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Correctional Treatment Facility LORTON, VIRGINIA

When we spoke last, you were talking about the summer

that you ran away from home.

Why don't we start with that?

Uh, sure.

I wasn't really sure what was left for me back at home.

Um, I felt I had learned all that I could there.

-Mmm. -Um, it was time to, uh,

broaden my classroom.

And that's when I met Susie Johnson.

The first of your victims?ENNIS: Yes.

What did it feel like when you were killing her?

Nothing special.

I have trouble believing that, Leonard.

How come?

Well, you killed 14 of them.

That you know of.

My point is that something drove you to keep killing,

so you must have felt something.

It was just a thing I did, you know?

People do things every day.

Hey.

I, um...

I didn't think you'd still be up.

Still up.

Did you eat?

-No. -Mmm.

Me neither.

Why don't I make us some huevos rancheros?

Tara.

Don't worry. I will dial back the jalapenos this time

so I don't blow off the top of your head like Mount St. Helens.

Stop. Just...

Stop.

Look, I'm sorry I'm late, Doug.

All right? We just got on a roll and I lost track of time.

It's research, okay? It's necessary.

Wouldn't want to get in the way of what's necessary.

Look, Doug.

These interviews with Ennis,

these late nights, this is important work.

All right? It's meaningful work.

I am trying to take serial killer profiling protocol to the next level.

You're more interested in a guy

who killed a bunch of little kids than you are in me.

Um...

I have to be in to the office first thing in the morning,

so could we talk about this at dinner tomorrow night?

There's nothing more to talk about.

I'm going back to San Francisco.

What?

My flight leaves tomorrow afternoon.

And you're just announcing this?

Things haven't been good with us for a while now.

Okay, uh, I thought the point of a relationship

is that you work through your problems,

not hop on a plane and leave.

I can see I was mistaken.

Thank you for keeping it real for me, Doug.

Have a nice flight.

So Yogi Berra arrives at spring training and the equipment manager says to him,

"What size cap do you wear?"

And Yogi says, "I don't know, I'm not in shape yet."

-Uh-huh? -That's it. That's the joke.

But, uh, studies have shown that dimensional changes

in the human head actually can fluctuate, especially in the third decade of life.

Morning, guys. How do I look?

You look great.

Went on a diet last night, lost 185 pounds.

What do we have?

Okay, you know the phrase "art imitates life"?

Uh, this is like that, but a dead version.

This happened last night in Detroit.

And if I can direct your attention to the signature...

-Is that Morpheus

He's a prolific street artist who's been active since the summer of 2007.

He began using primarily stencils and wheat paste, but in recent years

he's moved on to more site-specific installation work.

The kicker? No one knows who Morpheus really is.

Like that British graffiti artist, what's-his-face?

That's the one.

This is the only known photograph of Morpheus.

This was taken seven years ago in Los Angeles.

No, that's no help. That could be anyone.

Do we know who the victim is?

Yeah. Russell Pearson. He's a community activist

who's been in the local news a lot

for opposing a controversial development project

that's supposed to revitalize the downtown area.

What's so controversial about the project?

Gentrification. Lower income residents are displaced by luxury condos.

Good bet the only thing being revitalized are the developers' bank accounts.

Morpheus has always sort of been the voice of the underdog.

I'd assume that he and Pearson were on the same side of this issue.

Normally, yes, but Pearson, three days ago,

was in the news again for all the wrong reasons.

He was accused of taking bribes from the very developers

he was organizing against.

So this could be a dose of street justice.

Has this Morpheus ever committed an act of violence before?

No, he's always advocated for civil disobedience.

Well, how do we know it's even him?

Morgan's right. Morpheus may be beating the war drum,

but so far that's all he's done.

Regardless, tensions are already high in Detroit,

and this is only gonna make things worse. Wheels up in 20.

"Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night."

J.M. Barrie.

Between his activism and bribe-taking,

Russell Pearson had no shortage of enemies.

Well, Morpheus isn't too subtle with his symbolism.

Stick your nose in the cookie jar, you pay the price.

How long has Morpheus been in Detroit?

Oh, I can answer that question.

Morpheus first popped up in the city six weeks ago.

I'm sending video to your tablet right now.

A vehicle as barbecue. What's that about?

