[suspenseful music playing on TV]
[howling on TV]
Okay.
[howling continues]
-[man on TV] Hello?
-[knocking on TV]
[theme music playing]
-Thanks for coming up, Dr. Carr.
-Of course.
I realized I don't know much
about your life in Boston,
outside of your work at the university.
Do you have a husband?
-No.
-Kids, or...?
No. Neither.
I've been following your work,
and I have to say I'm rather impressed.
Well, thank you. I appreciate that.
I'm not the only one. There's a growing
interest in your project around here.
So I was wondering, Agents Tench
and Ford can't run this all by themselves,
if you would be interested in managing
the project and keeping things on track
in a more permanent position
here at Quantico.
-No. I can't.
-You don't have to answer now.
It's very flattering,
but I already have a job in Boston.
Dr. Carr, your knowledge
and professionalism
have already had a great impact
on our understanding
of behavioral science.
It would be a shame
not to take full advantage of that.
Take your time.
Sleep on it.
I'd rather you didn't tell Tench or Ford
about this until you make your decision.
-They don't know?
-No.
I have two questions for you, Benjamin.
First one...
-That thing on?
-Yes.
What the f*ck were you crying about
last time we saw you?
And secondly, and this one
is a big question,
so I want you to listen very carefully.
Are you listening to me? Benji?
Why? Why would you do that
to Beverly Jean?
Fractured jaw. Two black eyes.
Why?
Fourteen s*ab wounds in the torso
with a kitchen Kn*fe.
Blow to the head, blunt force trauma.
Her breasts were amputated.
I need to know this.
Why would you do that
to your girlfriend, man?
I didn't.
So you're telling us it was Frank.
He called us. He was freaked out.
I went over.
-And then?
-I walked into the living room
and Beverly Jean was knocked out
on the floor, tied up.
Did he tell you what happened?
[Frank] Benji was a total mess.
Think he tried to get into her panties,
she wouldn't let him, he knocked her out.
-That's why he called you?
-He calls me when he's in trouble.
-[Holden] She was alive at this point?
-Yes.
-So why'd you k*ll her?
-Don't answer that.
I didn't.
Why would a man, any man,
do that to a woman's breasts?
And who would take a hunting Kn*fe
to a woman's reproductive organs?
All right.
"All right"?
There's nothing right about it.
That's enough.
Now my client's also a victim here.
A victim?
Interesting, thank you, I'll take that.
Let's do an easy one.
Why did you do that to her hair?
-[man] You don't have to answer that.
-[Holden] So you did cut her hair?
Frank seems to think Beverly Jean
got to a point
where she was interested
in seeing other guys.
-She'd just had her hair done, right?
-Let me ask you one more thing.
How does stabbing somebody
in the assh*le make you feel better?
Enough. This is speculation.
You still have the death penalty
in Pennsylvania?
Don't thr*aten my client.
[Holden] Tell us you're not a monster.
Give us one reason to believe.
She f*cked Frank.
[Tench] He told you this?
-[Benjamin] I saw.
-[Tench] What?
I saw her on the living room floor
with Frank on top of her.
So what did you do?
-[Benjamin] Nothing.
-You didn't do anything?
-[Benjamin] No.
-You didn't hit him?
-No.
-You hit her.
[Tench] Why would Beverly Jean
want sex with Frank?
He's always saying he liked her hair.
Every time he saw her.
Thing is, he didn't care about her hair
at all. He just used it to rile me.
She was too stupid to notice.
-So you k*lled her?
-[Benjamin] I didn't k*ll her.
She was already dead when I stabbed her.
She was already dead.
-[Tench] You r*ped her in front of him?
-He told you that?
Why f*ck your brother-in-law's girlfriend?
-Maybe show him how to do it?
-Maybe to mess with him?
f*ck you.
I hope they fry your ass
in the f*cking chair.
Don't try to intimidate my client.
If Benjamin k*lled her,
you should just tell us.
I didn't see Benji k*ll her.
[recorder clicks]
I hate that f*ck Frank,
but it's always the boyfriend.
When you're lost, you play the odds.
It's Benjamin.
I'm not so sure.
You should have seen Frank
after you walked out of the room.
He looked at me and said,
"I did not see Benjamin k*ll her."
-They're messing with us.
-I believed him.
-I am sick and tired of this sh*thole.
-I know.
Hey. Nancy made me promise
to invite you to dinner.
She wants to see who I'm spending
all this time with. Have a look at you.
I would love that.
-Could I bring Debbie?
-Of course.
-Thanks.
-[wind blowing]
[Rose on tape] I saw Benji.
