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[eerie music] [car horn hooting]

[ominous music]

[light switch clicking]

[keys clattering]

[door thudding]

I have to tell you,

that was a lot fancier than I was expecting.

Most cops I know just eat off of styrofoam,

not Wisteria porcelain.

Yeah, well you did just catch the Sigil Slayer for them.

[Ellie chuckles]

[yawns] Uh-huh.

I mean that's worth at least

four courses plus hors d'oeuvres.

At least.

Though, the wine list was a little suspect.

I know.

Thankfully... [chuckles]

I have addressed it with my favorite rosé,

Chateau d'Esclans.

That's very sweet

but I'm exhausted.

Can we have it later?

I still got to work on that new case for the morning.

Ah,

and don't forget you got another one of these tomorrow.

Yeah.

[Kenneth tapping]

Mm.

-Thank you. -Mm-hm.

You're the Association of Criminal Profiler's

newest inductee.

Oh.

Oh,

I know.

I know, it must be exhausting

being the darling of the profiling community.

Don't tease me!

I just wish they would name some new pathology after me

and let me skip all these dinners.

Okay, I need to go to sleep.

Well, let's get you to bed then.

[suspenseful music]

Wait, wait.

Maybe not just yet.

Mm.

Hm.

[lips smacking]

[Ellie moaning]

[dramatic music]

Come here.

[lips smacking]

[dramatic music]

[unnerving music]

[footsteps patting]

[light switch flicking]

[jewelry tapping]

[dramatic music]

[man shushing]

[Ellie whimpering]

Remember me?

[Ellie muffled struggling]

[Ellie screaming]

[man grunting]

[dramatic music continues]

[man grunting]

[Ellie crying]

[dramatic music]

[somber music]

[paper rustling]

You've gotta be kidding me.

We've been planning this for weeks.

No, you've been planning it for weeks.

I'm not going.

Well, your doctor says

it's time for you to get back out there

and re-establish yourself in the field.

Yeah. Well, I'm a doctor too Vale,

and I said I'm not going.

Mm-hm. Yeah.

Not that kind of doctor.

Look, Ellie.

What happened with Boyd,

that's over.

He's in prison

and you put him there.

And it's because you have a gift.

Yeah, Vale.

A gift that almost got me killed.

And it's saved peoples lives.

I mean, how many other people would have died

if you hadn't stopped him.

I don't know.

I don't know.

You're so good at this

and it's time for you to get back out there

and start doing it again.

And you think a true crime conference

with a panel about the Sigil Slayer

is the best way to make a difference, Vale?

Really?

I think that

it's the best way to face your fears

and I'm really, really, really sorry but

I already confirmed that you would be

-speaking on the panel. -What?

I'm sorry.

And you know what?

I don't think you really wanna be

turning down that reporter

from Behavioral Crime Magazine

because I saw his byline photo

and it is a swipe right

for sure.

All right, listen.

If this is a set up for a blind date, Vale,

you're fired.

All right, well you can fire me

from being your research assistant

but you can't fire me from being your friend.

[foreboding music]

[vehicle rumbling]

[paper rustling]

Mm.

Wait, is that...

Is Kenneth going to be at the conference?

[sighs] Looks like he's on your panel.

Must have added him last minute

it was TBD when proofed the program copy last week.

I'm sorry.

Are they expecting me to sit beside him

after everything he wrote about me

in that stupid book?

That stupid book is probably the reason

why you're on the same panel.

You know, like,

you're the fact and he's the fiction.

[Ellie scoffing]

Okay.

I'm sorry.

You're probably right.

This is probably too soon.

I'm just gonna call,

we can cancel this whole thing.

No, no. It's fine.

It's fine.

Facing your fears and all that.

I mean, [sighs]

Boyd couldn't take me out,

I sure as hell am not gonna let my ex do it.

Okay.

Good.

[ominous music]

[jewelry clattering]

[Ellie heaving breathing]

[tires screeching]

Ellie, what... Are you...

-I'm sorry. -[Vale] Are you okay?

[Ellie panting] [dramatic music]

[Ellie crying]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Sorry, I'm...

I'm fine, I just...

Deep breath.

-I'm sorry. -No, it's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

[engine rumbling]

[elevator bell dinging]

[doors rattling]

[footsteps tapping]

[Julian laughing]

Oh, hey.

That's him.

Who? What?

[women laughing]

The reporter that's gonna interview you.

Julian Duffy.

Told you he was handsome.

Miss Douglas.

Yes, hi.

Sorry, please call me Ellie.

Julian, from Behavioral Crime Magazine, right?

Yeah, that's me.

Look, I am really looking forward to our interview.

I can't wait to dive into your resume.

I mean, the Sigil Slayer,

The River City Ripper,

The Babysitter Murders,

it's honestly some of the most

inventive and creative profiling I have ever seen.

Thank you.

[Vale clears throat] Sorry,

this is my research assistant, Vale Talbot.

Yeah, of course.

We met over the phone.

Nice to meet you.

I cannot wait to hear you speak at the panel today.

Oh, I will try to not bore you to death. [chuckles]

[chuckles] That's impossible.

I've literally read all your books.

I mean, your approach to behavior evidence analysis

as a viable alternate methodology is fascinating.

Thank you.

All right. [both nervously chuckling]

I guess we'll see you later.

I'm looking forward to it.

You think he's a snack don't you?

I was just being nice.

Oh, yeah.

That's what nice looks like.

Moon eyes and mild drool.

May I remind you that you work for me?

No, you may not.

And now, I'm going to get us checked in.

You're on in an hour,

the conference room is over there

if you want to scope it out.

[footsteps tapping]

[somber music]

Hi.

Thanks for coming.

Hello.

-Okay. -Eleanor.

Detective Deloria,

it's good to see you.

Never thought I'd hear you say that

or that I would see you in Poe's Landing ever again,

and yet, here you are.

Right, yeah.

Well, it's taken me a minute

but I am trying to push past it.

Hopefully, we can do the same.

