Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 13, Episode 13 - Cure - full transcript

MAN: LET’S UNDO THAT.

LET’S TAKE THE...

LET’S TAKE THOSE OTHER ASSETS

AND MOVE THEM OVER
TO INDONESIA.

[BEEP]

SO WHAT DO THOSE
NEW NUMBERS SAY?

[BEEPING]

[SIGHS] THEY’RE SAYING
WE’RE STILL TOO EXPOSED,

PRIMARILY IN EUROPEAN
BOND ETFs.

AND BY MY CALCULATION,

WE COULD STAND TO LOSE
ANOTHER 27 MILLION.



OHH, BUT I THOUGHT...

OH, YOU’RE RIGHT.

YEAH.

GOD...

JUST...

I’LL HAVE TO START
ALL OVER.

ABBY, I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP HERE. I DO.

BUT THIS IS MY MESS.
I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS UP.

ANDREW, DON’T BE A MARTYR.

YOU’VE ALREADY GONE WAY
BEYOND THE CALL OF
DUTY HERE,

AND BRANDON AND THE BOYS
ARE WAITING FOR YOU.

OK.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.



OH, DAMN IT.

[ABBY WHIMPERING]

[CRYING]

ABBY!
ABBY, CALL THE POLICE!

[BEEP]

[FOOTSTEPS]

YOU READY TO GO?

YOU OK?

SORRY?

EVERYTHING OK?

YEAH. YEAH,
IT’S JUST, UM...

YOU KNOW LINDA BARNES,

THE BUREAU’S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

WELL, SHE SAYS SHE NEEDS
TO SET UP A MEETING WITH ME,

PREFERABLY THE DAY
AFTER TOMORROW?

THINK SHE WANTS TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THE COVERT WORK

YOU DID IN
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT?

YEAH, THAT’S WHAT SHE SAYS.

AND?

THE LAST TIME
I GOT AN EMAIL LIKE THAT

FROM A PERSON LIKE BARNES,
I WAS TAKEN OFF THE TEAM.

THAT’S NOT GONNA
HAPPEN AGAIN.

I HONESTLY DON’T THINK
THAT’S EVEN POSSIBLE.

WELL, I DO.

WELL, WAS EMILY
COPIED ON THE EMAIL?

UH, YEAH, YEAH, SHE IS.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.
EMILY’S NOT GONNA LET
YOU GET CAUGHT UP

IN SOME CRAZY
BUREAUCRATIC UNDERTOW.

WELL, THAT’S WHAT HOTCH
THOUGHT, TOO.

HE COULDN’T PROTECT ME
EITHER.

HEY, GUYS. I KNOW
YOU WERE INCHES FROM

A CLEAN GETAWAY TONIGHT,
BUT I JUST GOT A CALL

FROM D.C. METRO POLICE.
THEY NEED OUR ADVICE

ON AN ACTIVE HOMICIDE SCENE.

[SIRENS]

AGENTS, I APPRECIATE
YOU COMING OUT.

LIEUTENANT WILSON,
THE BAU IS PREPARED

TO HELP OUT HOWEVER WE CAN.

THESE ARE THE OFFICES
OF A FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT BUSINESS

CALLED THE SWILCAN
CAPITAL GROUP.

THE PROPERTY’S CLEANING CREW
FOUND THE TWO VICTIMS.

THEIR CALL CAME INTO
911 AT 12:53 A.M.

WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS
GOT HERE, THEY FOUND

ONE OF THE FIRM’S
FINANCIAL ADVISERS,

ABIGAIL FULLER,
TIED UP IN HER OFFICE

BUT OTHERWISE UNHARMED.

WAS MS. FULLER ABLE
TO PROVIDE YOU

WITH A DESCRIPTION
OF HER ATTACKER?

NO. SHE WASN’T READY TO.

WE JUST HAD HER TRANSPORTED
TO ST. COLETTE’S.

SHE’S VERY LUCKY.

YOU BET SHE IS.

THIS IS ANDREW HIROTA.

HE WAS SWILCAN CAPITAL’S
MANAGING DIRECTOR

AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER.

THE UNSUB USED
MR. HIROTA’S BLOOD

TO SCRAWL THIS SYMBOL
ON THE WALL.

YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT MEANS?

IT APPEARS TO BE
AN ATTEMPT TO RENDER

THE SERPENT-ENTWINED STAFF

WIELDED BY THE GREEK GOD
ASCLEPIUS,

WHICH HISTORICALLY
HAS BEEN USED TO SYMBOLIZE

THE ARTS OF HEALING
AND MEDICINE.

MEDICINE. ISN’T THAT
SUPPOSED TO BE
THE OTHER SYMBOL,

THE ONE WITH
THE WINGED STAFF
AND THE TWO SNAKES?

THAT’S ACTUALLY CADUCEUS,
THE ROD OF HERMES.

UNFORTUNATELY,
THE TWO SYMBOLS
ARE OFTEN MISTAKEN

FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE
THE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

MISTAKENLY ADOPTED
THE WRONG GREEK SYMBOL

FOR THEIR BRANCH PLAQUE
BACK IN 1902.

I SEE.

BUT WHOEVER THIS
PARTICULAR PSYCHO IS,

OBVIOUSLY HE’S ISN’T
TRYING TO HANG A SHINGLE

FOR A MEDICAL PRACTICE
IN HERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE’S TRYING TO SAY?

WHATEVER IT IS, IT MAY BE
DIRECTLY CONNECTED

TO MR. HIROTA.

HE WAS TARGETED,
HIS BLOOD WAS USED

TO CREATE THE SYMBOL,
AND HIS BODY

WAS DELIBERATELY STAGED
TO FACE IT.

REID: IT’S ALSO MEANT
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT FEELS LIKE A WARNING,
MAYBE EVEN A CALLING CARD.

YEAH, AND IF THE UNSUB
FEELS COMPELLED

TO SIGN HIS DIRTY WORK,

IT SEEMS UNLIKELY
TO BE ONE AND DONE.

NO. THIS ONE’S
JUST GETTING STARTED.

[TYPING, BEEP]

[LINE RINGING]

MALE OPERATOR: 911.
WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY?

[VOICE ELECTRONICALLY ALTERED]
WE ARE ASCLEPIUS.

WE HAVE BEGUN
THE BLOODLETTING.

OPERATOR: EXCUSE ME, SIR?

YOU WILL FEAR US,
FOR YOU ARE THE DISEASE,

AND WE ARE THE CURE.

REID: "IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO SUFFER

"WITHOUT MAKING
SOMEONE PAY FOR IT.

EVERY COMPLAINT ALREADY
CONTAINS REVENGE."

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE.

[MAN ON RECORDING]
FOR YOU ARE THE DISEASE,

AND WE ARE THE CURE.

