Perception

Previously on "Perception"...

Who are you?

Special Agent Drexler.

I'm the FBI legate at the U.S. Embassy.

Impersonating an FBI agent is a federal crime.

We got to find this guy.

We've been working together on and off

for, what, five years?

You're the serial killer.

He said he had to kill us all.

You attribute this PTSD

to the actions of the defendant, Josiah Rosenthal?

Yes. I thought I was going to die.

We're getting married in two days.

You love her.

What did you want to tell me?

It makes me happy to see you so...happy.

"I can't do this."

We've been planning this for months,

and she waits till we get a church full of people

to decide she can't do this?

Donnie, I'm sorry. This is --

This is bullshit is what it is.

Donnie...

Hey, hey, slow down. Where are you going?

I'm going to find Kate.

Look, you don't want to do this.

Due respect, Joe, this is between me and her.

And what are you gonna do, find her and drag her back?

No. I'm gonna make her look me in the eye

and tell me what the hell is going on here.

Look, son, I know my daughter,

she says she wants to be left alone,

she wants to be left alone.

Give her some space.

Maybe she'll come back around.

So I'm -- I'm just supposed to do nothing?

Let me buy you a drink.

Thanks, Joe, but I'm not really in the mood for company.

Can I ask you a question, Doc?

If I say no, will it stop you?

When you went to see Kate just before she took off,

did you talk to her?

Yeah. So?

Did it seem to you

like she was having second thoughts?

Not that I was aware of.

Then don't you think --

That it's none of our business?

Yes, I do. - Sorry.

You need anything?

Peace and quiet.

I'm gonna go change.

Hey, stranger.

Natalie?

How's tricks?

God, I've missed you.

I've missed you, too.

What are you doing here?

Today seemed like a good day to come back for a visit.

I had plans.

But as it turns out, I got the rest of the day for you.

Only because you sabotaged the wedding. - What?

Did you or did you not get up out of your seat

right before the ceremony was supposed to start

to tell Kate that you loved her?

I...

I had a momentary irrational impulse

that I resisted.

So you didn't talk to her

right before she was about to walk down the aisle?

Yes, I did, but -- - What did you say?

I told her I was happy for her.

Before that?

I said she looked beautiful. So what?

So maybe she heard that

and picked up on some nonverbal cues --

Your eyes, your body language.

Oh, come on, come on.

Maybe she intuited what you really wanted to say,

and that gave her second thoughts.

That's ridiculous.

Daniel, at least admit it to me!

Admit what? - That you're secretly glad

that Kate ran out on Donnie.

Okay, you know before, when I said I missed you?

I was being polite.

Daniel, you're gonna have to face...

Hello?

Is this Dr. Pierce?

Who's this?

I have Kate Moretti.

If you ever want to see her alive again,

tell your friend Donnie Ryan to secure the release

of Dr. Josiah Rosenthal from prison.

If this is some kind of a joke --

Once he's free, you will receive further instructions.

You have 72 hours.

If you alert the authorities

or fail to deliver Dr. Rosenthal,

Kate Moretti dies.

Kate didn't get cold feet. She was abducted.

What?

I got this -- this phone call, weird voice.

Whoever it was, he says that --

that he has Kate

and that if you don't get Rosenthal out of prison

or -- or if we alert the authorities,

he's gonna kill her.

Bless your paranoid heart, Daniel.

What?

Look, I-I don't know

if you're trying to make me feel better

or if you actually believe what you're saying right now,

but the truth is, Kate left me, pure and simple.

You're not -- you're not listening.

I should have seen the signs.

She didn't want a big wedding.

She didn't want to buy a house

or talk about having a baby.

Donnie, Donnie --

Daniel, I might be a little drunk right now,

but you have schizophrenia.

No offense, but just please,

ask yourself what is more plausible here,

that Kate is being offered

in a hostage exchange

for a prisoner on death row

or that this is just another one of your --

No, no, not -- not this time, not this time.

Think -- think about it.

You're an assistant U.S. attorney.

You have access to Rosenthal. He knows that.

He obviously orchestrated this whole thing.

So you have to find a way to get him released.

So what, he -- he sent some henchman

to sneak into the church

and grab Kate when nobody was looking?

Maybe!

M-m-maybe he made a deal

with -- with some prison gang

who -- who had their -- their associates

on the outside kidnap her.

He -- he's an incredibly resourceful sociopath

who, let's not forget,

abducted and -- and killed an FBI agent before.

And now he's facing lethal injection.

He's desperate.

Donnie, Kate's not a coward.

Don't you think if -- if she was having second thoughts,

she'd tell you face-to-face?

Even if I had some magic power to spring Rosenthal,

this voice on the phone -- why call you instead of me?

Because all Rosenthal knows about you

is that you're the prosecutor who put him away.

He doesn't know if your calls are monitored

Or -- or how you'd react, but he knows me,

and he knows that I'd convince you

not to alert the authorities.

Look, may-- maybe I did hallucinate the phone call.

But if there's even a chance that I didn't,

you've got to sober up

and go and see that son of a bitch.

Mr. Ryan.

This is a surprise.

Is it?

I assumed you'd be off on your honeymoon.

How'd you know I was getting married?

My lawyer is a big gossip.

Do you know where Kate Moretti is?

Oh, my god.

Did she leave you at the altar?

That must be quite painful.

You really should talk to someone.

Officially, I've had to suspend my practice,

but I'd be willing to speak with --

Cut the crap, Rosenthal.

Did you have someone call Dr. Pierce with demands?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Then I'll see you at your execution.

Wait.

I don't know anything about your fiance, Mr. Ryan,

but there is something that's been weighing on me

ever since I was sentenced.

There are certain individuals who disappeared years ago

that were never accounted for.

I think about their families often,

how difficult it must be

to not know what happened to their loved ones.

If you were to contact the FBI

and arrange for my temporary release,

I'd be willing to help you

find the remains of those individuals.

Sounds like a setup.

You say you're leading us

to the additional remains of victims,

but instead, you walk us right into an ambush

designed to help you escape.

Except I don't recall exactly where the remains are,

so I couldn't really arrange an ambush