"(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "(ELECTRICITY SIZZLING)" "(BUZZING)" "(BELL CHIMES)" "Hey, what can I get you?" "Coffee?" "And for you?" "I'll have a steak." "Steak?" "And how do you want that done?" "Well done." "Well done." "And what two sides?" "Coming right up, guys." "(CHUCKLES)" "Afternoon." "Hello." "You come in here a lot, don't you?" "(CHUCKLES EMBARRASSEDLY) Sometimes." "My name is Kathy, by the way." "Sorry?" "My name is Kathy." "(STAMMERING) Oh, that's a very nice name." "(KATHY GIGGLES)" "I like my sister's name better." "Eleanor." "It just sort of flows." "There's this poem I remember from high school about this guy." "He would dream about his long-lost Eleanor." "Do you like movies?" "Uh, I do." "I thought I'd go and see the new Jack Nicholson film." "You know, the one that's up for all the Oscars." "And, um, it's playing at the Rivoli, and I just thought..." "If you're not doing anything Saturday night..." "Um, maybe you could, you know..." "This Saturday?" "Yeah." "Oh, uh..." "Jeez, I wish I could." "Um..." "I just can't." "Um, I have something panned." "Sure you do." "Wait, maybe some other time." "Just forget about it, okay?" "Forget about it!" "Don't take this the wrong way." "I'm..." "I'm sorry?" "(PAPER RUSTLING)" "(SIGN BUZZING)" "(WOMAN STRUGGLING)" "(CHAINS CLINKING)" "(BANGING ON METAL)" "(STRAINING)" "WOMAN:" "No." "No!" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "(NEON SIGN BUZZING)" "It's lost Lenore from The Raven." "Edgar Allan Poe's lost Lenore." "Not Eleanor." "Stupid bitch!" "(STAMMERING) What are you doing here?" "(KEYS CLATTERING)" "Get away from me!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "(GRUNTING)" "(EXCLAIMS)" "Stop!" "Please!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Somebody help!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Get off me!" "Stop it!" "Please let me go." "Don't..." "(GRUNTS)" "(GRUNTING)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Not so smart now, are you..." "Kathy." "But you are so beautiful." "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "(KEYPAD BEEPS)" "Hi, Mom." "Hello, sweetie." "I'm just calling to see how you are getting along." "Mom, I can't really talk right now." "I gotta get up for work." "Well, don't forget to ask for that raise." "I will. (GROANS)" "I promise I'll ask about it today." "Because I can't keep supplementing your income." "I'll talk to you later, okay?" "Make sure you do." "Okay, bye." "Bye, sweetie." "Bye." "(SIGHS)" "(KEYS JANGLING)" "(DOOR OPENING)" "Oh!" "Hey, Wendy." "How's it going?" "Good." "Off somewhere nice?" "Ah, Vancouver, but it's probably raining up there." "Oh, at least you get to travel." "All I see is my computer screen." "(LAUGHS)" "Oh, I get to go to Florida next week with a two-day layover." "Nice." "I hope you come back with a tan." "Oh, there's our ride." "See ya!" "Bye." "Jason, here you go." "(DOOR CLOSES) (EXHALES)" "(CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY)" "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Hi, uh, Mr. Cashman." "Here's that report that you asked for." "Thank you, Wendy." "Looks like a fine job." "Thanks." "Um, I was wondering if, um..." "Well, I would like to know, um..." "You know you're busy..." "Okay, whenever you wish, Wendy." "(PHONE RINGING)" "Communications department." "MAN:" "Communicate with me." "Hey, Jeffrey." "Hello, dollface." "Please don't call me that." "You know you like it." "Come on." "You're doing anything tomorrow night?" "No." "Good." "How about dinner then?" "8:00 at the Embassy?" "Oh, that's that, uh, jazz place, right?" "Hey, I gotta go." "I'll see you there then?" "Okay, I'll see you there." "Bye." "(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)" "Lucille Carlton goes jogging every morning with Elizabeth Osborne." "Today at 5:30 she came by." "The door was open, light on." "She took a peek and ran home and called 911." "She believes the deceased is Elizabeth Osborne." "(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)" "DETECTIVE DELGADO:" "None of these can be linked to our killer." "But the MOs are similar." "All were sexually abused after they were murdered." "but our tech guys did find some gray hairs and semen in the genitalia, establishing our killer's blood type as AB positive." "(DOOR OPENING)" "This just came in for you, sir." "You better hear it." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "MAN WHISPERING ON TAPE:" "I hope you enjoy the performance, Lieutenant Delgado." "I found it exquisite." "(BABY GURGLING)" "(BABY CRYING)" "(CHOKING) Please." "Don't hurt me." "Take anything you want." "We've got a lot of nice things here." "Watch..." "Jewelry..." "Please don't hurt me and my baby." "(CRYING CONTINUES)" "WOMAN:" "I know you're much more powerful than me." "(WHIMPERING) You frighten me." "And I have another baby coming." "You wouldn't want to hurt a baby, would you?" "(GASPING) Please don't kill me." "It's not fair!" "I did what you wanted!" "(GARROTE SLICING) (GASPING)" "(CRYING CONTINUES)" "MAN ON TAPE:" "Julia Stern conveyed real emotion, don't you think so, Sebastian?" "Oh, but how terribly inconsiderate." "I haven't introduced mysel." "Call me "the Griffin."" "I like the object of art I left with Mrs. Stern." "I ended a universe with one stroke when I took Julia Stern's life, Detective." "I can wipe out a world in less than a minute whenever I please." "You have your work to do, Detective, and I have mine, and I do hope you like my little cretins." "Art and ritual add so muh to the enjoyment of life, don't you think so?" "If you don't share my philosophy, catch me before I kill again." "MAN:" "Come in." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "So, Lieutenant, how's it really going?" "And no BS." "No apparent motive, no personal connection to the victims." "We've got his blood type and that's it." "Well, let me put it this way, Lieutenant." "The Chief's under a lot of pressure and he doesn't like it." "Therefore, I'm under a lot of pressure and I don't like it." "So, it comes down to you, and you're expendable." "and I want to go to RV land with a clean record, and a clear conscience." "Understood." "All three murders happened in your precinct, sir." "I get it." "Excuse me," "Lieutenant." "Our precinct." "So far, you've got nowhere." "Maybe a replacement could come up with some new angles." "Maybe." "Or maybe by the time the replacement is brought up to speed, we'd have four or five murders or more." "That's your problem, Lieutenant." "This guy thinks he can get away with it." "What do you think?" "I'll get him." "(PHONE RINGING)" "My daughter." "Hi, sweetheart." "Sure." "How's my little man?" "He did?" "(LAUGHING)" "What else?" "Well, you tell him Grandpa's got a big surprise for him." "I love you, too." "Anything else, Captain?" "Just catch that freaking monster." "I want him dead." "(BELL CHIMES)" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "Hey, how'd it go?" "Good." "I got everything." "Great." "Can't wait to hear it." "DETECTIVE BURDINE:" "I got the report back." "They think the Griffin is well-educated, well-spoken, vivacious, effeminate, has trouble mixing with people, asocial." "Breaking into Julia Stern's apartment was easier than talking his way in." "Right." "They also think the Griffin may be taking the heads as a kind of totem or sexual object and he might even eat the brains for knowledge or the eyes for vision." "You know, maybe there's a simpler explanation." "(DISTORTED) Hey, Franklin, you're a little fruitcake." "You know, I bet I can see better out of my one eye than you can out of your four eyes." "Get up, fruitcake." "(GLASSES SHATTER)" "(WOMAN SINGING)" "Hi." "So, did you get it?" "Did I get what?" "Um, the raise, remember?" "You were going to ask your boss for a raise." "Uh..." "No." "I mean, I tried." "I just, uh..." "Mr. Cashman was really busy and he was on his way out and I..." "Really?" "With all that overtime you've been putting in, you deserve that raise." "Thanks." "Well, not to worry." "Thank you." "I'm sure you'll have another chance, right?" "Mmm-hmm." "Mmm, thanks!" "Mmm!" "Cheers." "Mmm." "(VOCALIZING)" "And that necklace, by the way, that's really something." "You noticed!" "Yeah, well, I mean, it's hard to miss." "You've been fiddling with it all night." "(LAUGHS)" "I have." "Sorry." "I noticed it as soon as you got out of the car, actually." "Is it new?" "I was out for a walk during my lunch time, and I saw it in the jewelry store window." "It's kind of expensive, but... (CLICKS TONGUE)" "(BOTH CHUCKLING)" "(MUSIC CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)" "I think that you should stay at my house tonight." "I..." "Jeffrey, I can't." "Well, I..." "Look, purely for, you know, safety reasons, 'cause there's a serial killer on the loose, and... (LAUGHS POLITELY) I know." "I'll be okay." "All right." "Well, then at least let me walk you to your car." "Okay. (CHUCKLES) Thank you for dinner." "(KEYS JANGLING)" "Tonight, the body of a young woman has been found in the Multnomah district of Portla." "Police linked her death to a series of grisly murders plaguing the state of Oregon." "The Griffin has claimed..." "(WOOD CREAKING)" "(CREAKING CONTINUES)" "(DOOR SLAMS)" "(EXCLAIMS)" "(GASPING)" "(SCREAMING)" "(COUGHING)" "Now!