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Summary from official site, www.duesouth.com via Wayback Machine A pair of valuable aboriginal masks are stolen from a museum and Ray and Fraser must unveil the many layered facades that seem to cover a host of Native tricksters. Two adjoining aboriginal masks, worth millions on the black market, are reunited as the pinnacle of an exhibition at Chicago's Museum of Natural History. One is owned by the government of Canada, the other by the government of France. Fraser is made responsible for the recovery of these precious artefacts when, during a daring museum break-in, they are stolen from the display. The French and Canadian cultural representatives expresses their chagrin about the loss and ask that Fraser keep them well informed on the progress of the case. Eric, a native leader and an old friend of Fraser's, is also anxious for the safe return of this piece of his people's history. He believes that this crime may have been perpetrated by a young native boy, David, from his village. Eric also wants Fraser to find the masks and hand them over to their rightful owners, the Tsimshian people -- not the governments who stole them a century ago. Concerned for the safety of David, several of his relatives arrive from the north, and set up their home away from home in Fraser's apartment, including a traditional sweat lodge. Fraser, Ray and Eric's search for David and his accomplice lead them to a hotel, where they discover the Masks. Fraser believes they found the masks too easily, and speculates that they are in fact forgeries. The museum curator claims they are the genuine article, but Fraser is not satisfied, and continues his investigation. Ray takes Fraser to visit a local art-forger, and they arrive to find a dead body, and the French Representative fleeing the scene, but no sign of the masks. When the French Representative uses her diplomatic immunity, and her gun didn't match the killer's, she walks away. Fraser is certain that the masks are forgeries. In a showdown at the museum with the thieves, the two sets of masks become mixed up, and eventually one set goes missing and we are left to wonder -- did they end up with their rightful owner? Meanwhile, Ray has managed a date with his professional rival, States Attorney Louise St. Laurent, and can't decide where to take her. Story by Nancy Merritt Bell & Michael McKinley and Jeff King
Regular Cast
Guest Stars
ALBERT - Curtis Jonnie
SUPER - Bruce Deller
Unofficial Transcript Mask [evening. Fraser is checking the security systems] Fraser: I'm almost done Ray. Vecchio: Look you touch that thing one more time, you're going to wear a hole in it. Fraser: Well any job worth doing is worth well. Vecchio: You're protecting rocks Fraser. Fraser: They're not just rocks Ray. They're transformation masks, hand carved basalt over 1000 year old, you know the Tsimshian people use them in a winter ceremony to pray that the gods will return the sun to them in the spring. Vecchio: Yeah well they give me the creeps. Fraser: Well you should stop looking at them. Vecchio: They're looking at me. Fraser: You now it's interesting you should say that because that's what they're supposed to do. You see the inner mask has it's eyes open and the outer mask has it's eyes closed and they interlock, one inside the other. It's the only matching set in existence. Vecchio: Yeah well that's great, can we go now? [pause. Ray walks away] Fraser [Ray doesn't look back] Fraser: Coming [Checks one of the beams.] Vecchio: Fraser Fraser: [ Waves Stetson in front of beam]:Coming. Vecchio: Fraser [shouts] Fraser: Yep. [Walking through the museum] In 1879 the masks were confiscated by an Anglican priest, named Duncan who had been sent to convert the Tsimshian and as was the custom in those days he took their religious symbols from them. He later sold the masks to two separate countries and they're finally being reunited after more than 100 years. Vecchio: So? Fraser: It's an important moment of history for both Canada and France. Not to mention the Political, cultural and religious significance it holds for the North American Inuit people. Vecchio: And? Fraser: Worth over a million dollars Vecchio: Oh..Now you're talking.... The car is ]this] way. [Ray walks
one direction Fraser walks the other then Ray doubles back and follows
Fraser.]
