Millennium (1996–1999): Season 2, Episode 4 - Monster - full transcript

"ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE LIVED
A CHICKEN NAMED HENNY PENNY.

"ONE DAY, AN ACORN
HIT HER ON THE HEAD.

"'MY GOODNESS, ' SAID HENNY
PENNY, 'THE SKY IS FALLING.

"THE SKY IS FALLING.'

"SO SHE RAN TO TELL THE KING.

"ON HER WAY, SHE MET DUCKY
LUCKY AND GOOSEY LOOSEY.

"'THE SKY IS FALLING.
THE SKY IS FALLING.

"WE MUST TELL THE KING.'

"ON THEIR WAY, THEY MET TURKEY
LURKEY. 'WHERE ARE YOU GOING,

"HENNY PENNY, DUCKY LUCKY AND
GOOSEY LOOSEY?' ASKED TURKEY LURKEY.

"'THE SKY IS FALLING. THE SKY IS
FALLING. WE MUST TELL THE KING.'



"ON THEIR WAY,
THEY MET FOXY LOXY.

"'THE SKY IS FALLING. THE SKY IS
FALLING. WE MUST TELL THE KING.'

"'OH, MY, ' SAID FOXY LOXY.

"'I MUST SHOW YOU
THE QUICKEST WAY.'

"SO HENNY PENNY, DUCKY LUCKY,
LOOSEY GOOSEY AND TURKEY LURKEY...

"FOLLOWED FOXY
LOXY TO A DARK HOLE,

"BUT THIS WAS REALLY THE
HOLE TO FOXY LOXY'S DEN.

"'FOLLOW ME, ' SAID FOXY
LOXY, AND WENT INTO THE HOLE,

"WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
FOXY LOXY TURNED AROUND

AND ATE UP TURKEY
LURKEY IN ONE BIG BITE.

"THEN FOXY LOXY ATE
UP GOOSEY LOOSEY.

"DUCKY LUCKY SAID, 'RUN,
HENNY PENNY. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.'

"THEN FOXY LOXY ATE UP
DUCKY LUCKY IN ONE BIG BITE.

"AND HENNY PENNY
RAN ALL THE WAY HOME...



AND NEVER TOLD THE
KING THE SKY WAS FALLING."

YOU'LL FLY INTO ST. LOUIS, TAKE A
CONNECTOR FLIGHT TO LITTLE ROCK.

IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF'S
DRIVE NORTHEAST TO PROBITY.

MAYBE 10,000 PEOPLE.

IT'S A SMALL TOWN ON THE
BRINK OF A CALAMITOUS EVENT.

THE MILLENNIUM GROUP IS
SENDING YOU TO CONSULT

FOR THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, GORDON ROBERTS.

HE'S UP FOR
REELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

SO NO ONE'S BEEN ARRESTED? NO ONE'S
EVEN BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING?

IT'S ALL ACCUSATIONS?

WHAT'S THE GROUP'S INTEREST?
WHY IS MILLENNIUM SENDING ME...

TO A SMALL TOWN WHERE
SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN?

IF THIS IS MORE THAN
RUMORS, IT'S A HORRIBLE CRIME,

AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD
DO IF IT HAPPENED TO JORDAN.

BUT CHILD ABUSE HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL.

HOW IS THIS ABOUT
THE END OF THE WORLD?

JUST GO THERE,
FRANK. FIND THE EVIL.

THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

THE WOMAN UNDER SUSPICION IS
NAMED PENELOPE ELIZABETH PLOTT.

OPENED THE DAY CARE WITH
HER HUSBAND, RAYMOND, IN 1961.

HE DIED OF PROSTATE CANCER TWO YEARS
AGO. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.

SHE PUTS ALL THE MONEY SHE MAKES...
NOT VERY MUCH... BACK INTO THE DAY CARE.

IN 36 YEARS, NOT A SINGLE
INCIDENT HAS EVER BEEN REPORTED.

DAD, THERE'S SOMETHING
I WANNA ASK YOU.

WHAT? WHO DOES
PRINCESS LEIA ROOT FOR?

- SEAHAWKS. GIVE ME THOSE.
- GIVE ME THOSE.

EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU SEE
IF THERE'S A SIZE 10, PLEASE?

DAD, WHO DOES DARTH
VADER ROOT FOR?

RAIDERS. DID YOU CHECK
THE RACK OVER THERE?

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME IN THE BACK.

I GOTTA GET HER HOME.
SIZE 10. THANK YOU.

JORDAN? JORDAN?

OH, JORDAN? DAD.

JORDAN, HEY. WHAT DID WE TALK
ABOUT WHEN WE WENT INTO A STORE?

DADDY, LOOK. RUNNING
SHOES. YOU SCARED ME.

YOU ALREADY HAVE A PAIR OF
THOSE. THOSE ARE HIGH-TOPS.

I'LL ASK MOMMY IF YOU CAN BUY
THEM. SHE SAID I COULD HAVE THEM.

EXCUSE ME.

