Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 11 - Goodbye Charlie - full transcript
A former doctor assists the terminally ill by helping them commit suicide. But is his motivation mercy... or murder?
THE CHOICE IS YOURS
AND YOURS ALONE.
NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE IT FOR YOU.
NOT THE GOVERNMENT. NOT A
DOCTOR. NOT EVEN YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S A JOURNEY YOU
CAN ONLY TRAVEL ALONE.
AND, PRESTON,
WHAT AN AMAZING ADVENTURE
YOU'VE COURAGEOUSLY CHOSEN.
WHAT AN AMAZING ADVENTURE.
AND I AM ONLY HERE TO HELP.
TO POINT YOU TOWARD YOUR
VERY OWN YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
NOW YOU CAN STOP
THIS AT ANY TIME.
I'M ABOUT TO
INSERT A SALINE I.V.
WHEN YOU FLICK THE SWITCH IN YOUR HAND,
PENTOTHAL WILL FLOW INTO YOUR VEINS...
AND SEND YOU INTO A
DEEP, SWEET, RESTFUL SLEEP.
SOON AFTER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE WILL
INDUCE A PAINLESS, MASSIVE CORONARY...
WHILE YOU'RE DREAMING
OF A BETTER PLACE.
♪♪
SO, HERE WE GO.
♪ GOOD-BYE TO YOU
MY TRUSTED FRIEND ♪
♪ WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
SINCE WE WERE NINE OR 10 ♪
♪ TOGETHER WE'VE
CLIMBED HILLS AND TREES ♪
♪ LEARNED OF LOVE AND A-B-CS ♪
♪ SKINNED OUR HEARTS
AND SKINNED OUR KNEES ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE MY FRIEND
IT'S HARD TO DIE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL THE BIRDS
ARE SINGING IN THE SKY ♪
♪ NOW THAT SPRING
IS IN THE AIR ♪
♪ PRETTY GIRLS ARE EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ THINK OF ME
AND I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪ WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN
WE HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN ♪
♪ BUT THE HILLS THAT WE CLIMBED
WERE JUST SEASONS OUT OF TIME ♪
♪♪
OPEN THE POD BAY
DOOR, PLEASE, HAL.
LET ME GET HIT BY
A FREIGHT TRAIN.
EVAPORATED IN A NUCLEAR
BLAST, OR A MASSIVE CORONARY...
AFTER THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN WHEN
THE HAWKS WIN THE SUPER BOWL.
ANYTHING, SO I DON'T EVER HAVE
TO FACE MAKING THIS DECISION.
YEAH, I'D MAKE IT
A "THING." POETIC.
GO DOWN NIAGRA FALLS.
LEAP INTO THE GRAND CANYON.
WITH MY LUCK, I'D
SURVIVE THE FALL.
I'D LIE IN PAIN WHILE
PRAIRIE DOGS RAN OVER ME.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT.
DOCTOR-ASSISTED OR OTHERWISE.
LIFE IS TOO INTERESTING, NO
MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YEAH, WELL, THIS GUY'S LIFE WAS GETTING
BLOWN OUT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
LOOKS LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO STICK
AROUND TO SEE THE END OF THE GAME.
PRESTON WILLIAMS. AGE 48.
UNION CARD. LOCAL
153. CEMENT FINISHER.
THE HANDWRITING ON THE
SUICIDE NOTE MATCHES...
THE SIGNATURES ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE
AND THE CREDIT CARDS IN THE WALLET.
THIS WASN'T AN ASSISTED SUICIDE.
IT WAS A MURDER.
NO, FRANK. WE'VE BEEN
GETTING ABOUT TWO A MONTH.
IN FACT, THE LAST ONE TO DO IT IS HAVING
A FUNERAL EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
THE SCENES ARE
ALL SET UP THE SAME.
SAME MOTEL, DIFFERENT ROOM. THE
VICTIM'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS CHECKS IN.
HE ALWAYS LEAVES A NOTE.
"HOO-YAH." EX-MARINE.
NO SUCH THING AS AN EX-MARINE.
THIS MIGHT BE UNDER THE GUISE OF
AN ASSISTED SUICIDE, BUT IT'S A MURDER.
THE AUTOPSIES CONFIRM
TERMINAL ILLNESS.
FRANK, ARE YOU SEEING THIS?
ONLY THE EVIDENCE.
CONTUSIONS ON THE WRIST.
THERE'S ADHESIVE PARTICLES
AROUND THE MOUTH AND ON THE WRIST.
IF HIS WRISTS WERE TIED, HOW
COULD HE GIVE HIMSELF A SHOT?
MAYBE THE VICTIM
ASKED FOR RESTRAINTS.
IN ANY CASE, I'VE GOT
PLAINCLOTHES WATCHING THE MOTEL.
THE LADY THAT RUNS THE PLACE AND THE
CLEANING WOMAN, THEY KNOW TO ALERT US...
IF THEY, UH, SEE ANYBODY WITH A MEDICAL
BAG OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
CAN I GET A PAIR OF
HEMOSTATS, PLEASE?
THANKS.
THEY SAY YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER,
THIS IS DEL. MAY I HELP YOU?
SIR, YOU SHOULD CALL 911
FOR THAT. I CAN CONNECT YOU.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, MRS. HADDEN. MANY
PEOPLE GET DEPRESSED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
DIFFERENT THINGS WORK FOR
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THOMAS.
BUT THE 12-STEP
PROGRAM WORKED FOR ME.
LINDA. LINDA, LISTEN TO ME.
NOW, THIS IS SOME
TOUGH LOVE, LINDA.
HE MAY SAY HE'S SORRY, BUT
HE WILL DO IT AGAIN, WON'T HE?
THE ONLY WAY TO HELP HIM...
TO HELP YOURSELF, LINDA...
IS TO NEVER ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOUR LIFE IS TOO
PRECIOUS... TOO SACRED...
TO WASTE IT IN
THIS VICIOUS CYCLE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD.
GOOD FOR YOU, LINDA.
NOW, MY NAME IS STEVEN, AND
YOU CAN CALL FOR ME ANYTIME.
GOOD. GOD BLESS YOU, LINDA.
BYE-BYE.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER. THIS
IS STEVEN. HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
♪♪
OKAY, LOOK. I'M GONNA HELP YOU
THROUGH THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO TALK.
WHO AM I LISTENING TO?
MY NAME'S ELEANOR, AND...
YOU'RE AFRAID.
TATTLETALE LOUNGE.
YES. MAY I ASK, PLEASE,
WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
HERE'S MY THING. I DON'T
KNOW WHY ANYONE...
WOULD BE IN SUCH A
RUSH TO GET TO THIS.
I CAN'T EVEN GET
MY OWN HAIR RIGHT.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT AN
UNDERTAKER WILL DO.
THEY'LL HAVE ME LOOKING
LIKE ONE OF THE B-52's,
AND I WON'T BE ALLOWED
TO BITCH ABOUT IT.
ALL I ASK IS THAT I GO
BEFORE MY DAUGHTER.
FRANK, WOULD YOU?
I MEAN, IF YOU WERE DIAGNOSED
AS TERMINAL AND IN PAIN,
WOULD YOU HAVE A
DOCTOR ASSIST YOU?
YOU HAVE TO BE THERE BEFORE YOU
CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, LARA.
IN THIS CASE, I'M CONVINCED IT'S A
HOMICIDE. THE SUBJECT MAY BELIEVE...
THAT HE'S HELPING,
THAT HE CARES.
THAT'S WHY HE
MIGHT BE HERE TODAY.
HE IS, HOWEVER, EXCITED BY THE FACT
THAT HE'S PRESENT AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH.
THAT HE HAS CONTROL OVER ANOTHER PERSON'S
LIFE. THAT'S ONE THING I DON'T BELIEVE IN.
ONE PERSON CONTROLLING
ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE.
- AND YOU WORK WITH MILLENNIUM.
- RIGHT NOW.
ONLY BECAUSE THEY
PRESENT CASES LIKE THESE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING
US WITH CASES, BUT WITH LESSONS.
EXCUSE ME. WHO ARE YOU?
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY MOTHER?
MY NAME IS LARA MEANS.
THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES
TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
LOOK, WE DON'T MEAN
TO INTRUDE, BUT WE ARE
CONSULTANTS TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT...
REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF YOUR MOTHER'S PASSING.
WE'RE HERE ONLY TO OBSERVE...
THE POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE
OF ANY POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.
WE'VE TOLD THE POLICE. MY MOTHER
DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S.
AN AUTOPSY INDICATES A MASSIVE CORONARY
DUE TO POTASSIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION.
MY MOTHER DIED OF
COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S.
THERE'LL BE NO
"SUSPECTS" IN ATTENDANCE.
NOW, PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE.
YOUR PRESENCE IS
UPSETTING MY FATHER.
WE BEG YOUR PARDON.
STEVEN KILEY. DOES
THAT NAME RING A BELL?
♪♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WRONG ♪
♪ YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN ♪
♪ AND EVEN THOUGH
WE KNOW IT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ NOW WE MUST PRETEND ♪
♪ A GIRL LIKE YOU
MOST ANYTHING ♪
♪ WE COULD JUST GO ON ♪
♪ WITH A LITTLE
TIME YOU ARE MINE ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WRONG ♪
WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?
COME ON, BUDDY. MY SHIFT'S
ALMOST OVER. CLOCK'S TICKING.
