Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 11, Episode 20 - Inner Beauty - full transcript

What?

I don't know,
maybe like 60.

How is that my fault?
Business is slow.

Shoot.

What? Not you.

No, I ain't hiding nothing.

Well, hey, I got an idea
for you.

How about you put on these heels
and let's see how much money you make.

Well, until you start
earning better than me,

we got nothing
to talk about, ok?

Bye.



Ohh! Ah--

Ohh!

It's the ninth inning.

Bases are loaded.

Do you believe it,
sports fans?

On the mound is future
Hall-of-Fame Kai Struthers,

pitching to his own grandpa.

The count is 3 and 2.

Will Kai be able
to handle the pressure?

He winds up,
here's the pitch--

a perfect strike!

The Cubs win! The Cubs win!

Yay!

Kai!



Now that you've won
the World Series,

I need you to go pick up
all your presents, ok?

Ok, dad. Thanks
for the mitt, grandpa.

You're welcome.

Subito! Subito! Subito!
Come on.

Ohh, and he even
speaks Italian.

Well, that's what happens

when an American pianist marries
an Italian basketball player.

Perfecto.

Kai is so happy
you're here,

especially since
Joy couldn't be.

Speaking of which, where is
that wayward daughter of mine

reporting from now?

Sierra Leone.

She got stuck
in customs.

It killed her to miss
this party today, but,

work, you know?

Oh, I can relate
to that work thing.

Ooh, she would kill me

if she saw the house
right now.

And I'm sorry--

no, no, no,
it's my fault.

I should know better than to come
between kids and cake.

Go ahead. I'll get this.

Oh, hi.

Uh, David's still here
and--

Is everything good?

Yeah.

We have
an unexpected guest.

Hayden.

Hello, David.

Gramdma!

Ohh, there's my little
lightning bug. Ohh...

Ohh.

I, uh...

I didn't know
you were coming.

Neither did I.

Hayden, you told me
that you weren't going to come.

I wasn't.

When I heard
that David was coming,

I didn't want to intrude.

Then I realized
how foolish that was.

I suppose we should talk,
shouldn't we?

Yeah.

We should.

Come on, Kai.

29 years.

29 years you didn't tell me
that I had a daughter.

You're right.

And when I found out, I called
and texted you for a week straight

and never got one reply.

You're right.

You don't have anything
better to say than "you're right"?

No.

I--I know we weren't
married long, but...

This isn't like you.

You never did anything
without good reason.

You are right.

Then what changed now?

Why did you decide
to show up now?

Because I knew that
I couldn't keep doing this.

That we had to get it
behind us

if we were going to be the kind
of grandparents that Kai deserves.

So if you have anything
that you need to say,

say it now.

You never gave me
a chance to be a dad.

Why?

Because I always
came second with you.

That's not true.

It is true, David.

It was always about the job,
and you made that very clear.

The job came first.

So where would that
leave our child?

Still, you could have
given me a choice.

And what would you
have chosen?

- Hey!
- Look, look, look!

Sorry, I tried to keep him
in the next room.

Oh, that's all right.

Come on, show me what
you've got there, darling.

Stick 'em up!

Ooh, stick 'em up.

Ohh! That's your voice.

So, uh, hey, Kai, what else
can that hot rod do, huh?

Show grandpa.

I, uh,

I've gotta take this.

Mm. Look.

Go ahead, Hotch.

Hey. I'm sorry
to bother you.

I just got a call from Sacramento P.D.
about two Jane Does.

What's the connection?

Both were found in the same SRO
water reserve tank.

Both had their faces
slashed repeatedly.

Water burial.
Female offender?

No. Given the physical
strength required, we ruled it out.

I need you to meet us
in Sacramento.

Yeah, I'll be there.

Listen,

I, uh...

Grandpa's got to go.

Already?

Unfortunately, yes.

Um, we're a man down,

and my team needs me.

We totally get it.

You want some cake
for the road?

No, no, no. I'm good.

Hey.

I love you, kiddo.

It's good to see you,
David.

Maybe we can do this again
some other time.

Take care, Hayden.

Dani, baby,

where you been at, girl?

Around.

Hey, slow down.

I said...

Slow down.

How's about a little, um,

quid pro quo?

I'm off it.

Girl, like you ain't
never gonna be straight.

- Let me go!
- Or what?

- Enough.
- Hey!

Oh, she's your piece?

Ok.

I'll see you around, Dani.

You all right?

No. That guy's a jerk.

Ok. You need a ride
somewhere?

Hey, no strings.
Just a ride.

My van's right up there.

I'm good.

Ok. Cool.

Uh, just be careful.

I passed some guys
like your buddy a few blocks up.

Wait, uh...

You swear no strings?

Yeah, I mean,

I already have
a girlfriend. So...

Oh, sorry. I forgot.
Front's full.

Would you mind, uh...

What the hell?

♪ Criminal Minds 11x20 ♪
Inner Beauty
Original Air Date on April 13, 2016

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

"I imagine
one of the reasons

"people cling to their
hates so stubbornly

"is because they sense
once hate is gone,

they will be forced
to deal with pain."

James Baldwin.

The two Janes Does were found
in an SRO reserve water tank

in the Oak Park community
of Sacramento.

That area has
a high crime rate,

115% higher than
the national average.

Yeah, it's known
for its drug usage.

And from the track marks
on our victims' arms,

it's apparent they were
familiar with the needle.

So this could be a drug deal
gone wrong or an angry pimp.

And given the surroundings, it's possible
these two worked as prostitutes.

We should also consider that he's
a moral enforcer.

He could be a vigilante
trying to clean up the streets.

And Oak Park would be
a target rich environment for him.

All right, when we land,
JJ, meet Rossi at the crime scene.

You two go to the M.E.,
and I'll get us set up at the precinct.

- Agent Hotchner.
- Detective.

- Thanks for coming out.
- Of course.

We've amped up patrols
like you suggested.

Good. Anything?

Nothing from the units,

but we did manage
to I.D. one of the victims.

Debi Leitelt, 22,
living on the streets.

10 separate arrests
for solicitation and drug possession.

Her fingerprints
were in the system.

Yeah. 4 of these arrests
involve Isaac Henry.

We need to talk to him
right away.

- I'll get on it.
- Thanks.

Yeah.

You're with Oak Park police?

I don't think so.

I'm Agent Hotchner
with the FBI.

FBI?

Ok, ok. First, I didn't know
she was a minor.

Second, the sign saying
we crossed the state line,

it was like this big.
No warnings, nothing.

What's your relationship
with Debi Leitelt?

I can't say I know a Debi.

That's not true.
September 3, pandering,

September 18, pandering,

October 5, November 14.
All right.

All right. So what?

So you two worked together.

Yeah.

Did you ever
get violent with her?

I didn't have to.
The drugs took care of that.

Why is it the FBI's problem
how I treat my girls?

It's this department's
problem how you treat them.

But when they turn up dead,
it's ours.

Debi?

And I thought
she was gonna make it.

Make it how?

She want--she wanted out.

She got herself clean.

I never keep my girls on the street
unless they want. Never.

God almighty.

Is that how
she normally dressed?

Yeah, why?

Because we found her
wearing this.

Oh, yeah. This?

Not her style.

Too square.

Hi. It's your friendly
neighborhood tech analyst.

Garcia, I need you
to look up

manufacture
and purchase history

on the dress that
Debi Leitelt was found in.

The blue dress?

When and where it was purchased
and if anywhere locally.

Dress history.
I'm on it, sir.

Thanks.

I don't get it.
If it's not her dress, whose is it?

The unsub redressed her.

The question is whether
it was pre or postmortem.

Why would he do that?

It's part of his fantasy.

Garcia said the current
residents checked out.

Just your run-of-the-mill

"leave me alone, I'm feeding
off my own misery" type.

Well, it's probably
less crowded at night,

or at least the unsub
draws less attention.

Everybody agrees
to look the other way.

Getting in and out
with a body

would be extremely
difficult, though.

Ok, so the question is,

this building--
why pick it?

You know, Rossi, I think
we need to get off

this whole moral
enforcer theory.

How come?

A moral enforcer
or vigilante

would display his murders.

He'd want to inspire fear.

This unsub is going
in the other direction.

Ted Bundy,
Green River killer.

