Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 7, Episode 15 - A Thin Line - full transcript
The BAU is called to San Bernardino, California where two home invasions have occurred within four days of each other, the two taking place within one block of each other. In both cases, the homes belonged to Caucasian families, in both cases the father had a gun and weapons training, and in both cases all family members were killed, all by gunshot. At each scene was also one deceased member from among the intruders, both black males. While one of those black deceased was known to be involved in gang activity, the other was seemingly a hard working model citizen, who was working two jobs to put himself through school. As well, both deceased black males had massive doses of oxycodone in their system. These murders are being used as political fodder within the current San Bernardino mayoral race, with Caucasian candidate Clark Preston using inflammatory wording to describe the ensuing race wars from these home invasions between the whites and "the browns". The BAU have to figure out if Preston is somehow directly involved or if his rhetoric is stirring up these sentiments of someone unrelated to him.
SAN BERNADINO, CALIFORNIA
(MAN SNORING)
(BABY CRYING)
(SIGHS)
-(GLASS SHATTERS)
-(GASPS)
Matt!
-What?
-Matt!
(METALLIC CLANGING)
Shh!
It's me.
Where's your cell phone?
In my backpack.
Daddy, what are you doing?
Someone's in the house.
-Who?
-I don't know.
The power's out
and my cell phone's downstairs.
Where is it, Kenz?
Where's Mom?
Hiding in the bathroom with your sister.
I gotta go check on her.
-Daddy.
-Hide under the bed and call 911.
(LOUD THUD)
-Okay?
-Daddy!
-Come here.
-(WHIMPERING)
Kenz, I'm gonna need you
to be brave right now, okay?
Can you do that for me?
You hide under there and call 911.
I love you so much.
I'll be back.
Don't come out.
911. What's your emergency?
Someone broke into our house.
Please send help.
What's your address?
10058 Yucca Lane.
San Bernardino. What's your name?
Mackenzie. Mackenzie Lewis.
My dad told me to call.
-Where's your dad now?
-I don't know. He had his gun.
-(TWO GUNSHOTS)
-(MACKENZIE GASPING)
Mackenzie, listen to me.
Stay calm.
The police are on their way.
Please hurry!
Is there someplace you can hide?
-I'm under my bed.
-(MOTHER SCREAMING)
No!
(TWO GUNSHOTS)
-Mommy!
-Mackenzie?
Mackenzie, listen to me.
Just listen to the sound of my voice.
-Oh, my God.
-Stay calm. Just breathe.
-(GUNSHOT)
-Mackenzie? Mackenzie.
Stay with me. Come on, now. Breathe.
That a girl. There you go.
Nice and deep.
(GASPS)
Mackenzie?
Mackenzie?
Is there someone in your room?
(WHISPERING) Yes.
Just stay quiet. I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Shh.
(MACKENZIE SCREAMING)
-Mackenzie! Mackenzie!
-(GUNSHOT)
Nice job, Valdez.
You just got your whole team killed.
Sorry.
You're damn right, you're sorry.
Franklin's wife is pregnant.
Maxwell over there just got engaged.
Wedding's in May?
It's too bad you won't make it.
I thought I cleared the room.
MORGAN: You didn't check the door.
You missed the hidden threat.
I should have covered him.
No, Prentiss. You're on point.
It's his job to cover you.
When you don't do your job,
Valdez, people die.
If you're not ready
to shoulder that responsibility,
then maybe you need
to reconsider joining the Bureau.
I said I was sorry.
I heard you.
Out in the field,
"sorry" doesn't bring people back.
We're done today.
Morgan.
Is everything all right?
Yeah. Why?
You were a little hard on Valdez.
He's just a new agent trainee.
Who made a fatal mistake.
He looks up to you.
I'm just saying, maybe you could
build his confidence, not break it.
Imagine how he'd feel
if that had been real.
Okay, yeah, I understand that.
That course is designed
to force failure.
That's how we learn.
My job is to train the trainees,
not be their friend.
I know
you're doing the tough love thing,
but they don't know you like I do.
We got a heater.
Going back to Cali, crime-fighters.
San Bernardino, California.
Two home invasions
in less than a week, only a block apart.
Exact same MO.
Both houses were burgled,
power and phone lines cut,
and they broke in
through a back window.
In each case the entire family
was shot and killed?
GARCIA: Yes, that is right.
I present to you
the Mitchells and the Lewis family.
They took out the power
and phones to isolate them.
Their alarm systems wouldn't work
and they can't call for help.
Most modern alarm systems
have a backup generator
and a cell phone connection
to the security company.
Yeah, the Mitchells
had an older system,
and the Lewises were behind
on their account, so it was inactive.
An assailant was killed in each case?
GARCIA: Affirmative.
The sheriff hasn't ID'd them yet.
Both families were armed
and fought back
and shot one of their attackers.
Is that a coincidence or a connection?
What concerns me
is the frequency of the kills.
PRENTISS: Only four days apart.
HOTCH: Right. It's a long flight.
We'd better get going.
Wheels up in 30.
MORGAN: "Equality may perhaps
be a right,
"but no power on earth can
ever turn it into a fact."
Honoré de Balzac.
Brian Mitchell was an avid hunter.
Matt Lewis was an Iraq war vet.
Not surprising they both owned guns.
REID: Last year Southern California's
Inland Empire ranked fourth
in the nation in foreclosure rates.
Typically, as the economy falls,
crime rates rise.
Times are tough.
Desperate people do desperate things.
-(COMPUTER BEEPS)
-GARCIA: Greetings, all.
Your herald bears tidings.
What you got, mama?
The sheriff ID'd
both the dead home invaders.
First up is Alex Collison, 20.
Made an impressive list of bad life
decisions before he croaked, included
but not limited to possession,
a couple of drug charges,
a card-carrying member
of the Verdugo Heights Boys.
JJ: They're gang members.
He was,
but slow your roll, home girl,
'cause next up
is Ronald Underwood, 19.
Zero record, unless you want
to count some volunteer work.
Straight-A student,
putting himself through school.
PRENTISS: Not exactly
the home invasion type.
Both from a poor area of town,
grew up a mile apart.
Hard to tell from the crime scene photos
how many assailants there were.
PRENTISS: If it was gang-related,
there could be a lot of them.
The homes that got invaded
were on the other side of town,
predominantly white area
full of middle-class families.
Guys, the M.E. report just came in.
Both of them had high levels
of oxycodone in their systems.
That's strange.
Violent crimes like these
are normally associated
with stimulant drugs,
like methamphetamines.
MORGAN: Underwood's
as straight as an arrow.
Collison's a garden-variety
gangbanger.
I grew up with knuckleheads like that.
High-risk break-ins and oxy,
that's not their MO.
HOTCH: Regardless,
we need to get ahead of it.
The press has got the community
on the verge of panic.
JJ and I will coordinate
with the sheriff's office.
I want the rest of you
at the crime scenes.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO)
If you remember anything at all,
give us a call.
The neighbors say they've been trying
to sell that house for almost a year.
Apparently Matt Lewis was laid off
and they were upside down
on their mortgage.
Nothing about that house says robbery.
A beat-up 8-year-old minivan
in the driveway.
There's nothing fancy inside either.
Violent hardcore burglars
don't pick random targets.
Why these homes?
-Look at these people. They're terrified.
-Can you blame them?
Half of them are moving.
The other half
are joining the neighborhood watch.
