Épisode Simulations S04E10 - The Pretender Saison 4

[TV: MAN]		Good morning, Washington. It’s a sunny new day here in the nation’s capital but don’t put away those umbrellas just yet as there’s a storm moving up the seaboard. The five-day forecast will follow today’s Washington Report.
[TV: Woman]		We’re at Secret Service headquarters for today’s Washington Report where officials are trying to piece together the final hours of Todd Baxter, a young agent whose body was recovered from the Potomac River just last night.
Jarod		Todd.
[Flash Back]		[Panting] [Blue Cove Woods, Blue Cove, Delaware] [Four Years Ago][Man Shouting] Jarod! Jarod! Mike! Through here! Stop! [Shouting Indistinct] There he is! Get him! [Car Approaches] [Jarod] Stop! Wait! Wait! [Runs To Passenger Side Window] Will you help me, please? My car is broken down and I need a ride. Please? [Todd] All right. Hop in. [Phone Beeps] [Willie] Get me Mr. Parker. The Pretender has escaped. [Jarod] I’m free. [Todd] I’m Todd- Baxter. [Jarod] Jarod. [Todd] Jarod. Got a last name? [Jarod] Just Jarod. [Todd] Just Jarod, huh? How about them apples. [Jarod] Apples. I, uh- I don’t know how I can ever thank you. [Todd] Oh, just someday down the road, do somethin’ nice for somebody.
[TV: Woman]		The Secret Service is baffled by the apparent suicide. After just three-and-a-half short years as an agent, how did such a promising young man end up dead in the Potomac? A question that may never be answered.
[TV: Woman]		More details emerging in the apparent suicide of young Secret Service Agent Todd Baxter who spent the final hours of his life at this D.C. hotel, the River Glen. Sources say he jumped to his death in the Potomac after a night of drugs and depression. However, friends and family we spoke with say this is not the Todd Baxter they knew.
[Flash Back]		[Todd] I’m gonna make a difference. Does that sound hokey?[Jarod] Hokey? Is that a sporting event? [Todd] [Laughs] Yeah. Anyhow, all my life I’ve known that, uh, D.C.’s where things get done. It’s a tough town and all that but with smarts and hard work, a guy can- [Jarod] Change the world.
[TV:Woman]		But what changed Todd Baxter? Was it the pressure of life inside the Beltway, the demanding years in the Secret Service? The answers are though those doors.
		[Radio: Dispatcher, Indistinct] [Elevator Bell Dings]
Jarod		Agent Holder?
Holder		Yeah?
Jarod		Special Agent, Wilkes.
Holder		Oh, right, right, right. The behavioral science guy.
Jarod		Yes, I just got in from the airport.
Holder		I bet you didn’t have lunch, either, did you? Here. You hungry?
Jarod		“Cup O’ Soup. A meal in a minute.” That’s a rather clever idea, isn’t it?
Holder		Idea? Are you from the Seattle office or Mars?
Jarod		Somewhere in between.
Holder		Well, I bet the boss wants to see ya. Talbot. He’s got the place buzzing over the Baxter thing.
Jarod		You knew Todd?
Holder		Yeah. Can’t believe he’d do something like this.
Jarod		Neither can I.
Talbot		Wilkes. Ellis Talbot.
Jarod		Sir.
Talbot		Seattle faxed me your papers this morning. I could use a man with your expertise about now. Follow me. The maid called D.C. cops this morning and they called the Bureau. F.B.I.’s running things. Hoover boys are lookin’ at Baxter’s body now. From what I understand, he’d been in the Potomac about a week. He put a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door which is why it took the hotel people so long to finally get curious.
Holder		Which fits with the rest of the story. The night Todd checked in here, witnesses downstairs say that he met up with an old girlfriend in the bar and they came here for a little sex and a lot of heroin.
Jarod		Has anyone questioned the girlfriend?
Talbot		Feds are still looking for her but indications are she was long gone before Todd went on his bender.
Holder		And jumped.
Talbot		Demons like his, I sometimes wonder if I ever knew the real Todd Baxter.
[Flashback]		[Todd Baxter (to Jarod) ] Sure you want to get out here?[Jarod] Yes. This will be fine. [Baxter] All right. Your car didn’t really break down, did it? [Jarod] No. Why did you help me? [Baxter] My gut told me to trust you. Wait a second. There you go. [Jarod] Oh, no. I- I couldn’t possibly. You’ve helped me too much already. [Baxter] Forget it. Have an ice cream cone on me. [Jarod] Ice cream? Is it good? [Baxter] [Chuckles] Yeah, it’s very good. Look, I don’t know what cave you’ve been livin’ in, Jarod, but you’re ever in D.C., look me up. [Jarod] I will. Thank you.
Talbot		Jarod? You two work with the feds if you have to, but report only to me.
Jarod		So what is it you’re not telling me?
Talbot		F.B.I.’s floating a theory that this was a homicide. That’s where you come in. Baxter’s suicide’s embarrassing enough without a far-fetched speculation it was a murder. You’re the behavioral science expert. Get them to see the truth about Todd’s psychological troubles.
Bailey Malone		The truth is all any of us want.
Holder		Agent Ted Holder.
Malone		Hi.
Holder		This is Special Agent Jarod Wilkes.
Malone		Bailey Malone, Violent Crimes Task Force.
Jarod		V.C.T.F. The Bureau’s finest.
Malone		I brought the Baxter autopsy files. You boys have some catching up to do.


