04x05 - Chains

[bunniefuu]

Oh, what's this?

My first night here and you leave?

Ugh, take it up with my sister.

I'm serious... she gets
these ideas set in her head

and because we finish work late,

I'm not gonna get there
till : in the morning.

Yeah, well, my sisters taught
me never to get in the middle

and that I load the dishwasher wrong.

Well, if you load it at all,
you're doing great.

Super's number is
under the kitchen sink cabinet

as well as the plumber and electrician.

Right, uh, so things
break a lot around here, huh?

A former roommate
set the smoke alarm off enough

that the neighbor
gave us a fire extinguisher.

And another left a henna
tattoo pack in his pocket

and got us banned from the
laundry room for three months.

Yeah, I heard the stories.

Both Crosby, right?

Oh, %.

[UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Casey. You're still up?

Tell me you're close.

I'm closer than if
I was driving from Texas.

Hana.

Don't worry, I'll be there for
those delicious breakfast nuggets.

Again, they're chicken nuggets.

You just eat them for breakfast.

They'll be ready at : .

You said : .

No, : is when school starts.

They like it when I'm there
before the kids.

Okay. See you soon.

[BELCHES, CHUCKLES]

[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Ketchup's a tough one.

Hey, how'd she get those bruises?

Ollie, let's go.

Ollie, now.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't...

hey, hey, I just wanted
to ask you a question.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

We just dump her and walk.

You want us strapped to a chair?

No one gets the death penalty anymore.

A few years back, I worked with this guy

on the Southern Circuit,

they're always looking for women.

She's an FBI agent.

Nobody's gonna believe her
if she tells them that.

Plus, we've got her badge.

There's no world where she cooperates.

Oh, no, yes, there is.

They get 'em hooked on heroin
and chain 'em in the basement.

, guys in, be nothing of her left.

No one will ever hear from her again.

Gonna need more sugar.

♪ ♪

Everything okay?

The guy didn't blink.

While he was counting the cash,
checked the TV.

No one misses her.

Just start thinking
about how you're gonna spend

all the money that we get for her.

[GASPING, GROANING]

[PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah.
- Um, is this Remy Scott?

- Not interested.
- No, no, no. Wait, wait.

This is Casey, Hana's sister.

We met when I was visiting.
I got my picture on the wall.

Oh, right.

You ate that gigantic burrito.

- Everything all right?
- No.

Um, I'm trying not to panic.

It's just that Hana's
usually so reliable and...

Wait, wait, wait.
Casey, Casey, slow down.

What happened?

Hana was driving up
to visit me last night,

and she never got here,
and I can't get a hold of her.

When's the last time you heard from her?

About : in the morning.
She texted me a picture.

Send it to me, and I'll call you back.

♪ ♪

[LINE TRILLING]

Barnes.

Hana's missing.

That was Isobel.

Everybody in the bureau
knows what's going on

and they're ready to help.
Where are we at?

There were no major accidents
between her place and her sister's.

I checked every hospital.
There were no admits for a Hana Gibson

or a Jane Doe that matches.

What's up with the phone?

At : a.m., it pinged off a cell tower

in central Connecticut
that covers four square miles.

minutes later, it went dead.

That's too big of an area.
Narrow it down.

I can only tell you where the tower is.

Hana's sister,
she's looking for an update.

I gotta hit her later.

Why does it look the same
as it did minutes ago?

I'm doing the best I can.

We need identifying marks,

at least the color of the damn thing.

I know, but the lighting is the problem.

- That road.
- It's a park or a school?

No, the area is too remote.

No, no, no. That's a rest stop.

- Is there one in the pinged area?
- Yeah, but there are no cameras.

I can call Connecticut State Police.

Get somebody to help with that picture.

Okay. I need Hana's license.

Got it. V M .

V M .

Wait, what?

Hana's car was ticketed
this morning for parking

at a rest stop overnight.
Nobody was around.

Well, that means whatever
happened happened there.

Lock that rest stop down.

The people in that minivan are
either witnesses or suspects

and we gotta find them.

I think you're right.
Everybody's on this.