I'LL ASK HER AGAIN. IF
SHE SAYS YOU CAN HAVE

THEM, THEN I'LL BUY THEM
FOR YOU WHEN I GET BACK.

DAD, I DON'T WANT YOU
TO GO! GOT 'EM IN AN 8 1/2.

- WHY ARE YOU EVEN GOING?
- DO YOU WANNA TRY 'EM ON?

I ASKED FOR SIZE 10. I SAID
10 BECAUSE I WEAR A 10.

THOSE ARE 8 1/2s.
LOOK. LOOK, LOOK.

YES, I SEE IT. JORDAN... IT'S
PURPLE. LOOK AT ALL THE FLOWERS.

THEY WON'T FIT.
JORDAN, CHILL OUT. CHILL.

BILL, JR., DID SOMEBODY
BITE YOU, SON?

I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I JUST
WANNA KNOW WHO DID THIS.

IF I TELL YOU, SHE'LL KILL ME.

♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪

♪ HATE TO SEE YOU GO ♪

♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪

♪ GEE, I'M FEELIN' LOW ♪

♪ BUT I'M CLUEIN' YOU IN
SOMEONE'S DOIN' YOU IN, PAL ♪

♪ GOOD-BYE, CHARLIE ♪

♪ HATE TO SEE YOU FADE ♪

♪ MY, MY, CHARLIE ♪

♪ THOUGHT YOU HAD IT MADE ♪

♪ BUT THEY'RE DUMPIN' YOU
OFF AFTER BUMPIN' YOU OFF, PAL ♪

♪ DON'T YOU KNOW LECHERY
LEADS YOU TO TREACHERY ♪

♪ THINGS BOOMERANG ♪

♪ SOMEONE YOU TRIFLED
WITH PULLS OUT A RIFLE ♪

♪ WITHOUT A BANG, BANG, BANG ♪♪

♪♪

GOOD GIRL.

DONE? OKAY.

- HELLO?
- HI. IS THIS BILL?

THIS IS MISS PENNY.

I WAS JUST...

BILL, JR., DIDN'T
SHOW UP TODAY, AND...

I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE SURE HE WAS OKAY.

HI. ARE YOU PENNY PLOTT?

- SHH. NAP TIME.
- OH. ARE YOU PENNY PLOTT?

MY NAME IS CHRIS WARREN.
I'VE JUST BEEN TRANSFERRED...

OVER FROM SEATTLE, AND I NEED
DAY CARE FOR MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON.

- CAN YOU COME BACK IN HALF
AN HOUR? IT'S NAP TIME.
- OH, GEE. THAT WOULD BE TOUGH.

I GOT A MOVING VAN COMING TO THE HOUSE BY
1:30. I HATE TO LEAVE MY WIFE IN THE LURCH.

WE HEARD HOW GREAT
YOU ARE WITH THE KIDS.

DO YOU THINK I COULD JUST LOOK
AROUND FOR A MINUTE AND CHECK IT OUT?

- THEN I CAN REPORT BACK
TO THE MISSUS.
- SURE. OF COURSE.

- BE QUIET, THOUGH, OKAY? THE
LITTLE ONES NEED THEIR REST.
- OKAY.

I GOTTA USE THE POTTY.

THE OAKLAND RAIDER DEFENSE
IS TOUGH AGAINST THE RUN. WHAT?

WHY, I'D THINK YOU'D BE BACK IN SEATTLE
PREPARING FOR YOUR NEXT GAME, MR. WARREN.

- SHH.
- HERE'S MY THING. IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A WARRANT,

ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WHICH
YOU WON'T FIND ANYWAY, IS INADMISSIBLE.

NOW, MISS PENNY HAS A CLASS TO ATTEND TO.
YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO THE D.A., AND, WELL,

I'M SURE WE'LL MEET
AGAIN, SO UNTIL THAT

TIME, WHY DON'T YOU GET
THE HELL OUT OF HERE?

OKAY, EVERYBODY.
NAP TIME'S OVER.

COME ON. GET YOUR BLANKETS.
WHO WANTS TO HEAR A BOOK?

- YEAH! ME!
- YOU WANT ME - TO READ YOU SOMETHING?

YEAH. YEAH.

WE COULD HAVE SOME
FOOD, A LITTLE SNACK.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR
BLANKETS? HMM? JASON?

JASON?

WHAT'S WITH JASON?
WHY DIDN'T HE WAKE UP?

WHAT'S WRONG?

OH! OH! OH, MY!

OH, EVERYBODY, LET'S GO OUTSIDE.

JASON, CAN YOU HEAR
ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME?

EVERYBODY, LET'S GO OUTSIDE.

COME ON, KIDS. FOLLOW ME.
FOLLOW ME. HE'S NOT BREATHING.

COME ON. FOLLOW ME.
EVERYBODY OUT. THERE YOU ARE.

RIGHT THERE. OKAY.

WE LOST HIM.

HAD THERE BEEN ANY RECENT TRAUMA?
A FALL FROM A BIKE OR OFF THE SWINGS?

SHE'D HAVE TOLD ME.
AND I ASKED HER ABOUT IT...

