Lady Killer 

The team suspects the latest number to be a potential stalker/ killer until he's nearly shot on the street. Root plots her escape from the institution and gives her psychiatrist a big surprise.

Director:

Omar Madha

Writers:

Jonathan Nolan (created by), Amanda Segel

Stars:

Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Jim Caviezel	...	John Reese
Taraji P. Henson	...	Joss Carter
Kevin Chapman	...	Lionel Fusco
Amy Acker	...	Root
Sarah Shahi	...	Sameen Shaw
Michael Emerson	...	Harold Finch
Paige Turco	...	Zoe Morgan
Warren Kole	...	Ian Murphy
Bruce Altman	...	Dr. Ronald Carmichael
Ron Raines	...	Bruce Wellington
Boris McGiver	...	Hersh
Kyle Sutton	...	Alex Wyley
Rachel Oyama	...	Veronica
Antonio Edwards Suarez	...	Thug #1

Storyline

The next number the machine dispenses is for Ian Murphy, a young man who lives off his investments. Years earlier he was a struggling college student who inherited $100,000 which he now has in a diverse portfolio of investments. Reese and Shaw initially follow him on a date. While Reese decides to check out his apartment, Shaw continues her tail. What they both find leads them to believe that Murphy is the perpetrator, stalking then killing the long list of women he meets through online means and of whom he has been keeping detailed dossiers. There is at least one woman dead already, Dana Wellington, and another, Jenna Lakritz, missing. Reese devises a plan to trap Murphy using the feminine wiles of their slightly expanded team of Carter, Shaw, and Zoe Morgan. The one of the three that Murphy eventually chooses finds a story a little more complicated than they originally thought. Meanwhile, Root knows that someone will soon be coming to kill her. Using information from the machine, ...

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Plot Keywords:

machine | beer drinking | pay phone ringing | kiss on the cheek | sitting on a park bench | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

While filming a scene in a rowboat with Sarah Shahi, Jim Caviezel almost fell out of the boat.

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Goofs

Near the end when Root Shoots Hersh, his gun is visible on the floor. In the very next shot of the same scene, when Root leaves, the gun is not visible anymore.

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Quotes

Dr. Ronald Carmichael: You seem calmer today, Robin.
Root: I am. It's almost time for me to leave.
Dr. Ronald Carmichael: Where is it that you're going?
Root: You know, that's a good question. I'm not certain yet.
Dr. Ronald Carmichael: Because the voice is going to tell you?
Root: You're catching on.
Dr. Ronald Carmichael: Is the voice speaking to you right now?
Root: Does it look like I'm talking to anyone other than you, doctor?
Dr. Ronald Carmichael: You you realize that phone isn't connected to a wireless carrier.
Root: God doesn't need AT&T.

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Connections

References Seinfeld (1989)

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Soundtracks

Give Me Everything
Written by Pitbull (as Armando Christian Perez), Ne-Yo (as Shaffer Smith), Afrojack (as Nick L. Van de Wall)
Performed by Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo & Afrojack & Nayer

User Reviews

"I think I really am much better now" (dialog, Amy Acker)

Not merely an impressive episode but a clinic in how to keep a series fresh.

What I liked most about the first season was how true it was to the core formula. As in, why fix it if it ain't broke? But the producers, some of the smartest people in the biz, were looking further down the road; and by Season 2, they started slowly moving their chess pieces into place.

This wonderful episode not only provides the usual "victim or perpetrator" arc, but also brings together some of the strongest characters from the first two seasons in a secondary arc, and sets the series up for the future.

Everyone is great, including the dog. But once again Amy Acker is a scene stealer as a ex-sociopath trying to fit back into a world she left behind.

More fun than a barrel of hammers.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Silvercup Studios East, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD