Jane Doe (1983) - full transcript

[WATER FLOWING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOG BARKS]

BOY: Harry.
Harry!

Harry!

Come on, Harry.

[DOG BARKS]

Harry.

Come on, Harry!

[DOG BARKS]

[GASPS] [SCREAMS]



[SIRENS]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[CHATTER]

REPORTER: Get a
close-up, will you?

EMT: Come on, hurry up.

We're losing her.

[CHATTER]

REPORTER: Great.

Terrific.

Find anything?

Not yet.

Same MO.

See if they can get the
press out of there, Willy.

They're walking all
over the evidence.



[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

I'll give it a shot.

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[CHATTER]

Let's-- let's
move-- let's move it.

Is this a roadside
strangle, Lieutenant?

No comment.

There's been five
killings in three months.

11 weeks, Terry.

Well, what action
are the police taking?

Right now, we're trying to
get you people off the evidence.

POLICEMAN: All right, let's go.
Come on.

Move them out.
[CHATTER]

C'mon, give us a break.

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[CHATTER]
- Willy.

Decoy the press.
Clean up around here.

I'm going to the hospital.

[SIRENS]

EMT: One-one, two-one,
three-one, four-one--

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Trauma team to Emergency.

EMT: One one thousand, two one
thousand, three one thousand--

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Trauma
team to Emergency, stat.

Five one thousand,
one one thousand.

OK, we've got an
approximately 30-year-old

female strangulation.

And she just went
into cardiac arrest.

OK, let's go in the next room.

She was, uh, found
in a shallow grave.

[CHATTER]

DOCTOR: Get the
gurney down there.

EMT: I've got to pick up.

DOCTOR 2: [INAUDIBLE]
on the double.

DOCTOR: Drop that side.

All right, here we go.
Easy.

OK.

OK, here we go.

DOCTOR: OK, where's
my [INAUDIBLE]

OK, let's get her
hooked up to the monitor.

Start ventilating her.

One thousand three, one
thousand four, one thousand

five.

One thousand one, one
thousand two, one thousand

three, one thousand
four, one thousand five.

One thousand one--
- Do we have any pulses?

No pulse.

[INAUDIBLE] OK,
recommend [INAUDIBLE]..

Let's get ready to shock her.

Let's get the pads on.
Back off.

Ready?
Everybody off.

Let's get set to shock her.

Everyone ready?

[BUZZ]

OK, do we have a pulse?

We have a pulse, real slow.

OK, let's go for
a blood pressure.

OK, let's get ready
for an [INAUDIBLE]

and then an [INAUDIBLE]

DOCTOR: Cardio enzymes?

By the way, do
we know who she is?

Jane Doe.

OK, she feels
really cold to me.

Let's get a temperature on her
and see if she's hypothermic.

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Dr. Silver, telephone.

Dr. Silver, telephone.

Dr. Ravinsky, office.

Dr. Ravinsky, call your office.

Here, pulse is coming up now.

OK, let's go for a
repeat blood pressure.

NURSE: Blood pressure
100 [INAUDIBLE] now.

DOCTOR: [INAUDIBLE] OK?
- Yeah.

OK, let's call
for some of blood

work and some x-rays here.

And we'll continue the workup.

[BEEPING]

Hey, Doc, is
she gonna make it?

This woman has been
beaten, strangled, buried

for five or six hours at least.

She's lucky the grave was
shallow and the dirt was loose.

And the only reason
she survived that is

because she got so cold.

What?

The body needs less
oxygen when it's cold.

Listen, Doc, there's
a guy out there

who's murdered four women.

This woman is the only witness.

We'd like to know if
she's going to make it.

She's in severe shock
and still unconscious.

But there's no broken bones
and no internal injuries.

So if she survives the shock--

When are you gonna know?

When she wakes
up and tells us.

[BEEPING]

- You find anything?
- Not much.

This guys is clean and
careful every time.

Not that careful.

He left this one breathing.

Yeah, he pulled her across here,
like she was still struggling.

She alive?

So far.

Pulled the water.

Must have been in a hurry.

Yeah, the grave wasn't as
neat or deep as the others.

LIEUTENANT QUINN: That's
why she had a chance.

Hm?

LIEUTENANT QUINN:
Her body temperature

dropped, needed less oxygen.

Probably saw
someone coming and had

to get out of here fast.
- Probably.

POLICEMAN: Lieutenant?

Come over here.

It's the hospital.

Quinn here.

POLICEMAN (OVER
RADIO): She's made it.

She's stable.
They moved her out of Intensive.

I'm on my way.

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO): 10-4.

[SIRENS]

[CLEARS THROAT] [WHIMPERS]

Hello.

Don't be frightened.

I'll just stay a moment.

Where am I.

You are in the
county hospital.

Who are you?

My name is Lieutenant Quinn.

I'd like to get a
statement from you.

I don't, uh--

can't, uh-- what
am I doing here?

LIEUTENANT QUINN:
What's your name?

You're from the police?

Yes, I've been
assigned to your case.

I'd like you to tell me what
happened to you last night.

What's today?

Can you identify the
man who attacked you?

Somebody attacked me?

You don't remember
being attacked?

[TRIES TO CATCH BREATH] No.

What's the last
thing you remember?

[SIRENS]

I don't.

You don't what?

Remember.

I don't remember anything.

- At all?
- No.

LIEUTENANT QUINN: Listen.

Listen, let's try again.

What's your name?

[CRYING] I don't know.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

All right, Lieutenant.

Please leave us alone now.

[SOBBING]

Hello.

I'm Addie Coleman.

Dr. Beck asked me
to stop and check

up on you when you woke up.

