Freeway (1988) - full transcript

[upbeat suspenseful music]

- [David] Dr. David
Lazarus, you're on the air.

- [Caller] Yeah, Doc.

- [David] Yes.

- [Caller] I'm a
big fan of yours.

I been listening to your
show for a while, man.

- [David] What's on your mind?

- [Caller] Listen,
I got a problem.

- [David] Yeah.

- [Caller] My wife, you
know how you got out

and you play and
stuff, you know?



And you want your wife
to look real hot for you.

- [David] Right.

Well, I think I
know what you mean.

- [Caller] My wife, man,
she don't wanna dress up

the way I want her to dress up.

- [David] What do
you want her to wear?

- [Caller] Well, I'd
like to wear hot things.

- [David] Like
what, for instance?

- [Caller] Like
garter belts, man,

some little leather,
some chains, stuff
like that, you know.

- [David] Yeah, and
what's the problem?

- [Caller] She says that it
makes her feel like a whore

when she dress up like this.

- [David] Well, isn't that idea?



[upbeat rock music]

[group chattering]

[upbeat rock music]

[punch striking]

[group chattering]

[engine starting]

[siren blaring]

- [Officer] All
right, break it up.

Break it up! Go
inside or go home!

You, with the blue hair,
you wanna go to jail?

Get off the street.

- [Caller] He's a virgin.

- [David] A virgin?

- [Caller] Yeah, that
doesn't bother me.

I mean, I don't have to worry
about diseases and things.

But, um--
- [David] Why is he a virgin?

How long have you been
going out with him?

- [Caller] Four months.

He's having a problem
getting an erection,

and that's bothering me.

I mean he seems to be
able to get one any time

except when we're in bed.

- [David] Has there been
any sexual activity at all?

- [Caller] Oh yeah, yeah, lots.

- [David] Lots?

- [Caller] He's really super.

- [David] What's he afraid of?

I mean, if he can
have an erection,

and he won't have
intercourse with you,

what's he afraid of?

- [Caller] Maybe he's
afraid of commitment,

or a serious
relationship, marriage.

- [David] Someone who's
maybe a little overbearing?

[horn honking]

- [Caller] Me? I'm
not overbearing?

- [David] Did you ever
think of saying, hey,

I'm very frustrated
with this relationship?

You seem to be able
to have an erection

anytime you want
except when I want it.

Well, you talk to
him about that, okay?

See, as long as he
doesn't work this out,

he doesn't have to
make a commitment.

Start being honest, you
know, start being real.

- [Caller] So you think I should
just seize the moment and?

- [David] So to speak.

Why don't you try that?

Okay call me back and let me
know what happens, all right?

- [Caller] Okay.

[beeping]

- [David] Dr. D.,
you're on the air.

- [Edward] Lazarus,
I'm a traveler,

going from one place to another.

In between.

I have the power to
change things, Lazarus.

[engine roaring]

- [David] I see. What is it
that you would like change?

- Idiot, go around.

[Edward praying in Latin]

[cars colliding]

- [David] Try to keep
your comments in English.

This is David Lazarus,
you're on the air.

- [Tom] Yeah, Doc. This is
Tom, calling you from New York.

When I was 13 ...

- [David] Is that a long story?

[gun firing]

[tires squealing]

[shrieking]

- Put her in the circ.

Another thousand of D-5,
and the whole nine yards.

I don't think there's a pulse.

- Her melon's frapped, man.

We shoulda pronounced
her at the scene,

saved a lotta trouble.

- [EMT] You can take your
time on this one, Doc.

- [Doctor] Call respiratory.

Let's try to get a
tube into this patient.

Mary, give me a thoracotomy
tray and a central line set up.

- [Mary] Let's get
her on the monitor.

- [Doctor] No pulse, no
pressure. Never mind an airway.

- [Mary] Cancel the code?

- [Doctor] Yeah, she's
pronounced, 1601.

[water running]

- You okay, Sunny?

- Yeah, Mary, I'm fine.

- Denise and J.J. just got here.

You wanna go on home
and let me hand over?

- Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

- These car accidents
are the worst.

I really hate it when
they come in like that.

- That was no car accident.

- [Ricardo] Okay, you'll
be coming up next,

so stand by, right.

- Hello, you're on the air.

- [Edward] The faithful
martyr is a slave.

But the beast has arisen
to smite down the wicked,

the fornicators, the guilty.

- Sir, you're quoting
the Bible, which is fine,

but do you have a question?

For a minute there, I
thought our airspace

was invaded by Jerry Falwell.

- [Edward] Lazarus, you have
told the faithful to accept

what is real, the truth.

I am the truth, and I am
fulfilling the prophecy.

- That's interesting,
sir. What's your name?

- The time of the great purge
is at hand [speaks Latin].

- Excuse me, sir.

[Edward speaking Latin]

We'll take more of
your calls after this.

Guy sounds like Cardinal
Spellman on acid.

[soft saxophone music]

[laughing]

- Another one.

Right.

I got a million of them.

You wrapped this, didn't you?

I could tell [laughs].

[soft saxophone music]

How beautiful. It even fits.