I talked to Bank Robberies, MXU, DIVRT.

The resolution is too low.

Nobody can help us out with the picture.

Someone can.

Who does everyone else use?

Hana.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Send it to Quantico.
We're going to Connecticut.

♪ ♪

Agent Hana Gibson.

How you doing?

Yeah, you think I'm bad?

In about hours, you'll trade
anything to be back in this van.

You know, just so you know,
if you try and yell

or get away or do something
I don't like,

I won't hurt you.

I'll hurt Ollie.

Nothing yet.

It's never just nothing.
Did you check...

Pulled all the sink traps.

They're processing the prints
from the faucets,

locks, handles. I've done this before.

- Guys. Hana's cell.
- All right.

Somebody broke it,
threw it in the ditch.

- Where?
- Uh, over there.

- Hey!
- Check it for prints.

- That's my sister's car.
- No.

- What is her car doing here?
- I'm gonna ask you again...

It's okay. It's okay. I got this.

When I... when I heard you were
checking out a rest stop,

I thought... I don't know.
Maybe I could help.

Casey, you can't be here.

What happened?

We're trying to find out,
but every minute we talk

takes me away from working.

I just...

[VOICE BREAKING]
I need to know that she's okay.

We're doing everything
we can to find her.

I promise you with every cell
in my body.

But I don't want you driving.
Take her home.

Stay with her.
I'll call you when I know more.

[SOBBING]

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

Waiting's the second hardest part.

The first?

Finding out the worst.

Okay, this is smart.

Area's not heavily traveled.

We're only a few hours behind.

Hana drinks those.
There was a charge for one

on her credit card last night.

Okay, so the stuff
around it is from people

who were here while she was here.

Two burger wrappers and a kid's meal.

Right, so kids, minivan,
possible connection, right?

There's a Cozy Cottage minutes south.

- Okay. Process that for me.
- Copy that.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- Hi, Doug.
- Hey.

Oh.

I told you not to bring her.

She'll be gone tonight.

Besides, if I had to handle her myself,

Ollie might have been late.

- Ollie.
- Hi, Uncle Dougie.

Come here. Oh, let me look at you. Wow.

It seems like just last week
you were just this little girl,

and now you're almost a woman.

Come on in, come on in.

[GRUNTING, MUFFLED SCREAMING]

♪ ♪

She'll be gone tomorrow?

My guy's on his way.

So Ollie gets to spend an extra week.

Deal.

[PANEL BEEPS, LOCK CLICKS]

♪ ♪

What do you think?

- Is that for me?
- Yeah.

Take a look at it.

[SIGHS]

Hey, what did I say?

Another friend insisted.

You're not the only stop, Doug.

Open it up.

- I was good.
- Of course you were.

It's just till we, uh,
get rid of our guest.

Go on, go on.

- For music?
- Yes. It's your very own.

I loaded in your favorites.

Should they be in the same place?

How many safe rooms do you think I have?

Besides, you said it was
only for a few hours.

Scream all you want.

The room is soundproof.

♪ ♪

Okay. : a.m.

This is the van you're looking for?

I can't see a damn thing.
What kind of crap system is this?

Why even have a camera?

Look, man,
we're lucky we even have this.

The system's been busted for a year.

Between supply chain backups
and everyone calling out sick,

- this is the good version.
- All right. Who's working the window?

Last night would've been Dustin,

but he left at : this morning.

All right, we're gonna
need his phone number.

- No problem.
- Is there another angle?

I'm sorry, man. This is it.

Wait, wait, wait.

Is that a credit card?

Please tell me you have those records.

Yeah.

Name on the card is Brad Piero Wallace.

Yeah, we got two of them.

One in Oregon and one in Maryland.

How old are they?

Oregon's . Maryland is .

Maryland.

There's no wants or warrants.

- Can you pull his DL?
- Yeah.

Ray's sending you his driver's license.

- Got it.
- He drives a gray minivan.

That's him.
Let's get agents to his house.

We'll talk to you soon.

There's no cell registered. All right.

Here's all his credit card records.

Lots of fast food.

Yeah, but where are they staying?

