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Rossi: Previously
on "Criminal Minds"...

You're not
going down?

I have to go up,
actually.

Oh, right, you're
meeting with Barnes.

Should I be worried?

Not as long as
I'm in charge.

Good evening, agent Jareau.

Assistant director
Barnes.

I'm sorry for
the sudden urgency

in having to meet
tonight.

However, effective
immediately,

SSA Emily Prentiss
will be placed on
administrative leave

pending an internal review.

If you wouldn't mind
leaving your
cell phone out here,

we can talk in my office.

My apologies for
the cloak-and-dagger
routine with the email.

I needed a reason
to bring you in

that would ensure
a certain confidentiality.

What do you mean,
agent Prentiss

has been placed on
administrative leave?

I've been looking
over your work,

and I think you're
doing an excellent job.

Why do you think
the brass didn't
give you a shot

at unit chief
when agent Hotchner
elected to leave?

Prentiss was
the natural choice.

She had seniority.

You're aware this month
marks the one-year
anniversary

of agent Reid's
arrest in Mexico?

I was aware that was
coming up, yes.

When something
like this happens,

it's standard
operating procedure

for the director
to initiate
an internal audit.

I've been asked to go
over the BAU's caseload

to make sure that you're
following protocol.

We work by the book,
always.

Then this should be
a fairly painless process.

Of course.

As team leader,
agent Prentiss will need

to give a full account
of the BAU's actions.

That's why effective
immediately,

you will be the acting
head of the behavioral
analysis unit.

I--

Pending further review,
you and your team

will remain
on active duty.

Agent Jareau,
as a courtesy,

I chose
to inform you first.

I'll be speaking
with agent Prentiss
in the morning,

so I'd appreciate it
if you'd keep this
between us

until you hear from me.

Emily?

Prentiss: Hey, I was hoping
we were gonna get the night off,

but we've just
pulled another case.

I know it's been
a long week, but I need
you back here.

Are you still in--

Emily, something's
going on.

Prentiss: Thank you all for
getting back here so quickly.

I got a call from
chief wheeler

at the New Orleans
police department.

They've requested our help.
Garcia, go ahead.

Garcia: The big easy
has its own big bad
operating in its midst.

Earlier today, police
uncovered a mass grave

inside
a vandalized crypt.

Prentiss: Trem� cemetery.

10 bodies in total
Were discovered

by the groundskeeper
this afternoon.

Garcia: Yeah. The bodies
were buried and burned

inside the secluded tomb
that had been pried open.

They are believed to
have been placed there
in the last few weeks.

The tomb was off-limits
due to some maintenance
being done.

Rossi: Looks like
local pd is still working
on I.D'ing the victims.

Has a cause of death
been determined?

No. But the coroner
did reveal this one
super icky detail--

All of the bodies had been
drained of their blood.

Let's make sure
to check on that
first thing.

Trem� cemetery's
an active site.

It's famous.
It's the oldest
cemetery in the city.

Reid: Home to Marie Laveau,

the voodoo queen
of New Orleans,

known for her powers
of clairvoyance, healing,
and intimidation.

Legend has it she once
helped free a man

accused of murder by praying
for 72 hours straight

with 3 hot peppers
in her mouth.

Voodoo queen.
I mean, is that
what this is?

Some kind of
ritualistic killing?

Simmons:
I see these X's here.

They're used to denote
the grave

of a powerful
voodoo practitioner.

Markings like this aren't
uncommon in these parts.

These look like they've
been here for a while.

Could be the reason
our unsub chose
this particular crypt

to do his bidding.

New Orleans PD wants
us there asap.

There is one more thing.
I won't be coming along.

JJ will be acting as
unit chief in my absence.

I have a meeting with
assistant director Barnes
tomorrow morning.

It's short notice, but
as far as I understand,

it's just a standard
administrative review,

so I'm sure everything
will be fine.

OK. Um, wheels up in 30.

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Prentiss:
"my wound is geography.

It is also my anchorage,
my port of call."

Pat Conroy.

First Barnes pulls you
in for a late-night meeting,

then Prentiss.

And it feels like
something's going on.

Yeah, and why all
the urgency?

I mean, it couldn't have
waited till we all got back?

