All language subtitles for Law And Order SVU S26E06 1080p WEB H264-NHTFS

- In the criminal justice
system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

- Hi, guys. It's Ellie.
Welcome back to my channel.

Leaving now for my
cross-country road trip

with my sexy cameraman here.

Say hi, Chris.

- Hi.
- [laughs]

I cannot wait to share
our adventure with all of you.

Every journey begins
with the first step.

Here we go.

- ♪ Now he's thinkin'
'bout me every night, oh ♪

♪ Is it that sweet?
I guess so ♪

♪ Say you can't sleep,
baby, I know ♪

♪ That's that me espresso

♪ Move it up, down,
left, right, oh ♪

♪ Switch it up like Nintendo

- [giggles]

- ♪ Say you can't sleep,
baby, I know ♪

♪ That's that me espresso

- We did it.
- That is so pretty.

- ♪ Is it that sweet?
I guess so ♪

♪ I'm working late
'cause I'm a singer ♪

♪ Oh, he looks so cute
wrapped 'round my finger ♪

♪ My twisted humor
make him laugh so often ♪

♪ My honeybee,
come and get this pollen ♪

♪ Too bad your ex
don't do it for ya ♪

♪ Walked in and
dream-came-trued it for ya ♪

♪ Soft skin and
I perfumed it for ya ♪

♪

[music stops]

[tense music]

♪

- Hello?

♪

Oh, my God.

- Ellie?
- Who's there?

- Ellie.

- Oh, my God.

- Ellie.

- Don't move.

I'm gonna call for help.

♪

[elevator dings]

- Captain Benson.

- Clark Kent.

Buttering me up
at 7:30 in the morning?

- Mm-hmm.
- You must need something.

- [chuckles]
- What's going on?

- Hiker found two victims
at a campground.

Male victim somehow
survived two stab wounds,

one near the heart.

- And what about
the other victim?

- His girlfriend, Ellie.

She was found half-naked.

- Let's talk in my office.

Ellie Hughes, Chris Becker.

Echo Park, Los Angeles.

What were they doing
in Rockland County?

- They're wannabe
travel influencers

on a two-month road trip
around the country.

- Uh-huh, and Rockland County
suspects that Ellie was raped?

- Based on visual evidence, yeah.

- It's been 48 hours
and still no rape kit.

Is she unconscious?

- Ellie suffered
massive head trauma.

Until she is conscious and able

to meaningfully participate
in the investigation,

Rockland County
is only inclined

to pursue the attempted murder
part of the case.

- So why are the Feds involved, exactly?

- Crime happened off
the Appalachian Trail,

spans 14 states.

- Okay, you see this pile
right here?

This is what I'm dealing with.

- I'm well aware of the size
of the favor I'm asking,

but our New York field office
just isn't as expert as you are

when it comes to
sex assault cases.

Without your help,
it might not get solved at all.

[somber music]

♪

- I'm in.

Where do we start?

[dramatic music]

♪

- So we're doing
Rockland County cases now?

- I've already spoken
with the commissioner.

- What'd he say?
- He said for you to play nice.

Okay, everyone, listen up.
We have two victims.

Ellie Hughes,
who was found in only a towel

with a huge gash
to her forehead.

- She's been in a coma for the
past 48 hours at NYU Langone.

- What about the male vic?
- According to Rockland County,

he was stabbed twice
with his own pocket knife.

- So the perp just took it away
and then left it in his chest?

- Maybe he was rushing
to her defense?

- That's what
it's looking like.

He's been in and out
of surgery.

- And he hasn't
been questioned yet?

- He's lucky to be alive.
- Where is he now?

- He's being treated
in the cardiac unit

a couple of floors
beneath his girlfriend.

- Was anything stolen?

- Rockland County
doesn't seem to think so.

Both of our victims'
cell phones and wallets

were recovered at the scene.

So, Bruno, take Silva

and head to the campground
where it happened.

- Copy that.

- Maybe our former
homicide investigator

can find something that
Rockland County missed.

