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In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City, the
dedicated detectives

who investigate these
vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as the Special
Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

And the living room...

swimming in natural light,

floor-to-ceiling windows
to showcase the view.

Not bad.

"Not bad"? It's spectacular.

Sunset at Iguazú
Falls is spectacular.

The omakase at Sukiyabashi
Jiro is spectacular.

My husband is a
stickler for words.

All I'm saying is, let's
just save the hyperbole

for something spectacular.

Mm.

Shall we move on?

That would be spectacular.

Wait until I show you
the master bedroom.

The view is amazing.

It's truly a highlight.

You get floor-to-ceiling
windows,

breathtaking city views.

It's perfect for waking up.
- Oh.

Skyline everywhere.

Hmm.

What the...

- Inspector.
- Captain Benson.

We got a call about
a sexual assault.

Guy apartment-hunting
across the street

saw it through a telescope.

Says he saw a woman
in her bra and panties

in this building getting
assaulted at gunpoint.

- And no other 911 calls?
- She hasn't reported it.

What floor was he looking
at through his telescope?

Fifth floor.

- And any sign of the gunman?
- No.

We secured what the witness
said was the apartment

and cleared the building.

- Okay, we'll go talk to him.
- Yeah.

All right, Inspector. Thank
you. We got it from here.

Hey, Eric.
- Captain.

So what do we know
about this building?

Uh, no doorman.

There's a part-time
super. He's on his way.

- Any security cams?
- Just in the elevator.

All right, well, when
the super gets here,

have him pull all the footage

and track down whoever
lives in that unit.

- You and I cover the scene?
- Yeah.

So we have a high
overhead angle.

Let's hope that it
caught something usable.

If our perp didn't
take the stairs.

Well, criminals tend to be lazy.

You and your wife were
looking at apartments?

We can't afford anything.

We just like going
to open houses.

And this one happened to have
a telescope by the window?

They stage these places.

And what made you look into
the windows of this building?

Curiosity, I guess.

Okay. Just tell
us what you saw.

A young girl... I could
see she was being forced

to put her clothes back
on by some guy with a gun.

Did it look like
he assaulted her?

Yeah. To me, it did.

Can you describe the guy?

Black, 6 feet.

Okay.

Whatever they were doing,

it looked like
they were finished,

and they were getting
ready to leave.

Thank you.

All right, make sure that
you get all of this bedding

and the mattress pad, too.

Whoever it was left these,
but there's one missing.

All right, a condom.

You find one in the
bed or on the floor?

No, Captain.

All right, so
snake the plumbing.

I don't care if you have
to pull those pipes.

- Captain, Sergeant.
- What do you got?

I found three impressions here.

Okay.

Looks like some kind
of camera tripod.

If it was, the perp could
have filmed the assault.

Yeah, so cut this section
out and get it to the lab.

Maybe we get lucky, and the
vic will just call it in.

Who's to say she's
not still being held

at gunpoint somewhere?

I don't know, but I'm
sensing some kind of theme.

What is that?

Telescopes,
camera... voyeurism.

You think the guy
with the telescope

knows more than he's saying?

A peeping Tom with a telescope

clocks a rape through
a random window

at the exact time
it's happening?

What's the odds of that?
- In this town?

Better than you think.

So a witness saw a young
woman in her underwear

being held at gunpoint?

Did he see an assault?

No, but we have
reason to believe

that whatever happened
may have been recorded.

Is there any chance this
guy with the telescope

just saw a porn shoot?

It'd have to be pretty rough.

I mean, consensual non-consent?

Maybe the gun was a prop.

It might explain why
it was never reported.

Where are we with the
building surveillance?

We got elevator footage
from 9:00 a.m. this morning.

Well, there's the
girl and the gunman,

like the witness said he saw.

- Wait, who's this guy?
- Maybe her boyfriend.

Whoever he is, he's
trying to protect her.

Send this over to
Real-Time Crime,

and have them put it
through facial rec.

- You got it.
- I thought you said

this was filmed... I
don't see a camera.

