1 00:03:19,699 --> 00:03:22,618 WALTER: A week ago, the only thing I thought was out of the ordinary... 2 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:24,995 ...was that it was my birthday. 3 00:03:25,955 --> 00:03:27,456 [SIGHS] 4 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:43,263 [MEOWING] 5 00:03:43,431 --> 00:03:45,015 [BARKING] 6 00:03:49,270 --> 00:03:50,812 Sorry. 7 00:03:51,814 --> 00:03:53,815 I'm just bored. 8 00:03:56,694 --> 00:03:58,111 Oh. 9 00:04:02,992 --> 00:04:04,576 Come on. 10 00:04:08,998 --> 00:04:11,208 WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: Unit 5, come in. 11 00:04:12,835 --> 00:04:14,795 Unit 5, come in. 12 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:16,630 Do you read me, Unit 5? 13 00:04:18,383 --> 00:04:21,843 WALTER: Of course, things didn't really start here. 14 00:04:24,806 --> 00:04:27,975 [DEAN MARTIN'S "BLUE CHRlSTMAS" PLAYING ON STEREO] 15 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:32,854 How do l look? 16 00:04:33,523 --> 00:04:36,942 ROBlN: The truth? - I look like a rock star, don't I? 17 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,028 ROBlN: You look great. - Hey, what's going on with you? 18 00:04:40,196 --> 00:04:41,530 - What? - Why you acting weird? 19 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:44,491 - What do you mean? - You got drugs on you? Smoking cigarettes? 20 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:47,953 - Just holding them for a friend? Ha-ha. - Have a good time. Have a good time. 21 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:51,206 Aggie, are you okay? 22 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:54,209 [AGATHA LAUGHS] 23 00:04:55,253 --> 00:04:56,295 Sexy. 24 00:04:56,713 --> 00:05:00,257 - Do you hate me? - As much now as the day l met you. 25 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:03,343 - You know, I might be contagious. - I could be immune. 26 00:05:03,511 --> 00:05:05,887 AGATHA: What about the party? 27 00:05:06,055 --> 00:05:09,808 - Like they're gonna miss me. - What about the cake? 28 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,936 I'd like two words on my tombstone: 29 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:15,022 "What if?" 30 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,275 What if I had said, "Screw the cake"? 31 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,861 Single tonight, Walter? 32 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:23,280 Not actually, no. Ah, hey... 33 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:26,199 SYBlL: Oh, come on. Why don't you wag your tail at me... 34 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:28,452 -...in the bitches' room? WALTER: Whoa. Sybil. 35 00:05:28,619 --> 00:05:30,078 What if I had been a bit more... 36 00:05:30,246 --> 00:05:35,042 I wouldn't wag my tail in the bathroom with you if you were the last bitch on Earth. 37 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:36,501 [PEOPLE MURMURlNG] 38 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:38,337 ...tactful? 39 00:05:38,504 --> 00:05:41,048 SYBlL [OVER RADlO]: Sparrow, I repeat... 40 00:05:41,215 --> 00:05:43,592 ...we have an unidentified scavenger sighting. 41 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,302 It's one minute to 5, Sybil. 42 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:48,430 Oh. Then we're agreed, you're still on duty. 43 00:05:48,598 --> 00:05:50,474 [SPEAKlNG IN CHINESE] 44 00:05:50,641 --> 00:05:54,436 Mm-hm. Yeah. Sure. 45 00:05:54,937 --> 00:05:57,939 Sounds delicious. Can I get it to go? 46 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:04,279 Right. Okay, okay. 47 00:06:06,991 --> 00:06:09,993 [GROWLlNG] 48 00:06:15,291 --> 00:06:16,375 [WALTER CHUCKLES] 49 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:18,293 Come to Papa. 50 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:20,003 Maybe you'd like to hear a story. 51 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:21,630 [DOG BARKS] 52 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:23,382 Hmm? Yeah. 53 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:27,594 Once upon a time there was a dog... 54 00:06:27,762 --> 00:06:32,057 ...who lived a life of terror, feared no one. 55 00:06:32,642 --> 00:06:38,814 But although his teeth were sharp and his belly full... 56 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:40,982 ...his heart was empty. 57 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:47,406 He decided to go on a journey to a land far, far away... 58 00:06:48,157 --> 00:06:51,493 ...where he came upon a wooden shack one day... 59 00:06:51,661 --> 00:06:54,955 ...with a thin old man inside. 60 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:57,707 And he invited him in. 61 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:03,171 The dog was overjoyed. 62 00:07:03,339 --> 00:07:08,510 And that night, warm smoke billowed from the chimney above. 63 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:13,723 But, oh, what odd-smelling smoke this was. 64 00:07:13,891 --> 00:07:17,853 You see, the land was China. 65 00:07:18,187 --> 00:07:20,355 And in China... 66 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,233 ...they eat dog. 67 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:24,943 [DOG BARKING] 68 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,820 Ah, ah. Ooh. 69 00:07:28,865 --> 00:07:31,158 Let me see who your irresponsible owner is. 70 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:42,794 [WALTER GRUNTING] 71 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:52,262 Damn it. 72 00:07:54,682 --> 00:07:57,058 Didn't like my story, huh? 73 00:07:57,602 --> 00:08:01,313 That's all right. L can take criticism. 74 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:33,011 I don't believe this shit. 75 00:08:37,642 --> 00:08:41,520 All right, buddy, pick a spot. 76 00:08:45,441 --> 00:08:47,484 Now where'd you go? 77 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:51,071 [DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE] 78 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:40,829 WALTER: Destiny. 79 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:43,164 Maybe that's too big a word for it. 80 00:09:43,332 --> 00:09:46,876 If I'd been nicer to Sybil, she never would have sent me after that dog. 81 00:09:47,044 --> 00:09:52,173 I wouldn't have been late to meet Agatha, and none of this would have happened. 82 00:09:52,341 --> 00:09:53,967 But I was late. 83 00:09:54,677 --> 00:09:56,094 And that's all it took. 84 00:09:56,304 --> 00:09:57,554 Ahh. 85 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:01,850 Take a look at that. Yeah, try not to throw up. 86 00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:03,184 Oh, God. 87 00:10:03,352 --> 00:10:07,522 "Nasty evil dog." That's what "Ned" stands for. 88 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:11,526 If l ever see him again, he's gonna be Ned with two D's. "Nasty evil dead dog." 89 00:10:11,694 --> 00:10:15,238 - All right, now take a deep breath. - Dead Ned. That's what he's gonna be. 90 00:10:15,406 --> 00:10:19,909 - And remember, it's your birthday, okay? - Yeah, I've been thinking about that. 91 00:10:20,077 --> 00:10:22,537 Why is it we go and see your friends on my birthday? 92 00:10:22,705 --> 00:10:24,164 Um... 93 00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:27,000 Probably because you don't have any. 94 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:28,627 Oh. 95 00:10:29,545 --> 00:10:30,545 Makes sense. 96 00:10:30,713 --> 00:10:35,050 So l'm older, l'm disfigured, and l'm spending an evening in hell. 97 00:10:35,217 --> 00:10:36,259 No. 98 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:38,219 I suppose I'm buying that for you too. 99 00:10:38,387 --> 00:10:42,307 Actually, l've had a good long time to flip through it. Why don't you give it a try? 100 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:46,227 Have some writer fill my head with nonsense? L'll wait for the movie. 101 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:48,188 You don't know what you're missing. 102 00:10:48,356 --> 00:10:50,607 And yet, life goes on. 103 00:10:51,025 --> 00:10:54,361 [WALTER READS COVER] 104 00:10:55,946 --> 00:10:57,238 Hmm. 105 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:00,867 "A heart-wrenching odyssey into paranoia. 106 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:03,745 One of the most horrifying metamorphoses ever told. 107 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:06,164 Beware the dog next door." 108 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,042 Get out of here. Are you kidding me? 109 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:11,211 I'm buying this for you, okay? 110 00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:12,754 - Would you get the cake? - Yeah. 111 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:18,885 February 3rd, that makes me Aquarius. Experts say friends are vitally important. 112 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:20,512 AGATHA: Hi. - Hello. 113 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,055 WALTER: Hi. - Hey. 114 00:11:22,223 --> 00:11:24,307 AGATHA: Hello. WALTER: Hey. 115 00:11:25,601 --> 00:11:26,851 I'm sorry we're late. 116 00:11:27,019 --> 00:11:28,937 - Nothing a kiss won't cure. - Oh. 117 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:33,108 I am living proof of the fallacy of astrology. 118 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:34,776 - Hi. - How's your arm, birthday boy? 119 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:36,069 WOMAN: Good to see you again. 120 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:37,946 - You okay? - Waiting for it to fall off. 121 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:40,198 Good thing it didn't bite you somewhere else. 122 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:41,760 WOMAN: Five seconds. AGATHA: Fourth word. 123 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,664 WOMAN: Five seconds. AGATHA: Birds, butterflies. 124 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:46,037 MAN 1: Flies, bees... MAN 2: Flies. Flies. 125 00:11:46,205 --> 00:11:48,415 Lord of the Flies. 126 00:11:48,582 --> 00:11:50,417 [ALL CHEERING] 127 00:11:51,752 --> 00:11:54,003 WOMAN: Okay, you're next. ISAAC: Thank you. 128 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:09,018 "All the characters in this book are fictitious... 129 00:12:09,186 --> 00:12:12,814 ...and anyone finding a resemblance to actual persons, living or dead... 130 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:15,442 ...should proceed no further." 