		The CentreBlue Cove, Delaware
Mr. Parker		[Muttering]
Parker		Daddy? I just heard.
Mr. Parker		Oh, there’s nothin’ to fear. The doctors just want the baby for observation. Your little brother’s gonna be just fine. After fall, you helped my new son into this world, got me back to my old desk. I’ve never been more proud to be your father. Oh, you got that look in your eye. What lie has Jarod been tellin’ you now?
Parker		It’s not Jarod. It’s me. I don’t know, it’s just- [Sighs] So much has happened in the last few weeks. Bridget dying, you coming home, the new baby.
Mr. Parker		Ah, I understand. Yeah. You want things to be different. Listen, come here. Come here. You must never lose your desire to get Jarod back. The new child is the future of the family, but Jarod is the future of the Centre.
Parker		Why?
Mr. Parker		He’s our greatest achievement, our biggest asset. However, consider your life officially changed. It’s a brand-new day at the Centre. [Chuckles] [Kiss]
Sydney [into computer web cam]		My attempts at cross-pollination appear to be successful. Very good.[Finds Watch Among Plants] Lies! Damn Lies! Lies! [Trashes The Place]


Jarod		They finished the autopsy already?
Holder		Yes, it’s all there in the report. Oh, and get this- Malone tells me they’re not thinking murder. They’re thinking signature killer.
Jarod		A signature killer?
Holder		Yeah. Well, apparently their profiler has a theory.
Jarod		Profiler?
Rachel Burke		That’s me. [Knocking] Were you expecting someone else?
Jarod		Call it déjà vu. With a twist ending. [Extends Hand] Jarod Wilkes.
Rachel		Rachel Burke.
Holder		Agent Ted Holder.
Rachel		Nice to meet you.
Jarod		Not to be rude, but isn’t your signature killer theory a bit presumptuous?
Rachel		Well, it’s just that. It’s a theory. But there’s evidence to support it.
Jarod		Like?
Rachel		Like our autopsy. It confirms that Todd Baxter did not die from a jump. He was strangled to death. Probably a piano wire. And despite a week in the Potomac, we found these.
Jarod		Ligature marks.
Rachel		On both wrists. Not exactly consistent with suicide. Not to be rude. And he was drugged, and there is evidence of sexual activity. He may have a sexual need to be tied up, maybe even asphyxiated.
		[Phone Rings]
Rachel		Or someone else tied him up.
Jarod		Your signature killer?
Rachel		Yeah. It’s just, uh-
Jarod		Instinct.
Rachel		Somethin’ like that.
Holder		They’ve located Todd’s girlfriend, an Emily Sadler.
Jarod		I’d like to question her myself. [To Rachel] I’ll keep you in the loop.
Rachel		I look forward to that.
Emily Sadler		Todd and I met at Columbia. I studied journalism, and he was a criminology major. What they say about Todd is true. He was a really good guy. But he had demons.
Jarod		What kind of demons?
Emily		The kind he couldn’t beat. And this town made it worse. I’ve never seen him that wrecked. He was in a bad place that night.
Holder		He had a drug habit, didn’t he?
Emily		Yes. It haunted him.
Jarod		Did you try to help him?
