Medium (2005–2011): Season 5, Episode 13 - How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 1 - full transcript

Well,well,look who
finally decided to wake up.

Joe... Where are we? Whats this place?

What do you mean,at iis place?

This is our bedroom. You're in our bed.

Con,hurry up,'cause I got
to meet Terry at 10:00.

Are you wearing tennis whites?

Yes,I'm wearing tennis whites.
The are the rules at the club.

Come on. Come on. Girls got their
riding lessons in 45 minutes.

Joe,I don't know what's going on here.

But this is not our house.

What are you talng about? This is
our house. Of course it's our house.



I'll show you the deed
if you don't believe me.

Damn. I know how to live.

Dad,I think the heater
in the pool's broken.

We have a pool?

Of course we have a pool.

How else would we swimming every day?

Are you okayMom?

Yeah,I-I guess so.

Actually,I think I'm... I'm great.

This place is amazing.

It's everything we ever wanted.

What's back there? Well,let
me guess. It's maid's quarters?

Hey,Allison. Allison,hey,hey,hey!
What are you doing?

What do you mean? I'm
checking out my house.



Okay,that's fine. But we don't
go in that room. You ow that.

Oh,come on,everybody.
Lighten up. It's just a room.

Mom,we're not allowed to go in there.

Not ever. That's the deal,remember?

Deal? What deal?

This is our house,isn't
it? This is our room.

- Allison!
- Mom!

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"Roof is to house as summit is to..."

- Mountain?
- Good.

"Composer is to melody as autr is to..."

- Uh,book.
- Excellent.

That is the dumbest
question I have ever heard.

What's that supposed to teach you?

"If you're looking for a
melody,don't look in a book?"

I don't t it.

It's an analogy.

It's not supposed to teach you anything.

It tests your understanding of language.

And Daddy's helping me
get ready for the PSATs.

- What's that?
- It's a test.

Okay,and if I do well enough,that
means I might get into a good college,

which means I can move far
away and never see you again.

So,please,leave me
alone so I can practice.

Any chance you could
take the girls in today?

Lee just called me. He wants me
to meet him at Fountain Hills.

Yeah.

Hello?

May I speak with Allison Dubois?

Well,may I ask who's calling?

My name is Caitlyn Lynch.

I'm with the Lydecker Corporation.

I know this is going to
sound kind of out of the blue,

but I've been tracking your
career for some time now.

I was wondering if it might be
possible to set up a meeting withou

to discuss a potential
business opportunity.

Uh,what kind of "business opportunity"?

Well,I'd rely prer to
discuss that with you person.

I actually have an opening
in my schedule at 1:00 today.

Is there any possibility
we could meet for lunch?

Lunch today? I don't
think so. I'm working.

Well,I'm happy to come to you.

I was thinking we
could meet at Firmament.

Firmament?Well,that's very nice of you,

but don't think I can meet you
for lunch today at Firmament.

Is there a day that might be better?

I don't think so.

You know,I really have to get
going,uh,Caitlyn,but thank you for thinking of me.

You just turned down lunch at Firmament?

That's the hottest place in town.

Who wanted to take you there?

I don't know. Some woman
from the Lydecker Corporation.

She wanted to talk to me
about a "business opportunity."

The Lydecker Corporation?

Don't they make everything?

Maybe you should hear
what she has to say.

No,I don't think so.

She probably read about
me in the papers last year,

wants to hire me for some
kind of "private reading."

You know I'm not really
interested in that kind of thing.

I don't know,for a lunch at Firmament,maybe
you could feign a little interest.

Her name's Autumn Colville.

She's a paralegal who works downtown.

Her mother reported
her missing yesterday.

Autumn's car is still
parked in her parking spot.

Her parents found groceries,still in
their bags,melting on her kitchen counter,

so I think it's highly likely she
was abducted from her apartment.

Autumn's mom said we're welcome
to do another walk-through.

Tell me if you can see anything.

Sure,of course. I just hope
I can be of some kind of help.

Oh,my God...

What's the matter?

Oh,the blood. And that corpse.

What corpse?

She was right there.

Autumn Colville.

She was lying right there,dead.

Oh,her eyes... Someone
had taken her eyes.

We've been through thislace a few times;

there's been no idence to suggest
that kind of violence occurred here.

I mean,look at this place.

Well,I saw it.

Who's to say that the killer
didn't clean up after himself?

Well,I guess we'll get the crime scene
boys to come back,take another look.

Thank you.

T-minus 13 days and
counting. You ready?

I don't know. I've been taking practice
tests,but I have to find a way to g my verbalp.

I'm thinki about asking permission
to come to school on Saturday.

Sit in an empty classroom and
just take a simulated test.

So I know what it's gonna feel like
on the d of the real one,you know?

- Seriously?
- Yeah,why not?

Ariel! Ashley!

Did you guys hear the news?

What news? What's going on?

Do you remember Stacey Anne Burrows?

Yeah,she transferred to Holy
Child after junior high. Why?

- She died yesterday.
- What?

Her parents got her a
car for her 16th birthday.

And she rolled it yesterday
on her way home from school.

Landed upside-down in a ravine.

You know what the creepiest part is?

The crash didn't kill her.

Her car filled up with
water and she drowned.

Allison Dubois?

- Do I know you?
- No.

But I know all about you.

I'm Caitlyn Lynch.
We spoke this morning.

Right. Hi.

Sorry to ambush you like this,but I don't know if I
was able to get my point across to you on the phone.

No,I think you were perfectly clear.

- but ankly,private readings,things like that I...
- Wait. Wait a second.

Is that... Is that what you
thought I was calling about?

A private reading?

Let me,let me explain
who I am,what I do.

I'm what people refer to
as a "corporatentuitionist."

That a job title you've heard before?

Like you,I sense things.

See things,for a living.

But while you use your
gifts in the public sector,

I'm under contract to a
multinational corporation.

- Wait a second. You're a...
- Psychic?

Well,my official title is Executive
Vice President of Corporate Strategy.

But,yes,I've developed
a reputation for being...

sensitive to business trends.

The success or failure of
products in development.

Shifts in public appetites.