Something
must have triggered
an internal review.

It's me.

It's been almost a year
since my arrest in Mexico.

It's just
an annual review,

standard operating
procedure.

Matt, you worked
with Barnes on your
last assignment.

How much trouble
are we in?

I mean, I hate to say it,

but this is
the exact same thing

she did with the I.R.T.
Before disbanding the unit.

She started with
the head of the team,

then she worked
her way down.

She tried to pit us
against each other.

Barnes' reputation
precedes her.

She's climbed
the ranks well.

Well, clearly she's
good at her job.

We're better.

JJ: And we haven't
done anything wrong.

We can't worry about
this right now

because we have a case.

People need our help.

So, let's get started
with victimology.

Wheeler:
5 of the 10 victims
Have been identified.

These 3--Jason Chamers,
Lindsay Montoya,

and Gary Keulchy--
Were homeless.

And these two--
Sonequa Fox
and Daniel Rikers--

Were working
professionals.

And Mr. Rikers
and ms. Fox were

both reported missing
a week and a half ago.

That's correct.
They both left their
homes in mid-city

and never returned.

And the 3 homeless
victims were last seen

in a shelter near
the french quarter?

Yes. We periodically
check the nightly
roll calls

when we find a body.

They were most likely
panhandling in the area.

Rossi: Our unsub crossed
racial and gender lines.

And he's mobile.

Reid: You know, realistically,
it's likely each victim

was abducted, killed,
and disposed of individually.

JJ: We need to see what
the M.E. Can tell us

about the timeline
of the murders.

Lewis: We'd expect
an unsub like this

to start with high-risk
victims like the homeless

and then move on
to low-risk victims

like Sonequa and Daniel,

but until we I.D.
the remaining victims,

it's really hard to
draw any conclusions.

So he'd need somewhere
to hold them

and do his bloodletting
business

before bringing them
back to the crypt.

I've already started
a geo-profile, but
the more we can learn

about the victims'
Last moments, the more
accurate it'll be.

JJ: Good. Garcia can help
with that, too.

Woman: Excuse me, sir.

Found another
burned body.

This time in a crypt
in Trem� cemetery
number two.

Just one?
Yeah.

And the crypt wasn't
nearly as secluded.

We've disrupted
his routine.

Another tomb,

but now he's
improvising.

Dave, head to the M.E.

Spence, Tara, why don't
you guys stick around here,

help with
the identification efforts?

Matt and Luke,
you're with me.

Let's head to this
latest crime scene.

Barnes: I want to reiterate
that this conversation
is on the record.

Today is
February 1, 2018.

This is assistant
director Linda Barnes

sitting with unit chief
Emily Prentiss.

Now, agent Prentiss,
do you know why you're
here today?

I do not.

Agent Jareau
didn't call you?

No.

We're not off to
a very good start,
are we?

I've asked you
one question, and
you've lied to me.

Shall we try that
again? did agent
Jareau call you?

No, agent Jareau
did not call me.

I called her to let her
know we had another case.

She informed me that
she had spoken with you,

but she did not
disclose what was said.

Agent Jareau
isn't in any trouble.

I expected
she'd call you.

As I'm sure
you're aware, it is
the one-year anniversary

of agent Reid's
arrest in Mexico

following a high-speed
chase with the local
authorities.

Your team traveled down
to conduct your own
investigation

into the incident

and, per
your case report,

transfer him to
a federal facility
in the U.S.

I went through
your findings

and subsequent
months-long investigation.

The thing is, once
I started to dig,
I couldn't stop.

What I found,
agent Prentiss,

was that with you
at the helm,

team loyalty
is more important
than bureau policy.

That's not
a fair assessment.

As your team has expanded,
so have the cases

you've agreed
to investigate.

Mistakes have been made.

So that's what we're
here to discuss--

The state of
the behavioral
analysis unit

under the leadership
of Emily Prentiss.

[indistinct
police radio chatter]

Simmons: Unsub was confident
he wouldn't be caught.

This would take
a lot of effort.

What do you got?

Alvez: Scorching patterns
on the concrete

indicate the unsub used
some kind of accelerant.

No signs of blood
or trauma.

It's likely he
was killed elsewhere

and then disposed
here.