[soft saxophone music]

[soft mysterious music]

[laughing on video]

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday to you

♪ Happy birthday, Dear Donald

♪ Happy birthday to you

[group cheering on video]

[cheering continues]

Now I wanna make a toast.

All right!

[soft music]

Tell her you mean well.

[soft music]

[gun firing twice]

[TV static]

[soft dramatic music]

[TV static]

[phone ringing]

[horn honking in distance]

- Hello.

- [J.J.] Sunny, it's J.J.

- Yeah, hi, J.J.?
- [J.J.] Oh, did I wake you?

- That's okay.
What'd you find out?

- [J.J.] You were
right about that DOA,

another gunshot victim.

- Yeah? It was?

- [J.J.] Her name was
Laura Norris. She was 18.

- Did you see the report?

- [J.J.] Yeah, the bullet
went clear through,

but they ID'd the
weapon type anyway.

44 caliber.

- It was?

- [J.J.] Just like before.

Anything else I can
do for you, Sunny?

- No, I'm all right.

- [J.J.] Okay, we'll
see you at work.

- Yeah, thanks, J.J.

[traffic passing]

[phone ringing]

- Yeah, Boyle here.

Yes, Mrs. Harper.

Can you hold on for
a minute please?

- She's calling about this.

- We should put this
broad on the payroll.

Mrs. Harper, like
I told you before,

we're doing everything
we possibly can.

- Some son of a bitch
is driving around

out there killing people.

- Look, there's 600
miles of freeway in LA,

over 600,000 crazies in
cars, lots of them have guns.

Your calling every
day does not make

the process go any faster.

- Well it doesn't make it go
any slower, Lieutenant Boyle.

- Whatever you say, Mrs. Harper.

[sighing]

- It's been almost
a year, Sunny.

When do you think you'll
be ready to let it go?

- When they catch
the son of a bitch.

- We're talking about
things that you can control.

- I can't control the dreams.

I can't pretend
it didn't happen.

- I don't think
you're hearing me.

What can you do?

What can you do for Sunny?

- I need a refill on
my prescription, Carol.

I can't sleep without it.

[soft dramatic music]

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

[computer beeping]

[workers chattering]

- It's her, I know it is.

She's on that soap
"Yesterday and Tomorrow."

- Another TV star in for detox?

- Should I ask her
for her autograph?

- Wait a couple of days.

- Girl, you at it again?

Well you better wrap it up.

Renfield wants you
in OR immediately.

- Thanks, Mary,
I'll be right up.

- Better watch out, Sunny.

You're gonna end up over there

with "Yesterday and Tomorrow."

- [Sunny] I knew it.

[soft suspenseful music]

[phone dialing]

- Dr. D.

- [Edward] Lazarus.

Ready for you to bear witness

to my power, the
beast, now ascends us.

Remember, I'll give my
power to my two witnesses.

Power to turn the great
street crimson with blood.

- [David] Sir, what meaning
do those words have for you?

- [Edward] That if
any man hurt them,

fire, beseech their
mouth and devour us.

- Cut him off. Cut him off.

- [Edward] It's time for
them to pay, Lazarus.

I'm meting out judgment,
swift and sure.

- Go to a spot.

David, are you out
of your fucking mind?

What the hell was that?

- [DJ] Hey, LA, we'll
be back with more music

from the four right
after the news.

- [Reporter] Another
outbreak of freeway violence

in Los Angeles last night.

A 42-year-old man whose
identity is being withheld

was pronounced dead at the
scene at 2:11 this morning.

The attack occurred
on the northbound 405

near the Mulholland exit.

This latest murder brings
the toll to 13 dead since

the freeway killings began
about this time last year.

CHP officers arrived
before the gunshot

but were unable to--

[tires squealing]

Law officers are
out in full force

patrolling the sections
where the shootings occurred.

And a special task
force headed by LAPD

Lieutenant Jack Boyle
has been assigned

to coordinate activities
among the various sleuths,

but they remind all
LA travelers, as ever,

to observe caution.

Some motorists and
roadside homeowners

are shopping for
bulletproof glass.

[horn honking]

[tires squealing]

[cars crashing]

- Shoot.

- [Reporter] One patrolman
was quoted as saying,

it's a shame it takes
something like this

to get drivers to be
nice to each other.

- Dammit, where'd you get
your driver's license,

out of a crackerjack box?

Son of a bitch, I just drove
this thing off the lot!

What the hell's the
matter with you, lady?

Jesus Fucking Christ!

I hope you got this
shit box insured.

- I have insurance.

- Why is it every time
I get into a wreck

it's with a goddam lemon?

- I'll take that.

Write fast.

Get lost.

You all right?

- Yes. It was my fault.

[birds chirping]

I thought that guy was
gonna bite my head off.

- You're gonna have to tow it.

- Really? That bad,
can't drive it?

- I wouldn't.

I can drive you to a
service station if you want.

- Um, it's okay.

I think I can make it.

[birds chirping]

[engine starting]

[slow guitar music]

[horn honking]

[slow guitar music]

- So how bad is it?

- Well, you've come
to the right place.

Why don't we go into my office?

I'll take down your particulars.

[slow guitar music]

[drill whirring]

- How long will it take?

