Millennium (1996–1999): Season 1, Episode 22 - Paper Dove - full transcript

The Blacks travel to Virginia to visit Catherine's family. After dinner, Catherine's father asks Frank to talk with a friend of his: the friend has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and his son is behind bars for murdering his wife. The prison will allow the son to visit his father, but the father has disowned him. At the urging of the mother Frank takes a look at the details of the case, and sees the young man does not fit the killing's profile, leading him to believe that the murder was committed by someone else. At the same time, another man has just murdered a suburban housewife and is taking her body up to an Appalachian campground, talking to it all the while. Could he have been involved in the earlier murder? Also, a shadowy figure continually appears, attempting to steer the murderer toward Catherine Black. What are his plans?

[Women Chattering]

[Chattering]

♪ DON'T YOU EVER FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE LOSING YOUR MIND ♪

♪ LIKE YOU'RE TALKING RIGHT
OUTTA YOUR NECK ♪ [Car Alarm Beeps]

♪ DON'T YOU EVER FEEL
LIKE YOU DON'T FIT IN ♪

♪ LIKE YOU'RE HEADING
FOR A MAJOR TRAIN WRECK ♪

♪ BIGGER THAN A MONKEY ♪

♪ SMALLER THAN A MOUSE ♪

♪ CLOSER THAN A HEARTBEAT ♪
[Engine Starts]

♪ BABY, THERE'S A
STRANGER IN THE HOUSE ♪

♪ NO ONE EVER TOLD YOU
THERE WAS MONEY IN THE BANK ♪



♪ OR YOU HAD TO FILL
YOUR CAR WITH GAS ♪

♪ YOU THOUGHT YOU HEARD THE
THUNDER IT MADE YOU START TO WONDER ♪

♪ DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S
AN ANGEL IN YOUR PAST ♪

♪ SMALLER THAN A MOUSE ♪

♪ CLOSER THAN A HEARTBEAT ♪

♪ BABY, THERE'S A
STRANGER IN THE HOUSE ♪♪

♪♪ [Raw Instrumental]

[Beeping]

[Door Opens, Closes]
OH, HI, HONEY.

I JUST GOT HOME. I'M STILL
PUTTING AWAY GROCERIES.

I TALKED TO ANGIE. WE'RE MEETING
HER AND NELSON FOR DINNER TONIGHT,

BUT THEY CAN'T
MAKE IT TILL 8:30.

SO I THOUGHT I'D FIX US A LITTLE
SNACK TO TIDE US OVER IN THE MEANTIME.

I'VE GOT SOME
REALLY NICE CHEDDAR...



AND SOME OF THOSE FINNISH
CRACKERS THAT YOU LIKE.

[Rubber Squeaks]

[Gasps]

[Camera Clicks, Whirs]

YEA! [Laughing]

- COME ON, HONEY. WE'RE HERE.
- [Jordan] ARE WE GONNA
GET TO STAY HERE?

GRAN! OH, SWEETIE!

- LOOK HOW YOU'VE GROWN.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HELLO! [Laughing] AH!

- FRANK.
- YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.

FRANK, YOU'RE TAKING
VERY GOOD CARE OF MY GIRL.

- WHAT ABOUT ME, HUH? DID YOU FORGET ME?
- HI, GRANDPA!

NO WAY, GRANDPA! I MISSED YOU.

WELL, YOU ALL LOOK GREAT. THE
RAIN OUT THERE MUST AGREE WITH YOU.

I JUST WISH SEATTLE
WASN'T SO FAR AWAY.

- WE'RE GONNA BE HERE A WEEK.
- FRANK EVEN PUT HIS BEEPER
IN A DRAWER.

- WE GOT ALL KINDS OF PLANS.
- [Catherine] I THOUGHT
THAT DAWN WOULD BE HERE.

SHE CALLED. SHE CAN'T MAKE IT TILL
LATER. SHE'LL BE HERE FOR DINNER.

COME ON IN. YOU BOTH
LOOK STARVED. OH.

[Sighs]

AND-AND THERE SHE
IS, MY LITTLE SISTER,

BAREFOOT IN THE MIDDLE OF CAIRO,
WEARING ONE OF THOSE ROBES.

WHAT WAS IT CALLED? A GALABIA.

SURROUNDED BY STREET URCHINS.
SHE'S GONE COMPLETELY NATIVE. [Chuckling]

THAT'S HOW CATHERINE
LEARNED ARABIC, FRANK,

BY MAKING HERSELF RIGHT
AT HOME WITH THE LOCALS.

I THOUGHT US FOREIGN SERVICE
BRATS HAD AN IMAGE TO UPHOLD.

MOMMY TAUGHT ME HOW
TO COUNT IN SPANISH.

- UNO, DOS, TRES...
- SEVILLE.

ANOTHER PLACE I WON'T MISS.
THE HEAT, THE DUST. I LOVED SPAIN.

- FRANK, DON'T YOU TRAVEL
QUITE A BIT?
- MORE THAN I'D LIKE ACTUALLY.

LET'S NOT ASK HIM WHY HE
TRAVELS, NOT DURING DINNER.