I'm looking forward to your presentation.

[people softly muttering] [somber music continues]

Obviously,

and I thought that was really incredible.

I've also done some digging myself into public records.

Hi.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

Ellie.

Wow.

You look amazing as usual.

Ken.

It's been a while.

Hey, I'm sorry I didn't mean to...

No, it's fine. I'm past it.

I heard that your book tour went well.

Looks like you didn't need me

to do that signing with you after all.

Yeah, well.

I just wanted to say, sorry again for asking.

It was insensitive.

I can think of another word for it.

A few, actually.

Yeah, well, I was just kind of hoping that we can

put all that behind us.

By following me to a conference and

crashing my panel?

-Following? -Mm-hm.

[laughs] Well, they asked me to come.

There are reprints of my book.

Yes, your book. [laughs]

Your book.

Where you make me look like some fear-stricken,

hysterical-No, no, no, no, no.

I did no such thing, actually.

The Sigil Slayer killed a dozen women, Ken,

and then he broke out of prison and nearly killed me

and you turned all of that into a pop psychology paperback.

He's a murderer, [somber music]

not a muse.

Yeah, well the people deserve

to know how we solved the case.

We?

That's rich!

-I helped. -Mm.

Yeah, we bounced ideas off of each other.

Okay.

Those victims deserved better

than your yellow prose

and your tabloid journalism.

And honestly, so did I.

And what did I deserve?

I stuck around after that attack

and you just refused to let me in.

What do you want, Ken?

I nearly died.

Hey, you're on in five.

Ellie, I just...

We knew that as a child

Glen Boyd had survived his parents in a tragic fire,

but his whereabouts after their death were undocumented.

It was suspected that he spent many years

in various foster care homes

until he was sent to juvenile detention

for his reckless behavior as a teenager,

but his killing spree did not begin until

he was an adult,

many years later.

With so many gaps in the known history

of this primary suspect,

it's those first and earliest cases

that can provide the most useful insight for a profiler.

It's when a killer is at their most unsettled,

unpracticed,

and where they make the most mistakes.

Here's one of them.

You'll see some dirt on the handle of the knife

used to kill Melissa Parker.

We determined that this bit of evidence

came from Tamerlane Creek

running just outside Poe's Landing.

This is also where two more victims were found.

They were young women

from rural, low-income areas.

They had brown hair, fair skin,

and on their bodies is where the symbols were first seen.

[haunting music]

Dubbed, "Sigils" by the press,

there were three different ones

branded onto the victim's bodies.

[haunting music continues]

This initially led us to believe that

there was more than one killer.

[dramatic music] [pencil scratching]

[Ellie coughing]

However, after Boyd's arrest

the murders stopped and the case was closed.

To this day,

we still don't know what those sigils meant.

[tense music]

Um...

Um...

[dramatic music]

-[woman whimpering] -[Boyd] Remember me?

[blade scraping]

[Ellie coughing]

The um...

The evidence did finally lead to Boyd

being arrested.

And

by creating a profile

based entirely off of the physical evidence

found at the scene,

we determined that the killer had

impulse control issues,

of course, and

an obsession with

repetition and patterns. [blade scraping]

Shush, shush, shush. [Ellie screaming]

[dramatic music]

Excuse me.

This helped us to...

[blade scraping]

It helped us to...

[dramatic music]

[microphone whistling] Excuse me.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

Ellie.

[Vale] It wasn't that bad.

Vale, it was awful!

And that reporter was there too,

wasn't he?

Probably recorded the whole thing on his phone.

I'm gonna go viral.

God!

Honestly, I feel like if anyone was recording it-

Ellie.

Are you okay?

Hi, Julian.

I'm so sorry.

I think we're gonna need to cancel.

Listen, I just wanted to come and see how you were doing.

Of course, this isn't the time for an interview.

It's fine. It's fine.

Really, please sit.

It's fine.

All right.

The whole thing just kind of

caught me off guard, that's all.

Yeah, yeah.

I couldn't imagine getting up there myself,

reliving that pain in front of everyone.

Yeah, thank you for understanding.

I have to say,

I was thoroughly impressed with what you got through

in your presentation.

I mean, pulling together a profile

divorced from the archetypes

and templates used in the past.

Really nice.

Yeah.

Well, the theory is that

we have so many preconceptions and biases

about what a serial killer is,

how they behave,

it's kind of hard to-

Excuse me.

Thank God, coffee!

Are you Dr. Eleanor Douglas?

Yes.

I thought so.

I'm so excited to meet you.

I'm Christine Sanford.

Right.

You look familiar.

I was at the conference earlier.

I saw you and Kenneth Burrow in the green room

and I was like,

I was gonna say hi and then I thought,

maybe I shouldn't.

Yeah, no, right. Yeah.

It started out as a hobby and then it

became an obsession

and I've read all of your articles.

You have?

Yeah.

I mean, you caught the Sigil Slayer.

Well...

No, everybody in this town was so scared

and then you came and you saved us.

It was inspirational.

I'm studying criminal psychology now because of you.

That's amazing.

Yeah.

All I did was help though, really.

No way!

I mean, thank goodness you did.

The police were not getting anywhere.

Believe me.

I was following along like an amateur detective.

[Vale chuckling] Really?

Kind of have my own theory.

What's the theory?

[Ellie subtly tutting]

Well,

you know the Landor house?

The old creepy building off the main road.

[foreboding music]

Well, it used to be a foster home years ago.

Maybe Boyd spent some time there.

A lot of kids passed through it.

You know it's local legend that bad things happened there.

They sound like world class parents.

Yeah, I mean, the Landors disappeared,

the house remained abandoned,

and no one ever thought to connect it to the Sigil Slayer.

[tense music]

So how do you think it's all connected?

Well, I think that you were on to something

in your initial investigation Dr. Douglas.

Oh, what do you mean?

Well, it's like you said in your presentation.

I believe there is more than one killer.

And I believe there is evidence missing that can prove it.

Yeah, you know

Christine, the murders stopped

when Boyd was arrested.

