Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 1 - 300 - full transcript
Penelope is the victim of an abduction.
ROSSI: I’VE SEEN A LOT
OF GREAT AGENTS
PASS THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
YOU’VE REACHED
PENELOPE GARCIA
AND THE FBI’s OFFICE
OF SUPREME GENIUS.
SPECIAL AGENT
JENNIFER JAREAU.
JJ IF YOU LIKE.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
THIS IS DR. REID.
AGENT EMILY PRENTISS.
IT’S AN HONOR,
AGENT ROSSI.
PLEASE, JUST DAVE.
HI, I’M TARA LEWIS.
IT’S GREAT TO
OFFICIALLY MEET YOU.
I’M SSA LUKE ALVEZ.
THIS IS SSA MATT SIMMONS.
HELLO.
MOST OF THIS TEAM
HAS BEEN TOGETHER
FOR OVER A DECADE.
WE STAND BESIDE
ONE ANOTHER
THROUGH GOOD,
THROUGH BAD,
BECAUSE WE’RE FAMILY.
SALUD.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
REID: PREVIOUSLY ON
"CRIMINAL MINDS"...
GARCIA:
THAT’S AGENT OWEN QUINN.
HE WORKED HERE UNTIL
HE QUIT A YEAR AGO.
ALVEZ: HE WAS CONVINCED
THERE WAS AN UNSUB WE MISSED
WORKING UP AND DOWN
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
HE NAMED HIM
THE STRANGLER.
REID: THEO. YOU SAID
THAT HE TREATED YOU
LIKE A HUMAN.
QUINN: HE WOULD
FEED ME SOMETIMES.
YOU FOUND SOMETHING
THAT WE MISSED.
WHAT WAS IT?
LEWIS: HYOID BONES.
THE STRANGLER REMOVED
THESE FROM THE NECKS
OF HIS VICTIMS
AND KEPT THEM AS TROPHIES.
I’M SPECIAL AGENT
MEADOWS IN VICAP.
I’VE HAVE AGENT QUINN’S
FILE ON THE STRANGLER
THAT YOU REQUESTED.
[GUNSHOTS]
REID: THEO KILLED
HIS OWN PARENTS.
MY FATHER DIDN’T
KILL THEM.
HE ABDUCTED THEM,
AND THEN HE HANDED
THEM OVER TO
THE MESSIAH.
DON’T YOU SEE,
THIS ISN’T ONE
SERIAL KILLER
OR A COUPLE.
IT’S A CULT.
PRENTISS:
BENJAMIN DAVID MERVA,
YOU’RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER OF 7 PEOPLE.
MAYBE WE SOMEHOW MISREAD
QUINN ALL THIS TIME.
WHAT IF THEY DID
CONVERT HIM?
AND WE LEFT HIM IN
THE BUILDING
WHERE THE MESSIAH IS
BEING HELD IN CUSTODY.
DRAW YOUR GUN!
[GUNSHOT]
MEADOWS. IT WAS MEADOWS.
SHE’S ONE OF THEM.
MEADOWS: DROP YOUR GUN,
AGENT REID.
YOU AND I ARE GONNA
GO UPSTAIRS AND FREE
MY MESSIAH.
SPENCER, JUST SHOOT HER.
SHOOT HER!
[SIREN]
JUST KEEPS GOING
TO VOICEMAIL.
ALL OF GARCIA’S CELLS?
YEAH. I CAN’T GET
AHOLD OF HER.
I TALKED TO SPENCE
FOR LIKE A SECOND
BEFORE WE GOT DISCONNECTED.
ALL RIGHT, TRY
THE GUARD GATE.
[BEEP, BUSY SIGNAL]
STILL BUSY.
STILL BUSY?
YEAH, IT DOESN’T
MAKE SENSE.
WE’VE GOT A PRISONER
WHO COULD BE ESCAPING
RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN’T GET ANYONE
ON THE PHONE.
NOT EVEN SECURITY.
MAYBE PRENTISS GOT
AHOLD OF THE DIRECTOR.
YEAH, LET’S HOPE SO.
THAT’S RIGHT,
BENJAMIN MERVA.
HE’S BEING HELD IN
THE SIXTH FLOOR
INTERROGATION ROOM.
I’M SORRY, WHAT--
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
GUYS.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
WHAT’S ALL THIS?
IT’S A FIRE ALARM
ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, SIR.
LEWIS: WHICH BUILDING?
YOURS.
HOW MANY INJURED?
UNCLEAR.
DIRECTOR ISN’T
TAKING CHANCES.
THERE’S BEEN A
MANDATORY EVACUATION.
WE HAVE A PRISONER
AWAITING TRANSFER--
BENJAMIN MERVA.
I CAN’T LOOK IT UP.
SYSTEM’S DOWN.
WELL, WE NEED TO
SEARCH EVERY VEHICLE,
ESPECIALLY EMERGENCY ONES.
I’VE GOT GUARDS
MANNING EXITS,
BUT WE’RE
OUTNUMBERED.
NO, WE’RE UNDER ATTACK.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
HEY. QUINN.
HE’S STILL ALIVE.
WE NEED ONE OF
THOSE AMBULANCES.
HEY, WE’RE GONNA
GET YOU HELP, OK?
JUST HANG IN THERE,
QUINN.
RECORDED VOICE: PLEASE
EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.
MOVE AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.
MOVE AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING.
MERVA’S GONE.
REID AND GARCIA?
LEWIS: THEY COULD BE HELPING
WITH THE EVACUATION.
QUINN AND HIS SON
ARE MISSING, TOO.
SON’S NOWHERE IN SIGHT,
BUT QUINN’S IN THE GARAGE
SHOT IN THE GUT.
WELL, IF HE DIDN’T
HELP THEM ESCAPE, WHO DID?
[SIREN]
I TOLD YOU WE’D DO IT.
THEY’LL COME FOR HIM.
AND FOR HER.
BUT IT’LL BE TOO LATE.
LET ME SEE.
YOU’RE GONNA LET US
GO RIGHT NOW!
GET ME OUT OF HERE!
PRENTISS: "THE ONLY THING
NEW IN THE WORLD
IS THE HISTORY YOU
DO NOT KNOW."
HARRY TRUMAN.
IS THAT
GARCIA’S CAR?
YEAH.
SPENCE AND PENELOPE’S
PHONES WERE LEFT INSIDE
WITH THEIR BAGS.
IF THEY WERE HELPING
WITH THE EVACUATION,
THEY WOULDN’T LEAVE
THOSE BEHIND.
NO.
OH, AND THAT.
SEE THAT?
THAT’S QUINN’S BLOOD.
BUT OVER HERE,
I MEAN, WHOSE BLOOD
IS THIS?
WHAT IF WHOEVER
TOOK MERVA
HURT SPENCE OR PENELOPE?
WE’LL FIND THEM.
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
THERE’S NO FIRE,
NO SPRINKLERS.
IT’S CLEARLY A FALSE ALARM.
SO WHY ALL THE CHAOS?
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WERE EVACUATED,
SOME PANICKED,
FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
WAIT, HUNDREDS EVACUATED?
REALLY, THIS LATE?
IT’S CAMPUS WIDE
ALL THE BUILDINGS
WERE EMPTIED.
NEW PROTOCOL,
APPARENTLY.
OK, SO WHOEVER
PULLED THAT ALARM
KNEW IT WOULD
CAUSE CHAOS.
I SAID NO ONE LEAVES
WITHOUT A SEARCH.
I KNOW IT’S LATE.
TELL HIM I’LL PAY
THE OVERTIME MYSELF.
WELL, EVERYTHING’S
STILL OFFLINE.
WHOEVER PULLED THE ALARM
KNEW THE DIRECTOR’S
PROTOCOL
AND USED IT AS
A DISTRACTION
TO ESCAPE WITH MERVA.
IF THEY TOOK
AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE,
THEY CAN GET THROUGH
ANY ROADBLOCKS.
WE NEED TO WIDEN
THE SEARCH.
TRACK DOWN EVERY
AMBULANCE THAT RESPONDED.
HE’S IN ONE OF THEM.
CALL THE COORDINATOR.
I’LL SEE WHY WE’RE NOT
BACK ONLINE YET.
MAN: FORKLIFT’S
OVER HERE.
I UNDERESTIMATED HOW MUCH
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
HE’S GIVEN ME
EVERYTHING I NEED.
BECAUSE WE’RE A FAMILY
AND YOU DO ANYTHING
TO PROTECT THOSE YOU LOVE.
FUNNY. YOU SAY THAT
AS IF I WOULDN’T KNOW.
YOU’VE ABDUCTED US,
YOU’VE TRICKED
THE FBI FOR YEARS,
AND YOU WORSHIP THAT
BENJAMIN MERVA GUY,
SO I’M SORRY,
FORGIVE ME FOR THINKING
YOU WOULDN’T GET IT.
I NEED YOUR HANDIWORK.
LET ME SEE REID.
HE ISN’T HERE.
YES, HE IS.
I WILL DIE
BEFORE I HELP YOU.
[GASPS]
ALVEZ: LISA.
GSW’s TO THE ABDOMEN.
HOW’S HIS BP?
IT’S LOW.
HIS PULSE IS WEAK.
HE’S IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
THEO IS JUST A BOY.
HE SAVED MY LIFE.
WE’LL FIND THEO.
NOW, IS HE WITH
REID AND GARCIA?
THEY’RE GONE.
MEADOWS CHECKED YOU OUT.
WHERE IS SHE?
IT WAS ALWAYS HER.
LISA: LUKE, WE’VE GOT
TO GET HIM INTO SURGERY.
I’LL CALL YOU WHEN HE’S OUT.
THANKS.
GET OUT OF HERE.
LEWIS.
LEWIS: HEY, ROSSI.
WELL, YOU CAN ADD
MEADOWS TO THAT.
ALVEZ JUST CONFIRMED
SHE’S BEHIND THE ESCAPE.
ROSSI: WHAT THE HELL
WAS SHE THINKING,
ABDUCT FBI AGENTS
AND RUN FOR THE BORDER?
WELL, THEY’RE COCKY,
MISSION-ORIENTED,
AND THEY HAVE HOSTAGES.
MAYBE THEY THINK
WE’LL NEGOTIATE.
WE’RE BACK ONLINE.
GARCIA’S COMPUTERS
WERE HACKED BY SOMEONE
IN THIS BUILDING.
[BEEPING]
WELL, MEADOWS WAS
IN THIS BUILDING.
PRENTISS: AND SHE’S OUR
NUMBER ONE SUSPECT.
WE NEED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
SO HOW LONG WAS MEADOWS
WITH BENJAMIN MERVA?
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT IF SHE’S IN A CULT,
WE WON’T FIND
A PAPER TRAIL.
SHE’S BEEN IN VICAP
FOR YEARS.
MUST HAVE BEEN ONE
HELL OF AN INTERVIEW
FOR HER TO TRICK
THE BUREAU.
SHE CERTAINLY HAS
THE SKILLS AND CONNECTIONS
TO PULL IT OFF.
OK, HERE WE GO.
SHE’S RUNNING
TO THE ELEVATOR.
GARCIA WASN’T PART
OF THE PLAN.
NO, BUT SHE IS NOW.
GOT ANY CAMERAS ON
THE ELEVATORS
OR IN THE GARAGE?
[TYPING]
UH, THEY WERE DISABLED.
[TYPING]
OK, THERE’S REID.
WHY IS HE RACING
DOWNSTAIRS?
SEE, WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE GARAGE?
THEY CAME UP,
GARCIA’S STILL DOWN THERE.
ALVEZ: AND THERE’S THEO.
REID SAID THE BELIEVERS
THINK THAT THEO IS
THEIR NEXT MESSIAH.
YEAH, BUT THEO WANTED
NO PART OF THIS.
HE KILLED HIS PARENTS.
HE TOLD US ABOUT THE CULT.
NAH.
REID MUST HAVE
CONVINCED MEADOWS
THAT PULLING THE ALARM
WAS THE BEST DISTRACTION
TO ESCAPE WITH THEO
AND MERVA.
