WOMAN: Breathe, breathe for me, okay?
Deep breaths.
I'm trying.
My throat's all clogged.
Fran, listen...
I want you to close your eyes.
Okay, picture a beautiful place
that you've been to.
I... I can't. I can't think of anything.
Just keep going back in time then.
Mohonk.
That's in the Catskills, right?
Me and my mom used to go hiking there on Sundays.
There's a lighthouse on top of the mountain there.
Used to be anyway.
There still is.
I've been there. It's lovely, isn't it?
No, I know what you're trying to do!
I can't go out there! Yes, you can.
Okay, we're going to do this together, Fran.
Take my hands.
Just look at me, okay?
Just keep your eyes on me.
Come on, Fran. That's it.
That's it. You're doing great.
That's good... Fran, stay with me.
Okay? That's it.
No, no, no.
Fran, my eyes, look in my eyes, okay?
Stay with me. Stay with me.
Eyes on me, Fran. Eyes on me.
That's it. That's it, Fran.
Good.
You're safe, Fran. It's okay.
Come on.
It's okay.
Is there somebody I can call for you?
No, not really.
These folks are going to take you to the hospital, okay?
I'll be fine.
I just... I just need a minute...
Fran, you've suffered a severe trauma.
You're in shock right now.
I'll come visit you at the hospital, okay?
You promise? I'll be there.
Our missing person is Ariana Murphy,
a victim's advocate.
She got called to a double murder, never made it home.
Her partner called it in.
The victims are dead.
It's a little late for an advocate, isn't it?
Well, she went to get a statement
from the eyewitness: one Fran Costello,
who was also the target.
Who's after her?
An abusive husband.
She'd moved in with her brother.
Her husband showed up and went postal.
Shot the brother and his wife.
And what do we have on him?
Well... Andrew Costello
has got arrests for spousal battery.
The locals have an APB out on him.
Costello didn't like when anybody came between him and his wife.
Maybe he's the one that went after our missing person, too.
Doesn't look like he knew her.
This was her first contact with the wife.
Well, we've got no shortage of suspects.
I mean she counseled 192 victims of violent crimes
over the last year.
We've got a husband in the wind
who just killed two people. It's pretty obvious
that he's the one we look at first.
It's always obvious when you take it at face value.
Who is he?
Andrew Costello.
He's related to the last case that Ariana worked.
Have you ever seen him before?
I don't think so.
I knew something like this would happen.
She deals with a lot of domestic violence victims,
helping the women through court appearances
and custody hearings.
Has she received any threats?
Not that she ever told me.
What about from her own life?
I mean has she had any
abusive girlfriends?
Why would you even ask me that?
Well, sometimes people in her line of work
are drawn to those jobs
because they know what it's like to be victimized.
No. I know most of her exes, and none of them are that way.
But when she was a kid...
her mother was stabbed to death.
Ariana saw the whole thing.
She was ten years old.
Who did it?
Her mom's boyfriend.
And would you happen to know
where he is now?
In prison, last I heard.
Can you think of anyone
that she may have had trouble with lately?
There was something about a week ago.
It was our first night out in a long time.
I ordered you a martini.
Oh, you are the best.
I'm sorry I'm so late.
That's okay.
I'm just glad you could get away.
Maybe I can redeem myself with... this.
Ariana, oh my God.
Thank you.
What's the occasion?
You know, just thinking of you.
You decided not to quit.
Val, I really agonized over it.
You said SUNY has a great psych program.
You already got accepted.
It's take two years to get my master's.
And then I'd have to go get my hours.
You can open your own practice.
Think of all the people you can help.
I'm helping people now.
People that really need it.
Yeah, and is this
how they thank you?
Clients get emotional.
Things... things happen.
You are losing yourself to this job, Ariana.
I can't walk away.
Her job's been a sore subject.
And do you know who gave her the bruise?
Who's Curtis Riegert?
He murdered Ariana's mother.
He was released from Huntsville two months ago.
Uh-huh. So why go after the daughter?
Because she's the one who testified against him
and put him there.
He's in town?
Well, he's supposed to be in Houston,
but his parole officer says that he's gone AWOL.
All right. What else we got here?
We're thinking Ariana may have had an altercation
with one of her clients last week.
