Millennium (1996–1999): Season 1, Episode 18 - Lamentation - full transcript
Ephraim Fabricant, a doctor jailed for a string of murders that Frank Black helped solve, is wheeled into an operating room to donate a kidney to his ailing sister. As he recovers in post-op, someone posing as a nurse savagely beats the officer on guard and takes Fabricant away. As Frank and Peter try to locate him, their investigations lead them to Lucy Butler, a woman who had kept up a long correspondence with Fabricant and who now claims to be his wife. Several days later, a much weaker Fabricant is dumped at a nearby hospital, missing his second kidney. He warns Frank that there is another force at large, one which has terrified him and is now turning its attention toward Frank and his family.
[Monitor Beeping]
YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY
CUTTING ME. I CAN JUST TELL.
DIFFERENCE IS YOU'RE GONNA WAKE
UP, DOC, UNLIKE THOSE WOMEN YOU CUT.
DO YOU HATE ME?
- I'M JUST DOING MY JOB.
- THEN COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?
I'VE GOT AN ITCH DOWN
PAST MY ILIAC CREST,
AND AS MY HANDS ARE CUFFED...
I THINK THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE
WITH SHARP OBJECTS WHO FIND ME DETESTABLE.
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS, DOC.
HI. YOU NEED TO GET IN THERE?
YES. HE'S STILL SUPPOSED TO BE
UNDER A GOOD TWO OR THREE HOURS,
BUT YOU SHOULD BE
CAREFUL NONETHELESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID TO
THOSE NURSES FROM CEDAR FALLS.
I'M NOT TRYIN' TO SCARE
YOU. YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
HE'S CUFFED TO THE BED. YOU
JUST HOLLER IF YOU NEED ME.
[Opens Newspaper]
[Rattling]
[Opens Door]
NURSE?
NURSE? YOU OKAY?
[Grunts]
[Footsteps Approaching]
WHAT DID I TELL YA, HUH?
IT'S LIKE STANDIN' ON
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.
OH, YEAH.
MY DAD USED TO TAKE
ME TO THIS SAME SPOT.
I COME HERE ONCE
OR TWICE A YEAR.
IT'S THE ONLY THING IN MY
LIFE THAT NEVER CHANGES.
[Chuckles] JUST A LITTLE
HARDER THAN IT USED TO BE.
YEAH. EXERCISE. [Chuckles]
OH, YEAH.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE A
MILLION MILES FROM NOWHERE.
[Buzzing]
SOMETHING IMPORTANT?
YES, IT IS.
[Sighs]
[Sighs]
[Chattering]
FRANK. COME ON IN.
EVERYONE, THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH HIS WORK WITH THIS UNIT...
AND WITH HIS PROFILE OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
HOW DID HE ESCAPE? WE'RE
STILL PUTTIN' THE FACTS TOGETHER.
YOU WERE AWARE THAT HE WAS REMOVED FROM
PRISON TO DONATE A KIDNEY TO HIS SISTER?
YES. WAS THE KIDNEY REMOVED?
HE WAS FIVE HOURS POST-OP. HIS
ANESTHETIC SHOULD HAVE LASTED EIGHT.
I'VE GOT FOUR DOCTORS
WHO SAY THERE'S NO
WAY HE COULD'VE WALKED
OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL,
LET ALONE BREAK A FEDERAL
MARSHAL'S JAW AND CRUSH HIS SKULL.
- DID THE MARSHAL SURVIVE?
- HE'S TOUCH AND GO.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
FABRICANT WANTS?
- WANTS?
FREEDOM? TO AVOID
RE-INCARCERATION?
IF YOU'VE READ MY PROFILE, YOU'D KNOW
FREEDOM TO HIM IS ONLY THE FREEDOM TO KILL.
HIS OPERATION WOULD MAKE
HIM A MUCH DIMINISHED MAN.
APPARENTLY NOT. AFTER
WHAT HE DID TO THAT MARSHAL...
DR. FABRICANT WOULDN'T
HAVE LEFT HIM ALIVE.
HE HAD SHORT MINUTES
IN WHICH TO EXECUTE HIS
ESCAPE. YOU SAYING HE
WOULD STOP TO CHECK?
I KNOW THIS MAN. I
KNOW WHAT DRIVES HIM.
DR. FABRICANT TOLD ME AS A BOY HE USED TO
SLIT THE STOMACHS OF NEIGHBORHOOD CATS...
AND TURN 'EM LOOSE JUST
TO SEE HOW LONG THEY'D LIVE.
AFTER MED SCHOOL, AS A RESIDENT,
HE WOULD RESPOND TO NO-CODE
PATIENTS JUST TO SEE HOW THEY DIED.
HE SAID THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
HAD BUT ONE INTEREST FOR HIM...
THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REND DEATH FROM LIFE.
HIS APPETITE FOR DEATH
EVENTUALLY BECAME OVERWHELMING,
ENDING IN THE MURDER-TORTURE
OF THE FIVE NURSES IN CEDAR FALLS.
IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS
SINCE HE HAS TOUCHED,
TASTED OR INDULGED
HIS INTERESTS.
HE WOULD HAVE NOT LET SO
EASY AN OPPORTUNITY GET AWAY.
SOMEONE HELPED HIM TO ESCAPE.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD
THE DISPROPORTION OF HIS NEEDS,
POSSIBLY SOMEONE
WHO SHARED IN IT.
THIS MAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED ONE MINUTE OUT OF HIS CELL,
NEVER BEEN ALLOWED
HUMAN CONTACT AGAIN.
- THAT CHANCE WAS PASSED UP.
- I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
I'M HERE TO HELP CATCH HIM. JUST THE
WAY I HELPED CATCH HIM ONCE BEFORE.
[Chattering]
FRANK.
PETER. WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
I KNEW THAT YOU'D GET THE CALL ON THIS.
AND I ANTICIPATED WHAT IT WOULD DO TO YOU.
I'M FINE. YEAH?
THEY REALLY GAVE IT TO YOU,
DIDN'T THEY, ABOUT FABRICANT?
HOW YOU MADE SURE HE
WOULDN'T GO TO THE CHAMBER.
HE WOULD BE DEAD, PETER, WITH
NO PROSPECT OF EVER KILLING AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T LET THEM LAY ALL THIS
ON YOU. YOUR MOTIVES WERE RIGHT.
YOU WANTED TO STUDY HIM, TAP HIS
MIND. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM.
HE WAS AN ASSET TO BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCE. THE JUDGE AGREED WITH YOU.
WAS IT WORTH ONE LIFE, PETER?
I DON'T WANT EITHER ONE OF US TO HAVE TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
[Monitor Beeping]
YOU'VE GOT ME ON HEMODIALYSIS.
IS THERE RENAL FAILURE?
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE
OF ME, SWEETNESS.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN ME.
MISS FABRICANT?
MISS FABRICANT?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
SORE. V-VERY SORE.
ARE YOU FRANK BLACK?
I'M HERE ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.
IS IT TRUE? THAT HE ESCAPED
AND PUT A MAN IN A COMA?
- YES.
- DEAR GOD!
AND HERE I LIE.
DID HE EVER TALK TO
YOU ABOUT A PLAN?
DID HE EVER INTIMATE
ANYTHING TO YOU?
