"Thankyouforthe horse." "You liked him?" "Oh, it's beautiful... but I thought we were going sailing today." "You promised." "Well,that one's too old." "See, now?" "That'll do." "Come on!" "Come on, Mr. E." "lt's broken." "Who says?" "Mokelock." "Now, Edward,we agreed." "No more Mokelock." "Mokelock is the bogeyman." "Mokelockwants me where l am." "We canfix it." "Edward." "Sing a song of sixpence." "Sing a song of sixpence." "A pocketfull of rye." "Four and twenty blackbirds." "Baked in a pie." "Rise and shine." "Mr. E is doingfine." "Did we go sailing?" "Almost." "Mokelock showed up." "Mokelock is the bogeyman." "Mokelockwants me where l am." "Mokelock is a pain in the ass." "Where'd he get Mokelock again?" "Mother Goose." "Henry." "Barry." "What's the matter, Barry?" "Edward's parents are here." "He needs a haircut." "He loves itwhen you visit." "My husband wonders if that's true." "He wants to place Edward in the hospital." "I'm sorry, Catherine." "Mr. Baines... I've been working on this projectfor seven years." "I know, Henry. I know." "Please don'ttake offense, Dr. Kent." "Yourwork's invaluable to this company." "Butyou're not sure about me." "We've waited eighteen months for signs of progress." "There has been progress." "There's no proof, Catherine." "With all due respect, Mr. Baines... I'm notthe one who designed the procedure." "I mean, I wish I could take creditfor it, but I can't." "I was chosen to do a job." "They picked me." "But if you think there's someone better... or someone who's more devoted to your son,then" "No one's doubting your ability, Catherine." "What is it,then?" "There's no proof, Catherine." "There's no proof the procedure works." "All you're giving me is the belief... thatyour interaction with my son... is not a... hallucination." "Shit!" "I better get backto work." "Oh, good-bye, Mrs. Baines." "Thankyou." "Thankyou, Mr. Baines." "Come, shall we?" "Lucien." "Lucky she worships you." "Why?" "Because he hates me?" "I wouldn't say "hates."" "Distrusts, dislikes immensely... can't bearthe sight of." "What's the verdict?" "Well,we've got another six months... and Barry had to pushforthat." "I wantto reverse thefeed, Miriam... now more than ever." "We've been through this a hundred times, Catherine." "It's too risky." "Why not?" "What do we have to lose?" "When I did social work, itwas always better... when we tookthe kids out of their environment." "Foster homes can be scary atfirst... but eventually they see thatthings can be different." "Edward is like that right now." "He--he's living in a world that is not healthy." "Let's show him a different place." "All right." "Let's say we do ityourway." "We reverse thefeed, and we bring Edward into your mind." "Can you imagine his shock when hefinds... that he's been thrust into this whole otherworld?" "l do it all the time." "You're a willing participant." "You're aware of what's happening." "Edward's in a coma." "And besides,we don't know what effect itwill have on you." "I mean, you're already exhausted." "Have you been sleeping?" "Yes." "Any more nightmares?" "No." "No." "Good." "Leave work here." "Don'ttake it home in this." "Hey,you." "What are you lookingfor, hmm?" "Want some milk?" "That'sfun." "Let me try it." "Not so much power." "The animal is delicate." "Edward, is thatyou?" "Edward,were there seagulls being killed on the beach... while you were sailing?" "Don't hide, sweetie, please?" "Edward, is thatyou?" "Don't be afraid." "No one will hurtyou." "Edward, is thatyou?" "Go to sleep." "Help!" "Somebody, help me, please!" "Somebody!" "Help me!" "Can you hear me?" "Help!" "Thanksforwaiting, Cole." "Teddy Lee, no problem." "Special Agent Ramsey." "Cole." "Morning." "Whofound her?" "The surveyorforthe railroad, about 6:00 this morning." "Skidmarks appearto match the tire tracksfrom Reno." "And it looks like he scraped the rail and lost some paint." "It's on its way to the lab already." "Dumped the body overthere." "Bleach." "Anne Marie Vicksey." "She makes seven." "Jeez,this stinks." "Do they all look like dolls?" "Every unfortunate soul." "What's that?" "Some kind of a collar." "Part of his methodology." "The way he puts itthere?" "He makes itforthem." "It makes himfeel they belong to him." "is the water always this low?" "Yeah,this time of