And we're dealing with the 12 cases
that she was handling at the time.
What about Andrew Costello?
He's still out there.
We don't have anything else that links him to Ariana.
We got any agents working that angle?
It's a collective effort.
We're working every angle.
So, in other words, no?
Right.
Yeah, well, make it yes.
Fran, I'm Agent Fitzgerald. This is Agent Spade.
Did you catch Andy?
Not yet, but we will.
What he did...
to Tyler... Diane...
I still can't believe it.
You know, Ariana Murphy is missing.
Missing?
I just saw her last night.
She disappeared after she left the crime scene.
It would really help us to know
what happened
when you were with her.
I was too messed up to talk.
So the cops called her in.
Fran...
You're safe now, okay?
I want you to know that.
There are at least ten police officers in the next room.
What about Tyler and Diane?
I'm... I'm sorry.
: No!
Fran, I know it's hard, but you need to tell me what you saw.
We were just hanging out.
Don't answer it.
Then what?
He's just going to keep knocking.
I told you
this would happen. I told you.
I'll handle this. FRAN: Tyler...
Go hide. I'll tell him you're not here.
Go. Hurry.
Fran, I know you're in there.
Where is she?
Look, man, she's not here, okay?
Get out of my way. Back off.
Where is she?!
Whoa. Don't shoot.
Don't shoot.
DIANE: Please! Please! Please! Stop, please...!
He killed them.
And I just sat there.
After that the cops came, then Ariana.
And was that the first time you met her?
No. A friend gave me her name,
and we got together
last week at a coffee shop
in Flatbush where she hangs out.
I was sick of my husband knocking me around.
And I wanted her to give me some advice on how to leave him.
Was your husband aware of this meeting?
Yeah. He found her card in my purse.
So he knew all about her.
You think Andy took her?
What I do think
is that you need to stay
right here until we find Andy,
okay?
Hey, Jack, we talked to the manager
at the coffee shop out in Flatbush.
Ariana stopped by at 3:00 a.m.
That's just after the double murder.
What was she doing there?
Drinking a cup of joe and decompressing.
Looks like Andrew Costello was there, too.
The manager ID'd him from a photo.
Were they together?
No. He just remembers Costello being parked out front.
It's not hard to do the math on that one.
Nope.
All right, everybody, everybody, listen up.
I need your full attention.
Once again, this is the scene
at Ridgeville Mall in White Plains
where a four-year-old girl has just be kidnapped.
The victim has been identified
as Madeline Ross.
She is blonde, 38 inches tall
and was wearing a red shirt with an owl design on it,
a skirt, and yellow boots.
She was seen leaving the mall
with a white male in his 30s.
Anyone with any information
should call the number on screen or...
Madeline Ross was abducted 27 minutes ago.
We need to get on this.
Taylor and Spade are already en route to the mall.
What about Ariana Murphy?
I'm... getting a lot of pressure from upstairs.
I never, ever had pressure from upstairs to dump a case.
There's a missing child here.
Every second counts. We also have a woman
who's been abducted by a violent and unstable person.
We need manpower to find her.
He's already killed two people.
He's got nothing left to lose.
She's already dead.
We don't know that.
Well, we will when her body turns up.
In the meantime, I'm putting
all our resources where they'll do the most good.
No, you're just picking the sexier case.
It has a better payoff, doesn't it?
This isn't about me and my career.
It's about saving Madeline Ross.
You're not picking the cute, little white girl
and dumping the lesbian
because it's got a bit more play in it.
I'm not the only person who's gonna notice.
It's gonna come back and bite you in the ass. What, are you threatening me?
You know what? Take the case, wrap it up in an hour.
MARTIN: Guys, guys, look...
Let me hang back
and close the Murphy case, all right?
Jack is the best in the business
when it comes to missing kids; you need him on the Ross case.
Work for you? No.
Well, it works for me. One hour.
SAMANTHA: Witnesses saw the man put a ring
on Maddy's finger and lead her away.
Do we have his description?
Oh, yeah. "White male, mid-30s,
medium build, wearing khakis and a polo shirt."
That narrows it down to about half the guys in this mall.
What about video? Danny's going through it.
That's the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross, I'm Agent Medina.
This is Agent Malone.
