Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 2, Episode 16 - Fear and Loathing - full transcript

Ken, go home.

- Sandra, wait!
- What?

- Just talk to me for a second, okay?
- I can't.

Please!

Fine.

What?

- I just want to know where you're going.
- It's none of your business.

- Why?
- Because I'm not your girlfriend.

What, are you too good for me now?

- I got to go.
- That's him?

Ken, don't!



Ken, stop!

Ken, don't!

Who the hell are you?

Ken!

Oh, my God.

What are you doing?
That's my ex-boyfriend.

Get in.

Please! No!

No! Please!

Good morning, Emily.
Have a good weekend?

Yeah. No. Yes.

- Oh, I've been there.
- No, it wasn't... Ugh...

- I don't want to get into it.
- No problem.

It just feels weird for me
to talk about my personal life here.



You know? I don't really know
you guys all that well yet.

I totally get that.

I think I totally screwed up this date.

Okay. What happened?

You have to understand.
I'm a nerd.

Like, seriously. And I can fool people
for days, weeks even.

But sooner or later I blow my cover
and I say something so geeky

and then he doesn't respond
and I lose all confidence.

What did you say?

Kilgore Trout.

The guy has a problem with Kurt Vonnegut?

You know Kilgore Trout?

I read Slaughterhouse-Five
when I was 12 and it blew my mind.

Seriously, I couldn't get enough
so I just kept going and I read them all.

Yeah, yeah, me, too.
What's your favorite?

- Oh, Mother Night.
- The one about the American spy.

- Who pretends to be a Nazi.
- "You are who you pretend to be..."

"So be careful who you pretend to be."

Oh, my God!
I can't believe you're a Vonnegut fan!

- You just made my day.
- Anytime.

Conference room in five minutes, please?

Got it.

Sandra Davis. Sixteen years old.

This is her singing at her high school
talent show a month ago.

This is her on-again,
off-again boyfriend, Ken Newcomb.

Their bodies were found in a park
near the male victim's car in Groton,

an affluent mostly white suburb of
New York City in Westchester County.

It's the third of three killings
believed to be a series of hate crimes.

Hate crimes?

The first two victims
were Keisha Andrews, 15,

and Vickie Williams, 17.

They disappeared from their homes
in central Westchester one night.

Their bodies were found in a wooded area

in the southern part of the county,
near the city.

Strangled. Beaten. Stabbed.

And this was painted on their faces.

What about this couple?
How are they part of it?

Another swastika.
This one on the boyfriend's car.

It's a different victimology.

- Maybe just an escalation.
- Or a different killer.

And it doesn't end there.

Yesterday an African-American
community leader,

a Reverend Williams, decided to
take this on as a political issue.

Racial hate in the suburbs.

What we are seeing is pure apathy.

Black kids are getting killed

and the police are doing
nothing to stop it.

When will these racists be confronted?

Apparently in response
to Reverend Williams' muckraking,

a black kid was beaten
on the streets of Groton this afternoon.

A Connecticut neo-Nazi group

called the White Stallions
claimed responsibility.

There are neo-Nazi groups in Connecticut?

The Mayor of Groton called me
this morning, frantic.

He's desperate to solve these crimes
before it escalates even more.

What are the racial demographics
of Groton?

Population 42,000.
Eight percent black.

I'd say the mayor
has reason to be worried.

If it doesn't stop soon it could flare up
into a full-scale race riot.

"From the deepest desires
often come the deadliest hate,"

Socrates.

New York, New York.

Too bad we're flying right past it
straight to the suburbs.

Hey, this is weird.

Uh, there are traces of GHB
found in the first two victims,

but no sign of sexual assault.

So why would the UnSub use a date
rape drug to commit a hate crime?

Maybe he wants to weaken them
so they can't fight back.

But there was no GHB in the victims
of the double homicide.

There's a lot that's different
about the double homicide.

And the question's why.

All right, we just got new information.

