Fear Stalk (1989) - full transcript
A producer from Beverly Hills is shocked when someone steals all of her belongings out of her purse. The thief begins to make threatening phone calls and withdraws money from her accounts. The stalker becomes more and more dangerous until he finally tries to kill the producer.
[music playing]
Ivan?
Oh!
Dammit!
Dork, get off me!
ALEXANDRA: Cut!
TOM: Jeez, OK.
What is it now?
Problem, Susan?
He did it again.
I can't get the stupid line outif he's laying on my wind pipe.
You're praying they
can't get the line out,
not your wind pipe.
Alan, get off her windpipe.
Susan, you're in
the wrong position.
Move.
All right, reset.
We'll go from the top.
All right, let's go, let's go.
TOM: Get ready on three.
Thanks.
Come on, come on.
All right.
TOM: Go three.
OK, on one.
Can we see the rope?
We shouldn't see the
rope in that shot.
Cut to the other camera.
TOM: Go one.
Ivan?
Ready on three.
Go three.
Ready on two.
Go two.
Bring up one.
Tighter.
Tighter on one.
Go one.
Three times is enough,
it's not jump rope.
And ready on two.
Go.
Two.
- Tom?
Yes, I've got it.
We'll take care
of it in editing.
Ready on one.
And go one.
I don't know why theykeep putting her so much.
Cut after this.
The second one.
[screaming]
Arthur, help!
TOM: Ready on three.
ALEXANDRA: Go to the master.
TOM: And we are out.
[bell]
ALEXANDRA: Why is it
a race to the finish?
Once I'd like to have
time for a retake.
That's what we've
got editing for.
Thank you very much, everybody.
Good work, well done.
GROUP: [SINGING] For
he's a jolly fellow,
for he's a jolly good fellow,for he's a jolly good fellow.
Hold the elevator for me.
GROUP: Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
What did I get him?
I like champagne.
Dom peringon.
You're good.
Thank you.
Ease up on Susan, Ally.
Susan.
Why did I cast her?
I must have had a
psychotic episode.
You're right.
She is a pain in the neck, butyou've got to gentle her along.
You got to.
You're the director.
I'm the producer.
You are a tough broad.
That's what you like.
Sometimes.
I'm going to skip the party.
I've got to get down to editing.
Hi there.
Don't have your
agent call me again.
Sixteen weeks, I promise you.
Hi, hi, hi.
You were very good.
I liked it.
Cut Donna's hair.
19, OK.
And neat.
Champagne.
I cannot wait to do that again.
[applause]
This is not food.
In any way, shape or form.
Well, it is a big piece ofcake for the birthday man.
Every night at my hotel
I find out how it is.
He shows up, he gets to thehotel, calls his brother,
he said how's Kitty?
His brother says,
right, Kitty's dead.
How is mom?
And the brother says,
Mom was up on the roof,
playing with a little red ball.
I'm the actor.
How come I can't get
a spread like this?
ALEXANDRA: You don't sleepwith the right people.
Oh.
All right, guys.
Got to go.
Good night.
Night.
ALEXANDRA: See you later.
Don't tell me this.
Somebody's stolen
things out of my purse.
Where?
In the parking lot?
I don't know.
Upstairs, in the studio.
I don't know.
Virgina, call the police.
Are you sure?
Did you look carefully?
This.
Dammit.
My cards, I checked
with my money.
Driver's license, addressbook, my appointment book.
I don't believe this.
So what's the prognosis?
I mean for the address bookor the appointment book.
POLICEMAN: Well.
Right.
Thank you gentlemen.
I'm staying over tonight.
We'll have some supper,
watch a little TV.
At least you don't have
to use a credit card.
I'll stop off, get some sushi.
Do not get hung up, here.
I'll be over in 20 minutes.
You leaving?
ALEXANDRA: Yeah.
We're sending Fred a scriptto your house by modem.
Can you lend me $20?
$10.
Don't be depressed.
All right.
Hey, baby.
How the hell are you?
ALEXANDRA: Watch it.
You heard here, I'll
break both your arms.
TOM: What are you talking about?
She loves it.
Come on.
It's getting soggy.
It's almost done.
OK.
Just things.
Start again.
That's very healthy.
And un-compulsive of you.
A new Ally Maynard.
I like it.
Pretty soon, you know what?
You are going to be
driving your automobile
with a very dirty ashtray.
Mm?
I want you to hurt me now.
Enchanting.
Oh, yeah.
Making love on
the kitchen floor.
Are you getting
sushi all over me?
If I want to.
Sugarbaby.
Dollface.
WOMAN: Do you have
the revisions ready?
MAN: Yeah, those
are green pages.
Morning.
I'm on the Ds, takingeverything off the roledex.
You're perfect.
If you weren't married--
I'd be living on
what you pay me.
Hello?
Yeah?
VIRGINA: [ON SPEAKER
PHONE] Your son on one.
Hi, darling.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Why?
- You're fine.
But Mom, I just got a
message from the dean
that the police called.
What?
They said you were
in a serious accident,
and to call your secretary.
I'm perfectly OK.
You're talking to me.
I don't know, must
been a mix up.
I guess you got
someone else's message.
But with your telephone numberon it, and Virginia's name?
Well.
I can't explain it.
But I'm fine.
Swear.
How's school?
It's-- it's fine, Mom.
I tell you, one of
your stupid friends
has a sick sense of humor.
The dean didn't say
who called, did he?
DANNY: No.
No, just an man.
He said he's with the
Beverly Hills Police.
ALEXANDRA: Sorry youwere frightened, darling.
You know, I'm going to calla friend of mine over there
and see what he can find out.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'll talk to you later.
Bye.
V. Get Richard Danning,
Beverly Hills Police.
JENNIFER: So what did
Detective Danning say?
ALEXANDRA: He's
checking the call.
DORIS: One of Danny'sfriends was doing a number.
ALEXANDRA: He thought itwas one of my sick friends.
JENNIFER: Yeah, probably Doris.
You ever seen her phone bill?
All those 976 numbers?
DORIS: Once.
I dialed once.
JENNIFER: I don't think
this is funny, Ally.
Would you just come
and meet this woman?
This is exactly the kind ofthing that she deals with.
She's an ex-cop.
ALEXANDRA: Another
one of your crazies.
What could it hurt?
What could it hurt?
You remember last summer whenshe dragged us to that channel.
$200 to hear a 3,000 yearold dog growl in Swahili.
The est, the crystals, themantras, the maharishi.
DORIS: You're going
back fifteen years.
JENNIFER: There's no statute oflimitations on her craziness.
ALEXANDRA: Would you come on?
JENNIFER: This one
only deals with women.
ALEXANDRA: Oh, forget it, Jen.
It's over, I'm fine.
I don't want to think
about it anymore.
Alexandra doesn't
want to think about it,
therefore, it isn't.
A bench!
I had my purse snatched.
Who hasn't?
[phone ringing]
Now what?
Hello?
Let's eat.
This is Dr. Birken.
No, I'm sorry, I'm not
that kind of doctor.
I'm a psychotherapist.
No, you must be mistaken.
I'm looking right at her.
How did you get this number?
Some creep.
What?
What?
A man.
He said you were hit by a car.
OK.
Eliminate the credit
cards and the cash.
Most of you have
credit card protection,
and the cash is a loss.
All right.
Driver's license, ID.
Medical and autoinsurance, business cards.
The usual.
Checkbooks.
Here's a savings passbook.
How long since you
emptied out your purses?
1942.
All right, Linda.
You're 35 years old.
You bank at Fidelity,
and here's your account
number and your address and yourtelephone number on your check.
Mother's maiden name, Baker.
Divorced, judging by
your age and the listed
beneficiary on your
insurance, Jason
Barton, relationship friend.
OK, so it's a great act.
Now can we get out of here?
Now, why is this
just a women's issue?
Don't men get ripped off?
My business is women, not men.
But what does the averageman carry with him?
A wallet, driver's license,a few credit cards.
Men travel lighter than women.
In essence they live
more defensively.
Not stuff.
We love stuff.
It makes us feel secure tocarry everything with us.
Then our purse is stolen.
Then all that security,
all that power
is in someone else's hands.
Let's take a break.
ALEXANDRA: They pay peoplefor anything these days.
Where did you find this one?
I saw her on a talk show.
She quit the police forcea couple of years ago
and started this.
She works with rape victims,teaches kids how to defend
themselves against creeps.
She's hot stuff.
OK.
I called her.
Barbara Ivanello, Ally Maynard.
I'm glad you could come.
Jennifer told me whathappened with your purse,
and about the phone calls.
As usual she overreacted.
I mean, I don't think
they're really related.
If I handed you
a script and said,
these things are a coincidence,you throw me out of the office.
Only if it wasn't funny.
Look, I'm not big into paranoia.
Fair enough.
How about just being careful?
Were your keys stolen?
Nope.
Do you keep an extraset of house keys on you?
Yeah.
In your makeup pouch.
Are they still there?
You better change locks.
What about the bank?
Have you been there
since the theft?
Nope.
I bank by phone,
through my computer.
BARBARA: I'd change the account.
Would you give me a break?
BARBARA: Look.
A couple of months
ago a woman called me.
Her purse had been rifled.
Just the contents stolen.
A few weeks later another womancame to see me, same situation.
Now both of them have hada few problems since then.
I'm sorry I'm not
buying into this.
There's no reason
to assume this isn't
an ordinary, garden
variety pickpocket
Yes, there is.
Think about it.
I hate people who do this.
Frighten people.
BARBARA: Not frightening
you, Ally, you are.
I'm pointing out the reality.
That can help you, fear can't.
It's useless and I
don't traffic in it.
[beep]
[phone ringing]
Yes?
Hello?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ONPHONE] I like your picture.
Driver's license.
People always look terrible.
Not you, Alexandra.
Who's this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
[click]
[dial tone]
What color would you like?
ALEXANDRA: Blue I guess.
I don't care.
Just transfer the money frommy old account to this new one.
It's $11,000 and change.
We show you have an
account balance of $600.
That's impossible.
I just balanced my
account on the computer.
It's $11,000 and something.
Ms. Maynard, it
shows that you made
three telephone withdrawalsyesterday totaling $11,000.
You made a mistake.
I did not.
Does anyone in your familyhave access to your bank codes?
Please, I'm divorced, andmy son's away at school.
BANKER: The transfers weremade from your access number.
