Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - The Perfect Storm - full transcript

You want grapefruit or cranberry?

-FRANK: Coffee.
-Cranberry it is.

-Take it easy on the butter.
-Is half a stick too much?

Yeah, well,
I'm just following doctor's orders.

It would be nice if you did the same.

Hey, look, Laura sent the pictures
from her Orlando trip.

I wonder if there are any of
that new guy that she's so crazy about.

Oh, wait a minute. I thought she said...
I thought she said pictures, not a video.

That's a DVD, Mary.

Technology isn't slowing down.
It's actually passing you by.

If you don't catch up soon,
you'll be as pitiful as your mother.



Well, that's motivation.

Come on, Mary,
I could show you a few things.

Afraid to be my student?

(LAUGHS)

"Hi, guys. Just wanted to let you know
I'm having a great time.

"I miss you both." Sweet.

BILLY JOEL: (SINGING)
Aw, but sooner or later...

Wait a minute. Is that Laura?

(PANTING)

It can't be. Frank, what's happening?

Oh, my God.

This was sent to the family?

Her father had a heart condition,
died while watching it.

Only the good die young



You might have heard I...

HOTCH: So the music's not added
like a regular soundtrack.

It's in the background,
so if you turn it down,

you also turn down the voices.

Well, can't we get Garcia
to separate the audio tracks?

She's working on it now.

Well, the sooner we hear
how he talks to the victim,

the sooner we'll know
what kind of man we're dealing with.

GIDEON: Tell us about Laura Clemensen.

She's 20 years old, sophomore
at Jacksonville University in Florida,

assumed to be the fifth
in a series of rapes and murders

over the past two years.

Some women were abducted in parking lots,

others while they were running.

-And when was she reported missing?
-Technically, she wasn't.

Her roommate thought
she was visiting family.

-Family thought she was at school.
-Close to her family?

JJ: Very. She had dinner
with them on Sunday.

That was five days ago,
and nobody's seen her until now.

She wasn't killed on the tape,

and, given forensics,
other victims were tortured for weeks

before they were killed,

so I think we should operate
as if she's still alive.

Not for long if the bastard gets his way.

MORGAN: Okay, I don't get it.

This is the fifth abduction
and now the second DVD.

Why'd they wait to call us in?

The last victim's family received
this DVD two months ago.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Jacksonville PD thought
maybe they'd get some more clues.

-Instead, it just raised more questions.
-GIDEON: Turn that down, please.

There seems to be
a natural escalation to the murders.

It began as brutal attacks
against the victims,

and now it's psychological attacks
to the families.

So if the thrill of the kill isn't enough
to satisfy his sadistic needs,

he needs to spread panic,
and he thrives on that.

Sadistic killers are
typically strangers to their victims.

It's easier for the offender to torture
and kill someone that they don't know.

Offenders.

The man on the tape
isn't doing this just for himself.

He's playing to an audience,
not her family.

(ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG PLAYING)

There's someone watching
who can appreciate what he's doing,

admire his sadistic skills.

It is a characteristic of partners
to record their crimes

-so they can relive the fantasy later.
-How can we be sure?

Right there, the camera moves.

(ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
CONTINUES PLAYING)

One guy tortures
while the other records it.

Master and servant.

Jacksonville PD's been looking
for this killer for years.

How long is it going
to take them to find a team?

GIDEON: Mark Twain wrote,

"Of all the animals,
man is the only one that is cruel.

"He is the only one that inflicts pain
for the pleasure of doing it."

Again.

That's the third time
he's looked back at the camera.

He's looking back at his partner.

These two are clearly deranged and
acting out their worst sadistic fantasies.

Folies à deux.

A rare psychological phenomenon

in which two or more people
share the same psychotic delusion.

In its literal translation, yes,

but it often refers
to the bond that exists

between two people
that bring out the worst in each other.

Most killing teams have a dominant
personality that instigates and plans

and a submissive one
who's the eager accomplice.

So how do they decide who gets to kill?

Well, the dominant one
will usually insist on taking the life.

So what's the psychology
behind making these DVDs?

It's a shared souvenir.

Allows the dominant to keep
the submissive one motivated,

-loyal and aroused.
-It's also about control.

A built-in insurance policy for blackmail
just in case somebody gets cold feet.

It makes you wonder
what might have happened

if these two people never had met.

Chances are
the women would still be alive.

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

Jacksonville PD just located
Laura Clemensen's body.