A few weeks before the murder
of Sandra Davis and Ken Newcomb

a threatening letter was delivered
to Sandra Davis' door.

She showed it to her parents
who then notified the police.

The police never figured out who wrote it.

"We see Ken with you
and it makes us sick.

"Take care to stop this now
or you will pay.

"If you tell anyone about this
you will pay."

- Strange. It doesn't seem real.
- What do you mean?

Well, first of all, the use of "we"

in a threat this direct
is almost always bogus.

One individual trying to diffuse
responsibility.

Also the message itself
seems contradictory.

On the one hand, "Take care
to stop this now or you will pay."

Presumably they want them
to stop seeing each other.

But then on the other hand they don't
want them to go public with it.

"If you tell anyone about this
you will pay."

The point of hate crimes is to
increase publicity, not decrease it.

It's like terrorism.

An effective threat lets everybody know

that they're in danger
if they do this behavior.

The author would want
Sandra to tell people about the note.

Doesn't sound like a guy
who's actually prepared to kill.

Actually, it doesn't sound
like a guy at all.

"Take care to stop this."
It implies empathy. "Take care"?

Males don't use this type of language.

Especially when they're trying
to threaten somebody.

This message is certainly
written by a female

and based on the lack
of psychological sophistication,

I'd say it's most likely an adolescent.

- You think a girl killed these kids?
- I think a girl wrote this note.

- Let's call that mystery number one.
- You got a number two?

Maybe. Says here the autopsy
on Sandra Davis was inconclusive.

And she suffered blunt force
trauma to the face.

She had some bruising around her neck.

The cause of death is still unclear.
The coroner's working on it.

A lot of questions.
Let's get started on some answers.

Agent Jareau. Gregory Hughes.

- Mayor Hughes.
- Yes.

This is Detective Rick Ware
from the State Police Department.

We haven't had a murder here
in two years, you understand.

This was way above our heads,
so we put Rick in charge.

These are Agents Gideon, Hotchner,
Morgan and Prentiss.

I have to say that what's been
happening here the last few weeks

is just hard to fathom.

- I mean, we're 30 minutes from the city.
- What do you mean?

This isn't the Deep South.

For the most part, these are
sophisticated New Yorkers.

You saying you don't think
this is a race issue?

All we're saying is whatever happened here

is way out of the norm for this community.

I wouldn't want you
entering this investigation

on assumptions that aren't true.

The fact is we don't know
what this is about yet.

We need to concentrate
on the double murder

and make sure that
it's the same killer, first of all.

You mean there could be more than one?

We don't know that yet. All we do know
is the threat sent to Sandra Davis

was written by an adolescent girl.

You can tell that
just from half a page note?

It's pretty straightforward profiling.

Is there a problem, Officer?

Uh, there was a girl
that we suspected at first,

but then we talked to her
and dismissed her.

- I'd like to meet her.
- I think it's a waste of time.

I'd like to decide that for myself.

Sandra showed us the note
two weeks before she was killed.

And we asked around at school
for who might have a grudge

against Sandra and Ken.

The only girl's name that came up
was Tania Mathers.

Rumor was Ken dumped her for Sandra,

although Ken told me
Tania was never his girlfriend.

You said you talked to Tania
about the note. What'd she say?

She swore up and down
she had nothing to do with it.

I find it pretty hard to believe
she would write a racist note.

Why's that?

See for yourself.

- That's Tania?
- In the flesh.

Leave her in there for a few minutes.

You want to make a 17-year-old girl sweat?

I want to scare the hell out of her.

Did these kids live near here?

Sandra Davis lived about a half-mile west,

Ken Newcomb about a mile east.

What were they doing here?

When I was a kid
I used to hang out in the park at night.

Drink beers, hook up with a girl.

Maybe, but I don't think
these two were out on a date.

Why do you say that?

Well, as Ken was wearing
a sweatshirt and tennis shoes,

Sandra was wearing a dress,
high heels and makeup.

She was definitely dressed to go out.

