Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 5 - The Tall Man - full transcript

GIRL: THIS IS SO STUPID.
WHAT ARE WE, 12?

SECOND GIRL: OK, WE’RE
JUST HAVING FUN.
IT’S ALL THIS IS.

HUNTING FOR A GHOST
IN THE WOODS IS NOT
MY IDEA OF FUN.

IT’S NOT FUN,
IT’S REAL.

AND WE’RE GONNA
SEE HIM IF IT
TAKES ALL NIGHT.

ALL NIGHT?

ALL NIGHT? ARE YOU--
WE LEFT A PERFECTLY
GOOD PARTY FOR THIS.

AND I’M NOT FREEZING
MY ASS OFF OUT HERE
ALL NIGHT.

WELL, FINE, I’LL STAY
OUT HERE BY MYSELF.

TALL MAN, TALL MAN,

LONG-HAIRED TALL MAN.



NEVER GONNA CATCH ME.
NEVER GONNA CATCH ME.

NEVER GONNA CATCH ME.

OK. ARE WE GONNA
DO THIS OR NOT?

YEAH.

HEY, ALLY.

WHAT?

WAIT UP.

IS THE FIRE OUT?

IT’S OUT.

DID YOU CHECK?

YOU WERE RIGHT.
I’M ON FIRE.

THAT’S VERY FUNNY.

PUT ME OUT, BRENT.
PUT ME OUT.

AHH.



[SCREAMING]

[SOBBING]

HE HAS THEM.
HE HAS THEM.

HE HAS MY FRIENDS.

WOMAN: WHO? WHO?

THE TALL MAN.

BREAKFAST IS SERVED.

THANK YOU, BABE.

SAY "THANK YOU,"
BOYS.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

YOU’RE WELCOME.

ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS
WHILE I’M UP?

MAY I HAVE SOME KETCHUP
WITH MY EGGS?

CAN I HAVE LIME JUICE?

LIME JUICE?

WHAT? ON YOUR EGGS?

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

I’LL GO GET SOME.

WILL: LIME JUICE
IS GOOD, RIGHT?

HOW’S THE BACON?

OOP. OOP.
WE GOT A SPILL.

UH-OH. HENRY.

OUR NEXT CASE,

WHERE WE’RE HEADED TO.

EAST ALLEGHENY.
YOUR HOMETOWN, HUH?

[SIGHS] I SWORE I WOULD
GET OUT OF THERE

AND NEVER GO BACK.

I HAVE TO GO.

RIGHT?

WELL, YOU DON’T HAVE TO
DO ANYTHING, DARLING.

BUT THIS CASE, TWO GIRLS
MISSING IN THE WOODS,

IT’S GONNA BOTHER YOU
IF YOU DON’T GO.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WHERE?

WHERE?

IN A PARK,
DEAD MAN’S CONSERVATORY.

IS THAT IMPORTANT?

YEAH.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

JJ: LAST NIGHT
3 TEENAGE GIRLS

WENT SEARCHING FOR
THE TALL MAN.

IT’S A REGIONAL GHOST STORY.

ACCORDING TO THE SURVIVOR
RECOVERED THIS MORNING,

THEY FOUND HIM.

ALVEZ: SHE LOOKS LIKE
SHE WENT THROUGH HELL.

SHE SAY WHAT HAPPENED?

THAT WOULD BE
ALLY MACREADY.

AND ACCORDING TO HER,

THE TALL MAN HELD THEM
AND CUT THEM REPEATEDLY.

THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE LEGEND.

SO THE TALL MAN IS YOUR CLASSIC
DON’T-GO-INTO-THE-WOODS DARE.

SURVIVE THE NIGHT,
YOU SURVIVE HIM.

HE CATCHES YOU,
HE CUTS YOU

UNTIL YOU REVEAL
YOUR DEEPEST SECRETS.

LET’S GO BACK TO
THE VICTIMS FOR A SECOND.

DID THEY SNEAK OUT
OR DID THEIR PARENTS KNOW?

THEY TOLD THEIR PARENTS
THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO A PARTY,

AND THEY ACTUALLY DID.

OK, SO THEN OFF
THE BAT WE HAVE

TWO THEORIES
ABOUT THE UNSUB.

ONE IS THAT HE KNEW
THEY WERE PLANNING THIS.

WHICH PUTS HIM IN
THE GIRLS’ INNER CIRCLE.

EXACTLY. OR TWO,
HE WAITED IN THE WOODS
OPPORTUNISTICALLY.

BUT THAT STRATEGY
ONLY WORKS IF HE PLAYS
THE ODDS RIGHT.

SO HOW FAR REACHING
IS THIS GHOST STORY?

MAYBE I CAN
ANSWER THAT.

THE STORY JJ
GREW UP WITH,

IT’S GONNA VIRAL,
AND THE PHOTOSHOP
WORK IS ON FLEEK.

