Chicago P.D. (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 13 - A Little Devil Complex - full transcript

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[explosion]

Please accept my condolences
on the loss of your paramedic.

Her name was shay, right?

Unfortunately, ofi

Has decided not
to pursue

Adrian gish
at this time.

I need your help.

Sure, sis.

Whatever you need.

You know,
we no longer work together.



Is it too late to get
my spot back in intelligence?

Welcome back.

Hey.
Morning, sergeant.

We were going to--

And a beautiful morning to
you too, officer burgess.

How can i help you?

We wanted to know if you
wanted us to check back in

With the neighborhood
watch on roosevelt?

That's a terrific
idea, burgess.

Team work to help
the dream work.

Here's the keys
to squad 01664.

You two go out there

And do some
good for this city.

Are you feeling
all right, sergeant?



I feel fantastic.

You guys!

Go on.

Go on.

[chuckles]

There she is.

Ah-ha.

All right, let the
ball-busting commence.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Yeah, we're just happy
to see you, lindsay.

Listen, we we're thinking
about putting together

A task force on how
to make coffee.

Maybe you can help us arrange
a press conference for that.

I got you started.
Cream, two sugars.

It's real simple.

I am not gonna
make you coffee.

Come on,
what about you?

I wasn't going
to say anything.

And then lang called
and he said you left

Your pant suit
at the headquarters.

[laughter]

Welcome back.

(kevin)
yeah! Missed you a lot.

You guys have no idea how good
it is to be here.

Hey, kiddo,
i want you

With antonio catching up
on all the old case files.

I got to step out
for a moment, sarge.

What's up?

I'll let you know as soon
as i find out.

Hmm.

Hey.

That's the place?

Yeah, that's where
adrian gish works.

And how sure are you
he's the arsonist responsible

For shay's death?

100%.

We found the fire factory.

We mapped out his fires.

I mean, he basically
admitted it to severide

When he confronted him.

But ofi can't prove it.

You know how hard it
is to prove arson.

All right.

Point him out to me.

There.
That's him.

That's him.

Okay, stay back.

Excuse me.

You adrian gish?

I am.

Antonio dawson,
chicago pd.

You mind if we go somewhere
and have a conversation?

Regarding?

Regarding you being
an arsonist.

Regarding that you killed
a cfd paramedic.

I've already talked
to the fire department.

You're talking
to the cpd now.

You're embarrassing me.

I'm just getting started.

I'm going to go
back to work now.

Whoa!

Did you just spit
in my face?

I didn't spit in--

Now, that's assaulting
an officer.

Why'd you make this ugly?

- You see it?
- I saw it.

That's ridiculous.
I didn't--

I'm gonna have
to call medical

To make sure you don't
have any diseases.

Lots of paperwork.

Is everything okay, adrian?

Your employee is a murderer.

How's that for okay?

All right, talk to me.

51, including my sister,
got called to a fire scene

In a storage facility.

In that space were cases
of brake fluid, kitty litter,

And chlorine powder.

Classic arsonist material.

All right, so
the guy's a pyro.

It's not our problem.

Along with an obituary
of leslie shay.

That building explosion...

This guy.

I hope this
is being recorded.

I've been
physically harassed.

I hear you like to
start fires, gish.

Only when appropriate.

According to who?

Fires that kill
innocent people?

Yeah, i've heard about men
who do that.

Men who kill
their own families.

Men who wipe out city blocks
with a single match.

[yawns]

How challenging is that?

A stupid cow burnt
this city to the ground.

Exactly.

The challenge would be to get
away with it more than once.

It would take a very special cow
to do it over and over

And over
again for years.

Go ahead.

Show me how you do it.

[inhales deeply]

Always underestimated.

You got away with it this long
out of sheer dumb luck,

Not because you're special.

Thankfully, the cfd
turned us on to you,

And there's nothing
we like better

Than to correct
god's mistakes.

Now i see it.

See what?

The paramedic who came in
my office and accused me.

She's your sister, right?

So she dialed up
a little police brutality.

How'd you know she
was a paramedic?

