Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 7, Episode 9 - Self Fulfilling Prophecy - full transcript

The BAU team looks into the real reasons behind an apparent mass suicide of a small group of youths at a military academy. Also, Hotch and Morgan butt heads when a team member could be in jeopardy.

Didn't come out here
to play games!

Bus is leaving in five minutes.

Get your gear, or it stays.

You were out here
six days, boys.

Had a chance to
prove yourselves.

And what have you done?

Showed me you're a bunch of
lazy sons of bitches.

I got your message.

Good.

What do you think?

It presents as mass suicide.



Can you prove it?

Not without visiting the campus.

That's what I thought.

I can't make an assessment

without meeting
the faculty and students.

I know.

The school is up for
the Federal Tomlinson Grant.

This does not bode well.

The director's a graduate of
Somerville Academy, isn't he?

Yes. And he's been fighting
for the government funding.

These boys killed themselves
for a reason.

No one should write that off.

I'm not asking you to.

Somerville Military Academy
in Oceanside, Florida.



Five boys were found
hanging this morning.

The bodies are at
the medical examiner's now.

There's no photos?

School personnel thought
they may still be alive,

so they cut them
out of the trees.

Jimmy Burbage, Philip Mumford,

Jerry Bowden, Jack Briggs,
Tucker Calhoun.

So we're walking into
a contaminated crime scene.

They don't have anything solid?

"We're sorry" was carved
in a tree branch nearby.

PRENTISS:
This happened on campus?

No, in the woods
about an hour away.

- How long were they out there?
- Six days.

Without supervision?

It was an outward bound mission
for the upperclassmen.

What drove them to suicide?

A freshman cadet,
Bailey Shelton,

hung himself two weeks ago
in his room.

Identical bed sheet,
hangman's knot.

ROSSl:
Who takes sheets camping?

They would, if it was the plan.

Could be a domino effect.

ROSSl: Campus would have
been on high alert

after the first one,

so the kids wait until
they're alone in the woods.

They must have made
some kind of pact.

And there's something
else. Six kids went on the trip.

Only five were found.

School officials confirm

that Josh Redding
is still missing.

So maybe he chickened
out of the pact.

Or was never part of it.

And the campus is completely
off the grid. No Internet.

I can help with that.

Which is why you're
coming with us.

- Oh.
- And so am I.

Isn't Somerville
the director's alma mater?

Yes.

The academy has enjoyed
a spotless reputation,

so the hope is to keep
the investigation in-house.

I imagine there's a lot
of concern for Josh.

He's been in those woods
almost a week.

So how's he surviving?

"Things do not change;

we change. "

Henry David Thoreau.

There's still no sign

of Josh Redding.

We'll join the search.

So, the Somerville Academy
was founded during World War ll.

It is hard-core old school.

They don't even have a Web site.

PRENTISS:
Socioeconomic breakdown's

all over the map.

Yeah, so are the ages.

Students are 12 to 18 years old,

on the same campus,
in the same dorms.

Same personnel has

worked there for a lifetime.

Ron Massey has been
superintendent for 30 years.

He's an alum, as is
the majority of the staff there.

Lieutenant Tawes has been
his second in command

- this whole time.
These type

of places have
their own infrastructure.

If it ain't broken,
they ain't gonna fix it.

That's probably why they banned
modern technology.

They didn't need it back then;
they don't need it now.

ROSSl:
Aggressive motto:

"Vivere est Vincere. "

"To live is to conquer. "

The school raises soldiers.

Suicide is not part
of that mantra.

REID: Bailey Shelton
was only 13 years old.

He was one of
the youngest students there.

His death is probably
the key to the others.

Colonel Massey, Erin Strauss.

This is the team
I spoke with you about.

Agent Hotchner.
This is Agent Morgan,

Agent Jareau, Dr. Spencer Reid
and Penelope Garcia.

Sir, shouldn't
the flag be at half-mast?

I haven't told the boys yet.

Do they know who we are?

I'll tell them
when the time is right.

I've called all of the parents.