131 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:22,490 WALTER: Now it's time for birthday sex. 132 00:12:22,658 --> 00:12:25,827 I need a lot of birthday sex. 133 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,250 - You know what? - What? 134 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:34,335 Let's sit out here for a while. 135 00:12:34,503 --> 00:12:37,338 - Oh, honey. - Come on, it'll be romantic. 136 00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:41,426 - Yeah, but it's also cold. - Here, take my coat. 137 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,763 Your jacket, take it. L'll call you. 138 00:12:49,852 --> 00:12:53,188 Mom, Dad. I thought l heard voices. 139 00:12:53,397 --> 00:12:57,025 You know, if someone was in bed asleep the way they were supposed to be... 140 00:12:57,193 --> 00:12:59,486 - ...they wouldn't hear any voices. - In bed? Okay. 141 00:12:59,653 --> 00:13:01,863 AGATHA: You're supposed to be in bed. 142 00:13:02,823 --> 00:13:05,700 ROBlN: Oh, Dad. Dad, I forgot to give you this. 143 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,702 - Here. - Oh, cool. 144 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:10,330 - Yeah, I wrapped it myself. - Yeah. 145 00:13:10,498 --> 00:13:13,750 I accept bribes any time of the day or night. 146 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:17,378 - Back door? - She went down the alley. 147 00:13:17,546 --> 00:13:19,339 Wow, that's cool. 148 00:13:19,507 --> 00:13:23,051 Robin, she's a nice girl. 149 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:24,928 Make sure she stays that way. 150 00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,388 - All right. Good night, Dad. - Night. 151 00:13:27,556 --> 00:13:29,891 - Happy birthday. - Thanks. 152 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:44,072 "Chapter 1. You can call me Fingerling." 153 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:49,244 It's not my real name. It came from a book I read as a child: 154 00:13:49,411 --> 00:13:51,704 Fingerling at the Zoo. 155 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:54,249 Paper flap long gone... 156 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:57,961 ...it had a green hardback cover and mottled texture. 157 00:13:58,128 --> 00:14:01,047 It was possibly my very first book. 158 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:05,635 Funny, I can't recall what it was about. 159 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:10,640 The only thing I remember is the name. Fingerling. 160 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:12,934 I wished it was mine... 161 00:14:13,435 --> 00:14:15,436 "...and now it is." 162 00:14:28,826 --> 00:14:30,451 This is your first bite? 163 00:14:30,619 --> 00:14:32,453 First animal one, yes. 164 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,041 My wife, she has these gnawing urges in her sleep and... 165 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:41,963 Tell me about this canine. Ned. What would you do if you came across him again? 166 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:47,343 If l was in my truck, I'd accelerate until I heard a thud. 167 00:14:49,805 --> 00:14:53,641 I'm sorry, l'm just... I'm joking. I just... This is just silly. 168 00:14:53,809 --> 00:14:56,769 Mr. Sparrow, animal control regulations state... 169 00:14:56,937 --> 00:14:59,731 ...that any officer suffering at the hands of an animal... 170 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,192 ...must undergo psychological counseling within seven days... 171 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,069 ...to evaluate their state of mind. 172 00:15:05,237 --> 00:15:07,322 I gave him my arm on a platter. 173 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:10,158 Can't blame a creature of lower intelligence for that. 174 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:13,494 I made a mistake, okay? Write that down. L made a mistake. 175 00:15:13,662 --> 00:15:17,081 It's my fault, like when I told my wife... 176 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:20,376 ...she could choose the color for the living-room walls, you know? 177 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:23,755 Not that women are of lower intelligence, just... 178 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:28,801 Have a good day, Mr. Sparrow. 179 00:15:28,969 --> 00:15:33,806 No, l'm so... No. Agatha's the most intelligent person I know. 180 00:15:34,683 --> 00:15:36,309 What she sees in me, I'm not sure. 181 00:15:37,561 --> 00:15:40,229 Look, l love my job, and l'm good at it. 182 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:44,651 - Ned got away. - Well, yeah, but... 183 00:15:44,818 --> 00:15:47,153 Don't worry. Apart from a flawed sense of humor... 184 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:51,115 ...l'm giving you a clean bill of health. You're not a danger to anyone. 185 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:54,869 That's why you can go, and have the whole day off. 186 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:56,663 Really? 187 00:15:58,374 --> 00:15:59,958 I'll take it. 188 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,376 - Mr. Sparrow. - Yeah? 189 00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:04,337 What color did your wife choose for the walls? 190 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:07,423 Red, blood red. 191 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:15,306 "Chapter 2." 192 00:16:18,894 --> 00:16:24,190 Imagine me, if you must, as someone you once knew. 193 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:28,236 Someone perhaps you liked. 194 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:31,197 Or better yet... 195 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:34,492 ...imagine me as you. 196 00:16:35,577 --> 00:16:38,079 As a kid, I was top of my class. 197 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:40,748 Not because I liked studying, but because I realized... 198 00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:43,376 ...that an education was my best shot at getting out. 199 00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:46,754 See, the stork dropped me in a small dust bowl of a town. 200 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:48,631 There wasn't anything wrong with it. 201 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:53,302 As far as boring towns go, I'm sure it ranked above average. 202 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,681 I had friends... 203 00:16:58,392 --> 00:17:00,810 ...but I always felt alone. 204 00:17:02,938 --> 00:17:05,023 No one ever left... 205 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:07,275 ...but I wasn't gonna die here. 206 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:12,113 As much as I loved him, I didn't wanna be anything like my dad. 207 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:15,992 He seemed so distant and sad. 208 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,786 Numbers were his life. He was an accountant. 209 00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:22,248 And I guess he expected me to take over the business he had built... 210 00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:24,167 ...but I had other plans. 211 00:17:24,334 --> 00:17:26,419 My mom was tickled pink on my 8th birthday... 212 00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:29,464 ...when I announced I wanted to be a detective. 213 00:17:29,631 --> 00:17:31,424 Can't say the same for my father. 214 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:34,552 It really put the kibosh on his master plan... 215 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,138 ...and it fueled his hatred for the Widow Dobkins. 216 00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:38,765 She lived next door. 217 00:17:38,932 --> 00:17:43,478 It sounds odd, but her dog, Alfie, is the reason I became a detective. 218 00:17:43,645 --> 00:17:45,938 The grass is always greener on the other side. 219 00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:48,274 At least, according to Alfie. 220 00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:53,237 That's why he was always in our yard, and it was my job to catch him. 221 00:17:54,865 --> 00:17:58,034 But I never crossed the fence into the Widow Dobkins' yard. 222 00:17:58,202 --> 00:18:00,495 That was my father's rule. 223 00:18:00,662 --> 00:18:05,083 On my 8th birthday, I broke the rule. 224 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:12,090 Now, I must admit that my loneliness... 225 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:15,802 ...and obsession with detective stories had fueled fantasies. 226 00:18:15,969 --> 00:18:20,807 So I'm not sure of all the details, except one. 227 00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:24,852 The Widow Dobkins was dead. 228 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:35,571 It was a whole hour before the doctor arrived... 229 00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:39,742 ...and in that uncertain hour my 8-year-old mind raced. 230 00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:44,372 I decided that the Widow Dobkins was killed by a man with a deranged mind. 231 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:47,500 A mind such as our town had never seen before. 232 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:50,711 No one would be safe from him, not even his loved ones. 233 00:18:50,879 --> 00:18:52,839 Especially his loved ones. 234 00:18:53,006 --> 00:18:57,718 Of course, the doctor later concluded it was suicide, but I never believed it. 235 00:18:57,886 --> 00:19:01,472 By then, my mind had been opened to a whole new existence. 236 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,350 From this, a detective was born. 237 00:19:04,893 --> 00:19:07,228 "Detective Fingerling." 238 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:17,905 Hey, there you are. What are you doing? 239 00:19:19,032 --> 00:19:22,243 - I'll clean this up later. - Filling your head with nonsense, are you? 240 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:26,664 - Did you read this? - Most of it. Lt's very creative. 241 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,416 This Fingerling guy... 242 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:32,211 - Yeah, it's a cool name. - Yeah, what did you make of him? 243 00:19:32,379 --> 00:19:34,797 AGATHA: L loved him at the... Well, at the beginning l did. 244 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:36,716 WALTER: What do you mean "at the beginning"? 