Emily		Well, what do you think I was doing that night? That’s why I went upstairs. I was always tryin’ to help him. But then he pulled out the drugs, and he started drinking. And we started fighting. Some things were said, so I left.
Jarod		So you just… walked out.
Emily		Now that’s my demon.
Jarod		So, in your mind, Todd Baxter was perfectly capable of jumping off that balcony?
Emily		Yeah. He was always going too far. That’s the way he was. Unless you know something I don’t.


		The Centre
Parker		This can’t be right. Sydney wouldn’t have trashed these. They’re like therapy for him.
Broots		Ho-ho. Hello.
[Computer: Sydney]		Damn lies!
Parker		Always knew he was a mad scientist.
Broots		The Centre does that to you.
Parker		Go back to before he freaks out. Angelo. Zoom in and freeze it.
Broots		It’s a watch in a Centre bag. Angelo must have dug it out of the Centre archives.
Parker		And being an empath, he had to know the effect it would have on Syd.
Broots		I hate seeing him like this.
Parker		[Exhales] How many black holes has Sydney helped me out of? [Touches Screen] Why didn’t you come to me?


Talbot		You got 48 hours to find the truth. The F.B.I. wants to chase theories, they can do it till their badges fall off. But I can tell you, I will not have my division wasting resources on Agent Baxter. Tell Jerry we’re in, please.
Jarod		Sir, he is one of our own.
Talbot		That’s no the issue. This whole mess has put a spotlight on us, and it’s a bad one.
Jarod		Are you suggesting that the F.B.I. is lying?
Talbot		No. I’m saying Agent Baxter was lying. For all we know, a heroin dealer killed him. It’s bad enough that this didn’t show up on a background check. Now we have to find out the kid had a million sick habits.
Jerry Linden		A million and one.
Talbot		Jerry Linden, Office of Communications.
Jarod		Special Agent Wilkes.
Linden		Pleasure.
Talbot		If a reporter calls you, send him to Jerry.
Linden		Thank you, sir. Do not leak this. It’s not good. Agent Baxter was arrested in college- possession of heroin, intent to sell.
Jarod		Well, I guess we’d better just drop the case right now.
Talbot		Case? You sound like the feds. You got your 48 hours. Then you’re back in Seatlle.
Holder		May I have this? You’ve got it all on file. We don’t need this stuff about Todd floatin’ around.
Linder		Come on in.
Jarod		[Observes As Holder Shreds Document]The shredders in Seattle are smaller.
Linder		Secrets in D.C. are bigger.
Holder		You should see the size of the janitor’s cart they haul this stuff away in every Friday.
Jarod		Did Talbot put his personality through that thing?
Holder/Linder		[Chuckling]
Linder		Have a seat. Let me tell you somethin’ about Talbot. You know all that crap about Boy Scouts who run alongside the president’s limo? He doesn’t just buy it. He lived it for 25 years.
Jarod		Todd Baxter would have too. Tell me something. If they were such good friends, why did she walk out that hotel room?[Offers Linder Photo Of Emily and Todd]
Linder		I don’t know. He had an addiction. Sometimes walking’ the only option.

