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The author of the Iliad, a guy named Homer, said that sleep is the twin of

death. Now, what we were about to find out was that it could be his partner,

too.

Well, fill her up.

Big night, huh?

Hardly.

You ought to try it.

Hey, you know one of these nights you ought to hang with me and Hobbes. What

you say?

We're getting a little close, aren't we?

Should I take that as a no?

Yeah.

So, how did we save our country this time?

Ah, nothing special. You know, your standard sneak and peek stuff.

On or off the clock?

Excuse me, is there an insinuation there?

Oh, possibly.

I'll have you know that I do not sneak off the clock.

Oh, really?

Boy, I seem to remember a time that you actually followed me around without

express orders to do so.

Oh, yeah, that.

Yeah.

Well, as I recall, I did a lot of good by following you that day. Remember, I

saved you from that old lady?

Well, I mean, not that she was really old, but she looked it. I mean, she

looked... Excuse me, where are you going? I need a shot. Here.

Excuse me.

Hey, what about my shot here, huh?

Hey, hey, excuse me, keepy.

Hey, what's going on? Is everything okay?

What does it look like?

Like you were about to shoot that guy.

No, not shoot him. Kill him before he kills me.

Then why?

Who is he?

Who is he?

I don't know.

There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible.

I thought it was only a story until it happened to me.

Okay, so here's how it works. There's this stuff called quick silver that can

bend light.

Some scientists made it into a synthetic gland, and that's where I came in.

See, I was facing life in prison, and they were looking for a human

So we made a deal.

They put the gland in my brain. I walked free.

The operation was a success, but that's where everything started to go wrong.

We are not calling the authorities, okay?

Caution dictates that we inform them. Yeah, inform them of what? She didn't do

anything.

Ebert's. She said she was going to kill him. That's right, but she didn't do

anything. She could be prosecuted for intent to kill. No, no. Someone would

to testify to that, and I'm the only one who saw her. He ain't going to testify,

right? Right. While I was implying that in my answer, I'm not going to testify.

Thank you. You have no idea why this man wants to harm you? No. But you're sure

he does?

Positive. So that's self -defense?

No.

Not until he does something.

Were you a big judge all of a sudden? I'm pretty smart about this stuff. Were

you Judge Ito?

Hey, hey, come on. Come on now. Big shot.

Bobby, one more time.

Claire, we're going to keep you here for a while. All right. Under guard. For

your protection.

No, no. Just until we find out why this guy wants to hurt you, that's all. I can

handle this.

Yeah, we saw that.

Look, you sure you really want to kill someone?

I'll be in the commute.

I need a shot here. Fine.

I'll make sure there are agents around the clock.

You too.

Find the jogger.

I want to know what his story is.

Tell the man the picture.

I've never seen her before.

Sure about that? Positive.

What's her problem?

What makes you think she's got a problem?

You never seen her before, and now all of a sudden she's got problems?

She ain't got a problem. Maybe you got a problem. Alex, please, would you just

think something stupid? Will you relax for a second? Does he like this a lot?

Yeah, it's near his medication time. Look, Mr. Burton, she's a pretty good

friend of ours. Very good friend of ours.

What is it, some kind of threat?

No, no, absolutely not. It's just somehow she's gotten in her head to be

of you.

How can she be afraid of me when we've never even met? Maybe you have, and you

just don't remember.

There's nothing wrong with my memory.

Hey, kids, swing's ready.

No, no, no.

I'm just saying, you know, sometimes you have a couple drinks after work. You

know, one thing leads to another.

Hey, look, my partner and I work a lot of hours to keep our company going.

Whenever I get out of the office, I head right home.

My family's the reason I work this hard.

Now, that may sound cornball to you guys, but it's the truth.

Hey, partner, Carpool's here.

You got the figures on that Harrison proposal?

Uh, inside the house.

Supposed to be at his place in an hour.

I'll be right there.

