1 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,431 (soft music in oar) 2 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,231 (sobbing) 3 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,719 "(I" Happy Birthday') 4 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,193 16. You're practically a man now, Josh. 5 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,715 Where's my son? Ah, there he is. 6 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,076 Sorry I'm late. Hey. 7 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,358 Josh, would you come outside with me? I want to talk to you. We'll be right back. 8 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,995 (applause) 9 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,396 - Do you like it? - It's cool. 10 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,356 - I'm gonna take it out. - Just be home by curfew. 11 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,917 Hey, it's OK. I'm going home right now. 12 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,876 (electrical buzzing) 13 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,551 (alarm buzzes) 14 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,630 - (knocking) - Josh? 15 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,156 I don't know how late you were running around last night. 16 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,031 Josh? 17 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,514 (screams) 18 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,193 Oh! Ohh! 19 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,995 It's not my son! Oh, my God! That's not my son! 20 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,031 - May I help you? - My name's Frank Black. 21 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:24,035 - Sheriff Gerlach's expecting me. - It's all right, Martin. I got it. 22 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,150 Park right over here, Mr Black. 23 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,310 I took the call from Seattle PD. I'm happy to accommodate you, Mr Black, 24 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,630 but I can't say I know how you can help us. 25 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,714 I work with ex law-enforcement people called the Millennium Group. 26 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,633 We bring our experience to difficult cases like this. 27 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,155 Then you've seen cases like this before? 28 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,393 When I saw it on the news I recognised a certain type of criminal pathology. 29 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:04,477 I think the group's resources could prove valuable in solving this case quickly. 30 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,440 I've gotta tell you, this thing's got everybody pretty rattled. 31 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,876 We've got walls around all three square miles, 32 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,236 24-hour private security. 33 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,199 Everything you can do to keep safe, these folks have done it. 34 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:22,719 The boy that went missing, you found no connection between him and the dead boy? 35 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,919 Nothing out of the ordinary. They lived three blocks apart. 36 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,991 It's all in the file right there. 37 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,629 That's Kirk Orlando. The deceased. 38 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,797 Disappeared three days ago walking home from a basketball game. 39 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,520 - What's this? - $8 worth of confetti. 40 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,672 Kirk's father found it in the mailbox after his son disappeared. 41 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,754 - Did you alert the community? - The family asked me to keep it quiet. 42 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:53,629 Turns out I made Josh Comstock a sitting duck for that son of a bitch. 43 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:02,874 Hey, John. John Tasini from the County Coroner's Office. 44 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,157 This is Frank Black, John - the man I was telling you about. 45 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,120 - Did you determine the cause of death? - It's preliminary till I run tests. 46 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,840 But I'd say the boy bled to death. 47 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,993 His hands were amputated crudely, probably by some household tool - 48 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,311 garden shears or possibly a hedge trimmer. 49 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,593 I found another subcutaneous haematoma on his abdomen. 50 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,156 It's a cattle prod. The kidnapper uses it to subdue his victims. 51 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,915 - It could be. - He didn't kill the boy immediately. 52 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,400 I'd place time of death within the last 24 hours. 53 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,074 That means he kept him alive for 48. 54 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,433 There's something else. 55 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,939 I found blood in the boy's mouth and in his 56 00:07:56,951 --> 00:07:59,520 stomach - approximately four ounces of it. 57 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:05,944 Human blood. 58 00:08:05,956 --> 00:08:09,158 This kid was forced to drink his own blood? 59 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,473 - Not his own. Someone else's. - I can't confirm that yet. 60 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,313 Can you send me the results when you get them? 61 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,631 I'd like to have a colleague of mine take a look at them. 62 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,074 Sure thing. 63 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,035 I assume we're looking for someone with a rap sheet. 64 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,516 I'm running a background check on the support staff - 65 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,275 security, gardeners, delivery people, anyone who had access. 66 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,399 People won't want to hear this. They think they've created a safe haven. 67 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,711 A community free of all the dangers of the outside world. 68 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,839 No one's gonna want to believe that the killer comes from within. 69 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,833 The people that live here are mostly professionals. 70 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,232 The victims were taken brazenly in public spaces. 