NCIS: New Orleans (2014–…): Season 6, Episode 3 - Bad Apple - full transcript
Pride travels to New York City after new DNA evidence is linked to a 20-year-old cold case from his past.
PRIDE: NCIS! Stop!
(GUN SHOTS)
(HORN HONKING)
(SIREN WAILS)
(PANTING)
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ How, how, how, how ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You gotta come on. ♪
♪ ♪
_
DR. TANAKA: I wish I had
something more concrete to tell you.
Everything appears normal.
You're sure?
We found no irregularities
in your brain scans,
and comprehensive testing of any
residual drugs in your system
all came back clean.
It's just the nightmares
I've been having are intense.
Well, you were tortured, Dwayne.
Exposed to powerful hallucinogens.
The truth is, there's still a lot
we don't understand about these drugs.
Yeah, but there must be some way
to get the nightmares to stop.
Fill the prescription I gave you.
Take the sleeping pills.
Can't risk it. Never know
when I might get called out.
You also can't risk
going weeks without
a good night's sleep.
It's dangerous physically and mentally.
And you threw that prescription
away, didn't you?
It's always the same people.
A victim from a past case,
a guy in a red suit.
Think it means something?
Maybe but not necessarily.
Just remember, it is not the dream
telling you something,
it's you telling yourself.
(PHONE BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
- _
- It's Loretta.
I need to go.
- Tell her I said hi.
- Yeah.
Dwayne.
You're just gonna toss
it again, aren't you?
Well, if the sleeping issues
persist, come back.
We could try some more...
innovative options.
Sure.
Thanks.
It's from 1998.
Uh, case 5-3-6-4.
(MOUTHS)
Yes, I need the M.E. reports
and any evidence in storage
as soon as possible, please.
Thank you.
'98... year we met.
You were still a
Jefferson Parish sheriff.
And you took over this place,
changing everything
and getting everyone's feathers ruffled.
I did make a lot of old
men mad, didn't I?
Progress usually does.
You looking into a case?
The first we worked together.
Ashley Griffin.
Teenager who went missing,
was found dead a few days later.
Jerrod Wallis was still officially
the M.E. at that point,
so it was his case.
He confirmed that a baseball bat found
with the body was the murder weapon.
But he couldn't tie it
to our prime suspect.
Elliot Whitman.
You remembering all this
from over 20 years ago?
I wish. No.
I got a call from NYPD.
They currently have
Elliot Whitman in custody.
- He's in New York?
- Evidently,
there was a fire in his apartment.
And the firefighters
broke through a wall
and discovered this hidden in the vent.
Elliot Whitman is still flagged
as a person on interest
in the Ashley Griffin murder,
so they tested for DNA.
Yeah, they're hers, Dwayne.
He kept them all these years.
He claims he had no idea
that box was in the vent.
Yeah, he's a good liar. Always was.
Well, we still have to prove it.
And they don't have enough
to hold him for very long.
I told NYPD that I would
look through the autopsy
and forensic files,
see if there was anything
I could find to help.
You know I had to cancel
a trip to New York
a couple weeks ago.
Laurel must have been very disappointed.
Sounds like this might be
a perfect time for a visit.
Yeah, when's the, uh,
the next training course taking place?
Okay, and what's the deadline
to apply for the opening?
- Got a hit on his credit card.
- Oh.
Oh, sorry. (STAMMERING)
Uh-uh-uh... that's-that's great,
that's all I needed to know.
Thank you. Bye.
What are you applying for?
Huh? I am applying...
for a refi on my house,
'cause these rates,
I'm telling you, they're dynamite.
- Did you say you found your brother?
- Not yet.
But Cade used one of his credit cards
outside of Mobile yesterday,
so he didn't go far.
Has Patton got a hit on his cell?
Been off-line for a week now.
And he hasn't reached out
to the girlfriend at all?
Not since he left her and
her son at that motel.
Man, it's just, it's weird
that they don't know why
he hid them away like that.
Well, that's why I
brought 'em back with me.
Figured they'd be safer at
my place until I find him.
Yeah, well, you know, I got an old PS3
and some games I don't play
anymore if the kid gets bored.
Bored? I live right on the
water, he can fish for hours.
Yeah, you're right. I should
probably give you my Xbox, too.
HANNAH: Any other witnesses?
What is that, a new case?
Actually, it's an old one.
Murder Pride was involved
with 20 years ago.
16-year-old, Ashley Griffin.
Daughter of the dean at a
local school for troubled kids.
Guy they thought killed
her was the same age.
HANNAH: Elliot Whitman. He was a student
at the Fresh Start Academy
where her dad worked.
Witness saw him follow Ashley
the day she went missing.
Four days later, her body was found
in a shed a couple of miles from campus.
HANNAH: She was severely beaten.
Time of death indicates
that she was kept alive
until the morning the
body was discovered.
No sign of sexual assault, though.
So the killer left her alive
just to terrorize her?
Maybe he was working up the nerve.
Pride was at JPSO then.
I didn't know he was on this case.
Another sheriff was
the lead investigator.
Pride was just brought in to assist.
Case fell apart not long
after that, though.
Whitman maintained his innocence,
and there wasn't any hard evidence.
- Why bring it up now?
- Because Pride
just got one more shot at this jerk.
PRIDE: Hey, Laurel, it's Dad.
Grabbing something to eat sounds great.
I'll keep you posted on my schedule.
- Can't wait to see you.
- (HORN HONKING)
En route to get this.
I-I-I'll try again later.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (PHONES RINGING)
Oh, thanks so much.
Special Agent Pride?
Mm. Lieutenant Baker.
Thanks for opening your doors.
We are happy for any
assistance you can give.
Whitman still in custody?
Uh, for now.
But he claims he didn't know
the box was in that vent.
Unfortunately, we were unable
to find his prints or DNA on the box
or the items inside.
Which means he's being careful.
Well, it's working. Right
now we don't have anything
that'll hold up in court.
Mind if I talk to him?
He's in interrogation with
one of my detectives.
Maybe you can get more
out of him than we have.
You understand why I'm finding
this hard to believe, right?
I don't know how many times
I can say it, Detective.
I have never seen any
of that stuff before.
Mm. So who is this
mysterious person you believe
- is hiding things in your apartment?
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hmm?
Sorry for the intrusion, Cabrera.
I got somebody here who'd like a word.
This is Special Agent Dwayne Pride
with NCIS.
You remember me, Mr. Whitman?
(CRYING)
No. No, please.
You've got to keep him away.
You can't leave me
alone with him, please.
CABRERA: Okay, okay, okay.
He'll hurt me again,
just like the last time.
CABRERA: Mr. Whitman.
BAKER: Agent Pride.
- Out!
- WHITMAN: Keep him away from me!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
So, you screwed up
your case 20 years ago
- and now you're about to screw up mine?
- BAKER: Cabrera.
First off, I never touched Whitman.
And he knows that.
But somebody did.
I was brought in to the case late.
The lead was Frank McTeague, a good cop.
30 years on the job,
but he got obsessed with Whitman.
Let it get personal.
Was there any physical evidence
tying Whitman to the murder?
No, just one witness who'd
seen him following Ashley.
That's pretty thin.
Which Elliot Whitman knew.
He was arrogant.
Taunted McTeague about how
he was gonna walk free.
Frank knew he needed a confession.
So he tried to beat it out of him.
Detective, enough.
He's right.
Whitman kept at McTeague
until he finally snapped.
I never should have left them alone.
I broke it up, but-but
the damage was done.
Whitman's family threatened to sue.
D.A. dropped the case.
We had to let him go.
Well, it's not gonna happen here.
We got this, Lou.
Cabrera, you're good but green.
Someone offers to assist
with as much experience
as Special Agent Pride,
you take that help.
We can hold Whitman on suspicion
for another 24 hours, tops.
We don't find something more concrete,
he is going to walk again.
Show him what we got.
All I want is justice
for Ashley Griffin.
It's been a long time coming.
It's not just Ashley.
Truth is, it's a lucky break
we got Whitman in custody at all.
The fire.