We have footage of
the perp carrying up

a tripod and a camera bag.

So this was premeditated?

But who's the vic?

We'll know a lot more
once we get an ID.

Okay, so show this
to the eyewitness

and have him confirm that
this is the young woman

that he saw through
the telescope.

Did you run the apartment?

Yeah, the owner
lives in Florida.

Neighbor says he sublets
his place in New York a lot.

He just landed this morning.

We have some unis picking
him up from the airport now.

We ran his record. He's clean.

Okay, so can you get a
subpoena for his bank records?

I mean, that might
be more telling.

- Call the judge.
- All right.

I'm the real victim here.

Your techs ripped out

50 grand's worth of
plumbing fixtures.

What are you going to do about
putting it all back together?

Wait, Mr. Ziegler, you
went into your apartment?

It's a crime scene.

I, uh, ducked under
the yellow tape.

I wanted to show my
lawyer proof of damages.

Oh, yeah? What's
your lawyer gonna say

if I arrest you for
tampering with evidence?

Or better yet, when he finds out

that you rented your
place to a rapist?

What are you talking about?

We suspect that this young woman

was assaulted in your apartment.

Who did you rent your place to?

I, uh, got it listed online.

I emailed back and forth

with a nice woman
from Houston, Texas.

The credit card cleared.

What's her name?

Here's the rental agreement.

Virginia Hefferman.

All right, so this is the woman

who rented the apartment.

Virginia Hefferman...
60, no record.

She reported her
credit card stolen

after discovering
fraudulent charges.

And when was the last
time she used it?

A few weeks ago at a gas
station outside of Houston.

So did our eyewitness ID
the people in the elevator?

He did.

He said that two of them matched

the description of
the woman and the perp

he saw through the window.

He didn't even know there was
a third person in the room.

And nobody else
reported this crime?

- Nope.
- All right.

Well, what about the DNA
from the apartment bathroom

or, you know, something
in the sheets?

They found a few hairs,
sent them to the lab.

Okay. Condoms?

Yeah, CSU had a lot
of luck with that one.

Almost too much.

Okay. What does that mean?

They pulled upwards
of 25 condoms

from the building's plumbing.

The lab's working
on them right now.

Real-Time Crime ran
facial recognition.

No ID on the shooter,

but we got an ID on
the girl and the boy.

Who are they?

Josephine DeWinn,
18, goes by Josie...

senior honors student
at Whitman Hall.

And she was just accepted
into Stanford pre-law.

And there's more.

Her father's a big-time CEO

at an insurance company.

Gordon DeWinn, and
the guy's loaded.

And his wife's no slouch either.

Natalie DeWinn... top
lawyer for Goldman Sachs.

Mm-hmm. What about the boy?

Natalie's son, Atlas,
Josie's stepbrother...

also a senior at Whitman Hall.

Well, now we know why
he was consoling her.

If she's 18, then we don't
need to notify the parents.

Well, they didn't tell the cops,

so maybe they didn't
tell their parents.

All right, start with her.

So this is where
she wanted to meet?

Well, she said
she didn't want us

to go to her house, so...

Well, it means
that we were right.

She didn't tell her parents.

Josephine DeWinn?

- Yeah.
- Hi.

I'm Captain Curry. This
is Detective Silva.

Mind if we ask you
a few questions?

Like what?

Well, as we said on the phone,

we're following up
on an investigation.

About?

An eyewitness said that they
saw something suspicious

this morning and called 911.

Did he tell you what he saw?

He said that he saw a man
holding you at gunpoint,

forcing you to get dressed.

Does that sound about right?

Josephine...

it seems like you were
sexually assaulted

this morning.

Is there a reason why
you didn't call the cops?

He told me not to.

He said if I did, he was
gonna hurt my family.

Well, this guy... he can't
hurt you or your family now.

That's right, not
if we're involved.

We can protect you.

And we can do that better
if you help us catch him.

Can you tell us what happened?

I was raped.

Okay? Is that what
you wanted to hear?

