Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016): Season 4, Episode 9 - No One Mourns the Wicked - full transcript

Jane and Maura are all set to speak at a symposium with Dr. Victoria Nolan who has written a book on serial killers, one of whom was Jane's stalker, Charles Hoyt. The symposium - for police officers only - recreated the double murder scene Jane and Maura once encountered. The only problem is that they the bodies on the stage to be real. As the other murders in the book are also reenacted, it's clear they're dealing with a copycat killer. Jane and Maura are convinced that the perpetrator is one of the officers attending the symposium. They make little headway as the solution lies elsewhere.

I don't like quinoa.
It's too grainy.

It's not a grain.
It's a chenopod.

- Well, I don't like "keenopads."
- Chenopod.

Quinoa is closely related to
beets, spinach, and tumbleweed.

Tumbleweed?

Yes, put that at the top of
my "do not serve" list, too.

- Are you having second thoughts?
- Well, I can't back out now.

I mean, Dr. Nolan asked us to do
this presentation six months ago.

And, yes, I do not enjoy
thinking about Hoyt.

I mean, serial killers go
after complete strangers.

How'd I manage to get the one
who wanted to get personal?



Well, you presented a unique challenge
to someone like Charles Hoyt.

So you're saying it's a compliment
that he tried to kill me?

I suppose.

- Let's go over the presentation again.
- Okay.

All right, two setups
at the blood cottage.

The first is the West Roxbury mansion,
where we found Martin Yeager's body.

His wife, Gail, was missing,
but we found evidence of a second body

and eventually discovered
Gail's body in a remote area.

- Mm.
- What's the matter?

Just remembering the motile
sperm I found on her body.

Yeah, right? It's not bad
enough that he's a serial killer.

No, no.
Can be a necrophiliac, too.

Yay.
Three-Day symposium

where we can re-live
our four-year nightmare.



Only Dr. Nolan could convince
me to do something like this.

- Did you finish it?
- Yes, I made myself, but I thought

she did a really good
job with the forensics.

Yeah, I did, too.
She sold 100,000 copies so far.

America loves a serial killer.

- Oh, can you get it?
- Yeah.

Dr. Nolan. Hi.
Thank you. Please come in.

- So nice to see you both.
- Welcome.

This is my research
assistant, Jack Roberts,

and my publicist, Tim Felding.

So nice to meet you,
Detective, Doctor.

- I've heard so much about you both.
- Oh?

We've been together for
six months on my book tour.

Tim humors me by
listening to my stories.

Hardly humoring you.

There is a reason that
your book's a best-seller.

Well, congratulations
on the success.

Thank you, but I'll be glad
to get back to my research.

Would you like to
join us for dinner?

Oh, that's very nice of you,
but I need to make some phone calls,

get ahead of any controversy
over tonight's presentation.

You think the blood cottage
will be controversial?

We have had press
ask to cover it.

My worry is it might appear to be
a bit gratuitous to the layperson.

Well, let the press know

that it's a powerful
investigative training tool.

What a great way to spin it.

What time should we pick you up?

Um...

- Uh, we can take you.
- Thank you. That's very kind of you.

- Great. Well, we'll see you there.
- Lovely.

My new role as a book author
came with an entourage.

Well, who doesn't
love an entourage?

Mmm. This is so delicious.

- Mm. Props, even for the quinoa.
- Thank you.

Dr. Nolan, what is forensic
psychiatry, exactly?

It's a branch of
medicine that focuses on

the intersection of
law and mental health.

And why did you decide to
specialize in serial killers?

- Mom.
- It's all right. I get asked that a lot.

During my psychiatric residency,

a 5-Year-Old boy was
referred to me for treatment.

Why? What happened to him?

- Ma.
- I want to know.

- He'd strangled his puppy.
- A 5-year-old?

Yeah. So, see? Tommy's
not so bad after all.

- Not funny.
- Okay.

But what made you decide
to focus on these three?

They were a good sample.

Charles Hoyt was a
brilliant medical student,

- which is unusual.
- Why?

Well, most serial killers
are of average intelligence.

Yeah, like these two...
Gilbert Dean Reeder was a trucker.

David James Johnson was
married with children.

So, he had a family?
Isn't that unusual?

- No, not really.
- How could his wife not know?

Well, not every serial killer
is a social misfit or a monster, Ma.

Unfortunately, they're so normal,
they hide in plain sight.

