Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 9 - Pattern Seventeen - full transcript

NARRATOR: In the
criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses are
considered especially heinous.

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives who
investigate these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

Don't!

(SIGHS) Sorry, sorry.

It's coming back to me.
I turned, he was there.

I said, "Don't!"

It's okay, Annie. It's okay.



Do I have to do this?

We know this is hard, but you just
said the details are coming back to you.

And that's why you do these...

Cognitive reenactments.

Now, you told
us at the hospital,

that you didn't get
a good look at him.

Do you remember more now?

No. It was still dark.

He put his hand over my mouth.

He had on gloves.

Gloves? Like winter gloves?

No. Rubbery, thin...

Medical gloves? Okay.

That could be helpful.



All right, Annie, so
what happened next?

Um, he pushed me
inside the restaurant.

Over there.

But I barely saw
his face. I'm sorry.

FIN: Is anything
else coming back?

The way he smelled,
the sound of his voice?

Yeah.

Under his breath,

he was humming.

Humming?

Humming what?

Church music?

Then I... I felt his
hand on my neck.

I must have passed out.

BENSON: He put you out, Annie.

Your exam showed a...

A bruise on your carotid artery.

You told us yesterday when
you came to he was still here?

Pulling himself off of me.

He said, "Nice to see you again.

"Maybe we'll have tea soon."

(SNIFFS) And then he walked out.

He told me not
look, but I peeked.

You see which way he went?

Around that corner. I, uh,
watched until he was gone.

Wait, wait,
something else! Um...

I saw him take off his gloves.

That could be important,
Annie. Thank you.

Got her?

Okay, so we'll call CSU,
have them comb the street.

Maybe we'll get lucky, find
those gloves, get some touch DNA.

Maybe, Liv.

This guy stalked
her, wore a condom.

Knew how to make her pass
out. We're looking at a pro.

Oh, I know. I also know that
he's gonna do it again, and again

until we find him.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

The glove they found on a
sewer grate came back clean.

No DNA, no prints.

No DNA? Well, there goes CODIS.

Look, it was worth a shot.

We think the perp
knew her, so...

So we re-canvas the area,
video cams, parking tickets,

I crosscheck the tea shop's credit
card receipts with known offenders.

I know the drill. Fantastic.

Hey, uh, sorry I'm late.
Con Ed was on my block.

The transformer was out.
So no electricity, no hot water.

I had to take a shower
at the gym, it was...

Rollins, word of advice. When you're
coming up with an excuse, don't oversell.

(SNICKERS) ROLLINS: Copy that.

Perp wore latex gloves.
We think he stalked her.

Okay, so you put it into ViCAP?

You did, right?

You have a detailed MO.

I mean, ViCAP is a
comprehensive nationwide database.

Yeah, I know. I was
just about to get into that.

Okay. Early Sunday, a
Caucasian male assaults Annie Lin.

Now, she's young, she's Asian.

He chokes her, and
uses latex gloves.

What else? He hummed.

He what? He hummed.

Annie remembered the perp
humming while he assaulted her.

He hummed. So he's musical.

You might think I'm crazy, um,
but was it... Was it, gospel music?

Annie said it sounded
like a church hymn.

Before I left Atlanta, we
had a humming rapist that...

That choked out his vics.

I mean, it wasn't my case,

but it was all the way back in
2008-2009? (CELL PHONE DINGS)

Okay. Well, Atlanta's an
easy call for you, right? So...

Carisi, since you were
gonna do it anyway,

how 'bout you take over ViCAP?

Check recently released
parolees, offenders.

Okay, this guy had to
come from somewhere.

And he may not
have gone anywhere.

Sixteen-year-old at the
Midtown Magnet school

just disclosed to her counselor,

early morning, a
guy choked her out.

I got up to move my mother's
car, looking for a Tuesday space.

Okay. What happened next?

Um, a man grabbed
me from behind.

He had latex gloves on.

I tried to fight, but, um,
he was bigger than me.

BENSON: (WHISPERING)
It's okay, Nina. It's okay.

Do you think you could...
You could describe him for me?

