Look straight ahead.
Relax your hand.
Look into the camera, please.
State your full name.
Hugh Joseph Evans.
May I have a wipe for my fingers?
Well, after you give us what we need.
Mr. Evans, you're here because we believe
you are the victim in the kidnapping
and unlawful imprisonment case against gabi mosely.
What we need from you is a statement corroborating this.
And you would then use my testimony
to convict and incarcerate her for what she did to me.
Correct.
Well, detective, let me tell you
what Gabrielle mosely did to me.
Go. I got it from here.
Here.
Just hold your breath and squeeze.
Gab... Gabrielle.
It's been a long time.
Almost 20 years.
Where am I?
Doesn't matter, 'cause soon you'll be burning in hell.
My name is dhan rana.
On the night of January 8th, I kidnapped
a man named Hugh Evans.
What the hell are you doing?
It's not fair.
She's in jail, and I'm just sitting here free.
This is what gabi wanted.
If I confess my role,
they'll go easy on her, give her less time.
They'll convict you, and they'll use it against gabi.
We all want to find a way to get gabi back.
We all want to find some magic loophole.
But I swear to you, dhan, this isn't it.
Ok?
Dhan, do you hear me?
Yeah.
Hey.
Who's this?
Dhan, Lacey, this is Jamie, my son.
He's home.
Why now?
Why do you want to kill me now, Gabrielle?
I spent years looking for you.
I just couldn't find you.
I know 20 years has passed between us,
but I know when you're lying.
You're in pain.
Something has happened that has ignited this plan to kill me.
Make a sound, and I will make sure that your death
is long and excruciating.
Don't try me.
Coming. Just a second.
- It's about Jamie. - What's happening? I'm here.
Trent called me, and a-a pipe burst at the bus station.
And then... and then the... the ground was... was
was excavated.
And then remains were found.
- Margaret. - They think it might be Jamie.
It's been over 12 years.
The remains would be extremely decomposed,
and it'll take some time to get the DNA results.
So let's not go there unless it's confirmed.
Something was found with the remains,
something that ties to Jamie?
Trent wouldn't say, but,
but he said that something might belong to... to Jamie.
He's... he's... he's on his way over here right now.
Nothing is certain yet,
not until you have seen the evidence
and positively identified it, ok?
Gabi, the... the... the urn, it's... it's so beautiful.
When... when did it arrive?
A couple of days ago.
- I'm... I'm so sorry. - I'm so sorry.
I just, like... I just barge in here, and,
and while you're grieving. I'm so sorry.
No. He knew how much you all meant to me.
He would want me to be where I am, helping you.
What if it's Jamie and he's been at the bus station
this whole time?
I mean, just how cruel would that be?
Jamie was at the bus station?
I was standing outside the station,
proving to myself that I didn't need to go in.
And... and I felt a hand on my shoulder.
And I knew it was him
the moment that I looked into his eyes.
Margaret.
You've been praying for this.
I'm so happy for you.
I can't wait to meet him.
That makes two of us.
Didn't you just meet him?
I-I didn't want to overwhelm him, so
kicked us out of the room
before we could say more than hi.
I mean, it's... it's just that we're both overwhelmed,
and... and Jamie doesn't want to answer any questions right now.
Wait, he hasn't told you who kidnapped him
and where he's been all these years?
No, and I-I don't want to push him.
I just... I just want to spend time with him.
I get that.
Jamie just wants to spend time with you
and the rest of his family.
Jamie doesn't want to see his father or sisters, does he?
Well, everything's just happening so fast.
And... and... and... and there is a lot that he and I
need to talk about before we... we... we bring
the rest of the family in.
I mean, can you... can you imagine
what he has been through?
Look, we just... we just need a little time and space, ok?
And as my friends, I would
I would think that you would honor that.
I just... I want to get back to my son.
Something's off about this whole thing.
Let's just respect Margaret's wishes.
We all know that trauma looks different on everyone.
Besides, I've never seen Margaret this happy before.
That's exactly why I'm worried.
Less than a week ago, I was standing
with my toes in the water, trying to convince her
not to kill herself.
We have to protect her, even from herself if necessary.
Zeke, look through the bus station footage.
Jaime found Margaret there.
Maybe he got off a bus and we can trace where he came from,
find out where he's been.
Don't let Margaret out of your sight.
Even if this guy is Jamie, we don't know him.
We don't know what's happened to him.
