Medium (2005–2011): Season 5, Episode 15 - How to Make a Killing in Big Business: Part 3 - full transcript

Previously on Medium:

Name's Autumn Colville. Mother
reported her missing yesterday.

The blood. And that corpse.

What corpse?

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

There were several more
duffel bags down there.

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

Looks like we got
ourselves a serial killer.

I got a call from Ashley's father today.

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

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. What girl?

Stacey Anne Burrows.

Stacey Anne--
is she dead?

We decided that if the doctor thinks that this
medicine will improve the quality of your life,

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

Allison Dubois? I'm Caitlyn Lynch.

I'm with the Lydecker Corporation.

You're offering me a job?

What exactly does it mean when
they say "high six figures"?

Means you need to call her tomorrow.

You need to find out
what this is all about.

So you think I should take it?

How do you not take it?

These are employee dossiers.



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

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

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

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

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

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.

Lee,it's me. I just had another dream.

I think it happened
again,another murder.

The dreams you've been having about the murders,did
you mention your dreams to your colleague?

Dreams that we're talking about
have nothing to do with Lydecker.

Your dreams,your impressions,they
belong to Lydecker now.

They are actually the intellectual
property of our company.

If you ever breach your contract again,

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

Justin.

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Medium Season05
Episode16 The Man in the Mirror

Justin.

He knows.

Hold on a second,wait. I'm not
following. Who-who is this "he"?

What is it you're saying that he knows?

And while we're at
it,where are you going?

I think I need to get dressed.
I need to go tell somebody.

But,Allison...

it's not even 6:00 in
the morning. Tell me.

That maniac who's killing all those
women,gouging their eyes out,it's Justin Lydecker.

Justin Lydecker?

Douglas Lydecker's son,my boss's
son,his only son,his only child.

And I think he knew,or
at least he suspected.

I think that's why he hired me.

To do what? To get confirmation?

That,and the special added bonus
that if I ever dreamt the awful truth,

I couldn't do anything
with those dreams because...

He owns them. Your dreams are
his. That's-that's very smart.

Guess that's how you get
to be Douglas Lydecker.

So what are you gonna do?

I have to tell the district attorney.

Maybe if I hurry up,I can get
there before Devalos arrives.

Nobody will see me.
No one will ever know.

Allison.

Caitlyn.

I had a very interesting
dream about you last night.

You were having a conversation with your
husband about things you saw in your sleep.

And then you made a decision to come here
and share what you saw with your old boss.

Well,then you know
everything there is to know.

Why don't you come in with me,and we can
talk to the district attorney together.

Allison,I'm not going in there.

And you're not going in there.
It's simply not going to happen.

I beg to differ.

Allison,if you go in that building and
have the conversation you intend to,

you'll be forcing Mr.
Lydecker to take legal action.

I'm trying to help you.

This is difficult for me,too.

Well,let me make it easier. Here,I quit.

It doesn't work that way.

Go back and read your contract.

Quitting doesn't release you from the
terms of our agreement. Far from it.

If you breach your contract in any way
at any time,Lydecker can and will sue you.

They will go after all of your assets.

And when those are depleted,they'll go after any
collective assets you may have with your husband.

I'm talking about your home,Allison.

I'm talking about your husband's stake
in his venture with Cavanaugh Industries.

I'm talking about any college fund
you may have started for your girls.

Allison,Lydecker has an army of lawyers.

And I promise you,there is nothing you
own that they won't find and take away.

Women are dying horrible deaths.

I'm aware of that.

Mr. Lydecker is aware of that.

We all want it to stop. It's
just,it cannot stop this way.

Allison,before you play fast and
loose with your family's future,

please,Mr. Lydecker wants to see you.

He wants to discuss this with you.

There's nothing to discuss.

Just hear him out.

Douglas is devastated about this.

I promise you,he is not an evil man.

And he has a plan on how to handle this.

Are you trying to tell me something?

The thing is,if it's something
important,I want to hear you.

I want to help. But if it isn't...