I don't give a damnwhat they were made from.
I didn't transfer $11,000
out of my own account.
I'm afraid it isn't only yourchecking account, Ms. Maynard
$12,000 was transferredout of your savings account
in small amounts, in three
separate withdrawals.
I don't believe this.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
With sophisticated
computer equipment,
working knowledge of bankingprocedures, telephone systems,
it's been done.
If they had the bank
access number and hers,
they could use any computeras though it were Ms. Maynard.
Where do you keep
your access numbers?
In my address book.
BANKER: We expressly
tell our clients--
ALEXANDRA: Oh give me a break.
They were just numbers I wrotein the back of my address book.
They didn't relate to anything.
I wrote them down so I
wouldn't forget them.
I don't memorize
lists of numbers,
it's not one of my tricks.
A useful trick.
Right.
So where does that leave me?
POLICEMAN: Well right nowwe don't have any proof
that these transfers
weren't made
from your own computer by youor someone in your family.
So--
- Wait a minute.
Are you going to let
me finish explaining,
or do you just want to talk?
Don't give me any
lectures, officer.
I'm the victim
here, not the felon.
This guy knows a lot about me.
What if he comes after me?
Now that's doubtful.
I think he called
me this morning.
A man called.
I doubt that.
These guys don't want any--
ALEXANDRA: Do you
want to let me finish,
or do you just want to talk?
The guy who called mentionedmy driver's license.
He's got to be the one
who stole my things.
Change your number.
Why should I have
to do everything?
What are you doing?
Change my number.
Just like that.
I have an unlisted number.
Do you know how many peopleI would have to contact,
how many places I
do business with?
Change my number.
It would be easier
to change my sex.
Don't change your number.
Ms. Maynard, don't
change your sex.
You let us do our job, andyou go about doing yours.
We'll be in touch.
What?
VIRGINA: [ON PHONE]
Having a nice day?
What's up, Virgina?
I'm not in the mood for cute.
OK.
Why'd you cancel lunch
with Henry Sloan?
I didn't.
Well his secretary called.
Plenty hostile, as only she canbe, and said that a man called
their service left word that Ms.Maynard it was canceling lunch.
No reschedule.
Henry was a little ticked off.
Ticked off?
Nobody cancels lunch
with Henry and lives.
Three months ofnegotiating down the tubes.
What man left word?
What?
Call back.
Call back and tellHenry, talk him yourself.
Tell him I didn't cancel.
It was-- just tell him I'll
explain it to him later.
Make sure he understands
I didn't cancel.
Got it.
[phone ringing]
ALEXANDRA: V, hold the calls.
Mom.
Hi.
I'll be with you in a minute.
Alexandra, if you neededmoney, why didn't you tell me?
What?
What do you mean, what?
The bank manager called me.
He said you tried to withdraw$10,000 from our joint account.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Ally, are you in trouble?
Darling?
You're frightening me.
Yes.
Yes, Mom.
I'm in trouble.
RICHARD: Ally, don't get
crazy because some guys
downtown gave you a hard time.
They don't know who you are.
You come on tough, Ally.
You're looking for answers,and they don't have any yet.
I know you.
I like you anyway.
They don't.
I don't care if they like me.
I want them to take care
of business, like I do.
OK, forget it.
I blew it.
They hate me.
I thought you didn't care.
I don't.
What is this, a job interview?
What does your personalityhave to do with it.
RICHARD: That's a good question.
Anybody out there got
a hate on for you?
Half of Hollywood.
And the other
half don't know you.
ALEXANDRA: Come on, you don'tthink it's someone I know.
PEARL: What is this, Richard?
A maniac is after my daughter.
He's shrugging and making jokes.
RICHARD: I know, Pearl.
I'm not taking this lightly.
I think you know me betterthan that, it's just, well,
I don't know.
My instincts, it's a pro.
Maybe a group.
I don't think there's anypersonal danger involved.
These guys, they usuallydon't look for relationships.
They like to get in
and out, real clean.
How do you know?
RICHARD: We don't.
We look for patterns.
But it's dumb to speculate.
Now look, Ally,
what I'm going to do
is alert my people to
what's going on here.
We'll go through our
files, we'll interface
with your security
people, and if you
see or you hear anything out ofthe ordinary, trip your alarm.
Right.
And by the time they
get there, you're dead.
Pearl, our response time is--
Don't get me
your response time.
I know all about it.
A woman was beaten
to death in front
of her apartment, 20 peopleheard screaming, nobody came.
That was New York.
This is Beverly Hills.
Nothing ever happens
in Beverly Hills.
There's Charles Manson--
ALEXANDRA: Ma.
RICHARD: Pearl.
Please don't worry.
Don't worry.
Why didn't I think of that?
You're making me crazy.
You really don't thinkthey'll come to my house?
No.
I don't think
that's the pattern.
[phone ringing]
Yes.
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I have your home number.
I have your car number.
I have your number.
[laughing]
[shouting]
[whistle]
[chanting]
$70,000 later, I
opened an envelope
that arrived in the mail.
All my credit cards, my
license, my bank book.
Everything was returned,
and it was over.
Nothing has happened since.
How does he pick his victims?
Does he know them?
No.
We don't think so.
He picks an area to work,then he selects his victims.
Each of them had publicityprior to the theft.
I had a story done on
me in the View section.
BARBARA: He knew what you lookedlike from her picture, where
she worked.
The Department of MotorVehicles gave him the rest.
He staked out the
parking lot, tailed her,
and she made it easy.
She left her purse in the car.
The car was locked.
My purse was under my jacket.
I was gone maybe
five minutes, tops.
Takes 10 seconds for
a pro to jimmy a lock.
He had time for
shower and a shave.
You were even easier.
The magazine
article a month ago.
Everything he needed is here.
Your work, home, hobbies.
Even the fact thatyou're a computer junkie,
and you bank that way.
What makes you
think it's one man?
Richard thinks that
might be a ring.
No.
I hate to disagree
with Sergeant Danning.
He used to be my boss.
But this kind ofharassment is a solo job.
See this guy doesn't just hitthe bank accounts and get out.
He phones his victims.
All women.
He wants them to hear his voice.
He wants to hear their fear.
No, it's one guy.
He's a control freak.
He gets off on it.
One man.
BARBARA: Call your son.
Tell him what's going on.
Change your number.
Unlisted, no referrals.
Be careful who you
give the new number to,
the same with the new key.
My whole life is--
BARBARA: It'll be over.
He takes what he wants, hassome fun with his victims,
and when he's finished
he leaves your life.
When he's finished.
BARBARA: Yeah.
That's what control is.
ALEXANDRA: Yes, this
is Alexandra Maynard.
Yes, did you deliver
a dress to me?
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE] Yes.
It's mine, but I didn'task to have it delivered.
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE]
Oh your husband called.
What?
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE] Hesaid to bring it right over.
Is there a problem?
- No.
No, it's all right.
It's all right.
Thank you.
[phone ringing]
Yes.
STALKER: [WHISPERING
ON PHONE] Alexandra.
You almost forgot your dress.
Listen you twisted, sick--
[click]
So if the police
aren't worried, are you?
Sometime I get
this wave of panic,
like someone's watching me.
Who knows everything about me.
It makes me so furious.
Why don't you stay at myplace until it quiets down?
You and my mother.
You and me.
Not your mother.
Don't start, Tom.
All right, I'll
take your mother, too.
Don't, don't start.
Don't start.
Alexandra, and you don't
want to start anything.
Come on, Tom.
I want to be with you.
You are.
Don't be cute.
I'll swat you.
You keep trying tosettle me down, move me in.
It's not an
obscene suggestion.
I was settled down
for half my life.
I'm enjoying my independence.
I'm not going to let
this situation scare
me into becoming dependent.
I don't want you
scared or dependent.
I want you at your best.
I like what we have.
I do too.
I want more.
More isn't necessarily better.
Do I have to take
you at your word?
Tom, I just--
I can't do this tonight.
I have too much on my mind.
TOM: Come on, Ally.
Ease up.
Let me help you take
things off your mind.
ALEXANDRA: Can't get
something off your mind
unless you're a moron.
You can only suppress it.
Moronic suppression.
I like that.
Be right back.
Got to check the service.
Studio's supposed to call.
Check mine, too?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [WHISPERING
ON PHONE] Jennifer?
Yeah.
Who's this?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I friend of Alexandra's.
Not as close a friend as youare, but I'm getting there.
Who is this?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I'll be keeping in touch.
[laughter]
Wait a minute.
What do you want?
[click]
That moronic
suppression, I like it.
It has a certain flair to it.
How about a little now?
Hm?
Tom.
Come on, Ally.
Stop it.
Right in the middle
of a parking lot.
No.
Hm?
Nothing?
Come on, sugar.
No.
Come on.
Let go of me.
Stop!
[sobbing]
Ally.
Hey.
It was a joke, Ally.
Aw, darling, I was kidding.
Ally, you're not easy.
I become a clown.
I misread you.
Oh.
You were holding me.
Ally.
I was trying to act
a suppressed moron.
Did you think I was serious?
I don't know, I just--
I just panicked.
And I couldn't get free.
You scared me.
Shh.
Shh, shh.
I want to be alone tonight.
Oh, honey, come on.
I'm not angry at you.
It's him.
I got it all mixed up withyou, but it's not you.
I just can't let this
man make me afraid to be
alone in my own house.
I won't push.
I love you.
Call me if you get
neurotically dependent,
or you just need some loving.
[phone ringing]
ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi.
Please leave your name,number and a brief message
after the tone.
[beep]
WILLY: [ON PHONE] Ally.
I thought you'd be home bynow, I want to send the script.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I didn't pick up in time.
I'm sorry Willy.
Hey, that's OK.
I'll tell you what, I'll giveyou five minutes to set up,
and then I'll send.
OK.
[printer]
[beep]
[beep]
God.
[doorbell]
Ally?
It's me.
[knocking]
It's Jen.
Ally.
It's me.
I checked to see if
Tom's car was here,
I thought he was staying.
He called me, too.
What did you say?
Nothing.
Just the typical garbage.
Why was he calling you?
I can't stand it.
What the hell does he want?
Exactly what he's getting.
OK.
I'm not giving into this.
That's why I wouldn't
let Tom spend the night.
I know.
And I know you.
But what's the point of notletting anybody help you?
It's not the help I mind.
It's needing it.
[knocking]
Don't kill me, I
called the girls.
