Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) s02e10 Episode Script
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1 Jack: Over 68 million Americans leave the safety of our borders every year.
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
[Traditional music playing.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- Do you mind if we speak in English? It helps me to practice.
Of course not, and your English is very good.
You sure you're not really from Brooklyn? [Chuckles.]
Now you're teasing me.
[Laughter.]
Something I've picked up living in the U.
S.
New Yorkers call it "busting chops.
" Busting chops? Yes, but don't ask me what it means.
Oh.
[Chuckles.]
You're so calm and comfortable.
The exact opposite of my ex-husband.
He never could understand why I chose to work rather than be stuck at home.
Stuck? Yes, you know, stay-at-home mom.
I mean, I love my kids, but I am still entitled to live a life of my own, don't you think? Let me buy us some drinks.
Okay.
[Speaking Mandarin.]
[Mandarin conversation continues.]
Xie-xie.
Cheers.
Thank you.
This is mine.
I really had a wonderful time.
Thank you.
You've been very kind and honest.
I I don't [Exhales sharply.]
Oh, you probably drank something you shouldn't have.
Oh! [Moaning.]
[Car alarm chirping.]
[Moans.]
[Grunts softly.]
Sorry, it's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
There is no backing out now.
I'm not trying to back out.
I'm just saying maybe we should reschedule.
Come on, Monty.
You and I both know that that is not gonna happen.
Why not? There were no set rules to how it should go down.
Au contraire, Mon frère.
You guys ready for tonight? - Yes.
- No.
Stout and Pint.
8:00.
Sharp.
You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this.
Look, why don't I just give you both $20, - and we call it even? - That was not the bet.
I know, but Monty, you lost the bet, remember? Yes, I remember, and I will never, ever again question your knowledge on the "Fast and Furious" franchise.
Look, you act like I'm asking for a pound of flesh.
I would be willing to negotiate that in lieu of singing karaoke tonight.
Do not be a baby.
You're gonna be fine.
We've been practicing.
- No Yes, really? - Mm-hmm.
Two words.
[Laughs.]
Kenny.
Dolly.
[Gasps.]
That's right.
This is getting real.
"Islands in the Stream.
" There won't be any video, right? No, not that you're aware of.
It's time to face the music, my friend.
That's right.
I'm gonna go drop these reports off, then I am home to shower, shampoo, and shine.
- Clara.
- Hey.
Emily, what brings you to the seventh floor? Lisa Sojourn.
Oh, I haven't heard that name in years.
Poor girl had her whole life ahead of her before that monster took it.
I still can't believe he hasn't been caught.
Well, I just might have found him.
Communication addressed to the B.
A.
U.
came across my desk this morning.
It was sent by Inspector Jin Taan of the Taipei Ministry of Criminal Investigations.
In the last 12 days, he's had two unusual murders, which may be linked to one of the cases in the B.
A.
U.
's Zero Files.
Our victims, Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen, were posed in the same specific display office building, knife through the heart, flower in the lap.
Then why the purple orchid? Is this homage to The Vinegar Hill Slayer.
The B.
A.
U.
hunted him in 2001.
He killed four women in the Vinegar Hill section of Brooklyn, New York.
All four of his victims were publicly displayed, knife in the heart, flower in the lap.
Precisely the same way these women in Taipei were.
At the time of the New York murders, I was working as an intern at the U.
N.
As was I.
Oh, I didn't realize you guys went back that far.
Indeed, we do.
In fact, we knew one of the Vinegar Hill victims.
[Sighs.]
She was a translator for the U.
N.
Her name was Lisa Sojourn.
Lisa, Clara, and I, some other girls would go out after work and drink, dance, meet boys.
All that stopped after Lisa's death.
The preliminary investigation didn't lead to more substantive action.
It was reclassified as a Zero File because the B.
A.
U.
's efforts were interrupted by the September 11th attacks.
Right, when the FBI's top priority became terrorism.
16 years is an awfully long period of dormancy.
Could it be a copycat? It's possible, but the purple orchid was a detail that was never made public.
Did the B.
A.
U.
establish an operating theory at the time? It was incomplete, but the profile indicated a male, late teens to early 20s, native to New York, sophisticated but with significant anger issues toward women.
Ordinarily, we go to help American victims of crime overseas, but in this case, it looks like we may be looking at an American killing abroad.
From four kills in six months to two murders in two weeks that means the killings are accelerating.
So we need to stop this UnSub before he kills again.
[Theme music.]
Clara: A Taiwanese proverb says, "Do good, reap good.
Do evil, reap evil.
" [Footsteps approach.]
You ready to roll? Oops, sorry, Clara, I didn't know you were No, it's okay.
Um, I was just remembering my friend, Lisa.
[Scoffs.]
It's hard to believe how much time has passed.
Life has a way of doing that.
Yeah, but at least we have a life.
You know, Lisa's was was cut short before it even had a chance to start.
Seems like you have some good memories of her.
Yeah, I do.
If you could have known Lisa, she [Chuckles.]
She was this breath of fresh air.
She could talk to anyone.
She could wear just about anything.
And she loved to go juking.
Juking? - It's dancing.
- Ah.
She was from Georgia, so that's what she called it.
But many a times, we would juke until the morning sun came up.
I'll bet you did.
And she had this laugh, it was It was contagious.
And when Lisa got going, you knew eventually you were gonna end up on the floor right next to her.
I miss that.
I miss her.
I just wanna honor her, you know, and her memory.
I think you just did.
Thank you.
I think the only way to really honor her is to catch this killer who took her life.
And we will.
The murders of Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen are a tragic stain on the fabric of Taipei.
Inspector Jin, I'd like to apologize for the horror and dishonor caused by a suspect the FBI believes may be an infamous American killer.
Or someone copying those atrocities.
Your kindness is appreciated, and please be assured of our utmost commitment to your endeavors here.
Thank you.
My team and I have reviewed the prior case file and the autopsy report on the first victim.
Has an autopsy been performed yet on the second victim, Yian Chen? No, not as of yet.
Well, if it's all right with you, Agent Jarvis is on our jet and is equipped to conduct the autopsy there.
That would be most convenient.
I'll make the arrangements.
I would also like to interview Yian Chen's family.
I can give you a ride.
My car's right over here.
Great.
[Horn honks in distance.]
This is a heavily trafficked business area.
The UnSub had to have timed this precisely to stage the body out here without being observed.
Displaying the victim in public is significant to the UnSub's ritual, just like in New York, but the B.
A.
U.
never determined what it meant.
We need to figure out what the UnSub's trying to say and to whom.