There was a heatwave in Detroit in August

and a homeless woman and her child locked themselves in a car to sleep

and died of dehydration.

Morpheus has done two more pieces. The second one he took credit for,

but it was dismantled by a rival artist before anyone could see it.

Didn't realize it was that cutthroat.

Yeah, competition among street artists is intense.

Well, according to this,

Morpheus has a website where he always posts his work.

Yeah, that's right. He doesn't post any comments.

It's through a proxy server, so it's impossible to trace.

He took credit for the first three pieces in Detroit,

but there's been nothing on the website about the Russell Pearson murder.

Because he didn't do it?

-Or because this time it involved murder. -

-Oh, no.-What is it, Garcia?

Uh, something is terribly wrong. A child's been abducted in Detroit.

Corinne Wallace, 8-month-old daughter of Stuart and Katherine Wallace.

Stuart Wallace is one of the developers behind the urban renovation project.

And there was graffiti and Morpheus' signature

on the walls of the baby's nursery.

Has there been a ransom demand?

I don't know. It just happened like 30 minutes ago.

All right, when we land, Dave, you and Lewis go to the abduction site.

Morgan, see if you can locate the rival artist who took down Morpheus' work.

Reid and I will go to the P.D.,

we'll contact the regional CARD team and get set up there. And Garcia...

Yes, sir.

Your sole job is to find out the identity of Morpheus.

Use every resource you have available.

Finding him is our best chance of finding the child.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

We're grateful for your assistance.

We've got an AMBER Alert and tip line set up.

And the bureau's child abduction rapid deployment team are on their way.

Got the video from the baby monitor cued up in my office.

Thank you.

I understand both parents were home at the time of the abduction?

That's right. The maid, too.

And no one in the neighborhood saw anything unusual?

Nah. Happened in Grosse Pointe,

where the homes tend to be on large secluded lots.

In this case, the family being wealthy works against us.

Okay, our guy comes in now.

Creepy how he plays with the baby.

We did a photographic comparison of the signatures at both crime scenes.

They appear to be authentic. It looks like Morpheus is our guy.

I was in my study right down the hall.

Right there, 30 feet away.

I know it's hard, Mr. Wallace. We appreciate you talking to us.

If we could, we'd also like to talk to your wife as well.

Katherine's upstairs in the nursery. The police said it was okay.

If anything's happened to our little girl...

-You can't blame yourself. -The hell I can't.

I should have seen something like this coming.

Why

Not her specifically, but my property was vandalized

and then Pearson turned up murdered.

I should've moved my family out of town, you know, hired more security, something.

Wait, your house was vandalized?

My business. I've got a storage facility downtown

and that guy they call Morpheus put graffiti all over it last week.

Even put it on his website.

Who is he, anyway, Morpheus?

How can somebody just not exist?

He does exist.

And we're gonna find him.

The maid said the doors to the house were locked.

That's right. They're always locked.

Mrs. Wallace, I know this is difficult,

but did you hear or see anything unusual?

Corinne's giraffe.

Ma'am?

Corinne's giraffe. It isn't here.

She's right.

It's always in her crib. It's her favorite toy.

He took it.

-That man took Corinne's toy. -Oh, honey.

He wouldn't do that if he was gonna hurt her, would he?

Take her favorite toy?

It's a hopeful sign, Mrs. Wallace.

You should try to get some rest.

Come on, sweetheart.

What have we got?

I've been working with Garcia to track the locations

of Morpheus' street art over the past eight years.

This is a geographic timeline I put together.

Is there a pattern?

Not really. He mainly just criss-crosses between Los Angeles and New York.

He's never really in one place for a very long time.

There is a higher concentration of activity

along the Gulf Coast of Florida, though.

That could be some sort of home base.

What are you looking for?

Well, I noticed in Morpheus' early work

there's a synthetic cubist spatial construction reminiscent of de Kooning.

So you're thinking he had some formal art education.

Exactly. And I'm hoping to be able to track it

to a specific university or school of training.

Good.

Well, it took a while, but I finally tracked down

the artist who took credit for dismantling Morpheus' work.

Markus Ivey. He's on his way in for questioning now.

-Anything on the missing baby? -Not yet.

What's this guy thinking? Murder, kidnapping a child.