year." "Give me a coroner's report right away." "Preliminaryforensics,too." "I don'twant anyone dragging their ass on this." "So, how was work?" "Oh, exhausting." "I have no idea,Jean." "For God's sake." "Good luckwith the monster." "I love you,too. I gotta go." "OK." "Thanks." "Bye." "All right." "Bye-bye." "Hot off the presses." "There's nothing new to report, gentlemen." "A match on his semen." "Water in her lungs... show high levels of chlorine and rust." "What, pray tell, is this?" "They say theyfound some dog hair?" "From a canine unit?" "No." "There was no canine unit." "And Anne Vicksey doesn't own a dog,Teddy." "I wantto see this." "Whatyou got,Teddy?" "Hypomelanosis." "And that means?" "A complete absence of melanin." "The dog is an albino." "He'd love an animal like that." "Gentlemen... I believe an albino dog is a rare animal indeed." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "You poor boy." "You're gonna be OK." "Baby, I'm so sorry." "Jesus Christ, Peter." "Thoughtyou were gonna get some sleep, clean yourself up." "I did." "They're waiting,you know." "l'm ready." "Let's go." "We're gonna do this two ways." "Breeders of German shepherds." "Ford dealers." "I wantyou to be thorough, and I also wantyou to befast." "This guy's accelerating." "He only waited six days this time." "When hefirst started, months could pass." "And that means one of two differentthings." "One, he thinks we're stupid, and we can't catch him." "Two,which is the one that I believe... he wants to be caught." "The dog hairthing is sloppy." "He leaves Anne Marie Vicksey in three inches of water." "He knew thatwe'dfind her." "Now,there's one thing I knowfor certain." "If we can't stop him... he ain't gonna stop himself." "Will this be all right?" "Yes, ma'am,that's great." "Thankyou very much." "She was still living at home, ma'am?" "We were looking through apartments." "Butthey're not moving in together... until afterthe wedding." "Julia wants to be married." "Did she ever mention anything out of the ordinary?" "For instance, somebody she was seeing mad... or somebody perhaps watching her orfollowing her?" "Pardon me." "Ramsey." "What if you made a mistake?" "Maybe this isn'tthe man." "Maybe Julia's safe." "There's certain things that he does... that make us pretty positive thatthis is the man." "Lastyear, I lost my husband to cancer." "I wentthrough such terrible pain." "ButJulia, she was always therefor me." "What's going on, Gordon?" "Riverside sherifffound a dog breeder in Woodcrest." "Three years ago, she had a buyer... for an albino shepherd pup." "Sheriff checks D.M.V." "Son of a bitch drives a '92ford pickup." "Guess what color." "Aquamarine." "Ramsey!" "Novak!" "Where is it?" "Edison, just east of Loma Park." "S.W.A.T.'s had the house under surveillance... for abouttwenty minutes." "Carl Rudolph Stargher." "No registered weapons, no priors." "Got a licensefor his dog, though." "Named him Valentine." "You're the bad man, aren'tyou, Carl?" "Mairzy doats and dozy doats" "And liddle lamzy divey" "A kiddley divey,too" "Wouldn'tyou?" "Brock, Agent Ramsey,Agent Novak." "We got here asfast as we could." "I briefed them on the way over." "Where do we stand?" "Here's the situation." "We got a high-ground team on the roof... afour-man elementto the east." "We got an entry team in the van acrossfrom the house... a two man elementto the south." "Have you seen him yet?" "No." "There's been some movement in the kitchen." "Can'ttell what it is." "You thinkthe girl's in there?" "We'll assume she is." "fbi!" "Go!" "Freeze, motherfucker!" "I gotthe dog!" "Clear." "Clear." "They'll take him to County General." "Reid's already there." "Make sure he stays cuffed." "I wanttwo men on him at all times." "I don'twant anyone to treat him but Reid." "Not so much as a thermometer up his ass, understand?" "She's not here." "You should come downstairs." "Mommy!" "Please take care of my little baby!" "Please, are you there?" "Hello?" "Please hear me." "Can you hear me?" "I need something." "I need you..." "Anybody here?" "This is not happening to me." "This is definitely not happening." "Please help!" "Have you ever heard of Whelan's infraction?" "It's aform of schizophrenia." "It's very rare, and it's very severe." "In any schizophrenic... these areas would