Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 11, Episode 15 - A Badge and a Gun - full transcript

YOU OK?

YEAH, I'M OK.

NO, YOU'RE NOT.

AH, IT'S SAVANNAH.

SHE WANTS TO MEET
FOR DINNER TONIGHT

BECAUSE WE NEED TO TALK.

OH, MA'DON.

YEAH, TRUST ME.

I'VE GOTTEN THIS TEXT
ENOUGH TIMES IN THE PAST

TO KNOW IT AIN'T GOOD.

HEY, LOOK.
ALL I KNOW IS SAVANNAH
IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN



AND YOU TWO
LOVE EACH OTHER.

YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

YEAH?

NO. YOU'RE PROBABLY
COMPLETELY SCREWED,

BUT GOOD LUCK ANYWAY.

GOOD LUCK WITH WHAT?

NOTHING. NOTHING.

SAVANNAH SAYS
THEY NEED TO TALK.

UH-OH.

OK, YOU KNOW WHAT?
BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS ARE SO HELPFUL.

OK, OK. HERE'S ME
BEING HELPFUL.

UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS
THAT YOUR "WE NEED
TO TALK" TALK

WITH YOUR FABULOUS
LADY LOVE IS GONNA
HAVE TO WAIT, BUT...



LET ME GUESS. THE BAD NEWS
IS WE GOT OURSELVES A CASE.

YEAH, AND IT'S REAL BAD.
SO, SADDLE UP, COWBOYS,

'CAUSE HOTCH SAYS
YOU NEED TO
GET LEAVING ASAP.

SO, YOU HAVE A LITTLE
REPRIEVE FOR NOW,

BUT TAKE IT FROM ME,
SHORT OF FAKING
A HEART ATTACK,

THERE'S NO WAY
TO AVOID THE INEVITABLE.

LOS ANGELES,
HERE WE COME AGAIN.

EARLIER THIS MORNING,
ISABELLA JAYNE WAS FOUND

IN HER HOME
IN ATWATER VILLAGE.

THIS COMES ON THE HEELS
OF GERTRUDE SMILES
BEING DISCOVERED

IN HER HOUSE IN EAGLE ROCK
5 MILES AWAY.

BOTH WOMEN HAD BEEN
WRAPPED UP AND LEFT
IN THEIR BEDROOMS,

GERTRUDE IN A RUG,
ISABELLA IN HER OWN SHEETS.

PRELIM M.E. REPORT SAYS
THAT BOTH VICTIMS DIED
OF ASPHYXIATION.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER SIGNS
OF PHYSICAL TRAUMA?

Garcia: NONE.

SO SUFFOCATING THEM
GETS HIM OFF.

WE'VE SEEN EROTIC
ASPHYXIATION BEFORE,
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, HE'S COMPLETELY
ENCAPSULATING THESE WOMEN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE REMORSE.
MAYBE THE UNSUB
KNEW HIS VICTIMS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE SINGLE.
IT'S POSSIBLE

HE'S ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH THEM.

OR THEY'RE SURROGATES
FOR SOMEONE HE FEELS
GUILTY ABOUT KILLING.

WHATEVER THE REASON,
THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT WRAPPING THEM

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM.

THERE'S NO SIGN OF BURGLARY
OF FORCED ENTRY.

SOMEHOW HE'S
TALKING HIS WAY IN.

SO THEY KNEW HIM
OR HE USED A RUSE.

BABY GIRL,
ANY CONNECTION JUMP UP?

NOTHING YET,
BUT I'M STILL DIGGING.

MY GUT SAYS RUSE.
CHARM AND HARM.

HE SMOOTH TALKS WOMEN
TO GAIN THEIR TRUST,

AND THEN WHEN THEY
LET DOWN THEIR GUARD,

HE TURNS ON THEM.

WELL, TWO VICTIMS
IN TWO DAYS.

WHATEVER HE'S DOING
WORKS.

IT COULD TURN INTO A SPREE.
WHEELS UP IN 30.

[KNOCKING]

YES?

GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU,

BUT WE'RE INVESTIGATING
AN INCIDENT
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE,

BUT THERE WAS A HOME
INVASION YESTERDAY
ABOUT A BLOCK OVER.

OH, MY GOSH,
IS EVERYONE OK?

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY,
A WOMAN WAS KILLED.

WE'RE HOPING WITH
THE COOPERATION
OF THE COMMUNITY,

WE CAN GET HIM
BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.

OF COURSE.

DO YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES
TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS?

I'M NOT EVEN SURE
HOW I CAN HELP.

WELL, MA'AM, IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT YOU SAW SOMETHING,

YOU DON'T REALIZE
ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

BUT IF NOW'S
NOT A GOOD TIME...

IT'S FINE.

PLEASE COME IN.

YOU'RE NOT ALLERGIC
TO CATS, ARE YOU?

NO.

I HAVE TWO.

THEY'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.

A SINGLE WOMAN WITH CATS.
I SOUND LIKE A CLICHE.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

CAN I GET YOUR NAME?

PATRICIA BRANNON.

B-R-A-N-N-O-N.

MS. BRANNON,
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS,

HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYONE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

WHO LOOKED, UH,
LIKE HE DIDN'T BELONG?

NOT THAT I RECALL.

MAYBE A SUSPICIOUS
LOOKING VEHICLE
PARKED ON THE STREET?

NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,

THERE WAS A VAN PARKED
DOWN THE BLOCK
FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

COULD THAT BE SOMETHING?

DID YOU SEE A NAME
ON THE VAN?

ALL-CITY CABLE.

I'M SORRY, COULD I
GET YOU SOMETHING?

WATER, COFFEE, LEMONADE?

YEAH, YEAH,
WATER WOULD BE GREAT.