- We are here to help you.
- I don't want your help.

- We need you to file a report.
- No, no, no.

Didn't you hear me? I
don't want all that.

Okay, okay.

Josephine, you said that
you were raped, right?

Don't you want us
to catch this guy?

I'm going to
college in the fall,

3,000 miles away from here.

The last thing I want to do
is take any of this with me.

I agreed to talk to you.

Now, please, just
leave me alone.

Josie.

She didn't mention being filmed.

Or the fact that her
stepbrother was there

when it happened.

Maybe she's trying
to protect him.

Well, he's only 17,
so it's not her call.

So Josie admitted to being raped

but doesn't want to cooperate
with the investigation?

She seems pretty shut down.
I think she's in denial.

Well, which is understandable.

But she's not the
only person involved.

She didn't even mention her
stepbrother being there.

If she's trying to
distance herself

from what happened,
then it's not surprising

that she would distance herself
from him as well, right?

I couldn't even imagine
what it would feel like

to be present while your
stepsister's being assaulted.

Well, one thing Josie did say

was that the assailant
threatened her family.

Well, her very wealthy family,

which might be the reason
that they were targeted.

Okay, so what's the
next move here, Captain?

Well, I think it's time that
we pay the DeWinns a visit.

And given their high profile,
it might not be a bad idea

to have an ADA involved.

I'll call Carisi.

NYPD.

We're here to speak
with the DeWinns.

They're expecting you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Wow. This is something.

Just like the
place I grew up in.

- Captain Benson.
- Special Victims Unit.

And this is ADA Carisi.

You said this was something
about our children?

This is an ongoing
investigation.

Mom, what's going on?

Atlas, go to your room. We
need to talk to the police.

What about?

Just go, honey.

Your dad and I need to have
a conversation in private.

- Oh, my God.
- Who is that man?

We were hoping that
you could tell us.

Yeah. Take a look at his face.

Do you recognize him?

Maybe he's a
disgruntled employee?

Maybe it's somebody
that you fired.

Absolutely not. When
were these taken?

Yesterday morning.

You mean my children had

a gun pointed at them yesterday?

I'm assuming from your response

that, uh, they didn't tell you.

- No, not a word.
- Okay.

So what time did they
come home yesterday?

They were here when
I got home from work.

Same as always.

And you didn't notice any
change in their demeanor?

No, nothing.

I mean, they were a little
quiet at dinner, but...

Well, they're teenagers.

What the hell happened to them?

That's what we're
trying to find out.

They were obviously
taken against their will.

Okay. Have you been
contacted by anyone?

Gotten any kind of ransom?

Did somebody tell you not
to speak with the police?

No, no.

I have to talk to Atlas.

Where's Josie?

She went for a walk.

Are you kidding me?

I'm calling my head of
security... he's ex-Mossad.

Mr. and Mrs.
DeWinn, I understand

how traumatizing this can be,

but you need to let us
handle it from here.

What are you gonna do?

Well, the first thing we
need to do is talk to Atlas.

What about Josie?

Don't you want to wait
until she gets back?

Two of my detectives
already spoke with her.

What? You... you talked to
our daughter without us?

And what did she say?

I'm sure that she'll tell you.

But she is 18 years old.

And we have to
respect her privacy.

So right now what
would be most helpful

is if you and Atlas came
with us down to the station.

Take us through your day.

Yeah, I woke up.

Josie was in her
bathroom getting ready,

and then I made us
both some toast.

And then we went to
school.

You guys take the
same route every day?

We usually walk
up West End. Why?

Because people like this
sometimes observe their targets

a few days in advance.

The apartment was a sublet on
the path you walk to school.

You think he planned this?

You ever see this guy before?

No.

Maybe he was following
you, watching you.

No.

Like I said...

never seen that guy before.

- Then maybe someone hired him?
- Why do you say that?

We're exploring
all possibilities.

Here.

- What's this for?
- A list.

Anyone who might want
to hurt your family.