Is there news?
Well, not for the moment, but it's very important
that we interview you-- all of you.
Of course.
Well, separately.
Well, is that really necessary? This is the most
efficient way for us to get the information we need.
MARTIN: So no decedents named Ariana Murphy?
Yeah, yeah, I'm looking at them right now.
And these are all
the Jane Does since last night?
Okay, if anyone comes in matching her description,
you'll let me know?
Great, thank you.
Agent Fitzgerald?
The phone records you ordered
for Andrew Costello, sir.
Right, thank you.
WOMAN : Hello?
Mrs. Costello?
Hi, this is Agent Fitzgerald with the FBI.
If you're calling to ask where my son is, I don't know.
Are you sure about that?
Because according to our records,
he called you an hour ago.
Listen, Mrs. Costello.
I'm looking for a missing person,
and he may have seen her.
You talked to him. What did he say?
Hello?
Damn it.
Look, Costello called his mom.
I want you to pull her phone records
and find out who she called.
Thank you.
You should be out there looking for Maddy
instead of talking to me.
It's not one or the other, Mr. Ross; we're doing both.
I'm telling you, I didn't see anything.
I wasn't even here when it happened.
So where were you? I...
Parked outside the main entrance
waiting for Patricia and the kids.
So why didn't you go with them?
To save time.
We were running late.
So you were late for what?
We were taking the girls to their first soccer practice.
We had to swing by here to pick up their uniforms.
Maddy must be so scared right now.
Mrs. Ross, I understand that you're terrified,
but I really need you to focus.
That's what's going to help me, okay?
Now, did anybody look at Maddy
or try to talk to her?
No, no, nothing like that.
Okay, so, uh, you came out of All-Pro Sports,
but she was taken from in front of the bath store.
I decided to make another stop.
Shelly didn't want me to, but I wouldn't listen.
Mom, can't this wait?
Friday is your Aunt Lori's birthday.
She loves the stuff in here.
We don't have time.
Will you just relax? I'm going to buy a gift certificate.
It'll only take a second.
Come on.
All right, just have a seat right there.
Watch your sister and I'll be right back, okay?
So you sat down on the bench. Then what happened?
Well, I knew she would be a while,
so I decided to do something to pass the time.
No way!
Losing again?
I am so lame.
I play?
Oh, no! No!
: Wow, Mad, first time I got through a game
without you bugging me to play.
Maddy?! Maddy!
Maddy!
Shell, where's Maddy?
I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know? Where is she?
She was just here a second ago. I swear!
Maddy!
This is all my fault.
No, it isn't, okay? It really, really isn't.
I can't think of anything else. I'm sorry.
Don't be sorry. Don't be.
You did great.
I'm going to step out for a second.
All right?
Be back.
What are the odds of her
positively ID'ing this guy?
Very, very slim.
Didn't anybody else get a look at him?
Well, we have an eyewitness
that saw Maddy being driven away in a silver Accord,
but that's it.
All right, what about the security video?
The guy's got a hat on, his head down...
He knows the drill. He's done it before.
DANNY: Agent Medina.
Cameras picked up the Accord.
It was exiting the parking lot and it was headed north.
We get the license plate?
It was stolen off a Subaru two days ago in Brooklyn.
Well, odds are the vehicle's stolen, too.
We need to put out a photo of this guy.
I know, but none of the angles give us a good shot of his face.
You know what? Check the tapes again.
There's more cameras than cars in that parking lot.
One of them must've caught his face.
All right. Yeah?
We, uh, apprehended Andrew Costello
at a check-cashing joint.
His mom wired him some money.
All right, great. Fall in with Agent Johnson.
Actually, NYPD's
bringing him in so I can interview him.
On whose authority?
Mine.
No, no, no, no, you let
NYPD question him, please.
They're focused on the double homicide.
Talking to this guy is gonna be the quickest way
to close this case.
I really need you to cut me some slack on this.
Yeah, yeah, okay, fine. Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
Hang on, Agent Johnson
wants to talk to you.
Put her on.
Line 3.
We got a match on the abductor's MO.
He lured away three girls
Maddy's age in the last two years.
Well, how do you know it's the same guy?
Costume jewelry rings were found on their bodies.
They were all strangled with coat hangers.
