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Did you hear that?

It's nothing, baby.

It's just my phone.

What if it's a monster?

There's no such thing as monsters, sweetheart.

Is that for real?

Well, just in case, I hear that monsters hate kisses.

So if I give you five kisses, none of the monsters can get you.

That's science.

Good night, love bug.

Good night, Bobby.

Hi, I'm Coulter. Judith, thanks for coming so quickly. Yeah.

Miles is upstairs watching TV.

He's pretty rattled by this.

Yeah, I can imagine.

How long has your daughter been missing?

Alice has been gone almost 12 hours now. I know that doesn't feel like a long

time, but it's unlike her not to come home and to leave the door wide open.

latch is finicky, but she knows that.

Does she do this often? Leave?

Leave her kid home?

I live in the guest house out back. She knows I'm here.

But she usually texts or calls if she goes anywhere.

But now her phone's going straight to voicemail, and her car's not here.

And you have no idea where she might have gone?

Alice and Miles' father separated six months ago.

And she just started dating again recently, and I thought she just stepped

on a date with someone.

You know with who?

No, I try not to pry.

Now I wish I did.

Police?

I don't want to involve them if I don't have to.

Well, you're going to have to tell me why.

Things have gotten contentious between Alice and her ex over Miles' custody,

he could use this against her.

Is there a possibility that the ex was involved?

I don't think so.

Greg is a good guy. Alice is the one who wanted to separate.

Could be some residual anger.

It's possible.

Things were said that can't be unsaid, but I thought that was behind them.

Did Alice smoke?

She used to.

Mind if I, uh... No, go ahead.

Yeah?

Vicodin.

Prescribed to her by a doctor.

Why would she hide it?

In the past, Alice had some challenges.

Drug problem?

Yeah. But I thought she was clean.

Going on eight years now.

Three months ago, she had knee surgery. They must have prescribed those for

that. Could have been drawn back into some bad habits.

You had no idea she was taking these? No.

Maybe someone she was dating is a bad influence. Look, I know 10 ,000 isn't a

huge reward, but that's all I have.

I just want to find my daughter.

Hey.

You must be mild.

I think the monster took my mommy.

Did you see something?

No.

But something woke me up.

What woke you up?

I don't know.

When I came downstairs, no one was there.

I just got a ping.

This is your daughter's phone's last location.

I'm going to go check it out, okay?

All right, Miles, listen.

I'm going to do everything I can to find your mom and bring her home, okay?

Okay.

So I checked on Alice's ex -husband, like you asked.

He was with his girlfriend last night. They have surveillance of him going into

her building, and he stayed till morning. So whoever Alice left to go

was not him.

Yeah. Her mother vouched for him, too, but it's good to rule it out.

I'm on my way right now to where her phone last pinged. Maybe she just

and fell off the wagon and doesn't want her family to see her like that.

I don't think that's what this is.

The pills were hidden, but they were only half gone.

After the course of several months?

Colter, you never know what battles people are fighting.

Hey, Colter, I hear you're in Ohio.

I'll be in Indianapolis for a deposition in case, you know, you need boots on

the ground. Just saying. New client again?

Yes, he's being sued for the umpteenth time, certainly making me earn my

retainer. Who is this guy?

All I can say is that he leads a very complicated life.

Sounds sort of like his fixer.

I prefer the term counsel.

Okay, I'm sure you can handle it.

He's definitely not the type to be handled, but I do like a challenge, so

you. Oh, and Velma gave me the download on your missing woman, so keep me

posted. Will do.

Just her phone and her purse. Sign of a struggle. There's blood on the ground.

Car's still running.

She was lured out there in her own vehicle. Tried to get away, and she's

anyway. Must have known whoever it was.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Did you pull up her dating history?

Just one guy, but I don't think she met the dude online.

There's a whole lot of texting calls to him.

Sal Markowitz. He has a psychiatry practice.

Okay. And they're dating?

Well, something's going on.

First off, the guy was married.

Scandalous. And judging by these texts, it looks like he was trying to break it

off with Alice.

Back to order a phone from her single laptop.

What'd he say?

I'm sorry, Alice. I can't do it anymore.

It's too dangerous, and this won't end well.

