08x14 - Heist for the Holidays (Part 2)

[bunniefuu]

- [UPBEAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]
- MARK: Previously, on Hudson and Rex...

RADIO HOST: Well, it's five
days to Christmas, St. John's.

- Laura!
- I took an earlier flight.

I wanted to surprise
you! Merry Christmas.

SARAH: I'm not sure quiet St. John's

can compete with my mother's
usual big city festive season.

But I'm taking her to see that
marble sculpture at the cathedral.

Oh, the Veiled Madonna!

It only comes out at this time of year.

And as an art expert, your
mother's going to absolutely love it.

I know that man.

- He's not supposed to be here.
- [CAMERA PHONE SNAPPING]

MARK: This guy is a client of yours?

LAURA: I negotiated
a plea bargain for him

on money laundering charges.

And what about the buyer?

Used the name Bob Ladron.

Okay, mystery man, laundering
millions of dollars of his own money.

- Who is this Bob?
- He's a ghost.

[REX YELPS]

And why choose some random
contractor in Halifax?

I know how it might look
suddenly leaving Halifax.

You have to admit, the
timing's a little suspicious.

MARK: I need to see in that box.

MATTHEW: Please don't tell my family.

They don't know anything about this.

MARK: Rex, meet Holly.

Holly, meet...

Yeah.

MATTHEW: I just wanted to give
Cooper a magical Christmas

before I go to prison.

- OLIVER: Nobody move!
- DONOVAN: Take it easy.

- [REX GROWLS]
- MARK: Easy, Rex.

OLIVER: Give me the box!

- [g*n FIRES]
- [GUESTS SCREAM]

[REX BARKS]

[ENGINE STARTING]

- [TIRES SCREECHING]
- Rex!

DISPATCH: All units, be on the lookout

for a black pickup truck.

Make and model unknown.

K9 officer last seen
in an open cargo bed.

- Driver is armed and dangerous.
- [HOLLY WHINES]

MARK: We've got to find Rex
and Holly before Christmas.

- [HOLLY WHINES]
- [SOFT MUSIC]

[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC]

[SOFT MUSIC]

MARK: Matthew survived the sh**ting

but is still unconscious.

And there's no sign of the sh**ter.

DONOVAN: I've called in
every available officer

but they may have already left the city.

MARK: Yeah, and disappeared
into the maze of back roads

- in Central Newfoundland.
- Mark, we are going to find him.

Do we have the cell footage
that Matthew's wife was recording

- when her husband was shot?
- Jesse's pulling it up right now.

JESSE: Right, here's the exact moment

that the sh**ter enters
the Tibb's Eve party.

OLIVER: Nobody move!

DONOVAN: You really think
this was a targeted hit?

MARK: Absolutely.

See how he zeroes in
on Matthew immediately,

demands the present in his
arms and then shoots him

- even though he's putting up no resistance.
- [g*n FIRES]

I don't think he had any idea
what was in that box or cared.

He certainly didn't know
it was an innocent puppy.

So do we think this guy just dressed up

like the mummer g*ng to lay the
blame for the sh**ting on them?

Not knowing that we had
Santa Pants here in custody?

But if that's true, then who sent
the hitman to take care of Matthew?

Well, everything points towards
the international criminal

that Matthew claims tricked
him into committing a crime.

The elusive Bob.

DONOVAN: We've only got a
picture of the back of his head.

So it's time to take a deeper
look at our family man from Halifax.

He may not be as innocent as he looks.

JESSE: All right.

I'll head back to the inn.

I'll collect his electronics
and check in with Sarah.

I'll drop by the hospital.

Maybe Matthew's wife knows
more than she's saying.

Yeah, we'll have helicopters
in the air at first light

looking for the sh**ter.

- We're going to find Rex.
- Yeah.

I know he can take care of
himself, Joe. I'm just...

worried of the risks that Rex might take

if he's in protector mode.

I mean, he is not going to let
anything happen to that puppy.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[HOLLY WHINES]

PAIGE: So having the b*llet
will help track the sh**ter.

Yeah, examining the unique striations

impressed into the
projectile from the barrel

could help determine if the weapon
was used in a previous crime.

You know, all these years, I never
worried about you and your work.

But now that I see how
dangerous it is, I...

Mom, you don't need to be concerned.

Oh, that's no longer
an option, sweetheart.

But I've never been more proud either.

Oh!

Mom.

