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Your life is about to end.

You will all die.

In your remaining time
on Earth,

how do you want to live?

As a bright and shining star?

Or as a lost soul
passing time?

Do you want to live
in darkness

or reveal your
magnificent light?!

Today you will all be reborn
as your true selves.

We are all born
with a unique gift.

And your only job
here on Earth--

your only job--

is to share that gift.

Only then, only when
we have shed

our magnificent light
on this world,

will we experience
real purpose,

real fulfillment,
and real joy.

Let me tell you something
about myself.

I spent 12 years
of my adult life

absolutely miserable
because I did not use my gift.

How many of you
are living false lives?

Maybe you're an accountant.

But somewhere in the dark
recesses of your mind,

there's a tickle.

And that tickle
is a reminder of your gift.

Maybe it's a love
for painting.

A love that you have had

since before
you could even talk.

Isn't that right,
Cynthia Strobl?

You could be
the next Picasso.

Why have you deprived
the world of your gift?

And what about you,
Ralph Pritchard?

Do you really want to listen to your
insufferable boss another day,

or are you ready to start that
business you've been dreaming of?

Isn't it time for you to unveil
your gift and take action?!

Right here, right now,
that's what we're gonna do.

Let's get started!

I still can't believe this.

I never, not in
a million years,

thought I'd ever get to
meet you in person.

And then you called
my name and--

Cynthia.

The pleasure
has been all mine.

Now do me a favor.

Go out into the world
and show them your gift.

Oh, I will.

I promise you.

Goodbye, Cynthia.

That was the last
one-on-one, Barry.

There's some more folks
waiting for autographs.

Not now.

I need my private time.

When will you be back?

Okay. Whatever you want,
Barry.

Sorry, folks, uh,

Mr. Flynn is late
for a meeting.

So take that first step now.

Be ready for resistance.

Others will try to stop you.

Don't let them.

Don't permit them
to discourage you.

Don't allow them
to stand in your way.

Tell them to trust you
and glorious things will come.

Oh, my God,
what are you--

"Derek, would you
do me a favor

and say a few words
at the shindig?"

Hey.

"The honor of your presence
has been requested

"by her majesty's ambassador
in bestowing Jason A. Ryder

the title of honorary Commander
of the Most Excellent Order"--

this is from
the British embassy.

Garcia, do you mind?

I'm sorry. I don't know
what came over me.

I saw the fancy invitation
and I couldn't help myself.

We never get glamour here.

It's like shoeboxes
to a hoarder.

Well, you can just
forget about it.

- Why?
- 'Cause I'm not going.

But isn't Jason
an old friend of yours?

I've heard his name before.

And who's gonna give
the speech if you don't?

I don't know, but
it's not going to be me.

We love the British,
remember?

Can we just drop this?

I can go with you.

Nobody is going.

I'll wear my contacts.

What'd I say?

Who do I wear
my contacts for?

Two people have been
brutally stabbed in Seattle

in the last two days.
Lincoln Bell, 28,

he was found
on Friday night.

And then Cynthia Strobl, 42,

her body was found
last night.

Both of them were killed
in their own apartments.

Police are sure
it's the same killer?

Yes, because the same
message was left behind.

"Hear your evil,
see your evil."

Isn't the phrase
supposed to be

"see no evil,
hear no evil"?

Yeah, it certainly
changes the meaning,

which is supposed to be
about remaining virtuous

even when you're
surrounded by evil.

Well, the question is, did the
killer just get the phrase wrong,

or was he trying to send
a completely different message?

The killer could have been
a non-native-English speaker.

But this syntax doesn't help identify
his first language.

And the other question is,
who is this message for?

Is it a taunt to the police?

It could be used
to justify the murders.

You know, if you take
the words literally,

if sounds like he's speaking
directly to the victims.

Was the message written
with the victims' blood?

The lab results
aren't back yet.

Are there any witnesses?

It doesn't look that way.

Which means the entry to the apartments
was planned and methodical,

but the actually killings
seem chaotic and disorganized.

Maybe the unsub
knew them

and took the time
to plan his break-in,

but once he got close,
his rage took over and he snapped.

You know, one thing's for sure.
With at least 30 stab wounds

to each victim, this unsub
sure has a lot of anger.