It started in the neighbor's apartment.
When the firefighters
broke through the wall,
they found the box.
These were in the box, too?
CABRERA: With Ashley's underwear.
Any DNA?
Nothing. These three were wiped clean.
You know what I think they are?
Trophies.
Yeah.
Which means that Whitman killed
at least three other women
over the last 20 years.
HANNAH: Tell us what you need, Pride.
We need to look at Ashley's
murder with fresh eyes.
Talk to anyone who was at the
school when she was killed.
See what they remember.
I'll start tracking 'em down.
PRIDE: Sebastian.
Loretta has all the evidence
from the '98 investigation.
Can you give her a hand?
Yeah, sure. We'll put
everything underneath
a 2019 microscope.
Okay. And we got some new leads.
NYPD forwarded you everything they have
on three items found in the same box
where Whitman kept
Ashley's undergarment.
GREGORIO: All women's things.
What, do you think they're
trophies from other kills?
PRIDE: I do. But we need to prove it.
Connect them to specific murders.
And then connect Whitman
to these victims.
We should look for similar crimes
in places where Whitman lived or worked.
Yeah, that's a good place to start.
I'm gonna check out his apartment,
but I'm reachable
if you find anything.
Most serial killers stick to
the same hunting grounds,
but Whitman's moved around
a lot in the last 20 years.
Then we'd better start digging.
Yeah.
(EXHALES)
Oh. Hey, Chris.
We weren't expecting
you back till tonight.
Oh, I'm not staying. I just wanted
to drop off some groceries.
Saw the pantry was getting low.
Aw, that's sweet. But I
actually went shopping.
I didn't want you to have
to go to any trouble.
Did you find Cade yet?
I didn't.
But he did use his credit card yesterday
just outside of Mobile.
At least that means he's okay.
My buddy's a cop out there.
He's gonna stop by the store,
see if he can find anything useful.
KELLY: Whatever's going on,
it must be pretty bad for him to just...
leave us like that.
I love my brother,
but, uh...
he's had a troubled road.
Struggled with some mental issues.
I know. He told me about
his bipolar disorder.
Yeah.
Wouldn't be the first
time he just... took off.
Cade wouldn't abandon us.
He wouldn't.
So I'll keep looking.
Thank you again for everything.
No problem.
You okay?
Yeah.
You must be worried.
I hear you and Cade
get along pretty well.
I mean, he's cool.
And he's been teaching me
to shoot three-pointers.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I remember him draining
those from the corner.
He still got a shot?
Oh, yeah.
Look, if there's anything you
think I should know about Cade,
it could stay between us.
I don't.
You sure?
Look, I said I didn't. Okay?
(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
How'd it start?
Grease fire in the neighbor's kitchen.
She tried to put it out with water,
- so it spread.
- Was Whitman home at the time?
No. Probably the only reason
the box was still in the vent
when the firefighters arrived.
DISPATCH (OVER RADIO): Unit 14, clear.
Expensive setup.
CABRERA: Oh, yeah. Guessing he spends
most of his time here.
Far as we can tell,
Whitman has no friends
or family he stays in touch with.
You get access to his phone,
social media accounts?
CABRERA: Our Crime Center's
combing through all that now.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Appreciate you looping my team in, too.
NYPD's the largest force in the nation.
There's nothing your team
can do that we can't.
- You might be surprised.
- NADINE: Ma, don't.
What am I supposed to do, live in a
hotel room for the rest of my life?
- You a cop?
- Detective.
Great.
When are you gonna be done?
- When we're done.
- The super said
he won't fix the wall until
you people say it's okay.
Excuse me, ma'am.
- You live next door?
- Yeah. And if you haven't noticed,
- I have a giant hole in the wall.
- Ma.
You have much interaction
with Elliot Whitman?
Yeah.
None of it good.
Five times I called management on him.
Leaving his trash in the hall.
Watching sicko videos so loud
- you can hear through the walls.
- He's a creep.
He's always hanging out
in the halls, staring at me
when I come visit Ma.
Sometimes I won't even
come in if he's in town.
How often is he gone?
Not often enough.
A few weeks at a time
every now and then.
I'll tell you what,
we're gonna make some calls.
See if we can't get you cleared
to start fixing that wall.
Thanks.
At least somebody gets it.
NADINE: Thank you.
Really know how to work that
Southern charm, don't you?
Being polite don't cost a thing.
We need to find out where and
when Whitman took those trips.
Try and connect him to other murders.
It's still circumstantial.
We don't have his prints
or DNA on the box, and
he claims it isn't his.
Whitman is careful,
but we're smart.
We just need to stay focused,
build this case one piece at a time.
(SIGHS)
NCIS! On the ground!
Stay down!
Stay down!
- Very exciting.
- Hey.
Don't you have evidence to be testing?
Yeah, and I'm totally,
uh, almost done with it.
Isn't that
the NCIS REACT team?
Yeah, it is. You-you know 'em?
They're... they're amazing.
They handle our most
dangerous situations.
Active shooters.
Violent felon takedowns.
What's this about?
I'm actually thinking of applying.
To REACT?
Yeah, what do you think?
It's a terrible idea.
You're a scientist, not that.
Well... man, tell me
how you really feel.
Well, I can't even believe
you're considering it.
Now...
What did you find with the evidence?
Not much.
Even using today's mass spectrometer,
I didn't detect any DNA.
So...
we've got nothing to help Pride.
Well, now, I didn't say that.
Uh, when you reviewed
these autopsy photos,
you found some inconsistencies, right?
Yes, uh, contusion patterns
and the positioning of
the radial fractures.
Yeah, well, something
was definitely off,
so I scanned it all into the system,
and the computer is now
enhancing all the images,
creating an HD replica of the wounds.
(BEEP)
And you have perfect timing.
Now, that's excellent, Sebastian.
There.
- Can you zoom in?
- Yeah.
The brain pattern
matches the wood bat
they found at the scene.
The other one has a...
crosshatched pattern.
I think it's fiberglass.
Which would mean that there
wasn't just one murder weapon.
There were two.
PRIDE: Uh... interesting.
LAUREL: Yeah, I guess.
It's an assistant manager position
in Special Events.
Ah, well, that sounds like a promotion.
You gonna take it?
No, which is exactly what
I told you two minutes ago.
Sorry, my mind wandered.
You can't blame yourself, Dad.
That sheriff was your senior officer.
And if I kept my eye on him...
Whitman might not have walked
and three more women
might still be alive today.
You said this guy was
some kind of legend
in the department, right?
Yeah, a lot of what I
know about investigating,
I learned from Frank McTeague.
So how exactly were you
supposed to stop him?
By not believing such an obvious lie.
How'd he get you out of the room?
He told me to get the kid a
soda and something to eat.
That sounds pretty legit to me.
But I knew how much McTeague
hated Whitman by then.
I should have figured
out what he was planning.
You weren't his babysitter, Dad.
(SCOFFS) Honey...
CABRERA: Excuse me.
Sorry to interrupt.
You must be Laurel.
PRIDE: Honey...
Detective Cabrera.
David.
- (BEEPING)
- Place was my suggestion.
Hope it's okay.
It's perfect.
You have excellent taste.
Only the best
for Special Agent Pride.
We have such respect for your father.
Is there something I can
help you with, Cabrera?
I have been working with
your team in New Orleans.
- Mm-hmm.
- I like that, uh...
uh, Gregorio?
(CHUCKLES) She reminds me of my sister.
She's a real ballbuster.
You might want to keep
that comparison to yourself.
(LAUGHS)
Nah. She gets me.
Anyway, they identified
murders in three other states
that they think they can connect
to the items in Whitman's box.
All with the same M.O.
You okay hearing this?
I'm a cop's kid; nothing shocks me.
I was a cop's kid, too.
We should... compare notes sometime.
Okay. Cabrera.
Anyway...
three murders, same M.O.
Women abducted, kept
alive for several days,
then beat to death and dumped.
All right, so we need to get
Whitman's travel information.
We got it from his e-mails, calendars.
We can place him a couple
hours' drive from all three.