He had his head in his hands.
He was crying.
There was blood everywhere.
Splashing.
And then I see Beverly Jean
in the bathtub.
[Tench] Was she alive?
[Rose] I saw Benji.
He had his head in his hands.
He was crying.
There was blood everywhere.
Splashing.
And then I see Beverly Jean
in the bathtub.
She was there.
What makes you say that?
"Splashing."
She doesn't describe splashes
on the wall,
she uses a verb in the present tense.
She says, "Splashing."
[tape rewinding]
[Rose] There was blood everywhere.
Splashing.
Beverly Jean was still alive
when Rose got there.
[Tench] Jesus.
The three of them are in it together.
That's right.
[sighs]
[Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" playing]
[Debbie] This feels very grown up.
-[Holden] What does?
-This.
Going to dinner at your partner's house.
You putting on a tie
and being all nervous.
I am not nervous.
-If you don't want to go, just say so.
-I do want to go.
Well, you could be
a little less sarcastic.
What makes you think I'm being sarcastic?
♪ And it's taken you so long ♪
♪ To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything ♪
♪ You used to think
That it was so easy... ♪
[sighs]
That's better.
[doorbell rings]
Hi. Welcome. Please come in.
Hi! I'm so happy that you're here.
Come in.
-I'm Nancy.
-I'm Bill.
Debbie. I've heard a lot about you.
I can only imagine
what Holden might have said.
I have been dying to meet you.
Isn't it crazy that we haven't met yet?
Yes, I've been dying to meet you, too.
[Nancy laughs]
[exhales] Look at you. You're babies.
Would you like a glass of wine?
I'd love one.
I have so much to talk to you about.
Let's get you a drink.
[Andy Kim's
"Baby, You're All I Got" playing]
Well, hello there.
Say hello, Brian.
[Holden] It's okay.
I used to have these when I was a kid.
♪ Baby, you're all I got ♪
I used to see how tall I could make
the tower before it fell over.
♪ In this world ♪
May I?
-Oh!
-Uh-oh!
Brian, its almost time
to brush your teeth.
Come on, let's have a drink.
I'm getting too old
for one cheap motel after another.
One highway grill after another.
Sports bars. No one can mix a martini.
Mm! I can mix a martini.
-Nancy makes the best dry martini.
-Is that right?
If nothing else, I can do that.
What about you?
-I can't mix a martini.
-But he sure can drink 'em.
[Nancy chuckling] No.
Where are you from?
Bill never tells me much.
I know that you did Road School
for a while, but...
Does he tell you anything?
Oh, yes. Holden loves to talk.
See? It's possible to talk
about things together. [clears throat]
[Nancy] Where were you born?
Mm! Let me guess.
Certainly not New York.
You're more of a Midwestern kind of guy.
See?
Actually, I was born in Brooklyn.
[Debbie and Nancy laughing]
I was. I don't know why
you always think that's funny.
[Nancy] I'm sorry.
Sure. Go ahead and make fun of me.
Where was he until then?
He was in an orphanage for 13 months.
But we haven't been able to find out
where he was before then.
How he got there or...
-Are you going to have kids?
-[laughs] No.
At least not yet.
We tried several times,
but then we decided to adopt.
I always thought it was such
a beautiful way to help a child.
I never thought of it like that.
If I have to be completely honest,
I did it for my own sake.
Can't it be both?
Sometimes I wonder
if I'm doing it well enough
or if it would have been better for him
to have gone to somebody else's home.
I think he's very lucky to have you.
I don't know.
How do you tell?
Sometimes I get up at night
and watch him sleeping.
But I can't help but wonder who he was...
before we got him.
What did he see or hear?
Did anyone hold him when he cried?
He's beautiful.
I just wish I knew what went on
inside that little head of his.
[Tench] It's always the mother.
They all have a crazy, angry mother.
[Holden] Or an absent father.
Benjamin only changed
after his father took off.
-Maybe has nothing to do with the mother.
-Aren't all fathers absent in some way?
I know my old man was never around.
Imagine how different
Benjamin and Rose's lives might have been
-if their father never left.
-Not sure it would've changed much.
-Your father really didn't speak to you?
-No.
But you speak with Brian.
You want one more?
-[distant g*nf*re]
-[Bill] Uh-huh.
-You walk him through the crime scene?
-[Ocasek] Yeah.
Okay. Has he seen all our notes
on the evidence?
-Yeah, I showed him everything.
-[Tench] And?
He is going to try Benjamin first.
Wait a minute. Say that again.
He's only gonna try Benjamin,
not all three.
