Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 6, Episode 7 - Middle Man - full transcript

You better run, Meredith!

Whoo-hoo!

You can run faster than that, girl!

Whoo-hoo!

Meredith?

Where'd you go, baby?

Meredith?

Come out, come out,
wherever you are.

Meredith?

Fan out.

Meredith...



Meredith?

- Ha!
- Aah!

Found her!

No! Please...

- Please...
- Shh... Shh...

It's all right.

Let me know when you're finished.

No! No!

- Whoa.
- Welcome to the 21st century.

Yay, technology.

Behold. Everyone has a new tablet.

- We've gone paperless?
- Fear not, Doctor of the Dark Ages.

I went old school for your
anti-technology quirk...

paper files, hard copy photos...



but the abacus is your responsibility.

Garcia, not that I don't
appreciate your efforts,

but exactly where did
the funding for these come from?

- I did a thing.
- A thing?

Best not talk about the thing.

We'll talk about the thing later.

Okay. Instead,
let's talk about harvest season

because it is harvest season in Indiana,

and farmers are finding
more than corn in their fields.

Meredith Joy, Kimberly Jukes,
and Amanda Frye

were all discovered murdered
in Johnson County, Indiana.

All three women were exotic dancers
living in different counties in the state.

Kimberly Jukes, the first victim,
went missing six weeks ago.

And in each instance,
the women finished their shifts,

but they never made it to their cars.

It says here Amanda Frye
was found 90 miles from her house.

This guy's going a long way
to abduct his victims.

If he's dumping the bodies
in the same county,

It's a good chance
he's located nearby.

It shouldn't be too hard to work up
a geographical profile.

Meredith Joy put up quite a fight.

She's got defensive wounds
all over her body.

And the lab discovered
two different samples

of DNA under her fingernails,

so we're dealing with at least a team.

One that rapes, beats,
and strangles their victims in a cornfield.

They're using condoms.

I bet one of these guys has a record,

and he doesn't want us
connecting the DNA.

And they're accelerating
their attack schedule.

Three weeks between
the first and second kill,

two weeks between
the second and third.

Meredith Joy died October 31st.

- Now they're down to one week.
- Who's missing?

Her name is Stephanie Wilson.

She was abducted last night
from Club Prowl in Tippecanoe County.

She finished her shift at midnight,

but she never made it home
to her 2-year-old daughter.

Babysitter called the police.

Stephanie's car was left
in the parking lot like the others.

And there's a clear pattern.

All the women have been
abducted on Friday night

and murdered sometime Sunday evening.

Which means we've got less than
two days to save Stephanie Wilson.

Stephanie.

Hey, wake up, sweetheart.

Hey, come on, sleepyhead.

You gotta get back to work now.

That's a girl. Come on now.

Rise and shine.

Hey, no sleeping in.
It's time to get back to work.

Hey! Shh, shh.
Hey, don't you struggle.

Hey, don't struggle.

Don't struggle.

You know better than that, don't you?

Yeah, you do. Yeah.

All right.

Batter up.

Yes, sir.

Whoo!

Oh! God, what the hell, man!

Wake up.
You don't want to miss the show.

Here. Take this.

##

No, no.

No...

No...

No.

The herd seek out the great,

not for their sake,
but for their influence,

and the great welcome them,
out of vanity or need.

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Hey, guys.

Look at the patterns on the cornfields.

It's all hard turns and zigzags.

They had to have been
chasing these women.

Do you think they escaped?

Maybe if it was just the one time,
but all three?

They let them go so they
could chase them again.

The women probably thought
they were being released.

I'd say we're most likely looking
for two dominant alpha male personalities,

but we shouldn't rule out one dominant

who allows his submissive to have sex
with these victims in order to control him.

Well, it certainly speaks
to their arrogance

if they're that confident
the women won't get away.

Prostitutes and strippers
usually make easy targets.

Maybe they need to up the challenge.

The hunt could be what gets them off.

Garcia, focus on prior sexual crimes
in the area.

