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CAMPBELL:
Detective Tommy Gibbs

was one of Boston's finest.

He gave the force
15 years of his life.

Fifteen years.

That's something.

Tommy was something.

Passionate, dependable,

and fiercely loyal,
not only to the badge,

but to the people
around him.

That crazy accent made him
hard to understand

in Spanish or English.

[PEOPLE LAUGHING]

CAMPBELL:
Yeah, his ego might have been
a little more inflated

than Brady's footballs.

[PEOPLE LAUGHING]

But damn it
if he wasn't the toughest,

most determined,
relentless cop I know.

A good man.

A good officer.

A good friend.

So, everyone raise a glass.

To Tommy.
ALL: To Tommy.

To Tommy.

CAMPBELL:
Gone, never forgotten.

Losing someone
never is easy.

[SIGHS]

He was a good man.

[SIGHS]

I'm here
when you need me.

CAMPBELL:
So, here we are.

Drinking, laughing,

pretending Tommy's life
was sunshine and roses.

It's a wake.

[SCOFFS]

It's supposed to be
a celebration.

It's a lie.

He was in a bad place
before he died.

I suspended him.

Maybe I shouldn't
have done it.

Maybe if I hadn't,
then he wouldn't have...

Wait a minute, you think
he was suicidal?

Yes.

[SIGHS]

And why did you
suspend him?

He was working
an off-book investigation
at Catalyst Diagnostics.

He broke into their facility
and got caught.

They agreed
that they wouldn't
press charges...

Excuse me, I'm sorry.
...if I suspended him.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Order up.

EMILY:
So, what do you think?

Um, well,
signs point to suicide.

Yeah, but what about
the bruise on his forehead?

Well, carbon monoxide
poisoning causes seizures.

He could've smashed his head
off the steering wheel.

I don't know.

Look,

if you wanna talk about Tommy,
I'm here, okay?

Please eat something.

I'm not gonna finish
those fries by myself.

What's going on with you?

What do you mean?

What?

What? [CHUCKLES]

You're glowing.

I think I'm kinda
seeing someone.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Who is she?

I don't wanna say.

Not yet. We're just
still figuring it out...

Hey, we gotta go.

Okay. Um...

I'm happy.

Good.
You deserve it.

Thanks. Uh...
Well, I gotta go.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

It's good to see you.
Yeah.

I'm gonna take some of these.

Okay. Bye.

This is nice. Eating together.

It's nice having you here
for a change.

Got a surprise
for you guys.

I have used some of
my banked vacation days,

and I got the rest
of the week off.

I wish
you'd told us sooner.

I'm getting slammed
at work lately.

You can't move
some things around?

My clients need me.

How about we all do
something this weekend?

Sure, yeah.
Yeah, that sounds good.

Let's do that.
Let's get out
of the city.

Drive up to Pelham.
We can stay
by Raymond Park.

Maybe.

They've got that
rock climbing site
up there.

Sounds cool.
We can talk about it.

Okay.

You look great.

Is something big
happening at work today?

Just something
I threw on.

Flynn, let's go!

Yeah, I can take him.

No, no. You just relax.

You earned it.

And you can
take him tomorrow.

Okay.

All right, bye, you guys!
Have fun in school!

Yeah.

It's us. It's us.

It's just us.

CAL: We tracked Rex Wolfe

to a small farmhouse
outside of Zelena.

He opened fire, we returned.

A physical altercation ensued

and a civilian was killed.

Wolfe fled.

Agent Byrne...

Agent Byrne and I pursued.

Wolfe stepped on a landmine,
and he died instantly.

CROWN: Well, it wasn't
an optimal result,

but at least we get
to close the book on this.

Close the book?

Sir, we still don't know
why he killed his victims.

Wolfe said
he was ordered to kill.

We can't ignore that.

The Son of Sam was ordered
to kill by a dog.

Sir, this was a clearheaded
soldier on a mission.

We believe there are people
above him.

[SIGHS]

All right. You're free
to pursue this quietly.

But whatever you bring me
better be big.

Deputy Director Webb
is coming up from Washington
tomorrow.

Unfounded suspicion
is not a good look.

Understand?
Yeah.

Yeah. Thank you.

Listen, at least this maniac
can't kill again, right?

Right.

Did you mean what you said
about trusting my instincts?

Yeah.

They let us track down
a serial killer

halfway around the world.

[SIGHS]

Before Moldova,
I found a connection

between Clay and Valerie,

medical tests they had done

at a place called
Catalyst Diagnostics.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because we didn't know
each other,

and I didn't know
what it meant.

So, I asked a friend of mine
to help me out.

Who?

Who?

A cop.

He, um... He looked into it
and now he's dead.

Jesus.

Okay, I'm sorry.

And did he find anything?

I don't know.

He broke in,
and then he got caught.

