( Distant sirens )
( Dramatic music )
( Sirens, police chatter )
HUMPHRIES: There's markings over here.
Going to take some soil samples.
KANE: Lt. Humphries.
Forgive the appearance. I just came from the range.
I was training some folks over there.
I was told you urgently needed me, or somebody did.
Five assaults. This is the second murder.
No witnesses, no DNA, no suspect info.
The victims appear to be unrelated
and the M.O. is always the same.
Except this time he's escalating into homicide,
and that's how serial killers are made, man.
They just start escalating their own minds
and bringing it to a whole new level.
And apparently, that's why Graves feels the need
for you to be here.
Looks like she tried to fight back and he hit her too hard.
Would you do me a favor and bring all the files
over to my office tomorrow so I can try to get a handle on this?
Then I'm gonna see if I can take a look around here if I could.
My detectives have already canvassed the neighborhood.
Well there must be a reason why they asked me to come.
So if you don't mind, I just kind of want to get in the area
and look around a little bit.
I promise to be a good boy and not disturb anything.
Fine. But no one saw anything.
HUMPHRIES: Hey, Dan.
We need to talk to everybody.
KANE: (on phone) Mason, I'm leaving the crime scene now.
Heading back to the SIU.
Have the team meet me in the bullpen.
I'll be there in 30 minutes.
( Tires screech )
( Startled bystanders )
Hey, man?
Why you following me?
Huh?
( Yells )
Who you working for?
Who sent you?
You wanna talk to me now? Who sent you?
Kane. Wh-- easy.
That's far enough.
I know where you keep your gun.
I'm just gonna reach for it, okay?
Yeah, you do that.
( Bystanders scream )
Freeze!
( Yells )
( Main title music )
Someone's bitter. What's that all about?
Lt. Humphries, Special Victims Bureau.
Yeah? So what's in the box?
Probably files on the rape cases
Kane was telling us about earlier.
Did anyone get an ID on the guy who jumped Kane yesterday?
No. They're saying it's a random act.
Then why does he have a tech guy doing a bug sweep of his office?
Nice to see you again, Lt. Humphries.
I hear you put on quite the show yesterday.
( Laughs ) I don't know about that,
but anyway, thanks for the files.
I'll have all my people go through them
and get back to you right away.
Do you mind if I ask you a question?
Sho'nuff.
Was yesterday's attack related to this case?
Darling, I can't be talking to you about all that stuff.
Like I said, let me go through them and we'll talk.
Wasn't my choice to bring you in on this.
In fact, I strongly objected.
I am here because I was given a direct order.
Man, I love people who know how to follow a direct order.
I myself wish I had more people
that could follow orders like you do. That's great.
It seems like you might be a little upset about something.
What I am upset about
is the fact that someone attempted to kill you
right after you left my crime scene.
And you're not saying word one to me
about what the hell is going on.
Like I said, darling, it's as far as I can see
a completely unrelated matter
and the way we're ordered to do things is we follow protocol.
And protocol in my station is that
if there are unrelated cases,
we're not allowed to discuss them with anybody.
But, if any information surfaces that relates to this,
I'll be the first to call you up.
Oh, that's nice, thank you.
But you know what, it's not my case anymore.
Look, I am perfectly capable of taking care of business.
I have been doing this for 12 years,
so don't for a second think this is about my ability.
( Beeping, clears throat )
The thing of it is, believe it or not,
is not about who's a better cop right now.
It's just about which one of us little minions
can get the bad guy.
I never said it wasn't.
And I still think my bureau could've handled it.
Man, I think they could've too, but for better or for worse,
we got it now and like I said,
I'm gonna give it to my folks
and see if there's some workables.
I mean, you can stay if you want.
Thank you.
You know what, why don't you let me take this to your team.
Looks like you've got your hands full.
You're new assignment.
Compliments of the Special Victims Bureau.
Have a nice day.
Well that's gonna take forever.
