Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 1 - The Beginning and the End - full transcript
As the Blacks are returning from their vacation in Virginia, Frank and Jordan go out to the parking lot while Catherine waits for their bags to arrive. As she waits, a man takes her photo and then abducts her, drugging her to keep her from fighting back. When he gets away, Frank learns that not only is this the man who has been harassing him with pictures of his family, but the Millennium group has known his identity long before this. As the kidnapper taunts Catherine with his rantings about how well he knows what's in Frank's mind, Frank must try to prevent his fear and range from clouding his abilities if he ever hopes to see his wife alive again.
IN NUMBER,
THERE IS ONE FOR EVERY LIFE
WHICH EVER WAS OR EVER WILL BE.
AND LIKE MOST LIVES, THEY WAIT
FOR A MOMENT... THE MOMENT...
ONE WILL BE SENT ON ITS JOURNEY
BACK TOWARD THE YELLOW SUN.
APPROACHING THE SUN
BRINGS DEFINITIVE CHANGE.
IT WILL NEVER AGAIN BE THE SAME.
APPEARING IN OUR SKIES, IT IS BELIEVED TO
BE THE PROPHECY OF EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS.
THE BIRTH OF KINGS.
THE DEATH OF EMPIRES.
AFTER CENTURIES, OR
MILLENNIA, THE JOURNEY MUST END.
PERHAPS SMOTHERED
BY ITS OWN DUST,
THE DARK, SOULLESS BODY CONTINUES
ETERNALLY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME.
IT MAY DISINTEGRATE AND CRUMBLE
INTO INCONSEQUENTIAL RUBBLE.
OR IT MAY BE LOST FOREVER,
CRASHING, BURNING INTO THE YELLOW SUN.
AND TONIGHT AS I LOOK INTO
THE SKY AND IT LOOKS BACK ON ME,
I WANT TO KNOW, WHICH AM I?
I NEED TO KNOW.
IS THIS THE BEGINNING
OF THE JOURNEY...
OR THE END?
BARBARA RIDGLEY, PLEASE PICK
UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.
BARBARA RIDGLEY, PLEASE PICK
UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.
I'LL GET THE CAR AND BRING IT
UP. YOU WANNA LEAVE HER WITH ME?
NO, I'LL PUT HER IN AND
LET HER SLEEP. OKAY.
CAUGHT YOU RED-HANDED
IN THE ACT OF NOT SMILING.
BUT I'M WILLING TO LET
YOU KEEP THE EVIDENCE...
IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL DONATION TO
THE CHURCH OF MILLENNIAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY HUSBAND
TO HELP ME WITH THE LUGGAGE.
AH, BUT YOU SEE, OUR CHURCH
IS NOT CONTENT TO WAIT.
WE'RE ACTIVELY SPREADING
ENLIGHTENMENT AND EDUCATION...
ABOUT THE GLORIOUS
HARMONIC CONVERGENCE...
THAT WILL DAWN AT THE
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT...
IN THE YEAR 2001.
THE WHITE ZONE IS FOR THE LOADING
AND UNLOADING OF PASSENGERS ONLY.
ALL UNATTENDED VEHICLES WILL
BE TOWED BY THE AIRPORT PARKING...
- THERE ARE MY BAGS.
- HUH.
PLEASE?
BLESS YOU.
- WE WILL HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR YOU AT THE MILLENNIUM.
- SURE.
WHAT...
MY...
THE LOADING AND UNLOADING
OF PASSENGERS ONLY.
ALL UNATTENDED
VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED...
CATHERINE?
WOULD YOU CARE FOR A COPY
OF OUR LITERATURE TODAY?
SHE'S DRUNK.
CATHERINE!
IS MY WIFE IN THERE? TALL,
BROWN HAIR, BLACK SWEATER?
CATHERINE?
CATHERINE!
AIRPORT POLICE.
YOU HAVE REACHED
THE SEATTLE/TACOMA
AIRPORT INFORMATION LINE.
FOR FLIGHT INFORMATION... HEY!
HEY!
STOP! STOP! MY
DAUGHTER'S IN THE BACK!
DADDY!
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
DADDY!
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT MY WIFE HAS BEEN...
ALERT SEATTLE P.D.,
DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE.
WE HAVE A 10-18,
PROBABLE ABDUCTION. DO IT!
I THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK. SHE WAS
BEING HELD BY A MAN SMALLER THAN HER.
DARK HAIR, GOATEE, SIDEBURNS.
ATTENTION, PARKING
ATTENDANTS, CODE 4.
DO NOT ALLOW PASSAGE OF
A MALE CAUCASIAN, LATE 20s,
APPROXIMATELY FIVE-FOOT-SIX,
GOATEE, SIDEBURNS, SUNGLASSES,
POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCAPACITATED
FEMALE, CAUCASIAN, MID-30s, BROWN HAIR.
CONSIDER SUSPECT ARMED AND
DANGEROUS. ALERT SUPERVISOR UPON CONTACT.
♪♪
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
♪♪
HERE.
DADDY, WHERE'S MOMMY?
LET'S GO HOME.
HE'S OUT.
WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH
A ROADBLOCK ON THE 509.
IF HE GETS TO
THE I-5, HE'S GONE.
♪♪
♪ LIVED IN A BROWNSTONE
I LIVED IN A GHETTO ♪
♪ I'VE LIVED ALL
OVER THIS TOWN ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN' AROUND ♪
♪ FOR THAT NOW ♪
♪ TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE
TO THE RECEIVER ♪
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME.
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
WE WILL SOON, HONEY. NO,
I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
- JORDAN!
- I'LL WATCH HER, MR. BLACK.
I'M SORRY, BABY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
♪ WORK IN THE NIGHTTIME I
MIGHT NOT EVER GET HOME ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
HE'S DEFINITELY OFF
THE AIRPORT GROUNDS.
THE PARKING ATTENDANT REMEMBERS
BEING DISTRACTED BY A DRIVER.
REPORTS OF A BLUE CHEVY TRUCK...
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
I HAVE TO GO TO THE ROADBLOCK.
I'LL TAKE HER HOME, FRANK.
IT'S OKAY.
PETER, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
LET'S GO.
STOP HERE.
