Criminal Minds (2005–…): Season 8, Episode 3 - Through the Looking Glass - full transcript

(truck beeping)

MAN: I can't do
these late nights anymore.

My girl's about to walk.

My old lady's like,

"Bring home
the double overtime."

(laughs)

Well, you can't win.

Tell me about it.

What the hell?

Probably drunk or high.

Hey!



Hey!

This is a work zone.

You got to leave!

Something awful happened.

This road's closed.

Down by the trailhead.

What is it?

Someone's been a real bad boy.

(panting)

See anything?

Holy crap.

Call the cops.

Yeah.

Make sure that guy
doesn't go anywhere.



HOTCH:
All right, Jack. Try again!

- GIRL: I got it!
- MAN: Ashley...

HOTCH:
Good try, good try.

Take it out, try it again.

-Hey.
- (laughs)

What are you doing here?
I thought you had to work.

Mm. I snuck out
to see you and Jack.

I got to get back soon, though
(gasps)

- Yeah, that's how you score,
Jack! - (whoops)

Good job!

You could do the same
at my place tonight.

(laughs)

That's me being brazen.

- Shocking, Miss Clemmons.
- Mm.

Well, just to prove that
I don't have a one-track mind,

there is also something that I
would like to talk to you about.

What's up?

(sighs)

It can wait till tonight.

- (cell phone ringing)
- (laughs)

(phone beeps)

Or not.

- Duty calls?
- Yeah.

I'll make it up to you,
I promise.

Um, can you give me a hint?

Uh...

I got a job offer in New York.

- JACK: Hi, Beth!
- Hi!

Oh!

Good job.

- Hey, good job, buddy.
- Hey, thanks.

Can we get ice cream?

Uh, I got to go to work, so...

if we do,
we got to make it fast, okay?

Okay.

All right,
go take one more shot.

I got to go anyway.

So I'll call you
when I get back,

and we'll talk, okay?

Yeah. I'll be waiting.

GARCIA:
Five days ago, the Yamada family

went missing from their home
in Kansas City, Kansas.

Last night, a road crew found
three members of the family--

John, Tricia and their
16-year-old daughter Kristen--

all dead, all shot to death

and left at the side
of a highway.

Uh, they were tipped off
to the location

by a drifter who is now M.I.A.

And the youngest child,
Scott Yamada, is still missing.

Yeah. The murder weapon was
an unregistered nine-millimeter.

It was found near the bodies.

There were prints on the gun
that were the father's,

and there was gunshot residue
on his hand.

So he drove his family
away from their home,

hooded his wife and daughter,
shot them,

then committed suicide.

Why do it out here?

That is unusual.

Most familicides happen
in the comfort of the home.

So what happened to the son?

He either shot him first,
or he wanted to spare him.

If he spared the son,
it's most likely

he left him in a safe place,
maybe with a relative,

before he carried this out.

Next of kin hasn't seen him.

REID: Guys, wait a minute.
The M.E. report

said the gunshot residue
was on the father's right hand.

But he's wearing his watch
on his right arm, which means

he's most likely left-handed.

Maybe someone set the father up
to make it look like he did it.

(phone ringing)

Excuse me.

Hotch here.

I talked to local police.

There's no pending divorce,
no recent job loss.

There's no obvious problems
the Yamadas were having,

so they're treating
the sudden disappearance

as an abduction.

Pretty extreme
to take an entire family.

Unless the son was
the primary target.

And the rest of the family
was in the way.

REID: Well, remember
sexual predator Matthew Hoffman?

In 2010, he killed a mother,
son and family friend

just so he could take
the 13-year-old daughter.

If we're looking
at a sexual predator,

Scott could still be alive.

HOTCH:
Thank you.

Another family, the Acklins,
have just disappeared

from, uh, Lenexa, which is
a suburb of Kansas City.

Father, mother, 17-year-old
daughter and 11-year-old son.

The family makeup is almost
identical to the Yamadas.

The father's in the middle
of a lawsuit for fraud,

so they may have
disappeared voluntarily.

Can't take that chance.

Exactly. Wheels up in 30.

MAN:
What do you want from us?

(panting)

He untied me.

MAN:
Mackenzie, help us. Hurry.

(panting)

(sighs)

Mom.

(grunts)

Braden's not here.

What?

Braden?