Thatcher: it was the summer I spent at the Sorbonne. I was young and
a trifle naive, I'm afraid
Fraser: Sir? Thatcher: What is it Fraser? Fraser: I've completed my inspection of the security systems, I've checked the motion detectors, the emergency back up system, the pressure plates, and examined the perimeter of the building.... Vecchio: Twice. Thatcher: Fine carry on. Fraser: May I introduce Detective Vecchio, Mr. Robinson is the museum's curator and I believe you know Inspector Thatcher. Vecchio: Hello Mr. Robinson. Curator: Police? Constable, the museum has a well deserved reputation for top notch security, I think that we have it covered. Fraser: Yes Sir, but still.. Thatcher: Thank you Fraser I think we should let Mr. Robinson get home to his family. Curator: Well, it'll be a long drive, my parents live in Pensicola. Thatcher: Really I love Pennsicola, where is that exactly.? Vecchio: She want's him. Fraser: For what? [Lights are turned off, museum is shut up with a few scattered guards.] [Fraser and Ray walk towards the Riv. Fraser keeps looking back] Vecchio: They'll still be there in the morning.. come on. [Cut to mask, robbers are climbing down from a vent in the ceiling [being lowered down on a rope and winch. Back to Fraser and Ray walking towards the Riv.] Vecchio: The dragon lady and Mr. Museum guy oh she must be desperate. [Robber takes masks ] Robber 1[David]: OK [The glass the robber drops a circle of glass on the floor ] ]ALARMS RING] [Fraser and Ray run back to the museum] Robber 1 [David]: Pull me up, pull me up... Come on don't leave me here [Winch is jammed and robber 2 runs off.] Vecchio: All right we got it....Freeze. [Ray takes the robbers mask off.] Vecchio: Give me a hand... [Meanwhile Fraser chases robber 2 across the roof. The robber knocks Fraser off the roof and he is dangling by his finger tips.] Fraser: Eric? Eric! [Raven flies down and knocks Fraser off the roof, he lands in a dumpster] [Outside the museum] Vecchio: So you fell? Fraser: Yes I fell. Vecchio: You fell. Fraser: Yes Ray, I fell. Vecchio: Oh no you see that just doesn't make any sense because Mounties don't just fall, they leap they bound, grad-jete but they don't just fall. Fraser: I think I knew him. Vecchio: Who the thief? Fraser: Yes. Vecchio: And you got a good look at him whilst you were dangling there? Fraser: Well no Ray of course not. The truth is I'm not sure what it was I saw. [In the Interrogation room. Robber 1/Fraser/Ray present] Vecchio: We've got your picture out on the wire sooner or later it's going to come back with a name and a place And you will have wasted a great deal of this detective's time and in the process made him very angry so why don't you make it easy on yourself? Robber [David]: I told you I came to see a Blackhawks game. Vecchio: You know the museums a funny place to be catching a game. Fraser: Your partner took the masks and left you hanging there why are you protecting him. Robber: I got nothing to say. [Ray slams robber's head onto table] Fraser: Okay Ray. Vecchio: Let me tell you something... Fraser: Ray-Ray-Ray-Ray, he's right there's nothing he can do for us. Vecchio: Well there's nothing we can do for him. Fraser [In Tsimshian]: Would you like a glass of water. {David just stares at him] Vecchio: So what was that, some form of secret Canadian you only speak to one another. Fraser: Tsimshian. Vecchio: That was going to be my next guess. Fraser: I'm a little rusty but he seems to understand what I meant. Elaine: Oh there you are. You're right he's Canadian. One misdemeanor, charges dropped. David Kitikmeot from Nak-I-na? Fraser: Kakina. Vecchio: That's Canadian for frozen, or cold or maybe even Tundra. Fraser: Thank you kindly Elaine. Elaine: Not so fast Welsh wants to see you and you've got visitors. [Welsh's office] Thatcher: Miss Dechamp is here representing the French government, Mrs. Kelly, the Canadian. The Masks? Fraser: Nothing to report Sir. Thatcher: You weren't able to apprehend the thief? Fraser: No Sir, I'm afraid not. Thatcher: That's not good enough is it? Fraser: No sir it's not. Vecchio: Look he grad-jeted 50 ft off that roof trying to get that guy.. he's lucky to be alive. Thatcher: Of course Vecchio: Nice shirt. Thatcher [tucking said article into her skirt] : Yes...well... you caught me changing. Vecchio: I'm sure we did. Fraser: Were are interrogating a suspect. A Canadian citizen apprehended at the museum, May I? Welsh: Are they all this polite? Thatcher: He's native? Fraser: Yes he is Canadian: That makes sense. Duchamp: Lieutenant, My government is very concerned you see we have received