Six victims in two very different countries suggests divergent comfort zones a half a world apart, which is very unusual, unless we're talking about a copycat here, right? Yeah, possibly, or perhaps it speaks to the UnSub being at home in both countries.
Maybe a dual citizen.
[Horns honking in distance.]
[Cellphone rings.]
Hey, boss.
Monty, I need you to compile visa entries for people who were living in New York in 2001 during the killings there who are now living in Taiwan.
It's not gonna be a small list.
Well, if your job was easy, anyone could do it.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
- All right, I'm on it.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
In New York, the UnSub's hunting ground was a fairly compact neighborhood, just a dozen blocks or so.
Closer look at the victims here should tell us where they were abducted.
Well, with that information, I should have enough to build a geoprofile.
Let's hope Clara's interview with the family can give us the information we need.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Horns honk in distance.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- [Cellphone vibrates.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
Thank you.
I do speak English if it would be easier for you.
Okay.
Look, I know that this isn't easy for you, Mrs.
Lin, but the more information that I can gather, the better chance we have of finding the person who did this to your daughter.
I know that Yian was recently divorced, but do you know if she was currently seeing anyone? Out of respect for me, Yian kept her personal life to herself.
Everyone who knew Yian knew her to be very driven, especially with regard to her career.
[Sighs.]
Ultimately, her personal life suffered.
But recently, I believe that began to change.
What made you think that? Oh, she would tell me she had been called back to her office some evenings, but I knew she wasn't telling me everything.
She always dressed well, but on these occasions, she would be prettier, happier when she came home.
Did you notice anything different about her behavior on those days? Well, she would go on her computer right before she left.
Do you have that computer here? Yes.
It's in her bedroom.
I'll show you.
There's no evidence of a struggle or visible signs of trauma.
I gotta say that these Taiwanese killings seem surprisingly humane compared to the ones in New York.
- "Humane" is an interesting word choice.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
What I mean is those victims didn't suffer.
They died peacefully.
Those victims in New York I mean, it was blunt force trauma, throat slashed.
Are you saying you think this is another killer? I'm not sure.
I mean, these victims appear to have been incapacitated, probably drugged.
But like in the other cases, the stabbing of the heart was performed postmortem - part of the UnSub's signature.
- [Clicking mouse.]
But taking a closer look, there actually might be enough to link this murder to the prior cases.
And that link would be? Well, the other autopsy reports all give very specific details about how the knife was inserted into the victims, but none of those details were ever released to the public.
Blade entry angled upward from below and to the left of the sternum.
Penetrating the lower left ventricle, edge downward, and twisted clockwise one-quarter turn.
The C.
O.
D.
may be different, but these stabbings are identical.
This is no copycat.
[Indistinct conversations, motors rumbling.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
What did you find on Yian's computer? [Sighs.]
It's not there.
I could have sworn it was.
Perhaps it's at her office.
That's where we go next.
Listen, we're gonna do everything in our power to find the person responsible for this.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Taan: I understand you had a friend back in New York who was also a victim.
Agent Seger? You okay? You know, I, um, I try to remain impartial during investigations so my personal feelings don't blur my judgment, but sometimes that is hard to do.
Okay.
[Sighs.]
As in New York, all of the victims here are not only physically similar, but they're also professional women with careers and families.
So was Yian Chen looking for love just like the other two? Our society is a difficult place for divorced women with children to live in.
You know, housing, jobs these women are too often ostracized.
Listen, there is a big difference between being ostracized and getting killed.
I mean, what made Yian so different? We get her computer, we're gonna get some answers.
So our lovely and talented B.
A.
U.
counterpart and I dug deeper into the UnSub's mysterious hiatus.
- You found something? - Yeah, the victims in Taiwan didn't flag on the B.
A.
U.
's Interpol query because Taiwan doesn't share an Interpol database.
So if Prentiss hadn't been contacted by Inspector Jian, we might never have known.
Yes, well, which inspired us to conduct an open-source intelligence review of all print and broadcast media in non-Interpol countries.
We found seven other murders with the same M.
O.
in seven Pacific Rim countries, none of which are part of Interpol.
So each of them thought the killing in their country was an isolated case, not part of a serial event.
Bingo.
If the UnSub has only killed once in each of those countries, but has already killed twice in Taiwan, that means his presence here signifies something special.
Hey, guys.
[Sighs.]
So the tox panel on our Vic shows the prescription drug Midazolam, which is a benzodiazepine.
It's a central nervous system depressant.
- So how common is that? - It's not exactly rare.
It's prescribed to treat insomnia and seizures.
In its intravenous form, it's used for procedural sedation.
Monty, check prescriptions in Taipei for the drug Midazolam against your visa search for people living in New York in 2001 and residing in Taiwan now.
- I'm on it, boss.
- [Types on keyboard.]
[Door clicks shut.]
[Slow footsteps.]
The UnSub may have accelerated his killing tempo in Taiwan because like New York, he feels at home here.
Well, there's definitely a contradiction between the violence in his early kills and the lack of it now.
I mean, he has gotten less violent over time.
Well, maybe he's been perfecting his methodology.
Certainly not his coping mechanism when it comes to women.
He seems to have no intention of stopping.
[Blade whooshes.]
We need to get ahead of him, find out how he's targeting his victims.
[Door creaks softly.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- [Inhales deeply.]
[Exhales deeply.]
Inspector Jin found Yian Chen's computer at her office.
On it was a history of an online dating site that both victims were members of.
"Taipei Twine is an online dating and matchmaking service "that offers professionals a unique dating experience "that doesn't require users to post pictures.
"Instead, drawing potential couples together for deeper relationships " "Based on profile, personalities, and promises, not shallow infatuation based solely on looks.
" Well, makes sense that professionals would use a more discreet online site to seek potential lovers.
Yeah, our UnSub would certainly prefer that sort of anonymity.
So he lured these women to their death with the promise of love? No, there's something these particular women had in common that keyed our UnSub to choose them.
Yeah, well, both Yian Chen and Lynn Zhou described themselves the exact same way divorced, working mom, young kids.
So our UnSub offered to play the role of supportive husband and stepfather? Looks like Yian was contacted by Tom Wu two days before her death.
I got a match.
Tom Wu reached out to Lynn the night before she was killed.
Tom Wu's online profile describes him as a financial professional seeking marriage and children.
Well, looks like Tom's got a third victim on the hook a woman named Sara Yee.
He scheduled a date with her right now at a Hao Ban restaurant.
All right, Clara and I will head to the restaurant.
Simmons and Mae, you two check out Tom Wu's home address.
If there's a crime scene there, secure it.
[Indistinct conversations.]
I'm very, very sorry for being so clumsy.
I ordered you a fresh drink.
