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01x05 - And They Swam Right Over the Dam

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Unsub". Aired: February 3 – April 14, 1989.*
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Series revolves around an elite FBI forensic team that investigates serial murderers and other violent crimes. Unsub is an abbreviation for the "unknown subject" of an investigation.

01x05 - And They Swam Right Over the Dam

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sorry mr. Grayson I can't climb above this turbulence we're gonna have to live with it a while

can you get it nothing

this turbulence is because we're going from hot air in the cold air and we're encountering awesome camp can we not

talk about this now

preliminary report Columbus PD victims mr. and mrs. Lonnie not Caucasian both

34 white collar professionals forced entry through sliding glass door in the

back of the house no apparent burglary or vandalism time of the attack put it between 1:00 a.m. 5:00 a.m. this morning

the victims bodies not found we can assume by the amount of blood that there

both are dead convective air current

turbulence is normal unless wind gust surpassed 40 feet per second which case please don't explain please and

victimology they're victims of choice working couples other middle-class

professionals last night was the first night there was a child in the home suggesting of miscalculation on the part

of the unsub or a growing need to take chances did the child see the parents

get attacked they're not getting much from the child they've maybe slept through it

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boy you guys move fast detective burns just make it Bob what's Grayson don't worry about the mess

outside no one's been in the house except the neighborhood the call we appreciate your cooperation which

neighbor made the call Compton's right next door boy woke them up at 6:45 or so and they called us where's the boy I

still with him Child Services needs a couple of days to locate mrs. not and sister she's out of state did you talk to the boy well I can't get a thing out

him maybe you'll have better luck maybe there's a lot of blood in there I've

seen blood yes

family room on ground floor appears to be understood smudge marks through the existing prints same as the banister and

the kids door upstairs the unsub wore gloves so all of the prints that we get will come from the family what do you

think latex probably surgical something close to the skin but not a dishwashing Bluff bodies were carried for the

backyard probably plenty of covering no chance you could see when he got to the

alley there's a street life so he busted it raw pea sh**ter I don't know a lot of gravel back there neighbor across the

alley said the streetlight was fine a couple days ago so the unsub may have been back there in night before last to

think I'll come back tonight and see if anyone saw vehicle high arced arterial

spray extending up the wall indicates lethal severing tried to get up loss of

consciousness death lamp disturbed on nightstand left side of bed indicates a struggle fashion

magazine on nightstand left side was probably wife's means husband was k*lled first

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notice anything strange right off the bat [Music]

cleanest kid sink I've ever seen water hasn't been shut off completely let's get a cyclops in here the unsub may have

washed his hands [Music]

Jimmy

have burns and a guy to the car tell him to bring back to w13 don't expose it

anything and bring it back in the case to the door

the slashing a psychosexual workup pre and post offenses I think I read about

the w13 a real state-of-the-art item as I recall that what are you using the for

I think they're trying to determine whether the unsub's a secretor or not mr. creature secretes blood groupings

into the body fluids you get you blood type that way be careful with it Frank

don't jostle it it's very sophisticated

here's something to clean the mirror

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he's hiding something I think he watched him sleep for a while

- what in was he angry with him or did he want to protect him

maybe he's protective maybe he just couldn't make up his mind oh I'm sorry

nice occasion but he was here thinking about it the kid the parents what he

wanted where's the kid now he's with the neighbors I want to talk to him I'd

rather you talk for the neighbors let's Jimmy talk to the neighbors the boy was asleep Tony he said he was

asleep he's scared he doesn't want to talk about it come on Wes Jimmy you go

with him I don't want to g*ng up on the kid you're not gonna g*ng up in the kid you're gonna let him hear everything you have to say I want him to hear the

questions - and the answers from the people he knows I wanted to come to us so then you didn't hear anything unusual

well I'm a pretty light sleeper but even when Ted Diana had friends over not a

part you couldn't hear anything they've had parties sort of open house style

where people they didn't know might show up never entertain family friends not

very often they both worked such long hours and didn't have any real family

here his work brought them to Columbus uh-huh yeah and you would pick Geoffrey

up at the take care center sometimes at least one night a week sometimes more whenever they couldn't get away from a