Do you see him?

MAN:
No.

Braden!

We're locked in here.

Where are we?

JJ:
The German author Goethe wrote,

"Behavior is the mirror

in which everyone shows
their true image."

ROSSI: Aside from
different ethnicities,

the Yamadas and Acklins
were remarkably similar.

GARCIA:
John Yamada was an engineer

and his wife was a bank teller.

Mike Acklin was a stockbroker

and his wife, Debra,
worked as a city clerk.

Both upper middle class families
living in nice suburbs.

Well, any chance these families
knew each other?

Uh, not according to my vast,
far-reaching databases.

BLAKE:
What about the kids?

Anything stand out there?

GARCIA:
According to teachers,

Scott Yamada was shy,
introverted.

He reported being bullied once.

And Braden Acklin

was recently diagnosed
with Asperger's syndrome.

So the kids weren't winning
popularity contests.

You know, th-they could've been
prime targets

for a sexual predator.

Braden certainly
would be vulnerable.

Unlike classic autism,

language ability is intact
in people with Asperger's.

They appear to lack empathy

and have trouble
reading social cues.

Albert Einstein
supposedly had it,

as do some well-known
Silicon Valley types.

Well, how about you?

What's that?

MORGAN:
Hey, Penelope,

you want to tap into those
vast and wide databases of yours

and see if these families
crossed paths unwittingly?

Even if they didn't
know each other,

they may have gone
to the same place

and met the UnSub separately.

Yes, my sweet.

Delving into the digital abyss
as we talk.

We all need to dig more deeply

for information about
both of these families.

And let's not forget
this is still

a search and rescue mission
for Scott Yamada.

And if the UnSub sticks
to his schedule,

we've got fewer than three days
to find the Acklins alive.

- MAN: Agent Hotchner?
- HOTCH: Yes, sir.

I'm Detective Carr.

- This is Agent Jareau.
- Hi.

Tricia Yamada's mother is here,

as well as
Mike Acklin's brother.

Any luck finding
the drifter yet?

No, but, uh, we have
this composite sketch

we're getting out there.

It's crucial that we find him.

Given the description
the road crew gave,

he could be our UnSub.

We'll double up on canvassing
homeless camps and shelters.

Anything more on
the Acklin family?

Talked to Mike's secretary; uh,
the lawsuit really shook him up.

Plus, he's behind
on his mortgage payments.

I got to tell you,
some folks here

don't think these
two cases are related.

They think Mike took his entire
family and walked away?

Times are tough these days.

Some people just
up and try to start over.

Where's Scott?

Where's my grandson?

We don't know,

but we're doing
our best to find him.

MAN: Mike's a victim
of the economy.

I mean, people lost money, so
they just want someone to blame.

Would he walk away
because of a lawsuit?

No way. Not in a million years.

I was the screwup in the family.

He was always
the responsible one.

They were just
an ordinary family.

Who could have done this?

MACKENZIE: There's nothing
in the bathroom.

Look again.

We've been searching for hours.

There's no way out of here.

(banging on door)

Where's our son?!

What do you want from us?!

(sighs)

No, no, no, Kenz.

- Kenz, don't drink that.
- I'm thirsty.

It might be poisoned!

Why are you yelling at me?!

I'm sorry.

(sighs)
I overreacted, okay?

Just don't eat
or drink anything.

(Mike yells)

(grunting)

Help!

Help us!

Someone help! Please!

MACKENZIE:
We're in the middle of nowhere.

Well, Scott Yamada looks like
a typical ten-year-old boy.

This place brings back memories.

When I was a kid, I made a model
of the universe out of salt.

Hmm. Was it for
a school project?

No, it was a birthday present
for Carl Sagan,

but I don't think
he ever got it.

Oh, by the way,
no offense earlier.

When I suggested
you had Asperger's.

None taken.
When did you do that?

(sighs)

And that's what
I love about you.

You're not overly sensitive,
like some people.

I mean, think about
how much time we'd save

if everyone just got
straight to the point.

Yeah, cut out all the handshakes
and "how do you do's."

Yeah.

REID:
This window was opened recently.

It was hot the night
the Yamadas were abducted.

First floor, open window--
easy entry for UnSub.

Top bunk is made.

He probably wasn't in bed yet.

No, I think he slept
on the bottom.