HE WANTED TO PREVENT HER
FROM SHOOTING ANYONE ELSE.
REID KNEW WE’D FIND THIS.
LET’S GO BACK TO THE TOP.
[BEEP]
SO HE’S MAKING EYE CONTACT.
BUT HE WOULDN’T RISK
SAYING ANYTHING.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
LOOK AT HIS HANDS.
HE’S SIGNING.
B-E-N-S-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-R-S.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
HE ALREADY KNOWS
WE FIGURED THAT OUT.
WHY’S HE REMINDING US?
OK, GARCIA’S KEYCARD
WAS USED TO EXIT
THE GARAGE AT 10:09 PM
AND THEN REID’S
7 MINUTES AFTER THAT
AND THEN MEADOWS’
AFTER THAT.
SO SHE SEPARATED
ALL OF THEM.
’CAUSE SHE HAD THE MANPOWER
OF AN ENTIRE CULT TO HELP HER.
BUT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS,
WHY DID MEADOWS JOIN VICAP?
IT’S A DESK JOB.
SHE NEVER HAD TO
PULL HER GUN
OR ARREST ANYBODY.
BUT WHAT I CAN’T
FIGURE OUT IS WHY
SHE DIDN’T JUST
KEEP HER HEAD DOWN
ABOUT QUINN.
SHE RISKED EXPOSURE BY
COMING TO MY OFFICE.
UNSUB 101.
INSERTING HERSELF
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
AND ALSO,
YOU’RE OUR LEADER
AND SHE PROBABLY GOT OFF
KNOWING SHE TRICKED YOU.
HOWEVER, SHE DID IMPROVISE
GARCIA’S ABDUCTION,
WHICH MEANS THAT THIS
WHOLE THIS IS NOT AS SOLID
AS SHE WOULD HAVE HOPED.
I’LL HAVE DAVE AND JJ
LOOK INTO HER WORK HISTORY.
SHE WAS IN THE FBI
FOR A REASON.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
"WHY" IS AT THE HEART OF
EVERY BAU INVESTIGATION.
THIS ONE ISN’T ANY DIFFERENT.
WHY DID MEADOWS
JOIN VICAP?
EXACTLY. AS WE KNOW,
VICAP AGENTS LIAISON
BETWEEN FEDERAL
AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO PUT
TOGETHER DETAILS OF CRIMES
THAT COULD BE CONNECTED
ACROSS THE U.S.
THEN IT GETS ON
OUR RADAR.
SO LET ME GUESS.
MEADOWS HAS BEEN
ERASING MURDERS
THAT WOULD HAVE CONNECTED
US TO THE CULT.
WE HAD TO GO BACK
TO WHEN SHE JOINED
AND REBUILD
HER CASE HISTORIES.
WE FOUND A PATTERN
THAT SHE WAS HIDING.
SO THE MURDERS
SHE WAS COVERING UP
WERE THE ONES WHERE
THE VICTIMS WERE
MISSING HYOID BONES.
LIKE THE 7 WE
FOUND IN STORAGE.
AS IT TURNS OUT,
THIS CULT HAS KILLED
MORE THAN 7.
HOW MANY?
299.
OH, MY GOD, IS HE--
YOU’RE REALLY HURT.
WHAT--WHAT DO THEY WANT?
ME.
WHY? WHY YOU?
I’D BE THEIR LAST VICTIM.
WHAT? WHY?
I DON’T KNOW.
I OVERHEARD THEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS.
I GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN.
OR I’LL BLOW HIS BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BRAINS OUT.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
YEAH?
THEY’VE GOT A FIREWALL,
SO THERE’S NO WAY
TO WARN THE TEAM, BUT
THEY’RE COMING FOR US.
YOU KNOW THEY ARE.
WE’RE GONNA BE OK.
WE HAVE TO BE OK.
WE’RE NOT GONNA
DIE HERE, SPENCER.
THIS CAN’T BE HOW
OUR STORY ENDS.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
THEY’LL TRADE.
WE’LL MAKE A BARTER.
TAKE ME.
NO.
THE TEAM NEEDS YOU.
NO, THEY DON’T.
THEY NEED YOU.
THEY NEED US.
WE NEED US.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
YOU’VE GOT ONE MINUTE.
I HATE YOU.
I DON’T CARE.
GARCIA, LISTEN TO ME.
PLEASE TELL MY MOM--
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
THEY’RE TAKING ME AND THEO.
THEO’S HERE?
WE’LL DISTRACT THEM.
THE CAR WE WERE IN IS
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
WE’RE 18 MINUTES
AWAY FROM QUANTICO.
TURN LEFT OUTSIDE
THE PARKING LOT,
TAKE A RIGHT AT THE LIGHT.
YOU’LL RECOGNIZE THE REST.
THEY STAYED OFF THE HIGHWAYS.
OK, OK, BUT WHAT
ABOUT YOU?
I’LL DELAY THEM.
GET THE REST OF THE TEAM
BACK HERE AND DO NOT
WORRY ABOUT ME.
MEADOWS: TIME’S UP.
IT’S ALL HAPPENING.
TEN TWENTY-THREE.
GET TO IT. NOW.
[TYPING]
MA’AM, ALL
EMERGENCY VEHICLES
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
EXCEPT FOR ONE AMBULANCE
THAT WASN’T REGISTERED
WITH THE CITY OR COUNTY.
PRIVATE COMPANY SO WE CAN’T
TRACK THE GPS.
THAT’S RIGHT.
THANKS, ANDERSON.
KEEP ME POSTED.
SIMMONS: I STILL CAN’T
BELIEVE THAT MEADOWS WAS ABLE
TO COVER UP ALL THESE KILLS.
OVER A DECADE.
THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO
BE AN OBVIOUS PATTERN.
THEY’RE ALL OVER
THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
ALVEZ: VICTOMOLOGY’S
PROTECTOR TYPE.
PRENTISS: THAT’S A GOOD
START, BUT WE NEED MORE.
WHY TAKE HYOID BONES?
WELL, THEY’RE UNIQUE
TO HUMANS,
THEY FLOAT IN THE NECK,
AND THEY AREN’T CONNECTED
TO ANY OTHER BONE.
WELL, IT ANCHORS THE TONGUE.
WITHOUT IT, THE VICTIMS
HAVE NO VOICE.
RUN WITH THAT.
THEY REMOVED THEM
WHILE THEIR VICTIMS
WERE STILL ALIVE,
WHICH ISN’T JUST SADISTIC,
IT MEANS THEY WANT
THEM SPEECHLESS.
WHAT IF REMOVING
THE HYOID ISN’T
JUST A RITUAL,
BUT AN INDIVIDUAL’S
SIGNATURE?
SO IT ISN’T A CULT
OF KILLERS,
IT’S JUST MERVA.
ALL THE VICTIMS WERE
SACRIFICED BY THE MESSIAH.
THE FOLLOWERS ARE
SIMPLY HUNTERS.
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE
SOME OF HIS RISK.
HE GAVE THE HUNTERS
HYOIDS AS TROPHIES,
MAYBE AS SOME KIND OF
REWARD FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
THAT’S WHY HE GAVE
THEO’S PARENTS 7 OF THEM.
LEWIS:
ALL RIGHT, LOOK,
THE BELIEVERS,
THEY’RE JUST LIKE
JONESTOWN, MANSON,
HEAVEN’S GATE, EVEN
RAJNEESHPURAM IN OREGON.
THERE’S ALWAYS A
CHARISMATIC LEADER
AND A STRONG RIGHT HAND
WHO APPEARS AS
A DEVOTED DISCIPLE.
IN THIS CASE, MEADOWS.
MERVA HAS KILLED
299 INNOCENTS
FOR A REASON.
WE JUST DON’T
KNOW WHY.
BUT NOW THAT HE’S
TAKEN REID AND GARCIA,
THE BELIEVERS HAVE
DECLARED WAR ON THE BAU.
SO THIS HAS GOT TO BE
WORKING TOWARD
THEIR END GAME,
ONE THAT COULD MAKE
EITHER REID OR GARCIA
THEIR 300th VICTIM,
PERHAPS THEIR LAST.
GARCIA WASN’T A PART OF THIS.
SHE WAS JUST RACING
TO THE ELEVATOR.
SO IT’S SPENCE.
IT’S BEEN HIM ALL ALONG.
HE’S A PROTECTOR.
IT FITS THE VICTIMOLOGY.
REID HAS TO KNOW
SOMETHING WE DON’T.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
REID COULD HAVE
TOLD US ANYTHING,
BUT HE CHOSE THAT.
GARCIA:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
DIDN’T THINK YOU’D
BE SO JUDGY.
IT’S GOOD VS. EVIL,
DUMMY.
IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.
DOING THE WRONG THING
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS,
TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T
HURT REID OR ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU’VE JUSTIFIED IT.
I’M A PRETTY GOOD PERSON
AND I’M DOING
A REALLY BAD THING.
AGAIN, JUSTIFICATION.
NOW THAT YOU’VE
MADE MY POINT,
MAYBE YOU WON’T BE
SO QUICK TO JUDGE.
WOMAN OF HER WORD.
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE
OF US, AM I RIGHT?
YOU NEED TO SINK
THAT RIGHT NOW
OR IT WILL LOCK ME OUT
AND SET A BUNCH OF ALARMS
IF I TRY TO HACK IT AGAIN.
[WATER RUNNING]
HEY.
JJ: HI.
AHEM.
DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT THE REDSKINS GAME,
GOSH, 14 YEARS AGO NOW?
WELL, SPENCE--
SPENCE GOT US GOOD TICKETS.
ACTUALLY, GIDEON
GAVE THEM TO HIM
AND TALKED HIM INTO
ASKING ME TO GO.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FIGURED
ALL THE YOUNGEST
TEAM MEMBERS SHOULD HANG OUT,
SO I, OF COURSE,
ASKED GARCIA TO COME ALONG.
UGH. WELL, IT TURNS OUT
MORGAN AND HOTCH WERE
GIVING HIM POINTERS
ON THE SIDE THINKING
IT WAS GOING TO BE A DATE.
GOSH. I MEAN, HE’D NEVER
BEEN ON ONE BEFORE.
POOR SPENCE.
HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I’M JUST GLAD
HE FORGAVE ME.
HE ADORES YOU.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT
WAS THE BEGINNING OF
SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
THE 3 OF YOU
HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE
SINCE I MET YOU.
I DON’T KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS WITHOUT THEM.
IF, UH, WE CAN’T
GET THEM BACK I...
IT’S OK.
[SNIFFLES]
I KNOW.
LEWIS: OK, THANKS.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS] ALL RIGHT, I’VE
GOT METRO P.D. LOOKING
FOR ANY PROPERTIES
OWNED OR RENTED BY
ANY AND ALL BENJAMINS
IN THE TRI-STATE AREA
SINCE THE OLD WAREHOUSE
WAS COMPROMISED.
THAT’S A GOOD CALL.
MEADOWS STAYED IN THIS
AREA TO BE NEAR MERVA.
GET THIS.
BENJAMIN DAVID MERVA
WAS BORN DAVID JAMES MERVA.
I MEAN, IF HE WANTED
TO CREATE A NEW IDENTITY,
WHY KEEP IT SO CLOSE
TO THE REAL NAME?
WELL, ADDING AN OLD
TESTAMENT NAME LIKE BENJAMIN
MAKES SENSE SINCE WE’RE
DEALING WITH A CULT.
MEANS SON OF STRENGTH.
FITS HIS EGO.
YEAH, BUT DAVID’S
A BIBLICAL NAME, TOO.
SLAYER OF GOLIATH,
WENT ON TO BECOME KING.
AND HIS GIVEN
MIDDLE NAME, JAMES,
THAT’S PREVALENT IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
SO THERE’S SOMETHING
SPECIFIC ABOUT
THE NAME BENJAMIN
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
GUYS, HERE’S SOMETHING STRANGE.