Like you can see, I'm kind of hassled right now. Yeah, fine. Hey, thanks a

Mr. Byrne, for your time. We appreciate it. If I think of any way your friend

and I ever met, I'll give you a call. Great.

That's good.

You got a card?

A card?

Yeah, business card.

Do we have a card?

We have cards.

They're being printed up, actually. You know, let me just write my number down

for you.

I hope your friend gets over this.

Yeah, so do we.

I meant him.

Oh, I know.

The agency.

What kind of agency?

The kind that takes care of its own.

Keep that in mind, pal, all right?

He gets real edgy right before the pills.

Thank you.

Where do you guys get off asking me something like that?

It's just a simple question, Jonesy. Like hell. No, absolutely it is. Does

FBI have any killings where the shooter and the victim never met? That's it. You

tell me why you want to know.

Just hypothetical.

You can kiss my hypothetical.

You see, when he says that, I think... Well, Jones, obviously you do have some

cases like that. Otherwise, I don't think you get quite so upset there. So

think there's any chance we can take a look at those files?

Yeah, there's about as much chance of that as Hobbs ever getting back with us.

That's very funny.

Actually, I did speak with Louis Reed, the FBI, last week, and he did make it

sound like an awful excuse. Forget about it, Bob.

You two bozos aren't getting a look at anything.

What,

the clown?

The way he's using it, it seems very sort of negative.

You're negative.

We're finished here.

You need to let go of some of that rage you got there, Jones. You need to go to

yoga. That's right. Come on to Fish and Game. We are a Zan organization, my

friend.

All right, folks, you there?

Yeah.

What's going on? What's taking you so long?

Well, guess what? They don't have a file marked killing by people who never met.

All right. Look for open files.

Thank you very much for that, Major. Hey, look, just don't take an attitude,

right? You want to help, you're not.

If you worked for this place, how would they file it?

Used to have a file called BFM. Which stood for?

Frickin' mess.

Hey, look, will you stop? I mean, this is not time to be joking.

You're not going to believe this.

Why, why, why?

You ever work a copy machine?

Folks, you don't know how to work a copy machine?

It's a copy machine. Every American knows how to work a copy machine.

Stick the paper in. What are you talking about? Hey, you know, if I needed a

copy of something, I'd just install it.

Of course, what am I thinking?

All right, what's the model?

It's a Duplicator R3000.

That's a good machine.

All right, you see the holder on the side? There's a paper holder. You see

Yeah. Alright, take the paper, slide it in, just slide the paper in the side,

nicely, just slide the paper in the side, nicely, right in the hole. You got

Yeah, I'm looking right at it. Sliding it in.

Done. Okay, now what? Alright, now push the start button.

You hit the start button. Start button, push the button, there's a green button

on top, push, go. That's it.

That's it.

Wow, that's neat.

Good, we'll get the official to buy you one for Christmas.

Hobbs.

Hobbs? It's jammed.

What?

I'll be back in a minute, Mr. Palmer.

Well, so we spent most of the night going over the reports.

Four killings. All of them shot total strangers. And they killed themselves.

What does this have to do with me?

One corpse had traces of benzodiazepine in the system.

Another one had desiprimine, and then two of them had nortriptyline.

This is nortriptyline.

Nortriptyline. Yeah.

These are all used for treating sleep disorders. Yeah, and all four of them

treated at different sleep clinics all over the city. So the question is,

Claire, have you been going to a sleep clinic?

What have I had?

Like yes or no, we just need to know.

Yeah, yeah, the McComb Clinic. But what could that possibly have to do with

anything? I got no clue.

We're going to find out.

McComb? Oh, yes, and while you two are off doing your uncanny Batman and Robin

imitation, I'm stuck here like a fish in a barrel.

Look, you're just going to have to trust us. We're going to get to the bottom of

this, okay? Well, that's just the point.

My life is in your hands, and I don't trust you.

You're going to have to learn to, Claire.

Hey, so what do you want to do?

Well, what do you want to do?

