Chicago Med (2015) s12e05 Episode Script
Baptism by Fire
1
Everyone thinks change
is not possible until it is.
Dr. Ripley, who will assume the
position of interim ED chief.
I-I will?
I have a faster way to see
if we're on the right track.
I remembered that it's red
under a Wood's lamp.
Nicely done.
You kind of just made it sound like
it was all your idea.
If you want to stay at Gaffney,
you're gonna have competition.
What you working on?
Uh, application for chief resident.
Hope I'm not too late.
Looks like we've got ourselves a race.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[TRAIN RUMBLING]
Hey, where are your parents?
Oh, what happened, little man?
Hey, where do you live?
Can you at least tell me your name?
I'm Annie. I'm a doctor.
You know what a doctor is, right?
Well, doctors help people
who are hurt.
Let's get you to my hospital
and we can make you better, okay?
Big Dog.
I told you not to call me that.
Yeah, but you're wearing
the Big Dog coat come on.
Bagel?
I'm not hungry enough
to eat a-a sad bribe.
Okay, so what I'm hearing
is that you are going to have
my back today
when Dr. Heart announces
chief resident, right, roomie?
Oh, I'm afraid I'm still on the fence.
See, Dr. Wu really does bring
a lot to the table.
Hmm.
- Dean!
- Hmm.
- Bagel?
- No.
Uh, but I do have a baby you can kiss.
Do you know Dr. Wu
rescued an abandoned child
on her way to work?
- Seriously?
- Yeah.
CPD's on their way now.
Now, that's chief resident material.
Yeah.
Hey, why didn't you, uh, loop me in?
I am the peds EM resident.
You were busy
with your campaign bagels.
You could've brought in
doughnuts or something.
I'm just saying,
you're pretty shameless.
- "Shameless"? Really?
- Mm-hmm.
More shameless
than you taking solo credit
for a two-person solve the other day?
Oh, really? You're still
thinking about that?
CPD will be here soon, Dr. Wu.
No AMBER Alerts matching
your little boy,
but they're already doing
knock-and-talks
in the neighborhood
where you found him.
- Did you get a name?
- No, not yet.
- He still hasn't said anything.
- Hmm.
Well, why don't you let
Dr. Frost take a shot?
- He's got the magic touch.
- Hmm.
Magic touch.
Get over your magical self, truly.
I didn't say it.
Don't feel like talking much?
That's okay.
Hey, have you ever seen one of these?
They're not the biggest deal anymore,
but when I was your age,
I was obsessed.
- That's so not a surprise.
- [CHUCKLES]
Check it out.
Place your thumb here
and just let the pages flip like that.
It's pretty cool, huh?
Here, give it a try.
It's yours now.
Do you have a favorite toy?
Mommy and Daddy said
never to talk to strangers
'cause they might follow you home.
Well, that is good advice.
And while it is true Dr. Wu
and I are strangers,
we are also helpers
that take care of people
and make sure
that you find your parents.
I bet they're really worried
about you right now.
And we could find them a lot faster
if we knew your name.
[SIGHS]
Max, Max Merritt.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Max.
I'm Dr. Frost.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, buddy, what's wrong?
Mommy and Daddy are gonna be
so angry with me.
Why would they be?
For running away.
I broke the rules.
I get in so much trouble
when I break the rules.
♪
You're seven?
Wow.
I mean, that's a whole lot more
than a little scratch you got
on your cheek there.
You're pretty brave
for a seven-year-old,
I'll tell you that much.
How'd that happen?
[SIGHS] I was running,
and a big dog barked at me.
I tripped and fell and hit my head.
Wow. Well, that sounds pretty scary.
I wonder what you
were running away from.
My secret angel told me
that something really bad
was gonna happen at home today,
and I had to go before it did.
"Secret angel"?
Wow.
Does your secret angel have a name?
I don't know, but she talks to me.
What does she look like?
I don't know. I just hear her voice.
How'd you two meet?
I mean, like, who started
the conversation?
Like, who talked first?
She did.
She did.
What kind of stuff
you guys talk about?
Everything.
She knows all the stuff about me,
like that I don't have any friends
and that I'm scared of the dark.
She whispers to me, and I feel better.
She says she's gonna help me.
So Max seems to genuinely
hear this voice, right?
Which he calls his secret angel.
And he trusts it
'cause it told him something
bad was gonna happen today.
And, uh, it appears that
that's why he ran.
This couldn't be
schizophrenia, could it?
He'd be remarkably young
to be presenting with schizophrenia.
You know, I mean, one thing
that I'm considering
maybe is autism, you know,
'cause he says he's really lonely,
doesn't have any friends.
Do you think he's being abused?
Not completely off the table,
but he's just not showing
the classic signs of physical abuse.
Clean pajamas.
He's bathed. He's well-fed.
Somebody's taken good care of him.
I mean, I do get the sense
his parents are strict, right?
- Maybe even very strict.
- So what's next?
It's unlikely,
but I'd like to get a CTH
because he came in here
with a head wound.
I just want to make sure that
that's not what's responsible
for him hearing this voice.
All right, 110/65.
You're looking good, kiddo.
Thank you.
For taking your blood pressure?
- [VELCRO RIPS]
- For being a good stranger.
Thank you for letting me.
- Surprise.
- [GASPS] Mommy! Daddy!
We're so glad to see you, buddy.
Mm.
Your dad and I were scared to death
when you weren't
in your bed this morning.
We immediately jumped in the car
and went looking for him
until you called us.
Why did you run away, Max?
Dr. Charles, the, uh, psychiatrist
who spoke to Max earlier
he's on his way down
to talk to you about that.
W-we heard you found Max.
Yeah. Yeah, he was a little banged up.
Oh, baby.
Max is a little concerned
that you might be upset with him
for talking to strangers, meaning us.
But I did explain to him that
doctors help people, right?
I'm really sorry, Daddy.
Hey, you did the right thing, Max.
Mom and I aren't upset at all.
We're just so thankful you're safe.
I can't stop thinking about what if.
It's my fault.
I should've been watching him
more carefully.
Don't do that to yourself, sweetie.
Hey. You cool?
Yeah, why wouldn't I be?
Seems like Mr. Merritt didn't
make a great impression on you.
I'm all good.
- [PA BEEPS]
- Incoming!
Three Jane Does
pulled from a house fire.
