Law & Order Special Victims Unit s27e11 Episode Script
Career Psychopath
1
In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses
are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the
dedicated detectives
who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I am so sorry.
Take it easy.
You made it, you made it.
Come here.
Sit down.
Excuse me, can I get
a glass of wine here?
Uh, did you hear from your mother?
Yeah, the last report
from Staten Island
is that the kids are making popcorn,
they're watching movies
that they probably
shouldn't be watching,
but everybody's happy.
- Thank you.
- Uh
Liv keep you late, or?
No, she had to kick me out.
I
I just
I lost track of time.
- I'm really sorry.
- No, no, no.
Relax, relax.
Look.
Sounds to me like you're finally back
in a job that makes you happy.
I am.
Happy.
It's just weird.
- Why is that weird?
- I don't know.
I'm just I guess I'm just used to
hopping around different
jobs, and this feels
Permanent.
Enjoy it.
Be bored.
- Mm.
- Just for a minute.
Here.
Happy second anniversary.
Yes.
[GLASSES CLINK]
- I don't think that's how it goes.
- [CHUCKLES]
Uh, silence is almost eerie.
Hear me complaining?
Hey, I'm gonna take a shower.
Don't you go anywhere.
Mm.
[GLASS CRUNCHES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Sonny?
Sonny?
♪
Drop it.
Lower the gun.
Drop it or I'll shoot.
Shoot and Counselor
Carisi dies, Sergeant Rollins.
It's okay, it's okay.
Put it on the ground.
Kick it to me.
- There's still time to get out of this.
- Do it!
♪
I said to me!
Just forget about the gun.
Just just tell us what you want.
Back up.
All right.
He walks over slow.
- You tie him up.
- I'm not doing that.
I'm in control.
Amanda.
Do it!
Unravel it.
No.
Unravel it!
[GRUNTS]
♪
[GROANS]
Don't move.
[GUNSHOT]
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
Go, go. Go.
♪
[PANTING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Amanda, it's funny.
- Anything?
Uh, not yet,
but we have every cop
in the city on the lookout.
Okay, just make sure that
they have his full description.
Um, he was white.
Um, he was young, 20s, probably.
He had medium build.
He had brown eyes.
Okay, Amanda, we got it.
Why don't why don't
you have a seat, honey?
Okay?
Look, is there anything
at all familiar about him?
Did you the sound of
his voice, a familiar scent?
No, if we know him,
we didn't recognize him.
- No.
- But he sure as hell
- knew who we were.
- Yeah, he knew our names.
And he knew how to break in.
He was waiting here for us, Liv.
Did he say anything that
gives us motive, anything?
Oh, he wanted us both dead.
Okay?
He didn't need to say it.
And the way he referred
to us, Sergeant, Counselor
like, I know that we're
looking at a targeted attack,
but I think it could be revenge.
I'm sending a
protective detail, okay?
To Staten Island for your
kids and your parents.
And, I'm putting you two in
a hotel until we know more.
- Good.
- This could've
This could have been
really, really bad.
And it wasn't because
you kept your head about you
and you protected yourself.
And you are safe and
your children are safe.
We're gonna widen
And I want a patrol car on every block
a mile out until we say otherwise.
Hey, uh, I just wanted
to see with my own eyes
- that you were all right.
- We're fine. Thank you, Chief.
The department is devoting
every available resource to this.
We will be meticulous and swift.
Um, my personal number.
- Call any time.
- Appreciate it, Chief.
Yeah.
[BOTH SIGH]
- [SIGHS]
- You all right?
You want the honest answer?
- Me neither.
- [SIGHS]
When it happens to one
of us, it happens to all of us.
Yeah.
I'm here to support
you, whatever you need.
Well, I want is for you
to take the lead on this.
- And before you answer
- Done.
Wow, okay.
Uh, thank you.
She'll, uh, need to be on modified
while the shooting is being reviewed.
Of course.
Give up her gun,
which I imagine will go
over like a lead balloon.
She
She understands protocol.
Still, if you need me to be
the bad guy, I'll take the hit.
Tell her I won't listen to reason.
I appreciate that.
- I'll handle it.
- Sure.
And, um
I'll get her on top
of the list for the psych eval.
You just find who did this.
I will.
Hey, what did we get
from the witnesses?
Neighbor's a bust.
He heard the guy in the fire escape.
He couldn't get a good look.
But the Amazon driver did,
said that he saw a man in a COVID mask
get into a blue Honda.
- We get a license plate?
- No.
Let me show you why.
The plate's got some
kind of cover on it.
The guy knows what he's doing.
It's too far away to ID the driver,
but the perp gets into
the passenger side.
Which means that
he had an accomplice.
Did any other cameras pick this up?
No, none better than this.
We'll put out an APB on what we got.
Okay, did we get
anything back from the labs?
No prints on the cord
that was left behind,
but they're pushing his
blood through CODIS.
Hey, where's
Where's Rollins?
So tell me you wanna be alone
without telling me you wanna be alone.
I just needed to focus.
Yeah, focus on your old cases?
I've got it narrowed down.
- Based on what?
- Motive and recent releases.
Here's Robert Watson.
He was a fire escape peeping Tom
we collared few weeks
ago for the third time.
Somehow he made bail.
Michael Simmons, a
rapist who was escalating
when I arrested him ten years ago.
He was released last month.
Then we got Bruce Ingram.
He threatened to kill
Carisi after his arraignment.
Um, he was just
found not guilty at trial.
Yeah, I remember him.
- He had a bogus alibi.
- Mm-hmm.
But then DNA exonerated
him in the final hour.
Could still hold a grudge,
so I figured I'll run 'em down,
uh, rule 'em out with their voices.
Yeah, okay, so, uh, we knew
that the review of the shooting
- would come back clean.
- Yeah.
But you still need to clear psych.
Yeah, but look, Bruno's
out, you know, for a funeral.
We're down a man, so I just figured
You figured
Figured what?
You figured I'd just
let you skip that part?
No, that's
That's
It's
just not good for anyone.
Plus, Tynan, uh, is
expediting your appointment.
- Great.
- Yeah.
All right, so the quicker
it's done, the better.
Yeah, the quicker you
talk to someone, the better.
Because, if you don't,
it'll only get worse.
In the meantime, I'll
have Curry and Griffin
- [TAPS TABLE]
- Pay these three a visit.
Talk to my attorney.
Not the best way to start, Bruce.
But they found me not guilty.
Can't you people just leave me alone?
This isn't about that case.
It's about Assistant
District Attorney Carisi.
- Never heard of him.
- No?
Well, he's the prosecutor
that you threatened to
kill after your arraignment.
Or does that not ring any bells?
What about him?
He and his wife
were attacked last night.
It's got nothing to do with me.
So threatening to kill him
was what, a hilarious joke?
I was mad.
Cops accused me of hurting that girl.