TALL MAN IS A STORY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE
GIRLS IS REAL.

THE FIRST 24 HOURS ARE CRUCIAL
IN AN ABDUCTION CASE,

AND WE ARE NOT DOWN TO 18.
LET’S MOVE.

GIRL: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NOTHING.

DON’T SAY "NOTHING."
MY NECKLACE IS MISSING.

YOU STOLE IT AGAIN,
DIDN’T YOU?

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE
TO SAY STAY OUT OF MY ROOM?

[SIGHS]

WHY DO YOU EVEN LIKE
THIS SO MUCH?

BECAUSE IT’S YOURS.

[SIGHS]

THEN I WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT.

REALLY?

YEAH.

ARE YOU SURE?

I’M SURE.

BECAUSE NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS,

I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, JJ.

PRENTISS: JJ?

WHEELS UP.

GOOD MORNING, ALLY.

MY NAME IS BRENDA,
AND I’M YOUR NURSE

FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

THE POLICE HAVE ASKED
THAT I SCRAPE

UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS
FOR EVIDENCE.

THIS WON’T HURT AT ALL.

YOU’LL BARELY EVEN NOTICE

[VOICE DISTORTS]
THAT I’M DOING ANYTHING.

ARE YOU OK WITH THAT?

[DOOR CREAKS]

GIRL: HE’S COMING.
ALLY HIDE.

SECOND GIRL:
SOMEONE IS COMING!

NO.

NO! NO, NO, NO.

AAH!

[EXHALES]

AAH!

GET AWAY FROM ME!

JJ: "THE MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTION ANYONE CAN ASK IS

WHAT MYTH AM I LIVING?"

CARL JUNG.

I’D LIKE TO DIRECT
YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO ODDITIES.

ODDITY NUMBER ONE IS
ALLY MACREADY’S MEDICAL EXAM.

GIVE US THE HEADLINE.

DESPITE OUTWARD
APPEARANCES,

ALLY HAD A SUM TOTAL
OF ZERO WOUNDS ON HER.

SO WHOSE BLOOD IS
ON YOUR CLOTHES, YOU ASK?

DNA REPORT IS NOT
BACK YET,

BUT TYPING AND MATCHING
POINTS TO THE OTHER GIRLS.

SHE COULD HAVE
ESCAPED BEFORE THE
UNSUB GOT TO HER.

HOLDING 3 GIRLS
TAKES A LOT OF
CONTROL.

WHAT’S ODDITY
NUMBER TWO?

THAT WOULD BE
A TEXT EXCHANGE

BETWEEN BETHANY
AND CHELSEA.

BETHANY SAYS TO CHELSEA,
"WHAT IF WE DO IT IN
THE WOODS TONIGHT?"

TO WHICH CHELSEA RESPONDS,
"WE’D HAVE TO DO IT FAST.

ALLY CAN’T SEE US COMING."

VAGUELY THREATENING.
ALTHOUGH ALLY DIDN’T SAY

ANYTHING LIKE THAT
IN HER INTERVIEW.

TWO OF THE GIRLS HAD
SOME AGENDA BESIDES
THE TALL MAN.

WE NEED TO SEE IF IT
PLAYED A PART IN
THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.

CHELSEA’S DAD, TOM,

HE DATED MY SISTER
IN HIGH SCHOOL,

SO I CAN TALK
TO HIM.

PRENTISS: GOOD. DO THAT.

WE WILL DIVIDE AND CONQUER
WHEN WE LAND.

WE WILL INVESTIGATE THIS
AS IF BETHANY AND CHELSEA
ARE STILL ALIVE,

AND WE WILL NOT SLEEP
UNTIL WE FIND THEM.

[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ARE YOU WITH HIM?

THE TALL MAN?

NO, ALLY, WE TOLD YOU.
WE’RE WITH THE FBI.

WE’RE TRYING TO FIND
BETHANY AND CHELSEA.

AND YOU CAN HELP US
BY LETTING US KNOW

WHAT YOU REMEMBER
ABOUT LAST NIGHT.

START IN THE WOODS.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?

ALLY: TALL MAN, TALL MAN.

CHANTING.

TALL MAN, TALL MAN,
LONG-HAIRED TALL MAN.

NEVER GONNA CATCH ME.

CHELSEA: HEY, ALLY.

WHAT?

WAIT UP.

WE, UH, WE NEED
TO TALK.

ABOUT WHAT?

ABOUT YOU.

I DON’T...I DON’T
FEEL SO GOOD.

WHAT--WHAT’S
HAPPENING?

[GROWLING]

ALLY: AND THEN HE
PUT US TO SLEEP,

BECAUSE HE CAN DO THAT.

AND WHEN WE WOKE UP,

WE WERE IN HIS DOMAIN.

NO! NO! NO!

[DISTORTED VOICE]
WHERE IS IT? TELL ME.

ALLY, RUN!