This kind of confidence
doesn't get built overnight.

Yeah, I am compiling
as we are face-timing.

I'm also running DNA results
through unsolved crimes

in Indiana and the surrounding states.

Good. Let me know
as soon as you find anything.

You know, interestingly, all three victims
had downers and uppers in their system.

Well, were the drugs
used to subdue the women,

or is it a ruse to get them
to come home with them?

Prentiss and Reid, go to the club
where Stephanie Wilson worked to find out.

Dave, you and Morgan work the dumpsite.

I'll work victimology
at the local sheriff's station.

You think you can give me
the runaround, Kemp?

I don't think so.

No one talks to the press but me.

This is my department,
my investigation.

Do you understand?

You make me look bad.

It's not enough I got the FBI coming in.

No, now I have to deal
with fumbled plays from my own team?

Desk duty, two weeks.

Dismissed.

- Sheriff.
- Sheriff Jeff Salters.

- Aaron Hotchner.
- Sorry about that.

One of my guys leaked the news
about the dead woman to the press.

I needed to, uh, send a message.

Why is the investigation
being kept a secret?

Well, that was my call.

I don't want these guys skipping town

before I have a chance
to arrest them.

This ends in my jurisdiction.

Has Stephanie Wilson's father arrived?

He's waiting in the conference room.

He's pretty messed up
about the whole thing.

That's understandable.

I just don't get it.

You know how many strippers
and prostitutes

I saw get beaten up and raped
when I worked the city?

Sometimes it's like
they're asking for it.

Nobody asks for this, Sheriff.

Not consciously, anyway.

- Shall we go in?
- I think I'll speak to him alone.

Look...

I call it like I see it.

These women are victims
of heinous crimes.

I won't have you judging them
in front of their families.

And I won't have you telling me
how to run my show.

The Governor may have
requested your help,

but this is my case.

It's not a show. It is your case.

And you can watch from the outside.

That had to hurt.

Let's just hope he can take care
of business again tomorrow.

Are you suddenly a doubter?

'Cause there's the door, man.

Are you seeing this?

Live at Schmidt Farm,

where the body of Meredith Joy
was discovered late last week,

making her the third victim
in recent weeks

to turn up dead in a cornfield.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Department

remains quiet about
their investigation thus far,

but we'll stay on the scene as this story...

What are you doing here?

I thought we agreed
not to come to each other's work.

What did you get me into?

Me? I didn't know anything about this.

Those girls are dead, Chris.

Chase them around,
have some fun with them.

They won't remember a thing.

That's what you told me.

Scott, that's all it was.

You really didn't know?

Where's Michael?

I'll meet you out back in 10 minutes.

She said she was making extra money

waiting tables at a bar.

She's my little girl.
I didn't question it.

God, this is all my fault.

No one could have foreseen
Stephanie's abduction.

- It's not your fault.
- I know, I know.

I just, I... I can't...

Amy needs her mother.

What are you doing to try to find her?

We're helping local law enforcement
by building a profile.

Profile? Why aren't you just out there
looking for her?

Who knows what these...
these men are doing to her?

I need you to find my daughter.

We are looking for her.

Hopefully this will point us
in the right direction.

No, no, that's not good enough.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I just, um...

This has all just been too much.

It's all right.

Mr. Wilson, I assure you,

we will not stop
until we find Stephanie.

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What would it take for you

or one of your co-workers
to go home with a customer?

Nothing. I have a boyfriend.

Does he know that you work here?

It's how we met.

He doesn't have a problem with it.
Do you?

No, not at all.

I'm from Las Vegas.
I don't have a problem with it.

I just, um... These are questions
that we have to ask.

We are not judging you.
We're just trying to find Stephanie.

Now, you said you met
your boyfriend here,

so you did go home
with a customer once before.

Those were the early days.

Everyone's a little wild in the beginning.

- Not the veterans?
- We know to play it safe.

Was Stephanie the type of girl
who played it safe?