ALRIGHTY, THEN, OUR
SELF-PROCLAIMED ASCLEPIUS

LEFT THAT ROUSING 911
AT 4:27 THIS MORNING.

WERE YOU ABLE TO RUN
A DIGITAL TRACE?

YES AND NO.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT CAME

FROM THE UKRAINIAN CITY
OF SLOVIANSK?

SIMMONS: SO WHOEVER
WE’RE DEALING WITH

HAS SOME TECHNICAL
SOPHISTICATION.

LEWIS: OR AT LEAST ONE MEMBER
OF THEIR GROUP DOES, RIGHT?

BECAUSE "WE ARE ASCLEPIUS
AND WE ARE THE CURE."

YEAH, WHICH REALLY SOUNDS
LIKE WE MIGHT BE DEALING

WITH SOME SORT OF DOMESTIC
TERRORIST GROUP HERE.

AND POSSIBLY AN ANARCHIST
ACTIVIST GROUP

SIMILAR TO ANONYMOUS,
THOUGH EXPLICITLY MORE
VIOLENT.

EXCEPT THEY DON’T
MENTION THE VICTIM BY NAME,

NOR DO THEY SET FORTH
A SERIOUS LIST OF GRIEVANCES.

SO IF THEY’RE DRIVEN
BY IDEOLOGY,

WHY BE SO COY
ABOUT THEIR GOALS?

THE FIRST GOAL
OF ANY TERRORIST GROUP
IS TO INSTILL FEAR.

LEWIS: YEAH, BUT WHY
START THE REVOLUTION

WITH THE BLOOD
OF ANDREW HIROTA?

HIROTA, 53, DIVORCED,
FATHER OF 3.

NOTHING STANDS OUT
IN HIS VICTIMOLOGY

EXCEPT FOR HIS JOB.

THE SWILCAN CAPITAL GROUP,
ALTHOUGH BOUTIQUE,

HAS $260 MILLION
IN MANAGED ASSETS,

AND MONEY BEING
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL...

IT IS POSSIBLE
HE WAS TARGETED

BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
WAS SEEN TO SYMBOLIZE

FOR THE GROUP,
SOME EVIL SPECTER
OF WALL STREET.

SIMMONS: ESPECIALLY IF
YOU’RE ALSO SEEN AS BEING
PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR SOME KIND
OF FINANCIAL MISFORTUNE.

ROSSI:
WELL, IF THERE IS THAT
KIND OF ASSOCIATION,

MAYBE ONE OF THESE GUYS
WAS DOING BUSINESS
WITH HIROTA

AND KNEW HIS WAY AROUND
THAT OFFICE.

DAVE, WHY DON’T YOU
AND SPENCE

TAKE ANOTHER WALK
THROUGH THE SCENE.

MATT, JJ, TALK TO
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.

LUKE, TARA, OUR SURVIVING
WITNESS ABIGAIL FULLER

IS RECOVERING WELL.

SHE’S GONNA BE RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL,

SO IF SHE SEEMS UP FOR IT,

LET’S BRING HER IN HERE
AND GET HER STATEMENT.

I, UH...I’M SO SORRY.

I WANT TO HELP,
IT’S JUST--

I NEVER SAW HIS FACE.

HE WAS, UM, WEARING A MASK.

A SKI MASK, AND, UM,

AND GOGGLES.

ALL BLACK.

I MEAN, HE LOOKED
LIKE A RIOT COP.

MS. FULLER,
DID YOU NOTICE

ANY KIND OF PATCHES
OR INSIGNIAS ON HIS CLOTHING?

NO. NOTHING LIKE THAT.

DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?

HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING.

JUST STUCK THIS HUGE GUN
IN MY FACE.

AND HE...

I SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST
TRIED TO SCREAM.

BECAUSE MAYBE ANDREW,
HE WOULD HAVE HEARD ME

AND--AND HE’D STILL
BE ALIVE IF...

THERE’S NOTHING
THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE

TO CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED.

ALVEZ: ARE YOU AWARE
OF ANY THREATS

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE
TO MR. HIROTA PERSONALLY

OR MAYBE EVEN TO
THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE?

THERE WAS THIS
ONE EMAIL,

BUT IT TURNED OUT
TO BE NOTHING.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, WE CAN’T
IGNORE ANYTHING.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

WE’VE BEEN STRUGGLING
THIS YEAR,

AND SOME OF OUR CLIENTS
HAD CONCERNS.

ALVEZ: A THREAT IS MORE
THAN JUST A CONCERN.

SO, WITH THIS EMAIL.

IT WAS SENT ANONYMOUSLY.

AND WHOEVER SENT IT
SAID THAT THEY WOULD
BURN THE PLACE DOWN.

ANDREW HAD ONE OF
OUR I.T. GUYS TRACK
DOWN THE I.P. ADDRESS.

AND THE SENDER
TURNED OUT TO BE
THE TEENAGE SON

TO ONE OF OUR CLIENTS.

BUT ANDREW DECIDED
TO LET IT GO

BECAUSE HE KNEW,
FROM EXPERIENCE,

WHAT THE PRESSURES
OF FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY

CAN DO TO A HOUSEHOLD.

OK. WHAT’S THE YOUNG
MAN’S NAME?

KYLE REEVES.

HIS FATHER IS PETER.

I’LL FOLLOW UP WITH GARCIA.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

THE VICTIM SUFFERED
36 SHARP FORCE INJURIES.

HALF OF THEM WOULD HAVE
PROVEN FATAL ON THEIR OWN.

CLASSIC OVERKILL,

WHICH USUALLY SUGGESTS
A MORE PERSONAL MOTIVE.

NOW, THERE IS SOMETHING
CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THESE
INCISED WOUNDS.

SEE HOW JAGGED
EACH ONE IS, AND SHALLOW?

NOT ONE PENETRATED
MORE THAN 4 INCHES DEEP.

ALSO, THE WAY THE SOFT
TISSUE WAS DAMAGED,

IT APPEARS THAT
THE BLADE WAS CURVED.

HONESTLY, I’VE NEVER SEEN

THIS SPECIFIC TYPE
OF WEAPON BEFORE.

I HAVE.

IT’S CALLED A KARAMBIT.
IT’S A CLOSE-COMBAT WEAPON.

PRETTY POPULAR
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

WOMAN: WOW. YOU KNOW,
IT SERIOUSLY LOOKS
LIKE A TINY BAT’LETH.

IT’S A TRADITIONAL
KLINGON WEAPON.

MIA, COULD YOU
JUST FINISH

WITH THOSE AUTOPSY
PHOTOS, PLEASE?

JJ: OK, SO THE UNSUB’S
CHOICE OF WEAPON

SEEMS PRETTY CONSISTENT
WITH HIM WEARING
THE TACTICAL GEAR.

