Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 14 - The Pest House - full transcript

Asylum inmates become prime suspects in a series of murders linked to urban legend.

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I TOLD MY MOM I'D BE
HOME A HALF AN HOUR AGO.

BESIDES, IT'S WAY
TOO COLD OUT HERE.

COULD I CONVINCE YOU TO STAY IF I
OFFERED YOU SOME PEPPERMINT SCHNAPPS?

YOU KNOW WHAT'S DOWN THE ROAD?

THE EAST COUNTY PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL. THE LOONY BIN.

THEY USED TO CALL IT THE
"PEST HOUSE." STOP IT, KEVIN.

THIS ONE HOSPITAL
PROBABLY HOLDS...

THE MOST DANGEROUS
ASSORTMENT OF MANIACS...

IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
I'M NOT GONNA GET SCARED.

SERIAL RAPISTS, PEDOPHILES,
MASS MURDERERS...



DON'T TELL ME... ONE
OF THEM ESCAPED.

WORSE. RELEASED.

HIS NAME IS HAROLD BRUNVAND. HE WAS
SENT TO THE HOSPITAL THREE YEARS AGO...

AFTER A VERDICT OF NOT
GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.

WHAT DID HE DO?

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
BE TELLING YOU THIS.

IT'S PRETTY SCARY STUFF.

OKAY. TELL ME!

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, IT WAS A
NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT.

A SORORITY UP AT ROSEMONT...

WERE HAVING THEIR SISTER
CAMPOUT NEAR, UH, ALPINE VILLAGE.

THEY ALL WENT TO BED
COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED.

BUT SEVEN OF THEM NEVER WOKE UP,



BECAUSE DURING THE NIGHT,
HAROLD HAD COME INTO THEIR CAMP...

AND COVERED THEIR FACES WITH
RAGS SOAKED IN CHLOROFORM.

AND ONE BY ONE, HE NEATLY
SLICED THEIR THROATS...

FROM EAR TO EAR,

EACH TIME MAKING SURE
HE CUT THE CAROTID ARTERY,

SO HE COULD DRINK THEIR BLOOD.

THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN AN EIGHTH VICTIM,

BUT THE RAG WAS DRYING OUT, AND
SHE FOUGHT THROUGH THE ANESTHETIC.

SHE CRAWLED OVER THERE WHERE THEIR
GEAR WAS, AND SHE FOUND A CLEAVER.

AND WHEN HAROLD REACHED FOR HER
NECK, SHE GRABBED HIS ARM AND... WHAM!

JUST CHOPPED OFF HIS HAND.

AND ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER
HE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL,

HE WAS RELEASED.

CURED. ONLY NOW WITH A HOOK
WHERE HIS LEFT HAND USED TO BE.

WITHIN THREE MONTHS, THE
POLICE LOST TRACK OF HIM.

NOW NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE IS.

I MEAN, HE COULD BE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT THEN AGAIN, HE
COULD BE NEXT DOOR.

I MEAN, HE COULD EVEN
BE... IN THE CAR! OH!

OHH!

OH, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE
JUST SO EASY TO FREAK.

NO, YOU'RE JUST
REALLY GOOD AT IT.

OH, COME HERE. IT'S NOT
THE ONLY THING I'M GOOD AT.

WHAT WAS THAT?

MY TONGUE IN YOUR
EAR. N-NO, THAT NOISE.

IF I GET A SCRATCH ON THIS
CAR, MY DAD'S GONNA KILL ME.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. I'M
JUST GONNA CHECK IT OUT.

KEVIN?

THIS ISN'T FUNNY.

YOU BETTER STOP SCARING ME UNLESS
YOU WANT TO STAY OUTSIDE ALL NIGHT!

OH, GOD! OH, GOD! KEVIN!

I'M NEVER GONNA
FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS!

THE VICTIM WAS KEVIN GALBRAITH,

A FRESHMAN ENGLISH MAJOR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND.

HE WAS PARKED ON COPPER COVE BRIDGE
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, CHRISTY MORRIS,

WHEN THE ATTACK OCCURRED,
APPROXIMATELY 11:30 P.M.

ACCORDING TO HER STATEMENT,
HER BOYFRIEND LEAVES THE CAR,

AND FOR HER SAFETY,
SHE LOCKS HERSELF INSIDE.

AND HE DOESN'T RETURN.

SHE BECOMES AFRAID...

BECAUSE SHE HEARS SCRATCHING
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR.

SHE FINALLY MAKES HER ESCAPE. SHE DISCOVERS
HER BOYFRIEND HANGING UPSIDE DOWN, DEAD.

