1 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:04,754 My first time? 2 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:12,262 Dumpster in an alley. 3 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:13,805 Near 59th. 4 00:00:13,888 --> 00:00:16,975 It was filled with cardboard boxes 5 00:00:17,058 --> 00:00:19,102 and tissue paper. 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,313 (sighs) 7 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:24,107 One match and... 8 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:27,444 the fire was raging in under a minute. 9 00:00:32,531 --> 00:00:36,286 WOMAN: How did that make you feel? 10 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:39,122 Safe. 11 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:41,916 Like nothing or nobody could hurt me. 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,085 I made those flames dance. 13 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:46,171 I was in control. 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,301 After that, there was no going back. 15 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:56,806 I was never going to be scared again. 16 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:22,665 (bell dings) 17 00:01:24,709 --> 00:01:26,085 (both giggling) 18 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:35,053 (bell dings) 19 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,950 Oh, come on. 20 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:59,577 Hello? 21 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:01,204 Is there anybody out there? 22 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:02,705 Hello? 23 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:06,459 (gas hissing) 24 00:02:24,727 --> 00:02:26,855 (gasping) 25 00:02:26,938 --> 00:02:28,356 Help! 26 00:02:28,439 --> 00:02:29,607 Somebody, please! 27 00:02:29,691 --> 00:02:32,694 (screaming) 28 00:02:34,028 --> 00:02:35,864 Help! 29 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:38,074 Aah! Help me. 30 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:41,578 (screaming) 31 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:46,291 Somebody help me! 32 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,085 (indistinct radio transmission) 33 00:02:49,168 --> 00:02:51,087 (siren wails) 34 00:03:02,515 --> 00:03:05,310 (indistinct chatter) 35 00:03:27,415 --> 00:03:29,709 DANVILLE: Oh, my God, Mac. 36 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,803 Looks like those pipes were the source of the heat. 37 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:43,932 Someone turned this elevator into a boiler. 38 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:47,769 TAYLOR: Somebody turned this elevator into a torture chamber. 39 00:03:47,852 --> 00:03:49,687 Our vic's name is Rita Lowman. 40 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:51,356 According to one of her neighbors, she freelanced 41 00:03:51,439 --> 00:03:52,941 a couple times a month as a private nurse. 42 00:03:53,024 --> 00:03:56,110 Found this I.D. badge in her apartment and not much else. 43 00:03:56,194 --> 00:03:57,695 And an old acquaintance. 44 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:59,447 Security cam outside the service entrance 45 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:01,157 captured an unscheduled visit 46 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,952 by the elevator repairman early this morning. 47 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:06,037 TAYLOR: Leonard Brooks. 48 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,922 Door's clear, no trip wires. 49 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:28,977 (knock on door) 50 00:04:29,060 --> 00:04:31,938 NYPD! Brooks, open up! 51 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,194 Go, go, go. 52 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:43,074 We're good. Bathroom's clear, sir. 53 00:04:43,157 --> 00:04:44,325 It's all clean. It's all clear. 54 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:45,493 FLACK: Looks like he cleared 55 00:04:45,576 --> 00:04:46,536 out of here in a hurry. 56 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,870 Notify every roll call 57 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,163 and media outlet in the city. 58 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:50,498 I want Brooks caught now. 59 00:04:50,581 --> 00:04:52,750 What's his endgame here, Mac? 60 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:56,379 Whatever it is, 61 00:04:56,462 --> 00:05:00,091 Leonard Brooks had 15 long years to plan it. 62 00:05:26,117 --> 00:05:30,371 ♪ Out here in the fields ♪ 63 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:34,292 ♪ I fight for my meals ♪ 64 00:05:34,375 --> 00:05:39,005 ♪ I get my back into my living ♪ 65 00:05:41,424 --> 00:05:43,551 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ 66 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:54,687 Train stations, port authority and airports 67 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:57,732 are all covered, and units are circulating Brooks's mug. 68 00:05:57,815 --> 00:05:57,815 Anything from his P.O.? 69 00:05:57,815 --> 00:05:59,734 Hasn't heard from him in days. 70 00:05:59,817 --> 00:06:02,195 Turns out Brooks has no known friends or associates, 71 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:04,447 which doesn't shock me, having met the man. 72 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:05,948 He's independent and self-reliant. 73 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:07,408 Makes him even more unpredictable. 74 00:06:07,492 --> 00:06:09,786 (phone rings) 75 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:13,998 Answer it. 76 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:15,166 Just say hello. 77 00:06:17,668 --> 00:06:20,129 Hello? 78 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:22,673 It's for you, Detective. 79 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:28,513 Taylor. 80 00:06:28,596 --> 00:06:31,974 Sorry about the lack of hospitality, Detective. 81 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:33,601 I wasn't expecting guests. 82 00:06:33,684 --> 00:06:35,728 Brooks. 83 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,651 Press is wrong about me, you know. 84 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:43,027 Don't like being called a monster? 85 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:44,612 No, that part is accurate. 86 00:06:44,695 --> 00:06:47,448 I am a monster, but please tell those reporters 87 00:06:47,532 --> 00:06:49,492 my victim was anything but innocent. 88 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:51,953 Just surrender and tell them yourself. 89 00:06:52,036 --> 00:06:54,163 Gracious offer, but I can't accept. 90 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,331 Who was she, Leonard? 91 00:06:55,414 --> 00:06:57,458 Why'd you kill Rita Lowman? 92 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,127 I got to go now, Detective. 93 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:01,921 There's still more work to be done. 94 00:07:02,004 --> 00:07:03,506 Brooks. 95 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:10,513 (car horn honks) 96 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:11,722 (siren blares) 97 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:28,239 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 98 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:31,951 ♪ Till the beat come home, I know you'll sing it ♪ 99 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:35,496 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 100 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:38,457 ♪ They never see your fire till you make it out ♪ 101 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:40,543 ♪ Well, are you with them? ♪ 102 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,795 ♪ If not, let it go ♪ 103 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:44,881 ♪ You're either going to rock the boat ♪ 104 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:47,008 ♪ Or have what they're handing out ♪ 105 00:07:47,091 --> 00:07:48,593 ♪ Now you're somewhere remote ♪ 106 00:07:48,676 --> 00:07:52,180 ♪ They think you got a wire broke ♪ 107 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:54,182 ♪ But what you hatching up? ♪ 108 00:07:54,265 --> 00:07:56,058 ♪ Something that you wrote ♪ 109 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:59,020 ♪ Is going to make a good lifeboat ♪ 110 00:07:59,103 --> 00:08:01,063 ♪ Asylum for the torn ♪ 111 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:02,732 ♪ A rumbling below ♪ 112 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:05,735 ♪ Said if not now, you'll never go ♪ 113 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:08,237 ♪ So while we wait it out ♪ 114 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:11,199 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 115 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:14,619 ♪ Till the beat come home, I know you'll sing it ♪ 116 00:08:14,702 --> 00:08:18,247 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 117 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:22,418 ♪ They never see your fire till you make it out ♪ 118 00:08:22,501 --> 00:08:25,713 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 119 00:08:25,796 --> 00:08:28,549 ♪ Till the beat come home, I know you'll sing it ♪ 120 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:32,094 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 121 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:35,932 ♪ They never see your fire till you make it out ♪ 122 00:08:36,015 --> 00:08:38,683 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 123 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:42,063 ♪ Till the beat come home, I know you'll sing it ♪ 124 00:08:42,145 --> 00:08:45,316 ♪ You can make it alone if you try ♪ 125 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:49,570 ♪ They never see your fire till you make it out. ♪ 126 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:53,616 Fascinating. 