All right. Well, our victim
here is Jeremy Paulson.

According to his wife, he
left work early last night

told co-workers
he wasn't feeling well.

His car was found parked
at the neighborhood
basketball court.

His water bottle
and basketball
were found nearby.

So did he meet
someone

or was he just
playing hooky?

We should get local pd
to canvass the area
for witnesses,

both here and at the park.

This crypt doesn't have any
voodoo markings or symbols,

which is odd,

considering that a lot of
the graves in this area do.

So maybe it's not
as important to him

as we initially thought.

Alvez: Well, if this
doesn't involve voodoo,

then why the elaborate M.O.?

It's not for show.
He's concealing
and burning the bodies.

JJ: And we found
his burial ground

and he barely skipped a beat.

This feels less like
some kind of a ritual

and more like a mission.

The question is,
what's his grievance?

Sorry. Just allergies.

What you doin'?

You can't park
here. It's--

What?

Unh!

So despite having
one of the highest solve
rates in the bureau,

your leadership record
is complicated.

This business with Roswell

just being
the most recent example.

Most recent example
of what?

A team gone rogue.

We've been accused
of that before,

and we've even testified

in front of the senate
intelligence committee.

It wasn't true then,
and it isn't true now.

But you'd agree
that transparency
and accountability

are of the utmost
importance?

Of course.

So the shooting death
of a man in custody

in a police station
in Roswell--

Hold on. Let's just get
our facts straight first.

It was a suicide,
not a shooting.

The man in question
wasn't in custody,

and he was not
in a police station.

Mr. Downey voluntarily
agreed to speak
with the police

about an unusual death
in the Roswell truther
community.

And he had
a concealed weapon?

The weapon wasn't detected
due to a mechanical error

with the metal detector
that the Roswell pd
had installed.

There was no indication
that he or anyone else
would be armed.

However, if you had
questioned this group

formally
in a police station,

the outcome might
very well have been
different.

The truthers distrust
law enforcement.

They would never
have cooperated

if we'd brought them
into a police station.

Perhaps not.

And ultimately,
that decision

allowed us to find
the person

responsible for the murder
of a local man.

At the cost of another.

And then there's
the death

of SSA Stephen Walker,

your team member.

You knew agent Walker.

You worked with him
on assignment in France.

You recruited him
to join the BAU.

He was an exemplary agent.

SSA Walker was the first
agent to die in the field

in the BAU's
storied history.

Man: So I can tell you

what kind of
accelerant he used.

Good old drugstore variety
rubbing alcohol.

That's why the burn patterns
on the bodies are so uneven.

These aren't defensive
wounds, are they?

No. The flexion
of the elbows,
knees, and hands

is caused by the shrinkage
of body tissues

due to dehydration.

So the pugilistic pose
is a result

of the body being
exposed to extreme heat.

Yes. And it can occur even
if the bodies were dead

before they were burned,

which I believe
was the case here.

And the bloodletting,
was that done
postmortem as well?

Yes. He sliced the carotid.

Nice clean cut.

So the unsub
is skilled with a knife.

If exsanguination wasn't
the cause of death,
what was?

Each victim had large
quantities of pure Ketamine

in their system--

A powerful anesthetic.

They were most likely
injected with
a pretty hefty dose.

So all the violence
done to the body
was postmortem.

What do
you have, Rossi?

A strange contradiction.

The cause of death was
a lethal dose of Ketamine.

Now, these kills
may look extreme,

but the C.O.D. Itself
was practically painless.

Alvez: Well, it's doubtful
the unsub would even

need to interact or create
a ruse with his victims.

I mean, he could just
sneak up and inject them.

All right.
Thanks, Rossi.

Prentiss:
We gave a full report

on our year-long investigation
to apprehend Mr. Scratch.

Stephen Walker's work
was essential to our case.

Your team drove
into an ambush.

No. We spent months
on the offensive

luring scratch out of
hiding, and it worked.

Agent Walker's death
was a tragedy,
but it wasn't--

Anyone's fault?
Preventable?

I spoke with
agent Walker's widow,

and you're lucky she's
not suing the bureau
for negligence.

What we have here,
agent Prentiss,

is a series of
questionable decisions.

