Previously on Criminal Minds: Evolution…
This is where you and I end.
Don’t leave me down here.
- It’s over. - Can we talk about this at home?
I’m not going home.
[grunting]
- Who did this to you? - She did!
Garrity dropped all charges.
- Where is he? - Nobody knows.
Emily, I’m sorry. I had no choice.
They said they’d hurt Sheila if I didn’t blame you.
Who is "they"?
It involves a program called Gold Star.
- Whose phone did you clone? - Sebastian Gasper.
A financier of the strike team contracted to kill Gold Star.
[Garcia] Sebastian Gasper’s phone files had assignments.
Each of these members of the strike team had a specific target.
[Alvez] Gold Star isn’t just one person.
It’s a program, and these are its participants.
[Tyler] Five members, five points of the star.
[Prentiss] And it all goes back to Stuart House.
[Alvez] Damien is the one we’ve been profiling as Gold Star this whole time.
[Prentiss] What if we lure him into a trap?
We get one, we get them all.
We can’t exactly reach out to this Damien guy.
But we know who can.
You talked to Gold Star on the Sicarius network.
Can you contact him?
I can contact Damien.
Guards! Take this prisoner to the FBI.
[elevator bell dings]
[Rebecca] This acknowledges transfer of criminal informant Elias Voit
from US Marshals Service to Department of Justice custody.
Any misdemeanor or felony criminal activity
committed while in said DOJ custody
will render the previous immunity agreement null and void.
Any questions?
Sign here.
[chuckles]
Six little agents up all night.
One’s not here because of his fright.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four. Five.
- We have important work to do here, so-- - Dave?
Hey! Dave?
- Voit. - No, no, no, n--
- Dave, come on! - We’re not playing this game.
Wait-- Dave? Come on!
Are you here?
Hello?
It’s been too long.
I just want to say hi.
Please.
Are you there, Dave? It’s me, Elias.
It’s been a long time since my last confession.
And I’d really like to talk to you.
[person panting]
[panting continues]
[moaning]
What took you so long?
You weren’t easy to find.
But you found me.
We’re in trouble, aren’t we?
I missed you too.
If you’re here, we’re in trouble.
Right.
Fill me in.
[sighs]
The men who were hunting us.
I killed them.
But?
But Peter and Dana are missing.
What about Aiden?
He’s dead.
[owl hooting]
How did he--
He tried to stop it from happening again.
The FBI got to him before I could
and they assassinated him.
Of course they did…
because that’s what they do. They--
If he’s dead, we’re next.
Look.
Maybe you haven’t noticed,
but a lot of people are waking up to the truth
about what happens to kids like us.
I have friends
and you can trust them.
When have we ever been able to trust anyone, Damien?
Do you trust me?
[knocking]
Yeah.
I was just about to come out.
No need. We’re good. It’s good. We’re on it.
- Wait. Stop. Just stop. - Dave.
You don’t tell me I’m benched.
I am not telling you that. I’m saying it’s under control.
And with Voit, we need to control every variable.
And you can’t control me?
[sighs]
You’ve been talking to yourself.
I’ve talked to myself for years. That’s how I profile.
But you always stop when the case is over, and this time…
Has anyone else…
Get out.
I-- Look, I don’t mean it like that. I--
I need a moment.
[Prentiss] What’s going on?
Voit won’t contact Damien.
[Voit sighs]
Won’t or can’t?
Oh, I can. But your plan’s idiotic.
I reach out to Damien, he reaches back.
And then I what? Show off my improv skills?
He’s not really the kind of guy you can just "Yes, and."
When he makes contact, how long do you need to track his location?
Depends upon the protocol, but couple of minutes, tops.
Come on, Elias. You can’t bluff for a minute?
You’ve been bluffing you’re not Sicarius for a month.
Okay. So, first, you send the message and then we’ll tell you what to say.
Okay. Uh, but I’m gonna need a T1 connection.
You’ll have to walk one of us through it. We’re not letting you touch a computer.
I’ll do it.
It’s not the first time I’ve crossed
ethical and legal boundaries for this case.
I didn’t hear that.
All right. I’ll come with. Just to make sure you behave.