Uh, not very well.

He was white, strong.

He grabbed me by the neck.

I blacked out.

When I came to, I was
lying behind a dumpster.

He told me I should
get up and move the car

so my mother
wouldn't get a ticket.

He'd been watching you.

Sure you didn't recognize him?

No, I'm sorry. I never
got a good look at him.

I was face down.

BENSON: It's okay.

Nina, did he say anything
else? Did he make any noise?

No...

Uh, wait, yes. Uh...

He was humming.

What kind of song?

Like, um, a hymn, maybe?

I don't know,
we're not religious.

So, I'm going over
these ViCAP responses.

You know how many rapists sing,

hum or whistle to their victims?

Mmm-mmm.

A lot.

You get anything?

Probation, no. Immigration, no.

And the military hasn't
gotten back to us yet.

Oh, big surprise.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

You okay?

(CONTINUES RINGING)

(STUTTERING) Yeah, it's Atlanta.

Captain Reynolds.
Thank you for calling back.

No, it's business.

Hey, you guys get
anything from the new vic?

She remembered the latex
gloves and the humming, no DNA.

Didn't see the face.

This guy targets his vics,
he knows their routines.

Any matches on ViCAP?

Yeah, too many.

And unless this guy worked
every city in the country,

I gotta figure out how
to narrow my search.

Without DNA, it's
not gonna be easy.

Okay, thank you, Captain.

There's three open
cases in Atlanta, same MO.

I mean, the latex gloves,
the humming, the choking out.

Uh, and they did the rape
kits on all three of them,

but they never had them tested.

BENSON: Oh, not that again.

Are they testing them now?

They think they're in storage.

Along with, what,
thousands of others?

Yeah but they're
looking, at least, right?

No, not very hard. These
cases are six years cold.

Well, ours aren't.

Rollins, if I send you down
there, do you know where to look?

It's still a boy's
club down there,

but if I act helpless
and bat my eyelashes...

BENSON: So do that.

How about I go with?

How about you take Fin?

Thank you.

Olivia, you have a minute?

Um, yeah, is
everything all right?

Maybe it's a good
time to get away.

How do you figure?

There's a lot going on
here. ROLLINS: Mmm.

FIN: You have no hot water...

What?

Oh.

I'm fine, Fin.

Check on flights, yeah?

Child Services wants
a hearing? Why?

Uh, Noah's health questions.

He has lung issues. I just
have to watch his asthma.

They said, they, uh, they
found some rib fractures.

They didn't find them.

My doctor found them.

Stemming from infancy.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Hey, Sergeant. Not now.

I just need a
minute. I'm sorry, but,

ViCAP's a rabbit hole.
Okay if I put in for OT?

Yes.

They shipped him around
from foster home to foster home

for months.

And now they want
to hold a hearing?

Olivia, you can't
take that personally.

Even though you
reported the abuse,

they have to follow up.

I'm still Noah's
legal representative.

For his sake, I just want
you prepared for that hearing.

FIN: You got three matching MOs,

and you didn't test
any of the kits? Fin.

Uh, you know how
it is. $1200 a test.

We just can't afford that
for every single rape claim.

Claim?

These girls weren't
exactly virgins.

A prostitute, a junkie,
and a teenage mother.

All out in the early
morning hours.

Each insisting
they were attacked

in the middle of the street
by a complete stranger.

So they either all came
up with the exact same lie,

or you had a consistent MO.

Say, have you
had the kits tested?

I mean, somebody
might have popped.

You know something, Amanda?

Since you moved to New York,

your hindsight's gone
all the way up to 20-20.

(SCOFFS)

Everything has a number,

but nothing is ever
where it's supposed to be.

Have fun, you two.
Enjoy your stay.

I see why you left.

Yeah.

Uh, you wanna pick that
side and I'll get this one?

The faster I leave
Georgia, the better.

(EXHALES)

PATTON: They're
not there, Amanda.

I got what you're
looking for right here.

Chief Patton. Those
are my rape kits?

Well, technically, they're mine.

But I heard you needed a favor.

So, naturally, when you
found out I was coming,

you pulled them
before I got here?

