- Hannah Khoury: I think our best bet is Vodun.
- Tammy Gregorio: What?
- Hannah Khoury: Voodoo.
- Tammy Gregorio: Ugh. It really is Halloween, isn't it?
- Hannah Khoury: Vodun is considerably more peaceful than pop culture would have us believe.
- Tammy Gregorio: There's nothing peaceful about human sacrifice.
- Hannah Khoury: Yeah, well, if that's what happened here. We need to consult a local practitioner. Either of you know any?
- Dwayne Pride: You don't need to stall, Doc. What'd you find out?
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Actually, nothing. I reviewed the diagnostics you sent me. Cerebral angiogram was clear. Blood flow normal. No structural abnormalities. Bottom line, your brain is in perfect working order.
- Dwayne Pride: Exactly what my neurologist said.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: You seem disappointed. 'Cause, you know, usually patients are happy when they find out they're okay.
- Dwayne Pride: Ever since the shooting, I've been seeing things.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Hallucinations?
- Dwayne Pride: Disconnected moments in time. Disjointed memories. People who aren't there. Sometimes I can barely tell 'em apart from reality.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Have you been sleeping?
- Dwayne Pride: Couple hours every night, if I'm lucky. Most nights I'm not.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Well, flashbacks, nightmares, sleeping disturbances, it's all textbook
- Dwayne Pride, Commander Calvin Atkins: PTSD.
- Dwayne Pride: Also what my neurologist said.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Your body has healed, but your mind's still playing catch-up.
- Dwayne Pride: You're gonna tell me I need therapy?
- Commander Calvin Atkins: And you're gonna tell me you don't have time. Which is why I am prescribing Alprazolam for the anxiety, Zolpidem for the sleepless nights, and an SSRI cocktail just to help you push through.
- Dwayne Pride: You know I'm not a fan of pharmaceuticals.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: And I also know that you are dangerously close to a breaking point, Dwyane. One way or another, something's gotta give.
- [handing him the prescription]
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Here. Where you go from here, that's entirely up to you.
- Hannah Khoury: State police picked her up wandering on the side of the road. She was abducted by a single male suspect. He held her captive.
- Dwayne Pride: Assault?
- Hannah Khoury: She's pretty banged up. Fortunately, the rape kit results were negative.
- Dwayne Pride: What else does she remember?
- Hannah Khoury: I don't know yet. She said she wanted to talk to you first.
- Ginny Young: I'm so sorry.
- Dwayne Pride: Sorry about what? You did exactly what you were supposed to do, Ginny. Survive.
- Ginny Young: No. I let my guard down.
- Dwayne Pride: It's not your fault. We're gonna get the guy. I can promise you that. But we're gonna need your help.
- Ginny Young: I never saw his face.
- Hannah Khoury: That's okay. Just tell us what you do remember.
- Dwayne Pride: This is Agent Khoury. Hannah.
- Hannah Khoury: Hi, Ginny.
- Ginny Young: I met up with a... couple of friends after work on Friday. We wanted to hear some music, have some drinks.
- Hannah Khoury: Where?
- Ginny Young: Uh... the Bacchanal. We were... all dancing, feeling great. Then all of a sudden, I-I felt sick. The room was spinning. I-I only had one drink.
- Hannah Khoury: Suspect may have spiked it.
- Ginny Young: I know that I should have kept an eye on my drink, shouldn't have left alone. I know the things that I'm supposed to do.
- Dwayne Pride: Ginny, it's okay.
- Ginny Young: I should have called a car. I just felt so bad that I... started walking. I thought the fresh air would help.
- Hannah Khoury: And what direction did you walk?
- Ginny Young: I don't know. Next thing I remember is waking up in that house. Hanging there, alone in the dark.
- Dwayne Pride: Tell us what you saw after you escaped.
- Ginny Young: There were, um, houses everywhere. But no one was there. They were all abandoned. Like a nightmare.
- Hannah Khoury: Did you see any street signs, visual landmarks?
- Ginny Young: I can't remember. Maybe if you take me out, drive me around, I'll see something I recognize. We can go now.
