know.
I just don't-
Some cop I am.
Jesse are you up for talking about it?
Yeah it's just a headache.
We can talk about it.
The shooter may have had an accomplice Jesse.
It might have been a woman.
Did you see anybody else outside?
Anybody at all?
Wait wait wait!
Cheers!
Yeah.
There was a woman-
last night.
She wasn't outside.
She was at the pub.
Okay.
She was there last night.
Diana.
Her name is Diana.
She works at the electronics store
that I go to.
What does she look like?
Medium height.
Brown hair.
Um- she's smart.
She's too smart for that store.
Customers talk down to her.
But she runs circles around them.
Can you connect her to the man who shot Jesse?
If she works in an electronics store-
she would have the technology
to copy the key fobs.
There's a connection.
That's where I know him.
He would hang out around the electronics store with her.
He was her boyfriend.
SJPD!
Stay away from the vehicle!
Max Fontana.
His name is Max Fontana.
Look him up.
Max Fontana.
Yeah.
Yeah, look it up.
Max Fontana.
Nice work.
I've got a Max Fontana.
There's one in here.
He has an address on Lime Street.
No priors.
But he has a registered semi-automatic.
Is that him?
That him?
Yeah.
Yeah that's the guy who shot me.
Rex.
We're pulling up near Max's apartment right now.
Got to go.
Looks like someone got to him first pal.
There, is that okay?
Oh yeah.
Thank you.
So um-
Charlie and Rex found the shooter.
Yeah?
Did he confess?
No, he's dead Jesse.
No.
Oh I didn't wish for that.
No I know.
I know.
It must-
It must be really hard on his friends.
You're still feeling tired hey?
Uh-
I should have a nap.
I have a nap.
I take a more rest.
And get ready for the trial.
I need to see a doctor right away.
I know this is a difficult time.
Thank you for coming in, Diana.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I just-
I don't understand why anyone would want to hurt Max.
He was just-
He was such a sweetheart.
How long were you two together?
Not long.
We were more friends than together.
I know you work at the electronics store.
What did Max do for work?
Um- different things.
He was a drummer.
You know.
Doesn't really pay the bills.
Mm-hmm.
Had he been acting different recently?
Like in what way?
Keeping a different schedule?
Something like that?
Um-
I guess he was out nights more often.
Practicing with a new band, I think.
Hmm.
Any new income?
Not that I know of.
Why do you ask?
I believe Max stole a car last night.
Max?
I had no idea.
Is that why he was killed?
Well car theft
can attract some pretty serious criminals.
The model of car
that Max targeted last night is very popular overseas.
It's often-
you know, terrorist organizations
buying these vehicles.
I don't understand how that has anything to do with Max
or anyone here in St. John's.
If somebody were to
get into business with one of these organizations-
they might find themselves in a lot of pressure
to meet quotas.
No.
Max would never get involved in something like that.
Max shot a police officer
during the course of the theft last night.
What?
Was Max the trigger-happy type, do you think?
I have never known him to be violent.
Or do you think his employers told him
to steal cars at any cost?
Look this is all a complete surprise to me.
Okay?
Do you know where he was taking the cars?
No!
Do you know who he was working with?
I wish I could help
and give you answers.
But I don't know.
I'm sorry.
Of course.
Thank you for coming in.
I'll show you to the door.
Again, I'm very sorry for your loss.
Yeah, thanks.
What do you think?
She tried very hard
to convince me she had no idea what Max was up to.
But she's in on this.
As soon as I mentioned
that terrorist groups sometimes buy these vehicles-
she knew exactly what I was talking about.
Yeah but there's nothing in Max's phone records
to indicate that he called her the night of Jesse's shooting.
Did he use a burner phone?
She works in an electronics shop.
The key fob technology would be no problem for her.
Yeah but that's not enough for a warrant Charlie.
We've got nothing on her.
We've got to catch her in the act.
Yeah.
Chief Superintendent, this was dropped off for you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I guess I'm not going to be needing this.
You're not going to the gala?
With Jesse in the hospital?
Come on Charlie.
I've got an idea.
His vitals are good.
Just now, he seemed lethargic.
And he was slurring his speech.
Any dizziness?
No no, not that he mentioned.
You know, that could be a reaction to the anesthetic.
I don't want to be alarmed.
But I am going to take him for a CT scan-
just to be on the safe side.
He's seizing!
Dr. Kelly: Nurse!
Push diazepam and call the OR!
Page the neurosurgeon on call!
Is it a brain bleed?
I'm sorry, Dr. Truong.
We need you to step out.
Try and get him stabilized!
Diazepam!
He's not responding!
Call the OR!
Pressure dropping.
Flush his IV.
Nurse2: Hold him down!
Of course we were focused on the gunshots.
And a brain bleed wouldn't have shown up on his vitals.
So they'll operate again?
Yeah.
But there's a risk of brain damage.
I should have seen the signs earlier.
Hey.
You did.
That's why the doctors had a chance to react so fast.
Getting these guys isn't going to make Jesse any better.
I know.
But a thousand dollars a plate
means a lot of luxury vehicles in that parking lot.
They might have a delivery schedule to keep.
Go.
You have to go.
You can't do anything here.
Rex.
Bait car is in place.
We have uniformed officers on stand-by.
And our valet is keeping an eye on the garage.
Busy tonight.
I just hope we find out how many drivers they have.
Joe.
Glad to see you made it.
Of course, Commissioner.
