Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Original Sin - full transcript
When a politician's teenage daughter is kidnapped for ransom, Lincoln, Amelia and the team race against time to rescue her before the unthinkable happens. Meanwhile, the team makes a ...
‐ Previously on
"Lincoln Rhyme"...
‐ He's watching you.
‐ Rachel.
It's my sister.
‐ How is Rachel?
‐ She's resilient.
Lincoln, it's my fault.
‐ You can't take
responsibility.
‐ What I do,
it put her in harm's way.
‐ And you saved her.
‐ That's him.
It's the Bone Collector.
‐ So if we're right,
Barry Rocco is buried
somewhere in that field.
‐ We find that body, we find
a link to the Bone Collector.
The body is gone.
‐ Can't get ahead of this guy.
‐ How the hell does he know
what we're doing?
‐ You're the Bone Collector.
‐ I am.
‐ You're insane.
[muffled whimpers]
‐ It's not what you think.
I can't help feeling
this might be the most foolish
thing I've ever done‐‐
freeing you.
‐ Peter.
‐ Got it.
Thank you!
‐ Okay, I gotta go.
‐ Teresa, what is it?
What's wrong?
‐ We'll talk about it later,
Dad.
‐ Or we can talk about it now.
‐ You're playing candidate
tonight.
I don't wanna be
your bad optic.
‐ Hey, T, who's the one
who taught me to be open?
Talk about what's on your mind?
‐ What's on my mind
is keeping you on track
to talk about what's important
tonight:
destigmatizing mental illness,
putting money into schools,
making kids feel safe to talk
about their feelings.
‐ Maybe you should be running.
‐ [chuckles]
Look, I support your message,
Dad.
I just don't wanna be
a political prop,
and I don't want Mom's death
or my issues
to be turned into
a talking point.
‐ Sweetheart, you know
I wouldn't do that.
‐ We'll talk later.
‐ Security's waiting out back.
I'll let them know
you're on your way.
She's coming out now.
‐ Yes, sir.
Standing by.
[suspenseful music]
[clanging]
♪ ♪
Anyone have eyes on Teresa?
No, she hasn't come out
of the building yet.
Mr. Martinez, she never
came out of the building.
I don't know where she is.
♪ ♪
‐ You two have that sound,
that "this is important" sound.
‐ He's developing
a sixth sense.
It's about Alex Martinez.
‐ The guy running for Congress?
‐ The guy who is gonna win,
hopefully.
He's got the young vote.
Even Rachel is knocking
on doors for him.
‐ So if he's not dead, who is?
‐ No one yet,
but his daughter Teresa
vanished from
the campaign office
and hasn't been seen since.
‐ Kidnapping?
‐ Yeah,
that's how we're treating it.
Now, Teresa left the
Regency Arms reception lobby.
She heads
to a service entrance.
Video tracks the whole route.
‐ The only area
without cameras in it
is a service hallway
with nowhere to hide.
She walks into the hall,
doesn't come out.
‐ Crime scene techs scoured
her every step.
No sign of a struggle,
nothing.
She never made it to
her security detail out back.
It's like she just disappeared.
‐ NYPD's running traffic pods,
security cams,
cell phone video.
I mean, we've got nothing.
‐ Why the personal security?
‐ Martinez is
pushing big change.
The old guard
don't like that.
‐ The millionaire man
of the people.
‐ I mean, he may be rich,
but Alexander Martinez
is one of the good guys.
‐ I'm skeptical
of all politicians.
‐ Then take politics out of it.
This is a man whose
daughter is missing.
I get how he feels.
‐ Then let's get down there.
Whoever took Teresa had
to leave behind
some kind of trace.
Only way to find her
is to find them.
♪ ♪
Tell me what you see.
Look for anything out
of the ordinary.
♪ ♪
‐ I got nothing.
You?
‐ Not yet.
Keep looking.
‐ The ceiling has
no access panel.
Floors look solid.
‐ Wait, what's that?
‐ What?
Where?
‐ On the floor.
♪ ♪
‐ Looks like powder...
With bits of‐‐
‐ Drywall?
‐ Yeah.
‐ See if you can move
that shelf unit out of the way.
‐ [grunts]
♪ ♪
Lincoln, these screws
have been loosened.
[grunts, gasps]
It's a laundry chute.
‐ Shine a light
toward the floor.
‐ What are you thinking?
Why would there be
a laundry chute here?
‐ I'm thinking that's not
a laundry chute.
Felix, give me the blueprints
for the Regency Arms,
circa 1930.
♪ ♪
‐ Found the blueprints,
but it's not a hotel.
It was a bank.
‐ Okay, and?
‐ Banks in the '20s and '30s
were dangerous places.
Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson,
Bonnie and Clyde.
You had enough firepower,
you could walk in poor
and walk out rich.
Banks turned to
heavy steel vaults
that could withstand robbers,
mobs, natural disasters.
They emptied the cash drawer
every hour.
Tellers placed money in a bag,
and dropped it down
a cash chute.
‐ Dropped it into what?
‐ Usually, a vault.
♪ ♪
‐ This vault has been
sealed off for years.
They drop her down here,
she lands on the mattress,
then they exit
without anyone seeing.
‐ Yup, there's
a service exit out there.
No cameras‐‐
it's not in use.
‐ Wait, I got something.
[grunts]
♪ ♪
Her purse.
Must've gotten caught
on the inside lock release.
♪ ♪
Ooh, that smell.
‐ Yeah.
Chloroform.
Now we know how they got her
in the chute.
‐ Amelia,
get that purse back to Kate.
Full forensics on the chute
and the mattress
for any trace of our missing
girl or her kidnapper.
‐ Got it.
[footsteps approaching]
‐ Teresa's father
just got a ransom demand.
We need to move fast.
♪ ♪
‐ They want me to say this.
Two million dollars
wired to an account
that will come later.
If they don't have the money
by noon tomorrow,
they'll kill me.
‐ You have to find her.
We have 22 hours
to find my daughter.
♪ ♪
[foreboding music]
♪ ♪
One of my volunteers found the
envelope
with the thumb drive inside.
‐ We'll run it for prints.
‐ Why was Teresa here
this morning?
‐ "New York Magazine" is doing
a spread on me.
She agreed to a photo.
‐ So they knew
she would be here.
‐ I suppose.
‐ Okay, we're gonna need a list
of anyone who had access,
who knew her schedule, friends,
colleagues, enemies.
‐ Enemies?
People love Teresa.
She works helping
troubled teens.
I like to think
I'm compassionate;
she puts me to shame.
‐ Can you think of anyone else
who may be targeting you?
‐ I'm stirring things up.
A lot of people don't like it,
not just
Aaron Fraser supporters.
He's held office
28 years now, and...
[sighs]
People don't like change.
‐ So no other ideas about
who could've taken her.
‐ No, I‐‐I don't know
if it's anything,
but before she left, Teresa
was upset at me, I think,
but she wouldn't tell me why.
‐ You think it was personal?
‐ Usually I can read her
like a book.
When her mother died,
she took it hard.
Really depressed,
and I think going through that,
getting her treatment,
it made us close.
But lately,
with the campaign...
I swore, I wouldn't let
all this come between us.
[knock on door]
Excuse me.
Are we good?
‐ Your accountant
is liquidating some stocks.
We'll have enough cash on hand
to pay the ransom
by end of day.
‐ Thank you.
Shelby Waites,
my Campaign Manager.
‐ The campaign is
the last thing any of us
are worried about right now.
‐ Delicate topic.
We don't want him to pay
until the deadline tomorrow.
Paying may get Teresa back.
It also may render her
expendable.
‐ Mr. Martinez, we all wanna
get your daughter back.
We just ask that
you coordinate with us
before wiring any funds.
‐ I don't care about the money.
‐ And you don't want to look
like you're stalling.
Not to the kidnappers‐‐
‐ Or to the voters?
Is that what
you were gonna say?
‐ Public opinion will weigh in.
‐ Look,
I don't care about anything.
