Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 10, Episode 2 - Burn - full transcript

The team heads to Seattle to hunt for a murderous high school teacher.

Hotch: PREVIOUSLY
ON "CRIMINAL MINDS"...

YOU OK?

YEAH, I'M JUST
REALLY TIRED.

HE HAD HIS MEDS
AN HOUR AGO.

YEAH, POST-OP ANTIBIOTICS.

CARBENICILLIN?
NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

I HAVE A SEVERE REACTION
TO BETA LACTAMS.

THAT'S NOT IN YOUR CHART.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

GARCIA! HE HAS A GUN!



YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

HEY, YOU'RE OK.

YOU'RE OK.

[THUNDER]

OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BY THY NAME,

THY KINGDOM COME,
THE WILL BE DONE,

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN,

GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DAILY BREAD,

AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE
WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.

AND LEAD US NOT
INTO TEMPTATION,

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL,

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM



AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY

FOREVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

THIS IS NOT FAIR.

SHE'S RIGHT.
WHY ALL THE FANFARE?
LET HIM BURN IN HELL.

JUST DO IT. KILL HIM!

KILL HIM! KILL HIM!

All: KILL HIM! KILL HIM!
KILL HIM!

KILL HIM! KILL HIM! KILL HIM!

KILL HIM! KILL HIM!
KILL HIM! KILL HIM!

KILL HIM! KILL HIM!
KILL HIM! KILL HIM...

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

NO! NO, PLEASE! NO!

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

[GASPING]

I'VE BEEN HAVING NIGHTMARES
ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT

ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW
YOU GUYS DEAL WITH IT,
AND I'M NOT TRYING--

IT'S JUST THAT
I CAN'T JUST LET IT HAPPEN.

I--I CAN'T--
I HAVE TO GO. I HAVE--

YOU DON'T THINK
I'M CERTIFIABLE?
YOU'RE NOT MAD AT ME?

NO. I'LL HAVE KEVIN LYNCH
COVER, AND YOU HAVE A LOT
OF VACATION TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU ARE A TERRIFIC BOSS.

YOU'RE A TERRIFIC BOSS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO, WHAT'D HE SAY?

HE SAID I SHOULD GO
TO TEXAS.

HOTCH WOULD
NEVER SAY THAT.

OK. HE SAID I HAVE A LOT
OF VACATION DAYS,

WHICH IS KIND OF
THE SAME THING.

HE SAID YOU WERE CRAZY,
GARCIA, DIDN'T HE?

HE DIDN'T,
BECAUSE I AM NOT CRAZY.

GOING TO SEE THE MAN
WHO ALMOST KILLED
YOU AND REID

IS WAY BEYOND CRAZY.

HE NEEDS TO KNOW
THAT I NEVER MEANT

FOR HIM TO END UP
ON DEATH ROW.

GREG BAYLOR IS A MURDERER.

HE'S THERE FOR A REASON.

THEN LOCK HIM UP FOR LIFE,
BUT KILLING HIM

DOESN'T BRING ANY OF
THE PEOPLE THAT
HE KILLED BACK AGAIN,

AND IT'S BAD KARMA
FOR EVERYONE.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING
I CAN THINK OF.

I CALLED HIM 3 TIMES.
YOU SAID YOU HAD A HOOK-UP
WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

FORFEITING A TRIAL.
HE WAIVED ALL APPEALS

AND ADMITTED TO NUMEROUS
OTHER KILLINGS.

THE GOVERNOR
IS SETTING AN EXAMPLE.

AND GREG BAYLOR NEEDS TO KNOW
THAT I NEVER MEANT
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

I ALREADY DID THAT.
I CAN'T TOTALLY EXPLAIN IT,

BUT I HAVE TO GO AND SEE HIM.

PLEASE, I CAN'T TALK
TO SAM ABOUT THIS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE MY BACK.

NO. I DON'T HAVE YOUR BACK.

HE IS A MURDERER.
HE'S SCUM.

HE TRIED TO KILL YOU.
WAKE UP.

LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
DONE WASHING HIS FEET.

SO WHERE'S GARCIA
AND MORGAN?

ARE THEY FINALLY HAVING
THAT LOVE CHILD?

HEARD THAT.

UH, GARCIA'S TAKING
SOME PERSONAL TIME.

I HOPE IT WASN'T THOSE
BURRITOS WE HAD YESTERDAY.

SHE'S FINE. KEVIN LYNCH
WILL BE PRESENTING THE CASE.

HIYA. HI.

SORRY.

WHERE WE GOING?

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS,

TWO GENTLEMEN BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 35 AND 40

HAVE BEEN KILLED,
WITH WITH RADICALLY
DIFFERENT M.O.s.

WAS STRANGLED AND DROPPED
OFF ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD.

THE SECOND VICTIM,
JOE HAZLEY,
WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR.

THE INTIMACY OF STRANGULATION
SUGGESTS A PERSONAL ATTACK,

LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY,
THE NEED TO KILL
IN A HANDS-ON MANNER.

WHILE CRUSHING SOMEONE
WITH A CAR

PRESENTS AS DISTANCE
AND REMOVAL FROM THE KILL.

THE VICTIMS' CARS WERE
FOUND ABOUT TWO MILES
FROM EACH OTHER,

AND THEY HAVE SIMILAR
MUTILATION AROUND
THEIR MOUTHS.

