02x04 - Pretty Like Me

[bunniefuu]

Jack: Over million Americans

leave the safety of
our borders every year.

If danger strikes,

the FBI's International
Response Team

is called into action.

♪ ♪

[Dance music plays,
woman singing in Korean]

♪ 'Cause I'm going, going, going crazy ♪

[Continues in Korean]

You, sit.

Hello.

My name is Choong-hoon.

This is Gyong-Si. And Jong.

- I'm Jessica. [Speaks Korean]
So what brings you to Seoul?

Shopping?

Go to Cheongdam-dong?

No way, too expensive for me.

I'm teaching English over in Bundang.

You like Chantal?

I do.

$ , American a bottle.

You have good taste.

I have an idea for you, Jessica.

What's that?

I think, instead of teaching English,

you should be...

learning more Korean.

Maybe help pay for all that good taste.

Hmm?

♪ ♪

[Conversing in Korean]

Kristy: So, bath
time was interesting.

Uh-oh.

Yeah, I was drying David off
when he looks at me and asks,

"Mommy, do you have a scrotum?"

[Laughing] Oh, no.

- Yeah.
- Oh.

I told him, "No."

But now, no surprise,
scrotum is his favorite word.

He's taught his brother, too.

I'm sorry I wasn't
there to handle that one.

No, it's fine.

I'm just happy he knows
the actual anatomical word.

Maybe it means he'll be a doctor.

Or maybe it just means he's a boy.

Yeah, probably.

So how's the search for
your grandmother going?

Not great.

Most of Mom's leads are dead ends.

I should have got more
information before she passed.

So what I thought
would take a couple days

is looking like it's gonna take a week.

And I shouldn't be doing
this on my vacation.

That's for you and the kids.

Matt. This is important.

Your mom wanted you to find her.

And maybe next year, we'll
all go together once you do.

- If I do. If I do.
- You will.

Besides you have to now

because I've already told all the kids

that they have a
great-grandmother who is ready

to spoil them rotten.

Oh. You did not.

Okay, but I wanted to.

Look, I know this
is hard, but...

Babe, I got to call you back.

I-I love you.

♪ ♪

Sorry to crash your vacation.

How's that going, by the way?

Simmons: Oh, it's like looking
for a needle in a haystack.

Turns out

there are a lot of little
old Korean ladies in Korea.

I'll bet. But it's a
good thing you're doing.

Thank you.

Where are you staying?

Well, I rented this
great little place.

It's a traditional Korean
home called a hanok.

And I was thinking that
we could stage out of it

since it's in the city
versus out by the airport,

and it's completely wired.

Sounds good.

Okay, so I've been in touch with

the Korean National
Police Agency,

they're grateful for our help.

And our liaison with the Seoul PD

is Senior Inspector Joon-ho Kim.

He's a -year veteran.
He's one of their best.

- That should be helpful.
- Maybe.

While the higher-ups are
happy that we are aboard,

Joon-ho seemed a bit... chilly.

Told me he was used
to working alone.

It'll be fine.

What do you have, Monty?

Monty: Our victim,
Jessica Townsend,

age , from Crawford, Indiana.

She was in Seoul for the last
six months teaching English

in a placement service called
The Land of the Morning Calm.

Is this her first time out of the US?

No, her parents said
that she had spent

her junior year in Spain
and had traveled extensively

during that time.

Jack: You know her
last known whereabouts?

Yes, police found a hand stamp

and tracked her to Club Seoleun nearby.

The video footage puts her
there up until about : PM.

Seoul PD should have e-mailed you

the police report and
crime scene photos by now.

Fair warning, the photos
are tough to look at.

Whoa.

What happened to her face?

Looks slashed and beaten,
and her jaw looks crushed.

Yeah, ME's not sure.

The unsub stuffed her

in a plastic trash bag
and then put her into

a jumbo shopping cart

before leaving her by a dumpster

to be picked up in
the Itaewon District,

which is popular amongst
ex-pats and soldiers

from the nearby US m*llitary base.

So our immediate vicinity gives
us a varied suspect pool.