THE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS BRUSHING HER TEETH,
BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER.

SHE'S BEEN WITH ME NEARLY THE ENTIRE
TIME SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I SEPARATED.

HAS JORDAN SPENT ANY TIME
WITH YOUR HUSBAND WITHOUT YOU?

YES. HE HAS HER ON WEEKENDS.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS A TEAR
IN JORDAN'S LINGUAL FRENULA.

NOW, THERE ARE MANY WAYS
THIS COULD OCCUR; HOWEVER,

IT IS AN INJURY MOST OFTEN
RESULTING FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

MY HUSBAND WOULD NEVER,
NEVER LAY A HAND ON HER.

HE'S NEVER EVEN
RAISED HIS VOICE AT HER.

HAS HE SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF
STRESS FROM THE SEPARATION?

NOTHING THAT COULD BRING
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

MY HUSBAND IS A
VERY FOCUSED MAN.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
OF HIS WORK SITUATION?

IT WAS THESE MARKS ON JASON
WELLS THAT DREW MY SUSPICIONS.

THE DASHES ARE SMALL LACERATIONS,
AND THE CIRCLES ARE CONTUSIONS.

WE SHOULD BRING HER IN. THIS IS
THE SECOND ACCOUNT IN A WEEK...

OF A CHILD AT MISS PENNY'S WITH SUSPICIOUS
MARKINGS, INCLUDING OUR OWN DEPUTY'S SON.

I READ YOUR D.A.'s
REPORT ON THE PLANE.

THERE ARE SOME BITE LACERATIONS ON
THE LOWER BACK OF THE DEPUTY'S SON.

COMPLETING THE ARC CREATES A
CIRCUMFERENCE TOO SMALL FOR PENNY PLOTT.

- COULD PLOTT HAVE MADE THESE?
- MORE LIKELY MADE BY THE BOY
HIMSELF, STRUGGLING FOR AIR.

THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS ASPHYXIATION,

PROBABLY CAUSED BY AN
ACUTE ASTHMATIC ATTACK.

- HE HAD A HISTORY OF IT.
- COULD SHE HAVE BROUGHT IT ON?

SHE HAD TO HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN
NEGLIGENT. SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE.

SOMETHING. SOMETHING MAY BE
PENNY PLOTT. MAY BE ANOTHER PARENT.

MAY BE NOTHING BUT
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVENTS.

YOU CAN'T TELL FOR SURE.
IF YOU GO LOOKING FOR

THAT SOMETHING YOU
WANNA FIND, YOU CAN FIND IT.

YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING.
BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE TRUTH.

AND THAT IS THE SOMETHING
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, ISN'T IT?

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ONES
WHO KNOW THE TRUTH ARE THE CHILDREN.

YEAH.

LET'S GET THIS OUT OF HERE.

WE'VE GOT A HALF HOUR
TILL THE KIDS ARRIVE.

A PARENT CALLED PENNY PLOTT
AND TOLD HER WHAT'S GOING ON.

HERE'S MY THING. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA
DO NO MATTER WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THESE KIDS,

SO LET'S JUST DISPENSE WITH ALL THE
FUTURE MOTIONS AND COURT HEARINGS...

ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THESE
INTERVIEWS BY ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE.

- YOU'RE MISS PLOTT'S ATTORNEY?
- LARA MEANS. I'M
A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST.

WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

- MR. BLACK?
- WE'VE ALREADY MET.

WE DIDN'T WORK SO WELL
TOGETHER. WELL, MS. MEANS,

WITH THE PROPER COURT ORDER, YOU CAN
EXAMINE THE TAPES OF THESE INTERVIEWS.

NO. LET HER PARTICIPATE.

CHILDREN ARE OFTEN VERY
OBLIQUE IN THEIR RESPONSES.

WE WOULDN'T WANT ANY
MISINTERPRETATIONS. WOULD WE?

YOU WERE SUCH A GOOD GIRL AT

THE DENTIST, I'M GONNA
TAKE YOU TO THE PARK.

JORDAN, WHAT WOULD YOU
THINK IF I STRAIGHTENED MY HAIR?

MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

SWEETHEART, PUT
ON YOUR HIGH-TOPS.

- I DON'T WANNA
WEAR THEM ANYMORE.
- WHY NOT?

DADDY AND I HAD
A FIGHT OVER THEM.

JORDAN, IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WANNA TELL ME?

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TELLING THE TRUTH AND TELLING A LIE?

CAN YOU TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE?

TELLING THE TRUTH IS
TELLING WHAT HAPPENED.

TELLING A LIE IS TELLING
SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

- CAN YOU TELL ME THE NAME
OF YOUR SCHOOL?
- MISS PENNY'S.

- HOW MANY KIDS
ARE IN YOUR CLASS?
- THERE'S TINA, TAYLOR,

THURSTON, MAX, BILL.

- CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU
LIKE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL?
- MISS PENNY.

- MISS PENNY.
- SHE SPANKED ME.

DID YOU EVER SEE MISS PENNY
SPANKING ANY OF THE OTHER KIDS?

