FBI (2018) s05e06 Episode Script

Cheers.
Can we get another round of martinis
- when you get a second?
- No, no more for me.
Oh, come on.
It took me six months to get you here.
Stay for one more.
You're right. It's been too long.
It's just work's been crazy, and Luke's
- starting school this year.
- Already?
I swear, the last time I saw him,
he was still a baby.
Oh, he is a full little person now.
I had to put the camera
back in his room.
He's been getting up
in the middle of the night
and getting out all his books or toys.
Oh.
Of course, the one night I go out,
he is out like a light.
He is getting so big.
I know.
Who is that?
I uh
I I don't know.
Quick, give me your phone.
Hello?
Carmen, there's a man in Luke's room.
- What?
- There's a man.
I can see him on the camera.
Can you see him?
Carmen.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You with me tonight?
- I guess so.
You doing OK?
OA said that you went to the doctor.
- You weren't feeling well?
- I'm fine.
The intruder broke in around 10:10 p.m.,
broke that glass, and came
through that back door.
OK, are there any
external cameras out there?
No, the house has an alarm system,
but the kid's mother,
Liza Peters, she was out,
So it hadn't been activated yet.
OK.
The abductor comes through the kitchen
and goes up these stairs,
kills the nanny,
and takes five-year-old
Luke Peters from his bed.
OK, what do we know about the victim?
Not much. Carmen Hernandez, 34.
Lived in Queens,
worked full-time as the family's nanny.
Crazy thing is Mom knew
the guy was in the house
before she did,
saw it on the baby monitor.
- This thing recording?
- No.
Apparently, it just has
a live feed, no playback.
OK, where's the mom?
I couldn't see much.
The man was across the room.
OK, do you remember how tall he was
or what color hair he had?
He was wearing a black tracksuit jacket.
I'm sorry. That's all I could see.
That's OK.
Just you and Luke living here?
What about his father?
He in the picture?
When he can be. We're not together.
He lives in London.
So you two have a cordial relationship?
Yes, we're good friends.
So there is no chance that he?
No.
We had our differences,
but, no, John's a good person.
He'd never do anything like this.
Can you think of anybody that might?
Anyone who'd shoot my nanny
and kidnap my son?
No.
I can't believe this
is really happening.
I know. I'm I'm really sorry.
OK, so the first thing we're gonna need
is a sample of Luke's DNA,
so if you have a toothbrush, a comb
Yeah, sure.
And we're also going to need
to monitor your phone lines.
Is that OK?
Yeah, of course, whatever you need.
I just want my son back.
All right, morning, folks.
On the docket today,
we've got a regular horror story,
every parent's worst nightmare.
Five-year-old Luke Peters
was taken from his house
a little after 10:00 p.m. last night,
which means he's been missing
for eight hours.
We have no footage, no witnesses,
except the mother,
who got a glimpse of the perp
on the nanny cam.
Not a lot of detail
'cause he was in the dark,
which is precisely where we are,
so let's get to work and start
shedding some light on this, yeah?
Thank you very much.
- Kelly, light me up.
- Ballistics report.
Bullets that killed the nanny, Carmen,
were from a 9-millimeter,
but there's no match
- in the system.
- Right, OK.
So we need agents going door-to-door
in the Peters' neighborhood.
Ethan, you want to take care of that?
Make sure you dig into
the local sex offender registry, yeah?
So what do we know about the family?
Luke lives with the mother,
Liza Peters, in Ditmas Park.
She's a partner at a consulting firm
in Midtown, JBD Management.
- And what about the father?
- John Bryant, 43.
He works for a private
equity firm in London.
So he lives in London,
and the wife lives in New York?
That is because they're divorced,
but on good terms.
He seems happily remarried
to a woman named Andrea.
Yeah, he's actually
on his way to New York.
He should be here
in about seven hours or so.
All right, so let's assume
Luke's abduction
is not connected to the father.
What do we know about Liza?
Does she have any skeletons
in the closet, any enemies?
Doesn't appear that way.
We've been through
her phone records, financials.
No red flags popping anywhere.
I mean, if it's a pure money grab,
there are much better targets out there.