THEO AND HIS PARENTS
LIVED OFF THE GRID
IN COLORADO UNTIL ’09,
AND THEN THEY MOVED
TO VIRGINIA.
LEWIS: BUT THERE’S
NO SCHOOL RECORDS
FOR THEO IN COLORADO?
NO. NO ADDRESS.
NO PHONE. NO JOBS.
THERE’S NO ALTERNATE
IDENTITY FOR MARY MEADOWS,
BUT I’LL TELL YOU THIS,
THERE’S NO WAY THAT SHE
FAKED HER FBI FIRE ARMS
EXAMINATION,
AND SHE NAILED IT
EVERY TIME,
EVEN HER FIRST.
SO SHE HAD A LOT
OF TRAINING.
WAS SHE MILITARY?
NO.
NO, AND SHE DIDN’T GET
THAT KIND OF SKILL SET
LIVING IN THE SUBURBS.
SO HOW DID THE BUREAU MISS IT?
BECAUSE WHOEVER MADE
THESE IDs KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
YEAH. THESE IDs WERE
GOOD ENOUGH TO
FOOL THE GOVERNMENT.
LIKE WITNESS PROTECTION GOOD?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
WHEN WE HIT A WALL IN
THE QUINN INVESTIGATION,
MEADOWS SHOWED UP
IN MY OFFICE.
SHE CONVINCED ME QUINN
WASN’T A KILLER.
UNSUB 101.
YEAH, I KNOW,
BUT IT WAS THE WAY
SHE STOOD THERE.
SHE LINGERED.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE
SHE WAS TESTING ME
TO SEE IF
I RECOGNIZED HER.
DID YOU?
YEAH, FROM HERE, BUT
I DON’T KNOW WHERE ELSE
OUR PATHS CROSSED.
WHAT IF REID RECOGNIZED HER,
AND THAT’S WHY HE SIGNED
"BEN’S BELIEVERS"?
MAYBE SHE’S THE CONNECTION.
CYRUS: MOTHERS, FATHERS,
CHILDREN,
THOUGH WE WALK THROUGH
THE VALLEY
OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
WE FEAR NO EVIL,
FOR THOU ARE WITH US.
OH, MY GOD.
WHAT?
I HAVE SEEN HER.
SO HAVE YOU.
WE HAVE BOTH MET
THE BELIEVERS BEFORE.
LIBERTY RANCH
IN COLORADO.
POLYGAMOUS LEADER
BENJAMIN CYRUS.
PLEASE, JUST PUT DOWN
YOUR GUNS AND COME OUT.
WE’RE BELIEVERS, DAVE.
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD
SAYS WHAT HE MEANS
AND MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
HIS LAWS DON’T DEPEND ON
WHAT STATE YOU LIVE IN.
I REMEMBER HIM.
DAVE?
I’M BEN.
COME ON IN.
PRENTISS: MERVA WAS THERE,
SO WAS MEADOWS.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
ONE OF CYRUS’ WIVES.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
BENJAMIN CYRUS
AND BENJAMIN MERVA
ARE CONNECTED.
AND THIS IS THE PAYBACK
FOR CYRUS’ DEATH.
MERVA: THIS IS YOUR BATTLE.
OK? LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING.
THEY TOOK OUR...
SOLAR PANELS, GUNS,
FOOD.
YOU’LL BE OFF THE GRID.
JUST TAKE ME.
LET THEO GO.
THEO’S NOT A HOSTAGE.
HE’S A DIVINE GIFT.
HE WAS RAISED AT
THE RANCH TO BE A LEADER
UNTIL YOUR TEAM
DESTROYED EVERYTHING.
YOU DIDN’T STOP TO THINK
HOW THAT WOULD LOOK
A DECADE LATER,
HOW THEO WAS FORCED
TO DEPEND ON HIS WEAK PARENTS.
THEY WERE THE FOLLOWERS,
NOT THE LEADERS.
AND YOU, NONE OF YOU
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
US EVER AGAIN.
YOU NEVER CONSIDERED
HOW ANGRY WE’D BE.
YOUR GOVERNMENT
UNDERESTIMATED OUR FAITH.
NOW YOU’LL SEE.
EVERYONE’S LOOKING
FOR US, AND THEY
AREN’T GONNA STOP.
UNLIKE THE BAU, WE’VE
LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS,
NO ONE’S EVER
GONNA FIND YOU.
CYRUS SAID GOD
WANTED TO SAVE ME.
HE WAS RIGHT.
HE SAVED YOU FOR
A GREATER PURPOSE,
AND THIS IS IT.
[MEN GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
[ENGINE STARTS]
MEADOWS: STOP!
[TIRES SQUEAL]
WE’RE REMINDED OF
JIM McKAY’S WORDS
FROM MUNICH.
"OUR GREATEST HOPES
AND OUR WORST FEARS
ARE SELDOM REALIZED."
[EXPLOSION]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
LIBERTY RANCH.
THIS CASE IS STILL
LEGENDARY
FOR EXTREME
SURVIVALISTS.
AND WHEN THE LOCAL
POLICE INVADED,
THEY TOOK IT AS PROOF
THAT THE PROPHECY
HAD COME TRUE.
POLYGAMY WAS HUGE FOR THEM.
MEADOWS WASN’T THE ONLY
ONE MARRIED TO
BENJAMIN CYRUS.
SO THEY BLAMED
THE BAU FOR THE DEATH
OF THEIR MESSIAH
WAY BACK THEN.
AND THEY’VE BEEN
PLANNING THEIR REVENGE
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THE TEAM WENT IN THERE
TO SAVE SOME KIDS FROM
A SKETCHY SITUATION
A DECADE AGO,
AND NOW THIS.
AFTER THE EXPLOSION,
THE RANCH WAS CONDEMNED.
LOCAL FBI HAS EYES
ON IT FOR US
IN CASE THEY HEAD
BACK THERE.
WHEN THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WERE RESCUED FROM THE RANCH,
THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED
TO RELOCATE
AND GIVE THEM A FRESH START
THROUGH WITSEC.
THAT MAKES SENSE
WHY MEADOWS WAS ABLE
TO CLEAR THE FBI
BACKGROUND CHECK.
SHE ACCEPTED THEIR HELP
KNOWING SHE WOULD
BETRAY THE GOVERNMENT.
NOT EVERY SURVIVOR
WANTED HELP.
WE RAN THOSE
WHO LEFT THE RANCH
AND KEPT THEIR NAMES.
A FEW RELOCATED IN RURAL
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.
WELL, THEY COULD BE
HELPING NOW.
ANY OF THEM HAVE LARGE
PIECES OF PROPERTY?
A FEW. THE WASHINGTON
FIELD OFFICE
HAS STARTED SEARCHES
IN MARYLAND.
WE’LL TAKE THE LEAD
IN VIRGINIA.
OH, MY GOD.
ARE YOU HURT?
IT’S A WAREHOUSE THAT’S
IN HILLCREST, 18 MINUTES.
I CAN TAKE YOU THERE.
YOU GOT TO HURRY.
THEY HURT REID.
HE’S BEEN BLEEDING.
THEY’RE IN TRUCKS
WITH THEO.
I HEARD A GUNSHOT.
IT’S A WAREHOUSE.
[SIRENS]
[GASPS]
YOU’VE BEEN TESTED
SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU.
LOCKED AWAY WITH THOSE
YOU’VE BEEN CHASING.
YOU COME OUT OF THAT
DIFFERENT.
I KNOW YOU WERE FOND OF THEO.
HE WAS YOUR STUDENT
AND TRUSTED YOU.
BUT HE BETRAYED US,
AND LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
WE’VE GOT TEAMS SEARCHING
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
OUT TO A 20-MILE RADIUS.
THAT’S GOOD.
THERE’S A CHANCE
THEY’RE GONNA LAY LOW
INSTEAD OF RISKING GETTING
ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KNOW, I HATE
TO SAY IT, BUT
FOR A SECOND,
I THOUGHT THEO
MIGHT HAVE COUNTED
AS OUR 300th.
THEY DIDN’T TAKE
HIS HYOID.
REID SAID IT ALL
HAPPENS AT 10:23.
BUT IT’S PAST THAT.
SO WHAT DID HE MEAN?
COULD BE A CLUE HERE.
THEY GOT SLOPPY SINCE
THEY LEFT IN A HURRY.
JJ: OK, WELL, YOU CAN’T
BE THAT FAR BEHIND THEM.
I KNOW, BUT THERE’S
EASY ACCESS TO
3 MAJOR HIGHWAYS,
AND WE DON’T KNOW
WHICH WAY THEY WENT.
RIGHT, BUT THEY’RE
IN TRACTOR TRAILERS.
THAT MEANS WE CAN TRACK
THEM THROUGH WEIGH STATIONS.
NO, YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO.
WHY?
I HACKED THE AVI,
THE AUTOMATED VEHICLE ID,
AND CREATED CLEAN
HISTORIES FOR EACH
OF THE TRUCKS
SO THEY WOULDN’T
HAVE TO STOP.
SO AS LONG AS THEY’RE
WITHIN THE LEGAL WEIGHT,
THEY’D GET A GREEN LIGHT.
I DID THAT.
I WANTED TO SEE REID
SO I DID THAT.
I DID THE WRONG THING.
PRENTISS: BUT THERE’S
GOT TO BE A WAY TO TRACE
AN ELECTRONIC WEIGH
STATION BYPASS.
THEY’RE TRANSPONDERS,
LIKE A CARPOOL LANE.
EACH ONE IS ASSIGNED--
NO, NO, YOU WON’T
BE ABLE TO.
I USED OLD REGISTRATIONS,
NOTHING LEGIT.
IT’S ALL UNTRACEABLE.
I TRIED TO LEAVE A TRAIL,
BUT I COULDN’T.
THERE WASN’T ENOUGH TIME.
THIS IS MY FAULT.
WE’RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO FIND REID IN TIME,
AND IT’S ALL MY FAULT.
PENELOPE, IT’S GONNA BE OK.
HOW IS IT GONNA BE OK?
THEY KILLED THEO
AND WE DON’T KNOW
WHERE THEY’RE GOING.
LOOK, THEY’VE BEEN GONE
LESS THAN AN HOUR.
THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE
THEY’RE STILL IN VIRGINIA.
CYRUS: EVERYONE DRINKS,
EVERYONE REJOICES,
’CAUSE TODAY WE ARE
ONE STEP CLOSER.
[BEEP, TYPING]
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
MULTIPLE ROUTES THEY
COULD TAKE OUT OF STATE.
BASED ON THE SIZE OF
THE TRUCK GARCIA DESCRIBED,
WE’RE TALKING TWO FUEL TANKS
FILLED WITH DIESEL.
THOSE TANKS COULD BE
ANYWHERE FROM
50 TO 300 GALLONS,
AND THEY GET ROUGHLY
7 MILES A GALLON AVERAGE.
SIMMONS: YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING
AT 1,200 TO 1,800 MILES
BEFORE THEY NEED TO REFUEL.
THEY WON’T WANT
TO RISK STOPPING.
THEY’LL STAY INSIDE
THAT RADIUS.
THEY’RE USING TRUCKS
FOR TRANSPORT
BECAUSE OF ALL
THE SUPPLIES,
SO THEY’RE SETTING
UP A NEW COMPOUND.
AGREED.
BUT WHERE?
WHERE WILL THEY BE
AT 10:23?
WELL, 500 MILES
IN ANY DIRECTION.
OHIO, NEW YORK,
MASSACHUSETTS,
GEORGIA, KENTUCKY.
ONLY CONNECTION
BETWEEN THOSE STATES
IS THAT THERE WERE
VICTIMS KILLED THERE.
EMOTIONAL HISTORY’S
IN COLORADO,
BUT THAT WOULDN’T CONNECT
TO 10:23 AT ALL.
BUT THEY CAN MAKE IT TO
THE RANCH WITHOUT REFUELING.
IT’S TOO RISKY.
THEY KNOW IT’S
THE FIRST PLACE
WE’D LOOK.
