Millennium (1996–1999): Season 3, Episode 17 - Darwin's Eye - full transcript

OKAY, SO THIS IS HOW
LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS, WE
MOVE FORWARD, WE EVOLVE...

IN A SERIES OF TINY,
INCREMENTAL STEPS.

AND EACH TINY STEP
IS A TINY IMPROVEMENT.

IT HAS TO BE.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST...
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

IF YOU DON'T MOVE ON,
YOU END OR YOU'RE ENDED.

SO WE START WITH
THE PRIMAL OOZE,

AND WE END UP WITH
MOZART, HITLER, ME.

♪ I GOT NO STYLE ♪
WHICH EXPLAINS EVERYTHING...

♪ I TAKE MY TIME ♪



AND EXPLAINS NOTHING.

♪ ALL THOSE LOSERS
ON THE PISS AGAIN ♪

BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING
EVOLVES. ♪ I DOZE, DOZE AWAY ♪

SOME THINGS JUST HAPPEN.
♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

LIKE THE EYE. EVEN DARWIN
WORRIED ABOUT THE EYE.

THE IRIS, LENS, RETINA.

♪ AND I CAN'T GO BACK ♪

HOW COULD ANY OF THOSE
THINGS EVOLVE IN ISOLATION?

HOW COULD THEY BE
USEFUL ON THEIR OWN?

♪ I SLEEP ALONE ♪

SO HOW DID THE EYE HAPPEN?

HOW? ACCIDENT. IT JUST HAPPENED.

WE DON'T KNOW
HOW. WE DON'T KNOW.

ONE MINUTE, WE'RE BLIND.
NEXT MINUTE, WE SEE.



LIKE THE DINOSAURS ARE LORDS OF
THE EARTH FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS.

THEN A BIG DAMN ROCK
HITS THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA,

AND THEY'RE GONE, ENDED.

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

♪ JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

♪ IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪
ONE MINUTE, WE'RE HERE.

- NEXT MINUTE, WE'RE GONE.
- ♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. THAT'S LIFE.

STOP!

ARE YOU OKAY? ARE YOU HURT?

PLEASE HELP ME!
THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!

- WHO'S TRYING TO KILL YOU?
- THEY ARE! THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME!

DON'T LET THEM GET ME.
YOU'RE FROM THE HOSPITAL, HUH?

LISTEN, LADY... WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

WHOA. WHOA. WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

BUT WHAT I WANNA KNOW...
WHAT I WANNA KNOW...

IS WHAT MAKES THE
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

BECAUSE SOMETHING
MUST... OR SOMEONE.

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ♪

♪ I'VE GOT TRIMM TRABB
LIKE THE FLASHBOYS HAVE ♪♪

NAME'S ROGER SHIVLEY...
NURSING ORDERLY.

BEEN HERE LESS THAN A WEEK.

SEEMS THE KILLER
ESCAPED FROM HER CELL...

WHEN SHIVLEY TOOK HER
HER NIGHTTIME MEDICATION.

HE CHASED HER. SHE MADE IT TO
ONE OF THE TREATMENT ROOMS,

GOT HOLD OF SOME DISSECTING
KNIVES AND, UH, TOOK HIS HEAD OFF.

KILLER'S NAME IS CASSIE
DOYLE, KNOWN AS CASS.

SENT HERE IN '92, AGE 15, FOR
THE MURDER OF HER "MUM" AND DAD.

GUESS SHE WANTED TO RELIVE
ALL THE EXCITEMENT, HUH?

OH, SHE, UH... SHE CUT
DAD'S HEAD OFF TOO.

IS SHIVLEY'S HEAD STILL MISSING?

YEAH. WE'RE COMBING
THE GROUNDS FOR IT.

IT'S POSSIBLE SHE
TOOK IT AS A SOUVENIR.

YOU ALLOWED HER
TO DO THIS, DR. HEATH?

AT FIRST, WE TRIED TO STOP HER.
CONFISCATED PENS AND PENCILS. MM-HMM.

SHE STARTED WRITING IN HER
OWN BLOOD. WE HAD TO GIVE UP.

I'VE LOOKED AT
IT. IT'S GIBBERISH.