WELL, IF YOU CONSIDER THAT
AND A SIMILAR GEO-PROFILE,

MAYBE WE HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT KILLERS.

WE COULD BE LOOKING
AT A TEAM.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW HE OR SHE LIKES TO KILL.

SIMILAR TO HERZOG
AND SHERMANTINE.

IF HE'S EVOLVING,
HE COULD STRIKE AGAIN SOON.

Man, whispering:
ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

[DOOR CREAKS]

WHERE AM I?

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

PL--

PLEASE.

PLEASE, I'LL DO--

I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

PLEASE!

SHH.

UHH!

[SHOUTING]

NO!

[SHOUTING]

Man, whispering:
ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

[GASPING]

Voices: ABANDON ALL HOPE
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE
YE WHO ENTER HERE!

Morgan: "THE FARTHER
BACKWARD YOU CAN LOOK,

THE FARTHER FORWARD
YOU CAN SEE."

ALL RIGHT, VICTIMOLOGY.
DAN CHEN HAD TWO CHILDREN,
JOE HAZLEY WAS SINGLE.

THE FIRST GUY WAS A DOCTOR
AND THE OTHER WAS A CONTRACTOR.

SOCIALLY
THEY WOULDN'T OVERLAP.

WELL, THEY MAY HAVE
PROFESSIONALLY.

NO, I ALREADY CHECKED INTO THAT.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

SO THEY WERE VICTIMS
OF OPPORTUNITY.

BUT WHY CHANGE
FROM STRANGULATION

WELL, IT SEEMS IMPULSIVE,
WHICH IMPLIES HE'S YOUNG
AND INEXPERIENCED.

BUT HE HAD TO HAVE
THE STRENGTH
TO PULL THIS OFF,

SO THAT PROBABLY
MEANS HE WAS OLDER.

Kevin: UM, EXCUSE ME,
AGENT HOTCHNER.

A THIRD VICTIM,
MICHAEL RICHMOND,

WAS JUST FOUND
ABOUT 4 MILES

FROM WHERE THEY FOUND
THE LAST VICTIM.

ON A RURAL HIGHWAY,
AND HE HAD ORAL MUTILATION.

THAT'S NEAR THE LAST
VICTIM'S ABDUCTION SITE.

JUST AS WE THOUGHT,
THE UNSUB'S MOVING QUICKLY.

ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE LAND,
DAVE, YOU AND KATE

GO TO THE LAST
ABDUCTION SITE.

AND JJ AND I WILL TALK
TO THE FAMILIES.

HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH PENELOPE?

REID, I'LL TALK TO YOU
MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN
WE'RE ALONE, ALL RIGHT?

IS SHE OK? I MEAN,
SHE ISN'T SICK, IS SHE?

THAT REALLY DEPENDS ON
YOUR DEFINITION OF SICK.

GOIN' TO SEE YOUR BOO?

NO, NOT--

GIRL, I KNOW WHY YOU'RE
GOIN' UP THERE

WEARING SOME FLOWER HOSE
AND NOT TRYING TO GET SOME.

IT'S COMPLICATED.

YOU WANT TO HEAR
COMPLICATED, HONEY?

MY BOO IS
MY BABY DAD'S EX.

EX-GIRLFRIEND?

NO.

EX-BOYFRIEND.

DAMN.
WHAT'S HE IN FOR?

ARMED ROBBERY.
BUT HE AIN'T KILLED NOBODY.

HE JUST DROVE THE CAR.

OH. OK.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A GOOD THING

WE'RE GOING UP THERE TODAY.

'CAUSE TOMORROW
THEY FRYIN' SOMEBODY.

BUT DON'T TRIP.

THE DAY AFTER
YOU CAN COME BACK
AND SEE THAT BOO.

WHO I KNOW YOU'RE DENYING
IS REALLY YOUR BOO.

NO, HE'S--

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
ONE TO ASK THE FBI
FOR ASSISTANCE,

THE FIRST TWO VICTIMS'
FAMILIES SHOULD BE
HERE SHORTLY.

HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED THE
DROWNING VICTIM'S FAMILY?

WE HAVE OFFICERS
DOING THAT NOW.

HE WAS THE FATHER
OF TWO. POOR KIDS.

WE'LL NEED TO TALK
TO HIS FAMILY.

OF COURSE.
WE'LL SET YOU
GUYS UP IN HERE.

YOU HAVE A SUSPECT?

WE'RE PUTTING
TOGETHER A PROFILE.

SHOULDN'T WE HOLD
A PRESS CONFERENCE?

WE ALSO DON'T WANT
THIS MADMAN TO GO CRAZY.

WE'LL COME UP WITH
A MEDIA STRATEGY ONCE
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET
FROM THE FAMILY INTERVIEWS.

ALL OF THE VICTIMS
HAD DIFFERENT C.O.D.s.

STRANGULATION,

SEVERE CRUSH INJURIES,

AND FINALLY, DROWNING.

THE LAST VICTIM'S HANDS
AND LEGS WERE BOUND

BEFORE THE UNSUB
FORCIBLY SUBMERGED HIM.

THEY ALL HAVE CONTUSIONS
ON THEIR HEADS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE BLITZ
ATTACKS THEM OR HITS THEM

THERE WAS NO DNA
OR TRACE EVIDENCE FOUND.