We could be looking at a local
or a foreigner who did this.

Clara: The organized
dumping of a body in public

is usually something
we see in serial cases.

Simmons: Well, our news
coverage here is wall-to-wall,

so if this a serial, it's
only gonna embolden him.

Jack: Yes.

And an urge like that is only stopped

one of two ways... Detention or death.

♪ ♪

[Theme music]

♪ ♪

Simmons: A Korean
proverb tells us,

"The gem cannot be
polished without friction.

Nor man perfected
without trials."

Matt, good to see you in the flesh.

Hey, Jack. Good to see you, too.

I sent Mae over to the morgue

and Clara over to Seoul
PD to see if she can find

any other case that fit a similar MO.

Oh, Inspector Kim, this is my boss

and unit chief of the IRT, Jack Garrett.

Pleased to meet you.

The club has extensive security cameras,

so we were able to get a good
look at Jessica's movements

throughout the night.

She came to the club with those women?

Uh, no, I actually
went to her apartment,

spoke to a couple of her friends,

and they said that she
likes to go out often alone.

And who's that?

An employee of the club.

A Booker.

The men sit at tables
and order bottle service,

and if they see a woman they
like, the Booker retrieves her.

It's a type of forced socialization.

I wouldn't call it forced...

The women know what
they're getting into.

Now, what's the expectation

once a woman's been booked?

Just conversation.

Well, let's see where she ended up.

Well, I'm thinking he wants
more than just conversation.

Wait a second.

Who's this?

We don't know.

But she does.

Look at how her body language
changed after he sat down.

Crossed her arms, she's tensing up.

She's scared, but only of him.

A club doorman confirmed that
that man left the vicinity,

and that's all we know for now.

Jessica stayed at the
table for another minutes

with the men who booked
her, and then she left alone.

What happened to the other men

who were sitting at the booth with her?

I'm assuming they were irritated
when Jessica left early.

No, they found other girls.
We have video of them all

getting into a cab later in the evening.

The baeg-in did this.

White guy.

Question is, who is he?

I wouldn't be surprised
if it was someone she knew.

Why's that?

Well, because I have evidence
of extreme overkill here.

And all of it is
concentrated on her face.

Well, that could mean we're
looking for a male unsub,

someone who has issues with women

and their perceived attractiveness.

Maybe betrayed by an ex or something?

Well, the Korean ME
and I have arrived

at the same COD... Exsanguination.

So she bled out after the
unsub slashed her throat,

but not before he mutilated her face.

- The mutilation was perimortem?
- Yeah.

I mean, she was tortured.
The thing is I can't find

any bruising or contusions to
suggest that she was restrained,

so I'm assuming that the
unsub used a paralytic

to render her helpless
but also keep her alive.

Do we have any more specifics

about what the unsub did
to her face? Tool marks?

Unfortunately, no, that plastic
bag accelerated the decomp

and the bloating

and obliterated a
lot of the details.

I have evidence that her
eyes and her nose were slashed

and that her
mandible was crushed.

And to be honest,

I've never seen such extensive damage

done to a victim's face before.

All right, Mae, thanks.

- We'll see you soon.
- [Phone beeps]

Go ahead, Monty.

I did a little digging
into Jessica's social media

and found out that she and a
guy named Grayson Faber, ,

of Tallahassee, Florida, had
been in a brief relationship.

Looks like the guy from the club.

Yeah, Grayson and Jessica
were both English teachers

at the same school, but two weeks ago,

she blocked him from
all of her social media,

which currently is a surefire sign

that there's an issue
between a man and a woman.

You know what went down?

You know I do.

I called The Land of Morning Calm

and spoke with a Ms. Thompson.

She said that Jessica had
filed a formal complaint

against Grayson, said that they dated,

and after she broke it off,

Grayson was harassing her.

She asked that he be
transferred to another school.

- That happen?
- No, but Ms. Thompson

did say she spoke to Grayson
and gave him a warning,

said she didn't like his attitude.