"8-24-79"? OH.

AUGUST 24, 79 A.D... THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT
VESUVIUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII.

THESE ARE ALL ERUPTION DATES.
THERE'S ETNA, FUJI, MOUNT SAINT HELENS.

OKAY. SO SHE, UH, SHE READS
BOOKS, AND SHE MAKES LISTS.

DOES THAT TELL US
ANYTHING? IT MIGHT.

WAS THIS ALL PHOTOGRAPHED?

YEAH. LOCAL CRIME-SCENE BOYS
ARE GONNA SEND BY THE BLOWUPS.

MR. BLACK, WITH ALL RESPECT, WE'VE
GOT A MISSING 20-YEAR-OLD PSYCHO HERE.

I NEED TO KNOW WHERE
SHE'S GOING, NOT...

IF WE WANNA KNOW WHERE,
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHY.

THE ANSWER MIGHT BE HERE.

SHE WAS MUTE. SHE
NEVER SAID A WORD?

NOT FOR SEVEN YEARS.

SHE'S SPEAKING NOW.

SUSPECT'S NAME IS CASS DOYLE.

FIVE FOOT 4, 110 POUNDS.

BLONDE, SHOULDER-LENGTH
HAIR, BLUE EYES.

SHE MUST BE
CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

CHARLIE TWO, WHAT'S
YOUR LOCATION? OVER.

YOU'RE CHARLIE TWO, AREN'T YOU?

THEN TELL 'EM. CHARLIE
TWO, DO YOU COPY?

THIS IS CHARLIE TWO. ABOUT
TWO MILES NORTH OF VANTAGE.

JUST SHORT OF MADISON.
CHARLIE TWO OUT.

CHARLIE TWO, 10-4.

LOOK, LADY, YOU SHOULD GIVE UP.

THIS IS ALL JUST GONNA END
REALLY BADLY IF YOU DON'T.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? JOE.

I KNOW IT WILL END BADLY, JOE.

THE F.B.I. WILL BE HERE SOON
IF THEY'RE NOT HERE ALREADY.

THEY'LL NEVER GIVE
UP. GIVE UP WHAT?

TRYING TO KILL ME.

WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE
LOOKIN' FOR THAT HEAD.

NO. I MEAN, WHY IS
THE BUREAU HERE?

IT'S A SINGLE HOMICIDE,
AN OBVIOUS PERPETRATOR.

WHY NOT THE LOCAL POLICE? I WAS ORDERED
OUT HERE. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

IS THERE A REASON
AGENT HOLLIS ISN'T HERE?

THIS IS NO REFLECTION
ON YOU, AGENT BALDWIN.

I JUST WANT TO
KNOW. SHE'S ON LEAVE.

APPARENTLY, SHE'S EXHAUSTED, SO McCLAREN
TOLD HER TO TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF.

I'M GOIN' BACK UP.

I SUPPOSE YOU MUST GET
USED TO THESE WEIRD ONES.

IS YOUR BOSS FRANK BLACK?

NO. NO, HE JUST... CONSULTS
FOR ME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

IS HE, LIKE, ONE OF
THOSE PROFILERS?

YOU KNOW, THAT STUFF
IS REALLY KINDA OUTDATED.

TAKE ONE LOOK AT A CRIME SCENE,

YOU THINK YOU KNOW
WHAT A KILLER'S...

OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS THE DOYLE LIVING ROOM.

THERE'S NO DISTURBANCE HERE.

WE'RE, UH, GONNA GO UPSTAIRS
NOW TO THE MASTER BEDROOM...

WHERE WE FOUND MRS. DOYLE...

IN BED, SHOT IN THE
BACK OF THE HEAD...

JUST BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR.

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS POINT-BLANK.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH NINE MILLIMETER.

I WANT YOU TO GET THIS, JOE.

FRANK. HEY.

I HEARD McCLAREN
TOLD YOU... YEAH.

HEY, DON'T BE ASHAMED
OF NEEDING A REST, EMMA.

I'M FINE, FRANK. I'M JUST GOING
NUTS IN MY APARTMENT. THAT'S ALL.

