NARRATOR: Previously on The Following:
MAN [ON RADIO]: Serial killer Joe Carroll has escaped from prison.
GUARD: Get some help now!
FRANKLIN [OVER PHONE]: Things didn't end well with the Bureau, but you caught Carroll.
- No one knows him like you. - I'm not an agent.
He cut out his victim's eyes as a nod to Poe.
He didn't just eviscerate female students, he was making art.
MASON: Sarah was his unfinished work.
- He wanted to get the ending right. - The point of Sarah's death was for you.
RYAN: He's finding people. They're his followers.
Prison guard. Gay neighbors. How do they figure into your new plot'?
- We know about the cult. - I think of them as my friends.
What's my sequel about, Joe?
We're gonna write this together, Ryan, even though you slept with my wife.
- She show you the letter? - How does he know?
He doesn't. No one needs to.
Mom. What's going on? It's Dad, isn't it?
- I didn't know what to say. RYAN: If this book ends...
...with anything other than your death, plan on a rewrite.
[CARROLL SCREAMS]
Joey? Where is he? Joey?
Joey, where are you?
Where's Denise? Where's my son?
JORDY: Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.
LINDA: ls everything okay?
JORDY: Extra patrol this evening.
I thought they caught him. Saw it on the news.
Still, mind if I check your doors and windows?
Sure.
Come on in. I think everyone's asleep.
Why don't we start upstairs?
Do you want me to wake everyone?
No, we don't wanna do that. Let's start with the room on the end.
Okay.
This is Jesse's room. She's out.
Yes, Jesse's room, I know.
I've studied this house a lot.
What is that?
I threw this up here earlier.
It's my kit. It's important to have the right tools.
I've been planning this for a long time.
TURNER [ON TV]: Serial killer Joe Carroll has been captured...
...held at Richmond Federal Detention Center.
As of early this morning, Barrows son...
...Joey Matthews, and his nanny, Denise Harris) have been missing.
An AMBER Alert is in effect and we ask that anyone...
...with any information as to their whereabouts, please contact the FBI.
What's going on, Ryan'? Where's my son?
- We need to talk. - Why is Joe doing this?
I don't understand how Denise is involved. Are they going to hurt Joey?
I think she's your nanny because of Joe.
- I think he put her here-- - No, that's impossible.
She's been Joey's nanny for two years. She lives with me. I know her.
The accomplices that helped him kill Sarah Fuller were there for years...
...using false identities. We think she did too.
I did a background check. I checked her references. I have records.
- Can I see them? - Yeah.
Traces of Zolpidem on the counter. She drugged the guards.
- I bet the kid too. - Carried him down to the garage.
Her car was found 10 minutes ago in a parking lot 45 minutes from here.
Denise Harris from Alexandria. Her address, her references, it's all there.
She talked about her mom a lot. I guess they were close.
No dad in the picture.
Ever meet her friends or overhear phone calls?
Her friends never came over. She was shy, she kept to herself.
She read in her room a lot.
I can't be this blind, can I?
You cannot afford to think like that. Understand?
Find my son.
[SCREAMING]
Can't run from me!
[LAUGHING]
L 90! you.
Look at this place.
JOEY: Wow!
Whose house is this?
- Friend of a friend. -It's okay that we're here?
Yeah.
Come on, let's check it out.
Can I call my mom now?
Honey, told you, your mom told us not to call.
She doesn't want anyone to know where we are.
Remember what I said?
- We're on an adventure. - Mm-hmm.
Come on.
What's wrong with you?
- I hate kids. - Stop it.
- I do. I hate talking to them. I hate looking-- - Not this kid. Okay?
You like this kid.
Just keep saying it until it sticks.
I'd rather snap his neck.
I'm kidding.
- Is there a problem? - Nope.
No, not here.
We're on an adventure with a kid.
And I like kids. Especially this kid.
What was that about?
It's been a long night.
He's tired.
It's good to have you back.
MAN [ON TV]: Developments from Richmond...
...Virginia upon Sarah Fuller's death...