JESSE: I think Matthew's laptop

could help us track down
Rex and the sh**ter.

RAE: And little Holly, too.

I feel so sorry for Cooper.

Look...

I'm sorry your whole inn

has turned into a crime
scene on Christmas.

It's what brought us back together.

- I actually have a confession to make.
- Yeah?

Remember how I sat behind
you in medieval history?

Uh-huh.

I prefer the Renaissance era.

I just hoped we'd become friends.

There's no crime in that.

[SOFT MUSIC]

MARK: Hey.

He's still unconscious.

- Nothing's changed.
- Okay.

I need to talk to Matthew's wife, Dawn.

I offered to represent her

as the wife of an existing client.

Of course you did.

We can talk out here.

Yeah, sure.

Dawn, Mark may have to ask
you some difficult questions.

But why question me?

Shouldn't you be out there
looking for this mummer g*ng?

We believe your husband may
have been targeted, Dawn.

That the crime was only staged
to look like the mummer robberies.

You think someone meant to k*ll Matthew?

MARK: Do you know why anyone
might want to harm your husband?

Could it have something to do with

this man, Bob?

The criminal Matthew
claims he only met once?

I would advise you to be forthcoming.

The sh**ter is still out there.

You need to protect your family.

Matthew is a good man.

He's a good husband and a good father.

But I questioned his reasons

for the sudden trip to St. John's.

You think he might have
come here to meet with Bob?

We have reason to believe
that he's also in St. John's.

I don't know.

But there were mysterious phone calls

before and after we got here.

Okay.

I confronted him

but the surprise puppy
seemed to explain all that.

But?

The night before last,

I woke up in the night
and Matthew was gone.

I looked all over the inn, but...

He came back about an hour later.

How did he explain his absence?

He said he just went out for a walk

to look at the Christmas lights

soaking in the last of his freedom.

But you didn't believe him?

DAWN: I know Matthew
would never do anything

that might harm me and Cooper.

But I think he's in trouble.

And that it's getting worse.

Is my dad going to wake up soon?

... Um

He's going to give me
a puppy for Christmas.

You know about Holly?

I saw her.

But now she's gone.

Um, we're going to do everything
we can to set this right.

Okay, Cooper?

- Promise?
- MARK: Mm-hmm.

My partner Rex is also on the job.

It's okay. It's going to be okay.

I promise.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

PILOT: Copy that, Search One.

Starting the first leg
of the grid search.

[HOLLY WHINES]

[PHONE CHIMES]

Bob. All set.

Everything went as planned.

Is that so?

Well, I've got news for you, Oliver.

He's still alive.

Listen, uh...

Look, I'm sorry. I saw that guy go down.

Just get to the rendezvous
spot and meet me there.

And Oliver, dump whatever
you took at the inn.

I don't want anything connected
to that botched sh**ting.

Yeah, will do.

[REX SNIFFS]

[REX SNIFFS]

[HOLLY WHINES]

[HOLLY YELPS]

[REX BARKS]

What have we got?

We've got helicopters searching
for Rex and the sh**ter

setting up a grid. Joe's supervising.

I ran the b*llet striations
through the system

but no matches in the Canadian database.

I'm going international.

Okay, have we tracked
Matthew's movements

the night that he left the inn?

Through his cell phone and CCTV.

I pick him up intermittently.

He heads south from the inn.

Then I lose him in the park.

But then I pick him
up again on the other side.

There.

SARAH: But now he's
got some kind of crate?

MARK: And where's he going with it?

Straight uphill.

To the cathedral?

JESSE: Where he has a key
to the underground vaults.

SARAH: Why would he be sneaking

into the cathedral in the dead of night?

MARK: Because he plans
to bring something back out?

You mean steal from the church?

It could be, because 15 minutes later,

he leaves with the crate.

If Matthew did steal something,

what is it?

Remember how I said I was
taking my mom to see the statue

- they put on display for Christmas?
- Yeah.

- The Veiled Madonna.
- Veiled Madonna.

Veiled Madonna.

JESSE: Okay, a marble sculpture

by Italian artist Giovanni Strazza,

primarily resides at
the Presentation Convent.

But is transferred to the
cathedral for Christmas services.

So we think that Bob

got Matthew to steal the Madonna

and then he tried to have Matthew
k*lled to cover his tracks.

If we're right, we're a step
closer to catching these guys

and getting Rex home for Christmas.