SURE.

[BREATHING HARD]

[MUFFLED SCREAM]

[GRUNTING]

UHH!

Morgan:
"THE DARKNESS ALWAYS LIES."

ANTHONY LICCIONE.

WELL, IT DOESN'T APPEAR
THE UNSUB HAS
A PARTICULAR TYPE.

GERTRUDE WAS 29 AND BLOND.

ISABELLA WAS 40
AND BRUNETTE.

AND GARCIA FOUND NO PERSONAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE VICTIMS.

BOTH LED LOW-RISK
LIFESTYLES.

ISABELLA WORKED FROM HOME
DOING MEDICAL BILLING.

GERTRUDE WAS A MARKETING
EXEC FOR A TOY COMPANY.

BOTH VICTIMS WERE ALSO
HOME ALONE DURING THE DAY
WHEN THEY LET HIM IN.

RATHER THAN TYPE,
IT MAY HAVE BEEN
THE WOMEN'S CIRCUMSTANCES

THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO HIM.

YOU KNOW, THE WRAPPING
OF THE VICTIMS

AND THE FACT THAT
THEY WERE BOTH FOUND
IN THE BEDROOM

COULD INDICATE SOME SORT
OF SEXUAL OR POWER
DOMINANCE FETISH,

LIKE CLAUSTROPHILIA.

BUT DON'T MOST
CLAUSTROPHILIACS

WANT TO EXPERIENCE TI
FOR THEMSELVES?

WELL, IF THE UNSUB
WAS INTO THAT,

HE COULD BE PROJECTING
HIS OWN FETISH
ONTO HIS VICTIMS.

SIR, THE L.A. DIVISION
JUST REACHED OUT.

THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER
WOMAN FOUND DEAD,

WRAPPED HEAD TO TOE
IN A BEDSHEET,
THIS TIME IN HER KITCHEN.

3 VICTIMS IN TWO DAYS.

AS PREDICTED, WE OFFICIALLY
HAVE A SPREE KILLER
ON OUR HANDS.

AND OFFICIALLY THE LAPD
HAS HANDED OVER
THE INVESTIGATION.

THE MOTIVATION FOR
SPREE KILLERS IS TYPICALLY
PERSONAL AND RETALIATORY

WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL
IN MIND.

CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S
MOTIVATION WAS PAYBACK

FOR BEING FIRED
BY THE LAPD.

HE SET OUT TO MURDER
COPS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

HE KILLED A POLICE OFFICER
AND A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY,

AFTER KILLING TWO FAMILY
MEMBERS OF ANOTHER COP.

SO WHAT'S DRIVING
OUR UNSUB? AND WHY NOW?

THE ANSWER'S
IN HIS BEHAVIOR.

GARCIA, LET AGENT COLFAX
KNOW WE'RE ON THE WAY.

YES, SIR.
DAVE, WHEN WE LAND,
YOU AND MORGAN

GO TO THE LATEST
CRIME SCENE.

REID, YOU GO THE THE M.E.,
AND JJ AND I WILL GET
SET UP AT THE FIELD OFFICE.

NATALIE.
AARON HOTCHNER.

I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE
BACK HERE SO SOON.

NEITHER DID WE.
THIS IS AGENT JAREAU.

HEY. WELCOME.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THE LATEST VICTIM?

PATRICIA BRANNON.

48. LIVED ALONE
IN SILVERLAKE.

SHE WORKED NIGHTS
AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL
AS A VETERINARY TECH.

WHO FOUND HER?

SUPER IN HER
APARTMENT COMPLEX.

CAME BY TO FIX A LEAK.

THE FIRST TWO VICTIMS
LIVED IN PRIVATE HOMES.

YEAH, IT'S A BOLD MOVE
TO KILL IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

EASIER TO BE SEEN
OR HEARD BY NEIGHBORS.

HE'LL KEEP TAKING
GREATER RISKS.

HE NEEDS TO SURPASS
THE RUSH OF THE LAST KILL.

I HAD MY PEOPLE
PULL THE CRIMINAL RECORDS

OF MEN IN L.A. WITH
M.O.s INVOLVING BONDAGE.

ANY POTENTIAL CANDIDATES
WHO COULD BE OUR UNSUB?

YEAH. 3 HAD RELEVANT PRIORS.

AND WHERE ARE THEY?

I PICKED UP TWO OF THEM
BUT HAD TO LET THEM GO.

AND THE THIRD?
ALIBIS CHECKED OUT.

WILLIAM SNYDER.
HISTORY OF B&E

AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN.

HE'S STILL IN THE WIND.

Morgan: SO HOW DID HE KNOW
WHICH APARTMENT TO GO TO?

HE MUST FOLLOW THEM.
THEIR PARKING SPACES

AND MAILBOXES MAY BE MARKED.

WELL, THERE'S NO SECURITY
GUARDS TO ANNOUNCE VISITORS.

THE BUZZER PANELS HAS NAMES
AND APARTMENT NUMBERS ON IT.

WELL, LET'S JUST HOPE
THOSE WORK.

HE COULD HAVE JUST
PUSHED ALL THE BUTTONS,
HOPE SOMEBODY LET HIM IN.

OR...

HE JUST WALKED RIGHT IN.

Rossi: THANKS AGAIN, MA'AM,
FOR YOUR TIME.

Woman: OF COURSE.

WELL, THIS COMPLEX
IS PRETTY SMALL.

AND ALL THE FRONT DOORS
FACE THE COURTYARD,

YET NOBODY HEARD
OR SAW ANYTHING

WHEN PATRICIA BRANNON
WAS KILLED.

IT MEANS HE'S ORGANIZED,
CRIMINALLY SOPHISTICATED,

NO AMATEUR.
HE GETS IN AND OUT
WITHOUT DETECTION.