That prosecutor
tried to seal the deal.
- He ruined my life.
- Sounds like motive.
You already got my DNA.
Yeah, we do.
But if you want me
out of your hair faster,
give me a voice
recording and an alibi.
I was here working.
And I did my time. Don't
I get a second chance?
Yeah, looks like you're living it.
[SCOFFS] Only place
that would hire me.
It's better than being locked
up like some caged animal.
Well, ten years,
oof, it's a long time.
Maybe long enough to
want Sergeant Rollins dead.
- She's dead?
- No.
But someone tried.
And it looks like that
doesn't surprise you.
I didn't do it.
But you hear things on the inside.
I'm not the only one she put away.
Anyone who's capable of doing this?
None I'd be willing to say.
Hey.
You like being out of the cage, right?
Let's keep it that way.
Give me names, and your voice.
Shoot, and Counselor
Carisi dies, Sergeant Rollins.
- It's not them.
- Are you sure?
No, I'm positive.
Anything on the names
that Simmons gave us?
Griffin checked them
out. They're all still in prison.
Okay, and did we
talk to Robert Watson?
Talked to his parole officer.
Watson was in Central
Booking at the time of the attack.
- Still nothing on the blue Honda?
- Not yet.
I mean, my guess is,
they either ditched it
or they're laying low somewhere.
Or they uncovered the plates
and they're halfway to
the Midwest right now
- and we are back to square one.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Perp's blood came back from the lab.
Matched an attempted murder
from a week ago in Brooklyn.
Vic's name, Diana Vitale, 62.
Neighbor found her
tied up with a cord.
- Multiple stab wounds
- Wait, I know that name.
Diana Vitale. She's a court reporter.
She's retired now,
but she worked a
lot of trials with Carisi.
Brooklyn Homicide get any leads?
Not yet, no.
But Vitale survived.
She's still in the hospital.
Great, I'll talk to her.
- I can
- Amanda
You still need to get
to your psych eval.
- You gotta do it.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Diana Vitale.
A stab in the back
that led to paralysis.
Two more to the abdomen, one
of which punctured her stomach.
Led to sepsis we couldn't control.
She was one of yours?
She is now.
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
Ready, Amanda?
You come out of
retirement just for me?
- [CHUCKLES]
- [SIGHS]
I still fill in from time to time,
especially at Olivia's request.
Uh, yeah, so I'm sleeping fine.
There's no insomnia, no nightmares.
Any re-experiencing?
- A little.
- What crosses your mind?
What I would have done differently.
What
What could have happened
if my kids were home.
When you go to that
place, how do you feel?
Angry.
Powerless.
But after that, um, you know,
I feel focused.
So I've heard.
Benson tells me you've
hit the ground running.
What else does she tell you?
She told me you
returned recently to SVU.
Before that, a stint at
Intel, professor at Fordham.
You like to move around.
I don't see how that's relevant.
I'm not trying to trick you, Amanda.
You and I both know
that you'll come up with a good answer
for every question that I ask you,
but what you should also know,
is that all I want out of this
is for you to be honest.
So
Why don't you like to stay put?
[CLAPS SOFTLY]
I guess it comes from how I grew up.
Abusive father, addicted sister.
That must be a very
unsettling way to grow up.
Yeah, you're always
waiting for the shoe to drop.
And you're always braced for impact.
I got out of there
as quick as I could.
Still, it couldn't have been easy.
Must have felt like you
had no control over your life.
Like you were powerless.
Yeah.
It's easy to equate
movement with survival.
Evolutionarily, it makes sense.
Motion has always meant life.
If you stay still,
you get left behind.
I guess I don't
like being still, then.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Then I'd like to give
you a little advice.
After I clear you,
and you return to the field,
and you find the man who did this,
what I would like for you to do,
is to slow down.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
What else do we
know about Diana Vitale?
Not much retired last year,
widowed, no kids, no known enemies.
Aside from the dozens of scumbags
she reported on the court
she shared with Carisi.
And me.
So there's 82 cases where
Vitale, Carisi, and I intersect.
- Okay, any stick out?
- I'm narrowing it down,
but I opened it up to ViCAP
and I got a hit in Queens.
Julia Pratt, all right?
She, um, she's 20.
Same MO the break in and wait.
She was tied up with the black cord
and she was murdered
in her apartment building
with a knife two weeks ago.
Any connection to law enforcement?
Not in ViCAP, but her
sister Rose is in Astoria.
She might be able to tell us more.
Okay, you two stay on Diana Vitale.
Phones, emails. See
what you can dig up.
Okay.
How'd it go with Wong?
- Fine. He cleared me.
- Yeah, I know.
He, uh
I talked to him.
You checking up on me?
Yes, Amanda, I am.
The same way you
would do if it were me.
- [SCOFFS]
- Captain.
Dispatch called about a
white male at an urgent care.
Nurse said it's a gunshot
wound, left shoulder.
Change of plan.
Head to the urgent care.
He came in dodgy,
aggressive with my receptionist.
And what'd he say
had happened to him?
Said he was working construction.
Said someone clipped
him with a nail gun,
but I took one look at it and
I knew that it was a bullet.
They tried to cut it out themselves.
They tried to clean it.
- Who is they?
- He was with a woman.
White, brown hair.
She looked strung out.
Okay.
We are gonna need the
footage from those cameras.
They don't work, but
I did see them drive off.
- Blue Honda?
- Yeah.
Caught the first few
digits of the license plate.
My sister lit up every
room she walked into.
I still can't understand
who would wanna hurt her.
I'm so sorry, Rose.
We just have a few more
questions for you, okay?
So we understand that
Julia worked in fashion.
Is that right?
She went to FIT.
Her internship gave her
a job after she graduated.
Was there ever a time that
she explored law enforcement?
Law enforcement?
No.
Why?
Because the man who hurt her,
uh, may have been
targeting the justice system,
and we're trying to figure out
if Julia had some
other connection to it.
Our aunt is a judge.
She took us in after
our mom walked out,
became our legal guardian,
retired to Florida in May.
Your
Your aunt is Judge Anita Wright?
Diana Vitale, me, and Carisi,
there's 82 overlapping cases,
but only 5 including
Judge Anita Wright.
So it could have been the defendant
- in any one of those cases.
- No, no
I know who it is.
Henry Mesner.
We first encountered him in 2013.
He was abusing
his little sister, Ruby.
Yeah, so he was released
from juvenile detention in 2021.
He got out, he raped
a college student,
and then he murdered his family.
Yeah, I remember this case.
Rollins saved his sister
after he took her hostage.
And after we arrested
Henry, he stabbed Carisi
in a competency hearing.
This guy's not still just
walking around out there?
No, no, no. He stood trial.
He's 5 years into 60 at Sing Sing.
But that doesn't mean
he's not still pulling the strings.
And to find out how,
we need to go talk to him.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- Maybe not.