You're not out in the field.

It's not black and white.

These are snap decisions.

OK. Let's go
back to the case

that triggered
this review.

I spoke with
an officer Cabrera
in Matamoros, Mexico.

Do you remember him?

I do.

For our reports,
I would like to have

the recording of that
cognitive interview.

I didn't record it.

Prentiss: Who has the knife?
Who is stabbing Rosa?

Reid: It's in my hand.

Right now this is just
more evidence against him.

I trust you know
what you're doing.

We do.

Barnes: He says
you deleted a voice memo

in which agent Reid
allegedly confessed

to the murder
of Nadie Ramos.

That's not just
tampering with evidence.

That's obstruction
of justice,

charges that could
end your career.

I'd like to take a break.

JJ: OK, two more of
the initial 10 victims

have been identified--

28-year-old dentist
Tyler Roberts

and teen runaway
Heather Pineda.

According to
missing person reports

and the timeline
the M.E. Sent over,

they're most likely
victims number 4 and 5.

This guy's victimology's
all over the place.

I mean, he's bouncing
back and forth

between the vulnerable
and working professionals.

These may all be victims
of opportunity,

but there's a measure of
compassion to these kills.

It doesn't feel random.

Yeah, he doesn't
want them to suffer.

It's almost like he's
putting them to sleep.

Or putting them
out of their misery.

This unsub has been
back and forth

across the city
at all hours of the day,

so he's clearly using some
kind of vehicle to hunt.

He's most likely
unemployed.

We may not understand
his ritual, but we know

he possesses an overwhelming
need to complete it,

enough to risk
going back to the area

despite a heavy
police presence.

These cemeteries
are important to him,

if not for personal reasons,
then for what they represent.

So did he lose someone?
Is that what triggered
all of this?

We should increase patrols
in and around the graveyard

and within a two-mile radius,

and if they are
important to him,

he'll probably revisit.

And Ketamine
is available on the street,

but it's pricey,

so we should also check
in to vet offices,

medical providers,
see if any of them

had any recent break-ins.

All right, the victim's
name is Carl Kevork,

and he escaped the crash
with only minor injuries.

The EMT's who transported
him to the hospital

said he had been
heavily drugged,

most likely Ketamine,
like the others.

Carl's a big guy.
The unsub must have
gotten the dosage wrong.

Well, Carl doesn't
remember much.

He recalls
running down an alley,

seeing a van,
getting inside.

We profiled
he'd be unemployed.

It looks like
our unsub's been living

out of this van
for a while.

And what about before
you were drugged, Carl?

What's the last thing
you recall?

I was waiting
for the bus, right?

I just got done
working at the shack.

My boss made me
go home early

because he said
I couldn't stop
sneezing and stuff.

I said it was just
allergies,

but he made me
go home anyway.

So I'm sitting there,
I'm checking my phone,

then this van pulls up,
blocks the bus stop.

I'm like, hey,
you can't park here.

Then the door
on the side opened,

and I got, like,
yanked in and stuff.

Did you see your attacker?

Only out of the corner
of my eye.

But this dude's like
a damn weirdo, man.

He had some kind
of freaky mask on

with some
long black gloves.

Go ahead, Garcia.

Garcia: I tracked the van
via VIN number--
Say that 3 times fast.

The vehicle was stolen from
Houston, Texas, 8 years ago.

After that, I got nada.

Well, there's no telling
if or how many times

it's changed hands
since.

Can you get
the police report

and track down
the original owner?

Will do.

Hey, Garcia,
anything from Prentiss?

My crazy covert sources say
that she was done with Barnes

a few hours ago,

but Emily's light
is still on in her office

and I can't tell
if it's a good thing
or it's bad.

Well, she's probably
just catching up
on paperwork.

Garcia: Right. Totally.
That's what I was
telling myself, too.

Yeah, OK. I'll hit you
back when I have more.

Thanks, Penelope.

Reid: Hey, guys,

given our geo-profile,

I think I have
a pretty good guess

as to where our unsub
has been holding his victims.

Carl was headed east, right?

Medico della peste.

Jeremy Paulson
and Carl Kevork

both described themselves
as feeling ill before
they were abducted.