This tent probably made him feel
safe at night.

BLAKE: He was probably looking
at his fossils

when the UnSub entered.

He dropped one
when he was grabbed,

and then he was forced
out of his room.

MORGAN:
Ooh, it looks like

they were fixing themselves
a late-night snack.

Beloved family dog
is left behind.

Hey, Rossi, if this was all
a ruse to hide an escape,

it sure was an elaborate one.

Then again, people have staged
their own murders to disappear.

Rossi, look at this.

(woman gasps)

Broken coffee cup.

You think they were caught
off guard?

I mean, being parents,
the Acklins would have been

hardwired to clean that up
so their kids don't get hurt.

Could have been staged.

It's possible but unlikely.

There's easier ways
to fake a forced entry.

Broken locks and furniture,
busted-out window.

I definitely think
they were abducted.

It's not easy to subdue
so many people.

Are we looking at a team?

(cell phone ringing)

Yeah, this is Morgan.

All right, I got it.

Thanks, Blake.

So, the point of entry

at the Yamada house
was the son's bedroom.

So it would be possible
for one UnSub to do it alone,

especially if he had control
over the son.

(screams)

(gasps)

He'd want the biggest threat,
the father,

-under control first.
- Put them on

if you want him to live.

Look, you take me,
you leave my family alone.

I said put them on!

The UnSub forces the father
and daughter to wear hoods.

You!

Tie up their hands.

The mother's in the kitchen.

She ties up her husband
and the daughter.

Please, please don't hurt us.

Braden, tie her up. Here.

And then the UnSub makes

the boy tie up
the mother's hands.

There's a lot of distance
between neighbors.

- Yeah.
- Late at night,

no one would've heard a thing.

MIKE:
Please!

He's an 11-year-old boy!

It's okay, Kenz.

It's okay.

BRADEN:
Where's my family?

MAN:
They're safe.

If you behave,
they'll stay safe.

Are you mad at my dad?

Are you mad at my mom?

Why are you doing this?

Tell you what.

You get three guesses.

If you're right,
I'll let your family go.

If you're wrong, they're dead.

Hey, what is that?

CARR:
The construction site

where they found
Scott Yamada's body

was shut down for two weeks
because of permit issues.

It just reopened.

The body would have been easy
to dump there.

It was outside the fence,

and there were
no security cameras or guards.

But he left the boy
near the front gate.

He knew he'd be found quickly.

The M.E. said Scott Yamada

wasn't sexually assaulted
or tortured.

C.0.D. was a single gunshot.

He died
shortly after the family.

His body was dumped
three days ago.

So it doesn't fit the profile
of a preferential sex offender.

The body was
carefully wrapped though,

showing some concern
or remorse for the boy.

Well, what was the motive then,

for kidnapping and killing
the rest of the family?

Get the boy alone for card games
and hot chocolate?

No, it's possible the UnSub

had some affinity
or affection for Scott.

Guys, or maybe we have this
all wrong.

I mean, what if the rest

of the family
was the target all along?

And Scott was just a tool
to control them?

HOTCH: Well, the father was made
to look like the perpetrator,

either as
a forensic countermeasure

or because it was symbolic

-in some way to the UnSub.
-(cell phone ringing)

Go ahead, Garcia.

Okay, I can only find
one connection

between these two families,
and this is it.

They both vacationed

at a place called
Ravenwood Camp outside of Topeka

at different times last year.

The Yamadas in April
and the Acklins in July.

We should check it out.

We need the names
of all the staff

and anyone who overlapped
the stays of the two families.

Got it.

Mike, you've been doing that
all morning;

it is not working.

Do you think
he knows Braden's sick?

He's not sick.

Asperger's makes him gifted
in certain ways.

Mike, will you please stop?

Oh, my God.

Is that Vanessa?

Can anybody hear me?!

Somebody please!

Vanessa?

Can you see us?

MAN: (over speaker): Mike,
tell your family who this is.

It's Vanessa, my son's tutor.

Wh-Why is she...

Tell them who she is.

He said it's our son's tutor.

Now, what did you do to Braden?!

Last chance, Mike.

Who is Vanessa?

I told you already.

I don't, I don't know
anything else about her.

(gunshot)

(screaming)

(sobbing)

MAN (over speaker): The truth
will set you free, Mike.

