Q&A

**\* GALLERY**

## Synopsis

Bright's quest for answers about his childhood leads him to a junkyard, where he's bombarded with gunshots. Narrowly escaping, Bright and the NYPD discover multiple bodies on the scene, with victims spanning decades. Gil, Dani, Frank and Bright must investigate this serial killer who Bright suspects has something to do with "The Surgeon." Meanwhile, Ainsley's exclusive interview with Martin takes an unexpected turn, forcing her to team up with Bright.

## Plot

Malcolm, having finally located his dad's old car, immediately went to the junkyard it was suspected to be in. It was night time and he was walking around with a flashlight, upon hearing a noise shone his light that way. He saw a man and called out. The man raised a gun and fired upon Malcolm. He took cover until it stopped, but the man had disappeared.

The next day Malcolm brought Gil to investigate what this man was trying to hide. Dr. Edrisa also was able to discover a body that had been smashed inside a car from the car compressor in the junkyard. They had already found several more bodies and it was clear this was the man's motive, most likely the man Malcolm saw the night before.

Ainsley with having a meeting with her mom, Jessica at the park, where she once again warned her daughter against going to visit her father. Ainsley insisted she was in control and even admitted she had offered up fake interview questions but had the real ones, were more detailed in her back pocket. Her mom warned her not to play against Dr. Martin Whitley. Later that day while setting up inside Martin's room Ainsley and Jin were again discussing her worries about the situation. The moment turned into a tender romantic one between the couple but was interrupted by a mentally unstable patient's outburst, who shouted over and over again that he wanted to be on TV.

Back at the NYPD, they have already discovered that latest and freshest body was a former drug addict. That gave something the team to go off of. Malcolm suspected that the killer was attacking at their lowest and most vulnerable with two victims drug addicts and one homeless. The area the killer seemed to be targeting was the Bronx. He was clearly organized but organized killers kill in one location and dump it in another which meant he did not fit the profile, which infuriated Malcolm. After they decide what to do, Edrisa goes to Bright and shows him a pocketknife they found in the station wagon in a crack in the center console. Malcolm, looking at the knife, seems to regain a memory of a younger Malcolm desperately through woods, face streaked in dirt, while holding the knife.

At Claremont Psychiatric Hospital Ainsley and Martin Whitly began their interview. Martin was well prepared even though Ainsley had changed her questions. She immediately dove into his murder charges, even though he tried to sway the conversation to the good he has done both before and after. He starts saying that he was sick, that his brain was diseased and that if they were judging the moral worth of a person, his was a net positive. He then says a medical procedure was named after him, though it was changed after he was charged, and that at the end, isn't that want counted? That in the end, he had done some good. They are then interrupted by Malcolm. He talked to Martin about the murders. Martin says that cars can show up anywhere and he wasn't connected to the murders. Malcolm says that he knows they are connected and shows him the knife they found in the station wagon. Martin says it was Malcolm's knife. They had gotten in a rest stop at a turnpike. Malcolm had wanted a practical souvenir. Malcolm asks what happened on the camping trip and Martin says they should table this for now. Ainsley gets an idea and asks Malcolm to sit in, how it put their father off his game. She continued picking at what was clearly a sensitive spot about being a good father until Martin had an outburst and lost his temper, much to everyone's surprise. He quickly regained his composure.

They were interrupted with the sound of sirens as the hospital goes into lockdown after a patient stabs his therapist. The lights went out and the interview was put on hold. A small riot had erupted. Malcolm called his team with a quick update. While Ainsley ignored a phone call from their mom. Both siblings made small talk while Mr. David kept an eye on Martin. Jin convinced Ainsley to let him get some B-footage and film the empty hallways. They had been locked out from the rest of the hospital, but there was a small window he could still record through. Unbeknownst to Martin, his children were recording him in the other room, while having a seeming semi-normal conversation. The possible tender moment was interrupted when the same patient from earlier, Tevin Standish had tried to break into their enclosure and stabbed Jin while recording him. Mr. David was able to lock him out and secure Jin's safety.

They dragged Jin back into Martin's confined space and begin applying pressure. Martin continued to watch extremely calm as the entire situation continued to unfold. He explained to them how dangerous the situation was and what they needed to do in order to save his life. Mr. David warned the hospital was still on lockdown but was able to pass a small knife for an impromptu surgery. Martin verbally explained what to do by neither of his kids felt prepared and with great hesitation, Malcolm and Mr. David agreed to pass the knife to Martin, under the close supervision of Mr. David. Martin immediately got to work and while in the process of saving his life, Ainsley began recording his remarkable work.