- Ken's body was found here?
- Yeah. And Sandra here.

But from the blood stains it was obvious

that she was killed way over there
and then dragged here.

So the UnSub shot Ken first.

Sandra started to run
and he chased her down.

Beat her and strangled her.

He had a gun.
Why didn't he shoot her, too?

The killer knew
he could overpower her.

Maybe he didn't think
he could overpower Ken.

No, it's more than that.

The killer took the time
and risked her escaping

to track her down and strangle her
with his bare hands.

He was completely focused on her.

Sandra didn't have a date with Ken.
She had a date with the UnSub.

Hello, Tania. I'm Agent Morgan.
This is Agent Prentiss.

- We're with the FBI.
- FBI?

I'm going to get right to the point.

Writing a threat like this?
It's a federal crime.

I told him I didn't write that note.

Oh, I know what you told him.

But this is not the principal's office,
you understand?

- The people you threatened are dead.
- I didn't kill anybody!

I know that.

I got it.

But we need to know
why you wrote that note.

You were angry with Ken
because he didn't acknowledge you.

I get it. He didn't admit
that you were his girlfriend.

- I was his girlfriend.
- Yeah.

What about Sandra?
She's the one who got the note.

Why were you so angry with her, Tania?

Well, this isn't just about her
going with Ken, is it, Tania?

That note says "we."

You wanted to make it look like
other people were in on it.

Like the whole town was against her.
Why?

Is that the way she made you feel?

Like everybody was against you?

It was that stupid talent show.

What talent show?

I was just as good as her.

She was just this quiet little girl
who nobody liked

then she sings and suddenly
she's all little miss popular

and Ken's all over her.

It's not fair!

So, Tania. Look at me.

You wrote this note for revenge,
didn't you?

I know it was stupid.

But I just wanted to scare them.

I'm sorry.

I'll call Tania's family and friends
and check on her alibi.

That girl didn't kill those kids.

Please. I don't want it.

Anybody seen Reid? Reid?

- I got the coroner's report.
- There you are.

"Victim had been beaten so extensively

"that the cause of death
was indeterminate.

"Post-mortem stab wounds
were also discovered."

- Post-mortem stabs, huh?
- What?

Post-mortem stab wounds almost
always indicate sexual homicide.

This is also a fairly extreme overkill,

which is markedly different
from the other two girls.

So you're saying
this was a different killer?

No, we're saying
if it was the same killer,

the overkill indicates he didn't get
what he wanted from Sandra.

What he wanted?

Sexual offenders kill
for sexual release.

Now, in this case, there's no sign
of sexual assault on his victims.

That tells us that he probably fetishises,

takes some souvenir from his victims
that he uses to get off.

Correct me if I'm wrong,

but this doesn't sound
like the MO of a hate crime.

No. We're pretty certain that hate
wasn't the primary motive at all.

He has a specific physical type
and he tries to cover his tracks.

He's a serial killer.

- Hi.
- Hi, Naomi.

- It's nice to see you again. Hop in.
- Thanks.

- Thanks for picking me up.
- I wouldn't have it any other way.

And when did the FBI finally arrive?

Only after a white boy was killed.

We cannot rely on the police.

We must protect ourselves.

Let the people who are
taking our daughters

know they will not get away with this.

That's not helpful.

Explain this to me.
The swastikas on the bodies.

- What do they mean?
- They're a distraction. For us.

This killer isn't driven by hate,
but he wants us to think so,

so we don't guess his real motive,
which is serial sexual homicide.

I'm confident the UnSub's
from this county.

He knew the kind of hysteria
that would flare from these swastikas.

Reverend Williams took the bait.

JJ's trying to buy us some time.

She's talking to the Reverend to see
if he'll cool his rhetoric a little bit.

Hate crimes are political.
If we're right, this was personal.

Well, we need to confirm
that the double homicide

is linked to the first two murders.

We need to speak
to the families of the victims.

We know how difficult this is for you.

Thanks for talking to us.

