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MAN:
Hey, Adam, remember me?
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- Going to school, huh?
- Yeah.
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MAN:
Come on, I'll give you a ride.
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It's okay. It's on my way.
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ADAM:
What are those for?
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MAN:
They're for your parents.
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Get in. I'll explain.
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You're not dressed.
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You said you'd go jogging with me
this morning.
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Doesn't sound like me.
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Have you been up all night?
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I started digging
through one of the files
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on open serial murders
after you'd gone to bed,
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and I lost track of time.
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Still losing track of it,
as a matter of fact,
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so no jogging. Sorry.
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I thought we both agreed
that a little exercise
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would be a good addition
to your sobriety regimen.
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For future reference,
when I say that I agree with you,
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it means I'm not listening.
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You know what else is great?
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Jazzercise.
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I'll get you some leg warmers,
a headband.
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- You'll look awesome.
- I agree with you.
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The Balloon Man?
Is that who you've been researching?
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Yeah. Came to my attention
while I was still living in London.
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New York's very own bogeyman.
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Obviously, you've heard of him.
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Yeah. He took his first victim
from Cobble Hill
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about seven years ago.
I was living just a few blocks away.
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Adam. Adam something.
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I think he's taken six kids
since then.
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- Seven as of last night.
- What?
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I heard it on my police-scanner app
around midnight.
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Ten-year-old Mariana Castillo
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snatched from her bedroom
in Astoria, Queens.
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The abductor's signature batch
of balloons left fluttering behind.
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I'd like to think Fleet Street would've
devised a more inventive sobriquet
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than the Balloon Man,
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but I enjoy the inadvertent
E.E. Cummings reference.
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If you heard it on the scanner,
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you haven't actually
been assigned to the case.
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Yet.
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Child abductions and serial murders
mean psychiatric consultants
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and joint task forces,
which in turn means
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that Gregson can't call me in until
the police commissioner approves.
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And he doesn't get in
until 8:30 a.m. Sharp.
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Add approximately three minutes
for coffee,
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another six for a trip to the loo.
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Should be calling me in about,
hmm, 15 minutes.
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[CELL PHONE RINGING]
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Or sooner.
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Holmes.
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Crescent Street, Astoria.
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I'll be there presently.
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I could have sworn
I was wearing a shirt at some point.
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The girl's bedroom is in the back.
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Perp forced the lock on her window
around 9:30 last night,
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took her,
tied the balloons to her bed.
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Mom's a painter.
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She went to a friend's gallery.
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Dad went to the bodega on the corner
to get some wine around 9:45.
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That's freshly broken.
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By the girl, presumably,
grabbing for a handhold.
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That's good. She's a fighter.
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If little girls could actually win fights
against grown men,
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then, yeah, it would be a cause
for great optimism.
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WOMAN: Some more questions
that we've already gone over,
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- so there'll be no surprises.
MAN: All right.
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WOMAN: Look at me.
You don't have to look at the camera.
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What's this?
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Parents are making a plea
to the twist that took their kid.
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HOLMES: They mustn't.
- Why not?
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Excuse me. You can't do this.
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- We're live in ten, buddy.
- You don't understand. It's...
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We're on in ten, nine,
eight, seven, six...
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- Look, I'm sorry, he's...
CAMERAMAN: Five, four, three...
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- Two, one.
CAMERAMAN: What the hell, man?
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- Sherlock!
- I'm sorry. I warned him.
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- What is this? Who are you?
- The man trying to keep these people
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- from killing your daughter.
- Mr. Holmes is a consultant
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- with the department.
- Daniel Peters, Kayla Jackson,
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Billy Crawford.
Victims 2, 3 and 5 of the Balloon Man.
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The only ones
whose bodies were found.
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Forensics estimated he kept Daniel
alive for a full day before burial,
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Kayla for half a day,
Billy for almost two days.
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- Why the discrepancy?
- They lost their daughter.
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Last night,
I discovered a direct correlation
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between the quickness with which
the killer dispatched his victims
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and the extent
of their parents' media exposure.
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I could show you the spreadsheet,
but in sum,
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the more interviews,
the faster the children died.
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Is he right?
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Usually.
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I don't understand.
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What does it matter
how many interviews we do?
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The Balloon Man feeds off
the public grief of his victims' families.
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You nourish him, he'll get bored,
end the game.
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Keep him hungry,
we might have two days.
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You wanna get your little girl back?
It's simple.
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You do everything I say.
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WATSON: Kemper.
- Hmm?
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The name
of the Balloon Man's first victim.
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Adam Kemper. I just remembered.
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The police found those balloons
on the sidewalk
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where he'd taken Adam,
the ones that said "Thank you."
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Like Adam's parents had given him
some sort of gift.
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I read all the articles over the years.
I know it destroys the victims' families,
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- but being here in person is just...
- Perhaps you'd like to go outside.
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I'm fine, thanks. I just...
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No, it's not an expression of concern.
It's a request. You're distracting me.
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I'm distracting you.
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Because, clearly,
this is all about you.
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Excuse me.
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No, no, no, it's okay.
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Mr. Castillo, you can't blame yourself
for what happened.
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Actually, he can.
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- Excuse me?
- Not for your daughter's abduction.
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The kidnapper would have found a way
to take her eventually.
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But you can and should blame yourself
for impeding our investigation.
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I told you everything.
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If everything
includes one very big lie.
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Where's the wine you were buying
when your daughter was taken?
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In your hand.
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And there's the lie.
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Bodegas put the price tag
on the cap itself.
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It saves stacking time.
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Tag, bottom. You, liar.
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Obviously, you bought this
at another time,
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presumably from the liquor store
on Atlantic,
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where you purchased the case
of prosecco you have in your pantry.
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The bottle was already in your fridge.
It provided an effective cover
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as to why you were really out
of the house.
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Tell us her name, Mr. Castillo,
right now.
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Whose name?
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His mistress.