Plus, we haven't seen
anything in the way
of a ransom demand not yet, anyway.
So why take this little boy?
What's the endgame?
Thanks.
ERT just pulled three clean prints
from the back door of Liza's house.
Let there be light.
Thanks. Hey, Liza?
Hi, do you mind if we ask you
a few questions?
Yeah, I was just
So we found three fingerprints
from the abductor's entrance
yours, Carmen's, and this guy,
Thomas Mitchum.
I take it you know who he is.
Yeah, that's Carmen's ex-boyfriend.
He's a drug addict and a thief.
He stole my watch three months ago,
which I tried to overlook
because of Carmen.
OK, are him and Carmen still in touch?
I don't think so.
So there would be no legitimate reason
- for him to be here last night?
- No.
I made it clear to Carmen
I never wanted to see him again,
and I sure as hell
didn't want him near my son.
Oh, my God. Thomas took Luke
It's OK. It's OK.
Any idea where Thomas Mitchum
might be staying?
Yes, I dropped Carmen off there once.
He was living at his aunt's house.
It was right near
the cemetery in Maspeth.
In position.
Copy that, stand by.
We're gonna enter
as quietly as possible.
We have no way of confirming
that Mitchum is working alone,
and we do not want to alert
anyone to our presence.
We make a sound,
it could get this kid killed.
I've got eyes on Mitchum.
He's moving around
the front of the house.
Southeast corner.
All right, Mitchum is
headed to the back room.
I think he heard you.
Mitchum is headed your way.
Mitchum, don't move! Hands up.
We got Mitchum in the living room.
Hey!
- Hey.
- Luke?
Freeze! I said drop it.
Hands up. On your feet now.
Back up towards me.
Luke? Hey, buddy?
- Luke?
- Back up.
Luke? Hey, buddy?
It's okay. You can come out.
Glock 19, 9-millimeter.
- I can explain.
- Anyone else in the house?
No. What the hell is this?
- Come on.
- Luke?
Hey! He's not here.
The kid's not here.
Mitchum, where is he?
Where the hell is Luke Peters?
I don't know where Luke is.
I didn't take him.
Seriously, what would I do with a kid?
We know that you were there last night.
- Is that Carmen?
- Yes.
- What happened?
- Why don't you tell us?
What do you mean?
We found your prints at the scene.
Then today,
we find you with a gun, so
No, I didn't kill Carmen. I loved her.
I have three domestic violence
reports that say otherwise.
That was a long time ago.
Look, I'm not perfect,
but I didn't kill her.
So what happened?
Why were you there last night?
We was just hanging out,
like Carmen and I always do.
- We
- Like you always do?
I wait till she puts
Luke to bed, then I go over,
then I leave before Liza gets back.
I thought you and Carmen
weren't dating anymore.
- Says who?
- Liza.
Well, she's wrong.
Carmen probably
just didn't want her to know.
So how late were you there last night?
I don't know. A little after 10:00.
OK, did you notice anyone else
in the neighborhood when you left?
No.
There was a car.
It was parked out at the curb
about a block from the house.
Guys were just sitting in it.
What kind of car?
I don't know, um, it was a black sedan,
but I remember that
their left tail light was out.
I thought about going and telling them,
but it was already so late.
- How are we doing, Elise?
- Still looking.
There's no cameras
near where the car was parked.
Ballistics from Mitchum's gun
weren't a match for the bullets
that killed Carmen.
It looks like we're back to square one.
Hey, I got video of the black sedan.
Yeah.
This is at 9:58 p.m.,
12 minutes before Liza's 911 call.
Yeah, can we run those plates?
They're bogus, come back
to a Toyota Highlander.
- OK.
- So what?
Rewind it.
All right, so it looks like
there's four, maybe five guys.
Can you see if you can get
a shot of the driver or no?
OK, black hat, track suit.
It's got to be the guy
Liza saw on the nanny cam.
I want IDs on everybody in that car.
OK, I'll try, but most
of them are in the shadow.
Can you track them back any further,
- try to get a better angle?
- Yeah, we're looking. We're looking.
All right, come on,
come on, come on, let's go.
What are we seeing?
- I got 'em.
- Yeah?
They stopped at a food cart
half a mile back.
