Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior S1E10 - English Transcript

1 Do it. Do it. Mommy? Peter? Rachel. I thought that you were sleeping at Lindsay's house? What are you doing? You're not supposed to be here right now, Rachel. What should we do? What should we do? The time is now. Hey, buddy, you all right? What's up? Need an ambulance, hey? Hey, Gina, you know CPR, right? Got to get over here. The old man needs some help. Yeah, I wouldn't turn my back on Prophet, Mick. You should have called that ambulance. Looks like you're gonna need it. Why am I always the last to know who's hooking up around here? Good afternoon, Miss G. I'm feeling the burn. Yeah, well, I've spent the last two days in the head of a sadistic serial *** for the Milwaukee P. D. In that case, don't forget to breathe. - I wouldn't go in there. - Why? Coop is on a private call. With Fickler. Ooh, the Director. California vs. Veronica Day. She's up for appeal again? Worse. Her lawyer filed for a motion for a new trial based on my profiling work for the case. Your profile? She influenced three separate teenage boys to slaughter their own parents. The only person she ever actually hurt herself was her own mother, years earlier. What's the mistrial issue? There have been two other copycat crimes, boys killing their own parents and leaving the exact same message, during the ten years that she has been on death row-- "the time is now. " Yeah, but that came out at trial. That's no secret. Everybody knows that. Everybody in the public knows that message. Well, I used the word "unique" in 2001 in reference to her signature. Her lawyer feels that these more recent crimes proves that she's anything but and requires a mistrial. And he has finally found a judge who is willing to entertain his argument. Along with all the facts in the original prosecution, the court has requested general testimony on profiling from someone other than me, someone who can explain how it works and who has no skin in the game. And you thought of me? Wouldn't Aaron Hotchner be a better choice for you? Look, Sam, I know you lead a red cell, and you sometimes fly way under the radar, but you are a fine representative of profiling. You have a commendable record. There is no one I would rather have on the stand explaining what it is the B. A. U. does. I see. Hotch couldn't make it? No. He's in central Florida on a case. Look, you-- you only have to show that our current profiling methods would still uphold Veronica's conviction. I'll be on the plane in an hour. Thanks, Sam. I haven't done anything yet. At least it's warm here, right? Warm where? Los Angeles. - When are we going? - You're not. It's just me and the Director this time. What's happening? You're the senior Agent. I'm leaving the team in your hands. Oh, they're not gonna be comfortable with that. You'll get used to it. I don't know if I want to get used to them getting used to it. - Good luck. - Okay. Is she the reason you're going to L. A. ? Veronica Day. Yeah. Later. Be safe. What should we do? Original Air Date on May 4, 2011 I can't remember the last time I saw you in a suit. That's a good thing. Andy? This is Sam Cooper, the Agent I told you about. You have quite a reputation, Agent Cooper. - Please, call me Sam. - Andy Armus. Andy took over Veronica's case for the state five years ago, handled her endless appeals. No one knows the case better than he. - Well, I hope I can help. - I know you will. What can you tell me about this Judge Nunes, other than her clear disdain for profiling? She's a bit of a wild card, likes to keep things interesting. Well, when it comes to the law, I don't like interesting. None of us do, pal. Mr. Lampl, what brings you back to court for Veronica Day? We're all here to redress an egregious miscarriage of justice. That's Leon Lampl. Leon's been Veronica's lawyer since day one. He's not cheap. No, but as long as cameras show up, so will Leon. Hey, Gordon Ramirez. I don't believe it. I heard you had retired. Yeah. What am I gonna do, Fick, go fishing? Sam Cooper. Nice to meet the man who convicted Veronica Day. Oh, you know the case? Of course. Great work, great work. Can you believe that she's arguing for a new trial? It's ludicrous. How's the new guy doing? Well, he's been on the job for five years. I wouldn't exactly call him a new guy anymore. But if it were going well, you wouldn't be here now, would you? She never looks nervous. Subjects like her never do. Everyone please be seated. Court is now in session. The Honorable Judge Nunes presiding. Good morning. I have here Mr. Lampl's motion for a new trial on behalf of Miss Day. The state moves to dismiss the motion. Or we wouldn't be here. I see we have here the current FBI Director, Mr. Fickler. Good morning, judge. You testified in the original trial that the defendant had something your behavioral-analysis unit refers to