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There's a basement.

Damn.

Damn.

You sure it's him?

Who else could it be?

I just want to make sure.

Male, approximately 6
years old. I'm sorry.

There's something in here.

What's that baby doing here?

JJ can't let her baby
be at a crime scene.

Reid.

JJ.

Reid.

Sorry, I was dreaming.

No kidding.

We found a 6-year-old boy who
had been abused and stabbed.

Your baby was at the crime scene.

I was trying to get
him out of there.

Sorry.

It's OK.

You know, Reid,
simple dream analysis,

if there's a baby in your dreams,
that baby's actually you.

I don't believe in dream analysis.

I don't know. It makes sense.

The case we're working on

and the case in your dream
both involve children.

Maybe your subconscious
is telling you

that you want to sit this one out.

I don't.

Well, maybe you're
just stressed out

about going home to Las Vegas.

Did you tell your
mom you're coming?

Why aren't we reviewing
the case file?

I don't know. Maybe because
someone fell asleep on the jet.

Hmm.

All right, let's start from
the beginning, one more time.

This is Ethan Hayes. He was 5.

2 weeks ago, he was abducted,
out of his own front yard.

Where were the parents?

His mom just ran inside
to grab her purse.

When she came back, he was gone.

She wasn't away for more
than a minute or two.

Police found his body,
exactly one week later, in the desert.

He was in a new change of clothes.

His nails clipped.
His hair was combed.

That's a lot of remorse.

No sign of sexual assault.

Medical report suggests
he was smothered.

Unsub could see this
death as merciful.

Who's the new boy?

Michael Bridges.

Yesterday, he set out
to walk by himself,

to a friend's house, a block away.
He never showed up.

Are we sure these cases
are even connected?

The unsub called
each of the families.

But no ransom demand.

It was more like taunts.

He's telling them it's their
fault that their child was taken.

OK, so we have an unsub
who shows remorse

and then projects his own guilt
onto the victims' parents.

And if we're lucky, 6 more days to
find the boy, before he's killed.

Amos Bronson Alcott said,

"Who speaks to the instincts

"speaks to the deepest in mankind

and finds the readiest response."

Detective Ashby? Jennifer Jareau.

This is Aaron Hotchner.

Thanks for getting here so quick.

Morning. What can you tell us?

We've got an Amber Alert in effect.

Tip line's being run
through the precinct.

His photo's on the wire.

Has the phone company been served

with a caller
subscription subpoena?

Yeah. We'll get a
name and location,

if he's calling from a land line.

We'll also run the calls through
our analyst, at Quantico.

She can triangulate cell calls.

We need to clear the area
of official vehicles.

If the unsub happens to drive by,

I don't want him to panic if he
sees a heavy police presence.

OK. I'll clear them out,
after we make introductions.

How are they handling it?

Separate.

Craig, Amy Bridges,

these are agents Jareau and
Hotchner, from the FBI.

We just want to say
how sorry we are

for what you're going through,

but we're here to
do whatever we can

to try and get Michael home.

I'm going to tell you,
what I told the police.

I don't want to know what
happened to that other boy.

I just want to hear how
you're going to find Michael.

We understand.

No, you don't.

You're right.

I don't know exactly what
you're going through.

But I do know these cases.

And we're gonna need your help.

Of course. We know that.

Was it normal for Michael to walk,
to a friend's house, by himself?

What are you saying?

It's just a question.

No, it's not.

Do you think we had
something to do with this?

No. I don't.

If this was his routine,
someone could have been

watching him, for some time now.

He'd only done it a couple times.

Amy and I had had a fight about it.

I thought we were babying him,

and I didn't want him crawling
into bed with us anymore,

and I thought he
should be able to walk

to a friend's house,
by himself, alone.

He was really proud of himself,

the first time he did it.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

It's like she can't
engage in what's going on.

It's all right. Everybody
deals with it differently.

I need to know what
happened to that other boy.

There was no bruising
around his neck or face.

I'm guessing he used a pillow.

Was there any sign of a struggle?

No, but he would have
been extremely weak.

Why is that?

This is where it gets weird.

He was noticeably thin,
and both his stomach,

and intestines,
were completely empty.

He was being starved?

It seems that way.

OK, so what's the weird part?