be affected... but in someone with Whelan's... they're hit hard, and they're hitfast." "Can'tyou load him up with thorazine or doxepin?" "Normal psychotropics don'twork." "This thing is caused by a virus... that infects the neurological system in utero." "It lays dormant... until it's triggered by some kind of trauma." "Most likely, he's exhibited symptomsfor some time... butthe infraction, orthe breach... didn't occur until today." "The triggers can vary." "Uh, usually water-related, butthe results don'tvary." "He's notjust catatonic." "He's disappeared-- like having a dream and neverwaking up." "For how long?" "Oh,forever." "Lee, I thinkwe might be missing the bigger picture here." "Now,whatever state that he happens to be in... there is a girl that is missing... and her name is Julia Hickson... and he is the only one that knows where she is." "He keeps them in this thing... for aboutforty hours." "Now, he tookJulia Hickson at 7:30 last night." "Peter,you know me." "If there were anything, anything..." "What?" "He provides them withfood... drinking water, and a toilet." "Now, she thinks she's been kidnapped... thatthere's a chance of survival... but it's just aform of torture." "This is a kind of ritual for him-- a cleansing before he takes them home... and turns them into a doll, a toy." "Now,this thing isfully automated... and unless wefind her by tonight... this will happen to her." "Atthe request of Mr. Cooperman... we've contacted your board of directors... and they've given their approval." "And so have Edward's parents." "Butthe decision is yours." "It's upto Catherine." "She's the one who would have toface... whatever risks there might be... so, I support whatever decision she makes." "Can I askyou something?" "Please." "If he wasn't like this... if he was conscious... do you thinkthat he would tell you where she is?" "There's always a chance of a confession." "Yeah." "And there's things he's done that show a needfor disclosure." "He hasn't had a sympathetic ear." "He wants someone to listen, to try and understand him." "Look, lfeelforthis girl, I do... but Stargher may no longer know the truth." "For severe schizophrenics... there's no discerning betweenfantasy and reality." "is it possible?" "If he came to trust me,yes... but ittakes months to earn that kind of trust." "is it possible?" "Daddy?" "Come here... and save me!" "Save me!" "I'm daddy's girl." "His levels are tooflat." "What happened here?" "We removedfourteen steel rings." "Should have left him the way he was." "He used to suspend himself, didn't he?" "They're comforted by thefeeling of weightlessness... likefloating in water." "Now,this, gentlemen, is the catalyst." "The neurological connectic transfer system... not only maps the mind... it sends the signal to another party." "All you need to do is tune in... butyou do much more than tune in." "You become part of the show." "He's ready." "Why are there three stations?" "For a while,we tried jointtherapy sessions-- two shrinks forthe price of one-- but Edward hated it and only talked to Catherine." "She has a gift." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure." "OK." "Response signal... functioning." "We implanted a touch-sensitive microchip in her hand... so if she wants to stopthe session... or if it gets too intense, she can give the signal... and we abort." "When we were ready for practical testing..." "Miriam and I auditioned... some of the best child therapists in the country." "And all they did was observe and report, nothing more." "Catherine was the least experienced... but she came so highly recommended... thatwe decided,whatthe hell, we'll give her a shot... and immediately, we could tell she was different." "You're not human." "You don't lie in my house." "You're an animal!" "Hey,you." "Yeah,you like that, don'tyou?" "is your name Carl?" "You know, I know another little boy with a horse." "His name's Edward." "I mean the boy, notthe horse." "What's wrong?" "His victims." "Where you comefrom?" "Gentlemen, she's back." "I'll be rightthere." "All right." "Come on, Catherine." "She's had quite a journey." "Unlike anything we've ever seen before." "So she's made contact?" "Oh,yes." "She's gone very deep into his world." "Attimes toofar." "It's cold." "That can be dangerous." "What