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I can't believe it wins a 10.

in here.

Where's the bomb squad?

Clear these people out of here.

Let's move. We got less than four minutes.

Help me.

God, it hurts.

My name is Jacob.

It's going to be okay.

And I promise you, we're going to do something that's right away, you hear

me?

Somebody get me a fucking blanket up in here.

Looks like Ben the Joe for sure.

He's got C4 sewn up in the chest.

It's not like him to leave out in the open like this. Nah, he flipping the M

on, man. He trying to fuck with our heads.

It's him.

You know what?

He up there watching us right now.

How's the view?

What the fuck are you doing in my place?

The door was open, and by the looks of the car around here, it don't look like

it's your place. Yeah, well, Granny just checked out.

The difference between you and me is, you love to pray on the weak and

innocent, but I like to pray on sick people like you.

Listen to me.

Which color wire do I cut?

The one that says, fuck you on it.

Which wire, Billy?

Get up.

Come on.

Ready to talk? Huh?

Yeah!

It's wire here, Billy.

It's wire.

Yeah?

Get up.

Ready to talk to me?

All right, I suspect it's ready to cooperate.

I got it narrowed.

Yellow or black?

Try pink, asshole.

Here, Billy.

We cut the yellow to black.

Yellow or black wine?

Cut the black one.

Put the yellow on.

Cut the fucking yellow.

We're clear.

All right, bitch, assume the position. You're under arrest. Get up against the

wall and give me your hand.

Fuck you.

He got the hiccups. Somebody get that guy a glass of water.

Hey,

you

getting any closer to cracking the grifter's code?

Closer?

I don't know about that, man.

This guy's smart, but I'll get him.

You hear the CDL you got, that scumbag Billy Joe Hill in the pill?

Why does that not surprise me?

He's not gonna walk though now, is he? If he does, he will kill again right

quick.

What are you doing here?

I missed you.

You must have been here a long time.

I was in your office earlier.

It's kind of creepy.

What's with all the astrology charts and ciphers?

I bet it's the Grifter case.

You got that right, darling. See?

In homicide, we sometimes have creepy guys. We go to work, and this

particular guy is kind of creepy.

He's killed four people in five months.

You work too hard.

Well, you drink too much.

Could you?

Appreciate that. You're a Christian of him. You never figured these damn things

out. No problem. Been through this thrill before.

The moon was cloaked in blood.

Amends must be made in a time of great degeneration.

No one has ears to hear.

No one speaks the ultimate truth.

But I have heard the truth.

I've seen the peaks.

I've seen the valleys.

I've seen the land all around this world.

And I've seen the light.

I've seen it.

You shut your mouth!

Shut your dirty mouth.

Looks like the grifter's at it again.

Now she picked her up.

She wasn't just murdered. She was punished.

You find the cipher?

Yeah, over here.

What else you got, Ice?

The cause of death was the result of massive blood force trauma.

Yeah, in other words, she beat to death.

There's one interesting thing about these cases.

He likes to take his time with some.

Others, like this poor girl, he makes it real quick.

You know what I was trying to think, guys?

It almost seems like he manipulates the time of death, like he's watching the

clock or something.

Do me a favor.

Pull up the time of death for each victim.

Junkie for sure.

Yeah, ain't they all?

No, not...

Just talked to the uniform who canvassed the area where she was found.

Her name's Jessica.

Worked the curbs some, but mostly did alcohol from that dive Mojo Blues.

Uh-huh.

Hello? Yes, sir. What else, brother?

Hard to tell if that was rape.

She was hooked up by trade.

Got a cesarean scar.

But she had at least one child.

She was headed down a one-way path, no matter how you look at it.

Hand me some cotton swabs, brother.

With some alcohol.

See now, look at that.

This is the astrological symbol for the full moon.

I may have really tried to tell, but there's something in here now.

That's the captain.

Once I sit down, starting to get a lot of heat from the press.

Yeah, I'm sure he is.

These boys can play good.

You look familiar.

Cop, right?

Let me ask you something.

You know a girl called Jessica Trimble?

I seen her.

She worked this place for John's.

I never talked to her except to take drink orders.

Well, if you never talked to her, how do you know her name?

I watch the news.

I seen you a bunch of times.

You some hot shot, huh?