I wanted to determine
if malnutrition

played a part in his death,

so I looked for evidence
of starvation ketosis,

by analyzing some vitreous humor,

the squishy part of the eyeball,

and I couldn't find any
ketone bodies there.

Meaning?

He was getting nutrients, somehow.

Through an IV?

There were no marks
to indicate that.

Any idea what else could it be?

Honestly, I have no idea.

Not exactly a well-preserved scene.

It's the crime scene investigators.

They all want to play cop,
instead of just being scientists,

and they end up
trampling on everything.

So he suffocates the boy
at another location,

prepares the body, takes him out

to the middle of nowhere,
and dumps him.

Except there were no traces

of the unsub's sweat
on the boy's clothing.

What are you getting at?

Well, it's like a
thousand degrees out here.

If he carried the body,
then he would have gotten

traces of sweat on the clothes.

So he wraps him in something.

No fibers.

So he took the time to
change the boy's clothing

and groom him, once he got here.

If he took that much time,

he'd have to do it at night.

But you still run the risk

of someone recalling your car,
once the body's found.

Not if you didn't have
to park it by the road.

Well, you'd want to park a
distance away from the dump site,

just in case someone saw the car

and came to see
what you were up to.

But, now, tell me this.

If you can drive out into the desert,
to dump a body,

why not go in deeper,
where you won't be seen from the road?

Because he wanted to be able
to drive by and see the body.

That's why he groomed him.

It's like he was preparing
him for a funeral.

Yeah. I got it.

Thanks.

We're very confident.

Detective, the funeral for
the first victim is tomorrow.

Do you feel comfortable
asking the family

if they'd be willing to open
the service up to the public?

- Why is that?
- We feel if they do,

there's a good chance
the unsub will come.

I'll go speak to them.

Craig, we'd like you and your wife
to consider being there, as well.

Good. Anything.

I think you should
talk to Amy about it.

If it might help,
there's nothing to discuss.

I understand. But, please,
just... discuss it with her.

When the police asked for
a picture of Michael,

I couldn't decide
what to give them.

I didn't know if it was
right for him to be smiling.

Any choice you made
would have been right.

My husband doesn't know
what to do with himself.

He thinks we should be out
there looking for him.

The best thing for you, right now,
is to just let us guide you through this.

He thinks I blame him.

I'm sure that's not true.

He's right.

My son's been taken.

I'm completely frozen.

And now I'm blaming my husband.

I feel like a monster.

When they need you,
you'll come through.

You don't even know me.

Call it intuition.

I found it when I came into his room,
after he'd been taken.

We don't let him eat in bed.

I haven't moved it because...

I don't want him to think he's in
trouble for breaking the rules.

You know what you're having?

It's... it's a boy.

Congratulations.

- Garcia, you ready?
- Ready.

Mr. Bridges, let's go back
over what we discussed.

- He's got my son.
- Exactly.

Just stay positive. I've written
down some important phrases... but...

We need to answer the phone.

Mr. Bridges, please... you...

I... I think Amy should do this.

She doesn't want to do this.

No. I don't.

It's our experience that the parent
that's least emotional, is best.

Amy, you'll be great.

Just try to humanize Michael,
at every opportunity.

He needs to see him as a person.

Try to keep him on the line
as long as you possibly can.

The more he talks, the more
he'll reveal about himself.

Hello?

Are you alone?

Um, my husband is with me.

Why are you just sitting at home when
you should be out looking for your boy?

You're right. We need to do that.

He's better off with me.

Thank you for calling us to let
us know Michael's all right.

I didn't say he was all right.

I know. I'm... I'm just
trusting that he's OK.

He's in a better place now.

May I speak with Michael?

He doesn't want to talk to you.

He knows what a bad mother you are.

Your 3 minutes are up.

Garcia, anything?

It looks to be a
disposable cell phone.

I couldn't triangulate the call,

but it did bounce off not one,
but 2 towers.

- Meaning?
- I know he's mobile,

and I know he's moving
within the Las Vegas limits.

He didn't travel outside the city.

It's just a start.

Like I said, the more he talks,

the more we'll learn about him.

These are agents Morgan and Reid.

They'll be here all night,
just in case he calls back.

I need to lie down.