THE CLOCK IS
TICKING FOR ALL OF US.
I'D LOVE A HOT SAKE.
A WHAT? SAKE.
IT'S A JAPANESE DRINK
MISTAKENLY CALLED RICE WINE,
BUT IT'S REALLY A BEER.
IT'S BREWED, AFTER THE KNEADING
OF STEAMED RICE CALLED KOJI...
WITH A CULTIVATED
MOLD AND WATER.
IT CAN BE SERVED HOT
OR COLD. BUT I LIKE IT HOT.
DID YOU SERVE IN
VIETNAM OR SOMETHING?
OOH, I'VE BEEN...
AND CAN TAKE YOU... EVERYWHERE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
WHERE YOU FROM?
THIS IS OFFICER NELLO. GET
ME DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE.
MAY I?
SHOULD WE, UM, GO
OUT FOR SOME BEERS?
SOME SAKE?
WE DON'T NEED THAT
TO REMOVE ANY PAIN.
AND YOU ARE IN PAIN.
AREN'T YOU, ELEANOR?
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
ALL REALLY AFRAID OF, ISN'T IT?
NOT DYING, BUT LIVING WITH PAIN.
WHICH, I'M SO SORRY,
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
NO. NO, NO, NO. NOT ME. I
WOULD NEVER HURT YOU.
YOU'RE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
THERE'S BEEN WEIGHT LOSS,
JAUNDICE, STOMACH PAIN.
ALTERED BOWEL HABITS, AND,
YOU CAN FEEL IF YOU PRESS DEEPLY,
A HARD LUMP.
I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE. I KNOW.
YOU'RE AFRAID TO EVEN
GO TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR.
BUT, I CAN TELL YOU,
ELEANOR, IT IS INOPERABLE.
DON'T... DON'T BE AFRAID. I
WILL TAKE THE PAIN AWAY.
AND I WILL KEEP THE
PROMISE TO SEND YOU...
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO
GO ON A WONDERFUL JOURNEY.
I'VE BEEN SENT HERE.
NO. NO DOCTORS
FOUND BY THAT NAME.
MUST BE AN ALIAS, BUT, UH, I
KNOW I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE.
HELLO. FRANK? WE GOT
A POSSIBLE AT THE MOTEL.
THANKS. GEIBS HAS US A
SUSPECT AT THE MOTEL.
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ HATE TO SEE YOU GO ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GEE, I'M FEELING LOW ♪
♪ BUT I'M CLUING YOU IN
SOMEONE'S DOING YOU IN, PAL ♪
♪ NOW, DON'T YOU KNOW LECHERY
LEADS YOU TO TREACHERY ♪
♪ THINGS BOOMA... ♪♪
183, ROBBERY IN PROGRESS...
♪♪ IT'S HIM.
- HE'S GONE.
- SHE'S NOT.
CHECK THE PERIMETER.
GET AN AMBULANCE.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT
IS BACK ON PRESTON WILLIAMS.
"ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A
CORONARY FROM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE,
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE
VICTIM HAD SECONDARY DIABETES."
CHOLELITHIASIS HAD CAUSED THE
ONSET OF GANGRENE IN THE GALLBLADDER.
APPARENTLY, HE SOUGHT
MEDICAL TREATMENT,
BUT LACKING SUFFICIENT HEALTH INSURANCE,
HE BASICALLY HAD TO LET IT GO UNTREATED.
HE WAS ASHAMED AND HID THE DISEASE
FROM HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS.
NO ONE KNEW BUT
HIS ONETIME DOCTOR.
THE PHYSICIANS ATTENDING
ELEANOR NORRIS IN I.C.U...
FELT A TUMOR IN HER ABDOMEN.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T RUN ANY TESTS
UNLESS SHE CAME OUT OF HER COMA.
SHE HADN'T SEEN HER DOCTOR
ABOUT THE PROBLEM EITHER.
"TO MY MOM, MY BROTHER TIM AND
ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS TO KNOW WHY.
"PLEASE DON'T BE MAD OR SAD, BUT WHY
PUT OFF TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY?
I LOVE YOU ALL AND WILL SEE
YOU AGAIN IN HEAVEN. LOVE, EL."
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND I HAVE SEEN SOME UGLY
MOTEL ROOM PAINTINGS OF CLOWNS,
WHEAT FIELDS, WATERFALLS,
CLOWNS IN WHEAT FIELDS,
BUT, EVEN IN ATHENS, I NEVER SAW A
PAINTING OF GREEKS EATING WALNUTS.
IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, WALNUTS
SYMBOLIZE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY.
THAT MAY BE THE REASON
FOR THE RESTRAINTS.
I MEAN, MAYBE THE PATIENTS
DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SICK.
- THEN IT IS MURDER.
- IS IT? I MEAN,
HE'S SOMEHOW BEEN RIGHT.
IS IT MURDER IF HE
IS SAVING THEM...
FROM YEARS, YEARS
OF PAIN, INDIGNITY?
IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE CHOICE
FOR THEMSELVES, YES. IT IS MURDER.
AND THIS IS HIS MURDER WEAPON.
GLASS I.V. BOTTLES.
DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS HAVEN'T
USED THOSE IN NEARLY 10 YEARS.
IT'S ALL DISPOSABLE PLASTIC
NOW. A MEDICAL SUPPLY STORE.
DON'T EVEN CARRY 'EM. I EVEN
WENT TO THOSE ANTIQUE STORES...
THAT, YOU KNOW, CARRY
OLD MEDICAL SUPPLIES?
NOTHING.
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A
MEDICAL DUMPING GROUND?
YEAH, MY FATHER. BUT
HE LIVES IN ST. LOUIS.
OH.
ARE THERE ANY OLD HOSPITALS
IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN, BUT
HAVEN'T BEEN TORN DOWN YET?
WHOA. - WHAT?
THIS IS WHERE I BROUGHT CATHERINE
WHEN SHE WAS IN LABOR WITH MY DAUGHTER.
THEY CLOSED THIS WING ABOUT SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THEY CLOSED THE ENTIRE PLACE...
ABOUT, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO.
THIS IS LIKE SEEING A LOVED ONE DYING
IN THE HOSPITAL OR LAYING IN A COFFIN.
IT'S NOT THE MEMORY
I WANNA BE LEFT WITH.
PRIVATE SUPPLY.
FRANK.
A MAN. OH.
YEAH. OH, YEAH. HE'S BEEN
DEAD AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.
NORMAL DECOMPOSITION.
PARTIAL SKELETIZATION.
SURGICAL SCARS, BUT...
IN A PATTERN THAT A PATHOLOGIST
USES DURING AN AUTOPSY.
- THIS ONE DIED MORE RECENT.
- COULD THEY
HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN?
THERE'S A CUT ON HER
THROAT. A TRACHEOTOMY.
GROUND ZERO.
ADVANCED LIVER CANCER.
IF THIS IS OUR SUBJECT'S WORK,
THAT'S THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN.
MOST SERIAL KILLERS DON'T
CROSS GENDER LINES LIKE THIS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT GENDER.
TO HIM, THIS IS ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF A HUMAN LIFE.
HEY. ME, GOOD BOOK,
LONG AUTUMN WALK.
HERE'S THE SUBJECT.
THERE'S A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY HE WAS A
DOCTOR IN THIS HOSPITAL.
HE HAD THEORIES AND IDEAS
ABOUT SUSTAINING LIFE...
THAT WERE CONSIDERED UNORTHODOX.
SO HE'S REJECTED BY HIS PEERS.
HE OPENED THIS BODY IN
SECRET. SOME KIND OF EXPERIMENT.
HERE WAS HIS EPIPHANY.
HE MADE AN INCISION
TO SAVE HER LIFE.
THEN HE REALIZED THAT'S
NOT WHAT SHE WANTED.
SO FROM THIS VICTIM FORWARD,
HE TRIED TO SAVE
LIVES... BY TAKING THEM.
HE'S STILL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE FEELS COMFORTABLE HERE.
ALL RIGHT THEN,
ASIDE FROM A HOSPITAL,
WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS?
HE'S POSSIBLE.
HE'S VERY POSSIBLE.
- I COULD SEE IT.
- NO. IT'S NOT HER.
YOU CAN'T COUNT HIM OUT.
MOVE THE CONVERSATION TOWARD
TERMINAL ILLNESS. THAT'LL BE THE TELL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE NO
TROUBLE ACTING DEPRESSED.
I'M NOT DEPRESSED. JUST QUIET.
ANGER, DENIAL, DEPRESSION.
WE EXPECT GRIEF CONTROL.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IN TO THESE
FEELINGS IN ORDER TO BE HEALED.
- IN ORDER TO MOVE ON. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
- IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
- MAY I HELP YOU?
- YEAH, I NEED TO
TALK TO SOMEONE.
OF COURSE. RUSS.
I'M SORRY, SIR. I'M
OFF TO MY SECOND JOB.
THIS IS RUSS KEDRINGHAM, AND
HE IS WONDERFUL WITH PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
FRANK. FRANK.
HI, RUSS.
RUSS, I'M NOT FEELING TOO
GOOD. IN WHAT WAY, FRANK?
MY WIFE AND I ARE SEPARATED.
MY DAUGHTER'S LIVING WITH HER.
I HAVE THESE
NIGHTMARES... VISIONS...
THAT ARE THE
MANIFESTATION OF PURE EVIL.
