CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015): Season 9, Episode 10 - One to Go - full transcript
Grissom takes his leave from a mostly grateful team and finds his successor by hiring criminology professor Langston, initially as consultant in the serial killer Nate Haskell and copy cat case, their last viz. first. Nate won't cooperate, but analyzing his eye-contact with students helps identify his cahoot and fancy forensics plus victim disposal routes analysis help track down the torture layer he 'inherited' from the original killer.
There's a concrete bridge built in 1938.
25 feet from there...
look west.
That's where you'll find Joel.
His directions to the crime
scene were very precise.
We found the bones of a male
body buried in three feet of dirt.
The hyoid bone was broken,which
indicates death by strangulation,so...
pending DNA,we're tentatively
ID'ing him as JoeSteiner,
the first victim of Nate
Haskell,the Dick and Jane killer.
We estimate he's been dead
no longer than 24 hours.
His name is Jeffrey Masters.
He was strangled like the others.
He has a
wife-- Maureen.
She's not at home,she's
not answering her cell.
According to friends,e two of
them were out clubbing last night.
We have a broadcast out.
But you're not 100% certain
she's actually missing.
How are you so sure they're victims
of this Dick and Jane killer?
Well,Sheriff,we believe the killer
is actually one of his accomplices.
DJK's signature is post-mortem
stab wounds to the male.
They're his version of notches on a gun.
Jeffrey Masters was stabbed ten times.
He and his wife would be the
tenth couple taken overall.
The M.O.of the killer is,he
usually targets a couple--
a male and female.
He strangles the
male,then dumps the body;
Takes the female,holds
her hostage,tortures her;
eventually,he kills her,too.
How much time do we have?
It's hard to say.
We placed CSI Grissom undercover in a college
seminar in which Haskell was being interviewed.
Haskell implied that he kept one of
his female vics alive for three days.
The general rule of thumb is,we
probably have less than 48 hours.
This is quite the PR
crapper you've dumped me in.
LVPD and the Crime Lab run some kind of a
sting operation in a class about serial killers,
and the serial killer uses it to reach
out from behind bars and kill again?
Want to know how you
can make it up to me?
Find the girl.
CSI Season09
Episode10 One to Go
A new body at the site of his
first kill can't be a coincidence.
I think that Nathan Haskell
somehow got a message to someone.
No,,I agree-- I spoke
to the warden at Ely.
The only communication Haskell's had with
the outside world in the last 48 hours
was the phone call to Langston,
and that seminar you were in.
Also,Sheriff Buick wants to
start a task force about this,
and he's asked me to ask you
to stay on-- so I'm asking.
Okay,I have an answer.
I'll keep you informed.
Tell us your definition of fun.
Fun is taking something
away from somebody.
Oh,you never forget your first.
Welcome back to Question the Answer!
Dana's our current
leader and passed Joel.
Okay,it looks like you've been the
jumper today,jumping all over the board.
What's your category,Dana?
How about happiness for $800?
And happiness for $800 it is.
Okay,"In the central nervous system,
this plays an important role"
in modulation of happiness."
Can you... Question the Answer?
What is the thalamus?
I'm sorry,that's wrong.
Serotonin is the chemical that
produces happiness in a person.
serontonin is
released,happiness is the result.
Yes,it is.
Yes,sir. Absolutely.
Okay. I will.
Okay. Come in.
I need a favor.
It's something you're going to
have to clear with the sheriff.
What,do you have bugs in my office?
No. I have bugs in my office.
What?
What are we talking about?
Sheriff Burdick is
reorganizing the department.
From now on,the crime lab
will report directly to him.
He just made me the new undersheriff.
Congratulations,conrade.
And I have a great idea
for your first official act.
Dr.Langston,I was
just going to call you.
I'll,uh,save you the trouble.
Come on in.
What's on your mind?
When I was doing my background research on
Haskell,I found something very interesting.
Now,as you pointed out in
class,he's 5'10",160 pounds.
Most of his male victims
were over 200 pounds.
One was a football
player,uh,one was a black belt,
but none of them had defensive
wounds and none of them were bound.
Now,most people respond to
being strangled by fighting back.
Unless they're already unconscious.
Exactly.
My feeling is that
DJK subdued them first,
and I doubt it was using some kind of
stranglehold,that would've left bruises.
Well,all the male vics
had THC in their system.
But even the most potent cannabis would not
completely incapacitate an able-bodied male.
So,maybe DJK was using
something stronger.
Something mixed in with the dope.
GHB,Diphenhydramine,Salvinorin-A,Fentanyl...
Any of these in the proper dosage would
render a subject incapable of fighting back.
I thought if you could
I.D.it,it might be helpful.
I realize that this might
be a long shot,but I--
No,no,no.We'll try.
I'll take this to Tox.
Okay.
Dr. Grissom...
I don't like feeling like
an accomplice to murder.
You told me you'd keep
me in the loop on this.
I intend to hold you to that.
You don't have to.
I've arranged with the lab to retain
your services as a special consultant.
I mean,we need all the good brains
we can find. What do you think?
Oh,I'm in.
- I have a theory of my own.
- Tell me.
I think that Haskell's accomplice
was someone from your class.
Whose idea was it to talk to Haskell?
Uh,one of my students
from last semester...
Dan Forester.
Okay,so how does a clean-cut,good-natured
PhD student like yourself
end up writing letters to
a serial killer in jail?
Well,maximum security felons aren't
allowed unsolicited phone calls.