Well, I figured you'd have
asked for me when you arrived.

They've been in my office since
yesterday, just waiting for you.

Hmm.

I'm trying to be
helpful here, darlin'.

And I do appreciate that.

You know, what'd
actually be really helpful,

is if you tested all
of these rape kits.

(CHUCKLES)

You... You always could start
an argument in an empty house.

FIN: Everything all right?

Uh, yeah. Uh, this is my
partner, Detective Tutuola.

This is Chief Patton.

How you doing, Chief?
Nice to meet you, Detective.

ROLLINS: Turns out
the Deputy Chief had...

Had set the kits
aside for us all along.

You know,
communication breakdown.

Yeah, well, I'll turn over these
rape kits for testing right quick.

I'll put a rush on it, hmm.

And the case files?

Files? Well, try
initial reports.

See, none of these was
pursuable at the time,

but feel free to reopen.

Really? PATTON: Well, yeah.

If I can clear three
rapes on NYPD's dime,

well, that works out
for all of us, doesn't it?

Nice to see you, Amanda. Mmm.

Always a pleasure.

Detective Tootwalla.

Made a lot of friends
down here, huh?

They're just trying to
make sure I know my place.

ROLLINS: The first
one died last year,

the second one moved to Alaska.

We're going to
talk to the third.

I got it, Sergeant.

Hey, so Liv says Carisi has three more
rapes in Vegas that could also be our guy.

When?

Uh, 2010.

Same, the humming, the
gloves, early morning, choked out.

So he rapes three in
Atlanta... (DOORBELL RINGS)

three in Vegas, then he
goes off the grid for four years?

Maybe he got picked up.

I mean, Carisi's checking
prison records now.

Ashley Miller?

Yes. Can I help you?

NYPD. Can we ask
you a few questions?

About what? I've
never been to New York.

Uh, this is about a crime
you reported back in 2008.

Can we come in?

MAN: Who is it, sweetheart?

Jehovah's Witnesses.

MAN: (YELLING)
We don't want any!

We're just talking.

Your husband doesn't know?

No. And I don't want him
to. Did you catch the guy?

We're trying. Then
what's this about?

I told Atlanta PD
everything when it happened.

They said I was making it up.

Yeah. Um, we believe you.

Okay? And we think this guy has
attacked some more women in New York.

In New York? How
do you know that?

He has a pattern that matches the
details you gave down here in Atlanta.

He uses gloves, he chokes
his victims, he even hums.

(WHISPERS) Oh, God.

I'll never get that
hymn out of my head.

Do you know the song?

Yes. He hummed at first,
then he started singing.

♪ Leaning, leaning

♪ Safe and secure
from all alarms ♪

I can't even go to
church anymore. I...

I told the police all of that.

Well, they didn't do right by
you and we're sorry about that,

but we're gonna fix it, okay?

So, would you mind
taking a look at this?

This is your original
statement to Atlanta PD.

Now, just go over it and
see if there's any details

that maybe changed
or... Or were left out.

It's all here.

Uh, wait!

Before he left,
his pager went off.

He told me other
people needed him,

but he'd be back.

Pager? Yes.

When I told the detective that,

he asked if I dated
any drug dealers.

Hmm.

Uh, I have to go.
My husband knows

the bell ringers
don't take long.

Um, and if you want to hear more about
the good news, you know where to find us.

Okay?

This guy's got a pager, knows
how to make his vics pass out.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)
What are we looking for, a doctor?

Huh. Rollins.

It is?

Better late than never, huh?

Okay, so I guess you guys
are running it through CODIS?

Great, thanks.

DNA came back from Atlanta.

The son of a bitch must have
put it in before we even got here.

All three the same guy?

Yeah. (CAR LOCK BEEPS)

We're calling it
Pattern Seventeen.

Now the DNA proves that one
perp, matching our New York MO,

committed three rapes in five
weeks down in Atlanta in 2008.

FIN: The brainiacs had the
pattern and didn't even know it.

They didn't even
look for six years.

Any matches in CODIS?

Nothing. Not even familial.