		[Emily Sadle Rifles Through Bag For Keys] [Street Lamp Is Shattered]
Emily		[Screaming]
Jarod		Emily!
		[Assailant Releases Emily, Runs, Pulls Knife As Altercation with Jarod Ensues][Yelling, Groaning] [Assailant Runs Away]
Jarod		Damn! [Groans]
Emily		Are you all right?
Jarod		Yeah.
Emily		They said muggings were up, but I had no idea.
Jarod [To EMT]		Thanks.
Emily		I’m glad you’re all right.
Jarod		Thank you. That wasn’t a mugging. I think you know that. Why did you leave Todd at the hotel that night?
Emily		What do you want from me? He was my friend. It’s not my fault he couldn’t see that.
Jarod		He was murdered, and someone is trying to destroy what’s left of his name. I don’t think you want that. Why are you lying?
Emily		[Sighs] I came to this town to make a difference.
Jarod		You sound like Todd.
Emily		You knew him?
Jarod		He saved my life once.
Emily		[Sobs] God, I miss him.
Jarod		Then help me. Help me protect his memory.
Emily		[Sighs] Todd said he was meeting someone at the hotel but he still had time to help me with a problem I had at work. That was Todd. We had dinner and I left. I hadn’t heard from him in a week, and then I see the news.
Jarod		When they found his body.
Emily		I get this phone call. The man on the other end knows where I live. He knows where I walk my dog, everything.
Jarod		He asked you to lie.
Emily		He had the lie worked out. It was scary. I had to say that it was sex and heroin. Todd and I were best friends. Just friends. We were never together in his room that night, and he never did drugs.
Jarod		They said he was arrested for possession in college.
Emily		A total lie. The man on the phone threatened to end my career. I didn’t care. Todd was my friend. I told him I was gonna call the papers. And then he told me to check my mailbox. [Offers Photos To Jarod] That’s my father. They made me choose between Todd’s memory and my father’s life. I- [Exhales]
Jarod		You did the right thing. You did the right thing. Did Todd tell you who he was meeting that night?
Emily		No. Uh- All he said was, “I’m gonna be in the paper soon.” And then he tapped his briefcase.
Jarod		Like there was something important in it. I want you to stay at my place. You’ll be safe there.
Emily		There’s no safe place from the monsters. Todd said D.C. was like a big masquerade ball only the people in disguise were monsters. If you want to make a difference, you gotta pull off a few masks. That’s why he’s dead, Jarod.


`		The Centre
Angelo		No hope. No hope.
Parker		What is “hope”, Angelo?
Angelo		Sydney lost hope. Sydney lost hope.
Parker		What does it have to do with that watch?
Angelo		Centre takes hope.
Parker		What did they take, Angelo? [To Broots] Check Syd’s file. It’s a long shot, but see if there’s something about “hope.”
Broots		Okay.
Angelo		Mr. Parker takes hope from Sydney.
Parker		What does my father have to do with this?
		[Tires Screeching]
Sydney		[In Car, Headlights Illuminate Tree] [Sobbing]

		[Phone Ringing]