THE CAUSE OF THE
SCRATCHING WAS HIS HANDS...

RUBBING AGAINST THE CAR
AS HE SWAYED IN THE WIND.

IT'S AN URBAN LEGEND.
NONE OF IT'S TRUE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD
HAVE SAID, EXCEPT WE...

HAVE A REAL VICTIM HERE,

AND A PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCARRED
WITNESS WHO'S UNDER HEAVY SEDATION.

THE POLICE HAVE INTERVIEWED
HER SEVERAL TIMES,

BUT SHE KNOWS NOTHING MORE THAN WE
ALREADY KNOW FROM THE CAMPFIRE STORIES.

THE GROUP BELIEVES THIS WILL
NOT BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT,

SO I'VE DONE A PRELIMINARY
PROFILE BASED ON THAT.

CHECKED THE BACKGROUNDS OF
INMATES AT MENTAL INSTITUTIONS...

NEAR THE CRIME SCENE.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND
THAT INTERESTING.

"E. JACOB WOODCOCK."

KILLED A COUPLE PARKED
ON THE COPPER COVE BRIDGE.

HE FITS THE PROFILE TO A "T."

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, HE
COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE DONE IT.

HI. MY NAME IS FRANK
BLACK. THIS IS PETER WATTS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EAST
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I NEED...

COULD YOU SIGN THIS?

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH,
UH, E. JACOB WOODCOCK.

- WOODCOCK?
- WOODCOCK.

HE'S A VERY
DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL...

WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF
PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

PARANOID. SCHIZOTYPAL. HE'S
A FACTOR-ONE PSYCHOPATH.

WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH HIM
REGARDING A RECENT MURDER.

MR. BRENNAN? WHY DON'T YOU
LET ME TALK TO THESE GENTLEMEN.

- YOU'RE LATE FOR YOUR THERAPY.
- COME ON, MR. BRENNAN. COME.

HE'S A PATIENT?

YOU'RE A DOCTOR?

DR. ELLEN STOLLER.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

EVERYONE SORT OF DRESSES ALIKE.

WE FEEL UNIFORMS AND LAB COATS
JUST SERVE TO STIGMATIZE THE PATIENTS.

IF WE DRESS AS DOCTORS,
THEY WILL ACT LIKE PATIENTS.

WE WORK VERY HARD TO ELIMINATE
THE VISUAL CUES IN THE WARD.

YOU CAN TELL US APART BY THE
KEYS WE WEAR ON OUR BELTS.

MY NAME IS FRANK BLACK.
THIS IS PETER WATTS.

HOW DO YOU DO? WE'RE WORKING
WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT...

ON A MURDER INVESTIGATION. I KNOW. THEY
CALLED. HE'S ANXIOUS TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

E. JACOB WOODCOCK IS A
HIGHLY DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL...

WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF
PERSONALITY DISORDERS.

HE'S PARANOID, SCHIZOTYPAL...
A FACTOR-ONE PSYCHOPATH.

THAT'S RIGHT. HOW'D
YOU KNOW? WILD GUESS.

I FIND IT INCONCEIVABLE THAT HE COULD
BE CONNECTED WITH ANY RECENT MURDER.

BESIDES HIS PHYSICAL HANDICAP, HE'S
STILL IN CUSTODY UNDER MAXIMUM SECURITY.

NO. NO! HE HASN'T SET FOOT
OUTSIDE THIS HOSPITAL IN FIVE YEARS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. WHAT ARE THE SECURITY
MEASURES FOR PRISONERS IN THE HOSPITAL?

THE PATIENTS HERE ARE
NOT TECHNICALLY PRISONERS.

NO ONE IN THIS HOSPITAL HAS
EVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME,

THOUGH WE UNDERSTAND THEY STILL MAY
POSE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND TO SOCIETY.

THE PATIENTS KEPT UNDER MAXIMUM
SECURITY ARE HOUSED IN A SECURE WARD...

AND KEPT BEHIND
ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED DOORS.

WE MAKE VISUAL
INSPECTIONS EVERY HOUR.

THE FACT IS, HE COULDN'T
ESCAPE WITHOUT US KNOWING.

SO, THAT'S WHERE IT WENT.

IT'S A SICK PICTURE. REAL SICK.

I KNOW THAT NOW.

CAN YOU TELL US
ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

WHOEVER DID THIS, THE
KILLER, HE'S DONE IT BEFORE.

YOU SEE, THAT'S A SAILOR'S KNOT.

MORE YOU STRUGGLE,
THE TIGHTER IT GETS.

AND THIS IS A FINE
BISECTING CUT.

