Criminal Minds s19e05 Episode Script

1
Previously on Criminal
Minds: Evolution
- They will let anybody up on the sixth floor now, huh?
- (CHUCKLING)
MILLIKEN: Alvez and I
are retired Army grunts.
We met in the ARC Program.
The Army Recovery Care Program.
We help ill and injured service members
reintegrate into civilian life.
- (WHIMPERS)
- DOCTOR: The tumor's spread.
There's nothing else we can do.
(CRYING)
I'm sorry.
Hey. Sorry to interrupt.
Do you have a second?
If you'll excuse me.
Did you notice how he checked you out?
You look like his
wife who just left him.
GARRITY: Welcome to The Sicarius Files.
I'm your host, Brian Garrity.
My guest, the Sicarius Killer himself,
Elias Voit.
Whoa!
(GRUNTS)
Saved you a whole bunch of fan letters.
VOIT: It's sad how pathetic I am.
But you know who's even more pathetic?
Someone who makes a show about it.
And anyone who listens to it.
LEWIS: Lance Kingston is the
one who took those photos.
- But he's not the guy who sent it to you.
- Turns out
your fan stole them.
VOIT: Lance, he's
just a means to an end.
He's a sacrificial pawn.
♪
♪
(PANTS)
Perimeter breached.
Ground floor. One casualty.
- Outer corridor.
- BARLOW: Do you have visual?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Negative.
You motherfuckers!
HELM: Reload! Reload!
On my lead.
Moving.
HELM: Agents under fire.
We need backup immediately.
BARLOW: Copy.
Backup's on the way.
WOMAN: No. (CRYING)
MILLIKEN: Shut up.
Shut up.
WOMAN: Please, don't.
(CRYING CONTINUES)
Hey, you take one more fucking step
- Hmm?
- Easy, now.
- We want to help.
- I don't want to die.
No one's gonna get hurt.
Don't you fucking lie to her.
Sir, just put the gun down.
- Look, what's your name?
- Fuck you!
That's my name. Why you
keeping them from me?
- Keeping what from you, sir?
- My meds!
- I need my goddamn meds.
- Okay.
Okay, put the gun down,
let the woman go, and I
Hey!
You think I don't fucking
see you over there?
Huh?
You want this little lady to die?
No! Sir, sir.
- We do not.
- Then give me my goddamn meds!
BARLOW: Agent Lowell,
is target acquired?
- Negative.
- Reposition. Acquire target.
- (WOMAN MOANS)
- HELM: Miss,
what's your name?
- Melissa
- Don't!
Don't talk to her!
- You talk to me!
- Command, target has been acquired.
You understand?!
Oh-ho-ho!
I have the shot.
This guy over here,
huh? This guy over here,
he wants to kill me so
bad that he can taste it.
Except, what if he misses, hmm?
- And this little one takes the hit.
- Sir?
Enough of this bullshit.
Okay? Enough!
Okay?
I'm gonna count to three,
and either you get me
- my goddamn meds or I'm gonna blow her fucking head off.
- Please, no. No.
BARLOW: Lowell, you're clear.
Send it.
MILLIKEN: Okay?
One.
WOMAN: Just give him what he wants!
- Two.
- Sir, you kill her,
- we kill you!
- BARLOW: Take the shot.
Three!
(PANTING)
What the fuck? What the fuck?
I took the shot.
Holy shit. What'd you do?
Abort, abort! Abort the exercise!
(BELL RINGS)
That was a live fucking round.
- Holy shit.
- Get O'Connor.
HELM: O'Connor!
We need medical. Stat!
Secure your weapons now.
- Magazine check.
- I got blanks.
Same.
Billy?
Billy, we're unarmed.
Okay? Put down the gun.
Talk to us, Billy.
Medical's coming.
He's dead.
I took the shot.
- MAN (OVER RADIO): Security.
- Initiate lockdown.
Now. We have an active shooter.
This is not a drill. I
repeat, this is not a drill.
- Copy.
- HELM: Billy, in about 30 seconds,
the real deal is barreling in here,
and they will kill you.
Hey, you don't want any
more blood on your hands,
do you, Billy? Please.
Hand me that weapon.
Let me help you, Billy, okay?
Hey.
I don't fucking get it, man.
(HANDCUFFS CLICKING)
Hey, what were you thinking?
I had I had the shot.
I took the shot.
ANNOUNCER (OVER P.A.):
Attention, all personnel.
This is an emergency.
You are under lockdown.
Remain in your location
until further notice.
This is not a drill.
I repeat, this is not a drill.
♪
ALVEZ: "We cannot grow
when we are in shame,
and we can't use shame to
change ourselves or others."
Brené Brown.