127 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,785 What is? 128 00:08:55,868 --> 00:09:00,790 Well, in spite of the severe external tissue damage, 129 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:04,293 internal structures were left surprisingly unscathed. 130 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:08,464 Based on the relative size and condition of her organs, 131 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,174 our vic was in seemingly good health. 132 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,010 Any external injuries sustained prior to thermal necrosis? 133 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:17,807 No indication of penetrating wounds or blunt force trauma. 134 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:21,102 C.O.D is hyperthermia. 135 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:24,188 Broiled, not burned. 136 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:25,523 (gasping) 137 00:09:25,606 --> 00:09:27,525 SID: The infrared radiation from above 138 00:09:27,608 --> 00:09:29,568 was efficiently lethal. 139 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:32,822 Not a single flame touched her. 140 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:35,950 The stainless steel walls kept the compartment insulated 141 00:09:36,033 --> 00:09:37,618 and the intense heat contained. 142 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:38,577 Yeah. 143 00:09:38,661 --> 00:09:40,371 It overwhelmed her thermoregulatory system, 144 00:09:40,454 --> 00:09:42,999 causing her core body temp to spike. 145 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:46,502 She suffered a debilitating drop in heart 146 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:49,338 and respiratory rate, followed by systemic 147 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:52,216 and lethal organ failure. 148 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,052 Her death was anything but quick and painless. 149 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:57,972 Hey, Sid, you see this? 150 00:09:58,055 --> 00:09:59,348 Yeah, looks like a 151 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:01,684 12-step recovery pendant. 152 00:10:10,067 --> 00:10:11,736 HAWKES: It's personalized. 153 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:13,863 Hmm? 154 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:16,782 "To Jen, with love." 155 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:19,160 Vic's first name is Rita. 156 00:10:19,243 --> 00:10:20,661 So, who is Jen, 157 00:10:20,745 --> 00:10:23,748 and why is Rita Lowman wearing her necklace? 158 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:34,383 DANVILLE: You know, it didn't make any sense, Mac. 159 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,552 For years, Leonard Brooks has suffered 160 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:38,846 from sudden impulse control disorder, 161 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:40,848 compelling him to start fires, 162 00:10:40,931 --> 00:10:42,558 but he did it to cause property damage, 163 00:10:42,641 --> 00:10:45,728 never to cause bodily harm or to take a life. 164 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:47,605 So, why does his M.O. suddenly change? 165 00:10:47,688 --> 00:10:49,231 And in such an extreme fashion? 166 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:53,069 Because, clearly, the relief that he got from starting fires 167 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:55,071 no longer had any value. 168 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:58,074 So torture and murder is his new drug of choice. 169 00:10:58,157 --> 00:10:59,742 And when his emotional need shifted, 170 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:02,036 he needed to find another means to satisfy it. 171 00:11:02,119 --> 00:11:02,119 Why now? 172 00:11:02,119 --> 00:11:03,871 This is a guy 173 00:11:03,954 --> 00:11:06,082 who spent a large portion of his life in jail. 174 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:07,041 And now that's he's out, 175 00:11:07,124 --> 00:11:10,753 those urges and sensations are magnified. 176 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:12,213 They're just overwhelming. 177 00:11:12,296 --> 00:11:14,256 Control may not even be an option for him. 178 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:16,759 How do we find him? 179 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:18,260 We have to get inside Brooks's head, 180 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,388 figure out the origin of his disease. 181 00:11:20,471 --> 00:11:23,599 If we can create a physiological road map, if you will, 182 00:11:23,682 --> 00:11:25,726 then we can probably fill in a lot of blanks 183 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:29,397 and help us understand why he targeted Rita Lowman. 184 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,274 Brooks said there was still more work to be done. 185 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:35,069 There was something in his voice, Jo. 186 00:11:35,152 --> 00:11:37,571 My fear is, if we don't catch him soon, 187 00:11:37,655 --> 00:11:39,782 somebody else is going to die. 188 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,210 (phone ringing) 189 00:11:54,672 --> 00:11:56,090 (grunting) 190 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:02,054 (grunts) 191 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:05,474 (groans) 192 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:06,976 Where do you think you're going? 193 00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:10,271 Get up! 194 00:12:10,354 --> 00:12:12,273 You're coming with us. 195 00:12:13,357 --> 00:12:15,151 Oh, oh, I got him. 196 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:16,360 Impressive. 197 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:20,156 Growing up with three older brothers has its advantages. 198 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:21,949 Can I help you with something? 199 00:12:22,032 --> 00:12:24,702 Yeah, I need a desk. 200 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:27,955 Looks a little something like that? 201 00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:29,665 Yeah, what are you going to do with it? 202 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:31,250 My job. 203 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:37,465 Detective Jamie Lovato. 204 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:39,800 I just got my transfer orders from Narcotics. 205 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:41,969 My cover was blown, so now I work here. 206 00:12:42,052 --> 00:12:43,471 Welcome to Homicide. 207 00:12:43,554 --> 00:12:45,181 I'm Detective Flack. 208 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:47,141 As far as your desk goes, 209 00:12:47,224 --> 00:12:49,518 the watch commander handles bullpen real estate. 210 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:49,602 Thanks. 211 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,145 Mm-hmm. 212 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:58,527 FLACK: Still no sign of Brooks. 213 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:01,197 But he's got to crawl out from under his rock eventually. 214 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,157 We trace the call he made to his apartment? 215 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,867 He used a burner. Dead end. 216 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:06,869 What about our vic, Rita Lowman? 217 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:07,870 She was living under an alias. 