She never really went
through a wild phase.

All she cared about
was getting home to her daughter.

Did anyone try and take
her home last night?

Everyone tries. Every night.

Nothing stood out?

I know she got asked to go to a party.

We all did, but she turned them down.

Them plural?

There were these two guys.

They got dances from each of us.

What kind of party were they offering?

I never got a chance to find out.

It's bad business to discuss
private deals on the floor.

Can you show me where you and Stephanie
gave them their dances?

Yeah. Over here.

I was in here
while Stephanie was in that one.

Okay. Could you sit down?

Yeah.

All right, I can see the whole room,

but I can't see my partner.

If you're working as a team,

you both want to see the girl
you're gonna take home.

Why would they do it somewhere
where they can't see each other?

We should take a look
at the club surveillance footage.

Only two cameras.
There's a lot of blind spots.

How do you keep
an eye on all the girls?

We got the one guy in the back,

one guy on the floor at all times.

It looks pretty full.

Are you always this busy
on the weekends?

Only on theme nights.

The unsubs probably picked crowded nights
to make sure they blend in.

Well, they're smart.

They make a plan of attack
before they get to the club.

Then they separate
and choose their prey.

I doubt they were very happy

when Stephanie turned them down.

Alpha personalities
don't handle rejection well.

They abducted her
from the parking lot just like the others.

It didn't matter what she said.

Stephanie was going to that party
whether she wanted to or not.

How the hell did they find this place?

We must have taken
30 different turns to get here.

Thank you, Deputy.

We're definitely looking for a local.

We should position black-and-whites
in the area.

We might be able to spot the unsubs
before their next hunt.

Garcia should pull surveillance
footage of gas stations, too.

With all this driving,

they have to be getting
their fuel somewhere.

- I don't get it.
- What?

These guys enjoy the thrill of the chase.

I mean, all right, I'll buy that.

But what I don't buy
is them taking such a big risk.

Well, they wouldn't let their victim loose

unless they were certain
she couldn't get away.

So what would make them so certain?

Manpower.

It would take one person
to drive the truck.

It would take another guy to handle
the spotlight to track her in the field.

Is that enough?

Not for me.
I mean, come on, look at this place.

How could two guys guarantee
that she's not gonna get away?

They drug her.
Maybe they think that's enough.

Or we're dealing with
more than two unsubs.

Hey, fellas.

Who's tagging in?

Did you really kill those girls?

I was protecting us.

You protected us so well,
the FBI's here.

What?

They got here this morning.

What do we do,
drug her and dump her?

I don't want any part of this.

Too late.

You're in just as deep
as the rest of us.

We only had sex with them.
We didn't kill anyone.

First of all,
a jury's not gonna call it sex.

They're gonna call it rape.

Second of all,
I told you I'd take care of it.

What did you think I meant?

I don't know.
That... That you'd drug them

to make them forget us or something,

then let them go, not this.

If we'd have let them go,
we'd all be in jail right now.

Like it or not,
we're safe 'cause of what I did.

None of that matters right now.
The FBI are after us.

What do we do?

So what if the feds are here?

We covered our tracks.

They can't connect the girls to us.

We still got our whole weekend.

I say we lay low, enjoy ourselves.

Party ain't over yet, baby.

We know these guys are local,

so we should be looking for anybody
working fields or agriculture.

Only problem is
more than half of Indiana is farmland.

Garcia, were either of the other clubs
having theme nights

when the girls went missing?

Oh, my gosh.

All of them.

Meredith Joy was abducted
on Dollar-Draft Night,

Amanda Frye on Ladies Night,

and Kimberly Jukes
on Fantasy Football Friday.

So, Reid, you were right.

They're targeting nights
that the clubs were at capacity

so they won't be easily recognized
by the security cameras.

Reid.

Guys, I think I found our two unsubs.

These guys have gotten dances
from half the girls in the club.

They're very careful to hide
their faces from the cameras,

and this guy seems to be communicating
with someone across the room.