You look like a smart
kid. Don't be a smart-ass.
Well,I was tired of secondary sources.
I mean,there's only so much you can learn
about the emotional dynamics of psychopaths
from books and psychologists,
retired police officers
reliving their past glories.
I wanted first-hand material,and
that's what I told Professor Langston.
He thought it was an outstanding idea.
Is that true?
Unfortunately,yes.
Why'd you pick Haskell?
Well,he was the only
one with a response.
We sent letters to about half a dozen.
You recognize these people?
Uh,no.
How about these people?
No.
Okay,how about now?
Nate Haskell somehow managed to kill at
least three people from inside his cell.
That means he has an
accomplice on the outside.
Me?
You can't possibly believe that
I had anything to do with this.
I'm not a suspect,am I?
Well,it was your "outstanding idea."
Well,I may have
misrepresented that slightly.
Now,I don't know whose
idea it was first,
but we were all having
coffee after class last term,
and several of us drafted that letter.
I suppose,yeah,I may have been the one that
personally took it to Professor Langston,
but he redrafted it
and sent it to Haskell.
Who were the other
students? I need their names.
- I don't know.
- You don't know.
Sincerely,I don't remember. I...
Are these people really dead?
Courtesy of your pen-pal.
So,what do we do next? Do we interview
everyone that was in the class?
Well,even if we can find them
all,there must be 50 students.
I don't think Maureen
Masters has that kind of time.
We have to figure out who
Haskell was communicating with.
Maybe we can see for ourselves.
Ever have the feeling
you were being watched?
Even in a crowded room,someone
making eye contact with you,
just for a second,triggers
a powerful response.
It's the brain filtering through a mass of
visual information,telling you what's important.
Yeah... like which
predator wants to eat you.
If Haskell was communicating
with someone in this class,
I'm betting that they made
eye contact with each other.
More than once.
Are we going to try to match
eyelines with the students?
The University wouldn't allow the students' side
to be recorded for liability and security reasons.
Okay--
there.
We thought he said this to Mrs. Steiner.
He's clearly talking to his accomplice.
Joel was the first.
Joel lives in the perfect
place,the place where it all began.
If I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
Pretty clear now what
Haskell meant by that.
I'll loop it.
Joel was the first.
Joel lives in the perfect
place,the place where it all began.
Andi I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
If I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
Mrs. Steiner was standing right there.
It's hard to tell who
he's really talking to.
nything else he say stand out?
Yes,um...
Try two-and-half
minutes in.
Someone asked how he
selected his victims.
Did you ever buy a car?
You go down to the showroom,you're
pretty sure you're going to get one,
but why the red one,why
not the blue one?
Nobody knows,but justne
of them speaks to you.
That's the one you gotta have.
Nobody knows,but just
one of them speaks to you.
That's the one you gotta have.
He's looking right here.
Dan Forester.
Brass already interviewed him.
We don't think he's our guy.
You know,if you're alrea a
serial killer's accomplice,
why take a class about serial killing?
Maybe because he screwed
up with Ian and Justine.
Big time.
Did anyone ask Haskell for any pointers?
Try four hours,23 minutes in.
Someone asked him how he was able
to manage to control his victims.
You have to give them hope.
If you bring a human being
to the brink of death,
and then you
offer a chance--
no matter how small a
chance-- to survive...
they'll grab it.
And they'll thank you for it.
And then you can do whatever you want.
And believe me...
I did.
Thomas Donover.
Let's see if we can find Thomas.
- Hallie Donover?
- Yes.
- Where's your husband? - He ain't in there.
He-He... He's gone... He's gone camping.
- Where?
- Um,Mount Charleston.
He goes to Red Rock
Canyon,different places,I don't know.
All clear.
What's going on?
Where's your husband work?
Right now,kind of nowhere.
No,sir,but he's in construction.
You know,these day's
the city's pretty dead.
But he's going back to school.
Yeah,we know that.
So you have absolutely no
idea where your husband is?
No,sir.
Tom goes camping a lot,and he doesn't
always tell me where he's going.
I don't ask,so...
You always keep tabs on your wife?
Yeah. That's why I'm divorced.
Everybody take a room.
We're looking for anything that
tells us where Tom Donover could be.
Shoe tread's a match to Tolliver's
house and Justine in the desert.
This is definitely our guy.
His browser history is clean.
The laptop is filled
with encrypted files.
I'm going to get it back to the lab.
But this guy knows how
to cover his tracks.
- Do you have your cell phone on you?
- Why?
Let's get it on; let's
call your husband up.
We need to talk to him.
Yeah,you're welcome
to try it,if you like.
Tom turns his cell phone
off when he's camping.
He likes his alone time,so...
You have to give them hope.
If you bring a human being to the brink
of death,and then you offer a chance--
no matter how small a chance--
to survive,they'll grab it.
And they'll thank you for it.
And then you can do whatever you want.
Please.
Just don't kill me.
I'm going to give you a little rest.
No,don't!
You can relax. You act like I'm going
to turn you into the Joker or something.
The only way through that
door is to break it down.
I've locked us both in here on purpose.
There are a few windows around.
You could probably try those,but
that would be dangerous,
because I would shoot you
in the back of the head.
I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
The only way out of here alone is dead.
The only way out of
here alive is with me.
Now,if you behave,do what I
say,and you make me happy...
you'll get out of here just fine.
I'll make you happy.
I'll do whatever it takes.
Good.
Now,when we do leave,I can't be
seen with you looking like this.
You need to make yourself presentable.
