Red and the Task Force let Herbie take the lead.
By the time he arrived, Dockery was dead, slumped on her blood-stained laptop.
The name on the screen was “Bruno.”
Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Anya Banerjee as Siya Malik.David Giesbrecht/NBC
In turn, Herbie asks Red to consult… and he, of course, consults with the FBI.
Herbie: “Yeah, I believe that I’m the…. associate of your…. awkward silence
Malik: “Cute baby!”
It is a cute baby!
Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler.David Giesbrecht/NBC
Made all the cuter by the way Red snuggles her and kisses her little baby head.
The baby can’t stop staring at him, fascinated.
I get it, baby.
Cue the parade of potential suspects!
This kicks the investigation into a higher gear.
The Moody parents easily admit they wrote the threat because they blame Dockery for exonerating Johnston.
They’re understandably distraught.
Herbie is curious that both Emma and the judge’s orchids have an unusual shimmer.
Ressler and Malik head off to interview Johnston again at his home.
They get there shortly after he’s drugged an unsuspecting date with a 75-year-old Scotch.
Then a moan from the woman upstairs confirms Johnston is definitely the bad guy.
Ressler takes a call from Herbie, who has finished analyzing the orchids.
The shimmer is from high concentrations of nitrogen.
This makes the slow reveal of Johnston’s giant garden of orchids all the more horrifying.
In Cooper’s office, Ressler says Herbie was the MVP of the case.
He managed childcare, a sporting hobby, and a murder case.
A true Renaissance man.
More Herbie, kindly.