ALEXANDRA: Oh,
for heaven's sake.
Don't be crazy, Ally.
Just go with it.
He called both of us.
I've got the wieners ifyou've got the marshmallows.
I'm cutting this where
he grabs her throat.
Why?
It's a good moment.
It's too violent,
we don't need it.
You're cutting violence?
The blood and gore
queen of daytime?
It's gratuitous.
No it's not.
It's absolutely
right for the scene.
I say black, you say white?
No.
You are making a
bad judgment call.
I disagree with it.
It happened yesterday too, Ally.
You ripped apart a
perfectly good scene.
I didn't want it.
I didn't want it.
Apparently.
I put the scene
back, all right?
Yeah.
And we lost an hour and a half.
You're in a lousy mood.
You too.
Drove by the house last night,just to see how you were.
Looked like a witches coven.
ALEXANDRA: The group came over.
I got it.
I didn't invite them,they were worried about me.
So am I.
What was I supposed to do?
Throw them out?
You threw me out.
ALEXANDRA: I don't believe this.
I don't believe
I'm hearing this.
I don't like it when
you cut me out, Ally.
I don't.
I don't mean to.
But you do.
You hide things from
me, and you share
them with your girlfriends.
Makes me feel competitive.
You are so easy withthem, and so restrictive,
rigid in our relationship.
You ever notice you
never stay at my house?
I always stay at your house.
ALEXANDRA: That's because--
Because you have
to have control.
Your things around you.
Your clock, your
sheets, your schedules.
It's more convenient.
TOM: For you.
For us it would
be more convenient
if we lived together.
That would mean what, Ally?
Commitment?
You know I tried toexplain it to you last night,
and you didn't get it.
I got it.
I don't buy it.
Hi.
Your new telephone number,and your housekeeper called.
They installed the
new telephones.
What phones?
I asked them to change thenumbers, not the phones.
Well, Marion said they
took out the gray ones,
and they put in
red and green ones.
I thought you wereredecorating for Christmas.
Who came to the house?
A guy from the phone company.
Bull.
Ally.
Ally?
Ally.
It was probably a mistakeat the phone company.
No.
He was at my house.
He knows everything I do.
Now just when he can
get away with something,
he just walks into my housean changes the phones.
Ally, think about it.
Even if it was him,
you weren't there.
No one was hurt.
It's a sick joke.
The whole thing is sick.
But it isn't dangerous.
Not dangerous?
I mean physically.
He'll get tired, just likehe did with the other women,
and he'll disappear.
You'll be able to go
on with your life.
Please, don't do
this to yourself.
I'm not doing this to myself.
He's doing it to me.
But you're letting him.
Why is the burden
on me not to react
when someone is attacking me?
Don't make this my fault.
Ally, put this in perspective.
What is wrong with you?
There is nothing
wrong with me.
There's something
wrong with him.
You know, my
girlfriends understand
exactly what's going on.
I don't have to
explain it to them.
Because you all
react in the same way.
No, we don't.
We react differently.
We feel the same way.
[beeping]
[phones ringing]
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON
PHONE] Aren't you glad
I had your Valium refilled?
I thought you might
be needing them.
I don't need them, you do.
If you were here I'd shovehim down your throat,
you son of a bitch.
[phone ringing]
No you don't.
I'm not living with this.
No.
Not this one either.
Where were you?
What did you touch?
Huh?
Did you touch these?
Where were you?
[phone ringing]
You're not going to come intomy house and do this to me.
[alarm]
Oh God, he's here.
SECURITY SERVICE: Mrs.Maynard, are you all right?
ALEXANDRA: No!
No!
SECURITY SERVICE: Mrs. Maynard.
What is your code?
It's him, he's here.
SECURITY SERVICE: Please
stay where you are,
and don't approach the windows.
The police have been notified.
We have a car in the area.
They're on the wa--
STALKER: [ON PHONE] Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra, I want in.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
ALEXANDRA: No.
No.
STALKER: [ON PHONE] Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
[laughing]
All right, what's
the situation?
There's no sign of entry.
OK.
Police.
Police.
No!
Mrs. Maynard, it's the
Beverly Hills Police.
Open the door.
No!
How do I know it's you?
Sir, stay back at
your car, please.
Stay back until we can
assess the situation.
I'm a friend of Ms. Maynard's.What happened?
Is she all right?
- I don't know just yet.
Just stay still, please.
Sir!
Ally?
Ally, it's Richard.
Come on, let me get to her.
Ally honey, it's Tom.
Everything is all right.
Just open the door if you can.
Ally?
Ally.
Come on, Ally.
He isn't here, is he?
He isn't here?
He doesn't have to
be here, does he?
He doesn't have to be here.
He can do it without being here.
RICHARD: He triggered
the alarm by remote.
He wasn't in the house.
Even the phone guy was legit.
If you stay here
a few days, when
he doesn't get a response at thehouse he's going to get bored,
then he'll move on.
Now look, your bags
are up in the room.
When you get up there
call the family,
let them know where you are.
No one else, OK?
- Thanks.
- OK.
Goodnight, Tom.
Thanks.
How can I do this?
I blew three meetings last week.
Willy's all over me.
I have a new character
coming out in six days,
I haven't even
looked at the tests.
That's what they
pay your staff for.
No, that's what the
network pays me for.
Come on.
I'll take you up to your room.
No, I'm fine,
I'm fine, really.
All right then.
Listen up.
I'll be right back
after the shoot
for an early morning breakfast.
Oh, listen, when you shootthe scene with Susan make sure
that little sleaze doesn't throwher mustache all over the--
That mouth.
That mouth.
When will you ever
let something go?
How can you stand me?
I'm a sick man.
I fell in love with you.
TV: Take great
pleasure in presenting
to you that charming
and gifted personality,
Miss Angelica Evans.
Honestly, Charlie, I thoughtyou'd never get here.
[SINGING] I miss thatfeeling of your hand in mine.
I miss that feeling
that was so divine.
There's no need to tell
you that I need you so.
No need to tell you'cause how well you know.
[knocking]
[screaming]
BARBARA: It was the credit card.
When the hotel credit putit through the credit check,
he tapped in, got the location.
The couple in the
next room are two
old people from Kansas City.
He's watching me.
He knows everything about me.
Ally, he's smart
and resourceful,
but he's not omnipotent.
Don't credit the slimewith more than he deserves.
Ally.
Where was it?
RICHARD: Outside the door.
Was it with the things he took?
He was here.
It doesn't stop, does it?
I spent my life pretendingnot to be afraid.
Of school, of boys, of
other women, of work.
Of no work.
Of success, of failure,
of marriage, of divorce.
Of being a mother, of
loosing my children.
Of being poor, of crying, God.
Just doesn't stop.
BARBARA: Yes, it does.
This fear isn't in
your mind, it's real.
And you can make it stop.
I want to get this guy.
There's got to be
a way to nail him.
There's a way
to nail everyone.
The cops don't think so.
I didn't say
everyone gets nailed.
I said there's a way to do it.
[gunshots]
OK.
Keep your left hand
here for support.
Got it.
You're not a cowboy.
Now when you're ready
fire two rounds, pause,
then fire two more, and pause.
[gunshots]
What did I get?
Nothing.
Nothing.
You're flinching as
you release the round,
and your shots are going wild.
Why does it have to
be the outline of a man?
What happened to
the old bullseye?
If you don't want
to hit somebody,
let's walk out of
here right now.
You don't have to do this, Ally.
I'll do it if I have
to sleep in this joint.
[gunshots]
RICHARD: Barbara, you retiredfrom the force two years ago.
Why don't you back off
and let us handle this?
You can't stop me from
hiring her privately.
OK, look, I've got
some stats on this guy.
You know the m.o. is identical.
Eight months ago in Denver fourwomen had their purses rifled.
Significant amounts
of money were
withdrawn from their account.
There was harassment all
the way down the line.
A year ago April, Philadelphia.
Same situation.
Only contact by
phone, a male voice.
Possible third situation.
What does that
tell us, Richard?
That he's done this before?
We knew that.
You've got a make on it?
Witnesses?
Voiceprint?
He's done this clear acrossthe country and nobody's gotten
close to him.
Richard, what we're doingmay set him up for you.
Don't work me, Barbara.
You don't have the
manpower to put on this.
You don't needmanpower to get this guy,
you get him with a computer, youmatch his MO with his skills.
You find out where he worked.
I know the drill, Richard.
In two weeks if nothingbreaks and nobody's dead,
it's history.
You said yourself,
they don't think
of this as life threatening.
Well Ally, at this point,we just don't think it is.
Maybe not by police
standards, but by mine
it's life threatening.
OK, I'm not going
to get into this.
You're a private citizen.
I can advise you againstit, but I can't stop you.
You're on record.
Ally, here's what we can do.
I'll put a tap on your line.
I'll leave the unit
there for another week.
After that--
That's fine.
Barbara?
I need to talk to you.
I'll meet you at the car.
Just what the hell
do you think you are
going to get this guy to do?
Lose his grip, get mad.
If Ally can throw him,challenge him, change his m.o.
He may start to get creativeand he may make a mistake.
RICHARD: He may escalate
his behavior, also.
We know that.
There's something
I left out, Barbara.
The woman in Philadelphia.
She's dead.
How?
RICHARD: Fire.
And the file is still open.
Then you don't know.
No, I don't know,
you don't know either.
Maybe an accident,
maybe it wasn't.
You want to take that chance?
You're the one who
didn't tell Ally.
Why?
Because I wanted
to see if you would.
You really want this
one bad, don't you?
Don't you?
Not bad enough
to jeopardize Ally.
BARBARA: Who's working
who now, Richard?
Everything I know,
Ally will know.
Just don't do anything
stupid, Barbara.
I won't.
I'm not a stupid woman.
RICHARD: Or reckless.
You've got a hell of a nerve.
If you want this guy,
you're a good cop.
If I want him, I'm reckless.
RICHARD: Good, here
comes the manifesto.
Don't play that with me.
Now you know who wants thisguy more than you or I?
Ally.
Every time this animal
pulls her chain,
he takes a little more outof her, and I want it back.
You should have
stayed a cop, Barbara.
You like the action.
I do better work
now that I'm not.
Ow.
[thump]
[drawers opening]
Ally?
Are you crazy?
What the hell is wrong withyou, I could have killed you.
Am I crazy?
Am I crazy?
How could you?