They're driving from
up and down the East Coast.

In fact, Josh Redding's
have just arrived.

I'd like to speak with them.

- They're in the chapel.
- How are they?

As you'd expect.

All right, I'll get started.

Cadet!

Any leads on Josh?

In that terrain,
he's only capable

- of moving a mile an hour.
- REID: Puts him in

a 60-mile radius; that's
5,600 square miles to cover.

Tawes knows those woods
better than anybody.

We've got two agents
meeting him.

We'll start
the investigation here.

GARCIA:
Where's the place with

- the most outlets?
- Best bet

is in the library.

- Thank you.
We'd like to start

with Bailey Shelton's suicide-
do you have

a copy of the
medical examiner's report?

I don't.

But there was no question
he hung himself.

Well, the nuances
can tell us a lot.

The doctor's receiving
the last of the bodies now.

I expect he's
got his hands full.

We'll speak to him later.

Of course.

It would be helpful to us

to know what Bailey's
last day was like.

I'll show you.

He stayed in the plebes' hall.

His father took
all of his belongings

after the suicide.

Josh's items are as they were.

Josh stayed
with the first-years?

He's the brigade commander.

Bailey's suicide hit him hard.

Were all the victims

friends of Bailey's?

"Brotherhood is the very price

and condition
of man's survival. "

Carlos Romulo.

All of my boys are brothers.

There's Tucker
Calhoun's parents.

Excuse me.

If the boys were so vulnerable,

why did he send them
into the woods?

Because it was time
for their survival test.

We have a docket.
- It's been only two weeks

since the initial suicide-
you couldn't postpone this trip?

Classes were cancelled
the day after Bailey died,

but men are lost in battle
all the time.

This isn't battle,
and these aren't men.

They are when they leave here.

How many suicides
have you seen?

Just these.

So part of the mission
was unsupervised?

For a week.

But you came back
six days later.

Standard procedure to check in
if the weather's extreme.

Had lightning and thunder
last night.

Uh, boys didn't have any way
to communicate with you?

Smoke signals.

Seriously?

Basic survival skills, ma'am.

We teach them
to follow their instincts,

not rely on technology.

No radio, no weapons.

Well, survival courses
like these

often trigger
a fight-or-flight response.

It looks like that's
what happened to Josh.

Who slept here?

Don't know;
they're all identical.

Whoever was here took off.

And it's secluded.

Did Josh Redding
isolate himself a lot?

I suppose.

- He was a loner.
- PRENTISS: And why's that?

He didn't want to be at
Somerville in the first place.

Why did you send Josh here?

Because he was getting
into a lot of trouble,

and he was always angry...

MR. REDDING:
He was being a teenager.

You were gone, Will.

All the time.

He was nearly six feet tall
by the time he was 14,

with a bad temper,

and he was
punching holes in walls,

and he wouldn't listen
to me anymore.

He could be belligerent.

But this, this...

this was extreme.

Why?

We had to force him.
What are you doing?!

Let me go!

We're helping you, Josh.

Come on, Mom! Dad, please,
don't let them do this!

- They're not gonna hurt you.
- Dad, please!

MRS. REDDING: I was afraid
he was gonna hurt himself,

or someone else,
if we didn't get him some help.

How was Josh

taking Bailey's suicide?

We only talked once after that.

Phone calls
are a privilege here.

Was that difficult for Josh?

Josh has never been
much of a talker,

but I think he felt
a real responsibility for Bailey

and the other boys in the hall.

Did he ever tell you why Bailey
may have killed himself?

No.

Mr. Redding?

How are you gonna
get my boy back here?

These beds are all
three feet apart,

and there's absolutely
no privacy.

How did Bailey hang himself
without anybody noticing?

Apparently, he did it in here.

He used Josh's room?

According to Massey,

Josh offered Bailey
a lot of support.

He told you that?

Yes, when we spoke.

Is that a problem?

Is there anything else
he mentioned?

The boys come in here
just to sleep.

That's why it's so minimal.

Strauss, what are
you, on the board or something?

