01x08 - Add-A-Bead

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Previously on "Clarice"...

RUTH: Two dead women floated down the Anacostia River.

- We're investigating a doctor.

- Felker, right?

We think that the company that Felker worked for silenced three whistleblowers.

ESQUIVEL: And did a professional hit on a witness inside the FBI building.

Have you heard about the Black Coalition?

I respect deeply what the Coalition is doing, but it's not for me.

Some guy hit me across the head with a phone.

And I know that he has something to do with the women we pulled out of that river.

It's him.

- So you found him.

- Can I ask how you know this guy?

He's an attorney.

His firm is handling my divorce.

I can help you get your kids.

I need something from you, though.

Pull your team off what went down on the Anacostia River.

I think you got the wrong man.

Somebody falsified a coroner's report.

It really looks like it was you.

KRENDLER: I looked into Joe Hudlin.

He's not your guy.

We're backing off the conspiracy thing.

My last memory of my dad...

was the night he gave me this.

Probably the best night of my life.

♪♪ [Skin squelches]

[Sizzling]

♪♪ [Steam hisses]

♪♪ [Air whistling]

♪♪ CLARICE: I know that smell.

LI: They roast ducks in the morning.

First session of the day is quite the prize.

Is it distracting for your patients?

On the contrary.

A taste or smell can be useful for therapy.

♪♪ So, why didn't you want to continue to work with your last therapist?

Couldn't trust him.

And why do you think you can trust me?

You got me to a place...

A place where I could remember...

MAN: This is for my little deputy.

YOUNG CLARICE: Thank you, Daddy.

I saw Hudlin's face.

Under hypnosis.

Now we start therapy.

The work.

Are you ready to do the work?

Because I can guide you, but I can't do it for you.

I understand.

So, why do you think you need to see a therapist?

[Exhales sharply]

Post-traumatic stress.

Buffalo Bill, Marilyn Felker, Joe Hudlin.

Every agent manages it... the fear.

Most agents don't have an infamous serial k*ller who has taken a special interest in them.

I'm not worried about him.

That concerns me.

He is not coming after me.

For him, hunting me wouldn't bring relief.

It would only...

articulate his own unspoken self-loathing.

You have a lot of confidence in the relationship.

Yes.

You have been traumatized.

Can you see that?

And you have a job that continues to re-traumatize you every day.

Yes.

Trauma is contagious.

No one needs a law-enforcement officer out there spreading it.

I can help you process your trauma, but I can't promise you that you will keep your job.

Can you be honest?

Always.

[Sighs]

All right.

If you think I shouldn't be out there, then...

I'll accept that.

But I'll do the work.

I want to do the work.

Okay.

So, why did you decide to see me today?

A body.

Karolina.

She came from Yugoslavia to study medicine here.

She came to me yesterday.

All alone.

♪♪ [Dog barking in distance]

CLARICE: Are there any left to distribute to the rest of the Bureau?

Mulu Rose wants... extras.

[Laughs]

She's a rabid grandma.

Well, you're very lucky to have a rabid grandma.

And I'll take the publicity.

Good for the agency to see a Black person up there doing the real work.

I've got to head out early.

You better get dressed.

Oh, you go ahead.

I'm meeting up with Esquivel.

We're working a lead.

Hudlin?

You're gonna catch hell if Krendler finds out you're still investigating behind his back.

Be careful.

- Yes, Mom.

- [Chuckles]

♪♪ [Door opens, closes]

Ugh.

ESQUIVEL: You do this for Mapp?

Yes.

She deserves a little recognition.

More than a little.

Look, I know you hate this stuff, but it makes the Fraud guys nuts.

Oh, hold up.

There she is.

Why her?

When you approached her about Felker, she turned you and Tripathi down.

She's been hounding big pharma for years.

And now we have Joe Hudlin's name.

Agent Esquivel.

- This is...

- Clarice Starling.

- Of course.

- Good morning.

I thought my office told you that I can't help you.

Joseph N. Hudlin.

Principal at Hudlin and Meriwether.

- D.C. fixer.

- What about him?

He's involved with the River Murders.

He was present when I caught up with Marilyn Felker.

You didn't share this when I met you.