- Let’s go. - Great. [grunts]
Hey, do you think we could take these off? They’re starting to chafe.
- [Prentiss] No. - [others] No.
Was only asking Prentiss.
Everybody’s a comedian.
Okay.
VPN is up, now what?
It’s a two-step authentication.
So, you send him a message on the OpenWeb
and then he sends you a link to the darknet.
What’s the OpenWeb domain?
Nice-n-neighborly.com.
What? An online bulletin board
where people post their not-so-secretly racist opinion?
Yeah, that is the one.
It’s such a cesspool now law enforcement can’t monitor it.
It’s perfect for guys like Damien and me.
- [mouse clicks] - I’m in. What’s the message?
"Searching for The Modern Prometheus.
Please respond."
He’ll know what that means.
I could get used to a room like this.
It’s comfy, no windows.
- Could definitely do without this though. - Hey.
Hands off, asshole.
- Put it down. - No, it’s okay.
I was gonna burn that mug.
What’s up with you two? ’Cause there is a vibe.
Uh… [stammers]
I ca-- No, no.
I can’t stay in here.
I’m going to-- Yes--
Set up a hard line in the bullpen.
You smell.
There’s not a lot of showers in solitary.
That’s not what I mean.
It--
It’s like you pooped yourself.
Yeah. She’s not lying, man. I mean, you--
You reek.
Not showering, I get.
But not wiping? Ugh.
[Prentiss] Let’s brainstorm what Elias will say to Damien.
What do we know?
Well, we know Gold Star is a unit of five
and one is dead.
We’ve ID’d Jade Waters. Her signature is tattoo needles.
She abandoned her car in Utah.
Our best guess is that she had help escaping.
And based on her profile, that she would only trust another Gold Star.
Probably Damien. He’s the most trained.
I’d say it’s a good bet that they’ve teamed up.
Most conspiracy theorists
see the FBI as the enemy.
I’m assuming that Jade and Damien are no exception.
- You are assuming correct. - Then that is your play.
You tell Damien that the FBI has been onto him since the strike team.
You have information about their investigation,
but you’re only willing to give it to him in person.
Is that enough to improv for 90 seconds?
I will talk slowly.
Modern Prometheus. Hmm.
It’s the subtitle to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Why is it important though?
I suggested Damien read it to better understand himself.
To understand he’s a monster?
He’s not a monster.
In the movies, sure.
But in the book, he’s hyper-intelligent.
The doctor that created him is the monster.
[Alvez] So, who created him?
I don’t know.
And neither does Damien.
That’s not true though.
We do know who created him, don’t we?
Whoever was behind Stuart House.
They used a conspiracy theory to create a killer.
Dr. Lewis,
what is the difference between a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory?
[Lewis] Conspiracies are provable,
conspiracy theories aren’t.
So, for example, child sex trafficking happens.
That is a conspiracy.
But it does not happen in a pizza parlor basement.
That is a conspiracy theory.
Now, apply your logic to Damien.
How could a conspiracy theory create Damien?
He was groomed, uh,
put in Stuart house, abused and then--
He was selected by a private military company
who sent him on missions that mirrored his trauma.
That’s what, like, a 10-year psychological project?
I mean, at least. Coordinated, organized.
It would make the Stanford prison experiment look quaint.
And again, I ask.
What is the difference between a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory?
Because nowadays, it’s awfully hard to tell.
It’s been two hours. He’s not calling.
Transfer him back.
- [computer beeps] - [Garcia] Wait.
- Someone responded. - [Prentiss] With what?
Uh… They sent a link to an encrypted peer-to-peer messaging site.
I’m running diagnostics.
It’s called Code Carriers.
- This is legit. It’s not a trap. - Can you back-hack it?
Yeah. As soon as he logs in, I’ll have him in a minute.
There he is.
Well, you don’t wanna keep him waiting.
I’m starting my router trace.
The longer you delay, the sooner he’ll sniff you out.
Just ignore him. Do what you need to do, Penelope.
- You’re gonna lose him, Penelope. - I’ll risk it.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
[Garcia] Stop.
Hello.
[Damien] I’m here.
[Damien] Prove to me it’s you.