YOU GET THE TOX SCREEN BACK?

NOTHING OUT OF
THE ORDINARY
IN THEIR SYSTEMS.

HOWEVER, I DID FIND
SOME SLASH MARKS

SLASH MARKS? WE THOUGHT
IT WAS RANDOM MUTILATION.

WHOA.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S NOT SLASHES.
IT LOOK--

IT LOOKS LIKE ROMAN
NUMERALS.

WHAT?

LOOK.

IT'S THE NUMBER 3.

JOE HAZLEY'S BODY'S
DOWNSTAIRS.

WE'LL NEED TO SEE IT.

REID, WHAT ABOUT THIS GUY?

IT LOOKS LIKE
ROMAN NUMERAL 5.

SO THEN WE MAY NOT BE
LOOKING AT VICTIMS
1, 2, AND 3.

WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING
AT 3, 4, AND 5.

WHICH MEANS THERE ARE
TWO MORE BODIES OUT THERE.

I'LL HAVE KEVIN LOOK INTO
PAST HOMICIDES IN THE AREA,

SEE IF ANY MATCH THE M.O.

[HAMMERING]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES
COUNTING]

9!

THEY RAN HIM OVER
IN A CAR?

A CAR? WHO WOULD DO THAT?
WHY JOE?

DOES YOUR BROTHER
HAVE ANY ENEMIES?

OK, UM, HAS HE HAD
ANY RUN-INS WITH
COLLEAGUES OR EXES?

JOE WASN'T LIKE THAT.

HE WAS A MEDIATOR,
YOU KNOW?

THE GUY AT THE PARTY
WHO MAKES SURE EVERYONE'S
HAVING FUN.

IF YOU NEEDED $10,
HE'D GIVE YOU 20.

EVEN WITH HIS LITTLE
BROTHER FROM THAT PROGRAM,
HE TREATED HIM LIKE BLOOD.

SO HE VOLUNTEERED
AS A BIG BROTHER?

HE COULD BE TOUGH ON JOSE.

BUT THAT KID WENT
FROM GETTING Cs TO As
THANKS TO JOE.

HOW OLD IS JOSE?

14.

WHEN HE FINDS OUT
WHAT HAPPENED,

IT'S GONNA KILL HIM.

YOU GET ANYTHING?

NO ENEMIES.
SEEMED LOVED.

HIS WIFE SAID HE WAS
A GOOD FATHER TO
THE TWIN 13-YEAR-OLDS.

THE BOYS SAID HE WAS TOUGH
BUT FAIR.

THAT COULD BE
OUR CONNECTION.

JOE HAZLEY WAS MENTORING
A KID THE SAME AGE

MIKE RICHMOND HAD A SON
ABOUT THE SAME AGE, TOO.

THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT
ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE
HE WENT MISSING.

MAYBE OUR UNSUB
HAS SOMETHING AGAINST
STRICT PATERNAL FIGURES

WITH BOYS IN THAT AGE GROUP.

NAME.

I'M HERE TO SEE
GREG BAYLOR.

YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST.
NEXT.

WAIT, NO.
I'M FROM THE FBI.

I LEFT A MESSAGE.

OH, YEAH. THAT GARCIA.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T
WANT TO SEE YOU.

NO! UH, I CAME HERE
ALL THE WAY FROM QUANTICO.

HE CAN'T JUST
NOT WANT TO SEE ME.

I HAVE SOMETHING
I HAVE TO TELL HIM.

[WHISPERING]
HE'S ON DEATH ROW.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE HE IS,

AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND
THE CONSTITUTION.

AND MR. BAYLOR
STILL HAS RIGHTS,

WHICH HE HAS DECIDED
TO EXERCISE.

NEXT.

UH...CAN I
LEAVE HIM A NOTE?

YOU CAN TRY.

CAN I BORROW YOUR PEN?

OVER THERE.

YES, SIR.
YES, SIR.

NEXT!

SO, THIS IS WHERE MIKE
RICHMOND WAS ABDUCTED.

THIS ROAD IS HIGHLY
TRAFFICKED,

BUT THIS STRETCH
SEEMS PRETTY EMPTY.

OUR UNSUB PROBABLY
FOLLOWED HIM.

YES, SO HOW DID
HE LURE THEM OUT
OF THEIR VEHICLES,

'CAUSE THEY'D BE
ON ALERT OUT HERE.

HE BUMPS THEM AS THEY
CROSS THE INTERSECTION,

THEN THEY PULL OVER,
THINKING THEY WERE
IN AN ACCIDENT.

LIKE A BUMP AND ROB.

BUT THIS TURNED INTO
A BUMP AND ABDUCT.

WHO LIKED TO BUMP AND RAPE
RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD.

AND NO ONE SAW?

I'M CONVINCED MOST PEOPLE
DON'T PAY ATTENTION THESE DAYS.

IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
ON THE PHONE,
IT DOESN'T EXIST.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

I PLANNED THAT FOR EFFECT.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

WHY DON'T YOU
ANSWER THAT?

IT'S GARCIA. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO TELL HER, REID.

SHE'S GONE TO SEE GREG BAYLOR
BEFORE HE GETS EXECUTED.