Still not a great look into the vehicle,
but I think I can get the driver.
Yeah, hey, better an egg
today than a hen tomorrow.
Come on. Let's see, come on.
- Boom.
- OK.
OK, eyes up, people.
Akhmad Petrov,
43-year-old Chechen national.
He's on Interpol's most wanted list,
runs some group called the
Chechen Revolutionary Regiment.
Yeah, that's a fancy name
for a terrorist organization.
These guys are legit.
They're responsible for
several high-profile bombings
and political assassinations
throughout Eastern Europe.
So what the hell do
a bunch of Chechen terrorists
want with a five-year-old kid
named Luke from Brooklyn?
Chechen terrorists?
That's who took Luke?
Yeah.
That doesn't make any sense.
I mean, he's just a little boy.
Why the hell would they
We were hoping you could tell us.
- I
- OK.
This is Akhmad Petrov.
He's the man from the video.
And these are some
of his known associates.
Here. Can you look through this?
Take your time and let us know
if you recognize any of them.
No.
No, this has to be a mistake, right?
I mean, it doesn't make any sense.
No. No, it doesn't.
These men are professional terrorists.
They wouldn't expose themself
if they didn't think
it was worth the risk.
So what are you saying?
I'm saying it just
doesn't exactly feel random.
You've never had any contact
with any of those men?
No.
What about your professional life?
You ever worked for any
companies based in Eastern Europe?
Maybe, but nothing that interesting.
I mean, certainly nothing
that would cause
a terror group to kidnap my son.
Can you elaborate on that,
"nothing that interesting?"
Am I under investigation here?
No, OK? Not at all.
Then what is this?
I don't know who these men are
or why they took my son.
That's why I called you.
You should be out there looking for him
instead of accusing me of
what exactly?
OK, we're just
we're just trying to understand
how they're connected. That's all.
Um, if you think of anything,
please call us.
- What the hell was that?
- Oh, come on.
She recognized the men in the photos.
You saw that.
That's why she got defensive.
No, she's in shock, OK?
We just told her that her son
is being held by terrorists.
Can you imagine what that must
feel like for a parent?
That must be awful. I get it.
But there's something off with her.
I can feel it.
- What?
- There's nothing off, OK?
She's a mother, and she's scared.
I'm surprised you can't
really relate to that.
Of course I can relate to it,
but that's not my job
to relate to a mother going through
a horrible situation.
I'm trying to find her son.
It's Jubal.
NYPD helicopter just spotted
Petrov's car heading west
on the Long Island Expressway.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. There's his car.
I see him.
We've got eyes on the suspect's vehicle
on 43rd Avenue
turning south on 9th Street.
Copy that. We're on our way.
Ah, damn it. We're burned.
Be advised. The suspect is fleeing.
- We're in pursuit.
- Copy that.
We were right behind him.
He couldn't have gotten far.
Tiff, I think I got something.
- Hey!
- Whoa, oh
Shots fired. FBI! Don't move!
Let's go.
Suspect is headed down 9th Street,
- stolen motorbike, black jacket.
- Copy that.
It's not Petrov.
All right, thank you.
Thank you. Hey.
Anything?
I found some brown hairs
in the back seat.
Let's get the lab to run it
against Luke's DNA.
Maybe we'll get a match.
Were we able to identify our suspect?
Anzor Taramov, Chechen national
and suspected member of the CRR.
I got a bodega receipt.
Two days ago.
West 14th Street and 7th Ave.
Hey, receipt OA found
was from the purchase
of two burner phones.
Storage just sent the serial numbers.
- Can we get a location on them?
- Ian's working on it.
Hairs in the Impala
are a match to Luke Peters,
so our victim
was definitely in that car.
All right, it means we're
fishing in the right pond.
- Talk to me, Ian.
- Location services have been shut off.
What about the carrier services
call logs, text messages?
There's not a lot of activity.
The messaging is going
through an encrypted app.
The only calls that they've
made have been to each other.
So we have no way of tracking them.
Well, let's do it the old-fashioned way.
Let's call them and see where they ping.
I'm on it.
First phone is shut off.
Trying second number now.
Hello?
I know you're there.