[Tom] DO YOU REMEMBER THE
CULTURAL ATTACHÉ IN KARACHI?

THE TEXANS WHO GOT DRUNK AND
RODE THE SACRED COW INTO THE MARKET?

[Laughter]

[Engine Revs]

- DON'T YOU OWE ME THANKS?
- HELL, YES, OLD BUDDY.

THANKS. PRIMO.

TITANIA, QUEEN OF THE
FAIRIES. WORTH THE RUSH.

I WANTED IT DONE WHILE
HE WAS HERE IN THE AREA.

- HE JUST ARRIVED.
- I'M WITH YA.

PHOTOS?

[Imitates Camera
Clicking, Whirring]

ENJOY.

YOU SEE THAT?

HISTORICAL MARKER.
I KNOW 'EM ALL...

EVERY ONE OF 'EM, ALL
UP AND DOWN THE STATE.

BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.

APRIL 27, 1863. GENERAL ROBERT
E. LEE AND LESS THAN 60,000 MEN...

DEFEATED GENERAL JOSEPH
HOOKER AND HIS ARMY OF 120,000.

[Affecting French Accent]
NOW, YOU MEMORIZE THAT.

"ZE" FACTS. EVERY WORD.

YOU WILL BE TESTED.
LIFE IS ABOUT THE TEST.

YOU MUST PASS THE
TEST TO SUCCEED.

DON'T WORRY.

I WON'T EVER DO
THAT TO YOU. I SWEAR.

WHAT TIME IS IT IN SEATTLE?

7:00. NO WONDER
I'M NOT SO SLEEPY.

HEY, LOOK WHO I BROUGHT FOR YOU.

OH, MY FAVORITE
TEDDY BEAR. THANK YOU.

I WANT YOU TO GO TO SLEEP, OKAY?

- YOUR GRANDPA'S GOT A BUNCH OF
THINGS FOR YOU TO DO TOMORROW.
- OKAY.

GOOD NIGHT.

NIGHT-NIGHT. [Kiss]

LONG DAY.

[Both Laughing]

YEAH.

YEAH. DID YOU CATCH
DAWN'S LITTLE DIGS? MM-HMM.

I'M SORRY. FAMILY.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE
A BATH, GET INTO BED?

I'LL SEE IF YOUR PARENTS HAVE ANY OF
THAT DUTCH COCOA YOU USED TO MAKE ME.

OH. I APPRECIATE
YOUR DOING THIS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT
EXACTLY A VACATION.

I LIKE BEING AWAY WITH YOU.

MAKES ME FEEL KINDA NAUGHTY.

[Laughs] IN MY PARENTS' HOUSE?

THEY STILL DON'T KNOW?

- [Door Swings]
- HI.

IT SMELLS GOOD.

YOU FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED?

COUPLE OF COFFEE MUGS.

AH. YOU WANT SOME?

NO, THANKS.

FRANK, I WANT TO
ASK YOU A FAVOR.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE HUNZIGERS.

THEY WERE AT YOUR WEDDING. HE
WAS AN OFFICER IN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

YEAH. WELL, HE'S RETIRED NOW.

HE'S VERY ILL...
PANCREATIC CANCER.

- IT'S TERMINAL.
- I'M SORRY.

FOUR YEARS AGO,
THEIR ONLY SON, MALCOM,

WAS CONVICTED OF
MURDERING HIS WIFE.

HE'S CURRENTLY
SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.

IT'S LOOKING LIKE C.R. IS GONNA
DIE WITHOUT EVER SEEING HIM.

WELL, PRISONERS ARE ROUTINELY
ALLOWED TO VISIT A DYING FAMILY MEMBER.

- I COULD CALL SOMEONE.
- NO. THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

C.R. REFUSES TO SEE HIS SON.

YOU'VE SEEN SO MANY
TRAGIC SITUATIONS.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD
GIVE HIM SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

IT'S SO HARD ON ADELE.

IT'S OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE MALCOM
COMMITTED THIS HORRIBLE CRIME,

BUT SHE STILL CLINGS TO
THE HOPE THAT HE'S INNOCENT.

IF C.R. WOULD JUST SEE HIM,
MAKE SOME KIND OF PEACE WITH HIM.

I COULD TELL HIM THAT EVERY DAY
OF HIS SON'S LIFE IS PUNISHMENT.

HE SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

- HAVE YOU GOT SOME TIME
TOMORROW MORNING?
- YEAH.

WELL, WE COULD GO AROUND THEN?

[Man Chattering]

[Chattering]

EVENIN'. I'LL NEED A
CAMPSITE TILL FRIDAY.

IT'S PRETTY EARLY IN THE
YEAR FOR MOST FOLKS.

YOU GOT YOUR PICK.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

[Chattering]

REGULATIONS ARE ON THE BACK.

I KNOW THE DRILL.

[Mumbling, Indistinct]

JUST RIGHT. OKAY. JUST... AH.

[Grunts]

[Sighs]

♪ FRÈRE JACQUES FRÈRE JACQUES ♪

♪ DORMEZ-VOUS DORMEZ-VOUS ♪

♪ SONNEZ LES MATINES
SONNEZ LES MATINES ♪

♪ DING DONG DONG DING DONG... ♪♪

[Man] I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU,

THE THINGS YOU DO, FROM TOM.

