Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 6, Episode 15 - Today I Do - full transcript

Emily, this call for you
from a Sean McAllister

came to my phone accidentally.

Sounded very important.

Oh, Sean.

I was gonna call you back.
I just... I got busy on a case.

Lan Doyle vanished from prison.

INTERPOL can't find him.

What are you saying?

He's off the grid, Emily.

Prentiss, what's going on with you?

I've been watching you
the last couple of days,



and something
is obviously bothering you.

Derrick, because I like you,
I'm gonna ask you not to do this.

- I want to talk to Sean.
- We got her.

Drop the phone.
Get on the ground now.

Am I in danger?

We all are.

Tsia, it's Emily. Where are you?

Bois de Boulogne.

That's a significant change of address.

That's not the only change.

- I got engaged.
- Wowl

So you and Jeremy are gonna...
That's great.

- That's great.
- Emily?

What's wrong?



Have you heard from Sean?

Yes. He's been calling me for days.

But you haven't talked to him?

I don't work for him anymore.
I'm out.

So is Doyle.

Sean thinks we're all in danger,

but I was the only one who had
any personal connection to him.

As far as Doyle is concerned,

Lauren Reynolds died in a car accident.

Jeremy and I made sure of that.

Okay?

I want to hear you say it.

Go on.

Lauren Reynolds is dead.

Sweetie, trust me,

you died and we're all good.

Okay, just be careful,
and... and give Jeremy my love.

Bye.

Who's Lauren Reynolds?

She was a friend of mine.

How'd she die?

- A car accident.
- I'm really sorry.

Good morning.

- Let's get started.
- Hey, thank you all for coming,

as time is of the essence.

Okay, Molly Grandin, 25 years old...

She's been missing approximately 24 hours.

Her car was found abandoned
in a strip mall parking lot.

Syracuse police chief just called.

Four month ago, Gail Langston,
also 25, went missing.

Gail's body washed up
three days later in Onondoga Lake

She had been held captive,
her hands and feet smashed.

And then she was stabbed to death.

Her car was found in the same
parking lot as Molly Grandin's.

Other than abandoned cars,
what makes him think it's the same offender?

Both women packed a bag
with enough clothes and toiletries

to last them for the weekend.

And in both cases,
the bags were found

in the car along with their purses
and cell phones.

With the unsub, the scene,
and the same M.O.,

then Molly only has 36 hours left.

- Let's go.
- The plane awaits.

Please! Please somebody help me!

Somebody help me!

Somebody help me, please!

Oh, my God.

Please! Somebody help me!

"It's hard to fight an enemy

who has outposts in your head. "

Sally Kempton.

All right, baby girl. Keep looking.

Garcia still hasn't found any overlap

between Molly Grandin
and Gail Langston's lives.

For two girls that didn't know each other,
they had a lot in common.

What's the first thing
that jumps out at you?

Their body types are both small.

But it's not just physical.

They both shy away from the camera...

clearly don't enjoy being photographed.

Both easily overpowered and controlled.

At 25, they'd be much older
than most undergrads at S.U.

Their college transcripts are littered
with incompletes and missed semesters.

Both from blue-collar backgrounds
with no scholarship.

Must be hard to keep up
while keeping a full-time job.

So going to private school could have
been worth it for appearances' sake?

If the unsub met them on campus,
he could be another student.

He might be an employee...
janitorial staff, security.

Uses his similar backgrounds
to bond with the victims.

They both packed bags
to go away for the weekend.

That trip's romantic.

He's not getting to know them.
He's dating them.

Prentiss, go to Molly's apartment.

If she knew the abductor,
there might be evidence there.

Reid and Morgan,
go to the dump site.

But Gail's body was found
almost four months ago.

Won't all the evidence be gone by now?

You can find out a lot about an unsub
by where they leave their victims.

Yeah. Garcia, what have you got?

Syracuse Police Chief Barrows brought
a suspect in for questioning five minutes ago.

His name is Lyle Donaldson.

Molly's ex-boyfriend.