So, Tom Milliken was shot?
During a training exercise for selectees
from the Hostage Rescue Team.
An exercise with live rounds?
Well, there's a lot to unpack here,
which is why Rebecca has asked the BAU
to get eyes on it.
God, does Alvez know yet?
He's on scene with JJ.
- (SIGHS)
- (RINGTONE PLAYING)
Tom Milliken was like family to him.
- Oh.
- (PHONE BEEPS)
Brian, what have I told you
about phone calls on Saturdays?
Emily, I wouldn't trouble you
were it not of the utmost importance.
I have, in my possession, evidence
of a pre-crime.
What the fuck is a "pre-crime"?
- Is that Tara?
- Hi, Brian.
PRENTISS: What's with this
pre-crime?
It's the thing that happens
before one commits said crime.
No, I get the term. What
is it you think you have?
Oh, dare I say, a manifesto, of sorts.
Addressed to me by a fan.
It says, and here I quote,
"Some may call me a fan,
but He must call me God."
And since this same declaration is typed
over and over again like
Do you remember Jack Nicholson's
character in The Shining?
Like, he starts to go wacko
and he types this one sentence
over and over and over.
"All work and no play makes "
- Yeah, I've seen the movie.
- Well, you should see this.
Not only has he repeatedly
typed his affirmation,
but he's also printed it into shapes.
The whole thing is so
wackadoodle, it's like
and admittedly, I'm no profiler
he's clearly itching to do no good.
Where are you?
Not far.
Literally around the proverbial corner.
You really should take a look-see.
Okay, I'll have a visitor's
pass waiting for you.
God, when it rains, it pours.
Okay, look, Dave and I
can handle this for you.
- Thank you.
- (PHONE CHIMES)
Yeah, I have to get to
the training facility.
Yeah, yeah.
MILLIKEN: or I'm gonna
blow her fucking head off.
- One!
- WOMAN: Just give him
- what he wants!
- Two!
HELM: Sir, you kill her, we kill you!
- Three! - Who else knows?
- (GUNSHOT)
(SIGHS) With the lockdown,
we're on a need-to-know basis.
Director, A.G., president.
I'd say the news blackout
holds another 24 hours.
But it's not like we have a lot
of friends in this administration.
An agent-on-agent incident
like this is exactly the kind of pretext
that they can use to gut the department.
Peter.
I am so sorry.
It's still hard to believe.
Uh, Emily, this is Peter O'Connor,
Milliken's chief of staff.
Tom spoke very highly
of you and your team.
He brought you a case
recently, didn't he?
He did. An equivocal
death investigation.
And, incredibly, he's
now the subject of one.
Well, not so equivocal, I'm afraid.
Agent Selectee Billy
Lowell fired the fatal shot.
His weapon was the only
one with live rounds.
Yes, that seems evident.
However, officially,
there still needs to be a determination
of homicide or accidental death.
Of course.
I know it's been a while
since I was in training,
but is it common now for H.R.T.
to conduct an exercise with
actors and real weapons?
Uh, no, it's not common.
But Tom had his own methodology.
And carte blanche from up top.
If he wanted to do something, he did it.
In this case, he felt that the selectees
were in need of a far more
"real world" experience.
So, did this exercise include
the entire selectee class?
No, just Agents Helm, Barlow and Lowell.
They were a three-man unit.
PRENTISS: Well, Agent Lowell
is already in custody,
but we are going to need
to interview Agents
Helm and Barlow, as well.
- Sure.
- Has the medical examiner
taken possession of the body?
Uh, he's doing that right now.
Excuse me.
Luke.
I need a minute.
I tried to tell him that maybe
he should sit this one out.
Yeah. (SIGHS)
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
LEWIS: Brian.
Tara.
Well, I what a delight
it is to see you again.
- Uh, where's Emily?
- ROSSI: She thought it best
that Tara and I took a
look at what you've got.
Okay. Um
the thing is, given
our previous history,
wouldn't it be better
if Tara and I were to
No. This way.
LEWIS: "Some may call me a fan,
but He must call me God."
What'd I tell you?
(IMITATING DANNY
TORRANCE): Redrum. Redrum.
When did you get this?
- (NORMAL VOICE): Yesterday.
- Yesterday?
I opened it today.
Uh, oh.
Postmark Kensington, Pennsylvania.
You guys have seen this
before, haven't you?
Would you give us a second?
Don't touch anything.
It's virtually identical
to what he sent to Voit.
But why does he send it to Garrity?
He is listening to Garrity's podcast.
But the message still goes to Voit.
Kowtowing son of a bitch
even capitalized the "H" in "He".
Conveying some kind of
godlike status to Voit.