AAH!

[GASPS]

WHAT DID HE MEAN,
"WHERE IS IT?"

WHERE’S CHELSEA’S
DEEPEST, DARKEST SECRET.

THAT’S WHAT HE
ALWAYS WANTS,

OUR SECRETS.

DID HE ASK YOU
FOR YOUR SECRETS?

NO.

HE JUST--HE PUT ME
BACK TO SLEEP.

AND WHEN I WOKE UP,
I WAS IN THE WOODS.

ARE YOU SURE YOU TWO
AREN’T HIS MINIONS?

WE PROMISE.

BUT HOW COME YOU
THINK WE ARE?

BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE HIM.

YOU DON’T HAVE FACES.

ALLY HAS SCHIZOPHRENIA?

EARLY ONSET.

AND WE CONFIRMED IT
WITH HER PARENTS.

IT’S RARE IN TEENS,
BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.

THE TELLTALE SYMPTOM
WAS HER FACE BLINDNESS.

SCHIZOPHRENICS HAVE EXTREME
VISUAL PROCESSING PROBLEMS,

MOST OBVIOUSLY IN
MEETING NEW PEOPLE

OR EXPERIENCING
NEW ENVIRONMENTS.

ALVEZ: HER PARENTS
WERE TRYING TO KEEP HER
OFF MEDICATION.

THAT’S WHY THE COPS
AND GARCIA DIDN’T FLAG IT.

BESIDES THE PARENTS,
WHO ELSE KNEW?

JUST BETHANY
AND CHELSEA. WHY?

LOT OF HOLES
IN HER STORY.

WELL, WE NOTICED
THAT, TOO.

SHE WASN’T BOUND,
BUT THE OTHER TWO WERE.

SHE COULD HAVE
ESCAPED,

INSTEAD SHE MAGICALLY
WOKE UP IN THE FOREST.

COVERED IN HER
FRIENDS’ BLOOD.

MOST SCHIZOPHRENICS
ARE NOT VIOLENT,

BUT THEY CAN BE PUSHED
TO VIOLENCE IF THEY’RE
THREATENED.

MAYBE SHE DID THIS,
BUT IN HER MIND,

IT WAS THE TALL MAN.

AND THAT BRINGS US
BACK TO BETHANY

AND CHELSEA’S TEXTS
ABOUT ALLY,

AND IF THEIR AGENDA
WAS UPSETTING ENOUGH
TO INDUCE A BREAK.

JJ’S WITH CHELSEA’S
DAD NOW.

MAYBE SHE CAN FIND OUT
WHAT THEY NEEDED
TO TALK ABOUT.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER
BEST FRIEND ARE MISSING

AND YOU’RE ASKING
ABOUT THEIR TEXTS?

GOD, JJ, IS THAT REALLY
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?

[SIGHS]

I’M SORRY.

IT’S OK.

IT’S THE WORST DAY
OF MY LIFE.

AND THEN
ROSLYN JAREAU’S

LITTLE SISTER SHOWS UP
TO ASK ME ABOUT IT.

I USUALLY DON’T SEE
PEOPLE ON THEIR BEST DAY.

THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
TO LOOK INTO EVERY LEAD.

OK?

SO THESE TEXTS BETWEEN
BETHANY AND CHELSEA

DIDN’T SOUND TOO FRIENDLY.

ALLY’S GETTING WORSE--

SINGING, TALKING
TO HERSELF.

SO LAST NIGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO TRY

TO TALK ALLY INTO
GETTING SOME HELP.

WHY IN THE WOODS?
I MEAN, THERE ARE AT LEAST
A HUNDRED BETTER PLACES

TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

I DON’T KNOW.

I REALLY DON’T.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN, I REMEMBER
YOUR SISTER’S FUNERAL

LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

I COULD BARELY
KEEP IT TOGETHER.

BUT YOU--YOU LIVE
IN THIS WORLD NOW.

I DO.

I GUESS I DO LIVE IN
THIS WORLD NOW.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I ALSO GET TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN IT.

THEN TELL ME I WON’T
HAVE TO BURY MY DAUGHTER.

BETHANY: CHELSEA.

YEAH?

HOW BAD ARE YOU?

BAD.

HE’S REAL.

I CAN’T BELIEVE
HE’S REAL,

AND THIS IS
HAPPENING TO US.

STOP IT. STOP.

THE TALL MAN IS NOT REAL.

THIS IS JUST SOME FREAK
WHO GETS HIS KICKS

OUT OF FLICKING US
WITH A RAZOR.

WHAT DOES HE WANT?

I DON’T KNOW.

OH, MY GOD,
HE’S COMING.

HE’S COMING BACK.

[WHIMPERS] NO.

[DISTORTED VOICE]
WHERE IS IT?

[SOBBING] STOP.

I DON’T KNOW.

[PHONE RINGS]

GO AHEAD, GARCIA.