No need to be concerned.
I'll be there on time, but you
need to deliver proof of life.
I need to know that my son is OK.
You hear me? Do you hear me?
That was definitely the boy's mother.
She's asking about her son.
Which means this case
makes even less sense
than it did five minutes ago.
All right, so we now
have evidence Liza Peters
is in direct contact
with her son's abductors,
which means that she's
been lying to us from the jump,
but we're gonna
talk to her, and see what's going on.
I assume she's still
in her house, right?
Well, she just shut off her burner,
but yeah, that call we
just made pinged to her house.
Yeah.
OK. I just spoke to the agents on site.
She's not there.
Well, they didn't just let her leave.
Do we know her location?
Well, she said she was gonna take a nap,
and climbed out the window,
and they were holding on
to her personal cell
in case a ransom call came in.
They didn't know she was a flight risk.
OK, we need to put out
a BOLO right away.
In the meantime,
let's get a search warrant.
ERT already searched her house.
Yeah, they did a forensic
sweep after the abduction,
but they weren't focused on Liza.
Encryption is tight.
The thing is harder
to get into than Fort Knox.
Keep trying, OK?
We know that she used it earlier today.
- Any luck?
- No, nothing.
Just a bunch of boring documents
and paperwork
like old pediatrician records
and bank statements, loan statements.
OK, and yet this boring woman
lied to the FBI and climbs out
of her window to meet up
with the Chechen terrorists.
It just doesn't make any sense.
Well, of course it does.
She wants to save her son.
Yeah, I get that, but why lie to us?
And why sneak out?
Oh.
Whew, sorry. I'm
- Hey, hey, are you OK?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
I'm just I'm so dizzy.
Yeah, I just
I just need some space, OK?
Please just
OK, OK.
What is that?
- What?
- Do you see that?
It's a safe.
Oh, sweet. OK, thanks.
- Yeah.
- OK.
- Let's see what we got.
- Yeah.
OK. Cash, credit cards.
- What, passports?
- Mm-hmm.
Six of them?
All belonging to Liza.
Or Maria or Diana or Larissa.
Who is this woman?
Liza Peters has six passports,
from four separate countries,
all under different names.
And based on early analysis,
they're not forgeries.
They're genuine,
government-issued documents.
The first question is,
which one is real?
Well, it seems like Liza
Peters is her real identity.
We've got a birth certificate,
yearbook photos
dating back 30 years.
So how did the others come into play?
Where'd she get them?
Don't know, but the Russian passport
under the name Maria Laskin could
explain her connection to Petrov.
She logged 13 trips from New
York to Chechnya under that identity.
And we don't have any idea
of what she was doing there?
No, customs marked the trip as personal.
All the other passports show
similar patterns of travel,
all marked personal as well.
Over the past 10 years,
she's spent months at a time
in Moscow, Bucharest, Warsaw.
Yeah, those are all intelligence hubs.
- She's a spy, no doubt.
- Yeah.
Tony, Ann, how we doing?
We need answers.
Does Liza Peters work
for one of your agencies?
If she's a covert agent,
I don't have access
- to that information.
- She's with us.
- Yeah?
- She's CIA.
High-level covert operative,
top secret and SEI clearances.
She's been with the agency since 2004.
We're gonna need to speak
with your supervisor ASAP.
I'll set it up.
How you feeling?
I'm fine.
Yeah, but you almost
passed out back at the house.
It looked like you
were in some real pain.
I'm just feeling off.
Yeah. No, I noticed. So what's up?
What did the doctor say?
I don't really want to talk about it.
Nina, you're making me nervous here.
Look, if there's something going on
I'm pregnant.
You
You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Uh, found out last night.
That's why you went to the doctor?
Yeah, I thought I had the flu.
I just didn't consider that I was
- Am I?
- Yeah.
And do you
do you know if you're gonna
I don't know. I don't know.
Can we talk about this?
Not right now, OK?
Liza's supervisor is here, so
Liza Peters was our best case officer
in Eastern Europe.
Was quick on her feet, tough as nails.
We were sorry to lose her in
the field when her son was born.
She's not active anymore?
No, she works primarily
in a supervisory role now.
But she was working in Chechnya?