You know what's going
on here, I told you.
How could you just walk inmy house without knowing it.
You gave me the new key,Ally, while you were still sane.
I came to pack your things.
You're getting out
of here before you're
as nutty as he is.
Oh, Mom.
[sobbing]
I can't believe I lived to seemy daughter pull a gun on me.
In her own house.
[laughing]
You know what the two ofus must have looked like?
Is this funny?
Ally, you have to
get out of here.
I got this today.
It's only a picture, Ma.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [ON PHONE] I havea message for your friend.
Don't push me.
Right.
And she has one for you.
Your move, big shot.
Ally says it's
your move, big shot.
It's your move.
TOM: OK everybody.
We're going to show
this, walk away.
[bell]
And 5, 4, 3, 2.
SUSAN: I know I saw her.
She was there.
TOM: Ready to go to three.
Hello?
Ally?
OK on one.
Go, one.
Yes?
DANNY: [ON PHONE] Danny.
Oh, hi darling.
It's OK, it's Danny.
I'll take it in there.
DANNY: [ON PHONE] Mom?
I want to come home.
Why?
I just do.
ALEXANDRA: [ON PHONE]
No, no, Danny not now.
It's just not the right time.
He called me.
When?
A couple of nights ago.
I told grandma, but she
told me not to tell you.
What did he say?
Just stuff.
ALEXANDRA: [ON PHONE]
What did he say?
It was disgusting, Mom.
Danny, I have to
know what he said.
It was filthy.
About what he
wants to do to you.
Oh, Danny.
Danny, I'm so sorry.
JENNIFER: Oh!
Oh, no!
Let me go!
STALKER: Shut up!
[screaming]
STALKER: Oh, yeah.
Tell your friend
Ally how good is.
Oh, Jen.
Next time it might
be you, not Jennifer.
Next time you might
not be so lucky.
This happened to Jen becauseher name was in my phone book.
I guess that's lucky.
She might have been
raped because I
wrote her address in my book.
She could even be dead
because she's my friend.
I guess that's lucky.
That's lucky.
Ally, Ally.
The guy is crazy.
The more involved you get,the crazier you'll get.
You're carrying a
gun in your purse.
So?
So, can you use it?
What's the big deal?
You look, you shoot,
somebody dies.
Can you use it?
Yes.
You can.
Yes.
You can put two
inches of steel
into the soft tissue
of another human being?
Watch him bleed?
You can do that?
Yes.
I don't know.
TOM: Don't make this
a personal battle.
This is a personal battle.
He's after me, my friends,my mother, my son.
He's made this the mostpersonal battle of my life.
Are we in place
with that tap yet?
Yeah.
Good.
DORIS: I'm sick.
You finished the
whole sweet and sour.
Don't talk about it, I'm sick.
Nothing.
He hasn't called for three days.
He's regrouping.
Willie hasn't sent
the script over.
It's too early.
[doorbell]
It looks like
Miami Vise out there.
Ma.
PEARL: I know you're goingto do something stupid.
Can I talk you out of it?
No.
So what am I going to do?
Sit in my house and shiver?
I might as well be here.
Don't look at me like that.
Who do you think you
got all your nerve from?
Just don't shoot me.
Pearl.
Hi.
Oh, look at that garbage.
At least you could have
let me cook for you.
What is she doing?
What is it?
What do you need him for?
She could scare of
the life out of you.
He's changed his pattern.
What do you mean?
It just occurred to me.
Talk.
You're making me nervous.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [ON PHONE]
Full house, Ally?
[explosion]
I guess I can scare you twice.
Your move, bitch.
BARBARA: It's a timer device.
Are you satisfied?
Look, I know how you feel.
You do?
Maybe.
But just in case there's
a misunderstanding,
let me tell you how I feel.
You want to live your lifeon the edge of danger, fine.
But when you drag my defenselessdaughter into it with you--
BARBARA: Wait a minute.
I didn't steal your
daughter's things,
or threaten her, or
drive her friends
and her family nearly crazy.
Now somebody else did that.
And I want him.
When are you going to
make that commitment?
There's nothing
defenseless about Ally,
or you either Mrs. Maynard.
You're a killer.
Why don't you cripple
the enemy instead
of yourself and your daughter.
This is Danning, good work.
Lock it in.
We got it, we trapped the call.
We got a trace on it now, it'salmost over, Ally, we got him.
Give me two guys over hereright away, in the back.
Get those guys in the car.
Sargent, I want
four guys in here.
Richard?
RICHARD: Yes.
- You have his number?
- We got it.
RICHARD: We got it.
- Give it to me.
Look, we're working
on it now, there's
nothing more you can do.- Please give me his number.
RICHARD: No.
Ally.
Look, precise timing is
what we need right now.
I'll use it once.
RICHARD: No.
I have to.
Please, give it to me.
This is more important to me.- Ally, no.
[tires screeching]
Come on.
Give me something.
Yes!
RICHARD: Down there.
What have you got?
Nothing here.
POLICEMAN: How about inthe back there, anything?
POLICEMAN: No, nothing.
All clear here.
Guy's out of here.
You think on those
catwalks up there?
Aw, no sign of him.
Dammit, Ally!
I thought you'd call.
Well?
You tipped him, Ally.
He split.
Dammit.
I'm so sorry.
It's OK, Ally.
We'll get him.
The important thing ishe's out of your life now,
it's over for you.
There it you.
He always leaves the personalitems and his equipment
when he's ready to split.
It's his m.o.
He doesn't hang around
waiting to get nailed.
So this round is over.
It's our problem now.
ALEXANDRA: Is it?
RICHARD: I know
this isn't finished
the way you wanted it to be,but in terms of your life,
he's out of it.
Terms of my life.
He's still out there, he canstill hit on someone else.
RICHARD: It's the best
we can do for now.
Ally.
For God's sake, give
yourself a break.
Put this behind you.
Take control of your life again.
Hi.
Remember me?
Give me a second.
It's over.
They didn't get him, but he's--
he's gone.
So now I get you back.
I know.
I don't know why you'd want me.
Are you staying over?
No, no.
Not tonight.
I just came by.
Now I remember you.
But I'm staying long enough.
Ally.
When are you going
to start dealing
with what's happened to you?
Whenever.
TOM: When are we going
to deal with what's
been happening to us?
and
- I am.
Now.
TOM: Sex first and
life after, huh?
ALEXANDRA: Mm-hm.
You're one of those
people who never
has to deal with anything.
Maybe.
TOM: Ally.
You cannot have my bodyuntil we deal with things.
Later.
When you're
right, you're right.
Hi, Henry.
What's up at this hour?
Me.
Delivery from the studio.
Sorry about the time, but theyonly called about an hour ago.
Writers.
They never know what time it is.
[phone ringing]
Yes?
STALKER: Wear it when
I come for you, Ally.
You got it, Mister.
One on one.
Just you and me.
911 OPERATOR: [ON
PHONE] 911 emergency.
BARBARA: [ON PHONE] Hello.
Barbara.
It's not over.
He just called me.
He expects surveillance,so he'll avoid
the front door and the garage.
That leaves the backdoor.
We leave it unlocked.
He has to go around
to get to it,
that means he's got a perfectview of Ally's bedroom window.
We'll know when he's coming.
He can't resist announcingit, it's his pattern.
He thinks she's alone.
That gives us a momentaryadvantage of surprise.
Don't waste it.
You don't have any training,so I want each of you
to focus on one thing.
Jen.
His left arm is yours.
Don't see any other part of him.
Everything you have goes
into disabling that arm.
Now I know it might
sound silly, but you
make that arm the enemy.
Sandy.
His right arm is yours.
Same thing.
Do what you have to, Pearl.
Never mind.
I know the part I want.
JENNIFER: I just want
five minutes with him.
How much you want
to bet when it's
available you won't want it?
You're on.
[doorbell]
Front door.
This is it.
He's on his way.
Oh!
STALKER: Not a sound.
Not a sound.
Stop struggling.
Don't move.
You should have let it be.
I would have gone away.
But now I can't.
I'm not alone.
You're not alone?
I know that.
That's why I sent the dolly.
You see, little
girls love dollies.
They all go rushing
to the front door,
and the boogeyman
comes in the back.
You said we'd be alone.
But I like this better.
I want do do it right
under their noses.
Yeah, that's right.
Think about it.
No, no, no, no.
ALEXANDRA: Ah!
God, no.
Now that was a mistake.
Shut up!
Nobody can come in here for you.
Not the cops, not your friends.
They're all afraid
I'll hurt you.
And I will.
[WHISPERING] Get
back with them.
So this is what it is.
It's going to happen slowly.
You're going to live hereand I just like this.
All night if I want.
And it's gonna happen
when I'm ready.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, looks.
[knocking]
Ally?
[WHISPERING] Answer her.
Tell her you're going to sleep.
You all right?
[WHISPERING] Tell her.
Take a good look, becauseit's not going to matter.
No!
I'm not all right!
Oh!
Put the gun down.
I will kill her.
Get into the other room!
BARBARA: OK.
It's a standoff.
I got the gun, and you got her.
Why don't you put
the knife down,
and I'll put the gun down.
No way.
Come on--
STALKER: Don't move.
Put the gun down and
walk out of the room.
Shoot him.
Shoot him!
Shoot him!
Put it down.
ALEXANDRA: No!
Come on.
He can only cut me,
but he'll be dead.
STALKER: Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: He's not going to putme through this anymore, now!
Now!
No, no, look.
Look at him.
Please, look.
He's a man.
He's just a man.
He can't hurt you.
Do it.
He's not walking
out of here, no.
With me, not without me.
- Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: No!
Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: No!
Ally, no!
[laughter]
STALKER: What is that, Ally?
You think he can do
something with that?
No, baby.
No.
You can't do it.
I'm coming for you, Ally,and you still can't do it.
I'm coming for you, Ally.
You're mine.
[gunshot]
[bird song]
It's been 14 days, Ally.
Honey, after what
you've been through,
I don't want to lose you now.
I'm beginning to be afraid.
I'm surfacing.
I didn't want to.
I wanted to stay down there,where I didn't have to hear.
This morning was the firsttime I didn't hear that sound.
It's funny, I was staringat that rock formation
out back for the hundredthtime, and I suddenly
saw there was this dumb littlebunch of yellow flowers growing
out it.
Must have been there all along.
I don't know, it's corny.
It made me feel good.
Anyway.
I'm back.