We need more answers.

Let's head to Seattle.

Oh, my God,
what are you--aah!

♪ Criminal Minds 8x09 ♪
Magnificent Light
Original Air Date on November 28, 2012

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

♪

"A great deal of
talent is lost to the world

for the want
of a little courage."

Sydney Smith.

There's doesn't seem to be
a connection between the two victims.

Different gender, race, age.

And they lived in different
parts of the city.

Yeah. Lincoln Bell
worked in ticket sales

at El Portal auditorium
for the last 3 years.

Cynthia Strobl
was an accountant.

She moved to Seattle
a year ago.

It's unlikely they would
have ever crossed paths.

Unless Cynthia bought a ticket
from him at one point.

According to his mother,
Lincoln's dream was to be an architect.

If he wasn't working,
he was studying.

And Cynthia liked big band
music and lectures at the museum,

so the one thing
they did have in common

was very low-risk lifestyles.

Okay, I've confirmed that Cynthia
lived in a security complex,

the kind you need
a special key fob to get in.

And Lincoln was living in a
studio apartment at the top floor

of a 6-story walkup.

So the unsub had
the intelligence and the patience

to get past
the security entrance.

He either used a ruse or he blended in
with the other residents.

And he had to be in good
physical shape to kill Lincoln Bell.

So, he bypassed easier victims
and potential witnesses

to commit these murders.

He was mission oriented.

Someone went out of their way
to target these two people.

Yeah, look at these
crime scene photos.

There's not a hint of remorse.
This unsub was determined and relentless,

like he couldn't kill
these victims enough.

And the different typology means
they weren't surrogates for anyone.

So each victim probably
did something separately

to incite the unsub's rage.

But it must have been
the same trigger that set him off,

because the murders
were so similar.

So, they had something in common
outside of low-risk lifestyles.

We need a point
of convergence,

either a person or a place between
the unsub and these two victims.

Cause of death was massive
hemorrhage.

Both the carotid and
the femoral arteries

were severed, in addition
to the other stab wounds.

There's no signs of any other
injuries or of sexual assault.

Were the arteries
cut first?

It's hard to say,
but it's very likely.

The first victim,
Lincoln Bell,

he had the same targeted
lacerations to those arteries.

The other stab wounds,
they seem more random.

So the unsub knew
the best way to kill them,

but he stabbed them
multiple times afterwards

to express his rage.

There's also something else
that's unusual.

These stab wounds have
a curvature to them.

They weren't made with
an ordinary straight blade.

What sort of knife
did he use?

Based on my measurements,
they were curved,

sort of like a half circle.

Like a mezzaluna.

Does a mezzaluna
look like this?

Not exactly.

The knife that made
these wounds

probably had a vertical
handle at least

6 inches long in order to get
the leverage for the depth.

You know, it looks like
a ceremonial weapon of some sort.

I agree.

These killings could be
sacrificial.

Agent Hotchner.

Yes, sir.

Detective Harrison Chen.
Thanks for coming out.

This is Agent Blake.

Pleasure.

Lab results are back.

It's not blood
on the walls.

Killer used a red paint that's
widely available in hardware stores.

Paint belong to the victim?

Nothing turned up in our
initial search, so...

If the unsub brought
the paint with him,

that means the message
was also premeditated.

It could be a forensic
countermeasure,

like the messages
in the MacDonald case.

Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald
was convicted

of murdering his family.

Supposedly he left messages
to convince authorities

that hippies had done it.

Hmm.

Uh, we spoke
to the neighbors.

Apparently Cynthia
was gone all evening.

No one knows where she was
or when she came home.

Seems she's quiet,
kept to herself.

The unsub could have
followed her home

or been waiting for her here.

Hotch, take a look
at this.

The CD player
was left on.

You are about to embark
on the greatest adventure known to man.

That adventure
is your own life.

She was there
before she was murdered.

So where is Mr. Flynn now?

You haven't told me
what this is about yet.

Check the vari-lights. There
was a weird shadow last night.

We need information
about these people.

Do you recognize them?

Not him.

But her, yeah.
She was at the show last night.

She was one of the guests that got a
one-on-one with Barry afterwards.

And how
would someone get that?

People who buy advance
tickets fill out a questionnaire.