HE TALKS OF YOU
LIKE YOU'RE AN ACE,

A SUPERSTAR.

SO WHY DON'T WE
CUT TO THE CHASE?

I KNOW ADELE MUST HAVE TWISTED
TOM'S ARM TO GET YOU HERE.

THE AUTHORITIES ARE PREPARED
TO GRANT YOUR SON, MALCOM,

A LEAVE OF PRIVILEGE TO SEE YOU.

MALCOM WHO? NOW,
MALCOM'S NO SON OF MINE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
THAT DISEASED GARBAGE DID?

I KNOW WHAT HE WAS CONVICTED OF.

THE DINNER SHE COOKED FOR HIM WAS SITTING
ON THE STOVE WHILE HE BUTCHERED HER.

I MEAN, WITH ALL YOUR EXPERTISE, DO YOU
THINK SOMEONE LIKE THAT HAS HUMAN FEELINGS?

I'VE KNOWN MEN THAT HAVE COMMITTED
VIOLENT CRIMES TO FEEL REMORSE.

SO WHAT? WHO CARES WHAT
THOSE ANIMALS FEEL? I MEAN, DO YOU?

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

TOM, YOU'RE WASTING
FRANK'S TIME HERE.

[Door Closes]

I-I KNOW YOU DIDN'T COME HERE
TO GO OVER MALCOM'S CASE, BUT...

THESE ARE THE DEFENSE RECORDS.

PLEASE, JUST LOOK THEM OVER.

I DON'T WANNA SEE
HIM DIE LIKE THIS.

I WANT HIM TO KNOW WHAT I KNOW.

OUR SON IS INNOCENT.

I UNDERSTAND, MS. HUNZIGER.

I'LL GO OVER THESE
AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

[C.R.] ADELE.

I KNOW, IN HIS HEART, MY HUSBAND
WANTS TO BELIEVE IN MALCOM'S INNOCENCE...

MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

GOT EVERYTHING? YEAH. THAT'S IT.

[Chattering]

[Vehicle Doors
Shutting] [Engine Starts]

THEY'RE GONE NOW.
WE CAN TALK AGAIN.

IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE
SOMEONE WHO LISTENS.

- HI.
- HI.

HOW'D IT GO?

YOUR FATHER'S FRIEND IS
NOT A VERY EASY MAN. I KNOW.

YOU KNOW, [Sighs]

MY DAD WILL UNDERSTAND IF
YOU JUST WANNA DROP THIS...

AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

IN ALL FAIRNESS, I'D LIKE TO CHECK A
FEW THINGS OUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND,

BEFORE I LET THIS GO.

DAWN'S TAKING US SIGHTSEEING.

[Sighs] I'LL MISS YOU.

I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU
LATER. IT WON'T TAKE LONG.

YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL TRY TO
ENJOY YOURSELF WHILE YOU'RE HERE?

I PROMISE.

YOU MUST HAVE SOME JUICE
TO GET A VISIT OUT OF HOURS.

YOUR FATHER'S DYING, MALCOM.

WOULD YOU SEE HIM
IF IT WERE POSSIBLE?

I'M INNOCENT. MY FATHER
DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT.

HE'D LIKE TO. I LOVED MY WIFE.

WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT
ME DISHONORS THAT.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR
STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU'VE READ MY STATEMENT. I
WANNA HEAR IT IN YOUR WORDS.

AM I BEING PROFILED?

SHE ALWAYS HAD DINNER
WAITING WHEN I'D COME HOME.

[Sighs] I'D TRY AND GUESS
WHAT IT WAS BY THE SMELL.

I CALLED OUT POT ROAST. [Sighs]

I WAS SMILING. I WENT
INTO THE KITCHEN,

AND SHE WAS ON HER HANDS
AND KNEES ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR,

THESE HORRIBLE SOUNDS COMING
OUT OF A HOLE IN HER THROAT.

BUT SHE SPOKE WITH HER EYES.

OH, JESUS, THE FEAR.

[Voice Quavering] I
WAS FRANTIC. I...

I GRABBED HER AND
CARRIED HER OUT TO MY CAR.

WE'D ONLY LIVED THERE
FOR A FEW MONTHS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
A HOSPITAL WAS.

[Crying] I JUST PULLED OVER TO
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HELD HER.

THAT'S HOW THE COPS FOUND ME.

HOLDING HER.

[Child] I GOT IT FIRST.

[Jordan] MOMMY, LOOK AT ME.

WHEE!

YEA, JORDAN! OKAY.

DO SOMETHING FUNNY.
OH, I HAVE NOTHING...

COME ON. MOM INSISTS THAT I
TAPE EVERY INSTANT YOU'RE HERE.

HI, MOM. [Laughs]

SO? SO?

IT'S GREAT TO BE
FACE-TO-FACE WITH YOU, CATH.

YOU ALWAYS SEEM SO
DISTANT ON THE PHONE.

I SEEM DISTANT?
YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.

LONELY.