I then did a background check

and found that he was
questioned but never arrested

for p*stol-whipping one
of girlfriends in Florida.

So he has a motive and a temper.

You know where we can find him?

Should be at the school...
Sending you the address now.

[Chatter]

Now, remember, we don't
say good-bye, right?

We say peace out.

- Peace out.
- All right.

See you tomorrow.

- Grayson Faber?
- Yeah.

I'm Agent Jack Garrett,
this is Agent Simmons.

We're with the FBI.

Like to ask you a few questions
about Jessica Townsend.

Uh, yeah, sure. Why don't we go inside?

♪ ♪

Simmons: Get down. Down. Stay down.

Get up.

I didn't have anything to do with
what happened to Jessica, okay?

So why'd you run?

I just panicked, you know, FBI.

That's, like, for real.

I mean, I've seen the news.

I know what happened to her.

When was the last time you saw her?

Couple nights ago. Club Seoleun.

Yeah, we saw the tape. You
looked pretty pissed at her.

Yeah, well, she was
trying to t*nk me at work.

Because you're harassing her.

A couple phone calls is harassment?

Couple hundred's more like it.

Plus, you showed up late
at night at her house.

Kind of like what you did
to the girl in Tallahassee...

Right before you cracked her
skull open with your glock.

- That never happened.
- Yes, it did.

So, what happened after you
left Jessica at the club?

Nothing.

I went home. I was tired.

Anyone able to confirm that?

No.

Clara: Hey.

Hey, what did you get?

Well, Jack was right.

We are looking for a serial k*ller.

Two weeks ago, a British woman...

Barbara Walker, , blond...

Her body turned up at a
trash dump outside of Seoul.

Well, it says here that,
although Barbara's body

was severely decomposed,
the ME found facial trauma

consistent to what I found on Jessica.

Why didn't the Korean
cops make the connection?

Well, Barbara's body was
discovered at the city dump,

which covers a lot of the city's area.

So, different jurisdictions
means different departments.

Maybe they never communicated.

Okay, well, Barbara's autopsy
report was dated two weeks ago,

and Jack just discovered
that Grayson guy

was in Thailand until three days ago.

So, her couldn't have done
this to Barbara, or to Jessica.

Yeah, which means the
k*ller is still out there.

♪ ♪

[sirens]

We ID'd the victim as Elsa Byquist,

from Stockholm, Sweden.

years old, she worked
as a shop girl nearby.

Unsub has a type. Young blondes.

That's the man who called it in.

He works at the convenience
store around the corner.

Now, he says, when he arrived
for his shift at : PM,

he didn't see the cart,
but when he came back out

at : AM for a
cigarette, it was there.

You say that we're looking
for a serial k*ller,

yet you let the American go?

He could have done this, as well.

We belive the unsub's
spree started two weeks ago,

when Grayson was out of town.

Clara: Yeah, besides, he's
back on a plane to the States.

The placement company pulled his visa

after we told them about
his history of as*ault.

If that's how you choose
to run an investigation.

- [Clears throat]
_ _

Maybe it's time we find a new liaison.

It's just pride.

He'll settle. Call Monty.

We need to know how the
unsub's finding his victims.

Maybe we can find some common
denominator that would explain

where they crossed with
each other or with him.

You got it.

The timeline of the
killings has accelerated,

but the disposal method
remains the same, so,

ritual is important to
him, as well as this area.

Jessica's body was dumped less
than two blocks away from here.

Head over to the Seoul
sanitation department,

see if you can track
Barbara's original dump site

to this location.

Maybe we can confirm this as
the unsub's only dumping ground

so we can get to work on a Geo-profile.

Simmons: Waste management's
pretty tightly controlled in Seoul,

but I was able to track
Barbara's original dump site

to Hoenamu-Ro and .

That's two blocks from
where they found Jessica

and three blocks from
where Elsa was dumped.

Makes our unsub's dumping
ground four square blocks.

That's a fairly confined comfort zone.

Yeah, he's at ease here.

It makes me think he
lives or works here.

Well, it may also
be where he hunts.