UH-HUH.
- WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT THAT?
- DROPPED HIM LIKE A BAD HABIT.
NOW I'M ALONE, NO PROSPECTS.
MY LIFE IS JUST MY WORK.
- I HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR.
- IS IT OPERABLE?
DOCTORS SAID THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
HAVE YOU, UH, CONSIDERED
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE
ACUPUNCTURE, COFFEE ENEMAS?
- WELL, I WAS THINKING MORE OF...
- VISUALIZATION. PRAYER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA
SOUND KIND OF SILLY,
BUT, THIS GUY THAT WAS
AT THAT DESK, UH, STEVE?
- RIGHT. KILEY. YEAH.
- WHERE ELSE DOES HE WORK?
♪♪
HOLD IT... PLEASE.
A.L.S. LOU GEHRIG DISEASE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS.
LOU GEHRIG DIED OF
AN INCURABLE DISEASE.
BABE RUTH DIED OF AN INCURABLE
DISEASE. MICKEY MANTLE.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF IT'S REALLY
THE RED SOX THAT ARE CURSED.
IF ELEANOR NORRIS AND PRESTON
WILLIAMS WERE PATIENTS AT COUNTY,
THEN KILEY COULD'VE HAD ACCESS
TO THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY, WHICH...
WOULD EXPLAIN HIS PROPHECY.
VERY GOOD. YEAH.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE
PAIN YOU MUST HAVE ENDURED.
FROM WAKING UP ONE MORNING,
MUSCLES STIFF AND ACHING,
TO EVENTUAL PARALYSIS TO THE POINT WHERE
YOU COULDN'T EVEN SWALLOW ON YOUR OWN.
ALL THAT TIME, YOUR BRAIN
REMAINED ALERT. LUCID.
TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE
YOU COULDN'T WAKE UP FROM.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PUBLICITY AND
PRESS AGENTS OF A STEPHEN HAWKING.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE HIS FANCY-SCHMANCY
VOICE MODULATOR AND HIS PBS SPECIALS. NO.
YOU SUFFERED IN ANONYMITY.
AND IT WAS ALL
FOR NOTHING, GARY.
I COULD'VE RELIEVED
YOUR UNRELENTING PAIN...
AND PROPELLED YOUR
SOUL UNTO THE OTHER SIDE.
IF GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM
WOULDN'T COME FOR YOU,
YOU COULD'VE GONE TO GOD.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
NURSE NAMED STEVEN KILEY.
HE SHOULD BE IN THE
MORGUE. GREAT. THANKS.
GEIBS.
STEVEN KILEY, THREE GUESSES WHO
I AM. THE FIRST AIN'T MARCUS WELBY.
THAT'S WHERE I'VE HEARD THE NAME
BEFORE. JAMES BROLIN ON MARCUS WELBY.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO ARREST ME,
MAY I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO SO.
YOU SEE, I'VE DIAGNOSED
MYSELF AS HAVING DEVELOPED...
A HEMATOPOIETIC
MALIGNANCY FROM LEUKEMIA.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO,
AND I HAVEN'T MUCH TIME.
GRADUATE OF HARVARD
MED SCHOOL... BARELY.
INTERNED AT CHICAGO
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
PURSUED AN UNSUCCESSFUL
CAREER IN THEORETICAL...
AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE.
SEVEN... SEVEN PAPERS WERE REJECTED
BY THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.
- I WAS A PUBLISHED RESEARCHER.
- LADIES HOME JOURNAL?
YOU DID YOUR RESIDENCY
HERE IN SEATTLE AT MEMORIAL.
RESIGNED SUDDENLY AND
WITHOUT WARNING FIVE MONTHS AGO.
WERE THEY ABOUT TO
CATCH YOU AT SOMETHING?
WHY WOULD YOU GO FROM BEING A
DOCTOR TO A NURSE, ELLSWORTH?
I DON'T LIKE DOCTORS ANYMORE.
NURSES ARE FINE. THEY HELP PEOPLE.
- WHO?
- YOUR REAL NAME
IS ELLSWORTH BEEDLE.
I DIDN'T NAME MYSELF THAT.
MY CHOICE WAS TO NAME
MYSELF STEVEN KILEY.
STEVEN KILEY IS A FICTIONAL NAME
ON A FICTIONAL TELEVISION SHOW.
IS THAT HOW YOU
SEE YOURSELF? NO.
I JUST LIKED THE NAME. IT
WAS A GOOD SHOW THOUGH.
DO YOU KNOW WHY
YOU'RE HERE, STEVEN?
I AM TOLD THAT THEY BELIEVE
I MURDERED SEVERAL PEOPLE.
IT'S RATHER FANTASTICAL.
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU'RE
UNDER SUSPICION? I HAVE NO IDEA.
I WAS JUST DOING MY
JOB AND BANG, ZOOM.
- GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE.
- "GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE?"
IT'S AN EXPRESSION WHEN YOU'RE
LEAVING. UM, "IT'S BEEN A SLICE,"
"HAPPY TRAILS,"
"AUF WIEDERSEHEN."
"GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE."
"GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE" IS THE
SONG THAT WAS PLAYING...
IN THE ROOM WHERE WE
FOUND ELEANOR NORRIS.
BOBBY DARIN WAS ONE SWINGING
CAT. EITHER OF YOU INTO BOBBY?
I KNEW IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW BOBBY
DARIN CHANGED HIS NAME?
HE WAS BORN WALDEN CASSOTTO.
UH, HE WAS SICK HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HAD
RHEUMATIC FEVER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT HIM
TO LIVE PAST THE AGE OF 16.
IF HE HAD CALLED IT QUITS WHEN HE WAS 16,
THERE'D HAVE BEEN NO "MACK THE KNIFE"...
OR... ♪ SOMEWHERE
BEYOND THE SEA ♪
YOU KNOW THAT ONE?
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO
ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINATION EITHER FOR, UH...
- CAPTAIN NEWMAN.
- CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D.
BUT, YOU SEE, HE DEVELOPED
CONGESTIVE HEART DISEASE.
HE HAD MULTIPLE HEART SURGERIES,
WHICH REALLY HAD NO EFFECT.
SO HE MADE A CHOICE
TO STOP HAVING THEM...
KNOWING THAT HE WOULD NOT LIVE
MUCH LONGER AFTER MAKING THAT CHOICE.
HE DIED DIGNIFIED AND
REMEMBERED AT THE AGE OF 37.
WOULD YOU PERHAPS BE
INDICATING YOUR BELIEF...
IN DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE
BY TELLING US THAT LITTLE STORY?
OH, I DON'T THINK
WE NEED DOCTORS.
I THINK WITH A LITTLE EDUCATION
WE COULD ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT...
WHEN THE TIME COMES.
THEN PERHAPS YOU'D BE WILLING TO
EXPLAIN HOW YOU ASSISTED ELEANOR NORRIS?
- PRESTON WILLIAMS.
- I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ALIVE
BY THAT NAME.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE
DEAD BY THAT NAME?
SEE, I DON'T EVEN SUBSCRIBE
TO THE NOTION OF "DEAD."
THERE IS ONLY
ALIVE... OR ELSEWHERE.
- WHERE'S ELSEWHERE?
- ISN'T THAT WHAT
YOU BOTH ARE LOOKING FOR?
ISN'T THAT REALLY
WHY YOU'RE HERE?
THIS OTHER PLANE THAT YOU GO TO,
IS THAT HOW YOU
KNOW PEOPLE ARE ILL?
OTHER CULTURES UNDERSTAND WHAT
I'M TELLING YOU. THEY KNOW THAT PLANE.
THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD SPEAKS
OF A CALM PREPARATION FOR DEATH...
AS A GLORIOUS PART OF LIFE.
IN WEST AFRICA, SEVERAL YEARS ARE
SPENT PLANNING THEIR OWN FUNERALS.
MEXICO HAS A DAY OF
THE DEAD. BUT IN AMERICA,
DEATH IS FOUGHT WITH HEALTH-CARE DOLLARS
SPENT MOSTLY IN THE LAST MONTHS OF LIFE.
AND IT'S NOT FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE DYING PATIENTS.
IT'S FOR THE DOCTORS. THEIR
CONVENIENCE AND THEIR WALLETS.
WHAT IF EVERYTHING
YOU'RE SAYING COULD BE
PROVED ABSOLUTELY BEYOND
THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT?
THERE IS STILL THE LAW.
WITHOUT THE LAW, THERE'S CHAOS.
THE END OF ORDER IS
THE END OF THE WORLD.
OBEYING IMMORAL LAWS
IS THE END OF THE WORLD.
BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE
GETTING WARMER, FRANK.
LARA?
TELL ME, STEVEN, SO I CAN KNOW.
SO THAT I CAN GROW
CLOSER. SO THAT I CAN GROW.
HOW DID YOU GET TO
THAT OTHER PLANE?
ONE NIGHT ON CALL, UH, MAKING
MY ROUNDS, EAGER TO GET HOME,
A PATIENT... IN
HER 80s SHE WAS...
HER BODY WAS
RACKED WITH ARTHRITIS.
SHE HAD CONGESTIVE HEART
DISEASE. PNEUMONIA HAD SET IN.
HER ENTIRE BODY WAS JAUNDICED.
SKIN STRETCHED PAPER-THIN...
OVER A FLUID-FILLED ABDOMEN
SWOLLEN FIVE-TIMES NORMAL SIZE.