Wouldn't miss this for the world.
How's your man?
He's on the mend.
Good.
There's someone I want you to meet.
Dr. Kelly: Just be sure to check on him
every half hour okay?
Dr. Truong.
You can come in.
We've done what we can.
All that's left now is to wait and see.
Do you think he'll have permanent damage?
We'll know more when he wakes up.
Of course.
Out of the vehicle!
Hands on the hood.
What's this about, Detective?
The theft of a vehicle.
You okay in there Rex?
Well this is my car.
So you must be mistaken.
Right.
Get the registration.
Come on pal.
What did you do with Rex?
Hmm?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Enough of these games okay?
This is the car that-
Appears in order, Detective.
Get them to check the garage for the bait car.
Now.
You had a bait car at the gala?
Mm-hmm.
The same make as my car?
Well-
That's unfortunate.
Who are your drivers?
Where are the cars going?
You know, you're so convinced I'm involved in this.
I almost want to give you answers.
Detective.
The bait car was taken.
Rex was in that car.
Joe.
We've got a problem.
Do your people have it under control or not?
That is what I'm trying to find out!
There's got to be a back exit around here somewhere.
Leave it to them.
We are short-handed enough as it is!
If you leave, Joe-
you'll be the shortest-lived chief in SJPD history.
That is a record I'm willing to set.
Shoot!
Rex!
Charlie!
What about the tracker?
The signal's gone Joe.
They've got Rex.
Our team
was supposed to follow the bait car!
They made it as far as the last location of the GPS.
But the car was gone.
And Rex with it.
Wait a second.
I've got an idea
how we can find out where the car is going.
Got to go.
So your dog was in this stolen vehicle?
I saw you copy those fobs at the valet station.
Who'd you give the stolen keys to?
Look.
I consented to a search of my person and my vehicle.
You haven't got a scanner or any copied fobs, so-
you must be mistaken about what you saw.
We both know I'm not mistaken.
Well without any evidence-
you have no reason to detain me.
Sorry I can't help you, Detective.
Sarah.
How are you feeling?
Oh-
What happened?
You had a subdural hematoma.
Oh!
What is that?
You had a lot of pressure on your brain.
They were able to relieve it.
Well my headache is gone.
So that's a good sign, right?
Yes, it is a good sign.
Good sign! - Yup!
Very good sign.
Hey.
Uh- how's Charlie doing?
He thinks the woman
from the electronics store
was Max's accomplice.
You were right.
He and Joe are out looking for her.
And Rex?
He's with them.
That's good.
Listen to me.
Nothing leaves that harbour without us knowing about it.
I want to know every ship that goes in and goes out.
Priority one!
Thank you.
Did the GPS on her car not move?
No, but she could have found it and taken it out.
Okay.
Well-
Hold on.
We've got two ships leaving the harbour
first thing in the morning.
One's going to Antigua.
The other one's going to Ghana.
Rex could be shipped to Ghana?
Don't worry Charlie.
We're going to find him.
Let's check the harbour.
Sun's almost up.
Stop loading!
We can't stop loading buddy!
Chief Superintendent Joe Donovan.
SJPD.
One of our officers is out here.
And this boat is not going anywhere until we find him.
Hold the load.
You've got five minutes-
and I'm calling my boss.
Yeah, you do that.
Rex!
You've got to be kidding me.
Rex!
Charlie [distant]: Rex!
Rex!
Hey Charlie!
Joe.
Listen, I checked around back.
He's not there.
I'm going to keep looking for him elsewhere.
Maybe you'll lead us to Rex.
The GPS tracker on Diana's car is moving.
Looks like it's heading this way.
Okay I'll catch up with you.
Yeah.
There he is.
Boss!
Until you called, we had no idea
there was a dog in the truck!
We've got to shut that dog up!
Open it.
I wouldn't do that.
Easy now.
I've got this Charlie.
Thanks Joe.
Come on.
Let's go.
Turn around.
You need not say anything.
Okay so you broke the car-jacking ring.
But who killed Max?
Hey!
That was Diana.
Her gun matched the ballistics.
And her fingerprints matched the partial
in the cartridges on your case.
So we think
we can make accessory charges stick there, too.
Wow.
That's a pretty exciting first few days
as interim chief!
Huh boss?
Yeah.
Uh, about that-
What?
I may have used my title
to shut down the docks for a few hours.
And well-
it didn't sit well with the Port Authority CEO.
So to make a long story short-
I've been fired.
You got fired?
You're kidding me!
Yeah that's okay though!
Turns out Superintendent Lewis got the job after all.
I think you would
have made a great Chief Superintendent, Joe.
Well thank you.
But you know what?
Major Crimes is always going to be my home.
Hey Jesse.
Did your brush with death
give you any insight into your life?
You can relate huh?
Yeah yeah, I just don't want
to waste the time that I have left.
So-
with your support, I-
I want to go for my qualifications exam.
To be a detective?
Yeah.
I'll write you a reference letter.
Thanks.
What do you think Joe?
Do you think there's room in Major Crimes
for a Detective Mills?
Well how about you pass first.
And then we'll talk.
Okay.
Then who knows, maybe I'll get a dog, too!
What do you think Rex?
I didn't mean it!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, it was only ever you.
Yeah.
♪ I won't let you down ♪
Oh!
Speaking of Lewis-
♪ I'll always be around
I'll see you, guys.
Hey!
♪ to help you get your feet back on the ground ♪
♪ I won't let you down ♪