demands by the Canadian Aboriginal people for the return of our half of the masks. Kelly: As has our government. Welsh: Meaning. Fraser: It's a Tsimshian religious symbol Sir, and apparently they would like it back. Welsh: That's understandable. Dechamp: But irrelevant they sold it to us. Kelly: And us. Fraser: Well that would appear to be a matter of considerable dispute. Welsh: Really. Thatcher: needless to say if the masks are not recovered by the gala opening on Saturday. Welsh: I trust you can put aside your many open cases and give this one your complete undivided attention. Vecchio: Most definitely sir. Welsh: I thought so. Dechamp: Thank you for your co operation Lieutenant. Welsh: My pleasure. Thatcher: We'll discuss this later. Fraser: I'm sure we will sir. Kelly: Leftenant. Duchamp: Lieutenant. [they leave Welsh's Office.] Duchamp: Detective Vecchio, I trust you will grant the French all the courtesy that you extend to the Canadians. Vecchio: Of course. Duchamp: Thank you. Vecchio: Au revoir. Duchamp: Au revoir.... Vecchio: Women 101 learn at least one word in every foreign language. Fraser: Understood. Louise: Vecchio. Fraser: For this one? Vecchio: Va moose? Louise: Freeze detective. Fraser: Ray would you [Hands him a paper cone of water and makes a quick get away] Vecchio: Coward... Louise did I tell you how good you look in green. Now if this is about our date on Saturday night. Louise: My office tells me that you have a minor child in custody against all good sense and logic. Vecchio: Oh he's no choir boy Louise. Louise: Would you please explain this to me Detective and please also tell me that you are not actually interrogating him under these circumstances. Vecchio: Louise [hands her the cone of water ] Thank you. [In the Interview room..David makes a paper thunderbird. Fraser and Ray watch from behind the one way mirror] Vecchio: Well since he's 17 and juvie's full, child welfare are going to take him to a temporary shelter. St. Laurent made a deal with the public defender to pedal him until charges are laid tomorrow. In consideration of the conversation we did not have with him. Fraser: He'll disappear. Vecchio: Yeah well, we don't have a lot of choice it's out of our hands...all right....come on. [Fraser gets the discarded paper bird] [Outside in Riv] Social worker: OK David.. here we go. It's just around the corner. You hungry? Fraser: So what happens now? Vecchio: Child welfare gets comfortable and turns on the cable and we spend the rest of the night out on our bunions that's what...Waste of time [David runs out having hit the social worker] Vecchio: I'll get the social worker Fraser: I'll take David. Vecchio [To social worker]: Are you all right. Social worker: Yeah I'm all right. Vecchio: Yeah. [Fraser chases David into the underground station. David and Fraser shadow each other sliding in and out of the train, David gets the upper hand and gets off the train he had got on and jumps onto another, Fraser chases it down platform but doesn't manage to catch it. David waves to him from the train] [Ray and loads of cops turn up] Vecchio: I knew I didn't trust that kid... [Fraser's apartment] Eric: I was wondering when you'd get here Mountie. Fraser: I was wondering when you would show up... Hello Eric. [Dief whines] Eric: David is young and idealistic. When we heard that the masks would be brought together and David and another Tsimshian boy disappeared from their village I knew where he would go. This thunderbird is a symbol of a worried society that is calling to our youth together now a days when youth feel the power of the spirit they are not patient and willing to leave this to their elders or the proper authorities they will take things into their own hands. Fraser: It was you wasn't it. Eric: Me? Fraser: On the roof of the museum Eric: What took you to the roof of a museum? Fraser: A thief. Eric: David's friend Joshua Springer perhaps.. Fraser: I don't think so. It was you. Eric: I was here you can ask your wolf. [Dief whines] Fraser: It was you. Eric: I heard a story once it tells of a man who became a raven and went to skyworld to steal the sun. The raven stole the sun and brought it back to his people so that they could have light. But left skyworld blind. Perhaps it was the raven you saw on the roof... Fraser: No it was a man I saw on the roof and I'm going to find him. Eric: You will [Next bit plenty of subtext going on... you get the feeling that Fraser thinks the masks should be back with their 'rightful' if not lawful owners and so does Eric, both leave a lot unsaid] Fraser: Yes I will and then I will