218 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:09,330 Rita Lowman isn't her name. 219 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:11,582 Checked every possible database I could think of. 220 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:13,876 Turns out there's no record of that name before 2000. 221 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:17,254 She was wearing a necklace engraved with the name Jen. 222 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:19,048 Well, whoever Jen is, we know that she's been living 223 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:21,050 off the grid for at least the last 12 years. 224 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:22,718 Only reason to do that is if you're hiding 225 00:13:22,801 --> 00:13:23,928 from something or someone. 226 00:13:24,011 --> 00:13:25,721 Brooks? 227 00:13:25,804 --> 00:13:27,806 We need to identify her to make a connection. 228 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:29,350 Circulate her... 229 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:33,979 The, uh... circulate... 230 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:36,690 (sighs) 231 00:13:36,774 --> 00:13:38,108 Get her face across the wire. 232 00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:41,529 And, uh, maybe somebody can tell us her real name. 233 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:42,613 All right. 234 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:56,252 So, where the hell are you, and what are you thinking? 235 00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:09,223 (sirens blaring) 236 00:14:09,306 --> 00:14:11,308 (birds chirping) 237 00:14:26,865 --> 00:14:28,951 ♪ ♪ 238 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:47,428 (grunts) 239 00:14:50,764 --> 00:14:54,810 (groaning) 240 00:14:54,893 --> 00:14:55,853 WOMAN: What's happening? 241 00:14:55,936 --> 00:14:58,022 Is he okay? 242 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:05,487 MAN: Can you hear me? 243 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:07,448 Sir, are you okay? Are you okay, sir? 244 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:07,531 Check if he's breathing. 245 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:08,949 Step back. 246 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,627 Jimmy Clark, age 45. 247 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:22,338 Collapsed in the park earlier today. 248 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:24,882 EMTs treated him for a myocardial infarction. 249 00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:26,717 Their efforts were clearly unsuccessful. 250 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:26,800 This wasn't a heart attack. 251 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,219 No. 252 00:15:29,303 --> 00:15:31,180 It was efficiently planned 253 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,349 and deliberately induced hypovolemic shock. 254 00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:35,851 C.O.D. is severe blood 255 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:38,395 and fluid loss as an acute result 256 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:43,108 of being burned alive from the inside out. 257 00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:46,862 Precision and intelligence behind it 258 00:15:46,945 --> 00:15:49,031 fits the M.O. 259 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:51,075 Leonard Brooks did this. 260 00:15:54,244 --> 00:15:56,038 Burn damage is geographical. 261 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:58,707 Trajectory follows the esophageal tract 262 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:00,542 down to the stomach. 263 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:03,504 Which is why chemical ingestion was my initial hypothesis. 264 00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:05,547 That's consistent with the contact burns, 265 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:08,217 blisters and tissue perforations. 266 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,719 But not the considerable thermal flash damage 267 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,805 to the gastric lining. 268 00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:17,226 Whatever he swallowed, 269 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:21,355 it literally ignited a fire inside his stomach. 270 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:23,190 So what could cause that? 271 00:16:25,442 --> 00:16:27,403 (siren wailing past) 272 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:30,698 (phones ringing, indistinct chatter) 273 00:16:30,781 --> 00:16:32,741 We just got this footage from one of our 274 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,077 Department surveillance cameras in the park. 275 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,705 TAYLOR: Brooks stuck around to see his plan in motion. 276 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:40,457 Looks to me like the bastard enjoyed the show. 277 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,084 Pull footage from every other security cam 278 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:43,711 in a five-mile radius. 279 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:45,212 I want to know where he went 280 00:16:45,295 --> 00:16:46,714 when he walked out of that park. 281 00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:47,881 All over it. 282 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:49,591 Brooks's motive is clearly personal. 283 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,009 We have to establish his connection 284 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:52,261 to each of the victims. 285 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:53,929 LOVATO: I could tell you how the vics 286 00:16:54,012 --> 00:16:55,431 are connected to each other. 287 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:57,099 Clark, vic number two? 288 00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:59,768 Eight months ago, he got popped for assault. 289 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:01,228 Pummeled some guy in a bar. 290 00:17:01,311 --> 00:17:04,231 Guess who puts up the 15 large to bail him out. 291 00:17:04,314 --> 00:17:06,900 Rita Lowman, aka vic number one. 292 00:17:06,983 --> 00:17:08,652 Well, nobody fronts that kind of cash for someone 293 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:09,778 unless they're close. 294 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:10,904 LOVATO: That's what I thought, 295 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,156 so I dug a little deeper. 296 00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:15,075 Clark's parents died in a car crash when he was two years old. 297 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:16,452 Had no other blood relatives, 298 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,911 so he became a ward of the state. 299 00:17:17,994 --> 00:17:18,954 So they're not related? 300 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,080 Means their paths must have crossed someplace else. 301 00:17:21,165 --> 00:17:21,165 Well, our vic number one was a trained nurse. 302 00:17:21,165 --> 00:17:24,000 Why does that matter? 303 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Well, our vic number one was a trained nurse. 304 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:24,752 Why does that matter? 305 00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:26,252 TAYLOR: Child Protective Services 306 00:17:26,336 --> 00:17:28,630 employs nurses to provide public health services 307 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,632 to the children they oversee. 308 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:30,716 Exactly. 309 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:32,593 FLACK: So Clark could have been 310 00:17:32,676 --> 00:17:34,136 one of her patients when he was a kid. 311 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:35,971 Subpoena his CPS records. 312 00:17:36,054 --> 00:17:37,181 Oh, they're on their way already. 313 00:17:38,682 --> 00:17:40,142 I motivated the file clerk 314 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:42,936 with a couple meatball subs from Romeo's. 315 00:17:43,020 --> 00:17:44,980 If nothing else, Lovato, you got damn good taste in Italian. 316 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:46,899 TAYLOR: Well, it won't be easy 317 00:17:46,982 --> 00:17:49,359 connecting the dots without knowing Rita Lowman's real name. 318 00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:51,028 That's why Flack's going to help me. 319 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,781 And since I still don't have a desk, 320 00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:55,199 looks like we'll be using yours. 