I follow the news.

She was at the fire
where leslie shay died.

Gabriela dawson.

You just gonna tiptoe
right to the edge, huh?

(antonio)
i promise you i'll stand right
behind you

To give you
the last push.

God's mistake?

God's mistake?

Really?
You think i was made by god?

[chortles]

Last i checked,
fire was the devil's tool.

I'm warning you,
detective.

Do not push me.

Or what, gish?

You gonna burn me up?

When i'm done with you,

You're gonna burn
yourself up.

[knocking on door]

All right, all right,
not another word.

I'm assuming he wasn't allowed

To contact his attorney
as was his right?

Your client volunteered
to talk to us.

(lawyer)
well, he's done volunteering.

Unless my client
is being arrested,

Then we will be
leaving now.

.

Adrian gish.

Cfd is sure he blew up
the building

That killed leslie shay.

I for one agree with them.

I got the mother of all
bad hits off this guy.

Gish works at herald mortgage
company as a proofreader.

Lives at 2947 west 21st.

Alone.

No known relatives in chicago.

What's his rush?

According to kelly severide,
he's an excitement arsonist,

Lives in the shadows and gets
off on the chaos of the act.

This guy killed leslie shay,
my sister's best friend.

Years ago, he killed peter
mills' father,

And burned chief boden
and who knows how many others.

As far as i'm concerned,

We don't sleep
until this lunatic roasts.

I hear that.

So how do we handle him?

We get under his skin.

Make him feel us
everywhere he looks.

Arson is hard to prove unless
you catch him in the act,

So that's what we're gonna do.

Pressure the volcano and be
there when it erupts.

Olinsky and ruzek,
roll to his workplace.

Apparently, antonio caused a
little stir there this morning.

My experience is,
the office gossips

Will be bursting to talk
to us about this guy.

The rest of you,

Find a common link between
the victims of these fires.

I want a warrant
for this home address asap.

And make sure you include
all electronics

In the body of the warrant.

Of course.

Hey, alvin, adam?

I'm just checking if you
need a patrol team

To assist you with your
busy case load today.

We're always here
to help intelligence.

No, that's okay.
Thanks.

Well, cheers to you, then.

Watch this.

What're you gonna do?

I don't know.

Hey, sarge?

Hey, how can i help you?

Do you mind if i swap
shifts tomorrow?

I think we can
work something out.

Oh, great.

'cause i have this
cake-making class,

And the lesson
is on layering,

And i'm so afraid
if i get behind,

I will never really catch up

'cause it's like
trigonometry, you know?

I do know.

And i don't like it.

I love it.

I mean, caminetto can
swap out with you, right?

Thank--
yeah, thank you.

And save me a piece,
for me, okay?

'cause that's just
yum yum in my tum-tum.

Thank you.

Hi.

Is adrian in trouble
or something?

You tell us.

He's never been anything but
a perfect employee...

Then today...

How long's he worked here?

I came on eight years ago
and inherited him.

So before that.

Rachel!

Will you bring me
adrian gish's work file?

Of course.

Look, what we do
isn't exciting.

We write mortgage reports
and adrian proofreads them.

I mean, he comes in,
he's super organized,

And he doesn't involve himself
with office politics,

Which, believe me,
happen here

When you get three people
in a room.

Anything ever burn down
around here?

Any employees' houses
catch fire unexpectedly?

Not that i know of.

I don't even think he smoked.

Thank you.

His resume says he started
here in 2004.

Mind if we have
a look at that?

Hey, smart guy.

Kellogg business school
at northwestern.

Yeah.

Dr. Miller?

Yes.

Hi. Detective halstead
and lindsay.

Hi.

Thanks for meeting us.

Adrian gish's resume
said that he went

To kellogg for his mba.

You're listed as one
of three professors

On his advisory committee.

We're just hoping you could tell
us some more about him.

I remember adrian.

Anyone who was here
at that time does.

Gifted.

In what way?

He would light up a room.

Intellect, charm.

I remember thinking, this young
man will be a senator some day.

A senator?