71 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,675 The killer knows these neighbourhoods. 72 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:05,434 What does this guy want? If it's money, why doesn't he ask for it? 73 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,638 He sees his victim as ugly, decayed. 74 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,798 The mutilation suggests he wants us to see the boy in the same way. 75 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,759 - He's trying to tell us something. - What? 76 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,911 That he won't stop killing 77 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,914 until he makes us understand whatever it is he's trying to communicate. 78 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,631 (watery echoing) 79 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,511 Please don't hurt me! 80 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,870 Oh, God! Please don't hurt me. 81 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,680 Don't hurt me please! Don't...! Oh, God! 82 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,637 Please don't hurt me! 83 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,319 Oh, God! Please! 84 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,353 We all feel for what Tom and Linda Comstock are going through 85 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,875 and our prayers are with them, 86 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,476 but we also have to be concerned for the safety of our children. 87 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,870 I want to know what's being done. 88 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,836 As some of you know, the board has voted to move curfew to sundown 89 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,355 and to increase security patrols. 90 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,434 The sheriff has assured me that everything that can be done is being done. 91 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,831 - Better late than never! - You got that right! 92 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,189 One child is dead. Another one is missing. 93 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:17,190 Some of us know all too well the pain... of losing a child. 94 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,512 I hope this tragedy can bring us all together. 95 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,949 That it can strengthen the ties that bind us rather than tear them apart. 96 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,398 - Ed, we didn't come to listen to crap. - Wait your turn, Bob. 97 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,950 We moved our families here to be safe from this sort of tragedy. 98 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,830 Now we find out that the sheriff has withheld the truth from us. 99 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,514 What is he doing to find this monster? 100 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,558 What exactly do you want to know, Mr Birckenbuehl? 101 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,076 - Do you have any suspects yet? - No. Not yet. 102 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,879 Then what can you tell us? 103 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,632 This is Frank Black. Mr Black's a criminal consultant. 104 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,997 He's driven down from Seattle to help us work on this case. 105 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:06,077 The killer is between 35 and 45 years old. 106 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,231 Drives a late-model car - 107 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,791 probably a minivan or a sport utility vehicle. 108 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,997 I believe his parents were divorced when he was a child. 109 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,314 If he's married, his wife doesn't know anything about the crimes he's committing. 110 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:27,349 In all likelihood, the killer lives here - in the community. 111 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,195 I don't believe it. Your description fits half the guys in this room. 112 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,989 What does he want? Why is this man doing these terrible things? 113 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,635 He doesn't want anything. 114 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,993 He's insane. 115 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,711 - You wanna talk about it? - No. 116 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,367 You didn't want him to have the motorcycle. 117 00:13:20,379 --> 00:13:22,356 It's not about the motorcycle. 118 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,273 It's about you running away from your family. 119 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,794 Linda. 120 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,071 Josh! 121 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,711 - Josh! - Josh! 122 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,511 Josh? 123 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,071 - Josh! - Josh! 124 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,556 - Josh! - Josh! 125 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,196 - Josh! - Josh? 126 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,271 .T°m? . Yes? 127 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,114 I just keep asking myself, why me? 128 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,191 My family? 129 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:21,069 Why not the Van Horns across the street or the Trimbles? 130 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:29,316 I know that sounds selfish of me, but I just can't make any sense out of it. 131 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,789 The killer knows you, Mr Comstock. 132 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,836 He targeted your son for a reason. 133 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,119 The number - 331- you know what it means? 134 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,549 I met a woman two months ago. 135 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,835 She's a consultant for a firm that does design work for us. 136 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:03,516 I started seeing her a couple of times a week at the Hartman Hotel. 137 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,871 - Room 331. - Have you told your wife? 138 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,475 About three weeks ago, Josh saw me leaving the hotel with her. 139 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,755 We had a huge fight. 140 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,198 It was a wake-up call for me. I realised I'd been afoul. 