The campaign, my base,
the polls.
All I want is Teresa home.
‐ That's all any of us
care about,
but we just want
to have the best shot
at catching whoever did this.
‐ And you think if I pay,
they might hurt her anyway?
‐ A delay will give us time
to do our job
to get your daughter back.
‐ 21 1/2 hours.
You want me to wait
all that time and do nothing?
‐ [sighs]
[suspenseful music]
[gasps]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
I got this.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you.
You okay?
♪ ♪
‐ You know, kidnappings.
They, uh, affect me
differently.
You know, knowing
someone's out there,
captive, um...
‐ It triggers you,
I know, because of what
happened to Rachel.
‐ Yeah.
‐ But you're stronger
than you think you are.
‐ [chuckles]
I keep telling myself that.
‐ Good.
Even so, you're right.
Kidnappings
are a different animal.
With murder,
we fight for the dead.
With kidnappings,
we fight to keep someone alive
so one doesn't turn
into the other.
♪ ♪
You got something?
‐ Yeah.
No, I mean, yes, it's about
the Bone Collector, though,
and now's not the time.
‐ Amelia,
ideas come when they come.
Just spill it.
‐ You said kidnapping is
a different animal than murder.
The Bone Collector,
with all of his murders,
at least most of them,
he takes them, disables them,
kills them.
‐ All right, and kidnappings
turn into murder.
And?
‐ And we've looked
at almost anything
that could be a cold case
Bone Collector murder,
but what about
a cold case kidnapping?
One that didn't turn to murder?
‐ A victim who got away
and who might still be alive.
‐ Yeah, I mean, he's cleaned up
all of his murders, but this?
This would be
so far off his radar.
We might be able
to find someone
who could help us ID him.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ If I knew real romance ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My heart was getting free ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Now I don't have a trace ♪
♪ Of what you're doing to me ♪
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Your smile,
your soft sweet voice ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Captures me effortlessly ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I have no other choice ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
[pants]
[knock on door]
‐ Hello?
[knock on door]
Is someone in there?
Hello?
Oh, I‐I thought
this space was empty.
‐ It is.
Super has me doing some work.
‐ Oh, I'm representing
an artist
who's looking for a work space.
Is there any way I could just
take a quick look around?
‐ Now's not a good time.
‐ Oh, that's okay.
I just want to get
a feel for the space.
‐ There was a leak.
The place is a mess.
Come back next week.
‐ Oh, I just‐‐uh...
[country music plays]
‐ You shouldn't have opened
the box.
‐ We got a lead on Teresa.
‐ Eric went through video
at the Regency Arms.
‐ I thought
that was a dead end.
‐ He went back to when Teresa
came in this morning.
Found this.
♪ ♪
‐ Excellent.
You got prints
from the banister.
‐ And we got a suspect,
Max Montel‐‐
four arrests for possession.
Last one sent him
to a treatment program
instead of jail.
Now the place treats
addiction, depression.
Guess who was there getting
treatment for her depression
at the same time.
‐ Teresa Martinez.
‐ Wait a second.
Look, ten o'clock right there.
‐ Huh.
[tires squeal]
And of course he's running.
They always run.
Guess I'm getting out, huh?
‐ I got 'em.
Stop!
NYPD!
♪ ♪
I said stop!
♪ ♪
[police sirens wail]
NYPD!
Stop!
[brakes screech]
♪ ♪
‐ [grunts]
‐ It's never a good idea
to run on me.
‐ All right, all right!
I'm done!
‐ Listen, get up!
‐ Look, man, I don't know
what you think I did,
but I'm innocent, all right?
‐ Innocent, huh?
Sorry, Mike,
this guy is innocent.
He's just running
for the cardio right now.
‐ Look, I had an ounce of weed
on me, okay?
It's a probation violation.
‐ It sure is,
just like kidnapping.
So where's Teresa Martinez?
‐ Teresa's missing?
Yo, I didn't take her.
I'm her boyfriend.
‐ Yeah, well, that's funny,
'cause nobody seems
to know you were dating.
Nobody even mentioned you.
‐ That's because
I wasn't ready.
Her dad's become
this folk hero.
The press follow him,
his family‐‐it's too much.
I'm still working on
my sobriety.
I have my slip‐ups.
‐ So you want us to believe
that was a lover's spat
in the hotel this morning?
‐ It wasn't even a fight.
I went there to tell her
not to do the photo.
‐ Easy.
‐ Look, Teresa was upset
with her dad, okay?
I told her either confront him
or walk away.
‐ Confront him about what?
‐ I don't know.
I don't know.
Look, we were at dinner
last night,
and she goes to the bathroom,
and then I see some guy
talking with her.
This dude is heated.
When she sits back down,
she's ready to cry,
and she won't even tell me why.
Just that it was something
to do with her dad.
That's all I know.
You've got to help her.
‐ Lincoln!
‐ Everything all right?
‐ All good.
‐ Then why were you yelling?
‐ I just wanted you
to know how it feels.
Which I realize now might
have been poor judgment.
‐ So we've been analyzing
everything we have.
‐ You got Max's fingerprint
on the thumb drive?
Residue on the envelope?
‐ Amelia called.
She said that Max went straight
to work from the hotel.
So coworkers confirm it.
He alibis out.
‐ Which puts Dad in our sights.
‐ Except for this.
It was hidden in the lining
of her purse.
It's a tracking device.
‐ GPS?
‐ Yeah, state of the art.
‐ The kidnapper
was keeping tabs on her.
‐ Yeah, I ran
the serial number,
which led to a place
of purchase,
which led to a credit card‐‐
‐ Was it her father or not?
‐ Not.
Bought by one Jerry Burgess.
Matches Max's description
of the guy
who upset Teresa last night.
‐ And get this.
Burgess works
for an oppo research firm,
digging up dirt
on politicians' opponents.
‐ And let me guess.
His firm was working
for Congressman Aaron Fraser,
28‐year incumbent currently
running against Alex Martinez.
‐ You think Aaron Fraser
kidnapped
his opponent's daughter?
‐ Come on, guys,
this isn't "House of Cards."
‐ Then why'd you plant
a tracer in Teresa's purse?
‐ Do you have my prints
on the tracer?
On the purse?
‐ A girl was kidnapped.
If you had nothing to do
with it, then help us.
‐ Sorry, I have obligations
to my client.
‐ Well, what about obligations
to yourself?
'Cause here's the thing,
Jerry...
We have an eyewitness
IDing you with Teresa.
You upset her pretty bad.
A day later, she's gone?
How's your boss gonna feel
when we link his campaign
to his opponent's daughter's
disappearance?
‐ [sighs]
Look, I got a lead
on some dirt.
I was doing my homework.
She caught me following her.
I decided to tell her,
see if she'd dig herself
a deeper hole.
‐ What do you have on Teresa?
‐ Martinez is supposed to be
clean as a whistle.
Turns out she was
siphoning money to herself
through the campaign.
25K a month.
She was on the payroll,
but no one
there's ever seen her.
‐ She was embezzling?
‐ That's what I thought,
but she didn't have a clue.
She was furious.
Daddy's funneling
campaign money somewhere,
but not to her.
‐ Then to who?
‐ I wish I knew.
She was gonna confront him.
She swore if it were true,
she'd go to the press herself,
which suited us fine.
My two cents.
She called him on it,
didn't like his answer,
she's gonna follow through.
Daddy had to find a way
to stop her.
♪ ♪
‐ You're accusing me
of being involved
in my own daughter's
kidnapping?
‐ We have evidence you're
siphoning 25 grand a month
from your own campaign.
Teresa found out.
Now she wants to go public.
‐ That's insane.
I'm not running for money.
I'm doing it
to make a difference,
to give people a chance.
‐ Please, spare us
the stump speech, Mr. Martinez.
‐ Look, we know your daughter
was upset with you.
We just need to know why.
‐ I told you,
she wouldn't tell me.
I don't need
25 grand a month!