DNA does show that he's a
white male of European descent.

Which is fairly useless.

You're checking matching
MOs in other states?

Yeah, he might have struck
in Vegas, possibly Milwaukee.

You get DNA from those cases?

Well, Milwaukee has a
backlog about a mile long,

and Las Vegas doesn't know if
they've even tested the kits or not.

What worries us, is
this guy goes on sprees.

And he's in the
middle of one right now.

You talk to the vics in Atlanta?

Just one, and she said that
he likes to sing church songs

and that he may
have used a pager.

Sounds like a
cost effective trip.

Look, we got this,
Chief. It's just legwork.

Try to put some shine
on it before tomorrow.

What's tomorrow?

The CompStat briefing on
the Pattern Seventeen rapist.

You're in the hot
seat, Sergeant.

See that? That's why I never
took the sergeant's exam.

Good morning, Sergeant.
Any thoughts on this headline?

I can't control the press,
Deputy Commissioner,

but what I can do
is reassure you that

we have a detailed
MO of the suspect.

We have re-canvassed
the crime scenes,

checked security
footage, traffic cams...

Anything to show for that?

BENSON: It's a process, sir.

So, no.

Can I at least assume that you
checked the ALPR databases?

No license plates
from either crime scene

matched any known offenders,

and at no time did
the same car appear.

HANK: Well, then the headline
is right, there are no leads

and without Atlanta PD's help,

you'd have never
known you had a pattern.

BENSON: That's their spin.

The truth is that
we had to ask them

to test rape kits from
three of their cold cases.

Either way, the suspect has been
active for several years in two cities.

We believe that the suspect has
been active in more cities than that.

And again, given the
backlog of untested rape kits...

How do you explain
the gaps in his timeline?

It's possible that
he was incarcerated.

Well, then wouldn't he
be in CODIS, Sergeant?

Not necessarily.
Unfortunately, most states

don't have all-crimes
DNA collection.

Given that and the backlog
of unprocessed rape kits...

(WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

So, other states,
other jurisdictions.

You're saying it's
everyone's fault but yours?

No, that is not what I'm saying.

He is our problem
now and we will get him.

I'm sorry, Sergeant Benson,
we'll need to cut this short.

HANK: Hold up. Hold...

So, um, what am I
supposed to tell the press?

I don't care. But here's
one thing you don't tell them.

We're establishing
a new crime scene.

The Pattern Seventeen
rapist may have struck again.

(SIREN WAILING)

How bad? Bad.

She's 12. Oh, God.

Seems a little young for our
guy. We sure that it's him?

Yeah, looks like it.

Ryann Catalano was out
walking a puppy at 6:00 am,

when a man wearing
gloves and humming

shoved her into a car
and tried to choke her.

But he didn't finish the rape.

What? Her dog did what dogs do.

Spooked him.

Where's the girl
now? She's upstairs.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGING)

Hey. Can I talk to her?

I just heard from the nurse.
Ryann is done with her exam.

Her mother's in
there with her now.

Her father...

This is him.

You the sergeant
everyone's been waiting for?

Uh, yes.

Uh, Mr. Catalano, um, I'd like
to get your daughter's statement

as soon as possible,

so we can catch
whoever did this.

In the meantime,
my detectives are

gonna take your
statement, if that's okay.

Let's talk over here
where it's more quiet.

I told her to wait for me, but
she sleeps with that puppy.

Keeps taking him out on her own.

So your daughter was out,
walking the dog by herself?

I was getting ready for work
and I heard Max, the dog, barking.

So I ran out.

Max must have bit the
bastard pretty good, 'cause...

That's why he pushed Ryann
out of the car before he took off.

Hold on. So the
dog bit the assailant?

It was Max. He saved me.

BENSON: You're
lucky he was with you.

Okay and you said your
attacker was wearing gloves

and, uh... And he was humming?

Yes. I didn't know the song.

That's okay. Is there
anything else you can tell us?

Did you get a look
at his face, Ryann?

Not really. He grabbed
me from behind.

But I didn't let
go of Max's leash.

Not even when he
pulled me into his car.

And that car, what kind was it?