"Beware for I am fearless and therefore powerful." Mary Shelley.
It’s been a while.
What brings you out of the woodwork?
Well, you made quite a mess.
Seven bodies in less than two weeks.
Why is that your problem?
It’s a little loud.
Law enforcement has noticed.
That’s not good for me.
I thought you said you were good with OPSEC.
I am good with OPSEC.
"Paranoid," I believe was the word you used.
[Voit] It still is.
But when a brainless cop
brought his eyeless wife into a police station,
I decided it was my job to find out everything the FBI knows.
And, my friend, they know a lot.
How much?
I can’t say here.
We’re gonna have to meet face-to-face.
You told me there’s only one real OPSEC measure.
That’s anonymity.
But now you want to meet face-to-face.
I’m just a friend
trying to help out a friend as I always have.
Giving me the strike team when we talked on your network was one thing.
This is something else.
Well, are we gonna do this or not?
[beeps]
- [buzzes] - [gasps]
[Garcia] He disconnected.
You gave him the strike team
and neglected to tell us that?
You neglected to ask me that.
Okay. Take him back.
- [computer chirps] - Wait.
Got a meeting time and a location. Davenport, Iowa.
So, I guess we are doing this.
- Should I pack a toothbrush? - [Rebecca] Shit.
- That sounds like a yes. - No.
This has nothing to do with you.
Oh, my God.
Ew…
Politico got their hands on your arrest record.
The charges were dropped.
Yeah, it doesn’t matter.
They have got the mug shot, the report.
It’s bad.
How much time before you bench me?
As soon as the director finds out, in 24 hours, maybe.
Can you give us a moment?
Voit’s gonna use this to his advantage.
I know he is.
Let’s profile him,
think through his moves, starting here.
Voit wants to be let out into the field.
The answer will be no.
Even the director wouldn’t be that reckless.
Getting Voit to Quantico was one thing.
Arranging transport to Davenport is a hard no.
But Voit has the means to turn a "no" into a "yes,"
starting with… what?
All right. This meeting place, what do we know about it?
It’s a public park in Iowa.
There’s a lot of open space.
Good. Plenty of sight lines. We’ll see Damien coming.
Great. And Damien will see you too.
Then we will think through all the options that keep Voit in that cell,
but he will have already thought his way around them.
What if we pose an agent as Voit?
Mmm-mm. Damien knows my voice.
The minute the plant opens his mouth, he’ll be gone. It needs to be me.
He’s got us boxed in.
That’s where he’s most comfortable, in a box.
- What? - [clicks tongue]
He took out extra insurance on that call.
You, son of a bitch.
- Who, me? - Yeah, you.
You gave a secret message to Damien right in front of us.
- How? - That little tap-tap-tapping
he was doing on the desk as they were talking was Morse code.
You didn’t stop him?
I wanted to see where he was gonna go with it.
But now we use that to put him on his back foot.
I can explain this.
What did he say?
"Find the target. Code name is North Star."
- What the fuck is North Star? - It’s nothing.
Nothing? Nothing just magically made Damien change his mind.
How do you convince a conspiracy theorist to do whatever you want?
You take them further down the rabbit hole,
you promise them more of the conspiracy.
North Star is nothing.
But it worked. So, you’re welcome.
So now we’re back to where we started.
2:00 p.m. tomorrow, Damien will appear, and he’ll only accept Voit.
[Prentiss] With one small change.
I won’t be in the field, you will.
Me?
Yes, you.
I thought you needed to control all the variables.
All the variables have changed, so we need to change with them.
This is the closest Voit gets to freedom.
If he senses an opening, he’ll take it.
And we won’t let him.
Unless we do.
I mean, if he were to run…
We can apply 7 pounds of pressure to a 6-pound trigger.
This plan is a non-starter. Voit’s too great a flight risk.
The DOJ is never gonna let him out of his cell.
[Rossi] Oh, yes, they will.
He’s going on the goddamned jet.
Tell the director this is the only way to stop Gold Star.
He’ll do it.
There you are.
[elevator bell dings]
What do you need?
- Can you do that? - Yes.
Without fingerprints?
Yeah.
[marshal 1] Step out.
All right. Let’s go.