Some hikers found her under a bridge.

HOTCH: They never hide them.
They're always easy to find.

Guys, Laura Clemensen
wasn't missing for more than a week.

Time spent torturing is getting shorter.

-Has her mother been notified?
-No, not yet.

We can cover more ground if we split up.

Morgan and I will meet
local PD at the scene.

I'll talk to Laura Clemensen's mother,
and since she just lost her husband...

-I'll go with you.
-REID: I'll start with the victimology.

Maybe find a reason
why these women were targeted.

MARY: After Frank and I
watched that video, I knew...

At least she isn't suffering any more.

Is there anything that we can do for you?

Um...

Frank gave Laura a pearl
and diamond ring for graduation.

Could I get it back?

-I will look into that right away.
-Thank you.

As part of our investigation,
we're trying to gain some insight

into your daughter, and I wondered

whether she was shy and quiet,

or was she more outgoing
and made friends easily?

I mean, is this really important?

Yes, ma'am. I know that this is hard,

but the more similarities
we can find between the victims,

the more it'll help us
narrow down who's responsible.

Um...

Frank had a ball in her hand
from the minute she could walk.

She was confident.

She knew everybody at school.

She thought of our oldest,
Patrick, as her best friend.

You know, she was like most girls her age.

She wanted everybody to like her.

(LAUGHS)

Frank used to think that
she was too much of a people-pleaser,

but I think it shows a really good heart.

I do, too.

HOTCH: The police told us
that they may have a...

They may have a witness who saw
Laura giving someone directions.

Does that sound
like something she would have done?

We raised our children
to be helpful and kind,

and that made Laura
an easy target for a killer?

You have to know
that you and Frank did everything right.

Frank was supposed to be
at work yesterday, and if Laura...

If Laura hadn't driven back
to campus that night, I mean...

This wasn't supposed to happen.

This wasn't...

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

-Special Agents Gideon and Morgan.
-Detective Robert Portillo.

This is the fifth girl
on my watch in the past two years,

and we still don't have a viable suspect.

MORGAN: We think
you're looking for two men.

Really? Based upon what evidence?

Well, given the level of sadistic torture
and desire to document their crimes,

we're confident
this was done by a killing team.

She's got deep lacerations
on her neck, chest and thighs.

From the color of the bruising,
the torture went on for several days.

CSI believes the cause of death
was ligature strangulation,

and it is consistent
with the other victims.

In the video, she's wearing
a pearl ring on her left hand.

No other evidence has turned up.

They've combed the area
a quarter-mile radius.

Why would they need more trophies, Gideon?

-Maybe passed it along as a gift.
-Like the Green River killer.

Yeah, he'd leave jewelry
for his female co-workers

and then become aroused
when he saw them wear it.

After everything they do to these girls,

why do they leave them
in these horrible positions?

-Haven't they suffered enough?
-Apparently not.

It's the ultimate degradation
of the victim and her family.

Shock value for whoever finds them,
and it sends a message to the police.

-What's that?
-"Look what we can do.

"You can't stop us."

Are there new victims?

Garcia just sent a list over
of all the unsolved rapes and murders

in the past three years.

There are two
that are particularly interesting.

They look the type. Anything else?

Well, aside from sharing
similar physical traits,

they were also posed.

The only difference is
they were manually strangled,

which I think is why Jacksonville PD
didn't find a connection.

Did they find DNA on the first two?

That's the thing. It didn't match
the recent kills, but check this out.

What if the dominant one
allowed the submissive one

to rape the first two victims
in order to sort of draw him in,

and then once he's hooked, he began
keeping the prize all for himself?

You tell Morgan and Gideon about this yet?

They're still at the crime scene.

We confirmed that Laura Clemensen
had good relationships

with her family and friends.

She got good grades
and stayed out of trouble.

Just like all the other victims.

Did you guys notice that package
sent to the Clemensen family

was only sent to Mary?

What about the first DVD?

JJ: Right here.

Why are they targeting the mothers?

The mother asked God
to forgive the people responsible.

HOTCH: And?

The family that received
the first DVD went on TV

pleading for their daughter's life.
That must've made the UnSubs angry.

So sending the DVD
to the mother is a message in itself.

A very clear one.
They don't want or need forgiveness.

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(FAST-PACED MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN: Hey, how do you get to the freeway?

If you go back out to Warner
and make a right,

you'll see the exit in about half a mile.