Barry randomly selects 5

and mentions them by name
during the show.

It's pretty mind-blowing
to the people who are picked.

We can imagine.

Tell me, what goes on
during one of these one-on-ones?

Just mini life-coaching
sessions.

It's only about 15 minutes,

but people come out
transformed.

And did Cynthia look
transformed?

Probably. But I didn't
actually see her.

She was Barry's last client.

He showed her out himself.

Flynn was probably
the last person to see her alive.

Wait--she's dead?

She was murdered.

So let me ask you again,

where's Barry Flynn?

I don't know.

He needs private time

to rest and focus his mind.

It's part of his routine
on show days.

But you're his manager.
You can't get ahold of him?

Sorry. To make sure
he's not interrupted,

no one knows
where he goes.

Not me. Not his family.

Not anyone.

It's always been like that.

Well, if you
had to take a guess,

where do you
think he'd be?

He books a hotel room
or an apartment

in every tour city.
He's probably there.

He's always back
in time for the show.

What time did Barry leave?

Last night.

It was earlier
than usual.

Want some company?

Sure.

I haven't seen you
here before.

I'm just visiting.

Lucky you.

Nice weather for a change.

I was hoping for rain.

More romantic.

I'm Ricky.

Harold.

Have you seen the sights?

Space Needle, Pike's Place
market, the aquarium?

The first two, yes,

the aquarium, no.

Want a tour guide?

Why not?

We confirmed
Flynn's been Mia

since his private
meeting with Cynthia Strobl,

which officially
makes him a suspect.

Well, he's a point of convergence
between the victims.

Lincoln Bell had a program
personally autographed

by Flynn in his apartment,

so we know they met.

Yeah. Flynn was one of
the last people,

if not the last person
to see Cynthia Strobl alive.

Hey, Garcia.

You're on speaker.
What do you got?

The 4-double-1
on Barry Flynn.

Hey, has anyone been listening
to this "Unlimited Courage,"

'cause it's pretty amazing.

I've just finished
the first CD

and I've already signed up
for kickboxing class,

and I painted a wall
in my apartment white.

Which is a risky color
in my world.

Garcia.

Oh, sorry. Uh, well,

Barry Flynn's is actually
a stage name.

What's his real name?

His real name
is Harold Kerwin.

Although he never legally
changed it, though.

He was raised
in Reno, Nevada.

He went to a 2-year
community college.

He got married right after.

He has a couple of assault charges
for some bar fights.

And then he worked
for 12 years as a car salesman

before he left
the rat race.

How so?

He checked out,
like quit his job,

got a divorce, ran off to live
in the desert.

Came back 3 years later
and he was Barry Flynn.

He started talking
at schools and local clubs,

built up this following,
became sort of

an overnight sensation.

Within 3 years he was selling out
1,000-seat venues.

Any idea what happened
to him in those 3 years

while he was in the desert?

Well, according to Flynn,

he meditated a lot,

until his true gift
was revealed to him.

I hate to admit it,
but it sounds pretty vague to me.

Thanks.

Never would've guessed
he had a prior

assault conviction.
He could be our guy.

Chen.

Flynn had the means
and the opportunity.

I'm just not clear
about the motive.

We all know that public
figures like politicians

can have psychopathic
tendencies and the ability to hide it.

But it doesn't
make any sense

that he'd kill
his own paying customers.

And why start here,
in Seattle?

Why leave the bizarre message
at the crime scenes?

Well, Flynn's obviously
a native English speaker,

so, if he is the unsub,

then the message
could be indicative

of some sort of delusion
or psychosis.

That is possible given
the ceremonial knife that was used.

You know, no history
of recent head trauma.

He's too old to have suffered a
traditional schizophrenic break.

Maybe a drug-induced
psychosis?

No. Flynn's
clean as a whistle.

Doesn't even eat dairy
according to his bio.

Well, as a celebrity,

he has a vested interest
in a clean image.

But who was he, really?

Flynn's rental car was just
located outside a bar in Alki.

How did you
end up where you are today.

Was it a conscious choice?

Or does it feel like you had
no control in the matter?

You made me do this,
Barry Flynn.

I guess we know how he was
spending his "private time."

Too bad he couldn't
be open about it.

He's probably afraid
it would hurt his public image.

