2.9: MINDHUNTER- Avaliable!

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PART 1
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The episode opens in a convenience store at night on
November 2, 1985. Janet Lambert is closing down the
store while her 11 year old daughter Susan waits.
Janet keeps looking out the window, and she reminds
Susan that she should hide if her father comes to the
store. Susan wants to go home, but Janet reminds her
that they can't go home ever again. She takes the
trash out, and it cuts to Janet running through the
woods screaming in her underwear. We see everything
through night vision. There is a man following her
with night vision goggles and a rifle. Janet begs for
her life, but he shoots her anyway. The case is filed
under "Lambert, Janet" in the missing persons filing
cabinets.

Present day. Lilly and Scotty walk up to a crime
scene in the woods of a nature preserve. A hiker
found a body buried, and the med alert bracelet says
it's Janet Lambert. There's a slug in her chest
cavity, and her head is missing.

The detectives gather around in the office with the
file pulled. Janet had filed abuse charges against
her husband the same day she disappeared. According
to the file, Susan saw her father at the store the
night her mom went missing, but Lilly points out that
the eleven year old only saw a pair of men's boots
because she was hiding. Susan's father, Leroy, had a
solid alibi that night.

Vera and Jeffries catch up with Leroy. He says that
he was at the bowling alley bar the night Janet
disappeared. He claims that Janet "had it coming"
because of what she did to him. In the flashback,
"Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves plays
on the radio. Janet puts the cereal box on the table,
which upsets Leroy because he wanted a hot breakfast.
Janet doesn't have time because she promised to take
Susan to the mall. Leroy hits her across the face
while Susan watches. Janet decides to fore go the
mall and make Leroy a hot breakfast instead. This
upsets Susan, and she says that Janet always breaks
her promises, so Leroy slaps Susan. Janet picks up
the radio and throws it at him. Leroy explains that
Janet left that day and never came back.

Lilly and Scotty meet with Susan. She realizes that
it could have been anyone's boots that she saw that
night. She looks at the police report, and notices
that it says that "Walking on Sunshine" was playing on
the radio when her father slapped her mother. She
tells Lilly and Scotty that the man in the store that
night was singing the same song. She says the man
left out the back door, and didn't return. Scotty
gets a call from Stillman telling them to meet him at
the woods immediately. At the woods, they find eight
other headless bodies buried.

Back at the station, they line up the three victims'
pictures that they know - Latrice Hicks (2001), Tina
James (1999), and Janet Lambert (1985). All of the
victims were reported missing in November of their
respective years. They rule Leroy out because he was
in jail during some of the time periods. The victims
seem to have nothing in common - different races,
ages, etc. There is no "type" like serial killers
usually have. Stillman sends Vera and Jeffries to the
nature preserve to speak with a possible witness.

The park ranger heard gunshots in the early morning
hours of November 3rd, 1985. He went out to tell the
shooter that there was no hunting in the preserve, but
the guy just stood there and didn't say anything. He
warned him and drove off. The shots were fired around
5am, but Janet went missing around 9pm the night
before, meaning that the killer had her all night.

Scotty meets with Latrice Hicks' sister. She said
goodbye to Latrice at the bus stop and never saw her
again. Latrice had been mugged a few months before
her disappearance, but she fought her attacker.
Meanwhile, Lilly meets with Tina James' father. He
dropped Tina off to go running, and she never
returned. Tina had been a victim of an attempted rape
a few years before the disappearance, but she fought
her attacker with Riot Controlled Tear Gas (used by
marines). It can knock an elephant down in two
seconds. The rapist was blinded for life.

Scotty, Stillman, and Lilly meet up. Scotty points
out that all three known victims were also victims of
other violent crimes. Stillman tells them that the
coroner identified the other six victims, so Lilly
wants to check if they also have violent crimes in
their history. She and Scotty go to the Records
Department. They find that all nine victims had 49
Reports (violent crimes). All of the victims also
fought their attackers. Lilly wants to look at all of
the 49s where the victim fought back, but the clerk
informs her that it will take a while because they are
not computerized. Lilly doesn't seem to mind because
she has to be somewhere anyway.