- THIS TO DO
WITH THE RUNAWAY GIRL?
- YEAH. YOU BEEN FOLLOWIN' THIS?

I SAW BARRY BALDWIN ON TV.

NOT QUITE HIS NORMAL SUAVE SELF.

NO. HE JUST HAD A
HEAD DROP ON HIM.

CRIME SCENE. IT'S THE
CHILD'S PARENTS' HOUSE

SEVEN YEARS AGO.

MOTHER WAS DEAD UPSTAIRS
IN THE BEDROOM. FATHER...

SOME KIND OF PURSUIT HERE.

THE GIRL HAD A GUN, SO
I... I GUESS DAD'S RUNNING...

UNTIL THEY GET
TO THE... THE SHED.

NOW, THEY FOUND THE BODY...
THE FATHER'S BODY... OVER HERE...

RIGHT NEXT TO THE WOODPILE.

THEY FOUND CASS, THE DAUGHTER,

OVER HERE, JUST SITTIN'
NEXT TO THE MURDER WEAPON.

YOU WANNA HOLD THAT UP.

SO THEY NEVER FOUND THE HEAD.

IT WAS AN ISOLATED HOUSE.

POLICE DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP
TILL 36 HOURS AFTER THEIR DEATHS.

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN STRONG
TO CUT A MAN'S HEAD OFF.

THEY THINK SHE SHOT HIM
FIRST, USED HIS SERVICE

REVOLVER... SAME WAY
SHE KILLED THE MOTHER.

MR. DOYLE'S HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND,
SO THEY COULDN'T PROVE IT EITHER WAY.

THE GERVASE HOSPITAL.

AN ORDERLY WAS
KILLED... DECAPITATED.

HIS HEAD WAS FOUND IN THE
CEILING OF THE MEN'S ROOM.

NO BLOOD ANYWHERE.
SHE CLEANED UP? YEAH.

SO SHE HIDES THE HEAD BUT
ARRANGES THE BODY IN FULL VIEW...

KNEELING, AS IF IN PRAYER.

IN PRAYER TO WHOM, FOR WHAT?

WHY ARE WE ON THIS, FRANK?

A FAVOR TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT APPARENTLY.

- THE MOTHER, WHERE WAS SHE SHOT?
- SINGLE SHOT TO THE HEAD,
BEHIND THE EAR.

- LIKE AN EXECUTION?
- YEAH.

WELL, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE
FOR A 15-YEAR-OLD.

ANY SIGNS OF
TROUBLE BEFORE? NONE.

SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT.

BRILLIANT EVEN...
HAD AN I.Q. OF 130.

DOES ANY OF THIS
MAKE SENSE, FRANK?

THE HOSPITAL ROOM. IF
THERE'S SENSE TO BE MADE,

IT'S HERE.

SEVEN YEARS AFTER POLICE
FOUND 15-YEAR-OLD CASSIE DOYLE...

WAITING CALMLY BESIDE HER
PARENTS' BUTCHERED BODIES,

THE GIRL HAS ESCAPED
FROM GERVASE... I DIDN'T DO IT.

THEY FOUND YOU WITH THE BODIES.

I FOUND MY MOTHER
AND FATHER DEAD.

WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED
TO DO, JUST RUN AWAY?

F.B.I. SPECIAL AGENT BARRY BALDWIN,
WHO NOW HEADS THE MANHUNT...

F.B.I. I TOLD YOU. WHY DO
YOU THINK THEY'RE INVOLVED?

- 'CAUSE YOU KILLED SOMEBODY.
- WHY IS THE F.B.I. INVESTIGATING A MURDER?

ISN'T THAT YOUR JOB? ASK 'EM.

GET ON THE RADIO AND ASK
WHY MEN IN SUITS ARE HERE.

IT WAS MEN IN SUITS WHO DID IT.

STOP! STOP!

MEN IN SUITS. F.B.I.

YOU DID SOMETHING, DIDN'T
YOU? SOME TRICK WITH THE RADIO.

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT
TO ME? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

LOOK, THIS HAD TO
END. GIVE UP, PLEASE.

- AND LET THEM KILL ME?
- WHY WOULD THEY KILL YOU?