I need you to find my daughter!
Go ahead, open my books.
I'll have Shelby
give you full access.
You'll see I have
nothing to hide.
You have 15 hours.
Do what you need to do.
I'll pay the ransom.
I won't gamble with her life.
[inaudible]
‐ Problem with the speakers?
I'm no Felix,
but I set up the surround sound
in my own apartment.
Just saying.
‐ Take away one of the senses,
the others come to the fore.
I've been playing this
over and over.
‐ You see more if you're not
distracted by her words.
‐ Listening to a scared
young woman draws your emotion.
Take that away
and tell me what you see.
‐ There,
that sign in the corner.
Does the video
catch any more of it?
‐ That's all we need.
‐ Let me guess.
The rivets used to fasten
the sign to the wall
are antiques
made in Poughkeepsie.
‐ No.
The sign itself.
It's white text
on a green color strip
all on a white background.
Colors of an OSHA safety sign.
They're keeping her
in a factory.
‐ Gotta be abandoned.
There are tons.
Any idea what was made
in the factory
to narrow it down?
‐ That's why
I'm still watching.
‐ Right.
[computer beeps]
‐ Felix, you found something
at campaign headquarters?
‐ Fraud, embezzlement,
poorly hidden paper trail.
‐ Alexander Martinez is dirty.
‐ I'm not talking about
Martinez.
I'm talking Shelby Waites.
‐ The campaign manager.
‐ Martinez authorized Shelby
to make petty cash withdrawals
in his name.
That's where the cash
came from,
and why it looked like
he was the one stealing.
‐ Yes, it did.
‐ Shelby is over 65 grand
in debt.
Bank accounts are empty,
maxed out cash advances
on her credit cards.
‐ So she was the one who
was desperate for the money.
‐ And kidnapping
Teresa Martinez
is how she plans to fix it.
We've got to get to her fast.
‐ Eric, Amelia, and Sellitto
are already on their way
to her place.
‐ NYPD!
♪ ♪
‐ Clear.
♪ ♪
‐ Clear!
‐ All clear.
‐ Over here!
‐ Oh, my God.
‐ Shelby Waites.
It's light but there's a pulse.
‐ I need a medic!
‐ Where the hell is Teresa?
‐ She's in bad shape.
Sellitto and Eric
are with her at the hospital.
[computer beeps]
Huh.
Did you pull these swabs
from the same spot?
‐ We got the reference sample
from where Shelby's head
hit the floor,
but there was blood all over.
Back of a chair,
glass from a picture frame,
edge of a marble table.
Why?
‐ We gotta call Lincoln.
I've got a suspect.
‐ You can't run DNA that fast.
‐ I took a shortcut.
As I was preparing
Shelby's blood to crosscheck,
I ran a simple CBC
on all the sample spots.
Turns out,
three distinct people.
Must've been some fight.
‐ We're saying there are
two accomplices?
‐ Yes,
but on two of them,
Shelby's
and one of the other's,
the red blood cell counts
were low.
Very low.
They both have
thalassemia intermedia.
‐ Which tells us what?
‐ It's nothing serious,
but it's rare.
I mean, the chances of it
being random are next to nil.
They're related.
‐ Felix.
‐ On the same page.
Just give me a minute,
and‐‐boom.
Shelby has no full siblings,
but she does have
a half brother.
Brendan Kenny,
arrests for drugs, theft, B&E.
His rap sheet takes up more
room than you have screens.
‐ So she needed cash
and she knew who to turn to.
‐ She and her brother
and whoever number three is,
they hatch a plan to kidnap her
rich boss' daughter,
pay off her debts, give him
money for drugs or whatever.
‐ But why did they turn on her?
‐ People snap
for all kinds of reasons.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm so sorry.
♪ ♪
‐ Mike.
She is not gonna be able
to talk to us.
‐ I've interviewed people
in worse shape, okay?
We need to find Teresa.
‐ [sighs]
Shelby.
Shelby.
NYPD.
‐ It's okay.
It's okay.
‐ Where's Teresa Martinez?
‐ [gasps]
I don't know.
‐ You don't know?
Come on.
It was your plan.
You researched the elevator.
You roped your brother in.
‐ No.
[pants]
I would never hurt Teresa.
Never.
‐ Shelby, Teresa was kidnapped
to pay off your debts.
We know.
‐ My debts are to pay off
my brother's debts.
Brendan gambles.
He owes people
a lot of money.
These people would've hurt him.
Killed him.
‐ What people, Shelby?
‐ He runs with a rough crowd.
[sighs]
Our father, he ditched him.
I felt bad for him.
‐ Bad enough to help kidnap
your boss' daughter?
‐ He asked a lot of questions
about her.
I thought he was
just showing interest.
I had no idea
what his plan was.
When I found out,
I freaked out.
I went to Brendan.
I told him he had to end this.
‐ So Brendan did this to you?
‐ No, no, no.
He would never do this.
I‐I talked him
into letting Teresa go,
but then this guy showed up.
‐ What guy?
‐ It's got to be
Brendan's accomplice.
‐ [gasps]
‐ Shelby, stay with us.
‐ [gasps]
‐ What did this guy look like?
‐ He had a face like a rat.
He was pissed that I knew.
Brendan tried to stop him,
but he thought
that I would talk.
[wheezing]
‐ I'm gonna get help.
‐ Shelby, please.
Please tell me where Teresa is.
‐ I'm sorry.
I wish I could tell you
where she was.
I don't think
they're gonna let her go.
‐ Good news and bad news.
‐ Hmm.
‐ Shelby Waites
isn't doing well.
‐ Tell me that's the bad news.
‐ [sighs]
Well, the good news is
that when the hospital
cut off her clothes
to take her into surgery‐‐
‐ You grabbed them so I could
run them for trace evidence.
You're brilliant.
‐ Well, it was Lincoln's idea.
He said,
"Run a hard evidence test‐‐"
both: "Before running
a chemical evidence test."
‐ Not my first rodeo.
‐ Yeah, well,
don't shoot the messenger.
‐ He's right though.
‐ Yeah, he sure is.
‐ Huh.
‐ What's that?
‐ With any luck, the key
to finding Brendan's location.
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
♪ ♪
‐ Mr. Martinez, what is it?
‐ The Chief said I should
come straight to you.
The kidnappers sent me
a message.
‐ What kind of message?
♪ ♪
Damn.
♪ ♪
‐ Look what they did to her.
My daughter.
I mean, how do I even know
she's still alive?
‐ The blood at the cut line
tell us she was alive
when they did this.
The finger is proof of life.
‐ Not the finger, her finger.
My daughter's finger.
‐ It's terrible, but it
tells us they're desperate,
and knows they need her alive.
‐ I want this over.
Whatever it is.
I don't care.
I want to pay now.
‐ I understand.
And if that's what
you want to do,
it's your call.
‐ But you think it's a mistake.
‐ It's a gamble.
‐ This isn't a game!
I'm not gambling with
my daughter's life.
‐ I know it's not a game,
but once they get the money,
they don't need Teresa.
But at least with Brendan,
we know we're dealing
with a petty criminal.
He's never done this before,
which means he's unpredictable.
We don't know what he'll do.
‐ [sobs]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Do you have children,
Detective?
‐ I have a son.
‐ Then maybe you understand.
‐ I do.
‐ And if it were him,
I wouldn't pay until I had to
because I would bank
on my ability to find him.
And to do that,
I'll need that finger.
‐ What?
‐ We know Teresa is being held
in a factory somewhere,
which means that finger
may contain evidence
that finds her.
♪ ♪
‐ Mr. Martinez...
if it were my family,
I'd do whatever Lincoln
thought was best.
If anyone can find
your daughter, he can.
♪ ♪
‐ Tell me we have a break.
‐ No moves yet.
Kate's multitasking,
running the finger
and the trace
from the clothes.
‐ And we know it's hers?
‐ The print is a match, yeah.
We know that she was at least
alive when he sent it.
‐ Right.