I think you might be chasing a dead end.

Just like I did.

Yeah, you're probably right.

But my gut

tells me that there's more.

Anyways,

I should get back to work. [laughs]

Hey, do you

want an autograph?

Don't be ridiculous, stop.

Come on, just do it.

I would really love one.

It was very nice to meet you, Christine.

An honor to meet you Dr. Douglas.

I'll take that.

She's and eager beaver isn't she?

Yeah, she seems harmless.

So, I guess we're not getting those coffees.

[both chuckling]

Do you want to grab one back at the hotel instead?

Maybe even a drink?

[stutters] Yeah, I guess

that would work.

Vale, why don't you join us?

I have some work that I need to do

back in my room but I'll

catch up with you later.

I guess, but I...

Have a good interview.

Um...

[chuckles] Shall we?

Yeah.

No, I mean I helped break the case

but half the cops thought I was a witch

and the rest tried to use me as their therapist.

[Julian laughing]

I mean, you should be proud.

Your approach works.

I can't take credit for the whole thing.

No, of course not.

Most of the credit should go to Kenneth Burrow, right?

At least according to his book.

[laughs]

I'm kidding.

You know, he almost blew the whole case.

The cops were getting all of these false confessions

so to weed them out they were

withholding crime scene information

including as symbol that Boyd used

that was never released to the press.

Kenneth's chatting up this reporter one night

and he almost revealed it trying to impress her.

Wow.

Yeah, exactly.

Hey, can I ask you something?

Sure.

Why choose profiling?

Why choose to get into such a dark field of work?

[haunting music]

My brother.

He was taken when I was 14.

I was supposed to be watching him

but there was a party that night

and I knew it was wrong to leave but

I did it anyway.

And when I got home, he was gone.

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

They found him three days later.

He was taken by this drifter.

Somebody who had almost been caught before.

[Julian sighing] [somber music]

You know, I lost someone close to me too.

We were very close.

It never stops hurting.

Even though he's gone,

it still feels like he's right there, you know?

I would do anything to get him back.

[sighs]

Hey, I'm not sure I want that in your article.

Oh, I stopped taking notes two hours ago.

Got a little caught up, I guess.

[mellow music]

Well, I think I'm gonna call it a night.

Maybe just one more drink?

I don't know.

It's kind of been a long day.

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Maybe tomorrow.

Maybe we could have one in my room.

[door thudding]

[couple panting]

[door thudding]

[foreboding music]

[lips smacking] [couple panting]

[door crashing]

[ominous music]

Sit down.

[footsteps thudding]

[lips smacking]

[menacing music]

[lips smacking]

[couple panting]

[dramatic music]

[Ellie whimpering and grunting]

No!

Whoa, hey, hey.

Hey.

Are you okay?

We can stop.

It's fine.

It's okay.

Yeah.

[dramatic music]

[Christine heavily breathing]

[lips smacking] [couple moaning]

[threatening music]

[dramatic music]

[Christine screaming]

[Ellie whimpering] [menacing music]

Remember me?

[Ellie groaning]

[foreboding music]

[footsteps patting]

[pills rattling]

[lid clattering]

[ominous music]

[dramatic music]

[mug tapping]

You know, it's probably just some demented joke

from someone in the crowd at the conference

when they saw you were spooked.

This type of thing can draw some real sickos.

Yeah, I'm not sure that's like a technical term.

What's wrong?

My necklace.

Did you see my necklace?

Did we take it off last night?

[sighs]

How did they know that was the symbol

that Boyd left in my apartment when he attacked me?

[Julian] I don't know.

No one's seen this.

It's the one thing the police withheld.

[door knocking] [Ellie sighing]

-I'll get it. -Thank you.

[door clicking]

Morning.

Detective Deloria,

hi, yeah. What are you doing here?

I need you to come with me to the station.

We need to talk.

Look, if this is about the evidence I presented

at the conference last night

I am sorry

that I didn't credit your input with the investigation.

Thank you, I appreciate that

but it's not about that.

Okay, then what is it?

It's about the death of Christine Sanford.

[haunting music]

[sirens wailing distantly]

[Ellie] Deloria, what's going on?

Have a seat.

Christine Sanford was found stabbed to death

in her home this morning.

Oh, my God. That poor girl.

She was found with one of these.

Okay.

This is obviously a copycat killer.

Let's start with Christine's home,

although we can't be sure that

she was murdered there.

Sorry, I don't think you're understanding me.

I'm not asking for your help.

What are you talking about?

How did you know Miss Sanford?

[pen clicking]

I mean, I saw her at the conference

and then we met at the diner when she was our server.

And what did you talk about?

She was a fan.

Of yours?

No, of true crime, I guess,

but I mean, she was familiar with my work

and what I had done in Poe's Landing with you.

Yes, we all know what you did here.

Now, what did you talk about with Miss Sanford exactly?

The Sigil Slayer case, Boyd,

the Landor house.

She thought that he was under foster care there.

Yeah, we don't have any record of that.

She felt that there was more evidence to uncover.

Like this symbol?

Deloria,

I know that we had our differences

when we worked the case together.

[laughs] I worked on that case with my team for years

and you inserted yourself in the last three months.

Okay, fine,

but that doesn't mean I had anything to do with

Christine getting killed.

I mean, this is obviously somebody

trying to imitate the Sigil Slayer and...

Look, I found this

last night in my purse.

[ominous music]

Any idea who might have done this?

No, I mean I thought it was some sick prank.

I'm keeping it for evidence.

Am I a suspect?

Person of interest for now.

[somber music]

You're free to go but

stay near by.

Deloria, come on.

We have to work on this together.

Ellie, this is not just a case.

This is a person

and you're involved

so I need you to stay in town

and stay out of it.

- But there's someone- - Okay.

Ellie, you're free to go.

Okay? I'll be in touch soon.

Please don't speak to the press, okay?

They will be swarming Poe's Landing

and while that might be very good for your career-

Come on, Deloria. Please.

I won't have it in my town.