Well,this sure feels familiar.
You,me,a serial killer...
Who's he?
Dr. Ray Langston.
He's an expert on the Dick and Jane
killer and he's a consultant on the case.
We usually don't need a consultant.
When the team gets a case like
this,we go into hyperdrive.
It's why we get up in the morning.
I can't imagine my life without it.
And you are?
David Hodges. Trace.
Pleasure to meet you.
Likewise.
- So the red flags are the original DJK body dumps?
- Correct.
- The green ones are Tom Donovers?
- That's correct.
What are the white flags?
The last places the
victims are seen alive.
They were all abducted in
Arizona,Nevada and California.
But the male bodies were
all found here in Nevada
You know,Joel Steiner was last
seen at the Desert Rose Arena.
His body was found 40
miles away just off the 215.
Couple number two was last
seen in Bullhead,Arizona.
And the male body was
found just off the 93.
He dumped the male bodies like...
like they were trash,like he
wasn't really interested in them.
Maybe he dumped them where it was
convenient-- on the road to somewhere else.
Lake Mead?
The only problem is Lake Mead
has 550 miles of shoreline.
I can cut that in half.
Greg found didymodon nevadensis on
the bottom of Tom Donover's sneaker.
That moss only grows on
the north side of Lake Mead.
This is what we live for.
Hey,I was checking the attic.
A lot of dust-- but a box was recently
disturbed with a bunch of VHS tapes in it.
DVD player,stacks of DVDs.
No VCR.
I'm listening.
Well,Gerald Tolliver had a
VCR at his house,but no tapes.
And we know he took souvenirs.
I found concert ticket
stubs from the summer of '97.
This tape was made about the same time.
I want to get this back to the lab.
You look exhausted-- why don't
you let me take care of that.
No,no,no. I'm fine.
I'll push through it.
It's just...
It feels like Grissom's
last big game,you know.
I want to win it for him.
Recognize this guy? How about him?
That's uh... that's Gerry Tolliver.
- He's an old friend of Tom's from Reno,I think.
- Right.
Kind of friend always putting the arm on you
for money when you're doing okay,you know?
- He's a sleazy guy.
- No,what he is,is he's dead.
He's dead; so's that
guy-- they're both dead.
So's this guy and this guy-- and
all these ys here. They're all dead.
See,your husbans a
murderer. Where is he?
Do yourself a favor,tell
me-- where is he?
But he made me promise not to tell.
********
- Tox.
- Hey,Henry,it's Catherine.
Grissom said that you
were testing tissue samples
from the DJK victims for the
presence of some incapacitating agent?
Yes. Actually I just finished.
Dr. Langston was right.
- They all showed high levels of...
- Salvinia divinorum?
Usually Grissom does that.
Are you bucking for a promotion?
- Yes or no,Henry.
- Sorry.
It's an intense hallucinogenic.
It'll knock you on your
ass for 15 to 30 minutes.
Mandy,it's Catherine.
The print I just sent
through,it's priority one.
We're looking for anyone who
might lead us to Tom Donover.
If you get a hit,get it to Brass ASAP.
2-0-3-Charlie,this is 3-David-34 coming up
on a pedestrian fitting your description.
3-David-34,that's him on the left.
Let's grab him. Let's grab him.
Control,this is 3-David-34 in foot pursuit
of one male Caucasian,east on Fremont.
Requesting backup.
Oh,man.
It appears that the drug dealer was
pretty heavy into his own inventory.
His tox was positive
for THC and opiates.
Fresh red around the needle marks,and
they were oozing when he was brought in.
This guy shot up less than 24 hours ago.
Did you check his urine?
Yes. Urine-heroin levels were
3,000 nanograms per milliliter.
The half-life of heroin
in the system is 24 hours.
So,when Jeffrey Masters was
murdered,and Maureen was kidnapped,
he had to have at least
twice that amount in him.
He wouldn't have been able
to stand up,let alone help.
Which makes him another dead end.
Guys. You gotta see this.
Oh,my God! That was awesome!
I cannot believe you
got those tickets,baby!
Thank you,thank you,for our
almost-getting- married present.
Got this video from Tom Donover's attic.
That's Joel Steiner and his fianc\e
Tiffany Cohen,DJK's first victims.
- 11 years ago. The night they disappeared.
- Right.
That's Tom Donover...
and Gerald Tolliver.
Honey,I got something that'll
keep the party going over here.
And the "something" is probably
a joint laced with salvia.
Yeah. Gerald likes souvenirs.
I'm guessing that Tom probably grabbed
this videotape after he killed him.
- Could be why he killed him.
- Keep watching.
- I'll do whatever you say.
- I know you will.
That's Nate Haskell.
That's all there is.
We got a better view of the house?
We know that Tom was
continuing in DJK's work.
It would make sense that he would
carry it out in the same place.
Certain places hold a special power for
some people-- Stonehenge,the pyramids--
that house could have the
same kind of power for Tom.
Could be his sacred ground.
His wife said that
he went camping a lot.
Bet that's his favorite spot.
That's as good as it gets.
We checked Nate Haskell and
Tom Donover for property titles.
Neither one of them owns
anything in Lake Mead.
Maybe the house belonged
to one of their relatives.
Well,that could take you
forever to run that down.
Have Archie pull stills of the house.
Get them to every local unit in the area;
have them check with real estate offices;
see if anybody can recognize it.
Recognize what? A house
with a window in it?
Maureen Masters is running out of time,
and the only person who can get
us to where she is is Nate Haskell.
