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Trick or treat!

Whoa! An army of monsters!

I'm not a monster. I'm a cowboy.

Well, here you go, cowboy.

And here's some for our pumpkin.

Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween.

Thank you.

Who are you?

Are you a patient?

Oh, God.

I know who you are.

I did everything you told me to do.

I destroyed my records.

I... Those are the neighbor's kids.

Whoa!

Everybody's a monster tonight.

You okay, dude? Hi, Cindy.

Uh, too many birthdays.

I'm gonna call it a night.

I didn't tell anyone, Dan.

Your paranoia is getting worse.

What you did in the park, that... that wasn't your fault.

It was an accident.

You can still... You're right.

Can I have Daddy's famous blueberry pancakes?

Please.

I don't know. I think it's going to have to be cereal toast or bagel.

Bagel on number four, like Mom does. No brown spots.

Copy.

Come on.

Everybody in.

If I wanted to make a new friend at school, what should I do so that I don't

look stupid?

Looking stupid is underrated.

Just tell me.

Um... Well, what do you think Mom would do?

No, no, no.

She's working.

Just imagine.

Ask a question in...

If they answer with a lot of sentences, they want to be your friend.

That's a really smart answer.

Are you sure you're my kid?

Yes.

Do you have any kind of documentation to prove that?

No.

I just have to take your word for it? Yeah.

You're sure?

Dad, you tricked me.

Kind of a job.

You do that to your patient?

One job.

I get it.

She agreed.

Mr. Raviello, Dr. Prince.

Come on in.

So, Mr. Raviello, why don't you tell me about yourself?

Just Dan.

Dan's good.

So, why are you here?

How did therapy work, anyway?

You've never done this before?

No. We talk, and then we problem solve.

He can't just tell me what to do.

I wish it was that simple.

Have you had any recent upheavals in your life? Any weight changes?

A suicidal ideation?

Have you had any destructive thoughts?

Fatigue? How are your personal relationships?

So, anyway, that's me. I'm the principal at Elwood Elementary in O 'Hare

Township. And six months ago, my wife kicked me out.

She said I wasn't there for her.

I don't know what that means.

But now I can't sleep.

A buddy of mine gave me some loony lunar... You know what I mean. I just

to know if maybe you could give me something stronger.

We can discuss medication in a bit. Are you going to write down every goddamn

thing I say?

If it bothers you, I don't have to take notes.

Yeah, I really don't want any notes.

Ever.

Could you shred that?

Now?

Please.

Doc, I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a jerk.

It's just, uh... I mean, privacy for me right now is really important.

You are safe here, Dan.

I'm not paranoid.

Do you think you're paranoid? I think you're looking at me thinking this guy's

fucking paranoid, but... Why, Dan?

Hey, um... When I called in here, um... There was a girl, secretary.

Where is she now? She's part -time. Yeah, I don't want her knowing anything.

I mean, anything about me.

So if I make every appointment at 4 p .m.? You will never see her. And you

cash? We can help you with the insurance paperwork.

I just don't want anybody on the school board or a parent to know about this.

Okay, Dan.

Well, I think that was a good start.

At night, in bed...

I sweat so much that I wake up in a puddle.

Well, why don't we save that for next session? It's the same dream every

I'm running in the woods.

It's dark.

And there's these dogs.

These goddamn dogs. They're barking like fucking crazy. And I've got this thing

in my hand. And I don't know what it is, but it's dangerous.

My hands are like fucking claws. Dan, that's a good place to start next week.

Yeah.

Okay.

See you Thursday.

Thursday?

Yeah, when I had your girl on the line. I just made three appointments in a row.

Um, I need to explain something to you, Dan.

These first two sessions are used to determine whether I can help you.

Wait, so you could just dump me after this? I mean...

All this talk would be for nothing?

Well, it wouldn't make much sense to continue if I can't help you.

Yeah, I get it.

See you Thursday.

So, Dad, it says here whoever writes the best interview gets in a newspaper.

Dad.

I think your dad's the best person to interview.

Maybe you can mention that.

I think Reagan's too smart to believe that.

All right.

What was your first question?

What's the bravest thing you ever did?

Oh, I think I can answer that.

When you were first born, we went to Cape Cod. And there was this woman

in the water. She was pregnant.

She was really struggling.

And your dad...

Saves her from drowning.

Oh my God, you're like a real life hero.

Your mom's the real hero putting up with me all these years.