Understood?

Yes.

[somber music continues] [footsteps tapping]

[door thudding]

[ominous music]

I can't believe she's not letting you help.

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

I mean, we didn't exactly get along

when we worked together the first time.

She can be a bit territorial.

I mean, a woman's dead.

This isn't the time for a turf war.

Yeah, look.

I'm sorry to leave you in the lurch

like this with your article

but I really can't focus on that, right now.

So hopefully, your editor will cut you some slack,

give you a kill fee or something-

Hey, hey.

You don't need to worry about that, Ellie.

You need to worry about yourself right now.

And Christine.

I should not have come to this town

or this conference.

I mean, it can't be a coincidence

that somebody slipped that sigil into my bag

and then the next day Christine is found

murdered by someone using the same MO as Boyd.

I mean...

What if somebody killed her because she talked to me?

I guess that's possible but

you were just being kind,

that doesn't make you responsible.

I don't know.

I don't know it's...

Hey.

If you wanted me to do something about it,

I could help.

Off the record?

Yeah, yeah. Of course.

Yeah. [menacing music]

Okay, so let me get this straight.

There's a copycat killer

who has murdered one women

and is threatening you

and you just want to stick around here?

You just want to see how things go?

Yeah, look.

I can't make you stay

and if you want to leave

I totally understand

but I could really use your help with this.

I need to see this through.

I feel awful about Christine.

[Vale] Can't we just leave this one to the local cops?

I mean, you've evaded death once already.

[Ellie] You know Deloria lacks the resources.

She's smart but she has no back up.

Okay.

I understand, I think.

How can I help?

Do what you do best, research.

Find me anything you can

about Christine.

For all we know,

this is just a local with a grudge

using this opportunity to throw people off the trail

by using the conference.

I mean, that would be pretty brilliant.

It would be pretty sick, Vale.

Right, yeah.

What's the priority?

Let's start with the basics.

Just get me Christine's address.

Why?

Vale. [Vale sighing]

Just please be careful.

You do not pay me enough to bail you out.

Thank you.

Of course.

[frantic music]

[engine whirring]

[Ellie] Vale, I'm at Christine's house.

Stay close by.

[haunting music]

[footsteps tapping]

[dramatic music]

[tense music]

[bottle thudding]

[footsteps tapping]

[door creaking]

[somber music]

[light switch clicking]

[magazine thudding]

[foreboding music]

[paper rustling]

[door clicking]

[tense music]

[urgent music]

[Ellie] Vale, I'm at the Landor house.

What do you have on Cheryl Landor?

[door thudding]

[urgent music continues]

[door clicking] [eerie music]

[door thudding]

[footsteps tapping]

[ominous music]

[haunting music]

-Freeze! -Oh!

-Eleanor. -Jeez!

Tell me what the hell you're doing here.

Stop! Just put down that down!

[dramatic music]

Oh, my God.

[engine rumbling]

You didn't have to point your gun at me though, you know?

Well, you were an intruder, Eleanor.

I was looking for evidence.

You know, that's not exactly what I had in mind

when I told you not to get involved.

Well, like it or not,

I am involved.

That's what I'm worried about.

What took you to the Landor house?

The missing evidence that Christine alluded to

and obviously, she was right.

I mean, you saw it.

That triangle sigil was freshly painted.

Yes, but how do I know it wasn't you who painted it?

You can't seriously believe

that I'm the one who killed Christine?

I believe that you bulldozed my investigation

the first time around.

There would have been so many more casualties

if I hadn't helped you get there faster, Deloria.

I could have got there on my own

and I didn't need your help.

Okay.

Look, I'm just trying to follow the evidence

and letting it paint a picture.

There's no preconceptions.

What are you trying to say?

You're free to go Eleanor.

You'll be hearing from me soon.

Look, just

don't get so hung up on me

that you can't see the real killer, okay?

We'll see about that, won't we?

[foreboding music] [Ellie exhaling]

Okay, so what do we do?

Can you get the original police files

from the Sigil Slayer case?

Yeah, man. I can try.

It's gonna take some time.

I might have to get a little creative

with the police databases and such.

Okay, good because

whoever killed Christine knew

about the triangle sigil

so we need to see what else could be in those files

and we need to make a list

of everyone who knew

about that sigil.

It's gonna be a pretty short list.

Well, it will be less work for us then.

Let's start with

all of the police officers from Poe's Landing

who worked on the original case.

I can help with that.

See who's still around, still on the force,

that kind of thing.

Great, who else?

I mean, there's you, obviously.

There's me, there's Boyd,

Deloria.

Myself now, since you showed it to me.

Right, and then there's

[scoffs]

Kenneth.

He knew.

And someone had dinner with Christine

the night that she died.

There were two glasses of rosé,

Chateau d'Esclans,

which is Kenneth's favorite.

Have you told Deloria?

And admit that I was snooping around

an active crime scene? No.

And that's not proof of anything, right?

I would need to have something more concrete than that.

Maybe we should get the check.

[tense music]

By creating a profile

based entirely off of the

physical evidence found at the scene,

we determined that the killer had

impulse control issues.

[Deloria exhaling]

[agitated music]

[door knocking]

[door clicking]

Ellie, what are you doing here?

We need to talk, Ken.

Yeah, sure.

[footsteps tapping]

[door thudding]

How'd you find out where I was staying?

Vale.

She got the room list for the other panelists.

Right, yeah.

I remember her

talent.

You want a coffee or something?

How about some rosé?

[foreboding music]

Chateau d'Esclans?

A little early, don't you think?

That's right.

You like to have it at night.

Date nights to be specific

like the one you had with Christine.

Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.

You were never a good liar, Ken.

You know what?

Maybe you should go, Ellie.

I know that you were with Christine

the night that she died

and if you don't tell me what's going on,

the police are going to find out too.

Are you threatening me?

No!

No!

I mean, I could have told the detective earlier today,

but I didn't.

I wanted to give you a chance to explain.

Explain what?

Huh? [laughs]

Yes, I met her at the conference.

