Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 5 - The One That Got Away - full transcript

WHAT ARE YOU MAKING?

A TOWER.

A TOWER?

WHAT KIND OF TOWER?

A TALL TOWER.

20-YEAR-OLD
BALTIMORE COUNTY NATIVE

AND SINGLE MOTHER
TRACY WHITEHEAD

HASN'T HAD AN EASY LIFE.

I HAD MY SON
WHEN I WAS 16.

MY SON'S FATHER,
WE WERE TOGETHER

FOR A FEW YEARS AND EVERYTHING,



BUT WE JUST EVENTUALLY
GREW APART

AND WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS.

MY SON ACTUALLY STAYED
WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.

TRACY, HONEY,
IT'S HIS BEDTIME.

RIGHT.

OKAY,
MAMA'S GOT TO GO.

I'LL BE BACK
NEXT WEEKEND, OKAY?

BUT I WANT TO GO WITH YOU.

I KNOW, BUT YOU GOT
TO STAY WITH GRANDMA.

COME HERE.
GIVE MOMMY A HUG.

I LOVE YOU.

AS A RECOVERING ADDICT,
MY LITTLE BOY,

HE'S THE WORLD TO ME.

ANY MOTHER WHO WOULD DRAG
THEIR KID AROUND AND DO DRUGS,



NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WAS DEFINITELY TOUGH.

IT WAS.

I LIVED AND LEARNED.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE
BETTER DECISIONS NOW.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

I GOT A JOB.

YOU KNOW, I WORKED 40 HOURS A
WEEK, AND IT JUST KEPT ME BUSY.

I'M SORRY, I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR 20 MINUTES.

I CAN'T BE LATE FOR WORK.

THANK YOU.

HEY.
EXCUSE ME.

HEY, EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.

YOU DROPPED THIS.

THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE.

YEAH, I KNOW.
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE IN A HURRY.

YEAH, I'M LATE FOR WORK.
I GOT A NEW JOB.

I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE.

I'M JOBY, BY THE WAY.

I'M TRACY.

TRACY, IT'S NICE
TO MEET YOU.

WELL, LISTEN.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN A HURRY,

BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO TAKE YOU TO COFFEE

OR GET A BEER SOMETIME.

OKAY.
YEAH?

YEAH.
I'D LIKE THAT.

GREAT.
SURE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PAPER..

OKAY.
...BUT THIS WILL WORK.

I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY HANDSOME,
CHARMING, VERY POLITE.

IT SEEMED LIKE HE HAD
HIS STUFF TOGETHER,

SO WE EXCHANGED NUMBERS.

ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.

BYE.
BYE.

JOBY WASTES NO TIME
REACHING OUT TO TRACY.

YOU DID GOOD.

AND RIGHT AWAY, THE TWO
SEEMED TO HIT IT OFF.

ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE UP.

OKAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

I WARNED YOU.

I'M TERRIBLE AT THIS.
ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU'LL GET ANOTHER TURN,
SO BE BETTER NEXT TIME.

OKAY.

I DIDN'T DATE A WHOLE LOT
OF GUYS BEFORE HIM,

YOU KNOW, SO HE'S BASICALLY
MY SECOND RELATIONSHIP.

I MET HIS MOTHER AND ALL.

HE SEEMED TO COME FROM A REALLY
GOOD HOME AND EVERYTHING.

HE LIKED DOING STUFF, EVERYTHING
FROM BOWLING TO SHOOTING POOL

TO JET SKIING TO PLAYING
CARDS, GAMES, PUTT-PUTT.

YEAH, WE DID A LOT.

GO FOR IT.

THAT'S WAY BETTER.

YOU'RE JUST BEING NICE.
NO, YOU'RE A NATURAL.

IT WAS GOOD.

TRACY AND JOBY
FALL HARD FOR EACH OTHER,

AND JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER,
THEY GET A PLACE

TOGETHER IN BALTIMORE COUNTY'S
BOWLEYS QUARTERS NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT IT?

I THINK THERE'S ONE
MORE IN THE CAR.

OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, I'M ON MY WAY.

OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.
YOU GOT IT.

WE MOVED IN
TOGETHER PRETTY QUICK.

HE ALWAYS PAMPERED ME
WITH, LIKE, GIFTS,

YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.

HE BOUGHT ME A $2,000
DIAMOND RING.

HE SENT ME FLOWERS
TO WORK ALL THE TIME

JUST FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

I WASN'T USED TO STUFF
LIKE THAT, BUT I LOVED IT.

JUST WHEN EVERYTHING
SEEMS TO BE GOING RIGHT FOR TRACY,

SIGNS OF TROUBLE
START TO APPEAR.

WHAT A DAY.

YOU STILL NEED ME TO COME
IN EARLY FOR YOU TOMORROW?

YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
AWESOME.

WELL, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

IS THAT YOUR BOYFRIEND?

JOBY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

ARE YOU TRYING TO STEAL MY GIRL?
JOBY, PLEASE.

WE WORK TOGETHER.
WILL YOU STOP?

SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.

YOU GOT THE
WRONG IDEA, MAN.

YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM HER.
JOBY.

