Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - P911 - full transcript

His name's Jack.
He's a soldier and he protects me.

I didn't mean to get you mad.
Please. I'll be a good boy.

Please let me out.

Peter.

Katie. I think Peter's back.

- Peter? Are you sure?
- I just got a new image.

The screen name of
the sender is Hugz.

He just uploaded this to me.

Are we sure it's a new image?

New image. Same boy.
Time and date stamped an hour ago.

Are you communicating directly
with this "Hugz"?



No, I'm in a chat room.
I was just fishing.

Put him up.

Carl, I need to know
where this chat room originated.

People, listen up.

We have a boy we named
Peter a year ago.

At the time he was listed
between five and six years old.

Instant message Hugz, "VN-HO".

Very Nice. How Old?

Very.

Go to the site.

- That clock is counting down.
- That's an auction clock.

He's going to sell Peter.
Get me Aaron Hotchner at the BAU.

40,000 images of child porn
are posted every week on the Internet,

B.A.U., Behavioral Analysis Unit
QUANTICO, VIRGINIA



along with the appearance
of 20 new children.

The appetite for babies as young
as four months old has soared.

Many of these children
have been kidnapped

and sold into pedophile rings.

One year ago the same boy
appeared on several websites

used by pedophiles.

He was a new face then.

After a massive hunt led by
our Crimes Against Children Unit,

the boy disappeared.

Until tonight when SSA
Cole telephoned us.

- Katie Cole?
- She was in the BAU, right?

One of the first profilers.
Clinical psychologist. Brilliant.

She runs the Crimes Against
Children Unit in Maryland.

- I always wanted to meet her.
- Really? I heard she's a bitch.

Nobody ever called you that, Katie.

Well, not to my face.

The first time I ever saw him,
he appeared in a series of photos.

I named him Peter.

Now, he's being auctioned off
when that clock runs to zero.

- Auctioned?
- His face isn't pixelated.

Because the UnSub is confident

that we're not going to be able
to identify him in time.

What about the site itself?
Can't we just track its origin?

It's routed through a proxy server
in Belarus.

Even if that government was friendly,

Peter'd be gone by the time
we finished the paperwork.

We don't need to worry about
the paperwork, we have Garcia.

- Okay, get on that, will you?
- Yes, sir.

So, what happened a year ago, Katie?

We cross-referenced the
images of the boy,

talked to known offenders nationwide.

We narrowed the location down
to the eastern United States.

We had some suspects in,
but the trail went cold. Until today.

With all due respect, Miss Cole,

how is this time
going to be any different?

We have a starting point.

The location where the image
was first discovered.

A chat room hosted by an independent
web company in Cleveland, Ohio.

And this time
I'm bringing you all in with me.

Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer said,

"The test of the morality of a society
is what it does for its children."

Well, if it isn't Dr. Reid.

Elle? Wow.

Nice haircut.

Thanks! Yeah.

I like your haircut, too.

- Is that a boys' regular?
- Yeah, it is.

Wait, do you not... Do you not like it?

It's totally you.

So, you're okay?

I didn't think you were back
until next week.

- Oh, I got a text message, so...
- Then it was a mistake.

- Is there a case?
- Not until you're healthy.

Yesterday I found myself looking
forward to watching a soap opera.

Which one?

Please, can you put me back
to work, Hotch?

The doctor hasn't cleared you
for the field...

- Please, Hotch.
- You need more time.

I've been out for four months.
What I need is to go back to work.

We're going to Cleveland.

Reid's going to the Crimes Against
Children Division. Go with him.

- But I can...
- Or go home.

I'm all yours, Dr. Reid.

The image was uploaded
to one of our CAC undercovers

fishing in a chat room.

We try to monitor
as many of them as we can,

pretending to be children, pedophiles,
whatever works on that site.

Have you run forensic linguistics
on the chat log?

There might be something
to Hugz's speech patterns.

It doesn't really work that way
with Internet talk.

Fear of flying.

Linked to deep-rooted
issues of control.

I think better on my feet.

Most of the talk is abbreviated text.

LOL, laughing out loud.
IMHO, in my humble opinion. FTF...

