Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 9, Episode 6 - Svengali - full transcript
A grisly murder scene at the bottom of an elevator shaft leads SVU detectives to a group of individuals who are under the spell of a charismatic, imprisoned serial killer.
(male announcer)
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.
[door handle rattling]
[whispering]
COME ON, COME ON.
[elevator dings]
AH!
SORRY.
JEEZ, DAMIEN.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
SO LATE?
FINISHING A GRANT.
YOU?
[scoffs]
END OF THE QUARTER FINANCIALS.
I-I NEED SOME CAFFEINE.
YOU WANNA COME?
IT'S ON ME.
[chuckles]
I'M GOING TO BED...ALONE.
OH!
SHEILA, ARE YOU OKAY?
I THINK SO.
UGH, MY BAG FELL.
OH, MY GOD.
[generator powering up]
(Benson)
LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS DRESSED
FOR HER DREAM DATE.
IT ENDED WHEN THE PERP
STRANGLED HER REPEATEDLY
WITH HER OWN PANTYHOSE.
BY THE LIGATURE MARKS,
I'D SAY THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
(Stabler)
HE CHOKED HER AND LET HER
COME BACK?
GOT OFF ON IT.
YEAH, IT GETS WORSE.
THE KILLER SLICED OFF
HER BREASTS.
TOOK HIM A COUPLE TRIES.
HOPE SHE WASN'T AWAKE.
NO, NO SPATTER.
SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
WE FIND HER--
SEVERED PARTS?
NOT YET.
KILLER MUST'VE WALKED OUT
WITH THEM.
WELL, HERE'S HOW HE GOT IN.
THE LOCK'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH.
CHECK OUT THE SCRATCHES.
NO BLOOD TRAIL.
HE DIDN'T CUT HER OUT HERE.
SO HE KILLS HER,
HE JIMMIES THE LOCK,
HE DRAGS THE BODY
TO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT,
HACKS HER UP.
PLACE IS FILTHY.
EXPLAINS THE DIRT ON HER DRESS.
(Casanueva)
NO, IT DOESN'T.
THE SOIL ON HER DRESS
IS CLAY-LIKE AND CRYSTALLIZED.
NOTHING LIKE THAT
IN THIS PLACE.
SO HE KILLED HER SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND DUMPED HER HERE.
NO, SHE LET HERSELF IN.
HOW DO YOU FIGURE?
THESE ARE HERS.
BURGLARY TOOLS.
MURDER IS A HIGH PRICE
TO PAY
FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING.
(Benson)
RAN OUR VICTIM'S PRINTS,
GOT A HIT.
TINA SNOW, 21,
WENT TO HUDSON UNIVERSITY.
(Cragen)
COLLEGE STUDENT?
WHAT'S HER RECORD FOR,
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY?
TRESPASSING,
BREAKING AND ENTERING.
EXPLAINS THE TOOL KIT.
(Cragen)
RAP SHEET SAYS
SHE WAS PINCHED
AT A STORAGE UNIT
ON ONE CHARGE.
THE OTHER AN ELECTRONICS
WAREHOUSE.
ANYTHING WORTH STEALING
WERE SHE WAS FOUND?
HIGH END ART GALLERY
IN THE SAME BUILDING.
MAYBE SHE'S UPPING
THE ANTE.
WAS SHE BUSTED WITH A PARTNER?
NO, BOTH COLLARS
SHE WAS SOLO.
MAYBE THIS TIME
SHE HAD A PARTNER.
WHO TURNED ON HER.
MUTILATING HER BREASTS
IS PERSONAL.
(Tutuola)
RAPE KIT WAS NEGATIVE
BUT TOX SCREEN BUMPED.
TINA'S BLOOD ALCOHOL
WAS THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT
AND SHE HAD GHB
IN HER SYSTEM.
DATE RAPE DRUG.
SO WHY GET HER DRUNK,
SLIP HER A ROOFIE,
AND NOT RAPE HER?
MAYBE HE COULDN'T RISE
TO THE OCCASION.
LIV, ELLIOT, SEE IF TINA
WAS HANGING WITH ANYBODY NEW.
START WITH THE ROOMMATE.
(Lashena)
OH, MY GOD.
SHE WAS INTO SOME FREAKY STUFF,
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT
SHE'D WIND UP DEAD.
WHAT KIND OF FREAKY STUFF?
SHE STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT.
NEVER WENT TO CLASS.
HUDSON WAS THREATENING
TO KICK HER OUT.
FOR BAD GRADES?
DIDN'T PAY HER TUITION.
SEE HER STACK OF PINKS?
12 GRAND OR SHE COULDN'T
GRADUATE.
HER PARENTS WOULDN'T
HELP HER OUT?
THEY LIVE IN ARKANSAS.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THEIR DAUGHTER
MOVING TO SIN CITY.
COULD EXPLAIN WHY
SHE WAS HEISTING.
(Stabler)
A LOT OF ASH HERE.
WHAT WAS SHE BURNING?
(Lashena)
GOT ME.
EVERY WEEK SHE'D GET
A NOTE CARD IN THE MAIL
THEN LIGHT IT UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHO SENT THEM?
NO.
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING DIRTY.
SHE WAS HOOKIN'?
(Lashena)
NO, I MEAN WHAT SHE DID
WAS DIRTY.
EVERY TIME SHE GOT A CARD,
SHE'D GO OUT AND COME BACK
ALL COVERED IN MUCK.
FOUND THESE FLECKS OF MICA
IN THE SOIL SAMPLE
FROM THE VICTIM'S DRESS.
THEY'RE FROM FINELY-GROUND
MANHATTAN SCHIST.
WELL THAT NARROWS IT DOWN
TO MANHATTAN.
MORE SIGNIFICANT'S
WHAT I DIDN'T FIND.
NO POLLEN, NO PLANT LIFE.
TUNNELS.
HOW YOU FIGURE?
DUDE, PLANTS CAN'T LIVE
WITHOUT SUNLIGHT.
OKAY, WELL THERE'S GOT TO BE
HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TUNNELS.
ANY IDEA OF WHICH ONES
ARE FULL OF SCHIST?
THEY'RE ALL FULL OF SCHIST.
GOT SOMETHING?
MAYBE IF WE CAN GET SOME WRITING
OFF BURNT PAPER.
THAT'D BE A DEFINITE MAYBE.
CHESTER, HIT THE LIGHTS.
GOT IT.
WELL, THE PAPER'S
DEFINITELY BURNED...
BUT THE WRITING'S STILL THERE.
WE JUST CAN'T SEE IT
WITH THE VISIBLE LIGHT.
IF I HIT IT WITH THE RIGHT
NON-VISIBLE WAVELENGTH...
[beeping]
PRESTO.
(Benson)
"ASTORIA PLATFORM,
10, 15, 19, 30.
(Stabler)
TODAY IS OCTOBER 15TH.
19:30'S MILITARY TIME
FOR 7:30 PM.
WHICH WAS AN HOUR AGO.
THERE'S NO ASTORIA STOP
IN MANHATTAN.
ACTUALLY THERE IS.
(Lake)
THE WALDORF-ASTORIA
USED TO HAVE
A PRIVATE SUBWAY
FOR ITS GUESTS.
THE PLATFORM IS SHUT DOWN NOW.
(Tutuola)
LET ME GUESS.
YOUR PEOPLE BUILT
ALL THE BUILDINGS
AND THE SUBWAYS TOO.
(Lake)
HEY, IRON WORK IS IRON WORK.
200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND
OR BELOW.
(Benson)
WALDORF IS A GREAT PLACE
TO PULL A HIGH CLASS RIP OFF.
GET DRESSED UP,
MIXED IN WITH A FORMAL EVENT,
AND THEN ESCAPE THROUGH
THE ABANDONED TUNNELS.
[man on film]
YEAH.
PEEL OFF YOUR COAT
AND SIT DOWN.
YOUR HUSBAND OUT?
[woman on film]
YES, LONG BEACH.
THEY'RE SPUDDING IN
A NEW WELL.
HE PHONED HE'D BE LATE.
ABOUT 9:30.
IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU SAID
YOU WERE GLAD TO SEE ME.
[man on film]
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE IT
LIKE THAT.
[woman on film]
LIKE WHAT?
[man on film]
LIKE IT WAS THIS AFTERNOON.
[woman on film]
I MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING
THAT GAVE YOU
A TERRIBLY WRONG IMPRESSION.
YOU MUST NEVER THINK ANYTHING
LIKE THAT ABOUT ME, WALTER.
[man on film]
OKAY.
[woman on film]
NO, IT'S NOT OKAY.
NOT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
[man on film]
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
[woman on film]
I WANT YOU TO BE NICE
TO ME.
[man on film]
CAN'T LIKE THE FIRST TIME.
POLICE!
RUN!
[crowd clamoring]
COME HERE--
COME HERE!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA--
HEY.
HEY, SHOW'S OVER.
WHERE YOU GOING, SPIDER?
I GOT NOTHING TO SAY.
THIS'LL DO ALL YOUR TALKING
FOR YOU.
THIS IS AGENT MAYHEM
REPORTING
FOR THE SILK AND CYANIDE CORPS.
[camcorder clicks]
"AGENT MAYHEM?"
YOUR RAP SHEET SAYS YOUR NAME
IS EDGAR RABINOWICZ.
ALSO SAYS THAT YOU'VE BEEN
BUSTED
FOR TRESPASSING,
BURGLARY,
AND RESISTING ARREST,
EDGAR.
BUT AGENT MAYHEM'S
GOT A NICER RING TO IT.
I LIKE IT.
IT'S MUCH MORE YOU.
SO YOU HAD A WEEK'S WORTH
OF FUN ON THAT VIDEO.
NOW TELL ME, EXACTLY WHAT
IS THE SILK AND CYANIDE CORPS?
WE'RE SECRET AGENTS
OF ADVENTURE.
LIKE JAMES BOND.
EXACTLY.
OH.
BUT OUR PLAYGROUND'S
THE CITY.
DANGER LURKS AROUND
EVERY BEND OF THE TUNNELS
AND EVERY ROOFTOP.
SOUNDS LIKE A DEATH WISH
TO ME.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR
YOU WENT WITH TINA.
SLOW DOWN, AGENT TNT.
I'M LEADING THIS MISSION.
CAN'T YOU KEEP UP
WITH A GIRL?
SHUT UP, BITCH!
[onlookers jeering]
(man)
GOOD JOB.
YOU BEAT HIM AGAIN!
[laughs]
WHOO!
YOU GOT A TEMPER, EDGAR.
(Benson)
SHE CHALLENGED YOUR AUTHORITY.
SHE EMASCULATED YOU
IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE GROUP.
PAY HER BACK
BY MAKING HER ONE OF THE BOYS?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU STRANGLING HER
AND CUTTING OFF HER BREASTS.
I DIDN'T KILL HER.
(Benson)
DOES THAT DRESS
LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?
THAT'S THE DRESS
SHE WAS MURDERED IN.
OH, LOOK.
HERE IT IS ON YOUR VIDEO.
SHE WAS ALIVE WHEN
WE LEFT HER.
WHERE WAS THAT?
AT A BAR.
AFTER OUR MISSION.
(Stabler)
WHAT BAR?
THE MATA HARI.
TINA GOT HAMMERED.
ASK CECILIA.
WHO'S THAT,
ONE OF YOUR SECRET AGENTS?