WE SHOULD SEND
THE CAMERA FOOTAGE

BACK TO THE OFFICE
SO HOTCH CAN REVIEW IT.

HEY, THIS MIGHT BE
OUR LUCKY DAY.

WHEN WE UNWRAPPED THE VICTIM
I NOTED OBVIOUS SIGNS
OF ASPHYXIA.

PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGE,
CYANOSIS IN THE NAIL BEDS.
PRETTY CLEAR THAT'S THE C.O.D.

MM-HMM.
SHE WAS WRAPPED IN THIS?

LOOK, BITE MARKS.
SHE ATTEMPTED TO CHEW
THROUGH THE MATERIAL

TO GET SOME AIR,
WHICH MEANS SHE WAS
WRAPPED PREMORTEM.

YES, LIKE THE OTHER VICTIMS.

THERE WAS ALSO A TEAR
IN THE UPPER FRENULUM.

THE SKIN AROUND
HER NOSE AND MOUTH
APPEARS WHITE,

SO HE MUST HAVE PRESSED
DOWN WITH HIS HAND
TO SMOTHER HER.

ANY SIGN OF SEXUAL ASSAULT?

NONE. SAME AS THE FIRST TWO.

SO, SMOTHERING IS EITHER
HIS M.O. OR HIS RITUAL.

WHAT KIND OF RITUAL?

RIGHT NOW ONLY HE KNOWS.

HEY. DID YOU TRACK DOWN
THAT SEX OFFENDER
WILLIAM SNYDER YET?

YEAH, IT'S A DEAD END.

HOW SO?

HIGHWAY PATROL LOCKED HIM UP
48 HOURS AGO FOR DUI.

CASE JUST HIT THE SYSTEM.

[TEXT MESSAGE TONE]

THE SECURITY FOOTAGE
ON PATRICIA BRANNON'S
APARTMENT COMPLEX IS UP.

THAT MUST BE HIM.

JJ: HE'S DRESSED LIKE
A PROFESSIONAL.

WE PUT A HEIGHT SCALE
OVERLAY ON THE IMAGE,

BUT BECAUSE OF THE
ANGLE, IT'S NOT EXACT.

HE'S BETWEEN
5'7' AND 5'10',
WEIGHS AROUND 160.

JJ: IT'S CLEAR HE KNEW WHERE
ALL THE SECURITY CAMERAS WERE.

[BUZZER]

[BUZZER]

[GATE BUZZES OPEN]

Hotch: HE'S COVERING
THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

JJ: MAYBE HE'S HIDING
A SCAR OR INJURY?

HE LOOKS CONFIDENT,
LIKE HE BELONGS THERE.

HE'S HIDING
IN PLAIN SIGHT.

THIS CONFIRMS
HE USES A RUSE.

YEAH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS YET.

YOU SEE THAT?
HER DEMEANOR CHANGED.

SHE'S DEFERRING TO HIM
LIKE HE'S A COP.

JJ: THAT'S WHY SHE DIDN'T
HESITATE TO LET HIM IN.

CAN YOU BACK THAT UP,
PLEASE?

COLFAX: OK.

RIGHT THERE, HE REACHES
IN HIS JACKET.

CAN YOU BLOW THAT UP?

SURE.

HE'S SHOWING HER
CREDENTIALS.

THE LAPD DETECTIVES
ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD
OF THEIR BADGES.

THEY WEAR THEM CLIPPED
TO THEIR BELT OR JACKET
OR ON A CHAIN.

THEY DON'T CARRY CREDS.

NO. BUT WE DO.

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

CAN I HELP YOU?

MORNING, MA'AM.

FBI.

WHAT IF HE'S ONE OF US?

LET'S HAVE ROSSI MEET US
IN THE SCIF.

IF WE ALL LEAVE NOW,
THEY'LL NOTICE.

I'LL STAY HERE AND SEE
IF ANYONE'S BEHAVIOR CHANGES.

[BEEP]

IF HE IS ONE OF OUR OWN,
I WILL TAKE PERSONAL PLEASURE

IN BRINGING THE SON
OF A BITCH DOWN.

WE HAVE 945 ACTIVE AGENTS
IN THIS DIVISION.

HOW MANY ARE MEN?

766.

WE'LL NEED PERSONNEL FILES
ON ALL OF THEM.

NOW, IF HE IS FBI,

WOULD HE REALLY
WANT TO HUNT
IN HIS OWN BACKYARD?

HEADQUARTERS TRACKS
EVERY FBI AGENT 24/7/365,

WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING
OF OFF DUTY.

[DIALING]

GARCIA, WE NEED YOU TO
TRACK ALL THE CELL PHONES

FOR ALL THE MALE AGENTS
IN THE BUREAU
OVER THE PAST WEEK.

WOW. THAT IS A LOT
OF TESTOSTERONE.

OK. THERE ARE 13,421
SPECIAL AGENTS.

AROUND 11,000
OF THOSE ARE MALE.

WHY ARE YOU ASKING?

OH, COME ON, REALLY?
THE GOOD GUYS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD.

OK, CROSS-CHECK
THE LOCATIONS
OF THOSE MALE AGENTS

AGAINST OUR CRIME SCENE
COORDINATES.

CROSS-CHECKING AS WE SPEAK,

AND NOT SO SECRETLY HOPING
I DO NOT GET A MATCH.

IF HE DOES WORK
IN THIS OFFICE,

HE KNOWS YOU'RE HERE
AND MAYBE ONTO HIM.

HE'S GOING TO ACCELERATE.

I'VE GOT THIS, JJ.

WHY DON'T YOU ASSIST
MORGAN AND REID.