I don't really know about cars.

Well, you remember how
many doors it had, or...

Or what color it was maybe?

Four. It was black,
like the seats.

Okay. I remember because

I shoved my headphones between
them so I could prove I was there.

That was a very
smart thing to do.

I tried to memorize the license
plate, but I didn't get it all.

It was blue and white, though.

Great.

I'm sorry.

Don't say sorry,
honey, you did great.

Now is there any part of that
license plate that you do remember?

Any luck?

So far, I got 40 black
sedans with Connecticut plates

matching the partials "GQJ6."

Okay, so check E-ZPass
records, license plate readers.

See if we can put any of those
sedans at the crime scene.

SONNY: Yeah.

CSU's got the dog now. They're
swabbing his teeth for DNA.

You know what? Tell 'em to
scrape the nails, too. Got it.

Hey, Sarge, I got a
2014 Lincoln MKZ,

black, Connecticut plates,
registered to a Dr. Joseph Conklin.

He works out of Mercy Hospital.

Nowhere near any
of the three rapes.

But he's a doctor.

That would explain the pager,
the gloves, the choke hold.

Okay. Anything connect
him to Atlanta or Vegas?

I did an NCIC offline search,
looking for a traffic stop

or anything, nothing came up.

I'm still checking his
pedigree though. Okay.

Hold up, hold up.

The DEA has an
open file on this guy.

BENSON: They've been looking
at him for pushing pills for months.

That could be
enough for a warrant.

Good.

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

You guys get the
collar on those.

We're looking for
something in the back seat.

Hey! What the hell
is going on here?

NYPD. Hands
where I can see them.

I was just showing you my ID
badge. I'm a doctor, I work here.

What's all that stuff in
your trunk? Samples?

That's a year's
supply of oxycodone.

I have an office
out of my house.

SONNY: Yeah, you want to explain what these
were doing in the backseat of your car?

Sitting there in plain
sight, just like you said.

I don't know whose those are,
but headphones are not illegal.

Joseph Conklin, you are under arrest
for attempted rape and sexual assault.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Rape? Those women agreed to do
what they did. They just wanted the pills.

Yeah? Keep talkin'. Come on.

Her headphones were in
the back seat? They were.

So, we got our guy.

Uh, we're holding him on a drug
charge until the DNA comes back.

We're doing the
lineup now? Right now.

Nice work.

(WHISPERING) Hi.

FIN: Can you see the man
who attacked you, Annie?

Take your time.

I think...

It's okay.

I don't think it's any of them.

(FIN SIGHS)

I'm sorry. I don't see him.

Maybe, number four?

I'm not sure.

I'm sorry, it's not number four.

Okay.

I really didn't get a good look.

I can't pick him out. I'm sorry.

That's okay. That's okay.

You did a great job.

Look, we all know that eyewitness
recollections are unreliable.

0 for three? What about Atlanta?

We can try, but
it's been six years.

I can email a photo array down.

It doesn't matter. We got him.

Ryann's headphones
were inside of his car.

CSU found her
prints in the back seat.

How long on his DNA?

We just got his sample.
It's going to take a while.

Well, then don't wait. Lie.

Tell him we have a match.

We already know it's him.

My DNA? That
has to be a mistake.

I've never even been to Atlanta.
Or Milwaukee. This is crazy.

And you can prove that?

How do I prove I was
never in a city I was never in?

And I don't know any of
these girls. Never seen 'em.

Not even her?

How'd her headphones get
in the back seat of your car?

I didn't rape anybody.
Especially not some little girl.

Then why'd you claim it
was consensual right away?

You said that they agreed.

That was something else.

FIN: What?

(INAUDIBLE WHISPERING)

If he explains what
it was and it's a crime

that has no bearing on
this one, we need immunity.

We'll talk to the DA.

Look, I have women lining up to
have sex for a handful of oxycodone.

Five pills a blow, a
dozen for full service.

So you're admitting to solicitation
and pill pushing, but not rape?

What did I just say?

No, it's not like that. The women
are in pain. The prescriptions are legal.

Not if they have to
perform a sex act to get 'em.