How did you get Damien the strike team?
He wanted to know who’s hunting him.
I figure online drug deals are made by putting Bitcoin into escrow accounts.
Maybe assassinations work the same way.
Same deductive work as the BAU, just faster.
So, you know the director already has the NSA
searching for anything or anyone called North Star.
Waste of time. But go ahead.
Holy shit.
I read about that in Dave’s book. That’s real?
Hands.
- Feet together. - [shackles click]
He’s secure.
Well, how did you put it in your book, Dave?
"Wheels up."
[knocking]
Come in.
It’s done.
Reached out to a couple guys.
They used his known GPS to triangulate burner signals.
Once they had a positive ID, they let the locals know
they had a person of interest and a federal case in their jurisdiction.
Anonymously?
Yes. Beyond that, don’t ask.
I want you in here as an observer.
How you doing, Brian?
[huffs]
Hey, guys.
What do you think the carbon footprint is on this thing?
Jeez. You all think I’m a killer.
Ooh, ooh. You wanna hear something crazy?
Remember that guy I had to shoot in self-defense?
Um, Ty-- Tyler Green.
Well, my lawyer told me that a local cop gave a statement.
And in that statement, that local cop stated
that he saw one Penelope Garcia
whispering in the ear of one Tyler Green in what seemed to be a romantic way.
That’s crazy, right?
Maybe not that crazy.
That’s enough.
Why is that enough, Luke?
Because prisoner transport protocols mandate we don’t engage.
So do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.
Anyway, I just wanna make sure I have this straight. Um…
Tynelope is a thing, and that drives Luke crazy.
[clears throat]
What is this? Are we doing a staring contest?
Who caught you, Elias? Hmm?
You got something to say, say it to me.
Okay, I do have something to say.
Actually, I have something to confess.
[Rebecca] Hold up.
- Penelope, start recording. - Yeah.
- [laptop beeps] - Recording.
Please, continue.
I’ve had a lot of time over the last few months
to think about this moment.
This moment when you and I would finally see each other again.
I haven’t thought about you at all.
All that time in my cell has made me realize…
when I locked you in that shipping container,
you must have been so scared.
So, my confession is…
I’m sorry.
I’m so, so sorry.
Do you accept my apology, Dave?
Please.
I’ll let you know on the way home.
Stop recording.
[beeps]
Let’s try this again.
Garrity, Brian Jay.
I demand to see a lawyer.
You’re not under arrest.
You’re here on a 24-hour hold as a person of interest
while I decide if I’m going to arrest you or not.
Garrity, Brian Jay.
Lawyer.
Do you want to know how I found you?
We have a consultant who is good at locating
anyone who thinks they can stay off the grid.
Legally?
Brian, I’m trying to help you.
Ah. Emily, that was not a yes.
I thought you were one of the good guys.
I am one of the good guys.
Good guys don’t violate the Fifth Amendment.
Do you even know what you’re up against here?
Yes. And they warned me you would try something like this.
Okay.
Let’s think through their actions so far.
They beat the shit out of you.
Then they leaked my arrest record.
Do you know why?
Because they want me off the board.
And once I’m off the board, what do you think they’re gonna do to you?
There is a term in Russian for you, Brian.
[speaks Russian]
"Useful idiot."
Who are they?
And what did they tell you about Gold Star?
Gold what?
Gold Star.
What did they tell you?
I don’t know what that is.
You most certainly do.
I do not.
You mentioned it in our last phone call.
You know because someone fed it to you to destroy me.
Are you listening to yourself right now?
Do you know what you sound like?
Because you sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist.
Garrity, Brian Jay.
Lawyer.
Now.
Right there. That’s your meeting spot.
When Damien makes contact with you, SWAT will move in.
Um, Alvez and Lewis, you gotta broom them.
- Forget it. - They scream federal agents.
The moment Damien sees them, he’s gonna bolt.
And you need to pull back surveillance a quarter mile in every direction.
Not happening. We’re gonna keep all eyes on you.
Okey dokey.
But when this thing goes tits up,
I want it on the record that I upheld my end of the deal.
Put him in position.
Department of Justice is now sharing custody of the convict
with Iowa State Police.