YOU HAVE
THOSE L.A. FILES?

YEAH, COMING UP.

[GASPING]

[GASPING, MUFFLED CRIES]

AAH!

OUR PHYSICAL SEARCH
PARAMETERS ARE TOO BROAD.

WE'VE ONLY ELIMINATED
A QUARTER OF
THE L.A. DIVISION.

ANYONE UNDER
DISCIPLINARY REVIEW?

5. TWO FOR DUIs,

TWO FOR MISUSE
OF BUREAU PROPERTY.

ONE FOR SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WHICH ONE?

MIKE PELMAN.
LAST MONTH A CO-WORKER

ACCUSED HIM OF MAKING
UNWANTED ADVANCES.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

GO AHEAD GARCIA.

SIR, NO FBI CREDENTIALS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED
MISSING OR STOLEN,

AND I CHECKED ALL
CELL PHONE LOCATIONS
OF MALE AGENTS,

INCLUDING THOSE WHO
TRAVELED TO LOS ANGELES

EITHER ON ASSIGNMENT
OR FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

ANYONE NEAR
THE CRIME SCENES?

YES. THERE ARE 3 AGENTS
IN THE L.A. DIVISION

WHOSE CELL PHONES PINGED
NEAR TWO OF THE SITES.

WAS ONE MIKE PELMAN?

MIKE PELMAN. I REMEMBER
THERE WAS A MIKE--

NO. MIKE BELMONT,
DENNIS GIZA, AND MARCUS LEVI.

I CAN RULE OUT BELMONT.
HE'S A STAND-OUT AGENT,
PLUS HE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

THAT LEAVES AGENTS
GIZA AND LEVI.

YES, BUT LEVI'S CELL PHONE
PINGED AT THE FIRST
AND SECOND CRIME SCENES,

AND GIZA'S PINGED
AT THE FIRST AND THIRD.

THANKS.

THEY ONLY OVERLAP
ON THE FIRST.

COULD THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING AS A TEAM?

THEY'RE BOTH IN
LONG BEACH RIGHT NOW.

BEEN THERE ALL MORNING
WORKING ON A SMUGGLING CASE.

WE NEED TO INTERVIEW THEM.
CAN YOU CALL THEM IN?

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

COLFAX.

ANOTHER VICTIM'S
BEEN FOUND.

ATWATER VILLAGE.
SHE WAS KILLED
WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.

THE UNSUB HAS LIMITED
HIS KILL ZONE TO THIS AREA.

NOW, KNOWING L.A. TRAFFIC,

IT WOULD TAKE EITHER
GIZA OR LEVI

3 HOURS TO GO FROM
LONG BEACH TO ATWATER

AND BACK.

IT'S NOT THEM.

I WASN'T EVEN GONE
FOR 3 HOURS.

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
IF YOU NEED SOME TIME...

NO. I WANT TO GET
THE BASTARD WHO
DID THIS TO MARY.

CAN YOU TRY TO TELL US
EVERYTHING YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT THIS MORNING?

IT WAS 8:30.

AND I WAS LATE, SO...

I RAN OUT THE DOOR.

I DIDN'T EVEN SAY
GOODBYE TO HER.

AND WHEN DID YOU
COME BACK?

AROUND 11:00.

I HAD A POST-PRODUCTION
MEETING AND FORGOT
MY EXTERNAL DRIVE.

SO NO ONE KNEW YOU'D BE
COMING HOME THIS EARLY?

I--I COME AND GO
ALL DAY.

I MEAN,
I COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

I SHOULD HAVE...

UNLIKE THE OTHER VICTIMS,
MARY LENAHAN WAS MARRIED.

THE UNSUB TOOK A SERIOUS
RISK TARGETING HER.

YEAH, SPREE KILLERS LOSE
THEIR FOCUS OVER TIME.

THEY GET CAUGHT UP
IN THE THRILL OF GOING
FROM KILL TO KILL

AND BECOME LESS ORGANIZED.

WELL, SHE'S THE
NEIGHBOR FROM ACROSS
THE COURTYARD.

SHE DIDN'T SEE
OR HEAR ANYTHING.

NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BE
ANSWERING THEIR DOOR.

WAIT A MINUTE.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S
BEING A LITTLE SHY.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

MA'AM, WE'RE WITH THE FBI.
WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

WE KNOW YOU'RE HOME.

I'M AGENT JAREAU.
THESE ARE MY COLLEAGUES.

AND YOU ARE?

SUSAN GROVES.

I HAVE A BAD HEART
AND I DON'T WANT
TO GET INVOLVED.

WE UNDERSTAND.
WE'LL BE QUICK.

DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE
ANYONE ENTER OR EXIT

THE LENAHAN APARTMENT
THIS MORNING?

I HEARD A NOISE,
SO I LOOKED OUT
THE PEEPHOLE.

I SAW A MAN COME OUT
AROUND 10:30.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM?

HE WAS A HANDSOME FELLOW,
ALL DRESSED UP IN A SUIT.

Reid: HAVE YOU EVER
SEEN HIM BEFORE?

NO. BUT...

BUT WHAT?

I THINK MARY MIGHT HAVE
BEEN CHEATING ON BRIAN.

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

AS THE MAN WAS LEAVING,
I SAW HIM BUTTONING UP
HIS SHIRT,

STRAIGHTENING HIS TIE
LIKE HE WAS GETTING RE-DRESSED.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
THAT YOU NOTICED
ABOUT HIM?

WELL, HE DIDN'T SEEM
TO BE THE KIND OF MAN
TO HAVE A SCARY TATTOO.

TATTOO?
CAN YOU DESCRIBE IT?

IT WAS A SPIDER WEB,
RIGHT HERE.