- Face-to-face.
- Right.

Pedophiles can be divided
into two categories.

Situational and preferential.

Situational offenders rarely
seek out children,

but they'll take advantage of
a situation when presented with it.

Where as preferential offenders

actively target children
by age group, hair color.

They'll seek out jobs which give them

as much access to children
as possible.

They often trawl around
residential neighborhoods.

Hijacking home wireless systems,

then communicating with children

often outside the very house
the child is in.

Or they'll simply use a coffee shop
with wireless access

to find, locate, and arrange a meeting.

And it's growing.
It's growing as fast as the Internet.

They're getting smarter and smarter

and all the security in the world

can't stop them
from coming through our doors.

Hell, the monsters are already
in our homes.

If he's had this kid for a year,
it makes him preferential.

- Definitely.
- So, then why is he selling him?

Maybe, maybe he's losing interest.
Peter's maybe getting too old, too tall.

Preferential offenders are very specific
about their preferences.

And if he can't sell him?

He isn't going to just let him go.

Hotch?

Yeah.

Yeah, I was thinking, shouldn't we
release Peter's picture to the media?

No! No, no.

If this UnSub thinks
that we're onto him,

he may make a run for it
and dispose of the boy.

Shouldn't we assume he does know?

As I said, we intercepted this image
as part of an undercover operation.

These predators have
a fairly closed society.

The way they run these sites gives
them the expectation of anonymity.

Right.

Have Reid and Elle check
the live feed.

Not just the boy,
but everything around him, the room.

See if we missed anything.

- Okay.
- Yep.

Amanda Gilroy. You're the BAU?

I'm Spencer Reid,
and this is Agent Greenaway.

You're the agent who had contact
with the image of Peter?

This time. A year ago,
it was Katie who first identified him.

- You call her Katie?
- Everyone does.

She hates to be called Agent Cole.

Make yourselves at home.
We just got your warrants approved.

Katie and your team are about to
pay a visit to the chat room vendor.

Yeah.

Online Listing Service
CLEVELAND, OHIO

Well, we've been having
problems with it.

That's fine.

Yeah.

Yeah. One of our main online
listing sites is down,

but we should be back
online in half-hour.

FBI. We have a warrant to search
these premises.

Stop what you're doing right now!

I'm sorry. I've got to go.

Can somebody tell me
who owns this place?

That'd be me.

I want access to your
chat room databases.

It looks like the walls are padded.

And the dimensions are strange.

- Strange?
- It's like a hall but smaller.

- A basement?
- Uh-uh. I don't think so.

Katie just got us access to
the original chat room's database.

It's coming through now.

There must be thousands
of screen names there.

All encrypted.

Yeah, but we're only concerned
about one.

Hugz.

This is so typical.

You Feds just can't help yourselves.

You've got to pollute the truest form
of free expression ever invented.

Agent Morgan, find a chat room
of your choice.

Your name is Suzy. You're
12 years old.

- What are you doing?
- Fishing.

You know, I've got rights
and so do my clients.

That's the sound of pedophiles

looking to hook up with
a 12-year-old girl named Suzy.

You let them run everything
through SSL connections

from proxy servers in
offshore countries.

So they can't be identified?

Not in 12-and-a-half hours.

Hey, I'm just a middleman here, okay?

What can I do?

There's a little boy for sale
on one of your sites.

"What can I do" just isn't good enough.

Cole was right.
Hugz routed through an offshore proxy.

So, we have no way of tracking him?

Not if you only track him
with this address.

What else do we have?

He used a basic encryption program
to hide his payment method.

And as you know, I'm
anything but basic.

You got to love the money trail
a credit card leaves.

Well, well, Graham Rose.
15 Hauser Lane, Richmond, Virginia.

And check this out, JJ.

He used the same card
to pay for a web domain.

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Gideon, we just found another child
being held.

FBI.

You're a bad boy.

You needed to be tied up, didn't you?

Let me see you struggle.

- Clear!
- Push through.

Clear.

Clear here.

May I see your bum?

FBI.

Clear.

Ready? Go.