That's what makes
them so hard to stop.

Well, we should get going.

Why can't I go with you?

I told you, it is only
for law enforcement.

Even I find the blood
cottage disturbing.

It looks real, Ma.

The crime-scene techs, they
set up forensic dummies.

- How do they make the dummies look real?
- You'd be surprised.

They bleed synthetic gel.
It's not pretty.

Okay. Who thinks of this stuff?

4x09
No One Mourns the Wicked

We agree on the definition
of a serial killer...

three or more murders...
but what we don't agree on

are the investigative techniques,

and that's why we're here.
Tonight, we begin with

Detective Jane Rizzoli
and Dr. Maura Isles.

If you've read my book...

...you know that these
two were instrumental

in the capturing of
serial killer Charles Hoyt.

Thank you.
It's very nice to be here.

Putting a stop to
Hoyt's killing spree

became very personal for me.

During the course of
my investigation,

Hoyt developed an
obsession with me

and tried to kill
me more than once.

The truth is, this is
difficult to talk about.

I'm glad that he's dead...

because he can't hurt
anyone else, ever.

- But I will never stop wondering why.
- We know about 70% of serial killers

were abused as children,
and 60% have brain damage.

But we also know that
every society has them.

So tonight, we focus

not on why but on how...

how we investigate.

What you're about to see
is a staged crime scene.

It's what we call
a blood cottage.

We will show you how we
analyzed the forensic details

of the murder of Martin
Yeager and his wife, Gail.

When we arrived at the crime
scene that you're about to see,

Martin Yeager was
duct-taped and slaughtered,

and his wife, Gail,
was missing.

Um, this teacup was one
of Hoyt's signatures.

He, uh, would place it
on the man's knee and...

and use it as a warning device.

Does he look a little
too real to you?

- What's going on?
- I don't know.

Excuse us just for
a second, please.

He looks real because he is real.

Whoever did it
wanted to get to us...

- wanted to get to all of us.
- It worked.

- Jenkins.
- What do you need, Detective?

Keep everybody at least 10
feet away from the stage, okay?

It's a crime scene,
even if they are cops.

- You got it.
- Thanks.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What did you get from
campus security?

Well, they said it's
an all-cop symposium,

so there was no need
for additional security.

- They got that wrong.
- Yeah.

- What about access?
- Auditorium is always open.

All right, tell the uniforms
not to let anybody leave.

- These guys are all cops, Jane.
- Well, they're all suspects now.

All right.

You were right... both
BPD crime-scene techs.

Found their uniforms
and badges backstage.

Kent Williams. June Ferguson...

I don't recognize either
one of them. Do you?

- No.
- What's in the box?

Props they brought to
dress the crime scenes.

All right, we're gonna need

all of the campus
security footage, okay?

Made the calls.
It's already coming in.

What do you make of this?

Everybody here had experience
with serial killers.

This is like some taunt...

Like, "I can do this,
and you can't stop me."

- Smacks of Hoyt, doesn't it?
- Yeah... I'm not sure.

But what about the teacup, Jane?

It's the same pattern as
the Yeagers' crime scene.

Is there a teacup
in the prop box?

Yeah.

Okay. That means the
killer brought his own.

There are 100,000 copies of
Dr. Nolan's book out there.

Is there a photo of
the teacup in the book?

Right there.

Yeah, you can just
make out the pattern.

So whoever has this book
could've re-created this.

Yeah, it may not be
connected to Hoyt at all.

So we're
looking at, what...

8,000 BCU students,
950 faculty and employees?

- And all those cops.
- Can you estimate the time of death?

I measured their
core temperatures.

They were both at 35 degrees celsius.
They died about two hours ago.

Let me show you
something over here.

Looks like a burn.

Hoyt used a stun gun.
That's not from a stun gun.

I found an identical mark
on our male victim's arm.

Is that a burn or a branding?

Jane.

Yeah. Um, go talk to her.
Maybe she can help.

- What should I do?
- The Detectives think

that we should keep
the symposium going.

- Why?
- The suspect might be here.

You think he might be part of
the law-enforcement community?

I'm wondering how I should
respond to the press.

You should let the
public information officer

- handle it right now.
- I have seen so many grisly photos

and videos of crime scenes,
but I've never actually seen...

Dr. Nolan, are you all right?

- Doctor, take a seat.
- No, no, I'm fine.