What is he talking about?

Tell them, or Braden is dead.

Come on, Dad, just say it.

I was, uh...

I slept with her.

It only happened twice,
and it was over.

I swear,
she meant nothing to me.

MAN: You all have to ask
yourselves why you're here.

Are you kidding me?

We're here because you couldn't
keep your pants on?

You endangered
this entire family.

You put us with a psychopath

-who took our... -He said that
we all have to ask ourselves...

Who cares at this point
who Dad slept with?!

We are trapped here,
and Braden is with some psycho!

(panting)

Deb...

Don't...

talk to me.

Do you know what the biggest
problem in America is today?

We're losing the war
against antibiotic resistance.

Smartphones.

I saw this family
in a restaurant the other day,

and no one was talking
to each other,

'cause they were all
on their phones, texting,

tweeting, e-mailing,
what have you.

It's why the family unit
is dying.

Pretty extreme view.

Not when you see the result
of eliminating

modern-day distractions
like we do.

Families ride horses together,
they hike,

roast marshmallows.

They reconnect.

Sounds idyllic.
Let me ask you this.

Did the Yamadas or the Acklins
seem troubled to you?

They pretended
like they weren't,

but you can't hide that stuff.

From what I recall,

Mr. and Mrs. Yamada argued
in their cabin at night.

The Acklins hardly spoke
to each other

the entire week they were here.

So I guess you might say
that their stays

weren't exactly successful.

We're not miracle workers.

We just want
to start the healing process.

BLAKE: Do you get angry
when it doesn't work?

Because you sent multiple
e-mails to both families

insisting they return
to Ravenwood soon

-or they'd regret it.
- No offense,

but you kind of strike me
as the type

of guy who needs
to get his point across.

So you think...

what, I hurt them?

There's this thing
called marketing.

My tactics may be aggressive,

-but they work.
- Oh.

So... you're not a murderer,
you're just a businessman.

Hey, so Mrs. Acklin
was all over social media.

She posted lots
of happy pics of the family

and updated her status
almost daily.

"Mackenzie's on the shortlist
for prom queen.

Let's wish her luck."

Are all the messages like that?

Yeah, pretty much.

Everything's about
how wonderful the family is,

with lots of exclamation points.

That's interesting, considering
the problems they've had.

What about the Yamadas?

Uh, yeah, they've got
their own Web page, too.

Lots of photos of a smiling,
happy family,

-just like Debra Acklin.
-(cell phone ringing)

MORGAN:
Hey, sweetness, what do you got?

Tidbits as juicy as you,
love shack.

Listen up.

Debra Acklin has been diagnosed
with severe depression.

She's been seeing a therapist
for the last five years.

John Yamada has a numbered
offshore account in Panama

that he has made
multiple cash withdrawals from.

I found out about it
when I learned

that he visited there
by himself two years ago.

Well, that could have been
for illegal activity

like drugs or gambling.

Oh, indeed, it could have.

And then there's Debra's
various social media pages

and the Yamada's family
Web site.

Yeah, I know.

We were just taking
a look at them.

You're not the only one.

There's someone
with an I.D. "All_Eyes"

that has visited each page
every day for the last year,

up until
each family's disappearance.

Coincidence? Me thinks not.

Can you track the I.P. address?

No, I can't. It's my Kryptonite.

It's been routed
through multiple proxy servers.

All right, thanks, mama.

CARR:
We just picked up the drifter.

His name is Nathan Eades.

We ran it through VICAP.

Turns out, he was suspected
of robbing and killing a couple

in Omaha in '03.

MORGAN:
Mr. Eades, please sit down.

How did you find the Yamadas?

Yamadas?

They're a fine family in Japan
I have tea with.

How did you find
the dead family?

I was asleep in the ravine,
and they appeared like magic,

not far away.

Like magic?

A sorcerer brought them
in a base camp of pleasure,

and left them
in a state of peace.

Tell me, what color was
the base camp of pleasure?

Dark...

as the midnight sky.

CARR:
I say he's guilty.

We're testing the dried blood
on his jacket right now

for a match with the Yamadas.

It's not him.

Are you sure?

He sounds wacky enough
to have done it.

No, his thought process
is too disorganized.

There's no way he's capable
of holding a family captive

for multiple days.