Excuse me.
Hey.
‐ Hey.
Those files you wanted?
‐ Uh‐huh?
‐ The old kidnappings
from Westchester?
‐ You got 'em?
‐ Yeah.
‐ You didn't tell anyone?
‐ No, not a soul.
‐ Can you have them sent
to Lincoln's apartment?
‐ Have what sent
to Lincoln's apartment?
‐ Thanks.
‐ I know you found something.
The only reason
you work records
is so you can
snoop the best case.
‐ I do not snoop.
I'm an armchair detective.
Sometimes I even figure out
who did it
before the investigators do.
‐ Well, you are smart.
‐ Yeah, I'm not as smart
as you are, Peter.
‐ I'm partial to forensics,
lab work,
the ability to find evidence
the detectives missed.
‐ I get why you're interested
in the Bone Collector.
If you were on the case, they'd
have caught him years ago.
‐ I mean, come on, eight years
they can't find this guy?
‐ Between us, I think they're
gonna catch him this time.
They have something new.
[dramatic music]
‐ What do you mean, "new"?
‐ Well, they got a lead,
a suspect‐‐I'm not sure.
They're not going
through channels.
♪ ♪
‐ [chuckles]
‐ I know you.
You know what they have.
‐ Well, I don't know
what they have,
but I can guess.
‐ Every finger tells a story.
I found traces of naphthalene
and tallow under the nail,
and urethane on the finger.
‐ Urethane is generally used
as a sealant.
Naphthalene and tallow are used
in old school boiler grease.
‐ So much for playing
stump the band.
‐ But there's a thousand
manufacturing sites
in New York alone.
It's a lot of
doorbells to ring.
‐ Did I say I was finished?
We found traces of Manila hemp
on Shelby's clothes.
That hemp was woven
and sealed with urethane.
She must have got the trace
from her brother.
‐ He's got her
in a rope factory.
[dramatic music]
‐ Hemp rope is manufactured in
three facilities
in the New York area,
one of them,
a factory in the Bronx,
shut down two years ago.
No new tenant.
‐ Perfect place
to keep a hostage.
‐ Except it's huge.
There's a million places
to hide in there.
‐ You said boiler grease.
There, look, the boiler room.
Middle of the complex,
away from windows...
Perfect hiding spot.
‐ Go.
We'll have ESU meet you there.
[sirens wailing]
♪ ♪
‐ ESU's still 15 minutes out.
‐ Well, we can't wait.
The deadline's in ten minutes.
‐ Can't wait,
then we go in hot.
Vest, guns.
‐ No, a show of force
like that, they'd kill her.
‐ Well, if we wait,
they're gonna kill her anyway.
‐ [sighs]
Lincoln...
You hearing this?
‐ Eric and Sellito
want to go in.
You're afraid
you'll force their hand.
‐ And?
‐ What if you go in
and they don't see you coming?
‐ How do we do that?
‐ Across the street,
the gas station.
I saw a liquid nitrogen truck.
‐ How does liquid nitrogen
help us?
‐ When nitrogen replaces
oxygen, hypoxia sets in.
They'll lose consciousness.
‐ That could kill her.
‐ You'll have a minute,
maybe two, to get her out.
Paramedics are
already standing by.
‐ It's too risky.
‐ It's worth a shot.
‐ Let's go.
Don't let anyone through.
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, pull this truck
into this driveway.
I will explain later.
I need that right now.
‐ Felix, get those blueprints
back up.
Find me an intake port.
‐ There's a standpipe
by the loading dock,
goes straight down
into the boiler room.
Plug it in, nitrogen will
flood straight into the room.
♪ ♪
‐ [grunts]
Ain't happening.
‐ Hey, paramedics only have
one oxygen canister.
That's it.
We're gonna have to share.
‐ Oxygen's the least
of our problems.
These caps are rusted solid.
They won't come off.
‐ We have two minutes.
‐ [groaning]
‐ We have another option.
We have to wait
till ESU comes.
‐ No, no, wait.
[grunting]
There we go.
‐ Hey, yeah!
All right, put it on!
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go.
‐ Okay.
[dramatic music]
‐ All right, that's as good
as it's gonna get.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Let's move.
Boiler room's this way.
‐ Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick,
don't.
‐ [whimpering]
‐ Get back.
‐ [muffled pleading]
‐ We are in the boiler room.
It's huge.
‐ I don't see her.
‐ Shh...
‐ Nick, come on.
‐ Please, I know my father.
He'll pay.
Please, just wait, please.
‐ The deadline's a minute out.
Daddy's not paying!
‐ Nick, we can still make it
out of this, please.
♪ ♪
[coughing]
‐ You said this place
was abandoned.
‐ [coughing]
‐ I can't breathe.
‐ I'm getting out of here.
[coughing]
‐ [coughing]
[gasping]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, where's
the other kidnapper?
‐ She's alive.
‐ There's a pulse.
‐ Here.
Teresa...
Teresa, I need you to breathe
into this.
‐ [coughing]
‐ Okay, you're safe.
‐ We need to get her
out of here.
‐ We're gonna get you
out of here.
‐ [coughing]
[gunshot]
‐ [grunts]
[body thumps]
♪ ♪
[siren wails]
[indistinct radio chatter]
‐ Right there, sir.
‐ Teresa, oh, my God.
‐ [sobs]
[bittersweet music]
♪ ♪+
‐ Hey.
Solved a case.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Rescued a girl...
‐ Yeah.
‐ You did good.
‐ Mike.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Thank you, partner.
‐ Well, you'd do it for me.
‐ Well, I mean...
‐ You would do it for me?
‐ It depends.
‐ [laughs]
[phone vibrating]
‐ Whoa, Lincoln.
‐ Ignore him.
‐ Everyone deserves one free
moment in life, Lincoln.
‐ Hey!
‐ Amelia...
‐ Yeah?
‐ Nice work, but I need you
over here now.
[pensive music]
♪ ♪
Next page.
I've been looking through
the files from Westchester.
‐ Oh, my God,
you found something.
‐ James Asher, kidnapped
over 30 years ago
and escaped.
‐ You think
it's the Bone Collector?
‐ Asher was being held in
a pit filled with animal bones.
Report says Asher never saw
his attacker.
It also says he seemed
to be hiding something.
He was scared.
‐ And he's alive?
Asher is still alive.
‐ In East Stroudsburg, PA.
It's an hour away
if you hit the road now.
‐ Faster if I go code three.
‐ Amelia...
‐ I'll be careful.
But if Asher is still alive
after the Bone Collector
cleaned up his old kills...
This is it, Lincoln.
We're gonna beat him.
[sirens wailing]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
James Asher?
‐ That's it.
That's where he kept me.
‐ And you never saw him,
never heard his voice?
‐ No, I, uh...
You think this has something
to do with a case now?
‐ We think whoever did this
to you didn't stop,
that he kept going.
Figured out how to
not let people go,
how to not get caught.
‐ He knows something.
Tell him.
‐ Mr. Asher, are you familiar
with the Bone Collector?
‐ The serial killer?
Oh, my God.
‐ He would've been a young man.
You might've even known him.
♪ ♪
‐ Push him gently.
‐ James?
If you know any little thing
that could help us...
‐ I saw him in the woods
when I got out.
He said he was sorry,
he was on drugs,
that he wasn't
thinking straight.
He cried.
He begged me
not to say anything.
His parents were abusive.
They'd send him away.
Promised to go to rehab.
‐ Who?
Mr. Asher, I need to know who.
‐ [sighs]
It can't be him.
He went to rehab.
He got a degree.
He got married.
He and his wife have been
in this house.
‐ Okay, and if he's
never hurt anyone again,
then that is okay,
but if we are right,
I need to know who.
‐ My cousin.
I got cheating off him
in chemistry.
I was scared.
I told him
he was cheating off me.
I was a kid.
I wasn't...
‐ Get a name.
‐ James...
I need that name.
♪ ♪
‐ Peter.
Peter Taylor.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, my God.