141 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,911 Does anyone else know about this? 142 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,313 No. I... I swore I'd never tell anyone, let alone Linda. 143 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,754 - What would be the point? - You have to tell her. 144 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,871 I know. 145 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,997 The last thing she needs to hear now. 146 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,630 (loud volume) 147 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,756 - You have a hearing disorder? - Excuse me? 148 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,879 Just wondering. Didn't you hear me tell you to turn off the TV 20 minutes ago? 149 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,032 - It's not that late. - It's almost midnight. 150 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,760 Don't make me come in here again. 151 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,719 Put the earthling back in the cage. 152 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,311 Mr Black? 153 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,391 There's someone outside says she's here to see you. 154 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:01,350 Cheryl Andrews. She's a pathologist with the Group. I asked her to help us. 155 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,876 Tell her to come in, Jerry. 156 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,151 - Cheryl, thanks for coming. - The security here is excellent. 157 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,993 I've been stopped twice since I entered. 158 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,714 - Victim number three? - Charles Birckenbuehl. 17. 159 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,916 Kidnapper pulled him out of his window. 160 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,516 - Hair and fibres turned up nothing yet. - You'll wanna see this. 161 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,091 The blood in the stomach of the first victim 162 00:17:28,103 --> 00:17:30,436 is that of a white male, type A positive. 163 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,150 It's also the blood used to paint 331 on the bedclothes. 164 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,871 Frank'? 165 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,876 I spoke at a meeting last night, trying to draw the killer out with half-truths, 166 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,156 saying he wanted nothing. 167 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,230 I wanted to provoke him into acting in haste. 168 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,119 Sending us a message that might lead us to him. 169 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,669 Instead he just took another victim? 170 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:00,270 This was planned. You didn't prompt him to act, you just didn't disrupt his pattern. 171 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:03,239 Why didn't he send another message? 172 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,800 Maybe he did. 173 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,671 Here it is. Cheryl? 174 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,353 - I'll have the water analysed. - I don't get it. 175 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:25,310 The two boys - Charles Birckenbuehl and Josh Comstock. Did they know each other? 176 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:30,156 They were both juniors at the high school. Enrolled in a couple of the same classes. 177 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:35,110 Nothing more specific? Clubs, social groups that they were in together? 178 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,316 They were both on the swim team. 179 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,958 Come on, Mike. You gotta keep your chin tucked. 180 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,313 Coach Burke? This is Frank Black. 181 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,928 Have you had any luck finding this guy? 182 00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:02,430 Not yet, sir. We were hoping you might help. 183 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:08,311 Anything I can do. Anything. You can imagine how much this has upset all of us. 184 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,040 Charlie and Josh were outstanding kids. 185 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,511 For this to happen to two members of the team... 186 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,717 Has there been anyone who's taken an unusual interest? 187 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,953 Anyone without a child on the team that's regularly attended the meets? 188 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,591 - No, not that I can think of. - What about the two boys? 189 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,560 - Have they been acting strangely? - No. They were both good boys. 190 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,998 Josh had been having some difficulties with his father. Other than that... 191 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,833 Thank you, Mr Burke. 192 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,912 Mr Black? Please... 193 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,311 Call me if there's anything else I can do. I'm just... 194 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,916 I'm just very anxious to find these two boys safe and sound. 195 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,389 - How well do you know him? - Well enough. 196 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,313 He's lived here a couple of years. The kids like him. 197 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,792 He's labile. He's on some kind of prescription medication. 198 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,238 - He's anxiolytic. - Well, he's had a rough go of it lately. 199 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,551 - What do you mean? - He got divorced last year. 200 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,429 - Then his son died six months ago. - What happened? 201 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,275 Hit-and-run driver just outside the gate. Carl was only eight. 202 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,992 - You never found the man responsible? - No. 203 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:25,677 Funeral services for the first victim are being held this afternoon. I'd like to go. 204 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,957 - What for? - Kidnapper might be there. 205 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,351 - See the effect of his work first-hand. - How are you gonna know? 206 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,229 I won't. I just wanna let him know I'm paying attention. 207 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,478 When a child dies, we seek meaning from God. 208 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,473 "Why must the innocent suffer?" we ask. 209 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:57,715 And when that death is a violent death, the pain is compounded by images of horror. 