- BECAUSE OF WHAT I KNOW.
- WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

I COULD SHOW YOU.
I COULD SHOW YOU.

THERE'S A PLACE THAT I
COULD SHOW YOU EVERYTHING.

WHAT IS IT? OH, JUST TAKE
ME THERE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU.

LOOK, THEY'RE COMIN'.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME LIKE MY MOTHER
AND FATHER. PLEASE DON'T LET THEM DO IT.

PLEASE DON'T LET THEM!
THEY'RE NOT GONNA KILL YOU.

THEY ARE! THEY ARE!
I KNOW WHAT I KNOW!

EVERYTHING CONNECTS.

A BUTTERFLY FLAPS
ITS WINGS... I-I DIE.

HERE.

I COULDN'T HAVE HURT
YOU, JOE, NOT EVER.

KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.

HOLLIS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE
ON LEAVE. WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

THE CAR IS DEPUTY JOE McNULTY'S,

ONE OF THE MOBILE UNITS
INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH.

RADIO CONTACT TILL ABOUT 1:15 WHEN WE
WAVED HIM THROUGH ONE OF OUR ROADBLOCKS.

THEN HE VANISHED. A PASSERBY
SAW THE CAR, CALLED IT IN.

McNULTY'S HOUSE IS
ABOUT 400 YARDS THAT WAY.

HIS CAR IS GONE. STILL
NO SIGN OF THE BODY.

THERE WON'T BE A BODY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

FOR SEVEN HOURS, THE
GIRL WAS IN THE BACKSEAT.

HE DROVE THROUGH A ROADBLOCK
WITH HER. HE'S ON HER SIDE NOW.

THEY'VE BEEN
DRIVING SEVEN HOURS,

BUT THEY'RE LESS THAN 20
MILES FROM WHERE THEY STARTED.

- WHERE'S SHE GOIN', FRANK?
- I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK SHE DOES.

IT'S OBVIOUS. SHE'S GOIN'
HOME... FOR HER FATHER'S HEAD.

SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS
WHERE IT IS. SHE'S GOIN' TO GET IT.

BUT HER HOME IS LESS THAN 50 MILES FROM
HERE. WHY HASN'T SHE GONE THERE ALREADY?

MAYBE SHE HAS.

I BROUGHT YOU SOME CLOTHES...

AND SOME WATER.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET
CHANGED SO WE CAN GET GOING.

WHAT IS IT? OH.

IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN TURN
AROUND NOW. I'M DECENT.

I'M SORRY. I GUESS I'M
NOT USED TO PRIVACY.

LIKE MY TATTOO?

IT'S OKAY.

DID IT MYSELF.

OUR BEST GUESS AS TO
CASS DOYLE'S DESTINATION...

IS HER PARENTS'
OLD HOUSE IN LURAY,

WHERE SHE MAY HAVE
SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

THE LURAY SHERIFF HAS BEEN WARNED.
HE'LL BE KEEPING A WATCH ON THE HOUSE.

NOW, SHE IS MOST LIKELY GONNA
BE IN A 1994 BLUE FORD EXPLORER,

DRIVEN BY DERBY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY JOSEPH McNULTY.

AND WHETHER OR NOT HE'S A WILLING
ACCOMPLICE AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT KNOW.

NOW, THESE WERE TAKEN FROM THE
WALLS OF HER ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL.

THERE MAY BE SOME MEANING IN THEM.
THEY MAY JUST BE A SMOKE SCREEN.

AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED,
SHE'S A MULTIPLE KILLER...

AND WE WANT HER ON THE INSIDE.

SO LET'S GET OUT THERE. THE
ORDERLY WHO WAS KILLED...

ROGER SHIVLEY... DO WE KNOW
ANYTHING MORE ABOUT HIM?

UH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT...
OTHER THAN HIS BAD LUCK.

HE JOINED THE HOSPITAL SIX DAYS AGO
AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

- HIS MILITARY RECORD?
- KUWAIT, SOMALIA.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT SIGNIFICANCE THIS...

HANG ON. THE PALMS.

IT'S MILITARY INSIGNIA,
LIKE THE KIND USED...

BY THE GERMAN AFRIKA KORPS
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IT'S BEEN PICKED UP BY OTHER
SPECIAL FORCES UNITS SINCE THEN.

