Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Lucky Strikes (2017)

Mark Gantt: Detective Alex Russ

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• Detective Alex Russ : Thanks for coming, Emily.

  Emily Prentiss : Alex, this is Agent Luke Alvez.

  Luke Alvez : [shaking hands]  Hi. You two guys, you know each other.

  Emily Prentiss : Uh, Alex left the Bureau a few years ago to take this job.

  Detective Alex Russ : Tough call, though. When my dad passed, I wanted the kids to spend some meaningful time with their grandma down here.

  Emily Prentiss : I heard Detective Jordan retired early and you replaced him.

  Detective Alex Russ : Yeah. He couldn't shake the stink of this case. It's taken the community a decade to recover from Ferell. Now we have a damn copycat.

  Luke Alvez : Well, they thrive on media attention. That wouldn't be good for anybody.

  Emily Prentiss : Agreed. We rob him of his fifteen minutes and work under the radar.

  Detective Alex Russ : I'd like to shut him down quietly. Before the town loses all hope.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Ferell's been out on weekend home visits, so it is possible he's killing again.

  Emily Prentiss : I can't believe they'd be that reckless. How did this happen?

  David Rossi : Well, it happened with Hinkley and Vince Li, the cannibal who killed and beheaded a guy on a bus.

  Matt Simmons : And what's worse, 'cause this is a mental health issue, not a criminal case, they had no duty to tell us or the public.

  Detective Alex Russ : [entering]  Sorry to interrupt, but Ferell's lawyer, Billie Williams, is here. You're gonna want to hear what she has to say.

• Billie Williams : It's fortunate that you're here, Agents. I was just telling Detective Russ about our lawsuit against the FBI.

  Emily Prentiss : Don't waste our time with threats. We have work to do.

  Billie Williams : As a courtesy, I wanted to let you know that I just filed a motion to drop all charges against my client. I'm petitioning for his unconditional release.

  David Rossi : On what grounds?

  Billie Williams : It's clear from the current murder that Ferell is actually innocent. He was set up by the real killer ten years ago, and that guy's killing again.

  Emily Prentiss : The murders stopped as soon as Ferell was locked up, and they've started again now that he's on home release.

  Billie Williams : Supervised home release. And it's further proof that the killer is setting my client up. He only kills when he can blame it on Ferell.

  Detective Alex Russ : They caught him red-handed with one of the victims.

  Billie Williams : All that proves is that my client was under the influence of the real killer. He was clearly suffering from mental illness at the time.

  David Rossi : I'll say. He had human recipies, said he ate the victims, and had a satanic shrine.

  Billie Williams : He was manipulated by the real killer to say those things. There was never any actual evidence tying him to these murders.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, well, we're confident that the facts speak for themselves. Now, if you'll excuse us.

• Detective Alex Russ : We identified the body from the warehouse. Yvonne Westfield. She went missing six weeks ago on a weekday when Ferell was still locked up.

  Emily Prentiss : So there's deinitely another killer out there.

  Luke Alvez : I find it hard to believe that there's a master manipulator killer pulling Ferell's strings.

  Matt Simmons : But everything seems to be pointing that way.

  Emily Prentiss : Okay, let's get Yvonne's next of kin in here, find out everything we can about her.

• Dr. Tara Lewis : We know, behaviorally, that Marcus was lying.

  David Rossi : Regardless, we have to turn over his dying declaration to Ferell's defense counsel.

  Luke Alvez : She'll use it to get him out.

  Matt Simmons : That's what Ferell wanted all along.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : He manipulated the mental health system to get out again by coercing Marcus into taking credit for his crimes.

  Detective Alex Russ : And I'm left with a cannibal about to be released back into my community. How do I protect them?

  Emily Prentiss : None of us wants to risk waiting for Ferell to kill again, and we all know believe he will, but there's simply nothing we can do legally at this time.

  David Rossi : Well, I can't leave here doing nothing. I'll try to get the hospital board to understand Ferell's hand in all this.

  Detective Alex Russ : I appreciate that, and everything you've done for us. Thank you.