Child's Play is the ninth episode of Season 1 of Absentia.
Synopsis[]
With Nick and Tommy hot on her heels, Emily gets a critical lead from Jack that takes her back to where it all started.
Summary[]
Gibbs continues to chase Emily down but is unable to catch her as she escapes on a train. Alice regains consciousnesses but finds Flynn missing. In the train Emily reads the book she stole from Charles and she finds repeated drawings of a pitchfork inside. Emily breaks into Erik Shen's restaurant and sees that the fish tank in the restaurant has the same pitchfork symbol on it as the one in Charles book. Emily breaks in a hotel to use the computer but has to flee when she's recognized. She asks Jack to find out who ordered the tank in which she was tortured. Alice is able to escape from the room and free Flynn from the tank. They try to escape but Alice is shot by a dart by the masked man. Nick is told by Crown that Harlow was not in the country when some murders happened and that implies, he definitely has a partner. Nick and Gibbs meet Charles. He tells them about his friend who hurt Dr. Shen and that there was candy in the air where the children got hurt. This leads them to the place where a molasses storage tank exploded years ago. Jack tells Emily that the tank was ordered 7 years ago and that she was the one who ordered the tank. Emily, Nick and Gibb all arrive at the factory. Emily finds a picture on the wall with a cabin on it in a wooded area. Nick discovers that the shop on the opposite side sells the same masks as that used by the masked man Emily described. Later, Emily reaches the cabin, and discovers a secret tunnel underground. She calls Nick and asks him to come alone.