I'M SORRY, AGENT HOLLIS. ARE YOU
SUGGESTING THERE'S A CONNECTION?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD
BE LOOKING A BIT HARDER INTO THIS...

I MEAN, WHAT THESE
WALLS HAVE TO SAY.

LIKE HER FATHER'S
BACKGROUND, FOR EXAMPLE.

- MAYBE HE'S EX-SPECIAL FORCES.
- FINE. DO YOU WANNA DO THAT,
AGENT HOLLIS,

OR ARE YOU, IN FACT, ON LEAVE?

- I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
- GOOD.

THE REST OF US WILL HELP
THE LOCAL P.D. FIND THE GIRL.

CASS'S DAD... KIERAN DOYLE.
COLONEL, U.S. MARINE CORPS.

THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM. DESK JOB AT
THE PENTAGON... DEFENSE PROCUREMENT.

TRANSFERRED TO
STATE DEPARTMENT, 1985.

FIRST OVERSEAS POSTING,
1988... CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER,

U.S. EMBASSY, TOKYO, JAPAN.

BUT LOOK AT HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE... HIGHEST LEVEL.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. HE
WAS A CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER...

AND DIDN'T SPEAK A
WORD OF JAPANESE.

- C.I.A.?
- GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND,
I'D SAY D.I.A...

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

MY DAD, HE WAS IN THAT
WORLD... A RESEARCH SCIENTIST.

THERE'S A GAME WE USED
TO PLAY... "SPOT THE SPY."

CASS'S FATHER IS A SPY?

1990-'91... NOTHING, OR AT LEAST
NOTHING THEY WANT US TO KNOW.

THEN 1992, SECURITY OFFICER,

GIBSON DESERT,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

DIDN'T LAST LONG. APRIL 7, 1992,

HE GETS COMPASSIONATE
LEAVE FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS.

HE'S POSTED HOME.

- ARRIVES APRIL 11, 1992.
- AND A WEEK LATER, HE'S DEAD.

OKAY, IF I WERE PARANOID,
I COULD READ IT LIKE THIS.

A SENIOR MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER...

WITH ACCESS TO HIGHLY
SENSITIVE MATERIAL...

IS SUDDENLY SHIPPED HOME.

AS SOON AS HE GETS THERE,
HE AND HIS WIFE ARE MURDERED...

SHE BY A SINGLE
BULLET TO THE HEAD,

HE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW
BECAUSE HIS HEAD IS NEVER FOUND.

BUT HIS DAUGHTER IS AT THE
SCENE... THE ASSUMED PERPETRATOR...

SO TRAUMATIZED SHE DOESN'T
SPEAK FOR SEVEN YEARS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, DOES IT... UNLESS
HE WAS ABOUT TO DIVULGE SOMETHING.

SO THEY SILENCED
HIM, BUT SOMEHOW...

SOMEHOW HE GOT IT TO THE GIRL
FIRST, AND NOW THEY'RE AFTER HER.

WHO ARE "THEY," EMMA?

I MEAN, THIS WHOLE
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE THING.

WE'RE RUNNING WITH IT BECAUSE A GIRL
DREW CROSSED PALMS ON A WALL. THAT'S ALL.

NO. WE ARE RUNNING WITH IT BECAUSE
A WHOLE LOT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!

YOU KNOW THAT!

I'M SORRY. MAYBE I AM...

READING TOO MUCH INTO THIS.

YOU KNOW, I... I'M
GONNA CALL IT A DAY.

EMMA.

I GUESS McCLAREN'S
RIGHT. I DO NEED A REST.

SEE YOU LATER.

- IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- YEAH. YEAH, IT IS.

MY DAD USED TO TAKE ME
WALKING PLACES LIKE THIS.

- DAD, HUH?
- YOU STILL DON'T BELIEVE ME.

WE WERE JUST A FAMILY.
WE WERE A NORMAL FAMILY.

- HOW'D IT HAPPEN THEN?
- HOW DOES ANYTHING HAPPEN?

ALL OF THIS... TREES,
MOUNTAINS, RIVER.