All right, you two,
do a deep dive

on their social media profile,

and Clay and I are gonna head
to the hospital.

Ellie Hughes. How is she doing?

- Non-responsive.

Her head injury is one of the
worst I've seen in a long time.

She's on life support under the
care of our head neurosurgeon.

- Does she have
any family here?

- Her mother flew in
from California two days ago.

Hasn't left Ellie's side since.

I sent her to the hotel
to get some rest.

- And how's
the boyfriend doing?

- Stabbed through
his pericardium.

Blade missed his heart
by a quarter inch.

- All right, is he in any shape
to speak with us?

- He's on a lot of pain meds.

- I'm gonna take that
as a yes.

All right, thank you, Doctor.

- Thank you.

- I was lying awake in the car.

Ellie went out to use
our camp shower.

- And?

- I heard a noise,
grabbed my pocket knife,

got out of the car.

- And what did you see?

- There was this guy
standing over Ellie.

She was on the ground.

She was near our shower
in a towel.

- Did you get
a good look at him?

- Yeah, he was white,

long hair, beard.

- Okay. Did he have a weapon?

- Yeah, a rock.

[apprehensive music]

I went to defend Ellie.

A lot of good that did.

- How did he get
your pocket knife?

- I'm not a fighter.

He must have just
grabbed it from me.

I felt a pain in my stomach
and my chest,

and I woke up in the helicopter
on the way here.

- Okay. And what time was this?

- 2:00, maybe 3:00.

- Okay, why was she
taking a shower so late?

- We had just had sex.

- Okay.

- Is there anything else
you remember at all?

- He was kind of dirty,

like he'd been hiking the
Appalachian Trail for a while.

- Okay, that's helpful.

- The nurse told me that Ellie
is here in the same hospital.

- She is.

- We've been traveling
together for months.

She's--she's probably
gonna be scared

if she wakes up
and I'm not by her side.

- Of course, I understand.

I think what's important
right now is for you to

stay strong, okay?

For Ellie.

♪

- [sighs]

What are you thinking?

- Did Rockland County
check with any other states

for similar crimes that
happened on that trail?

- I already had
my people check.

There's nothing.

- So how far do you think
the average hiker

could walk in a day?

- If I had to guess,
20 miles, tops.

- So our guy could've

hopped back on the trail
after the attack.

- Couldn't hurt throwing
some more field agents on it.

- Chief Wells.
I'm Detective Bruno.

This is Detective Silva, NYPD.

- Fred said
you might be coming.

- Thanks for meeting us.
- What we got?

- Female vic was found here.

- She was showering?

- Camp shower with a vinyl bag.

- Where is it now?
- The lab.

It was hanging from the tree.

- Your casework says
she had blunt force trauma.

- Hit on the head with a rock
or fell back on it.

- Well, which one is it?

- You'll have to ask the lab.

- The rock was found
all the way over here?

- That's right.

- We'll take it from here.
Thanks.

- Why toss the rock?

- Trying to obscure the scene?

- While a guy with a knife
was running at him?

He had a rock in his hand.

Why not use it to defend
himself against Chris?

- You're assuming a lot
about the time frame.

For all you know,
he could have tossed the rock

after he stabbed Chris.

It's quiet. It's dark.

No witnesses.

After he neutralizes
the boyfriend,

perp's got total control
of the scene.

- Chris was found here.

What do you see?

- Kid dumped a lot of blood.

- And nothing between Ellie's
body and where he collapsed.

Chris came out of the vehicle
to protect Ellie, right?

So how'd he end up
all the way over here

after getting stabbed?

- Adrenaline's a funny thing.

I've seen guys get shot and
run 100 yards before they drop.

- What the hell are these?

[tense music]

- Trail markers?

Hikers use them sometimes
to not get lost.

- Yeah, but this
isn't a trail, Bruno.

- An animal?

- Are you this big
of a contrarian

when you do crime scenes
with Fin?

- No.

[phone buzzes]

It's Benson.