...as the search for young Joey Matthews continues.
Serial killer Joe Carroll's son ls believed to have been abducted...
Team over there is covering ground search. That group is on our prison guard, Jordy...
...and we got Joey's search here.
This is Agent Mitchell, Cyber Forensics.
From our D.C. office. She's awesome.
- Nice to meet you. - Where are we on the nanny?
I know Denise Harris is not from Alexandria because Denise Harris does not exist.
We lD'd Sarah Fuller's gay or not-so-gay neighbors.
Real names are Jacob Wells and Paul Torres.
Jacob is from Lake Whitehurst. Paul is from El Paso, Texas.
Where he's a computer consultant with a history of fraud. Explains the fake IDs.
Where's Agent Mason?
TURNER: I'd just get rid of him. Send him home.
RILEY: Can't. It's part of the story.
TURNER: Then sideline him before he cracks.
Because he will crack. You weren't around 10 years ago. I lived it.
[SIGHS]
Well, this is awkward.
Hello, Mr. Hardy, I'm Agent Debra Parker. I'm new to the party.
We were just, uh, discussing you.
Parker's from Quantico. She's taking lead.
- May I speak to Mr. Hardy privately-- Where's Mason?
On her way back to Quantico.
She put a former agent in a room with Joe Carroll...
...and let him break three of his fingers. Turns out that's a no-no.
- Three, huh? - Turner thinks I should dismiss you.
He remembers you for who you were 10 years ago, not now.
- And there's a difference? - I hope so...
...because Carroll has cast you as a main character in his sequel...
...so I can't just kick you to the curb.
I'm sorry about Sarah Fuller.
I want a gun.
I'm not asking to be an agent, but deputize me and give me a gun.
When was the last time you had a drink?
Director Franklin asked me to be here and if I'm going to stay, I want a gun.
I'll take it under advisement.
How's your heart? I see you suffer from cardiomyopathy.
Is this the best use of our time? There's a child missing.
So tell me about Carroll's accomplices.
He used this prison guard to gain access to the Internet to create a following.
- Like a cult. - Let's not use that. People don'! hear it well.
Call it what you want, but people do his bidding.
Carroll mentioned a letter.
Claire Matthews received a letter a week before Carroll's escape. It was personal.
- He questioned our relationship. - As did the FBI eight years ago.
So now you're up to speed.
We got more bodies.
Blood smear. Jordy was messy, left prints everywhere.
No attempt to conceal his identity.
Victim number three. She tried to run...
...quick struggle, not the case for the others.
Nine girls in the house at the time. Some woke up when they heard screams...
...and Jordy ran.
- He removed the eyes. Carroll's signature. -ls Jordy playing Poe's greatest hits?
Playing an homage to Carroll. Following in the footsteps of his hero.
It's ceremonial. The work of an acolyte.
Let's not use that word either. It implies the other word.
Let's say "Carroll's accomplices."
Pick a word, any word, but this is mind control at work.
- Why have his son kidnapped? - A biblical offering.
They think of him as a son of God. Something to be worshiped.
Or sacrificed.
Carroll knows where the kid is.
- He's not going to tell us. - But he might tell his wife.
- He asked to see her. - He's smarter than that.
- He's not going to tell her anything. - Well, let's find out.
[DOOR LOCK BUZZES]
CLAIRE: What do I say?
Is there anything special I need to ask him?
Try to engage him about Joey. Speak to his paternal instincts.
Make Joey important to him.
Are you sure you wanna do this?
I like your new place.
Me too. How was court today?
Moving fast. It won't be long now.
I can't go anymore. I can't look at him.
I don't ever want to see him again.
You don't have to.
[BUZZER BUZZES]
Mom swam
My hands are shaking.
My God, you still have that effect on me.
- So beautiful. Always-- - Where's my son?
- Our son, Claire. - Please, Joe. Where is he?
Heh, do you remember when we went to Antigua?
We rented that little cottage on the beach.
We were supposed to be there for a few days, but it turned into a month.
