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00:00Previously on The Rookie.
00:02An arm was found near Silver Lake Reservoir this morning.
00:05I honestly don't know what instrument was used to remove it.
00:07That arm is related to a case in Arizona.
00:10A coroner there found an arm that was severed with that same mystery tool.
00:14And both were done while the victim was still alive.
00:17That's horrible. And it means we're looking at a possible serial killer.
00:20Should we be calling the feds?
00:21Yeah, I already did.
00:30No, I'm not.
00:39I got the bones where my mom will just own me.
00:42See a small?
01:03I got ale.
01:12Yeah!
01:29Oh, my God.
01:44Hold on, let me take this in.
01:47It's my first home that I bought with my own money.
01:52I'm so happy for you.
01:53Really?
01:54You're okay that I'm putting down roots here when you live in D.C.?
01:57Of course.
01:58I love you.
02:00You are your neighbor, but it's so eclectic and...
02:05Oh, my God.
02:07You just dropped the L-bomb and then ran for cover.
02:10No.
02:10Oh, yeah, I get it.
02:11I'm cute, smart, up to my eyeballs in debt.
02:14After that down payment, but I'm still winning at life.
02:16What's not to love?
02:18Should we christen the place?
02:20That's out of the countertop.
02:22That sounds amazing.
02:24But the countertops are acid-etched and very expensive.
02:27What about the bathroom floor?
02:29Yes.
02:29Oh, you know what?
02:30That tile is original.
02:33What?
02:34You're so spontaneous.
02:35Come on.
02:38Um...
02:39Um...
02:39No.
02:40What?
02:41Seriously?
02:41I have to go into work.
02:43I...
02:44This is...
02:44You're in the middle of a move.
02:45Garza gave you the day off.
02:46I know, and he would not bug me unless it was serious.
02:49Movers are coming in literally an hour,
02:50but they don't have nowhere to put any of this stuff.
02:52Oh.
02:53But you will.
02:54Is this a test?
02:55A hundred percent.
02:57And if you love me, you're lazy.
02:59Mm-hmm.
03:01Okay.
03:03Here we go.
03:04One more.
03:05Please?
03:06Mm-hmm.
03:06Bye!
03:08Okay, listen up.
03:09During a recent murder investigation,
03:11LAPD uncovered what could possibly be a serial killer
03:15operating right here in Los Angeles.
03:17Please.
03:17We discovered a severed arm
03:19that was not linked to our murder.
03:22It had a unique cut.
03:23Unique how?
03:24It was too clean.
03:25There were no striations from a commercial blade,
03:27no burn marks from an industrial torch.
03:29We matched that unique cut to a severed leg
03:33from a black female found in Arizona.
03:35That's when we called in Agent Clark.
03:36And that's when I called in Antoinette.
03:38I haven't been able to fully examine the limbs yet,
03:41but it's clear that both were severed
03:43using a water jet cutter.
03:44The water jet uses an industrial pump
03:47that propels water faster than the speed of sound.
03:50It can cut through metal like butter.
03:51It is not a common tool,
03:53which means our killer needed both access
03:56and technical expertise.
03:58Like a specialized factory worker.
04:00Right, or high-end construction.
04:02Contractors often use water jets
04:03to cut glass, granite, marble, porcelain.
04:07Does that mean you had access to one?
04:09Yeah, I have a friend who lends me his
04:10whenever I just made myself a suspect, didn't I?
04:13Yeah.
04:13I swear it wasn't me.
04:15They all say that.
04:16Don't worry, Carter.
04:17I'm keeping my eyes on this one.
04:19Were you able to ID the victims?
04:20Not yet.
04:21Both limbs were compromised from exposure,
04:23so DNA typing is in process.
04:25My next step is to examine the arm
04:27that just landed in my lab.
04:28Good.
04:28Would you mind if I watched?
04:31Sure.
04:32Happy to have you.
04:34So you...
04:34Most serial murderers target
04:35a certain type of victim.
04:37On the face of it,
04:38the fact that our current victims
04:39are different genders and races,
04:40does it suggest that there's another factor
04:42that connects them?
04:43Could it be opportunity killing?
04:45Possible, but not probable.
04:47Okay.
04:47I want everyone bringing their A-game today.
04:49Understood?
04:50Let's stop this guy
04:51before he takes another victim.
04:52Let's move.
04:53Thank you for your help.
04:54Please reach out if you need anything else.
04:56Of course.
04:58So, how's the remodel design going?
05:00Slowly.
05:01Sorry.
05:01Protecting and serving's been a little hectic.
05:03Tell me about it.
05:05I still say you should hire
05:05a professional architect.
05:07I say don't damn your shot.
05:08Everything you've shown me so far
05:10looks great.
05:11Okay.
05:11Well, I will send you
05:12some revised drawings
05:13and good luck with your
05:14psychopath of the day.
05:15Thanks, Hans.
05:16Bye.
05:21So, what's the first step?
05:22A physical examination,
05:24which I've already done.
05:26Aside from the amputation area,
05:28the condition of the limb
05:30is consistent with a two-week timeline
05:32since removal.
05:34So, while the victim was still alive?
05:36Yes.