This whole community is gonna be
on edge until we catch these guys.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
WOMAN: No, leave us alone!
(BABY CRYING)
MACKENZIE: Someone
broke into our house.
Please send help.
Mommy!
Mackenzie Lewis was
the fourth and final victim.
She made the 911 call
from under her bed.
The M.E. didn't see
any signs of a struggle,
so he obviously dealt
with her rather quickly.
Ballistics confirmed that the rest
of the Lewis family was shot
with the exact same .357.
If it was a gang,
there was only one shooter.
The second and third victims were
Trisha Lewis and 6-month-old Blake.
The injury patterns suggests
that Mrs. Lewis tried to shield the baby
with her own body.
Matt Lewis was found right here,
Ronald Underwood just over there.
Underwood was shot 11 times
in the head and abdomen.
REID: Lewis himself
only had a single gunshot wound
to the head at almost point-blank range?
How did someone get that close?
He could have been subdued first.
REID: The M.E. didn't see any signs
of a blitz attack or struggle.
MORGAN: It had to be
an ambush of some kind.
Probably when he
was confronting Underwood.
That's almost impossible
based on where the body was found.
PRENTISS: It's right
in the middle of the room.
It's too out in the open
to surprise somebody.
Matt Lewis wasn't shot here.
No, somebody moved the body
to make it look like he was.
Forensic countermeasure designed
to make us think
these guys died in a gunfight
that never occurred.
Bullets and blood everywhere.
Too messy
for an accurate reconstruction.
HOTCH: Mr. Phillips, were you aware
of Alex's gang affiliation?
It wasn't a secret.
The boy was wild.
Been that way since his mother passed.
Too much of his daddy in him.
He was always in trouble?
Not FBI trouble.
He ain't got the brains
nor the work ethic.
Kids have a way of hiding things.
Agent Hotchner,
the boy smoked reefer,
ran with the wrong crowd.
Most of his time was spent on a stoop
or in front of a TV.
I'm telling you,
ain't no way on God's green earth
he did what they say he did.
When was the last time
you saw Ronald?
The night before last.
He came home from work,
and he was running late for class.
I left him a plate.
When I found it
there the next morning,
I knew something was wrong.
Does he look familiar?
No. Never seen him.
Were you aware of any gang affiliation
your son may have had?
Gang?
No.
It could have been
just a friend in the neighborhood?
I said no.
Okay.
Have you ever known him to do drugs?
Excuse me?
(STAMMERING) Ma'am,
I'm very sorry. I know this is very...
You think because he was black
and had tattoos,
that he was in a gang and doing drugs?
The medical examiner found
opiates in his system.
The other dead assailant
was a known gang member.
Ma'am, I am just trying to
gain insight into who your son was.
Here's some insight.
My son worked two jobs
so he could put himself through school.
He was no thug on the corner!
My baby,
he would never have done these things.
Do you understand me?
You find out who did this to him.
Okay, so the UnSub
gets the drop on Matt Lewis,
kills the rest of the family,
and then leaves a drugged-up patsy
behind to cover his tracks?
This wasn't a burglary at all.
There was a higher purpose here.
They're staging the crime scene
to send some kind of message.
This guy's trying to make it
look like black kids from the hood
are killing white families
in white neighborhoods.
A pretty powerful message.
PRESTON: Homes are being invaded.
Entire families are being slaughtered
by common criminals.
I ask you, Mayor Wennington,
what are you doing about it?
Because, frankly,
from where I'm standing
it doesn't seem like enough.
I'd like to respond to that.
-PRESTON: I should hope so...
-Please.
PRESTON: Because crime rates
have been on the rise
ever since you took office.
So have property taxes,
I might add.
How about you, Ms. Ross?
If you take office, do you have a plan
to curb the violence on our streets?
I do. I will be happy to discuss it.
PRESTON: The victims of
these heinous crimes fought back.
Why?
Because no one
would fight back for them.
If you elect me, I will.
I won't let this
become another Los Angeles,
where the cancer of black
and Latino gangs has taken over.
Or Salt Lake,
where 80% of drug-related felonies
is committed by illegals.
This is our city.
It's time we take it back.
(MEN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I only need one guy.
I need help moving.
Fifty dollars for two hours.
(AGREEING IN SPANISH)
Deal.
Where you from?
Guadalajara.
You're a long way from home.
Hang on... I've got to get something
from the trunk.
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)
(SIREN WAILING)
(CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO)
Same exact MO.
Power and phone lines were cut and
he snuck in through the back window.
He's accelerating.
Less than two days
since the last break-in.
He was Pedro Mendez.
He had a Mexican driver's license
on him. Garcia checked him out.
Wife, three kids. No criminal record.
Six gunshot wounds
to the chest and head.
It looks they were all
from a .38 snub-nose.
Then over here... (SIGHS)
Charles Nelson.
.38 was registered in his name.
He unloaded the entire cylinder
on that guy.
Or we're supposed to think.
-Where's the other body?
-Upstairs.
MORGAN: Karen Nelson.
She was due in a month.
He took the time
to pull the sheet up and tuck her in.
Remorse.
That would be a first.
Why now?
The homeowners in each case
were killed humanely.
He didn't want them to suffer.
The fall guys he left behind
were all shot multiple times,
overkill, like it was personal.
JJ: He modified his MO.
This time he wanted it to look like
an undocumented immigrant
was responsible.
These are hate crimes.
The point is
to incite racial tension and fear.
HOTCH: We believe we're looking
for a white male
in his late 20s to early 30s.
Wait, wait, wait.
Sorry, I thought we were looking
at black gangbangers.
The UnSub has been
staging the crime scenes
to make it look like black gangs
and undocumented immigrants
were responsible.
Why would anyone do that?
We think he's trying to
create some sort of racial conflict.
In 1969, Charles Manson orchestrated
the Tate-LaBianca murders,
in the hopes of creating a race war
between the blacks and whites
that he referred to as "Helter Skelter."
A name he stole from a Beatles song.
Members of the Manson family
left watermelon rinds
at the scene of the crime
and also painted panther paws
on the wall in blood in the hopes
of convincing authorities
that the Black Panther Party
was responsible.
Hate groups like
the Aryan Nation believe
that race war is not only inevitable,
but necessary.
Our UnSub may be a member
of one of these groups.
Aryan gangs have a strong
presence in prisons,
so he may be an ex-con
or even possibly related to a convict.
ROSSI: We think he may also be
some kind of zealot.
He believes
his war is already being fought.
These murders
are a mission to him.
Like a soldier, he is willing
to put himself in harm's way.
REID: The UnSub may also
be vulnerable somehow,
weak-minded or even lonely.
His cause gives him a sense
of power and belonging.
He's physically fit enough
to move dead bodies,
so he's probably young.
But not so young as to be impulsive.
These attacks took planning and focus.
He's disciplined.
He uses oxycodone
to drug his unwilling partners.
He does so without killing them,
which means
he's knowledgeable about dosages.
PRENTISS: Oxy is expensive,
so look at medical care professionals
and caregivers,
anyone with access
to prescription drugs.
This UnSub is dedicated and driven.
It makes him especially dangerous.
Surrender is not likely part
of his strategy.
(WHISTLING)
Morning, sunshine. Ah!
Beautiful day.
Did you sleep okay?
(MAN CHUCKLES)
Yeah, me, too.
I think I need a new mattress.