I SAW IT JUST BEFORE
HE BUTTONED HIS COLLAR.

THE WHEREABOUTS OF EVERY
MALE AGENT IN THE BUREAU
HAVE BEEN VERIFIED.

AND THE PRISON TAT
ON THE UNSUB'S NECK

CONFIRMS THAT
HE ISN'T ONE OF US.

HE'S CRIMINALLY SOPHISTICATED
BECAUSE HE'S DONE SERIOUS TIME.

BUT SOMEHOW HE FIGURED OUT
HOW TO COPY US,

HOW WE SHOW OUR CREDS,
HOW WE TALK TO CIVILIANS.

IT'S TIME TO DELIVER
THE PROFILE.

WE BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A WHITE MALE
IN HIS EARLY 40s

WHO'S POSING AS ONE OF US.

HE'S USING FAKE OR STOLEN
FBI CREDENTIALS AS A RUSE

TO GAIN ENTRY INTO THE HOMES
OF VULNERABLE WOMEN.

Morgan: THE COBWEB TATTOO
ON HIS NECK SYMBOLIZES
A VERY LONG PRISON TERM,

MOST LIKELY FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.

Rossi: THAT'S WHERE
HE PICKED UP HIS
CRIMINAL SOPHISTICATION.

Morgan: NOW, HE WAS
PROBABLY FORCED TO
DEVELOP HIS VERBAL SKILLS

JUST TO SURVIVE
ON THE INSIDE.

THIS MEANS
HE'S ARTICULATE,

SOCIALLY ADEPT,
AND APPEARS
NON-THREATENING.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE SAME
QUALITIES THAT MADE TED BUNDY
SUCH AN EFFECTIVE PREDATOR.

LIKE TED BUNDY, THE UNSUB
MOST LIKELY HAS ANTI-SOCIAL
PERSONALITY DISORDER

AND MAY ALSO SUFFER
FROM CLAUSTROPHILIA.

WHAT'S THAT?

AN EXTREME FORM OF BONDAGE.
SEXUAL AROUSAL

IS CONNECTED TO THE ANXIETY
OF FEELING CONFINED,

USUALLY BY TOTAL ENCASEMENT
IN TIGHT SPACES.

IT'S TYPICALLY PRACTICED
BY CONSENTING PARTNERS,

BUT THE UNSUB'S
ANTI-SOCIAL NATURE

TURNED IT INTO
HIS METHOD OF KILLING.

IT'S POSSIBLE HE SUFFERED
FROM CLAUSTROPHILIA
WHILE IN PRISON

AND IS NOW REVISITING THAT
TRAUMA ONTO HIS VICTIMS.

Rossi: OR IT HAPPENED
BEFORE PRISON--

AN EVENT
IN HIS TEENAGE YEARS

ANTAGONIZED HIS ALREADY
LATENT DEVIANCE.

Morgan: THIS GUY GETS OFF
ON THE POWER OF IMPERSONATING
LAW ENFORCEMENT

AND THE RESPECT AND ACCESS
CREDENTIALS COMMAND.

THIS AFFIRMATION SEEKING
BEHAVIOR IS WHAT
MOTIVATES HIM.

JJ: IT MEANS HE'S DRIVEN
BY MORE THAN WANTING
TO HEAR YES.

HE NEEDS HIS VICTIMS
TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN,

ALLOW HIM INTO THEIR
HOMES, COOPERATE.

THE RUSE GIVES HIM THAT.

HOW'S HE CHOOSING
HIS VICTIMS?

WELL, HIS SELECTION CRITERIA
IS SIMPLY AVAILABILITY
AND VULNERABILITY.

HE'S A HIGHLY ORGANIZED
THINKER AND PLANNER,

AND HE EXECUTES HIS RUSE
WITH CONFIDENCE,

BUT HE IS ON A SPREE
AND HE WILL DEVOLVE.

LAPD SHOULD INCREASE PATROLS
IN TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS,

AND MY TEAM WILL VISIT
AND ASSESS
THE EARLIER CRIME SCENES.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS IT, HUH?

YEAH. THE SECOND VICTIM,
ISABELLA JAYNE, LIVED HERE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPPOSED
TO BE UP AND COMING.

YEAH, I SAW THE YOGA STUDIO
NEXT TO THE SRO.

THERE'S BOUND TO BE
SOME SKETCHY ELEMENTS

WHEN YOU LIVE IN
A TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO SOMEONE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT SHOWING UP
TO THE FRONT DOOR

MIGHT BE A WELCOME SIGHT
INSTEAD OF SEEN AS A THREAT.

[INDISTINCT VOICES]

ROSSI.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
THAT'S ABOUT?

Officer: HOLD UP.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

FBI. WE'RE INVESTIGATING
A HOMICIDE UP THE STREET.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

HOME INVASION HOMICIDE
3 DAYS AGO.

SOME COINCIDENCE, HUH?

TWO VIOLENT CRIMES
ON ONE BLOCK?

IT MIGHT NOT BE
SUCH A COINCIDENCE.

HEY, BABY GIRL, LISTEN,

I NEED YOU TO CHECK
THE NEIGHBORHOODS
AROUND OUR CRIME SCENES,

SEE IF ANY UNRELATED CRIMES
WENT DOWN BEFORE OURS.

WHATEVER YOU WHAT,
MY CARAMEL MOCHA SURPRISE.

OH, BY THE BY,
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING

FOR INMATES WITH
A SPIDER WEB TATTOO.

I'M CURRENTLY UP TO
17,000 PAROLED PRISONERS
AND COUNTING.

HEY, THAT'S SOMETHING.

WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

I JUST PULLED UP LAPD
CRIME-MAPPING DATA,

AND IN ALL 4 OF OUR CASES
THERE WAS A HOMICIDE

OR A RAPE OF A FEMALE
WITHIN A TWO-BLOCK RADIUS.