I just saw the campus
same as you.

It's hardly a prison.

These kids are told
what to wear, what to say

and when to eat.

This goes against
the very nature

of these boys.

They're all looking for some
type of control in their lives,

and this place strips
them of that.

And suicide is
the ultimate power?

Isn't it?

Well, at least the boys
felt enough remorse

to write "We're sorry. "

That doesn't trump taking
your own life.

What is it?

I mean, I guess I can buy
that the other kids

couldn't hear Bailey
hang himself.

Josh was laying right here.

PRENTISS: I've never seen
a mass suicide apology.

Maybe they knew
it would help their parents.

Could be confessing other sins.

Who was in this tree?

Tucker Calhoun.

Good cadet.

Looks like Josh has
doubled back a few times,

but the dogs can't find him.

PRENTISS:
Is he familiar with these woods?

All first-years come here
for a mission.

Josh tried to run away
back then, but didn't get far.

None of them do.

PRENTISS: But after
three more years of training...

He didn't weigh himself down
with supplies.

Smart.

We taught him well.

Colonel, it's been six days
since the suicides.

Why hasn't Josh
come back to campus?

He's got trust issues.

But I thought he was doing well.

Too smart for his own good.

The most dangerous kind.

Dangerous to whom?

Himself. Boys like Josh
reject the lessons of men.

His generation has
little respect for their elders.

Does that include you?

We've been working on it.

All the first-years start
in the laundry room.

Teaches them responsibility.

Ten-hut.

Bailey finished his rotation

then walked back to his bunk.

So he was still here
for bed check.

Wasn't the first time.

Was he punished for being late?

If you're suggesting
that Bailey killed himself

because of a talking to,
that's absurd.

Well, that could depend
on what you said.

He understood
I was disappointed.

Were the victims' bunks made
before they went into the woods?

Each and every morning.

So where did they get
the sheets to hang themselves?

Carry on.

Come on, baby.

Come on.

Boo!

Geez, you scared me.
I thought you were a ghost.

You know, older buildings
like this

emit a low enough frequency
that you can't consciously hear.

Because the sensory overload
can't be explained,

it wreaks havoc

with your emotions,
inducing fear, panic, and dread,

hence the feeling
of being haunted.

What about the visions?

Oh, your eyes overcompensate
for what your ears are missing.

That said, I do know
a three-year-old boy

that once met a friendly
apparition named

Leverett Saltonstall.

- He was nice?
- Very nice.

You'd think the laundry room
would be closer to the dorms.

It's not in the basement?

It's on the opposite side
of campus.

- That's so strange.
Yeah.

ROSSl:
"Leaves of three,

let them be. "

Oh, man.

Poison ivy, alcohol swabs stat.

Oh, thank you.

You know, if I've got it,
so do you.

I'm Italian; it knows better.
Where's Massey?

He's meeting with the victims'
families; they're arriving now.

- JJ, how are Josh's parents?
- Upset.

They sent him here to keep him
away from trouble.

Tawes made it seem
like these guys

are the only family they have.

You make it sound like a cult.

It kind of is.

This is a well-respected
institution.

They're not on trial.

An integral part
of the investigation

is gonna be understanding what
these victims lived every day.

And with who.

Bailey Shelton killed himself
in Josh Redding's room.

Was Josh in the room that night?

According to the records.

GARCIA:
I will dig for dirt.

Dave, you find anything
in the woods?

Josh's tent was secluded.

His things were left behind;
he just took off.

Massey said he never got
any respect from Josh.

Josh's own parents

said he was impossible
to control.

His course load indicates
increased isolation.

PRENTISS:
Isolated, smart,

angry- that could be
a budding psychopath.

What are you saying?

Josh Redding killed
his classmates?

Then he's not missing,

- he's on the run.
- And he has been

- for a week.
- One hell of a head start.

With all the skills
he could ever need.

Present...

hut!

Order, hut!

Command,

fall out.

Colonel, any sign of Josh?

Tawes was out there all night.

The volunteers have spread out
to the next county.