- Some body work takes
longer than others,

if you get my meaning.

- Known to his fans as Dr. Dave,

has stated that, should
the man call again--

- Miss?

Miss?

Ma'am.

- [gasps] Oh, sorry.

- I need your name.

- Sunny.

Sarah Harper.

- Oh, I like Sunny better.

That's the way I like
my eggs, sunny side up,

if you get my meaning.

- Would you have a
car that I could use

while mine's being fixed?

- I don't have loaners.

But I will show you
my rental department.

[engine sputtering]

- I can't drive this.

- It's a little dirty,
but I'll get it started.

- What about that
one over there?

- The Firebird? That's
my personal car.

No way.

[engine lurching]

[soft guitar music]

[shouting]

No.

[tires squealing]

[engine racing]

- [Woman] Oh yeah, rub it.

Uh-huh, oh caress
me, right there.

Oh yeah.

Keep squeezing me tighter.

[tires squealing]

Oh yeah. Oh baby.

Oh, that's so nice. Oh, oh, oh.

[slow guitar music]

- Excuse me, ma'am,
may I help you?

- Hey, lady.

- Working late tonight,
Lieutenant Boyle?

- Hello, Mrs. Harper, it's
always good to see you.

- I hope you're
working on a new lead.

There was another
shooting tonight

on the freeway, wasn't there?

What are you gonna do about it?

- Mrs. Harper, I put in
a 12-hour shift today.

I'd like to get
home to my family.

- You're not gonna
do anything, are you?

What about this guy that's
been calling the radio shrink?

- You know, lady,
you're unbelievable.

- You're just gonna
sit there and let him

kill whoever he wants to?

- I'm gonna tell you
for the last time,

this is police business,
and I don't need you

telling me how to do my job.

Gomez, can you show
Mrs. Harper to the door?

- That won't be
necessary, Gomez.

- [David] Why did she
join the Army, sir?

- [Caller] She said that
she was tired of living

around a loser, a man with
no dreams and no desires.

- [David] She was
talking about you?

- [Caller] Yes.

- [David] Uh-huh, and
you have children?

- [Caller] Yes.

- [David] Calm down. Calm down.

- [Caller] Little
John, who's going on,

who's going on three years.

- [David] Does he know
where his mother is?

- [Caller] He think's
Mama's bye-bye.

- [David] Uh-huh. Well,
is she gonna come back?

- Honey, I'm really sorry.

The deposition took light-years.

Jesus.

No, no, I'm sorry, baby.

Some guy is climbing up my rear,

and now he's
flashing his brights.

Okay, just keep it warm. I'll
be home in 20 minutes or so.

I love you too.

Getting a little tired
of this game, moron.

[dramatic music]

- [David] Did she leave you
or did she just join the Army?

[upbeat dramatic music]

[tires squealing]

- You son of a bitch.

- [Caller] I have a life.

- Oh my God.

Goddammit.

Yes, get me the police.

- Lieutenant, I think we
got some trouble here.

- What's going on?

- I've got some
nut on the phone.

- [Driver] Do you hear me?

This maniac is trying
to run me off the road!

- If you'd calm down, sir,
we might be able to help.

Now what's your exact location?

- Let's get a trace on it.

- Somewhere between
LA and Bakersfield.

Yes, the I-5, now get
somebody out here now, dammit!

[cars colliding]

[dramatic music]

[tires squealing]

[car crashing]

- The Dr. Lazarus
show, your first name.

Hello.

- [Edward] Lazarus, tell
the lost souls of Babylon,

I am here.

[gun firing]

I will wipe away your
tears from your eyes

and take away the pain
[fires gun], sorrow.

[gun firing]

Behold, I make all
things new [fires gun].

And the dead bodies
lie in the great street

of the city, which
spiritually is called Sodom.

- That's from the
Book of Revelations.

I suppose you think
there's no greater Sodom

than our own City of Angels.

- [Edward] You are able to
appreciate the humor in that,

Lazarus, but then you
use humor so well.

You wield it like a sword.

- I'm not laughing now.
I wanna understand.

- [Edward] Since we last spoke,

what have you
learned, my prophet?

- [David] Your passages are
from Revelations, Chapter 11,

and that verse goes on to say
that when the great city fell

men 7,000 were slain and
the remnant were afrighted.

- [Edward] The wicked
are frightened, yes.

- Do you see yourself
destined to slay

those men as the beast?

- [Edward] I'm but a servant.

You understand me,
don't you, Lazarus?

- [David] No, but I'm trying.

- [Edward] I will call again.

- Wait, isn't there something
you want, a way to stop this?

- [Edward] The children of
Sodom cannot petition fate.

[exhaling]

- Shit.

- Shit, where's my wallet?

[soft piano music]

[Sarah moaning]

- [Sarah] No!

[knocking on door]

[soft piano music]

[knocking on door]

[soft piano music]

- I was expecting someone else.

- I thought you might need this.

- My wallet.

Thanks, I couldn't remember
what I did with it.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm all right. I'm fine.

- Well, good night.

- Good night.

[soft piano music]

[phone ringing]

Hello.

- [Frank] Are you alone?

- Who is this?