GARCIA: THE POLICE RECOVERED
ALL 3 GIRLS’ PHONES

IN THE WOODS.

AND YOU KNOW HOW TEENS
AND MYSELF

SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME
ON OUR SCREENS?

WELL, THE BREAKDOWN
ON THE LAB REPORT

FROM THE GIRLS’ CELL PHONES
SUGGESTS A SUREFIRE WAY

TO GET US ALL TO STOP.

PLEASE LOOK AT THAT
REPORT ON YOUR TABLETS.

FENTANYL AS IN
THE OPIOID DERIVATIVE?

YEAH, TRACE ELEMENTS
WERE FOUND ON ALL 3 SCREENS.

NOW, THE MEDICAL PATCH
IT COMES IN KNOCKS YOU OUT
INSTANTANEOUSLY.

WAIT, HOLD UP.
FULL STOP.

LET’S RETRACE
THE GIRLS’ TIMELINE.

THEY WENT TO A PARTY,

THEN SOMEHOW
THE UNSUB MANAGES

TO GET HIS HANDS
ON ALL 3 OF THE GIRLS’
PHONES TO LACE THEM?

HE COULD HAVE BEEN
AT THE PARTY.

BUT THEN HE’D HAVE
TO TIME THAT OUT

WITH WHEN THEY WENT
INTO THE WOODS.

NO ONE’S THAT GOOD.

FACTOR THIS IN NOW.

YOU’RE A TEENAGE GIRL.

YOU KEEP YOUR CELL PHONE
ON YOU AT ALL TIMES.

WHO WOULD YOU MAYBE
HAND IT OVER TO?

YOUR BEST FRIEND.

UH-HUH.

I’M STARTING TO THINK
BETHANY OR CHELSEA

MIGHT BE PULLING
THE STRINGS HERE.

WHOA, SLOW DOWN.

ALL 3 GIRLS’ PHONES
WERE DRUGGED,

AND ALLY HAD THE OTHER
GIRLS’ BLOOD ON HER.

I’M WITH ROSSI.
IF ONE OF THE GIRLS
WAS STAGING THIS,

SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE
KNOCKED HERSELF OUT

AND LET HERSELF GET CUT.

THAT’S ONE HELL OF
A GASLIGHT.

BUT NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE ONE,
ESPECIALLY WITH A PARTNER.

WELL, IF THAT’S TRUE,
I THINK WE’RE MISSING
THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE.

CHELSEA AND BETHANY
ARE BEST FRIENDS.

WHY WOULD ONE RECRUIT
A PARTNER TO TERRORIZE
THE OTHER?

OK, IT HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THIS.

"WHERE IS IT?"
THAT’S WHAT ALLY HEARD.

SO THEY’RE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING THEY LOST,

SOMETHING THEY THINK
THE OTHER GIRL CAN FIND.

I THINK WE NEED TO
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL,

SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

I KNOW A GUY OVER THERE
THAT COULD HELP US.

GREAT.

MAN: JENNIFER JAREAU.

IS THAT YOU?

WELL, HOW ARE YOU,
MR. HOWARD?

I’M GOOD. I’M GOOD.

LISTEN, YOU GRADUATED,
YOU CAN CALL ME ETHAN.

I HEARD YOU GOT
PROMOTED.

CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’RE
NOT THE GUIDANCE
COUNSELOR ANYMORE.

OH, I’M STILL
THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.

YEAH, I’M ALSO THE A.P.
ENGLISH TEACHER,

AND SOME KINDS ACTUALLY
THINK I’M PRINCIPAL.

SO DID YOU GET
MY MESSAGE?

I DID. AND I PULLED
ALL THE KIDS

THAT BETHANY AND CHELSEA
WERE LINKED IN WITH.

GREAT.

THIS WAY.

THERE’S NOT MUCH
I CAN TELL YOU.

BETHANY AND CHELSEA,
THEY LOVED EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE MORE LIKE
SISTERS THAN FRIENDS.

WELL, SISTERS FIGHT.

DID THEY GET ON
EACH OTHER’S NERVES?

THEY EVER HAVE ANY
KIND OF DISAGREEMENT?

I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE
TOTALLY A RUMOR,

BUT BETHANY HAD THIS
SECRET BOYFRIEND.

SHE WOULDN’T TELL ANYONE
WHO HE WAS.

AND CHELSEA MADE FUN
OF HER FOR IT,

ABOUT BETHANY
KEEPING IT A SECRET.

AND BETHANY WAS LIKE,
"WHY CAN’T YOU UNDERSTAND?"

ROSLYN: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
THAT WE’RE IN LOVE.

HE LOVES ME.

MAN: ROSLYN, YOU AND TOM
ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU DON’T KNOW
WHAT LOVE IS.

YOU DON’T GET IT.

GIRL: DO YOU KNOW
THAT FEELING?

YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW
THAT FEELING.

COULD YOU TELL ME MORE
ABOUT THIS BOYFRIEND?

WE MIGHT NEED TO
TALK TO HIM.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU,
HE GAVE BETHANY A GIFT.

JEWELRY, I THINK.

CHELSEA GOT HER HANDS
ON IT SOMEHOW,

AND SHE MADE IT HER
MISSION TO FIND OUT WHO
BETHANY GOT IT FROM.

AND DID SHE?

SHE TRIED.

SHE NEVER GOT THERE.

OK, SO LET’S ROLL
WITH THIS FOR A SECOND.

BETHANY HAS
A SECRET BOYFRIEND.

HE DOESN’T WANT
TO BE EXPOSED,

NEITHER DOES SHE.

BUT THEN CHELSEA GETS
HER HANDS ON SOMETHING

NEITHER ONE WANTS
HER TO HAVE.

RIGHT.

SO THE JEWELRY

HAS TO BE THE KEY
TO ALL OF IT.

WHAT MOTIVATES THEM
TO THIS EXTREME?

PRENTISS: JJ?

YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT?

LOOK, EVER SINCE
WE TOOK THIS CASE,

ALL OF THESE...

[EXHALES] MEMORIES
ARE COMING BACK,

AND THEY ARE NOT
GOOD MEMORIES.

YOU KNOW?

ABOUT ROSLYN?

YEAH.

LIKE THAT MORNING SHE
TOOK MY FATHER’S RAZOR.

I FOUND HER.

AND I JUST STOOD THERE...

FROZEN...

FOR PROBABLY 10 MINUTES.

[SNIFFLES]

IT’S LIKE BRAIN
COULDN’T, UM, COMPREHEND

WHAT I WAS SEEING.

YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES I THINK--

I THINK THAT’S WHY
I TOOK THIS JOB,

SO I’D ALWAYS KNOW
WHAT TO DO,

SO I WOULD NEVER
FREEZE AGAIN.

[SNIFFLES]

SO CAN YOU--CAN YOU GIVE ME
SOMETHING TO DO, EMILY?

BECAUSE I AM STARTING
TO FREEZE UP AGAIN.

OK. UM, ALL RIGHT,
HOW ABOUT THIS?

LUKE AND TARA ARE
GOING BACK ALLY.

THEY ARE GOING TO USE
THE EMDR TECHNIQUE ON HER.

IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE
ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE

WITH SCHIZOPHRENICS.

LEWIS: THIS PROCESS
IS CALLED EYE MOVEMENT

DESENSITIZATION
AND RECONDITIONING.

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS FOCUS ON THE MOVEMENT
OF THE METRONOME

AND THE SOUND OF
OUR VOICES.

[METRONOME TICKING]

ALVEZ: OK, LET’S GO BACK
TO THE LAST THING YOU REMEMBER

IN HIS LAIR.

I DON’T WANT TO.

NOTHING BAD IS GOING
TO HAPPEN TO YOU, ALLY.

YOU’RE SAFE. OK?

[GROWLS]

AAH!

WHERE IS IT?

ALLY: HE’S HERE.

HE’S HERE. HE’S HERE.

LEWIS: ALLY, OPEN YOUR EYES
AND FOCUS ON THE METRONOME.

[METRONOME TICKING]

LEWIS: NOW HELP US
FIND YOUR FRIENDS.

DESCRIBE THE ROOM.

ALLY: THERE’S THE DOOR
THAT HE CAME THROUGH.

IT’S LIKE I’M IN
A TUNNEL OR SOMETHING.

THERE’S WINDOWS
ALONG THE WALLS,

BUT THEY’RE COVERED
IN THIS WEIRD CLOTH.

ALLY, WHAT’S ON
THE CEILING?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

STARS.

BUT THEY’RE PINK.

I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

IT’S A TRAIN CAR.
IT’S ABANDONED.

WE USED TO HAVE PARTIES
THERE BACK WHEN I WAS
IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SOMEBODY PUT PINK STARS
UP ON THE CEILING.

OK, SO IT’S RIGHT HERE
IF IT HASN’T MOVED.

PRENTISS: OK,
YOU’LL LEAD SWAT.

TELL THEM TO WATCH
THEIR FRONT SIGHT.

THERE ARE TEENAGERS
IN THERE.

BETHANY?

BETHANY: HMM? WHAT?

I DON’T KNOW IF WE’RE
GONNA MAKE IT
OUT OF HERE ALIVE.

IF HE KILLS ME,
I NEED TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.

I LIED.

I DO KNOW WHAT HE WANTS.

WHAT IS IT?

PROMISE YOU WON’T GET
MAD AT ME, OK?

I PROMISE.

YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND,

AND WE’RE GONNA GET
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, OK?

JUST TELL ME.

THAT’S WHY I HID IT,
BECAUSE I JUST WANTED

TO KNOW WHO HE WAS.