05:37And the Arizona victim's leg
05:40was removed approximately
05:41two weeks before that.
05:43That means our psycho killer
05:44is due to kill again soon.
05:46Possibly, but careful jumping
05:48to conclusions at this early stage.
05:50Science is about facts,
05:52not supposition.
05:53And two instances
05:55don't constitute a pattern.
05:57Is that an infrared camera?
05:58Very good.
06:00Now that I've examined the limb
06:01with the naked eye,
06:02it's time to see
06:03what I can't see naturally.
06:07What's that?
06:09That is how we're going
06:11to ID our victim.
06:14Sebastian Milner,
06:1532 years old
06:16at the time of his death,
06:18out on parole
06:18for armed robbery.
06:20His wife, Cherise,
06:21reported him missing
06:22two weeks ago.
06:23Thank you for coming in, Cherise.
06:25Did you find Sebastian?
06:27Whatever it costs
06:28to bail him out,
06:28I'll pay.
06:30Honey, I am sorry
06:31to tell you this,
06:33but your husband
06:34has been murdered.
06:38No, he didn't leave me.
06:40My family can suck it.
06:41Wait, what?
06:43I've been defending Sebastian
06:44ever since we became pen pals
06:46when he was in prison.
06:47They all said he was using me,
06:48but uh-uh.
06:49We fell in love.
06:50Yeah, um,
06:52when was the last time
06:53you saw him?
06:54Fifteen days ago.
06:55He went out to the liquor store
06:57at midnight to get a six-pack.
06:59Never came home.
07:00Before his disappearance,
07:01did you notice
07:02anything strange
07:03like phone calls
07:05where people hang up
07:06or was anyone
07:07following you guys?
07:08No.
07:10He always said
07:11the only way
07:12he would leave me
07:13was if God took him.
07:15Right, well,
07:16God didn't do this,
07:18but if you can remember
07:19what liquor store
07:20he went to,
07:21maybe we can find out
07:21who did.
07:23Do you remember
07:23seeing this guy
07:24two weeks ago?
07:26Negative.
07:26You know how many people
07:27come in and out
07:28of my store every day?
07:29Plenty,
07:30but this guy's
07:30a murder victim,
07:31so look again.
07:37Answer's the same.
07:38Don't recall.
07:38Don't recall
07:39or won't recall?
07:40Maybe it'll jog
07:40your memory
07:41if we check behind
07:42the counter,
07:42see if you're
07:43stalking somebody.
07:43Okay, okay.
07:45Guy tried to rob me,
07:46pointed a .44
07:47on my face.
07:48Then out of nowhere
07:49some dude shows up
07:50in the mask
07:50and tases him.
07:52So you witnessed
07:52a murder?
07:53Whoa, slow down.
07:54I ain't witnessed nothing.
07:55I hit the deck.
07:57When I got up,
07:58both guys were gone.
07:59Why didn't you
07:59call the police?
08:00I get robbed
08:01every other week.
08:02Cops don't do squat.
08:03Do what the mask
08:04saved my life.
08:05Ain't no way
08:05I was dropping time on him.
08:07Well, now you are.
08:08Get us your surveillance tapes.
08:11So our serial killer
08:13is a masked vigilante.
08:20How's the decorating going?
08:22Great.
08:23Ready?
08:24Using my keen profiling skills,
08:25I challenge you
08:26and place your furniture
08:27exactly where you would want it.
08:29Boom.
08:30Mark, that's perfect.
08:32Yes.
08:33For someone with
08:34no sense of interior design,
08:36come on,
08:36a man of your skills
08:37and talents,
08:38the couch, for example,
08:40is the visual anchor
08:41in the room
08:41and you have it
08:42up against the wall.
08:42Yeah.
08:43Alice.
08:43Hey, buddy.
08:44Hey, Brendan.
08:45Laura, when are you coming back?
08:47Maybe it's better
08:48if you did this.
08:48I can't.
08:49I'm on a serial.
08:50Hello.
08:50My specialty.
08:51Mine, too.
08:52And you are too busy
08:53proving your love for me
08:54by getting my house
08:55squared away.
08:56So glad I'm not dating you.
08:59Me, too.
09:01Party!
09:01Now!
09:02Okay, okay, okay.
09:03Party!
09:03Okay.
09:09What the hell
09:09kind of taser is that?
09:11It's a piccana.
09:12It's basically
09:13a cattle prod
09:13used for torture.
09:14It delivers twice
09:15the voltage
09:16of a stun gun.
09:17A suspect thinks
09:18he's Batman.
09:19Last I checked,
09:19the Caped Crusader
09:20doesn't cut criminals
09:21into tiny little pieces.
09:23Unless we're talking
09:24about Frank Miller's.
09:25You know,
09:25he's just got a report
09:26that a teenager
09:26was attacked last night
09:28by a guy
09:28with a big-ass knife
09:29only to be saved
09:30by a masked man
09:31with a cattle prod.
09:33This is our guy.
09:34Yeah.
09:34That's right.
09:44Tell me,
09:46when was the first time
09:47you felt the impulse
09:48to hurt someone?
09:49Hey, man.