Yeah, baby, I'm a hot shot.

Look, I need some help.

Them two knew her.

The tall one's named Leon.

He pimped her.

All right.

Listen, this is Leon.

Did you ever have sex with him?

And I'm not asking for the reasons you might think.

Yeah.

He ain't that smart, but he's all right in that department.

Hey, baby, what's happening?

You got some people waiting up front?

I ain't need no people up front.

I think you do.

Lord, have mercy.

Here's how it is, man. We're the police. We come in here, we ask questions, we

canvass areas.

We politely do our job, you know.

I got some questions about Jessica Trimble.

Either I'm going to arrest you and take you downtown, or you're going to talk to

me now.

Yes,

you want to talk to my fist.

Now it's my turn.

Come on.

Let's tell it to play.

Still want to play?

Answer my question Fuck you come with me. I need to take your statement

You're

one tough cop, honey

Shit. Shit!

Two suspects ran down that alley. One's wounded.

All right, we'll go get him.

Call the medic.

Another man down here.

Yes, sir.

Detective Anderson, this is Frankie Miller.

She's FBI I've been assigned to look into the grifter case Grifter

damn the press and their nicknames Jacob know about this You listen to me. I'm

giving this woman permission to go wherever or speak to whoever she needs

Kings got a hell of a track record. We're just interested in seeing how he

does it You keep this transition smooth or it's gonna get ugly ugly

Okay, give us your damn briefing.

At this point, we don't know why he chooses victims.

What we do have is a series of gruesome murders committed with brute force.

Body count as of today is five.

What's this guy's marker?

He carves an astrological symbol in the body.

On several occasions, he's left a letter near the body or on the body.

Symbol ciphers, that type of shit.

Jacob has it partially decoded. But not completely.

Where the hell is Jacob anyhow?

He had every intention of being here, but something came up. Kind of makes us

look like assholes, don't it?

Which one?

Blue Brunette and Red.

Boyfriend just got bounced.

She's so loaded on air, she didn't even notice.

Set it up.

Where's your boyfriend?

Hey, sorry about the hour.

Man, I'm a night owl. You want a drink?

Trying to quit, but one drink would be all right.

What's on your mind, baby?

A lot of heat coming down.

The captain's pissed.

The FBI's been assigned to the case.

That don't mean shit.

We walk a fine line.

But, Jacob, I need this pension.

Baby, you ain't had nothing to worry about.

Ain't nobody gonna get you a pension.

Thanks, Jacob.

I'm probably seeing real paranoid right about now.

So you give me a call if you hear anything else, all right? What's going

on, partner?

Another one of the grifter's victims.

Uh-huh. Where the body?

Down there. Follow me.

Celine was first on scene.

Is that right?

Morning sunshine.

Morning detective.

How you doing?

Better than that guy over there.

Detective King, Frankie Miller, FBI.

Oh Lord have mercy.

Yeah, you know, folks downtown told me you'd be coming, and they kind of wanted

me to cooperate, you know. Well, I'm not here to get in the way, mostly observe,

possibly offer some of my own expertise.

I'd love some of your expertise, you know, because I can see at your age, you

probably got a lot more expertise than we do.

Lots more. You know what I mean?

What's happening, Crystal? How you doing in there, Mr. King?

I'm doing fine.

You keeping busy?

I will. I'm doing all right. You take care of yourself now. Yes, ma'am.

I guess this wasn't the place he was killed.

No, sir. You look at them drag marks.

Definitely not.

Can you just back up just a little bit? Give me a second.

It's your world.

The lacerations around the neck there.

Looks like he was choked with a garrote. The Lord have mercy. See the comment on

the hand?

That's a sesquicuadre. It's a forewarning to back off.

Two murders in two days. Our man's on the move.

Take a look at that mirror placement.

You know, there was a mirror at the Jessica Trimble crime scene.

Exactly. Now check this out.

As you can see, the body drag marks of his heels are on top of the drag mark

from the mirror.

It's like a play for him.

Nice. Yeah.

There was also a mirror at the martial crime scene.

He did like this every time.

I handled a homicide once.

She handled a homicide once.

One time.

See if you can get that photographer to come back here, bag his shoes.

I want to take photographs of these drag marks and the carving on this body.

Will do.