TARU found the blue Honda
based on the partial plate.
It belongs to an 18-year-old
with a rap sheet for drug possession.
We know her?
[TENSE MUSIC]
- That
- That's Henry's sister.
That's Ruby Mesner.
♪
Our son moved to California.
That's when we got the idea to foster.
Ruby was placed
with us five years ago.
She hardly spoke at first.
But she had what she needed
a bed, food.
We tried to love her.
We thought she'd be okay
for a while, beat the odds.
And then she started
having problems?
School called every other day.
Grades slipping, running away,
kept finding pills under her mattress.
We called her social worker,
and they put her into
rehab for a month.
But things only got worse.
Was
Was Ruby ever, uh, violent?
Only with herself.
She cut her arms so
deep, it was just awful.
After Ruby turned 18, got
herself arrested for drugs.
That was enough.
I told her she had to
leave, and I'm not sorry I did.
It was the right thing.
Do you have any
idea where she might be
or who she might be with?
My guess is with her boyfriend.
What's his name?
Phillip something.
We never met him.
She was with him
when she called begging
for money a few weeks ago.
Heard her talking to him.
The number we have for
Ruby traces back to this address,
but it went dead months ago.
It wasn't her phone she called from.
We still have the number.
I I tried it a few times.
Ruby never picks up.
TARU is looking into this
number that Ruby called from.
Hopefully, it'll tell us something
about whoever this Phillip is.
It won't tell us about
his connection to Henry.
We should be headed
to Sing Sing right now.
Yeah, so Amanda, I
haven't made a decision about
whether talking to
Henry is the best idea.
Well, that's all we have.
Uh, besides this phone number.
And we don't know if the
killing spree is over yet.
But we do know Henry.
And we know that
he'd love nothing more
than to string us along and play games
whether he knows something or not.
It's no coincidence that his
sister is the getaway driver.
And Henry can play games all he wants,
but if he knows something,
I'll be able to tell
just by looking at him.
I know you would.
But I would too.
And I'll be going to Sing Sing myself.
Henry hasn't caused any problems.
Was he close with anyone?
Maybe a guard or an inmate
who's been released recently?
Uh, not that I know of.
Have a seat.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
And what about his
communication with the outside?
Nothing in his incoming
mail to alert our staff.
And nothing outgoing.
So he hasn't made any
calls lately or had any visitors?
No.
His last visit was a year ago
His sister, Ruby Mesner.
Oh, well, you know
what they talked about?
No, there's not
much in the transcript.
Uh, the guards had to pull
her out of the room pretty quick.
Why is that?
Because she tried to attack him.
[DOOR BUZZER BLARES]
[SIGHS]
Have a seat, Henry.
You look happy to see me.
It's been a long time
since I had any visitors.
Well, I heard that you've
actually adjusted quite well.
No disciplinary measures,
no issues with other inmates.
I'll probably die in here.
Shouldn't I be making the most of it?
Well
That depends on
what that means to you.
I think it means reform,
rehabilitation, responsibility.
For what you did to your family.
For what you did to Ruby.
I heard that she actually
came to visit you a while back.
And, uh, things got
a little, little dicey?
I don't think you came
here about my sister.
I think you're here
about something else.
Why do you think I'm here?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Gotta say,
I'm surprised that you're
the one coming to see me.
Were you expecting someone else?
Always had a soft
spot for Detective Rollins.
Yeah, I remember that.
Well, she's actually a sergeant now.
Good for her.
And I heard she's married.
To what's-his-name?
Ah, Lawyer Carisi.
Tell them both I said hello.
I will.
After I tell them that I was right.
Right about what?
[TENSE MUSIC]
That talking to you
was a waste of time.
♪
Maybe I'm just talking
to the wrong person.
You know, if Sergeant
Rollins was here
I'm not here to negotiate, Henry.
Well, then I guess we're both
walking away empty-handed.
You wanna know what I think?
I think you got nothing to say.
Goodbye, Henry.
♪
Hey, was just in the neighborhood.
I had to, um
Had to pick up some stuff.
- Yeah?
- Uh-huh.
- What stuff?
- [SCOFFS]
All right.
Sue me.
Look, I'm just checking in on you.
- Uh-huh.
- Listen, this, uh,
This Henry Mesner thing.
Yeah.
Benson thinks he's bluffing.
She won't let me go in.
Yeah, well, maybe she's got a point.
Look, at best, he's full of it.
At worst, he's
He's not.
He could be dangerous.
Are you saying that as
the ADA or as my husband?
I'm saying it as both.
Okay, I appreciate
it, but right now,
me going in to talk to
Henry might be the only way
we catch the guy that did this to us.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- What is it?
TARU traced the number
that Ruby missed her call from.
A Phillip Wingate.
We've got an address.
NYPD!
Go, go, go, go!
Phillip Wingate, NYPD!
We have a warrant!
[TENSE MUSIC]
Pushing up!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
♪
- Clear.
- Clear!
[FLOORBOARD CREAKS]
Hey.
These are the names of the victims.
Yeah.
Public court records on Henry's
cases, news articles about him.
Got movement upstairs.
Bedroom door.
Ready to breach.
NYPD, coming in.
♪
Okay.
Okay.
Ruby?
Ruby, where is Phillip?
♪
Phillip Wingate, 28,
parents are deceased
and he's lived with his
grandmother since he was three.
Spotty employment records.
He was fired from his
last job six months ago
right around the time his grandma died
and left him the townhouse.
No criminal record.
Only juvenile, which is why
his DNA wasn't in the system.
When Phillip was 12, he
abused a younger cousin.
Guy had a thing for hunting
squirrels in Central Park.
Checks all the boxes.
So what did we learn
from these journals?
Yeah, guy is very prolific.
He writes his victims' names
over and over and over again
with what seems like
either poetry or gibberish.
And a lot of writing about Henry.
I mean, he's obviously obsessed.
But it doesn't explain how they met
or whether Henry
put Phillip up to this.
And nothing that indicates
where he is now or
where he's headed next.
There's over a dozen of these things
we're still sorting through.
I say we just ask her.
I know you.
Yeah, you do.
We helped you out a long time ago,
and we might be able
to help you out now
if you're willing to talk to us.
I don't know where Phillip is.
Yeah, but you do know
how this whole thing
started, don't you, Ruby?
We spoke with your foster parents.
They don't care about me.
I think they tried to.
But, look, after everything
that you've gone through,
I certainly understand how it feels,
like nobody cares,
but that's not true.
We care.
And we'd like to help you.
But we need for you
to be honest with us
for us to do that.
Can you do that?
So why don't you
tell us about Phillip?
How did you two meet?
He found me a few months ago.
He said he wanted to take care of me.
Mm-hmm.
At first, it was fine.
He didn't really want
anything from me.
Until he started asking questions.
About Henry?
[SOFTLY] Yeah.
