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Cardinal is a Canadian crime drama television series, currently in production for a scheduled debut on CTV in the 2016-2017. An adaptation of Giles Blunt's award-winning mystery novel "Forty Words for Sorrow", the series stars Billy Campbell as John Cardinal and Karine Vanasse as Lise Delorme, detectives investigating the murder of a young girl.
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Episode 1
After a prominent Algonquin Bay politician, Sheila Gagne, reports her prosecutor husband missing, Cardinal and Delorme quickly discover that the man has been abducted. A botched extortion attempt results in the death of their only suspect in the case, but they can't find a connection between the victims. Whoever has taken Sheila Gagne's husband sends her a video of him begging for his life but doesn't ask for ransom. Delorme tells Cardinal that she's taking a job in Toronto, and they both struggle with the idea of parting ways.