Chris Becker was able to give
a description of his attacker.

♪

- I'd like to see the knife.

- So Bruno and Silva
went over the crime scene

with Rockland County.

- Anything we didn't know?

- Just following up with
some leads with the lab.

- Captain Benson, Agent.

Ellie Hughes's mother is here.
She asked to speak to you.

- Okay.

- The nurse said that
you talked to Chris.

Was he able to tell you
who might have done this?

- He gave us a description
of the attacker,

and we are following up.

- Is he gonna be okay?

- At the moment,
it looks like he'll recover.

- Oh, good.

He and Ellie are soul mates.

She was a little introverted
before she met him.

He helped her find her voice.

Maybe he can do it again.

- You think that would
be helpful for Ellie

to hear his voice?

- Yes. Yeah, she's in there.

I've been talking to her.

The doctors wanna take her
off life support,

but just this morning,
I asked her to squeeze my hand,

and she did.

- Would you mind showing us?

- Yeah.

[soft music]

♪

Ellie?

Ellie, honey, it's me, Mommy.

♪

If you can hear this,
squeeze my hand.

Honey, remember,
like you did before?

Squeeze my hand.

Squeeze my hand, honey.

She did it this morning.

- Mrs. Hughes, um,

would you mind if I--
if I tried?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Ellie.

I'm Olivia from NYPD, and I'd
like to ask you a question.

Is that okay?

Ellie?

Ellie, can you hear me?

If you can hear me,
will you squeeze my hand?

- She can hear you.

She--she can. She can.

- Yeah.

Okay.

You know, maybe what would be
best right now for Ellie

is for us to just let her rest.

All right?

While we find who did this
to your daughter.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- So Ellie's mother says that
you're considering

taking her off life support?

- It's been 72 hours
without brain activity,

usually about the time
we start the discussion.

- But her mother seems
to think that there is

some level of consciousness.

- Captain Benson,
the girl can't move or speak,

much less breathe on her own.

- So in your
professional opinion,

you don't think that
there's a possibility

that she's communicating
with her mother

through the squeezing
of her hand?

- It's not the first time
I've seen this.

- Seen what?

- A parent thinks
their brain dead child

is sending them signs.

- You're saying that
it's just a reflex?

- Unfortunately, yes.

There's no rule on
how long a person can stay

on life support,
but in my experience,

it usually has more to do
with the family

not wanting to let go than
what's best for the patient.

- Paging Dr. Haynes to the OR.

- Sorry. I'm late for surgery.

- Well, thank you, Doctor.

Oh, so when Ellie
was brought in,

I was told that a rape kit
wasn't ordered.

- She was on my table
for nine hours.

- Yeah.
- It wasn't top of mind.

- Okay, well,
one needs to be done now,

so Ellie's mother
will consent for her.

- Of course.

- Here's the rock that was
found at the crime scene.

Pink Adirondack granite.

All 6 pounds, 6 ounces of it.

- I'm more interested
in the knife.

- My partner here found
some marks on a tree

she'd like to compare it to.

- All you have is a photo?
Where's the actual knife?

- Prints came back
inconclusive,

so we sent it to Quantico.

- I need that knife.

- Well, we can ask Clay
to put in a call to Quantico,

but they'll probably ask
for a damn good reason.

- We have one.
- Oh, yeah.

We'll just tell them
some mountain man

beat up a tree with it.

- You can't deny
we're missing something.

- Or there's the other option.

- Yeah? What's that?

- The whole tree mark thing
is nothing more than

an investigational cul-de-sac.

And as far as this case
is concerned,

we have enough
of those already.

- You find anything on
the couple's social media?

- Yeah, they only had
1,800 followers.

- Anyone with a record?
- No.

We even interviewed
some of their trolls.

- But we already alibied them.

- Any of the comments
that are overly positive?

- You mean like a stalker?

- Not exactly.
- You wanna enlighten us?

- Yeah, everyone's
got an online persona,

and then they have
their offline persona,

and you can tell a lot
about a person

by the distance
between the two.