Well, who is he?
Well, the police never had a suspect.
Their only lead was a mid-'80s pickup truck
that was seen near where the girls were taken.
How long did he keep the girls?
Not long.
According to the autopsy reports,
they died the same day they were taken.
All right.
We got a pop on the Accord.
VIVIAN: Have you seen any trucks
like these cruising your neighborhood?
Not that I can remember. Dean?
VIVIAN: Maybe in a different color?
With a camper shell?
Has Maddy ever been to Hillside Mall?
Or Clinton Dance Studio?
No.
What's going on here?
Why are you asking
about these places, about these trucks?
The man who took her may be tied
to other abductions.
Other little girls?
And if there's some...
...common thread here, uh, it may help to ID him.
Now, has she ever been to Mendelson Park?
What happened to them?
All right, sir, I know this is difficult for you,
but you just need to answer these questions.
Do you hear what he's saying?
Dean, please.
Some pervert took Maddy because you had to go get a gift
for your sister! VIVIAN: Mr. Ross,
you really need to calm down.
I want to know what happened to those other girls!
They're dead.
Now sit down and let's get through this.
You son of a bitch!
Has Maddy ever been
to Mendelson Park?
I didn't kill Fran's brother. MARTIN: I'm not asking you
about Fran's brother.
I'm asking you about Ariana Murphy.
I didn't kill her either.
Then where is she?
I don't know.
It's not my day to watch her.
All right, look, you smart-ass.
You're facing a double murder charge.
You want to add kidnapping to that?
Look, I didn't hurt her.
We just went for a ride.
I just wanted the truth.
I got cops staking out my house.
I don't know what the hell's going on,
but I didn't kill anybody.
Andrew, please put the gun away.
Fran's lying.
She is a lying bitch.
She set me up.
And you're in on it with her.
No. That's not true.
I just...
I told the cops what Fran told me.
That's my job. What did she say?
Hmm? Andy, please let me go.
You know, it's only gonna get worse for you if you don't.
I want to know what she said.
Look, you know, maybe you did go to the house just to talk
with her, and-and things just got out of control.
Tyler hit you, and-and...
and you had to act in self-defense.
He didn't hit me! I wasn't even there!
I'm just telling you what Fran told me.
She said Tyler hit you
over the head with a flashlight,
and you pulled your gun.
Look at my head.
If he hit me, where's the cut?
Where's the bruise?
You see? So, it couldn't have been me.
That still doesn't answer my question.
What did you do with Ariana?
She was right.
I mean, kidnapping her was not going to fix anything.
I... So, I dropped her off.
Where?
SoHo.
Corner of Sullivan and Spring, I think it was.
Sergeant Aguilar?
Special Agent Jack Malone. FBI.
This is Agent Delgado.
I understand you called in the Amber Alert.
Yeah. I think I pulled your guy over
maybe an hour ago.
Why did you let him go?
The alert was for an Accord.
The update saying it might be a pickup hadn't come through yet.
Well, did you give him a ticket?
No, but I got his info.
Name on his license was Richard Lamb.
I'll run it down.
Okay, I want you to tell me exactly what happened.
Well, I was, uh,
stopping traffic for some road work.
I saw him pull a 180 across the double-yellow,
so I went after him.
You know why I stopped you, Mr. Lamb?
: Yeah, the U
There some reason you're whispering?
My daughter is a terrible sleeper.
She's been up all night.
I've been driving her around for two hours,
hoping she'd take a nap, and she just fell asleep.
That's no reason to break traffic laws.
Yeah. I saw the cars starting to slow for the roadwork.
Usually if I stop, she'll wake up,
so I wanted to keep moving.
If you got kids,
I think you know what I'm talking about.
Yeah.
I'm letting you off with a warning this time.
God bless you for that. Thank you.
Been there.
Just obey the rules of the road, okay?
I sure will.
Thank you so much, Officer.
He was right there, and I had him.
Did you happen to notice if the little girl was moving?
You mean, was she alive?
Yeah.
You know, I wish I could say yes, but, uh,
I just don't know.
What do we have on Richard Lamb?
41. He's a groundskeeper with Parks and Rec.
No criminal record.
We've gone nationwide on the APB.
Yeah. We have a current address?