09:51I wasn't gonna touch
09:52that kid.
09:53I swear.
09:55Don't lie.
09:57I know it sounds crazy,
09:58but the truth
10:00will make this hurt less.
10:05Why are you doing this to me?
10:09The same reason
10:10you hurt people.
10:11I'm a predator.
10:17Only I rage
10:19against my fate.
10:24Whereas you embrace it
10:27without question.
10:31And you can't stop it.
10:36So I will.
10:38Tell me you got something.
10:39I've got something.
10:40Good.
10:40What do you got?
10:41An impatient boss
10:42breathing down my neck?
10:43Come on, Matt.
10:44You know this takes time,
10:45finding a serial killer,
10:46and we hardly have
10:46anything to go on.
10:47We don't even know
10:48how he picks his victims.
10:49It can't be a coincidence
10:50that he's ending up
10:51at crime scenes
10:51at the exact right moment
10:52to save people.
10:53It's not,
10:53because he's not there
10:54to save them.
10:55He's there to stop the attacker.
10:57Most serial killers
10:57stalk their victims, right?
10:59Well, odds are
11:00he's doing the same thing.
11:01Right, but if he's looking
11:01for violent criminals,
11:03how does he target them?
11:04The obvious assumption
11:04is that he's law enforcement, right?
11:06Let's not jump
11:06to that conclusion just yet, right?
11:08DNA results came in
11:09on both victims.
11:10We couldn't find a match
11:11on the female victim.
11:12But we did find a match
11:13between her and Sebastian.
11:15Our victims are related?
11:16Yes.
11:17They had the same
11:18biological father.
11:24Okay, boss.
11:26According to Sebastian's widow,
11:28he never knew
11:29who his biological father was.
11:31His mother purchased
11:32donor sperm
11:33from a fertility clinic
11:34at St. Stephen's.
11:35We need to find out
11:36if our female victim
11:37was a product
11:38of the same donor.
11:39Or if her mama
11:40was knocking boots
11:41with our mystery donor
11:42in real life.
11:44Hopefully,
11:45doctor at St. Stephen's
11:46can give us the answer.
11:48Patient records
11:49are confidential.
11:50Yes, sir,
11:50but we're hunting
11:50a serial killer
11:51who murdered the child
11:52of at least one
11:53of your old patients.
11:54My clinic has delivered
11:55thousands of kids
11:56through IVF
11:56over the decades,
11:57so odds are
11:58some of them
11:59have met untimely ends.
12:00But we may be able
12:01to keep someone else
12:02from being murdered,
12:03and your files
12:04could really help us.
12:05Unless there's
12:06another reason
12:07you don't want us
12:07looking at your records.
12:08No.
12:11Doctor,
12:11let me remind you
12:12that lying to the FBI
12:14is a crime.
12:16Okay.
12:17A couple months ago,
12:18someone hacked
12:19into our system,
12:20accessed patient records
12:21from 30-plus years ago,
12:22then wiped them
12:23from the servers.
12:24Please tell us
12:25you have hard copies
12:26of those files somewhere.
12:36You know who would
12:38love to go
12:38through these boxes?
12:41Oh, I just did
12:43an escape room
12:43that looked
12:44exactly like this.
12:45But this place
12:46smells way more authentic.
12:48I didn't mean
12:49to drag you
12:50into this.
12:51It's fine.
12:52Fertility records
12:53are highly technical
12:54with an emphasis
12:54on anonymity.
12:56Elena will need
12:56my help deciphering them.
12:58Our first priority
12:59is to identify
12:59Sebastian's donor father
13:01and use him
13:01to get the identities
13:02of any other children
13:03from his samples.
13:04They might be
13:04the killer's next targets.
13:05We won't let you down.
13:06No doubt.
13:07Happy hunting.
13:10So,
13:10how do you want to start?
13:13By getting organized.
13:16Hopefully,
13:17they'll get an answer
13:18before OnSup
13:18strikes again.
13:20I put money
13:21on those two.
13:24Hold up, Carter.
13:27Danny?
13:28What are you doing here?
13:30What's going on?
13:30It is nothing.
13:32No, no, really.
13:34I just got a little dizzy.
13:36I do not want
13:36to worry you.
13:38Doctor,
13:38should I be worried?
13:39His dizziness
13:39could be caused
13:40by any number of things,
13:41most of them
13:42fairly benign.
13:43See?
13:43But due to his age,
13:45we need to run some tests
13:46just to be sure.
13:47So,
13:47we'd like to
13:48keep him overnight.
13:49Of course you do.
13:50Damn,
13:51capitalist medical system
13:52just wants my money.
13:53Knock it off.
13:54You got good insurance.
13:55You're gonna stay here
13:57as long as they tell you to.
13:59And guess what else?
14:00I'm gonna be right here
14:01with you.
14:01Absolutely not.
14:03Why?
14:03Because it's just
14:04a lot of waiting around.
14:05And tell me,
14:06you do not have
14:08something more important
14:09going on?
14:11Look,
14:12I'll call you
14:13if anything changes.
14:14I will call
14:14with regular updates.
14:16Thank you, doctor.
14:16you next time
14:18call me before
14:19you head to the ER.