- Dwayne Pride: No. You need to stay here and let the doctors take care of you. We can handle the rest right now.
- Ginny Young: I can't sit here and do nothing. He's still out there. He could hurt somebody else. You said that you needed my help. I am willing to do whatever it takes. Just like you, Special Agent Pride.
- Dwayne Pride: [to his assistant Ginny] If the docs sign off, we're gonna get you discharged, and you and I are gonna break this case together.
- Tammy Gregorio: Thirteen years after Katrina, and there are still thousands of blighted houses across the city. Most of these communities look like ghost towns. How are we supposed to find one particular abandoned house without any description?
- Christopher LaSalle: Police picked Ginny up deep in New Orleans East. Even if she ran full stride for an hour, there's no way she'd travel that far.
- Tammy Gregorio: I mean, maybe six to eight miles. Cut that in half, there are still 200 abandoned houses she could have escaped from.
- Christopher LaSalle: Gonna take us days to check 'em all. Perp'll be long gone by then.
- Sebastian Lund: So, the handcuffs that Ginny was wearing were standard issue, just available at any Army-Navy surplus store. But I found blood traces on the chain link, not Ginny's.
- Tammy Gregorio: Tell me you got a hit, Sebastian.
- Sebastian Lund: Yeah. This is Edward Lightell, drug dealer and professional scumbag. He's currently on parole for two counts of second-degree sexual battery.
- Christopher LaSalle: Ginny wasn't sexually assaulted.
- Tammy Gregorio: Yeah, well, look a this creep. It was just a matter of time.
- Hannah Khoury: Pride, we just cleared every house on the street where Lightell's car was parked. We got nothing.
- Dwayne Pride: Doesn't mean he's not hiding here somewhere.
- Hannah Khoury: Okay, we'll expand our search grid, keep going until we find something. Any luck with Ginny?
- Dwayne Pride: Not yet. But keep monitoring our position in case that changes.
- Ginny Young: Feels like whole pieces of my memory are just gone.
- Dwayne Pride: Not gone, buried. One of the ways our subconscious tries to protect us from trauma. You gotta... dig through it to get to the answers.
- Ginny Young: You say that like you know something about it.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, maybe a little.
- Ginny Young: So what can I do to dig the pieces out?
- Dwayne Pride: I'm still trying to figure that out for myself.
- Tammy Gregorio: This is why I hate Halloween. It's when all the freakiest stuff happens around here.
- Sebastian Lund: I can't stop thinking about how lucky Ginny was.
- Tammy Gregorio: Yeah, well, if she hadn't escaped, she might've ended up gutted, too.
- Hannah Khoury: Wade thinks Lightell's been dead for at least 48 hours.
- Sebastian Lund: All right, well, that clears him of the kidnapping. He was a victim, too, at least in this case.
- Tammy Gregorio: Puts us back to square one on finding a suspect and a motive; doesn't seem like sexual assault anymore.
- Hannah Khoury: Ritualistic mutilation really changes our profile.
- Sebastian Lund: You thinking serial killer?
- Tammy Gregorio: Maybe, but there's no obvious pattern. Ginny Young and Ed Lightell couldn't be more different.
- Hannah Khoury: So if we find a connection, we may be able to anticipate the next target.
- Sebastian Lund: Yeah, might have something to do with these markings that were painted on the, uh, crime scene walls.
- Tammy Gregorio: What are they?
- Hannah Khoury: They're definitely West African in origin, but there's at least a dozen ancient religions with symbols like that.
- Sebastian Lund: How do you know that?
- Hannah Khoury: I studied anthropology in college for a hot minute.
- Zaire Dupre: Why is it that you never come to see me for a cup of tea or to catch up? It's only ever when you think a voodoo cult has brutally murdered a poor, unsuspecting sailor or such.
- Dwayne Pride: So these are voodoo markings?
- Zaire Dupre: No, not voodoo, Dwayne. Santeria.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, they have a similar origin and belief system.