Y'all stick around. I'm sure this girl can entertain you. Wouldn't you say,

Storm? She is very entertaining.

You staying?

Nah.

I hate to smell when they pop to the level.

You girls have a blast.

If it gets too strong in here, crack a window.

Agent Miller, would you like a copy of this report sent to your office?

Thanks, that would be appreciated.

I once had this case in a dump site. It was a complete nightmare. There was

trash everywhere.

We just had to...

Sweet.

You sure you're alright?

I'll be fine.

I thought this place was abandoned.

The Laura floor still has some tenants.

Drug fiends. We already interviewed them.

Where are you going?

To make sure everything's fine.

Agent Miller, I do not think that we should get involved in this domestic

shit. Half the time the women don't even press charges.

You did! Oh, you didn't! If you don't tell me, I'm gonna cut you open!

Please, Lupe, you just smoked too much crack, okay?

Relax!

Devil went from her, put the knife down!

Who the fuck are you? Federal agent. Put the knife down. Put it down!

Put the knife down! Hi, please don't shoot him.

You gonna shoot me, Tom?

Okay, you know what? No one's gonna shoot anyone. Just put the knife down

and we'll talk about this, okay?

She's been fucking around.

I'm not good enough for her.

Drew Lopez.

You lying whore! You think I don't see things? I know what's going on behind my

back.

Or I put you down. So shoot me. See if I give a fuck.

You didn't have that badge and that gun. You wouldn't be looking me in the

fucking eye, bitch.

You okay?

You didn't have to hurt him.

I'm so sorry.

Told you so.

Bartender said the victim was a venue promoter, Lance Myers.

Liked to pay cash, liked to change locations every few weeks.

He says in that quote, never saw a more dedicated businessman, always showed the

kids a good time, and he the best boss I've ever had.

Showed the kids a good time?

That's rich.

This fucker is a registered sex offender. He pays his employees in cash.

I need statements from everybody up in there right quick, you hear?

Have you figured out the code yet?

Man, I'm real close in this cipher, baby.

Real close.

Gentlemen, I need to interview you about Billy Joe Hill.

Detective Anderson, you're first.

The captain says that your cooperation is expected.

You think I don't have to worry about it?

How's your tummy, sweetheart?

Heard you lost your lunch.

I was hoping we could talk in a place a little more... A little more romantic,

perhaps? A little less sterile.

That little incident at the crime scene, you're not used to field work, are you?

I've done my share of field work, mostly profile stuff.

And you're asking us the questions?

We're talking about the psychology of murder, detective, not just the

investigation. It's not for you to decide whether I'm qualified.

Oh, please.

What was your involvement in the Billy Joe Hill arrest?

Were you there when King made the arrest?

All right, look.

This guy's a real piece of work.

A vet who was dishonored with a discharge after Desert Storm.

He's trained as a medic, but also as a small arms and explosives expert.

You can't be thinking this guy's gonna walk.

He already has.

It wasn't our call. The witness refused to testify and the Supreme Court

overturned it. They found the excessive force used by Detective King

unconstitutional and the DNA evidence to be suspect.

That animal should be put to death.

Right.

Here you go, Mr. Hill.

Well, ain't this a sweet kick in the ass.

Shit.

Forgetting my life back.

Why not? You're a citizen again, Mr. Hill.

Call me Ben Academy.

Where's Detective King?

Headed out.

Said he'd be at the morgue.

Is he avoiding me?

You wish.

Listen, sport, you better slow down.

I don't know what they taught you up there in D.C., but you better make damn

sure you know what they...

What's going on, baby? You all right?

Starting to see you more than a wife.

This my guy?

Man, what a shame.

Pretty, pretty young girl like this end up like that.

That ain't right.

Where my guy?

Lightning, take a look around.

I'm up to my ass in dead bodies.

And he's at the back of the line.

Oh, he at the back of the line.

And I thought I might could have some preferential treatment, you know?

Lightning. Do you know who I became a pathologist?

You're a coroner, man.

Don't get carried away with the title.

Clever.

Oh, Lord have mercy.

You're like a bad rash, man. You just keep coming back.

Yeah, look, can I talk to you for a bit?

Sure enough.

I'm going to the coffee machine.

What are you scared of? I ain't scared of nothing.