EPHRAIM WANTED ME TO LIVE.
THAT'S ALL HE SAID,
OVER AND OVER.
HE WANTED ME TO HAVE THE
TRANSPLANT MORE THAN I DID.
FABRICANT HAD A PEN
FRIEND IN PRISON. A WOMAN.
THEY WERE TIGHT? ACCORDING
TO PRISON COMMUNICATIONS,
THEY EXCHANGED VOWS
ON THE INTERNET A YEAR AGO.
YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS?
[Knocking]
LUCY BUTLER?
YES.
MY NAME IS PETER WATTS.
THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. ARE YOU THE
FRANK BLACK THAT EPHRAIM SPEAKS ABOUT?
I WOULD ASSUME.
I WASN'T EXPECTING VISITORS.
- DID WE CATCH YOU WORKING?
- NO.
I SAW THE COMPUTER ON.
I WAS IN A CHAT ROOM. I
SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.
YOU MUST HAVE SOME
IDEA WHY WE'RE HERE.
YES. THE POLICE
SPOKE WITH ME EARLIER.
I TOLD THEM THE NIGHT
EPHRAIM ESCAPED I WAS AT HOME.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH DANGER YOU'RE IN.
EPHRAIM DOESN'T
WANT TO HURT ANYONE.
WHATEVER YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH DR. FABRICANT...
LUCY, WHATEVER YOU
MIGHT BELIEVE HIM TO BE...
HE IS SINGLE-MINDED,
UNREPENTANT ABOUT WHAT HE DID...
AND WHAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF
PREVENTING HIMSELF FROM DOING AGAIN.
YOU DON'T SPEAK
VERY WELL OF HIM.
AND HE SPEAKS SO HIGHLY OF YOU.
LUCY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT...
IT'S ALL RIGHT, PETER. THE
MAN YOU CALL YOUR HUSBAND...
IS ALIVE BECAUSE WE BELIEVED AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HIS PATHOLOGY...
WOULD HELP US TO CATCH
OTHER HUMAN PREDATORS...
MEN WHO ACT WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
ON IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSES.
I KNOW WHAT HE DID, MR. BLACK. AND
I KNOW WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING.
THE SOUL EXPRESSES ITSELF
IN SO MANY AMAZING WAYS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A
COMPREHENSION OF EXTREMES.
EPHRAIM SAID YOU AND
HE SHARE THAT ABILITY.
HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL, LUCY.
HE'S GIVEN LIFE TO HIS SISTER.
THAT'S AN ACT OF REDEMPTION,
ISN'T IT? AN ACT OF CONSCIENCE.
[Peter] HE USED IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE.
AND NOW A MAN'S IN THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
DID EPHRAIM DO IT?
THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SOMEONE ELSE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE WANTS, LUCY?
I THINK HE WANTS THE ONLY OTHER
ACT OF REDEMPTION HE'S CAPABLE OF.
I WOULD THINK THAT YOU...
OF ALL PEOPLE, MR. BLACK,
WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A CHILD.
[Computer Beeping]
E-MAIL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THIS.
"THY MOTHER IS LIKE A VINE IN THY
BLOOD, PLANTED BY THE WATERS.
SHE WAS FRUITFUL AND FULL OF
BRANCHES BY REASON OF MANY WATERS."
- IT'S FROM THE BIBLE.
- MM-HMM.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?
- DO YOU HAVE A BIBLE?
I NEED TO USE THE PHONE.
[Dials Number]
EZEKIEL. [Line Ringing]
EZEKIEL, CHAPTER 19, VERSE 10.
1910 EZEKIEL. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
- CATHERINE?
- FRANK, WHAT'S WRONG?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES, WE'RE FINE.
WHERE'S JORDAN?
SHE'S RIGHT HERE WITH
ME. FRANK, WHAT HAPPENED?
[Sighs] NOTHING.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
FRANK, I KNOW THE
SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
HAVE YOU PICKED UP
THE MAIL THIS MORNING?
YES. HAS ANYTHING COME
ADDRESSED TO ME IN A PLAIN ENVELOPE?
YES, ACTUALLY. SOMETHING
DID. UH, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO OPEN IT? UH...
- FRANK?
- YES, BUT AWAY FROM JORDAN.
MOMMY, WHAT IS IT? UH,
IT'S A LETTER TO DADDY.
FROM WHO?
CATHERINE? WHAT IS IT?
- POLAROIDS.
- OF WHAT?
AN ASIAN MAN IN JUDGE'S ROBES.
JUDGE PARK. HE'S DEAD.
DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?
YES. HE WAS A JUDGE.
A GOOD AND HONEST MAN
WHO DIDN'T DESERVE THIS.
THE VICTIM IS AN
ASIAN MALE, AGE 56,
WEIGHT 155, HEIGHT
FIVE FEET, 10 INCHES.
OCCUPATION FEDERAL JUDGE.
MEDICAL RECORDS
INDICATE GOOD HEALTH.
EYES ARE CLEAR.
NO POOLING OF
BLOOD IN THE CRANIUM.
NO SIGNS OF STROKE
OR TRAUMA TO THE BODY.
NO CLEAR CAUSE OF DEATH
IN THE PRELIMINARY EXAM.
CAUSE OF DEATH?
DO YOU THINK IT'S FABRICANT?
YOU KNOW IT IS, PETER.
THIS TOOK PLANNING, FRANK, AND
PERFECT EXECUTION... PARDON THE PUN.
- HE'S GOT TO HAVE HELP.
- I WENT THROUGH MOST
OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE.
UNLESS SOME ELABORATE CODE IS IN
USE, I FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A PLOT.
HIS WIFE. YOU THINK IT'S HER?
THEY WROTE SOME OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL LOVE LETTERS YOU'LL EVER READ.
THEY SAY GENIUS IS THE ABILITY TO
HOLD TWO CONTRADICTORY THOUGHTS...
IN YOUR MIND AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO HOLDS
TWO CONTRADICTORY PERSONALITIES?
THE DEVIL.
WHAT ABOUT THE POLAROIDS? DO YOU THINK
HE KNEW THE EFFECT THEY WOULD HAVE ON YOU?
THAT YOU'VE BEEN TERRORIZED BY
SOMEONE SENDING THEM BEFORE?
I DON'T KNOW. HE MIGHT HAVE.
I'M NOT GONNA GIVE IT A CHANCE.
YOU CAN'T GO HOME.
FABRICANT'S HERE. HE'S NOT THERE.
YOU'RE THE MAN WHO KNOWS
HIM. YOU KNOW HOW TO CATCH HIM.
HE'S MOCKING ME, PETER. NO, HE
RESPECTS YOU. HE'S PLAYING A GAME.
WHAT IF HE WINS?
[Sighs]
YOU'RE TOO GOOD AT THIS.
YOU PICKED IT UP RIGHT
OFF. IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES.
[Frank] THE BODY'S BEEN
STAGED BY THE KILLER.
THE ARMS HAVE BEEN PLACED AT ANGLES
REPRESENTING THE HANDS ON A CLOCK.
AT TWO AND 17. THIS IS CONFIRMED
BY THE VICTIM'S WATCH AND CLOCK.
2:17. A TIME WHICH DOES NOT CORRESPOND
WITH THE ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH.
THEN WHAT IS 2:17?