I--WHAT ABOUT THIS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHY THEY’D WANT TO
KILL 300 VICTIMS?
IT FEELS LIKE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
CYRUS WAS
A HISTORY BUFF.
HE CHOSE FRANKLIN
AS HIS MIDDLE NAME
AFTER A FOUNDING
FATHER.
300’s A RECURRING
NUMBER IN HISTORY.
SPARTAN’S GUARD OF
THE KING, IT WAS 300 MEN.
300 INVISIBLE
SOLDIERS OF GIDEON.
COINCIDENCE?
GIDEON WAS NO LONGER
ON THE TEAM WHEN WE
WERE AT THE RANCH.
IT COULD BE
CONNECTED, BUT--
IF THIS IS ABOUT
A BELIEVER’S REBIRTH,
BABIES ARE BORN
WITH 300 BONES,
AND THEY’RE TAKING
THE HYOIDS.
AND THE HYOIDS WE
HAD IN EVIDENCE
ARE MISSING,
WHICH MEANS MERVA
NEEDED THEM BACK.
AND THAT MEANS THEY MEAN
MORE TO THE END GAME
THAN WE THOUGHT.
BUT WHY DID REID NEED US
TO KNOW IT ALL HAPPENS AT 10:23?
THAT’S GOT TO BE IMPORTANT.
IT WAS THE LAST THING
HE SAID TO ME.
LISTEN, YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT MEANS SOMETHING TO HIM.
WE’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
YOU BETTER.
REID: I CAN’T TELL YOU
THE NUMBER OF TIMES
I’VE INVESTIGATED ABUSE
CHARGES AGAINST SMALL
RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM
TURN OUT TO BE FALSE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?
IT DOESN’T REALLY
MATTER WHAT I THINK.
IT DOES TO ME.
WHY?
BECAUSE GOD WANTS
TO SAVE YOU.
I MEAN, THAT’S WHY
HE SENT YOU HERE.
THAT’S THE REASON.
MEADOWS: REID.
REID.
HE’S IGNORING US.
[KNIFE CLICKS]
WAIT, WAIT.
THEY’LL STOP LOOKING
FOR ME IF I TELL THEM TO,
BUT YOU HAVE TO
LET ME TALK TO THEM.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THEY’LL STOP?
I KNOW THEY WILL,
IF I TELL THEM I’M SAFE
AND IT’S ALL GONNA BE OK.
YOU THINK YOU’RE SAFE,
EVEN THOUGH, JUST THEN,
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA DIE?
TELL ME, WHAT DID YOU FEEL?
PEACE.
WELL, THAT’S GOOD.
HOLD ON TO THAT.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT,
BECAUSE THIS WAS
JUST A TEST.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
STILL NO SIGN OF ANY PREP
AT THE OLD LIBERTY RANCH
OR NEARBY.
WELL, IF THIS IS
ABOUT REBIRTH,
THEY’LL CHOOSE
A NEW PLACE.
WELL, GIVEN THEIR
ADORATION OF CYRUS
AND HIS LOVE OF
THE COUNTRY,
HE’D WANT THEM TO STAY
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
REMEMBER, BENJAMIN CYRUS
WASN’T HIS REAL NAME,
AND HE WASN’T BORN
INTO THE CULT.
HE AND HIS MOM ARRIVED
THERE WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.
HE WAS KICKED OUT
FOR MOLESTING GIRLS.
AND THEN HE SERVED TIME
IN PRISON IN KENTUCKY.
GARCIA: CHARLES MULGREW,
CONVICTED IN KENTUCKY
AT THE AGE OF 18,
3 COUNTS STATUTORY RAPE.
MR. KENTUCKY WARDEN
SAID THAT ONCE INSIDE
MULGREW FOUND RELIGION,
BECAME A MODEL CITIZEN.
THIS GUY VOLUNTEERED
AT THE PRISON HOSPITAL
AT THE AIDS WARD.
HE WAS READING TO PRISONERS
DYING OF HIV.
HE WAS A MODEL CITIZEN.
SO HE WAS TECHNICALLY
REBORN IN KENTUCKY,
AND THAT’S IN THE AREA.
MAYBE THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE HEADED?
LET’S FIND OUT WHICH
CITY HE WAS BORN IN
OR WHERE HE WAS IN
PRISON AND WE’LL SPREAD
OUT FROM THERE.
GREAT WORK, GARCIA.
WE’LL GET IN THE AIR,
NARROW DOWN WHICH CITY
BEFORE WE LAND.
WE SHOULD ALSO CIRCLE BACK
TO THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT
THAT CYRUS BROUGHT
TO THE CULT.
REID AND CYRUS QUOTED
SCRIPTURE A LOT.
10:23 COULD BE A LESSON.
MEADOWS:
YOU CLAIM TO FEEL PEACE,
BUT YOU’VE CHOSEN
A PATH THAT SURROUNDS
YOU WITH VIOLENCE.
I MEAN, I GET IT.
CLOCK’S TICKING
AND YOUR TEAM STILL
HASN’T FOUND YOU YET.
YOU NEED SOMETHING
TO HOLD ON TO.
JJ: THERE’S SOMETHING
I WANTED TO ASK YOU.
WILL AND I WERE TALKING
AND...
WE WANT YOU TO BE
HENRY’S GODFATHER.
I DON’T EVEN KNOW--
I DON’T KNOW--
HERE, DO YOU WANT
TO HOLD HIM?
UM.
IT’S OK.
THERE YOU GO.
OK.
HI.
THERE YOU GO.
HELLO, HENRY.
NOW, IF ANYTHING
SHOULD HAPPEN TO US,
IT’S UP TO YOU AND GARCIA
TO MAKE SURE THIS BOY
GETS INTO YALE.
OOH, YALE. YALE.
DO YOU WANT TO GO
TO YALE, HENRY?
THAT WAS YOUR GODFATHER’S
SAFETY SCHOOL.
DON’T WORRY, I CAN
GET YOU INTO CALTECH
WITH ONE PHONE CALL.
HEH.
[GRUNTING]
WE’RE APPROACHING KENTUCKY.
THE PILOT NEEDS TO KNOW
WHERE TO TOUCH DOWN.
WE’RE STILL LOOKING.
SIMMONS:
UH, PROVERBS 10:23.
"A FOOL FINDS PLEASURE
IN WICKED SCHEMES,
BUT A PERSON
OF UNDERSTANDING
DELIGHTS IN WISDOM."
DOESN’T FIT.
JEREMIAH 10:23.
"I KNOW THAT
THE WAY OF MAN IS
NOT IN HIMSELF."
CORINTHIANS.
"DO ALSO THE GLORY OF GOD."
UH, HEY, GUYS,
LISTEN TO THIS.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 10,
VERSE 23.
"WHEN YOU ARE PERSECUTED
IN ONE PLACE, FLEE TO ANOTHER."
THEY’RE GOING TO
THE NEXT TOWN.
FLEE TO ANOTHER,
BUT WHICH ONE?
THEIR END GAME IS
ALSO A NEW BEGINNING.
CYRUS BROUGHT RELIGION
BACK TO THE CULT.
THEY’D HONOR THAT BY
WANTING TO START FRESH,
LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
THAT’S HOW 300 FITS.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER
OF ANGELS THAT PROTECTED
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
ARE THERE ANY EDENS
IN KENTUCKY?
UH, NO.
BUT THERE ARE TWO SYNONYMS,
CANAAN AND ARCADIA.
WHICH ONE’S CLOSER TO
WHERE CYRUS WAS BORN?
ARCADIA.
OK, THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE GOING.
GARCIA, PULL LAND DEEDS.
I’LL NOTIFY SWAT.
"AND NOW THESE
3 REMAIN--
"FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE.
BUT THE GREATEST
OF THESE IS LOVE."
CORINTHIANS.
FAITH IN YOUR NEW BEGINNING.
THE 300 WHO PROTECT EDEN.
THAT’S WHY YOU CHOSE
YOUR VICTIMS.
VICTIMS?
THEY’RE OUR ANGELS.
THEY WERE PROTECTORS,
BUT YOU SEE ME AS YOUR ENEMY.
NO, WE SEE YOU AS
THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL.
DURING THE RAID,
CYRUS GAVE YOU MANY
CHANCES TO LEAVE,
BUT YOU CHOSE TO
STAND BESIDE HIM.
HE ADMIRED YOU,
AND HE TOLD US SO.
HE DIDN’T SEE YOU
AS THE OTHERS.
HE SAW YOU AS
A GREAT ONE.
THAT’S WHY GOD CHOSE
YOU TO SURVIVE.
SHE BLAMES ME
FOR CYRUS’ DEATH.
SHE HAS TO BLAME
SOMEONE.
GRIEF CONSUMES HER
WITHOUT IT.
SO THIS ISN’T REVENGE?
WE AREN’T MONSTERS.
[RUSTLING]
MERVA:
BEFORE WE TAKE HIS
VOICE AS OUR OWN...
[GRUNTS]
HE HAS SOMETHING
TO SHARE.
TO EVERY THING,
THERE’S A SEASON.
AND A TIME TO EVERY
PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN...
A TIME TO BE BORN
AND A TIME TO DIE...
A TIME TO WEEP
AND A TIME TO PLUCK UP
THAT WHICH HAS BEEN PLANTED.
MEADOWS: OK, HE’S STALLING.
THAT’S ENOUGH.
MERVA: ALL RIGHT,
LET THE SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM ALL HARM.
BELIEVERS: LET THE
SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM
ALL HARM.
LET THE SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM ALL HARM.
MERVA: TODAY WE GIVE
THANKS FOR OUR PATIENCE,
PERSEVERANCE, AND STRENGTH.
WITHOUT THESE, OUR
EFFORTS WOULD HAVE FAILED.
AND WE THANK THE OTHERS
WHO HAVE SACRIFICED FOR US.
BELIEVERS: THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.
AND FOR OUR GUARDIAN,
WHO WILL PROTECT THIS
FAMILY NOW AND ALWAYS.
SPENCER, KEEPER OF PROVISIONS...
YOU ARE GIVEN
SELFLESSLY TO OTHERS
AND WILL BE REWARDED
BY THE HIGHEST HONOR
WE COULD BESTOW.
YOUR BLOOD WILL BE
OUR BLOOD.
YOUR LIFE WILL FUEL OURS.
[GUNSHOT]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GO, NOW!
DOWN!
[GUNSHOTS]
MERVA!
[GUNSHOTS]
[PANTING]
MAN: BACK UP, BACK UP.
LAY ON THE GROUND.
THANKS.
MAN: ♪ THROUGH THIS LOVE ♪
♪ THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SAVE ME ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME ♪
♪ TO THE DARK ♪
♪ TO THE HAZY WALLS
ALL CAVING IN ♪
♪ I WAS LOST ♪
♪ TO CLOUDS OF GRAY ♪
♪ BUT NOW I’M FOUND... ♪
YOU OK?
YEAH, I AM.
IT’LL TAKE A WHILE,
BUT THOSE WILL FADE.
YOU LOOK KIND OF TOUGH.
THANK YOU.
THAT’S WHAT I
WAS GOING FOR.
HA HA HA.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE... ♪
I ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME
SAYING WHAT I FEEL.
I THINK MAYBE IT’S
BECAUSE I’M AFRAID OF
BEING DISAPPOINTED.
BUT...
I’VE NEVER SAID...
HOW MUCH I LOVE
ALL OF YOU.
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME... ♪
THAT’S THE BEAUTY
OF FAMILY.
WE ALREADY KNOW.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE,
THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SAVE ME ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME... ♪
GARCIA, VOICE-OVER:
"THE FAMILY. THAT DEAR OCTOPUS
"FROM WHOSE TENTACLES
WE NEVER QUITE ESCAPE,
NOR IN OUR INMOST HEARTS
EVER QUITE WISH TO."
DODIE SMITH.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE,
THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SEE ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME ♪
OF GREAT AGENTS
PASS THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
YOU’VE REACHED
PENELOPE GARCIA
AND THE FBI’s OFFICE
OF SUPREME GENIUS.