BUT HE KEEPS ON
ASKING, "WHERE IS IT?"

AND THAT’S THE ONLY
THING I CAN THINK OF.

THAT’S THE ONLY THING.

[RUSTLING]

HUH.

WHAT ARE YOU--

YOU SET THIS UP?

YOU’RE WITH HIM?

OF COURSE I’M WITH HIM.

I LOVE HIM.

[GASPS]

CHELSEA?

CHELSEA, HEY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?

MEDICAL.

HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK,
MASSIVE INJURY
TO THE STOMACH.

JJ, THIS IS
A HIGHWAYMAN’S HITCH KNOT.

IT SELF RELEASES.

BETHANY COULD HAVE
ESCAPED ANY TIME SHE WANTED.

IS SHE AWAKE?

YEAH.

IT WAS BETHANY,
WASN’T IT?

OK, WHO’S THE BOYFRIEND?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THEY’RE HEADED TO?

WHERE ARE THEY GOING--

WHAT?

THIS?

[RETCHES]

GET HER INTO SURGERY.

JJ.

THEY HAD TO INDUCE
A COMA.

AND WE MISJUDGED.

THE BOYFRIEND, WE THOUGHT
HE WAS A TEENAGER, A PEER,

WELL, HE’S OLDER,
MUCH OLDER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

CHELSEA SAW THIS
AROUND MY NECK.

THE LOOK IN HER EYES
WAS RECOGNITION.

THE JEWELRY THE UNSUB
GAVE BETHANY.

SAME ONE.

HE GAVE THIS TO ROSLYN
WHO GAVE IT TO ME.

GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW MANY
OTHER GIRLS THERE’S BEEN
SINCE THEN.

I HAVE BEEN WEARING
THIS AROUND MY NECK,

HIS TROPHY,
THIS WHOLE TIME.

JJ, WE WILL ARREST HIM.

I KNOW.

BUT WHEN WE DO,

I’M GONNA NEED YOU
TO KEEP ME AWAY FROM HIM,

BECAUSE IF I GET A CHANCE,

I SWEAR TO GOD
I WILL KILL HIM.

THIS IS MISLABELED.
UNSUB’S OLDER, PREDATORY.

YEAH. LET’S ADD IT ALL UP.

THE UNSUB GIVES
THE GIRLS HE GROOMS
A NECKLACE.

BUT CHELSEA STOLE BETHANY’S
TO FIGURE OUT WHO HE IS.

AND IT’S THE SMOKING
GUN OF THEIR AFFAIR,

DANGEROUS ENOUGH TO RUIN
HIS LIFE IF DISCOVERED.

SO HE AND BETHANY COME UP
WITH A PLAN TO GET IT BACK.

THIS GUY’S BEEN AT IT
FOR A WHILE.

SO WHO’S
IN BETHANY’S LIFE

WHO ALSO OVERLAPS
WITH JJ’S SISTER?

WELL, THERE’S
ON OBVIOUS SUSPECT.

IT’S TOM DAVIS.
HE’S CHELSEA’S DAD,

AND HE WAS ROSLYN’S
OLD BOYFRIEND.

MATT, LUKE,
BRING HIM IN.

HE HAS AN ALIBI. I WANT
TO STRESS TEST IT.

YOU THINK I DID THIS?

MY DAUGHTER IS FIGHTING
FOR HER LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE GUY WE’RE LOOKING
FOR HAS BEEN DOING
THIS FOR A WHILE.

ALL THE WAY BACK
TO ROSLYN.

JAREAU?

WE DATED IN THE NINETIES.
I WAS 18.

SIMMONS: OK, SO
HOW ABOUT THIS,

HOW ABOUT YOU TELL US
AGAIN WHERE YOU WERE...

YOU OK WITH THIS?

TOM: I WAS AT HOME
BY MYSELF.

YOU CAN CHECK MY CELL PHONE.
IT’S GOT GPS ON IT.

ALL THAT MEANS IS
THAT YOUR PHONE
STAYED HOME,

NOT THAT YOU DID.

HOW HE RESPONDS TO
MY SISTER’S NECKLACE

WILL TELL US EVERYTHING.

[DOOR OPENS]

JJ, THANK GOD.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN--

WE PULLED THIS
OFF OF BETHANY.

WHAT IS IT?

[DOOR OPENS]

IT’S NOT HIM.

WE’RE HOLDING HIM
ANYWAY.

FINE, BUT IT’S NOT HIM.

BETHANY: IT’S ME.
I’M ON THE BURNER PHONE.

I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

IT’S AT THE SCHOOL.

YEAH, I’M HERE NOW.

I CAN GET IT, BUT...

YOU PROMISE TO
TAKE CARE OF ME?

YOU PROMISE?

I, UH,

I HAD TO STAB CHELSEA.

I THINK SHE--
I THINK SHE’S...