This is the most fun
Haskell's had in a decade.
He's not going to help
us. It's a waste of time.
What we're doing now is a waste of time.
'cause when I took those women,they
stopped being somebody's sister
or daughter or fianc\e.
They became what I wanted them to be.
I don't want to die.
It could just be our little secret,and
I won't say anything,I promise.
Don't do this!
Oh,God... no!
It's a shame to hide that
face behind this hair.
I don't like it.
What is that?
What are you doing?
I'm going to finish your haircut.
Marco...
Marco...
You're supposed to say "Polo."
Strange time to be
stargazing,don't you think?
Ansel Adams often forgot
when he took his photographs,
so a bunch of astronomers tried to
figure it out using the image itself.
By referencing the moon's position in relationship
to known landmarks and lunar azimuth tables,
they were able to determine the
date and time the photo was taken.
I thought we could reverse the science.
We know when this was made.
Maybe the moon can tell us where.
Forensic astronomy?
I will never forget the
things you've taught me.
You're the best student I ever had,Nick.
Let's see if we can figure this out.
Professor Langston,how good to see you.
What brings you here?
I came... to gloat.
Please. Come in,Nate.
We got these from a videotape
of one of your kills.
It's hard to believe,isn't it?
Now,in all fairness,you did say
that only dummies take souvenirs,
and Gerald Tolliver
was a pretty dumb guy.
Maybe that's why Tom Donover killed him.
I've been thinking that maybe that's the reason
Tom Donover decided to follow in your footsteps,
and carry on with the work.
Anyway,none of that
really matters now,because,
s you can see,we found your
house in Lake Mead,and...
we have Tom. and the girl. She's alive.
- Then what do you need me for?
- Closure.
You once told me that you'd
been thinking about it a lot.
Well,I've been thinking about it,too.
I need you to tell us where the
girls' bodies are buried,Nate.
Us? So you're working with that cop now?
We're gonna find them
eventually. You know that.
We'll dig,we'll dredge the lake,we'll tear that
house of yours down to the studs,if we have to.
Now why don't you save us the trouble?
Tell me what I need to know.
Look,maybe I can get
something out of it for you.
Like what,you're gonna reduce two
consecutive life terms down to one?
Like,maybe I can guarantee that
this isn't the last conversation
you'll have with someone
who isn't shoving your food
through a hole in the door.
I promise you,Nate,you don't
tell me what I need to know...
the only person who will hear the
sound of your voice ever again...
is going to be you.
You follow the fence in the backyard.
To where?
To where,what?
There is no fence in the backyard.
You thought you could make me slip
up and give you something you want.
You thought you could
get inside my head.
Get him out of here.
A person has to do what
I've done to understand me.
You have no idea what I've started.
I'm a teacher,too,and my
students are everywhere.
They're out there,and
I've cut them free.
- Get him out of here.
- They're spreading the word.
By the time you find
them,it' be too late,
because they'll just
pour blood on your hands.
- She's already dead.
- Get him out of here!
She's already dead.
That's it.
All right,I can sharpen that up.
Gris,I just,uh,want you to know how much I
appreciate you putting me out in the field.
I'm sure there were times
you wish I probably didn't.
Well... you changed my life.
Got the moonrise tables foLake Mead.
It's not gonna get
much better than this.
So the moon is waning gibbous.
On June 15,1997,the
moon rose at 7:46 p. m.
This video was recorded at 10:41 p. m.
That's two hours and 55
minutes after moonrise.
That puts it about 45 degrees
above the eastern horizon.
So that view is west to east.
You know,those peaks look like
they're roughly the same height.
I've got the topo map.
Look for two peaks that are approximately the
same elevation with that geographic relationship.
Arch Mountain,3,335 feet,
and Hamblin Mountain,3,310.
Fits the bill.
The moss on Tom Donover's shoes can only
be found on the north side of the lake.
So... draw a vector from the center
of those two peaks to the north shore.
Black Mesa.
If you let me go right now,I
won't tell anybodwhat happened.
You can't! I did
everything that you asked!
Sorry,I lied.
Don't move! Don't move! Guns down!
Okay,you're okay. You're all
right,Maureen. You okay? There we go.
It's okay,it's okay. It's
okay,Maureen. Okay,look at me.
This is Sniper One. I saw
pink mist. Do you copy?
This is Brass. Suspect
is down. Code four.
Copy that. We're comin' in.
A penny for your thoughts?
He was sitting right there.
He was looking at me;
I was looking at him.
All I saw was...
another student.
That's all I saw.
I guess I'm tired of getting fooled.
People lie,Professor.
The only thing we can
count on is the evidence.
Thank you for letting me help.
It was something I...
well,it was something
I really needed to do.
I don't know if you'd
have any interest...
but we have a job
position open at our lab.
You're serious?
I can't imagine myself as a cop.
We're not cops.
We come from a wide
variety of backgrounds.
You're a medical doctor;
you're totally qualified.
It's an entry-level position.
The hours are terrible,the pay's bad...
But money's not exactly
the object,is it?
I think you'd be a great help to CSI.
And you might really enjoy it.
I'll think on it.
Okay. So this is really real.
Fine.
Then,as your friend and colleague,
I feel it is my obligation to inform you
what a colossal mistake you're making.
- Hodges...
- Guys like us don't just get to hang it up.
This job is who we are.
We are the thin blue line
between order and chaos.
You take yourself out of the equatio
who knows what's gonna happen?