[Speaks Mandarin.]
That's okay.
Accidents happen.
You didn't have to.
I thought you were ready to leave.
One last round before we go.
- Gan bei.
- [Glasses clink.]
Cheers.
[Vehicle door closes.]
Our UnSub's gonna want a secluded spot, away from prying eyes.
He'll also want a quick path of egress from his table.
I understand, but I already have three of my plainclothes officers inside, and they have his driver's license.
That's not a good idea.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Is everything okay? [Indistinct conversations, alarm wailing.]
He pulled the fire alarm.
Your officers just got made.
[Alarm continues wailing.]
[Patrons murmuring.]
I'll cover the door.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Jack? Jack, we need an EMT.
He drugged her.
- Sara? Hi.
- Hi.
[Sara gasping.]
Sara, my name's Clara.
We're gonna help you, okay? The UnSub's in the wind.
We just took away his next victim.
He's gonna find another one soon and kill again.
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Speaking indistinctly.]
It's okay.
[Turns lock.]
[Switch clicks.]
Sara, do you think you're able to talk with us now? Yes.
Did anything strike you different about Tom? Not really.
What did you guys talk about? Dating, which led to more serious topics marriage, my kids, my job.
Then what happened? I was telling him about my hectic work schedule, my long days, then he spilled my drink.
He apologized profusely, then I went to the restroom and cleaned up, and when I returned Tom had gotten you a fresh drink.
Yes.
He had.
You think Tom drugged me.
Clara: What else do you remember? - [Car alarm chirps.]
- Sara: The last thing I remember is that Tom whispered - something like - [Muffled screaming.]
Sorry.
It's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
[Muffled screaming.]
[Blade squishes.]
[Muffled scream, grunting.]
[Engines roaring.]
Oh.
I thought I knew all your looks.
I don't know this one.
I don't like it.
I was just within arm's reach of the man who killed my friend 16 years ago.
You know, it took me a long time to face the fact that some cases will never be solved.
But this one I want this one so bad.
We're gonna get him.
You know we will.
You and I both know we can't guarantee that.
He was right there.
Last week, he was a ghost, and now He was right there.
Hey, hey.
What does Monty always say to people's loved ones? We're the best in the world at getting these kind of guys.
Aren't we? We're gonna get him.
Thank you.
Mae and I just got back from the address associated with Tom Wu's Taipei Twine profile.
No luck.
Yeah, we did find a very pleasant but confused elderly couple.
Yeah, I'm not surprised.
The Tom Wu who registered with that site has been dead for two months.
His profile, however, is very much alive.
Turns out he had a date six days ago in between the killings of Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen.
- Is she missing? - No.
Her name is Mary Gau.
She's at work.
I'm sending you her address now.
Clara and I will pay Mary Gau a visit, see what happened on her date.
Guys, she could be the key to finding this guy before he kills again.
We don't think the UnSub's gonna flee the country now that he knows we're on to him? Driven, motivated, and violent? In my experience, UnSubs with this level of psychopathy double down.
His need to kill will overwhelm any reason that would compel a normal person to stop.
- [Beeps.]
- Jack, you're more right than you know.
Another body was just found.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Siren wailing in distance.]
Yu-Ting Mèng, 32, single.
She was senior administrator for the transit authority.
Professional women, slender build, dark hair.
Just the UnSub's type.
Yeah.
Looks like the UnSub found the closest woman to his victim type and improvised from there.
He cut her hair.
Yep, looks like a blitz attack.
He certainly didn't take the time to charm her.
No.
This kill was done out of necessity, but he did take the time to place the purple orchid in her lap.
Is there any way we can trace its origin? In Taiwan, breeding orchids is a mass production business.
Well, given the blood, I would say that the stab wound is definitely the C.
O.
D.
The key aspect for this UnSub throughout his kill history has been the ritual displaying of the body, is it not? Yeah.
His compulsion to kill comes secondary to his need to display his victims, but he didn't take the time to deliver the full message here by properly displaying it.
Yet he hastily chopped the victim's hair because he didn't want to vary from his physical type? Maybe it's not a physical type.
Maybe it's a specific woman.
And the question is who? [Engines roaring.]
Well, Mary Gau, the woman who survived her date with Tom Wu, said she got the impression he wasn't really interested in kids.
Monty: Curious.
Mr.
Wu listed having children as one of his profile preferences.
Yeah, but once Mary mentioned having to leave to go home and tuck her kids in bed, he basically became a jerk from that point on.
So what it is about a woman cherishing her children that turns this particular UnSub off? Maybe he suffered a past trauma related to having children.
Maybe, but I think it hits closer to home for him.
I think our UnSub's trigger is something in his childhood, something that he experienced firsthand - which he never recovered from.
- [Door opens.]
- Any luck? - Maybe.
- Okay.
- [Beep.]
So this map shows the abduction and dump sites for the three murder victims as well as the attempts for the two survivors, Sara Yee and Mary Gau.
Now the abductions form a small circle here in the Shilin District on the north side of Taipei, and the bodies were displayed here in the Xindian District in the south.
- [Beep.]
- So this narrow stem here in between the two districts is where I think the UnSub's anchor point is.
Zhongzheng District.
This is the heart of our UnSub's comfort zone the place where the murders likely occurred.
- What do you got, Mae? - Okay, so Monty and I have compiled a list of Midazolam purchasers in Taipei who also spent time in New York in 2001, and - [Beep.]
- Total of eight people fit that bill.
Three of those names in that list fall within the UnSub's comfort zone Jason Lu, Jane Yang, and Natalie Huang.
I'm sending you the addresses now.
Let's divide and conquer.
Woman's voice: Michael, what's wrong with you? - This is just like New York.
- [Water running.]
These other women are just an excuse.
Yes, I know what has to be done, Natalie.
I have to do it for us.
Yes, you do.
That's what you promised me.
I'm almost ready.
You know I am.
Are you? [Faucet turns off.]
You don't believe me, do you? You're judging me, thinking I can't do it? Huh, yeah? Is that what you think? I'm your brother, and you don't trust me?! Just watch what I do to her! [Lock clicking.]
[Clicking continues.]
[Lowered voice.]
Shh! Somebody's here! Don't say a word! [Door bangs wall.]
[Door bangs wall.]
Let me see your hands.
Ma'am, show me your hands.
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- I think we just found Natalie.
[Cellphone rings.]
- [Beep.]
- Hey, Jack.
Nothing on the other two addresses.
You two have any luck? Mae: Well, we almost hit the jackpot.
Unfortunately, our UnSub got away, and his place is empty, except for a very lifelike silicone sex doll who happens to look a lot like Natalie Huang.