Of course.

You should go with her.

Yeah.

What did you find out
from the Medical Examiner?

We think that he's starving them.

But that doesn't fit with the
care he takes with the bodies.

Starvation would be
a form of torture.

There's no sexual assault.

The torture could be a
substitute for the sex act.

I'll coordinate with
Rossi and Prentiss.

We'll call you if
there's anything new.

Couldn't find any
evidence of forced entry.

Why would that matter?

'Cause it means he most
likely knew his attacker.

Reid?

Get 'em off me. Morgan,
get 'em off! Get 'em off me, Morgan!

Morgan, get 'em off me!
Get 'em off me!

Get 'em off me!

Get 'em off... Morgan,
get 'em off me!

Reid. Reid. Wake up. It's Morgan.

What the hell's going on?

Sir, ma'am. Everything's OK.

You wake us up screaming,
you think everything's OK?

Look, I understand we startled you,
and I'm sorry for that.

You're the FBI.

You're right.

You're right. I'm really sorry.

Sir, please, go back upstairs
and try to get some rest.

It was just a misunderstanding.

Everything is fine,
I promise you that.

Are you OK?

It was a dream. I'm really sorry.

Was it about Michael?

No.

I've been afraid to close my eyes.

I'm scared I'll see him die.

Ma'am, I know it's hard.

But I need you to go upstairs
and try to get some sleep.

Please.

I am sorry for the disturbance.

I'm making everything worse.

Reid...

These cases get to all of us.

I'm losing it in their living room.

And I'm dreaming...

I'm dreaming about dead kids

and... being covered in leeches.

What the hell is scaring you?

This boy's gonna die and there's
nothing I can do to stop it.

I can't do this. I'm sorry.

What are you doing?

I'm not going to the funeral.

We talked about this.

No, you talked, I listened.

Please, tell her this
is our only chance.

We feel like it's a viable plan.

You're asking us to
go to the funeral

of a 5-year-old boy.

We're going to watch them lower
his body into the ground.

And the same man who killed him,
has our son.

If the man who took
Michael is there,

your presence might
just startle him.

We're looking for anything
that might draw him out.

I can't watch them bury a child,
knowing that we're next.

We feel like this plan has a
reasonable chance of success.

And what do you consider
a reasonable chance

that I will ever see my son again?

10%? 20?

I can't give you numbers.

You could.

I understand if you can't do this.

But if you can, we need to talk
about who we're looking for.

We believe the man we're
looking for is white.

He's probably in his
late 20s to mid-30s.

Judging by the quality of the
clothing he put his first victim in,

we believe he comes from a
middle-class background.

This is not someone who is
going to be at the funeral

in a high-end or
well-tailored suit.

He also might be paying
a lot of attention

to the parents of the most
recent boy to be abducted.

Watch for anyone whose
focus is on them,

instead of the service itself.

We also believe he may drive
a 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

Pay extra attention
to those mourners.

And memorize license plates.

This unsub dumped his last
body far from the city.

And yet, he didn't try to hide it.

In fact, it was close enough
to be seen from the road.

That tells us he's trying to
separate his actions from himself.

Yet, he wanted to be able to
drive out and visit the body.

This is about remorse.

Which is why we believe
there's a good chance

he'll be there today.

OK. If you sense someone looking at you,
you need to tell us.

We're conditioned to feel fear.

The little hairs on
the back of your neck?

They tell us the truth.

JJ will stay here.
If the phone rings,

she'll say she's a family friend,
and that you're at a funeral.

You can do this.

Hey, kid, we're almost ready to go.

You know, they're right.

Odds are, we'll catch the unsub,
when he dumps the body

or when he tries to
snatch another kid.

I know the odds, Reid.

It's weird.

Some things never go away.

When I was a kid, every boy I
knew had piles of dinosaur toys.

Not you?

I had books and notebooks.

My mom filled hundreds of them
with poems by W.S. Merwin,

songs by Bob Dylan.

She liked it when I memorized them.

She was convinced that
they were watching us

and writing songs about our lives.

Basements are the first part
of a house to be built, right?

So if you're having recurring
dream about a basement,

it kind of speaks to the core
fundamentals of who you are, as a person.

I thought you didn't
believe in dream analysis.