Cops just raided his house in Yonkers.
He's not there, and neither is Maddy Ross.
Family
Um, I have it right here. The parents are dead.
Um, he has a brother, Brent, that lives in Jersey City.
Let's get him in here.
Clark? Yeah.
Look, based on my conversation with Andrew Costello,
I think Ariana's still alive.
Yeah. You want more time, huh?
That and I need more bodies.
He said he dropped her off in SoHo,
and I need more boots on the ground to pick up her trail.
Well, pull agents from another unit.
I already put in the request, and I'm still waiting to hear,
and in the meantime, I can't leave
because I need to reinterview Costello's wife
'cause her story doesn't stand up.
I'm sorry, but I can't spare anyone.
Listen, I am telling you, she is out there somewhere.
And so is Maddy Ross.
And the man who took her killed his other victims
within eight hours.
We're at hour six.
You'll be happy to know that your husband's in custody.
Well, that's good.
What about Ariana?
You know, your husband sat right there in that chair
and told me that he dropped her in SoHo,
where she called you
from a pay phone.
I haven't heard from her.
Maybe it went to my voicemail.
Stop lying!
You were right here in this building.
Now I want you to tell me about the call.
I can't. Why not, Fran?
Who are you protecting?
Listen to me.
Ariana was there for you when you needed her.
Now, she is in serious trouble.
The least you can do for her is tell me the truth.
It was after you guys talked to me.
I was waiting to find out when I could get out of here.
Hello?
Fran, it's Ariana.
Hey. Are you all right?
What happened at the house, Fran?
Look, uh, I really can't talk right now.
I don't want to hear it.
I've been stuck in the car
half the night with your crazy-ass husband.
Now, you said he got hit with a flashlight,
but he doesn't have a mark on him.
Maybe I remembered wrong.
Maybe there was no flashlight.
No, I saw it at the house.
Who did Tyler hit, Fran?
It wasn't Andrew.
I'd been taking money out of savings, like you told me,
so I'd have some cash when I left Andy.
Carla found out.
That's your daughter?
Yeah.
Her boyfriend's a junkie.
I guess she must have told him.
WOMAN: Hey, it's Carla.
Let us in.
Where's Fran? Who are you?
Get out of my house.
Carla, what the hell is this?
Zack, let's just go.
Not till we get what we came for.
Back off!
TYLER: Don't shoot.
Don't shoot!
Oh, no! No!
Please.
Please, please, please!
No, Zack, don't!
Carla's my baby.
I didn't know what else to do, so I said it was Andy.
You should have told me the truth, Fran.
It's my fault.
I'm the reason she's with a guy like Zack.
It's all she's ever seen.
I need to call the police.
She's 17 years old.
Wait. So she's a minor?
Yeah. Is there something you can do for her?
I did lots of begging.
Ariana said she'd try to find Carla, talk to her.
Do you have any idea how much time you've wasted?
I'm sorry.
Where did you tell her to look?
Carla has some girlfriends.
I gave her... I gave her numbers and addresses.
Okay, I'm-I'm gonna need all of that.
And what's Zack's last name?
Miller.
MEDINA: Her name is Maddy.
Ricky would never do what you're saying.
Your brother killed them, Brent. He killed them.
And this is the last one he took.
Her name is Maddy.
It's not him.
He uses toy rings to lure them.
We found a half a dozen of them at his house.
All the abductions line up with his days off.
And there were traces of chalk on the girls' bodies.
The same kind of chalk
that he uses to stripe ball fields
for Parks and Rec.
You guys set him up.
That's what I think.
Just like you did with that anthrax guy.
Nobody set up anybody.
Look at her.
Look at her face.
Look, even if I believed you,
I don't know where he is.
We're not that close.
Then how do you know he's innocent?
He's a good person.
We had a normal childhood.
I didn't ask you about your childhood.
You want to talk about that?
Am I under arrest?
MEDINA: No,
you're not, but we would appreciate it
if you stick around and work with us.
I can't help you!
I'm leaving.
Carla Costello?
Maybe.
Get down here. I'm with the FBI.
Come on. Let's go.
I didn't do anything.
Where's your boyfriend, Zack?
He took off.
Is this woman with him?
Was she with him? Did you see her?