Each kill was
at separate times,

but they both hoarded
their victims in one spot.

Mm. And in their cases,
committed necrophilia.

That's not our unsub's M.O.

But revisiting could be.

So he puts them
in a tank for safekeeping.

Speaks to a certain level
of organization.

Only he doesn't
think it through.

Decomposition would
clog the pipes.

It's only a matter of time
before they're found.

So, why this tank, pal?

There's thousands
of tanks in Sacramento.

Why this one?

You know,
there's one other thing

this guy shares
with Green River.

What's that?

When Washington State police
found the first 5 victims

in roughly the same spot
in the river,

Ridgway was forced
to find a new disposal site.

Our unsub will do the same.

Hello?

Hello!

What are you doing?

You can't--you can't
do this to me!

Do you trust me?

No! No, no, no, no!

That's why
I have to do this.

Ohh...

C.O.D. for Debi Leitelt
was exsanguination.

Jane Doe died from sepsis.

Both bodies tested positive
for large amounts of opiates.

Lab is still running
a breakdown on the specifics.

Debi's been clean
for a couple of months,

but given the statistics
for relapse,

it's quite possible
she fell off the wagon.

Or the unsub
injected her himself.

Am I reading this right?
Two different blade types

were used
on the victims' faces?

Correct. The postmortem cuts
are facial slashes

made by a precision blade,
something like a scalpel.

A scalpel's an odd choice
for disfigurement.

The antemortem wounds
were made with a jagged tool,

something with
a serrated edge.

Ok, so, two distinct tools
for two distinct goals.

Which are?

Unclear at this point.
Jane Doe had hydrofluorocarbon

and dimethyl ether
in her hair.

And titanium dioxide.

Those first two
are commonly found in aerosols.

Titanium dioxide
is a white pigment

found in a wide
range of products.

Like spray-in hair color,
blond to be exact.

That's my presumption, yes.

Most of it washed out
in the water,

but there are still
trace elements on her scalp.

Someone who used this type
of cheap hair color all the time

would be more skilled
at applying it.

She wouldn't get it
all over her scalp.

So the unsub did it.

Assume these victims are
both victims of opportunity.

High-risk lifestyle, possibly prostitutes,
definitely drug addicts.

We see this victimology
all the time.

Easier targets.
It takes a while

before anyone notices
they're missing.

Right. That part
he's smart enough to plan for.

If he wanted to kill them
quickly, he could.

Exactly. Instead
he spends time with them.

He puts each one
through a unique ritual.

And he redresses one and he gives
the other a sloppy dye job.

And then he tears
their faces apart.

He remakes them
so he can destroy them.

They're surrogates

for the woman who's the real
object of his rage.

And his anger manifests itself
as a sexual release,

and when he's done,
he wants to do it again.

Gardener found her
this morning.

Noticed the jacuzzi lid askew
and went to fix it.

Any witnesses?

No, neighbors
didn't see anything.

Well, we profiled he'd find
a new disposal site.

I just didn't think
it'd be this public.

What is it?

Oh, first a water tank,
now a covered jacuzzi.

It's not just the water
that's important to him.

He wants them enclosed,

like a sarcophagus.

How long
was she in the water?

Well, based on body temp,

the M.E. thinks
she died two days ago.

But based on when the family went
to bed last night,

she's only been
in the water 6 hours.

A real blonde this time.

Exact same dress as Debi.

He's combining elements,

turning the surrogates into the women
he really wants to hurt.

JJ, look.

It's a suture.

Now, why would he leave
that behind?

He probably
ran out of time.

That would explain
the two different types of cuts.

One of them
isn't a cut at all.

I don't follow.

Ripping out sutures
would leave a jagged edge,

kind of like when you tear a shirt
at its seams.

That's why it looked like the unsub
was using a serrated knife.

He was actually trying
to hide what he was doing.

And if he was sewing that
in the face,

then the postmortem slashing could be
a forensic countermeasure

to hide the surgical
component.

Good timing, boy genius.
I have the 4-1-1 on our second victim.

The Jane Doe
is Belinda Cameron.

She was brought up
on shoplifting, solicitation charges,

but she recently entered rehab
in an effort to turn her life around.