I ENTERED HER ROOM... I COULD
HEAR HER GASPING FOR AIR...
AND, I REMEMBER THINKING...
YOU KNOW HOW CLEAR YOUR
MIND CAN BE IN AN EMERGENCY?
MM-HMM. I THOUGHT, "WHY DIDN'T
SHE PUSH THE 'CALL' BUTTON?
SHE'S DONE IT BEFORE."
I MOVED TO HER.
SHE COULDN'T BREATHE.
AND WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING
HER, I INSERTED A SURGICAL TOOL...
AND BEGAN A TRACHEOTOMY.
THEN... THEN I SAW HER.
HER TEETH, YELLOW,
SURROUNDED BY
CHAPPED, PARCHED LIPS.
SHE STARED UP AT ME WITH
EYEBALLS SUNKEN IN THEIR SOCKETS.
AND THOSE EYES SPOKE.
HER EYES DID.
- BEGGING, "LET ME GO."
- AND DID YOU?
SHE FOUND THE OTHER
PLANE. AND SO DID I.
HIS FINGERPRINTS AREN'T ANYWHERE.
NOT IN ANY OF THE MOTEL ROOMS.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE IN
HIS APARTMENT OR HIS CAR.
NOT A HYPODERMIC, AN I.V.
BOTTLE, PIECE OF TUBING.
THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF PLACE. NONE OF THE
VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS WILL COME FORWARD.
WE NEARLY HAD HIM ON THE
WOMAN'S BODY IN THE HOSPITAL.
HE WON'T CONFESS. WE GOT
NOTHING TO HOLD KILEY ON.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET HIM GO.
HIS RECORD'S CLEANER THAN MINE.
HIS EMPLOYERS LOVE HIM.
HE'S AN EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE.
HE'S WORKING TWO JOBS. HE'S
NEVER BEEN LATE TO EITHER ONE.
HE'S NEVER TAKEN A SICK
DAY, ALTHOUGH HE IS SICK.
TERMINAL. OUR
PHYSICIANS CONFIRMED IT.
THE GUY'S A DAMN SAINT.
OR WORSE.
WE WERE WORRIED.
I'M SO SORRY. I WAS DETAINED.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. OH, WELL.
AS HENRY JAMES
SAID ON HIS DEATHBED:
"HERE IT IS AT LAST, THE
DISTINGUISHED THING."
IN THE OLD DAYS, NOBODY
WOULD LEAVE A NOTE.
FEW PEOPLE KNEW
HOW TO READ OR WRITE.
BUT, BESIDES, IF SOMEONE CONFESSED
TO HAVING TAKEN THEIR OWN LIFE,
THEY WOULD BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE
STREETS, THEIR BODIES PITCHED ON A STAKE...
AND THEIR FAMILY'S
POSSESSIONS TAKEN AWAY.
IMAGINE THAT. HOW
FAR WE'VE COME.
NOW, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION,
I THINK IT'S POLITE AND ONLY
FAIR TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...
AND FAIR TO YOURSELF... TO LEAVE A
FEW LAST THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU GO.
ANNE SEXTON, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
AUTHOR DID NOT LEAVE A NOTE,
BUT IN A POEM, SHE WROTE,
"DEATH'S A SAD BONE;
BRUISED, YOU'D SAY,
"AND YET SHE WAITS
FOR ME, YEAR AFTER YEAR,
"TO SO DELICATELY
UNDO AN OLD WOUND,
TO EMPTY MY BREATH
FROM ITS BAD PRISON."
HERE'S MY THING. IF A PACK OF PREDATORS
CAN SOMEHOW DETECT THE WEAK...
OR THE SICK OF THEIR HERD,
COULDN'T STEVEN KILEY...
BE FUNCTIONING ON THE
SAME PRIMAL INSTINCT?
WE'VE SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
PICK THEIR VICTIMS THIS WAY.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIT HIM INTO THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A SERIAL KILLER.
HIS KILLINGS ARE ORGANIZED, YET HE
CROSSES GENDER LINES. DOESN'T FIT.
THIS THRILL RIDE DOES
NOT DISCRIMINATE.
IT CAN BE TAKEN BY
THE OLD, BY THE YOUNG,
BLACK, WHITE,
PEOPLE WITH HEART
PROBLEMS, BACK PROBLEMS.
ALL YOU NEED IS THE TICKET.
IT'S THE GIFT OF
PROPHECY. LIKE A MAP.
TO HELP GUIDE YOU ON YOUR PATH
WHEN YOU REACH THE OTHER SIDE.
HE BELIEVES HIS ACTS ARE
ALTRUISTIC. YET, HIS VICTIMS ARE BOUND.
THIS IS A MATTER
OF CONTROL. RIGHT.
UNDER THE GUISE OF
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TO DIE,
HE ACTUALLY HOLDS
THEIR LIVES IN HIS HANDS.
SOMETIMES THE BODY HAS
A REFLEX WHICH CAN CAUSE
YOU TO REMOVE YOUR
FINGER FROM THE SWITCH.
NOW HE'S BEEN
DIAGNOSED TERMINAL.
HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL
OVER HIS OWN BODY. OR TIME.
INTERRUPTING THE SOLUTION FLOW WOULD
ONLY CAUSE YOU TO LAPSE INTO A COMA.
YOU'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WHERE YOU STARTED.
WE HAD CONTROL OVER HIM TODAY.
IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THAT
ANXIETY... THAT HELPLESSNESS...
HE'LL HAVE TO HELP
OTHERS... HIS WAY.
IF YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE SOME
DIFFICULTY PUSHING THE SWITCH,
LET ME KNOW BEFOREHAND.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE PUSH.
DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE REPORTS NONE OF
THE SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS HAVE SEEN HIM.
NOT AT THE HOSPITAL, CRISIS CENTER,
NOT AT HOME. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
LET'S GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. WE DO A
CLOSE-UP, VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ROOMS,
IN CASE HE SLIPPED
INTO ONE OF THEM.
NOW, YOUR EMOTIONS AT THIS TIME ARE
ENTIRELY YOUR OWN AND NO ONE ELSE'S.
YOU LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT
YOURSELF AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
I'VE SEEN MARINES CRY AND
WAITRESSES ACCEPTING AND PEACEFUL.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
HELLO? ANYBODY AROUND?
THE LAST FEW WEEKS AT THIS
TIME ARE MARKED "ENCOUNTER."
THEY HAVE TERMINAL ENCOUNTER
GROUPS AT THE CRISIS CENTER.
SHE'S HIS ASSESSOR. YEAH.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER. MY
NAME IS RUSS. HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
IS MABEL SHIVA AT THE
ENCOUNTER GROUP TONIGHT?
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT IT
WAS CANCELED. NONE OF THEM SHOWED UP.
HELLO, THIS IS MABEL SHIVA.
I'M NOT HOME AT THE MOMENT
OR WILL I EVER BE AGAIN.
YOU LITTLE DEVIL, YOU.
CALL GEIBS. THEY'RE THERE.
WE HAVEN'T MUCH TIME.
REQUEST PARAMEDICS
TO ATTEND TO SIX,
POSSIBLY SEVEN, INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED
TO INJECTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
♪ GOOD-BYE TO YOU
MY TRUSTED FRIEND ♪
♪ WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
SINCE WE WERE NINE OR 10 ♪
♪ TOGETHER WE'VE
CLIMBED HILLS AND TREES ♪
♪ LEARNED OF LOVE AND A-B-CS ♪
♪ SKINNED OUR HEARTS
AND SKINNED OUR KNEES ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE MY FRIEND
IT'S HARD TO DIE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL THE BIRDS
ARE SINGING IN THE SKY ♪
♪ NOW THAT SPRING
IS IN THE AIR ♪
♪ PRETTY GIRLS ARE EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ THINK OF ME
AND I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪ WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN
WE HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN ♪
♪ BUT THE HILLS
THAT WE CLIMBED ♪
♪ WERE JUST SEASONS
OUT OF TIME ♪♪
SEATTLE P.D.
- NOTHING HERE.
- NO PULSE HERE.
COMB THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALERT
THE OFFICERS ARRIVING ON THE SCENE...
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE, 48, STRONG BUILD,
DRIVING A GRAY, '78 LEBARON.
JOHN, INDIGO, OSCAR,
ONE, FIVE, SEVEN.
I THOUGHT FOR SURE HE
WOULD'VE GONE WITH THEM.
LOOK AT THIS.
FRANK, HOW WOULD YOU
ANSWER THE QUESTION?
WHAT QUESTION? THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP'S QUESTION.
SHOULD WE HAVE
ARRESTED OR ASSISTED?
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A QUESTION
THEY REALLY WANT ANSWERED.
GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE ♪ HOW ELSE YOU
GONNA GET TO KNOW A GUY LIKE THIS?
BESIDES, IT'S A COOL SONG.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION
THEY REALLY WANT ANSWERED?
WAS HE FROM HEAVEN... OR HELL?
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE,
CASHING IN YOUR CHIPS ♪
♪ WILD-EYED CHARLIE ♪
♪ TIME YOU CAME TO GRIPS ♪
♪ AND THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ♪
♪ STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE OUT ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE ♪♪
I MADE THIS!
AND YOURS ALONE.
NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE IT FOR YOU.