♪ YOU OUGHTA KNOW NOT
TO STAND BY THE WINDOW ♪
♪ SOMEBODY'LL SEE YOU UP THERE ♪
♪ I GOT SOME GROCERIES
SOME PEANUT BUTTER ♪
♪ TO LAST A COUPLE OF DAYS ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT NO SPEAKERS
AIN'T GOT NO HEADPHONES ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT NO RECORDS TO PLAY ♪
♪ WHY STAY IN COLLEGE
WHY GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL ♪
♪ GONNA BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME ♪
♪ CAN'T WRITE A LETTER
CAN'T SEND NO POSTCARD ♪
- ♪ I CAN'T WRITE
NOTHING AT ALL ♪
- OH, CATHERINE.
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN' AROUND ♪
♪♪ GOOD EVENING, SIR.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PULL
OVER RIGHT THERE TO YOUR RIGHT.
- EVENIN', OFFICER.
- LICENSE.
JUST A ROUTINE INSPECTION, SIR. SIR,
WOULD YOU POP THIS HOOD, PLEASE?
COME ON, COME ON. LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT. MOVE ALONG.
ALL RIGHT. DRIVE ON
FORWARD. WE'RE OKAY.
UNIT UNION-7, WE COPY.
CANADIAN BORDER
CHECKPOINTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
A.P.B.s DOWN THE COAST OF
SAN DIEGO, EAST OF BILLINGS.
THE BUREAU... PETE,
I'VE KNOWN THIS
DANGEROUS LEVEL OF ANGER.
I MEAN, WITH EVERYTHING,
I'VE NEVER FELT SO HELPLESS.
THAT'S WHY THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP IS HERE, FRANK.
WHY IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
FRANK? JORDAN WANTS YOU.
SWEETHEART, DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BEING SORRY?
I'M VERY SORRY FOR YELLING
AT YOU AT THE AIRPORT.
I WAS WRONG.
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
- THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
- HEY, DAD?
THERE'S ANGELS OVER THERE.
HUH!
GOOD NIGHT.
HEY, TURN 'EM OFF, MAN. TURN
'EM OFF, YOUR HEADLIGHTS!
IT'LL TAKE MY EYES
FOREVER TO READJUST.
WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU NEED TO
SEE OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
THE COMET, MAN. LOOK.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD ABOUT IT?
BROTHER, IF THE MARINERS DIDN'T WIN THAT
DAY, I DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THE NEWS.
OH, MAN, YOU SHOULD HEAR
ABOUT THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHY IS THAT?
OH, ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME
IS P1997/VANSON-WEST.
WE DISCOVERED IT ABOUT SIX MONTHS
AGO, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
ALWAYS. ITS ORBIT IS NEARLY
A THOUSAND YEARS OLD...
THE MILLENNIUM COMET.
LAST COUPLE TIMES AROUND IT COULD
ONLY BE SEEN NEAR EQUATORIAL LOCATIONS,
SO ALL THE GREAT
CIVILIZATIONS MISSED IT.
BUT IT WAS THERE.
IT WAS THERE.
THE MAYANS SAW IT...
JUST BEFORE A PLAGUE WIPED
OUT HALF THEIR CIVILIZATION.
THE SAILENDRA KINGDOM SAW IT JUST
BEFORE TANGKUBAN PERAHU ERUPTED.
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU MIGHT BE
MAKIN' SOME OF THIS UP AS YOU GO ALONG.
MAKE IT UP? NO, MAN,
NO. IT'S RIGHT THERE.
EACH NIGHT...
APPEARING IN GEMINI, THE TWINS.
YEAH. LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE IT HAS TWO TAILS.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE YEAR
2000. THAT'S WEIRD, HUH?
- YOU THINK THAT'S
SOME KIND OF OMEN, DO YA?
- YEAH, I KNOW IT IS.
YOU SEE, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT WE
HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MILLENNIAL OUTCOME.
ONE PATH... OR THE OTHER.
OH, LOOKIT!
IT SAYS THE SEAHAWKS ARE
GONNA WIN THE A.F.C. WEST.
THAT'S FUNNY.
NOW, SON,
WHAT IS IT YOU'RE
REALLY DOIN' OUT HERE?
I'M JUST TAKIN' SOME
PICTURES. THAT'S IT.
WELL, A SMART FELLOW LIKE YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW NOTHING'S GONNA COME OUT...
TAKIN' PICTURES OF A
COMET WITH THAT THING.
THANKS FOR THE POINTER, OFFICER.
I SMELL BACON, I SMELL PORK.
RUN, LITTLE PIGGY.
I HAVE A FORK.
I GUESS DEEP DOWN I KNEW
THIS HOUR WOULD COME.
THOUGHT I DID EVERYTHING I COULD
TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.
WHAT DID I OVERLOOK?
WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE?
AND NOW, WHAT MUST I
SACRIFICE TO HAVE HER BACK SAFE?
SACRIFICE? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW WHY I HAVE
THREE DAUGHTERS? NO.
WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, I
TOLD BARBARA, "TWO KIDS, TOPS."
SO WE HAD OUR TWO... GIRLS.
AND I LOVE TAYLOR AND ERIN
MORE THAN I COULD EVER SAY. I...
BUT I WANTED A BOY, FOR REASONS THAT I
DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ANOTHER GUY.
SO WE GAVE IT A WHIRL.
HAD CHELSEA.
WELL, I STARTED TO THINK
THAT... AND THEN BELIEVE...
THAT FATE OR GOD OR WHATEVER
HAD SOMETHIN' AGAINST ME.
SO, WE THOUGHT WE'D
GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY.
THIS WAS BACK IN '85. I WAS WORKIN'
WITH THE BUREAU IN SYRACUSE.
WE GOT A CALL ONE
DAY OUT IN SOLVAY.
SOME KIDS FOUND A COOLER...
KINDA LIKE YOU'D TAKE
CAMPING OR ON A PICNIC...
FLOATING IN ONONDAGA LAKE.
INSIDE,
THE BODY OF A
FOUR-MONTH-OLD BOY...
NO HEAD, NO ARMS...
JUST SO WHOEVER
COULD FIT THE BODY INSIDE.
A TINY, LITTLE,
HARMLESS, LITTLE BOY.
AND HERE I WAS. I'D HAVE GIVEN
ANYTHING TO BE THE FATHER OF A SON.
ANYTHING.
SO, SOMEHOW,
I CAME TO BELIEVE THAT IF I
COULD FIND... THE MONSTER,
THE EVIL THAT DID THIS,
THAT I WOULD BE
REWARDED WITH A SON.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW TOUGH IT WAS.
THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE DESCRIPTION.
THE BODY WAS SEVERELY DECOMPOSED
IN THE POLLUTED WATER. NO WITNESSES.