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[SCOFFS]
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There's no point trying to deny it.
Your lemon press gave you away.
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Well, presses, to be precise.
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One old.
One quite new, less than a year.
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The pattern repeats itself with your
two corkscrews, two pepper mills.
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The older items belong
to you and your wife.
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The doubles were bought when you
moved into your place on Long Island.
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- How?
- I found a letter in your mail
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forwarded to you from a long-term-stay
hotel chain in Islip.
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I assume that you and your wife
separated for a while
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and then reconciled?
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Which brings me to your caller ID.
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You took a 15-second call
from a Long Island area code
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last night
before you stepped out of the house.
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Presumably from the woman
who precipitated your separation.
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She rang,
you walked out of the house.
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Why else would you hide information
from the police
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when you're clearly desperate
to get your daughter back?
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When Sara and I were separated,
I dated a coworker.
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She called me last night,
said she was in the neighborhood
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and needed to see me, but I swear,
I only went out to tell her
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- that she had to stay away for good.
- How could you not say anything?
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- Where did you meet her?
- On the street,
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a few houses down from here.
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But I swear, I didn't go into her car.
I just talked to her through her window.
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I'd like to speak with her.
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- She had nothing to do with this.
HOLMES: Probably not.
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Can you think of anyone else
parked on your block last night?
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If she was waiting for you,
I assume she was facing your house.
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- If she was facing your house...
GREGSON: Maybe she saw something
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that could help us find the guy
who took your daughter.
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I'm sorry.
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I just...
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I can't believe I'm the reason
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that lunatic got his hands
on Roberto's daughter.
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If I hadn't called him...
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GREGSON:
Ms... Ms. Thomas, it's all right.
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Did you see or hear anything
out of the ordinary?
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I never got out of my car.
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- So, what now?
THOMAS: I was looking at Roberto...
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Go back to the Castillo house,
talk to the parents?
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You're doing it again. Talking.
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What? I'm not supposed to talk?
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Situations like these, cases
that require my total concentration,
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I talk to you,
never the other way around.
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- What in the hell...?
- Shush.
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THOMAS: Started my car,
and I headed for the corner,
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and then, um, some other car
ran the stop sign, almost hit me.
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This was approximately when?
Never mind.
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I already know. Nine-forty.
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The vine that the girl managed
to pull free from the house
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means she was awake
and struggling
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- when the Balloon Man took her.
- So?
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So examinations
of the three victims recovered
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indicated that he chloroformed them.
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He got sloppy with Mariana Castillo,
rushed things. Why?
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Because of the sirens.
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What sirens?
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Listening to my scanner,
I heard a report
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that preceded Roberto Castillo's call
to 911 by mere minutes.
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Some sort of domestic dispute.
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A squad car was dispatched
to an address less than two blocks
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from the Castillo home,
sirens blaring.
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You think the perp panicked
and thought the sirens were for him.
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So he grabbed the girl and ran.
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Stashed her in his car
and then tore through the stop sign.
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Right in front of Miss Thomas here.
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The car that almost hit you,
do you remember what it looked like?
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Um, actually, it was a van.
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A kidnapper's vehicle of choice.
What else? Make? Model?
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It happened so fast. Uh...
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- I'm not really a car person.
- Are you a color person?
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- I'll get you started. Red? Blue? Black?
- Brown. Dark brown.
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So, what are we looking for?
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Home security camera.
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Neighbor
with a photographic memory.
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Hey, care to explain what you said
back at the station
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about, you know, you talking to me,
not the other way around?
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Yes, well aware I'm doing it again.
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I've found that nothing
clears up a difficult case
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so much as stating it
to another person.
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I talk, they listen,
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and in talking, I make connections
I may have otherwise missed.
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One-way street, not two.
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Who did you speak to
back in London?
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Oh, lots of people.
Waitstaff, cabdrivers.
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The occasional prostitute.
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- Better listeners than you might think.
- Right.
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You don't look good.
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My appearance has always meant
so much to me.
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You haven't eaten today, have you?
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- No sleep, no food...
- Will make Sherlock a dull boy.
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People in recovery have a tendency
to relapse when they haven't eaten...
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You know what, Watson?
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I take it all back.
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I'm beginning to find the chatter
that accompanies your companionship
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extremely useful.
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A bit like white noise.
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It puts me in a state
where I think and I observe better.
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For example...
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What?
If this is your idea of a brown van,
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you're even more sleep-deprived
than I thought.
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Note the parking tickets. Hmm?
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It's been here for days.
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00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:02,784
Yet there are small skid marks
beneath each tire,
242
00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:04,623
indicating it's been moved
several inches.
243
00:11:05,965 --> 00:11:08,433
Someone sideswiped it.
244
00:11:09,368 --> 00:11:12,462
My money is on a speeding van
driven by a panicked kidnapper.
245
00:11:12,638 --> 00:11:15,573
Well, the paint from the other car
is supposed to be...
246
00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:18,539
It's dark brown,
as per Miss Thomas' description.
247
00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:20,975
But there's blue and white paint
mixed in with the brown.
248
00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:23,980
Means it's brown now but was
originally painted white and blue.
249
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A very distinctive white and blue,
as a matter of fact.
250
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- Detective Bell.
BELL: Excuse me.
251
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We are looking
for a decommissioned N.Y.P.D. Van,
252
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presumably sold at auction,
then painted brown.
253
00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:40,030
It has a long scrape down one side
where it struck this sedan.
254
00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:43,600
Issue the BOLO now, we may
find the Balloon Man before lunch.
255
00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:56,510
I'm not sleeping. I'm just reviewing
the details of the case in my mind.
256
00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,013
I'm sorry, were you talking to me?
257
00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:01,551
Because I thought I was just a
cavernous expanse between two ears.
258
00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:04,115
You mustn't be so sensitive,
Watson.
259
00:12:05,024 --> 00:12:08,152
The service you're providing
is quite valuable.