YOU HEAR ME?
STAY AWAY FROM HER!

JOBY.

HE WAS
A VERY JEALOUS PERSON.

I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS

A NICE-LOOKING GUY, I THOUGHT,
AND HE HAD A LOT GOING FOR HIM.

AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS SO JEALOUS ABOUT.

- JOBY.
- GET IN THE CAR.

JOBY.
GET IN!

ADMIT IT.
YOU WANT HIM.

NO.

I - - I DON'T.
I SWEAR.

IT WAS OVER NOTHING,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,

JUST BECAUSE HE WAS
INSECURE ABOUT HIS SELF

OR THOUGHT I WAS
LOOKING AT SOMEBODY.

IT WAS, LIKE,
IF JOBY WASN'T HAPPY,

IT WAS LIKE NOBODY ELSE
COULD BE HAPPY.

IF HE WAS IN A BAD MOOD,
THEN FORGET IT.

I BETTER NOT SEE YOU
WITH HIM EVER AGAIN.

NO, THANKS.

LOOK. ABOUT EARLIER,

THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

OKAY, YOU KNOW
HOW CRAZY I GET

WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU
WITH ANOTHER GUY.

I WASN'T WITH ANOTHER GUY.

NEIL AND I WORK TOGETHER.

WE WERE JUST LEAVING WORK
AT THE SAME TIME,

AND YOU REALLY HURT MY ARM.

I KNOW.
I'M SORRY.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

MAYBE WE'RE TAKING
THIS TOO FAST.

MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
MOVED IN TOGETHER.

NO, NO, NO, NO.
DON'T SAY THAT.

I NEED YOU, BABE.

OKAY?

I KNOW.

WITH HER RELATIONSHIP
WITH JOBY GETTING MORE COMPLICATED,

TRACY POURS HERSELF INTO HER
NEW JOB WITH POSITIVE RESULTS.

WHAT'S UP?

I WAS WORKING AT BEE JUNES.

IT WAS JUST KIND OF, LIKE,
A DOLLAR-STORE TYPE PLACE

RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

GEORGE AND I HAVE NOTICED
HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING.

WE'RE VERY PROUD
TO HAVE YOU.

THANKS, GLORIA.

I'VE BEEN TRYING REALLY HARD
TO DO MY BEST.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A NEW SHIFT SUPERVISOR,

AND I KNOW YOU'RE
RELATIVELY NEW,

BUT I THINK YOU'D
BE A GREAT FIT.

REALLY?

YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?

AND IT WOULD BE
A PRETTY GOOD BUMP IN PAY,

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED,
THE JOB IS YOURS.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SHE JUST TOOK A LIKING TO ME.

I ONLY WAS WORKING THERE
FOR A COUPLE MONTHS,

AND SHE MADE ME
ASSISTANT MANAGER

OVER TOP OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER.

GREAT PEOPLE, WONDERFUL, I LOVED
BOTH HER AND HER HUSBAND.

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS
EXCITED ABOUT TRACY'S BIG PROMOTION.

JOBY.
YOU SCARED ME.

I SCARED YOU?
IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU
BEEN DRESSED LIKE THAT?

WHAT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY DRESS?

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
ASKING FOR IT,

WALKING AROUND
DRESSED LIKE THAT!

ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR AN EASY LAY?

SCREW YOU.

I ASKED YOU A QUESTION.

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

GLORIA TOOK ME TO DINNER
BECAUSE OF THE PROMOTION,

AND SOME OF THE OTHER GIRLS
WANTED TO GO GET DRINKS.

SOME OF THE OTHER GIRLS?

NO GUYS, JUST GIRLS?

NEIL WENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
BUT HE'S PARTLY - -

YOU ARE SLEEPING WITH HIM,
AREN'T YOU?

NO.
AREN'T YOU?

THAT'S WHY YOU GOT
YOUR PROMOTION!

NO.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS?

ARE YOU SAYING
I'M CRAZY?

NO.
OR WHAT?

YOU JUST THINK
YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME?

IS THAT IT?
NO!

DON'T YOU FORGET THAT
YOU ARE NOTHING

BUT A CHEAP SLUT
FROM THE GUTTER.

YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT ME.

STOP IT, JOBY.

GOD HELP YOU

IF I EVER CATCH YOU CHEATING
ON ME, TRACY.

I WILL - -

I WILL KILL YOU.

AFTER SEEING A VIOLENT
SIDE OF HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND,

JOBY PALCZYNSKI...

...22-YEAR-OLD TRACY WHITEHEAD

IS CONVINCED
IT'S TIME TO MOVE OUT.

HE WOULD JUST HAVE EPISODES.

I THINK IT JUST WAS THE WAY
HE WAS FEELING

ABOUT HIS SELF OR SOMETHING,
SO HE KIND OF TOOK IT OUT ON ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT JUST KEPT GOING ON
AND ON AND ON.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE,
AND I WAS JUST LIKE,

"YEAH. IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON."

I SAVED UP ALL MY MONEY
AND GOT A PLACE,

BUT THEY HAD TO PAINT AND LAY
CARPET BEFORE I COULD MOVE IN.