14:21I can't.
14:22Mm-hmm.
14:23Please.
14:26Go on now.
14:27Go on.
14:28Is everything okay?
14:30I'm hoping it will be.
14:46I don't understand
14:47how you people
14:47survived
14:48before computers.
14:49How old
14:50do you think
14:50I am?
14:51You know what?
14:53Don't answer that.
14:55Finally,
14:56Sebastian's file,
14:57or rather his mother's.
14:58So who's the donor?
15:00Doesn't say.
15:01See?
15:02The identity is coded.
15:04A-176-Z,
15:05which means
15:06we need
15:06the corresponding
15:07donor file.
15:08I stacked those
15:09over here.
15:12Here we go.
15:13File A-176-Z,
15:15a.k.a.
15:17Thomas Clay Briggs.
15:18I know that name.
15:20Why do I know
15:21that name?
15:25Thomas Clay Briggs
15:26is currently serving
15:26six life sentences
15:27for the serial murders
15:29of five people
15:30back in the early 2000s.
15:31Their father
15:32was a serial killer.
15:35Hey, folks,
15:36get him on!
15:37Get him on!
15:39Get him on!
15:40Get him on!
15:43Get him on!
15:56Now, what could the FBI
15:57possibly want with me?
15:59Not that I'm complaining.
16:01You're, uh,
16:01breaking up the monotony
16:02of my day.
16:03Mr. Briggs,
16:04have you ever donated
16:06sperm?
16:07What kind of question
16:08is that?
16:09A straightforward one.
16:10Have you?
16:10Back in college, yeah.
16:12I, uh,
16:13I traded fluids
16:14for beer money.
16:15Was it always
16:15the same clinic?
16:16Why?
16:17We're not at liberty
16:18to say.
16:19Then I'm not at liberty
16:20to answer any more questions.
16:22Guard!
16:24Uh, no.
16:25Well, we're good.
16:30Seven children
16:31were born
16:32from your
16:34donation.
16:35So what?
16:35You just found out
16:36you're a dad.
16:37That's your reaction?
16:38Yeah, what do I care?
16:39I'm dying in this place.
16:42You think I'm gonna get
16:43all touchy-feely
16:44about a bunch of
16:45strangers who exist
16:46because I got touchy-feely
16:48with myself for cash?
16:50When you put it that way,
16:51I'm, no.
16:54Then why the hell
16:55did you drive
16:56all the way out here
16:57to ask me about this?
17:00Someone's killing
17:01off your kids.
17:03One by one.
17:07Now that's
17:07more interesting.
17:10And I can see
17:11why you didn't
17:12want to share that.
17:13Do you have any idea
17:15who could be behind this?
17:16I mean, if it was me,
17:17I'd, uh,
17:19pay a visit
17:20to the families
17:21of my victims.
17:23After what I did
17:24to their loved ones,
17:27I'd want revenge, too.
17:32That's the last box.
17:33Okay.
17:34That means we have
17:34seven children
17:35from Briggs' samples,
17:36all born between
17:371986 and 1992.
17:40We already knew
17:41about Sebastian Milner,
17:42and Edwina Davis here
17:43matches our
17:44African-American Jane Doe,
17:45reported missing
17:46a month ago.
17:47And the others?
17:48Are they local?
17:49We should get them protection.
17:50I haven't been able
17:51to track down
17:51everyone's whereabouts,
17:52but this one,
17:54Maggie Whitlock,
17:55lives in Granada Hills.
18:02Oh, you just can't
18:03get enough of me,
18:04can you?
18:04Mike, you didn't
18:05volunteer for this detail
18:06because you knew
18:07I'd be swinging by.
18:08Is Maggie Whitlock
18:09inside?
18:09With her son, Theo, yes.
18:10Did you let them know
18:11what's going on?
18:11I thought that might be
18:13best coming from you,
18:14but I did tell her
18:15you're on your way.
18:20FBI, Mrs. Whitlock,
18:22can we come inside?
18:27Hey, cutie pie.
18:29Is there a place
18:30we could talk
18:31outside of the range
18:32of Little Lears?
18:34Uh, Theo,
18:36I noticed you have
18:36a train set.
18:37Would you mind
18:37showing me your trains?
18:38I'm totally into those.
18:39Is that okay?
18:41Given to his father,
18:43does he really think
18:43it's a coincidence
18:44that Sebastian Milner
18:45turned into a violent criminal?
18:46There's no way to tell.
18:48Sebastian's childhood
18:49is a litany of abuse
18:50and neglect.
18:51In and of itself,
18:52that's causal
18:53for psychopathy.
18:54And DNA from a serial killer
18:55didn't do anything
18:56to our other victim,
18:57Edwina Davis,
18:58other than make her
18:58a law-abiding citizen.
19:00Oh, Elena just got
19:02a phone number
19:02for another one
19:03of Briggs' kids.
19:06Hello.
19:08Hi, is this Roman Griffith?
19:10Yeah, that's me.
19:10This is Special Agent
19:11Laura Stenson with the FBI.
19:13That's a nice try,
19:14but I'm not going to give you
19:14my social security number,
19:16so...