Monty and I have been
looking for a connection

between the victims, and I
think we may have found one.

Hoenamu-Ro .

According to credit card activity,

Barbara got flowers twice a week

from a place called Red Petal flowers.

And there's Jessica. She got
her nails done once a week

here at Shine Sparkle Nails.

And Elsa worked at a clothing boutique,

Nina's, on the exact same road.

Given the time it would take
to mutilate the victims' faces,

our unsub had to hold
them for a few hours

prior to k*lling and dumping them.

Right. He needed a lair.

Considering both victims were
stalked and dumped in the same

location, I'd say there's a
good chance that it's nearby.

Here. This block is the anchor spot.

[Cell phone beeps]

Monty, I'm about to send you a picture

of a city block in
Seoul's Itaewon District.

I need you to get intel
on all the buildings in it.

Monty: You got it.

♪ ♪

Well, I think that the
perimortem mutilations

are actually extreme
forms of plastic surgery.

So, because there was
no decomp this time,

I was able to get a better
look, and originally,

I thought that the victims'
jaws were just crushed

by, like, a vice.

But now I can tell
that incisions were made

into the mandible bone itself,

suggesting that a
T-osteotomy was performed

to increase the pointiness
of the victim's chin.

That's a cosmetic procedure?

Yeah, for those who want
a more delicate jawline.

Yeah.

Her nostrils were slashed
with some type of scalpel,

and the skin was peeled back.

And I have evidence
that the septal cartilage

was shaved down, as well.

- That would be a rhinoplasty.
- Yep.

And finally, we have the eyes.

Both lids were removed, which I believe

is to mimic a blepharoplasty
or a double eyelid surgery.

And I also found slashes
and self-dissolving stitches

in the corners of her eyes,

which would suggest an epicanthoplasty,

or an eye-widening surgery.

Stitches. That's new.

Yeah, I feel like it's a refinement.

Well, Seoul is considered

the plastic surgery
capital of the world.

Those eye surgeries are a common
high-school graduation gift

for girls, not considered a big deal.

It's like getting a nose
job for your sweet .

But it's not just about vanity.

Many South Koreans equate
beauty with success.

A lot of job résumés, they
require a photo attachment.

The culture is steeped in it,

so we might be looking at
a South Korean for this.

And considering the skill needed
to operate on these victims,

I would guess that the
unsub's to years old.

And the use of the
self-dissolving stitches

and the surgical cuts
points to him being a doctor.

Any evidence of sexual abuse?

No. It's nothing. It's
just like the others.

So, I'm thinking our unsub gets
off on altering women's faces.

That would explain the
lack of sexual as*ault.

Which means we could be looking
for a psychosexual sadist

who releases his impotence

and indulges his desire for control

by sculpting his victims' faces,

you know, creating his
version of the perfect woman.

Before tossing them into the trash.

[Cell phone rings]

Go ahead, Monty.

So, I did a quick search of
all the structures located

on the unsub's anchor
block, and I found a bank,

a -hour drug store,

and a four-story mixed-use
building with units.

The unsub dumped all the bodies
in the early morning.

Makes me think he
mutilates them at night.

He'd need privacy, which
he wouldn't get at a bank

or a drug store open all night.

So, you're thinking
the mixed-use building.

Me, too. Only problem is

I can't access the private deed holders.

That has to be done in person

at the property management
office in Han-Gngno .

Clara, grab Joon-ho and get over there.

See if anyone on the
deed fits the profile.

Simmons and I'll head
toward the buildings

and start knocking on doors
until you narrow it down.

Clara: So, most of the
owners in the building

don't fit the profile.
They're either older

or families with children,

but we did find one
business unit, number .

It was taken back off the market

after it didn't sell in the past year.

So, it's currently vacant?

Yep, and it is a top-floor unit
with a private elevator.

Sounds like a good bet for a lair.

The deed came back
to a Geonwoo Lee.

He's a South Korean citizen.

Joon-ho says that there's
an extradition request

still standing for him.

We know what for?

Two years ago, he was accused

of as*ault on a
prost*tute in Dubai.