I know him.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
"Lincoln Rhyme"...
‐ He's watching you.
‐ Rachel.
It's my sister.
‐ How is Rachel?
‐ She's resilient.
Lincoln, it's my fault.
‐ You can't take
responsibility.
‐ What I do,
it put her in harm's way.
‐ And you saved her.
‐ That's him.
It's the Bone Collector.
‐ So if we're right,
Barry Rocco is buried
somewhere in that field.
‐ We find that body, we find
a link to the Bone Collector.
The body is gone.
‐ Can't get ahead of this guy.
‐ How the hell does he know
what we're doing?
‐ You're the Bone Collector.
‐ I am.
‐ You're insane.
[muffled whimpers]
‐ It's not what you think.
I can't help feeling
this might be the most foolish
thing I've ever done‐‐
freeing you.
‐ Peter.
‐ Got it.
Thank you!
‐ Okay, I gotta go.
‐ Teresa, what is it?
What's wrong?
‐ We'll talk about it later,
Dad.
‐ Or we can talk about it now.
‐ You're playing candidate
tonight.
I don't wanna be
your bad optic.
‐ Hey, T, who's the one
who taught me to be open?
Talk about what's on your mind?
‐ What's on my mind
is keeping you on track
to talk about what's important
tonight:
destigmatizing mental illness,
putting money into schools,
making kids feel safe to talk
about their feelings.
‐ Maybe you should be running.
‐ [chuckles]
Look, I support your message,
Dad.
I just don't wanna be
a political prop,
and I don't want Mom's death
or my issues
to be turned into
a talking point.
‐ Sweetheart, you know
I wouldn't do that.
‐ We'll talk later.
‐ Security's waiting out back.
I'll let them know
you're on your way.
She's coming out now.
‐ Yes, sir.
Standing by.
[suspenseful music]
[clanging]
♪ ♪
Anyone have eyes on Teresa?
No, she hasn't come out
of the building yet.
Mr. Martinez, she never
came out of the building.
I don't know where she is.
♪ ♪
‐ You two have that sound,
that "this is important" sound.
‐ He's developing
a sixth sense.
It's about Alex Martinez.
‐ The guy running for Congress?
‐ The guy who is gonna win,
hopefully.
He's got the young vote.
Even Rachel is knocking
on doors for him.
‐ So if he's not dead, who is?
‐ No one yet,
but his daughter Teresa
vanished from
the campaign office
and hasn't been seen since.
‐ Kidnapping?
‐ Yeah,
that's how we're treating it.
Now, Teresa left the
Regency Arms reception lobby.
She heads
to a service entrance.
Video tracks the whole route.
‐ The only area
without cameras in it
is a service hallway
with nowhere to hide.
She walks into the hall,
doesn't come out.
‐ Crime scene techs scoured
her every step.
No sign of a struggle,
nothing.
She never made it to
her security detail out back.
It's like she just disappeared.
‐ NYPD's running traffic pods,
security cams,
cell phone video.
I mean, we've got nothing.
‐ Why the personal security?
‐ Martinez is
pushing big change.
The old guard
don't like that.
‐ The millionaire man
of the people.
‐ I mean, he may be rich,
but Alexander Martinez
is one of the good guys.
‐ I'm skeptical
of all politicians.
‐ Then take politics out of it.
This is a man whose
daughter is missing.
I get how he feels.
‐ Then let's get down there.
Whoever took Teresa had
to leave behind
some kind of trace.
Only way to find her
is to find them.
♪ ♪
Tell me what you see.
Look for anything out
of the ordinary.
♪ ♪
‐ I got nothing.
You?
‐ Not yet.
Keep looking.
‐ The ceiling has
no access panel.
Floors look solid.
‐ Wait, what's that?
‐ What?
Where?
‐ On the floor.
♪ ♪
‐ Looks like powder...
With bits of‐‐
‐ Drywall?
‐ Yeah.
‐ See if you can move
that shelf unit out of the way.
‐ [grunts]
♪ ♪
Lincoln, these screws
have been loosened.
[grunts, gasps]
It's a laundry chute.
‐ Shine a light
toward the floor.
‐ What are you thinking?
Why would there be
a laundry chute here?
‐ I'm thinking that's not
a laundry chute.
Felix, give me the blueprints
for the Regency Arms,
circa 1930.
♪ ♪
‐ Found the blueprints,
but it's not a hotel.
It was a bank.
‐ Okay, and?
‐ Banks in the '20s and '30s
were dangerous places.
Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson,
Bonnie and Clyde.
You had enough firepower,
you could walk in poor
and walk out rich.
Banks turned to
heavy steel vaults
that could withstand robbers,
mobs, natural disasters.
They emptied the cash drawer
every hour.
Tellers placed money in a bag,
and dropped it down
a cash chute.
‐ Dropped it into what?
‐ Usually, a vault.
♪ ♪
‐ This vault has been
sealed off for years.
They drop her down here,
she lands on the mattress,
then they exit
without anyone seeing.
‐ Yup, there's
a service exit out there.
No cameras‐‐
it's not in use.
‐ Wait, I got something.
[grunts]
♪ ♪
Her purse.
Must've gotten caught
on the inside lock release.
♪ ♪
Ooh, that smell.
‐ Yeah.
Chloroform.
Now we know how they got her
in the chute.
‐ Amelia,
get that purse back to Kate.
Full forensics on the chute
and the mattress
for any trace of our missing
girl or her kidnapper.
‐ Got it.
[footsteps approaching]
‐ Teresa's father
just got a ransom demand.
We need to move fast.
♪ ♪
‐ They want me to say this.
Two million dollars
wired to an account
that will come later.
If they don't have the money
by noon tomorrow,
they'll kill me.
‐ You have to find her.
We have 22 hours
to find my daughter.
♪ ♪
[foreboding music]
♪ ♪
One of my volunteers found the
envelope
with the thumb drive inside.
‐ We'll run it for prints.
‐ Why was Teresa here
this morning?
‐ "New York Magazine" is doing
a spread on me.
She agreed to a photo.
‐ So they knew
she would be here.
‐ I suppose.
‐ Okay, we're gonna need a list
of anyone who had access,
who knew her schedule, friends,
colleagues, enemies.
‐ Enemies?
People love Teresa.
She works helping
troubled teens.
I like to think
I'm compassionate;
she puts me to shame.
‐ Can you think of anyone else
who may be targeting you?
‐ I'm stirring things up.
A lot of people don't like it,
not just
Aaron Fraser supporters.
He's held office
28 years now, and...
[sighs]
People don't like change.
‐ So no other ideas about
who could've taken her.
‐ No, I‐‐I don't know
if it's anything,
but before she left, Teresa
was upset at me, I think,
but she wouldn't tell me why.
‐ You think it was personal?
‐ Usually I can read her
like a book.
When her mother died,
she took it hard.
Really depressed,
and I think going through that,
getting her treatment,
it made us close.
But lately,
with the campaign...
I swore, I wouldn't let
all this come between us.
[knock on door]
Excuse me.
Are we good?
‐ Your accountant
is liquidating some stocks.
We'll have enough cash on hand
to pay the ransom
by end of day.
‐ Thank you.
Shelby Waites,
my Campaign Manager.
‐ The campaign is
the last thing any of us
are worried about right now.
‐ Delicate topic.
We don't want him to pay
until the deadline tomorrow.
Paying may get Teresa back.
It also may render her
expendable.
‐ Mr. Martinez, we all wanna
get your daughter back.
We just ask that
you coordinate with us
before wiring any funds.
‐ I don't care about the money.
‐ And you don't want to look
like you're stalling.
Not to the kidnappers‐‐
‐ Or to the voters?
Is that what
you were gonna say?
‐ Public opinion will weigh in.
‐ Look,
I don't care about anything.
The campaign, my base,
the polls.
All I want is Teresa home.
‐ That's all any of us
care about,
but we just want
to have the best shot
at catching whoever did this.