He had to know that law enforcement

was gonna come down on him like a ton of bricks.

It's got to be personal.

I'm just curious as to if Morpheus intends to remain anonymous after this.

He doesn't.

It's got to be an endgame, and whatever it is, consequences don't matter.

What's up, Markus?

I'm SSA Derek Morgan. I just want to ask you a few questions.

Didn't kill Pearson and didn't take the baby.

I got a gallery opening tonight. Are we done?

No. We're not done.

Have a seat.

I'll start with the obvious.

Do you know Morpheus' identity?

No. Nobody does.

Why'd you take his artwork down two weeks ago?

A better question is, why'd he put it up to begin with?

Let me tell you about Morpheus.

This dude comes swooping on in anytime there's a photo op.

Every issue is suddenly his issue.

Not here.

This is my city.

Detroit's own can take care of Detroit.

How'd you find him before anybody else did?

What do you mean?

Morpheus assembled his artwork in the middle of the night.

Remote location. How'd you stumble upon it first?

He's gotten predictable, that's how.

What he'll do, where he'll do it. Pfft.

His routine's tired. It's played out.

Really?

I was kind of under the impression that he was a really successful guy.

More successful than you.

Like the expression goes,

time will tell.

Did you ever think that somebody else might just be setting him up?

No. Why would I?

Well, he seems like a pretty easy target, right?

With the secrecy and all.

Uh... Are you saying you don't think he did any of this?

Markus, I'm just having a real hard time

seeing the upside for him to suddenly start kidnapping and killing.

That's what I'm saying.

Upside is people start paying attention to him again.

The man is desperate. Lost his edge.

Morpheus ain't nothing to anybody anymore.

So you think this is all just a publicity stunt.

What I think...

All this stuff now,

that's Morpheus trying to stay relevant.

And crazy as it sounds,

it just might work.

- -

Garcia's slowly chipping away.

She picked up a money trail from Florida

to some of Morpheus' known locations in the past.

No viable leads, no ransom demand.

I mean, if it's not about money, then what?

Why else do children get abducted?

Normally with an infant this young, we'd consider maternal desire.

But it doesn't really fit in this case.

No. And then there's human trafficking, but then why bother leaving art behind?

That, and the Wallace baby's too high-profile.

Traffickers usually prefer below-the-radar victims.

Just got a call from Markus Ivey's manager.

He never showed for his gallery opening tonight

and she wanted to know if he was still here.

We cut him loose hours ago.

I... I told her that. She gave me the address of a private studio he keeps.

-Sounded pretty worried. -Let's check it out.

Rossi.

Thanks. The Wallaces confirmed the stuffed animal

is the one missing from their daughter's nursery.

This is a major shift in MO,

behind closed doors instead of out in the street,

nothing overtly political.

It almost feels like some sort of taunt.

Elaborate staging this time, too. The lullaby, the empty bassinet.

No, there's no doubt this is personal.

It's not about gentrification. This is about the baby.

Absent child.

The abducted baby could be a projection of the UnSub himself.

Or not.

He might have just been an unwilling participant in a bigger endgame.

Reid, do you have the photographs of Morpheus' other work?

Thanks.

The signatures match.

Wait a minute. -What do you see?

Morpheus is always extremely precise with his signature.

-It never varies. -It looks the same to me.

But it isn't.

The bottom of the "U" never intersects the "S" in the mobile signature.

And look. The lower two horizontal bars of the "E"

fall just short of the left side of the "U."

And the alignment of the "M" is marginally off.

This is not Morpheus' signature.

-A forgery? -That's what I think.

That means the signatures in the nursery

and the Russell Pearson crime scene are probably also forgeries.

Okay, well, then that brings us back to our set-up theory.

So who would have a motive to frame Morpheus

for both the kidnapping and the murder?

Someone with an ax to grind, a grudge.

Is there another rival artist like Markus Ivey?

You know, I keep coming back to the fact

that Ivey knew the location of the Morpheus work beforehand.

He told Morgan that it was because Morpheus was becoming predictable,

but I don't buy it.

What if Markus Ivey was tipped by someone who actually did know Morpheus?

Like who? HOTCH: I don't know, but think about it.

For Morpheus to stay underground year after year, he's gotta have help.

- -

Garcia.-Yes, sir?

