Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 2, Episode 13 - No Way Out - full transcript

Rib eye. Adam and Eve on a raft,
sink them. And a strawberry shake

- for the gentleman at table 8.
- You got it.

Ah. Finally, you walk into my life.

What took you so long, handsome?

Honey?

No thanks. I don't need anything.

- Mind if I sit here?
- Please.

- You should try Fat Sam's milkshakes.
- I'm cold and tired.

- You're also not from around here.
- Where are you from?

You really should try the shakes.

What's your name? Come on.



- Names are a hobby of mine.
- Jason Gideon.

Jason, from Greek mythology. To heal.

Gideon, a hero from the Old Testament

who led the Israelites
against the Midianites.

Your parents had great
ambitions for you. I'm Frank.

Germanic, third century. Derived from
the name of a type of spear.

I wonder what aspirations
my parents had for me.

Why don't we cut the crap, Frank?
Where is she?

- Now that's direct.
- You're right. I'm not from around here.

I'm an FBI agent.

The BAU.

You didn't disappoint your parents.

We're looking for a man in his mid
to late 50s, who listens to Beethoven,

wears a corduroy jacket
with a fleece-lined collar,



and is left-handed.

In his right inside jacket pocket
will be a notebook.

In it will be the extensive
detailed accounts of the torture

inflicted on every one of his victims.

- That's quite a magic trick.
- No magic trick, Frank.

Just the profile
of a sadistic serial killer.

Gideon, this thing's brand new.
There's only two entries in it.

Black male, 220 pounds. Portly.

White female, early 20s.

This doesn't prove anything.

Guess what?

When I'm finished with my shake,
you'll get what you're here for.

But then I'm going to get up
and I'm going to walk out of here.

And you and your lap dog
are going to let me.

You know what, Frank?

That would be a magic trick.

We've got a clear sight.

Aristotle said,
"Evil brings men together."

I don't give a rat's ass,
Feds or no Feds.

If that bastard doesn't give her back
to us in the next 15 minutes, we go in.

- Agreed?
- Agreed.

He's looked at that clock three times
in as many minutes.

He's waiting for something.

If I had your looks, do you know
how much easier my life would be?

If you think you're going to negotiate
your way out of this one,

you got a whole other think coming.

- Want to know how we caught you?
- Please.

Gideon, those men out there
want to kill this guy.

We're in the middle.
We don't have time for explanations.

You have the time
it will take me to finish this shake.

That's all I need.

We got a request
from Sheriff Georgia Davis.

1996.

The rib cage of a male was found
in the Desert Rose National Park.

One day earlier...
Behavioral Analysis Unit QUANTICO, VA

It was never identified.

This morning,
the remains of two victims

were found in almost
exactly the same area.

Well, one year later is
cause for concern, but 10 years?

That could be a coincidence.

It would be, if the unidentified male
wasn't missing a right rib bone.

And the torso found this morning
is missing exactly the same bone.

Both of them seem to be
surgically removed.

And the advanced rate
of decomposition on the male

means that he died
far before the female.

Oh, Katherine Hale.
They found a bracelet on her wrist.

She ran away about two weeks ago
from her small Colorado town.

UnSub's crossing state lines.
He's mobile.

If the remains are related to the same
killer, where's he been for 10 years?

Killing. Unsolved case files
going back 30 years.

Every case,
the victimology is the same.

The unwanted.
This box is just the tip of the iceberg.

Thirteen cases spanning 30 years.

The same MO.
Right rib bone was missing.

It's him, Hotch. It's the same killer.

All the remains were dumped
in remote areas

and always near Interstate 80.

And up until now, no remains this intact

or this close to the actual time of kill
have been found.

Never two victims dumped
at the same time in the same place.

All of these killings,
the work of just one man?

The most prolific serial killer ever.

- Wow. You truly think...
- I know it,

which is why we came here to Nevada.

You seen enough, kid?
Go on, get out of here.

George. They're here.

That deputy drove 60 miles
just to barf.

No good reason to be here,
and not even from this department.

What is it about death
that fascinates us?

He didn't contaminate
the scene, did he?

No. Sheriff Georgia Davis.

People call me George.

This is Deputy Rick Silo.

