Jane sat in her chair the bullpen as she chewed on the nail of her thumb and stared at the Wall. Something seemed odd, something seemed so wrong. She frowned as she studied three lists of friends, three absolutely different lists. Jane sighed heavily. But then something caught her attention as Frankie scrolled down. "Frankie, go back." Frankie did as he was told and looked at the Wall. Korsak came in with a cup of coffee. "Did you find something?" Jane stood up from her chair and drew her eyebrows together. "I guess so. See those two names? They appeared in all three lists." Frankie looked at the lists and raised his eyebrows. "They seem like one of the last enries. You think they are new?"
"Or they're old." Korsak objected. Jane bit her bottom lip and looked at him. "Do you think that two identical names could appear on all three lists? Come on, let's give it a try. Frankie, check them." Frankie nodded and tapped on his keyboard. Jane saw Korsak's skeptical gaze and sighed. "We have to start somewhere if we wanna solve those cases. It is worth a shot." Korsak sipped his coffee and shrugged. Frankie frowned and looked at Jane. "Nothing about a Simon Lassiter or an Anna Craig. They don't exist." Jane looked at Korsak and smiled triumphantly. "See, I told you it's worth a shot." Korsak looked at her seriously. "Well, now we have two aliases but we still have nothing, Jane." The smile disappeared and got replaced by a deep frown. "Damnit." Frankie looked questioningly at his sister. "What do we do now?" Jane massaged her forehead and took a deep breath. "Let's go and talk to their friends again."
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Jane sat at her desk and stared at the two composite sketches which were the results after they had questioned some of Samantha's and Kate's friends. One showed a man who looked quite familiar to her and the second showed a woman her age. Jane sighed but couldn't tear her eyes sway from the man who called himself Simon Lassiter. Korsak sat down at his desk. "What's bothering you, Jane?" Jane didn't look at him and shook her head. "This Simon guy looks familiar to me." Korsak furrowed his eyebrows and sipped his coffee. "To me too. I just can't tell were I could have met him." Jane looked over her shoulder. "Same by me. I have a strange feeling with this guy. Like I ...", she sighed. "I don't know." "You don't know what?", Maura asked as she entered the bullpen and walked straight to her wife. Jane looked at her and raised her eyebrows. "We talked to Samantha's and Kate's friends after we found out that two of the names were just aliases." She nodded to the board. "And those are the results. Korsak just told me that this guy look familiar to him as well as to me." Maura looked at the board and frowned deeply. Jane recognized the thoughtful expression and sat up straight. "What is it" Maura shook slowly her head and narrowed her eyes. "I have to say ... he looks familiar to me too." Jane drew her eyebrows together and looked confused at her former partner. "That's odd. I mean, that two people recognize a face. But three ... that's ... that's not a coincidence. We have to figure out who this guy is. I think we should release those composite sketches and the names to the media and see what we catch." Korsak nodded in agreement and picked up the receiver to his landline. "I'll set it up." Jane nodded and looked at her wife. "What are you doing up here?" Maura looked at her watch and frowned. "I just wanted to inform you that I am done for today and that I am heading home." Jane checked her own watch and frowned. "Shoot, already that late. I ... uh ..." Korsak drew his eyebrows together. " Didn't you invite Frankie for dinner today?" Jane's eyebrows shot up as she looked confused at him. "Huh?" Korsak stifled a laugh as Maura put her hands on her hips. "A week ago you invited Frankie to your house because today is the day of that Red Sox game." "Oh fu ...", Jane stopped herself as she looked at Maura, who rolled her eyes, and smiled. Maura inhaled heavily, shook her head, and started to walk. Jane got up from her chair and grabbed her jacket. Then she waved at Korsak. "See you tomorrow, Korsak." Korsak also raised his hand and chuckled.