What do you mean?

I mean, this past week,
they've been all over the Northeast,

but there's no hotel charges,
no Airbnbs.

Wait, hang on.

Back up there.

His last charge was this morning.

Gas station in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

It's only miles away. Let's go.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

My dad said you're an FBI agent.

The guy in the minivan is your dad?

Is the FBI like the police?

Yeah. How old are you?

I turned last week.

[GRUNTS]

Okay.

Do you know where we are?

Uncle Dougie's.

I wanna be a professional singer

or someone who works at a restaurant

so I can eat whenever I want.

Do you know what city
we're in or what state?

Gimme your music player.
Here, I wanna check something.

I'll give it back, I promise.

I just wanna check
if there's Wi-Fi on it.

What's Wi-Fi?

Have you always wanted
to be a police officer?

No.

I wanted to be a teacher.

Are you an FBI agent
in the place where we met you?

No, I work in New York City.

I was on my way to see my sister, Casey.

I used to wish I had a sister.

Except maybe they would hurt her too.

So I'm happy I don't.

Are you and your sister best friends?

Uh, not as close as I wish we were.

How come?

Something bad happened to her,

and she got really angry
and pushed everyone away.

[PANEL BEEPS]

No.

Leave her alone.

No, no. No!

Don't touch her! Leave her alone!

Don't touch her!

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[HUMMING SHAKILY]

Yeah, no, I'm sure that was him.

All right, thank you.

Remy, we're at the
gas station in Deerfield.

A witness saw Brad here
early this morning.

- Thanks.
- [LINE DISCONNECTS]

[PHONE RINGS]

Remy Scott.

This is Trent Rowe.

I'm the Supervisory Special
Agent here in Baltimore.

We've completed our search
of Brad Wallace's home.

- You all headed down here?
- No.

We're on our way
to Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Tell me you found something helpful.

Don't know about helpful,

but it's sure as hell upsetting.

We found child sexual abuse
material at the Wallace House.

Most of it's digital.
Our CART people are on it.

There's also some kind of chain bolted

to the wall in the kid's room.

Has a handcuff type thing on the end.

Kid's room? What kid?

There's a pic of the suspects
and a kid here.

- I'll send it to you guys.
- Thanks.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Okay, so that's Heather.
Brad's current wife.

There's no record of Brad
and Heather having a child,

but what I found just a few minutes ago

was that he was married
before to this woman, Elyse.

Elyse and Brad did have a
child, a daughter named Ollie.

She'd be now, and that matches
the age of the kid in the picture.

- Where's Elyse live?
- In Vermont.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hey, Trent.

Did you say you're headed
to Deerfield, Mass?

Yeah. Why?

Our guy pulled an IP address
on the Wallace computer.

They shared a lot of this stuff
with someone

about minutes from Deerfield.

I'll send you the info.

Copy.

♪ ♪

Let's go.

All right, up we get.

Did you search her?

She's been knocked out.

Well, that doesn't mean anything.

It's not like watching kids.

Nate'll be here tonight.

Knocked out.

- I don't know how she got...
- Save it.

♪ ♪

[PANEL BEEPS]

Ollie.

Ollie.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

FBI, freeze! Hey!

Where's Brad?

You're gonna wish you were
never born, you filthy scumbag.

- Remy!
- It's Hana!

[COUGHING, GAGGING]

Keep him close.

[COUGHING, GROANING]

I won't let another person die on me.

Especially not Hana.

♪ ♪

- He lawyered up.
- And there's no computer.

We think it must be
around here somewhere

that we found a router
and an ethernet cable.

You're telling me there's
not a single computer

- in this entire junkyard.
- No.

Well, we gotta figure something out.

That computer's our best lead
to finding Brad.

Hana would do some high tech
thing to find it in two seconds.

We're gonna find her.

Where are we on getting Elyse here?

She wasn't home.
Agents are talking to neighbors now,

trying to find out where she is.

We're running out of time.

I have an idea.

If we can't do high tech...

let's do low tech.

[LINE TRILLS]

Hana, can you look under my bed?

What am I looking for?

Monsters.

[SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

All clear.