But instead of suing the city,
they asked for Tommy's badge.

That sounds like someone
wanted somebody to disappear.

I don't know
what he found at Catalyst,

but I think it has
something to do

with the fentanyl killings.

Come here, I need to
show you something.

[SIGHS] Damn it.

[SIGHS] Stay out of it, stay
out of it, stay out of it...[LINE RINGING]

MAN: Hello?
Hey, man, it's Nick.

Hey, did you have a chance
to trace the recipient's
IP address?

MAN: Just came through.

All the DMs came out of
Boston Mercy Hospital.

Yeah, thanks. I appreciate it.

EMILY:
Valerie had diabetes.

Clay had CTE.
Okay.

Farley was getting regular
allergy shots.

And Ramos' wife said that

he had back pain
from a ski accident,

so that's regular
cortisone shots.

Turns out Marcos had asthma.

So, that's five out of six.

All of
the diagnostic tests

were being run
through Catalyst.

So, that's what
they have in common.

Another thing that they had
in common were the rashes.

Each one of them
had a rash.

But they're getting
different treatments
and different shots.

And Catalyst, they don't
manufacture medicine,
they just run the blood.

So, how does that work?

WOMAN:
He got allergy shots
every week for years.

Here you go.
Thank you.

But you said his behavior
only changed recently.

Yeah.

Well, more like intensified.

Anything about
the shots change?

Anything out of the ordinary?

No.

Well, [SIGHS]

three weeks
before Nathan was murdered,

his doctor called
and said he was due
for a flu shot,

so I arranged
a traveling nurse
service for him.

A nurse came
and gave it to him.

And did Nathan have a reaction
to that injection?

I think so. One sec.

Here it is.

Three days later he had me
pick up hydrocortisone.

He broke out in hives.

Also, I don't know...

The nurse guy,
he was different.

How?

Really big guy. Intense.

I asked him if he had
any extra doses

because I thought
I'd get a flu shot, too,
but he said no.

He didn't have
any extra doses.

I mean,
that's weird, right?Yeah.

It was him.

This was the person that gave
Nathan Farley the injection?

WOMAN: Yeah. Yeah.
Really creeped me out.

Hey.
NICK: Hey.

You ready to go?
Uh, yeah.

Okay, quick question.

How do you feel about playing
a little hooky today?

What?

How about you and I
spend the day together?

I'll call you in sick
from school.

I feel like
you haven't checked
with Mom about this.

Well, she's got a lot
on her mind right now.

I know I haven't been
around much lately.

But I wanna
make it up to you.

What do you say?

Yeah, cool.
Yeah?

MAN: [ON PA]
Michael Crawford, 3-4-0.

Michael Crawford, 3-4-0.

Hey, listen,
I was thinking...

We should go away somewhere.

How?

I have family, work.

Well, they'll still be here
when we get back.

Okay, wait. [CHUCKLES]

I have to go.

[PANTING]

WOMAN: [ON PA]
Dr. Richard. Dr. Richard.

Me and Donny were on duty.

We saw there was a breach
in the archive room.

Donny went down
to apprehend him.

We were just doing our job.

CAL: Well, we're investigating
Detective Gibbs, not you.

So, can we please
see the footage?

All right.

Okay.

Oh, we got another angle.

[MOUSE CLICKING]

CAL: What?

No, that's outside. What? No.

So, that's it?

That's all you got?
That's all.

You got any cameras
in the archive room?SECURITY GUARD: No.

Can you take us down
to the archive room?

SECURITY GUARD:
Not without a warrant.

EMILY:
A man was killed over this,

and you're gonna hold us back

just because
of some paperwork?

Byrne.
SECURITY GUARD:
Look, I like my job.

Without my boss's okay,
this is the end of the tour.

CAL: Okay. We'll come back
with a warrant.

Thank you, sir. Byrne.

Why would you do that?

We've gotta work up a warrant.

You know we need to see
what Tommy found.

Come on, Byrne.
If you wanna make
the case, we'll get a warrant.

Hey, Dad?
Yeah, what's up, buddy?

Never mind.

You know you can talk to me
about anything, right?

You got mad last time.

[SIGHS] Is this about
Tyler Brandon Mills?

Yeah.

Yeah, I wasn't mad at you.

I just had
a lot on my mind.

I just think it was
pretty awesome.

And, like, you took out
a terrorist.

That's all.

I try my best.

I just wonder
if I've got what it takes.

Like a life-or-death
situation.

Hey, you know
what this is?

A plant?
It's moss.

Grows on the north side
of trees and rocks.

So?

Well, it's easy
to get lost out here.

You know where north is

and you can always find
your way home.

FLYNN:
The compass on my phone
works pretty good, too.

NICK: [CHUCKLES] Yeah,
you're a real smart-ass,
you know that?

Let's fill this thing up.