But he talked about the bodies

-being dumped.
- He was a witness,

and he describes
the UnSub's vehicle.

In the '90s, when minivans
were getting popular,

the automakers in Japan

called them
"base camps of pleasure."

We're ready to give the profile.

You want money from my parents?

No.

Two more guesses.

Do you have a crush
on Mackenzie?

No.

Last guess.

Want to try?

Do you know about the samurai?

They were warriors

who believed
in loyalty and honor.

Their job was to protect
their lord and his family,

and to kill themselves in shame
if they failed.

Would you like to paint one?

Familicides by
non-family members are rare.

Now, we're looking for an UnSub
without a family

who is envious and wants
to destroy the very thing

that he cannot have.

He was raised in a dysfunctional
family, which he lost

or may have even murdered.

REID: These abductions
were not random.

He monitored the families
on the Internet

and picked them because
their dynamics mirror his own,

yet they project the appearance
of perfection

that he fantasizes about.

He blames these fathers
for their mistakes,

and then he punishes
the families,

and makes it appear as if
the father is the culprit.

The young sons who were abducted
are likely to be surrogates

for the UnSub himself.

They may be at the age he was
when a negative

life-threatening event
happened.

REID: Yeah, he connects to them,
therefore he may be

in a state
of arrested development.

This doesn't
protect the kids, however,

as evidenced in the killing
of Scott Yamada.

The UnSub may have seen
his death as a merciful act.

He's familiar with the abduction
and body disposal sites,

and there's a secondary
crime scene in between

where he holds and interacts
with the families.

JJ: This secondary location
is secluded,

it's been set up in advance
for the crimes,

and allows him
to be in complete control.

Our UnSub is likely
in his mid-40s,

and he has the intelligence
to plot, plan and effect

these abductions and murders.

The vehicle he drives is
a dark minivan or cargo van,

probably with tinted windows,
soundproofing,

and retrofitted with restraints

to hide his victims inside.

HOTCH:
And given his timeline,

he's probably already
surveilling his next family.

I just spoke with
Mackenzie Acklin's counselor.

She's been dating a boy for
the past year who is bad news.

Darren Wilson.

He graduated two years ago,
has a rap sheet.

He was dealing drugs
to rich kids and professionals.

Is he still dealing?

Probably so.

He has a job downtown
at a check-cashing place.

Apparently, Mackenzie's been
getting deeper into drugs.

Maybe she owed someone money.

The family kidnapping could be
some kind of payback.

It's extreme,
but we can't ignore

the criminal element here.

But there's no drug connection
with the Yamadas.

We don't know that.

It's unclear what John Yamada's
cash withdrawals were for.

JJ, let's go talk to Darren.

We got to get past this.

I don't have to do anything.

Would you look at me?

Vanessa died yesterday.

Our son could be dead, too.

I already said I'm sorry.

What-what... what more
do you want?

I want you to suffer.

I want you to crawl across
broken glass.

I want you to know what it feels
like to have your heart ripped

-out of your chest! -Will it
help us get Braden back?

Will it get us out of here?

Go ahead. I'll take it.

Stop it, Mom! Stop!

Vanessa came onto him.

I saw it.

Mackenzie, I don't care
if she was dancing naked

with the keys to a Ferrari
in her mouth.

He should have said,
"No, thank you,

I am a married man,"
and stayed the hell away!

What is that?

Well, those are my painkillers
from my surgery two years ago.

I thought you said
the housekeeper stole them.

MAN: Tell her what
really happened, Mackenzie.

Took them to get high.

Why does this even matter
to you?!

Give me my brother back,
you creep!

You know, you said

you didn't start taking drugs
until last year.

Yeah, well, I lied.

Your pills were the first drugs
I ever took.

Did you know about this?

Stop! Stop blaming Dad
for everything!

Are you implying
this is my fault?

Yeah, maybe I am.

Maybe I took them
to see if you'd notice.

- If I'd notice?
- God! You were so checked out,

I even thought about
setting the house on fire once!

- I just had a hysterectomy!
- No! No, you've been this, like,

this fake person
behind a fake smile forever.

Oh, don't try
to turn this around.

Why do you think
he had an affair?!

I've done backflips
trying to help you!

Do you know how hard it's been

keeping your addiction a secret
from everyone?!

Why do you care about that?

You're so concerned
about appearances.