WE THINK IT'S A
BIBLICAL REFERENCE.
JUDGES, CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 17.
"AND YET THEY WOULD NOT
HARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES,
BUT THEY WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER
GODS AND BOWED THEMSELVES UNTO THEM."
WHAT'S HE TRYING TO SAY?
IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO
IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE.
THE ARROGANCE OF TRYING TO LEARN THE
NATURE OF EVIL AND STOP IT BY STUDYING IT.
THIS IS THE SECOND BIBLE
VERSE WE'VE SEEN ON THIS
CASE. THEY'RE BEING
SENT AS A TAUNT TO FRANK.
LIKE THE POLAROIDS. AND THE
OTHER BIBLICAL REFERENCE?
"THY MOTHER IS AS A VINE IN THY
BLOOD, PLANTED BY THE WATERS.
SHE WAS FRUITFUL AND FULL OF
BRANCHES BY REASON OF MANY WATERS."
THE KILLER IS SAYING
THAT EVIL BEGETS ITSELF.
FABRICANT TOLD THE WOMAN HE MARRIED
IN PRISON THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE A CHILD.
THEY REMOVED THE WRONG ORGAN.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS CYANIDE POISONING.
THE KILLER HAD TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE JUDGE'S CHAMBER...
BECAUSE POISON WAS IN THE TEA...
AND TO STAGE THE BODY.
THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DONE BY DR. FABRICANT.
THEN WHO'S HE WORKING WITH?
[Moaning] [Metal Clinking]
[Shallow Breathing]
[Groaning]
[Knocking]
LUCY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET DRESSED.
WE HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE.
- WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR?
- EVIDENCE.
OF WHAT? YOUR CONNECTION IN
THE MURDER OF A FEDERAL JUDGE...
AND THE ESCAPE OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE PLACED UNDER
ARREST, LUCY, TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
CAN'T YOU ASK THEM HERE? THE MAN WHO WAS
ASSAULTED DURING DR. FABRICANT'S ESCAPE...
WAS HOSPITALIZED IN A COMA.
THIS MORNING HE
REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
HAS HE GIVEN A DESCRIPTION
OF WHO HELPED EPHRAIM?
YES.
- WAS IT A WOMAN?
- WHY DO YOU ASK?
THE WAY YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME.
LUCY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU DIDN'T
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY.
- YOU NEVER ASKED ME.
- YOU WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AS A VISITING NURSE.
WAS IT A NURSE THAT
HELPED EPHRAIM ESCAPE?
- WE THINK IT WAS.
- BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE.
SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT
YOUR PAST HAS COME TO LIGHT.
YOU HAD A CHILD. A SON.
YES. HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO.
YOU WERE TRIED FOR HIS MURDER.
I WAS FOUND INNOCENT. [Frank]
HE DIED OF CYANIDE POISONING.
THE SAME THING THE FEDERAL JUDGE
THAT TRIED DR. FABRICANT DIED OF.
WHY WON'T YOU
CALL HIM MY HUSBAND?
- LEGALLY,
HE'S NOT YOUR HUSBAND.
- LEGALLY, I'M NOT GUILTY.
[Scoffs]
YOU ASK ME TO TELL THE TRUTH.
BUT YOU WON'T TELL IT YOURSELVES.
ABOUT WHAT? THE MAN
YOU SAY WAS IN A COMA.
THE MARSHAL. HE HASN'T
GIVEN A DESCRIPTION AT ALL.
[Glass Clinking]
- [Lucy] ISN'T THIS AGAINST THE LAW?
- ISN'T WHAT AGAINST THE LAW?
WELL, HOW DID YOU GET
A WARRANT? IF YOU LIED
TO THE JUDGE, DOESN'T
THAT CONSTITUTE...
DR. FABRICANT... YOUR
HUSBAND... WAS REMOVED
FROM POST-OP UNDER VERY
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
TO HELP US FIND HIM?
INSTEAD OF SUING YOU FOR
ENTRAPMENT AND INVASION OF PRIVACY?
WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME RESPONSE
TO QUESTIONS, SOME FACIAL MOVEMENT,
BUT IN FACT, HIS BRAIN ACTIVITY
HAS ACTUALLY DIMINISHED.
- CHANCE OF RECOVERY?
- WELL, WE CAN'T EVER
PREDICT THESE THINGS.
ONE DAY HE COULD JUST WAKE UP,
OR HE COULD JUST STOP BREATHING.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND
HIM YET, HAVE YOU? DR. FABRICANT.
- NO.
- WITHOUT PROPER MEDICAL CARE,
I THINK HE COULD BE DEAD.
- OR NEAR TO IT.
- [Phone Ringing]
HELLO?
FRANK BLACK? YES. IT'S FOR YOU.
- HELLO?
- FRANK.
WHAT'S WRONG? UH,
NOTHING. YOU CALLED ME.
- I CALLED YOU?
- NO. A WOMAN CALLED...
AND SAID THAT YOU HAD
BEEN TRYING TO REACH ME.
SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE
AT THE HOSPITAL. A WOMAN?
SHE SAID THAT YOU FOUND THE
MAN THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
YOU'D BETTER COME SEE THIS!
SOMETHIN' GOIN' ON HERE.
UH, CAN I CALL YOU BACK?
YEAH. SURE.
[Clamoring]
DR. FABRICANT!
GET ME A SALINE I.V. STAT!
RIGHT AWAY! LET'S GO!
GET HIM UP! GET HIM ON!
- WE'RE GONNA NEED
A DIALYSIS SETUP.
- WHAT?
SOMEONE TOOK OUT
HIS OTHER KIDNEY.
COME ON! COME ON!
[Whistling]
[Whistling Stops]
[Jordan] MOMMY!
- JORDAN...
- MOMMY!
JORDAN!
[Gasps]
WHO ARE YOU?
JORDAN?
[Line Beeping]
[Clicks Receiver]
WE'VE GOT AN ACUTE
ABDOMEN AND A NICKED BOWEL.
HIS POTASSIUM IS CRITICAL AND HIS
CREATININE IS THROUGH THE ROOF.
I WANT HIM ON A FULL COURSE OF
ANTIBIOTICS AND A MORPHINE DRIP.
AND THAT DIALYSIS BETTER
BE OILED AND LUBED...
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S
THE ONLY KIDNEYS HE'S GOT.
I'D SAY IT COULDN'T
HAPPEN TO A NICER GUY,
BUT TAKING OUT ANYBODY'S REMAINING KIDNEY
WITHOUT ANESTHETIC IS TRULY SADISTIC.
WITHOUT ANESTHETIC? YEAH. HE
WAS LITERALLY BLIND FROM THE PAIN.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THIS
WAS DONE WITHOUT SKILL.
THE EXCISION WAS DONE BY SOMEONE WHO KNEW
WHERE TO CUT AND HOW TO STOP THE BLEEDING.
- A DOCTOR?
- WELL, A SECOND YEAR
MED STUDENT COULD DO IT.
IN FACT, YOU COULD PROBABLY GET THE
INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET THESE DAYS.
A NURSE? IF SHE'S SPENT
ANY TIME IN AN O.R., YEAH.
IT'S SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
THEIR WAY AROUND A HOSPITAL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL,
THERE WAS A SICK LITTLE JOKE.