WHEN DID THOSE OTHER
CRIMES HAPPEN?

LIKE HOURS BEFORE
EACH OF OUR VICTIMS
WERE SUFFOCATED.

HE MAY HAVE A STOLEN
POLICE RADIO

OR A SCANNER APP
ON HIS PHONE.

SO HE LISTENS FOR REPORTS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR MURDER

WITHIN HIS HUNTING GROUNDS
AND THEN TROLLS THOSE AREAS

FOR WOMEN HE CAN TARGET.

A LOT OF VIOLENT CRIME
IN TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

HE CAPITALIZES OFF THAT,
DRAFTING OFF THE FEAR

CREATED BY OTHER CRIMINALS
OPERATING NEARBY.

AND THAT FEAR ENCOURAGES
HIS VICTIMS TO LET HIM IN

ON THE PRETENSE
OF KEEPING THEM SAFE.

WOMEN SHOULD BE
MORE CAUTIOUS,

BUT THEY WOULD ALSO
WANT TO HELP CATCH
A RAPIST OR KILLER.

GARCIA, I NEED YOU
TO SEARCH THE LAPD DATABASE

FOR HOMICIDES
IN THE HUNTING ZONE TODAY.

ALREADY TYPING, SIR,
AND NO OTHERS REPORTED
IN THE LAST 6 HOURS.

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR
THE RIGHT CRIME TO HAPPEN.

WELL, LET'S GIVE HIM
WHAT HE WANTS.

LET'S SET A TRAP USING
UNDERCOVER AGENTS AND COPS.

AND GRAB HIM
BEFORE HE GETS TO
HIS NEXT VICTIM.

WE NEED A SAFE HOUSE
IN THE HUNTING ZONE.

WE'VE GOT ONE
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

WELL, HE ALWAYS STRIKES
WITHIN TWO BLOCKS
OF THE CRIME SCENE.

TO BE SAFE, WE'LL NEED
EVERY PLAINCLOTHES
OFFICER AND AGENT YOU HAVE

TO COVER A 3-BLOCK RADIUS.

I'LL COORDINATE WITH LAPD.
I CAN HAVE 20 UNDERCOVERS
IN PLACE WITHIN THE HOUR.

NOW, LET'S BE CLEAR
ABOUT THIS--

WE'RE LURING
A SPREE KILLER

INTO AN UNSUSPECTING
NEIGHBORHOOD,

WITH DOZENS OF
POTENTIAL VICTIMS.

WE'LL NEED ABSOLUTE
RADIO SILENCE.

COLFAX, IF YOUR PEOPLE
SEE ANYONE THEY SUSPECT,

THEY NEED TO APPROACH
WITH CAUTION, I.D. HIM,

AND BE ABSOLUTELY SURE
BEFORE THEY CALL IT IN.

YOU GOT IT.

Police scanner:
LICENSE 7-MARY-DAVID-8...

REPORT OF A POSSIBLE
ABDUCTION...

REPORT OF A 187-261
AT 4946 PIERCE AVENUE.

LOOKS LIKE THIS STARTED
AS A HOME INVASION.

MALE AND FEMALE
DEAD AT THE SCENE.

7-H290 RESPONDING
4946 PIERCE AVENUE.

13-L22 REQUESTING 7
AT THE STATION.

Dispatch:
13-L22, STAND BY.

13-L22, CONTINUE YOUR PATROL.

13-L22, ROGER.

NOTIFY M.E.'s OFFICE
TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE.

4946 PIERCE AVENUE.

LAPD AND OUR PEOPLE
ARE ALL IN PLACE.

I HOPE THIS WORKS.

HE'S ON A SPREE.
THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE
OF STOPPING HIM.

HEY, BUDDY.

YOU LIVE HERE?

THAT'S OK.
AGENT MILLER, FBI.

GREAT.
DETECTIVE OLIVER, LAPD.

CAN I SEE YOUR CREDENTIALS?

YEAH, SURE.

UHH!

SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED!

[GASPING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SIREN]

[BREATHING HARD]
DID YOU FIND HIM YET?

Rossi: HE GOT AWAY,
BUT WE SET UP ROADBLOCKS.

HE'S PROBABLY WOUNDED.
I GOT A SHOT OFF
BEFORE HE DROVE AWAY.

WE'LL CHECK WITH
LOCAL HOSPITALS.

TELL US EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
YOU APPROACHED HIM.

DID YOU RECOGNIZE
HIM RIGHT AWAY?

NO. I MEAN, HE FIT
THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION,

BUT HE COULD HAVE BEEN
A BOYFRIEND.

SO I ASKED
IF HE LIVED THERE.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

"IT'S OK. I'M AGENT
MILLER WITH THE FBI."

SO I SHOWED HIM MY BADGE
AND I ASKED FOR HIS CREDENTIALS.

AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT.

SPIDER WEB TATTOO.

HE GOT OFF TWO SHOTS
BEFORE I EVEN CLEARED
MY HOLSTER.

AND THEN HE TOOK OFF
FOR HIS CAR.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT HIS CAR?

DARK-BLUE SEDAN,
PROBABLY CROWN VIC.

THERE WAS A BASEBALL CAP
IN THE REAR WINDOW.

I TRIED TO MAKE THE PLATES,
BUT THE LIGHT ABOVE
THE LICENSE WAS OUT.

PROBABLY DISABLED IT.

TELL US MORE
ABOUT THE BASEBALL CAP.

WERE THERE ANY IDENTIFYING
MARKS OR ANYTHING?

I THINK THERE WERE
TWO RIFLES,

A WHITE ONE AND A RED ONE.