That's a fact.

I'm going to write five questions before dinner.

And Dad, his name's Justin.

He said a lot of sentences.

So, send me the bill.

Two successful parenting.

Look, I am...

You're

still at work.

I... I'm a new patient.

Maybe shred my notes in front of him.

He made you shred your notes.

Oh, no, no, no.

No, you tell him you don't think you can help him he gets one more session if I

don't get a better vibe though That'll be it.

I Know it was you he'd be gone already.

Absolutely You're too nice I

am too nice

Where the hell were you last week? I called Carly. I told her that I... I

Another emergency.

Don't you tell her.

Tell me.

Don't make her schedule.

Okay.

The fuck are you wearing?

Who are you? Do you have any homework? Three pages of math.

And don't fill her head with scary bullshit. You aren't there at two in the

morning when she can't sleep. Yeah, and if she was allowed to spend the night at

my house, we wouldn't have this problem, right?

So, what do you want me to do?

Become a complete person.

See you shrink.

You mean like the marriage counselor you dragged us to? Works for me. Yeah, and

broke us up in one session, right? And now I see my daughter once a week.

Hey. Ben!

How you doing?

19, all right?

You did it right.

29. Oh, hey.

How you doing? Thank you.

Hey.

Mom says things about you sometimes.

You know, if you get question 20 right, you get a cannoli.

How about a trip to the mall?

Cannoli. How about a Lamborghini?

Cannoli. A pony?

How about a cannoli?

How about a key to the house?

Why? Whenever I wait on your front porch, Mom sits in the car.

You know, your mom and I are very different people.

And the bad thing is that people don't change.

They are who they are.

Do you have a girlfriend?

Where did that come from? No.

But, look, if I ever do have a girlfriend...

I would want you to be the first person to meet her.

I don't want to.

Okay.

Dad,

I'm almost 12. I can just wear the key on the string around my neck. Let me

think about it.

Hey, guys, the language.

That's it. That's it, man.

Dad, he's old. He's going to get hurt.

Yeah?

Yeah, that's right. Hey, guys, guys, guys. How about we let him back up? You

right, Tony?

Yeah. How about you sit the fuck down?

Why don't I buy you a couple slices before you hit the road?

Yeah, how about we beat the shit out of you? Yeah.

Midler?

Dash!

Stay down!

Let go.

Just messing around.

A little corner.

Wait.

Too bad.

Sorry. Did I scare you?

I scared you, didn't I?

Hey, listen to me.

Sometimes, you gotta be tough.

You just do.

And when it comes to you,

I will always be the good guy, all right?

I love you, and that's about all I know.

Dad?

You know what?

Why don't we talk about that key?

I just don't want him to think I let everything go to hell.

I brought the grandbabies home to trick -or -treat.

That must have been horrible.

There was police.

His body.

The kids saw it.

Oh, there was blood everywhere.

He seems like he was a great doctor.

He was a doctor's doctor.

That's what your paper called him, and... Did your husband have any

about a patient?

Did he tell you he thought any of his patients might be dangerous?

The police told me not to say anything.

There was one patient making Gene nervous.

The second he came home from work, he poured himself a Jim Beam, a bourbon,

before he even kissed me, before anything.

And that was unusual behavior for him?

Yes.

Grant Harrison.

Tracy Richter. I'm investigating the Eugene Mallow murder. Are you Dr.

I bet he was a colleague of yours.

Listen, Mallow's murderer was one of his patients. I have confidence in the

police. No, they've moved on. And so should you.

This killer's got to get himself a new psychiatrist, right?

I mean, what if it's you? And what if this predatory patient is a figment of

your conspiracy -seeking, tabloid -inspired imagination?

Okay, then.

Well, maybe you've figured it out by now.

This isn't about my wife, huh?

What happens when someone tells you they did something against the law?

Well, it depends.

If it's fully in the past, if there's no future threat, then I'm ethically,

legally bound not to report it.

Doc, I'm here to heal.

I have no evil in my heart, I swear.

You gotta believe me.

I have no reason not to. Well, my dream wasn't a dream.

I was cutting across a park on the way home.

It was so dark.

I swear on my daughter's life.

That guy was pulling a gun.

People get jumped there all the time.

But the woman, I needed her to be quiet.

And she got a good look in my face, you know?

I had to be sure.

Do you know what I'm talking about?

The Oakland Park murder.

You're saying that was you?