SPECIAL AGENT
JENNIFER JAREAU.
JJ IF YOU LIKE.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
THIS IS DR. REID.
AGENT EMILY PRENTISS.
IT’S AN HONOR,
AGENT ROSSI.
PLEASE, JUST DAVE.
HI, I’M TARA LEWIS.
IT’S GREAT TO
OFFICIALLY MEET YOU.
I’M SSA LUKE ALVEZ.
THIS IS SSA MATT SIMMONS.
HELLO.
MOST OF THIS TEAM
HAS BEEN TOGETHER
FOR OVER A DECADE.
WE STAND BESIDE
ONE ANOTHER
THROUGH GOOD,
THROUGH BAD,
BECAUSE WE’RE FAMILY.
SALUD.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
REID: PREVIOUSLY ON
"CRIMINAL MINDS"...
GARCIA:
THAT’S AGENT OWEN QUINN.
HE WORKED HERE UNTIL
HE QUIT A YEAR AGO.
ALVEZ: HE WAS CONVINCED
THERE WAS AN UNSUB WE MISSED
WORKING UP AND DOWN
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
HE NAMED HIM
THE STRANGLER.
REID: THEO. YOU SAID
THAT HE TREATED YOU
LIKE A HUMAN.
QUINN: HE WOULD
FEED ME SOMETIMES.
YOU FOUND SOMETHING
THAT WE MISSED.
WHAT WAS IT?
LEWIS: HYOID BONES.
THE STRANGLER REMOVED
THESE FROM THE NECKS
OF HIS VICTIMS
AND KEPT THEM AS TROPHIES.
I’M SPECIAL AGENT
MEADOWS IN VICAP.
I’VE HAVE AGENT QUINN’S
FILE ON THE STRANGLER
THAT YOU REQUESTED.
[GUNSHOTS]
REID: THEO KILLED
HIS OWN PARENTS.
MY FATHER DIDN’T
KILL THEM.
HE ABDUCTED THEM,
AND THEN HE HANDED
THEM OVER TO
THE MESSIAH.
DON’T YOU SEE,
THIS ISN’T ONE
SERIAL KILLER
OR A COUPLE.
IT’S A CULT.
PRENTISS:
BENJAMIN DAVID MERVA,
YOU’RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER OF 7 PEOPLE.
MAYBE WE SOMEHOW MISREAD
QUINN ALL THIS TIME.
WHAT IF THEY DID
CONVERT HIM?
AND WE LEFT HIM IN
THE BUILDING
WHERE THE MESSIAH IS
BEING HELD IN CUSTODY.
DRAW YOUR GUN!
[GUNSHOT]
MEADOWS. IT WAS MEADOWS.
SHE’S ONE OF THEM.
MEADOWS: DROP YOUR GUN,
AGENT REID.
YOU AND I ARE GONNA
GO UPSTAIRS AND FREE
MY MESSIAH.
SPENCER, JUST SHOOT HER.
SHOOT HER!
[SIREN]
JUST KEEPS GOING
TO VOICEMAIL.
ALL OF GARCIA’S CELLS?
YEAH. I CAN’T GET
AHOLD OF HER.
I TALKED TO SPENCE
FOR LIKE A SECOND
BEFORE WE GOT DISCONNECTED.
ALL RIGHT, TRY
THE GUARD GATE.
[BEEP, BUSY SIGNAL]
STILL BUSY.
STILL BUSY?
YEAH, IT DOESN’T
MAKE SENSE.
WE’VE GOT A PRISONER
WHO COULD BE ESCAPING
RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN’T GET ANYONE
ON THE PHONE.
NOT EVEN SECURITY.
MAYBE PRENTISS GOT
AHOLD OF THE DIRECTOR.
YEAH, LET’S HOPE SO.
THAT’S RIGHT,
BENJAMIN MERVA.
HE’S BEING HELD IN
THE SIXTH FLOOR
INTERROGATION ROOM.
I’M SORRY, WHAT--
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
GUYS.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
WHAT’S ALL THIS?
IT’S A FIRE ALARM
ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, SIR.
LEWIS: WHICH BUILDING?
YOURS.
HOW MANY INJURED?
UNCLEAR.
DIRECTOR ISN’T
TAKING CHANCES.
THERE’S BEEN A
MANDATORY EVACUATION.
WE HAVE A PRISONER
AWAITING TRANSFER--
BENJAMIN MERVA.
I CAN’T LOOK IT UP.
SYSTEM’S DOWN.
WELL, WE NEED TO
SEARCH EVERY VEHICLE,
ESPECIALLY EMERGENCY ONES.
I’VE GOT GUARDS
MANNING EXITS,
BUT WE’RE
OUTNUMBERED.
NO, WE’RE UNDER ATTACK.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
HEY. QUINN.
HE’S STILL ALIVE.
WE NEED ONE OF
THOSE AMBULANCES.
HEY, WE’RE GONNA
GET YOU HELP, OK?
JUST HANG IN THERE,
QUINN.
RECORDED VOICE: PLEASE
EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.
MOVE AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.
MOVE AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING.
MERVA’S GONE.
REID AND GARCIA?
LEWIS: THEY COULD BE HELPING
WITH THE EVACUATION.
QUINN AND HIS SON
ARE MISSING, TOO.
SON’S NOWHERE IN SIGHT,
BUT QUINN’S IN THE GARAGE
SHOT IN THE GUT.
WELL, IF HE DIDN’T
HELP THEM ESCAPE, WHO DID?
[SIREN]
I TOLD YOU WE’D DO IT.
THEY’LL COME FOR HIM.
AND FOR HER.
BUT IT’LL BE TOO LATE.
LET ME SEE.
YOU’RE GONNA LET US
GO RIGHT NOW!
GET ME OUT OF HERE!
PRENTISS: "THE ONLY THING
NEW IN THE WORLD
IS THE HISTORY YOU
DO NOT KNOW."
HARRY TRUMAN.
IS THAT
GARCIA’S CAR?
YEAH.
SPENCE AND PENELOPE’S
PHONES WERE LEFT INSIDE
WITH THEIR BAGS.
IF THEY WERE HELPING
WITH THE EVACUATION,
THEY WOULDN’T LEAVE
THOSE BEHIND.
NO.
OH, AND THAT.
SEE THAT?
THAT’S QUINN’S BLOOD.
BUT OVER HERE,
I MEAN, WHOSE BLOOD
IS THIS?
WHAT IF WHOEVER
TOOK MERVA
HURT SPENCE OR PENELOPE?
WE’LL FIND THEM.
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
THERE’S NO FIRE,
NO SPRINKLERS.
IT’S CLEARLY A FALSE ALARM.
SO WHY ALL THE CHAOS?
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WERE EVACUATED,
SOME PANICKED,
FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
WAIT, HUNDREDS EVACUATED?
REALLY, THIS LATE?
IT’S CAMPUS WIDE
ALL THE BUILDINGS
WERE EMPTIED.
NEW PROTOCOL,
APPARENTLY.
OK, SO WHOEVER
PULLED THAT ALARM
KNEW IT WOULD
CAUSE CHAOS.
I SAID NO ONE LEAVES
WITHOUT A SEARCH.
I KNOW IT’S LATE.
TELL HIM I’LL PAY
THE OVERTIME MYSELF.
WELL, EVERYTHING’S
STILL OFFLINE.
WHOEVER PULLED THE ALARM
KNEW THE DIRECTOR’S
PROTOCOL
AND USED IT AS
A DISTRACTION
TO ESCAPE WITH MERVA.
IF THEY TOOK
AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE,
THEY CAN GET THROUGH
ANY ROADBLOCKS.
WE NEED TO WIDEN
THE SEARCH.
TRACK DOWN EVERY
AMBULANCE THAT RESPONDED.
HE’S IN ONE OF THEM.
CALL THE COORDINATOR.
I’LL SEE WHY WE’RE NOT
BACK ONLINE YET.
MAN: FORKLIFT’S
OVER HERE.
I UNDERESTIMATED HOW MUCH
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
HE’S GIVEN ME
EVERYTHING I NEED.
BECAUSE WE’RE A FAMILY
AND YOU DO ANYTHING
TO PROTECT THOSE YOU LOVE.
FUNNY. YOU SAY THAT
AS IF I WOULDN’T KNOW.
YOU’VE ABDUCTED US,
YOU’VE TRICKED
THE FBI FOR YEARS,
AND YOU WORSHIP THAT
BENJAMIN MERVA GUY,
SO I’M SORRY,
FORGIVE ME FOR THINKING
YOU WOULDN’T GET IT.
I NEED YOUR HANDIWORK.
LET ME SEE REID.
HE ISN’T HERE.
YES, HE IS.
I WILL DIE
BEFORE I HELP YOU.
[GASPS]
ALVEZ: LISA.
GSW’s TO THE ABDOMEN.
HOW’S HIS BP?
IT’S LOW.
HIS PULSE IS WEAK.
HE’S IN AND OUT
OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
THEO IS JUST A BOY.
HE SAVED MY LIFE.
WE’LL FIND THEO.
NOW, IS HE WITH
REID AND GARCIA?
THEY’RE GONE.
MEADOWS CHECKED YOU OUT.
WHERE IS SHE?
IT WAS ALWAYS HER.
LISA: LUKE, WE’VE GOT
TO GET HIM INTO SURGERY.
I’LL CALL YOU WHEN HE’S OUT.
THANKS.
GET OUT OF HERE.
LEWIS.
LEWIS: HEY, ROSSI.
WELL, YOU CAN ADD
MEADOWS TO THAT.
ALVEZ JUST CONFIRMED
SHE’S BEHIND THE ESCAPE.
ROSSI: WHAT THE HELL
WAS SHE THINKING,
ABDUCT FBI AGENTS
AND RUN FOR THE BORDER?
WELL, THEY’RE COCKY,
MISSION-ORIENTED,
AND THEY HAVE HOSTAGES.
MAYBE THEY THINK
WE’LL NEGOTIATE.
WE’RE BACK ONLINE.
GARCIA’S COMPUTERS
WERE HACKED BY SOMEONE
IN THIS BUILDING.
[BEEPING]
WELL, MEADOWS WAS
IN THIS BUILDING.
PRENTISS: AND SHE’S OUR
NUMBER ONE SUSPECT.
WE NEED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
SO HOW LONG WAS MEADOWS
WITH BENJAMIN MERVA?
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT IF SHE’S IN A CULT,
WE WON’T FIND
A PAPER TRAIL.
SHE’S BEEN IN VICAP
FOR YEARS.
MUST HAVE BEEN ONE
HELL OF AN INTERVIEW
FOR HER TO TRICK
THE BUREAU.
SHE CERTAINLY HAS
THE SKILLS AND CONNECTIONS
TO PULL IT OFF.
OK, HERE WE GO.
SHE’S RUNNING
TO THE ELEVATOR.
GARCIA WASN’T PART
OF THE PLAN.
NO, BUT SHE IS NOW.
GOT ANY CAMERAS ON
THE ELEVATORS
OR IN THE GARAGE?
[TYPING]
UH, THEY WERE DISABLED.
[TYPING]
OK, THERE’S REID.
WHY IS HE RACING
DOWNSTAIRS?
SEE, WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE GARAGE?
THEY CAME UP,
GARCIA’S STILL DOWN THERE.
ALVEZ: AND THERE’S THEO.
REID SAID THE BELIEVERS
THINK THAT THEO IS
THEIR NEXT MESSIAH.
YEAH, BUT THEO WANTED
NO PART OF THIS.
HE KILLED HIS PARENTS.
HE TOLD US ABOUT THE CULT.
NAH.
REID MUST HAVE
CONVINCED MEADOWS
THAT PULLING THE ALARM
WAS THE BEST DISTRACTION
TO ESCAPE WITH THEO
AND MERVA.
HE WANTED TO PREVENT HER
FROM SHOOTING ANYONE ELSE.
REID KNEW WE’D FIND THIS.
LET’S GO BACK TO THE TOP.