She just disappeared that night.

I know she must have just
walked out the front door,

but I thought we'd hear that.

What about the window in your
daughter's bedroom?

She couldn't have climbed out there.
It's been painted shut for years.

No, it hasn't.

What are you talking about, Bree?

I fixed it.
So I could get out.

You've been sneaking out
in the middle of the night?

I'm sorry.

You're not in trouble, but
just tell me, did she sneak out before?

No. I swear.
She always told me not to do it.

She was the good one.
She didn't deserve this.

Nobody deserves this.

Your daughter liked to sing?

So we dug up everything
on the first two victims and basically,

these girls were good students
who stayed out of trouble.

- Just like Sandra Davis.
- And we found something else.

They both liked to sing.
One in church and one in a band.

Their parents said
that this was their passion.

Just like Sandra Davis.

African-American girls between the ages
of 15 and 17 who like to sing.

That's a pretty specific type.
Sounds like the same UnSub to me.

And the fact that they all sing,
that could be part of his MO.

- Maybe part of a ruse.
- We found another girl missing.

- Naomi Dade, 16 years old.
- When?

- Last night.
- And we're just finding out about it now.

The first victims weren't found
for a couple of days.

There's a chance she's still alive.

Let's get to the profile
before it's too late.

- Hi, I'm Naomi.
- Hi, I'm Vickie.

Hey, what's up?
My name is Keisha.

I've been singing at my church
for three years and...

I've been singing
since I was six years old.

- No!
- Save me!

No!

The suspect we're looking for
is a black male

statistically between
the ages of 20 and 35.

We know he's black because of his victims.

Sexually motivated killers almost
always kill within their own race.

The victims he's chosen are good girls.

They're good students,
no behavioral problems.

They're what we call low-risk.

And the lower the risk of the victim,

the higher the intelligence of the UnSub.

This guy's a smooth talker.

Makes people feel at ease,
gains their confidence.

You'd be amazed what these guys
can talk people into.

Jeffrey Dahmer was once
pulled over by police officers

for driving over the center line.

He had a garbage bag full of body parts

in the back seat of his car.

But he was so calm and so self-assured

that he convinced the officers
not to look in the bag.

He then went on to kill
at least 15 more people.

This guy's a hustler.

He may not have a lot of education,

but he knows how to trick
impressionable young girls.

Victor Paleologus
use to trawl shopping malls

pretending to be a movie producer.

He told Kristi Johnson he could get her
an audition for a James Bond movie,

and that was the last time
she was ever seen alive.

We think because
all these girls are singers,

that the UnSub may be connected
in some way to the recording industry.

We know the UnSub has a vehicle.

Big enough to transport a body.

It's clean, it's not too old,

nice enough to make a girl feel
comfortable inside, but it's not flashy.

This is not a guy who wants
to attract attention to himself.

Probably a large, dark sedan.

We recommend putting this profile
on the news, the paper,

anywhere it might be seen
by the people in this county.

This guy's ruse
didn't work on everybody.

Somewhere out there
is at least one woman

who didn't fall for his game
and that's who we need to find.

The key to this UnSub's psychology
is the souvenir he takes.

We don't know what it is, yet,

but we know that once he has it,
his victim then becomes disposable.

And that's when he kills her.

The UnSub's ritual was interrupted
when he killed Sandra Davis.

We don't believe he was able
to take a souvenir from her.

We think he may revisit her house
or any place she may have frequented.

We recommend surveillance

at locations where the UnSub
might approach young girls.

Churches, high schools,
libraries, coffee shops.

Stick with the community.

The people of this county should
be able to offer some good leads.

- Thanks a lot. Good luck.
- Thank you.

Whoa, whoa, hold it. Hold it.

Think community vigilance will be enough?

If it were, we'd be out of a job.

I'm not telling you
not to do your job.

Jason.

I just want to make sure
that we don't get ahead of ourselves.

What's he doing?

So, please just sit tight one more minute.