I almost missed it.
It was coupled to the thermostat probably using the wiring
as a transmitting antenna.
These guys know what they're doing. Who made it?
Hard to say. This isn't a commercial device
and we got nothing this small and sensitive in our books.
Not even close.
It's a carrier current listening device.
Yeah, some of the government connected folks.
Military, my guess, or hard core special ops.
Well, either us or the bad guys.
Can't tell these days. Cutting edge is cutting edge.
Doesn't come with a manufacturer's stamp.
Oh, for sure. So you think the offices are clean now?
Unless they've got something smaller
which is a definite possibility.
Can I keep it?
Keep what?
So we got a lawyer, accountant,
mother, doctor and now a teacher.
JULIET: Five assaults, one every three days.
Tells us he's got a serious agenda.
We got any workable physical evidence, anything like that?
No. Nothing. No DNA.
So we build a pattern,
figure out where he's gonna strike next.
Well this guy knows his streets.
Three of the attacks were in broad daylight,
in public places, and he still managed to get the victims
into stairwells or abandoned buildings.
And the teacher was actually on a field trip
with her kids and he still got to her.
So the only witnesses we have are victims.
Great.
You think he's working from a list maybe?
Knew them, knew where they were heading?
Maybe he's targeting them for a reason.
That would make sense
but there's no connection between the women.
What about this one? Last one. The teacher.
Humphries and her people think
that she fought back and he panicked
and that's why he killed her.
Or he's escalating.
Taking his sick, little fantasy to the next level.
This woman wasn't your average teacher.
She taught at that elite Spring Hills school.
Listen, when we catch this guy
are you gonna go all cuckoo bananas, start cracking skulls again?
No, that was a unique circumstance.
You can relax, I'll be fine.
Well then you won't mind this little bit of information.
Charles Grasso. Registered sex offender.
He had worked at Spring Hills school
until a couple months ago.
They let this pig work around kids?
I know.
SARAH: You sure about this, Mason?
MASON: I told you I got a hunch on this guy.
He lives dead center from where all the bodies are being dropped.
Okay. I'd call that enough of a hunch.
( Blues music, bar chatter )
Oh, I got plans for you, sweetheart.
You and I should do some bad things together.
Now you're teasing me. I'm gonna tease you later.
Nothing sadder than being in a bar by yourself.
Especially before noon.
Yeah, well I ain't breaking any laws by being here.
What the hell do you want?
Oh, we just wanna talk.
After going by your apartment and you not being there,
I figured that you would've crawled up inside here.
You got questions for me, you can ask my lawyer.
Until then, get lost.
You're not being very social, Harold.
See, and that surprises me.
'Cause I believe that one of the stipulations in your probation
is if a cop asks you a question, you answer it.
You got a new partner.
Sure looks like it.
Not bad. Sporty.
- Sure. - I like a little package.
You probably do. You probably have one yourself.
Oh, ho-ho.
Where were you yesterday, Harold?
You wanna accuse me of something
or is this just about the past?
Whoa, whoa. I'm not done talking to you.
This is verging on police harassment.
Whoa!
Mason! Whoa! Whoa. Whoa.
Harassment? That ain't harassment.
That's just me asking you a question.
You want me to stay away from you?
Answer the gosh damn question.
If I find out you had anything to do with that girl's murder,
you better use that on yourself.
Mason, get out of here. Get out.
What the hell was that?
Did you not learn anything from Juliet's issue?
Are you trying to get us fired?
- He had it coming all right. - That's enough.
I'm sorry. Just a little pet project of mine.
Mason--
He raped a friend of mine's daughter a few years ago.
Sorry.
If I ever get the chance--
Don't you dare finish that sentence.
If anything happens, I don't wanna have to testify against you.
You'd do that?
Don't put me in that position.
( Horns honk, gulls calling )
You know I got a feeling about this guy.
Yeah, well try not to beat on him. Yet.
Charles Grasso.