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "(WHISPERING) Your lovely neck is encircled by a garrote." "Simply by twisting the mantles," "I can cut through your flesh like wax... (BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Do you understand what I'm telling you?" "(SHAKILY) Please don't kill me." "Listen to me, Miss Alden..." "You've seen the news stories about the other women." "Well, I may make an exception and let you live, if you do what I tell you." "I'll do anything." "Whatever you wish." "Anything at all." "I want you to repeat some special words." "If you do that, I will release you, unharmed." "Now, repeat after me." "You're far greater and stronger than I." "(CRYING) You're the strongest." "I'm blinded by your radiance." "Overwhelmed." "Chastened." "Humbled." "(STAMMERING) I'm blinded by your..." "I'm blinded by your radiance by your radiance and I'm..." "I'm, uh..." "I'm sorry!" "I'm..." "Never mind." "No!" "Tell me again." "Just tell me again." "I promise I'll say..." "I promise I'll say it right this time, I promise I won't disappoint you..." "I'm humbled and I'm blinded by your..." "There, there." "I'm humbled and I'm..." "(SOBBING) My dear..." "You've done fine." "Excelled." "The Griffin is well pleased." "(GASPS)" "It makes me sorry I lied to you." "(WHISPERING) What did you lie to me about?" "Letting you live, sparing your life." "There never was a chance I could do that." "You're far too fine a specimen." "You'll make such a wonderful addition to my collection." "You're mine now, Miss Alden." "Mine, forever!" "(SIRENS WAILING) (PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)" "FEMALE NEWSCASTER:" "Ten days have passed since the body of Elizabeth Osborne was found." "Tonight, it would appear the Griffin has claimed another victim." "Where's the griffin?" "He always leaves his calling card." "Yeah..." "I'll go check with Forensics." "Who was first on scene?" "I was, sir." "I've been getting false alarms on this for the last two weeks." "Who rents this place?" "Only one name on the mailbox." "Was, uh..." ""Kutzlow." "Jennifer Kutzlow."" "Airline stewardess." "(ECHOING) Jennifer Kutzlow." "Airline stewardess." "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "Oh." "Hello." "(GRUNTS)" "(SCREAMING)" "Tell me your name." "(GASPING)" "Hmm?" "Jennifer!" "(PANTING) Hmm!" "Jennifer... (SCREAMING)" "Ooh..." "Stunning." "No!" "Please, don't." "I was simply admiring how attractive you are." "That's all!" "If you don't mind my asking, why is such a charming young lady as yourself home all alone," "instead of out with some dashing young man?" "(SCREAMS) Take anything you want." "Just please, don't hurt me." "What's that you're listening to?" "Hmm?" "It's just that, you know, it's a bit loud and it's giving me a headache." "I wonder if you'd mind turning it down." "(GRUNTING)" "(CHOKING) (GRUNTING)" "I hope it was as good for you as it was for me, Jennifer." "(BEEP)" "Hey, Wendy, it's Jeffr." "Try my new cell." "It's 503, uh, 555-4123." "Okay?" "Bye." "(MACHINE BEEPS)" "(SIREN WAILING)" "This way, Miss Alden." "Take a seat right here." "Detective Delgado will be with you in a minute." "exactly why you want to live." "(WENDY BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Why your life matters." "What's important to you." "Your aspirations, your dreams." "Tell me." "(SHAKILY) I don't know what to say." "Well you'd better think of something, Miss Alden," "Miss Wendy Alden." "Okay." "Okay, I'll tell you." "I don't want to die not knowing what I..." "What I could have done, or what I..." "What I could have been." "And I..." "I wanna fall in..." "I want to fall in love." "Oh." "I don't know..." "I don't know what I'm saying." "I like that." "You're not at all like the others in this polluted city." "You're so wonderfully untouched." "Uncorrupted." "Pure." "It makes me sorry I lied to you." "What did you lie to me about?" "Letting you live." "Sparing your life." "There never was a chance I could do that." "You're far too fine a specimen." "You'll make such a wonderful addition to my collection." "You're mine now, Miss Alden." "Mine, forever!" "(GROANS)" "Griffin!" "Griffin!" "DELGADO:" "Miss Alden." "Miss Alden?" "I'm Detective Delgado." "I'm the chief investigator on this case." "I only wish we were meeting under more pleasant circumstances." "I've seen you on TV." "How's your neck?" "It hurts a little." "The officers took me to the hospital, but the doctor said that the cut's not very deep, so..." "We found this in your apartment." "Is it yours?" "It's my necklace." "Must've gotten caught on the wire." "Wire?" "Uh, it was a steel wire, with handles on the ends that would tighten when he twisted them." "He called it a "garrote."" "We had assumed he used a knife." "Did he say why he attacked you?" "No." "Did he suggest that you had met previously, either socially or at work?" "He never said anything like that." "I'm sure I've never met him before." "So you didn't recognize his voice?" "No." "He was whispering." "But he knew my name." "He kept saying, "Miss Wendy Alden,"" "or just, "Miss Alden."" "He was very polite." "(SIGHS)" "They said somebody was murdered in my building last night." "Jennifer Kutzlow?" "(SIGHS HEAVILY) Miss Alden..." "Please, don't call me that." "That's what he called me." "Please just say, "Wendy."" "Just..." "Call me Wendy." "I'm sorry, Wendy." "I know this is hard." "I just hate this so much." "Hey." "You're doing fine." "You got away." "You survived." "I stabbed him." "He'll probably wanna come even the score." "You gave him a lot more trouble than he bargained