Jane Doe one late 20s,
upper-body thermal burns.
Heart rate's 126. BP's 90/54.
- Trauma 1.
- Jane Doe two 30s, no ID.
- Burns to the legs and abdomen.
- Trauma 3.
Jane Doe three 30s,
burns to arms, legs, and torso.
- Heart rate 140, BP 113/60.
- Trauma 2.
CFD rescued them
from an underground bunker
that was bolted shut from the outside.
Somebody tried to burn them alive.
Some soot in her airway on exam
with non-labored breathing,
sats at 92.
Heart rate 124, BP 135/70.
Stridorous en route, sats at 95.
You didn't intubate in the field?
We aborted on first look.
Her airway was too edematous
and filled with soot.
Preliminary assessment suggests arson.
Okay, on my count. One, two
Three.
- Start a liter of LR.
- Starting a liter of LR.
She needs air fast, Kacy.
Get an intubation kit and bougie.
Trini, have respiratory grab
an ABG with carboxyhemoglobin
and call the pharmacy
for hydroxocobalamin.
- She's gonna need intubation.
- Wheezes bilateral.
Okay, let's take a look in your mouth.
Sats at 78. Heart rate dropping.
It's no good. We got to crack her.
- Scalpel and hook.
- She has soot and erythema.
Page respiratory
and start the HAM protocol.
Damn it, can't get an airway
either it's too swollen.
Pale skin
and eye sensitivity to light.
Been a while since she's seen the sun.
Those women were in
that bunker for a long time
- maybe years.
- No one deserves this.
What kind of person wakes up one day
and decides to burn them alive?
[WHEEZING]
Us.
[WHEEZES]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
What was that?
We started fire
[WHEEZES] To get
free.
[WHEEZES]
♪
- BOTH: Hey.
- Jane Doe One able to talk?
No. We have her on continuous nebs,
but her words were clear.
The girls set the fire
hoping to get help
before it killed them.
Sharon, those girls were in hell.
I just came from the house.
Those three girls were held
crammed into a 20x15 space,
living in near darkness
one bed, one toilet, no staircase.
No escape.
The only entry point
was a trapdoor
that was out of their reach.
We found a ladder and bucket up top
that was lowered as needed.
Uh, is there any idea
on who put them there?
The house is registered
to an elderly woman,
Michelle Sweeney,
who died over 30 years ago.
But we're still digging
into who's been there since.
Well, I'm glad
that you're heading this.
My involvement is more personal.
That's why the commander sent me over.
- How's that?
- [SIGHS]
Missy Nelson
kidnapper entered through her
bedroom window 29 years ago.
I was working the scene
that day as a beat cop.
And needless to say, it stuck with me.
That bunker is only two blocks
from Missy's house.
My gut says this is no coincidence.
S-so you think one
of these girls is Missy.
That and whoever took her
might have taken the other girls.
Does Missy have
any identifying features?
A birthmark on the back
of her right ear.
- I'll check all three of them.
- I appreciate it, Sharon.
Yeah.
This goes deep.
It's embedded in the SubQ.
[SIGHS] Bad news
the pharmacy just gave
the last vial
of hydroxocobalamin to Archer.
She won't survive without it.
Yeah, they're calling
East Mercy to get more,
but that'll take hours at least.
If there's only one vial
of hydroxocobalamin left,
- my patient needs it more.
- Uh, agree to disagree.
Mine's got over 60% TBSA
full-thickness burns,
a Grade 3 inhalation injury.
I was only able to secure
an airway via scalpel.
Mine is intubated,
with mixed superficial partial
and full-thickness burns
across the legs.
Her carboxyhemoglobin is 50,
and her lactate is 15.
It's consistent with cyanide poisoning
from her inhalation injury.
Please don't waste
that last vial on a patient
that is a long shot.
It's your call, Dr. Ripley.
The hydroxocobalamin goes to Dr. Wu.
Well, they say it's better
to make the wrong decision
than no decision at all.
Now I'm not so sure that's true.
[GLOVE SNAPS]
You made the right choice.
It sure doesn't feel like it.
Oh, impossible decisions never do.
Max hears voices?
What do these voices say to him?
Well, they're definitely friendly.
And, um
Max does not seem
to be frightened of them.
Have you ever heard him
talking to himself or?
Yes, but we chalked it up
to an imaginary friend.
I had one at his age.
Max is a quiet kid.
He's sweet but doesn't have
a lot of friends.
He struggles in that area. Always has.
Look, that could be
all this is, right?
But we'd really like to do a head CT,
primarily just to rule
a bunch of stuff out.
But also, you never know
it could point us
in the right direction.
[BOTH SIGH]
I checked the other two
ladies for the birthmark.
Neither had one.
So this could be Missy.
Well, Jane Doe number three
is the most critical.
But her ears were burned,
so I can't confirm that she's Missy
by the birthmark.
But she is the oldest of the three.
The math works.
Jane Doe One's respiratory
status has improved.
Dr. Ripley says you can speak
to her now if you'd like.
Hopefully she can give us
the name of her captor.
I know that you've been
through a horrible trauma,
and if you don't want to talk,
you just let me know,
but I want to get all your names
so we can locate your families
as soon as possible.
Can you help me with that?
That's great.
Okay, let's start with you.
Joanna Cook.
I'm Trudy.
And the other two?
Isabel Preston and Beatrice Ross.
Did you ever meet a girl named Missy?
No.
But she was there before us.
Missy was bad
so he got rid of her.
And can you tell me his name?
Oh, n are you afraid you're
gonna end up like Missy?
Okay, I understand. I understand.
But I promise you
he will never be able
to hurt you again.
Joanna, the three of you were
so brave to set that fire.
No, Beatrice was the brave one.
She found the wires in the wall
and figured out how to make a spark.
Beatrice said that the risk of dying
was worth the chance of freedom.
She sounds like a hero.
She is.
Are Beatrice and Isabel okay?
We were about to burn alive
when the firemen found us.
They're alive.
They're fighters like you.
I just hope Max got out.
Max? Who's Max?
The little boy who lived upstairs.
I told him to get out
of the house this morning,
- that something bad was coming.
- Hold on.
- Sharon?
- Max is Dr. Charles's patient.
He's in the PICU now with his parents.
Uh, J-Joanna,
you were such a huge help.
- Wait. Max is here?