"A. NEPHRIC." ANEPHRIC IS A TERM
THAT MEANS WITHOUT KIDNEYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR BRACELET, BUT
SOMEBODY'S CHANGED ALL THE INFORMATION.
[Keypad Beeps] [Woman] TELEGRID
LONG-DISTANCE OPERATOR.
OPERATOR, I'D LIKE TO
MAKE A LONG-DISTANCE
PERSON-TO-PERSON COLLECT
CALL TO CATHERINE BLACK.
IT'S 206-555-1130. IT'S
AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE.
IT'S GOT MY PHONE NUMBER ON IT.
COME ON. COME ON. I'M
SORRY, SIR. THAT NUMBER...
[Woman] TELEGRID
LONG-DISTANCE OPERATOR.
JORDAN?
JORDAN?
JORDAN.
JORDAN!
JORDAN?
[Screams] CATHERINE, IT'S OKAY.
JORDAN? WE'VE GOT HER.
SHE'S RIGHT OUTSIDE. COME ON.
[Phone Ringing]
- YEAH.
- THEY'RE SAFE, FRANK.
MOMMY! JORDAN! ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH. SHE'S JUST SCARED IS ALL.
THEY'RE HERE WITH US.
EVERYTHING SEEMS OKAY.
THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE,
BOB. A MAN. I SAW HIM UPSTAIRS.
WHAT DID SHE SAY, BOB?
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TURNED THE
POWER OFF TO YOUR HOUSE, FRANK.
THE REST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMS OKAY.
DID SHE SAY SOMEONE
WAS IN THE HOUSE?
GEIBELHOUSE IS WITH CATHERINE AND
JORDAN. I'M GONNA HAVE A LOOK AROUND.
- BOB... - YEAH, FRANK.
EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL HERE.
I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
THERE. I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK.
HE HUNG UP.
- WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
- SOMEONE'S IN MY HOUSE.
[Catherine] IT'S ALL RIGHT,
SWEETIE. IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
ALL RIGHT! COME ON DOWN HERE!
HERE YOU GO, SWEETIE.
THIS IS DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE
REQUESTING BACKUP AT 1910 EZEKIEL.
[Woman Over Radio] WE'LL GET A UNIT
ON THE WAY. NATURE OF THE CALL?
IT'S A BREAK-IN,
POSSIBLY BURGLARY.
HE MAY HAVE FRANK'S GUN.
THERE'S A POSSIBLE
ARMED SUSPECT.
TEN-FOUR. ANY UNITS IN
THE VICINITY OF 1910 EZEKIEL,
BACK UP OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
HEY, BLETCH?
BOB?
[Chatter Over Radio]
WHAT'S HAPPENING, MOMMY? SHHH.
[Barking]
[Phone Ringing]
HELLO?
[Loud Breathing]
WHO IS THIS?
WHO'S ON THE LINE?
[Frank] BOB?
- WHO'S THIS? FRANK?
- GEIBELHOUSE,
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
I DON'T KNOW. WHERE'S BLETCHER?
DIDN'T HE CALL YOU?
- OH, MY GOD!
- GEIBELHOUSE.
OH, MY GOD.
BOB! OH, MY GOD.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.
[Chattering]
YOU'VE GOT A CALL
COMING THROUGH.
THANK YOU.
- FRANK.
- HOW'S JORDAN?
SHE'S FINE. SHE'S
RIGHT HERE, SLEEPING.
DOES SHE KNOW ANYTHING?
SHE'S A SENSITIVE KID. SHE KNOWS
SHE DIDN'T SLEEP IN HER BED LAST NIGHT.
BUT I HAVEN'T TOLD HER
ANYTHING. I'M COMIN' HOME.
I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME, FRANK.
I CAN'T GO BACK TO
THE HOUSE JUST YET.
I UNDERSTAND.
I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
I GOT YOU A FLIGHT. THANK YOU.
HE'S ASKED TO SEE YOU.
[Monitor Beeping]
HELLO, FRANK.
YOU'RE MAD AT ME. I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
ALL YOUR MERCY AND
GOOD INTENTIONS...
HAVE BROUGHT YOU NO RETURN.
YOU'RE DYING NOW. YES.
BUT NOT OF OLD AGE AS I'D HOPED.
- WHO IS SHE?
- SHE?
LUCY BUTLER.
YOU HAD ME COMMUTED SO YOU
MIGHT LEARN THE NATURE OF EVIL.
I CAN TELL YOU NOW.
THEY THINK I'M EVIL, FRANK.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S GREATER THAN
WE ARE. YOU AND ME.
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
THE BASE SUM OF ALL EVIL.
THE SLEEP OF REASON.
THE DEVIL'S LIEGE.
WHO WAS IN MY HOUSE?
IT KNOWS YOU, FRANK.
IT FEEDS OFF YOUR PASSION.
- WHO KILLED MY FRIEND?
- LET'S GO, FRANK.
EVERYTHING YOU
HOLD SACRED... FRANK...
RUN.
RUN.
WE'VE GOT THREE SETS
OF PRINTS WE CAN'T I.D.
HERE, HERE AND HERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE MURDER WEAPON?
THE KILLER BROUGHT WITH HIM. WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO SPECIFY AN EXACT STYLE,
BUT... FROM THE WOUNDS...
FROM THE WOUNDS, WE BELIEVE
IT WAS A HUNTING-STYLE KNIFE.
I GOTTA GET OUT OF
HERE FOR A MINUTE.
OH, FRANK... LUCY
BUTLER, THAT THE NAME?
- YEAH. WHY?
- WE JUST ARRESTED HER ON AN
OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
WHERE? HERE? IN SEATTLE?
YEAH.
HI.
YOU WERE IN MY HOUSE.
WHEN WAS THAT?
YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET
AWAY WITH THIS, BUT YOU WON'T.
DO I FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF
SOMEBODY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FRANK?
SOMEONE THAT WAS IN YOUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE DISAPPOINTED, FRANK.
I'M NOT THE PERSON
YOU THINK I AM.
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M THE WIDOW OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
[Whispering]
FRANK.
WE GOT NO MATCH
ON THE PRINTS, FRANK.
IF SHE PAYS HER TRAFFIC FINES,
WE GOT NOTHIN' TO HOLD HER ON.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHIN' ELSE.
NO. THERE WON'T BE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL HER?
THERE'S NOTHING SHE
DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW.
WHAT DO WE DO, FRANK?
YOU'RE ANGRY WITH ME.
IT'S NOT ANGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS. IT'S WHO I AM.
WE WERE KIDDING EACH OTHER.
WE WERE KIDDING OURSELVES THINKING THAT
WE COULD COME HERE AND ESCAPE ANYTHING.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT IS, FRANK.
YOU CAN'T TALK IT AWAY.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME TO
PRETEND OR MAKE BELIEVE.
YOU CAN'T MAKE WHAT HAPPENED
IN THIS HOUSE JUST GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MORE
THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I LOVE YOU TOO.
BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US
THAT DON'T HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I KNOW.
[Footsteps Approaching]
[Breathing Heavily]
DADDY? YEAH?
ARE YOU TIRED? YEAH.
DO YOU NEED TO REST? YEAH.
HOW COME WE CAME SO FAR?