245 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:40,678 - Well, he... How far have you gotten? - Oh, two chapters. 246 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:44,390 Oh. Honey, will you move this ladder for me, just right over here? 247 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:49,854 You know, hon, this Fingerling guy reminds me of my life. Lt's so weird. 248 00:19:50,105 --> 00:19:53,983 Like, it's like my childhood, my memories, you know? 249 00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:56,736 Honey, will you hand me that blue paint? 250 00:19:57,946 --> 00:20:00,781 - Here. - Fingerling's nothing like you. 251 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:05,411 Oh, yeah? Look at that. Fingerling at the Zoo. 252 00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:07,455 My mother read it to me when I was a kid. 253 00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:10,917 - I'm sure a lot of people read that as a kid. - Did you? 254 00:20:11,084 --> 00:20:12,543 - No. - Ha! 255 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:15,421 But you know what? Every time I read a book, it's like... 256 00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:18,633 ...the author stole a part of me that l thought only I knew. 257 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,427 Someday l'm gonna write a book and l'll do it to somebody else. 258 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:25,973 I don't know, hon. It's just really kind of strange. 259 00:20:26,141 --> 00:20:29,769 AGATHA: You know what? There's a lot of neighborhoods with houses just like yours... 260 00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:33,856 -...with streets just like yours. WALTER: Yeah? With dogs next door? 261 00:20:34,274 --> 00:20:37,151 Oh, your neighbor had a dog. Well, that's shocking. 262 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:39,362 It wasn't called Alfie. It was called Chief. 263 00:20:39,529 --> 00:20:43,157 "Mis-Chief" my father called it. He used to escape all the time. 264 00:20:43,325 --> 00:20:46,494 - That's why I became an ACO. - Fingerling's a detective. 265 00:20:47,454 --> 00:20:49,497 I used to collect detective magazines. 266 00:20:49,665 --> 00:20:52,333 And the widow next door, Mrs. Dobkins... 267 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:54,627 ...well, that's like my mom. 268 00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:58,631 She died on my 8th birthday. 269 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:01,550 Look, l got frigging goose bumps. 270 00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:04,303 Honey, keep reading, okay? 271 00:21:04,471 --> 00:21:07,640 Soon you will discover that Fingerling is nothing like you. 272 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:09,267 Somebody wrote a book about Dad? 273 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,935 -No. WALTER: Yes. 274 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:12,353 Yes. 275 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:15,064 AGATHA: How was school? ROBlN: Horrible. 276 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:17,650 Am I in it? 277 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:21,320 I mean, if the book's about Dad, I should have a starring role or something. 278 00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:25,950 Yes, you should, and yet you don't. Now, what do you think that means? 279 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,828 Hmm. Jeez. Who's that? 280 00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:30,746 WALTER: Fabrizia. 281 00:21:30,914 --> 00:21:32,498 ROBlN: Fabrizia? WALTER: Uh-huh. 282 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,382 [SIRENS WAILlNG IN DlSTANCE] 283 00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:07,867 [FLASHBULB POPPING] 284 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,935 [THUNDER CRASHING] 285 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,868 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 286 00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:55,975 "Chapter 5. 287 00:23:56,393 --> 00:23:58,352 I meet the Suicide Blonde." 288 00:23:58,687 --> 00:23:59,728 [LOCK CLICKS] 289 00:24:32,596 --> 00:24:34,763 I got a tip from your neighborhood watch. 290 00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:36,974 I know what you're up to. 291 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:39,977 This befriend-me crap, it won't work. 292 00:24:40,687 --> 00:24:42,188 Come any closer and I'll do it. 293 00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:48,944 Well, I hope you don't. It's my birthday today. 294 00:24:49,112 --> 00:24:52,406 If you end up hanging yourself, it'll be the worst one ever. 295 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:55,075 You're pathetic. 296 00:24:55,952 --> 00:24:57,244 I'm serious. I'll do it. 297 00:24:57,829 --> 00:25:01,248 Hanging, it's a painful thing. 298 00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:03,000 Most people get the noose wrong... 299 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:07,004 ...end up walking around with a permanent necklace. 300 00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:11,967 Agonizing reminder of how fucking pitiful they are. 301 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:16,472 Come on, let's talk. 302 00:25:17,432 --> 00:25:20,768 If you're still bummed, I'll put one right between your eyes. 303 00:25:24,147 --> 00:25:25,522 I'm a good shot. 304 00:25:30,445 --> 00:25:32,655 Is it really your birthday? 305 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:47,920 "The Suicide Blonde tells me she was a good person once, but now..." 306 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,297 I'm a bad person. 307 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:52,967 I don't wanna make you bad. 308 00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:56,720 You don't have that power. 309 00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:00,933 Go see my ex-boyfriend. He'll show you. 310 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:05,312 "I should have gotten out of there right at that moment. 311 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:07,022 But then she said it." 312 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:12,403 It's this number! This fucking number! Twenty-three. 313 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:13,904 It rules my world. 314 00:26:14,322 --> 00:26:18,409 It's my father's fault. He said he had found a way to beat the number... 315 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:21,912 ...that he'd beaten it, that l was safe. 316 00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:24,581 He said, "Daddy loves you. 317 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:29,044 And he's gonna do something to guarantee that you don't inherit the curse." 318 00:26:32,632 --> 00:26:33,882 [GUNSHOT] 319 00:26:34,509 --> 00:26:36,468 He was wrong. 320 00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:40,139 His guarantee wasn't worth the blood it was written in. 321 00:26:45,061 --> 00:26:47,688 I guess Daddy didn't love me enough. 322 00:26:50,817 --> 00:26:53,360 It's everywhere. Dates, times... 323 00:26:54,362 --> 00:26:57,614 ...license-plate numbers, pages of books, even elevator floor lights. 324 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:01,201 Soon l found it was in my name. It was in the words l spoke. 325 00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:04,538 Nothing, nothing is safe. 326 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,916 Pink is my favorite color. Do you know what pink is? 327 00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:18,260 Red 27, white 65. Sixty-five plus 27:92. "Pink" has four letters, 92 divided by four: 328 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,554 Twenty-fucking-three. 329 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:25,392 "I'll be honest, I didn't get it. 330 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:28,479 I asked her the only question I could muster." 331 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:30,522 Any more coffee? 332 00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:36,403 "It was important to keep her talking, so I tell her a story." 333 00:27:36,571 --> 00:27:40,074 I had this uncle, his name was Charlie. 334 00:27:41,743 --> 00:27:43,994 And one day, he read in his stars... 335 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:47,623 "...that he was gonna fall in love with a woman in red." 336 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:52,836 So he went out looking all day long and he found one. 337 00:27:53,463 --> 00:27:56,298 - Six months later, they were married. - You're lying. 338 00:27:59,719 --> 00:28:03,305 Two years later, the woman in red divorces my uncle... 339 00:28:03,473 --> 00:28:05,349 ...takes him for everything he's got. 340 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:09,603 He's out there right now... 341 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,356 ...at this very moment... 342 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,653 ...still looking for the woman in red. 343 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:20,989 Figures he just got the wrong one. 344 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,119 And this is supposed to make me feel better how? 345 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:27,871 You look smarter than my Uncle Charlie. 346 00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:33,460 "She has a face meant to smile." 347 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:38,674 And as I exit the building, I figure it's another job well done. 348 00:29:05,452 --> 00:29:09,788 The next day I traced the ex-boyfriend Suicide Blonde mentioned. 349 00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:12,332 Burning coffee grounds is an old trick cops use... 350 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:15,711 ...to take away the smell of death at a crime scene. 351 00:29:15,879 --> 00:29:18,797 But somebody had used all the coffee. 352 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:36,148 When I tell Fabrizia about the Suicide Blonde... 353 00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:39,193 ...she begs me to take her to the apartment. 