SIMMONS: YES, IT DOES.
IT ALSO SUGGESTS HE MAY HAVE

A BACKGROUND IN THE MILITARY
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MIA: HEY, GUYS.

HE’S GOT SOMETHING
IN HIS THROAT.

THAT IS DEFINITELY
NOT KLINGON.

ROSSI:
THIS LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT
LIKE THE CRYPTOGRAMS

THE ZODIAC KILLER SENT.

REID: AND THE ZODIAC’S
4 CODED MESSAGES

CERTAINLY DISPLAY
THE SAME BLOCKING
OF TEXT SYMBOLS,

AND THERE ARE 20 LINES
WITH 30 SYMBOLS
IN EACH LINE,

BUT WHERE THE ZODIAC
USED SYMBOLS FROM
7 DIFFERENT SOURCES,

THIS UNSUB APPEARS
TO BE USING LETTERS

FROM 4 PURE ALPHABETS--

LATIN, GREEK,
CYRILLIC, AND KOREAN.

OK. THE FIRST THING
I CAN TELL YOU

IS THAT KYLE REEVES
DID NOT WRITE THAT

BECAUSE A SERIES OF
INAPPROPRIATE EMAILS

LANDED HIM IN JUVIE
LAST WEEK.

SO, SPENCE, HOW LONG WILL
IT TAKE YOU TO CRACK IT?

OOH, OOH, WITH MY HELP,
CONSIDER IT ALREADY CRACKED.

I’M CRAZY FOR CRYPTOGRAMS.

5 WILL GET YOU 20
THAT’S A HOMOPHONIC CIPHER,

LIKE YOUR CLASSIC
CAESAR CIPHER.

REID:
YEAH, BUT WHERE ONE
LETTER OF UNCODED TEXT

CAN BE TRANSPOSED
INTO ONE LETTER
OF CODED TEXT.

HERE, ONE LETTER
OF UNCODED TEXT
CAN BE REPLACED

BY A CODE LETTER
FROM EACH OF THE
4 PURE ALPHABETS.

BRAINIAC, YOU’RE MAKING
IT SOUND WAY MORE
CONFUSING THAN IT IS.

I DIDN’T TELL THEM
ABOUT THE KEY NUMBER
WE’RE GONNA NEED

IN ORDER TO DETERMINE
THE ACTUAL SHIFT VALUE.

YEAH.

MAYBE WE’LL JUST
LEAVE YOU TO IT.

NO, NO, NO, WE GOT THIS.

IT’S ALL IN THE
FREQUENCY ANALYSIS.

EXACTLY. SO LET’S
START WITH THE
MOST COMMON LETTER

IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE. "E."

ARE YOU FLIRTING WITH ME?

’CAUSE "E" HAPPENS TO BE
MY FAVORITE VOWEL.

OK, IF WE HYPOTHESIZE
THAT THAT IS TRUE,
THEN THAT COULD MEAN

THAT OUR TRANSPOSITIONAL
SHIFT VALUE EQUALS 3,

AND IF THAT’S TRUE,
THEN OUR DECRYPTION
LOOKS LIKE...

THIS.

"WE, ASCLEPIUS,
DECLARE THIS MANIFESTO.

"OUR SOCIETY IS BESET
BY THE CANCER OF TODAY’S

"INSTITUTIONS LED BY
IMPOTENT MEN

"IN OUR HOUSES OF LAW,
CAPITAL, AND WORSHIP,

"WHOSE INFIDELITIES TO THOSE
THEY CLAIM TO SAFEGUARD

HAVE POISONED US."

ROSSI: "THESE MEN
ARE THE ESSENTIAL CAUSE
OF OUR SOCIAL ILLS

"AND IT IS THE REASON
THEY ARE TODAY, TOMORROW,

AND FOREVER THE DISEASE
AND WE ARE THE CURE."

THEY SURE AS HELL AIN’T
TALKING ABOUT THE BAND.

BUT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
A PATTERN OF VICTIMOLOGY.

THIS ASCLEPIUS
INTENDS TO TARGET MEN

FROM THE FIELDS OF LAW,
FINANCE, AND RELIGION.

NOW, LOOK AT THIS
PART RIGHT HERE.

"TERMS OF SURRENDER ARE OFFERED"

IF WE LET THE NEWS MEDIA

BROADCAST
THIS MANIFESTO TONIGHT.

SO IF WE PUT THAT OUT THERE,
THEN THIS WILL ALL STOP?

NO, IT’S LIKELY
A NARCISSISTIC

POWER PLAY,
IF WE INDULGE IT,

MIGHT CAUSE
MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

REID: BUT THIS EXPRESSION
OF NARCISSISM DOES TELL US

THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH
A SINGLE UNSUB.

THIS PROVOCATIVE
POSTURING SUGGESTS
A PERSONALITY TYPE

THAT NEEDS TO FEEL
SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.

WHY MAKE US THINK
IT’S A GROUP?

HE’S TRYING TO INSTILL FEAR
BY CREATING STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

PRENTISS:
BUT IT’S UNUSUAL
FOR A NARCISSIST

TO PROVOKE FEAR
IN THIS WAY.

YOU’D EXPECT HE’D JUST
WANT TO MAKE HIMSELF
LOOK MORE DANGEROUS.

IT’S ALSO UNUSUAL
THAT THIS GUY WOULD BOTHER

TO WRITE A MANIFESTO
THESE DAYS AND NOT
POST IT ONLINE.

INSTEAD, HE FOLDS IT UP
INTO A PUZZLE

AND JAMS IT DOWN
HIS VICTIM’S THROAT.

WHICH MEANS THIS MESSAGE
WAS REALLY JUST MEANT
FOR OUR EYES ONLY,

THAT IS, IF WE WERE ABLE
TO DECIPHER IT.

ROSSI: THE GAME IS AFOOT.

HIS GAME, WITH US.

HE MAY PROFILE AS A HYBRID
OF THE ZODIAC KILLER

AND THE UNABOMBER,
BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME

HIS REAL MOTIVE
LIES SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND UNTIL WE KNOW
WHAT IT IS,

THIS UNSUB WILL REMAIN
IN THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT,
MR. CARMICHAEL.

[LINE RINGING]

HEY, JEFF,
IT’S DOUGLAS, FROM BVP.

KAYLA TOLD ME YOU CALLED AND
THAT THERE’S GONNA BE A DELAY?

NO. NO. LISTEN TO ME.

FIX THIS.
WE HAVE A DEADLINE.

AND I’M NOT GONNA
LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT

BECAUSE YOU CAN’T DO
YOUR DAMN JOB!

AAH!

AAH! SON OF A BITCH!

WAIT! SON OF A--

HELP!

