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"Can't be too careful."

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"Do I have to remind you about company protocol? Using outside resources?"

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"He was concerned that your relationship with Kelly was getting in the way of the investigation, and I agreed with him."

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"Michael Kelly has no business interfering in OSIR affairs."

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"We should continue this discussion indoors."

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"I want us to resolve this Kelly situation once and for all, is that understood?"

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"There are certain matters which must remain classified."

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"A conspiracy. You're even beginning to sound like Kelly."

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"The OSIR is simply an organization dedicated to the investigation of scientific anomalies."

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"There are times when we find ourselves encountering something remarkable, sometimes disturbing. Now, as Director of Operations, it is up to me to decide whether that information is appropriate for public consumption!"

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"Axon may have his shortcomings, but at least we know where his priorities lie when it comes to getting the job done!"

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"Then you'd better deal with him, otherwise we might have a nasty situation to clean up."

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"This is our final discussion on the topic of Michael Kelly"

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"Well, we can't afford to just ignore Michael Kelly. I want to know what he has to say."

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"Yes, and to find out what that something is, we have to play his little game."

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"Deal with it, Praeger. Peter, walk me to my car."

Synopsis

Episode #221: "The Endangered"
Case File #104-723
Directed by Will Dixon
Written by Rick Drew

Grant MacKenzie (Terry Harford) is a seasoned trail guide and big game hunter who takes city slickers on mountain hiking adventures. He's out with a party of three co-workers, when they notice one of the group has fallen behind. MacKenzie sends Scott Benson (Andrew Miller) and Megan Cole (Marcia Laskowski) ahead to the cabin, and goes looking for their colleague, Carl Simpson (Mark Cameron Fraser). Back down the trail, Simpson sits down to sneak a cigarette, when suddenly a huge beast charges out of the woods and rips him limb from limb. When MacKenzie finds Simpson's dismembered remains, he also catches a glimpse of the creature, which whets his hunter's appetite.

The local police call in the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) to identify the attacker. Zoologist L.Q. Cooper (Peter Blais) is excited by the prospect that the beast may be a legendary Yeti or Sasquatch, but Case Manager Matt Praeger (Matt Frewer) still wants to rule out any human suspects. Senior Data Analyst Lindsay Donner (Nancy Anne Sakovich) interviews Benson and Cole, but the hikers can't provide any additional clues to Simpson's murder. In the middle of the investigation, the increasingly unstable Michael Kelly (Michael Moriarty) calls Praeger, insisting he fly to meet him in Halifax. Praeger doesn't want to encourage Kelly's wild theories and ranting sessions, so he puts him off, telling him he might make a trip to see him later. Senior Science Analyst Peter Axon (Barclay Hope) helps Cooper test his Sasquatch theories. They manage to videotape the creature as it moves through the woods. They barely stop MacKenzie from shooting the Yeti and realize the woodsman is determined to kill it for his own fame and fortune.

Meanwhile, Kelly persists in hounding Praeger for a meeting. Axon tells Praeger he feels Kelly is interfering with the case. Dr. Anton Hendricks (Colin Fox) warns Praeger that Kelly appears to be suffering from a personality disorder. Meanwhile, Scott and Meg, tired of being cooped up in the cabin, decide to make a run for the city. In no time, the beast is upon them, and Scott also meets a grisly end. Axon calls in O.S.I.R. Director of Operations Frank Elsinger (Nigel Bennett), who warns Praeger to break off all relations with Kelly and to concentrate on the case at hand. Defending Kelly, Praeger challenges Elsinger over information he has kept "classified" and the inside knowledge he holds on certain cases. Before the two men can resolve their differences, the team discovers a terrified Meg hiding in the woods. As Praeger and Axon face off over Praeger's conduct of the investigation, Kelly shows up on site.

Using Donner as an intermediary, Kelly brokers a meeting with Praeger, which exacerbates Praeger's differences with Elsinger and Axon. In the woods, MacKenzie shoots the Yeti with a tranquilizer gun and locks the beast in a shed. Axon and Cooper discover MacKenzie with his quarry and try to convince him to turn the Yeti over for scientific study. But the creature breaks out of the shed, kills MacKenzie, and threatens Axon and Cooper. As if understanding they mean no harm, the beast leaves the investigators alone and disappears into the woods. Meanwhile, Donner and Praeger are scheduled to rendezvous with Kelly on an old logging road. Before they get to their meeting point, they hear a gunshot. They find Kelly dead in the woods, a bullet in his temple.

Praeger closes the case on the Yeti, the three deaths unresolved. He then flies, with Donner, to Halifax, where they search Kelly's apartment. They find a CD ROM hidden inside a picture frame, addressed to "Matt". Praeger vows to find his friend's killer and to get to the bottom of Elsinger's lies.