-[Tench] Mark, that's not right.
-Is that Ocasek?
He's confident
after he convicts Benjamin--
Obviously, there's something
he doesn't understand.
Well, I tried to explain
exactly like you said,
but he wasn't interested in talking.
-Okay, look, I'll call you back.
-I'm sorry.
sh*t, it's not your fault, Mark.
Let me talk to some folks here
and get back to you.
-Okay.
-What's happening?
The DA is going after Benjamin first,
which means
he'll end up offering a plea deal
for Frank's and Rose's testimony.
Did Ocasek tell him
about Frank's history of v*olence?
[Tench] I'm sure he did.
Clearly, he's the most dangerous
of the three.
[Tench] We need to go talk to the DA,
help him understand.
I have a deposition this afternoon.
-I can't do anything till tomorrow.
-I'll go.
You better go with him.
[Carr] It is acutely obvious
that, in this instance,
the anger was triggered by stressors
that were focused on his fiancé
in particular.
"Stressors"?
Dramatic life events.
Things that pushed both their buttons.
Frank Janderman was happily married
with a new baby on the way.
[Carr] But Frank didn't want
to be a father. He hated that.
-Is that a motive?
-No. It's what we call a stressor.
So you think Frank did it?
[Carr] Benjamin wouldn't have been able to
on his own.
You're saying Benjamin was provoked
by Frank?
Pushed. Yes.
Frank saw his chance
and r*ped Beverly Jean.
-Situationally motivated sexual assaults--
-Wait.
-"Situationally"?
-As opposed to preferential, yes.
Well, look it. Here's my question.
Who k*lled her?
All three of them are responsible
for her death.
-So they all mutilated the body?
-[Carr] No, that was Benjamin.
Frank and Benjamin left her body
at the dump, wrapped up.
But Benjamin came back a few days later.
He couldn't let go.
Remember, he was under a lot of stress.
He took the Kn*fe to her--
Let me stop you there, because...
here's the problem.
How do I prove all this?
I'm just here to provide you
with intelligent, accurate analysis.
If a jury can't understand your analysis,
then it's no use to anybody, is it?
I agree. But it isn't my job
to make the jury understand anything.
That's your job.
And we have all placed our trust in you.
[Carr] How do we translate this
so you can use it?
What you're saying is that both Benjamin
and Frank k*lled her, right?
[Carr] It's complicated, I know.
Benjamin knocked her out
because he felt like he was rejected,
which is a stressor.
He tied her up
and called his brother-in-law Frank
because he didn't know what to do.
So Frank comes over and takes advantage
of the situation and r*pes her.
Benjamin doesn't stop him
because he wants to see her humiliated.
Now Frank knows that he's in trouble,
so he starts telling Benjamin
what a slut she is.
And that is a big problem for Benjamin.
So they k*ll her.
Then they call Rose,
have her come and help clean up.
And she sees the poor girl in the bathtub
and realizes that she's still alive.
So they s*ab her again.
And then they move the body to the dump.
Okay.
Okay.
-That went well.
-You think?
Sure, I mean...
what don't you think he grasped?
Well, I mean, Holden,
you know these people. I don't.
I think that he seemed very intent
on blaming Benjamin,
and I'm not quite sure
I got him over that.
Well, certainly at the end,
he seemed very attentive.
I thought you laid it out clearly
and concisely for him
that it was all three.
Well, if you're right,
then we should be fine.
Yes, we should be.
-How's commuting?
-What do you mean?
Having half of your life in Boston.
What?
Is the back and forth a strain?
I know that it was discombobulating
for me, all the travel,
when we were straddling Road School.
Is small talk a way
you deal with your anxiety?
-I suppose.
-Hm.
Okay.
[Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" playing]
[bell tolling]
-Hey.
-Hey.
Thought you were back tomorrow.
-Was. Plans changed.
-Oh.
We talked about that.
Sorry, but I'm so glad you're home early.
[exhales softly]
Hi.
You look tired.
I mean, you look great,
but also a little tired.
Thanks. I, uh... I'm okay.
If you want to go home, freshen up,
I've got some things to finish here.
Oh, yeah. Okay.
You know, I actually wanted
to talk something over with you.
It'd be great if we could do that tonight.
-What is it?
-Oh.
You know, it's fine. It can wait.
No. No, come on.
I don't think he tried to understand.
He just wanted some buzzwords
that he could parrot.
Intellectually, these people
have reached their limits.
They will never understand the discourse
on any deeper level,
nor will they ever become conversant
in your vernacular.
I actually think they're quite intuitive.