BUT I WENT AT IT
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ANY LEAD, ANY TRACE.
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULDN'T LET BARBARA
GET PREGNANT, AND I COULDN'T TELL HER WHY,
BECAUSE THIS WAS MY
SECRET PACT WITH GOD.
BUT SHE WAS GETTING OLDER,
AND TIME WAS GOIN' BY FOR BOTH
OF US TO HAVE THIS LAST CHILD.
AND I ASKED MYSELF, "WHAT DID I
DO WRONG? WHAT DID I OVERLOOK?"
AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
I SAID THAT I WOULD SACRIFICE...
HAVING A SON IF I COULD
FIND WHO DID THIS...
TO MY BOY.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE
THREE DAUGHTERS.
AND THE PACT YOU MADE?
I'M STILL KEEPIN' UP MY END. I
CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHO I MADE IT WITH.
BUT I'M STARTIN' TO
WONDER IF YOU CAN...
SACRIFICE ONE THING
TO GET ANOTHER.
I KNOW THERE'S A
PRICE TO BE PAID.
IT'S GETTIN' LATE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD
CHECK IN ON YOUR GIRLS.
MMM. AHH.
HOO-HAH.
I'D SAY THAT WAS A BIT MORE EXCITING
THAN A RIDE ON THE MATTERHORN.
AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE.
BUT NOW IS THE WAIT.
YEAH. NOW WE WAIT.
FOR WHAT?
"FOR WHAT?"
OH. TSK-TSK-TSK-TSK.
NO.
FOR WHOM.
- AA-AAH!
- OH, YEAH!
GET HIM, MR. SUNSHINE! TAKE
YOUR STINKIN' PAWS OFF OF ME,
YOU DAMN DIRTY APE! YOU
KNOW THIS GUY, DICKEY BIRD?
FRANK?
I NEVER SEEN HIM
BEFORE, MONSIEUR NOIR.
FRANK!
NICE SURPRISE.
I SENT THESE GUYS
DOWN HERE. YOU KNOW D.B.
THIS IS BRIAN ROEDECKER, A SYSTEMS
SPECIALIST WORKIN' FOR THE GROUP NOW.
YOU FRACTURED MY HYOID.
ANYTHING NEW?
NO. BUT I HAD THESE GUYS
DOWNLOAD SOME INFORMATION...
AND ADD A SECURITY SYSTEM
TO YOUR COMPUTER THAT...
MIGHT GIVE US A DIRECTION.
SECURITY SYSTEM?
WE'VE INSTALLED A D.A.S.
1624-A TO YOUR DESKTOP.
FROM THIS POINT ON, FILES ORIGINATING
FROM AND DESIGNATED COMPARTMENTALIZED...
BY THE MILLENNIUM GROUP CAN ONLY BE
OPENED BY AN ENCODED PHRASE FROM YOUR,
- UH, UNIQUE VOCAL SIGNATURE.
- THIS A NEW POLICY?
THE GROUP FEELS YOU'RE READY TO
RECEIVE MORE SENSITIVE MATERIALS.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. WHEN A FILE
IS DESIGNATED "COMPARTMENTALIZED,"
DOUBLE CLICK THIS ICON, SPEAK
CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY,
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE."
COULDN'T HE JUST SAY HIS NAME?
HE COULD, BUT I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT SECURITY WAS THE PRIORITY.
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE"
IS NOT ONLY AN OBSCURE
REFERENCE TO THE LAST
GREAT AMERICAN FILM,
AND, THEREFORE, UNLIKELY TO BE CRACKED BY
A HACKER ATTEMPTING RANDOM CODE PHRASES,
BUT THE SIX-SYLLABLE PATTERN ENCOMPASSES
EACH FREQUENCY AND VOCAL INTONATION...
UNIQUE TO MR. BLACK, THEREFORE
RENDERING REPLICATION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE,
AND, THUS, SECURITY FOOLPROOF.
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE."
GUYS.
IT'S BETTER, I GUESS, THEY'RE
WORKIN' FOR OUR SIDE THAN THE OTHER.
THAT'S HIM.
HIS NAME, HIS ALIAS, HIS
HISTORY, EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE HAD THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU GAVE IT TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
AND TO THE BUREAU. WHY NOT TO ME?
WHY NOT TO ME, PETER?
FRANK, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, AND
YOU'RE AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE.
BUT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP IS
INVOLVED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED ARENA,
AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE MISTAKES
FOR WHICH WE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE.
HOWEVER, THE GROUP FEELS YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT HIS INTEREST IN YOU...
IS BECAUSE OF OUR
INTEREST IN YOU.
THAT'S ALL I CAN
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'LL BE OUT THERE PULLIN'
OUT THE STOPS TO FIND HIM.
YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION NOW.
SET ASIDE YOUR ANGER,
FORGET YOUR HELPLESSNESS
AND POINT US IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION...
BY GETTING DEEPER THAN YOU
EVER HAVE BEFORE INTO A MAN'S HEAD.
BUT NOT HIS SOUL.
FOR YOUR SAKE, NOT HIS SOUL.
HE IS WORKING VERY
HARD TO FIND YOU...
ME... US.
YOU ARE SO LUCKY,
CATHY,
TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU.
I THINK...
NO, I KNOW FRANK
WOULD DIE FOR YOU.
DO YOU THINK, CATHY?
WOULD YOU DIE FOR HIM? HMM?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU... IN A HOUSE?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU WITH A MOUSE?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU DIE FOR GOD?
IF I TOLD YOU, CATHY,
THAT ALL THAT JAZZ YOU'VE
BEEN HEARIN' SO MUCH ABOUT...
"THE THRONE OF
GOD," "A SEA OF GLASS,"
"THE SEVEN VEILS," "THE SEVEN
SEALS," "THE SEVEN PLAGUES."
"THE SLAIN LAMB WITH SEVEN
EYES AND SEVEN THORNS."
"FEAR GOD,
"AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM FOR THE
HOUR OF HIS KINGDOM HAS COME.
AND THE BEAST OF THE SEA AND THE BEAST
OF THE LAND CAST INTO A LAKE OF FIRE."
AND THEN, AHH!
"TO LIVE AND REIGN WITH
CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...
OF PEACE AND LOVE."
IF I TOLD YOU, CATHY,
THAT I KNOW... THAT
FRANK WILL KNOW...
IT IS ALL TRUE, WOULD YOU DIE?
BE BEHEADED...
FOR YOUR WITNESS
TO THE WORD OF GOD?