- [Frank] I had
this feeling that

you didn't want me to leave.

I wanna see you.

Would you like that?

- Yes, I ...

[line going dead]

[soft mysterious music]

Oh!

[soft mysterious music]

[soft romantic music]

[soft mysterious music]

- Time of the new Babylon,

who will live and who will die?

I have the power to choose.

- How do you decide, and
what gives you the right?

- [Edward] I am informed
by a higher power.

The voices tell me.

- Get him off, goddammit.

Laz, Laz, I'm warning you.

[tires squealing]

- [Edward] They had two horns

like a ram and yet he
spake like a dragon.

And the angels cried out,

trust in thy sickle and reap.

The time has come
for thee to reap.

The harvest of
the Earth is ripe.

[soft dramatic music
and vocalizing]

[gun firing]

[glass smashing]

[gun firing and glass smashing]

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

- Hello, Dr. David
Lazarus please.

No, I don't wanna
talk on the air.

Well does he have an
office number or something?

Look, I'll call
back later, thanks.

- Their vacations
rudely interrupted
by a hail of bullets.

While driving north
on the Harbor Freeway,

an unidentified gunman
drove alongside their car

and began firing.

When we talked to
the Clay family,

they were still very
shaken by the attack.

- I don't mind
telling you, John.

It was the most horrible
experience of my entire life.

Now my only concern
is how all this

is going to affect my children.

- It's a miracle we're still
alive. It was such a shock.

You see, we'd just spent
the die sightseeing

and we were driving
along the freeway.

- [John] This is John Mitchell
reporting from Pasadena.

[family chattering]

- Okay, wait a second.

Hold on a minute. Let
me get this straight.

You thought he had
long, crazy-looking hair

like an old hippie?

- That's right.

- And you thought he
was a punk-like kid?

And you're sure he was Black?

- He was.

- What about the car?

- Too hard to tell. It
all happened so fast.

- Thanks very much
for your help.

Good night.

- Good night.
- Good night.

[family chattering]

[traffic passing]

- Hey.

I wanna talk to you.

- What are you doing here?

- Look, let's go
somewhere and talk.

- Who are you?

- All right, my name's
Quinn, Frank Quinn.

- You didn't just
happen by the accident

the other day, did you?

- No, I didn't.

- What do you want?

- The same thing you want.

- What are you, some kinda cop?

- I was once.

- You sure have a funny way of
conducting an investigation.

[knocking on window]

- I wanna help you.

- I don't believe you.

[engine starting]

- Why are you asking
me, Lieutenant?

Nobody got my approval to
put a tap on my phone lines.

Talk to my boss.

- I did. You know
what he told me?

He told me he can't control you.

He also told me
if you didn't have

such high ratings you'd
be out in the street.

- That's Morrie for you,
never lets his moral outrage

get in the way of his
good business sense.

I thought you wanted me to
keep this guy on the line

as long as possible so
you could run your trace.

- Look, Dr. Lazarus, do
me a favor, will you?

Just talk to him, but keep him
off the air, you understand?

- Lieutenant, this schizo
thinks he's in the middle

of a cosmic catastrophe. He's
gonna tell the world about it.

- I don't give a
shit what he thinks,

and you're the one he's calling.

- He has a fixation with me
because I'm on the radio.

- That's your problem.
Just keep him the hell off.

Jesus Christ, I don't
fucking believe it.

- Lieutenant?

- How are you, Mrs. Harper?
What brings you here?

- I was just about to
ask you the same thing.

- Remember what I
told you, Doctor.

Excuse me.

- What is this, visitors
day? I got a show to do.

- You think he's tough?

Wait till she starts
breaking your balls.

[sighing]

[reporter chattering]

- [Caller] What you
did is reprehensible.

You have no business
talking to a murderer.

- Sir, did my mother put
you up to this or what?

- [Caller] Your mother? What--

- Thank you for
your opinion, sir.

Mrs. Harper, I told the
police everything I know.

I've done all I can.

- Have you?

- Hey, I'm a radio personality.

The cops got their own
shrinks on this. Talk to them.

- No, I wanna talk to you.

- [David] Why?

- Because you're the
only one in direct

contact with the killer.

- You know, Mrs. Harper, maybe
you should get your own show.

- You're supposed to
be here to help people.

You're nothing but a hypocrite.

- Ricardo, aren't there any
sexually hung-up teenagers

or miserable divorcees
out there today?

- I've got a suicidal
grandmother, a yuppie doper

and a middle-aged
obsessive-compulsive.

Everything else is about
your freeway friend.

- Mrs. Harper, the show's over
in about an hour and a half.

You wanna come back?

- That's okay. I'll wait.

- Give me the suicidal grandma.

- [Sunny] This is Sunny.

I'm not home, so wait for the
tone and leave a message. Bye.

- Yeah, Miss Harper? It's
Ronnie, from Ronnie's Garage.

I've got your car ready,

and I'm looking for my Firebird.

- [David] So, Mrs. Harper,
is their an explanation

to your obsessive nature?

- My husband was a victim
of a freeway killer.

- I'm sorry. I didn't know.

- But you do know who
the killer is, don't you?

- Why would I know that?

- Because he's calling you.