I'M NOT LONELY. I HAVE FRIENDS.

I HAVE FRANK, JORDAN.

WELL, YOU MAY TALK TO
FRANK AND HE MAY LISTEN,

BUT IS HE REALLY HEARING YOU?

YOU WATCH TOO MANY
DAYTIME TALK SHOWS.

I'M YOUR SISTER.
I NOTICE THINGS.

JORDAN, BE CAREFUL ON THE SLIDE.

LOOKIT, THIS IS YOUR
FIRST VACATION IN YEARS.

WHERE IS HE? HE'S
DOING A FAVOR FOR DAD.

- YEAH. ALWAYS SOME NOBLE THING.
- I DON'T KNOW WHERE
THIS IS COMING FROM.

- IT COMES
FROM SEEING YOU UNHAPPY.
- I'M NOT UNHAPPY.

I LOVE FRANK. WE'RE BOTH HAPPY.

MOM! CAN WE STAY
HERE A LITTLE LONGER?

IT'S FUN HERE.
ISN'T IT FUN HERE?

FINGERPRINTS IN HER
BLOOD ALL OVER THE KITCHEN,

HER BLOOD ALL OVER HIS
CLOTHES, ON HIS SHOES, IN THE CAR.

WHEN THEY FOUND HIM, HE CLAIMED
HE WAS TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL.

THERE WAS NO HOSPITAL ANYWHERE
NEAR WHERE HE WAS HEADED.

PROSECUTOR SLAM-DUNKED. THEY EVEN GOT A
SEMEN SAMPLE THAT MATCHED HIS BLOOD TYPE.

SHE WAS HIS WIFE AFTER ALL.

WELL, A JURY DIDN'T
BUY IT. WHY SHOULD WE?

HUNZIGER DOESN'T FIT
MY PROFILE ON THIS CASE.

HE LOVED ANIMALS. TRAINED
HUNTING DOGS WITH HIS DAD.

GREGARIOUS. DATED REGULARLY.

HE WAS VERY POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL,
WHICH IS WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE.

VERY FOCUSED ON HIS FUTURE.
THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT DID THIS.

SO HE'S NOT A... LOSER
WHO WET HIS BED...

AND TORTURED HIS EASTER BUNNY.

A LOT OF MEN WHO ARE NOT
SERIAL KILLERS MURDER THEIR WIVES.

HER LARYNX WAS EXCISED, BUT
IT WAS DONE VERY CAREFULLY.

THE JUGULARS WERE NOT CUT.

HE WANTED HER ALIVE,
BUT UNABLE TO SPEAK.

THIS INDICATES
SOME ORGANIZATION...

AND SOME MEDICAL TRAINING.

I'D LIKE TO PLUG IN TO WHAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE ON THIS VICTIM TYPE.

OKAY. WE'LL GIVE YOU
WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU.

FRANK, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP?

- YEAH, SURE.
- OF COURSE, WE ADMIRE
YOUR EFFECTIVENESS...

AND ENVY YOUR LACK
OF BUREAUCRACY.

AND DON'T FORGET THE MONEY.

- YOU MUST BE KNOCKIN' DOWN A
FORTUNE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
- NOT YET.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A THEORY ON THE
INCREASING VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY.

MY WIFE THINKS IT'S THE
ARTIFICIAL HORMONES IN BEEF.

[Chuckles] SERIOUSLY, IS IT TRUE
THAT SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE THINK...

IT'S BECAUSE OF SOME
GREATER EVIL OUT THERE?

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS
ALMOST LIKE A RELIGIOUS THING.

YEAH, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE THAT BELIEF.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE BEEF.

[Gasps] OH! YOU STARTLED ME.

ARE YOU CAMPING HERE?

MY CAMPSITE'S OVER THERE.

- [Footsteps Running]
- [Boy] MOM!

- I CUT MYSELF.
- WHAT?

I WAS CUTTING KINDLING,
AND THE AX SLIPPED.

OKAY. HOLD STILL,
NICK. LET ME SEE.

[Winces] OH, SORRY. THAT
DOESN'T LOOK TOO DEEP.

I'LL JUST GET THE FIRST
AID KIT. MY NAME'S HENRY.

MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK? GO AHEAD.

[Inhales] THAT'S SOME CUT.

YOU'RE PRETTY BRAVE ABOUT IT.

HERE. I CAN TAKE
CARE OF THIS, NICK.

JUST CLEAN OUT ANY DIRT
THAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IN.

[Blows] A LITTLE ANTISEPTIC.

BANDAGE.

NICE LITTLE WRAP.

THERE WE GO.

AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE.

- YOU ARE HEALED, ME BOY.
- THANKS, MISTER.

YOU'RE AWFULLY GOOD AT
THAT. ARE YOU A DOCTOR?

[Chuckling] NO. JUST
AN OUTDOORSMAN.

WELL, IT'S GETTIN' LATE. YEAH.
MAYBE WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

I REALLY MISSED YOU TODAY.

[Sighs]

I FEEL SO SAFE LYING
HERE LIKE THIS WITH YOU.

YEAH. I KNOW. WORLDS APART.

IT'S GOOD FOR US.