for." "We're gonna get him." "And in the meantime?" "You'll be protected." "I'll have officers with you around the clock." "(GROANING)" "Oh, hello, Jeffrey, how you doing, man?" "Sorry to wake you so early, I just had to apologize about the party on the weekend, not making it and all..." "Oh, is this Jeffrey Booker?" "Oh, Jeffrey Palman!" "I'm sorry, man, I got the wrong Jeffrey." "Yeah, it happens." "It's Robert." "I'm sorry to wake ya." "Wendy, do you have a place you can stay?" "Can I use your phone?" "(KEYPAD BEEPING)" "Hi, Jeffrey, it's Wendy." "Um, I'm at the police station." "No..." "I'll explain everything to you later." "I just called because I wanted to know if I could stay with you." "For, uh..." "A little while." "I'll have officers take you there later on today." "Okay." "Uh, the detective said that he's going to have his officers bring me over to you later." "Thanks." "I'll see you later." "Okay." "Bye." "I think we've, uh, covered enough for now." "I gotta finish up some of my notes." "We have a room here that you can lay down." "It's nothing much, but you can get some rest before we have to take you to Jeffrey's." "Thank you." "Is she okay?" "Yeah." "She was the Griffin's target from the start." "(ENGINE STOPS)" "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "What happened to you?" "Later, okay?" "Thank you, officers." "Thank you for everything, okay?" "OFFICER:" "Our pleasure." "Thank you." "Jeffrey, I'm sorry I called so early this morning, when you were probably asleep." "No, I'm glad you called." "Besides, you didn't even wake me up." "I, uh..." "I got a wrong number just before you called, so..." "It's fine." "I know this is going to be hard to believe, but, um..." "It was the Griffin, wasn't it?" "How did you know?" "I turned on the TV after you called and, um..." "The reporter said that the Griffin had gone after two women on your apartment block." "And you called and said the police were bringing you over." "It is unbelievable." "It's insane." "Are you okay?" "Do you wanna talk about it?" "No, I don't." "No." "Not right now." "Maybe tomorrow, okay?" "Okay." "Well then, um, why don't I show you to your room?" "These are for you." "Thank you." "It's..." "It's very thoughtful." "You need some rest." "I'll be down on the couch if you need me." "I'm just glad you're okay." "Jeffrey." "I really appreciate it." "You see the size of her?" "Not even a hundred pounds soaking wet." "Well, it just goes to show you it's not the size of the dog in the fight." "It's the size of the fight in the dog." "Maybe he's dead right now." "Croaked in some alley." "Well, that would save us all a bunch of trouble." "Hold the fort, okay?" "I'm gonna take a leak." "Everything come out all right?" "Looks that way." "(GRUNTS)" "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(THUDDING)" "WENDY:" "Jeffrey?" "(DOOR OPENING)" "Jeffrey?" "(GASPS)" "(SCREAMING)" "(RATTLING)" "(GRUNTING) (ENGINE STARTING)" "(BEEPING)" "Come on!" "(SCREAMS) (TIRES SCREECHING)" "(SIREN WAILING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(GRUNTS)" "(CRASHING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(EXCLAIMS)" "GRIFFIN ON RADIO:" "Pull over to the curb, you stupid bitch." "(GRUNTS)" "(SCREAMING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "Goddamn you!" "You son of a bitch!" "Fuck you!" "How do you like that, you fucking asshole?" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "Where am I?" "It's all right." "You're safe now." "You're in a hospital." "What, uh..." "What happened to me?" "You ran him off the road, right?" "(SIGHS)" "(WHISPERING) Yeah." "Jeffrey?" "(EXHALES)" "I'm sorry." "I took the liberty of having a female officer pick up some of your things, so when you need to leave later..." "There's a phone if you need to make calls." "Yeah." "Thank you." "(SIGHS)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "Hello?" "Hi, Mom." "It's me." "Wendy." "Oh!" "(CHUCKLES) You're up awfully early." "Is something the matter?" "Um..." "Yes." "But everything is okay now, so..." "What are you talking about?" "Boyfriend trouble?" "I've told you that Jamie is no good for you." "His name is Jeffrey." "(SIGHS) Well, those photography people are all, you know, peculiar." "Of course, I guess beggars can't be choosers." "What is that supposed to mean?" "It means you're not getting any younger, and with all those cheap trashy things out there, you have to settle for what you can get." "Mom, I'm calling because I have something important to tell you." "What's the matter?" "Short of cash?" "Again?" "Well, I hope you asked for that raise, like I told you." "Nobody can get by on 25 a year, not these days." "Mom, can't you just listen every once in a while?" "How dare you speak to me that way?" "I'm trying to tell you something important." "You keep this up and you won't get any money from me, not one red cent." "Just because you've got boy trouble, don't take it out on me!" "I don't need any