He never saw his wheelchair
as a disadvantage.

I remember when--

Did you say wheelchair?

Yes.

Muscular dystrophy,
i think it was.

This man?

No.

I don't know who that is.

Okay, thank you
for your time.

Thanks.

All right, we need to go
to the registrar's office

And see if they have an
alumni address

For the gish that
actually went here.

Yep.

[knocking on door]

Yes?

Mrs. Gish?

Yes.

I'm piper gish.

Mother of adrian gish?

Yes.

Do you know where he is?

I'm sorry?

We're looking for your son.

How dare you?

Ma'am--

Adrian was killed in
an office fire 12 years ago.

They didn't have
wheelchair ramps.

Only an elevator.

He didn't--

He was trapped.

So this isn't your son?

This is him.

This is adrian.

We're sorry to bother you.
We made a mistake.

What is this about?

Police business, ma'am.

Very sorry.

If that guy's gish,

Who the hell is our guy?

.

How the hell did arson
investigation not know that gish

Is operating under an alias?

Well, they aren't cops.

They're about accelerants
and incendiaries

And the causes
of a fire.

It took them this long to even
know it was arson.

Give us a minute.

My client legally changed his
name ten years ago.

And stole an identity
in the process.

My client's birth name
was ross clayton mcgowan,

And this is to inform you

That i have formally lodged
complaints with the ipra,

The i.G.'s office,
and will be suing.

File away.

They probably have pre-printed
"voight" forms ready to go.

So...

So...

So just 'cause i'm back doesn't
mean i want to quit me and you.

I don't know.

I'm not really a
sneak-around-behind-dad's-back

Kind of guy.

Says the guy that
works undercover.

[laughs]

Let's just come clean.

Voight will respect us more
if we look him in the eye.

Or we keep our personal
lives personal.

It's nobody's business
but ours.

[knocking on door]

Hey, voight wants
to move out.

Yep, got it.

To be continued.

Yep.

(voight)
there they are.

Hey, sergeant, i need
to borrow burgess and roman.

Of course, hank,
whatever you need.

(voight)
thanks.

This is ross mcgowan,
aka adrian gish.

We want you to follow him.

All right,
we'll get changed.

No.
This guy's a smart cookie.

We're gonna throw him
a wrinkle. Come on.

Okay, sergeant,
we are good to go.

Police!
Search warrant!

Clear!

Where do you want me
to stick this warrant?

Just tag it to
the front door.

All right, toss the place.

Make it messy.

Pull up the floorboards
if you have to.

Can i get one cheese,
large?

Here.
Keep the change.

Hey, thanks.

Let me get a couple
of slices of sausage, please.

Cpd eats free here.

Oh, no, we can't--

Sure, we can.

Can we get a couple
of sodas too?

Yeah.

Diet for my partner.

Hilarious.

Thank you.

Pies almost ready, sir.

Sorry to make you wait.

Not a problem.

(burgess)
hey.

Should we follow him?

He left his cell phone.

If he's not back in
a minute i'm gonna--

I'm not worried.

Do you ever worry?

When you got shot,
i worried.

The way platt's
acting this week,

That's got me worried.

But no, not usually.

I don't know
how you do that.

I concentrate on the
important things.

Oh, i'll have to
start trying that.

Yeah, i'm gonna go see
if he's--

Here you go.

Here you go.

Are you two following me?

We're just out
on patrol, sir.

Nice weather, huh?

Lindsay, halstead,
gish thinks he spied us.

Got him.

Wait, is he...

Son of a bitch.

[knocks on window]

For the district.

Extra cheese.

You're underestimating
me again.

[explosion]

.

Maybe we should have worried.

You heard?

I heard.

I don't know what
to tell you, sergeant.

It happened so fast...

Just so i'm clear, the guy
you were tailing got free

From your sight, snuck
out a bathroom window,

And then molotov cocktailed
your squad car.

Okay, the details are a bit
more complex then that--

But basically yeah,
yes, sergeant.

And you didn't
arrest him why?

Because halstead and lindsay
said we need something bigger.