A status that this guy wants to share.
Okay, so, what? He's
trying to prod Garrity
into getting Voit back on his podcast?
He hopes, on bended knee,
that, what, Voit's gonna
call him a god, too?
Yeah, old god crowns the new one.
What are you thinking?
You're not gonna like it, but, um
we need to take this to Voit.
Of course we need to take it to Voit.
I know we need to take it to Voit.
Wait, why would I not like that?
You're the one that doesn't
want to be around the guy.
But you're the one who has to make sure
that Garrity doesn't feel
that we're shining him on.
We're completely shining him on.
But we can't let him
share what he knows.
Yeah, you're right. I know it. I know.
I just just because
I look like the guy's ex
doesn't mean that I have to
be the go-to strategy here.
Okay, I'm open to another.
I don't have another.
Look, I'm not asking you to babysit him.
Just, uh, tell him to go home
and wait for further instructions.
Let him feel like he's part
of some special investigation.
He trusts you.
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS) Fine.
We really appreciate you
bringing this to our attention.
You free later tonight?
- Excuse me?
- Free. For, like, dinner, drinks?
I mean, I know the timing
isn't great, in the middle of
a hunt for a serial killer and all.
I'm married, Brian.
When did
Mazel tov.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
Lucky guy.
Gal.
Oh.
Yeah. So, let's focus here.
Brian, the BAU needs
you to help us start
a special covert investigation.
- Covert?
- That is right.
So, what were gonna need
you to do is go home now
and wait for this unsub
to reach out to you again.
And when they do, you're gonna call me,
and we'll proceed from there.
Call you.
Yes, that's-that's right.
I don't have your number.
I'll give you my work number.
It's the switchboard.
Do you want to talk about it?
It's not good to constipate emotions.
I don't know why I just
said it like that. Um
But, come on, I don't have to tell you.
That the deeper you push down grief,
the more painful it's gonna become.
You just did.
Just did what?
You said you're not gonna tell me,
- and then you did.
- Oh, don't deflect.
I
Just, it would be good
to talk to somebody
who is in tune with you.
Namely moi.
I see you.
I really do.
I know.
You do.
I know what you're going to say.
That, uh, I'm too close to Milliken,
that I can't be impartial.
You're on the case.
Now, I only want to remind you,
go where the evidence takes you.
Don't get out over your skis on this one
because of your
relationship with the victim.
Tyler's waiting for you.
Thanks.
(DOOR OPENS)
- One!
- Just give him
what he wants!
- Two!
- Sir, you kill her, we kill you!
- Three!
- (GUNSHOT)
Why?
Three!
Why?
You know we're gonna
sit here and watch this
over and over until
you answer my question.
I had
Excuse me?
I had the shot.
Yeah, I had the shot. I took the shot.
Yeah, you sure as fuck did.
Why do you think Agent
Lowell refuses to say anything
except, "I had the
shot. I took the shot."?
- Like it's some kind of mantra.
- Jesus Christ.
It it's something Milliken was
hammering into our heads.
What?
So, Milliken designed this
no-win H.R.T. scenario,
where the hostage taker,
he can't be taken alive.
Now, Billy, Joey and I were
on the same team together,
so we'd each have a go at running point.
You mean, being the guy
taking the kill shot?
Yeah.
Joey and I, we had no problem.
We could run through this
thing with our eyes closed.
Especially since we were
handling your standard
laser pistols and
aiming at target dummies,
but (SIGHS)
I don't know what was
going on with Billy.
Every single time, he couldn't do it.
He'd just freeze up.
Which totally set off Milliken.
(CHUCKLES) I've seen
Milliken's short fuse
up close and personal.
It's not pretty.
Hey, that was his job, was
to get agents field ready.
Yeah, no doubt.
That's why Billy was driving
Milliken batshit crazy.
(SIGHS)
Agent Lowell.
Why the hesitation?
Lives are on the line here,
son. You do understand that?
Yes. Yeah.
MILLIKEN: If you want to watch,
buy a ticket.
Yes, sir. Sir, but
No more excuses.
If you have the shot, you take the shot.
Yes.
- Yes, what?
- Yes, sir.
No.
No, say it. "I have the shot,
- I take the shot."
- I have
- I have the shot
- I have the shot
- I take the shot.
- I take the shot.
I take the shot.
All right.
Let's run it again.
BARLOW: Yeah. We ran it
again and again.
And that's when we went
from using the dummy targets
to role players.
Laser pistols to actual guns.
With blanks.
But upping the ante did not help Billy.
He was fucking hopeless.
I mean, personally, I
thought it was only gonna be
a matter of time before he
completely lost his shit.
Being reprimanded is one thing
Oh, it went way beyond
being reprimanded.