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Angela winced in the kitchen as all three of her children suddenly yelled in unison at theT.V. . "You should get one of those old T.V.'s, Maura. Then there would be much less of an attraction."Maura looked at Angela and smiled slightly. "You mean one of those tube T.V.'s. I don't think Jane would mind when it comes to her Red Sox or Patriots." Angela took a glass of water out of the fridge. Maura frowned and sat down at the kitchen island. "Angela, just because I can't drink any alcohol you don't have to sympathize with me. Go have a glass of wine or scotch. Or whatever you'd like to have." Angela looked unsure at her and furrowed her eyebrows. "You sure?" Maura smiled and nodded. "Of course. I'll tell you the same thing I told Jane. Please don't change your life because of what I can't do, or eat or drink everything I want to during the pregnancy. It wouldn't do any of us any good." Angela slowly nodded and poured herself a glass of wine. Jane came into the kitchen and paused. "Why does Ma look like you caught her stealing a cookie?" Angela rolled her eyes and sipped her wine. Maura smiled and rolled her cup of tea between her hands. "She just wasn't sure if she should drink a glass of wine in front of me or not because of the pregnancy." "Oh.", Jane said as she walked to the fridge. "Okay. Why don't the two of you come into the living room and watch the game with us?" "And become deaf because of all of your yelling? No thank you.", Maura replied and Angela choked on her wine. Jane kissed her wife before she sipped her cold beer. "We aren't that loud." "Oh yes, you are.", said Angela with a grin. "I am surprised that the neighbors haven't called the police already." Jane furrowed her eyebrows. "Ma, Frankie and I are the police." Angela shook her head slowly. "You are impossible." Jane grinned broadly. "I know.", she said and wrapped an arm around Maura's waist. "Come on, let's go watch the game." Maura sighed and walked with her to the livingroom. Angela huffed and followed the two women.
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Jane came into the bullpen the next morning and frowned as she saw Korsak talking with a man his age. She pulled off her jacket and hung it over the back of her chair. "Morning guys." Korsak turned to her and lifted a hand. "Morning, Jane. Let me introduce you to Lieutenant Foley from NYPD." Jane shook Foley's hand and frowned deeply. "New York Police? What brings you here?" Foley pointed to the board and sighed. "Those two guys. We have been looking for them for four years." "What did they do that you're looking for them too?" Korsak clenched his teeth because he knew that Jane wouldn't like the news Foley brought to them. "The same as they are doing here in Boston." Foley said and handed her a big stack of files." I know that this couple already killed three people here. But they were much worse in New York. They killed twelve people we know about." Jane opened the first file and looked at him. "But you think there are more?" Foley frowned deeply. "I guess so. I also know that the two operate along the east coast. I think it started in New York and as it got too hot there, they changed their location. They always have the same M.O..." Jane looked through the file and drew her eyebrows together. "Befriend with the victim before they kidnap and kill him or her." Foley nodded and handed her his business card. "I left some notes in the files. If you have any questions ... Please feel free to contact me, Detective Rizzoli." Jane eyed the card and sighed. "I surely will do. Thank you, Lieutenant." Foley nodded and looked at Korsak. "Vince." Korsak nodded goodbye and looked at Jane. "You okay?" Jane read the files and sighed. "Not really. I thought we could have just one case without some sick serial killer. I mean one is bad enough ...", she shook her head. "But too active ... Damn." Korsak nodded slowly and clenched his teeth. Those were also his thoughts."
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Jane came into Maura's office and slumped down onto the uncomfortable couch. She made a face and re-adjusted her sitting position. Maura looked up from the report and frowned. "You look stressed. What's bothering you?" Jane found a comfortable position and sighed. "A Lieutenant from the NYPD came by a four hours ago. He gave me a stack of files of crime victims who got killed by Simon and Anna. He investigated those murders four years ago.." Maura put the pen aside and her frown deepened. "And how many murders are we talking about?" "Twelve he knows about. But those are in a stack of twenty-four." "Oh my god.", Maura gasped and went pale. "This is the worse case we've ever worked on.
Jane lifted her eyebrows and licked her lips. "I think it is the worse case that the BPD has ever had. I mean they always changed their M.O. . And as the police get too close they travel up and down the east coast. Never leaving evidence." Maura drew her eyebrows together. "Even when they just started?" she asked and Jane shook her head. "Jane, you know yourself that no one is that good." Jane leaned forward and put her elbows on her thighs. "I know. And that's what worries me a lot. I ... I ... I am scared that we can't solve this case this time." Maura scrutinized her wife and stood up from her desk chair. She walked to the couch and sat down. Maura took Jane's hand in hers and ran her thumb over the scar. "This wouldn't be the first case that we couldn't solve, Jane. You are also just human. And I know that you will go to all lengths to solve even this case. But no matter how you decide to go ... please ... please remember that you have a family that waits for you, Jane. Alexis needs you ... I need you." Jane stared at the linked hands and took a deep breath. She knew what her wife was talking about. She understood everything that Maura had touched on because she had taken her to the hospital often enough. Her selflessness and her carelessness. She sighed and tightened the grip a little bit. "I will always come back to Alexis and you and the babies, Maura. I promise." Maura smiled a little. "Good. Surely you'll want to go through the files tonight. Do you need an extra pair of eyes?" Jane looked up into Maura's eyes and shook her head. "No, I'll l be good. Go home to Alexis. I won't be home that late." Maura sighed and nodded. "Okay."