Well, sex dolls are much more common in this part of the world, but Yeah, but this doll seems to be taking the place of Natalie Huang.
We also found his lair some knives, purple orchids, and a lot of blood.
Yeah, and enough Midazolam to sedate a herd of horses, and all the scrips are in Natalie Huang's name.
All this suggests our UnSub might have had a relationship with Natalie, but then killed her in order to take advantage of her identity.
Have Taan's men secure that scene.
Let's regroup back here.
We're gonna need Monty to dig deeper into Natalie Huang's personal history.
[Motors rumbling, indistinct conversations.]
[Indistinct conversations continue.]
Monty: So Natalie Huang's family history is a colorful one.
Yeah, her dad died when she was young, leaving behind Natalie, her older brother, Michael, and their mother, Helen, who were all U.
S.
citizens living in New York at the time.
In 2001, things got a bit heated for the Huangs when Division of Family Services received an abuse and neglect complaint.
Right, that's when Natalie and her mother, who had been a corporate executive, uprooted and moved to Taiwan, but Michael stayed in Brooklyn to attend a boarding high school.
But shortly after arriving in Taipei, 15-year-old Natalie committed suicide.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
- Here's the kicker.
She stabbed herself with a kitchen knife in the heart.
And the purple orchid was Natalie's favorite flower.
Seems that her mother kept a fresh supply in the house at all times.
So each of these murders looks just like Natalie's suicide, but what happened to her brother? Monty, have you found records indicating that Michael Huang traveled to Taiwan or any of the other countries the UnSub killed in? Negative, Jack.
He seems to have fallen off the radar.
Death records come up blank, too.
We know our UnSub's been killing under an assumed name.
Perhaps Michael Huang traveled here under an assumed identity? Makes sense.
You know, if Michael is our UnSub, it's quite possible that all of this violence is focused solely on his mother.
I mean, think about what Sara Yee told us he whispered to her "It's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
" So you think Michael blames his mother for his sister's suicide? That would explain why it's so important for him to display the bodies on the outside of the buildings.
Right, because staging them there would act as a symbolic gesture against his mother's work.
- Okay, get this.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
Mrs.
Huang definitely had behavioral issues with her son.
Turns out Michael was the source of those neglect complaints wherein he alleged that his mother had abandoned him and his sister.
Well, it looks like D.
F.
S.
did a full investigation and declared all those allegations were unfounded.
Right, but in Michael's deluded frame of mind, he considered himself a victim of his mother's neglect.
Sounds like the kind of trauma that could be a trigger even though his perception of it was fabricated.
Hey, Jack, check this out.
Helen Huang, circa 2001.
Seems pretty clear who his victims represent.
They were all surrogates for Mom.
But if the allegations against her mother were false, why did Natalie kill herself? Well, whatever the reason, Michael killed once in each of the other countries in order to build his confidence before coming back here to Taiwan.
Because his mother was living right here in Taipei.
Monty, tell me you know where she is.
Um Helen Huang now goes by her maiden name, - Chou - [Typing on keyboard, beep.]
and Mrs.
Chou is the proud owner of a flower stall in the Shilin Night Market.
This is their busiest night.
Then she'll probably be there.
Let's go.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Indistinct conversations continue.]
[Speaking Mandarin, laughing.]
Mom? [Sinister music.]
No.
You died to me long ago.
Why did you come here? Because it's time to pay for what you did to us.
[Indistinct conversations.]
- Stop.
- [Breathing heavily.]
[Whimpers.]
Stop.
Don't hurt me.
[Whimpering continues.]
- [Crying.]
- Michael! - [Helen crying.]
- [Speaks Mandarin.]
Put the knife down, Michael! [Onlookers gasping, murmuring.]
Think about what you're doing.
[Breathes sharply.]
[Helen panting.]
Michael, I know that you're hurting.
[Crying.]
Everything will be all right, ma'am.
Stay calm.
You don't know what she did to me, what she did to us.
To who? You and your sister? Yes, Natalie.
My mother needs to die for what she did to us.
I loved you.
You abandoned us, left us all alone.
I did my best.
Your father was gone.
We needed to survive, so I worked, and you [Crying.]
You raped your sister.
[Breathing unevenly.]
She killed herself because of you! No.
You're lying.
You tried to tear us apart.
- Why can't you see? - [Whispers.]
Get down.
Get down.
Natalie and I belonged together.
She was your sister.
She looked up to you.
How could you? [Crying.]
We only had each other because of you.
Michael.
What would Natalie want you to do right now? What would she want? [Whimpering.]
You love your sister, don't you? We spoke with her.
She doesn't want this.
She doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.
[Whimpering.]
I know what Natalie wants.
She wants this.
[Gunshots.]
[Shell casings falling to ground.]
[Grunting.]
[Groaning.]
Jack: Everything's gonna be okay.
Move back.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Thanks for all your assistance.
It is I who should thank you and your wonderful team, Jack.
Pleasure was all ours.
You know, I actually spent time at the FBI National Academy.
It was the singular honor of my career.
I can never repay the FBI for the prestige it's brought me.
Well, it goes both ways.
The FBI benefits immensely from working with officers of your caliber.
- May I ask a favor? - Of course.
Should you return to Taipei, would it be possible to bring one of those delightful chicken Parmesan sandwiches from that little Italian deli by the back gate to Quantico? [Laughter.]
You can count on it.
Uh, I only hope it's under better circumstances than this trip.
Thank you, Jack.
Thanks.
Where's Clara? She had to make a phone call.
Prentiss: Clara, I don't know about this.
Clara: It's Happy Hour somewhere, and I think we should have a toast.
So you finally got the Vinegar Hill Slayer.
Indeed, we did.
I should be happier about that than I am.
Well, I know it doesn't bring Lisa back, or the others, but at least we know he can't hurt anybody else again, right? I know, and I really appreciate you and the IR going and doing this.
We did it for Lisa and all the others.
To Lisa Sojourn, may you finally rest in peace.
Amen.
[Clink.]
[Sips.]
[Glass clatters.]
[Clears throat.]
[Brooklyn Funk Essentials' "Set It Off" playing.]
Oh, it's time to juke.
Really? Here? Oh, yeah, this is happening right now.
- No.
- You're gonna have to stand up.
If we're gonna send Lisa off, we're gonna do it right.
What if Jack or Rossi sees us? Have you seen Jack dance? He's fabulous.
- Oh.
- Join in.
Set it off Come on, now, set it off Set it off on the left, y'all Set it off on the right, y'all Set it off Come on, let's set it off Uhh!
If danger strikes, the FBI's International Response is called into action.