(PANTING)
Lowell, you are clear. Send it.
- One!
- Just give him what he wants, please.
- Two!
- Take the shot.
Sir, you kill her, we kill you.
(CRYING): No!
Take the shot.
- Three!
- (TRIGGER CLICKS)
- (BELL RINGS)
- (SIGHS)
Goddamn it! Goddamn it.
Are you fucking kidding me?
You got another hostage killed.
What the actual fuck do I have to do
to get it through your thick skull, huh?
I have the shot.
Should I take it?
You
- you take the shot.
- Bingo.
Run it again.
And don't think I'm not
ready for your D.O.R.
(BELL RINGS)
Let's go!
D.O.R.
You know what that stands for.
I know you do.
Drop on request.
Hey, I get it.
All right? Milliken's kicking your ass,
threatening your future.
You couldn't take it anymore.
What else you gonna do, right?
I shot him, but I-I didn't kill him.
Hey! Billy!
Stop fucking with me.
We're going through your locker.
Once we match the bullets in your stash
with the ones that
were in the magazine
I had blanks.
Just like everybody
else. I swear to God.
- But, clearly, you didn't.
- I know!
I don't understand.
Milliken, he-he
handed out the guns
himself. And the blanks.
And we double-checked
everything before we started.
You're saying you were using
Milliken's weapons and fake ammo?
Yes.
- Stop lying!
- I'm not.
Check it. I swear.
Agent Lowell, during the exercise,
this no-win scenario
involved an active shooter
in a business office.
But your fellow selectees
mentioned that Milliken
had gone a bit off-script,
making himself out to be this
Crazy guy being denied
his medication. Yeah.
Were you or any of the selectees aware
of Milliken's own use
of antidepressants?
Had he mentioned it?
Hey, hang on a second.
I want to talk to you in the other room.
What are you doing?
Tom told me he was taking citalopram.
So what? It's not relevant.
Luke, of course it's relevant.
Tom's behavior seems as if
it were becoming increasingly erratic.
No, it sounds like
you're looking for an
excuse, not a motive.
PRENTISS: Luke, Tyler.
Where are we?
We got no confession,
but we're looking at
intentional homicide.
I'm not sure it wasn't suicide.
- Suicide? What are you taking about?
- Listen to me.
If those guns were
under Milliken's control,
and if his behavior was affected,
either by misuse of prescriptions
or ignoring them, then it's possible
No, it's not possible.
It's absolutely not possible.
Ballistics came back
on the recovered bullet.
It does match Milliken's
own service weapon.
GREEN: Yeah.
And
I think he wanted Agent
Lowell to take that shot.
ALVEZ: You think?
Tom spent his life
helping vets with
mental health struggles.
- He would never take his own life.
- PRENTISS: Hold on.
As I see it right now, you
have two viable theories.
Get it down to one.
MAN (OVER P.A.): Strike
team to landing 224.
Strike team to landing 224.
LEWIS: So, you think it's another test?
Yeah, but not just for us.
He's gauging the levels
of his own restraint.
And you think that's
why he sent it to Garrity
- and not to you.
- For some reason,
he's trying to slow himself
down, and if he can't,
it's gonna cost
somebody else their life.
Assuming he hasn't killed already.
He may have.
And now he wants to be called God
because he feels he has
the power to show mercy.
To choose who lives and who dies.
- Mm-hmm.
- ROSSI: But not before
you pass him the torch.
That's why he capitalizes the
"H" when he references you.
Without your seal of approval,
he won't feel that, um,
special something.
That may be another reason
to send it to Garrity.
Trying to get me on the podcast again.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
Okay, but maybe if he heard
someone else's voice on the podcast,
it would engage him
enough so that he gets
careless enough to reveal himself.
Okay.
- Who are you thinking?
- Me.
Yes.
No.
If he's my fan, he's trying
to walk in my footsteps,
which means he's read every
single one of your books.
Hey, they're not how-to books.
He respects you.
You led the team that led to my capture.
If he hears your voice
live on Brian's podcast,
I don't know how he can not reach out.
You are the only person
he might surrender to.
I mean
because he trusts you.
You know I'm right.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be here.
(SIGHS)
(KNOCKS ON DOOR)
Hey.
- Sorry to interrupt.
- Not a problem.
What do you need?
In reviewing the incident reports,
we weren't able to find
one describing Milliken
pulling his service
weapon on Agent Lowell.
I wish I could say I'm surprised.
- Was a report filed?
- Not to me, but
I am now hearing rumors
that many anonymous reports
sent to the Office of
Professional Responsibility
may have been slow-rolled.
Friends in high places?
It's all hearsay, right?