He and Felker spoke intimately about the case.

If they weren't involved, they couldn't have known what they knew.

We think he hired Karl Wellig...

To commit m*rder?

Yeah.

The River Murders.

And hired the guys that k*lled Wellig at Buzzard's Point.

You said to come back when we had more.

This is more.

Paul Krendler closed the River Murders, and the AG... my boss... is satisfied.

I've been hanging out on a limb by myself for three years.

No one higher up on the food chain wants to poke this bear, and I'm not risking myself and my family when I've got no cover.

Well, you do now.

We'll have your back.

Right.

Not when it gets ugly.

It's already ugly.

Four people are dead... that we know of.

I was almost the fifth.

We're not backing off.

Krendler might not know what we're doing, but if we bring him something real, he'll engage.

Karolina Savich.

Called me, mentioned Hudlin, wanted to talk big pharma if I helped her with some visa problems.

How'd she know Hudlin?

I don't know, but I told her that I'm out of the big pharma business.

She's dead.

Yes.

su1c1de, apparently.

If you want to pursue this any further, better take it up with the Attorney General.

♪♪ ♪♪

[Wind roaring]

[Screaming]

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

♪ There's power in the blood ♪

♪ In the precious blood of the Lamb ♪

[Telephone rings]

[Candy crunches]

[Knock on door]

Sorry to bother again, but Joe Hudlin keeps asking about lunch today at Zeibert's.

Just put it on the pile.

And you're supposed to talk to Murray.

He actually made an appointment.

Thank you.

♪♪ ♪♪ To whoever's been stealing my pens...

MAN: Give us a break.

MAN # : You gotta be kidding me.

Mine.

Yes?

- What crawled up your a...

- Okay?

Murray, uptight much?

We get it?

- Nobody wants your pen.

- Okay.

Hey, Murray, I got your pen right here.

- Hey, Paul.

- KRENDLER: I got a thing.

[Telephones ring nearby]

- Hey, Paul.

- I have a thing.

Paul, don't do that, man.

Don't...

Don't blow me off.

[Sighs]

♪♪ You're right.

The River Murders.

I've known you a long time.

I've always known why you did things.

And vice versa.

Something's not adding up.

Starling's convinced she saw Hudlin at Woodhaven.

Murray, it's a dead end.

- I don't know.

- Look, this is the Bureau, and the Bureau needs to clear cases.

Paul, you've never gotten caught up in this Bureau whatever before.

I've never been your boss before.

Where are Starling and Esquivel?

Exchanging soufflé recipes.

There's a stack of leads about the incident in Annapolis, am I right?

Thank you.

♪♪ ARDELIA: Well, sir, I assumed they cleared it with you before approaching me.

The request came from the SAC's office.

You think I don't know the value of a little publicity, Mapp?

I mean, but this...

this...

this is a slippery slope.

You're a fine agent.

I want you to keep your eye on the prize.

I cleared a cold case, sir.

Mm.

Inner city drug stuff.

Bobby Larkin was not involved with dr*gs.

Eh, there's a perception he was.

He was hit in the head with a hammer, sir.

New DNA task force, hmm?

When were you planning on telling me?

I saw the open call for applications and I thought, "It's what I'm doing already."

I want Violent Crimes focused on things like this.

I'm impressed, Mapp.

Very impressed.

This is the sort of mettle makes leaders.

I don't say that lightly.

I have put my all into learning about DNA, building a database, and applying it to criminal investigation.

And that good, hard work should be reward in and of itself.

There's no need for these flashy articles.

Play the long game.

That's what leaders do.

Thank you.

[Sighs]

Right.

♪♪ CLARICE: Caucasian female.

Mid- s.

Neck is broken.

Trauma to the head caused subconjunctival hemorrhages.

Globe ruptures on both eyes.

d*ed on impact.

Next of kin was unreachable.

She was out here in the States alone.

She had her wallet.

And her ID.

Could be a su1c1de.

Maybe we label it "suspicious" and get a full autopsy.

Think we could get a medical examiner to help us quietly?

Actually, yeah.

I'll make a call.

Okay.

♪♪ Hold on.

♪♪ ♪♪ Hmm.

Looks like Hebrew.