arrest him and I will return the masks. Eric: I'm going to find my nephew, David and I'm going to return the masks. Fraser: Then we both seek the same thing. Eric: maybe I could help you. David left a trail, left a lot of tracks behind him. Fraser: Good.. so we understand each other. Eric: So this is where you sleep Fraser: Well.. yes..you're welcome to stay Eric: It's a bit cramped. Fraser: It's not that bad once you get used to it. Eric: You've changed Mountie. Fraser: I've changed? Eric [goes to fire escape] I'll be comfortable out here. [Girl throws a ball at Fraser who is asleep in his bed...waking him] Eric: Finally, I thought you were going to sleep all day. Fraser: It's six in the morning.. what are they doing here? Eric: Cooking. Fraser: Did you invite them? Eric: They're my family I could hardly keep them away. Fraser: Ah... Victoria, Albert.. It's been quite a long time. Victoria: Hello Fraser, Are you all right? Fraser: Yes I'm quite fine thank you. Victoria: Oh. Albert: I brought a TV I hope you don't mind we don't want to miss our programs. Fraser: No please, make yourselves at home Albert: Chicago doesn't seem to have a very good selection. Fraser: I was unaware of that. Victoria: We're just happy to be here Fraser. Fraser: And why are you here? Victoria: We were worried about David and I've always wondered about the architecture here. Fraser: Ah Albert: Have you found him? Fraser: No but we are looking. Albert: Well you've wasted half the day Victoria: Breakfast? Fraser: No thank you I'm already quite full.. Eric: Let's go.... Fraser: Eric I have to confess to feeling a little bit of embarrassment regarding my incompetence as a host. I'm not to mention some real concerns about over crowding Eric: I guess none of us figured on the apartment being so small, good thing Sarah and Patty didn't come those two couldn't pack light if their house was on fire. Fraser: Right...Well... Let's call Ray. [opening the apartment door] Sarah: We left our shoes in the hall. [there are a LOT of shoes in the hallway] [Outside the apartment] Eric: I'm sure they will be fine. Thanks for leaving them the guide book. Fraser: Ray, this is Eric from the Territories, he's here to help us look for David and his friend and he may be able to offer some assistance in finding the masks Vecchio: Hey Eric... Eric: David rented a car in Chicago using a stolen credit card Vecchio: Oh yeah, I know this place it's on the south side... Fraser there's black smoke coming out of your apartment.. Fraser: Not to worry. Let's go. Vecchio: Not to worry? Fraser: It's a cooking fire, Ray It's completely harmless. Believe it or not there is an entire family of Tsimshian living up there. Vecchio: Yeah what are they trying to elect, the pope?.... Let's see what we've got here... 'Belisima's' no... no... too expensive, I don't want her thinking I'm trying to impress her which I am but we don't want her to think that. Fraser: Ray, pedestrian. Vecchio: Where? ...Oh... Thanks Fraser: Who's the she you refer to? Vecchio: St. Laraunt. Fraser: States Attorney St. Laraunt? Vecchio: Yeah, I'm taking her out to dinner Saturday night. Eric could you hold the wheel for me? Oh Balardies' .. nah... I go there to often.. If it doesn't work out I wont be able to go back there for a couple of weeks. Fraser: What do you mean if it doesn't work out. Vecchio: Oh you know it is with women. When they tell you nothing fancy, pick me up at 8, dress casual, what they really mean is you'd better do it up first class and break the bank at every turn or they're going to fit you with goat's horms. You know what I'm saying? Eric: Remind me to ask you later. Fraser: I have no idea what he's talking about .... Vecchio: Hey Benny do me a favor, you pick one out. Fraser: Crabs and Things. Vecchio: Would you give that to Eric please. Eric: Hey how about the Loose Moose. Vecchio: Give me that. You guys no nothing about wining and dining women. Eric, hold the wheel. [Car Rental Shop: There is a youth behind the counter, Ray flashes his badge.] Youth: Cops. Cool. Vecchio: Look I need you to look up the rental that was made using this credit card number. Youth [looking on computer]: Here we go .. oh yeah.. I remember this guy.. Indian .. medium height... dark hair, rented a white mid size... very polite... Canadian driver's license. Vecchio: You got a Chicago address? Youth: Err... the real one or the one he gave me? Vecchio: You want to expand on that? Youth: Well.. I'm pretty sure the one he gave me was made up but when he pulled out his credit card there was a receipt from a rooming house so I put both the addresses