"I just wanted to make sure you were okay." "You weren't answering your phone" "Sorry, I just needed some time." "You did all you could for him." "How about you?" "Are you okay?" "Jen asked me to leave." "I think my marriage is over." "Sorry, I don't have very much." "Do you want coffee?" "Sure" "Time off, huh?" "And people say being relentless is a bad thing" "Hmm" "He will remember." "Someday." "What did Jen say?" "Uh, that, um.." "I, uh.. keep secrets, that, uh..she doesn't know me anymore." "She just needs a few days to cool off." "Nah, she's right I don't tell her anything" "Haven't been able to for years." "She doesn't want to know about a kid our daughter's age" "I pulled from a pond with her.. neck sliced open." "Half-eaten by animals." "So I just tell her I'm fine, you know,and that I'm just moving up the ladder and.. you know." "I mean, we talk about, well, retirement." "Buying a boat." "But I don't want to buy a boat, and I don't want to retire." "I mean, this is the only thing that makes any sense to me." "Sometimes I think that people like us, we were just supposed to be alone." "That's not true." "She was Kallie's friend." "How did you know her?" "She.. helped me with things." "We were sort of friends." "Bullet would have hated that photo." "That's the way her folks want to remember her." "The way they imagined her to be." "Not the way she was." "I told Bullet this story about how I used to play this game with Kallie when she was little." "I'd close my eyes and count to five, and then when I'd open them she'd still be standing there." "If only it was that easy, huh?" "She took care of your daughter." "Tried to protect her as best she could." "She was like a little pit bull." "She was just a little kid" "They all were." "Sarah." "Hey" "Um.." "Before you say anything, um.." "Hi." "I think you're wrong." "I think.. that we can be different." "Stephen?" "I'm sorry." "I messed up." "I.." "I should have told you about my past" "You're a step up for me Okay?" "And I'm a step down for you." "I'm.." "I'm like five steps down for you" "And I ju.." "I just wanted you to see the good stuff." "That is what I see." "Answer it." "They're just gonna keep calling you." "Yeah." "Detective Holder." "Yeah, I'll be there." "All right, just tell him to wait for me." "Clock never stops." "So.." "I'll see you later." "Okay?" "Yeah?" "Yeah, Stephen." "We had a fight." "It happens" "And for what it's worth, you're actually a half-step up.. for me." "You must have been hanging outwith some real losers before me" "Mm Lawyers." "Okay." "Okay." "Just go do your thing." "All right?" "You leaving?" "I got too much going on at home." "I put in my papers and took my pension." "The guys know yet?" "Nah." "I'll give you odds it'll be two weeks before they even notice I'm gone." "Don't get too comfortable here, Evan." "I spent half my life in this place." "Just as much a prisoner as the rest of them." "I think I'll be okay." "Yeah." "You'll do fine." "Good luck." "That's as far as it came out." "You're late." "I thought you'd be halfway to Chicago by now.." "45." "Two more in the backseat." "Fire was probably set yesterday afternoon" "Guy who opened the yard this morning found it." "Fireman called us when they found the body." "They don't got no security here?" "Not on Sunday, apparently." "Not sure whether we got a John or a Jane Doe." "Coroner's en route" "You interview the guy who called it in?" "I thought I'd wait for you" "Oh." "So, this is for real then?" "Detective Linden." "You're not gonna peace out on me, leave me to crime-fight with jank-ass Jablonski?" "Well, you're my ride, so.." "I guess you're stuck with me" "Good." "I mean, not that I need you." "But it's good." "You look nice." "I see you changed your.. thingy." " Mm-hmm." " And shaved." "Kind of." "Yep." "Even got a shower." "Got to keep fresh." "One step at a time." "Damn That's a crispy critter." "Let's do some work." "Yeah." "Number 21, your order is ready." "Chicken sandwich to go." "Are you done?" "Can I clear this for you?" "You were at the church this morning." "I'm Kallie's mom" "I should probably get back to work." "I never had a job when I was your age." "I was too busy messing around with boysand partying." "Plus I had Kallie." "Number 2 combo." "Well.." "I haven't seen her in a while, so.." "Oh, do you know her?" "Yeah." "I mean.. kind of." "Her and Bullet were always hanging around." "I'm really sorry what happened to Bullet." " I'm sorry." " No, no" "Hey, hey, look." "It's okay." "I never had a lot of girlfriends." "I didn't want the competition, I guess, but Kallie knew better." "It's good to have girls around." "Remember that" "Okay." "I should probably get back to work." "You have really pretty hair." "It would look good short, too." "You ever cut it short?" "Number 19, your order's up" "No." "You do hair, right?" "Kallie told me" "I could.." "do your hair sometime." "I mean, like if you wanted me to." "Could blow it out or cut it or curl it.. it'd be on me." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "Anytime." "Number 27, your order's ready" "Thanks." "Maybe I will." "See ya." "Oh!" "Shh.. ohh." "Mnh." "S.. sorry, I.." "I can come back later." "Stay." "I'm leaving." "I was out of my mind." "I put in for a new partner." "Brass put me in with Jablonski" "Guess I have you to thank for that." "How many solves you think I'm gonna get with a guy who looks like fat Hitler?" "Don't think you're not still a dick" "Deedee's liable to shoot you in the skull you ever try to set foot in our house again." "She called Skinner, filed a formal complaint" "Wants to call in the damn dogs." "Don't worry." "I talked to them, told them we were all good" "Guess I'm old school." "Cops don't rat on cops." "You can thank my TO for that." "Thanks." "I'll owe you" "You already do." "Hey" "Packing up?" "Yeah, we're.." "we're taking the rest of the files to the DA this afternoon." "He's gonna be formally charging Joe Mills." "And my, uh.." "the chief is talking about expanding the scope of my team." "So it looks like I'm gonna be keeping this office for a little while." "I'll be cherry-picking the big cases, the headline makers" "I'm very happy for you." "Well, I couldn't have done it without you." "You know, it's funny." "This morning.." "I was, um.." "I was thinking about how you used to sing in the car" " Sing?" " Yeah, you used to do it all the time." " I never do that." " Yeah." "Used to sing the same song for days under your breath" "Used to drive me crazy." "I missed it" "You know?" "You don't do it anymore?" "You sure?" "No, I don't do that anymore." "Oh, man, that's too bad" "Holder's missing out." "Hmm" "You know, um.." "I'm gonna be at the lake for the next.. for a few days." "Why don't you cut out early, pack a bag.." "come and join me for the weekend?" "I would love to" "Mm-hmm." "We caught a body.." "burned up.." "it's gonna be hard to even get an ID." "Why don't you just give it to someone else, Sarah?" "You deserve a rest, use some time by the lake." "I'll build a fire, get some wine." "Uh, s.. sorry." " Collins said you were here" " Mm-hmm." "So, uh, the coroner's got something for us." "Okay." "Um, it's our case, so I should go" " Yeah." " Yeah." "Maybe I'll s.." "see you later." "Yeah." "So, um.. what up with you and the boss man?" "Nothing." "What?" "Going to the lake?" "Making a fire?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Oh, come on, Linden." "I mean, I don't got to be my sleuth par excellence to see that the cat's got the hand in the jelly jar" "And it ain't the first time, neither." "We worked together, we were partners, and.." "And.. and.. and..." "And we.." " Oh!" " Don't.. don't do that" " Snap!" " Don't do that." "Don't look at me like that." "How many times?" "One time?" "Two times?" "Three times?" "Stop me at anytime, Linden" "Four times?" "Five times?" "You're such an idiot." "You are a human being." "You're actual flesh and blood." "I mean, I'm just as surprised as you are." "You jealous?" "Oh, well played, Detective Linden." "Well played." "Right." "I'm gonna do some work if that's all right with you." "Do your thing, 1-900." "One.." "two.." "three.." "four.." "five.." "Estimated time of death.." "sometime yesterday afternoon, early evening" "Stomach contents were partially digested" "Gunshot to the head, point-blank range, and two to the chest." "Execution style.." "45 could be a drug murder." "Male, female?" "Female, judging from the pelvis." "I'll need more time before I can give you her age" "Any prints?" "Good luck getting any" "He torched her." "Made sure no prints are coming off this body." "CSU pulled some partials from the backseat." "Could be hers." "Do you have anything else?" "Well, this is interesting." "He took out all her teeth." "Postmortem." "Never seen anything like it." "Linden." "Her ring finger's missing." "Was it burned off?" "No." "And lacerations to the bone are ragged, uneven" "Whatever took the finger off, it wasn't surgical either." "Hunting knife?" "Could be." "The bone's partially healed." "This wasn't a new injury" " When did it happen?" " I couldn't be certain" "Can you guess?" "Two weeks ago, tops." "It's the same ring finger missing" "Cut off two weeks ago?" "Just like Angie Gower." "You know her?" "Mills was locked up last night." "Couldn't have done it." "She was shot." "It's not his MO." "We know that he cuts them." "And anyway, we don't even know if it's Angie." "Burnt the body so we couldn't ID it." "Pulled out her teeth one by one 'cause he didn't want her ID'd." "He tied up the last loose end." "Angie Gower was a street prostitute." "It's a high-risk population." "Someone else could have killed her." "I know you don't believe that" "Joe Mills had the rings." "He killed Bullet just like the others" "He put her in the back of his cab." "Who would have known Mills was our number-one suspect?" "We didn't make it public." "Bullet called headquarters the night she was killed." "And SPD was all over that storage unit" "Think about what you're saying, Holder" "Only a cop could have had