Where's Tripathi when you need him?

We'll just have to run it through Linguistics back at the office.

I'll start the paperwork to get the body transferred.

Karolina Savich.

She liked Chuck Taylors.

She writes to herself in Hebrew.

♪♪ ♪♪ [Sighs]

[Melancholy violin music plays]

♪♪ ♪♪ Do not call me on my Bureau phone.

It's much more conspicuous if you stand.

♪♪ They make a hell of a microbrew here.

Go to hell.

We still have stuff on the table.

I meant it.

My firm does want to represent you in your divorce.

A man tries to do me a favor at the same time he's trying to tie me to a cover-up?

You did me a favor by making the hit on Wellig look like a stroke.

No.

I didn't.

Sure looks like you did.

And who else would have the motive to change the coroner's report?

Stay out of my divorce, Joe.

How many times do I have to tell you, Paul?

Moms always win.

They could be drunk in court and they'll still win.

I know how much you want them safe with you.

So...

I'm gonna prove my value to you.

That, uh, DUI Mandy got out of a couple years back?

Kids were in the car.

She ever tell you that?

Of course.

If you didn't know, you're in worse shape than you thought.

If you did, you're in worse shape than I thought.

My guy at Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court agrees her behavior is troubling.

No one asked you to take it there.

Don't worry.

She'll lie down.

You must really need me, Joe.

When I stop needing you is when it gets bad.

It's an honor to represent you, Agent Krendler.

TOM: Looking good, Joe.

Great to see you, Tom.

- [Laughing]

Hey.

- Hey, Joe.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ CLARKE: $ left.

Okay.

Three calls.

Hey, thanks.

All right.

This is a $ international calling card she bought six months ago.

$ left.

She made a few calls to Yugoslavia... then nothing.

ESQUIVEL: Well, there's civil w*r in Yugoslavia.

Communication lines go down constantly.

Infrastructure's gone.

Mass graves.

Bad, bad stuff.

She gets tangled up with Hudlin.

How?

She's worth ten of him.

Well, we don't know if she's clean yet.

What did Linguistics come back with?

Hebrew.

But it's just a jumble of letters.

[Paper thuds]

She was here on a student visa sponsored by Global Health Horizons.

Global Health Horizons?

It's a charity run by a Tyson Conway.

He's her emergency contact.

[Pen taps]

Bring him in.

Um...

Karolina's tied to Hudlin.

Is it time to tell Krendler?

Krendler's on a personal day.

This one's on us.

- But I think it's...

- Krendler's, um...

...not, uh, acting like himself.

What does that mean, Clarke?

It means the guy I know for years would believe Starling.

And I don't know what to make of that.

Get out of here.

♪♪ ♪♪ Thank you for joining us.

Of course.

I've never had the FBI show up at my door before.

What's this about?

You know someone named Karolina Savich, Tyson?

Yeah, yeah.

She, um...

She works with me.



- For how long?

- A couple years.

- What'd you think when we picked him up?

- Maybe three.

Well, he was genuinely surprised to see us.

I'm sorry, did something happen to her?

- He seemed too nice.

- CLARKE:

I'm afraid so.

You're too nice.

We're hoping you can help us.

We just got these

from the Fairfax County medical examiner.

♪♪ Wh...

H...

What?

When did this happen?

Yesterday.

Um... what happened?

Maybe a su1c1de.

Any thoughts on what might have made her do that?

Actually, I can think of, uh, quite a few.

Increased respiration.

He's breathing more heavily.

His blink rate is staying steady, though.

CLARKE: She had you.

You're her only emergency contact.

You wanna explain that?

I run a non-profit.

It's called Global Health Horizons.

We bring in med students from impoverished nations

from all over the world.



We train them here

so they can take what they've learned back home.

We're trying to start a virtuous cycle.

Karolina is...

she... she was our ideal candidate.

From the first moment I read her application.

She made me so proud of the work we do.

She did an amazing job at her residency and at the local clinics we placed her in.

Sorry. It's just...

It's hard to believe, you know?

But what happened?

Doing your residency is hard enough as it is.

Long hours. Exhaustion.

But then a w*r broke out in her home, Yugoslavia,

and it wasn't safe for her to go back.