-Thanks.
-No problem.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

ELLE: We're up to seven victims now.

The humiliating posing of the body
can't be a coincidence.

It's just too unique.

The bruising on the necks.

Looks to me
like the first victim struggled.

I'd say the killer probably
lost his grip a couple of times

and really had to fight these women.

That's why he switched
from bare hands to a ligature.

It's more efficient, controlled,

and it doesn't sacrifice
the sadistic need for a slow death.

Because the DNA didn't match,

Jacksonville PD
just didn't put it together.

And since
they weren't looking for two offenders...

The signature indicates
these women had the same killers.

We just need to figure out
who the hell they are.

Well, Jacksonville PD
searched everywhere, even swamps,

and still didn't find
the victims' vehicles.

I've got Garcia tracing VINs,
but my guess is

they dispose of the cars
just like they do the women.

Yeah, but the bodies are easy to find.

Why do they go
to so much trouble to hide the cars?

I didn't think
it could get any hotter than yesterday.

Today's a record breaker,
and the AC's busted.

Sorry about the fans. They're probably
spreading more dust than cool air.

Well, we won't keep
your officers too long.

The dominant one is the mastermind.
That's not to say

that the submissive partner
is in any way pure or innocent

in this exchange.

If their criminal desire wasn't present,
their partnership wouldn't work.

MORGAN: The offenders
share a common delusion.

It's one
that you and I would never accept,

but it's this bond
that justifies their actions.

So we're looking for two sick minds
who complete each other.

It's kind of like the perfect storm.
Once these deviant personalities collide,

they're deadly and unstoppable.

Like the DC Snipers
or the Columbine assassins,

sometimes they've met in childhood.

Other times, they can be related
like the Hillside Stranglers,

Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi,

psychopathic cousins
who terrorized women in Los Angeles.

The dominant partner makes
the submissive one feel invincible.

That's his reward for doing as he's told.

Unfortunately, there are
countless opportunities

for these twisted minds to meet,

and once
they pulled off their vicious acts,

the two accept this as common behavior

and become bored with normal activity.
They live only for their new reality.

They're obsessed with it, addicted to it,

and there's a fierce loyalty
between the two.

The submissive one,
however, is usually less intelligent

and easier to catch,
and, once caught, he is easier to turn.

Lack of remorse
increases their aggressiveness.

Sexual sadists will stop
when they're caught.

And the need
to psychologically torture the families...

Sorry to interrupt.

If you've seen my daughter, please...

Tiffany's all I have.

She went for a run last night,
and she never came home.

(SOBBING) She's my baby.

Why weren't we told about this
before she went on the news?

Because we didn't know about it.
Tiffany was abducted from Middleberg.

PORTILLO: That's nearly an hour away,

and it's outside
of Jacksonville's jurisdiction.

Are you sure these are the same offenders?

Well, she's their type.
Grabbed her while jogging,

just like their third victim.
Middleberg's only an hour from here?

If they see this, it's just a matter
of time before they send a DVD.

Jennifer Jareau, FBI.

You just aired a press conference
with Beverly Spears.

-I need to speak to her immediately.
-These guys are impatient.

They just dumped
Laura Clemensen's body 24 hours ago.

Which means they're more dangerous
than they were yesterday,

and Tiffany Spears is running out of time.

(SCREAMING)

Hey, you okay?

Am I okay? Uh, let me see.

I've got images of a girl being tortured
burned inside my brain over the strains

of this once carefree choice of music.

I've isolated four sources from one track,

and each one
is more distorted than the next.

So, no, I am not okay,
and it's going to take a while.

Penelope, you know
I appreciate you doing this.

Thank you, sugar, but, right now,
even that doesn't feel good.

Moving on. Some of these victims
were abducted while driving.

It does leave a nice trail,
especially when all the parts

lead you to Trevor's Used Auto in Georgia.

Well, no wonder Jacksonville PD
couldn't find the vehicles.

The UnSubs didn't drive their cars.

They destroyed them and sold the parts.

Yeah, and over state lines.
These sickos are good.

MORGAN: Parts were found in Georgia.

Sales were traced to a Joey Davin
who lives right here in Jacksonville.

Joseph P. Davin, 27.

In and out of jail since he was 17.

Number of charges,
including car theft with a partner.

Maybe he likes to team up. Either way,
he hasn't learned his lesson.