I'm going to the doctor's tomorrow,and
I'm gonna try and get him to give me pills.

And then I won't be able to hear
you. It will be too late. So...

if you have something to tell me...

Ariel.

Ariel.

Ariel,wake up. Young lady,wake up.

That's better. We don't show these
videos for you to sleep through.

That girl,Karina Tyler,the first victim,

she worked here,you know.

A summer intern. Justin...

oh,he couldn't stop looking at her.

And when she came to
talk to me about his...

disturbing behavior...

I did what I'd always done. I
- I paid her to go away,quickly,quietly.

It worked with the girls he frightened
in high school,the girls he...

forced himself on in college.
It seemed to work with her.

But then... months later...

when I read that she had
gone missing,I couldn't...

I couldn't help but wonder.

But we weren't sure.

That's when I told
Mr. Lydecker about you.

I'd been reading about
you,hearing about you.

I told Mr. Lydecker that if Karina
wasn't just missing,if she were dead,

that she might try to
reach out through you.

Well,you're right.

There's something terribly
wrong with your son.

And it's up to us to stop him.

We have to go to the district attorney,

- tell him what we know.
- No,no. No.

It's been handled. It's being handled.

No,I'm sorry,Mr. Lydecker,it's
not being handled.

It can't be handled.

Your son lives to kill,and
he will kill again.

And now that there's no Detective Auerbach
cleaning up after him,he will be caught.

You're aware of that,right?

He was paying a detective
to cover his tracks.

Detective Auerbach...

used to work for me.

He provided security for
company parties,for events.

And after Justin started getting
into scuffles in nightclubs,

I asked him to moonlight as Justin's
bodyguard,keep him out of trouble.

Are you a fan of irony,Mrs. Dubois?

Mr. Lydecker,I appreciate your pain.

But there's really only one thing to do.

Justin has to surrender
to the district attorney.

I know the district attorney.

I will go down there with your son.

I will make sure that
he is treated fairly.

Well,that is a very generous offer.

And it's one that I would
give serious consideration to

if my son were still in this country.

What are you talking about?

Justin is in a safe place.

He's in the care of a
physician that I trust.

He's begun a course of therapy
to treat Justin's condition.

Therapy? There is no therapy.

Are you aware of chemical castration?

It's proven very effective in the
treatment of child molesters,serial rapists.

His doctor is highly optimistic.

What about his victims?

There are four dead women
he has to account for.

The families of those
women deserve justice.

Yes. And they'll get it.

A kind of justice,anyway.

I've begun making anonymous
donations to their families,

and they'll be extremely
well compensated.

Mrs. Dubois,believe me
when I tell you this.

The souls of these women will
always weigh heavily on me.

Allison?

Please don't do anything foolish.

Like your dreams,keep this
conversation to yourself.

Just don't give me a reason
to behave in ways that

will make both of us very unhappy.

Well?

I don't know. I'm not a lawyer.

But this contract looks
pretty ironclad to me.

I think that the only thing
to do is to hire an attorney.

Even then I'm not
holding out a lot of hope.

I don't understand. How can
they control who I talk to?

I mean,as long as it's
not a competitor...

No,Allison...

Well,the way that I read that thing,I'm not even
supposed to be having this conversation with you.

Okay,be that as it may,if Junior really is
under a doctor's care in some foreign country,

then the immediate danger is gone.

There's really not all that
much to talk to Devalos about.

And as for getting you out of
there,getting you out of your contract,

I mean,I think that the only thing to do is to
start looking for an attorney in the morning.

I'm psychic.

Why didn't I see this coming?

- How could I have been so stupid?
- Don't do that.

You took the job for
all the right reasons.

And don't forget,you had a
lot of help. I encouraged you.

I pushed you to take it.

Come on. Let's just get some rest.

For one thing,we got Ariel's
doctors appointment in the morning.

For another,maybe it
will give us some clarity.

Maybe things will look a
lot better in the morning.

I'm not nearly as convinced
of that as you are.

How you feeling?