It doesn't matter!

So naive as to think
that our daughter

could go to a good school
and-and have a decent job

when the world knows
that she is a junkie?

I am trying to protect
her future.

Why don't you try
being her mother,

taking care of her now?

ROSSI: We're Agents Rossi
and Jareau from the FBI.

We need to talk
to Darren Wilson.

He's not here.

We were told he was
working this shift.

He didn't show.

I'm filling in.

Is Wilson absent a lot?

What can I say?

He's a bad-ass kid
who gets away with murder

'cause his uncle owns the joint.

Do you know this girl?

You seen her around?

No, but I've seen that woman.

When?

Two weeks ago.

She came in for a loan--
five G's.

I wrote it up.

And when was that loan due?

Last Friday.

She didn't pay it back.

Hmm.

-(cell phone ringing)
- Thank you.

Rossi.

Copy that.

The police just found the body
of Vanessa Hall,

Braden Acklin's tutor,
dumped on Route 32.

(door closes in distance)

(lock clicks)

Cause of death is

a nine-millimeter gunshot
to the chest.

REID:
Same as the other victims.

Seems to be our UnSub's
weapon of choice.

T.O.D. is less than
24 hours ago.

Looks like she was bound

at the wrist and ankles,
pre-mortem.

Was she tortured?

No clear sign of it.

But she has have bruising
and torn hair follicles

from fighting her assailant.

There's also motile
semen present, so it's possible

she was raped
before she was killed.

(cell phone ringing)

We've sent a sample to the lab.

You're on speaker, Garcia.

I was just looking through
Vanessa's cell phone records,

and she got a text message
the night

the Acklins were abducted.

Who was it from?

Ross Acklin--
that's Mike's brother.

You've already talked to him.

"Meet at the Red Rose Motel,
room eight, 10:00 a.m."

Were you sleeping with Vanessa?

No.

Mike was.

I was setting up
a meeting for them.

Why would you do that?

He was worried that Debra would
check his cell phone.

I wouldn't put it past her.

So you don't like her very much.

All she did was ride Mike
about money

and spend it like crazy.

So you did him this big favor

because you don't care
for his wife?

Look, I didn't want to;
Mikey begged me.

So why didn't you mention
any of this before?

(scoffs)

Wasn't relevant.

(sighs)

I mean, lots of guys
have affairs.

According to her roommate,

Vanessa went
to the Red Rose Motel

and was never seen again.

If Mike was already missing,

you're the only one
who knew she was there.

What, y-you think I killed her?

Maybe you killed them all.

Mike had a family,
he had a young girlfriend.

As far as I can tell,
you have no one.

Maybe he had everything,
you had nothing.

Maybe you raped Vanessa
before you killed her.

I've been harassing the police,

trying to get them
to investigate!

Why would I do that
if I were guilty?

The semen analysis came back.

It matches a DNA sample
from Mike Acklin

we picked up at his house.

You know what?

I refuse to be your scapegoat
anymore, Mackenzie.

I did not cause your problems.

Of course not, Mom,
because you are so perfect!

Just stop it, both of you.
Stop, stop.

(Debra gasping)

We don't know
what he's done to Braden.

Why are we here?

He told us
to ask ourselves that.

Maybe it is my fault.

I... I've been
an inadequate husband...

and father, I admit that.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

(sniffles)

I'm sorry, too, Dad.

Is this what you want?!

To watch us break down?!

Darren? (screams)

Darren!

So, Debra Acklin borrows
five grand from a loan shark

which she should have
paid back five days ago.

Talk about asking
to get murdered.

Yeah, but if this was
about the money,

why did the UnSub
kill the tutor?

It's a good question.

I mean, how does this relate
to the Yamadas?

The fact is, both families had
more problems

than they were letting on.

Which the UnSub was privy to.

Otherwise, why murder the tutor?

The UnSub knew about the affair.

And John Yamada was made to look
like a family annihilator.

It's a way of shaming him,

forcing him
to take responsibility.

He wasn't jealous of the
families, he was angry at them.

Making them pay a price
for their mistakes.

And he would use anyone in
the family's periphery to do so.

We should see
if any recent homicides

are connected to the Yamadas.

So, this guy was doing more than
stalking them online.

He knew their secrets,
but how?

MAN:
You have a choice, Debra.