are you talking about?" "Well, if she came to believe that Stargher's world is real... then theoretically, her mind could convince her body... that anything thatwas done to itthere... is actually done." "It's like the old wives' tale where you die in your dream... you die in real life." "Henry, could you raise the temperature in here, please?" "Dr." "Kent?" "Just a moment, please." "Dr. Kent, can I come in there and speakwith you?" "We have to be patient." "I mean, look at her." "She's drowsy." "Let herwake up." "We don't have a lot of time." "Do you understand that?" "Ourfather, who art in heaven... hallowed be thy name." "Am I interrupting anything?" "is it OK if I..." "He knows you're here, doesn't he?" "Myfriend Dr. Reid said... that it's very unusual-- schizophrenia,that is" "in a child that's this young." "They usually think it's autism." "Whatyou have to understand... is there's nothing wrong with his body." "What's paralyzed is a part of his mind." "It's so damaged by the virus... he can't even will himself to move." "You thinkyou can change that?" "Do you believe there's a part of yourself... thatyou don't show anybody?" "I think everybody has that side of themselves." "During a session, when I'm inside... I getto see those things." "Ifeel them." "With Stargher, lfeltthings I neverwanttofeel again." "He's not even Carl Stargher anymore." "He's this idealized version of himself-- a king in a very,very twisted kingdom." "The placefor him to indulge every..." "You know, I don'twantto talk aboutthis in here." "I could never do whatyou do-- devote myself to understanding a mind like that." "I don'tthinkwe'll ever be able to understand a mind like that." "Butyou try." "That's yourjob." "I guess so." "You don't like whatyou do?" "I like it better than my old job." "Used to be an attorney." "I was a prosecutor." "What happened?" "I had a case, um... where this little girl was molested." "And because of this one tiny piece of evidence... thatwas tainted, he walked." "Uh, Charles Gish walked away." "Nothing I could do about it." "The night after he was released..." "Margaret's parents came home-- thatwas the little girl's name" "Margaret Sims." "And theyfound Charles Gish sitting in their living room." "He was watching television... and Margaret was sitting nextto him... and he had cut her open right down the middle." "The parentsfound Margaret's heart in thefreezer." "Charlesfigured they'd probably wantto keep it." "Afterthat, I leftthe D.A... and joined the fbi." "Figured I'd justtry to catch 'em." "Till now." "You know, I started to tell you... that Stargher really isn't Stargher anymore." "Well,that's true, and it's not." "The dominant side is still this horrible thing... butthere's a positive side that" "Positive side?" "Well,the way he sees himself as a child." "But isn'tthat him?" "The boy Stargher made contact." "He's curious about me." "If I could reach the boy... then maybe he'd tell me aboutJulia." "Whatever happened to Charles Gish?" "Old Charlie beatthe murder rap... because he was insane when he killed Margaret." "His attorney milked the jury for all they were worth." "Said that a life of sexual abuse drove him to do these things... and,you know, whateverthefuck." "All that same old bullshit." "Why is that bullshit?" "I believe a child can experience... a hundred times worse the abuse than what Gish wentthrough... and still grow upto be... somebody thatwould never, ever, ever hurt another living being." "And you're sure of that?" "Yes, I am." "I'm sure of that." "Hey,where the hell you been?" "I've been right here." "Well, nexttime tell me, OK?" "I didn'twantto disturbyou." "You looked so cute,you know?" "You're all sleeping when you get that look on you." "Your colleagues wantto know whatto do with Stargher." "Tell them to prep him." "I'll be rightthere." "Thankyou, Catherine." "Stargher have any pets?" "You know, cats, dogs..." "Yeah,you're a good boy, aren'tyou,Valentine?" "That's supposed to help?" "On a subconscious level,yes." "Anything thatwas special to Stargher, gave him pleasure... should make him more accessible... more peaceful." "Peaceful?" "Nice little pup." "Mr." "Novak." "Doctor." "Thankyou." "Round two." "Hey, notfunny." "Come on, stop playing around." "I'm not. lt's a power problem." "We're