All I know from personal experience
is he got results.
If he passed you, you
were the best of the best.
So, you're saying they were
willing to look the other way
if he crossed the line now and again?
You're saying that.
But I wouldn't disagree.
♪
(BILLIARD BALLS CLACKING)
(SIGHS) It's this new class.
Killing me.
It's triggering all my old habits.
I'm just not
- I don't know.
- No.
You don't get to end on, "I don't know."
Talk to me.
It's Cindy.
She's not happy.
Come on, you guys
- you've been through worse.
- I know.
That's the thing with
getting older and wiser.
You start to realize
you don't have to spend
the rest of your life
putting up with shit.
Oh, so you-you think
you're putting up with
No, not me.
Cindy.
- Oh.
- Come on, she has spent
the better part of her
life dealing with mine.
You guys going to counseling?
Yeah, twice a week.
Still
it's me.
I don't know what the hell is going on.
I'm bringing work home with me.
I'm barking orders at her
like she's one of my trainees.
It is bad, Luke.
Look, a wise man once
told me that it's one thing
to identify the problem,
and it's another thing
to do the work.
Words.
Yeah, until you put them into action.
I just
don't know what I would do without her.
You know?
Look, maybe you need some time off.
You're empty.
- Want another?
- No.
No, I'm good.
Come on.
One more round. On me.
Sure.
Attaboy. That's the spirit.
(SIGHS)
Hey, so it looks like
we have to reinterview
all the selectees.
You okay?
It's not fair.
Death rarely is.
Not death.
Grief.
I'm sorry.
You're the last person I
should be saying that to.
No, I I get it.
Ah, I
I don't want you to think
that I'm trying to compare
what you went through to
what I'm going through.
Luke, stop.
I understand.
Everyone experiences
grief in their own way.
I mean, Jesus, it's been over a year,
and not a day goes by where
I don't see Will's eyes
or his sense of humor in the boys.
It's, um it's, uh, fucking brutal.
Grief is not kind.
Or rational or-or fair.
But trust me,
if you don't give
yourself the space to feel,
if you cut yourself off
from those feelings
it gets way worse.
Yeah.
So?
What can we do to give
you the space you need?
I thought I could take
the lead on this case,
but I, uh
I need you and Tyler to
have my back.
We got you.
We got you.
ALVEZ: Thanks.
(DOOR CLOSES)
JJ: Agent Barlow, apart from
his actions during training,
what else can you tell us
about Milliken's behavior?
I didn't really spend any time with him
outside of the exercises.
What about before briefings
or after training exercises?
Maybe you checked in
during his office hours?
Well, yeah, sometimes, I guess.
I suppose it was true that he was all
fire and brimstone during the training,
but lately, when he was alone
it started to get weird.
How so?
Well, I went to see him about
this procedural question.
And I walked in there.
He was sitting behind his desk.
And he didn't see me, but I saw him.
(MILLIKEN CRYING)
And he was crying.
HELM: Yeah, Joey told me about it.
He said he was, like, ugly crying.
It didn't make any sense.
I mean, yeah, we were
prepping for our next eval,
but it was a low-stress day.
Clearly, something got under his skin.
Let me tell you something.
I've known Tom Milliken
for over 20 years.
- I've never
- Look, Luke
never once seen him cry.
Yeah, well, neither have I, technically.
Okay? It's just what Joey told me.
Joey also couldn't tell us
what was troubling Agent Milliken.
Can you?
Okay, not for sure.
There was a rumor
his wife was leaving him.
Cindy? Nah.
- Is that his wife?
- Yeah.
Look, like I said, I can't say
100% for certain that
his wife was leaving him,
it was just something I overheard.
Are you okay?
(CHUCKLES)
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
Cindy.
Luke.
It's good to see you.
- I'm so sorry.
- Mm.
We took this the day he
retired from the Army.
(LAUGHS SOFTLY) Yeah.
Yeah, I remember those days.
New deployment every six months.
Long phone calls home.
- Or no phone calls for weeks.
- Yeah.
CINDY: After he retired,
he said we'd finally settle down.
Buy a house, stop
moving from base to base.
You know, he told me that
the best decision he ever
made was joining the FBI.
Said it felt like you two finally
Finally had time for each other.
- Yeah.
- Right.
Sometimes the people
that help others the most,
they just can't seem to help themselves.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Cindy, the BAU is in the process
of putting the pieces
together of what happened,
and some information has come to light
that suggest Tom might have been
acting out self-destructively.
That, uh, maybe he was suicidal.
Tom?
Okay, who told you that?
I'm not at liberty to say.
Absolutely not, Luke.
And I'm not just saying
that because I'm his wife.
Cindy, were you leaving him?