19:16This isn't a scam,
19:17Mr. Griffith.
19:18I'm calling to inform you
19:19that your life
19:20could be in danger.
19:24What kind of danger?
19:26Someone appears
19:26to be targeting
19:27the children
19:27of your biological father.
19:29Were you aware
19:29that your mother
19:30used a sperm donor?
19:31No.
19:32My parents never told me
19:33that they used a donor.
19:34And now you're telling me
19:36he's a serial killer?
19:37The most important thing
19:38right now
19:39is to keep you
19:40and your son safe.
19:42My son has the DNA
19:43of a serial killer, too.
19:47Are you currently
19:48in Los Angeles?
19:49No, I'm in Vancouver
19:50for a couple weeks.
19:51All right, well,
19:52you're probably safe for now,
19:53but as soon as we hang up,
19:55I'll reach out
19:55to the field office
19:56in Seattle
19:56and alert them
19:57to what's going on.
19:58Targeting innocent people
19:59who had no choice
20:00who their father is?
20:01What kind of sick monster
20:02would do something like that?
20:03I try not to use labels
20:05like monster.
20:07Most serial killers
20:08start as ordinary people
20:09and end up doing
20:11monstrous things.
20:15Um, so what should I do?
20:17Just keep a low profile
20:18and alert me
20:19the minute you travel back.
20:20We'll set you up
20:21with a protective detail.
20:22Okay, thank you.
20:38Officer Nolan will stay
20:39while you pack your things
20:40and then escort you
20:41to a secure location.
20:48Hi.
20:51Who are you?
21:02Wait, wait, what?
21:02Right now?
21:03I need you to take your son
21:05into the bathroom
21:06and lock the door.
21:07I don't have time
21:08for you to ask questions.
21:09Do it now.
21:11What's going on?
21:12Look over my left shoulder
21:14in the trees.
21:15He's here.
21:16That's him.
21:17That's the guy.
21:19Theo's gone.
21:20He goes out the doggy door
21:21sometimes to play outside.
21:22Ma'am, we need you
21:23to stay inside.
21:24715, send me code 3 units
21:26on me and an airship.
21:27Eyes on murder suspect.
21:29Possible kidnapping.
21:29Info pursuit
21:30with FBI agents.
21:42Nothing.
21:43Nothing.
21:45Let's go.
21:48FBI out!
21:49So sorry.
21:50Baby, you okay?
21:52Huh?
21:53You had us scared.
21:54We were looking for you.
21:57What you got there?
22:03He's gone.
22:04There's a road back there.
22:05He must have a car stashed.
22:06What's that?
22:07A trophy from our killer.
22:10We got lucky.
22:11If he'd have taken that boy...
22:13Why didn't he?
22:14If he's targeting
22:14all of Briggs' progeny,
22:16then why not go after
22:16the grandkid?
22:17Maybe he has
22:18some sort of moral code.
22:19Boss, this guy was
22:20so damn bold.
22:21You got one cop,
22:22two feds,
22:23and he still hung around
22:24in the backyard to watch?
22:25Okay.
22:26Well, the good news is
22:27is that all other
22:27potential victims
22:28have been accounted for.
22:29So we are going to
22:30shift into hunting mode, right?
22:31This guy's moving fast,
22:33which means he's definitely
22:33made some mistakes.
22:34That's how we're
22:35going to catch him.
22:36Okay?
22:37Hey, so I'll see you
22:39in 30, 40 minutes.
22:40Oh, and do you want
22:41monastery or stinky?
22:43What are you talking about?
22:44Cheese.
22:45A cheese plate
22:46for your house.
22:47Who invited you
22:47to my house?
22:48Atlas invited me
22:50and Antoinette
22:51for housewarming.
22:52You know what?
22:54That's great.
22:56Yeah, it'll be nice
22:56having you.
22:57And as far as the cheese,
22:58just surprise me.
22:59Great.
23:00See you later.
23:01See ya.
23:04Daddy, did you find
23:05out you were getting dizzy
23:06because you were
23:07having too much sex?
23:09Simone.
23:10I'm just playing.
23:11I talked to Dr. Price
23:13and she told me
23:14she's still waiting
23:14on some of your
23:15test results,
23:16but she's ruled out
23:17the big scary stuff.
23:19Look, they've taken
23:19enough blood from me
23:21to feed a family
23:22of vampires.
23:23The test result
23:24won't come back
23:25until tomorrow.
23:25I could call you
23:26on the phone
23:26and tell you that.
23:27But I needed
23:28to look you in your eyes
23:29for you to tell me
23:30how long you've been
23:32getting dizzy.
23:33A week.
23:35On and off.
23:36What?
23:37Well, look, Simone,
23:38I'm old,
23:39in case you hadn't noticed.
23:41And if I'd get freaked out
23:42by every little ache
23:43and pain,
23:44I would live
23:45in the doctor's office.
23:46Well, if you don't
23:47let the people
23:48who love you
23:48take care of you,
23:50you won't live anywhere.
23:52What is that for?
23:54Oh, that's for me.
23:55We're having a sleepover
23:56and there is nothing
23:57you can do about it.
23:59Wanna play dominoes?