All right, Joseph,
you've said enough.

Family court, tomorrow?

I understand that, Counselor, but is
there any way that we could postpone it?

Sarge. Good news,
bad news... One second.

I understand, that's not
what they want to hear.

No, you're right.

I will be there.

Yeah, thank you.

Bad time?

Always. What do you got?

It's not him.

The DNA came back that fast?

No. Before running the DNA,

I had the M.E. check
blood types, old school.

But Mercy Hospital has
Doctor Conklin's on file.

He's O positive. All the DNA from
Atlanta is all from somebody AB.

It's still his car. Yeah.

Hey, Sarge, our rapist is
methodical, he's meticulous.

This guy's a mess.
I know. It's not him.

But it's still his car.

Not to mention he's
a pill-pushing lowlife.

Yeah, which means he probably
loaned his car to another lowlife,

and now he's covering for him.

So go back in there
and you sweat him.

You find out who had access.

Check hospital
garage security footage.

Find out who was
driving that car.

I told you. No one who
works here took his car.

Yeah, and we believe you.

Dr. Conklin swears that
nobody else had access.

So... So why don't you
walk us through this.

The... The doctor parks
his car here every day?

Yeah. He tips extra, so
his car's right up front.

Is this lot open to the public?

No. Just doctors, vendors,
and administrators.

What about nurses? Anybody
else who treats patients?

The EMTs park their
ambulances sometimes.

EMTs? So you keep
ambulance keys here?

Yeah, in case they're
blocking a doctor's car.

They're right here.

If they get a call,
they just grab them.

So the EMTs have access to the
keys even when nobody's in the booth?

They're the good guys.
They wouldn't take anything.

FIN: Yeah, but
you log 'em in right?

We're gonna need
to see that log book.

BARTELL: Ms. Jackson,

after you discovered that Noah
Porter was in intensive care

and that Ms. Benson
was not present,

did you attempt to contact her?

Several times.

When she finally called me back,
she claimed a work emergency.

Claimed? Liv...

BARTELL: Why did Ms.
Benson's absence trouble you?

Noah Porter was in crisis.

As the guardian of a
high-risk foster child,

Ms. Benson has to
understand what that means.

BARTELL: Thank you.

Your Honor, as Noah's legal
representative, I have a few questions.

LINDEN: Of course, Mr. Langan.

First, Ms. Jackson, I
appreciate your diligence in

looking out for Noah. Thank you.

LANGAN: Now since you've
been managing this case,

I'm sure you've made
several home visits.

Have you found the baby
well provided and cared for?

JACKSON: I thought I had.

Significantly better cared for
than in the four earlier homes

he'd been in under
your agency's watch?

I try not to look backwards
in managing my case files.

Let me do that for you.

When Noah was hospitalized
recently, the child's doctor discovered

broken ribs, since healed,

and other signs of
early infant abuse.

JACKSON: That abuse might have
happened before he was under our watch.

Either way, your agency
didn't notice the abuse,

while Ms. Benson's doctor did.

Ms. Benson should
have been there.

My concern is, as a single
mother in a high stress job,

she can't make this
child her first priority.

Hey, guys. I'm sorry I'm late.

ROLLINS: I told him
you were on your way.

No problem, we
started without you.

What do we have on our suspect?

ROLLINS: Hospital security
footage caught Albert Beck.

No record.

EMT for Red Alert
Ambulette for four years.

His supervisor called him a hero
and he was decorated for heroic action

after the Metro North
derailment last year.

And after finishing
his graveyard shift,

he returned an
ambulette to the garage

an hour before the
assault on Ryann Catalano.

DODDS: And he was caught
on video driving Conklin's car.

Why isn't he in custody
yet? It's his day off.

Fin and Carisi are on their way to
his home address in Queens right now.

Okay, can we put him
in Atlanta or Milwaukee?

Yeah, we can. Yes.

He was an EMT in
Atlanta from 2007 to 2009,

and then Milwaukee
the next two years.

This ambulette service gives him
a perfect cover to troll for victims.

And then he moves to New York,

where he lives for four
years without incident.

