Criminal Minds

Previously on criminal minds...

If the remains aren't related to the same killer, where's he been for 10 years?

Killing. Unsolved case files going back 30 years.

The same M.O. Right rib bone is missing.

I'm Frank.

I thought I'd seen the very worst of what humanity had to offer until you.

A killing machine-Incapable of remorse, compassion, love.

Early toxicological investigations of the victims' blood indicated high levels of ketamine.

Ketamine is primarily a horse tranquilizer.

Jane, run.

In street lingo it's known as being stuck in the "k" hole.

Whatever it is he came for is coming here to this diner.

Jane.

He has the children, Jane.

Give me Jane, and they'll have their children back.

With Jane in my life, I will never harm another human being.

The most prolific serial killer ever.

What do you want, honey? Oh, something flowery.

Flowery. Ok, well, help me out here.

Purple?

Purple Uh, maybe--Maybe not purple.Uh--

Come on, man. More of a mix of something.

You're killing me here. Make up your mind.

Just back off, pal. What did I do?

I wasn't talking to you. I guess roses.

Are you on a date? No, uh, hold on-Hold on the roses, will you?

And you didn't tell me? Tell you what? I'm not on a date.

I'm just buying flowers. For who?

Old college friend. Hotch, tell me something.

Do roses say the wrong thing? What do you want to say?

Welcome, hi, good to see you, sorry I'm so damn late.

Uh, roses say more than that.

Face it, buddy.You want some action, it's the roses.

She's right.

Do you have a yellow flower- They're like, um-- They're little yellow flowers.

They look like dandelions or like weeds, but they're not weeds.

They have a little black spot in the middle.But they don't have a black spot, they're sort of round and puffy.

Button mums.

Do you have those? Can I see what those look like?

It's a date. I'm not on a date...exactly.

Well, how about some white stuff and... you know, make it look...happy.

Baby's breath. Ok, great.Sorry!

I don't know what else, whatever looks good.

So what do you need?

I got a request from safe guard for personnel files on certain agents.

So it's an annual evaluation. Who cares?

It's 6 months early, Jason.

It's not a routine evaluation.

I think it's an assessment of the B.A.U

They're redistributing funds, they're making cuts in all departments.

So what are they going to take, the jet? I prefer trains anyway.

Well, I think we may lose more than that.

It's been a hard year for us, Jason.

You know, what happened to Morgan in chicago.

We both know about reid's issues. Elle greenaway's suspect killed.

It all adds up. To what?

The only file they didn't request was mine.

$30?What, are you kidding me?

You should have seen the price of the roses. Oh, lord.

Thanks.Hey, Hotch, you're the best unit chief I know.

Jason, I'm the only unit chief you know.

Look, you need a break.Go home, kiss your family, and...

Impossible.

What?

I thought I...I thought--Never mind.

We both need a break.

Jason? Yeah?

Button mums are something you give your mother.

Yeah.

Good night. Good night.

Have fun.

Sarah, sorry I'm so late. I got caught up at the office.

What is your fascination with birds, Jason?

Who is this?

Paintings of birds, etchings of birds, books about birds.

Frank, please. Please don't hurt her.

Birders can be extremely single-Minded in their pursuits.

Almost...obsessional.

She's innocent. She's somebody I knew a long time ago.

Are you obsessional, Jason?

Do you lie awake at night and think about the...

Bird that got away? Please, Frank.

Please don't involve her.

Have you seen my Jane lately, Jason?

I know she came here, to washington...

To find you.

Frank... I want her back.

I choose my friends for their good looks my acquaintances for their good characters

My enemies for their good intellects - Oscar wilde.

I've never seen you like this.

You have not seen what I've seen.

You chose the B.A.U.

True. I enjoy my work.

Even when in the pursuit to understand why...

A person feels the compelling need to

Brutally torture, murder

And dismember a child, mother or father,

An entire family.

The unsubs, devoid of any morality, humanity, remorse when caught,

Often come to believe that we're the only ones who understand them.

And they're right.We do.

Otherwise...how could we catch them?

Tell me what happened friday...

After agent Gideon called you.

About 7:15 I got a page requesting the B.A.U

At 181 arthur street. Agent Gideon's apartment.