RADNER: Nice place you got here, Charles.
JULIET: How long did you work at the school?
About two months.
Oh, yeah. Just enough time to develop a crush.
Couldn't get her at school, so you got her on the field trip, right?
No way. Listen, you gotta believe me.
I made a mistake a few years ago, but prison changed me.
- I've been going to counseling. - That's what they all say.
You look familiar. Have I arrested you before?
Before I worked at the school I bussed tables
over at Giovanni's.
I've seen you stop in there a few times.
Never knew you were a cop.
So why'd you get fired, huh? Besides the fact
that you're just a creepy, little son of a bitch.
'Cause the idiot that runs that school
found out I hit on one of the teachers.
Told me those broads were his.
- Is that so. - Yeah.
I also heard through the grapevine
that he likes the young ones too.
Sounds to me like you're projecting.
Yeah, maybe so.
Fact is I should know what to look for
in a fellow pervert, right?
Look, all I'm saying is game recognizes game.
What's his name?
Jonathan. Jonathan McSweeny. Hey, ask around.
You'll see he's the one that you should be questioning. Not me.
Okay, we'll check him out.
You just make sure you're around
if we have any more questions, all right?
Nice meeting you, ma'am.
Maybe we'll see each other again sometime, huh?
Hey, what was that all about?
What do you mean?
Guy says he saw you at Giovanni's. That true?
It's a bar that serves good rigatoni.
There a problem with that?
No, but people don't go to Giovanni's for the rigatoni,
they go for the clam.
You're a pig.
I'm just, um, little surprised is all.
Know what? Do yourself a favor, Radner,
and don't try and pigeon hole me into some preconceived image
that you have about female cops, all right?
I am who I am, and my sexuality
is not something your tiny, little brain could comprehend.
So you play for both teams, right? I'm kidding.
Look, I'm kidding. You know what, I'm not surprised.
It's-- it's cool.
Do you really want to talk about this? Do you wanna go there?
Should we talk about you and Sarah maybe? Perhaps? No?
No, don't want to talk about that? Oh, poor baby.
I hurt your feelings. I'll see you in the car.
Plenty of identifying marks.
Three old stab wounds, two bullet wounds,
probably from ten or fifteen years ago.
Multiple fractures that had healed, several pins.
Man, I guess he's a professional.
That's something. Lived a very active life.
Yeah. Check this out.
He actually went to the trouble of sanding his fingerprints off.
Why the hell did he do that? They're just gonna grow back.
Eventually, yeah, but until then,
he wouldn't leave any identifiable prints.
Some of the guys in the Soviet block before they'd go on a op,
they'd make sure that they didn't have
any traceable fingerprints.
So then if they were killed, nobody would know who they were.
And if they weren't their stuff would grow back, you know.
Yeah, I know that, but what does it mean?
It means that these folks are pros. That's what it means.
These guys, they knew where I'd been,
they know where I'm gonna be.
They've got listening devices in my office
that we detected that are not obtainable
for normal pros or civilians.
They're high level, sophisticated government operators.
We found this at the crime scene.
I take it it's from before we hired you.
Now is this a one off thing, or something I need to worry about.
I'm telling you all I know.
I know these folks wanna talk to me. But I don't know why.
And he didn't attempt to kill you.
Lab found a non-lethal nerve toxin on the tip.
Enough to knock you out for two days and leave you with a nasty hangover.
So what the hell's going on, Kane?
I'm kinda telling you all I know.
I--I have a past. I've been out--
I've been out of that game for a long, long time.
They obviously wanna talk to me about something,
I just don't know what or why.
Kane. Kane, hang on, Kane.
You're a cop now. This is not an isolated incident.
You need to be straight with me.
I will not have this town turned into a wild west show. Do you understand?
What did I say to you in there?
I told you somebody wants to talk to me.
Whoever it is, is a professional.
That's all I know.
These guys are pro, they come from high up.