JUST WHEN TRACY THINKS
SHE HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL,

SOME CRACKS IN HER PLAN
START TO SHINE THROUGH.

TRACY, HANG ON
JUST A SECOND.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
BYE.

I FORGOT SOMETHING.

MY GOD.

JOBY?

YEAH.
IT'S FINE.

YOU HAVE GOT
TO CALL THE POLICE.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET
AWAY FROM HIM.

I'M TELLING YOU.
THESE GUYS, THEY DO NOT STOP.

IT ONLY GETS WORSE.

MY BOSS, GLORIA,
SHE HAD WENT THROUGH

AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP,
AND SEE?

THAT, RIGHT THERE, IS WHERE
SHE HAD THAT BOND WITH ME

WHERE SHE COULD UNDERSTAND

BECAUSE SHE HAD WENT
THROUGH IT HERSELF.

I KNOW.

I KNOW, BUT I FOUND
AN APARTMENT, MY OWN APARTMENT.

IT WON'T BE READY
FOR A WEEK.

NO, NO, NO.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO HIM NOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY
FROM HIM IMMEDIATELY.

HOW?

HE'S NOT GOING
TO LET ME LEAVE.

WHERE IS HE RIGHT NOW?
WHERE'S JOBY?

AT WORK.

TAKE MY KEYS.

GO GET PACKED.

I'LL MEET YOU AT MY PLACE
IN TWO HOURS.

WHAT ABOUT MY SHIFT?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

JUST GO.
PLEASE, GO.

I JUST GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

SCARED ANYMORE.

I JUST WANTED TO MOVE
ON FROM HIM.

YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T STAY
STUCK LIKE THAT FOREVER.

THE PHONE RANG AT MY HOUSE,

AND NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE HOME,

SO I WAS, LIKE,
REALLY NERVOUS LIKE,

"WHY IS MY PHONE RINGING?"

HELLO?

DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

SHE'S MY GIRLFRIEND.

I HEARD HIM
IN THE BACKGROUND.

HE FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM WORK
TO MY JOB, AND I'M AT HOME,

RIGHT UP THE STREET,
LITERALLY, LIKE,

TWO MINUTES AWAY,
PACKING MY STUFF UP.

AND ALL I COULD HEAR IS HIS
VOICE, AND I WAS JUST SHAKING.

YOU NEED TO GET OUT
OF THERE RIGHT NOW.

JOBY JUST LEFT HERE.

OKAY, OKAY,
I'M GOING.

911, WHAT'S
YOUR EMERGENCY?

YES, I NEED TO REPORT
A DOMESTIC ABUSE SITUATION.

YOU NEED TO SEND
AN OFFICER RIGHT AWAY.

I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE
IN, LIKE, TWO SECONDS.

HE WAS GOING TO CATCH ME.

TRACY!

TRACY?

YOU UNGRATEFUL BITCH.

AAH!

GET IN HERE.
HELP ME!

GET IN HERE!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

AFTER EVERYTHING THAT
I'VE DONE FOR YOU,

YOU THINK YOU'RE LEAVING ME?

YOU ARE NEVER
LEAVING ME, NEVER.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

JOBY, PLEASE DON'T
HURT ME, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.

POLICE, OPEN UP.

DID YOU - -

DID YOU CALL THE COPS?

NO.

YOU SIT THERE
AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

HELLO, OFFICER.
CAN I HELP YOU?

WE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT
A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.

NO, EVERYTHING
IS GOOD HERE.

PLEASE HELP ME.
HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!

SIR, STEP BACK.

PUT YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR HEAD.

TURN AROUND, SLOWLY.

AT THAT POINT, SHE HAD

HAD ENOUGH OF
HIS CONTROLLING HER

AND ASSAULTING HER,

AND SO SHE WENT TO FILE CHARGES.

AT THE POLICE STATION,
TRACY MAKES A SHOCKING REALIZATION.

SHE'S NOT THE FIRST GIRL
TO FILE ASSAULT CHARGES

AGAINST JOBY PALCZYNSKI.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE
PRIOR CASES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.

AND IN EACH CASE OF THE FOUR
PRIOR CASES, IT WAS - -

THERE WAS ASSAULT,
THERE WAS ABUSE,

AND THE WOMEN TRIED TO GET AWAY
FROM HIM.

AND THEN, TWO YEARS LATER,
HE WAS DEEMED TO BE OKAY

AND BACK ON THE STREET.

TRACY LEAVES THAT NIGHT

CONFIDENT SHE'S MADE
THE RIGHT CHOICE.

I'M AT WORK THE NEXT DAY, AND
HERE COMES HIS MOM INTO MY JOB.

SHE SAID, "TRACY, HE REALLY
AIN'T DOING TOO GOOD."

LOOK, YOU CAN'T PRESS CHARGES
AGAINST HIM.

ANOTHER CONVICTION, AND THEY'LL
LOCK HIM UP FOR YEARS!

GOOD.

HE NEEDS TO BE LOCKED UP,
SO HE DOESN'T KILL SOMEONE.

HONEY, IT'S NOT HIS FAULT.