HELP! HELP ME!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

MATT, JJ, OUR UNSUB
STRUCK AGAIN LAST NIGHT.

GARCIA SHOULD BE SENDING
YOU THE ADDRESS NOW.

OK, GOT IT.
WE’RE ON OUR WAY.

HEY, UH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
LINDA BARNES?

YOU MEAN BESIDES
THE FACT THAT SHE’S
THE ONE RESPONSIBLE

FOR DECOMMISSIONING
MY OLD I.R.T. UNIT?

I THOUGHT THAT ORDER
CAME DOWN FROM THE DIRECTOR

AFTER YOUR UNIT CHIEF
COMPROMISED A MISSION
IN RUSSIA.

NO, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE
COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

YOU SEE, BARNES SPEARHEADED
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION

DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE
THE CONFIDENCE

OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
I.R.T. MEMBER.

WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?

BARNES PROFILES
AS PURE POLITICAL ANIMAL.

EYES ON THE PRIZE.

SO, YOU THINK SHE WANTS
TO BE DIRECTOR.

SHE’S ALREADY REMADE
THE BUREAU’S
FOREIGN SERVICE UNITS

IN HER OWN IMAGE.

FOR HER,
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE JOB,

IT’S ABOUT
CONSOLIDATING POWER.

SHE SAYS SHE WANTS
TO TALK TO ME

ABOUT REVIEWING SOME
COVERT WORK

I DID A FEW YEARS BACK.

DOES PRENTISS
KNOW ABOUT THIS?

YEAH. YEAH, SHE WAS COPIED
ON THE EMAIL,

BUT I STILL HAVEN’T HAD
A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER
ABOUT IT YET.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

CORONER JUST
TRANSPORTED THE BODY.

IT LOOKS LIKE
HE WAS AMBUSHED
AND THEN STAGED THE SAME,

FACING THE SYMBOL.

THE VICTIM’S NAME
IS DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL,

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF BVP WORLDWIDE INDUSTRIES.

I’M TOLD IT’S AN AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING COMPANY,

AND THIS IS THEIR
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.

SO THE UNSUB’S
FIRST TWO VICTIMS
WERE BUSINESSMEN TYPES,

EVEN THOUGH HE DID
THREATEN TO TARGET

MEN OF LAW,
BUSINESS, AND RELIGION.

AND THIS TIME HE CAUGHT
CARMICHAEL OUTSIDE
OF HIS OFFICE,

RATHER THAN INSIDE,
LIKE THE FIRST VICTIM.

WELL, THERE WAS
A SECURITY GUARD

INSIDE AT THE FRONT DESK
LAST NIGHT.

WHY DIDN’T HE RESPOND?

THAT CAMERA UP THERE
WENT DOWN

AN HOUR BEFORE CARMICHAEL
EXITED THE BUILDING.

THE GUARD HAD NO IDEA
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

SIMMONS: THE UNSUB
PROBABLY DISABLED IT,
WHICH IS CONSISTENT

WITH THE TECHNICAL SKILLS
HE’S BEEN DEMONSTRATING.

IT ALSO MEANS HE’S PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY,

JUST LIKE THE LAST LOCATION.
AND IT’S CRITICAL

BECAUSE HE CAN’T LEAVE
ANYTHING TO CHANCE,

OTHERWISE HE WON’T HAVE TIME
TO STAGE THE SCENES.

SO THE UNSUB ISN’T JUST
STALKING HIS VICTIMS.

HE’S SCOUTED
THEIR MURDER SCENES.

THE METHODOLOGY SUGGESTS
HE’S GOT A LIST

OF PRESELECTED SOFT TARGETS.

LEWIS: DR. COOKE JUST
PULLED ANOTHER CRYPTOGRAM

FROM DOUGLAS
CARMICHAEL’S THROAT.

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE
THE LAST ONE.

[BEEP]

GARCIA: OK, GIVE ME ONE SECOND

WHILE I APPLY
OUR KEY SHIFT DECRYPTION.

AND VOILA.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS
EXPECTING TO HAVE HAPPEN.

TRY ALL POSSIBLE
KEY SHIFT VALUES.

NO, NOTHING.

IT’S THE SAME
4 PURE ALPHABET,

ONLY THIS ONE’S NOT
A CAESAR CIPHER.

THIS IS GONNA BE
A LOT HARDER TO CRACK.

ROSSI: YOU KNOW, I WAS
SKEPTICAL THAT SOMEONE
DRIVEN PURELY BY IDEOLOGY

WOULD BURY HIS MANIFESTO
INSIDE OF A PUZZLE.

BUT NOW, HE’S DOUBLING DOWN.

IT SPEAKS MORE TO HIS NEED
TO ASSERT HIS POWER,

PARTICULARLY
OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT,

LIKE THE ZODIAC KILLER,
WHO ALSO PRODUCED
4 CRYPTOGRAMS,

ONLY ONE OF WHICH
HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SOLVED.

WHAT IF ASSERTING HIS POWER
OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT

IS THIS GUY’S
REAL MOTIVATION?

I MEAN, IT’S LIKE
YOU SAID, DAVID,

IT COULD BE ALL ABOUT
HIS CRAZY GAME.

LEWIS: SO YOU’RE
THINKING THAT THESE
MURDERS

AND HIS CODED MESSAGES
ARE HIS WAY OF TAUNTING

AND THEN HUMILIATING
THE D.C. METRO POLICE.

ALVEZ: OR EVEN THE FBI.

OUR SURVIVING WITNESS,
ABIGAIL FULLER,

SHE DESCRIBED HER ASSAILANT
AS LOOKING LIKE A RIOT COP.

HIS CHOICE OF WEAPON
AND TACTICAL SKILLS

DO SUGGEST THAT
THERE’S A POSSIBILITY

HE HAS A BACKGROUND
IN EITHER THE MILITARY
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO WE MIGHT BE DEALING
WITH A GUY

WHO’S HARBORING
REAL OR IMAGINED GRIEVANCES

AGAINST THE COPS OR US.

LEWIS: IF THIS GUY’S
GOAL IS RETRIBUTION
AGAINST THE POLICE,

THEN WHAT DOES HIS
PATTERN OF VICTIMOLOGY
ACTUALLY MEAN TO HIM?

[GRUNTS]

WELL, I’VE BEEN THINKING

ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE
HE CHOSE TO USE

IN HIS FIRST CIPHER
WITH US.

HE SAYS, "WE’RE BEING LED
BY IMPOTENT MEN."

AND YET IT’S THEIR
"INFIDELITIES"

THAT MADE THEM THE DISEASE
HE’S GOING TO CURE.