WAIT A MINUTE.
WAS ONE CROSSED
OVER THE OTHER?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

THE CAP HAD TO BE FROM
CAMP RUSSELL.

THE OLD FIRING RANGE
AT QUANTICO?

ISN'T IT SHUT DOWN?

YEAH, 10 YEARS AGO.

EVERY CLASS THAT WENT
THROUGH THERE HAD
A UNIQUE BASEBALL CAP.

SO HE PUT IT
IN THE BACK WINDOW

TO LOOK LEGIT TO COPS
AND OTHER AGENTS.

MORE AFFIRMATION
SEEKING BEHAVIOR.

I CHECK. THE ONLY YEAR
THEY USED THAT RIFLE
DESIGN WAS 1988.

OK, SO HOW DID THIS GUY
GET IT?

HOW DID HE EVEN KNOW
ITS SIGNIFICANCE?

HE MUST HAVE STOLEN IT.
GARCIA'S CHECKING
THE GRADUATES RIGHT NOW.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

SPEAKING OF WHICH...

WHAT DO YOU HAVE, PENELOPE?

A WHOLE LOT OF FUN IN THE
SUN ON THE REDNECK RIVIERA.

THE CAMP RUSSELL ALUM
OF 1988 IS MOSTLY RETIRED,

AND JUDGING FROM
THE FACEBOOK PHOTOS

OF THE CRYSTAL-BLUE WATERS
AND THE MAI-TAIS,

I'M THINKING OF JOINING.

AND THOSE WHO
AREN'T RETIRED?

DECEASED, UNFORTUNATELY.

ANY RETIREES STILL
LIVING IN THE L.A. AREA?

YES, TWO. AGENTS
LARRY GUERIN AND ED SULZBACH.

I SPOKE TO AGENT GUERIN.
HE STILL HAS HIS CAMP
RUSSELL CAP.

NO RESPONSE FROM ED YET.

DID YOU CONTACT
THE FAMILY?

HIS EAST COAST RELATIVES
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM.

AGENT GUERIN MISSED
AGENT SULZBACH YESTERDAY

AT A ALUMNI BARBECUE
THAT HE THREW,

BUT HE DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT

BECAUSE ED OFTEN
GOES OFF ALONE
ON LONG FISHING TRIPS.

I DON'T KNOW.
A RETIRED GUY MISSING
AN ANNUAL BARBECUE

WITH HIS AGENT BUDDIES?

FIND OUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN
ABOUT AGENT SULZBACH.

NO STONE UNTURNED.
IN THE MEANTIME,
HERE'S HIS ADDRESS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

JJ: AGENT SULZBACH? FBI.

FOUND HIM.

PRELIMINARY C.O.D.'s
A GUNSHOT WOUND
TO THE CHEST.

LOOK AT ALL THIS.

DEFINITELY HAD A DECORATED
CAREER IN THE FBI.

SO SOMEONE WENT THROUGH
ALL OF HIS OLD CASE FILES
AND MEMENTOS.

IT HAD TO BE THE UNSUB.

HE MUST HAVE STOLEN
ED'S CREDENTIALS
AND CAMP RUSSELL HAT.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

HEY, PENELOPE, WHAT DO YOU
HAVE ON SULZBACH?

ED WAS A REALLY GOOD EGG.

AFTER HE RETIRED IN 2009,

HE WENT ON TO VOLUNTEER
AT A PLACE CALLED NEW START,

WHICH HELPS RECENTLY
RELEASED INMATES TRANSITION
BACK INTO SOCIETY.

ANYONE MATCHING THE UNSUB'S
PROFILE AND DESCRIPTION?

UM...

YES. SPIDER WEB TATTOO
AND ALL.

ANDREW MEEKS. 39.

HE WAS PUT ON PAROLE
LAST YEAR AFTER SERVING

15 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.

SULZBACH GOT HIM A JOB
AS A JANITOR

AT A DOWNTOWN
OFFICE BUILDING.

MUST HAVE GOTTEN ED
TO TELL WAR STORIES

ABOUT BEING IN THE FBI,
SAW THE RESPECT HE GOT,

AND WANTED IT FOR HIMSELF.

WE SHOULD PUT OUT AN APB
ON SULZBACH'S CAR.

IT'S PROBABLY WHAT
THE UNSUB'S DRIVING.

GARCIA, WHO DID MEEKS
TRY TO MURDER?

UH...FELLOW HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSMATE WHO AS A PRANK

ROLLED MEEKS IN A GYM MAT.

SOME HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
LURED MEEKS INTO THE GYM.

SO ALL OF THIS
IS ABOUT PAYBACK?

MEEKS ALMOST SUFFOCATED
INSIDE THAT MAT.

BY SMOTHERING THOSE WOMEN,
HE'S SYMBOLICALLY

GETTING REVENGE ON
THOSE GIRLS WHO SET HIM UP.

AND POSING AS AN FBI AGENT,

HE GETS THE POWER AND AUTHORITY
HE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

ADDRESS, PLEASE.

WORK AND HOME
JUST SENT.

[GASPS]

AAH!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[GROANS]

ANDREW WEEKS!

GET OUT. GET OUT.

BACK OFF...

OR SHE'S DEAD.

[WOMAN CRYING OUT]

[HELICOPTER]

Dispatch over radio:
ALL UNITS BE ADVISED,

SUSPECT MEEKS LOCATED
WITH HOSTAGE AT 352 VINE.

OFFICERS REQUEST
IMMEDIATE BACKUP.

SUSPECT IS ARMED
AND DANGEROUS.

JJ, YOU'RE CLOSEST.
WE'LL BE THERE
AS SOON AS WE CAN.

YOU GOT IT.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]
GO AHEAD, GARCIA.