I'm not talking about my colleagues.
Your colleagues?
-Are you an FBI agent?
-[scoffs] Don't be absurd.
But that is what I wanted to discuss.
I'm having a really hard time juggling
my research and everything back here.
I warned you this would happen.
Well, I'm torn. And I'm not really
delivering either place.
And I should be spending more time
at Quantico.
I think that's a bad idea.
-But you know best.
-Well, I'm not sure I do or...
It's why I wanted to talk it over.
I don't have to remind you.
Your review is in three months.
If you aren't tenured,
you'll leave the university.
Yeah, you needn't remind me.
It's no secret I find it difficult
watching you waste your time down there.
Waste my time?
Do you think that I'm wasting my time?
-Come on, I don't wanna argue about this.
-Neither do I.
Babe, focus on the thing
that will make your career.
They've offered me a full-time position.
And?
You can't be serious.
Why would you say that?
[stammers] I'm sure it's flattering,
but honestly, you said it yourself,
these people have reached
their intellectual limits.
No, I didn't say that.
Do they know you're lesbian?
-Of course not.
-Exactly. You can't be yourself.
Are you really going to hide
half of your life?
-I do that here.
-What do you mean by that?
I can't tell any of your friends
I work with the FBI
-because it could reflect badly on you.
-Let's not.
I told Will and Gore
I'd meet them for a glass of wine.
Please.
Come with me.
[indistinct chatter]
[man] In society,
everyone behaves in certain ways
in order to avoid embarrassment,
either for ourselves or others.
The very idea of embarrassing oneself,
or others,
by being oneself
speaks to a deeper treachery.
Treachery!
Goffman saw a connection
between the kinds of acts or masks
that people put on in their daily lives
and in theatrical performances.
In a social interaction,
as in a theatrical performance,
there's an onstage area where individuals,
or actors as the case may be,
appear before the audience.
But there must be a backstage,
a hidden, private area,
where individuals can truly be themselves.
Of course, Annaliese, that's lovely,
but you're missing the point.
-Excuse me.
-[man 2] There's no embarrassment
for anyone in their hidden
and private places.
It's not backstage
where the damage is done.
[man] Must we indulge in your melodrama?
What the f*ck happened, Mark?
-You guys might be too late.
-Is he in there?
-Yeah.
-Let's go talk to him.
I know you came a long way...
Who doesn't like
a four-hour drive in winter?
-[Ocasek] It's done.
-[Tench] It ain't over
till the fat lady sings.
You offered him a plea bargain?
He just pled guilty
to third-degree m*rder.
And he is now facing five to 20 years
in a state psychiatric hospital.
-You've misunderstood.
-Look. You did a great job.
And you almost got it right.
But it was never Frank,
it was all Benjamin.
You know that's not true.
You had an expert in psychopathy
and sexual homicide
from Boston University
make a recommendation
that Frank motivated Benjamin
to commit m*rder and--
She said he pushed his buttons.
[DA] And Benjamin came back
and d*sfigured the body.
Well, guess what?
Frank confirmed all that.
But Dr. Carr got one thing wrong.
Frank didn't r*pe her. Benjamin did.
The victim was already dead
when Frank got there.
-Hold on.
-She said Benjamin was jealous,
sexually frustrated, humiliated.
That's a motive.
-You got it all wrong.
-I have the report here.
I've read the report.
It points in the opposite direction.
Benjamin was impotent
because of the stressors.
He was frustrated and humiliated. It was
impossible for him to r*pe the victim.
I understand the righteousness
of your cause,
but this is an exceptionally difficult
and disturbing case.
There's very little forensic evidence.
Almost all the evidence is circumstantial.
You classify our evidence
as circumstantial?
[sighs]
Frank told us where to find
the victim's breasts.
-Benjamin had kept them.
-[Holden] So?
So, I got a guy who's jealous,
sexually frustrated,
and we find the victim's breasts
buried in his backyard.
Then I got a guy who's willing to tell us
what happened.
There's a huge difference
between k*lling a woman
and mutilating her body after she is dead.
A plea bargain is the only antidote
against a failed prosecution.
[Tench] You're letting Frank off.
He shouldn't just go
to a mental institution for five years.
-He should be put away for life.
-[DA] Five to 20 years.
And the defense is arguing
the state had a duty of care
the first time Frank was in the hospital.
The onus is on the state
to make him better.
He's never going to get better.
I have to make a phone call.
[Tench] He's letting the wrong guy off
with a lighter sentence.
When Wendy explained it to him,
he seemed to understand.
I think he wasn't sure
he could convince a jury.
