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Okay.

Did you hear that?

It's nothing, baby.

It's just my phone.

What if it's a monster?

There's no such thing as monsters, sweetheart.

Is that for real?

Well, just in case.

I hear that monsters hate kisses.

So if I give you five kisses, none of the monsters can get you.

That's science.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Good night, lovebug.

Good night, Mommy.

Mom!

Mommy!

Where are you?

Mommy?

Mommy!

Hi. I'm Colter.

Judith. Thanks for coming so quickly.

Yeah.

Miles is upstairs watching TV.

He's pretty rattled by this.

I can imagine. How long has your daughter been missing?

Alice has been gone almost 12 hours now.

I know that doesn't feel like a long time,

but it's unlike her not to come home

and to leave the door wide open.

The latches didn't keep it.

-She knows that. -Mmm.

She do this often? Leave? Leave her kid home.

I live in the guesthouse out back.

She knows I'm here, but she usually texts or calls if she goes anywhere.

But now her phone's going straight to voicemail and her car's not here.

You have no idea where she might have gone?

Alice and Miles' father separated six months ago.

She just started dating again recently,

and I thought she just stepped out on a date with someone.

You know with who?

No, I try not to pry.

Now I wish I did.

Police?

I don't want to involve them if I don't have to.

Well, you're gonna have to tell me why.

Things have gotten contentious between Alice and her ex over Miles's custody,

and he could use this against her.

Mm.

Is there a possibility that the ex is involved?

I don't think so. Greg is a good guy.

Alice is the one who wanted to separate.

Could be some residual anger.

It's possible.

Things were said that can't be unsaid,

but I thought that was behind them.

Does Alice smoke?

She used to.

Do you mind if I--

-No, go ahead. -Yeah?

Vicodin.

Prescribed to her by a doctor.

Why would she hide it?

In the past, Alice had some challenges.

-Drug problem? -Yeah.

-Ah. -But I thoughts she was clean, going on eight years now.

Three months ago, she had knee surgery.

They must have prescribed those for that.

Could have been drawn back into some bad habits.

-You had no idea she was taking these? -No.

Maybe someone that she was dating is a bad influence.

Look, I know $10,000 isn't a huge reward, but that's all I have.

I just want to find my daughter.

Hey!

You must be Miles.

I think the monster took my Mommy.

Did you see something?

No.

But something woke me up.

What woke you up?

I don't know.

When I came downstairs, no one was there.

I just got a ping.

This is your daughter's phone's last location.

I'm gonna go check it out, okay?

All right, Miles, listen.

I'm gonna do everything I can to find your mom and bring her home, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

So I checked on Alice's ex husband like you asked.

He was with his girlfriend last night.

They have surveillance of him going into her building, and he stayed till morning,

so whoever Alice left to go see, it was not him.

Yeah, her mother vouched for him, too, but it's good to rule it out.

I'm on my way right now to her phone last pinged.

Maybe she just slipped and fell off the wagon

and doesn't want her family to see her like that.

No, I don't think that's what this is.

The pills were hidden, but they were only half gone

after the course of several months.

Colter, you never know what battles people are fighting.

Hey, Colter, I hear you're in Ohio.

I'll be in Indianapolis for a deposition,

in case, you know, you need boots on the ground. Just saying.

New client again?

Yes, he's being sued for the umpteenth time.

Certainly making me earn my retainer.

Who is this guy?

All I can say is that he leads a very complicated life.

He sounds sort of like his fixer.

I prefer the term "counsel."

Okay. I'm sure you can handle it.

He's definitely not the type to be handled,

but I do like a challenge, so thank you.

Oh, and Velma gave me the download on your missing woman.

So keep me posted.

Will do.

Just her phone and her purse, sign of a struggle.

There's blood on the ground, car's still running.

She was lured out there in her vehicle,

tried to get away, and she's taken anyway.

She must have known whoever it was.

I was thinking the same thing.

Did you pull up her dating history?

Just one guy, but I don't think she met the dude online.

There's a whole lot of texts and calls to him.

Sal Markowitz.

He has a psychiatry practice.

Okay. Not dating?

Well, something's going on.

First off, the guy was married. Scandalous.

And judging by these texts, it looks like he was trying to break it off with Alice.

-I back-doored her phone from her synced laptop. -What did he say?

"I'm sorry, Alice, I can't do it anymore.

"It's too dangerous and this won't end well."

Yeah, sounds like the brother didn't want to give up half.

Yeah. Maybe he felt threatened.

He was trying to prevent her from going to his wife, but things escalated.

Thought the same thing.

And the police were called to Sal's house twice

for, get this, domestic disputes.

I'm gonna need that address.

-I gotta ask, Mr... -Colter Shaw.

What exactly were you doing here when you broke in?

I'm looking for a missing woman. Alice Baer.

Phone records indicate that she was in contact with Sal

before the disappearance.

-That's why I'm here. -P.I.?

No, I find missing people. Her mother hired me.

Listen, any word from Sal's wife?

Well, she's at a trade show in Detroit. She's flying back now.

The missing woman.

Could she have done this?

I don't think so.

Look at this. These notes here.

You see these?

These are all about the same patient. Someone Sal refers to as "PJ".

Wait, you think the killer sat down to read notes?

I think the patient might be the killer.

He came here to see what Sal wrote about him.

Look at this.

Not a glowing review.

His sadistic urges, violent fantasies,

cognitive distortions. That's no good.

I don't know profiling, but I'd say this fits the bill of our suspect.

More. This patient, PJ, was referred to Sal by Alice Baer.

That's gotta have something to do with her disappearance, right?

Perhaps Sal was helping the guy and something went really wrong.

Sal had been texting Alice without ending things,

and I'm guessing he was talking about the treatment.

He said that things became dangerous.

Maybe PJ found out and he snapped.

We need to find the identity of this patient here. He could have Alice.

Look, I appreciate your help, Mr. Shaw,

but this is a murder investigation.

We'll take it from here.

There's a woman in danger out there.

It's a police matter now.

We're gonna need you to step away and let us handle this.

-Yeah. I hope you find what you're looking for. -Thank you.

Hey, Reenie, get those photos?

Yeah. Looking for a patient with the initials "PJ"?

Yeah. Yeah.

The patient was referred to Sal by Alice.

The question is, what's the connection?

And why would PJ go to Alice for a referral?

Well, get this.

So before she became a caterer and got married,

Alice studied to be a therapist.

It looks like she never got her license,

but she did go through practicum treating troubled patients.

Drugs, violence, trauma.

A lot of them mandated by the court.

Her mother never mentioned that.

Well, that was over 10 years ago.

Grad school. I imagine she thought it was irrelevant.

So what's the connect to Sal?

He was her supervisor during her training.

So maybe they shared this patient, this PJ?

Mm. Doubtful.