money, and I don't have any boy trouble, okay?" "Then what's the trouble?" "Are you pregnant?" "That Jamie, I knew it." "I'll do what I can, but I'm not made of money." "I warned you about Jamie, and you didn't listen." "All it takes is the sense God gave a goat." "Mom, for 29 years you've been taking your problems out on me, ever since Dad left." "That's all you've been doing because I guess that's all you've got to give, huh?" "I never..." "You know what?" "I don't want to hear it, okay?" "I'm done listening to you." "I am so..." "I'm so tired of putting up with your bullshit, and I'm so tired of you treating me like a nobody." "If you can't understand that, then I'm really sorry." "Oh." "Is this what you called to tell me?" "As a matter of fact, it is." "Well, what was all that stuff about the trouble you're in?" "Read about it in the newspaper." "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "(FOGHORN BLOWING)" "What if he jumped?" "We've seen plenty of wrecks where the driver got out without a scratch." "Yeah, but even if he did jump, he'd still be hurt." "Can't be far." "Braden, send a uniform to pick up Ms. Alden." "I want her under armed guard until we figure out what's going on." "Ms. Alden?" "There's an officer come to escort you to the police station." "Okay." "I'll just get my things." "Hey!" "We found someone." "I told them not to touch him until you got there." "Turn him over." "Oh shit." "It's Melinski." "Braden?" "Who did you send to pick up Ms. Alden?" "Lieutenant Delgado thought it'd be a good idea to use an unmarked car," "They'll be after a black and white in a New York minute." "(CHUCKLES)" "(GRUNTS) Oh, you better duck down while I'm trying to pull away." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(WENDY COUGHS)" "You can come up now." "I like this part of town." "That's where I work, actually." "What sort of job?" "I write informational booklets for an actuarial firm." "Iver and Barnes." "It's pretty boring, actually." "I'd like to try something new." "(HORNS HONKING)" "Hey, are we..." "Are we going the right way?" "I..." "I think we got one of those news cameras on our tail." "Gonna take a detour." "Shake 'em loose." "Hello, Wendy." "Now, this is what we're gonna do." "First, we'll get out of this car, and you won't cause me any trouble, all right?" "(DOOR OPENING)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "I'm waiting, my dear." "Now, start walking please." "(CLEARS THROAT) This way." "Um... (CLEARS THROAT) Uh, inside." "Here we go." "(GRUNTS)" "Hey, Wendy, please, please." "Wendy, don't..." "Don't be afraid, Wendy." "(STAMMERING) I'm not going to hurt you, not this time." "I admit, I wanted to do terrible things last night, but then I saw the significance of what had gone on between us." "I realize it was no accident that led me to the only woman on this earth that was a worthy adversary." "Is this what you were gonna give me last night?" "Yes, but now it holds a very different significance." "Before, it was a marker of death." "Now it's a token of my love for you." "If you're serious, why don't you just let me go?" "You don't yet understand what happened between us." "I don't blame you." "I don't question your lack of faith." "Look, this represents our destiny." "But, until you can accept that, I simply can't let you out of my sight." "Now, come along." "Now, please, get inside." "Now, get behind the wheel..." "Behind the wheel, please." "Thank you." "(SIGHS) Excellent!" "There you go." "Now listen to me carefully." "Look at me when I talk to you." "Come on." "Now, I know you're gonna try to get away and you'll think of all kinds of clever ways to do it," "but, Wendy, dearest, even though I've come to care for you very deeply," "if you attempt any kind of stunt, then I will have no choice but to blow your head off." "Do you understand me, Wendy?" "Yes." "Now, we're gonna be driving north on Lindburg." "Hey, wait a second!" "We almost forgot to buckle up." "(CHUCKLES)" "It's dangerous to drive without a seatbelt." "Besides, it's against the law." "I don't know about you, but I feel this whole thing is really working out quite well." "(CHUCKLES) Here we go." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "Said he was taking her to the station for safe-keeping." "I didn't think to question him." "What'd he look like?" "He was tall with gray hair." "You know what they say, one cop in uniform looks like any other." "Thank you so much." "The parking attendant said he saw him leave in a green sedan." "I put out an APB because three hours ago, a car matching the exact description was pinched outside of a health spa on Alberta Street." "Right, we've got unmarked vehicles all up and down Alberta, running from five miles north to five miles south of that spa." "Wouldn't he have to ditch the car?" "for any suspicious vehicles, not just a green Dodge." "(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)" "You like that song?" "Yes." "You see, we got a lot