Well, the quicker I can get through this part... The quicker I can get you out of

my life.

No, the quicker we can get back to investigating the case at hand.

Well, tell me what you need.

Well, I was hoping we could talk in a place a little more... A little more

charming? You know what? This is police work. Come on up here. Meet my girl.

Fine.

Look, I'm just going to get straight to the point. There are several questions

in regards to the evidence gathered in the Billy Joe Hill case.

Well, that should all be detailed in my report.

Well, I'm sure it is, but we still need to talk about it.

Well, I'll tell you what, you tell me specifically exactly what you want to

know about and I'll give it all to you.

Yeah.

You're joking.

Lord, that must have fucked up. All right, all right, I'll get back to you.

So, um, your boy Billy Joe,

Just got out.

Within one hour, you done killed three more people.

How you like that?

I got it, baby.

You decoded the latest site?

I broke the code.

So you kill? Is it so you keep?

At the edge of space, this is the true religion.

I can read the words.

I just don't know what he's saying.

Hey, excuse me.

I got a kind of a long shot here for you.

Um... This individual is a poet. I mean, at least he thinks he is.

Did you recognize any of this?

Nothing I've seen before. Sorry.

Uh-huh.

Well, he does, like, these astrology things and this kind of poetry

concerning the arcane and the occult and, you know... I mean, you know where

I could find something like that here?

That's not my job.

Check the directory.

I guess being polite ain't your job either.

We're closing.

Any luck?

Hell yeah, man. I got all kinds of luck.

Well, like I said, we're closing.

All right, man. I'm just getting ready.

I'm fitting to put all this shit away now.

Never mind.

I can do it quicker than you can.

Hey, you so nice all of a sudden, huh?

Southern Death Threat.

What's that?

That line you wrote down, that's from their song.

That's what you're looking for, right?

And where do you think I could find them?

A shithole club on Western.

All about Eve.

They play the same crappy songs every night.

Bunch of them are astrology nuts.

Man, you been a big help.

Have a good night.

You sure I can't put this shit away for you?

Hello?

Thanks. What you need, honey?

I'm looking for somebody.

Aren't we all?

Yes, ma'am. I suppose we are.

What's the name of the band?

Southern Death Threat.

You like them?

Are you an agent?

Maybe.

Well, they got a demo coming out. I help write some of the songs.

That's what I do. I write screenplays mostly.

Some songs.

You know what, man? I like lyrics, you know.

Man, that's what I'm interested in.

At the edge of space.

Did you write that?

Hell no.

Uh-huh. Well, you know, I like that lyric, man. Who wrote that? Really?

It's Lazarus who wrote that.

He's deep into the science of astrology.

Sick as fuck, you'll ever meet.

Uh-huh. Where he at?

Fifth Beatle over there. That's Lazarus.

Thank you.

I'm going to catch you.

Shots fired.

57 Poplar, 4th floor. I need backup. I need cars now. I need cars now.

MPD! Close the door!

Just wanna talk. Let her

go.

All my life, I searched for a worthy adversary.

Someone who understands me.

Someone who appreciates my work.

Love is love.

And I ain't finished yet.

You know, buddy, we can make this over right now.

Language of the gods.

I can speak any language, ancient or otherwise.

Egyptian, Sanskrit, Hebrew.

I can channel spirits, good and evil.

Make them do my bidding.

I have not chosen you.

But you have been chosen.

To walk with me?

I will walk with you.

The Force will cast gods,

angels,

demons, monsters.

Until we get Ryan.

Whereas once I was blind.

How to do it.

Good morning.

Damn.

You were something else last night, baby.

Yeah, I know. Oh, you know.

Good morning.

Morning.

Come here.

What are you doing, little girl? What are you doing?

Get the fuck off me. Get the fuck off.

I would have done you last night.

But you were so alive.

Sweet.

Agent Miller.

Sorry about the late notice. I know it's... Pretty damn rude.

This investigation is being supervised by my agency. We have ultimate authority

over anything and everything relating to the Grifter case. Understand?

I'll take that as a yes.

You can do whatever you want.

Now let's get on with it.

Pepe!

Bring in 42!

You've examined each of the victims from the very first?

Yes. And the count to date is five?

Six. Three females and three males.