- I'm fine. I just...
- You want some water?

No, no, no.

I-I-I knew them, the crime-scene
techs, June and Kent.

I asked them to do this.
I feel responsible.

No, you are not responsible.

I can't believe that
we were enjoying dinner

- while this was happening.
- Dr. Nolan, I know this hard,

but we are going
to need your help.

Organized, controlled, chose
random victims, fearless.

Because he took out two
police-department employees

at a symposium for
serial killers.

Although until there's a third murder,
technically, he's not a serial killer.

The theatrical staging
indicates he wants to play.

- With us.
- Which means this will escalate.

- You think there'll be more?
- I do, yeah.

The burns are significant.

None of Hoyt's apprentices
ever added their own signatures.

Trace evidence is doing a
complete work-up on the bodies.

I won't be able to do the
autopsies till tomorrow,

but I'll be able to tell you
more about the burns then.

Uh, we can wait downstairs
if you're not finished.

Is it all right
if I head back to the hotel?

Of course, yes.
Thank you so much for your help.

We went through
all the security footage.

There are no cameras
monitoring the auditorium.

We're trying to
track every person

who was on campus at
the time of the murders.

- That'll be thousands.
- Yeah.

I matched credentials
for all law enforcement

against their registration
for the symposium.

Everyone's who they
said they were.

It's 2:00 A.M.
Let's go home.

All right.

- You can stay with me tonight.
- No. I'm fine.

- It's not him, Maura.
- I know, but it's still stressful.

I want to go home, take
a bath, and pet my dog.

I got to check on Kojak.
She had puppies.

- Kojak had a sex change?
- Ha ha ha.

Can we meet back
here in six hours?

Hey, Jo. Hi.

You'd be barking like crazy
if somebody was in here, right?

You can't wag your tail and make
friends if it's a bad guy, okay?

Okay, Jo.
I'm overreacting, right?

Come here, sweetie.

On days like today,
I think I'd like to be you.

Hello, Jane.

I'm sorry to have to wake you.

You looking for this?

Come in.

I wanted you to meet Theo.
Yeah.

Did I ever tell you how
I learned to kill? Hmm?

My first pup was named Rascal.

You remember what we
talked about, right?

I still remember that first time,

when I could feel Rascal's
pulse as the blood was pumping.

You know what I did, Jane, right?

You can't... no.

No!

Hey, Jo.
Jo, come here.

Sorry, sweetie.
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Maura,
somebody's at the door.

It's Jane.
She just called.

Hi.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Hey, Ma.

I just had the
worst nightmare.

- Oh. What was it about?
- Rather not say.

Okay. Sit.
You want some eggs?

No, just... just coffee, please.

- Okay.
- Thanks, Ma.

Okay.
I want to know if I have PTSD.

I don't know.
I'm not an expert.

- But you've thought it.
- Anybody who's gone through

the trauma you've gone
through with Hoyt

would likely suffer from
post-traumatic stress.

I just thought these nightmares
would have stopped by now.

At least 75% of people suffering
from post-traumatic stress

do have nightmares.

- So I have it?
- No, I didn't say that.

Can you just forget about it?

Well, actually, no.
No, don't forget about it.

There is something called
imagery rehearsal therapy.

You replay the dream, Jane,
but you change the way it ends.

Okay. I can do that.
It's just so real.

It was like it meant some...
Do you think it meant something?

The science behind dreams
isn't well-established.

Maura, I just want your opinion.
It doesn't have to be peer-reviewed.

Themes and patterns in dreams
may be telling you something

your frontal cortices
ignore when you're awake.

Take a sick day.

Have Sergeant Korsak
and Detective Frost handle it.

Please, baby, stop.

Come on. Look at you.

You know I can't do that, Ma.

Trace evidence
didn't find anything

on the duct tape, the
clothing, or the body.

That's too bad.

- You see the pattern in the burn?
- Yeah.

Well, there's a similar pattern
in the male victim's burn.

So you think the killer used
the same object to brand them?

Possibly. I'm taking an
impression of both burns.

I'll have Frost run
a description of both burns

through the VICAP database.
But I'm not holding out hope.

We're gonna get a hit

on anyone that's ever been
burned with a cigarette.

- Anything?
- Not yet. It's still drying.

- Hoping to get a negative of a negative.
- A who?

Well, a burn is a negative
impression, so a latex is a...