It's brought me a lot of money.

The man I work for,Mr. Lydecker,

is a great believer in unconventional
thinking when it comes to business.

He's a leader,not a follower.

And he and I were wondering if we could possibly
entice you into coming and working with us.

You offering me a job?

Well,that's...that's very flattering,

but I genuinely like what I'm
doing now,what I'm doing here.

And besides,I-I don't know anything
about pducts or trends or appetites.

Believe me,I didn't start out
dreaming about market shortfalls,

or,or impulse buys based
on psychographic data.

But I do now. And you will,too.

Think about it.

Obviously,we're talking about
a high six-figure salary.

Discuss it with your husband.

If ye intrigued,givee a call.

What did you say?

I didn't say anything. I
didn't really get a chance.

She told me to call
her if I was interested.

Well,you are interested,aren't you?

I don't know. I don't know.

I guess I'm intrigued.

That's the word she
kept using-- intrigued.

What exactly does it mean
when they say higsix figures?

It means you need toall her tomorrow.

You need to find out
what this is all about.

I didn't even know people like
me worked for big corporations.

This woman Caitlyn
said she spots trends.

I don't know anything about trends.

Come on. Don't do that.

Don't do what? What am I doing?

You're just doing this "aw,shucks"
thing. Don't do that aw,shucks thing.

Look,I'd just like to see you acknowledge
the fa that you're very good at what you do.

And an enormous corporation has taken notice
of that And according to this Caitlyn woman,

they're willing to pay you hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year to do it for them.

I think you need to take this seriously.

I think you need to calthis woman.

If you don't like what
you hear,then fine.

But you owe it to yourself,to the
kids,to me to at least give it a listen.

Sir,I'm sorry to bother you.

Oh,hey,you must have read my mind.

Really,what did it say?

I'm sorry. You came to see me.

Yes,um,I need to take a little
personal time this afternoon.

I know it's short notice,but...

Nah,that's all right.

I have to be in court
most of the day anyway.

Truth is,I probably wouldn't
have even noticed you were gone

if you hadn't told me,so
thanks for the heads-up.

Yo uh,you want to walk with me?

So after you called me last night,I had the
team go and dredge beneath thrthur Bridge.

Scanlon just called. They found
the remains of Autumn Colville.

In three separate duffle bags.

- Oh,my God.
- That's not all.

There were several more
duffel bags down there.

When they opened them up,they found the
butchered body parts of two more girls.

And their eyes were missing as well.

Looks like we got
ourselves a serial killer.

Do whatever it is you need to
do. I'll find you if I need you.

And stop looking so guil.

Everybody takea little
personal time now and then.

My name's Allison Dubois.
I'm here to see Caitlyn Lynch.

Thinking*****

Allison?

I'm so pleased you decided to come by.

Maybe I could work in the lobby.

Well,if you're up for it,I thought
maybe you could sit in on my 2:00.

Get a feel for the kind of work you'll be doing
here if you decide to take us up on our offer.

That would be great.

Terrific. And don't look so nervous.

Like your boss said,everybody takes
a little persal time now and then.

Oh,my God.

Stacey Anne? Is that you?

Whereverou are,with live video chatting on
the L-Phone,you never have to miss a meeting.

Whether your
traveling,working from home,

or just somewhere else,the
L-Phone makes your presence felt.

The all-new L-Phone from Lydecker: Changing
the way we communicate one face at a time.

I'm sorry. I don't think it works.

Everything is aimed squarely at
upwardly mobile people on the go.

Overachievers with a
lot of disposable income.

But that's not who's
going to buy ts phone.

Well,Caitlyn,it's a $900 cell phone.

Now granted,it's a $900 cell phone
with video chat,but still,a $900 phone.

Who do you suggest we sell it to?

Or more importantly,who do
you think is going to buy it?

Kids.

I know what you're thinking.

Video chatting is all the ra right now.

Nobody even buys a computer
unless it's vid chat-capable.

But here's the thing.

Grownups are going to realize that they
don't want to be seen by other grownups

unless it's absolutely necessary.

They're not going to want
to have to put on clothes,

check their makeup put out the cigarette
they're not even supposed to be smoking

just for a simple phone nversation.

Teenagers,on the other
hand,love to be seen.

They erect virtualonuments to
themselves onocial networking sites.

This phone is
for them-- not us.

You're sure about that?

Of course I'm sure,Ted.

I dreamt it.

So...

So,it's very impresve.

You're very impressive.

This office,the salary,all
of it,but that meeting--

I don't know if I could do that.

I do. I'm certain of it.

Besides,those meetings are a
relatively small part of the job.

Most of my work is done right
here,in this chair,actually.

- What do you mean?
- Please.

Twice a day I take two
hours of contemplation time.

Which is a fancy way of saying
that I lay in that chair,

shut my eyes and dream
about the future of Lydecker.

I'm having one made just for you.

Why?

What kind of question is that?

No,I appreciate your confidence. I do.

I just don't understand why this comny would
want to invest in me when they already have you.

Lydecker is a multi-national conglomerate
with branches all over the world.

I'm good,Allison,better than
good,but I'm still just one woman.

Even I can't keep track of everything.

That's a lot to think about.

I don't know what to say.

How about "Yes," and
you'll start on Monday.

Monday?

I don't think I could do that.

I've worked for the District
Attorney's office for years.

I feel like I'd need to
give them some notice.

Allison,I respect your loyalty,

but Lydecker has just made you an offer
th will completely change your life.

I think it's safe to say that the company
has taken a big step in your direction.

If you want this job,you're going
to have to take a step towards us.

Sorry to interrupt,Ms. Lynch.

Mr. Lydecker is on the phone from Tokyo.

Thanks,Donald.

I'm sorry. I've got to take this.

Allison,it's a lot to digest.

Why don't you take until
the end of the week.

But by Friday,I'm going
to need your answer.

Yes?

According to my calculations,this time
next week you will be making one dollar

for every star that I see.

No,wait a second. Scratch that.

Make that two dollars.

Well,I haven't said yes yet.