He’ll walk to the drop-off point which is the park bench, unaccompanied.
Plainclothes officers will have eyes on him at all times.
Oh, and, Voit, HRT snipers
will have a line of sight on you from three different directions.
Don’t get smart.
Okay.
I’ll be on my bench.
[SWAT leader] Voit in transit. All snipers, eyes on.
[sighs]
[Rossi] Do you have line of sight on Voit?
[sniper] Yes, I do.
No matter what happens, stay with it.
- It’s 2:00 p.m. - Hold.
Damien won’t be late.
There’s a vehicle incoming northbound.
It’s barreling right towards you.
- [Alvez] Target approaching. - Open fire.
It’s got Kevlar on the windows. He’s headed to Voit, fast.
- HRT, aim for the tires. - Go for the tires.
Don’t move.
I won’t.
- Move, move. Go. - Secure the vehicle.
Tara, Luke, secure Voit.
[SWAT leader] Copy. Moving.
Okay.
- You got him? - I got him.
Door.
FBI, come out with your hands up.
- Right now. - [SWAT leader] Eyes on.
Please.
Help me.
Explosive ordnance is on their way.
- They’re ten minutes out. - Luke, say it again.
Bomb has a backup trigger wired into the vest. We can’t cut it out.
Pull Voit and Tara back.
Is-Is the backup wired through the cell phone?
No, it’s attached to the vest, but it’s on a separate signal.
Okay, Luke, I need you to find me the source of the backup.
If it’s an RF or a half-duplex,
I might be able to disrupt it.
JJ, pull Tara and Voit back.
Damien put that cell phone
on the hostage for a reason.
I think it’s to make contact.
[sighs] My call is to keep Voit on site,
but I’m not the one on the line, you are.
- What do you wanna do? - We’re not gonna get another bite at this.
[Lewis] We’re staying.
What’s your name, man?
Eddie.
Eddie Dayton.
All right, Eddie. How did you end up here?
I did some freelance work for a guy and a girl.
You get their names?
He’s Damien. I don’t know hers.
They didn’t have enough cash,
I pulled out of the sale and they got the drop on me.
And when I woke up, I had this thing strapped to me
and they were telling me what I had to do.
What? Drive like hell through the park is what you had to do?
Yeah. They said there’d be a guy on the bench.
Is that you?
Yeah.
- [phone ringing] - Oh, Jesus fucking Christ!
[gasps, pants]
[ringing]
Okay.
[stammers] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Won’t that set it off?
No. No.
It’s Damien.
We’re here.
Put him on or I detonate.
Yeah.
You must be Jade.
You brought some friends.
Ah, I wouldn’t exactly call ’em friends.
You know what I do to friends like that?
I do. I do.
You and Damien and Aiden take their eyes out.
But you got a little thing for tattoo needles.
No ink on your victims, which means you draw on yourself, don’t you?
Am I right?
You are.
You got one picked out for me?
I do.
Well, if it’s a yin-yang or a crown of thorns, I’m gonna kill myself.
No. I was thinking a North Star
since you lied about it.
That wasn’t a lie.
And why should I believe the FBI’s bitch?
’Cause I know something that you don’t know.
What’s that?
I know why you draw on yourself.
- What is he doing? - He’s baiting her.
But he’s gonna get them all killed.
Come on, Luke. Give me the backup.
I’m working on it.
You’ve been surrounded by shitty men your whole life.
Your dad, everyone in uniform at Stuart House.
You had it worse there than Damien did,
but that was okay ’cause he was different.
Damien was your protector.
But where are you now, Jade?
You’re on the phone with the FBI
and he’s in the wind.
That’s what those tattoos are for.
You know, deep down, you are your own protector.
Hey, hey, hey.
Watch it.
Tara.
Garcia, I found the ground wire. It’s connected to a beeper.
[sighs]
Is that bad?
No, it’s just weird.
No, it’s functional.
Beepers don’t work off a cell tower. They only have a one-way signal.
I can track it, but by then it’ll be too late.
[Lewis] But they’re shorter range.
Can I borrow your phone?
Sorry in advance.
Why’re you so quiet?
I’m thinking.
What are you thinking about?