260
00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:15,360
For a brief stretch in London,
261
00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:18,867
I talked only to a phrenology bust
I kept in my study.
262
00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:21,472
I named him Angus.
263
00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:23,604
Wasn't the same.
264
00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:28,107
I realized when it came to listeners,
I preferred animate to inanimate.
265
00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:31,440
It was quite a breakthrough, really.
266
00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:33,182
Angus.
267
00:12:33,352 --> 00:12:36,583
I'm glad I made it
to the animate category.
268
00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:40,950
Just got a hit on our BOLO.
269
00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,161
GREGSON:
Car 5, you still got the eye?
270
00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,854
OFFICER 1 [OVER RADIO]:
Driver's male, white, wearing a hoodie.
271
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All I can make out.
272
00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,958
GREGSON: Aviation 1, you getting
anything on the thermal imaging?
273
00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:52,127
OFFICER 2 [OVER RADIO]:
Negative. We're too high.
274
00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:54,829
OFFICER 1:
He made us. Head north on 78th.
275
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[SIRENS WAILING]
276
00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:07,243
OFFICER 1:
Police!
277
00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:09,580
Police! Stay where you are!
278
00:13:09,755 --> 00:13:10,779
[BOTH GRUNT]
279
00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:12,082
BELL:
Get on the ground!
280
00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:13,282
Don't move!
281
00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,290
Let me see your hands.
Let me see your hands.
282
00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,725
- Behind your back.
GREGSON: She's not here.
283
00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:23,401
OFFICER 2:
Let them call the shot.
284
00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:25,503
OFFICER 3:
All right, we'll stop it off.
285
00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:27,002
Captain, that's not our guy.
286
00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:30,074
He would have been in sixth grade
when Balloon Man took his first victim.
287
00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,573
OFFICER 3: We good?
GREGSON: Hey.
288
00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,571
Holmes, what are you doing?
289
00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,942
- Holmes.
- Sorry, it's just that, well,
290
00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,884
according to that birthmark
on his neck, you're quite right.
291
00:13:44,056 --> 00:13:46,490
This is not the man
that took Adam Kemper back in 2005.
292
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:49,059
This is Adam Kemper.
293
00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:57,934
BELL:
Adam.
294
00:13:59,438 --> 00:14:02,407
Adam, please talk to me.
295
00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:07,937
Now, we know who you are, Adam.
Your fingerprints confirmed it,
296
00:14:08,113 --> 00:14:09,239
so come on,
297
00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:12,179
tell me how you ended up
in that van.
298
00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:13,648
We've got a psychiatrist coming,
299
00:14:13,819 --> 00:14:16,447
but I don't think
it's gonna make much difference.
300
00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:18,852
This kid just doesn't wanna engage.
301
00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:21,015
Well, have you notified his parents?
302
00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:23,889
Commissioner made the call.
They're on their way.
303
00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:26,759
Should only take them an hour
to fight through all the media outside.
304
00:14:26,932 --> 00:14:28,490
Story of the century, this.
305
00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:33,331
Missing boy presumed dead,
recovered after all these years.
306
00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:35,496
WATSON:
The fact that he was found in the van
307
00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:37,164
we thought belonged
to the Balloon Man,
308
00:14:37,343 --> 00:14:39,777
that's obviously more
than a coincidence, right?
309
00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:42,508
I read about a case like this.
310
00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:46,742
Police in Dubuque found a 15-year-old
who'd been missing for seven years.
311
00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:49,285
Now, the man who had taken him
had enrolled him in school.
312
00:14:49,455 --> 00:14:51,582
He even let him have friends
over to the house.
313
00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:52,883
The boy never tried to leave.
314
00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:55,390
He had grown to sympathize
with his captor.
315
00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,426
If that's what's happened here,
it would explain
316
00:14:57,596 --> 00:15:00,190
why Adam was running from the police
instead of to them.
317
00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:02,630
Because he's actually grown
to care for the lunatic.
318
00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:06,032
If Adam's still alive, maybe some
of the other victims are too.
319
00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:09,105
Adam was special, his first.
320
00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:12,472
Balloon Man's second and third victims
are two of only three to be recovered.
321
00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:16,445
Their condition suggests
that he rather liked the killing.
322
00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:21,017
After he had a taste,
I don't believe he ever looked back.
323
00:15:21,353 --> 00:15:23,150
The question now is:
324
00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:25,916
What role did Adam play
in their deaths?
325
00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:27,820
You think Adam helped him?
326
00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:31,156
Well, you said it yourself.
He sympathized with his captor.
327
00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:33,924
Question is, to what degree?
328
00:15:34,099 --> 00:15:37,034
We did find him in that van.
329
00:15:37,569 --> 00:15:39,662
CSU is processing it for evidence
330
00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:42,363
to try and prove
whether Mariana Castillo was inside.
331
00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:46,043
In the meantime,
we've got Adam on auto theft,
332
00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:48,805
but if he doesn't start talking
to us soon,
333
00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:52,439
we're going to run out of time
to find the Castillo girl.
334
00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:00,555
I wanna talk to him.
335
00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,318
I think I can get through to him.
336
00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:05,429
Holmes, this is a delicate situation.
337
00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,758
And I can, on occasion, be indelicate,
I'm well aware.
338
00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:10,766
But if you think I'd do anything
to jeopardize the life of that girl...
339
00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:12,096
Intentionally, of course not.
340
00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:14,171
We're talking about a kid here.
341
00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:17,571
A kid that's been traumatized,
maybe even brainwashed.
342
00:16:17,743 --> 00:16:20,177
A kid who wouldn't even be here
if it wasn't for me.
343
00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:22,847
What, you think that gives you the right
to question him?
344
00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:25,506
You're a consultant, not a cop.
345
00:16:25,684 --> 00:16:27,083
And given the very real possibility
346
00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:30,085
that the young man is accessory
to several horrific crimes,
347
00:16:30,255 --> 00:16:32,951
maybe "not a cop" is exactly
what he needs at the moment, hmm?