- Zaire Dupre: Well, Santeria came to America from Cuba and Mexico. Voodoo came from Haiti, and none of them condone murder.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, in this case, we have the killing and desecration of a person, and these markings suggest a religious angle.
- Zaire Dupre: These are not the work of a true believer. Just some nut who's got his screws loose. And you knew that before you came in here. So why are you really here?
- Christopher LaSalle: Autopsy already done, Doc?
- Loretta Wade: Ah. Our killer did most of the heavy lifting. Emptied the chest cavity; saved me some time.
- Christopher LaSalle: Emptied it? Like, scooped everything out?
- Loretta Wade: All Mr. Lightell's vital organs were removed. Heart, liver, kidneys, lungs. But this was no butcher job; the parts were harvested.
- Loretta Wade: I know it may not look like it, but all of the vessels were ligated with precision, ensuring that the organs remained intact. Whoever did this has advanced medical training.
- Christopher LaSalle: Not some psychopath just running around chopping folks up for fun.
- Loretta Wade: Especially when you consider that both Ginny Young and Ed Lightell had high doses of ketamine in their system.
- Christopher LaSalle: Horse tranquilizer.
- Loretta Wade: Not only that. Lightell's toxicology revealed traces of of physostigma venenosum, known as the Calabar bean.
- Christopher LaSalle: Never heard of it.
- Loretta Wade: It's rare. It's indigenous to southeastern Nigeria.
- Christopher LaSalle: I'm guessing poisonous.
- Loretta Wade: Extremely, but in lower doses, it acts as a paralytic.
- Christopher LaSalle: Are you saying someone took out his organs while he was still alive?
- Loretta Wade: It would appear so.
- Christopher LaSalle: I checked the perimeter. No sign of movement.
- Sebastian Lund: Yeah, Entergy says the power's been cut off to the whole building.
- Tammy Gregorio: Hmm? Wait, you're telling me I have to go into Dracula's castle in the dark?
- Sebastian Lund: You want me to hold your little hand?
- Tammy Gregorio: You touch me, Sebastian, I'll shoot you.
- Christopher LaSalle: You all right?
- Tammy Gregorio: No! We're in the creepiest building in the world searching for a freak who likes to cut people up. Do I look all right?
- Christopher LaSalle: The vic on the table, Daniel York, is an accountant at St. Tammany Parish. Reported missing four days ago.
- Sebastian Lund: Yeah, and he was dead. I was sure of it.
- Christopher LaSalle: According to Doc Wade, he was dosed heavily with Calabar beans. It slowed York's pulse.
- Sebastian Lund: Mine almost stopped when he sat up.
- Christopher LaSalle: Gregorio's, too.
- Sebastian Lund: Think she's pissed at me?
- Christopher LaSalle: "Pissed" would be an understatement, Sebastian.
- Sebastian Lund: We got an accountant from St. Tammany, Pride's assistant Ginny, and sexual predator Lightell all abducted by Ignacio Marquez. Why?
- Christopher LaSalle: Other than he likes to play real-life "Operation"?
- Hannah Khoury: [entering] Actually, Marquez is a doctor. U.S. embassy in Havana gave me a full background on our suspect. Resident at the Hospital de Curacion in Santiago, that is until he was fired for performing unnecessary procedures on mental patients.
- Sebastian Lund: Oh, okay, so he's legit crazy.
- Tammy Gregorio: Spoke to a santero from a local Santeria house where Marquez was a member. Got banned for being too extreme.
- Christopher LaSalle: Extreme how?
- Tammy Gregorio: Organizing animal sacrifice. He wanted to be a part of this blood ritual, showed up with a gallon of human blood to the service, was forcibly removed.
- Sebastian Lund: Man, that's creepy, even for New Orleans.
- Tammy Gregorio: This guy is flush with cash. Where'd he get it?
- Christopher LaSalle: Well, not from praciticing medicine. Works nights as a janitor.
- Hannah Khoury: For a company that specializes in disposing of medical waste.
- Christopher LaSalle: Well, that gives him access to hospitals, research labs, universities.
