Mac! You gotta come back to the lab.
What? Why?
Because... because I think I just saw a woman get murdered.
“Unfriendly Chat” · Season 7, Episode 2
In this episode: Adam Ross (9), Jo Danville (8), Danny Messer (4), Mac Taylor (3), Lindsay Monroe (3), Don Flack (2), Sheldon Hawkes (1)
I feel like I've forgotten everything, like I-I can't remember any of the details.
Well, that's not uncommon, when the brain experiences trauma. Sometimes it locks up. But not to worry, cause I always carry a spare set of keys.
Sass Dumonde (to Adam): Your eyes are kind. Are they telling the truth?
I, uh... I hope so. Uh... I'm Adam. What's your name?
SDSass Dumonde
(in a French accent) Nice to meet you, Adam.
(imitating her accent) A... Adam?
SDSass Dumonde
But if I told you my name, I'm afraid I'd have to kill you...(muffled screaming)
What the hell? (witnesses Sass being killed)
Are you absolutely sure, Adam, it was murder? While I was at the FBI, we saw hundreds of fake snuff films and Internet hoaxes every year. Staged suicides, bogus kidnappings... it can be very convincing.
You're certain what you saw was real?
(sighs) I saw a man in black walk up behind a beautiful woman and choke the life right out of her. I've never seen anyone get murdered before. Until tonight.
We don't know who our killer is. We don't know who our victim is.
And our crime scene could be anywhere in the world.
Well, new memories are usually stored in the hippocampus, and then transferred to the brain's frontal lobes for long-term storage, but when a person's memory experiences traumatic collapse, sometimes you gotta dig from the other side, using memory triggers, potent emotions from the past, to unlock memories in the present.
Adam, you all right?
I've been better.
You want to talk about it?
What's there to say? He strangled her, she died... end of transmission. I'm gonna wait in the car.
Jo Danville [to Adam]: You're being ridiculous.
What?
You deal with death every day. This case is no different. Man up.
Are you kidding me? Jo, I saw this girl alive. She's not just another dead body on the slab to me. Oh, no, did you just do that so I'd spill my guts? Oh, damn it!
Sorry, Adam. You can't keep your feelings bottled up. Contents may explode under pressure.
He came in and out like he owned the place. There's no obvious signs of B & E.
This is an old building. Lucy can pick that lock.
We did find Sass Dumonde's dead body.
According to the university, she was in your class last semester.
We found her strangled to death with your fancy headphones.
(whistles) That's pretty harsh. I mean, I failed Calculus, but my teacher didn't kill me.
Jo Danville [to Torrey Powell]: You swallow a lot. I mean a lot a lot. I don't mean to make you feel self-conscious. It's a common OCD anxiety disorder. And I would recommend exercise or some kind of organized sports to keep your mind focused on something else. But since those really aren't an option now, you're kinda screwed. Unless...
TPTorrey Powell
Unless what?
Well, the sympathetic nervous system is responsible for your body's reaction to stress and right now, there's no question you're under a great deal of that. So you're gonna need to really figure out how to alleviate that somehow.
How about by telling us the truth, Torrey?
It's a matter of your personal safety.
TPTorrey Powell
What the hell kinda mind games are you playing, lady?
Jo Danville [to Adam]: I got a courtesy call from an old friend of mine at the FBI. Turns out the Feds have been investigating Dragga Financial for all sorts of shenanigans. In fact, they were kind enough to share their files with me, pretty much all of it. But they weren't too keen on seeing an NYPD computer digging around in their sandbox.
Okay, that's great. But I know why you're here. I've heard about your rep. So what, are you gonna blow the whistle on me now, too?
You don't want to go there. Me leaving the Bureau to come here was about conviction and evidence and doing my job.
Okay. I'm sorry. That w... that wasn't fair.
A few of these and a laptop, and she's able to write, record her own music, post it online for millions of people to hear, and then text and video-chat with God knows how many more.
Well, that's great, but how long before more is too much?
(laughs) I don't know, but... you know, we already opened the 21st century, Danny. I think it's too late to send it back.
Yeah, well, you're probably right about that, but just to be clear, though, Lucy is never going near a computer, okay? Just, ever.
Okay. But she does have, uh, a laptop lab at her preschool, and she can use my iPhone better than I can.
Damn it.
I shared the final moments of Sass Dumonde's life. I, I... I heard her music. I... I saw her joy. I-I... maybe even fell in love a little. And then, three minutes later, it was... it was just over.
When you cross paths with people like that, it's hard not to stop in your tracks. But believe me when I tell you... none of what you're doing now will bring her back. It will only bring you down.
What do I do now, though?
Go home. Go to bed. Come back in the morning ready to do what's right.
You got to be hurting a little bit today, huh, man?
I got a, uh, you know, three-day suspension. It's pretty painful.
Ah, come on. Hacking after Mac told you not to? You're lucky he didn't suspend you from the flagpole out front.
Yeah, you go home, lick your wounds, uh, catch up on your soaps. You'll be fine.
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