GO FIGURE.

IT'S PTSD.

HER NIGHTMARES
ARE PTSD, REID.

SHE'S TAKEN THIS
TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL.

YOU KNOW GARCIA.
SHE CARRIES A LAPTOP,
NOT A GUN.

WITHOUT NEEDING PICTURES
OF PANDA BEARS
TO COUNTERBALANCE THEM.

I TRIED TO WALK HER BACK
FROM THE LEDGE,

BUT I THINK SHE'S
ALREADY JUMPED.

I WAS LIKE THAT
AFTER I SHOT THE LDSK.

PHILLIP DOWD.

YEAH. AT FIRST
I FELT NOTHING.

AND THEN--
GIDEON WAS RIGHT.
IT JUST HIT ME.

I STARTED TO OBSESS.

LOOKED UP PHOTOS OF HIM
WHEN HE WAS IN THE RANGERS.

I STUDIED CASES HE WORKED
WHEN HE WAS A COP.

I--EVEN PATIENTS HE TREATED
WHILE HE WAS A NURSE.

I JUST WANTED
TO GET INSIDE OF HIM.

AND I WANTED TO TRY
TO UNDERSTAND WHY
OUR PATHS CROSSED

AND SEE IF THERE WAS
SOME WAY THAT HE
COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED

BEFORE I CAME ALONG.

WHAT MADE YOU FINALLY
MOVE ON?

ALL THE PEOPLE HE KILLED.

I PUT THEIR PHOTOS
ON MY WALL.

THEY HAD LIVES, TOO.

IF THIS GUY FOLLOWED
OUR VICTIMS

AND USED A RUSE,
THEN HE'S NOT
JUST ACTING ON IMPULSE.

THE FATHER FIGURES
ARE LIKELY SURROGATES
FOR HIS OWN.

Morgan: THERE WERE
ROMAN NUMERALS

CARVED INTO THE ROOFS
OF THEIR MOUTHS,

WHICH IS HIGHLY SYMBOLIC.

WITH NUMBERS 3, 4, AND 5
ALREADY FOUND,

IT SUGGESTS WE'RE MISSING
TWO EARLIER VICTIMS.

KEVIN'S LOOKING INTO IT.

Kate:
CONSIDERING THE RUSE,

THE UNSUB IS EXTREMELY
CONTROLLED,

BUT HIS M.O. DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.

THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
ITS MEANING,

BECAUSE NOT GONNA STOP
UNTIL HE DO.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

HEY, PLEASE. LOOK,
I DIDN'T MEAN TO HIT HIM.

I WAS JUST TRYING
TO TEACH HIM A LESSON
OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT,
CAN'T YOU?

HEY. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

COME ON,
LET ME OUT OF HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU SERIOUS?

COME ON,
LET ME OUT OF HERE.

PLEASE.

LISTEN.

HEY, COME ON.

HEY, HEY.

NO, NO!
COME ON, NO!

I LOVE MY FAMILY. PLEASE.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
COME ON.

OH, MY GOD.
OH, JEEZ.

HEY, COME ON, STOP!

OH, GOD! NO!

[COUGHS]

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9.

OH, COME ON!
NO, NO!

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

Voicemail: HI, THIS IS DEREK
MORGAN. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.

[BEEP]

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE?

IT'S--IT'S BABY GIRL.

HI.

BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
DODGING MY CALLS FOR
THE LAST 24 HOURS,

AND I KEEP CALLING YOU
ALTHOUGH YOU KEEP
DODGING MY CALLS.

LOOK, I KNOW WE PARTED MAD,

AND YOU THINK
I'M NUTTERBUTTER
FOR COMING HERE, AND...

YOU'RE RIGHT,

BECAUSE NOW I'M HERE AND
HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ME.

HOW CAN I MAKE THINGS BETTER
IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ME?

SO NOW I'M HERE
AT THIS MOTEL,

I'M TRYING NOT TO LOOK AT
THE STAINS ON THE BEDSPREAD,

AND I'M WRESTLING
WITH THE FACT THAT
I HAVE EGG ON MY FACE,

AND I'M SORRY.

HE'S GONNA BE SORRY
'CAUSE HE'S NOT
HANGING OUT WITH ME.

THAT'S WHAT...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING.

SEE, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
CALL ME BACK.

PLEASE?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

YOU HAVE A COLLECT CALL
FROM BALDRIDGE STATE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO ACCEPT
THE CHARGES,
PLEASE PRESS ONE.

THIS IS GREG BAYLOR.

OH, MY GOSH.
IT'S YOU.

HI. HOW ARE YOU?

I MEAN--
THAT'S A DUMB QUESTION.

TODAY AT 2:00.

OK. OK. TODAY AT 2:00.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

Morgan: THIS UNSUB'S TRULY
EVOLVING, SWITCHING TO FIRE.

HE MIGHT JUST BE GETTING
MORE FORENSICALLY SOPHISTICATED.

FIRE DESTROYS
MOST TRACE EVIDENCE.

KEVIN JUST FOUND
TWO HOMICIDES IN THE CITY

FROM THE LAST 8 WEEKS
WHICH MIGHT FIT
OUR UNSUB'S M.O.

WERE THEY IN
THE COMFORT ZONE?