- There's one girl
who commented

on all of Ellie's posts,
sometimes even twice.

- You check it out?

- It was Ellie's
college roommate.

They DM'd, talked on the phone.

- So when was
the last time they spoke?

- The night Ellie
was assaulted.

- She was nowhere
near the crime scene.

- Okay, well,
Ellie's rape kit just came in.

- And?

- The semen DNA
is a match to Chris.

- Well, Chris said
they had sex that night.

It's not surprising.
- Well, hold on.

There's something
that might be.

The same nurse said
that they found

mucosal fluid in Ellie's hair.

- Did they say from what?

- Saliva, but it's not a match
to either one of our victims.

- So some guy spit on Ellie?

- Pretty good chance
that was our perp.

- Can't be too hard
to narrow it down.

- Well, we know that
she spoke to

her college roommate
that night.

- Yeah, from what she told us.

- So why don't you bring her in

and see if there's anything
that she didn't tell you?

[suspenseful music]

- Like I told you
on the phone,

Ellie is one of
my best friends.

- Do you know anyone who
might wanna hurt her?

A jealous ex?

- No, no one.

- Well, you told me
you talked to Ellie

the night she was assaulted.

- She and Chris were bickering.

I think she just
wanted to vent.

- What were they
bickering about?

- They got pulled over
the day before.

Almost got a ticket.

- Why would anybody fight about
a ticket they almost got?

- They'd been stuck in a car
together for a few months.

At that point,
my boyfriend's breathing

would be enough
to drive me nuts.

- Did Ellie say what her plans
were for the night?

- She texted me later
from a bar.

She was all alone.

It was about midnight.

- Was that a usual thing
for Ellie,

to go out drinking alone?
- No.

Totally out of character.

She sounded drunk.

I was worried.
- She mention what bar?

- It was near their campsite.

Said the bartender
was a redhead guy

loading her up
with free drinks.

- Do you remember
the name of the bar?

- The bar owner said that we're
looking for a guy named Danny.

- What you want bet that's him?

- He's going out back.
You think he made us?

- Nah, he's going to kill
himself one puff at a time.

Hey, Danny.

- Who the hell are you?

- We're here about
Ellie Hughes.

- That chick that got
attacked the other night?

Horrible.

- So you know her?

- Yeah, I served her.

I didn't have anything
to do with that.

- You know anything about
the spit we found in her hair?

- How would my spit
have gotten there?

- That's a good question.

- Yeah, we found it
on a rape kit.

- I didn't rape nobody.
- You got an alibi?

- Yeah, I went home
after my shift.

- You got anyone that
can vouch for that?

- My baby mama.

- Well, how's she gonna feel
knowing that

you like to load up
young girls with free drinks?

- Okay, look.

I hit on her.

Gave her free whiskey sodas
till closing.

- And then what?

- She was just being
a little tease.

- So you followed her back
to her campsite...

- No.
- And assaulted her.

- No, no.
I told you, I went home.

- So you won't mind us
swabbing your mouth for DNA.

[tense music]

- Yeah.

♪

Look.
Look, I was pissed, all right?

I mean, the girl drank
half a bottle of whiskey

on the house
and then just left.

- So you spit on her?

- Yeah, I spit on her.

[siren chirps]

Yeah, that's not illegal.

- Well, actually,
in the state of New York,

it's considered assault.

You're under arrest, dummy.

- No.

It's just a little spit.

Come on.

- You just arrested someone
for spitting on Ellie?

- We did.

- So we talked to Ellie's
college roommate, Kayla.

Do you know her?
- Yeah.

- She told
one of my detectives

that Ellie was actually
at a bar that night.

Were you aware of that?

- Uh...

- So Ellie didn't mention it?

- No, no.

She told me she was
going to do laundry.

- Laundry?

You didn't tell us that.

- It was just laundry.

- Any reason why
she would have gone out

drinking alone instead?

- I don't know.

Do you think someone followed
her home from the bar?