into the computer. Vecchio [to Fraser]: Sneaky.. I like that. Fraser: Excuse me if the information he gave you regarding his address was false would it not follow that the info he gave you vis:a:vis his intention to pay for the car or to return said vehicle would also be false? Vecchio: Give us the second address. [large area of concrete on which is a stripped car] Vecchio: 845 Dearness St. Lying little clerk... Well your pal David's sitting somewhere laughing at us right about now...we're never going to find him... Eric: Let's have a look Vecchio: It's been stripped. Fraser: On the contrary Ray, you just have to know what to look for... hamburger. [Dief whines] Fraser [Tossing hamburger to Dief]: Oh all right. Eric: Special sauce... McDonalds.. his favorite. Vecchio: Really cause I was hoping this trail of evidence would lead us to Wendy's. Eric: Fraser Look. Fraser: Ah yes excellent preservation. Vecchio: What? Fraser: You don't see it? Vecchio: No what? What is it? Eric: A footprint. Vecchio: Well how do you know it's his? Eric: Mukluked feet leave and odd indentation Fraser: Not as odd as a Rez runner. Eric: No those are tough but you know with a pair of mufflers his size, his weight, the wear on the soles, his knees are slightly bowed since birth... Vecchio: Oh come on there must be a hundred footprints here.. you mean to tell me there's not one car stripper in this neighborhood with bowed knees? Fraser: Ray, Please the man knows what he is doing. Eric: Special sauce. It's him. Vecchio: I don't believe this we're tracking a happy meal. [Duchamp sat watching smoking in car.] [On the street] Vecchio: Let me guess... french fries? Fraser: No.[ Fraser stops walking Eric carries on and then turns back] Eric: Yes, of course, I would've missed it.. you're still sharp Fraser.[Fraser looks smug, knowing that Eric missed it on purpose] Vecchio: So what is it? Apple pie, Chicken McNuggets? Fraser [Smugness spread all over his face]: David ditched the car, doubled back, then he went inside, Eric missed it. Vecchio: Why is this my life? Mounties, wolves, Tsimshian? [In the apartment block] Janitor: Second on the right. Fraser: Thank you kindly Vecchio: All right beat it... I hope this doesn't take to long I've got reservations to make. Police! Open up!. Eric: Do we need a warrant? Fraser: I'll let him explain it to you. [Ray kicks in the door.] Fraser: You see none required. Eric: David was here. Vecchio: Yeah the kid travels light. Fraser: The second boy from David's village? Eric: Joshua Springer. Fraser: Joshua Springer... Doesn't eat much does he? [Points to the one plate that has been washed up.] Eric: Apparently. [Ray finds a loose floor tile in the bathroom... under it is the masks] Vecchio: Hey Fraser, Look what I've found. [hands masks to Eric] That was easy. Fraser: Yes very. [museum] Curator: I'm sure you must be feeling very conflicted at the moment. But I want you to know that because of your efforts thousands of people are going to be able to share in the beauty of those masks. Thank you. Eric: Will they pay? Curator: What admission? Yes of course....three fifty. Why? Eric: Oh, just doing some math. Kelly: This is very exciting I'll call Ottawa. Thatcher: I've already taken care of that. Kelly: The newspapers should be told. Thatcher: Already done. Dechamp: And the French government? Thatcher: I'll leave that to you. Dechamp: Thank you. Vecchio: How do you know? Fraser: I just know. Vecchio: Yes but how? Fraser: Well how does anyone know anything, Ray... you just... you know. Thatcher: Good work Constable. Fraser: I hope so sir. Sir regarding the masks is the curator quite satisfied? Thatcher: Yes. Fraser: And Mrs. Kelly and Ms Dechamp? Thatcher: Absolutely. Fraser: And yourself sir? Thatcher: I don't want to hear this do I? Vecchio: No Constable Fraser believes it was too easy. Thatcher: Ah he does. Fraser: Well yes sir...and I believe that if we were to bring in a native expert, someone who was impartial... Thatcher: There are no impartial natives when it comes to these masks Fraser. Why don't I suggest a more constructive use of your time ... sell these.. Fraser: Tickets? Thatcher: For the opening night gala. You have a table to sell... get cracking. Fraser: Yes Sir Vecchio: How much? Fraser: $100 a ticket Vecchio: Wow. Eric: Party huh? Vecchio: Black tie... a hundred a plate. Eric: plus three fifty admission... [adding up the profits] [In Riv outside Fraser's apartment...White smoke is now pouring out of the window] Vecchio: Ah looks like we got a pope. Eric: We're late...we'd better hurry, there'll be a line up... Vecchio: A line