It's the same blood type
as Flynn's.

We're running a DNA test.

We also found this.

It's a 100-decibel
personal alarm.

Flynn's manager said
he always carried it with him,

for protection.

Flynn's not the unsub,
he's a victim.

He felt threatened enough
to be holding the alarm,

dropped it when
the unsub clocked him

and took him away
in another vehicle.

No surveillance cameras. Guess
the customers like their privacy.

So, what, did Flynn meet
the unsub in the bar?

Probably. No one inside
noticed anything unusual,

so they came out
together voluntarily.

Maybe Flynn
had a change of heart

and the unsub got angry.

We talked to the staff.

None of them remember
even seeing Flynn.

Well, he'd probably
wear a disguise

if he wanted to be
anonymous in public.

So the unsub
didn't know who he was?

Maybe not.

But the M.O.'s
different here.

Flynn wasn't blitz attacked
at home like the others.

What if Flynn was
the ultimate target

and the others were
used to get information on him?

Or maybe the other
victims got in the way.

We could be looking
at an extreme fan.

Yeah, someone could
have followed him here.

Most of the workers
and stagehands in Flynn's

company are volunteers.

So he'd be surrounded by fanatics.
He'd be watching his every move.

Well, let's just hope it was
one of them who nabbed him.

Why?

Because then there's
a chance he's still alive.

The greatest
gift is inside you already.

It's always been there,
a constant companion.

When I heard that,

I finally understood
that I had to use my gift.

When I was a kid,
I used to talk about it,

until people said
that I sounded weird.

And I hated it because
it made me different.

And I tried to shut it off,
but I didn't want to--

What did you do to me?

You wouldn't come with me,

and I had to do what I needed
to do to get you to listen.

Listen to what?

4 months ago,

I was fired.
Couldn't get another job.

I was an unemployed,
middle-aged loser

with no prospects.

I almost killed myself.

Then I found you.

What's your name?

Carl.

Carl Finster.

Carl, I can see
that you're in pain.

I'm not.

I feel alive.

Like--like electricity
is running through me.

Can you take these off?

I won't try to escape.
I promise.

I'm here for you.

You're lying.

I don't blame you.

I just need you
to hear me out

until I know
that you're convinced.

Convinced of what?

That I'm your biggest
success story.

While we initially thought
Barry Flynn might be a suspect,

it turns out we're looking
for one of his followers.

An unsub who suffers
from erotomania.

He's obsessed with Flynn,
his latest abductee,

and he may believe that
Flynn's also in love with him.

Erotomania has very little
to do with sex.

It's a romantic or spiritual connection
that erotomanics crave.

Victims of the delusion tend to be
from a higher social status

and have done very little to
stimulate or encourage such a belief.

In fact, it's likely

the unsub and Barry Flynn
have had no previous contact.

His infatuation probably
began from afar,

considering Flynn's
celebrity status.

The patience required
to commit his crimes

makes us believe
he's a male

in his late 30s to 40s

who is single
and socially immature.

He's a loner
with poor social skills.

And although he is capable
of holding down a job,

he most likely neglects his duties
to focus on his obsession.

This is a guy who spends
much of his time

living in his delusional
fantasy world.

And he may have been
tracking Flynn for quite some time.

And with erotomania,
the most likely recipient of violence

is the person standing in the way
of the desired object.

It's possible the unsub
witnessed an interaction

between his two first
victims and Flynn,

killing them
in a jealous rage.

Another possibility
is that the unsub killed them

to prove his devotion.

The weapon used
had a ceremonial quality to it.

Which means the unsub
probably views these

victims as sacrifices,
and the messages

he is leaving
may be meant for Flynn.

In his head, he may believe

that he's already involved
in a personal relationship with Flynn.

And now that Flynn
is under his control,

this situation is
especially precarious.

If the unsub
is under the delusion

that Flynn
also cares about him,

then any misstep by Flynn
that contradicts that belief,

could lead to more victims
or even Flynn's own murder,

to prove they have
a special bond.

With each passing hour,
it's increasingly unlikely

that Flynn will be able to match
the unsub's expectations for him.

So we must act quickly.

Thank you.

I've ignored my gift
for so long.

What is your gift?

I don't hear things
the way most people do.