I'VE DUG DEEPER
INTO MEEKS' PAST.

I'VE GOT HIS PSYCH EVAL.
IT'S REALLY TERRIBLE.

HOW BAD IS IT?

IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE,
BUT HIS STEPFATHER
WAS THE EVIL KIND.

MEEKS HAD ACCIDENTS
UP TO THE AGE OF 6,
WHICH IS NORMAL FOR A KID.

BUT HIS STEPDAD WOULD
MAKE HIM WEAR

HIS SOILED UNDERWEAR
ON HIS FACE IN PUBLIC.

SO MEEKS' HUMILIATION
STARTED YOUNG.

AND IT'S BEEN BUILDING
FOR A LONG TIME.

AND BEFORE HE WAS PAROLED,
MEEKS' PSYCHOLOGIST SAID,

"MEEKS IF FULL OF LATENT RAGE,
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,

A TICKING TIME BOMB."

HE RECOMMENDED THAT MEEKS
GO TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY.

HOW DID THEY
PAROLE THIS GUY?

YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS
ALL THE TIME.

SOME JUDGE PROBABLY
ORDERED A PRISONER RELEASE
DUE TO OVERCROWDING,

AND MEEKS MUST HAVE JUST
SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.

SULZBACH MAY HAVE
DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD
ACCESS TO MEEKS' FILE.

ACCORDING TO SULZBACH'S
CELL PHONE RECORDS,

HIS LAST CALL WAS
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS PSYCHOLOGIST.

IT LASTED ALL OF 5 SECONDS.

WELL, THAT'S GOTTA BE
THE TRIGGER.

HE WAS GONNA REPORT
THE ERROR, AND MEEKS
MUST HAVE KILLED HIM

TO AVOID BEING
LOCKED UP AGAIN.

BE CAREFUL, YOU GUYS.

[SIREN]

I WILL KILL HER,

I SWEAR TO GOD.

OH, GOD, PLEASE...

JUST SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.

[WOMAN GASPING]

Reid: HE MAKE
ANY DEMANDS?

Meeks: JUST SHUT UP.
JUST SHUT UP.

LOCK DOWN THE PERIMETER.
HE'S NOT GETTING
OUT OF HERE.

Officer: GOT IT.

LOCK IT DOWN.
NO ONE IN OR OUT.

YOU READY?

[WOMAN SOBBING]

JUST SHUT UP!

ANDREW MEEKS, FBI.

DROP THE WEAPON, ANDREW!

YOU DROP YOUR WEAPON!

THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE
GETTING OUT OF HERE

IS IF YOU LET HER GO
AND PUT THE GUN DOWN.

NO!

NO WAY.

YOU WANTED REVENGE,
BUT THIS ENDS
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

SHE'S TERRIFIED, ANDREW.

YOU HEAR HER BREATHING?

DO YOU REMEMBER FEELING
SCARED LIKE THAT

WHEN YOU WERE BEING
SMOTHERED IN THAT GYM MAT?

[LABORED BREATHING]

SO, YOU DID IT!

UHH!

JJ: "YOU SEE WHAT POWER IS--

"HOLDING SOMEONE ELSE'S
FEAR IN OUR HAND

AND SHOWING IT TO THEM."

AMY TAN.

[DING]

EXCUSE ME.

YEAH, MY BAD.

[BEEP]

[LINE RINGING]

HEY THERE.

WELL, HEY YOURSELF.

BABY, LISTEN--

DON'T TELL ME
YOU HAVE ANOTHER CASE.

NO. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I'M ON MY WAY HOME.
I SWEAR, I'M COMING HOME.

GOOD. ME, TOO.

LOOK, SAVANNAH, YOU REMEMBER
HOW YOU TEXTED ME EARLIER
AND, UM...

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID
WE NEEDED TO TALK?

UH-HUH.

COME ON, NOW.

WHAT?

SAVANNAH, YOU GOTTA TELL ME
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

AT LEAST GIVE ME A HINT.

NOPE.

LOOK, IF I'M COMING HOME
TO A FIRING LINE,

I THINK I DESERVE
TO KNOW THAT. UH...

BABY, SERIOUSLY, LOOK...

ARE YOU UNHAPPY?

SAVANNAH, IS IT OVER?

NO.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU
I'M HAPPY.

AND MAYBE I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW HAPPY WHEN I GET HOME.

[CHUCKLES] WELL, OK, OK,

I THINK I LIKE
THE SOUND OF THAT.

YOU BETTER CHECK YOURSELF.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

WOMAN, YOU ARE DRIVING ME
CRAZY, YOU KNOW THAT?

AH!

GOTTA WATCH WHERE
YOU'RE GOIN', MAN.

YOU HEARD ME.
WHAT?

YOU GOT A PROBLEM?

YEAH.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

LOOK, MAN...

[SHORT OF BREATH]

RELAX.

SAVANNAH: WHO ARE YOU
TALKING TO?

IT'S NOTHING, BABY.

IT'S...IT'S NOBODY.

DON'T TELL ME TO RELAX.

DEREK, WHAT'S GOING ON?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW. I WAS...

IT'S TAKING TOO LONG.
YOU SURE YOU GOT HIM?

BABY, I WAS JUST--
I WAS JUST WALKING.

YEAH. HE MUST BE STRONG.

SAVANNAH: DEREK, TALK TO ME.

DEREK!

SAVANNAH, CALL HOTCH.
CALL HOTCH! CALL HOTCH!

UHH!
SAVANNAH: ARE YOU THERE?!

WHAT'S WRONG?

[GROANING]
DEREK!

DEREK! DEREK!

OOH!

DEREK, ARE YOU THERE?

WHAT'S WRONG?

UHH!

UHH!
DEREK!