Wow.
I-I wouldn't ask if I didn't have to.
I-I don't even believe it.
It's just that one of
Tom's trainees saw him
here in his office,
alone, crying hysterically.
Oh.
One man sees another man crying,
and so he must be suicidal?
Luke, you're a behavioral profiler.
You should know better.
I know Tom was struggling with
how much he was hurting you.
Yes.
Yes, 30-plus years
of Tom burying his feelings
was killing our relationship.
But Tom was nothing if
not "never say die," right?
I mean, he found a new therapist,
he got on new medication,
and finally he was getting in touch
with his emotions, his truth.
And yes, recently, it made him cry,
which was good for him.
And for us.
So, you weren't getting a divorce?
As long as he was doing the work,
I was never gonna leave him.
And I made sure he knew that.
Well, so, then, as far
as you're concerned,
the only thing Tom was
having trouble with was work?
For men like Tom, who felt
a profound responsibility
to prepare the next
generation of warriors,
he had a hard time deciding
whether he wanted to be loved or feared.
I loved him.
I'm not sure many others would agree.
And with this last class,
he told me that the best
lesson he could give them
was to drop them.
That's why that young man decided
to take Tom's life, isn't it?
Isn't it?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hey. Y-You got a minute?
Yeah, of course.
All right. Look, I've been
doing like we said and
following the evidence,
where it takes me.
And obviously Lowell
shot Tom, and, uh
(SCOFFS SOFTLY)
he neither accidentally
nor intentionally
took his life.
- So, suicide?
- No.
And I don't know why I
didn't think about this
from the start, but
although Tom was fixated
on Lowell's shortcomings,
he would've held his
whole unit accountable.
All for one, one for all.
That kind of bond is everything.
And if Tom was threatening D.O.R.,
he was threatening to drop
all three agent selectees,
including Agents Barlow and Helm.
So, you think one or both of them
Intentionally slipped Lowell
a magazine with live rounds.
Lowell's history with Tom would
make him the perfect fall guy.
If that didn't work, they had a plan B.
Milliken's erratic behavior
would suggest the
possibility of suicide.
Either way, they were covered.
(SIGHS) Until now.
No, until we can prove it.
We only have an hour
before the news breaks.
Luke.
Good work.
Your theory makes sense.
But based on our
interviews, I'm not sure
Barlow and Helm are capable
of that level of deception.
I know, but I think that there's
a way to find out for sure.
We should give Lowell a cognitive.
- That's right.
- GREEN: His trauma is keeping him from telling us
exactly what happened before
and during that exercise.
- You should do it.
- No.
- Luke
- Look, he and I got off on the wrong foot.
He's not gonna be able to relax.
GREEN: You don't think your presence
won't put him right back in the mindset?
I do.
We'll be right here if you need us.
No, I don't want to do that.
- Agent Lowell
- No.
You've been trying to trick me
into confessing from the jump.
Look, Billy, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Okay? I-I want to be honest with you.
Agent Milliken
Tom and I were very close.
He was like family, and
(SIGHS) Look.
Hearing some of the things
that he said and did,
it was hard.
Because of that, I wasn't fair to you.
I apologize.
All right.
ALVEZ: Now, look, if you're
willing to do what we call
a cognitive interview,
I believe that that could really
help us determine what happened.
And together, we can find the truth.
Okay.
How do we start?
(SIGHS)
Wh-Why'd you join the FBI?
Growing up, I, um
never thought I was enough.
Dad made sure of that.
I needed to prove something to him.
So, I applied to the FBI.
(LAUGHS): And
I got accepted.
My dad couldn't believe it.
But
you know
then with the expectations,
everything just
Grew?
Yeah.
Especially when I decided to go out
for the Hostage Rescue Team.
That's when I
started having panic
attacks for the first time.
And Agent Milliken wasn't
sympathetic to that.
He was.
And wasn't.
Jekyll and Hyde, you know?
He, uh
recommended a counselor, but
he kept coming back to
at the end of the day,
nobody has time for my shit.
"Lives were on the line."
But you didn't quit.
I still had something to prove.
To your father?
Yeah.
And Agent Milliken reminded you of him?
He did.
Every time he would, uh
he would yell at me,
I could
I could hear
my dad's voice, and it would
literally, it would
make me shake.
All right, Billy.
I want you to close your eyes.
All right?
All right, take a deep breath.
(EXHALES)
All right, let's go back.
All right, Agent Milliken
hands out the weapons.
He demonstrates that the magazines
are loaded with blanks, correct?
LOWELL: Yes, he does.
But Joey, Owen and me, we
we double-check.
And what happens next?
We started the exercise and, uh
Are you sure?