I see it.

What does that mean?

Well, when people talk,

I know the truth about them.

You know the truth.

Like I knew you were
lying when you said

you wouldn't try to escape.

A doctor told my parents
that there was a wire

crossed in my brain.

It's harmless.
Kind of like a birthmark.

But thanks to you,
I know he was wrong.

How so?

Because it's more
than a birthmark.

I got this ability
for a reason,

and what I need to do
is take action,

and that's what
you've been telling me.

What are you planning
to do, Carl?

Let me show you.

We said that this unsub
had poor social skills,

so how did he lure Flynn
out of the bar?

Good question.
Maybe he had help

from someone
with more charisma.

Well, we should amend the profile,
let the media know

That there may be
a temporary partner involved.

All right,
I'll call Garcia

and get her to narrow
the list of seminar attendees.

Hey, baby girl.

If loving you is wrong,
baby boy,

I don't want to be right.

Well, likewise, mama.

I need you to look into
fans of Barry Flynn.

Oh, I already have
those numbers for you.

He has over two million fans
worldwide,

and the kind that are crazy
infatuated with him,

I would say about 100,000.

Hey, do you know that
if you join Barry's

official circle of friends,

you get the "Unlimited
Courage" 12-CD set for 49.99,

plus a free "Live or die,
you choose" mug.

Come on, don't tell me
you joined.

No. Why would you say that?
I didn't--I didn't do that.

There's just things
I need motivation for.

Like I had that cupcake problem,

and I really wanted to learn
how to play the clarinet.

And Barry Flynn is a good guy
who really helps people,

and I want you to find him.

We're doing our best, girl.

By the way,
totally different subject--

I happened upon
that invitation guest list

for the British embassy thing.
Did you know that Madonna

and Stephen Hawking are going?

Not together, but they're going.

Penelope...

Seriously, you're gonna
miss a chance

to meet Stephen Hawking?
Reid will kill you.

Well, then I'm dead.

Why don't you want to go?

It's personal.
How about that?

Oh, it's per--
oh, my God, it's personal?

That never occurred to me
that it would be personal.

I thought is was like
stock market related

or 'cause of the weather.

Will you cut it out,
already.

Okay. Keep your super secrets
to yourself, 007.

Look, just do me a favor.

Find out how many of Flynn's
uberfans live in Seattle.

Then I want you
to narrow it down even more

by cross-referencing with people
with anger management issues.

thank you and goodbye, Garcia.
Yeah, Derek--

Hello?

What are you doing here,
Carl?

Uh, I was missing
a personal photo.

Thought maybe
I left it here.

Your cubicle was cleaned out
when you were fired.

What do you really want?

You made a big mistake
when you fired me.

I mean--I don't have a gun, if that's what
you're worried about.

And I just wondered
why you did it.

Oh, come on,
you know why.

I was getting
complaints about you.

Customers are never happy.

You yelled at them.

And you scared
your co-workers.

They thought you
were seeing things half the time.

Just like you are now.

What are you even
looking at?

It's unsettling.

We were worried about you.

It's not that
you're a bad person,

but this just isn't
the right place for you, Carl.

I'm sure there's another job
you'd be much happier doing.

You've always been
envious of me, haven't you?

I threaten you in some way.

Okay, whatever.

Look, you're gonna
have to go.

He came forward when he saw
our statement to the media.

Someone paid him 200 bucks
to bring Barry Flynn out of the bar

into the parking lot.

What happened
in the parking lot?

I don't know. I told
Flynn to wait for me,

that I left my keys in the bar
and that I'd be right back.

Was that part of the plan?

Yeah. But I never came
back outside again, so--

Now, you said the guy
that paid you was a little weird.

How so?

He couldn't look at me
when he talked,

and he kept yapping
about a magnificent light.

I got 'em.

Ha. Transcripts
of the calls I handled

and the customers'
addresses.

Let me go.

You gotta let me go, Carl.

Oh, no, no, no.
No, we're just getting started.

Do you remember
how I said how I felt alive,

like electricity
was coursing through me?

Well, I felt this way
once before when I was 10.

I had this dream
that I was a superhero,

and I had this partner,
and together we killed evil people

with this powerful knife.

Well, I'm going to kill
these evil people.