IT'S STRAIGHT, ALMOST
A SURGICAL LINE.

EVEN WITH THE SHARPEST KNIFE,
THAT TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE.

MAYBE HE WORKED ON
ANIMALS BEFORE. MAYBE NOT.

MR. WOODCOCK,

DID YOU, OR ANYONE YOU KNOW, HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS MURDER?

YOU HEAR THAT?

I DON'T EITHER. 'CAUSE THERE'S
NOTHIN' THERE TO HEAR ANYMORE.

I USED TO WEAR HEADPHONES
WITH MUSIC BLASTING IN MY EARS.

DROWN OUT THE VOICES. I USED TO
SCREAM SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN.

BUT THOSE VOICES,

THEY COULD CUT THROUGH
CONCRETE 10 FEET THICK,

'CAUSE THEY COME
FROM THE INSIDE.

SEE, I KNOW THAT NOW.

I WANTED YOU TO KNOW,
SO THEY COULD KNOW.

I DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE ANYMORE.

WHERE DID WHAT GO?

YOU SAID, "SO, THAT'S
WHERE IT WENT."

OH, YEAH. I DID.

EVERYTHING. JUST EVERYTHING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER?

OH, YES.

I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT IT'S MINE.

IT'S ALL MINE.

HOW'S MY LITTLE SNAKE TODAY?

VERY ACTIVE, I SEE.

LET HIM BURROW TOO DEEP
AND YOU'LL NEVER GET HIM OUT.

YOU GENTLEMEN NEED
TO TALK TO ANYBODY ELSE?

NOT NOW. THANKS,
EDWARD. NO PROBLEM.

THERE HAVE BEEN ALL KINDS OF
PRECEDENTS FOR SURROGATE KILLERS.

PEOPLE WITH
PERSONALITY DEFICIENCIES...

SO SEVERE THAT THEY WILL KILL
FOR A MORE DOMINANT PARTNER.

WELL, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE
OF CANDIDATES AROUND HERE.

WOODCOCK MIGHT'VE
COME INTO CONTACT...

WITH A MINIMUM-SECURITY
PATIENT...

THAT HAS OUTSIDE PRIVILEGES,
TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. YEAH.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE MURDER
SEEMS SCRIPTED, BECAUSE IT WAS.

MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CONTACT STOLLER
AND KEEP HIM UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

LET US KNOW WHO HE
COMES INTO CONTACT WITH.

GET DR. STOLLER.
KATIE, LET GO. LET GO.

KATIE, LET GO. KATIE!

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

BEAR, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!

BEAR, IT'S NOT YOUR
BLOOD. IT'S NOT YOUR BLOOD.

BEAR!

GET HIM OFF! GET HIM OFF!

GET HIM OFF. COME
ON. LET GO. LET GO.

KEEP AWAY FROM HIS MOUTH. ANYTHING
GETS IN THERE, IT'S NOT COMIN' OUT!

COME ON, BEAR! NO! GET
HIM IN THE SIDE ROOM.

GET HIM IN THE SIDE
ROOM. COME ON, BEAR.

LET'S GO. SIDE ROOM.
SIDE ROOM, BEAR.

ARE YOU SURE THAT'LL HOLD HIM?
WHEN HE GETS WORKED UP THIS WAY,

HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN
HER ARM RIGHT OFF.

WITH HIS TEETH?
THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE.

ACTUALLY, CALLIE, I NEED
THE LIGHT ON THE TIRE.

IT'S TOO COLD. I WANT
TO WAIT IN THE CAR.

JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES.

I NEED THE LIGHT TO
PUT THE SPARE ON.

DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, JUST
HURRY UP! I'M FREEZING HERE!

SHINE THE LIGHT OVER THERE.
OH, TED, WE'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY.

IT'S PROBABLY SOME
BIG WILD, CRAZY ANIMAL.

SPARE ME, CALLIE. YEAH,
WELL JUST HURRY UP!

ON THE TIRE, CALLIE.

OW! CALLIE!

DAMN IT! CALLIE!

ALL RIGHT, QUIT PLAYING GAMES.

DAMN IT!

CALLIE?

WHAT?

CALLIE?

STILL MISSING PARTS OF
THE THIGHS ON BOTH BODIES.

A HAND FROM HER.

THE WAY THESE BODIES
WERE RIPPED APART,

I GOTTA THINK A COYOTE OR
SOMETHIN' GOT TO THEM BEFORE WE DID.

THE TEARS IN THE BODIES ARE TOO
PRECISE TO BE CAUSED BY AN ANIMAL.