[HOLLY YELPS]

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

DONOVAN: You think Bob got Matthew

to steal the Veiled
Madonna from the cathedral?

Mark's on his way there now to confirm.

If the mayor was enraged
by the mummer g*ng,

she's going to be absolutely
nuclear over this one.

So Bob may be a high-end art thief?

Well, makes sense.

He steals the art, sells it, then
needs to launder the proceeds.

Well, we need to get an
ID and track this Bob down.

Jesse, send me a list
of suspected art thieves

who are still at large.

I'll get my mom to reach out
to other high-end designers.

You think an interior designer
would know an art thief?

Well, the art most likely ends up

decorating wealthy mansions.

Designers like to talk.

I couldn't track Matthew's
return from the cathedral.

He took a different route.

Now, uniforms they combed the park

but I'll get them to search
the inn for that lost crate.

I'm guessing you would have told us

if there was any sign of Rex out there?

[BIRDS CALLING]

[HOLLY YELPS]

[HOLLY WHINES]

[HOLLY BARKS]

FATHER FRANCIS: We discovered
the door to the vaults

unlocked this morning

but didn't imagine that someone

might have stolen the Veiled Madonna.

She's been venerated in
this parish for generations.

Okay, where and what
exactly are the vaults?

They're old tunnels

that connect various
buildings on the grounds.

It's a maze down there.

Now I understand the statue
resides at the convent

for the most part?

It's here only a few days
leading up to Christmas Eve.

I suspect the thief may
have been aware of this.

Would anyone outside of the cathedral

have access to the vaults?

There's an entrance-way on the grounds

but the key's been lost for years.

Does the name Matthew
Flannagan mean anything to you?

Not that I know of.

There was a Malcolm Flanagan
employed here for decades.

He was the groundskeeper.

Might have had a grandson named Matt.

I'll be sure to look into that.

The statue is supposed to be under here.

I think you'd better
brace yourself, Father.

[ANGELIC MUSIC]

She's here.

- I don't understand.
- No, neither do I.

But I think I know who
might be able to help.

[BELLS JINGLING]

RAE: You're looking for the wooden crate

that Matthew had?

Yeah, yeah, it's a bit
bigger than a bread box.

I always found that phrase odd.

- Bread box.
- Well, I mean,

it's from a popular 1950s game show,

sort of like 20 Questions.

You know, asking "Is it
bigger than a breadbox"

sort of became a running gag

because bread boxes, they were
ubiquitous in kitchens at the time.

And I realize now that
I'm just rambling so much.

[RAE LAUGHS]

Don't be sorry.

I like your explanations.

You know,

I'm sorry all this has ruined your
first holiday season in St. John's.

I'm trying not to
think about it too much

when everyone else is
going through so much worse.

Yeah, but you're
allowed to feel sad, too.

Hey.

I have a question for you.

Yeah?

Would you like to come to
my Christmas movie marathon?

Only if you're showing
"It's a Wonderful Life."

- It's my favourite.
- Really?

I am showing that!

Okay, I think an angel
just got her wings!

- Uh-huh?
- [BELLS JINGLING]

Okay, I'm...

- I'm going to go back to work.
- Yeah.

Help find that mystery wooden crate.

- Oh, this is yours actually.
- Okay.

[CROWS CAWING]

[HOLLY WHINES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[HOLLY SNIFFING]

Who's there? Bob?

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[PHONE CHIMING]

Bob, I'm here. All set.

Everything tying me to the
mummers is accounted for.

BOB: I'm on my way to
collect the merchandise.

And I wouldn't mess up
again if I were you.

[BOB HANGS UP]

[HOLLY WHINES]

PAIGE: So you have some mugshots

you want me to look at?

- Suspected art thieves.
- Oh!

Mostly surveillance photos.

Well, I have a very wide
circle of friends, Sarah

but I don't think it
includes out-and-out thieves.

[SARAH LAUGHS]

Here.

Take your time.

It can be difficult to
recognize someone out of context.

And some of these shots are years old.

- You just have to swipe.
- Oh.

Huh!

Oh, nobody looks particularly familiar.

But dubious characters and high-end art

do tend to go hand-in-hand.

Of course, I'm always very
careful when purchasing.

Make sure that there's
a clear chain of title.

SARAH: I remember being a little girl

and going to the charity
auctions with you at Christmas,

watching you outbid everyone else.

- It was very exciting.
- Well, I'm glad.

I'm sorry I wasn't home
with you more, though.