Bigger than one
of my squad cars?

These things happen.

The important thing is
that you two are unharmed.

Listen, don't let the behavior
of others affect your day today.

Do some good out there.

All right,
out with it.

Who is that man and what
is he holding over you?

Fine.

He works for the
city bureau

Of disciplinary action
or something.

I don't know.

He's monitoring me.

I knew it!

Just keep your voice down.

Okay.

How long is
this gonna go?

I don't know.

Someone anonymously complained
about my people skills.

Said i was droll
and demeaning.

Can you believe that?

No.

I love being the desk
sergeant here, burgess.

I mean, i really love it.

If they took that
away from me,

Put me behind some desk
in the ivory tower, or worse...

Early retirement,

I don't know what i'd do.

That could happen?

Okay, you want to bury me?

Now's your chance.

Just walk over to him
and pour your heart out.

- Hey, herlihy!
- Yo, sarge.

How's the family?

Hey, how you doing?

I've been better.

You remember megan?

Of course.

Good to see you.

Sorry about
the circumstances.

You guys close
to finding this guy?

We're gonna get him,
i promise.

He's obsessed with
being underestimated

And he's going to crack.

Chief.

Hey.

So here's the map
from the ifo logs.

With all the suspected arsons
going back to 1970.

We don't know how far gish
goes back with all this,

But figured the more information
you had, the better.

His name's not gish.

He's been using a fake
identity for a long time.

We don't know how long.

He torched
a patrol car yesterday.

- You serious?
- Yeah.

It's actually a good sign.

Our plan is working.

This helps too.

Atwater, why don't you and me
cross-reference all these fires

With the name ross mcgowan
and see what pops.

Pardon me.
What did you say?

Ross mcgowan,
gish's birth name.

That is not his birth name.

What's that, chief?

Ross mcgowan
was a firefighter.

He died in the same fire

That killed peter mills'
father, henry.

Same place i got my scars.

So mcgowan's a fake id too.

Going back 20 years.

Who is this guy?

Huh?

Thanks, guys.

We'll update you as soon as
there's anything to update.

Yeah.

Please don't tell me
this means you guys aren't--

Megan, look at me.

This prick is going down.

Hey, sis.

Voight's just frustrated because
we're all taking

This a bit
personally now.

Antonio, you looked into
that man's eyes, right?

He's not human.

He's not even an animal.

He's darkness.

I know it.

You need to arrest him,

You make something up,
get him,

Throw him in the pit,
and never look back.

It doesn't work like that.

Voight does.

I've seen it.

Wow.

Haven't you come
full circle on voight.

Well, what
are you doing?

My job.

[scoffs]

Man, everyone keeps
saying that.

Because it's the truth.

You may not want
to hear it,

But i believe
in the system, gabby.

Because at the end
of the day, it works.

Now, we're gonna catch gish
in the act,

And he's gonna spend the
rest of his pathetic life

Right where he belongs.

Locked up.

Alone.

In the darkness,
like you said.

I really hope you're right.

Before he kills
somebody else.

Because if he does,
that's on you.

.

All right,
we know his age,

We know his weight,
we know his face.

Anyone been in the
interrogation room since him?

No, i don't think so.

Then his prints
are on the table.

Let's run 'em
through ncic and leads.

We'll see if we get
a pop or a match.

O and ruzek
are on him, right?

- Yeah.
- Good.

Let's keep pushing
this bastard.

I don't want
to wait much longer.

Sorry, one second.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Sir?

I've worked with sergeant platt
for a while now,

So i think i have some
good perspective.

Okay, she would kill me for
saying this, but...

She is an amazing
woman and cop.

Nobody cares more
about this district

Than sergeant trudy platt,
okay?

She runs it firmly
and fairly

And with a...

Just ton of charisma.

Hmm.

Charisma.

Anyway, i wanted you
to know that.

Thank you.

Officer burgess, is it?

That's right.

Uh--guh--
no, my pleasure.

Hardware store?

Yeah.

Want me to stay back,
guard your car?

I've been looking to
trade this in anyway.

Let's go.