And I'm here.
Thank you.
[music playing]
Ivan?
Oh!
Dammit!
Dork, get off me!
ALEXANDRA: Cut!
TOM: Jeez, OK.
What is it now?
Problem, Susan?
He did it again.
I can't get the stupid line outif he's laying on my wind pipe.
You're praying they
can't get the line out,
not your wind pipe.
Alan, get off her windpipe.
Susan, you're in
the wrong position.
Move.
All right, reset.
We'll go from the top.
All right, let's go, let's go.
TOM: Get ready on three.
Thanks.
Come on, come on.
All right.
TOM: Go three.
OK, on one.
Can we see the rope?
We shouldn't see the
rope in that shot.
Cut to the other camera.
TOM: Go one.
Ivan?
Ready on three.
Go three.
Ready on two.
Go two.
Bring up one.
Tighter.
Tighter on one.
Go one.
Three times is enough,
it's not jump rope.
And ready on two.
Go.
Two.
- Tom?
Yes, I've got it.
We'll take care
of it in editing.
Ready on one.
And go one.
I don't know why theykeep putting her so much.
Cut after this.
The second one.
[screaming]
Arthur, help!
TOM: Ready on three.
ALEXANDRA: Go to the master.
TOM: And we are out.
[bell]
ALEXANDRA: Why is it
a race to the finish?
Once I'd like to have
time for a retake.
That's what we've
got editing for.
Thank you very much, everybody.
Good work, well done.
GROUP: [SINGING] For
he's a jolly fellow,
for he's a jolly good fellow,for he's a jolly good fellow.
Hold the elevator for me.
GROUP: Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
What did I get him?
I like champagne.
Dom peringon.
You're good.
Thank you.
Ease up on Susan, Ally.
Susan.
Why did I cast her?
I must have had a
psychotic episode.
You're right.
She is a pain in the neck, butyou've got to gentle her along.
You got to.
You're the director.
I'm the producer.
You are a tough broad.
That's what you like.
Sometimes.
I'm going to skip the party.
I've got to get down to editing.
Hi there.
Don't have your
agent call me again.
Sixteen weeks, I promise you.
Hi, hi, hi.
You were very good.
I liked it.
Cut Donna's hair.
19, OK.
And neat.
Champagne.
I cannot wait to do that again.
[applause]
This is not food.
In any way, shape or form.
Well, it is a big piece ofcake for the birthday man.
Every night at my hotel
I find out how it is.
He shows up, he gets to thehotel, calls his brother,
he said how's Kitty?
His brother says,
right, Kitty's dead.
How is mom?
And the brother says,
Mom was up on the roof,
playing with a little red ball.
I'm the actor.
How come I can't get
a spread like this?
ALEXANDRA: You don't sleepwith the right people.
Oh.
All right, guys.
Got to go.
Good night.
Night.
ALEXANDRA: See you later.
Don't tell me this.
Somebody's stolen
things out of my purse.
Where?
In the parking lot?
I don't know.
Upstairs, in the studio.
I don't know.
Virgina, call the police.
Are you sure?
Did you look carefully?
This.
Dammit.
My cards, I checked
with my money.
Driver's license, addressbook, my appointment book.
I don't believe this.
So what's the prognosis?
I mean for the address bookor the appointment book.
POLICEMAN: Well.
Right.
Thank you gentlemen.
I'm staying over tonight.
We'll have some supper,
watch a little TV.
At least you don't have
to use a credit card.
I'll stop off, get some sushi.
Do not get hung up, here.
I'll be over in 20 minutes.
You leaving?
ALEXANDRA: Yeah.
We're sending Fred a scriptto your house by modem.
Can you lend me $20?
$10.
Don't be depressed.
All right.
Hey, baby.
How the hell are you?
ALEXANDRA: Watch it.
You heard here, I'll
break both your arms.
TOM: What are you talking about?
She loves it.
Come on.
It's getting soggy.
It's almost done.
OK.
Just things.
Start again.
That's very healthy.
And un-compulsive of you.
A new Ally Maynard.
I like it.
Pretty soon, you know what?
You are going to be
driving your automobile
with a very dirty ashtray.
Mm?
I want you to hurt me now.
Enchanting.
Oh, yeah.
Making love on
the kitchen floor.
Are you getting
sushi all over me?
If I want to.
Sugarbaby.
Dollface.
WOMAN: Do you have
the revisions ready?
MAN: Yeah, those
are green pages.
Morning.
I'm on the Ds, takingeverything off the roledex.
You're perfect.
If you weren't married--
I'd be living on
what you pay me.
Hello?
Yeah?
VIRGINA: [ON SPEAKER
PHONE] Your son on one.
Hi, darling.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Why?
- You're fine.
But Mom, I just got a
message from the dean
that the police called.
What?
They said you were
in a serious accident,
and to call your secretary.
I'm perfectly OK.
You're talking to me.
I don't know, must
been a mix up.
I guess you got
someone else's message.
But with your telephone numberon it, and Virginia's name?
Well.
I can't explain it.
But I'm fine.
Swear.
How's school?
It's-- it's fine, Mom.
I tell you, one of
your stupid friends
has a sick sense of humor.
The dean didn't say
who called, did he?
DANNY: No.
No, just an man.
He said he's with the
Beverly Hills Police.
ALEXANDRA: Sorry youwere frightened, darling.
You know, I'm going to calla friend of mine over there
and see what he can find out.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'll talk to you later.
Bye.
V. Get Richard Danning,
Beverly Hills Police.
JENNIFER: So what did
Detective Danning say?
ALEXANDRA: He's
checking the call.
DORIS: One of Danny'sfriends was doing a number.
ALEXANDRA: He thought itwas one of my sick friends.
JENNIFER: Yeah, probably Doris.
You ever seen her phone bill?
All those 976 numbers?
DORIS: Once.
I dialed once.
JENNIFER: I don't think
this is funny, Ally.
Would you just come
and meet this woman?
This is exactly the kind ofthing that she deals with.
She's an ex-cop.
ALEXANDRA: Another
one of your crazies.
What could it hurt?
What could it hurt?
You remember last summer whenshe dragged us to that channel.
$200 to hear a 3,000 yearold dog growl in Swahili.
The est, the crystals, themantras, the maharishi.
DORIS: You're going
back fifteen years.
JENNIFER: There's no statute oflimitations on her craziness.
ALEXANDRA: Would you come on?
JENNIFER: This one
only deals with women.
ALEXANDRA: Oh, forget it, Jen.
It's over, I'm fine.
I don't want to think
about it anymore.
Alexandra doesn't
want to think about it,
therefore, it isn't.
A bench!
I had my purse snatched.
Who hasn't?
[phone ringing]
Now what?
Hello?
Let's eat.
This is Dr. Birken.
No, I'm sorry, I'm not
that kind of doctor.
I'm a psychotherapist.
No, you must be mistaken.
I'm looking right at her.
How did you get this number?
Some creep.
What?
What?
A man.
He said you were hit by a car.
OK.
Eliminate the credit
cards and the cash.
Most of you have
credit card protection,
and the cash is a loss.
All right.
Driver's license, ID.
Medical and autoinsurance, business cards.
The usual.
Checkbooks.
Here's a savings passbook.
How long since you
emptied out your purses?
1942.
All right, Linda.
You're 35 years old.
You bank at Fidelity,
and here's your account
number and your address and yourtelephone number on your check.
Mother's maiden name, Baker.
Divorced, judging by
your age and the listed
beneficiary on your
insurance, Jason
Barton, relationship friend.
OK, so it's a great act.
Now can we get out of here?
Now, why is this
just a women's issue?
Don't men get ripped off?
My business is women, not men.
But what does the averageman carry with him?
A wallet, driver's license,a few credit cards.
Men travel lighter than women.
In essence they live
more defensively.
Not stuff.
We love stuff.
It makes us feel secure tocarry everything with us.
Then our purse is stolen.
Then all that security,
all that power
is in someone else's hands.
Let's take a break.
ALEXANDRA: They pay peoplefor anything these days.
Where did you find this one?
I saw her on a talk show.
She quit the police forcea couple of years ago
and started this.
She works with rape victims,teaches kids how to defend
themselves against creeps.
She's hot stuff.
OK.
I called her.
Barbara Ivanello, Ally Maynard.
I'm glad you could come.
Jennifer told me whathappened with your purse,
and about the phone calls.
As usual she overreacted.
I mean, I don't think
they're really related.
If I handed you
a script and said,
these things are a coincidence,you throw me out of the office.
Only if it wasn't funny.
Look, I'm not big into paranoia.
Fair enough.
How about just being careful?
Were your keys stolen?
Nope.
Do you keep an extraset of house keys on you?
Yeah.
In your makeup pouch.
Are they still there?
You better change locks.
What about the bank?
Have you been there
since the theft?
Nope.
I bank by phone,
through my computer.
BARBARA: I'd change the account.
Would you give me a break?
BARBARA: Look.
A couple of months
ago a woman called me.
Her purse had been rifled.
Just the contents stolen.
A few weeks later another womancame to see me, same situation.
Now both of them have hada few problems since then.
I'm sorry I'm not
buying into this.
There's no reason
to assume this isn't
an ordinary, garden
variety pickpocket
Yes, there is.
Think about it.
I hate people who do this.
Frighten people.
BARBARA: Not frightening
you, Ally, you are.
I'm pointing out the reality.
That can help you, fear can't.
It's useless and I
don't traffic in it.
[beep]
[phone ringing]
Yes?
Hello?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ONPHONE] I like your picture.
Driver's license.
People always look terrible.
Not you, Alexandra.
Who's this?
Who is this?
Who is this?
[click]
[dial tone]
What color would you like?
ALEXANDRA: Blue I guess.
I don't care.
Just transfer the money frommy old account to this new one.
It's $11,000 and change.
We show you have an
account balance of $600.
That's impossible.
I just balanced my
account on the computer.
It's $11,000 and something.
Ms. Maynard, it
shows that you made
three telephone withdrawalsyesterday totaling $11,000.
You made a mistake.
I did not.
Does anyone in your familyhave access to your bank codes?
Please, I'm divorced, andmy son's away at school.
BANKER: The transfers weremade from your access number.
I don't give a damnwhat they were made from.
I didn't transfer $11,000
out of my own account.
I'm afraid it isn't only yourchecking account, Ms. Maynard
$12,000 was transferredout of your savings account
in small amounts, in three
separate withdrawals.