I need you to start a parallel search for a possible associate of Morpheus.

Okay, sure. I love parallel searches.

You should know that the original search is not going well,

and I would really appreciate it if you guys would put your noggins together

and give me a nudge in how to proceed.

Okay, well, this person would follow the exact same geographical timeline

that you built for Morpheus.

We think the UnSub might have his home base on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

See if any money from the various locations

in your geo-profile was wired to or from there.

That's a beautiful nudge. Thank you.

In Morpheus' first art piece in Detroit, we found a distinctive blue chalk spray

with a UV-resistant fixative.

He used the same material in New Orleans several years ago.

I'd check to see if he ordered it from the same outlet

-or found a similar source nearby.-Uh-huh. Keep that coming.

This possible associate hasn't announced himself either.

It means he may have reason to hide.

Crosscheck any names you get with those who have done prison time

or have outstanding warrants.

"Okay. I am on it," she said with confidence. Okay.

Let's get back to the P.D. We have a lot of work to do.

There have been Corinne Wallace sightings from Mexico to Nova Scotia.

-People are well-meaning, but... -How are the parents?

Well, it's been tough.

They've gone to a hotel to try to get some sleep.

-That's strange. -What is?

The Markus Ivey crime scene and the bassinet next to the body.

There's a small blue blanket.

-What about it? -I've seen it before. Here.

What is it, Garcia?

I found him, Morpheus' associate or assistant or whatever.

Corey Marlin.

What makes you so sure?

Well, you said Gulf Coast of Florida. He's from Tampa.

He was in prison for four years for beating a guy half to death

in a bar fight.

He has a bunch of outstanding warrants from forever ago.

When he was in prison, he took up painting.

Said he wanted to become an artist. Ooh, and the timeline matches, too.

Marlin fell off the face of the Earth in 2007 right when Morpheus showed up.

If Morpheus has an associate, this has gotta be our guy.

Never mind associate. Could Corey Marlin actually be Morpheus?

Oh, well, that's doubtful.

Uh, Marlin's work might have wowed 'em in cell block C,

but he doesn't have the artistic chops that Morpheus does.

He did, however, wire money from an account in Sarasota

to locations that match the movements of Morpheus.

Every week like clockwork, up till three weeks ago.

-Maybe the association ended. -At the same time the killing began.

I'm sending all this to you right now.

Thanks, Garcia.

An AMBER Alert has been activated

in the search for missing 8-month-old Corinne Wallace

who was abducted from her family's home

in Grosse Pointe yesterday morning.

A primary suspect in the apparent kidnapping has emerged.

Corey Marlin of Sarasota, Florida. The public should exercise caution,

because police say Marlin has a history of violent behavior

and should be considered armed and dangerous.

A tip line has been set up at Detroit Police headquarters,

and anyone with information on the baby or Corey Marlin is urged to call.

It took me a little while to find them.

This one's from the Markus Ivey crime scene.

And this one is from the burnt-out car art piece

Morpheus did a couple months ago.

It's two halves of the same blanket.

It's weird, though.

I mean, we know Morpheus was responsible

for the burnt-out car art piece.

His signature was real and he claimed credit for it

on his encrypted social media site.

But the Markus Ivey murder was done by an imposter.

Mmm. So how did two pieces of the same blanket end up in both locations?

Corey Marlin would have had access to Morpheus' materials.

Agent Hotchner. There's a call about the missing baby.

I think you should take this one. It's on line three.

Hello?

Is this Agent Aaron Hotchner?

Who is this?

If you want to find the child, go to 325 West Warren.

-Who is this?-325 West Warren.

-You have 30 minutes.-

Lewis, let's go.

It's a login code.

Agent Hotchner.

Who's this?

This is Morpheus.

Do you have Corinne Wallace?

No. That's why I wanted to speak with you.

I want to help.

How do we know you're the real Morpheus?

Right now, all you need to know is that I would never hurt a child.

This is Agent Lewis. You're asking us to take a lot on faith.

Why would I intentionally expose myself to the FBI?

I came to Detroit two months ago.

I've only made three works since I've been here.

I don't know who killed those men or who took the baby.

Is there anyone else who could have access to your art materials?

Nobody.

Not even Corey Marlin?

Did he commit these crimes?