SHE'S THE BARTENDER.
(Cecilia)
YEAH, THEY WERE HERE.
THEY'RE KIND OF HARD TO MISS.
THEY'RE A LITTLE OVERDRESSED
FOR OUR CROWD, SO...
WHEN DID THEY LEAVE?
HE LEFT AROUND 11:30-12:00.
MM-HMM.
AND WHAT ABOUT HER?
(Cecilia)
HUH, TINA.
YEAH, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S ALWAYS
HERE TILL LAST CALL.
SHE HOOK UP WITH ANYONE?
WELL, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S A HOTTIE.
SO GUYS ARE ALWAYS
HITTING ON HER.
WHY, IS...
IS TINA IN TROUBLE?
CECILIA, TINA WAS MURDERED
LAST NIGHT.
OH--
OH, MY GOD!
UH...
[sighs]
TH--THERE--
THERE WAS THIS GUY.
HE WAS A TOTAL DICK.
HE THREW HIS BEER BOTTLE
ON THE GROUND
WHEN I CUT HIM OFF.
I-I THOUGHT HE WAS
GONNA HIT ME.
WELL, DID YOU GET HIM
THROWN OUT?
NO.
NO, SHE CALMED HIM DOWN.
HE--HE WAS REALLY INTO HER,
THOUGH.
DID SHE LEAVE WITH HIM?
I TRIED TO STOP HER,
BUT HE TOLD ME TO PISS OFF,
SO...
OKAY, CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM?
LOOK, LOOK, I DON'T WANT
TO GET INVOLVED.
CECILIA.
YOU WERE THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE TINA ALIVE.
THAT GUY MIGHT'VE KILLED HER.
[sighs]
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
TO SIT DOWN WITH
A SKETCH ARTIST.
OKAY.
YES, MA'AM, YOU THINK
IT'S A CHANNEL 10 NEWS ANCHOR.
OH, WELL I WROTE IT DOWN
AND WE'LL CHECK INTO IT,
THANK YOU.
THREE HOURS AND 238 TIPS
LATER.
HALF OF THEM THINK
IT'S THE LOCAL NEWS GUY.
AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE HE WAS
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
SPECIAL VICTIMS.
BENSON.
CECILIA?
WHO?
[Cecilia on speaker]
THE GUY--THE GUY
FROM LAST NIGHT.
THE ONE WITH TINA.
YOU'RE AT THE BAR?
I'M CLOSING.
NO ONE ELSE IS HERE--
[Cecilia screams]
CECILIA?
CECILIA!
CECILIA!
CECILIA!
LIV, COME HERE.
THAT'S BLOOD.
THAT'S BLOOD.
WELL WHEN WILL YOU BE DONE?
CECILIA'S BEEN MISSING
FOR FOUR HOURS.
WELL, SHE'LL PROBABLY BE DEAD
BY THEN.
CSU FOUND THOUSANDS OF PRINTS
AT THE BAR
BUT NONE IN BLOOD.
SO WE HAVE NO LEADS?
(Morales)
YOU GUYS'LL WANT TO SEE THIS.
I RAN YOUR CRIME SCENE IMAGE
THROUGH SYMBOL RECOGNITION
SOFTWARE AND GOT
VENUS DE MILO.
AND THAT'S THE INSPIRATION
FOR THESE...
WHICH I GOT
OFF THE INTERNET.
ALL OF THESE WERE CREATED
BY ROBERT MORTEN.
HE'S DOING EIGHT LIFE TERMS
IN SING SING, NO PAROLE.
THEN IT'S A COPYCAT.
SOMEONE WHO'S INTO
MORTEN'S ARTWORK.
TINA SNOW'S ARM'S
TIED BEHIND HER.
SHE RESEMBLES
THE VENUS DE MILO.
MORTEN TORTURED HIS VICTIMS
FOR 12 HOURS.
THAT MEANS IF THIS GUY'S SERIOUS
ABOUT COPYING MORTEN'S WORK,
CECILIA'S GOT EIGHT HOURS LEFT.
LET'S GO TALK TO THE ARTIST.
(Morten)
I'M FLATTERED YOU LIKE
MY WORK.
PERHAPS I CAN HELP
IF I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
(Stabler)
YOUR PARTNER'S NAME.
I WORKED ALONE.
LET ME REPHRASE IT.
YOUR NEW PARTNER'S NAME.
DOES THIS MOTIVATE YOU?
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HE'S A LITTLE CARELESS.
HE GETS LIKE THAT
WHEN WOMEN GET HURT.
WOMEN LIKE TINA SNOW,
CECILIA STRAYER.
OH, NO.
THEY'RE SUBLIME.
WHAT I COULD DO WITH THOSE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M INNOCENT.
YOU MUTILATED WOMEN.
THERE'S BEAUTY IN EVERYONE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO DIG DEEP TO FIND IT.
WOMEN WITH NO ARMS
AND NO BREASTS
ARE SO ATTRACTIVE?
AREN'T THEY?
THE VENUS DE MILO
SPEAKS TO ME.
IT'S MY LATEST WORK.
WELL SOMEBODY'S BEEN COPYING
YOUR WORK.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US
WHO THAT IS?
SHOW ME THE CRIME SCENE
PHOTOS
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY CRITIQUE.
YOU'D LIKE THAT,
WOULDN'T YOU?
DON'T TOUCH THOSE.
"BRESLAU, KLEIN, AND SKOBIN."
THEY YOUR ATTORNEYS?
(Morten)
READ THEM AND YOU'LL
BE VIOLATING
MY ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
FAN LETTERS ARE FAIR GAME.
BET YOUR COPYCAT'S BEEN SENDING
YOU LITTLE LOVE NOTES, HMM?
(Tutuola)
WE GOT YOUR NAMES
FROM THIS LETTER
YOU WROTE ROBERT MORTEN.
YEAH, WE PURCHASED
ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS.
THE VALUE IS GONNA SOAR
NOW THAT IT'S BEEN FOUND
AT A CRIME SCENE.
WE'RE HUGE FANS
OF OUTSIDER ART.
DON'T YOU FIND IT VITAL,
RAW?
IT'S SICK.
MORTEN EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT HIS KILLINGS?
ROBERT DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.
THE NEW MURDER PROVES IT.
MA'AM, YOU'VE WRITTEN MORTEN
EVERY WEEK
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
AND VISITED HIM NUMEROUS TIMES.
HE'S MY FIANCE.
AS SOON AS HE'S RELEASED,
WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
HE'S NEVER GETTING OUT.
WE'RE WORKING ON APPEALS.
WE?
THE FREE ROBERT MORTEN
COMMITTEE.
WHO ELSE IS ON THIS COMMITTEE?
I'M THE PRESIDENT,
AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT
IS JASPER GRICE.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
(Stabler)
ASSOCIATING
WITH OTHER CONVICTS.
THAT'S A PAROLE VIOLATION,
JASPER.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ROBERT
SINCE I GOT OUT.
JOINING HIS FAN CLUB--
NOW THAT'S JUST A VIOLATION
OF GOOD SENSE.
HE TOOK CARE OF ME.
THREE YEARS AS HIS CELLIE--
YOU WERE HIS BITCH.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHERE'S CECILIA?
WHO?
OKAY, WE KNOW YOU KILLED
TINA SNOW.
WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH CECILIA STRAYER?
WE KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH MORTEN.
HOW DO YOU THINK
WE GOT TO YOU?
ROBERT TOLD US.
HE DID?
OH, YEAH.
HE TOLD US EVERYTHING.
HOW YOU KILLED TINA SNOW
TO MAKE HIM LOOK INNOCENT.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH, I KILLED HER.
I KILLED HER AND I LEFT HER
IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT.
TIED HER HANDS
BEHIND HER BACK.
CHOKED HER
WITH HER OWN PANTYHOSE.
THEN I CUT HER.
WHERE'S CECILIA?
YOU GOT A SECOND?
WHAT THE HELL?
IT'S NOT YOUR GUY.
[door slams shut]
WELL, HE JUST CONFESSED.
HIS SUPERVISOR ALIBIED HIM.
GRICE WAS WORKING OFF THE BOOKS
LOADING LUMBER
FOR THE LAST TWO NIGHTS.
(Stabler)
HE KNEW ABOUT THE PANTYHOSE.
WE DIDN'T RELEASE THAT
TO THE PRESS.
(Cragen)
WE GOT A BIGGER PROBLEM.
[man on recording]
9-1-1, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY?
[scrambled male voice]
DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON.
THAT--THAT BITCH
BETTER LEAVE ROBERT ALONE
OR SHE'LL END UP
LIKE THAT COLLEGE GIRLY.
AND DON'T TELL ME--
IT CAME FROM
A PREPAID CELL PHONE.
YEAH, NO WAY TO TRACE IT.
T.A.R.U. SAID THEY COULD TELL
BY THE PITCH
IT'S A GUY
BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
HE KNEW OLIVIA BY NAME.
CAPTAIN, IF WE BACK OFF NOW,
CECILIA'S DEAD.
WHAT TIME DID THE CALL COME IN?
RIGHT AFTER YOU PICKED UP GRICE.
HE KNOWS SOMETHING.
WELL LET'S FIND OUT WHAT.
YOU GONNA TAKE ME
TO LOCK-UP NOW?
YOU LIED TO US.
NO, I DIDN'T.
WELL, YOUR BOSS TOLD US
THAT YOU WERE LOADING LUMBER
THE NIGHT TINA DIED.
(Stabler)
YOU PATHETIC WANNABE.
YOU'RE A LEECH!
YOU SUCK UP TO GUYS
WHO GOT THE BALLS
TO DO WHAT YOU CAN'T?
YOU DO HOWEVER HAVE
THE CHANCE
TO BE A HERO.
A HERO?
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS TELL US WHERE CECILIA IS.
(Stabler)
GOES RIGHT IN YOUR FILE.
LISTEN TO ME.
THAT WAY YOU'LL FOREVER
BE LINKED TO MORTEN.
WHERE IS SHE?
SHE'S ISSUE NUMBER 10.
(Stabler)
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
"ISSUE NUMBER 10?"
LE MORTE.
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
INSPIRED BY ROBERT.
THESE COMIC BOOKS DEPICT
THE EIGHT MURDERS
THAT ROBERT MORTEN COMMITTED.
(Stabler)
EACH COVER MATCHES A PHOTO
TAKEN AT THE CRIME SCENE.
(Cragen)
THAT'S REALLY TWISTED.
(Benson)
NOT AS TWISTED AS THIS.
THE SERIES DOESN'T END
AT EIGHT MURDERS.
THERE ARE FIVE MORE.
SEE, IN THE COMIC BOOK,
MORTEN DOESN'T GET CAUGHT.
HE KEEPS ON KILLING.
CHECK OUT ISSUE NINE.
LOOK FAMILIAR?
[computer beeping]
(Cragen)
THE COVER MATCHES
TINA SNOW'S DEATH.
THAT VICTIM DIED
IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT
JUST LIKE TINA.
(Benson)
OUR MURDERER IS STAGING CRIMES
TO MATCH THESE COVERS.
SOMEBODY'S TAKEN UP
WHERE MORTEN LEFT OFF.
SHOW HIM ISSUE TEN.
(Benson)
THAT'S THE EXACT SAME IMAGE
AS THE BAR WHERE CECILIA
WAS KIDNAPPED.