What did you say you hit him with? I don't know. I blacked it out.

I don't know, maybe it's PTSD, but... God.

Sound it, man.

I hear it all night.

There are times in some people's lives when a single decision,

a sudden desire, personal failing

can cause a certain unraveling.

Do you understand?

I'm scaring you. I know. No, you're not. You gotta help me heal, Doc.

I need you to listen to me very carefully, Dan.

I don't think that I am able to help you.

It's been years since I've managed a case like yours. I mostly treat

people for anxiety.

I can't do this alone.

I need you, Doc.

Help me heal.

Please.

Okay.

You and me, you know, Luke, we're like a couple of kids on a seesaw in a

playground. I see it all the time.

And it's funny. Sometimes it's the kid who jumps off first who gets hurt.

You know?

The seat comes up and catches him in the chin.

Then sometimes it's the second guy who stays there.

Falls.

See you Thursday, dog.

Dan, my niece is starting kindergarten at Elwood. We got a great family of

teachers there.

Boiler hammer.

Either one.

Good to know.

sleeping with the mailman.

Stuart! Hi!

I need you now!

Sorry.

Sorry.

I was the UPS guy.

You know I don't like his story.

Well, he's always got the packages on time.

Well, there is that.

Really nice.

I love.

Are all delusions evidence of psychosis?

Who knows?

Are all delusions evidence of psychosis?

Can you enlighten us?

Oh.

Are all delusions evidence of psychosis?

Right.

No, they're not. Did I ask you?

Sorry. Ms. Aisman.

I defer to my esteemed colleague.

Okay.

New guy.

Now you can explain.

In detail.

Yeah. Um, excuse me.

Paranoia is a delusion.

Yet there are clinical examples, there have been, of people, of a patient who

behave normally most of the time and only display paranoiac symptoms when

triggered by a specific event or perhaps a memory.

Don't let him answer for you again.

Are you stalking me?

Kind of.

Thank you for saving me.

I'm Hillary.

Kevin.

Available for saving any time.

But you're not usually in class?

No, just auditing. It's kind of a continuing adult education. Really?

Seriously? You knew as much about paranoia as the professor did.

Please.

Thank you. Yeah.

Hey, would you want to go get a cup of coffee?

I can't. I have to go to my next class.

Darn.

You could audit that one, too.

When you're not creeping, what do you do?

Well, obviously not a baker.

I sell insurance.

Cool. You?

I am a receptionist, but I really want to be a baker. My boss is a jerk.

Mm -hmm.

Thanks.

Mm. Wow.

Like 10 out of 10.

That's really good.

Thank you.

All right.

Last questions for the night.

Did you ever take care of someone with multiple personalities?

No.

Did you ever take care of a killer?

Once.

Cool. Is he in jail?

Not anymore.

I worked with him for two years.

What happened?

He got better.

That's it?

He owns a bar.

Go to sleep.

I have to be sure.

Dr.

Prince. Tracy Richter.

City Trib.

You can't just walk in here.

She's pretty.

Is that your daughter?

What is she, 12?

Whatever it is you're doing, stop.

I've been to like 10 shrinks.

Did you know Dr. Eugene Mallow?

I didn't.

He practiced two hours from here. He had a dangerous patient.

Probably his killer.

For about a week, the cops were all over his murder. And then, nothing.

And?

Did you recently acquire a new patient with a violent past?

No psychiatrist would answer that.

You know, I'm just thinking.

If this guy gets himself a new shrink, that shrink better be really careful.

Call me.

Jake? I know you.

Doubt it.

You're Jake Brzezinski.

And I bet you're the four o 'clock with that shrink up on three.

Listen to me, Tracy.

How do you function at your work?

Most days, it's like it never happened.

Today, for instance, a colleague called in sick.

So?

I had to teach fifth grade science.

The solar system.

It's atmosphere, hydrogen, helium, that sort of thing. Started out as a science

teacher. Chemistry.

Speaking of which, Doc, do you think you can give me something to help me sleep?

Were you on medication before when you were in therapy? I wasn't in therapy

before. I told you that. And that is why psychiatrists take notes.

What do you think the odds are there was someone in

Oakland Park that night?

Someone who saw everything.

I don't like those odds.

Oh,

there he is.

Late for your interview.

I am really sorry.

I'll get you a glass.

I told her you had to talk someone down from a bridge.

I did?

Thanks. Hey, I need you to take her to Parker tomorrow. I'm working.