That's the Butterfly Effect.
You taught me that.
The bad guys will win
more if we don't have you.
Who is Watson without Sherlock Holmes?
Watson was a genius in his own right.
It's the right time for me to go.
Okay.
25 feet from there...
look west.
That's where you'll find Joel.
His directions to the crime
scene were very precise.
We found the bones of a male
body buried in three feet of dirt.
The hyoid bone was broken,which
indicates death by strangulation,so...
pending DNA,we're tentatively
ID'ing him as JoeSteiner,
the first victim of Nate
Haskell,the Dick and Jane killer.
We estimate he's been dead
no longer than 24 hours.
His name is Jeffrey Masters.
He was strangled like the others.
He has a
wife-- Maureen.
She's not at home,she's
not answering her cell.
According to friends,e two of
them were out clubbing last night.
We have a broadcast out.
But you're not 100% certain
she's actually missing.
How are you so sure they're victims
of this Dick and Jane killer?
Well,Sheriff,we believe the killer
is actually one of his accomplices.
DJK's signature is post-mortem
stab wounds to the male.
They're his version of notches on a gun.
Jeffrey Masters was stabbed ten times.
He and his wife would be the
tenth couple taken overall.
The M.O.of the killer is,he
usually targets a couple--
a male and female.
He strangles the
male,then dumps the body;
Takes the female,holds
her hostage,tortures her;
eventually,he kills her,too.
How much time do we have?
It's hard to say.
We placed CSI Grissom undercover in a college
seminar in which Haskell was being interviewed.
Haskell implied that he kept one of
his female vics alive for three days.
The general rule of thumb is,we
probably have less than 48 hours.
This is quite the PR
crapper you've dumped me in.
LVPD and the Crime Lab run some kind of a
sting operation in a class about serial killers,
and the serial killer uses it to reach
out from behind bars and kill again?
Want to know how you
can make it up to me?
Find the girl.
CSI Season09
Episode10 One to Go
A new body at the site of his
first kill can't be a coincidence.
I think that Nathan Haskell
somehow got a message to someone.
No,,I agree-- I spoke
to the warden at Ely.
The only communication Haskell's had with
the outside world in the last 48 hours
was the phone call to Langston,
and that seminar you were in.
Also,Sheriff Buick wants to
start a task force about this,
and he's asked me to ask you
to stay on-- so I'm asking.
Okay,I have an answer.
I'll keep you informed.
Tell us your definition of fun.
Fun is taking something
away from somebody.
Oh,you never forget your first.
Welcome back to Question the Answer!
Dana's our current
leader and passed Joel.
Okay,it looks like you've been the
jumper today,jumping all over the board.
What's your category,Dana?
How about happiness for $800?
And happiness for $800 it is.
Okay,"In the central nervous system,
this plays an important role"
in modulation of happiness."
Can you... Question the Answer?
What is the thalamus?
I'm sorry,that's wrong.
Serotonin is the chemical that
produces happiness in a person.
serontonin is
released,happiness is the result.
Yes,it is.
Yes,sir. Absolutely.
Okay. I will.
Okay. Come in.
I need a favor.
It's something you're going to
have to clear with the sheriff.
What,do you have bugs in my office?
No. I have bugs in my office.
What?
What are we talking about?
Sheriff Burdick is
reorganizing the department.
From now on,the crime lab
will report directly to him.
He just made me the new undersheriff.
Congratulations,conrade.
And I have a great idea
for your first official act.
Dr.Langston,I was
just going to call you.
I'll,uh,save you the trouble.
Come on in.
What's on your mind?
When I was doing my background research on
Haskell,I found something very interesting.
Now,as you pointed out in
class,he's 5'10",160 pounds.
Most of his male victims
were over 200 pounds.
One was a football
player,uh,one was a black belt,
but none of them had defensive
wounds and none of them were bound.
Now,most people respond to
being strangled by fighting back.
Unless they're already unconscious.
Exactly.
My feeling is that
DJK subdued them first,
and I doubt it was using some kind of
stranglehold,that would've left bruises.
Well,all the male vics
had THC in their system.
But even the most potent cannabis would not
completely incapacitate an able-bodied male.
So,maybe DJK was using
something stronger.
Something mixed in with the dope.
GHB,Diphenhydramine,Salvinorin-A,Fentanyl...
Any of these in the proper dosage would
render a subject incapable of fighting back.
I thought if you could
I.D.it,it might be helpful.
I realize that this might
be a long shot,but I--
No,no,no.We'll try.
I'll take this to Tox.
Okay.
Dr. Grissom...
I don't like feeling like
an accomplice to murder.
You told me you'd keep
me in the loop on this.
I intend to hold you to that.
You don't have to.
I've arranged with the lab to retain
your services as a special consultant.
I mean,we need all the good brains
we can find. What do you think?
Oh,I'm in.
- I have a theory of my own.
- Tell me.
I think that Haskell's accomplice
was someone from your class.
Whose idea was it to talk to Haskell?
Uh,one of my students
from last semester...
Dan Forester.
Okay,so how does a clean-cut,good-natured
PhD student like yourself
end up writing letters to
a serial killer in jail?
Well,maximum security felons aren't
allowed unsolicited phone calls.
You look like a smart
kid. Don't be a smart-ass.
Well,I was tired of secondary sources.
I mean,there's only so much you can learn
about the emotional dynamics of psychopaths
from books and psychologists,
retired police officers
reliving their past glories.
I wanted first-hand material,and
that's what I told Professor Langston.