Aaron Hotchner. This is Derek Morgan

and the guy who sometimes forgets
his manners is Jason Gideon.

Stood here 10 years ago.

This exact spot,
with the same feeling I have now.

Which is what?

Someone in my town
might be responsible for it.

I hope you'll tell me I'm wrong.

Oh, my cell. It's my husband.

That's our song. Excuse me.

Lucky we found anything.

Been a recent spike
in the coyote population.

Maybe that's why the UnSub
dumps the bodies here.

You people really think we have
a serial killer in our town?

At least one that passes through
from time to time.

Is it just me or do you get the feeling
that we're not welcome here?

No, it's not us, it's what we represent.

The government's not
all that popular out here.

You can't make me go. I know what
my rights are. No, don't make me go.

No, I don't want to go home!
I know my rights.

What are you looking at, princess?

Don't make me!

Okay, okay. If that's the way
you want it, Jane, back to jail.

I do. I do. Okay, okay, okay, okay.

He's coming.

He's coming back and there's nothing
you can do about it. Do you hear me?

- Nothing! Nothing!
- Jane. Jane. Come on, Jane. Come on.

Excuse me. She dropped this.
It's harmless.

- Thank you.
- What is it?

A psycho with a whistle.
That's not too weird.

Looks like prison gang tattoos.

This UnSub has extensive
anatomical knowledge.

Well, the pen marks are guidelines
for a surgeon's knife, that's for sure.

Did he cauterize the main arteries?

- Yeah, all of them.
- What do you mean?

He cauterized the arteries
by burning them.

- Why?
- It stops the blood flow.

The victims were alive
when he cut off their limbs.

Garcia's gonna love this.

Oh, this is so not a way
to a girl's heart.

What are you doing?

I'm mapping out where
all the victims were found,

starting with Gideon's first case file.

Ow, stabby!

Okay, so Katherine Hale was last seen

here in Salt Lake City, Utah,

and then found right here
in Golconda, Nevada.

Ah, well, the tattoo is
from a prison gang.

It was photographed
and logged in San Quentin.

This one belongs
to Reno Rodriguez, 42.

Jumped bail seven months ago.

Picked up by cops in Salt Lake City
five weeks ago.

Okay, so say he was abducted

somewhere close to where
he was last seen.

Next was Katherine Hale.

It appears this UnSub is travelling
from east to west, towards Golconda.

If he lives there,
where's he coming from?

The only thing these two victims
have in common

is they were killed by the same UnSub.

- There is another connection.
- The Interstate. I-80.

- Excuse me, miss.
- Yeah?

- You ever seen that man before?
- Over the years, yeah.

He never eats.
He just orders a strawberry milkshake.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

You were saying?

The story involves wind chimes,
trailers, alien abductions.

Gripping.

I thought I'd seen the very worst of
what humanity had to offer until you.

- Can I ask you something?
- Please.

Do you think me insane?

Do not play me.

You know exactly what you are.
A psychopathic sexual sadist.

You get off on
the brutal torture of others.

And you knew the moment we arrived
in this town, you had no way out.

Which is why you took her.

Who's playing who now?

You don't care about her.

You've only ever cared about
catching me.

It isn't the victims that drive you,
Jason. It's the hunt.

Look out that window, Frank.
Hunt's over.

You aren't denying it.

Men. Women. Young. Old.

Didn't matter to you. You took them all.

From San Francisco's Muir Woods
to the hills of the Poconos.

You took them all.

If they are all connected,

he's killed hundreds of people
all over North America.

How many years
do they go back, again?

Thirty.

All right, keep going.

Sacramento, California.

Lincoln, Nebraska.

Gary, Indiana.

If we can figure out where he's been,
maybe we can figure out

the significance Golconda has to him.

- Want to hear the really bad news?
- Can it get any worse?

Just did.

Early toxicological investigations
of the victim's blood

indicated high levels of ketamine.

Ketamine is primarily
a horse tranquilizer.

It's also used as a date rape drug.

In street lingo it's known
as being stuck in a K-hole.

So his victims were completely
conscious when he killed them?

Imagine what she
must have gone through.

It's essential for this UnSub that
he sees the terror in his victim's eyes.

That is what gets him off.

He's either had medical training
or he's honed his skills over the years.