as a "unique signature. " Is that correct? Yes, um, every crime scene had the exact same combination of M. O. and ritual present. Except for when she allegedly murdered her mother-- a crime the state was never able to link to my client through ballistics or forensics. Leon. Director? Forensics and ballistics do not attract us to a crime scene. - We look to behavior. - Such as? Veronica stalked her birth mother. She insinuated herself into her mother's life. She also hid her own identity so she couldn't be named after the ***. Now, this level of premeditation was also present in the murders she orchestrated in 2001. So we asked ourselves, why Veronica would use other people to kill, why the unsub couldn't pull the trigger herself, why she needed to prey on these boys? All of this painted a picture for the B. A. U. of a disturbed, manipulative killer who fed on control. Now, your honor, I am entirely confident that my profile on Miss Day would still hold true now. We also have one of the B. A. U. s top profilers in the field here to back the Director's testimony-- Agent Samuel Cooper. Yes, we're familiar with Agent Cooper's rather interesting record-- what's available of it, anyway. Aside from several disciplinary actions, there seems to be a few years missing. Excuse me. Uh, that is a matter of national security, your honor. Your honor can see an expunged war record of a star witness raises some concerns. All Agent Cooper can provide us with is more of the B. A. U. 's faulty analysis. The state sold Jack Fickler's guesses to the jury Regarding the murders. But, in fact, all they have is junk science. Junk science? I have signed affidavits from two jurors that state that their decision to vote guilty was based almost solely on Mr. Fickler's testimony. Now, if that testimony is false, then my client does not deserve to be in prison at all, let alone on death row. Your honor, we see this time and again with death-row inmates. The defense wants to seize on a single word to undo Jack Fickler's testimony. Believe me, your honor, one word is not enough. While I greatly appreciate your instructions to this court on what is and isn't enough, I think I'll go ahead and schedule a hearing and try to decide for myself. I'll hear arguments this week. What do you need for the hearing? Well, they're gonna want to know more about your testimony. And they'll ask Agent Cooper what process you used to arrive at your opinions. If you need anything else, don't hesitate. We are here until Veronica's firmly replanted on death row. I need to get back to my office to prep. Justice never sleeps, right? "Justice never sleeps"? That sounds like a comic book. Yeah. What? What's wrong? The defense attorney-- he seems extremely confident, don't you think? Guys like him make a living being overconfident. It's not just that. In court, he said If your testimony proves false, not "unsupported," not "inappropriate," "false" Like there was a lie. Well, I didn't lie, if that's what you're asking. I've never perjured myself, ever. So if that's what Lampl is counting on, this will be a very short trip. What? What's up? You don't have a desk. What do you call this? A table. Yes, but it functions as a desk. You put a computer on it. There's files. Yeah, but there's no personalization-- I mean, none of your stuff. Why do I need personal stuff? You know, Prophet's right. I mean, what kind of person doesn't have any stuff? Are you profiling me? I mean, you kind of are always ready to get out as quickly as possible. You know what, Beth? You profile just like a fugitive. Okay. Huh? Look, ready to abandon someplace at a moment's notice. Yeah, I bet you she's got a suitcase at the ready too. - Yeah, look at her run. - Go on, Beth. See those people out there working out? They don't ask any questions. In fact, they barely even acknowledge that I exist, and that's fantastic. Hello, darling. No, I was just leaving. Oh, listen, I have to cancel this weekend. I got to work on the Veronica Day case. No, you can still take him. Ah, Ben won't care either way. No. What? Hello? Hello? I'm losing you. Oh, crap. Ah. Oh, man. Oh, crap. I can handle a court case or a threat analysis, but to handle both at the same time, I need my "A" team. - "A" team is right. - Here you go. Conflicted as I am to be compared to a marginally entertaining '80s TV show, what would you like us to do? Why are you asking me? 