LEWIS: HIS WORDS DO SEEM
EMOTIONALLY CONFUSED

AND UNUSUALLY SEXUALIZED
FOR A POLITICAL MANIFESTO.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE
HE’S PISSED OFF

AT AN UNFAITHFUL
SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

ALVEZ: MAYBE OUR UNSUB’S
MALE VICTIMS

AREN’T JUST PAWNS
IN A CRAZY GAME.

MAYBE THEY’RE ACTUALLY
SURROGATES.

REID: I THINK SUBCONSCIOUSLY
THROUGH THESE CRYPTOGRAMS,

HE’S TRYING TO TELL US
HIS REAL TARGET.

GUYS, YOU AND GARCIA
GET ON THAT.

TARA, LUKE, WORK WITH
LIEUTENANT WILSON

ON A LIST OF POTENTIAL
SUSPECTS THAT ARE CONNECTED
TO D.C. METRO.

DAVE AND I WILL DO THE SAME
FROM HERE ON THE BUREAU’S END.

[CAR ALARM BEEPS]

I DON’T KNOW, SPENCE,
IF THIS GUY
IS MESSING WITH US.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
THESE CRYPTOGRAMS AREN’T
TOTALLY MEANINGLESS?

BECAUSE THESE CIPHERS
ARE HIS WAY TO DEMONSTRATE

HIS SUPERIOR INTELLECT,
AND IT’S HONESTLY
THAT ARROGANT STREAK

THAT MAKES ME THINK
HE WOULDN’T COMPLETELY
RE-CONCEIVE

HIS ENCRYPTION STRATEGY.

SO YOU STILL THINK
WE’RE DEALING WITH

A SUBSTITUTION CIPHER?

I DO, EXCEPT NOW
INSTEAD OF USING

JUST ONE SHIFT VALUE
FOR EACH WORD

IN HIS PLAIN TEXT MESSAGE,

HE’S UTILIZING
MULTIPLE SHIFT VALUES

ACROSS ALL 4
OF THESE ALPHABETS.

OK. I BUY THAT.

I SWEAR I’VE SEEN THIS KIND
OF CIPHER SOMEWHERE BEFORE.

I’M SURE YOU HAVE.
IT’S CALLED
A VIGENERE CIPHER,

AND IT USES ONE
KEY WORD TO DETERMINE
ALL SHIFT VALUES.

OK, SO, EVEN IF THIS GUY’S
KEY WORD IS IN ENGLISH,

THERE’S LIKE THOUSANDS
OF POSSIBILITIES.

171,476 ACCORDING TO
THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY,

BUT WE KNOW THIS GUY’S
EGO-DRIVEN, RIGHT?

SO...TRY THE WORD "CURE,"

SINCE HE SEES HIMSELF
AS THE CURE.

OOH, I LIKE THAT.

C-U-R-E.

AND THE ALPHABET WILL
GIVE US OUR SHIFT VALUES.

[BEEPING]

VOILA. THERE IT IS.

LOOK, HAMMER,
YOU NAILED IT.

"WE, ASCLEPIUS, DECLARE
THIS OUR FINAL WARNING

TO THOSE COMPLICIT
WITH THE ROTTING FLESH"--

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
DOWN HERE.

"THIS THIRD CORPSE MARKS
THE BEGINNING OF THE END."

WE DON’T HAVE 3 CORPSES.

WE HAVE ANDREW HIROTA
AND DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL.

THIS UNSUB HAS NO REASON
TO TAKE CREDIT

FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN’T DO.

THIS VICTIM MUST BE
A HOMICIDE THAT D.C. METRO

DOESN’T REALIZE
IS CONNECTED WITH THE OTHERS.

HOW THE PLANETS
COULD THEY MISS THAT?

EVEN IF HE WASN’T USING
THE SAME M.O.,

HE WOULD HAVE LEFT
A BLOODY SYMBOL

OR A CIPHER OR SOMETHING
EQUALLY CREEPTASTIC.

LET’S REVIEW ALL OPEN CASES IN
D.C. METRO OVER THE LAST MONTH.

OK.

AH! UNH!

AAH! AAH!

[GRUNTING]

STOP! STOP!

OH, PLEASE HURRY! HE’S
STABBING MY BOYFRIEND!

ELENA, GET BACK INSIDE!

GET BACK INSIDE!

[GASPING]

AAH...

[GASPING]

OH, SCOTT!

OH!
WHAT...

[SIREN]

THE AMBULANCE
IS ALMOST HERE.

YOU’RE GOING
TO BE ALL RIGHT.

SCOTT, DON’T CLOSE
YOUR EYES. LOOK AT ME.

YOU’RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT.

[SIREN]

[INDISTINCT P.A.]

LOOKS AS THOUGH
WE HAVE A SURVIVOR.

HIS NAME IS SCOTT TAVERAS.

HE’S OUT OF SURGERY
AND IN STABLE CONDITION.

WE WERE TOLD
SOMEONE SAVED HIM?

YEAH. HE WAS VERY LUCKY.

APPARENTLY TAVERAS
IS SEPARATED FROM HIS WIFE,

MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE
A FEW MONTHS AGO.

BUT HIS GIRLFRIEND,
A WOMAN NAMED ELENA DURAN,

JUST HAPPENED TO BE
AT HIS NEW PLACE TONIGHT--

STARTLED THE ATTACKER,
CALLED 911.

WHAT DO WE KNOW
ABOUT TAVERAS?

FAMILY COURT JUDGE.

SITS ON THE BENCH
AT McNAB COURTHOUSE.

FAMILY COURT. SEEMS LIKE
KIND OF AN ODD FIT

FOR OUR UNSUB’S PATTERN
OF VICTIMOLOGY, DOESN’T IT?

YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE SHOULD GET A STATEMENT
FROM TAVERAS

AND ALSO TALK
TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.

[INAUDIBLE]

THANKS, GUYS.
JUST GO AHEAD

AND PUT THEM RIGHT THERE.
APPRECIATE IT.

WHAT DID YOU FIND?

IT’S AN OPEN CASE
IN GEORGETOWN,

TWO WEEKS AGO.

VICTIM’S NAME
IS MARCUS POWELL.

HE WAS STABBED TO DEATH
IN HIS DRIVEWAY.

D.C. POLICE REPORT
DESCRIBES THE ATTACK

AS PART OF
AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

MM-HMM. BUT KEEP READING.

THERE’S SOME CURIOUS
CONNECTIONS TO OUR CASE.

POWELL WAS FAMILY
SERVICES DIRECTOR AT
THE McNAB COURTHOUSE.

THAT IS THE COURTHOUSE
THAT SCOTT TAVERAS

PRESIDES OVER
AS A FAMILY COURT JUDGE.

THAT’S AN ODDLY
RELATED VICTIMOLOGY.

HIS WOUND PATTERN
EVEN SUGGESTS

A SIMILAR
SHARP FORCE WEAPON,

BUT IT’S BY NO MEANS
CONCLUSIVE.