40 MILES OUT.
BUT THEY DID HAVE

ROMAN NUMERALS 1 AND 2
IN THEIR MOUTHS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS
ASPHYXIATED BY GAS

AND THE OTHER ELECTROCUTED.

THAT PROBABLY MAKES HIM
NUMBER 6,

YOU KNOW,
IT'S SHAPED
MORE LIKE A CASKET.

MAYBE THIS IS HOW
HE WANTED TO SEE THE MAN

BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY
IN THE SIXTH CIRCLE.

CIRCLE OF WHAT?

DAN CHEN WAS FOUND
IN THE MUD.

THE OTHER GUY
WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

I DON'T THINK
THESE ARE RANDOM M.O.s.

THE UNSUB IS RECREATING
THE CIRCLES OF HELL.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

Hotch: WE BELIEVE THE UNSUB
WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A MALE

BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 35 AND 40

WHO IS KILLING
PARENTAL FIGURES

BASED ON HIS NEED
FOR REVENGE AND PUNISHMENT.

HE'S DESIGNED HIS M.O.
TO RECREATE DANTE'S
9 CIRCLES OF HELL.

Rossi: "THE INFERNO"
IS THE FIRST PART OF
DANTE'S "DIVINE COMEDY,"

WITHIN IT, HE DESCRIBES
THE SINNERS HE'D ENCOUNTER

IN EACH CIRCLE OF HELL

AND THE PUNISHMENTS
THEY'D ENDURED.

THE FIRST CIRCLE
WAS FOR THOSE
WHO DIDN'T ACCEPT GOD,

THEREFORE LIVED
IN LIMBO, PUNISHED
BY A BLINDING FOG.

THE FIRST VICTIM
WAS FOUND GASSED
IN HIS APARTMENT.

THE SECOND CIRCLE
WAS FOR THOSE
GUILTY OF LUST,

WHO'D BE BLOWN AROUND
IN A VIOLENT STORM.

THEREFORE, OUR SECOND
VICTIM WAS TIED TO A FENCE

AND ELECTROCUTED.

WHERE SINNERS
WOULD BE RAINED ON
AND WALLOW IN MUD.

OUR NEXT VICTIM
WAS FOUND STRANGLED
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

Reid: OUR FOURTH VICTIM
WAS CRUSHED
LIKE THE PUNISHMENT

IN THE NEXT CIRCLE
RESERVED FOR GREED.

WHERE SINNERS WERE DROWNED
IN SWAMPY WATER,

WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE NEXT VICTIM.

IN THE SIXTH,
HERETICS WERE TRAPPED
IN A BURNING TOMB,

LIKE OUR MOST RECENT
VICTIM,

AND THE NEXT 3 CIRCLES
ARE JUST AS VICIOUS.

OUR UNSUB KILLED
ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THE SIXTH CIRCLE

AND MARKED HIS VICTIMS
ACCORDINGLY.

BUT HIS VICTIMS HADN'T
COMMITTED THE SINS

ASSOCIATED
WITH EACH RING,

ARE SYMBOLIC OF
THE FATHER FIGURE

IN THE POEM, DANTE TRAVELED
WITH THE POET VIRGIL

WHO ASSURED HIM
HE WOULD ENTER PARADISE

IF HE COMPLETED HIS JOURNEY.

IS METAPHORICALLY
TAKING THIS JOURNEY
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

Man:
I WILL HELP YOU.

I WILL HELP YOU.
I WILL HELP YOU.

HIS VIRGIL IS MOST LIKELY
A SIBLING

THAT SUFFERED THE SAME FATE

THIS MAN'S PATIENT.
WE ALSO THINK
HE'S AN ACADEMIC.

HE STALKS HIS VICTIMS,
AND AFTER WATCHING THEM
DISCIPLINE A CHILD,

HE WAITS UNTIL
WHAT HE CONSIDERS

THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT
TO KILL THEM.

WE BELIEVE HE WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE FINAL 3 CIRCLES

UNTIL HE FEELS
COMPLETELY AVENGED.

4 CAVITIES. DO YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH THAT COST ME?

I'VE BEEN BRUSHING
MY TEETH.

ALL YOU DO IS EAT CANDY
AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO THE BALLGAME
ON SATURDAY.

AND THAT IS WHERE
ALL THE VICTIMS
WERE LAST SEEN

ALL RIGHT, WE NEED
TO GET BACK TO THE POEM.

AN UNSUB THIS COMMITTED
TO A BODY OF WORK

ISN'T KILLING
OUT OF THE BLUE.

MAYBE HE'D OBSESS
OVER THE POEM,

MAYBE EVEN WRITE ABOUT IT
BEFORE ACTING IT OUT.

YEAH. AT LEAST BE
LITERARY ENOUGH
TO POST HIS THOUGHTS.

KEVIN, WHAT DID YOU
COME UP WITH

ON PEOPLE POSTING
ONLINE RANTS ABOUT
DANTE'S "INFERNO"?

THERE ARE OVER 80 PEOPLE
IN THE PAST WEEK.

Rossi: SUBTRACT
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
SCREEDS ABOUT HOMEWORK.

YOU GOT 5 IN THE STATE,
MY FRIEND.

ANY IN THE COMFORT ZONE?

ONE.

NATHAN CHOW. HE'S A STUDENT
AT PUGET COLLEGE.