NOW MORTEN KILLED
HIS REAL-LIFE VICTIMS
12 HOURS AFTER HE TOOK 'EM.
IF OUR THEORY'S RIGHT,
CECILIA'S GOT TWO HOURS LEFT
TO LIVE.
WHO'S THE SICKO
DREAMING THESE UP?
(Stabler)
"STORY AND ART
BY HARRISON THOMAS."
GRAB HIM UP AND PUSH HIM
TILL HE BREAKS.
(Thomas)
YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN.
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!
THE WARRANT SAYS WE DO.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
TINA SNOW'S CRIME SCENE
LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A MURDER
IN YOUR COMIC BOOK.
WHA--
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE READ
MY GRAPHIC NOVELS.
THIS ONE CAME OUT
OF YOUR SICK MIND.
WHERE WERE YOU TWO NIGHTS AGO
AROUND 2:00 A.M.?
I WAS WORKING
ON THE NEXT EDITION
WITH MY INKER.
HEY, GET OUT OF MY STUFF.
(Benson)
OH, TED BUNDY UNDIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SICKER:
YOU THINKING THIS UP
OR PEOPLE ACTUALLY PAYING
FOR IT.
IT'S CALLED FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION.
(Benson)
TILL SOMEBODY GETS KILLED,
THEN IT'S CALLED MURDER.
(Thomas)
MURDER IS A PART
OF OUR SOCIETY.
IT'S HUMAN NATURE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHY
I'M STILL EMPLOYED.
LIV, COME HERE.
"I TAKE HER TO THE ONLY PLACE
THAT FEELS RIGHT."
WHERE IS THIS?
THAT'S ROBERT'S CHILDHOOD HOME.
UPSTAIRS,
MORTEN'S BEDROOM.
SHE'S ALIVE--BARELY.
MANHATTAN SVU,
WE NEED A BUS
AT 612 WEST 48TH STREET.
CECILIA--
CECILIA, STAY WITH ME.
YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
[whispering]
YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
I'M...CONFUSED.
THE LAST THING I REMEMBER WAS...
WORKING WITH
THE SKETCH ARTIST.
YOU HAD GHB IN YOUR SYSTEM,
AND THAT CAUSES AMNESIA.
WAS--WAS I RAPED?
NO.
BUT SOMEBODY ATTACKED YOU
WITH A KNIFE.
WHAT?
IS MY, UH--
YOU HAVE SOME CUTS
ON YOUR CHEST
BUT EVERYTHING'S INTACT.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
SOME PLASTIC SURGERY THOUGH.
IF I WOULD'VE NEVER TALKED
TO YOU,
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED
TO ME.
OH, MY GOD.
MY LIFE IS SO MESSED UP.
THIS--
CECILIA, IS THERE ANYBODY
THAT I CAN CALL?
YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER?
THERE IS...
NO ONE.
JUST GO AWAY.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE COMIC BOOK CREEP?
HIS ALIBI CHECKED.
LIV.
SO HE KEEPS SELLING
HIS SICK FANTASIES
WHILE TINA'S ON A SLAB
AND CECILIA'S SCARRED
FOR LIFE?
HARRISON THOMAS
DIDN'T KILL TINA
AND HE DIDN'T ATTACK
CECILIA.
FIND OUT WHO DID.
LIV, I GOT YOUR PIZZA.
I DIDN'T ORDER A PIZZA.
IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT.
WELL, I'M NOT HUNGRY.
THROW IT OUT.
(Lake)
HEY, YOU GOTTA RECYCLE
THAT BOX.
DUDE, DON'T YOU CARE
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?
IT'S NOT EMPTY.
THERE'S A PIE IN HERE.
I'LL EAT IT.
NO SUCH THING AS BAD PIZZA.
IT'S DOUBLE PEPPERONI.
IT'S GONNA KILL YOU.
[people muttering]
UGH!
AAH.
CALL A BUS
AND THE BOMB SQUAD.
[sirens wailing]
(Lake)
I'M GOOD.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BANGED UP.
YOU COULD HAVE A CONCUSSION.
YOU'RE SEEING THE DOC.
WE GOT FIVE HEADED
TO MERCY INCLUDING LAKE.
BUT MOST OF THEM
JUST HAVE CUTS AND BRUISES.
WE'RE LUCKY NOBODY
GOT KILLED IN THERE.
YOU'RE OFF THE CASE.
CAPTAIN, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THIS GUY WANTS.
THAT BOMB HAD YOUR NAME
ON IT.
RIGHT, BUT LOOK AROUND.
YOU THINK TAKING US
OFF THE CASE
IS GONNA MAKE HIM STOP?
HOW'S YOUR EAR?
I GOT TWO.
BOMB SQUAD SAID
IT WAS A PIPE BOMB
MADE OUT OF PVC
AND BLACK POWDER.
LIGHTWEIGHT BUT DEADLY.
YEAH, EXCEPT THE DUMB ASS
DIDN'T SEAT THE BLASTING CAPS
JUST RIGHT.
CAPTAIN OF THE BOMB SQUAD'S
GONNA DO A FLOOR-BY-FLOOR.
GONNA TAKE AT LEAST
AN HOUR.
(Cragen)
THAT'S GREAT.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
(Tutuola)
SOMEBODY TRY TO BUST
MY EARDRUMS,
I'M GONNA BUST THEY ASS.
YOU GUYS OKAY?
(Cragen)
WE GOT LUCKY.
YOU MIGHT BE LUCKIER
THAN YOU THINK.
SIMILAR KNIFE BLADE WAS USED
TO CUT BOTH TINA SNOW
AND CECILIA STRAYER.
BUT CECILIA'S WOUNDS
APPEAR TO TAPER
AS THEY MOVE AWAY
FROM THE MIDLINE.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE KILLER
PULLED AWAY
AS HE CUT CECILIA?
NO, BY THE ANGLE AND DEPTH
OF THESE WOUNDS
I'D SAY THEY WERE
SELF-INFLICTED.
CECILIA CUT HERSELF?
I'D BET ON IT.
CAPTAIN, YOU'VE GOTTA LET US
FIND OUT.
GET YOURSELVES CLEANED UP
WHILE NOVAK GETS
A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR HER APARTMENT.
THERE'S TRASH EVERYWHERE.
THIS PLACE IS A DUMP.
BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
THIS SKETCH IS SIGNED "R.M."
ROBERT MORTEN.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
MAYBE THEY'RE PEN PALS.
GOT AN AWFUL LOT
OF LETTERS HERE,
ALL WITH THE SAME
RETURN ADDRESS--
ROBERT MORTEN.
THESE GO BACK A LOT OF YEARS.
SON OF A BITCH.
EMPLOYEE I.D.,
BRESLAU, KLEIN, AND SKOBIN.
CECILIA WORKED
AT ROBERT'S LAW FIRM.
LEGAL VISITS AND CORRESPONDENCE
AREN'T ON INMATE LOGS.
THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T
PUT IT TOGETHER.
SHE PLAYED US.
CECILIA WAS THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE TINA THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
SHE GAVE TINA THE GHB.
SHE LURES HER DOWN
TO THE BASEMENT,
GETS HER TO PICK THE LOCK,
KILLS HER,
AND THEN COVERS IT UP
BY FAKING HER OWN ASSAULT.
ROBERT TOLD CECILIA
TO KILL FOR HIM.
YOU THINK HE TOLD HER
TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
MAYBE IT'S IN THE LETTERS.
"DEAR CECILIA,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER.
"YOUR FATHER WAS A GOOD FRIEND.
"HE SPOKE OF YOU OFTEN.
HIS LITTLE SUNNY GIRLY."
HOW DID MORTEN KNOW YOUR DAD?
WHEN I WAS 17,
I FOUND OUT MY FATHER
DIDN'T DIE IN A CAR CRASH
LIKE MY MOTHER TOLD ME
HE DID.
HE WAS IN PRISON
FOR BANK ROBBERY.
"YOUR DADDY SAID YOU HAD
EYES LIKE SUMMER
"AND HAIR AS SOFT
AS LAMBS' WOOL.
"YOU WERE THE BEST THING
"HE EVER DID IN HIS LIFE.
"I'D LOVE TO SEE
IF YOU LOOK LIKE HIM.
PLEASE SEND ME A PICTURE."
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
YOU REALLY HAD HER GOING.
SHE WANTED IT.
SHE DRANK IT UP
LIKE PUNCH AT THE PROM.
"DEAREST CECILIA,
"YOUR LETTERS ARE MY SALVATION.
"I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD SURVIVE
ANOTHER DAY IN HERE
WITHOUT YOU."
(Benson)
"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP ME."
HE TOLD YOU TO GET
AN INTERNSHIP AT HIS LAW FIRM.
SO I COULD VISIT HIM
WITHOUT BEING MONITORED.
HE NEEDED ME TO HELP HIM
WITH HIS APPEALS.
(Morten)
WE HAD COMPLETE PRIVACY.
COMPLETE PRIVILEGE.
(Stabler)
SOUNDS COZY.
OH, IT WAS.
SHE WAS A VIRGIN.
I PLUCKED HER.
ROBERT LOVES ME.
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SEE YOU ANYMORE.
NO, HE WAS JUST HAVING DOUBTS.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
GROWING UP WITHOUT A FATHER.
WISHING THAT YOU HAD
A MAN WHO LOVED YOU...
UNCONDITIONALLY.
I USED TO FEEL LIKE...
LIKE THERE WAS PART
OF ME
THAT WAS MISSING.
I FELT HOLLOW.
AND THEN I MET ROBERT.
AND HE FILLED
THAT HOLE.
YEAH.
BUT WHEN HE LEFT YOU
THAT HOLE GOT MUCH,
MUCH BIGGER.
(Morten)
"YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME.
"YOU'LL NEVER TRULY KNOW ME,
"MY ART, MY SOUL...
"THE DEPTHS I CAN REACH
"ARE FAR BEYOND
YOUR SHALLOW GRASP.
"IF WE WERE SOUL MATES,
YOU'D BE LIKE ME."
A KILLER.
I NEVER KILLED ANYONE.
WELL, I KNOW YOU DID.
BUT WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT
IS WHY TINA?
HMM?
WHAT MADE YOU PICK HER?
YOU KNOW, SHE LOOKS
A LOT LIKE YOU.
WHO WERE YOU REALLY
TRYING TO HURT, CECILIA?
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK THAT YOU WERE TRYING
TO HURT YOURSELF
WHEN YOU KILLED TINA.
YOU WERE KILLING YOURSELF.
I WISH I WOULD'VE DIED.
(Morten)
TINA WAS A GIFT.
AN ARTISTIC OFFERING TO ME.
YOU THINK CECILIA
KILLED FOR YOU.
I CAN PROVE IT.
SHE TOOK TROPHIES,
DIDN'T SHE?
TINA'S BREASTS.
I KNOW WHAT SHE DID
WITH THEM.
I GOT SOMETHING.
[scoffs]
I THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO CHARGE CECILIA STRAYER
WITH MURDER.
ELLIOT,
I BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR.
AT LEAST GIVE ME A PEEK.
YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH.
TAKE IT EASY.
(Stabler)
DON'T GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS--
RELAX.
RELAX.
RELAX.
TAKE THE GARBAGE
OUT OF HERE.
HEY, TIGER.