- You're a doctor?
- Yes.

I'm a psychiatrist.

Now look, you're very safe here.

And you can talk to me.

Now, you tell me your name.

When they found you, you
had no identification.

I don't know.

Anything you tell me will
be held in strict confidence.

My God, what happened?

Where are you from?

Where do you live?

I don't remember.

How old are you?

Is there anything
you do remember--

a friend, place, perhaps a song?

Look, look, I really
do want to help you.

You've been a great deal.

Now, tell me what
you do remember.

Hm?

Dark.

My head hurt.

I opened my eyes.

I was in this room.
[CRYING]

All right, shh.
Shh.

Shh.
All right.

You're all right now.

It's all right to feel
confused and frightened,

because it will pass.

And what you're feeling
is just temporary.

Can you help me?

I think so if you try.

What happened?

Why can't I remember?

I don't know exactly.

But we'll find out
when we work together.

I think what you went through
was so terrible that you're not

ready to remember it just now.

So don't you try too hard.

Now, you try to get some rest.

I'll see you later.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[WHIMPERS]

What the hell were you doing?

You can't just go barging into
a patient's room that way.

Listen, Doctor, I'm
sorry if I upset her.

But I have to talk to her,
and I have to talk to her now.

Well, you're not
going back in there.

She can't even tell you her name

What's wrong with her?

Well, it's a
dissociative reaction--

disorientation, loss of memory
induced by severe trauma.

Does that means
she has amnesia?

Yes.

I think it's
psychological, not organic,

but I'll have to see the tests.

Well, how long's she
going to be out of touch?

Well, it's hard to tell.
You never know.

Could be two hours,
two days, two months.

I don't know.
- Two months?

The recovery depends on
her emotional security.

Now, if we could find
somebody who knows her--

a friend, family, somebody--

I have to communicate
with this woman.

Well, I'll do everything
possible, Lieutenant.

It'll just take time.

We don't have time.

Look, Lieutenant, if
you push her too hard

and make her too aware of
what she's been through,

you'll just deepen
her fears, and you'll

drive her memory further away.

Now, just let it
come back naturally.

That'll happen when she
begins to feel safe again.

You don't seem to understand.

She is not safe.

Well, don't you
dare tell her that.

We may lose her forever.

Nurse, I want the television
and the telephone disconnected

in Jane Doe's room.
- Yes, Doctor.

All right, I'm going
to give her some time,

but I sure hope she comes
around before we have

another dead body to deal with.

You know what I mean?

Nothing to the press.

I don't want anybody to know
that this dame is alive.

[SIRENS]

What'd you get from the lab?
- Nothing.

This guys is slick.
He never gives us anything.

What about the footprints?

Rain made the
ground too soggy.

They say they were
between sizes 9 and 11.

[INAUDIBLE] sounds like a 10.

We got nothing.

I want you to get
all the missing

person reports on this
Jane Doe that match her--

height, weight, age,
coloring, everything.

For the county?

For the county, for the
state, for the whole country.

I want to find out who she is.

That'll take days.

Get Kerry to help you.

I want it 24 hours.

[CHATTER]

[PHONE RINGING]

What are you waiting on?

I just want you to know that
I had nothing to do with it.

With the murder, Willy?

I know that.

- You don't know that.
- I don't know what?

What is this, a contest?
What's going on?

[BREATHING UNEVENLY]

I thought this was my case.

It is.

What are you
overriding my orders for?

Because I'm your boss.

It's what they call
a chain of command.

You tell them.
I tell you.

Get it?

I did not want this
in the press, Cap.

I know you didn't.

That's why they
have people like me

in charge of people like you.

This community is frightened.

If we've got a live witness,
they want to know about it.

Makes them feel safer.

Makes them like us more.

When they like us
more, I like you more.

Ah, consider it a way
of getting along better.

I counter-manage your orders
as an act of friendship.

What if the guy
reads the headlines,

leaves town before we catch him?

Lieutenant, there's nothing
I'd like better than having

that guy leave this town.

He's just going to
kill someplace else.

But he won't be doing it here.

I can't take care
of the whole world.

My job is to protect this place.

And if he stays, I
hope you realize you've

made this woman a target.

So protect her.

Catch the guy.

That's your job, huh?

NURSE: Well, it's a CAT scan.

Lets us know if there's any
physical damage to the brain.

Hm, CAT scan.

There once was a man from Japan
whose poetry never was scanned.

When they asked him
why, he gave this reply,

I just put as many words in the
last line as I possibly can.

- What?
- Hm?

What was that?

What?

Just wait here a second.

I'll be right back.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

NURSE: Perfect.

There's a movie I
want to see in town.

Oh, really?
Well, let's go.

NURSE: All right.
[GIGGLES]

[CHATTER]

[CAR STARTS]

[GASPS]

[RATTLING]

Open!
Open!

[SIGHS]

[PANTING]

[SCREAMS]
- Whoa.

Whoa.
Whoa.

It's all right.

It's Lieutenant Quinn.

It's all right.

You're all right.

[CRYING]

Sir, I don't know
how she got past.

She was there, and
then she was gone.

You're relieved here.

Go on back downtown.

[CAR ZOOMING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[WHIMPERING]

Now, if I had known
your men were not

going to do a good
job, I would have had

one of my nurses watching her.

We weren't looking
for her to go after her.

We were on the alert for
someone trying to get in.

Well, it's typical behavior
for amnesiacs to go wandering.

Now, they have to be
watched every minute.

Hope you haven't
done too much damage.

If someone had told
her she was in danger,

I doubt if she'd have gone
wandering off like that.

Well, she's got enough
to be afraid of.