We went for dinner,

it was a lovely evening.

After dessert and a glass of wine,

I left. That's it.

You're unbelievable.

All she wanted to do

was discuss the Sigil Slayer case.

Then the next thing I know

she's come to a tragic end, okay?

What?

It wasn't just a tragic end, Ken.

She was murdered

and on top of that,

whoever did it is trying to frame me.

Yeah, well that has nothing to do with me.

[tense music]

Did you tell her about the triangle sigil?

Of course not.

I would never discuss sensitive information.

Well, then help me explain

because you were the last person with Christine

the night that she died.

I'm not a murderer, Ellie.

Okay, and I don't need this attention right now, okay?

My book is being optioned for a movie

and I don't want to jeopardize that.

This is not about your reputation, Ken.

A young woman is dead.

Are you serious?

Who are you?

We went for dinner, that's it.

[sighs]

Leave me out of this.

Honestly Ken,

I don't think you've given me a choice.

[door clicking]

[door thudding]

[birds chirping]

[tense music]

Why didn't you give it to Detective Deloria?

I can't.

I've tampered with evidence

and somehow, I am her number one suspect.

If I give this to her,

she'll arrest me.

I mean, look at this.

Christine was trying to figure out

how those three sigils were connected,

but she knew that something was missing.

That means she's a super fan.

I doubt she had any real criminal profiling experience.

This could all be nonsense.

No, she does not seem silly to me in this.

She was looking for something.

Maybe, maybe it was the triangle.

I don't know.

I think you should burn it.

What?

Look, it's not gonna help your case

if they find this in your possession.

[Ellie exhaling]

[Ellie grunting]

Hey.

Oof!

Feels like your muscles are gonna snap.

Hey, I have an idea.

Here, sit up.

Here, turn like this.

Have you heard of box breathing?

What?

The relaxation technique?

Yeah.

I learned it when I was a kid.

Got me through some tough times.

Here.

Breathe in.

Slow [melancholy music]

and hold.

And breath out.

[Ellie exhaling] Slow

and hold.

One more.

Breath in, slow.

And hold.

And breath out, slow.

[somber music]

Better?

Yeah.

Is there anything else I can do to help?

I can stay with you tonight.

I think I need to be alone.

Yeah, of course.

[Julian sighing]

Are you sure you don't need anything?

I need to do something

and I need to do it alone.

[sighs] Okay.

[footsteps tapping]

[somber music continues]

[paper rustling]

[book thudding]

[safe rattling]

[safe beeping]

[foreboding music] [bird cawing]

[engine humming]

[door buzzing]

[ominous music]

[door thudding]

[menacing music]

[Ellie whimpering]

Remember me?

[menacing music continues]

[Ellie grunting]

[blade slashing]

[cuffs clicking]

Don't be scared.

I don't bite.

You don't seem surprised to see me.

I'm not.

I knew you'd come eventually.

You always struck me as someone drawn to the truth.

I don't expect you to tell me the truth.

I don't know what I was expecting.

I am the truth.

[menacing music]

You just have to accept it.

I made you famous.

A hero needs a villain.

To enter the arena.

I'm not here to listen to you preach, Boyd.

Then why did you come?

There's been another murder.

Another sigil slaying

or at least that's what it's supposed to look like.

Oh, that's odd isn't it?

[dramatic music] Considering.

Surely the cops don't think I did it.

No, that's why I'm here.

They think I did.

Ah.

Interesting.

The Sigil Slayer

puts an innocent man in jail

so she can cover up her own crimes

and continue killing.

[Boyd tutting]

[cuffs clinking]

Shame on you.

I'm being framed, Boyd,

and my gut is telling me that

you know who's behind it.

You sure about that?

I'm sure you killed those women.

So whoever's doing this is not the Sigil Slayer.

Or maybe you got it wrong

and that mistake's coming

to bite you in the ass. [laughs]

Or cut your throat.

[menacing music continues]

Are you threatening me?

[Boyd laughing]

[dramatic music]

I did not make a mistake.

I just followed the evidence.

You saw what you wanted to see.

We got you, didn't we?

Yeah, you did.

[claps]

Bravo.

Bravo.

You got me.

For now.

[Boyd thumping]

I wanna go back to my cell.

What do you mean, Boyd?

[cuffs rattling]

Hey?

What do you mean by that?

You'll see.

[dramatic music]

[urgent music]

[Ellie crying]

[Ellie exhaling]

[engine rumbling]

[birds chirping]

[tense music]

[footsteps tapping]

[phone ringing]

Hey, it's Deloria.

Listen, where are we with the prints from the wine bottle

at Christine Sanford's house?

[tense music continues]

Okay.

I'm gonna bring in Kenneth Burrow,

see if he'll volunteer his prints for comparison.

Yeah.

And can you check the database

and run any unknowns against exclusionary prints

that we have on file from the old Sigil Slayer cases.

[tense music continues]

Great.

[footsteps tapping] [phone ringing]

Hey.

No.

No, Vale.

I'm fine. I just...

I just needed to go off on my own, you know?

I really think there's something else going on.

It's like everything... [dramatic music]

[Ellie gasping]

What are you doing here? [menacing music]

What the hell did you tell the police?

What?

They had me come in for fingerprints.

You're putting this on me, aren't you?

I am not putting anything on you, Ken.

[laughs] You just couldn't handle the break up.

So what? You're trying to punish me?

Or what, to ruin my life?

-I think you need to go. -Why?

Huh?

So you can set me up?

Tell them that I broke in and that I threatened you?

Is that not what you're doing, right now?

I guess then I have nothing left to lose do I?

[menacing music continues]

You need to go.

Yeah, and you,

you need to watch yourself.

[dramatic music] [wall thudding]

[door clicking]

[door slamming]

[Ellie shuddering]

[door knocking]

Ken, go away.

[Deloria] Police. Open up.

[dramatic music]

Thank God.

Did you see Ken leave my room?

He got in somehow and he was threatening me.