Like somebody drugged me and
flew me to a foreign country

and locked me in my room without TV.

Well,I am trying to save your life.

You're trying to save your business.

Daddy,you're trying to
save your reputation.

It's not good for the stock prices
if people read that the CEO's son

likes to julienne pretty young girls
and take their eyes as souvenirs.

Probably would have made for a
contentious stockholders' meeting as well.

Justin,do you not understand?

They are hours away from arresting you.

You have any idea what prison
would be like for someone like you?

Okay. All right. You just...

you just keep clinging to your pose and I'll
keep willing you into accepting the second chance

that I am giving you,whether
you want it or not.

- You pathetic slug.
- You're such an ass.

Please. Please. I can't
breathe. I can't...

What? He wants to live?

How human of him.

You understand about these treatments?

********

Now. In front of me.

The nurse says we're next.

- Do you hear me?
- What?

We're next.

- You all right?
- Yeah. I'm fine.

Just something with my new job.

Something I have to tell my-my boss.

Or my boss's boss.

I tried to call,but couldn't get
a hold of anyone this morning.

I'm okay here if you want to
step outside and use your cell.

No. No,I'm fine.

I'm fine.

You want to just go?

What do you mean? Leave?

Honey,what are you talking about?

You waited a long time
for this appointment.

What about your test and your studying?

Ariel,it's going to be all right.

This doctor knows me.

I think he's going to understand.

Ariel Dubois?

Diane? Are you out there?

Why is someone knocking on my door?

Whoever you are,go away.

This is my serenity time.

I've been trying to get to you all day.

Sorry. I've been in
meetings. On conference calls.

Mr. Lydecker's out of the country,so...

Justin isn't taking his medication.

And you know this because...

Because I dreamt it last night.

He's pretending. He really
doesn't want to get better.

That's not possible.
His father is with him.

He's supervising the treatment himself.

He's putting on an act.

As soon as Mr. Lydecker leaves the room,Justin
throws his medication in the toilet.

Can you get me Mr. Lydecker,please?

You know where he is,right?

Tell him it's urgent.

- Allison?
- Yeah,I'm afraid so.

How do you do that?

How do you know the exact moment when
everything from spaghetti night is all cleaned up

and it's safe to come home,huh?

Very not funny. Bridgette
and Marie asleep?

Yes. Just barely. You
ever get to Lydecker?

No. We just kept calling and calling.

Finally,Caitlyn told
me just to come home.

That she'd keep trying till she got him.

I just wish I knew where
they were stashing Justin.

I swear to God,I would pick up the
phone and tell Devalos everything I know.

See if maybe he could make some kind of arrangement
with the authorities and bring him back here.

Hey,did you happen to pick
up that medication for Ariel?

Yes,indeed. All $97 worth of it.

Now the challenge is going
to be getting her to take it.

What are you talking about?

So,what's changed?

A week ago,all you could think
about was getting those pills.

I know.

You and Dad must think I'm crazy.

There's this substitute teacher
at my school,Miss Snowden.

And when I see her sometimes,it's
like someone's hurt her.

She's all bloody and cut up and...

She's not really.

Not yet,but it's like she's going to be.

So,is there's something we should
do? Someone I should talk to?

I'm afraid that if I take these pills,

Stacey Anne won't be able to
show me what I need to know.

You know that the PSATs
are the day after tomorrow?

I know.

And I know that these pills will
make everything I'm seeing go away.

And I'll be able to concentrate.

But if something happens
to Miss Snowden...

something that I could have prevented...

So,you think you could hang
onto these for a while for me?

Sure,honey.

What kind of a fool do you take me for?

It's time you take your medicine.

All right,that's right,that's all right.

You just go ahead,you
scream all you want!

You just scream all you
want. I sent the guards away.

It's just you and me.

I'm going nowhere until these
pills are in your gullet!

Okay,come on.

Open up! Swallow!
Swallow,swallow,here we go.

Open up,open,open.

Swallow! Swallow.
Swallow. Swallow,swallow!