up? Fraser: A sweat lodge Ray. Vecchio: There's a sweat lodge in your apartment? Fraser: Yes! [Walking up to his apartment]: Mrs. Garcia. Miss Krezfapolov Albert: Did you find David? Fraser: No. Albert: Did you find the masks? Eric: Yes Fraser: No. Albert: Times up. Mr. Mustafi: [coming out of the sweat lodge]: Hey Fraser! Love your guests. Can I borrow this later? Albert: Of course. Vecchio: They built a sauna in your living room. Fraser: A sweat lodge Ray. Vecchio: Like there's a difference. Fraser: Oh yes...a sauna eases tired muscles. The purpose of a sweat is for spiritual purification. Vecchio: Well there's no way I'm getting purified. I'm not going to take my clothes off and sit in 100 degrees surrounded by other people sweating. Patty: Sarah's gone in with Albert and I need a partner. Vecchio: Okay, so where do I change? [Eric and Fraser in the sweat lodge] Eric: I remember you almost fainted the first time I brought you into one of these. Fraser: I was 1ten. Eric: You were scrawny then. Fraser: I still am. Eric: But you can still move fast. [referring to on the museum roof] [Fraser's vision. There is a man dancing with the masks. The masks get smashed] Vecchio: You guys finished Patty and I are waiting to sweat. [Outside walking towards the Riv.] Vecchio: You robbed me of a very important spiritual moment back there Fraser. Fraser: I saw Eric in a vision, Ray Vecchio: No what you saw was a dancing man and a big black bird where I come from that is not called a vision. Fraser: The bird is the raven, the raven is the trickster, the trickster came to return the masks to the Tsimshian people. Vecchio: Raven's do not break into museums. Fraser: No they don't, but Eric did. Eric is the trickster, what he discovered was the masks were fake, he knew if he led me to the fakes I would in turn lead him to the real ones. Vecchio: So that's what we're doing? Fraser: Yes, it's all part of his plan. Vecchio: Great, so now we're playing his game and you're tracking by vision. Fraser: Yes Vecchio: Normally this would be cause for concern but seeing we don't have any hard evidence or any real clues, dreaming some up might not be such a bad idea. Fraser: Well we at least have this much, Ray, if the masks he took are fakes, tnen someone must have stolen the real ones and replaced them. Vecchio: Well that would require a forger. Fraser: Yes it would.... Do you know any forgers? Vecchio: Yeah Fraser: Can we go and talk to them? Vecchio: Sure.... would you like to do that now? Fraser: Preferably. [The stairs of a really dingy building.] Fraser: This was your friends only suggestion? Vecchio: This is Chicago, Fraser. Not a lot of call for forgers who carve in volcanic rock. Fraser: The door is ajar. Vecchio: Yeah... Not a good sign. [There is a dead guy on the floor of the room behind the 'ajar' door.] [A person gets away through an open window, Fraser follows, Ray retraces his steps] [Outside they apprehend the fleeing person....] Vecchio: Freeze. Fraser: Ms Duchamp? Duchamp: I didn't kill him. Vecchio: Tell it to the judge... excuez-moi. You have the right to remain silent, anything you do say will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can not afford an attorney one will be appointed to you free of charge...[David is watching from behind a building] [Interview room at the 27th] Duchamp: Thousands of dollars of art are stolen every year and finds its way into private collections but for every dollar stolen there's ten forgeries hanging in galleries all over the world. Even experts at the Louvre have purchased such fakes. Can I smoke? Vecchio: No Fraser: And what about the masks? Duchamp.: All I can tell you is this: When I left Paris the French half of the masks was very and definitely real. Vecchio: So what's with all the cloak and dagger stuff? Duchamp: When I...er..saw a that constable Fraser was working with the Tsimshian I felt it was in my government's best interest to find out were allegiances rested. Fraser: Allegiance is based on trust You don't appear to be a very trusting person, Ms Duchamp. Duchamp: Appearances can be deceptive. Vecchio: Oh let's cut through the bull. You killed the forger. Duchamp: I did not. I did not kill him. Vecchio: No you just dropped by to take his pulse. Elaine [Sticking her head round the door]: Vecchio...[Ray goes with Elaine] Ballistics. The bullet that killed him was a 45, hers was a 9mm. No match. Vecchio: Time of death? Elaine: Between noon and one. Vecchio: Hey Benny...