YEAH.

CAN WE STAY LIKE THIS FOREVER?

LIVE ON FAST FOOD.

GET OUR EXERCISE THE
OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

[Laughing] YEAH, UNTIL
JORDAN WAKES UP.

WHAT WERE YOU AND
JORDAN UP TO TODAY?

UM, THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.

AND THEN TO THE PARK... MM-HMM.

WHERE DAWN UNBURDENED
HERSELF ABOUT OUR MARRIAGE.

OUR MARRIAGE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S
DOING WHEN SHE DOES THAT...

TRYING TO FIX MY LIFE
WHEN IT DOESN'T NEED FIXING.

SHE'S GOT PROBLEMS OF HER OWN.

YES.

I FINALLY TOLD HER
HOW TO WORK THEM OUT.

HOW?

JUST LIKE WE JUST DID.

MM.

WHEN WE CAME DOWN FROM QUEBEC,

I WAS ASHAMED OF MY ACCENT,
SO I WORKED HARD TO LOSE IT.

I WANTED TO TALK LIKE A
COUNTRY MUSIC DEEJAY, YOU KNOW?

[Affecting Western Accent] HERE'S
A FINE OLD HANK WILLIAMS...

FOR ALL YOU BROKEN
HEARTS OUT THERE.

[Laughing] I WANTED
TO BE A DEEJAY.

SH-SHE WOULDN'T LET ME.

NO. I HAD TO BE WHAT SHE WANTED.

BUT YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT THAT. [Chuckling]

I RECKON YOU HEARD MY
WHOLE LIFE STORY, HUH?

[Camera Clicks, Whirs]

OH, HI.

SHE'S A GOOD LISTENER.

ENJOY.

[Man On Radio] IN HAGERSTOWN,
POLICE AUTHORITIES...

ARE STILL PUZZLING OVER THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF AMY LEE WALKER,

WHO HAS NOT BEEN
SEEN SINCE THURSDAY.

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A
BREAK-IN AT THE WALKER... [Clicks Off]

MIGHT BE TIME FOR
AMY TO GO HOME.

IS IT TIME YET, MOMMY?

NOT YET, SWEETIE. WHAT'S
SHE SO ANXIOUS ABOUT?

I'M GONNA CALL THE KENNEL
WHERE BENNY IS BOARDING.

THEY'RE GONNA LET HER TALK
TO HIM ON THE SPEAKER PHONE.

SHE'S SO DEVOTED TO THAT
DOG. IS THAT A GOOD SIGN?

SHE'D BE VERY DEVOTED TO
A LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER.

OKAY. NOT ANOTHER
WORD. I PROMISE.

OVER HERE.

HEY. HI.

WHAT'S THAT? SOME INFORMATION
I REQUESTED FROM QUANTICO.

I DON'T THINK MALCOM
HUNZIGER KILLED HIS WIFE.

FRANK, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

YOU GONNA TELL HIS PARENTS? I
HAVE TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN.

I THINK THAT WHEN
MALCOM CAME HOME,

HE INTERRUPTED THE MURDERER.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE MURDERER'S
FIRST TIME. HE WAS FRIGHTENED.

HE'S STILL OUT THERE.

HOW MANY MORE HAS HE KILLED?
FOUR IN THIS GENERAL AREA.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME MORE
WORK ON THIS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER.

WHEN? TOMORROW.

SO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO
WITH US TO THE SMITHSONIAN.

NO.

I HAVE TO CHECK ON A CRIME
SCENE THAT'S THREE YEARS OLD.

HE PREFERS FALL AND LATE WINTER.

NO VICTIMS WERE
FOUND IN THE SUMMER.

IT WAS A COLD, RAINY DAY WHEN
WE GOT A CALL FROM THIS HIKER.

I WAS SURPRISED THAT
ANYONE WAS OUT IN THE WOODS.

A HIKER CALLED? THAT
WASN'T IN THE POLICE REPORT.

WAS HE INTERVIEWED? HE,
UH, DIDN'T GIVE HIS NAME.

JUST SAID HIS BOY
THOUGHT HE'D SEEN A BODY...

AND, UH, GAVE US A GENERAL AREA.

WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME... PEOPLE
SEEIN' BEARS, WOLVES, EVEN MOUNTAIN LION.

MOST ARE KOOKS.

THERE. THERE'S THE PLACE, RIGHT
THERE AT THE BASE OF THAT STUMP.

DAMN. IT STILL MAKES A
SHIVER RUN UP MY SPINE.

THERE'S A VERY THICK
CARPET OF LEAVES HERE.

YEAH. NEARLY TO
YOUR KNEES IN THE FALL.

SHE WAS ABOUT, UH,
HALFWAY EXPOSED,

BUT COVERED WITH, UH, A
CLEAR PLASTIC GROUND CLOTH.

HE PICKED THIS
SPOT FOR THE LEAVES.

THEN HE KNOWS SOMETHIN'
ABOUT THESE WOODS.

TWENTY YARDS IN
EITHER DIRECTION,

THE SLOPE'S TOO STEEP
TO BUILD MUCH LITTER.