Isn't this fantastic?

Go ahead. Pick an artery,Pop.

Which one you want me to start with?

How about the carotid?

That's always a winner for me.

- Hello?
- Allison? It's Caitlyn.

Caitlyn,I've been trying
to reach you all night.

I know. I've been on a plane. I
just landed. I got your messages.

Allison,do you have a passport?

What? Yeah. W
- Wait a second.

There's something I need to tell you.

I had another dream about
Justin and his father.

Please,Allison. I think
I already know. I just...

I'm sending a car to your house.

It'll bring you to the Phoenix airport.

The Lydecker hangar. There
will be a plane waiting.

It'll bring you here to me.

So we can talk.

W
- Where am I going?

I'd really rather not say.

Wait,Caitlyn,no. I
- I'm a mother.

I
- I have three children,a husband.

I'm not getting on a plane without
them all knowing where I'm going.

Mexico City.

The plane will land in Mexico City.

A car will be waiting
to bring you to me.

Allison...

what's happened here is horrible.

I really need you.

******

Allison,thank you for coming.

I wanted to fill you in
on what's happened here.

But I already know what happened here.

No,I don't think that you do.

Apparently,a radical terrorist faction,

was able to infiltrate Mr. Lydecker's
security force here at his vacation compound.

They slaughtered him,Allison.

Douglas Lydecker was butchered by
zealous anti-capitalists determined

to create chaos in the Western
World and its financial markets.

Really? And did they carve his eyes out?

Why are you protecting him? Why
are you protecting this monster?

It's not about him.

It's about Lydecker Industries and the
tens of thousands of people who work there

and the hundreds of thousands
of people who own stock.

Allison,public appetites,public perceptions--
those are the things that I know a lot about.

You tell the world that
the son killed the father

and you've sullied the
Lydecker name forever.

That is the kind of scandal
that will destroy the company.

Kill sales,crater the stock price.

But you tell the world that
this was the work of terrorists?

Well,you can't buy the public sympathy
and goodwill that will engender.

People will rally around the company.

They'll feel that it's
their duty to do so.

And what about Justin? He's still out
there. What's to say he won't kill again?

I am taking care of it.

I'm going to find Justin
and I will deal with him

in a way that doesn't hurt
the company or either of us.

Us? What do you mean,us?

Us. You and me.

All of our fates are tied
to Justin at this point.

We have all helped to cover his crimes.

If Justin is ever
implicated in this murder,

I have no doubt that he will happily detail everything
we've done to help him elude the authorities.

So,I suggest you wipe that disapproving
look off your face and get on board.

We're in this together,Allison.

And the sooner you
realize that,the better.

I love you.

Young lady. First row? Eyes front.

I think that you really
need to go now,Garrett.

No.

Please.

I love you.

I don't understand.

Doesn't that mean anything to you?

Garrett,don't do this.

I am as low as I can possibly be.

Not that it matters to you but this...

This girl that I was tutoring
privately for the PSATs,

she died in a car accident
a couple weeks ago.

Drowned.

Today was the memorial and...

No,I just... I need to be by myself.

I need to not be worrying about you.

I need you to go.

Please don't make me call somebody.

I'm sorry about the girl.

But I'm staying here. I'm sleeping here.

Put it down.

- Put it down.
- Go.

Don't forget to get a
good night's sleep,folks.

Tomorrow's the big day.

- Miss Snowden?
- Yes?

Do you know somebody named Garrett?

I- I'm sorry.
Wh-What is your name?

Young lady,I'm talking to you.

You seem to know some things about me and I'd
like to know how and I'd like to know your name.

Sir?

Allison. What are you doing here?

Douglas Lydecker's son?

I know I should've told you sooner.

I debated with myself all the way
home on the plane and then I landed,

I called Joe,he told me to drive
right over here from the airport.

I'm so sorry.

You did what you had to
do to protect your family.

I understand that.

You were being threatened by Douglas
Lydecker. That's a formidable threat.

He might still be alive today if I
just ignored him and came right to you.