Freud's been discredited,
but Jung still has his merits.

My dream. The dead boy.

I've been having...

I've been having different versions of it,
since I was a little kid.

Hey.

You know, nobody would
think less of you

if you took a little time off,
to get your head together.

I just want to find this boy.

There's a very full
crowd here today,

which I believe is part of the
natural outpouring of grief

over losing someone so innocent.

It is also a reminder that
there is another boy out there

who is in danger,
and in need of our prayers.

Let's take a moment,
and pray for that boy,

for his safe return.

He's here.

Why aren't you helping me?

Spencer, pay attention.

Reid.

What's going on?

I've been here before.

In the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Let us take comfort

in the gospel,
according to Matthew.

Chapter 18.

"At that time, the disciples
came to Jesus and asked,

"Who is the greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?

"He called a child,
whom he put among them, and said,

"Truly I tell you,

"unless you change,
and become like children,

"you will never enter
the Kingdom of Heaven.

Whoever becomes humble..."

Are you a friend of the family?

Uh, no.

I just read about it in the paper.

And you decided to
come to the funeral?

Yeah. It was sad.

I love kids.

I wanted the family to
know that people care.

And videotaping it? Who's that for?

We're gonna take a walk.

And we're gonna do it very quietly,

so as not to disturb these people.

"The form of things
will not be remembered,

"nor will they...

but be glad and rejoice forever..."

Where were you on
the days Ethan Hayes

and Michael Bridges were abducted?

I was home.

Don't you need to ask
what days those were?

Am I under arrest?

No. You love kids.

You're just helping us
with an investigation.

So, you have no right to search me.

Why? What would we find?

Oh, do you like videotaping
other things, besides funerals?

How's it going?

He's nervous. They're
trying to pin him down.

What's that?

You mind giving us a minute?

Oh, sure.

I had one of the
detectives pull it.

The name Riley Jenkins
mean anything to you?

No.

Think.

Back to when you were a little boy.

I had an imaginary friend named Riley,
when I was little.

Riley Jenkins.

He was murdered right here,
in Las Vegas, when he was 6 years old.

My math says that you would
have been around 4, at the time.

He was found in the basement of
his own house, behind the dryer.

He'd been sexually
abused and stabbed.

Where can we find Michael Bridges?

You are trying to frame me.

You killed Ethan Hayes,
and you're holding Michael Bridges.

No.

Then why were you
videotaping a funeral?

Does death excite you?

Oh, wait, that's it.

Death gets you off.

I told you, I don't touch.

No. You just kill them and find new
ways to watch them, afterwards.

I am not sick.

I think you are.

And I think you desperately
want to tell us

exactly how sick you really are,
Walter, don't you?

You want us to search your
computer and your home

because this is
eating you up inside

and you know you
need to be stopped.

I never would have
molested that boy!

Which boy?

The one from the funeral.

Hotchner.

He doesn't know
details of the murder.

You sure?

He assumes the boy was molested.

All right. Thanks.

He's not the one.

I'm sorry.

You said it looked good.

I was hopeful. I'm sorry.

But he was videotaping
that funeral.

We believe he's a
preferential sex offender,

but he doesn't have Michael.

How many of these
people are out there?

More than you want to know.

- Hello.
- Put the FBI on.

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

I saw them there, at the funeral.

Put them on!

This is Special Agent
Aaron Hotchner.

You were trying to trick me.

You were trying to lock me down,

but you arrested the wrong person.

Why don't we just
slow down and talk.

We only have 3 minutes.

No. We have as long as we want.

That's not the rules.

OK. You're right. Your rules.

It was good of you to
go to the funeral today.

You must have really
cared about Ethan.

I loved him. His parents
didn't deserve him.

I took good care of him.

Is that why you bought
him the new clothes?

They put him in those silly blue
sneakers and lime-green Oxford.

He hated those!

Well, maybe when you're good
enough to bring Michael home.

You can tell his parents
what he really likes.

No. He's never coming home.

I saw that so-called mother.
She looked right at me.

She knows he sleeps better with me.

I don't know who you are.

But please, give me
back my son! Please.

I'm begging you. I'll do anything.

Just don't hurt my baby, please.

Your time is up.

You were trying to trick me.

No one was trying to trick you.