‐ And you think if I pay,
they might hurt her anyway?
‐ A delay will give us time
to do our job
to get your daughter back.
‐ 21 1/2 hours.
You want me to wait
all that time and do nothing?
‐ [sighs]
[suspenseful music]
[gasps]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
I got this.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you.
You okay?
♪ ♪
‐ You know, kidnappings.
They, uh, affect me
differently.
You know, knowing
someone's out there,
captive, um...
‐ It triggers you,
I know, because of what
happened to Rachel.
‐ Yeah.
‐ But you're stronger
than you think you are.
‐ [chuckles]
I keep telling myself that.
‐ Good.
Even so, you're right.
Kidnappings
are a different animal.
With murder,
we fight for the dead.
With kidnappings,
we fight to keep someone alive
so one doesn't turn
into the other.
♪ ♪
You got something?
‐ Yeah.
No, I mean, yes, it's about
the Bone Collector, though,
and now's not the time.
‐ Amelia,
ideas come when they come.
Just spill it.
‐ You said kidnapping is
a different animal than murder.
The Bone Collector,
with all of his murders,
at least most of them,
he takes them, disables them,
kills them.
‐ All right, and kidnappings
turn into murder.
And?
‐ And we've looked
at almost anything
that could be a cold case
Bone Collector murder,
but what about
a cold case kidnapping?
One that didn't turn to murder?
‐ A victim who got away
and who might still be alive.
‐ Yeah, I mean, he's cleaned up
all of his murders, but this?
This would be
so far off his radar.
We might be able
to find someone
who could help us ID him.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ If I knew real romance ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My heart was getting free ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Now I don't have a trace ♪
♪ Of what you're doing to me ♪
‐ [sighs]
♪ ♪
‐ ♪ Your smile,
your soft sweet voice ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Captures me effortlessly ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I have no other choice ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ [sobs]
♪ ♪
[pants]
[knock on door]
‐ Hello?
[knock on door]
Is someone in there?
Hello?
Oh, I‐I thought
this space was empty.
‐ It is.
Super has me doing some work.
‐ Oh, I'm representing
an artist
who's looking for a work space.
Is there any way I could just
take a quick look around?
‐ Now's not a good time.
‐ Oh, that's okay.
I just want to get
a feel for the space.
‐ There was a leak.
The place is a mess.
Come back next week.
‐ Oh, I just‐‐uh...
[country music plays]
‐ You shouldn't have opened
the box.
‐ We got a lead on Teresa.
‐ Eric went through video
at the Regency Arms.
‐ I thought
that was a dead end.
‐ He went back to when Teresa
came in this morning.
Found this.
♪ ♪
‐ Excellent.
You got prints
from the banister.
‐ And we got a suspect,
Max Montel‐‐
four arrests for possession.
Last one sent him
to a treatment program
instead of jail.
Now the place treats
addiction, depression.
Guess who was there getting
treatment for her depression
at the same time.
‐ Teresa Martinez.
‐ Wait a second.
Look, ten o'clock right there.
‐ Huh.
[tires squeal]
And of course he's running.
They always run.
Guess I'm getting out, huh?
‐ I got 'em.
Stop!
NYPD!
♪ ♪
I said stop!
♪ ♪
[police sirens wail]
NYPD!
Stop!
[brakes screech]
♪ ♪
‐ [grunts]
‐ It's never a good idea
to run on me.
‐ All right, all right!
I'm done!
‐ Listen, get up!
‐ Look, man, I don't know
what you think I did,
but I'm innocent, all right?
‐ Innocent, huh?
Sorry, Mike,
this guy is innocent.
He's just running
for the cardio right now.
‐ Look, I had an ounce of weed
on me, okay?
It's a probation violation.
‐ It sure is,
just like kidnapping.
So where's Teresa Martinez?
‐ Teresa's missing?
Yo, I didn't take her.
I'm her boyfriend.
‐ Yeah, well, that's funny,
'cause nobody seems
to know you were dating.
Nobody even mentioned you.
‐ That's because
I wasn't ready.
Her dad's become
this folk hero.
The press follow him,
his family‐‐it's too much.
I'm still working on
my sobriety.
I have my slip‐ups.
‐ So you want us to believe
that was a lover's spat
in the hotel this morning?
‐ It wasn't even a fight.
I went there to tell her
not to do the photo.
‐ Easy.
‐ Look, Teresa was upset
with her dad, okay?
I told her either confront him
or walk away.
‐ Confront him about what?
‐ I don't know.
I don't know.
Look, we were at dinner
last night,
and she goes to the bathroom,
and then I see some guy
talking with her.
This dude is heated.
When she sits back down,
she's ready to cry,
and she won't even tell me why.
Just that it was something
to do with her dad.
That's all I know.
You've got to help her.
‐ Lincoln!
‐ Everything all right?
‐ All good.
‐ Then why were you yelling?
‐ I just wanted you
to know how it feels.
Which I realize now might
have been poor judgment.
‐ So we've been analyzing
everything we have.
‐ You got Max's fingerprint
on the thumb drive?
Residue on the envelope?
‐ Amelia called.
She said that Max went straight
to work from the hotel.
So coworkers confirm it.
He alibis out.
‐ Which puts Dad in our sights.
‐ Except for this.
It was hidden in the lining
of her purse.
It's a tracking device.
‐ GPS?
‐ Yeah, state of the art.
‐ The kidnapper
was keeping tabs on her.
‐ Yeah, I ran
the serial number,
which led to a place
of purchase,
which led to a credit card‐‐
‐ Was it her father or not?
‐ Not.
Bought by one Jerry Burgess.
Matches Max's description
of the guy
who upset Teresa last night.
‐ And get this.
Burgess works
for an oppo research firm,
digging up dirt
on politicians' opponents.
‐ And let me guess.
His firm was working
for Congressman Aaron Fraser,
28‐year incumbent currently
running against Alex Martinez.
‐ You think Aaron Fraser
kidnapped
his opponent's daughter?
‐ Come on, guys,
this isn't "House of Cards."
‐ Then why'd you plant
a tracer in Teresa's purse?
‐ Do you have my prints
on the tracer?
On the purse?
‐ A girl was kidnapped.
If you had nothing to do
with it, then help us.
‐ Sorry, I have obligations
to my client.
‐ Well, what about obligations
to yourself?
'Cause here's the thing,
Jerry...
We have an eyewitness
IDing you with Teresa.
You upset her pretty bad.
A day later, she's gone?
How's your boss gonna feel
when we link his campaign
to his opponent's daughter's
disappearance?
‐ [sighs]
Look, I got a lead
on some dirt.
I was doing my homework.
She caught me following her.
I decided to tell her,
see if she'd dig herself
a deeper hole.
‐ What do you have on Teresa?
‐ Martinez is supposed to be
clean as a whistle.
Turns out she was
siphoning money to herself
through the campaign.
25K a month.
She was on the payroll,
but no one
there's ever seen her.
‐ She was embezzling?
‐ That's what I thought,
but she didn't have a clue.
She was furious.
Daddy's funneling
campaign money somewhere,
but not to her.
‐ Then to who?
‐ I wish I knew.
She was gonna confront him.
She swore if it were true,
she'd go to the press herself,
which suited us fine.
My two cents.
She called him on it,
didn't like his answer,
she's gonna follow through.
Daddy had to find a way
to stop her.
♪ ♪
‐ You're accusing me
of being involved
in my own daughter's
kidnapping?
‐ We have evidence you're
siphoning 25 grand a month
from your own campaign.
Teresa found out.
Now she wants to go public.
‐ That's insane.
I'm not running for money.
I'm doing it
to make a difference,
to give people a chance.
‐ Please, spare us
the stump speech, Mr. Martinez.
‐ Look, we know your daughter
was upset with you.
We just need to know why.
‐ I told you,
she wouldn't tell me.
I don't need
25 grand a month!
I need you to find my daughter!
Go ahead, open my books.
I'll have Shelby
give you full access.
You'll see I have
nothing to hide.