So,what happens now?

I really don't know.

If the Lydecker boy is truly
at large in a foreign country,

the first step would be
to try to extradite him.

And that's almost impossible to do
without concrete physical evidence.

You can't do anything?

Not at the moment.

I may talk to Justice,ask some
friends of mine there to take a second

and third look at this terrorist thing
with an especially jaundiced eye,but...

What?

I've been quaking in
anticipation of this conversation.

Douglas Lydecker convinced
me that the second that

I even uttered his son's name to you,

the earth was just gonna open up
and swallow me and my family whole.

But...

nothing is different now that we
had this conversation. Nothing.

Nothing's gonna happen.

Except I know that Justin
Lydecker is gonna kill again.

All of us here at the Lydecker
Corporation are obviously still reeling

with the news of the death of our
founder and CEO,Douglas Lydecker.

But I want to reassure
all of our investors,

our customers and our
employees around the globe that

our business operations will
continue without interruption.

I believe to do anything
less would be to suggest that

the savagery that ended this
great industrial titan's life

was somehow effective

and that our founder's belief in the power
of ideas to create worthwhile products

and meaningful employment
was somehow misplaced.

Of course,nothing could be
further from the truth. Thank you.

And that was the scene at a hastily called
press conference in Mexico today where Caitlyn...

Well,I'm glad somebody's
happy about all this.

Devalos actually said there
was nothing he could do?

Well,he needs evidence. He needs
Justin to come back to America.

The first he doesn't
have and the second...

is never gonna happen.

So,he's right,there's nothing to do.

Except of course,for me to find a lawyer
to get me out of this Lydecker contract.

But,hey...

that's why God invented tomorrow.

Can I talk to you for a second?

I didn't know what to do.

But I just didn't believe
that he would hurt her.

Not kill her,anyways.

And I just... I left.

I ran away.

I mean,she doesn't know my name or anything and
she's just a substitute,but I feel like an idiot.

I don't know how I'm gonna go in that classroom
tomorrow and take that test with her standing there.

You think maybe that was the point?

You think maybe Stacey Anne just
wanted to play a big joke on me?

Try and get me to embarrass myself with
the teacher who was gonna proctor the test?

I have no idea,honey,but you
are gonna walk in that classroom.

You are gonna take that test.

Obviously,I'll just be mortified.

I'll just slink in with my head down
and sit in the back and hope that

somehow she doesn't notice
me,doesn't say anything.

What are you saying? That you might
want to take one of those pills?

No,I don't think so.

I think the worst is over. I
think Stacey Anne is done with me.

I think that the hardest part's
gonna be walking through the door.

Go ahead. Pick an artery,Pop.

Which one do you want me to start with?

How about the carotid,huh?
That's always a winner for me.

Diane,are you out there?

Why is someone knocking on my door?

- She knew.
- What?

Caitlyn knew Justin was
gonna kill his father.

She knew it before I did,but she
didn't do anything to stop it.

You knew.

What?

No,"It's good to have you back"?

No,"How was your
flight?" Just,"You knew."

So,what did I know,Allison?

What is it that you think that I knew?

That Justin was gonna kill his father.

When I came here that day to tell you he
wasn't taking his medication,you already knew.

You had dreamt it. You-you...
you just let it happen.

That is quite an accusation.

So what? Now-now you're
just running the place?

Well,temporarily.

Ultimately,that will be up to the board.

But presuming I do a good job...

Allison,this will be good for you,too.

I understand better than most
what a valuable asset you can be.

I understand what a real value
you are to a company like ours.

You let Mr. Lydecker die.

I saw it,Caitlyn. I am onto you,and
I'm not gonna let you get away with it.

Get away with what exactly?

I mean,even if you were
accurate about any of this,

you still haven't suggested that
I actually did anything,have you?

I mean,all that might have happened was
maybe I had a dream and didn't tell anyone.

That's what you're saying,right?

That's not a crime.

Now I need to freshen up.

Have a little contemplation time.