Fixed your favorite oatmeal.
Put in brown sugar.
I know how you like it.
FEMALE NEWSCASTER: Here's
a quick look at what we can expect
the five-day forecast to look like.
As you can see, it will be slightly
on the cooler side of average,
with temps in the mid
to upper 50s with partly cloudy skies...
Eggs? Mom, do you want eggs?
Hmm?
Yeah?
Don't put away
those winter jackets just yet.
Back to you guys in the studio.
MALE NEWSCASTER:
With the mayoral race heating up,
Clark Preston took time
to walk the neighborhood
recently hit by
two brutal home invasions.
PRESTON: I'm here to
support my community.
These people need to know
that they're not alone.
REPORTER: Mr. Preston, what do
you plan to do about it if elected?
What do I plan to do?
These people ask
the dumbest questions.
I plan to cut
these gangs out like a tumor.
We won't be terrorized
in our own homes.
-No.
-PRESTON: If I need to go door to door
to personally send every one of them
back to where they came from.
I want my city back.
That's right!
(MOTHER GROANING)
I got you, Mom.
I got this.
(MOTHER BREATHING HEAVILY)
Hang on.
Hang on. Hang on.
There you go.
(EXHALES)
Hotch. Check this out.
There's a mayoral race in town,
and there's a guy named Clark Preston
all over the news.
Looks like he's running a close second.
These vicious home invasions
are a sign of the times.
As demographics change,
so do crime rates.
We may not be able
to slow the browning of America,
but we can sure as hell
take our city back.
If you elect me,
I'll lead that charge.
The browning of America?
That's damn near hate speech.
He's using the murders
to further his campaign
and I guess people
are rallying behind it.
What if our UnSub
is nothing like Manson?
Manson never got his hands dirty.
What if our UnSub
is more like his followers?
You think he's being manipulated?
Maybe even unintentionally,
but either way,
rhetoric like this could fuel his fire.
We should talk to Preston.
-I already sent a car.
-Good.
I can't tell you
how happy I am you're here, gentlemen.
Maybe now someone
will stop these savages.
What can I do to help?
We were hoping to talk
to you about some of your rhetoric.
My rhetoric.
MORGAN: We believe
the recent murders may be hate crimes.
Some of the things you say,
they may be construed
as inflammatory.
Agent Morgan's referring to some
of your recent campaign speeches
and the references to the murders.
We believe that whoever's responsible
for these crimes is impressionable
and may be responding to the vitriol.
You think I'm responsible?
Nobody said that.
If this person is motivated
by racist sentiments,
then what you're saying publicly
may be affecting him.
-You're profilers, right?
-Right.
You study behavior, not actual facts.
Then you come up with theories.
It's not quite as simple as that.
I'll bet you had to work extra hard
to get in the Bureau, didn't you?
Probably still have
to prove yourself on a regular basis.
I respect that.
I wish there were more like you.
I'll cut back
on my media appearances, for now.
I suggest you start proving
some of those theories of yours.
You two enjoy your day.
We should check out his list
of contributors and his staff.
It might be somebody in his camp.
We need to check him out, too.
I'll send it first thing Monday.
Yes, yes, yes. Now please stop calling!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-Trev, how you doing, buddy?
-Clark!
Good to see you, man.
Those debates the other day,
you were great!
Thanks. I'm sorry I couldn't swing
by after like we planned.
No, no, no. I get it.
It's not like you're running
for mayor or anything. Right?
I brought these for your mom.
It's her birthday next week?
You always remember.
You hungry? I'm fixing lunch.
You could come in and say hi.
-She'd love to see you.
-I wish I had the time.
I'm just in the neighborhood.
You give her my love.
-You bet.
-Listen.
About the campaigning,
I'm thinking maybe
we down-shift a little bit.
(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Have you seen the polls? We're losing.
I know. Still a lot of work to do.
Yeah, but we're changing minds,
just like you said.
We'll keep changing them.
It's a chess game, Trev.
We gotta time our moves.
Trust me.
Trust me.
(SIGHS)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Talk to me, doll face.
GARCIA: I got some dirt on
your mayoral candidate, Clark Preston.
He's a politician.
That shouldn't be hard.
GARCIA: Yeah,
he's a real estate lawyer
who ran for city council last year
and lost. And he's rich.
As in, if money was dirt, he's filthy.
He quadrupled his net worth
in the last 10 years,
mostly from real estate.
He managed to thrive
despite the area's economic downturn.
What do you mean by "mostly"?
GARCIA: He is on the board of
several shadow financial institutions.
Hedge funds, pension funds. Oh, he
likes to shuffle his money around.
Even found some offshore accounts
of his, I did.
You only do that
if you're trying to hide it.
What about his staff and contributors?
GARCIA: Uh-uh.
No, they're all clean.
-Thanks, Garcia.
-Yeah.
(SIGHS)
Preston's a part of this.
I know he is.
You should have seen him in there.
He's a racist and a little shady, maybe,
but a murderer?
It may be just a feeling,
but I know he's in this.
We just need to figure out how.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(GUN FIRING)
(GROANS)
(YELLING IN SPANISH)
(GRUNTS)
Shot execution style
just like all the others.
Why put him in there?
There must be something
symbolically important.
There's something inconsistent
about the staging.
It's not remorse, and it's not
a forensic countermeasure either.
Each of these families
were registered gun owners.
That must be
how he's selecting his victims.
He wants them to fight back.
It's propaganda for his race war.
He's turning the families into martyrs.
The fall guy takes the blame.
Now he's lost control
because his fall guy got away,
and he's devolving.
His name's Ramon Gomez.
He's an undocumented
immigrant from Mexico City.
He's pretty freaked out.
That's understandable.
Was he able to give
a description of the UnSub?
Just of the vehicle.
His English is not good.
We put an APB out.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(PRENTISS SPEAKING SPANISH)
We're just going to walk
through what happened.
There might be details that didn't
seem important that may help.
Okay?
Now close your eyes,
and take a deep breath.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Let's go back to yesterday...
You said he offered you a job?
He said he was moving.
Fifty dollars for two hours' work.
And what happened after
you got in the car?
He asked me where I was from.
Then he stabbed me with the needle.
(SIGHS)
I remembered the feeling right away.
I've been sober for nine months.
I must still have a tolerance.
I woke up in the trunk.
Is there anything you
remember about the ride?
Did you make any stops?
Yes.
Two.
Do you remember hearing anything
specific when you stopped?
A train.
We went over bumps in the road.
Train tracks.
Then we stopped...
and I heard one go by.
Anything else?
Laughter.
And music.
Loud music!
CAMPAIGN WORKER:
Preston campaign headquarters.
(INAUDIBLE)
PRESTON: Please tell everybody
that I appreciate all of their help.
Sometimes I don't have a chance
to do it personally,
so it's really great what they do.
Clark, you got a second?
Becky, give me a minute, will you?
Trevor, you know better than
to come here.
-Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
-We talked about this.
Yeah, I know, Clark,
-but please, I really have to talk to you.
-Not here. Not now.
-It's important.
-I'll come by as soon as I can,
but get the hell out of here,
and don't ever come back.
Oh, yeah, yeah, okay.
That's much better.
That's much better. Now you have
to turn these both around.
This signature.
Then bring it to my office.
Bring Mark, bring Jim.
Get everyone in there.
There are approximately two hours
between Ramon's abduction here
and his escape here.
He crossed the train tracks here.