YEAH, OK.
I’LL SEE YOU SOON.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

EMILY SEND YOU IN HERE?

NO.

WELL, I MIGHT HAVE
MENTIONED I WAS GONNA

CHECK UP ON YOU.

YOU KNOW, OF ALL
THE PROFILERS I’VE
WORKED WITH,

YOU’VE GROWN THE MOST,

FROM COMMUNICATIONS
LIAISON TO MOTHER

TO PROFILER.

IT’S BEEN A PRIVILEGE
TO WATCH.

THANK YOU.

OH, I’M NOT DONE.

BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE
TO DO THE HARD WORK.

IF THIS UNSUB WAS
IN ROSLYN’S LIFE,

HE WAS ALSO IN YOURS.

AND YOU’RE GONNA HAVE
TO DIG INTO YOUR MEMORIES

TO FIND HIM.

WILL YOU COME WITH ME?

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

[CLANG]

YOU’RE 11.
THAT’S A FUN AGE.

YEAH.

WHAT WAS GOING ON?

MY PARENTS WEREN’T
DOING WELL.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FIGHTING.

DID THAT CONTRIBUTE
TO ROSLYN’S DEPRESSION?

IT DID.

BUT SHE’D ALWAYS
MAKE TIME FOR ME.

ROSSI: DID SHE EVER LET
ON THAT SHE WAS HURTING?

JJ: YEAH. IT GOT REALLY BAD
RIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS GONE.

IT’S DINNERTIME,
MOM SAYS.

JJ, NOT NOW.

YOU HAVE TO COME EAT
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T
EATEN IN 3 DAYS.

GET OUT!

WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?

IS IT TOM?

NO.

I BROKE UP WITH TOM
MONTHS AGO.

WILL YOU JUST
GO AWAY, PLEASE?

NO, THAT’S NOT RIGHT.

WEEKS EARLIER SHE
AND MY FATHER WERE FIGHTING.

ROSLYN: YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND, DAD.

WE’RE IN LOVE.
HE LOVES ME.

DAD: ROSLYN, YOU DON’T
KNOW WHAT LOVE IS.

YOU DON’T GET IT!

IF SHE HAD ALREADY
BROKEN UP WITH TOM,

WHO WAS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

THE UNSUB.

HE RECOGNIZED
A GIRL IN PAIN,

PARENTS DIVORCING,
VULNERABLE,

SO HE TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THAT.

SHE WAS ALREADY IN
SUCH A BAD PLACE.

AND NOW SHE’S HEARTBROKEN.

SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS
ONLY ONE WAY OUT.

BUT THERE’S THAT NAGGING
QUESTION, ISN’T THERE?

WHY DID YOU GIVE THIS
TO ME, ROZ?

GO BACK TO WHEN
SHE GAVE IT TO YOU.

GO THERE RIGHT NOW.

ROSLYN: I WANT YOU
TO HAVE IT.

BUT YOU LOVE
THIS NECKLACE.

ARE YOU SURE?

I’M SURE.

BECAUSE NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS,

I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, JJ.

AND BESIDES, THIS NECKLACE
WILL HELP WARD OFF THE TALL MAN.

THAT’S A STUPID,
MADE-UP STORY.

THE STORY’S MADE UP,
BUT SOME MONSTERS ARE REAL.

AND IF A REAL MONSTER
EVER SEES YOU WEARING THIS,

HE’LL KNOW NOT TO MESS
WITH JENNIFER JAREAU...

’CAUSE SHE’S A TOTAL BAD ASS.

YOU THINK I’M
A BAD ASS?

I THINK YOU’RE
THE BADDEST OF ASSES.

AND THAT CAME OUT WRONG.

[LAUGHS]

SHE WAS TRYING
TO PROTECT ME.

YES, SHE WAS.

NOW IMAGINE YOU’RE
THE UNSUB.

YOUR VICTIM HAS JUST
KILLED HERSELF,

AND YOU SEE HER
YOUNGER SISTER

WEARING YOUR GIFT TO HER.

HE’D SEE IT AS A BEACON.

THAT’S MY NEXT VICTIM.

YOU SAY THAT AS
A PROFILER.

BUT WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT PREFERENTIAL
SEXUAL OFFENDERS?

THEY...

THEY HAVE
AN AGE-SPECIFIC TYPE.

I’D BE TOO YOUNG FOR HIM.

ROSLYN DIDN’T KNOW THAT,
BUT SHE KNEW THE UNSUB,

AND SHE KNEW YOU.

SHE KNEW THAT DEEP
DOWN INSIDE,

YOU WERE STRONGER
THAN HER,

AND THAT THE UNSUB WOULD
NEVER COME AFTER YOU

BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
TOO RISKY.

YOU WERE TOO TOUGH.

NOW, WAS THAT THE
BEST PLAN? NO.

BUT IT WAS THE BEST
THAT ROSLYN COULD DO.