I don't know who they are or where they come from.
And if I knew, I would tell you.
MASON: Harold just got put back on the streets.
I'm saying this smacks of his M.O.
Ah, I don't know, man.
You really think Harold's smart enough to cover up his tracks?
Maybe not. You think Charles Grasso is?
Hard to tell.
What about the principal of that school?
Jonathan McSweeny?
Maybe Grasso had him pegged right.
What, as a pedo?
We don't even know if it's this one guy yet.
It could be a team.
We don't know any DNA, we don't have a description,
we don't have a pattern.
You know, I got ears like an elephant.
I couldn't help but overhearing what you all are talking about.
And I think you're partially right.
Thing of it is, man, there's always a pattern.
People work in their comfort zones
and the way they work kind of defines the way
they think and the way they act.
If you look deep enough, put your mind in their mind,
you can always kind of decipher that pattern
no matter how obscure it is.
But anyway, Juliet and Sarah,
why don't you guys go talk to the principal.
He might be the suspect, he might not,
but if Grasso's right,
and he is a bad guy, then let's smoke him out.
And you two tail him after that.
We'll sweat him and see what we come up with.
If he's dirty, I think that, uh,
he's going to want to clean up his act
or give himself up real quick.
So go ahead and go do it.
All right, so listen. What's the word on that guy, boss?
What guy?
The guy who attacked you.
- That guy? - That guy.
Man, he hasn't dropped me a postcard,
he hasn't called me. No word at all.
Not talking. Got it.
( Playground chatter )
( School bell rings )
JONATHAN: This is highly irritating.
Spring Hill is a privately funded institution,
which means we have to maintain a flawless reputation
in order to operate at our current capacity.
We've won prestigious awards.
All right, that's great.
But what we're here to talk to you about, Mr. McSweeny,
is your employees.
Teachers, gardeners, janitors, you.
Oh, well, as I was trying to explain,
we hire only the best.
Each of our employees has to undergo
a very thorough background check, including myself.
Let's be frank, shall we?
Please do.
This is not about Spring Hill.
This is about you people trying to cover your asses.
If you'd done your job, then one of my staff
would not have ended up raped and murdered.
We were all devastated here
because of the incompetence of your department.
Sorry.
Animals capable of crimes like this
just shouldn't be on the streets.
I agree. We need to do better.
So, with that in mind,
you'll understand that we need to interview
everyone at the school, including the students.
On what grounds?
Mr. McSweeny, this man is a registered sex offender.
And he worked for you until you fired him.
That makes him a person of special interest in our case.
And we have to interview people
because someone might've noticed something.
My god.
This part of his past must've slipped through the cracks.
I promise you we had no idea.
Nobody's saying you did.
Talking to the students, I--
I don't know if that's such a good idea.
They're already upset. Parents might not approve.
We're concerned that Grasso might've had contact
with some of them while he was here.
Yes, yes, but, um,
I'd like to talk to our lawyers about it before we do that.
Until then, please.
JULIET: (on radio) I got McSweeny's residence staked out.
Let us know when he leaves the school.
( Dog barking )
RADNER: (on radio) McSweeny's on the move but he ain't heading home.
He's heading out of the city. We got him.
JULIET: (on radio) 10-4. Let us know if you need backup.
MASON: Man. Guess Kane was right.
Juliet and Sarah really spooked the hell out of him.
Hey, I don't know about you but I always take my garbage
for a five mile drive before I dump it.
Yeah. Wasn't strange at all, was it?
No.
MASON: Let's go see what was so important to get rid of.
( Starts engine, truck horn )
MASON: Keeping warm?
All right. I see it here.
Come on. Hand it over. Thank you.
Is that everything, fellas?
You guys have a good night.
BUM: Yeah, whatever, man.
Hey!
( Loud grunt )
( Grunting )
( Groans )
I have a message for your boss. This is about his debt.
He better pay it or you will with your life.