- Look, Mrs. Harper,
I understand your
interest in this,

but I don't wanna
get involved, really.

- No, I didn't think you would.

- Mrs. Harper, wait a minute.

Have you checked the
files at Camarillo?

- No, what for?

- Hypervectorial
disorders, paranoid schizos

with a history of violence,

chronic AWOLs over the
past two years, you know.

- No, I don't know.

- Well, according
to your research,

the time between attacks has
been steadily diminishing.

- Yeah, so?

- Well, that could mean our
guy has a type of disorder

that's progressive but sporadic,
and the fact that he's now

gone on a full rampage indicates

an acute schizophrenic
cataclysm.

- Why Camarillo?

- Well, I'd say he has no
family. He's totally alienated.

If he were arrested during
an outbreak of uncontrolled

behavior he'd be thrown
into a state facility.

- Anything else?

- Yeah, one of my listeners
called up and told me

that the Latin quotations are
from an old mass for the dead.

- You mean the killer
could be a priest?

- More likely an ex-priest.

[soft mysterious music]

- Monsignor Cavanaugh?

I'm Sarah Harper.

Father Garrity said you
might be able to help me.

I'm looking for someone
who left the church,

maybe an ex-priest, possibly
somebody from your diocese.

Father Garrity said
that you'd be the one

most familiar with these names.

Donald Whalen, John D. Barbieri,

Daniel Saunders, Andrew Dunn,

Floyd Ramden,

Joseph Cerrito,

Douglas McDonald.

Monsignor Cavanaugh,
can you hear me?

[soft music]

Father Sidney Smith.

John O'Connor, Father Heller.

Oliviero, Willis,

Manetti, Dravasi.

Okay, Monsignor. Thanks anyway.

[soft music]

- [Edward] Another beast
coming up out of the Earth.

He had two horns like a ram
and yet he spake like a dragon.

- Names he cried out.
- Names he cried out.

- Thrust in thy sickle and reap.

- Monsignor, do you
recognize that voice?

- Now is the time
for thee to reap,

for the harvest of
the Earth is ripe.

Oh, Father Eddie
could always recite

Revelations so beautifully.

- Father Eddie?

Do you know that voice?
Is that Father Eddie?

- Father Ferrara knew
Ecclesiastes by heart.

And when it came
to the Apostles,

well it was Father
Barrett hands down.

But, of course, when
it came to Revelations,

they belonged exclusively
to Father Raponi.

- Father Raponi?

What about Father Eddie?

- I saw a woman upon a
scarlet-colored beast,

full of names of blasphemy
and abominations,

having 10 heads and 10 horns.

And I saw a woman
bludgeoned with the blood

of the saints and the
blood of the martyrs!

And the 10 horns took their
swords upon the beast,

thee shall hate the horn.

And shall eat her flesh, and
shall burn her with fire!

[soft dramatic music]

- [Monsignor On Tape] Father
Eddie would always recite

Revelations so beautifully.

[tape screeching]

Father Eddie--

Father Eddie would
always recite--

Father Eddie would--

Father Eddie would
always recite--

Father Eddie would
always recite--

Father Eddie would--

- [Reporter] We interrupt
this program to bring you

a K Action news bulletin.

We take you now
to Rosanne Rivera.

- I'm reporting to you
live from the scene

of the latest freeway shooting.

Details are sketchy
at this time,

but we do know that a
teenage girl has been killed.

Her identity is being withheld

pending notification
of her relatives.

I also wanna remind you that
tomorrow afternoon I will be

presenting a special report
focusing on the families

of freeway shooting victims.

Lieutenant, what new
information do you have

regarding this recent
outbreak of freeway violence?

- I really have nothing to
say at the present time.

- What about the calls
made to radio psychiatrist

David Lazarus during
the shootings?

- I have no comment on that.

- And the rumor that
the radio station

has a live recording
of the incident?

- I said no comment.

- Lieutenant, are the
police departments doing

anything at all to deal
with this situation?

- [Jack] We're doing
everything we possibly can.

- Good afternoon, I'm Rosanne
Rivera with a special report

on the recent rash
of freeway killings.

All of my guests here
today share a common bond,

a tragic bond.

[chattering]

And finally, Sarah
Harper, all have lost

a family member to
a freeway sniper.

Now, Mrs. Harper, when
you and I spoke earlier,

you expressed your theory
that the most recent rash

of freeway shootings was
committed by a single gunman.

- Lieutenant?

- Huh?
- Take a look at this.

- [Rosanne] That killed
your husband Robert

nearly 11 months ago.

- Yes, until recently,
the police had been saying

that all the freeway attacks
were random and unrelated.

Well, I had trouble
accepting that.

- Fucking broad.

- [Sunny] Doing some
research on my own.

- [Rosanne] And you feel
the killer is the man

who has been calling radio
psychiatrist David Lazarus?

- Yes I do. This man
is a plague on society.

He's a vicious monster
that must be stopped.

Despite the fact that he's been
broadcasting his shootings,

till now the police haven't even

been able to trace his calls.

And even though the murders
occurred in public places,

on the freeway, with millions
of cars packed all around,

no one has seen anything.