We were trying to get her asylum

and bring her husband out here,

but then her husband was k*lled in Sarajevo.

Karolina was, as you can imagine, beyond devastated.

She'd always been so full of light.

You always get so close to your scholarship recipients?

Or is it just the ones that are, um... "full of light"?

Like I said, we were trying to bring her husband out here.

Still...

bringing a special young woman here, focusing all those resources on her...

Ty, it must make you feel like a big man, right?

I've never worried about being a big man.

You like being the protector.

Agent Clarke, what I would like is to live in a world where someone like Karolina does not need to flee her home

because it's become a police state

run by murderous fascists.

I think we're done.

How about I show you out?

Well, hell if I know how to read him.

- [Door beeps, opens]

- Yeah.

[Door closes, buzzes]

[Pager beeps]

Oh, Karolina's autopsy got put on the schedule.

We'll have results by tomorrow morning.

How'd you manage that so quick?

This guy's hard to read, but no alarm bells going off.

He seemed to really care.

He's upset over her death.

Seemed shocked.

He knows more.

He can tell us more.

I'm going to go catch him.

YOUNG MAN: Welcome to Fry Kingdom. How can I help you?

KRENDLER: [Russian accent]

Hello, little man in box.

I'm on my way to FBI agent convention.

Very hungry.

What do you want, Dad?

♪ Board the train

that's eastward bound ♪

[Normal voice] Two double cheeseburgers with two milkshakes.

♪ Tell Mama ♪

♪ And all the folks back home ♪

♪ Sometimes a man just feels ♪

♪ He's got to make it alone ♪

♪ Tell Mama... ♪

What're you doing here?

I was in the neighborhood.

Thought I'd come visit.

- YOUNG MAN # : Your dad.

- [Coworkers laugh]

♪ Because this life I live ♪

YOUNG WOMAN: Can I have a dad burger?

[Coworkers laugh]

Your break's in five, right?

I'll meet you around back.

Hey, Jay.

He forgot to feed you.

[Young woman laughs]

Hi, Mr. Krendler.

Hi, Mr. Krendler.

[Birds chirping]

Mr. Conway?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to interrupt.

Ty is fine.

Well, again, I'm Agent Starling.

My colleague, Agent Clarke, can be a little bit of an acquired taste.

He's a wounded bird.

He thinks he's got a sensitive bull button, but that's just because he thinks everyone is lying.

Well, he thought you were telling us the truth.

Good.

I was.

Uh, Mr. Conway.

- Tyson...

- I brought Karolina over here.

I was...

We can always try to help people, to save them, but...

you know, we never really get the final say.

You understand.

Yeah.

[Sighs]

The jobs we're drawn to aren't an accident.

♪♪ Um...

you said Karolina was married.

Did she wear a wedding ring?

Yes.

[Sighs]

I'd never seen one like it before.

We didn't find it among her things.

She wouldn't have taken that ring off for anything.

[Sighs]

Will you let us know if you think of anything else?

Will you tell me if you find something?

If it doesn't hurt the case.

Thank you.

Are you sure?

She wouldn't take her ring off?

She loved her husband very much.

♪♪ Do you have anyone in your life right now?

I live with my best friend.

Everything else going on, that is enough for me.

Outside of your best friend, when was the last time that you felt known, seen?

Not examined?

Not examined.

Known.

I don't know.

♪♪ ♪♪ Do you want that?

Do you want to be known?

I think what you're asking might be a little advanced for me.

That's fair.

Why do you think you understood Mr. Conway?

Was it because you happened to be studying him as a suspect?

No.

He didn't feel like a suspect.

He felt...

um...

Do you ever get a-a feeling about someone?

A feeling?

Like there's an easy place for the pain to land.

♪♪ His pain, or yours?

His pain, or mine?

[Beads clattering]

Both.

♪♪ You'd be surprised how much our past trauma informs who we're drawn to.

♪♪ KRENDLER: Are there fries in that?

JASON: It's for Alison.

We'll get her another one.

I'm starving.

Had to skip lunch.

[Sighs]

Okay.

[Chuckles]

Nice.

Mm?

Coworkers seem cool.

My boss is a d*ck.

Hey.