( Coughing )
BUM: Need some help, man?
That didn't go so well.
BUM: You okay, man? BUM 2: They wailed on you guys.
( Phone ringing )
MAN: (on phone) Who's this?
KANE: Marcus, it's me.
MARCUS: Kane, we should do this face to face.
Kane.
Where you at man?
Oh, man. Good to see you, man.
Good to see you.
You know, I gotta be honest.
I didn't think I'd hear from you again.
See now, in this business, man,
you never know when somebody's face is going to pop up.
Ain't that the truth. What's going on?
I need to know if somebody's trying to get into my files.
Your files? Of course not.
You've been off the line for years.
I'm sorry to say, somebody tried to put a black op
on me the other day and tried to take me out.
Now why would someone wanna do that?
I have no idea. Look, I'm telling you it wasn't us.
Think about it. You're a cop now, right?
- Yeah. - People don't like cops.
Thing of it is, whoever did this, man, they're not civilians.
Like, they used a tranq gun
and I know what was in that tranq gun.
So they're pros. They're government pros you see, so.
Can't argue that.
Something going on, man. They bugged my office.
Look, if they wanted me dead man,
they could shoot me with a sniper 2,000 yards up the street, I'll be gone.
I'll see what I can do.
But there are parts of your file that even I haven't seen.
Maybe you need someone who has.
You think Hutch is still around, or?
- Hutch? - Yeah, Hutch.
Who's he working for?
I can't say.
You're not cleared for that information anymore.
Do me a favor, man. Just tell him I need to see him, y'hear?
Tell you what. I'll think long and hard about that.
Look, when you're out, you're out. You know that.
Hell, you even taught me that.
- All right, man. - You know how it is.
- Be safe, man. - All right.
Thank you.
Seriously, you guys. You look stunning.
Rad, it brings out your eyes.
Seriously, how do you always end up getting your butts kicked?
It ain't funny. Something's going on with Kane.
Something he ain't telling us about.
See I don't mind getting my ass kicked,
but as long as I know what it's for, you know what I mean?
I agree with that. Kane definitely has to come clean
about what's going on with him.
Ahem.
The crime techs went through the contents of the garbage bag.
And you don't look too happy.
It looks like McSweeny ripped the hard drive out of his laptop
and then tried to smash it.
Most of the data was destroyed.
But the techs extracted a few files that stayed intact.
Sick son of a bitch.
And we can't prove the drive was his.
Because it was in the alley when we recovered it.
Not in the trash bag.
Kane's door is closed. Is he around?
He's with Graves. You can wait in the cafeteria.
Thank you.
You guys can keep that.
Why is that woman always here?
You happy, Kane? You screwed up big time.
Good morning, Lieutenant.
Never should've brought your team on board.
That angry thing, man, makes you sexy.
But look, you just don't know what you're talking about right now.
We've been keeping tabs on Charles Grasso
just like you requested, now he's gone.
And if he is our man, then chances are
we are not going to find him again until he rapes and kills again.
Well, the thing of it is, I know he went underground,
but we're going to track him.
Your team stepped on him too hard
just like they stepped on another one of our suspects too hard.
I knew it was Grasso.
Well, there's no hard evidence.
And guys like him scare easy.
He took off as soon as he felt the heat.
No, he wasn't scared.
Something about this guy that I am tapping into.
Listen, a repeat offender,
on active parole for a rape that he pled to eight years ago.
Take a look at his bio.
Smart guy that can't get his crap together.
Didn't wanna put any effort to get ahead
and he's your classic underachiever.
So were you separated at birth?
He worked for the city,
so he knows these streets inside and out.
Got fired from that.
Got his job as a janitor.
Couldn't even make that one work.
Look, I'm telling you this guy, he hates women.
He blames them for his failure
because he's always failing with them.
Look, it's-- a lawyer, mother, accountant, doctor, teacher.
All strong, successful women.
You know why he killed the last one?
Because she recognized him.