354 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,529 Her reaction is pure Fabrizia. 355 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:45,866 Death and sex. 356 00:29:46,075 --> 00:29:48,076 What a turn-on. 357 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:49,912 As the pages fell from the walls... 358 00:29:50,079 --> 00:29:54,333 ...the scope of the Suicide Blonde's obsession became clear. 359 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:57,836 "She had reduced everything to 23." 360 00:29:58,004 --> 00:30:00,756 SUlCIDE BLONDE: It's everywhere. Dates, times... 361 00:30:00,924 --> 00:30:04,301 ...license-plate numbers, pages of books, even elevator floor lights. 362 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:07,721 Soon I found it was in my name. It was in the words I spoke. 363 00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:10,307 It was in my name. It was in my name. 364 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,768 It was in the words I spoke. 365 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:18,941 WALTER: "When I found out what her name was, that added up too." 366 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:21,568 Maybe it was just a coincidence. 367 00:30:21,736 --> 00:30:27,366 I mean, a name is just a name. And a number is just a number. 368 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:29,743 "Isn't it?" 369 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:53,183 It's self-printed, self-published... 370 00:30:53,434 --> 00:30:55,769 ...and it's by an author I've never heard of. 371 00:30:56,604 --> 00:30:58,855 [KEYBOARD CLACKlNG] 372 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:06,572 Looks like old Topsy here hasn't written anything before or after since. 373 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:18,208 AGATHA: Walter, what are you doing? - Check this out. 374 00:31:19,335 --> 00:31:23,338 "Walter Sparrow" doesn't work, but if I use my middle name... 375 00:31:23,506 --> 00:31:26,174 - Walter. - ...51197. 376 00:31:26,342 --> 00:31:29,011 -Isn't that amazing? AGATHA: What? 377 00:31:29,345 --> 00:31:31,930 It's all 23. My birthday: 2-3... 378 00:31:32,098 --> 00:31:34,933 ...driver's license, social-security number, everything. 379 00:31:35,101 --> 00:31:38,353 I was born at 11:12 p.m. Eleven plus 12. 380 00:31:38,521 --> 00:31:42,149 It's like it's imitating my life. 381 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,527 - You can't be serious. - The author knows so much about me. 382 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:49,031 - It's as if he chose me. - Is this what you've been doing all day? 383 00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:51,199 - Have you finished the book? - Not yet. 384 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:54,953 You've concerned yourself with minutiae and drawn wild conclusions from them. 385 00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:57,331 What about the fact Fingerling becomes a killer? 386 00:31:57,498 --> 00:32:00,000 - A killer? - And just how many people have you killed? 387 00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:02,294 Wait, who gets killed? 388 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:04,212 Ask Mr. Fingerling. 389 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:05,839 I'm sorry, honey. 390 00:32:09,677 --> 00:32:11,094 WALTER: Why this color? 391 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:13,764 Why did you choose this color? 392 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:15,724 I don't know, you tell me. 393 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:20,395 Red Number 5. R-E-D is 27, plus five is 32 which is...? 394 00:32:21,522 --> 00:32:24,483 - You're reaching now. - Sure, there are differences. 395 00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:26,777 Fingerling's a detective, I'm a dog catcher. 396 00:32:26,944 --> 00:32:30,739 He met Fabrizia when he was 32, whereas I met you when I was... 397 00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:33,742 - Twenty-three. - And the day we met was? 398 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:36,203 - September 14th. - Nine-14. 399 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:38,538 - Fourteen plus nine is...? - Twenty-three. 400 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:46,254 We married October 13th, 10-13:23. 401 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:49,424 Suicide Blonde said it ruled her world. She killed because of it. 402 00:32:49,592 --> 00:32:53,095 She handed it on to Fingerling on his 32nd birthday. Twenty-three reversed. 403 00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:55,847 Fingerling called it fate. Do you know what "fate" is? 404 00:32:57,016 --> 00:33:00,394 Thirty-two. I rest my case, Your Honor. 405 00:33:01,771 --> 00:33:03,939 Honey, I think you're taking this too seriously. 406 00:33:04,107 --> 00:33:06,566 Wait, wait, wait. We live at 1814. 407 00:33:06,734 --> 00:33:08,944 I mean, 18 is one plus eight, which equals nine. 408 00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:11,571 And nine plus 14 is also 23. 409 00:33:11,739 --> 00:33:16,284 Fourteen is one plus four which equals five, and five plus 18 is 23 too. 410 00:33:16,452 --> 00:33:17,619 Oh my God. 411 00:33:17,787 --> 00:33:20,122 All right, Robin, please don't start this nonsense. 412 00:33:20,289 --> 00:33:24,334 This is not nonsense. I mean, five plus 18 is 23. 413 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:29,131 Well, if the book were 27 or 150, you could do the same thing. 414 00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:32,551 Eighteen plus 14 is 32. 415 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,970 Twenty-three reversed. 416 00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:36,555 Spooky, huh? 417 00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:41,309 "Chapter 7. 418 00:33:41,602 --> 00:33:45,605 The Suicide Blonde had given Fabrizia a taste for new thrills. 419 00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:50,318 I played along, but all I could think about was the number." 420 00:33:51,821 --> 00:33:52,863 Thanks. 421 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:57,284 "I didn't tell her that the clock behind the desk read 9:14." 422 00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:02,581 [FABRlZlA GASPS] 423 00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:05,041 Just rip it open. Just rip it off. 424 00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:06,793 [FABRlZlA MOANING] 425 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:17,137 Pretend you have a knife. Pretend you have a knife. 426 00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:19,139 Come on. 427 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,315 I know you're gonna hurt me. 428 00:34:30,485 --> 00:34:32,486 You shut up, bitch... 429 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,404 ...or you die. 430 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:37,449 "Of course, I would never really hurt Fabrizia. 431 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:39,451 I loved her. 432 00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:41,995 And I thought she loved me." 433 00:34:47,835 --> 00:34:49,669 FABRlZlA: Oh, yeah. 434 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,244 "But I started having terrible nightmares." 435 00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:19,426 WALTER [WHISPERING]: Eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13... 436 00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:21,428 What are you doing? 437 00:36:22,763 --> 00:36:24,514 [lN NORMAL VOICE] Reading. 438 00:36:25,308 --> 00:36:27,934 You're insane. 439 00:37:22,198 --> 00:37:23,239 AGATHA: Isaac. 440 00:37:23,991 --> 00:37:28,578 ISAAC: Simply put, it's a box that collects orgone energy. 441 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:29,871 [lSAAC CHUCKLES] 442 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:33,583 We'll talk about Wilhelm Reich next week. Thank you for coming. 443 00:37:34,377 --> 00:37:36,336 Well, it sounds like a fascinating read. 444 00:37:36,504 --> 00:37:38,546 Of course, there exist far too few books... 445 00:37:38,714 --> 00:37:41,591 ...where the main character plays a saxophone. 446 00:37:42,176 --> 00:37:44,302 - I wasn't aware you also played. - I don't. 447 00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:49,557 That's just it, it doesn't all match. It's the number. I'm seeing it everywhere. 448 00:37:49,725 --> 00:37:52,102 Well, conspiracy buffs would say, "Of course. 449 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:54,979 After all, the world spins on an axis of 23 degrees." 450 00:37:55,147 --> 00:38:00,777 When you tell them it's actually 23.5, they say, "Five is simply two plus three." 451 00:38:02,571 --> 00:38:06,157 Twenty-three is very good at this particular game. 452 00:38:06,325 --> 00:38:10,370 - Game? - Yeah, paranoia. 453 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:13,248 There's a fair bit of literature on the 23 enigma. 454 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:14,708 There is? 455 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:18,169 There are 23 axioms to Euclid's geometry. 456 00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:21,381 The human body consists of 46 chromosomes. 457 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:23,967 Twenty-three from each parent. 458 00:38:24,301 --> 00:38:27,804 Blood takes 23 seconds to circulate. 459 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:33,393 The Mayans believed the end of the world would occur December 12th, 2012. 460 00:38:33,561 --> 00:38:35,562 Twenty plus 12 is? 461 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,689 Twenty-three reversed. 462 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,316 Or 20 plus one plus two. 463 00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:44,320 So what is this? What is 23? 464 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,281 Is it... 465 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:49,659 ...God? 466 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:56,666 Two divided by three: 0.666. 666, the number of the devil. 467 00:38:57,501 --> 00:39:00,420 There are only 22 chapters in the Book of Revelations. 468 00:39:01,213 --> 00:39:03,423 We all know how that ends. 469 00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,259 So is 23 a blessing or a curse? 470 00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:09,345 What's true is there's a group of people that take delight... 