The last thing in the
world she needs to know

is that there's some
killer still after her.

Fear is protective.

It keeps people
from taking chances.

If you ask me, that's
what she needs.

She's got so much
fear in her right now,

she can't remember who she is.

JANE DOE: I saw the newspaper.

Somebody tried to kill me.

I saw my picture!

I'm sorry you did.

Now, let's just sit down--

I don't want to sit down!

I want you to help me.

DR. COLEMAN: I can't help
you when you run away.

You are not helping me.

You act like you
are, but you're not.

You have every right to
feel frightened right now.

You are keeping
things from me.

You're not telling me
everything you know.

It's a very difficult problem.

Now, we're trying
to deal with it as--

Don't give me that
psychiatric bull.

Now, I want answers-- answers!

Right now, I want
you to settle down.

I don't want to settle down.
[GLASS BREAKING]

You're get hysterical,
and when you're--

Of course I'm hysterical.

Now, I understand
how you feel.

How can you
understand how I feel?

Did you ever see a newspaper
with a picture of yourself

in it and not know
who that person is?

No.
JANE DOE: Well.

But you have to trust me,
because I know how to help

you if you'll only let me.

Now, I'm going to
give you something

to calm you down,
because I don't

want you to hurt yourself.

Please, my consciousness
is all I have.

If you take it away,
I'll be nothing.

[CRIES]
- All right.

JANE DOE: [CRYING]
- Shh.

Shh.
Shh.

Shh.
Shh.

Shh.
- [WHIMPERING]

All right.

Come on.

Now, I want you to
feel comfortable.

And if you want something
to make you sleep,

you just tell me, and I'll--

I'll order it.

All right, could you
tell me how you felt

when you saw the newspaper?
- I panicked.

I was afraid and cold.

You see, it was cold
when we found you.

I think you associate cold
with what happened to you.

Look, I don't know if
it's a memory or what

but I had this vision.

It only lasted for a minute,
and I don't know what it means.

Do you remember what you saw?

Trees-- tall, tall trees.

And-- and the wind
was blowing, and there

were branches coming at me.
- Good, good.

- And it's night.
- That's good.

You see, that is good.

Yeah?

That is your memory
trying to resurface.

That's wonderful Now,
I want you to relax,

and you try to get some sleep.

And tomorrow, we'll talk
about it again, all right?

You just relax.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
This Roadside Strangler,

is he trying to kill me?

We don't know.

But he can't get to you.

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Visiting hours are now over.

All visitors please leave
the hospital in five minutes.

Next visiting hours will be
tomorrow from 11:00 to 2:00.

[PHONE RINGING]

Central.
Ms. Caruthers.

Can you tell me the room
number for the roadside

strangler's victim?

I'd like to send
her some flowers.

One moment, sir.

I'll check.

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Visiting hours are now over.

There's a man
calling on line 87

asking questions about
the strangler victim.

Well, just hang in there.

Keep him on the line.

Put a tracer on 87.

Uh, I'm sorry, I'm not sure
what room they moved her too.

Uh, if you just be
patient another second,

I'll try to find
a doctor to ask.

Hello?

Hello?
He didn't hang up.

Traced the call to
one of the public phones

right here in the lobby.

This is it.

Rope it off, and get
the dusters in here.

Why'd he leave
it off the hook?

What'd he know we can trace it?

He's a wise guy, Willy.

I can't believe he had the
guts to walk right in here.

He's playing with us.

I think he's telling
us he'll be back.

[MOANING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[MOANING]

[SCRAPING]

Ah!
[GASPING]

[SIRENS]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

Ah, come on, don't
drink that stuff.

Let the coffee attack
the donut first so it's

weaker when it starts on you.

I got a cast iron gut, Willy.

Coffee doesn't have a chance
when it gets down there.

You got those NPRs?

Yeah, here.

You know, the way
you treat your body

is definitely police brutality.

These up-to-date?

As of 10 o'clock last night.

This all of them?

Just the ones that
match her description.

Well, let's get started.

It's not there.

- How do you know that?
- Went through them already.

Let's go through them again.

I went through them twice.

Come on, look, you're
giving yourself an ulcer.

Here, have a donut.

I don't want a donut.

I want to collar this guy.

Lieutenant Quinn, they
found an abandoned car,

an '81 blue sedan parked up
the road behind some trees.

Name and address?

Yeah, it's a local, Manning--

a Victoria Shaffer,
27443 Bay Drive.

Thank you.

[PHONE RINGING, CHATTER]

This could be our Jane Doe.

Why am I referred
to as Jane Doe?

That's what we
call people when

we don't know who they are.

Guess that makes it official.

Hm?

I'm nobody.

Oh, it doesn't
mean that at all.

It's just that we need some
way of referring to you.

Is there another name you'd
be more comfortable with?

No.

Jane's all right, I guess.

It's just that it makes
me feel like a character

in a first grade book.

Look, Spot, see Jane run?

That's very good.

You remember books.

That's good.

If you want to get past the
first grade, I'll be impressed.

I want to be somebody again.

You are somebody.

We just don't know who.

[RADIO CRACKLING]

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO):
Unit Four, Unit Four,

go to 27443 Bay Drive.

Check out the
ownership of abandoned

car to one Victoria Shaffer.

Step on it.

POLICEMAN 2 (OVER
RADIO): What's the rush?

POLICEMAN (OVER
RADIO): Quinn thinks

it belongs to the Jane Doe.

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Good morning.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Remember me?

You, I remember.

It's me I forgot.

You the admirer?

I guess so, yeah.

Who's Victoria Shaffer?

Well, I thought
you might know.

You look tired.

I'm due for a vacation.