Yes.
Okay, Billy, close your eyes.
Now, Agent Milliken barks at you guys
to get locked and loaded,
to get your ass started
with the exercise.
Goddamn it, Lowell!
Lives are on the line here, son.
You can't hack it, people die.
It's as simple as that.
- Hey!
- (FINGERS SNAPPING)
Look at me!
You think this is abuse?
You can't handle me, you
can't handle this job!
But I guess the Bureau
needs its desk jockeys, too.
You want to watch, buy
a ticket. Otherwise
LOWELL: I hear my dad.
no more fucking excuses.
LOWELL: And I start to shake.
You take the shot. Understand?
- LOWELL: I start getting sick
- Run it again.
and I can't stop.
(RETCHING, COUGHING)
- I throw up.
- (DISTANT COUGHING)
ALVEZ: What does Milliken do?
LOWELL: You know, he was pissed.
I mean, everyone was pissed.
Joey and Owen, they were like,
"Jesus, here we go again."
All right, what happens now?
Then I
felt a hand on my back.
Whose hand?
O'CONNOR: It's okay.
You got this, Billy.
- (COUGHING)
- It was O'Connor.
- Milliken's chief of staff?
- Yes.
(SIGHS)
I remember now. He
He did this pat down on me.
- Okay, Billy. You got this.
- (COUGHING)
You dropped.
LOWELL: Oh, shit.
Thanks.
Jesus Christ.
I thought he was trying to help me.
HELM: Reload! Reload!
LOWELL: I-I
I don't understand. Wh
Why would he do that to me?
ALVEZ: All that mattered to him
was finding someone to take the fall.
But I pulled the goddamn trigger.
It's just gonna be my word against his.
Who's gonna b Who's gonna believe me?
- Thanks, Peter.
- Not a problem.
But you did get those reports I sent?
We did.
Turns out, there's, uh,
another item we need to take a look at.
What's that?
We think Agent Milliken kept a journal.
In his safe.
REBECCA: When his wife was
here collecting his belongings,
she said that you weren't
around to open it for her.
No, but I can grab it now.
(KEYPAD BEEPING)
Uh, I'm not seeing a journal.
Can you step aside?
Peter O'Connor,
you're under arrest for the
murder of Agent Tom Milliken.
Wh-What the fuck are you doing?
Ballistics confirmed that Agent Milliken
was killed by his own bullet.
The ammunition he used was always kept
- right here in this safe.
- (HANDCUFFS CLICK)
Cindy said her husband
and one other person
had that combination.
- You were that other person.
- This is crazy.
I've given everything
I have to this man.
JJ: We can see that.
But you couldn't help yourself.
You pointed us in the direction of OPR.
All those anonymous complaints.
One of which was for a
selectee who got D.O.R.'d
and, one week later, took his own life.
JJ: Matthew O'Connor.
Your brother.
And nobody cared,
so you had to take matters
into your own hands.
OPR is a fucking joke.
What's the goddamn point?
The rules are never applied equally.
Someone always gets special treatment.
Your brother deserved better.
And Milliken got
exactly what he deserved.
And what about Billy?
He didn't deserve any of this.
Get him out of here.
Test one, test two. Test.
"How can a clam cram
a clean, cream can?"
Well, if I may say,
your script is solid,
but I'd like to propose
a few tiny punch-ups.
Like, maybe a couple more
bumpers to my commercial breaks
No. You stick to the words on the page.
Hey. We've gone over this before.
Can you honestly not comprehend
the gravity of what we're doing here?
I can, and I do.
But, seriously, if this
guy's a fan of the podcast,
he'll probably be able
to tell the difference
between me and "entrapment me."
It's not entrapment.
- You know what I mean.
- LEWIS: Brian.
We're all set here. Okay?
And you're gonna do great.
Right now, when we're on the air,
we're hoping that the
scripted words there
will entice this man
- to call in.
- And then,
we need to keep him
on the line long enough
either to track his location
Or get a decent slice of profile.
I do know. You did tell me.
Hey. We also told you if you deviate
one syllable from this script here,
somebody could die.
Are we clear?
Crystal.
Now let's make podcast history.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Whoa.
Hello, Brian.
Special guest appearance?
LEWIS: He's just here to observe.
Ignore him.
I mean it.
Do not say one word
about him being here.
GARRITY: Okay, but
wouldn't it make more sense for the guy
to just be able to talk directly to him?
No more questions. Stay on script.
Penelope?
Okay, Emily. Ready when you are.
Standing by to trace incoming calls.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
Welcome to a very special episode
of The Sicarius Files.
We are coming to you live from the FBI,
and we are joined by renowned author
and supervisory special
agent David Rossi.