Yeah, it just sounds like the brother didn't want to give up half. Yeah, or

maybe he felt threatened.

He was trying to prevent her from going to his wife.

Things escalated. Thought the same thing. And police would call the Sal's

twice for, get this, domestic disputes.

I'm going to need that address.

Tracker. Sponsored by... Gotta ask, Mr... Colter Shaw.

What exactly were you doing here when you broke in?

Looking for a missing woman, Alice Bear.

Phone records indicate that she was in contact with Sal before the

disappearance. That's why I'm here.

The eye?

No, I find missing people. Her mother hired me.

Listen, any word from Sal's wife?

Well, she's at a trade show in Detroit.

She's flying back now.

You're a missing woman. Could she have done this?

I don't think so.

Come here and look at this. These notes here.

See these?

These are all about the same patient someone Sal refers to as PJ.

Wait, you think the killer sat down to read notes?

I think the patient might be the killer.

We came here to see what Sal wrote about him.

Look at this.

Not a glowing review.

It's sadistic urges, violent fantasy.

Cognitive distortions, that's no good. I'm no profiler, but I'd say this is the

bill of our suspect. There's more. This patient, PJ, was referred to Sal by

Alice Bear.

Now, that's got to have something to do with her disappearance, right?

I have to say, I was helping the guy, and something went really wrong.

Sal had been texting Alice about ending things, and I'm guessing he was talking

about the treatment.

He said that things became dangerous. Maybe PJ found out and he snapped.

We need to find the identity.

I'm just patient here. Cadet Alice.

I appreciate your help, Mr. Shaw, but this is a murder investigation.

Take it from here.

There's a woman in danger out there. It's a police matter now.

I'm going to need you to step away and let us handle this.

Yeah, I hope you find what you're looking for.

Thank you.

Hey, Rene, did you get those photos?

Looking for a patient with the initials PJ?

Yeah, yeah. The patient was referred to Sal by Alice. The question is, what's

the connection?

And why would PJ go to Alice for a referral?

Well, get this. So before she became a caterer and got married, Alice studied

be a therapist.

Looks like she never got her license, but she did go through practicum

troubled patients.

Drugs, violence, trauma, a lot of them mandated by the court.

Her mother never mentioned that. What?

I can't imagine she thought it was relevant.

So what's the connect to Sal?

He was her supervisor during her training.

So maybe they shared this patient, this PJ?

Doubtful. She wouldn't have had to refer him if that was the case.

Okay, so PJ goes to Alice for help.

Except Alice isn't a licensed therapist.

So she sends PJ to Sal.

She trusts him.

Yeah. Were you able to access Alice's patient files? Maybe that's how we ID

PJ guy.

Files are sealed because the patients were minors, but I'll get into it with

contact at the juvenile court.

Looking at Sal's notes, saying that PJ has these recurring fantasies about this

clerk at a convenience store.

Spies on her, watches her, follows her home a couple times. Never had the

courage to talk to her.

Gross. Well, there must be a hundred convenience stores in that area. A

in a haystack.

No, maybe not.

Said he was watching her from this place called Crockett Park.

Creepy. Yeah, I have that right now. Let you know what I find.

Copy.

Hi. Beth, right? Hi.

Listen, I got a question for you.

If I could take a look at your security footage from the past few days, there's

a woman that's gone missing.

Not a chance.

Unless you're a cop, I'm not trying to get fired.

Understood. No, I am not a cop.

Let me just indulge me for one second. I just want to show you.

That's the woman that's gone missing.

She's a mom. She's got a son. The guy that took her is pretty dangerous.

That footage could probably save her life.

The guy who took her, the dangerous guy, has been here.

He was stalking an employee who works here.

He came here.

He did.

What do you think? Help me out a little bit?

Show me that footage.

Slow it down for me, will you?

Great.

Look at that right there. Looks like he's circling around, doesn't it?

He's trying to find the courage to come in, right?

There's no clear view of his plates.

Muddied up.

That's weird.

It's weird, isn't it?

Well, that's our guy.

Was he about to do what I think he was?

Whatever he was going to do, the cops scared him off.

Go back one more time for me, see if I can get a better look at his face.

Right there, right there.