Donaldson's got a boat.

Fishes twice a month in the same area
where Gail Langston was found.

He was also a student in her class at S.U.

He's got an anger problem.
Three arrests for assault.

Yeah. Two for beating up Molly Grandin.

That's gotta be him, right?

It's unusual for serial killers to go after
someone so easily linked to them,

but we'll see if he fits the profile.

I didn't know Gail Langston.

Yeah, we had a class together,
but there were 100 people in it.

Apparently, went anyway.

I knew Gail was murdered,
but that looks like torture.

My client is here, Agent Rossi.

How can he be off torturing
his ex-girlfriend at the same time?

Lyle, do you know anyone with a cabin?

A fishing buddy?

Someplace private to keep
Molly tied up until you get back?

No, this is insane.

I would never hurt...

Look, I did some things
that I'm not proud of, but...

That's enough.

But I could never do this.

Last time you beat her up,
did she dump you?

He was arrested but never
formally charged with assault.

Okay, fine.
After you broke Molly's jaw,

did she still want to date you?

We always managed
to work things out.

But not this time.

She was lying.
She was seeing somebody else.

- Who?
- I don't know.

But it was obvious.

Molly, she... she changed.

She changed the way that she dressed.

And she was going out to clubs.

When you two were together,

did you control what she wore
or where she went?

This guy's into controlling her, too.

A body would be found here quickly,
especially if it wasn't weighed down.

There was no post-mortem damage
from being tied to the weights.

Everything else about Gail's capture
was carefully planned.

Seems unlikely this guy would
suddenly panic and lose control.

This guy prioritizes control.

Gail's body was beaten
in a very specific way.

A mallet to the hands and feet?
Look this, the stab wounds

are parallel to each other.

They look more like puncture wounds.

The M.E. Thinks
it's a Phillips-head screwdriver,

which means he uses tools
instead of traditional weapons.

The wounds definitely have a purpose.

Did you visit Molly in the emergency room
about five months ago?

Of course I did.
Bought her a car after that.

- Why?
- She could have died in that accident.

Riding a bike around
in this city with the weather?

Too dangerous.

Molly told you she was in a bike accident?

Yeah.

Yes.

You knew she was in
an abusive relationship.

What she said wasn't like that.

Was she always attracted
to men who hit her?

Molly is not like that.

My daughter got all A's in school.
She's holding down a full-time job.

She's gonna get a degree at S.U.

I never hit my daughter.

Not once.

Thank you.

"Today I do. Tomorrow I will"?

Maybe this guy thought he was sinking
the body by filling it with water.

At first, he'd be right,
but after a few hours,

the decaying tissue would create gas
and the body would become buoyant.

So this guy wanted to watch her die
and sink beneath the surface.

It sounds like a classic water burial, right?

Everything points that way
except for one thing.

Most water burials are
exclusively done by females.

Until now, victimology, M.O.,
and physical abuse indicated a male offender.

Until now.

Prentiss.

Morgan and I think we might
be looking for a female offender.

That explains why there was
no sign of sexual assault.

With an unsub this obsessed
with control and power

that's usually part of the territory.

It looks like there was a female living
in the other bedroom in Molly's apartment.

We'd have been told
if she had a roommate.

Yeah, Molly wanted
to keep it a secret for a reason.

Whoever she was,
she left recently and in a hurry.

I'll put a canvas out now.
Thanks, Reid.

So neighbors did see a woman
coming and going from Molly's apartment

over the last few months,

but nobody saw her close enough
to get a sketch.

- And no one met her?
- No.

The best description we got
was white female, mid- 20s,

light brown hair, plain.

Molly never mentioned a roommate
to her father or her coworkers.

Lyle didn't know, either.

- Is he still here?
- We couldn't charge him,

so his lawyer walked him out.

We need to start over,
go back over both Gail and Molly's cases

and look at everything from
the perspective of a female unsub.

I'll bring in Gail's family
and ask about the women in her life.

Prentiss, you and Seaver go back
over to Molly's apartment.