What he was like.
How much I remember
from when he'd hurt me.
Does Phillip know Henry?
No.
No, no.
He
He said he heard
about him on a podcast
or the news or something. [SNIFFLES]
Ruby, why is Phillip doing this?
I don't know.
He would just
He would say things I
didn't know what they meant.
Well, what
What kind of things?
He was like
He was like, in service of Henry.
I don't he was like,
wanted to be close to him.
So that's
That's why
he sought you out, huh?
Once he did, I couldn't escape.
So you just
Went along with it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
You waited while he
murdered those people,
and you drove the getaway car?
Phillip was gonna kill me.
What was I supposed to do?
I don't know, go to the cops?
Call us?
Get out of there?
And instead, you helped
him kill those people
and come after me and my family.
No, he just told me to drive.
I didn't
I didn't know what he was doing
Yeah, you don't know a
whole lot, do you, Ruby?
Like, like where Phillip is. You don't know that?
- Sergeant.
- I was afraid!
Oh, I don't believe you, Ruby.
I don't.
I think you're protecting
Phillip and your brother.
Okay, Sergeant, that's enough
You know what?
I saved your life.
I wish you didn't!
So do I!
We're done here.
Rollins, now.
♪
Are you kidding me?
- Yeah?
- What was that?
You need to cool down.
Cool down?
We need her to talk!
Yes, and in her current state,
I'm not sure that she can tell us
Who cares about her current state?
There's a murderer out
there, Liv, and she's involved!
I care about her current
state, and so should you.
After everything that
that girl has been through?
- Are you kidding me?
- She helped Phillip.
And now we don't
know whether Henry's
- Henry's behind him.
- Henry is playing us,
and she just about confirmed that.
All that guy wants is your attention.
Yeah, well, he has it.
You know, and I could use
that if you'd let me go talk to him.
Because I'm trying to protect you.
I don't need your protection.
- I need you to trust me.
- Okay.
That's not what this is about.
Then why did you
take me out of the room?
Because you're not yourself.
That girl needs our
help, not an interrogation.
She's a victim of
both Henry and Phillip.
And quite frankly, so are you.
Oh, my God.
You never turn it off.
- What does that mean?
- It means,
not everyone
deserves your empathy, Olivia.
♪
[GROANS]
I can't have you on this
case anymore, Amanda.
You're off.
Hello, Amanda.
♪
I had a feeling you'd come.
You asked for me, didn't you?
Do you remember the
last thing you said to me?
I'm surprised if you do,
considering how drugged up you were.
If you ever go after
anyone in my family again,
it'll be your last day on Earth?
Is that why you came?
- To kill you?
- No.
You can't do that until
you know it was me or not.
I know who it is.
Why I'm here is to see if you do.
You want to know
if I recognize them?
No, I know you do.
These are all people
that helped put you away.
And the person who's
going after them, Henry,
I gotta tell you,
they're pretty good at it.
But this person is smart, organized,
like they're on a mission.
It's your sister, Henry.
It's Ruby.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Ruby didn't do any of
this. She's not capable.
Are you sure about that?
Are you dumb?
She's weak, pathetic.
She's a victim, always will be.
Okay, thank you.
W what I meant to say was
she couldn't have done it by herself.
She couldn't have known
how to hold the knife
or what it would feel like
when you push it into someone.
The soft belly, the bony throat.
It's a very specific skill set.
And who do we think
helped her navigate all that?
Who had that
That
right set of skills?
I did.
It wasn't very hard.
Guards are easy, let
me use their phones.
I had a plan.
I just needed someone
to help me carry it out.
You know, Ruby works
best being directed.
No, Henry, I think
she did this alone.
I think she broke into
these people's houses
and she stabbed them to death,
- did all by herself.
- She couldn't have done
- anything without me.
- Oh, so you're the mastermind?
Yes, I am.
♪
No, you're not.
But you are pathetic.
And you got one thing right.
Ruby didn't kill these people.
A man named Phillip Wingate did.
He's the mastermind,
and you are a cautionary tale at best.
You're nothing.
And now we both know it.
♪
If I tell you what I know,
will you come back to see me?
It's too late, Henry.
Goodbye.
I know him.
I know of him, technically,
and I can tell you
about it if you promise, and I mean
Really promise to come back and see me
every now and again.
Yeah, if what you tell
me is actually helpful,
I'll come visit you.
I get a bunch of fan letters.
Never read them, but
I know a ton of them came from
someone who signed them as PW.
♪
Judge's niece, court reporter.
Next I say hello to
the childhood doctor.
♪
Liv, Phillip is going after the doctor
that Henry saw when he was a kid.
He's going after Wong.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Oh, he's already here.
Okay, go, now.
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
- NYPD!
- Go, go, go, go!
- Clear!
- Move in.
Wong, are you all right?
- Mm. Mm.
- You sure?
- [GASPS]
- Where'd he go?
Uh, he-he heard the sirens
and he went out the back.
Okay.
Get an EMT in here now!
All right, all units,
suspect is on foot.
Back exit. I repeat, back exit.
[TIRES SCREECH]
Stop right there!
♪
[PANTING]
Hey!
No getaway driver, huh?
'Cause you took her from me.
She was never yours to begin with.
Drop the knife.
You're under arrest.
But I already got what I
wanted, Sergeant Rollins.
For Henry to see me.
I saw Henry.
He didn't even know who
you were until we told him.
Those letters?
He never read 'em.
♪
Don't do it!
[GUNSHOTS]
- Cover!
- Shots fired!
[INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER]
He can't hurt anyone
anymore, including you.
What happens now?
Given the circumstances,
the DA's willing to make you a deal.
Conspiracy in the third.
You'll do five years' probation.
The first year will
be inpatient rehab.
But that deal only stands
if you're willing to agree
to do something for us.
The next time you're in
A bad situation
You call me.
Why?
Because I know what
it's like to feel stuck, Ruby.
I know what it's like
to feel powerless.
And the next time you feel that way,
I wanna be there
to help you with that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
She's the one who helps her.
It's amazing.
Hey, sorry to interrupt.
I was just
Nosy, just nosy.
How are you, Doctor?
All right.
Recommitting to retirement.
- Yeah.
- How about you?
You know, just, uh,
getting back to normal.
Well, I'm grateful for
your insubordination,
if that helps to break the ice.
Does not.
Hey.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
- Talk soon?
- Yep, talk soon.
Amanda, be well.
Thanks.
- Liv, I just wanna say
- Don't
Don't apologize if you don't mean it.
I'm
I'm sorry I lost some of your trust.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Look, I understand
why you did what you did.
The same way you understand
that you will never do it again.
All right.
Deal.
And hopefully, that's the last time
we'll ever have to think
about Henry Mesner again.