You think that's why
he targeted them?

And it's his job
to take care of them

before they
contaminate others.

He's ridding the streets
of the infected.

Hey. Just, uh, checking in
to see how you're doing.

It's tough
to remain calm

when someone's trying
to get under your skin.

This isn't
an annual review?

Ostensibly, yes,
but Barnes

has been through
every command decision
I've made

since taking
over as unit chief

and thrown them
back at me,

including
Stephen's death.

She's trying to rattle you.

Yeah. She's
after something.

I just don't know what.

You know we've got
your back, right?

I do.

So how can we help?

Solve this case.

Show Barnes we can
color within the lines.

OK. Well, hang in there.

When I get back,
drinks are on me.

Deal.

And, Emily,

don't let her
push you around.

You've earned that seat.

So the unsub's trigger
is sickness,

whether real
or perceived.

Rossi: Every victim
we've I.D'ed so far

had symptoms of either
a cold or allergy.

What about the dead
chickens in his lair?

I mean, they certainly
point toward some kind
of ritual in my book.

Reid: They do, but not
in the way that you think.

Medieval medical practitioners

believed that chickens
could absorb illness.

They would rub the birds
all over the bodies
of the diseased

in an attempt to rid them
of their sickness.

This is a Venetian
bird mask.

During the 17th century,

doctors would stuff these
with herbs and spices

and wear them
to protect against infection.

From the plague.

Reid: That along with
the burning of the bodies

and the burial ground,
Trem� cemetery number two,

and the fact it was
originally built

to house victims who died
from cholera and smallpox,

tells us that this unsub
believes himself to be

a modern day plague doctor.

A vigilante
or angel of death,

whose job it is
to stop sick people

from spreading disease.

Our unsub wants to eradicate
not just the sick,

but the sickness
within them.

In fact, it wasn't
until the middle
of the 19th century

that humorism, the
belief that illness

was caused
by an imbalance

of the fluids
in the body,
was discredited.

Before that,
it was believed

that there were
4 humors in the body--

black bile, yellow bile,
blood, and phlegm,

all of which were
susceptible to miasma,

or bad air,
that carried disease.

Rossi: Our unsub's fixation on
these ancient medical practices

speaks to a very specific
kind of stressor.

JJ: It indicates a distrust
in modern medicine.

He or a loved one
may have suffered a loss

brought on by illness
or disease.

Or he may blame
modern medicine

for failing to save
a loved one.

JJ: Our unsub was living
on the fringes of society.

His van was not just
his means of transport,

it was his whole life.

And now that he's lost it,

there's no telling
what he'll do next.

The bacteria
will get into the blood.

The bacteria will get
into the blood.

The bacteria
will get into the blood.

The bacteria

will get into the blood.

Man: The bacteria
has gotten into your blood.

Woman:
What does that mean?

You're very sick.

The storms
have brought forth

various plagues and diseases
we haven't seen in centuries.

Your immune system
is weak.

A bad cold could land you
in intensive care or worse.

Get regular check-ups,
take your meds.

Take care of yourself.

It's OK, mama.

When I grow up,
I'm gonna become a doctor,

and I'll find a way
to make you better.

A doctor?
That'll suit you
just fine.

It was their fault.

They didn't help her.

They didn't listen to her.
It was their fault.

They didn't help her!

It was their fault...

It was their fault!

It was them.

They didn't help.

I'd like to pick up
where we left off yesterday.

No. Let's not.

This is not about our case
in Mexico last year

or any other cases.

This is about you.

You want something.

I want the BAU
to be held accountable

for its actions.

If you truly believe

that we acted
inappropriately

or had evidence
of a crime
that was committed,

you would have
had me arrested.

The fact that you haven't

tells me that's not
what you're after.

No?

No. Your specialty
is remaking units

and divisions
in your image--

Slimming them down,
dividing their resources,

so you can maximize
their efficiency.

You want to make
a name for yourself.

Everything about
your demeanor says

"I want to be in charge."

And you project power
not because you fear
you don't have it,

but because you
can't get enough.

You want to be
the director someday.

That's why we're here,

to appease your ego,
your ambition.

Have you always had
issues with authority?

Better agents than you

have tried to split
the BAU and failed.