I mean,that woman Caitlyn saidhat the
hours are gonna be long,unpredicble,

that I won't be able to be home as
much,pick the girls up from school anymore.

We can make th work.

How?

Ariel's gonna be 16 in,like,a minute.

You think if we got her a car,she wouldn't
be willing to play chauffeur for her sisters?

Well,I don't know if
I wanto do that to her.

And what about Mr. Devalos?

He's probably an excellent driver,but I
doubt he'd be interested in driving the girls.

He's been so good to me.

Because he likes you.

And he's gonna want this for you.

He's your friend,right?

So ask him,get his advice.

If you're honestly worried about how
this decision is gonna affect him,

I say make him a part of it.

Time. Time's up. Time to trade
and grade our practice tests.

But I didn't answer
the last five questions.

You're kidding me.

You always answer all the
questions,even if you have to guess.

- Hey,are you okay?
- Yeah,I'm fine.

You want to talk about it?

I really don't think you'd understand.

Is this about Stacey Anne?

I've been thinking about her a lot,too.

I mean...

we knew her,and now she's dead.

It's kind of a lot.

I tried studying last
night,and I couldn't.

No matter how rd I tried,I
couldn't get focused.

Can you keep a secret?

I used thave problems concentrating.

Like,I'd get worked up over stuff.

My doctor gave me these.

Paroxetine?

Yeah,he told my parents I
have a mild anxiety disorder.

I mean,I started taking
those,and now I get "A"s.

No one knows about this,Ariel. No one.

I mean,I'm only telling you
'cause you're my best friend.

So,do you want to try
one,see if it helps?

But I don't have an anxiety disorder.

How do you know?

I mean,it sounds like you have anxiety.

Okay. Maybe just one.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,I'm
afraid that it gives me no pleasure at all

to talk to you this afternoon.

As you know,the defendant has served
our municipality as city controller

for more than 12 years now...

- How's it going?
- Oh,great. He's just about done.

The judge is gonna call
lunch recess any minute.

Well,I need to talk to him.

- Will you tell him I'll be waiting outside?
- Yeah.

an abuse of power so flagrant,the
mayor's office itself contacted...

I don't want to leave. I really don't.

I just don't know how
I could pass this up.

Sir,you're not saying anything.

Sorry,I was thinking
about my stock portfolio.

I have a small position in
the Lydecker Corporation,and...

I'm thinking now might be
a good time to double it.

So you're saying I should take it.

How do you not take it?

I wish I could tempt you with a
counteroffer,but this is a city office;

the numbers that you're talking about,the
benefits,the governor doesn't make that much.

Look,uh...

as sad as I'm gonna
be to see you go,and...

as valuable as you are,you're talking
about your family's future here. I...

I don't see how you can
leave that on the table.

They want me to start right away.

In fact,they're insisting
that I start on Monday. But...

leaving you while we're in the middle
of this whole serial killer thing,I...

Allison,I admire your
dedication,but believe it or not,

we used to catch criminals
before you came to work for us,

and I'm betting that we can keep
on catching 'em once you're gone.

But,uh...

damn,I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you.

That doesn't mean I can't pick
up the phone and give you a...

a call from... from time to time,right?

You better.

I'm home!

What's going on? What's all this stuff?

- Hi,Mom!
- I've got presents.

Caitlyn Lynch and the people
at Lydecker sent them over.

We love Lydecker! We love Lydecker!

Oh,man,I hope I'm doing the right thing.

Well,if it makes you feel any
better,they certainly sent nice gifts.

I'm not psychic,but I
know what you're thinking.

Just because good things
are happening for you,

just because good things are happening
for us does not necessarily mean that

there are bad things
right around the corner.

It doesn't?

Why aren't you entitled to a nice job?

Working with people who want to pay you well
and treat you like you're special,which you are.

Why? Come on.

You be happy for you; I'm happy for you.

You deserve it. Now you be
happy for you. Now,come on.

Get up off that bed.

Let's round up the
girls,and let's go celebrate.

Yeah,I'm talking,let's go crazy. Crazy.

Let's order appetizers and desserts.

Yeah,I'm talking... I'm
talking valet the car.

I don't know if I can handle this.

Oh,yeah,yeah,yeah. I'm
talking let's lose our minds.

I'm-I'm gonna throw
caution to the wind.

I might even... I might
even draw on the place mat.

Girls,your father's
starting to scare me!

Ooh,yeah,yeah.

Knock,knock.

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see if*******

Great.Thanks.

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I'm sorry****** it was official.

I'm supposed to go over there and
sign some ntracts this afternoon.

Heard they were backing up
a Brink's truck to your ple.

Something like that.

Well,I know it's not the last time
we're gonna see each other or anything,

but I want you to know...

I'm gonna miss working with you.

Me,too.

So?

So what?

The P-I-L-L,stupid.
Did it help?

Honestly,I kind of
forgot I even took it.

You're kidding me.

I mean,as far as I can tell,it
didn't do anything to me.

I didn't feel any different.

I guess I did get a lot of studying
done when I got home from school.

The Paroxetine totally helps.

I don't know. Maybe.

Well,did you stop
thinking about Stacey Anne?

Yeah. She didn't really give
me a reason to think about her.

- Uh,library after school?
- Okay.

Ariel Dubois.

You're not supposed to be in
this class until third period.

Sorry,Mr. Parker. I got
a little turd around.

I think I know where I'm going now.

Okay,last chance.

You know,I'm really not the
superstar you think I am.

I'm wrong almost as often as I am right.

Allison,if you actually
bat anywhere near 500,

everyone here will be deliriously happy.

Okay,so first order of business.

I remember reading that your insights often
come to you in your dreams. Is that true?

Well,not all the time,but certainly a
lot of what I see comes to me in my sleep.

What's this?

That is your new file cabinet.

Your company hard drive.

I want you to write all your
dreams in it,all your impressions.

The ones that come to you at night,the
ones that come to you during the day.

I want you to log them in that book.

Even if you think they have nothing to do with
Lydecker,I want you to make a note of that.

You sure about "everytng"?

That's a lot to write down. That's
gonna be a lot to sort through.

Allison,we have just agreed to pay a small
fortune for the contents of your head.