Well, that's enough
to arrest him, right?
- Should be.
- Problem is,
we got more than we bargained for.
Your team didn't just find those three.
They found four more.
Four additional murders?
Almost identical.
Women kept alive for
several days, then killed,
all across the U.S.
Only Whitman...
he was nowhere near those other four.
He couldn't have done it.
Well, that fits in with
our M.E.'s analysis
of Ashley Griffin's murder.
She says that two weapons
were used.
Blows were delivered
from opposite directions with
different levels of force.
Two killers.
And one of 'em's still out there.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)
Laurel's new place is-is great.
It's really charming.
WADE: So, smaller than a closet,
louder than a rock concert?
That's right.
Really has that New York...
- (HORN HONKING)
- ...feel.
Hey, nothing in the evidence
to identify the second killer?
No.
Sebastian ran everything collected
at the time for DNA
but didn't get any hits.
Yeah, well, maybe...
Hank Griffin...
can point us
to someone.
Ashley's father?
Yeah. He, uh, he just
got back into town.
Hannah and Chris are heading
there to talk to him,
see if he can tell us who Whitman
- was close to at the school.
- Well, if they've got
a name and it's in the system,
we can run it against
our forensic files.
That sounds like a
plan. Thanks, Loretta.
That count as cyberstalking, or...?
Dad, this is... vetting.
He's your partner.
Temporary partner.
Just looking out for
you, like I always do.
You seem to be blushing just a tad.
Mm...
(CHUCKLES)
Yep.
GRIFFIN: If those idiot
sheriffs hadn't have blown it,
he'd be sitting in a cell right now.
Everybody knew that Elliot was guilty.
You think they actually might
be able to get him this time?
(SIGHS)
We don't know.
And I promise you, we'll do our best,
Mr. Griffin.
That snake has been walking free...
(VOICE BREAKING) for 20 years.
While my little baby's...
Sorry.
LASALLE: We read all
the original interviews,
but we're trying to get a
fuller picture of Whitman.
When he came to Fresh Start,
he wasn't much different
than the other students.
Mother was alcoholic.
Father wanted nothing to do with him.
Sounds like he was dealt
a pretty rough hand.
A lot of people are.
That's no excuse for bad behavior.
Elliot was sneaky
and manipulative.
Thought he was so much
smarter than everybody else.
Your school used some
rather controversial
disciplinary methods.
Solitary confinement. Shaved
heads. Corporal punishment.
When it was called for.
Yes.
Our job was to turn those kids around.
He have any issues with Ashley
prior to her disappearance?
Not that I knew of.
Ashley didn't go to Fresh Start,
but...
she was on campus visiting me a lot.
And there would have been
plenty of opportunities
for them to have interacted.
Is there anyone you can
think of that Whitman
- was close to?
- No.
His arrogance didn't
make him any friends
with the faculty or students.
Spent most of his time alone.
Though I think...
he talked to Parker Lacey sometimes.
Who's Parker Lacey?
He was Elliot's peer mentor
when he first arrived
and one of our success stories.
The program... really worked for Parker.
Was he at the school
when Ashley disappeared?
No, he graduated a couple years earlier.
But Parker always kept
in touch with Elliot.
I was impressed by that,
because the two of 'em couldn't
have been more different.
What do you mean?
Elliot was antisocial.
Always had his head in a computer.
And Parker,
he was popular with everybody.
He was a hell of an athlete, too.
He happen to play baseball?
Actually, he was captain
of the school team.
GREGORIO: So, this Parker
Lacey went to Fresh Start
for anger management issues.
Got into a lot of fights
at his old school.
Lives in Cincinnati with
his wife and two kids.
He's never been arrested.
What's your problem?
I'm thinking of applying to...
be a part of the REACT team.
Really?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Huh.
Well, I'm thinking of
applying to the Royal Ballet.
Maybe we'll both get lucky.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
Nugget.
Wait, you're serious?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Never thought...
Well, never mind.
REACT? Really?
What? Why?
Why does everyone respond like that?
You got to admit, it's
a little unexpected.
Yeah, well, I've been growing
as a field agent the last two years.
- I mean...
- And you're great,
but REACT is on a whole other level.
Like, why the sudden interest?
I don't know. I guess, uh, sometimes,
I just feel like I'm the...
little brother.
You know? Like I'm this
geek that's surrounded
by all these people with
all this experience.
I just... I want to be able
to stand on my own two feet.
You know how much we love
and respect you, right?
You don't have to prove
anything to any of us.
(PHONE RINGS)
It's Pride.
Hey.
Hey. Looking good, Brooklyn.
Bite me, Jersey.
What's up?
Cincinnati cops bringing Lacey or what?
Went by his home and
office, but he's gone.
Wife said he took off
for a fishing trip.
PRIDE: Supposedly unreachable.
- That's convenient.
- SEBASTIAN: Yeah.
Well, we have something that might help.
Parker Lacey works as
an energy consultant
for a lot of municipal
government agencies.
GREGORIO: Means a lot of his travel
is a matter of public record.
SEBASTIAN: Right, so,
here are the four murders we found
that match the M.O.
but for which Whitman has alibis.
And here are the cities
where Parker Lacey was working
at the time those
murders were committed.
All close enough to drive.
That's good work.
There's more.
No wonder you love these guys.
Thank you. So, the woman
who was killed in
Mississippi was married
to a systems manager that worked
at the same company as Elliot Whitman.
Yeah, turns out that the
husband fired Whitman
four months before his wife was killed.
One of 'em feels wronged,
the other one gets even?
Yeah, and whichever one has
a connection to the victim,
that's the one who has a
solid alibi for the murder.
But they didn't kill the
husband... they killed his wife.
GREGORIO: No, but you had to
see this poor guy on the news
when she went missing. He was a mess.
Which is exactly what
Whitman and Lacey intended.
They enjoy
making their real targets suffer.
That's why they keep the
victims alive for several days.
Means Ashley wasn't the original target.
Her father was.
All right.
Keep digging into Lacey.
See if we can track him down.
- All right.
- All right.
These two are sick.
They probably get off on the
planning and the anticipation
as much as the killing.
Why hasn't Whitman asked for a lawyer?
CABRERA: He said
he didn't need one
because he's innocent.
Maybe because he wants to be in custody.
Perfect alibi
when another murder
happens with the same M.O.
Yeah. Worked for 'em every time before.
It's why we can't find Lacey.
That bastard's taking another victim.
Where is she, Whitman?
Hmm?
- Who?
- You know damn well who.
Nadine Schiff.
Your neighbor's daughter. Same neighbor
that complained about you
to building management.
That piss you off? Huh?
That why you went after her?
I'm confused.
Did something happen to Nadine?
We just got word she never
made it home last night.
WHITMAN: Oh.
That doesn't sound good.
But I've been right here with you.
You son of a bitch. If
Lacey hurts her, I...
Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Don't give him the satisfaction.
(EXHALES)
Lacey?
I knew a-a Parker Lacey
back in high school.
Haven't spoken in
almost 20 years, though.
But I'm happy to hear
that you've identified
the real killer.
Does that mean that you're
gonna be letting me go now?
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Pride.
Thanks.
I got Parker Lacey's photo
to every cop in the state.
I just heard Nadine Schiff's
car was found abandoned
outside the city.
Yeah. CSU's on the way.
See if they can recover anything useful.
She could already be dead.
I don't think so.
To get Whitman in the clear,
they need to stick to
the established M.O.
Right? Keep her alive for a while.
But he could be hiding her anywhere.
Not easy to hide victims
the way they've managed to
over the years.
Especially not with everyone
on high alert looking for 'em.
But they did it
at least eight times that we know about.
Lacey works
as an energy consultant.
Perfect cover for travel.
Bet it also allows him access
to restricted information.
Maps of utility buildings,
pipe and tunnel networks.
New York has hundreds of
miles of utility tunnels.
If he's got Nadine down
there, we'll never find her.
Get in touch with Con Ed and
any other utility companies.
Have 'em check for security breaches.
I'll have my team look into
Lacey's work history,
see if they can find anything.