And then suddenly starts
raping again. Why now?

DODDS: Ask him
when you pick him up.

And you better hope it's him.

Your report to CompStat
didn't win you any fans.

LAUREN: Screw Albert.

FIN: So you won't mind
telling us where he is?

If I knew, I'd be happy to.

I haven't seen the bastard since
I threw his ass out a month ago.

What made you
do that, Ms. Burns?

Mom, what did you do?

Nothing. The cops
came on their own.

They're asking about
Albert. Big shocker.

He didn't do anything wrong.

Nobody's saying that he did.

It's your fault he
left. He hates you.

And I hate you, too.

You wanna tell us
what's going on, ma'am?

What do you think?

Look at her, she's
younger and dumber.

The son of a bitch traded up.

Or down.

She's 15.

The perp's girlfriend
doesn't know where he is?

Lauren Burns is the ex.

She booted him out of
the house a month ago.

Around the time that he
started stalking his new vics.

I did a Nexus and real estate
search and she and Albert Beck

lived together in
Milwaukee back in 2010.

The same time the
Milwaukee rapes stop.

And then her
daughter, Beth, now 15,

moved with him to
New York a year later.

Okay. Well, she's
petite, uh, that's his type.

Explains the four
year gap in rapes.

Why did she kick him out?

Mom caught him
eyeballing the daughter.

Great. Where's he now?

We've got plain clothes
outside the hospital,

the ambulette company
and we checked

his service provider but his cell
is dead. (CELL PHONE BEEPS)

Daughter figured out
why we were there.

She probably warned him before
Mom handed over both their cells.

SONNY: Hey, Sarge, you with us?

Yeah. She warned him?

Well, what are we
looking at, statutory rape?

It's possible.

Last couple of weeks, Mom's
had Beth on a tight leash.

Tight leash. She's a teenager.

Even if she doesn't
have a phone,

she's still gonna figure out
how to get in touch with him.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

All right, Rollins, let's go.

You guys are wrong.

Albert's being persecuted.

LAUREN: Have you
not been listening, Beth?

They are telling us
that Albert is a rapist.

Beth. He is a dangerous man.

He's wanted in at least
six assaults that we know of.

Possibly more.

So if you know where he
is, we need you to tell us.

How would I know?
Oh, don't even try.

For God's sake!

We know about the texts, the sexting.
We've been through your phone.

I told you not to
give it to them.

It's in my name.

I told you, you could've started
paying your own bills at any time.

Beth, he is the one
who's at fault here.

Okay? We just need
you to help us out.

You looked at my messages,

my selfies?

That's private!

No, you know what that is?

That is, uh, child pornography.

That's a felony.

And you created it, you sent it.

So it's gonna be your jail time.

(SCOFFS) What?

You can't do that.

Actually, we can.

Mom?

Are you serious? BENSON: Yes.

And, Ms. Burns, since the phone

is in your name, we
can charge you, as well.

Bethie, baby. I missed you.

How'd you finally
ditch the bitch?

Run.

What?

Run.

Run!

Police! Stop, stop!

Stop! Police!

Stop!

ROLLINS: Cut him off!
SONNY: Hold it right there!

Get your ass up.

I'm not as petite as
what you're used to, huh?

♪ Leaning, leaning

♪ Safe and secure
from all alarms

♪ Leaning... ♪

Just listen to him.
This guy is done.

DNA from Ryann's dog is a
match and he's got bite marks.

Atlanta confirms
the DNA is a match

for all three of their cases.

He received several salutations

for his heroism
down there as well.

And he was active
in his church choir.

Explains the hymns. Not really.

Still, five rapes,
one attempted.

I'll call Barba.
Plus Beth's selfies.

That's possession of child
porn. He's looking at life.

All right, so, call Atlanta, let
them know we're charging him.

Oh, I'm sure they're waiting to hear
how thankful we are for all their help.

What about the other
rapes that match his MO?

Milwaukee, Vegas? We could
be looking at a dozen more here.

So call 'em, ask them
to test the rape kits.

If they find them and they want to
spend the money on a cold case.

So we shortcut it.
We get a confession.

