Adam RossWhat would you do?
Adam Ross
You know, if you found millions of dollars of gems in the street?
Adam Ross
Oh, come on, guy. You wouldn't keep some?
Adam Ross
No, no, no, I... I'd give 'em back. Mostly... I mean... maybe keep one or two.
Know what happens to people that take things that don't belong to them, right?
Adam Ross
No.
Other people are getting hurt. Doc! Come here, we got an ethical debate going on, and Adam is failing miserably. What do you do if you come across a fortune of precious gems that don't belong to you?
I'd give them to the guy with the knife to my throat.
Adam Ross
It's got all the auditory markers of an ass dial. You know, when your phone's in your back pocket and you make a call that you don't even know you're making. For instance, okay... my ass dialled my girlfriend once when I was out at a bar with some friends. Left, like, a 15-minute message, you know? I mean, it would've been really funny, except we were talking about her the whole time, and...
That's how she became your ex-girlfriend?
Adam Ross
Well... yeah.
Clear out the ambient sound, see if there's anything useful underneath, and call me when you got something. With your fingers, not your ass.
Adam Ross
The new voice mail was left using a second prepaid phone and just like numero uno, right, the SIM card was used once and then deactivated.
So Mrs. Harris' mystery caller is dumping phones as he goes.
Adam Ross
Sure looks that way. So, I compared the serial numbers on both the cards and guess what?
Adam Ross
Yeah. Perp's not as smart as he thinks. He bought both the phones at the same store at the same time.
He alluded to a final message in the second voice mail.
So to leave it, he'd need a third phone which might still be active.
Adam Ross
Hey.
Dog ate your homework, what's up?
Adam Ross
ok, check this out. I was processing Olivia Prescott's clothing, and I found this weird grey dirt on her blazer, so I ran it through GCMS, and I found a high concentration of sodium, potassium, magnesium, and chloride; which is... ah well... ah... eh- It has the same chemical consistency as ah... Martian soil.
Adam Ross
Soil found on Mars.
Ok. So I should have Flack send out an APB on what? 5'2, big head, oval shaped piercing black eyes, last scene leaving Archford Academy on a flying saucer? [still amused]
Adam Ross
You know, I just got the results back and I-I don't wanna go to Mac yet cause I don't want him to think that I'm-I'm crazy!
Adam, I can personally guarantee you, that Olivia has never been to Mars. Based on the tears of the fabrics of her blazer, the killer likely grabbed Olivia, so the "martian soil" had to be secondary transfer from the killers hand, but obviously the killer's never been to mars, so you have to figure out what martian soil has to do with Archford Academy.
Adam Ross
Ok. [Turns to leave, sees Mac] Oh God [Leaves in the opposite direction]
Is that me?! That's not funny!
Yeah, but you're laughing.
You're going to be married to her. [They all keep laughing] We are growing old together.
[Adam notices Mac walking over]
Adam Ross
[Seriously] Boss, One o'clock.
What is happening in here?
Adam Ross
We were... well, ah... while these guys were, eh... goofing around, I discovered a rust like substance from the vics sweater, more than likely transfered from the weapon. [Lindsay and Danny look at him incredulously]
Adam Ross
Yeah, huh.
I think you need a distinct chemical composition or you'll be staring at big fat dead end chief.
There was no hit in Codis from the blood on the platform. And Danny's print from the train, dead end. But I did manage to find a partial print from the adhesive tape on the cigar box, and I'm thinking since our vic was wearing a mask, she was probably up to something, and she might have a record.
Right, which we won't find any time soon, cause our vic is still a Jane Doe, and I ran Sid's ten card and we didn't get an ID... So if that print you recovered is hers, it's not gonna get us a name.
I'm your wife, ok. You don't have to turn on me.
[The three of them start arguing lightly]
Adam Ross
Sorry.
Alright, lets get an ID on our Jane Doe, lets hunt down a location where this mask was purchased might be a good place to start, the quality of the material suggests it was custom made, not something you find on a costume store shelf, and run this clothes, lets see if we can find a murder weapon. Danny that palm print run it for trace, maybe we can find something that'll tell us where the killer works, lives or hangs out.
[Killer's cell phone starts vibrating]
Danny, check your schedule. You'll receive a 'must appear' for Wednesday.
I can cover your cases for you if you have any deadlines.
Ah, thanks, Doc (To Lindsay) You weren't even gonna offer, were you?
Solve your own damn cases.
Adam Ross
I can't wait to get married.
This writing style is very unique. Look at the I's. Exaggerated slant. Alternating capital and lowercase letters between words. Someone may be able to recognize it.
Adam Ross
I'm not sure I follow.
We use it like a missing persons billboard. Instead of a face, we use this. 'If you recognize the handwriting, call the NYPD tips line.' That kind of thing. See? Out of the box thinking. Get it out to every media source you can think of. I want it on electronic billboards, too.
Adam Ross
All over the state?
Adam Ross
I need your signature on this, boss.
I told you not to call me that.
Adam Ross
Well, whose signature do I need at the bottom of this report?
Adam Ross
Then you're the boss.
Adam Ross
I'm not gonna call you interim boss.
Well, that's what I am, at least until Sinclair fills Mac's position.
Adam Ross
(Imitating Jo) Well, uh, I'm just... so sorry, sir, you're just not the man who replaces Mac Taylor at the head of this crime lab. Yeah, not with that pocket protector and those silly Pee Wee Herman-looking glasses.
Adam Ross
(Imitating the man) Uh, but, um, then why did Chief Sinclair want to interview me and have you show me around the lab?
Adam Ross
(Imitating Jo) Well, that's probably because he's just got to make believe that Mac Taylor's never coming back. He doesn't even know the difference between a GCMS and a scanning electron microscope. Well, I'll tell you what, sweet thing, okay? I'm gonna introduce you to a bunch of people that you're never gonna be supervising...
There's something seriously wrong with you.
Adam Ross
(Gasps) Awkward. How long were you there?
Pretty much the whole time
Adam Ross
(About 9/11) I was asleep. You know, I went out the night before with a couple of my buddies, and we had a few too many drinks, and I didn't wake up till after 2:00. And by then, the entire world had changed. The next morning, I got up at 5:00 a.m., and I went down there, and... I stood behind a barricade with these construction workers for, like, 12 hours, you know, until they opened it up and let us clean up the debris.
So you joined the bucket brigade?
Adam Ross
Yeah.
Adam Ross
I thought you were in Montana.
I was when it happened. I watched the whole thing on TV, feeling totally useless, and like I wanted to help, but they weren't letting planes in, obviously. And then I heard that trucks from all over the country were going to New York. So, I jumped on a local fire truck, and I got here a few days after. We might have been on the same line, never even knew it.
Adam
What?
Adam
Oh. Hawkes had him pegged coming back November 30 or earlier.
Which means you must have had him coming back after November 30.
Adam
Uh, kind of, yeah.
What do you mean, kind of?
Adam
Uh, kind of, as in... (Clears throat) ... erm, never.
You mean you thought Mac Taylor was never coming back to this crime lab? How come you didn't let me in on this bet? I'd have cleaned up on all you fools.
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