But if his partner's sitting in the booth
next to him, who's he talking to?

Garcia, do you have another angle?

No such luck, head Hotcho.
The other camera faces the door.

If there's a third unsub,
we could be looking at a pack.

That makes sense.

If these two in the booths
are underlings,

they would look to the pack leader
to choose the target.

That's why they abduct the women
from the parking lot.

Stephanie only knew
about the first two men.

If there was a third,
she never would have seen them coming.

Garcia, any luck with the DNA database?

Nothing in a five-state radius,

but I am opening
my parameters to nationwide.

That is gonna take some time, though.

That's the one thing we don't have.

We have 24 hours before Stephanie Wilson
ends up in a cornfield.

We might even have less than that.

What do you mean?

Two unsubs working toward
a common goal is one thing.

Add a third, and all bets are off.

We only found two traces of DNA.

One of them probably
doesn't know about the murders.

The pack hierarchy
will start to break down.

They'll question their leader.

And when that happens,

the alpha will have to reassert
his authority,

and Stephanie Wilson
will be the object of his aggression.

You should have told me.

After all we've been through,
I don't get why you'd lie to me.

Worry about Scotty.

You know him best.
You think he'll run to the sheriff?

No. He's been with us on two hunts now.

He knows he'll get locked up if he talks.

He'll stay loyal.

Let's hope so.

Ohh!

No, no, no!

You're gonna have to do a hell of a lot
better than that, girlie,

or we're gonna have a real problem.

What are you doing?

God!

Aah! No!

Now dance!

Who... Who's there?

Hey.

I brought you some breakfast.

I'm not hungry.

Look, if you eat,
I'll take off the blindfold.

But you have to promise
not to look at me.

Can you do that?

Okay.

Just... It's okay.

Just keep your eyes closed.

You can open them now.

You're going to kill me, aren't you?

No.

No, it's just... I don't know.

Please let me go.

I can't do that.

I don't want to die.

I don't want that, either.

Then let me go.

I have a daughter. She's only 2.

Please. I want to see my baby.

I'm going to do everything I can
to get you back to her.

I promise.

You shouldn't make a promise
you can't keep.

I was just saying that
to get her to eat, okay?

We need her to last, don't we?

Whoops, this must have fell off.

There we go.

Go wait in the truck.

Hold up.

You forgot something.

Stay with him.

I just can't believe

someone from our community
would be involved in this.

Don't underestimate
a pack leader's influence.

These guys are being manipulated
into playing his game.

We think at least
one member of the pack

didn't know that the women
were being killed.

Why here? Why now?

Each of the women was abducted
on Friday night and not killed until Sunday.

- So?
- So why are they avoiding the work week?

Could be blue collar.

They like the game,

but they can't let it
interfere with their jobs.

I don't think so.

The pack strikes not only on the clubs'
busiest nights but also the cheapest.

They have a limited income,

they blend in with a young crowd,

and they're unavailable Monday to Friday.

If one of them is from out of state,

that would explain
why they didn't start their killing

until the summer was over.

What would?

We believe the men we're looking
for are college students.

That's why the killings coincided
with the beginning of the fall semester.

This means they're most likely
in their late teens to mid-20s,

but don't rule out older
students who transferred in

or enlisted in the military
right out of high school.

Right now we're canvassing
colleges in the area.

College students are impressionable kids

eager to fit in and find
their place in the world.

This environment is conducive
to the creation of a pack.

In a typical pack,
not all members are created equally.

There'll be a dominant one,
an alpha personality

who's most likely
the oldest member of the group.

We believe he could be from out of state

and has likely committed
similar crimes before.

The lieutenant
will be fiercely loyal to the pack leader.

The alpha demands this.

He probably comes from a broken home

where he felt a loss
the dominant was able to fill.

And finally, we have the follower,

the newest member of the pack.

He hasn't cemented
his loyalty to the alpha

when already he's starting to question
his role in the group.

It's unlikely this member is privy
to the pack leader's ultimate agenda.