in common already." "I'm glad you made your boyfriend sleep on the lounge." "That was the right thing to do." "Most..." "Most women of your generation would be rutting like goats." "I didn't make him sleep on the couch." "He offered to." "'Cause he was a gentleman." "Maybe he was just trying to con you, you know." "Men do that." "They pretend to be your friend when really they just wanna..." "You know." "You know." "Yeah." "I know." "So what is it that you want?" "You, Wendy." "I want you." "DELGADO:" "Rebecca Morris gets murdered after she purchases a ring." "Wendy Alden gets attacked after she purchases a necklace." "According to our records, all four women had charge accounts here." "But there's no listing for Jennifer Kutzlow." "Can you tell us if any of these women made any recent purchases?" "Certainly." "I'll check another file." "(TYPING)" "Mrs. Stern purchased a watch in November," "Ms. Morris charged a ring in January." "(CONTINUES TYPING)" "Uh, Miss Osborne made several purchases on different dates." "The last one was March 3rd." "Uh, a bracelet." "And Ms. Alden charged a necklace a couple of days ago." "Did you make those sales?" "No, Mr. Rood concluded the sales." "So, how long has Mr. Rood worked for you?" "Oh, he's been with us over two years." "He's one of our most reliable employees." "He is so good with those tiny wristwatch batteries." "He has big hands, but a delicate touch, just pops 'em right in there." "Can we speak to Mr. Rood?" "Well, actually, he's not here today." "Why?" "Nothing in particular, just said he wasn't feeling well." "Can you give me Mr. Rood's address?" "Certainly." "We're going to embark on a..." "A partnership that's gonna lift us to new heights that neither of us could have reached alone." "We'll have nothing cheap or casual or meaningless." "That's what I want, my dear." "I won't accept anything less." "You'll see." "Tonight." "Now, my little turn is coming up, so keep an eye." "You're gonna turn left a little further, okay?" "Why, what's gonna happen tonight?" "Surprise." "See that little drive there?" "Well, you go left in there." "Okay?" "Blinker, Wendy." "(TURNS BLINKER ON)" "What kind of surprise?" "Nothing awful, I mean, we just gotta get to know each other a little bit, that's all." "Maybe more." "Maybe more?" "Maybe more?" "Lovers, Wendy." "And I promise you, once you know my power and my passion, you will love me, too." "Not much further now." "Very good driving." "Clear!" "Jesus." "He was right under our nose." "Let's see what we can find." "Uh-huh." "Now, when I first came up here, I purchased this plot." "My own little hideaway." "You're my first guest." "(CHUCKLES)" "And there's no use trying to run away 'cause there's nowhere to go. (CHUCKLES)" "(CRICKETS CHIRPING)" "Come on, now." "There's no homes, no people." "Nothing at all!" "Just you and me." "So, you better do as I say." "Okay..." "I've just got some things to get out of the back there, so... (GRUNTS)" "If you wouldn't mind taking these bags and..." "Please don't drop them, I'd get awfully upset." "Well, this is it, Wendy." "Your new home." "Come on." "Careful, it's a little muddy." "Penny for your thoughts, Wendy." "Nothing." "Hey, when I say "Penny for your thoughts," you have to tell me." "It's a rule, you see." "A lover's rule." "I was just thinking that, um, this place could use a..." "Could use a woman's touch." "Well, that's why you're here, Wendy." "You make my place special." "Here, I'll take those." "Do you recognize me?" "The necklace at the jewelry store." ""Can I help you?" (CHUCKLES)" "Too bad you haven't still got it on." "I..." "Tell you what." "I'll buy you a new one, and..." "And a beautiful dress and..." "After work, you can dress up for me." "That'll be fun." "Now, in a minute I'll fix you some lunch." "I've got a little task I've gotta take care of first." "It won't take long." "Won't be anything fancy." "I'm sure it'll be fine." "It won't be as tasty as what you're used to." "I bet you're a wonderful cook." "No, not..." "Not really." "Come on, you're just being modest." "Hey, that's funny!" "(CHUCKLES) Cooking the pants off me." "Put your hands up!" "Put your hands up!" "Right now!" "Right now!" "Put your hands up!" "(STAMMERING) I..." "I know you're not gonna shoot me, 'cause deep down, you love me." "You may not want to admit it, even to yourself, but your heart knows." "So give me the gun and stop this foolishness." "Put your hands up now, or I'll blow!" "I'll blow a fucking hole through you!" "(EXCLAIMING)" "(GRUNTING)" "Stupid fucking bitch!" "Sit down!" "(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)" "(WENDY COUGHS)" "You're lucky." "She's still fine." "She's still beautiful." "Well, of course, not as beautiful as you." "You really were gonna shoot me, weren't you, huh?" "I'm sorry." "Don't say that, Wendy." "Remember, love means never having to say you're sorry." "I wasn't asking for an apology, I simply wanted to know why you acted that way." "I