If it is Jamie, we'll cross that bridge.
But right now, this is a case.
This person in the hole is a missing person,
and we have to find out who they are
and give their family closure.
Where's Trent? The wait is killing me.
Maybe you should go to him.
- We all should go. - I'm tracking him now.
He's actually just a few minutes away.
Hey, I don't see the aspirin.
It's the second shelf from the bottom,
right next to my dry shampoo.
Don't worry about me.
That's like asking me not to breathe.
Besides, worrying about you distracts me.
I wish I could be there for you right now, Margaret.
You too, gabi.
Dude, nobody's stopping you from leaving your house.
Listen, I know it's difficult for you
to understand, given your limited intelligence,
but agoraphobia is a real disorder.
It's all good, though. You keep showing your ass.
Guys, if ever there was a time to put differences aside,
it's now.
What was that?
I was doing some work in gabi's basement earlier.
I left my tools hanging on the ladder.
- Probably just fell. - I forgot about that.
I'll go pick them up.
- Margaret, how you holding up? - Is that
I had to beg Mallory to let me bring this evidence here
straight from a crime scene.
Thank you, Trent.
The rest of the evidence is being transported to dcpd.
Now, I have a working file,
which includes a list of what was found in the hole,
but there are no photos.
Can Margaret look at the file?
Yeah, absolutely.
Just let us know if there's anything on the list
might have belonged to Jamie.
What about the remains?
They will go to the morgue.
I put a rush on a DNA test, but it'll still take some time.
My god.
Margaret, do you recognize these shoes?
Yes.
These are Jamie's shoes.
And he was... he was wearing them
the day that he disappeared.
My god.
That's impossible.
What are the chances that Jamie would show up now,
the very night that I get arrested?
It's just too much of a coincidence.
I'm with you, but we can't tell Margaret that.
I mean, every fiber of her being
wants this kid to be Jamie.
And if it's not, it'll send her back to the beach.
And there'll be no talking her down this time.
Jamie has a mole on his right elbow.
You need to check. If it's there
then it's really him.
You know, I forgot about that damn mole.
What?
I'm just happy my parents aren't here
to see me behind bars.
They'd be so ashamed.
Your father was so proud of you, gabi.
I could tell it really bothered him
that he couldn't get over your kidnapping.
It wasn't his fault.
Sir is to blame for everything,
all the pain we endured.
Wow.
I haven't heard you say his name in a while.
I guess grief makes you think about things.
Sweetie, I can finish this up.
I need you back at m&a helping out.
We can't wait for dcpd to identify those remains.
For Margaret's sake, we need to conduct our own investigation.
You still having the panic attacks?
Every time I look at his urn, I can feel one coming on.
I can stay. You know, I'll... I'll work from here.
No, we should divide and conquer.
You and Zeke should comb over our list
of missing children in the D.C. area
from the past 15 years.
What are you gonna do?
Trent left a copy of the dcpd file for the investigation.
I want to look through it and see if anything jumps out.
Remember, deep breaths if you feel a panic attack.
Thank you.
- It seems you have a case. - How did you know that?
Just because I've been keeping a low profile
for 20 years doesn't mean
I don't know everything about you, Gabrielle.
Your success rate finding missing people is impressive.
You've been on nearly every magazine cover and talk show.
Mosely & associates is a success.
You are brilliant, as always.
But given how personal Jamie's case is
you don't say his name.
I'm just saying that maybe you could use someone
emotionally removed, like me,
equally brilliant, like me.
I can help you with this case, Gabrielle.
You have always had this inflated sense of self.
I don't need you. I never did.
I was brilliant before you,
and I'll be brilliant when you're gone.
- Now strip. - You want me to
take everything off and stuff it in the bag.
Now.
It's unnecessary and inappropriate.
I am not going to risk someone digging up your remains
someday and finding a shoe or something
that traces you back to me.
And I could give a rat's ass about your obsession
with purity.
In fact, your discomfort
is bringing me so much joy right now.
My hands and feet are zip tied.
I'll need assistance.
- Is that a text regarding the... - Shut up!
You didn't deserve my Gabrielle.
You held her back.
And now she's free, free to be her.
No, no, no!
I know you were walking around my house.
I know because you had the audacity
to touch my father's obituary.
- Gabrielle, I... - no!
I remember how much you loved to write scripts
and have me read them.
Well, I wrote one for you.
Read it, you bastard.