THE KILLER WAS
VERY DISORGANIZED.

THIS IS A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY.

THE KILLER AND THE VICTIMS'
PATHS HAPPENED TO CROSS...

AT EXACTLY THE WRONG MOMENT.

MR. BLACK, YOU SAID THE
OTHER MURDER WAS SCRIPTED,

AND THIS ONE IS DISORGANIZED.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING TWO
DIFFERENT MANIACS OUT THERE?

YES, I AM.

THE KILLER OF KEVIN GALBRAITH,
ALTHOUGH HIGHLY DISTURBED,

COULD STILL
INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

HE COULD HOLD DOWN A
JOB, RENT AN APARTMENT.

WHEREAS, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME TO
SEE THIS PERSON WALKING DOWN THE STREET,

WEARING THE SAME BLOOD-SOAKED CLOTHING
HE WORE WHILE COMMITTING THE CRIME.

HE'S OUT OF HIS MIND, LITERALLY.

RATIONALITY PARED
DOWN TO AN ANIMAL STATE.

BEAR.

I STUDIED BEAR'S CASE HISTORY.

THE MURDERS THAT GOT HIM HERE AND THE
MURDERS THAT WERE COMMITTED LAST NIGHT...

WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL, EVEN
THOUGH THEY WERE FIVE YEARS APART.

BOTH SETS OF
VICTIMS WERE COUPLES,

VICTIMS OF OPPORTUNITY.

THEIR BODIES WERE MUTILATED,

LITERALLY TORN APART.

THE FEMALE VICTIMS'
HANDS WERE NEVER FOUND.

WELL, IT CERTAINLY
IS A COINCIDENCE.

WE CALL THAT A SIGNATURE.

MR. BLACK,

WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT A
SERIAL KILLER WOULD EXHIBIT...

NO REFINEMENT OF HIS
TECHNIQUE OVER FIVE YEARS?

THAT HIS ENVIRONMENT WOULD
HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT ON HIM?

THERE HAVE BEEN KNOWN
CASES WHERE KILLERS,

WHEN RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER
UP TO 15 YEARS, RETURN TO KILLING...

IN EXACTLY THE SAME MANNER THEY'D
USED BEFORE THEY WERE CONFINED.

YOU SEE, THAT IS EXACTLY
THE KIND OF BIGOTRY...

THAT MY PATIENTS FACE CONSTANTLY
FROM EVERY SEGMENT OF SOCIETY.

NO ONE SEEMS TO
BELIEVE THAT COUNSELING,

INTENSIVE THERAPY, EVEN
MEDICATION, CAN REHABILITATE THE SICK.

THESE PEOPLE ARE PUT
IN HERE WITH ABSOLUTELY

NO EXPECTATION OF
EVER BEING LET OUT.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S
GET DOWN TO IT.

WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW
HE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE DONE IT.

WAS BEAR CONFINED TO
A SIDE ROOM LAST NIGHT?

NO, HE WAS RELEASED IN
TIME FOR HIS GROUP AT 5:00 P.M.

WHERE DO THEY MEET?

I BELIEVE THAT LAST
NIGHT THEY HAD A

SUPERVISED WALK AROUND
THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS.

DO YOU MEAN THAT
HE WAS ACTUALLY...

ALLOWED OUTSIDE JUST THREE
HOURS AFTER HE ATTACKED THAT GIRL?

MR. WATTS,

YOU'RE REALLY NOT QUALIFIED TO PASS
JUDGMENT ON HOW WE TREAT OUR PATIENTS.

NOW, I KNOW THAT THINGS SEEM TO
GET OUT OF HAND ONCE IN A WHILE,

BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SLIVER OF
PROOF THAT ANYONE FROM THIS HOSPITAL...

HAD ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE RECENT MURDERS.

YOU OKAY?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

IT'S A-A FAKE FINGERNAIL.

HEY. HEY!

WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?

I THINK YOU'VE EATEN MORE
THAN A SLIVER OF PROOF.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO
EVERYONE WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE KITCHEN.

CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY
OF BEAR'S INVOLVEMENT,

WOULD YOU CONSENT TO
HIS BEING INTERVIEWED?

YES. YES, OF COURSE. STILL,
I WOULDN'T EXPECT MUCH.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS,
HE HASN'T SPOKEN A WORD.

CAN YOU REMEMBER
WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT?

AT ANY TIME LAST NIGHT...

WERE YOU OUTSIDE THE
MAXIMUM SECURITY WARD?

YOU WERE, HUH? NO.
YOU'RE-YOU'RE CONFUSING HIM.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU,
THEY HAD A WALK OUTSIDE...

LAST NIGHT ON THE
HOSPITAL GROUNDS.

HOW DID YOU GET THOSE
MARKS ON YOUR HEAD, BEAR?

DID YOU KILL TWO
PEOPLE LAST NIGHT?

DID YOU MUTILATE THEM...

AND TEAR A HAND
OFF FOR A SOUVENIR?

COME ON! HER NAME
WAS CALLIE. SHE WAS 22.

IT'S OKAY, BEAR. DR. STOLLER.

YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE DONE NOW!
WE'RE DONE HERE! WAS THAT A YES?

HE... HE... TOUCHED ME!

INSIDE ME!

HE TAKE IT OUT!

TAKE EVERYTHING OUT!

WHO TOUCHED YOU, BEAR?

THE BOY, THE GIRL...

WERE MINE... INSIDE ME!

MINE, BUT NOT ME!

MINE. NOT ME!

MINE, BUT NOT ME!

MINE, BUT NOT ME!

MINE, NOT ME! MINE, NOT ME!

MINE, NOT ME! MINE, NOT ME! BEAR, I WANT
YOU TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND RELAX.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LET IT INTO
YOUR LUNGS. MINE, NOT ME! MINE, NOT ME!

TRY TO REMEMBER. IT'S IMPORTANT
YOU TELL ME. MINE, NOT ME!

STOP ASKING HIM QUESTIONS. HE IS NOT
GONNA ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS!

- NOT ME!
- BEAR!

HE'S HAVING A SEIZURE!

BEAR? BEAR?

BEAR?

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
FOREBRAIN IS SLIGHTLY ENLARGED.

THIS DARKER AREA BY THE
HYPOTHALAMUS COULD INDICATE A TUMOR.

WELL, THAT COULD BE
WHAT CAUSED HIS AGITATION.

NO. THAT COULD BE
WHAT CAUSED HIS SEIZURE.

HIS AGITATION WAS
CAUSED BY YOU TWO.

WELL, IN BOTH OUR INTERVIEWS
WITH WOODCOCK AND BEAR,

THEY REFERRED TO SOMETHING
BEING TAKEN FROM THEIR MINDS.

IS THERE ANY EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM
BEING CONDUCTED ON THESE PATIENTS?

MR. BLACK, THESE ARE
HIGHLY DISTURBED INDIVIDUALS.

YOU MUSTN'T TAKE
WHAT THEY SAY LITERALLY.

AND EVEN IF THERE WERE SECRET
EXPERIMENTS BEING CONDUCTED,

I WOULDN'T TELL YOU.

I WOULDN'T TELL ANYONE.

THESE CAT SCANS WERE MY
ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN HIS DELUSIONS.

- OBVIOUSLY, I'VE FAILED.
- DR. STOLLER,

THE EXACT NATURE
OF THESE CRIMES...

APPLY TO A MINUTE
PORTION OF THE POPULATION.

NOW, SOMEONE IN YOUR
MAXIMUM-SECURITY WARD...

IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THESE MURDERS.

AND I DON'T SEE IT
STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.

DOCTOR, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE
PROTECTIVE OF YOUR PATIENTS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE
HAVE A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY...

TO PROTECT THE NEXT VICTIM.

- WHAT DO YOU NEED?
- ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE
FAR TOO MANY ISSUES OF CONFIDENTIALITY.

I...

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A GROUP
THERAPY SESSION LATER ON.

ONE OF YOU CAN WATCH
FROM BEHIND THE GLASS.

OKAY.

COME ON, PEOPLE, GRAB
A CHAIR. SEMICIRCLE...

FRANK, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS
FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, BUT, UH,

DEEP DOWN I CAN'T HELP BUT
FEEL LIKE I'M BETRAYING THEM.

THEY'LL NEVER KNOW I'M HERE.

I KNOW. BUT I DO.

AND I ALWAYS WILL.

OKAY. HOW WE ALL DOING?

COME ON, PEOPLE. LET'S GO.

GRAB A SEAT.

DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING
BEFORE THE DOCTOR GETS HERE?

ANYBODY HAVE ANY GOOD
DREAMS LATELY? ANY BAD ONES?

COME ON, PEOPLE. CAN'T MAKE
PROGRESS UNLESS YOU TALK.

I HAD A VERY GOOD
DREAM LAST NIGHT.

I, UH, I DREAMT THAT EVERYBODY
HERE WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE...

AND THAT THE HOSPITAL
WAS CLOSED DOWN...

BECAUSE BAD THINGS
DIDN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

YOUR DREAMS ARE BORING.