We certainly don't want to miss
anything that might pass through it.

Oh,sorry.

Oh,it's my boss. It's my,my other boss.

My,my current boss. Hello?

Allison,I hope I haven't
gotten you at a bad time,

but apparently Human Resources needs you
to sign some forms and surrender your IDs

and parking pass before I can put through
the requisition for your final paycheck,

so I just wanted to make sure you
were,in fact,coming back today.

Ohabsolutely. I still have
people I need to say good-bye to.

- Um,I should be there around 4:00.
- Fine.

Just,I probly won't see
you,so,uh,leave the pass,your keys,

all that stuff in your top drawer,and I'll leave
all the things you need to sign on your desk,okay?

Gotta run. Due in court.

Uh,bye.

lcomto the Lydecker Corporation,Allison.

I think you're going
to be very happy here.

Surprise!

Lynn's sorry she couldn't make
it. She had some doctor thing.

Oh,you guys have it so easy.

All you have to do is be born.

You don't have to do any of the bearing.

I don't want to hear it.
I didn't write the rules.

That was so great. I had no clue,none.

I heard that.

It's because I'm a master party planner.

A master surprise party
planner,an M.S.P.P.

Oh,we're gonna miss you.

Come on. Don't be ridiculous.
You guys are my friends.

I'm gonna call you.
You're gonna call me.

Nothing's gonna change.

Yeah,except you're gonna
be doing really,really well.

You probably won't even want to
hang around your poor friends.

Yeah,but that's okay.

We'll just drive by
your big,new house,wave.

Give the butler notes to give to you.

- That's if we can get in the gate.
- Yeah.

Well,this is nice.

Now that I'm leaving,you guys are gonna
hook up and make a little comedy team.

Keep each other company.

She is psychic.

Hate to quip and run,but I'm a busy boy.

I'm sorry I can't say anything serious
'cause I can't seriously believe you're going.

Besides that,duty calls.

Thanks to you and your damn dreams,

a couple of us detectives have
to go canvass the neighborhoods

around each of the
victims' apartments tonight.

I feel so bad for you.

Maybe if I go up to my new 30th-floor
office with the big windows,

and I'll look down
and see you canvassing.

That's it. I'm going. There's my ride.

Allison Dubois,I'd like to introduce to you to
the lead detective on the Autumn Colville case,

Detective Brad Auerbach.

The famous Allison Dubois.
It's nice to meet you.

Sorry to hear you're moving on.

We can use all the help we can get to
figure out who's killing those girls.

I'm telling you,that's the same
man,the one that I saw in my dream,

the one that I saw in
Autumn Colville's apartment.

Tell me you don't see it.

Sure,I see it. So what?

So what? What do you mean,"so what"?

Allison,you're talking about
Detective Brad Auerbach.

There's no way he killed those women.

That man's been on
the force for 20 years.

He's got more commendations
than I can count.

He trained me when I
got out of the academy.

Now,does Brad look like the
guy in this sketch? Yeah,sure.

Truth be told,he and I had a pretty
good laugh about it earlier today.

But if you're telling me
that's supposed to be Brad...

Lee,that is the man I
saw,and I'm sure of it.

I don't know what to say.

Maybe,uh,you know,maybe you had a
little too much champagne in there.

Maybe between that and everything
you've had on in your head this week,

maybe you got your wires crossed.

Oh,so that's it? That's my good-bye?

"Maybe you got your wires crossed?"

What do you want me to do?

I'm not gonna interrogate the
senior detective on the case.

I can't!

Let's not do this. Not today.

You got too much to celebrate.

I got too much to do. You
go. Make lots of money.

I've got this from here,okay?

I promise. I'll let you
know how it all works out.

Hey,remind me: irregardless.
Word or not a word?

Not a word,I think.

Hey,Ash,can I ask you something?

That pill you gave me the other day?

It turns out you were
right. It really did help me.

Think you could spare any more?

Okay,well,he didn't listen to you.

Or maybe he just couldn't hear you.

Maybe he couldn't allow
himself to hear you.

On the other hand,you gotta feel better
about your decision to leave that place,right?

I mean,this time next week,if
you tell the people at Lydecker

that Godzilla is gonna rise up out of the
ocean and stomp his way towards Phoenix,

they're gonna start
mobilizing the National Guard.

By next week,I'll be helping
the people at Lydecker decide

whether the cover of their annual
report should be blue or periwinkle.

But tonight,right now,I'm
worried about stopping a murderer.

I get it.

But you gotta remember,Scanlon and
Devalos are good at what they do.

They are. They're gonna find this guy.

And in the meantime,get excited.

Come on! You're about
to start a new job.

They're gonna be paying you money for
writing down your dreams in a book.

It's more money than either of us
have ever made in our entire lives.

I know,but what if I'm right?

What if this detective
really is the killer?

And how are Devalos and
Scanlon ever gonna catch him

when he's the one heading
up the investigation?

Look,you're not gonna like it,but I gotta
say,in answer to all three questions,

it's not your problem anymore.

Hey,this is Monica.

You missed me,but if you leave your
name and number,I'll call you right back.

You okay?

No,no,no,I'm fine. I
just gotta call Lee.

Lee? Why?

You don't work for those guys anymore.

Aren't you supposed to be writing
your dreams down in a journal

instead of calling people
in the middle of the night?

It's Scanlon.

Lee,it's me. I just had another dream. I
think it happened again. Another murder.

Allison...

I don't know where,but I know
the girl's first name was...

Monica. Dead girl's
name is Monica Dobbs.

I'm standing in her house right now.

Her boyfriend got back
early from a business trip.

Came over to surprise her.

He's the one who found the body.

The scene's a mess. We think the
boyfriend probably scared the killer off

before he could tidy
up like he usually does.

You need to find Detective Auerbach.

You need to bring him in right away.

- It wasn't him,Allison.
- You don't know that!

Actually,I do.

I've been with him all night since the
moment we left your party until right now.

And the medical examiner tells us the
girl was killed about 90 minutes ago,

so I don't know what you think you
saw in your dream,but you're wrong.