[soft suspenseful music]

[doorknob clicking]

[soft suspenseful music]

[hard breathing]

[lock clicking]

[door creaking]

[dramatic music]

[gun firing]

[phone dialing]

[soft suspenseful music]

- [David] Dr. D,
you're on the air.

- [Edward] Lazarus,
I must tell you

about my next sacrifice.

Oh, such a big red machine.

For such a frail angel.

Golden hair's like a halo.

- [David] Let her go. There
have been enough sacrifices.

[suspenseful music]

- Oh my God.

[tires squealing]

[engines racing]

- She thinks she can fly away,

but I'll take whoever I want.

- Like fucking hell you will!

[engines racing]

[brakes squealing]

[dramatic music]

[tires squealing]

[dramatic music]

[tires squealing]

[dramatic music]

[suspenseful music]

[tires squealing in distance]

[tires squealing]

- [Frank] Get down!

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

[dramatic music]

[engine starting]

[tires squealing]

[dramatic music]

[tires squealing]

[dramatic music]

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

[siren blaring]

[tires squealing]

[siren blaring]

[cars colliding]

[sirens blaring]

- Okay, put the gun on the seat!

Spread 'em.

[dramatic music]

[music stops]

- Quinn.

Boyle wants to see you upstairs.

- You know I don't have
to give these back to you.

I can't cover your
ass anymore, Frank.

Look, I know you wanna pick
up the $25,000 CHP reward,

but do me a favor, will you?

Keep your bounty hunter
bullshit outta my precinct.

- Where's my car?

- It's impounded.

[chattering]

Quinn, I'm warning you.

You fuck up again,
you're on your own.

I mean it, Frank.

And you.

I'm putting a 24-hour
watch on your apartment.

That's just in case.

Mrs. Harper, I don't know
what your involvement is

with Frank Quinn, but let me
fill you in on a few things.

See, Frank was a good cop.

Honest, nice family.

He, uh, he made detective
two years on the force.

Silver Cross.

But Frank liked to do
things his own way.

That's his problem.

See, he, um, he was
working narcotics.

He was on this one
case for months.

I guess you could say he
became obsessed with it.

I warned him he was getting
too close to the situation,

but he ignored me.

Night before Frank was
gonna bust these bastards,

he comes home.

And this is what he found left
of his wife and little girl.

Two weeks after the incident,
we find five dead Colombians

downtown, same ones that were
connected to his operation.

Three days later, Frank
resigned, no questions asked.

There was no investigation.

[soft saxophone music]

[siren blaring in distance]

[soft saxophone music]

[exhaling]

[soft saxophone music]

- [Frank] I wanna help you.

[knocking on door]

[door creaking]

- What do you want?

- Can I come in, to talk?

- Why not?

- Frank, I got
something to explain.

- No, you got nothing
to explain to me.

I, I uh ...

I don't even know why
I let you in here.

I don't think you realize the
trouble you caused me, lady.

You know, look, look,
I think the best thing

for you to do is get outta here.

Get outta here.

- I'm sorry, Frank.

[soft saxophone music]

I'm so afraid.

[crying]

[soft saxophone music]

[Sunny crying]

[horn honking in distance]

[traffic passing]

- Morning.

- Morning.

Where'd you get these
Camarillo files?

- I borrowed them.

- I've been going
over them all morning.

- Yeah?

- The other day, I went
to the chancery archives.

- The what?

- The hall of records
for the Catholic Church.

- Are you trying to tell me
that the killer's a priest?

- An ex-priest.

- Ex-priest?

- Here's a list of all priests
who've left the church.

Here are the Camarillo patients

that fit the
psychological profile.

Same name's on both lists.

- Edward Anthony Heller.

- Edward.

The old monsignor kept
calling him Father Eddie.

The dates of his
discharge correspond

with the dates of
the freeway attacks.

The evidence is all here.

The biblical connection. The
calls to the radio station.

An ex-priest and ex-mental
patient, it's gotta be him.

- You got an address?

[crickets chirping]

[soft suspenseful music]

- Frank?

- Wait here.

[soft suspenseful music]

[crickets chirping]

[muffled screaming]

I thought I told you
to wait in the car.

[hard breathing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music
and vocalizing]

- God, this guy thinks
he's surrounded by devils

and wants to get rid of them.

Look at these notations.

They're all based on the
medieval religious beliefs

reflected in the
Bosch paintings.

You see the bridged
highway in this one?

- Yeah.

- This is what he's calling
the great street, the freeway.

Father Eddie is
preparing for his final

battle with Satan's demons.

- A crock of shit.

- Where did you say
you got the attack dog?

What's that thing
in your pocket?

- This.

You wanna hold it?

- Not on a first date.

- All right, you two. You
agreed to work together.

- There's a pattern
to his killings.

Everything's leading to here.

Five freeways intersect
at this point.

It's a big cloverleaf,
like a modern Stonehenge.

Heller's calling it
the great white throne.

This is where he thinks
God is gonna come down

and punish the sins of mankind.

- [Frank] So you're saying
that this guy's gonna go

to this place and wait
for the end of the world?

- He won't wait.

Heller will try to get to
this spot before tomorrow.

He's got it marked
on his calendar.