OH, YEAH? WELL, THEN WHY
DON'T YOU START, WOOD-MAN?

I DON'T HAVE 'EM ANYMORE.
YOU TOOK MY BEST ONES.

EDDIE, WHEN WILL I GET OUT?

I DON'T WANT TO DIE IN HERE.

YOU'RE NOT DYING. YOU'RE
GOIN' ON TO EVERLASTING LIFE.

BEAR, YOU TOO.

PURDUE?

YOU READY TO STEP
UP? I KNOW YOU WANT TO.

I'M READY WHEN YOU ARE.

HAH! GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

YOU'RE ALL LOOKING VERY RESTED.

JOEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?

LET'S GET STARTED, SHALL WE?

WELL, DID YOU FIND WHAT
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR?

NOT EXACTLY.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME THE
SIGNS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU
RULE OUT SOME SUSPECTS.

THE PROBLEM IS
THEY ALL HAVE SIGNS.

UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND A TRIGGERING STRESSOR,

EVERY ONE OF YOUR
PATIENTS WILL KILL AGAIN.

- THAT'S VERY BLEAK.
- VERY REAL.

WHERE YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MURDER, I SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR RECOVERY.

I'M NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT MY
PATIENTS WILL EVER BE MODEL CITIZENS,

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY
CAN BE PRODUCTIVE, CREATIVE.

I THINK THEY CAN BE
A PART OF OUR WORLD.

LISTEN, LET ME ASK
YOU SOMETHING.

ARE YOU MISSING ANYTHING LATELY?

- WHAT?
- I MEAN, SOMETHING SMALL.

A SHIRT, BELT.
SOMETHING PERSONAL.

ACTUALLY, I-I DID MISPLACE A SCARF A
COUPLE DAYS AGO. HOW'D YOU KNOW?

I THINK YOU'RE IN REAL DANGER. I
THINK THE KILLER HAS TAKEN A TROPHY,

AND HE'LL USE IT TO RESTRAIN
YOU, TO TIE YOUR HANDS.

WOW.

DON'T GET ME WRONG. I DON'T
MEAN “WOW” LIKE YOU'RE AMAZING.

I MEAN “WOW” LIKE YOU'RE CRAZY.

HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH THAT?

I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE
THIS HOSPITAL FOR A FEW DAYS.

NO, I WON'T. MAYBE YOU SHOULD.

OR ELSE, THINK
ABOUT CHECKING IN.

DR. STOLLER... NO. I
WON'T BE INTIMIDATED,

NOT BY MY PATIENTS, AND
CERTAINLY NOT BY YOU!

IF YOU REQUIRE ANYTHING MORE OF THIS
HOSPITAL, TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.

MR. PURDUE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
OUT OF YOUR ROOM?

I COULDN'T SLEEP.

I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU.

THINGS I CAN'T SAY IN
FRONT OF ANYONE ELSE.

WE COULD SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT RIGHT
NOW. I CAN SEE YOU SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

TOMORROW.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION
WE HAD ABOUT PERSONAL SPACE?

YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW.

I WANT YOU TO REALLY LISTEN
TO ME AND PAY ATTENTION,

BECAUSE I'M SCARED.

I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE
LIKE WOODCOCK AND BEAR,

AND I'M AFRAID
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
STOP IT. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THEY DON'T DREAM ANYMORE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

IT'S TAKEN OUT OF THEIR HEADS.

DON'T LET HIM TAKE
IT OUT OF MY HEAD.

WHO?

WHO ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

DON'T YOU KNOW?

EDWARD. HE'S THE DEVIL.

WATTS.

PETER, IT'S FRANK.
STOLLER SHUT US DOWN.

WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE
PATIENTS' RECORDS ANYMORE.

I'LL PULL UP THE GROUP'S
DATABASE RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE
NEED... MAXIMUM SECURITY GUY,

GOT A HISTORY OF KNIFE ATTACKS.

HE USES SOME ARTICLE OF CLOTHING TO
RESTRAIN THE VICTIM DURING THE MURDER.

YOU THINK HE'S
ABOUT TO ACT AGAIN?

YOU KNOW I DO. LISTEN, MY
BATTERY IS DEAD ON MY CELL PHONE,

SO I'LL BE WAITING
HERE, 555-0134.

AS SOON AS I KNOW.

WE HAVE TO TALK.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LIES
ABOUT LIFE EVERLASTING.

I DON'T MUCH CARE
TO LIVE FOREVER.

IT CAN BE ARRANGED.

NOW,

TELL ME YOUR DREAMS.

GIVE IT UP, MR. BLACK.