471 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:12,056 ...in perpetuating the number's infamy. 472 00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:17,061 Lucky seven, unlucky 13, A ballplayer's lucky shoes. 473 00:39:17,229 --> 00:39:21,024 People only pray because they believe that God will help them if they do. 474 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:25,445 This is magical thinking, non-scientific causal reasoning. 475 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:29,157 Now, you're looking for 23 so you're finding it. 476 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,911 Agatha thinks I'm nuts. 477 00:39:33,078 --> 00:39:34,162 [lSAAC CHUCKLES] 478 00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:35,955 Finish the book. 479 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:40,919 And if after reading it in its entirety, you still believe the subject to be you... 480 00:39:41,086 --> 00:39:45,381 ...then whoever wrote it knows you well. And only they can give you your answer. 481 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:46,966 That's a good idea. 482 00:39:47,134 --> 00:39:50,220 And in the meantime, I can speak to Agatha, if you like. 483 00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:53,556 WALTER: Hmm. 484 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:56,643 [FABRlZlA MOANING] 485 00:39:59,146 --> 00:40:01,272 "The number was everywhere." 486 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,485 You have 23 pairs of shoes. 487 00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:09,197 You're counting my shoes? 488 00:40:17,998 --> 00:40:19,958 AGATHA: What are you doing? - Reading. 489 00:40:20,125 --> 00:40:21,668 You're insane. 490 00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:39,769 "Night after night, I killed Fabrizia in my dreams. 491 00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:43,189 I explained to the department shrink what her full name added up to." 492 00:40:43,357 --> 00:40:47,026 - Twenty-three. - What do you think that means? 493 00:40:47,194 --> 00:40:49,362 I don't know, Miles. 494 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,867 Maybe I should be a fucking accountant. 495 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:57,662 "The wise Dr. Phoenix recommends I take a break." 496 00:40:57,830 --> 00:40:59,998 Maybe you should take a break. 497 00:41:00,165 --> 00:41:02,083 "Like time is gonna heal me." 498 00:41:02,251 --> 00:41:04,794 Time is a... A gentle man. 499 00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:09,549 "Time is just a counting system, numbers with meaning attached to them. 500 00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:13,636 Still, a break is what he prescribes. He called it..." 501 00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:15,889 Emotional leave. 502 00:41:16,515 --> 00:41:19,100 So you're not a detective anymore. 503 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:22,228 "Fabrizia was not impressed." 504 00:41:22,396 --> 00:41:25,189 I'm a detective on vacation. 505 00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:30,194 And you don't have a gun? 506 00:41:33,115 --> 00:41:34,532 I still have these. 507 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:37,535 Maybe you should just get some sleep tonight. 508 00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:52,216 "The number was everywhere. 509 00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:58,389 At this point, I don't need to tell you how many pairs of shoes she had." 510 00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:15,156 FABRlZlA: What are these shoes doing in the trash? 511 00:42:16,408 --> 00:42:19,077 FlNGERLlNG: Did you know you had 23 pair? 512 00:42:20,162 --> 00:42:21,412 [GRUNTS] 513 00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:24,123 You're insane! 514 00:42:24,291 --> 00:42:27,585 FlNGERLlNG: The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8:15. 515 00:42:27,795 --> 00:42:30,755 Eight plus 15 is 23. 516 00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:35,510 Waco, Texas, and the Oklahoma City bombing both happened on April 19th. 517 00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:38,304 Four plus 19 is 23. 518 00:42:38,472 --> 00:42:44,102 Tropic of Cancer, 23.5 degrees north, Capricorn 23.5 degrees south. 519 00:42:44,269 --> 00:42:50,483 10886 is the number Al Capone wore on his uniform in prison. 520 00:42:51,318 --> 00:42:55,363 Ted Bundy was executed on the 23rd of January. 521 00:42:59,618 --> 00:43:01,828 It's all 23. 522 00:43:02,997 --> 00:43:08,001 "She didn't understand, which was fine because neither did I." 523 00:43:09,294 --> 00:43:13,923 All I knew was the number had gone after Suicide Blonde... 524 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:15,675 ...Isobel Lydia Hunt. 525 00:43:20,556 --> 00:43:23,141 "And now it was coming after me." 526 00:43:23,726 --> 00:43:26,519 I can speak to Fabrizia if you like. 527 00:43:29,189 --> 00:43:32,734 "I believe he said it in total innocence at the time." 528 00:43:37,197 --> 00:43:38,698 [lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE] 529 00:43:53,881 --> 00:43:55,506 But looking back... 530 00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:57,925 I can speak to Fabrizia if you like. 531 00:43:58,093 --> 00:43:59,844 ...I wish I had reacted differently. 532 00:44:02,056 --> 00:44:04,098 [SCREAMlNG] 533 00:44:28,665 --> 00:44:30,625 [lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE] 534 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:32,919 I should have realized the truth. 535 00:44:33,837 --> 00:44:36,047 I know it's absurd... 536 00:44:36,215 --> 00:44:39,342 "...but even the color of his tie betrayed him." 537 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:46,390 Do you know what pink is? 538 00:44:46,558 --> 00:44:49,936 SUlCIDE BLONDE: Red 27, white 65. Sixty-five plus 27:92. 539 00:44:50,104 --> 00:44:52,772 "Pink" has four letters, 92 divided by four: 540 00:44:52,940 --> 00:44:55,608 Twenty-fucking-three. 541 00:44:56,902 --> 00:45:00,696 In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha if you like. 542 00:45:00,864 --> 00:45:03,699 ISAAC: Paranoia. Twenty-three is very good at this particular game. 543 00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:05,284 Paranoia, paranoia. 544 00:45:05,452 --> 00:45:07,578 In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha... 545 00:45:07,746 --> 00:45:09,580 Two divided by three: 0.666. 546 00:45:09,748 --> 00:45:12,583 Axis of 23 degrees. When I told them it's actually 23.5... 547 00:45:12,751 --> 00:45:16,379 ...they say, "Five is simply two plus three." 548 00:45:24,972 --> 00:45:27,098 [SPEAKlNG INDISTINCTLY] 549 00:45:39,361 --> 00:45:44,157 ISAAC: In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha, if you like. 550 00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:57,170 WALTER: "Chapter 21." 551 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:06,012 [BOTH PANTING] 552 00:48:23,025 --> 00:48:25,985 Oh, God. 553 00:48:28,238 --> 00:48:29,238 Ag? 554 00:48:30,282 --> 00:48:33,534 Oh, God. Oh, God. 555 00:48:38,915 --> 00:48:41,167 It's a nightmare. Lt's a nightmare. 556 00:48:41,334 --> 00:48:44,045 It's a nightmare. Lt's gonna be all right. 557 00:48:44,212 --> 00:48:47,840 No! No! 558 00:48:50,135 --> 00:48:52,136 [GASPING] 559 00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:06,484 [SIGHS] 560 00:49:28,215 --> 00:49:30,216 [CAR ENGlNE STARTS] 561 00:49:48,193 --> 00:49:52,613 Ag, I don't want you to be worried. 562 00:49:52,906 --> 00:49:55,991 I just need one night to clear my head. 563 00:49:57,494 --> 00:49:59,620 Please don't give up on me. 564 00:49:59,788 --> 00:50:03,582 Your loving dog-catching husband, Walter. 565 00:50:22,185 --> 00:50:25,980 "Why that street? Why that hotel?" 566 00:50:27,649 --> 00:50:29,984 "Like it was my choice." 567 00:50:53,633 --> 00:50:55,759 WALTER: Morning. - What can I do for you? 568 00:50:55,927 --> 00:50:59,138 WALTER: Yeah, um, I'd, ahem... 569 00:50:59,306 --> 00:51:03,225 -...like a room. CLERK: Sign the register. 570 00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:10,482 Twenty-seven's the quietest. 571 00:51:13,028 --> 00:51:14,278 WALTER: What about 23? 572 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:19,325 We've been experiencing some plumbing problems with 23. 573 00:51:50,815 --> 00:51:53,943 Chapter 22 was as I feared. 574 00:52:26,142 --> 00:52:27,142 [GASPS] 575 00:52:46,871 --> 00:52:48,872 [SIRENS WAILlNG IN DlSTANCE] 576 00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:04,013 [MUTTERING] 577 00:53:12,564 --> 00:53:16,191 Plus 15. Tropic of Capricorn. 578 00:53:38,923 --> 00:53:41,592 It wasn't the happiest of endings. 579 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,510 It wasn't an ending at all. 580 00:53:43,678 --> 00:53:48,557 After Chapter 22, there was nothing but the question: 581 00:53:49,059 --> 00:53:51,977 Had the number lived to kill another day? 582 00:53:52,145 --> 00:53:54,980 The number had gone after Fingerling. 583 00:53:55,815 --> 00:53:57,441 And now it was coming after me. 584 00:53:57,609 --> 00:53:59,068 [DOG BARKS] 585 00:54:03,907 --> 00:54:05,491 You. 586 00:54:06,910 --> 00:54:11,413 It's all your fault. If you hadn't made me late... 587 00:54:33,436 --> 00:54:36,313 All right, this suits me fine. 588 00:54:40,527 --> 00:54:43,362 A place to rest in peace. 589 00:54:43,530 --> 00:54:45,280 [GROWLlNG] 590 00:54:45,448 --> 00:54:47,074 Yes! 591 00:54:51,913 --> 00:54:53,789 I got you, you son of a bitch. 592 00:54:53,957 --> 00:54:55,833 It's okay, boy. 593 00:54:56,209 --> 00:54:59,336 You'll get up in a couple of hours with a bad headache. That's all. 594 00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:06,260 Not so tough now, are you, nasty evil dog? 595 00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:09,680 [WALTER READS DOG TAG] 596 00:55:09,889 --> 00:55:12,641 L, M, N... 14. 597 00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:16,311 A, B, C, D, E... 598 00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:21,942 Shit. 599 00:55:24,404 --> 00:55:27,156 MAN: Ned? Ned. 600 00:55:27,323 --> 00:55:30,325 I'm Father Sebastian. I trust there's an explanation for this. 601 00:55:30,493 --> 00:55:31,869 He's just sleeping, Father. 602 00:55:32,036 --> 00:55:34,288 I'm an animal control officer. Is this your dog? 603 00:55:34,456 --> 00:55:36,623 It belongs to Barnaby, my gardener. 604 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:39,918 Don't worry, Barnaby, he's all right. He's just sleeping. 