But he fled the country before
the cops could get there.

He cut her with a razor, Jack.

FBI!

Jack, blood.

FBI!

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♪ ♪

_ _

He's gone.

[Indistinct chatter]

The unsub is a regular Jackson Pollack.

I've got blood on blood on blood here.

DNA's gonna be a nightmare.

[Sighs] Yeah. It's pretty gnarly.

So, I've been meaning to ask you.

Finding your grandma's been hard, huh?

Yeah. Yeah.

A lot of records were lost in the w*r.

So, I'm thinking, after all this,

I may just go back with you guys.

You're really gonna put finding

your long-lost Korean
grandmother on the back burner?

Well, I got to get back
to Kristy and the kids.

Matt, you make your
living tracking K*llers,

people who don't want to be found,
and you're really telling me

you can't find your grandmother

in a country the size of Indiana?

If you ask me...

Which I didn't.

Right. But if you did, I would say that

the reason that you can't find her

is because you don't want to.

[Chuckles]

Okay.

I'll bite. Why don't I want to?

'Cause you're scared.

Of rejection.

You're scared that if you do find her,

she may want nothing to do with you,

just like your dad's
parents didn't want to have

anything to do with you
because your mother was Korean.

Well, why would my grandmother
want anything to do with me?

I mean, she abandoned my
mother in a Korean orphanage.

I-I don't even understand why my mom

asked me to do this in the first place.

She spent most of my life trying
to forget she was even born here.

Well, people change.

Maybe your mother's idea
of this place did, too.

I mean, Matt, it was
your mother's dying wish

for you to find her.

Did you really just
read me at a crime scene?

Hey.

Profiler's gonna profile.

[Zips up bag]

Hey, come take a look at this.

Red Petal Flowers.

Shine Sparkle Nails.

And Nina's. That's where Else worked.

Yep. So, our unsub sat, laid in wait,

and he picked off his
victims one by one.

It's the perfect observation post.

- And, oh, so convenient.
- Mm-hmm.

It would require patience, though,

which is in conflict

with the aggression he
showed towards his victims.

There's no sign of a blitz att*ck,

so how did he lure them up here?

That's a good question.

You know, the way the
bodies were dumped,

it speaks to someone who's
sophisticated, organized.

And this room speaks to
someone who's disorganized.

I mean, it's a mess.
There's blood everywhere,

no effort to clean it up.

We're missing something.

Okay, Jack, I got some
info on Geonwoo Lee,

and let me tell you,
he is a piece of work.

He is the only son of one of the
richest men in Korea, Sang Lee,

who made billions in the
pharmaceutical industry

after retiring as a very
successful plastic surgeon.

Interesting.

I know, right?

So, according to school
records, Geonwoo went to Eton

and then to Cambridge.

He majored in economics
and was excelling,

some of his professors even
referring to him as brilliant.

That was until school
officials found his collection

of hardcore p*rn and snuff films

and then kicked him out his senior year.

What's he been doing since?

Not much other than providing

reams of material for
Korean gossip sites,

mostly between him and women.

I see a series of failed engagements,

some very bad behavior.

One of his exes did come out and report

that he asked her to get
cheek and chin implants

to resemble one of his favorite
anime characters.

And she did it. He then
dumped her a week later.

The guy should come
with a warning label.

He should, yeah,

but he doesn't. Um, seems that
there is another engagement,

this time to an American,
Lauren Barrett, age .

She's a pop star or
something, at least in Korea.

Looks like she was having
trouble breaking Stateside,

so her label taught
her some Korean

and repackaged her as a K-Pop singer.

He single "Come Make Me a Woman"

sh*t to the top of iTunes
Asia charts last year.

All right. Track
Geonwoo's cell movements

for the past hours.

See if he was in the area
during the time of the murders.

On it.

Geonwoo Lee just bought a new loft

in the Myeong-dong District.

He may be there now. I'll drive.

He's just getting dressed.

We'll wait.

Can I get anybody coffee?

Oh, they're not staying.

I'm Senior Inspector
Joon-ho Kim with Seoul PD.