I don't believe this.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
With sophisticated
computer equipment,
working knowledge of bankingprocedures, telephone systems,
it's been done.
If they had the bank
access number and hers,
they could use any computeras though it were Ms. Maynard.
Where do you keep
your access numbers?
In my address book.
BANKER: We expressly
tell our clients--
ALEXANDRA: Oh give me a break.
They were just numbers I wrotein the back of my address book.
They didn't relate to anything.
I wrote them down so I
wouldn't forget them.
I don't memorize
lists of numbers,
it's not one of my tricks.
A useful trick.
Right.
So where does that leave me?
POLICEMAN: Well right nowwe don't have any proof
that these transfers
weren't made
from your own computer by youor someone in your family.
So--
- Wait a minute.
Are you going to let
me finish explaining,
or do you just want to talk?
Don't give me any
lectures, officer.
I'm the victim
here, not the felon.
This guy knows a lot about me.
What if he comes after me?
Now that's doubtful.
I think he called
me this morning.
A man called.
I doubt that.
These guys don't want any--
ALEXANDRA: Do you
want to let me finish,
or do you just want to talk?
The guy who called mentionedmy driver's license.
He's got to be the one
who stole my things.
Change your number.
Why should I have
to do everything?
What are you doing?
Change my number.
Just like that.
I have an unlisted number.
Do you know how many peopleI would have to contact,
how many places I
do business with?
Change my number.
It would be easier
to change my sex.
Don't change your number.
Ms. Maynard, don't
change your sex.
You let us do our job, andyou go about doing yours.
We'll be in touch.
What?
VIRGINA: [ON PHONE]
Having a nice day?
What's up, Virgina?
I'm not in the mood for cute.
OK.
Why'd you cancel lunch
with Henry Sloan?
I didn't.
Well his secretary called.
Plenty hostile, as only she canbe, and said that a man called
their service left word that Ms.Maynard it was canceling lunch.
No reschedule.
Henry was a little ticked off.
Ticked off?
Nobody cancels lunch
with Henry and lives.
Three months ofnegotiating down the tubes.
What man left word?
What?
Call back.
Call back and tellHenry, talk him yourself.
Tell him I didn't cancel.
It was-- just tell him I'll
explain it to him later.
Make sure he understands
I didn't cancel.
Got it.
[phone ringing]
ALEXANDRA: V, hold the calls.
Mom.
Hi.
I'll be with you in a minute.
Alexandra, if you neededmoney, why didn't you tell me?
What?
What do you mean, what?
The bank manager called me.
He said you tried to withdraw$10,000 from our joint account.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Ally, are you in trouble?
Darling?
You're frightening me.
Yes.
Yes, Mom.
I'm in trouble.
RICHARD: Ally, don't get
crazy because some guys
downtown gave you a hard time.
They don't know who you are.
You come on tough, Ally.
You're looking for answers,and they don't have any yet.
I know you.
I like you anyway.
They don't.
I don't care if they like me.
I want them to take care
of business, like I do.
OK, forget it.
I blew it.
They hate me.
I thought you didn't care.
I don't.
What is this, a job interview?
What does your personalityhave to do with it.
RICHARD: That's a good question.
Anybody out there got
a hate on for you?
Half of Hollywood.
And the other
half don't know you.
ALEXANDRA: Come on, you don'tthink it's someone I know.
PEARL: What is this, Richard?
A maniac is after my daughter.
He's shrugging and making jokes.
RICHARD: I know, Pearl.
I'm not taking this lightly.
I think you know me betterthan that, it's just, well,
I don't know.
My instincts, it's a pro.
Maybe a group.
I don't think there's anypersonal danger involved.
These guys, they usuallydon't look for relationships.
They like to get in
and out, real clean.
How do you know?
RICHARD: We don't.
We look for patterns.
But it's dumb to speculate.
Now look, Ally,
what I'm going to do
is alert my people to
what's going on here.
We'll go through our
files, we'll interface
with your security
people, and if you
see or you hear anything out ofthe ordinary, trip your alarm.
Right.
And by the time they
get there, you're dead.
Pearl, our response time is--
Don't get me
your response time.
I know all about it.
A woman was beaten
to death in front
of her apartment, 20 peopleheard screaming, nobody came.
That was New York.
This is Beverly Hills.
Nothing ever happens
in Beverly Hills.
There's Charles Manson--
ALEXANDRA: Ma.
RICHARD: Pearl.
Please don't worry.
Don't worry.
Why didn't I think of that?
You're making me crazy.
You really don't thinkthey'll come to my house?
No.
I don't think
that's the pattern.
[phone ringing]
Yes.
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I have your home number.
I have your car number.
I have your number.
[laughing]
[shouting]
[whistle]
[chanting]
$70,000 later, I
opened an envelope
that arrived in the mail.
All my credit cards, my
license, my bank book.
Everything was returned,
and it was over.
Nothing has happened since.
How does he pick his victims?
Does he know them?
No.
We don't think so.
He picks an area to work,then he selects his victims.
Each of them had publicityprior to the theft.
I had a story done on
me in the View section.
BARBARA: He knew what you lookedlike from her picture, where
she worked.
The Department of MotorVehicles gave him the rest.
He staked out the
parking lot, tailed her,
and she made it easy.
She left her purse in the car.
The car was locked.
My purse was under my jacket.
I was gone maybe
five minutes, tops.
Takes 10 seconds for
a pro to jimmy a lock.
He had time for
shower and a shave.
You were even easier.
The magazine
article a month ago.
Everything he needed is here.
Your work, home, hobbies.
Even the fact thatyou're a computer junkie,
and you bank that way.
What makes you
think it's one man?
Richard thinks that
might be a ring.
No.
I hate to disagree
with Sergeant Danning.
He used to be my boss.
But this kind ofharassment is a solo job.
See this guy doesn't just hitthe bank accounts and get out.
He phones his victims.
All women.
He wants them to hear his voice.
He wants to hear their fear.
No, it's one guy.
He's a control freak.
He gets off on it.
One man.
BARBARA: Call your son.
Tell him what's going on.
Change your number.
Unlisted, no referrals.
Be careful who you
give the new number to,
the same with the new key.
My whole life is--
BARBARA: It'll be over.
He takes what he wants, hassome fun with his victims,
and when he's finished
he leaves your life.
When he's finished.
BARBARA: Yeah.
That's what control is.
ALEXANDRA: Yes, this
is Alexandra Maynard.
Yes, did you deliver
a dress to me?
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE] Yes.
It's mine, but I didn'task to have it delivered.
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE]
Oh your husband called.
What?
DRY CLEANERS: [ON PHONE] Hesaid to bring it right over.
Is there a problem?
- No.
No, it's all right.
It's all right.
Thank you.
[phone ringing]
Yes.
STALKER: [WHISPERING
ON PHONE] Alexandra.
You almost forgot your dress.
Listen you twisted, sick--
[click]
So if the police
aren't worried, are you?
Sometime I get
this wave of panic,
like someone's watching me.
Who knows everything about me.
It makes me so furious.
Why don't you stay at myplace until it quiets down?
You and my mother.
You and me.
Not your mother.
Don't start, Tom.
All right, I'll
take your mother, too.
Don't, don't start.
Don't start.
Alexandra, and you don't
want to start anything.
Come on, Tom.
I want to be with you.
You are.
Don't be cute.
I'll swat you.
You keep trying tosettle me down, move me in.
It's not an
obscene suggestion.
I was settled down
for half my life.
I'm enjoying my independence.
I'm not going to let
this situation scare
me into becoming dependent.
I don't want you
scared or dependent.
I want you at your best.
I like what we have.
I do too.
I want more.
More isn't necessarily better.
Do I have to take
you at your word?
Tom, I just--
I can't do this tonight.
I have too much on my mind.
TOM: Come on, Ally.
Ease up.
Let me help you take
things off your mind.
ALEXANDRA: Can't get
something off your mind
unless you're a moron.
You can only suppress it.
Moronic suppression.
I like that.
Be right back.
Got to check the service.
Studio's supposed to call.
Check mine, too?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [WHISPERING
ON PHONE] Jennifer?
Yeah.
Who's this?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I friend of Alexandra's.
Not as close a friend as youare, but I'm getting there.
Who is this?
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON PHONE]I'll be keeping in touch.
[laughter]
Wait a minute.
What do you want?
[click]
That moronic
suppression, I like it.
It has a certain flair to it.
How about a little now?
Hm?
Tom.
Come on, Ally.
Stop it.
Right in the middle
of a parking lot.
No.
Hm?
Nothing?
Come on, sugar.
No.
Come on.
Let go of me.
Stop!
[sobbing]
Ally.
Hey.
It was a joke, Ally.
Aw, darling, I was kidding.
Ally, you're not easy.
I become a clown.
I misread you.
Oh.
You were holding me.
Ally.
I was trying to act
a suppressed moron.
Did you think I was serious?
I don't know, I just--
I just panicked.
And I couldn't get free.
You scared me.
Shh.
Shh, shh.
I want to be alone tonight.
Oh, honey, come on.
I'm not angry at you.
It's him.
I got it all mixed up withyou, but it's not you.
I just can't let this
man make me afraid to be
alone in my own house.
I won't push.
I love you.
Call me if you get
neurotically dependent,
or you just need some loving.
[phone ringing]
ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi.
Please leave your name,number and a brief message
after the tone.
[beep]
WILLY: [ON PHONE] Ally.
I thought you'd be home bynow, I want to send the script.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I didn't pick up in time.
I'm sorry Willy.
Hey, that's OK.
I'll tell you what, I'll giveyou five minutes to set up,
and then I'll send.
OK.
[printer]
[beep]
[beep]
God.
[doorbell]
Ally?
It's me.
[knocking]
It's Jen.
Ally.
It's me.
I checked to see if
Tom's car was here,
I thought he was staying.
He called me, too.
What did you say?
Nothing.
Just the typical garbage.
Why was he calling you?
I can't stand it.
What the hell does he want?
Exactly what he's getting.
OK.
I'm not giving into this.
That's why I wouldn't
let Tom spend the night.
I know.
And I know you.
But what's the point of notletting anybody help you?
It's not the help I mind.
It's needing it.
[knocking]
Don't kill me, I
called the girls.
ALEXANDRA: Oh,
for heaven's sake.
Don't be crazy, Ally.
Just go with it.
He called both of us.