[BEEP]
SO HE’S MAKING EYE CONTACT.
BUT HE WOULDN’T RISK
SAYING ANYTHING.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
LOOK AT HIS HANDS.
HE’S SIGNING.
B-E-N-S-B-E-L-I-E-V-E-R-S.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
HE ALREADY KNOWS
WE FIGURED THAT OUT.
WHY’S HE REMINDING US?
OK, GARCIA’S KEYCARD
WAS USED TO EXIT
THE GARAGE AT 10:09 PM
AND THEN REID’S
7 MINUTES AFTER THAT
AND THEN MEADOWS’
AFTER THAT.
SO SHE SEPARATED
ALL OF THEM.
’CAUSE SHE HAD THE MANPOWER
OF AN ENTIRE CULT TO HELP HER.
BUT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS,
WHY DID MEADOWS JOIN VICAP?
IT’S A DESK JOB.
SHE NEVER HAD TO
PULL HER GUN
OR ARREST ANYBODY.
BUT WHAT I CAN’T
FIGURE OUT IS WHY
SHE DIDN’T JUST
KEEP HER HEAD DOWN
ABOUT QUINN.
SHE RISKED EXPOSURE BY
COMING TO MY OFFICE.
UNSUB 101.
INSERTING HERSELF
INTO THE INVESTIGATION.
AND ALSO,
YOU’RE OUR LEADER
AND SHE PROBABLY GOT OFF
KNOWING SHE TRICKED YOU.
HOWEVER, SHE DID IMPROVISE
GARCIA’S ABDUCTION,
WHICH MEANS THAT THIS
WHOLE THIS IS NOT AS SOLID
AS SHE WOULD HAVE HOPED.
I’LL HAVE DAVE AND JJ
LOOK INTO HER WORK HISTORY.
SHE WAS IN THE FBI
FOR A REASON.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
"WHY" IS AT THE HEART OF
EVERY BAU INVESTIGATION.
THIS ONE ISN’T ANY DIFFERENT.
WHY DID MEADOWS
JOIN VICAP?
EXACTLY. AS WE KNOW,
VICAP AGENTS LIAISON
BETWEEN FEDERAL
AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO PUT
TOGETHER DETAILS OF CRIMES
THAT COULD BE CONNECTED
ACROSS THE U.S.
THEN IT GETS ON
OUR RADAR.
SO LET ME GUESS.
MEADOWS HAS BEEN
ERASING MURDERS
THAT WOULD HAVE CONNECTED
US TO THE CULT.
WE HAD TO GO BACK
TO WHEN SHE JOINED
AND REBUILD
HER CASE HISTORIES.
WE FOUND A PATTERN
THAT SHE WAS HIDING.
SO THE MURDERS
SHE WAS COVERING UP
WERE THE ONES WHERE
THE VICTIMS WERE
MISSING HYOID BONES.
LIKE THE 7 WE
FOUND IN STORAGE.
AS IT TURNS OUT,
THIS CULT HAS KILLED
MORE THAN 7.
HOW MANY?
299.
OH, MY GOD, IS HE--
YOU’RE REALLY HURT.
WHAT--WHAT DO THEY WANT?
ME.
WHY? WHY YOU?
I’D BE THEIR LAST VICTIM.
WHAT? WHY?
I DON’T KNOW.
I OVERHEARD THEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS.
I GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN.
OR I’LL BLOW HIS BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BRAINS OUT.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
YEAH?
THEY’VE GOT A FIREWALL,
SO THERE’S NO WAY
TO WARN THE TEAM, BUT
THEY’RE COMING FOR US.
YOU KNOW THEY ARE.
WE’RE GONNA BE OK.
WE HAVE TO BE OK.
WE’RE NOT GONNA
DIE HERE, SPENCER.
THIS CAN’T BE HOW
OUR STORY ENDS.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
THEY’LL TRADE.
WE’LL MAKE A BARTER.
TAKE ME.
NO.
THE TEAM NEEDS YOU.
NO, THEY DON’T.
THEY NEED YOU.
THEY NEED US.
WE NEED US.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
YOU’VE GOT ONE MINUTE.
I HATE YOU.
I DON’T CARE.
GARCIA, LISTEN TO ME.
PLEASE TELL MY MOM--
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
THEY’RE TAKING ME AND THEO.
THEO’S HERE?
WE’LL DISTRACT THEM.
THE CAR WE WERE IN IS
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
WE’RE 18 MINUTES
AWAY FROM QUANTICO.
TURN LEFT OUTSIDE
THE PARKING LOT,
TAKE A RIGHT AT THE LIGHT.
YOU’LL RECOGNIZE THE REST.
THEY STAYED OFF THE HIGHWAYS.
OK, OK, BUT WHAT
ABOUT YOU?
I’LL DELAY THEM.
GET THE REST OF THE TEAM
BACK HERE AND DO NOT
WORRY ABOUT ME.
MEADOWS: TIME’S UP.
IT’S ALL HAPPENING.
TEN TWENTY-THREE.
GET TO IT. NOW.
[TYPING]
MA’AM, ALL
EMERGENCY VEHICLES
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
EXCEPT FOR ONE AMBULANCE
THAT WASN’T REGISTERED
WITH THE CITY OR COUNTY.
PRIVATE COMPANY SO WE CAN’T
TRACK THE GPS.
THAT’S RIGHT.
THANKS, ANDERSON.
KEEP ME POSTED.
SIMMONS: I STILL CAN’T
BELIEVE THAT MEADOWS WAS ABLE
TO COVER UP ALL THESE KILLS.
OVER A DECADE.
THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO
BE AN OBVIOUS PATTERN.
THEY’RE ALL OVER
THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
ALVEZ: VICTOMOLOGY’S
PROTECTOR TYPE.
PRENTISS: THAT’S A GOOD
START, BUT WE NEED MORE.
WHY TAKE HYOID BONES?
WELL, THEY’RE UNIQUE
TO HUMANS,
THEY FLOAT IN THE NECK,
AND THEY AREN’T CONNECTED
TO ANY OTHER BONE.
WELL, IT ANCHORS THE TONGUE.
WITHOUT IT, THE VICTIMS
HAVE NO VOICE.
RUN WITH THAT.
THEY REMOVED THEM
WHILE THEIR VICTIMS
WERE STILL ALIVE,
WHICH ISN’T JUST SADISTIC,
IT MEANS THEY WANT
THEM SPEECHLESS.
WHAT IF REMOVING
THE HYOID ISN’T
JUST A RITUAL,
BUT AN INDIVIDUAL’S
SIGNATURE?
SO IT ISN’T A CULT
OF KILLERS,
IT’S JUST MERVA.
ALL THE VICTIMS WERE
SACRIFICED BY THE MESSIAH.
THE FOLLOWERS ARE
SIMPLY HUNTERS.
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE
SOME OF HIS RISK.
HE GAVE THE HUNTERS
HYOIDS AS TROPHIES,
MAYBE AS SOME KIND OF
REWARD FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
THAT’S WHY HE GAVE
THEO’S PARENTS 7 OF THEM.
LEWIS:
ALL RIGHT, LOOK,
THE BELIEVERS,
THEY’RE JUST LIKE
JONESTOWN, MANSON,
HEAVEN’S GATE, EVEN
RAJNEESHPURAM IN OREGON.
THERE’S ALWAYS A
CHARISMATIC LEADER
AND A STRONG RIGHT HAND
WHO APPEARS AS
A DEVOTED DISCIPLE.
IN THIS CASE, MEADOWS.
MERVA HAS KILLED
299 INNOCENTS
FOR A REASON.
WE JUST DON’T
KNOW WHY.
BUT NOW THAT HE’S
TAKEN REID AND GARCIA,
THE BELIEVERS HAVE
DECLARED WAR ON THE BAU.
SO THIS HAS GOT TO BE
WORKING TOWARD
THEIR END GAME,
ONE THAT COULD MAKE
EITHER REID OR GARCIA
THEIR 300th VICTIM,
PERHAPS THEIR LAST.
GARCIA WASN’T A PART OF THIS.
SHE WAS JUST RACING
TO THE ELEVATOR.
SO IT’S SPENCE.
IT’S BEEN HIM ALL ALONG.
HE’S A PROTECTOR.
IT FITS THE VICTIMOLOGY.
REID HAS TO KNOW
SOMETHING WE DON’T.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
REID COULD HAVE
TOLD US ANYTHING,
BUT HE CHOSE THAT.
GARCIA:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
DIDN’T THINK YOU’D
BE SO JUDGY.
IT’S GOOD VS. EVIL,
DUMMY.
IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.
DOING THE WRONG THING
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS,
TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T
HURT REID OR ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU’VE JUSTIFIED IT.
I’M A PRETTY GOOD PERSON
AND I’M DOING
A REALLY BAD THING.
AGAIN, JUSTIFICATION.
NOW THAT YOU’VE
MADE MY POINT,
MAYBE YOU WON’T BE
SO QUICK TO JUDGE.
WOMAN OF HER WORD.
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE
OF US, AM I RIGHT?
YOU NEED TO SINK
THAT RIGHT NOW
OR IT WILL LOCK ME OUT
AND SET A BUNCH OF ALARMS
IF I TRY TO HACK IT AGAIN.
[WATER RUNNING]
HEY.
JJ: HI.
AHEM.
DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT THE REDSKINS GAME,
GOSH, 14 YEARS AGO NOW?
WELL, SPENCE--
SPENCE GOT US GOOD TICKETS.
ACTUALLY, GIDEON
GAVE THEM TO HIM
AND TALKED HIM INTO
ASKING ME TO GO.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FIGURED
ALL THE YOUNGEST
TEAM MEMBERS SHOULD HANG OUT,
SO I, OF COURSE,
ASKED GARCIA TO COME ALONG.
UGH. WELL, IT TURNS OUT
MORGAN AND HOTCH WERE
GIVING HIM POINTERS
ON THE SIDE THINKING
IT WAS GOING TO BE A DATE.
GOSH. I MEAN, HE’D NEVER
BEEN ON ONE BEFORE.
POOR SPENCE.
HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I’M JUST GLAD
HE FORGAVE ME.
HE ADORES YOU.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT
WAS THE BEGINNING OF
SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
THE 3 OF YOU
HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE
SINCE I MET YOU.
I DON’T KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS WITHOUT THEM.
IF, UH, WE CAN’T
GET THEM BACK I...
IT’S OK.
[SNIFFLES]
I KNOW.
LEWIS: OK, THANKS.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS] ALL RIGHT, I’VE
GOT METRO P.D. LOOKING
FOR ANY PROPERTIES
OWNED OR RENTED BY
ANY AND ALL BENJAMINS
IN THE TRI-STATE AREA
SINCE THE OLD WAREHOUSE
WAS COMPROMISED.
THAT’S A GOOD CALL.
MEADOWS STAYED IN THIS
AREA TO BE NEAR MERVA.
GET THIS.
BENJAMIN DAVID MERVA
WAS BORN DAVID JAMES MERVA.
I MEAN, IF HE WANTED
TO CREATE A NEW IDENTITY,
WHY KEEP IT SO CLOSE
TO THE REAL NAME?
WELL, ADDING AN OLD
TESTAMENT NAME LIKE BENJAMIN
MAKES SENSE SINCE WE’RE
DEALING WITH A CULT.
MEANS SON OF STRENGTH.
FITS HIS EGO.
YEAH, BUT DAVID’S
A BIBLICAL NAME, TOO.
SLAYER OF GOLIATH,
WENT ON TO BECOME KING.
AND HIS GIVEN
MIDDLE NAME, JAMES,
THAT’S PREVALENT IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
SO THERE’S SOMETHING
SPECIFIC ABOUT
THE NAME BENJAMIN
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
GUYS, HERE’S SOMETHING STRANGE.
THEO AND HIS PARENTS
LIVED OFF THE GRID
IN COLORADO UNTIL ’09,
AND THEN THEY MOVED
TO VIRGINIA.