RIGHT. ’CAUSE HE WOULD HAVE
LEFT A CREEPY CRYPTOGRAM

OR A BLOODY SYMBOL
OR SOMETHING.

WHAT IF THE ASCLEPIUS
SYMBOL IN BLOOD,

LIKE THE 911 CALL,
WAS ACTUALLY

PART OF THE UNSUB’S
PLAN B--AN ELABORATE
COUNTERMEASURE

TAKEN OUT OF
FRUSTRATION

AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOMEHOW MISSED

THE HIDDEN CIPHER
AT THE FIRST SCENE?

YEAH, BUT THE POLICE
WOULD HAVE SEEN IT.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

ONE OF THE WITNESSES
SAID THAT SHE
SAW MR. POWELL

COME HOME AND COLLECT
HIS MAIL

MOMENTS BEFORE
HE SCREAMED FOR HELP.

OUR UNSUB’S FIRST CIPHER.

HERE’S SOME MORE
DESSERT, SCOTT.

OHH. THANK YOU.

LEWIS: MR. AND MRS.
TAVERAS, WE KNOW THIS IS
A DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU,

AND OUR QUESTIONS
AREN’T MEANT TO PRY.

BUT NOW YOU REALLY NEED
TO START ASKING MY HUSBAND

HOW HIS GIRLFRIEND
SAVED HIS LIFE, RIGHT?

THAT’S RIGHT.

HEY. YOU WATCH
THAT "48 HOURS"?

THEY NEED TO ELIMINATE
YOU AS A SUSPECT.

[CHUCKLES]
[GROANS]

ALVEZ:
IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU

MAINTAINING A SENSE
OF HUMOR, MR. TAVERAS.

HUH. WELL, IF I CAN’T LAUGH,

I’M GONNA CRY,
’CAUSE THIS...

THIS IS CRAZY.

WHY ME?

LEWIS: YOU’VE NEVER RECEIVED

ANY KIND OF A THREAT,
PERSONALLY,

OR EVEN ONE DIRECTED
AT THE COURT?

NO. NOT REALLY, NOT, UH...

NOT IN SO MANY WORDS.
I MEAN...

BUT IT’S MY JOB TO DECIDE
THE CUSTODY OF A CHILD.

SO, I’M THE ONE
WHO SPLITS THE BABY, RIGHT?

WHICH MEANS I’M USUALLY
A SON OF A BITCH

TO SOMEBODY
LEAVING MY COURTROOM.

GIRL: DAD!

OH, MY GOD!
THANK GOD YOU’RE OK.

I’M SO HAPPY
TO SEE YOU, TOO.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE YOU, TOO,
SWEETHEART.

BOY: HAVE THE POLICE
CAUGHT THE GUY YET?

NO, SON, NO, NOT YET.

BUT THESE ARE AGENTS
FROM THE FBI,

AND THEY’RE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN

TO HUNT THE MAN DOWN.

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH SCOTT
ISN’T REALLY AS AWKWARD
AS IT MIGHT LOOK.

HE AND HIS WIFE AGREED
TO A SEPARATION
A COUPLE YEARS AGO,

AND THAT’S WHEN
HE AND I FIRST MET.

BUT THEN JULIA WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER,

AND SO SCOTT DIDN’T
WANT THINGS TO GET
TOO COMPLICATED

FOR HER AND THEIR
HEALTH INSURANCE,

SO THEY DECIDED TO
REMAIN LEGALLY MARRIED.

MRS. TAVERAS HAS CANCER?

NO. WELL,
SHE’S BEEN IN REMISSION

FOR 6 MONTHS NOW,
THANK GOODNESS.

WHEN EXACTLY DID YOU
AND MR. TAVERAS MOVE IN
TOGETHER?

WE DON’T ACTUALLY
LIVE TOGETHER.

I JUST HAVE A KEY
TO HIS TOWNHOUSE.

AND TONIGHT, SCOTT
CALLED AND ASKED ME

IF I COULD, UH...
MEET HIM AT HOME.

AND SO I WAS THERE
AND SAW HIM PULL IN.

AND THEN I HEARD
THIS, LIKE, BIG THUD

RIGHT OUTSIDE
THE FRONT DOOR.

AND THEN I HEARD
SCOTT YELLING...

SO I GRABBED MY PHONE.
I--I DIALED 911 AND...

AND I RAN OUTSIDE
TO HELP.

PLEASE HURRY!
HE’S STABBING MY BOYFRIEND!

AND THEN HE WAS GOING
TO KILL ME, TOO,

BUT FOR SOME REASON,
HE DIDN’T.

HE JUST LOOKED AT ME...

AND THEN HE RAN AWAY.

HERE. LOOK AT
THESE TWO PHOTOS

FROM THE SCOTT TAVERAS
CRIME SCENE

AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.

I’LL TELL YOU
WHAT I DON’T SEE.

I DON’T SEE
A NINJA-LIKE UNSUB

WHO SO SKILLFULLY
AND SAVAGELY

BLITZED HIS FIRST
TWO VICTIMS.

YES. THIS ACT
FEELS MORE IMPULSIVE.

THE PSYCHOLOGIST SAM KEEN

HAS A THEORY ABOUT
HUMAN BEHAVIOR

THAT I TEND
TO SUBSCRIBE TO.

HE BELIEVES
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE

FOR A PERSON
TO KILL ANOTHER

WITHOUT FIRST BEING ABLE
TO OBJECTIFY THEM.

THAT THEORY WOULD EXPLAIN
OUR UNSUB’S BEHAVIOR.

MAYBE HE’S STRUGGLING
TO DEHUMANIZE HIS VICTIM.

MAYBE BECAUSE OF SOME
PERSONAL CONNECTION
WITH SCOTT TAVERAS.

ABOUT AS PERSONAL
AS YOU CAN GET.

GARCIA AND I
WERE ABLE TO CRACK

THE UNSUB’S LAST CIPHER.

IN IT, HE BRAGGED ABOUT
A VICTIM THAT WE MISSED.

HIS NAME IS MARCUS POWELL,

AND IN MISSING MR. POWELL,
D.C. METRO ALSO MISSED

OUR UNSUB’S DEBUT CIPHER,
WHICH BASICALLY

READS LIKE A FIRST DRAFT
OF HIS MANIFESTO.

BUT A FIRST DRAFT
THAT REVEALS THAT TOO
MUCH REAL EMOTIONAL PAIN.

WORD CHOICES ARE STEEPED
IN A SENSE OF BETRAYAL,

SO HIS CURE FEELS MORE LIKE
A TEENAGER’S REVENGE FANTASY.

MORE THAN THAT, THE UNSUB
SINCERELY BELIEVES

THAT HE CAN OUTSMART LAW
ENFORCEMENT BY MISLEADING THEM.