You were trying to lock me down,

but you arrested the wrong person!

Would it be possible for us to
work in private, for a while?

He was at the funeral.

I told you.

He was at the funeral and
you arrested the wrong man.

I don't think it is a man.

Did you hear the way she
described the clothing?

She said blue shoes,
lime-green Oxford.

A male wouldn't reference
specific details like that.

I think Reid's right.

She talked about what
the child wanted,

how he slept, how she took care of him.
She said, "I loved him."

A male unsub would have emphasized
the competition, not the care-giving.

He would have talked about how
he's smarter than the FBI,

bragged about not being caught.

We could have been looking
at both men and women.

The statistics are overwhelming.

Women abduct newborns.
Men take children.

Garcia.

I'm right here, sir.

Will you run the license
plates the police gave you

and find any that might
be registered to a woman.

That would be... zero.

How's that possible?

The transcript almost reads like
she's been institutionalized.

You mean she's crazy.

Yeah, she described herself
as being locked down,

not arrested or put away.

Plus, most mental
facilities are very rigid

about the amount of phone
time they allow per day.

I think her talking about
only having 3 minutes

isn't her rule to us,

it's what she's been institutionalized
to think of as normal.

Garcia, can you get
records of women

released from mental
institutions this past month?

She most likely has some
trauma in her case file.

Possibly the death of a child.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

To protect patient privilege,
there's no central database.

I could hack each
hospital individually,

but even then, most diagnoses
are kept separately,

by the different doctors.

I think I might have a way.

Dr. Reid. Your mom didn't
tell me you were in town.

She doesn't know I'm here.
I'm working on a case,

and I actually thought you
might be able to help us.

- Of course.
- Have you read about the recent

child murder and second abduction?

Yes.

We think the person
responsible is a woman.

She would have been
institutionalized,

but we believe she may have been released,
within the past few weeks,

just before the first abduction.

What can I do?

I'm assuming you have a
good working relationship

with the administrators
at other hospitals?

I know no one can open their files,

but if you wouldn't mind just
merely giving them the profile,

that would be a tremendous help.

She's delusional, fueled by grief,

very well might have
lost a child of her own,

probably around the age of 5.

I'll see what I can do.

Spencer.

What are you doing here?

I'm here for work.

We're investigating the murder and
abduction of two 5-year-old boys.

I don't like the idea of you
working on things that are so sad.

I know.

You're so thin.

I was going to come see you
the second we solve the case.

What else is going on in there?

Nothing.

Don't lie to your mother, Spencer.

We know.

We feel things.

Try to remember the moment when
you felt someone's eyes on you.

I don't know. I...

Yes, you do.

At one point you said, "He's here."

When was that?

It's her.

Garcia, the blonde in the middle...
do you have her?

Got her.

Isolate the image. Run it through VICAP.
See if we get a hit.

On it.

Did I know a boy
named Riley Jenkins?

Riley Jenkins...

Oh, he was a story you made up.

No, no. He was a real kid who was murdered,
when I was 4 years old.

Oh, I think you're mistaken.

I've been seeing things.

Don't say that.

I've been having dreams about his death,
since I was very little, mom.

Well, you were always a reader.
It affected your dreams.

I remember when I was 4,
we went to a funeral.

Your uncle Daniel's, maybe?

I also remember we moved houses,

and you and dad argued about it,

and you told dad
that I was in danger.

Because you were.

Why... why did you think that?

I don't know. I just knew.

I told you, a mother knows.

We're animals, Spencer.
We feel things.

I'm sorry. I talked to the
heads of 9 different hospitals.

There's no one who
matches your description.

Thank you for trying.

You know, if this person
has an axis-one condition,

her release wouldn't
be as important

as whether or not she
keeps to her medications.

All right. Thank you.
Again, thank you very much.

I went off my medication
when I was pregnant with you.

I spent every day in terror,
but I made it.

And it was beautiful.

I had you.

Oh, God.

What is it, baby?

Women abduct newborns.

Excuse me.

I don't understand.

Doctor, would it be possible
for a woman to convince herself

that a random 5-year-old child
is actually her own newborn?

If her psychosis is strong enough.

And, again, if they stopped taking
their medication, absolutely.

Thank you. Thanks.