321 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:58,285 I like her. 322 00:17:59,286 --> 00:17:59,286 LOVATO: Hey, sweetie. 323 00:17:59,286 --> 00:18:00,000 Yeah. 324 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:00,000 LOVATO: Hey, sweetie. 325 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:00,454 Yeah. 326 00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:00,537 Whoa! How you been? 327 00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:02,790 How are you? 328 00:18:02,873 --> 00:18:05,209 Join the club. 329 00:18:05,292 --> 00:18:08,128 My old man took me fishing every Sunday morning. 330 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:11,965 We would... ride the first bus out to Coney Island, 331 00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:14,468 get to the pier before anybody else. 332 00:18:14,551 --> 00:18:17,638 I would get a quarter for every fish I caught, 333 00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:19,556 and then I would get to spend the afternoon 334 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,309 blowing it at Astroland. 335 00:18:22,392 --> 00:18:25,020 WOMAN: What's your fondest memory of him? 336 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,482 BROOKS: I don't know. My ninth birthday. 337 00:18:28,565 --> 00:18:31,235 Ringling Brothers was at the Garden, and... 338 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:38,826 ...my old man greased an usher to sneak us backstage. 339 00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:40,828 He convinced a clown to dress me up, 340 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:43,539 put me in the show. 341 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,040 There I was-- I was standing 342 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:48,710 in front of 10,000 smiling faces, 343 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:53,882 but my father, he had the biggest smile of them all. 344 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:57,219 I remember at that moment thinking that I... 345 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:00,055 was the luckiest kid in the world 346 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:02,891 'cause he was my dad. 347 00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:09,314 (muttering): Zero zero three nine five two. 348 00:19:11,608 --> 00:19:13,861 Jo, uh, so Jane Fonda just called. 349 00:19:13,944 --> 00:19:16,029 She said she wants her workout tapes back. 350 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:18,699 They are not Jane's. They're Cher's. 351 00:19:18,782 --> 00:19:19,867 Cher had a workout video? 352 00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:21,034 Yes, she did. 353 00:19:21,118 --> 00:19:22,244 Seriously, what do you got here? 354 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:25,414 Video recordings of Leonard Brooks' prison therapy sessions. 355 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:25,497 14 years' worth. 356 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,207 Why don't you 357 00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:28,750 call his shrink and get the Cliff Notes? 358 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:29,918 She passed away last year, 359 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,254 so I've got to rely on all these tapes 360 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:35,257 and her handwritten notes to build a psych profile. 361 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,175 Well, maybe I can save you some time. 362 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:38,427 People like Brooks spend 363 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:42,264 their entire lives blaming other people for all their problems. 364 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:43,932 And I don't care how rough he had it, 365 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,100 there's nothing on these tapes 366 00:19:45,183 --> 00:19:47,895 that are going to justify what he did to those people. 367 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:49,771 I'm just hoping there's something on these tapes 368 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,607 that tells us why he did it. 369 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,692 All right. 370 00:19:53,775 --> 00:19:55,611 Let me ask you a question, off the record. 371 00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,112 Shoot. 372 00:19:57,195 --> 00:19:58,405 You think Mac's okay? 373 00:19:58,488 --> 00:19:59,740 How do you mean? 374 00:19:59,823 --> 00:20:00,949 How do I mean? I don't know exactly. 375 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,410 It's just, you know, he's... 376 00:20:03,493 --> 00:20:04,745 he seems off. 377 00:20:04,828 --> 00:20:06,121 Well, a little off 378 00:20:06,204 --> 00:20:07,456 would be pretty damn good 379 00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:09,124 considering everything he's been through. 380 00:20:09,207 --> 00:20:10,792 I mean, think about it. 381 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:12,336 He suffered a life-changing trauma, 382 00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:14,838 months of painful rehab. 383 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:16,465 Yeah. 384 00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:17,799 Most people would have reexamined everything, 385 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,760 quit their job and be sitting on a beach, 386 00:20:19,843 --> 00:20:22,804 but not Mac. 387 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:25,599 Couldn't wait to pick up exactly where he left off. 388 00:20:25,682 --> 00:20:27,935 I think it's a miracle and a gift 389 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:31,688 that the guy's the same old hard-ass boss he's always been. 390 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:34,775 I worry about him. 391 00:20:34,858 --> 00:20:36,443 Look at you. 392 00:20:36,526 --> 00:20:38,445 You're just an old softie. 393 00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:40,280 Don't worry. 394 00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:41,907 I'll keep an eye on Mac, just in case. 395 00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:42,950 Thanks. 396 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:45,327 Now, you get back to your workout. 397 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:55,837 You wanted to see me? 398 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:59,174 It's so simple, Mac, it's genius. 399 00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:01,176 Brooks used basic chemistry to kill Jimmy Clark. 400 00:21:01,259 --> 00:21:03,971 Based on Sid's ingestion theory, 401 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,515 I looked at the uneaten portion of our vic's lunch. 402 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:09,142 Black forest turkey, muenster on rye, 403 00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:10,894 bag of chips and a bottle of water. 404 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:12,646 I ran it all through the GC-MS. 405 00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:12,729 Get this. 406 00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:14,690 The food was spiked. 407 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:17,109 Well, not the food per se; the condiment. 408 00:21:17,192 --> 00:21:18,860 Mayonnaise is typically 409 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:22,155 an emulsion of egg yolk, oil and vinegar. 410 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:25,117 This stuff had a little something extra thrown in. 411 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,702 Cesium. 412 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:28,245 Which is easy to get 413 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,706 from any laboratory supply house or online. 414 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:33,875 Right, so here's what happened, okay? 415 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,920 Our vic takes a bite 416 00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:38,213 of his sandwich. 417 00:21:38,296 --> 00:21:40,173 It tastes funny, so what's his natural reaction? 418 00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:41,842 To wash it down with water. 419 00:21:41,925 --> 00:21:44,302 Right. 420 00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:47,055 Cesium is an alkali metal. 421 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,724 When mixed with H2O, 422 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,184 the hydrogen bonds break down into gas, 423 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:53,020 generating intense heat. 424 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:54,062 The more Clark drank, 425 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:55,731 the more severely he was burned. 