LET'S DO THIS AGAIN
SOMETIME.
[makes kissing sound]
[Morten chuckles]
WARNER VERIFIED BREAST TISSUE
AS A MATCH TO TINA.
WHERE'S OLIVIA?
HOME GETTING SOME
SHUT-EYE.
YOU GET OUT OF HERE TOO.
DON'T NEED TO TELL ME TWICE.
GOOD NIGHT.
YOU SHOULD BE RESTING.
NOT SUPPOSED TO SLEEP
WITH A CONCUSSION.
BESIDES, I WANTED TO CHECK OUT
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
ANYTHING?
WELL, WE GOT THE GUY
ON TAPE,
BUT THE BALL CAP
HIDES HIS FACE.
(Stabler)
HEY, DO ME A FAVOR.
CALL LIV,
GIVE HER AN UPDATE.
I HAVE TO GO HOME.
MY PREGNANT WIFE IS LOOKING
FOR PEANUT BUTTER
AND TACOS.
DUDE, SAY NO MORE.
THANKS, DUDE.
[phone beeping]
[phone rings]
BENSON.
[Lake on speaker]
IT'S CHESTER.
I'VE GONE OVER
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
A HUNDRED TIMES.
THERE'S NO GOOD FACE SHOTS.
HE KNEW THERE WERE
SECURITY CAMERAS.
HE PLANNED FOR A SHIFT CHANGE.
EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED
ON GOING HOME,
NOT SPOTTING A BOMBER.
YEAH, NOBODY REMEMBERS
AND ORDINARY PIZZA GUY.
HEY, WAIT.
I GOT SOMETHING.
THERE'S A TATTOO
ON THE PERP'S NECK.
IT'S HARD TO TELL
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A CIRCLE--
[Benson on speaker]
WITH A LINE THROUGH IT?
YEAH, YOU KNOW HIM?
YEAH, THAT COMIC BOOK GEEK
HARRISON THOMAS.
HE HAD A TAT LIKE THAT--
ARGH!
OH!
BITCH, I TOLD YOU
TO LEAVE MORTEN ALONE!
10-13,
I'VE BEEN STABBED!
[grunting]
HANG ON, OLIVIA.
WE'RE COMING.
HE'S GOT A KNIFE!
GET ALL AVAILABLE UNITS
TO DETECTIVE BENSON'S APARTMENT.
OH!
UGH!
[breathing heavily]
(Thomas)
YOU'LL NEVER BEAT MORTEN.
HE'S SMARTER THAN ALL OF YOU.
HA, MORTEN'S A GENIUS.
YOU REALLY BEAT THE CRAP
OUT OF HIM.
BUT HOW MANY OTHERS
ARE OUT THERE
WILLING TO KILL FOR HIM?
WHAT DOES HE HAVE OVER 'EM?
MORTEN'S A SOCIOPATHIC
SERIAL KILLER
WHO EXPLOITED A VULNERABLE GIRL
FOR HIS OWN THRILL.
CECILIA NEVER WOULD'VE
MURDERED TINA
IF SHE HADN'T MET MORTEN.
A BAD INFLUENCE
ISN'T A DEFENSE.
PEOPLE V. ROSA.
A JUDGE FOUND
A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE
COERCED ANGEL ROSA
INTO MURDERING HIS OWN MOTHER.
ROSA GOT OFF WITH TIME SERVED.
THE SVENGALI DEFENSE?
NO, MENTAL DISEASE.
LIKE ROSA, MY CLIENT
HAD NO CONTROL
OF HER ACTIONS.
SHE FELT COMPELLED TO DO
WHAT MORTEN WANTED.
ANGEL ROSA WAS 15
AND THE PEDOPHILE
HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSING HIM.
CECILIA WAS 17
AND MORTEN SEXUALLY ABUSED HER
WHILE HE WAS INCARCERATED.
IS THIS TRUE?
(Novak)
CECILIA STRAYER
GOT AN INTERNSHIP
AT MORTEN'S LAW FIRM
SO SHE COULD HAVE BOOTY CALLS
UNDER THE CLOAK OF PRIVILEGE.
AT MORTEN'S BEHEST.
(Judge Bradley)
THAT'S ENOUGH.
IT DISTRESSES ME
THAT ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE
WAS FLAGRANTLY MISUSED
TO CONDUCT SEXUAL LIAISONS.
HOWEVER, IN LIGHT
OF CASE LAW,
I AM ALLOWING THE DEFENSE
OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT.
(Balthus)
TELL US ABOUT THE TIME
YOU TRIED TO END YOUR LIFE.
I COULDN'T STOP CRYING.
AND THE WORLD HAD THIS...
DARK RING AROUND IT.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS CLOSING IN.
AND HOW DID YOU TRY
TO STOP IT?
I DRANK SOME VODKA.
THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE ME
FEEL BETTER,
BUT IT JUST MADE ME
MORE DEPRESSED.
AND WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT?
SOMETIMES CUTTING RELEASES
THE PAIN.
BUT THE PAIN WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
SO I TOOK SOME GHB.
I FIGURED I'D EITHER
BLEED TO DEATH OR OVERDOSE.
EITHER WAY I'D BE GONE.
(Balthus)
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DIE?
ROBERT.
DID ROBERT MORTEN TELL YOU
TO KILL YOURSELF?
HE GOT INTO MY HEAD.
I KEPT HEARING HIM SAY
THAT I HAD TO KILL SOMEONE...
AND THEN I'D BE FREE.
THE PAIN WOULD BE GONE
AND EVERYTHING WOULD MAKE SENSE.
LIFE, BEAUTY, LOVE.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD,
BUT PLEASE...
SHOW THE COURT
WHERE YOU CUT YOURSELF.
OBJECTION!
GOES TO STATE OF MIND.
I'LL ALLOW IT.
PLEASE.
[soft gasps]
STATUESQUE WITH PORCELAIN SKIN.
I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT
MY SKETCHBOOK.
DID YOU TELL CECILIA STRAYER
TO KILL TINA SNOW?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FOREPLAY?
DID YOU TELL CECILIA
TO KILL TINA?
NO.
DID SHE EVER TELL YOU
SHE WAS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE
FOR YOU?
NO.
IT'S A SUBPOENA
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
AS A REBUTTAL WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION.
THAT'S A NEW ONE.
WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN?
NOTHING.
AND IF I REFUSE?
WE'LL HOLD YOU
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
[quietly chuckles]
I'M ALREADY SERVING
EIGHT LIFE SENTENCES.
CONTEMPT OF COURT'S
HARDLY GONNA MAKE IT WORSE.
OH...
YOU NEED ME.
OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE
AT 10:00 ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
TRANSFER TO THE FEDERAL PRISON
SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE BETTER FOOD,
BETTER ACCOMMODATION,
ALL TOGETHER
A BETTER CLASS OCCUPANT.
IT'S A WIN-WIN.
I BET CECILIA
WAS VERY CONVINCING.
DID THE JURY CRY?
DEAL.
ON THE GATE.
WE'RE GONNA BE A GREAT TEAM,
YOU AND I.
(Novak)
THE PROSECUTION CALLS
ROBERT MORTEN.
(man)
THERE HE IS!
WE LOVE YOU, ROBERT.
[small group cheering
and applauding]
(Judge Bradley)
QUIET!
ANY MORE OUTBURSTS
AND I WILL CLEAR THIS COURTROOM.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?
ABSOLUTELY.
MR. MORTEN, DID YOU EVER TELL
THE DEFENDANT
TO COMMIT MURDER?
YES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
YOU ARE UNDER OATH,
MR. MORTEN,
AND SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY
OF PERJURY
IF YOU DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YES.
LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN.
DID YOU TELL CECILIA STRAYER
TO KILL?
YES.
I'VE TOLD MANY
TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
NO ONE HAD THE EMOTIONAL
FORTITUDE TO DO IT
UNTIL CECILIA.
DID YOU TELL HER
TO BUY THE GHB?
I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
DID YOU TELL HER
TO GET THE KNIFE?
EACH ARTIST'S TOOLS
ARE THEIR OWN.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO INFLUENCE
HER ARTISTIC CHOICES.
YOU THINK OF YOURSELF
AS AN ARTIST.
I THINK MY WORK
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
PEOPLE'S TEN, YOUR HONOR.
THIS IS A PHOTO
OF THE CRIME SCENE.
WOULD YOU COMPARE THIS ARTIST'S
WORK WITH YOUR OWN?
OBJECTION, THE WITNESS
IS NOT AN EXPERT.
(Novak)
THE MURDER SCENE
CLOSELY RESEMBLES CRIMES
PERPETRATED BY MR. MORTEN.
WHO BETTER TO CRITIQUE THEM?
I'LL GIVE YOU THIS LATITUDE,
MS. NOVAK,
BUT DON'T STRAY FAR.
YOU MAY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
AT FIRST BLUSH,
YOU MIGHT THINK
THIS IS UNIQUE.
BUT IT--
IT LACKS UNDERSTANDING...
DEPTH...
WITH THE HUMAN CANVAS,
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO TRUE ACTION PAINTING.
WHERE'S THE ENERGY?
WHERE'S THE SPATTER?
THIS IS LIFELESS DRECK.
A CHEAP KNOCK-OFF OF MY WORK.
WHOEVER DID THIS...
IS A TALENTLESS HACK.
(Cecilia)
BUT I DID THIS FOR YOU!
COUNSELOR, CONTROL
YOUR CLIENT.
I LOVE YOU!
[Judge Bradley slamming gavel]
ORDER!
(Susan)
GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM.
HE'S MINE!
HE'S MINE!
IT'S BEEN FUN, GIRLY.
MR. MORTON, PLEASE!
YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE ME.
I DID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU WANTED.
I LOVE YOU!
PLEASE TELL ME
THAT YOU LOVE ME!
ORDER!
I WAS RIGHT.
(Judge Bradley)
ORDER!
YOU COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND ME.
(Judge Bradley)
GET THIS WOMAN OUT
OF MY COURTROOM RIGHT NOW!
I LOVE YOU!
LET'S GO!
MOVE IT!
I LOVE YOU!
GET HER OUT OF HERE.
(Cecilia)
I LOVE YOU, ROBERT! PLEASE!
I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU, PLEASE!
PLEASE...
[crowd cheering]
WELL, YOU WERE GREAT.
DID YOU LIKE IT?
BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
YOU PUT ON QUITE A SHOW.
YOU GOT HER OFF.
SHE'S GOING TO A PSYCH WARD.
IS THAT A FROWN
ON YOUR PRETTY FACE?
ACTUALLY I THINK CECILIA'S GOING
EXACTLY WHERE SHE BELONGS.
SO ARE YOU.
HEH.
YOU'RE BACKING OUT
ON THE DEAL.
NO, YOU'RE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO A FEDERAL PRISON.
I THOUGHT YOU'D
BE A SORE LOSER.
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE
FLORENCE SUPER MAX.
23-HOUR LOCKDOWN.
NO VISITORS, NO MAIL,
NO PHONE CALLS.
NO HUMAN CONTACT
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME.
WHY DON'T YOU WAVE BYE
TO ALL YOUR FANS?
BUT YOU MADE A DEAL.
AND IT'S A MASTERPIECE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE MY WORK?
YOU USED ME!
YOU SET ME UP!
THIS ISN'T RIGHT!
IT'S NOT FAIR!
