"I told Jarod he was welcome in the crew quarters... but he said he wanted to be here, nearer the animals." "Careful where you walk." "He let some of them run free." "Let's see if he left. anything else besides... this stench." "Oh, look at these." "Wild Kingdom, National Geographic." "Hey, here's that crocodile guy." ""That mammoth snake's a real beauty, ain't she?" "I'm gonna try and ride her."" "You were saying that Jarod claimed to be an animal behaviorist?" "Yeah." "Some zoo up north." "Some place in, uh" "Blue Cove, Delaware?" "That's where I've been waiting... since someone failed to notify me about this little road trip." "Lyle..." "It's an oversight." "Your people were gonna call my people." "Actually, I was going to say" "Watch your step." "So, this is all Jarod did?" "Just watch" "TV and, uh, play with his furry friends?" "Actually, he spent most of his time in front of the chimpanzee cages." "He'd sit there for hours, mesmerized." "Jarod knows the agony of being caged." "The prying eyes." "That's why he studied the chimps... because he related to them." "Nah." "He just liked watching them do it." "It?" "Yeah, you know, mate." "Okay, weird time." "Hot peppermint-flavored massage oil." "Feather ticklers." "Edible apparel." "I guess it's all for, uh, for" "Sex, Broots." "The word is sex." "Looks like our little monkey's in heat." "Oh, good morning." "You must be Dr. Kinsey." "Welcome to the Arnett Center." "Thank you, Nurse Plenty?" "Plen-tay." "Ah." "I took the liberty of getting you all set up." "Your daily schedule is here." "Your weekly here." "Here's a little pamphlet to explain the phones." "And since I didn't know which you prefer, I brought you tea and coffee." "Well, thank you very much." "That's great." "At the Arnett Sex Center, satisfaction is our motto." "Was there something else you needed?" "Oh, yes, Doctor." "There is something I need very badly." "Uh, Nurse Plenty, I" "Plen-tay." "Uh" "Oh!" "I am so sorry, Doctor." "Monique slipped right past me." "She's not really a nurse, is she?" "No." "She's your 9:00 patient." "Ah." "Monique Brooks." "Suffering from an uncontrollable urge for sexual role playing." "We all like to pretend once in a while, don't we, Doc?" "Uh-huh." "There are Pretenders among us." "I was taken from my family." "Thirty-six hours and he's already demonstrating more talent than any of our others." "How many people died because of what I thought up?" "Since I broke out, I've spent every moment searching for my past." "He's a Pretender" "A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be." "The Centre wants him alive." "Preferably." "He defends the weak and abused." "Life's a gift." "You a doctor?" "I am today." "It went from a couple of quickies on the dryer" "To the upper deck at Dodger Stadium." "We crave daring places." "Need daring places." "It never occurred to us that we had a problem." "Until this." "The paramedics said we were lucky falling off the scoreboard like we did." "If it weren't for the peanut guy?" "We might have been killed." "Hmm." "We've been together five years." "And... we're still... you know" "unspoiled... after five years." "Well, many people choose to wait." "In the grandscheme of things, five years really isn't that long." "We've been married for four of them." "We have some videos here I think might help." "Thank you very much!" "Just don't try everything in one night." "Excuse me." "You must be Dr. Kinsey." "That's what it says on my door anyway." "I'm Dr. Covney." "All my patients call me Allen." "Nice to meet you, Allen." "Hey." "How many sex therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?" "Is there a lightbulb that I can help you change?" "It's just" "It's just a joke." "Sort of like the funny ones, only diffierent." "Get used to it, Jarod." "Sex therapy's the butt of a lot of jokes." "The work we do at this clinic is important." "Speaking of which, Dr. Arnett, my 11:00 group is waiting." "Welcome aboard." "Thank you." "Jarod, you got a minute?" "Uh, sure." "Syd, do you ever wonder why these dolls... always have the same surprised expression on their face?" "Go ahead." "Say it." "This is fish in a barrel territory." "Tell me about this stuff, boys." "Looks like Jarod could use a nice cold shower." "Well, his is an inquisitive mind." "No reason he wouldn't use it to explore his sensuality." "Syd's fancy way of saying our boy has his horns up." "Horns up." "So, did you find