- You tell us, Chris.

- Anything's possible, but...

it does explain something.

- What does it explain?

- Why the guy who stabbed me
smelled like alcohol.

- What kind of alcohol?
Do you remember?

- Mom.
- Mrs. Becker.

- I understand the police
have a job to do,

but it's 9:00 at night,
my son was almost murdered.

- Mom, I'm fine.
- Have you found anything?

You're not Rockland County.
Where are you even from?

- We are Manhattan SVU.

I'm Captain Benson,
and this is Detective Silva.

- SVU? What's that?
- Sex crimes.

- Sex crimes?
[scoffs]

Why are you involved?

- Your son's girlfriend
was found half-naked,

so we believe that there may
have been a sexual motivation.

- Yeah, Chris told me
she was showering.

- Mom, Ellie was at a bar
by herself that night.

- We think that
she may have been

followed back to the campsite.

- My son got stabbed.

Twice.

Don't forget he's a victim too.

- Miss Becker,
we're well aware--

- Yeah, well, he needs is rest.

- I'm sorry.
You can come back tomorrow.

- Okay, we will.

- By the way, it was whiskey...

[suspenseful music]

On the guy's breath.

♪

- Whiskey.

That's what Ellie and the
bartender were drinking, right?

- So the roommate said
that they were bickering.

- Yeah, something about
being pulled over.

- They didn't post that part
of their trip online.

- Well, their lives
are heavily curated.

Every post is evidence of that.

- Well, you said it yourself.

Sometimes there's
a big distance between

people's on and offline
personas.

- I'm guessing
the distance between theirs

is further apart
than we thought.

- Yeah, so find out how far,
starting with that traffic stop

and why she went to the bar
in the first place.

♪

- Morning.

So where are we
with the bartender?

- From what I hear,
cops in Rockland County

already kicked him loose.

- His baby mama
alibied him out.

- We believe her?

- Well, after he
tried to cheat,

I think if she was gonna
throw him under the bus,

she would have.
- I did an NCIC offline search

on Chris's name
and the tag on his vehicle.

- And?

- They were pulled over
in Georgia

the day before the attack.

- Chris and Ellie
didn't get a ticket,

so there was
no official report.

- All right, well,
Fin and Velasco,

talk to the officers
who pulled them over.

Figure out
why they were stopped.

- Okay.
- Thanks.

- I heard what happened
to that young couple.

It's a sin.

- Yeah, we're trying
to find the sinner right now.

- Coming up empty-handed.

- How can I help?

- So you pulled Chris over
the day before the attack?

- That's right.

- Can we ask why?

- Common sense.
Something was off.

- So Chris was cooperative?

- Yeah.

- What about his passenger,
Ellie?

- I talked to her too.
I noticed a bruise on her arm.

- You ask her about it?

- Yeah, she said she got it
while hiking in Colorado.

- You believe her?

- Look, every time
I asked her a question,

she'd look over at her
boyfriend before answering.

- Like she didn't wanna say
anything wrong.

- Pretty much, but wouldn't
be the first time I saw

a woman trying to cover for
her jackass boyfriend either.

- Yeah, don't I know it.

- You think there was
something going on with them?

- Not enough to arrest either
one of them, but maybe.

- Did you have
your body cam on?

- Not like I have a choice.

- You mind if we take
a look at that footage?

- What's with the bruise?

- Huh?

- Can you pull your
sleeve up for me?

Can you tell me
how you got that?

Don't look at them.
Look at me.

How'd you get that bruise?

- Colorado.
It must be from hiking.

- Yeah, except it looks like
someone hit you.

Did your boyfriend do that?
- No, no.

- Are you sure you're okay,
ma'am?

- I said I'm fine.

- Okay.

[somber music]

So Rockland County never
told us about the bruise.

- Probably thought she got it
the night of her attack.

- What are you thinking,
Captain?

- I've seen that look
on a woman's face before.

- So have I.

- You're thinking
she's afraid of Chris?

- I know she is.