- We'll we'll be back.
Max is here?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Frost, Wu, did either of you
discharge Max Merritt?
No.
They were just here two seconds ago.
Maybe they're grabbing a snack.
This is Sergeant Platt.
Start rolling units to Gaffney.
We have two offenders who fled
with their tender-aged child.
Secure all exits
and set a four-block perimeter.
Can someone explain
what's happening, please?
Clark Merritt is likely the one
who prisoned those women
under his house.
Son of a bitch.
Be advised
the offenders were last seen
exiting the north entrance
towards A parking.
Have CPD cover B and C
once they arrive.
I'll take the left.
♪
Clark!
Let's talk this out, okay?
I think we have
a misunderstanding here.
On your knees,
hands behind your heads.
Now!
You heard me. Get down now.
♪
Go, go. I'll take care of Max.
Mommy?
- Esther! Esther!
- [SIRENS WAILING, HORNS HONKING]
- Esther. Esther. Esther.
- CPD!
Esther, it's over!
Esther, think about it!
Think about it!
[GRUNTS]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Esther, hey.
Max still needs you, okay?
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
[ALL MOUTHING WORDS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Okay, a lot of fractures here.
2 grams of Ancef
and start a liter of NS.
No free fluid.
Wow. This woman's got nine lives.
And doesn't deserve any of them.
Get X-ray down for chest and pelvis
and tell CT we'll bring her up soon
and get her formal extremity
X-rays on the way back.
- Got it.
- [GASPS, SCREAMS]
Esther, Esther, you were hit by a car.
So much pain.
Okay, 100 more of fentanyl, Nancy.
- Coming right up.
- Where's my son?
Your son who you abandoned? He's fine.
Dr. Wu.
Take a walk. Now!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Get ortho.
- Yep.
Where's Mommy and Daddy?
They are safe.
Can I see them?
Not right now, buddy. I'm sorry.
Why were the police chasing them?
What? What did they do?
Look, that is not
what's important, okay?
What's important
is that you are safe now,
and you're gonna be okay, Max
no matter what.
Why did they leave me?
It's because I broke
the rules, isn't it?
They're mad I ran away.
They're mad I listened to
my secret angel and not them.
Hey
you did nothing wrong, Max.
And I'm so glad
that you listened
to your secret angel,
because she kept you safe, didn't she?
[SIGHS]
The women have all been identified.
All three were kidnapped
by Clark Merritt as children
the oldest, Beatrice Ross, in 2002,
Isabel Preston in 2004,
and the youngest, Joanna Cook,
in 2010.
They were in the bunker that long?
I'm afraid so.
And the evidence strongly suggests
that Clark Merritt
was sexually abusing them.
- And and the wife knew?
- As far as we can tell, yeah.
Have their families been notified?
We're reaching out now.
And as for Esther
and Clark's son, Max,
DCFS is on their way.
That poor kid.
I don't think he understood
what was going on down in that bunker.
I really hope that's true.
Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks.
You sensed something was off
with Clark Merritt, didn't you?
That's what was bothering you before.
What is with the third degree?
You think you know me all of a sudden?
It was just an observation.
Why are you so angry?
Trust me
I have a right to my anger.
Yeah, seems like
you'd be lost without it.
Hey, Trudy.
Is there any confirmation
that, um, Clark
kidnapped Missy as well?
Well, he definitely
mentioned her to the others
as a cautionary tale.
Our forensic team's searching
the property now for her body.
Well, I hope you get some closure.
Yeah, I don't think
that's in the cards, Sharon.
Thanks.
Am I gonna die?
No.
But you came in with some
pretty severe burns, Isabel,
so you have a long recovery
ahead of you,
which starts with debridement
and skin grafting.
Did the police really catch Clark?
Yes.
He can't hurt you anymore.
I want to believe you, but
Hey, I get it,
but I promise you are safe.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Your parents are here.
They want to see you.
How do you feel about that?
I don't want to see them.
He said they stopped looking for me.
- I don't want to see them.
- Okay.
- I don't want to see them.
- Okay.
That's that's fine.
You don't have to see them.
Mitch, you move Joanna Cook upstairs?
No.
Nope.
She was there five minutes ago.
Did you fall, Joanna?
No.
I just feel better down here.
Sorry, pal. False alarm.
- I'm good.
- Okay.
Okay.
Joanna, I'm Dr. Charles.
Uh, you mind if we chat a little bit,
or would you rather I let you rest?
It's okay.
I hope I didn't alarm you.
I was just surprised
to to find an empty bed.
But I completely understand
why you'd be more comfortable
on the floor.
We only had one bed
Clark's bed.
It
wasn't for sleeping.
[SIGHS]
Joanna, I'm
I'm so sorry
that this happened to you.
I mean, nobody should have
to go through what you did.
But it's really important
that you understand
that you're safe now.
- Is Max okay?
- He is. He is, yeah.
I, um I understand that
you're his secret angel.
- How did you two communicate?
- Through a vent.
Right. He never saw your face.
No.
Max never knew we were all down there.
I'm just a voice to him.
Joanna, you know
that you saved his life.
I knew what we were gonna do
to escape.
I had to warn him.
So Max had never seen you before,
but I'm just curious
had you ever seen Max?
I don't want to talk
about him anymore.
Okay.
You know what?
Um, I'm gonna let you be.
I saw Max once.
Really? When was that?
A long time ago.
- How old was he?
- He was young.
How young? Do you mind
do you mind me asking?
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
He was
[VOICE BREAKING]
Really, really, really young.
♪
Oh, my God.
Beatrice knew he was growing
in my belly before I did.
[SNIFFLES] And she knew
what to do when the pain came.
I cannot imagine
how horrifying that must've been.
No.
In the darkness
Max was mine.
When he cried, I held him.
And when I said I loved him,
I knew he could understand.
But Clark took Max upstairs
a few days later.
I screamed and fought.
Clark didn't like that.
He made me milkshakes
that made me sleep
and told me to behave
or I'd end up dead like Missy.
But I could always hear Max
through the vent,
crying, then playing,
then walking, then talking.
But all I can do is imagine
what he looks like.
And in my mind, he's perfect.
Can I see Max? I know he's here.
Of course you can. Absolutely.
We just need to make sure
that we do that
in a way that works
for the both of you,
'cause, remember, in Max's mind,
he lost his parents today.