605 00:55:43,256 --> 00:55:45,466 [NED GROWLlNG] 606 00:55:45,633 --> 00:55:49,845 - Why did you name him Ned? - He didn't. He took Ned in as a stray. 607 00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:54,016 He likes graveyards. He sits and watches the stones... 608 00:55:54,184 --> 00:55:56,518 ...like he was watching over them. 609 00:55:56,686 --> 00:56:00,230 That's how he got his nickname, "guardian of the dead." 610 00:56:00,398 --> 00:56:02,316 Lately it's been this one. 611 00:56:07,614 --> 00:56:09,531 Oh, no way. 612 00:56:10,783 --> 00:56:11,825 What's wrong, son? 613 00:56:13,369 --> 00:56:15,579 She died on her 23rd birthday. 614 00:56:15,747 --> 00:56:17,372 Well, we can only assume. 615 00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:20,626 -What? SEBASTlAN: That she died. 616 00:56:20,793 --> 00:56:23,795 They never found her body. This is only a marker. 617 00:56:24,380 --> 00:56:28,300 ROBlN: Where have you been? - Library. Lt's not just a book, it's true. 618 00:56:28,468 --> 00:56:31,720 The number screws with your mind, makes you do... 619 00:56:33,264 --> 00:56:34,765 Terrible things. 620 00:56:35,433 --> 00:56:37,392 Perhaps l should be going. 621 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:41,188 No, l want you to see this, all of you. 622 00:56:41,356 --> 00:56:44,775 There was a college girl named Laura Tollins who was murdered. 623 00:56:45,401 --> 00:56:49,696 They never found her body, but her bed was soaked in so much blood. 624 00:56:50,198 --> 00:56:52,616 This is the man who killed her, Kyle Flinch. 625 00:56:52,784 --> 00:56:57,287 Police found a murder weapon, a butcher's knife, with his prints all over it. 626 00:56:57,455 --> 00:56:59,623 Well, Walter, this was nearly 15 years ago. 627 00:56:59,791 --> 00:57:03,752 Ag, he wasn't just her psychology professor. They were lovers. 628 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:08,966 Everything they did together sexually was exactly like the characters in the book. 629 00:57:09,133 --> 00:57:11,760 He said it was her idea to buy the knife. 630 00:57:11,928 --> 00:57:14,429 She wanted to fake an attack. 631 00:57:15,098 --> 00:57:19,434 Kyle Flinch is Topsy Kretts. 632 00:57:19,602 --> 00:57:21,436 The book is his... 633 00:57:22,355 --> 00:57:25,274 ...warped literary confession. 634 00:57:27,402 --> 00:57:30,112 Agatha said a dog told you this. 635 00:57:31,364 --> 00:57:35,409 Ned isn't just a dog. He's the guardian of the dead. 636 00:57:36,911 --> 00:57:39,788 But what about all these 23s in your name and everything? 637 00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:42,708 - Is it all just a coincidence? - I don't know. 638 00:57:44,294 --> 00:57:46,003 But l know who can tell me. 639 00:57:50,758 --> 00:57:52,634 [DOOR BUZZES AND OPENS] 640 00:58:04,522 --> 00:58:06,815 KYLE: Well, you're two days early. 641 00:58:09,444 --> 00:58:10,611 You knew I would come? 642 00:58:15,908 --> 00:58:17,909 KYLE: Reporters always come on the 10th. 643 00:58:18,077 --> 00:58:19,745 The day you killed Laura Tollins. 644 00:58:19,912 --> 00:58:22,497 KYLE: The day she was taken from me. 645 00:58:22,832 --> 00:58:25,959 I'm not a reporter. My name is Walter Sparrow. 646 00:58:26,127 --> 00:58:29,171 I was born February 3rd. 647 00:58:30,214 --> 00:58:32,758 Happy belated birthday. 648 00:58:33,676 --> 00:58:36,178 February 3rd. Two-three. 649 00:58:36,846 --> 00:58:38,430 KYLE: Yeah. 650 00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:42,768 Don't pretend you don't know, Topsy Kretts. I read your book. 651 00:58:43,645 --> 00:58:47,564 Tell me about the number. Is that why you killed her? 652 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:50,108 I need to know. You have to tell me. 653 00:58:55,531 --> 00:58:58,909 What happened to you, I'm afraid it's happening to me. 654 00:58:59,327 --> 00:59:01,536 What happened to me? 655 00:59:06,042 --> 00:59:09,044 You wanna know the worst thing about being in prison? 656 00:59:09,796 --> 00:59:15,092 Your family, your sister, your parents, they come to visit you. 657 00:59:15,259 --> 00:59:20,555 Over time, though, the visits get less and your sister stops coming at all. 658 00:59:21,391 --> 00:59:24,601 Then you start to notice your mother won't look you in the eye. 659 00:59:25,728 --> 00:59:28,522 Pretty soon, she stops coming too. 660 00:59:28,690 --> 00:59:30,607 Eventually, your... 661 00:59:30,775 --> 00:59:34,152 Your father tells you your sister had a breakdown... 662 00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:39,658 ...unable to deal with having a murderer for a brother. 663 00:59:39,826 --> 00:59:42,828 Now, there's tears in his eyes when he says this... 664 00:59:43,496 --> 00:59:45,414 ...but he's not sad. 665 00:59:45,832 --> 00:59:47,582 He's angry. 666 00:59:48,418 --> 00:59:50,919 That's the last time you ever see him. 667 00:59:53,798 --> 00:59:56,258 I didn't kill Laura. 668 00:59:56,884 --> 00:59:58,802 I loved her. 669 00:59:59,053 --> 01:00:01,805 And I didn't write a book about a number. 670 01:00:04,976 --> 01:00:06,977 You're lying. 671 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:12,107 I'm in prison for a crime I did not commit, Mr. Sparrow. 672 01:00:14,026 --> 01:00:17,696 But somehow l think your problems are bigger than mine. 673 01:00:21,284 --> 01:00:22,826 Fucking liar! 674 01:00:25,246 --> 01:00:26,288 No. 675 01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:28,498 - Yeah. - No. 676 01:00:31,252 --> 01:00:33,128 If l was to write a book... 677 01:00:33,296 --> 01:00:37,174 ...l wouldn't use a ridiculous name like "Top Secrets." 678 01:00:44,390 --> 01:00:45,682 [DOOR BUZZES] 679 01:00:49,020 --> 01:00:50,270 [DOOR SLAMS] 680 01:01:00,406 --> 01:01:02,824 WALTER: He was real convincing about his innocence. 681 01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:06,828 Well, killers usually are. His fingerprints were on the knife. 682 01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:09,080 Her blood was on his hands when he dialed 911. 683 01:01:09,248 --> 01:01:10,373 No... 684 01:01:10,541 --> 01:01:11,666 [DOOR BUZZES] 685 01:01:11,834 --> 01:01:12,834 ...he's innocent. 686 01:01:15,755 --> 01:01:18,006 All because his name doesn't add up to 23? 687 01:01:18,174 --> 01:01:20,884 The real killer, the author, he's still out there. 688 01:01:21,302 --> 01:01:23,053 I have to find him. 689 01:01:23,221 --> 01:01:26,389 Wait, l... l know how you can find him. 690 01:01:32,563 --> 01:01:35,357 ROBlN: Last night when I was reading the book... 691 01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:38,777 ...I found a P.O. box address in the back. 692 01:01:46,035 --> 01:01:49,037 - You sure you don't want anything in this? - Just the snow. 693 01:01:49,205 --> 01:01:52,040 - When do you want it to get there? - Tomorrow morning. 694 01:01:52,208 --> 01:01:54,668 - It'll have to go express. - Fine. 695 01:01:54,836 --> 01:01:58,129 - Is that all? - No, no, we want... 696 01:01:58,297 --> 01:02:00,632 We want 23 of them. 697 01:02:04,887 --> 01:02:07,889 I dreamt that l killed you, Ag. 698 01:02:08,057 --> 01:02:11,184 - Fingerling had the same dream about... - Shh. 699 01:02:11,644 --> 01:02:14,062 I'm going with you today. 700 01:02:14,230 --> 01:02:17,232 And all this is gonna come to an end. 701 01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:21,528 You wouldn't hurt me, Walter. 702 01:02:23,114 --> 01:02:26,908 You wouldn't hurt anyone ever. 703 01:02:30,204 --> 01:02:32,163 How do you know? 704 01:02:36,836 --> 01:02:38,670 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 705 01:02:41,215 --> 01:02:43,133 WALTER: There's your boxes, kiddo. 706 01:02:43,759 --> 01:02:46,344 Now we'll see if somebody shows up. 707 01:02:47,597 --> 01:02:51,308 This may not be the author. He may not even be a man. 708 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:53,143 Well... 709 01:02:53,769 --> 01:02:55,228 ...we'll know soon enough. 710 01:03:18,878 --> 01:03:20,420 AGATHA: Walter, look. WALTER: What? 711 01:03:20,588 --> 01:03:22,547 AGATHA: Somebody's gone in. 712 01:03:25,134 --> 01:03:28,345 ROBlN: That's him. Lt's gotta be him. WALTER: You think? 713 01:03:28,512 --> 01:03:32,432 ROBlN: Yeah, l mean, look at him. It's gotta be him. 714 01:03:39,398 --> 01:03:41,274 Game's over, Top Secrets. 715 01:03:52,787 --> 01:03:55,038 You should be dead. 716 01:03:57,166 --> 01:03:58,625 -You should be dead! AGATHA: Whoa! 717 01:04:01,754 --> 01:04:03,922 AGATHA: Walter, no! WALTER: You bastard! 718 01:04:04,090 --> 01:04:05,674 Stop! 719 01:04:06,300 --> 01:04:10,178 Who are you? The number, what does it mean? 720 01:04:10,513 --> 01:04:11,888 I think you know. 721 01:04:14,183 --> 01:04:15,600 [GROANS] 722 01:04:16,143 --> 01:04:17,686 - Get an ambulance! - Watch out! 723 01:04:17,853 --> 01:04:19,312 Dear God. 724 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:21,648 Get an ambulance! 725 01:04:22,358 --> 01:04:25,318 Don't you die on me. You hear me? Don't you die. 726 01:04:25,486 --> 01:04:27,278 Walter, please. 727 01:04:27,446 --> 01:04:30,532 He's the only person that can help us get back to normal. 728 01:04:31,242 --> 01:04:32,993 Honey, you're not helping, okay? 729 01:04:33,494 --> 01:04:36,371 Now, I want you to take Robin and go home. 730 01:04:36,539 --> 01:04:38,915 This man needs a hospital. I'll take care of it. 731 01:04:39,083 --> 01:04:40,834 But he knows, hon. 732 01:04:41,002 --> 01:04:43,003 Take Robin and go home. 733 01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:46,798 I said, l'll take care of it. 734 01:04:52,346 --> 01:04:54,973 He knows. Shit. 735 01:04:55,975 --> 01:04:59,269 MAN: Hard to get rid of... - What? 736 01:04:59,437 --> 01:05:02,522 - It's insane. - What was driving you insane? 737 01:05:03,024 --> 01:05:04,941 Hard... 738 01:05:05,401 --> 01:05:08,153 ...to get rid of... 739 01:05:09,155 --> 01:05:10,697 [MAN SPLUTTERS] 740 01:05:10,865 --> 01:05:12,991 The institute. 741 01:05:13,743 --> 01:05:15,910 Go there. 742 01:05:16,370 --> 01:05:17,787 You'll see. 743 01:05:18,789 --> 01:05:20,415 Oh, my God. 744 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:22,625 [SIRENS APPROACHlNG] 745 01:05:29,592 --> 01:05:31,593 [PHONE RlNGlNG] 746 01:05:32,511 --> 01:05:36,431 - Agatha? - Walter, he didn't make it. I'm so sorry. 747 01:05:36,599 --> 01:05:40,393 - Well, did he say anything? - No. 748 01:05:40,561 --> 01:05:41,603 I'm sorry. 749 01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:43,938 Did you find out who he was? 750 01:05:44,607 --> 01:05:46,316 No. 751 01:05:47,568 --> 01:05:49,986 I'll be home in a little while. 