Clarice (2021) s01e11 Episode Script

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Previously on "Clarice"DNA says you were right.
Hudlin was the man
you saw at Woodhaven
the night Marilyn Felker
killed herself.
Joe Hudlin.
Alastor Pharmaceuticals'
fixer-lawyer.
Hudlin said he was in
the middle of a big acquisition.
Is Alastor Pharmaceuticals
in the middle of a buy-out?
Tyson Conway, whose dad owns
Alastor Pharmaceuticals.
I need your help.
I think your father
is associated
with some
very, very bad people.
Julia Lawson?
You're a senior accountant
at Alastor Pharmaceuticals?
That's right.
Three women are dead.
They were in a clinical trial
for Reprisol.
All three had children
with birth defects.
I'm gonna
turn Catherine in
to the Carney's Point
New Jersey Police.
There have to be
consequences.
They don't want us to run.
They want us to suffer.
This is enough, right?
For the lawyer?
I remember men.
Are you sure that
this story you've been
telling yourself
is the whole story?
Hey.
You know what you
got to do, right?
You're my good
little deputy.
Someone told me once
this is the hardest time.
When you're angry.
What's the freezing point
of nitrogen?
Minus 210 degrees
Celsius.
Freeze the anger.
And suddenly,
I could see.
So let's see.
Multiple crimes.
Different crimes.
But that's just it.
This conspiracy
started in the one mind.
Probably Hudlin's.
We need to profile
this conspiracy
like we'd profile a killer.
One mind.
One monster.
Each murder was crafted to look
like something it wasn't.
He could've sealed these
women in 55 gallon drums
and dumped them in
a landfill somewhere.
They'd be gone forever.
Easy.
But painting them as victims
of a serial killer?
Cutting and biting?
And he left them all
where they would be found.
He wanted to leave
an impression.
A deep one.
Like a scar.
He didn't want them
to have any dignity.
He believed these women
deserved it,
and he wanted everyone
to know it.
They wronged him.
Personally.
Rebecca Clark-Sherman --
her suicide,
that was about shame.
Even if this is corporate,
to protect
the Alastor merger
somehow, it's really
all about him.
A narcissist, yes,
but more than that.
He didn't have to have
Wellig assassinated
in a room full
of FBI agents.
He wanted to show us
that he could.
Most killers don't like
to show their work.
This guy
it's only real
if there's an audience.
Mr. Hagen built this company
from one lab in Rochester.
Alastor is like a child to him.
So let's not dick around.
You all have a packet.
I think we can agree
we're close to
finalizing the merger.
This is the year he's decided
to set her free.
These are his choices.
These are all signatures.
These are
They're
Flourishes.
Yes.
Yes.
He's an artist.
This guy
we're unearthing?
Feels like Hudlin.
Yeah, sure feels like
the kind of guy who would
prance around a ward
full of coma victims.
Hey.
What?!
You need to keep
your cool.
Herman. His office.
Last time he wanted
to see me,
he ordered me
to investigate you.
He's not one
for good news.
So, he got
your complaint.
George said
it'd be quick.
You don't think he'll
try to fire you?
I don't.
That'd be too quick
and painless.
They squeeze you
and squeeze you until you quit,
is my understanding.
Whatever you need.
I know.
Starling.
They're closing
this deal.
Now?
Yes.
Things are gonna move faster
than you can imagine.
You better get here,
because everything
you need
to get these guys
is about to go into a warehouse
in the Cayman Islands.
Hey.
Julia?
-Julia, are you there?
-We need you in there.
We're at the last hurdle.
Sorry.
Julia, are you there?
There's power in the blood
In the precious blood
of the Lamb ♪
If this sale is going through,
Julia's right.
It's gonna be chaos.
We need a warrant,
like, yesterday.
I want to talk to
Tyson Conway about Hudlin again,
see if Hudlin
fits our profile.
Hey!
There he is.
The prodigal son returns.
Welcome back.
How are the in-laws?
They're okay.
It was a lot of years of stuff
to move into a small place,
so it's, uh, good I went.
What's up?
Where are we at?
Someone bring him
up to speed.
I'm going to Main Justice.
Time to come clean
to the AG.
Tell her we never dropped
the investigation.
Whoa.
No more Secret Squirrel?
Well, we're there.
We'll need subpoenas,
warrants, indictments.
She's not gonna like
that we kept her in the dark.
Good to see you.
Looks like I missed some stuff.
Let's see
Got a copy of your
EEOC complaint.
I'm glad
you're speaking up.
This place needs
a house cleaning.
But mostly,
I just want to see if you had
any, uh, questions.