What's the problem?

Well, the problem is
I would have to be crazy

to release this profile to the public.

What are you talking about?

Reverend Williams has already
stirred up enough trouble

by choosing to make this town a soapbox

for his anti-racism campaign.

What do you think is gonna happen

if I go to the press
and tell them the killer is black?

Hey, the best way to stop all this
is to find the killer.

We just gave you the best way to do that.

Right, by telling everybody to look out
for an anonymous black man?

They're gonna say that's racial profiling.

It's not racial profiling.

Racial profiling is targeting suspects
because of their race.

We gave you a complete profile
which includes race.

All right, look, the point is I've never
even heard of a black serial killer.

And neither will the African-Americans
in this community,

already upset by
what's been happening here.

You can believe
in black serial killers or not.

But the fact is they do exist

and it's only a matter of time
before he kills another girl.,

Look,
I am not interested in debating this.

Detective Ware is more than capable
of heading this investigation.

- You're going to let this happen?
- Let what happen?

Making every black man
in this county a target?

- Rick.
- What?

- We found Naomi Dade's body.
- Damn it.

We've got a mass of reporters out there.

What's it gonna be, Detective?

Please, let us help you.

Finally, I want to assure you
we considered all options

and we're certain this is
the best course of action. Thank you.

You all right?

Detective, I think you made
the right choice.

I hope this doesn't come back
to bite us in the ass.

Why would it?

The last thing I need is to spread fear

there are dangerous black men
running around this county.

The best way to solve your problem

is to stay focused on what we need
to do to catch this guy.

Well, tell me.
Tell me what to do.

We need to get the word out.

Not just on the news, we need to talk
to these kids face-to-face.

We've got to give them the profile.

What about that talent show
that Sandra Davis

sang in at her high school?

That could be
where the UnSub saw her sing.

That's a good idea.
Talk to the kids at her high school.

- Set up a tip line.
- Yeah. You got it.

Well, I hate waiting around
so what do you say, Ware?

You want to join the patrols?

Get back on the street?
Pretend to be a beat cop again?

Yeah, beats waiting around here
for more bodies, huh?

Let's do it.

Tips have just started to come in.

So far, we have fingers
pointed at a local minister...

You don't have to do this.

A janitor at a school, and, oh,
the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Anything useful?

- Not so much.
- Keep digging.

Hey, uh, I got someone who remembers
seeing a black guy

they didn't recognize
driving around in a black Lincoln

in front of our
last victim's house yesterday.

That's the second sighting
for that vehicle.

It fits the profile.
A large, dark sedan.

- Include it in the press release.
- Yeah.

Yeah, I got it.

Suspect may be driving a black Town Car.

May be, huh?

It's something.

No, I'm good.

For what it's worth,

it took balls to stand up
to the mayor like that.

You would've done the same thing.

I don't have to work for the guy.

I know that was a tough decision.

Don't you ever wish it didn't matter?

It?

Color.

"Judge me by the content of my character."

I mean, why does it even have to be
a part of the equation?

People are dying and we need to get
the bad guy. That should be it.

No half-cocked reverends running around

getting people mad about the wrong thing,

no mayors so afraid
of offending black folks

he doesn't even want to tell
the community what to look out for.

It's just...

It's exhausting sometimes.

It's the way it's always been, man.

Politicians, community leaders,
they do what they do.

You and me, we do what we do.

We're the foot soldiers
in these streets getting the job done.

Foot soldiers.

Right.

Only ones who ever really get results,
you know what I'm saying?

Ware, right there.
It's a black Town Car.

And just a few blocks
from Sandra Davis' house.

He's turning right.
Turn right here.

There it is.

- Got me?
- Yeah.

Nothing.

You hear that?

- Ware?
- Yeah?

It's a false alarm.
It's just a car service.

All right. I'll be right out.

I got him, honey. I got him!

- What the hell did you do?
- Freeze!

Put down your weapon.
We're cops, damn it! I'm FBI.