He thought it was an outstanding idea.
Is that true?
Unfortunately,yes.
Why'd you pick Haskell?
Well,he was the only
one with a response.
We sent letters to about half a dozen.
You recognize these people?
Uh,no.
How about these people?
No.
Okay,how about now?
Nate Haskell somehow managed to kill at
least three people from inside his cell.
That means he has an
accomplice on the outside.
Me?
You can't possibly believe that
I had anything to do with this.
I'm not a suspect,am I?
Well,it was your "outstanding idea."
Well,I may have
misrepresented that slightly.
Now,I don't know whose
idea it was first,
but we were all having
coffee after class last term,
and several of us drafted that letter.
I suppose,yeah,I may have been the one that
personally took it to Professor Langston,
but he redrafted it
and sent it to Haskell.
Who were the other
students? I need their names.
- I don't know.
- You don't know.
Sincerely,I don't remember. I...
Are these people really dead?
Courtesy of your pen-pal.
So,what do we do next? Do we interview
everyone that was in the class?
Well,even if we can find them
all,there must be 50 students.
I don't think Maureen
Masters has that kind of time.
We have to figure out who
Haskell was communicating with.
Maybe we can see for ourselves.
Ever have the feeling
you were being watched?
Even in a crowded room,someone
making eye contact with you,
just for a second,triggers
a powerful response.
It's the brain filtering through a mass of
visual information,telling you what's important.
Yeah... like which
predator wants to eat you.
If Haskell was communicating
with someone in this class,
I'm betting that they made
eye contact with each other.
More than once.
Are we going to try to match
eyelines with the students?
The University wouldn't allow the students' side
to be recorded for liability and security reasons.
Okay--
there.
We thought he said this to Mrs. Steiner.
He's clearly talking to his accomplice.
Joel was the first.
Joel lives in the perfect
place,the place where it all began.
If I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
Pretty clear now what
Haskell meant by that.
I'll loop it.
Joel was the first.
Joel lives in the perfect
place,the place where it all began.
Andi I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
If I could get out of here,believe
me,I would bring him some company.
Mrs. Steiner was standing right there.
It's hard to tell who
he's really talking to.
nything else he say stand out?
Yes,um...
Try two-and-half
minutes in.
Someone asked how he
selected his victims.
Did you ever buy a car?
You go down to the showroom,you're
pretty sure you're going to get one,
but why the red one,why
not the blue one?
Nobody knows,but justne
of them speaks to you.
That's the one you gotta have.
Nobody knows,but just
one of them speaks to you.
That's the one you gotta have.
He's looking right here.
Dan Forester.
Brass already interviewed him.
We don't think he's our guy.
You know,if you're alrea a
serial killer's accomplice,
why take a class about serial killing?
Maybe because he screwed
up with Ian and Justine.
Big time.
Did anyone ask Haskell for any pointers?
Try four hours,23 minutes in.
Someone asked him how he was able
to manage to control his victims.
You have to give them hope.
If you bring a human being
to the brink of death,
and then you
offer a chance--
no matter how small a
chance-- to survive...
they'll grab it.
And they'll thank you for it.
And then you can do whatever you want.
And believe me...
I did.
Thomas Donover.
Let's see if we can find Thomas.
- Hallie Donover?
- Yes.
- Where's your husband? - He ain't in there.
He-He... He's gone... He's gone camping.
- Where?
- Um,Mount Charleston.
He goes to Red Rock
Canyon,different places,I don't know.
All clear.
What's going on?
Where's your husband work?
Right now,kind of nowhere.
No,sir,but he's in construction.
You know,these day's
the city's pretty dead.
But he's going back to school.
Yeah,we know that.
So you have absolutely no
idea where your husband is?
No,sir.
Tom goes camping a lot,and he doesn't
always tell me where he's going.
I don't ask,so...
You always keep tabs on your wife?
Yeah. That's why I'm divorced.
Everybody take a room.
We're looking for anything that
tells us where Tom Donover could be.
Shoe tread's a match to Tolliver's
house and Justine in the desert.
This is definitely our guy.
His browser history is clean.
The laptop is filled
with encrypted files.
I'm going to get it back to the lab.
But this guy knows how
to cover his tracks.
- Do you have your cell phone on you?
- Why?
Let's get it on; let's
call your husband up.
We need to talk to him.
Yeah,you're welcome
to try it,if you like.
Tom turns his cell phone
off when he's camping.
He likes his alone time,so...
You have to give them hope.
If you bring a human being to the brink
of death,and then you offer a chance--
no matter how small a chance--
to survive,they'll grab it.
And they'll thank you for it.
And then you can do whatever you want.
Please.
Just don't kill me.
I'm going to give you a little rest.
No,don't!
You can relax. You act like I'm going
to turn you into the Joker or something.
The only way through that
door is to break it down.
I've locked us both in here on purpose.
There are a few windows around.
You could probably try those,but
that would be dangerous,
because I would shoot you
in the back of the head.
I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
The only way out of here alone is dead.
The only way out of
here alive is with me.
Now,if you behave,do what I
say,and you make me happy...
you'll get out of here just fine.
I'll make you happy.
I'll do whatever it takes.
Good.
Now,when we do leave,I can't be
seen with you looking like this.
You need to make yourself presentable.
Well,this sure feels familiar.
You,me,a serial killer...
Who's he?
Dr. Ray Langston.
He's an expert on the Dick and Jane
killer and he's a consultant on the case.
We usually don't need a consultant.