210 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,954 Images that threaten to blot out the memory of the innocence that once was. 211 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:08,560 And yet God offers us no meaning. Not in the personal sense. 212 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,029 So we are tempted to struggle with death, 213 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:14,954 angrily blaming ourselves or an unjust universe for the taking of a life 214 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,475 for which there seems no possible reason. 215 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,759 We can never know why Kirk was taken from us. 216 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,674 We can only cherish the innocence that once was. 217 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:29,349 Keeping it alive by remembering it 218 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,355 and pray for the preservation of innocence in the face of evil. 219 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,592 - Frank? - I just got a strange feeling. 220 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,753 - Like somebody had followed me. - You think someone did? 221 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,036 No. 222 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,317 - You wanna come to bed? - In a minute. 223 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,392 Something else is bothering you. What is it? 224 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,598 Just thinking about this case - an old one I had. 225 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,553 It felt a lot like the one I'm working on now. 226 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:35,867 What happened? 227 00:22:35,879 --> 00:22:38,958 Kidnapper picked up kids at the bus stops. 228 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,954 Took them to his cabin in the woods, tortured them for seven or eight days. 229 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,473 Then he'd return them as if nothing happened. 230 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,158 - How'd you catch him? - One day he just stopped. We never did. 231 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,514 (knocking) 232 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,318 - I hope I'm not disturbing. - That's all right, Jack. 233 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,751 I saw you were up but I didn't want to risk 234 00:23:01,763 --> 00:23:04,236 waking the little one up by ringing the bell. 235 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,278 - You need something? - I just wanted to drop this off. 236 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:11,911 Somebody knocked on my door a few minutes ago. Probably got the wrong house. 237 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,879 - Did you see the man who left it? - No. 238 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,635 He just took off. But I figured it must be important though. 239 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,231 - Thanks, Jack. - Oh. Good night. 240 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,311 - Good night. - Good night. 241 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,229 The coach's light is still on. 242 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,352 Some of the boys said they saw the police question him. 243 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:46,351 So what? 244 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,555 The man lost his own son, for God sakes. 245 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,678 You never know what people are capable of, you know? 246 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,070 Even the ones you think you know best. 247 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,874 - You guys all right? - Yeah. You seen anything? 248 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,954 No. Nothing yet. I'm heading on over to the east wall. 249 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,510 - Got my cellphone if you need anything. - We're fine. 250 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,877 If we do catch this guy, I don't know what'll happen. 251 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,349 What do you mean? 252 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,629 I uh... 253 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,873 - I brought this just in case. - You gonna shoot this guy, Tom? 254 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:38,671 I don't know. I've had that thing in my bedside drawer for six years, unloaded, 255 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,274 just in case. 256 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:45,558 - Tonight it's loaded. - Tom, take a look. 257 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,637 Son of a bitch! 258 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,231 (tyres screech) 259 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,598 My God. It's just a kid. 260 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:36,800 Name's Richard Draper. Had a little rendezvous planned with his girlfriend. 261 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,838 He didn't want to get caught violating the curfew. 262 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:45,199 - What's his condition? - A concussion, few cuts and bruises. 263 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,989 - Paramedics think he's gonna be all right. - What about the men? 264 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,874 They were on neighbourhood patrol. 265 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,395 Birckenbuehl's gone home already. 266 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,235 Mr Comstock's right over there. He's pretty shaky. 267 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,312 - I told him I'd give him a ride home. - I'll take him. 268 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:18,191 It's like a nightmare I can't wake up from. I'm going home, but I don't know why. 269 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,318 I can't sleep. The house is empty. 270 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,037 - You told your wife about the affair? - She left me this morning. 271 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:38,436 Kidnapper sent me something earlier this evening. A paint swatch. 272 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,789 - Does that mean anything to you? - No. Should it? 273 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,475 In all likelihood, it was a message he intended me to understand. 274 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,633 - But you don't? - Not yet. 275 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,994 Mr Comstock, did you give your keys to anyone? A neighbour or friend? 276 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,994 - No. Why? - I just saw someone inside. 