[crowd clamoring]
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.
[door handle rattling]
[whispering]
COME ON, COME ON.
[elevator dings]
AH!
SORRY.
JEEZ, DAMIEN.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
SO LATE?
FINISHING A GRANT.
YOU?
[scoffs]
END OF THE QUARTER FINANCIALS.
I-I NEED SOME CAFFEINE.
YOU WANNA COME?
IT'S ON ME.
[chuckles]
I'M GOING TO BED...ALONE.
OH!
SHEILA, ARE YOU OKAY?
I THINK SO.
UGH, MY BAG FELL.
OH, MY GOD.
[generator powering up]
(Benson)
LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS DRESSED
FOR HER DREAM DATE.
IT ENDED WHEN THE PERP
STRANGLED HER REPEATEDLY
WITH HER OWN PANTYHOSE.
BY THE LIGATURE MARKS,
I'D SAY THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
(Stabler)
HE CHOKED HER AND LET HER
COME BACK?
GOT OFF ON IT.
YEAH, IT GETS WORSE.
THE KILLER SLICED OFF
HER BREASTS.
TOOK HIM A COUPLE TRIES.
HOPE SHE WASN'T AWAKE.
NO, NO SPATTER.
SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
WE FIND HER--
SEVERED PARTS?
NOT YET.
KILLER MUST'VE WALKED OUT
WITH THEM.
WELL, HERE'S HOW HE GOT IN.
THE LOCK'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH.
CHECK OUT THE SCRATCHES.
NO BLOOD TRAIL.
HE DIDN'T CUT HER OUT HERE.
SO HE KILLS HER,
HE JIMMIES THE LOCK,
HE DRAGS THE BODY
TO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT,
HACKS HER UP.
PLACE IS FILTHY.
EXPLAINS THE DIRT ON HER DRESS.
(Casanueva)
NO, IT DOESN'T.
THE SOIL ON HER DRESS
IS CLAY-LIKE AND CRYSTALLIZED.
NOTHING LIKE THAT
IN THIS PLACE.
SO HE KILLED HER SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND DUMPED HER HERE.
NO, SHE LET HERSELF IN.
HOW DO YOU FIGURE?
THESE ARE HERS.
BURGLARY TOOLS.
MURDER IS A HIGH PRICE
TO PAY
FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING.
(Benson)
RAN OUR VICTIM'S PRINTS,
GOT A HIT.
TINA SNOW, 21,
WENT TO HUDSON UNIVERSITY.
(Cragen)
COLLEGE STUDENT?
WHAT'S HER RECORD FOR,
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY?
TRESPASSING,
BREAKING AND ENTERING.
EXPLAINS THE TOOL KIT.
(Cragen)
RAP SHEET SAYS
SHE WAS PINCHED
AT A STORAGE UNIT
ON ONE CHARGE.
THE OTHER AN ELECTRONICS
WAREHOUSE.
ANYTHING WORTH STEALING
WERE SHE WAS FOUND?
HIGH END ART GALLERY
IN THE SAME BUILDING.
MAYBE SHE'S UPPING
THE ANTE.
WAS SHE BUSTED WITH A PARTNER?
NO, BOTH COLLARS
SHE WAS SOLO.
MAYBE THIS TIME
SHE HAD A PARTNER.
WHO TURNED ON HER.
MUTILATING HER BREASTS
IS PERSONAL.
(Tutuola)
RAPE KIT WAS NEGATIVE
BUT TOX SCREEN BUMPED.
TINA'S BLOOD ALCOHOL
WAS THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT
AND SHE HAD GHB
IN HER SYSTEM.
DATE RAPE DRUG.
SO WHY GET HER DRUNK,
SLIP HER A ROOFIE,
AND NOT RAPE HER?
MAYBE HE COULDN'T RISE
TO THE OCCASION.
LIV, ELLIOT, SEE IF TINA
WAS HANGING WITH ANYBODY NEW.
START WITH THE ROOMMATE.
(Lashena)
OH, MY GOD.
SHE WAS INTO SOME FREAKY STUFF,
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT
SHE'D WIND UP DEAD.
WHAT KIND OF FREAKY STUFF?
SHE STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT.
NEVER WENT TO CLASS.
HUDSON WAS THREATENING
TO KICK HER OUT.
FOR BAD GRADES?
DIDN'T PAY HER TUITION.
SEE HER STACK OF PINKS?
12 GRAND OR SHE COULDN'T
GRADUATE.
HER PARENTS WOULDN'T
HELP HER OUT?
THEY LIVE IN ARKANSAS.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THEIR DAUGHTER
MOVING TO SIN CITY.
COULD EXPLAIN WHY
SHE WAS HEISTING.
(Stabler)
A LOT OF ASH HERE.
WHAT WAS SHE BURNING?
(Lashena)
GOT ME.
EVERY WEEK SHE'D GET
A NOTE CARD IN THE MAIL
THEN LIGHT IT UP.
DO YOU KNOW WHO SENT THEM?
NO.
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING DIRTY.
SHE WAS HOOKIN'?
(Lashena)
NO, I MEAN WHAT SHE DID
WAS DIRTY.
EVERY TIME SHE GOT A CARD,
SHE'D GO OUT AND COME BACK
ALL COVERED IN MUCK.
FOUND THESE FLECKS OF MICA
IN THE SOIL SAMPLE
FROM THE VICTIM'S DRESS.
THEY'RE FROM FINELY-GROUND
MANHATTAN SCHIST.
WELL THAT NARROWS IT DOWN
TO MANHATTAN.
MORE SIGNIFICANT'S
WHAT I DIDN'T FIND.
NO POLLEN, NO PLANT LIFE.
TUNNELS.
HOW YOU FIGURE?
DUDE, PLANTS CAN'T LIVE
WITHOUT SUNLIGHT.
OKAY, WELL THERE'S GOT TO BE
HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TUNNELS.
ANY IDEA OF WHICH ONES
ARE FULL OF SCHIST?
THEY'RE ALL FULL OF SCHIST.
GOT SOMETHING?
MAYBE IF WE CAN GET SOME WRITING
OFF BURNT PAPER.
THAT'D BE A DEFINITE MAYBE.
CHESTER, HIT THE LIGHTS.
GOT IT.
WELL, THE PAPER'S
DEFINITELY BURNED...
BUT THE WRITING'S STILL THERE.
WE JUST CAN'T SEE IT
WITH THE VISIBLE LIGHT.
IF I HIT IT WITH THE RIGHT
NON-VISIBLE WAVELENGTH...
[beeping]
PRESTO.
(Benson)
"ASTORIA PLATFORM,
10, 15, 19, 30.
(Stabler)
TODAY IS OCTOBER 15TH.
19:30'S MILITARY TIME
FOR 7:30 PM.
WHICH WAS AN HOUR AGO.
THERE'S NO ASTORIA STOP
IN MANHATTAN.
ACTUALLY THERE IS.
(Lake)
THE WALDORF-ASTORIA
USED TO HAVE
A PRIVATE SUBWAY
FOR ITS GUESTS.
THE PLATFORM IS SHUT DOWN NOW.
(Tutuola)
LET ME GUESS.
YOUR PEOPLE BUILT
ALL THE BUILDINGS
AND THE SUBWAYS TOO.
(Lake)
HEY, IRON WORK IS IRON WORK.
200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND
OR BELOW.
(Benson)
WALDORF IS A GREAT PLACE
TO PULL A HIGH CLASS RIP OFF.
GET DRESSED UP,
MIXED IN WITH A FORMAL EVENT,
AND THEN ESCAPE THROUGH
THE ABANDONED TUNNELS.
[man on film]
YEAH.
PEEL OFF YOUR COAT
AND SIT DOWN.
YOUR HUSBAND OUT?
[woman on film]
YES, LONG BEACH.
THEY'RE SPUDDING IN
A NEW WELL.
HE PHONED HE'D BE LATE.
ABOUT 9:30.
IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU SAID
YOU WERE GLAD TO SEE ME.
[man on film]
I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE IT
LIKE THAT.
[woman on film]
LIKE WHAT?
[man on film]
LIKE IT WAS THIS AFTERNOON.
[woman on film]
I MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING
THAT GAVE YOU
A TERRIBLY WRONG IMPRESSION.
YOU MUST NEVER THINK ANYTHING
LIKE THAT ABOUT ME, WALTER.
[man on film]
OKAY.
[woman on film]
NO, IT'S NOT OKAY.
NOT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
[man on film]
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
[woman on film]
I WANT YOU TO BE NICE
TO ME.
[man on film]
CAN'T LIKE THE FIRST TIME.
POLICE!
RUN!
[crowd clamoring]
COME HERE--
COME HERE!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA--
HEY.
HEY, SHOW'S OVER.
WHERE YOU GOING, SPIDER?
I GOT NOTHING TO SAY.
THIS'LL DO ALL YOUR TALKING
FOR YOU.
THIS IS AGENT MAYHEM
REPORTING
FOR THE SILK AND CYANIDE CORPS.
[camcorder clicks]
"AGENT MAYHEM?"
YOUR RAP SHEET SAYS YOUR NAME
IS EDGAR RABINOWICZ.
ALSO SAYS THAT YOU'VE BEEN
BUSTED
FOR TRESPASSING,
BURGLARY,
AND RESISTING ARREST,
EDGAR.
BUT AGENT MAYHEM'S
GOT A NICER RING TO IT.
I LIKE IT.
IT'S MUCH MORE YOU.
SO YOU HAD A WEEK'S WORTH
OF FUN ON THAT VIDEO.
NOW TELL ME, EXACTLY WHAT
IS THE SILK AND CYANIDE CORPS?
WE'RE SECRET AGENTS
OF ADVENTURE.
LIKE JAMES BOND.
EXACTLY.
OH.
BUT OUR PLAYGROUND'S
THE CITY.
DANGER LURKS AROUND
EVERY BEND OF THE TUNNELS
AND EVERY ROOFTOP.
SOUNDS LIKE A DEATH WISH
TO ME.
LET'S SEE HOW FAR
YOU WENT WITH TINA.
SLOW DOWN, AGENT TNT.
I'M LEADING THIS MISSION.
CAN'T YOU KEEP UP
WITH A GIRL?
SHUT UP, BITCH!
[onlookers jeering]
(man)
GOOD JOB.
YOU BEAT HIM AGAIN!
[laughs]
WHOO!
YOU GOT A TEMPER, EDGAR.
(Benson)
SHE CHALLENGED YOUR AUTHORITY.
SHE EMASCULATED YOU
IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE GROUP.
PAY HER BACK
BY MAKING HER ONE OF THE BOYS?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU STRANGLING HER
AND CUTTING OFF HER BREASTS.
I DIDN'T KILL HER.
(Benson)
DOES THAT DRESS
LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU?
THAT'S THE DRESS
SHE WAS MURDERED IN.
OH, LOOK.
HERE IT IS ON YOUR VIDEO.
SHE WAS ALIVE WHEN
WE LEFT HER.
WHERE WAS THAT?
AT A BAR.
AFTER OUR MISSION.
(Stabler)
WHAT BAR?
THE MATA HARI.
TINA GOT HAMMERED.
ASK CECILIA.
WHO'S THAT,
ONE OF YOUR SECRET AGENTS?
SHE'S THE BARTENDER.
(Cecilia)
YEAH, THEY WERE HERE.