SO THAT... YOUR
LITTLE DAUGHTER...
YOUR BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE DAUGHTER...
WOULD YOU DIE FOR GOD THEN? HMM?
WOULD YOU, COULD YOU?
MMM.
OH, MY...
BECAUSE I WON'T.
NO.
THEY ASKED ME TO, BUT I WON'T.
THEY'RE GONNA ASK FRANK.
AND IF HE'S WILLING TO
GIVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU,
I KNOW HE'S WILLING TO
GIVE HIS LIFE FOR GOD.
DON'T YOU THINK, CATHY? BUT
I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM, OKAY?
BECAUSE I AM THE END.
THE QUESTION THAT ENDS HERE!
I AM THE FIRST
AND I AM THE LAST.
I AM THE ALPHA
AND I AM THE OMEGA.
I AM THE BEGINNING AND
I AM THE END. OH, GOD...
AND SOON, HE'LL COME
TO UNDERSTAND THIS,
AS HE WORKS TO GET INSIDE ME.
WITH ME, HIS GIFT IS USELESS.
I DON'T FIT INTO THE
SERIAL-KILLER PROFILE...
HE'S COME TO UNDERSTAND.
NO, I AM SO FAR BEYOND.
I WASN'T FROM A BROKEN HOME.
HE'LL FIND NO HOMICIDAL
TRIAD IN MY CHILDHOOD.
NO SETTING OF FIRES,
NO BED-WETTING,
NO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
I'VE HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION,
RESPONSIBILITY, MONEY.
UNTIL RECENTLY, NOT A LONER.
HE'LL WORK ON THE PRINCIPLE...
THAT BEHAVIOR
REFLECTS PERSONALITY.
HE'LL EVALUATE THE
CRIMINAL ACT ITSELF,
THEN THE SPECIFICS
OF THE CRIME SCENE,
ANALYZE THE VICTIM, WHICH,
OF COURSE, HE KNOWS WELL,
BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFILE...
WITH CRITICAL OFFENDER
CHARACTERISTICS.
THIS WILL LEAD HIM NOWHERE,
ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.
BECAUSE, UNTIL NOW,
I'VE COMMITTED NO CRIME.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S
NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
FRUSTRATED,
AGONIZED, ANGRY EVEN,
HE'LL TURN TO THOSE
TORTUROUS PHOTOGRAPHS...
I'M SO FOND OF MAILING.
HE'LL CONSIDER COMPLEX THEORIES
REGARDING GRANDIOSE SUBTYPES...
OF DELUSIONAL DISORDER, OR
EVEN PHOTOGRAPHIC PARAPHILIA.
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
ULTIMATELY, HE WILL SENSE...
NONE OF IT APPLIES.
THEN, ONCE HIS SEARCH
TURNS AWAY FROM ME AND YOU,
HIS GIFT WILL POINT HIM
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HE'LL UNDERSTAND
THIS IS ALL ABOUT HIM.
THE PROFILE WILL BECOME
ABOUT HIM, WHO HE IS,
WHO HE'LL BE, WHO HE'S BEEN.
IT WAS THE HOUSE
CATHERINE AND I LIVED IN...
BEFORE MOVING TO WORK
WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS BUREAU.
COUNTY RECORDS SHOW THE HOUSE WAS PURCHASED
TWO WEEKS AFTER WE RETURNED TO THE AREA.
THE CURRENT OWNER'S
WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN.
ALTHOUGH, OBSERVING
THE LOCATION...
AND WITNESSING NO ACTIVITY OR
EVIDENCE APPLICABLE TO A SEARCH WARRANT,
I BELIEVE THEY ARE THERE.
FEDERAL AGENTS! WE ARE ENTERING
IN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES...
UNDER SUSPICION OF MORTAL
DANGER TO CATHERINE BLACK!
RIGHT! GO, GO, GO! GO, GO, GO!
COME ON! LET'S
MOVE! NOTHING HERE!
NOTHING. THE ROOM'S
CLEAR! BEDROOM CLEAR!
CHECK THE ATTIC! HEAD
DOWN THE HALLWAY!
NOTHING IN THE KITCHEN!
CLEAR!
UPSTAIRS CLEAR!
LONG AFTER THE
OTHERS HAVE GIVEN UP...
AND GONE HOME TO
THEIR YELLOW HOUSES,
HE'LL STAY.
BECAUSE HE SENSES.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
SOMETHING IS THERE.
AND HE'LL FIND IT.
HE'LL FIND THE ANSWER.
AND HE'LL FIND THE QUESTION.
WATTS. FOUND 'IM. POSITIVE.
FRANK, AFTER TODAY, THE
POLICE WILL BE RELUCTANT.
I'D NEED TIME TO GET
SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER.
FRANK, YOU'VE WAITED
THIS LONG. LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
CAN'T YOU WAIT A
FEW HOURS LONGER?
HE'S ONLY DOING WHAT WE
SHOULD HAVE DONE BY NOW.
HELP HIM.
CATHERINE?
IS HE DOWN HERE?
- JORDAN.
- WHAT?
JORDAN IS DOWN HERE.
THERE.
SHE'S DEAD.
SHE'S HOME. SHE'S SAFE.
FRANK!
YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME, FRANK?
BUT YOU DON'T THEM!
MIKE? YOU GET THEIR STATEMENTS?
HERE YOU GO, SIR.
MR. AND MRS. BLACK, WHAT
HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT...
IS THAT MR. BLACK, WITH
UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE,
FEARING FOR THE LIFE OF HIS ABDUCTED
WIFE AND THE SECURITY OF HIS FAMILY,
WAS PLACED IN GRAVE JEOPARDY
AND FORCIBLY DEFENDED HIS OWN LIFE,
THUS SUBSEQUENTLY ELIMINATING ANY FURTHER
CONCERN FOR HIS FAMILY'S WELL-BEING.
YES, SIR.
MOMMY!
- COME HERE!
- I MISSED YOU!
OH! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK.
BUT, MOM?
HMM? THERE WAS ANGELS OVER
THERE. BUT NOW THEY'RE GONE.
MM!
I DON'T KNOW YET...
IF IT WAS WRONG WHAT YOU DID.
NEITHER DO I.
AND I'M NOT UNGRATEFUL,
FRANK, BECAUSE I
WANTED HIM DEAD.
BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU
LOST SOMETHING.
SACRIFICED... SOMETHING FOR
THE SAFETY OF JORDAN AND ME,
AND I NEED TIME.
WE NEED TIME...