Garcia, what about
our most recent victim?

Is there anyone in the system with
a red rose tattoo on their left wrist?

I'm on it.

Why, yes, there is.

Leslie Schellin.

She was nabbed on possession of
a controlled substance.

And looky here.
Her current place of residence

is Changing Lives.
It's a halfway house.

Great. Thanks, Garcia.

Well, it looks like rehab
is the connection.

Let's deliver
the profile.

We believe the unsub
we're looking for

is a white male in his
late 20s to early 30s.

He is a surgical sadist,
operating on women

he finds in and around
the recovery community of Oak Park.

The fact that he's able
to earn the trust

of the women in this victim pool
leads us to believe

he may be a part of
the recovery community himself.

So he's operating on
these women just to kill them?

Death isn't the goal
for this unsub, pain is.

He cuts these women
to inflict physical

and psychological scars
that won't heal.

So who is victim zero?

That brings us
to the other part

of this unsub's psychology.

He's putting these victims
through a transformation,

most likely before
he starts cutting them.

He's dyeing their hair
and changing their clothes.

We believe they're surrogates
for the woman he believes wronged him.

This woman might be a first victim
we haven't found yet.

His anger toward her
wasn't sated after hurting her.

We think this woman, victim zero,
has had a personal connection

with this unsub, and finding her
will be the key to stopping him.

Thank you.

Ohh...

What...

What did you do to me?

Now do you trust me?

What did you do to me?

What did you do to me?

What did you do to me?

What did you do to me?

Ohh...

What is this?

It's phase one.

Maybe victim zero
was a junkie who got clean

and rejected the unsub.

Hmm.

Or maybe she fell off
the wagon

and he was furious 'cause he worked to
nurse her back to health.

Mm-hmm.

Or maybe she was
abducted by aliens.

Yeah, maybe.

Ok, this ends now.

Let me see.

Oh, my goodness.
What a cutie.

Wait, is that...

Hayden Montgomery.

Ex-wife number two.

Oh.

A lot of water
under that bridge

between you two, huh?

29 years worth.

Too much to get past.

Mm. Is she unreasonable?

No.

Is she selfish?

Not in the slightest.

Well, what was her reason
for not telling you about Joy?

The job.

This job.

Mm. Hmm.

What?

Nothing.

Jennifer, what?

Ok, look, I'm--

I am on your side,

but...I get it.

Because you're a mom.

No. Because I know you,
David Rossi.

You told me what
you were like back then.

Nothing came between
you and the job.

Yeah--yeah, but I might
have put it on hold

if it meant I got the chance to raise
a daughter like Joy.

Well, yeah, it's easy
to say that now

because you know
who Joy turned out to be.

But 30 years ago,

would you have really
put your career on hold

for diapers and teething
and all-night crying fits?

Look, Hayden
had to make a call,

and maybe it was
the wrong call,

but don't pretend

like you don't understand
why she made it.

You know I say this
out of love, right?

Yeah.

I do.

And thanks.

Guys.

I have weird news
and weirder news.

The M.E. just finished the breakdown
of the drugs in our victims.

Morphine and meperidine.

Those are pain
management drugs.

Yeah, not exactly the street heroin
they were trying to kick.

Then this isn't
about addiction.

This is about trying
to make them feel better

after he cuts them.

A sadist wouldn't do that.

Well, that brings me
to the weirder.

We found this in the right cheek
of the third victim.

Is that saline?

Yeah, some kind
of improvised implant.

There were no implants
found in the other victims.

He's devolving.

He's starting to get sloppy.

It looks like the edges
of the plastic have been melted,

like a vacuum sealer.

We got Garcia on the case,
but do the math.

Pain medication plus implant--
gives you what?

He thinks he's helping
these women.

Take these.

They'll make you
feel better.

No. I'm trying to kick.

It's necessary,
I promise.

Now drink.

That's good.

Are you ready for phase two?

Are you gonna
keep hurting me?

No. Never.

Look at me.
Never again.

Never again.

It's ok, I'm just...

It's ok.

You're beautiful, Sarah.

Look.

You're beautiful, Sarah.

It looks like the unsub
attempted to cut flaps

in the right cheek and then
sew them back together.

