NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series)

Pound of Flesh (2018)

Rob Kerkovich: Sebastian Lund

Quotes 

• Sebastian Lund : So, the handcuffs that Ginny was wearing were standard issue, just available at any Army-Navy surplus store. But I found blood traces on the chain link, not Ginny's.

  Tammy Gregorio : Tell me you got a hit, Sebastian.

  Sebastian Lund : Yeah. This is Edward Lightell, drug dealer and professional scumbag. He's currently on parole for two counts of second-degree sexual battery.

  Christopher LaSalle : Ginny wasn't sexually assaulted.

  Tammy Gregorio : Yeah, well, look a this creep. It was just a matter of time.

• Tammy Gregorio : This is why I hate Halloween. It's when all the freakiest stuff happens around here.

  Sebastian Lund : I can't stop thinking about how lucky Ginny was.

  Tammy Gregorio : Yeah, well, if she hadn't escaped, she might've ended up gutted, too.

• Hannah Khoury : Wade thinks Lightell's been dead for at least 48 hours.

  Sebastian Lund : All right, well, that clears him of the kidnapping. He was a victim, too, at least in this case.

  Tammy Gregorio : Puts us back to square one on finding a suspect and a motive; doesn't seem like sexual assault anymore.

• Hannah Khoury : Ritualistic mutilation really changes our profile.

  Sebastian Lund : You thinking serial killer?

  Tammy Gregorio : Maybe, but there's no obvious pattern. Ginny Young and Ed Lightell couldn't be more different.

  Hannah Khoury : So if we find a connection, we may be able to anticipate the next target.

  Sebastian Lund : Yeah, might have something to do with these markings that were painted on the, uh, crime scene walls.

  Tammy Gregorio : What are they?

  Hannah Khoury : They're definitely West African in origin, but there's at least a dozen ancient religions with symbols like that.

  Sebastian Lund : How do you know that?

  Hannah Khoury : I studied anthropology in college for a hot minute.

• Christopher LaSalle : I checked the perimeter. No sign of movement.

  Sebastian Lund : Yeah, Entergy says the power's been cut off to the whole building.

  Tammy Gregorio : Hmm? Wait, you're telling me I have to go into Dracula's castle in the dark?

  Sebastian Lund : You want me to hold your little hand?

  Tammy Gregorio : You touch me, Sebastian, I'll shoot you.

• Christopher LaSalle : The vic on the table, Daniel York, is an accountant at St. Tammany Parish. Reported missing four days ago.

  Sebastian Lund : Yeah, and he was dead. I was sure of it.

  Christopher LaSalle : According to Doc Wade, he was dosed heavily with Calabar beans. It slowed York's pulse.

  Sebastian Lund : Mine almost stopped when he sat up.

  Christopher LaSalle : Gregorio's, too.

  Sebastian Lund : Think she's pissed at me?

  Christopher LaSalle : "Pissed" would be an understatement, Sebastian.

• Sebastian Lund : We got an accountant from St. Tammany, Pride's assistant Ginny, and sexual predator Lightell all abducted by Ignacio Marquez. Why?

  Christopher LaSalle : Other than he likes to play real-life "Operation"?

  Hannah Khoury : [entering]  Actually, Marquez is a doctor. U.S. embassy in Havana gave me a full background on our suspect. Resident at the Hospital de Curacion in Santiago, that is until he was fired for performing unnecessary procedures on mental patients.

  Sebastian Lund : Oh, okay, so he's legit crazy.

• Tammy Gregorio : Spoke to a santero from a local Santeria house where Marquez was a member. Got banned for being too extreme.

  Christopher LaSalle : Extreme how?

  Tammy Gregorio : Organizing animal sacrifice. He wanted to be a part of this blood ritual, showed up with a gallon of human blood to the service, was forcibly removed.

  Sebastian Lund : Man, that's creepy, even for New Orleans.

• Tammy Gregorio : This guy is flush with cash. Where'd he get it?

  Christopher LaSalle : Well, not from praciticing medicine. Works nights as a janitor.

  Hannah Khoury : For a company that specializes in disposing of medical waste.

  Christopher LaSalle : Well, that gives him access to hospitals, research labs, universities.

  Tammy Gregorio : And transplant facilities. Big business in black market organs.

  Christopher LaSalle : Yeah, but transplants are regulated by UNOS.

  Hannah Khoury : But tissue recovery for medical research is not. If the organs are no longer viable, they can be legally donated or sold.

  Sebastian Lund : Well, that could explain how Marquez is making his money. Research labs will pay big bucks for human parts.

  Tammy Gregorio : Am I the only one completely disturbed by that statement?

  Christopher LaSalle : Well, it's not about religion for Marquez, it's about greed.

  Hannah Khoury : Okay, I'm happy to moderate this debate, but after we catch him.

• Sebastian Lund : I just scoured the Cane Transplant database. I think I figured out how Marquez has been identifying his victims. So, Ginny, Lightell, and York were all registered as possible organ donors. All their personal information is listed here for Marquez to see.

  Christopher LaSalle : Well, he was an outside contractor. How'd he get access to the database?

  Sebastian Lund : Could be somebody on the inside. I'll run background on all the employees who had access to the files. I'll also review Cane's security footage, see who had contact with our suspect.

  Christopher LaSalle : All right, I'll cross-reference the patients waiting for a transplant. One of them may have been trying to jump their place in line.

  Sebastian Lund : [noticing something]  Chris, there are at least a dozen names on here that have similar donor characteristics to our victims.

  Christopher LaSalle : I'll have the Marshals put them in protective custody. Until we find Marquez, none of them are safe.

• Tammy Gregorio : I've gone through 500 patient's files, and only one of them was incomplete: Skylar Samms.

  Sebastian Lund : Well, what's missing?

  Tammy Gregorio : We got an address, phone number, fake Social, but no photo, medical history, or insurance records.

  Sebastian Lund : You run the address?

  Tammy Gregorio : Defunct auto parts store in Lakeview. I even checked with the DMV. There's no records of her at all.

  Sebastian Lund : Huh. Well, it sounds like Skylar Samms is an alias.

  Tammy Gregorio : I do have a surgeon's reference: Vincent Welles. He ordered a full battery of pre-op diagnostics a week ago.

• Sebastian Lund : I don't get it. Why would the chief of surgery want to conceal his patient's identity?

  Tammy Gregorio : Because he doesn't want anybody to know he's implanting a black market liver.

  Sebastian Lund : We want to find Ginny Young, we need to identify Skylar Samms.

  Tammy Gregorio : I'm open to suggestions.

  Sebastian Lund : [getting an idea]  What was the date and time of her last pre-op test?

  Tammy Gregorio : Tuesday, 4:30 a.m. When nobody else was around.

  Sebastian Lund : Yeah, except the all-seeing eye in the sky.

  [running and then stopping the security footage] 

  Sebastian Lund : There she is. Say hello to Skylar Samms.

  Tammy Gregorio : I know that girl.

• Sebastian Lund : Hannah, will you tell her that she's got to put the ears on, please?

  Hannah Khoury : [laughing as she sees them in their costumes]  Wow. I thought you hated Halloween.

  Sebastian Lund : She's had a bit of a change of heart.

  Tammy Gregorio : I did not. I still hate it.

  Sebastian Lund : Well, why are you going out with me, then?

  Tammy Gregorio : Because I owe you, for scaring the living crap out of me at that abandoned lab, and because payback's a bitch, right?