These are Special Agents
Garrett and Seger from the FBI.

The FBI? Like, from America, FBI?

Yeah, that's us.

We need you to come with us downtown.

Oh, we're heading out to dinner.

I, uh, prefer to drop by
tomorrow, sometime after noon.

Your preference is irrelevant.

You're a person of interest

in the murders and
mutilation of three women.

- Geon, why would they...
- [Snaps]

Fine. This will be entertaining.

Push the reservation an hour
and, uh, have a martini waiting.

Let's go.

It's my duty to remind you

that you have a right to an attorney.

Maybe you want the same one

who got you out of that Dubai mess?

Oh, I don't need to
bother him with this.

You don't seem worried

that we're looking at
you for three murders.

Why would I be worried?

We have evidence that three women

were tortured in your office unit

along with your
fingerprints and your DNA.

Which would make sense,

considering I used to work out of there.

Used to.

There was no evidence of forced entry,

and that would suggest that
whoever was using it had a key.

The property company told
me you had all the keys,

that you were handling
the sale yourself,

so nobody else would have had access.

It's a very compelling mystery.

So, how did you two meet?

Oh, it's the most amazing story.

So, about a year ago, I was
performing over at Z.A. Korea,

and I guess Geon was in the audience.

[Chuckles] And since his father,

he, like, owns the place or something,

Geon felt comfortable

just walking into my
dressing room after the show.

Like, he didn't even knock. [Chuckles]

I was barely dressed, so...

Wow. That, uh... That
sounds very intrusive.

It was... surprising, like him.

[Chuckles]

He said he had to take
me to dinner that night.

It wasn't even a request, you know?

And, um, that's when I knew.

Knew what?

That he was the one.

That he would take care of me forever.

And he did. [Clicks tongue]

My Prince Charming.

Is it true that you
encouraged most of the women

in your life to undergo
cosmetic procedures?

Now that I think about it, I guess so.

I mean, if I'm going to
be staring at the same face

for a few hours a day,
I better like it, right?

I mean, he hasn't asked me to do much,

if... if that's what you're asking.

Of course, I can't drink coffee anymore

after he paid for these veneers.

[Chuckles] But that's okay.

Geon says caffeine makes me jittery.

And he likes me calm.

I mean, sometimes he says that
I could have bigger, you know.

But why guy doesn't right? [Chuckles]

I mean, now I get filler in my lips,

but, like, everybody does that.

Geon says he likes when they look pump.

Makes him want to bite them off.

What am I looking at here? [Sighs]

Barbara Walker, Jessica Townsend,

and Elsa Byquist.

And why am I looking at them?

So we can see your reaction.

And your lack of reaction tells me

you're more than capable
of something like this.

Maybe do.

Where were you two nights ago

between the hours of
: PM and : AM?

In bed.

With Lauren.

Would you like the details?

Just ask her.

Lauren: Yeah, it's true.

He was with me all night, right here.

All night.

And there's no chance

that he snuck out
while you were sleeping?

No, no.

Because I didn't... I
didn't sleep that night.

Insomnia, you know?

Hmm. When did that start?

Uh, it's kind of off and on, so...

Lauren, I think you're lying to me.

Geonwoo was supposed to
be with you, but he wasn't.

That's why you couldn't sleep.

You know, missing fiancés

are often a common cause of insomnia.

He wasn't missing. He came back.

Bet he does that a lot, right?

Sneaks out in the middle of the night?

And when he finally comes home,
you ask him where he's been,

and the answer's always the same.

Business.

But it's not business.

It is business.

What else could it be?

Inspector, you're making a mistake.

You sure you want to do this?

Look at your American boss here.

Even he doesn't think I did it.

Do you?

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[Door opens]

_ _

I can take it from here.

Thank you for your help.

Inspector Kim,

I know you don't want to hear
this, but Geonwoo's correct.

I don't believe he did this.

But he has no alibi.

He's the only one with
the access to the space

where three women were
tortured and k*lled,

and he has a history of abuse.

What else do you need?