Look for a man in his mid to late 50s.

Highly intelligent.
Methodically and obsessively clean.

His vehicle's most likely an RV.
Muted in color.

Neither old nor new.
In perfect working order.

It'll have a CB, radar detectors
and police band radio.

All these things have
helped him evade you.

And this vehicle is his
killing room. It'll be soundproofed.

Surgical instruments are on the walls.

There's a stirrup chair
or an autopsy table in it.

All of his kills are recorded.

If not on video, in a journal

that he carries with him
in his right-hand inside jacket pocket.

How could you know that?

Tool marks on the remains
indicate that he's left-handed.

This man is void of
all normal human feelings.

A killing machine, incapable
of remorse, compassion, love.

What's the matter, Frank?

Something I said?

You got him all worked up, Gideon.

Beauty can cover a multitude of sins,

but underneath,
we all look exactly the same.

I know what gets you off. Fear.
Seeing it and feeling it.

Well, look out that window, Frank.
You are not leaving this diner.

I don't want to.

Not until the story is done.

We have roadblocks
on every interstate, track, or lane

in or out of this town.
We'll shut down this state if we have to.

Stop every RV, truck, and trailer.

Something troubling you?

The profile you gave,
it reminds me of a story I once heard.

There's someone you should meet.

How you feeling, Jane?

I don't want to go home, George.
Please, don't make me go home.

Jane? These people are from the FBI.

I'd like you to tell them your story.

Why, so they can make fun of me, too?

That's very pretty. Did you make it?

- It was a gift.
- Oh.

What happened to you?

My car broke down.

The engine went out on me,
and, you know, in those days

they didn't have cell phones,
so I tried to fix it myself.

Then I felt a presence
and then everything went white.

Then I was in a spaceship,
and I could see myself.

It was like time was suspended.
I could feel everything.

And there were strange maps
on the walls.

Diagrams of all the stars.

It was cold. It was very, very cold.

And the alien, he did things to me.

He touched me very softly
and he stroked my hair.

He drew lines all over my body.

And the whole time he was
standing there, smiling down on me.

And then I looked in his eyes,

and I wasn't afraid any more.

I don't know why.

Then what did he do?

And then I was back in my own bed
and it was the next morning.

- How long ago did this happen?
- I was 19.

It was 30 years ago.

And did you ever see him again?

Oh, I see him.
I see him every time I shut my eyes.

The strange maps on the walls
could have been anatomical drawings.

What about the fact
that she could see herself?

A mirrored ceiling.

So his victims could see themselves
being dismembered.

Every time I think
it can't get any worse, it does.

Her subconscious mind
has created a delusion

that she was abducted by an alien.

It's possible she's the only one
who survived.

Why'd he let her go?

She said, when she looked into
his eyes, she felt relaxed.

And in that moment,
the one thing that he wanted,

she didn't give him.

Fear.

I read about a woman whose body
was found in her apartment.

Upper East Side, I think.

If this is a confession,
start with the woman you just took.

She had killed herself.

But her body wasn't found
for more than a year.

Surrounded by over a million people,
and not one of them missed her.

What does that say about society?

Fills me with profound sadness.

But it doesn't make you feel anything.

Those that society does not care for,
the throwaways, the runaways,

destitute, disenfranchized,
the forgotten

are the very people you target.

But not last night.

Something changed.
You took a person of prominence.

Someone that mattered to everyone.

Why?

That's an interesting question, Jason.

Why?

- Mark, don't do it!
- Back off, Silo!

- Gideon.
- Don't go in there.

- Sir, do not come any closer.
- That man has my wife.

Please, put the gun down.

You tell me where my wife is,
or so help me, I will shoot you.

Sir, I said, put the gun down now!

- Where's my wife?
- Sir, we are trying to find your wife.

Tell me where she is,
you son of a bitch!

I said, put the gun down now!

But you know what's
an even more interesting question?

What's the psychopath
got in the bag, Jason?

- Open it.
- Put it down!

Open the bag!

Hand over your gun. I'll open it.

I'll kill you. I will kill you.

It's not her. Oh, thank God.

Who is this?

I believe the correct question
would be, "Who was this?"

You're one crazy son of a bitch.

We are all sons of bitches.