HE JUST GETS IN
THOSE MOODS SOMETIMES.

HE'S REALLY A GOOD BOY.

YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND TELL THE
OFFICERS IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE.

I CAN'T DO THAT.

HE KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS DOING.

HIS MOM ASKED ME
IF I WOULD LIE AND SAY

THAT I MADE THE WHOLE THING UP,

THAT HE DIDN'T HIT ME.

I SAID, "I DON'T HAVE
ANY SYMPATHY FOR HIM NO MORE."

I WAS TIRED.
I WAS DONE WITH HIM.

I SAID, "NO."

IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS,

TRACY DOES HER BEST TO PUT THE
INCIDENT BEHIND HER, CONVINCED

JOBY IS NOW SAFELY
BEHIND BARS.

OKAY, ENJOY.

WITH HER APARTMENT STILL DAYS
AWAY FROM COMPLETION,

TRACY CONTINUES TO ENJOY
THE HOSPITALITY

OF HER COWORKER GLORIA
AND HUSBAND GEORGE SHENK.

YOU HAVE TO TRY HER
SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS.

WELL, THAT'S HIS FAVORITE.

I KNOW
YOU'RE IN THERE, TRACY!

OPEN THE DOOR.
MY GOD.

MY GOD.

HE'S OUT ALREADY?

TRACY WHITEHEAD'S
VIOLENT EX-BOYFRIEND IS BACK.

TRACY HAD TAKEN A PROTECTIVE
ORDER OUT AGAINST HIM

AND, I BELIEVE, CHARGED HIM
WITH ASSAULT.

HE WAS RELEASED ON $7,500 BAIL.

WE NEED TO CALL
THE POLICE.

WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO?
THEY'LL COME ARREST HIM

BUT, OBVIOUSLY,
LET HIM OUT AGAIN.

TRACY, DON'T YOU DARE
OPEN THAT DOOR.

I CAN'T HIDE
IN HERE FOREVER.

TRACY.

HE ALMOST KILLED ME.

I WAS SHOCKED WHEN
HE GOT OUT OF JAIL.

HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOT
BAIL, NO WAY.

TRACY.
TRACY, LISTEN TO ME.

I'M SORRY.
OKAY?

I PROMISE THAT'S NOT EVER
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

OKAY?
JUST COME HOME.

ALL RIGHT?
I NEED YOU.

JUST COME HOME.
NO.

JOBY, I CAN'T.

HE WAS LIKE, "I DON'T CARE
THAT YOU GOT ME LOCKED UP.

I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.
I WON'T BE MAD AT YOU

FOR GETTING ME LOCKED UP,
I PROMISE."

YOU KNOW, HE WAS LIKE, "PLEASE
JUST GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE."

I WAS LIKE, "NO.
DON'T TALK TO ME."

I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

I PROMISE.

YOU NEED TO GO.

OKAY,
YOU GO GET YOUR THINGS.

YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.
LET'S GO.

HEY, HEY, HEY.
I GOT THIS, TRACY.

YOU HEARD HER.

YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW.

THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND.
I DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU.

WELL, YOU'RE
TAKING THEM TONIGHT,

AND I'M NOT GETTING
OUT OF YOUR FACE.

I WANT YOU OFF OF MY PROPERTY,
OR I'M CALLING THE COPS.

GO.

GO, NOW!

YOU'RE GOING TO REGRET THIS.

THIS IS NOT OVER.

HE WANTED HER BACK.

HE WAS VERY CONTROLLING
IN THAT MANNER,

AND HE CLAIMS THAT HE LOVED HER
TO THE POINT

THAT HE JUST COULD
NOT LET HER GO.

THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
LIFE SEEMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL,

BUT TRACY STILL FINDS
IT DIFFICULT TO RELAX.

JEEZ.

YOU SCARED ME.

I'M SORRY.
I HEARD A NOISE.

NO, NO. I'M SORRY.
I WAS - -

I WAS JUST
USING THE BATHROOM.

HEY.

WHY DON'T YOU LET ME
HOLD ONTO THAT BAT?

IF ANYONE TRIES TO BREAK
INTO THIS HOUSE,

I WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.

I PROMISE.

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I THINK
I'D LIKE TO HANG ONTO IT.

OF COURSE.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

TRY AND GET
SOME SLEEP, DEAR.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

I KEPT GOING TO THE
DOORS, LOCKING ALL THE DOORS.

THAT'S HOW NERVOUS OF A WRECK
THAT, YOU KNOW,

HOW SCARED I WAS.

GLORIA WAS LIKE,
"TRACY, YOU'LL BE OKAY.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU'RE NOT - -

NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN."

FOUR DAYS AFTER
PRESSING CHARGES AGAINST JOBY,

TRACY IS FINALLY
GETTING INTO A ROUTINE

WITH GLORIA AND GEORGE SHENK.

SURE.

JOBY, NO!

JOBY JUST OPENED THE DOOR,
CAME IN THERE UNANNOUNCED.

WHEN TRACY SAW HIM,
SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH PETRIFIED.

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

HANG UP THE PHONE.

JOBY, PLEASE,
PLEASE STOP.

I SAID, "HANG UP
THE PHONE NOW."

I REMEMBER.
SHE STOOD UP.

SHE SAID, "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"

AND HE SHOT HER.

NO!

GLORIA.

EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON IN HERE?

WHOA, WHOA.
PLEASE.

OKAY.
JUST STOP, OKAY?

JOBY?
PLEASE, PLEASE.

NO!

THEN HE SHOT HIM.

I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE NO SHOT.

I HIT THE GROUND
AND STARTED CRAWLING.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
YOU GET BACK HERE.

AAH!
GET UP!

GET UP.

I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT
YOU WEREN'T LEAVING ME,

AND NOW LOOK AT WHAT
YOU MADE ME DO!

YOU MADE ME DO THIS!

YOU'RE CRAZY.

I TOLD YOU NOT
TO CALL ME THAT!

PLEASE DON'T.
WE'RE GOING FOR A RIDE.

NO.
WHERE?

COME ON.
YOU'LL FIND OUT.

I FELT LIKE I WAS JUST IN, LIKE,

I DON'T KNOW, LIKE,
A TWILIGHT ZONE.

IT JUST WASN'T REAL, YOU KNOW.

IT WAS JUST SO SURREAL,
AND I SAID TO HIM.

I SAID, "WHY? WHY DID YOU
HAVE TO KILL ANYBODY?"

I SAID, "YOU'RE DONE
FOR GOOD NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL FOREVER."

WELL, HE DIDN'T WANT
TO GO TO JAIL.

THAT WAS THE THING.

YOU KNOW, HE'D RATHER HAVE
BEEN DEAD THAN GO TO JAIL.

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

JUST SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.

HELP!
SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT HERE.

AS HE'S DRAGGING HER
FROM THE HOME TO THE VEHICLE

THAT HE CAME THERE IN,
A NEIGHBOR,

DAVID MEYERS,
HEARD THE SCREAMING,

HER SCREAMING FOR HELP,

AND HE CAME AROUND TO HELP.

- HELP ME!
- HEY! HEY!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HOLD ON.

AND HE SHOT HIM RIGHT AWAY.

THAT HURT.

AFTER THAT, HE PUT HER INTO
THE CAR THAT HE WAS DRIVING IN,

AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

HE WANTED TO GET AWAY
FROM THE SCENE.

JOBY SOON COMES TO
A RURAL AND SECLUDED SECTION

OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.

THERE, HE ABANDONS HIS VEHICLE
AND SETS OUT WITH TRACY ON FOOT.

THEY ENDED UP
IN A DENSE WOODED AREA,

AND HE'S VERY ANGERED
AT HER AT THAT POINT,

THREATENING TO KILL HER.

JOBY, PLEASE.

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.

SHUT UP!

I FELT LIKE I WAS JUST NUMB.

JOBY.
KEEP MOVING.

AND I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM,
"BEFORE YOU KILL ME,

CAN YOU PLEASE
LET ME CALL MY SON

AND TELL HIM THAT I LOVE HIM

OR WRITE HIM A LETTER
OR SOMETHING?"

THAT'S ALL I WAS REALLY
WAS WORRIED ABOUT AT THE TIME.

JOBY, PLEASE, MY SON.

I DON'T CARE
ABOUT YOUR SON!

JUST WALK.

JOBY, PLEASE.

JOBY, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, STOP.

WELL, I GUESS THIS IS
AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY.

GET ON YOUR KNEES.

JOBY, PLEASE,
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.

PLEASE AT LEAST LET ME CALL
MY SON, SO I CAN SAY GOODBYE.

TRACY WHITEHEAD HAS JUST
WATCHED HER EX-BOYFRIEND SHOOT

AND KILL THREE PEOPLE.

NOW SHE FEARS
THAT SHE WILL BE NEXT.

I JUST FELT LIKE
I WAS GOING TO DIE,

SO I MIGHT AS WELL
JUST CLOSE MY EYES

AND, YOU KNOW,
WAIT FOR IT.

THAT'S IT.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS.

HE'S GOING TO KILL ME.

BUT TURNS OUT, THAT'S NOT
WHAT JOBY PALCZYNSKI HAS IN MIND.

IT'S JUST LIKE OLD TIMES.

THIS IS ALL I REALLY WANTED,

FOR THE TWO OF US
TO BE TOGETHER.

I'M GOING
TO MARRY YOU, TRACY,

AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND
THE REST OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER.

HE HAD SEX WITH ME.

YOU MIGHT SAY RAPED ME,

BECAUSE I WASN'T TRYING
TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM.

I JUST LAID THERE, AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW HE COULD EVEN WANTED

TO HAVE HAD SEX
AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED.

HE JUST KILLED PEOPLE.

IT'S A LONG NIGHT IN THE
WOODS, BUT THE NEXT MORNING,

TRACY IS SURPRISED TO
FIND SHE'S STILL ALIVE.

WHEN WE WAS IN THE WOODS,

HE HAD LAID THE GUNS
DOWN A COUPLE TIMES.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BAD I WANTED
TO PICK THAT GUN UP

AND SHOOT HIM.