- What?
- Listen to me, do not shoot.

I'm going to reach in my back pocket
and grab my wallet.

All right? All right?

I'm FBI, man.

I didn't know.

Give me the gun. Give me your gun!

Call 911, this man needs help.

Go! Call 911!

Ware. No, no, no, no. Come on, man.

No, hey, look at me. Look at me.

Ware, you're going to be all right.
I'm getting you some help.

Come on. Talk to me.
Hey, just talk to me. I'm right here.

All right, tell me about
that family of yours. Huh?

You got two kids, right?

Yeah, I saw those pictures in your car.
What's your little one's name? Huh?

- Dwayne.
- Dwayne.

All right. That's good.
That's good. Come on.

I got you, man.
You ain't going nowhere.

All right? All right?
Tell me about Dwayne. How old is he?

What? What? Talk to me. Say it.

Hey, hey, don't you leave me.
No, come on. Don't you do this.

Ware. Ware. No, come on, man.
Ware! Ware!

He's on his way.

What the hell happened?

I didn't know he was a cop.

We saw this black car
parked in front of our house

and this black guy with a gun
sneaking around the yard.

So you shot him?

I was scared. I got a family.

So did Detective Ware!

- Where's Morgan?
- Back here.

You okay?

Yeah, JJ. You're kidding.

Another girl just went missing.
All right, we're on our way.

The girl's name is Ally Hadley.

She told her mom she was
sleeping over at a friend's house,

but then she never showed up there.

The mom's sure she isn't just out
with some other friends or a guy?

She says she never does this.
She's a...

- Good girl.
- Yeah.

She's African-American, 15 years old.
She loves to sing.

Guys, we got a witness.
A girl who saw the report on the news.

She said a guy came up to her
about a month ago

claiming to work for a record company.
She's on the way in.

I'll call the others.

It was after choir practice at the church.

He came up to me outside.
This black guy.

Told me he was an executive
at some record company

and he goes to churches
in the area to scout talent.

He said I had a great voice
and he'd like to record me.

What did you say?

I told him I wasn't interested.

He gave me some kind of business card

and told me to call him
if I changed my mind.

It didn't even have
a company name on it.

Just his name and a phone number.

It looked so fake.
How could anyone fall for that?

Do you have the card?

- I didn't have to keep the card.
- Why?

I know him.

I was beginning to think you guys
had forgotten all about me.

Well, we need you now
more than ever, hot stuff.

Oh, it's like candy
to my ears, sugar. Go.

All right, well, here's the scoop.
The guy's a freelance musician.

He played keyboards for
the girl's high school musical.

We contacted the school
and they gave us a name.

- Terrance Wakeland.
- Terrance Wakeland.

In the New York Metropolitan area
including Westchester County...

Computer says three.

He may work at a recording studio
or a record company.

Okay, I'm going to cross-reference
with IRS records.

Gotcha. Mount Vernon,
just outside the Bronx. A&L Studios.

Looks like they went belly up
a few months ago.

But he still works there
as a security guard.

Thanks, mama. You're the best.
Let's go.

You're lucky the studio
was available tonight.

- You're not nervous, are you, Ally?
- No.

Good. Good, good.
Don't you worry.

I'll have you back before
your parents even know you're gone.

Hey, let's go.

All units to A&L Studios.

5663 Vincent Boulevard, Mount Vernon.

What are the chances of us
catching this psycho on time?

♪ Mama may have

♪ Papa may have

♪ But God bless the child
that's got his own

♪ That's got his own ♪

Oh, that was it!

You killed that last take.
I'll be right out.

I've never been
in a real recording studio before.

Yeah?
Well, you wouldn't know it.

I mean, you were so comfortable,
it sounded like you were

in your own living room singing.

- It felt good.
- Yeah.

Hey, I'm sorry.
Your throat must be tired.

- You want some water?
- Sure.

Cale, road's closed.
Construction.

There's not a faster way?

Not that I know of, no.

