Absentia

That reporter, Erika Lyle, she wants to come over tonight

and shoot a little footage. Oh?

Happy marriage, American dream.

Are you sure? Shut up.

We're not here to kill you!

Holt!

Jesus, Emily, stop. Minefield!

Why did you kill all those people?

Mistakes were made. They had to be cleaned up.

Who do you work for?

No!

The hives. What about the hives?

Marco had 'em. Farley had it, too.

And Valerie Chandris had it.

It's a rash. What Is their connection?

Tommy, I found something. And I really need your help.

You had no authorization. No warrant.

You are suspended without pay, pending formal review.

Detective Tommy Gibbs was one of Boston's finest.

He gave the force 15 years of his life.

15 years. That's something.

Tommy was something.

Passionate, dependable and fiercely loyal,

not only to the badge, but to the people around him.

That crazy accent made him hard to understand in Spanish or English.

Yeah, his ego might have been a little more inflated

than Brady's footballs.

But damn it if he wasn't the toughest, most determined,

relentless cop I know.

A good man, a good officer...

a good friend.

So, everyone, raise a glass...

to Tommy.

To Tommy. To Tommy.

Gone. Never forgotten.

Losing someone... never is easy.

He was a good man.

I'm here when you need me.

So, here we are. Drinking, laughing.

Pretending Tommy's life was sunshine and roses.

It's a wake.

It's supposed to be a celebration.

It's a lie.

He was in a bad place before he died.

I suspended him. Maybe I shouldn't have done it.

Maybe if I hadn't then he wouldn't have...

Wait a minute, you think he was suicidal?

Yes.

And why did you suspend him?

He was working an off-book Investigation

at Catalyst Diagnostics.

He broke into their facility and got caught.

They agreed that they wouldn't press charges against him

but I suspended him... Excuse me, sorry.

Order up.

So, What do you think?

Um... Well, the signs point to suicide.

Yeah, but what about the bruise on his forehead?

Well, carbon monoxide poisoning causes seizures,

he could've smashed his head off the steering wheel? I don't know.

Mm. Look,

if you wanna talk about Tommy. I'm here. okay?

Please eat something, I'm not gonna finish those fries by myself.

What's going on with you?

What do you mean?

What? What?

You're glowing.

I think I'm kinda seeing someone.

Yeah? Yeah.

Who is she?

I don't wanna say. Mm-mm, not yet.

We're just... We're still figuring it out.

We gotta go. Okay.

Um... I'm happy.

Good. You deserve it.

Thanks. Uh, well, I gotta go.

Uh, It's good to see you. Yeah.

All right. Take some of these.

Okay. Bye.

This is nice, eating together.

It's nice having you here for a change.

I've got a surprise for you guys.

I have, um... used some of my banked vacation days,

and I got the rest of the week off.

I wish you'd told us sooner, I... I'm getting slammed at work lately.

You can't move some things around? My clients need me.

Um... how about we all do something this weekend?

Sure, yeah. Why not? Yeah, that sounds...

that sounds good. Let's do that, let's get out of the City.

We can drive up to Pelham, we can stay by Raymond Park.

Maybe.

They've got that rock climbing site up there.

Sounds cool. We can talk about it.

Okay.

You look great. Is something big happening at work today?

Just something I threw on.

Flynn, let's go.

Uh, I could take him.

Uh, no, no, um... You just relax.

You earned it. Uh, you can take him tomorrow.

Okay.

All right, bye, you guys. Have fun at school.

Yeah.

It's us. It's just us. It's just us.

We tracked Rex Wolfe to a small farmhouse outside of Zelena.

He opened fire, we returned.

A physical altercation ensued... and a civilian was killed.

Wolfe fled, Agent Byrne... Agent Byrne and I pursued.

Wolfe stepped on a landmine and he died instantly.

Well, it wasn't an optimal result,

but at least we get to close the book on this.

Close the book? Sir, we still don't know why he killed his victims.

Wolfe said he was ordered to kill. We can't ignore that.

The Son of Sam was ordered to kill by a dog.

Sir, this was a clear-headed soldier on a mission.

We believe there are people above him.

All right.

You're free to pursue this... quietly.

But whatever you bring me better be big.

Deputy Director Webb is coming up from Washington tomorrow.

Unfounded suspicion is not a good look, understand?

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.

And listen. At least this maniac can't kill again, right?

Right.

Did you mean what you said? About trusting my instincts?

Yeah. They let us track down a serial killer

halfway around the world.

Before Moldova, I found a connection

between Clay and Valerie.

Medical tests they had done at a place called Catalyst Diagnostics.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because we didn't know each other, and I didn't know what it meant.

So I asked a friend of mine to help me out.

Who? Who?

A cop. He, uh... He looked into it and now he's dead.

Jesus.

Okay, I'm sorry. And did he find anything?

I don't know. He, uh, broke in and then he got caught,

but instead of suing the city, they asked for Tommy's badge.

That sounds like someone wanted something to disappear.

I don't know what he found at Catalyst.

But I think it has something to do with the fentanyl killings.

Come here. I need to show you something.

Damn it.

Hello. Hey. man, It's Nick.

Hey, did you have a chance to trace the recipient's IP address?

Just came through. All the DMs came out of Boston Mercy Hospital.

Yeah, uh, thanks. I appreciate it.

Valerie had diabetes, Clay had CTE,

Farley was getting regular allergy shots, and Ramos's wife said

that he had back pain from a ski accident.

So that's regular cortisone shots.

Turns out Marcos has asthma. So, that's five out of six.

All of the diagnostic tests were being run through Catalyst.

So, that's what they have in common.

Another thing that they had in common were the rashes.

Each one of them had a rash.

But they were getting different treatments and different shots.

And Catalyst, they don't manufacture medicine, they just run the blood.

So, how does that work?

He got allergy shots every week for years.

Thank you.

But you said his behavior only changed recently?

Yeah. Well, more like intensified.

Anything about the shots change? Anything out of the ordinary?

No. Well...

Three weeks before Nathan was murdered,

his doctor called and said he was due for a flu shot.

So, I arranged a traveling nurse service for him.

A nurse came and gave it to him.

And did Nathan have a reaction to that injection?

I think so. One sec.

Here it is.

Three days later, he had me pick up hydrocortisone.

He broke out In hives. Also...

I don't know. The nurse guy. he was different

How? Really big guy. Intense.

I asked him if he had any extra doses

because I thought I'd get a flu shot too,

but he said. no, he didn't have any extra doses.

I mean, that's weird. right? Yeah.

It was him.

This was the person that gave Nathan Farley the injection?

Yeah. Yeah. Really creeped me out.

Hey. Hey. You ready to go?

Uh, yeah.

Okay, quick question.

How do you feel about playing a little hooky today?

What? Well... how about you and I...

spend the day together? I'll call you in sick from school.

I feel like you haven't checked with Mom about this.

Yeah, well, she's got a lot on her mind right now.

I know I haven't been around much lately...

but I wanna make it up to you.

What do you say?

Yeah, cool. Yeah?

Hey, listen, I was thinking...

We should go away somewhere.

How?

I have a family. Work.