HERE.
I WANTED YOU TO
SEE THE VIEW. LOOK.
I LIKE IT.
[Laughs]
IT'S THE ONE THING IN LIFE
THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
LOOK.
[Child] I MADE THIS!
YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY
CUTTING ME. I CAN JUST TELL.
DIFFERENCE IS YOU'RE GONNA WAKE
UP, DOC, UNLIKE THOSE WOMEN YOU CUT.
DO YOU HATE ME?
- I'M JUST DOING MY JOB.
- THEN COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?
I'VE GOT AN ITCH DOWN
PAST MY ILIAC CREST,
AND AS MY HANDS ARE CUFFED...
I THINK THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE
WITH SHARP OBJECTS WHO FIND ME DETESTABLE.
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS, DOC.
HI. YOU NEED TO GET IN THERE?
YES. HE'S STILL SUPPOSED TO BE
UNDER A GOOD TWO OR THREE HOURS,
BUT YOU SHOULD BE
CAREFUL NONETHELESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID TO
THOSE NURSES FROM CEDAR FALLS.
I'M NOT TRYIN' TO SCARE
YOU. YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
HE'S CUFFED TO THE BED. YOU
JUST HOLLER IF YOU NEED ME.
[Opens Newspaper]
[Rattling]
[Opens Door]
NURSE?
NURSE? YOU OKAY?
[Grunts]
[Footsteps Approaching]
WHAT DID I TELL YA, HUH?
IT'S LIKE STANDIN' ON
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.
OH, YEAH.
MY DAD USED TO TAKE
ME TO THIS SAME SPOT.
I COME HERE ONCE
OR TWICE A YEAR.
IT'S THE ONLY THING IN MY
LIFE THAT NEVER CHANGES.
[Chuckles] JUST A LITTLE
HARDER THAN IT USED TO BE.
YEAH. EXERCISE. [Chuckles]
OH, YEAH.
IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE A
MILLION MILES FROM NOWHERE.
[Buzzing]
SOMETHING IMPORTANT?
YES, IT IS.
[Sighs]
[Sighs]
[Chattering]
FRANK. COME ON IN.
EVERYONE, THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH HIS WORK WITH THIS UNIT...
AND WITH HIS PROFILE OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
HOW DID HE ESCAPE? WE'RE
STILL PUTTIN' THE FACTS TOGETHER.
YOU WERE AWARE THAT HE WAS REMOVED FROM
PRISON TO DONATE A KIDNEY TO HIS SISTER?
YES. WAS THE KIDNEY REMOVED?
HE WAS FIVE HOURS POST-OP. HIS
ANESTHETIC SHOULD HAVE LASTED EIGHT.
I'VE GOT FOUR DOCTORS
WHO SAY THERE'S NO
WAY HE COULD'VE WALKED
OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL,
LET ALONE BREAK A FEDERAL
MARSHAL'S JAW AND CRUSH HIS SKULL.
- DID THE MARSHAL SURVIVE?
- HE'S TOUCH AND GO.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
FABRICANT WANTS?
- WANTS?
FREEDOM? TO AVOID
RE-INCARCERATION?
IF YOU'VE READ MY PROFILE, YOU'D KNOW
FREEDOM TO HIM IS ONLY THE FREEDOM TO KILL.
HIS OPERATION WOULD MAKE
HIM A MUCH DIMINISHED MAN.
APPARENTLY NOT. AFTER
WHAT HE DID TO THAT MARSHAL...
DR. FABRICANT WOULDN'T
HAVE LEFT HIM ALIVE.
HE HAD SHORT MINUTES
IN WHICH TO EXECUTE HIS
ESCAPE. YOU SAYING HE
WOULD STOP TO CHECK?
I KNOW THIS MAN. I
KNOW WHAT DRIVES HIM.
DR. FABRICANT TOLD ME AS A BOY HE USED TO
SLIT THE STOMACHS OF NEIGHBORHOOD CATS...
AND TURN 'EM LOOSE JUST
TO SEE HOW LONG THEY'D LIVE.
AFTER MED SCHOOL, AS A RESIDENT,
HE WOULD RESPOND TO NO-CODE
PATIENTS JUST TO SEE HOW THEY DIED.
HE SAID THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
HAD BUT ONE INTEREST FOR HIM...
THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REND DEATH FROM LIFE.
HIS APPETITE FOR DEATH
EVENTUALLY BECAME OVERWHELMING,
ENDING IN THE MURDER-TORTURE
OF THE FIVE NURSES IN CEDAR FALLS.
IT HAS BEEN SIX YEARS
SINCE HE HAS TOUCHED,
TASTED OR INDULGED
HIS INTERESTS.
HE WOULD HAVE NOT LET SO
EASY AN OPPORTUNITY GET AWAY.
SOMEONE HELPED HIM TO ESCAPE.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTOOD
THE DISPROPORTION OF HIS NEEDS,
POSSIBLY SOMEONE
WHO SHARED IN IT.
THIS MAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED ONE MINUTE OUT OF HIS CELL,
NEVER BEEN ALLOWED
HUMAN CONTACT AGAIN.
- THAT CHANCE WAS PASSED UP.
- I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
I'M HERE TO HELP CATCH HIM. JUST THE
WAY I HELPED CATCH HIM ONCE BEFORE.
[Chattering]
FRANK.
PETER. WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
I KNEW THAT YOU'D GET THE CALL ON THIS.
AND I ANTICIPATED WHAT IT WOULD DO TO YOU.
I'M FINE. YEAH?
THEY REALLY GAVE IT TO YOU,
DIDN'T THEY, ABOUT FABRICANT?
HOW YOU MADE SURE HE
WOULDN'T GO TO THE CHAMBER.
HE WOULD BE DEAD, PETER, WITH
NO PROSPECT OF EVER KILLING AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T LET THEM LAY ALL THIS
ON YOU. YOUR MOTIVES WERE RIGHT.
YOU WANTED TO STUDY HIM, TAP HIS
MIND. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM.
HE WAS AN ASSET TO BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCE. THE JUDGE AGREED WITH YOU.
WAS IT WORTH ONE LIFE, PETER?
I DON'T WANT EITHER ONE OF US TO HAVE TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT NECESSARY.
[Monitor Beeping]
YOU'VE GOT ME ON HEMODIALYSIS.
IS THERE RENAL FAILURE?
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE
OF ME, SWEETNESS.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN ME.
MISS FABRICANT?
MISS FABRICANT?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
SORE. V-VERY SORE.
ARE YOU FRANK BLACK?
I'M HERE ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.
IS IT TRUE? THAT HE ESCAPED
AND PUT A MAN IN A COMA?
- YES.
- DEAR GOD!
AND HERE I LIE.
DID HE EVER TALK TO
YOU ABOUT A PLAN?
DID HE EVER INTIMATE
ANYTHING TO YOU?
EPHRAIM WANTED ME TO LIVE.
THAT'S ALL HE SAID,
OVER AND OVER.
HE WANTED ME TO HAVE THE
TRANSPLANT MORE THAN I DID.
FABRICANT HAD A PEN
FRIEND IN PRISON. A WOMAN.
THEY WERE TIGHT? ACCORDING
TO PRISON COMMUNICATIONS,
THEY EXCHANGED VOWS
ON THE INTERNET A YEAR AGO.
YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS?
[Knocking]
LUCY BUTLER?
YES.
MY NAME IS PETER WATTS.
THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. ARE YOU THE
FRANK BLACK THAT EPHRAIM SPEAKS ABOUT?
I WOULD ASSUME.
I WASN'T EXPECTING VISITORS.
- DID WE CATCH YOU WORKING?
- NO.
I SAW THE COMPUTER ON.
I WAS IN A CHAT ROOM. I
SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.
YOU MUST HAVE SOME
IDEA WHY WE'RE HERE.
YES. THE POLICE
SPOKE WITH ME EARLIER.
I TOLD THEM THE NIGHT
EPHRAIM ESCAPED I WAS AT HOME.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH DANGER YOU'RE IN.
EPHRAIM DOESN'T
WANT TO HURT ANYONE.
WHATEVER YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH DR. FABRICANT...
LUCY, WHATEVER YOU
MIGHT BELIEVE HIM TO BE...
HE IS SINGLE-MINDED,
UNREPENTANT ABOUT WHAT HE DID...
AND WHAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF
PREVENTING HIMSELF FROM DOING AGAIN.
YOU DON'T SPEAK
VERY WELL OF HIM.
AND HE SPEAKS SO HIGHLY OF YOU.
LUCY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT...
IT'S ALL RIGHT, PETER. THE
MAN YOU CALL YOUR HUSBAND...
IS ALIVE BECAUSE WE BELIEVED AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HIS PATHOLOGY...
WOULD HELP US TO CATCH
OTHER HUMAN PREDATORS...
MEN WHO ACT WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
ON IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSES.
I KNOW WHAT HE DID, MR. BLACK. AND
I KNOW WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING.
THE SOUL EXPRESSES ITSELF
IN SO MANY AMAZING WAYS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A
COMPREHENSION OF EXTREMES.
EPHRAIM SAID YOU AND
HE SHARE THAT ABILITY.
HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL, LUCY.
HE'S GIVEN LIFE TO HIS SISTER.
THAT'S AN ACT OF REDEMPTION,
ISN'T IT? AN ACT OF CONSCIENCE.
[Peter] HE USED IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE.
AND NOW A MAN'S IN THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
DID EPHRAIM DO IT?
THERE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SOMEONE ELSE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HE WANTS, LUCY?
I THINK HE WANTS THE ONLY OTHER
ACT OF REDEMPTION HE'S CAPABLE OF.
I WOULD THINK THAT YOU...
OF ALL PEOPLE, MR. BLACK,
WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A CHILD.
[Computer Beeping]
E-MAIL.
I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THIS.
"THY MOTHER IS LIKE A VINE IN THY
BLOOD, PLANTED BY THE WATERS.
SHE WAS FRUITFUL AND FULL OF
BRANCHES BY REASON OF MANY WATERS."
- IT'S FROM THE BIBLE.
- MM-HMM.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?
- DO YOU HAVE A BIBLE?
I NEED TO USE THE PHONE.
[Dials Number]
EZEKIEL. [Line Ringing]
EZEKIEL, CHAPTER 19, VERSE 10.
1910 EZEKIEL. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
- CATHERINE?
- FRANK, WHAT'S WRONG?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES, WE'RE FINE.
WHERE'S JORDAN?
SHE'S RIGHT HERE WITH
ME. FRANK, WHAT HAPPENED?
[Sighs] NOTHING.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
FRANK, I KNOW THE
SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
HAVE YOU PICKED UP
THE MAIL THIS MORNING?
YES. HAS ANYTHING COME
ADDRESSED TO ME IN A PLAIN ENVELOPE?
YES, ACTUALLY. SOMETHING
DID. UH, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO OPEN IT? UH...
- FRANK?
- YES, BUT AWAY FROM JORDAN.
MOMMY, WHAT IS IT? UH,
IT'S A LETTER TO DADDY.
FROM WHO?
CATHERINE? WHAT IS IT?
- POLAROIDS.
- OF WHAT?
AN ASIAN MAN IN JUDGE'S ROBES.
JUDGE PARK. HE'S DEAD.
DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?
YES. HE WAS A JUDGE.
A GOOD AND HONEST MAN
WHO DIDN'T DESERVE THIS.
THE VICTIM IS AN
ASIAN MALE, AGE 56,
WEIGHT 155, HEIGHT
FIVE FEET, 10 INCHES.
OCCUPATION FEDERAL JUDGE.
MEDICAL RECORDS
INDICATE GOOD HEALTH.
EYES ARE CLEAR.
NO POOLING OF
BLOOD IN THE CRANIUM.
NO SIGNS OF STROKE
OR TRAUMA TO THE BODY.
NO CLEAR CAUSE OF DEATH
IN THE PRELIMINARY EXAM.
CAUSE OF DEATH?
DO YOU THINK IT'S FABRICANT?
YOU KNOW IT IS, PETER.
THIS TOOK PLANNING, FRANK, AND
PERFECT EXECUTION... PARDON THE PUN.
- HE'S GOT TO HAVE HELP.
- I WENT THROUGH MOST
OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE.
UNLESS SOME ELABORATE CODE IS IN
USE, I FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A PLOT.
HIS WIFE. YOU THINK IT'S HER?
THEY WROTE SOME OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL LOVE LETTERS YOU'LL EVER READ.
THEY SAY GENIUS IS THE ABILITY TO
HOLD TWO CONTRADICTORY THOUGHTS...
IN YOUR MIND AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO HOLDS
TWO CONTRADICTORY PERSONALITIES?
THE DEVIL.
WHAT ABOUT THE POLAROIDS? DO YOU THINK
HE KNEW THE EFFECT THEY WOULD HAVE ON YOU?
THAT YOU'VE BEEN TERRORIZED BY
SOMEONE SENDING THEM BEFORE?
I DON'T KNOW. HE MIGHT HAVE.
I'M NOT GONNA GIVE IT A CHANCE.
YOU CAN'T GO HOME.
FABRICANT'S HERE. HE'S NOT THERE.
YOU'RE THE MAN WHO KNOWS
HIM. YOU KNOW HOW TO CATCH HIM.
HE'S MOCKING ME, PETER. NO, HE
RESPECTS YOU. HE'S PLAYING A GAME.
WHAT IF HE WINS?
[Sighs]
YOU'RE TOO GOOD AT THIS.
YOU PICKED IT UP RIGHT
OFF. IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES.
[Frank] THE BODY'S BEEN
STAGED BY THE KILLER.
THE ARMS HAVE BEEN PLACED AT ANGLES
REPRESENTING THE HANDS ON A CLOCK.
AT TWO AND 17. THIS IS CONFIRMED
BY THE VICTIM'S WATCH AND CLOCK.
2:17. A TIME WHICH DOES NOT CORRESPOND
WITH THE ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH.
THEN WHAT IS 2:17?
WE THINK IT'S A
BIBLICAL REFERENCE.
JUDGES, CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 17.
"AND YET THEY WOULD NOT
HARKEN UNTO THEIR JUDGES,
BUT THEY WENT A WHORING AFTER OTHER
GODS AND BOWED THEMSELVES UNTO THEM."
WHAT'S HE TRYING TO SAY?
IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO
IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE.