AND DISTANCE...
TO KNOW IF WE CAN
EVER GET IT BACK AGAIN.
I MADE THIS!
THERE IS ONE FOR EVERY LIFE
WHICH EVER WAS OR EVER WILL BE.
AND LIKE MOST LIVES, THEY WAIT
FOR A MOMENT... THE MOMENT...
ONE WILL BE SENT ON ITS JOURNEY
BACK TOWARD THE YELLOW SUN.
APPROACHING THE SUN
BRINGS DEFINITIVE CHANGE.
IT WILL NEVER AGAIN BE THE SAME.
APPEARING IN OUR SKIES, IT IS BELIEVED TO
BE THE PROPHECY OF EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS.
THE BIRTH OF KINGS.
THE DEATH OF EMPIRES.
AFTER CENTURIES, OR
MILLENNIA, THE JOURNEY MUST END.
PERHAPS SMOTHERED
BY ITS OWN DUST,
THE DARK, SOULLESS BODY CONTINUES
ETERNALLY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME.
IT MAY DISINTEGRATE AND CRUMBLE
INTO INCONSEQUENTIAL RUBBLE.
OR IT MAY BE LOST FOREVER,
CRASHING, BURNING INTO THE YELLOW SUN.
AND TONIGHT AS I LOOK INTO
THE SKY AND IT LOOKS BACK ON ME,
I WANT TO KNOW, WHICH AM I?
I NEED TO KNOW.
IS THIS THE BEGINNING
OF THE JOURNEY...
OR THE END?
BARBARA RIDGLEY, PLEASE PICK
UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.
BARBARA RIDGLEY, PLEASE PICK
UP A WHITE COURTESY PHONE.
I'LL GET THE CAR AND BRING IT
UP. YOU WANNA LEAVE HER WITH ME?
NO, I'LL PUT HER IN AND
LET HER SLEEP. OKAY.
CAUGHT YOU RED-HANDED
IN THE ACT OF NOT SMILING.
BUT I'M WILLING TO LET
YOU KEEP THE EVIDENCE...
IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL DONATION TO
THE CHURCH OF MILLENNIAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY HUSBAND
TO HELP ME WITH THE LUGGAGE.
AH, BUT YOU SEE, OUR CHURCH
IS NOT CONTENT TO WAIT.
WE'RE ACTIVELY SPREADING
ENLIGHTENMENT AND EDUCATION...
ABOUT THE GLORIOUS
HARMONIC CONVERGENCE...
THAT WILL DAWN AT THE
STROKE OF MIDNIGHT...
IN THE YEAR 2001.
THE WHITE ZONE IS FOR THE LOADING
AND UNLOADING OF PASSENGERS ONLY.
ALL UNATTENDED VEHICLES WILL
BE TOWED BY THE AIRPORT PARKING...
- THERE ARE MY BAGS.
- HUH.
PLEASE?
BLESS YOU.
- WE WILL HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR YOU AT THE MILLENNIUM.
- SURE.
WHAT...
MY...
THE LOADING AND UNLOADING
OF PASSENGERS ONLY.
ALL UNATTENDED
VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED...
CATHERINE?
WOULD YOU CARE FOR A COPY
OF OUR LITERATURE TODAY?
SHE'S DRUNK.
CATHERINE!
IS MY WIFE IN THERE? TALL,
BROWN HAIR, BLACK SWEATER?
CATHERINE?
CATHERINE!
AIRPORT POLICE.
YOU HAVE REACHED
THE SEATTLE/TACOMA
AIRPORT INFORMATION LINE.
FOR FLIGHT INFORMATION... HEY!
HEY!
STOP! STOP! MY
DAUGHTER'S IN THE BACK!
DADDY!
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
DADDY!
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT MY WIFE HAS BEEN...
ALERT SEATTLE P.D.,
DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE.
WE HAVE A 10-18,
PROBABLE ABDUCTION. DO IT!
I THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK. SHE WAS
BEING HELD BY A MAN SMALLER THAN HER.
DARK HAIR, GOATEE, SIDEBURNS.
ATTENTION, PARKING
ATTENDANTS, CODE 4.
DO NOT ALLOW PASSAGE OF
A MALE CAUCASIAN, LATE 20s,
APPROXIMATELY FIVE-FOOT-SIX,
GOATEE, SIDEBURNS, SUNGLASSES,
POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCAPACITATED
FEMALE, CAUCASIAN, MID-30s, BROWN HAIR.
CONSIDER SUSPECT ARMED AND
DANGEROUS. ALERT SUPERVISOR UPON CONTACT.
♪♪
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
♪♪
HERE.
DADDY, WHERE'S MOMMY?
LET'S GO HOME.
HE'S OUT.
WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH
A ROADBLOCK ON THE 509.
IF HE GETS TO
THE I-5, HE'S GONE.
♪♪
♪ LIVED IN A BROWNSTONE
I LIVED IN A GHETTO ♪
♪ I'VE LIVED ALL
OVER THIS TOWN ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN' AROUND ♪
♪ FOR THAT NOW ♪
♪ TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE
TO THE RECEIVER ♪
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME.
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
WE WILL SOON, HONEY. NO,
I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
- JORDAN!
- I'LL WATCH HER, MR. BLACK.
I'M SORRY, BABY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
♪ WORK IN THE NIGHTTIME I
MIGHT NOT EVER GET HOME ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
HE'S DEFINITELY OFF
THE AIRPORT GROUNDS.
THE PARKING ATTENDANT REMEMBERS
BEING DISTRACTED BY A DRIVER.
REPORTS OF A BLUE CHEVY TRUCK...
DADDY, I WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
I HAVE TO GO TO THE ROADBLOCK.
I'LL TAKE HER HOME, FRANK.
IT'S OKAY.
PETER, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
LET'S GO.
STOP HERE.
♪ YOU OUGHTA KNOW NOT
TO STAND BY THE WINDOW ♪
♪ SOMEBODY'LL SEE YOU UP THERE ♪
♪ I GOT SOME GROCERIES
SOME PEANUT BUTTER ♪
♪ TO LAST A COUPLE OF DAYS ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT NO SPEAKERS
AIN'T GOT NO HEADPHONES ♪
♪ AIN'T GOT NO RECORDS TO PLAY ♪
♪ WHY STAY IN COLLEGE
WHY GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL ♪
♪ GONNA BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME ♪
♪ CAN'T WRITE A LETTER
CAN'T SEND NO POSTCARD ♪
- ♪ I CAN'T WRITE
NOTHING AT ALL ♪
- OH, CATHERINE.