426 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,941 And as if that weren't bad enough, 427 00:21:58,025 --> 00:21:59,901 as the cesium made its way 428 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,778 down the GI tract into the stomach, 429 00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:03,739 it was introduced to digestive fluids. 430 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,532 Hydrochloric acid. 431 00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:06,366 (popping) 432 00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:09,369 Creating a violent exothermic reaction. 433 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:10,746 The fire burned inside of him 434 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:11,955 until all the fuel was exhausted. 435 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,250 How could Brooks ensure that Clark would eat the sandwich? 436 00:22:15,333 --> 00:22:17,961 The wrapper came from a deli on 34th Street. 437 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,547 It's across the street from Clark's apartment. 438 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:22,299 The deli owner told me that Clark was a regular, 439 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:23,925 that he got his sandwich there every single day. 440 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:27,220 He also told me that he hired a new counter guy last week. 441 00:22:27,304 --> 00:22:28,305 Leonard Brooks. 442 00:22:28,388 --> 00:22:30,265 Physical description matches. 443 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:32,434 But Brooks used the name Phil Gordon. 444 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,811 Brooks stalked Clark... 445 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:37,647 studied and exploited his routines. 446 00:22:37,731 --> 00:22:39,399 Flack put surveillance in the deli 447 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:39,483 just in case Brooks comes back. 448 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,735 He won't. 449 00:22:41,818 --> 00:22:44,071 He's already accomplished what he set out to do. 450 00:22:44,154 --> 00:22:46,490 The question is, what comes next? 451 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:51,620 (sighs) I am never going to bad-mouth computer files again. 452 00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:53,371 These CPS files are killing me. 453 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:54,748 This sucks. 454 00:22:54,831 --> 00:22:56,249 Are you always this whiny? 455 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,834 Yes. 456 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:01,963 So, how long did you work undercover narcotics? 457 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:03,882 Three and a half years. 458 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,968 Why'd you request the transfer to Homicide? 459 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,471 Stuff happens. 460 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,807 Care to elaborate? 461 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,184 No. 462 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,188 Whoa. 463 00:23:18,271 --> 00:23:20,607 Check this out. 464 00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:22,818 Look at the name. 465 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,152 Jennifer Brooks. 466 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:28,073 It says there that Clark was her foster kid starting at age 15, 467 00:23:28,156 --> 00:23:31,118 but her name is Jennifer Brooks. 468 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:32,744 Jennifer... 469 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,331 HAWKES: "To Jen, with love." 470 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:37,499 Jen, Jennifer... 471 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:39,960 That explains the name on the pendant. 472 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:42,045 FLACK: That could be Rita Lowman. 473 00:23:42,129 --> 00:23:43,463 Son of a bitch. 474 00:23:43,547 --> 00:23:46,091 Brooks killed his own mother and foster brother. 475 00:23:47,717 --> 00:23:49,469 (sirens wailing) 476 00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:52,013 DANVILLE: Leonard Brooks was a happy, well-adjusted kid, 477 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:55,142 and then his dad dies two days after his ninth birthday. 478 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:57,018 Well, that's a tough pill to swallow. 479 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:57,102 Any indication he acted out? 480 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:59,354 He never talked 481 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:01,481 about it, and then his life skips ahead three years 482 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:02,816 to the time where he starts 483 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:02,899 setting fires. 484 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:04,526 So, sometime 485 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,528 between the ages of nine and 12, 486 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:08,196 Leonard Brooks becomes a monster. 487 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,198 HAWKES: Dental records confirm our first vic 488 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,826 Rita Lowman was actually Jennifer Brooks, 489 00:24:12,909 --> 00:24:15,537 Leonard's birth mother and Jimmy Clark's foster mom. 490 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:16,913 Clark lived with Leonard 491 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:18,874 and his mother from 1980 to 1983. 492 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:22,502 And she took Jimmy in right after her husband passed away. 493 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:24,462 HAWKES: So why assume that kind of responsibility 494 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:24,546 at such a difficult time? 495 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:27,174 TAYLOR: Money may have been tight. 496 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:30,010 State's foster care stipend may have helped make ends meet. 497 00:24:30,093 --> 00:24:31,178 So, we have Leonard, 498 00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:34,306 his mother and his foster brother. 499 00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:37,017 God, something terrible must've happened in that house 500 00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:39,019 for him to start setting fires 501 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:41,188 and ultimately want them both dead. 502 00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:43,231 He claims both his vics are guilty. 503 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:44,691 Of what? 504 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:46,359 Well, unfortunately, Brooks has killed 505 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:46,443 everyone who was there to tell us. 506 00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:48,000 DANNY: Not yet he hasn't. 507 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:48,000 everyone who was there to tell us. 508 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:48,695 DANNY: Not yet he hasn't. 509 00:24:48,778 --> 00:24:51,281 Clark wasn't Jennifer Brooks' only foster child. 510 00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:52,407 There's another little girl 511 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,409 by the name of Rachel Nelson. 512 00:24:54,492 --> 00:24:55,869 She'd be 39 years old now. 513 00:24:55,952 --> 00:24:58,121 We need to find her before Brooks does. 514 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:02,375 ♪ ♪ 515 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:05,587 (siren wailing) 516 00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:28,109 (beeping) 517 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,491 (dialing) 518 00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:36,159 DANNY: Any luck 519 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:37,494 locating Rachel Nelson? 520 00:25:37,577 --> 00:25:39,162 Rachel Nelson... 521 00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:40,747 Now Rachel Moore. 522 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:43,291 Then... and now. 523 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,293 Lives in upstate New York, but currently resides at... 524 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,462 Weddington Rehab Clinic in Midtown for alcohol abuse. 525 00:25:47,545 --> 00:25:48,672 90 days, court order. 