FBI!

- What are you doing?
- Where is he?

Where's who?

It's clear.

It's okay. You're safe now.

Safe?

- What's your name?
- Kevin.

The man who did this to you,
is he still here?

This is my house.

Graham Rose is the owner
of this house, where is he?

- No, no, don't touch that.
- Back up.

Where is he?

- He's gone.
- What do you mean, gone?

He's just gone, okay?

Graham Rose is your father?

Yeah, sure. You could call him that.

I just call him a bastard.

Are you scared?

Do you think he's mad at us?

His father's been in jail
for the last eight months.

In that time Kevin's been selling the
only thing he's got, which is himself.

Just like a street hustler.

Only now the street is the Internet.

And his client base spans the globe.

Well, this kid definitely uploaded
Peter's video to the chat room

because it's still on his computer.

Yeah, but not the live feed.

Did he say how he got
hold of the video?

He said that it came
from one of his clients.

It was a shared file that had
gone around these chat groups.

It's possible.

Buyers and sellers routinely trade files

because the act in itself
is an illegal act,

which proves they're not the police.

Let's go see what else we can find out.

Kid, the boy whose video you've been
sending around to all the chat rooms,

he's going to be sold
from one pedophile to another.

Boo hoo.

These are dummy logs.

What's the password to get me into
the real transcripts of your sessions?

You're the FBI. You figure it out.

I know you don't think so, Kevin,
but we are trying to help you here.

Help me? What I do is consensual
and no one's getting hurt.

Come on, Kevin, what's the password?
Your birthday? Your favorite band?

Kevin, this is prostitution.

Well, I'm a minor.
I don't even really know what I'm doing.

Plus, I never leave this room,
so no one, no one ever touches me.

Anymore.

Your father's been beating you
since you can remember.

At first it was when he was drunk
on the weekend,

then he was always drunk.

You never knew why
he was hurting you.

Why he was so angry.

At night, you'd cry yourself to sleep,

hoping someone would
come and save you.

No one ever came.

You have a chance to be the one
who saves someone, Kevin.

You can be the one who answers him,
the one who stops his pain.

You can't get to your father,

but you can get to the guy
who's hurting this boy.

Move.

This backs up
all my transcripts.

The screen name for the guy
who sent me the file is Mehtevas.

Can you hear me?

Can I get out anytime soon?

Please.

He's got food and water,
a toilet and some toys.

He never has to leave the room.

That's it. It's not a room.

A room has a door.
Even a prison cell has a door.

There are no windows
so he can't be seen,

and the walls are padded
so he can't be heard.

The UnSub's anticipating
becoming a suspect.

So, he's hidden the boy.

If there are no doors,
how did he get the boy in the room?

It's like a ship in a bottle.
He's built the room around the boy.

How long has Mehtevas
been a client of yours?

Like, six months.

- Where's he located?
- He's a local.

He's always asking to meet with me,
but I don't do that.

- Does he know where you are?
- Just the city.

- How do you contact him?
- He contacts me.

Come on, Kevin,

you don't just sit around here
waiting for these guys to look you up.

That's no way to run a business.

Right now, you're the only person
who can help us find Peter.

What do you want me to do?

Ask him for a face-to-face.

No. No way. I don't do that.
I've never been out of this room.

It'll be fine.
He won't lay a finger on you.

We'll be right there, Kevin,
the whole time.

I promise you.

But won't he be suspicious
if I suddenly want to meet with him?

He's a need-driven offender, Kevin.

What does that mean?

If you offer to meet with him,
he won't be able to resist.

He can't help himself.

You said that he first appeared
a year ago, right?

But he was in a normal room.
The pictures didn't look like that. Here.

So, something changed.
A stressor for him to lock him away.

Hey, guys.

What is it?

I'm not quite sure.

Wait. Do you see
how he's looking off camera?

Someone's telling him to do
what he's doing.

A bidder.
He must want to see him wearing...

Wait a minute.

That's a Tadpole shirt.

It's a Tadpoles shirt!
It's a wilderness group.

Like knot-tying,
compass-wielding boy stuff.

Are you sure?