HE POSTED A BLOG
ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE
AT HIS SCHOOL

USING DANTE'S 9 CIRCLES
OF HELL.

WHEN DID HE DO IT?

A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST MURDER.

HE'S A LITTLE YOUNGER
THAN OUR PROFILE.

WHAT IF HE'S OUR VIRGIL?

WE CATCH HIM,
WE CATCH OUR UNSUB.

SEND US THE ADDRESS.

NATHAN CHOW, FBI!

1, 2.

CLEAR.

EXPLOSIVES?

THAT'S NOT CIRCLE 7.

NO, BUT SUICIDE IS ONE OF
THE INNER CIRCLES OF 7.

THIS COULD BE THE ENDGAME.

NATHAN?

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

ANYTHING YOU SAY
CAN AND WILL BE USED
AGAINST YOU

IN A COURT OF LAW.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY...

AND HAVE HIM PRESENT
WHILE YOU'RE BEING
QUESTIONED.

[BELL RINGS]

THANK YOU FOR AGREEING
TO SEE ME.

HOW ARE YOU?
THAT'S A DUMB QUESTION.

YOU LOOK GOOD.
I MEAN, YOU LOOK GOOD

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING--

IS THIS PLACE
AS BAD AS IT SEEMS?

IT COULD USE SOME PAINT.

I'M NERVOUS.
I CAN'T STOP TALKING.
I'M SORRY.

LOOK, I KNOW
YOU GOT MY LETTER.

AND I KNOW YOU TRIED
TO HURT ME AND MY FRIEND,

BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW
I NEVER MEANT
FOR THIS TO HAPPEN,

FOR YOU TO END UP
ON DEATH ROW.

I TRIED TO STOP THIS.

YOU TRIED TO STOP THIS?

YES. I CALLED THE GOVERNOR.

YOU HAD A HORRIBLE
UPBRINGING.
THIS ISN'T YOU.

WHY ARE YOU REALLY HERE?

I NEED YOU TO KNOW
I'M IN YOUR CORNER.

OH. YOU'RE NOT HERE
FOR ME.

YOU'RE HERE
FOR YOURSELF.

THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE.

OF COURSE IT IS.
YOU DON'T KNOW ME.

OH, I KNOW YOU.

OH, SO YOU WANT ME
TO FORGIVE YOU.

I LOVE KILLING,
I DESERVE THIS?

THEN WHAT THE HELL
IS IT?

HUH?
'CAUSE I'M DONE TALKING.

I'M DONE FEELING GUILTY.

AND THE LAST THING
I NEED IS SOME FREAKY
WOMAN COMING UP HERE

WITH HER LIBERAL GUILT
TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS.

I'M A KILLER.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

I DID IT.

I KILLED THEM.

YES. ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

Morgan: DANTE HAD THAT MUCH
OF AN EFFECT ON YOU, HUH?

YOU FIGURED BY TAKING
YOUR VICTIMS THROUGH HELL,

YOU'D RELIEVE
SOME KIND OF PAIN.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

HOW DID YOU CHOOSE
THE 6 VICTIMS?

WERE THEY RANDOM,
OR DID THEY HAVE
MEANING TO YOU?

EVIL ISN'T RANDOM.

IT'S QUITE PRECISE.

YOU MADE A LIST
AND STARTED KILLING.

NO.

THEY CHOSE THEIR FATES.

WE'RE ALL EVIL.

MEN AND WOMEN.

EVIL DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.

SO LET'S ENTER THROUGH
THE GATES OF HELL

AND TALK ABOUT
THE FIRST KILLING.

YOU REPLICATED
THE FIRST CIRCLE?

I PUT HER IN A FOG
AND I STRANGLED HER.

ACTUALLY, YOU CHAINED HIM
IN HIS APARTMENT

AND LEFT THE OVEN ON.

ALL THE VICTIMS
WERE MALE, NATHAN.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

NATHAN, WE KNOW YOU'RE
WORKING WITH SOMEONE.
WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING?

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

NATHAN,
STOP STONEWALLING US.

YOU'RE HIS VIRGIL,
AREN'T YOU?

NO. I'M DANTE.

I'M DANTE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

OK, WHY IS HE TAKING
CREDIT FOR KILLINGS
HE CLEARLY DIDN'T DO?

EGO, MAYBE.

IN THE POEM, DANTE
AND VIRGIL HAD ROLES

FROM WHICH
THEY DIDN'T STRAY.

THIS UNSUB AND HIS VIRGIL
WOULD DO THE SAME THING.

I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S GOT SOME
RELATIONSHIP

GUYS, WITH CIRCLES
7, 8, AND 9 LEFT,
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

WE NEED TO DIG MORE DEEPLY
INTO NATHAN'S LIFE.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING OFF
TO AN ICKY START.

I'M DONE.
YOU SHOULD GO.

THERE'S NOTHING
THAT YOU CAN SAY.

THEN WHY DID YOU AGREE
TO SEE ME?

I'M NOT A FRIEND.
I'M NOT FAMILY.

OH, IS THAT IT?

THEY DIDN'T COME?

I'M THE ONLY ONE
WHO SHOWED UP?

IF I WAS WRONG,
YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED
THE GUARD OVER HERE BY NOW.

YOU'RE AFRAID.