348
00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:35,650
Ten minutes, that's all I ask.
349
00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:39,789
You've got five.
350
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,306
[HOLMES SIGHS]
351
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,145
Hello, Adam.
352
00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:00,583
My name is Sherlock.
353
00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,723
You can probably tell from my accent
I'm not a New York City police officer,
354
00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:08,052
nor am I a psychiatrist,
355
00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,922
which makes me the only person
you're going to talk to today
356
00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:13,326
who isn't going to lie to you.
357
00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:19,927
The people who were here earlier,
Detective Bell and the others,
358
00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:23,504
they told you that the man
who took you seven years ago
359
00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:27,543
was a bad man,
that he hurt you, abused you.
360
00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:31,072
But they don't know the whole story,
do they?
361
00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,281
I mean, he also took care of you,
362
00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:36,080
kept a roof over your head,
363
00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:38,315
taught you to drive.
364
00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,484
Loved you.
365
00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:45,889
My father packed me off to boarding
school when I was just 8 years old.
366
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,657
Heh.
367
00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,266
I was a little bit of a know-it-all.
368
00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:52,336
Well, I was a massive know-it-all,
actually.
369
00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:55,906
Turned a lot of the other boys
at the school against me,
370
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:58,339
especially one
by the name of Anders Larson.
371
00:17:59,711 --> 00:18:04,171
Now, over the course of the next year,
Anders took his anger out on me
372
00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:08,149
in myriad cruel and terrible ways,
373
00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,982
nothing close to what you experienced,
of course,
374
00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:14,159
but it seemed worth mentioning.
375
00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:15,759
You see,
376
00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:19,196
the more Anders hurt me,
377
00:18:20,632 --> 00:18:25,001
the more I felt gratitude that
he was actually paying attention to me.
378
00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:28,333
That in tormenting me,
he was attempting to correct
379
00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:31,237
what I knew to be wrong
with myself.
380
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:38,846
One day,
after a particularly brutal "lesson"
381
00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:41,514
that left me in a very bad way,
382
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:44,520
a teacher asked me
who was responsible.
383
00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:47,148
I said I'd fallen down the stairs.
384
00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,760
Funny the things that we do
for the people that we care about.
385
00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:57,994
Did he do that to you,
the person that you care about?
386
00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:00,565
No.
387
00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:06,072
I was in my room the other night
and it was hot.
388
00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:08,407
I tried to open the window
but it was stuck,
389
00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,047
and my hand went
through the pane.
390
00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:15,110
And he took care of me.
391
00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:18,780
He put a bandage on it.
392
00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:21,016
Of course he did. He loves you.
393
00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:23,024
He does everything for me.
394
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,990
He comes home every morning
and brings me doughnuts.
395
00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:29,759
He doesn't need to, but he does.
I never even asked...
396
00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:32,733
No more questions. He lawyered up.
397
00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:34,167
Via telepathy?
398
00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:37,467
Via his parents. They're here.
399
00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:40,942
MAN: I'm sorry, I know you have
questions for Adam, but come on.
400
00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:43,874
You think we don't know you think
Adam may have had something to do
401
00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:46,108
with what happened
to the other children?
402
00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:48,148
It's a possibility, yes,
403
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,220
which is why we'd like
to keep talking to him
404
00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:53,119
to see if he can help us
find Mariana Castillo.
405
00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:56,784
I can't imagine
what they're going through right now.
406
00:19:56,962 --> 00:19:57,986
HOLMES:
Hmm?
407
00:19:58,163 --> 00:19:59,994
That was really something
back there with Adam.
408
00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,632
AMANDA:
We have to think of our child.
409
00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,768
The story about your bully
was really moving.
410
00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:05,062
Any of it true?
411
00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:07,933
AMANDA: He needs help...
- I went to boarding school.
412
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:10,904
You should know, captain, that
we've already broached the possibility
413
00:20:11,076 --> 00:20:14,045
of an immunity deal
with the district attorney's office.
414
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,010
Adam would be given immunity
for any crimes
415
00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:19,173
he may have been compelled to
commit by the individual who took him,
416
00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:21,842
and in exchange he'd tell you
everything he knows about the man.
417
00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:25,012
He'll also help you locate the bodies
of victims that were never recovered.
418
00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:26,817
We expect to hear from the DA
by morning.
419
00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:29,426
By then, it may be too late
for the Castillo girl.
420
00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:33,361
ATTORNEY: Which is why we very
much hope you'll support our proposal.
421
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:36,829
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
422
00:20:41,473 --> 00:20:42,701
Yes?
423
00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:45,274
Support the proposal, don't support it.
It doesn't matter.
424
00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:47,173
Conversation with Adam
may have been aborted,
425
00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:49,507
- but it was far from a total waste.
- What do you mean?
426
00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:52,878
Adam said the Balloon Man comes
home every morning with doughnuts.
427
00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:54,109
That means he works nights.
428
00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:56,649
It doesn't sound like much, I know,
429
00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:58,551
but it's more than
we previously knew.
430
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:00,123
You think you can run with that?
431
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:01,486
You can... From a drop of water,
432
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:04,424
a logician can infer the possibility
of an Atlantic or a Niagara
433
00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:06,359
without having seen
or heard of either one.
434
00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:07,759
I've got my drop of water.
435
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,400
Now allow me to infer.
436
00:21:11,136 --> 00:21:12,933
WATSON:
He worked nights. Think that's enough
437
00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,197
to identify the Balloon Man?
438
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:16,238
Of course not, but it's a start.
439
00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:20,037
Our previous suspect pool
included virtually every man in the city.
440
00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:23,978
Now it's been reduced
to every man who works nights.
441
00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:26,811
- You're gonna stay up all night again?
- You can't stop me, Watson.