NOT THE GOVERNMENT. NOT A
DOCTOR. NOT EVEN YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S A JOURNEY YOU
CAN ONLY TRAVEL ALONE.
AND, PRESTON,
WHAT AN AMAZING ADVENTURE
YOU'VE COURAGEOUSLY CHOSEN.
WHAT AN AMAZING ADVENTURE.
AND I AM ONLY HERE TO HELP.
TO POINT YOU TOWARD YOUR
VERY OWN YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
NOW YOU CAN STOP
THIS AT ANY TIME.
I'M ABOUT TO
INSERT A SALINE I.V.
WHEN YOU FLICK THE SWITCH IN YOUR HAND,
PENTOTHAL WILL FLOW INTO YOUR VEINS...
AND SEND YOU INTO A
DEEP, SWEET, RESTFUL SLEEP.
SOON AFTER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE WILL
INDUCE A PAINLESS, MASSIVE CORONARY...
WHILE YOU'RE DREAMING
OF A BETTER PLACE.
♪♪
SO, HERE WE GO.
♪ GOOD-BYE TO YOU
MY TRUSTED FRIEND ♪
♪ WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
SINCE WE WERE NINE OR 10 ♪
♪ TOGETHER WE'VE
CLIMBED HILLS AND TREES ♪
♪ LEARNED OF LOVE AND A-B-CS ♪
♪ SKINNED OUR HEARTS
AND SKINNED OUR KNEES ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE MY FRIEND
IT'S HARD TO DIE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL THE BIRDS
ARE SINGING IN THE SKY ♪
♪ NOW THAT SPRING
IS IN THE AIR ♪
♪ PRETTY GIRLS ARE EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ THINK OF ME
AND I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪ WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN
WE HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN ♪
♪ BUT THE HILLS THAT WE CLIMBED
WERE JUST SEASONS OUT OF TIME ♪
♪♪
OPEN THE POD BAY
DOOR, PLEASE, HAL.
LET ME GET HIT BY
A FREIGHT TRAIN.
EVAPORATED IN A NUCLEAR
BLAST, OR A MASSIVE CORONARY...
AFTER THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN WHEN
THE HAWKS WIN THE SUPER BOWL.
ANYTHING, SO I DON'T EVER HAVE
TO FACE MAKING THIS DECISION.
YEAH, I'D MAKE IT
A "THING." POETIC.
GO DOWN NIAGRA FALLS.
LEAP INTO THE GRAND CANYON.
WITH MY LUCK, I'D
SURVIVE THE FALL.
I'D LIE IN PAIN WHILE
PRAIRIE DOGS RAN OVER ME.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT.
DOCTOR-ASSISTED OR OTHERWISE.
LIFE IS TOO INTERESTING, NO
MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YEAH, WELL, THIS GUY'S LIFE WAS GETTING
BLOWN OUT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
LOOKS LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO STICK
AROUND TO SEE THE END OF THE GAME.
PRESTON WILLIAMS. AGE 48.
UNION CARD. LOCAL
153. CEMENT FINISHER.
THE HANDWRITING ON THE
SUICIDE NOTE MATCHES...
THE SIGNATURES ON THE DRIVER'S LICENSE
AND THE CREDIT CARDS IN THE WALLET.
THIS WASN'T AN ASSISTED SUICIDE.
IT WAS A MURDER.
NO, FRANK. WE'VE BEEN
GETTING ABOUT TWO A MONTH.
IN FACT, THE LAST ONE TO DO IT IS HAVING
A FUNERAL EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
THE SCENES ARE
ALL SET UP THE SAME.
SAME MOTEL, DIFFERENT ROOM. THE
VICTIM'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS CHECKS IN.
HE ALWAYS LEAVES A NOTE.
"HOO-YAH." EX-MARINE.
NO SUCH THING AS AN EX-MARINE.
THIS MIGHT BE UNDER THE GUISE OF
AN ASSISTED SUICIDE, BUT IT'S A MURDER.
THE AUTOPSIES CONFIRM
TERMINAL ILLNESS.
FRANK, ARE YOU SEEING THIS?
ONLY THE EVIDENCE.
CONTUSIONS ON THE WRIST.
THERE'S ADHESIVE PARTICLES
AROUND THE MOUTH AND ON THE WRIST.
IF HIS WRISTS WERE TIED, HOW
COULD HE GIVE HIMSELF A SHOT?
MAYBE THE VICTIM
ASKED FOR RESTRAINTS.
IN ANY CASE, I'VE GOT
PLAINCLOTHES WATCHING THE MOTEL.
THE LADY THAT RUNS THE PLACE AND THE
CLEANING WOMAN, THEY KNOW TO ALERT US...
IF THEY, UH, SEE ANYBODY WITH A MEDICAL
BAG OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
CAN I GET A PAIR OF
HEMOSTATS, PLEASE?
THANKS.
THEY SAY YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER,
THIS IS DEL. MAY I HELP YOU?
SIR, YOU SHOULD CALL 911
FOR THAT. I CAN CONNECT YOU.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, MRS. HADDEN. MANY
PEOPLE GET DEPRESSED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
DIFFERENT THINGS WORK FOR
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THOMAS.
BUT THE 12-STEP
PROGRAM WORKED FOR ME.
LINDA. LINDA, LISTEN TO ME.
NOW, THIS IS SOME
TOUGH LOVE, LINDA.
HE MAY SAY HE'S SORRY, BUT
HE WILL DO IT AGAIN, WON'T HE?
THE ONLY WAY TO HELP HIM...
TO HELP YOURSELF, LINDA...
IS TO NEVER ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
YOUR LIFE IS TOO
PRECIOUS... TOO SACRED...
TO WASTE IT IN
THIS VICIOUS CYCLE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD.
GOOD FOR YOU, LINDA.
NOW, MY NAME IS STEVEN, AND
YOU CAN CALL FOR ME ANYTIME.
GOOD. GOD BLESS YOU, LINDA.
BYE-BYE.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER. THIS
IS STEVEN. HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
♪♪
OKAY, LOOK. I'M GONNA HELP YOU
THROUGH THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO TALK.
WHO AM I LISTENING TO?
MY NAME'S ELEANOR, AND...
YOU'RE AFRAID.
TATTLETALE LOUNGE.
YES. MAY I ASK, PLEASE,
WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
HERE'S MY THING. I DON'T
KNOW WHY ANYONE...
WOULD BE IN SUCH A
RUSH TO GET TO THIS.
I CAN'T EVEN GET
MY OWN HAIR RIGHT.
JUST IMAGINE WHAT AN
UNDERTAKER WILL DO.
THEY'LL HAVE ME LOOKING
LIKE ONE OF THE B-52's,
AND I WON'T BE ALLOWED
TO BITCH ABOUT IT.
ALL I ASK IS THAT I GO
BEFORE MY DAUGHTER.
FRANK, WOULD YOU?
I MEAN, IF YOU WERE DIAGNOSED
AS TERMINAL AND IN PAIN,
WOULD YOU HAVE A
DOCTOR ASSIST YOU?
YOU HAVE TO BE THERE BEFORE YOU
CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, LARA.
IN THIS CASE, I'M CONVINCED IT'S A
HOMICIDE. THE SUBJECT MAY BELIEVE...
THAT HE'S HELPING,
THAT HE CARES.
THAT'S WHY HE
MIGHT BE HERE TODAY.
HE IS, HOWEVER, EXCITED BY THE FACT
THAT HE'S PRESENT AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH.
THAT HE HAS CONTROL OVER ANOTHER PERSON'S
LIFE. THAT'S ONE THING I DON'T BELIEVE IN.
ONE PERSON CONTROLLING
ANOTHER PERSON'S LIFE.
- AND YOU WORK WITH MILLENNIUM.
- RIGHT NOW.
ONLY BECAUSE THEY
PRESENT CASES LIKE THESE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING
US WITH CASES, BUT WITH LESSONS.
EXCUSE ME. WHO ARE YOU?
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY MOTHER?
MY NAME IS LARA MEANS.
THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES
TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
LOOK, WE DON'T MEAN
TO INTRUDE, BUT WE ARE
CONSULTANTS TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT...
REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF YOUR MOTHER'S PASSING.
WE'RE HERE ONLY TO OBSERVE...
THE POSSIBLE ATTENDANCE
OF ANY POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.
WE'VE TOLD THE POLICE. MY MOTHER
DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S.
AN AUTOPSY INDICATES A MASSIVE CORONARY
DUE TO POTASSIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION.
MY MOTHER DIED OF
COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S.
THERE'LL BE NO
"SUSPECTS" IN ATTENDANCE.
NOW, PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE.
YOUR PRESENCE IS
UPSETTING MY FATHER.
WE BEG YOUR PARDON.
STEVEN KILEY. DOES
THAT NAME RING A BELL?
♪♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WRONG ♪
♪ YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN ♪
♪ AND EVEN THOUGH
WE KNOW IT'S RIGHT ♪
♪ NOW WE MUST PRETEND ♪
♪ A GIRL LIKE YOU
MOST ANYTHING ♪
♪ WE COULD JUST GO ON ♪
♪ WITH A LITTLE
TIME YOU ARE MINE ♪
♪ ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WRONG ♪
WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?
COME ON, BUDDY. MY SHIFT'S
ALMOST OVER. CLOCK'S TICKING.
THE CLOCK IS
TICKING FOR ALL OF US.
I'D LOVE A HOT SAKE.