LEWIS: BUT THERE’S
NO SCHOOL RECORDS
FOR THEO IN COLORADO?
NO. NO ADDRESS.
NO PHONE. NO JOBS.
THERE’S NO ALTERNATE
IDENTITY FOR MARY MEADOWS,
BUT I’LL TELL YOU THIS,
THERE’S NO WAY THAT SHE
FAKED HER FBI FIRE ARMS
EXAMINATION,
AND SHE NAILED IT
EVERY TIME,
EVEN HER FIRST.
SO SHE HAD A LOT
OF TRAINING.
WAS SHE MILITARY?
NO.
NO, AND SHE DIDN’T GET
THAT KIND OF SKILL SET
LIVING IN THE SUBURBS.
SO HOW DID THE BUREAU MISS IT?
BECAUSE WHOEVER MADE
THESE IDs KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
YEAH. THESE IDs WERE
GOOD ENOUGH TO
FOOL THE GOVERNMENT.
LIKE WITNESS PROTECTION GOOD?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
WHEN WE HIT A WALL IN
THE QUINN INVESTIGATION,
MEADOWS SHOWED UP
IN MY OFFICE.
SHE CONVINCED ME QUINN
WASN’T A KILLER.
UNSUB 101.
YEAH, I KNOW,
BUT IT WAS THE WAY
SHE STOOD THERE.
SHE LINGERED.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE
SHE WAS TESTING ME
TO SEE IF
I RECOGNIZED HER.
DID YOU?
YEAH, FROM HERE, BUT
I DON’T KNOW WHERE ELSE
OUR PATHS CROSSED.
WHAT IF REID RECOGNIZED HER,
AND THAT’S WHY HE SIGNED
"BEN’S BELIEVERS"?
MAYBE SHE’S THE CONNECTION.
CYRUS: MOTHERS, FATHERS,
CHILDREN,
THOUGH WE WALK THROUGH
THE VALLEY
OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
WE FEAR NO EVIL,
FOR THOU ARE WITH US.
OH, MY GOD.
WHAT?
I HAVE SEEN HER.
SO HAVE YOU.
WE HAVE BOTH MET
THE BELIEVERS BEFORE.
LIBERTY RANCH
IN COLORADO.
POLYGAMOUS LEADER
BENJAMIN CYRUS.
PLEASE, JUST PUT DOWN
YOUR GUNS AND COME OUT.
WE’RE BELIEVERS, DAVE.
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD
SAYS WHAT HE MEANS
AND MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
HIS LAWS DON’T DEPEND ON
WHAT STATE YOU LIVE IN.
I REMEMBER HIM.
DAVE?
I’M BEN.
COME ON IN.
PRENTISS: MERVA WAS THERE,
SO WAS MEADOWS.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
ONE OF CYRUS’ WIVES.
BEN’S BELIEVERS.
BENJAMIN CYRUS
AND BENJAMIN MERVA
ARE CONNECTED.
AND THIS IS THE PAYBACK
FOR CYRUS’ DEATH.
MERVA: THIS IS YOUR BATTLE.
OK? LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING.
THEY TOOK OUR...
SOLAR PANELS, GUNS,
FOOD.
YOU’LL BE OFF THE GRID.
JUST TAKE ME.
LET THEO GO.
THEO’S NOT A HOSTAGE.
HE’S A DIVINE GIFT.
HE WAS RAISED AT
THE RANCH TO BE A LEADER
UNTIL YOUR TEAM
DESTROYED EVERYTHING.
YOU DIDN’T STOP TO THINK
HOW THAT WOULD LOOK
A DECADE LATER,
HOW THEO WAS FORCED
TO DEPEND ON HIS WEAK PARENTS.
THEY WERE THE FOLLOWERS,
NOT THE LEADERS.
AND YOU, NONE OF YOU
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
US EVER AGAIN.
YOU NEVER CONSIDERED
HOW ANGRY WE’D BE.
YOUR GOVERNMENT
UNDERESTIMATED OUR FAITH.
NOW YOU’LL SEE.
EVERYONE’S LOOKING
FOR US, AND THEY
AREN’T GONNA STOP.
UNLIKE THE BAU, WE’VE
LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS,
NO ONE’S EVER
GONNA FIND YOU.
CYRUS SAID GOD
WANTED TO SAVE ME.
HE WAS RIGHT.
HE SAVED YOU FOR
A GREATER PURPOSE,
AND THIS IS IT.
[MEN GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOT]
[ENGINE STARTS]
MEADOWS: STOP!
[TIRES SQUEAL]
WE’RE REMINDED OF
JIM McKAY’S WORDS
FROM MUNICH.
"OUR GREATEST HOPES
AND OUR WORST FEARS
ARE SELDOM REALIZED."
[EXPLOSION]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
LIBERTY RANCH.
THIS CASE IS STILL
LEGENDARY
FOR EXTREME
SURVIVALISTS.
AND WHEN THE LOCAL
POLICE INVADED,
THEY TOOK IT AS PROOF
THAT THE PROPHECY
HAD COME TRUE.
POLYGAMY WAS HUGE FOR THEM.
MEADOWS WASN’T THE ONLY
ONE MARRIED TO
BENJAMIN CYRUS.
SO THEY BLAMED
THE BAU FOR THE DEATH
OF THEIR MESSIAH
WAY BACK THEN.
AND THEY’VE BEEN
PLANNING THEIR REVENGE
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THE TEAM WENT IN THERE
TO SAVE SOME KIDS FROM
A SKETCHY SITUATION
A DECADE AGO,
AND NOW THIS.
AFTER THE EXPLOSION,
THE RANCH WAS CONDEMNED.
LOCAL FBI HAS EYES
ON IT FOR US
IN CASE THEY HEAD
BACK THERE.
WHEN THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WERE RESCUED FROM THE RANCH,
THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED
TO RELOCATE
AND GIVE THEM A FRESH START
THROUGH WITSEC.
THAT MAKES SENSE
WHY MEADOWS WAS ABLE
TO CLEAR THE FBI
BACKGROUND CHECK.
SHE ACCEPTED THEIR HELP
KNOWING SHE WOULD
BETRAY THE GOVERNMENT.
NOT EVERY SURVIVOR
WANTED HELP.
WE RAN THOSE
WHO LEFT THE RANCH
AND KEPT THEIR NAMES.
A FEW RELOCATED IN RURAL
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.
WELL, THEY COULD BE
HELPING NOW.
ANY OF THEM HAVE LARGE
PIECES OF PROPERTY?
A FEW. THE WASHINGTON
FIELD OFFICE
HAS STARTED SEARCHES
IN MARYLAND.
WE’LL TAKE THE LEAD
IN VIRGINIA.
OH, MY GOD.
ARE YOU HURT?
IT’S A WAREHOUSE THAT’S
IN HILLCREST, 18 MINUTES.
I CAN TAKE YOU THERE.
YOU GOT TO HURRY.
THEY HURT REID.
HE’S BEEN BLEEDING.
THEY’RE IN TRUCKS
WITH THEO.
I HEARD A GUNSHOT.
IT’S A WAREHOUSE.
[SIRENS]
[GASPS]
YOU’VE BEEN TESTED
SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU.
LOCKED AWAY WITH THOSE
YOU’VE BEEN CHASING.
YOU COME OUT OF THAT
DIFFERENT.
I KNOW YOU WERE FOND OF THEO.
HE WAS YOUR STUDENT
AND TRUSTED YOU.
BUT HE BETRAYED US,
AND LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
WE’VE GOT TEAMS SEARCHING
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
OUT TO A 20-MILE RADIUS.
THAT’S GOOD.
THERE’S A CHANCE
THEY’RE GONNA LAY LOW
INSTEAD OF RISKING GETTING
ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KNOW, I HATE
TO SAY IT, BUT
FOR A SECOND,
I THOUGHT THEO
MIGHT HAVE COUNTED
AS OUR 300th.
THEY DIDN’T TAKE
HIS HYOID.
REID SAID IT ALL
HAPPENS AT 10:23.
BUT IT’S PAST THAT.
SO WHAT DID HE MEAN?
COULD BE A CLUE HERE.
THEY GOT SLOPPY SINCE
THEY LEFT IN A HURRY.
JJ: OK, WELL, YOU CAN’T
BE THAT FAR BEHIND THEM.
I KNOW, BUT THERE’S
EASY ACCESS TO
3 MAJOR HIGHWAYS,
AND WE DON’T KNOW
WHICH WAY THEY WENT.
RIGHT, BUT THEY’RE
IN TRACTOR TRAILERS.
THAT MEANS WE CAN TRACK
THEM THROUGH WEIGH STATIONS.
NO, YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO.
WHY?
I HACKED THE AVI,
THE AUTOMATED VEHICLE ID,
AND CREATED CLEAN
HISTORIES FOR EACH
OF THE TRUCKS
SO THEY WOULDN’T
HAVE TO STOP.
SO AS LONG AS THEY’RE
WITHIN THE LEGAL WEIGHT,
THEY’D GET A GREEN LIGHT.
I DID THAT.
I WANTED TO SEE REID
SO I DID THAT.
I DID THE WRONG THING.
PRENTISS: BUT THERE’S
GOT TO BE A WAY TO TRACE
AN ELECTRONIC WEIGH
STATION BYPASS.
THEY’RE TRANSPONDERS,
LIKE A CARPOOL LANE.
EACH ONE IS ASSIGNED--
NO, NO, YOU WON’T
BE ABLE TO.
I USED OLD REGISTRATIONS,
NOTHING LEGIT.
IT’S ALL UNTRACEABLE.
I TRIED TO LEAVE A TRAIL,
BUT I COULDN’T.
THERE WASN’T ENOUGH TIME.
THIS IS MY FAULT.
WE’RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO FIND REID IN TIME,
AND IT’S ALL MY FAULT.
PENELOPE, IT’S GONNA BE OK.
HOW IS IT GONNA BE OK?
THEY KILLED THEO
AND WE DON’T KNOW
WHERE THEY’RE GOING.
LOOK, THEY’VE BEEN GONE
LESS THAN AN HOUR.
THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE
THEY’RE STILL IN VIRGINIA.
CYRUS: EVERYONE DRINKS,
EVERYONE REJOICES,
’CAUSE TODAY WE ARE
ONE STEP CLOSER.
[BEEP, TYPING]
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
MULTIPLE ROUTES THEY
COULD TAKE OUT OF STATE.
BASED ON THE SIZE OF
THE TRUCK GARCIA DESCRIBED,
WE’RE TALKING TWO FUEL TANKS
FILLED WITH DIESEL.
THOSE TANKS COULD BE
ANYWHERE FROM
50 TO 300 GALLONS,
AND THEY GET ROUGHLY
7 MILES A GALLON AVERAGE.
SIMMONS: YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING
AT 1,200 TO 1,800 MILES
BEFORE THEY NEED TO REFUEL.
THEY WON’T WANT
TO RISK STOPPING.
THEY’LL STAY INSIDE
THAT RADIUS.
THEY’RE USING TRUCKS
FOR TRANSPORT
BECAUSE OF ALL
THE SUPPLIES,
SO THEY’RE SETTING
UP A NEW COMPOUND.
AGREED.
BUT WHERE?
WHERE WILL THEY BE
AT 10:23?
WELL, 500 MILES
IN ANY DIRECTION.
OHIO, NEW YORK,
MASSACHUSETTS,
GEORGIA, KENTUCKY.
ONLY CONNECTION
BETWEEN THOSE STATES
IS THAT THERE WERE
VICTIMS KILLED THERE.
EMOTIONAL HISTORY’S
IN COLORADO,
BUT THAT WOULDN’T CONNECT
TO 10:23 AT ALL.
BUT THEY CAN MAKE IT TO
THE RANCH WITHOUT REFUELING.
IT’S TOO RISKY.
THEY KNOW IT’S
THE FIRST PLACE
WE’D LOOK.
I--WHAT ABOUT THIS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHY THEY’D WANT TO
KILL 300 VICTIMS?
IT FEELS LIKE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
CYRUS WAS
A HISTORY BUFF.