AND I THINK
HER PLAN WORKED.

I THINK HE WAS
TERRIFIED OF WHAT SHE
MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU

AND HOW YOU WOULD HAVE
LOOKED AT HIM.

SO WHO LOOKED AT YOU
LIKE THAT GROWING UP?

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A BRIEF INTERACTION,

SOMETHING PROBABLY
IN THE IMMEDIATE

AFTERMATH OF HER DEATH.

OH, MY GOD.

[BANGING]

[GRUNTING]

[LOCK RATTLING]

AAH!

[GRUNTING]

[MUFFLED SCREAMS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

THIS IS JUST
A HORRIBLE MISTAKE, OK?

I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

I MEAN, YOU CAN’T JUST
BRING ME--DOES JJ--

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

HEY, LISTEN. LISTEN.
I DIDN’T DO THIS.

I SEARCHED HIS CAR,
HIS HOUSE, AND THE SCHOOL.

NO SIGN OF BETHANY.

DAVE, I THINK HE’LL
RESPOND TO YOUR AUTHORITY.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE
THE FIRST CRACK AT HIM.

ACTUALLY, I’D LIKE TO.

OK.

[SIGHS] JJ.

WHAT IN THE WORLD
IS THIS? SERIOUSLY.

ETHAN, I AM SO SORRY.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

THEY SEEM TO THINK I’VE
HURT THOSE GIRLS OR SOMETHING.

I KNOW. IT’S JUST
WE HAVE A WARRANT
FOR YOUR HOUSE.

AND THEY’VE ALREADY
PULLED YOUR COMPUTER.

IS THAT?

NO, SHE’S BLUFFING.

THAT’S A HELL
OF A BLUFF.

GUYS LIKE HIM KEEP
SOUVENIRS,

USUALLY ON COMPUTERS.

DID YOU SEE WHAT
WAS ON IT?

I DID.

[SIGHS]
OK, LOOK.

UM, WHAT ROSLYN
AND I HAD,

IT WAS...

IT WAS DIFFERENT.

ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE...

REALLY LOVED EACH OTHER.

I KNOW.

ROZ GAVE THIS TO ME

BECAUSE SHE WANTED ME
TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL
YOU WERE TO HER.

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE
IS SPECIAL?

BETHANY.

LOOK, YOU DON’T HAVE
TO TELL ME WHERE SHE IS,

BUT YOU GOT TO
GIVE ME SOMETHING

SO I CAN BUY YOU
A LITTLE MORE TIME.

SHE’S WHERE I KEEP
ALL THE KIDS THAT
ARE SPECIAL TO ME.

I’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU MEANT IT, RIGHT?

ABOUT ROZ?

SHE LOVED ME?

SHE’S AT THE SCHOOL.

THIS CAN’T BE IT.

THERE’S NOWHERE
FOR HER TO HIDE
IN HERE.

GUYS, OVER HERE.

WHAT’S UNDER HERE?

THAT’S AN ELECTRICAL
BREAKER ROOM.

THE POLICE, THEY
CLEARED IT ALREADY.

WELL, WE NEED
TO CLEAR IT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT IT.

GO AHEAD.

GUYS.

COME ON.

BETHANY.

OK, COME ON.

BETHANY?

BETHANY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

HERE WE GO.

COME ON.
COME ON, BETHANY.

UHH! COME ON.

COME ON.

[GRUNTS]

BETHANY.
COME ON.

COME ON! UHH!

COME ON.

UHH!

COME ON.

OH. WERE YOU ABLE
TO BUY ME MORE TIME?

NO.

NO, I DIDN’T.

YOU PUT MY SISTER

IN YOUR TROPHY CASE

BECAUSE SHE WAS
JUST ANOTHER ONE
OF YOUR TROPHIES.

NO. THAT’S NOT--
THAT’S NOT TRUE.

I DIDN’T--

GAH!

ROSLYN...
[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

PROBABLY WASN’T
YOUR FIRST VICTIM.

BUT BETHANY...

SHE WILL BE YOUR LAST.

[GRUNTS]

COME WITH ME.

HEH.

OH, DON’T...

DON’T MOVE.

LET ME TAKE THIS IN.

THEY WANTED TO WAIT UP.

THEY HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU.

A PRESENT FOR ME?

MM-HMM.

WE HEARD IT THROUGH
THE GRAPEVINE

IT WAS A TOUGH CASE.

YOU LIKE IT?

I LOVE IT.

GOOD.

JJ: "THERE ARE TIMES
IN OUR LIVES

"WHEN WE HAVE TO REALIZE

"THAT OUR PAST IS
PRECISELY WHAT IT IS

"AND WE CANNOT CHANGE IT,

"BUT WE CAN CHANGE
THE STORY WE TELL
OURSELVES ABOUT IT.

"AND BY DOING THAT,

WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE."

ELEANOR BROWN.