Oh,I was thinking in maybe about
an hour,we'll have a little meeting,

you,me,some of the division leaders.

I have some big plans I'm gonna lay out.

Do you even know where he is? Justin?

He is dangerous!

You told me you were gonna
do something about him.

No. Actually,I have no idea.

That's part of what I
was counting on you for.

Allison,you seem to have a
special dream connection with him.

Caitlyn,you're 11:00 is here.

Allison,I need you to go. I
need to get on with my day.

Oh,Allison,remember,you're
still under contract here.

And I expect you to honor the
same level of confidentiality

that existed before Mr.
Lydecker passed on...

or face the same consequences.

Please take a moment to complete the
personal information in section A.

Take one test booklet and pass
the rest to the person behind you.

And your 25 minutes begins now.

Eyes front,no talking.

Julie,come on! Open the door!

I know you're in there.

It's Wednesday,10:30.
It's a school night.

Don't pretend you can't hear me.

I still got my key. I'm coming in,okay?

Julie?

Julie?

It's Garrett.

I'm coming in,okay?

Julie?

Hey,you okay?

It's okay,honey. Look...

They said that you could take
that test again in a couple months.

Look,I know you're disappointed.

I know you put a lot
of pressure on yourself.

And maybe next time we should
rethink this pill thing.

I mean,if...

if that's what makes it easier for
you to deal with these situations...

Someone's gonna take her eyes.

What?

Miss Snowden...on a
Wednesday,around 10:30,

someone's gonna come into her house
and cut her up and take her eyes.

Diane,can you make my
11:00 a lunch meeting?

I want to go down to R&D in the morning.

- Yes,of course.
- Thank you.

Justin Lydecker,son of recently
deceased billionaire Douglas Lydecker,

was arrested earlier this evening in connection
with a grisly string of murders in the Phoenix area.

We're told the case broke when Justin
Lydecker was caught breaking into

and entering an apartment
of a local teacher.

The authorities have confirmed that
Lydecker had numerous surgical knives

in his possession at
the time of the arrest.

The police are also said to
be investigating a theory that

the young man may actually have been
responsible for his father's death

- in Mexico City earlier this week,
- Oh,my God.

Not now.

I'm sorry,but Allison Dubois is here.

She has the district attorney with her.

Come in. Have a seat.

Thank you,but that's okay.
We won't be staying that long.

I see that you already know about
the arrest of Justin Lydecker.

Yes,I'm-I'm shocked.

I knew he was troubled,but
I had no idea...

Stop,Caitlyn. Just stop.
He knows everything.

Justin-- at the
request of his counsel--

became quite talkative when I took
the death penalty off the table.

He shared some very interesting
information about you.

Apparently,you knew all about
his intentions towards his father.

Said he discussed it with you at length.

That you had tipped him off in advance that
his father planned to transport him to Mexico

and that you even suggested that that might be
the perfect place for him to kill his father.

That you knew you could pay off the right
officials to make it look like an act of terror.

Let me make sure I understand.

You're accusing me of some sort of crime
based on the word of an admitted serial killer?

Well,if that's all you
have,I'm quite confident that

my attorney's will make short
work of these accusations.

Actually,our case doesn't hinge
on Justin's word as much as

on the combined contents of his
voice mail inbox here at Lydecker,

his personal cell phone
text-message records

and the testimony of some of the
officials that you paid off in Mexico.

So do you want to take a moment to make
that phone call to your attorneys now

or would you prefer to
wait till we get downtown?

I'd prefer to make that
call now,if you don't mind.

Not a problem. Mrs. Dubois
and I will wait outside.

Oh,Allison.

I'm sure you'll understand that after
I get off the phone with my attorneys,

I'll be calling Human Resources and
instructing them to terminate your contract,

retrieve you car,collect any
keys,computer data,documents,

any items of clothing that might have
been purchased with corporate funds.

I'll also be sending someone to your
house to retrieve any property that

might have been purchased
with corporate dollars.

You understand, don't you?

Yes, I understand...

and I'm grateful.

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