I don't think we wore clothes the entire time--
He's growing up so fast, Joey. He's so brilliant.
Reading well beyond his years. Melville, Twain.
He finished Robinson Crusoe but he didn't like it.
This must be so hard for you.
You must feel so betrayed.
Again.
Come on, Claire, hang in there.
So you got my letter.
Is he in danger? Please, let him be okay. Don't let him be hurt.
I'd like some answers to my questions.
Tell me where Joey is first.
I asked you some very specific questions. I'd like you to answer them.
- Yes. - Yes, you what?
Ryan and I had an affair for almost two months.
- After the trial. - And the divorce.
Oh, yes. Of course, you waited for the divorce.
Noble Claire, only a proper little diddle will do.
Was it good? The sex?
Did your body quiver to his every touch?
Yes. It did.
- We gotta get her out of there. - Not yet.
[SIGHS]
JOE: The last question? - I don't know.
- You know the question. -"I don't know" is my answer.
How could I love anyone after you? You destroyed me.
You son of a bitch. Where's my son? Where's Joey?
[GROANING]
We need to get in there! Damn!
I will always love you.
[DOOR LOCK BUZZES]
You Okay?
Yes. I'm sorry about what I said in there.
Don't be.
- Got a car waiting-- -ls there any news on Joey?
As soon as I know anything, I promise...
We're gonna find him, Claire.
Which room do I get?
I don't know. Let's see.
Whoa! It's just like my room at home.
My Ninja Warrior! And it's brand new!
- How cool is that? - Super cool.
Can I call Mom now?
Honey, she asked us not to call. We have to wait.
Why is my dad such a bad man?
Oh, honey.
Come here.
Maybe...
...he's not so bad.
Maybe we just don't understand him.
I'll tell you what.
Why don't you get settled and check out all your new things?
JOE: Good and bad no longer existed. It was all degrees of evil now.
Gwendolyn held his dying body...
...as the storm raged on.
Death had finally arrived, and it was glorious to the touch.
- Thank you. - Thanks.
[CHUCKLING]
Thank you for coming, um...
Emma.
I loved your book, heh.
So you're the one.
Emma.
It's beautiful. All the imagery is so vivid. I felt like I was there.
Oh.
You just made my day.
Um, may I just, um...
You have such lovely eyes, Emma.
Don't deprive us of them. Hmm?
Did she die? Gwendolyn?
When she went into the sea and started swimming to the horizon?
Oh, you tell me.
I think she died, heh.
She was swimming toward the horizon, toward the sun.
In death, she found hope.
Emma, hon, you almost done?
I'm ready, Mama.
So this is the fella you came to see.
My, my. I thought all writers were big-nosed and mushy.
- Not you. - Mom, please. Let's go.
I'm giving the man a compliment. No, sir, you do not look like a writer.
Did he sign your book?
Oh, yes, mustn't forget this.
"To Emma. Hopefully yours...
...Joe."
So which is our room?
You mean your room.
Jacob and I are taking the master.
You can't do that.
You're not gay anymore, remember?
We were never gay. It's just with the kid, is that cool?
Don't worry about it.
WESTON: I tracked her through the prison footage.
She used aliases very similar to the gay guys.
Three years ago.
The guy beside her.
Jacob Wells. You connected them.
And get this. When I did a search for Jacob...
Paul Torres.
They signed in together. You were right, they're all in on this.
Find the first time the nanny visited Carroll. Maybe she didn't use an alias.
2004. She signed in as Emma Hill.
Okay, there's an Emma Hill in Petersburg, Virginia. I have an address.
Petersburg is too close. They'd never risk it.
Unless they're hiding under our nose.
Go, take Weston. And Ryan.
Call ahead, have the local authorities meet you there.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
Nobody's home.
This is the place. Neighbors say they haven't seen anybody in a long time.
[GRUNTS]
Okay, you can't do that.
Nope. You can't do that.
I'm gonna check around back, see if I can see through the window.
[GRUNTING]
MAN: You shouldn't be here.