526 00:25:48,755 --> 00:25:50,298 I'm going to try to get the... 527 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:50,382 clinic on the phone right now. 528 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:53,093 All right, good. 529 00:25:53,176 --> 00:25:53,176 (line ringing) 530 00:25:53,176 --> 00:25:54,000 No one's answering. 531 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:54,000 (line ringing) 532 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:54,678 No one's answering. 533 00:25:54,761 --> 00:25:56,346 Something's got to be wrong. 534 00:25:56,429 --> 00:25:58,765 Now, I'll notify Mac. 535 00:25:58,848 --> 00:26:01,643 (sirens wailing) 536 00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:09,985 (high-pitched whooshing) 537 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:17,075 (siren wailing) 538 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:18,000 WOMAN: 911 dispatch. What's your emergency? 539 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:18,000 (siren wailing) 540 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,035 WOMAN: 911 dispatch. What's your emergency? 541 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,830 (coughing, panicked chatter) 542 00:26:23,123 --> 00:26:25,250 (sirens wailing) 543 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:31,006 (camera shutter clicking) 544 00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:41,474 DANNY: Yo, Doc. 545 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:41,558 No sign of Rachel. 546 00:26:41,558 --> 00:26:42,000 Hey. 547 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,000 No sign of Rachel. 548 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,226 Hey. 549 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:44,853 What do you got? 550 00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:47,355 It's a pretty lethal cocktail of chemicals 551 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:48,565 despite being outdoors. 552 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:48,648 Ammonia and bleach? 553 00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:51,192 Chemistry 101. 554 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,986 So, there was never a fire? 555 00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:56,239 Just smoke. And vapors strong enough to create chlorine gas. 556 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:57,699 All right, so he fills the... 557 00:26:57,782 --> 00:26:59,743 vents with smoke and fumes so somebody pulls 558 00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:01,786 the fire alarm-- creates a diversion. 559 00:27:01,870 --> 00:27:03,663 Giving people a chance to get out... 560 00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:05,040 In order to grab Rachel Moore. 561 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,708 Easy escape in all the chaos. 562 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:09,252 (sighs) So where'd Brooks take her? 563 00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:12,505 Now, more importantly, how long does she have to live? 564 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,843 (brakes squeak) 565 00:27:16,926 --> 00:27:19,971 (whimpering, crying) 566 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:24,351 (screaming) 567 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,232 I don't know. 568 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:33,485 Things are just... 569 00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:36,738 (sighing heavily): I feel cloudy today. 570 00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:39,491 I'm just... 571 00:27:39,574 --> 00:27:43,286 I'm just trying to find a way to sort it all out. 572 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:45,663 WOMAN: When was the last time you slept? 573 00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:48,124 BROOKS: I don't know. Days ago, maybe more. 574 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:50,210 I-I-I can't trust my mind. 575 00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:51,669 WOMAN: Nightmares again? 576 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,381 BROOKS (sighs): Close my eyes and all I see 577 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,591 are... are hunters. 578 00:27:56,674 --> 00:27:58,760 Angry and... and vicious, 579 00:27:58,843 --> 00:28:01,554 all with blood on their hands. 580 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,306 It's my blood. 581 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:05,308 WOMAN: It's just a dream, Leonard. 582 00:28:05,392 --> 00:28:07,936 I spend so much time in here thinking. 583 00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,605 Thinking, thinking, thinking. 584 00:28:10,688 --> 00:28:12,816 Can't forget anything. 585 00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:15,902 My past just plays on this loop. 586 00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:15,985 WOMAN: Well, the past is why we're here. 587 00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:18,000 No! 588 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:18,000 WOMAN: Well, the past is why we're here. 589 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:18,905 No! 590 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:20,657 We're here, Doc, 'cause I went back. 591 00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:22,242 'Cause I tried to save someone. 592 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:22,325 (pounds table) 593 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:24,000 'Cause I did what no one would do for me! 594 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:24,000 (pounds table) 595 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,537 'Cause I did what no one would do for me! 596 00:28:29,916 --> 00:28:33,711 I heard a story when I was a kid about a... 597 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,422 deer who got lost in the woods 598 00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:37,340 who tried to get back to his castle-- 599 00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:39,467 found himself being stalked. 600 00:28:41,761 --> 00:28:43,847 They wanted blood. 601 00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:46,724 To bring home the kill. 602 00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:49,436 That deer just hoped that something or someone would... 603 00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:52,355 save it, protect it. 604 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:55,859 And like that, he becomes invisible. 605 00:28:55,942 --> 00:28:58,820 Unseen, unheard... 606 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:00,864 unharmed. 607 00:29:00,947 --> 00:29:03,074 Vanished. 608 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,453 WOMAN: Is that what you want, Leonard? 609 00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:08,204 To be invisible? 610 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:08,288 Starting fires seems to be in opposition to that want. 611 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:12,000 No. 612 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Starting fires seems to be in opposition to that want. 613 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:12,041 No. 614 00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:15,003 You never listen. Can't you see? 615 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:17,755 I control fire. 616 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:19,424 No one's looking at me. 617 00:29:19,507 --> 00:29:21,342 All eyes are on the flames. 618 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:24,095 And I did that-- me. 619 00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:26,556 Control fire. 620 00:29:26,639 --> 00:29:30,852 I can't do anything else, but I know I can control that. 621 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,522 How many of those have you had? 622 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,900 Uh... 200, one for every hour of tape I've watched, 623 00:29:36,983 --> 00:29:39,235 but the good news is, I think I found something. 624 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:42,030 Leonard brutally murders his mother, Jennifer Brooks, 625 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:45,950 and yet, in 14 years of therapy, he never mentions her once? 626 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:47,702 That's strange. 627 00:29:47,785 --> 00:29:49,204 Well, given 628 00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:50,914 the possible history of child abuse, 629 00:29:50,997 --> 00:29:52,707 he could've transferred his feelings 630 00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:55,043 to something or someone else... 631 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:55,126 which is why he doesn't mention her. 632 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:57,879 For years, 633 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,422 Leonard suffered from a recurring nightmare 634 00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:00,548 about being hunted. 