Hotch.

Where's Gideon? I called his cell. It's right there.

It seems he left in a hurry. P.D.Thinks he did this?

They have 6 witnesses who saw him running down the street, covered in blood, wielding a gun.

Ok, he was probably chasing the son of a bitch who did do this.

Either way, we're under strict orders not to get in the way of the investigation.

Gideon's a suspect, we're his colleagues.

Conflict of interest.There's no way they'll ask for our help.

Which he needs badly right now.

Well, who spoke to him last? I did, about 2 hours ago.

What did he say?

He said he was late for a date.

Do we even know who she is? An old school friend.

We're conflicted out of the investigation.

We're just here to answer questions the M.P.D might have, so we need to assess what we can while we can.

Evisceration of the torso, removal of various organs.

The guy's clearly a sexually sadistic psychopath.

He's well-Versed with a scalpel. He's done this before.

We need to at least get photos.

J.J., Your cell phone-Get as many as you can as quickly as you can.Get them to garcia.

Oh, J.J...it's friday night.

The cute guy from counterterrorism...

3 cocktails in, I am looking at second base, so this better be good.

It's far from good.

Where are you? Gideon's apartment.

No sign of forced entry.Why?

Everything is as it was.

Nothing has been disturbed.

Wine poured but not drank.

The victim simply let the assailant in.

And why wouldn't she?She was waiting for Gideon. It's his home.

Forensics won't find any defensive wounds.Why?

Because she didn't defend herself. She couldn'T.

He came here looking for Gideon and he found her.

Now, he knew he didn't have a lot of time, but...

Here she is, and here he stands-A sexual sadist.

A psychopath with the need to kill just as natural as his need to breathe.

He moved swiftly, every stroke of his blade exact, from lower torso to throat.

She was awake the entire time, until mercifully she passed away.

The toxicology report will find high levels of ketamine in her blood.

He opened her up, removed her lower-Right rib bone, which is missing.

Prentiss, left hand.

That looks like part of the rib bone.

It was a gift. It's human rib bones.

Frank's back.

If this is who we think it is, he took the rib bones as gifts to give to Jane.

And yet this one he gave back to Sarah.Why?

It's not for Sarah, it's for us. It's a message.

What is that?

We need to tell the police what we found.

Wait. For what?

If we know anything about Frank, he wouldn't have left a trace of his dna in here.

There are a number of ways this scene could be interpreted, and all of them could indicate Gideon.

As long as Frank's out there, we can't afford to stop and explain any of it.

Last time he did all of this for Jane.

Well, things seem to have changed dramatically.

Maybe she's dead.They had a lovers' quarrel and he killed her?

If he came here looking for Gideon, maybe he found him.

Let's go find out where Gideon went.

Hello?

Hello?Who is this?

I nearly had him. Where are you?

I saw him walking off down the street. He was just-Just walking.

He dropped something in the trash out in the street.

I couldn't get a clean shot. The streets were too crowded.

Was Jane with him? No.

But I saw her when I was talking to you.

I saw her in the street seconds before he called me.

He called you? He came after me.He came to my home.

Then he's out of his comfort zone, in a big city with feds who know what he looks like.

And if I hadn't been late...she'd still be alive.

He butchered her, Hotch.

Jason... I'm coming in.

No.Do that and this investigation moves inside an interrogation room.

And by the time the cops catch up, we're going to be looking at more dead bodies.

Right. He's going to change who he goes after.He has to.

I know. We know who Frank is.

We don't know the why.

You help us find out the why and we'll catch him.

For that I'm going to need my files.

I'll have garcia bring them to you.

You find some place quiet where you can work.

And, Jason...

We'll get him.

Frank had to have come out the same way down this street.

If they saw Gideon, they saw Frank.

Well, we know Frank will do whatever it takes to blend in and not stand out.

Well, to avoid attracting attention, he would have simply walked calmly out of that crime scene.

The evisceration of Sarah, though, means he would have been soaked in her blood.

No, he had access to Gideon's closet.

He cleans up, gets a change of clothes, he's out.

Yet he left no trace of evidence at the crime scene.

Gideon said he dumped it en route. You spoke with Gideon?

Where is he, Hotch? He's safe.