-Doesn't sound too smart to me.
-Exactly why he needs a good leader.

If it is proof that
Tiffany is still alive,

still breathing, I need to see it.

Ma'am, you don't understand.

Do you remember what Tiffany was
wearing the last time you saw her?

I told the police.
She was going for a run.

Sneakers, a tank, shorts.

Well, you need to think of her like this
until we get her back.

You don't need to see what's on that DVD.

I was supposed to run with her yesterday.

I should've been there.

Help her. Please, God...

Help her.

Investigators are connecting
Tiffany Spears' disappearance

with those of the other five victims
murdered in the Jacksonville area,

including Laura Clemensen,
whose body was found yesterday.

Three of the victims' cars
are still missing.

Investigators believe
if they can find who took those cars,

they will find the killer responsible.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

NEWSCASTER 1: Thanks for that.
Elsewhere, an early morning fire...

-FBI.
-What can I do for you?

-We're looking for Joseph Davin.
-What did Joey do now?

Sir, we really need to talk to Joey.

-MORGAN: You Joseph Davin?
-Get out of my way.

Hey. Hey. Hey. Whoa. Whoa.

-HENRY: Joey, don't be stupid.
-I saw it on TV.

Three strikes, and I'm out.
I'm not going back. I'm not.

-I'm not going down for this.
-Put the weapon down.

Put it down now!

-Put it down!
-Put that gun down!

Joey, put it down!

Oh, Joey!

-Why didn't he put down the gun?
-He didn't want that third strike.

I didn't have a choice.

Well, he was our closest link
to finding Tiffany Spears.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

Can't this wait?

Mr. Davin, there have been
seven women raped and murdered

in the Jacksonville area.
We can tie Joe to three of them.

You know, I thought
by forcing him to move back in here,

it would keep him out of trouble.

How long had your son been living here?

Two years.
After the MS put me in the chair.

Was he still running
with his boys from prison?

He works at a garage
with a bunch of ex-cons.

I tried so hard.
I just couldn't get him out of that world.

I kept telling him,
"You're better than all this."

Agent Gideon, we just found this.

Your son have a friend or a girlfriend
with long blonde hair?

Not that I know of, no.

MORGAN: Is it possible
that you wouldn't know if he did?

After today, nothing would surprise me.

MORGAN: The dominant one
wouldn't have panicked like that.

He would have come at us shooting
and gone down in a blaze of glory.

So where's the other half
of this partnership?

Witnesses saw a white minivan, correct?

MORGAN: That one's Henry's.
It's got handicap plates.

You see any signs in Henry's behavior

-that he could be a part of this?
-No.

If Joe drives the van, then he can drive

-while his partner snatches the girls.
-Have your men process the van.

If there's anything in there that
doesn't belong to Joe or Henry Davin,

-I want to know about it.
-Okay, got it.

So how does Joe meet his partner?

Well, his father said he hangs
with a bunch of ex-cons at the garage.

Yeah, it's... It's in Springfield.
I'll have Hotch check it out.

If he's still hanging with ex-cons,
he probably talks to his old cellmate.

-Yeah.
-Find out who that is.

Okay.

(PHONE RINGING)

This better be hella good.

Garcia? Hello.

Oh, yes, sir. I'm here.
I'm sorry. I just... I wasn't...

I'm surprised that you're calling me.

I need to know
who Joseph Davin shared a cell with.

Yes, sure. Uh, it was a guy named...

Hold on.

His name was Tony Canardo.
They were in together for 18 months,

and both were released three years ago.

Before the killing started. Is that it?

His current address
is 865 Kentwood in Jacksonville.

-That's all you got?
-Yeah.

-Garcia.
-Yes?

You do great work. Keep it up.

Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you.

MIKE: Look, I got two guys out today.
I can't help you.

MAN: Well, my car is still leaking oil.

-MIKE: Do you still have a receipt?
-It was less than a month ago.

-Do you have your receipt?
-Excuse me.

I'm with a customer.

All right.

What can you tell me about Joe Davin?

I can tell you I fired him last week.

-Why?
-He wasn't very good at his job.

He was shot this morning
by Jacksonville police.

-Sorry to hear that.
-You seem real upset by the news.

I already hired
another guy to take his place.

Well, you didn't waste any time, did you?

His ex-con buddies were always
at the shop. It's bad for business.

-You're an ex-con.
-I was innocent.

Yeah, they all are. You know this guy?