I have four brothers, JJ.
They all had that shirt.

Is that numbers on his sleeve?

Whoa, whoa, wait, enhance it.
Wait capture that image when he
turns.

See, the badge is torn.

It looks like four numbers.
What is that?

Three, something, something.
Is that a six?

That's a unit number.
Four digits ending with a six.

Nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine
possible combinations.

Oh, but a unit number
would be registered, right?

- Already on it, kitten.
- Of course, you are.

That's how I roll.

They're heading to Alexandria.

They want us to look up this address
and tell them what's there.

Plowright.

Alexandria.

That location, it's right outside
of an elementary school.

- Where are you going?
- We could be there in 30 minutes.

- You're not allowed to go anywhere...
- Don't even try it, Reid.

Hi, Mr. Rawlings.

Don't you love that sound?

Excuse me?

Children.

Mehtevas?

You seem nervous.

Well, you are Mehtevas, right?

My friends call me Hayden.

Hey, you're taller in person.

What's the matter?
Did I say something wrong? Hugz?

Kevin?

FBI! Turn around.

- Agent Morgan!
- I didn't do anything!

Agent Morgan. Take it
easy. Take it easy.

We need his cooperation.

We just want to ask
him a few questions.

Here's a question?
What's the principal of a school doing

hooking up with a 14-year-old boy?

Let's go. Put him in here.

Okay, I got it.

- Katie.
- Yeah.

Social Services is picking up Kevin
at the Alexandria field office.

I'm going to go with him
and I'll be back as soon as I can.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I...

Yeah.

Hotch, you already got him?

I told you to stay out of the field.

Yeah, I know, but Reid said that
you wanted us here.

- What? No, I didn't!
- Yes, you did.

- I'm sure you didn't, Reid.
- Thanks.

The school district has given us
permission to search Rawlings' office.

I'm on it. Nice one.

Principal of a school.

That's as much access to children
as possible.

Growing Up Guide for Parents.

He's got a library of child psychology.

- He's got a doctorate in it.
- Well-prepared pedophile.

- Elle, you notice anything missing?
- Computer.

Family man.

So, if he does have Peter,
he's not keeping him at home.

Elle, this one's locked.

Here. Move.

Did they teach you
that in FBI school?

No, they taught me that in Brooklyn.

I wish you would inform me
what exactly I'm being charged with.

Anything I can possibly stick to you.

But I haven't done anything.

You're an educated man, Mr.
Rawlings. You know you're in trouble
here.

I believe I just walked
outside my school.

Is that a crime now?

Do you know where he is?

How could anyone hurt something so...

Pure?

You sent this image to Kevin.

Well, that was wrong of me, I know,
but I was so shocked.

I wanted to try to save this poor boy.

I thought Hugz...

Kevin might know him.

That's why I sent him the link
to the website. See if he knew.

Please. You were trying to save him?

Help search his office.

I got this.

How were you going to save Peter?

Peter. Is that his name? Peter.

I wanted to save them both. Kevin, too.

Sit down.

Tell me we've got something
we can nail this son of a bitch on.

Not unless we can break the password
on this guy's computer.

- Call Garcia.
- Take too long.

Come on, genius, do something
genius-like.

If this guy does have child pornography
on his computer

and we type in the wrong password,

it could trigger a virus
that wipes the entire hard drive.

What's he saying out there?

He's a preferential pedophile
who claims he's trying to save them.

Save them? Save them.

"Mehtevas."

If you could you get any closer...

I can, but it'll distort the image
even more.

There, see, the edge of his badge.
It looks like it says Mount something.

Okay, there are four unit
designations all starting with Mount.

Mount Clements, Minnesota, 2346.

Mount Vernon, New York, 2436.

Mount Pleasant, Virginia, 3446.
That's it. Right?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, good one.

Mr. Rawlings, have a seat.

Your laptop.

Yeah, it's Morgan.
Okay, hold on, Garcia. Hold on.

This is research. I'm writing a book.

Sit down.

I swear to you this is all just research.

No, it's not research.

That's 100 years
in a federal penitentiary.

I'd like to make a deal.