Yeah, she was here.
What are we gonna do, Zack?
Where are we gonna go? I don't know, Carla!
We wouldn't even be in this mess
if it weren't for you.
You said she had the money.
You said she'd give it to us.
You killed them.
That was my family.
Why did you do that?
We both did it.
Now shut up and put that in the trunk.
I'll be back with the rest of the stuff.
Carla?
Was that Zack?
Who are you?
I'm-I'm a friend of your mom's.
Okay?
I know what happened.
I can help you.
How?
First, we need to get you out of here right now.
How do I know this isn't a trick?
Carla, don't throw your life away, okay?
Your mom made some lousy choices.
That doesn't mean you have to.
Now, come on.
He hit her.
I ran away.
After a while, he quit looking for me and took off.
How long ago was this?
20 minutes,
maybe. I don't know.
Where was he headed?
I know he has a brother in Virginia.
This is Fitzgerald.
I need to put out an APB right away.
Richard Lamb's brother drove straight home.
Did he call anyone?
Nothing on the home phone, nothing on his cell.
Were there any hits on the APB?
Well, we found a truck matching the description.
It was a false alarm.
Right truck, wrong year.
They turn anything up at his house
that could point them to where he took her?
We're still looking.
'Cause it's hour nine.
I know.
And, uh...
uh, we're running out of moves here, man.
I know.
What rock have we not looked under?
MEDINA: I mean, he's...
he's... he's gonna kill that little girl.
I could go for a drive.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
Yeah, you do that.
Yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
What?
You're sure?
Yeah, yeah, okay.
Right. Thanks.
We found Ariana Murphy.
She bled to death from a blunt-force trauma to the head.
Uh... and, uh, who killed her?
Zack Miller.
Okay.
Pulled him over on I-95.
She was in the trunk of his car.
Uh, so he did the double homicide, too?
Yeah, that's right.
I missed her by 20 minutes.
I want you to know that.
20 minutes.
Turn around.
Do not move.
Stay perfectly still or I'll blow your brains out.
Don't move a muscle.
Where's your brother?
I don't know.
You can't do this.
You think I care?
Last chance.
Stop!
Stop, please.
Your brother didn't stop.
I didn't do anything.
No, you just looked the other way.
I didn't know.
Your brother is a piece of garbage.
You know something.
You better start telling me.
I swear...
This is what your brother did
to those little girls.
You got exactly 30 seconds before you're dead.
Wait... wait.
Wait, I remember I went to his place.
It might have been about the time
that girl disappeared
last year. Keep talking.
I remember there was this state park pass on his dashboard.
To where?
The Pine Barrens.
Hi, Maddy.
My name is Clark, and I'm a policeman.
I'm here to take you to your parents, okay?
Come here.
Okay.
*
Sit down.
Congratulations on the Maddy Ross case.
Yeah, uh...
We lost Ariana Murphy.
You know, I made the best calls I could,
but the... fact is that she...
is dead, uh, because of me.
It's part of the job.
Yeah, I guess.
But I can't shake it.
I can't go where you go.
I can't, uh...
I don't have what you have.
And I don't have what you have.
I hear that the deputy assistant director's job
was up for grabs.
Yeah, well, that's... that's mostly talk right now.
Oh.
Nothing like saving a little white girl
to leverage your way up the ladder.
Believe it or not, my only goal was to save that girl.
Yeah, just as long as you didn't have to get your hands dirty.
I knew where you were going.
I wanted you to go there.
I wanted you to do whatever it took to save her.
And you did.
So you've got some leverage of your own.
That's not why I did it.
Then, I guess we're both saints, huh?
I wouldn't go that far.
Well, then, maybe it's best
if how Richard Lamb was found was kept between us.
I would like to move on to deputy assistant director.
What do you want, Jack?
My job.
: Okay.
Hey, you asked.
Hey, you know what?
I'll just, uh, recommend to the director
that he reinstate you.
How is that?
Just gonna wave a magic wand?
Well, he trusts my judgment.
I'll just, uh...
I'll just tell him that it would be good for the unit.
Which is true.
So, that's it?
That's it.
And soon, all this will be yours again.
Okay.
Hey, Jack.
Well played.
You see, that's your problem, Clark.
You still think this is a game.