Where do you think he'd go?

To higher ground,

but we would
have seen him by now.

Sir, you said it was
Josh who found Bailey

- hanging in his room, correct?
When he woke up, yes.

You didn't find it to be odd

that Josh could sleep
through that?

What are you saying?

Josh is the only person
in common with all these deaths.

You think Josh killed Bailey?

It's a possibility.

I sent a murderer
into the woods.

Whoever did this
wanted us to find them

just like Bailey Shelton.

PRENTISS:
Okay, so how did he do it?

How did Josh control
five strong kids?

Josh supervised the cadets,

both in the bunk
and the laundry room.

That could explain
how the sheets got out there.

So, what does
"We're sorry" mean,

if it wasn't written
for suicide?

What if Josh wanted them
to apologize for something?

For their sins?

There's no record

of bad behavior, but all
of these guys were alpha males.

They were all upperclassmen
who might have bullied Bailey.

ROSSl:
The message was carved

under Tucker Calhoun's tree
for a reason.

Yeah, we need to know more
about that kid.

What are you looking at?

REID:
The M.E.'s report.

Bilateral fracture of the pars
interarticular

of the C2 vertebra.

Uh-huh, what's that?

Classic hangman's fracture,

but only one
of the five victims had it.

- PRENTISS: Which one?
- Tucker Calhoun.

GARCIA:
Geez.

Who is this guy?
- The others suffered

rotational fractures;
hanging was secondary.

ROSSl:
Staging the crime scene.

Josh is more sophisticated
than we thought.

And vindictive.

He wanted Tucker to suffer.

The question is why?

Tawes thinks

he's on a rescue mission.

He still is.

We've got an enemy out there.

Someone who killed six
of my boys.

We need to figure out why.

Need to start with everyone
who knows Josh.

SOLDIER:
Fall in.

No, ma'am,
Josh didn't have friends.

Why is that?

Depends on who you ask, sir.

What was his relationship
with Tucker Calhoun?

Josh is straight up.

This place never broke him.

No matter how hard they tried.

Who tried to break him?
Tucker?

A cadet will not lie, cheat,
steal, or tolerate those who do.

You've got an honor code.

My guess is not
everyone lives by it.

You do.

Ma'am, sir.

Right face.

Forward march.

They all gonna be like that?

Not all of them.

We shall defend our island,

whatever the cost may be.

We shall fight on the beaches,

we shall fight
on the landing grounds,

we shall fight in the fields
and in the streets.

We shall fight in the hills,

we shall never surrender.

We shall defend our island,

whatever the cost may be.

MR. REDDING: Why the hell
would Josh hurt them?

Has Josh been
more distant this year?

Well, his... his course load
is extreme.

Did he specifically complain
about anyone to you?

I already told you no.

You said he was frustrated

being saddled
with the younger cadets?

That boy, Bailey,
cried himself to sleep

every damn night.

Maybe Josh had had
enough of that.

He met him outside.

Bailey's father couldn't come
into this building,

so Josh folded his clothes,

his towels, everything.

All so that his dad wouldn't
have to walk past this room.

That's what my son did.

That's who my son is.

Is it true

Josh killed them all?

Do you think he did?

I wouldn't fool with Josh.

You're a smart kid.

He's a big guy.

You ever see him fight?

All the time.

PRENTISS: What about Josh
and Tucker Calhoun?

Did they ever get into it?

Tucker was an ass.
He used to come in here

and pee on the sheets
after we washed them.

Did he do that on the night that

Bailey Shelton
committed suicide?

Bastard did it every night.

Do you think
Josh wanted to punish

those kids for
picking on Bailey?

Sure, but he wasn't
supposed to be

on that trip anyway.

What do you mean?

It's a leadership reward.

You gotta have at least
20 points to go,

but Josh only had 16.

Points?

They're posted.

More points, more rewards.

How many do you have?

Negative five.

Good luck.

Thanks for the help.

No one told us
about a point system.

GARCIA: So Tucker Calhoun
has the most points.