I'm glad I was too sick
for school today.

Me, too.

Okay, how about this one.
Leaves with three...

...leave them be.
...leave them be.

Okay, you know that one.

And you know what they say
about snakes?

What?
Never pee on them.

[FLYNN CHUCKLES]

[ENGINE CRANKS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[BEEPS]

[CRYING]

[SNIFFLES]

[CRYING]

[SNIFFLES]

Okay, you have
the fentanyl killer case

and the Tyler Brandon Mills
case reports, right?

I do. I do, yes.
Here we go.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Here comes Director Webb.

Good afternoon, sir.

Julianne.
JULIANNE: Foster.

How are you?
Hey.

[CHUCKLING]
It's been too long.

How's Boston
been treating you?Not too bad, yeah.

How's Quinn and Blake?
FOSTER: Growing like weeds.

JULIANNE:
Of course. I can imagine.

CROWN: All right, come on.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Thanks for picking him
up from school.

Actually,
we took the day off.

Nick, school
is important for Flynn.

Routine is a key part
of his therapy.

NICK:
I'm starting to think that

Flynn doesn't need to go
to therapy.

He should be with us,
his family.

He spent his childhood
thinking his mother was dead.

He met and lost his biological
grandmother in days,

and then Warren's
health scare.

Trust me, he needs
Dr. Oduwale's support
and expertise.

We all do.

NICK: Maybe he'd need
less of Dr. O's support

if you weren't so
distracted lately.

Are you really
putting this on my job

when you've barely been home?

You take a few days off

and think you're
father of the year?

I think
I'm doing my best.

How much more shit
am I gonna get

about being busy
for a few weeks?

Weeks? You've been
a stranger for months.

Ever since the miscarriage.

I was giving you space.

You said that
you didn't wanna
talk about it.

For a few days,
not forever.

It's like
I don't exist to you.

You don't spend time with me.
You barely even look at me.

Well, does someone else
have that covered now?

What is that
supposed to mean?Why were you at a hotel?

I took an afternoon
to decompress.Sure you did.

You're being insane.

[SIGHS]

Byrne?

Byrne?

Go home.

I'll call you
if I find anything.

There are hundreds of people
with the name Quill in
Massachusetts alone.

Yeah.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, keep 'em coming.

Thanks.

Hey, you're that guy
from the FBI.

You brought down
that terrorist.

Put his drinks on my tab.

This guy's
a national hero.No.

No.

I saw you on TV.
You were amazing.

Hey, you all right, pal?
Yeah, I'm fine.

[SIGHS]

Thanks.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

NICK: Emily.

NICK: Emily, you in there?
I...

It's Nick.
I need to talk.

Yeah, okay,
I'm coming. One second.

Okay.

Um...

I, uh...

What happened?

[SIGHS] I think Alice
is cheating on me.What?

Yeah, I found, um...

I found some e-mails
from some...

Some messages.

Wait, e-mails?
What are you talking about?

[STAMMERING]
I don't know.

I don't even know
who they're from.
I don't. I just...

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

I don't even really know
what they mean.
If they mean...

Because they
don't mean anything.

What are you talking about?

I know I do.

I know I do.
No, Nick,
I don't believe that.

She doesn't seem like that.
She would never hurt you.

She seems so...
Safe?

No, loving.

And loyal.

I guess you never
really know someone,
do you?

Maybe it's for the best.

What are you talking about?

Hey.
Hey.

No. No. Nick, no.

Why not?

Hmm?

Hmm?

We don't get to go backwards.

You ever, um...

Do you ever think about

what could've been?

[SIGHS]

No.

Mmm.

We can't erase what happened.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hello?
It's Cal. I've got something.

Hey.
Hey.

Can I come in?
Yeah.

Yeah?

So, I think I found Quill.

Can I show you?
Yeah, go ahead.

So, Quill is
a research project

run out of
Saugus University.

It was started
in the late '70s
with government funding.

They handed out
hundreds of grants.

It was like
a science incubator.

But then in the mid-'80s,
the funding dried up.

Is there any connection
to Catalyst Diagnostics?

CAL: No.

Well, what about
Rex Wolfe?Not yet.

But there is this guy.

He's still a professor
at Saugus. Ulf Maston.

You recognize him?

No.

[SIGHS]

You know, maybe we talk to him
in the morning, right?

We'll see you
in the morning.

What's going on over there?

All right, I'll get
outta your hair.

Those are foster kids
from the Barrett House.

Some of them were
Shen experiments,
like Laurie.

I couldn't let it lie.

Detective Gibbs
was helping me with that, too.

Good night.

Night.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

CAL: He's in Building 60.
Let me find out where it is.

Okay.

[THUNDER CRASHES]

[RAIN PATTERING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[SIGHS]

ALICE: Good morning.

Alice.

I'm sorry.

