Ironside

Aah!!

We know from Manhattan south homicide task force

the suspect is male,

right-handed, Caucasian,

and wears a black sports watch.

We got two dead, third is critical,

which makes us the lead story on every newscast in America.

You see behind me the bars of Second Avenue,

no less crowded than normal for a Thursday night

despite growing fears about "App the ripper,"

so named for his propensity to post video

of his brutal killings shot from his phone.

Chief of the detectives himself is

walking a beat to prove the streets are safe.

All three victims worked in different professions...

lawyer, doctor, Wall Street.

The biblical passage in the video is

about David and Goliath,

so this guy must see himself as David, the hero.

Ripper's pattern is to attack the first of the month.

Victim number three was two days ago.

6:00 news reported Vic number three is gonna pull through.

So guy who says "I don't fail" just failed.

Gut says he's going at it again.

- And quickly. - East Village?

The last two locations were midtown.

Yeah, but the first was second Avenue and Fourth.

Postings on the Internet came 20 minutes

after the attack from servers in this area.

First attack was on impulse. Then he started hunting.

Now he's mad at himself.

Back to impulse.

No!

Stop!

Coming through, coming through.

If you're gonna stare,

at least get the hell out of my way, all right?

- Sorry. - All right, come on, come on.

Fool, fool! Step off!

I owe you money?

Excuse me?

You're looking at me like I do.

Hey, Brah.

What are you doing checking out my girl?

Oh, hey, man.

I didn't know she was with someone.

My bad.

Good idea. Roll your ass out of here.

- Come on, Brian. Let's go. - Are you serious?

You can't even get in my face.

I'm pretty confident I'm staring

right at where you do your thinking.

Brah.

We good?

Yeah, I think so.

- Huh? - Ow!

When you're ready to trade up, let me know.

10-34, possible weapon.

All right, what do we got here?

Just a good, old-fashioned donnybrook.

- Any weapons? - She had her knuckles.

Yeah, apparently she hits like Pacquiao.

No!

Move, move, move, move, move!

Get out of the way. Let's go.

Is he cut?

Out of the way!

Holly! Bleeding.

He's going into shock.

All right, Virgil, Teddy, split up.

See which stores have videos.

- Find out who wants to talk. - You got it.

You, secure the scene.

I want everybody out of here!

Block off the area!

He sliced a major artery.

Put as much pressure on that as you can,

or he's gonna bleed out in a minute.

Okay, hey, hey, buddy.

Hey, hey. What's your name, guy?

Steven.

The ripper just posted a video

30 seconds ago.

Whoa.

I just saw these two running from the crime scene

right next to the victim. Go, go!

I'm on it.

Listen up, looking for a female blond, late teens,

blue sweatpants, gray hoodie.

Guy with her is in his 30s.

Beard, dark hair, last seen going north on first.

Steven.

Steven, look at me.

Look at me. We're running out of time.

You're dying.

Tell me what he looked like.

Help... help me.

The only thing I can do for you is get the guy who did this,

but you gotta give me something...

height, hair color, anything.

I got nothing.

Come on, Steven.

Steven? Come on, man.

Stay with me.

Negative.

Any luck?

Am I smiling?

Only two people in New York who can identify

the ripper blew right past me.

I checked with the precinct. No one recognizes them.

Canvassed the restaurants on the block, came up empty.

They weren't here to eat.

Sweatpants, hoodie...

this was a quick trip to the corner.

Two Korean markets and a juice bar.

Security footage on all three didn't show them.

What is that right there? What is that?

It's a bank card.

He was going to the ATM.

Six banks in a two-block radius.

I'll pull the footage.

You still here?

I know you've been through this before, boss.

Just want to make sure you're okay.

Someone dying while I hold their hand...

day you're okay with that,

you should quit.

Okay, listen up.

1PP's up every precinct's ass.

All due respect to Freddy Krueger's Facebook page here.

We need this psycho in handcuffs posthaste.

Yeah, he's not our guy.

Camera angle's wrong,

and I would've seen blood all over him.

And yet you look pleased.

So what exactly am I missing here?

First three attacks were head-on.

In each case, the femoral artery

was slashed in a diagonal fashion.

But vic number four was from behind.

Task force has the ATM photo.

They're taking it around to martial arts studios

and surgical supply stores.

Maybe we should be looking for a butcher

or a poissonnier.

You know, he's the chef that prepares the fish.

He has to have extremely precise cutting skills.

You know you said that out loud, right?

Precision. Why?

Well, hitting the femoral artery...

that's one thing.

But the brachial? I mean, come on.

Now he's just showing off.

- Turn around. - Why me?

Because you know what a poissonnier is.

Come here.

All right.

Now this last attack on the victim

from the ripper was from behind.

And he should've gone for the jugular.

Sure, quickest way to kill someone.

Unless it wasn't the easiest way.

Boom. All right, good.

All victims are well over 6 feet.

Our guy's under.

So he's got a Napoleon complex?

David and Goliath quote...

we're looking for a kid who was picked on.

Who was Goliath but the original

"knock the books out of your arms" guy, right?

Now victim number one.

On his class ring,

is "facta, non verba."

Deeds, not words.

Davis prep, three blocks from the first attack.

I mean, he must have just left there.

Vic number two... where was he hit?

5 east 66th street.

That's right outside the lotos club.

And number three was attacked on Fifth Avenue.

Just made a purchase at Tiffany's.

Ripper's taking his revenge on the one percenters.

Yeah, but the fourth victim,

he was up to his eyes in debt.

He put himself through college on the G.I. bill.

That's the outlier.

Ripper's finally getting the attention

that he was looking for.

So desperate to keep that image and in a hurry,

he looked for the first person he saw

that looked like the other three, right?

This blade...

a blade that cuts like this is unique.

And expensive.

Hit the custom-made knife shops with our boy's profile.

Good. Sounds like progress.

'Cause bosses don't like being called incompetent.

Even if it's true?

My mom always said I could pick a winner.

Oh, you picked me?