NOPE.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME... I BELIEVE
IT WAS DURING SNACK TIME...

JASON SAID HE HAD TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM, BUT MISS PENNY WOULDN'T LET HIM.

SHE SAID AFTER SNACK TIME, BUT HE
COULDN'T HOLD IT, SO HE PEED IN HIS PANTS.

SHE GOT SO MAD AND TOOK
HIM INTO THE BATHROOM.

NOW, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT
I HEARD A SOUND, LIKE A SMACK.

AND THEN JASON BEGAN TO
CRY, AND HE WHEEZED LIKE HE DID.

AND THEN I HEARD HIM SCREAM, "NO, DON'T
TOUCH ME THERE! DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!"

A FEW DAYS LATER, ON THE PLAYGROUND,
SHE TOOK HIM AWAY FROM THE OTHERS.

SHE HAD A DOLL, AND I HEARD
HER SAY, "IF YOU EVER TELL,"

AND THEN SHE TWISTED THE ARM AND BROKE
THE HEAD AND THREW IT INTO THE BUSHES.

ARE YOU CRAZY?

HAS THE WORLD GONE CRAZY?

I WOULD NEVER, COULD NEVER, DO
THESE THINGS YOU SAY I DID. NEVER!

DID YOU SPANK JASON WELLS?

DANIELLE BARBAKOW?

YES, I SPANK THEM. WHEN
THEY'RE VERY BAD, I SPANK THEM,

AND WHEN THEY'RE
GOOD, I HUG THEM.

THAT'S HOW I'VE DONE IT FOR 36
YEARS. WHY SHOULD I CHANGE?

WHO SAID THIS NEW WAY IS BETTER?
SHOW ME THE PROOF THE WORLD IS BETTER...

BECAUSE WE CAN'T
DISCIPLINE A CHILD.

IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.

BILL SHERMAN IS A DEPUTY HERE.

ARE YOU IN THERE,
BILL? SHAME ON YOU!

I WIPED YOUR ASS WHEN YOU
WERE FIVE... AND YOUR BROTHER'S!

HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?

I WOULD NEVER BITE A CHILD.
I WOULD NEVER TOUCH THEM,

LIKE YOU SAY... LIKE
SOMEONE HAS SAID I DID.

HOW DARE YOU? THIS IS
ALL I HAVE... ALL I EVER HAD.

I LOVE THOSE KIDS.

I AM GOOD... I AM A GOOD PERSON.

WHY WOULD YOU DO
THIS TO A GOOD PERSON?

HOW, IN THE NAME OF GOD,
COULD YOU RELEASE HER?

I DIDN'T RELEASE HER. JUDGE LAROUX SET
BAIL. MY INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.

- WILL YOU CLOSE HER SCHOOL?
- I CAN'T CLOSE HER SCHOOL UNTIL
SHE'S BEEN PROVEN GUILTY.

IF YOU DON'T CLOSE IT, WE WILL.

- YEAH! WE WILL!
-
COME ON. COME ON.

I'VE SEEN A MARK ON MY OWN
SON. HE WON'T SAY WHO DID IT.

I WANT THAT PERSON PUNISHED.
AS A FATHER, I NEED THAT.

I WAS THERE, AND I HEARD THE
CHILDREN, AND I HAVE TRIED...

I HAVE TRIED TO BELIEVE
THAT IT COULD BE HER.

BUT I CAN'T. IN ALL THOSE
YEARS, DID ANYONE SEE ANYTHING?

ALL THE DOCTORS WHO
LOOKED AT OUR CHILDREN,

WHO'VE LOOKED AT US... NOTHING.

WHEN I WAS 18, AND MY NOW
BOSS THREW ME IN JAIL, DRUNK,

PENNY PLOTT CAME TO MY CELL.

SHE LED ME TO THIS UNIFORM.

IN MY HEART, I KNOW
SHE'S A GOOD PERSON,

AND SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE.

WILL YOU TAKE YOUR
SON BACK TO HER? HUH?

- I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN.
- I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN! I BELIEVE
THE CHILDREN! I BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!
WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN! WE BELIEVE
THE CHILDREN! WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!
WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

HOW CAN YOU DO THIS, BILL?

ANSWER THAT, BILL.

COME ON. LET THE BOY IN. COME
ON. BACK UP. LET THE BOY IN.

OKAY, BUDDY. YOU
HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THINK ABOUT IT, BILL! YEAH!

ANSWER THAT, BILL. THINK
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'.

DON'T LET THAT
CHILD GO IN THERE.

YOU TWO FOLLOW ME.
WE'RE GOING TO THE STATION.

WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
FOR YOU TO ANSWER.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

THE PRESS CAN'T EVEN GET PHOTOS!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!
WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!
WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!
WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN!

WE BELIEVE THE
CHILDREN! HERE'S MY THING.

I SENSE THAT I CAN TRUST YOU
WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

OKAY. LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS
GONNA SOUND CRAZY, EVEN HERE,

BUT I THINK...

- WHAT I THINK IS GOING ON HERE IS THAT...
- IT'S THE GIRL.

IT'S THE GIRL.