That's T-Bone.

Name's Tony Canardo.
He ran with Joey's crowd.

This is one of the ex-cons
that you were talking about?

Yeah. When Tony's around,
Joey's not taking orders from me,

and I can't have too many cooks
in the kitchen. You know what I mean?

-We do.
-Look, I gotta get back to work.

Well, Joey was just surrounded
by dominant personalities.

If Mike Kroger was the killer,
you'd think he'd try to hide it better.

We'll have Garcia run his sheet.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Who are you guys?

-Mrs. Canardo?
-Yes?

Can we come in?

-Everything okay?
-You tell me.

-We're looking for your husband.
-He's not home.

Well, he spent time in prison
with a man named Joseph Davin.

Do you know him?

-Yeah, I know Joey.
-Joey's dead.

-Oh, my God. What happened?
-He pulled a gun

-when we were trying to question him.
-About what?

Seven young women in the Jacksonville area

who've been raped and killed.
Did you know him well?

He and my husband did time together.

When Tony got out on good behavior,
he tried to turn his life around,

stay clean.

-How's he doing?
-Okay.

Some of those are mine.

Tony ever get into trouble

or do anything
that scares you when he drinks?

AMBER: Only when he's around Joey.

When those two get together,
I'm afraid of what can happen.

Do you know where we can find Tony now?

He's getting off work.
He should be home soon.

Is there anyplace you can go?

'Cause we're going to need to talk to him.

I can call my friend Kim.

You want to drive me to the station?
Can you wait here for Tony?

Mmm-hmm.

Did you run Mike Kroger's sheet,
the guy from the garage?

That boy needs a refresher course
in anger management.

Okay, we got assault and battery.
We got assault with a deadly weapon.

There's one attempted rape,
but it was dropped

because the poor thing was
too scared to testify against Mr. Stinky.

Where was he
when Tiffany Spears was abducted?

His credit card says Miami,
but not all of his alibis check out,

and you know if there is one loose thread,

I will find it, I will pull it,
and his story will completely unravel.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

ELLE: Hey, Garcia's checking
Mike Kroger's whereabouts

when the women were abducted.
Some of his alibis already check out.

What about Tony Canardo?

Morgan's still outside his house waiting.

Excuse me. Agent Gideon, there's
someone here who wants to talk to you.

Mrs. Canardo. What happened?

After you left, I got nervous,
so I went to find Tony.

-Please sit down.
-And he knew something was up, so...

You got a Kleenex or something?
What'd you tell him?

Well, I told him the truth,
that the FBI was asking questions.

So he hit you?

Well, I wasn't completely honest
with you about Tony.

He fell off the wagon a while ago.
I just was afraid to say something.

I didn't want to betray him.
He's my husband.

No, it's good that you're here with us.
You're safe here.

I'm going to go tell Portillo and Hotch
that they should meet Morgan.

REID: Mrs. Canardo,
can I ask you a question?

-Yes.
-Is that ring new?

Tony won some money playing poker.
He bought it as a gift.

-Why?
-It looks a lot like Laura Clemensen's.

(GASPS)

(SHOUTS)

-Big mistake.
-Come on.

(GROANS)

HOTCH: Morgan?
MORGAN: Yeah, right here.

-What, you couldn't wait?
-I didn't want him to get away.

-You all right?
-Yeah, I'm fine.

-He say anything?
-No.

He should have stuck to beating up girls.

Bring him inside. Thank you.

(GROANS)

HOTCH: Has anybody watched this stuff?

PORTILLO: We were never
in this room. We never saw them.

(ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG PLAYING)

That's Tiffany Spears.

Where is she?

(CHUCKLES)

Help! Help!

(CRYING) Help me!

Help!

HOTCH: If we're going to get anything
out of Tony, we gotta praise him.

He's the dominant.
He thinks he deserves it.

Confirm instead of undermine
his expectations,

make him think he's smarter than us
because he saw it coming.

We don't have much time.

HOTCH: Oh, sorry,
that's just standard procedure.

Special Agent Aaron Hotchner.
I'm supervising this task force.

(ON VIDEO)
I just want to say that this case,

your case, is, uh, remarkable.

You've got people
at the BAU shaking their heads.

TONY: What about you?
You shaking your head?

Absolutely. Seven victims in three years.

You've got every woman
in Jacksonville living in fear.

It's pretty much
what you wanted, isn't it?