[SINISTER MUSIC]
♪
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
♪
In the criminal justice system,
sexually based offenses
are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the
dedicated detectives
who investigate these vicious felonies
are members of an elite squad
known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I am so sorry.
Take it easy.
You made it, you made it.
Come here.
Sit down.
Excuse me, can I get
a glass of wine here?
Uh, did you hear from your mother?
Yeah, the last report
from Staten Island
is that the kids are making popcorn,
they're watching movies
that they probably
shouldn't be watching,
but everybody's happy.
- Thank you.
- Uh
Liv keep you late, or?
No, she had to kick me out.
I
I just
I lost track of time.
- I'm really sorry.
- No, no, no.
Relax, relax.
Look.
Sounds to me like you're finally back
in a job that makes you happy.
I am.
Happy.
It's just weird.
- Why is that weird?
- I don't know.
I'm just I guess I'm just used to
hopping around different
jobs, and this feels
Permanent.
Enjoy it.
Be bored.
- Mm.
- Just for a minute.
Here.
Happy second anniversary.
Yes.
[GLASSES CLINK]
- I don't think that's how it goes.
- [CHUCKLES]
Uh, silence is almost eerie.
Hear me complaining?
Hey, I'm gonna take a shower.
Don't you go anywhere.
Mm.
[GLASS CRUNCHES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Sonny?
Sonny?
♪
Drop it.
Lower the gun.
Drop it or I'll shoot.
Shoot and Counselor
Carisi dies, Sergeant Rollins.
It's okay, it's okay.
Put it on the ground.
Kick it to me.
- There's still time to get out of this.
- Do it!
♪
I said to me!
Just forget about the gun.
Just just tell us what you want.
Back up.
All right.
He walks over slow.
- You tie him up.
- I'm not doing that.
I'm in control.
Amanda.
Do it!
Unravel it.
No.
Unravel it!
[GRUNTS]
♪
[GROANS]
Don't move.
[GUNSHOT]
- Are you okay?
- I'm okay, I'm okay.
Go, go. Go.
♪
[PANTING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
- Amanda, it's funny.
- Anything?
Uh, not yet,
but we have every cop
in the city on the lookout.
Okay, just make sure that
they have his full description.
Um, he was white.
Um, he was young, 20s, probably.
He had medium build.
He had brown eyes.
Okay, Amanda, we got it.
Why don't why don't
you have a seat, honey?
Okay?
Look, is there anything
at all familiar about him?
Did you the sound of
his voice, a familiar scent?
No, if we know him,
we didn't recognize him.
- No.
- But he sure as hell
- knew who we were.
- Yeah, he knew our names.
And he knew how to break in.
He was waiting here for us, Liv.
Did he say anything that
gives us motive, anything?
Oh, he wanted us both dead.
Okay?
He didn't need to say it.
And the way he referred
to us, Sergeant, Counselor
like, I know that we're
looking at a targeted attack,
but I think it could be revenge.
I'm sending a
protective detail, okay?
To Staten Island for your
kids and your parents.
And, I'm putting you two in
a hotel until we know more.
- Good.
- This could've
This could have been
really, really bad.
And it wasn't because
you kept your head about you
and you protected yourself.
And you are safe and
your children are safe.
We're gonna widen
And I want a patrol car on every block
a mile out until we say otherwise.
Hey, uh, I just wanted
to see with my own eyes
- that you were all right.
- We're fine. Thank you, Chief.
The department is devoting
every available resource to this.
We will be meticulous and swift.
Um, my personal number.
- Call any time.
- Appreciate it, Chief.
Yeah.
[BOTH SIGH]
- [SIGHS]
- You all right?
You want the honest answer?
- Me neither.
- [SIGHS]
When it happens to one
of us, it happens to all of us.
Yeah.
I'm here to support
you, whatever you need.
Well, I want is for you
to take the lead on this.
- And before you answer
- Done.
Wow, okay.
Uh, thank you.
She'll, uh, need to be on modified
while the shooting is being reviewed.
Of course.
Give up her gun,
which I imagine will go
over like a lead balloon.
She
She understands protocol.
Still, if you need me to be
the bad guy, I'll take the hit.
Tell her I won't listen to reason.
I appreciate that.
- I'll handle it.
- Sure.
And, um
I'll get her on top
of the list for the psych eval.
You just find who did this.
I will.
Hey, what did we get
from the witnesses?
Neighbor's a bust.
He heard the guy in the fire escape.
He couldn't get a good look.
But the Amazon driver did,
said that he saw a man in a COVID mask
get into a blue Honda.
- We get a license plate?
- No.
Let me show you why.
The plate's got some
kind of cover on it.
The guy knows what he's doing.
It's too far away to ID the driver,
but the perp gets into
the passenger side.
Which means that
he had an accomplice.
Did any other cameras pick this up?
No, none better than this.
We'll put out an APB on what we got.
Okay, did we get
anything back from the labs?
No prints on the cord
that was left behind,
but they're pushing his
blood through CODIS.
Hey, where's
Where's Rollins?
So tell me you wanna be alone
without telling me you wanna be alone.
I just needed to focus.
Yeah, focus on your old cases?
I've got it narrowed down.
- Based on what?
- Motive and recent releases.
Here's Robert Watson.
He was a fire escape peeping Tom
we collared few weeks
ago for the third time.
Somehow he made bail.
Michael Simmons, a
rapist who was escalating
when I arrested him ten years ago.
He was released last month.
Then we got Bruce Ingram.
He threatened to kill
Carisi after his arraignment.
Um, he was just
found not guilty at trial.
Yeah, I remember him.
- He had a bogus alibi.
- Mm-hmm.
But then DNA exonerated
him in the final hour.
Could still hold a grudge,
so I figured I'll run 'em down,
uh, rule 'em out with their voices.
Yeah, okay, so, uh, we knew
that the review of the shooting
- would come back clean.
- Yeah.
But you still need to clear psych.
Yeah, but look, Bruno's
out, you know, for a funeral.
We're down a man, so I just figured
You figured
Figured what?
You figured I'd just
let you skip that part?
No, that's
That's
It's
just not good for anyone.
Plus, Tynan, uh, is
expediting your appointment.
- Great.
- Yeah.
All right, so the quicker
it's done, the better.
Yeah, the quicker you
talk to someone, the better.
Because, if you don't,
it'll only get worse.
In the meantime, I'll
have Curry and Griffin
- [TAPS TABLE]
- Pay these three a visit.
Talk to my attorney.
Not the best way to start, Bruce.
But they found me not guilty.
Can't you people just leave me alone?
This isn't about that case.
It's about Assistant
District Attorney Carisi.
- Never heard of him.
- No?
Well, he's the prosecutor
that you threatened to
kill after your arraignment.
Or does that not ring any bells?
What about him?
He and his wife
were attacked last night.
It's got nothing to do with me.
So threatening to kill him
was what, a hilarious joke?
I was mad.
Cops accused me of hurting that girl.