Look at his work.

This is the kind of medical knowledge
you get off the Internet.

What's he trying
to accomplish

by sewing the cheeks up
improperly?

He's choosing to distort
his victims' faces.

I thought you guys said
he was trying to help.

He thinks he is.

Ok, so, we know these women
are surrogates for her.

We thought he was furious with them,
but we now know that's wrong.

He's in love with her.

Yeah.

Now, the implant is much like the dress
or the blond hair.

It's part of
the transformation.

But implants are supposed
to make you prettier.

He's making them uglier.

Uglier according to
conventional standards.

To him they're more beautiful.

Somewhere is his love map
he obsessed over someone

society didn't want
to look at.

That's our victim zero.

He's doing all of this
because he wants her back.

My name is Danielle.

I'm 90 days sober.

I got sober
for my little brother.

I didn't want him
to think I was someone

who wasn't going to be
there for him. Um...

My--my brother's
name is Ian.

I'm going to be
at his graduation

and I'm going to be
clean for him.

I was gonna make up
for all the times I wasn't there

because I was too messed up.

My name is Danielle.

This isn't my dress.

This isn't my face.

Please,
my name is Danielle!

This is...

Me.

What have you got, Garcia?

I got a hit on
a Danielle Steinhardt.

She's been missing
for the past two days.

Does she fit
his victimology?

She's blond,
and she's been living

at a treatment facility in Oak Park
for the past couple of months.

Her brother reported her missing when
she didn't check back in.

Where are we on the medical conditions
that victim zero might have had?

Nothing yet.
But if you direct me,

I can be a much more
effective missile.

Well, this guy's trigger
happened recently,

so look for car accidents,
overdoses, suicides.

We also think his ideal may have
some sort of facial deformity.

Uh, no, still looking.

A neurofibroma.

Garcia, look up
neurofibromatosis.

Uh, how do you spell that?

Wait, never mind,
auto correct has it.

Neurofibromatosis
is a genetic disorder

that causes tumors
to form on nerve tissue.

Ok, Garcia,
look for women

with tumors embedded
in the nerves

on the right side
of their face.

That's where all
the implants have been.

Ok, there's a rehabilitation center
that specializes in that at U.C. Davis.

It's not the rehab
we've been talking about.

It's the medical kind. Ok.

I'm gonna dig into this.
I will hit you back

when I find a bone. Ok?

There's one last thing
you need to see.

What's up, Garcia?

I sent a video
to your tablets.

I give you Sarah Sherwood,

28, blond, and the poor
sweetheart

suffered from
neurofibromatosis.

She drowned herself
at her parents' house 3 weeks ago.

Roughly around the time the first victim
would have gone missing.

She drowned herself
in the worst way I can imagine.

Her parents had a pool
with a retractable tarp.

She held down the remote
and she covered herself under it.

She would have
locked herself in.

That explains why he chooses
enclosed bodies of water for his victims.

And puts them in the same dress
she wore when she killed herself.

The only person
who would know that

is the one
who found the body.

Garcia?

Yes, yes, sir,
I am on that

like brown on
super healthy rice.

Uh...

That would be her boyfriend.

He goes by the name
of Joseph Berzon.

According to police,
he was inconsolable.

How is Joseph connected
to the other victims?

He works for
delivery dining.

They deliver to treatment
centers and the SRO

where the first two
victims were found.

That's how he got access
to the pain medication.

The worse the rehab center,
the more lax they are with the drugs

and the easier they are
to steal.

And according
to their website,

they seal the meals
with a vacuum sealer.

Garcia, where
can we find Joseph?

I'm sending you his work
and home address.

What do you think?

Don't you like it, Sarah?

Who's Sarah?

You are.

This is your room.

We decorated it
together,

for when you were ready
to move in with me.

Remember her?

She's your favorite.

You always said
she looked just like you.

Maybe this will help you
remember.

Yes.

I remember.

You do?

I do.

You...

Did all this for me.

I'll do anything
for you.

Anything?

Anything.

Just tell me
what you want.

Let me go outside.

I can't.

After last time?

I can't.

You have to understand.

I understand perfectly.

Uhh!

Ohh!

Sarah!