THEY'RE KIND OF HARD TO MISS.
THEY'RE A LITTLE OVERDRESSED
FOR OUR CROWD, SO...
WHEN DID THEY LEAVE?
HE LEFT AROUND 11:30-12:00.
MM-HMM.
AND WHAT ABOUT HER?
(Cecilia)
HUH, TINA.
YEAH, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S ALWAYS
HERE TILL LAST CALL.
SHE HOOK UP WITH ANYONE?
WELL, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S A HOTTIE.
SO GUYS ARE ALWAYS
HITTING ON HER.
WHY, IS...
IS TINA IN TROUBLE?
CECILIA, TINA WAS MURDERED
LAST NIGHT.
OH--
OH, MY GOD!
UH...
[sighs]
TH--THERE--
THERE WAS THIS GUY.
HE WAS A TOTAL DICK.
HE THREW HIS BEER BOTTLE
ON THE GROUND
WHEN I CUT HIM OFF.
I-I THOUGHT HE WAS
GONNA HIT ME.
WELL, DID YOU GET HIM
THROWN OUT?
NO.
NO, SHE CALMED HIM DOWN.
HE--HE WAS REALLY INTO HER,
THOUGH.
DID SHE LEAVE WITH HIM?
I TRIED TO STOP HER,
BUT HE TOLD ME TO PISS OFF,
SO...
OKAY, CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM?
LOOK, LOOK, I DON'T WANT
TO GET INVOLVED.
CECILIA.
YOU WERE THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE TINA ALIVE.
THAT GUY MIGHT'VE KILLED HER.
[sighs]
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
TO SIT DOWN WITH
A SKETCH ARTIST.
OKAY.
YES, MA'AM, YOU THINK
IT'S A CHANNEL 10 NEWS ANCHOR.
OH, WELL I WROTE IT DOWN
AND WE'LL CHECK INTO IT,
THANK YOU.
THREE HOURS AND 238 TIPS
LATER.
HALF OF THEM THINK
IT'S THE LOCAL NEWS GUY.
AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE HE WAS
ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
SPECIAL VICTIMS.
BENSON.
CECILIA?
WHO?
[Cecilia on speaker]
THE GUY--THE GUY
FROM LAST NIGHT.
THE ONE WITH TINA.
YOU'RE AT THE BAR?
I'M CLOSING.
NO ONE ELSE IS HERE--
[Cecilia screams]
CECILIA?
CECILIA!
CECILIA!
CECILIA!
LIV, COME HERE.
THAT'S BLOOD.
THAT'S BLOOD.
WELL WHEN WILL YOU BE DONE?
CECILIA'S BEEN MISSING
FOR FOUR HOURS.
WELL, SHE'LL PROBABLY BE DEAD
BY THEN.
CSU FOUND THOUSANDS OF PRINTS
AT THE BAR
BUT NONE IN BLOOD.
SO WE HAVE NO LEADS?
(Morales)
YOU GUYS'LL WANT TO SEE THIS.
I RAN YOUR CRIME SCENE IMAGE
THROUGH SYMBOL RECOGNITION
SOFTWARE AND GOT
VENUS DE MILO.
AND THAT'S THE INSPIRATION
FOR THESE...
WHICH I GOT
OFF THE INTERNET.
ALL OF THESE WERE CREATED
BY ROBERT MORTEN.
HE'S DOING EIGHT LIFE TERMS
IN SING SING, NO PAROLE.
THEN IT'S A COPYCAT.
SOMEONE WHO'S INTO
MORTEN'S ARTWORK.
TINA SNOW'S ARM'S
TIED BEHIND HER.
SHE RESEMBLES
THE VENUS DE MILO.
MORTEN TORTURED HIS VICTIMS
FOR 12 HOURS.
THAT MEANS IF THIS GUY'S SERIOUS
ABOUT COPYING MORTEN'S WORK,
CECILIA'S GOT EIGHT HOURS LEFT.
LET'S GO TALK TO THE ARTIST.
(Morten)
I'M FLATTERED YOU LIKE
MY WORK.
PERHAPS I CAN HELP
IF I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
(Stabler)
YOUR PARTNER'S NAME.
I WORKED ALONE.
LET ME REPHRASE IT.
YOUR NEW PARTNER'S NAME.
DOES THIS MOTIVATE YOU?
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HE'S A LITTLE CARELESS.
HE GETS LIKE THAT
WHEN WOMEN GET HURT.
WOMEN LIKE TINA SNOW,
CECILIA STRAYER.
OH, NO.
THEY'RE SUBLIME.
WHAT I COULD DO WITH THOSE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M INNOCENT.
YOU MUTILATED WOMEN.
THERE'S BEAUTY IN EVERYONE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
TO DIG DEEP TO FIND IT.
WOMEN WITH NO ARMS
AND NO BREASTS
ARE SO ATTRACTIVE?
AREN'T THEY?
THE VENUS DE MILO
SPEAKS TO ME.
IT'S MY LATEST WORK.
WELL SOMEBODY'S BEEN COPYING
YOUR WORK.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US
WHO THAT IS?
SHOW ME THE CRIME SCENE
PHOTOS
AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY CRITIQUE.
YOU'D LIKE THAT,
WOULDN'T YOU?
DON'T TOUCH THOSE.
"BRESLAU, KLEIN, AND SKOBIN."
THEY YOUR ATTORNEYS?
(Morten)
READ THEM AND YOU'LL
BE VIOLATING
MY ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
FAN LETTERS ARE FAIR GAME.
BET YOUR COPYCAT'S BEEN SENDING
YOU LITTLE LOVE NOTES, HMM?
(Tutuola)
WE GOT YOUR NAMES
FROM THIS LETTER
YOU WROTE ROBERT MORTEN.
YEAH, WE PURCHASED
ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS.
THE VALUE IS GONNA SOAR
NOW THAT IT'S BEEN FOUND
AT A CRIME SCENE.
WE'RE HUGE FANS
OF OUTSIDER ART.
DON'T YOU FIND IT VITAL,
RAW?
IT'S SICK.
MORTEN EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT HIS KILLINGS?
ROBERT DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.
THE NEW MURDER PROVES IT.
MA'AM, YOU'VE WRITTEN MORTEN
EVERY WEEK
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
AND VISITED HIM NUMEROUS TIMES.
HE'S MY FIANCE.
AS SOON AS HE'S RELEASED,
WE'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
HE'S NEVER GETTING OUT.
WE'RE WORKING ON APPEALS.
WE?
THE FREE ROBERT MORTEN
COMMITTEE.
WHO ELSE IS ON THIS COMMITTEE?
I'M THE PRESIDENT,
AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT
IS JASPER GRICE.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
(Stabler)
ASSOCIATING
WITH OTHER CONVICTS.
THAT'S A PAROLE VIOLATION,
JASPER.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ROBERT
SINCE I GOT OUT.
JOINING HIS FAN CLUB--
NOW THAT'S JUST A VIOLATION
OF GOOD SENSE.
HE TOOK CARE OF ME.
THREE YEARS AS HIS CELLIE--
YOU WERE HIS BITCH.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHERE'S CECILIA?
WHO?
OKAY, WE KNOW YOU KILLED
TINA SNOW.
WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH CECILIA STRAYER?
WE KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH MORTEN.
HOW DO YOU THINK
WE GOT TO YOU?
ROBERT TOLD US.
HE DID?
OH, YEAH.
HE TOLD US EVERYTHING.
HOW YOU KILLED TINA SNOW
TO MAKE HIM LOOK INNOCENT.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH, I KILLED HER.
I KILLED HER AND I LEFT HER
IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT.
TIED HER HANDS
BEHIND HER BACK.
CHOKED HER
WITH HER OWN PANTYHOSE.
THEN I CUT HER.
WHERE'S CECILIA?
YOU GOT A SECOND?
WHAT THE HELL?
IT'S NOT YOUR GUY.
[door slams shut]
WELL, HE JUST CONFESSED.
HIS SUPERVISOR ALIBIED HIM.
GRICE WAS WORKING OFF THE BOOKS
LOADING LUMBER
FOR THE LAST TWO NIGHTS.
(Stabler)
HE KNEW ABOUT THE PANTYHOSE.
WE DIDN'T RELEASE THAT
TO THE PRESS.
(Cragen)
WE GOT A BIGGER PROBLEM.
[man on recording]
9-1-1, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY?
[scrambled male voice]
DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON.
THAT--THAT BITCH
BETTER LEAVE ROBERT ALONE
OR SHE'LL END UP
LIKE THAT COLLEGE GIRLY.
AND DON'T TELL ME--
IT CAME FROM
A PREPAID CELL PHONE.
YEAH, NO WAY TO TRACE IT.
T.A.R.U. SAID THEY COULD TELL
BY THE PITCH
IT'S A GUY
BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
HE KNEW OLIVIA BY NAME.
CAPTAIN, IF WE BACK OFF NOW,
CECILIA'S DEAD.
WHAT TIME DID THE CALL COME IN?
RIGHT AFTER YOU PICKED UP GRICE.
HE KNOWS SOMETHING.
WELL LET'S FIND OUT WHAT.
YOU GONNA TAKE ME
TO LOCK-UP NOW?
YOU LIED TO US.
NO, I DIDN'T.
WELL, YOUR BOSS TOLD US
THAT YOU WERE LOADING LUMBER
THE NIGHT TINA DIED.
(Stabler)
YOU PATHETIC WANNABE.
YOU'RE A LEECH!
YOU SUCK UP TO GUYS
WHO GOT THE BALLS
TO DO WHAT YOU CAN'T?
YOU DO HOWEVER HAVE
THE CHANCE
TO BE A HERO.
A HERO?
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS TELL US WHERE CECILIA IS.
(Stabler)
GOES RIGHT IN YOUR FILE.
LISTEN TO ME.
THAT WAY YOU'LL FOREVER
BE LINKED TO MORTEN.
WHERE IS SHE?
SHE'S ISSUE NUMBER 10.
(Stabler)
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
"ISSUE NUMBER 10?"
LE MORTE.
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
INSPIRED BY ROBERT.
THESE COMIC BOOKS DEPICT
THE EIGHT MURDERS
THAT ROBERT MORTEN COMMITTED.
(Stabler)
EACH COVER MATCHES A PHOTO
TAKEN AT THE CRIME SCENE.
(Cragen)
THAT'S REALLY TWISTED.
(Benson)
NOT AS TWISTED AS THIS.
THE SERIES DOESN'T END
AT EIGHT MURDERS.
THERE ARE FIVE MORE.
SEE, IN THE COMIC BOOK,
MORTEN DOESN'T GET CAUGHT.
HE KEEPS ON KILLING.
CHECK OUT ISSUE NINE.
LOOK FAMILIAR?
[computer beeping]
(Cragen)
THE COVER MATCHES
TINA SNOW'S DEATH.
THAT VICTIM DIED
IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT
JUST LIKE TINA.
(Benson)
OUR MURDERER IS STAGING CRIMES
TO MATCH THESE COVERS.
SOMEBODY'S TAKEN UP
WHERE MORTEN LEFT OFF.
SHOW HIM ISSUE TEN.
(Benson)
THAT'S THE EXACT SAME IMAGE
AS THE BAR WHERE CECILIA
WAS KIDNAPPED.