You can save him,
or you can have the money.

Think about it.

Mom, Mom, you have to save him.

Why?

Why should I?

He is the reason
that you got you hooked

-on pot and cocaine...
- No.

...and God knows what else.

No, no, no, Mother,
it's not like that.

Please, I love him!

Love him?
Mackenzie, he's a lowlife!

He's a lowlife,
and I despise him.

No, I don't have to think
about it; I'll take the money!

No! No, Mom!
Please, you can't!

MAN:
Remember, you're choosing

the money over someone's son.

- I don't care.
- Mom, Mom!

No. I'm doing us all a favor.

Darren, no! No!

(muttering)

ROSSI:
Debra Acklin definitely had

a shopping compulsion.

Lots of pricey handbags
and designer clothes

with the tags still on them.

The bed's made, but it's uneven.

Only one person's been
sleeping here.

My guess is it's Debra.

That would explain the pillow
and the blankets

down in Mike's office.

Rossi, this house was built
in the '70s, right?

Looks like it to me.

The interior's been remodeled.

And I'd say
within the last few years.

It's a power-line
network adapter.

It's an odd place
for the Internet.

Not if you're John Yamada
and you're camped out here.

Look at this.

Point spreads for NFL games.

John was gambling
the family money away.

(cell phone ringing)

Hey, Morgan.

Same here.

Parents sleeping
in different beds.

Was this house remodeled?

It's a Tudor revival house,
which means it was built

in the 1940s,
but I see hardware fixtures

from the 1980s, composite window
moldings from 2000.

That would be yes.

Well, let me see.

Well, I'll be.

(grunts)

There were cameras everywhere-

mainly in the lighting wells
and vents.

They did renovations,

so it could've been
a contractor.

It'd be easy for someone
with that kind of access

to set up a surveillance system.

And contractors are people

-(phone ringing) -you can ignore
after they've been

in your house for awhile.

You're on speaker, Penelope.

GARCIA:
Your theory is confirmed.

The Yamadas remodeled
their house in 2009,

the Acklins in 2010.

Same general contractor?

Negative.
Two different generals.

Some of the same subs.

Hockney Drywall,
A.R. Electrical,

Milman & Sons flooring.

A.R. Electrical.

One of the contractors
who found Scott Yamada's body

at the construction site
was Arthur Rykov.

- We need an address, Garcia.
- Here it comes.

Come on, where are you?

I gave you my answer.
Where is my money?

MAN: Isn't the more
important question,

"Where's my son?"

What?

Where is he?

You give us back Braden,
you son of a bitch!

Mommy?

Daddy?

Braden.

- Bra...
- DEBRA: What the hell is this?

MAN: I'm just confirming
the choice you made.

The money instead
of your son's life.

What?

Braden.

Braden! No!

(screams)
Braden!

(panting)

I never said
that I would kill my son.

MAN: You were willing
to kill someone's son.

Does it matter which one?

Just tell us what you want,
and you can have it!

DEBRA:
No, I-I don't want the money.

I'm so sorry.
I made a terrible mistake.

(sobbing): Please, please don't
kill my little Braden.

Please.

(gasps)

GARCIA (over speaker): Arthur
Rykov, 46, never married,

-lives alone on a ten-acre
ranch. -(sirens wailing)

He had a brush with the law
when he was 16, and that's

where we know
most of our info on him.

What happened when he was 16?

He was questioned by police
regarding an assault

on a teacher at his school.

After his mother died,
he was raised

by his strict
Russian Orthodox father,

who saw his son as an obstacle
to his religious devotion.

(dog barking)

Rykov says he fell

in love with the perfect family
across the street.

He watched them for years,
imagined he was one of them.

(laughter)

Until the day
he saw the teacher

kissing the father in her car.

So Rykov attacked the teacher?

GARCIA:
He denied it.

Police never found
any conclusive evidence, so...

ROSSI: So a 16-year-old boy
takes revenge

on a teacher for ruining
his perfect family.

Has he been looking
for another one

to replace them all this time?

(Mackenzie crying)

If we're here because of me,
I will take full responsibility.

MAN:
Are you changing your mind?

Yes!

MAN:
That can be done,

but every choice
has a consequence.

I'll do anything.

There's a key
taped under the bar.

Under the stereo is
a locked cabinet; open it.

Open the box inside.