Help! Somebody, help!

Aah! Damn it!

Why do you keep
resisting me?!

You awoke this gift
in me.

You of all people
should understand

that we have to do
this mission together.

Why was there so much overkill
on the two victims?

They were threats
to the unsub's

imaginary relationship
with Flynn.

They hardly knew Flynn.
I mean, at least 4 other people

had private meetings with him.

He gave autographs
to at least a dozen others.

Why those two?

Well, it's not reality based.

His delusional mind exaggerated
the relationships they had with Flynn.

Maybe he's not driven
by jealousy.

What if the overkill

was to make doubly sure
that they were dead

and couldn't come back
to life?

The way you'd want to kill
a monster in a horror movie.

Exactly. Maybe
he saw them as evil.

That could explain
the messages on the wall.

Where are we?

Janet Dodd's house.

She's evil and
we need to stop her.

Carl, you're making
a big mistake.

I'm just doing what you told me to.
I'm taking action.

You misunderstood me.

Now stop this
before it's too late.

You do not want blood
on your hands.

What's so funny?!

You are. I've already
killed two already.

It's been in the news.

Okay, she's alone now.

Tell the police
if you think she's evil.

No, no, no. The police
won't do a damn thing.

No, I was in a bar once
and I saw a guy who was

the epitome of evil,

and I called the police
to tell them,

and they hung up on me.

And then 6 hours later,
a mother and her baby were killed

when someone
tried to carjack them.

And I know it was him.

I could have saved them.

Don't worry. You just watch.

Ready?

♪ You can tell me
I'm not the one ♪

♪ I know the sun
is shining somewhere ♪

♪ on someone,
it's only me, baby... ♪

No!
Aah!

"Hear your red,

see your red."

Well, somehow
it makes sense to him.

The unsub
is clearly devolving.

Yeah, the letters
are shakier.

This message is less
controlled than the others.

I agree. The word "evil"
was replaced by "red,"

which means "red" could have been
from his unconscious,

a freudian slip,
so to speak.

But what does it mean?
Is it something specific

to this victim?

Janet Dodd. Got divorced
two years ago,

she lived here alone,
worked as a paralegal.

Any known enemies?
Perhaps the ex-husband?

Uh, not according to her sister.
The husband left Janet.

Any connection
to Flynn?

Doesn't seem to be.
In fact her sister

was trying to get her
to move on with her life,

but Janet seemed
completely unmotivated.

The unsub didn't pick her because
of her connection to Flynn, then.

Then why did he choose her?

Somehow their paths
must have crossed.

Well, she didn't get out much.

Only went to work
and then back home.

We're pulling her phone records,
see who she talked to last.

She's got a lot
of overdue bills.

Uh, yeah, her sister said
she was struggling financially.

She cut up a credit card
that wasn't expired. Why?

People often do when they're
trying to rein in their spending.

Psychologically it's harder
to part with cash.

The phone logs.

A lot of calls recently
to the same 800 number.

Welcome to Luxor Bank cards.

Ooh! Ooh.

Hey, watch it, ese.

What's your problem, man?

You blind or something?

Huh?

You're lucky I'm busy today.

Okay.

There we go.

There. Take a sip.

Come on.
No.

Come on, you'll feel
better. Come on.

What do you want
with me, Carl?

Isn't it obvious?

We're partners.

We're destined
to fight evil together.

We're not p...

When does the mission end?

Mm. Never.

This is only
the beginning.

I don't think I realized
how serious you were, Carl.

You really want to change
the world, don't you?

You have the conviction
of a superhero.

I believe that now.

Come on, uncuff me.

I won't run. I promise.

When we got to
our next target.

I knew you'd come around.

Go ahead, Garcia.

Okay, so I cross-referenced
Barry Flynn fans

with people who had anger
management issues

and Luxor Bank got one hit.

Carl Finster. He worked
as a customer service rep

at the call center there.

He was fired 4 months ago.

What are the chances that he
spoke to Janet Dodd on the phone?

Oh, the chances are 100%,

because she called that center
at least 20 times in the last year,

and Carl answered
at least 3 of those calls.

What was the anger
management issue?

Oh, apparently one of his
co-workers filed a complaint

after Carl got super mad
at her about God knows what

and threatened her but good.