It won't be long before the dominant
realizes the low man is a liability.

We need to find this man
before the pack eliminates him.

How do we do that?

We drive a wedge between them.

Amp up the pressure.

This is our best chance
at finding Stephanie alive.

How do they know
where we go to school?

They're going
to every campus in the area. Chill.

No.

I'm out.

- No one's out.
- No, look, okay?

I'm not gonna tell anyone.

I swear. Skip out.

I'm gonna skip town.

Just calm down. Be smart.
We'll figure it out.

I can't.

I just can't.

You brought him in, you fix it.

I come bearing new information.

After I expanded my search nationwide,

CODIS bounced back a DNA match
to a series of rapes in Louisiana.

The dominant's done it before.

DNA matched only one unsub,

but there's another sample
in the Louisiana cases.

- He had partners before.
- Just not the same ones.

So he moves on
when the pack dissolves.

Louisiana P.D.
Were crazy close to solving who done it,

but then the rapes stopped.

Two locals went missing

and they pinned the crimes on them.

I'm sure they didn't
just happen to disappear.

Garcia, do a search of local colleges
for students from Louisiana.

Yeah, I'm gonna do that. Garcia out.

If he's killed his partners before,
he'll do it again.

But if he kills his accomplices,

Stephanie Wilson is as good as gone.

Everything's gonna be all right.

How?

The feds are closing in on us.

Where are we going?

Michael has a plan.

I don't trust him.

You trust me, don't you?

Yes. I trust you,

but... Michael is unpredictable.

How do you not see that?

I've known him
a lot longer than you have.

All right? Have faith.

Why are we stopping?

We're ditching the truck
and skipping town.

So what, we're just gonna leave
the truck in the middle of nowhere?

Yep.

- Who's that?
- It's just Michael coming to pick us up.

Why didn't you tell me?

Relax, would you?

You ready?

Yes, sir.

What the hell, man?

It's time you learned
a lesson in loyalty, Scotty.

I thought you had my back.

What's this for?

Finish the job.

What are you talking about?
He's learned his lesson.

Lesson's not his. It's yours.

Finish him.

I'm not a killer, man.

You are now.

No...

There's only one way
out of the brotherhood.

Don't do that.

Don't do this.

Chris, I'm your friend.

Chris, don't, please!

- I'm sorry.
- Please don't do this!

No, no, no!

Keep it together, Chris.

- Stephanie?
- No. Male victim.

We managed to I.D.
What was left of him.

Name's Scott Kagan.

He was a sophomore
at Ernstrom College.

This might be one of our unsubs.

We said they'd eliminate the weakest link,
and it looks like he was it.

The pack isn't just breaking apart.

They're completely collapsing.

Rather than kill Stephanie Wilson,

they've decided to eliminate
one of their own.

I mean, how long until
the lieutenant realizes

- that he's expendable as well?
- Hopefully soon.

Stephanie may have gained another day,
but that's not gonna last.

We have another problem
in that they've changed pattern also.

We're three counties away
from the normal disposal area.

Maybe they saw the patrol cars

at the usual dumping grounds
and got spooked.

No, not a chance.

My guys were parked at the edge of the field.
No one saw them.

Well, then maybe they knew
about the patrols in advance.

Scott Kagan is like a super outcast.

Record of marijuana possession
in high school,

moved on to harder stuff in college.

Scott rushed the fraternity Kappa lota Phi,

but was thrown out
before he became a full member.

According to his school counselor records,
he never really fit in anywhere.

Well, not for lack of trying.

That's exactly what made him
vulnerable to the alpha.

He didn't stand a chance.

The dominant befriended him
and gave him a place to belong.

Garcia, we know the pack leader
is connected to the rapes in Louisiana.

Do any students at Ernstrom College
match to that area?

No such lucky.
I have cross-referenced with profile,

location, and criminal record.

I have zilch.

Let's concentrate on the lieutenant.

He's our local connection.

Check the entire state,
Fort Wayne to Evansville.