752 01:06:39,495 --> 01:06:41,496 [WATER TRlCKLING] 753 01:06:42,957 --> 01:06:44,165 [METAL GROANS] 754 01:06:47,586 --> 01:06:48,628 [WlNGS FLUTTERlNG] 755 01:06:48,796 --> 01:06:49,838 [AGATHA GASPS] 756 01:07:22,329 --> 01:07:25,540 Oh, shit. You gotta be kidding me. 757 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:31,713 Robin. 758 01:07:57,489 --> 01:07:59,199 [RATTLING] 759 01:08:28,979 --> 01:08:31,648 WALTER: Every 23rd word on every 23rd page: 760 01:08:31,815 --> 01:08:35,526 "Visit Casanova spark, dig beneath the steps to heaven." 761 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:39,447 - Who's Casanova Spark? - It's not a person. 762 01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:42,325 "l warn you, hell is waiting, sparrow man." 763 01:08:44,245 --> 01:08:46,120 We need to go. 764 01:09:08,143 --> 01:09:11,271 LEARY: Eighteen... Four... Twenty-three. 765 01:09:13,065 --> 01:09:15,191 Twenty-three. 766 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:22,657 Nineteen plus four is 23. 767 01:09:22,825 --> 01:09:24,826 All 23. 768 01:09:30,708 --> 01:09:34,127 Plus nine, plus 18... By 72... 769 01:09:36,505 --> 01:09:37,505 Twenty-three. 770 01:09:38,090 --> 01:09:39,632 AGATHA: What was driving you insane? 771 01:10:01,071 --> 01:10:02,447 [GASPS] 772 01:10:08,370 --> 01:10:09,746 [CAR DOORS CLOSE] 773 01:10:13,584 --> 01:10:16,002 ROBlN: Wanna take bets that there's 23 of them? 774 01:10:22,217 --> 01:10:25,386 WALTER: Twenty, 21, 22... 775 01:10:30,059 --> 01:10:31,601 Are you sure you wanna do this? 776 01:10:32,728 --> 01:10:34,228 [WALTER GRUNTING] 777 01:10:35,564 --> 01:10:37,398 ROBlN: What if Mom was right? 778 01:10:37,566 --> 01:10:39,609 What if that man wasn't the author? 779 01:10:39,777 --> 01:10:42,987 What if he was just the guy's father or something? 780 01:10:43,155 --> 01:10:45,448 WALTER: Sounds like a lot of "what ifs?" 781 01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:49,452 Wouldn't that mean that the real killer's still out there? 782 01:10:50,829 --> 01:10:52,955 [RUSTLlNG] 783 01:10:57,252 --> 01:10:59,212 ROBlN: Did you hear something? 784 01:11:00,672 --> 01:11:02,882 You're starting to sound like me, kiddo. 785 01:11:03,842 --> 01:11:05,218 [SHOVEL CLANKS] 786 01:11:10,724 --> 01:11:13,101 Give me the light. Give me the light. 787 01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:19,232 ROBlN: Oh, my... 788 01:11:26,698 --> 01:11:30,118 WALTER: Okay, we gotta go. Grab the light. Go. 789 01:11:30,285 --> 01:11:33,746 Here, give me the light. Let's get out of here. 790 01:11:37,251 --> 01:11:39,252 [FOOTSTEPS] 791 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:45,258 ROBlN: There's one right there. WALTER: Where? 792 01:11:50,013 --> 01:11:51,931 You stay here. 793 01:11:54,143 --> 01:11:56,394 OPERATOR: 911. What's your emergency? 794 01:11:56,562 --> 01:12:00,898 You need to send someone to Casanova's Park. 795 01:12:05,404 --> 01:12:07,822 Is this your idea of a joke? 796 01:12:08,532 --> 01:12:10,491 It's empty. 797 01:12:14,329 --> 01:12:15,913 What? 798 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,168 It was right there. 799 01:12:20,335 --> 01:12:21,377 We're not crazy. 800 01:12:21,545 --> 01:12:25,339 We circled every 23rd word on every 23rd page and it told us to come down here. 801 01:12:25,507 --> 01:12:28,134 And I sound completely crazy, don't l? 802 01:12:28,302 --> 01:12:32,180 Just get some sleep, okay? We're done here. 10-23, UTL. 803 01:12:35,726 --> 01:12:36,976 Mom? 804 01:12:39,313 --> 01:12:41,439 AGATHA: Oh, honey. 805 01:12:49,323 --> 01:12:52,074 - Let's go home, okay? - Yeah. 806 01:13:01,710 --> 01:13:06,881 Skeletons can't just get up and walk away. You were right. That man wasn't the killer. 807 01:13:07,049 --> 01:13:11,219 The real killer is still out there and he knows Dad's onto him. 808 01:13:12,638 --> 01:13:16,682 The book, it's got all these secret messages every 23rd page. 809 01:13:16,850 --> 01:13:20,228 - He's right, every 23rd page in the book. - Stop it. Both of you, stop it. 810 01:13:20,395 --> 01:13:22,897 Now listen to me. Twenty-three is a number. 811 01:13:23,065 --> 01:13:25,691 There's no magical meaning. Only people can give it that. 812 01:13:25,859 --> 01:13:29,904 And I don't care how many lunatics are fantasizing about 23, they're wrong. 813 01:13:30,072 --> 01:13:32,782 There's no curse. There's no killer running around out there. 814 01:13:32,950 --> 01:13:34,575 [TlRES SCREECHING] 815 01:13:40,916 --> 01:13:42,166 It's him. 816 01:13:44,670 --> 01:13:46,921 That's Ned. 817 01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:54,929 Nasty evil dead dog. 818 01:13:59,601 --> 01:14:01,060 Dad! 819 01:14:01,228 --> 01:14:02,270 Walter! 820 01:14:02,437 --> 01:14:04,438 [TlRES SCREECHING] 821 01:14:30,799 --> 01:14:32,258 You. 822 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:35,052 It was you. 823 01:14:36,430 --> 01:14:37,763 You moved the skeleton. 824 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:42,852 - Please don't do this, Walter. - Then how did you know, unless... 825 01:14:48,108 --> 01:14:49,859 Your maiden name is Pink. 826 01:14:50,027 --> 01:14:51,569 Do you know what pink is? 827 01:14:51,737 --> 01:14:55,531 Red and white, 92 divided by four. 828 01:14:56,908 --> 01:14:59,285 I'm gonna write a book and do it to somebody else. 829 01:14:59,453 --> 01:15:01,245 - Walter. - Oh, God. 830 01:15:01,455 --> 01:15:04,582 Whoever wrote it knows you well, only they can give you your answer. 831 01:15:04,750 --> 01:15:07,251 You wrote it. 832 01:15:09,004 --> 01:15:10,504 Isaac knew all along, didn't he? 833 01:15:10,672 --> 01:15:13,466 Walter, just let it be. 834 01:15:13,717 --> 01:15:16,177 - Please. - You're Topsy Kretts. 835 01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:17,720 He may not even be a man. 836 01:15:17,888 --> 01:15:21,307 - Don't make me do this. - Why, Ag? 837 01:15:24,227 --> 01:15:25,561 Why'd you do this? 838 01:15:27,230 --> 01:15:30,691 - Who have I been living with? - Walter. 839 01:15:32,944 --> 01:15:34,195 [GASPS] 840 01:15:38,575 --> 01:15:39,825 What's this for, Ag? 841 01:15:41,995 --> 01:15:44,080 What were you gonna do with this? 842 01:15:44,247 --> 01:15:47,708 I... I took it to protect us... 843 01:15:48,251 --> 01:15:51,545 ...from whoever we were gonna meet at the mailbox facility. 844 01:15:51,713 --> 01:15:54,674 Intending to kill that man who you got to publish your book... 845 01:15:54,841 --> 01:15:56,592 ...and protect your little secret? 846 01:15:56,760 --> 01:15:57,843 I'll take care of it. 847 01:15:58,261 --> 01:16:00,513 He was alive before you sent us away. 848 01:16:00,681 --> 01:16:03,391 - Robin will hear you. - Oh, we wouldn't want that, would we? 849 01:16:03,558 --> 01:16:07,061 Wouldn't want our son to know the horrible truth about his mother. 850 01:16:07,229 --> 01:16:08,938 Mom, Dad, what's going on? 851 01:16:09,106 --> 01:16:12,066 - She's Top Secrets. She wrote the book. - No, it's not true. 852 01:16:12,484 --> 01:16:16,070 Now, your father's gonna put down the knife. Aren't you, Walter? 853 01:16:16,238 --> 01:16:17,918 WALTER: Tell him the truth. AGATHA: Walter. 854 01:16:18,073 --> 01:16:20,658 Tell him how you took the skeleton. 855 01:16:20,826 --> 01:16:23,828 Yes, lsaac and l took the skeleton. 856 01:16:23,995 --> 01:16:26,163 - You did? - And l'd do it again. 857 01:16:26,331 --> 01:16:28,165 But l did not write the book. 858 01:16:28,333 --> 01:16:32,086 Don't lie. Thirteen years, Ag. Thirteen years of lies! 859 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:34,171 - No more! - Don't do this to us, Walter. 860 01:16:34,339 --> 01:16:36,841 - Mom, who wrote the book? - Tell him who wrote it. 861 01:16:37,759 --> 01:16:38,759 Tell him. 862 01:16:40,011 --> 01:16:42,179 You wrote the book, Walter. 863 01:16:54,693 --> 01:16:57,695 AGATHA: I found this with the old man's things. 864 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:11,459 - You put my name on this. - No. 865 01:17:12,544 --> 01:17:14,670 No, no, no. 866 01:17:14,838 --> 01:17:16,338 You're lying. 867 01:17:16,506 --> 01:17:20,092 She's lying. I didn't... I didn't write that. 868 01:17:20,510 --> 01:17:21,927 Then who did? 869 01:17:24,806 --> 01:17:26,432 WALTER: You. 870 01:17:27,768 --> 01:17:31,395 It was both of you all the way along, wasn't it? 871 01:17:31,563 --> 01:17:33,773 - No. - What is this? 872 01:17:33,940 --> 01:17:35,775 What are you doing? 873 01:18:03,303 --> 01:18:04,970 ROBlN: Dad? 874 01:18:07,265 --> 01:18:09,308 Dad, what's happening? 875 01:18:13,146 --> 01:18:15,481 Walter, we can get you help. 876 01:18:17,484 --> 01:18:18,609 FlNGERLlNG: The woman in red. 877 01:18:18,777 --> 01:18:21,137 SUlCIDE BLONDE: This is supposed to make me feel better how? 878 01:18:25,575 --> 01:18:27,618 WALTER: Oh my God. Shit. 879 01:18:32,707 --> 01:18:34,416 ISAAC: Walter. 880 01:18:44,302 --> 01:18:47,221 No! Get out of here! 881 01:18:47,389 --> 01:18:48,973 Get your car. Come on. 882 01:18:49,808 --> 01:18:51,392 ROBlN: Let's go. - Come on, honey. 883 01:20:14,643 --> 01:20:16,894 WALTER: "Chapter 23." 884 01:20:17,145 --> 01:20:19,647 You can call me Fingerling... 885 01:20:20,148 --> 01:20:23,067 ...but my real name is Walter. 886 01:20:23,610 --> 01:20:26,695 Walter Paul Sparrow. 887 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:30,616 What you have read so far is not the whole truth. 888 01:20:30,784 --> 01:20:33,994 Much has been changed to protect the innocent... 889 01:20:34,371 --> 01:20:36,455 ...and the guilty. 890 01:20:42,045 --> 01:20:45,005 I once read that the only philosophical question that matters... 891 01:20:45,173 --> 01:20:47,508 ...is whether or not to commit suicide. 892 01:20:49,052 --> 01:20:51,887 I guess that makes me a philosopher. 893 01:20:53,598 --> 01:20:56,266 You could say it was my inheritance. 894 01:20:56,434 --> 01:20:58,602 After my mother's death... 895 01:20:59,104 --> 01:21:00,771 ...my father couldn't cope. 896 01:21:06,152 --> 01:21:08,362 He didn't leave a note. 897 01:21:09,447 --> 01:21:11,281 Just a number. 898 01:21:12,826 --> 01:21:15,953 That number followed me from foster home to foster home... 899 01:21:16,121 --> 01:21:18,747 ...till college, when I met her. 900 01:21:19,666 --> 01:21:21,041 Laura Tollins. 901 01:21:22,335 --> 01:21:23,752 [FLASHBULB POPPING] 902 01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:25,295 [LAURA CHUCKLES] 903 01:21:39,728 --> 01:21:41,812 LAURA: Do it tight. 904 01:21:45,150 --> 01:21:47,317 Pretend that you have a knife. 905 01:21:48,111 --> 01:21:49,445 I got a knife. 906 01:21:49,612 --> 01:21:51,280 Cut my shirt. 