I've got the wieners ifyou've got the marshmallows.
I'm cutting this where
he grabs her throat.
Why?
It's a good moment.
It's too violent,
we don't need it.
You're cutting violence?
The blood and gore
queen of daytime?
It's gratuitous.
No it's not.
It's absolutely
right for the scene.
I say black, you say white?
No.
You are making a
bad judgment call.
I disagree with it.
It happened yesterday too, Ally.
You ripped apart a
perfectly good scene.
I didn't want it.
I didn't want it.
Apparently.
I put the scene
back, all right?
Yeah.
And we lost an hour and a half.
You're in a lousy mood.
You too.
Drove by the house last night,just to see how you were.
Looked like a witches coven.
ALEXANDRA: The group came over.
I got it.
I didn't invite them,they were worried about me.
So am I.
What was I supposed to do?
Throw them out?
You threw me out.
ALEXANDRA: I don't believe this.
I don't believe
I'm hearing this.
I don't like it when
you cut me out, Ally.
I don't.
I don't mean to.
But you do.
You hide things from
me, and you share
them with your girlfriends.
Makes me feel competitive.
You are so easy withthem, and so restrictive,
rigid in our relationship.
You ever notice you
never stay at my house?
I always stay at your house.
ALEXANDRA: That's because--
Because you have
to have control.
Your things around you.
Your clock, your
sheets, your schedules.
It's more convenient.
TOM: For you.
For us it would
be more convenient
if we lived together.
That would mean what, Ally?
Commitment?
You know I tried toexplain it to you last night,
and you didn't get it.
I got it.
I don't buy it.
Hi.
Your new telephone number,and your housekeeper called.
They installed the
new telephones.
What phones?
I asked them to change thenumbers, not the phones.
Well, Marion said they
took out the gray ones,
and they put in
red and green ones.
I thought you wereredecorating for Christmas.
Who came to the house?
A guy from the phone company.
Bull.
Ally.
Ally?
Ally.
It was probably a mistakeat the phone company.
No.
He was at my house.
He knows everything I do.
Now just when he can
get away with something,
he just walks into my housean changes the phones.
Ally, think about it.
Even if it was him,
you weren't there.
No one was hurt.
It's a sick joke.
The whole thing is sick.
But it isn't dangerous.
Not dangerous?
I mean physically.
He'll get tired, just likehe did with the other women,
and he'll disappear.
You'll be able to go
on with your life.
Please, don't do
this to yourself.
I'm not doing this to myself.
He's doing it to me.
But you're letting him.
Why is the burden
on me not to react
when someone is attacking me?
Don't make this my fault.
Ally, put this in perspective.
What is wrong with you?
There is nothing
wrong with me.
There's something
wrong with him.
You know, my
girlfriends understand
exactly what's going on.
I don't have to
explain it to them.
Because you all
react in the same way.
No, we don't.
We react differently.
We feel the same way.
[beeping]
[phones ringing]
STALKER: [WHISPERING ON
PHONE] Aren't you glad
I had your Valium refilled?
I thought you might
be needing them.
I don't need them, you do.
If you were here I'd shovehim down your throat,
you son of a bitch.
[phone ringing]
No you don't.
I'm not living with this.
No.
Not this one either.
Where were you?
What did you touch?
Huh?
Did you touch these?
Where were you?
[phone ringing]
You're not going to come intomy house and do this to me.
[alarm]
Oh God, he's here.
SECURITY SERVICE: Mrs.Maynard, are you all right?
ALEXANDRA: No!
No!
SECURITY SERVICE: Mrs. Maynard.
What is your code?
It's him, he's here.
SECURITY SERVICE: Please
stay where you are,
and don't approach the windows.
The police have been notified.
We have a car in the area.
They're on the wa--
STALKER: [ON PHONE] Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra, I want in.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
ALEXANDRA: No.
No.
STALKER: [ON PHONE] Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
Alexandra.
[laughing]
All right, what's
the situation?
There's no sign of entry.
OK.
Police.
Police.
No!
Mrs. Maynard, it's the
Beverly Hills Police.
Open the door.
No!
How do I know it's you?
Sir, stay back at
your car, please.
Stay back until we can
assess the situation.
I'm a friend of Ms. Maynard's.What happened?
Is she all right?
- I don't know just yet.
Just stay still, please.
Sir!
Ally?
Ally, it's Richard.
Come on, let me get to her.
Ally honey, it's Tom.
Everything is all right.
Just open the door if you can.
Ally?
Ally.
Come on, Ally.
He isn't here, is he?
He isn't here?
He doesn't have to
be here, does he?
He doesn't have to be here.
He can do it without being here.
RICHARD: He triggered
the alarm by remote.
He wasn't in the house.
Even the phone guy was legit.
If you stay here
a few days, when
he doesn't get a response at thehouse he's going to get bored,
then he'll move on.
Now look, your bags
are up in the room.
When you get up there
call the family,
let them know where you are.
No one else, OK?
- Thanks.
- OK.
Goodnight, Tom.
Thanks.
How can I do this?
I blew three meetings last week.
Willy's all over me.
I have a new character
coming out in six days,
I haven't even
looked at the tests.
That's what they
pay your staff for.
No, that's what the
network pays me for.
Come on.
I'll take you up to your room.
No, I'm fine,
I'm fine, really.
All right then.
Listen up.
I'll be right back
after the shoot
for an early morning breakfast.
Oh, listen, when you shootthe scene with Susan make sure
that little sleaze doesn't throwher mustache all over the--
That mouth.
That mouth.
When will you ever
let something go?
How can you stand me?
I'm a sick man.
I fell in love with you.
TV: Take great
pleasure in presenting
to you that charming
and gifted personality,
Miss Angelica Evans.
Honestly, Charlie, I thoughtyou'd never get here.
[SINGING] I miss thatfeeling of your hand in mine.
I miss that feeling
that was so divine.
There's no need to tell
you that I need you so.
No need to tell you'cause how well you know.
[knocking]
[screaming]
BARBARA: It was the credit card.
When the hotel credit putit through the credit check,
he tapped in, got the location.
The couple in the
next room are two
old people from Kansas City.
He's watching me.
He knows everything about me.
Ally, he's smart
and resourceful,
but he's not omnipotent.
Don't credit the slimewith more than he deserves.
Ally.
Where was it?
RICHARD: Outside the door.
Was it with the things he took?
He was here.
It doesn't stop, does it?
I spent my life pretendingnot to be afraid.
Of school, of boys, of
other women, of work.
Of no work.
Of success, of failure,
of marriage, of divorce.
Of being a mother, of
loosing my children.
Of being poor, of crying, God.
Just doesn't stop.
BARBARA: Yes, it does.
This fear isn't in
your mind, it's real.
And you can make it stop.
I want to get this guy.
There's got to be
a way to nail him.
There's a way
to nail everyone.
The cops don't think so.
I didn't say
everyone gets nailed.
I said there's a way to do it.
[gunshots]
OK.
Keep your left hand
here for support.
Got it.
You're not a cowboy.
Now when you're ready
fire two rounds, pause,
then fire two more, and pause.
[gunshots]
What did I get?
Nothing.
Nothing.
You're flinching as
you release the round,
and your shots are going wild.
Why does it have to
be the outline of a man?
What happened to
the old bullseye?
If you don't want
to hit somebody,
let's walk out of
here right now.
You don't have to do this, Ally.
I'll do it if I have
to sleep in this joint.
[gunshots]
RICHARD: Barbara, you retiredfrom the force two years ago.
Why don't you back off
and let us handle this?
You can't stop me from
hiring her privately.
OK, look, I've got
some stats on this guy.
You know the m.o. is identical.
Eight months ago in Denver fourwomen had their purses rifled.
Significant amounts
of money were
withdrawn from their account.
There was harassment all
the way down the line.
A year ago April, Philadelphia.
Same situation.
Only contact by
phone, a male voice.
Possible third situation.
What does that
tell us, Richard?
That he's done this before?
We knew that.
You've got a make on it?
Witnesses?
Voiceprint?
He's done this clear acrossthe country and nobody's gotten
close to him.
Richard, what we're doingmay set him up for you.
Don't work me, Barbara.
You don't have the
manpower to put on this.
You don't needmanpower to get this guy,
you get him with a computer, youmatch his MO with his skills.
You find out where he worked.
I know the drill, Richard.
In two weeks if nothingbreaks and nobody's dead,
it's history.
You said yourself,
they don't think
of this as life threatening.
Well Ally, at this point,we just don't think it is.
Maybe not by police
standards, but by mine
it's life threatening.
OK, I'm not going
to get into this.
You're a private citizen.
I can advise you againstit, but I can't stop you.
You're on record.
Ally, here's what we can do.
I'll put a tap on your line.
I'll leave the unit
there for another week.
After that--
That's fine.
Barbara?
I need to talk to you.
I'll meet you at the car.
Just what the hell
do you think you are
going to get this guy to do?
Lose his grip, get mad.
If Ally can throw him,challenge him, change his m.o.
He may start to get creativeand he may make a mistake.
RICHARD: He may escalate
his behavior, also.
We know that.
There's something
I left out, Barbara.
The woman in Philadelphia.
She's dead.
How?
RICHARD: Fire.
And the file is still open.
Then you don't know.
No, I don't know,
you don't know either.
Maybe an accident,
maybe it wasn't.
You want to take that chance?
You're the one who
didn't tell Ally.
Why?
Because I wanted
to see if you would.
You really want this
one bad, don't you?
Don't you?
Not bad enough
to jeopardize Ally.
BARBARA: Who's working
who now, Richard?
Everything I know,
Ally will know.
Just don't do anything
stupid, Barbara.
I won't.
I'm not a stupid woman.
RICHARD: Or reckless.
You've got a hell of a nerve.
If you want this guy,
you're a good cop.
If I want him, I'm reckless.
RICHARD: Good, here
comes the manifesto.
Don't play that with me.
Now you know who wants thisguy more than you or I?
Ally.
Every time this animal
pulls her chain,
he takes a little more outof her, and I want it back.
You should have
stayed a cop, Barbara.
You like the action.
I do better work
now that I'm not.
Ow.
[thump]
[drawers opening]
Ally?
Are you crazy?
What the hell is wrong withyou, I could have killed you.
Am I crazy?
Am I crazy?
How could you?
You know what's going
on here, I told you.
How could you just walk inmy house without knowing it.