I CHECKED THE COUNTY CENSUS 125 YEARS ON
BOTH SIDES OF DANIELLE BARBAKOW'S FAMILY.

WE GOT WAR HEROES,
MINISTERS, CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.

NO INDICATIONS OF MENTAL
ILLNESS OR VIOLENT TENDENCIES.

THANK YOU. THEY'RE WELL
OFF, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

MEDICAL RECORDS THAT I HAVE
ACCESS TO VERIFY THAT DANIELLE...

IS THE BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER OF
ROBERT AND VIRGINIA BARBAKOW.

HERE'S MY THING. I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE CAN BASE OUR SUSPICIONS...

ON YOUR RECHECK OF
THE CORONER'S REPORT.

A FINGER PAINTING IS IN NO
WAY AN ACCURATE MEASURE...

IT'S HER.

IS THAT A GUT FEELING?

I HAVE GOOD INSTINCTS.

YOU KNOW, I'M THE KIND OF SHRINK THAT, WHEN
IT COMES TO MY SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS...

YOU KNOW.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MY PERSONAL LIFE,
PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT WERE TOTAL CREEPS...

WHEN I FIRST MET THEM TURNED
OUT TO BE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.

PEOPLE THAT I LIKED AND I HIT IT
OFF WITH ALWAYS BROKE MY HEART.

SO I RELY ON OTHER SOURCES.

HERE, MY GUT SAYS, HOW
CAN ANYONE KNOW ABOUT,

YET ALONE COMMIT,
MURDER AT FIVE YEARS OLD?

IT'S HAPPENED.

MORE AND MORE.

HAS OUR CULTURE BRED
THIS... THIS POSSIBILITY?

IS IT VIOLENCE ON
TV? IS SHE DAMIEN?

IS THIS GIRL SOME
EVOLUTIONARY MUTATION?

AND ARE THERE MORE OF THESE
KIDS, THESE PEOPLE, COMING?

HERE'S MY THING, LARA.

RECENTLY, I'VE SEEN,
I'VE EXPERIENCED, EVIL.

IT FEELS LIKE A
FORCE, LIKE GRAVITY,

LIKE THE WIND.

IT HAS BLOWN ACROSS CAMBODIA,
BEEN A CYCLONE IN NAZI GERMANY.

IT GUSTS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES.

DANIELLE BARBAKOW IS
A PRE-STORM BREEZE...

OF AN APPROACHING HURRICANE.

THERE'S A GROUP
THAT I'M INVOLVED IN...

THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN.

THERE ARE 799 DAYS REMAINING.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ME? NO.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ME? NO.
YOU'VE BEEN TO THE OLD MAN.

THAT'S WHY YOU FEEL WHAT
YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GIRL.

I HAVE NO REASON YET TO
DOUBT MILLENNIUM'S BELIEFS.

BUT I'M SUSPICIOUS ABOUT
THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT IT.

ARE WE BEING PREPARED OR USED?
WHY WOULD THEY SEND US HERE,

ON OPPOSITE SIDES,
WITHOUT LETTING US KNOW?

- IT'S A TEST.
- TO FIND THE EVIL.

AND WE'VE PASSED.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF COLLECTING EVIDENCE

BASED ON DANIELLE
BARBAKOW'S TESTIMONY.

A FURTHER INTERVIEW OF HER AT THIS
TIME IS NOT PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION.

I WAS SENT AS A CONSULTANT
TO YOU BY THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.

WE OFTEN REACH CONCLUSIONS MOST ARE
UNWILLING TO CONSIDER, LET ALONE BELIEVE.

IT IS MY COUNSEL, GORDON,
THAT THIS WILL NOT TURN OUT...

THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO HAPPEN,
SO I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER...

THAT DANIELLE SHOULD
NOT BE PART OF THE

INVESTIGATION; SHE SHOULD
BE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

IS THAT WHY YOU PULLED
HER DENTAL RECORDS? YEAH.

WHY THE CORONER SAW YOU DOWNSTAIRS
WITH HER FINGER PAINT DRAWING?

EXACTLY. AND NOW YOU EXPECT ME
TO BELIEVE THAT A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL...

KILLED... MURDERED...
HER OWN CLASSMATE?

AND THEN YOU EXPECT ME TO SPEND OUR
LIMITED MAN-HOURS INVESTIGATING HER?

NO. I WILL. ALL I ASKED YOU
TO DO IS SET UP AN INTERVIEW.

THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA SET UP
IS A PLANE TICKET BACK TO SEATTLE.

AND I WILL PHONE THE GROUP AND TELL THEM
THAT YOUR SERVICES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED.

SAVE THE MAN-HOURS.
I'LL CONTACT THE GROUP

AND LET 'EM KNOW I'M
GONNA STAY ON MY OWN...

UNTIL THE TRUTH IS FOUND.

WAIT IN THE HOUSE.
THERE'S A GOOD BOY, PHILLIP.

HELP ME. PLEASE HELP ME.

DANI? YOU REMEMBER
MISS MEANS AND MR. BLACK.