A WHAT? SAKE.
IT'S A JAPANESE DRINK
MISTAKENLY CALLED RICE WINE,
BUT IT'S REALLY A BEER.
IT'S BREWED, AFTER THE KNEADING
OF STEAMED RICE CALLED KOJI...
WITH A CULTIVATED
MOLD AND WATER.
IT CAN BE SERVED HOT
OR COLD. BUT I LIKE IT HOT.
DID YOU SERVE IN
VIETNAM OR SOMETHING?
OOH, I'VE BEEN...
AND CAN TAKE YOU... EVERYWHERE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
WHERE YOU FROM?
THIS IS OFFICER NELLO. GET
ME DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE.
MAY I?
SHOULD WE, UM, GO
OUT FOR SOME BEERS?
SOME SAKE?
WE DON'T NEED THAT
TO REMOVE ANY PAIN.
AND YOU ARE IN PAIN.
AREN'T YOU, ELEANOR?
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
ALL REALLY AFRAID OF, ISN'T IT?
NOT DYING, BUT LIVING WITH PAIN.
WHICH, I'M SO SORRY,
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
NO. NO, NO, NO. NOT ME. I
WOULD NEVER HURT YOU.
YOU'RE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.
THERE'S BEEN WEIGHT LOSS,
JAUNDICE, STOMACH PAIN.
ALTERED BOWEL HABITS, AND,
YOU CAN FEEL IF YOU PRESS DEEPLY,
A HARD LUMP.
I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYONE. I KNOW.
YOU'RE AFRAID TO EVEN
GO TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR.
BUT, I CAN TELL YOU,
ELEANOR, IT IS INOPERABLE.
DON'T... DON'T BE AFRAID. I
WILL TAKE THE PAIN AWAY.
AND I WILL KEEP THE
PROMISE TO SEND YOU...
ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO
GO ON A WONDERFUL JOURNEY.
I'VE BEEN SENT HERE.
NO. NO DOCTORS
FOUND BY THAT NAME.
MUST BE AN ALIAS, BUT, UH, I
KNOW I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE.
HELLO. FRANK? WE GOT
A POSSIBLE AT THE MOTEL.
THANKS. GEIBS HAS US A
SUSPECT AT THE MOTEL.
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ HATE TO SEE YOU GO ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GEE, I'M FEELING LOW ♪
♪ BUT I'M CLUING YOU IN
SOMEONE'S DOING YOU IN, PAL ♪
♪ NOW, DON'T YOU KNOW LECHERY
LEADS YOU TO TREACHERY ♪
♪ THINGS BOOMA... ♪♪
183, ROBBERY IN PROGRESS...
♪♪ IT'S HIM.
- HE'S GONE.
- SHE'S NOT.
CHECK THE PERIMETER.
GET AN AMBULANCE.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT
IS BACK ON PRESTON WILLIAMS.
"ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A
CORONARY FROM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE,
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE
VICTIM HAD SECONDARY DIABETES."
CHOLELITHIASIS HAD CAUSED THE
ONSET OF GANGRENE IN THE GALLBLADDER.
APPARENTLY, HE SOUGHT
MEDICAL TREATMENT,
BUT LACKING SUFFICIENT HEALTH INSURANCE,
HE BASICALLY HAD TO LET IT GO UNTREATED.
HE WAS ASHAMED AND HID THE DISEASE
FROM HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS.
NO ONE KNEW BUT
HIS ONETIME DOCTOR.
THE PHYSICIANS ATTENDING
ELEANOR NORRIS IN I.C.U...
FELT A TUMOR IN HER ABDOMEN.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T RUN ANY TESTS
UNLESS SHE CAME OUT OF HER COMA.
SHE HADN'T SEEN HER DOCTOR
ABOUT THE PROBLEM EITHER.
"TO MY MOM, MY BROTHER TIM AND
ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS TO KNOW WHY.
"PLEASE DON'T BE MAD OR SAD, BUT WHY
PUT OFF TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY?
I LOVE YOU ALL AND WILL SEE
YOU AGAIN IN HEAVEN. LOVE, EL."
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN
AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND I HAVE SEEN SOME UGLY
MOTEL ROOM PAINTINGS OF CLOWNS,
WHEAT FIELDS, WATERFALLS,
CLOWNS IN WHEAT FIELDS,
BUT, EVEN IN ATHENS, I NEVER SAW A
PAINTING OF GREEKS EATING WALNUTS.
IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, WALNUTS
SYMBOLIZE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY.
THAT MAY BE THE REASON
FOR THE RESTRAINTS.
I MEAN, MAYBE THE PATIENTS
DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SICK.
- THEN IT IS MURDER.
- IS IT? I MEAN,
HE'S SOMEHOW BEEN RIGHT.
IS IT MURDER IF HE
IS SAVING THEM...
FROM YEARS, YEARS
OF PAIN, INDIGNITY?
IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE CHOICE
FOR THEMSELVES, YES. IT IS MURDER.
AND THIS IS HIS MURDER WEAPON.
GLASS I.V. BOTTLES.
DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS HAVEN'T
USED THOSE IN NEARLY 10 YEARS.
IT'S ALL DISPOSABLE PLASTIC
NOW. A MEDICAL SUPPLY STORE.
DON'T EVEN CARRY 'EM. I EVEN
WENT TO THOSE ANTIQUE STORES...
THAT, YOU KNOW, CARRY
OLD MEDICAL SUPPLIES?
NOTHING.
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A
MEDICAL DUMPING GROUND?
YEAH, MY FATHER. BUT
HE LIVES IN ST. LOUIS.
OH.
ARE THERE ANY OLD HOSPITALS
IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE BEEN,
YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN, BUT
HAVEN'T BEEN TORN DOWN YET?
WHOA. - WHAT?
THIS IS WHERE I BROUGHT CATHERINE
WHEN SHE WAS IN LABOR WITH MY DAUGHTER.
THEY CLOSED THIS WING ABOUT SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THEY CLOSED THE ENTIRE PLACE...
ABOUT, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO.
THIS IS LIKE SEEING A LOVED ONE DYING
IN THE HOSPITAL OR LAYING IN A COFFIN.
IT'S NOT THE MEMORY
I WANNA BE LEFT WITH.
PRIVATE SUPPLY.
FRANK.
A MAN. OH.
YEAH. OH, YEAH. HE'S BEEN
DEAD AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.
NORMAL DECOMPOSITION.
PARTIAL SKELETIZATION.
SURGICAL SCARS, BUT...
IN A PATTERN THAT A PATHOLOGIST
USES DURING AN AUTOPSY.
- THIS ONE DIED MORE RECENT.
- COULD THEY
HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN?
THERE'S A CUT ON HER
THROAT. A TRACHEOTOMY.
GROUND ZERO.
ADVANCED LIVER CANCER.
IF THIS IS OUR SUBJECT'S WORK,
THAT'S THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN.
MOST SERIAL KILLERS DON'T
CROSS GENDER LINES LIKE THIS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT GENDER.
TO HIM, THIS IS ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF A HUMAN LIFE.
HEY. ME, GOOD BOOK,
LONG AUTUMN WALK.
HERE'S THE SUBJECT.
THERE'S A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY HE WAS A
DOCTOR IN THIS HOSPITAL.
HE HAD THEORIES AND IDEAS
ABOUT SUSTAINING LIFE...
THAT WERE CONSIDERED UNORTHODOX.
SO HE'S REJECTED BY HIS PEERS.
HE OPENED THIS BODY IN
SECRET. SOME KIND OF EXPERIMENT.
HERE WAS HIS EPIPHANY.
HE MADE AN INCISION
TO SAVE HER LIFE.
THEN HE REALIZED THAT'S
NOT WHAT SHE WANTED.
SO FROM THIS VICTIM FORWARD,
HE TRIED TO SAVE
LIVES... BY TAKING THEM.
HE'S STILL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE FEELS COMFORTABLE HERE.
ALL RIGHT THEN,
ASIDE FROM A HOSPITAL,
WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE ACCESS
TO TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS?
HE'S POSSIBLE.
HE'S VERY POSSIBLE.
- I COULD SEE IT.
- NO. IT'S NOT HER.
YOU CAN'T COUNT HIM OUT.
MOVE THE CONVERSATION TOWARD
TERMINAL ILLNESS. THAT'LL BE THE TELL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE NO
TROUBLE ACTING DEPRESSED.
I'M NOT DEPRESSED. JUST QUIET.
ANGER, DENIAL, DEPRESSION.
WE EXPECT GRIEF CONTROL.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IN TO THESE
FEELINGS IN ORDER TO BE HEALED.
- IN ORDER TO MOVE ON. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
- IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
- MAY I HELP YOU?
- YEAH, I NEED TO
TALK TO SOMEONE.
OF COURSE. RUSS.
I'M SORRY, SIR. I'M
OFF TO MY SECOND JOB.
THIS IS RUSS KEDRINGHAM, AND
HE IS WONDERFUL WITH PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
FRANK. FRANK.
HI, RUSS.
RUSS, I'M NOT FEELING TOO
GOOD. IN WHAT WAY, FRANK?
MY WIFE AND I ARE SEPARATED.
MY DAUGHTER'S LIVING WITH HER.
I HAVE THESE
NIGHTMARES... VISIONS...
THAT ARE THE
MANIFESTATION OF PURE EVIL.
UH-HUH.
- WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT THAT?