ALL OF IT WAS JUST A-A BALL...

THIS... BALL OF GAS...

SPINNING IN SPACE, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF BILLIONS.

BUT SOMEHOW THIS
ONE BALL OF GAS...

FLOWERED...

INTO EARTH, SEA, SKY,

YOU AND ME.

HOW COULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED?

ACCIDENT. ONE IN A BILLION.

EVERYTHING ABOUT
US IS AN ACCIDENT.

WHAT?

THAT BLUE EYE YOU SEE ME WITH...

DARWIN'S EYE...
IRIS, CORNEA, RETINA.

AN ACCIDENT EVOLUTION
COULDN'T EXPLAIN.

WE HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT.

WE'RE GONNA END BY ACCIDENT.

HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE
ALL THAT STUFF, CASS?

WE HAPPENED BY
ACCIDENT, DIDN'T WE?

MELISSA.

DADDY.

DADDY? DADDY.

- NO.
- DADDY, PLEASE.

MELISSA?

PHYSICALLY, HE'S FINE,
EMMA. HE'S JUST EXHAUSTED.

EXHAUSTED BY WHAT?
WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH.

HE CAN FEEL HE'S LOSING HIS
GRIP ON REALITY, ON MEMORY.

BUT IT'S SO SUDDEN.
HE'S TOO YOUNG.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IS IT SUDDEN? YES.
IS HE YOUNG? YES.

I TOLD YOU BEFORE. THIS DISEASE
CHOOSES ITS OWN PACE, EMMA.

BUT HE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAD
A NORMAL LIFE FOR A WHILE.

HE CAN'T LIVE ON
HIS OWN. I AGREE.

HE'LL NEED A LIVE-IN, OR HE
COULD COME LIVE HERE WITH YOU...

OR PERHAPS YOUR MOTHER.

SHE KIND OF ABROGATED
RESPONSIBILITY 20 YEARS AGO.

MM.

WHO IS THAT?

MY SISTER, MELISSA.

SHE WAS MURDERED IN
OUR HOME WHEN SHE WAS 10.

MY FATHER HAD FOLDED
HER FACE INTO FLOWERS.

YOU SHOULD LET HIM SLEEP AS LONG AS HE
LIKES. I'LL COME BY TOMORROW FIRST THING.

IF ANYTHING CROPS
UP, JUST CALL ME.

THANK YOU.

WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID, CASS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO FIND OUT WHY.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,
WELL... WELL, THAT'S OKAY TOO.

YOU GOTTA TELL US WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOUR DADDY.

DON'T YOU WANT HIM TO
BE BURIED LIKE A CHRISTIAN?

MR. BLACK. AGENT BALDWIN.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WE HAD A SIGHTING
UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.

HIKER SAW THEM UP
AT A BEAUTY SPOT.

ASYLUM, ROADBLOCK,
McNULTY'S CAR, MOUNTAINS.

THE GIRL'S HOUSE IS HERE.

DO YOU SEE A PATTERN?

- SHE'S MARKING TIME.
- MARKING TIME FOR WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T
KNOW. DON'T KNOW.

DADDY.

DADDY.

IT'S ME, EMMA.

WHAT DO THE PALMS MEAN?

WHY DID YOU TURN
HER EYES INTO PALMS?

IS THIS IT?

NO. BUT WE NEED TO SLEEP.

CA... YOU SAID YOU WERE
TAKING ME WHERE... NOT YET.

CASS, YOU SAID YOU
COULD PROVE EVERYTHING.

YOU SAID THAT'S WHERE
WE WERE GOIN'. NOT YET.

I'M SORRY.

WHERE WE'RE GOING... WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE... ISN'T GOOD.

THIS... HERE WITH
YOU... THIS IS...

THE CLOSEST THAT I'VE
EVER BEEN TO HAPPY.

I DON'T WANT IT
TO END... NOT YET.

UM, WE'D LIKE A ROOM.

ALL RIGHT. COMIN'
RIGHT UP. NUMERO 146.

BE $35. 327.

WELL, THAT'S ON
THE SECOND FLOOR.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT... 327.

OKAY. NUMERO 327.

THINK HE RECOGNIZED ME?