24:00Oh, yeah.
24:05I'm so glad
24:06you came over.
24:07Ready?
24:08You know what?
24:08What?
24:09I think it's gonna
24:10look better over there.
24:11It just was over there.
24:12Are you doing this
24:12just to watch us
24:13lift heavy things?
24:14No.
24:15I'm watching you.
24:16Yeah, I'm watching you.
24:17Oh, God.
24:18She's doing this all day.
24:19I'm happy to help.
24:20Yes.
24:21Now that is perfect.
24:22Great.
24:23Oh, I just,
24:24I love this living room.
24:27Hey, you ever notice
24:28how people can easily
24:29express love for things
24:30but not people?
24:32There's something
24:33pathological about that.
24:34Wouldn't you say, Brendan?
24:35Oh, God.
24:36Is this one of your
24:36passive-aggressive fights?
24:39It's so weird.
24:40I don't like it.
24:40Glad you finally
24:41approved, though.
24:42Makes being here all day
24:43a little easier to take,
24:44especially since I missed
24:45all the fun of chasing
24:46down a serial killer.
24:47Fun?
24:47Yeah.
24:48We need to get
24:48this guy out more.
24:49You guys got to meet
24:50Tom Briggs.
24:51I've always been
24:51fascinated with him.
24:52I mean, okay,
24:53most people think
24:54that his psychopathy
24:55is based in the abuse
24:57that he suffered,
24:57but I think it stems
24:59from his mother's
25:00mental illness.
25:00Come on.
25:01Here we go.
25:01The old weekly
25:02nature versus nurture debate.
25:04I think I'm gonna have
25:04to start drinking.
25:06Right?
25:06Where's the...
25:07Polkscrew.
25:07Yeah, I remember seeing
25:08that in one of the 25 boxes
25:11a few hours ago.
25:12Okay.
25:13Yeah, I'm sorry.
25:13Well, luckily,
25:15there's a really cute market
25:16down the street
25:17and it's open light,
25:18so I'll just get a new one.
25:18I'll come with you.
25:19Come on.
25:19You know what?
25:20Why don't you stay?
25:21You know I love
25:23a nighttime drive.
25:24I just love
25:25the wind in my hair.
25:29You guys need anything?
25:34What keeps you picking up
25:36the pieces of me
25:38night after night?
25:39Uh, uh,
25:41do you feel it?
25:43Crazy, it's calling
25:45for you feeling it.
25:48Something's been bugging me.
25:50Briggs,
25:51he didn't know
25:52about any of these kids.
25:53He barely remembers
25:54donating sperm,
25:56but somehow
25:56our new serial killer
25:59knows the exact
26:00fertility clinic
26:02tuberkularize.
26:03How's that possible?
26:04You never turn off,
26:05do you?
26:06Not around you.
26:07Real smooth,
26:08but that is interesting.
26:09Who else would have
26:10access to that information?
26:11The clinic's employees
26:13or the patients
26:15or...
26:16The children themselves.
26:40Crazy, it's calling
26:41Do you feel it now?
27:05How are you doing?
27:08Sorry to get off
27:10for our packs quite a bunch.
27:12But I...
27:13I just didn't think
27:14you'd come willingly.
27:18We spoke on the phone.
27:21You're Roman.
27:23Very good.
27:23You're one of the kids.
27:25And you're taking
27:26out your siblings.
27:29Yes.
27:33And you're gonna help me
27:34finish what I started.
27:36There we go.
27:38Now we can play
27:38Call of Duty in 8K.
27:40I can't believe
27:41Laura has an Xbox.
27:42She didn't.
27:43Till now.
27:44Got her as a housewoman
27:44gift.
27:45I bought it for yourself.
27:46What's taking Laura so long?
27:48I don't know.
27:49Didn't she say the store
27:49was just down the street?
27:50Yeah.
27:56Car still.
27:57Here.
27:59That's...
28:07Oh, you hear that?
28:09Yeah.
28:18Oh, no.
28:23Okay, why did he take it?
28:24Not sure, but we might
28:25have an idea of who he is.
28:26Not the time for suspense.
28:27He's gonna break
28:28his biological children.
28:29The files that were stolen
28:30were sealed,
28:30except for his offspring.
28:32Any one of them
28:32could have looked
28:32into their biological father.
28:34That's not a motive
28:34to murder their siblings.
28:35No, but it is a lead.
28:37So three of the kids
28:37are either dead
28:38or assumed so.
28:39Who is left?
28:40Maggie Whitlock
28:40seems unlikely.
28:42Roman Griffiths
28:42is in Vancouver.
28:43No, he's not.
28:44That's the man
28:45I saw in Maggie's backyard.
28:47I'm positive.
28:48Okay, we need a deep dive
28:49on Roman Griffiths,
28:51and we need it yesterday.
28:51Okay, let's go.
28:55All right.
28:56Let's do this.
29:00Okay.
29:02Clearly, you're a
29:03serial murderer
29:04with the pathology
29:06that entails.
29:08Clearly.
29:11When I spoke with you
29:12on the phone,
29:14I wouldn't call you
29:15a monster,
29:16and that resonated
29:17with you.
