Absentia

Previously on Absentia...

I think Alice is cheating on me.

I don't believe that. She would never hurt you.

You never really know someone. Do you?

You've been a stranger for months, it's like I don't exist to you.

You barely even look at me.

Does someone else have that covered now?

It's like everybody's lying all the time.

The only person that you can control is yourself.

We're looking into Oduwale. I need you to keep him away from Flynn.

Did you ever work on something called Project Quill?

I've been thinking that Flynn doesn't need to go to therapy.

He needs to spend time with us.

Rex Wolfe does not and cannot exist.

Who do you work for?

- Your own backyard's a mess. - What the hell does that mean?

You really should lie down now.

No!

We think Oduwale ordered Rex Wolfe to kill Tyler Brandon Mills...

And then used him to do the fentanyl murders.

How did you develop the serum?

Your blood was the genesis of the serum.

You are connected to all the fentanyl victims.

Your blood was in their veins.

Hey, Byrne!

Jesus.

No.

No. No, no.

- Quick. quick. - Hold on. Come on. Down. Down.

Help. Watch his head.

Oh, God. No. Call 911!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. On it. On it.

Stay with me, Doc.

Where's that ambulance?

I'm FBI. I'm in pursuit.

Don't move! Stay still!

If you don't, I'm gonna have to shoot you. Stop! Stop!

I'm FBI. Goddamn it! Get off of me.

We'll get on this and take care of it.

Appreciate it. Thanks.

Crime-scene techs haven't found the gun used to shoot Dr. Oduwale.

BPD is helping us canvass the neighborhood

for witnesses and evidence.

They're also checking on his phone records at Boston Mercy,

his home, his cell. If there's anything to find, we'll find it.

Well, blowing up that vehicle's one hell of a diversion.

You guys, they wanted to silence him before he finished his confession.

- What did he say? - It's all on this.

He's the one who ordered the fentanyl killings...

and he had Tommy murdered.

- Did he mention an accomplice? - No, he didn't.

- An enemy? - No. Nothing.

Well, somebody wanted him out of the way.

- Anything? - Nothing yet.

Here, have at it.

We're still... combing through all the evidence we pulled

from Oduwale's place, the guy was a pack-rat.

All right.

What?

Shen had tons of tapes like this.

Emily? let's talk.

Okay.

Close the door.

Just so we're clear, you had us interview Doctor Oduwale

so that you could stage a performance piece?

- We needed information, he wasn't... - So that makes all this okay?

He was stone-walling, Derek.

People are watching you, hoping that you'd screw up,

hoping that my decision was a mistake.

What happened tonight hurts us both.

I'm sorry.

look... I recorded everything. He was alive when we left the house.

But he's dead now.

Just, please, I need you to buy me a little bit more time.

I need to figure out what he did to my kid.

Please.

You are gonna have to answer for this. Emily.

I'm sorry. I can't protect you.

I get it.

Hi. It's late, why are you calling me?

Uh, yeah, you've, uh... you've not been answering my texts.

I have some news I wanna share.

Okay, can, can you make it fast?

'Cause Nick could be home any minute.

I got reinstated. I thought it would take longer, but...

That's great. Jack. I'm happy for you. I really am.

Thank you. Um, listen, you wanna grab a bite?

I can't, I'm watching Flynn.

He's old enough, he can watch himself.

Stop it. We're not doing this anymore.

So, that's it? Hmm? Just 'cause you say it is?

I mean... You haven't even given us a chance.

- I'm gonna hang up now. - If you do, I'm coming over there.

What did you just say?

You can't just drop me like I'm nothing, okay? We're good together.

- You'll find someone else. - I don't want someone else.

I'm a different person when I'm with you. okay?

Before, I was In a really dark place and I did things...

What are you talking about?

It's just a world I don't wanna go back to,

and I'm worried if I'm not with you, Alice, I will slip.

I can't help you with that. We had a good thing for a while

and we both got something out of it, but it wasn't love.

So. what was it then? You came on to me. remember that?

You kissed me. What are you getting out of it?

Or are you just running away?

I have to go, Jack.

Are any of those files from Flynn's sessions with O?

No, nothing like that yet.

The only thing I've seen are pretty standard medical files.

Okay.

You know It's possible Dr. Oduwale was just

a regular therapist with the kids?

I was there. Nothing strange happened. And Alice says

that his whole focus was on helping kids cope with trauma.

He was in the catacombs with me. None of this is a coincidence.

I don't get it. We swept those catacombs, Em.

There was no trace DNA evidence of anyone else there.

But he was. You heard him. And I remembered.

We found something.

All right...

What are you doing awake?

What are you doing with a cigarette?

You caught me. Uh... I maybe have one every few months,

don't tell your dad.

- You seem sad. - No. No, no.

I... I just... Uh... It's been a long day.

Just trying to unwind.

Want something to eat?

Yeah, okay.

We found a cache of encrypted e-mails

embedded in a file labelled "Home Improvements".

- Clearly bogus. - We've been trying to decrypt them.

No luck yet, but here's the thing, they all have the same IP,

but different e-mail addresses,

so we think the sender's changing them regularly.

Oduwale never responded.

- But they were saved and hidden? - Yes, seven years' worth.

Seven years?

It's strange that Oduwale never replied to the e-mails.

Well, he never responded,

but he was uploading them to a server in a remote location.

- And we know this how? - Tech team found a server

receiving regular back-ups from Oduwale's home computer.

Okay. saddle up and watch your backs.

We have no idea what's waiting for us.

So, please, consider it.

All clear!

Thank you, gentlemen.

- Clear. - All clear.

I thought he only had limited access.

look at all these old Catalyst files.

Calling in forensics, let's suit up, everyone.

These go back years.

This has to be Clay Bishop's file.

It's not under his name, but it fits his description.

Two ACl injuries, six-foot-five, spousal abuse. Yeah, that's him.

- We're in. Thank you. - No problem.

If he was communicating with anyone else,

maybe we can find some addresses.

let's see. These are all encrypted.

It will take days for the techs to figure this out.

Okay. here are the home Improvement back-ups.

looks like he has some saved messages here.

I'll show you the process the donor undergoes,

but only if you are prepared to abandon your moral principles.

Oh my god, it's laurie Colson.

This is a unique opportunity to study a remarkable subject.

With your help with designing additional experiments...

Hey, hey, it's me.

Oh, you... You do... You want something?

- Do you need some coffee? - Uh, no. No, thank you.

That's probably the last thing that I need right now.

Did you find something?

Alice, Dr. Oduwale is dead. He was killed.

I know that he was a mentor to you, but he was a terrible person.

He was behind the fentanyi murders, and he experimented on Emily.

Oh, my God.

He looked Flynn right in the eye and he told him

that he was there to help him,

when he was one of the people trying to destroy this family.

We let the devil in.

I'm so sorry, Nick.

If I knew, I would never have involved him in our lives.

How could you know?

He was everything to me.

All right, I'll see you guys next week.

Alice. your paper about the effect of neglect

on brain development, inspired. I loved it.

In fact, I should have it right here somewhere.

I wanted to tell you first,

I... I'm leaving the program.

What happened?

I'm just not sure this Is the right path for me.

The field Is where I feel I can do the most good.

I... I wanna help kids. Kids who are like I used to be.

Alice. you're one of my brightest students

and you've got a, a promising future.

Now, I understand your concerns, but I feel that you should stay.

And if you do...