HE JUST THINKS YOU'RE MADONNA.

HELLO. THIS IS EMMA HOLLIS.

PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.

EMMA, IT'S FRANK. I'M
SORRY FOR CALLING SO LATE.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PALMS.

- HELLO?
- WHO-WHO'S THIS?

THIS IS JAMES HOLLIS.
OH, YOU'RE EMMA'S FATHER.

I AM. I'M AFRAID EMMA WENT OUT.

UH, DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE WENT?

SHE WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE PALMS.

- WELL, COULD YOU PLEASE
TELL HER I CALLED.
- I WILL TELL HER.

- ARE YOU STAYING THERE
WITH EMMA?
- YES.

- I'M LOSING MY MIND.
- I'M SORRY?

I WILL TELL HER ABOUT THE PALMS.

THANK YOU.

HI.

- ARE YOU OKAY, EMMA?
- YEAH.

I JUST THOUGHT I'D TAKE
A LOOK AT THE REAL DEAL.

- "THE REAL DEAL"?
- THE REALLY MAD.

SHE IS NUTS, ISN'T SHE?

ALL THIS IS JUST
GIBBERISH REALLY, ISN'T IT?

I PHONED YOUR APARTMENT,
EMMA. I SPOKE TO YOUR FATHER.

HE'S NOT WELL. THAT'S ALL.

I CALLED YOU BECAUSE I DID A
SEARCH FOR THE CROSSED PALMS.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN CASS'S
FATHER'S RECORD. NOT ANYTHING.

IF THIS MEANS ANYTHING, IT
ONLY MEANS SOMETHING TO HER.

YEAH, BUT WHAT? WHAT?

- OH, MY GOD.
- IT'S HER.

IT'S ALL ABOUT HER.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

CASS. DON'T LOOK.

PROMISE ME YOU WON'T LOOK.

YEAH, THAT'S IT. KEEP THEM SHUT.

SEE NOW?

BUT IF IT'S ALL HER, WHAT
ARE THE WALLS ABOUT?

SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE
SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

YEAH? WHICH WAS? THIS
CANNOT JUST BE ABOUT HER.

EMMA, DON'T KEEP
LOOKING FOR CONSPIRACIES.

THINGS ARE MUCH
SIMPLER THAN THEY SEEM.

YEAH, WELL, MY FATHER'S CUTTING UP MY
SISTER'S FACE AND TURNING IT INTO FLOWERS.

WHAT'S SIMPLE ABOUT THAT?

I DIDN'T KNOW. I'M SORRY.

NO. I SHOULDN'T
HAVE MENTIONED IT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO? ARE YOU OKAY TO?

YEAH, I'M OKAY. I WANT YOU
TO GO BACK TO QUANTICO.

I NEED MORE BACKGROUND
ON ROGER SHIVLEY.

WANNA SEE THE HEAD OR THE BODY?

CAN YOU TELL IF HE HAD SEX?

WHEN? BEFORE HE DIED.

WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS ABOUT?
CAN YOU TELL IF HE HAD SEX?

I'M NO PATHOLOGIST, BUT...

THERE WAS SEMEN IN THE URETHRA.
HE HAD SEX JUST BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

WHAT'S GOING ON,
MR. BLACK? THANK YOU.

CORPORAL ROGER SHIVLEY.

THERE'S A NOTE ON HIS FILE OF AN
INVESTIGATION BY THE MILITARY POLICE...

INTO AN ALLEGED
RAPE IN SAUDI ARABIA.

CASE NEVER CAME TO COURT, BUT
SHIVLEY LEFT THE ARMY SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

PATHOLOGIST'S REPORT SUGGESTS
HE HAD SEX BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

THE BODY WAS PLACED IN A KNEELING
POSITION, BUT KNEELING DIDN'T MEAN PRAYING.

IT MEANT SPYING...
A PEEPING TOM.

THE DOOR HE WAS KNEELING AGAINST... IT
WAS A BATHROOM, SHOWER... SOMETHING.

YES. INMATE SHOWER ROOM.
WHERE IS THIS HEADING, FRANK?

WHY CUT OFF HIS HEAD?
BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN HER.