MR. BLACK WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT MISS PENNY.

DO YOU FEEL OKAY ABOUT
THAT? PLEASE HELP ME. PLEASE.

- GO AWAY! GO AWAY!
- NO! NO!

DANIELLE, WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORITE ROOM IN THE HOUSE?

- MY ROOM.
- HOW ABOUT SHOWING IT TO ME?

HE JUST WANTS HER TO FEEL COMFORTABLE,
AND ALSO, I THOUGHT WE COULD TALK.

WOW. MY DAUGHTER WOULD LIKE
THIS ROOM. DANIELLE, IT'S NICE.

THANKS.

DID ANY OF THE KIDS FROM MISS
PENNY'S COME OVER HERE TO PLAY?

SOME. JUST THE ONES I LIKE.

WE UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS THAT THESE
ADULT SITUATIONS CAN HAVE ON CHILDREN.

HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY CHANGES
IN DANI SINCE THIS ALL STARTED?

NO.

I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER PARENTS
HAVE HAD TROUBLES WITH THEIR KIDS.

THEY LOVE MISS PENNY.
BUT DANI HAS TAKEN IT WELL.

SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN OLD SOUL.

DID YOU LIKE JASON WELLS?

NO! NO!

GET AWAY FROM ME!
GET AWAY FROM ME!

GET OUT! GET OUT!
DON'T TOUCH ME! GET OUT!

I'M SORRY, MRS. BARBAKOW. SHE'S
VERY UPSET. SHE DOESN'T WANNA TALK.

WE SHOULD GO. WE'LL CALL
YOU LATER TO CHECK UP ON HER.

DANI?

WHAT HAPPENED?

LARA, DO YOU SEE, FEEL IMAGES...

IN YOUR MIND LIKE I DO?

DANI?

OH, DANI. OH, GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

DANI?

OH, DANI!

OH, MY GOD.

HE SHOULD BE A COMFORT, BUT HIS
APPEARANCE ALWAYS FRIGHTENS ME.

NOT AS A SYMPTOM OF INSANITY,

BECAUSE... I BELIEVE IN HIM.

BUT WHEN HE APPEARS,
IT'S ALWAYS A PORTENT OF...

EVIL.

YOU KNOW, IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, THEY'RE ALMOST ABSENT.

THEY SHOW UP TO ANNOUNCE CHRIST'S
BIRTH AND THEN LATER EXPLAIN HIS DEATH,

BUT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

ANGELS ARE CONSTANT MESSENGERS.
THEY FOREWARN GOD'S WRATH,

ANNOUNCE DISASTER, ALERT THE
FAITHFUL OF ONCOMING PERSECUTION.

THEIR POPULARITY WITH THE CHURCH
AND ITS FOLLOWERS RISES AND FALLS,

USUALLY INCREASING DURING TIMES OF
WAR, PERSECUTION, NATURAL DISASTER.

BUT EVEN WITH THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR
WAR GONE, COOPERATIVE GLOBAL ECONOMY,

MAJOR ADVANCES IN EVERY SCIENCE,
MORE PEOPLE BELIEVE AND SEE ANGELS...

THAN AT ANY OTHER
TIME IN HISTORY.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, FRANK,

AND THERE ARE 797 DAYS LEFT.

CUFF HIM. MR. FRANK BLACK,

PURSUANT TO THE PENAL
CODE OF THE STATE OF

ARKANSAS, YOU'RE BEING
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY...

FOR ASSAULTING A MINOR AND
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CHILD ABUSE.

YOU KNOW, I... I WOULDN'T HAVE
BELIEVED THAT YOU WERE CAPABLE...

OF BREAKING DANIELLE BARBAKOW'S
JAW UNTIL I CHECKED WITH SEATTLE P.D...

AND FOUND OUT THAT
YOU'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION

FOR A POSSIBLE ASSAULT
ON YOUR OWN DAUGHTER.

WHAT? GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

I FEEL LIKE I'M MEETING
WITH THE OTHER WOMAN.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW I SHOULD TAKE THAT,

BUT I'D SAY IF YOU WERE ANOTHER MAN,
WE'D BE PUNCHING IT OUT RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

IN MY MIND, FRANK HAD AN AFFAIR.

HE HID THE TRUTH. HE HAD A
LIFE OTHER THAN HIS FAMILY.

AND HE WAS CHANGED IN WAYS
THAT BROKE UP THAT FAMILY.

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
IS DONE OUT OF SELFISHNESS.

WHAT FRANK DID WAS FROM
SACRIFICE TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY.

THAT IS HIS LIFE. THEN TELL ME.

TELL ME ABOUT MILLENNIUM. TELL
ME SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND...

HOW SACRIFICE MEANS NOT LIVING IN THE
SAME HOUSE WITH YOUR WIFE AND DAUGHTER.

NO. I CAN'T TELL YOU
THAT, AND I NEVER WILL.

YOU, OF ANYONE, SHOULD KNOW WHAT CAN
HAPPEN IF YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO WHAT WE DO.

CATHERINE, THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THIS WORLD WHO HAVE A GIFT.