HAVE TO GO WAY DOWN THE
SLOPE TOWARDS THE CREEK.

[Cacophony of Sounds, Voices]

NO. HE NEEDED HER
CLOSE TO THE CAMPSITE.

WHAT, HE JUST DIDN'T
DUMP HER AND GO?

NO. HE SPENT TIME WITH HER.

SHE LISTENED WHILE HE TALKED.

[Sighs]

SUMMER'S COMIN'.

HOT WEATHER'S NO GOOD FOR ME.

TOURISTS, FLIES. DON'T WORRY.

THERE WON'T BE ANY FLIES ON YOU.

YOU'VE DONE YOUR
PART. NOW I'LL DO MINE.

[Whispering, Indistinct]

THAT'S FINE. YEAH.
YOU'LL BE FINE.

[Beeping]

[Man] SO YOU THINK
HUNZIGER'S WIFE WAS DONE...

BY OUR SO-CALLED "BIG WOODSMAN"?

THERE ISN'T A REMOTE
SIMILARITY IN THE M.O.

THE WOODSMAN IS AN ABDUCTOR.
NEVER KILLS IN THEIR HOMES.

I THINK HUNZIGER'S WIFE
WAS HIS FIRST VICTIM.

WHEN HE ALMOST GOT
CAUGHT, HE CHANGED HIS M.O...

ABDUCTING, TAKING THEM FROM
THE HOME, THEN KILLING THEM.

- BUT HIS SIGNATURE
IS THE SAME.
- THE LARYNX?

THE FOUR WOMEN OUR WOODSMAN HAS
KILLED DIDN'T HAVE THEIR LARYNXES REMOVED.

IN ONE CASE, THE HYOID
BONE WAS DESTROYED,

CRUSHED WITH BOLT CUTTERS.

IN ANOTHER, BEATEN
FLAT WITH A HAMMER.

TWO OTHERS WERE
GARROTED WITH PIANO WIRE,

SEVERING THEIR TRACHEAS.

- IN EACH CASE, THE AIM WAS
TO STOP THEM FROM SPEAKING.
- SILENCE IS GOLDEN?

HE'S SILENCING SOMEBODY HE
KNOWS... HIS WIFE OR HIS MOTHER.

ONCE THEY'RE SILENCED, THEY
BECOME A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.

STILL LISTEN, BE SYMPATHETIC.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.

THAT'S WHY HE NEVER
DISFIGURES THEIR FACES.

YOU THINK HE'S GOT
A NAGGING WIFE?

WE'VE ALWAYS PEGGED
THE WOODSMAN AS A... LONER.

WELL, HE NEVER
DOES A BLITZ ATTACK.

HE EASILY ENTERS MIDDLE-CLASS
HOMES AND CONFRONTS THEM.

HE'S COMFORTABLE THERE. I
THINK THAT'S WHERE HE LIVES.

I THINK HE DOES NOT LIVE
ALONE. AMY LEE WALKER.

A WOMAN FITTING HIS
BASIC VICTIM PROFILE...

DISAPPEARED A FEW
DAYS AGO IN HAGERSTOWN.

THE PARKS ARE EMPTY, AND THE
WEATHER'S GETTING WARMER EVERY DAY.

THIS MAY BE HIS LAST
CHANCE BEFORE SUMMER.

FIRST ONE WAS DOWN HERE
IN VIRGINIA, NEAR LYNCHBURG.

THEN HE MOVED NORTHWARD,

ALONG THE CAMPSITES
OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL.

THE NEXT ONE SHOULD
BE SOMEWHERE UP HERE.

THAT'S A BIG AREA,
FRANK. HE'LL PHONE IT IN.

HE WON'T WANNA LEAVE
HER OUT HERE ALONE.

[Police Radio Chatter] [Man]
SOMEONE BRING ME A LIGHT.

[Man #2] I HAVE AN EXTRA
ONE IN THE VEHICLE.

[Man #1] EVEN WHAT'S NOT
TAPED UP IS A CRIME SCENE.

[Man #2, Indistinct]

[F.B.I. Agent] WE MISSED HIM. AN HOUR
AGO, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER GOT THE CALL...

A MAN CLAIMING HE CAME
DOWN HERE TO GO FISHING.

THOUGHT HE SAW SOMETHING
BUT WAS AFRAID TO GET CLOSE.

[Camera Shutter
Clicking] NO NAME.

HE'LL BE WATCHING THE NEWS,

WAITING FOR WORD
THAT WE FOUND HER.

♪♪ [Woman Humming, Vocalizing]

[Door Closes]

♪♪ [Stops Humming] OH!

[French Accent] AH. LITTLE MAN
CABBAGE. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

OH!

SOMETIMES A MOTHER KNOWS, EH?

YES. MY BIG BRUTE.

I KNOW WHERE YOU GO. [Chuckling]

WITH THOSE GIRLS, I BET. EH?

YEAH. YOU LIKE THOSE GIRLS...

THAT GOT THAT YELLOW HAIR, HUH?

HUH? NO.

OH. [Chuckles]

[Sighs] NOT SO MUCH
FOR YOU WORKING, EH?