Stu?

What the hell happened today?

I got pulled over for running a stop time tonight.

I almost wrecked the car.

This explains the wine in the water glass. Yeah.

No, no, no, no. Don't. Don't.

Hello?

Dr. Prince.

Yeah, put him through him.

Dan?

Hello?

Hello?

Damn it!

It isn't the car, it's that patient.

What's happening with him, Stuart?

Don't forget, Dad. Soccer.

Got it.

Pancake?

Better

grab

some cereal.

Two people.

Jesus Christ. Christ, this guy is dangerous.

Can't you do anything?

Of course not. Can't you just call the police?

Honey, I can't do anything about past crimes. Yeah, but this is our... I

shouldn't have told you. Stop it.

He asked me to help him heal.

Help him heal?

It's my job. Come on!

Where's my dad's gun? I got rid of it. What?

Years ago.

Because of Reagan, you told me to.

Honey.

I don't want a hug.

I want a fucking gun.

I can handle him. Quit acting like the hero.

But daddy is the hero.

We've arrived at ice cream for breakfast?

That is, famous blueberry pancake.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey, I'm going to have you take the bus home after work.

What are you working on?

My show.

I want you to get right on the bus.

No fooling around.

Okay? Mm -hmm.

Okay.

Wendy, I swear, if she acts irresponsible with the key, I will take

Please.

I really want Carly one more night a week.

Because I love her.

Please.

Don't hang up.

Don't...

Dr. Prince?

I'll need to see a photo ID.

Jesus Christ.

I've been patient here all the goddamn time.

But I don't know you, Dr. Prince, and your self -prescribing.

That's good.

No, no, no, no.

Keep it.

Psychologic pain leads to a host of manifestations.

Violence is one of them, and yet most patients who suffer from significant

mental illness are not violent.

They're more likely to be victims of violent crime than to be perpetrators of

it.

Today, though, we are going to focus on that narrow percentage who are violent,

because the mental health professional who is trained to identify and manage

violent patient can put into place processes to mitigate that violence and

ameliorate any damage to themselves, to the patient, and to society at large.

Dr. Mallow and I go way back, about a week before he was killed.

He tells me about this paranoid patient he has.

You know the Oakland Park murders?

This guy describes the entire thing to Gene in detail.

Why did Gene tell you? I think because the more he learned about the murders,

the more he knew, the more dangerous that knowledge became, right?

Why didn't he just go to the police?

He said the patient was insistent. He was adamant he would never kill again.

That's the prototypical dangerous patient.

That's disturbing.

It's weirder.

Then Gene runs into this guy, the patient, at the opera.

Gene's a pro, so he just says, Hi, Dan.

Keeps walking.

After a few steps, he hears the patient's friend say, Why do you call

Who the hell is Dan?

So Dan wasn't even his real name?

Jesus, I would have chucked the career and called the cops.

Did he ever find out his real name?

No.

Then what?

And then he was murdered.

You okay?

Yeah.

I must have eaten something strange.

Physician, heal thyself.

Look, why do you think that his patient was the murderer?

The day after he was killed, I went to the police.

You went to the police?

And the detective said, why the hell didn't you do something sooner?

Why did you wait this long? Come to me.

What could you have done?

Obviously, the ethically correct answer to that question is nothing. You never

go to the police.

Cece's on a tear. She's freaked out. Why's that?

I have a... Patience?

You're discussing patience.

Obviously, the ethically correct answer is no, of course. I never discuss my

patience with anyone.

Listen, why don't I go get a bottle of dry rosé and go see Cece about her art

and some stress management?

You know him?

It looks like maybe you do too. What the hell is your patient, Stuart?

What the hell is going on?

Are you in danger?

I have to go.

What's the 9mm?

It's lighter, less kick.

I think this is good.

Wrap it up.

You want anything to go with it?

Ammo? Oh, yeah, that's probably a good idea.

How long is this going to take? I've got to do some paperwork.

I have to do a background check, and I need to see your driver's license.

Oh, in the car. I'll go get it.

Can you hold that for me? I'll be right back.

Um, could I give you a hand?

No, no, I got it. Sorry.

Are you an electrician?

A glass artist.

What sort of work do you do?

Vessels.

Faces, bowls, sculptures.

This stuff is for the armature, for sculptures.

The armature.

Okay, that's $25 .75.

Where might somebody see some of your work?

I'm having a show at the Glass Center.