Lilly goes to the bar where her sister works. Chris
offers her a drink, but Lilly passes, prompting Chris
to comment that she doesn't "take after mom." Lilly
offers Chris the daybed downstairs at her house.
Chris reluctantly accepts, but adds that it's just
until she finds something more permanent.

The next day, Frannie from CSU tells the detectives
that there was no sign of rape/sexual assault with any
of the victims. They all had multiple broken bones
and lacerations in their feet and legs, though. She
says that's consistent with being chased for hours
over rough terrain barefoot. Jeffries found the type
of gun used to kill the women. It's an old Japanese
rifle imported after World War II. There is only one
place in Philly that carries the ammo.

The Army Supply store clerk tells Lilly and Scotty
that he remembers the guy because he bought the same
thing every year. He finds the name - Peter Broadski.
In 1999, he ordered a special issue gas mask that
filters out tear gas. It was the same year that Tina
James was killed. Lilly wonders how he knew about
Tina's tear gas. The clerk never got a good look at
the guy because he made himself hard to recognize. He
remembers Broadski taking some of the glass marbles
used in taxidermy (deer eye). When Broadski was
leaving one time, he stopped and stared at something
on the ceiling - a poster of the constellation Orion.
Orion was a great hunter, and the constellation clears
the Philly sky in November.

Back at the station, the detectives discuss the fact
that all of the victims, except Janet, were taken in
broad daylight. Why would the victims willingly go
with their murderer? Vera joins them and tells them
that Broadski was a cop who left the force in 1984.
So why didn't he take Janet in daylight? Vera points
out that she had Susan with her all day, so Lilly and
Scotty go talk with her again to see if she saw
anything that day.

Susan tells Lil and Scotty that a cop followed them
after they had left the police station (where Janet
filed the report). The cop pulled them over even
though they weren't speeding. He came up to the car,
seemed surprised, simply warned them, and took off.
Scotty's phone rings, and he tells Lil that they found
a survivor from 1987.

Vera and Jeffries meet up with the survivor in the
nature preserve. She was working at a restaurant, and
went out to the parking lot to use drugs. A cop
pulled up and picked her up for disorderly conduct.
She saw his name tag, and it said Broadski. She later
told the police who looked into the incident, but they
thought she was crazy when she mentioned the name. He
brought her to the woods and told her to get out of
the car and run. He called her "Atlantis," which she
explains refers to a children's story about Princess
Atlantis. It was something that helped her escape her
first attempted rape. A car pulled up this time, and
she got away.



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PART 2

Back at the station, Scotty found Peter Broadski in
Montana. He left Philly when he was paralyzed on the
job in '84. He hasn't been back since. The killer
must be reading the original 49 reports because he
knows all of the little details. The only people who
have access are cops and the records clerk. They all
realize at the same time, and slowly turn around and
see George Marks, the records clerk behind them in the
records room.

Stillman and Scotty question George under the guise
that they're trying to get his input on the case.
George suggests that the killer must have mother
issues because he preys on women - classic serial
killer. Stillman notes that George must read a lot
because he's so knowledgeable about the criminal mind,
and he agrees that he does. He looks at Stillman and
says, "by the way, you're not going to find anything
at my house."

Meanwhile, Lilly, Vera, and Jeffries are searching
George's house with CSU. The house is spotless,
organized, and very white. CSU can't even find any
hair or dirty dishes, but they pull the drains to
check for blood residue and dust for prints. Jeffries
finds a bowl of the same marbles ("deer eyes") from
the Army Supply Store. Lilly goes into the bedroom
and finds a pair of men's hunting boots.

Back at the police station, Stillman and Scotty
question George in the interrogation room. They tell
him about the boots and how it would be difficult to
wash blood out of them. George notes that it's not
impossible, and he reminds them that he can leave
anytime because they're "just talking." Stillman
wants to know why "he" (meaning the killer) would
strip the women, but not rape them. George responds
that it's a form of control. Scotty tries to get
George to slip up by using the word "you," instead of
"he/him," but George is wise to it and corrects him.
Scotty thinks that the killer has a problem with the
ladies, but George answers back that it is Scotty who
has a problem, but "nothing a little Thorazine can't
fix" implying Elisa's schizophrenia. Scotty starts to
get upset, so Stillman steps in, but George brings him
down as well. He talks about his divorce and the fact
that he missed his daughter grow up while he was
working and earning his "second rate medals hanging in
[his] second rate office." He then tells them that he
is done talking to them.