Geonwoo's a dominant assertive

who enjoys the power he has over women.

Seduction is part of the game.

But my team established
that the person who did this

st*lks their victims while
trying to remain hidden.

It's the opposite of
what Geonwoo would do.

So, you think he's innocent?

No, I think he's a sociopath,

a sadist who's connected
to all this in some way.

I just don't know how yet.

But a rush to judgment can
obscure the path to justice.

♪ ♪

[Speaking Korean]

I can't say I'm not surprised
Joon-ho didn't listen to you.

His concern over our involvement in
the case is clouding his judgment.

Simmons: Yeah, but that's
not the only reason.

You were right, Jack.

He does have a history with Geonwoo.

Yeah, I thought their exchange
at the end seemed personal.

What's the connection?

Well, he's been after him
ever since he was in vice

and Geonwoo was accused

of cutting a prost*tute when he was .

So, Joon-ho thinks he's
finally landed his white whale.

Too bad he's wrong.

- So, what do we do?
- We keep going.

Now that Geonwoo's lawyered up,

it'll be even harder to find
his connection to all this.

[Computer beeps]

Go ahead, Monty.

Well, I've been tracking
Geonwoo's cell like you asked,

and on the night
of Elsa's m*rder,

Geonwoo wasn't in
the Itaewon District.

He was in the Gangnam Distinct.

That's across the river.

How specifically were
you able to pinpoint him?

- Down to a block.
- Okay, Geonwoo was lying

when he said he was with Lauren
on the night of Elsa's m*rder,

but he was telling the
truth saying he wasn't

in Itaewon when she was k*lled?

What was he doing on Gangnam?

Monty, text the coordinates to Simmons.

Go check it out.

♪ ♪

Guess where Geonwoo was on
the night of Elsa's m*rder.

- Where?
- He was on a date.

Just sent you a security still.

Mae: Well, that's not Lauren.

Wait, you're saying Geonwoo's alibi

is that he was cheating on his fiancée?

It appears so.

Well, why would Geonwoo
lie about his alibi

when it can be so easily proven?

Simple. He wanted to continue his
relationship with both women.

And he assumed Lauren,

a dependent with low
self-esteem who has connected

her entire self-worth to the man
would never negate what he says.

It's hard to believe
he didn't give it up

once they took him into custody.

He's just amusing
himself, waiting to turn

that card over until it
would most embarrass Joon-ho.

Okay. He's got an alibi,
so he's not our unsub.

What is going on?

Someone wants us to think
that Geonwoo is guilty

of these crimes, even though he's not.

I think he's being framed.

Yeah, but who would do that.

Well, considering his
scorched-earth policy

with women, it could be an ex...

You know, somebody's he's wronged,

somebody who expected more from him.

Has he ever been engaged?

Numerous times.

[Cell phone beeps]

Monty, I need you to get me a list

of all of Geonwoo's broken engagements

or any other high-profile breakups

- with South Korean women.
- Monty: On it.

We thought that the way
the bodies were dumped

spoke to an organized male offender,

and considering that % of
all serial K*llers are male,

it was a pretty good bet...

But now I'm thinking the
way the bodies were dumped

plus the chaos we found in the lair,

that suggests a
disorganized female offender.

And females usually take more
care in disposing of the bodies,

whether they're
organized or disorganized.

If we are looking at one
of Geonwoo's exes for this,

then what's the mutilation of
the victims' faces all about?

There's no psychosexual reason for it.

Well, he had a history
of demanding

that his girlfriend's
physically alter themselves.

So, maybe the unsub is a women

that he encouraged to do the same,

and these victims are some
type of self-surrogates.

♪ ♪

Okay, I have two possibilities.

One, Eun-chae Pak, is a lingerie model.

She was engaged to
Geonwoo back in .

The other is Su-bin Yoo.

She's a South Korean real-estate agent.

She was engaged to
Geonwoo about a year ago.

Either of them have a history
of getting plastic surgery

once they became involved with him?

Uh, medical records will take a minute,

but while we're waiting, get this...