Outside. Outside, please.
Let us deal with him. Let us find her.

- Who is this, Frank?
- He's irrelevant.

- Beyond being my ticket out of here.
- Your ticket out of here?

Even if you think you can get
out of that booth and past us,

I promise you, those men out there
will tear you to pieces.

I rather doubt that.

Finish the story, Jason.

We set up a nationwide tip line,
but all we've really got so far is,

"White male, mid to late 50s,
tall, with a medium build."

From the remains
discovered this morning,

we know he doesn't
keep his victims long.

We've got more cops arriving
by the hour to help find this guy.

- We also put out a nationwide APB.
- If he is still in this town,

and we believe he is,
he has absolutely no way out.

What are we waiting for?
Let's go catch this SOB.

Thank you very much for your time.

How can you even
be so sure he's here?

He could have left town
when we found those remains.

Of all the cases
where remains were found,

- yesterday's discovery was unique.
- That's one way of putting it.

He's never dumped the remains
of two victims before. Why?

I want to know why he's managed
to get away with it for so long.

To get away with murder,
you simply don't tell anyone.

And the only people he told
were the people he killed.

And then he took from them
what he needed. Cash. Credit cards.

I'm going to call Garcia and see if
anything Katherine Hale owned

was used after her death.

And then he moved on
to his next victim.

Until he reached Golconda,
and for some reason,

emptied his vehicle before driving in.

Where he dumps his first two victims
in the exact same spot.

You know, it's almost like he's purging
his vehicle before he drives into town.

Yeah, I don't know.
It almost seems like the UnSub

is always travelling from east to west,
passing through every state,

the same month every year.

The remains that were
discovered 10 years ago.

It was the same month as this, right?

Right. And then for a week after that,
the trail goes dead.

Yeah, it's like he takes
a vacation in Golconda.

So where's his RV?

Maybe he's not using an RV.

Maybe he's towing a trailer.

That way he could unhook
and move about freely.

He could also hide it.
That's why we can't find him.

He's waiting for the roadblocks to clear.

Okay, if he has a truck,
it's going to be just like his trailer.

- Muted in color and American-made.
- It's going to be dark soon.

We should get back and call Gideon.

I think the UnSub's in town somewhere.

Yeah.

We have to go back into town.
Search garages, warehouses.

Any place someone could hide
a large trailer.

Like you said, he never takes victims
when he's here.

So, if he's not going anywhere
and he hasn't got anyone,

we can wait until the morning.

Wait? We can't wait.

My men are tired. I'm tired.

We've got roadblocks on every road.

- Gideon, she's right.
- We could wait until first light...

Do what you like. I'm going to find him.

It's going to be a long night.

I'm sorry. I've got to relieve my men
and get back to the office.

I understand. I'll talk to him.

Hey, Garcia!

I like knocking.

Well, I have been going over
the tip line for hours,

going over all the calls
and I think I found something.

An anonymous caller
claimed they saw an RV

that matched the description
of the one we gave to the media

leaving Golconda.

Thank you. Yeah?

Firstly, not a single RV or trailer has
passed through any of the roadblocks.

- I checked.
- Secondly?

Why call anonymously?

I need you to trace this number.

It's 303-555-0126.

It's a cell phone,

belonging to...

Katherine Hale?

It's from Golconda.

This guy, he could have
just kept on going.

We may have never caught him.

With all this heat on him,
whatever is keeping him in that town

must be freaky special.

Mark's away at his mother's.
Took Tommy with him.

Come on in.

You're safe here.

Well, you said you didn't want to go
home and I couldn't leave you in jail.

I'll make up the guest bedroom.

You have one new message.

Can I get you something, a soda?

- Thank you for being so kind.
- Hey, hey, Gorgeous George.

I love you, wife. I miss you.
Tommy misses you.

I guess you're busy catching bad guys.

- Is he good to you?
- Ever since I met him.

We were both 15. Grape juice?

Whoa! What the hell?

Hey, Tommy?

He's here, George.

- Who the hell are you?
- You know who I am. Jane?

Stay right where you are, Jane.
I want you to back off.

Mom, are you there?

Come with me, Jane.

I love you, Mommy.

He came for me.

- This man is not an alien.
- It's all right. He came for me.

He's a murderer.

Jane, run.

Run, Jane.

Run, please.

Jane! No! Jane! Jane!

I love you, Mommy!
Good night, Mommy. Bye!

He keeps checking that clock,

because whatever it is he came for
is coming here to this diner.

Okay, then, we need to figure out
what we missed, Gideon.

And soon.

I'm almost finished.

- Clear.
- All clear.

Silo, don't touch anything.
We need to profile this room.

Profile? You said the call was made
five hours ago

by the UnSub right outside this house.
Now, what's to profile?

- He took George.
- Why?

All right, we need to work fast.

All right, she enters the house
and then it's habitual.

Okay, she drops her keys,
hits the answering machine,

- takes off her gun belt.
- And then moves towards the kitchen.

He's never taken anyone
of prominence.

- Why take the sheriff?
- And not her gun.

Silo, call your office. See if she was
planning to meet anyone.

No way a cop would take chase
without their gun.

Definitely looks like she tried
to make a move for it.

She didn't make it.

Guys, George brought Crazy Jane
home with her.

So he takes control of George,
then goes after what he came here for.

Crazy Jane.

Those footprints,
they've got to be Jane's.

They go to the back. She escapes.

The UnSub knows the ketamine's
going to wear off, so he's got to act.

Now he hasn't got
what he came here for.

So for leverage, he takes the sheriff,

which means, sooner or later,
he'll contact us.

It turned back on. JJ! JJ!

- The cell phone! It turned back on!
- What?

Katherine Hale's cell phone.
It turned back on.

Katherine Hale's cell phone just
came back on in the middle of town.

Let's do this.

- He thinks we have Jane.
- Which means he wants to trade.

Whatever he wants, we need
to find Jane and the sheriff fast.

You go to town, we'll go to Jane's.

Okay, listen up.

He could be driving a truck or SUV,
muted in color, black, dark brown.

Or blue. Come look at this.

Like you boys said, "It'll have a CB,
police band radio and radar detector."

Hotch better find Jane,
and fast.

Guys, these wind chimes
are made of bone.

I think it's human rib bones.

He's waiting for us.

- Well, let's go get that bastard.
- Well, we still don't have the sheriff.

Well, when I get a hold of him, we will.

Okay, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

He's smart. We've got to be smarter.

He turned that cell phone on because
by now, he knows we're on to him.

Well, you boys have just 15 minutes,
then we're coming in.

Fifteen minutes. That's all I need.

Rib eye. Adam and Eve on a raft,
sink them. And a strawberry shake

- for the gentleman at table 8.
- You got it.

Finally, you walk into my life.

What took you so long, handsome?

Honey?

No thanks. I don't need anything.

- Mind if I sit here?
- Please.

It's completely empty. She's not here.

Well, he's obviously been here before
and left these gifts for her.

- How romantic.
- Well, his version of romance.

What, are you trying to say
you think he keeps coming back here

- because he's in love with her?
- That's impossible.

- A sexual sadist can't feel love.
- Well, define love.

Chemically, it involves surging brain
elements called monoamines,

dopamines, norepinephrine
and serotonin.

Love chemicals controlled by
phenylethylamine, also found in...

- Chocolate. I love chocolate.
- Peas, too!

- It's also found in peas.
- Peas?

- Indeed, some people become...
- Reid, stop. Please.

Spread out, everybody. Keep looking.

You heard him.
All right. Let's go.

FBI!

Clear.

I thought I'd seen everything.

- Guys.
- What is it?

It's a coffin.

Hotch?
There's another coffin over here.

It's okay. Don't try to speak.
We've got you. Come on.

One is perfection. Two is decadent.

You take another step,
and I will shoot you.

No, you won't.

What was it that Jane said to you?

She looked into your eyes,
but that wouldn't have been enough.

She said something.
What? It's important.

I'm a sexual sadist.
I can't feel anything, remember?

You said so.

Yeah, Hotch?

There are no absolutes
when it comes to the human mind.

They just found his trailer,

the remains of another woman,
and the sheriff alive.

He doesn't care about the sheriff.

To walk out of here with Jane,
he'd need more than that.

Jane said how beautiful my eyes were.

I looked at her like I've never
looked at a woman before.