anything useful?" "Uh, well, basically whatever turns you on, baby." "To locate Jarod?" "Still lookin'." "Maybe we'll get lucky." "I'll keep you posted." "Thank you." "Forget to call me again?" "Don't worry, Lyle." "You can play with the toys when we're done." "The game's changing." "Due to recent lapses in communication..." "I have decided to take a more supervisory role in the hunt for Jarod." "From now on, you'll report every aspect of your search to me." "Every aspect." "And if we don't, you'll go up to the Tower and get us in lots of trouble." "Tattletale will go so nicely on your resume." "Like you said, watch your step." "Reporting to Mr. Lyle can't be good." "Wonder what that means?" "I know what it means to me." "Nothing." "I don't answer to anyone." "Especially my little brother." "This is interesting." "Shipping invoice, no return address." "Just a Web site." "Find a real address on that." "And, Broots, not a word." "But Mr. Lyle just said we're supposed to..." "Broots." "Think of your worst nightmare." "Mighty Bobcats from Marrietta University." "You must really like these Mighty Bobcats." "You're a therapist." "You can use the term obsession." "Don't you have a similar attachment to your alma mater?" "I have a strong feeling about the place." "Please." "Jarod, I want to thank you for stepping in on short notice... and taking over for Dr. Blass." "I have to tell you, I'm concerned about Dr. Blass's patients... how they're going to make the transition to you." "Many have spent a long time developing a trust with her." "Well, I'm going to have to work very hard to maintain that trust." "You never realize how many lives are affected when a tragedy like Melissa's happens." "Has her attacker been caught yet?" "No." "Police are looking for one of her court referral patients" "Luke Carlo." "Melissa was working with him as a term of his probation." "What happened?" "Melissa had the admirable tendency to care too much." "Carlo was a predator." "He took advantage of that." "He called her, said he was having a crisis." "She ended up downtown in some dive called the Eros Inn." "I hear she's in pretty bad shape." "She's a shell of who she was." "I just wish that you could have met the Melissa that we all used to know." "She was a wonderful, loving woman." "Mr. Truly, do you know why you're here?" "Yeah." "Judge Dettman thinks I'm a pervert." "Tony?" "I'm Dr. Kinsey." "I'm the new guy." "So, I understand you're the one who knows everything that goes on around here." "Yeah." "I live the lowly life of an intern." "I'm also workin' on my master's." ""Psycho-Sexual Aggression."" ""Aberrant Sexual Behavior." Hmm." "Cheery stuff." "My honor's thesis is on sexual predators, and I watch all the court referred sessions... so I might as well make good use of it." "Is this Dr. Arnett working with someone?" "Yeah." "This is your standard trench coat and sneaker flasher." "Here." "Everyone has fears." "It's nothing to be ashamed of." "The key is to acknowledge and understand them." "Yeah, well, I'm not afraid of anything." "It's amazing what you can learn about a person's psyche by just watching them." "Mr. Truly, when I was a kid, my father took me duck hunting." "I was laying out the decoys and somehow the boat flipped." "I got trapped underneath in this tiny air pocket." "The water kept rising up my neck, over my chin." "I was terrified." "I nearly drowned." "To this day, I'm hydrophobic." "A shower, fine." "But a bath, a swimming pool... the fear rises in me as fast as the water." "See, fear is natural." "It's healthy even." "But we've got to control it." "We can't let "it" control us." "Did you observe Dr. Blass's sessions with Luke Carlo?" "The guy that assaulted her?" "Yeah." "There are tapes of that guy in her office." "Scary dude." "He was the kind of guy that was just wound too tight." "Unfortunately for Dr. Blass, he decided that she was gonna be the one that he went off on." "Interesting drawing, Broots." "Oh, I was just doodling." "It's nothing." "Well, doodling is often the most direct expression of the unconscious." "And I couldn't help notice there was a certain resemblance to Miss Parker." "Yeah?" "Well, it's just that she's so impressive." "You know, the way she's always in control." "The way she never shows fear." "Oh, God." "Fantasies about coworkers are perfectly natural, Broots." "I'd be very surprised if sublimated sexual feelings... didn't surface from time