NOW MORTEN KILLED
HIS REAL-LIFE VICTIMS
12 HOURS AFTER HE TOOK 'EM.
IF OUR THEORY'S RIGHT,
CECILIA'S GOT TWO HOURS LEFT
TO LIVE.
WHO'S THE SICKO
DREAMING THESE UP?
(Stabler)
"STORY AND ART
BY HARRISON THOMAS."
GRAB HIM UP AND PUSH HIM
TILL HE BREAKS.
(Thomas)
YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN.
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!
THE WARRANT SAYS WE DO.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
TINA SNOW'S CRIME SCENE
LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A MURDER
IN YOUR COMIC BOOK.
WHA--
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE READ
MY GRAPHIC NOVELS.
THIS ONE CAME OUT
OF YOUR SICK MIND.
WHERE WERE YOU TWO NIGHTS AGO
AROUND 2:00 A.M.?
I WAS WORKING
ON THE NEXT EDITION
WITH MY INKER.
HEY, GET OUT OF MY STUFF.
(Benson)
OH, TED BUNDY UNDIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SICKER:
YOU THINKING THIS UP
OR PEOPLE ACTUALLY PAYING
FOR IT.
IT'S CALLED FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION.
(Benson)
TILL SOMEBODY GETS KILLED,
THEN IT'S CALLED MURDER.
(Thomas)
MURDER IS A PART
OF OUR SOCIETY.
IT'S HUMAN NATURE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHY
I'M STILL EMPLOYED.
LIV, COME HERE.
"I TAKE HER TO THE ONLY PLACE
THAT FEELS RIGHT."
WHERE IS THIS?
THAT'S ROBERT'S CHILDHOOD HOME.
UPSTAIRS,
MORTEN'S BEDROOM.
SHE'S ALIVE--BARELY.
MANHATTAN SVU,
WE NEED A BUS
AT 612 WEST 48TH STREET.
CECILIA--
CECILIA, STAY WITH ME.
YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
[whispering]
YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
I'M...CONFUSED.
THE LAST THING I REMEMBER WAS...
WORKING WITH
THE SKETCH ARTIST.
YOU HAD GHB IN YOUR SYSTEM,
AND THAT CAUSES AMNESIA.
WAS--WAS I RAPED?
NO.
BUT SOMEBODY ATTACKED YOU
WITH A KNIFE.
WHAT?
IS MY, UH--
YOU HAVE SOME CUTS
ON YOUR CHEST
BUT EVERYTHING'S INTACT.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
SOME PLASTIC SURGERY THOUGH.
IF I WOULD'VE NEVER TALKED
TO YOU,
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED
TO ME.
OH, MY GOD.
MY LIFE IS SO MESSED UP.
THIS--
CECILIA, IS THERE ANYBODY
THAT I CAN CALL?
YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER?
THERE IS...
NO ONE.
JUST GO AWAY.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH
THE COMIC BOOK CREEP?
HIS ALIBI CHECKED.
LIV.
SO HE KEEPS SELLING
HIS SICK FANTASIES
WHILE TINA'S ON A SLAB
AND CECILIA'S SCARRED
FOR LIFE?
HARRISON THOMAS
DIDN'T KILL TINA
AND HE DIDN'T ATTACK
CECILIA.
FIND OUT WHO DID.
LIV, I GOT YOUR PIZZA.
I DIDN'T ORDER A PIZZA.
IT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON IT.
WELL, I'M NOT HUNGRY.
THROW IT OUT.
(Lake)
HEY, YOU GOTTA RECYCLE
THAT BOX.
DUDE, DON'T YOU CARE
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT?
IT'S NOT EMPTY.
THERE'S A PIE IN HERE.
I'LL EAT IT.
NO SUCH THING AS BAD PIZZA.
IT'S DOUBLE PEPPERONI.
IT'S GONNA KILL YOU.
[people muttering]
UGH!
AAH.
CALL A BUS
AND THE BOMB SQUAD.
[sirens wailing]
(Lake)
I'M GOOD.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BANGED UP.
YOU COULD HAVE A CONCUSSION.
YOU'RE SEEING THE DOC.
WE GOT FIVE HEADED
TO MERCY INCLUDING LAKE.
BUT MOST OF THEM
JUST HAVE CUTS AND BRUISES.
WE'RE LUCKY NOBODY
GOT KILLED IN THERE.
YOU'RE OFF THE CASE.
CAPTAIN, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THIS GUY WANTS.
THAT BOMB HAD YOUR NAME
ON IT.
RIGHT, BUT LOOK AROUND.
YOU THINK TAKING US
OFF THE CASE
IS GONNA MAKE HIM STOP?
HOW'S YOUR EAR?
I GOT TWO.
BOMB SQUAD SAID
IT WAS A PIPE BOMB
MADE OUT OF PVC
AND BLACK POWDER.
LIGHTWEIGHT BUT DEADLY.
YEAH, EXCEPT THE DUMB ASS
DIDN'T SEAT THE BLASTING CAPS
JUST RIGHT.
CAPTAIN OF THE BOMB SQUAD'S
GONNA DO A FLOOR-BY-FLOOR.
GONNA TAKE AT LEAST
AN HOUR.
(Cragen)
THAT'S GREAT.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
(Tutuola)
SOMEBODY TRY TO BUST
MY EARDRUMS,
I'M GONNA BUST THEY ASS.
YOU GUYS OKAY?
(Cragen)
WE GOT LUCKY.
YOU MIGHT BE LUCKIER
THAN YOU THINK.
SIMILAR KNIFE BLADE WAS USED
TO CUT BOTH TINA SNOW
AND CECILIA STRAYER.
BUT CECILIA'S WOUNDS
APPEAR TO TAPER
AS THEY MOVE AWAY
FROM THE MIDLINE.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE KILLER
PULLED AWAY
AS HE CUT CECILIA?
NO, BY THE ANGLE AND DEPTH
OF THESE WOUNDS
I'D SAY THEY WERE
SELF-INFLICTED.
CECILIA CUT HERSELF?
I'D BET ON IT.
CAPTAIN, YOU'VE GOTTA LET US
FIND OUT.
GET YOURSELVES CLEANED UP
WHILE NOVAK GETS
A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR HER APARTMENT.
THERE'S TRASH EVERYWHERE.
THIS PLACE IS A DUMP.
BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
THIS SKETCH IS SIGNED "R.M."
ROBERT MORTEN.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
MAYBE THEY'RE PEN PALS.
GOT AN AWFUL LOT
OF LETTERS HERE,
ALL WITH THE SAME
RETURN ADDRESS--
ROBERT MORTEN.
THESE GO BACK A LOT OF YEARS.
SON OF A BITCH.
EMPLOYEE I.D.,
BRESLAU, KLEIN, AND SKOBIN.
CECILIA WORKED
AT ROBERT'S LAW FIRM.
LEGAL VISITS AND CORRESPONDENCE
AREN'T ON INMATE LOGS.
THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T
PUT IT TOGETHER.
SHE PLAYED US.
CECILIA WAS THE LAST PERSON
TO SEE TINA THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
SHE GAVE TINA THE GHB.
SHE LURES HER DOWN
TO THE BASEMENT,
GETS HER TO PICK THE LOCK,
KILLS HER,
AND THEN COVERS IT UP
BY FAKING HER OWN ASSAULT.
ROBERT TOLD CECILIA
TO KILL FOR HIM.
YOU THINK HE TOLD HER
TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
MAYBE IT'S IN THE LETTERS.
"DEAR CECILIA,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER.
"YOUR FATHER WAS A GOOD FRIEND.
"HE SPOKE OF YOU OFTEN.
HIS LITTLE SUNNY GIRLY."
HOW DID MORTEN KNOW YOUR DAD?
WHEN I WAS 17,
I FOUND OUT MY FATHER
DIDN'T DIE IN A CAR CRASH
LIKE MY MOTHER TOLD ME
HE DID.
HE WAS IN PRISON
FOR BANK ROBBERY.
"YOUR DADDY SAID YOU HAD
EYES LIKE SUMMER
"AND HAIR AS SOFT
AS LAMBS' WOOL.
"YOU WERE THE BEST THING
"HE EVER DID IN HIS LIFE.
"I'D LOVE TO SEE
IF YOU LOOK LIKE HIM.
PLEASE SEND ME A PICTURE."
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
YOU REALLY HAD HER GOING.
SHE WANTED IT.
SHE DRANK IT UP
LIKE PUNCH AT THE PROM.
"DEAREST CECILIA,
"YOUR LETTERS ARE MY SALVATION.
"I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD SURVIVE
ANOTHER DAY IN HERE
WITHOUT YOU."
(Benson)
"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP ME."
HE TOLD YOU TO GET
AN INTERNSHIP AT HIS LAW FIRM.
SO I COULD VISIT HIM
WITHOUT BEING MONITORED.
HE NEEDED ME TO HELP HIM
WITH HIS APPEALS.
(Morten)
WE HAD COMPLETE PRIVACY.
COMPLETE PRIVILEGE.
(Stabler)
SOUNDS COZY.
OH, IT WAS.
SHE WAS A VIRGIN.
I PLUCKED HER.
ROBERT LOVES ME.
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SEE YOU ANYMORE.
NO, HE WAS JUST HAVING DOUBTS.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
GROWING UP WITHOUT A FATHER.
WISHING THAT YOU HAD
A MAN WHO LOVED YOU...
UNCONDITIONALLY.
I USED TO FEEL LIKE...
LIKE THERE WAS PART
OF ME
THAT WAS MISSING.
I FELT HOLLOW.
AND THEN I MET ROBERT.
AND HE FILLED
THAT HOLE.
YEAH.
BUT WHEN HE LEFT YOU
THAT HOLE GOT MUCH,
MUCH BIGGER.
(Morten)
"YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME.
"YOU'LL NEVER TRULY KNOW ME,
"MY ART, MY SOUL...
"THE DEPTHS I CAN REACH
"ARE FAR BEYOND
YOUR SHALLOW GRASP.
"IF WE WERE SOUL MATES,
YOU'D BE LIKE ME."
A KILLER.
I NEVER KILLED ANYONE.
WELL, I KNOW YOU DID.
BUT WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT
IS WHY TINA?
HMM?
WHAT MADE YOU PICK HER?
YOU KNOW, SHE LOOKS
A LOT LIKE YOU.
WHO WERE YOU REALLY
TRYING TO HURT, CECILIA?
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK THAT YOU WERE TRYING
TO HURT YOURSELF
WHEN YOU KILLED TINA.
YOU WERE KILLING YOURSELF.
I WISH I WOULD'VE DIED.
(Morten)
TINA WAS A GIFT.
AN ARTISTIC OFFERING TO ME.
YOU THINK CECILIA
KILLED FOR YOU.
I CAN PROVE IT.
SHE TOOK TROPHIES,
DIDN'T SHE?
TINA'S BREASTS.
I KNOW WHAT SHE DID
WITH THEM.
I GOT SOMETHING.
[scoffs]
I THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO CHARGE CECILIA STRAYER
WITH MURDER.
ELLIOT,
I BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR.
AT LEAST GIVE ME A PEEK.
YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH.
TAKE IT EASY.
(Stabler)
DON'T GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS--
RELAX.
RELAX.
RELAX.
TAKE THE GARBAGE
OUT OF HERE.
HEY, TIGER.
LET'S DO THIS AGAIN
SOMETIME.