AS TOUGH AS YOU'RE ACTING
RIGHT NOW,

THIS IS THE SCARIEST.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE.

I DESERVE THIS.

WHY THE HECK
DID YOU CALL ME?

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO DIE ALONE.

OH.

I CAN'T.

WHY?

FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

I--I--I--I HATE--

I HATE--I DON'T LIKE BLOOD.

THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEONE
OUT THERE--

NO, YOU WERE RIGHT.
I GOT NOBODY.

NOBODY CAME TO VISIT ME.
NOBODY CALLED.

YOU'RE THE ONLY HUMAN
THAT REACHED OUT TO ME,

WELL, MAYBE THE GOVERNOR
WILL STILL GRANT YOU A STAY.

BUT IF HE DOESN'T...

THEN I WANT SOMEBODY THERE.

I'M SCARED.

I DON'T KNOW.

THEN I WAS RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR ME.

YOU'RE HERE FOR YOURSELF.

HEY.

NO. NO.
NO, WAIT.

TAKE ME BACK.

WAIT, GREG.
I'M DONE.

GREG.

NO--GREG--

NO, GREG, WAIT.

GREG.

I DIDN'T MEAN...

COULD WE...

GREG.

GREG.

NO ONE IN NATHAN'S LIFE
FITS THE PROFILE.

Kate: DID YOU CHECK PEOPLE
IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES?

YEAH. STILL COMING UP EMPTY.

ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT
NATHAN'S COPY
OF "THE INFERNO"

WITH DETAILED NOTES,
BUT THE EDITION
IS FROM 1986.

AND IF NATHAN
WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
TWO YEARS AGO,

HE WOULD HAVE HAD
A MORE RECENT EDITION.

IS THEY A J. LEU
ANYWHERE IN NATHAN'S LIFE?

UH, YEAH.
THERE'S A JUSTIN LEU.

HE WAS NATHAN'S HIGH SCHOOL
AP ENGLISH TEACHER.

IF YOU GIVE A KID
AN EARLY EDITION OF A BOOK,

IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAD A BOND.

OH, IN NATHAN'S DIGITAL
YEARBOOK,

HE SAYS THAT MR. LEU
WAS THE ONLY REASON

HE GOT THROUGH
HIGH SCHOOL.

HE TOOK HIS CLASS TWICE.

IS MR. LEU STILL
IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM?

YEAH, HE'S BEEN THERE
FOR YEARS.

FROM THE LOOKS OF IT,
HE'S A VERY TOUGH TEACHER.

OH, AND PLEASE REMEMBER
YOUR "PARADISE LOST" PAPERS

ARE DUE NEXT FRIDAY.

DON'T FORGET. THANK YOU.

MR. LEU...

YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A "B".

IF I COME HOME WITH A "B,"
MY DAD'S GONNA KILL ME.

Voices: ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

Hotch: WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT LEU'S FAMILY?

Kevin: THE MOM PASSED AWAY
OF CANCER WHEN JUSTIN WAS 10.

FATHER STARTED SPIRALING.

Father:
LET ME SEE, JUSTIN.

YOU GOT A "B"?

TODD, WHAT DID YOU GET?

A B-MINUS.

HOW MANY HOURS
DID YOU STUDY?

YOU DON'T DESERVE
TO EAT OR SLEEP.

BUT, DAD--

Kevin: STOPPED GOING
TO CHURCH, STARTED DRINKING.

SOCIAL SERVICES SAID
HE OFTEN LOCKED THE KIDS
IN A SHED.

WAS THE FATHER VIOLENT
WITH BOTH BOYS?

YES, BUT ACCORDING TO
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES,

MR. LEU'S OLDER BROTHER TODD
GOT THE WORST OF IT.

JUSTIN,
YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE OK.
IT'S GOING TO BE OK.

REMEMBER,
ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

ABANDON ALL HOPE...

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

AND WHERE'S
THE BROTHER NOW?

TODD?

TODD.

TODD!

TODD!

TODD!

Kevin: HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

HE'S METAPHORICALLY GOING
ON THIS JOURNEY WITH HIM.

Hotch: MAYBE THE FATHER
COMMITTED THE SINS

FOUND WITHIN
THE 9 CIRCLES.

AN "A"?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

THANKS.

Rossi: IS THE FATHER
STILL ALIVE?

NO, HE PASSED AWAY
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

JUSTIN INHERITED HIS HOUSE.

ALL RIGHT, KEVIN,
SEND US THE SCHOOL ADDRESS,
THE HOME ADDRESS,

SENT.
AND HIS FATHER'S ADDRESS.

[INDISTINCT VOICES]

WHAT DID I DO? WHAT
DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

PLEASE, PLEASE.
PLEASE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

JUST PAYING YOU BACK.
YOU IDIOT.

SHUT UP, DAD.

I'M NOT YOUR DAD.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ARE YOU STUPID?

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

SAY IT AGAIN.

ABANDON ALL HOPE,
YE WHO ENTER HERE.

YOU'RE WEAK,
JUST LIKE YOUR BROTHER.

NO!

PLEASE...

DON'T HURT ME!

YOU THINK
THIS IS PAINFUL?

WAIT TILL YOU GET TO HELL.

AAH!