Vera and Jeffries go next. Jeffries shows him the
bowl of black marbles (deer eye), but George insists
that he doesn't hunt dumb animals. Jeffries asks him
about the victim who got away, and George knows who he
is talking about. Jeffries calls him on his
knowledge, but he insists he read it in the 49 report.
He also adds that she's a drunk and wouldn't make a
good witness, therefore, "Kite will be disappointed -
again." He looks at Lilly through the mirrored glass
as he makes his statement. George then brings up the
Chimayo case (the serial rapist case that Nick
worked), and Vera gets worked up. He then moves on to
Jeffries and says that he wonders what Mrs. Jeffries
begged for before she died on the lonely highway.
Jeffries informs him that his tactics aren't going to
work on him, but George tells him that he knows what
she begged for. The detectives have been defeated and
George knows it. He reminds them not to forget their
deer eye. Vera wants to know how George knows about
deer eye if he doesn't hunt, and George simply says
that he's done talking to them. He wants the blond.

Outside the interrogation room, Stillman tells Lil
that they need just one slip up. Scotty tells them
that the CSU report came back empty - no blood on the
boots or the drains, no residue, and no prints. Will
goes out for coffee and kicks the chair on his way
out. Stillman tells Lilly to "put [George] in those
woods."

Lilly goes into the interrogation room with George.
He tells her that he has watched her in there on
occasion. She wonders if he sneaked in "and groped
his ding-a-ling in the dark," but George tells her not
to flatter herself. So she wonders if it only works
in the woods. George calls her on her tactics, and
reverses the interrogation. He knows the real reason
why she became a cop. He knows all about "the bad
thing that happened to little Lilly." He read her 49
report. The other detectives look shocked. He wants
to know if she ever dreams about it, but she says no.
George seems to be controlling the interrogation, but
Lilly has done her homework too. George failed the
police academy entrance exam and the physical for a
mall security guard. Lilly tells him that she's done
with him, except for one more thing. George's mother
was murdered when George was 12 years old. Lilly
wonders what his mother did to cause George to kill
her, so she asks him if he ever dreams about it as she
lightly touches his shoulder. George shutters a
little. She calls him a "small, little man." She
starts to leave the room, and George gets angry and
tells her not to walk away from him. He then tells
her, "not there he's not." Lilly stops and turns
around, "in the woods? Tell me who you are in the
woods, George?" George keeps saying "he," but Lilly
wants to know who George is in the woods. George
responds that "he" (the killer) is God. It flashes
back to Janet's murder. She begs for her life, and
tells Susan that she loves her. We hear the gunshot.
It flashes back to the interrogation room, and George
informs Lilly that he is done with her as well. He
gets up to leave, but Lilly keeps insisting that she's
not done. She wants to know where he put the victims'
heads. He tells her that it's over. He gets to walk,
but Lilly tells him that she'll be watching him.
George tells her that he plans on doing some traveling
and exploring, especially the woods. He asks Lilly if
she hunts, but she doesn't, so he suggests that they
should hunt sometime together. Lilly says, "maybe we
will." George waves to the other detectives behind
the mirrored glass and walks out of the interrogation
room.

The closing scenes are to Phil Collins' "Long , Long
Way to Go." George walks through the police station
and everyone stops and stares shocked. Lilly stays
behind helpless and looks at the victims' pictures.
Susan puts flowers at her mother's murder site.
Stillman sits in his office stoically while his medals
are shown in the background. Lilly stares at the
victims' pictures. She straightens one of them.
Scotty sits alone in an interrogation room. Vera and
Jeffries drink at a local pool hall. Lilly goes home
and finds her sister sleeping on the daybed. She lies
down next to her.