meeting or if one of them was out of town on business we feet Jeff in watch a little TV in the

den with Edison fall asleep right there on the floor

hey hey Jeff you ain't doing what are

you coloring huh can I see what are you doing Jeffrey are you drawing at us in a picture

what are you coloring me there Jeff Dovie it's one of his fish oh yeah OS

all those it's got beautiful fish I couldn't take my eyes off him wish I had

a collection like that Jeff

oh yeah Dobie right yeah I remember with their with their red stripe around the

belly yeah he was one of my favorites that's uh that's bigger there what cuz

what he P probably digs in the gravel huh he's pretty crazy about his fish you

know I heard that there is an aquarium in the park you know where they have

these huge gigantic fish from all over the world and Tony and I were thinking

of going there tomorrow you want to come with us my dad's gonna take me

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20 years on these all-night stakeouts how did you stand it it's the unexpected

it keeps it interesting Nick rivetti and me was loaned out one

time on Saturday night to Jersey narcotics 6061 that's important in the

story let's try and keep track we're sitting on this guy you know and well an

hour and well then we see he passes this package to another guy so we followed

the package onto the 110 so we tell him into this club just off the Turnpike 110

Jersey Turnpike Turnpike's not important we get inside his club and this

spotlight hits it right in the face my eyes are just and I'm looking down this

long winding staircase honor this dance club full of men yes always a g*y bar

well you went g*y in 61 you were lighting your shoes so the only way we

can get in and find the guy is to dance through the crowd you and rivetti

we Foxtrot it are we cross the floor got

this guy off the side started patting him down but then we notice the line

forming behind him Nick gravity hell of

a dancer let's check this place out here the unsub what are you thinking

I came back here I walked back here to

get familiar I look around look at the other houses

the lights are on they bothered me

maybe I sit for a while I wanna know this place

all I think about it the whole neighborhood's asleep nobody

knows I'm here damn sure you k*ll when you play racquetball only if I want to

swallow my tongue Ned why I would take my gum out boy I want inside if it's yours move it

deliver the times-dispatch huh when I can get through no one's a car parked

back here the other night maybe blow your horn like you did just now nobody to blow the horn head jerk just left the

station wagon sitting right there station wagon huh no was anything

out-of-state plates no Ohio tags this baby was right out of the box and a dark

colored blue I think thanks sweet cheeks

did it kids use the outside play area very much in good weather

you ever notice some cars parked along the sidewalk just kind of watching

things we keep a pretty close lookout for things like that we might be looking for a station wagon

new dark blue not to my knowledge but I'll ask around that'd be good

anyone but the Compton's ever picked Jeff up after school another neighbor coworker Jeff's parents have them down as an

emergency contact numbers should Jeffrey need medical attention and neither one can be reached have you noticed any

change in Jeff over the last 48 hours well he's pulled in a little isn't

playing with the other kids he's usually much more outgoing any specific behavioral problems of aggressiveness

may be screamed at or no nothing like that although this

morning he told one of the other instructors that he spilled his milk we

had to change his underpants he'd wet himself can I talk to Jeff for a second wait don't you think the kids

been throwing up Jimmy that's the point I don't think we know what he's been through I might be out of line here but

to put this kid through an examination after all of this he's withdrawn he's exhibiting signs of posturing he's quiet

because he's scared Jimmy there are discreet ways of him no no there are no discreet ways to make a kid we live this

please hand can we just be sure before we put them through an examination that's why you should see his doctor so

we can be sure he can handle our questions just sit right down over here

Jeff Bonnie's been showing us pictures

and stuff but your drill can I ask you a question you've been taking care of your

fish because you know you don't want to

neglect them right I'll tell you what would it be okay if I went and fed him

well you want to come with oh don't make me go by myself because I mean you know

me you know I might put in too much food and they make him sick yeah okay okay

you go play with your friends and I'll go feed the fish and maybe tomorrow you come with me

the blood type from the trap in the boys bathroom matches the saliva found in the chewing gum

the same guy who chewed the g*n found in the backyard also washed off in the sink and the victims are day no neither's