[Traditional music playing.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- Do you mind if we speak in English? It helps me to practice.
Of course not, and your English is very good.
You sure you're not really from Brooklyn? [Chuckles.]
Now you're teasing me.
[Laughter.]
Something I've picked up living in the U.
S.
New Yorkers call it "busting chops.
" Busting chops? Yes, but don't ask me what it means.
Oh.
[Chuckles.]
You're so calm and comfortable.
The exact opposite of my ex-husband.
He never could understand why I chose to work rather than be stuck at home.
Stuck? Yes, you know, stay-at-home mom.
I mean, I love my kids, but I am still entitled to live a life of my own, don't you think? Let me buy us some drinks.
Okay.
[Speaking Mandarin.]
[Mandarin conversation continues.]
Xie-xie.
Cheers.
Thank you.
This is mine.
I really had a wonderful time.
Thank you.
You've been very kind and honest.
I I don't [Exhales sharply.]
Oh, you probably drank something you shouldn't have.
Oh! [Moaning.]
[Car alarm chirping.]
[Moans.]
[Grunts softly.]
Sorry, it's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
There is no backing out now.
I'm not trying to back out.
I'm just saying maybe we should reschedule.
Come on, Monty.
You and I both know that that is not gonna happen.
Why not? There were no set rules to how it should go down.
Au contraire, Mon frère.
You guys ready for tonight? - Yes.
- No.
Stout and Pint.
8:00.
Sharp.
You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this.
Look, why don't I just give you both $20, - and we call it even? - That was not the bet.
I know, but Monty, you lost the bet, remember? Yes, I remember, and I will never, ever again question your knowledge on the "Fast and Furious" franchise.
Look, you act like I'm asking for a pound of flesh.
I would be willing to negotiate that in lieu of singing karaoke tonight.
Do not be a baby.
You're gonna be fine.
We've been practicing.
- No Yes, really? - Mm-hmm.
Two words.
[Laughs.]
Kenny.
Dolly.
[Gasps.]
That's right.
This is getting real.
"Islands in the Stream.
" There won't be any video, right? No, not that you're aware of.
It's time to face the music, my friend.
That's right.
I'm gonna go drop these reports off, then I am home to shower, shampoo, and shine.
- Clara.
- Hey.
Emily, what brings you to the seventh floor? Lisa Sojourn.
Oh, I haven't heard that name in years.
Poor girl had her whole life ahead of her before that monster took it.
I still can't believe he hasn't been caught.
Well, I just might have found him.
Communication addressed to the B.
A.
U.
came across my desk this morning.
It was sent by Inspector Jin Taan of the Taipei Ministry of Criminal Investigations.
In the last 12 days, he's had two unusual murders, which may be linked to one of the cases in the B.
A.
U.
's Zero Files.
Our victims, Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen, were posed in the same specific display office building, knife through the heart, flower in the lap.
Then why the purple orchid? Is this homage to The Vinegar Hill Slayer.
The B.
A.
U.
hunted him in 2001.
He killed four women in the Vinegar Hill section of Brooklyn, New York.
All four of his victims were publicly displayed, knife in the heart, flower in the lap.
Precisely the same way these women in Taipei were.
At the time of the New York murders, I was working as an intern at the U.
N.
As was I.
Oh, I didn't realize you guys went back that far.
Indeed, we do.
In fact, we knew one of the Vinegar Hill victims.
[Sighs.]
She was a translator for the U.
N.
Her name was Lisa Sojourn.
Lisa, Clara, and I, some other girls would go out after work and drink, dance, meet boys.
All that stopped after Lisa's death.
The preliminary investigation didn't lead to more substantive action.
It was reclassified as a Zero File because the B.
A.
U.
's efforts were interrupted by the September 11th attacks.
Right, when the FBI's top priority became terrorism.
16 years is an awfully long period of dormancy.
Could it be a copycat? It's possible, but the purple orchid was a detail that was never made public.
Did the B.
A.
U.
establish an operating theory at the time? It was incomplete, but the profile indicated a male, late teens to early 20s, native to New York, sophisticated but with significant anger issues toward women.
Ordinarily, we go to help American victims of crime overseas, but in this case, it looks like we may be looking at an American killing abroad.
From four kills in six months to two murders in two weeks that means the killings are accelerating.
So we need to stop this UnSub before he kills again.
[Theme music.]
Clara: A Taiwanese proverb says, "Do good, reap good.
Do evil, reap evil.
" [Footsteps approach.]
You ready to roll? Oops, sorry, Clara, I didn't know you were No, it's okay.
Um, I was just remembering my friend, Lisa.
[Scoffs.]
It's hard to believe how much time has passed.
Life has a way of doing that.
Yeah, but at least we have a life.
You know, Lisa's was was cut short before it even had a chance to start.
Seems like you have some good memories of her.
Yeah, I do.
If you could have known Lisa, she [Chuckles.]
She was this breath of fresh air.
She could talk to anyone.
She could wear just about anything.
And she loved to go juking.
Juking? - It's dancing.
- Ah.
She was from Georgia, so that's what she called it.
But many a times, we would juke until the morning sun came up.
I'll bet you did.
And she had this laugh, it was It was contagious.
And when Lisa got going, you knew eventually you were gonna end up on the floor right next to her.
I miss that.
I miss her.
I just wanna honor her, you know, and her memory.
I think you just did.
Thank you.
I think the only way to really honor her is to catch this killer who took her life.
And we will.
The murders of Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen are a tragic stain on the fabric of Taipei.
Inspector Jin, I'd like to apologize for the horror and dishonor caused by a suspect the FBI believes may be an infamous American killer.
Or someone copying those atrocities.
Your kindness is appreciated, and please be assured of our utmost commitment to your endeavors here.
Thank you.
My team and I have reviewed the prior case file and the autopsy report on the first victim.
Has an autopsy been performed yet on the second victim, Yian Chen? No, not as of yet.
Well, if it's all right with you, Agent Jarvis is on our jet and is equipped to conduct the autopsy there.
That would be most convenient.
I'll make the arrangements.
I would also like to interview Yian Chen's family.
I can give you a ride.
My car's right over here.
Great.
[Horn honks in distance.]
This is a heavily trafficked business area.
The UnSub had to have timed this precisely to stage the body out here without being observed.
Displaying the victim in public is significant to the UnSub's ritual, just like in New York, but the B.
A.
U.
never determined what it meant.
We need to figure out what the UnSub's trying to say and to whom.
Six victims in two very different countries suggests divergent comfort zones a half a world apart, which is very unusual, unless we're talking about a copycat here, right? Yeah, possibly, or perhaps it speaks to the UnSub being at home in both countries.