Questions?
About what happens next.
The Bureau will ask
for a mediator.
Your lawyer will
probably reject that,
and then things
will play out.
Meantime,
I want to make sure
that our relationship
doesn't suffer.
Can we just let the lawyers
talk to the lawyers
and not let it affect
the day-to-day?
You are an asset,
Ardelia.
And we're a team.
Of course.
Good.
Thank you.
Four murders.
Five,
if you include Wellig.
There's more.
More?
I'm exposed.
Good.
Wellig's coroner's report
was forged.
They framed me for it.
A guy named Joseph Hudlin
leveraged the report
and forced us to drop
the River Murders.
He's also dropping pressure
into my custody case.
You're running
-a rogue operation.
-I couldn't tell you until
-we had something concrete.
-Uncool, Paul!
Something we could move on.
You went behind my back.
This is deep, Ruth.
And it's mean.
And Starling was right
about it from day one.
I'm under fire from
half of Congress.
This is just the nail in
my coffin, and honestly,
your girl may have sunk me here
by turning Catherine in.
Most people
end up in jail.
She's in a psychiatric
care center.
Now, I'd have done
the same thing, but --
If Gant and the other wolves
get ahold of this --
I-I haven't
seen her since --
They won't even
let me talk to her.
I wish Starling would just
do what she was told.
She didn't save
Catherine's life the first time
by being obedient.
You knew that.
I did.
Starling's right,
and it's costing both of us.
You could've called.
You're far too wise to want
the pleasure of my company,
so I'm guessing you're here
to profile me.
Not you.
I want to know
about Joe Hudlin.
You want to profile me when
I'm talking about Joe Hudlin?
You don't like him.
I just want to be able
to see him clearly.
I think I'm the only
one who can.
My father
has a blind spot,
which is counterintuitive
because
he's so successful.
Well, that could be part of
why he's so successful.
Blind spots are mostly a
compartmentalization mechanism.
Wow.
Impressive.
It's just psych school.
I-I've been doing some
digging since we last spoke.
And I think Hudlin
is a predator.
He nudges my father
into a colder place,
especially as he's gotten older.
Some of my dad's decisions
just aren't him.
This sale is gonna
break Dad's heart.
He just doesn't
know it yet.
If he were
entirely himself,
I don't think he would jettison
something he loved.
I understand.
Do you?
Well, I mean, my father was
powerful in his own way.
He was a lawman.
He kept me close.
I could count on that.
It was a good feeling.
Being close.
It's funny.
What is?
You lost your
father as a girl.
I found mine as an adult.
But still, everything we do,
we do for them.
Well, this has
been helpful.
You're gonna go get Joe Hudlin,
aren't you?
You know I can't talk about
an ongoing investigation.
You are.
You're gonna go
get Joe Hudlin.
We'll talk soon.
Thank you, Ty.
Okay.
I'll look into it.
You have a call.
If it's Llewellyn Gant again,
tell him --
It's Catherine.
On your private line.
Catherine?
Mom.
Sweetheart, hi.
Th-- They let you call?
It's not prison.
I know.
I'm -- I'm sorry.
I
How is it?
It's nice.
The people are nice.
Funny, some of them.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
In here with everyone,
I don't feel lonely or crazy.
I know me being here
isn't great for you,
but it was
the right thing.
So, thanks.
For sending Clarice.
Herman called you
"Ardelia"?
Yeah.
Called me "part of the team."
He was supportive of
the cause, even.
Conspicuously supportive.
George said to write down
every encounter.
I want Herman
to remember, too.
If I was feeling generous,
I'd say he's so far down
the rabbit hole, he might
even believe his own --
Nope.
He's setting up the narrative.
"It's not us, it's you.
You're interpreting.
You're imagining.
You're seeing what
you want to see."
You people.
Does conspicuous support
count as retaliation?
It counts as a preamble to
a whole lot of hell.
Here.
Let me get that.
Oh. Thank you.
Crazy day.
It doesn't seem right.
It's a lot of money.
You guys worked
White Collar Crimes.
Can we tie Hudlin up
for a minute?
Uh, get an ex-parte?
Freeze his accounts?
I don't want him making
$10 million
for murdering four women.
Starling.
They're gutting
the fifth floor.
Hold on.
I'm bringing on the team.
Line 2.
So, what does that mean?
It's R&D. I was --
I was going up there to look for
the Reprisol files, and --
Julia!
You can't be doing that.
They're moving everything
out already.
They're demolishing
the place practically.
And the raw data?
The evidence we need?
Yeah.
That's where it would be.