MEANWHILE, NEWS OF
THE TRIPLE HOMICIDE

BACK IN BOWLEYS QUARTERS

HAS QUICKLY SPREAD,

AND A COUNTYWIDE MANHUNT
IS NOW IN FULL FORCE.

WE LEARNED WHO THE PERSON WAS,
THAT BEING JOSEPH PALCZYNSKI,

AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR HIM.

WE WERE USING HELICOPTERS,
GROUND SEARCHES.

OVER 100 OFFICERS WERE CALLED IN
TO DO THE VARIOUS SEARCHES,

SO IT WAS A VERY
LARGE-SCALE OPERATION.

EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING
FOR THIS GUY,

AND HE WAS VERY ELUSIVE.

HE HAD LEARNED HOW TO DO THINGS
TO AVOID DETECTION

AND TO SURVIVE WHEN,

YOU KNOW, IN THE WOODS
AND THAT KIND OF THING.

JOBY HOLDS TRACY CAPTIVE
ANOTHER FULL DAY IN THE WOODS,

WHICH TAKES A TOLL
ON TRACY EMOTIONALLY

AND ALSO PHYSICALLY.

JOBY, I'M TIRED.

I KNOW.

I NEED A BED.

I KNOW.

AFTER TWO DAYS IN THE WOODS,

HE WANTED TO HEAR SOME
TYPE OF NEWS, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING
ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING SAID.

SO I TALKED HIM INTO
GOING TO A NEW TOWN.

WE'RE CLOSE TO THE ROAD.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO
NEED ANOTHER CAR.

JOBY STEALS A CAR
AND DRIVES TO A SEEDY MOTEL

IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

ONCE WE GOT THERE, I WAS LIKE,

"I DON'T KNOW
IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA."

I FELT LIKE I BARRICADED
MYSELF INTO SOMEWHERE

WHERE I WAS GOING
TO BE TRAPPED.

I WAS THINKING
ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

DON'T GET ANY IDEAS
ABOUT RUNNING OFF.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

DAMN RIGHT.

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT,
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

YOU ARE MINE.

IF I GO DOWN,
YOU'RE GOING WITH ME.

BUT AS THEY SETTLE
INTO THE MOTEL,

THERE IS ONE SILVER
LINING FOR TRACY.

HE COULDN'T CARRY
THE GUNS INTO THE MOTEL,

SO HE HAD TO LEAVE
THEM IN THE TRUNK.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE GUNS.

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE ROOM,
HE TURNS ON THE TELEVISION SET,

AND, OF COURSE, THE NEWS MEDIA
IS BROADCASTING

ABOUT EVERYTHING
THAT IS GOING ON.

DAMN.

MY PICTURE IS EVERYWHERE.

WE CAN'T STAY HERE.
THEY'LL FIND US.

AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
HE WAS LIKE,

"WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
THIS IS SUICIDE.

WHY DID I COME IN HERE?"

I AM NOT GETTING CAUGHT
IN HERE UNARMED.

I'M NOT GOING
BACK TO PRISON!

I WILL TAKE DOWN ALL OF
THOSE COPS WITH ME

BEFORE I LET
THEM TAKE US!

COME ON.

SAID AS SOON AS THE COPS COME,

HE WAS GOING TO DO SUICIDE
BY POLICE, BASICALLY.

HE WAS GOING
TO SHOOT ME FIRST,

SHOOT AT THEM,
AND LET THEM KILL HIM.

SO I'M LIKE, "MY GOD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO
GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION

BECAUSE IF THE COPS
FIND US, I'M DEAD.

HOW AM I GOING TO
GET OUT OF THIS?"

HE TAKES TRACY,
AND THEY GO OUTSIDE

TO GET THE WEAPONS
OUT OF THE VEHICLE,

AT WHICH POINT SHE SEES A POLICE
CAR ON AN UNRELATED INCIDENT.

AFTER DAYS
OF BEING HELD HOSTAGE,

TRACY FINALLY SEES
HER CHANCE TO ESCAPE.

HEY!
HEY!

TRACY, NO!

I DIDN'T EVEN THINK.

I JUST RAN BECAUSE
I WAS THINKING,

"I'M GOING TO DIE EITHER WAY.

I BETTER MAKE A RUN FOR IT NOW,

WHILE HE AIN'T GOT
THESE GUNS ON HIM."

SO I RUN TO THE COP CAR.

HEY!

SHE RUNS TO THE POLICE
OFFICER SCREAMING FOR HELP.

THAT'S WHEN JOSEPH PALCZYNSKI
FLED THE AREA.

MY NAME IS TRACY WHITEHEAD.

I WAS KIDNAPPED
BY MY BOYFRIEND.

WHO'S YOUR BOYFRIEND?
HIS NAME IS JOBY PALCZYNSKI.

HE'S OVER THERE.
HE'S GOT GUNS IN THE TRUNK.

PLEASE HELP ME.
DISPATCH, WE HAVE A 10-33,

REQUESTING BACKUP.
MA'AM, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

MY HEART WAS BEATING SO FAST.

I KEPT SAYING, "PLEASE JUST
GET ME OUT OF HERE."