He was fired a month later.
I am sending you his address now.

Okay, so getting fired
was his stressor,

and Barry Flynn's seminar
was his trigger somehow.

If he's stalking
credit card customers,

we need to find out
who he spoke to.

A good point.

Take Blake and Reid
and go to the workplace.

The rest of us will go
to the house. Let's go.

Some of his co-workers
thought he was mentally ill.

When someone suggested
he get help, he went off,

practically threatened
to kill her.

What did you think?

Something wasn't right.

I mean, you'd be
talking to him

and he wouldn't even
be looking at you.

He'd be looking
around you.

Was it like
he was hallucinating?

Yeah. He started getting
weird with the customers

and going off script,
and, you know,

I had to fire him.

Going off script
in what ways?

We have a set
algorithm of questions

depending on what
the customer's calling about.

We review transcripts regularly,
and Carl was perfectly fine

with some customers.
But with others,

he'd be verbally abusive
for no reason.

Clear.

It's clear!

There's nobody here.

Hey, you guys,
look at this knife.

Is this who Carl Finster
thinks he is?

Why does my card
keep getting rejected?

I've been paying the
minimum balance on time.

You were 5 days late
in your April payment,

so you're a liar.

What? Did you
just call me a liar?

I know who you are,
Howard Jephson.

I can see your words.

Okay, you know what?
I want to talk to your supervisor.

You are rotten to the core!
You don't deserve any more credit!

See what I was dealing with?

Carl was attacking
certain customers for no reason.

Why did he come back
last night?

Well, at first I thought he came here
to shoot up the place.

But now I think it was
to steal the recordings of his calls.

We confirmed
he downloaded a file.

Wait a minute, guys. He told
the caller he could see his words.

And you said he acted
like he was hallucinating?

I think I might know
what's wrong with him.

He has synesthesia.
It's a neurological phenomenon

in which two or more senses
are triggered simultaneously.

For instance, someone might
associate specific numbers with colors

or even be able
to taste music.

I think Carl has
the form of synesthesia

in which he can literally see the words
that people are speaking.

Hence the message he left--
"hear your evil, see your evil."

It looks like he transcribed
conversations he had with people

in different colors of ink.

Green, orange, red.

Well, these are not
happy conversations.

Reid, we can see here
that each of the colors

mean something different
to him.

White words mean
the speaker is good.

It looks like
the orange ink

means the speaker's
a liar.

You know, maybe he sees people's
word in different colors

depending on what type of person
he thinks they are.

What's the content
of the red ones?

Oh, they're angry.
He accuses them of being evil.

And so he sees their words
in red. "Hear your red, see your red."

He might believe
it's a super power.

It looks like he tried
to stop the synesthesia

by wearing tinted glasses.

The fact is, we know his latest victim
was a customer he spoke to.

His old boss says
he came in last night

and stole a copy
of the recordings.

The only reason is to compile
a list of people he considers evil.

Exactly. The hit list.

And he's got all their addresses
and vital information.

Get in the house, now.

Oh, my God.
You're the guy on the news.

Do as he says.

Get in the house!

Shut up!
Aah!

Howard Jephson, I know
who you really are.

I'm not Howard Jephson.

No games. Not if you want
your family to live.

I'm telling you the truth.
We're just renting the house.

My name is Stephen Caldwell.

We never even met Howard.

We just saw his name
on the lease agreement.

We made a mistake.
Let's go.

Look, if you leave now,
we won't call the police.

Ohh!

Carl, what the hell!

He lied to us.

His words turned orange.

Now, hand me the knife.

It's the wrong guy.

I said hand me the knife!

Okay. Give me the gun.

Wait. Say that again.

Give me the gun.

He's got 150 names
in the Seattle area.

He could be going after
any one of them.

Garcia, any way to narrow it
down to callers in the city.

Okay, that gives us 32.

Was Janet Dodd
the first name alphabetically

of those 32?

No, she was the ninth.

So he's not going
alphabetically.

How else would you
organize a hit list?

Maybe time a contact.

He started with the first
person he spoke to.

No, because he talked to Janet
Dodd the last day he was employed.

He's going in reverse order.
The ones he talked to most recently

would be freshest
in his mind.

Garcia, take the last
callers and find out

which ones live closest
to Janet Dodd.