Negative-negative. Got it.
Okay, skip to the part

where you tell me what
it was that burned them.

You know, I think it's healthy

that you've begun to
process your trauma.

I knew I opened a can
of PTSD worms today. What...

- Can we just not talk about it, please?
- No, your reaction is normal.

Okay. Have you talked
to Dr. Nolan today?

Yes. She thinks that we should

have all of the symposium's
participants do a personality test.

All cops have taken it.
I've taken it.

Yeah. Me too.

It's a requirement to
get your license renewed.

And if the killer is law
enforcement, he'd have taken it,

which means he'll know
what we're trying to do

and try to beat the test.

Yes. But I plan on comparing
our results to the ones on file.

- Oh, good idea.
- Mm-Hmm.

- Neither impression is very clear.
- So, four negatives.

Bummer.

CSRU didn't find anything
at the crime scene.

Nothing?
No hair, no fingerprints?

No saliva, no blood, not a damn thing.
Not even a footprint.

No one is this good
the first time out.

Stupid friggin' way to try
to solve a double homicide.

How many have you collected?

59. But everyone on the list signed in.
We should get all 120.

And you've been
confirming identification?

Yes. They've been
showing me photo I.D.s.

I've got better things to do.
You'd think they do, too.

If anyone gives you
a hard time, let me know.

Oh, I can handle these guys.

Why would the killer
re-create the Yeager murders?

That question kept
me up all night.

There are different
categories of serial killers.

This one seems to fall into either
thrill killer or power-seeker killer.

If I fail your test,
am I a thrill man or a power man?

Thank you, Detective Fletcher.

You know, in Pittsburgh, we
wouldn't be farting around

giving personality tests to cops.

We'd have them help, probably
even have an arrest by now.

- Thank you for your input.
- Any time.

Take my card. You call me when
you're ready to solve this.

Grandiosity is the
hallmark of psychopathy.

I can't wait to score
Detective Fletcher's test.

We've identified these three...
Detective Mike Clemens, from Omaha,

Detective Reggie Jones,
from New York,

and this one... Detective
Chuck Fletcher, from Pittsburgh.

All show the signs
of evasiveness,

inconclusive responses,
and defensiveness.

- They tried to beat the test?
- We think so.

We compared our tests to tests
their departments had on file.

So trying to beat
it got them caught.

We noted high scores for ego and
hostility in all three of these,

along with an absence of empathy.

- They're psychopaths.
- Or sociopaths.

I'd need to do some more testing.

It's enough to round them
up and interview them.

Did Detective Frost get
anything on the VICAP search

- when he ran the burns?
- Over a thousand hits. Not much help.

- Jane okay?
- Yeah. Are you?

Yeah.
You know all our stories.

You've probably
read my statements.

Yes, I did. This must be
very difficult for you, too.

You once rescued Detective Rizzoli
from Charles Hoyt.

I did.
Worst night of my life.

Wish I'd killed the
son of a bitch.

Okay, thanks.

Clemens and Jones are in
a seminar at the symposium.

Chuck Fletcher didn't sign in.
You look at Fletcher's file?

Yeah, got it right here.
He's a 15-Year veteran

with a lot of black
marks on his record.

45 complaints for use of
excessive force? That's a lot.

Got passed over for
a promotion recently.

Disciplined for
drinking on the job...

Serial killers are
often substance abusers.

We got to find Chuck Fletcher.

Sergeant Korsak.

Okay, we're on it.
Get Jane.

They found a body
at the BCU campus.

Is that dumpster emptied
on a regular schedule?

- I'll find out. Why?
- I'm just thinking

whoever dumped that body
was looking for maximum impact.

Killer knew once that
dumpster was moved,

everybody's gonna
get a good show.

- Dead guy's a cop.
- What?

- Guess we can rule out Chuck Fletcher.
- You're right, Jane.

Dumpster gets emptied at
10:05, right as classes let out.

All right, come on.
Let's take a look at the body.

Stabbed.
One wound under the solar plexus.

- And look at his wrist.
- That's the same burn.

So somebody lured him here.

That's why his gun's
still in the holster.

Yeah. Either he knew his killer
or he wasn't afraid of him.

Both ears were severed,
and the damage to his eyes

appears to have been
inflicted post-mortem.

See no evil, hear no evil,
speak no evil.

- Oh, god.
- What is it?

The second killer that
Dr. Nolan profiled...

that's what he did
to his victims.