- DROPPED HIM LIKE A BAD HABIT.
NOW I'M ALONE, NO PROSPECTS.
MY LIFE IS JUST MY WORK.
- I HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR.
- IS IT OPERABLE?
DOCTORS SAID THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
HAVE YOU, UH, CONSIDERED
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE
ACUPUNCTURE, COFFEE ENEMAS?
- WELL, I WAS THINKING MORE OF...
- VISUALIZATION. PRAYER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA
SOUND KIND OF SILLY,
BUT, THIS GUY THAT WAS
AT THAT DESK, UH, STEVE?
- RIGHT. KILEY. YEAH.
- WHERE ELSE DOES HE WORK?
♪♪
HOLD IT... PLEASE.
A.L.S. LOU GEHRIG DISEASE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS.
LOU GEHRIG DIED OF
AN INCURABLE DISEASE.
BABE RUTH DIED OF AN INCURABLE
DISEASE. MICKEY MANTLE.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF IT'S REALLY
THE RED SOX THAT ARE CURSED.
IF ELEANOR NORRIS AND PRESTON
WILLIAMS WERE PATIENTS AT COUNTY,
THEN KILEY COULD'VE HAD ACCESS
TO THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY, WHICH...
WOULD EXPLAIN HIS PROPHECY.
VERY GOOD. YEAH.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE
PAIN YOU MUST HAVE ENDURED.
FROM WAKING UP ONE MORNING,
MUSCLES STIFF AND ACHING,
TO EVENTUAL PARALYSIS TO THE POINT WHERE
YOU COULDN'T EVEN SWALLOW ON YOUR OWN.
ALL THAT TIME, YOUR BRAIN
REMAINED ALERT. LUCID.
TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE
YOU COULDN'T WAKE UP FROM.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE PUBLICITY AND
PRESS AGENTS OF A STEPHEN HAWKING.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE HIS FANCY-SCHMANCY
VOICE MODULATOR AND HIS PBS SPECIALS. NO.
YOU SUFFERED IN ANONYMITY.
AND IT WAS ALL
FOR NOTHING, GARY.
I COULD'VE RELIEVED
YOUR UNRELENTING PAIN...
AND PROPELLED YOUR
SOUL UNTO THE OTHER SIDE.
IF GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM
WOULDN'T COME FOR YOU,
YOU COULD'VE GONE TO GOD.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
NURSE NAMED STEVEN KILEY.
HE SHOULD BE IN THE
MORGUE. GREAT. THANKS.
GEIBS.
STEVEN KILEY, THREE GUESSES WHO
I AM. THE FIRST AIN'T MARCUS WELBY.
THAT'S WHERE I'VE HEARD THE NAME
BEFORE. JAMES BROLIN ON MARCUS WELBY.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO ARREST ME,
MAY I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO SO.
YOU SEE, I'VE DIAGNOSED
MYSELF AS HAVING DEVELOPED...
A HEMATOPOIETIC
MALIGNANCY FROM LEUKEMIA.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO,
AND I HAVEN'T MUCH TIME.
GRADUATE OF HARVARD
MED SCHOOL... BARELY.
INTERNED AT CHICAGO
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
PURSUED AN UNSUCCESSFUL
CAREER IN THEORETICAL...
AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE.
SEVEN... SEVEN PAPERS WERE REJECTED
BY THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.
- I WAS A PUBLISHED RESEARCHER.
- LADIES HOME JOURNAL?
YOU DID YOUR RESIDENCY
HERE IN SEATTLE AT MEMORIAL.
RESIGNED SUDDENLY AND
WITHOUT WARNING FIVE MONTHS AGO.
WERE THEY ABOUT TO
CATCH YOU AT SOMETHING?
WHY WOULD YOU GO FROM BEING A
DOCTOR TO A NURSE, ELLSWORTH?
I DON'T LIKE DOCTORS ANYMORE.
NURSES ARE FINE. THEY HELP PEOPLE.
- WHO?
- YOUR REAL NAME
IS ELLSWORTH BEEDLE.
I DIDN'T NAME MYSELF THAT.
MY CHOICE WAS TO NAME
MYSELF STEVEN KILEY.
STEVEN KILEY IS A FICTIONAL NAME
ON A FICTIONAL TELEVISION SHOW.
IS THAT HOW YOU
SEE YOURSELF? NO.
I JUST LIKED THE NAME. IT
WAS A GOOD SHOW THOUGH.
DO YOU KNOW WHY
YOU'RE HERE, STEVEN?
I AM TOLD THAT THEY BELIEVE
I MURDERED SEVERAL PEOPLE.
IT'S RATHER FANTASTICAL.
WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU'RE
UNDER SUSPICION? I HAVE NO IDEA.
I WAS JUST DOING MY
JOB AND BANG, ZOOM.
- GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE.
- "GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE?"
IT'S AN EXPRESSION WHEN YOU'RE
LEAVING. UM, "IT'S BEEN A SLICE,"
"HAPPY TRAILS,"
"AUF WIEDERSEHEN."
"GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE."
"GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE" IS THE
SONG THAT WAS PLAYING...
IN THE ROOM WHERE WE
FOUND ELEANOR NORRIS.
BOBBY DARIN WAS ONE SWINGING
CAT. EITHER OF YOU INTO BOBBY?
I KNEW IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW BOBBY
DARIN CHANGED HIS NAME?
HE WAS BORN WALDEN CASSOTTO.
UH, HE WAS SICK HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HAD
RHEUMATIC FEVER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT HIM
TO LIVE PAST THE AGE OF 16.
IF HE HAD CALLED IT QUITS WHEN HE WAS 16,
THERE'D HAVE BEEN NO "MACK THE KNIFE"...
OR... ♪ SOMEWHERE
BEYOND THE SEA ♪
YOU KNOW THAT ONE?
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO
ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINATION EITHER FOR, UH...
- CAPTAIN NEWMAN.
- CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D.
BUT, YOU SEE, HE DEVELOPED
CONGESTIVE HEART DISEASE.
HE HAD MULTIPLE HEART SURGERIES,
WHICH REALLY HAD NO EFFECT.
SO HE MADE A CHOICE
TO STOP HAVING THEM...
KNOWING THAT HE WOULD NOT LIVE
MUCH LONGER AFTER MAKING THAT CHOICE.
HE DIED DIGNIFIED AND
REMEMBERED AT THE AGE OF 37.
WOULD YOU PERHAPS BE
INDICATING YOUR BELIEF...
IN DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE
BY TELLING US THAT LITTLE STORY?
OH, I DON'T THINK
WE NEED DOCTORS.
I THINK WITH A LITTLE EDUCATION
WE COULD ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT...
WHEN THE TIME COMES.
THEN PERHAPS YOU'D BE WILLING TO
EXPLAIN HOW YOU ASSISTED ELEANOR NORRIS?
- PRESTON WILLIAMS.
- I DON'T KNOW ANYONE ALIVE
BY THAT NAME.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE
DEAD BY THAT NAME?
SEE, I DON'T EVEN SUBSCRIBE
TO THE NOTION OF "DEAD."
THERE IS ONLY
ALIVE... OR ELSEWHERE.
- WHERE'S ELSEWHERE?
- ISN'T THAT WHAT
YOU BOTH ARE LOOKING FOR?
ISN'T THAT REALLY
WHY YOU'RE HERE?
THIS OTHER PLANE THAT YOU GO TO,
IS THAT HOW YOU
KNOW PEOPLE ARE ILL?
OTHER CULTURES UNDERSTAND WHAT
I'M TELLING YOU. THEY KNOW THAT PLANE.
THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD SPEAKS
OF A CALM PREPARATION FOR DEATH...
AS A GLORIOUS PART OF LIFE.
IN WEST AFRICA, SEVERAL YEARS ARE
SPENT PLANNING THEIR OWN FUNERALS.
MEXICO HAS A DAY OF
THE DEAD. BUT IN AMERICA,
DEATH IS FOUGHT WITH HEALTH-CARE DOLLARS
SPENT MOSTLY IN THE LAST MONTHS OF LIFE.
AND IT'S NOT FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE DYING PATIENTS.
IT'S FOR THE DOCTORS. THEIR
CONVENIENCE AND THEIR WALLETS.
WHAT IF EVERYTHING
YOU'RE SAYING COULD BE
PROVED ABSOLUTELY BEYOND
THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT?
THERE IS STILL THE LAW.
WITHOUT THE LAW, THERE'S CHAOS.
THE END OF ORDER IS
THE END OF THE WORLD.
OBEYING IMMORAL LAWS
IS THE END OF THE WORLD.
BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE
GETTING WARMER, FRANK.
LARA?
TELL ME, STEVEN, SO I CAN KNOW.
SO THAT I CAN GROW
CLOSER. SO THAT I CAN GROW.
HOW DID YOU GET TO
THAT OTHER PLANE?
ONE NIGHT ON CALL, UH, MAKING
MY ROUNDS, EAGER TO GET HOME,
A PATIENT... IN
HER 80s SHE WAS...
HER BODY WAS
RACKED WITH ARTHRITIS.
SHE HAD CONGESTIVE HEART
DISEASE. PNEUMONIA HAD SET IN.
HER ENTIRE BODY WAS JAUNDICED.
SKIN STRETCHED PAPER-THIN...
OVER A FLUID-FILLED ABDOMEN
SWOLLEN FIVE-TIMES NORMAL SIZE.