♪ THIS AIN'T NO PARTY
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ♪
♪ THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN' AROUND ♪
♪♪ GOOD EVENING, SIR.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PULL
OVER RIGHT THERE TO YOUR RIGHT.
- EVENIN', OFFICER.
- LICENSE.
JUST A ROUTINE INSPECTION, SIR. SIR,
WOULD YOU POP THIS HOOD, PLEASE?
COME ON, COME ON. LET'S GO.
ALL RIGHT. MOVE ALONG.
ALL RIGHT. DRIVE ON
FORWARD. WE'RE OKAY.
UNIT UNION-7, WE COPY.
CANADIAN BORDER
CHECKPOINTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
A.P.B.s DOWN THE COAST OF
SAN DIEGO, EAST OF BILLINGS.
THE BUREAU... PETE,
I'VE KNOWN THIS
DANGEROUS LEVEL OF ANGER.
I MEAN, WITH EVERYTHING,
I'VE NEVER FELT SO HELPLESS.
THAT'S WHY THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP IS HERE, FRANK.
WHY IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
FRANK? JORDAN WANTS YOU.
SWEETHEART, DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BEING SORRY?
I'M VERY SORRY FOR YELLING
AT YOU AT THE AIRPORT.
I WAS WRONG.
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
- THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
- HEY, DAD?
THERE'S ANGELS OVER THERE.
HUH!
GOOD NIGHT.
HEY, TURN 'EM OFF, MAN. TURN
'EM OFF, YOUR HEADLIGHTS!
IT'LL TAKE MY EYES
FOREVER TO READJUST.
WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU NEED TO
SEE OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
THE COMET, MAN. LOOK.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD ABOUT IT?
BROTHER, IF THE MARINERS DIDN'T WIN THAT
DAY, I DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THE NEWS.
OH, MAN, YOU SHOULD HEAR
ABOUT THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHY IS THAT?
OH, ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME
IS P1997/VANSON-WEST.
WE DISCOVERED IT ABOUT SIX MONTHS
AGO, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
ALWAYS. ITS ORBIT IS NEARLY
A THOUSAND YEARS OLD...
THE MILLENNIUM COMET.
LAST COUPLE TIMES AROUND IT COULD
ONLY BE SEEN NEAR EQUATORIAL LOCATIONS,
SO ALL THE GREAT
CIVILIZATIONS MISSED IT.
BUT IT WAS THERE.
IT WAS THERE.
THE MAYANS SAW IT...
JUST BEFORE A PLAGUE WIPED
OUT HALF THEIR CIVILIZATION.
THE SAILENDRA KINGDOM SAW IT JUST
BEFORE TANGKUBAN PERAHU ERUPTED.
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU MIGHT BE
MAKIN' SOME OF THIS UP AS YOU GO ALONG.
MAKE IT UP? NO, MAN,
NO. IT'S RIGHT THERE.
EACH NIGHT...
APPEARING IN GEMINI, THE TWINS.
YEAH. LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE IT HAS TWO TAILS.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE YEAR
2000. THAT'S WEIRD, HUH?
- YOU THINK THAT'S
SOME KIND OF OMEN, DO YA?
- YEAH, I KNOW IT IS.
YOU SEE, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT WE
HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MILLENNIAL OUTCOME.
ONE PATH... OR THE OTHER.
OH, LOOKIT!
IT SAYS THE SEAHAWKS ARE
GONNA WIN THE A.F.C. WEST.
THAT'S FUNNY.
NOW, SON,
WHAT IS IT YOU'RE
REALLY DOIN' OUT HERE?
I'M JUST TAKIN' SOME
PICTURES. THAT'S IT.
WELL, A SMART FELLOW LIKE YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW NOTHING'S GONNA COME OUT...
TAKIN' PICTURES OF A
COMET WITH THAT THING.
THANKS FOR THE POINTER, OFFICER.
I SMELL BACON, I SMELL PORK.
RUN, LITTLE PIGGY.
I HAVE A FORK.
I GUESS DEEP DOWN I KNEW
THIS HOUR WOULD COME.
THOUGHT I DID EVERYTHING I COULD
TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.
WHAT DID I OVERLOOK?
WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE?
AND NOW, WHAT MUST I
SACRIFICE TO HAVE HER BACK SAFE?
SACRIFICE? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW WHY I HAVE
THREE DAUGHTERS? NO.
WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, I
TOLD BARBARA, "TWO KIDS, TOPS."
SO WE HAD OUR TWO... GIRLS.
AND I LOVE TAYLOR AND ERIN
MORE THAN I COULD EVER SAY. I...
BUT I WANTED A BOY, FOR REASONS THAT I
DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ANOTHER GUY.
SO WE GAVE IT A WHIRL.
HAD CHELSEA.
WELL, I STARTED TO THINK
THAT... AND THEN BELIEVE...
THAT FATE OR GOD OR WHATEVER
HAD SOMETHIN' AGAINST ME.
SO, WE THOUGHT WE'D
GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY.
THIS WAS BACK IN '85. I WAS WORKIN'
WITH THE BUREAU IN SYRACUSE.
WE GOT A CALL ONE
DAY OUT IN SOLVAY.
SOME KIDS FOUND A COOLER...
KINDA LIKE YOU'D TAKE
CAMPING OR ON A PICNIC...
FLOATING IN ONONDAGA LAKE.
INSIDE,
THE BODY OF A
FOUR-MONTH-OLD BOY...
NO HEAD, NO ARMS...
JUST SO WHOEVER
COULD FIT THE BODY INSIDE.
A TINY, LITTLE,
HARMLESS, LITTLE BOY.
AND HERE I WAS. I'D HAVE GIVEN
ANYTHING TO BE THE FATHER OF A SON.
ANYTHING.
SO, SOMEHOW,
I CAME TO BELIEVE THAT IF I
COULD FIND... THE MONSTER,
THE EVIL THAT DID THIS,
THAT I WOULD BE
REWARDED WITH A SON.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW TOUGH IT WAS.
THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE DESCRIPTION.
THE BODY WAS SEVERELY DECOMPOSED
IN THE POLLUTED WATER. NO WITNESSES.
BUT I WENT AT IT
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ANY LEAD, ANY TRACE.
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULDN'T LET BARBARA
GET PREGNANT, AND I COULDN'T TELL HER WHY,
BECAUSE THIS WAS MY
SECRET PACT WITH GOD.