Jeff well maybe cutting himself as part of the unsub's ritual only if his ritual

involves nosebleeds there's mucus mixed in with the a sample from the drain trap well that could be

from the cleaning lady we did a complete analysis and isolated the male

chromosome xyy the extra Y is exclusive to males with a propensity for obsessive

violence which is associated with high blood pressure which is known to cause nosebleeds

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Jimmy turn it off I want it off I want

it dark why are you whispering

I've never been in this house before what a nice things expensive things

stereo furniture I know they live like this

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who's wrong as it I want to look at the boy I want to watch him sleep

I wanna watch it's the parents I want uh Tony no I want from the boy no man um

look you probably don't want me here right it's the parents I want I want him out of here Jimmy I want to take him

with me I I want couples one of each so I can do whatever I want with them oh then let me go wait in the car all

right I got your camp

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live I want to live like this I could have nice things but people

won't let me [Music] every time I try and lift myself up

someone stops me someone says no I'm no good I'm not as good as you I'm not good

enough but I am good enough I'm better

than good enough I can have everything I want and he won I won

[Music] sit down why don't you my wife just made some popcorn [Music]

just me and the boy now you know I want

what do they have that makes me so angry

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alright I'm here you can start this thing where's Jimmy he's with a boy Tony and n want me to

send Jimmy back to DC they feel he's in the way we all know the danger of being emotionally involved in the case all of

us feel badly for the child no one wants Jeff to go through something unnecessarily right but I just can't think this kid slept through the

whole thing Wes D I can't believe this guy let him that's what we have to decide look part of me thinks the motive

a psychosexual part of me agrees with time the guy is pure anger the aspirin wrapper the gum was in comes from one of

those first aid kits found in a factory or an employee break room he was probably bounced from job to job fired

by his victim successful people in which case a psychological and physical examination will help clarify I

understand that we're talking about two completely different types here Wes and until we find out which one to pursue

this case grinds to a halt Jimmy is not coming from left field on this one it makes a good point Jeff does

not need to be poked and prodded in some cold sterile environment he needs warmth

and understanding what if I thought for one minute that I was being cold and heartless I sent myself back to DC but

the shorthand is still concerned for the boy his physical and mental health so what you want is a full medical

examination yeah a full physical and psychological workup and it doesn't have

to be impersonal it could be with his regular physician Wes it's part of a thorough investigation we're talking

about a little boy here not just a piece of evidence this kid has gone through the kind of trauma that anyone in this room could

only imagine my son now maybe I'm projecting here but every time I I see

this kid I think of my own son and I ask myself could I put this kid through even

more agony look Jimmy gets on my nerves sometimes too but I wouldn't say he gets

in my way if you do this exam I think sinning gimme back to Washington would

be a big mistake good night

it's for Jeff's well-being with you sure I just think it's very important the

unsub is incredibly angry he wants a life like the one he's taking for people and with each new house he's getting

bolder taking more chances four times now he's going in k*lled him taking the bodies it doesn't even matter now

there's not a child in the house I think he wants a child in the house I think

that's the point now he means to take this much further I'm trying to convince

myself a third two ways of looking at this

dammit there aren't

order the examination but I'm gonna leave it up to Jimmy whether he goes back to DC or not

except for a few awkward questions it'll be like any other visit to his doctor I promise and the poor kid he doesn't even

have any place to go the Compton's are very nice people they can provide check for the loving home and they should be able to add-on for

that too much trouble they're not family and well he's never gonna get that for mr. Norton's sister all right with her

in detox she's in no condition to deal with a six-year-old Aaron stop drawing on dr. Radford fine no indication of

trauma whatsoever thank you doctor yeah thanks dr. Radford thank you good luck

with the adoption and if you have any trouble you don't hesitate to call me okay bye-bye hey remember me what you doing

there kiddo kids it doesn't plug in it must not be

any fun where's dr. Chelsea oh they changed the rotation hospitals have a way to cut boy I sure do like your

drawing yard you want to sign it for me so I can hang it out he hasn't learned to write his name yet hey hey ah oh and

now you try honey my reports we tried to

teach him once he didn't seem to be interested we didn't feel we should push come on sweetie let's go in with the