I'm the CEO

of a publicly traded
insurance company

who's been cost-cutting
in flood and fire regions

for the past year.

I'm gonna need a thicker pad.

So Josie is Gordon's daughter,

and Atlas is... is your son?

Yes, but, uh...

Gordon and I met when
they were toddlers.

We married soon after, so...

um, Atlas and Josie were
raised as brother and sister.

Okay. And how
did you two meet?

Well, it's, uh... it's a
bit of an awkward story.

We worked together.

We were each married
to other people.

But, uh, we both
had small children.

But what we had was undeniable,
and we fell in love.

So you both had to go through
divorces to be together?

I'm not proud of it, but, yes.

And if you don't mind my asking,

how are your relationships
with your ex-spouses?

Gordon and his ex-wife
get along swimmingly.

And your ex-husband?

Derek lives in the Bahamas.

He runs a-a boat-rental
place there for tourists.

We don't
talk very much.

Is there any residual
bad feeling or...

Um...

well, now that you mention it,

Atlas is about to
go off to college.

Gordon and I came to an
agreement that it would be

the right time for me to
stop paying his alimony.

Okay.

I mean, you don't think that
your ex-husband is capable

of doing something like this?

Hurt Josie because he's
about to be cut off?

I-I don't know what to think.

So yesterday morning when
the guy approached you...

Yeah, we walked by the
front door of this place,

and he was just kind
of leaning there.

- Then what?
- He showed us his gun.

Josie gasped.

Next thing I knew, he was
just pushing her inside.

And you followed?

Yeah. I wasn't gonna
leave her alone.

That was brave.

Yeah, he saw that I was
behind him following.

I think it kind
of pissed him off.

Why do you say that?

Because he made me get
in the elevator, too.

Okay.

What happened in the room?

After he closed the door...

he put me in the bathroom...

and he told me
that if I came out,

he was gonna kill Josie.

You stay in there
the whole time?

Yeah, and I
could hear Josie crying.

Once he let you guys
go, did he say anything?

No.

We just went to school,
acted like nothing happened.

I guess we were in shock.

You guys talk about
calling the police

or telling your parents?

I brought it up, but
Josie didn't want to.

Uh, the guy with the gun...

he said that he would
hurt our family if we did.

So have you connected
with Josie yet?

No, I-I left her messages,
but she hasn't called me back.

And this may be a
difficult question,

but is there anyone

that you can think
of in Josie's life

that has a criminal history?

No, absolutely not. She's
a straight-A student.

She's valedictorian
of her class.

She's going off to
Stanford next year.

And Atlas... what about him?

Wel...

Josie and Atlas
are best friends,

but they're very different.

How so?

Atlas takes after his father.

Um, we had to make a donation
to Hudson's endowment

for Atlas to even
be considered, so...

He's... he's still
finding his way.

I understand.

Oh, maybe that's Josie.

It's, um... it's a text
with a video attachment

from a number I don't recognize.

Why don't you go
ahead and press play?

- I'm... I'm scared.
- Okay. All right.

Kiss.

I said, kiss!

On the lips, now. Come on.

Now strip.

Come on, take these pants
off, your shoes, your shirt.

Come on!
- Oh, my God!

You're taking too long.

Now put this on.

He made them have sex?

Is this even real?
- I don't... I'm not...

- Oh, my...
- I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, Natalie.

So these two kids,
brother and sister...

they're forced at gunpoint
to have sex with each other?

Yes, and I was with the mother

when she received the video.
- Was there a ransom demand?

No, but just sending it is an
obvious threat of exposure.

Which explains why the son
wasn't completely forthcoming.

And the daughter's
unwillingness to cooperate.

So they were protecting
each other from the shame

and protecting the
parents from the truth.

Where are we on suspects?

The father runs a multinational

home-insurance conglomerate,

and he sent a list
of recent complaints

about denied claims.

Does this seem like the work

of an irate insurance
customer to you?

I mean, there's so much anger

around Corporate
America these days.

Or it's deeply personal.