WE'LL ALL STILL BE
HERE IN THE MORNING.

- PETER?
- GOT A POSSIBLE MATCH WITH
A PATIENT NAMED CAINAN PURDUE.

HE STALKED HIS VICTIMS BY HIDING
IN THE BACKSEATS OF THEIR CARS.

ONE INSTANCE, HE USED THE VICTIM'S
OWN BELT TO TIE HER TO THE SEAT,

THEN STABBED HER 52 TIMES.

PETER, ARE YOU
SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?

ALL THREE CASES, THE M.O.s ARE
COMPOSITES OF URBAN LEGENDS.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN.

HEY!

HEY!

PULL OVER!

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE INSANE!
- PULL OVER!

- FILL HER UP?
- YEAH, THANKS.

THIS CREDIT CARD'S NO GOOD. YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO COME WITH ME TO THE REGISTER.

WHAT? I JUST USED IT TODAY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO COME WITH ME NOW.

THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE
BACKSEAT OF YOUR CAR WITH A KNIFE.

WE'RE GOING INTO THE CASHIER'S BOOTH,
LOCKING THE DOOR AND CALLING THE POLICE.

IT'S ME.

DR. STOLLER!

DON'T TOUCH THAT DOOR!

DID YOU SEE HIM? NO.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

I SAW SOMEBODY WITH A KNIFE.

IF THEY DID FOLLOW ME FROM THE
WARD, THEN THEY'RE NOT THERE NOW.

OKAY. YOU CALL THE POLICE AND
TELL THEM TO MEET US AT EAST COUNTY.

LISTEN, WHAT ALMOST
HAPPENED TO YOU TONIGHT...

MATCHES A CRIME COMMITTED
BY A PATIENT IN YOUR WARD.

CAINAN PURDUE. WE GOT TO GET TO
THE HOSPITAL AND CONFIRM HE'S GONE.

MR. JOHNSON, BACK IN
YOUR ROOM, PLEASE. YEAH.

DR. STOLLER, WHAT'S GOING ON? A PATIENT
MIGHT BE MISSING. HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING?

NO. WE HAVE TO CHECK EVERY ROOM.

ARE YOU THE ONLY
NURSE ON DUTY? IT'S OKAY.

YES, FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY. I'VE
BEEN DOING MY CHECKS. IT'S OKAY, WILDA.

WHICH ONE IS PURDUE'S ROOM?
PURDUE'S IN WARD FIVE. THAT WAY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL SPLIT UP. I'M
GONNA CHECK THE THERAPY ROOMS.

Y-YOU GO TO HYDROTHERAPY. OH.

MR. O'GRADY, IT'S OKAY. GO
BACK TO BED. GO BACK TO BED!

HOW YOU DOIN'?
PURDUE'S... NEVER MIND.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
PURDUE'S ROOM IS?

- HE'S GONE.
- EDWARD, WHAT ARE YOU
DOIN' HERE?

HI. LISTEN, IT'S REAL LATE. I
JUST WANT TO TALK TO HIM.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

I WAS PAGED. WILDA SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT A MISSING PATIENT.

DR. STOLLER WAS ALMOST MURDERED.
I THINK PURDUE IS RESPONSIBLE.

NO, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.

DID THE DOCTOR EVER TELL
YOU THE STORY ABOUT RACHEL?

NO.

TWO YEARS AGO, RACHEL,
SHE WAS A NURSE HERE...

TO ME, SHE WAS
BEAUTIFUL. JUST...

NOT LIKE IN, YOU KNOW, SOME
FASHION MODEL WAY OR ANYTHING.

SHE JUST HAD THIS
GLOW INSIDE HER.

AND SHE, SHE TRIED
TO HELP PEOPLE.

ONE DAY A PATIENT GRABBED HER
WHILE SHE WAS MAKIN' THE ROUNDS,

CHECKIN' ON THEIR MEDS.

HE TOOK A SPOON FROM THE
CAFETERIA, AND HE GROUND IT DOWN...

UNTIL IT WAS RAZOR SHARP.

HE TOOK THAT SPOON,

PUT IT IN RACHEL'S NECK.

FORCED HER INTO THE SIDE
ROOM AND MADE US ALL WATCH...

WHILE HE RAPED HER.

HE SNUFFED THE GLOW
OUT OF HER THAT DAY.

RACHEL'S GONE NOW.

BUT THAT PATIENT, HE'S STILL
HERE. HE'S STILL BEING TREATED.

WHO WAS IT?

E. JACOB WOODCOCK.

WOODCOCK?

HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. HE'S
NOT EVEN THE WORST ONE.