- So maybe we're not looking
for some whiskey-drinking

mountain man after all.

- Look, we know what
they posted online.

So get their phones
back from TARU

and find out
what they edited out.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Good morning, everyone.
Today is the day.

We are headed to
Blackwater State Park.

It rained all night last night,
so I didn't sleep very much.

Doing a big old loop.

We have been on the road
for about a week now.

Where are we?

- We are just outside Sedona
at Oak Creek Canyon.

- Yes, we are.

And today we're thinking
of going for, like,

a little hike, maybe.
- Yes.

- Ooh, Chris, my phone.
- Oh, oh, oh.

- Oh, my God.
- That was a good save.

- Thank you.
- That was a good save.

That could have been bad.
- Oh, my God. [laughs]

[keyboard clacks]
- [sighs]

I think this is one of
those cases for you.

- What cases?

- Gets under your skin
like a splinter.

- Yeah, well,
this is a strange feeling.

- What is?

- Watching all of someone's
happy moments,

knowing that they might
not get another one.

- I hate to say this, but we
haven't found anything damning.

- Well, there's a lot
more footage.

- If you guys have watched
any of my videos,

you'll know that
I love thrifting,

and today Chris surprised me
by taking me to

a thrift shop in town, and
he got me this super cute top.

Do I have the best boyfriend,
or what?

Are you getting this,

or are you still fooling
around with the focus?

- You know, I wouldn't
have trouble focusing, Ellie,

if you would just hold still--
can you hold still, please?

What is wrong with you, Ellie?
- I'm sorry.

- Oh, my gosh.
I am so sick of this.

This is a waste of time.

All of this is a waste of time.

[slap]
- [yelps]

- Are you stupid?
Are you stupid, Ellie?

This is crazy.

- This was the day before
the traffic stop.

- Yeah, I think I know
how Ellie got that bruise.

- You really think this kid

almost kills his girlfriend
and then stabs himself twice?

You were right.

We need to get that knife.

♪

- What's with the bruise?
- Huh?

- Can you pull your sleeve
up for me?

How'd you get that bruise?

- Colorado.
It must be from hiking.

- So they were stopped
by the state troopers.

They didn't even get a ticket.

Why are you showing us this?

- Because your son
didn't mention it to us.

- I didn't think it mattered.

- Okay.

So, Chris, how did Ellie
get that bruise on her arm?

- Just what she said.
She said hiking.

- Did you tell her to say that?

- No, no.
Ellie has her own mind.

- Like this?
- Are you getting this,

or are you still fooling
around with the focus?

- I wouldn't have trouble
focusing, Ellie,

if you would just hold still.
What is wrong with you?

- I'm sorry.
- Oh, my gosh.

I am so sick of this.
This is a waste of time.

All of this
is a waste of time.

[slap]
- [yelps]

- Are you stupid?
Are you stupid, Ellie?

- So, Chris,
I'm gonna ask you again.

How did Ellie get
the bruise on her arm?

- Okay, look, we've been
a couple for two years now.

- Every couple fights.

- After months on the road,
did I lose my temper?

Sometimes yes, and I am sorry
about that, but I--

[tense music]

Wait, you think--you think
I tried to kill Ellie?

- And then stabbed himself
twice, once in the heart?

- What about the guy
who spit on her?

- He had an alibi, Chris.

- Then it was someone else

who followed her back
to the campsite.

- Have you done anything,

anything at all
to find that person?

- Yeah, the problem with that

is that that person
doesn't exist.

- Obviously, someone saw Ellie
showering, tried to rape her,

and then when I came
to protect her,

he grabbed my knife
and tried to kill me.

- And who do you think
that was?

Was it the dirty man with
the long hair and the beard?

The one that you later,
conveniently,

remembered had the--
had whiskey on his breath?

- Yeah, how'd you know
that detail?

- You know, let me guess.

I think it's because Ellie
had whiskey on her breath.

- Why do I feel like
we need a lawyer?

- That's your right.