BUT SHE WAS GETTING OLDER,
AND TIME WAS GOIN' BY FOR BOTH
OF US TO HAVE THIS LAST CHILD.
AND I ASKED MYSELF, "WHAT DID I
DO WRONG? WHAT DID I OVERLOOK?"
AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
I SAID THAT I WOULD SACRIFICE...
HAVING A SON IF I COULD
FIND WHO DID THIS...
TO MY BOY.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE
THREE DAUGHTERS.
AND THE PACT YOU MADE?
I'M STILL KEEPIN' UP MY END. I
CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHO I MADE IT WITH.
BUT I'M STARTIN' TO
WONDER IF YOU CAN...
SACRIFICE ONE THING
TO GET ANOTHER.
I KNOW THERE'S A
PRICE TO BE PAID.
IT'S GETTIN' LATE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD
CHECK IN ON YOUR GIRLS.
MMM. AHH.
HOO-HAH.
I'D SAY THAT WAS A BIT MORE EXCITING
THAN A RIDE ON THE MATTERHORN.
AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE.
BUT NOW IS THE WAIT.
YEAH. NOW WE WAIT.
FOR WHAT?
"FOR WHAT?"
OH. TSK-TSK-TSK-TSK.
NO.
FOR WHOM.
- AA-AAH!
- OH, YEAH!
GET HIM, MR. SUNSHINE! TAKE
YOUR STINKIN' PAWS OFF OF ME,
YOU DAMN DIRTY APE! YOU
KNOW THIS GUY, DICKEY BIRD?
FRANK?
I NEVER SEEN HIM
BEFORE, MONSIEUR NOIR.
FRANK!
NICE SURPRISE.
I SENT THESE GUYS
DOWN HERE. YOU KNOW D.B.
THIS IS BRIAN ROEDECKER, A SYSTEMS
SPECIALIST WORKIN' FOR THE GROUP NOW.
YOU FRACTURED MY HYOID.
ANYTHING NEW?
NO. BUT I HAD THESE GUYS
DOWNLOAD SOME INFORMATION...
AND ADD A SECURITY SYSTEM
TO YOUR COMPUTER THAT...
MIGHT GIVE US A DIRECTION.
SECURITY SYSTEM?
WE'VE INSTALLED A D.A.S.
1624-A TO YOUR DESKTOP.
FROM THIS POINT ON, FILES ORIGINATING
FROM AND DESIGNATED COMPARTMENTALIZED...
BY THE MILLENNIUM GROUP CAN ONLY BE
OPENED BY AN ENCODED PHRASE FROM YOUR,
- UH, UNIQUE VOCAL SIGNATURE.
- THIS A NEW POLICY?
THE GROUP FEELS YOU'RE READY TO
RECEIVE MORE SENSITIVE MATERIALS.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. WHEN A FILE
IS DESIGNATED "COMPARTMENTALIZED,"
DOUBLE CLICK THIS ICON, SPEAK
CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY,
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE."
COULDN'T HE JUST SAY HIS NAME?
HE COULD, BUT I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT SECURITY WAS THE PRIORITY.
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE"
IS NOT ONLY AN OBSCURE
REFERENCE TO THE LAST
GREAT AMERICAN FILM,
AND, THEREFORE, UNLIKELY TO BE CRACKED BY
A HACKER ATTEMPTING RANDOM CODE PHRASES,
BUT THE SIX-SYLLABLE PATTERN ENCOMPASSES
EACH FREQUENCY AND VOCAL INTONATION...
UNIQUE TO MR. BLACK, THEREFORE
RENDERING REPLICATION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE,
AND, THUS, SECURITY FOOLPROOF.
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE."
GUYS.
IT'S BETTER, I GUESS, THEY'RE
WORKIN' FOR OUR SIDE THAN THE OTHER.
THAT'S HIM.
HIS NAME, HIS ALIAS, HIS
HISTORY, EVERYTHING.
YOU'VE HAD THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU GAVE IT TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
AND TO THE BUREAU. WHY NOT TO ME?
WHY NOT TO ME, PETER?
FRANK, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, AND
YOU'RE AN EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATE.
BUT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP IS
INVOLVED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED ARENA,
AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE MISTAKES
FOR WHICH WE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE.
HOWEVER, THE GROUP FEELS YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT HIS INTEREST IN YOU...
IS BECAUSE OF OUR
INTEREST IN YOU.
THAT'S ALL I CAN
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'LL BE OUT THERE PULLIN'
OUT THE STOPS TO FIND HIM.
YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION NOW.
SET ASIDE YOUR ANGER,
FORGET YOUR HELPLESSNESS
AND POINT US IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION...
BY GETTING DEEPER THAN YOU
EVER HAVE BEFORE INTO A MAN'S HEAD.
BUT NOT HIS SOUL.
FOR YOUR SAKE, NOT HIS SOUL.
HE IS WORKING VERY
HARD TO FIND YOU...
ME... US.
YOU ARE SO LUCKY,
CATHY,
TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU.
I THINK...
NO, I KNOW FRANK
WOULD DIE FOR YOU.
DO YOU THINK, CATHY?
WOULD YOU DIE FOR HIM? HMM?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU... IN A HOUSE?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU WITH A MOUSE?
WOULD YOU, COULD
YOU DIE FOR GOD?
IF I TOLD YOU, CATHY,
THAT ALL THAT JAZZ YOU'VE
BEEN HEARIN' SO MUCH ABOUT...
"THE THRONE OF
GOD," "A SEA OF GLASS,"
"THE SEVEN VEILS," "THE SEVEN
SEALS," "THE SEVEN PLAGUES."
"THE SLAIN LAMB WITH SEVEN
EYES AND SEVEN THORNS."
"FEAR GOD,
"AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM FOR THE
HOUR OF HIS KINGDOM HAS COME.
AND THE BEAST OF THE SEA AND THE BEAST
OF THE LAND CAST INTO A LAKE OF FIRE."
AND THEN, AHH!
"TO LIVE AND REIGN WITH
CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...
OF PEACE AND LOVE."
IF I TOLD YOU, CATHY,
THAT I KNOW... THAT
FRANK WILL KNOW...
IT IS ALL TRUE, WOULD YOU DIE?
BE BEHEADED...
FOR YOUR WITNESS
TO THE WORD OF GOD?
SO THAT... YOUR
LITTLE DAUGHTER...
YOUR BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE DAUGHTER...
WOULD YOU DIE FOR GOD THEN? HMM?