Who approves them?
- Massey.

Well, maybe Tucker
was his little pet.

Leader of evertyhing.

PRENTISS:
That comes with an attitude.

Steamroller-types like that,

they don't let anybody
get in their way.

Nothing was nice
about that kid.

Sounds like he
strong-armed everybody.

GARCIA: Well, then the points
are for bad behavior,

only they're
not calling it that.

We should look at the points

of everyone who died
in those woods.

My guess is
they were all bullies.

Except for Josh.

Hotch, is something
going on with Strauss?

Why?

Well, she's awfully protective
of this place.

She's got pressure from above.

You sure it's nothing else?

She doesn't like the field.

Clearly.

Any word from Josh?

No.

Colonel, we need to speak
to Bailey Shelton's parents.

Well, his mother died years ago.

I could get hold of his father.

Do that, please.

What's going on?

Josh had contact with Bailey's
father the day he died.

And you think he could give you
behavioral clues about Josh?

That's all we have
right now, Strauss.

The man just lost his son.

Do you really think he's
gonna remember how Josh acted?

By all means,
I'm open to other suggestions.

Massey knows his students
better than anyone.

Why not trust him?

Because all Massey wants right
now is for this to go away.

He'll tell us whatever
he thinks we want to hear.

Holy hell.

What the hell
was he doing way out here?

Isn't exactly the kinda
place you'd stumble upon.

Do you think Josh
built this trap?

Right out of the Somerville
handbook.

He even used his
poncho to cover it.

He lured Chris Shelton here.

The body was still warm.

Probably died
just a few hours ago.

So Josh couldn't be far away.

Tawes already took off.

Thinks he can find him.

A little help.

Well, why would Josh
want Bailey's father dead?

The duffel's from Somerville.

It's got Bailey's stuff in it.

- And these.
- Bed sheets.

He's the one
who hung those boys.

Okay, so he blamed
them for bullying his son

and Josh escaped.

Josh wasn't supposed to be
out here in the first place.

This trap was
to protect himself.

But this place
isn't on any map.

How did Bailey's dad find it?

Somebody tipped him off.

I make a promise to
watch after these boys.

In many ways, they're my own.

Then something
like this happens.

Colonel, so you're saying
Josh was in his room

the night that
Bailey hung himself?

What is it with you people?

I've already told Agent Morgan.

Was Josh in his room?

Yes.

23 cadets sleep
in that building.

They're saying he wasn't there.

They're lying.

But that's against your code.

They haven't been here
long enough

to understand
the importance of it.

Did Josh find Bailey
in the laundry room

after bed check?

Bailey was his responsibility.

And who else was there?

No one.

Are we finished?

Tucker Calhoun liked
to pick on Bailey.

Was he there?

No.

Josh didn't have enough
points to go on the trip.

Why did you send him?

He needed the challenge.

Tell me this.

Did Josh kill
Chris Shelton in the woods?

He was being chased, in
which case it was self-defense.

Josh killed a man.

Any advice on how
to tell his parents?

GARCIA: Prentiss
said Mr. Shelton

had a cell phone with him.

I'm gonna need to see that.

Does the school
have a cell phone?

Mm-mm, goes against
their policy, remember?

So does playing favorites.

You know, a man
like Massey sets rules,

but is the first
to break them.

He's been left alone
to run these kids' lives

and nobody questions him.

Man, that sounds so sad and
scary when you put it like that.

His policies are
a combination

of many other philosophies.

I'm not sure where his
actual leadership lies.

Only that it does...

lie, that is.

It's a joke.

Oh... good joke.

Yeah.

Oh, my gosh. The school does
have a cell phone,

only it's not listed
under Massey.

The account was opened...
by Tawes.

If Massey's lying about
something as simple as

a cell phone,
what else is he hiding?

I met Chris Shelton

when he claimed his son's body.

This is the last
thing I expected.

Multiple points of
entry from the spears.

He still wears his wedding ring.

Bailey was all he had left.

He'd do anything to protect him.

I'm not sure about that.