About how fast you’ll die when this thing goes off.
Too fast. Ergo, you won’t do it.
Yes, I will.
No. No, you won’t.
Because when you’re this angry, it’s because you need something from me.
You need my eyes.
- What are you doing? - If my figuring is correct,
I can use your phone as a jammer.
It’ll disable all the signals coming in and out of the park.
And disable the bomb.
Yeah, but it’ll also cut the phone call off with Jade too.
Do it.
So I’ll tell you what. Let’s make a deal.
- I don’t make deals. - No, you’re gonna make this one
because like recognizes like.
You look me in the eyes,
I’ll tell you how to find North Star.
And then you can kill me.
We both know that’s not happening.
Yeah. Well, neither is you setting off this bomb.
On the third try, it goes off.
Come on.
- [beeps] - [ringing]
[Jade] That’s one.
Nah, you’re not gonna do it.
- [phone beeps] - Two.
[Eddie] No. Get it off. [whimpers]
[Alvez] Hang on, okay?
- Take Voit and go. - Garcia, where are we?
Oh, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
Almost.
Almost. Almost.
There.
[beeping]
[line disconnects]
You’re clear. She can’t set off the vest remotely, but it’s still armed.
You need to detach the detonator from the explosives.
- Black is ground, yeah? - Yeah, that’s right.
Tell me when you’re ready.
Where are Voit’s hands?
Out of view.
If I say send it, you send it.
His body language is tensing up. He might be making a move.
Got it?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s good. Yeah, go. - Good?
- [Lewis] Go. - [Alvez exhales]
Okay.
- Yeah? Yeah? - Good.
- You’re good. - That’s it?
Yeah. [panting]
- You’re not gonna die. - That’s it? [gasps]
- I got you. Okay. - [Eddie whimpering]
[Eddie crying]
[Prentiss] If he were to run…
[Rossi] We can apply 7 pounds of pressure to a 6-pound trigger.
I’ll let you know on the way home.
[sighs]
Hey, the fuck are you doing? What’s your deal?
You can never be too careful when the FBI is your enemy.
Dave, I guess my profile was off.
I was certain she wouldn’t detonate that if I said that her tattoos represented--
Apology accepted.
Put this piece of shit in the prisoner van.
Hands apart.
Show me ID, sir.
A statie’s got to sign this guy out of custody back to DOJ.
Release docs are in the front seat.
- It’ll just take a sec. - All right, go ahead.
I’m looking you in the eye.
How do we get North Star?
- Anything? - Nothing. Where are we?
The director wants me to call him.
I’m out of time.
You are free to go.
Brian.
I’ve lost everything because of you.
I’m not asking you as an FBI agent, I am asking you as a friend.
Help me.
Please.
They gave me four words.
What do you mean four words?
Four words that are a get-out-of-federal-custody-free card.
What were they?
Teresa is in trouble.
Who is Teresa?
I don’t know.
That’s just what they told me to tell you.
Hi, it’s me.
Call me back. You might be in trouble.
[alarm ringing]
[bell dings]
I don’t wanna be alone tonight.
Yes, sir. Understood.
I will let Agent Rossi know.
[phone beeps]
How bad is it?
Oh. That bad, huh?
Restricted duty until he sees fit.
The BAU is yours.
Ah… I don’t want it.
We don’t have a choice.
Hey, you’re on the bricks, so what?
We both know what that means. It’s temporary.
You’ll be back in the saddle before you know it.
[inhales sharply] Dave, this is happening.
I need you to step up.
Emily, I’m-- I’m--
I’m not at my best right now.
[scoffs] Look around.
None of us are. Me most of all.
What are you talking about?
I asked you to assassinate Voit in the field.
I might as well have told you he was molesting children.
It’s not the same thing.
- Besides, it didn’t happen. - It doesn’t matter.
Ever since I was arrested, I have sold out every value I’ve held dear.
[inhales sharply]
And when you do that… [chuckles]
…it gets harder and harder to tell the difference
between a conspiracy and a conspiracy theory.
[sniffles]
[sobbing]
[Rossi] Hey, hey, hey. It’s okay.
[sighs] It’s okay.
[crying]
It’s okay.