Garfield? Yep.

My first in a while.

You know, I've been reading about the attack, too. It's just madness.

It's just a matter of time before he does it again, right?

Yeah.

Bye. Oh, hey, you got a sign. Oh.

Sorry about that.

See you.

Bye. Take care.

Look, you're auditing but I have to go study.

Where do you live?

Near Oakland Park.

Can I carry your books?

Sure.

You know the girl who got killed in the park?

She lived in the next block.

I used to say hi to her all the time.

When I heard the screams, I was on the front porch here.

I went inside and I locked the door.

You know, there's nothing you could have done. There's no way you could have

stopped it. I don't know. The park's right there.

If I had called the police or screamed or something.

It's not your fault.

Nobody's fault but the guy who did it.

Hey, great game, girl.

Thank you.

I've got to get to the bathroom. Okay.

What the hell?

You didn't answer me. Dad, I didn't hear you.

Let's go.

I have to go to the bathroom.

Hello.

Carly, this is a friend.

Dr. Prince.

Hi, Carly.

Hi, this is Reagan.

Hello, Reagan.

Hey, you guys played great.

You too.

You better get in line.

Ow, Dad, I'm just trying to go to the bathroom. We don't have time now.

My God, Dad, we were just talking. You did not have to come in. What were you

talking about?

She wanted to know how you know her dad, that's all. I said, what does your dad

do? What did you tell her?

That it was a secret.

Damn it!

Those were her exact words.

Look at me!

Did you tell her anything else?

Did she say why it was a secret?

Are you absolutely, absolutely sure that she didn't say anything else?

First, we're going to make a short stack of Daddy's Famous with extra

blueberries.

Then I'm going to apologize again. She wants cereal.

I'm going to bed.

All I said was shit, okay?

No, that's not true. I did not go all the way in there.

I'm not calling her a liar, but I did not go all the way in there, all right?

Well dammit if you'd just been there yourself, you know what I mean if you

been there we wouldn't have this problem Wendy when

Grant Harrison was killed tonight. What?

He's dead.

He tried to call me tonight.

Why did he call me?

You okay?

I told him you were upset. He said that he would talk to you.

Daddy, I can't sleep.

I need the story about the man who fell in love with the elephant.

Oh, God. Yeah.

It's my story.

And tied peanuts to it and presented it to the elephant who said, of course, I

will marry you.

And they lived happily ever after.

Are you and Mommy getting divorced?

Absolutely not.

But I heard you arguing.

I think we were just talking too loud.

Sweetie, I love your mommy.

And she loves me.

Will you stay here until I fall asleep?

You are a real artist.

Yes.

What are you doing here?

He almost ran this over last time I saw you.

How did you find me? I went to the glass center in Garfield. Like you said, I

wanted to leave it there, but they wouldn't take it. So I asked them where

studio was, and I guess they didn't know it's in your house.

I tore the house apart looking for that, so thanks.

You're welcome.

Joel, by the way.

CC, Prince.

Yeah, that's on the card.

Yeah.

This is really special.

Yeah, it's a good studio.

Sorry, Joel Kennedy.

I'm a psychiatric care worker up at the VA in Butler.

Oh, my husband's a psychiatrist.

Do you know him? Stuart?

Stuart Prince, no.

Huh,

what are the odds?

Well, well.

Yeah, and what a...

Scary time to be doing what we're doing.

Right. You guys should really get back. What would happen to Grant Harrison and,

uh... Who was the guy up north? What was his name?

I don't know.

Mallow. That's it. Mallow. Did you know that the newspaper said it's probably

one of his patients that killed him?

Has your husband ever had somebody who, you know... Stuart never discusses his

patients.

Sorry. Of course not. Of course not. I was just trying to imagine...

I mean, imagine having a patient blurt out something like, I killed a man. I

mean, that would be really scary.

Some of the doctors I work with, they're carrying.

I mean, you guys don't have any guns, do you?

Who are you?

Joel Kennedy?

No.

No, you're him.

Him who?

Stay the fuck away from my family.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, lady.

You need to leave.

And you need to put that down.

Fuck you!

Hey,

hey!

Get the fuck out of here. Get out of here!

You'll never see me again.

Dr. Prince, you busy in there?

I was wondering if I could take off a little early.

I have a psychology test tomorrow.

Sure. Of course. Go ahead.

I hope you feel better.

Could you let the call go to service?

He break in? He just came in.