- I think you're done
talking to my son.

- Mom, Mom, I didn't
do anything wrong.

I wanna help.
- Not without a lawyer.

- All right.

Let us know when
you get a lawyer.

♪

- What's our working theory,
Captain?

- He did it.

- They've been driving
together for two months.

Why now?

- Look, Silva has
a theory about that.

How long until we get this
knife back from Quantico?

- There's your delivery.

- Detectives Bruno and Silva.

- Yeah.

- Sign here.

[indistinct chatter]

- Thanks.

♪

- It's a perfect fit.

- It's a start.

But what does it prove?

- You're about Chris's height.

Hold this to your sternum.

Now move towards the tree.

Do we even need to see

if you could do the same
to your stomach?

- I think you made your point.

- Chris ran straight
towards the tree,

the knife pointed at him.

The first stab
punctured his stomach.

The second was enough force
to penetrate his sternum.

- That's pretty hardcore.

- I don't think
he meant to live.

- Well, he's gonna wish
he didn't

after Benson
gets through with him.

♪

- You--you think Chris
tried to kill my daughter?

- And then stabbed himself

to make it look like
he was a victim too.

So we're working on
proving this now.

I'm so sorry, Mrs. Hughes.

- Um...

Why don't we ask Ellie?

- Mrs. Hughes, I don't think
that that's the best idea.

- She was stronger
this morning.

Just, please, try it.

- Of course.

- Ask her anything.

- Ellie, it's Olivia again,

and I'm gonna hold
your hand, okay?

- Ellie, honey,
if you can hear us,

squeeze your hand once, okay?

[somber music]

Like you did for me
this morning.

- Mrs. Hughes--

- Please, just--please,
just give her time.

♪

- Ellie?

Ellie, when you returned
back to the campsite,

was Chris the one
who attacked you?

♪

Ellie, was it Chris?
Was it Chris?

- [gasps]

- Yes.

- Oh.
- Yes.

- Did you talk to
the Rockland County DA?

- Yeah, they expedited
the arrest warrant.

But divots in a tree,

our victim only ID'd the
suspect with a hand squeeze.

It's gonna be a challenging
grand jury indictment.

- One step at a time.

NYPD.

Where's Chris Becker?

- He was checked out
a half hour ago.

- By who?

[dramatic music]

♪

[siren wailing]

- Miss Becker!

- If you're looking for Chris,
he's not here.

- Where is he?

- I have no idea.
- Are you sure?

- What do you mean?

- So you're putting groceries
in your car?

For your son?
- Where are you hiding him?

- I don't know what
you're talking about.

- Let's check the house
and the cars.

Pop that gate.

- Wait--

- NYPD. Get out.

- You're under arrest.

So are you. Cuff her.

♪

- You want a lawyer or not?
- I don't need one.

I didn't do anything illegal.

- Well, our ADA would disagree.

- I was just being his mother.

- No, you were helping
your son escape.

- Your captain
and that FBI agent,

they already made up their
minds that Chris is guilty.

- Based on the evidence, he is.

- I refuse to accept that.
That is not the Chris I know.

- Maybe you don't know your son
as well as you think.

- I admit I wasn't
the best mother in the world

when Chris was growing up,
but I had a lot going on.

- So you're trying to make up
for 25 years of bad parenting

by aiding and abetting
an attempted murderer?

- I am protecting my child,
what any mother would do.

You and the FBI
are gonna be sorry.

You screwed up
this investigation,

and the real killer
is still out there.

You'll see.

- What we see is what's
staring us in the face.

Your son.

- Chris loves Ellie.

Are you even listening to me?

- Take us through it.

- I've got nothing
to say to you.

- Really?

How about we add obstruction
to your charges?

- Go ahead.

Whatever you're gonna do
to me, I don't care.

I am a good mother. I am.

I am!

- What is wrong with you?
Ellie!

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, my gosh,
I am so sick of this.

This is a waste of time.

All of this
is a waste of time.

[slap]
- [yelps]

- Are you stupid?
Are you stupid, Ellie?

