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[Herman's Hermits, "I'm Into Something Good"]

- * Woke up this morning feeling fine *

* There's something special on my mind *

* Last night, I met a new girl in the neighborhood *

* Whoa, yeah *

* Something tells me I'm into something good *

- * Something tells me I'm into something *

- * She's the kind of girl who's not too shy *

* And I can tell I'm her kind of guy *

* She danced close to me like I hoped she would *

- Step forward. You know the drill.

* *

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Secure Delta 12 cell door.

- All sensors online for Delta 12.

[dull clank, indistinct shouting]

Monitoring vitals on Charlie 25.

* *

Man, those sunflowers on the wall give me the creeps.

- Everyone down there gives me the creeps.

* *

Those double shifts are brutal.

Any plans for the weekend?

- Yeah, I plan on not doing anything.

Man, I miss the single life.

* *

What's happening?

- I have no idea. Something's not right.

Initiating security override.

Seismic activity increasing!

All the sensors are going off!

[metallic clanking, fire whooshes]

* *

What was that?

* *

- Drive. Drive!

Drive!

[rock music playing over radio]

- Boss catches you late again, he's gonna fire you.

Neil can relax.

Besides, if he fires me, who's gonna do his job?

Hey, can you pull up table four, baseball hat?

- We're watching that game. There's nothing here.

- Oh, ye of little faith, don't doubt

the great Bex Henderson.

- * Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam *

* Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam *

* Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam *

He knows the dealer.

- - Look.

She is looking at every other player when she deals.

Not him.

Ah, there it is.

She just took one from the bottom of the deck.

Hey, can we get security, table four?

- And I guess that's why we have an ex-FBI

profiler on the team.

- I'm gonna need both of you to come with us.

- * Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam *

Whoa, what's this?

We being raided?

- * Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam *

* Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam *

They're here for me.

So does this mean I'm back in?

- No. But you wanted off the bench.

This is off the bench.

For now.

Where am I going?

Home to pack.

Plane leaves in an hour.

Hey, Sam.

You have got to hear this.

Do you remember that poli-sci seminar?

- You got in? - I got in.

Well, I need to move my schedule around a little, but--

wait, why aren't you at work?

I don't hear any slot machines.

- There has been a change of plans.

Is everything OK?

Tell me that cute doctor from down the street

finally asked you out.

Yeah, no,

I forgot to tell you, we're eloping to Paris.

I'm actually on the plane with him right now.

Funny.

But honestly,

he would run away with you in a heartbeat.

I've seen the way he looks at you.

- Hey, Sam, listen, I'm so sorry.

I know I said I was gonna come up this weekend, but--

You can't.

That's totally fine.

But wait, um, what are you doing?

Ma'am.

- Attention, all base personnel...

Roger that.

- Special Agent Henderson, welcome.

This is Jacob Hassani, White House advisor.

Have a seat.

You have a number of high-profile cases

on your record, Agent Henderson.

From what I can see, you should be running the BAU.

Instead, you're working the day shift

at the Royal Hearts Casino.

- What can I say? Some people fail up.

With all due respect, Madam Attorney General,

I don't think you flew me across the country

to talk about the trajectory of my career,

so what is this about?

Richard Harris.

Hell of a first case for a young profiler, hmm?

- I was a probie at the time. It wasn't my case.

- Yeah, your former partner, Agent Odell, was the primary.

* *

- Anything you need to know about Agent Odell,

you can read in my file.

I have.

Let's talk about Harris.

- Richard Harris killed seven women.

During the arrest, an eighth victim

was found unconscious in the basement of the residence--

Nicole Westin.

She survived. - And Harris?

Executed in 2017.

- What is your professional assessment of Richard Harris?

* *

- You want me to profile a dead serial killer?

* *

OK.

* *

Richard Harris was the product of intense physical

and emotional abuse from his mother.

She would lock him in the basement in complete darkness

for days at a time.

As an adult, he would revisit that trauma

by finding women that he viewed

as a surrogate for his own mother.

He would abduct them, sedate them,

and inject ammonia sulfite into their eyes.

He would blind them, plunging them into the same darkness

that he experienced as a child.

Richard Harris was this intelligent,

narcissistic psychopath who sought to fulfill

a revenge fantasy by brutally torturing

and killing innocent women.

My question, though, is, why the hell is the CIA

so interested in a dead serial killer?

I mean, no offense, but White House advisor?

You'd have a better chance convincing me

you work at Chick-fil-A.

So, ma'am, can we please cut the crap

and tell me why I'm actually here?

* *

Come with me.

I'll show you.

Majority of our nation's nuclear stockpile

is housed in a missile complex right here in this valley.

Last night, there was an explosion in one of the silos.

- What kind of explosion? - A big one.

Most likely a gas buildup in the cooling system.

But that's not our main concern at the moment.

What is?

- A nuclear missile complex is one of the most covert

and secure locations on the planet,

which is why, for the last 30 years,

this one has been home to a classified prison.

Wait, did you say prison?

It's called the Pit.

It's home to the most violent and dangerous criminals

the world has ever known.

Or at least it was until the blast hit.

The explosion shook the whole valley.

The blast wave hit the prison and completely collapsed

the central structure.

Only a handful of personnel were recovered alive,

including the warden.

He's still in surgery.

We don't anticipate many more survivors.

Here, this is Detention Specialist Shane Florence.