I ENTERED HER ROOM... I COULD
HEAR HER GASPING FOR AIR...
AND, I REMEMBER THINKING...
YOU KNOW HOW CLEAR YOUR
MIND CAN BE IN AN EMERGENCY?
MM-HMM. I THOUGHT, "WHY DIDN'T
SHE PUSH THE 'CALL' BUTTON?
SHE'S DONE IT BEFORE."
I MOVED TO HER.
SHE COULDN'T BREATHE.
AND WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING
HER, I INSERTED A SURGICAL TOOL...
AND BEGAN A TRACHEOTOMY.
THEN... THEN I SAW HER.
HER TEETH, YELLOW,
SURROUNDED BY
CHAPPED, PARCHED LIPS.
SHE STARED UP AT ME WITH
EYEBALLS SUNKEN IN THEIR SOCKETS.
AND THOSE EYES SPOKE.
HER EYES DID.
- BEGGING, "LET ME GO."
- AND DID YOU?
SHE FOUND THE OTHER
PLANE. AND SO DID I.
HIS FINGERPRINTS AREN'T ANYWHERE.
NOT IN ANY OF THE MOTEL ROOMS.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE IN
HIS APARTMENT OR HIS CAR.
NOT A HYPODERMIC, AN I.V.
BOTTLE, PIECE OF TUBING.
THERE'S NOTHING OUT OF PLACE. NONE OF THE
VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS WILL COME FORWARD.
WE NEARLY HAD HIM ON THE
WOMAN'S BODY IN THE HOSPITAL.
HE WON'T CONFESS. WE GOT
NOTHING TO HOLD KILEY ON.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET HIM GO.
HIS RECORD'S CLEANER THAN MINE.
HIS EMPLOYERS LOVE HIM.
HE'S AN EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE.
HE'S WORKING TWO JOBS. HE'S
NEVER BEEN LATE TO EITHER ONE.
HE'S NEVER TAKEN A SICK
DAY, ALTHOUGH HE IS SICK.
TERMINAL. OUR
PHYSICIANS CONFIRMED IT.
THE GUY'S A DAMN SAINT.
OR WORSE.
WE WERE WORRIED.
I'M SO SORRY. I WAS DETAINED.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. OH, WELL.
AS HENRY JAMES
SAID ON HIS DEATHBED:
"HERE IT IS AT LAST, THE
DISTINGUISHED THING."
IN THE OLD DAYS, NOBODY
WOULD LEAVE A NOTE.
FEW PEOPLE KNEW
HOW TO READ OR WRITE.
BUT, BESIDES, IF SOMEONE CONFESSED
TO HAVING TAKEN THEIR OWN LIFE,
THEY WOULD BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE
STREETS, THEIR BODIES PITCHED ON A STAKE...
AND THEIR FAMILY'S
POSSESSIONS TAKEN AWAY.
IMAGINE THAT. HOW
FAR WE'VE COME.
NOW, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION,
I THINK IT'S POLITE AND ONLY
FAIR TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS...
AND FAIR TO YOURSELF... TO LEAVE A
FEW LAST THOUGHTS BEFORE YOU GO.
ANNE SEXTON, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
AUTHOR DID NOT LEAVE A NOTE,
BUT IN A POEM, SHE WROTE,
"DEATH'S A SAD BONE;
BRUISED, YOU'D SAY,
"AND YET SHE WAITS
FOR ME, YEAR AFTER YEAR,
"TO SO DELICATELY
UNDO AN OLD WOUND,
TO EMPTY MY BREATH
FROM ITS BAD PRISON."
HERE'S MY THING. IF A PACK OF PREDATORS
CAN SOMEHOW DETECT THE WEAK...
OR THE SICK OF THEIR HERD,
COULDN'T STEVEN KILEY...
BE FUNCTIONING ON THE
SAME PRIMAL INSTINCT?
WE'VE SEEN SERIAL KILLERS
PICK THEIR VICTIMS THIS WAY.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIT HIM INTO THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A SERIAL KILLER.
HIS KILLINGS ARE ORGANIZED, YET HE
CROSSES GENDER LINES. DOESN'T FIT.
THIS THRILL RIDE DOES
NOT DISCRIMINATE.
IT CAN BE TAKEN BY
THE OLD, BY THE YOUNG,
BLACK, WHITE,
PEOPLE WITH HEART
PROBLEMS, BACK PROBLEMS.
ALL YOU NEED IS THE TICKET.
IT'S THE GIFT OF
PROPHECY. LIKE A MAP.
TO HELP GUIDE YOU ON YOUR PATH
WHEN YOU REACH THE OTHER SIDE.
HE BELIEVES HIS ACTS ARE
ALTRUISTIC. YET, HIS VICTIMS ARE BOUND.
THIS IS A MATTER
OF CONTROL. RIGHT.
UNDER THE GUISE OF
HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TO DIE,
HE ACTUALLY HOLDS
THEIR LIVES IN HIS HANDS.
SOMETIMES THE BODY HAS
A REFLEX WHICH CAN CAUSE
YOU TO REMOVE YOUR
FINGER FROM THE SWITCH.
NOW HE'S BEEN
DIAGNOSED TERMINAL.
HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE CONTROL
OVER HIS OWN BODY. OR TIME.
INTERRUPTING THE SOLUTION FLOW WOULD
ONLY CAUSE YOU TO LAPSE INTO A COMA.
YOU'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WHERE YOU STARTED.
WE HAD CONTROL OVER HIM TODAY.
IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THAT
ANXIETY... THAT HELPLESSNESS...
HE'LL HAVE TO HELP
OTHERS... HIS WAY.
IF YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE SOME
DIFFICULTY PUSHING THE SWITCH,
LET ME KNOW BEFOREHAND.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE PUSH.
DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE REPORTS NONE OF
THE SURVEILLANCE OFFICERS HAVE SEEN HIM.
NOT AT THE HOSPITAL, CRISIS CENTER,
NOT AT HOME. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
LET'S GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. WE DO A
CLOSE-UP, VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ROOMS,
IN CASE HE SLIPPED
INTO ONE OF THEM.
NOW, YOUR EMOTIONS AT THIS TIME ARE
ENTIRELY YOUR OWN AND NO ONE ELSE'S.
YOU LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT
YOURSELF AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
I'VE SEEN MARINES CRY AND
WAITRESSES ACCEPTING AND PEACEFUL.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
HELLO? ANYBODY AROUND?
THE LAST FEW WEEKS AT THIS
TIME ARE MARKED "ENCOUNTER."
THEY HAVE TERMINAL ENCOUNTER
GROUPS AT THE CRISIS CENTER.
SHE'S HIS ASSESSOR. YEAH.
SEATTLE CRISIS CENTER. MY
NAME IS RUSS. HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
IS MABEL SHIVA AT THE
ENCOUNTER GROUP TONIGHT?
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT IT
WAS CANCELED. NONE OF THEM SHOWED UP.
HELLO, THIS IS MABEL SHIVA.
I'M NOT HOME AT THE MOMENT
OR WILL I EVER BE AGAIN.
YOU LITTLE DEVIL, YOU.
CALL GEIBS. THEY'RE THERE.
WE HAVEN'T MUCH TIME.
REQUEST PARAMEDICS
TO ATTEND TO SIX,
POSSIBLY SEVEN, INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED
TO INJECTION OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
♪ GOOD-BYE TO YOU
MY TRUSTED FRIEND ♪
♪ WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
SINCE WE WERE NINE OR 10 ♪
♪ TOGETHER WE'VE
CLIMBED HILLS AND TREES ♪
♪ LEARNED OF LOVE AND A-B-CS ♪
♪ SKINNED OUR HEARTS
AND SKINNED OUR KNEES ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE MY FRIEND
IT'S HARD TO DIE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL THE BIRDS
ARE SINGING IN THE SKY ♪
♪ NOW THAT SPRING
IS IN THE AIR ♪
♪ PRETTY GIRLS ARE EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ THINK OF ME
AND I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪ WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN
WE HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN ♪
♪ BUT THE HILLS
THAT WE CLIMBED ♪
♪ WERE JUST SEASONS
OUT OF TIME ♪♪
SEATTLE P.D.
- NOTHING HERE.
- NO PULSE HERE.
COMB THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALERT
THE OFFICERS ARRIVING ON THE SCENE...
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE, 48, STRONG BUILD,
DRIVING A GRAY, '78 LEBARON.
JOHN, INDIGO, OSCAR,
ONE, FIVE, SEVEN.
I THOUGHT FOR SURE HE
WOULD'VE GONE WITH THEM.
LOOK AT THIS.
FRANK, HOW WOULD YOU
ANSWER THE QUESTION?
WHAT QUESTION? THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP'S QUESTION.
SHOULD WE HAVE
ARRESTED OR ASSISTED?
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A QUESTION
THEY REALLY WANT ANSWERED.
GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE ♪ HOW ELSE YOU
GONNA GET TO KNOW A GUY LIKE THIS?
BESIDES, IT'S A COOL SONG.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION
THEY REALLY WANT ANSWERED?
WAS HE FROM HEAVEN... OR HELL?
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE,
CASHING IN YOUR CHIPS ♪
♪ WILD-EYED CHARLIE ♪
♪ TIME YOU CAME TO GRIPS ♪
♪ AND THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ♪
♪ STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE OUT ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE ♪♪
I MADE THIS!