Each time, the BAU
has done its job,

and done it well,
and so have I.

And you know what
that's gotten me?

Respect,

support,

and capital.

So whatever game it is
you're trying to play here,

I want no part of it.

Why don't we take
a break

before you say something
you will regret?

CSU techs believe
the unsub

scrubbed the van clean
after each victim.

And while we did find
some DNA,

it wasn't the windfall
we were hoping.

For a guy living
out of his van,

he sure kept
things neat.

Alvez: We found men
and women's clothing

and personal belongings.

The items look
to be dated,

but it certainly does
speak to the fact

that the unsub
lost someone--

Someone close,
probably a wife or a mom,

maybe a sister.

We got nebulizers
and corticosteroids
and a few others.

Some are current.
Some expired as
far back as 2008.

No identifying
information.

It looks like a year's
worth of medication.

This person was sick
a long time.

That must have been
tough to go through,

especially in
close quarters.

You know, most of
these are used to treat

a lung condition or
breathing ailment.

But this one, cholestyramine,
is interesting.

Cholestyramine has
many off-label uses,

particularly as a binding
agent for biotoxins.

Simmons: Biotoxins.
Like mold or fungi?

Along with cyanobacteria,
dinoflagellates,

spirochetes,
apicomplexans,
and mycotoxins,

all of which
can make you very sick.

And these would be
rare conditions?

Incredibly rare.

JJ: This could help Garcia
narrow down our search.

I'll call her.
Thank you.

OK, so let's think about this.

He has no means
of transportation,

and he has nowhere
to take his victims,

so our unsub
is starting over again.

So, what does he do now?

Does he steal another van?

No. Too risky.

Simmons: This is a guy
going through
the stages of grief.

So maybe anger's next.

Well, he could start
to lash out, focus his rage.

Especially
if he finds himself
near a hospital

or a pharmacy.
Anywhere there's
sick people.

JJ: OK, let's put a warning
out to hospitals and clinics

to be on the lookout
for any suspicious persons

loitering in the area,

see if they can post
extra security

at all entrances
and exits.

We'll get on it.

Thank you.

Hi. I was just
closing up for lunch.

Do you mind
coming back in--

That woman was sick.

She was contaminated,
and you just let her leave.

Yes. I gave her
some medicine.
Do you need...

That medicine
can't help her.

She's contaminated.

You can't help her.

You couldn't help
my mother.

No. All doctors do
is make people suffer,

make them live
with false hope.

Sometimes people just
get sick, and there's--

My mother didn't
just get sick!

She was made sick.

That bacteria
got in her blood

and none of you
did anything.

Aah! stop it! oh! no, no!

Get off...

Lewis: So the burning was
postmortem, like the others?

Yes, but C.O.D.
was a stab wound
to the back.

Well, just as we predicted.

This is our guy. He's
gone wildly off pattern.

Burned the clinic,
attacked the doctor here.

He's devolving.

Well, maybe
he finally figured out

that killing sick people
won't stop the spread
of disease.

Rossi: The clinic was
probably a stark reminder

of the failure
of modern medicine.

It shows an evolution
of thought,

and he's gone from
putting the blameless
out of their misery

to punishing those
in the medical profession.

He's no longer
on a mission of mercy,
that's for sure.

This could very
quickly become

about finding
that person that he thinks

is responsible for
the loss he suffered.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

Of course.

I just keep
sitting here,

hoping for
a revelation.

Oh, this guy's elusive.

We found his home,
secondary location,

means of transport
but not his name.

He feels invisible.

But it couldn't have
always been the case,

you know?

At some point,
this guy,

he had friends
and family.

He lost someone
important to him.

So what are you thinking?

This timeline.

We need to go back

to where it all
started for our unsub,

with his first victim,
Hunter Dillon.

Now that you've had a chance
to gather yourself...

I would like to get back
to the task at hand,

because I may be
ambitious,

but I've read your file,
agent Prentiss,

and there's more
of me in you than
you'd like to admit.

But the BAU
is not infallible

and I'd like to talk
about your team

and their role
in all of this.

I'm the unit chief.
The buck stops with me.

Sure. But agent Rossi
has just published
another book.