I remember when I was a kid, everyone wanted to work at Fry Kingdom.

Tastes the same no matter where you go.

Mm.

Oh, I love that.

[Chuckles]

Why aren't you eating?

Eh.

You're around this every day.

It's not the burger, Dad.

Mom's an alcoholic, and y-you've been lying to us this entire time.

♪♪ I thought you were too young.

[Sighs]

Maybe I wanted you to be too young.

Yeah, well, you don't get to choose when I'm a kid and when I'm an adult.

Not when Mom is drunk every single night of the week.

What about Alison?

Can she handle the truth?

She wouldn't have to if you were home.

You're right.

And I'm sorry for that.

Your mom and I are both alcoholics, Jason.

I made a vow to stop, and I had to leave home to keep it.

And that's not fair to you, but I-I am fighting to get back.

There's no such thing as lying for a-a good reason.

What the...

What the hell, Dad?

You taught me that.

♪♪ ♪♪

[Door slams]

♪♪ ESQUIVEL: You hear from Tripathi yet?

He's out in Chicago, helping out his wife's parents.

Hey.

Debbie from accounting made these.

Huh.

His wife... she passed.

My second ex-wife's mother still calls me for help cleaning out her gutters.

- And you still do it?

- What am I gonna do?

[Chuckles]

Are you making any progress on those gum wrappers?

Mm.

They're names of numbers in Hebrew.

Karolina's wedding ring.

- How'd you do...

- Well, it had to be somewhere.

Called the local police, asked them to do another sweep by the bridge, and they found it.

Ty Conway said she wouldn't take that ring off for anything.

Yeah, but what?

She took it off before she jumped?

Well, yeah.

You know, I have this, um...

this add-a-bead necklace.

It's like a kid thing.

But it's the last thing my father gave me before he d*ed and I was sent to live with my relatives.

I never took it off.

You know, it's funny.

When I thought I'd die, in the back of my mind, I had this crazy thought.

"Well, I'll leave those add-a-beads behind and I'll still be here." ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

So, I thought I'd give it a sh*t.

♪♪

- [Pen tapping]

- That's a bank routing number.

Look at the prefix.

♪♪ Hey.

Look.

Let's go.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Wow.

♪♪ ♪♪ ESQUIVEL: Olive oil.

You get this sometimes with immigrants.

Nowhere feels safe.

They put anything in life that means anything in the box.

[Sniffs]

Okay.

But why the gum wrappers?

Why go to all the effort?

Esquivel.

Do they do pregnancy checks in a standard autopsy?

Not unless it's the suspected cause of death.

You think it's Hudlin's?

You think he k*lled her because of it?

Hudlin wouldn't have let her toss her ring.

That ring's like a message in a bottle.

She knew she was pregnant.

Why would she do this?

I'll call the morgue.

EDDIE: Hey, Mapp.

Do you know someone named...

Muh-loo?

[Chuckles softly]

My grandmother.

Oh.

Hey, nice catch on the cold case.

Thanks.

You know, I don't say this often, but since you and I graduated Quantico around the same time, I always think of me and you like a little duo.

I mean, we've always had each other's back.

Mm.

So, when Herman asked me who I wanted to work with me on the DNA task force, your name was the first one out of my mouth.

You're leading the task force?

No.

No.

I'm more senior agent.

Eric Phelan will lead.

But I'll be running the... the day-to day.

My research funded the task force.

- I applied for...

- Exactly.

That's why you'll be my right hand.

In fact, I really need you to get me up to speed on DNA, the database, you know, what you've been doing, so I can prep Phelan and Herman for their

Investigator

interview.

Their what, now?

Oh, we're doing an interview for the newsletter.

Yeah, Herman's really excited to let the other FBI offices know about the DNA Task Force.

Do you think you could write up a summary of...

everything by Monday?

Of all my work?

Exactly.

And once Herman, Phelan, and I are up to speed, I mean, your work could really mean something.

I mean, this could be a great opportunity for you, Mapp.

- Really excited to work with you.

- Mm-hmm.

♪♪ Hey.

What are you doing here so late?

I want you to run a DNA test on the saliva on the tip of that pen.

- Whose is it?

- Just run it.