to time." "So, what do I do?" "Well, you can't keep these emotions inside." "Otherwise they'll, uh, control you." "Oh, no." "I'm not gonna tell her." "Tell her what?" "Another crush, Broots?" "Who is it this time?" "That double-chinned chick in, uh, R  D?" "No." "Yeah." "Uh, yeah." "But it's two, uh, clefts, one chin." "Oh, look." "All right, Broots, you stay here and pretend like we're still searching." "Okay." "The less Lyle knows, the better." "Aren't we supposed to report everything we hear?" "Aren't you supposed to have a pair?" "Uh, Miss Parker, I'll stay." "I have plenty of things to do here." "It's you and me, cowboy." "Saddle up." "Good luck, Broots." "I don't know, Doctor." "I'm just so confused." "I never had to deal with anything like this before." "Gloria, it will be fine, I promise you." "We're gonna get you through this." "Dr." "Blass?" "Oh, Dr. Kinsey." "I'm sorry." "I just needed to look at these old tapes." "I heard your voice." "You were one of Dr. Blass's patients?" "Oh, well, she was just, uh, helping me with a problem I had with my boyfriend, Eddie." "I-I just wanted to hear her advice again." "There's no one else like her." "Excuse me." "Gloria, it will be fine." "I promise you, we're gonna get you through this." "Thank you." "I don't know what I'd do without you." "Oh." "Put the package in the box." "Oh, I'm not a deliveryman, Dr. Blass." "I'm a doctor with the clinic." "Go away." "I don't need your help." "Well, actually, I was hoping to get your help." "You see, I'm taking over your case load at the clinic." "There's a new patient I need some advice with." "A young woman." "I need to reach her before she slips over the edge." "I really wish I could help." "I, uh, don't practice anymore." "Maybe not, but I'm hoping you still care." "How do I know you really are who you say you are?" "My name is Dr. Jarod Kinsey." "Dr. Arnett hired me." "I work with Dr. Covney, and Tony is the intern." "But anybody could know that." "Well, you're right." "But, uh, Gloria... she's still having problems with her boyfriend, Eddie." "Gloria." "Please?" "I won't take up too much of your time." "You collect shells." "Do you like the ocean?" "My grandmother had a beach house when I was growing up." "She was my sanctuary." "I guess the ocean still reminds me of her." "I was just about to put on some tea." "So, you said something about a new patient?" "Yes." "She's suffering from a generalized anxiety disorder... brought on by emotional trauma." "Symptoms?" "Insomnia, panic attacks and an overwhelming sense of fear." "The thing is, deep down inside, I think she really wants to get better... but the fear stops her." "Some days she's too scared to even get out of bed." "Her heart races, she can't breathe." "She feels like she's losing control." "The thing that really worries me is she's beginning to think... that ending it all is the only way out." "There's no new patient, is there?" "Like I told you before, I don't want your help." "Maybe if you just talked about the night you were attacked?" "No, I can't." "Just try." "Look, my head is all just twisted and jumbled." "Melissa?" "Just try." "I went downtown to this hotel one of my pa -one of my patients was staying in." "Luke Carlo." "The door was open, so I walked in." "There was a... hand clamped over my mouth." "And... a blindfold." "Handcuffs." "Handcuffs with Luke Carlo's fingerprints on them?" "Luke." "I thought he was getting better, you know?" "I thought I was helping him." "You have to go now." "It's not a very good idea for you to mix those things." "I know that." "Can you please just go?" "We should just go sit..." "Please go!" "Okay." "Okay." "It's not like I ever hurt anybody." "I just like to look, all right?" "No, it is not all right." "You are victimizing these women." "So what we have to do is find a better way... for you to deal with your sexual impulses." "Deal with them." "Lady, you have no idea what it's like in my neighborhood." "Around here, sex is all secrets and whispers." "There it's sold in the streets." "It's in your face 24-7." "It doesn't take a genius to figure out why they call it the "Flesh District."" "It doesn't take a genius... to figure out why they call it the "Flesh District."" "The "Flesh District." The "Flesh District."" "Excuse me." "I'm looking for this guy." "I don't see nobody." "Nobody sees you." "The best eyes to see the world with are invisible." "You've spent some time