This guy knows the country roads
like the back of his hand.

Like Scott, both members
were probably rejected

by fraternities or athletic organizations.

Their actions must have
been deemed inappropriate

to get them kicked out...

not just drug offenses
but violence as well.

And they knew about the police traps.

At least one of the unsubs
is connected to the investigation.

Do you think they have an inside man?

It's possible.

Run background checks
on members of the sheriff's department,

civilians and officers alike.

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I'd like to speak to the sheriff.

This is Sheriff Salters.

Hello?

Hello, is anyone there?

Everything okay?

Yeah. Fine.

Who you calling, buddy?

No one.

Sheriff's office.

Now, why'd you have to go
and do something like that?

Sir, I need to talk to you guys
really, really alone.

Okay. Hang on.

Conference room.

Go ahead, Garcia.

I ran a list of police officers with children
who go to Ernstrom College,

and I cross-referenced that
with my flagged campus violent offenders.

- What did you find?
- My apologies, sir,

but Sheriff Salters has a son
that goes to Ernstrom,

and the deeper I dig,
the more interesting it gets.

It appears young Salters
has a sealed record.

- Unseal it.
- I already did that.

- And it's blank.
- What do you mean?

Everything in it has been erased.

Who'd know better that the FBI are here
than someone living with a cop?

Do you think Salters knows?

How could he?

He's searching
for a leak in his own department,

only he's the leak.

Garcia, dig up everything you can
on Salters and his son.

Yes, sir.

Stay here.

Sheriff, I need to talk to you.

I'm busy.

Then I can come back with a warrant.

Your son Chris has a sealed record,
but I think I know what's in it.

He's been arrested for assault
and probably drug violations, too,

and you've covered up for him.

That's why it didn't turn up
in our initial search.

Are you a father, Agent Hotchner?

Yes, I am.

Well, then you understand.

I couldn't let these, uh, these incidents
ruin Chris' future.

I understand that if you run your home
the way you run your department,

then you bully your family
the way you bully your officers.

I run a tight ship.

How long ago did your wife stop
putting up with it and leave you?

You son of a bitch.

How many times have you hit Chris?

How dare you accuse me
of abusing my son!

You call it discipline.

You hit Chris in order to maintain control,
but you lost that control a long time ago.

Has he started to hit you back yet?

Don't tell me how to raise my son.

You've covered up domestic disturbance
violations and drug offenses.

Have you covered up anything else?

What are you getting at?

Have you discussed
details of the case with Chris?

Did you tell him about the checkpoints?

He was asking me about my day.

That was in order to escape detection.

I'm sorry, Sheriff.
Your son's right in the middle of this,

and if you don't help us find him,

we're gonna lose him
and Stephanie Wilson.

Hotch, he's not in the dorms.

And he's not answering his phone.

You know, if Salters inflicts
physical punishment on Chris,

then it's highly unlikely
he's the alpha of the group.

No, based on what we know,
Chris wouldn't be the dominant.

Nor would he have the confidence to lead,

but if the dominant protected Chris...

He'd have his unwavering loyalty.

Sheriff, when Chris started Ernstrom,

was there an upperclassman
who befriended him or who he looked up to?

Did he join a fraternity?
Did he play on a sports team?

He didn't do this.

Garcia, anything?

I'm searching, sir.

Track team.

And Kappa lota Phi.

That's what we've been missing.

Garcia, expand your previous
Louisiana search

to former Ernstrom students
who fit our offender profile.

Narrowing, narrowing...

Molto bene.

Michael Kosina of Louisiana.

Uh, let's see.
He was kicked out of Kappa lota Phi

after questionable sexual conduct
with a student in 2004.

The charges were dropped,

but the incident earned the fraternity
probation from its national chapter.

Michael Kosina. I met him.

He caused Chris' bar fight.

He did this to my son?

Were Kosina and Chris
at Ernstrom at the same time?

Yeah. Chris was a freshman
when he was a senior.