Open it. Open it.

If you all kill yourselves now,
you can save Braden.

MIKE: What kind of sick game
are you playing?

MAN: This isn't a game.
This is life.

You all turned it into a game.

No! No, we didn't.

MAN: You gambled everything
you had, for what?

A little excitement?

Everyone goes through
stuff like this.

We're... we're human beings!
Things happen!

MAN:
No, things don't just happen.

You made choices.

The wrong choices.

MORGAN: Rykov didn't have
the social skills

to create his own family.

Well, there's no such thing
as a perfect family.

It's a childhood fantasy.

MORGAN: Maybe he thinks
he can fix them--

that's why he kidnaps them.

But when he fails,
he has no choice

-but to kill them.
- Why start now?

Why in his mid-40s?

He needed a remote location
to carry out

-his fantasies.
- GARCIA: Right you are,

Girl Wonder. It looks like
he saved up for the place.

Uh, bought it two years ago,
paid all cash.

Hey, the Yamadas were
about to send their daughter

to a boarding school in Ohio.

That must have been the trigger;
he had to kidnap the family

while they were all
still together.

What have I done?

I drove you all away.

- This is all my fault.
- No.

How is killing ourselves
the right choice?

That d... that doesn't
make any sense.

MAN:
If you truly loved each other,

you would die for each other.

Who are you?

I mean, why do you care
how much we love each other?

Because a family is
a precious gift

you can't take for granted.

Do it, Mike. Do it, Mike.

Do it now.

(sirens wailing)

(sniffles, sobs)

Do it.

I can't. I can't.

I won't kill my wife and child.

MAN:
You won't save Braden?

He's-he's the only one of us
who's innocent.

He's... Please.

No, I won't choose.

I won't choose. I love you all.

(crying)

MAN: There was
another family before you

who wouldn't die for each other.

So they didn't deserve
a chance at happiness.

- No!
-(screams)

FBI! Show me your hands.

FBI!

Back away from her.

Sir, back away.

- Let me help her.
-(Debra gasps)

I-I shot myself.

Stand up.

They needed to appreciate
what they had.

There's no blood.

DEBRA:
Huh?

It's loaded with blanks.

(Debra panting)

(Mike and Mackenzie sobbing)

Oh, Mom!

Mum!

Arthur Rykov,
you're under arrest.

(handcuffs clicking)

(indistinct radio chatter)

ROSSI:
There you go.

- DEBRA: Braden! Oh, baby.
-(Mackenzie chuckles)

You know, there was an automatic
weapon hidden in the wall.

Rykov could've killed
the family anytime.

I doubt if he would've
let 'em go.

HOTCH: "One of the deep secrets
of life

"is that all that is really
worth doing is

what we do for others."

Lewis Carroll.

(elevator bell dings)

- Hello, family.
- JJ: Hi.

I would just like to say
that I love each

and every one of you,
even you, Dr. Alex Blake.

It's a new love, but still.

And I am never going to take
any of you for granted,

-ever.
- JJ: Aw.

We love you, too, Penelope.

- Thank you. Now hug me.
- Oh. Okay.

ROSSI:
Does this mean we get drinks

-every time we come home?
- GARCIA: We will

-discuss it when you hug me.
- Too sweet, baby girl.

- BLAKE: Cheers.
- OTHERS: Cheers.

The director's been named
new Head of Acquisitions

at the museum,
so that's why there's an opening

-at the gallery...
- I get it.

And you're taking this job.

Could you be
a little less enthusiastic?

- It's in New York.
- But it's a great opportunity.

But I'd probably skip the step
where you...

where you want me
to ask you to stay.

Okay, Mr. Profiler,

-what else am I thinking?
- Oh, I have no idea

what you're thinking, but I
think it would be inconsiderate

to not think
what was best for you.

(chuckles)

Why do I feel like this is
the start of good-bye?

Me getting my heart broken.

You're not gonna
get rid of me that easily.

What are you saying?

New York is a train ride away.

I can be there
every chance I have.

You really think
we can pull that off?

Sure. Why not?

(chuckles)

(cell phone chimes)

Um...

My 2:00 just canceled.

I got a train schedule
at my house.

You want to take a look at it?

I think we have to.

(laughs)

♪ All right ♪

♪ I will be the one
who loves you the most. ♪