I'm sure whoever's responsible for it
is enjoying it.

HOTCH: The BAU would like to
study you, interview you,

-with your permission, of course.
-Show me what's in the boxes.

It's... They're all full. It's all you.

We can, uh...
We can open all the boxes if you want.

(TONY CHUCKLES)

No, I want to see my lawyer.

-Well, Tony sure lawyered up quick.
-He's playing games.

HOTCH: I know the State
wants to make a deal.

If you just tell us
where Tiffany Spears is...

This guy's been to jail before.
He knows how to keep his mouth shut.

HOTCH: Think about it.

(CHUCKLES)

-What, do you think I'm stupid?
-Far from it.

MORGAN: Look at that.

Notice how he's focused
on those two pictures?

We can't forensically tie him
to those victims,

but we're certain that he posed
those bodies after death.

Well, that's certainly not working.

-I'm not getting anywhere with him.
-Is the wife still here?

You want to put her in a room with him?

We need to humanize him.

-I think she could do that.
-How? He abuses her.

And she takes it.
She's subservient to him.

Do you think she'd do it?

If we want to find Tiffany Spears,
she'll have to.

It's worth a shot.

We have been together two years,
so we were going to start a family.

I'm sorry to interrupt. A few minutes?

-POLICEMAN: Sure.
-Thank you.

-How are you holding up?
-Okay, I guess.

Have you called your family?

Tony's my only family.

Tony won't talk to us.

What are you going to do?

I think if you go in there,
he'll talk to you.

You want me to go in a room with him?

I can't do that. There...
You've got to find another way.

He'll kill me. I turned him in.

-Look what he did to me.
-I know.

I believe that you're the only person
who can get through to Tony.

(SNIFFLES)

With Joe dead, Tony's the only one
who knows where Tiffany Spears is,

and if he tells you,
you've saved her life.

Right now, you're her only hope.

Honey, I need to know where...

Where the girl is.

Don't you mean they need to know?

Why should I tell them anything?
What have I got to gain?

They're pinning us
for seven murders, Amber.

I can't believe
you and Joey killed them all.

Seven!

None of this would've happened
if Joey had stayed away.

We were on our way to better things.
Joey messed that up for us.

I need you to tell me, Tony.
Where did Joey take the girl?

I can't.

I'm begging you to end this.

Tell me now.

Where's the girl?

There's this storage unit.

Joe's dad is the only one who has the key.

I can't believe my husband
killed all those women.

It took a lot of courage to go in there.
You did the right thing.

Can I get you
a glass of water or something?

-Water?
-Yeah.

-Yeah
-Will you stay with her, please?

POLICEMAN: Yes, sir.

Joe's dad?
Isn't he in a wheelchair, though?

Only for the last two years.

Henry Davin could've raped and killed
the first two women three years ago,

then brought in
Joe and Tony to continue his work.

Maybe it's the only satisfaction
he can get now.

They record it,
and he lives it through them.

So it was a team of three.

We found Laura Clemensen's hair
at Henry's house. It makes sense.

-Let's take a ride.
-Let's go.

JJ: Tony Canardo's one sick bastard.

Yeah, I'm not surprised. His mother
abandoned him when he was four,

and then she got clean
and got him back until he was 11

-when she got busted for prostitution.
-No wonder he hates women.

He bounced
around Social Services after that.

I mean, this guy never had any support.

No foundation, no security.

How'd he get the confidence
to pull off something like that?

Maybe that's why he needed a partner.

He's supposed to be
the dominant one, the leader.

And given his history, how can he do that?

She's not here. She was never here.

What the hell's going on?

This looks nothing like the video.

REID: He's really playing the tough guy
with that officer, huh?

GIDEON:
He played the tough guy with Hotch.

He wasn't antagonistic. He was defensive.

False bravado.
You think he's wearing a mask?

Let me see Amber's tape.

Why isn't she scared?

-She looks scared to me.
-No, look.

She initiated eye contact, right there.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Yeah.

-You guys have got to hear this.
-Patch it through.

If she were afraid, she'd look
anywhere but his face.

She's looking at the victims,
and she doesn't really...

She doesn't seem that repulsed.
She actually looks surprisingly calm.

(WOMAN CRYING)

AMBER: Now put that little bitch
on her side.

You like it, don't you?
Dirty whore likes it.

He's studying her.
He's waiting for her lead.

Where did Joey take the girl?

She just gave him an order.