There's been
a lot going on at work.

A lot I...

A lot I couldn't talk about.

[SIGHS]

We can talk now.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

I didn't kill
Tyler Brandon Mills
during that convoy.

What?

[VOICE BREAKING]
Another man
killed Mills.

And then he put a gun
to the back of my head.

I thought he was gonna
kill me, too.Oh, my God.

All I could do
is just lay there.

And then he left.

But the interview you did
with Erica Lyle...

It was a lie.

And I wanted to tell you
what really happened.

That I was afraid
that I was gonna die.

And that I felt
like a coward.

I wanted
to tell you that.

I'm no hero.

I ran from...

I ran away
from our son

[CRYING]
when he was struggling

and because I didn't know
how to help him.

And then I ran away from you
after the miscarriage

because I was afraid
to face the pain.

Honestly.

[SIGHS]

We lost a child.

And I wasn't there for you.

Or for us.

And you know what?
You were right.

I really... I did.

I thought that
I could home

for a couple days
and I could...

I could fix everything.

It was my fault, too.

I should have told you
what I was going through.

For a while now, I haven't
been sure what my place is.

If I really belong anywhere.

I thought working
would make me feel valued.

But you're valued...
I know. I know.

But it's not just that.

I've been

restless.

Okay.

And

I met with Dr. Huang
the other day.

[SOBBING]

She said I won't be able
to have a baby.

Hey.

[SNIFFLES]

[SOBBING]
I wanted to build
a family with you.

But you have.

You have built a family.

[SIGHS]
With me.

What are you doing here?
This is a restricted area.

Get out of here!

I'm looking for
Ulf Maston.I'm Ulf Maston.

Who are you?

I'm FBI. I need to talk to you
about Project Quill.

Project Quill. Yeah.

Yeah, you called.
Yeah, follow me.

ULF:
So, this is Project Quill,
or what's left of it.

It was a psychobiology
incubator. The goal was
cross-pollination.

Information sharing.

Talking across projects
and disciplines.

We were originally funded
to look into PTSD.

How to help soldiers
returning from Vietnam and,

later, other conflicts,

handle trauma.

It was becoming a big problem.

Now, if you could
take a lid off
the old rat cage there.

Okay, little fellow.
[CHUCKLING]

[SQUEAKING]

There we go.

There. Doesn't hurt at all.

Hey.
Okay, if you could just
hold on to him.

Yeah.
Thank you.

Hello.

Right. Follow me.

So, how do the rats
figure in?

ULF: Well, it turns out
that the body

has a very specific
biochemical response
to stress.

Different subjects respond
differently when subjected
to trauma.

These are your test subjects?

As they were
during Quill. Yeah.

Rats are often vilified
as disease-spreading monsters,

but they're
very intelligent
social creatures.

Did you know they live
in communities?No.

A rat will often take care
of a member of their group

if it becomes
injured or sick.

They protect each other?
They can.

And individual rats
respond differently
to stress and trauma,

just like people.

See, I've been
working for years

to distill
which hormone leads

to the most resilient
response.

Why are some people
more effective
in the face of stress?

Why do some fall apart?

See, if I could bottle
the right chemical
combination,

just imagine what
an amazing boon
that would be,

not just for soldiers
returning home from war,
but for society.

Did you have any luck
with the rats?

I bred these rats myself,

and they come
as near as possible

to what seem to be
the most resilient
combination

of various
stress chemicals.

Does it work?

Not as I predicted,
as often happens in science.

[TIMER BEEPING]

There we...

But it's interesting.

[HISSING]
EMILY: Whoa!

[HISSING CONTINUES]

[RAT SQUEAKING]

So, the serum works,
but not the way
I thought it would.

These rats
can withstand stress.

There are
fewer heart attacks.

Better odds
of survival in a fight,

but they've become
more aggressive,

violent, murderous, even,
toward their fellow rodents.

[DOOR OPENS]

EMILY: This is
Special Agent Isaac.

Professor Maston.

It was never my intention.

Project Quill
lost its funding decades ago.

Most of us scattered.

Did you ever
experiment on people?

ULF: Oh, no, no.
What'd you have to
put someone through.

No, there are prohibitions
on that sort of thing.

But do you think
anyone might have tried?

I mean, to continue
the experiments on people?

Many years ago
I had a collaborator.

A behavioral psychologist.

Pushed the envelope
on that sort of thing.

But that was a problem
right away.

Lu-Fang
didn't last long
at Quill.

CAL: Who?
ULF: Lu-Fang Shen.

He was a brilliant theorist.

HARLOW: Shen was looking
for a very specific profile.

You had what
he was looking for.

ULF: Came to
a bad end, I'm afraid.

[GASPING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

EMILY: Get it together.
Get it together.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SQUEAKING]

Calm down.

[SCREAMS]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]