Should I go and see
if we can find the --
-No!
-No, no, no.
Julia, do not do that.
Who is this girl?
Nancy Drew?
No.
Hudlin is watching you.
Just sit tight.
Keep your head down, okay?
We'll be in touch.
Okay.
And you think Hudlin
has these files.
The AG is not going --I know.
I have another way
into this.
Go, Starling.
It's a mosaic.
All of it, and we have been
looking at the tiles.
And you have a profile
of the artist.
He's bold.
He likes to see the consequences
of his actions.
He likes to see people
jump when he says.
And it's not enough that
he killed these women.
He wanted to leave
their families with a scar.
Tyson Conway believes Hudlin is
pulling the strings at Alastor,
that he is
in Nils Hagen's ear.
That he is manipulating
his father.
What do you want?
I want to sit with Hudlin.
No.
No, this feels
too personal.
He tried to
have you killed.
Sir, that is why
it has to be me.
He will be smug as hell,
confident,
and he will hang himself.
Take Esquivel
and Tripathi.
Sir, it is better
if I go alone --
"I"?
This isn't about you.
I've told you that.
And every time
you say something like that,
I lose confidence.
Lives depend on you
understanding.
Yes, sir.
Take Esquivel and Tripathi.
Or stay behind.
Alright.
How are we playing this?
Do we know about Hudlin
and Krendler, the blackmail,
that whole thing?
Uh, no.
Let's say no.
Call an audible
if we have to.
Agent Starling,
Joe Hudlin.
I'm Mr. Hagen's associate.
Mr. Hudlin, thank you
for your time today.
This won't take long.
Right this way.
So
how can I help you?
Naomi Myers,
a sales representative,
was found dead of an overdose
of your drug Reprisol.
Oh.
What can you tell us
about her?
There are over
7,400 sales reps.
Almost all women.
I'm sorry. I'm not sure why
you're coming to me with this.
Hmm.
I thought you were
General Counsel?
Uh, no.
I'm a consultant.
But I like to keep
an eye on things.
So, you like to keep an eye
on the sales reps
and handle a merger
at the same time?
That seems kind of odd.
There's been no public
announcement about a merger.
Where are you getting
your information?
That's privileged.
Yeah, they just started packing
a couple of days ago,
but they're almost done.
No unauthorized personnel
in or out.
Any idea where
they're moving it all?
Nope, all I know
is they want it on a truck
by the end
of the day tomorrow.
I try not
to ask questions.
Let's go.
Let's move it.
Hey, there.
Hold that elevator.
I have to go
to a meeting.
Do you have to go
and count the tampons
in the ladies room
dispensers?
I'm gonna need the names
of everyone in the FBI
who has this idea
about a merger.
That's not a thing
-that happens.
-Mnh-mnh.
And I'm going to sue you
and the Bureau
into a deep hole in the ground
for Tortious Interference.
Not now.
Mr. Hagen would like
to meet with you.
No.
Just you.
You probably
just screwed up.
Oof.
Special Agent
Clarice Starling.
Mr. Hagen.
Thank you for
making the time.
I was curious
as to your interest.
Well, sir, we're
investigating the death --
No, no.
Not about that.
You see, I'm very protective,
and, uh
I was curious as to
your interest in my son.
Was it Tyson that told you about
the sale of my company?
No, sir.
But he is helpful
in your investigation
of the dead girl?
Naomi Myers.
Do you like art?
What do you see?
Passion.
Boldness.
Exactly right.
It's inspired by
Alastor himself.
You're familiar?
There are a few Alastors
that I can recall.
There's, um,
Prince of Pylos,
and Alastor was the name
of the horse of Hades.
And it's an epithet
for Zeus,
the god of,
well, everything.
And son of Cronos.
You know your
Greek mythology.
Psychology degree.
Lots of Greeks.
Ah, yes.
Tyson told me
you're intelligent.
I see that now.
A sale of a public company is
a fragile thing, Agent Starling.
The timing of your interest
in Tyson,
agents in my lobby,
today of all days.
At my age, you learn
there are no coincidences.
Well, sir, we're investigating
the death of an employee --
Yes. Well, in the scheme
of things,
I do not know this salesperson,
this victim.
I don't know their habits,
their lifestyle.
I don't know if
there was anything
unpleasant
tainted.
Why would there be?
Women.
Clarke.
I have it.
I have it all.
You have what?
I'm in R&D,
on the fifth floor.
I-It's all here.
A report from
Sandra Bishop's OBGYN.
Angela Bird's
pregnancy test.
Alastor knew.
They knew everything.
Um, w-w-what do I do?
