(he follows the group which has just left)
In Alicia Seberg's lab
(Dean Harken, Jane, Lisbon, Cliff Edmunds, the Technician)
(Harken gets out the case containing the remaining flasks of virus. (he leaves)
Zitek Meeting Room
(Dean Harken, Florian Eric Tripp, Lisbon, Jane)
(Harken completes a questionnaire questioning Tripp, Jane and Lisbon are standing at the end of the table)
Dean Harken: Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense? A back way out? Are you at the culvert? Brilliant research team. Correct me if I'm wrong, but for the killer to open the flask, they would have to expose themselves to the virus, which case, they would be dying or possibly dead already. Dean Harken: The air force will drop incendiary bombs on the facility, burn the virus out. Dr. Alicia Seberg: The only people allowed in the lab are Cliff and I, Welks, Nash and Tripp, our colleagues. For one, the murder of Alicia Seberg. Griffin Welks: Someone had to be responsible. I figured everyone would think that she'd opened the flask by accident and couldn't admit to it, 'cause she was like that... couldn't be wrong. It's been an honor working with you. It's procedure. Jane and I have been exposed to the virus, and it looks like we might die soon. Jane: All right! Jane: So they have to get out of here before we die, or else they'll be burnt to a crisp by the Air Force. Jane: So your husband or one of the three colleagues is the killer... Jane: This is a murder investigation. Jane: Two reasons... firstly, to catch the killer of Alicia Seberg, the killer who is not poor Lilith Nash. Lisbon: And frankly, not your call. Lisbon: How does that work? Lisbon: Who else had access to the virus flask? Rigsby: He had affairs. She looks everywhere, the vial is uncapped and she is scared. The antidote only works if taken before exposure, as I said. The virus is destroyed. There's a culvert that goes under the fence. They have to try to escape, thus revealing themselves to us with precision and clarity of a mathematical equation. Under that name, Lilith Blaum, in '99, still in Canada, she had a restraining order taken out against her by her ex-husband and subsequently spent four months in a secure Mental Institute. Van Pelt (in his office at the CBI): Boss, Cho and Rigsby found an ex-lover of the vic's husband. We have a state-of-the-art biometric security system, as you can see. Who was it? Zitek Biosystems Facility.
Plan: A: a government bioweapons researcher; Q: What was Dr. Alicia Seberg's occupation? A: a deadly virus; Q: What was Dr. Seberg exposed to? A: its enormous monetary value; Q: Why was the virus stored in a sealed area? A: a sealed area; Q: Where were the virus vials stored? A: only four; Q: How many people had access to the virus? A: hours; Q: How long did the people in the facility have to live? A: Jane's efforts; Q: What was blocked by the lead investigator? A: an audit; Q: What was Dean Harken about to conduct? A: the accident; Q: What did Harken say caused Seberg's death? A: the area; Q: What was being decontaminated? A: two months; Q: How long had the retinal security system not been working properly? A: the military; Q: Who would bomb the facility after everyone died? A: lab assistant Lilith Nash; Q: Who told Jane about the culvert? A: the vial; Q: What did Jane fake the theft of? A: Griffith Welks; Q: Who was caught at the culvert? A: profit; Q: What was Griffith Welks selling the virus for? Summary: Dr. Alicia Seberg, a government bioweapons researcher, is exposed to a deadly virus on which she had been working. Due to its enormous monetary value and because the only antidote that works is one that must be taken before exposure (not after), all virus vials are carefully stored in a sealed area guarded by state-of-the-art retinal-scan security, and only four people had access. With only hours to live, she calls upon Jane and the CBI team to identify and catch her murderer. Jane's efforts are blocked by the overbearing by-the-book lead investigator Dean Harken who was already on site about to conduct an audit, and who insists Seberg caused the accident herself. Seberg dies. While the area is being decontaminated, Jane discovers that the retinal security system has not been working properly for two months, which widens the list of suspects to include Harken himself. To flush out the murderer, Jane fakes the theft and opening of one of the virus vials so that everyone in the facility faces the prospect of death within hours; procedure means they cannot leave and the military will bomb the facility after they die so as to destroy the virus. When lab assistant Lilith Nash falls under suspicion Jane questions her and she informs him there is a culvert that affords a secret way out of the facility. Jane faked the theft of the vial as he knew the murderer would realise they had to escape the facility to avoid being bombed to death. Griffith Welks, one of Seberg's colleagues with authorised access to the virus and one of the original suspects, is caught by Rigsby and Cho at the culvert - he had been selling the virus for profit and when Harken arrived to conduct an audit he knew the theft would be revealed, so he framed Seberg.