My hands began to sweat.
I dropped the knife.

I tried to pick it up, but it fell again.

I got butterflies in my stomach.

Isn't that love?

- I'm going in.
- Gideon.

We got George. She's alive.
Get on the floor.

- Take it easy.
- Move!

What? No. That's impossible.

Magic time.

The important thing is she's still alive.

George? George, honey.

Are you all right? Thank God.
Thank God.

He killed Tommy's teacher. I saw it.

Annie. She was just 22.

What's wrong?

They found the school bus abandoned,
just outside of town.

Tommy's supposed to be
on that field trip. Where is he?

Safe. He's fine. He's with my mom.

But that man,
he also killed the school bus driver.

What? How?

We had the whole town shut down.
There was no way out.

What was the one vehicle
we weren't looking for?

A school bus.

More importantly,
where are the children?

- You have the town's children?
- Just the little ones.

You profiled me, Jason.

You know I have no interest
in harming children.

We will find them.
We have helicopters, dogs.

The desert is
over 25,000 square miles.

You shut up.

And what with
the rising coyote population...

If it's Jane you're after,
we don't have her.

Yes, you do.

Sir, I found her
walking the streets.

Jane, he's been coming back
to this town for years to see you.

- All those years? Why?
- He says he's in love with you.

- He's in love with me? Why?
- That's what he says.

He hides out in your old barn
and he watches you.

And when he leaves,
he leaves these wind chimes as gifts.

- They're beautiful, aren't they?
- They're not beautiful.

They are the remains of people
he took, tortured and killed.

He is not an alien.
You were abducted by a serial killer.

But he did come for me, didn't he?

Not George, he came for me, didn't he?

- That's what he says.
- You told me to run.

But I didn't want to run.

I wanted to see him again,
to see his eyes and see his face.

And I don't know, somehow,
it just felt like I was coming home.

Jane?

- He has the children, Jane.
- No. No, wait.

- He has our children.
- And we will find them.

- And if we don't, they'll die of exposure.
- Rick!

He hasn't got Tommy, George.
But what if he did?

- Hand him over.
- Silo.

- What choice do we have?
- Not this one.

Tell them, Jason.

Tell them I'm not interested in
harming children.

You've studied me for years.
Have I ever once harmed a child?

It does nothing for me.

Give me Jane
and they'll have their children back.

Is she part of this with you?

Look at her, Rick.
She's not a part of anything.

She's as much his victim as you are.

With Jane in my life,
I will never harm another human being.

Leave her alone!

Hey, don't even think about it.

No matter what you do to him,
he will never give you what you want.

They found me, Rick.
They'll find the children. Trust them.

Take me with you, Frank.
Just you and me.

And my Jane.

- You'll take me to where the kids are?
- Happily.

I couldn't have that on my conscience.

I will take a vehicle
of my choice. Jason will drive.

Once I am satisfied
no one is following,

I will take Jason
to where I have the children.

He will then call.

If anyone follows,
this story will end in tears.

They're outbound now.
They're heading out on the highway.

I've been coming to see you
for so many years

to try and make sense of what I feel.

Jason says I'm incapable
of feeling anything,

but here I am, and I feel.

- Where will we go?
- Wherever we want.

Stop the car.

What he's feeling right now will pass,

and when it does,
like all the others, he'll take your life.

- And then he will really feel.
- I don't believe he will.

I don't believe you know
what this feels like.

If you did, you would not be here.

You'd be with the one you love.

Where are the children?

That way. Two miles.

No deal.

So you're just going to stand here
with me

while the children suffer exposure
to the elements.

It'll be dark soon.

You're not the hero
your parents thought you'd be.

I will never stop hunting you.

Not ever.

And I promise the same thing.

I will never stop loving Jane,

until you catch me.

You are insane.

- Love is insanity, isn't it?
- But a good insanity.

My hope is that, one day,
you'll feel the way I do, too.

If I ever find myself
feeling the way you do,

I'll kill myself.

Call me first.
I'd love to pick your brains.

He told you where they were?

They were just over that ridge.

- Which way did he go?
- West.

All units, all units. We have
the children. Get search planes up.

Start a grid search, westbound,
from this location.

The tracks, they disappear.

We'll find him.