Malcolm was outside on the phone with his team who were trying to get the SWAT team en route faster, now having a seriously injured person. His mother was at the precinct scared for her children's safety. It was announced no paramedics would be allowed to enter the building until it was safe, and Tevin was secured. Malcolm continued to mentally work the case. He came to the realization that Tevin wanted attention, so against everyone else's wishes he took the camera out into the hallway and began loudly asking for an interview. It wasn't long until he ran into Tevin. He shone the light brightly on him and asked for an interview, and was able to quickly subdue him. With the active killer out of the way, the SWAT team and ambulance could enter.

Martin continued his messy surgery and even began giving Jin CPR when his heart failed. Luckily he was able to stable him just in time for the paramedics. . Martin was very proud of himself for a job well done and Ainsley couldn't thank her father enough.

Outside Jessica hugged Ainsley, having been so worried with them locked inside an asylum during a blackout and riot. While Ainsley was about to get on the ambulance, she told Jessica that Dad saved Jin. Jessica sighed and said that of course he did.

Back at the precinct while continuing to go over the facts in his mind, Malcolm came to the conclusion that Tevin wasn't the type of person to strike out on his own. He was very much the type of person to follow a leader. It was then Malcolm realize that his father had been behind the events at the jail and convinced Tevin to do everything, including stab Jin. Knowing that his reaction to the situation would create a lot of positive press for him from both the public and his kids. Malcolm immediately called the hospital who confirmed his story. As Tevin had admitted to everything after waking up inside an emergency hospital room. In response, Martin had been taken away and was no longer allowed visitations and was put in solitary.

Malcolm went to his mother's house and explained to her the situation over tea. She was only slightly surprised that her husband had orchestrated such a plot, but on the same hand, not at all. She was just glad both her children were safe. They were interrupted by the sound of a distant phone ringing.

Malcolm had a flashback of being in his father's study as a child and remembered him having a private phone in his office.

Both Malcolm and Jessica made their way down to Martin's old study that had been sealed off with concrete almost 20 years ago. The phone continued to ring while Malcolm broke through the cement with a sledgehammer. It took a while and when he broke through, the phone continued to ring until he picked up. There was a man on the other end who greeted him by name.

## Quotes

**Jessica Whitly:** You're just spoon-feeding him softballs.
 **Ainsley Whitly:** I think you're mixing your metaphors.
**Jessica Whitly:** This is exactly how you get a psychopath to deny responsibility. He'll just switch the focus -
 **Ainsley Whitly:** I'm sorry, it's just, I'm either throwing him softballs or I'm-
**Jessica Whitly:** -Ainsley. If you do not have a plan to make him look bad, he will look good. Tell me you understand.
 **Ainsley Whitly:** Mother, these are the questions I sent. Not the questions I'm going to ask.
**Malcolm Bright:** Then again, organized killers usually murder in one location and ditch the body in another. That's not this guy. Which makes that profile completely worthless.
**Gil Arroyo:** It's not like it's a science.
**JT Tarmel:** I thought it literally was a science. What? Didn't he tell us that on, like, the first day?
**Mr. David:** Ambulance and SWA are both on their way. 15 minutes.
**Martin Whitly:** Oh. He'll be dead in ten.
**Martin Whitly:** Look, uh, tilt his head back. You see the way his trachea is shifted? That means the blood has already filled the pleural cavity. If we don't release it, he's gonna die. What? What's the problem?
 **Ainsley Whitly:** You just said he's gonna die.
**Martin Whitly:** Oh, I'm sorry. It's as if you've all forgotten you're locked in a room with a world-class surgeon.
 **Ainsley Whitly:** You can help him?
**Martin Whitly:** Well, of course. It's a relatively simple procedure; I just need a knife, - uh, some sort of ET tube
**Malcolm Bright:** You can't be serious.
 **Ainsley Whitly:** Of course I am. He's a doctor.
**Malcolm Bright:** And a serial killer.
**Gil Arroyo:** Jessica your kids aren't kids anymore. Ainsley made this choice for herself, and Malcolm...JT Tarmel
**Jessica Whitly:** Yes, *"and Malcolm."* You're not the first person who said his name, & then just sort of drifted off.
**Gil Arroyo:** Malcolm will be fine, too.
**Jessica Whitly:** So you're saying that my children went to see their serial killer father, in serial killer prison, and it didn't go well? I'm shocked.

## Notes

* This episode picks up from where the last episode left of.
* Malcolm Bright openly talks about his dad being The Surgeon in-front of other members of the NYPD and members of the coronary office.

## Cast

* Tom Payne as Malcolm Bright
* Michael Sheen as Dr. Martin Whitly
* Bellamy Young as Jessica Whitly
* Lou Diamond Phillips as Gil Arroyo
* Halston Sage as Ainsley Whitly
* Aurora Perrineau as Dani Powell
* Frank Harts as JT Tarmel
* Keiko Agena as Dr. Edrisa Tanaka
* Kasjan Wilson as Young Malcolm
* Esau Pritchett as Mr. David
* Raymond Lee as Jin
* Matthew Maher as Tevin Standish