I'm beginning to understand why
your Sheriff McTeague beat
the hell out of this guy.
Any luck narrowing down where
Lacey might be hiding Nadine?
Not yet. I got his credentials,
but he hasn't accessed
anything compromising.
Keep looking. Nadine's
running out of time.
GREGORIO: Hey. Brianna's sister has
a picture of her wearing the bracelet.
Get us a copy of it.
Can you e-mail me that photo?
It'd be really helpful.
Thank you.
That the bracelet they found
in Whitman's apartment?
Yep. Just got confirmation it
belongs to Brianna Robbins.
She have any connection to Lacey?
Yeah. Brianna's boyfriend at the time
went to college with him.
Evidently, he replaced Lacey
as starting pitcher on the school team.
So they killed the dude's girlfriend?
(SCOFFS)
Man, we got to nail these punks.
I got it, Roy, thanks.
Will,
what's going on?
Where's your mom?
She's not here.
I just came to talk to you.
Well, we can talk.
Let's go back here.
Come on.
What's up?
Hey, whatever you got to say,
you can trust me.
Cade disappearing...
I think it was my fault.
I'm listening.
I was just trying to make some money.
You know?
So I started delivering packages.
Drugs.
I didn't take any or anything.
I was just picking 'em
up and dropping 'em off.
You get into some kind of trouble?
My backpack got stolen.
It had one of the packages in it.
Said I owed them $10,000.
You tell Cade about this?
He said he'd help, you know,
that he'd make things right.
Then he put us in the motel.
He never came back.
Con Ed doesn't have security
cameras in most of the tunnels.
But we got uniforms checking as
many access points as we can.
(PHONE RINGS)
You find something, Hannah?
Well, Sebastian did.
Lacey's way too smart
to use his company ID
for anything related
to the murder, right?
So I checked for IDs that
did access that information,
the cities where the murders took place
during those time
frames, and one popped.
But that ID doesn't seem
to belong to a real person.
Lacey created it.
SEBASTIAN: The last time the ID was used
was yesterday morning. It...
it accessed a New York
tunnel system in Midtown.
All right, send me the
exact location, Sebastian.
He's in Midtown. We need to roll.
Everybody, let's go!
(SIREN WAILING)
Con Ed said there are seven
other secured entrances
in the schematics Lacey pulled.
- Gonna need the rest of 'em opened.
- Already happening.
We have teams searching the
tunnels from every entrance.
Make sure everyone's advised
that we need to take Lacey alive.
If we don't get 'em
to turn on each other,
Whitman could still walk free.
Thank you.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
PRIDE: Hey.
NADINE: Please, please.
(NADINE CRYING)
NADINE: Nooooo.
- Please don't.
- It's okay if you want to scream.
Be as loud as you want.
- No!
- NCIS! Drop it, Lacey!
Back away!
(GUN SHOTS)
(CRYING)
Stay with her!
Hey. Okay, I'm gonna get you
- out of here. Okay?
- (CRYING) Yeh.
NCIS! Stop!
(GUN SHOTS)
(HORNS HONKING)
(SIREN WAILING)
Out of the way! Federal agent!
Get out of the way!
(CAR HORN HONKS)
Get out of the way!
- PRIDE: Hey.
- MAN: What are you doing?
- (TRUCK HORN BLARES)
- (BYSTANDERS GASP)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(INDISTINCT CROWD CHATTER)
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
(SIREN CHIRPS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (PHONES RINGING)
So, Whitman's gonna walk.
He's not out yet.
He'll insist it was all Lacey.
And with Lacey dead, there's
no one to contradict him.
If only I caught up to him sooner.
You do this a lot, don't you?
Beat yourself up over things
you have no control of?
Give it 20 years, kid.
Imagine by then,
a good cop like you will have plenty
to beat yourself up over.
We know the bracelet belonged
to Brianna Robbins of Nashville.
My team connected the ring from the box
to Janet Sutton, killed in Detroit.
But even placing him
close to these murders,
it's still circumstantial.
Without a confession,
we don't have a case.
Whitman doesn't know that
Lacey's dead yet, does he?
No. Soon as he does,
figure he'll finally
ask for that lawyer.
Get Whitman back up in interrogation.
I need to talk to him again... alone.
(DOOR OPENS)
(SIGHS)
Have you found poor Nadine yet?
In fact, we did.
She's with her mother now.
She's okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, that's...
- It's good news.
- Yeah, even better news
is that we got Parker
Lacey in custody now.
He says that you believe that
the two of you are good friends?
We are. Uh, were...
back when I knew him.
Well, I-I'm afraid he
doesn't have much nice
to say about you now.
Word he used was
"pathetic".
Parker would never call me that.
According to Lacey, this friendship
was all in your head.
You were just a lonely kid,
maybe a little bit obsessed with him?
Lacey says that you
committed all the murders,
but he admits that he helped.
He said that you threatened
to kill his wife and kids if he didn't.
He wouldn't talk to you.
Well, he's not like you, Whitman.
He has a life,
family that-that loves him.
(LAUGHING) He's throwing you
under the bus in exchange
for a deal that means
that he'll get out in time
to have some more good years with them.
(LAUGHS)
You're lying.
He gave us names, locations.
Told us all about...
Brianna Robbins.
Evidently, her boyfriend took
Lacey's spot as pitcher on
his college baseball team.
When he told you about it,
you killed Brianna in some
twisted effort to get
Parker to like you, or...?
He... he said it was my idea?
Yeah. He-he told us
you did it with a... a woman in Detroit
in 2010.
Another desperate attempt
for his attention.
Look, I never needed his attention.
We were friends, we
shared the same interests.
Killing innocent people
is not much to build a friendship on.
But I guess you're learning that now.
(KNOCKING)
Yeah.
- What you got?
- Sorry to interrupt.
Just want to let you know
the D.A.'s with Lacey now.
Should be wrapping up soon.
Good.
You were one sick kid.
Forcing him to watch you
beat Ashley like that.
That's not how it happened!
It was all his idea.
He hated Dean Griffin
for what he did to us.
And the only person that
the dean ever cared about
was Saint Ashley.
And so we took her from him.
Hmm, I just heard from Pride.
Elliot Whitman has been arrested
for the murder of Ashley Griffin.
Oh, it's great news.
Uh-huh. You need a hand?
- No, I got it.
- Ah.
Is everything all right?
You know what? No, it's not.
I'm gonna apply to this
REACT team, okay?
And I don't really care if you think
that that's a-a terrible idea.
You know, my whole life, I've
been the science nerd, the geek.
Which is fine. That's cool.
I love being a geek.
But-but NCIS has made me realize
that I can... I can be
something more, too,
you know, and I want to
know if I can do this.
I don't have anything to prove
to anybody other than myself.
And I've been training really hard,
and I'm ready to do this, so... there.
Good, because that's the
confidence you're gonna need
to get through the application tests.
You're a very sneaky
person, you know that?
Can't wait to see how it goes.
Good.
Miss Loretta?
Chris, what's wrong?
(SIGHS) It's Cade.
Got some new information,
and I think he's in trouble.
- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, I'm headed
to Alabama to look into it.
(SIGHS)
Nobody's heard from him in days.
If it's not too much trouble,
could you look for any John Does?
Uh, of course.
I'll, uh, contact the coroners
and M.E.s around Mobile,
see if there's anyone that
matches Cade's description.
(PHONE RINGING)
It's Pride.
- I'm gonna fill him in.
- Yeah.
I'll say a prayer for your brother.
Thank you. I got a
feeling he could use it.
King.
PRIDE: Of course. Take
as long as you need.
Finding your brother's the priority.
Oh, and, Chris, take Sebastian with you.
No, no, no, we'll be fine.
If there's trouble, I
want you to have backup.
Yeah, keep me updated.
- Hey, honey. Great idea.
- Hey. Yeah.
I thought we could take a
walk down to the West Village.
As long as I'm with you,
- I don't care where we go.
- (LAUGHS)
You need relish?
Uh, no, just mustard's fine.
- Hey, Pride.
- Hey.
- You want a dog?
- Uh...
No, no, I'm okay.
You don't mind the extra
company, do you?
♪ ♪
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Amsterdam", next on Global.
(GUN SHOTS)
(HORN HONKING)
(SIREN WAILS)
(PANTING)
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♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ How, how, how, how ♪
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_
DR. TANAKA: I wish I had
something more concrete to tell you.
Everything appears normal.
You're sure?
We found no irregularities
in your brain scans,
and comprehensive testing of any
residual drugs in your system
all came back clean.
It's just the nightmares
I've been having are intense.
Well, you were tortured, Dwayne.
Exposed to powerful hallucinogens.
The truth is, there's still a lot
we don't understand about these drugs.
Yeah, but there must be some way
to get the nightmares to stop.
Fill the prescription I gave you.
Take the sleeping pills.
Can't risk it. Never know
when I might get called out.
You also can't risk
going weeks without
a good night's sleep.
It's dangerous physically and mentally.
And you threw that prescription
away, didn't you?
It's always the same people.
A victim from a past case,
a guy in a red suit.
Think it means something?
Maybe but not necessarily.
Just remember, it is not the dream
telling you something,
it's you telling yourself.
(PHONE BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
- _
- It's Loretta.
I need to go.
- Tell her I said hi.
- Yeah.
Dwayne.
You're just gonna toss
it again, aren't you?
Well, if the sleeping issues
persist, come back.
We could try some more...
innovative options.
Sure.
Thanks.
It's from 1998.
Uh, case 5-3-6-4.
(MOUTHS)
Yes, I need the M.E. reports
and any evidence in storage
as soon as possible, please.
Thank you.
'98... year we met.
You were still a
Jefferson Parish sheriff.
And you took over this place,
changing everything
and getting everyone's feathers ruffled.
I did make a lot of old
men mad, didn't I?
Progress usually does.
You looking into a case?
The first we worked together.
Ashley Griffin.
Teenager who went missing,
was found dead a few days later.
Jerrod Wallis was still officially
the M.E. at that point,
so it was his case.
He confirmed that a baseball bat found
with the body was the murder weapon.
But he couldn't tie it
to our prime suspect.
Elliot Whitman.
You remembering all this
from over 20 years ago?
I wish. No.
I got a call from NYPD.
They currently have
Elliot Whitman in custody.
- He's in New York?
- Evidently,
there was a fire in his apartment.
And the firefighters
broke through a wall
and discovered this hidden in the vent.
Elliot Whitman is still flagged
as a person on interest
in the Ashley Griffin murder,
so they tested for DNA.
Yeah, they're hers, Dwayne.
He kept them all these years.
He claims he had no idea
that box was in the vent.
Yeah, he's a good liar. Always was.
Well, we still have to prove it.
And they don't have enough
to hold him for very long.
I told NYPD that I would
look through the autopsy
and forensic files,
see if there was anything
I could find to help.
You know I had to cancel
a trip to New York
a couple weeks ago.
Laurel must have been very disappointed.
Sounds like this might be
a perfect time for a visit.
Yeah, when's the, uh,
the next training course taking place?
Okay, and what's the deadline
to apply for the opening?
- Got a hit on his credit card.
- Oh.
Oh, sorry. (STAMMERING)
Uh-uh-uh... that's-that's great,
that's all I needed to know.
Thank you. Bye.
What are you applying for?
Huh? I am applying...
for a refi on my house,
'cause these rates,
I'm telling you, they're dynamite.
- Did you say you found your brother?
- Not yet.
But Cade used one of his credit cards
outside of Mobile yesterday,
so he didn't go far.
Has Patton got a hit on his cell?
Been off-line for a week now.
And he hasn't reached out
to the girlfriend at all?
Not since he left her and
her son at that motel.
Man, it's just, it's weird
that they don't know why
he hid them away like that.
Well, that's why I
brought 'em back with me.
Figured they'd be safer at
my place until I find him.
Yeah, well, you know, I got an old PS3
and some games I don't play
anymore if the kid gets bored.
Bored? I live right on the
water, he can fish for hours.
Yeah, you're right. I should
probably give you my Xbox, too.
HANNAH: Any other witnesses?
What is that, a new case?
Actually, it's an old one.
Murder Pride was involved
with 20 years ago.
16-year-old, Ashley Griffin.
Daughter of the dean at a
local school for troubled kids.
Guy they thought killed
her was the same age.
HANNAH: Elliot Whitman. He was a student
at the Fresh Start Academy
where her dad worked.
Witness saw him follow Ashley
the day she went missing.
Four days later, her body was found
in a shed a couple of miles from campus.
HANNAH: She was severely beaten.
Time of death indicates
that she was kept alive
until the morning the
body was discovered.
No sign of sexual assault, though.
So the killer left her alive
just to terrorize her?
Maybe he was working up the nerve.
Pride was at JPSO then.
I didn't know he was on this case.
Another sheriff was
the lead investigator.
Pride was just brought in to assist.
Case fell apart not long
after that, though.
Whitman maintained his innocence,
and there wasn't any hard evidence.
- Why bring it up now?
- Because Pride
just got one more shot at this jerk.
PRIDE: Hey, Laurel, it's Dad.
Grabbing something to eat sounds great.
I'll keep you posted on my schedule.
- Can't wait to see you.
- (HORN HONKING)
En route to get this.
I-I-I'll try again later.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (PHONES RINGING)
Oh, thanks so much.
Special Agent Pride?
Mm. Lieutenant Baker.
Thanks for opening your doors.
We are happy for any
assistance you can give.
Whitman still in custody?
Uh, for now.
But he claims he didn't know
the box was in that vent.
Unfortunately, we were unable
to find his prints or DNA on the box
or the items inside.
Which means he's being careful.
Well, it's working. Right
now we don't have anything
that'll hold up in court.
Mind if I talk to him?
He's in interrogation with
one of my detectives.
Maybe you can get more
out of him than we have.
You understand why I'm finding
this hard to believe, right?
I don't know how many times
I can say it, Detective.
I have never seen any
of that stuff before.
Mm. So who is this
mysterious person you believe
- is hiding things in your apartment?
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hmm?
Sorry for the intrusion, Cabrera.
I got somebody here who'd like a word.
This is Special Agent Dwayne Pride
with NCIS.
You remember me, Mr. Whitman?
(CRYING)
No. No, please.
You've got to keep him away.
You can't leave me
alone with him, please.
CABRERA: Okay, okay, okay.
He'll hurt me again,
just like the last time.
CABRERA: Mr. Whitman.
BAKER: Agent Pride.
- Out!
- WHITMAN: Keep him away from me!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
So, you screwed up
your case 20 years ago
- and now you're about to screw up mine?
- BAKER: Cabrera.
First off, I never touched Whitman.
And he knows that.
But somebody did.
I was brought in to the case late.
The lead was Frank McTeague, a good cop.
30 years on the job,
but he got obsessed with Whitman.
Let it get personal.
Was there any physical evidence
tying Whitman to the murder?
No, just one witness who'd
seen him following Ashley.
That's pretty thin.
Which Elliot Whitman knew.
He was arrogant.
Taunted McTeague about how
he was gonna walk free.
Frank knew he needed a confession.
So he tried to beat it out of him.
Detective, enough.
He's right.
Whitman kept at McTeague
until he finally snapped.
I never should have left them alone.
I broke it up, but-but
the damage was done.
Whitman's family threatened to sue.
D.A. dropped the case.
We had to let him go.
Well, it's not gonna happen here.
We got this, Lou.
Cabrera, you're good but green.
Someone offers to assist
with as much experience
as Special Agent Pride,
you take that help.
We can hold Whitman on suspicion
for another 24 hours, tops.
We don't find something more concrete,
he is going to walk again.
Show him what we got.
All I want is justice
for Ashley Griffin.
It's been a long time coming.
It's not just Ashley.
Truth is, it's a lucky break
we got Whitman in custody at all.
The fire.
It started in the neighbor's apartment.
When the firefighters
broke through the wall,
they found the box.
These were in the box, too?
CABRERA: With Ashley's underwear.
Any DNA?
Nothing. These three were wiped clean.
You know what I think they are?
Trophies.
Yeah.
Which means that Whitman killed
at least three other women
over the last 20 years.
HANNAH: Tell us what you need, Pride.
We need to look at Ashley's
murder with fresh eyes.
Talk to anyone who was at the
school when she was killed.
See what they remember.
I'll start tracking 'em down.
PRIDE: Sebastian.
Loretta has all the evidence
from the '98 investigation.
Can you give her a hand?
Yeah, sure. We'll put
everything underneath
a 2019 microscope.
Okay. And we got some new leads.
NYPD forwarded you everything they have
on three items found in the same box
where Whitman kept
Ashley's undergarment.
GREGORIO: All women's things.
What, do you think they're
trophies from other kills?
PRIDE: I do. But we need to prove it.
Connect them to specific murders.
And then connect Whitman
to these victims.
We should look for similar crimes
in places where Whitman lived or worked.
Yeah, that's a good place to start.
I'm gonna check out his apartment,
but I'm reachable
if you find anything.
Most serial killers stick to
the same hunting grounds,
but Whitman's moved around
a lot in the last 20 years.
Then we'd better start digging.
Yeah.
(EXHALES)
Oh. Hey, Chris.
We weren't expecting
you back till tonight.
Oh, I'm not staying. I just wanted
to drop off some groceries.
Saw the pantry was getting low.
Aw, that's sweet. But I
actually went shopping.
I didn't want you to have
to go to any trouble.
Did you find Cade yet?
I didn't.
But he did use his credit card yesterday
just outside of Mobile.
At least that means he's okay.
My buddy's a cop out there.
He's gonna stop by the store,
see if he can find anything useful.
KELLY: Whatever's going on,
it must be pretty bad for him to just...
leave us like that.
I love my brother,
but, uh...
he's had a troubled road.
Struggled with some mental issues.
I know. He told me about
his bipolar disorder.
Yeah.
Wouldn't be the first
time he just... took off.
Cade wouldn't abandon us.
He wouldn't.
So I'll keep looking.
Thank you again for everything.
No problem.
You okay?
Yeah.
You must be worried.
I hear you and Cade
get along pretty well.
I mean, he's cool.
And he's been teaching me
to shoot three-pointers.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I remember him draining
those from the corner.
He still got a shot?
Oh, yeah.
Look, if there's anything you
think I should know about Cade,
it could stay between us.
I don't.
You sure?
Look, I said I didn't. Okay?
(BOAT HORN BLOWING)
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
How'd it start?
Grease fire in the neighbor's kitchen.
She tried to put it out with water,
- so it spread.
- Was Whitman home at the time?
No. Probably the only reason
the box was still in the vent
when the firefighters arrived.
DISPATCH (OVER RADIO): Unit 14, clear.
Expensive setup.
CABRERA: Oh, yeah. Guessing he spends
most of his time here.
Far as we can tell,
Whitman has no friends
or family he stays in touch with.
You get access to his phone,
social media accounts?
CABRERA: Our Crime Center's
combing through all that now.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Appreciate you looping my team in, too.
NYPD's the largest force in the nation.
There's nothing your team
can do that we can't.
- You might be surprised.
- NADINE: Ma, don't.
What am I supposed to do, live in a
hotel room for the rest of my life?
- You a cop?
- Detective.
Great.
When are you gonna be done?
- When we're done.
- The super said
he won't fix the wall until
you people say it's okay.
Excuse me, ma'am.
- You live next door?
- Yeah. And if you haven't noticed,
- I have a giant hole in the wall.
- Ma.
You have much interaction
with Elliot Whitman?
Yeah.
None of it good.
Five times I called management on him.
Leaving his trash in the hall.
Watching sicko videos so loud
- you can hear through the walls.
- He's a creep.
He's always hanging out
in the halls, staring at me
when I come visit Ma.
Sometimes I won't even
come in if he's in town.
How often is he gone?
Not often enough.
A few weeks at a time
every now and then.
I'll tell you what,
we're gonna make some calls.
See if we can't get you cleared
to start fixing that wall.
Thanks.
At least somebody gets it.
NADINE: Thank you.
Really know how to work that
Southern charm, don't you?
Being polite don't cost a thing.
We need to find out where and
when Whitman took those trips.
Try and connect him to other murders.
It's still circumstantial.
We don't have his prints
or DNA on the box, and
he claims it isn't his.
Whitman is careful,
but we're smart.
We just need to stay focused,
build this case one piece at a time.
(SIGHS)
NCIS! On the ground!
Stay down!
Stay down!
- Very exciting.
- Hey.
Don't you have evidence to be testing?
Yeah, and I'm totally,
uh, almost done with it.
Isn't that
the NCIS REACT team?
Yeah, it is. You-you know 'em?
They're... they're amazing.
They handle our most
dangerous situations.
Active shooters.
Violent felon takedowns.
What's this about?
I'm actually thinking of applying.
To REACT?
Yeah, what do you think?
It's a terrible idea.
You're a scientist, not that.
Well... man, tell me
how you really feel.
Well, I can't even believe
you're considering it.
Now...
What did you find with the evidence?
Not much.
Even using today's mass spectrometer,
I didn't detect any DNA.
So...
we've got nothing to help Pride.
Well, now, I didn't say that.
Uh, when you reviewed
these autopsy photos,
you found some inconsistencies, right?
Yes, uh, contusion patterns
and the positioning of
the radial fractures.
Yeah, well, something
was definitely off,
so I scanned it all into the system,
and the computer is now
enhancing all the images,
creating an HD replica of the wounds.
(BEEP)
And you have perfect timing.
Now, that's excellent, Sebastian.
There.
- Can you zoom in?
- Yeah.
The brain pattern
matches the wood bat
they found at the scene.
The other one has a...
crosshatched pattern.
I think it's fiberglass.
Which would mean that there
wasn't just one murder weapon.
There were two.
PRIDE: Uh... interesting.
LAUREL: Yeah, I guess.
It's an assistant manager position
in Special Events.
Ah, well, that sounds like a promotion.
You gonna take it?
No, which is exactly what
I told you two minutes ago.
Sorry, my mind wandered.
You can't blame yourself, Dad.
That sheriff was your senior officer.
And if I kept my eye on him...
Whitman might not have walked
and three more women
might still be alive today.
You said this guy was
some kind of legend
in the department, right?
Yeah, a lot of what I
know about investigating,
I learned from Frank McTeague.
So how exactly were you
supposed to stop him?
By not believing such an obvious lie.
How'd he get you out of the room?
He told me to get the kid a
soda and something to eat.
That sounds pretty legit to me.
But I knew how much McTeague
hated Whitman by then.
I should have figured
out what he was planning.
You weren't his babysitter, Dad.
(SCOFFS) Honey...
CABRERA: Excuse me.
Sorry to interrupt.
You must be Laurel.
PRIDE: Honey...
Detective Cabrera.
David.
- (BEEPING)
- Place was my suggestion.
Hope it's okay.
It's perfect.
You have excellent taste.
Only the best
for Special Agent Pride.
We have such respect for your father.
Is there something I can
help you with, Cabrera?
I have been working with
your team in New Orleans.
- Mm-hmm.
- I like that, uh...
uh, Gregorio?
(CHUCKLES) She reminds me of my sister.
She's a real ballbuster.
You might want to keep
that comparison to yourself.
(LAUGHS)
Nah. She gets me.
Anyway, they identified
murders in three other states
that they think they can connect
to the items in Whitman's box.
All with the same M.O.
You okay hearing this?
I'm a cop's kid; nothing shocks me.
I was a cop's kid, too.
We should... compare notes sometime.
Okay. Cabrera.
Anyway...
three murders, same M.O.
Women abducted, kept
alive for several days,
then beat to death and dumped.
All right, so we need to get
Whitman's travel information.
We got it from his e-mails, calendars.
We can place him a couple
hours' drive from all three.
Well, that's enough
to arrest him, right?
- Should be.
- Problem is,
we got more than we bargained for.