Thanks for being here, David.
Thanks for having me, Brian.
GARRITY: This is a live episode, folks,
so don't be shy. We're taking calls,
and you can find our
number at the official
Sicarius Files website.
So, David,
there's so much to talk about
with your storied career,
but for our purposes, we'll focus solely
on Elias Voit, the Sicarius Killer.
I'd like to start at,
well, the beginning.
So, tell me, when were
you first made aware
of Dr. Tara Lewis's discovery
of the buried shipping
container in Yakima County?
CALLER: Uh, my question for Agent Rossi
has to do with Benjamin Reeves.
Is it true that Reeves
basically helped Voit
CALLER 2: Somebody once told
me that Second Street is, like,
the most common street
name in America, but
ROSSI: So, in that surveillance video
from the hardware store, um,
while I couldn't I.D. Voit,
I was able to see him
reaching into his back pocket,
trying to mute his cell phone.
CALLER 3: Which then led
you to conduct a trace
of cell phone calls to and
from that region of the country?
Yes, that's right.
Thanks for your call, Oliver.
So, um, you run that trace
and you get hundreds of calls
you have to go through,
but since you know the
timing of the calls,
you were able to pretty
much zero in on Seattle.
- ROSSI: That's right, because
- And I will pause you there,
because we are getting another caller.
Uh, hi. You are live
on the air with Brian
Garrity and SSA David Rossi.
With whom do we have
the pleasure of speaking?
KINGSTON: Call me God.
Okay. We will call you God.
Do you have a question?
KINGSTON: Why Sicarius spiders?
GARRITY: The spiders
Okay, Emily. I've
isolated the phone line.
- Can you get a trace?
- Uh, not exactly.
Is he running countermeasures?
He is definitely a student of Voit's.
Okay, I want you to
keep the phone line open
but pause the live stream right now.
Okay, yeah.
the Sicarius case.
Uh, as a fan of the podcast, of course,
you are familiar with
Elias Voit's testimony
regarding the spiders.
KINGSTON: Let David Rossi answer.
Why Sicarius?
I-I recognize that voice.
It's Lance Kingston.
But he can't be our guy.
- No, he's not. He's his hostage.
- ROSSI: Clearly, you're not satisfied
with Voit's own answer.
(KEYBOARD CLICKING)
KINGSTON: I am not.
Were the Sicarius spiders part of Voit's
counterintelligence training
in interrogation tactics?
Uh, in a previous episode,
I described how I embellished
certain aspects of The Sicarius Files
for dramatic purposes.
The fact is, I lied.
Elias Voit has nothing
to do with the FBI
and is not associated with any
government agency or program.
Are you saying Voit is unique?
He's rare but not unique.
Much like yourself.
Are you trying to profile me?
Oh, I, uh, I couldn't
even if I wanted to,
because I'm not speaking to you.
I'm speaking to Lance Kingston,
the man you're holding captive.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Penelope, talk to me.
I'm so close. I am so, so close.
- We don't have much more time.
- Okay. I know, I know.
ROSSI: And I know the reason
why you're still holding Lance captive
and using him as your proxy
is Lance's death will
satisfy nothing for you.
KINGSTON: Ramona Havener.
ROSSI: What about her?
Voit spared her life,
and her testimony led to his conviction.
Oh, he didn't spare Ramona.
He turned her over to Arthur Kiel,
whom he knew would
abuse and strangle her.
- But Arthur Kiel did not.
- No.
Because we found her first.
Why didn't Voit kill her himself?
Well, that was, um
that was because Ramona reminded him
of his ex-wife Sydney.
Okay, I got him. I got him.
He's at the Stash-All Storage
facility in Richmond, Virginia.
It's a garage unit being
rented by Lance Kingston.
The Stash-All Storage,
Richmond, Virginia.
Yeah, I'm on it.
GARRITY: God?
Are you still with us?
KINGSTON: Is he there?
- Is who here?
- Voit.
No.
(PANTING)
♪
(METAL SCRAPES)
- (SIZZLING)
- (SCREAMING)
- (GASPS)
- KINGSTON: Oh, God,
- tell him!
- What the
Lance?
- No, don't Stop, stop, stop!
- (SIZZLING)
- Brian.
- For fuck's sake, tell him! Is he there?!
Please!
Tell him! He's gonna kill me! (SOBBING)
(STAMMERS)
Yes, he's here!
No.
KINGSTON: No, no, no, no.
- (SIZZLING)
- No, stop! Stop!
GARRITY: Lance?
He's, uh Voit is here.
- Elias Voit is here. You can talk to him.
- (SCREAMING)
Oh, God.
What just happened?
(SIGHS)
You just caused a man's death.