♪♪ [Indistinct conversations in building]

- You could just ask.

- Ask what?

To join the Coalition.

Care to come in for coffee?

I'm not going to get where I want to go by joining.

I wanted it to be different.

We all do.

Want to come in?

Hear what we have to say?

No.

Most agents never come close to turning a cold case or winning funding for a new task force.

We're proud of you.

Come on.

♪♪ ♪♪ Ah.

Agent Mapp.

About time.

♪♪

- How you doing?

- Agent Mapp.

[Indistinct conversations]

LI: Why did you tell Esquivel that you were sent to live with relatives?

Because I was.

The background report I received says that you grew up in an orphanage.

I was sent to live with relatives who then sent me to an orphanage.

Well, why did your mother send you away?

Money was tight.

My father was dead.

No way to make ends meet.

Did you have any contact with her when you went away?

I'd get a present at Christmas...

crochet hat or a scarf.

Card on my birthday.

Which one of your siblings was sent away with you?

Where are you going with this?

Sounds like you were feeling the pain at that moment and looking for a place it could land.

What makes you think that?

Because you live in a world of performance and accuracy.

That's where you feel safest.

That's what gives you purpose and meaning.

You spoke inaccurately to your partner after you had the experience with Mr. Conway.

I don't think you lied.

♪♪ None of my siblings were sent away besides me.

It was just you?

♪♪ Just me.

Did the rest have jobs?

My older brother and sister, yes.

But my little brother was younger than me, so, no.

What did you make of that then?

♪♪ [Voice breaking]

I wanted to be with my mother.

And what do you make of that now?

♪♪ ♪♪ [Thud]

♪♪ [Gasps]

♪♪ I have no good answer.

[Sniffles]

Do you think about her?

♪♪ [Clicks tongue]

♪♪ I do.

- Often?

- [Sniffles]

♪♪ Often.

[Pager vibrates, beeps]

♪♪ I'm sorry.

Okay.

I'll see you next week.

[Indistinct conversations, laughing]

Okay.

Uh, you owe me.

Those lashes are only gonna get you so far.

[Chuckles]

Thank you.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Uh, Jesse.

Oh.

The Assistant Medical Examiner.

She helped us.

That's very nice of her.

Okay, okay.

Um...

we've been dating almost two years now.

Um...

she's awesome, but we keep it quiet, because, you know...

Yeah.

- It's a work thing.

- Yeah.

Totally get it.

Uh, did you get the page from Clarke?

Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

I saw Krendler's car in the garage.

I don't know how much longer we can keep this from him.

Come on.

Let's go.

♪♪ ♪♪

Close the door.

Too many ears and eyes up in the bullpen.

I know you have questions about me.

So here it is.

Joe Hudlin has me in a vise.

You mean extortion?

ViCAP was about to go down.

I had motive to make that go away.

Did you report this to the ASAC?

I don't trust anyone but our team, and at the moment, that includes the AG.

♪♪ DNA says you were right.

Hudlin was the man you saw at Woodhaven the night Marilyn Felker k*lled herself.

It's up to you, Starling.

He assaulted you.

We could cuff him and I'd be happy with that.

Or we keep going...

and tie him to everything, make him pay for all of it.

His firm is still handling my divorce, so I can keep playing him.

♪♪ Let's keep going.

We can get more.

Okay.

What do we got?

Karolina Savich.

su1c1de.

Wanted to talk to an Assistant US Attorney about Hudlin.

Might've had a personal relationship with Hudlin.

You think he k*lled her?

She was alone out there.

One set of footprints in, none out, and she left a ring when she jumped.

If someone were with her, they wouldn't have left it there.

We got us an autopsy on the low.

She was also pregnant.

Hudlin's?

We don't know, but there's something wrong with the fetus.

- It was...

- Like the babies in the clinical trials.

Cranial abnormalities.

Missing organs.

Improper growth.

Those trials took place years ago.

Well, we're still waiting on the tox report, but maybe that drug is just out on the market now.

Okay.

One more thing...

we tell no one about this.

Not the Bureau.

Nobody.

It's just us, which means if it goes wrong, we might go with it.

Anyone has a problem with that, door's that way.

No questions.

But last chance.

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