When the team gets a case like
this,we go into hyperdrive.
It's why we get up in the morning.
I can't imagine my life without it.
And you are?
David Hodges. Trace.
Pleasure to meet you.
Likewise.
- So the red flags are the original DJK body dumps?
- Correct.
- The green ones are Tom Donovers?
- That's correct.
What are the white flags?
The last places the
victims are seen alive.
They were all abducted in
Arizona,Nevada and California.
But the male bodies were
all found here in Nevada
You know,Joel Steiner was last
seen at the Desert Rose Arena.
His body was found 40
miles away just off the 215.
Couple number two was last
seen in Bullhead,Arizona.
And the male body was
found just off the 93.
He dumped the male bodies like...
like they were trash,like he
wasn't really interested in them.
Maybe he dumped them where it was
convenient-- on the road to somewhere else.
Lake Mead?
The only problem is Lake Mead
has 550 miles of shoreline.
I can cut that in half.
Greg found didymodon nevadensis on
the bottom of Tom Donover's sneaker.
That moss only grows on
the north side of Lake Mead.
This is what we live for.
Hey,I was checking the attic.
A lot of dust-- but a box was recently
disturbed with a bunch of VHS tapes in it.
DVD player,stacks of DVDs.
No VCR.
I'm listening.
Well,Gerald Tolliver had a
VCR at his house,but no tapes.
And we know he took souvenirs.
I found concert ticket
stubs from the summer of '97.
This tape was made about the same time.
I want to get this back to the lab.
You look exhausted-- why don't
you let me take care of that.
No,no,no. I'm fine.
I'll push through it.
It's just...
It feels like Grissom's
last big game,you know.
I want to win it for him.
Recognize this guy? How about him?
That's uh... that's Gerry Tolliver.
- He's an old friend of Tom's from Reno,I think.
- Right.
Kind of friend always putting the arm on you
for money when you're doing okay,you know?
- He's a sleazy guy.
- No,what he is,is he's dead.
He's dead; so's that
guy-- they're both dead.
So's this guy and this guy-- and
all these ys here. They're all dead.
See,your husbans a
murderer. Where is he?
Do yourself a favor,tell
me-- where is he?
But he made me promise not to tell.
********
- Tox.
- Hey,Henry,it's Catherine.
Grissom said that you
were testing tissue samples
from the DJK victims for the
presence of some incapacitating agent?
Yes. Actually I just finished.
Dr. Langston was right.
- They all showed high levels of...
- Salvinia divinorum?
Usually Grissom does that.
Are you bucking for a promotion?
- Yes or no,Henry.
- Sorry.
It's an intense hallucinogenic.
It'll knock you on your
ass for 15 to 30 minutes.
Mandy,it's Catherine.
The print I just sent
through,it's priority one.
We're looking for anyone who
might lead us to Tom Donover.
If you get a hit,get it to Brass ASAP.
2-0-3-Charlie,this is 3-David-34 coming up
on a pedestrian fitting your description.
3-David-34,that's him on the left.
Let's grab him. Let's grab him.
Control,this is 3-David-34 in foot pursuit
of one male Caucasian,east on Fremont.
Requesting backup.
Oh,man.
It appears that the drug dealer was
pretty heavy into his own inventory.
His tox was positive
for THC and opiates.
Fresh red around the needle marks,and
they were oozing when he was brought in.
This guy shot up less than 24 hours ago.
Did you check his urine?
Yes. Urine-heroin levels were
3,000 nanograms per milliliter.
The half-life of heroin
in the system is 24 hours.
So,when Jeffrey Masters was
murdered,and Maureen was kidnapped,
he had to have at least
twice that amount in him.
He wouldn't have been able
to stand up,let alone help.
Which makes him another dead end.
Guys. You gotta see this.
Oh,my God! That was awesome!
I cannot believe you
got those tickets,baby!
Thank you,thank you,for our
almost-getting- married present.
Got this video from Tom Donover's attic.
That's Joel Steiner and his fianc\e
Tiffany Cohen,DJK's first victims.
- 11 years ago. The night they disappeared.
- Right.
That's Tom Donover...
and Gerald Tolliver.
Honey,I got something that'll
keep the party going over here.
And the "something" is probably
a joint laced with salvia.
Yeah. Gerald likes souvenirs.
I'm guessing that Tom probably grabbed
this videotape after he killed him.
- Could be why he killed him.
- Keep watching.
- I'll do whatever you say.
- I know you will.
That's Nate Haskell.
That's all there is.
We got a better view of the house?
We know that Tom was
continuing in DJK's work.
It would make sense that he would
carry it out in the same place.
Certain places hold a special power for
some people-- Stonehenge,the pyramids--
that house could have the
same kind of power for Tom.
Could be his sacred ground.
His wife said that
he went camping a lot.
Bet that's his favorite spot.
That's as good as it gets.
We checked Nate Haskell and
Tom Donover for property titles.
Neither one of them owns
anything in Lake Mead.
Maybe the house belonged
to one of their relatives.
Well,that could take you
forever to run that down.
Have Archie pull stills of the house.
Get them to every local unit in the area;
have them check with real estate offices;
see if anybody can recognize it.
Recognize what? A house
with a window in it?
Maureen Masters is running out of time,
and the only person who can get
us to where she is is Nate Haskell.
This is the most fun
Haskell's had in a decade.
He's not going to help
us. It's a waste of time.
What we're doing now is a waste of time.