"I, Hugh Evans, confess to kidnapping gabi mosely.
"I kept her away from her father for a year,
"which caused his alcoholism,
"resulting in his recent death.
- I"... - Say it.
"I killed her father."
- say it, you son of a bitch! - Please.
Please.
You not only took his daughter.
You fundamentally changed who he was.
He was joy and hope.
He was a Saint, and he was mine.
We never had a chance to find each other because of you.
Killing me won't bring him back.
But it'll bring me relief. Goodbye, sir.
I understand now. I understand why you
laid the trap at the farmhouse and kidnapped me.
I understand why you want to take my life.
It's because your... your father died.
You're hurt. You're in pain.
You're... you're upset.
You want someone to blame.
I don't want someone to blame.
You are to blame!
Look at me.
Look at me!
The remains aren't Jamie's.
What did you say?
When I was upstairs, I saw the police file on Jamie,
or, rather, the photo of the... of the remains.
There were remnants of a book.
If this specific book was, in fact,
found with the remains, it proves that
the remains are not Jamie's.
Give me five minutes.
Please, Gabrielle, five minutes.
I can prove it to you.
It's not exactly clear.
One minute left.
Gabrielle, this book, the one they found,
it's "a playground of verses," which is a poetry book
for children, gifted children.
I am quite certain that this particular edition
was printed in 2015, years after Jamie was taken.
- So you see... - The remains were that of a child.
The coroner estimates between 5 and 7 years old.
Which means if I'm correct about the book,
the remains are not Jamie's.
What do you need to be sure?
A photo of the spine,
something to indicate the edition.
The... the evidence must have arrived at dcpd by now.
How did you know the evidence was being transferred?
You can hear.
You've been eavesdropping on my conversations.
And it's a good thing that I have.
I know you don't believe these remains are Jamie's.
It's the only reason I'm still alive, right?
Give me a photo of the book.
Let me help.
Are... are you sure that you don't want
to come home with me so that we can talk?
I just want to know more about your work at m&a.
It is important to you, right?
Well, the first thing we do when we get a new case
is dive into the person's life,
family, friends, lifestyle.
I mean, it's important to humanize them
to understand who they are.
And then we follow leads and theorize
what might have happened to them.
Is gabi an optimist or a pessimist?
I-I don't understand the question.
Well, it's clear dhan is a pessimist,
Lacey's an optimist,
and you never gave up on me, so...
You're definitely an optimist.
It's strange that gabi isn't here.
I mean, you guys are close, right?
Finally back after 13 years and she hasn't shown up?
Well, everyone understands that
that... that I need time with you.
You still haven't told me where you've been.
You mind?
No, I can't... I can't leave him alone.
What... what if something happens to him again?
Let me.
Your mom deserves answers.
So do I.
I'm not trying to torture her, man.
If she expects this happy ending
with me back in my childhood room,
playing with my train sets and stuff,
that's not realistic, especially since...
She's a completely different person
from the one I remember as a kid.
I was held captive too.
Yeah, mission gone wrong.
People I trusted betrayed me.
My country forgot me.
It was three long, dark years.
But after I escaped, I
I didn't know who I could trust.
I was cold and angry.
I walked around wearing a steel coat,
even when the weather didn't call for it.
Is this you with the steel coat off?
It makes an appearance every now and then, yeah.
But thanks to the people in that building,
especially gabi, I mostly don't need it anymore.
Like everyone at m&a, I turned my pain into purpose.
I have something to live for now... family.
Margaret is part of that family,
which makes you family too, Jamie.
So take your time.
We'll all be here.
I'm not used to people being nice to me.
I understand that too.
Damn it. My bad.
- Hey, all... all good, man. - I can't believe
we got a washing machine. I'll throw it in.
Thanks.
I'm gonna go wash up.
Some water, Gabrielle.
Here are the photos. Hurry up.
It's too close.
Stop, stop, stop.
Go back.
Zoom in on the table of contents.
This is it, the third edition.
How can you be sure?
Because the third edition was the only one
published with a controversial poem by Amelia Owens.
Long after Jamie went missing.
The remains aren't his.
There's a sticker with a bar code.
It's a library book.
- Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
There are no moles on Jamie's right or left elbows.
Hate to add to your skepticism,
but I found this too.
It's like he's not even happy to see her.
Zeke, go back.
Look at her eyes.
- She did margaretvision on him. - There's more.
I looked back through some old bus station footage.