AND NO MATTER HOW
HARD THEY TRY TO IGNORE IT,

THEY KNOW ITS TRUE PURPOSE...
WHAT THAT GIFT MUST BE USED FOR.

THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

NOW, NO MATTER WHAT
YOU'VE COME TO BELIEVE,

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU'RE CONFUSED
OR HAVE BEEN HURT EMOTIONALLY,

YOU KNOW THAT HE
COULD NEVER DO THIS.

JORDAN'S DENTIST WAS REQUIRED BY
LAW TO FILE A REPORT TO SOCIAL SERVICES...

BASED ON AN UNEXPLAINED INJURY.

I TRIED TO CALL FRANK AT THE
HOTEL AND AT THE POLICE STATION...

TO ALERT HIM AND EXPLAIN.

FRANK IS IN TROUBLE.
HE NEEDS YOUR HELP.

MORE THAN JUST A CALL.

FRANK NEEDS MY
HELP? OR THE GROUP?

DID YOU HIT DANIELLE THE SAME
WAY YOU HIT YOUR DAUGHTER?

NO.

HOW DID YOU HIT
THEM DIFFERENTLY?

I DIDN'T HIT EITHER ONE. IS
THIS WHY YOUR WIFE LEFT YOU?

DANI'S JAW IS WIRED SHUT.

THIS IS WHAT SHE WROTE
WHEN ASKED HOW YOU HIT HER.

- "HAND."
- LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVE LIGHT
IMAGING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GIRL.

- SEE MY HANDS? THERE'S NOT
A MARK ON 'EM.
- FOR WHAT REASON...

DID YOU GO TO DANIELLE
BARBAKOW'S HOUSE?

YOU KNOW WHY. WHY DID YOU
GO AFTER I DISMISSED YOU...

FROM THE CASE?

TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

I KNOW THAT IF I WERE YOU, I PROBABLY
WOULD'VE ALREADY SLAMMED THE DOOR,

BUT IF I COULD JUST HAVE
FIVE MINUTES... COME IN.

THANK YOU.

MRS. BARBAKOW, I...

I'M NOT A MOTHER. I HOPE TO BE.

BUT I'M NOT GONNA INSULT YOU
BY SAYING I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

BUT I AM GONNA ASK YOU TO TALK TO
SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

I'M ASKING YOU TO GO DOWN
AND TALK TO FRANK BLACK.

- WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?
- BECAUSE I THINK YOU'D FIND THE TRUTH.

- I ALREADY KNOW IT.
- SIR, I DON'T THINK YOU DO.

DANI INDICATED THAT
MR. BLACK USED HIS HAND.

THE INFRARED PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS
THAT PATTERN... THE SHAPE, THE LINES...

THE SHAPE IS THE WING'S
TIP... THE LINES, THE FEATHERS.

- ARE YOU IMPLYING MY DAUGHTER
DID THIS TO HERSELF?
- IF I RUN FINGERPRINTS,

IT'LL MORE THAN IMPLY
THAT MR. BLACK DIDN'T DO IT.

- HE COULD'VE USED A BLANKET
TO HOLD IT.
- THERE'D BE BLOOD.

I DON'T WANNA HEAR YOUR
LIES. THIS IS ALL FOR LAWYERS...

AND A JUDGE AND JURY TO DECIDE.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE AT ONE
TIME THAT WAS TRUE... MAYBE.

BUT AFTER WHAT THIS
TOWN HAS GONE THROUGH...

AFTER WHAT THIS COUNTRY
GOES THROUGH EVERY DAY...

DON'T HIDE BEHIND ALL THAT.

DON'T YOU WANT SOME CONTROL?
DON'T YOU WANNA MAKE CERTAIN...

THAT YOU KNOW THE TRUTH?

EVEN IF IT'S NOT WHAT
YOU WANNA KNOW.

I CONVINCED MYSELF
TO COME HERE TODAY...

SO THAT I COULD LOOK
AT AND UNDERSTAND...

JUST WHAT KIND OF A MONSTER
COULD DO THIS TO MY LITTLE CHILD.

AND YOU SEE ONE? HAVE
YOU LOOKED AT YOURSELF?

YOU'RE SEEING WHAT YOU
WANNA SEE, WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

I'VE SEEN MONSTERS. THEY EXIST.

JUST LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK IN A
MIRROR... THERE ARE MONSTERS BEHIND IT.

BUT EVEN MORE DESTRUCTIVE IS THE
EVERYDAY MAN, THE FUNCTIONARIES,

THAT BELIEVE AND ACT
WITHOUT QUESTIONING.

YOU'RE TRYING TO CALL
ME A MONSTER? THIS IS SICK.

LISTEN, IF YOU WALK OUT
ON THIS CONVERSATION,

IT MAY BE THE BIGGEST
MISTAKE YOU EVER MADE.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN, IT
WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN MY LIFE.

I HAD A CHILD LATE IN LIFE.

SHE CAME OUT, AND SHE LOOKED LIKE A...
HER HEAD WAS SHAPED LIKE A FOOTBALL.