And I'm just I'm worried it'll
be a little confusing for him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh! Little help! Little help!
She's diaphoretic.
Give me 4 milligrams of Ativan!
♪
Joanna's EEG results show
that her seizure was a rebound effect.
She's in severe drug withdrawal.
You know, she said that
that Clark gave her milkshakes
that made her sleep.
But she was the only one.
Neither Beatrice nor Isabel
show any signs
of chemical dependency.
Well, I mean, she completely lost it
when Clark took her baby away,
so he must have got her hooked
and kept her hooked, right?
Keep her under control.
So the problem is
we don't know
what she's withdrawing from.
I mean, her drug screen
came back negative.
And, obviously, to treat Joanna,
we need to give her a version
of whatever it is.
Otherwise, she could stroke out
or even die.
What did you drug Joanna with?
- I want to talk to my husband.
- Yeah, that's not happening.
Then let her die.
[SIGHS]
You could really help yourself
if you just answer my question.
Joanna isn't worth the effort.
She could never follow the rules.
Like you did?
What?
You followed the rules
when you were down
in that bunker alone
- No.
- Because Clark took you first.
No, no.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Oh.
Missy.
Oh, my
- it's you.
- I don't know who that is.
I was there the day you disappeared.
I still talk to your mom.
They didn't want me.
Oh, no, no, honey.
She thinks about you every single day,
and she never stopped
believing you were alive,
and I never stopped looking for you.
- [CRYING] They didn't want me.
- Hon
But Clark wanted me.
He said I was special.
He said if I was good,
if I did what I was told,
he would let me out.
He would let me upstairs
to be his wife.
And he would love
and protect me always.
Clark kept his promise.
And then we found the others
to build our family.
But they weren't good like I was.
Listen to me, Missy.
- Stop calling me that.
- Listen to me.
You and Isabel and Beatrice
and Joanna are victims.
Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.
I am not them!
And you have a chance to help Joanna.
What did you drug her with?
[SPITS]
Get out!
♪
I don't have to talk to you.
Joanna's in withdrawal.
Her body can't stabilize itself
if we don't give her
something similar.
I'll tell you what we gave her
if you let me talk to Clark.
You're acting tough,
but you're terrified
aren't you?
You don't know how to make a decision
for yourself anymore.
You spent the past 30 years
letting him decide
everything for you.
But deep down inside,
you're still that 11-year-old girl
spending her first night
in a pitch-black basement
chilled to the bone.
[SOBBING SOFTLY]
And then there were moments
when he was suddenly kind,
weren't there?
Moments where he wasn't hurting you
moments where he was
merciful.
[BREATHING HALTINGLY]
And you were so grateful for his mercy
that you mistook it for love.
But that's not love.
It's fear.
He pretended to give you everything
when he was actually
taking it all away.
You don't know
what you're talking about.
[SNIFFLES]
You're still in that bunker.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
And it feels safer.
But the door's open
And you can step out if you choose to.
I know, Missy.
Listen to me when I say this.
I know.
[SNIFFLES, SCOFFS]
It was medicine for the dog.
Medetomidine?
Medetomidine.
♪
How you feeling, Max?
[SIGHS] I'm okay.
A little tired?
I'm sad.
I know, buddy. I know.
But, hey, I talked
to the hospital and the police,
and we have a little surprise
to cheer you up.
"Surprise"?
Max, it's me.
Secret angel, is that you?
Yes.
I'm so glad you're safe.
I ran away like you told me.
You were right.
Something bad did happen today
a big fire.
You've been so brave.
I don't feel brave.
I know.
But you're braver than you think.
Are you here?
Can you see me?
I always see you
because I'm always with you, Max.
And I always will be.
That's not fair.
I want to see you, too.
Maybe one day you will.
But until then,
can you just try
to imagine what I look like?
Sure.
I know things are really
confusing for you right now,
but I want you to remember
what a special, precious boy you are.
And I love you so much.
I love you, too.
[SNIFFLES]
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
You have to leave again, don't you?
I do.
Thank you for saving me, secret angel.
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you for saving me, Max.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
[SIGHS]
♪
[CRYING]
He's exactly how I imagined.
He's perfect.
Joanna, um
I'm gonna do everything
that I possibly can to make sure
that you have a future
with your son, okay?
I-I-I promise you that, okay?
[CRYING]
♪
Congrats on chief resident.
What?
The, uh, email just went out.
Wow. That would have meant
something to me this morning.
But now [INHALES DEEPLY]
I just don't care.
- Mm.
- You can have it.
I am no one's sloppy seconds,
Annie, but thank you.
- That's on brand.
- [SCOFFS]
Look
what you said to Esther earlier
I mean
you got her to talk.
How much did you hear?
Pretty much everything.
Hmm.
You want to talk about it or
Not even a little bit.
Okay.
Where do you think you're going?
Somewhere else so you can be alone.
I didn't say you could go.
I'm so confused right now.
Stay.
Revel in the awkward silence with me.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
"Today the CFD responded to a fire,
"during which they discovered
three women
"being held captive in a bunker
beneath the house.
"These women
were subsequently identified
"as missing persons
who disappeared as children
"over the last few decades.
"I'd like to take a moment
to mention these women.
"Joanna
kidnapped in 2010 at age 11"
How are you feeling, Joanna?
Better.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
"Isabel
kidnapped in 2004 at age 12."
♪
[VOICE BREAKING] Mommy, Daddy.
[CRYING]
"And Beatrice
"kidnapped in 2002 at age 11.
"Despite the obvious danger,
"Beatrice set the fire
"in hopes she, Isabel, and Joanna
"might finally be rescued.
"You are heroes.
And welcome home."
Beatrice, I'm Dr. Archer.
I'm very sorry, but your burns
were too severe.
But I wanted to let you know
that Isabel and Joanna
are gonna be okay.
You saved them.
♪
But I don't want you to worry.
I'm gonna be sitting
right here with you.
So you rest now.
It's okay to let go.
It's okay.
♪
[SCOFFS]
Can you imagine
these four walls
being your entire world?
I can't, and I don't want to.
- Did you find this down here?
- Yeah.
Missy had it with her
when she disappeared.
Felt like I was reaching through time
when I picked it up.
- Well, in a way, you were.
- Yeah.
