Backstrom

Evil is seductive...

Woman: Mm.

Because Satan is clever.

Man: Yes.

Temptation is beautiful.

That's what makes it tempting.

In order to tempt us, the devil dresses evil up,

makes it look good.

Yes, he does.

Evil sparkles, shines...

Yeah.

While good...

Uh-oh. Here we go.

Not again.

Avoids the spotlight.

Did you forget to pay your power bill,

Detective Pastor Almond?

Good will always find the light.

All: Amen.

And I thank you for that.

That is...

- stolen property. - No, it's not.

20 bucks says you can't unload that bronze otter.

Deal. I can unload anything.

Uh-huh.

Portland police bureau alerts... bronze otter.

Bronze otter statue...

"iconic bronze otter statue

stolen from Portland's world-famous

'animals in the pond.'"

Damn it. How could I not have known that?

Come on.

Oh.

Talk too much.

Pbbbht.

I need you to drive me to work.

Why? What's wrong?

He's back.

Who's back?

Hey, get everyone in... now.

No, I know it's Sunday afternoon.

Jennifer: Talia didn't come home last night.

And I called the police, but they said she's 14,

so to call back if she doesn't come home in a couple of days.

Missing persons say that she's a runaway

because she left a note.

So the lieutenant wants us to chase a runaway?

Lieutenant says it's an abduction

by a predator who's done it before.

When's the last time you saw your daughter, Mrs. Lennox?

Uh, yesterday... Saturday.

Around noon. She got up around noon.

So, basically, you let your 14-year-old daughter

stay up all night and get up at noon.

I don't "let" Talia do anything.

Talia does what she wants.

This note... is it Talia's handwriting?

It says on the note that she's going to live with her father.

Yes, yes. That's... that's Talia's handwriting.

Talia's father, Roger,

lives in Los Angeles

But he hasn't talked to her since Christmas.

But he promised he would let me know if she shows up.

Are you saying this note is a lie?

Talia lies. She lies all the time.

What happens when you call her cell?

I...Um...

I don't... I don't know the number.

It's, um... it's blocked. She...

She pays for it herself so she doesn't have to tell me anything.

So, basically, you've given up all supervision of your own daughter.

Maybe one of her friends knows the number?

Forget it, Gravely.

She doesn't have a clue about her daughter's friends.

I'm not even gonna bother asking

what kind of drugs she was on or who she was sleeping with.

I know what this is about.

What do you got?

Seven years ago, another girl went missing...

one green eye, one blue. Lacy Siddon.

"Presumed murdered. Body never found."

Well, if the body wasn't found, how do we know what happened?

The lieutenant knows what he knows.

Backstrom was lead on the case,

but when they called off the investigation,

he stopped being a cop.

It was Chief Cervantes who found him holed up

in a motel in Port Orford,

trying to drink himself to death.

We don't find this girl in the next 24 hours,

- she's dead. - Why 24 hours?

Moto, if Talia is in the hands of a sexual predator,

a sadist, she will be raped and tortured until she is dead.

And that doesn't take long with a kid.

And he'll dispose of the body.

No one will ever know what happened to her.

Lieutenant, you thinking Lacy Siddon?

Isn't it obvious?

To play devil's advocate, if I may,

it is bad police work to assume these cases are linked.

Well, then I'm the poster boy for bad police.

Go get me Talia's phone records.

I'm gonna make a list of sex offenders who fit the profile.

Pull together the Lacy Siddon file.

Gravely, I'm gonna check out the girl's room.

You in or out?

It just makes me uncomfortable to jump to conclusions

based on an old obsession.

- Do you... - Today, Gravely!

This is a nice room.

Cascadia girls' school. It's for problem kids.

Lieutenant?

Unicorns and rainbows and stuffed animals in her room,

but open her closet door...

there's nothing but black clothes,

stink of cigarettes.

Uh, girls grow up. Kids go through phases.

Same thing with Lacy Siddon.

Roomful of rainbows...

Sea of black in the closet.

S01E05 Bogeyman

Gravely: Principal Larsen,

would you describe Talia Lennox as a good student?

We don't use the terms "good," "bad," "students."

We like to refer to the girls as "punkins"...

"punks" for short.

It acknowledges where they come from, but in a fun way.

Talia's mother believes that she was doing drugs.

Most children experiment with substances. It's unavoidable.

We believe in allowing our punks to find themselves

through trial and error in a safe environs.

We're gonna have to talk to Talia's friends.

Especially the bad, stupid ones.

Well, there's an annex through there

where the punkins gather free from scrutiny.

It's called the laissez-faire ground.

But I cannot let you in there without a warrant.

So you are gonna have to wait here.

We're gonna go through that door.

There's gonna be kids with drugs on the other side,

because you're too stupid and lazy

to be a real principal of a real school.

And if you refuse us permission, we'll arrest every one of 'em.

We'll take that as a "yes."

- Check this out. - Girl: Ew. Gross.

Gravely: Oh, my God. It's pervert heaven.

Does anyone here know Talia Lennox?

Young woman: Nope.

Anyone?

No?

- Not answering. - Loser.

Really?

Black hoodies.

H-hey! Bad touching.

Gravely: Portland Police.

Those are just vitamins. They aren't even mine.

Should we check all of you for vitamins?

If we tell you we know Talia Lennox, will you go away?

- That's gonna be your best chance. - Talia ran away to her dad's.

- No, she didn't. - That's what she told us.

Did she ever mention anything about a creepy guy?

I mean, only Claudio.

- Yeah, Claudio's thick creepy. - Claudio who?

Talia broke up with Claudio, and he said he was gonna kill her.

- How old is Claudio? - 16?

Seven years ago, thick creepy Claudio was 9.

Not our guy.

I'm gonna need Claudio's last name.

I'm gonna need Talia's phone number.

Claudio Moretti.

Hey! Come on!

Gravely, chase after them. Get Talia's number.

Go.

Moto and Niedermayer will go pick up Claudio Moretti,

and he will give us Talia's phone number.

I need you to write down Talia's cellphone number.

Whatever.

Backstrom: Got it.

When is the last time you saw Talia?

- Friday night. - Kid doesn't fit your theory.

Paquet and I'll work Talia's phone.

I'll watch the rest of this.

Is that when she broke up with you?

Yes. Well, okay, no. I broke up with her.

Do you mind telling us what happened?

L-l-look, is that why I'm here?

Because I honestly did not know that Talia was 14. Okay?

Sh-she said she was 16, same as me.

She looks 16, right?

Did you engage in coitus with Talia?

M-maybe.

Coitus is sexual intercourse.

That's when you put your penis inside...

- Oh, my. - Okay, no, no, no.

I did not have sexual intercourse with Talia.

I've... never had sexual intercourse with anyone.

I-if there's, like, a test for that,

I will gladly take it for proof.

Is she leaving to get the test, or...?

So, h-how did you find out Talia's real age?