Michael dropped out a few weeks later

after he got into an altercation
with one of his professors.

This type of dominant
would definitely have issues with authority.

Tell me you got an address, baby girl.

En route as we flirt, baby.

Morgan, wait until Sheriff Salters arrives.

He might be able to talk to Chris.

All right, but, you know, Hotch,
if that doesn't work,

Prentiss could be our best shot.

True. The pack objectifies women.

They wouldn't know how to handle
negotiating with one.

We gotta hit the road.

Why?

They're getting too close.

No, they're not.

It doesn't matter.
They're in our heads.

First Scott, now you.

- You can trust me.
- Really?

Look, I didn't say anything, I swear.

Doesn't mean you won't next time.

We're leaving.

Where are we going?

I don't know yet.

I have to make a stop first.

Trust is earned.

What are you going to do to me?

Don't worry, baby.

I'm not going to let
anything happen to you.

Okay? Stand up. Here we go.

Come on.

Hey.

We do this, we're free and clear.

Huh? No more Pops
telling you what to do.

We hit the road to a brand-new life...

just you and me, brother, to the end.

To the end.

Away we go.

Hey!

Chris Salters!

Michael Kosina!

FBI. Give yourselves up.

We want to negotiate.

The time for that is over, son.

Oh, I wish I was your son, Sheriff.

It wouldn't be my ribs getting bruised.

Christopher, walk this way
and we'll work it out.

Don't you get it?
He's done taking orders from you.

Sorry, Dad. Can't.

Prentiss, go. Go.

Michael. Chris.

My name's Emily Prentiss.

I'm holstering my weapon.
I just want to talk.

That's what they all say.

That's quite a feat...

manipulating a cop's son
into committing rape and murder.

Shouldn't we be talking about how
your fine ass is gonna get us out of here?

You wish. Look around.

Everyone's guns are trained on you.

Not Chris. You.

No one wants to shoot a cop's kid.

But you?

I might shoot you myself.

You call yourself a negotiator?

Chris, I know you're loyal to Michael.
I get it.

He was there for you
when you thought nobody else was.

Nobody was.

That might be true.

But you need to understand
that Michael's done this before.

Don't listen to this bitch!

She's trying to get us to surrender.

We should rush them now.

You don't want to do that, Chris, do you?

That's suicide for you.
Michael doesn't care.

He was gonna kill you the moment
things got tough anyway.

Just like he killed his last team.

What's she talking about?

Two men went missing

following a series of rapes
in northern Louisiana.

What do you think happened to them?

Is that true?

Were you gonna kill me, too?

What do you mean, too?

I didn't kill Scott. You did.

You said that it was to protect us.

Us, me. It's all the same.

It don't matter anyway.

We're not getting out of here,
either one of us.

I need to know you're with me.

To the end.

Well?

Too late.

What did you do?

Put it down! Put it down!

It's over, Christopher.

It's over.

I am not going to jail.

We'll get you a good lawyer.

We'll figure out a way
to get your sentence reduced.

You'd like that, wouldn't you, Dad?

A chance to play hero.

- Son...
- Well, too late.

You don't get to win this one.

Medic, we need a medic.

I had to, son.

Sheriff?

It's time for us to go.

Yeah.

You know, I keep asking myself
what I did wrong.

How did my son become a murderer?

There's an answer
that a profiler could give you,

but you don't need to hear that.

And you don't need
any criticism from me.

All I can say is that in my own life,

I try to run a very tight ship at work,

and then when I come home,
I try to give my son

all the love and compassion
and understanding that he deserves.

And I'm not saying this is your failing,

but something made Chris vulnerable.

And now I've lost him.

I don't think you have.

It's going to take
every connection I've ever had

to keep him off death row.

And after that,
he's going to need you more than ever.

Chris is lost.

But he doesn't have to spend
the rest of his life that way.

What can I do?

Be there for him.

Make amends
and help him do the same.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Without heroes, we are all plain people,

and don't know how far we can go.

Bernard Malamud.