He wanted to know if we had a gun. And you attacked him with a what?

A torch.

But it disconnected.

Oh, and the flame went out.

Then he just left.

What did your husband say about it? I haven't been able to reach him. He's not

picking up.

What do you know about this guy? If it is that guy, that makes you think he's

dangerous.

Nothing. I know nothing.

How do we even know this is your husband's patient?

He's the last patient of the day.

First thing we're going to talk about is what happened in the locker.

It's not going to happen again.

That's all I'm going to say about it.

My daughter doesn't know that I'm seeing a shrink.

So when the two of them were in there that long, I panicked.

Okay.

Doc, I want to go back to Oakland Park.

I want to see how it feels.

What do you think you're going to get out of that?

Not alone.

I want to go with you. Our sessions take place here.

I read that, you know, when people, with their shrink, go back to a place where

something happened, they can help.

I said the patient has worked on his problem for a while. How long?

In depth.

I've done that.

This is our fourth session.

Do you want another water?

I've been in therapy before.

Where?

Town about two hours north of here.

I went to that shithole twice a week.

And all I ever asked for that guy was he respect my privacy.

What's he do? Calls me paranoid.

Is that a diagnosis?

I don't think so.

And then guess what I find out?

He's spying on me.

Why do you think that?

I think it. I knew it. He followed me.

Do an opera, okay?

How am I supposed to trust that this guy's not going to go to the cops?

If he was your therapist, he wouldn't.

Say his name.

Go ahead.

So tell me what happened next.

I got a gun.

I learned to lay out of his house.

On Halloween, I broke in the back door.

And I shot him in the hole.

Don't worry, Doc.

It all happened in the past.

It won't happen again.

So,

are we okay?

How do you know Grant Harrison?

How do you?

You know what, Doc?

I think today's session is over.

Dad, I have four questions.

Oh.

It's just not going to happen.

Oh,

my God.

You got it.

It's heavy.

Is it loaded?

Yeah.

Your patient killed Grant and the other psychiatrist, didn't he?

It's been all over the news. I don't know what he actually did. Then why did

buy the fucking gun? You wanted it.

A guy named Joel dropped by, found my credit card, walked right into the

to talk about the murders.

What did he look like? Dark hair.

That could be anybody.

It's the same fucking guy. I called the police.

Shit.

I don't care anymore. What did you tell them?

What? I protected your fucking career.

Motherfucker, that's him. Stop. Stop. Stop it.

Did you shoot at the car? You guys were supposed to be watching him. We were.

All night.

His car was right there. Right there.

Look, I get you're afraid.

Look at my studio.

This was my sanctuary, Stuart.

I'll never be able to work here again without worrying about him. Do you have

any idea how that feels?

I want you to... No.

I want this fucker out of our lives.

I want you to screw your damn role and tell the police everything.

I want to do my work.

I want my kids safe. I want my husband back.

Do something.

Anything.

I'm going to fix it.

I'm late. You know Jake Brzezinski?

Who? He's your four o 'clock.

There's always a story behind the story.

That's the one I want you to give me.

121 Clover Lane. That's his address.

No. Check it out. Find out who this guy really is.

If I'm right and he's lying to you, we trade information.

I'm the principal at Elwood Elementary over in O 'Hara.

Reference to 121 Clover Lane.

Ugh, Mom.

Hello?

Mom, he's not here.

I know, I know. Don't open the door for strangers.

Dad, are you home?

Hey, darling.

Yeah, daddy just needs a minute.

Carly Brudzinski, I need to see you.

What were you doing in here?

I wasn't in there.

This room is off -limits.

Always.

Never again.

You can use the bathroom before we go. No. And I wasn't in there.

It's the wrong motherfucker, pal!

Doing okay?

Jimmy.

Jimmy.

Wow. Been a while.

How you been, bro?

Had a better day.

What you drinking?

That's the rye meat.

Coming right up.

So, uh, Doc, what you doing up in God's country?

You know, sometimes we just need a long drive to clear your head.

Looks like the drive didn't do shit.

What's up?

I might need your help.

Someone giving you a hard time?

And my family.

What about the cops?

It's not a cop kind of thing.

Yo, Jimmy, do we have another round here?

This guy solves problems.

Thanks.

You sure you want to do it this way?

It's my family, Jimmy.

I don't know what else to do.

Man, I'd still be in prison right now if it wasn't for you believing in me.

This whole place.