on the streets." "You could say that." "He's supposed to be a regular around here." "Walked by here just a minute ago." "I see him around here all the time." "When in doubt, liquor store down the street." "There he is, right there." "Thanks." "What do you want with me?" "I want to talk to you about Dr. Blass." "I didn't have nothin' to do with that." "Is that why you're pointing a gun at me?" "I didn't do it." "I'm tellin'you." "I didn't... do it!" "I didn't do it!" "This isn't sleazy." "It's Beaver Cleaver's house." "Behind all the aluminum siding, suburbia's a freak show." "Miss Parker, can I ask you something?" "You see, Sydney has this theory about expressing your feelings... not bottling up your emotions." "Is this more about you and the chins?" "Yeah." "Uh, no." "Well, kind of." "Broots." "No woman worth her salt wants to be with a guy who spills his feelings all over the floor." "You like this chick, either make a move or move on." "Hi." "We're here to shop." "I don't know what you're talkin' about." "Something exotic for hubby?" "I'm afraid I can't help you." "I guess Jarod lied to us, honey." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "You're friends of Jarod's?" "Come on in!" "Sorry about the hassle." "Gotta keep a low profile for the neighbors." "This is my wife, Linda." "I'm Roy." "God bless the Internet." "A few months ago-sex toys, experimenting-it was just a hobby with us." "Of course, I don't have to tell you two about that, now do I?" "Mmm." "It'd be nice if you didn't." "So, uh, Roy, how do you know Jarod?" "Never met." "Except in chat rooms and the humongous order he laid on us." "It got my wife's attention, I can tell you that." "Yeah, we're still shippin' him stuff on back order." "Really?" "You know, he just recently moved." "You don't happen to have his new address, do you?" "Well, yeah." "I think he gave it to us, yeah." "Yeah. 1248 Wren Park, Wyattville." "Yeah, 1248 Wren Park." "That-That's it." "Why don't you two come into the den." "We'll open up the sloe gin... and see what kind of natural wonders occur?" "I prefer my natural wonders in national parks." "But thank you." "Oh, come on, I just laid some brand-new shag." "It's three-quarter pile, extra thick padding." "Makes for some comfy cuddling'." "Are you talkin' about the four of us?" "You two swing, don't ya?" "Very tempting, Roy." "However, I could never share this stud muffin with anyone." "Maybe next time." "Buh-bye." "Yeah, it's me." "They just left." "Jarod?" "I heard you went to see Melissa last night." "Yes, I did." "I'm surprised you got in." "Most of the time she's not even answering the phone." "How is she?" "She's not doing well." "She's obviously paranoid and she's exhibiting obsessive-compulsive behavior." "Now I realize she's been traumatized... but I'm sensing there's something, something else going on with her." "So, you think there could be deeper issues at work?" "Perhaps." "I'm not sure." "I was hoping maybe you could tell me." "Up until all this, Melissa Blass was one of the most solid, stable people I've ever known." "Jarod, please." "I don't want to talk." "I have a delivery this time." "How would you like to take a walk on the beach?" "Jarod, this is crazy." "We're shrinks." "Crazy is our business." "I want you to close your eyes." "Close your eyes." "Imagine yourself at your grandmother's beach house." "Remember how safe you used to feel there." "Hear the surf rolling in and out." "Feel the warm sun on your face." "Nothing bad can ever happen to you here." "And so I walked in." "There was a hand clamped over my mouth." "Blindfold." "Handcuffis." "Handcuffs." "Handcuffs." "Jarod, I know what you're doing." "I use sensory-relaxation exercises all the time with my patients." "And you know that they work." "It's very important that we talk about the night you were attacked." "But I told you everything I could." "I need to know if you actually saw Luke Carlo." "Did you actually see him?" "Well, he called me and lured me down there." "But did you see him?" "Well, I don't know." "I don't remember." "I" "No." "I guess I-I mean I never-No, I didn't." "But why would anyone else want me there?" "Damn it!" "Oh!" "Pronil?" "Just a mild sedative." "Dr. Covney filled this?" "He handles all the meds at the clinic." "Oh, hey, Jarod." "Dr." "Covney." "Something wrong?" "How often are mistakes made on prescriptions around here?" "Never." "Why?" "Because this was given