You seem pretty certain.

I know him. He was my partner.

But the partnership's over.

Yes. Why do you want to know about my materials?

You used a piece of blue blanket in your first work in Detroit.

-What is this about?-We have the other piece of that blanket.

-It's not possible.-It's true.

I've told you enough.

We certainly hit a nerve.

What are you thinking?

What struck me was the concern for the child above all else.

And did you notice the cadence in the speech pattern?

I think Morpheus is a woman.

Hey, talk to me. Any progress, baby girl?

Morpheus as a female helps,

but there are over 50 women in the Gulf Coast

that went missing during that time period.

Did any of these missing women have an art school background?

Negative.

Well, keep checking.

Art galleries, museum employees, related fields like graphic design.

Okay. I'm all over this.

- -

You know, Corey Marlin could still be our UnSub,

despite what Morpheus says.

There's another possibility here.

Morpheus is the UnSub, has always been the UnSub.

Because?

Morpheus' career has been about manipulation.

"You look that way, I'll go this way."

Rossi, you really believe that?

No. I still like Corey Marlin for it.

When in doubt, go with the guy with the long prison record.

It's been over 30 hours since Corinne Wallace was taken.

We're running out of time.

Corey Marlin turned up dead in a downtown motel,

bound and shot. Body shows signs of torture.

Any sign of the Wallace baby?

No. And no evidence of the child ever having been there.

I'll have Agent Morgan meet you there.

You know, this could be Morpheus. She and Corey had a falling out,

she knows that we're onto Corey, Corey can reveal her secrets.

The torture doesn't make sense.

She didn't convey that level of suppressed rage.

Well, then, it has to be someone looking for information.

Corey seems to be the only person that could tell Morpheus' whereabouts.

Morpheus hung up on us when I mentioned the blue blanket.

-That stopped her cold. -Wait a minute.

Wait, look at this.

This one is slightly more faded and it's a little more worn out.

It's subtle, but it would take years for cloth to degrade like this.

Whoever cut this blanket did it a long time ago.

They should be exactly the same, but they're not.

Morpheus came to Detroit two months ago. Why then?

The condo development controversy?

I don't think so. That's been an issue here for a while.

Something else triggered her arrival.

Well, then what happened two months ago?

The mother and child died in the overheated car.

And that was Morpheus' first piece of art in Detroit,

the one that she used her half of the blanket in.

Garcia.-Yes, sir.

Of all the women on your list, did any lose a child?

Uh, three did.

And of those three, did any of those children die between 2005 and 2008?

Mmm-hmm. Ellen Clark.

She lost her 3-year-old son eight years ago.

That coincides exactly with the emergence of Morpheus.

And what were the circumstances of the child's death?

Awful. It was a drowning accident in a lake near Nokomis, Florida.

Oh, sir! It has got to be Ellen Clark.

Uh, she briefly audited courses

at the Glenbury School of Art and Design in Sarasota.

And what about the father?

William Cochran, who was a teacher there when she was a student.

That's how he and Ellen must have met. He might have been her mentor.

Uh, Cochran was not at the school for very long.

He was fired after an altercation with another faculty member,

and he underwent a mandatory psych eval.

So there were indicators of mental instability from the start.

What happened to him?

After his son, Charlie, drowned,

uh, William Cochran did some drowning of his own in alcohol,

and then he wound up on the street for a while.

And where is he now?

He moved out of state a few years ago.

Uh, looks like he's been working as a handyman,

trying to put his life back together, in Waycross, Georgia, where he lives.

-Uh-oh. -What is it?

William Cochran is on the move.

He cleared out his bank account nine days ago.

He booked a one-way ticket to Detroit.

I'm sending his photo and Ellen Clark's to you right now.

-Thanks. -

Hey.

Shh. Quiet.

Look, I brought you a present.

Don't cry. You're gonna make Mr. Turtle sad.

It's almost over now.

Well, we sent Ellen Clark and William Cochran's photo

to every hotel in the greater Detroit area and nothing yet.

Ellen and William lose their son and then things go downhill for William.

So did he grab the Wallace baby

so they could start all over again with a brand-new child?

I'm going a different direction.

The drowning of the child ended the relationship.

William and Ellen each took half of the boy's blanket as a memento, a keepsake.

