Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Flesh and Blood (2018)

Adam Rodriguez: Luke Alvez

Quotes 

• Penelope Garcia : Good evening. I am the artist currently known as she who ruins your evening by sharing revolting VICAP hits. Case in point. Two men have been murdered, both attorneys, Shaun Tate, Anthony Nakamura. Shaun Tate was killed two weeks ago in Baltimore. Anthony Nakamura was found murdered earlier today in Rockville.

  Luke Alvez : Now, according to police reports, each victim was declared missing 48 hours prior to his body being found dumped in a downtown alley, each wrapped in a construction tarp.

  Penelope Garcia : Each man was severely beaten, like every bone in their body was smashed. And their hearts were cut out of their chest.

  Emily Prentiss : You said Tate and Nakamura were both lawyers, but they never worked together. Are there any other connections between the two?

  Luke Alvez : Nothing that stands out, no.

• Matt Simmons : Now, Anthony Nakamura's autopsy is still pending, but Shaun Tate's autopsy didn't indicate that our unsub has any surgical expertise. Uh... just tore a guy's heart out.

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, our unsub is acting on some pretty sadistic impulses right now.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Yeah, impulses likely driven by a need to punish or to seek retribution for some profound personal grievance.

  Emily Prentiss : If this is our unsub's twisted payback, where are the hearts? Wouldn't he just get rid of them nearby, throw them away like trash?

  Matt Simmons : You'd assume that if he's keeping them as souvenirs or trophies that they must mean something to him.

  David Rossi : Oh, I think we need to be careful not to walk into the weeds with the, um, obvious symbolism going on here.

  Emily Prentiss : Right. Unfortunately, we're still down a man with Reid finishing up his classes, so, JJ, you and I will help Garcia with the victimologies here. Dave, Tara, check out Anthony Nakamura's autopsy. Luke, Matt, you're gonna need to inspect the dump sites in Baltimore and Rockville. Something tells me this is unsub is far from gratifying his sadistic urges.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : You are the material witness to at least one homicide.

  Kiara Hale : No, I'm not a witness to any homicide. That's not what happened.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Well, tell us what happened.

  Kiara Hale : This guy, Eddie, he posted an ad on DTXBoard.com. $5,000 to help him play a prank on his dad's friend. It was, like, dress up sexy, say, like, my boyfriend left me and that I needed a ride back to my place.

  Luke Alvez : You remember the address?

  Kiara Hale : Yeah. Like, 7634 Tyeman Road.

  Luke Alvez : [turning to leave]  All right. I'll get backup and check it out.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : You can help us by giving me every communication you had with this Eddie, and then sitting down with a sketch artist.

• Luke Alvez : So, this disposal site for Anthony Nakamura's body basically mirrors the one for Shaun Tate that we walked back in Baltimore. The bodies are wrapped in the same loose manner, and they're even oriented next to these dumpsters in nearly the same way.

  Matt Simmons : Everything's neatly arranged for temporary concealment. Just good enough for a dump and dash. 'Cause it seems as if our unsubs expected someone to find these victims. Take a look at this.

  [showing Luke his tablet] 

  Matt Simmons : See, notice their OCD signatures here? These dump sites are equidistant from the suspected abduction sites. Three miles as the crow flies. They're also the exact same direction diagonally, south by southwest.

  Luke Alvez : What do you think that's all about?

  Matt Simmons : I don't know. But you can file that under "why hold on to your victims for exactly 48 hours?". It's not about needing all that time just to torture and kill them.

  Luke Alvez : No, it isn't. It makes our unsubs seem fairly well-practiced, almost as if Nakamura and Tate aren't really their first victims.

• Luke Alvez : Tara, we caught a break. Rockville police just picked up Kiara Hale.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : [surprised]  She's alive?

  Luke Alvez : Yeah, she is. And the federal Marshals are bringing her here right now.

• Emily Prentiss : Our unknown subject, AKA Eddie, is described as being a male Caucasian between the ages of 18 and 25, standing between 5'10" and 6'2" in height with dark blond hair.

  Emily Prentiss : This unsub is what we call a grief-induced killer. In his heartbreak, he is lashing out at the men that he thinks are responsible for covering up what he believes to be the murder three years ago of a Robin Rhodes.

  Luke Alvez : This after Baltimore police concluded that Robin's death was an accident. And he may also have genuine reason to feel that evidence was overlooked or, as seems more likely, he tends toward a paranoid personality.

  Emily Prentiss : Unfortunately, the sketch and description we have do not match any known associates, friends, or family of Ms. Rhodes. And yet the key to this case will lie in re-examining the circumstances of Robin Rhodes' disappearance and death.

  Luke Alvez : Given his age range, he seems too young to be this good. It's taken him three years since Robin's death to train himself to take his revenge fantasy and turn it into a cold-blooded reality.

• Matt Simmons : There's no doubt that Dr. Rhodes' grief is real, so she may want or even encourage someone to exact revenge for her.

  Jennifer Jareau : Yeah, but wanting to do it and actually taking the steps to do it are very different propositions.

  Luke Alvez : Yes, they are. Garcia managed to get ahold of her client list. It's all here in these reports.

  Jennifer Jareau : [recognizing a name]  Addison. Edward Addison.

  Luke Alvez : What about him?

  Jennifer Jareau : I'm... I'm not sure. Give me a second.

• Matt Simmons : So, based on what we know about Robin Rhodes, there was neither a David Smith nor an Edward Addison that was ever part of her life. The only connection they have is through her mother, Dr. Rhodes, who took him in as a client last year.

  David Rossi : Well, she couldn't be paying him to kill off Kirkwood and all his friends.

  Jennifer Jareau : No, David's inherited impulses wouldn't allow him to commit such a purely mercenary act of violence.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : And we know vengeance isn't emotionally transferrable, so why would David be killing these men to satisfy Dr. Rhodes' need for revenge?

  Emily Prentiss : Dr. Rhodes was able to take advantage of the fact that David's internalized love map is in a state of arrested development. Even when I first encountered him, he was susceptible to extreme maternal transference.

  Jennifer Jareau : It's also why he's not inclined to harm his female accomplices.

  Luke Alvez : So David was worried that he shared his dad's violent urges, and he went to Dr. Rhodes for help, but instead of helping him, she manipulated his trust in order to do her own bidding.

  David Rossi : I bet she's telling him that these guys are just like dear old dad, and if he has this urge to kill, the best way of working through it all is to kill them.

• Agent Cheryl Price : Agent Price in position. Over.

  Emily Prentiss : Copy that. We have eyes on you. Over.

  Luke Alvez : Matt and I are also in position, but nothing unusual yet.

• David Rossi : Baltimore PD confirmed a break-in at Dr. Rhodes' home. She's gone.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : We're on our way there now.

  Luke Alvez : Emily, we've located the Addisons. They're up in Lancaster. They say they haven't seen David in weeks, that he actually moved out of their house over a year ago.

  Jennifer Jareau : That would be right around the time his dad died in prison.

  Emily Prentiss : It definitely triggered him, and he probably wanted to make sure he didn't do anything to hurt his adoptive parents.

  Jennifer Jareau : [her phone buzzes]  Penelope and Matt have something.