- Tammy Gregorio: And transplant facilities. Big business in black market organs.
- Christopher LaSalle: Yeah, but transplants are regulated by UNOS.
- Hannah Khoury: But tissue recovery for medical research is not. If the organs are no longer viable, they can be legally donated or sold.
- Sebastian Lund: Well, that could explain how Marquez is making his money. Research labs will pay big bucks for human parts.
- Tammy Gregorio: Am I the only one completely disturbed by that statement?
- Christopher LaSalle: Well, it's not about religion for Marquez, it's about greed.
- Hannah Khoury: Okay, I'm happy to moderate this debate, but after we catch him.
- Loretta Wade: Ah, good timing, Dwayne. Hannah will be here any moment for my findings on Lightell's autopsy.
- [seeing his expression]
- Loretta Wade: But that's not why you're here.
- Dwayne Pride: Why else would I be here?
- Loretta Wade: Oh, I imagine you're about to tell me.
- Dwayne Pride: You remember Akia Dupre?
- Loretta Wade: Owned the spiritualist shop next to the Trutone? Died last year.
- Dwayne Pride: Granddaughter Zaire is running the place now. She's turned it into a café. She gave me some... special tea.
- Loretta Wade: Want me to tell you what's in it?
- Dwayne Pride: If it's not too much trouble.
- Loretta Wade: Not at all.
- Dwayne Pride: I'm still experiencing things I can't explain.
- Loretta Wade: Yes, you went to the doctor. What did Calvin say?
- Dwayne Pride: That there was nothing wrong with me. At least not physical. He prescribed some pills to help deal with the rest.
- Loretta Wade: Doesn't he know how you feel about pharmaceuticals?
- Dwayne Pride: You know I'm not gonna take 'em, but... I need to sleep, Loretta.
- Loretta Wade: And the tea's supposed to help?
- Dwayne Pride: Yeah. But not by covering up the symptoms. Zaire says it'll help me accept what's happening.
- Loretta Wade: I may be a doctor, but I know firsthand that science doesn't always have the answer. Sometimes the only way to find what you seek is to travel the alternate path.
- Loretta Wade: It's a skin sample of Edward Lightell's abdomen. And while examining it, I found this puncture wound.
- Dwayne Pride: Looks like an injection site.
- Loretta Wade: Well, based on location, I'd say more likely a percutaneous liver biopsy.
- Hannah Khoury: Why is that significant?
- Loretta Wade: Because I confirmed the presence of similar puncture wounds in both Daniel York and Ginny. And that's not the only thing they have in common. All three of them, blood type O-.
- Dwayne Pride: Marquez has been searching for a specific liver.
- Hannah Khoury: That's why he keeps his victims alive while he's trying to find it.
- Loretta Wade: He needs the liver to stay viable because he needs it for a live transplant.
- Hannah Khoury: Marquez works for a medical waste company. Cane Transplant Center is one of their biggest clients.
- Loretta Wade: And one of the only facilities in the city that would have a need for a viable human liver.
- Dwayne Pride: Worth paying them a visit.
- Hannah Khoury: I'll have Gregorio meet me there.
- Tammy Gregorio: Nurse says Marquez picks up the medical waste two nights a week. No contact with staff.
- Hannah Khoury: Well, someone here has to know him.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Sorry to let myself in, but, uh, nobody was out front.
- Dwayne Pride: Yeah, no, no, my assistant's not here. It's not like her to be late.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Yeah, well, Monday mornings are rough for everyone, right?
- Dwayne Pride: What are you doing here, Cal?
- Commander Calvin Atkins: What do you mean?
- Dwayne Pride: Well, our appointment's not until tomorrow.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Well, I just couldn't wait that long to see Dwayne Pride in a suit and tie.
- Dwayne Pride: Yeah. Almost makes me look respectable.
- Commander Calvin Atkins: Almost.
- Christopher LaSalle: You said these Calabar beans are rare.
- Loretta Wade: Especially in the States.
- Christopher LaSalle: Well, if we find out how the killer got them, maybe we can find him.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: The nurses told me you have some questions.