Going South for a month.

[WATER RUNNING]

Am I Victoria Shaffer?

Well, we don't know yet.

We're checking.

If you find out,
will you tell me?

Absolutely.

Lieutenant?

Was I raped?
- No.

Thanks.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[TAPE REWINDING]

TAPE RECORDING: This
is your introduction

to conversational Spanish.

Lesson number one--
Como esta usted?

Repeat after me.

[KNOCKING]

Yeah.

Lieutenant?

I've just heard Victoria
Shaffer's here in the hospital.

I would like to see her.

Who are you?

My name is David Shaffer.

I'm Victoria's husband.

Where is she?

Why haven't we heard
from you before this?

He was out of town.

Let him talk.

I've been away
on a business trip.

I had no idea there was a
problem until I came home.

Yeah, I was there
when the cab arrived.

When's the last
time you spoke to her?

Monday night when she
took me to the airport.

Don't you call home
when you're away on trips.

I did, but there was no answer.

But that's not unusual for Tori.

She said she was going away for
a few days while I was gone.

Tori likes to go off every
now and then and think.

Listen, I'll be glad to answer
any of your questions later.

Right now, I'd like
to see my wife.

Hello, I'm Dr. Coleman.

I understand you're the husband.

Yes, David Shaffer.

How is she?
May I see her?

Do you mind if I ask this
gentleman a few questions?

Excuse me,
Lieutenant, may I point

out that this is a hospital
and not the police station?

And you have no legal
authority in this matter.

As a matter of fact,
neither do I. Now Jane is--

Victoria.

Victoria is
neither under arrest,

nor has she been committed.

To answer your question, Mr.
Shaffer, it's up to Victoria.

If she's willing to
see you, she may.

And if she's comfortable
with the idea,

I'll certainly recommended it.
- Thank you.

Did he check out?

Yeah, he's her
husband all right.

I tell you, I went
through the house.

It's full of the two of them.

Pictures, degrees, you name
it, they've got it or did it.

Believe me, they
are very well-off.

Roadside Strangler
probably got her on the way

back from the airport.

It's the right road, and her
car's pointed towards her home.

Did you check
the car for prints?

I found what only
you'd expect to find.

[PHONE RINGING]

[DOOR OPENS]

You don't suppose I
dress like this, do you?

I don't think so.

You're an English professor.

How do you know that?

Your husband just told.

- I'm married?
- Mhm.

And he's here, and
he wants to see you.

It never occurred to me
I might have a husband.

Well, you do.

Now, if you're not
up to seeing him,

you don't have to right now.

- I just had a terrible thought.
- What's that?

Well, what if I get my
old life back and find out

it's a total wreck?

He seems like a very nice man.

If I don't like him,
can I throw him back?

You can throw them my way.

How's that?

[GIGGLING]

And your name is Victoria.

They call you Tori.
- Tori?

Mhm.

Tori.

Tori Doe.

No, no, no, Tori Shaffer?

Like it?

No.

Well, nobody likes their name.

Really?

I was just getting used to Jane.

All right, bring him in.

Now, I think it would be
good if you saw him alone.

And I'll be right
outside if you need me.

Shall we?

Come in.

Hi.

Hello.

- Do you know me?
- No.

How are you?

They say I'm OK.

I'm sorry.

It's awkward.

Blind dates are
tough, aren't they?

Yes.

[GIGGLES] So, do
you come here often?

[NERVOUS LAUGHTER]

I'm sorry.

David?

Yes.

Um, tell me about us.

[SIGHS] We've been
married two years, have

a beautiful house on the bay.

You're 32-years-old.

You teach English
at the University.

And right now,
you're on sabbatical.

Children?

Not yet.

You wanted to finish
your dissertation.

We travel a lot.
You like that.

Family?

You're an only child.

Your mother and father
have both passed away.

What do you do?

I make investments.

Works out pretty well.

So do you know how I
got into all of this?

You took me to the
airport Monday night,

and then you went off by
yourself for a few days.

Off, all alone?

Yes.

Yes.

Every once in a while,
you get this bug,

and you just take off,
usually when I'm away.

I used to worry about you a
lot, and just when I'm getting

used to it, this has to happen.

It sounds like I'm
a lot of trouble.

You're worth it.

I know you've been through
a tremendous ordeal.

But I'm hoping you'll
want to come home.

The idea of leaving with
someone you can't remember

has got to be frightening.

Of course it is.

But look, on the
other hand, you've

only known us for three days.

Three days is all my life.

But you've known
David for several years.

If you want to get
your memory back,

you've got to go where
your memories are.

If you want to feel
safe, you've got

to be with people who love you.

Now, we can't give
you that here.

It's a scary proposition.

Scary maybe.

But look, you've got
to take some chances

before you get better.

And we'll keep in touch.

I'll always be here.

[CHATTER]

HOSPITAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Dr. Ravinsky, Office.

Dr. Ravinsky, call the office.

I've decided to go.

I don't think that's
a very good idea.

This hospital is
no place for her.

She's much better off in her
own home with someone who cares.

Security'd be a lot
easier for us to maintain

here at the hospital.

It's gonna take an
awful lot of my men

to protect her at home.

You're going to
watch our house?

Mr. Shaffer, your wife
is the only person alive

who can identify this killer.

Naturally, we'd
like to protect her.

The killer doesn't
know where she lives.

Don't you think all your men
around the place are just

going to draw attention to us?

You want to take that chance?

No.

Lieutenant, um, going
home may be the only way

I'll find out who I am.

Until then, I'm not use
to your case anyway.

Well, the case isn't the
only thing I'm worried about.

VICTORIA: Is this where we live?
- Yes.