Brad Auerbach didn't do
this. He didn't do any of it.

He couldn't have.

Good morning. May I help you?

Yes. My name is Allison
Dubois. I'm a new employee.

I was hoping that you'd have
directions and a pass here for me.

Allison?

I had a feeling you'd be
getting here about this time.

I thought I'd welcome you in person.

Are you excited about your first day?

I'm excited. I'm nervous.

I'm terrified.

I can completely relate.
I was all of the above.

Come on. Let's get started.

We have a meeting with
Mr. Lydecker at 10:00.

- The Mr. Lydecker?
- The one and only.

He doesn't bite.

Not unless he's really hungry.

No,I know,I know.

I just didn't expect to
meet him on the first day.

Guess who works here.

Someone else who has
the same name as me?

Go on in.

Yeah. Takes your breath away,doesn't it?

- What's wrong? You okay?
- Yeah. Yeah. No,I'm fine.

I just had a bad dream
about the new job.

It's the first-day jitters,I guess.

Well,don't worry about it.

- This time tomorrow,it'll be...
- This time tomorrow.

Thanks for that.

That's what I'm here for.

I just don't want to look out of place.

Well,I've never been to the place,so
I can't be of any help in that regard.

But I like... that one.

No,no,no. I have a bad
feeling about that one.

About a suit?

I just... I want to make
a good first impression.

Well,these people came after you.

You have met the burden of a
first impression and conquered it.

Mom,there's a big black
car in our driveway.

The limo's already here,and
I'm not even dressed.

Is that a limo? What's going on?

Did Mommy get famous and
someone forget to tell us?

No,no,no,honey. Nobody got famous.

Mommy just got a new
car with her new job.

They're picking me up this morning,so I'm
able to drive the new car home this evening.

Cool.

Wait,can we take the limo to school
and make all the other kids jealous?

Bridgette.

Well,can I at least go outside
and take pictures of it?

You know what? You're going to have
to handle this. I don't have time.

Yep? Allison?

I just needed to be reassured
at God doesn't smite people

who ride to work in big black
limousines with handsome drivers

who offer you hot coffee and
your choice of newspapers.

I can't. God does.

But I hear they're all
smiling when the end does come.

So,uh,they're treating you well,huh?

Well,I really haven't started yet,but
"well" doesn't even begin to describe it.

Do you want to hear the nutty part?

I miss City Hall.

Allison,it's early Monday
morning. No one's even here yet.

There's nothing to have missed.

You know,just before the weekend,I
had kind of a crazy hunch.

Detective Scanlon didn't happen
to mention it to you,did he?

It involved Detective Auerbach.

No. But I've got Lee standing
in my doorway right now.

Is there something
you want me to ask him?

It's Allison Dubois calling from her chauffeured
limousine to say hi to the little people.

Oh,yeah. Dubois. Which one was she?

All right. Never mind.

Allison. Forget about this
case. Start your new job.

Make a lot of money. I
may need to borrow some.

Yeah,me,too. You were
always my favorite,Allison.

Good morning. May I help you?

Allison!

I had a feeling you'd be
getting here about this time.

I thought I'd welcome you in person.

Excited about your first day?

Guess who works here.

Someone else with the same name as me?

Go on in.

Please. You do the honors.

Yeah. Takes your breath away,doesn't it?

It's amazing.

I'm glad you like it.

You're going to be spending
a lot of time in here.

I'm going to be forwarding you a lot of
material,and I want your impression on all of it.

As far as how you get those impressions,well,if
you need to kick off your shoes,

stretch out on your
chair,let your mind wander...

It's all part of the job.

What,napping's part
of my job description?

I call it "contemplation time."

It keeps the other people
around here from getting jealous.

But,to answer your
question,yes. Naps are cool.

As long as you keep an accurate log of
everything you see and pass it on to me.

There is one other thing that I
think we should take care of today

after our meeting with Mr. Lydecker.

How about you and I go
on a little shopping trip?

Shopping?

I don't pretend to understand
exactly what it is that Caitlyn does,

but I am pragmatic enough
to see that it works.

And now I found you,Allison.

Caitlyn tells me you have quite a gift.

Yes. That's what she
keeps telling me,too.

I will try to not you down

no u won't.

Because I have enormous
confidence in you.

This corporation thrives
because we excel at two things:

innovation and secrecy.

We breed the next generation of ideas.

And then we manage and
we cultivate those ideas,

confident that our competitors
have no clue what we're up to.

So,naturally,that creates a lot
of temptation for our employees.

It would be very easy for
someone to supplement their income

by leaking company secrets to the
press or to one of our competitors.

These our employee dossiers.

I'd like you to spend
some time with them.

See if there's anyone among
this group that gives you pause.

I'd be very anxious to
hear what you have to say.

Ariel,I don't believe it. You
got a perfect score. In math.

I didn't even think that was possible.

It was just a practice test.

Still,I hate you.

It's your fault,you
know. It's those pills.

I don't know. I look the
pills,too,and I only got a 488.

No,I mean,without those pills,there's
no way I'd be able to do this.

There's no way I'd be able
to focus or concentrate.

That reminds me...

I'm going to need some more.

Look,I don't think I can.

I just gave you a bunch. I don't
refill my prescription till next week.

How about just one?

I don't have one.

You know my father counts these.

Stop looking at me like that.

You're forgetting I
actually need this stuff.

I don't get it.

I thought this was about you
being upset over Stacey Anne.

You're not still upset
about her,are you?

Look,all right,but I can
only give you two more.

This is the last time,seriously.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Okay,I give up.

I'm sorry? Did you say something?

I said,"I give up," trying to figure out
what's going on in that brain of yours.

I can't read your expression.

Well,my expression,that's,uh...

Exhaustion. And amazement.

This has been an incredible day.

You're happy?

No,I'm miserable.

You're buying me
clothes,buying me a car.

I get to meet Mr. Lydecker...

He's pretty impressive,isn't he?

He's one of the most
charismatic,uh,intimidating,fascinating...

Tell me about it.

You know,I saw him cry.

I'm sorry?

Well,we were sitting in
his office and I had a...

I mean,he was just sobbing.