It's all mine.

You and me, we family.

I take care of mine.

One more for the road.

Sorry about the reschedule. You'll take a fucking aspirin next time.

What's going on?

Yesterday some asshole broke into my house and scared my kid half to death.

Did they steal anything? No.

No. They didn't fucking steal anything.

Well, then that's good. Really?

Now Carly's afraid to see me and my exes on the warpath. That's good.

I'm sorry. You should be.

What the fuck are you doing?

Are you keeping my secrets or are you trying to hurt me? Have you told anybody

about this? I would never do that.

My job is to help you.

You know what, Doc?

Let's just forget about today's session.

I'm not feeling it.

Okay, that's my Philly life. What about you?

Oh.

You know, tell me about your horrible boss.

Kevin, I don't want to talk about him.

Come on, you said he was a big jerk.

I want to know.

I'm trying to give a shit.

No, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to give a shit.

I give a shit.

Um, you ready? Yeah, uh, can I get another pinot, please?

Well, uh...

He's a psychiatrist.

And this is a little bit embarrassing, but when I first started working for

I had a crush on him, which is why I decided to take that psychology class.

then one day he kissed me. Oh, did he now?

He told me he was separated.

So I invited him over for drinks.

And he brought one of those French rolling pins, you know, like we used to

the croissants and a little apron.

I did think it was a little weird, but I thought, you know, whatever.

So anyway, yes, we have a drink.

I try to kiss him, and then he starts freaking out.

Freaking out how?

Oh, you know, you can't tell anyone. I mean it.

My wife can't find out. He lied. He wasn't separated.

Huh. So I told him to take his stupid presents and get out.

Why are you still working for him?

Because I have to work.

And I feel like shit about that night.

Quit the job.

I need a job.

And he's been cool ever since.

Oh, you don't understand. Something terrible is going to happen with this

You have to hear me.

I'm sorry. I don't know what just happened there, but you can't tell me

can work for.

I don't want that in a relationship.

Hillary, listen. I'm going to go, and you're not going to walk me home. Hey.

okay?

Yeah. Sorry.

We'll be right back.

Unzip your jacket.

Are you out?

Lose the hood and unzip your fucking jacket.

You hungry?

Bobby, eggs and sauce.

Drink up.

You never told me your name.

Uh, Ryan.

Take care of him, Ryan.

Ryan.

You want to tell me about that silver Benz that's parked a couple blocks up?

Looks like you got personal plates on that. Vanity plates with, like,

I don't remember seeing the letter R, though.

How do you know it's my car?

Benz kind of sticks out around here, don't you think?

It's okay.

You want to be called Ryan?

I'll call you Ryan.

I trust you.

You trust me.

I don't trust you.

I know the car, and I know the plate.

Okay, um... I'm a doctor, and I recently had a new patient. Why don't you

skip it? Just give me the headline.

Jake Brzezinski, 121 Clover Lane.

This will be perfectly clear here, so we don't have any misunderstandings. You

want this Brzezinski gone, right?

You threatened my family.

Came to my house.

All right.

Tomorrow, you show up here with an envelope with 15 large. Like 15 ,000?

Get out of your fucking mouth.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

Okay. Okay.

I'm good.

I'll meet you tomorrow.

This Brzezinski.

It's a dude, right? Yeah.

Jake. All right.

Tomorrow. Nine o 'clock.

Take that bear with you on your way out.

This meeting's adjourned.

Hey!

Did you get a good look at me?

Reagan turned in her interview today.

Really good.

Never read it.

I'm so disappointed.

Dad.

Dad.

Come read my report.

Daddy.

Who are you?

Daddy, come on.

This is so fucked up.

Come in, honey.

Sorry I was so dead tired last night.

Beautiful.

B -U -T.

Start over.

B -U.

Stewart, can you turn off the TV so Reagan can concentrate?

Your daughter has a spelling test.

I'm Robbie Roberts reporting live on Nixon Street, where my colleague, city

reporter Tracy Richter's body was found.

Police say there are no suspects, but that her body was found inside of a

dumpster concealed.

Stewart.

Just turn that off.

Daddy, please.

Shut the fuck up.

Don't come back.

And now you are you again.

There's something I gotta tell you.

Hello, Doctor.

I got a message to call you.

Yeah, I don't want to wait till our next session.

I want you and me to go to Oakland Park.

Done.

You good for Thursday?

Yeah.

Sure.