Before the restraining order,
Jamie popped up a couple times,
just watching Margaret from afar.
I never saw him get out of a bus either.
He just appeared.
Are we dealing with an imposter?
They left for pizza a while ago.
Is Margaret even safe with him?
Zeke, track Margaret's car and text me the location.
- Already on it. - I'm coming too.
There were remnants of a book.
The book is called "a playground of verses."
It's been published in various editions over the years.
Once I figured out it was the third edition,
I checked the publication date.
Book wasn't published until four years
after Jamie went missing.
And since the remains were from a six-year-old child
and Jamie had already been missing for five years
it can't be Jamie in the hole.
Gabi, you're incredible. I have no idea how you do it.
I just followed the clues found with the remains.
Ok, so I just looked up the permits
for the renovations of the bus station.
And the area where the remains were found was excavated
three separate times over 12 years... pipeline problems.
So the body could have been dumped any one of those times.
The million-dollar question is,
how did Jamie's shoes get in that hole?
Hey, guys, I think I may have found out
where the book came from.
According to the codabar system,
it belongs to a public library in north Carolina.
Why would someone travel 300 miles to a D.C. bus station
when they could have dumped the body
any of a hundred closer places?
I'll call the library, best lead we have to our kidnapper.
Don't you think we should tell Margaret?
Right now, it's only a theory.
I don't want to give her false hope.
Let's keep it quiet until we're absolutely sure.
She's already having a hard enough time
getting her ex-husband up to speed right now.
Margaret, wait.
How dare you follow us?
How dare you break my trust?
That's the last thing I wanted to do, but
I told you to back off.
Give me a little time and space with my son.
We're just trying to protect you.
We found footage of Jamie watching you
at the station weeks before.
I don't want to hear it, dhan.
You read him.
At the station, you read Jamie.
What did you find?
I found my son.
Let me be happy.
Sue-Ellen, my name is gabi mosely.
I'm hoping you can tell me about a book
that may have been checked out of your library.
Earth sciences, hon.
Second shelf from the top. You'll love it.
Sorry about all that.
Now, you're looking for what book?
I believe it's "a playground of verses."
What a wonderful selection.
- You know it? - Yes, dear.
I'm a bit of a book lover.
No surprise, considering where I work.
My motto's always been "learn and live,"
you know, rather than "live and learn"?
That's great, but do you actually have the book?
I'm specifically interested in the third edition
published in 2015.
My, the third edition.
Yes, well, I could be mistaken,
but I'm quite sure that edition
was actually published in 2007.
It's the one with the
- the naughty one? - I'm sorry?
You're looking for the edition
with a controversial poem.
Caused quite a stir back in the day.
I'm sorry, dear. That one, we don't have.
And I wish I could tell you it was
included in future editions,
but that poem was excised and not included
in any subsequent edition.
But you said it was 2007 and you're quite sure.
This doesn't help you, does it?
No, it doesn't.
But thank you so much for your time.
Certainly, dear.
Daddy.
You're not supposed to be in there.
We're supposed to be together.
Give him back.
Give...
Him
dad.
I wouldn't lie to you, not... not about this.
You said it was the third edition.
The poem was not in the book, and it was published in 2007,
you bastard.
You just wanted to buy time.
Wait, wait, wait, Gabrielle, Gabrielle,
you... you said the third edition, third?
I-I was groggy. You hit me in the head.
It... it's third edition reissue. That's what I meant.
Look at the photo of the book found with the remains.
It says 3r, doesn't it?
3r, r for reissue.
Because the reissue is the one with the poem.
That's the whole reason for it.
It does say 3r, but that does not confirm the poem is in it.
It'd only take one minute to confirm.
I am not wrong.
Gabi, what's up?
Zeke, can you look up the book
that was found at the bus station,
"a playground of verses"?
Ok, I've got it right in front of me.
What do you want to know?
One of the editions contains a poem by Amelia Owens.
Yeah, it looks like it is the third edition.
No, scratch that. That's weird.
What is it?
So yeah, there are actually two third editions,
one of which seems to have been withdrawn.
And then several years later, in 2015,
a third edition was reissued.
It's noted with a 3r.
Looks like there was some controversy.
The Owens poem was included in the reissue
but was only distributed to select school districts.
Thanks. You're amazing. I gotta go.
Hey, Trent was trying to reach you.
Sounds like they detained one of the construction workers,
guy that helped excavate the area by the bus station.