Given the time
and distance parameters,
there's no way the UnSub could
have ventured outside this radius.
Okay, he said the train was close,
and he heard laughter and loud music.
I looked at points of interest next
to the train tracks
and there really isn't much.
There's a warehouse, a taco stand
that would have been closed,
and a bar called The Drunken Dog.
Why stop there? He need a drink?
He doesn't seem like the drinking type.
He's not impulsive or sloppy enough.
GARCIA: I live to serve you.
Garcia, what can you tell us about
a bar called The Drunken Dog?
I like it already. Let's see.
It's been around 30 years.
It was opened by a warehouse
worker named Manny Gresham.
Upon his death six years ago,
it was bought by a hedge
fund company called First Advantage.
Why would a hedge fund company
want a bar?
Let's see.
They bought it for a song,
and, poor Manny,
his medical expenses bankrupted him.
I guess that's why.
Shut the front door.
Clark Preston is on the board
of First Advantage,
which explains why the bar
is on a short list of local businesses
that support Preston for mayor.
Uh...
Clark, it's me again.
I did everything like you said,
just like we planned it,
but something, something went wrong.
I don't know what to do.
Would you call me back?
Please?
PRENTISS: We missed something.
We need to go back over his staff
and contributors again.
They all came up clean.
Garcia, look up DMV records
and find every registration in the area
that matches the description
of the UnSub's vehicle.
GARCIA: 79 names,
and I'm way ahead of you.
None of them match anyone
on Preston's team.
What the what? Oh, I'm good at my job.
A Pamela Mills donates monthly
to Preston's campaign.
Her son Trevor,
his car matches the description,
and it's registered in his name.
PRENTISS: Got a photo
and an address?
Yes, I do.
I also have a place of work for Trevor.
He is a part-time messenger.
I'm sending it now.
JJ, Morgan,
and Prentiss take the workplace,
we'll take the house.
NEWSCASTER ON TV:
Now in political news,
with the mayoral race heating up,
we caught up
with candidate Hilary Ross.
Her comments on the recent
home invasion...
(SOBBING) I know. I miss them, too.
FEMALE REPORTER:
Ms. Ross. Ms. Ross.
What can you tell us about the recent
rash of home invasion murders?
Our community has healing to do.
It's gonna take hard work
and time to fix.
-You stupid bitch!
-It won't be easy.
-Healing?
-Together...
I know, right?
She doesn't have what it takes.
We are under siege here,
and what is she gonna do?
HOTCH: What have you got, Garcia?
I found the connection between
the Mills family and Clark Preston.
Ten years ago, the Mills were
the victims of a home invasion.
Robert Mills, the father,
and 10-year-old Julie were killed.
Pamela was raped,
and now she has a lot of brain damage
that has left her
in a near vegetative state.
What about Trevor?
-(GUNSHOT)
-(WOMAN SCREAMING)
(GUNSHOT)
TREVOR: Mommy!
GARCIA: He hid in the closet,
and when it was over, he called 911.
HOTCH: That's why he stuffed
that boy in the closet.
He was reliving his own victimization.
ROSSI: He didn't do that
to the other children he murdered
because he didn't relate to them.
Garcia, was anybody
convicted of the crime?
Yes, Ronnie Green and Carlos Jackson.
Both African-American,
both serving life in Folsom.
Then after the murders,
Preston, he financially
supported the family almost entirely.
They're close.
He's known the family for years.
That must be how they're paying
Pamela's medical expenses.
It would be awfully hard to cover
that on a part-time messenger's salary.
Yeah, I mean, it's a top-flight policy.
ROSSI: Preston is playing the savior.
It looks like that monthly donation
that Pamela makes
to Preston's campaign
is her disability check.
My guess is Trevor authorized that
because he feels beholden to Preston.
He probably idolizes him.
Preston is manipulating
the Mills family
to further his own agenda.
He's behind everything.
He took advantage of Trevor
when he was weak and vulnerable.
He gains his trust,
then he brainwashes him.
Turned him into a killer.
Guys, there's something else.
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
HOTCH: FBI.
Pamela Mills?
House is empty. He's not here,
but I found this in his bedroom.
It's addressed to her.
"The price of peace is sacrifice.
"And I'm prepared to pay that price,
no matter how high.
"I hope you'll still love me."
This is a goodbye letter.
Or a suicide note.
He doesn't profile as suicidal.
No, but he knows
this could be his final mission.
He may want to go out
in a blaze of glory.
It's all about the election.
He's only got one move left.
We need to secure Mayor Wennington.
Have the rest
of the team find Hilary Ross.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
(OPERA PLAYING ON STEREO)
(VIBRATING)
(ROSS HUMMING)
(VIBRATING)
ON VOICEMAIL: Hello.
You have reached Hilary Ross.
Please leave a detailed message.
She's still not answering.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah, Morgan.
MORGAN: We're on our way
to Hilary Ross' house now.
She's still not answering her phone.
Call local police.
He's not going to go quietly.
-Do you have Mayor Wennington?
-Yeah. Keep me posted.
You got it.
ON VOICEMAIL: Hello.
You've reached Hilary Ross.
I'm still getting nothing.
That's her car.
You two go around back.
I'll draw his fire while you flank him.
You sure you want to split up?
We gotta cover the back
and the front in case he runs.
Let's go.
(ROSS BREATHING HEAVILY)
(ROSS SCREAMING)
FBI.
(GROANS)
You're hit!
I'm good. Go, go!
JJ: He's upstairs.
(ROSS SCREAMING)
TREVOR: Get in here!
Trevor Mills! FBI.
Drop the weapon! It's over!
Get away from me!
Trevor, you don't want to do this.
-Let me help you or you're gonna die.
-You help me?
Yeah, right!
I know about Preston.
I know that he put you up to all of this.
TREVOR: You damn half-breed!
You don't know anything!
Trevor, we pulled your phone records.
You called Preston 13 times today.
So what?
We pulled his voicemail messages, too.
He's using you, kid.
That's why he won't call you back.
-Get out of here or I'll kill this bitch!
-Listen to me.
Just listen.
When those men broke in your house,
you know who ended up buying it?
It was your man Preston.
He got it for nothing.
You're a liar!
All you people do is you lie!
The men convicted
of killing your family,
they both said somebody paid them off
to do that job.
They just couldn't prove it.
Now they're doing life.
Yeah, they should have
gotten the chair!
Come on, Trevor, wake up.
Preston set that up.
Crime waves hit, property value drops.
Then Preston moves in
and buys it all up for cheap.
Shut up!
Trevor, listen to me.
He doesn't give a damn
about black or white.
The only color that son of a bitch cares
about is green.
Come on, kid, you gotta believe me.
Drop the gun.
You let her go. We can work it out.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) He told me
you would try to turn me.
I'm no traitor!
PRESTON: Voicemail messages?
That's ludicrous.
That boy is mentally unstable.
-He always has been.
-Clark Preston,
-you have the right to remain silent.
-I'm innocent.
Please feel free
to exercise that right.
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford one,
an attorney will be appointed for you.
PRENTISS: "I'm for truth,
no matter who tells it.
"I'm for justice,
no matter who it's for or against."
Malcolm X.
How you doing?
I'm all right.
Emily,
I'm so sorry.
"Out there in the field,
'sorry' doesn't bring people back."
Oh!
Come on, I'm messing with you.
It's nothing, really.