277 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,477 Josh! Oh, God. Josh. 278 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,351 No signs of forced entry. 279 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,992 The guy probably used Josh's keys to get in the house. 280 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,550 - How's Mr Comstock? - He's on the phone to his wife. 281 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:06,157 She's gonna meet him at the hospital. I'd say he's greatly relieved. 282 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,675 - What's his condition? - He's in shock. 283 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,832 Lowered body temperature, dilated pupils. 284 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,151 He has burn marks similar to the cattle prods of the first victim. 285 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,594 - He was made to ingest blood also. - That would appear to be the case. 286 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,102 Paramedics are gonna take him to hospital. 287 00:29:24,114 --> 00:29:25,275 Can we talk to him? 288 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,722 He won't be able to give us a description. 289 00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:28,273 Why not? 290 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,079 The kidnapper wouldn't have returned him if he could. 291 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,118 Making these kids drink blood doesn't make sense either. 292 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,913 The kidnapper sees himself as a holy figure, a purifier. 293 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,790 He makes the impure ingest his blood so that they can be cleansed. 294 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:49,000 What about Charlie Birckenbuehl? He's gonna purify him too. 295 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,755 There's a reason the first boy was killed and Josh wasn't. 296 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,229 Some connection we haven't seen yet. 297 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,000 Yeah. 298 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,832 - (door opens) - Somebody help me! 299 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,480 Somebody get me out of here please! 300 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:27,592 God did not make death. He doesn't rejoice in the destruction of the living. 301 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,479 Oh, God! 302 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,196 Please! 303 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,954 But his justice is undying. 304 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,511 Please God! 305 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,114 (phone rings) 306 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,397 - Yeah? - Frank. Am I interrupting dinner? 307 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,598 - No. I was looking over your email. - Does it mean anything to you? 308 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:17,870 It might. We've got one dead boy, one returned alive and one still missing. 309 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,954 I think the unsolved death of the swim coach's son may be related. 310 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:26,352 - I just got the results back from the lab. - Go ahead. 311 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:31,514 We isolated the substance that killed the goldfish in Charlie Birckenbuehl's bedroom. 312 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,035 It was Scotch. Single malt, I'd say. 313 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,793 You weren't able to pull any prints off the paint swatch? 314 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:43,675 No. It's called Forest Green. Code number 528. 315 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,958 It's a three-step enamel used in late-model ML 750 minivans. 316 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,430 - That was the car he was driving. - Who? 317 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,114 The drunk driver that killed Coach Burke's son. 318 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,716 You think the accident triggered the kidnapper's break? 319 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,269 I think the kidnapper was deeply affected by it. 320 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,000 It changed the way he saw people around him. 321 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,390 He became outraged, disillusioned. 322 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,791 He wants to root out sin, expose hypocrisy. 323 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,032 I'll call Sheriff Gerlach. We'll meet at Birckenbuehl's house. 324 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,078 - What's there? - Something we overlooked. 325 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,350 I don't understand what you're looking for. 326 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,230 You're the only father who hasn't received a communication from the kidnapper. 327 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,314 - But what about the dead fish? - I think that was meant for me. 328 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,678 We're overlooking something here. Something that might save your son's life. 329 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,233 Then you know what he wants - the kidnapper. 330 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,470 He wants you to confess, Mr Birckenbuehl. 331 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,234 Confess to what? I haven't done anything wrong. 332 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,392 He believes you have. That the sins of the father are visited on the son. 333 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,871 After Mr Comstock confessed his sin, 334 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,270 his son was released alive. 335 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,750 The first boy was killed because his father 336 00:33:08,762 --> 00:33:11,275 didn't confess his sin - one involving money. 337 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,194 He's warning you to confess what you've done in order to save your son. 338 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,191 Frank'? 339 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,153 This is not your son's ball, Mr Birckenbuehl. 340 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,677 - But it has his initials on it. - This ball belongs to Coach Burke's son. 341 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,751 Carl. The boy that was killed by a hit-and-run driver. 342 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,200 Do you have an evidence bag, Cheryl? 343 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,271 Hold it right under here. 344 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:14,273 Sheriff, my client insists he's absolutely innocent 345 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,318 of any charges relating to the death of Carl Burke. 