Find out what else she's hiding.

You could just call my father.

He might get worried,
think something happened to me.

Really? Think that through.

Who would I say I was?

I'm not sure. I don't know.

But you've done this before.
I haven't.

Jane?

Don't leave me here, okay?

Oh, you've gotta relax, Molls.

Trust me, no one looks good
when they're freaking out.

I'm still shaken up. I'm sorry.

Move on.

You're grating when you're anxious.

I woke up terrified. I thought
I'd been kidnapped by some psycho.

What was I supposed to do?

Every day, babies enter the world,

and it's cold and bright,
and they're naked.

- What do they do?
- Cry?

No, they trust.

They cling to their mother's breast
and accept love.

Right?

Right. Yeah, that's true.

Are you saying you're my mother
in this exercise?

Oh, no.

We are gonna watch movies...
have girls night, that's all.

Just you, me, and Julia Roberts.

I'm done with this. Just untie me.

I...

Did you spit at me?

I'm feeding you by hand,

and you spit at me.

No.

I can't allow you to keep
crossing these boundaries.

I want to help you fix yourself,

but you've become
an ungrateful narcissist.

I call this a humility check.

It shatters those selfish thoughts,

so you can hear other people's
feelings and needs.

Wait, wait, wait, please.

I'm sorry.

Today I do.

Tomorrow I will.

Today I do.

Tomorrow I will.

She was overdosing on daily affirmations.

Saying you're happy
isn't the same as being happy.

Oh, I think I found her dark secret.

And this...

is a diet journal.

Check with Garcia.

See if her spending reflects a disorder.

- Hey.
- Hey, it's Seaver.

How much money did Molly spend
on food every week?

Thirty bucks a week at the grocery store.

Thai food every Friday.

Yikes. She is worse than me.

Eight dollars a day for coffee.

Can you go back a couple months?

Yeah.

Oh, my. Back then,

the spending tells an entirely different
story of the unhealthy sort.

Lots of drugstore purchases.

Fast food places.

Only a few dollars a week at the grocery.

Carrots and hot sauce.

And 17 bucks at McDonald's.

Binge night.

Anything in the journal?
It's intense.

She recorded not only what she put
into her body, but what came out.

Calories expended during exercise.

And she weighed her bowel movements.

Anorexia, bulimia.

The last entry is 10 weeks
before she disappeared.

When did her spending change?

About three months ago.

She got a membership at a yoga studio

and started paying for cooking classes.

Thanks.

We need to find out if Gail Langston
had a similar pattern before she was killed.

Rossi's speaking with her family right now.

Did Gail have many friends?

Oh, Gail never had a lot of girl friends.

She... Believe me, if she'd met one,
it would have been big news.

Was she staying with anyone?

Photos of her apartment show
a rolled-out sofa made up as a bed.

In that little place?

No, absolutely not.

If family came to town,
they stayed at the house.

Were you close with your sister?

We used to tell each other everything.

Thick as thieves, those two.

But she was different in the last few months
before she was murdered.

She got real secretive.

Peter, that makes it sound so bad.

How else had she changed?

She was a lot better.
She was happier, more confident.

She went back to school finally.

And she was working really hard.

Why did she take time off from school.

- She wanted to...
- She had depression.

- Really bad.
- She was moody, that's all.

Was she ever treated for depression?

Once I found her in the bathtub.

That was an accident.

I took her to the E.R.,
and they admitted her to some program.

After that, she was okay.

Up and down,
but the doctor said that was normal.

Was she seeing a therapist
or attending a support group?

She only spoke in terms
of expelling negative thoughts

or visualizing her truth.

She was a lot better.

But she wasn't herself.

What about the phrase,

"Today I do. Tomorrow I will"?

That's the one that she used the most,
and it was working.

This phrase doesn't have
a particular source or author.

It's found in every self-help book.
I read 22 of them today,

all touting the basic three-part plan.

Let me guess.

Phase 1 is positive thinking,
visualizing goals.

That's to work up the courage
to get to phase 2,

taking real steps to achieve said goal.