442
00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:29,112
I don't care how I look,
I don't care how I smell,
443
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,846
I'm not going to sleep.
444
00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,752
Well, I have no intention
of stopping you.
445
00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:35,415
I mean, what you're doing
to your body isn't healthy,
446
00:21:35,594 --> 00:21:38,529
you know, especially for someone
so fresh out of rehab, but I get it.
447
00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:41,495
I'll happily loan you my ears if it means
getting Mariana Castillo back
448
00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:43,862
- alive and well.
- I appreciate that,
449
00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:46,095
but at the moment,
I do not require a listener.
450
00:21:46,271 --> 00:21:49,570
I'll have nothing to talk about
until I've reviewed all of these files.
451
00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:53,506
- All right, then I'll take a box.
- No, no, no, it doesn't work like that.
452
00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:56,147
My brain is the filter all this needs
to go through, not yours.
453
00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:58,579
I need to read every word,
study every image.
454
00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:00,240
All right, I'll help you stay awake.
455
00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:02,910
- You know where the coffee is.
- It's not about the coffee.
456
00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:05,613
Whoa.
Then what are you proposing?
457
00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:07,053
I'm gonna teach you something,
458
00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:10,058
a little trick that I learned
back in medical school.
459
00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:18,734
This is what they taught you
in medical school?
460
00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,769
When I was cramming for a test
and I was tired,
461
00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,998
I would do a hundred of these,
get my blood pumping.
462
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:25,370
Kept me from falling asleep.
463
00:22:26,878 --> 00:22:27,902
I was valedictorian.
464
00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:30,742
I'm just saying.
465
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,100
Watson!
466
00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:57,004
- He changed jobs.
- Who?
467
00:22:57,175 --> 00:22:58,233
The Balloon Man.
468
00:22:58,410 --> 00:23:02,244
A few years ago, the FBI worked
a theory that he was an exterminator.
469
00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,644
Adam Kemper's family
had had their house fumigated
470
00:23:04,816 --> 00:23:06,181
just the week
before he disappeared.
471
00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:07,977
Yes, I'm still holding, yes.
472
00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:12,590
No one thought much of it
until these were taken
473
00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:16,489
right outside the homes
of Victims 2 and 3.
474
00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:18,686
Oh, both neighbors
had their houses tented.
475
00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:23,358
In 2008 the FBI interviewed all 35
of the employees of the company
476
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:26,470
that fumigated the Kempers' home
but failed to elicit any strong suspects.
477
00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:28,230
And they eventually discarded
their theory
478
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,136
when no connection
to extermination was found
479
00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:32,105
in or around homes
of the subsequent victims.
480
00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:34,541
See, the thing is,
I think they were onto something.
481
00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:36,681
I think the Balloon Man
was an exterminator
482
00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:40,409
but then changed jobs
between Victims 3 and 4.
483
00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:42,212
See this?
484
00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:44,020
It's a copy of The Investor's Post.
485
00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:47,522
You can tell from the distinctive
salmon-colored paper.
486
00:23:47,692 --> 00:23:49,660
Parents of Victim Number 4
had a subscription.
487
00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:53,828
As do the parents of Mariana Castillo,
the most recent victim.
488
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:55,523
I saw one in their kitchen yesterday.
489
00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,533
The parents of Victims 5, 6 and 7
are not subscribers
490
00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:00,694
but have neighbors who are.
491
00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:03,033
So the Balloon Man
was an exterminator.
492
00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:07,076
Now he delivers papers at night
for The Investor's Post.
493
00:24:07,245 --> 00:24:10,112
Mm. He identified his first three victims
through his first job,
494
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,216
his last five victims
through his second.
495
00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:15,084
I'm on the phone with the paper.
They're telling me the name
496
00:24:15,253 --> 00:24:17,118
of the man responsible
for the Castillos' route.
497
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:21,755
They think I'm a subscriber
looking to send a belated tip.
498
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:24,487
Yes, yes, hello.
499
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,100
Thank you so much. Thank you.
500
00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:38,836
See any familiar names?
501
00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:42,612
Samuel Abbott.
502
00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:48,749
Abbott's mother is listed
as the owner of the apartment,
503
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,820
but she died six months ago.
504
00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:54,619
He put it as his home address
505
00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,785
the last time
he renewed his driver's license.
506
00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:08,232
OFFICER 1:
Clear!
507
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:13,371
OFFICER 2:
Clear!
508
00:25:17,382 --> 00:25:19,179
OFFICER 3: Clear!
- We got nothing, captain.
509
00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:20,578
The place is clean.
510
00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:24,615
What's that?
511
00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:28,255
Head back to that room.
512
00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:38,061
"Congrats." To who?
513
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:40,431
To us. For finding his place.
514
00:25:41,773 --> 00:25:43,866
GREGSON [OVER RADIO]:
What is that on the balloon?
515
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:48,803
OFFICER 3 [OVER RADIO]:
Bringing it to you, captain.
516
00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:56,981
You have something that's mine.
517
00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:58,413
You have Adam.
518
00:25:58,990 --> 00:26:01,288
You know who I am,
and you know what I can do.
519
00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:04,918
I've already killed six people.
520
00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:09,993
If you haven't released my son
back to me by noon tomorrow,
521
00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:12,193
you can make it seven.
522
00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:13,929
[SOBS]
523
00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:23,074
Please. Make the trade.
524
00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,442
Bring us back our daughter.
525
00:26:24,616 --> 00:26:26,607
I'm afraid it's not that simple,
Mrs. Castillo.
526
00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:29,652
The department can't trade one victim
for another.
527
00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:32,517
Is that what you really think
Adam Kemper is?
528
00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:36,292
I saw on the news this morning
the DA offered him an immunity deal.
529
00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:39,362
If he's just a victim,
what does he need immunity from?
530
00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:43,191
Given the givens in this case,
the DA felt he had to offer that deal.