It was as if someone had died.

Have you ever seen anything like that?

I've worked for the man
for almost a decade,and no.

You must be very good.

I think that this is one insight that
you should probably keep out of your log.

Yes,of course.

- See anything?
- Nope.

Yep.

Dad! Ariel! I think she's coming!

Can I borrow it?

Hey,ask me how my first day was.

You're smiling.

I'm sorry. Did you say something?

I said,"You're smiling."

Oh,I guess I am.

I actually had a pretty wonderful day.

I can't believe I
hesitated to take this job.

Everyone there is so nice.

I mean,not that everybody at the district
attorney's office isn't nice,but...

It's kind of refreshing not to
ponder death and evil every day.

So what now?

Dreams of new products and
profit and loss statements?

We can only hope.

We can only hope.

750 Wick Ave APT B

Sleep tight

I saw it,Lee.

Someone texted him the address
of Autumn Colville's apartment.

But he didn't kill her.

He just cleaned up after whoever did.

You sound like what
I'm saying is absurd.

I know. There's a reason for that.

Allison,why would Brad Auerbach,the guy who's
heading up the task force to catch this butcher,

drive out in the middle of the nig and cut up
bodies into easily disposable pieces for him?

Doesn't make sense.

I don't know,maybe he knows the
killer and he's trying to protect him.

Maybe he's getting paid for it.

What difference does it make,Lee?

He's doing it.

No. Sorry.

You're talking about Brad Auerbach.

You're talking about a fellow detective.

Okay,look,I get it. You respect
the guy. And-and maybe I'm crazy.

But there has got to be a way that you can
look into this without setting off alarms,

without embarrassing yourself.

If you could just ask him about the bag.

There,there was this case that he
was using,this big,rolling black bag.

He put all his tools in
it,everything he needed to clean up.

It was like a,a salesman's case.

Or don't.

- Say hi to Lynn.
- Don't do that.

A big,black case. I'll try.

Thank you.

- Hello?
- Joe,hi. This is Bill Whitaker,Ashley's dad.

Uh,we met at one of
those,uh,parent-teacher tngs.

Do you have a minute?

And this is the only employee
that you're worried about?

Well,he's really the only
person who jumped out at me.

I mean,he's the only person
I had a strong response to.

A strong negative response.

It's... it's hard to put into words.

So there's nothing
specific,nothing that you can...

put your finger on. Just...

Just a kind of darkness.
Towards the company. Towards you.

I'm sorry. I wish I had more to offer.

I really don't even know
what he es for the company.

Most of the information in his
file was blacked out with a marker.

That's quite all right.

I'm very familiar with
this particular employee.

I appreciate your input.

I'll handle this matter personally.

When Mr. Lydecker says he's going to handle
something personally,what does that mean?

What does it mean?

It means that if he suspects
someone of being dislol,

that person usually find themselves
being transferred off of our key projects.

Basically,they're benched
until their contract runs out.

Usually,they get the message
before then and move on.

So if I share my impressions about
someone,I could ruin their career?

Are you worried about
that kid you pointed out?

Relax. Nothing's going to happen to him.

He's kind of a... special case.

He's Justin Lydecker.
Mr. Lydecker's son.

Oh,my God. I just accused
the CEO's son of,of...

Being exactly who he is.

Trust me,Allison.

You are not the first person to
point out that Justin Lydecker

is never going to become
the employee of the month.

He's kind of a running joke around here,the
poster boy for just say yes to anything.

Drugs,clubbing...

Lots of days Justin doesn't even
bother to show up around here.

I don't know why Mr. Lydecker
even bothers to keep him around.

I know he used to think that one day
maybe Justin would take over for him.

Now,I think he prays
that kid lives to see 30.

Mrs. Dubois? Your husband
called several times.

He said he needs to speak
with you as soon as possible.

Thank you. Excuse me.

Aren't you guys supposed to be at work?

I got a call from Ashley's father today.

He's convinced that his daughter is
sharing her antianxiety medication with you.

Tell us this isn't true.

Or that there's some aspect
of it that we don't understand.

It's complicated.

I'll bet it is.

It wasn't for fun or anything.

There was nothing fun about it.

I just...

the PSATs are coming up,and there's
this girl and she won't leave me alone,

- and she won't let me study or concentrate...
- Wait a second. Hold on. Hold on. What girl?

Stacey Anne Burrows.

Okay,so you took drugs?
That makes no sense.

Not drugs.

It's like you said. It's
Ashley's prescription.

And she takes it so she can concentrate.

And that's why I took it,and it worked.

She left me alone.

Stacy Anne just...

Wha... wha-what am I missing?

Stacey Anne... is she dead?

I was 14 when I first started
stealing beers to push the voices down

to keep the ghosts away.

I hate this.

I already lived through this once.

Why does she have to live through it?

I want to be smart about this.

We need to be smart about this.

Of course.

Lee?

Jeez,buddy. What the hell are
you doing here at this hour?

It's a good thing I got a
change of underwear inside.

New development in the case.

I was in the area,knew you
were just getting off detail...

Thought I'd take a shot.

At 2:00 in the morning?

You sure you weren't waiting for me?

It seems like maybe
you were waiting for me.

Yeah,well,I guess maybe I was.

Maybe I was waiting for you.

All right,so what's the big break?

Turns out it's a team. Two guys.

One guy does the deed.

The other,he comes in after the
fact,gets rid of the body,cleans up.

Knows what he's doing,too.

Leaves the place forensically spotless.

Okay.

And where'd you get this?

- I mean who are you talking to that I'm not talking to?
- Why? You want a name?

Yeah. I want a name.

I want to talk to the guy,'cause I
got to say,that doesn't sound right.

I mean,I've heard of serial
killers working in pairs before.

You know,like,uh,thrill-killers taking
turns,but nothing like what you're describing.

No,it doesn't make sense. I mean,what's
in it for the guy who cleans?

I don't know. Money maybe.

Maybe the guy doesn't make that much.

Maybe the guy's a cop.

Well,that's nuts.

Yeah,well,the thing is,I need
to look in that case,Brad.

Me? You think it's me?