Your team didn't just find those three.
They found four more.
Four additional murders?
Almost identical.
Women kept alive for
several days, then killed,
all across the U.S.
Only Whitman...
he was nowhere near those other four.
He couldn't have done it.
Well, that fits in with
our M.E.'s analysis
of Ashley Griffin's murder.
She says that two weapons
were used.
Blows were delivered
from opposite directions with
different levels of force.
Two killers.
And one of 'em's still out there.
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(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)
Laurel's new place is-is great.
It's really charming.
WADE: So, smaller than a closet,
louder than a rock concert?
That's right.
Really has that New York...
- (HORN HONKING)
- ...feel.
Hey, nothing in the evidence
to identify the second killer?
No.
Sebastian ran everything collected
at the time for DNA
but didn't get any hits.
Yeah, well, maybe...
Hank Griffin...
can point us
to someone.
Ashley's father?
Yeah. He, uh, he just
got back into town.
Hannah and Chris are heading
there to talk to him,
see if he can tell us who Whitman
- was close to at the school.
- Well, if they've got
a name and it's in the system,
we can run it against
our forensic files.
That sounds like a
plan. Thanks, Loretta.
That count as cyberstalking, or...?
Dad, this is... vetting.
He's your partner.
Temporary partner.
Just looking out for
you, like I always do.
You seem to be blushing just a tad.
Mm...
(CHUCKLES)
Yep.
GRIFFIN: If those idiot
sheriffs hadn't have blown it,
he'd be sitting in a cell right now.
Everybody knew that Elliot was guilty.
You think they actually might
be able to get him this time?
(SIGHS)
We don't know.
And I promise you, we'll do our best,
Mr. Griffin.
That snake has been walking free...
(VOICE BREAKING) for 20 years.
While my little baby's...
Sorry.
LASALLE: We read all
the original interviews,
but we're trying to get a
fuller picture of Whitman.
When he came to Fresh Start,
he wasn't much different
than the other students.
Mother was alcoholic.
Father wanted nothing to do with him.
Sounds like he was dealt
a pretty rough hand.
A lot of people are.
That's no excuse for bad behavior.
Elliot was sneaky
and manipulative.
Thought he was so much
smarter than everybody else.
Your school used some
rather controversial
disciplinary methods.
Solitary confinement. Shaved
heads. Corporal punishment.
When it was called for.
Yes.
Our job was to turn those kids around.
He have any issues with Ashley
prior to her disappearance?
Not that I knew of.
Ashley didn't go to Fresh Start,
but...
she was on campus visiting me a lot.
And there would have been
plenty of opportunities
for them to have interacted.
Is there anyone you can
think of that Whitman
- was close to?
- No.
His arrogance didn't
make him any friends
with the faculty or students.
Spent most of his time alone.
Though I think...
he talked to Parker Lacey sometimes.
Who's Parker Lacey?
He was Elliot's peer mentor
when he first arrived
and one of our success stories.
The program... really worked for Parker.
Was he at the school
when Ashley disappeared?
No, he graduated a couple years earlier.
But Parker always kept
in touch with Elliot.
I was impressed by that,
because the two of 'em couldn't
have been more different.
What do you mean?
Elliot was antisocial.
Always had his head in a computer.
And Parker,
he was popular with everybody.
He was a hell of an athlete, too.
He happen to play baseball?
Actually, he was captain
of the school team.
GREGORIO: So, this Parker
Lacey went to Fresh Start
for anger management issues.
Got into a lot of fights
at his old school.
Lives in Cincinnati with
his wife and two kids.
He's never been arrested.
What's your problem?
I'm thinking of applying to...
be a part of the REACT team.
Really?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Huh.
Well, I'm thinking of
applying to the Royal Ballet.
Maybe we'll both get lucky.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
Nugget.
Wait, you're serious?
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Never thought...
Well, never mind.
REACT? Really?
What? Why?
Why does everyone respond like that?
You got to admit, it's
a little unexpected.
Yeah, well, I've been growing
as a field agent the last two years.
- I mean...
- And you're great,
but REACT is on a whole other level.
Like, why the sudden interest?
I don't know. I guess, uh, sometimes,
I just feel like I'm the...
little brother.
You know? Like I'm this
geek that's surrounded
by all these people with
all this experience.
I just... I want to be able
to stand on my own two feet.
You know how much we love
and respect you, right?
You don't have to prove
anything to any of us.
(PHONE RINGS)
It's Pride.
Hey.
Hey. Looking good, Brooklyn.
Bite me, Jersey.
What's up?
Cincinnati cops bringing Lacey or what?
Went by his home and
office, but he's gone.
Wife said he took off
for a fishing trip.
PRIDE: Supposedly unreachable.
- That's convenient.
- SEBASTIAN: Yeah.
Well, we have something that might help.
Parker Lacey works as
an energy consultant
for a lot of municipal
government agencies.
GREGORIO: Means a lot of his travel
is a matter of public record.
SEBASTIAN: Right, so,
here are the four murders we found
that match the M.O.
but for which Whitman has alibis.
And here are the cities
where Parker Lacey was working
at the time those
murders were committed.
All close enough to drive.
That's good work.
There's more.
No wonder you love these guys.
Thank you. So, the woman
who was killed in
Mississippi was married
to a systems manager that worked
at the same company as Elliot Whitman.
Yeah, turns out that the
husband fired Whitman
four months before his wife was killed.
One of 'em feels wronged,
the other one gets even?
Yeah, and whichever one has
a connection to the victim,
that's the one who has a
solid alibi for the murder.
But they didn't kill the
husband... they killed his wife.
GREGORIO: No, but you had to
see this poor guy on the news
when she went missing. He was a mess.
Which is exactly what
Whitman and Lacey intended.
They enjoy
making their real targets suffer.
That's why they keep the
victims alive for several days.
Means Ashley wasn't the original target.
Her father was.
All right.
Keep digging into Lacey.
See if we can track him down.
- All right.
- All right.
These two are sick.
They probably get off on the
planning and the anticipation
as much as the killing.
Why hasn't Whitman asked for a lawyer?
CABRERA: He said
he didn't need one
because he's innocent.
Maybe because he wants to be in custody.
Perfect alibi
when another murder
happens with the same M.O.
Yeah. Worked for 'em every time before.
It's why we can't find Lacey.
That bastard's taking another victim.
Where is she, Whitman?
Hmm?
- Who?
- You know damn well who.
Nadine Schiff.
Your neighbor's daughter. Same neighbor
that complained about you
to building management.
That piss you off? Huh?
That why you went after her?
I'm confused.
Did something happen to Nadine?
We just got word she never
made it home last night.
WHITMAN: Oh.
That doesn't sound good.
But I've been right here with you.
You son of a bitch. If
Lacey hurts her, I...
Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.
Don't give him the satisfaction.
(EXHALES)
Lacey?
I knew a-a Parker Lacey
back in high school.
Haven't spoken in
almost 20 years, though.
But I'm happy to hear
that you've identified
the real killer.
Does that mean that you're
gonna be letting me go now?
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Pride.
Thanks.
I got Parker Lacey's photo
to every cop in the state.
I just heard Nadine Schiff's
car was found abandoned
outside the city.
Yeah. CSU's on the way.
See if they can recover anything useful.
She could already be dead.
I don't think so.
To get Whitman in the clear,
they need to stick to
the established M.O.
Right? Keep her alive for a while.
But he could be hiding her anywhere.
Not easy to hide victims
the way they've managed to
over the years.
Especially not with everyone
on high alert looking for 'em.
But they did it
at least eight times that we know about.
Lacey works
as an energy consultant.
Perfect cover for travel.
Bet it also allows him access
to restricted information.
Maps of utility buildings,
pipe and tunnel networks.
New York has hundreds of
miles of utility tunnels.
If he's got Nadine down
there, we'll never find her.
Get in touch with Con Ed and
any other utility companies.
Have 'em check for security breaches.
I'll have my team look into
Lacey's work history,
see if they can find anything.
I'm beginning to understand why
your Sheriff McTeague beat
the hell out of this guy.
Any luck narrowing down where
Lacey might be hiding Nadine?
Not yet. I got his credentials,
but he hasn't accessed
anything compromising.
Keep looking. Nadine's
running out of time.
GREGORIO: Hey. Brianna's sister has
a picture of her wearing the bracelet.
Get us a copy of it.
Can you e-mail me that photo?
It'd be really helpful.
Thank you.
That the bracelet they found
in Whitman's apartment?
Yep. Just got confirmation it
belongs to Brianna Robbins.
She have any connection to Lacey?
Yeah. Brianna's boyfriend at the time
went to college with him.
Evidently, he replaced Lacey
as starting pitcher on the school team.
So they killed the dude's girlfriend?
(SCOFFS)
Man, we got to nail these punks.
I got it, Roy, thanks.
Will,
what's going on?
Where's your mom?
She's not here.
I just came to talk to you.
Well, we can talk.
Let's go back here.
Come on.
What's up?
Hey, whatever you got to say,
you can trust me.
Cade disappearing...
I think it was my fault.
I'm listening.
I was just trying to make some money.
You know?
So I started delivering packages.
Drugs.
I didn't take any or anything.
I was just picking 'em
up and dropping 'em off.
You get into some kind of trouble?
My backpack got stolen.
It had one of the packages in it.
Said I owed them $10,000.
You tell Cade about this?
He said he'd help, you know,
that he'd make things right.
Then he put us in the motel.
He never came back.
Con Ed doesn't have security
cameras in most of the tunnels.
But we got uniforms checking as
many access points as we can.
(PHONE RINGS)
You find something, Hannah?
Well, Sebastian did.
Lacey's way too smart
to use his company ID
for anything related
to the murder, right?
So I checked for IDs that
did access that information,
the cities where the murders took place
during those time
frames, and one popped.
But that ID doesn't seem
to belong to a real person.
Lacey created it.
SEBASTIAN: The last time the ID was used
was yesterday morning. It...
it accessed a New York
tunnel system in Midtown.
All right, send me the
exact location, Sebastian.
He's in Midtown. We need to roll.
Everybody, let's go!
(SIREN WAILING)
Con Ed said there are seven
other secured entrances
in the schematics Lacey pulled.
- Gonna need the rest of 'em opened.
- Already happening.
We have teams searching the
tunnels from every entrance.
Make sure everyone's advised
that we need to take Lacey alive.
If we don't get 'em
to turn on each other,
Whitman could still walk free.
Thank you.
(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)
PRIDE: Hey.
NADINE: Please, please.
(NADINE CRYING)
NADINE: Nooooo.
- Please don't.
- It's okay if you want to scream.
Be as loud as you want.
- No!
- NCIS! Drop it, Lacey!
Back away!
(GUN SHOTS)
(CRYING)
Stay with her!
Hey. Okay, I'm gonna get you
- out of here. Okay?
- (CRYING) Yeh.
NCIS! Stop!
(GUN SHOTS)
(HORNS HONKING)
(SIREN WAILING)
Out of the way! Federal agent!
Get out of the way!
(CAR HORN HONKS)
Get out of the way!
- PRIDE: Hey.
- MAN: What are you doing?
- (TRUCK HORN BLARES)
- (BYSTANDERS GASP)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(INDISTINCT CROWD CHATTER)
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(SIREN CHIRPS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (PHONES RINGING)
So, Whitman's gonna walk.
He's not out yet.
He'll insist it was all Lacey.
And with Lacey dead, there's
no one to contradict him.
If only I caught up to him sooner.
You do this a lot, don't you?
Beat yourself up over things
you have no control of?
Give it 20 years, kid.
Imagine by then,
a good cop like you will have plenty
to beat yourself up over.
We know the bracelet belonged
to Brianna Robbins of Nashville.
My team connected the ring from the box
to Janet Sutton, killed in Detroit.
But even placing him
close to these murders,
it's still circumstantial.
Without a confession,
we don't have a case.
Whitman doesn't know that
Lacey's dead yet, does he?
No. Soon as he does,
figure he'll finally
ask for that lawyer.
Get Whitman back up in interrogation.
I need to talk to him again... alone.
(DOOR OPENS)
(SIGHS)
Have you found poor Nadine yet?
In fact, we did.
She's with her mother now.
She's okay?
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, that's...
- It's good news.
- Yeah, even better news
is that we got Parker
Lacey in custody now.
He says that you believe that
the two of you are good friends?
We are. Uh, were...
back when I knew him.
Well, I-I'm afraid he
doesn't have much nice
to say about you now.
Word he used was
"pathetic".
Parker would never call me that.
According to Lacey, this friendship
was all in your head.
You were just a lonely kid,
maybe a little bit obsessed with him?
Lacey says that you
committed all the murders,
but he admits that he helped.
He said that you threatened
to kill his wife and kids if he didn't.
He wouldn't talk to you.
Well, he's not like you, Whitman.
He has a life,
family that-that loves him.
(LAUGHING) He's throwing you
under the bus in exchange
for a deal that means
that he'll get out in time
to have some more good years with them.
(LAUGHS)
You're lying.
He gave us names, locations.
Told us all about...
Brianna Robbins.
Evidently, her boyfriend took
Lacey's spot as pitcher on
his college baseball team.
When he told you about it,
you killed Brianna in some
twisted effort to get
Parker to like you, or...?
He... he said it was my idea?
Yeah. He-he told us
you did it with a... a woman in Detroit
in 2010.
Another desperate attempt
for his attention.
Look, I never needed his attention.
We were friends, we
shared the same interests.
Killing innocent people
is not much to build a friendship on.
But I guess you're learning that now.
(KNOCKING)
Yeah.
- What you got?
- Sorry to interrupt.
Just want to let you know
the D.A.'s with Lacey now.
Should be wrapping up soon.
Good.
You were one sick kid.
Forcing him to watch you
beat Ashley like that.
That's not how it happened!
It was all his idea.
He hated Dean Griffin
for what he did to us.
And the only person that
the dean ever cared about
was Saint Ashley.
And so we took her from him.
Hmm, I just heard from Pride.
Elliot Whitman has been arrested
for the murder of Ashley Griffin.
Oh, it's great news.
Uh-huh. You need a hand?
- No, I got it.
- Ah.
Is everything all right?
You know what? No, it's not.
I'm gonna apply to this
REACT team, okay?
And I don't really care if you think
that that's a-a terrible idea.
You know, my whole life, I've
been the science nerd, the geek.
Which is fine. That's cool.
I love being a geek.
But-but NCIS has made me realize
that I can... I can be
something more, too,
you know, and I want to
know if I can do this.
I don't have anything to prove
to anybody other than myself.
And I've been training really hard,
and I'm ready to do this, so... there.
Good, because that's the
confidence you're gonna need
to get through the application tests.
You're a very sneaky
person, you know that?
Can't wait to see how it goes.
Good.
Miss Loretta?
Chris, what's wrong?
(SIGHS) It's Cade.
Got some new information,
and I think he's in trouble.
- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, I'm headed
to Alabama to look into it.
(SIGHS)
Nobody's heard from him in days.
If it's not too much trouble,
could you look for any John Does?
Uh, of course.
I'll, uh, contact the coroners
and M.E.s around Mobile,
see if there's anyone that
matches Cade's description.
(PHONE RINGING)
It's Pride.
- I'm gonna fill him in.
- Yeah.
I'll say a prayer for your brother.
Thank you. I got a
feeling he could use it.
King.
PRIDE: Of course. Take
as long as you need.
Finding your brother's the priority.
Oh, and, Chris, take Sebastian with you.
No, no, no, we'll be fine.
If there's trouble, I
want you to have backup.
Yeah, keep me updated.
- Hey, honey. Great idea.
- Hey. Yeah.
I thought we could take a
walk down to the West Village.
As long as I'm with you,
- I don't care where we go.
- (LAUGHS)
You need relish?
Uh, no, just mustard's fine.
- Hey, Pride.
- Hey.
- You want a dog?
- Uh...
No, no, I'm okay.
You don't mind the extra
company, do you?
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