said, I love you." "Don't you believe me?" "(SOBBING) Yes." "I'm just..." "I'm just scared." "I'm just scared of you." "Yes, I know." "They all are." "They should be." "But not you." "I wouldn't hurt you, Wendy." "Not unless you made it necessary." "I'm afraid I lost my temper." "I shouldn't have called you that ugly word." "I didn't mean it." "I was upset, that's all." "I..." "I'm sure you..." "You know, don't you?" "Hmm?" "(SOBBING) Yes." "Friends again, hmm?" "Yes, friends." "I..." "I'm glad." "But you must understand, Wendy, that I can't trust you." "I don't want you to pull another one of your little stunts." "I got no choice but to, um do something that I'd hoped to avoid." "What's that?" "Well, I can't have you causing me any more trouble, Wendy." "You better be glad that I love you, otherwise you could be in a lot more trouble!" "Yeah, how about I get you that lunch I promised, huh?" "Mavis!" "Yeah?" "We got him." "He's driving a brown Datsun." "I got the plates and registration." "Let's go." "Lunch is served." "(GRUNTS)" "I need my hands free to eat." "Oh, no you don't, Wendy." "I'll feed you myself." "Now, open wide." "I..." "I don't..." "Come on." "I don't think..." "I don't think I can..." "Come on." "Come on, come on." "Come on!" "There you go." "(CHUCKLES)" "You want some soda to wash it... (GAGGING) ...down it with?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, I can't..." "Well, you're gonna have to, Wendy." "It's what happens when you're such a naughtykins, you know?" "Come on." "Eat some more." "There you go." "I don't have a..." "I don't have much of an..." "I don't have much of an appetite." "Hey, Wendy, I..." "I went to a lot of trouble to fix you lunch, and..." "Now, you're..." "You're being ungrateful." "I'm not being..." "I'm not being ungrateful, it's..." "All right." "I tell you what." "Play a little game." "Okay?" "I'll show you how to eat." "Now, this is a train." "That's the tunnel." "And here we go." "(MIMICKING TRAIN)" "Here we go." "Come on." "There you go." "There you go." "(CHUCKLING)" "(COUGHING)" "(GROANING)" "(COUGHING)" "This is really nice, Wendy." "It's such a pleasure to be sharing a..." "A meal with a beautiful woman." "I could get used to this." "There's a little soda left, you want it?" "Hmm?" "Sure." "Sure." "Here you go." "Oh." "Oh, no!" "Oh, dear!" "Silly me!" "I'll fix this." "There we go." "There we go." "Okay." "(GASPS)" "I want you, Wendy." "I told you we'd be lovers." "It'll be so good." "I think we should get to know each other a little bit first." "But, this is just happening a little faster than I thought." "You said it was gonna happen tonight." "What about the surprise for tonight?" "I can't wait any longer, Wendy." "And deep down, neither can you." "(SOBBING)" "No!" "(SCREAMING)" "I love you, Wendy." "And you love me, too." "(SCREAMING)" "Come on, Wendy." "Come on, baby." "Goddamn it, just cut it out, Wendy." "Come on." "Come on." "Fuck!" "Please, God." "Please, God, this is my time." "Come on." "Please, God, this is my time, please." "(SCREAMING)" "My time now, please." "It's my time, God." "(GRUNTING)" "It's you!" "You!" "What are you doing to me, huh?" "Huh?" "You little whore!" "What the hell do you think you're doing to me?" "I should kill you right now!" "(SCREAMS)" "I didn't do anything!" "Fuck!" "Hmm?" "Trying..." "Trying..." "You're trying to make me weak!" "Trying to take my power!" "Looks like this is not going to work out between us." "It's not like I didn't try!" "I gave you every opportunity to prove yourself." "Every opportunity!" "I did everything you asked me to." "You did nothing!" "You gave me nothing!" "(SCREAMING)" "You fucked with me." "You slut!" "Hmm?" "Playing your evil tricks!" "Trying to make me weak!" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "(SOBBING)" "You're not so special." "You're nothing but a dumb, frigid cunt just like all the others." "You're no good to me now." "Not while you're alive." "(SOBBING)" "(SIRENS WAILING) He's still got her." "We need a chopper in the air now." "I'm going to put a show on for you, Wendy." "And I hope you enjoy it, because it'll be the last show you'll ever see." "(WOMAN GASPING) (GRIFFIN GRUNTING)" "WOMEN OVER DEVICE:" "Please, don't hurt me." "Don't hurt me and my baby." "Please don't kill me." "I want..." "I want to live." "I'll do whatever you say." "I know you're much more powerful than me, please." "It's not fair." "It's not fair!" "I want to live." "(SOBBING) I know you understand." "I want..." "I want to live." "But you promised you'd let me go." "Oh, please, somebody please help." "Oh, God." "I'll do anything you say." "No, it's not fair." "I did what you wanted." "If you have any mercy, please." "I'll do anything." "Anything at all." "You're so powerful." "You're a god." "(ECHOING) A god..." "A god..." "A god..." "A god." "we've located the '78 Datsun four-door, matches the description of the perp's car." "It's next to an isolated shack, next to a