'cause when I took those women,they
stopped being somebody's sister
or daughter or fianc\e.
They became what I wanted them to be.
I don't want to die.
It could just be our little secret,and
I won't say anything,I promise.
Don't do this!
Oh,God... no!
It's a shame to hide that
face behind this hair.
I don't like it.
What is that?
What are you doing?
I'm going to finish your haircut.
Marco...
Marco...
You're supposed to say "Polo."
Strange time to be
stargazing,don't you think?
Ansel Adams often forgot
when he took his photographs,
so a bunch of astronomers tried to
figure it out using the image itself.
By referencing the moon's position in relationship
to known landmarks and lunar azimuth tables,
they were able to determine the
date and time the photo was taken.
I thought we could reverse the science.
We know when this was made.
Maybe the moon can tell us where.
Forensic astronomy?
I will never forget the
things you've taught me.
You're the best student I ever had,Nick.
Let's see if we can figure this out.
Professor Langston,how good to see you.
What brings you here?
I came... to gloat.
Please. Come in,Nate.
We got these from a videotape
of one of your kills.
It's hard to believe,isn't it?
Now,in all fairness,you did say
that only dummies take souvenirs,
and Gerald Tolliver
was a pretty dumb guy.
Maybe that's why Tom Donover killed him.
I've been thinking that maybe that's the reason
Tom Donover decided to follow in your footsteps,
and carry on with the work.
Anyway,none of that
really matters now,because,
s you can see,we found your
house in Lake Mead,and...
we have Tom. and the girl. She's alive.
- Then what do you need me for?
- Closure.
You once told me that you'd
been thinking about it a lot.
Well,I've been thinking about it,too.
I need you to tell us where the
girls' bodies are buried,Nate.
Us? So you're working with that cop now?
We're gonna find them
eventually. You know that.
We'll dig,we'll dredge the lake,we'll tear that
house of yours down to the studs,if we have to.
Now why don't you save us the trouble?
Tell me what I need to know.
Look,maybe I can get
something out of it for you.
Like what,you're gonna reduce two
consecutive life terms down to one?
Like,maybe I can guarantee that
this isn't the last conversation
you'll have with someone
who isn't shoving your food
through a hole in the door.
I promise you,Nate,you don't
tell me what I need to know...
the only person who will hear the
sound of your voice ever again...
is going to be you.
You follow the fence in the backyard.
To where?
To where,what?
There is no fence in the backyard.
You thought you could make me slip
up and give you something you want.
You thought you could
get inside my head.
Get him out of here.
A person has to do what
I've done to understand me.
You have no idea what I've started.
I'm a teacher,too,and my
students are everywhere.
They're out there,and
I've cut them free.
- Get him out of here.
- They're spreading the word.
By the time you find
them,it' be too late,
because they'll just
pour blood on your hands.
- She's already dead.
- Get him out of here!
She's already dead.
That's it.
All right,I can sharpen that up.
Gris,I just,uh,want you to know how much I
appreciate you putting me out in the field.
I'm sure there were times
you wish I probably didn't.
Well... you changed my life.
Got the moonrise tables foLake Mead.
It's not gonna get
much better than this.
So the moon is waning gibbous.
On June 15,1997,the
moon rose at 7:46 p. m.
This video was recorded at 10:41 p. m.
That's two hours and 55
minutes after moonrise.
That puts it about 45 degrees
above the eastern horizon.
So that view is west to east.
You know,those peaks look like
they're roughly the same height.
I've got the topo map.
Look for two peaks that are approximately the
same elevation with that geographic relationship.
Arch Mountain,3,335 feet,
and Hamblin Mountain,3,310.
Fits the bill.
The moss on Tom Donover's shoes can only
be found on the north side of the lake.
So... draw a vector from the center
of those two peaks to the north shore.
Black Mesa.
If you let me go right now,I
won't tell anybodwhat happened.
You can't! I did
everything that you asked!
Sorry,I lied.
Don't move! Don't move! Guns down!
Okay,you're okay. You're all
right,Maureen. You okay? There we go.
It's okay,it's okay. It's
okay,Maureen. Okay,look at me.
This is Sniper One. I saw
pink mist. Do you copy?
This is Brass. Suspect
is down. Code four.
Copy that. We're comin' in.
A penny for your thoughts?
He was sitting right there.
He was looking at me;
I was looking at him.
All I saw was...
another student.
That's all I saw.
I guess I'm tired of getting fooled.
People lie,Professor.
The only thing we can
count on is the evidence.
Thank you for letting me help.
It was something I...
well,it was something
I really needed to do.
I don't know if you'd
have any interest...
but we have a job
position open at our lab.
You're serious?
I can't imagine myself as a cop.
We're not cops.
We come from a wide
variety of backgrounds.
You're a medical doctor;
you're totally qualified.
It's an entry-level position.
The hours are terrible,the pay's bad...
But money's not exactly
the object,is it?
I think you'd be a great help to CSI.
And you might really enjoy it.
I'll think on it.
Okay. So this is really real.
Fine.
Then,as your friend and colleague,
I feel it is my obligation to inform you
what a colossal mistake you're making.
- Hodges...
- Guys like us don't just get to hang it up.
This job is who we are.
We are the thin blue line
between order and chaos.
You take yourself out of the equatio
who knows what's gonna happen?
That's the Butterfly Effect.
You taught me that.
The bad guys will win
more if we don't have you.
Who is Watson without Sherlock Holmes?
Watson was a genius in his own right.
It's the right time for me to go.
Okay.