That prosecutor
tried to seal the deal.
- He ruined my life.
- Sounds like motive.
You already got my DNA.
Yeah, we do.
But if you want me
out of your hair faster,
give me a voice
recording and an alibi.
I was here working.
And I did my time. Don't
I get a second chance?
Yeah, looks like you're living it.
[SCOFFS] Only place
that would hire me.
It's better than being locked
up like some caged animal.
Well, ten years,
oof, it's a long time.
Maybe long enough to
want Sergeant Rollins dead.
- She's dead?
- No.
But someone tried.
And it looks like that
doesn't surprise you.
I didn't do it.
But you hear things on the inside.
I'm not the only one she put away.
Anyone who's capable of doing this?
None I'd be willing to say.
Hey.
You like being out of the cage, right?
Let's keep it that way.
Give me names, and your voice.
Shoot, and Counselor
Carisi dies, Sergeant Rollins.
- It's not them.
- Are you sure?
No, I'm positive.
Anything on the names
that Simmons gave us?
Griffin checked them
out. They're all still in prison.
Okay, and did we
talk to Robert Watson?
Talked to his parole officer.
Watson was in Central
Booking at the time of the attack.
- Still nothing on the blue Honda?
- Not yet.
I mean, my guess is,
they either ditched it
or they're laying low somewhere.
Or they uncovered the plates
and they're halfway to
the Midwest right now
- and we are back to square one.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Perp's blood came back from the lab.
Matched an attempted murder
from a week ago in Brooklyn.
Vic's name, Diana Vitale, 62.
Neighbor found her
tied up with a cord.
- Multiple stab wounds
- Wait, I know that name.
Diana Vitale. She's a court reporter.
She's retired now,
but she worked a
lot of trials with Carisi.
Brooklyn Homicide get any leads?
Not yet, no.
But Vitale survived.
She's still in the hospital.
Great, I'll talk to her.
- I can
- Amanda
You still need to get
to your psych eval.
- You gotta do it.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Diana Vitale.
A stab in the back
that led to paralysis.
Two more to the abdomen, one
of which punctured her stomach.
Led to sepsis we couldn't control.
She was one of yours?
She is now.
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
Ready, Amanda?
You come out of
retirement just for me?
- [CHUCKLES]
- [SIGHS]
I still fill in from time to time,
especially at Olivia's request.
Uh, yeah, so I'm sleeping fine.
There's no insomnia, no nightmares.
Any re-experiencing?
- A little.
- What crosses your mind?
What I would have done differently.
What
What could have happened
if my kids were home.
When you go to that
place, how do you feel?
Angry.
Powerless.
But after that, um, you know,
I feel focused.
So I've heard.
Benson tells me you've
hit the ground running.
What else does she tell you?
She told me you
returned recently to SVU.
Before that, a stint at
Intel, professor at Fordham.
You like to move around.
I don't see how that's relevant.
I'm not trying to trick you, Amanda.
You and I both know
that you'll come up with a good answer
for every question that I ask you,
but what you should also know,
is that all I want out of this
is for you to be honest.
So
Why don't you like to stay put?
[CLAPS SOFTLY]
I guess it comes from how I grew up.
Abusive father, addicted sister.
That must be a very
unsettling way to grow up.
Yeah, you're always
waiting for the shoe to drop.
And you're always braced for impact.
I got out of there
as quick as I could.
Still, it couldn't have been easy.
Must have felt like you
had no control over your life.
Like you were powerless.
Yeah.
It's easy to equate
movement with survival.
Evolutionarily, it makes sense.
Motion has always meant life.
If you stay still,
you get left behind.
I guess I don't
like being still, then.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Then I'd like to give
you a little advice.
After I clear you,
and you return to the field,
and you find the man who did this,
what I would like for you to do,
is to slow down.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
What else do we
know about Diana Vitale?
Not much retired last year,
widowed, no kids, no known enemies.
Aside from the dozens of scumbags
she reported on the court
she shared with Carisi.
And me.
So there's 82 cases where
Vitale, Carisi, and I intersect.
- Okay, any stick out?
- I'm narrowing it down,
but I opened it up to ViCAP
and I got a hit in Queens.
Julia Pratt, all right?
She, um, she's 20.
Same MO the break in and wait.
She was tied up with the black cord
and she was murdered
in her apartment building
with a knife two weeks ago.
Any connection to law enforcement?
Not in ViCAP, but her
sister Rose is in Astoria.
She might be able to tell us more.
Okay, you two stay on Diana Vitale.
Phones, emails. See
what you can dig up.
Okay.
How'd it go with Wong?
- Fine. He cleared me.
- Yeah, I know.
He, uh
I talked to him.
You checking up on me?
Yes, Amanda, I am.
The same way you
would do if it were me.
- [SCOFFS]
- Captain.
Dispatch called about a
white male at an urgent care.
Nurse said it's a gunshot
wound, left shoulder.
Change of plan.
Head to the urgent care.
He came in dodgy,
aggressive with my receptionist.
And what'd he say
had happened to him?
Said he was working construction.
Said someone clipped
him with a nail gun,
but I took one look at it and
I knew that it was a bullet.
They tried to cut it out themselves.
They tried to clean it.
- Who is they?
- He was with a woman.
White, brown hair.
She looked strung out.
Okay.
We are gonna need the
footage from those cameras.
They don't work, but
I did see them drive off.
- Blue Honda?
- Yeah.
Caught the first few
digits of the license plate.
My sister lit up every
room she walked into.
I still can't understand
who would wanna hurt her.
I'm so sorry, Rose.
We just have a few more
questions for you, okay?
So we understand that
Julia worked in fashion.
Is that right?
She went to FIT.
Her internship gave her
a job after she graduated.
Was there ever a time that
she explored law enforcement?
Law enforcement?
No.
Why?
Because the man who hurt her,
uh, may have been
targeting the justice system,
and we're trying to figure out
if Julia had some
other connection to it.
Our aunt is a judge.
She took us in after
our mom walked out,
became our legal guardian,
retired to Florida in May.
Your
Your aunt is Judge Anita Wright?
Diana Vitale, me, and Carisi,
there's 82 overlapping cases,
but only 5 including
Judge Anita Wright.
So it could have been the defendant
- in any one of those cases.
- No, no
I know who it is.
Henry Mesner.
We first encountered him in 2013.
He was abusing
his little sister, Ruby.
Yeah, so he was released
from juvenile detention in 2021.
He got out, he raped
a college student,
and then he murdered his family.
Yeah, I remember this case.
Rollins saved his sister
after he took her hostage.
And after we arrested
Henry, he stabbed Carisi
in a competency hearing.
This guy's not still just
walking around out there?
No, no, no. He stood trial.
He's 5 years into 60 at Sing Sing.
But that doesn't mean
he's not still pulling the strings.