I'm okay.
This isn't your fault.
Actually, it is.
You're a team leader.
-You made a tactical decision.
-You got hurt.
Again.
You did what you thought was right.
That's all you can do.
The rest of it, that's not up to us.
That's the job.
This is nothing, really.
I mean, the thing with Doyle, that...
I'm kidding! (LAUGHS)
(SIGHS)
I'm... (LAUGHING)
(CHUCKLES)
(MAN SNORING)
(BABY CRYING)
(SIGHS)
-(GLASS SHATTERS)
-(GASPS)
Matt!
-What?
-Matt!
(METALLIC CLANGING)
Shh!
It's me.
Where's your cell phone?
In my backpack.
Daddy, what are you doing?
Someone's in the house.
-Who?
-I don't know.
The power's out
and my cell phone's downstairs.
Where is it, Kenz?
Where's Mom?
Hiding in the bathroom with your sister.
I gotta go check on her.
-Daddy.
-Hide under the bed and call 911.
(LOUD THUD)
-Okay?
-Daddy!
-Come here.
-(WHIMPERING)
Kenz, I'm gonna need you
to be brave right now, okay?
Can you do that for me?
You hide under there and call 911.
I love you so much.
I'll be back.
Don't come out.
911. What's your emergency?
Someone broke into our house.
Please send help.
What's your address?
10058 Yucca Lane.
San Bernardino. What's your name?
Mackenzie. Mackenzie Lewis.
My dad told me to call.
-Where's your dad now?
-I don't know. He had his gun.
-(TWO GUNSHOTS)
-(MACKENZIE GASPING)
Mackenzie, listen to me.
Stay calm.
The police are on their way.
Please hurry!
Is there someplace you can hide?
-I'm under my bed.
-(MOTHER SCREAMING)
No!
(TWO GUNSHOTS)
-Mommy!
-Mackenzie?
Mackenzie, listen to me.
Just listen to the sound of my voice.
-Oh, my God.
-Stay calm. Just breathe.
-(GUNSHOT)
-Mackenzie? Mackenzie.
Stay with me. Come on, now. Breathe.
That a girl. There you go.
Nice and deep.
(GASPS)
Mackenzie?
Mackenzie?
Is there someone in your room?
(WHISPERING) Yes.
Just stay quiet. I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Shh.
(MACKENZIE SCREAMING)
-Mackenzie! Mackenzie!
-(GUNSHOT)
Nice job, Valdez.
You just got your whole team killed.
Sorry.
You're damn right, you're sorry.
Franklin's wife is pregnant.
Maxwell over there just got engaged.
Wedding's in May?
It's too bad you won't make it.
I thought I cleared the room.
MORGAN: You didn't check the door.
You missed the hidden threat.
I should have covered him.
No, Prentiss. You're on point.
It's his job to cover you.
When you don't do your job,
Valdez, people die.
If you're not ready
to shoulder that responsibility,
then maybe you need
to reconsider joining the Bureau.
I said I was sorry.
I heard you.
Out in the field,
"sorry" doesn't bring people back.
We're done today.
Morgan.
Is everything all right?
Yeah. Why?
You were a little hard on Valdez.
He's just a new agent trainee.
Who made a fatal mistake.
He looks up to you.
I'm just saying, maybe you could
build his confidence, not break it.
Imagine how he'd feel
if that had been real.
Okay, yeah, I understand that.
That course is designed
to force failure.
That's how we learn.
My job is to train the trainees,
not be their friend.
I know
you're doing the tough love thing,
but they don't know you like I do.
We got a heater.
Going back to Cali, crime-fighters.
San Bernardino, California.
Two home invasions
in less than a week, only a block apart.
Exact same MO.
Both houses were burgled,
power and phone lines cut,
and they broke in
through a back window.
In each case the entire family
was shot and killed?
GARCIA: Yes, that is right.
I present to you
the Mitchells and the Lewis family.
They took out the power
and phones to isolate them.
Their alarm systems wouldn't work
and they can't call for help.
Most modern alarm systems
have a backup generator
and a cell phone connection
to the security company.
Yeah, the Mitchells
had an older system,
and the Lewises were behind
on their account, so it was inactive.
An assailant was killed in each case?
GARCIA: Affirmative.
The sheriff hasn't ID'd them yet.
Both families were armed
and fought back
and shot one of their attackers.
Is that a coincidence or a connection?
What concerns me
is the frequency of the kills.
PRENTISS: Only four days apart.
HOTCH: Right. It's a long flight.
We'd better get going.
Wheels up in 30.
MORGAN: "Equality may perhaps
be a right,
"but no power on earth can
ever turn it into a fact."
Honoré de Balzac.
Brian Mitchell was an avid hunter.
Matt Lewis was an Iraq war vet.
Not surprising they both owned guns.
REID: Last year Southern California's
Inland Empire ranked fourth
in the nation in foreclosure rates.
Typically, as the economy falls,
crime rates rise.
Times are tough.
Desperate people do desperate things.
-(COMPUTER BEEPS)
-GARCIA: Greetings, all.
Your herald bears tidings.
What you got, mama?
The sheriff ID'd
both the dead home invaders.
First up is Alex Collison, 20.
Made an impressive list of bad life
decisions before he croaked, included
but not limited to possession,
a couple of drug charges,
a card-carrying member
of the Verdugo Heights Boys.
JJ: They're gang members.
He was,
but slow your roll, home girl,
'cause next up
is Ronald Underwood, 19.
Zero record, unless you want
to count some volunteer work.
Straight-A student,
putting himself through school.
PRENTISS: Not exactly
the home invasion type.
Both from a poor area of town,
grew up a mile apart.
Hard to tell from the crime scene photos
how many assailants there were.
PRENTISS: If it was gang-related,
there could be a lot of them.
The homes that got invaded
were on the other side of town,
predominantly white area
full of middle-class families.
Guys, the M.E. report just came in.
Both of them had high levels
of oxycodone in their systems.
That's strange.
Violent crimes like these
are normally associated
with stimulant drugs,
like methamphetamines.
MORGAN: Underwood's
as straight as an arrow.
Collison's a garden-variety
gangbanger.
I grew up with knuckleheads like that.
High-risk break-ins and oxy,
that's not their MO.
HOTCH: Regardless,
we need to get ahead of it.
The press has got the community
on the verge of panic.
JJ and I will coordinate
with the sheriff's office.
I want the rest of you
at the crime scenes.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
OVER POLICE RADIO)
If you remember anything at all,
give us a call.
The neighbors say they've been trying
to sell that house for almost a year.
Apparently Matt Lewis was laid off
and they were upside down
on their mortgage.
Nothing about that house says robbery.
A beat-up 8-year-old minivan
in the driveway.
There's nothing fancy inside either.
Violent hardcore burglars
don't pick random targets.
Why these homes?
-Look at these people. They're terrified.
-Can you blame them?
Half of them are moving.
The other half
are joining the neighborhood watch.
This whole community is gonna be
on edge until we catch these guys.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
WOMAN: No, leave us alone!
(BABY CRYING)
MACKENZIE: Someone
broke into our house.
Please send help.
Mommy!
Mackenzie Lewis was
the fourth and final victim.
She made the 911 call
from under her bed.
The M.E. didn't see
any signs of a struggle,
so he obviously dealt
with her rather quickly.
Ballistics confirmed that the rest
of the Lewis family was shot
with the exact same .357.