access to our files and known about Mills" "Only a cop could have found that storage unit before us" "Planted those trophies." "If our victim's Angie, and if our guy's a cop, this case is closed." "Holder, they're.. they're charging Joe Mills as we speak." "Got to call Skinner." "Tell him to stall" "Do you have any idea what this is gonna do to him?" "To his career, his life?" "What do you want to do, sit on it?" "And if you're right, Joe Mills will probably walk" " He could be innocent" " Yeah, but he's not innocent" "He takes girls into some filthy backroom, makes them take their clothes off, and films them." "That don't make him a killer." "What do you want to do, let the state hang another guy who didn't do it?" "I got the file." "Let's go." "Slim pickings." "Most everything's with the DA now." "I mean, I could call Caroline.." "We don't tell anybody until we're sure." "Gonna take a look at those anytime soon?" "Victims' names and addresses.." "time line from the coroner" "Most of this stuff is about Joe Mills" "Find Kallie's ring in that storage facility?" "No." "Who was the first victim?" "Why?" "Angie said he put her in the backseat." "Watched her through the rearview." "You know, made her feel like a prisoner" "Or.." "like a criminal in the backseat of a cop car." "Maybe that's how it started.." "with an arrest" "That's why he puts them in the backseat." "He's.. he's chasing that first kill." "I think you're reaching" "You gonna try to help me with this or not?" "Who's the first victim?" "Brigitte Delahanty." "Killed early June 2009." "What's the address?" "She stopped talking to me, stopped coming home" "She changed." "It was the drugs." "She was like a monster when she was high." "She would get violent, steal things.. forge checks." "I couldn't have her in the house with my son." "I thought you caught the guy." "We're just following up before the case goes to trial." "Was Brigitte ever arrested?" "Yeah." "Sure." "A few times" "Possession, solicitation.." "you name it." "She even solicited an undercover police officer." "Do you have a name for that officer?" "No." "Look, it was a long time ago, okay?" "Is this important for the trial?" "The DA is just trying to anticipate anything that could come up." "She was doing better, you know?" "Then she just took off again." "I'm sorry for your loss." "That's it?" "Yeah, like I said, we're just following up." "Thank you for your time, Mr. Delahanty." "We'll be in touch" "You think they're gonna ask for the death penalty?" "Probably." "I hope so." "I want to be there when they do it." "Thank you again for your time." "If anything comes up, here's my card." "Feel free to call me anytime at this number." "Linden." " You know Carl?" " How do you know him?" "Oh, he used to live next door." "He, uh, moved after Brigitte disappeared" "He's the one that got her in the Junior Officers program." "She said she wanted to be a cop." "He, uh.. he came to tell us they had identified her body." "Meant a lot that he remembered her." "Reddick never once mentioned he knew one of the victims." "He knows we have Joe Mills." "If he is our guy, he's gonna get away with it" "Why would he risk killing Angie Gower?" "'" "Cause she could ID him." "Maybe she saw him at the hospital" "I mean, it could explain why she bolted" "Bullet called SPD the night she got killed, and Reddick took that message." "Okay." "He introduces Brigitte to the Junior Officers" "He sees her all the time in the program, in the neighborhood" "He gets to know her, and then what?" "Why does he kill her?" "I mean, I know this guy." "Worked with him for a year." "It doesn't explain Trisha Seward." "What?" "The killer was never after Trisha." "Unlock the car." "Do you have a map in here?" "Yeah, in the glove box." "Okay." "Seward built his kid a tree house." "He was staying in public housing here." "So what?" "So, there's.. there's no parks anywhere near that complex." "There's no trees." "Look" "The nearest trees to Seward's apartment.. here." "That's where the bodies were buried." "Damn." "Hey." "How much longer we got to be out here?" "Anyway, it's over a mile from here to the kid's apartment." "Trisha and Ray used to fight all the time." "There were dozens of domestic-abuse calls." "Adrian slept in a closet." "He was lonely, scared." "Still, a mile is a long way for a little kid." "In my first foster home, the lady used to cry all day long every day." "I'd wait until I couldn't stand it anymore, until I thought that I was gonna explode if I stayed another minute." "And then I'd run." "Every couple days I'd run." "And they would find me and they would bring me back, and then I would run again." "Adrian's a runner, too." "What the hell you doing?" " Ohh!" " Hey, you're gonna break your damn neck." "He built Adrian a tree house in the woods." "Trisha Seward was killed December 26th." "These trees would have been bare." "So what?" "Go to the edge of the pond." "They saw each other." "He wasn't coming to the apartment to kill Trisha" "He was coming to kill Adrian."