Hey, you know not a lot of girls your
age would've chosen a song like this.

- Really?
- Oh, yeah.

And that look?
That face you got?

I mean, you got this
real smoky kind of tone.

Like something you'd hear
in a '30s Harlem Supper Club.

I mean, do you have any idea
what your music does to me?

- No.
- It takes hold, Ally.

Like you getting a song
stuck in your head.

But for me, it gets stuck right here.

You know? And once it's there,
there's just no letting it go.

It just... It eats away at me
like a poison, you know?

You all right?

- You all right?
- Yeah. Just a little dizzy.

What I'm saying is that
it's so beautiful, Ally,

I just can't let it live.
You ever feel that way?

Like there's something so beautiful

and it's so beautiful
you can't let it live to show you,

- to remind you of how ugly you are?
- I don't feel so good.

You stuck-up little bitch.
You think I'm ugly, don't you?

Help!

Somebody help!

I'll cover the door.

We're at the location.
Where are my units?

- Right there.
- Go.

Take the back.

Morgan!

Yeah.

Doors are wide open. Lights are on.
Somebody left in a hurry.

There was definitely a struggle.

So maybe she's still alive.

They were here
and maybe she tried to flee.

She could be in the neighborhood
trying to get away.

Hotch, look at this.
It's their voices, man. His souvenirs.

Let's go.

That's your problem.

- Help me.
- What's the matter?

Where... Where am I?

- What did you take?
- Ally! Ally! There you are.

- You know this girl?
- Thank you, Officer.

This is my baby cousin.

Her parents are out of town
and I'm taking care of her right now,

and she snuck out
and obviously got herself

some kind of wasted.
I'm very, very sorry.

- Come on, Ally. Come on. Party's over.
- Hey.

Hey, you want me to tell your parents
what you've done?

I mean, look around you.
This is a dangerous neighborhood, Ally.

- You could've gotten yourself killed!
- You know this man?

Again, Officer, I'm very, very sorry.
She's really out of it.

Come on, Ally. You can sleep it off
when you get home.

Can I go now or am I gonna have
to stand here all night

while you mess with this kid?

There they are.

Wakeland! FBI! Don't move!

- What's going on?
- Let her go!

- What did I do?
- Let her go!

I know you think this is about those
murdered girls, right? Right?

- He won't let her go.
- He could be armed.

- Just calm down!
- Hey, what the hell are we waiting for?

Do not shoot!
I want you to calm down,

put your weapons down
so we can move in.

Do it! Do it!

Wakeland, get away from the girl
and turn around. Hands on your head.

Let's go.

You all right?

I was just thinking.

I know what it's like to grow up
without a father.

Their father died a hero.

So did mine.

It doesn't make it any easier.

"The life of the dead is placed
in the memory of the living." Cicero.

Oops. Sorry.

Oh, wait a minute.

No, you didn't.
Where did you find this?

In the airport, can you believe it?

Haven't read this in...
Like twelve years.

Okay, that's funny.

Chapter three's where it starts
to get good.

Okay, I will let you know
when I get there.

All right, you do that.

You all right?

Reid?

Hmm?

I said, are you all right?

I'm fine.

- Thanks for broadcasting it.
- Hey, talk to me.

Whatever you say to me
in confidence is between us.

- You know that, right?
- I don't have anything to tell you.

Reid, listen to me.

What you went through out there,
nobody expects you to rebound.

I can still do my job, all right?
I'm not gonna freak out.

You think I don't know that?

It's the crime scene photos.

Crime scene photos?

The dead girls in the leaves.

Reid, we've seen worse.

I know.
I know we've seen worse,

but, for the first time, I know.

I look at them and...

I look at them
and I know what they were thinking

and I know what they were feeling,
like, right before.

It's called empathy.
And it's a good thing.

It's not.
It's got me all messed up.

I don't know how to focus.
I can't do my job as well.

- So what do I do?
- You use it.

Let it make you a better profiler.

A better person.

A better person.