WOULD YOU, COULD YOU?
MMM.
OH, MY...
BECAUSE I WON'T.
NO.
THEY ASKED ME TO, BUT I WON'T.
THEY'RE GONNA ASK FRANK.
AND IF HE'S WILLING TO
GIVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU,
I KNOW HE'S WILLING TO
GIVE HIS LIFE FOR GOD.
DON'T YOU THINK, CATHY? BUT
I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM, OKAY?
BECAUSE I AM THE END.
THE QUESTION THAT ENDS HERE!
I AM THE FIRST
AND I AM THE LAST.
I AM THE ALPHA
AND I AM THE OMEGA.
I AM THE BEGINNING AND
I AM THE END. OH, GOD...
AND SOON, HE'LL COME
TO UNDERSTAND THIS,
AS HE WORKS TO GET INSIDE ME.
WITH ME, HIS GIFT IS USELESS.
I DON'T FIT INTO THE
SERIAL-KILLER PROFILE...
HE'S COME TO UNDERSTAND.
NO, I AM SO FAR BEYOND.
I WASN'T FROM A BROKEN HOME.
HE'LL FIND NO HOMICIDAL
TRIAD IN MY CHILDHOOD.
NO SETTING OF FIRES,
NO BED-WETTING,
NO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
I'VE HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION,
RESPONSIBILITY, MONEY.
UNTIL RECENTLY, NOT A LONER.
HE'LL WORK ON THE PRINCIPLE...
THAT BEHAVIOR
REFLECTS PERSONALITY.
HE'LL EVALUATE THE
CRIMINAL ACT ITSELF,
THEN THE SPECIFICS
OF THE CRIME SCENE,
ANALYZE THE VICTIM, WHICH,
OF COURSE, HE KNOWS WELL,
BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFILE...
WITH CRITICAL OFFENDER
CHARACTERISTICS.
THIS WILL LEAD HIM NOWHERE,
ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE.
BECAUSE, UNTIL NOW,
I'VE COMMITTED NO CRIME.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S
NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
FRUSTRATED,
AGONIZED, ANGRY EVEN,
HE'LL TURN TO THOSE
TORTUROUS PHOTOGRAPHS...
I'M SO FOND OF MAILING.
HE'LL CONSIDER COMPLEX THEORIES
REGARDING GRANDIOSE SUBTYPES...
OF DELUSIONAL DISORDER, OR
EVEN PHOTOGRAPHIC PARAPHILIA.
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
ULTIMATELY, HE WILL SENSE...
NONE OF IT APPLIES.
THEN, ONCE HIS SEARCH
TURNS AWAY FROM ME AND YOU,
HIS GIFT WILL POINT HIM
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HE'LL UNDERSTAND
THIS IS ALL ABOUT HIM.
THE PROFILE WILL BECOME
ABOUT HIM, WHO HE IS,
WHO HE'LL BE, WHO HE'S BEEN.
IT WAS THE HOUSE
CATHERINE AND I LIVED IN...
BEFORE MOVING TO WORK
WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS BUREAU.
COUNTY RECORDS SHOW THE HOUSE WAS PURCHASED
TWO WEEKS AFTER WE RETURNED TO THE AREA.
THE CURRENT OWNER'S
WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN.
ALTHOUGH, OBSERVING
THE LOCATION...
AND WITNESSING NO ACTIVITY OR
EVIDENCE APPLICABLE TO A SEARCH WARRANT,
I BELIEVE THEY ARE THERE.
FEDERAL AGENTS! WE ARE ENTERING
IN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES...
UNDER SUSPICION OF MORTAL
DANGER TO CATHERINE BLACK!
RIGHT! GO, GO, GO! GO, GO, GO!
COME ON! LET'S
MOVE! NOTHING HERE!
NOTHING. THE ROOM'S
CLEAR! BEDROOM CLEAR!
CHECK THE ATTIC! HEAD
DOWN THE HALLWAY!
NOTHING IN THE KITCHEN!
CLEAR!
UPSTAIRS CLEAR!
LONG AFTER THE
OTHERS HAVE GIVEN UP...
AND GONE HOME TO
THEIR YELLOW HOUSES,
HE'LL STAY.
BECAUSE HE SENSES.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
SOMETHING IS THERE.
AND HE'LL FIND IT.
HE'LL FIND THE ANSWER.
AND HE'LL FIND THE QUESTION.
WATTS. FOUND 'IM. POSITIVE.
FRANK, AFTER TODAY, THE
POLICE WILL BE RELUCTANT.
I'D NEED TIME TO GET
SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER.
FRANK, YOU'VE WAITED
THIS LONG. LET'S DO IT RIGHT.
CAN'T YOU WAIT A
FEW HOURS LONGER?
HE'S ONLY DOING WHAT WE
SHOULD HAVE DONE BY NOW.
HELP HIM.
CATHERINE?
IS HE DOWN HERE?
- JORDAN.
- WHAT?
JORDAN IS DOWN HERE.
THERE.
SHE'S DEAD.
SHE'S HOME. SHE'S SAFE.
FRANK!
YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME, FRANK?
BUT YOU DON'T THEM!
MIKE? YOU GET THEIR STATEMENTS?
HERE YOU GO, SIR.
MR. AND MRS. BLACK, WHAT
HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT...
IS THAT MR. BLACK, WITH
UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE,
FEARING FOR THE LIFE OF HIS ABDUCTED
WIFE AND THE SECURITY OF HIS FAMILY,
WAS PLACED IN GRAVE JEOPARDY
AND FORCIBLY DEFENDED HIS OWN LIFE,
THUS SUBSEQUENTLY ELIMINATING ANY FURTHER
CONCERN FOR HIS FAMILY'S WELL-BEING.
YES, SIR.
MOMMY!
- COME HERE!
- I MISSED YOU!
OH! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK.
BUT, MOM?
HMM? THERE WAS ANGELS OVER
THERE. BUT NOW THEY'RE GONE.
MM!
I DON'T KNOW YET...
IF IT WAS WRONG WHAT YOU DID.
NEITHER DO I.
AND I'M NOT UNGRATEFUL,
FRANK, BECAUSE I
WANTED HIM DEAD.
BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU
LOST SOMETHING.
SACRIFICED... SOMETHING FOR
THE SAFETY OF JORDAN AND ME,
AND I NEED TIME.
WE NEED TIME...
AND DISTANCE...
TO KNOW IF WE CAN
EVER GET IT BACK AGAIN.
I MADE THIS!