Jarod [To Rachel]		Hey, how about I cook you lunch?
Rachel		No, thanks. I’ll pass.
Jarod		You have your vegetable, your chicken noodle, your shrimp gumbo. Shrimp almost tastes real.
Rachel		Mmm. Tempting, but no.
Talbot		This better be good.
Jarod		Todd Baxter tells his friend, Emily Sadler that his name is about to be put into the paper, that he has something important in his briefcase.
Holder		Three days later, Bill Radcliff, reporter, covers Secret Service for the Washington Journal- dies in a car accident.
Rachel		An accident with one incongruous detail.
Jarod		Ligature marks, like those found on Todd Baxter. I believe Baxter was going to meet this reporter to expose something that he discovered.
Holder		And that “something” was in his briefcase.
Talbot		All we found was office paperwork. What makes you so damn sure?
Jarod		Let’s just say that I’ve gotten into the mind of the killer.
Talbot		You’ve what?
Jarod		Think about it. The killer wants to cover up what Todd has discovered. That’s why he had to kill the reporter too.
Rachel		I don’t think so. The killer’s into the act- the power he exhibits over the helpless victim. There’s purity in that violence. It satisfies him. I mean, if there is a cover-up, someone else is calling the shots.
Jarod		Someone else?
Rachel		Yes.
Jarod		And this is theory is based upon what?
Rachel		This theory is based on-
Talbot		Hold on a second. Hold on. There are two suspects? You two might want to get on the same page. You’re running out of time. Holder, come into my office.
Jarod [To Rachel]		You and I, we have to talk. Talbot could shut us down.
Rachel		Not me.
Jarod		He could seal the evidence. It would take months to reopen the case, even for the F.B.I. You and me, we have to work together.
Rachel		Yes, but not blindly.
Jarod		But you can make these leaps of logic? How does that work?
Rachel		It’s complicated.
Jarod		Well, that isn’t good enough. There’s evidence of a cover-up.
Rachel		Not by this killer.
Jarod		Then by who? Todd Baxter was at that hotel room to meet the reporter so he could expose the killer.
Rachel		Has it ever occurred to you that maybe he needs to kill?
Jarod		“Needs to kill”. No.
Rachel		Maybe you ought to get into his mind again. How does that work, Jarod?
Jarod		It’s complicated.
Rachel		[Exhales] You know, Jarod, I think that under different circumstances you and I- [Observes As Jarod Pours Substance IntoCup]
Jarod		Yes?
Rachel		Still wouldn’t have gotten along.
Jarod		Is that so?
Rachel		Well, for starters, you drink processed powder and hot water.
Jarod		You never know how tasty something’s going to be unless you try it for yourself.
Rachel		Well, if we ever make it out of here, I’m gonna show you what real food is like. I make an amazing bouillabaisse.
Jarod		Really?
Rachel		Mm-hmm.
Jarod		Can you drink it out of a mug?
Rachel		You can drink it out of whatever you like. [Chuckles]
[Flashback]		[Todd Baxter] You’re lookin’ for your family?[Jarod] Yes. They’re out here somewhere. [Baxter] I lost my dad when I was 10. It’s a tough age to become man of the house. [Jarod] You grew up fast. [Baxter] Very. But it taught me responsibility, to always do the right thing. And make sure others do too.
Baxter’s Voice		Make sure others do too.
Emily’s Voice		All he said was, “I’m gonna be in the paper soon.” And then he tapped his briefcase.
Jarod’s Voice		Like there was something important in it.
Jarod		Doesn’t make any sense.
Holder		You know, the thing I can’t understand about these papers, Jarod? Why kill Todd over these? They’re all randowm, not connected. Not even by a specific case. It’s like somebody just grabbed them.
Jarod		To replace the ones that were originally in his briefcase.
Holder		If somebody did switch ’em, then Todd definitely had the goods on him.
Jarod		The question is, who.
Holder		Hang in there, man. We’ll get him. [Holder Walks Away]
		[Phone Rings]
Jarod		Agent Wilkes.
Malone		It’s Malone. Listen, I went over those papers you sent from Baxter’s briefcase. Nothing. However, I found something interesting.
Jarod		What?
Malone		The heroin charge against Baxter from his college days?
Jarod		It’s a fake.
Malone		Yeah. The campus cop who arrested Baxter doesn’t exist. Someone’s trying to smear his past.
Jarod		I’ll have to call you back. [Dial Tone]
		[Talbot Arrives On Scene With Jerry Linder]
Talbot [To Jarod]		Let’s take a walk. Let me share something with you, Agent. I’m under review, and I’m not inclined to believe in a conspiracy but I know what city I’m in. If this Baxter thing keeps goin’ south, we’re gonna ruffle some feathers, and we’re gonna get clipped.
Jarod		What about Todd Baxter? Whose feathers did he ruffle?
Linder		What do you mean?
Jarod		There was something in his briefcase that someone didn’t want exposed.
Linder		He also had heroin, barbiturates and some fuzzy handcuffs. The kids was mess up, Jarod.
Talbot		I hired Baxter. You think I want to believe this?
Jarod		He was convicted of possession in college. We should track down the arresting officer.
Talbot [Referring To Linder]		He already did.
Jarod [To Linder]		You talked to the officer that arrested him?
Linder		Yes. I would have rather not. Trust me.
Talbot		Jerry’s seen the truth on this thing from the beginning.
Jarod		And I’m beginning to see it myself. [Jarod Says To Self After Men Walk Away]