Don't be! Having a
successful, talented mom

was great inspiration.

Well, I wish I could be
more help here, but...

Wait. Wait, this man.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

I think he used to sell high-end
art in London decades ago.

Could be he was stealing
that art himself.

What was his name?

Robert.

Robert Chisholm.

Last I heard, he moved to Monaco

and that was years ago!

Mark, hey.

I think we may have an ID on Bob.

Well that's great.

Fill me in when you bring the
forensics team to the cathedral.

It'd be great if Paige came, too.

I have something I need her to look at.

Okay.

MARK: So Bob really is an
international art thief.

Jesse got back to me,

confirmed that Malcolm Flanagan
was Matthew's grandfather.

Hmm! Who presumably showed him

a secret way into the
cathedral as a boy.

You really think this might be a fake?

Well, think about it. What better
way for Bob to cover his tracks?

Swap out the real statue for a fake

so no one notices it's even gone.

That's what I want your
mother to determine.

OLIVER: It's right in
here, safe and sound.

Well, I've reached a conclusion.

I have no doubt at all.

This is the real Veiled Madonna.

And it's priceless.

- This is the fake.
- What?

Yeah, no, I picked it up in the park,

- just like you said.
- The grain in the marble.

It's not right. This is the one Matthew

was supposed to leave
behind at the cathedral.

And if I don't deliver the real one

to the buyer on Boxing Day,

I'm a dead man.

And so are you.

- Are you sure, Mom?
- Yes, I'm quite certain!

You can't get this kind
of Carrara marble anymore.

- [PHONE RINGS]
- SARAH: So what was Matthew doing here

in the middle of the night?
Saying a Christmas prayer?

Laura.

Mark, Matthew's awake

and he's trying to leave the hospital.

I'm on my way. Come on, Rex.

We'll find him.

[BELLS JINGLING]

MARK: Matthew's not going anywhere.

LAURA: The hospital has
no right to keep him.

He can leave against medical advice.

Not if I have anything to do with it.

Matthew, are you sure
this is a good idea?

I'm fine, Dawn.

I just want to get us home to Halifax.

MARK: Not before you answer
a few questions, Matthew,

about your late night
trip to the cathedral.

You know about that?

Um, why don't you two come
wait in the other room?

Come on.

Tell me everything, Matthew,

why you really came to St. John's,

why you went to the cathedral
in the middle of the night

and your real relationship to Bob.

I'm sorry, Matthew,
but as your attorney,

I would advise you to remain silent.

- Excuse me?
- LAURA: I don't think

my client should say anything more

until we've had a chance to debrief.

You know we need to find Bob and Rex.

I know. And it it kills me

to be the one to get in the way of that

but I have a client
and his family to protect.

As a lawyer, I took an oath, Mark.

And as a police officer, I took one too.

Matthew Flanagan, you're under
arrest for breaking and entering.

- Give me your hands.
- It's all right.

I'll come willingly.

I have to come clean,
Laura, about everything.

But promise you will protect my family,

no matter what happens to me.

I'll have an officer
take them back to the inn

where they'll be safe.

Let's go.

[LAURA SIGHS]

BOB: Because of your incompetence,

I have to go and steal the real Madonna

and find a way into
that cathedral myself!

What if Matthew talked?

Could be crawling with cops by now.

You'd better hope he hasn't.

See,

that's why I don't
let anybody see my face

and live.

PILOT: Search One. Still
no sign of a black pickup.

Heading further north.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SAD MUSIC]

Hey.

I'm on my way to a briefing.

I'm seeing what additional measures

we can implement in the search.

Yeah, Laura is having
a debrief with Matthew.

Maybe he can give us some
idea of where to look.

Right.

Not exactly the kind of holiday
any of us were planning on, is it?

- No, not exactly.
- Yeah.

You know, my mother,

she had it harder than me growing up.

The struggle was real.

Christmas was rough,

growing up without anyone or anything.

But she always had hope in her heart,

no matter what.

She always brought that with her.

And she didn't wait for it to come.

Don't be afraid to hope, Mark.

Yeah. Thanks, Joe.

[TOY SQUEAKS]

Matthew's ready to be interviewed.

MARK: Just to be clear about the
evidence we have against your client,

we have surveillance footage of Matthew

heading into the cathedral at night.

We have cell phone records

showing multiple calls

to an international burner phone.

Bob's perhaps.