If it was a gang,
there was only one shooter.
The second and third victims were
Trisha Lewis and 6-month-old Blake.
The injury patterns suggests
that Mrs. Lewis tried to shield the baby
with her own body.
Matt Lewis was found right here,
Ronald Underwood just over there.
Underwood was shot 11 times
in the head and abdomen.
REID: Lewis himself
only had a single gunshot wound
to the head at almost point-blank range?
How did someone get that close?
He could have been subdued first.
REID: The M.E. didn't see any signs
of a blitz attack or struggle.
MORGAN: It had to be
an ambush of some kind.
Probably when he
was confronting Underwood.
That's almost impossible
based on where the body was found.
PRENTISS: It's right
in the middle of the room.
It's too out in the open
to surprise somebody.
Matt Lewis wasn't shot here.
No, somebody moved the body
to make it look like he was.
Forensic countermeasure designed
to make us think
these guys died in a gunfight
that never occurred.
Bullets and blood everywhere.
Too messy
for an accurate reconstruction.
HOTCH: Mr. Phillips, were you aware
of Alex's gang affiliation?
It wasn't a secret.
The boy was wild.
Been that way since his mother passed.
Too much of his daddy in him.
He was always in trouble?
Not FBI trouble.
He ain't got the brains
nor the work ethic.
Kids have a way of hiding things.
Agent Hotchner,
the boy smoked reefer,
ran with the wrong crowd.
Most of his time was spent on a stoop
or in front of a TV.
I'm telling you,
ain't no way on God's green earth
he did what they say he did.
When was the last time
you saw Ronald?
The night before last.
He came home from work,
and he was running late for class.
I left him a plate.
When I found it
there the next morning,
I knew something was wrong.
Does he look familiar?
No. Never seen him.
Were you aware of any gang affiliation
your son may have had?
Gang?
No.
It could have been
just a friend in the neighborhood?
I said no.
Okay.
Have you ever known him to do drugs?
Excuse me?
(STAMMERING) Ma'am,
I'm very sorry. I know this is very...
You think because he was black
and had tattoos,
that he was in a gang and doing drugs?
The medical examiner found
opiates in his system.
The other dead assailant
was a known gang member.
Ma'am, I am just trying to
gain insight into who your son was.
Here's some insight.
My son worked two jobs
so he could put himself through school.
He was no thug on the corner!
My baby,
he would never have done these things.
Do you understand me?
You find out who did this to him.
Okay, so the UnSub
gets the drop on Matt Lewis,
kills the rest of the family,
and then leaves a drugged-up patsy
behind to cover his tracks?
This wasn't a burglary at all.
There was a higher purpose here.
They're staging the crime scene
to send some kind of message.
This guy's trying to make it
look like black kids from the hood
are killing white families
in white neighborhoods.
A pretty powerful message.
PRESTON: Homes are being invaded.
Entire families are being slaughtered
by common criminals.
I ask you, Mayor Wennington,
what are you doing about it?
Because, frankly,
from where I'm standing
it doesn't seem like enough.
I'd like to respond to that.
-PRESTON: I should hope so...
-Please.
PRESTON: Because crime rates
have been on the rise
ever since you took office.
So have property taxes,
I might add.
How about you, Ms. Ross?
If you take office, do you have a plan
to curb the violence on our streets?
I do. I will be happy to discuss it.
PRESTON: The victims of
these heinous crimes fought back.
Why?
Because no one
would fight back for them.
If you elect me, I will.
I won't let this
become another Los Angeles,
where the cancer of black
and Latino gangs has taken over.
Or Salt Lake,
where 80% of drug-related felonies
is committed by illegals.
This is our city.
It's time we take it back.
(MEN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I only need one guy.
I need help moving.
Fifty dollars for two hours.
(AGREEING IN SPANISH)
Deal.
Where you from?
Guadalajara.
You're a long way from home.
Hang on... I've got to get something
from the trunk.
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
(EXCLAIMS IN SURPRISE)
(SIREN WAILING)
(CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO)
Same exact MO.
Power and phone lines were cut and
he snuck in through the back window.
He's accelerating.
Less than two days
since the last break-in.
He was Pedro Mendez.
He had a Mexican driver's license
on him. Garcia checked him out.
Wife, three kids. No criminal record.
Six gunshot wounds
to the chest and head.
It looks they were all
from a .38 snub-nose.
Then over here... (SIGHS)
Charles Nelson.
.38 was registered in his name.
He unloaded the entire cylinder
on that guy.
Or we're supposed to think.
-Where's the other body?
-Upstairs.
MORGAN: Karen Nelson.
She was due in a month.
He took the time
to pull the sheet up and tuck her in.
Remorse.
That would be a first.
Why now?
The homeowners in each case
were killed humanely.
He didn't want them to suffer.
The fall guys he left behind
were all shot multiple times,
overkill, like it was personal.
JJ: He modified his MO.
This time he wanted it to look like
an undocumented immigrant
was responsible.
These are hate crimes.
The point is
to incite racial tension and fear.
HOTCH: We believe we're looking
for a white male
in his late 20s to early 30s.
Wait, wait, wait.
Sorry, I thought we were looking
at black gangbangers.
The UnSub has been
staging the crime scenes
to make it look like black gangs
and undocumented immigrants
were responsible.
Why would anyone do that?
We think he's trying to
create some sort of racial conflict.
In 1969, Charles Manson orchestrated
the Tate-LaBianca murders,
in the hopes of creating a race war
between the blacks and whites
that he referred to as "Helter Skelter."
A name he stole from a Beatles song.
Members of the Manson family
left watermelon rinds
at the scene of the crime
and also painted panther paws
on the wall in blood in the hopes
of convincing authorities
that the Black Panther Party
was responsible.
Hate groups like
the Aryan Nation believe
that race war is not only inevitable,
but necessary.
Our UnSub may be a member
of one of these groups.
Aryan gangs have a strong
presence in prisons,
so he may be an ex-con
or even possibly related to a convict.
ROSSI: We think he may also be
some kind of zealot.
He believes
his war is already being fought.
These murders
are a mission to him.
Like a soldier, he is willing
to put himself in harm's way.
REID: The UnSub may also
be vulnerable somehow,
weak-minded or even lonely.
His cause gives him a sense
of power and belonging.
He's physically fit enough
to move dead bodies,
so he's probably young.
But not so young as to be impulsive.
These attacks took planning and focus.
He's disciplined.
He uses oxycodone
to drug his unwilling partners.
He does so without killing them,
which means
he's knowledgeable about dosages.
PRENTISS: Oxy is expensive,
so look at medical care professionals
and caregivers,
anyone with access
to prescription drugs.
This UnSub is dedicated and driven.
It makes him especially dangerous.
Surrender is not likely part
of his strategy.
(WHISTLING)
Morning, sunshine. Ah!
Beautiful day.
Did you sleep okay?
(MAN CHUCKLES)
Yeah, me, too.
I think I need a new mattress.
Fixed your favorite oatmeal.
Put in brown sugar.
I know how you like it.
FEMALE NEWSCASTER: Here's
a quick look at what we can expect
the five-day forecast to look like.
As you can see, it will be slightly
on the cooler side of average,
with temps in the mid
to upper 50s with partly cloudy skies...
Eggs? Mom, do you want eggs?
Hmm?
Yeah?
Don't put away
those winter jackets just yet.
Back to you guys in the studio.