SO THIS ASCLEPIUS ISN’T
SOME SORT OF ALTER EGO,
IT’S PURE CHARADE.

AND THE VICTIMS WEREN’T JUST
SELECTED AS SURROGATES,

THEY WERE CHOSEN
SO THAT HIS ONE TRUE TARGET

WOULD SIMPLY GET LOST
IN THE BODY COUNT.

SO YOU’RE THINKING
NOT ONLY IS SCOTT TAVERAS
THE ONE TRUE TARGET,

BUT THAT ONE OR BOTH
OF HIS CHILDREN

ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MURDERS.

HIS SON RAFAEL
FITS THE PROFILE.

GARCIA: DISCIPLINARY
PROBLEMS LED TO HIM

BEING ENROLLED
IN A MILITARY
BOARDING SCHOOL.

AFTER THAT THERE
WAS A BRIEF STINT
IN THE ARMY,

FOLLOWED BY AN OTHER-THAN-
HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

REID: AND WHILE THERE,
HE RECEIVED TRAINING

TO BECOME AN ELECTRONIC
WARFARE OFFICER,

WHICH IS HOW HE ACQUIRED
HIS SKILL SETS.

SO MAYBE SCOTT’S SON
WASN’T AS COMFORTABLE

WITH HIS FATHER’S
NEW RELATIONSHIP
AS EVERYONE THINKS.

NOT AT ALL, AND I THINK
HIS NOTIONS OF DISEASE AND CURE

VERY LIKELY STEM FROM
HIS OWN MOTHER’S
BATTLE WITH CANCER.

OK, I’LL COORDINATE
WITH LIEUTENANT WILSON.

WE’LL BRING RAFAEL
IN RIGHT NOW.

WHEN DO THE DOCTORS
THINK DAD WILL
BE ABLE TO GO HOME?

PRETTY SOON, ACTUALLY.
THEY SAID MAYBE THE DAY
AFTER TOMORROW.

SO HOW LONG YOU THINK SHE’S
GONNA BE IN THERE WITH HIM?

YOU REALLY ARE
STRONG LIKE BULL.

[LAUGHS]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

I MUST LOOK
A LOT BETTER THAN I FEEL.

YOU LOOK GOOD, BABY.

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

I REALLY THOUGHT
I’D LOST YOU.

[SIGHS]

CAN I GET YOU
ANYTHING BEFORE I GO?

NO. I’M FINE.

WELL,
I’LL BE BACK LATER.

SO YOU SPEND SOME
TIME WITH YOUR KIDS,

AND THEN YOU GET SOME REST.

YES, MA’AM.

[CHUCKLES]

HEY, MOM, I’M GONNA
GO OUTSIDE REAL QUICK,
HAVE A SMOKE, OK?

YOU PROMISED ME
YOU WERE GONNA QUIT.

SOON, MAMA. SOON.

[SIRENS]

[HONKING]

[SIRENS]

[PHONE RINGING]

PRENTISS:
TARA, NO ONE SAW RAFAEL
CONFRONT ELENA DURAN?

NO ONE SAW ANYTHING,
BUT WE CAN’T FIND
RAFAEL ANYWHERE

AND ELENA’S NOT
ANSWERING HER CELL PHONE.

ALL WE HAVE IS THAT
FOOTAGE GARCIA FOUND

OF DURAN’S VEHICLE
HIGHTAILING IT
FROM THE HOSPITAL.

HOLD UP. I GOT HIM.

MATT, JJ, ABOUT
A QUARTER MILE UP,

MAKE A RIGHT TURN
ON BELLEVUE.

COPY THAT.

I DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT’S HAPPENING.

WHERE IS MY SON?

WELL, THAT’S WHAT
WE’D LIKE TO KNOW.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HIM?

JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
WE WERE UPSTAIRS.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING OUTSIDE
TO GRAB A CIGARETTE.

WAS HE WITH MS. DURAN
OR WAS HE FOLLOWING
HER OUTSIDE--

HEY--YOU’RE ASKING THAT
LIKE YOU THINK

MY BROTHER
DID SOMETHING HERE.

LOOK, MA’AM, I’M SORRY,
BUT RAFAEL IS A PERSON
OF INTEREST

IN THIS INVESTIGATION,
AND WE’RE GOING
TO NEED YOUR HELP

IN ORDER TO FIND HIM.

REID:
RAFAEL METICULOUSLY
PLANNED HIS CURE.

THE RUSE WAS INTENDED
TO BE THE ULTIMATE
FORENSIC COUNTERMEASURE.

SO EVEN AS HE DEVOLVES,
HE’LL TRY AS HARD AS HE CAN
TO MAINTAIN IT,

WHICH MEANS HE CAN’T TAKE
ELENA DURAN ANYWHERE

THAT WOULD BE
LINKED TO HIM.

[SIREN]

GARCIA,
WHAT DO YOU SEE AHEAD?

UH, NOTHING. NADA.

OH, I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS.
I JUST HAD HIM.

HE CAN’T CLOAK.

I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM.
I FOUND ELENA’S CAR.

WHERE?

UH, INSIDE THE McKENNA
INDUSTRIAL PARK.

I’M SENDING THE ADDRESS
RIGHT NOW.

[SIREN]

THE CAR’S CLEAR.

YOU GOT A PICK?

SO NOT ONLY IS RAFAEL
TAVERAS ALIVE,

HE IS COMPLETELY
UNINJURED.

THE BLOOD ON HIM
WAS ELENA DURAN’S.

DO WE THINK
SHE’S STILL ALIVE?

WELL, THE FORENSIC REPORT
SAYS THAT THERE’S NO INDICATION

OF ARTERIAL SPRAY,
NOR DO THE STAINS
OF RAFAEL’S CLOTHES

SUGGEST A LETHAL
LOSS OF BLOOD.

ALVEZ:
WELL, MATT AND I STARTED
SKETCHING OUT A GEO-PROFILE

OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA,
AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT

THE TIME BETWEEN
ELENA’S ABDUCTION

AND RAFAEL’S APPREHENSION,

HE REALLY COULDN’T HAVE
TAKEN HER VERY FAR.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE’RE
LOOKING AT ROUGHLY

A 4 1/2-SQUARE-MILE AREA

WITH THE HOSPITAL
AT THE CENTER.

LEWIS: BUT AN AREA
JUST BIG ENOUGH

THAT EVEN IF WE WERE
TO GO DOOR TO DOOR,

IT COULD TAKE US DAYS
TO FIND HER.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT. SHE’S OBVIOUSLY
VERY, VERY HURT.

WHAT IF WE DON’T
HAVE TIME?

ROSSI: WHAT’S RAFAEL
SAYING? IS HE TALKING?