Eleanor, turn around. [dramatic music]

I need you turn around.

Eleanor Douglas, you're under arrest

for the murder of Christine Sanford.

[door clicking]

[door thudding]

Deloria, I know this looks bad but I am being framed

and I think my ex, Ken Burrows is behind it.

He threatened me earlier.

Is this Kenneth's necklace?

[agitated music]

I found the pendent at the Landor house

and the chain in Christine's hand.

You didn't have it when we first spoke here at the station.

I checked the footage,

but you did have it at the conference.

I checked the footage for that too.

That went missing the first night I was here.

The night Christine was killed.

Well, someone took it.

The same night the triangle sigil was put in my purse.

Do you recognize this?

Yes.

This is a bottle of wine, Chateau d'Esclans.

So you're familiar with it?

Yeah, it's Kenneth's favorite rosé

and he was with Christine the night she was killed.

So why are your fingerprints all over it?

Why do you have my fingerprints?

I have them on file from the Sigil Slayer case.

Why did you go to Christine's house?

To find out why she was killed

and it led me to the Landor house.

You followed her there and then you killed her.

No. No.

That's what somebody wants you to think.

I was with Julian Duffy

the night that Christine was murdered.

You can ask him.

Oh, I did.

Yes, he confirmed that you spent the night together.

Perfect.

But he's a heavy sleeper

and he said he couldn't be sure of your movements

the night of the murder.

What?

[laughs]

You know that doesn't mean I killed somebody.

No, Ellie.

Thing is I don't know,

because you have been lying to me

since the moment you got here.

You're right.

Okay, I have.

I have not been giving you the whole truth

and I am sorry about that.

I wasn't sure if I could trust you

and honestly, I'm still not sure.

But there is something that I need to show you.

[safe beeping]

[Ellie sighing]

Where'd you get this?

Christine's house in her bedroom.

Ellie, you tampered with evidence!

Do you have any idea how bad that looks?

Yes, I do.

That's why I'm telling you about it, okay?

You had doubts about those symbols just like I did

and it looks like Christine did too.

She was trying to piece something together

and maybe that's why she was killed.

Look, look at this.

[paper rustling]

Yeah, we've seen this before.

Yes, okay?

Three symbols

and the triangle.

Maybe we were right.

Maybe there's more than one killer working with Boyd

and Christine knew it. [somber music]

Well, who else knew about the triangle sigil?

Kenneth.

And he threatened you?

Yes.

[Deloria sighing]

Do I need to call my lawyer?

No.

Not yet.

Thank you, Deloria.

Don't thank me, okay?

This is not a favor.

This is a bet

and I don't like to lose, okay?

Okay.

[liquid sloshing]

[somber music] Thank you.

[footsteps tapping]

Ellie,

hey.

What are you doing here?

I've been looking for you.

Where have you been?

Are you all right?

I got arrested for Christine's murder.

What, what are you talking about?

I don't feel like talking about it.

It's over now.

She was just doing her job.

No, no, no. She can't do this.

No, she can.

She can.

Why did you tell her that you weren't sure I was with you

the night that Christine was murdered?

I wasn't sure.

What do you mean you weren't sure?

[laughs] I don't know, anything can happen

-when you're asleep. -[scoffs] Fine.

Okay.

I don't need you looking out for me.

It's fine.

Ellie.

[tense music]

[footsteps tapping]

[urgent music]

[lid rattling]

[bags rustling]

[lid thudding]

[footsteps tapping]

[tense music]

[bag rustling] [lid tapping]

[bag rustling]

[urgent music]

I'm gonna confront him, Vale.

[Vale] Don't do it, Ellie.

He's dangerous.

Leave this one to Deloria.

He's my ex. [footsteps tapping]

It's too risky for him to hurt me.

I have to know.

[liquid pouring]

[door knocking]

[glass tapping]

[door clicking]

[sighs] Ellie, listen-

I found the clothes, Ken.

What?

Don't.

[footsteps tapping]

You were following me?

[door thudding] What'd you do with them?

I gave them to the police.

Oh, my gosh.

Why are you here?

Because I wanted to look you in the eyes

and get the truth from you

before you get arrested.

Arrested for what?

Come on!

What hitting on a waitress?

For being clumsy?

Look, I broke a glass.

I cut my hand

and then I spilled wine all over myself.

Yeah, no. I find that hard to believe.

[sighs] Look.

Okay, all she wanted to do was

talk about you and your work

and your articles.

She barely even mentioned my book.

Okay, okay.

Did that piss you off, Ken?

Is that why you killed her?

I did not kill her!

You're gonna ruin my life over this insane fantasy

that you're having?

Or maybe it's worse,

maybe it's revenge.

And it's been festering inside to get back at me.

What?

Yeah.

Did you kill her to frame me?

[haunting music]

Or maybe it's that new boyfriend of yours.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You don't even know him, do you?

[scoffs] Typical Ellie.

You know I checked online,

there is not a single article

by Behavioral Crime Magazine

by Julian Duffy.

You're not making any sense.

Yeah, or maybe it's that snotty assistant of yours

trying to make things right on your behalf.

Stop.

Did you stop when I asked you to leave me alone?

Look, I'm sorry.

It's just-

Just stop!

Okay, before you do stuff that you'll regret.

[door thudding]

[tense music]

[metal tingling]

[clothes shuffling]

[door clicking]

[Kenneth sighing]

Ellie I told you to get the hell out of here.

[dramatic music] Try again. [grunts]

[Kenneth screaming]

[Julian panting]

[Kenneth coughing and spluttering]

[tense music]

[phone ringing]

[Voicemail] Please leave a message after the tone.

[phone beeping]

Hello, this is Eleanor Douglas,

I'm calling about one of your writers, Julian Duffy.

If someone could call me back at this number,

that would be great.

Thank you.

[foreboding music]

[Julian] Hey.

Hi.

I was looking for that.

Is that why you came back?

Yeah.

I mean, no. Not really.

Look, I wanted to apologize.

You were right.