♪
sync & corrections awaqeded
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
Everyone thinks change
is not possible until it is.
Dr. Ripley, who will assume the
position of interim ED chief.
I-I will?
I have a faster way to see
if we're on the right track.
I remembered that it's red
under a Wood's lamp.
Nicely done.
You kind of just made it sound like
it was all your idea.
If you want to stay at Gaffney,
you're gonna have competition.
What you working on?
Uh, application for chief resident.
Hope I'm not too late.
Looks like we've got ourselves a race.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[TRAIN RUMBLING]
Hey, where are your parents?
Oh, what happened, little man?
Hey, where do you live?
Can you at least tell me your name?
I'm Annie. I'm a doctor.
You know what a doctor is, right?
Well, doctors help people
who are hurt.
Let's get you to my hospital
and we can make you better, okay?
Big Dog.
I told you not to call me that.
Yeah, but you're wearing
the Big Dog coat come on.
Bagel?
I'm not hungry enough
to eat a-a sad bribe.
Okay, so what I'm hearing
is that you are going to have
my back today
when Dr. Heart announces
chief resident, right, roomie?
Oh, I'm afraid I'm still on the fence.
See, Dr. Wu really does bring
a lot to the table.
Hmm.
- Dean!
- Hmm.
- Bagel?
- No.
Uh, but I do have a baby you can kiss.
Do you know Dr. Wu
rescued an abandoned child
on her way to work?
- Seriously?
- Yeah.
CPD's on their way now.
Now, that's chief resident material.
Yeah.
Hey, why didn't you, uh, loop me in?
I am the peds EM resident.
You were busy
with your campaign bagels.
You could've brought in
doughnuts or something.
I'm just saying,
you're pretty shameless.
- "Shameless"? Really?
- Mm-hmm.
More shameless
than you taking solo credit
for a two-person solve the other day?
Oh, really? You're still
thinking about that?
CPD will be here soon, Dr. Wu.
No AMBER Alerts matching
your little boy,
but they're already doing
knock-and-talks
in the neighborhood
where you found him.
- Did you get a name?
- No, not yet.
- He still hasn't said anything.
- Hmm.
Well, why don't you let
Dr. Frost take a shot?
- He's got the magic touch.
- Hmm.
Magic touch.
Get over your magical self, truly.
I didn't say it.
Don't feel like talking much?
That's okay.
Hey, have you ever seen one of these?
They're not the biggest deal anymore,
but when I was your age,
I was obsessed.
- That's so not a surprise.
- [CHUCKLES]
Check it out.
Place your thumb here
and just let the pages flip like that.
It's pretty cool, huh?
Here, give it a try.
It's yours now.
Do you have a favorite toy?
Mommy and Daddy said
never to talk to strangers
'cause they might follow you home.
Well, that is good advice.
And while it is true Dr. Wu
and I are strangers,
we are also helpers
that take care of people
and make sure
that you find your parents.
I bet they're really worried
about you right now.
And we could find them a lot faster
if we knew your name.
[SIGHS]
Max, Max Merritt.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Max.
I'm Dr. Frost.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, buddy, what's wrong?
Mommy and Daddy are gonna be
so angry with me.
Why would they be?
For running away.
I broke the rules.
I get in so much trouble
when I break the rules.
♪
You're seven?
Wow.
I mean, that's a whole lot more
than a little scratch you got
on your cheek there.
You're pretty brave
for a seven-year-old,
I'll tell you that much.
How'd that happen?
[SIGHS] I was running,
and a big dog barked at me.
I tripped and fell and hit my head.
Wow. Well, that sounds pretty scary.
I wonder what you
were running away from.
My secret angel told me
that something really bad
was gonna happen at home today,
and I had to go before it did.
"Secret angel"?
Wow.
Does your secret angel have a name?
I don't know, but she talks to me.
What does she look like?
I don't know. I just hear her voice.
How'd you two meet?
I mean, like, who started
the conversation?
Like, who talked first?
She did.
She did.
What kind of stuff
you guys talk about?
Everything.
She knows all the stuff about me,
like that I don't have any friends
and that I'm scared of the dark.
She whispers to me, and I feel better.
She says she's gonna help me.
So Max seems to genuinely
hear this voice, right?
Which he calls his secret angel.
And he trusts it
'cause it told him something
bad was gonna happen today.
And, uh, it appears that
that's why he ran.
This couldn't be
schizophrenia, could it?
He'd be remarkably young
to be presenting with schizophrenia.
You know, I mean, one thing
that I'm considering
maybe is autism, you know,
'cause he says he's really lonely,
doesn't have any friends.
Do you think he's being abused?
Not completely off the table,
but he's just not showing
the classic signs of physical abuse.
Clean pajamas.
He's bathed. He's well-fed.
Somebody's taken good care of him.
I mean, I do get the sense
his parents are strict, right?
- Maybe even very strict.
- So what's next?
It's unlikely,
but I'd like to get a CTH
because he came in here
with a head wound.
I just want to make sure that
that's not what's responsible
for him hearing this voice.
All right, 110/65.
You're looking good, kiddo.
Thank you.
For taking your blood pressure?
- [VELCRO RIPS]
- For being a good stranger.
Thank you for letting me.
- Surprise.
- [GASPS] Mommy! Daddy!
We're so glad to see you, buddy.
Mm.
Your dad and I were scared to death
when you weren't
in your bed this morning.
We immediately jumped in the car
and went looking for him
until you called us.
Why did you run away, Max?
Dr. Charles, the, uh, psychiatrist
who spoke to Max earlier
he's on his way down
to talk to you about that.
W-we heard you found Max.
Yeah. Yeah, he was a little banged up.
Oh, baby.
Max is a little concerned
that you might be upset with him
for talking to strangers, meaning us.
But I did explain to him that
doctors help people, right?
I'm really sorry, Daddy.
Hey, you did the right thing, Max.
Mom and I aren't upset at all.
We're just so thankful you're safe.
I can't stop thinking about what if.
It's my fault.
I should've been watching him
more carefully.
Don't do that to yourself, sweetie.
Hey. You cool?
Yeah, why wouldn't I be?
Seems like Mr. Merritt didn't
make a great impression on you.
I'm all good.
- [PA BEEPS]
- Incoming!
Three Jane Does
pulled from a house fire.
Jane Doe one late 20s,
upper-body thermal burns.