No deals.

All you have is a very, very small
amount of good will.

Tell me about Peter.

I was contacted by the man
who's holding him.

I didn't search out this boy.

- I didn't go looking for this.
- Give me a name.

Well, I only know the screen name.
It's "Manchild."

Did you bid on Peter?

How much?

$8,000.

But it was only in order to save him.

- Are you the high bidder?
- I think so. Yes.

I was anyway.

I'm supposed to go back online
and contact him on his website

and get the address.

So you can inspect the merchandise?

Look, this child is being auctioned off
and I am trying to save him.

Trying to save him.

He'd have given you a code, what is it?

Come on.

I have a family.

I have children of my own.
I love children.

I would never harm them.

In your pursuit to save them,

do you think you could have avoided
having sex with them?

Mr. Rawlings,

the code.

Butterfly.

Hey?

Hey, when can I come out?

- I'm being a good boy.
- Shut up.

FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit

and local authorities

have arrested Mark Twain
Elementary School principal

Howard Rawlings today,

in what sources say
is a sting operation

targeting what may be one
of the largest pedophile rings

this country has ever seen.

Both agencies have declined to
comment on the arrest at this time

or give any details of the case,

as it is rumored to be connected
to the investigation

of a child pornography ring.

Experts in law enforcement note that

the explosion
of social networking sites...

Hello, Agent Cole.

Parents are advised by
advocacy groups...

- What happened?
- I don't know. He broke off contact.

What?

- What happened?
- The entire feed just went dark.

Get Hotch on the phone.

We've got reporters outside
of the school.

This thing is all over the news.

Oh, my God. That's why the site
went down. He knows.

She's sure about this, right?

If Garcia says that Tadpole shirt
came from a unit in Mount Pleasant,

then I've got to believe her.

She better be.
Mount Pleasant's 60 miles away

and there's only two hours left
on the auction clock.

Maybe.

If the UnSub knows that we're onto him
he may move that clock up.

Do you think this guy's going to panic?

I don't know.
Depends on his comfort level.

It may be getting close to auction time,
he can wait it out.

I know one thing,
I can't lose Peter again.

Well, let's just hope
JJ bought us some time.

Harry, I need a favor.

It's absolutely all right
that you broadcast this.

We have to bluff this kid's captor into
believing that we're in another locale.

It'll buy us time.
The kid's life depends on it, okay?

This is the lie.
Say the Crimes Against Children Unit

is searching for a boy
being held captive in Virginia.

He's approximately four feet tall.

He has brown hair.

Look, we need you to get this
on the air immediately.

Thank you.

The FBI has informed us

they are looking
for a missing 7-year-old child.

Now, this child is believed
to be somewhere

within the Alexandria area right now.

A door-to-door search
is being coordinated

by members of
the Crimes Against Children Unit.

The boy is described as approximately
three-feet tall with sandy-brown hair.

Last seen...

JJ, it's back.

We got it back up, Hotch.

We got an hour until
the auction closes.

The site went dark for a few minutes
and then came back online.

So, he believes the story
JJ fed to the media.

- But we've only got an hour left.
- Right.

The Tadpoles are affiliated
with a church.

When we get to Mount Pleasant,

Elle and Morgan should go
to the church, we'll take the school.

- Peter may be registered there.
- That sounds good.

I gave up on him.

A year ago, I gave up
on looking for him.

There were so many other kids.

Katie, I'm sure you did what you could.

Do you ever ask yourself
how you make a decision like that?

How do you come to the conclusion

that it's time to move
on to the next kid?

How... How do you give yourself
that kind of permission?

What's happened to that boy
in the year I stopped looking for him?

Do you recognize him?

I can't say that I do.

MOUNT PLEASANT, VIRGINIA

But you're certain that this shirt came
from this unit of the Tadpoles, right?

It disbanded six months ago.

- Before I took over the congregation.
- Why?

I was told there wasn't enough interest.
Only a few boys participated.

Do you have the records
of those who did participate?

How could anyone do this to a child?

We need to find this boy.

The records?

I'm sorry. I don't think so.

Wait.