I think I need to look in that case.

What are you doing,man?
Have you lost your mind?

It's me. It's Brad.

Well,then the case doesn't matter.

Fine.

I'm not a good forgetter,Lee.

Just so you know,when this is
over,I'm not a good forgetter.

- Yeah?
- Lee,it's Allison.

Are you all right?

Yeah. Yeah,I'm fine.

My God,I just had the
most horrible dream.

Detective Auerbach shot you.

Yeah,well,not to worry.
Your dream was wrong.

Detective Auerbach didn't kill me.

I killed him.

You okay?

I don't know. Manny's
gonna tell us in a minute.

He's been on the phone for an hour.

The governor,the chief
of police,forensics.

You're still shaking.

No,I'm fine.

Good news.

Forensics just finished its
preliminary analysis on the items

from that black case
in Auerbach's garage.

For starters,there was a power saw with
traces of skin,blood,and bone on the blade.

Obviously,we still need to make
a DNA match with the victims,

but,um,from the sound of it,I
think you're going to be okay.

Maybe even better than okay.

Everybody's on board: the mayor,the
governor,the chief of police.

You're a hero,Lee.

The guy drew on me. I'm no hero.

Sorry it took me so long to hear you.

It's okay. I'm just happy you're alive.

We're all just happy that you're alive.

Doesn't seem fair.

We can review Brad's bank
statements,check out his phone logs,

see if we can figure out who his sick
partner is,but if nothing shakes loose...

I didn't just kill a bad cop.

I shot the only guy on the planet who
can definitely tell us who our killer is.

You scared me.

Sorry.

I was out most of the night.

Stuff from my old job.

When I finally got back
here,I couldn't get to sleep.

I just kept thinking...

thinking about you.

Hey,I want you to go to the doctor.

But it has to be somebody who
knows about me-- about how I am.

Hopefully have some kind of
sympathy for how difficult it can be.

I don't think I get what you're saying.

I did a little research on
that medicine you were taking.

It's pretty common.

A lot of people take it.

The Web site says that...

the side effects are very minimal.

Only...

I started wondering what high
school would have been like for me

if I had a drug like
that,people to talk to.

What?

I'm awake,right?

Hey,I still think what you
did was incredibly reckless.

Incredibly dangerous.

You can never do that again.

And part of me cannot even believe
that we're having this conversation.

But Daddy and I talked.

And...

if the doctor thinks that medication
will improve the quality of your life...

Mom,can I ask you something?

If you can't get me an
appointment right away,

can I just use the rest of Ashley's
pills just to get me through the test?

No. Honey,we promised we would give
those pills back to Ashley's parents.

And until a doctor tells us that there's
a medicine that makes sense for you...

But I promise that I will try to get
that appointment as soon as possible.

And until then,well,I'm a good listener.

So do you want early breakfast,or do
you want to sleep another 30 minutes?

Sleep.

Okay.

Mom.

Shove over.

When did you realize he was my son?

Caitlyn told me.

Why do you look so frightened?

Do I look frightened?

Yes,you look terrified.

And why are you standing by the door?

Come into the room. Have a seat.

I went to see Justin yesterday.

I told him I had some
concerns about his lifestyle.

It's nothing I haven't
said to him before.

Usually he ignores me.

But this time he
insisted that I was wrong.

Says that he's finally
ready to become a grown-up.

Take some responsibility for his life...

his work.

I was wondering if you'd
mind meeting with him.

I'd be very curious to
hear your impressions.

See if you think that he has
actually turned a corner in his life.

So,this is exciting.

I'm one of the first people in the
company to get a look at my dad's new toy.

I don't think your father
thinks of me as a toy.

No,I know.

But you should realize that
you are now officially topic #1

around the water
cooler here at Lydecker.

Everybody knows you do the same
thing that Caitlyn does,and honestly,

I think they're a little surprised that my
dad would bring in another six-figure napper.

There's far more to my
job than taking naps.

Your father is interested in
my impressions of things...

people,which is why I think he
wanted me to sit down with you.

Yeah. That's what I figured.

He wants you to tell him if his only son
is permanently screwed up or if I can be...

salvaged.

That's not exactly the way he put it.

No,but that is what he wants to know.

And honestly,I can't really blame him.

I've spent most of the last
decade disappointing the man.

DUIs,assault charges,all
those stints in rehab.

I mean,it's... it's hardly a secret that
I've been a total disaster for a long time.

Look,I know that my
dad doesn't trust me.

I can't blame him.

But I'm 26 years old,and my greatest
accomplishment in life is-is sleeping with a girl

who came in second
place on a reality show.

I guess I'm just tired of being a joke.

And all that dark stuff is in the past.

And I want to change.

I have changed.

Look,I have to be honest with you.

I don't really believe in what you do.

But I know that my dad does.

So please,I'd really appreciate it if you'd tell
him that his prodigal son is doing just fine.

I remember you.

You hungry?

That would involve chewing and I don't
think I have the strength for that.

Where is everybody?

They're asleep. It's
after 10:00,sweetie.

Great.

Suicide?

I kept leaving messages for Mr.
Lydecker,explaining that it was urgent.

He never called back.

Then I tried to tell Caitlyn,but
she was with him behind closed doors.

I just feel like crying.

I mean,that boy...

That boy must have had every
possible advantage in life.

And even with that,he's so unhappy.

He's ready to stick a gun in
his mouth and pull the trigger.

How does that happen?

I don't know. I've been
asking myself that for hours.

What didn't he get?

What didn't his father give him?

Time,maybe?

Was he too busy building an
empire to be a good father?

And the punch line is...

I come home from work and I miss dinner
again and my girls are already asleep.

Oh,come on. I don't
think it's the same thing.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

I hope you're right.

Take one test booklet
and pass the others back.

You will have 25 minutes
for part one of the exam.

Before you begin,be sure to complete
the personal information in section A.

Please be sure that you fill
in all of the ovals completely.

You should be using a #2 pencil.

If your pencil breaks,I
have extras here at my desk.

Please raise your hand and
you may come up to get one.

Eyes on your own paper,please.

Abraham Lincoln was
America's greatest president.