I WAS SO SCARED HE WAS
GOING TO COME BACK.

DISPATCH, POTENTIAL SUSPECT
IS JOBY PALCZYNSKI.

I'M REQUESTING
IMMEDIATE BACKUP.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE I WAS ALIVE,
BUT ALL THE PEOPLE'S LIVES

THAT HE TOOK, YOU KNOW,
AND THEN, HERE, I'M ALIVE.

AND I'M, LIKE, THINKING, "WHY AM
I ALIVE? I SHOULD HAVE DIED."

TRACY, I KNOW THIS IS
A DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU.

WE'VE GOT 100 PERCENT
OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCES

DEDICATED TO FINDING JOBY,

BUT WE'RE STILL GOING
TO NEED YOUR HELP.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONDUCTING
LARGE-SCALE MANHUNTS

LOOKING FOR HIM, WE DIDN'T KNOW
HIS WHEREABOUTS AT ALL,

BUT WE FELT HE WANTED TRACY.

THAT WAS HIS ULTIMATE GOAL,
AND HE DID NOT HAVE HER.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY PLACE, ANY
PLACE AT ALL, HE MIGHT BE GOING?

NO.

NO.

THEY SAID THEY WOULD
PUT ME IN POLICE CUSTODY.

AND I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, THANK GOD

BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
IN POLICE CUSTODY."

THAT WAS MUCH BETTER.

I HAD POLICE AROUND THE CLOCK.

OKAY.
LISTEN.

WE'RE GOING
TO KEEP YOU SAFE.

ALL RIGHT?

TRY TO GET SOME REST.

IF YOU THINK
OF ANYTHING ELSE,

ANYTHING AT ALL
THAT MIGHT HELP US,

JUST LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE, WHICH
FURTHER PUT THE PRESSURE ON

TO TRY TO FIND THIS GUY

BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY WASN'T
GOING TO MITIGATE

HIS KIND OF STATE OF MIND.

HE WAS OBSESSED WITH HER

AND CLEARLY WAS NOT STOPPING
AT ANYTHING TO GET HER.

HE WASN'T AFRAID TO SHOOT.

HE WASN'T AFRAID TO KILL.

NINE DAYS AFTER TRACY
WHITEHEAD IS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY,

HER MOM, LYNN WHITEHEAD, IS JUST
SETTLING IN FOR THE NIGHT.

JOBY!
WHERE IS SHE?

TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!
PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!

FOR NINE DAYS,
TRACY WHITEHEAD HAS BEEN LIVING

UNDER CONSTANT
POLICE PROTECTION,

UNAWARE THAT HER VIOLENT
EX-BOYFRIEND JOBY PALCZYNSKI

HAS FORCED HIS WAY INTO HER
MOTHER'S HOUSE, WEAPON DRAWN.

WHERE IS SHE?
SHE'S NOT HERE!

I'M NOT PLAYING GAMES.
YOU TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!

SHE'S NOT HERE, JOBY.
I SWEAR.

TRACY IS NOT HERE.

PLEASE DON'T.

HIS MOTIVATION WAS TRACY.

HE WAS OBSESSED WITH TRACY.

SOMEONE BETTER BRING
TRACY TO ME NOW,

OR I'M GOING
TO KILL EVERYBODY!

73, FIVE, SUSPECT
AT 105 NORTH AVENUE 52.

WE RECEIVED A 911
CALL FROM LYNN,

WHO SAYS,
"JOSEPH PALCZYNSKI IS HERE.

HE HAS HIS WEAPONS.

HE'S THREATENING TO KILL US,
AND HE WANTS TO TALK TO TRACY."

POLICE IMMEDIATELY
HEAD FOR TRACY'S MOM'S HOUSE.

OUR TACTICAL DIVISION
WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WE COULD

POSSIBLY DO TO COME
TO AN END OF THIS.

HE SAID HE WOULD TURN HIMSELF
INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

SO WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS
WITH THE FBI

FOR HIM TO TURN
HIMSELF INTO THEM.

AS SOON AS WE DID IT,
THEN HE BACKED DOWN.

HE WASN'T COMING OUT.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GO BACK TO JAIL.

HE WANTED TRACY BACK.

THAT WAS ALL HE COULD ENVISION.

THE STANDOFF
DRAGS ON FOR DAYS,

AND POLICE KNOW THEY CAN NO
LONGER KEEP TRACY IN THE DARK.

CAN I GO HOME NOW?
I WISH YOU COULD.

WELL, CAN I AT LEAST
MAKE A PHONE CALL?

MAYBE LATER.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT?

THERE'S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

WE REALLY CAN'T KEEP THIS
FROM YOU ANYMORE.

FRANKLY, TRACY, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED YOUR HELP.

OKAY?
I WANT YOU TO STAY CALM,

BUT THIS IS
ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.

WHAT DID HE DO TO HER?

I JUST STARTED
BUSTING OUT CRYING.

HE'S GOING TO KILL MY MOM.

WHAT DID HE DO?

THEY SAID HE KEPT SAYING
THAT HE WANTS TO TALK TO ME,

AND HE WOULD LET THEM GO.

BUT I TOLD THEM.