I mean, the wife
mentioned an ex-husband

who's about to get
his alimony cut off.

Seems personal to me.

We think this guy is sick enough

to have his own son
be collateral damage?

Well, it's not
just about alimony.

Natalie left him for the
guy she had an affair with.

So run his record.

And then call him and
tell him that something

happened to his son and
we need to talk to him.

If he says no,
that'll tell us a lot.

And in the meantime, we need
to re-interview these kids.

I mean, maybe now that they
don't have to hide their shame,

they'd be willing to
unburden themselves.

- IDs.
- We're NYPD.

We're here to see the family.

Not without showing
your ID, you're not.

Want to see my ID?

How's this? That
good enough for you?

Mrs. DeWinn.

Are you any closer to
finding who did this?

We are doing our best.

But we do need to talk
to your kids again.

They're upstairs.

They haven't come
out of their rooms.

We won't take up any more
time than we have to.

Why would they send
that video to my mother?

My father thinks
they want money.

Well, we don't know that yet.

They still haven't
made any demands.

If they release
that video, my life,

Atlas's life would be over.

We're gonna do everything we can

to prevent that from happening.

How are things
between you and Atlas?

He's hiding in his room.

My father hasn't even
been able to look at me.

My mother barely can.

Josie, none of this
is your fault, okay?

None of it.

Come. Come sit down.

Look, I know how hard this is.

But can you please
try to walk us through

what happened in that apartment?

The guy pointed a gun at us...

made us kiss...

Threw a condom at Atlas,
told us to get naked.

Um...

I looked over at my brother.
I saw the look on his face.

I told the guy I would
have sex with him

if he just left Atlas alone.

You were just trying to
protect your little brother.

We were trying to
protect each other.

In the end, it happened anyway.

Josie...

you were raped.

And so was Atlas.

- We were?
- Yes.

And when we catch this
guy... and we will...

he's gonna go down
for kidnapping,

unlawful imprisonment,
and rape one.

You weren't locked
in that bathroom,

were you, Atlas?

No.

I'm sorry I lied.
- We understand why you did.

But now that we know the truth,

why don't you tell us
what actually happened?

Because we're really
trying to catch this guy,

and we're not gonna
be able to do it

without the full cooperation
of you and Josie.

Is she talking to
detectives, too?

Yeah. They're in
her room right now.

Well, is...

is she mad at me
for... for doing it?

No, you had a gun
pointed at your head.

You know she offered to sleep
with that guy instead of me

so that we didn't have
to do it together?

But for some reason, he...

he wanted us to do it.

That obviously was
part of the plan.

There was nothing you could do.

Well, I'm
pissed at myself.

- For what?
- Because...

I shouldn't have...

I shouldn't have even been
able to get, you know...

hard.

Your body's response is
not a sign of consent.

It's a reflex, not a choice.

Were they able to
tell you anything?

Unfortunately, not
anything that helps us

get closer to finding
out who did this.

We just got a ransom demand.

How much?

$5 million.

Did they tell you how to pay it?

Not yet.

Derek Rhodes just
landed in Newark.

What's your
ex-husband doing here?

- I-I didn't call him.
- We did.

- Why?
- We checked his record.

He had an arrest in the
Bahamas a couple of years ago.

What for?

Exploitation of a minor.

You think he had something to do

with our children
being targeted?

Unfortunately, we're unable
to discuss it right now.

But he earned himself
a police escort

from the airport.

I've never seen that
man before in my life.

You think that I hired him?

- Did you?
- To kidnap my own son?

It wasn't a straight
kidnapping, Mr. Rhodes.

What are you talking about?

Your son and his stepsister
were sexually assaulted.

"Sexually assaulted"?

Atlas?

By that guy in the elevator?
- Not exactly.

There's no easy way to say this,

but they were forced to
have sex with each other

at gunpoint.

And it was filmed.

But then again...

maybe you knew that.

You think that I had
something to do with this?

Let's start by asking you
about the arrest you had

in the Bahamas two years ago.

We checked your record.
The arrest was voided.