(gish)
danger...

Flammable...

Gas...

Under...

Pressure...

Do you know why arson
is so hard to prove?

Why don't you tell us?

Because fire
eats itself.

Destroying all the evidence.

It's as if
you had a gun...

Used it in a murder,

And then the gun
self-destructed.

Poof!

Why don't you tell us more?

About the fires you started?

Get it out in the open?

You know you want to.

Excuse me.

I tried.

[register beeping]

I can take you over here.

I'll wait.

How you doing today?

Dandy.

And you?

Oh, getting by.

Oh, um...

I hope you don't mind
my asking, but...

A fire?

I was trapped in one
at my old school.

I don't remember much
about it.

Lucky to be alive,
they tell me.

Was it the school fire
at august ele--

Elementary on 38th,
about...

8 or 9 years ago?

Yeah, it was.

(gish)
i remember that.

A nasty one.

Glad you made
it out okay.

(woman)
me too.

And thank you.

This will be
$62.67.

You know what?

I decided i don't
want any of it.

I'm going to the grocery store
next if you want to come.

We're gonna take
you up on that.

Don't worry about him.

(voight)
yeah.

Thanks, al.

Olinksy says gish
has old burn scars

From a fire on his arm.

We can use that.

We know he changed ids
at least twice

Going back 20 years.

What do we know
about psychopaths?

They work up to
their first kills

And usually aren't very
careful in the early going.

So either gish burned
himself starting a fire,

Or more likely,

He suffered
an inciting incident,

And that's what
set him off.

Exactly.

In the interview room,

Gish mentioned men
who kill their own families.

Let's look at some
of the earlier fires

In the bridgeport area,

See if maybe there was one

That took out a family except
for one little boy.

Hey, we got one!

Fire in bridgeport
in 1975.

(jay)
killed a mom,

A husband, a brother.

There was one surviving
child at the time.

He was age 7,
trenton lamont.

You got an address?

3424 south green street.

Let's hit it.

Hey.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

You lived here long?

Just my whole life.

You here when this
place burned down?

Yeah,
the lamont family.

How come no one
ever rebuilt?

The son who survived,
he still owns the property.

Trenton.

Trenton lamont.

You ever have
any contact with him?

Yeah, all the time.

Lives right there.

What?

Yeah, never left the area.

Saw him last week.

He comes and goes
at weird times,

Been always nothing
but nice.

This him?

Yeah, that's him.

Trenton lamont.

Let's go.

Clear back here.

Hey, in here!

Gabi.

Oh, my god.

Al, you got eyes on gish?

Yeah, he's entering
a grocery store

On roosevelt as we speak.

We're letting him--

He's targeting gabriela!
Snatch him up!

Move to arrest,
move to arrest!

He's sending out
false texts.

Last one's to gabby
from silvy brett

Telling her to meet him
at this address.

(antonio)
when?

Now.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey.

You see a guy run through here,
red jacket, dark hair?

Back of the store, al.

(adam)
out of the store.
Out of the store.

[coughing]

Go, go, go!
I got it, i got it.

I think i got it.

[tires squealing]

Al, tell me you got him.

(al)
we don't have eyes.

He's in the wind.

Oh, god.

Come on.
Pick up, pick up.

Hey, antonio.

I'm just about to get in a--

Antonio.

Gabby, get out of there.

Antonio.

Gabby, listen to me.

[tires squealing]

[elevator jolts]

Oh, come on.

[alarm blares]

(man)
hello?

Hey.
Hi, i'm in a stuck elevator.

(man)
anyone else in there?

Just me.

(man)
okay.

I'll take a look.

Sit tight.

[panel clanking]

Oh.

Hey.

Need a little help down here.

Do you?

I warned everyone.

Everyone.

No one listened.

You know what
the police called me?

God's mistake.

[gasps]

But i'm not from god.

[gasoline splashing]

[coughs]

Stop.

Stop!

Listen to me.
Stop!

You don't want to do this.

All i want to do
is watch you burn.

.

Listen to me, adrian!
Listen to me.