You know, it's a tattoo on his neck. Looks like a fly.

Is that enough to find him?

Might be.

Ah, we got a match.

Paul James Hamilton.

Okay, recently released from prison about six months ago.

In and out of juvie. Eventually did a ten -year stint in prison for killing

stepdaddy. Damn, his lawyer.

pleaded down his sentence due to abuse and the fact that the boy was a minor.

You need that last one, Adra.

Yeah. Looks like he's staying with his mama.

Sending it now.

When a child is given the promise of love, they grow up under the presumption

that they are owed it in the little things that show love, like veggie

and trimmed fingernails.

Special baths and birthday presents like a normal child should have.

See, that's something you told me.

Do you remember?

I am so sorry for what happened to you, Paul.

I really am.

Don't say sorry. Just don't.

I tried.

To help you.

Remember? Yes.

But you left me.

That wasn't my fault.

It was the court's choice to move you.

And look what happened to me.

Paul, you need to stop this right now.

I just want you to finish what you started.

I was just in training when we worked together.

I never even got my license.

Yeah, but you were the only one who understood me.

I have a new life now.

A son.

Miles.

I need to get back to him.

He's got to be worried sick.

I don't...

Want to hurt you.

You didn't want to hurt Sal either, Paul.

But you did.

Because you left me no choice. He was going to turn me in after I opened up to

him about my urges.

And all I got was judgment from this man who really knew me.

But you, you were different.

You saw me. You believed that I could change.

Let me go.

I promise we'll get you help.

Somebody better than Sal.

No, I'm sorry. It has to be you.

Bend this.

Were you going to find out anything useful about Paul from your juvie

Well, it turns out when Paul was released six months ago and took his

with him, so I did some digging and found he had a storage unit.

I'm here now.

Okay. According to Randy, Paul was living with his mother. He could be

Alice there, so I'm on my way there now.

Okay. Good luck. Give me a post -it.

Hi there.

I was hoping you could give me access to storage unit F8.

Driver's license.

Some form of ID.

Oh. See, that is the thing. I'm not in your records, but I am a lawyer, and

there may be some evidence in that unit that is connected to an active criminal

investigation, so I really need to get in there.

Well, where's the cops?

I am operating on my own today.

Mm -hmm.

Yeah.

So, is there anything we can do?

Well, I'd be breaking the rules then, wouldn't I? Well, I'd like to think of

more as bending them for a really good cause.

And what's in it for me?

Avoiding criminal obstruction, for starters.

Because, see, if there is something in that unit that could help my case and

stand in the way, that's a crime.

And if that charge were to stack on top of any other priors that you may have,

which I'm not assuming that you do, you may find yourself in a heap of trouble,

Ron.

Right this way.

So you said F8, right?

That's right.

Here you are.

Thank you.

We need to get a raise after this.

Okay. It's okay.

You got this. You can handle this.

There's got to be something in here.

Come on.

Everything okay, hon?

You son of a bitch. You locked me in there? Why would I do that?

You know my question exactly.

You better be careful who you threaten.

You might run into someone who's dangerous.

Dangerous doesn't scare me. You better hope you don't have any outstanding

warrants.

I'm afraid to show it to Laurel.

Paul's mom was murdered south here. Well, south headed here anyway.

My God.

No sign of Alice or Paul.

Police are on their way.

Well, I just had my own run -in with a psychopath.

But don't worry, I got Paul's things.

You okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Just get these creeps off the street.

Yeah.

What'd you find at Paul's storage?

A lot of weird drawings.

I'm not really sure what to make of them, but... You know, a lot of these

kind of look like Alice.

Anything that might lead us to where he might have taken her?

Oddly domestic.

Like he was idealizing her as some sort of maternal figure.

Probably some emotional transference going on.

But you know, a lot of these are set at carnivals.

Interesting.

There's a bowl of coins here.

Token. It might have come from the carnival in those drawings.

There's got to be something to that.

Let me see.

Okay, hold on. Here we go.

I've got an employee badge from Happy Hollow Amusement Park.

That's from a while ago.

Happy Hollow.

It says here it's a seasonal park. Well, they wouldn't be open right now.

If Paul worked there, he'd know it well, wouldn't he?