- Tammy Gregorio: We do.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: Unfortunately, I can't answer them, as I'm sure you're aware of HIPPA laws.
- Hannah Khoury: Nobody's asking you to violate confidentiality, Doctor.
- Tammy Gregorio: Why don't you at least hear the questions before you stonewall us?
- Hannah Khoury: Ignacio Marquez might be trying to sell donor livers to one of your patients.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: That's absurd. The allocation and distribution of human organs is the most regulated area of healthcare.
- Tammy Gregorio: And yet people are still paying up to 150 grand for a single black-market liver.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: Even if one of our patients did secure a liver illegally, I would never allow it to be transplanted in my clinic.
- Hannah Khoury: I respect your conviction, Doctor, but there's a dangerous man on the loose, and something in your records may help us find him.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: The only way you're seeing those records is with a court order.
- Hannah Khoury: [taking a piece of paper out of her jacket] Oh, well, good thing I stopped on the way, to get one.
- Sebastian Lund: I just scoured the Cane Transplant database. I think I figured out how Marquez has been identifying his victims. So, Ginny, Lightell, and York were all registered as possible organ donors. All their personal information is listed here for Marquez to see.
- Christopher LaSalle: Well, he was an outside contractor. How'd he get access to the database?
- Sebastian Lund: Could be somebody on the inside. I'll run background on all the employees who had access to the files. I'll also review Cane's security footage, see who had contact with our suspect.
- Christopher LaSalle: All right, I'll cross-reference the patients waiting for a transplant. One of them may have been trying to jump their place in line.
- Sebastian Lund: [noticing something] Chris, there are at least a dozen names on here that have similar donor characteristics to our victims.
- Christopher LaSalle: I'll have the Marshals put them in protective custody. Until we find Marquez, none of them are safe.
- Loretta Wade: Now how do you feel?
- Dwayne Pride: Like I've been run over by a streetcar, twice.
- Loretta Wade: Well, the naloxone should counteract the effects of whatever he injected you with. But it'll take a little time to work.
- Dwayne Pride: Marquez took Ginny in broad daylight. He's reckless and desperate, and he knows we're after him. We are all out of time.
- Loretta Wade: No, Hannah and the team are doing whatever they can to locate him.
- Dwayne Pride: I just... should have known this was gonna happen.
- Loretta Wade: He got the drop on you, Dwayne.
- Dwayne Pride: No, before that. I saw the signs. The rock doves. I-I just didn't understand what they meant.
- Loretta Wade: So, what is it that you didn't understand?
- Dwayne Pride: It was a warning. That Ginny was in trouble.
- Loretta Wade: Because of some doves?
- Dwayne Pride: When you say it like that, it makes me sound like...
- Loretta Wade: No, you're a lot of things, Dwayne Pride, but crazy isn't one of them. It's called intuition. Years of experience on the job. A sixth sense.
- Dwayne Pride: No. No. This was something else.
- Dwayne Pride: Hannah, please tell me you found Ginny.
- Hannah Khoury: No, not yet, but a neighbor did see Marquez loading her into a black Toyota. We got three agencies assisting with the manhunt.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, he came after Ginny twice. She must have the liver that he needs.
- Hannah Khoury: Yeah, and whoever he needs it for probably can't wait much longer.
- Dwayne Pride: We need to track down every doctor in this area who has the training required to perform the transplant.
- Hannah Khoury: Well, I would ask Dr. Welles for a list, but after our last conversation, I doubt he'd cooperate.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, I'm not gonna give him a choice.
- Loretta Wade: I'll drive.
- Dwayne Pride: I'm fine, Loretta. I'm fine. I'm fi...
- Loretta Wade: [catching him as he stumbles] Dwayne. Give me your keys, Dwayne. If you're nice, maybe I'll let you pick the music.
- Tammy Gregorio: I've gone through 500 patient's files, and only one of them was incomplete: Skylar Samms.
- Sebastian Lund: Well, what's missing?