cornfield next to an abandoned barn about a mile off of Highway 13." "Great work." "Thanks." "DELGADO:" "Maintain a visual, wait till we arrive, don't land." "MAN ON RADIO:" "Copy, sir." "We're on our way." "I've already called for backup." "So, what did you think, Wendy?" "Aren't they talented, my four beauties?" "Don't they put on a wonderful show?" "You know, sometimes I stay awake all night playing with them." "The happiest moments I have known have been here, with my four beautiful ladies." "Soon you're going to join them." "I have a special jar just for you." "In a place of honor, hmm?" "Just think about it, Wendy." "Soon you will be the star of the show!" "(LAUGHING)" "Normally, my victims are dead when I claim my trophy, but not this time." "I'm trying a new technique." "I'm going to cut your head off while you're still alive." "(GRUNTING)" "(RATTLING)" "(GRUNTING)" "(PANTING)" "(GLASS SHATTERING) No!" "(GRUNTING)" "You filthy shit!" "(GRUNTING) (BANGING)" "(STRAINING)" "You evil little shit!" "(GUN FIRING)" "(SIRENS WAILING) (GUN FIRING)" "(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)" "(GASPING) (GUNFIRE CONTINUES)" "(SIRENS APPROACHING)" "(GUN FIRING) (GROANS)" "(GRUNTING)" "(GUN FIRING) (BOTH GRUNTING)" "Put your hands behind your back." "The Griffin claimed another victim today, Detective." "The loveliest one of all." "(CHUCKLES)" "Mavis, you okay?" "Yeah, I'm good." "I'm good." "Cover him." "(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)" "(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)" "Wendy?" "Wendy." "(GRUNTING)" "(WENDY SOBBING)" "We got him." "(SOBBING)" "I was really strong." "Right up until the very end." "Wendy, we got him." "(CONTINUES SOBBING)" "WENDY:" "So, is this normal police protocol?" "DELGADO:" "What?" "You taking the time to be here with me like this?" "A couple of years ago there was a woman in my life, but I never had time for her." "I was too busy with my work." "(INAUDIBLE)" "It's funny." "I read that people said that he was quiet and polite." "Yeah." "Apparently he had a rough childhood." "In a strange way," "I almost sympathize with him." "I didn't, uh..." "I didn't have a very good childhood either." "And I thought I could never change, until now." "He gave this to me." "I would like to keep it." "Sure." "Did you always want to be a cop?" "When I was a kid, my parents took my brother and I to Vegas." "Stopped off at a casino." "We went to the bathroom while they were working some slots." "I was still in the stall when I heard this..." "This scream." "I looked out and there was this man with his hand around my brother's mouth while he was twisting his neck." "I watched while he..." "He cut my brother's neck with a knife." "I didn't do anything." "I was too scared." "I'm sorry." "Did they catch him?" "Yeah." "He got eight years." "Out after six for good behavior." "(GATE BUZZING)" "Hey, Franklin." "You ever fuck your mom?" "Yeah, I bet you fuck your mom like you fucked them two dead girls." "Your mom ain't here to help you now, asshole." "Look at this fuck." "Just sitting here smiling and shit." "He's probably thinking about that woman and that baby he killed." "Fuckin' baby killer." "Sanchez, shut it." "I'm gonna knock your teeth out with my dick when I skull-fuck you later, motherfuck." "Make it all wet and soft, just like I like my pussy." "Sanchez, shut your mouth or I'm gonna shut it for you." "(CHOKING)" "DRIVER:" "Hey, what the hell's going on back there?" "(GUN FIRING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "Man, you can't just leave me here." "Take me with you." "(PHONE RINGING)" "Communications department." "Wendy, we may have a problem." "We can't establish contact with the deputies assigned to him." "Thank you." "Wendy Alden." "Communications." "Down the hall." "Right." "(GUN COCKING)" "(WOMAN SCREAMING)" "DELGADO:" "Wendy?" "Wendy, are you the?" "He's here." "Oh, my God." "He's here." "(MAN SCREAMING) (GUN FIRING)" "(GUN COCKING)" "WOMAN:" "No, no!" "Wait!" "(GUN FIRING)" "(GUN COCKING)" "(GUNS FIRING)" "(WOMAN GASPING)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "(GUN FIRING AND COCKING)" "GRIFFIN:" "It's finished, Wendy." "(GUN RELOADING)" "(GUN CLICKING)" "(FIRING)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "(SIGHING)" "(GROANING) No... (WHIMPERING)" "Your ugly neck is in my hand right now, and just by squeezing your windpipe, I can kill you!" "(GROANING) No..." "I may let you live, if you repeat some very special words for me." "(GROANING)" "Now repeat after me, okay?" "Repeat after me." "I have no power." "I have no power." "Do it!" "(GROANING)" "(FAINTLY) I have no power." "I am not a god." "(MUMBLING) I am not a..." "I am not a god!" "...god." "I am nothing." "I am nothing." "(MUMBLING) I am nothing." "I am nothing." "I am nothing at all." "(SNIFFLING)" "(SOBBING) Come on." "Shh." "Come on." "(RADIO CHATTER)" "(SCREAMING)" "(GASPING)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)"