LOOKED LIKE SHE'D TRAVELED
A THOUSAND LIGHT-YEARS.

HER HANDS WERE AS WRINKLED
AS A 90-YEAR-OLD MAN'S.

AND EVERYBODY IN THAT
ROOM GOT ZAPPED BY GOD.

THEY WERE ALL JADED NURSES AND
DOCTORS, AND WE WERE ALL STONED...

FROM THE JOY OF THIS EXPERIENCE.

YOU REMEMBER THAT.

AND I REALIZED I'D
FORGOTTEN THAT I WAS BORN.

I THOUGHT I'D
MANUFACTURED MYSELF.

AND THE GIFT SHE GAVE ME
WAS THAT, FROM THAT DAY ON,

I COULD LOOK AT EVERY MAN
AND SEE THE CHILD IN THEM.

IF YOU THINK THAT I
WOULD DESECRATE THAT...

OR ANY OTHER MAN OR WOMAN'S,

THEN WHEN YOU LOOK INTO YOUR
CHILD'S EYES, YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR DAUGHTER'S
ROOM AT NIGHT TO PUT HER TO BED,

AND YOU LOOK IN HER EYES, AND YOU SAY
GOOD NIGHT, AND YOU WALK OUT OF THE ROOM...

WHEN YOU LEAVE, DO YOU
FEEL A TERRIBLE LONELINESS?

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN ANSWER THAT.

AND THAT IS WHY I'M
APPEALING TO YOU,

BECAUSE THERE IS A
WITCH HUNT IN PROGRESS

OVER HERE, AND THEY'RE
NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND.

YOU CAN TAKE MY MONEY. YOU
CAN TAKE MY YELLOW HOUSE.

YOU CAN TAKE MY LIFE.

BUT DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
TAKE MY DAUGHTER FROM ME,

ESPECIALLY ON A LIE.

- THAT'S...
- GOD...

I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THAT'S
WHAT I WOULD SEE, MR. BLACK,

WHEN I LOOKED IN
MY DAUGHTER'S EYES.

AND I'VE TRIED. AND I'VE LIED
TO MYSELF THAT I DO, BUT...

I NEVER HAVE.

I ONLY SEE SOMETHING
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HIT DANI.

I KNEW IT FROM
THAT DAY, BECAUSE...

BECAUSE I HEARD
HER DO IT TO HERSELF.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, BUT I DON'T
THINK MR. BLACK SHOULD BE HERE ANYMORE.

DADDY!

HI. OHH.

FRANK, THE DENTIST HAD
TO REPORT THE INJURY.

DID YOU GET HIT BITING
HOLYFIELD'S EAR OFF? NO.

WE CAME TO HELP YOU, BUT
I GUESS YOU DIDN'T NEED US.

I'LL ALWAYS NEED YOU.

I UNDERSTAND. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

OKAY. OKAY.

MR. AND MRS. BARBAKOW? YES,
THERE ARE SOME FORMALITIES HERE.

YOU'LL NEED TO SIGN
THESE... JUST AT THE BOTTOM.

"ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE
LIVED THREE LITTLE PIGS.

"THE FIRST LITTLE PIG
BUILT A HOUSE OF STRAW.

"THEN ALONG CAME
A BIG, BAD WOLF.

"'LET ME IN, OR I'LL HUFF AND I'LL
PUFF AND I'LL BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN!'

"'NOT BY THE HAIR OF
MY CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN.'

"SO THE WOLF HUFFED AND
PUFFED AND BLEW THE HOUSE DOWN...

"AND ATE UP THE LITTLE PIG.

"THE SECOND LITTLE PIG
HAD BUILT A HOUSE OF STICKS.

"THEN ALONG CAME
THE BIG, BAD WOLF.

"'LET ME IN, OR I'LL
HUFF AND I'LL PUFF,

"AND I'LL BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN.'

"'NOT BY THE HAIR OF MY
CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN, ' SAID THE PIG.

"SO THE WOLF HUFFED AND
PUFFED AND BLEW THE HOUSE DOWN...

"AND ATE UP THE LITTLE PIG.

"THE THIRD LITTLE PIG HAD
BUILT A HOUSE OF BRICK.

"THEN ALONG CAME
THE BIG, BAD WOLF.

"'LET ME IN, OR I'LL HUFF AND I'LL
PUFF AND I'LL BLOW YOUR HOUSE IN.'

"'NOT BY THE HAIR OF MY
CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN, ' SAID THE PIG.

"SO THE WOLF HUFFED AND PUFFED,
BUT COULDN'T BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN.

"SO HE CLIMBED TO THE
CHIMNEY AND SAID, 'LET ME IN,

"OR I'LL CLIMB DOWN THE
CHIMNEY AND EAT YOU ALL UP.'

"BUT THE LITTLE PIG HAD
A POT OF BOILING WATER,

"AND THE WOLF FELL
RIGHT INTO THE POT.

"AND THE LITTLE PIG
ATE THE WOLF ALL UP...

AND LIVED HAPPILY AND
SAFELY EVER AFTER."

I MADE THIS!