locked out, Catherine." "l--l need you to check the circuit breaker." "I wantyou to check circuits six through twelve." "Come on." "Get up." "Six through twelve." "I'm already in." "What did she say?" "Come here, boy." "Can you take me to Carl?" "Need some help?" "I've got a presentforyou." "If you need me... or if youfeel like I'm around butyou can'tfind me... just..." "Shine it like this." "Go ahead,take it." "You like it?" "Carl?" "What's the matter?" "What?" "What's wrong?" "What happened over here?" "Just broke all by itself." "Did you breakthat plate?" "l broke the plate." "Did you breakthat plate?" "l broke the plate." "Well, hey, let's..." "Let's break 'em all, how aboutthat?" "You littlefucking liar!" "I should've drowned you like the runt of the litter." "You don't lie in my house." "This is my house!" "He's just a boy." "Shut up!" "You're not his mother!" "She's notyour mother." "She left us, Carl." "Rememberthat." "See that?" "Wait." "Jesus Christ!" "Whatthefuck is this?" "Get back--Get over here!" "Playing with dolls?" "You littlefaggot!" "God!" "What are you, some kind of a woman?" "Get up!" "But, dad" "Damn it." "You want something to cry about?" "I'll give you something to cry about,woman!" "Mama's boy!" "I didn't raise nofaggot!" "Stopyour crying." "You wantto iron like a woman?" "Let me show you how to iron." "No!" "Help me." "See?" "She was myfirst." "I made such a mess." "Now what I have to do..." "Why are you here?" "Don't lie." "l came to helpyou." "You're lying." "Bitch." "Whore." "Cunt!" "You sound like yourfather." "He was nothing." "He is nothing." "Who told you to say that?" "Do you rememberthefirsttime he talked to you?" "Were you in water?" "Maybe you went swimming." "Itwas my baptism." "Myfather, he... he pushed me under." "I think I had some kind of seizure." "I think I was drowning... and everybody just looked at me." "Nobody helped me." "Nobody." "Except him." "Myfather... he took me home that night... and he broke three of my ribs... andfractured my jaw." "I was six years old." "Whatyourfather did to you is evil." "What he did to you was wrong." "He treated you like a thing." "He was more... powerful than me." "No." "No one should be treated like that." "is that right?" "In whatworld do you live in?" "Carl,where is Julia Hickson?" "No names." "Where is she?" "I know you, Carl." "You wantto tell me." "Oh,you know me?" "Oh,you know who I am?" "Where is she?" "Where's Julia?" "That can't be right." "Danger pulse." "No change." "Christ." "What about emergency cessation?" "Gradually terminate thefeed, disable the receptors-- lt could lead to massive shock... and, Henry, could you please shutthatthing off?" "What's going on?" "That hypothetical situation I told you about?" "lt's happening." "Can'tyou stop it?" "It's notthat simple." "Well,you stopped it before" "Yes,thatwas different." "Thatwas Edward." "With Stargher, his mind is unfamiliarterritory... and she's lost." "She thinks this is real." "Well, is there anything thatwe can do?" "Whateverwe do runs the risk of making things worsefor her." "Worse." "That's great." "So she's lost somewhere?" "No." "No." "No,what?" "I need you here." "Fucking stop!" "Stop!" "Let me thefuck out!" "Let me out!" "Get me out,you sickfuck!" "Fuckyou!" "Let me out." "Do something." "Do something to end this." "I got bugs crawling all over my body." "It gets worse." "You're completely unprepared forthis." "Ah, Dr. Kent, we've been over all this." "Yes, but I've been through the process." "She wentthrough the process, too, and it didn't matter." "You don't know him." "Be lucky." "Come on, guys." "Ready?" "Peter,thefirstfew minutes... will be very disorienting." "Rememberto stay calm andfocused." "instincts play a very important part here, so trustthem." "All right." "Peter,you've read herfile." "Hit herwith something personal." "And remember, Peter... it's not real." "Have you seen him?" "My boy?" "My little one?" "Hisfathertook himfrom me." "I spit it out my hole." "Big deal. don't mean anything." "My child's an abomination." "He has no soul." "is thatyou?" "You all right?" "Hold me." "This isn't real." "Did daddy do a bad thing?" "Don't be scared." "This isn't real." "Naughty worm." "I'll kill you!" "Fuckyou, motherfucker!" "Catherine, wake thefuck