He's not gonna miss it.

- [Sunny] What's that?

- The Apocalypse.

[suspenseful music]

[gun clicking]

[suspenseful music]

- What are you doing?

Frank, maybe Lazarus can
talk him into giving up.

- Yeah, right.

- What about the police?

- Fuck the police.

Come here.

Come here.

Did you ever fire one of these?

- No.

- Here, take it.

- I don't think so.

- Look, this bastard knows
where you live. Don't be stupid.

Take it in your right hand.
Get a good grip on it.

Put your finger on
the trigger now.

Squeeze.

[gun firing]

[horn honking]

[guns firing]

[tires squealing]

[suspenseful music]

[radio chattering]

- The last kid was a half-mile
before this interchange

after these exits
were sealed off.

He has to still be on
the freeway, Lieutenant.

- Move the roadblocks back.

Cover all routes and exits
within a 30-mile perimeter.

- Nearly half the entire
LA freeway system.

How long can we keep it closed?

- Until we get the cocksucker.

- Okay, you're all set.

Sign here.

[radio announcer chattering]

- Put this away.

- Frank.

- Take it.

Don't worry.

[dog barking in distance]

[upbeat music]

- [David] This is
Dr. David Lazarus.

Due to the serious nature
of tonight's broadcast,

we ask the listening
public to refrain

from making any calls
to this station.

All regular programming
has been preempted.

My phone lines are being
kept open for the man

who has called himself a
servant and a traveler,

otherwise known as
the freeway killer.

Edward Anthony Heller, I'm
waiting for you to call.

[suspenseful music]

[tires squealing]

[engine racing]

[tires squealing]

[car crashing sawhorse]

[soft suspenseful music]

[chimes ringing]

[suspenseful music]

[gun firing]

[glass smashing]

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

[tires squealing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[traffic passing]

[engine starting]

[siren blaring]

- Father Eddie, the only
thing left for you now

is to seek redemption
at the place

you call the great white throne.

Go there, and give
yourself up for judgment.

Heller, if your journey is
at hand, you must contact me.

[traffic passing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[engine racing]

[soft suspenseful music]

- [Edward] We have little
time to speak, my prophet.

The armies of
Babylon are upon me.

This is a time of great pain.

- [David] Father Eddie,
we can make the pain stop.

- Just get him here, Doc.

- [Edward] Father Eddie is dead.

My transformation
is almost complete.

The others have told me.

- Those other voices
in your head are lying.

If you'll give yourself
up, we can make them stop.

- [Edward] False
prophets will be cast

into the lake of fire, Lazarus.

[tires squealing]

- [David] Heller.

[soft suspenseful music]

- Jesus Christ.

[tires squealing]

- Heller, are you
still out there?

I'm trying to give
you a message.

If you truly believe that I'm
your prophet, you will listen.

Heller, I wanna talk to you.
Please pick up the phone.

I could help you, but
you must do what I say.

You don't need to
hurt anybody anymore.

[soft suspenseful music]

[horn blowing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[crickets chirping]

[engine racing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[gun firing]

[grenade launching]

[flames roaring]

[soft suspenseful music]

[car exploding]

[soft suspenseful music]

- [Edward] There are those
who try to escape judgment,

but the sixth
trumpet has sounded.

- Now he's hearing
trumpets, great.

Heller, listen, it is
time for your journey

to the place you have said
will be the great white throne.

You most go there now.

- [Edward] I'm already
there, my prophet.

It was necessary to smite
down a lone traveler.

- You killed a man?

- It was necessary.

The soldier of
Sodom was unprepared

to meet the Angel of Death.

[soft suspenseful music]

I don't believe
in the abominable.

The whore mongers.

And sorcerers.

And idolaters!

Hold the lions

shall find their place

and light the fire
and brimstone!

[shouting in Latin]

[engine racing]

- The line's open.
We got a location.

[Edward shouting in Latin]

[flames roaring]

- I-5 and LA Freeway, old road.

[siren blaring]

[flames roaring]

[sirens blaring]

[engine starting]

- [David] Father Eddie,
they're closing in on you.

You will be stopped. It's
only a matter of time.

I can help you
surrender peacefully.

In God's name, Heller,
please, no more killing.

Lay down your gun and give
yourself up. Do you hear me?

We can work out a way,
Heller, a way to end the pain.

Pick up your phone
and talk to me.

[tires squealing]

[dramatic music]

- Eastern hordes are gathering
for the final conflict.

The Apocalypse is at hand.

- Heller?

[line going dead]

I lost him.

[truck horn blowing]

[soft suspenseful music]

[engine gunning]

[tires squealing]

[brakes squealing]

- No.

[tires squealing]

[gun firing]

[gun firing]

Quinn!

[tires squealing]

[gun firing]

[engine racing]

[cars crashing]

[flames roaring]

Frank.

[dramatic music]

[gun clicking]

[soft suspenseful music]

- I am alpha

and omega.

I am the beginning

and the end.

[guns firing]

And I saw the angel

come down.

And she had a key

in her hand.

- [Officer] Freeze,
lady. Drop the gun!

- The requiem song
[speaks Latin].