But it is the Bahamas, so...

so why don't you
break it down for us?

I really can't.

Well, from the cops that
we talked to in Nassau,

it sounds like it
had something to do

with underage photos
in your phone.

The clerk at the
electronics store

called the cops on you, huh?

They found about 100 photos
of Josie in a bikini.

Locked away in
your hidden folder.

And that was a few
years ago, too.

Oh, yeah.

She was only 16 years old, man.

Okay. Okay, okay.

I know how this looks.

I'm going to tell you
the exact same thing

that I told the
cops in the Bahamas.

We're listening.

Atlas always spends the
summers at my house,

and that year he asked
if he could bring Josie.

I asked Gordon and Natalie.
They were fine with it.

And those two kids
are inseparable.

So you took photos
of the vacation.

Just pictures of
Josie, not your son?

And putting them
in a hidden folder?

Okay, look, at the
end of the vacation,

Atlas dropped his phone from
my second-story balcony,

and it stopped working.

He had his mom's credit card,

so he bought
himself a new phone.

After they went home...

I probably should have
asked Atlas, but I didn't...

I brought the phone to
the electronics store

to see if they could fix it.

And they got it working.

I gave them his PIN.

And the next thing I know,
the cops are in the store

questioning me.

So what you're saying is,
you didn't take those photos,

Atlas did?

Yes.

Why would he hide them?

Well, I asked him, and he said

that because they were
mostly bikini shots,

he didn't want to embarrass her.

You buy this guy's story?

It's a pretty convoluted excuse.

Trying to lay it
all off on his son?

Do we really think that a father

would hire a guy to
force his own son

to have sex with his stepsister?

Well, if he wanted a $5
million alimony payment

in one lump sum...

Did TARU get anything
on the phone number

that the video and the
ransom note were texted from?

They say they're
still working on it.

We need something concrete
to connect Derek to.

What about the credit card

that was used for the apartment?

We're still waiting on
the security footage

from the gas station in Houston
where it was supposedly stolen.

All right, so, in the
meantime, we talk to Atlas.

We see if he can
confirm Derek's story.

Or maybe Atlas doesn't
want to incriminate

his biological father.

Talk to Josie, away
from her family,

and find out if the father
was inappropriate with her

that summer.

Yeah, I remember that vacation.

Atlas and I had a
great time.- Okay.

How'd you get along
with Atlas's father?

Derek? He's really cool.

Did you have any
one-on-one time with him?

Sometimes.

Atlas always slept in

because he was playing
that stupid game.

- What game?
- "Rainbow Six."

It's a tactical
team-based war game.

What did you and Derek do
while Atlas was sleeping?

Take walks down to the beach.

Why are you asking?
- Well...

Did you know that
Derek was arrested

at the end of the summer
after you and Atlas flew home?

- No.
- He didn't tell you?

No. And we talk
about everything.

What was he arrested for?

He had photos of you on a phone.

Nothing too revealing...
it was mostly bikini shots.

I was in a bikini 24-7.

Well, they were in
a hidden folder.

He was arrested
for photos of me?

Yeah, it's called
exploitation of a minor.

Do you remember any
of these being taken?

No.

Did Atlas's dad
really take these?

Well, that's what we're
trying to figure out.

Derek said that Atlas
took the photos.

Why would Atlas need
to hide the fact

he's taking photos of
me?

Silva, we got footage from
the gas station in Houston.

What gas station in Houston?

It's just a lead that
we're following up on.

We'll let you and your family
know if it leads anywhere.

Okay.

The woman whose credit
card was stolen.

Virginia Hefferman.

This is the last date
and time she used it.

We ID'd the cashier,
Jaden Thomas.

Fast forward to the
end of the shift.

Yeah.

What's he doing?

He's grabbing a skimmer off
a legitimate card reader.

It allows criminals
to copy details

off of credit cards
and use them later.

It explains why this woman

didn't clock it till afterwards.

We got to extradite
this guy from Houston.