Bailey's trachea showed
signs of scarring.

He had attempted
suicide before?

No, it was internal damage.

He had stress
to his heart and lungs

that isn't typical
in someone his age.

That not in your report.

It wasn't related to the C.O.D.

How old were the injuries?

Hard to say.

And you assume
his father was abusive?

Someone was.

I didn't think much of it,

till I saw
similar scars on the other boys.

Including blisters
and burns on their hands.

On all of them?

Their scars were much older,
but yes- identical.

Sir, may I?

When did you decide where
the boys would be camping?

The day Tawes dropped them off.

No one else knew?

No need.

You didn't write
it down anywhere?

We don't use maps
of that terrain.

You're expected to know it.

Mr. Shelton must have been
quite upset when you saw him.

Of course he was.

Who did he blame?

What?

For his son's suicide,
who did he blame?

I have no idea.

Well, the guilt must have
manifested itself elsewhere.

Was it you?

Excuse me?

He was a desperate widower who
put his son in your hands.

He trusted you,
and look what happened.

- Ma'am...
What?

We're trying to help him,
and he's keeping things from us.

I have cooperated fully.

Did you blame someone?

Josh Redding?
Tucker Calhoun?

This is ridiculous.

For God's sakes, Colonel!

He didn't just find that
campsite all by himself.

It's time you leave.

I'm sorry, I just don't
have the patience for this.

He's clearly hiding something.

All due respect, ma'am...

have you been drinking?

What?

What are you talking about?

Strauss, we have
one shot at this.

You think I don't know that?

Well, if he smelled what I can
smell on your breath right now,

the credibility of this
investigation

would be compromised.

The organ damage

is severe, like the boys
had been suffocated.

But what about the blisters?

The youngest cadets probably
have the freshest scars.

All right, well, we're gonna
need one of them to admit it.

Hotch, she's drinking.

- Strauss?
Yeah.

She needs help, man.

She could blow this case.

What happened?

She laid into Massey.

She actually said the kind
of things I would have said.

And for a minute,
I was, like, "Okay, good...

she's finally on our side. "

But then I smelled it, Hotch.

I asked you
if something was going on.

You partnered me with her.

Morgan, she was getting help.

I'm gonna have to call E.A.P.,
but this is not your...

Wait, wait.
This is not about me?

Is that what you're gonna say?

You know how many times
I've heard that, Hotch?

Well, I am tired of it.

You keep telling me

that I have problems
trusting people.

But from where I'm standing,
you're the one

who can't trust anyone
with anything.

Any sign of Josh?

Tawes is still looking.

I need to find students
who are having trouble

with authority.

Okay, I can do that,

but I got to tell you,
they post rewards faster

- than they do demerits.
All right, well,

look for kids who had
disciplinary issues before

- they came here.
- GARCIA: Okay. I got a few.

All right, did any of them

have class with Bailey Shelton?

No, but each of the plebes
had laundry duty.

- Does that help?
- REID: Their dorm was

the farthest point
from the laundry room.

Why are they so isolated?

The M.E. said Bailey had
blisters and burns,

his fingertips were raw, his
trachea had internal scarring.

Oh, that's awful.

Guys, that could be damage done

inside
an industrial-sized dryer.

- Oh, my God.
That's how Massey is

breaking these boys.

Hey, Bailey.

Tucker. Tucker, no, please.

Please, Tucker.

Please. Please, Tucker! Please!

Stop it! Please, not again!
I can't breathe!

- Please!
- Let him out!

Go, Bailey, run!

No, in all-all the materials,

it says they don't believe
in corporal punishment.

Bailey writes
about each of those boys

- and how they bullied him.
- REID: His father must have

- read it and wants revenge.
- Does it mention Josh?

Not at all.

Then why would Chris Shelton
go after him?

PRENTISS: What if Massey lied
to Chris Shelton?

ROSSl:
And set Josh up.

PRENTISS:
And he convinced Shelton

that Josh was responsible
for Bailey's suicide.

It still doesn't explain
how he found the secluded woods.