You know you're gonna die.
Only not today.
Good news: No dead puppies.
Bad news: I think it's time to use that word nobody wants to use.
So we have a cult.
You sure this man wasn't Jordy?
Height, weight, nothing matched. It was someone else.
We weren't supposed to find this place. This is where they met and planned.
- I think Carroll-- - Carroll is using Poe's work as a religion.
He's speaking to people through Gothic Romanticism.
There's a pathology to today's Internet techno-bred minds.
It's created a new vacancy in our humanity.
Find the ones with additional disorders...
"jackpot.
Enter a handsome, charismatic man who can touch them...
...make them feel their lives for the first time.
He conditions them.
The only way to truly live, is to kill.
Or some crap like that.
I run the Bureau's alternative religion unit.
Did I not mention that?
Cults are my specialty.
JACOB: Hey, we online? - Yeah.
- Is it secure? - A little slow, but I got us into the board.
Ifs untraceable.
You check the news yet?
Yeah, we're everywhere, man.
[CHUCKLES]
That's the photo that they pick of me?
I hate that picture.
Did you get it running? What's up with Jordy?
He hasn't e-mailed yet, but they did find three girls at the sorority house.
A score for the village idiot.
[CHUCKLING]
Paul, will you watch Joey for a few minutes?
I can do it.
Be a good wingman, Paul.
Are you sure he's straight?
Because he is acting like a jealous little bitch.
He just feels like the third wheel.
And for a long time, it was just me and him.
Now everything's changed.
Well, he needs to adjust.
This is what Joe wanted.
What do you think?
My mom says it makes me look like a boy...
...or a girl who doesn't like boys.
Your mother doesn't understand you. She never has.
I like it very much, Emma. It's beautiful.
[CHUCKLING]
What if I {Old you...
...that I might know someone else who might like it too?
A guy? You wanna set me up?
I think you'd like each other.
I don't know.
I love our visits. They mean the world to me.
But I think you need to make more friends.
Go out, have some fun.
Emma?
Hi.
Joe said you'd be my type.
[CHUCKLING]
What's your type?
Special.
RILEY: I got eight, maybe nine different handwritings.
I want analysis on each one.
- How many prints? - Four clean. Several partial.
Our masked man was living here too.
Unmade bed. Fresh food.
There's Internet upstairs. He took his laptop and server.
CLAIRE: Is it okay that I'm happy about this?
I mean, I know divorce is not a happy subject, but I'm happy.
Well, it's a new chapter in your life.
Joe's been sentenced. He's gone. I think you deserve some happy.
All right, well, here's to being a single lady again.
That's depressing.
[CHUCKLING]
Kiss me.
Yeah, you heard me. I'm single, so...
- Are you sure you want me to kiss you? - I'm very sure. Been sure for a long time.
Well, if you're sure.
Unless, are you sure? Because if--
I don't think first kisses are supposed to have this much discussion.
- Takes the spontaneity out. - Kind of does.
Did I just ruin our first kiss?
I think it can be salvaged.
So we got an update from Rick.
The FBI found Emma's house.
What do you mean they found Emma's house? Was Jordy there?
No, Rick was, but he got away. He wants Emma to call.
Why?
Because shes in charge, remember?
I'm not trusted with the important things.
That's not true, all right? She's just been here for longer, that's all.
You guys need to stop this thing that you got going. It's awkward.
Awkward for whom, man?
I'm fine. It's just, I don't get what you see in her.
You're way out of her league, man.
I think she's amazing.
So tell me, Jacob, what do you do?
Currently, I am in between jobs.
Hmm.
Well, you're too pretty to work.
Mom.
I can't believe you two are dating.
Your daughter is the most amazing woman I know.
Hmm.
Hmm, so you like the no-fuss plain Janes? That's sweet.
Most boys don't.
[GRUNTING]
You did it.
You really did it.
Who are all these women?
All names of women in Poe's life and work that died.
Female. She's been dead a while.
Mother'?
Buried in the wall.
"Black Cat." "Cask of Amontillado."