Help. Help me.

Help me.

Oh, my God. Are you--
what's wrong with you?

I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.

Sarah, you can't
be out of bed.

My wife just got out
of the hospital.

But is she ok?

It's just her medication.
She'll be all right.

Thank you.
I'm sorry we bothered you.

Ok.

Why would you do that?

You're crazy.

I'm crazy?

Did you see the way
he looked at you?

He was polite, but only because
he had to be.

Who else is going
to love you the way I do?

Who, Sarah?

Nobody.

That's right.

That's right.

That's why we stay
inside, forever.

Ohh...

Hey, Garcia,
you're on speaker.

I've got background
on Joseph Berzon.

Anything stand out?

Oh, yeah. When he was 11,

his mother was in
a car accident

that completely
mutilated her face.

She was then bedridden
for 3 years

and then died as a result
of her injury.

He had no other living family.

That event must have
imprinted on him

and stayed with him
all these years.

And after that, he was
put in the foster care system,

and then the group home
he was in was busted on abuse charges.

Sounds like the kid went through
a lot of physical and emotional pain.

That's one hell of a stressor.

What shall we do tonight?

Something's wrong.

Oh, no. No.

Everything is exactly right.

Look how pretty you are.

Reid and are nearly
at Berzon's work.

Is there anything
else, Garcia?

Yeah. I just found
some interesting emails

between Sarah and her parents.

What are they about?

A month ago, there was
an incident at a park.

What kind of incident?

Well, Sarah didn't
go outside much,

and according to one of
these email exchanges,

she was really embarrassed
about the tumors on her face,

but Joseph encouraged her
to give it a try.

That's when things got bad.

Everyone is staring at me.

Hey. I'm here.

We can get through
anything together.

Do you trust me?

I trust you, Joseph.

Oh. I left your favorite
wine in the car.

Leave it.

No. Just give me a second.
I'll be right back.

No. I--

He left her alone...

And she had
an anxiety attack.

Two days later,
he found her dead.

Then this isn't just
about recreating Sarah,

it's about rewriting
the past.

He thinks he can
get it right this time.

Darling.

Darling, get up, please.

Please.

I'm dying.

No, no, no. You're not dying.

No. No.

You're gonna be fine.

You're going to be all right.

Everything is going to be all right.
I'll save you.

FBI!

Joseph Berzon,
step away from Danielle.

No! Stay away!

Joseph, look at her.
She needs help.

I'm the only one
who can give it to her.

You don't understand her.

Don't you love Sarah?

Of course.
How can you ask me that?

Then accept
that she's gone, Joseph.

All you're doing
is hurting innocent women

who never wanted you
to make this choice for them.

That's not Sarah.

She never was.

Do you trust me?

I trust you, Joseph.

Joseph!

It's ok.

I'm with the FBI.

You're gonna be ok.

I'm Danielle, right?

Yes. Danielle.

My name is David.

Thank you.

Thank you.

"Since love
grows within you,

"so beauty grows.

For love is the beauty
of the soul."

Saint Augustine.

Hey, Shawn. It's me.

I've got a quick question
I want to ask you.

I--I hope I didn't wake you.

Shawn told me
you were coming.

Would you like
to come in?

No, I--I should be
getting back.

For Kai's sake, you wanted me to say
what I needed to say,

and I figured out
what that is.

All right.

I can't wave a magic wand
and change what happened.

But what I can do

is understand
why you did it.

You were in the trenches,

turning what I'm sure
was a handful of a little girl

into a confident,
beautiful woman.

And I'm sure that
couldn't have been easy.

You have no idea.

Oh, I think I have some.

Huh. She left home
to accept a scholarship

and never told me.

Oh, I can do better.

One time she met
a serial killer in a dark alley

and never told me.

She what?

That's a story
best told another time.

Maybe.

Do you know what the biggest
difference is now

than when I was raising Joy?

- What's that?
- I'm exhausted.

I just seem to remember
having so much more energy

dealing with a 5-year-old.

Especially one who doesn't
want to settle down

for a bedtime story.

All right...

You know, it just so happens
that bedtime stories

are my specialty.

So I've heard.

Would you like
to stay, David?

Yeah.

I would.

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