I guess we should head over to this Marquand's clinic.

And do what?

You know, scope it out.

Case is joined, you know, get the lay of the land. Ten o 'clock in the morning,

folks.

So? It's a sleep clinic. Everybody's sleeping at night. They don't sleep all

day. Okay, fine. So what do you want to do?

Go bowling.

Bowling? Yeah, we could go bowling. You want to bowl all day?

You don't like that. They opened up a brand new miniature golf course out by

Lakeview. They got one hole where the model train goes through, the exact

replica of the Tehachapi loop.

Well, as tempting as that sounds, I think I'm going to go home and crash if

going to be up all night.

You know what your problem is, folks?

Oh, really? What is my problem? Please tell me. Work and sleep. You got no

hobbies, no avocations, you got no outside interests, nothing. You're going

get old way before your time, my friend. The only thing getting old around here

are your little rantings, my friend.

Clarion Call of Wisdom, the voice of the turtle.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. The bell tolls for you, my friend. Okay, who

said that?

It's Metallica.

You're not authorized to be in here.

Who knows you're authorizing? Pee -wee Herman?

If you don't leave, I'll call security.

Goody. Well, maybe they can explain to me what the hell you're doing in here,

huh?

Electric stimulation.

Could you make that clearer?

The brainwave monitor is attached adjacent to her hypothalamus.

A little clearer yet. I'm a med school dropout.

It's the section of the brain that deals in pleasure.

taste, smell, sex.

I stimulate it, she responds.

Mutual pleasure for everyone.

Not me.

Don't follow.

Well, I'm not pleased.

If you'd like to take a turn on the doubt, be my guest. No, I'll tell you

what'll please me, okay?

Tomorrow morning when you finish your shit, turn in your resignation.

Otherwise, I'll come back tomorrow night with a couple of cops and file some

charges.

Then we'll see how a few nights in a cell with Big Butch stimulates you.

What's happening?

You know the patients? They got them all hooked up to computers in there.

You got them out of the air pulses, right? That's right.

Yeah, but you know those impulses go both ways.

Huh?

Let me ask you something.

You think it's possible somebody got in the keeper's head and then, like,

freaked her out bad enough to make her want to kill someone?

Like, you think that's possible?

Hey, what's happening, man?

Yes, it is possible, but only remotely. Right, but the brain does emit

electrical impulses like a computer, right?

Yes, that much is true. I know that you can stimulate specific sessions of the

brain. That's how this guy's doing it. With impulses, nothing else.

Do you remember anything at the clinic?

They wired me up.

I went to sleep. I woke up.

Okay, so say someone taps on the computer, okay? Start sending images.

What are you saying here? That somebody tried to brainwash me or program me?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

That is absolutely ridiculous.

Think about it, Claire. It's the only explanation.

No, no, there's another explanation. You're just not smart enough to find it.

Come on.

Let me come with you.

No. Please.

Look.

I'm so much more qualified for this than you. I'm sorry, are you forgetting that

you're also trying to kill someone?

When I was a little girl,

my mom, she used to walk me to school every single day until I was

about ten. And then...

And then she said that somebody who was two digits old was big enough to walk by

herself.

I mean, I felt really proud, you know. I felt so, so grown

up.

And then one day I was on my way home from school.

And there was this man.

I mean, he was really well dressed. He had on this suit and tie.

And he came over and he said, do I want to take a ride with him? And I said no.

I mean, you know, my mum had told me about talking to strangers, but... He

grabbed my arm and he started dragging me

towards the car.

I mean, nothing happened.

You know, somebody came along, he got scared, he ran away. I didn't even see

again.

But every once in a while, I can feel the grip of his...

And that's how I feel when I think about the Joker.

You know?

I say we go back and sweat that Perth technician.

Now, believe me, a guy like that, he ain't gonna be pulling anything like

Not a good idea what he's gonna be pulling.