907 01:21:51,448 --> 01:21:53,115 - I'll cut you some more. - Will you? 908 01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:54,742 Yeah, l'll cut you. 909 01:22:00,123 --> 01:22:02,291 [BOTH PANTING] 910 01:22:07,964 --> 01:22:10,716 Cut me. Cut me. 911 01:22:11,217 --> 01:22:13,177 "I loved her." 912 01:22:14,387 --> 01:22:16,263 KYLE: One... 913 01:22:16,431 --> 01:22:18,599 "And I thought she loved me." 914 01:22:18,767 --> 01:22:21,143 ...esoteric obsession with the number 23. 915 01:22:21,311 --> 01:22:23,645 Does a thing itself have a mystical power? 916 01:22:23,813 --> 01:22:26,231 LAURA: Does that equation...? - Yes, that... That's the... 917 01:22:26,399 --> 01:22:29,735 "Until my father's number returned to haunt me." 918 01:22:44,167 --> 01:22:45,834 Are you insane? 919 01:22:46,002 --> 01:22:48,378 "That fucking number." 920 01:22:51,841 --> 01:22:53,842 [BOTH PANTING] 921 01:23:09,776 --> 01:23:12,778 "When I circled every 23rd letter of her note..." 922 01:23:14,864 --> 01:23:17,115 ...it became clear. 923 01:23:17,659 --> 01:23:19,076 [WALTER SOBBlNG] 924 01:23:20,036 --> 01:23:22,496 The number had gone after me. 925 01:23:25,458 --> 01:23:26,792 "And now it wanted her." 926 01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:28,460 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 927 01:23:29,254 --> 01:23:31,088 [POUNDlNG ON DOOR] 928 01:23:31,714 --> 01:23:33,757 Laura, this room... You gotta get out. 929 01:23:33,925 --> 01:23:37,135 - It's coming for you. I can't stop it. - What? What? 930 01:23:37,303 --> 01:23:38,554 The number. 931 01:23:40,098 --> 01:23:43,392 - No, don't... No, no. - Leave me alone. 932 01:23:45,812 --> 01:23:48,313 You think you have the guts to use it? 933 01:23:48,815 --> 01:23:50,524 Go ahead. 934 01:23:52,902 --> 01:23:54,319 Kill me. 935 01:23:58,825 --> 01:24:00,826 I love you. 936 01:24:02,495 --> 01:24:05,664 I've never loved you, ever. 937 01:24:06,499 --> 01:24:08,333 How could l? 938 01:24:09,419 --> 01:24:11,420 How could anyone? 939 01:24:12,213 --> 01:24:13,547 You're pathetic. 940 01:24:15,383 --> 01:24:17,134 Just like your father. 941 01:24:17,302 --> 01:24:18,844 [WALTER GASPS] 942 01:24:19,596 --> 01:24:20,971 - Get out. - Ah! 943 01:24:24,934 --> 01:24:32,934 Laura. 944 01:24:35,987 --> 01:24:37,154 Laura! 945 01:24:37,322 --> 01:24:40,991 Laura! Laura! Laura! 946 01:24:41,659 --> 01:24:44,411 Laura! Laura! 947 01:24:44,871 --> 01:24:50,959 Laura! Laura! Laura! 948 01:24:54,213 --> 01:24:56,173 "I was right." 949 01:24:56,674 --> 01:24:58,717 She was in danger. 950 01:24:58,885 --> 01:25:02,095 "I just didn't realize the danger was me." 951 01:25:04,474 --> 01:25:07,017 WALTER: It's gonna be all right. 952 01:25:07,769 --> 01:25:09,436 [SOBBING] 953 01:25:29,999 --> 01:25:31,833 KYLE: Hey, Laura. 954 01:25:36,506 --> 01:25:38,090 Laura? 955 01:26:16,462 --> 01:26:20,507 "What began as a suicide note turned into something more." 956 01:26:20,675 --> 01:26:23,051 [GROANS AND YELLS] 957 01:26:33,688 --> 01:26:36,189 "Much, much more." 958 01:26:38,192 --> 01:26:41,987 Twenty-three. That's a good one. That's a good one. 959 01:26:44,949 --> 01:26:46,116 Twenty-three. 960 01:26:49,746 --> 01:26:52,205 Twenty-three. Twenty-three. 961 01:26:52,373 --> 01:26:56,752 Twenty-three. Twenty-three. Fuck it, fuck it. 962 01:26:56,919 --> 01:27:00,839 I can see it. Lt's everywhere. It's everywhere. Lt's everywhere. 963 01:27:02,050 --> 01:27:03,550 No more fun and games. 964 01:27:05,762 --> 01:27:07,596 Laura. 965 01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:10,390 [MUTTERING] 966 01:27:18,441 --> 01:27:21,109 Shit. This fucking... 967 01:27:21,277 --> 01:27:25,113 It's not true. Lt's not true. It's not true. 968 01:27:25,281 --> 01:27:28,283 He does not. He does not. 969 01:27:32,622 --> 01:27:35,791 I love you, more than any... 970 01:27:35,958 --> 01:27:39,127 Period, exclamation. 971 01:28:09,158 --> 01:28:11,159 Remember this? 972 01:28:15,540 --> 01:28:17,290 [WlNDOW SHATTERS] 973 01:28:38,229 --> 01:28:39,688 "They thought it was the fall." 974 01:28:39,856 --> 01:28:41,296 MAN 1: He doesn't remember anything. 975 01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:43,900 MAN 2: It's not uncommon in cases of such severe head injury. 976 01:28:44,068 --> 01:28:47,028 He could recover his memory tomorrow or never. 977 01:28:47,196 --> 01:28:49,156 MAN 1: Well, you have to factor in the history... 978 01:28:49,323 --> 01:28:51,867 ...of mental instability in the patient's family. 979 01:28:52,034 --> 01:28:53,702 His own father attempted suicide. 980 01:28:53,870 --> 01:28:57,205 He just managed to be a little more successful at it. 981 01:28:58,124 --> 01:29:01,001 "Because the trauma of Laura appeared to be fiction." 982 01:29:01,169 --> 01:29:03,879 - And all that scribbling? - Severe graphomania. 983 01:29:04,046 --> 01:29:05,589 The rantings of a delirious mind. 984 01:29:05,756 --> 01:29:09,509 Some sort of a survivor's guilt mixed up with a numerology obsession. 985 01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,513 You have your hands full, doctor. 986 01:29:13,681 --> 01:29:15,223 I'll do what I can. 987 01:29:16,225 --> 01:29:19,352 Say, may l have this book? 988 01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:21,229 Thank you. 989 01:29:22,148 --> 01:29:25,233 "My novel, my confession." 990 01:29:25,401 --> 01:29:26,568 My name is Dr. Nathaniel. 991 01:29:26,736 --> 01:29:29,029 "I never saw it again." 992 01:29:29,780 --> 01:29:32,908 Some injuries can be healed over time. 993 01:29:33,075 --> 01:29:35,952 Some are just too hard to deal with. 994 01:29:36,495 --> 01:29:40,415 So my brain just blocked out the terrible thing I had done... 995 01:29:40,583 --> 01:29:42,542 "...and the reasons why." 996 01:29:43,794 --> 01:29:45,874 NATHANlEL: Take care. - I hope I never see you again. 997 01:29:46,005 --> 01:29:49,674 - I hope not. Don't come back, fella. - Okay. 998 01:29:59,018 --> 01:30:01,394 Oh, my God. L'm so sorry. 999 01:30:01,562 --> 01:30:02,604 Oh, no. 1000 01:30:02,772 --> 01:30:04,648 "Agatha knew nothing about my past." 1001 01:30:04,815 --> 01:30:06,775 AGATHA: Oh, you owe me a cake. 1002 01:30:06,943 --> 01:30:09,110 "That made two of us." 1003 01:30:09,320 --> 01:30:11,488 I was free for now... 1004 01:30:11,781 --> 01:30:14,282 ...but the number found a new victim. 1005 01:30:14,450 --> 01:30:17,661 The number left me alone for 13 years... 1006 01:30:18,621 --> 01:30:21,289 ...until the night she found my book... 1007 01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:25,418 "...or the book found her." 1008 01:30:48,818 --> 01:30:50,986 This is where I wrote it all. 1009 01:30:52,321 --> 01:30:54,197 It was me. 1010 01:30:54,615 --> 01:30:56,533 I'm a murderer. 1011 01:31:01,372 --> 01:31:05,166 I don't know what happened to you, but I do know this: 1012 01:31:06,460 --> 01:31:09,754 You weren't a bad person who got better... 1013 01:31:10,715 --> 01:31:13,133 ...you were a sick person who became well. 1014 01:31:13,926 --> 01:31:16,511 I killed Laura Tollins. 1015 01:31:19,515 --> 01:31:22,642 There's an innocent man in prison because of me. 1016 01:31:23,602 --> 01:31:25,854 You're a wonderful husband... 1017 01:31:26,022 --> 01:31:29,941 ...and you're the best father a son could ever have. 1018 01:31:30,318 --> 01:31:33,278 And what would Robin do without you? 1019 01:31:34,322 --> 01:31:40,869 You know I can't let an innocent man go on suffering for my horrible sin. 1020 01:31:41,370 --> 01:31:43,705 We're all broken, Walter. 1021 01:31:43,873 --> 01:31:47,834 Remember, you told me your life started when you met me? 1022 01:31:48,586 --> 01:31:51,713 Well, my life began that day too. 1023 01:31:51,881 --> 01:31:55,633 You didn't know who l was. I didn't know who I was. 1024 01:31:55,885 --> 01:31:57,927 - I want you to leave, Ag. - No. 1025 01:31:58,095 --> 01:32:00,722 - You need to leave before... - No. 1026 01:32:01,265 --> 01:32:03,224 Before what? 1027 01:32:08,147 --> 01:32:09,731 Before you kill me? 1028 01:32:13,194 --> 01:32:18,865 Damn it, Walter. Look, this... This is who you were. 1029 01:32:19,033 --> 01:32:21,076 This is not who you are. 1030 01:32:22,328 --> 01:32:25,830 - This is not who you are. - I'm a killer! 1031 01:32:27,124 --> 01:32:29,959 I have killed someone. 1032 01:32:30,753 --> 01:32:32,754 I killed someone. 1033 01:32:33,297 --> 01:32:34,589 I could do it again. 1034 01:32:34,757 --> 01:32:37,759 You think you could do it again? You think you're a killer? 1035 01:32:38,928 --> 01:32:41,930 Here, then take this. You go ahead and do it. 1036 01:32:42,098 --> 01:32:44,140 If you're a killer, then kill me! 1037 01:32:44,308 --> 01:32:48,269 Look around at all the beautiful 23s. You don't wanna disappoint them, do you? 1038 01:32:48,938 --> 01:32:50,146 Do it! 1039 01:32:50,606 --> 01:32:52,649 [AGATHA SOBBING] 1040 01:32:52,817 --> 01:32:54,651 I love you. 1041 01:32:54,819 --> 01:32:58,446 No, don't you say that. 1042 01:32:59,448 --> 01:33:02,784 - I love you. - No, you can't! 1043 01:33:06,789 --> 01:33:08,790 No one can. 1044 01:33:36,861 --> 01:33:39,279 [HORN BLARlNG] 1045 01:33:46,328 --> 01:33:47,954 Dad! 1046 01:33:57,882 --> 01:34:00,383 There's no such thing as destiny. 1047 01:34:01,510 --> 01:34:03,219 There are only different choices. 1048 01:34:22,239 --> 01:34:23,698 It's just a number. 1049 01:34:24,700 --> 01:34:28,578 Some choices are easy, some aren't. 1050 01:34:28,746 --> 01:34:34,209 Those are the really important ones, the ones that define us as people. 1051 01:34:35,044 --> 01:34:37,962 SEBASTlAN: "The Lord is my shepherd. There is nothing l lack. 1052 01:34:38,130 --> 01:34:40,632 In green pastures, you let me graze. 1053 01:34:40,799 --> 01:34:44,260 To safe waters, you lead me. You restore my..." 1054 01:34:44,428 --> 01:34:46,554 Thirteen years ago I made the wrong choice. 1055 01:34:46,722 --> 01:34:48,890 "Guide me along the right path for the sake..." 1056 01:34:49,058 --> 01:34:50,350 I needed to put it right... 1057 01:34:52,228 --> 01:34:54,812 ...and not just for my sake. 1058 01:35:11,664 --> 01:35:14,707 To die there in the street would have been easy... 1059 01:35:14,917 --> 01:35:17,252 ...but it wouldn't have been justice. 1060 01:35:17,753 --> 01:35:21,923 At least, not the justice fathers teach their sons about. 1061 01:35:29,932 --> 01:35:32,350 I'll be sentenced in a week or so. 1062 01:35:32,518 --> 01:35:36,938 My lawyer says the judge will look kindly upon me for turning myself in. 1063 01:35:37,481 --> 01:35:42,402 Maybe it's not the happiest of endings, but it's the right one. 1064 01:35:43,988 --> 01:35:47,991 Someday I'll be up for parole and we can go on living our lives. 1065 01:35:48,158 --> 01:35:50,827 It's only a matter of time. 1066 01:35:50,995 --> 01:35:57,000 Of course, time's just a counting system, numbers with meaning attached to them. 1067 01:36:00,713 --> 01:36:02,380 Isn't it?