And each death was the result of blunt force trauma, a beating?

Yes. No inconsistencies with the victims' wounds?

Only inconsistencies was the amount of trauma between the female victims and

the males.

The women were beat less?

No. He talked with the females more. They received much more trauma.

Are you aware of why we're interested in this case?

Want the truth?

I'm sensing the end on your part.

Wrong. Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

It's the first male victim.

It's a little ripe.

The flesh found underneath the fingernails, it matches the DNA strand

from the second female victim, right? Makes sense, don't it? Well, it does and

it doesn't. Fingernails are commonly used by a female in a defensive manner,

but not by a man.

Here was the textbook.

A man would do whatever it takes to defend himself.

Scratch, kick, bite, I've seen it all.

Don't seem strange to me, girl.

Well, the sample we got made it seem strange.

Under which fingernail was it recovered?

Right index finger.

I'm gonna need a close-up photo of that finger.

Why? Just get it done. I'll have someone around by tonight for it.

What happened to your arm?

Nothing.

I wanted to talk to you.

Okay.

Nights has an opening.

Nights always has openings.

I was thinking of maybe changing shifts.

Something different.

Just wanted to check in with you first, see what you thought.

This move, it'll help me become a detective.

Like you.

No, you should go for it.

Thought you went back to Washington, little lady. What would make you think

that? Shit, it's because you're out of work.

Jacob damn near got this thing solved.

Jacob has a... Possible suspect nothing more not a little bit more than that.

You see I made out with his wallet Side I found a necklace.

I'm just waiting for confirmation, but my guess is the DNA From this matches

the dead prostitute Jessica Trimmel and an individual named Lazarus Jones is a

convicted sex offender That has been one of my state parole for a long time now.

That's why he's a lead dog Better take notes

When was this booked? Why didn't I get the lab reports?

Well, I just like to keep shit kind of close to my vest, you know. That's not

protocol. I'm not too good at protocol.

Great. Thanks.

Okay. The DNA test results confirm it. Lazarus Jones is the grifter.

Where are you going?

Well, I'm going to go to his address. Y'all can come if you want to see what

you can see.

Just don't put out an APB.

Show him what you got, little lady.

Do you mind telling me where we're going?

Is that his license?

Sure enough.

The address is legit, but no doubt he's long gone.

Did you tell the uniforms?

No, why would I tell the uniforms, man? I need that crime scene preserved.

Besides, we the detectives.

Lazarus Jones, MPD.

We're clear.

Like I said, he's long gone

Jesus Christ.

Some ain't right, man.

Some ain't right.

Why would he bring the body back here?

We should have moved faster. We had him.

Yeah, we had him.

That guy was gone the second he dropped his wall, and then how?

I think I just about got this crack.

Lazarus is spelling out divination. He's telling us the future with his

astrological riddles.

He's timed his killings on lunar phases.

On his last victims, he caught the full moon, the waning gibbons, the third

quarter. Next is the waning crescent. That's tonight.

What did I tell you? He gonna kill tonight.

Mm-hmm.

Do we know where?

Close, baby.

There's a constellation called Therionis Crown.

There's nine stars in it.

I believe these stars somehow correlate to the locations of the killings. I just

need to figure out how.

Listen, I'm going to go home and spend some solitary time trying to figure this

out. Keep the fed busy, will you? Don't you worry.

I can handle it.

Still working on that grifter case? I am. Getting close to catching him?

I definitely am.

He was using the distances between the stars in this constellation of Herod and

his crown and mirroring that over the city of Memphis to a scale that he made

up himself.

If you look at this here, and I trace all of the murder sites.

We placed this over this diagram of Ariadne's crime that I found at his den.

As you can see, there's two stars missing. His next kill is one of these

two locations.

Now, once I cracked the latest cipher, I knew it could only be one place.

You got the wrong impression of him, kid.

Jacob's a good man.

That's your opinion.

You ever hear the case about the cannibal of South County?

No.

That was the first case Jacob and I ever did together.

I studied his file. I don't remember that case.

Well, I fucking do.

Seven days and seven nights, searching nonstop.

until we finally cornered that bitch in an apartment on the south side.

And?

He was inside.

I wanted to call for backup, but Jacob wouldn't let me.

Said we had to move fast.