635 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:03,343 He references the story over and over in these tapes. 636 00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:05,887 It's about a deer and a castle. 637 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:08,056 And the deer's being hunted, but he's saved 638 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:09,724 when something makes it invisible. 639 00:30:09,807 --> 00:30:11,059 The story of Saint Aidan. 640 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:12,852 So based on transference... 641 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:16,231 Brooks's mother and foster brother are the hunters... 642 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:16,314 Leonard would consider himself the deer-- the hunted. 643 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,000 And in that case, 644 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:18,000 Leonard would consider himself the deer-- the hunted. 645 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,901 And in that case, 646 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:22,195 what part of the story would Rachel play, 647 00:30:22,278 --> 00:30:23,571 and where's Leonard's castle? 648 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,698 Hey, guys. The trace I found on the roof 649 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:28,785 came back as silver nitrate ointment. 650 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:28,868 Used to treat burns. 651 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:30,000 DANVILLE: Yeah, but that you could find 652 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Used to treat burns. 653 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,204 DANVILLE: Yeah, but that you could find 654 00:30:31,287 --> 00:30:33,206 at any hospital, pharmacy, doctor's office. 655 00:30:33,289 --> 00:30:34,958 But get this, the ointment 656 00:30:35,041 --> 00:30:36,918 was severely degraded. Level of breakdown 657 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:39,045 suggests it's about ten years old. 658 00:30:39,128 --> 00:30:41,548 Also, the ammonia and bleach were industrial. 659 00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:43,174 A brand called Superla. 660 00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:44,926 Checked it out-- company went out of business about... 661 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:45,009 Ten years ago? 662 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:47,011 You got it. 663 00:30:47,845 --> 00:30:49,931 Burn ointment. 664 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:51,975 Ten years ago. 665 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,562 Leonard's mother. 666 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:01,568 Jennifer Brooks was a burn ward nurse in three hospitals. 667 00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:02,860 Two are still open. 668 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:05,655 The third has been abandoned for ten years. 669 00:31:05,738 --> 00:31:07,240 Saint Aidan's. 670 00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:09,742 Saint Aidan's Hospital is Leonard's castle. 671 00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:12,036 If Brooks is setting fire to the past, 672 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,331 there's a good chance that's where he wants to end it. 673 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:17,458 (whimpering) 674 00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:22,880 (crying) 675 00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:25,300 BROOKS: It's payback time, Rachel. 676 00:31:31,431 --> 00:31:32,974 (muffled talking) 677 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:34,058 This smell familiar? 678 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:36,978 Since canned heat is the popular drink of choice 679 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:40,023 for a desperate drunk like you, it just felt appropriate. 680 00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:41,357 (muffled talking) 681 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:42,650 Well... 682 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,485 I learned that cocktail from Mom. 683 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,822 (crying) 684 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:03,004 (crying in distance) 685 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:06,132 (muffled talking) 686 00:32:06,215 --> 00:32:08,426 (sniffling, whimpering) 687 00:32:08,509 --> 00:32:11,846 Why didn't... why didn't you... 688 00:32:11,929 --> 00:32:14,682 help me? You saw. 689 00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:24,067 Please, Mommy. No! Not again. 690 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:24,150 (thumping) 691 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:27,862 (crying): Not again. Please... 692 00:32:27,945 --> 00:32:31,532 (crying): I wanted to. Please, Lenny, I'm sorry! 693 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:33,451 I'm sorry. 694 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:45,713 FLACK: Hey, Mac, over here. 695 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,221 Please, just... 696 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:54,722 just stop. 697 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:55,890 Stop wh-what?! 698 00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:57,975 Stop and... be your savior?! 699 00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:07,485 I was seven. 700 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,739 What was I supposed to do? 701 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:15,368 (whimpering) 702 00:33:15,451 --> 00:33:17,662 Lenny... 703 00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:20,790 The fence in the backyard, 704 00:33:20,873 --> 00:33:22,583 there was that one board. 705 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:26,087 Seven over with the crack at the top. 706 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:28,965 BROOKS: Opened into the Winchell's yard. 707 00:33:29,048 --> 00:33:30,216 They were just next door. 708 00:33:30,299 --> 00:33:31,592 You could have squeezed through. 709 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,594 You could have told them. 710 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:35,763 I didn't know what to say. 711 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,640 The truth. 712 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,600 We could have stopped it, all of it, 713 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,602 us, together. 714 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:45,481 Lenny, please, just stop this. 715 00:33:45,565 --> 00:33:46,858 Just... (muffled screaming) 716 00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:55,616 It has to end, Rachel. 717 00:33:57,201 --> 00:33:58,828 Put the lighter out now. 718 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:02,457 Well done, Detective, 719 00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:05,376 but I got to say I'm sorry to see it come to this. 720 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:06,294 Do it, Leonard. 721 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,295 No. You shoot me, 722 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:10,255 I'll ignite her before that bullet hits. 723 00:34:10,339 --> 00:34:11,632 Just put it out. 724 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:13,467 No one has to die here. 725 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,137 Wrong! No one innocent has to die! 726 00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:19,181 Killing Rachel 727 00:34:19,264 --> 00:34:21,476 because she didn't come to the rescue 728 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:23,311 won't make your demons go away, Leonard. 729 00:34:25,228 --> 00:34:26,355 (screams) 730 00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:28,399 FLACK: Turn over! 731 00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:29,900 (groaning) 732 00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:30,943 Stay right there! 733 00:34:31,027 --> 00:34:32,945 Don't move. Do not move. 734 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:35,989 Stay down. 735 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,284 (panting) 736 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:40,369 (sobbing) 737 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:46,918 (coughs) 738 00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:48,543 (panting) 739 00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:50,670 There, it's all right. 