And to find out how,
we need to go talk to him.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- Maybe not.
TARU found the blue Honda
based on the partial plate.
It belongs to an 18-year-old
with a rap sheet for drug possession.
We know her?
[TENSE MUSIC]
- That
- That's Henry's sister.
That's Ruby Mesner.
♪
Our son moved to California.
That's when we got the idea to foster.
Ruby was placed
with us five years ago.
She hardly spoke at first.
But she had what she needed
a bed, food.
We tried to love her.
We thought she'd be okay
for a while, beat the odds.
And then she started
having problems?
School called every other day.
Grades slipping, running away,
kept finding pills under her mattress.
We called her social worker,
and they put her into
rehab for a month.
But things only got worse.
Was
Was Ruby ever, uh, violent?
Only with herself.
She cut her arms so
deep, it was just awful.
After Ruby turned 18, got
herself arrested for drugs.
That was enough.
I told her she had to
leave, and I'm not sorry I did.
It was the right thing.
Do you have any
idea where she might be
or who she might be with?
My guess is with her boyfriend.
What's his name?
Phillip something.
We never met him.
She was with him
when she called begging
for money a few weeks ago.
Heard her talking to him.
The number we have for
Ruby traces back to this address,
but it went dead months ago.
It wasn't her phone she called from.
We still have the number.
I I tried it a few times.
Ruby never picks up.
TARU is looking into this
number that Ruby called from.
Hopefully, it'll tell us something
about whoever this Phillip is.
It won't tell us about
his connection to Henry.
We should be headed
to Sing Sing right now.
Yeah, so Amanda, I
haven't made a decision about
whether talking to
Henry is the best idea.
Well, that's all we have.
Uh, besides this phone number.
And we don't know if the
killing spree is over yet.
But we do know Henry.
And we know that
he'd love nothing more
than to string us along and play games
whether he knows something or not.
It's no coincidence that his
sister is the getaway driver.
And Henry can play games all he wants,
but if he knows something,
I'll be able to tell
just by looking at him.
I know you would.
But I would too.
And I'll be going to Sing Sing myself.
Henry hasn't caused any problems.
Was he close with anyone?
Maybe a guard or an inmate
who's been released recently?
Uh, not that I know of.
Have a seat.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
And what about his
communication with the outside?
Nothing in his incoming
mail to alert our staff.
And nothing outgoing.
So he hasn't made any
calls lately or had any visitors?
No.
His last visit was a year ago
His sister, Ruby Mesner.
Oh, well, you know
what they talked about?
No, there's not
much in the transcript.
Uh, the guards had to pull
her out of the room pretty quick.
Why is that?
Because she tried to attack him.
[DOOR BUZZER BLARES]
[SIGHS]
Have a seat, Henry.
You look happy to see me.
It's been a long time
since I had any visitors.
Well, I heard that you've
actually adjusted quite well.
No disciplinary measures,
no issues with other inmates.
I'll probably die in here.
Shouldn't I be making the most of it?
Well
That depends on
what that means to you.
I think it means reform,
rehabilitation, responsibility.
For what you did to your family.
For what you did to Ruby.
I heard that she actually
came to visit you a while back.
And, uh, things got
a little, little dicey?
I don't think you came
here about my sister.
I think you're here
about something else.
Why do you think I'm here?
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Gotta say,
I'm surprised that you're
the one coming to see me.
Were you expecting someone else?
Always had a soft
spot for Detective Rollins.
Yeah, I remember that.
Well, she's actually a sergeant now.
Good for her.
And I heard she's married.
To what's-his-name?
Ah, Lawyer Carisi.
Tell them both I said hello.
I will.
After I tell them that I was right.
Right about what?
[TENSE MUSIC]
That talking to you
was a waste of time.
♪
Maybe I'm just talking
to the wrong person.
You know, if Sergeant
Rollins was here
I'm not here to negotiate, Henry.
Well, then I guess we're both
walking away empty-handed.
You wanna know what I think?
I think you got nothing to say.
Goodbye, Henry.
♪
Hey, was just in the neighborhood.
I had to, um
Had to pick up some stuff.
- Yeah?
- Uh-huh.
- What stuff?
- [SCOFFS]
All right.
Sue me.
Look, I'm just checking in on you.
- Uh-huh.
- Listen, this, uh,
This Henry Mesner thing.
Yeah.
Benson thinks he's bluffing.
She won't let me go in.
Yeah, well, maybe she's got a point.
Look, at best, he's full of it.
At worst, he's
He's not.
He could be dangerous.
Are you saying that as
the ADA or as my husband?
I'm saying it as both.
Okay, I appreciate
it, but right now,
me going in to talk to
Henry might be the only way
we catch the guy that did this to us.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- What is it?
TARU traced the number
that Ruby missed her call from.
A Phillip Wingate.
We've got an address.
NYPD!
Go, go, go, go!
Phillip Wingate, NYPD!
We have a warrant!
[TENSE MUSIC]
Pushing up!
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
♪
- Clear.
- Clear!
[FLOORBOARD CREAKS]
Hey.
These are the names of the victims.
Yeah.
Public court records on Henry's
cases, news articles about him.
Got movement upstairs.
Bedroom door.
Ready to breach.
NYPD, coming in.
♪
Okay.
Okay.
Ruby?
Ruby, where is Phillip?
♪
Phillip Wingate, 28,
parents are deceased
and he's lived with his
grandmother since he was three.
Spotty employment records.
He was fired from his
last job six months ago
right around the time his grandma died
and left him the townhouse.
No criminal record.
Only juvenile, which is why
his DNA wasn't in the system.
When Phillip was 12, he
abused a younger cousin.
Guy had a thing for hunting
squirrels in Central Park.
Checks all the boxes.
So what did we learn
from these journals?
Yeah, guy is very prolific.
He writes his victims' names
over and over and over again
with what seems like
either poetry or gibberish.
And a lot of writing about Henry.
I mean, he's obviously obsessed.
But it doesn't explain how they met
or whether Henry
put Phillip up to this.
And nothing that indicates
where he is now or
where he's headed next.
There's over a dozen of these things
we're still sorting through.
I say we just ask her.
I know you.
Yeah, you do.
We helped you out a long time ago,
and we might be able
to help you out now
if you're willing to talk to us.
I don't know where Phillip is.
Yeah, but you do know
how this whole thing
started, don't you, Ruby?
We spoke with your foster parents.
They don't care about me.
I think they tried to.
But, look, after everything
that you've gone through,
I certainly understand how it feels,
like nobody cares,
but that's not true.
We care.
And we'd like to help you.
But we need for you
to be honest with us
for us to do that.
Can you do that?
So why don't you
tell us about Phillip?
How did you two meet?
He found me a few months ago.
He said he wanted to take care of me.
Mm-hmm.
At first, it was fine.
He didn't really want
anything from me.
Until he started asking questions.
About Henry?