I SAID, "IF HE GETS ME
ON THAT PHONE,

HE'S GOING TO SHOOT MY MOTHER,
SO I COULD HEAR IT."

FOUR DAYS GO BY WITH
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

HELD IN FEAR
BY THIS CRAZED GUNMAN.

THROUGH IT ALL,
POLICE WORK TIRELESSLY.

THE STREETS WERE BLOCKED OFF
BECAUSE HE WAS FIRING

A HIGH-POWERED WEAPON

OUT THE WINDOW
TOWARDS THE POLICE.

WE DIDN'T WANT CIVILIANS HURT.

IT BECAME A REAL SAFETY FACTOR
FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, ON THAT TUESDAY,
WHICH IS NOW THE FOURTH DAY,

WE SAW THE FBI BRING
IN ITS HOSTAGE-RESCUE TEAM.

YOU COULD JUST TELL THAT,
THAT DAY, THAT TUESDAY,

THAT THE MOOD OF
THE COPS HAD CHANGED.

THERE WAS MUCH MORE OF KIND
OF AN ANTICIPATION GOING ON.

INSIDE THE HOUSE,
TRACY'S MOM, LYNN WHITEHEAD,

IS ALSO DESPERATE
FOR SOMETHING TO GIVE.

FINALLY, SHE DECIDES TO TAKE
MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS.

...RAZING
OR HEAVILY DAMAGING

30 HOMES, TRIGGERING
AND EXCHANGE OF FIRE.

THAT KILLED TWO AND WOUNDED
MORE THAN A DOZEN.

ABOUT A DOZEN
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES

WERE BOARDED UP WEDNESDAY,

AND GLASS LITTERED
THE SIDEWALKS

FOLLOWING TWO NIGHTS
OF PROTESTS OVER THE SHOOTING

OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN.

HERE YOU GO.

THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
ON WEDNESDAY...

LYNN SPIKED THE GLASS
OF HIS ICED TEA WITH XANAX,

AND HE ENDED UP FALLING ASLEEP
ON THE SOFA IN THE LIVING ROOM.

97 HOURS AFTER FIRST

BEING TAKEN HOSTAGE
INSIDE HER HOME,

TRACY'S MOTHER, LYNN WHITEHEAD,
FINALLY SEES HER WAY OUT.

THAT'S WHEN SHE ESCAPED.

WE KNEW THAT WE HAD
TO TAKE ACTION RAPIDLY.

IF PALCZYNSKI WAKES UP, IT WOULD
BE A POSSIBLE DEADLY SITUATION.

WE HAD THE TACTICAL TEAM
GO TO THE FRONT DOOR.

THE DOOR WAS BREACHED.

GET ON THE GROUND NOW!

THAT'S WHEN PALCZYNSKI WAKES UP

AND IMMEDIATELY
THREATENS POLICE.

THE TACTICAL OFFICERS FELT
THEIR LIVES WERE IN DANGER.

THEY RESPONDED.

IT WAS ALMOST SURREAL,
THE WAY IT HAPPENED.

THERE WAS NO WAY
THIS WAS GOING TO END

WITH JOSEPH PALCZYNSKI
GIVING HIMSELF UP.

THERE WAS NO WAY, NOT THAT GUY.

SO THE FACT THAT IT ENDED
WITH HIM GETTING SHOT

27 TIMES BY A SWAT TEAM,

THAT'S THE WAY
THAT WAS GOING TO END.

AFTER MORE THAN TWO
WEEKS OF LIFE- OR-DEATH TENSION,

TRACY WHITEHEAD
IS FINALLY SAFE.

STILL, SHE DOESN'T COME OUT
OF THE SITUATION UNHARMED.

PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME,
"DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS YOUR FAULT

BECAUSE YOU WAS A VICTIM, TOO."

BUT I DID FEEL BAD
BECAUSE I WAS ALIVE.

I HAD A LOT OF GUILT ABOUT THAT.

IT'S TAKEN YEARS,
BUT TRACY EVENTUALLY FINDS

THE STRENGTH TO MOVE ON.

I WISH THAT WHEN I FIRST
STARTED SEEING THE ABUSIVE SIDE OF HIM,

I WOULD HAVE JUST LEFT THEN,

JUST NEVER HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH HIM EVER AGAIN,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,
INSTEAD OF BEING IN LOVE

AND THINKING I CAN
CHANGE SOMEBODY.

A SURVIVOR THROUGH AND
THROUGH, SHE SAYS THAT IT'S HER CHILDREN

THAT KEEP HER GOING
THROUGH HER DARKEST DAYS.

MY KIDS,
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE ME HAPPY.

THIS WORLD IS SO CRAZY,
YOU KNOW.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN FEAR,

BEING PARANOID
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD.

WHEN YOU WATCH SOMEBODY
KILL THAT MANY PEOPLE

OR EVEN KILL ONE PERSON,
OF COURSE,

I MEAN, YOU'RE THINKING
YOU'RE NEXT

BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING WAS
BASICALLY TO COME KILL ME,

SO, WELL, IT DIDN'T WORK.

HE DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT.

I'M A SURVIVOR.