Gail committed to school,

got grades like never before.

Molly gave up her obsessive food journal
and started eating better.

It's hard to believe
motivational sayings alone

would allow her to make these strides.

Maybe that's why
the unsub moved in with them.

She could offer support
and encouragement day and night.

She'd be around to watch
Molly's diet or Gail's study habits.

At first, her methods worked.

She gets to be the hero, the savior.

She's a pure narcissist,
so helping her victims

is only about gaining their
appreciation and dependence.

But the more here victims gain confidence,
the less they need a full-time cheerleader.

And that's when her motivational plan
goes completely off the rails.

Phase 3 is normally about maintaining
the tenets of a program independently...

But her program doesn't end.
She holds them captive.

Destroys them physically.

She's the motivational speaker from hell.

What were you doing on the floor?

Were you trying to walk all by yourself?

You were gone a long time.

I had to get supplies for you.

You don't want to get infected
from old bandages, do you?

Maybe I should go to a hospital.

Nonsense.

You are not a burden.

I can't walk or go to the bathroom by myself.

Ah! That's why I got you these.

Voil?.

You want me to wear diapers.

Nothing to be ashamed of.

Just till you get back on your feet.

I need a doctor, a real one.

I might have some painkillers somewhere.

I don't use them because I prefer
to build character.

Jane, I need help.
Please let me out of here.

I don't want to die in this room.

Hey, now. What is all this negativity?

You are gonna be fine.

Taking care of people is what I do best.

It's my life's calling.

I just want to go home.

You're adorable.

You said yourself you can't even walk
or go to the bathroom.

First step is always admitting we need help.

Next, we visualize.

Imagine you're walking across this room.

I see it now.

You're doing great.

Halfway there. Now say it with me.

Today I do. Tomorrow I will.

Today I do.

Tomorrow I will.

Again.

But this time,
just believe it even more.

Today I do.

Tomorrow I will.

Great.

We're looking for a white woman
in her mid-20s.

Most likely blue collar
and local to the Syracuse area.

She probably has a job
that puts her in the role of caretaker,

such as a masseuse, nail or hair stylist,

personal trainer.

Women feel comfortable opening up to her
about their personal lives,

revealing details about their insecurities
that she later uses to manipulate them.

You think she tries to pass herself off
as a therapist or counselor of some sort?

It's doubtful. Her narcissistic personality
wouldn't allow her to listen to anything

that didn't revolve around her
for more than a few minutes at a time.

It's hard to learn anything when
you always need to be the expert.

We don't think she's capable
of getting a degree of any kind.

Wouldn't she need certification
for the jobs you're talking about?

She would, but she's a master manipulator.

She probably talked her way into many jobs

before they realized
her credentials are fake.

So check gyms and spas,
salons, yoga studios,

for employees fired in the last two years.

W need to I.D. This woman
as fast as possible

if we want any chance
of finding Molly Grandin alive.

Why didn't you tell us Molly
battled with severe anorexia?

I didn't know.

It's not as bad as you're
making it out to be here.

She was always a chubby kid,
always had to watch what she ate.

Did she get treatment?

We don't believe in stuff like that.

We're hard workers.
We like to solve our own problems.

It's urgent that you tell me
everything that you know.

Mr. Grandin,
I'm having difficulty understanding

why keeping Molly's secrets
is more important

- than finding her alive.
- It's not.

She just wouldn't want anyone
knowing her personal problems.

You're daughter is specifically
vulnerable to this suspect

because of her private emotional issues.

We need to know as much about Molly
as the person who's holding her captive.

I'm gonna ask again.

Are there any other secrets
you're not sharing with me?

She collapsed about a year ago.

Malnutrition. Anemia.

She wasn't eating.

Did she get treatment?

Thirty days.

Findley Center for Eating Disorders.

At Syracuse General?

Yeah. Why?

Gail Langston was
treated there for depression.

I should have told you.

Yeah.

Fantastic. I'm so impressed.

Now you'll appreciate every step you take,
because you earned it.

