Episode 7, Season 6
Title: Hubris

Written by: Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock
Directed by: Roxann Dawson
Original Air Date: March 7, 2007

Description:   

A serial killer taunts Nigel through his online blog leaving him clues which lead to another murder scene.  Woody, Kate and Garret help Nigel decipher the clues and race against the clock to save The Hangman’s next victim before it’s too late.  At the morgue, Jordan and Bug are forced to audit old case files.  Jordan finds a mistake that affects one of her coworkers.

Guest Stars:

Jeffrey Donovan (William Ivers), Cyia Batten (Debra Scott), Jonathan Scarfe (The Hangman), Brooke Smith (Kate Switzer)

Random Facts:

- Hubris or hybris: its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence, often resulting in fatal retribution. In Ancient Greek hubris referred to actions taken in order to shame the victim, thereby making oneself seem superior.

- Our very on Chad made a 'guest appearance' at a dead man.

Goofs:

- When did Jordan have her bathroom remodeled?  Last we knew she only had a shower.

Massachusetts Facts:
- Lincoln Park was a park opened in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Lincoln park was located on Rt. 6 in North Dartmouth Massachusetts. In its earliest days, it served as a picnic park at the end of the trolley line. Its location (between New Bedford and Fall River) was ideal, and thus many families would flock there, particularly on Sunday to picnic and play in the pine grove. The name “Lincoln Park” was chosen by a lottery when the park started to boom in the late 19th century. (Picture, what remains of the rollercoaster).

        * As you can note from the above description, Lincoln Park is located in Dartmouth, south of
        Boston about an hours drive from the city, definitely not the park Nigel and Woody found the
        bodies in.

- The abandoned stable was located at: 1026 West Gate Road in North Sudbury.  While North Sudbury isn't not a town, Sudbury is a town in Massachusetts.  It's located about 35-40 minutes from Boston off of Route 128/I-95.  Interesting fact about Sudbury: the zip code is 01776 --> remove the '0' and you have the year 1776, a monumental year in the History of America.  Also, Sudbury is home to many historical sites, one being the Wayside Inn, where George Washington stayed on a visit through Massachusetts.

Music:

Ruby, My Dead by, Thelonious Monk
Death is Slow by, Death is Sure, Jubilant Sykes
Evidence by, Thelonious Monk

Quotes:

Bug: (groans) I thought we got rid of him.
Jordan: Not for long.  Just keep walking.
(Garret motions to them)
Bug: (groans again) So close.
Jordan: Inches.  I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Kate: You have your own blog?
Nigel: I try to update it everyday.  Details about my latest case, books I’m reading, girls I’m dating…
Kate: Who’s interested in that?
Nigel: My bloggers find me quite fascinating. 

Nigel: Oh no.  Not him again.  I thought I got rid of that freak.
Kate: Oh so it’s freaks who find you fascinating.
Nigel: This guy calls himself the Hangman.  This guy taunted me last year.  Said  he dumped a body in Lincoln park.
Kate: Freaks and Murderers.
Nigel: Not a murder, no.  Police did a five day grid search.  No body was found.
Kate: Five days.  So your self promoting blather cost the city how many tax payers dollars?

Nigel: Oh my God.
Woody: What?
Nigel: The Hangman.
Woody: Oh do not start.  I wasted five days of my life searching this park for a body that was not there.

Jordan: 38-year-old stabbing victim.  Knife left in the chest.  Prints on the handle match the accused.  DNA found on the victim…
Bug: Let me guess.  Matches the accused.

Jordan: Oh, gun shot wound to the chest.  Victim is some poor bastard in a convenience store.
Bug: Are you going to read them all out loud?
Jordan: We’re wasting our time.
Bug: You’re preaching to the choir.

(Jordan looks at Bugs pile of reports)
Jordan: Whoa.  How’d you get through all those so fast?
Bug: Less talking.
(Look from Jordan)
Jordan: You could have just told me to shut up.
Bug: I did.
(another look from Jordan)

Kate (to Nigel): You know this is what you get for boasting about your crime solving genius on the internet.  Some psycho took it as a challenge.

Ivers: (walks into break room where Jordan is, grabs coffee pot) Can I top you off?
Jordan: No, tea.
Ivers: Huh.  What kind?
(Jordan ignores him.)
Ivers: Earl Gray, chamomile, Orange Pico?  I always thought a persons choice in tea says a lot about them.  With you I’m guessing Chai.  Something strong, a little spicy.
Jordan: is there no corruption in any city far away from Boston?
Ivers: I’m sensing hostility.
Jordan: What? From me?
Ivers: You’re the only other person in this room.

Woody: Eight and a half hours to figure out what dog hairs have to do with anti-freeze.
Garret: We’re aware of the urgency.  We’re doing the best we can here.

Woody: Well where is he?
Nigel: Son of a Bitch.
Woody: What?
Nigel: He’s in the building.
Woody: Which building?
Nigel: This one.

Kate: You’re the master criminalist.  Those are the clues figure out what they mean.

Nigel: It’s only eight fifteen.  We can still save him.
Garret: I’ll call Woody.
Kate: Guess I’ll bring a field kit, just in case. 

Woody: Is he dead?  Is he dead?  Did this psycho rig something?  Did I kill this guy when I opened this damn door?

Nigel:  It’s not right.  It’s a little after ten.  Ken Scott said we had until ten fifteen.
Woody: News flash Nigel.  Serial Killers lie!
Nigel: Not this one.

Nigel: (typing) Where’s the other body?
The Hangman: (typing) Aren’t you the forensic genius?

Bug: I mean how many other mistakes have I made?  How many people have I…
Jordan: Stop it.  Stop it!  We all make mistakes.  So what do you want to do?  Go back over every single case you’ve ever handled?
Bug: Yeah, well maybe I should.
Jordan: Our job is to pass on results. We do not cost people their freedom. (pause) Maybe Ivers is right.  Maybe this place is a disaster.
Bug: We do if we get it wrong.
Jordan: Bug.  Ivers is a pencil pushing geek who’s making us doubt ourselves, question ourselves.  Look at us.  We’re at each others throat.

Kate: This image is useless.
Nigel: Is there no limit to your negativity?  I don’t know how you get out of bed in the morning.

Kate: Look, aside from sending them an email and asking them where they are.  How do you expect to find them?
Nigel: That’s it.
Kate: What?
Nigel: (kisses Kate) You’re brilliant.

Nigel: One of you disables your victim with a stun gun.
Hangman/Ted: Hold on.  One of you?
Nigel: Yes, you or your wife.  (surprised look from wife’s face).

Nigel: You and your wife make the perfect couple.  Sociopathic soul mates.
Ted: I had four anatomizes running. How did you find me?
Woody: Guess he’s just smarter than you.
Ted: Really?
Nigel: I got a warrant to force your service provider to put a trace on you.  I knew exactly how to keep you talking.  I just played into your monstrous ego.

Nigel: Nice shot back there.
Woody: Actually I was aiming for his face.

 

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