You think the serial killer is
working his way through my book?

I don't know.

- But this could be directed at me?
- I'm not a Detective...

I don't have any family,
and no one has threatened me.

All three of our victims

had ties to law enforcement
and the symposium.

But what do you make
of the copycat aspect?

Serial killers like to play out
their own individual fantasies.

Exactly. So why play out
someone else's fantasy?

With the exception of the burn,
our killer is just re-creating murders.

Perhaps he's saying,
"you solved this the first time,

but you won't solve
it a second time."

He's certainly giving
us a challenge.

The third killer in your
book is David James Johnson.

Could that be next?

He looks like the
perfect family man.

Doesn't he?
He used to chain his victims to a wall.

Drive knives, nails, or scalpels
through their hands and feet,

usually while they
were still alive.

4% of the population is either
a sociopath or a psychopath.

Well, luckily, they're
not all serial killers.

And I do think law enforcement
serves as a deterrent.

Unlikely.
Serial killers are impulsive by nature,

fearless of consequences.

- Jane, it's me!
- Why are you yelling?!

I didn't want to scare you.

- What are you doing here?
- Spending the night.

What... no, Frankie.
I don't remember inviting you.

Some whack-job has taken out
three cops in the last 24 hours.

I'm not sleeping alone
tonight. Neither are you.

Well, I'm not sleeping with you.

Come on.

If something happened to you,
I couldn't forgive myself.

Nothing's gonna happen to me.

- Please, get yourself a beer.
- Thanks. I got one.

Jane, it's just me!

- I got some food.
- Hi, Ma.

- Hi. Hey, Frankie.
- Hey, Ma.

So, let me guess...

you're here to make sure
the boogeyman doesn't get me?

Yes. That's what mothers are for.

So, who wants some lasagna?

But we could start with some...
chocolate!

- Hey!
- Hey!

- You always get it first!
- I want the hearts.

Frankie... fine.
I will give you the hearts.

I'm taking an
impression of his burn.

Let's hope it's a better
negative-negative this time.

Let's not anticipate results,
but I think it might be.

I see something.

Looks like snakes on a stick.
Are those wings?

I think it could be
the Rod of Asclepius,

Which often gets confused
with the Caduceus.

Who would get confused?

Well...
the Caduceus is two snakes

entwined around the magic wand
of hermes, topped by wings.

- Right. Who doesn't know that?
- You'd be surprised.

And Asclepius was an
ancient Greek physician,

and that symbol is one
snake, encircling a staff.

- The medical symbol?
- Yes.

Maura...

do you think June and Kent
were burned by the same thing

that made this mark
on Chuck Fletcher?

I think they were all
burned by an object

that is approximately
1.9 by 1.5 centimeters.

That's his signature.

Let's run it through VICAP.

Six hits with burns

that sort of look like
the ones on our victims.

Maura, was the same
object used to brand them?

The burns look similar, but
the images just aren't good.

- I can't be sure.
- First murder was in 1988.

There wasn't another murder
with that burn until 1999.

- Why stop for 11 years?
- Killer could've been incarcerated.

Many serial killers
stop for long periods.

Frost, can you pull up the
case file on the first murder?

It's a double murder...

a prominent Cleveland
pediatrician and his wife.

Dr. Sheppard Appleton
and his wife, Susan,

were shot to death
in a home invasion.

And their daughter survived
by hiding in a closet.

So the first victims
weren't law enforcement.

- What about the other four murders?
- No ties to cops. All random people.

What else do we know
about that double murder?

Doctor was shot twice in
the chest while watching TV.

Wife was hit in the abdomen,

crawled, shot another five
times at point-blank range.

Can you say "overkill"? So these
may or may not be related.

If they are related, then
our killer went from guns

- to copycat serial murders.
- Well, it's not unheard

of in the research for a serial
killer to change his M.O.

Jane, what if none of
these six unsolved murders

have anything to
do with our three?

Then we're back to square one.

Are you sure you don't
want something?

I know it's a police
station, but the food is good.

No, I'm good. Thanks.

I had Jack burn dvds
of all my interviews.

- Thank you, Jack.
- I'll meet you outside.

I hope it helps.
I can't imagine how,

- but you're welcome to go through them.
- Did any of these three men

ever mention communicating
with anyone on the outside?

I don't think so.

But I do know that
they all got fan mail.

Explain that one to me.
You got any copies of those?

No, I'm sorry.

I'm a simple guy.
I don't care why.

Just want to stop them.

I had a thought about
how Detective Fletcher

might have been lured
behind that dumpster.

- Really?
- Well, I want to confirm it first.

But I can take a look at the area on
my way to the next seminar at 4:00.

I'd like to go there with you.

Dog alarm.
Got a new litter of pups.

Mom won't leave them.

Luckily, I live close by.
I could meet you there.

Well, why don't I send Jack ahead to
get my powerpoint presentation ready?

And we could swing by your place and
then take a look at the dumpster.

- I don't want to slow you down.
- My dog died right before my book tour.

It would be so good to
just pet an animal today.

Well, come on, then.

Hey, Frankie, can you
take these dvds upstairs?

Sure.

- You on puppy watch?
- Yeah.

- Any instructions?
- Jane and Frost know what to look for.

So, what we're looking for
is any mention of

- someone on the outside.
- Okay.

Oh, Jane, let me listen
to the Hoyt interviews.

That's okay. I got it.

So, please talk to me
about your family history.

I'd like to know the details

of the first time that
you killed a living thing.

So, can we
go back for a second

and talk me through
that first murder again?

I'd like to ask you
about Detective Rizzoli.

Well, I love to talk
about Detective Rizzoli.

Don't be jealous.

We have a special
relationship, too, Victoria.

Tell me why you like her so much.

I love your neck.
It's so beautiful.

And your breasts...

very firm.

Tell me, Jane... what
would you like to do to me?

- I'd like to get my gun...
- Mm-Hmm.

...and put it in your
mouth and pull the trigger.

Okay?

Guns are so impersonal.
We're trained doctors, Victoria.

So was Sheppard.

"Sheppard"?

Just think... think how
exquisite it would've been

to feel Sheppard's pulse
as the blood drained out.

And Susan's, too,
as she crawled...

Hoyt knew about the double
murders in Cleveland.

What?

- You think Hoyt did it?
- No. There...

there's no way he could have.
He was training at fort Stewart.

Those murders are the key.

- Are those all the photos?
- Oh. Just got one more.

Oh, my god.
Push in on his left wrist.

You see his cufflink?

The medical symbol.
That has to be it, Maura.

It's the right size, and it
would make a similar impression.

Where's the other cufflink?
Frost, push in on his right wrist.

It's not there.

- Spearmint okay?
- Sounds delicious.

Oh. Who do we have here?

The dark one is Starsky,
and the little white one is Hutch.

They're rescues.

- You're not married?
- No.

Three wives, not one of them ever
looked at me the way my dogs do.

They think I'm the
greatest man who ever lived.

Always glad to see me, aren't
you, fellas?

Uh-oh. Mom's hungry.

Nursing takes a lot
of calories. Come on.

Oh.

The daughter, Tory,

was taken to a local hospital
and treated for shock.

We should find her
and talk to her.

She says in her statement to
police she never saw the killer.

Well, maybe she did
and was too scared to say.

She'd recently given birth.

- Who? The wife?
- The 14-year-old.

That's what the medical
exams revealed.

Well, she didn't
mention it to the police.

No. There are no hospital
records of her giving birth.

Well, her father was a pediatrician.
Maybe it was a home birth?

Was she ever treated
for broken bones?

Yes.
Uh, more than once.

- But no reports of abuse?
- No.

Check to see if Dr. Appleton

had privileges at the hospital
where Tory was treated.

He did.

So everyone who cared for
his daughter worked for him.

That's why no one
reported the abuse.

I think you might
be right, Charles.

Knives and scalpels
might be more satisfying.

Perhaps because it
was my first time.

- I was still conflicted.
- You needed some distance, yes.

Big risk,
giving us that interview.

Hardly.
Your colleagues won't be able

to put my complicated
puzzle together.

You killed your parents.
And started again 11 years later?

- In medical school?
- Yes.

After I read about
unsolved murders

that turned out to be
the work of Charles Hoyt.

So organized,
controlled, meticulous.

- Why me?
- You're a "simple guy."

You come home every day at
3:30 to feed your nursing dog.

I'll get Jack started, and I'll still
make it to the symposium by 4:00.

With my alibi and one for Jack,
too, no one will question me.

Do you think of yourself as
part of the system, Sergeant?

I don't know what
you're asking me.