He's doing now what he wanted to do eight years ago.
Just get 'em all.
So how do we stop him?
So, the thing of it is, man. If you're dealing with an enemy
that has this kind of psychology,
you understand his mentality, what do you do?
Find him.
Man, you let him find us.
And with this kind of mentality, he'll always find us.
That's the secret to this whole deal.
You all have been nailing it so far.
How do you think he's going to find us?
I think he wants his 15 minutes.
I think he wants to be known for this. Famous.
That's right.
I think he wants to do a cop.
Kill one like the teacher.
And I think in his mind you fit the bill.
It's someone like you he wants, Lt. Humphries.
I'm telling you, there's a reason why this guy went AWOL.
He feels like this is his last shot.
You think so.
I think if we put you out there, he'll take the bait.
Probably the only shot we got, boss.
See, now there's a thinking man.
I want this. You know he knows who I am.
Your team, your call, Kane.
I agree.
Juliet takes the lead on this.
Okay. Let me go talk to Graves.
Let's do it.
( Background chatter )
RADNER: (on radio) Okay, here we go. Everyone stay tight.
KANE: Mason, speak to me. Where they at?
MASON: Juliet's on the move.
Radner has the eye. Sarah and I have his fix.
10-4. Here we go.
RADNER: Juliet, slow down.
You're out of sight. What's your 20?
Northeast corner, alleyway. I'll hold position here.
( Yells )
( Juliet gasping )
Deploy!
MASON: He took the bait. We lost radio contact.
She might be hurt. Northeast corner.
- Where are you going? - Where do you think, man?
( Yells )
( Yelling, grunting )
( Juliet screams )
( Yells )
( Juliet screams )
( Loud screaming )
- Kane's on his way now. - Door's locked.
All right, stay here. Make sure he doesn't double back.
Hold that end of the block.
Everybody hold their positions, contain the area. You got that?
All right.
( Juliet screaming )
( Panting, yelling )
- Where is he? - Down there. Go! Go! Go! Go!
( Panting )
( Gun clicks )
( Groans )
KANE: You like to beat up women, huh?
Your little zipper.
Ain't no fighting pros in Orleans, ain't it?
Bastard! Bastard!
That's enough.
Juliet, he's not worth it.
( Gasping )
( Whimpers )
( Knock at door )
I said no interruptions.
Guess that was our fault.
We forgot to make an appointment.
Can't-- come in here.
I think we can. We just did.
Heard you caught your rapist.
My lawyer tells me that there's no need for any interviews
with our students now.
I also took the time to pull Charles Grasso's file.
We did all the necessary background
where he came back clean.
Apparently he had several stolen identities,
all of them legitimate.
But, um, my lawyer also tells me that we're not liable for those.
We followed all proper procedures.
You're gonna want to call your lawyer again.
Are you trying to intimidate me,
because I don't think that's necessary.
If that's a search warrant, you're wasting your time.
You're free to search wherever you want.
It isn't a search warrant, it's an arrest warrant.
Yours is the name on it.
On what charge?
Possession of child pornography.
You see, you got rid of the laptop and the data on that,
but you ran a popular anti-virus sweep
that automatically backs up all of your important files online.
In the background so you don't have to think about it.
Photographic files, McSweeny. Thousands of them.
Let's go.
Hey, Mason.
What's up, chief?
What is this?
I don't know what you were thinking. Huh? Really.
Yeah, you're right.
You know you're a cop, man. You can't act like a civilian.
As a cop, you go doing stuff like that,
they call internal affairs, you lose days,
and then they start bothering me.
And I don't wanna be bothered by my own guys.
And if this guy ended up dead,
you'd be the first suspect. Between you and Juliet, man--
I get it. I'm sorry.
You'll get your chance and arrest this guy unless you do something stupid.
- ( Phone ringing ) - Yeah, you're right.
Yeah, Kane.
MAN: You can't just walk away from what you've done.
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