BUT STILL, TREATMENT GOES ON.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

I WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF THEM BY
ANY MEANS POSSIBLE OR IMPOSSIBLE.

EVERY VIOLENT THOUGHT.
EVERY SICK IMPULSE.

BUT YOU KNOW
BETTER THAN ME, FRANK.

I JUST WORK HERE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
PURDUE. ANY LUCK FINDING HIM?

NO. BUT I THINK HE'S
ATTEMPTING TO FIND YOU.

THE LIGHTS ARE OUT.
THE PHONES ARE DEAD.

HE'S MAKIN' A REAL ATTEMPT
TO COMPLETE HIS FANTASY.

AND THAT WOULD
CULMINATE IN KILLING ME.

THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION.

THIS ISN'T JUST FOR SELF-PRESERVATION,
BUT COULD I SUGGEST...

THAT WE GET OUT OF THIS WARD UNTIL WE
CAN INVITE SOME MORE PEOPLE TO THIS PARTY?

OUT OF THE BUILDING. THIS WAY.

HE CUT THE POWER. USE YOUR KEY!

I'VE GOT ONE KEY, BUT THE
NIGHT NURSE HAS THE OTHER.

WE NEED BOTH KEYS!

HEY!

WHAT?

OH.

- THERE ARE NO KEYS ON HER.
- PURDUE MUST HAVE 'EM.

WE CAN'T GET OUT OF
HERE UNTIL WE FIND THEM.

LISTEN. HEAR THIS.

I HAVE A WARNING FOR YOUR SOUL.

I WILL NOT GO DOWN LIKE THE
OTHERS. I DO NOT ACCEPT MY FATE.

IT'S PURDUE. HE'S TALKING FROM
THE OBSERVATION ROOM. MM-HMM.

WHEN THE DEVIL COMES
TO CALL, HE WILL TEMPT YOU,

THEN THREATEN EVERY SACRED
THING AND TAKE THE REST.

FIGHT LIKE HELL.

HE WANTS THE ONLY THING
THAT'S EVER BEEN WORTH A DAMN.

THE ONLY THING THAT
HE DOESN'T HAVE...

THE FUEL IN YOUR HEAD.

DON'T LISTEN TO HIS LIES.

WHAT YOU GET ISN'T... LIFE.

IT'S, IT'S NOTHING.

WHAT'S HE DOING?
THEY'RE TAKIN' IT FROM HIM.

MY SOUL WAS TAKEN,

BUT SOMETHING LIVES ON.

IT'S TOO POWERFUL TO
DIE AN ANONYMOUS DEATH.

SO I WILL KILL AGAIN,

BUT OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE.

NO LIES. NO EXCUSES.

THIS ONE WILL...

COME FROM A CLEAR, CLEAN...

CONSCIENCE.

YOU STAY HERE. I'M GONNA CHECK IT
OUT. YOU'RE NOT GOING WITHOUT ME!

- FRANK!
- WHAT?

STAY.

AAAH!

NO.

ENOUGH.

- WHY DID YOU COME BACK?
- I NEVER LEFT.

IT WAS EDWARD ALL THE TIME.

HE USED WOODCOCK...
AND BEAR, THEN ME.

HE ATE OUR SINS BUT
COULDN'T DIGEST THEM.

THAT'S A LOAD OF CRAP, PURDUE.

YOU'RE JUST TRYIN' TO BUILD
ANOTHER INSANITY DEFENSE.

NO, DOCTOR.

KILLING EDWARD WAS THE
SANEST THING I EVER DID.

NOW I'M GOING TO SLEEP.

IT CAN'T BE.

THE NIGHT NURSE'S KEYS.

EDWARD KILLED HER. COME ON.

COME ON.

FRANK, WHEN I SAW
HIM COMIN' TOWARD ME,

HIS FACE, IT WAS...

I SAW WOODCOCK AND
PURDUE... AND BEAR.

- AS IF THEY WERE...
- INSIDE HIM?

HOW?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE
EVIL IS LIKE MATTER.

IT CAN'T BE DESTROYED.

IT ONLY CHANGES FORM.

I BELIEVE HE HAD
GOOD INTENTIONS.

BUT WE WHO HUNT MONSTERS,

WHO TOUCH EVIL, RUN THE RISK...

THAT EVIL WILL TOUCH US.

I THINK HE FIGURED OUT A
WAY TO TAKE IT OUT OF THEM,

BUT HE COULDN'T
TAKE IT OUT OF HIMSELF.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

I WANT TO GO HOME NOW.

COME ON.

I MADE THIS!