Why'd you change your mind?

I didn't. It's a bad idea.

But you heard me say it.

And you won't let it go.

You got it?

I got a couple questions.

No, no, no. When I say you got it, you show me the fucking money.

Pay him.

She got a pretty sweet look at you on me last night.

Did you have to kill her?

Give me that fucking money right now.

No more questions, Stuart.

Yeah, I know your name, Stewie. And I know you got a sweet piece of ass for a

wife, too. I bet she's a screamer, isn't she? All right.

And Ray again.

That's your kid's name, isn't it?

I bet she's a spinner. Does she spin?

Fuck you.

Fuck you.

You'll leave my fucking family out of this.

No, just forget the whole thing.

Here's what I'm going to do, Stuart.

I'm going to go over to Clover Lane and park outside Brzezinski's house.

I'm going to polish off a bottle of bourbon. I'm going to get to know the

And I need to know that you aren't going to cause me any trouble.

You're breaking my hand. Nah.

That's breaking your hand.

He's got it.

I'm on Clover Lane in Penn Hills where a single bullet to the head ended the

life of Alvin Eggers a career criminal who spent most of his adult life in and

out of prison.

Trying to be the best dad I can be.

I need to ask you something important.

Will you listen to me?

I have a new friend.

I was hoping, you know, really hoping, that you'd be willing to meet her.

People don't change.

Just the way they are.

Yeah, I said that.

You know you're the most important thing in my life, right?

I promise you, I could change.

This is my friend Hillary, and Hillary, this is my daughter Carla. It's so nice

to meet you.

So, um, what do you guys think if we went?

Yeah, I would go.

Yeah, great, let's do it.

Dad.

Or is it Joe?

Or Kevin?

Jake.

It's Jake.

Doc, come on.

You're between me and you.

Let her go.

Walk.

Sometimes you gotta be tough.

You telling her about all the people you murdered?

We both know who the murderer is.

I know what you did.

And I know it all started with a terrible accident.

You're not this guy.

You're not.

No. Do or talk to me before somebody else gets hurt. Stop!

I really,

really, really need you not to scream again.

Do you understand me?

Give me that gun

I'm

a cop I'm an undercover detective I

Thought you were some asshole trying to

blackmail me you can't just

Were you here?

Did you see me?

How did you end up in my office?

There was a chart on Mallow's desk.

It had your name on it.

Scratched out.

Dan was written right there.

But we weren't sure.

He was investigating me.

I wasn't paranoid.

You should have been, because if you'd kicked me out, when I asked you to shred

those notes, you never would have seen me again. Stop talking.

You killed Al Lagers.

He threatened my family.

You killed Grant Harrison.

He knew.

No, he didn't. But he trained me to be you.

And you killed Doc Mallow. He knew. He did.

He did. Yeah, he did know.

That you killed two innocent people right here.

You can't prove that.

You're pretty good in the kitchen.

No.

Stay down. He knows.

No, no.

You're lying.

Stay down.

She needs a paper today. What the fuck are you talking about?

Reagan's interview.

My dad.

The hero.

She won.

She did?

Yeah. So put the gun down.

I'll let my daughter go.

Because that's what a hero would do.

No, shut up!

Between you and me!

Let her go.

Hillary, move.

Drop the gun.

Put it down.

Or shoot me.

Stu.

Look at you.

This

is

your fault.

I didn't know you knew how to make pancakes.

Daddy wrote me a letter.

It was in the pan.

Is it good?

Mm -hmm.

Dear Reagan, if you're reading this letter, something bad has happened to

And you know I did some terrible things.

I tried to fix everything, but I couldn't.

Someday, I hope you will forgive me.

Remember, I love you and mommy.

It would have been nice to be your hero.

All I really wanted, though, is just to be your daddy.

I know you and mommy will always take care of each other.

Love you.

Daddy was sick.

Not bad.

Okay, I'm going to get the blueberries.

I think we should try the chocolate chips.

It might be better.

I'm an undercover cop.

I guess you knew that from the papers.

The rolling pin murders.

Yeah. It was a very expensive French rolling pin.

Marble.

I went so far down into my job, into what I do, I

killed my marriage.

I got a terrific girlfriend now who I'd like to hang on to.

But my daughter is scared to even see me.

I gotta get her back into my life.

I'll do anything.

Jake, do you mind if I jot down a few notes?

Oh, no problem.

Like I said, I've never really been in therapy before.