Su-bin Yoo used to work for
the same real-estate company

that sold Geonwoo
the lair office.

- Bingo.
- She could have kept a key.

Means she would have had access to it.

Yes. And she would also know

when he took the office off the market

and that it was standing vacant.

Monty, any idea where she is now?

Monty: Negative.

She deleted all of her social media

after the engagement to Geonwoo ended.

What's weird is that she
never got back online.

I've got no social media
presence from her...

Not for work, not for anything.

She scrubbed herself out.

Yeah, but why?

Who is it?

[Screams]

Mae: Hey, I have
something interesting here.

Based on Lauren's Twitter
feed, it seems that she started

dating Geonwoo while he
was still engaged to Su-bin.

Well, that'd piss her off.

Didn't Geonwoo and Lauren
just announce their engagement?

What if Su-bin found out that
he had moved on to Lauren,

a blonde with naturally
Caucasian features,

like the one Geonwoo has pressed so many

of his ex-girlfriends to have,
including probably Su-bin?

Well, that would explain
her choice of blondes.

They're surrogates for the competition.

[Groans]

I don't know. What if the
victims aren't just surrogates?

Those stitches that
I found in Elsa's face

suggested a refinement.

I don't think that these mutilations

are just sadistic bloodlust.

I think she was practicing
for her true competition.

Lauren.

[Muttering in Korean]

I was just allowed access to
Su-bin's Korean medical records.

I've got evidence of
extensive plastic surgery.

Sending you photos now.

Wow. Check this out.

Simmons: Oh.

Well, that explains why
she stalked her victims

from the inside.

No one will go near
her looking like that.

It would also explain why
she dropped off the Internet.

Mae: And look what she had done.

Eye-widening surgery,
several nose jobs.

Her chin was shaved down.
Just like the victims.

First operation took place

three weeks before
Geonwoo broke up with her.

What if she did all of this for him?

The results weren't
perfect, so he dumped her.

[Muttering in Korean]

Breakup probably triggered
some type of body dysmorphia,

and so she continued to have these
procedures despite the fact that

they were destroying her face.

So, she's a trauma-induced
revenge-driven sadist

exorcising her own pain

while also hoping to
make Geonwoo suffer.

[Screams]

Knowing Geonwoo, I bet
he wasn't gentle with her.

Probably made her feel ruined.

Explains why the bodies
were left by the trash.

It wasn't just a countermeasure.

It's symbolic. He made Su-bin feel like

a monster, so now she wants
Lauren to feel her pain.

[Muttering in Korean]

[Door opens]

- [Shouting in Korean]
_ _

_ _

What is she saying?

"I make them pretty
like me." Over and over.

Tell her to drop the
Kn*fe, or she will get sh*t.

_ _

_ _

_ _

♪ ♪

Oh, my gosh.

What did you pack in these things?

[Chuckles] Uh, rocks or books.

I can't remember.

[Chuckles]

Inspector.

Agents.

I owe you an apology.

You were right.

I rushed to judgment.

We understand this wasn't

the first time you've
crossed with Geonwoo.

No. I've watched as he's grown bolder

and more brutal over the
years, always assuming

that his father's
influence would protect him.

But that doesn't excuse the fact
that I refused to listen, and

that almost cost another
innocent women her life.

Inspector Kim, we all agree
that Geonwoo's a terrible person

who deserves to pay for what he did.

Which is why I reached
out to the Ambassador.

Geonwoo's being extradited
to Dubai as we speak.

He'll face charges for
what he did to that woman

plus extra penalties because
he's a fugitive of the law.

He's gonna go away for a long time.

You are as good as they say.

[Chuckles] I'll remember that

next time we meet.

♪ ♪

Well, I don't see any bags.

You staying?

Uh, yes.

And don't make me say you were right.

No need. You just did.

[Chuckles]

Yeah, I made a few calls.

We'll see what happens.

Good. I got a good feeling.

Me, too.

All right. I'll see you soon.

[Chuckles]

♪ ♪

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Sobs]

Matthew.

[Sobbing]

♪ ♪