346 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:22,998 I don't care if your client insists he's the King of Prussia, I'm bringing him in. 347 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,434 Under these rather unique circumstances, he 348 00:34:25,446 --> 00:34:27,756 has agreed to be taken in for questioning, 349 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:32,755 but he expects his cooperation to be taken into consideration... Is that necessary? 350 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,117 We don't want to have any doubts about what's happening. 351 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:46,118 - You think this is gonna work, Frank? - If it doesn't, I don't know what will. 352 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,008 What's going on? 353 00:34:55,020 --> 00:34:58,271 It's Bob Birckenbuehl. He's being arrested. 354 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,273 - For what? - Killing Coach Burke's son. 355 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:05,149 - They're taking him to give a statement. - Bob? 356 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,796 I know. I can't believe it. 357 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,909 - You have a Plan B? - You don't believe he's taken the bait? 358 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,464 He's pushing it. The other boys were returned 359 00:36:07,476 --> 00:36:09,676 in under 72 hours. It's almost that now. 360 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,799 (radio) Sheriff, we got a man approaching the house from the front walk. 361 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,599 A man's come up the walk. He's approaching the house. 362 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,876 (doorbell) 363 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,270 Coach, what are you doing here? 364 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,918 Found this in my mailbox when I got back from work. 365 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,875 It's addressed to him. 366 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,870 Dad? Dad, I'm scared. 367 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,839 - (echoing bang) - I'm sick, Dad. 368 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,511 I'm really sick. 369 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,919 I want you to get me out of here, please. 370 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,279 He wants me to tell you... 371 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,920 He says what you've done isn't enough. 372 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:18,155 He says he's merciful but he says he's just. 373 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,680 He says, for my sake, you have to pay for what you've done. 374 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,669 That if you've taken a life... 375 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,310 then your life must be taken in return. 376 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,435 - Play it again, please. - Wait. 377 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,914 - I can't listen to that again. - Mr Birckenbuehl. 378 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,834 We'll find your son. 379 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,716 The echo suggests a large low-ceilinged room. 380 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,758 An abandoned building, possibly a basement. 381 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,316 Dad? Dad, I'm scared. 382 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,954 - I'm sick, Dad. - (echoing bans) 383 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,998 - I'm really sick. - Stop it there. Did you hear that? 384 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,478 - Yes. - There was a sound in the background. 385 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,918 Rewind it a few seconds. Till after he says "I'm sick." 386 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,475 - I'm sick, Dad. - (echoing bans) 387 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,597 I'm really sick. 388 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,719 - What is that? - I know. 389 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,999 - Is there a viewing area under the pool? - I think so. 390 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,472 - There has to be an access to it. - I'll get the keys. 391 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:46,312 - We're working in the dark here. - Charlie! 392 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,114 He may have moved to another location. 393 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,749 Let's split up. Move quietly. 394 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,191 (balm) 395 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,951 - Frank! - Over here. 396 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,511 I think I found something here. 397 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,914 Follow the sound of my voice. 398 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,518 - Cheryl? - Frank! I found him! 399 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,630 He's OK! It's all right, Charlie. You're gonna be just fine. 400 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,717 . (buzzing) . Aag h! 401 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,791 Cheryl: 402 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,951 Hey. It's over. 403 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:28,039 I'm their only hope. The fathers of these boys were all liars. 404 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,069 - Tried to hide their sins. - You're done here. 405 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,516 You've seen what these men look like. 406 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:40,191 You see what they'll do to their children. They'll make them sick and corrupt. 407 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,351 - Drop it, Ed. - (gun clicks) 408 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,632 I tried to help them. I cared about these boys. 409 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,837 Why am I the only one? 410 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,230 Drop the weapon. 411 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,073 - (prod clatters) - We need an ambulance here, Paul. 412 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:14,553 - Cheryl? - I'm all right. I'm all right, Frank! 413 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,799 I've saved him. I made his father pay the price for what he did. 414 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,960 - Where's Birckenbuehl? - In his bedroom. 415 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,790 How could this happen here? 416 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,709 Visiontext Subtitles: Sue Whitfield 417 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,398 (child) I made this! 418 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,351 ENGLISH SDH