You poured too much
gasoline.

Okay, you know this!

If you light up this elevator
car, you're going up too.

I don't care.

[gasps]

You got away
with it for so long.

If you end it this way,
they're gonna say--

They're gonna say that
you made a mistake,

And the cops are gonna know

That they
didn't underestimate you.

You will ruin your legacy,

What you worked so hard for.

Wrong.

This finishes my legacy.

Hey!

Who are you?

What's going on?

Whoa, hey,
i just work here, man.

I got a call
the elevator was stuck.

You smell that?

It's gasoline.

Keys.
What floor is it stuck on?

Between three and four.

Here.
Wait out there.

I was destined for it.

To burn.

[gabby coughing]

To be consumed
in the chaos of fire.

No, don't.

Don't do it.
Don't do it.

Do you know the story
of the phoenix?

It's a beautiful bird that
at the end of its life,

Settles into a nest
and sets itself on fire...

And a new phoenix is born
from the ashes.

I will rise again, see?

Stronger, better.

[gunshot]

[gasps]

Gabby!

I'm okay.

[panting]

Oh, god!

[coughing
and gasping]

You okay?

[gasping]
yeah, yeah.

[coughs]

Antonio.

That's fine police work
today, brother.

Yeah, thanks.

You all right?

Me?

I'm glad i saved
the courts the trouble.

Hey, you and me both.

Hey, you're coming,
right?

Yeah.

See you in a minute.

[shudders]

Devil in the
white city.

Back in hell
where he belongs.

Hey.

- Hey.
- Hey, chief.

Hey, chief,
how you feel?

How do i feel?

God, i wish there was a word
to encapsulate it all.

How about happy?

I mean, i'm happy the
son of a bitch is dead.

No, happy
is not the word.

I'm just...

I don't know.

I don't know, i'd say
happy works for me.

I just might get some sleep
for the first time in months.

I hear right?

Yeah.

They...

They got him.

Thank you.

Thank you.

God, i need a beer.

Yeah.

Maybe you were right.

Maybe happy
is the word.

- Here's to happy.
- Cheers.

I almost--

Shh.
Hey.

Come here.

We're all good.

You did it.

I'm fine.

We're all fine
thanks to you.

Yeah.

We're fine.

[knocking on door]

Hey, if you want to tell
hank, we can tell him.

I don't want
to talk about hank.

What do you want--

I don't want
to talk at all.

I've heard
of a puff piece,

But this is a whole bag
of puffs.

What's going on, sergeant?

Ah, just a little article

The sun-times wrote
about yours truly.

Nice of them to recognize
the little people, you know?

(sean)
"officer kim burgess, a beat co
in platt's district told me,

No desk sergeant in the city
has as much charisma

As sergeant trudy platt."

You said that?

God, i love that word.

Charisma.

I got to remember that one.

You lied to me.

My mother's gonna read this.

You...

Are unbelievable.

Yeah, but with charisma.

Well, at least we got a couple
of nice shifts out of you.

Yeah, that quota's
done for the year.

So quit sitting
around like a piss bum

On the first of the month and
get out and patrol, officer.

Hey.

Hey, spencer for hire,
you seen lindsay?

What?
No.

Why?

'cause i got
a package for her.

She texted me.

She said that she had
to see her mom or something.

So what was so important you
couldn't tell me over the phone?

Okay, erin...

Is this about teddy?

Teddy?
No, no, no.

Nothing to do with teddy.

Teddy's great.

As a matter of fact,
he's really good.

He's enrolled in some
night classes at ccu.

- Yeah.
- Hotel management.

What then?

Well, i quit my job
at the bar

And now i'm working the desk

At johnny's rental
truck company.

Which is great.
It's all good.

It's good.

It's just that there's
this one customer

Who keeps renting from us.

Eight times
in the last month.

I mean, we have our
repeat movers, you know,

But eight times?

I just get a really
bad vibe off this guy.

A bad vibe off
a rental customer

Is why you had me come
all the way down here?

When he returned
his last rental,

I found this
in the back.

I think he killed
somebody.