Bring it to you?
No.
No.
They are watching you.
Okay. Um
Give me your fax number.
Okay, you can wait for
your agent in the lobby.
I'm done
wasting time with you.
That's ballsy.
We have some more
questions for you.
You can answer them here, or we
can take you down to our place.
What?! Please.
You have no grounds.
Obstruction of justice,
making false statements
to the FBI, being a dick
who threatened to sue me.
You know what?
Forget it.
You can just answer
the Grand Jury's questions.
Why do I always have
to do the grunt work?
'Cause you're the grunt.
Five sugars.
What is it about
the story of Cronos
that drew you,
Mr. Hagen?
Oh, I suppose he's
the God of Time.
We are in the business
of extending it.
Prolonging life.
And yet you named your
company after his son.
It is like my child.
See, that's interesting
to me, sir, because
Cronos feared his children
would usurp him the way
he usurped his father,
and so he devoured them.
All of them.
Alastor was the only one
rescued by his mother.
It's a pretty dark tale.
That is an obvious
interpretation.
There is light there, Agent,
if you look for it.
I see it as
a tale of survival.
I believe it is
a parent's duty
to create a story
or a myth
for their children
to believe in.
It's how
they learn principle.
I did my best for Tyson.
It is compelling,
is it not?
When you buy
a piece of art,
you're buying an alignment
of impossible circumstances.
Universal odds against it
happening are staggering,
and yet it did.
It is miraculous.
Like a child?
Like Tyson?
He is the same
kind of miracle.
Hmm.
Your only child.
What story did you create
for him?
You could probably
tell me, Agent.
You're close to him.
You have created a space
for the two of you.
Manipulated that space.
I would like to know
everything he shared
with you.
This one's locked!
Yeah.
She's somewhere
on the fifth floor,
trying to fax
the Gutenberg Bible
one page at a time.
Just go get them from her
before she gets caught.
But play it cool.
Don't interfere yet.
Yeah.
More Casey Laughty,
from June.
She started the trial
in March, which means
she would have gotten pregnant
some time before that.
Is this the door?
Yeah, this is the one.
What?
Why'd you stop?
Son of a bitch!
Oh. Uh, sorry.
I-I was just --
You're not authorized
to be here.
How about you just
hold up one sec?
One-eight-four, come in.
I'm sorry, who are you?
Uh, I-I'm an accountant.
Come with me.
Security,
take the freight.
So, does Reprisol have
a narcotic quality?
Way below my pay grade.
What? Was this girl a junkie
or something?
Just a minute.
A situation
on the fifth floor.
Be right back.
Tyson only told me that
you were a great man.
He said you made
an impact on him
that you will
never understand.
He said
you were a father.
Do you reciprocate
his interest in you?
Why only the one child,
sir?
Were you unable
to have more?
Is that why Tyson
is a "miracle"?
You talked about survival.
All of Cronos' children
except Zeus were dead.
Is that why the myth
speaks to you?
Let me turn the question back
to you -- your job.
You're famously drawn to --
oh, what is the right word? --
destructive men.
I read "The Tattler", too.
These men that
you've "brought down."
I'm sure you think yourself
superior to them.
Superior to sad little maniacs
with no power in the world,
no form of expression,
no impact,
besides their sad,
little crimes.
They areexterminators.
You think the women
they killed are bugs?
Rats?
You define
their very existence.
You're the most important thing
to happen to them.
I'm a leader of men,
Agent.
Any battle,
I will be the victor,
because that is the world.
I am myself, Agent.
You are the bug
that got away.
You named your
company Alastor
because it was
your creation,
and then from nowhere
comes a real boy.
And you must doubt
if he's even yours sometimes.
Never doubt what is mine!
Apologies.
She's investigating
a murder.
Um, thanks for the sandwiches,
though.
Uh, Wellig's is here, too.
It's, uh -- It's labeled.
Who is it?
The accountant.
This has gone too far.
Take care of it.
We can't.
Not on the premises.
I'm leaving you now,
Mr. Hagen.
I will see you again.
Where's Julia?
Hudlin ditched us
and gave her to Security.
What did Hagen want?
I'll tell you when
we're out of here.
Security's
in the basement.
-I saw the cop.
-What cop?
The Baltimore cop who brought
Wellig the root beer.
He's here.
Well, that doesn't bode well
for Julia.
They won't do it here.
Hey.
There seems to be
a little confusion.
We have this from here.
Oh. Well, okay.
Let me make a copy
of the incident report.
Oh.
Don't worry about it.
Oh, God!
Hey. Don't do that.
Relax.