But when William saw it show up in Ellen's art piece, he flipped out.

To him that was crossing the line. And then he headed straight to Detroit.

To take revenge on her.

But before killing Ellen, he had to destroy the legacy of Morpheus,

-taint it with murder. -Yeah, but then why take the baby?

I don't know.

To remind her of the loss of their own child, maybe.

And then he tracks down Corey Marlin and tortures him to find out where Ellen is.

And hopefully Corey didn't talk, because if he did,

Ellen could be in some serious trouble.

- -

It's been a long time, Ellen. It's been a long time.

William Cochran's not registered at any hotel or motel,

at least not under his own name.

He could have some sort of short-term rental.

Or moved into some abandoned space. There's plenty of those.

But he does have a child with him. He's gotta be careful.

He'd also need a space big enough to build his art pieces.

If he came here searching for Ellen,

he probably set up shop in one of the two artsy areas of town, but which one?

If he left his car in Georgia, he'd need access to public transportation.

Within walking distance of stores for his daily needs.

And the baby's. He was very gentle with the baby

when he took her, and if she at all represents the child he lost,

-he'll continue to take care of her. -Proper baby food, diapers,

maybe a temporary playpen of some sort.

In the two arts districts, this one's mostly just warehouses,

but this one's definitely got a store or two.

I'll have photos of Cochran distributed to all the local shopkeepers.

Great.

The baby, is she okay?

The baby's fine. -You need to give her back.

Well, it's a shame that you didn't care as much about our own child.

Maybe Charlie'd still be alive.

What happened to Charlie was an accident.

He was lying at the bottom of a lake, while you were busy painting.

It all happened so fast.

I was sketching.

I looked up and he was gone.

Why did you do it?

Charlie's blanket.

You stuck it in that piece of art,

like it was some junk you buy in a thrift store.

I did it to honor the homeless child that died in that car.

And to honor Charlie.

That's a strange choice.

But life is just a series of choices, isn't it?

Stare at a sketch pad

rather than watch a child at the water's edge.

You sit down!

Let me tell you what's gonna happen today.

I'm gonna give you one last choice to make.

Either you're gonna die or the baby's gonna die.

Which one?

It's your decision.

-Don't do this. -Who am I gonna kill, Ellen?

Tell me.

A store owner recognized Cochran from his photo.

He's been in twice to buy baby food.

She saw him go into a building across the street.

Time's up. Who's it gonna be?

-No. -Which one?

I'm not going to do that.

-Which one? -No!

I'll kill both of you, starting with her.

No, wait! Wait, just kill me!

Kill me.

Okay.

Let's go.

Cover the back.

-This way. Come on. Go. -

William, please listen to me.

-Shut up. -No.

I know what you're feeling.

-No, you don't. -Yes, I do.

I couldn't handle what happened either.

So I became somebody else.

Somebody who didn't let her little boy drown.

I miss him.

So do I.

We can't bring Charlie back.

Lewis, I'm going up. -

But at least you can die knowing that you saved another child's life.

I didn't make a choice.

-Of course you did. -No.

You were never gonna kill that little girl.

I know you.

- I loved you. -William Cochran, drop the gun.

Let Ellen go and drop the weapon.

-I'm sorry. -

How's the diet going?

I just wondered if you were, uh, trying to regain those 185 pounds.

No, I think I'm... Think I'm gonna keep them off.

I'm sorry it didn't work out.

But if it's any consolation to you, I've been there more than once,

and I'm still standing.

Rossi...

Do you think our basic personalities can ever change?

No.

Maybe a degree here or there,

but I think we come out of the oven fully cooked.

Hmm.

-It worries me sometimes. -Why?

I tend to be all in, you know?

-Damn the consequences. -That's why you're good at your job.

Embrace it.

I thought we weren't supposed to meet again until next Friday.

I moved it up.

Know what I figured out the other day?

What's that?

You think you're interviewing me.

But I'm really the one interviewing you.

You may be onto something, Leonard.

How's Douglas?

He left.

Because of me?

You were part of it, yeah.

Was it one of those deals

where he says you have to choose one or the other?

Something like that, yeah.

And you chose me.

No, Leonard.

I chose me.

Let's get started.

You were talking about...

A Spanish proverb says,

"More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has planted."