[soft music]

[gun clattering]

[soft music]

[helicopter flying]

[sirens blaring]

[siren blaring]

[soft music]

- Take the cuffs off her.

[soft music]

[helicopter flying]

- [Reporter] According
to investigators,

Edward Anthony Heller, an
ex-communicated Roman Catholic

priest and Vietnam veteran--

- Jesus Christ.

- [Reporter] Was
pronounced dead on arrival.

- How about some Chinese?

- You buying?

- Mandarin?

- Szechuan.

- [David] David
Lazarus, you're the air.

- [Greg] Hi, Doc.

- [David] Hi.

- [Greg] This is Greg.

- [David] Hi, Greg, how are you?

- [Greg] I'm just fine.

- [David] What's
on your mind, Greg?

- [Greg] I have a
relationship with a female

that I've been corresponding
with for over a year now.

- [David] Do you have
a question, Greg?

- [Greg] Yes, I do.

I want to know, is it
okay to wait for her?

- [David] What do you mean?

- [Greg] Well, we've been
writing for over a year now.

We have this incredible
relationship.

- [David] Where is she?

- [Greg] She lives in Europe.

- [David] So is she coming
to the United States someday?

- [Greg] She says she wants to.

- [David] What do you
mean wait for her?

- [Greg] Well, I'm
31 and she's 14.

- [David] What?

- [Greg] I know.
- [David] She's 14 years old,

and she really understands you?

- [Greg] She does.
She listens to me.

And I have problems, I
tell her my problems.

- [David] Sir, you are what's
known as [speaks Latin].

Yeah.

You are incapable of dealing
with a real relationship

with a mature woman.

Yeah, yeah, not willing
to make a commitment

to real life,
that's who you are.

Yeah, playing
long-distance games

with this 14-year-old girl,
it borders on child abuse.

Listen, you're a
31-year-old man.

Go look for a grown woman,

and let this girl have
her childhood, okay?

Thank you.

Dr. David Lazarus,
you're on the air.

- [Ethel] Hello, Dr. Lazarus?

- [David] Yeah.

- [Ethel] How are you,
dear, this is Ethel.

- [David] Hello,
Ethel, how are you?

- [Ethel] Fine. I'm
doing fine, how are you?

- [David] I feel very
good. What's on your mind?

- [Ethel] I have a neighbor,
and whenever he has

his girlfriend over, she
screams all night long

as if she's in
unbelievable pain.

- [David] Yeah?

- [Ethel] And it's a
very frightening thing.

Screaming and moaning, and
it's just unbelievable.

It goes on and on and on.

- [David] Ethel, what
exactly do you hear?

- [Ethel] Well, from
what I'm able to see

through the window,
it looks like--

- [David] No, all
right, go ahead.

I asked you what you
heard, but I didn't realize

you had visual contact also.

- [Ethel] Well, occasionally,
you know, I tend to be

a little inquisitive,
if you know what I mean.

- [David] Well what
have you found out?

- [Ethel] Well, you know, it
looks like he's tying her up,

and she is like,
she is screaming,

and she's screaming Slap
me and call me Bucky.

I think it's very strange.

And then the next morning, I
see him kissing her goodbye

like everything's
perfectly fine.

- [David] What do
you think he's doing

to her at night, Ethel?

- [Ethel] Well, from
the way she's screaming,

I'm absolutely sure
that he's hurting her.

I know it.

I'm very psychic
about these things.

- [David] Uh-huh, I might
suggest to you, Ethel,

that sometimes the sounds
of pleasure and pain

can be very similar.

If I may, when you have sex,
do you ever make noise, Ethel?

- [Ethel] I didn't scream
like an animal, I mean.

I've hung from a few
chandeliers in my day too,

darling, but I wasn't
you know, mashugana.

- [David] Did you moan a little
maybe or breathe hard or?

- [Ethel] I didn't
disturb my neighbors.

You know, when I listen closely,

I can hear them say horrible
things to each other.

Then she'll start up
that screaming like
an absolute animal.

- [David] Ethel?

- [Ethel] Yes.

- [David] Don't
listen so carefully.

Hello, you're on the air.

- [Man] Yeah, Doctor?

- [David] Hello, you're on
the air. Dr. Dave Lazarus.

- [Douglas] Hi, this is Douglas.

- [David] Hi, Douglas.

- [Douglas] Uh, Doctor, I'll
get right to the problem.

- [David] All right.

- [Douglas] I've been
wearing women's underwear

since high school.

I just wanna know
your feelings on this.

- [David] You want my
permission to do this?

- [Douglas] I guess
that's really what I want.

- [David] Have you already
tried to go public?

- [Douglas] Yes,
yes, I have, I have.

- [David] And what happened?

- [Douglas] Well
my wife left me.

- [David] She did?

- [Douglas] Yes, she did.

- [David] And you want my
blessing to defy accepted

social mores of your
particular deviation?

I won't do that.

Cross-dressing in
private is fine,

but there are guidelines
for living in our culture.

You know, this isn't
the '60s anymore.

- [Douglas] Well
could you tell me

someone else I could call?

- [David] Frederick's
of Hollywood [chuckles].

Dr. David Lazarus,
you're on the air.