MALE NEWSCASTER:
With the mayoral race heating up,
Clark Preston took time
to walk the neighborhood
recently hit by
two brutal home invasions.
PRESTON: I'm here to
support my community.
These people need to know
that they're not alone.
REPORTER: Mr. Preston, what do
you plan to do about it if elected?
What do I plan to do?
These people ask
the dumbest questions.
I plan to cut
these gangs out like a tumor.
We won't be terrorized
in our own homes.
-No.
-PRESTON: If I need to go door to door
to personally send every one of them
back to where they came from.
I want my city back.
That's right!
(MOTHER GROANING)
I got you, Mom.
I got this.
(MOTHER BREATHING HEAVILY)
Hang on.
Hang on. Hang on.
There you go.
(EXHALES)
Hotch. Check this out.
There's a mayoral race in town,
and there's a guy named Clark Preston
all over the news.
Looks like he's running a close second.
These vicious home invasions
are a sign of the times.
As demographics change,
so do crime rates.
We may not be able
to slow the browning of America,
but we can sure as hell
take our city back.
If you elect me,
I'll lead that charge.
The browning of America?
That's damn near hate speech.
He's using the murders
to further his campaign
and I guess people
are rallying behind it.
What if our UnSub
is nothing like Manson?
Manson never got his hands dirty.
What if our UnSub
is more like his followers?
You think he's being manipulated?
Maybe even unintentionally,
but either way,
rhetoric like this could fuel his fire.
We should talk to Preston.
-I already sent a car.
-Good.
I can't tell you
how happy I am you're here, gentlemen.
Maybe now someone
will stop these savages.
What can I do to help?
We were hoping to talk
to you about some of your rhetoric.
My rhetoric.
MORGAN: We believe
the recent murders may be hate crimes.
Some of the things you say,
they may be construed
as inflammatory.
Agent Morgan's referring to some
of your recent campaign speeches
and the references to the murders.
We believe that whoever's responsible
for these crimes is impressionable
and may be responding to the vitriol.
You think I'm responsible?
Nobody said that.
If this person is motivated
by racist sentiments,
then what you're saying publicly
may be affecting him.
-You're profilers, right?
-Right.
You study behavior, not actual facts.
Then you come up with theories.
It's not quite as simple as that.
I'll bet you had to work extra hard
to get in the Bureau, didn't you?
Probably still have
to prove yourself on a regular basis.
I respect that.
I wish there were more like you.
I'll cut back
on my media appearances, for now.
I suggest you start proving
some of those theories of yours.
You two enjoy your day.
We should check out his list
of contributors and his staff.
It might be somebody in his camp.
We need to check him out, too.
I'll send it first thing Monday.
Yes, yes, yes. Now please stop calling!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-Trev, how you doing, buddy?
-Clark!
Good to see you, man.
Those debates the other day,
you were great!
Thanks. I'm sorry I couldn't swing
by after like we planned.
No, no, no. I get it.
It's not like you're running
for mayor or anything. Right?
I brought these for your mom.
It's her birthday next week?
You always remember.
You hungry? I'm fixing lunch.
You could come in and say hi.
-She'd love to see you.
-I wish I had the time.
I'm just in the neighborhood.
You give her my love.
-You bet.
-Listen.
About the campaigning,
I'm thinking maybe
we down-shift a little bit.
(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Have you seen the polls? We're losing.
I know. Still a lot of work to do.
Yeah, but we're changing minds,
just like you said.
We'll keep changing them.
It's a chess game, Trev.
We gotta time our moves.
Trust me.
Trust me.
(SIGHS)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Talk to me, doll face.
GARCIA: I got some dirt on
your mayoral candidate, Clark Preston.
He's a politician.
That shouldn't be hard.
GARCIA: Yeah,
he's a real estate lawyer
who ran for city council last year
and lost. And he's rich.
As in, if money was dirt, he's filthy.
He quadrupled his net worth
in the last 10 years,
mostly from real estate.
He managed to thrive
despite the area's economic downturn.
What do you mean by "mostly"?
GARCIA: He is on the board of
several shadow financial institutions.
Hedge funds, pension funds. Oh, he
likes to shuffle his money around.
Even found some offshore accounts
of his, I did.
You only do that
if you're trying to hide it.
What about his staff and contributors?
GARCIA: Uh-uh.
No, they're all clean.
-Thanks, Garcia.
-Yeah.
(SIGHS)
Preston's a part of this.
I know he is.
You should have seen him in there.
He's a racist and a little shady, maybe,
but a murderer?
It may be just a feeling,
but I know he's in this.
We just need to figure out how.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(GUN FIRING)
(GROANS)
(YELLING IN SPANISH)
(GRUNTS)
Shot execution style
just like all the others.
Why put him in there?
There must be something
symbolically important.
There's something inconsistent
about the staging.
It's not remorse, and it's not
a forensic countermeasure either.
Each of these families
were registered gun owners.
That must be
how he's selecting his victims.
He wants them to fight back.
It's propaganda for his race war.
He's turning the families into martyrs.
The fall guy takes the blame.
Now he's lost control
because his fall guy got away,
and he's devolving.
His name's Ramon Gomez.
He's an undocumented
immigrant from Mexico City.
He's pretty freaked out.
That's understandable.
Was he able to give
a description of the UnSub?
Just of the vehicle.
His English is not good.
We put an APB out.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(PRENTISS SPEAKING SPANISH)
We're just going to walk
through what happened.
There might be details that didn't
seem important that may help.
Okay?
Now close your eyes,
and take a deep breath.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Let's go back to yesterday...
You said he offered you a job?
He said he was moving.
Fifty dollars for two hours' work.
And what happened after
you got in the car?
He asked me where I was from.
Then he stabbed me with the needle.
(SIGHS)
I remembered the feeling right away.
I've been sober for nine months.
I must still have a tolerance.
I woke up in the trunk.
Is there anything you
remember about the ride?
Did you make any stops?
Yes.
Two.
Do you remember hearing anything
specific when you stopped?
A train.
We went over bumps in the road.
Train tracks.
Then we stopped...
and I heard one go by.
Anything else?
Laughter.
And music.
Loud music!
CAMPAIGN WORKER:
Preston campaign headquarters.
(INAUDIBLE)
PRESTON: Please tell everybody
that I appreciate all of their help.
Sometimes I don't have a chance
to do it personally,
so it's really great what they do.
Clark, you got a second?
Becky, give me a minute, will you?
Trevor, you know better than
to come here.
-Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
-We talked about this.
Yeah, I know, Clark,
-but please, I really have to talk to you.
-Not here. Not now.
-It's important.
-I'll come by as soon as I can,
but get the hell out of here,
and don't ever come back.
Oh, yeah, yeah, okay.
That's much better.
That's much better. Now you have
to turn these both around.
This signature.
Then bring it to my office.
Bring Mark, bring Jim.
Get everyone in there.
There are approximately two hours
between Ramon's abduction here
and his escape here.
He crossed the train tracks here.
Given the time
and distance parameters,
there's no way the UnSub could
have ventured outside this radius.
Okay, he said the train was close,
and he heard laughter and loud music.
I looked at points of interest next
to the train tracks
and there really isn't much.
There's a warehouse, a taco stand
that would have been closed,
and a bar called The Drunken Dog.
Why stop there? He need a drink?
He doesn't seem like the drinking type.
He's not impulsive or sloppy enough.