He's been spending
a lot of time
with his family.

Perhaps he hasn't
always been as focused
as he could be.

And agent Reid's been
busy with his teaching
assignment.

Academia is
a more natural fit

for an intellect
like his.

I think even he would
agree with that.

Wait. That's what this is,

a...fishing expedition?

My investigation
has revealed

a pattern of negligence
within the BAU.

You want me to give you
a fall guy?

So the bureau can avoid
some bad pr

and you can get a win.

You thought if
you threatened my career

that I'd play ball.

Rossi put himself
in charge

following
your abduction.

Reid spent months
in a federal prison.

Neither are good
at following the rules.

They're indispensable.

They are
loose cannons!

I am asking you
to sacrifice
a couple of pieces

to save the whole board.

I stand by my team
and the actions we've taken.

We thought our unsub
was on a mission
to cleanse the streets,

but it's way more
complicated than that.

This whole ritual of his

is an act of mercy
in his mind.

It didn't just
come out of thin air.

I think he's been
thinking about it,

preparing for it
in some way.

Exactly. But we haven't
found anything

connecting our unsub
to the first body,
Hunter Dillon.

What if Hunter
wasn't his first victim?

That would mean
there's another victim
out there

we haven't identified.

JJ: OK,
so our unsub started

by putting people
out of their misery,

saving them
from their sickness.

What if the woman
he lost, who was sick,

didn't just die,

but she was his first kill?

Then everything
he's done since

would be about
reliving that moment,

justifying that action.

These murders would be
about easing his own guilt.

There's plenty of evidence
of this woman in the van.

Just no DNA and no prints.

OK, what about
her belongings?

Reid: We have clothes
and blankets.

Alvez: A small jewelry box.

Simmons: Some toiletries.

JJ: And this bouquet.

Why would someone keep
dead, rotting flowers?

It could be of personal
significance,

an emotional attachment
that overrides

his compulsion
for cleanliness.

OK, did the CSUs find
any prints or DNA
on the plastic wrapping?

No. But the wrapping
did have a label

that led
to a flower shop.

The CSUs followed up
but came up
empty-handed.

That's because
they're not Penelope.

Garcia, we need your help.

Bring it.

Yes, I sent the flowers.

Tanesa Winters
was my neighbor.

I was devastated

when I got the word
that she passed.

How long have you
known Tanesa?

Oh, gosh,
a long time.

I met her after Katrina.

She was struggling
to get back on her feet
after the storm.

For a while, she even
lived in a rooming house

over on fig and 44th.

When was that?

Oh, about
10 years ago.

but then
something happened.

The building
got condemned.

Tanesa came
into some money.

Uh-huh. And her
son Kevon came
to stay with her.

They lived right
over there.

I tried to help her
when I could. But...

They fell on hard times?

Couldn't afford
to keep up
with their bills.

They said that Tanesa
died in her sleep.

I hope she finally
found some peace.

And thank you so much
for talking to us, Edna.

We need to find out
everything we can
about Kevon Winters.

She said something happened
10 years ago. 2008.

that's when the medication
in the unsub's van
dates back to.

I wonder if that's
when Tanesa got sick.

Talk to me, my pretties.

What can you tell us

about Tanesa
and Kevon Winters?

OK. Tanesa Winters.

She died 3 weeks ago.

She's survived by
her son Kevon.

It looks like he was
born in New Orleans.

Uh, he spent some time
in Houston,

but he returned
at some point,

because I've got a local
college transcript

and a notice from
a collection agency.

Kevon dropped out
of school,

thousands of dollars
in debt.

That's when the trail
goes cold.

We also need information
on this flophouse.

It was condemned
about 10 years ago.

It's on 44th and fig.

I can tell you
it's not there anymore.

It's now a coffee shop.

Let me take a deep dive here

and see what secret
secrets I can find.

We believe
Tanesa Winters lived there

for a short time.

Yeah, she did.

The tenants there
filed a civil suit.

It looks like Tanesa
was the primary plaintiff.

They sued for negligence
and bodily harm.

That building sustained
a lot of damage

after the flooding
caused by Katrina.

Let me guess.
It was never properly
cleaned or vented.

It was not.

Tanesa became very ill
due to black mold.