Okay, I got two names that are
about the same distance from her.

Ranga Patel and Howard Jephson.

All right, you two take Blake
and go to Howard Jephson.

The rest of us will go
to the Patel house.

How did you do that?

Do what?

How did you hide
your true nature

for so long?

Enough, Carl.
Listen to me.

Listen to me carefully.

You are not a victim
of circumstance.

You are a creature
of free will.

Take the right action.

Let this family go.

No one goes anywhere.

I know that you don't
feel in control right now.

You don't know how
you ended up here,

and it feels like
there's no way out.

But there is a way out.
I can help you.

You think I'll believe
anything you say anymore?

You and I have
a special bond, Carl.

I know this isn't you.

You don't know anything
about me.

Aah!

Aah...

FBI! Drop it!

He's evil! I can see it.

All right, come on,
let's go.

We know what's going on,
Carl.

You've had a special talent
your whole life, haven't you?

It's my gift.

Barry Flynn here
unleashed that, Carl.

How can you hurt a man
who's given you so much?

He changed!

I saw red.

What do you see
when we speak?

We know that you called
the police last year,

and you warned them
about a man.

They ignored me.

They ignored me
and then he killed a mother

and her baby.

It wasn't him.

The man you warned them
about was questioned,

but it wasn't him.

They found the real
killer a week later

and he confessed.

Carl, your gift
is not reliable.

It's just a reflection on how
you feel about other people,

but, Carl, it's not
who they really are.

If you kill this man,

you'll be destroying
a magnificent light.

Think about it.

Put the weapons down.

"The mystery
of human existence

"lies not in just
staying alive,

but in finding
something to live for."

Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Hey.

I encourage you
not to be mad at me.

I did a little research
about Jason Ryder,

and I found out that he was your
father's old partner

at the Chicago P.D.,
so I'm assuming

that there was some sort
of falling out?

No, Garcia.

Jason moved to New York
after my father died.

He was a hero on 9/11.
That's why he's being honored.

So what's the problem?

Years ago, I was supposed
to talk about my father

at the fallen
law enforcement memorial.

I got up to the podium,
then I froze.

You had stage fright.

No. It wasn't that at all.

Well, there's the obvious remedy,
which is imagining

the whole audience naked,

but you could imagine
a whole audience full of unsubs.

You're really good
at talking down an unsub.

Baby girl,
it wasn't stage fright.

I wasn't ready to discuss
my feelings about my father in public.

And you think talking
about his partner

is going to bring up
those feelings?

How can I honor Jason Ryder
when I couldn't honor my own father?

It's disrespectful.

Okay, this is gonna start out
sounding really harsh,

but you need
to get over it.

You need to let it go.
That is so far past.

You've gotta stop beating
yourself up about this.

That's not gonna happen,
is it?

Okay.

Well, then this, uh,

this gift
is totally pointless.

It's just some stuff
from Barry Flynn.

I talked to him
about your issue,

and he gave you another incentive
as a thank-you.

You only have it
for 24 hours.

So...

Mm-hmm.

A policeman
pulled over a man,

and he said to him,
"Sir, your eyes look bloodshot.

Have you been drinking?"

And that man replied,

"Officer,
your eyes look glazed.

Have you been eating doughnuts?"

You see, that right there
was the last joke

that my father ever told me

before he died.

A special gift in my life

are the 11 years
that I did have with him.

Because as brief
as they may have been,

my dad gave me
unconditional love.

He taught me
a sense of duty.

And he gave me a reason
to keep working hard.

Because each and every day,
I do all that I know how to do

to make my father proud.

Now, my dad was taken from
this world way too soon.

But if he wasn't, I wouldn't be
the man that I am today.

Now, you may be wondering
why I'm talking about him here.

It's because my father,

the man that
I admire the most...

Looked up to Mr. Jason Ryder,
who we honor here tonight.

Jason was the most important
person in my father's life

outside of his family.

He was his partner
and his best friend.

Like my father, Jason strived
to be the best he could be.

He inspired me
to be fearless

and to go out into the world
and find my inner light.

And for that, Jason, I am
eternally grateful to you.

No, please. Please don't.
Please don't! Please!

No, no, no!

No, please! Please don't!

Please!

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