He's protecting her.
He's giving her an out.

AMBER: Do it again.

GIDEON: Where is she?
Where's the girl? Where is she?

I told you to watch her.

We analyzed
what we recorded of Tony and Amber.

Turns out she's the dominant one.

REID: Garcia finally isolated
the soundtrack on that DVD.

Turns out it was Amber giving the orders.

That means she's the one doing
the killing. Where is Amber now?

She told the cops she was going out for
a smoke and walked out the back door.

We're running out of time.
You've got to find out

-where they're holding Tiffany.
-Yeah, I'll change the approach.

Hey, uh, you're going to
want to look at this.

Joey Davin's DNA
didn't match the first two victims.

-That means neither could Henry's.
-So who raped the first two girls?

GIDEON: Lucky man. You know that?

You have something really special.

I mean, she had to know what
you were doing to all those women,

and she stayed with you anyway.

(CHUCKLES)

It must feel great to be appreciated
by the woman you love.

-It does.
-I bet.

I know you and Amber
would do anything for each other,

but why would you confess

to killing these two women
when you had no idea who they are?

-Joey and I killed all of them.
-Really?

Well, whose DNA did we find at the scene?

-What are you talking about?
-Well, it's not yours.

It's not Joe's.
That poor guy probably had no idea

these cars belonged
to the women you killed.

It makes you wonder, if you and Joe
hadn't shared a cell together,

-maybe he'd still be alive.
-You got the wrong idea.

No, I think you got the wrong idea,
Tony. Joe wasn't your partner.

Tiffany Spears isn't at the storage unit.
And you want to know what else?

We can hear Amber's voice
on the videos telling you what to do.

We know Amber's your partner.

Come on. Why?

-Why are you protecting her?
-She's my wife.

-It's more than that.
-Look,

nothing would ever come between us,

not you, not nothing.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Besides, Amber would never do
anything to hurt me.

-Reid here.
-No time for pleasantries.

I was able to unseal a file
regarding Amber Canardo.

-What does it say?
-When Amber was 15,

she walked into a Tallahassee hospital,
raped and beaten something awful.

Doctors deduced she was being
abused by her father and her brother.

Eventually, they convinced her
to go to the police, but when she did,

Mom showed up
and told them that Amber was lying.

Wow. She obviously did nothing
to protect Amber from the abuse.

She feels betrayed by her mother

and now receives extreme sadistic pleasure

in watching the same thing
that happened to her.

Strange, in this case, the abused
actually became the abuser.

-That doesn't happen a lot?
-One in eight.

We found the one.

Ask Amber how the first two women died?

-She's done it before, Tony.
-(SCOFFS) No, she hasn't.

Yes, she has, with other men.
You're not so special.

Men mean nothing to her.

-She used you just like the other guy.
-Shut up.

She set you up, Tony.
She had you do everything.

Whose DNA do you think
that was at the scene?

Come on, think about it.

Amber beat herself up. She walked in here.

She handed me Laura Clemensen's ring,

and she told us
you gave it to her as a gift.

You know it's true,
and that's why you're upset.

Gideon, Garcia found out
that Amber was abused

by her brother and her father.
They'd take her to the woods.

She betrayed you, Tony.

There's only one way to get her back
because if you don't,

she'll forget about you
just like this other guy.

Tell us where she's keeping the girl.

I know Amber's father
kept her in the woods,

so no one would hear her scream.

Was it Amber's idea
to leave the girls in the woods?

Where's Tiffany?

There's a cabin.

(SNARLING)

(SCREAMING)

Go!

MORGAN: FBI!

Back off!

AMBER: You've got nothing.

HOTCH: Yeah,
we just got your voice on tape

-giving orders.
-So what? You saved one little whore.

Tiffany, I'm FBI. I'm not going
to hurt you. I'm not going to hurt you.

Believe me, she'll never be the same.

(TIFFANY CRYING)

MORGAN: You're okay. You're okay.

We've got Amber,
and Tiffany Spears is alive.

All right, thank you.

Jacksonville PD found the remains
of a body on the grounds of the cabin.

They think
it's Amber Canardo's old boyfriend.

Well, 10 will get you 20 that DNA
will match the first two victims.

At least the families
will finally have closure.

And we did save Tiffany Spears.

HOTCH: Philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote,

"Out of suffering
have emerged the strongest souls.

"The most massive characters
are seared with scars."