Hotch, hey.

I'm pretty sure I know why the
Medical Examiner was so confused.

I think she's breastfeeding them.

Mommy's here.

There we go.

There we go.

There you go.

Mommy's here.

Get some sleep now, OK?

Mommy's here. You see me?

I got a hit off the
woman on the video.

I ran it through VICAP.
Her name's Claire Bates.

She was institutionalized
3 years ago

after assaulting a fellow
secretary at a law firm.

And by that, I mean she
bit off part of her ear.

- Do you have an address?
- There's no last known.

Try running the
license plates again.

Got it.

No, wait. That's no good.

What's wrong?

It's registered to her father.

He lived in Reno,
but he died 2 years ago.

Garcia, pull up birth records.

If she's really breastfeeding,

then she must have
just given birth.

Here we go.

Claire Bates gave birth to a son,
3 weeks ago...

Oh.

What is it, Garcia?

Social Services removed the baby from
her care, after a 7-day evaluation.

That's why she holds
the boys for 7 days.

She's recreating the
loss of her baby.

But she's taking 5-year-olds.

Her psychosis must be projecting
her baby onto any children

she can get access to.

Garcia, can you read us the
Social Services report?

"While it is admirable that the patient
stayed off anti-psychotic medication,

"for the health of her fetus,

"we strongly believe that,
due to a history

"of violent and
delusional behavior,

"there is a significant risk to the child,
if she is granted guardianship.

"Therefore, the child shall
be a ward of the state

until such time a full-time
guardian can be established."

- Is there an address?
- 2509 Brookside Avenue.

JJ will stay here with you.
We'll call with any updates.

Tell Reid where we're going.

Watch yourselves.
If she's truly delusional,

she'll have moments of clarity,
where she realizes what she's done.

Morgan and I will go around back.

Prentiss and I will
take these doors.

Claire!

Stop, Claire!

She's going out the back.

Careful. She's got the boy!

Hotch, we got her!

She's going to the garage!

Claire, back away from the
fire and put him down.

My baby's dead.

No, he isn't.

He's being taken really good
care of by someone else.

Just like you need to
take care of this boy.

I kept healthy. I did good.

We know you did.

We just need you to step
away and put the boy down.

My baby's dead.

No. He isn't, Claire.
Let us prove it to you.

Do you have a clean shot of her?

She's not armed, Rossi.

If he's still alive and
she drops him in the fire,

we may not be able to save him.

Do you have a shot?

Yes. I got one.

I've got Michael! I've got Michael!

I got you, Michael.

No, don't do it!

A doctor has to check him out,
but you can be with him, the whole time.

He should be able to be
back in his bed by tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're gonna be great.

I know.

You know, this is about as good a
day as we're gonna get on this job.

I know.

And yet, you're still
thinking about a boy

you're not even sure
if you really knew.

When I was 4, my mother had a
sense that I was in danger.

Reid, your mother wasn't well.

I know facts about the case.

Reid, you've got a
photographic memory.

Odds are, you saw the story.

He was just a kid like you,

and it caught your imagination.

I don't really think
that you believe that.

You want to know what
I really believe?

I believe you could have done
anything in this world with your life

and you chose to do this job.

Your man Carl Jung says

our unconscious is the key
to our life's pursuits.

Yeah. Yeah.

So, for whatever reason,

that case was stuck in your brain,
all these years,

and it not only led you
to this career choice,

but to the same city,
where your mother lives

and for us to have the
opportunity to save this child.

Yeah.

Like I said,

this is about as good a day
as we're gonna get, man.

Enjoy your moment.

Hotch, do you think
it would be possible

to wait until tomorrow
to return home?

Do you think you could
find something to do

in Vegas for the night?

Bob Dylan once said,

"I think the truly natural
things are dreams,

which nature can't
touch with decay."

I'm proud of you, Spencer.

For what?

Saving that boy.

How'd you know?

I told you. A mother knows.

Dr. Norman gave me permission

to sleep on the couch
in your room tonight,

if it's all right with you.

If anyone tries to keep
him in here any longer,

I'll scratch your eyes out.

One night only.

It helps if they
think you're crazy.

They don't argue.

FBI.

Put your hands in the air.

Show me your face.

Dad...