Maybe a dual citizen.
[Horns honking in distance.]
[Cellphone rings.]
Hey, boss.
Monty, I need you to compile visa entries for people who were living in New York in 2001 during the killings there who are now living in Taiwan.
It's not gonna be a small list.
Well, if your job was easy, anyone could do it.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
- All right, I'm on it.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
In New York, the UnSub's hunting ground was a fairly compact neighborhood, just a dozen blocks or so.
Closer look at the victims here should tell us where they were abducted.
Well, with that information, I should have enough to build a geoprofile.
Let's hope Clara's interview with the family can give us the information we need.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Horns honk in distance.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- [Cellphone vibrates.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
Thank you.
I do speak English if it would be easier for you.
Okay.
Look, I know that this isn't easy for you, Mrs.
Lin, but the more information that I can gather, the better chance we have of finding the person who did this to your daughter.
I know that Yian was recently divorced, but do you know if she was currently seeing anyone? Out of respect for me, Yian kept her personal life to herself.
Everyone who knew Yian knew her to be very driven, especially with regard to her career.
[Sighs.]
Ultimately, her personal life suffered.
But recently, I believe that began to change.
What made you think that? Oh, she would tell me she had been called back to her office some evenings, but I knew she wasn't telling me everything.
She always dressed well, but on these occasions, she would be prettier, happier when she came home.
Did you notice anything different about her behavior on those days? Well, she would go on her computer right before she left.
Do you have that computer here? Yes.
It's in her bedroom.
I'll show you.
There's no evidence of a struggle or visible signs of trauma.
I gotta say that these Taiwanese killings seem surprisingly humane compared to the ones in New York.
- "Humane" is an interesting word choice.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
What I mean is those victims didn't suffer.
They died peacefully.
Those victims in New York I mean, it was blunt force trauma, throat slashed.
Are you saying you think this is another killer? I'm not sure.
I mean, these victims appear to have been incapacitated, probably drugged.
But like in the other cases, the stabbing of the heart was performed postmortem - part of the UnSub's signature.
- [Clicking mouse.]
But taking a closer look, there actually might be enough to link this murder to the prior cases.
And that link would be? Well, the other autopsy reports all give very specific details about how the knife was inserted into the victims, but none of those details were ever released to the public.
Blade entry angled upward from below and to the left of the sternum.
Penetrating the lower left ventricle, edge downward, and twisted clockwise one-quarter turn.
The C.
O.
D.
may be different, but these stabbings are identical.
This is no copycat.
[Indistinct conversations, motors rumbling.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
What did you find on Yian's computer? [Sighs.]
It's not there.
I could have sworn it was.
Perhaps it's at her office.
That's where we go next.
Listen, we're gonna do everything in our power to find the person responsible for this.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Taan: I understand you had a friend back in New York who was also a victim.
Agent Seger? You okay? You know, I, um, I try to remain impartial during investigations so my personal feelings don't blur my judgment, but sometimes that is hard to do.
Okay.
[Sighs.]
As in New York, all of the victims here are not only physically similar, but they're also professional women with careers and families.
So was Yian Chen looking for love just like the other two? Our society is a difficult place for divorced women with children to live in.
You know, housing, jobs these women are too often ostracized.
Listen, there is a big difference between being ostracized and getting killed.
I mean, what made Yian so different? We get her computer, we're gonna get some answers.
So our lovely and talented B.
A.
U.
counterpart and I dug deeper into the UnSub's mysterious hiatus.
- You found something? - Yeah, the victims in Taiwan didn't flag on the B.
A.
U.
's Interpol query because Taiwan doesn't share an Interpol database.
So if Prentiss hadn't been contacted by Inspector Jian, we might never have known.
Yes, well, which inspired us to conduct an open-source intelligence review of all print and broadcast media in non-Interpol countries.
We found seven other murders with the same M.
O.
in seven Pacific Rim countries, none of which are part of Interpol.
So each of them thought the killing in their country was an isolated case, not part of a serial event.
Bingo.
If the UnSub has only killed once in each of those countries, but has already killed twice in Taiwan, that means his presence here signifies something special.
Hey, guys.
[Sighs.]
So the tox panel on our Vic shows the prescription drug Midazolam, which is a benzodiazepine.
It's a central nervous system depressant.
- So how common is that? - It's not exactly rare.
It's prescribed to treat insomnia and seizures.
In its intravenous form, it's used for procedural sedation.
Monty, check prescriptions in Taipei for the drug Midazolam against your visa search for people living in New York in 2001 and residing in Taiwan now.
- I'm on it, boss.
- [Types on keyboard.]
[Door clicks shut.]
[Slow footsteps.]
The UnSub may have accelerated his killing tempo in Taiwan because like New York, he feels at home here.
Well, there's definitely a contradiction between the violence in his early kills and the lack of it now.
I mean, he has gotten less violent over time.
Well, maybe he's been perfecting his methodology.
Certainly not his coping mechanism when it comes to women.
He seems to have no intention of stopping.
[Blade whooshes.]
We need to get ahead of him, find out how he's targeting his victims.
[Door creaks softly.]
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- [Inhales deeply.]
[Exhales deeply.]
Inspector Jin found Yian Chen's computer at her office.
On it was a history of an online dating site that both victims were members of.
"Taipei Twine is an online dating and matchmaking service "that offers professionals a unique dating experience "that doesn't require users to post pictures.
"Instead, drawing potential couples together for deeper relationships " "Based on profile, personalities, and promises, not shallow infatuation based solely on looks.
" Well, makes sense that professionals would use a more discreet online site to seek potential lovers.
Yeah, our UnSub would certainly prefer that sort of anonymity.
So he lured these women to their death with the promise of love? No, there's something these particular women had in common that keyed our UnSub to choose them.
Yeah, well, both Yian Chen and Lynn Zhou described themselves the exact same way divorced, working mom, young kids.
So our UnSub offered to play the role of supportive husband and stepfather? Looks like Yian was contacted by Tom Wu two days before her death.
I got a match.
Tom Wu reached out to Lynn the night before she was killed.
Tom Wu's online profile describes him as a financial professional seeking marriage and children.
Well, looks like Tom's got a third victim on the hook a woman named Sara Yee.
He scheduled a date with her right now at a Hao Ban restaurant.
All right, Clara and I will head to the restaurant.
Simmons and Mae, you two check out Tom Wu's home address.
If there's a crime scene there, secure it.
[Indistinct conversations.]
I'm very, very sorry for being so clumsy.
I ordered you a fresh drink.
[Speaks Mandarin.]
That's okay.
Accidents happen.
You didn't have to.
I thought you were ready to leave.
One last round before we go.
- Gan bei.
- [Glasses clink.]
Cheers.
[Vehicle door closes.]
Our UnSub's gonna want a secluded spot, away from prying eyes.
He'll also want a quick path of egress from his table.
I understand, but I already have three of my plainclothes officers inside, and they have his driver's license.
That's not a good idea.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Is everything okay? [Indistinct conversations, alarm wailing.]
He pulled the fire alarm.
Your officers just got made.
[Alarm continues wailing.]
[Patrons murmuring.]
I'll cover the door.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Jack? Jack, we need an EMT.
He drugged her.
- Sara? Hi.
- Hi.
[Sara gasping.]
Sara, my name's Clara.
We're gonna help you, okay? The UnSub's in the wind.
We just took away his next victim.
He's gonna find another one soon and kill again.
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Speaking indistinctly.]
It's okay.
[Turns lock.]
[Switch clicks.]
Sara, do you think you're able to talk with us now? Yes.
Did anything strike you different about Tom? Not really.
What did you guys talk about? Dating, which led to more serious topics marriage, my kids, my job.
Then what happened? I was telling him about my hectic work schedule, my long days, then he spilled my drink.
He apologized profusely, then I went to the restroom and cleaned up, and when I returned Tom had gotten you a fresh drink.
Yes.
He had.
You think Tom drugged me.
Clara: What else do you remember? - [Car alarm chirps.]
- Sara: The last thing I remember is that Tom whispered - something like - [Muffled screaming.]
Sorry.
It's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
[Muffled screaming.]
[Blade squishes.]
[Muffled scream, grunting.]
[Engines roaring.]
Oh.
I thought I knew all your looks.
I don't know this one.
I don't like it.
I was just within arm's reach of the man who killed my friend 16 years ago.
You know, it took me a long time to face the fact that some cases will never be solved.
But this one I want this one so bad.
We're gonna get him.
You know we will.
You and I both know we can't guarantee that.
He was right there.
Last week, he was a ghost, and now He was right there.
Hey, hey.
What does Monty always say to people's loved ones? We're the best in the world at getting these kind of guys.
Aren't we? We're gonna get him.
Thank you.
Mae and I just got back from the address associated with Tom Wu's Taipei Twine profile.
No luck.
Yeah, we did find a very pleasant but confused elderly couple.
Yeah, I'm not surprised.
The Tom Wu who registered with that site has been dead for two months.
His profile, however, is very much alive.
Turns out he had a date six days ago in between the killings of Lynn Zhou and Yian Chen.
- Is she missing? - No.
Her name is Mary Gau.
She's at work.
I'm sending you her address now.
Clara and I will pay Mary Gau a visit, see what happened on her date.
Guys, she could be the key to finding this guy before he kills again.
We don't think the UnSub's gonna flee the country now that he knows we're on to him? Driven, motivated, and violent? In my experience, UnSubs with this level of psychopathy double down.
His need to kill will overwhelm any reason that would compel a normal person to stop.
- [Beeps.]
- Jack, you're more right than you know.
Another body was just found.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Siren wailing in distance.]
Yu-Ting Mèng, 32, single.
She was senior administrator for the transit authority.
Professional women, slender build, dark hair.
Just the UnSub's type.
Yeah.
Looks like the UnSub found the closest woman to his victim type and improvised from there.
He cut her hair.
Yep, looks like a blitz attack.
He certainly didn't take the time to charm her.
No.
This kill was done out of necessity, but he did take the time to place the purple orchid in her lap.
Is there any way we can trace its origin? In Taiwan, breeding orchids is a mass production business.
Well, given the blood, I would say that the stab wound is definitely the C.
O.
D.
The key aspect for this UnSub throughout his kill history has been the ritual displaying of the body, is it not? Yeah.
His compulsion to kill comes secondary to his need to display his victims, but he didn't take the time to deliver the full message here by properly displaying it.
Yet he hastily chopped the victim's hair because he didn't want to vary from his physical type? Maybe it's not a physical type.
Maybe it's a specific woman.
And the question is who? [Engines roaring.]
Well, Mary Gau, the woman who survived her date with Tom Wu, said she got the impression he wasn't really interested in kids.
Monty: Curious.
Mr.
Wu listed having children as one of his profile preferences.
Yeah, but once Mary mentioned having to leave to go home and tuck her kids in bed, he basically became a jerk from that point on.
So what it is about a woman cherishing her children that turns this particular UnSub off? Maybe he suffered a past trauma related to having children.
Maybe, but I think it hits closer to home for him.
I think our UnSub's trigger is something in his childhood, something that he experienced firsthand - which he never recovered from.
- [Door opens.]
- Any luck? - Maybe.
- Okay.
- [Beep.]
So this map shows the abduction and dump sites for the three murder victims as well as the attempts for the two survivors, Sara Yee and Mary Gau.
Now the abductions form a small circle here in the Shilin District on the north side of Taipei, and the bodies were displayed here in the Xindian District in the south.
- [Beep.]
- So this narrow stem here in between the two districts is where I think the UnSub's anchor point is.
Zhongzheng District.
This is the heart of our UnSub's comfort zone the place where the murders likely occurred.
- What do you got, Mae? - Okay, so Monty and I have compiled a list of Midazolam purchasers in Taipei who also spent time in New York in 2001, and - [Beep.]
- Total of eight people fit that bill.
Three of those names in that list fall within the UnSub's comfort zone Jason Lu, Jane Yang, and Natalie Huang.
I'm sending you the addresses now.
Let's divide and conquer.
Woman's voice: Michael, what's wrong with you? - This is just like New York.
- [Water running.]
These other women are just an excuse.
Yes, I know what has to be done, Natalie.
I have to do it for us.
Yes, you do.
That's what you promised me.
I'm almost ready.
You know I am.
Are you? [Faucet turns off.]
You don't believe me, do you? You're judging me, thinking I can't do it? Huh, yeah? Is that what you think? I'm your brother, and you don't trust me?! Just watch what I do to her! [Lock clicking.]
[Clicking continues.]
[Lowered voice.]
Shh! Somebody's here! Don't say a word! [Door bangs wall.]
[Door bangs wall.]
Let me see your hands.
Ma'am, show me your hands.
- [Speaking Mandarin.]
- I think we just found Natalie.
[Cellphone rings.]
- [Beep.]
- Hey, Jack.
Nothing on the other two addresses.
You two have any luck? Mae: Well, we almost hit the jackpot.
Unfortunately, our UnSub got away, and his place is empty, except for a very lifelike silicone sex doll who happens to look a lot like Natalie Huang.