PRENTISS:
YEAH, HE IS. AND HE’S
ADAMANTLY MAINTAINING

THAT HE’S ANOTHER VICTIM.

HE CLAIMS HE WAS TRYING
TO PROTECT ELENA,

THAT HE STRUGGLED
WITH A MASKED ASSAILANT

WHO OVERPOWERED HIM
AND THREW HIM IN THE TRUNK.

YOU KNOW, RAFAEL’S
NARCISSISTIC DRIVE TOWARDS
SELF-PRESERVATION

MIGHT JUST
BUY US MORE TIME.

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

JJ: ELENA DURAN
IS THE ONLY VICTIM

THAT WE CAN CONNECT
DIRECTLY TO HIM,

AND HE KNOWS THAT.

SO THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE
RAFAEL THINKS

THAT HE COULD GET AWAY
WITH HIDING HER

UNTIL THE HEAT ON HIM COOLED.

HIS CURE
HAS TO BE SUSTAINED,

LIKE A COVER STORY
YOU NEED FOR A COVERT OP.

AND I KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO TALK TO HIM.

YOU AND MATT.

[DOOR OPENS]

HEY, I DON’T APPRECIATE
BEING TREATED LIKE
SOME CRIMINAL HERE.

OK, I TOLD THE POLICE
EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW.

I TRIED TO HELP ELENA.
I SWEAR I DID.

WE KNOW YOU DID, RAFAEL.

YOU’RE LUCKY
TO BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST
DANGEROUS ASSAILANT

WE’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED.

HE’S ALSO BY FAR
THE SMARTEST.

BUT WE’RE HOPEFUL
THAT WITH YOUR HELP

WE’LL BE ABLE
TO RESCUE ELENA.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH
SHE MEANS TO YOUR FATHER

AND HOW THEY HOPE
TO GET MARRIED,

NOW THAT YOUR MOM’S
FEELING BETTER

AND THEIR DIVORCE
CAN BE FINALIZED.

YEAH, THAT’S WHAT
HE’D HOPED FOR.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOUR MOM

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER?

OF COURSE I DO.
WHAT THE HELL

DOES THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

MATT: RAFAEL, WE HAVE
REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT YOUR FATHER
WAS TARGETED

BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH ELENA DURAN.

SO IT’S IMPORTANT
TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING HOW
THE TWO OF THEM MET

AND GOT CLOSE.

YEAH, WELL,
ASK MY DAD ABOUT THAT.

OK.

DO YOU THINK MAYBE
YOUR DAD LIED

ABOUT WHEN HE STARTED
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ELENA,

THAT MAYBE HE STARTED
SEEING HER

BEFORE HE SEPARATED
FROM YOUR MOM?

I DON’T KNOW.

DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM
SUSPECTED THAT?

MY MOTHER NEVER
SUSPECTED ANYTHING.

BUT HOW DO YOU THINK
THAT WOULD MAKE HER FEEL?

HOW WOULD THAT
MAKE YOU FEEL?

HEARTBROKEN.

NO.

NOT MY MOTHER.

MY MOM IS THE STRONGEST
WOMAN I KNOW.

SO STRONG.

AND MY DAD...

HE JUST PULLS ME
ASIDE AND HE...

TRIES TO TELL ME
HOW MUCH OF A TOLL

MY MOTHER’S ILLNESS
HAS ON HIM,

AND I’M JUST LIKE,

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT, MAN?

SHE’S THE ONE
WHO’S DYING!"

HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

LIKE KILLING HIM
WITH MY BARE HANDS.

JJ: RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED
THAT HEARTLESS BASTARD,

BECAUSE HE IS THE DISEASE
AND YOU ARE THE CURE.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS,

IF YOU KILL YOUR DAD,

YOU’RE SUSPECT NUMBER ONE.

JJ: AND THEN WHO’S GONNA
LOOK AFTER YOUR MOM?

YOUR SISTER? NO. RIGHT?

SIMMONS: NO. SO YOU GOTTA
COVER UP YOUR TRACKS.

JJ: AND YOU DID
EVERYTHING RIGHT.

YOU DID.
YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT,

EXCEPT KILLING
THAT SON OF A BITCH.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FATHER,

BUT YOU LOST YOUR
CHANCE TO KILL HIM

AND NOW YOU JUST--
YOU WANT TO SEE HIM HURT.

I GET IT. I GET IT.

BUT ELENA IS INNOCENT,
AND YOU KNOW THAT.

AND THAT’S WHY
YOU NEED TO TELL US

WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW.

HER BLOOD...

THAT’S ON HIS HANDS.

NOT MINE.

OH, NO.

WE’RE TOO LATE.

THE ONLY WAY
TO MAKE THIS RIGHT

IS FOR YOU TO TELL US
WHERE SHE IS.

I USED TO WORK
PART-TIME SECURITY

AT A DISTRIBUTION CENTER
IN IVY CITY.

AND THERE’S AN UNDERGROUND
STOCKROOM THERE

THAT NO ONE’S USING.

MAN: ♪ WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, MERCY ♪

♪ WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, MERCY ♪

♪ WILL YOU COME FOR ME
WHEN I NEED YOU? ♪

♪ WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, MERCY... ♪

IT NEVER DOES
GET ANY EASIER--

OUTCOMES LIKE THIS ONE.

NO, IT DOESN’T.

AND IT ALSO HAS A WAY
OF DREDGING UP THE PAST

YOU THOUGHT
YOU HAD LOCKED AWAY.

THE "WHAT IFs"
AND "IF ONLYs."

I KNOW THERE ARE
PARTS OF THIS JOB

THAT YOU REALLY
CAN’T TAKE HOME.

SO IF YOU EVER WANT
SOMEONE TO TALK TO,

KNOW THAT I AM
ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU.

THANKS.

♪ TAKE MY HAND
AND LEAD ME ON ♪

♪ THE PROMISED LAND
YOUR ... ♪

YOU’RE NOT GOING DOWN?

I--I HAVE TO GO UP,
ACTUALLY.

OH, RIGHT. YOU’RE
MEETING WITH BARNES.

SHOULD I BE WORRIED?

NOT AS LONG
AS I’M IN CHARGE.

♪ OH, MERCY ♪

♪ WILL YOU COME FOR ME? ♪

GOOD EVENING, AGENT JAREAU.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
BARNES.

I’M SORRY FOR
THE SUDDEN URGENCY

IN HAVING TO MEET
TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY,

SSA EMILY PRENTISS
WILL BE PLACED

ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
PENDING AN INTERNAL REVIEW.

AND SO YOU WILL BE
THE ACTING UNIT CHIEF
OF THE BAU.

I’M SORRY,
I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU WOULDN’T MIND
LEAVING YOUR CELL PHONE
OUT HERE,

WE CAN TALK IN MY OFFICE.