You gave me the new key,Ally, while you were still sane.
I came to pack your things.
You're getting out
of here before you're
as nutty as he is.
Oh, Mom.
[sobbing]
I can't believe I lived to seemy daughter pull a gun on me.
In her own house.
[laughing]
You know what the two ofus must have looked like?
Is this funny?
Ally, you have to
get out of here.
I got this today.
It's only a picture, Ma.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [ON PHONE] I havea message for your friend.
Don't push me.
Right.
And she has one for you.
Your move, big shot.
Ally says it's
your move, big shot.
It's your move.
TOM: OK everybody.
We're going to show
this, walk away.
[bell]
And 5, 4, 3, 2.
SUSAN: I know I saw her.
She was there.
TOM: Ready to go to three.
Hello?
Ally?
OK on one.
Go, one.
Yes?
DANNY: [ON PHONE] Danny.
Oh, hi darling.
It's OK, it's Danny.
I'll take it in there.
DANNY: [ON PHONE] Mom?
I want to come home.
Why?
I just do.
ALEXANDRA: [ON PHONE]
No, no, Danny not now.
It's just not the right time.
He called me.
When?
A couple of nights ago.
I told grandma, but she
told me not to tell you.
What did he say?
Just stuff.
ALEXANDRA: [ON PHONE]
What did he say?
It was disgusting, Mom.
Danny, I have to
know what he said.
It was filthy.
About what he
wants to do to you.
Oh, Danny.
Danny, I'm so sorry.
JENNIFER: Oh!
Oh, no!
Let me go!
STALKER: Shut up!
[screaming]
STALKER: Oh, yeah.
Tell your friend
Ally how good is.
Oh, Jen.
Next time it might
be you, not Jennifer.
Next time you might
not be so lucky.
This happened to Jen becauseher name was in my phone book.
I guess that's lucky.
She might have been
raped because I
wrote her address in my book.
She could even be dead
because she's my friend.
I guess that's lucky.
That's lucky.
Ally, Ally.
The guy is crazy.
The more involved you get,the crazier you'll get.
You're carrying a
gun in your purse.
So?
So, can you use it?
What's the big deal?
You look, you shoot,
somebody dies.
Can you use it?
Yes.
You can.
Yes.
You can put two
inches of steel
into the soft tissue
of another human being?
Watch him bleed?
You can do that?
Yes.
I don't know.
TOM: Don't make this
a personal battle.
This is a personal battle.
He's after me, my friends,my mother, my son.
He's made this the mostpersonal battle of my life.
Are we in place
with that tap yet?
Yeah.
Good.
DORIS: I'm sick.
You finished the
whole sweet and sour.
Don't talk about it, I'm sick.
Nothing.
He hasn't called for three days.
He's regrouping.
Willie hasn't sent
the script over.
It's too early.
[doorbell]
It looks like
Miami Vise out there.
Ma.
PEARL: I know you're goingto do something stupid.
Can I talk you out of it?
No.
So what am I going to do?
Sit in my house and shiver?
I might as well be here.
Don't look at me like that.
Who do you think you
got all your nerve from?
Just don't shoot me.
Pearl.
Hi.
Oh, look at that garbage.
At least you could have
let me cook for you.
What is she doing?
What is it?
What do you need him for?
She could scare of
the life out of you.
He's changed his pattern.
What do you mean?
It just occurred to me.
Talk.
You're making me nervous.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
STALKER: [ON PHONE]
Full house, Ally?
[explosion]
I guess I can scare you twice.
Your move, bitch.
BARBARA: It's a timer device.
Are you satisfied?
Look, I know how you feel.
You do?
Maybe.
But just in case there's
a misunderstanding,
let me tell you how I feel.
You want to live your lifeon the edge of danger, fine.
But when you drag my defenselessdaughter into it with you--
BARBARA: Wait a minute.
I didn't steal your
daughter's things,
or threaten her, or
drive her friends
and her family nearly crazy.
Now somebody else did that.
And I want him.
When are you going to
make that commitment?
There's nothing
defenseless about Ally,
or you either Mrs. Maynard.
You're a killer.
Why don't you cripple
the enemy instead
of yourself and your daughter.
This is Danning, good work.
Lock it in.
We got it, we trapped the call.
We got a trace on it now, it'salmost over, Ally, we got him.
Give me two guys over hereright away, in the back.
Get those guys in the car.
Sargent, I want
four guys in here.
Richard?
RICHARD: Yes.
- You have his number?
- We got it.
RICHARD: We got it.
- Give it to me.
Look, we're working
on it now, there's
nothing more you can do.- Please give me his number.
RICHARD: No.
Ally.
Look, precise timing is
what we need right now.
I'll use it once.
RICHARD: No.
I have to.
Please, give it to me.
This is more important to me.- Ally, no.
[tires screeching]
Come on.
Give me something.
Yes!
RICHARD: Down there.
What have you got?
Nothing here.
POLICEMAN: How about inthe back there, anything?
POLICEMAN: No, nothing.
All clear here.
Guy's out of here.
You think on those
catwalks up there?
Aw, no sign of him.
Dammit, Ally!
I thought you'd call.
Well?
You tipped him, Ally.
He split.
Dammit.
I'm so sorry.
It's OK, Ally.
We'll get him.
The important thing ishe's out of your life now,
it's over for you.
There it you.
He always leaves the personalitems and his equipment
when he's ready to split.
It's his m.o.
He doesn't hang around
waiting to get nailed.
So this round is over.
It's our problem now.
ALEXANDRA: Is it?
RICHARD: I know
this isn't finished
the way you wanted it to be,but in terms of your life,
he's out of it.
Terms of my life.
He's still out there, he canstill hit on someone else.
RICHARD: It's the best
we can do for now.
Ally.
For God's sake, give
yourself a break.
Put this behind you.
Take control of your life again.
Hi.
Remember me?
Give me a second.
It's over.
They didn't get him, but he's--
he's gone.
So now I get you back.
I know.
I don't know why you'd want me.
Are you staying over?
No, no.
Not tonight.
I just came by.
Now I remember you.
But I'm staying long enough.
Ally.
When are you going
to start dealing
with what's happened to you?
Whenever.
TOM: When are we going
to deal with what's
been happening to us?
and
- I am.
Now.
TOM: Sex first and
life after, huh?
ALEXANDRA: Mm-hm.
You're one of those
people who never
has to deal with anything.
Maybe.
TOM: Ally.
You cannot have my bodyuntil we deal with things.
Later.
When you're
right, you're right.
Hi, Henry.
What's up at this hour?
Me.
Delivery from the studio.
Sorry about the time, but theyonly called about an hour ago.
Writers.
They never know what time it is.
[phone ringing]
Yes?
STALKER: Wear it when
I come for you, Ally.
You got it, Mister.
One on one.
Just you and me.
911 OPERATOR: [ON
PHONE] 911 emergency.
BARBARA: [ON PHONE] Hello.
Barbara.
It's not over.
He just called me.
He expects surveillance,so he'll avoid
the front door and the garage.
That leaves the backdoor.
We leave it unlocked.
He has to go around
to get to it,
that means he's got a perfectview of Ally's bedroom window.
We'll know when he's coming.
He can't resist announcingit, it's his pattern.
He thinks she's alone.
That gives us a momentaryadvantage of surprise.
Don't waste it.
You don't have any training,so I want each of you
to focus on one thing.
Jen.
His left arm is yours.
Don't see any other part of him.
Everything you have goes
into disabling that arm.
Now I know it might
sound silly, but you
make that arm the enemy.
Sandy.
His right arm is yours.
Same thing.
Do what you have to, Pearl.
Never mind.
I know the part I want.
JENNIFER: I just want
five minutes with him.
How much you want
to bet when it's
available you won't want it?
You're on.
[doorbell]
Front door.
This is it.
He's on his way.
Oh!
STALKER: Not a sound.
Not a sound.
Stop struggling.
Don't move.
You should have let it be.
I would have gone away.
But now I can't.
I'm not alone.
You're not alone?
I know that.
That's why I sent the dolly.
You see, little
girls love dollies.
They all go rushing
to the front door,
and the boogeyman
comes in the back.
You said we'd be alone.
But I like this better.
I want do do it right
under their noses.
Yeah, that's right.
Think about it.
No, no, no, no.
ALEXANDRA: Ah!
God, no.
Now that was a mistake.
Shut up!
Nobody can come in here for you.
Not the cops, not your friends.
They're all afraid
I'll hurt you.
And I will.
[WHISPERING] Get
back with them.
So this is what it is.
It's going to happen slowly.
You're going to live hereand I just like this.
All night if I want.
And it's gonna happen
when I'm ready.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, looks.
[knocking]
Ally?
[WHISPERING] Answer her.
Tell her you're going to sleep.
You all right?
[WHISPERING] Tell her.
Take a good look, becauseit's not going to matter.
No!
I'm not all right!
Oh!
Put the gun down.
I will kill her.
Get into the other room!
BARBARA: OK.
It's a standoff.
I got the gun, and you got her.
Why don't you put
the knife down,
and I'll put the gun down.
No way.
Come on--
STALKER: Don't move.
Put the gun down and
walk out of the room.
Shoot him.
Shoot him!
Shoot him!
Put it down.
ALEXANDRA: No!
Come on.
He can only cut me,
but he'll be dead.
STALKER: Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: He's not going to putme through this anymore, now!
Now!
No, no, look.
Look at him.
Please, look.
He's a man.
He's just a man.
He can't hurt you.
Do it.
He's not walking
out of here, no.
With me, not without me.
- Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: No!
Put it down!
ALEXANDRA: No!
Ally, no!
[laughter]
STALKER: What is that, Ally?
You think he can do
something with that?
No, baby.
No.
You can't do it.
I'm coming for you, Ally,and you still can't do it.
I'm coming for you, Ally.
You're mine.
[gunshot]
[bird song]
It's been 14 days, Ally.
Honey, after what
you've been through,
I don't want to lose you now.
I'm beginning to be afraid.
I'm surfacing.
I didn't want to.
I wanted to stay down there,where I didn't have to hear.
This morning was the firsttime I didn't hear that sound.
It's funny, I was staringat that rock formation
out back for the hundredthtime, and I suddenly
saw there was this dumb littlebunch of yellow flowers growing
out it.
Must have been there all along.
I don't know, it's corny.
It made me feel good.
Anyway.
I'm back.
And I'm here.
Thank you.
[music playing]