Classic Poe.
Call the Matthews' residence. Make sure Claire Matthews is safe.
[SIREN WAILING]
She's safe. The house is secure and there's no sign of entry.
- Anything? - Denise's real name is Emma Hill.
She's been visiting Joe in prison. She is pan of this...
...but, no, we didn't find her.
Hey, fellas. Eyes up, huh? You're on watch.
Coffee break, for God's sake.
All good.
Nine different handwritings were found.
We matched all our suspects, but five remain unidentified.
M.E. has confirmed that dead body is Emma's mother, Sharon Cooper.
Still no ID on the masked man.
Jordy, a disorganized killer with a low IQ. How does he just disappear?
What are those?
Blueprints.
RYAN: They were on the wall of the nanny's house.
That's the closet they took her through.
That's the garage where the officer was killed.
Wait a minute.
That's Claire's basement.
Run back! Cover!
Go, run back! Cover back!
Don't shoot. I'm unarmed.
JORDY: It's you.
Finally. We've been waiting for you.
Keep them out. Keep everybody out.
Get back. Everyone back. Get back!
Okay, Jordy.
They're gone.
It's just us.
Okay?
Can I shut the door'?
That's good. You shut the door.
Take the gun from her head.
- I have to kill her. - No, you don't.
And you have to watch.
Those are the rules.
Or, uh...
Or what?
Or you have to kill me.
I'm not sure I'm ready to die.
Jordy, nobody has to die. Joe doesn't want her to die.
Yes, he does.
And he chose me to do it. Not anyone else, me.
This is my chapter. And I can write it any way I want to.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
Why don't we call him?
We can call him. We can ask him.
I have his number.
There's a phone. Right over there by the bed.
Get an ambulance!
[GROANING]
- The storm windows were padlocked. - He had a key. The nanny gave it to him.
MORALES: He was dressed as a cop.
He hid under one of the a.c. units nobody knew about.
Except the nanny who gave it to him.
- How were we supposed to know? -It's your job.
Okay, listen up.
If you are not a federal agent, I want you out of this house. Understand?
Come on. Let's go.
What's up?
She's a strong woman.
She has to be.
The prison guards in surgery. He'll be fine. We'll question him once he's conscious.
I wanna see Joe.
So you can break his other hand?
[DOOR LOCK BUZZES]
They don't trust me alone with you.
How's the hand?
Have you slept?
You look tired.
It's important you take care oi yourself.
Preserve your strength.
I've made a few requests. Nothing scandalous, just a couple of books.
Claire almost died tonight.
I like to read before bed.
Calms the mind, helps me sleep.
She almost died.
The woman you profess to love.
Yeah, but she didn't. I was hoping you'd save her.
A heroic victory by the leading man that cements the love story.
What if I hadn't arrived in time?
Well, that's what makes the story so unpredictable.
You gotta toughen up, Ryan. You're dealing with depraved minds.
Sick and twisted.
No, Jordy was a mere puppy...
...compared to some of the games I have in store for you.
Why you doing this, Joe?
The challenge, Ryan...
...accept it.
We've barely even started.
I have so many surprises waiting for you.
And how long do you think you can keep this up behind bars?
What's the end game?
That's a question the hero must answer. I'm sorry, Ryan...
...you really are going to have to do some of the work yourself.
Jordy was the first step in your return to form.
You saved the day.
How does it feel to be victorious?
To kill the villain?
I didn't kill him.
Jordy's alive and well. He's in a cell right down the hall.
That wasn't part of the plan, was it?
No.
It doesn't matter. He knows nothing.
Man's a half-wit.
Extremely short shelf life.
I'll be sure and tell him that when I speak to him.
Sleep tight.
[DOOR LOCK BUZZES]
It's good.
Okay, thanks.
You don't have to stay here. We can take you someplace else.
Where?
You should get some sleep.
Don't go.
I don't trust anyone but you.
I'm not going anywhere.
Call my editor. See if you can't--
What the hell? Hey!
[SCREAMING]
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