Does any of this
look familiar to you?

No.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Where do you want
us, Lieutenant?

Take the gate, Charlie.

Would you care
for the grand tour?

- All right.
- Hm.

Does this seem as crazy
to you as it does to me?

Sure.

Anything?

No.

[LAUGHS] Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico, two years ago.

And over there is where
you never did a dish.

Oh.
[GIGGLES] My degrees?

Uh-huh.

Ah, they're probably designed
for just such an occasion.

When someone can't remember
that they're smart,

they can go read
it on their wall.

[LAUGHS] [GRUNTS] Still
have a great sense of humor.

[LAUGHS] It just
proves that talk

isn't connected to the brain.

Think he knows
what he's doing?

How should I know?

I'm only three days old.

I think he has
delusions of adequacy.

TOY: How like the winter
hath my absence been?

[DINGING]

[CLACKING]

[HEART BEATING]

[SCARY MUSIC]

[SCRAPING]

Make it stop.

Make it stop!

Have I frightened?

No more.
Enough!

- Why?
- No.

I want to leave this room.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CLANGING]

You know, I'll have
to have my own room.

I'll need a little time, David.

You see, to me, you're
still a stranger.

Of course.

I understand.

I don't want you to
do anything that would

make you feel uncomfortable.

I'll stay in the guest room.

Thank you.

TAPE RECORDING:
Pasando el puente.

LIEUTENANT QUINN: Puente.

TAPE RECORDING:
Dome la izquierda.

LIEUTENANT QUINN: Dome
[SPEAKING SPANISH POORLY]

TAPE RECORDING: Si, esta
un buen restaurante.

Restaurante

TAPE RECORDING: La rancharita.

La rancharita.

[HEART BEATING, EERIE NOISES]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS] [GASPING]

[PANTING] [SCREAMS] No!

Oh, David!

Oh, David!

[CRYING]

Oh, oh.

It's OK.

I'm right here.

[CRYING] I was having
a nightmare, and I--

Yes, you were.

Oh, baby.

It's OK.

I was afraid somebody had
tried to break into your room.

[KNOCKING]

[PANTING]

It' all right.

It's OK.

[KNOCKING]

It's OK.

I'll be right back.

I'm just going to see
who that is, all right?

[KNOCKING]

[WHIMPERING]

[KNOCKING]

What the hell's
going on in here?

She had a dream.

Somebody try to get in here?

I don't think so.

Don't you guys ever sleep?

I drink a lot of coffee.

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO):
Lieutenant Quinn,

Lieutenant Quinn, 16.

Quinn here.

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO): We've
got another one, Cyprus Park.

This one's a jogger.

I'm five minutes away.

[CAR STARTS]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

NEWS ANCHOR (ON TV): There's
been a new development

in the Roadside Strangler case.

Apparently, a sixth
victim has been found.

Let's go to our live-action
camera and Ann Petry.

ANN PETRY (ON TV):
The sixth victim

was found here in this secluded
spot early this morning.

Again, it was death
by strangulation.

Again, of course, the
victim was a woman.

The difference this
morning is that a note

has been found with the body.

Unfortunately, we do not
know what is in that note.

However, I see Lieutenant Bill
Quinn who has been on the case

from the beginning.

Lieutenant Quinn, if we
could speak to a moment.

There has been a note found.

Can tell us what is in the note
that was found with the body?

No, I can't.

ANN PETRY (ON TV):
Lieutenant Quinn, we

are talking about the sixth
murder in this community

by the Roadside Strangler.

Can you give us any information?

No comment.

ANN PETRY (ON TV):
How about the who

that was in the hospital, the
fifth victim, the amnesiac?

Can you give us any
information there?

LIEUTENANT QUINN (ON TV): No.

ANN PETRY (ON TV):
Well, once again, we

are-- don't seem to be
getting much cooperation

for the police.

[HEART BEATING, EERIE NOISES]

--as they happen.

This is Ann Petry
for Action News.

NEWS ANCHOR (ON
TV): Thank you, Ann.

As we said--

[LEAVES CRUNCHING]

[SHOVEL SCRAPING, HEART
BEATING]-

[HORN HONKING]

[ENGINE RUNNING]

[TIRES SQUEAKING]

What's the matter
with you, lady?

You nuts or something?

I'll take care of this.
Stand loose.

[DOOR SHUTS]

Come on.

Why do you do this to me?

I'm too young to
have a heart attack.

Oh yeah?

You don't look that young to me.

[SIGHS] Must be the coffee.

[CAR PULLS AWAY]

What are you running away from?

I don't know.

When I saw that
girl's body on TV,

I just felt like
it was my fault.

- Well, don't blame yourself.
- Yeah?

Who should I blame?
- Blame me.

Everyone else does.

Do you have a girl?

Or are you married, Lieutenant?

No, but you are.

So they tell me.

You want me to take you home?

Not yet.

I don't feel comfortable
in that house.

You know, I feel so
sorry for that man.

There are pictures of us
together all over the place,

and it looks like we're
having so much fun.

You want to go
downtown with me to look

at some pictures, mugshots.

You know, they might
stir your memory.

It's worth a try.
- Sure.

Let's try it.

This is Quinn 16.

POLICEMAN (OVER
RADIO): 16, go ahead.

Yeah, call David Shaffer,
and tell him I got his wife.

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO): Roger.
I copy.

VICTORIA: Dr. Coleman
said there are

two ways to get my memory back.

One is to wait and let
it come back slowly.

The other is to sort of face
the whole business head-on,

sort of shock myself
into remembering.

That's the fastest way.

Well, why didn't
you do that first?

I forget.
I've got amnesia, you know?