HOTCH AND ROSSI
JUST LEFT THE SCHOOL.
JUSTIN'S NOT THERE.

IT'S EMPTY, TOO.
HE HAS TO BE HEADED

TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.

PLEASE,
I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I JUST WANT YOU
TO BE NICE.

WE'RE NOT PERFECT.

WE'RE NOT PERFECT!

NO. YOU'RE DUMB!

BE QUIET!

A "B" IN MATH?

A B-MINUS IN ENGLISH?

SHUT UP.

YOU AND YOUR BROTHER
ARE LAZY.

NO, BE QUIET.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH
DIED BACK THEN.

FBI!

FBI. DON'T DO IT.

DROP THAT GUN.
GET AWAY!

JJ: YOU'VE KILLED ENOUGH.

I'M NOT FINISHED.

PLEASE, HELP ME!

KILLING HIM'S
NOT GONNA HELP YOU.

I NEED TO FINISH
THIS JOURNEY.

BUT YOU SKIPPED
NUMBER 7

AND WENT RIGHT
TO 8, JUSTIN.

PART OF 7 WAS SUICIDE.

YOU WERE GONNA TRY TO
COMPLETE THE CIRCLES

AND SAVE THAT
FOR YOURSELF.

YOU THOUGHT THAT
BY KILLING YOURSELF

IT WOULD EVEN THE SCORE.

BUT YOUR BROTHER
DIDN'T COMMIT SUICIDE

BECAUSE HE COULDN'T
LIVE UP TO YOUR GRADES,
JUSTIN.

HE WAS DEPRESSED.

NO. IT'S MY FAULT.

IT'S MY FAULT!

IF HE'D HAVE GOTTEN
YOUR BROTHER
THE HELP HE NEEDED,

NONE OF THIS
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

LISTEN TO HER, JUSTIN.
THINK ABOUT IT.

COME ON, NOW, IT'S OVER.

DON'T LET YOUR FATHER
DESTROY YOU MORE THAN
HE ALREADY HAS.

[SOBBING]

I'M SORRY, FATHER.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

HI, THIS IS DEREK MORGAN.
PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.

DEREK, PICK UP THE PHONE.
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

I WENT TO GO SEE HIM.

THIS WHOLE THING IS A MESS.

I MADE THINGS WORSE
BY COMING HERE.

I THOUGHT I WOULD COME AND,
YOU KNOW, BE AN UPLIFTER.

I'M AN UPLIFTER.
EVEN ON DEATH ROW
I WANT TO BE AN UPLIFTER.

I WANTED TO CHANGE THINGS.
BUT I CAN'T CHANGE IT,

I CAN'T FIX IT,

AND NOW I'M HERE ALONE,
AND I KNOW I MADE
MY CHOICES TO GET HERE,

BUT I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I NEED.

I NEED YOU TO SEE ME.
I NEED YOU TO WITNESS ME

AS I GO THROUGH THIS.
I NEED TO KNOW
YOU'RE OUT THERE

WHILE I'M GOING THROUGH THIS.
THAT'S WHAT I NEED.

OPEN THE GATE.

[BUZZER]

♪ OPEN EYES ♪

♪ ADJUSTING TO THE DARK ♪

♪ THE GROWLIN' OF MACHINERY ♪

♪ CAN'T SAY IF IT'S
NIGHT OR DAY ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW ♪

♪ SOMEWHERE IN THERE YOU KNOW ♪

♪ THERE WILL BE
A PRICE TO PAY ♪

[PRIEST SAYING "LORD'S PRAYER"
IN BACKGROUND]

♪ TILL ALL THIS GOES AWAY ♪

[PRAYER CONTINUES]

♪ SO WE WALK ♪

AMEN.
♪ THE EMPTY HALLS ♪

♪ THE DIRTY WALLS ♪

♪ WE SMEAR OUR NAMES
IN THEM ♪

♪ DIRT WE FIND
BENEATH OUR NAILS ♪

IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO SAY?

♪ CAN'T BE SCRUBBED ♪

♪ FROM OUR TIRED HANDS ♪

♪ WE'RE NEVER CLEAN ♪

♪ WE'RE NEVER CLEAN ♪

♪ WE'RE NEVER CLEAN ♪

THANK YOU.

♪ WALK THE HALLS ♪

♪ SOOT ALONG THE WALLS ♪

♪ SOME WILL SMEAR
THEIR NAMES IN IT ♪

♪ WHILE SOME JUST GO AWAY ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW ♪

♪ SOMEWHERE IN THERE YOU KNOW ♪

♪ THERE'S NOTHING HERE
BUT SURVIVING ♪

♪ TILL SOMETHING GOES AWAY ♪

♪ BUT THROUGH THE CRACKS
IN THIS MACHINE ♪

♪ WE SEE THE LIGHT ♪

♪ WE SEE THE SUN DISSOLVE ♪

♪ AND WE FEEL
THE PULSE OF LIFE ♪

♪ A BETTER LIFE ♪

♪ ON THE OTHER SIDE ♪

♪ AND WE WAIT ♪

♪ AND SO WE WAIT ♪

♪ AND SO WE WAIT ♪

Garcia: "IT DOESN'T TAKE
A LOT OF STRENGTH TO HANG ON,

IT TAKES A LOT OF STRENGTH
TO LET GO."

J.C. WATTS.