I didn't stick up for you when I should have

and I'm sorry.

Hey, hey.

I'm really sorry, okay?

[Ellie crying]

I know.

[lips smacking]

[music crescendo]

[Ellie] What we are looking for is any discrepancies.

Something that stands out or doesn't seem to fit.

Okay, so these are the case notes and files

downloaded from the police system.

And these,

[files thudding]

are original case files.

That's a lot of material.

Okay, so let's dig in.

I'm gonna get a small coffee.

[ominous music]

[papers rustling]

[Deloria sighing]

[birds chirping]

Wait.

What is it?

The files don't match.

There's evidence in Vale's original files

that never got uploaded to the scanned files in the system.

[ominous music]

This is all pointing to somebody else.

Vale, did we...

What are you saying?

That Boyd's innocent?

Maybe.

Come here and look at this.

There are six crime scene photos missing

from the Parker murder.

There's a footprint here, fibers here,

different brand of cigarette here.

There's two more crime scene photos

missing from the Bridgers case

and there's a whole days worth of receipts

from the Davro gas station

near where Lindsay Siro's body was found.

So what does that mean?

It means that I was missing information.

It means that my profile was missing evidence.

I mean, this whole case could be compromised.

There could be a different killer out there.

[menacing music]

This case could be reopened.

Boyd could get out of prison.

No.

How could this happen.

I mean...

There was a lot of pressure to put someone behind bars.

I mean, maybe Deloria omitted it.

Maybe it was just a mistake.

You know, they had people working 12-hour shifts,

typing notes out.

I was one of them and...

But I wasn't the only one who was helping out.

Who else?

Kenneth. [tense music]

[engine rumbling]

[door knocking]

Ken?

[piercing music]

[dramatic music]

[Ellie crying] Ken, Ken.

Don't!

Don't touch him Ellie.

Oh!

No, no.

[Ellie gasping]

Oh, my God.

Ellie, you need to leave right now.

Call somebody.

Can you call somebody?

Ellie. [Ellie crying]

We'll call somebody. We need to go.

No, no, no.

We're not leaving him.

We're not leaving him.

We're not leaving him.

We need to get out of here, right now.

Hey, nobody move.

[menacing music]

Oh, God. Deloria.

Get forensics here, okay?

And take both their statements.

Eleanor, I need you to come with me.

We can't leave him.

Ellie, get up and follow me now.

Oh, God.

Wait, wait.

Ellie I'll be right behind you.

[somber music]

[footsteps tapping]

[door clicking]

You are not pinning this on me.

You're right. I'm not.

Why did you haul me in here?

Why are you not out there looking for the real killer?

Look, Ellie. I know that you didn't do this.

What the hell's going on?

I agree with you.

I think you're being framed.

[Ellie sighing]

But I need them to think the plan is working.

Okay, okay.

What do you need me to do.

Nothing. I think you should stay here where it's safe.

No, I'm not staying here.

I cannot stay here, Deloria.

Okay.

But you really need to get some rest.

Go back to your hotel room and wait for my call.

And don't let anyone into your room.

Do you understand me?

Okay.

Yeah, okay.

[tense music]

[footsteps tapping]

[door creaking]

[dramatic music]

[footsteps pounding]

Hey, hey!

Ellie, what's going on?

Are you okay?

Shush.

There are triangle sigils in my room.

-I need to get out of here. -What?

I need to get out of here, right now.

Okay, okay. Through the lobby.

[bell dinging]

[foreboding music]

[Ellie crying]

It's gonna be okay.

Let's go back to the room, okay?

Yeah.

[somber music]

I need to call Deloria.

[phone ringing]

[menacing music]

Yes, this is Eleanor Douglas.

Wait.

I'm sorry what do you mean?

Who are you?

[dramatic music]

[both scuffling]

[Ellie whimpering] [Julian grunting]

[Ellie grunting and screaming]

[Julian grunting]

[music crescendo]

[Magazine Employee] He doesn't work here.

Okay, thanks. [phone thudding]

[door knocking]

Vale, what are you doing here?

I can't find Ellie or Julian and

neither one of them will answer their phone.

Yeah, I haven't been able to reach Ellie either.

I don't know what to do.

[menacing music] [engine rumbling]

Ellie?

Oh, my God!

[Deloria] Just stay calm.

What do you mean, stay calm?

The sigil was here.

This is Ellie's bag.

It's the real Sigil Slayer.

We messed up.

We put the wrong person in prison.

And now, the real killer has Ellie

-and he has Julian. -Stop!

Please, just let me think, okay?

This is not the Sigil Slayer.

It can't be.

They killed Kenneth and that's not part of the M.O.

Right?

And a suspicious kidnapping?

[dramatic pulsing music]

No, that's too high profile.

Too high risk.

That's not what the Sigil Slayer does.

No, this is someone else.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna talk to the only person who has all the answers.

[echoed water dripping]

[Ellie shuddering]

[Julian] She's still breathing

for now.

Everything's on track.

I'm ready for them.

No, we'll make it believable.

Then we'll make it hurt.

[dramatic music]

[door buzzing]

[Boyd laughing]

Detective.

What a pleasant surprise.

[cuffs clinking]

I thought you forgot about little old me.

What do I owe this great honor?

You smell so good.

Tell me what it was like to be in foster care

with Cheryl Landor.

[ominous music]

Come on Glenn,

tell me about the Landors.

This visit's over.

Take me back to my cell. [Boyd thudding]

I gotta tell you,

whoever you've got out here killing for you

they're destroying everything you've built.

Your legend, your legacy.

The legacy of the Sigil Slayer's gonna live on long

after you and I are dead and gone.

Really?

Kenneth Burrow's been murdered.

Eleanor Douglas is missing.

None of that fits your profile.

Your whole story is unraveling.

I don't know, detective.

Why don't you ask the Sigil Slayer?

I hear she's still out there.

Maybe,

or maybe he's in here

working with someone out there.

Julian Duffy.

Now, I can't tie him to the murder of Christine Sanford,

not yet,

but Kenneth,

that murder was messy.