'Cause you're the boss. I have a job to do here, Beth. I need to study the day case for the hearing tomorrow. You are in charge of threat analysis here. Okay, I just thought that was while you were away. It was while I was on this, and I still am. Understood. Got it. Beth in charge-- way to go, boss. You don't need to call me that. It doesn't matter what I call you. You're pretty much the boss. Have you heard from Mick and Gina? - Are you changing the subject? - I am. Nice. They're at the crime scene. Okay, get an update, please, and then we'll get set up in here. Yes, ma'am. Vandalism is primarily a male act. Breaking a window takes aggression. There was no rock or anything heavy left behind. So the unsub brought something with him. And he brought a modified newspaper and paint for the hood. That's a lot of preplanning. So Armus walks towards the car from this direction. He's facing the driver's side, and if this window had been smashed, he never would have got in. He would have seen it, and he would have gone for help. And he wouldn't have seen the hood from there. The unsub wanted him to get as close as possible before seeing the threat. Aside from the courthouse elevator, the most obvious way in is by car. But I did find a maintenance door on the second floor-- the lock had been jimmied. So he came by foot. He brought tools. He could get in, and he could get out without being detected. He's been here before. We've had two other boys that have sat exactly where you're sitting. You're not special to her. Peter, you do not have to protect her. Veronica didn't kill them. I did. Couldn't break him. I couldn't break any of them. So Veronica Day has a radar for damaged people. Well, that's a pretty good description, yeah. But on the outside of that, these kids are model citizens. They got good grades. They're well liked. They're on their way to college. Yeah, which is how Veronica fit in. She was charming and kind and a pretty girl who could make parents trust her. Yeah, but we know that was an illusion. Well, she's actually pretty fascinating. Given up at birth, she bounced around foster care until she was 14, arrested as a runaway at 17. So when she was out on the street, that's where she tracked down her birth mother? Yeah. She took a bus to Sacramento. Her birth mother was a waitress. She lied about her age, got hired as a dishwasher at the same diner. A few weeks later, mom turned up dead. Shotgun to the head, just like all the other murders. Yeah, only this time, she actually pulled the trigger-- the only time. I testified that mom's *** was the first step in Veronica developing her signature. Oh, so the mom's *** was a cold case. You were investigating Veronica, and her background brought that around. The state decided that there was enough evidence to link the Oswalt, Lidge, and Madison murders. And Veronica was tried for all of them together. How many times did you interview Veronica? Four No, um, five, five separate incidents. Was it four, or was it five? Six, seven? Five-- It's on tape and in the files, Sam. Why do I get the feeling I'm being challenged here? I have to understand how you, uh, built this profile, see if there was something I would do differently. By differently, you mean better? I'm not saying that. We have to be absolutely sure that we're right, because Veronica's attorney is absolutely sure that we're wrong. What's this unsub trying to gain? Veronica Day's freedom? Why not wait till after the hearing? Is this really helping her? As you know, threats are not actions. They're designed to inflict fear and uncertainty in a victim. From what I understand, this Armus guy is anything but scared, though. That would make the unsub angry. Angry enough to try something else. Sure. Something personal. I need Armus' phone number, please. - This is Armus. - Hello, Mr. Armus. This is Federal Agent Beth Griffith. Yes? My team and I have been asked by Agent Cooper to investigate the threats made against you. Oh, you mean the vandalism on my car? Yes, sir. You don't consider that a threat? Some phrase a moron used that some other moron wrote on a crime scene wall ten years ago? No, I don't consider that a threat. Well, we consider that there's at least a possibility of an escalation. I categorically disagree. We would like to place a security detail on your home. Absolutely not. I'm not gonna drag my wife and my son into this and scare the hell out of them for nothing. I mean, if I wee-wee'd my shorts or ran and hid every time a threat was made against me as the A. D. A. , I would never get my job done. Good-bye. - He hung up on me. - Why? He doesn't think he's in any danger. Based on what? Apparently he gets threatened all the time and something about peeing in his pants. As far as I can tell, you gave the same profile that I would have. That's comforting. It's clear. She, uh, was recreating her mother's *** over and over and over. Right. So why do I get the feeling that you're not satisfied with this, Sam? I was actually hoping that there was something wrong with this profile. Why don't you enlighten me? Uh, where are you going with this? You seem to be getting lost in your own head. There's something missing. I can feel it. - It's not about your work. - It is about my work. My profile is being called into question here, and I need your support. I thought you wanted me to review the