You have 15 hours.
Do what you need to do.
I'll pay the ransom.
I won't gamble with her life.
[inaudible]
‐ Problem with the speakers?
I'm no Felix,
but I set up the surround sound
in my own apartment.
Just saying.
‐ Take away one of the senses,
the others come to the fore.
I've been playing this
over and over.
‐ You see more if you're not
distracted by her words.
‐ Listening to a scared
young woman draws your emotion.
Take that away
and tell me what you see.
‐ There,
that sign in the corner.
Does the video
catch any more of it?
‐ That's all we need.
‐ Let me guess.
The rivets used to fasten
the sign to the wall
are antiques
made in Poughkeepsie.
‐ No.
The sign itself.
It's white text
on a green color strip
all on a white background.
Colors of an OSHA safety sign.
They're keeping her
in a factory.
‐ Gotta be abandoned.
There are tons.
Any idea what was made
in the factory
to narrow it down?
‐ That's why
I'm still watching.
‐ Right.
[computer beeps]
‐ Felix, you found something
at campaign headquarters?
‐ Fraud, embezzlement,
poorly hidden paper trail.
‐ Alexander Martinez is dirty.
‐ I'm not talking about
Martinez.
I'm talking Shelby Waites.
‐ The campaign manager.
‐ Martinez authorized Shelby
to make petty cash withdrawals
in his name.
That's where the cash
came from,
and why it looked like
he was the one stealing.
‐ Yes, it did.
‐ Shelby is over 65 grand
in debt.
Bank accounts are empty,
maxed out cash advances
on her credit cards.
‐ So she was the one who
was desperate for the money.
‐ And kidnapping
Teresa Martinez
is how she plans to fix it.
We've got to get to her fast.
‐ Eric, Amelia, and Sellitto
are already on their way
to her place.
‐ NYPD!
♪ ♪
‐ Clear.
♪ ♪
‐ Clear!
‐ All clear.
‐ Over here!
‐ Oh, my God.
‐ Shelby Waites.
It's light but there's a pulse.
‐ I need a medic!
‐ Where the hell is Teresa?
‐ She's in bad shape.
Sellitto and Eric
are with her at the hospital.
[computer beeps]
Huh.
Did you pull these swabs
from the same spot?
‐ We got the reference sample
from where Shelby's head
hit the floor,
but there was blood all over.
Back of a chair,
glass from a picture frame,
edge of a marble table.
Why?
‐ We gotta call Lincoln.
I've got a suspect.
‐ You can't run DNA that fast.
‐ I took a shortcut.
As I was preparing
Shelby's blood to crosscheck,
I ran a simple CBC
on all the sample spots.
Turns out,
three distinct people.
Must've been some fight.
‐ We're saying there are
two accomplices?
‐ Yes,
but on two of them,
Shelby's
and one of the other's,
the red blood cell counts
were low.
Very low.
They both have
thalassemia intermedia.
‐ Which tells us what?
‐ It's nothing serious,
but it's rare.
I mean, the chances of it
being random are next to nil.
They're related.
‐ Felix.
‐ On the same page.
Just give me a minute,
and‐‐boom.
Shelby has no full siblings,
but she does have
a half brother.
Brendan Kenny,
arrests for drugs, theft, B&E.
His rap sheet takes up more
room than you have screens.
‐ So she needed cash
and she knew who to turn to.
‐ She and her brother
and whoever number three is,
they hatch a plan to kidnap her
rich boss' daughter,
pay off her debts, give him
money for drugs or whatever.
‐ But why did they turn on her?
‐ People snap
for all kinds of reasons.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm so sorry.
♪ ♪
‐ Mike.
She is not gonna be able
to talk to us.
‐ I've interviewed people
in worse shape, okay?
We need to find Teresa.
‐ [sighs]
Shelby.
Shelby.
NYPD.
‐ It's okay.
It's okay.
‐ Where's Teresa Martinez?
‐ [gasps]
I don't know.
‐ You don't know?
Come on.
It was your plan.
You researched the elevator.
You roped your brother in.
‐ No.
[pants]
I would never hurt Teresa.
Never.
‐ Shelby, Teresa was kidnapped
to pay off your debts.
We know.
‐ My debts are to pay off
my brother's debts.
Brendan gambles.
He owes people
a lot of money.
These people would've hurt him.
Killed him.
‐ What people, Shelby?
‐ He runs with a rough crowd.
[sighs]
Our father, he ditched him.
I felt bad for him.
‐ Bad enough to help kidnap
your boss' daughter?
‐ He asked a lot of questions
about her.
I thought he was
just showing interest.
I had no idea
what his plan was.
When I found out,
I freaked out.
I went to Brendan.
I told him he had to end this.
‐ So Brendan did this to you?
‐ No, no, no.
He would never do this.
I‐I talked him
into letting Teresa go,
but then this guy showed up.
‐ What guy?
‐ It's got to be
Brendan's accomplice.
‐ [gasps]
‐ Shelby, stay with us.
‐ [gasps]
‐ What did this guy look like?
‐ He had a face like a rat.
He was pissed that I knew.
Brendan tried to stop him,
but he thought
that I would talk.
[wheezing]
‐ I'm gonna get help.
‐ Shelby, please.
Please tell me where Teresa is.
‐ I'm sorry.
I wish I could tell you
where she was.
I don't think
they're gonna let her go.
‐ Good news and bad news.
‐ Hmm.
‐ Shelby Waites
isn't doing well.
‐ Tell me that's the bad news.
‐ [sighs]
Well, the good news is
that when the hospital
cut off her clothes
to take her into surgery‐‐
‐ You grabbed them so I could
run them for trace evidence.
You're brilliant.
‐ Well, it was Lincoln's idea.
He said,
"Run a hard evidence test‐‐"
both: "Before running
a chemical evidence test."
‐ Not my first rodeo.
‐ Yeah, well,
don't shoot the messenger.
‐ He's right though.
‐ Yeah, he sure is.
‐ Huh.
‐ What's that?
‐ With any luck, the key
to finding Brendan's location.
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
♪ ♪
‐ Mr. Martinez, what is it?
‐ The Chief said I should
come straight to you.
The kidnappers sent me
a message.
‐ What kind of message?
♪ ♪
Damn.
♪ ♪
‐ Look what they did to her.
My daughter.
I mean, how do I even know
she's still alive?
‐ The blood at the cut line
tell us she was alive
when they did this.
The finger is proof of life.
‐ Not the finger, her finger.
My daughter's finger.
‐ It's terrible, but it
tells us they're desperate,
and knows they need her alive.
‐ I want this over.
Whatever it is.
I don't care.
I want to pay now.
‐ I understand.
And if that's what
you want to do,
it's your call.
‐ But you think it's a mistake.
‐ It's a gamble.
‐ This isn't a game!
I'm not gambling with
my daughter's life.
‐ I know it's not a game,
but once they get the money,
they don't need Teresa.
But at least with Brendan,
we know we're dealing
with a petty criminal.
He's never done this before,
which means he's unpredictable.
We don't know what he'll do.
‐ [sobs]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Do you have children,
Detective?
‐ I have a son.
‐ Then maybe you understand.
‐ I do.
‐ And if it were him,
I wouldn't pay until I had to
because I would bank
on my ability to find him.
And to do that,
I'll need that finger.
‐ What?
‐ We know Teresa is being held
in a factory somewhere,
which means that finger
may contain evidence
that finds her.
♪ ♪
‐ Mr. Martinez...
if it were my family,
I'd do whatever Lincoln
thought was best.
If anyone can find
your daughter, he can.
♪ ♪
‐ Tell me we have a break.
‐ No moves yet.
Kate's multitasking,
running the finger
and the trace
from the clothes.
‐ And we know it's hers?
‐ The print is a match, yeah.
We know that she was at least
alive when he sent it.
‐ Right.
Excuse me.
Hey.
‐ Hey.
Those files you wanted?
‐ Uh‐huh?