Heart rate's 126. BP's 90/54.
- Trauma 1.
- Jane Doe two 30s, no ID.
- Burns to the legs and abdomen.
- Trauma 3.
Jane Doe three 30s,
burns to arms, legs, and torso.
- Heart rate 140, BP 113/60.
- Trauma 2.
CFD rescued them
from an underground bunker
that was bolted shut from the outside.
Somebody tried to burn them alive.
Some soot in her airway on exam
with non-labored breathing,
sats at 92.
Heart rate 124, BP 135/70.
Stridorous en route, sats at 95.
You didn't intubate in the field?
We aborted on first look.
Her airway was too edematous
and filled with soot.
Preliminary assessment suggests arson.
Okay, on my count. One, two
Three.
- Start a liter of LR.
- Starting a liter of LR.
She needs air fast, Kacy.
Get an intubation kit and bougie.
Trini, have respiratory grab
an ABG with carboxyhemoglobin
and call the pharmacy
for hydroxocobalamin.
- She's gonna need intubation.
- Wheezes bilateral.
Okay, let's take a look in your mouth.
Sats at 78. Heart rate dropping.
It's no good. We got to crack her.
- Scalpel and hook.
- She has soot and erythema.
Page respiratory
and start the HAM protocol.
Damn it, can't get an airway
either it's too swollen.
Pale skin
and eye sensitivity to light.
Been a while since she's seen the sun.
Those women were in
that bunker for a long time
- maybe years.
- No one deserves this.
What kind of person wakes up one day
and decides to burn them alive?
[WHEEZING]
Us.
[WHEEZES]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
What was that?
We started fire
[WHEEZES] To get
free.
[WHEEZES]
♪
- BOTH: Hey.
- Jane Doe One able to talk?
No. We have her on continuous nebs,
but her words were clear.
The girls set the fire
hoping to get help
before it killed them.
Sharon, those girls were in hell.
I just came from the house.
Those three girls were held
crammed into a 20x15 space,
living in near darkness
one bed, one toilet, no staircase.
No escape.
The only entry point
was a trapdoor
that was out of their reach.
We found a ladder and bucket up top
that was lowered as needed.
Uh, is there any idea
on who put them there?
The house is registered
to an elderly woman,
Michelle Sweeney,
who died over 30 years ago.
But we're still digging
into who's been there since.
Well, I'm glad
that you're heading this.
My involvement is more personal.
That's why the commander sent me over.
- How's that?
- [SIGHS]
Missy Nelson
kidnapper entered through her
bedroom window 29 years ago.
I was working the scene
that day as a beat cop.
And needless to say, it stuck with me.
That bunker is only two blocks
from Missy's house.
My gut says this is no coincidence.
S-so you think one
of these girls is Missy.
That and whoever took her
might have taken the other girls.
Does Missy have
any identifying features?
A birthmark on the back
of her right ear.
- I'll check all three of them.
- I appreciate it, Sharon.
Yeah.
This goes deep.
It's embedded in the SubQ.
[SIGHS] Bad news
the pharmacy just gave
the last vial
of hydroxocobalamin to Archer.
She won't survive without it.
Yeah, they're calling
East Mercy to get more,
but that'll take hours at least.
If there's only one vial
of hydroxocobalamin left,
- my patient needs it more.
- Uh, agree to disagree.
Mine's got over 60% TBSA
full-thickness burns,
a Grade 3 inhalation injury.
I was only able to secure
an airway via scalpel.
Mine is intubated,
with mixed superficial partial
and full-thickness burns
across the legs.
Her carboxyhemoglobin is 50,
and her lactate is 15.
It's consistent with cyanide poisoning
from her inhalation injury.
Please don't waste
that last vial on a patient
that is a long shot.
It's your call, Dr. Ripley.
The hydroxocobalamin goes to Dr. Wu.
Well, they say it's better
to make the wrong decision
than no decision at all.
Now I'm not so sure that's true.
[GLOVE SNAPS]
You made the right choice.
It sure doesn't feel like it.
Oh, impossible decisions never do.
Max hears voices?
What do these voices say to him?
Well, they're definitely friendly.
And, um
Max does not seem
to be frightened of them.
Have you ever heard him
talking to himself or?
Yes, but we chalked it up
to an imaginary friend.
I had one at his age.
Max is a quiet kid.
He's sweet but doesn't have
a lot of friends.
He struggles in that area. Always has.
Look, that could be
all this is, right?
But we'd really like to do a head CT,
primarily just to rule
a bunch of stuff out.
But also, you never know
it could point us
in the right direction.
[BOTH SIGH]
I checked the other two
ladies for the birthmark.
Neither had one.
So this could be Missy.
Well, Jane Doe number three
is the most critical.
But her ears were burned,
so I can't confirm that she's Missy
by the birthmark.
But she is the oldest of the three.
The math works.
Jane Doe One's respiratory
status has improved.
Dr. Ripley says you can speak
to her now if you'd like.
Hopefully she can give us
the name of her captor.
I know that you've been
through a horrible trauma,
and if you don't want to talk,
you just let me know,
but I want to get all your names
so we can locate your families
as soon as possible.
Can you help me with that?
That's great.
Okay, let's start with you.
Joanna Cook.
I'm Trudy.
And the other two?
Isabel Preston and Beatrice Ross.
Did you ever meet a girl named Missy?
No.
But she was there before us.
Missy was bad
so he got rid of her.
And can you tell me his name?
Oh, n are you afraid you're
gonna end up like Missy?
Okay, I understand. I understand.
But I promise you
he will never be able
to hurt you again.
Joanna, the three of you were
so brave to set that fire.
No, Beatrice was the brave one.
She found the wires in the wall
and figured out how to make a spark.
Beatrice said that the risk of dying
was worth the chance of freedom.
She sounds like a hero.
She is.
Are Beatrice and Isabel okay?
We were about to burn alive
when the firemen found us.
They're alive.
They're fighters like you.
I just hope Max got out.
Max? Who's Max?
The little boy who lived upstairs.
I told him to get out
of the house this morning,
- that something bad was coming.
- Hold on.
- Sharon?
- Max is Dr. Charles's patient.
He's in the PICU now with his parents.
Uh, J-Joanna,
you were such a huge help.
- Wait. Max is here?
- We'll we'll be back.
Max is here?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Frost, Wu, did either of you
discharge Max Merritt?