What is it with you, huh? Well, why is it always straight to Naughtyville with

you, huh? Can you explain that to me, please? What is he doing? The guy's a

goddamn pervert.

Hey, look, we got four other shooters, we got four other slave clinics, right?

All right, let's go check them out.

Mr.

Gallagher had been our typical patient.

Insomnia brought on by apnea.

We gave him a machine to keep his throat clear and sent him home.

Then I turn on TV two nights later, and they're showing him and his victim.

None of us here could believe it. He was this nice, quiet man.

It's always like that, the nice, quiet kind of... Let me ask you a question. Do

you guys ever run any kind of, you know, psychological profile in any of your

patients? No. No more than if somebody came in here complaining of a cold.

What we do is just diagnose physiological symptomatology and forward

to the referring physician.

That's all you do?

What about your technicians?

Well, we check them out as much as possible.

Background and testing.

Of course, no procedure is perfect.

But we've had no complaints, either from our patients or staff.

All right.

Thanks a lot, Doctor.

Sorry, it could be more of help. Sure.

We have a complication.

Like how?

Like someone made the connection about the clinics.

How did someone do that?

Damn it, Dorgan. You said this thing would be foolproof.

It will be. I have them on tape.

So what do you say?

I'm saying we eliminate the complication.

It's seven o 'clock. We have plenty of time.

You don't think she's been married? No.

I think she's been married. No way, no. What makes you so sure? Come on, she's

got a double doctorate, three years postgraduate doctorate. When's she going

have time to get married? When she's in school, people get married. Yeah, normal

people, not the keeper. An inner sadness in her. Yeah, when she's with you. I'm

telling you, that woman's been through the divorce wars.

Dad, what are you doing?

Claire! No! No! Claire!

No, you let me go! No!

No, I am not safe anyway!

Stop it!

Leave me here! No!

Leave me here, folks! No!

No! He's going to kill me!

He's going to fight me for you! Nobody's going to hurt you! He's going to kill

me! Yes, he is!

He's going to come in here and he's going to kill me!

For all of my friends!

We are going to be okay, all right? No! No! Not unless you let me get out of

here! I have to!

Stop it.

We better get somebody down here to sedate her.

Come on.

Keep her. Keep her.

She needs a doctor.

She's like a wild one. She's crazy. Go.

Can you both take it a little slower? No, you've got to listen fast. You don't

understand. She's got two guards.

They're going to need doctors.

How could she? Will you do it, please?

All right. All right.

Hey, you got the keys?

Got them.

Spooky. Very spooky.

Yeah. Very strange, very weird. It's given me a very uneasy feeling.

She's, like, violent.

Can you imagine that?

Keep turns into, like, a violent, like, psycho killer. I can't believe somebody

smart and nice like that. Can you imagine that? Hobbs, is it possible to

to shut the hell up?

Shut my mouth and just show a little concern for our beloved keeper. I mean,

know, she happens to be...

You know, part of our lives, and I'm a little concerned, a little scared for

her.

Yeah, me too.

Apology accepted.

Thank you.

No problem.

I'm going to grab a cup of coffee here.

No, no, no. No, no, Hobbs. We got the guy. We're meeting the guy at the

We got a coffee.

Hobbs, the guy's waiting for us, right? No, you're not getting it.

She has a nice cup of coffee over here. You don't want a cup of coffee? No, I

don't want a cup of coffee. You drink coffee?

Yeah. So?

I'll buy you a nice cup of coffee. Hobbs, can we just... I need my coffee

morning, if you don't mind.

Hey,

would you get me, like, a cup of normal coffee? I want a normal coffee.

Decaf latte. Good coffee.

You can get one yourself.

Can I get a, uh, please, a half -calf, low -fat?

Non -fat. Make it non -fat.

Hey, how much would you want? You said non -fat, right? Okay.

No, don't do that. Don't do it. Don't! Don't!

What the hell is going on here, Hobbs?

I win.

No, I said 20 minutes. I got him at 17.