NO. ALL MY EFFORT
MAKE YOU LEARN.

YOU THINK YOU GET HIGH
GRADE WITHOUT ME? NO.

YOU THINK YOU BECOME A REGISTERED
NURSE WITHOUT ME TEACH YOU?

NO. YOU LEARN. NOW YOU
HAVE LICENSE TO BE NURSE.

BUT YOU DON'T WORK. [Sighs]

THEY CALL.

THERE IS A JOB FOR YOU.

HERE ARE 10 LITTLE CHORES
FOR MY BIG, HAIRY BOY, EH?

- SO, WHERE DID YOU GO?
- TO THE TRAIL.

I TEACH FOR YOU THAT
LOVE FOR NATURE...

THAT GOD GIVE US SO FREE.

YOUR FATHER, HE
DIDN'T LOVE THAT.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO
HIKING, NEVER. YEAH.

GOD TOOK HIM EARLY TO
HIS GRAVE FOR THAT. [Laughing]

OH, LOOK. AH.

I MADE THIS WITH LOVE.

YOU EAT IT.

THEN YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND.
[Silverware Rattles In Drawer]

- HE CALLED?
- YEAH.

HE CALLED.

HE SAY HE HAS LENS PICTURES.

HMM? [Laughing]

AH. OH, MY BIG SHUTTERBUG.

[Loud Kissing] MM!

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
IT. THEY'LL FIND HER.

[Pills Rattling] IT'S
TOUGH TERRAIN,

BUT THE AREA I TOLD THEM IS
UNDER A COUPLE HUNDRED ACRES.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE TWO
YELLOWS AND A BLUE.

NOW, YOU BE A GOOD GIRL
AND SWALLOW FOR HENRY.

SHE WAS A LISTENER, LIKE YOU.

HERE. CHECK THESE.

YOU OKAY DOWN
BELOW, MRS. S? HMM?

YOU MAKE A TIDDLE?

A BIG JOB?

NEED A CHANGE?

I WANT THOSE BACK.
THEY'RE MY ORIGINALS.

I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR
COPIES THE USUAL WAY.

I FEEL GOOD.

I-I DON'T FEEL LONELY, MRS. S.

- I GOT A NEW BATCH.
- I LIKE TO TAKE THE BUS.

YOU MEET PEOPLE.

- NOW, THESE?
- THAT'S HIS WIFE.

I NEVER LIKED SCOTLAND. [Sighs]

IT'S TOO COLD.

TOO MANY DRUNKS. TOO
BAD. THESE AREN'T RIGHT.

- I CAN SPOT A LISTENER.
- KEEP THEM. YOU NEVER KNOW.

THEY'LL WORK FOR SOMEONE. YEAH.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE.

IN-IN SCOTLAND, A
DRUNK MAN THREW UP...

IN MY HANDBAG.

[Whimpering] SAD WHAT AGE DOES.

OH, I'VE DONE A LOT
OF THINGS, ALL RIGHT.

SH-SHUT UP, YOU CRAZY COW!

[Man On TV] VOCAL PATTERNS INDICATED
THE CALLER WAS A NERVOUS, TIMID TYPE...

LIKELY A PHYSICAL COWARD.

HE USED CERTAIN TURNS OF PHRASE
CURRENT IN THE D.C. AREA GAY COMMUNITY.

I'M A QUEER? [Woman Reporter] YOU'RE
CONVINCED THIS CALL WAS A HOAX?

NO QUESTION. WE'VE CALLED
OFF ALL SEARCH EFFORTS.

THE CALLER'S THOUGHTS WERE POORLY
ORGANIZED. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMEONE...

MENTALLY HANDICAPPED WHO WAS
FORCED TO MAKE THE CALL AS A PRANK.

I'M A MORON? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S
COST US A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.

BUT OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF AMY LEE WALKER...

WILL CONTINUE TILL SHE'S FOUND.

WHAT? YOU HAVEN'T FOUND HER YET?
THANK YOU, F.B.I. SPECIAL AGENT KANE.

I'M MERRLEE THOMAS FOR THE "IT'S
HAPPENING NOW NEWS." BACK TO YOU, BOB.

[Agitated Breathing]
[Punching Phone Pad]

S-SPECIAL AGENT KANE?

NO EMERGENCY. A MENTALLY
RETARDED HOMOSEXUAL...

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
TO HIM IF HE HAS A MINUTE.

I'LL PUT YOU RIGHT THROUGH.

- [Phone Clatters]
- [Beep]

KANE, I'M NOT PLAYIN' WITH YOU
ANYMORE IN ANY WAY. UNDERSTAND?

I'LL ANNIHILATE
YOUR SLEEP FOREVER.

BECAUSE I'M SURE AS HELL
GONNA LET THE PUBLIC KNOW...

THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO THEM IS BECAUSE OF YOU,

YOUR STUPIDITY AND FRANK BLACK.

I KNOW ABOUT FRANK BLACK, YES.

NOW YOU GO BACK AND
YOU FIND HER, DAMN IT!

SHE'S IN THOSE WOODS
ALONE. [Voice Quavering]

I MIGHT AS WELL LET
YOU KNOW, MR. KANE,

THAT I INTEND TO
TERRORIZE D.C...