No monsters.

I'll be good so that they'll stop.

Ollie, this isn't your fault.

They're bad people.

You don't know me that well.

You're right.

I don't.

But I do know that
there's nothing in the world

that you could have done
to deserve this.

Ever.

What they're doing is really bad,

and I'm gonna make sure
that they stop hurting you.

♪ ♪

So what happened after
your sister pushed you away?

Uh, well, she pushed everyone away.

She was so full of anger.

She just couldn't stop thinking
about the person that hurt her.

She focused all of her energy
on trying to get 'em back.

Did she?

She did, but she got caught.

Did she get in trouble?

Um, a good man stepped in
and helped Casey to see

that even though she couldn't
change what happened,

she had a choice
about how to use her pain.

About whether it was
an anchor or a hammer.

- An anchor or a hammer?
- Yeah.

Like something that weighs
you down or a tool you use.

I'm not so sure you should be a teacher.

[CHUCKLES]

Are you really gonna make sure that

they stop doing these things to me?

We're getting out of here,

and we're gonna do it together.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

During the pandemic, child sexual abuse

and the publication of it exploded.

Yeah, but I don't get it.
They can smell pictures?

The dog's gonna sniff out TPPO.

They coat circuit boards in it.

- Thanks for coming.
- We're happy to help.

If anyone can find that
computer, it's this guy.

Good boy. You good?

Let's do it.

All right, good boy. Search.

Find.

Track. Good boy, good boy.

[PHONE RINGS]

Gaines.

Yeah.

All right.

- Thanks.
- Brad's ex's wife?

Yeah, there were no employment records

'cause she's paid in cash.

So she works at some local diner,

agents are on their way.

What you got here?

[DOG WHINING]

Got something.

- Thank you.
- Check in here.

Look at this.

I'm not seeing any communication
with Brad or any pictures.

I found a hard drive.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hundreds of Ollie.

What kind of person... his own daughter?

Family are usually
a child's first trafficker.

Okay.

Those match the ones that Trent sent,

so that is Ollie's bedroom in Maryland.

But these other pictures
are in a different room.

Look at this.

These are window plugs.

They soundproofed the room.

The plugs, they had to be custom

because of the arched windows.

The only info on that pic is "Uncle."

- Who's Uncle?
- Elyse doesn't have a brother.

Nor did Brad or Heather.

She's here.

♪ ♪

Elyse, I'm Special Agent Remy Scott.

Did Agent Franks
tell you what's going on?

He said that
my daughter Ollie's missing?

When did you last speak
to your ex-husband, Brad?

I don't know, about seven years ago.

And Ollie?

Same. She was five.

We got married when I was ,
and when we got divorced,

he had a job, and I had a drug habit.

He got custody.

I'm saving up for a lawyer.

♪ ♪

Does this room look familiar to you?

No, I don't think so.

Take a closer look.

What are you covering?

What are you covering?

Elyse, Elyse, no.

[SOBS] Oh, my God.

[SOBBING] Oh, my God, my baby.

Elyse, take a deep breath.

- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
- That's it. That's it.

I know this is unimaginably painful,

but I need you to focus.

Ollie needs you to focus.

Is there anyone Brad or Ollie
called uncle?

Yes.

Okay, Ollie,
we're gonna get out of here.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Now, I'm gonna need
to use your music player.

I'll give it back.

♪ ♪

Did this come with, like, a little cube

that plugs into the wall?

No, just what was in the box.

Okay.

♪ ♪

Okay.

S-A-N-D-W-O-O-D.

Douglas Sandwood, CEO of
Lunar Pull Technologies.

Brad worked for him.
Ollie called him Uncle Dougie.

And he's got three houses.

One in Vermont, one in Connecticut,

- and one in New Hampshire.
- Which one's closest?

Uh, New Hampshire.

And from the gas station last night,

it's a straight sh*t up the I- .

That's gotta be it.

But if we're wrong and he has cameras,

he'll be onto us and just disappear.

Well, what about a coordinated breach?

Three states? It'll take too long.

Okay, we know the windows
are custom, right?