You didn't forget that.

Why?

She said I might
go off the deep end.

Well, I don't know
anything about that.

Maybe she's right.

Maybe.

But she's not me.

I have to know what happened.

From now on, I don't want you
to hold anything back from me.

OK, what do you want to know?

Everything.

Let's go, other office.

Right over here.

It started 11 weeks ago.

Lisa Melbourne, 19-years-old--
she was found right there.

Alba Goodman was found
nine days later right here.

And Janet Lewis,
27-years-old, she was

found there two weeks later.

10 days after that, we
found the Cramer girl there.

All the murders
had the same MO--

young woman strangled,
nude body found

in a shallow grave in a
remote area, none of them

sexually molested.

Two weeks after that, we
found you right there.

This going to be
too much for you?

No.
Go on.

LIEUTENANT QUINN:
Today's victim, we

still haven't identified her.

What do you know
about the killer?

Well, we have a psychiatric
profile based on his MO.

He's a compulsive
personality, probably

gets a big charge out of the
killing and the publicity

he's getting.

I'd say he's probably read
every magazine, newspaper,

seen every television account.

We try to keep it out
of the press, but--

Do you think you'll catch him?

I know we'll catch him.

This guy has a flair
for the dramatic,

which means he's going
to have to expose

himself more and more.

We'll get him.

Let's get started.

Take a seat.

[PHONE RINGING]

[CHATTER]

This is a file of
known possibles.

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

Look at all these
guys carefully.

If anything rings a bell, I'll
be right out there at my desk.

VICTORIA: All right.

[GUNSHOT]

[CLICK]

[GUNSHOT]

[CLICK]

[GUNSHOT]

[CHATTER, PHONE RINGING]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

Was there any picture
that made you feel anything?

A shiver, a tingle, anything?

I have an idea.

LIEUTENANT QUINN: What?

Why don't you take me to
the place where I was buried?

If that doesn't shake me
up, I don't know what would.

I don't know about that.

It's my decision.

[CAR ACCELERATING]

Thanks.

Right up there.

Sure you want to go
through with this?

Yes.

Straight ahead.

[THUNDER, RAIN FALLING]

Tell me what happened.

Last Thursday morning
around dawn, I got

a call they found another body.

When I arrived here, they were
digging you out of this grave.

You were nude, had
been strangled,

and were as cold as a fish.

Nobody expected you to be alive.

They were wrapping you in a
sheet getting ready to take

you to the morgue
when one of the medics

detected a sign of life.

[WHIMPERING]

DAVID: Leave her alone.

[MOANING SOFTLY]

Just what the hell did
you think you were doing

bringing her up here like this?

It's her decision.

And you think she's capable
of making that kind of decision?

She doesn't even
know who she is.

LIEUTENANT QUINN:
That's the objective,

to find out who she is.
- Yeah.

I'm OK.

All you're interested
in is your job.

You don't care what
happens to her.

I'm taking her away from here.

Then, she'll be safe.

How did you find us?

I went to the police station.

Officer Dean told me
you brought her up here.

My god, hasn't she
been through enough?

[DOOR CLOSES]
[CAR STARTS]

[CHATTER]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

Anything new, guys?

Uh, Captain wants to see you.

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[KNOCKING]

You ever heard of a
guy named Rudolph Favor?

Rudolph Favor?

Sounds like a
dancer from Vienna.

What about him?

- He's a psychic.
- A what?

A psychic.

You know, one of those guys
who commune with the spirits.

Never heard of him.

Well,I'm bringing him
in to give you a hand.

The hell you are.

I don't need a hand.

You need something, Quinn.

Right now, you got nothing.

A psychic's a dumb idea.

You're gonna turn this
thing into a circus.

Tell me you got something, or
I'm bringing in the psyching.

Oh, man, come--

give me 48 hours.

I've got an idea.

You want to hear it?

No, I don't want to hear it.

If it works, great.

If it doesn't work,
you take the fall.

You don't have to yell, Cap.

My deafness has cleared up
since I knocked off the coffee.

Results in 48 hours,
or your partner's

going to be a
dancer from Vienna.

VICTORIA: Mm.
DAVID: [NON-ENGLISH SPEEHC]

VICTORIA: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[GIGGLING]

[KISS]

[KNOCKING]

Just a minute.

[KNOCKING]

May I come in?

David, let him in.

It wasn't his fault.

How ya doin'?

I'm alive.

That's something.

Did you remember anything?

No.

You guys going somewhere?

We're considering it.

It isn't safe for her here.

You said so yourself.

Listen, you want me to
catch this maniac, don't you?

Well, I've got an idea, if
you're willing to try it.

What do you have in mind?

A press conference.

I think we can lure this guy in.

As far as anybody knows,
you're still in the hospital,

and the press is
dying to talk to you.

We'll hold it at the
hospital, and we'll get you

out there soon as it's over.

You'll be perfectly safe.

I don't like it.

How do we do it?

Simple.

We lied to the press.

How are you feeling?

Do your remember anything?

Have you recovered/
is it true that

you had amnesia
and you have been

unable to identify your killer?

Until last night, I
couldn't remember anything.

Now, I remember who I
am and where I'm from.

But the police have
asked me not to say.

Do you remember
who attacked you?

Can you identify your killer?

If I saw him.

I'm working now on a
drawing with police artists.

We think in a
community this size,

someone will recognize
the killer once we

start circulating the drawing.

When will you have
the drawing finished?

By tomorrow.

That's pretty much
all we got, guys.

Thanks.

Jane Doe has suddenly
remembered who she is.

The fifth victim of
the Roadside Strangler

has recovered her memory,
and now, she's helping

police track down the killer.