- Detained or arrested? - I don't know.
But dhan figured out the guy's in the sex offender registry.
He worked under a fake name and a fake social.
Did he confess? Do we know the identity of the child?
No idea, but Trent's still convinced the body is Jamie's.
Thanks.
It's not the sex offender.
Occam's razor, Gabrielle.
The obvious answer is usually the correct answer.
So it has to be the sex offender.
It's only obvious to the ignorant.
Remember what philosopher David hume said.
"Beauty is no quality in things themselves."
"It exists merely in the minds which contemplate them.
And each mind perceives a different beauty."
This wasn't about lust.
It was an affair of the mind.
You are not my teacher anymore.
I know the book.
I know the poem.
I understand the motivation.
To yearn to share poetry with a child
is about cultivation, indoctrination.
It's a passion of a higher calling,
not a base desire.
The person you're looking for is educated,
mannered, and literary.
Whomever took this child wanted to teach them,
make them family.
Yes, someone for whom knowledge is everything.
Her motto, "learn and live," not "live and learn."
She lied to me.
Who lied to you? Who is it?
No.
DNA results are back.
The remains are not Jamie's.
They belong to a girl named Eva Logan.
Sue-Ellen, the librarian, met Eva at a book fair
when she got separated from her family.
Sue-Ellen approached her, convinced Eva
that she would help her find her parents
if she came with her.
Sue-Ellen confessed to killing Eva
when she wouldn't stop crying.
The girl kept saying that she missed her parents.
Because she wouldn't comply, because she wouldn't follow
the rules and allow sue-Ellen to mold her
into some ridiculous, perfect child fantasy,
sue-Ellen got rid of her.
At least this means your friend's son is still alive.
I always knew we'd make a dynamic partnership.
There is no we.
Gabrielle, I, too, suffer from panic attacks.
I never knew the root cause, but if I had to guess,
it was my mother and... All I endured as a child.
One day, the attacks stopped.
- Do you know what day that was? - I don't care.
It was the day you walked into my classroom.
The attacks stopped
because I was filled with a sense of purpose.
I had a reason to live.
Perhaps my presence here will help you.
You will never be my reason to live.
You and I both know you're not a killer.
That's why you haven't done it.
That's why your hands shake when you hold that gun.
You think you know everything, don't you?
The only reason why you are not dead
is because you have proved yourself useful.
You took a year from my life, and now you
are going to help me give life back to those lost.
When a person goes missing, a minute
can make a difference between finding them dead or alive
or even finding them at all.
You are going to help me find them alive.
You think like the worst of them,
and that is going to help me find the missing faster.
You are more useful to me alive than dead.
That is the only reason why you still draw breath.
You better be brilliant.
You better be valuable.
Because I am in control now, not you.
So you want to know what Gabrielle mosely did to me.
She did nothing.
Gabrielle mosely is a woman of extraordinary integrity
and ferocious intellect.
She would never engage in the crimes you allege.
I mean, kidnapping, hostage taking,
becoming the type of monster she fights against every day?
It's inconceivable.
Shame on you and this department
for not knowing Gabrielle mosely at all.
So for the record, detective Trent,
let me put a fine point on this ludicrous statement.
Gabrielle mosely is innocent.
Hey.
My god!
My god.
Wait, wait. How... how are you here?
Sir wouldn't corroborate my confession.
What?
Without sir's victim statement, dcpd has no case.
No one at the U.S. attorney would dream
of bringing charges against you.
It would be career suicide.
I cannot wait to hug you.
Me either.
So it's over.
Gabi?
I-I don't know how you're here,
but I'm so happy about it.
- Gabi, I'd like you to meet... - Jamie.
We've been looking for you for a long time.
Thanks for never giving up.
We... we were just about to
I printed out a picture.
I am so happy to be here for this moment.
Welcome home.
I've been hoping for this moment.
I-I just still can't believe it.
I can't.
Thought you'd be happier.
You're free.
Free from jail, not free from sir.
Him withholding his victim statement
wasn't out of kindness.
He's keeping me from what I want... from atoning.
But why?
What's his plan?
I don't know.
Hey, dhan.
Gabi, you need to get down to m&a.
- We have a case. - I'm on my way.
We have a new case.
65-year-old woman with dementia.
Her name is Josephine Johnson.
She's been without her heart medication for 24 hours.
You'll eat when she's found.
Greg, move your head.