Have you ever interviewed
a teenage girl?

- Many times.
- And what would you do if that girl...

who is... 14, let's say...

told you that she had
been repeatedly raped

- by her prominent father?
- I'd arrest him.

Liar!
You would hide behind the system.

My mother hid behind her perfect
home and her respectable husband...

Dr. Appleton, pillar
of the community.

Do you know how they
explained my son to people?

Oh, I already know the story.
Please. I like hearing it.

Tell me.

They said he'd been abandoned
at my father's office,

- and they put him up for adoption.
- I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Hello.

Do you know that you
can desensitize a child

by having him practice
violent behavior?

Makes sense. Is that
what you did to Jack?

When I finally found him, yes.

Remember when you were 5... and I
taught you how to kill a puppy?

Yeah, mom.

- I do.
- Don't.

We're not here for the puppy.

We're here for you.

Ok, thank you.

That 14-year-old
girl who witnessed

her parents' double murder
went into foster care.

- Why do you look so ominous?
- Because she changed her name

- from Tory Appleton to Victoria Nolan.
- Oh, my god.

- It's Dr. Nolan?
- Yeah.

How? I... She was with us
when the murders occurred.

She has a partner.

68% of female serial
killers kill in teams.

Where did you get that from?

- Her introduction.
- Where is she right now?

Uh, she's gonna be at the
symposium in 30 minutes.

- Korsak's not back yet?
- Yeah, where is he?

He's taking his sweet time today.

Maybe he's getting
a little more than puppy love.

What do you mean?

What? He and Dr. Nolan went back
to his house to feed his dog.

Frost.

- Jack, use the carbon-steel scalpel.
- All right.

- You trained him well.
- Haven't I?

I let him do the last
three on his own.

- How many have you done together?
- Not enough.

- Tell him what we have planned.
- Charles Hoyt preferred to go

between the palmar
interosseous bones.

Like he did with Jane.

But David felt it was more
painful to split the ulna

- and the radius bones.
- Don't make your son do this.

I don't make him do it.
He enjoys it.

Oh, I do.

I have so many good memories
of doing this with my mom.

This isn't random.
This is personal.

Yes, it is. I hold you responsible
for what happened to Charles.

A little help down here!

You cut his work short.
He had so much left to do.

It's time.
Jack, give me his gun.

Charles taught me guns
ruin the experience.

How many?

Murders?
Oh, it's crass to count.

We don't brand them all.
It'd make it too easy.

But we'll brand you.
Not yet.

- Take the scalpel.
- Yes, I know the sequence.

Carbon steel...

Why do you let her
tell you what to do?

She doesn't tell me what to do.

- Stop wasting time, Jack.
- Sorry, mom.

And here I thought you were
doing this all by yourself.

Obviously. You've been at the crime scenes.
You've seen my work.

No. What I've seen is your
mother telling you what to do.

His hands, Jack, now.

- All right!
- How old are you? 25?

- You let your mother tell you what to do?
- Finish it!

Yeah, I'd never put up with that.

- Shut up!
- You telling me or you telling her?!

- I said finish it!
- Shut up!

Now look what you made me do!

Ah.

Don't move, you piece of crap.

- Call an ambulance.
- You okay?

Not for me, for them. There's
bolt cutters in that tool bag.

Yeah, I need E.M.S.
at 6424 Dorchester Avenue.

Oh, let him die. He's always
reminded me of my father.

- Make her walk, Frost.
- Come on.

- You sure you're okay?
- Yeah.

- I am glad to see you, though.
- Well, I always did want to rescue you.

Come on.

Oh. Pretty cold, huh?

Her telling us to
let her son die.

Psychopaths are incapable
of forming relationships.

Poor kid.

That "poor kid" hit you
in the head with a 2x4.

He was gonna drive
a scalpel through you.

I'd shot him to the nuts,
if they'd hurt my dogs. {*started transcript}

We really like your porch, Sergeant.
Must be nice to have a porch.

Yeah, you can check
out your neighbours.

- Got any cute ones?
- Yeah, three sisters live next door.

- Your age or our age?
- Go knock, check for yourself.

It's nice to finally
see your house Vince.

It's nice to having you.
Next time bring some food.

Yeah...

- we were rushing over this time.
- Yeah, ok, that was good thinking.

- Cheers.
- Thanks.

Dedicated to memory of
Lee Thompson Young