It'd be a great place to hide someone.

Okay. You used to talk a lot about your mother.

You felt she didn't protect you from your stepfather.

You said you killed him because you had no other choice.

You were defending yourself.

Because my mother wouldn't.

The only thing she ever cared about was pleasing men.

Her boyfriend?

She had needs.

Wicked needs.

You know, sometimes I'd sneak in and I'd catch her with the men.

And then she started bringing me here to get me out of the way.

So this place means something to you.

Yeah, I felt more comfortable here than any place else.

But my mother spoiled it for me.

How?

She caught me studying things.

Tell me about that.

It was blowflies.

They were living on a dead rat I found near the dumpsters. I mean, living is

wrong word.

Being born from it.

Wiggling into the holes.

They're incredible creatures.

Their wings have this metallic coloring and iridescence that you can only see if

you care enough to look.

Everyone thinks they're disgusting.

But really, they're beautiful.

Is that why you got your tattoo?

To remind myself I'm also beautiful.

My mother, who was the ugly one.

What happened when your mom saw you with the flies?

Well, her date pointed at me, laughed, called me a freak.

And then she laughed along with him.

She pretended not to know who I was.

My own mother.

She...

She deserved what I did to her.

What did you do, Paul?

I just gave her what she always wanted.

A man who would never leave her.

I don't think that's very funny, Paul.

In fact, I don't think any of this is funny.

Kidnapping me.

Tie me up.

You say you want me to help you, but you're treating me exactly how she

you.

Like I don't matter.

If you truly want to change, if you want me to do my job, you need to treat me

with respect.

Of course.

I respect you.

Then release me from these restraints.

Would you like to know why I chose not to become a therapist, Paul?

Because I internalized everything I heard.

The damage people did to one another.

I had to numb myself just to keep going.

Drink at first.

And then pills.

And you know what?

It worked.

At least for a while.

But then it came back.

The blackness. The feeling that the world was overcome with it.

So I chose to get help.

To change.

And how did that work out?

Every morning I wake up and it's there.

That little voice.

But I choose not to listen.

And you can make that choice too.

Right here.

What was that?

You all right? Yeah.

Where'd he go?

I don't know, but he's got a gun.

You okay? Look at me.

Joe and Todd.

Thank you. No.

You okay?

I'm okay. Yeah?

Call the police.

Stay low.

Okay.

You shouldn't have come here.

Paul, I'm going to find you.

It's been all in right now.

No one has to get hurt.

I thought you did your mother.

It was Justin.

You don't know what I've been through.

You don't know anything.

But I do.

Show me you meant what you said, Paul.

That you want to be different.

It's too late for that.

I could have run, but I didn't.

I came to stop you from doing something you can't take back.

What?

Why do you have my knife?

Why do you have my knife I thought you were different

But you're just like everyone else

Thank you.

It's over.

Mommy?

Hi, baby.

Now you'll be protected from the monsters.

Sweetie, I'm okay.

Everything is going to be okay now.

I can't thank you enough.

I got a pretty good assist from your daughter.

I'm just glad she's home safe.

Me too.

Thank you.

Thank you. Enjoy your family.

Mom.

Mom.

What?

Oh, it's pancakes.

Fantastic. I love pancakes.

You like pancakes?

No, I just didn't take you for a breakfast -for -dinner kind of guy.

Breakfast is the best meal of the day.

You can have breakfast in the morning, you can have breakfast at night.

Remember my retirement?

Best meal.

It closes everything.

My mother used to say that, actually.

I'm surprisingly normal of you.

Thank you.

No, she, um... My mother...

Whenever my dad would have one of his episodes, she would make us all

and she would say... It was like starting the day over.

So... Pancakes or, I don't know, never mind, never.

Hmm.

You know, it wouldn't be a bad idea for you to talk to somebody.

Talk to you?

I don't mean me.

I mean, like a therapist.

Here we go.

Come on. If it wasn't for my therapist, I wouldn't have figured out what I

really wanted to do.

What's that? Did you're at a diner in Ohio with me? Uh -huh. Talking pancakes?

No, I mean... Quit my job. Start my own practice.

It helps.

Got it.

What?

I like that you talk to me.

Thank you.