files. I didn't know you wanted me to come to some predetermined conclusion for you. Oh, come on, Sam. You know what I'm talking about. Jack, I-I-I I see the big picture. I can see how it all fits. I understand you got a lot at stake here. But there's something. I can't quite touch it yet, but it's there, and it's waiting for me to find it. The big picture that you need to focus on is that I am no longer a profiler. It is your way of life that is at stake here. So figure this out, or you may be looking for a new home. Oh. Oh, my God! Oh, no. I'm--I'm--I'm calm. Okay. What--what's happened? Check Ben! I'll call the FBI. Cut the lights. Keep circling the block. If this guy's watching us, I don't want him to see us overreacting. Good. Got to keep him from feeding off the fear that he created here. The unsub came in through the back door. He raked the deadbolt. Pretty low tech, but you'd have to have the right tools. I mean, it's nothing you couldn't find on the Internet. - Keep this place locked up. - You got it. "The time is now. " The techs confirm the blood isn't even human. - It's animal. - So he's mutilating pets? Or he's a hunter or got it from a butcher shop. So the unsub walks all the way in here to where his intended target is sleeping and does what? He makes a threat. Why wouldn't he kill them when he had the chance, though? Perhaps he's not a killer, not yet, anyway. What do I do? I mean, do I back off the case? Another prosecutor would just take it over. Doesn't this guy realize that? This guy--it doesn't matter about rationality. He's so focused on scaring you that he doesn't know where he's gonna go next. This makes it difficult for us to anticipate his next move. May we now place your family in protective custody? Agent LaSalle will remain here and confer with the L. A. P. D. officers on patrol. Agent Rawson will coordinate your transportation to and from the courthouse. Wait. What about my school visit? We'll just have to try to reschedule it. They could give away my spot if I don't show up this weekend. If they do, they didn't want you bad enough to start with, kid. It's a lot to process. I know that, and I'm sorry, but at this point, we can't take any risks. Anything we have to do to protect my family, let's do it. Hello, Veronica. They said you were an early riser. Apparently I'm not the only one. I get up at 4:00 a. m. every morning. I like to feel the sunrise. You look really nice. You look like you don't usually wear a suit. Well, we all look different in court-- the bad guys, the good guys. It's like no crime was ever committed or an arrest ever made by anyone wearing jeans. You mind if I talk to you? I don't. But my lawyer might. He's a very confident man, your lawyer. That about sums him up. Makes me a little nervous. That's refreshingly honest. No point in pretending. You're probably a better profiler than I'll ever be. You think so? Those boys, they all had these vulnerabilities that they were hiding from everyone, but you saw them. I see a lot of things. Speaking of which, how are you and the Director getting along? I thought I noticed some vibes there. That's funny, a girl like you always puts ripples in a family. Is that right? That sounds dangerously close to something Leon should be here for. Well, I'm not gonna talk to you about any of the murders at all. So this is a social visit? Not exactly, no. Then what is it you do want, Agent Cooper? Did you ever tell her? Tell who what? When you were working at the diner Did you ever tell your mother who you were? You know nothing about my mother. I mean, you traveled all that way on your own. - You were just this little girl. - Get out of here. - How did it feel? - Shut up. How did it feel to meet the woman that just gave you away? Leave me alone! Get out of here! Okay, it's all right. It's all right. I want you to sit down now. This is my fault. She'll be fine when I leave. I'll see you in court. Samuel Cooper, how early is it on the West Coast? I just got in myself and have yet to even inject caffeine. I need you to get into Veronica Day's case files. I thought they already sent you everything you needed. Not the bureau files, the original files, the case reports, the trial prep-- all the things that we didn't see. Okay, what are you looking for? Veronica got completely upset when I brought up her birth mother's ***. She was cold about everything else, but when I brought that up, she got almost-- almost protective. So you want me to focus on the original ***? Exclusively. And, Penelope, we do not have a lot of time. A hopeless case with no time-- that's my specialty. All right, call me when you get something, okay? Yeah. You ever wear one of these? You really think it's necessary? I think it'll go better with that suit than a bullet hole. Excuse me. Director Fickler? Yes? You don't remember me. Oh, my God. It's, uh, Peter Lidge's little sister, Rachel. Look