I got him at 17 minutes. You said 17? Yeah, I pushed the button. You pushed

button? Yeah.

I'm not going to argue with that. I got the stop button. Will you stop it with

the three stooges act?

We don't do that. Not that we wouldn't like to. But we're only two guys, so.

We had somebody else. Yeah.

Jones. He'd be good. He'd be good.

Jonesy, come on. We knew the minute you heard about the shooting, you would be

down here to investigate.

Cause faith is Jonesy.

You care about us. Actually, we're here to bust your asses for illegal entry

into a federal building. Well, that's impossible.

The thing is, we are both federal agents.

I'm a federal agent. I know I am.

You're a federal agent. We have that in common.

Yeah. And it hasn't been established that anybody illegally entered anywhere.

Well, we know that the files for this case were taken and copied three nights

ago, and we've got a positive ID on that sweet Van Ears.

Well, I can't really help you with, you know, the files, since I don't have any

idea what you're talking about.

But the ID is right.

You know, actually, every once in a while I get nostalgic and I regret that

no longer working there with you, you know? So you know what I do? I do this.

park outside the building and I just get like a vibe, you know?

I just like feel the place just because I miss it.

It's true. It's kind of like looking at pictures of my ex -wife.

It's a bunch of BS.

No, it's true.

Excuse me, Jones. Are you refusing to recognize romance?

I'm here to warn you guys. I catch you anywhere around this case, I'm going to

get you permanently suspended.

You don't get it, do you? He doesn't get it. Don't get what?

We are part of the case now, Jonesy. And we have nothing further to say to you.

Any further questions and you can reach us at Fish and Game.

Take care, Jonesy.

Nice seeing you.

You said there would be no problem. There isn't going to be. The police were

questioning Burton. We're taking care of them. And as far as your partner, that

part is guaranteed.

Maybe we should just call it all off. No, it's too late for that. Just go

sit tight, and keep watching TV.

Very soon, some twinkie is gonna come on the news and let you know that you just

hit the lottery.

Okay?

Okay.

I stopped by the P .O. box.

We got another job.

Hey.

Did you hear me?

Look, I think we should cool it a while.

Oh, come on. You're not worried about those two guys. You're damn right I am.

They're probably dead by now.

Either way, there isn't a chance anyone's going to figure out what's

It's not going to hurt anything to shut things down for a few months. I mean, we

got enough money to last the next few years.

Uh -uh.

When we start passing up contracts, the word gets out.

All of a sudden... Unhappy spouses and greedy business partners start taking

their contract hits elsewhere.

And before I stop, I plan on having enough for the rest of my life.

I'm sorry I ever thought this thing up.

What are you talking about?

We're sitting on a gold mine.

And not just a mine screw program, but the idea of piping it into sleep

It's genius.

Eight hours, and bam, we have untraceable killers.

You know, if there was a Nobel Prize for crime, you would be on your way to

Stockholm right now.

Come on, dude.

It's a glitch.

We get them all the time.

We find it, we fix it.

Let me contact this new lead.

Okay?

Okay?

The doctors have explained she's been given a very powerful drive to save

herself, a drive we are currently inhibiting. As a result, since she

physically remove herself from what is threatening her... Yes.

Eberts. She's going to try to escape mentally.

Keep go section A?

Nah, come on, no way.

That's what psychosis is. A retreat from a reality which the mind cannot...

abide.

Don't be giving me lectures on mental problems, Eberts.

Practically got a PhD in nutso.

Ain't gonna happen to her.

Then I suggest you go find your partner and get on it. Just in the off chance

the doctor may know more than you.

I'll be out.

It is possible he knows more than the doctors.

Scary to contemplate.

Terrifying.

Here you go.

Why don't you try some of this? I don't want any.

Come on. You've got to keep your strength up. Here you go. Come on. I

anywhere.

Like I told you, we're going to get this guy, okay? Yeah, well, you said that

before.

Yeah, but we are, all right? We're going to do it.