29:20You think you're acting
29:21for a righteous cause,
29:23um,
29:24a rational one.
29:26See?
29:26I knew you had the juice.
29:29Exactly.
29:30Exactly.
29:32You know,
29:33for a minute,
29:33I thought that you were
29:35targeting your siblings
29:36out of jealousy.
29:37you alone
29:38would carry
29:39your father's
29:40bloodline forward,
29:41but...
29:43Well, that's not right.
29:47You're ashamed of it.
29:49You think it made you
29:51what you are.
29:54When I was growing up,
29:58my parents were
30:01kind to me.
30:03They never stopped
30:04loving me,
30:05despite how I was.
30:07And we...
30:08We tried everything.
30:11Doctors,
30:12therapists,
30:13priests,
30:14meds.
30:16Nothing worked.
30:17Nothing would
30:18relieve this pressure
30:20in my head.
30:21Nothing
30:21except
30:22violence.
30:25Murder.
30:25No.
30:26I wanted to,
30:27but I found ways
30:29to stop myself.
30:32And then I found out
30:33who my real father was.
30:35And that he was
30:36the worst version
30:37of me.
30:38And then I
30:39dug a little deeper
30:40and found out
30:42that he had
30:43other children.
30:46Violent
30:47children.
30:48No, not all of them.
30:48How can you be so sure?
30:50I mean, yes,
30:51Sebastian
30:51and Chet,
30:52they are out
30:54and proud
30:54about their cruelty.
30:56But
30:57you don't know
30:58what goes on
30:59behind the scenes
30:59with the others.
31:00So you thought
31:01that you were
31:01doing the world
31:01a favor
31:02by taking
31:02your siblings
31:03out of it?
31:03Yes.
31:04Yes.
31:04But that...
31:06That doesn't explain
31:07why you want me here.
31:08I'm not one of your siblings.
31:10And I'm not telling you
31:11anything that you don't know.
31:12It's the boy.
31:17Maggie's son.
31:18He has the DNA.
31:20The only sane thing
31:22I could do
31:23was take him out
31:24but I couldn't do that.
31:28Why?
31:30Some might call
31:31that conscience.
31:34Don't mock me.
31:36Don't you dare mock me!
31:37I have been
31:38agonizing over this.
31:40I just got off
31:41the phone with LAPD.
31:42Roman's apartment
31:43is empty
31:43but there is a bolo out.
31:45I am not going
31:45to hold my breath.
31:46So what have we
31:46pulled on our subject?
31:47Roman Griffith
31:48raised in Claremont
31:49by two professors.
31:50Disciplinary issues
31:51growing up
31:51but nothing serious.
31:52No criminal record.
31:53He wound up
31:53in a trade school
31:54became a machinist.
31:55He's worked
31:56for a decade plus
31:57at various
31:57aerospace manufacturers.
31:59Explains how he knows
31:59how to use
32:00a waterjet cutter.
32:01Yes but not how
32:02he had access to one.
32:03Those machines cost
32:04hundreds of thousands
32:04of dollars.
32:05Wait boss.
32:06Two of the factories
32:07Roman worked at
32:08closed in the past
32:09six months.
32:10Blue Sphere Aviation
32:11and Descent Aerospace
32:14and both of these
32:15are in quiet
32:16industrial areas.
32:17Carter, Simone
32:18you're with me.
32:18I'm on a contact SWAT.
32:19Have them meet us
32:20at Blue Sphere.
32:21Brendan Atlas
32:22you take Descent.
32:23Let's move.
32:23We are running
32:24out of time.
32:24Why don't you get this?
32:26You spend your life
32:27tracking people like me.
32:29Like my father.
32:30And like this boy.
32:31Think of the victims
32:33he will hurt.
32:34And the families
32:36that will grieve.
32:36Just to be clear.
32:37You want a pep talk?
32:39To kill a six year old?
32:40To stop a murderer
32:41before he strikes.
32:43It is no different
32:44than what you do.
32:45Maggie's son might have
32:46had some of the DNA
32:47as Briggs
32:48and as you.
32:49But Roman
32:51you kill
32:52because you want to.
32:55And there is no amount
32:56of rationalizing
32:57that's going to change that.
33:05I'm sorry
33:06I shouldn't have brought
33:07you into this mess.
33:11You don't deserve it
33:13but
33:16you know too much now.
33:21When I begin to strangle you
33:22your body's defense mechanism
33:23will kick in
33:24and you'll try
33:25and fight back.
33:25No, no, no.
33:26Hold on, hold on!
33:27It is your survival instinct
33:29is in your DNA
33:30and that controls us all.
33:32No!
34:00Oh, my God.
34:55I... I'm impressed by your resilience.
34:58Agent Stenson, but...
35:03But there's no way out.
35:19Oh, my God.
35:25That's clever.
35:26That's really clever.
35:34Oh, my God.
35:51Oh, my God.
35:54Oh, my God.
36:05Oh, my God.
36:24Oh, my God.
36:28Oh, my God.
36:46Enough!
36:49It's her, isn't it, Brendan?
36:52Brendan, is it her?
36:53It's not her.
36:53It's her.
36:53Brendan.