[SOFTLY] Yeah.
What he was like.
How much I remember
from when he'd hurt me.
Does Phillip know Henry?
No.
No, no.
He
He said he heard
about him on a podcast
or the news or something. [SNIFFLES]
Ruby, why is Phillip doing this?
I don't know.
He would just
He would say things I
didn't know what they meant.
Well, what
What kind of things?
He was like
He was like, in service of Henry.
I don't he was like,
wanted to be close to him.
So that's
That's why
he sought you out, huh?
Once he did, I couldn't escape.
So you just
Went along with it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
You waited while he
murdered those people,
and you drove the getaway car?
Phillip was gonna kill me.
What was I supposed to do?
I don't know, go to the cops?
Call us?
Get out of there?
And instead, you helped
him kill those people
and come after me and my family.
No, he just told me to drive.
I didn't
I didn't know what he was doing
Yeah, you don't know a
whole lot, do you, Ruby?
Like, like where Phillip is. You don't know that?
- Sergeant.
- I was afraid!
Oh, I don't believe you, Ruby.
I don't.
I think you're protecting
Phillip and your brother.
Okay, Sergeant, that's enough
You know what?
I saved your life.
I wish you didn't!
So do I!
We're done here.
Rollins, now.
♪
Are you kidding me?
- Yeah?
- What was that?
You need to cool down.
Cool down?
We need her to talk!
Yes, and in her current state,
I'm not sure that she can tell us
Who cares about her current state?
There's a murderer out
there, Liv, and she's involved!
I care about her current
state, and so should you.
After everything that
that girl has been through?
- Are you kidding me?
- She helped Phillip.
And now we don't
know whether Henry's
- Henry's behind him.
- Henry is playing us,
and she just about confirmed that.
All that guy wants is your attention.
Yeah, well, he has it.
You know, and I could use
that if you'd let me go talk to him.
Because I'm trying to protect you.
I don't need your protection.
- I need you to trust me.
- Okay.
That's not what this is about.
Then why did you
take me out of the room?
Because you're not yourself.
That girl needs our
help, not an interrogation.
She's a victim of
both Henry and Phillip.
And quite frankly, so are you.
Oh, my God.
You never turn it off.
- What does that mean?
- It means,
not everyone
deserves your empathy, Olivia.
♪
[GROANS]
I can't have you on this
case anymore, Amanda.
You're off.
Hello, Amanda.
♪
I had a feeling you'd come.
You asked for me, didn't you?
Do you remember the
last thing you said to me?
I'm surprised if you do,
considering how drugged up you were.
If you ever go after
anyone in my family again,
it'll be your last day on Earth?
Is that why you came?
- To kill you?
- No.
You can't do that until
you know it was me or not.
I know who it is.
Why I'm here is to see if you do.
You want to know
if I recognize them?
No, I know you do.
These are all people
that helped put you away.
And the person who's
going after them, Henry,
I gotta tell you,
they're pretty good at it.
But this person is smart, organized,
like they're on a mission.
It's your sister, Henry.
It's Ruby.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Ruby didn't do any of
this. She's not capable.
Are you sure about that?
Are you dumb?
She's weak, pathetic.
She's a victim, always will be.
Okay, thank you.
W what I meant to say was
she couldn't have done it by herself.
She couldn't have known
how to hold the knife
or what it would feel like
when you push it into someone.
The soft belly, the bony throat.
It's a very specific skill set.
And who do we think
helped her navigate all that?
Who had that
That
right set of skills?
I did.
It wasn't very hard.
Guards are easy, let
me use their phones.
I had a plan.
I just needed someone
to help me carry it out.
You know, Ruby works
best being directed.
No, Henry, I think
she did this alone.
I think she broke into
these people's houses
and she stabbed them to death,
- did all by herself.
- She couldn't have done
- anything without me.
- Oh, so you're the mastermind?
Yes, I am.
♪
No, you're not.
But you are pathetic.
And you got one thing right.
Ruby didn't kill these people.
A man named Phillip Wingate did.
He's the mastermind,
and you are a cautionary tale at best.
You're nothing.
And now we both know it.
♪
If I tell you what I know,
will you come back to see me?
It's too late, Henry.
Goodbye.
I know him.
I know of him, technically,
and I can tell you
about it if you promise, and I mean
Really promise to come back and see me
every now and again.
Yeah, if what you tell
me is actually helpful,
I'll come visit you.
I get a bunch of fan letters.
Never read them, but
I know a ton of them came from
someone who signed them as PW.
♪
Judge's niece, court reporter.
Next I say hello to
the childhood doctor.
♪
Liv, Phillip is going after the doctor
that Henry saw when he was a kid.
He's going after Wong.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Oh, he's already here.
Okay, go, now.
[OFFICERS SHOUTING]
- NYPD!
- Go, go, go, go!
- Clear!
- Move in.
Wong, are you all right?
- Mm. Mm.
- You sure?
- [GASPS]
- Where'd he go?
Uh, he-he heard the sirens
and he went out the back.
Okay.
Get an EMT in here now!
All right, all units,
suspect is on foot.
Back exit. I repeat, back exit.
[TIRES SCREECH]
Stop right there!
♪
[PANTING]
Hey!
No getaway driver, huh?
'Cause you took her from me.
She was never yours to begin with.
Drop the knife.
You're under arrest.
But I already got what I
wanted, Sergeant Rollins.
For Henry to see me.
I saw Henry.
He didn't even know who
you were until we told him.
Those letters?
He never read 'em.
♪
Don't do it!
[GUNSHOTS]
- Cover!
- Shots fired!
[INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER]
He can't hurt anyone
anymore, including you.
What happens now?
Given the circumstances,
the DA's willing to make you a deal.
Conspiracy in the third.
You'll do five years' probation.
The first year will
be inpatient rehab.
But that deal only stands
if you're willing to agree
to do something for us.
The next time you're in
A bad situation
You call me.
Why?
Because I know what
it's like to feel stuck, Ruby.
I know what it's like
to feel powerless.
And the next time you feel that way,
I wanna be there
to help you with that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
She's the one who helps her.
It's amazing.
Hey, sorry to interrupt.
I was just
Nosy, just nosy.
How are you, Doctor?
All right.
Recommitting to retirement.
- Yeah.
- How about you?
You know, just, uh,
getting back to normal.
Well, I'm grateful for
your insubordination,
if that helps to break the ice.
Does not.
Hey.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
- Talk soon?
- Yep, talk soon.
Amanda, be well.
Thanks.
- Liv, I just wanna say
- Don't
Don't apologize if you don't mean it.
I'm
I'm sorry I lost some of your trust.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Look, I understand
why you did what you did.
The same way you understand
that you will never do it again.
All right.
Deal.
And hopefully, that's the last time
we'll ever have to think
about Henry Mesner again.
[SINISTER MUSIC]
♪
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
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