doctor how are you mr. Baldwin doing weren't

you trying to have another one Oh trying yes but between his traveling and my deadlines the window of opportunity

doesn't seem to be open for very long Aaron might not get that little brother I want what I want a lot of things honey

come on just a sec

there was no sign of trauma so obviously we're going to have to make some changes in the profile obviously and wouldn't

this guy be real organized not just in the attacks but also in the burial there's still some psychodynamics that

don't add up but yeah you might even have some sort of ceremony for the dead detective Miranda's boys turn off

anything on the bodies nothing all right you took it back your way up some rethinking to do hold on skipper

Jimmy you must be relieved ha ha that ain't the half of it you coming in

actually I I sort of have promised to take Jeff to the aquarium if that's okay with you you want my honest opinion I yeah I know

I know I'm getting too close but I say it's a deal and made an order to get him to the doctor's all right but after that

no more say goodbye okay I meant to Jeff

funniest thing just happened funny by your standards or the rest of the world I just had a nice little chat

with young Jeffrey knocking it seems the police think he might have seen

something who is Jeffrey Norton the little boy we helped the other night did he see

something nope I actually spoke to the

feds why do they think he saw something because they're lost Robert they're

clutching at straws you shouldn't have gone into his room we shouldn't be entering homes where there are already children no no that is the point

these mollycoddling corporate white-collar Joneses who just live to

stay ahead of everyone else in the consumption of designer trinkets oh they fawn over their children with everything

except proper parenting here honey here's another little ninja turtle here's ten more cassettes for the video

game here's anything you want except my precious time no no can't have that

because I'm too busy imitating success is dictated by the trendiest magazines my god we've got to have the German

sports coupe we got to make an appearance at the Racquet Club oh come

on come on

these image obsessives are producing a generation of weak-willed spineless

adults it stopped them before having children that's what we set out to do

three times we did that those were training exercises Robert I stood in

that bathroom and I listened for all I was worth and you know what I heard nothing you heard nothing exactly

nothing and I knew then that your glorious skill should be practiced where

it's infinitely more necessary what's the point of any of this if we're not

helping to produce strong adults we freed Geoffrey now he can find his own

inner strength grow up strong independent like we are now that's so

much more important than just seeing that they never exist in the first place

I don't want to get caught at this how can we be where's the evidence here on

the way to poppers row I hated the orphanage I hated being fostered I have

a feeling I'm going to hate prison as much and that's just where we're headed unless you get yourself under control

excuse me you have the nerve to whine about control who had enough control to

get you out of that hellhole mr. rockeford put you in Francis I did I did Robert I got you through Medical School

I did have I ever said no to you

oh it seems to us this Baldwin is trying

to have another child she feels she didn't do an adequate enough job retarding young Erin she wants try it

again get it right this time [Music]

did you know that we've learned to talk the wheels it's true

see it's with this special kind of language it's like a special way to talk

make these sounds in the water all right now it doesn't sound like anything to you and me but to these guys it does why

why what why do they have to talk well

they don't have to talk but they want to talk is he and we want to listen and that'll help each other understand when

we're happy or when we're sad you know or when we hurt I heard them

you heard them

would you huge if both of the men in my house two men

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victims I only got a raw deal well guys I Got News for you between eight victims they've held 26

positions at 14 companies it's an awful lot of employee records to go through

yeah Tony there were two of them what are you talking about wait a minute hold on

go ahead he just said he heard two male voices what did they say

he heard laughter and something about setting him free did he see them well he

says he didn't I believe him are you with him now yeah stay with him

for now our unsub's maybe worried that Jeff did more than hear though all right I'll check in later we were hung up on one profile but Ann

and Tony were both right that's why he keeps his rage in check he's two

different people one gets off in the slashing the other gets off on the power

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places for young minds to explore it's chilling