36:54No, no, no.
36:54It's a man.
36:55Brendan.
36:55Tell me.
36:56It's a man's body.
36:56It's...
36:57It's a man's body.
36:59Okay.
36:59We still have time.
37:00We still have time.
37:01Okay.
37:01I need your head in the game.
37:03I need your head in the game.
37:05Yeah.
37:14FBI!
37:15FBI!
37:16I see them hands!
37:17Hands!
37:17It's not happening!
37:19It's not...
37:19No, come on.
37:19It's not him.
37:21Roman.
37:22You're not getting away.
37:24Okay?
37:25Okay.
37:26If you kill me, he will kill you.
37:30I know.
37:31What?
37:34Put it down!
37:35Roman, don't!
37:37It doesn't have to end this way.
37:40Yes, it does.
37:42It's...
37:43I failed.
37:45But whatever evil comes out of my siblings...
37:48or their kids...
37:52that's on your hands now.
37:56Whoa!
38:01Are you okay?
38:03Yeah.
38:03Are you okay?
38:10I'm sorry.
38:12Yeah.
38:16Hey.
38:19Hey, boss.
38:20Hey.
38:21How's Laura?
38:22I sent her home with Atlas.
38:24She's hurting, but...
38:25she's gonna be okay.
38:27The rest of the siblings?
38:28Safe and sound.
38:30And even with Roman gone,
38:31I don't think it's a bad idea
38:32to keep tabs on the rest of the Briggs clan.
38:34For their safety or the world's.
38:35Well...
38:36One thing I learned by having children
38:38is that there are some traits
38:40you can't do anything about.
38:42No amount of nurturing will change it.
38:45My daughter Billie came into this world
38:47stubborn and opinionated
38:49and has yet to see the light.
38:51Yeah, that's definitely in her DNA.
38:53Beat it.
38:55And I mean it.
38:55I mean it.
38:56Zip it.
38:57Zip it.
38:58Zip it.
38:59Hey.
39:00Thanks for letting me work with you on this case.
39:02It was fun.
39:03I should be thanking you.
39:05Your attention to detail and natural curiosity
39:08is quite impressive.
39:09I learned more cool stuff in the last two days
39:11than in the past two years.
39:13I'm constantly learning myself.
39:15It's the best part of the job.
39:16Love it.
39:17Hey, if you aren't busy with Vampire Cop every night,
39:19maybe I can buy you a drink?
39:21Talk about studying forensics?
39:22That sounds lovely.
39:24Although, are you even old enough to buy a drink?
39:26Okay, boomer.
39:29Listen, forensics can be challenging and stressful,
39:32but you've got a knack for it.
39:35And I happen to be one hell of a mentor.
39:38Let's go.
39:40So your dizziness and loss of balance
39:41is a result of a minor ear infection.
39:43So we just get you some antibiotics,
39:45get a wheelchair in here, and take you to the exit.
39:47Okay, so I can go home now.
39:49Yeah.
39:50Well, it don't sound like you gotta go home,
39:51but you do gotta get the hell out of here.
39:53So let's hit it, Big Pop.
39:56Thank you, Doctor.
39:57You're welcome.
39:58You're welcome.
40:01What, Daddy?
40:02I know this look.
40:04Talk to me.
40:05I just do not like being fussed over.
40:09And for the last couple of days,
40:10that's all people have been doing.
40:12It's not fussing over you.
40:14It's taking care of you.
40:16You see that there?
40:18You make it sound like I'm some kind of an invalid.
40:21You are the best damn Daddy I know.
40:24Enjoy the fruits of your labor.
40:27And let folks love on you a little bit.
40:29I got your back.
40:30Now, come on.
40:33Whoa.
40:34Daddy, are you okay?
40:37Yeah.
40:39Daddy!
40:41I was just checking to make sure you had my back.
40:43That's not funny.
40:45It's not.
40:46I'm sorry.
40:57Lily has a nice house.
41:00Yeah.
41:02No, except for the memory of me being kidnapped in the driveway.
41:06I'm sorry.
41:08No, I'm sorry.
41:11What for?
41:11Because this morning, you told me that you loved me.
41:17And instead of appreciating it, I just made endless jokes.
41:20It's our thing.
41:22I don't care.
41:23I...
41:27And you were right.
41:30It's pathological.
41:32And I was deflecting.
41:35But while I was tied up,
41:37it was my life about to end.
41:41All I could think about was I didn't want to die without saying I love you too.
41:49Because I do.
41:51I love you.
41:52Hmm.
42:01True.
42:03I'm sorry, I can't.
42:05So?
42:07The couch.
42:08In the middle of the room like this.
42:10I...
42:10I think it just needs to go by.
42:15Want to help me move it?
42:17No.
42:17Yes.
42:20No, no, no, no, no.
42:20Wow.
42:21Of course.
42:23To be honest.
42:31No.
42:35No, no.
42:35No, no.
42:36Yes.
42:36Oh, no.
42:37No, no, no, no.
42:39It's okay.
42:39No, no, no, no.
42:39No, no, no, no.
42:40No, no, no, no.
42:41No, no, I've been.
42:45No, no, no, no, no, no.
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