THE ARROGANCE OF TRYING TO LEARN THE
NATURE OF EVIL AND STOP IT BY STUDYING IT.
THIS IS THE SECOND BIBLE
VERSE WE'VE SEEN ON THIS
CASE. THEY'RE BEING
SENT AS A TAUNT TO FRANK.
LIKE THE POLAROIDS. AND THE
OTHER BIBLICAL REFERENCE?
"THY MOTHER IS AS A VINE IN THY
BLOOD, PLANTED BY THE WATERS.
SHE WAS FRUITFUL AND FULL OF
BRANCHES BY REASON OF MANY WATERS."
THE KILLER IS SAYING
THAT EVIL BEGETS ITSELF.
FABRICANT TOLD THE WOMAN HE MARRIED
IN PRISON THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE A CHILD.
THEY REMOVED THE WRONG ORGAN.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS CYANIDE POISONING.
THE KILLER HAD TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE JUDGE'S CHAMBER...
BECAUSE POISON WAS IN THE TEA...
AND TO STAGE THE BODY.
THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
DONE BY DR. FABRICANT.
THEN WHO'S HE WORKING WITH?
[Moaning] [Metal Clinking]
[Shallow Breathing]
[Groaning]
[Knocking]
LUCY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET DRESSED.
WE HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH YOUR HOUSE.
- WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR?
- EVIDENCE.
OF WHAT? YOUR CONNECTION IN
THE MURDER OF A FEDERAL JUDGE...
AND THE ESCAPE OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE PLACED UNDER
ARREST, LUCY, TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
CAN'T YOU ASK THEM HERE? THE MAN WHO WAS
ASSAULTED DURING DR. FABRICANT'S ESCAPE...
WAS HOSPITALIZED IN A COMA.
THIS MORNING HE
REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
HAS HE GIVEN A DESCRIPTION
OF WHO HELPED EPHRAIM?
YES.
- WAS IT A WOMAN?
- WHY DO YOU ASK?
THE WAY YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME.
LUCY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU DIDN'T
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY.
- YOU NEVER ASKED ME.
- YOU WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AS A VISITING NURSE.
WAS IT A NURSE THAT
HELPED EPHRAIM ESCAPE?
- WE THINK IT WAS.
- BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE.
SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT
YOUR PAST HAS COME TO LIGHT.
YOU HAD A CHILD. A SON.
YES. HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO.
YOU WERE TRIED FOR HIS MURDER.
I WAS FOUND INNOCENT. [Frank]
HE DIED OF CYANIDE POISONING.
THE SAME THING THE FEDERAL JUDGE
THAT TRIED DR. FABRICANT DIED OF.
WHY WON'T YOU
CALL HIM MY HUSBAND?
- LEGALLY,
HE'S NOT YOUR HUSBAND.
- LEGALLY, I'M NOT GUILTY.
[Scoffs]
YOU ASK ME TO TELL THE TRUTH.
BUT YOU WON'T TELL IT YOURSELVES.
ABOUT WHAT? THE MAN
YOU SAY WAS IN A COMA.
THE MARSHAL. HE HASN'T
GIVEN A DESCRIPTION AT ALL.
[Glass Clinking]
- [Lucy] ISN'T THIS AGAINST THE LAW?
- ISN'T WHAT AGAINST THE LAW?
WELL, HOW DID YOU GET
A WARRANT? IF YOU LIED
TO THE JUDGE, DOESN'T
THAT CONSTITUTE...
DR. FABRICANT... YOUR
HUSBAND... WAS REMOVED
FROM POST-OP UNDER VERY
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
TO HELP US FIND HIM?
INSTEAD OF SUING YOU FOR
ENTRAPMENT AND INVASION OF PRIVACY?
WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME RESPONSE
TO QUESTIONS, SOME FACIAL MOVEMENT,
BUT IN FACT, HIS BRAIN ACTIVITY
HAS ACTUALLY DIMINISHED.
- CHANCE OF RECOVERY?
- WELL, WE CAN'T EVER
PREDICT THESE THINGS.
ONE DAY HE COULD JUST WAKE UP,
OR HE COULD JUST STOP BREATHING.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND
HIM YET, HAVE YOU? DR. FABRICANT.
- NO.
- WITHOUT PROPER MEDICAL CARE,
I THINK HE COULD BE DEAD.
- OR NEAR TO IT.
- [Phone Ringing]
HELLO?
FRANK BLACK? YES. IT'S FOR YOU.
- HELLO?
- FRANK.
WHAT'S WRONG? UH,
NOTHING. YOU CALLED ME.
- I CALLED YOU?
- NO. A WOMAN CALLED...
AND SAID THAT YOU HAD
BEEN TRYING TO REACH ME.
SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE
AT THE HOSPITAL. A WOMAN?
SHE SAID THAT YOU FOUND THE
MAN THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
YOU'D BETTER COME SEE THIS!
SOMETHIN' GOIN' ON HERE.
UH, CAN I CALL YOU BACK?
YEAH. SURE.
[Clamoring]
DR. FABRICANT!
GET ME A SALINE I.V. STAT!
RIGHT AWAY! LET'S GO!
GET HIM UP! GET HIM ON!
- WE'RE GONNA NEED
A DIALYSIS SETUP.
- WHAT?
SOMEONE TOOK OUT
HIS OTHER KIDNEY.
COME ON! COME ON!
[Whistling]
[Whistling Stops]
[Jordan] MOMMY!
- JORDAN...
- MOMMY!
JORDAN!
[Gasps]
WHO ARE YOU?
JORDAN?
[Line Beeping]
[Clicks Receiver]
WE'VE GOT AN ACUTE
ABDOMEN AND A NICKED BOWEL.
HIS POTASSIUM IS CRITICAL AND HIS
CREATININE IS THROUGH THE ROOF.
I WANT HIM ON A FULL COURSE OF
ANTIBIOTICS AND A MORPHINE DRIP.
AND THAT DIALYSIS BETTER
BE OILED AND LUBED...
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S
THE ONLY KIDNEYS HE'S GOT.
I'D SAY IT COULDN'T
HAPPEN TO A NICER GUY,
BUT TAKING OUT ANYBODY'S REMAINING KIDNEY
WITHOUT ANESTHETIC IS TRULY SADISTIC.
WITHOUT ANESTHETIC? YEAH. HE
WAS LITERALLY BLIND FROM THE PAIN.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THIS
WAS DONE WITHOUT SKILL.
THE EXCISION WAS DONE BY SOMEONE WHO KNEW
WHERE TO CUT AND HOW TO STOP THE BLEEDING.
- A DOCTOR?
- WELL, A SECOND YEAR
MED STUDENT COULD DO IT.
IN FACT, YOU COULD PROBABLY GET THE
INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET THESE DAYS.
A NURSE? IF SHE'S SPENT
ANY TIME IN AN O.R., YEAH.
IT'S SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
THEIR WAY AROUND A HOSPITAL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL,
THERE WAS A SICK LITTLE JOKE.
"A. NEPHRIC." ANEPHRIC IS A TERM
THAT MEANS WITHOUT KIDNEYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR BRACELET, BUT
SOMEBODY'S CHANGED ALL THE INFORMATION.
[Keypad Beeps] [Woman] TELEGRID
LONG-DISTANCE OPERATOR.
