Criminal Minds

No...

Shh.

Edward Ray Stokes, FBI!

Drop the gun!

You first.

We got your letters, Edward.

I read every single one of them.

Then you understand.

Yeah, I understand that you're angry...

And you hurt inside.

But that girl, her name is Sheryl

and she is not your mother.

She didn't hurt you like your mother did.

She needs to die.

No. Not today.

Put it down, Edward!

Blake. Are you all right?

Yeah.

We need a medic!

I'm all right. I'm ok. I'm all right.

You got it, Hotch. We'll meet you at the airport.

Hey.

You sure you're ok?

Oh, yeah. It's nothing.

A couple inches to your right and he could have hit your brachial artery.

All things considered, you were extraordinarily lucky.

Yeah, luck had nothing to do with it.

I'm practically bulletproof.

Yeah, I heard that about you.

All right, let's finish this up and go home.

Hey, Dad.

Yeah, I'm good.

How are you doing?

No, no, we're just finishing up here.

No, we're actually,

in sunny Los Angeles.

Why? Everything ok?

Help with what?

Ok, sir, I'm ready.

All right. Can I have your attention, everyone.

Go ahead, Garcia.

Alrighty, then. Last night in Kansas City...

well, technically super early this morning...

50-year-old David Morrison

was beaten to death when he was out jogging.

Information is on your tablets right now.

It looks brutal.

Classic overkill.

He was found stripped and wearing women's underwear

that I'm assuming weren't his.

Yeah. All of his clothes were found nearby, his skivvies included.

Any evidence of sexual assault?

We're still waiting on the M.E. report.

Any other victims, Garcia?

That is a big maybe.

Meet Tommy Barnes and Melissa Hawthorne,

also on your tablets.

A year ago they disappeared from a house party

and were found beaten in much the same fashion.

There were two of them and they're considerably younger

than this most recent victim.

Yeah, and what about the women's underwear?

And that's a pretty specific ritual aspect.

These two were found fully clothed.

Are we sure that it's the same unsub?

My dad thinks it is.

Your dad's a captain on th Kansas City police force, right?

Retired.

But your brother's a cop, too.

Scott. He's a homicide detective,

but my dad is the one who made the call.

If he's retired, it's not exactly an official invitation.

No, but he's got lots of influence.

Well, maybe we should wait for the invite.

We can't just force ourselves on local jurisdiction.

What if it's actually serial?

We'll go back if they ask us to.

Look, my dad's a great cop, and he's almost never wrong.

I mean, it drives me crazy, but it's true.

We don't know exactly what we've got here,

but I think it's worth taking a look.

Have the pilot reroute us to Kansas City.

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man

"Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet."

Vietnamese proverb.

David Morrison was a novelist,

Tommy Barnes and Melissa Hawthorne high school students.

No apparent connection between the victims,

no matching DNA samples.

And an entire year between kills.

You know, the underwear ritual may be about symbolic humiliation.

Or a shock factor for whoever found the bodies.

Blake, did your dad say anything else about why he thinks

these cases are connected?

Blake? Yeah?

Everything all right?

Yeah. Sorry.

Just... I'm distracted.

Perfectly understandable. The familiar sounds, visual cues,

even olfactory inputs, can trigger memories and emotions

we thought were long gone.

Happens to me every time I go home, too.

When was the last time you were back?

It's been like 422 days.

I was talking to Blake.

It's been about 5 years.

That's a long time.

Yeah, once I got out of Kansas City,

I pretty much wanted to stay out.

Her oldest brother was responding to an armed robbery.

Apparently the bad guys were on PCP.

Both he and his partner got shot and he got the worst of it.

How come we don't know any of this?

What's she supposed to say?

I don't know.

Something.

Well, Blake's a private person.

Maybe she doesn't want to talk about her family.

Plus it was over 25 years ago. A lot of time has passed.

I lost my father the same way.

It's not like I can't relate.

Yeah, but you rarely talk about him.

Everybody grieves in their own way.

You can't be mad at her for going internal.

Oh, I'm not mad at all. I just...

Thought she might say something.

There's nothing for you to do here.

When dad has a hunch, you know how he gets.

Yeah, he called Captain Garrity directly.

So, now what?

Well, the captain wants me to cooperate, that's what.

But you're wasting your time.

Dad doesn't seem to think so.

Look, those kids had nothing to do with

the Morrison murder, ok?

They were killed down on Prospect

because they were out trying to cop some weed.

Prospect?

Prospect Avenue. It's a high crime area.

It's the hood.

Detective Miller, I assure you

we're not here to intrude.

And I feel certain that in 24 hours

we'll be able to discern whether these cases are related.

We're really good at what we do, Scott.

Of course you are.

Alex?

There.

Dad.

Oh... been so long.

You look good. I'm sorry I'm a little late.

I was down in Garrity's office.

You must be Hotchner.

Yes, sir. Damon Miller.

Very nice to meet you.

Appreciate you coming,

and thanks for taking such good care of my girl.

So what's the plan of attack?

This place is pretty isolated.

It helps to be out in the sticks

if you're going to beat someone to death.

You sound like you speak from experience.

David Morrison was a 50-year-old novelist

and apparently an accomplished triathlete.

Good place for an ambush.

But why pick the in-shape guy?

Morrison could have been a target.

Maybe he knew his killer.

But they may have had some kind of a beef.

Beating someone to death is personal.

It takes a lot of anger.

Well, the unsub's got to be physically fit himself.

Yeah, he would have to be to maintain that level of violence.

He could also be on drugs.

That's a good bet.

All right, so, it looks like it's a blitz attack.

How do you think he did it?

Well, the unsub stalks Morrison

and figures out that this is

where he takes his morning run.

Then he waits, hides,

jumps him.

Or he follows him out here,

runs him down, even though Morrison is a triathlete.

Well, I just hope this guy doesn't have any more targets.

If this is rage and addiction...

he's not done.

I'm just saying,

you could have called me, Dad.

Going straight to my boss?

Oh, and her.

I mean, how do you think this makes me look?

Because why? Because you have a hunch?

And what would you have said if I'd called?

I'd...

Exactly.

And it's not like she would ever reach out and offer.

She hasn't been home in 5 years.

I had to fly out to Washington just to see her.

I'm right here, you know.