at you. You're all grown up. She won't actually get this new trial, right? Well, we will do everything in our power to make sure that that doesn't happen. I need more than that. I need to know that Veronica will finally pay for what she did to my family. That's what we all want. Thank you. Veronica Day suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. Her lack of empathy and delusions of grandeur result in an inflated sense of self-importance. This isn't a hearing about my client's mental state. Stick with the original B. A. U. testimony, Mr. Armus. That's what's being called into question here. With all due respect, your honor, Jack Fickler's profiling of this case was and remains irrefutable. I'm not convinced the actions were unique, Agent Cooper. They've been copycatted many times since. The shootings, yes. But the signature, no. No other combination of M. O. or ritual is identical to Veronica's. Veronica developed her signature as a way of keeping control Of people, of situations, of time itself. And this is all a reaction to the one time that she lost control. You're referring to the *** of Veronica's birth mother? Objection. If Agent Cooper's going to talk about loss of control, I think it's only fair to discuss his own. How out of control were you when you were off the Bureau's radar? Objection. Objection, your honor. You can question all the things that I've done as an Agent, but my life is not why we're here today, because I have tried to make amends for the things that I've done, taken responsibility. But, Veronica, have you? Have you taken responsibility for the death of your mother? - I didn't kill my mother. - That's enough, Miss Day! You're a liar! Request for a short recess, your honor. You're just like Fickler! You're a liar! Tell your client to pull herself together, Leon. Cooper? What do you got? Uh, Veronica Day was actually convicted of killing her mother, right? It's the only time she killed by her own hands. According to whom? According to whom? According to the prosecution team. It's the basis of our entire profile. Yeah, there may be a problem with that. You don't recall? You don't recall a statement from a state trooper or you never saw it? Look, I had thousands of pages of case documents for the trial. You think I'm gonna remember one line item on a single evidence list? The only exculpatory evidence? The one statement that may still exonerate Veronica of her mother's ***? Yeah, I expect you should recall that one. I just talked to the state trooper. He said that he faxed that statement directly to you in '96. But it never made its way into trial evidence. "Neighbor heard a loud *** "and then spotted a dark-haired Caucasian male "fleeing the building on 8th Street, "where Jennifer Conroy's body was then discovered in the stairwell. " Look, what that report doesn't say is that the witness in question was halfway through a handle of beam. Now, maybe she saw a man. Maybe it was a woman. Maybe it was a horse on roller skates. She was completely, drunkenly unreliable. Unreliable because the statement went against the case that you built, the case that you let me testify to. I swore under oath that Veronica killed her birth mother. Come on, Jack. You know how hard it is to convict someone of *** when they've never actually murdered anyone? - What? - My God. Gordon, it is supposed to be difficult to put someone to death. You suppressed evidence deliberately in a death-penalty case. I'm duty bound to present this to the judge. It was a worthless statement. That's not your call. It never was. Coming to you live from the criminal justice center in downtown Los Angeles, where we have just learned convicted murderer Veronica Day has been released. And here she comes. Veronica, how does it feel to be free? I want to take this opportunity to thank the FBI. Their tireless work and dedication are the reason I'm standing here now. So, thank you, Agents Cooper and Director Fickler, for setting me free. Veronica Day thanking the same people who put her behind bars nearly ten years ago. A very dangerous woman has just walked out the door, and it's my fault. You were lied to by Ramirez. All right, how did I miss it? - I don't know. - What does that mean-- that you never would have made the same mistake? - She's free? - Rachel. - She can't be free. - I am very, very sorry. How--how can this happen? The only *** that she was actually convicted of was her mother's, and new evidence-- Her mother? What about my mother? What about my father? You know your brother wouldn't say that it was her. All right? None of the boys would talk. None of them would betray her. I'll say she did it. I'll say she told Peter to shoot them, that--that I heard her say it. But you didn't. I can say that I just remembered it, that--that there was post-traumatic stress. Put me on the stand. Rachel. She can't get away with