Wait.
Where's Mr. Shelton's phone?

It's right here.

It's got a couple
of contacts on it,

Somerville Academy
being one of them.

Any unknowns?
Tawes has a cell.

PRENTISS:
No way.

Lieutenant No-Tech.

Uh, there's one unknown.

It's a text.
Looks like, uh, phone numbers.

REID:
What are they?

PRENTISS:
252-5727,

and 802-8448.

Those aren't phone numbers.

That's latitude and longitude.

ROSSl:
Right where those

boys were camping.

Massey's withheld information
at every step along the way.

He's not to be trusted.

What's your theory?

He's created a dysfunctional

and abusive environment in which

children like Bailey Shelton
and others

are repeatedly abused.

Josh is a protector-type.

His power was taken away
the night Bailey killed himself.

We believe
that's when evertyhing shifted.

Josh's parents said

he's been withdrawn
since Bailey's suicide.

There's a good chance

that's because
he was planning his escape.

Josh didn't have enough
points to go into the woods,

but Massey sent him anyway.

Why would Massey give Josh
the opportunity to escape?

PRENTISS:
He wouldn't.

He had another agenda.

Massey texted Chris Shelton

the coordinates
for the campsite,

not to hurt all the boys,
but to take out Josh.

But he didn't count
on Josh fighting back,

and he underestimated the power
of Chris Shelton's revenge.

Staging the murders

to look exactly like
Bailey's death was a message.

To who?
- To Massey.

Chris Shelton wanted Massey
to lose his sons, too.

PRENTISS:
Josh knows Massey

has secrets,
and he's the only person

who can bring this school down.

And now Massey will do
anything to destroy Josh.

Sir?

Have you found him yet?

Negative, sir.

You finish this.

Understand?

Yes, sir.

We need

to find Josh before Tawes does.

Tawes has a massive head start.

Josh is close and has a plan.
How would he escape?

ROSSl:
Get to higher ground.

What's the fastest way out?

He'd look for wheels.
How did Chris Shelton get there?

PRENTISS:
He probably drove his own car.

We didn't see any ATVs.

GARCIA:
Chris Shelton drives a truck.

Did you see one
on the road on the way in?

- No. Well, what's the next
closest road?

ROSSl: Well, it's a trek.
It's at least a few miles

north of where
the body was just found.

That leaves three likely areas
he would have parked.

You didn't find any keys,
did you? -Uh-uh.

Because Josh probably took them.

All right, we need to divide up.

Been waiting

three years for this,
you little bitch.

Tawes, don't do it.

It's over.

Yes,

Mrs. Jarvis, I understand your
concerns, but we're all fine.

Soldiers... ma'am.

Call anytime.

Colonel Ron Massey,
you're under arrest.

I've done nothing.

You texted Chris Shelton
the coordinates of the campsite.

That makes you
an accessory to murder.

Texted?

Okay, fine.

You had Tawes do it.

Why would I do that?

Because you had no power
or control over Josh,

and you couldn't handle that.

Problem is, he wasn't going
to go away quietly.

He wanted you to pay
for all those years of abuse.

No one will believe Josh.

He's a troubled boy.

He's a grown man, Colonel.

You should be proud.

"Beware, so long as you live,

ofjudging men
by their outward appearance. "

Jean de La Fontaine.

You got a minute?

Yeah.

Do you have
the After Action Report?

No.

I need it on my desk
by the morning.

I'll give it to the director.

Pardon?

It's time for you to admit
that you need some help.

I don't take orders
from you, Aaron.

You put my team in jeopardy.

Is that what you told him,

- Agent Morgan?
- And you compromised

- the integrity of the unit.
- I did

no such thing.

Open the drawer, ma'am.

This is absurd.

Aaron?

Aaron, what are you doing?

One call to the E.A.P.,

and evertyhing
will be all right.

In what world will this be
all right?

You have no idea
what this is going to do to me.

Agent Morgan will make sure that
you get checked in privately,

and for that,
you should be grateful.

I'll wait outside.