Hold on. How sure are
that this is the same guy

from the elevator footage?

Can we do a side-by-side?
- Yeah.

Carisi, that is the same guy.

Should we notify Houston PD?

No. I'll alert the DA.

Get an arrest warrant.

We'll start working
on transport.

Josie.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Slow down.

Okay. No, we'll...
we'll be right there.

What? What is that about?

Josie says that she told Atlas

that we were talking to
her about his father.

He grabbed a baseball bat,
went to his father's hotel,

and he threatened to kill him.

All right, you two get
to the hotel immediately.

When you spoke to Josie,

did she incriminate
Atlas's father?

No, not at all. I mean,
she said that he was cool.

She said that she
didn't remember

anyone taking photos of her.

Well, obviously, somebody did.

- What did you do?
- That one.

You went after my
sister, you pervert!

What, are you crazy?

- Hey, drop it!
- Put it down!

Drop it!

He's the one that hurt us!

No, wait. Please
don't hurt him.

My son has been through so much.

Call a bus!

- You're under arrest.
- For what?

Assault, and if you're
lucky, that's all it is.

A metal bat like this could
have easily been a homicide.

Come on!

I never should have said
anything... Atlas got so angry.

So what did he say exactly?

He said he was gonna
kill his father.

Because he took photos of you?

Atlas has always been
protective of me.

How?

Like, at school during lunch,
he always sits next to me.

He says he wants to
keep the guys in line.

Normal brother stuff, you know?

Have you guys
talked about what happened?

No, I tried.

I don't know if it'll
ever be the same.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, you know, I wanted to
ask you about that trip

that you guys took
to the Bahamas.

Do you remember Atlas dropping
his phone from the balcony?

Yeah.

He had to buy a new one.

Okay.

He said that Atlas
has been arrested?

It's just a
formality, all right?

I mean, he did
assault his father.

Because that pervert
did this to my daughter.

We're talking to
Derek, building a case.

Look, what we really
need to do is...

is look in Atlas's room.
- Look for what?

Something that may
incriminate his father.

Hey, Carisi.

Look at that.
- That's pretty retro.

Yeah, except it's one
of those new ones.

It's digital.

I mean, maybe he didn't want
photos on his phone anymore.

- Is it charged?
- Nope.

But he could have
printed out some photos.

Well, if he did, I doubt he
left them out in the open.

Like, maybe he hid them? I
might know where to look.

I have a 14-year-old son.

Ah, bingo.

Okay. Casual, candid photos.

Doesn't look like she's
posing in any of these.

Probably didn't know they
were being taken at all.

We need to get a warrant
for all his electronics.

I'll call a judge.

Hey, Atlas.

How you doing?
- I'm fine.

My son has been at
Central Booking all night.

When can we go home?

Well, we just have a
few more questions.

Atlas, why would you
do that to your father?

I mean, attacking him
with a baseball bat.

Because he's a perv.

That might be true,

but right now you're
in the hot seat.

You put him in the hospital.
- He had 18 stitches.

After what he did to Josie?

I don't want anything to do
with that bastard anymore.

And neither do I.

Okay.

So I understand about the photos

that he was arrested for,

but do you... do
you really think

that your father is responsible

for kidnapping you
and your sister?

Who else would it have been?

Well, just between us,
we have a viable suspect.

- Really?
- Yeah.

The one in the elevator... you
know, the one with the gun.

- Wait, you arrested him?
- You recognize him, right?

I-I don't think so.

You don't think so?

I was scared, okay?

Are you saying that
you don't know him?

No.

Well, that's funny.
He knows you.

I mean, he was quite
candid with our ADA

on the drive from the airport.

Atlas, what are
they talking about?

I don't know, Mom.

I swear.

I think I should call my lawyer.

I think you should, too.

But in the meantime,
why don't you get up,

and you can wait with your
son in our interrogation room?

So that's your story?

That Atlas DeWinn set
this whole thing up?

It's not a story.

My client's telling
you the truth.

And I got proof...
texts, Discord chats.