up, now!" "Mairzy doats and dozy doats" "And liddle lamzy divey" "A kiddley divey,too" "Wouldn'tyou?" "When you were in college..." "Your baby brother had a car accident!" "He was in a comafor six months before he died!" "And I'm sorryfor saying that!" "Butyou gotta wake up!" "God!" "It's not real." "This is not real!" "This is not real!" "Not real!" "It's OK." "Whatthefuck happened?" "Where are we?" "Oh, my God." "is this where he keeps them?" "No, it's OK." "Don't be scared." "I will never hurtyou." "I'm yourfriend." "And Peter--he's afriend,too." "Do you know where this place is?" "Like on a map?" "I am so proud of you." "Even if Peter doesn'tfind Julia... I promise I will come back and helpyou." "What are you doing?" "Let's go." "It's over." "I know how tofind Julia." "I just can't leave him here!" "God damn it, Catherine, let's go!" "Carl!" "l know how tofind her." "Let's go!" "l'll come backforyou, Carl!" "I promise that I'll come back!" "Catherine,we gotta go now!" "That means he's back." "How's Catherine?" "Take it easy, Peter." "is she OK?" "Take it easy, Peter." "Just breathe." "ls she OK?" "Yeah, I think she is." "Can you get me out of thisfucking suit?" "Yeah, Cole here." "Cole, it's Novak." "Yeah,what's up?" "I wantyou to go down to the basement... at Stargher's workplace and call me when you get down there." "They haven'tfinished building the grid yet." "Fuckthe grid!" "Call me when you get down there." "You OK, Pete?" "l'mfine." "You wantto tell me what happened in there?" "You in pain?" "What happened, Peter?" "l saw her." "Who did you see?" "l know where tofind her." "Who?" "Julia. I saw her." "OK." "Why don'tyou come and let Dr. Kent have a look atyou?" "Cole?" "Yeah,this is Cole." "Now,what am I doing down here?" "That machine that he uses-- there's a hoist." "I wantyou to look for a plaque... or a metal plate with some sort of logo on it." "Yeah, I got it." "It's Carver industrial equipment... in Bakersfield, California." "I wantyou tofind out every goddamn thing... thatyou can aboutthat machine-- who used it,who sold it, who bought it." "Justfind out everything you can." "I'll call youfrom the chopper in abouttwenty minutes." "All right, let me have a look." "Good." "The fbi has leftthe building." "What?" "I haven't had a chance to clear Novak!" "What did you expect me to do?" "There's no way I could stopthem." "Go." "l'm OK." "Are you sure?" "Let me have a look." "All right." "OK." "Peter,justtalk." "What if your mind is playing tricks on you?" "They shotyou full of drugs, Peter." "Who knows if whatyou saw is real?" "Catherine, open this door." "l promise..." "What are you doing?" "I'm gonna helpyou." "Stop." "Do notjeopardize your career." "Stop!" "It's dangerous." "What are you doing?" "Miriam." "What's she doing?" "You know what she's doing." "For Christ's sake." "Jesus!" "She changed the codes." "You can't get in withoutthem?" "She reversed thefeeds." "What does that mean?" "The process is intended for herto go into his mind." "But instead, she's bringing him into hers." "Stop!" "No more!" "I promised I'd come back and helpyou." "See?" "I always keep my promises." "Can I stay here... with you?" "Oh...no, honey, I'm sorry." "It doesn'tworkthatway." "There's nothing I can do aboutthat." "Yes,there is." "When I was a little boy... lfound this bird." "He was injured and... had a broken leg or something." "Well, myfather found outthat I had it." "And I knew that he would do something horrible to it." "Itwas just a matter of time." "So I took itto the sink, and l--l held it under." "Itwas betterforthe bird." "I saved him." "I can't do that, Carl." "I won't." "It doesn't matter." "ltfound me." "It alwaysfinds me." "Agent Novak?" "Go ahead." "Cole?" "Novak, listen to this." "The hoistwas sold to a guy named Bainbridge... who tried to build a machine works out near Delano." "Bainbridge ends up in bankruptcy court... and the state winds up with the land." "And guess who they hire to seal the place up." "Aw,you'refuckin' kiddin' me." "No. I'm notthe kidding type." "Carl Rudolph Stargher." "Where's the land?" "Exit 10, off highway 99." "We're on ourway now." "Got it. I know where that is." "Help!" "Help me!" "This is the area." "My world... my rules." "Help!" "Do it." "It's not real." "Me got boy." "Boy me got."