So we call every contractor

within a mile radius of each house.

Let's do it.

Come here.

It's gonna be okay.

But what if it doesn't work?

What if they keep hurting me forever?

Ollie, it's gonna work.

♪ ♪

[PANEL BEEPS]

Stay quiet.

♪ ♪

Stay close to me.

[BABY CRYING]

Listen to your music and stay here.

Don't move.

♪ ♪

Shh, shh.

We're gonna run.

We're gonna run,
and we're not gonna stop.

Do you understand?

Come on.

Go. Go.

Then who does have access
to the records?

I need to talk to your
supervisor right now.

Yes, I understand.

Can we just start
with the last years, please?

Right. You're sure?

Okay, thanks.

It's his house in New Hampshire.

minutes away.

[BOTH PANTING]

Hana, what did Casey choose?

What?

You said the nice man
told her to choose her pain.

A hammer or an anchor.

What did she choose?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Maybe later, kiddo.

♪ ♪

Come on. Come on.

[BABY CRYING]

Run. Go now.

♪ ♪

Get the girl.

Do you know who that guy is?

He's gonna r*pe you,

and he's gonna chain you in a room

and take pictures while
a hundred other guys

take their turn.

FBI, freeze!

[g*nf*re]

Hands up! Get on your knees!

There's two more at the house.

Check the house.

Ollie.

Ollie!

Hana!

Ollie!

[SOBBING] Ollie, Ollie.

[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

It's okay.

It's okay. You're safe.

I'm Kristen. This is Ray.
We're friends with Hana.

- Hana?
- Yeah. They're here to help.

Are you okay?

- What?
- Are you okay?

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Glad you're safe.

[SNIFFLING, BREATHING SHAKILY]

♪ ♪

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Be right out.

Hana, it's me.

Oh my God. Hana.

I'm okay.

I'm fine.

You do not look fine.

I'm all right.

Oh my God, I was so scared.

Me too.

[SOFT SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I love you.

I love you too, Case.

Heading there now.

[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

You found Amani.

We've been looking for you, little one.

I know you said that
I have to stop saying it,

but I can't. Thank you.

We should probably
get you to the hospital

- and make sure you're okay.
- I'm fine.

All right. I'm gonna check myself in.
My nerves are sh*t.

Hana, please, let them look at you.

[SOBBING] Stop. Please, stop.

No. Please, stop.

No.

- Ollie.
- Stop.

It's okay. Okay. I'm here.

It's okay.

It's okay, here.

Ollie?

Mommy?

♪ ♪

I don't wanna upset her,
but we keep delaying,

and I gotta...
I gotta get her checked out.

- I don't know.
- Mom. No.

Okay, let's slow everything down.

Okay. Take a deep breath.

She doesn't have to go
this second, right?

- No.
- Okay.

Why don't you and I have a little talk?

About what?

Well, do you wanna hear
the end of the story?

Yeah.

Where were we?

About the hammer and the anchor,

but I don't really get that.

Okay, so an anchor is
something that holds you down,

and a hammer is a tool you use, right?

You wanna be a singer, right?

Yeah.

So Casey had a choice.

She could sing the same
sad song over and over again,

or she could choose
to sing a different song.

And once Casey realized that
she could use her pain for good

by singing lots of songs,

was helping others, it...
it started helping her.

So what happened to me
is what happened to her?

No.

But it was pretty bad.

Is that your sister?

Yeah.

I don't believe that
she chose to help people

and she feels better.

It hurts so much.

I don't think I'll ever get better.

Okay, I...

I know this is a choice you can make

because I made this choice, Ollie.

The story I'm telling you about Casey,

it's not about her,

it's about me.

When I was ,
a man hurt me really badly,

and I used my computer
to get back at him.

When I got caught, someone stepped in,

my friend, Jess,
and he gave me a choice.

I could face the charges
or work one case with the FBI.

That was nine years ago.

Using my pain for good
changed everything.

Did you ever stop hurting?

Not completely.

But I made a choice to take
the painful song off repeat.

Let's get you to the hospital, okay?

I promise you it's gonna be all right.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WOLF HOWLS]