[makes kissing sound]
[Morten chuckles]
WARNER VERIFIED BREAST TISSUE
AS A MATCH TO TINA.
WHERE'S OLIVIA?
HOME GETTING SOME
SHUT-EYE.
YOU GET OUT OF HERE TOO.
DON'T NEED TO TELL ME TWICE.
GOOD NIGHT.
YOU SHOULD BE RESTING.
NOT SUPPOSED TO SLEEP
WITH A CONCUSSION.
BESIDES, I WANTED TO CHECK OUT
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
ANYTHING?
WELL, WE GOT THE GUY
ON TAPE,
BUT THE BALL CAP
HIDES HIS FACE.
(Stabler)
HEY, DO ME A FAVOR.
CALL LIV,
GIVE HER AN UPDATE.
I HAVE TO GO HOME.
MY PREGNANT WIFE IS LOOKING
FOR PEANUT BUTTER
AND TACOS.
DUDE, SAY NO MORE.
THANKS, DUDE.
[phone beeping]
[phone rings]
BENSON.
[Lake on speaker]
IT'S CHESTER.
I'VE GONE OVER
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
A HUNDRED TIMES.
THERE'S NO GOOD FACE SHOTS.
HE KNEW THERE WERE
SECURITY CAMERAS.
HE PLANNED FOR A SHIFT CHANGE.
EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED
ON GOING HOME,
NOT SPOTTING A BOMBER.
YEAH, NOBODY REMEMBERS
AND ORDINARY PIZZA GUY.
HEY, WAIT.
I GOT SOMETHING.
THERE'S A TATTOO
ON THE PERP'S NECK.
IT'S HARD TO TELL
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A CIRCLE--
[Benson on speaker]
WITH A LINE THROUGH IT?
YEAH, YOU KNOW HIM?
YEAH, THAT COMIC BOOK GEEK
HARRISON THOMAS.
HE HAD A TAT LIKE THAT--
ARGH!
OH!
BITCH, I TOLD YOU
TO LEAVE MORTEN ALONE!
10-13,
I'VE BEEN STABBED!
[grunting]
HANG ON, OLIVIA.
WE'RE COMING.
HE'S GOT A KNIFE!
GET ALL AVAILABLE UNITS
TO DETECTIVE BENSON'S APARTMENT.
OH!
UGH!
[breathing heavily]
(Thomas)
YOU'LL NEVER BEAT MORTEN.
HE'S SMARTER THAN ALL OF YOU.
HA, MORTEN'S A GENIUS.
YOU REALLY BEAT THE CRAP
OUT OF HIM.
BUT HOW MANY OTHERS
ARE OUT THERE
WILLING TO KILL FOR HIM?
WHAT DOES HE HAVE OVER 'EM?
MORTEN'S A SOCIOPATHIC
SERIAL KILLER
WHO EXPLOITED A VULNERABLE GIRL
FOR HIS OWN THRILL.
CECILIA NEVER WOULD'VE
MURDERED TINA
IF SHE HADN'T MET MORTEN.
A BAD INFLUENCE
ISN'T A DEFENSE.
PEOPLE V. ROSA.
A JUDGE FOUND
A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE
COERCED ANGEL ROSA
INTO MURDERING HIS OWN MOTHER.
ROSA GOT OFF WITH TIME SERVED.
THE SVENGALI DEFENSE?
NO, MENTAL DISEASE.
LIKE ROSA, MY CLIENT
HAD NO CONTROL
OF HER ACTIONS.
SHE FELT COMPELLED TO DO
WHAT MORTEN WANTED.
ANGEL ROSA WAS 15
AND THE PEDOPHILE
HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSING HIM.
CECILIA WAS 17
AND MORTEN SEXUALLY ABUSED HER
WHILE HE WAS INCARCERATED.
IS THIS TRUE?
(Novak)
CECILIA STRAYER
GOT AN INTERNSHIP
AT MORTEN'S LAW FIRM
SO SHE COULD HAVE BOOTY CALLS
UNDER THE CLOAK OF PRIVILEGE.
AT MORTEN'S BEHEST.
(Judge Bradley)
THAT'S ENOUGH.
IT DISTRESSES ME
THAT ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE
WAS FLAGRANTLY MISUSED
TO CONDUCT SEXUAL LIAISONS.
HOWEVER, IN LIGHT
OF CASE LAW,
I AM ALLOWING THE DEFENSE
OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT.
(Balthus)
TELL US ABOUT THE TIME
YOU TRIED TO END YOUR LIFE.
I COULDN'T STOP CRYING.
AND THE WORLD HAD THIS...
DARK RING AROUND IT.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS CLOSING IN.
AND HOW DID YOU TRY
TO STOP IT?
I DRANK SOME VODKA.
THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE ME
FEEL BETTER,
BUT IT JUST MADE ME
MORE DEPRESSED.
AND WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT?
SOMETIMES CUTTING RELEASES
THE PAIN.
BUT THE PAIN WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
SO I TOOK SOME GHB.
I FIGURED I'D EITHER
BLEED TO DEATH OR OVERDOSE.
EITHER WAY I'D BE GONE.
(Balthus)
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DIE?
ROBERT.
DID ROBERT MORTEN TELL YOU
TO KILL YOURSELF?
HE GOT INTO MY HEAD.
I KEPT HEARING HIM SAY
THAT I HAD TO KILL SOMEONE...
AND THEN I'D BE FREE.
THE PAIN WOULD BE GONE
AND EVERYTHING WOULD MAKE SENSE.
LIFE, BEAUTY, LOVE.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD,
BUT PLEASE...
SHOW THE COURT
WHERE YOU CUT YOURSELF.
OBJECTION!
GOES TO STATE OF MIND.
I'LL ALLOW IT.
PLEASE.
[soft gasps]
STATUESQUE WITH PORCELAIN SKIN.
I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT
MY SKETCHBOOK.
DID YOU TELL CECILIA STRAYER
TO KILL TINA SNOW?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FOREPLAY?
DID YOU TELL CECILIA
TO KILL TINA?
NO.
DID SHE EVER TELL YOU
SHE WAS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE
FOR YOU?
NO.
IT'S A SUBPOENA
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
AS A REBUTTAL WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION.
THAT'S A NEW ONE.
WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN?
NOTHING.
AND IF I REFUSE?
WE'LL HOLD YOU
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
[quietly chuckles]
I'M ALREADY SERVING
EIGHT LIFE SENTENCES.
CONTEMPT OF COURT'S
HARDLY GONNA MAKE IT WORSE.
OH...
YOU NEED ME.
OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE
AT 10:00 ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
TRANSFER TO THE FEDERAL PRISON
SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE BETTER FOOD,
BETTER ACCOMMODATION,
ALL TOGETHER
A BETTER CLASS OCCUPANT.
IT'S A WIN-WIN.
I BET CECILIA
WAS VERY CONVINCING.
DID THE JURY CRY?
DEAL.
ON THE GATE.
WE'RE GONNA BE A GREAT TEAM,
YOU AND I.
(Novak)
THE PROSECUTION CALLS
ROBERT MORTEN.
(man)
THERE HE IS!
WE LOVE YOU, ROBERT.
[small group cheering
and applauding]
(Judge Bradley)
QUIET!
ANY MORE OUTBURSTS
AND I WILL CLEAR THIS COURTROOM.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?
ABSOLUTELY.
MR. MORTEN, DID YOU EVER TELL
THE DEFENDANT
TO COMMIT MURDER?
YES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
YOU ARE UNDER OATH,
MR. MORTEN,
AND SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY
OF PERJURY
IF YOU DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
YES.
LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN.
DID YOU TELL CECILIA STRAYER
TO KILL?
YES.
I'VE TOLD MANY
TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
NO ONE HAD THE EMOTIONAL
FORTITUDE TO DO IT
UNTIL CECILIA.
DID YOU TELL HER
TO BUY THE GHB?
I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
DID YOU TELL HER
TO GET THE KNIFE?
EACH ARTIST'S TOOLS
ARE THEIR OWN.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO INFLUENCE
HER ARTISTIC CHOICES.
YOU THINK OF YOURSELF
AS AN ARTIST.
I THINK MY WORK
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
PEOPLE'S TEN, YOUR HONOR.
THIS IS A PHOTO
OF THE CRIME SCENE.
WOULD YOU COMPARE THIS ARTIST'S
WORK WITH YOUR OWN?
OBJECTION, THE WITNESS
IS NOT AN EXPERT.
(Novak)
THE MURDER SCENE
CLOSELY RESEMBLES CRIMES
PERPETRATED BY MR. MORTEN.
WHO BETTER TO CRITIQUE THEM?
I'LL GIVE YOU THIS LATITUDE,
MS. NOVAK,
BUT DON'T STRAY FAR.
YOU MAY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
AT FIRST BLUSH,
YOU MIGHT THINK
THIS IS UNIQUE.
BUT IT--
IT LACKS UNDERSTANDING...
DEPTH...
WITH THE HUMAN CANVAS,
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO TRUE ACTION PAINTING.
WHERE'S THE ENERGY?
WHERE'S THE SPATTER?
THIS IS LIFELESS DRECK.
A CHEAP KNOCK-OFF OF MY WORK.
WHOEVER DID THIS...
IS A TALENTLESS HACK.
(Cecilia)
BUT I DID THIS FOR YOU!
COUNSELOR, CONTROL
YOUR CLIENT.
I LOVE YOU!
[Judge Bradley slamming gavel]
ORDER!
(Susan)
GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM.
HE'S MINE!
HE'S MINE!
IT'S BEEN FUN, GIRLY.
MR. MORTON, PLEASE!
YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE ME.
I DID EVERYTHING
THAT YOU WANTED.
I LOVE YOU!
PLEASE TELL ME
THAT YOU LOVE ME!
ORDER!
I WAS RIGHT.
(Judge Bradley)
ORDER!
YOU COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND ME.
(Judge Bradley)
GET THIS WOMAN OUT
OF MY COURTROOM RIGHT NOW!
I LOVE YOU!
LET'S GO!
MOVE IT!
I LOVE YOU!
GET HER OUT OF HERE.
(Cecilia)
I LOVE YOU, ROBERT! PLEASE!
I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU, PLEASE!
PLEASE...
[crowd cheering]
WELL, YOU WERE GREAT.
DID YOU LIKE IT?
BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.
YOU PUT ON QUITE A SHOW.
YOU GOT HER OFF.
SHE'S GOING TO A PSYCH WARD.
IS THAT A FROWN
ON YOUR PRETTY FACE?
ACTUALLY I THINK CECILIA'S GOING
EXACTLY WHERE SHE BELONGS.
SO ARE YOU.
HEH.
YOU'RE BACKING OUT
ON THE DEAL.
NO, YOU'RE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO A FEDERAL PRISON.
I THOUGHT YOU'D
BE A SORE LOSER.
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE
FLORENCE SUPER MAX.
23-HOUR LOCKDOWN.
NO VISITORS, NO MAIL,
NO PHONE CALLS.
NO HUMAN CONTACT
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME.
WHY DON'T YOU WAVE BYE
TO ALL YOUR FANS?
BUT YOU MADE A DEAL.
AND IT'S A MASTERPIECE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE MY WORK?
YOU USED ME!
YOU SET ME UP!
THIS ISN'T RIGHT!
IT'S NOT FAIR!
[crowd clamoring]