Emily		Linden switched the files? Nice theory. But you got no proof unless you find the originals, and they’re probably long shredded by now.
Jarod		Well, then it’s time to go digging through some trash.

		The Centre
		[Glass Shattering]
Mr. Parker		Typical shrink. Just flat nuts.
		[Sydney’s Voice On Computer] Lies!
Parker		It was in a Centre evidence bag. Who did the watch belong to?
Mr. Parker		I don’t want to relive that.
Parker		Relive what?
Mr. Parker		We helped him. It was awful.
Parker		Then get it out in the open. It’s a brand-new day at the Centre. Remember?
Mr. Parker		All right. Years ago, Sydney killed a woman.


Malone		Agent Wilkes. Just the man I’ve been looking for.
Jarod		What?
Malone		Nice working with you again. A year ago, you worked with us on a kidnapping in Atlanta. You used a different name. Who the hell are you? Who are you working undercover for?
Jarod		Congress. I work for an oversight committee that keeps tabs on local and federal law enforcement.
Malone		That explains your badge in Atlanta. What brought you to the Service?
Jarod		The committee smelled a rat in the Baxter case. They sent me down.
Malone		Still doesn’t answer all my questions.
Jarod		I’ll answer any question you want. But right now, I found Todd Baxter’s killer, and I need your help to get him.

		The Centre
Broots		Syd killed a woman?
Parker		In a car accident. It happened during the early stages of the Jarod Project. Syd hired a college intern from France, a young girl.
Broots		[Exhales] She was pretty.
Parker		Apparently, they were having an affair. They’d gone to dinner and were driving back when Sydney lost control and broadsided a tree. She died two hours later in the hospital.
Broots		Her name was Hope?
Parker		Claudia. When Angelo said Sydney lost hope, he meant it. Now, these are the Centre records of the accident. I’m hoping that’ll help us find Syd. [Referring To Restaurant Receipt]
Broots		Provence Restaurant. This must be where they dined before-
Parker		Worth a try.
Broots		Yeah.

Rachel		Did you glue this together?
Jarod		Yeah. It’s all 6, 422 strips. After that, I got bored.
Rachel		Yeah, well, Baxter certainly wasn’t. Between these articles and those confidential memos you pieced together, Baxter connected Linder to numerous illegal operations and other so-called suicides. Todd was definitely trying to make a difference.
Jarod		How about those apples?
Rachel		Them apples.
Jarod		Hmm?
Rachel		It’s “How about them apples?”
Jarod		Oh. I knew it was something about apples.
Rachel		Bailey told me who you worked for. They the ones who showed you how to get into a killer’s mind?
Jarod		No. That was more homeschooling.
Rachel		That’s some home.
Jarod		You don’t want to know.
Rachel		Well, I decided not to wait. Try this.
Jarod		Is this your bouillabaisse?
Rachel		Mm-hmm.
Jarod		Mmm. How do you have time to track a killer and make something this delicious?
Rachel		Well, we all have our secrets. Don’t we, Jarod?