No.
They were just here two seconds ago.
Maybe they're grabbing a snack.
This is Sergeant Platt.
Start rolling units to Gaffney.
We have two offenders who fled
with their tender-aged child.
Secure all exits
and set a four-block perimeter.
Can someone explain
what's happening, please?
Clark Merritt is likely the one
who prisoned those women
under his house.
Son of a bitch.
Be advised
the offenders were last seen
exiting the north entrance
towards A parking.
Have CPD cover B and C
once they arrive.
I'll take the left.
♪
Clark!
Let's talk this out, okay?
I think we have
a misunderstanding here.
On your knees,
hands behind your heads.
Now!
You heard me. Get down now.
♪
Go, go. I'll take care of Max.
Mommy?
- Esther! Esther!
- [SIRENS WAILING, HORNS HONKING]
- Esther. Esther. Esther.
- CPD!
Esther, it's over!
Esther, think about it!
Think about it!
[GRUNTS]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Esther, hey.
Max still needs you, okay?
[SIRENS WAILING]
♪
[ALL MOUTHING WORDS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Okay, a lot of fractures here.
2 grams of Ancef
and start a liter of NS.
No free fluid.
Wow. This woman's got nine lives.
And doesn't deserve any of them.
Get X-ray down for chest and pelvis
and tell CT we'll bring her up soon
and get her formal extremity
X-rays on the way back.
- Got it.
- [GASPS, SCREAMS]
Esther, Esther, you were hit by a car.
So much pain.
Okay, 100 more of fentanyl, Nancy.
- Coming right up.
- Where's my son?
Your son who you abandoned? He's fine.
Dr. Wu.
Take a walk. Now!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Get ortho.
- Yep.
Where's Mommy and Daddy?
They are safe.
Can I see them?
Not right now, buddy. I'm sorry.
Why were the police chasing them?
What? What did they do?
Look, that is not
what's important, okay?
What's important
is that you are safe now,
and you're gonna be okay, Max
no matter what.
Why did they leave me?
It's because I broke
the rules, isn't it?
They're mad I ran away.
They're mad I listened to
my secret angel and not them.
Hey
you did nothing wrong, Max.
And I'm so glad
that you listened
to your secret angel,
because she kept you safe, didn't she?
[SIGHS]
The women have all been identified.
All three were kidnapped
by Clark Merritt as children
the oldest, Beatrice Ross, in 2002,
Isabel Preston in 2004,
and the youngest, Joanna Cook,
in 2010.
They were in the bunker that long?
I'm afraid so.
And the evidence strongly suggests
that Clark Merritt
was sexually abusing them.
- And and the wife knew?
- As far as we can tell, yeah.
Have their families been notified?
We're reaching out now.
And as for Esther
and Clark's son, Max,
DCFS is on their way.
That poor kid.
I don't think he understood
what was going on down in that bunker.
I really hope that's true.
Anyway, that's it for now. Thanks.
You sensed something was off
with Clark Merritt, didn't you?
That's what was bothering you before.
What is with the third degree?
You think you know me all of a sudden?
It was just an observation.
Why are you so angry?
Trust me
I have a right to my anger.
Yeah, seems like
you'd be lost without it.
Hey, Trudy.
Is there any confirmation
that, um, Clark
kidnapped Missy as well?
Well, he definitely
mentioned her to the others
as a cautionary tale.
Our forensic team's searching
the property now for her body.
Well, I hope you get some closure.
Yeah, I don't think
that's in the cards, Sharon.
Thanks.
Am I gonna die?
No.
But you came in with some
pretty severe burns, Isabel,
so you have a long recovery
ahead of you,
which starts with debridement
and skin grafting.
Did the police really catch Clark?
Yes.
He can't hurt you anymore.
I want to believe you, but
Hey, I get it,
but I promise you are safe.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Your parents are here.
They want to see you.
How do you feel about that?
I don't want to see them.
He said they stopped looking for me.
- I don't want to see them.
- Okay.
- I don't want to see them.
- Okay.
That's that's fine.
You don't have to see them.
Mitch, you move Joanna Cook upstairs?
No.
Nope.
She was there five minutes ago.
Did you fall, Joanna?
No.
I just feel better down here.
Sorry, pal. False alarm.
- I'm good.
- Okay.
Okay.
Joanna, I'm Dr. Charles.
Uh, you mind if we chat a little bit,
or would you rather I let you rest?
It's okay.
I hope I didn't alarm you.
I was just surprised
to to find an empty bed.
But I completely understand
why you'd be more comfortable
on the floor.
We only had one bed
Clark's bed.
It
wasn't for sleeping.
[SIGHS]
Joanna, I'm
I'm so sorry
that this happened to you.
I mean, nobody should have
to go through what you did.
But it's really important
that you understand
that you're safe now.
- Is Max okay?
- He is. He is, yeah.
I, um I understand that
you're his secret angel.
- How did you two communicate?
- Through a vent.
Right. He never saw your face.
No.
Max never knew we were all down there.
I'm just a voice to him.
Joanna, you know
that you saved his life.
I knew what we were gonna do
to escape.
I had to warn him.
So Max had never seen you before,
but I'm just curious
had you ever seen Max?
I don't want to talk
about him anymore.
Okay.
You know what?
Um, I'm gonna let you be.
I saw Max once.
Really? When was that?
A long time ago.
- How old was he?
- He was young.
How young? Do you mind
do you mind me asking?
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
He was
[VOICE BREAKING]
Really, really, really young.
♪
Oh, my God.
Beatrice knew he was growing
in my belly before I did.
[SNIFFLES] And she knew
what to do when the pain came.
I cannot imagine
how horrifying that must've been.
No.
In the darkness
Max was mine.
When he cried, I held him.
And when I said I loved him,
I knew he could understand.
But Clark took Max upstairs
a few days later.
I screamed and fought.
Clark didn't like that.
He made me milkshakes
that made me sleep
and told me to behave
or I'd end up dead like Missy.
But I could always hear Max
through the vent,
crying, then playing,
then walking, then talking.
But all I can do is imagine
what he looks like.
And in my mind, he's perfect.
Can I see Max? I know he's here.
Of course you can. Absolutely.
We just need to make sure
that we do that
in a way that works
for the both of you,
'cause, remember, in Max's mind,
he lost his parents today.