And, it turns out
that your client's grandfather

who he visited as a boy,

was a groundskeeper at the church

who would have known the vaults beneath

like the back of his hand.

Thank you for being so
forthcoming, Detective.

Before you begin questioning,

my client has a statement to make.

I'm all ears.

[MATTHEW SIGHS]

I'd just like to say that
everything that I told Laura

and the judge in Halifax is true.

I only met Bob once.

And he tricked me into
breaking the law for him.

When did you learn that
he was an art thief?

Two weeks ago.

He contacted me out of nowhere

and threatened me.

Threatened you how?

He said I had to do a job for him

or my family would be in danger

once I start my prison sentence.

What was the job?

To come to St. John's

and steal the Veiled Madonna

and swap it out for a fake.

MARK: I'm not sure I understand.

We've had an art expert examine
the Veiled Madonna at the cathedral.

It's the real one.

I did everything I was
told until the last minute.

I entered the church through the vaults,

navigating the way my
grandfather taught me.

But when it came to
swapping the statue, I, uh...

I just froze.

I mean, what kind of husband
and father had I become,

stealing from a church?

At Christmas?

And then, I realized how
perfect the replica looked.

And I decided to return
the fake to the drop spot.

You double-crossed an
international criminal

and stuck around for a Tibb's Eve party?

The most suspicious
thing I could do was run.

And Bob could have just as easily

tracked me down in Halifax.

The replica looks so perfect,

I thought he would just sell it.

And no one would know the difference.

And at no point did you think

you should inform the police instead.

Or your lawyer.

I...

I was frightened

for Dawn and Cooper.

And I guess you didn't know

that the last part of
Bob's plan was to...

silence you forever.

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

- [g*n FIRES]
- But now I know,

none of us will be safe
until he is behind bars.

Sorry to interrupt.

A uniform just found
Holly's blanket on an off-grid road.

The helicopter is standing by
to take you to the location.

- MARK: Okay.
- I'll update the mayor.

- Good luck.
- Yeah, I don't need luck, Joe.

I've, uh... I've got hope.

Be careful out there.

I need you all home safe
and sound for Christmas.

[ELEVATOR PINGS]

Hope there's room in the chopper.

For sure.

[ENERGETIC MUSIC]

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

Rex!

Rex!

[SARAH SIGHS]

K9 unit's still en route

but that's definitely
two sets of paw prints.

Yeah, temperature's dropping fast.

But Rex wouldn't just head out
into the woods with a puppy.

No.

No, not without a plan.

But if he thought he could
get her somewhere safe...

MARK: Let's see if we can track them.

BOB: There must be some way
I can steal the real statue.

We've got to go, Bob.

Like, we got to get
right off the island.

You said you had some
money being wired, right?

BOB: We will get the money and then go.

But not empty-handed.

- Well, let's just take this and go!
- Don't!

- Don't touch her.
- [HOLLY WHIMPERING]

What the hell?

Oh!

[THEY CHUCKLE]

- Hey, puppy!
- How did you get here, hmm?

[HOLLY BARKS]

[DRAMATIC PERCUSSION]

[REX BARKING]

Oh holy crap!

Put that down!

Is this what you want?

[REX BARKS]

Just give him the puppy man
before he tears us apart.

He won't do anything that might
let this little one get hurt.

Will you, huh?

[REX BARKS]

- MARK: There's the black pickup.
- [HOLLY YELPS]

[REX GROWLS]

- Oh, we've got company.
- Cops!

Take care of them, now!

- [HOLLY WHIMPERS]
- [REX GROWLS]

- [REX BARKS]
- [g*n FIRES]

MARK: That's Rex!

OLIVER: Aggh!

[REX SNARLING]

- Aus!
- SARAH: I've got him!

Rex!

MARK: Hey!

- Rex!
- [REX BARKS]

[REX BARKS]

Hey!

It's okay, it's okay.
We'll catch up to him.

What?

Oh!

It's Holly's blanket.
It's how we found you!

- Hey!
- [REX WHINES]

[REX BARKS]

Wait, he still has her.

Hey.

You did a good job, okay?

We'll do everything we
can to bring her back.

I promise you.

I promise you.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

JESSE: Hey! There's a good boy!

- Hey!
- Well, I hope

you've got lots of extra treats.

Hey, it's so great to have you
back in time for Christmas!

[REX WHINES]

Hey, what's wrong, Rex? Is he okay?

Oh, he's fine physically.