For two years.
She was working a terrorist group
called the CRR, gathering intel.
Why?
Well, we think that members of the CRR,
including Akhmad Petrov,
are responsible for
the abduction of Liza's son.
What, you think
that Petrov abducted Luke?
Yeah.
Do you have any idea
why he would target her?
No.
As far as I know, Liza never
met Petrov personally.
Unless he's looking for Milena Kerimova.
Who's that?
A Chechen activist, propagandist.
She's been rallying against
Petrov and the CRR for years.
And what does she have to do with Liza?
Liza recruited her to work for the CIA,
but about six months ago,
things got hot.
Her life was in danger,
so we smuggled her out of Chechnya
and got her set up here in New York.
So if Petrov wants to kill Kerimova,
Liza is the one that knows where she is.
Is that what you're saying?
Liza is in charge of the safe house
- where Kerimova is secured.
- Which is where exactly?
Long Island.
OK, I assume you have agents
with Kerimova?
I think you should call them,
tell them what's going on.
Are you suggesting
that Liza would compromise
her own asset's safety?
To save her son, yeah.
Can I help you?
He's one of ours.
Milena Kerimova, we need to see her.
What the hell is going on?
Why are your phones off?
Liza said there was a security breach,
told us to shut down communication
until the transfer was complete.
What? What transfer?
- Milena Kerimova.
- Are you saying she's gone?
Liza wanted to move her
to a more secure location.
- When was this?
- About 15 minutes ago.
Yeah, we got a bit of a situation.
Liza lied to her fellow agents,
told them
there was a security breach
and she had to relocate
the asset she was protecting.
So we need answers. Where is she?
And more importantly,
where is she going?
Elise, how are we doing on the video?
Here we go.
This is from outside
the safe house 24 minutes ago.
- Can we go tighter?
- Here's Liza.
Doesn't she seem kind of calm
for someone who's about
to hand over her asset
to a terrorist organization?
Well, we don't know if that's her plan.
Right now, we need to find her.
What car is she driving?
886LSMB. OK, I'm running it.
It's a rental, picked up from a company
two blocks from Liza's house
at 2:54 p.m.,
paid for with a credit card
belonging to Nancy Lawson.
Yeah, that's I think that's
one of the aliases, right?
Yeah, let's get a BOLO
out on that car, thanks.
What about the car's GPS?
Can the rental company track it?
Yeah, I'm on with them now.
- Yes, they think they can do it.
- Great.
Get their location
over to Scola and Nina.
There's movement in the front seat.
Liza Peters, out of the car now!
Where's Kerimova?
In the back seat.
She's fine.
I just gave her a mild sedative.
You need to tell us
what the hell is going on.
They gave me a choice,
deliver Kerimova or watch
my son die a very painful death.
These people these animals,
they mean what they say.
OK, so what?
You were just gonna deliver Kerimova
and let them execute her?
What the hell would you do,
watch your son get murdered?
OK, but what, you couldn't,
so that's why you're here?
OK, all right.
So this is good, OK?
We just we need a plan.
What is it
that Petrov's asking you to do?
He wants Kerimova, told me to
meet him by 5:00, or he'll kill Luke.
OK, where are you supposed to meet him?
What's what's the exact location?
Some old building
by the beach in Queens,
but the meeting's less
than an hour from now, so
No, that's OK.
Actually, that's enough time.
Well, we can't just show up,
hit the location,
- and hope that
- I have a plan, OK?
Look at her, right?
We look enough alike.
I'll just go in her place.
No, no, that is not a plan.
That is a death wish.
You don't even speak the language.
Look, all we need to do
is keep the ruse alive for long enough
to get eyes on Luke, right?
I mean, you know these guys.
Do you think we can do it?
It could work.
OK, then I'll run it up the flagpole.
OK, hey, hey, hey.
You understand this is crazy, right?
- It's our only play.
- No, Nina.
I read this guy's file, OK?
Petrov decapitated his own brother.
You cannot go into
a meeting with a person
- with less than an hour of prep.
- Well, it's our only move, OK?
So back off.
OK, we're too far away.
I mean, if anything goes sideways,
we can't even get to them.
We get any closer, they'll see us.
