Conviction

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Wallace, is that yours?

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- Wallace: Hayes, thanks for coming down. - Hayes: I was hoping for brunch,

but an active crime scene is a close second.

Missed you this morning.

Believe me, I'd rather still be in bed with you.

- Remember the Black Orchid Killer? - Serial killer... yeah.

It was national news. Terrified the city.

It was like Summer of Sam all over again.

And for a damn good reason.

All three female victims

brutally beaten to death in their homes.

Killer became known as B.O.K.

'cause he liked to smear lipstick on their faces afterwards,

specifically Black Orchid #4.

Hayes Morrison, Detective Nick Cestero.

He worked the original case back in '06.

Helped put the guy away.

Clark Sims will be spending

the rest of his days in Dannemora.

Or maybe not.

If D.A. Wallace asked me here,

I'm guessing that you think that B.O.K. is back at it.

Marla Higgins, 38, schoolteacher.

Died last night from apparent bludgeoning.

Dark hair, blue eyes just like all the other B.O.K. victims,

and wearing the distinctive shade of lipstick...

Not that we'll be sharing that detail with the media.

Whoever killed Marla Higgins, it wasn't Clark Sims.

Probably a copycat.

Or maybe you put the wrong guy away in the first place.

Look, you'll each get to work your own angle.

CIU will look at Clark Sims' conviction

while the NYPD goes after whoever killed Marla Higgins,

whether that's the original B.O.K...

- It's not. - ...or a copycat.

- And play nicely. - Don't I always?

- Keep CIU in the loop. - Mm-hmm.

Try not to step on NYPD's toes during an active investigation.

Because one way or another...

we've got a murderer on the loose.

Someone took a deep dive on the Black Orchid Killer.

How did you dig this up so fast?

Some of it's from the files, some is my own personal research.

- Personal research? - I'm kind of into serial killers.

- Wow. - I've read a lot about them.

in the office with blondie.

I got interested after my aunt was murdered.

I wanted to understand...

how people could do such terrible things.

Anyway, I've always had my doubts about Clark Sims

being the Black Orchid Killer.

- Based on what? - Among other things,

he continues to insist he's innocent.

Serial killers generally want credit.

Beyond that, Sims fits the FBI profile to a "T".

His mother, who had a similar appearance

to the victims, was an alcoholic.

His father abandoned the family when Clark was six.

At the risk of bringing up evidence

instead of this profiling nonsense,

Sims lived near victim number one, Hannah Lund,

and went to the bank where victim number three,

Caitlin O'Brien, was a teller.

How do you know all this?

I was just made detective when B.O.K. got started.

I must have run 1,000 leads on the tip line.

Sims also left a fingerprint

on the inside of the bedroom window

of victim three, Caitlin O'Brien.

Well, that's pretty damning.

His fingerprints were in the system

because of a trespassing charge

when he stalked his ex-girlfriend.

What about victim number two?

May DeFranco.

She was savagely beaten but survived.

Clark Sims had no connection to her.

And besides the fingerprint,

the case against Sims was circumstantial.

But people wanted the killer off the street,

and, apparently, he's an odd guy.

Yeah, but his oddness doesn't explain

why the killings stopped when Sims was locked up.

Could be a coincidence.

I'd like to talk to him.

Sure, and I'm not just saying that because I am now scared of you.

Sam, go with her.

Maxine, go get the files on the previous NYPD investigation.

Frankie, let's go and notify the surviving victim.

You're pretty.

Thank you.

I shouldn't have said that.

Did I make you uncomfortable?

A little.

I'm sorry.

I have this habit

of saying the first thing that pops into my head.

Why is the CIU taking my case?

I didn't file an appeal.

The district attorney asked us to review your conviction.

I heard there was another killing.

Like the others?

There were similarities.

I wonder where he's been all these years.

The Black Orchid Killer.

Well, right now, that's you.

But maybe you inspired a copycat.

I didn't inspire anything.

I didn't kill those women.

Why are you checking the clock?

I don't want to miss lunch.

We have 37 minutes.

My cellblock gets to go first because we're the neatest.

Tell me about when you stalked your ex-girlfriend.

You were 25.

I wasn't stalking her.

She broke up with me.

But she had one of my John Grisham books.

I went to get it.

Clark, how were your fingerprints

on the inside of Caitlin O'Brien's window

if you had never met her?

- I don't know. -

You're... different

than the cops and the FBI.

They asked a lot of questions about when I was a kid.

Weird.

They were evaluating you for the Macdonald Triad.

What's that?

A fascination with fire, some form of animal torture,

and chronic bed-wetting after the age of 12.

Most serial killers have at least two of the three.

And according to your file,

you were suspended in high school for setting a fire.

And the bed-wetting.

So that's why people think I'm guilty.

I check all those boxes.

And I know I'm strange.

I wonder how many boxes the real killer will check...

if they catch him.

Cestero: What's CIU doing here?

This is an NYPD crime scene.

Well, I'm not here officially.

Just checking up on an old friend.

- How you been, Nick? - Good.

Still breathing, still single.

What about you?

Ashton and Bobby doing okay?

Ashton's great.

Bobby and I got divorced.

That's too bad.

I just wanted to make sure things weren't gonna be weird,

given our history.

Not as long as you steer clear of my investigation.

I'll do my job, you do yours.

Thing is, your job is to make it look like

I screwed up the first time around.

All I'm after is the truth.

If you didn't make a mistake, then there's nothing to worry about.

May: Who's there?

Uh, Ms. DeFranco, I'm Hayes Morrison.

This is Franklin Cruz from the CIU.

We would like to talk to you about Clark Sims.

I need to see your credentials.

Now his.

Please hurry.

Ms. DeFranco, we're here to inform you that...

I called Cestero as soon as I saw the news.

That woman who was killed looks just like me.

There is a resemblance, yes, but we...

Cestero said not to worry,

that Clark Sims is locked up tight.

That's true, but Mr. Sims...

But there's a chance the B.O.K. is still out there.

There's a chance.

I mean, if the CIU is looking into Clark Sims' case,

he might not be guilty.

You know, why don't we have a seat so we can...

- Please. - I'm sorry.

I have been doing so much better this past year.

Finally feeling less afraid, like I can take care of myself.

This news really threw me.

I can only imagine.

May, I know this is difficult for you,

but can you tell us about the attack?

Um... I came home that night.

I was in school to be a physical therapist.

Exams were the next day.

I was... home alone reading a textbook.

He came up behind me and grabbed me by the neck.