531
00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:46,064
Now, I know the media
has broached the possibility
532
00:26:46,237 --> 00:26:49,206
of Adam being involved somehow
in the Balloon Man's crimes,
533
00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:51,501
but we haven't confirmed
any of that yet.
534
00:26:51,676 --> 00:26:54,372
Okay, so how long do we wait
for you to confirm something?
535
00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:56,444
An hour, a day, a week?
536
00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:59,277
I mean, he just said
we only have till noon tomorrow.
537
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,510
- Mr. Castillo...
- Has anybody asked Adam Kemper
538
00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:02,710
what he wants?
539
00:27:02,887 --> 00:27:04,718
He's 19, an adult.
540
00:27:04,889 --> 00:27:07,983
If he was really some sort of partner
to this monster,
541
00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:10,753
then isn't it possible
that he wants to go back?
542
00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:14,160
Victims of horrific abuse
are often protective of their abusers.
543
00:27:14,332 --> 00:27:16,994
It doesn't mean we should send them
back for seconds.
544
00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:20,262
No, listen,
the immunity deal is on the table.
545
00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:23,066
- Then why hasn't he taken it?
- Because he's been traumatized.
546
00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:25,766
He's hardly speaking,
even to his own parents.
547
00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,345
ROBERT:
Come on.
548
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:37,853
If anything happens to our daughter,
549
00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:40,958
your head is the one
we're gonna be calling for in the press.
550
00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:51,895
- So now what?
- We go back to the files.
551
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:53,662
We see if there's any clue
that we missed
552
00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,328
as to where Abbott
is keeping the girl.
553
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,906
That's one option.
554
00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:58,167
You have another?
555
00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:00,641
When Adam's parents hired a lawyer,
they put a wall
556
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:02,473
between him and the N.Y.P.D.
557
00:28:02,647 --> 00:28:04,478
No cop can talk to him.
558
00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,516
No cop.
559
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,380
That's interesting.
560
00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,710
And where is he now?
561
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,083
- What?
- I'm sore.
562
00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,590
Only did about a thousand squats
last night.
563
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,696
Listen, I wanted to thank you
for all of your help.
564
00:28:20,331 --> 00:28:21,457
Well, always happy to listen.
565
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:23,999
No, no, no. Actually, I was the one
who listened last night,
566
00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:27,797
and I heard someone who was willing
to accommodate the difficult process
567
00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:30,566
of a difficult person
for the greater good.
568
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:33,568
It's a rare quality in my experience.
569
00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:36,680
And I may even listen to you again
in the future.
570
00:28:37,282 --> 00:28:39,273
Not your sobriety twaddle, of course.
571
00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:41,248
Just your thoughts on cases.
572
00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:54,321
Thank you for seeing me, Adam.
573
00:28:54,699 --> 00:28:56,257
You're the only one who gets it.
574
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,701
Well, you know by now
we've identified him, don't you?
575
00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:02,601
Samuel Abbott?
576
00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:04,105
Are you worried about him?
577
00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:05,706
He's my dad.
578
00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:08,345
Is that why you've been hesitant
to sign the immunity deal?
579
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:11,111
Would you turn in your dad?
580
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:16,611
I'd trade my dad for a Tic Tac,
but that's my dad, not yours.
581
00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:20,357
The sooner we find him,
the better off he'll be.
582
00:29:20,525 --> 00:29:23,323
He hasn't hurt Mariana Castillo yet.
583
00:29:24,662 --> 00:29:26,493
You loved him,
584
00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:29,732
but you didn't love what he did.
585
00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:31,500
I can tell.
586
00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:37,638
He did make you help
with the others, didn't he?
587
00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:40,837
He's my dad.
588
00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,303
That doesn't mean it wasn't hard.
589
00:29:46,017 --> 00:29:48,508
Is that why you didn't want
to sign the deal?
590
00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:51,415
Because you don't feel
you deserve it?
591
00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:03,724
I never knew
why it was so important to him.
592
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:09,067
But I loved him,
and when he asked me to take...
593
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,538
Help take the others,
then I told him I'd do that.
594
00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:14,075
- It's okay.
- No, it isn't.
595
00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:15,940
Nothing's okay. I'm so confused.
596
00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,344
I don't know
what I'm supposed to do.
597
00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:25,786
You told me the other day
that you'd never lie to me.
598
00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:27,614
That's right.
599
00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:32,088
So tell me.
600
00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:35,664
If I sign that deal, and
if I tell you where you can find him,
601
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,769
do you think that will make up
for the things that I've done?
602
00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:42,870
No, I don't.
603
00:30:44,542 --> 00:30:47,340
Six other children are dead,
thanks to your dad.
604
00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:52,406
To whatever degree
you assisted him,
605
00:30:53,384 --> 00:30:55,318
you will never get their blood
off your hands.
606
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:04,921
But that doesn't mean
you shouldn't try.
607
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,425
Okay.
608
00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,602
I'll sign the papers.
609
00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:20,240
I'll tell you where we live.
That's where you'll find the girl.
610
00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:29,912
[DOOR BANGS]
611
00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:33,989
OFFICER:
N.Y.P.D. Drop it! Don't move!
612
00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:36,950
Drop the gun and let her go.
613
00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:41,428
Let her go.
614
00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,300
Now.
615
00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:46,434
Don't do it.
616
00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,997
Tell Adam I'm sorry.
617
00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:51,664
[GUNSHOT]
618
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,944
Mariana's okay. She's terrified.
619
00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:01,642
She hasn't been hurt.
620
00:32:03,388 --> 00:32:05,549
You can go home, get some rest.
621
00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:09,887
- You okay?
- He wasn't what I was expecting.
622
00:32:10,128 --> 00:32:12,119
- Who?
- Samuel Abbott.
623
00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:14,060
He dominated Adam.
624
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:15,893
I was expecting a more virile man.
625
00:32:16,467 --> 00:32:17,695
Just seems a bit
626
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:19,994
feeble.