UNTIL THERE ARE SOLDIERS
ON THE STREET CORNERS.

YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING
ME. DO NOT TALK TO ME!

THIS CITY IS JUST ONE SMALL
ROOM IN MY PLAYGROUND.

I'VE DECIDED TO TAKE
MY STAKE IN AMERICA,

LAY CLAIM TO MY OWN
PECULIAR HERITAGE.

THE MORON IS GONNA WANDER
FAR AND WIDE THROUGH THE LAND...

AND KILL AND KILL AND KILL
WHILE YOU AND FRANK BLACK,

YOU STAKE OUT THE GAY BARS WAITIN'
FOR SOME SLIGHTLY STUPID-LOOKIN' QUEER.

HE'S GOT AN OBSTACLE
TO OVERCOME.

HE'S CALLING FROM
A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.

WE'LL CATCH HIM BECAUSE
HE WANTS TO BE CAUGHT.

HE'LL TRY TO KILL AGAIN FIRST.

HENRY, HERE IS THAT
NICE HOT LUNCHEON MEAT.

YOU GOT TO GET THE PROTEIN,
MY BIG, STRONG BOY, BECAUSE...

I GIVE YOU THE LIST TO DO
YESTERDAY, HUH? JUST A FEW THINGS.

YOUR MAMA WHO LOVES YOU VERY
MUCH ASKS YOU FOR A FEW THINGS, HUH?

YEAH. MOVE THE TV, CLEAN
OUT YOUR ANIMAL TRAP.

AND TWO THING I CAN'T RECALL.

OH, BUT YOU DON'T
DO THE WORK, MY BOY.

THERE. NOW... EAT.

COME ON, HENRY. EAT. IT HOT.

NOT NOW, MOM.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER JOB. I
HAVE TO GET READY FOR IT.

I ONLY ASK YOU ONCE
A LONG WHILE, HENRY.

JUST A FEW THINGS,
HENRY! JUST A FEW THINGS!

[Rings]

HELLO? HELLO? WHO IS THIS?

[Line Clicks, Dial Tone]

- [Kane] ARE YOU SURE
THIS IS THE ADDRESS?
- [Man] YEAH.

PRETTY UPSCALE.
[Doorbell Chimes]

I RELIEVED HENRY... HENRY DION.

HAS HE DONE SOMETHING WRONG?

CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH
AN ADDRESS FOR HENRY?

YEAH.

I HEAR MY LITTLE MAN OUT THERE.

HENRY. HENRY.

COME IN HERE AND SEE
YOUR DARLING MAMA.

LATER, MOM. PROMISE.
OH, SURE, YOU PROMISE,

BUT HOW YOU KEEP WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU PROMISE?

YOU GOT TO READ THE
LIST, MY LITTLE MAN.

OKAY. I'LL DO IT
WHEN I GET BACK.

DON'T MAKE ME GET THAT WOODEN
SPOON, HENRY. [Paper Flutters]

YOU KNOW YOU HATE THAT
WOODEN SPOON. YOU DO IT NOW,

AND THEN I KNOW IT'S
DONE... YOU DON'T FORGET.

OH, DON'T LOOK SO
GLUM, MY LITTLE MAN, EH?

I KNOW HOW TO MAKE YOU SMILE.
I KNOW HOW TO CHEER YOU UP.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH. [Cackling]

LITTLE MAN. [Cackling]

IT NEVER FAIL TO WORK.

[Laughing] GIVE NOW...

NOW YOU GIVE FOR
ME A BIG, BIG HUG.

COME ON, MY BIG BOY. AH, OKAY.

[Laughing]

OH. [Laughing]

[Knife Plunges] [Screaming]

[Body Falls To Ground]

[Police Radio Chatter]

[Machine Whirring]

[Garbage Disposal Churning]

- HENRY DION?
- UH-OH.

[Man] GOD!

YOU.

- UH-UH. DON'T MOVE, HENRY.
- I WON'T MOVE.

[Disposal Turns Off]

SHE'S DEAD.

[Handcuffs Ratchet] THE
IMPORTANT THING IS...

WE FINALLY CAME TO
UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

- ISN'T THAT RIGHT, FRANK?
- [Kane] LET'S GET HIM OUTTA HERE.

OH, MOMMY! ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?

YES, IT IS. IT'S
LOVELY. THANK YOU.

[Chuckles] ORIGAMI.
IT RELAXES ME.

THAT ISN'T ONE OF
THE HARDER ONES.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MRS. HUNZIGER.

THERE'S NO WAY
TO SAY WHAT I FEEL.

- [Sighs] THANK YOU.
- I'M GLAD I COULD HELP.

[Laughing, Chattering]

[Woman On P.A.] BARBARA RIDGELY,
PICK UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.

BARBARA RIDGELY, PLEASE PICK
UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.

I'LL GET THE CAR AND BRING IT
UP. WANNA LEAVE HER WITH ME?

NO. I'LL PUT HER IN AND
LET HER SLEEP. OKAY.

[Lock Clicks]

CATHERINE.

[Child] I MADE THIS!