‐ The old kidnappings
from Westchester?
‐ You got 'em?
‐ Yeah.
‐ You didn't tell anyone?
‐ No, not a soul.
‐ Can you have them sent
to Lincoln's apartment?
‐ Have what sent
to Lincoln's apartment?
‐ Thanks.
‐ I know you found something.
The only reason
you work records
is so you can
snoop the best case.
‐ I do not snoop.
I'm an armchair detective.
Sometimes I even figure out
who did it
before the investigators do.
‐ Well, you are smart.
‐ Yeah, I'm not as smart
as you are, Peter.
‐ I'm partial to forensics,
lab work,
the ability to find evidence
the detectives missed.
‐ I get why you're interested
in the Bone Collector.
If you were on the case, they'd
have caught him years ago.
‐ I mean, come on, eight years
they can't find this guy?
‐ Between us, I think they're
gonna catch him this time.
They have something new.
[dramatic music]
‐ What do you mean, "new"?
‐ Well, they got a lead,
a suspect‐‐I'm not sure.
They're not going
through channels.
♪ ♪
‐ [chuckles]
‐ I know you.
You know what they have.
‐ Well, I don't know
what they have,
but I can guess.
‐ Every finger tells a story.
I found traces of naphthalene
and tallow under the nail,
and urethane on the finger.
‐ Urethane is generally used
as a sealant.
Naphthalene and tallow are used
in old school boiler grease.
‐ So much for playing
stump the band.
‐ But there's a thousand
manufacturing sites
in New York alone.
It's a lot of
doorbells to ring.
‐ Did I say I was finished?
We found traces of Manila hemp
on Shelby's clothes.
That hemp was woven
and sealed with urethane.
She must have got the trace
from her brother.
‐ He's got her
in a rope factory.
[dramatic music]
‐ Hemp rope is manufactured in
three facilities
in the New York area,
one of them,
a factory in the Bronx,
shut down two years ago.
No new tenant.
‐ Perfect place
to keep a hostage.
‐ Except it's huge.
There's a million places
to hide in there.
‐ You said boiler grease.
There, look, the boiler room.
Middle of the complex,
away from windows...
Perfect hiding spot.
‐ Go.
We'll have ESU meet you there.
[sirens wailing]
♪ ♪
‐ ESU's still 15 minutes out.
‐ Well, we can't wait.
The deadline's in ten minutes.
‐ Can't wait,
then we go in hot.
Vest, guns.
‐ No, a show of force
like that, they'd kill her.
‐ Well, if we wait,
they're gonna kill her anyway.
‐ [sighs]
Lincoln...
You hearing this?
‐ Eric and Sellito
want to go in.
You're afraid
you'll force their hand.
‐ And?
‐ What if you go in
and they don't see you coming?
‐ How do we do that?
‐ Across the street,
the gas station.
I saw a liquid nitrogen truck.
‐ How does liquid nitrogen
help us?
‐ When nitrogen replaces
oxygen, hypoxia sets in.
They'll lose consciousness.
‐ That could kill her.
‐ You'll have a minute,
maybe two, to get her out.
Paramedics are
already standing by.
‐ It's too risky.
‐ It's worth a shot.
‐ Let's go.
Don't let anyone through.
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, pull this truck
into this driveway.
I will explain later.
I need that right now.
‐ Felix, get those blueprints
back up.
Find me an intake port.
‐ There's a standpipe
by the loading dock,
goes straight down
into the boiler room.
Plug it in, nitrogen will
flood straight into the room.
♪ ♪
‐ [grunts]
Ain't happening.
‐ Hey, paramedics only have
one oxygen canister.
That's it.
We're gonna have to share.
‐ Oxygen's the least
of our problems.
These caps are rusted solid.
They won't come off.
‐ We have two minutes.
‐ [groaning]
‐ We have another option.
We have to wait
till ESU comes.
‐ No, no, wait.
[grunting]
There we go.
‐ Hey, yeah!
All right, put it on!
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go.
‐ Okay.
[dramatic music]
‐ All right, that's as good
as it's gonna get.
Let's go.
♪ ♪
Let's move.
Boiler room's this way.
‐ Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick,
don't.
‐ [whimpering]
‐ Get back.
‐ [muffled pleading]
‐ We are in the boiler room.
It's huge.
‐ I don't see her.
‐ Shh...
‐ Nick, come on.
‐ Please, I know my father.
He'll pay.
Please, just wait, please.
‐ The deadline's a minute out.
Daddy's not paying!
‐ Nick, we can still make it
out of this, please.
♪ ♪
[coughing]
‐ You said this place
was abandoned.
‐ [coughing]
‐ I can't breathe.
‐ I'm getting out of here.
[coughing]
‐ [coughing]
[gasping]
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, where's
the other kidnapper?
‐ She's alive.
‐ There's a pulse.
‐ Here.
Teresa...
Teresa, I need you to breathe
into this.
‐ [coughing]
‐ Okay, you're safe.
‐ We need to get her
out of here.
‐ We're gonna get you
out of here.
‐ [coughing]
[gunshot]
‐ [grunts]
[body thumps]
♪ ♪
[siren wails]
[indistinct radio chatter]
‐ Right there, sir.
‐ Teresa, oh, my God.
‐ [sobs]
[bittersweet music]
♪ ♪+
‐ Hey.
Solved a case.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Rescued a girl...
‐ Yeah.
‐ You did good.
‐ Mike.
‐ Yeah.
‐ Thank you, partner.
‐ Well, you'd do it for me.
‐ Well, I mean...
‐ You would do it for me?
‐ It depends.
‐ [laughs]
[phone vibrating]
‐ Whoa, Lincoln.
‐ Ignore him.
‐ Everyone deserves one free
moment in life, Lincoln.
‐ Hey!
‐ Amelia...
‐ Yeah?
‐ Nice work, but I need you
over here now.
[pensive music]
♪ ♪
Next page.
I've been looking through
the files from Westchester.
‐ Oh, my God,
you found something.
‐ James Asher, kidnapped
over 30 years ago
and escaped.
‐ You think
it's the Bone Collector?
‐ Asher was being held in
a pit filled with animal bones.
Report says Asher never saw
his attacker.
It also says he seemed
to be hiding something.
He was scared.
‐ And he's alive?
Asher is still alive.
‐ In East Stroudsburg, PA.
It's an hour away
if you hit the road now.
‐ Faster if I go code three.
‐ Amelia...
‐ I'll be careful.
But if Asher is still alive
after the Bone Collector
cleaned up his old kills...
This is it, Lincoln.
We're gonna beat him.
[sirens wailing]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[doorbell rings]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
James Asher?
‐ That's it.
That's where he kept me.
‐ And you never saw him,
never heard his voice?
‐ No, I, uh...
You think this has something
to do with a case now?
‐ We think whoever did this
to you didn't stop,
that he kept going.
Figured out how to
not let people go,
how to not get caught.
‐ He knows something.
Tell him.
‐ Mr. Asher, are you familiar
with the Bone Collector?
‐ The serial killer?
Oh, my God.
‐ He would've been a young man.
You might've even known him.
♪ ♪
‐ Push him gently.
‐ James?
If you know any little thing
that could help us...
‐ I saw him in the woods
when I got out.
He said he was sorry,
he was on drugs,
that he wasn't
thinking straight.
He cried.
He begged me
not to say anything.
His parents were abusive.
They'd send him away.
Promised to go to rehab.
‐ Who?
Mr. Asher, I need to know who.
‐ [sighs]
It can't be him.
He went to rehab.
He got a degree.
He got married.
He and his wife have been
in this house.
‐ Okay, and if he's
never hurt anyone again,
then that is okay,
but if we are right,
I need to know who.
‐ My cousin.
I got cheating off him
in chemistry.
I was scared.
I told him
he was cheating off me.
I was a kid.
I wasn't...
‐ Get a name.
‐ James...
I need that name.
♪ ♪
‐ Peter.
Peter Taylor.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh, my God.
I know him.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