[foreboding music]

Less calculated.

[paper rustling]

Tell me about Cheryl Landor.

What does this house mean to you?

Nothing. [dramatic music]

Nothing.

It can burn for all I care.

Did Miss Landor abuse you like your parents did?

Hm?

That's why you killed them in that fire.

I know it wasn't your fault.

I know that you

created this monster

to hide behind, to protect yourself from the abuse.

If you wanna restore your legacy,

help me.

[paper rustling]

Tell me what this means.

I know you know.

Please.

[menacing music]

[paper rustling]

If you wanna catch monsters

you have to go back to where they were made.

[threatening music]

[Ellie breathing heavily]

Oh, wonderful. You're awake.

What the hell is going on?

[table banging]

How's the head?

Oh, let me see that.

[Ellie gasping]

Don't worry, I'll get something to bandage that up.

Yeah, I wouldn't want you to bleed to death

before you, you know,

bleed to death.

[menacing music]

Why are you doing this?

I mean, isn't that obvious?

To show the world you were wrong about the Sigil Slayer.

You're the real killer?

How? [menacing music]

[blade scratching]

How is that...

Oh, my God!

There it is.

Keep pushing, you're almost there.

A lot of kids pass through it.

You know, it's local legend that bad things happened there.

Learned it when I was a kid.

Breath in, slow.

I believe there is more than one killer.

You and Boyd were working together?

Are you partners?

Oh, so close.

Not partners.

And I would do anything to get him back.

Brothers. [dramatic music]

[insects chirping]

[Ellie] Boyd didn't have a brother.

He didn't have records of a brother.

See, we destroyed them all when we escaped this hell hole.

You were both the Sigil Slayer?

[cries]

That's why the evidence was so muddy at first.

Until I cleaned it up.

Oh, God.

See, you're good.

Very good.

I may have lied about all this but

I didn't lie about that.

You were getting too close to figuring out

there was more than one Sigil Slayer

so we had to make a choice.

Good old Glenn took the fall

to protect us like he always did.

So what does all of this...

I mean, what are you...

You trying to get him out of prison?

Is this revenge?

I mean, you don't have to do this.

Can't it be both? [menacing music]

Because believe me,

framing you for the killings,

blowing holes in my darling brothers case,

that's the point.

But watching you suffer...

[tape ripping]

No.

That's the cherry on top.

[tape ripping]

[engine whirring] [tense music]

[Deloria] Dispatch.

I'm headed to the Landor house.

I'll call for back up if I need it.

[Dispatch] Roger.

[tense music continues]

[door thudding]

Vale!

What the hell are you doing here?

I think that Ellie's here.

If the killer brought her here

I'll never forgive myself.

Wait in the car.

I'm coming with you.

[eerie music]

[footsteps tapping]

Vale, wait!

I am going to check upstairs.

[footsteps thudding]

Vale!

[wood creaking]

[ominous music]

[Ellie whimpering]

Ellie!

[Julian screaming] [Deloria screaming]

[menacing music]

[footsteps thudding]

[gun scraping]

[Ellie whimpering]

[footsteps creaking] [tense music]

[body shuffling] [Julian grunting]

[dramatic music crescendo]

Vale. [sighs]

Julian.

What took you so long? [dramatic music]

Well, I've been covering for you brother.

[torch clattering]

Guess you didn't see that one coming did you, Eleanor?

[tape ripping] [unsettling music]

I don't understand.

I don't need you to understand.

What about her?

Oh, don't worry about her.

She's not going anywhere.

So you're siblings?

Christine was right then?

This is Glenn's foster home?

This is your home, Vale?

Mm.

Always so smart.

She had a big mouth

and I enjoyed shutting her up.

[menacing music]

What happened...

What happened after Glenn went to juvie?

The abuse got worse.

Glenn never got a chance to kill our foster mom

so our victims took her place.

So you're all the Sigil Slayer?

[Vale chuckling]

Is that what this is?

Did you guys make that?

Take a look.

We made it together when we were kids

[gun clicking] [menacing music continues]

so that we will be bonded together, forever.

So that we could stay a family.

All right, I've had enough.

Julian don't. [Ellie whimpering]

Put it down.

[threatening music]

I want her to suffer down here

like we all did. [menacing music]

Go get the suicide note.

[Vale laughing]

[gun thudding]

[threatening music continues]

[paper rustling]

See, now you're gonna take the fall for everything.

It's time to make things right.

I need you to sign this.

He always wanted your autograph.

[dramatic music]

Nobody move.

[Vale screaming]

[wood clattering]

[Vale grunting]

[Vale screaming]

[gunfire exploding]

Vale!

Don't move.

Leave it.

I said, leave it.

Drop your weapon.

Drop your weapon.

Don't even think about it.

Stay down. Don't...

[Julian screaming]

[Ellie screaming]

[wood crashing]

[Ellie grunting]

[Ellie grunting]

[Julian grunting] [dramatic music]

[somber music]

[Julian spluttering]

It's okay, Ellie.

You did what you had to do.

Okay?

It's okay.

Dispatch, this is Deloria.

[Dispatch] Copy, go ahead.

I need back up and an ambulance to the Landor house.

[Dispatch] Roger.

Back up's on the way.

[somber music continues]

[footsteps thudding]

Hey, you okay?

Nope.

But I will be.

Thanks for trusting me.

I am sorry that I didn't do it sooner.

[Ellie crying]

[birds chirping]

[hopeful music]

[people chattering]

[pen scratching]

Well, luckily the case is closed

and Glenn Boyd can never get out of prison.

Thank you for coming, ladies.

Who should I make this out to?

Special Agent Lisa Deloria, please.

Deloria, it's so good to see you.

You too, Ellie.

What are you doing here?

Well, actually

I'm working on a case

and I could really use your help.

Okay, lets find somewhere to talk

after I work through this line.

Great.

Okay, you don't want one of these.

No, I absolutely do.

I'm proud of you.

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Well, look at that.

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