Well, sex dolls are much more common in this part of the world, but Yeah, but this doll seems to be taking the place of Natalie Huang.
We also found his lair some knives, purple orchids, and a lot of blood.
Yeah, and enough Midazolam to sedate a herd of horses, and all the scrips are in Natalie Huang's name.
All this suggests our UnSub might have had a relationship with Natalie, but then killed her in order to take advantage of her identity.
Have Taan's men secure that scene.
Let's regroup back here.
We're gonna need Monty to dig deeper into Natalie Huang's personal history.
[Motors rumbling, indistinct conversations.]
[Indistinct conversations continue.]
Monty: So Natalie Huang's family history is a colorful one.
Yeah, her dad died when she was young, leaving behind Natalie, her older brother, Michael, and their mother, Helen, who were all U.
S.
citizens living in New York at the time.
In 2001, things got a bit heated for the Huangs when Division of Family Services received an abuse and neglect complaint.
Right, that's when Natalie and her mother, who had been a corporate executive, uprooted and moved to Taiwan, but Michael stayed in Brooklyn to attend a boarding high school.
But shortly after arriving in Taipei, 15-year-old Natalie committed suicide.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
- Here's the kicker.
She stabbed herself with a kitchen knife in the heart.
And the purple orchid was Natalie's favorite flower.
Seems that her mother kept a fresh supply in the house at all times.
So each of these murders looks just like Natalie's suicide, but what happened to her brother? Monty, have you found records indicating that Michael Huang traveled to Taiwan or any of the other countries the UnSub killed in? Negative, Jack.
He seems to have fallen off the radar.
Death records come up blank, too.
We know our UnSub's been killing under an assumed name.
Perhaps Michael Huang traveled here under an assumed identity? Makes sense.
You know, if Michael is our UnSub, it's quite possible that all of this violence is focused solely on his mother.
I mean, think about what Sara Yee told us he whispered to her "It's not your fault.
It's how you were raised.
" So you think Michael blames his mother for his sister's suicide? That would explain why it's so important for him to display the bodies on the outside of the buildings.
Right, because staging them there would act as a symbolic gesture against his mother's work.
- Okay, get this.
- [Typing on keyboard.]
Mrs.
Huang definitely had behavioral issues with her son.
Turns out Michael was the source of those neglect complaints wherein he alleged that his mother had abandoned him and his sister.
Well, it looks like D.
F.
S.
did a full investigation and declared all those allegations were unfounded.
Right, but in Michael's deluded frame of mind, he considered himself a victim of his mother's neglect.
Sounds like the kind of trauma that could be a trigger even though his perception of it was fabricated.
Hey, Jack, check this out.
Helen Huang, circa 2001.
Seems pretty clear who his victims represent.
They were all surrogates for Mom.
But if the allegations against her mother were false, why did Natalie kill herself? Well, whatever the reason, Michael killed once in each of the other countries in order to build his confidence before coming back here to Taiwan.
Because his mother was living right here in Taipei.
Monty, tell me you know where she is.
Um Helen Huang now goes by her maiden name, - Chou - [Typing on keyboard, beep.]
and Mrs.
Chou is the proud owner of a flower stall in the Shilin Night Market.
This is their busiest night.
Then she'll probably be there.
Let's go.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Speaks Mandarin.]
[Indistinct conversations continue.]
[Speaking Mandarin, laughing.]
Mom? [Sinister music.]
No.
You died to me long ago.
Why did you come here? Because it's time to pay for what you did to us.
[Indistinct conversations.]
- Stop.
- [Breathing heavily.]
[Whimpers.]
Stop.
Don't hurt me.
[Whimpering continues.]
- [Crying.]
- Michael! - [Helen crying.]
- [Speaks Mandarin.]
Put the knife down, Michael! [Onlookers gasping, murmuring.]
Think about what you're doing.
[Breathes sharply.]
[Helen panting.]
Michael, I know that you're hurting.
[Crying.]
Everything will be all right, ma'am.
Stay calm.
You don't know what she did to me, what she did to us.
To who? You and your sister? Yes, Natalie.
My mother needs to die for what she did to us.
I loved you.
You abandoned us, left us all alone.
I did my best.
Your father was gone.
We needed to survive, so I worked, and you [Crying.]
You raped your sister.
[Breathing unevenly.]
She killed herself because of you! No.
You're lying.
You tried to tear us apart.
- Why can't you see? - [Whispers.]
Get down.
Get down.
Natalie and I belonged together.
She was your sister.
She looked up to you.
How could you? [Crying.]
We only had each other because of you.
Michael.
What would Natalie want you to do right now? What would she want? [Whimpering.]
You love your sister, don't you? We spoke with her.
She doesn't want this.
She doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.
[Whimpering.]
I know what Natalie wants.
She wants this.
[Gunshots.]
[Shell casings falling to ground.]
[Grunting.]
[Groaning.]
Jack: Everything's gonna be okay.
Move back.
[Indistinct conversations.]
Thanks for all your assistance.
It is I who should thank you and your wonderful team, Jack.
Pleasure was all ours.
You know, I actually spent time at the FBI National Academy.
It was the singular honor of my career.
I can never repay the FBI for the prestige it's brought me.
Well, it goes both ways.
The FBI benefits immensely from working with officers of your caliber.
- May I ask a favor? - Of course.
Should you return to Taipei, would it be possible to bring one of those delightful chicken Parmesan sandwiches from that little Italian deli by the back gate to Quantico? [Laughter.]
You can count on it.
Uh, I only hope it's under better circumstances than this trip.
Thank you, Jack.
Thanks.
Where's Clara? She had to make a phone call.
Prentiss: Clara, I don't know about this.
Clara: It's Happy Hour somewhere, and I think we should have a toast.
So you finally got the Vinegar Hill Slayer.
Indeed, we did.
I should be happier about that than I am.
Well, I know it doesn't bring Lisa back, or the others, but at least we know he can't hurt anybody else again, right? I know, and I really appreciate you and the IR going and doing this.
We did it for Lisa and all the others.
To Lisa Sojourn, may you finally rest in peace.
Amen.
[Clink.]
[Sips.]
[Glass clatters.]
[Clears throat.]
[Brooklyn Funk Essentials' "Set It Off" playing.]
Oh, it's time to juke.
Really? Here? Oh, yeah, this is happening right now.
- No.
- You're gonna have to stand up.
If we're gonna send Lisa off, we're gonna do it right.
What if Jack or Rossi sees us? Have you seen Jack dance? He's fabulous.
- Oh.
- Join in.
Set it off Come on, now, set it off Set it off on the left, y'all Set it off on the right, y'all Set it off Come on, let's set it off Uhh!