The residents repeatedly
asked for the building,
to be inspected

and the landlord
and the insurance
companies ignored them.

That's it. That's
the unsub's stressor.

That's the root
of all of this.

What ever happened
to the landlord
who owned the building?

Walter Trudeau paid out
a modest settlement

and went on to become
a local business mogul.

He owns a lot of property
in the area.

If the unsub is now
directing his anger

to those he
holds responsible

for failing to help
his mother,

Walter Trudeau
will be on that list.

Yeah, we need to warn him.

Penelope, can you
get ahold of Mr. Trudeau

and let him know
that we'd like
to speak to him?

And send us--

His home
and work address?

It's like I do this
for a living.

And--oh! flag on the play.

Sports reference.

Trudeau spends a lot of
time at a bar he owns.

I'm sending you
the address now.

Garcia, before you go,
find out what you can

about Tanesa Winters' death,
specifically the cause.

Copy that. Here it comes.

All right, thanks.

So you think I'm in trouble.

JJ: Well, you
may be targeted

because of this prior
lawsuit and your history

with the Winters family.

This was over
10 years ago.

people have moved on.
They've rebuilt.

It's what my lawyers call
taking personal responsibility.

Kevon: Walter Trudeau,

show yourself!

Man: Hey!
What are you doing?

Ohh! aah! ugh! uh!

Kevon: Walter Trudeau!

Trudeau, come or I will

burn this place
to the ground!

There's no telling
how much

gasoline vapor's
in the air.

We take a shot,
we could throw

this whole room
up in flames.

We got to approach
this tactically.

Let's get
the fire department
out here asap.

What can I do?
What can I do?

Nothing. Just stay out
of sight. Let us do our job.

Is that another way
downstairs?

Yeah. It's the fire escape.

It takes you around back.

All right, Dave,
I'll buy us time.

I'm on it.

Garcia: Yes, sir.

Garcia, what did you
find out

about Tanesa Winters' death?

Kevon Winters.

Don't come
any further. Stop.

I'm SSA Jennifer Jareau.

Where's Trudeau?

Kevon, I...

I understand you lost
your mother recently.

I'm--I'm so sorry.

My--my husband
lost his dad to Katrina.

The storm didn't
take my mother.

It was Trudeau.

That building wasn't safe,
and he knew.

They all knew!

The doctors,
the insurance companies,

but it was Trudeau.

He hid it from us.
He lied.

And if he would have done
what he was supposed to do,

my mother would have
never gotten sick.

She'd still be here!

You're right. Trudeau
didn't do the right thing.

He didn't, but you--
You can, OK?

You can let this
innocent man go.

No, no, no, no!
He has to face me!

Move.

I'm sorry
about your mother.

Don't. Don't you dare!

Her death was a tragedy.

It was your fault,

and now it's your turn
to suffer!

Hey, you don't want
to do this.

It's his turn
to lose something!

Trudeau didn't kill
your mother, Kevon.

We read the
coroner's report.

It said she died
in her sleep,

but that's not the
whole story, is it?

It was you.

You gave her...

A lethal dose of Ketamine.

I should have
been stronger.

But I couldn't lose her.
She was all I had.

And I let her suffer.

No. I--

Ugh! aah!
JJ: OK.

It's OK, son. It's OK.

It's OK, son, it's OK.

It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.

It's OK.

Aah!

It's OK.

JJ: "all of us labor in webs

spun long before we were born."

William Faulkner.

Not bad for the first
time steering the ship.

Prentiss would be proud.

Have you heard
from Emily?

No.

I, uh, I texted her

to let her know we were
on our way back, but...

I'll be glad
when this is all over.

Yeah.

Hey.

How was the case?

We got our guy.

I heard you did
a fantastic job.

How did it go
with Barnes?

I have an announcement
to make.

I have been suspended
from active duty.

I've turned in my badge
and my gun.

What--I don't understand.

For how long?

Indefinitely.

JJ will continue
being acting unit chief,

but as of today,

assistant director
Linda Barnes

will be personally
overseeing the unit.

Are we under
investigation?

Yes, we are
under investigation.

And I tried,
but with the suspension,

I can't protect you.

I'm sorry.

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