This is crazy.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Here, sit down.

So, Chris,
are you ready to talk?

- We're here to cooperate,
aren't we, Chris?

- I already told them
everything.

- That's not true.

You didn't tell us
what went wrong

between you and Ellie.

I look at these videos

and I just see
you were really in love.

Not a care in the world.
Just really happy.

♪

Were you?

- Yeah, we were.

- Tell me what happened.

♪

We know that you hit Ellie
before the traffic stop

in Georgia, and I'm assuming
that wasn't the first time.

And we know it wasn't the last.

Look at her.

Look at her.
- I don't want to.

- Is this really necessary?

- All that joy,
all that life ahead of her.

You know what the doctors
are saying now?

They're saying that they wanna
take her off life support.

Look at what you did to her.

♪

- I didn't do it.

- Do you always run away from
things that you didn't do?

Chris, are you gonna
run and hide

in the bed of your
mother's truck?

- That's enough.
- Look at her.

- You need to stop this.
- Look at her.

Look what you did.

- I need some time
with my client.

- I need you to look at her.
- I didn't mean to!

I didn't mean to!
[crying]

We got into a fight.
I woke up and she was gone.

I laid awake waiting for her.

- Then you heard
the shower turn on.

- I got up.

I saw her undressing.

- What did you think
had happened, Chris?

- She was mad when she left.

She came back
smelling like alcohol.

Between that and
the shower, I--

- You just assumed that
she cheated on you, right?

So you flew into a rage.

- I grabbed a rock.

- Chris.

I need to hear you
say it now, okay?

I need to hear you say it.

- I hit her.

I hit her.

I was not trying to kill her.

- So the sex that night,

that wasn't consensual,
was it, Chris?

- I think we know the rest,
Captain.

- Yeah, you think that we know

that Chris raped Ellie

to remind her
who was in control?

And then he stabbed
himself twice

so he would look like
the victim.

- That's not why
I stabbed myself.

- Then why did you
stab yourself?

- Because I didn't want to live
without Ellie.

She is my whole world.

- Yeah, well,
that's what it looks like

in your posts, Chris.

But there's a very
big disconnect

between those photos and the
way you actually treated her.

- [stammers]

I wish I could take it back.

♪

- You can't.

It's too late for that.

[tablet thuds]

♪

[door slams]

- What, everybody go out
for a beer or something?

- Uh, no, Benson went back
to the hospital.

- Is Ellie gonna pull through?

- I'm no neurosurgeon.

- Well, if Benson was here,

she'd probably
say something about hope.

I bet they don't teach that
at Brooklyn Homicide.

- [laughs softly]

- You know what I haven't
figured out about you?

- Yeah, what's that?

- Why the hell you'd switch
from Homicide to Sex Crimes.

I mean, you must be
a masochist or something.

- Maybe I am.

- Come on.

- Okay.

I was having a sleepover
at my best friend's

five floor walkup
in Washington Heights.

You know, when I was a kid.

And I get up to take a pee
and I hear some kind of noise.

Looked out the window and
I see a woman being attacked

by some guy on the street.

There's not many people around,
but I looked across the way

and I see an old lady
in her window.

I was just a kid.

You know, I assumed that
she would call the cops.

- I take it she didn't?

[soft tense music]

- I think she just watched.

[scoffs]

You know, and went back on
with her life.

Because the next morning,

I get up and I turn the corner
to head home,

and that whole place
was a crime scene.

And I found out later on that

that woman was raped
and murdered.

- Ever catch the guy?

- No idea.

- So you paid the penance
on the murder part,

and now you're
paying off the rape.

- Something like that, Bruno.

♪

- Hey, Ellie.

[soft music]

♪

I just wanted to thank you

for being
so incredibly strong...

and for helping us
find the truth.

But what I really wanted you
to know is that we got him.

He's going away
for a long time,

and he'll never
hurt anyone again

because of you.

♪

I just hope that you know that.

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

[wolf howls]