Criminal Minds

Previously on Criminal Minds...

The reaper. The Boston reaper?

If you stop hunting me, I'll stop hunting them.

I don't make deals. I'm the guy who hunts guys like you.

You'll regret this.

Wake up, Derek. It's time to die.

George Foyet is the reaper.

Foyet escaped. Where's my badge?

Guards found him in his cell vomiting blood and convulsing.

They rushed him to the prison hospital.

They're gonna find him, right?

No, they're not.

You should have made a deal.

All units in the vicinity of north Harney boulevard,

Shots fired at 751 north Harney.

Repeat, all units, shots fired

At 751 north harney.

We're not working a case.

Why call us to a crime scene?

I was hoping you knew.

JJ said the police told her it was urgent.

4 hours of sleep after what we went through in Canada, it better be.

Oh, you guys are already here.

You guys remember detective Walker?

Thanks for being here.

I understand none of you are working on much rest.

Who's the victim?

His name is nelson Martinez.

From what we can figure, he answered his door,

Was forced into the apartment at gunpoint

And then shot in the chest. It was all pretty sloppy.

No disrespect, but I don't understand why you need us here.

2 days ago, a local doctor named tom Barton

Found a note addressed to him at the hospital.

It said the person was planning to kill his son.

If dr. Barton tried to keep his boy hidden,

One person would die every day in his place.

And you think this is connected?

The note is signed L.C.

Yesterday we had another victim.

Multiple gunshots outside the apartment.

The shooter wrote L.C. In white chalk next to the body.

Now, unless dr. Barton puts his son in harm's way,

We're gonna keep having a victim a day.

Where's Barton now?

He's at home. He doesn't know about this victim yet.

Where's Hotch?

He's not answering his cell. I assume it's on vibrate.

He'll get the message when he wakes up.

Try him again. He can meet us at Barton's house.

You've reached supervisory special agent Aaron Hotchner.

Please leave a detailed message. Thank you.

Hotch, JJ again.

Listen, we're gonna need you to meet us at an address

In McLean, Virginia... 120 Kensington road.

Call me when you get this.

Dr. Barton, where is your son right now?

Um, I asked him to stay up in his room.

And what did you tell him?

I told him that there was a threat against me at the hospital.

I told him the police didn't take it seriously

But that they wanted me to stay here for a few days

And that I wanted to have him with me.

And Jeffrey's mother?

She died when he was 10.

Breast cancer.

Would someone really hurt Jeffrey?

2 people are dead already.

Whoever sent that note is obviously serious.

And if I don't let Jeffrey out of the house,

Then another person's gonna die?

Right now we have to assume that he will keep killing.

My son is 15 years old.

I understand.

I cannot put him in danger.

We are not asking you to.

And even if you were willing,

We couldn't send him to school

Knowing he would endanger every student in the building.

What we need to do now

Is go over everything we know,

Piece together how this person fits into your life.

Well, I... I... I can't think of anyone

Who would want to kill Jeffrey.

Whoever wrote that note was putting you on notice...

This is personal.

He wants you to remember who he is,

And until that happens, he hasn't accomplished what he set out to do.

I know you've been asked this before, but, please,

Think again... do you know anyone with the initials L.C.

I've looked everywhere...

Day planner, emails,

Patient lists. There's no one.

Have you noticed anyone who might have been watching you,

Either at the hospital or here in the neighborhood?

I... I'm sorry.

Both the victims he's killed have been hispanic men in their 40s.

Have you had a patient recently that fits the description?

I'm a trauma surgeon in D.C

I have endless patients, all demographics.

We're gonna need records of all your recent surgeries.

Of course.

I'll call Garcia.

I... I don't understand.

If he's mad at me, why not just kill me?

JJ. Is there any word from Hotch?

No, nothing.

Huh. That's not like him.

Yeah, I know.

It's mine.

Dad? Hello?

Jeffrey?

Please don't be mad at me.

What... what's happening? Are you ok?

Jeffrey, what's going on?

Talk to me.

He's not up here.

Jeffrey, where are you?

I'm at school.

I'm ok. Please tell the police that I'm ok.

I love you. Jeffrey...

Karl Krauss said,

"A weak man has doubts before a decision.

A strong man has them afterwards."

Dr. Barton, please.

You need to go back inside.

I'm coming with you. I'm gonna get my son.

Sir, right now nobody is getting your son.

Agent Prentiss will explain it.

I don't need an explanation. I'm getting Jeffrey.

You need to listen right now.

Once your son left this house,

The safest place for him to be is at that school.

We can control access in and out.

Detective Walker will organize an evacuation

As soon as the school day is done.

But if we incite a panic now

And the unsub is outside, a lot of kids are gonna die.

What if the killer is already at the school?

Then we'll be there, too.

Let us do our job.

Jeffrey knows better than this.

He doesn't put himself in danger.

I think he's just trying to do the right thing.

He sees what his father does for a living.

This is his way of trying to save lives, too.

You'll be there?

Yes.

Tell him I'm not mad at him.

Tell him I love him, and, uh...

I'm proud of him.

We will.

This guy's a trauma surgeon

Working a major Metropolitan area.

We are talking thousands of surgeries.

Confine it to the last 6 months.

That's still hundreds.

I know.

Ok, do you want biological information

Or full medical charts?

Can you get the full medical charts?

You know, for a smart boy,

You still ask a lot of dumb questions.

You'll have them in seconds.

Yes, my love. Hey, Garcia.

Has Hotch checked in with you?

He's not with you?

He's probably on his way.

Uh, thanks for everything. Bye.

She's going to email the files. We'll print them out from here.

I could have my office send over the files.

No, no, trust us, this is faster.

We need to dig through your life

And try to figure out why this is happening.

Let's start with the most recent cases first,

Something set this guy off, and odds are it's in your files.

I need to notify all the parents.

We think that's a mistake.

I'm in charge of keeping these kids safe.

Exactly. And there's a natural end to this day,

When buses and parents come to pick these kids up.

Whoever's doing this is not an effectual shooter.

His killings are sloppy.

So if there's a panic, a lot of people could be caught in the crossfire.

Can't you just take Jeffrey home?

If we do that and the unsub is watching,

Someone else is gonna be killed.

Then what?

We lock up every filter point except the front door.

Nobody comes in. We say it's school policy.

No questions. And if someone needs to see a student,

We bring the kids to them.

I'll need a complete list and employment records

Of everyone already inside the building.

I'll brief your security guards

And take care of all of the exits.

After that, I need you to gather the faculty

Into small groups and bring them to me.

Treat it as routine.

And in the meantime, I need you