But that's typical Lightning.

I was like you. I doubted him.

You went in without backup.

You're damn right.

Didn't need none.

I had his back and he had mine.

I was scared.

I ain't even gonna lie to you, I was scared.

This man was not only a killer, he was a motherfucking cannibal.

And what happened?

Well, we moved in.

Real slow.

Being real quiet, shit.

We were so quiet, you could hear a rat piss on a cop.

And then lightning, he stood there real calm and opened the door, just cracked

it open real slow.

And then we saw him.

With his back towards us.

Kneeled down.

Over a dead fucking clown.

A clown?

He was bent over. Chewing on him. Eating his flesh and sucking his bones.

Like it was the last barbecue rib at rendezvous.

Shit. Right in front of you?

Right in front of us. I was shaking.

And I called out, Freeze, motherfucker!

And Jacob.

He's standing there, like ice running through his veins.

Gun covering down, hammer starting to ease back. Son of a bitch.

Then what?

He just stood there, real calm, like it didn't even make no difference that we

was even there.

You're kidding me.

Nah, I wouldn't bullshit you.

He had this arm in his hand, blood all over his fucking mouth.

And you know what he said to us?

What?

Does this dice funny to you?

I get it. He was eating a clown. Very funny.

Wait.

Jacob's DNA was found under the fingernails of the latest victim.

Thank you.

Lazarus Jones, FPD, you're under arrest. Put your hands in the air.

I said put them in the air, boy!

Y'all get outside, go on.

Squad 12, I need backup. Shots fired.

I'm gonna beat you silly.

Hey, baby.

Not to be half as women.

Slap.

Slap.

Punch him.

Like this.

Want a piece of me?

Okay, baby.

Take your best shot.

You feel that?

Come on!

You like to break bones, right?

I just broke a rib.

Enough, Detective King. We got it. We got it.

How could this guy get Storm to take his confession?

He's a grifter.

My arm, you fucker! My arm!

It just don't add up.

Maybe I'm just not kidding.

The facts are the facts.

The lab results just came in. The DNA found on the dead barmaid's fingernails

at Lazarus' farm matches Jacob's. Bullshit.

That can't be right. The facts are all pointing in one direction.

I mean, you saw it. He had a fresh scratch on his arm. And Lazarus has

disappeared. That is, if he even exists.

Look, I'll agree to something that I would rather die than admit.

He is a genius, but I believe he uses the same genius to catch the bad guys to

hide his own criminality.

Jacob killed that barmaid.

Missy, you done lost your damn mind.

It's the perfect murder. The killer investigates his own crime and pins it

on a serial killer he's already investigated.

You know, the sick thing is, you killed her to get to me.

All you had to do was call my motherfucking name.

Just get you some wood.

Yeah, you gonna bend over and I'm gonna stick my size 14 up your ass.

It's like old times, ain't it, Billy Joe?

Want some more?

Come on, motherfucker!

Come on!

You like that?

Get up, Hilton.

Come on.

Come

on,

little Billy.

Here it comes, motherfucker!

Here it comes!

You killed me.

Storm, come on, let's go.

Jacob?

Jacob!

Jacob?

It's Celine.

She's dead.

Jacob?

He's gone.

Good job.

Storm, I'm sorry about Celine.

Billy Joe killed her, and I took care of him my way.

He won't be up on the pier.

You've been a great partner.

I know my methods are unconventional, but hell, that's how I caught Lazarus.

Take his confession for me, would you?

I'll look you up one day.

Jacob.

I just got off the phone with your captain.

He said Jacob booked Lazarus about two hours ago.

He confessed to everything.

including framing Jacob.

I want to listen to you.

How are you?

I want to go home.

Alexi.

Thank you.

Sasha. Thank you, dad.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hello. Thank you.

Hello.

I'm back.

Where are we?

Let's go.

I said, I've been walking down

that

lonesome road.

too long but

baby baby now I'm coming home

She got a set of assets.

She knows how to flash it.

She got a set of assets.

Know what I'm saying?

She got a set of assets.

She know how to flash it.

She got a set of assets.

Know what I'm saying?

She got a set of assets.

She knows how to flash it.

She got a set of assets.

Know what I'm saying?

She got a set of assets.

She know how to flash it.

She got a set of assets.