He's going to find me, and he's going to kill me.

Claire, no, he's not. The whole thing, it's in your head, okay?

Whatever's in there, it's gonna destroy me.

Yeah, I know that feeling.

Then help me.

Please.

Guys.

Bingo.

The biker was at a sleep clinic two nights ago.

All right, hang in there. We'll be right back, okay?

You'll be safe, Claire.

I swear you'll be safe.

Hey, check this out. Look, Marquand Clinic, St. Vincent's Hospital, Stanley

Institute, Nocturna Foundation.

Every damn one of them.

Same computer service. That's right.

Hard drive solutions.

I'm very impressed. You should be.

You gonna tell me?

A lot of thieves I used to hang out with, they actually spent time working

security companies. I mean, I'm talking about the dudes who actually installed

the security systems.

A few years later, they go pay their customers a visit.

Right. You know, sort of like...

Visiting your safety deposit, Paul. If you want to hack into the computer

lines... Just be the guy who services the computers.

When you're good, you're good. Thank you.

Yeah.

All you do is leave pictures and info on the subject.

Well, videotape is better, but still pictures will work fine.

I'll just drop it all off at the post office box, along with half the money.

Well, once we get it, we'll check it out, we'll set up a meeting.

Hey, just don't move.

Where are you going?

I guess we'll take that as a confession.

Confession of what?

The easy way or the hard way?

My personal preference is hard, because that way we get to beat the crap out of

you. You do whatever you want. We don't know what you're talking about.

Why is it they never know what we're talking about? Why is that? I don't

It's like we're talking Sanskrit or something. Where's the program, pal?

How do you know about that? Shut up, Jeffries!

Well, look at that. Looks like the cat's out of the bag.

Who are you boys working for?

Huh? Nobody.

Nobody? Nobody.

That's bull.

How could a couple of putzes like you operate something like this, huh? A

of putzes like us could buy and sell you guys ten times over. What do you take,

Claire? Huh?

Who the hell is Claire?

We don't pick anyone. We send the program at random.

Oh, speaking of which, how about we have some showtime? Come on.

So we like to watch scary tapes. Big deal. Doesn't prove anything.

Cut the crap, all right?

We all know this is your ticket to a lifetime vacation.

Let me tell you what you and your little friend here are going to do, all right?

You're going to erase what you put inside our friend's brain, all right?

Erase it? That's right.

You put it in, now get it out.

Wait, this isn't something you rent from Blockbuster.

This is one way, pal.

It goes in, but it doesn't ever come out. They kill their targets, then they

kill themselves.

Yeah, I need a phone number from Michael Burton.

His

wife

said he just left for a jog.

Claire! Claire!

Claire, don't do it!

No!

Oh.

Hey. How you feeling?

Woozy. Woozy?

Woozy like your head spinning? Woozy like nauseous? Woozy, woozy, what kind?

I don't know what you mean.

What, like woozy, like... What he means is, are you scared?

No.

Why would I be scared?

No reason. No reason.

No reason.

What's so funny?

Nothing. Nothing.

Nothing. No reason at all.

So, essentially, the whole thing came down to the fact that we couldn't erase

what they already programmed. Yeah.

We let you execute what they'd already put in your head. Well, you know,

figuratively speaking.

Yeah. We made our own version of the program. It was great. We got Sally.

Sally? Yeah, in accounting.

Yeah, she's your color. She was perfect.

Kind of tall. It's not good. Yeah, we just stayed away from her face. No, but

the best part, the classic moment of watching how it's trying to convince

to let's tape. That was sweet. Film him. Of course, film.

That's right.

It was easy once we told him why his partner was busted.

Pretty smooth, huh? Yeah, pretty smooth.

Yeah. Actually, I'm thinking of entering into one of those film festivals. Thank

you.

No, no, actually, it was more Marty's idea.

Oh, then a special thank you to you.

Come here.

Well, like the Beatles said, we get by with a little help from our friends.