OPERATOR, I'D LIKE TO
MAKE A LONG-DISTANCE
PERSON-TO-PERSON COLLECT
CALL TO CATHERINE BLACK.
IT'S 206-555-1130. IT'S
AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE.
IT'S GOT MY PHONE NUMBER ON IT.
COME ON. COME ON. I'M
SORRY, SIR. THAT NUMBER...
[Woman] TELEGRID
LONG-DISTANCE OPERATOR.
JORDAN?
JORDAN?
JORDAN.
JORDAN!
JORDAN?
[Screams] CATHERINE, IT'S OKAY.
JORDAN? WE'VE GOT HER.
SHE'S RIGHT OUTSIDE. COME ON.
[Phone Ringing]
- YEAH.
- THEY'RE SAFE, FRANK.
MOMMY! JORDAN! ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH. SHE'S JUST SCARED IS ALL.
THEY'RE HERE WITH US.
EVERYTHING SEEMS OKAY.
THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE,
BOB. A MAN. I SAW HIM UPSTAIRS.
WHAT DID SHE SAY, BOB?
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TURNED THE
POWER OFF TO YOUR HOUSE, FRANK.
THE REST OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMS OKAY.
DID SHE SAY SOMEONE
WAS IN THE HOUSE?
GEIBELHOUSE IS WITH CATHERINE AND
JORDAN. I'M GONNA HAVE A LOOK AROUND.
- BOB... - YEAH, FRANK.
EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL HERE.
I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
THERE. I'LL CALL YOU RIGHT BACK.
HE HUNG UP.
- WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE?
- SOMEONE'S IN MY HOUSE.
[Catherine] IT'S ALL RIGHT,
SWEETIE. IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
ALL RIGHT! COME ON DOWN HERE!
HERE YOU GO, SWEETIE.
THIS IS DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE
REQUESTING BACKUP AT 1910 EZEKIEL.
[Woman Over Radio] WE'LL GET A UNIT
ON THE WAY. NATURE OF THE CALL?
IT'S A BREAK-IN,
POSSIBLY BURGLARY.
HE MAY HAVE FRANK'S GUN.
THERE'S A POSSIBLE
ARMED SUSPECT.
TEN-FOUR. ANY UNITS IN
THE VICINITY OF 1910 EZEKIEL,
BACK UP OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
HEY, BLETCH?
BOB?
[Chatter Over Radio]
WHAT'S HAPPENING, MOMMY? SHHH.
[Barking]
[Phone Ringing]
HELLO?
[Loud Breathing]
WHO IS THIS?
WHO'S ON THE LINE?
[Frank] BOB?
- WHO'S THIS? FRANK?
- GEIBELHOUSE,
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
I DON'T KNOW. WHERE'S BLETCHER?
DIDN'T HE CALL YOU?
- OH, MY GOD!
- GEIBELHOUSE.
OH, MY GOD.
BOB! OH, MY GOD.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.
[Chattering]
YOU'VE GOT A CALL
COMING THROUGH.
THANK YOU.
- FRANK.
- HOW'S JORDAN?
SHE'S FINE. SHE'S
RIGHT HERE, SLEEPING.
DOES SHE KNOW ANYTHING?
SHE'S A SENSITIVE KID. SHE KNOWS
SHE DIDN'T SLEEP IN HER BED LAST NIGHT.
BUT I HAVEN'T TOLD HER
ANYTHING. I'M COMIN' HOME.
I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME, FRANK.
I CAN'T GO BACK TO
THE HOUSE JUST YET.
I UNDERSTAND.
I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
I GOT YOU A FLIGHT. THANK YOU.
HE'S ASKED TO SEE YOU.
[Monitor Beeping]
HELLO, FRANK.
YOU'RE MAD AT ME. I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
ALL YOUR MERCY AND
GOOD INTENTIONS...
HAVE BROUGHT YOU NO RETURN.
YOU'RE DYING NOW. YES.
BUT NOT OF OLD AGE AS I'D HOPED.
- WHO IS SHE?
- SHE?
LUCY BUTLER.
YOU HAD ME COMMUTED SO YOU
MIGHT LEARN THE NATURE OF EVIL.
I CAN TELL YOU NOW.
THEY THINK I'M EVIL, FRANK.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S GREATER THAN
WE ARE. YOU AND ME.
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
THE BASE SUM OF ALL EVIL.
THE SLEEP OF REASON.
THE DEVIL'S LIEGE.
WHO WAS IN MY HOUSE?
IT KNOWS YOU, FRANK.
IT FEEDS OFF YOUR PASSION.
- WHO KILLED MY FRIEND?
- LET'S GO, FRANK.
EVERYTHING YOU
HOLD SACRED... FRANK...
RUN.
RUN.
WE'VE GOT THREE SETS
OF PRINTS WE CAN'T I.D.
HERE, HERE AND HERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE MURDER WEAPON?
THE KILLER BROUGHT WITH HIM. WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO SPECIFY AN EXACT STYLE,
BUT... FROM THE WOUNDS...
FROM THE WOUNDS, WE BELIEVE
IT WAS A HUNTING-STYLE KNIFE.
I GOTTA GET OUT OF
HERE FOR A MINUTE.
OH, FRANK... LUCY
BUTLER, THAT THE NAME?
- YEAH. WHY?
- WE JUST ARRESTED HER ON AN
OUTSTANDING TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
WHERE? HERE? IN SEATTLE?
YEAH.
HI.
YOU WERE IN MY HOUSE.
WHEN WAS THAT?
YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET
AWAY WITH THIS, BUT YOU WON'T.
DO I FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF
SOMEBODY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FRANK?
SOMEONE THAT WAS IN YOUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE DISAPPOINTED, FRANK.
I'M NOT THE PERSON
YOU THINK I AM.
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M THE WIDOW OF
DR. EPHRAIM FABRICANT.
[Whispering]
FRANK.
WE GOT NO MATCH
ON THE PRINTS, FRANK.
IF SHE PAYS HER TRAFFIC FINES,
WE GOT NOTHIN' TO HOLD HER ON.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHIN' ELSE.
NO. THERE WON'T BE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL HER?
THERE'S NOTHING SHE
DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW.
WHAT DO WE DO, FRANK?
YOU'RE ANGRY WITH ME.
IT'S NOT ANGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS. IT'S WHO I AM.
WE WERE KIDDING EACH OTHER.
WE WERE KIDDING OURSELVES THINKING THAT
WE COULD COME HERE AND ESCAPE ANYTHING.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT IS, FRANK.
YOU CAN'T TALK IT AWAY.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME TO
PRETEND OR MAKE BELIEVE.
YOU CAN'T MAKE WHAT HAPPENED
IN THIS HOUSE JUST GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MORE
THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I LOVE YOU TOO.
BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US
THAT DON'T HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I KNOW.
[Footsteps Approaching]
[Breathing Heavily]
DADDY? YEAH?
ARE YOU TIRED? YEAH.
DO YOU NEED TO REST? YEAH.
HOW COME WE CAME SO FAR?
HERE.
I WANTED YOU TO
SEE THE VIEW. LOOK.
I LIKE IT.
[Laughs]
IT'S THE ONE THING IN LIFE
THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
LOOK.
[Child] I MADE THIS!