Guys, why is he
gonna confess to more?

There's nothing in it for him.

You never know.

I'm not saying anything.

You don't have to.
You're going down.

We got you for attempted
rape of a twelve-year-old,

and possession of kiddie porn.

Hold on, Beth
sent me those pics.

I didn't ask for 'em.

I thought you weren't
saying anything.

Don't worry about it,
baby. I got all I need.

You're done and you
don't even know it.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well,

just between you and me,

we've got you on a few other
rapes, but Detective Tutuola,

he doesn't even want
to charge you with those.

(SCOFFS)

What? There's some sentiment

that we don't want
to send you to prison

as some sort of
bad ass serial rapist

who dodged police for years.

That maybe we just charge
you with the child rape.

The kiddie porn.

See how you fend for yourself.

What're you talking
about? Come on.

You're a smart guy, right?

You kept up that hero
EMT profile for a long time.

You had everybody fooled.

But in prison, all
anybody's gonna know

is that you're just a pedophile.

I am not a pedophile. I
have sex with women.

Yeah, little ones.

You did how many
rapes, all over the country?

You got away with it for years.

Problem is, no one's ever
gonna dig out that DNA.

So you know and I know,

but that's where it ends.

Your rap sheet in prison?

That's your reputation.

ALBERT: Wait.

There's more than you know.

A lot more.

Write it down. You
got him. Good job.

New guy's okay.

Sarge.

Dodds wants to see you at
CompStat tomorrow at 8:00 am.

8:00 am?

Yeah, it didn't
sound like a request.

(SIGHS)

BENSON: Thank you
for seeing me so early.

Well, I appreciate you
making the time, Sergeant.

Before I rule on
this, I wanted to talk.

What you've taken on is a
very serious responsibility.

I know that, and I
don't take it lightly.

LINDEN: Trust me, there's
no shame in admitting

that you find
yourself in a situation

that you thought you could handle,
but realize now that you can't.

No one will judge you for that.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

I like you enormously,
Sergeant Benson,

but my primary
obligation is to Noah.

I know. Mine, too.

(VIBRATING CONTINUES)

Do you need to take that? No.

I don't.

I need to be here.

I want to make sure
that you understand

that my priority is
Noah's wellbeing.

His health, his happiness.

I could not love him more.

And I will do everything in
my power to prove that to you

and to Child Services.

I promise.

Don't promise me. Promise Noah.

Cutting it close.

I'm here. I'm here.

So are they.

BENSON: As of this morning,

the Pattern Seventeen
rapist has confessed

to three assaults
here in New York,

and 28 other rapes
in multiple cities.

There may be more,
we're still verifying that.

With that many
assaults in his history,

what could SVU
have done differently?

We did our jobs.

But unfortunately, the fact is

is that we are reliant
on other jurisdictions

when their perpetrators
cross over into ours.

So, it sounds like communication
with these other police departments

needs to improve.

If I may, with all due respect,

the problem is not
communication, Hank.

There's a national rape kit backlog
issue here that needs to be addressed.

Sergeant.

We did catch the Pattern
Seventeen rapist within one week

after his first assault here.

But the brutal truth is, is that
all of the New York assaults

could have and should
have been prevented.

Albert Beck is a career rapist

who has moved from state
to state, year after year.

But because many cities
have underfunded departments,

and many cities do not regard
crimes against women seriously,

they never tested
thousands of their rape kits.

What is the point of having
a national DNA database

if the rapist's DNA is
never entered into it?

Aside from the DNA
match, we got a confession.

So, Atlanta can proceed
with prosecution on all three.

Great news, Amanda.

I'm glad we were able to help.

You know,

I think you and I still
work real well together.

Okay, Chief. I know
you're busy. I'll let you go.

By the way, I'll be
coming up there in January

for a conference.

Maybe we can get a
drink for old times' sake.

Maybe. Uh, it is long hours.

Uh, yeah. Well,
you know how I am.

I don't take no for an answer.

(CHUCKLES) I'll see
you soon, Amanda.

Everything okay?

It's all good, Fin.

It's all good.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)