So where are you
on your positivity spectrum?

A 4.

- No, I mean a 9.
- I don't buy it.

Your mind is somewhere else.

No, I'm right here with you.

You're thinking about Lyle again,
aren't you?

No, I'm done with him.
Not even gonna be friends.

Really?

I'm... I'm so proud of you.

Well, he's the one who ended it.

Oh, bet that makes you
want him now more than ever.

How many times did you promise me
you wouldn't see him then you did?

Sneaking around and lying.

Let's not fight about Lyle.
Why don't we watch a movie?

How many times does he have
to put you in the hospital

before you realize he'll never change?

He doesn't care about your feelings.

- No...
- Don't!

I am trying to save you from yourself.

Conversation clearly does not help you.

I am done talking.

Garcia, both families released
daughter's medical records,

have you gotten access to those yet?

Yes. Both women
went to the same hospital

but for different programs
and at different times.

Maybe the unsub works at the hospital?

Even if she conned her way into a job,

I doubt she'd last long enough
to get close to patient files.

We were off on our profile.

She doesn't find her victims by chance,
like we thought. She hunts them.

Garcia, does Syracuse General keep
surveillance footage of entrances and exits?

Oh, in this age of black market
pharmaceutical drug trade, you betcha.

I can get you that.

Excuse me.

- Tsia?
- He's gone.

Who? What's going on?

Jeremy's dead.

What?

I got home from work
and he was just lying there.

He'd been in the shower.

I don't know.
I couldn't see anything.

They think it was a clot.

He's not even 40. How can...

He didn't have a pulse.
I called the ambulance.

They tried to revive him, but...

Did somebody break in?

I don't think so.
He was out for his run.

He's training for a marathon.

- Was it his usual path?
- Yes.

But he came back early.

He called me.
Said he wasn't feeling well.

Did he fall down on the path?
Did anyone run into him?

Oh, God.

How long have we been talking?

You've gotta get out of there.

Get a flight. Leave France.
Get back to America.

Cash transactions only from here on out.

Am I clear?

It's him, isn't it?

It's Doyle.

Toss that cell phone
and get home safely.

Oh, thanks, hon.

I can't believe you got my favorite beer.

Now, Molly and Gail had different doctors,

but both went to Syracuse General
pharmacy.

Assuming they were stalked 10 to 14 weeks
before their disappearance,

I started with the footage
from when they went to get refills

which falls right into that time window.

Behold. Gail Langston, July 3rd.

See that woman a few steps behind her
with the large cup of coffee?

Check this out.

Few weeks later, there she is again.

Same woman is following her.

Creepy.

She's wearing the same scarf as Gail.

##

Turn that up.

Garcia, did this woman follow a similar
pattern when she was stalking Molly?

Emily, shh.
You're totally ruining the ending.

Here's Molly and the stalker
on November 8th.

And what do you know,
she went shopping.

They're carrying identical purses.

And 15 minutes later on their way out.

So she stalks them, copies them,
and uses it to strike up conversation.

Oh, my gosh. This is the best
damn bootleg that Rush ever did.

Here is a nice clean one
of our stalker lady person.

Okay, can you blow that up and print it?

Yeah, I'm doing it as we speak.

How did you know this was my favorite?

I didn't.

I guess we just have a lot in common.

Gail Langston's family says
they've never seen her before.

Molly's father said the same thing.

I sent the picture to Lyle's lawyer,
but he says he can't find him.

Roommates haven't seen him
since he left here yesterday.

Where is his car?

Also missing.

Put out an APB for Lyle Donaldson
and the vehicle.

Oh, man.
The whole room's spinning.

It does that.

Hey...

Come on, baby.

I gotta take a leak.

I bet. You drank like a fiend.

What's wrong now?

Nothing.

Everything's perfect.

You did exactly what I figured you'd do.

I told Molly the truth
about you a million times,

but she couldn't get it
through her thick skull.

She's a visual learner, I guess.

- Wait.
- ##

How do you know Molly?