[Fraser joins them] Vecchio: She didn't kill him. Fraser: I know... Look out. [He spies Louise approaching] Louise: You have a French citizen with diplomatic immunity in there being interviewed and I have a very angry French official in my office. Now tell me, what do those two things mean to you. Vecchio: Just another opportunity to see your lovely face Louise. [hands her the file] She's all yours. Louise: Thank you ... What's the catch? Vecchio: Oh Louise, I'm hurt. Louise: Just wait till tomorrow night.. Vecchio: Hey Benny... How did you know.. Okay so if it wasn't her then who was it... no, no, no don't tell me...The curator? Fraser: No. He may be guilty of forgery and switching the masks but he's not a killer. Vecchio: David, he's an activist. Fraser: He's a thief not a killer. Vecchio: Well ...Eric... no he was in the sweat lodge with us... there's nobody else. Fraser: Well actually there is. [museum, Kelly is with the curator] Kelly: Change of plan I'm leaving tonight. [Ray and Fraser in the Riv.] Vecchio: The Canadian? The Canadian is the killer? On that's so unCanadian... [Back to the museum] Kelly: This time tomorrow we'll be rich. [hey walk out of the museum and David is there.] David: You have something that doesn't belong to you...[Shot is fired, Fraser and Ray arrive at the museum run to the scene] Vecchio: Police Freeze... [To the curator] hands behind your head [They all chase Kelly into the museum Vecchio: Stop... You don't want to hurt anybody. Fraser: I believe she already has. Kelly: Quiet. Fraser: Sorry. Kelly: Get the case please... over there. Fraser: I'm afraid those masks don't belong to you. Do they Eric? [Eric comes out of the shadows] Eric: I'm glad you agree. Vecchio: What about the other guy. Fraser: There was no other guy, there was no Joshua Springer was there? Eric: No. Fraser: No.. there was only you and David. Eric: Right. Kelly: Those are my masks. Eric: Maybe you haven't changed. Fraser: No I haven't. Eric [in Tsimshian to David]: "Give me the gun" David [in Tsimshian to Eric]: No. Eric [in Tsimshian to David] : The gun [David throws the gun to Eric] Fraser: Good now we all know where we stand. Vecchio: Drop the gun Eric or I'm going to have to shoot you.... Eric: I think you've got your hands full American. Fraser: Give me the gun I'll return the masks and perhaps the governments involved won't prosecute. Eric: I think that's highly unlikely. Fraser: All right let's explore another option, you kill me, you take the masks and you escape. Eric: Now that's a plan too. I shot a caribou once. The next time I looked he turned into a man. Fraser: You saved my life I was grateful. Eric: And now. Fraser: And now you may have to shoot me. Eric:[In Tshimshian to David] Run now. [In English]You win Mountie. [Eric follows after David] Vecchio: Both hands behind your head. [Fraser looks at the two cases which contained the masks one has masks in but two are gone..] [outside] Vecchio: Let me guess Eric's disappeared. Fraser: He does seem to have a knack for that. Vecchio: Yeah so I noticed. Well.. at least you've got your masks back. Fraser: Yes it would seem that everything's where it should be. [Fraser's office] Thatcher: Well I'm off. Fraser: Well good, you're off. Thatcher: Ah have you written your report yet? Fraser: It'll be on you desk in the morning Sir. Thatcher: Thank you. I er... Fraser: Yes sir... Thatcher: Nothing... You won't be mentioning anything outside the case, will you? Fraser: Excuse me? Thatcher: In your report. Will anything of a personal nature about anyone be making it into your report? Fraser: A personal nature, Sir? Thatcher: Don't be coy, Fraser. Fraser: I'm not trying to be Sir. Thatcher: You know damn well I had communication with the curator outside of office hours. Fraser: Well no actually I..I.. wasn't aware that...I mean... Thatcher: Look I had one perfectly innocent lunch with a criminal. All right. One lunch and one dinner... and a couple of drinks ...I think... Fraser: Ah. Thatcher: Never mind, do what you will. Fraser: Sir. Thatcher: What? Fraser: Quite honestly I have no idea what you are talking about. Thatcher: Oh good..... Thank you. Fraser: Yes sir. [Dief whines] Fraser [To Dief]: What? [Dief whines] Fraser [To Dief]: Oh please.... [Fraser's apartment Ray and Louise are in the sweat lodge [the camera is outside the sweat lodge] Louise: Well I have to hand it to you, Ray, you really know how to show a girl a good time, different but good. Vecchio: Hey that's me and just wait until you've tried this. Louise: Oh Ray [Tshimshian Party outside somewhere they are all wearing black tie. The masks are seen in the foreground. Champagne flows] Everyone: To the masks.
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