Until we get Holly back, I
think he feels like he failed.

[REX WHINES]

JESSE: No. No, you didn't fail, big guy.

You kept Holly safe despite all odds.

Now it's up to the whole
team to bring her home.

And we do that by finding Bob.

Uh, we've got a BOLO out on that SUV

but without plates,

it's hiding amongst hundreds
of others like it on the island.

The airport and ferries are covered.

DONOVAN: And our
sh**ter aka Oliver Guthro,

has been transported back.

Let's see what he has to
say about his elusive boss.

Mmm. Mmm?

Ah, it's okay, bud.

- We're happy you're home.
- [REX WHINES]

Yeah.

Things aren't looking
too good for you, Oliver.

We have footage of you sh**ting Matthew.

We found the mummer disguise you wore.

Not to mention your GL*CK 17.

And I'm pretty sure the b*llet

we pulled out of the wall of the inn

is going to be a match.

I've got nothing to say.

You really want to go down for all this

and let Bob go free?

You're not worried that he
might put a hit out on you?

That's why I don't
let anybody see my face

and live.

[OLIVER SCOFFS]

MARK: Just like he did with Matthew.

You help me.

I tell the judge you cooperated.

Silence gets you nothing.

Where can we find Bob?

Look, I don't know where he is.

But he told me that he had
to find the real statue.

You really think he's going to try

and steal the Veiled Madonna again?

Told me he's a dead man

if he doesn't deliver
by Boxing Day, so...

You mind answering a question for me?

What's that?

Where'd that dog come from?

Back in the building.

And that little puppy?

Let's just call them Christmas miracles.

DONOVAN: So Oliver is convinced

that Bob is going to try
to steal the statue again.

And today's the last day that the
statue's going to be on display

- at the cathedral?
- After midnight mass on Christmas Eve,

it goes back to the convent on
the other side of the grounds

where security is a lot tighter.

Do we think he's going to
try to steal it en route?

He's got to know we're
going to be watching.

It's a suicide mission.

So is failing to deliver
it, according to Oliver.

[DONOVAN SIGHS]

I learned more about our art thief,

Robert Chisholm.

This photo is from two decades ago,

when Chisholm was suspected
of dozens of heists.

- No mugshots?
- JESSE: No.

Never caught, never arrested.

- So he's got the résumé for the job?
- Yeah.

Why don't we simply ask the priest

to remove the statue early?

Just keep it under lock and key.

Right, the mayor is going to love that.

The centuries-old tradition

of Newfoundland mummering tarnished.

Not to mention the
city's most precious statue

isn't on display Christmas Eve.

MARK: We need to capture Bob tonight

before we miss our last
chance to put him behind bars.

Oh, Holly's blanket.

We haven't forgotten about Holly.

- We have to remember that maybe Bob...
- What were you saying before?

About hope?

Okay.

We'd have to run this by Father Francis.

Ultimately, the decision on

how much to risk the
statue is up to him.

Yeah.

Meanwhile, Jesse, why don't you, uh...

have a long talk with Matthew?

We need to know about every
nook and cranny in that cathedral

if we're going to capture
this master art thief

- in his own game.
- You got it.

RAE: Everything's almost
ready for Christmas.

I thought it would really feel
like Christmas once Rex was found.

But not a present's been opened.

RAE: She's been through so much.

Having her dad with her and Holly back

would be a big comfort to her.

And having Bob behind bars

would be a comfort to her family.

Sarah and the team are at work.

There's still time.

[SEAGULLS CRYING]

MARK: We expect that the
thief will make his move

when the statue is being
transported back to the convent.

I suppose the wise thing to do

would be to use the
replica you recovered?

Undeniably. But our thief, Bob,
knows how to tell the difference.

Besides, if we scare
him off with a fake,

I'll be looking over my
shoulder every Christmas

wondering if he's come back.

We can't let that happen.

We need to trap him tonight.

You'll have your officers
watching her at all times?

Oh, every second,

because I have no doubt

that Bob will be watching back.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

Rex, come on.

BOB: Looks like your canine
friend is still on the job, pup.

You may come in very useful.

[HOLLY WHINES]

For now, at least.

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

[CHURCH BELLS]

MARK: The last of the
parishioners have left, Joe.

Sarah and I are in position outside.

JESSE: Special Ops,
Christmas Edition is a go.

Copy that.

The plan is a go.

Time to move the Madonna
back to the convent.