Today, she held
a news conference

from her hospital bed.

Action News was there.

REPORTER (ON TV): What
does this guy look like?

Can you describe him?

LIEUTENANT QUINN (ON TV): We'll
know what he looks like when

we get the drawing done, Terry.

Right now, we just-- you know,
we don't have it finished.

I'll be finished tomorrow,
and then everybody

will see what he looks like.

REPORTER (ON TV):
Well, I was trying

to think of the public
out there who would like,

A, to protect themselves,
and B, perhaps even to help

the police in their search.

Is he short?

Oh, I think, um,
Lieutenant Quinn is right.

We're working on it
right now, and it's

coming back little by little.

And we'll have it
as soon as-- as soon

as I can remember everything.

REPORTER (ON TV):
Nothing about hair

or clothes, speech pattern?

Care for a drink, lieutenant?

No, gracias, nunca
cuando trabajo, senor.

DAVID: What?

- Never when I work.
- Very good.

You speak Spanish, huh?

I guess so.

Fluently.

You're remembering more and
more all the time, Tori.

Wish I could remember
something I said sometime.

[GUNSHOT]
[GLASS SHATTERS]

[SCREAMS]

POLICEMAN 1: We've got gunfire!

POLICEMAN 2: Did you
see it, [INAUDIBLE]??

Where was that?
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER, SIRENS]

POLICEMAN 1: Who's up there?

Are you all right?

I think so.

- Let's get out of here.
- [INAUDIBLE]

[SIRENS]

DAVID: How the hell did
he know where we lived?

Wish I knew.

POLICEMAN 1: Are
you good up there?

POLICEMAN 2: Yeah.

POLICEMAN 1: See anything?

POLICEMAN 2: No, how about you?

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[INAUDIBLE], over here.

POLICEMAN 1: [INAUDIBLE]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

POLICEMAN 2: What about now?

POLICEMAN 1: She's OK.

[CAR ACCELERATES]

[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

You OK?

Of course she's not OK.

The bullet missed her by inches.

You said you'd have enough
men here so that this--

[INAUDIBLE] I found
this in the trees.

How far away was it?

- Ah, at least 200 yards.
- Take it downtown.

See if you can trace it.

Now, my security was effective.

That guy couldn't get within
200 yards of this house.

At that distance,
even an expert's

not going to hit a target
through a glass window.

He misjudged his abilities.

[KNOCKING]

You Harry Johnson?

Yes.

You're under arrest.

What's the charge?

Attempted murder.

Read the rap, Willy.

You have the right
to remain silent--

Officer, you're making
a terrible mistake.

We have a search warrant.

You don't need one.

I have nothing to hide.

Put your hands behind
your back, please.

--any statements must
be made of your own--

LIEUTENANT QUINN:
Cuff him, Willy.

Let's go.

Where were you last night?

At home.

You were home all
evening, were you?

Yes.

Alone?

Do you live with anyone?

No.

I don't suppose it's a
crime to live alone, hm?

It's not an alibi either, pal.

We found a rifle
registered to you.

Well, good, I-- is
it in good condition?

Why?

Well, it was stolen from my
car right after I bought it.

I didn't even have a chance
to get insurance for it yet.

VICTORIA: So did I
always hate packing?

Mhm.

[PHONE RINGING]

No, thank you.

Stimulants-- very unhealthy.

What do you got?

He reported the rifle stolen.

We can't use this in court.

Yeah, we don't have one
shred of hard evidence.

I don't care.
This is the guy, I know it.

I'm inclined to
agree with you,

but, uh, we can't book him.

And we can't even hold him.

- I'm holding him anyway.
- You crazy?

Captain will have
your head, and the DA

will bury what's left of it.

So you have to let him go.

Uh, Lieutenant, I
saw the news tonight,

and I heard that you have
a witness who can identify

this Roadside Strangler.

I'd be happy to
stand in a line-up

in order to establish
my innocence.

If I were you, pal, I'd park
my butt back in that chair.

And don't get out of it
without an invitation.

[CHATTER]

You know, if we
put him in the lineup

and she can't identify
him, he walks.

He asked for it.

If we don't do it for
him, he walks anyway.

I'll call Jane.
- Aw, come on.

She wouldn't
recognize your mother.

Maybe we'll get lucky.

The sight of this guy
could shake her up.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?
- This is Quinn.

Let me speak to Jane.

You'll be happy to know you're
going to get your privacy back.

We got him.

Just a minute.

Hey, Tori, it's Quinn.

They've got the killer.

[FOOTSTEPS]

You've got him?

We think so.

Listen, we need
you to come down

and pick him out of a
lineup in order to hold him.

You think you can handle that?
- I'll try.

When?

Right now.

Otherwise, I'm going
to have to let him go.

TORI (ON PHONE):
I'll be right down.

You're terrific.

[SHOVEL SCRAPING, HEART BEATING,
EERIE NOISES]

DAVID: Are you all right?
- Yes.

Excuse me, we're here
to see Lieutenant Quinn.

Oh, yes, he's expecting you.

[BUZZ]

Please, uh, come this way.

Thank you.

Several men are going
to appear before you.

You'll be able to
see them, but they

will not be able to see you.

Each one of them has
been assigned a number.

If you want to refer him,
refer to him by number only.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

When the lineup's completed, I
want you to fill out the card.

If you cannot identify
anyone, so indicate.

If you need to communicate
with me, write it down.

No talking.

Number one, step forward.

Step back.

Number two, step forward.

Step back.

Number three, step forward.

Step back.

Number four, step forward.

Remove your hat.

Look them carefully.

[INAUDIBLE] Mr. Shaffer,
no talking, please.