There may be a photo of the Tadpoles.

Fairvale Elementary School
MOUNT PLEASANT, VIRGINIA

This boy is in a terrible state.

But do you recognize him?
Please look carefully.

You said his appearance
may have been altered?

First or second grade student.

Let me check my records.

This may be
what you're looking for.

Yeah, that's him right there.

Is there a name, address, anything?

As I said, there are no records left.

The church was run pretty sloppily
until I took over.

Let me see that.

His name's Charlie.

This is everyone who registered
for the second grade.

That's a lot of names.

What about the kids
who didn't register?

Excuse me?

Were there any first graders
who didn't register for second grade?

I imagine there were some transfers.

Yes. Yes, there were two transfers.

- Ashleigh Waters and Charlie Sparks.
- Charlie Sparks.

Does it say where Charlie's
records went?

His father picked them up himself.

Can you describe the father?

- Oh, dear, no. I'd have no idea.
- Thank you.

The end of the school year here
is so very hectic.

We have children from...

The name the school has
is Charlie Sparks.

No Sparks in any of the
phone directories.

Garcia can't even find a Sparks within
100 miles for the last 10 years.

Probably not his
real name anyway.

The school said he may
have moved away.

Then we start over again.
We don't have a lot of time left.

You guys, maybe we're looking at this
the wrong way.

- What do you mean?
- The behavior, it's odd, right?

The UnSub apparently listed
this kid in school

and the Tadpoles until
about a year ago.

At that point, he had pictures of him
online in a regular-looking room,

but, now, he's in a prison-like room
with no windows, no doors.

Completely hidden.

Preferential pedophiles
don't change overnight.

So, what happened a year ago to
make him change his behavior so
much?

Fear.

Katie, you almost caught him.

You probably talked to him.
The UnSub's in your records.

Guys, we just ran out of time.

Jack!

Jack!

Jack!

Jack?

I never really had a good suspect.

I only did some general interviews
with child offenders on the east coast.

One of them was the right guy.

Amanda, hey, I need you to pull
all the original files on Peter's case.

Somewhere in my office. Try my desk.

I need the names of everyone
I interviewed.

Have her call Penelope
Garcia at the BAU.

She'll be able to tell us
if we can cross any off.

You got it? Thanks.

- You still there?
- Yeah.

Okay.

Oh.

Oh, oh, oh. Got it, got it, got it.

Okay, Frank Portwell,
DOB, 11 April, 1962.

Doing 12 years in Westover Prison.

Okay, Martin DeVries,
DOB, 20 November, '70.

I've got a death certificate for him.
Shot on the street last January.

All right.

Michael Earlson, DOB,
16 January, '64.

Garcia, you're sure?

Okay, no, no, I got it all. I got it all.
All right, thanks, baby. You're the best.

All right, guys, listen up.
We might have something.

Twelve men were interviewed,
eight are back in prison, one is dead,

one lives in California,

and two have last known addresses
within 10 minutes of us.

A Patrick Forest and
a Michael Earlson.

Patrick Forest isn't smart enough
to have put this all together.

- What about Michael Earlson?
- Definitely.

Where you going?
Do something now, punk. Don't move.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Daddy?

- It's okay. It's okay.
- Daddy!

You're safe now. I've got you.
I've got you.

Where's Daddy?

I know.

You think about it.

Peter's real name is Dustin Powers.

He abducted him in Newark,
New Jersey, when he was one.

Sometimes it seems
there's no punishment enough.

JJ traced his mother.

- She's on her way.
- Okay.

You know, Katie,
no one's ever done the job you're
doing

as long as you've been doing it.

I know.

Maybe it's time to get out.

I don't know if I can anymore.

I just can't
thank you all enough.

Remember what I told you.

He doesn't know who you are,
and you can say hello,

but don't say anything
about being his mother.

That'll just scare and confuse him.

All right.

- It's going to be a long process.
- I understand.

He's this way.

What's his name?

His name's Jack.

He's a soldier. He protects me.

It's nice to meet you, Jack.

My name is Jackie.

Really?

Really.

Can I see Jack?

Be careful.