Okay, so what was the plan?

This all started
because he was simpin'

for his own stepsister.

- "Simping"?
- Yeah.

He wanted to get with her.
- And you know this how?

Me and Atlas... we go way back.

But you live in Texas.

He lives in New York. How
the hell did you even meet?

We got a whole squad
on "Rainbow Six."

We run ops, do raids.

Been playing this video game

for at least three
years together.

That's how long you've
been planning this?

No.

Only since he found out

his sister was going
away to college.

Well, why would Atlas
want you to film it?

Why do you think?

I assume to watch later.

Whose idea was the ransom?

Mine.

Atlas only offered me two grand,

but then I googled how
rich his parents were.

And I know all about
the legal system, too.

And I'm not about
to do hard time

just because I'm poor

and Richie Rich wanted to get
all SugarFap with his sister.

So you're here to cooperate?

Enthusiastically.

What are we looking at, Captain?

We're looking at a fully
cooperating witness

to the crimes of kidnapping,
rape, and assault.

Who is also a co-conspirator.

Who has evidence

that your client
was behind this.

He has receipts, texts.

Which he's willing to give us.

In exchange for what?

Avoiding the wood chipper of
the American justice system.

We also have hundreds of photos

that your client
took of his sister

without her knowledge.

On hidden folders
in multiple devices.

Well, then we'll
see you in court.

Atlas, tell them
you didn't do this.

Yeah, tell us, Atlas.

Oh, and while you're at it,

can you tell us why
these photos of Josie

were hidden under your bed?

Can you tell us
that, Atlas, hmm?

This was all your fault.

- My fault?
- Yeah.

Ever since we were little,

you were always talking about
how "incandescent" Josie was.

What?

Everybody loves her.

She's perfect.
- So you wanted to ruin her?

Is that why you raped her?

No! That is not
what it was like!

So what was it like?

She was going to leave me.

Leave you? You mean
by going to college?

She was going to change.

That's it.

Atlas, stop talking.

- No, she's my...
- Stop...

She is my Josie!

We're stepsiblings.

We're not even related by blood.

Do you have any
idea what you did?

I had never been
with a girl before.

Mom, I love her.

No, you have
destroyed this family!

No. Why does someone
else get to be with her?

Why?
- Atlas!

Natalie, it might be a good idea

for you to leave the room.

I'll need some time
with my client.

I know you will.

Wait, does Josie know?

Uh, she will. I'll
make sure of that.

No, no, no, no.
She's my best friend!

Look, just...

I need to talk with her.

Just... you can... you can
let me explain... explain it.

Hey, Atlas...

That's not gonna happen.

But...

do you think I'll be able
to hear her voice again?

You will.

In court.

Come on.

What's going to
happen to my son?

He's gonna be arrested
and arraigned.

And if he doesn't take a deal,

this is gonna go to trial.

My husband is Josie's
biological father.

He's already made it clear
he doesn't intend to spend

a cent on Atlas's defense.

But...

no matter what he's done,

he's still my son.

I'll pay whatever it takes.

Hire lawyers, delay the process,

spend as much money as you want.

You're only prolonging
the inevitable...

that your son is going to
prison for a long time.

He won't survive in prison.

And what about your
stepdaughter, Mrs. DeWinn?

Who's gonna tell her the truth
about what happened to her?

I need to worry about
my son right now.

My whole relationship
with my brother is a lie.

You didn't see it,
but now you do.

You know, these things...
these things take time to heal.

What am I gonna do about
college in the fall?

No one can answer
that for you, Josie.

But you'll... you'll
know when you're ready.

I can't stay here.

My stepmother... she thinks
it's best if we don't talk

until the case is over.

She's hiding in the guest room.

I heard my father
crying last night

through the walls
of their bedroom.

I have
never heard him cry before.

- He loves you.
- So did Atlas.

I don't know that
that was love, Josie.

He was obsessed with you.

And there's a difference.

How did I not know?

How could you know?

Hmm?

He was your little
brother, and all you did...

was love him.