God, you're stupid.

Wait. Hey, do you know
where Molly is right now?

Of course, I do.
I actually care about her.

You are a cancer.

But luckily...

I found a cure.

Hey! Hey!

Barrows found Lyle's car
in the same parking lot

where Molly and Gail's cars were found.

She's got him, too.

She's too obsessed with power
and control to work with anyone,

especially somebody like Lyle.

He's dominating and violent just like her.

If anything, she sees him as a threat.

Why take him now with all this heat?

She's not done with Molly yet.

##

I have a surprise for you.

You gonna let me go outside?

Even better.

I am gonna set you free.

Mmm. This bootleg is amazing.

- Come here.
- Yeah.

- Feel good?
- Feels great.

- Do I make you feel good?
- You make me feel good.

Work it.

Come here. Come here.

You're the best I ever had.

Garcia, Dr. Weingold at Syracuse General
sent us an extensive list of female patients

in their mid-20s
that match our profile.

She's most likely local, raised by
a single parent, or in foster care.

Okay. Narrowing it down.

This unsub likes familiar places.

Look for extended family
or previous addresses.

Did any grow up near Onondoga Lake?

Okay. Wait. Here's one that might fit.

Jane Gould. Her grandparents
had a house near Maple Bay,

which is where Gail's body was found.

Are they still alive?

No, they died when Jane
was in middle school.

Is the house currently occupied?

Yeah, water and power all paid up.

It's one place she got attention
from a parental figure.

She feels at home and in charge there.

I'll send you an address.
Calling up a photo right now. Hold on.

Oh, Lord, this is her.

This is the creepy stalker woman
from the surveillance video.

I know. It hurts.

Lyle didn't even care that you were missing.

How low do you have to be
to let a loser like that hit you?

Very.

Very low.

Do you see now?

See what?

That you deserve better.

It's not that I deserve better.

I am better.

Than who?

Than you and Lyle.

Molly! Hey!

You're a perfect match.

How did I not see that?

Are you mad about the sex tape?

You know I did it to help you.

I don't care why you did it.

That's your problem.

You're in denial, Molls.

Take a good look at yourself.

A sweet little waif holding a stick.

- That's all you are, nothing more.
- Molly!

Hey, you okay?

Okay, thanks, Garcia.
So Dr. Weingold opened Jane's file.

She can't release details
but said there honestly aren't many.

Jane never admitted to being a cutter,
let alone what triggered it.

She started acting out
after she lost her grandparents.

Arrested for vandalism.

Removed from two foster homes
for destruction of property.

Desperate attempts to get attention.

Is that why she started cutting?
Another cry for help?

Cutting is about control.
Similar to anorexia,

it's common in teenaged girls who feel
like they have no control over their lives.

Her grandparents' deaths
were probably the trigger.

Loss of parental figures at such a young age
turns your world upside down.

There's a lot of pain, but no outlet.

No one's in charge.

Both Molly and Gail can relate to that.

Jane used them to convince herself
she's important.

More than that,
she thinks she's a selfless savior.

Instead of an orphan that no one claimed.

Help. Please! Please!

Man down.

It's clear here.

Clear.

He's not cold yet,
so we may have just missed them

After a confrontation like that,

she'll go someplace familiar,
someplace she feels in control.

I'll let Hotch know
we're headed to the lake.

No more self-loathing.

You'll go into the light,
and you'll feel loved.

And I'll go on to help others who are lost.

How far is Onondoga Lake
from Jane's house?

We're two minutes away.

Send the nearest patrol car.

Jane Gould!

FBI! Let her go!

Move away from the girl
and get your hands above your head!

She'll drown if I let go!

No she won't. Move away now.

Jane! Put it down!

Please help me!

Please!

Molly!

She's in bad shape,
but she's stable.

Molly? Molly!

Oh, baby.

There's so many things I want to tell you,
so many things I want you to know.

I love you so much.

You have to understand!
All I wanted to do was help her.

I love you, too.

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,

that can hinder the firm resolve
of a determined soul."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.