to a patient... in a bottle marked "Pronil."" "Daronex?" "Well, this is wrong." "This is really wrong." "Pronil's a sedative." "But Daronex -its main side effect is heightened anxiety." "A steady diet of these will push just about anybody over the edge." "Then explain to me why you gave it to Melissa Blass?" "Melissa?" "Now wait a minute." "I did not fill that prescription." "Your name's on the bottle." "I'm the one with the med permit." "My name is on all the labels." "But I didn't fill that one." "Dr. Arnett did." "He takes care of Melissa's meds personally." "But I can't believe he'd make a mistake like that." "Neither can I." "We tried what you suggested, Dr. Kinsey." "Making love at home, behind closed doors, in your own bedroom." "Yeah." "It was good." "Unfortunately, I got a little out of control." "I couldn't help myself." "I opened the curtains." "And then it got great." "We had no idea we had so many nice neighbors in our apartment complex." "It's reallya shame we're gonna have to move now." "Give me an "S"! "S"!" "Give me an "E"! "E"!" "Give me an "X"! "X"!" "Sex!" "Thank you, Monique." "Please put your clothes on." "It's not the nicest place Jarod's ever lived." "Better than swinger's central." "Come here." "Yeah." "Give me a boost." "Broots?" "Oh, yeah, okay, right." "One." "Two." "Three." "Broots!" "Oh, yeah, okay." "Damn it!" "I'm so tired of being late for the party." "Shh." "Miss Parker, we might not be late this time." "Look at all this stuff." "Today's paper." "Food, clothes, a D. S. A. player." "This computer's still warm." "Jarod's still living here." "This is too important not to tell Mr. Lyle." "Don't you think this is important enough that we have to let him know?" "Sorry." "I-I get hungry when I'm nervous." "Pistachio?" "Broots, when exactly... did we find that receipt in the box from Jarod's lair?" "Right after Mr. Lyle left." "We're out of here." "What?" "Why?" "Wait." "Miss Parker?" "Wait, don't leave me here." "I can't believe the difference." "I already feel so much clearer." "I should've known something was wrong with those other pills." "How could you?" "They both look exactly alike... and with what the Daronex was doing to your mind." "Melissa?" "I think it's time that we had a real talk... about what happened to you." "Look, you can put locks on your doors, you can put bars on your windows." "But they can't keep out the fear inside of you." "Yeah, but I already told you everything I could." "The rest just isn't there." "Then let's go further back... to the first time you were attacked." "How did you know?" "Call it... a doctor's hunch." "It was back in college." "You went to Marrietta University with Dr. Arnett." "Yeah." "I was, uh, coming home late one night after studying." "I was, uh, passing by one of the old dorms." "A man in a mask jumped out of the shadows... grabbed me and pulled me inside." "They never even caught him." "But you bounced back." "Yeah, I did." "I really did." "I got counseling, I-I worked really hard to become me again." "But always in the back of my mind... part of me is just... shattered." "I don't know if I can bounce back this time." "No." "No more crutch." "It's time to figure out what really happened downtown that night." "But how, Jarod?" "By asking someone who knows." "Luke, I want you to just imagine somewhere very peaceful." "It's very safe." "Tell me what you're seeing." "Trees." "Lots of green grass." "That's a-a park I go to sometimes, not far from here." "There's a-a bench I like to sit on." "I look up at the clouds." "Are you hearing anything?" "Music." "There's a-a guy who's always there... and he brings his cello." "It's really soothing... sitting on the bench... just listening to the cello." "You were right, Luke." "It is relaxing here." "What the hell?" "You can run all you want." "But your guilty conscience will be tapping you on the shoulder wherever you go." "Look, I told you." "I'm not guilty of nothin'." "I didn't attack Dr. Blass." "I know." "But someone made you lure her to that hotel room." "Why?" "Dr. Arnett attacked her, didn't he?" "I didn't wanna call her." "I like Dr. Blass." "She was the first person who really seemed to care about me." "But one night, after a session..." "Arnett grabbed me." "He told me he'd make me a deal." "He said that if I got her to the hotel, he wouldn't report me." "I was, like, report me for what?" "Missed appointments." "Probation violations." "Whatever