- Tammy Gregorio: We got an address, phone number, fake Social, but no photo, medical history, or insurance records.
- Sebastian Lund: You run the address?
- Tammy Gregorio: Defunct auto parts store in Lakeview. I even checked with the DMV. There's no records of her at all.
- Sebastian Lund: Huh. Well, it sounds like Skylar Samms is an alias.
- Tammy Gregorio: I do have a surgeon's reference: Vincent Welles. He ordered a full battery of pre-op diagnostics a week ago.
- Sebastian Lund: I don't get it. Why would the chief of surgery want to conceal his patient's identity?
- Tammy Gregorio: Because he doesn't want anybody to know he's implanting a black market liver.
- Sebastian Lund: We want to find Ginny Young, we need to identify Skylar Samms.
- Tammy Gregorio: I'm open to suggestions.
- Sebastian Lund: [getting an idea] What was the date and time of her last pre-op test?
- Tammy Gregorio: Tuesday, 4:30 a.m. When nobody else was around.
- Sebastian Lund: Yeah, except the all-seeing eye in the sky.
- [running and then stopping the security footage]
- Sebastian Lund: There she is. Say hello to Skylar Samms.
- Tammy Gregorio: I know that girl.
- Dwayne Pride: Ginny doesn't deserve this, Stokely. Whatever you think can be gained here, you're wrong. Don't let anyone else get hurt.
- Doctor Brent Stokely: Keep quiet. I'm trying to concentrate.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: Brent, this is insane.
- Doctor Brent Stokely: If you had helped her from the beginning, none of this would be happening.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: I tried.
- Doctor Brent Stokely: You made one phone call. That's all.
- Doctor Vincent Welles: UNOS denied her status. What more could I have done?
- Doctor Brent Stokely: They shouldn't get to decide who lives and dies.
- Dwayne Pride: Isn't that what you're doing? Choosing one life over another?
- Doctor Brent Stokely: Susan is a brilliant doctor. Her survival will benefit hundreds of patients.
- Dwayne Pride: Not this way, it won't. Her medical career is over. And so is yours.
- Doctor Brent Stokely: Either way, she lives. It's a price I'm willing to pay. Now back off.
- Dwayne Pride: Knock, knock.
- Ginny Young: Special Agent Pride.
- Dwayne Pride: We've faced death together at least twice. Think you can call me Dwayne now. Heard you took a victory lap around the floor.
- Ginny Young: Two, actually.
- Ginny Young: I'll be back to work in no time.
- Dwayne Pride: Hey, the last thing you need to do is push yourself too hard. I speak from experience.
- Ginny Young: How can I ever repay what you did for me?
- Dwayne Pride: By getting better. And putting all of this behind you.
- Ginny Young: You make that sound easy.
- Dwayne Pride: Well, God knows it isn't. But I'm learning there's no reason to look back unless you're planning on going that way.
- Ginny Young: I promise you, I have no intention of doing that.
- Dwayne Pride: Me, neither.
- Dwayne Pride: Lemongrass, pomegranate flowers, and goji berries. It's all natural, no magic. I had it analyzed.
- Zaire Dupre: Good work, Detective. But I'm pretty sure you missed the point.
- Dwayne Pride: You want me to abandon all logic...
- Zaire Dupre: I want you to accept that some mysteries are not meant to be solved.
- Dwayne Pride: That's just not easy for someone like me.
- Zaire Dupre: Well, even more reason to take a leap of faith. Trust that the universe will provide everything that you need. And what you need the most right now...
- [offering the baggie to him]
- Zaire Dupre: ...is to get some rest.
- Sebastian Lund: Hannah, will you tell her that she's got to put the ears on, please?
- Hannah Khoury: [laughing as she sees them in their costumes] Wow. I thought you hated Halloween.
- Sebastian Lund: She's had a bit of a change of heart.
- Tammy Gregorio: I did not. I still hate it.
- Sebastian Lund: Well, why are you going out with me, then?
- Tammy Gregorio: Because I owe you, for scaring the living crap out of me at that abandoned lab, and because payback's a bitch, right?