HE CHOSE FRANKLIN
AS HIS MIDDLE NAME
AFTER A FOUNDING
FATHER.
300’s A RECURRING
NUMBER IN HISTORY.
SPARTAN’S GUARD OF
THE KING, IT WAS 300 MEN.
300 INVISIBLE
SOLDIERS OF GIDEON.
COINCIDENCE?
GIDEON WAS NO LONGER
ON THE TEAM WHEN WE
WERE AT THE RANCH.
IT COULD BE
CONNECTED, BUT--
IF THIS IS ABOUT
A BELIEVER’S REBIRTH,
BABIES ARE BORN
WITH 300 BONES,
AND THEY’RE TAKING
THE HYOIDS.
AND THE HYOIDS WE
HAD IN EVIDENCE
ARE MISSING,
WHICH MEANS MERVA
NEEDED THEM BACK.
AND THAT MEANS THEY MEAN
MORE TO THE END GAME
THAN WE THOUGHT.
BUT WHY DID REID NEED US
TO KNOW IT ALL HAPPENS AT 10:23?
THAT’S GOT TO BE IMPORTANT.
IT WAS THE LAST THING
HE SAID TO ME.
LISTEN, YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT MEANS SOMETHING TO HIM.
WE’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
YOU BETTER.
REID: I CAN’T TELL YOU
THE NUMBER OF TIMES
I’VE INVESTIGATED ABUSE
CHARGES AGAINST SMALL
RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM
TURN OUT TO BE FALSE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?
IT DOESN’T REALLY
MATTER WHAT I THINK.
IT DOES TO ME.
WHY?
BECAUSE GOD WANTS
TO SAVE YOU.
I MEAN, THAT’S WHY
HE SENT YOU HERE.
THAT’S THE REASON.
MEADOWS: REID.
REID.
HE’S IGNORING US.
[KNIFE CLICKS]
WAIT, WAIT.
THEY’LL STOP LOOKING
FOR ME IF I TELL THEM TO,
BUT YOU HAVE TO
LET ME TALK TO THEM.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE
THEY’LL STOP?
I KNOW THEY WILL,
IF I TELL THEM I’M SAFE
AND IT’S ALL GONNA BE OK.
YOU THINK YOU’RE SAFE,
EVEN THOUGH, JUST THEN,
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA DIE?
TELL ME, WHAT DID YOU FEEL?
PEACE.
WELL, THAT’S GOOD.
HOLD ON TO THAT.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT,
BECAUSE THIS WAS
JUST A TEST.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
STILL NO SIGN OF ANY PREP
AT THE OLD LIBERTY RANCH
OR NEARBY.
WELL, IF THIS IS
ABOUT REBIRTH,
THEY’LL CHOOSE
A NEW PLACE.
WELL, GIVEN THEIR
ADORATION OF CYRUS
AND HIS LOVE OF
THE COUNTRY,
HE’D WANT THEM TO STAY
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
REMEMBER, BENJAMIN CYRUS
WASN’T HIS REAL NAME,
AND HE WASN’T BORN
INTO THE CULT.
HE AND HIS MOM ARRIVED
THERE WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.
HE WAS KICKED OUT
FOR MOLESTING GIRLS.
AND THEN HE SERVED TIME
IN PRISON IN KENTUCKY.
GARCIA: CHARLES MULGREW,
CONVICTED IN KENTUCKY
AT THE AGE OF 18,
3 COUNTS STATUTORY RAPE.
MR. KENTUCKY WARDEN
SAID THAT ONCE INSIDE
MULGREW FOUND RELIGION,
BECAME A MODEL CITIZEN.
THIS GUY VOLUNTEERED
AT THE PRISON HOSPITAL
AT THE AIDS WARD.
HE WAS READING TO PRISONERS
DYING OF HIV.
HE WAS A MODEL CITIZEN.
SO HE WAS TECHNICALLY
REBORN IN KENTUCKY,
AND THAT’S IN THE AREA.
MAYBE THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE HEADED?
LET’S FIND OUT WHICH
CITY HE WAS BORN IN
OR WHERE HE WAS IN
PRISON AND WE’LL SPREAD
OUT FROM THERE.
GREAT WORK, GARCIA.
WE’LL GET IN THE AIR,
NARROW DOWN WHICH CITY
BEFORE WE LAND.
WE SHOULD ALSO CIRCLE BACK
TO THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT
THAT CYRUS BROUGHT
TO THE CULT.
REID AND CYRUS QUOTED
SCRIPTURE A LOT.
10:23 COULD BE A LESSON.
MEADOWS:
YOU CLAIM TO FEEL PEACE,
BUT YOU’VE CHOSEN
A PATH THAT SURROUNDS
YOU WITH VIOLENCE.
I MEAN, I GET IT.
CLOCK’S TICKING
AND YOUR TEAM STILL
HASN’T FOUND YOU YET.
YOU NEED SOMETHING
TO HOLD ON TO.
JJ: THERE’S SOMETHING
I WANTED TO ASK YOU.
WILL AND I WERE TALKING
AND...
WE WANT YOU TO BE
HENRY’S GODFATHER.
I DON’T EVEN KNOW--
I DON’T KNOW--
HERE, DO YOU WANT
TO HOLD HIM?
UM.
IT’S OK.
THERE YOU GO.
OK.
HI.
THERE YOU GO.
HELLO, HENRY.
NOW, IF ANYTHING
SHOULD HAPPEN TO US,
IT’S UP TO YOU AND GARCIA
TO MAKE SURE THIS BOY
GETS INTO YALE.
OOH, YALE. YALE.
DO YOU WANT TO GO
TO YALE, HENRY?
THAT WAS YOUR GODFATHER’S
SAFETY SCHOOL.
DON’T WORRY, I CAN
GET YOU INTO CALTECH
WITH ONE PHONE CALL.
HEH.
[GRUNTING]
WE’RE APPROACHING KENTUCKY.
THE PILOT NEEDS TO KNOW
WHERE TO TOUCH DOWN.
WE’RE STILL LOOKING.
SIMMONS:
UH, PROVERBS 10:23.
"A FOOL FINDS PLEASURE
IN WICKED SCHEMES,
BUT A PERSON
OF UNDERSTANDING
DELIGHTS IN WISDOM."
DOESN’T FIT.
JEREMIAH 10:23.
"I KNOW THAT
THE WAY OF MAN IS
NOT IN HIMSELF."
CORINTHIANS.
"DO ALSO THE GLORY OF GOD."
UH, HEY, GUYS,
LISTEN TO THIS.
MATTHEW CHAPTER 10,
VERSE 23.
"WHEN YOU ARE PERSECUTED
IN ONE PLACE, FLEE TO ANOTHER."
THEY’RE GOING TO
THE NEXT TOWN.
FLEE TO ANOTHER,
BUT WHICH ONE?
THEIR END GAME IS
ALSO A NEW BEGINNING.
CYRUS BROUGHT RELIGION
BACK TO THE CULT.
THEY’D HONOR THAT BY
WANTING TO START FRESH,
LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
THAT’S HOW 300 FITS.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER
OF ANGELS THAT PROTECTED
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
ARE THERE ANY EDENS
IN KENTUCKY?
UH, NO.
BUT THERE ARE TWO SYNONYMS,
CANAAN AND ARCADIA.
WHICH ONE’S CLOSER TO
WHERE CYRUS WAS BORN?
ARCADIA.
OK, THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE GOING.
GARCIA, PULL LAND DEEDS.
I’LL NOTIFY SWAT.
"AND NOW THESE
3 REMAIN--
"FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE.
BUT THE GREATEST
OF THESE IS LOVE."
CORINTHIANS.
FAITH IN YOUR NEW BEGINNING.
THE 300 WHO PROTECT EDEN.
THAT’S WHY YOU CHOSE
YOUR VICTIMS.
VICTIMS?
THEY’RE OUR ANGELS.
THEY WERE PROTECTORS,
BUT YOU SEE ME AS YOUR ENEMY.
NO, WE SEE YOU AS
THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL.
DURING THE RAID,
CYRUS GAVE YOU MANY
CHANCES TO LEAVE,
BUT YOU CHOSE TO
STAND BESIDE HIM.
HE ADMIRED YOU,
AND HE TOLD US SO.
HE DIDN’T SEE YOU
AS THE OTHERS.
HE SAW YOU AS
A GREAT ONE.
THAT’S WHY GOD CHOSE
YOU TO SURVIVE.
SHE BLAMES ME
FOR CYRUS’ DEATH.
SHE HAS TO BLAME
SOMEONE.
GRIEF CONSUMES HER
WITHOUT IT.
SO THIS ISN’T REVENGE?
WE AREN’T MONSTERS.
[RUSTLING]
MERVA:
BEFORE WE TAKE HIS
VOICE AS OUR OWN...
[GRUNTS]
HE HAS SOMETHING
TO SHARE.
TO EVERY THING,
THERE’S A SEASON.
AND A TIME TO EVERY
PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN...
A TIME TO BE BORN
AND A TIME TO DIE...
A TIME TO WEEP
AND A TIME TO PLUCK UP
THAT WHICH HAS BEEN PLANTED.
MEADOWS: OK, HE’S STALLING.
THAT’S ENOUGH.
MERVA: ALL RIGHT,
LET THE SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM ALL HARM.
BELIEVERS: LET THE
SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM
ALL HARM.
LET THE SACRIFICE BEGIN.
PROTECT US FROM ALL HARM.
MERVA: TODAY WE GIVE
THANKS FOR OUR PATIENCE,
PERSEVERANCE, AND STRENGTH.
WITHOUT THESE, OUR
EFFORTS WOULD HAVE FAILED.
AND WE THANK THE OTHERS
WHO HAVE SACRIFICED FOR US.
BELIEVERS: THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.
AND FOR OUR GUARDIAN,
WHO WILL PROTECT THIS
FAMILY NOW AND ALWAYS.
SPENCER, KEEPER OF PROVISIONS...
YOU ARE GIVEN
SELFLESSLY TO OTHERS
AND WILL BE REWARDED
BY THE HIGHEST HONOR
WE COULD BESTOW.
YOUR BLOOD WILL BE
OUR BLOOD.
YOUR LIFE WILL FUEL OURS.
[GUNSHOT]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
GO, NOW!
DOWN!
[GUNSHOTS]
MERVA!
[GUNSHOTS]
[PANTING]
MAN: BACK UP, BACK UP.
LAY ON THE GROUND.
THANKS.
MAN: ♪ THROUGH THIS LOVE ♪
♪ THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SAVE ME ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME ♪
♪ TO THE DARK ♪
♪ TO THE HAZY WALLS
ALL CAVING IN ♪
♪ I WAS LOST ♪
♪ TO CLOUDS OF GRAY ♪
♪ BUT NOW I’M FOUND... ♪
YOU OK?
YEAH, I AM.
IT’LL TAKE A WHILE,
BUT THOSE WILL FADE.
YOU LOOK KIND OF TOUGH.
THANK YOU.
THAT’S WHAT I
WAS GOING FOR.
HA HA HA.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE... ♪
I ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME
SAYING WHAT I FEEL.
I THINK MAYBE IT’S
BECAUSE I’M AFRAID OF
BEING DISAPPOINTED.
BUT...
I’VE NEVER SAID...
HOW MUCH I LOVE
ALL OF YOU.
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME... ♪
THAT’S THE BEAUTY
OF FAMILY.
WE ALREADY KNOW.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE,
THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SAVE ME ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME... ♪
GARCIA, VOICE-OVER:
"THE FAMILY. THAT DEAR OCTOPUS
"FROM WHOSE TENTACLES
WE NEVER QUITE ESCAPE,
NOR IN OUR INMOST HEARTS
EVER QUITE WISH TO."
DODIE SMITH.
♪ THROUGH THE SMOKE,
THROUGH THE FIRE ♪
♪ JUST TO SEE ♪
♪ I WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE ♪
♪ THEN YOU CAME FOR ME ♪