I'm gonna go get the car.
FBI!
-Don't move!
Don't move!
-Hey!
-Don't move!
Stop! Stop! Okay. Stop.
Good God!
There's been a huge
misunderstanding.
Julia, I'm sorry.
This is Julia,
our accountant.
A-And Julia
was in my office.
Mr. Hagen's security team
overreacted.
I'm so sorry.
Julia, this sale has
everyone on Defcon One.
It was an overreaction.
Of course,
you're free to go.
Is everything all right,
ma'am?
Yes, I'm fine.
Misunderstanding.
Alright, then.
So, we're finished
for now?
It's him.
Nils Hagen is the man
we conjured in the basement.
Not Hudlin.
Yeah, Wellig's killer's
on Hagen's payroll.
What?
The men I've met,
the monsters I've met,
left nightmares behind them,
but all of them were outsiders.
They had nowhere near
the scope of this guy.
He's a master
of the universe.
He has lawyers and lobbyists
protecting him while he
Okay.
Can we get Tyson Conway
on our team?
Sir, I think we need
to get him clear.
Out of harm's way.
You think
he's in danger?
Well, he worships
his father.
Not our department.
Nils' son is leverage.
Bring him into the fold.
Call the AG.
We have it all.
What do you mean?
You got to tell him.
It's so good.
Umw-well, when security
started knocking on the door,
I-I knew I wouldn't have time
to fax all the documents,
so I-I pulled them all together
and put them in a safe place.
I mailed them.
Oh. Uh, sorry.
I-I was just
To my grandma.
She lives in Boise.
Her name's Lena.
You'll have everything in
three to five business days.
Holy crap.
Nancy Drew.
Whatever it is,
I take it it's not good.
I've been promoted.
That's --
Onsite Security Supervisor
for the new
Fingerprint Repository.
In Clarksburg?
In --
In the boonies.
Basically construction site security.
Probably working out
of a trailer.
No squads, no other agents,
certainly no Black agents.
Certainly no you.
They want to isolate us.
I don't take it,
my career is over.
You take it,
your career is over.
This is the squeeze.
They act as if
they're doing you a favor.
It's only gonna
get tighter.
We're making a deal
right now.
You tell me when
you can't breathe.
I'll tell you.
I'm the underwater champion
of Camp Moosilauke
three years in a row.
They can kiss my ass.
I'm breathing.
A security detail?
For how long?
Of course. 24-hour protection.
To know you're safe.
Erin will be
the one who kills me.
That's it?
For now.
I'm sorry you and Erin got
caught up in all this.
That's the funny thing
about the truth.
Once you know it,
you can't un-know it.
I wouldn't have thought
I could do all this.
I would have.
Hello?
Where are you right now?
Are you alone?
What's going on?
If there
wasn't an Alastor,
would there be
a Global Health Horizons?
I -- Uh, we have enough
capital to
Yeah. Yes.
We're dependent on Alastor.
Yeah.
Clarice, w--
is something happening
to my father?
Is he in danger?
I can't say any more.
I'm sorry.
Ty, I need your help,
and please,
I'm only
asking you because
well, I would be heartbroken
if anything were to happen
to you or your company.
Ty?
You've said enough.
What --
What does that mean?
Is this what you do?
Turn people into whatever
you need them to be.
You wanted to know about
my father,
so you concoct a little
traumatic currency?
A connection over loss?
No. Tyson.
No?
Then what is it?
Tell me.
Don't call me again.
You know what you
need to do, right?
You're my good
little deputy.
Your daddy's a thief.
Hey.
Nightmares, too?
Awake, and living
in uncertainty.
Hmm.
Yeah.
What nightmares?
Bill?
No.
I keep having these
weird dreams about my father.
They're all
messed up or something.
You know, we grow up
believing the things
they tell us to believe,
but
I mean
what happens if you
find out you've been
building yourself
on a lie?
Hello?
Ruth?
It's Nils Hagen.
Nils.
How long has it been?
Just long enough,
apparently.
I am calling with a
begging bowl.
You've never begged a day
in your life, Nils.
But you have,
as a hungry Senate candidate.
You were
a very generous donor.
Your team is bringing
attention and scrutiny
to the sale of my company.
I see.
We are at
a delicate point.
Though I am very grateful
for all the support
you've given me
over the years
Call it off, Ruth.
I have never
and will never
impede the course
of justice.
Goodbye.
Lila Gumb did not
press charges.
That does not mean
she never will.
And for Catherine,
she had a future
as long as she was
the victim.
Now she is a predator.
I will bend you both
until you break.
Call it off.