		Restaurant [Parker, Broots find Sydney drinking]
Parker		It only helps until the next morning.
Sydney		And, uh, I’ll be back then.
Broots		We know about the accident, Syd.
Sydney		Look, I’m here with some of my favorite ghosts. Can’t you see? So leave me alone.
Parker		You wouldn’t let us off that easy, so forget it, Sydney. [Parker slides glass of liquor aside] It wasn’t your fault. You have to let Claudia go.
Sydney		I can’t. We’re celebrating.
Parker		Why?
Sydney		Because. Because they used her against me.
Parker		Syd, the Centre helped you.
Sydney		The Centre sure helped. They were there right after the accident. Centre Sweepers yelling, “Oh, we’ll give Claudia the best care.” And then, two hours later, I got the news. I gave her this watch for her birthday. It would have been yesterday.
Broots		How did Angelo know about-
Sydney		[Chuckles] Angelo. How does Angelo know about anything?
Parker		He knew that you need to deal with this pain, Syd, that you were in love with her.
Sydney		That wasn’t Angelo. They told you that.
Parker		That’s what my father said. That’s what the file said.
Sydney		Centre lies!
Parker		Careful, Sydney.
Sydney		Oh, no, much later, when I found out what the Centre was doing with Jarod’s work and I rose up in protest-
Broots		They used the accident against you?
Sydney		I did love her. Like my daughter. She was my student. But the Centre fabricated some story of an affair between us. They threatened me with jail. They threatened-
Parker		To separate you from Jarod.
Sydney		Yes. They used it to force me to do their bidding. Not only was Claudia dead, but they tried to destroy the very memory of her.
Parker		My father did this to you?
Sydney		Not directly, of course. But yes, Mr. Parker was running the Centre. Now have a shot.


Jarod [To Talbot]		Todd Baxter knew too much. He connected Linder to several major illegal operations- character assassinations, extortion, among other clandestine things.
Rachel [To Talbot]		Your director of communications has had six Washington jobs in the last seven years.
Talbot		Yeah. Travel office, D.O.J. cover-up, framed a D.O.E. whistle blower. Watergate plumbers got nothin’ on this guy.
Rachel		Hasn’t paid this well since G. Gordon Liddy. His offshore accounts are packed.
Talbot		Agent Baxter found out, and that crafty son of a bitch killed him. Made it look like a drug overdose so I’d shut down the case. He played me.
Jarod		Except Linden isn’t the killer, is he, Rachel?
Talbot		Are you two reading each other’s minds now?
Rachel		Murder is not in Linden’s profile. He likes to control the truth, but only from the background. He was never in that hotel.
Talbot		Think he had someone do his dirty work for him?
Rachel		Mm-hmm.
Talbot		All right. When do we move?
Both Rachel And Jarod		We don’t.
Jarod		There’s a killer out there, and Linden is going to lead us right to him.


		The Centre
Parker		Daddy, the Centre did this. You did this.
Mr. Parker		You forgot. The Triumvirate gave the orders. I carried them out.
Parker		I knew you would say that.
Mr. Parker		I don’t like your attitude.
Parker		Daddy, please. I just want Sydney to have some closure.
Mr. Parker		[Sighs] It can be arranged. [Intercome Beeps] Mr. Morganstern.
		[Door Opens, Woman Enters]
Claudia		[Gasps]
Sydney		Claudia. [Speaking French]
Claudia		[French] Oh, Sydney.
Mr. Parker		When you told me what Sydney was going through, I had her flown in. She’s a groundbreaking psychiatrist at a teaching hospital outside of Paris.
Parker		A hospital funded by the Centre.
Mr. Parker		After the accident, she healed up quickly. We gave her a future, a career.
Parker		And told her that Sydney was dead.
Mr. Parker		Well, that’s one order I wish I’d never taken. Angel, a new life changes everything. I told you.
Parker		It’s a brand-new day.