GARCIA: I live to serve you.
Garcia, what can you tell us about
a bar called The Drunken Dog?
I like it already. Let's see.
It's been around 30 years.
It was opened by a warehouse
worker named Manny Gresham.
Upon his death six years ago,
it was bought by a hedge
fund company called First Advantage.
Why would a hedge fund company
want a bar?
Let's see.
They bought it for a song,
and, poor Manny,
his medical expenses bankrupted him.
I guess that's why.
Shut the front door.
Clark Preston is on the board
of First Advantage,
which explains why the bar
is on a short list of local businesses
that support Preston for mayor.
Uh...
Clark, it's me again.
I did everything like you said,
just like we planned it,
but something, something went wrong.
I don't know what to do.
Would you call me back?
Please?
PRENTISS: We missed something.
We need to go back over his staff
and contributors again.
They all came up clean.
Garcia, look up DMV records
and find every registration in the area
that matches the description
of the UnSub's vehicle.
GARCIA: 79 names,
and I'm way ahead of you.
None of them match anyone
on Preston's team.
What the what? Oh, I'm good at my job.
A Pamela Mills donates monthly
to Preston's campaign.
Her son Trevor,
his car matches the description,
and it's registered in his name.
PRENTISS: Got a photo
and an address?
Yes, I do.
I also have a place of work for Trevor.
He is a part-time messenger.
I'm sending it now.
JJ, Morgan,
and Prentiss take the workplace,
we'll take the house.
NEWSCASTER ON TV:
Now in political news,
with the mayoral race heating up,
we caught up
with candidate Hilary Ross.
Her comments on the recent
home invasion...
(SOBBING) I know. I miss them, too.
FEMALE REPORTER:
Ms. Ross. Ms. Ross.
What can you tell us about the recent
rash of home invasion murders?
Our community has healing to do.
It's gonna take hard work
and time to fix.
-You stupid bitch!
-It won't be easy.
-Healing?
-Together...
I know, right?
She doesn't have what it takes.
We are under siege here,
and what is she gonna do?
HOTCH: What have you got, Garcia?
I found the connection between
the Mills family and Clark Preston.
Ten years ago, the Mills were
the victims of a home invasion.
Robert Mills, the father,
and 10-year-old Julie were killed.
Pamela was raped,
and now she has a lot of brain damage
that has left her
in a near vegetative state.
What about Trevor?
-(GUNSHOT)
-(WOMAN SCREAMING)
(GUNSHOT)
TREVOR: Mommy!
GARCIA: He hid in the closet,
and when it was over, he called 911.
HOTCH: That's why he stuffed
that boy in the closet.
He was reliving his own victimization.
ROSSI: He didn't do that
to the other children he murdered
because he didn't relate to them.
Garcia, was anybody
convicted of the crime?
Yes, Ronnie Green and Carlos Jackson.
Both African-American,
both serving life in Folsom.
Then after the murders,
Preston, he financially
supported the family almost entirely.
They're close.
He's known the family for years.
That must be how they're paying
Pamela's medical expenses.
It would be awfully hard to cover
that on a part-time messenger's salary.
Yeah, I mean, it's a top-flight policy.
ROSSI: Preston is playing the savior.
It looks like that monthly donation
that Pamela makes
to Preston's campaign
is her disability check.
My guess is Trevor authorized that
because he feels beholden to Preston.
He probably idolizes him.
Preston is manipulating
the Mills family
to further his own agenda.
He's behind everything.
He took advantage of Trevor
when he was weak and vulnerable.
He gains his trust,
then he brainwashes him.
Turned him into a killer.
Guys, there's something else.
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
HOTCH: FBI.
Pamela Mills?
House is empty. He's not here,
but I found this in his bedroom.
It's addressed to her.
"The price of peace is sacrifice.
"And I'm prepared to pay that price,
no matter how high.
"I hope you'll still love me."
This is a goodbye letter.
Or a suicide note.
He doesn't profile as suicidal.
No, but he knows
this could be his final mission.
He may want to go out
in a blaze of glory.
It's all about the election.
He's only got one move left.
We need to secure Mayor Wennington.
Have the rest
of the team find Hilary Ross.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
(OPERA PLAYING ON STEREO)
(VIBRATING)
(ROSS HUMMING)
(VIBRATING)
ON VOICEMAIL: Hello.
You have reached Hilary Ross.
Please leave a detailed message.
She's still not answering.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Yeah, Morgan.
MORGAN: We're on our way
to Hilary Ross' house now.
She's still not answering her phone.
Call local police.
He's not going to go quietly.
-Do you have Mayor Wennington?
-Yeah. Keep me posted.
You got it.
ON VOICEMAIL: Hello.
You've reached Hilary Ross.
I'm still getting nothing.
That's her car.
You two go around back.
I'll draw his fire while you flank him.
You sure you want to split up?
We gotta cover the back
and the front in case he runs.
Let's go.
(ROSS BREATHING HEAVILY)
(ROSS SCREAMING)
FBI.
(GROANS)
You're hit!
I'm good. Go, go!
JJ: He's upstairs.
(ROSS SCREAMING)
TREVOR: Get in here!
Trevor Mills! FBI.
Drop the weapon! It's over!
Get away from me!
Trevor, you don't want to do this.
-Let me help you or you're gonna die.
-You help me?
Yeah, right!
I know about Preston.
I know that he put you up to all of this.
TREVOR: You damn half-breed!
You don't know anything!
Trevor, we pulled your phone records.
You called Preston 13 times today.
So what?
We pulled his voicemail messages, too.
He's using you, kid.
That's why he won't call you back.
-Get out of here or I'll kill this bitch!
-Listen to me.
Just listen.
When those men broke in your house,
you know who ended up buying it?
It was your man Preston.
He got it for nothing.
You're a liar!
All you people do is you lie!
The men convicted
of killing your family,
they both said somebody paid them off
to do that job.
They just couldn't prove it.
Now they're doing life.
Yeah, they should have
gotten the chair!
Come on, Trevor, wake up.
Preston set that up.
Crime waves hit, property value drops.
Then Preston moves in
and buys it all up for cheap.
Shut up!
Trevor, listen to me.
He doesn't give a damn
about black or white.
The only color that son of a bitch cares
about is green.
Come on, kid, you gotta believe me.
Drop the gun.
You let her go. We can work it out.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) He told me
you would try to turn me.
I'm no traitor!
PRESTON: Voicemail messages?
That's ludicrous.
That boy is mentally unstable.
-He always has been.
-Clark Preston,
-you have the right to remain silent.
-I'm innocent.
Please feel free
to exercise that right.
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford one,
an attorney will be appointed for you.
PRENTISS: "I'm for truth,
no matter who tells it.
"I'm for justice,
no matter who it's for or against."
Malcolm X.
How you doing?
I'm all right.
Emily,
I'm so sorry.
"Out there in the field,
'sorry' doesn't bring people back."
Oh!
Come on, I'm messing with you.
It's nothing, really.
I'm okay.
This isn't your fault.
Actually, it is.
You're a team leader.
-You made a tactical decision.
-You got hurt.
Again.
You did what you thought was right.
That's all you can do.
The rest of it, that's not up to us.
That's the job.
This is nothing, really.
I mean, the thing with Doyle, that...
I'm kidding! (LAUGHS)
(SIGHS)
I'm... (LAUGHING)
(CHUCKLES)