BY CUTTING OFF THE
HEAD, SHE BLINDS HIM.

SHE UNMANS HIM. BUT HER FATHER?

HE'D BEEN AWAY THREE YEARS
GOING THROUGH GOD KNOWS WHAT...

HIGH STRESS, SECRET OPS.

HE RETURNS HOME AND FINDS
HIS DAUGHTER A YOUNG WOMAN.

HE RAPED HER.

BUT NOT AT THE HOUSE.

THE HEAD WASN'T FOUND
AT THE HOUSE. THEN WHERE?

WELL, WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WILD PALMS, CROSSED PALMS.

LOOK IN A LOCAL DIRECTORY.
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING.

CASS?

HI.

OKAY. ONLY FOUR MILES FROM CASS'S
HOUSE, THERE'S A PALM COURT MOTEL.

THAT'S ALL I CAN FIND. THAT SOUNDS
LIKE THE PLACE. CALL OUT THE CAVALRY.

TELL 'EM TO COME
QUICK AND QUIET.

- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN'?
- A YOUNG COUPLE
CHECKED IN LAST NIGHT.

A BLONDE... STRAIGHT
HAIR. WHICH ROOM?

327. SHE ASKED FOR 327.

STAY IN THERE,
JOE. I WANT YOU...

STAY IN THERE AND-AND
DON'T COME OUT. OKAY, PLEASE?

CASS?

SHH! SHH!

CASS, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE.

- WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE OKAY.

WHO ARE YOU? MY NAME'S FRANK.

- BUT WHO ARE YOU, FRANK?
- WHERE'S JOE, CASS?

WHY CAN'T HE SPEAK TO ME?

- DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
- STAY QUIET.

LET ME SPEAK TO HIM.

HE DOESN'T WANT
TO. HE'S WITH ME.

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

- WHAT WAS THAT?
- IT'S JUST SOMEONE
MOVIN' IN NEXT DOOR.

IT'S THEM, ISN'T IT?
THEY'RE HERE TO KILL ME.

NOBODY'S GONNA KILL YOU, CASS.

LET ME INSIDE SO WE CAN
SPEAK... YOU AND ME AND JOE.

WHAT'S HE DOING?
ANYONE GOT A SHOT?

WHERE'S JOE, CASS?

HE'S... JOE?

WE'RE RUNNING OUT
OF TIME HERE, CASS.

DID YOU LET JOE SEE YOU, CASS?

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
- DID YOU LET HIM SEE YOU?

WELL, HE HAD TO SEE
ME. HE HAS DARWIN'S EYE.

LET HIM GO. YOU DON'T
WANNA HURT HIM, CASS.

- I COULDN'T HAVE HURT HIM. I LOVE HIM.
- THEN LET HIM GO.

COME ON.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE
USED IT. I COULDN'T HAVE.

OH.

I DIDN'T DO IT.

I DIDN'T.

I FOUND THIS IN THERE TOO.

SHE PACKED IT IN LIME,
HID IT IN THE CEILING.

EMMA HOLLIS.

- HE HAS MADE HUNDREDS
OF COPIES, ALL THE SAME.

BUT HE WILL NOT STOP. I
ASKED, BUT HE WAS VIOLENT.

HE'S FRIGHTENING MY CUSTOMERS.

YOU MUST MAKE HIM STOP.

DADDY? PLEASE. NO!

DADDY, STOP. STOP.

DADDY, STOP. STOP
IT. DADDY. DADDY!

STOP IT. STOP IT.

STOP.

STOP.

EMMA. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I WAS WORKING. I'M SORRY.

NO. THAT'S OKAY.

WE GOTTA EARN A LIVIN',
HAVEN'T WE? OH. YEAH.

HOW MUCH DO WE SEE
WITH DARWIN'S EYE?

HOW MUCH ARE WE SEEN?

WE WATCH AND WE'RE WATCHED.

SOMETHING IMPOSES ORDER,

AND SOMETHING IMPOSES ACCIDENT.

ORDER AND ACCIDENT...
ONE AND THE SAME.

WHAT MATTERS IS SURVIVAL...

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.

DARWIN WAS RIGHT
ABOUT THAT ANYWAY.

I MADE THIS!