And I'm just I'm worried it'll
be a little confusing for him.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh! Little help! Little help!
She's diaphoretic.
Give me 4 milligrams of Ativan!
♪
Joanna's EEG results show
that her seizure was a rebound effect.
She's in severe drug withdrawal.
You know, she said that
that Clark gave her milkshakes
that made her sleep.
But she was the only one.
Neither Beatrice nor Isabel
show any signs
of chemical dependency.
Well, I mean, she completely lost it
when Clark took her baby away,
so he must have got her hooked
and kept her hooked, right?
Keep her under control.
So the problem is
we don't know
what she's withdrawing from.
I mean, her drug screen
came back negative.
And, obviously, to treat Joanna,
we need to give her a version
of whatever it is.
Otherwise, she could stroke out
or even die.
What did you drug Joanna with?
- I want to talk to my husband.
- Yeah, that's not happening.
Then let her die.
[SIGHS]
You could really help yourself
if you just answer my question.
Joanna isn't worth the effort.
She could never follow the rules.
Like you did?
What?
You followed the rules
when you were down
in that bunker alone
- No.
- Because Clark took you first.
No, no.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Oh.
Missy.
Oh, my
- it's you.
- I don't know who that is.
I was there the day you disappeared.
I still talk to your mom.
They didn't want me.
Oh, no, no, honey.
She thinks about you every single day,
and she never stopped
believing you were alive,
and I never stopped looking for you.
- [CRYING] They didn't want me.
- Hon
But Clark wanted me.
He said I was special.
He said if I was good,
if I did what I was told,
he would let me out.
He would let me upstairs
to be his wife.
And he would love
and protect me always.
Clark kept his promise.
And then we found the others
to build our family.
But they weren't good like I was.
Listen to me, Missy.
- Stop calling me that.
- Listen to me.
You and Isabel and Beatrice
and Joanna are victims.
Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.
I am not them!
And you have a chance to help Joanna.
What did you drug her with?
[SPITS]
Get out!
♪
I don't have to talk to you.
Joanna's in withdrawal.
Her body can't stabilize itself
if we don't give her
something similar.
I'll tell you what we gave her
if you let me talk to Clark.
You're acting tough,
but you're terrified
aren't you?
You don't know how to make a decision
for yourself anymore.
You spent the past 30 years
letting him decide
everything for you.
But deep down inside,
you're still that 11-year-old girl
spending her first night
in a pitch-black basement
chilled to the bone.
[SOBBING SOFTLY]
And then there were moments
when he was suddenly kind,
weren't there?
Moments where he wasn't hurting you
moments where he was
merciful.
[BREATHING HALTINGLY]
And you were so grateful for his mercy
that you mistook it for love.
But that's not love.
It's fear.
He pretended to give you everything
when he was actually
taking it all away.
You don't know
what you're talking about.
[SNIFFLES]
You're still in that bunker.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
And it feels safer.
But the door's open
And you can step out if you choose to.
I know, Missy.
Listen to me when I say this.
I know.
[SNIFFLES, SCOFFS]
It was medicine for the dog.
Medetomidine?
Medetomidine.
♪
How you feeling, Max?
[SIGHS] I'm okay.
A little tired?
I'm sad.
I know, buddy. I know.
But, hey, I talked
to the hospital and the police,
and we have a little surprise
to cheer you up.
"Surprise"?
Max, it's me.
Secret angel, is that you?
Yes.
I'm so glad you're safe.
I ran away like you told me.
You were right.
Something bad did happen today
a big fire.
You've been so brave.
I don't feel brave.
I know.
But you're braver than you think.
Are you here?
Can you see me?
I always see you
because I'm always with you, Max.
And I always will be.
That's not fair.
I want to see you, too.
Maybe one day you will.
But until then,
can you just try
to imagine what I look like?
Sure.
I know things are really
confusing for you right now,
but I want you to remember
what a special, precious boy you are.
And I love you so much.
I love you, too.
[SNIFFLES]
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
You have to leave again, don't you?
I do.
Thank you for saving me, secret angel.
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you for saving me, Max.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
[SIGHS]
♪
[CRYING]
He's exactly how I imagined.
He's perfect.
Joanna, um
I'm gonna do everything
that I possibly can to make sure
that you have a future
with your son, okay?
I-I-I promise you that, okay?
[CRYING]
♪
Congrats on chief resident.
What?
The, uh, email just went out.
Wow. That would have meant
something to me this morning.
But now [INHALES DEEPLY]
I just don't care.
- Mm.
- You can have it.
I am no one's sloppy seconds,
Annie, but thank you.
- That's on brand.
- [SCOFFS]
Look
what you said to Esther earlier
I mean
you got her to talk.
How much did you hear?
Pretty much everything.
Hmm.
You want to talk about it or
Not even a little bit.
Okay.
Where do you think you're going?
Somewhere else so you can be alone.
I didn't say you could go.
I'm so confused right now.
Stay.
Revel in the awkward silence with me.
[SIGHS]
[SOFT MUSIC]
"Today the CFD responded to a fire,
"during which they discovered
three women
"being held captive in a bunker
beneath the house.
"These women
were subsequently identified
"as missing persons
who disappeared as children
"over the last few decades.
"I'd like to take a moment
to mention these women.
"Joanna
kidnapped in 2010 at age 11"
How are you feeling, Joanna?
Better.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
"Isabel
kidnapped in 2004 at age 12."
♪
[VOICE BREAKING] Mommy, Daddy.
[CRYING]
"And Beatrice
"kidnapped in 2002 at age 11.
"Despite the obvious danger,
"Beatrice set the fire
"in hopes she, Isabel, and Joanna
"might finally be rescued.
"You are heroes.
And welcome home."
Beatrice, I'm Dr. Archer.
I'm very sorry, but your burns
were too severe.
But I wanted to let you know
that Isabel and Joanna
are gonna be okay.
You saved them.
♪
But I don't want you to worry.
I'm gonna be sitting
right here with you.
So you rest now.
It's okay to let go.
It's okay.
♪
[SCOFFS]
Can you imagine
these four walls
being your entire world?
I can't, and I don't want to.
- Did you find this down here?
- Yeah.
Missy had it with her
when she disappeared.
Felt like I was reaching through time
when I picked it up.
- Well, in a way, you were.
- Yeah.
♪
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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