627
00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:21,638
[WIND WHISTLING]
628
00:32:21,806 --> 00:32:23,501
And that back brace.
629
00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:26,701
Three scars means major surgery,
multiple operations.
630
00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:29,005
Fused vertebrae. Makes sense
he would've needed Adam
631
00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:31,307
- to help him get around.
- Do you hear that?
632
00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:33,313
- What?
- What?
633
00:32:40,825 --> 00:32:43,225
My God. This is where Adam slept?
634
00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:58,299
What's wrong?
635
00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:17,550
That man out there, Abbott,
is not the Balloon Man.
636
00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:26,601
HOLMES:
Hello, Adam.
637
00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:30,031
Mr. Holmes,
what are you doing here?
638
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,275
Thought it was time
for one of our little chats.
639
00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:34,172
- How did you get into my room?
- The window.
640
00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:37,337
Somehow I managed to open it
without slicing my hand.
641
00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:42,077
You said that you cut your hand
trying to open a window in your room.
642
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,380
Your room. Not Samuel Abbott's.
643
00:33:45,923 --> 00:33:49,290
Don't you imagine my surprise
when I saw your room today.
644
00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:52,793
Two lamps, proper bed, television.
645
00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:55,795
Virtual palace
compared to Samuel's room.
646
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,560
All he had was a stained mattress
and a tattered sheet.
647
00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:01,830
No, you're talking about my room.
That's where he made me sleep.
648
00:34:02,006 --> 00:34:04,634
No, don't lie to me, Adam, not again.
649
00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:07,277
You told me when we met
that you injured your hand
650
00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:08,878
trying to open a window
in your room,
651
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,311
the master bedroom.
That's where the broken pane was.
652
00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:14,474
Samuel Abbott
was not the Balloon Man.
653
00:34:14,652 --> 00:34:17,348
- You were.
- Mr. Holmes, l... You don't think...
654
00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:19,615
I examined the pillows
in the larger room.
655
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:21,850
I found nothing but short dark hair.
Your hair.
656
00:34:23,161 --> 00:34:25,891
On the pillows in the smaller room,
I found nothing but Samuel's hair,
657
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:27,292
stringy and gray.
658
00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:30,434
You occupied the master bedroom
because you were the master.
659
00:34:40,545 --> 00:34:42,706
You tricked me, Adam.
660
00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:45,874
That doesn't happen very often.
661
00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:48,809
I thought you were a dullard.
662
00:34:48,986 --> 00:34:50,681
You're actually
663
00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:52,617
quite brilliant.
664
00:34:53,291 --> 00:34:55,384
It must take a huge intellect
665
00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:58,391
for a boy to turn the tables
on the man who abducted him.
666
00:34:58,729 --> 00:35:00,697
You have no idea.
667
00:35:00,865 --> 00:35:02,992
Whose idea was it
to take more children?
668
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:06,603
Was it his, or was it yours?
669
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:09,137
I'd just turned 14. I was lonely.
670
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:12,708
No. What you wanted
was to make someone else the victim,
671
00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:15,277
hurt them like you'd been hurt.
672
00:35:15,446 --> 00:35:18,142
No, you're forgetting the parents.
673
00:35:18,316 --> 00:35:20,341
They're the ones
that I got to see on TV,
674
00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:23,419
crying, begging the monster
who took their son or daughter
675
00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:25,419
to give them back.
676
00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:28,286
See, when Samuel took me,
it was very difficult at first.
677
00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:30,085
I had to put up with a lot.
678
00:35:30,661 --> 00:35:32,652
But he did let me watch TV,
679
00:35:32,830 --> 00:35:36,664
and so I got to see my parents
on the news at least once a day,
680
00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:39,598
pleading with Samuel to let me go.
681
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:43,934
And the funny thing was,
he wasn't the least bit affected.
682
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,676
- But I was.
- You got off on it.
683
00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:49,074
I really found myself.
684
00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:50,942
And as for how I turned the tables
on him,
685
00:35:51,115 --> 00:35:52,605
let's just say it's not very difficult
686
00:35:52,783 --> 00:35:56,219
when your captor has an IQ
south of 90.
687
00:35:56,387 --> 00:36:00,118
Psychological abuse followed
by physical, all very standard.
688
00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:04,523
And the trade he proposed yesterday,
Mariana for me, wasn't even his idea.
689
00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,424
It was a contingency plan.
690
00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:09,157
If I ever got caught, he was supposed
to use the hostage we had
691
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:11,392
or take a new one
to secure my release.
692
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,994
The idiot didn't even have a clue
693
00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:17,231
that the police would never go
for that in a million years.
694
00:36:17,608 --> 00:36:19,200
But you knew
it would give them incentive
695
00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:21,139
to offer you an immunity deal.
696
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,408
Must have taken everything you had
not to jump on that deal
697
00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:28,643
the first time it came up.
698
00:36:30,254 --> 00:36:32,245
Are you here to kill me,
Mr. Holmes?
699
00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:38,925
Because I have to admit
I find the possibility very exciting.
700
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,765
I'm gonna go brush my teeth now.
701
00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:47,698
I don't think you're gonna be here
when I get back.
702
00:36:50,274 --> 00:36:53,607
If it's any consolation, I don't think
I'm gonna stay in this city much longer.
703
00:36:53,844 --> 00:36:55,971
I think it's time
to move someplace else,
704
00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:58,047
meet new people.
705
00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:01,784
I'm gonna miss our little chats.
706
00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:17,760
WATSON: I just got an e-mail
from my friend from the DA's office.
707
00:37:17,935 --> 00:37:21,098
He said the language from the
immunity agreement is pretty ironclad.
708
00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:23,297
"Adam Kemper is immune
from prosecution..."
709
00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:24,907
"For any crimes committed
in consort
710
00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:26,771
with Samuel Abbott,
a.k.a. The Balloon Man."