740 00:34:54,257 --> 00:34:56,177 He's right. 741 00:34:57,595 --> 00:35:00,181 I should have done something. 742 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:02,350 (sobbing) 743 00:35:04,727 --> 00:35:06,729 (sirens wailing) 744 00:35:09,816 --> 00:35:13,486 I spent years replaying everything. 745 00:35:13,569 --> 00:35:15,738 My mother, 746 00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:18,032 the smell of cheap whiskey on her breath, 747 00:35:18,115 --> 00:35:21,536 how hot that basement was. 748 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:23,663 (thumping) 749 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:36,926 I had to stop the memories, 750 00:35:37,009 --> 00:35:39,387 get control. 751 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:40,930 First your mother, 752 00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:43,516 then your foster brother. 753 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:45,560 He showed up after your father passed. 754 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,103 Right after the abuse started. 755 00:35:47,186 --> 00:35:49,522 You were expecting 756 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:51,691 Jimmy to save you? 757 00:35:51,774 --> 00:35:54,944 He was just so big. 758 00:35:55,027 --> 00:35:57,405 He was like an adult. 759 00:35:57,488 --> 00:36:00,867 He looked like one of the guys in the comic books, 760 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:03,661 like some kind of superhero. 761 00:36:03,744 --> 00:36:05,413 But he wasn't a superhero. 762 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:07,456 He beat you, too, didn't he, Leonard? 763 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:09,792 Afraid that if he didn't, 764 00:36:09,876 --> 00:36:12,044 he'd suffer the same fate. 765 00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:13,963 When I think about it, though, Mother was smaller, 766 00:36:14,046 --> 00:36:17,758 yet it always hurt more coming from her. 767 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,886 (groaning) 768 00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:26,893 She used to take me to work 769 00:36:26,976 --> 00:36:28,853 when she didn't know what else to do. 770 00:36:31,188 --> 00:36:35,610 I wanted nothing more than to be loved by her. 771 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:40,031 Just, like, an ounce of the attention she gave them. 772 00:36:43,826 --> 00:36:46,287 TAYLOR: So you hid in the chapel, 773 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:48,247 guarded by the saints. 774 00:36:48,331 --> 00:36:50,583 BROOKS: My own mother, (chuckles) 775 00:36:50,666 --> 00:36:51,792 she liked them, 776 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:54,712 loved them more than me. 777 00:36:54,795 --> 00:36:56,464 All those fires, 778 00:36:56,547 --> 00:36:58,925 and the one that got you caught, the one that put you away, 779 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:02,136 is the one where you went back in to save an innocent woman. 780 00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:05,765 You did the one thing no one would do for you: 781 00:37:05,848 --> 00:37:07,642 come to the rescue. 782 00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:10,645 You know, it was always only about the fire. 783 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:13,105 Always. 784 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:21,197 You think I chose to be like this? 785 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,033 It's the events in our life that shape us, 786 00:37:24,116 --> 00:37:27,828 but it's our choices that define us, 787 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:31,707 and you made the wrong choice, Leonard. 788 00:37:40,549 --> 00:37:42,343 (chuckles) Well, it took you long enough. 789 00:37:43,302 --> 00:37:44,595 But thank you. 790 00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:49,684 You should know, the guys got a pool going. 791 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,602 Yeah? 792 00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:53,521 Let me guess: 793 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:56,399 What will last longer, me or the plant? 794 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:15,668 (chuckles) 795 00:38:15,751 --> 00:38:17,586 WOMAN: It's just a dream, Leonard. 796 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:21,007 Starting fires seems to be in opposition to that want. 797 00:38:21,090 --> 00:38:22,550 BROOKS: Can't you see? 798 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:24,218 I control fires. 799 00:38:24,301 --> 00:38:26,220 I close my eyes, and all I see... 800 00:38:26,303 --> 00:38:28,264 Nobody can hurt me. 801 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:29,598 All eyes are on the flames. 802 00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:32,727 I did that, me... 803 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,061 My blood... 804 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:35,730 Cloudy today... 805 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:37,398 I made those flames dance. 806 00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:42,278 WOMAN: You said starting fires 807 00:38:42,361 --> 00:38:43,904 was all about you 808 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,949 being in control, but is it really? 809 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,576 I don't know. 810 00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:52,204 It's just something I feel. 811 00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:55,666 Something that... 812 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:57,209 (sighs) 813 00:38:57,293 --> 00:38:59,545 It's hard to explain. 814 00:38:59,628 --> 00:39:01,714 Try. 815 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,968 It's like that moment 816 00:39:06,052 --> 00:39:08,262 when you're a kid and you first realize 817 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,723 how powerful the ocean is. 818 00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:16,145 You step in, and-and the water's calm, 819 00:39:16,228 --> 00:39:18,647 and you hold it in your hand, 820 00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:21,776 but it just slips through your fingers. 821 00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:24,987 And you think, 822 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:28,574 "Well, how strong could it actually be?" 823 00:39:33,412 --> 00:39:35,331 Feeling bold, 824 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:39,001 you wander out 825 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:42,963 into the abyss. 826 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,426 And by the time you turn around, 827 00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:49,929 everyone you left on shore 828 00:39:50,012 --> 00:39:51,555 seems too far away to help. 829 00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:58,646 That's when it hits, this wave, 830 00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:02,191 this massive current 831 00:40:02,274 --> 00:40:05,528 that pulls you in and pushes you down, 832 00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:07,613 holds you there, 833 00:40:07,696 --> 00:40:10,866 pinned beneath something so strong. 834 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:12,326 It's like... 835 00:40:12,409 --> 00:40:14,995 something you can't control. 836 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:18,666 All you can do is... is hold on and fight, 837 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:22,128 but then the more you fight, the more weary you get, 838 00:40:22,211 --> 00:40:24,964 and your lungs burn and your throat... 839 00:40:25,047 --> 00:40:28,801 throbs, so you... 840 00:40:28,884 --> 00:40:32,680 just let it overtake you. 841 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,189 You feel this... 842 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:44,525 force, 843 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:48,362 seemingly benign, 844 00:40:48,445 --> 00:40:50,197 but it... 845 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:53,534 can consume and destroy you. 846 00:40:55,828 --> 00:40:58,998 It's the thing inside me, strong 847 00:40:59,081 --> 00:41:02,042 in ways that nobody can see 848 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:04,962 or comprehend. 849 00:41:06,839 --> 00:41:10,801 This dark undertow that I'm powerless to stop. 850 00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:17,516 I guess the fires were really controlling me. 851 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,519 Captioning sponsored by CBS 852 00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:24,732 CSI NY PRODUCTIONS 853 00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:26,859 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org