he could make up." "He said sending a deviant like me back to prison was easy." "So either I called or he did." "The next day, when I heard..." "I was, like" "I felt like I was gonna puke." "Dr. Blass always said..." ""Recovery is a long road."" "But one step at a time... will get you there." "And I was taking those steps." "I was getting better, thanks to her." "Why didn't you come forward?" "My word versus Arnett's?" "A lowlife like me against the respected doctor?" "No one will ever lay a finger on him." "Don't bet on it." "Jarod." "You're working late." "Yes." "I have a case that's starting to trouble me." "Anything I can help you with?" "Maybe you can." "Being that you have such an insight... into the mind of sexual predators." "You see, I'm having trouble understanding his motivation." "Well, you know, Jarod, it's control." "Sex may be the avenue they choose... but the underlying motivation -it's always control." "To get it, he puts his victim down." "He debases their humanity." "It's the only way the predator can convince himself he's worthy." "And if he refuses to seek treatment?" "Without admission of responsibility... there's very little hope for improvement." "Then I guess I'd better find a more radical form of therapy." "Thank you for your... insight." "Everyone has fears." "To this day, I'm hydrophobic." "So, Monique, you wanna play dress-up?" "Really?" "Melissa?" "Melissa, is that you?" "Melissa, I didn't know you were out of the house these days." "Monique?" "Jarod." "Just a B-12 shot, Dr. Arnett." "Whoops." "It's a sedative." "Don't you just hate it when medications get switched?" "Jarod?" "Relax, Doctor." "You're strapped down and going nowhere." "Welcome to the Eros Inn, Doc." "Oh, that's right." "You've been here before." "What the hell are you doing?" "Just tryin' to help you relax." "And what's more relaxing than a nice, warm bath." "No, no!" "No, don't!" "Don't, don't, don't!" "That's right." "Hydrophobia." "You really should see a therapist about that." "Jarod, you're crazy." "What'd I ever do to you?" "Oh, it's not what you did to me." "It's what you did to Melissa Blass." "You're out of your mind." "Everybody knows Luke Carlo attacked her." "Not everyone." "Allow me to float my theory." "Damn it, Jarod!" "You can't do this!" "It's all about control." "Like back when you were in college, when you were a Mighty Bobcat." "The way you took control over those four innocent girls." "You don't know what you're talkin' about." "I may not have all the details, but I do have the broad strokes." "Oh, speaking of strokes?" "Do you know yours?" "Breaststroke." "Backstroke?" "'Cause you're going to need them the way this water level's rising." "I swear!" "Now you know how Melissa felt." "Powerless." "Drowning in her very worst fear." "Why are you doing this?" "Because you did it to her!" "Jarod, no!" "Please don't!" "It was her fault!" "I put her down 12 years ago!" "She should've stayed down!" "But she didn't!" "She wouldn't let what you did to her destroy her!" "She kept rubbing it in my face." "Then you tried to ruin her for good." "From the day you hired her at the clinic, every day since then... you've been planning her second assault." "She had to learn her lesson!" "Now it's time that you learn yours." "She had to learn her lesson!" "Like you said, Doc, everyone has fears." "Miss Parker, I was starting to worry." "I hadn't heard any developments in your Jarod pursuit." "That's because there was no Jarod pursuit, was there, Lyle?" "It was all just a setup." "The bogus shipping report... the fake lair with all the sex toys." "The swinging couple, however, was a very cute touch." "You don't usually show so much imagination when trying to screw me over." "I don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about." "Next time, do your homework." "Jarod's allergic to pistachios." "God, she's amazing." "Go on, tell her." "No, Syd." "Women don't wanna be told." "They wanna be shown." "It's time I make my move." "Broots, I'm flattered." "In fact, it's kind of sweet." "But it's never gonna happen." "Good luck with the chinny-chin-chin." "Oh, that sun feels nice." "Well, it's a start, huh?" "Today the porch, tomorrow the world." "Melissa, there's a lot of people who miss you... who want -who need your help." "Well, I'm sure helping them... will be the best therapy for me." "One step at a time is the best therapy." "Jarod, thank you." "Good luck."