OK, we have a black, blue Dodge Durango,
license plate number 437HDVX.
We're running it.
It's cold plated.
Looks like an older model.
We can't track that.
Can we get eyes on the inside?
How many guys we dealing with here?
I've got eyes inside of the vehicle,
but I only see one guy, and
it doesn't look like Petrov.
What about the little boy?
No, I don't see him.
It's not Petrov.
Out of the car.
Get in.
Start the car.
Where is my son?
I'll take you to him.
Just do what I say.
No, no, they changed
the plan, let's call it.
If we arrest this guy now,
Petrov's gonna know
that something went wrong,
and he's gonna kill the kid
and cut his losses.
Our best bet is to follow them.
If they even come back. For all we know,
he could have them pull over
at the side of the road
and shoot them both.
Isobel.
You know this guy better than we do.
Are we walking into a trap here?
I don't think so.
Petrov will want to deal
with Kerimova himself,
so I think they're safe
until they actually meet up
with him, anyway.
Then, it's a toss-up.
All right, we're gonna let
Liza and Nina make the call.
It's their lives on the line.
We're talking about handing
Nina over to an executioner here.
If Nina wanted out,
she would have given us a signal.
She's got this.
I'm not going anywhere.
I need to know my son's alive.
Luke.
Mommy, I want to go home.
I know, honey, I know. It's oK.
I'm coming. I'm on my way.
Drive.
Do we know where they're headed yet?
Somewhere in Long Island.
We have a problem.
The licensed car just
turn down a private road.
If we follow it now,
our cover's gonna be blown.
No, no, no. We don't know that.
If we pull them over
right now, we can spook them.
It could get Nina and Liza killed.
Take it easy.
Don't move.
- You OK?
- Yeah, I'm good.
Tiff, how far out are y'all?
We're about six minutes away.
- We have your location.
- OK.
Here.
OK, wait for backup to make entry.
We will be there in five minutes.
OK.
Liza, hey. Where are you going?
I'm not waiting.
Come on. They're close.
We don't know how many
guys are in there, Liza.
My son is in there.
You do what you want. I'm going in.
Liza Liza!
No, Nina, wait for backup.
Nina!
Ah!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. He's down.
- Are you OK?
- I don't think I can stand on it.
OK. Put pressure on it, OK?
I'm gonna stay with you.
- Mom!
- Luke?
Stay where you are.
Please, you have to go find him.
OK.
Stay covered.
I'll be back.
Luke?
Hey, hi.
Hi. My name is Nina, OK?
- I'm gonna take you
- Step away from the child.
Stay here.
Step away from the child.
OK, OK!
Come here. Come on.
I'm gonna take you to your mom, OK?
Come here, buddy.
OK.
Give Mommy one last big hug,
then we have to go.
Bye-bye, sweet boy.
Be good for Daddy.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I don't know how to thank you
for what you did in there.
I know I put you at risk.
It's all right.
They're gonna take you to the hospital,
get your leg all fixed up, OK?
And then what?
They are gonna charge you
with the abduction of Kerimova
and violation of the Espionage Act,
but we're gonna talk
to the U.S. Attorney
let him know the situation you were in.
I appreciate that. I do.
But I'm good.
I did what I had to do.
They were gonna kill my son.
And at the end of the day, he's safe.
That's enough.
Hey, what's that about?
I don't know.
Are you good?
Yeah, I'm good.
This is gonna be my last case
with you guys for a while.
What are you talking about?
We were just getting started.
Yeah, I know. I just
I need to take
some time and clear my head.
But I'm just gonna go down
to white collar, you know?
I'm gonna take on all
the dangerous dudes
on Wall Street there who are
doing insider trading, so
OK.
I'll be honest, though.
I don't think I'm completely OK
with this, but if it's for the best
I'll be two floors down.
Don't get emotional.
Bye-bye.
Can I walk you out?
Of course.
So will you talk to me, Nina?
What's going on?
Why are you really leaving?
I just need some time,
like I said, you know,
to figure things out,
what I'm gonna do with my life and you.
So what about the baby?
I don't know.
Like I said, I just need some time.
I'll call you, OK?
Yeah.
Bye.