this. - Perjury is a crime. - I don't care. Look, we will find a way to get her back into custody, but not like this. We are not risking you going to jail yourself. How can you let this happen? If Veronica hurts someone else, I'll never forgive myself. Where do you think she's going? I don't know. I don't understand. She's just free? I can't believe this. Wait. You can figure out your strategy here, Andy. Please, just come home. Because there's a lunatic on the loose who's threatened our family, and I don't know-- I thought you might choose your wife and son over your work just this once, but I guess that's just too much to ask. I'm sorry you had to hear that. No, it's fine. We're here now. And we're gonna keep you safe. I'm gonna check on Ben. - You gonna call Cooper? - Yes. He's must be devastated. Oh, my God, his backpack's missing, his shoes. He's gone. Ben's gone. We've got to figure out what Veronica's next move is. Wait. What is this? It's a letter from Peter Lidge. It says she wouldn't be in prison if he had killed his sister Rachel that night. I think she's going after Rachel. Hi, Rachel. Remember me? FBI! - Rachel, come here. - She confessed. - She confessed? - She told me everything-- how she convinced my brother that my parents hated him. She helped my brother get the gun. She said it was all her idea. Is that enough to convict her? I needed to tell Rachel that I was responsible. Yeah, that's enough. Hey. Your parents were supposed to bring you here, right? Well, it is parents' orientation weekend. I want to come here in the fall. Do you know what sound irks me more than any other sound in the whole world? The beeping of a pager Those old school PDAs. It was a little electronic box that was always beeping my father away from things that were far more important than me. He was a doctor. Actually, he was a world-renowned neurosurgeon. And the difficulty in that is, you can't complain that he's not there for you when what he's doing is operating on people's brains. So what did you do? I'm embarrassed to admit I had a bit of a bad-girl phase. I would do anything to get him to notice me, just to focus. And one time, he caught me in the garage smashing his pager into a thousand pieces. Needless to say, it never beeped again. I never did write on the wall in pig's blood, though. I'll give you that. It has a certain panache. How'd you know? You didn't hide the receipt from the butcher's. You wanted us to know. You wanted him to know. Well, what happens now? It depends upon whether your father wants to press charges or not. Do you think he would? I think your mother's gonna intervene, but we have to talk about counseling. And that's what you did? You went to counseling? I did. And when my father was pushing me to go to medical school, I told him I wanted to be a civil servant. I wanted to work for the government. - You really fought back. - Yes. - Just like art school. - Sure, but without the color. The FBI is seriously Gray upon gray upon gray upon gray. Look at us. In our natural habitats. Natural costumes, anyway. I like you better in that. Thank you. It'd be weird for you to say the same, but it's true. This is the costume that fits. Is that why you confessed to Rachel 'Cause you think you belong here? I belong on death row for what I did. I caused a lot of people to be hurt And families destroyed. But not your mother. I never hurt her. I wouldn't. I wanted to know her. "The time is now" That's about not telling her when you had the chance, right? I was going to. I was working up to it. Someone took her away again from you. So I guess I didn't want anyone else to have a happy family. That's the profile, right? That's part of it. The other part takes into account who you are right now. Who's that? A young woman who wants to get redemption for something she did when she was a little girl. Someone who needs to see that The one part of herself that's good is the part that's been seeking forgiveness all this time. I'm gonna reopen the investigation to find your mother's killer. We've got some strong leads Really. I will see you later, Veronica Day. See you. Shh, quiet. She's coming. - What happened? - Nothing. Why do you look like you used my toothbrush to clean the toilet? Did you? We've come closer than we wanted ♪ If you're gonna be the boss sometimes, you might as well have an actual desk. We will not be the same ♪ we'll never be the same ♪ This is the first time I've ever seen you not know what to say, Beth. It's just-- Just--just say, "thank you, man. " Thank you, man. You gonna move some stuff in now? What is it with you and stuff? I don't know. You could have, like, a photograph or maybe, you know, a nice green plant. How is a plant "stuff"? - Oh, just take the plant. - Okay. Thank you. You clean your toilet with a toothbrush? No, I didn't clean my toilet with a toothbrush. I had abusive roommates in college.