-This way it's airtight.
-He didn't try.
No hard feelings, okay?
I know the outcome
wasn't what you wanted.
All three behind bars,
and Benjamin'll fry for what he did.
Not all bad.
You know what we're up against.
We have to consider the attention span
of a prospective jury pool.
Need to keep them in mind.
Our objective is the lowest cost
for the highest quality of justice.
You know this is bullshit.
Let me get you a steak sandwich.
Outside of KC,
it's the best I've come across.
-No, thanks.
-I've lost my appetite.
We need to hit the road.
Okay. Thank you for everything.
What difference does any of this make
if we can't communicate it
to the people who matter?
I don't know.
[Carr] It's all about process now.
Refining our methodology, making sure
we're airtight and idiot-proof.
So we need more subjects.
-Ones just like Kemper, please.
-Those were the days.
You know, you're going to see people
present with similar pathologies,
but the way a person kills
is as individual and distinct
as the way they have sex.
And just as complicated.
Jerome Brudos. King of souvenirs.
-Brudos? The shoe guy?
-[Holden] Who's he?
Six, seven years ago.
Sometimes he wore women's dresses.
[Carr] He amputated the breasts
of his first and third victims.
-Just like Benjamin.
-It's themed. Wendy loves a pattern.
It's all about finding patterns.
Except he went a little further
than Benjamin.
He plaster cast the breasts
and made them into bronze paperweights.
He's creative.
[Carr] His second victim, he amputated
a foot which he stored in his freezer.
He had a collection
of hundreds of women's shoes
which he used for masturbation.
-I think we can learn a lot from this guy.
-I'm in.
This time we use the questionnaire.
Did we settle on that?
We have to be able to distinguish
the fractal similarities and differences
so that we can codify it clearly.
Otherwise, we're just wasting our time.
Sure, but sometimes
you got to go with your gut.
And when you first walk in,
you can trust your instinct.
But once you get your subject talking,
we need the protocols
so we can build a consistent data set.
-Makes sense.
-What else do we know about Brudos?
[Carr] As a teenager, he started grabbing
lingerie from clotheslines.
Soon he was breaking into homes,
stealing women's underwear,
shoes, and dresses.
And then eventually, he escalated
to kidnapping and m*rder.
But he was married with two children
by then.
This file is as thick as an encyclopedia.
You think we're gonna get something
that isn't in here?
Absolutely.
In all that paperwork,
there's not a single word
that illuminates
what he was thinking or feeling,
before, during, or after the crimes.
There's nothing
on his operation principles, his logic.
-Logic?
-[Carr] His internal logic, yes.
Which, hopefully, one day
we'll be able to decipher.
So, we all agreed. Brudos is next.
Yes.
Do you mind if I take that room?
-For what?
-For my office.
[Tench] Oh, sure, fine. Go ahead.
-[Holden] Do you need help?
-No.
I actually enjoy this part,
organizing my space.
She's staying.
Carver was right.
You really are Sherlock Holmes.
It's one generous bedroom
and a newly refurbished kitchenette.
The building's very quiet.
Mostly professionals
and mostly travelers.
Flight attendants, a few pilots.
We get the odd lecturer.
Are you married?
No.
Were you thinking month-to-month?
To begin with.
-Are they all furnished?
-Yes.
And that's definitely part
of the complex's allure.
Just pick up your keys and off you go.
We do have some singles activities,
if you're up for that sort of thing.
And there's access
to quite a good tennis pro.
I'm going to be working long hours.
What made you choose this part
of Virginia, if you don't mind my asking?
-Quantico.
-Oh!
Are you with the Bureau?
I guess... uh, mainly research.
Oh. Very exciting.
[The Boomtown Rats'
"I Don't Like Mondays" playing]
♪ The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload ♪
♪ And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home ♪
♪ And Daddy doesn't understand it ♪
♪ He always said she was as good as gold ♪
♪ And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons ♪
♪ What reason do you need to be sure?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ I want to sh**t ♪
♪ The whole day down, down, down
sh**t it all down ♪
♪ And all the playing's stopped
In the playground now ♪
♪ She wants to play
With her toys awhile ♪
♪ And school's out early
And soon we'll be learning ♪
♪ And the lesson today is how to die ♪
♪ And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain tackles ♪
♪ With the problems
And the hows and whys ♪
♪ And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons ♪
♪ What reason do you need to die, die?
Oh-ho-ho ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like, I don't like ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ Tell me why
I don't like Mondays ♪
♪ I want to sh**t ♪
♪ The whole day down ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh ♪