Put your hat back on.

Step back.

Number five, step forward.

[PHONE RINGING]

Step back.

I'm sorry.

Hey, it's not your
fault. It's my dumb idea.

I suppose now you have
to let the killer go.

- I suppose.
- Oh, that does it.

We're going to be
on the road tonight.

Quinn, we hit the jackpot.

We just got a reply
from the FBI lab

in Washington about the notes
we found on the last victim.

Even though, uh,
he'd wiped it clean,

the lab lifted the
paste-on letters,

and they found a
print in the glue.

Johnson's for sure?

You got it, huh?

The creep nailed himself.

Which one was he?

Cinco, the last one.

You're safe now.

Let's go home.

We can be on the
road in an hour.

Going away, are you?

Goodbye, Lieutenant.

I'll check up on.

Tori.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Willy, I want to
go talk to Johnson.

[DOOR OPENS]

She didn't
identify me, did she?

[DOOR CLOSES]

LIEUTENANT QUINN: She wasn't
ready to make a positive ID,

but we don't need her.

We got you anyway.

Oh, really?

Yeah, we got our print
report back from the FBI.

They found one of your prints in
the glue on the note you left.

With that and your
rifle, we could

get a conviction with a jury
of lifers from San Quentin.

Tell me something.

Why did you volunteer
for the lineup?

Because I knew she
couldn't identify me.

Then, why'd you make
an attempt on her life?

You missed her on
purpose, didn't ya?

I'll bet you're a chess
player, aren't you?

I've won a few games.

Chess game?

He wasn't satisfied with
getting caught, Willy.

He needed something better,
something more flamboyant.

Didn't you?

He wanted to get caught
and still get away with it.

So what does he do?

He leads us right
to himself, thinking

he had the perfect alibi.

What perfect alibi?

He takes a pawn
shot at a witness

who claims she can identify
the Roadside Strangler.

Only, she's got amnesia.

So when she can't
identify him, he

gets off scot-free not
only on that charge

but all the charges.

What's a man with
your mind doing working

for a hick town like this?

Collaring basket
cases like you.

Tell me, why'd you leave
the note in the first place?

Because I am not a bungler.

I hated those headlines that
say, "Killer Makes Mistake."

Everybody makes mistakes, pal.

I told you I am not a bungler.

You caught me with your
first-class police work.

You were operating on
my level, first-class.

I would never have
botched a job like the one

done on that woman, never.

She wasn't one of yours?

[LAUGHS] Of course not.

You mean to tell me you never
went near that Shaffer woman?

Never.

If I had, she'd be
dead like all the rest.

You're going to a very dark
place now, pal, hopefully

never to be heard from again.
[THUD]

Lock this guy up.

[DOOR SLAMS]

If he didn't
kill her, who did?

Did you tell Shaffer
where the grave site was?

No.

Well, I told him you
were there, but I

didn't tell me where it was.

And it wasn't in the paper.

Now I know why he
was so worried.

He was afraid she'd remember.

And when she does, she's dead.

You know, the doctor
said once you felt safe,

you'd start to remember.

Anything?
- No.

[CAR STARTS]

[TIRES SQUEAL]

[EERIE NOISES, WINDSHIELD
WIPERS]

Could you turn on the heater?
I'm cold again.

You always love Mexico.

[FLASHBACK]

VICTORIA: I'm
leaving you, David.

DAVID: I'll never
let you leave me.

[FLASHBACK OVER]

Best place to get
your memory back.

We'll be a long way from here,
just the two of us again.

[CAR ACCELERATING]

[HEART BEATING, SHOVEL SCRAPING]

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

Is anything wrong?

No, just don't feel well.

Looking at the man who tried
to kill me is upsetting me.

Are you starting
to remember again?

No.

But in time, I will.
- Yeah.

Why don't we just
grab our backs and go?

We can be in Cabo
San Lucas by lunch.

OK, I'll be ready in
a couple of minutes.

OPERATOR (ON PHONE): Operator.

Connect me with
police headquarters.

OPERATOR (ON PHONE):
Sorry, I can't hear you.

The police, connect
me with the police.

OPERATOR (ON
PHONE): I'm ringing.

POLICEMAN (ON PHONE):
Sargent Ferns.

Uh, Lieutenant Quinn, please.

POLICEMAN (ON PHONE):
Just a moment.

I'll connect.

Hello?
Hello?

[TAPS]

[TAP]

[TAP]

[PANTING]

[KEYS JINGLING]
Damn.

[CAR ENGINE SPUTTERING]

[THUD]

Tori.

Tori?

I won't hurt you.

I love you.

[CAR ENGINE SPUTTERING]

Tori?

Tori.

Ah!

Ah!

You can't leave me!

Ah!

You want to leave?

[SCREAMING]

[CAR ENGINE SPUTTERING]

(YELLING) Open up!

[BANGING]

[GLASS BREAKING]

[SCREAMS]

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[CAR ACCELERATING]

[SCREAMING]

[GLASS BREAKING]

[SCREAMING] David, stop it!
[TIRES SQUEALING]

Pull over!

Pull over!

Pull over!

Pull over!

[BANG]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

16.

Send a backup to
the Shaffer house.

POLICEMAN (OVER RADIO): 10-4.

[TIRES SQUEALING, CAR
ACCELERATING]

Oh god.

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

[SIGHS]

[PANTING]

[TIRES SQUEALING, CAR
ACCELERATING]

[CRASHING, TIRES SQUEALING]

[CRASHING]

[EXPLOSION]

[CRYING]

Oh god.

[EXPLOSION]

[CRYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[WHIMPERING]

[CRYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]