I'm remembering how Rockford use to make us read those idiot books from child services trying to place us in homes

full of illiterate those overprotective morons we've been RA I'd say we've done a hell

of a lot better than all right look at look at our lives successful in

our work great lifestyle women we didn't

need parents we weren't coddled and protected and [ __ ] the way kids are

today we had to think of everything and fight for ourselves got us through Medical School

parents are really only good for one thing getting us here after that baby

you're on your own

I'm getting the last of the files from the state child services it's quite possible our unsub's are

orphans the unsub's idea of freedom was to get rid of the kids parents now it

makes perfect sense to me the profile never came through because it wasn't

particular in either personality to kids scared in and out of homes probably made

a secret pact together it's the aberrant behavior of the third personality they've created together a

conditioning they would have gotten at an early age particularly at an orphanage well what do you think we're

looking for a couple kids who beat up on their adoptive parents maybe but it could be a lot more subtle they're their

own support group they don't need approval or validation from anyone else but I still can't figure out what that

much anger why they identify with kids from normal families they weren't

identifying with the kids they were trying to save them from what yuppies

present company excluded it's your decision you don't have to leave yeah I

know but according to them it's not my

area of expertise and it's getting kind of hard now did you say goodbye to Jeff

no thought I just let it go you'll be

all right kids are incredibly resilient

you did a good job you're not anybody's way ever nice plane

yeah right yep all right he's gonna be

fun wait a minute got a runaway six homes in three years return twice for a*usive

threats finally released on his own at 16 francis Radford dr. Francis Radford

Oh sniffs Norton's pediatrician that's right I thought we run a cross-reference it all the victims doctors the child wasn't

the victim and besides Radford's name wouldn't show up he's in rotation at the hospital with three other doctors where's phone here

and get me a list of all the families he's seen in the past two weeks yes

operator would you put me through please to the times-dispatch our suspects might try it again if it looks like we have left town well John

it just sounds like a little inflammation nothing to worry about is he coughing a little yes I think it's

the sore throat that's bothering him you want to bring him in Jones the hard

question oh yes I'm fine I'm just you

know awfully busy [Music] so you don't think that sounds too bad

he's been looking forward to spending the night with his little friend all week no no in fact sounds like a good

idea gives you and your husband a chance for a little more privacy the old window

of opportunity right I'll tell you what why don't you just give Erin some

children's aspirin and this comfiest PJs that's all he needs I'll do that doctor thank you

okay mr. mrs. Baldwin will be driving

you to a home in Cleveland this Asian green agent Williams will be assigned to you around the clock to ensure your

safety and that of your son's understanding the difficulty of his time for you we appreciate your cooperation

stay away couldn't leave without saying

goodbye thank you again for everything thank you thank you very much for

everything

take a nap cover waiting around like this drives me nuts a lot of things

drive me nuts

are you alright I'm fine well would you

mind terribly starting the car it's getting late

they're adopting Jeff they're a family now good luck with the adoption Jeff won't

be an orphan now good luck with the adoption

he knows [Music]

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don't don't refresh you plan to use that if I have to I'm not sleepy

[Music] hiya Jeff dr. Esper did his friend

stopped by to see how you were doing in that right dr. Radford hey Jeff yeah

[Music] Jeff it's getting late let's just say goodnight to dr. Radford Jeffrey what's

going on here yes wheels and everything is just fine why don't you take Jeff downstairs get him a glass of milk okay

having a tough time getting to sleep [Music]

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this is not a problem in 91 this is detective James bellow

there's a brand new dark blue station wagon parked in the alley in the back of the house it's registered to Columbus

Memorial and there's two body bags in the back just inside with his new family

I'm gonna get some sleep tonight skipper

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what skipper oh yeah this game for you ha ha

I says that the concerts are now the legally adoptive parents the papers came through oh good how's Jeff uh he sounds better

but I sounds like he sounds better huh haha we should put that up somewhere huh

why was I was kind of hoping to take it home no I think we should all enjoy well I

don't know I don't have a place to hang it you do now well you can hang it in

here let us look at it from time to time Jimmy I automatically throw up a flag

when I feel emotional involvement it's getting in the way of the work this time I was wrong and I guess we're just so

protective of our skills that um sometimes we forget what you bring to the mix now the truth is Jimmy if it

hadn't been for you and your connection with Jeff we might not have caught those guys in time Willian apology

I'll talk about it later [Music]

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