		[Phone Rings]
Jerry Linden		Communications. Linden.
Jarod		I’m watching you.
Linden		Who the hell is this?
Jarod		I’m the man you hired to throw Todd Baxter out the window.
Linden		Baxter committed suicide.
Jarod		No. You hired me to kill him, didn’t you? I’ll take that as a “no comment.” If you care to explain yourself, off the record, meet me at the River Glen Hotel, room 814.

Linden		Hello? [Enters Hotel Room] Hello? Anyone here? [Is Slammed Into Wall By Jarod] You don’t think I’d be foolish enough to be armed, do you?
Jarod		I’m about to find out how big a fool you are.
Linden		Agent Wilkes. So what is this?
Jarod		It’s the River Glen Hotel. Not exactly the Watergate, but scandals can be made here as well. I sure hope you brought your wallet so you can buy your freedom.
Linden		Innocent men don’t need to.
Jarod		These documents that I stole from your office- they seem to say otherwise.
Linden		Well, are you industrious. Fabrications designed to destroy an honest man.
Jarod		Like the ones you create? Like the ones that Todd Baxter discovered? You make a fortune creating scandals that ruin people’s lives, even end them.
Linden		Jarod, if you’re trying to get me to make a verbal admission for something I know nothing about for you or whoever else is watching-
Talbot [Who is watching with Rachel]		Damn it.
Linden		I’m afraid you got the wrong fool.
Jarod		[Sighs] You’re right. I am a fool for ever believing you could possibly just tell the truth.
Linden		We’re done here.
Jarod		Oh, we are just [Rips Plug From Television/ Video Feed] getting started.
Talbot		We’d better get in there.
Rachel		No, just give him a minute.
Jarod		I wouldn’t want you to miss it?
Linden		Miss what?
Jarod		Your suicide. [Jarod Pulls Syringe, Thrusts Needle Into Linden]
Linden		[Gasps] [Grunts]
Jarod		[Sighs] [Whistling]
Linden		What are you doing?
Jarod		I’m setting the scene just like the man you hired to kill Todd Baxter did.
Linden		[Groans]
Jarod		To make it seem like you had an evening of… drugs. Then you took a swan dive out the window. Hope they find your body sooner.
Linden		No, wait. Wait! No!
Jarod		Mmm. No waiting.
Linden		No! No! [Grunts]
Jarod		[Holds Linder Out Window] Who did it? You tell me who killed Todd Baxter or they’ll be fishing your body out of the Potomac – what’s left of it.
Linden		I can pay you. Just forget about Baxter.
Jarod		Money?
Linden		Yeah.
Jarod		Todd Baxter saved my life! You killed him. I’m gonna even the score!
Linden		No! You’re crazy. [Into Walkie] Plan “B.” Plan “B”. Go to plan “B”!
Jarod		What are you doing? You warning your accomplice? You tell me who kiled him, or I will drop you out of this window!
Linden		Holder. Agent Holder.
Jarod		Where is he?
Linden		He’s in the service elevator at the end of the hall.
Jarod		Get up!
Linden		No! No! No!
		[Shots Fired] [Jarod, Holder Fight] [Jarod Pulls Gun, “Unmasks” Monster (Agent Holder)]
Jarod (To Emily)		Good luck.
Emily		Yeah, you too.
		[Rachel Offers Mug To Jarod]
Jarod		Is this more bouillabaisse?
Rachel		No. I only had 30 seconds. It’s chicken noodle.
Jarod		[Laughs]
Rachel		The chicken almost tastes real.
Jarod		Mmm.
Rachel		[Does Her “Profile Thing”] That’s why you’re undercover. You’re alone in this world.
Jarod		We all have secrets.
Rachel		No family? No one to get close to?
Jarod		Not yet. I should get back to the office.
Rachel		Jarod. This- This was more than just a case for you. Why?
Jarod		Let’s just say I was helping out… an old friend.
Rachel		Well, if you ever need a new friend, you can call me. [Kisses Jarod]

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