Check your spelling on "president."

I think you've got a couple of
extra Es kicking around in there.

Okay,Daddy.

Lincoln's mother died in infancy.

And he was born in a
log cabin,which he built.

You might want to check
your facts on that.

If Lincoln's mom died when she was
an infant,there would be no Lincoln.

Nope. I think you're wrong about
that. That's what our teacher told us.

Yeah,I heard that,too.

Uh,Dad? Where's Mom?

Uh,I don't know,sweetie. She
had to go in extra early today.

Is something wrong?

Do you think there's any way that you
could get me in to see the doctor today?

Today? Uh,I don't think so,honey.

Um,the doctor that Mom has in mind is
out of town till the end of the week.

Why? What's going on?

Just... I had this
dream,this crazy dream.

Okay.

Well,you know,bad dreams are really
your mom's area of expertise. But,uh...

It's okay. It's probably nothing.

It's not like it even
made a lot of sense.

I just... I was taking the PSATs,and I was
in a classroom that I'd never been in before,

and the teacher was giving the exam.

I'd never seen her,either,and...

It's,uh,it's probably nothing.

Are you sure? Because maybe I
could reach Mom on the phone.

We could figure something out.

No,it's okay. Thanks.

- Did you hear?
- What?

Okay,apparently,Mr. Rutherford
has some radical stomach virus.

What do you mean?

He was in first period,going on about
Charlemagne,and then he just pukes all over the place.

Like,geyser-style,on his
desk,his chair,his shoes...

His classroom is a biohazard.

There's a note on e door that we have to go to some
room in the auxiliary building for second period.

Wait. It gets better.

Some student teacher is
taking over his class for him,

which probably means she'll make
the whole class into a study hall.

So I'm betting we can squeeze
in another practice test.

- Oh,my God.
- What?

There's something
familiar about this room.

Okay. Everyone,let's settle down.

Please. Take a seat.

As most of you probably already
know,Mr. Rutherford went home sick.

My name is Ms. Snowden.

I'll be your teacher until
he gets back on his feet.

Authorities continue to investigate a possible
connection between slain police detective Brad Auerbach

and the recent string of serial
killings in the Phoenix area.

So far,they're refusing to confirm
whether they consider Auerbach a suspect

or just person of
interest in this case...

Mr. Lydecker? I'm sorry.

Your assistant told me to come right in.

Thank you.

You left me a number of urgent messages.

Sir,I'm concerned about your son.

I sense that he's in a
real moment of crisis.

He's consumed by a
profound sense of despair.

And I'm fairly certain he's
going to attempt to hurt himself.

I appreciate your concern.

And I've sensed the same thing myself.

Now,rest assured,he's being watched.

I've reached out to a number
of mental health professionals.

Truth be told,at this moment,

I am less concerned about Justin's
well-being than I am with yours.

Caitlyn and I have been
reviewing your log,your dreams,

your impressions.

I fear we may have a problem,Allison.

Really? I'm sorry. I...

The dreams you've been having about
this,uh,this police detective...

the one who just died,the one that you believe
is connected to this recent spate of murders?

Can I ask you about those?

Please.

The fact that he was slain
by a former colleague of yours

the night after you dreamed that he was
connected to this horrible string of murders.

I suspect that that's not a coincidence.

I'm not following where you're going...

Did you mention your
dreams to your colleague?

Yes,I did.

Okay,well,I understand
that you're new here.

I understand that you're...

You are still finding your footing.

But I need to be completely
clear about one thing.

We are paying you an
extremely large sum of money.

Your thoughts,your
dreams,your impressions...

they belong to Lydecker now.

They are actually the intellectual
property of this company,

so any attempt on your part to share those
thoughts,those dreams,those impressions,

with anyone outside of this company
would actually constitute an act of theft.

And I would hate to
have to prosecute you.

Sir,I take your point,but the dreams that we're
talking about have nothing to do with Lydecker,

and everything to do with
an open police investigation

in which lives clearly
hang in the balance.

Certainly,you can
appreciate that distinction.

Yeah,of course I do.

And I do appreciate your sense of
civic responsibility. However...

If you ever breach your contract again,

if you ever breach my confidence again,

I will litigate you with a vigor unlike
anything you have ever experienced in your life.

I will see to it that between
the cost of defending yourself

and the time it takes
to mount that defense,

both you and your husband
will be absolutely penniless.

Your house will be gone. Your
children will have no futures.

Don't misunderstand,Allison.

It's my expectation that you will
work here for a very long time.

Maybe the rest of your
life. I want you to be happy.

I want us both to be happy.

How long are you going to sit out here?

Till I make sense of it.

I'll get you some blankets and a pillow.

How can you be so sanguine about this?

Those dreams that I was sharing with the
authorities had nothing to do with Lydecker.

I know that.

All right.Then you tell me
how the company is affected

if I help the police catch
whoever is killing these women.

I can't. I don't think it would be.

Exactly.

Mr. Lydecker treated me like
I was some kind of traitor.

Like I was sharing secrets
with his biggest competitor.

I started to think that he was going
to fire me right then and there.

Well,he could have.

I mean,you did violate
the terms of your contract.

Excuse me to help stop a murderer.

But that's not his concern.

That's not the business that he's in.

Look,is this guy going to be
named citizen of the year? No.

But... hold on a sec. Don't
jump down my throat here.

He does have kind of a point.

Your ideas,your thoughts are one
of the things that he's paying for.

It was the same thing when
I worked at Aerodytech.

Everything that I thought
up belonged to them.

No,you want to talk
smic right and wrong?

Yeah,you did a good
thing by calling Scanlon.

And that's to your credit.

But let's just say that I...

I dreamed up an idea where I could
solve all the world's energy problems

while I was at Aerodytech and
I brought it straight to the UN.

Do you think that my employers
would have patted me on the back,

or do you think they would have
sued me for everything I had?

Doesn't make sense.
None of this makes sense.

Yeah,well,welcome to corporate America.

Oh,God.

Oh,God... Oh,God.

750 Wick Ave APT B

Justin.

Oh,my God,it was Justin.

TO BE CONTINUE