711
00:37:26,944 --> 00:37:29,879
Yes, I'm familiar with the phrasing.
I've been reviewing it myself.
712
00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:34,781
Look, what that kid did is disgusting.
713
00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:36,510
I hate the fact he's out in the world.
714
00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:38,678
But you did make a difference.
715
00:37:38,856 --> 00:37:40,756
You saved Mariana,
and you told the police
716
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,052
what kind of person
Adam Kemper really is.
717
00:37:43,227 --> 00:37:46,685
I handed a psychopath
a get-out-of-jail-free card.
718
00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:49,959
You're not the only one he fooled.
719
00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:52,968
If you're trying to blow off steam,
squats would be cheaper.
720
00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:54,263
Easier on the decor too.
721
00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,429
I can't. I overdid it last night.
I pulled a muscle.
722
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:57,801
My back's been sore all day.
723
00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:00,443
I said a hundred squats,
not a thousand.
724
00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,476
Back pain.
725
00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:10,315
Yeah.
726
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:14,151
Thank you.
727
00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:18,388
Dear sweet back pain.
728
00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:25,933
[HOLMES CLEARS THROAT]
729
00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:36,275
Morning, Adam.
730
00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:44,420
Picturing those two
begging for their son's life?
731
00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:47,753
No, it's nice out.
I'm just passing the time.
732
00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:50,392
You look kind of tired.
733
00:38:50,561 --> 00:38:52,756
I'm getting that a lot lately.
734
00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:54,923
Listen, before you leave town,
735
00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:57,397
I wanted to ask you
about William Crawford.
736
00:38:57,568 --> 00:38:59,263
Your fifth victim.
737
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,302
- Parents called him Billy.
- Mm.
738
00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:04,373
You abducted him
on April 3rd, 2009.
739
00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:06,942
Right, yeah. Blond boy.
He cried a lot.
740
00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:09,079
Well, yes,
I'm sure you could reminisce all day.
741
00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:11,737
Still, not your cleanest work.
742
00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:14,782
Police found his body
on April 7th.
743
00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:17,914
Yeah, we buried them deeper
after that.
744
00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:19,556
Actually, let me be clear about that,
745
00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,282
in case you have somebody listening
to our conversations.
746
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:25,088
Mr. Abbott made me bury them
deeper after that.
747
00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:27,594
Whoever had the idea,
I think it was a good one,
748
00:39:27,765 --> 00:39:32,793
because the police found skin
under William's fingernails.
749
00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:36,137
Definitely came
from one of his attackers.
750
00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:38,737
We ran it against
Samuel Abbott's DNA this morning.
751
00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:40,877
- And let me guess, it didn't match.
- Hmm.
752
00:39:41,045 --> 00:39:42,842
Is this supposed to be scaring me?
753
00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:46,641
It's probably mine. So what?
754
00:39:46,817 --> 00:39:48,944
- I have an immunity deal.
- Yes, you do.
755
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,782
You cannot be prosecuted
for any crimes committed,
756
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:55,517
quote, "in consort with," unquote,
the Balloon Man.
757
00:39:56,026 --> 00:40:00,395
Thing is, Samuel Abbott
broke three vertebrae in his back
758
00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:03,362
on March 23rd, 2009.
759
00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:05,661
That's why he couldn't work
as an exterminator anymore.
760
00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:07,360
That's why he wore a back brace.
761
00:40:07,638 --> 00:40:10,402
The surgery had him in hospital
for three weeks.
762
00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:13,737
I believe he was in traction
the entire time.
763
00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:18,247
Difficult to abduct
and murder a young boy
764
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:21,146
when you're feeling well,
I'd imagine.
765
00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:24,810
From a hospital bed,
I'd say it was impossible.
766
00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:28,053
I have an immunity deal.
767
00:40:28,225 --> 00:40:33,094
For crimes committed in consort
with Samuel Abbott.
768
00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:38,033
But you took William Crawford
on your own, didn't you?
769
00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:40,930
What happened?
770
00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:44,468
You get bored
while your playmate was in hospital?
771
00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:50,738
Actually, you know what?
Don't tell me, because I don't care.
772
00:40:58,088 --> 00:40:59,851
ADAM:
Are those for me?
773
00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:03,221
I called them right after your parents
told me you were in the park.
774
00:41:03,561 --> 00:41:05,791
You're welcome to try and run.
775
00:41:05,996 --> 00:41:08,726
I've recently started
developing my core, you know?
776
00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:11,129
Could use a bit of a workout.
777
00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:13,198
Oh, no.
778
00:41:13,370 --> 00:41:16,464
A fair fight's not really your speed,
is it?
779
00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:22,210
It was only one murder.
780
00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:25,911
And Samuel abused me.
781
00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:27,750
I'll be out soon.
782
00:41:44,902 --> 00:41:46,529
What are you doing?
783
00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:48,399
Depriving you of all stimuli.
784
00:41:48,572 --> 00:41:50,005
It's time for you to get some sleep.
785
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:52,404
What? No, no, no.
786
00:41:52,576 --> 00:41:54,806
Right after you solve a case
you're flushed with success.
787
00:41:54,979 --> 00:41:56,310
We should double down on work.
788
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,881
- We?
- You, me, Angus.
789
00:42:01,252 --> 00:42:02,776
Some combination of the three.
790
00:42:02,953 --> 00:42:05,649
You already know I favor you. Hmm?
791
00:42:05,823 --> 00:42:08,053
Hey! No. No. This is...
792
00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:11,422
Right now, I'm full of energy,
ideas, momentum.
793
00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:14,029
- What kind of tea is that?
- Drowsy-time tea.
794
00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,756
It detoxifies
and cleanses the system.
795
00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:19,424
Now is the moment when
a true detective digs into his old files.
796
00:42:19,603 --> 00:42:21,161
You see everything with a new light.
797
00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:22,464
You'll see.
798
00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:26,265
I'm gonna solve three cases
by nightfall.