SARAH: Mark, a group of nuns
just entered the cathedral.

MARK: Yeah, I'm watching.

Rex is aware.

[REX SNIFFS]

He's picked up a scent.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

- [REX BARKING]
- [NUNS EXCLAIMING]

Jesse, target's on the move!

Stop! SJPD!

- Stay where you are!
- [NUN GASPS]

Oh, my word! You scared me!

I apologize, Sister. But I have to ask

where did you get that puppy?

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

SISTER: Someone rang the bell

and left her on the stoop.

We are bringing her to Father Francis.

Wait, Rex was tracking
Holly not... not Bob!

A decoy.

- Which means...
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]

We certainly flushed him out, all right.

- [REX BARKS]
- [HOLLY YAPS]

- Pursuing target!
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[REX BARKS]

- [REX BARKS]
- Give it up, Bob.

- There's nowhere to go.
- You take me down,

she's going with me.

Set the statue down. It's over.

You sh**t me, and I will drop her.

And you will have robbed this city

of its most sacred possession.

You want that on your conscience?

To destroy a beloved part of
this island's Christmas tradition?

You're right.

There's no way we can let that happen.

Luckily, we still have a few
tricks up our sleeve too, Bob.

- [g*n FIRES]
- [STATUE SHATTERS]

The statue!

How could you? She's...

She was worth a fortune!

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.

This is not right. This is not right!

- Because it's your fake, Bob.
- No!

The real statue was
switched out right after mass.

Yeah, the Veiled Madonna
and Holly are both safe.

- And you, sir, have sinned.
- [REX BARKS]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh no, it can't be.

Send in the uniforms, Joe.

- Pick up this character.
- [REX BARKS]

Then let's go

save a little girl's Christmas.

[UPBEAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]

[HOLLY WHIMPERS]

♪ I was ready to celebrate ♪

- [GLASSES CLINK]
- So much fun.

So much fun!

- Cheers!
- ♪ Snow is falling ♪

♪ What a perfect sight to see ♪

- I really love all this stuff.
- What?

DONOVAN: Christmas is absolutely
my favourite time of year.

I just... I can't get enough of it.

♪ Until I walked into the room ♪

♪ And it just hit me then ♪

Oh!!

♪ I didn't know what I was missing ♪

♪ Until I saw you there ♪

- DAWN: Come, sweetie.
- ♪ Underneath the mistletoe ♪

- Hi.
- DAWN: We missed you.

- Ohh!
- Go ahead!

[HOLLY SQUEAKS]

[DAWN LAUGHS]

- ♪ There's nothing more I need ♪
- [REX BARKS]

I hope Matthew is on the right path now.

I'm sure the charges will be dropped.

Or at least his sentence
commuted. I mean,

he's fully cooperated and I
hear he has an excellent lawyer!

[LAURA LAUGHS]

Well, hopefully, the judge agrees.

- Mmm.
- But...

- [LAURA CLEARS THROAT]
- Sneaky.

In the meantime...

Let us have a very merry Christmas.

Oh, Rae says she's keeping the
b*llet hole in the wall, Mom,

- as a conversation piece.
- [PAIGE LAUGHS]

- Not sure I approve of the design.
- [THEY LAUGH]

So we had a fake out of our own.

Art thieves, they've used deception
since the dawn of time. It's...

Joe.

- [JOE CHUCKLES]
- Uh

- Uh-oh.
- [MAGICAL TRILLING]

♪ Underneath the mistletoe ♪

You know, thank you so much
for all of your input, Paige.

You know, you should become
an official police consultant.

Uh, as a present to
myself and my daughter,

- I respectfully decline!
- [THEY LAUGH]

JESSE: Hey, guys. Team photo?

Mark, you guys want to get together?

- Can you take a photo?
- Yeah!

- Thank you.
- MARK: Rex!

- Yeah?
- All right! Get around!

JESSE: Come on! Team
Christmas photo, Rex.

- All right!
- [SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]

- DONOVAN: Ohhh!
- There we go, there we go!

- Thank you.
- All right.

- Thanks.
- RAE: All right.

JESSE: Okay!

- MARK: We got her, buddy.
- [REX WHINES]

- JESSE: Smile!
- Ohh!

Merry Christmas everyone!

- [CAMERA SNAPS]
- [SOFT CHRISTMAS MUSIC]

[CAMERA SNAPS]

[ENERGETIC CLOSING THEME MUSIC]