(Gunshots are being heard. Sirens. Agents are talking to one another. A heartbeat is slowly beating. Pain is radiating throughout the body. The air is getting harder to breathe.)
(Lydia wakes up abruptly gasping for air; looking beside her and realizing that she is safe and all alone in her motel room)
(Lydia looks at her alarm clock and sees that it's 3 a.m; she sighs and slowly gets up to get ready for her morning run)
(She enjoys the scenery out in the field beside her motel; she runs for about an hour and heads back to her room)
(She gets ready for the day; she puts on her badge and holster) ( Her Badge reads Special Agent Forbes) (She works for the Behavior Analysis Unit; she's been with the unit for about ten years working alongside Jack Crawford; some say he's a hard ass, but he is a kind soul)
Her phone rings, it shows Jack Calling; she picks up saying, "Hey Jack," Jack responds with, "Hey Lydia, we have a new lead in the abduction cases; another girl has gone missing."
Lydia responds with, " Wow! this guy is getting worse and worse; what's the girl's name," Jack says," Elise Nicholas, her parents reported her missing." Lydia responds with, " Are we going to see her parents?. Jack says, " No, not yet; we are going to see someone else; he goes by the name Will Graham; he works as a teacher at the academy.
Lydia is confused. Lydia" Why are we going to see him" Jack sighs " He is fascinating; he works differently with crime scenes; he can go through different points of view. Lydia" And does he know we are going to see him? I bet not." Jack says, " I'm going to pick you up in about 10. Are you still at the motel?" Lydia responds, " Yep, I'm still here."
Lydia hangs up and goes outside to wait for Jack; 10 minutes has gone by, and she approaches Jack's car. She gets inside and hugs Jack.
Lydia asks, " How are you and Bella doing"? Jack responds with, " We are doing good; she's at another NATO Convention, she has been asking for you to join us for dinner multiple times; when are you going to join us?" Lydia laughs and says," I'm free next week; we can have dinner then. Jack looks at her and smiles, " I'm glad, and she's going to be so happy."
Lydia asks, " So this Will Graham guy do you think he's the right guy to work with the unit?" Jack sighs and says, " I get it; he doesn't seem like the guy for our team, but we need all the help we can get." Lydia looks worried and says, " Isn't he unstable; that's why he didn't pass the FBI's screening" Jack looks at her and says, "Yes, but he's doing better."
Lydia looks outside and sees that they are at the academy. Lydia and Jack head out of the car and walk to the academy's front door. Both her and Jack go past security and head to Will Graham's Class.
Lydia hears from Will Graham, "I am expecting a higher level of scrutiny." All the students leave, and it's just Will Graham who is putting his papers away. Jack and her approach Will Graham.
Jack introduces himself to Will Graham " Will Graham, I am special agent Jack Crawford; he points to Lydia, and Lydia says, " I'm Special Agent Forbes" Jack responds, " We both work for the Behavioral Analysis Unit" Will Graham doesn't look up and says "We've met, but I never met you, Agent Forbes." Lydia smiles and says, "That's alright," Jack Crawford says," We disagreed about the museum that we recently opened," Will responds with, "I disagreed with the name; The Evil Minds Research Museum A little hammy Jack don't you think.
Jack ignores the comment and says, " I understand that it's not easy for you to be sociable." Lydia gets that comment; she isn't sociable either. Will Graham says, " I'm teaching them; I'm not looking at them, it's not very sociable.
Lydia approaches Will and pushes his glasses back to his face; Will looks at her so that their eyes meet up instead of him looking down. Lydia says, "Where do you think you fall on the spectrum," Will responds with, " Close to Aspergers and Autistics than narcissists and sociopaths. Jack looks up at Will and says, " You can empathize with narcissists and sociopaths. Will shakes his head and says, " I can empathize with anyone less to do with personality disorders than an imagination.
Jack whispers to him, " Can we borrow your imagination"?
Lydia and Jack leave with Will Graham to Jacks Office. Lydia goes over to Will and says, " I hope you don't mind helping us with this case that we have to speak with you about". Will looks up at her and doesn't say anything; he hasn't ever heard anyone say that to him.
Jack, Lydia, and Will walk towards his office.
Jack explains," 8 girls from 8 different Minnesota campuses were abducted in the last eight months" Will looks confused and says, " I thought they were 7," Lydia says, " We tagged the Eighth before we walked into your lecture," Jack says" we have no bodies and nothing coming out of bodies." Will says, " Those girls were taken somewhere else, then I don't know where."
(Lydia and Jack share a worried glance at each other.)
Jack Crawford says, "All girls were abducted on a Friday, so they're not reported missing until Monday. So he's covering his tracks; he needs the weekend to do it. (Lydia grabs a tack and pins it to the map, and she grabs Elise's picture and gives it to Will.) Will asks, " Number Eight?" Lydia responds with a sigh, " Yep. Elise Nichols, she disappeared Friday; she was supposed to housesit for parents and feed the dog. I remember when I was in college, I would always have to house sit for my parents. "
Will Graham says, " One through seven are dead; he's not keeping them; he's got himself a new one. Jack looks at will and says, " So we can focus on Elise Nichols try to find some evidence of the killer. (Will looks up at the map and says,) " The girls are very mall of America. Jack comes in " Same hair and eye color" Lydia also" Same age. Height. What is it about all these college girls? Why is he choosing them? What's his purpose?
Will looks at Lydia and says, " It's about one of them; he's kind of like Willy Wonka; hidden among the chocolate bars is the intended victim in the metaphor we will find our golden ticket.
Jack says strongly, " I'd like you to get closer to this. Will shakes his head and picks up his stuff to leave and says, " You have Heimlich and Bloom. They do all the stuff that I do" Jack looks mad " That's not true, is it? Lydia tries to stop jack by saying, " Jack let's not force this on him" Jack ignores her and says, " You have a specific way of thinking; you make jumps you can't explain. Will shouts, " The evidence explains." Jack calms down, " Help us find some evidence."
The atmosphere is tense in the room. Lydia tries to clear the air by saying," So where are we headed? shall we start with the Nichols House". They all look at her, and jack agrees to say, " Sure, let's go." Jack leaves the room, and Will also goes to leave, but Lydia stops him by grabbing his shoulder. Lydia says, " Hey, Will do you mind if I ride with you. Will nods his head, and they both leave to his car.