Original subtitles

PREVIOUSLY ON "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"...

Clark: I REMEMBER PAUL THERE.

I WOKE UP JUST TO SEEING HIM FINISH STABBING HIM.

THAT'S WHAT I WOKE UP TO.

MY GOD, STOP! HOLD ON!

THE KNIFE HAD BEEN PULLED OUT, AND...

OH, GOD! OH, GOD! SCOTT!

...IN MY HEART, I THINK SCOTT KNEW

THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH LEFT.

SCOTT, NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

OH, NO! NO!

[ CHURCH BELL RINGING ]

[ SIRENS WAILING ]

YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS,

AND THEN AFTER WE GAVE OUR STATEMENTS,

THEY TOLD US THAT SCOTT HAD DIED.

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"LOVERS' TRIANGLE LEADS TO FATAL STABBING.

FREEVILLE MAN HELD IN KILLING.

JEALOUSY WAS THE APPARENT MOTIVE BEHIND THE FATAL STABBING

OF A 26‐YEAR‐OLD FREEVILLE MAN

BY HIS GIRLFRIEND'S EX‐BOYFRIEND."

I WAS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT MORNING.

I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS THREE PEOPLE OUT

IN THE VISITORS CENTER THAT WANTED TO COME IN,

AND SO I WENT OUT AND MET THEM,

AND THERE WAS PAUL JACKSON, HIS FATHER,

AND HIS BROTHER, DOUG JACKSON,

AND DOUG JACKSON CAME IN AND SAYS,

"MY BROTHER WANTS TO TURN HIMSELF IN."

AND I TOOK PAUL JACKSON INTO THE SECURED AREA

OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

HE SAID, "I STABBED HIM. I STABBED HIM."

I SAID, "WHO DID YOU STAB?"

AND HE SAID, "SCOTT HUME. I STABBED HIM.

JUST PUT ME IN MY PRISON CELL."

IT WAS VERY SCARY TO SEE HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME,

BUT...I JUST...

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIM GET TO ME AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, JUST...

JUST FELT A LOT OF ANGER.

I JUST REMEMBER SEEING IN SLOW‐MOTION,

AND HE LOOKED CRAZY WHEN HE DID IT.

HE JUST HAD THAT LOOK LIKE ‐‐

HE HONESTLY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO JUST KILL EVERYBODY.

HE HAD THAT KIND OF WILD LOOK ON HIS FACE.

AT THE TRIAL, HE HAD THE SAME LOOK.

HE JUST ‐‐ COLD, DISTANT, THAT SAME ARROGANT LOOK.

Drew: IT FELT LIKE A CURSE HAD COME OVER THE COMMUNITY,

WITH SO MANY TRAGEDIES, AND THEY'RE JUST NEVER‐ENDING.

IT JUST WENT ON FOR YEARS.

Prior: I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WORDS TO EVEN DESCRIBE HOW,

WHY ONE TOWN WENT THROUGH SUCH ‐‐ WHAT IT DID.

STRUCK AGAIN AND STRUCK AGAIN, SO WHEN DO YOU COME OUT OF IT,

AND ARE YOU EVER FULLY RECOVERED FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

THAT DEATH WAS TRAGIC AND AFFECTED A WIDE AREA OF PEOPLE.

IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE HAD HERE IN THE FUNERAL HOME,

AND I REMEMBER IT VERY VIVIDLY.

SCOTT'S FATHER SAID, "I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY

THAT CAN EVER MAKE SENSE OF THIS."

Kirsten: IT'S A VERY SMALL TOWN.

I HAD TO DEAL WITH EVERYBODY TALKING AND ALL THE RUMORS,

THAT WE WERE ALL SLEEPING TOGETHER.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD.

WE WERE ALL TOGETHER, AND, YOU KNOW,

PROBABLY GOT WHAT WE DESERVED

IF THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW?

I DIDN'T WANT TO RUN. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE MY PARENTS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE LIFE I WAS BUILDING.

ONE DAY, I WAS IN HAVING MY NAILS DONE,

AND THE LADY DOING MY NAILS IS A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE,

AND SHE SAID, "I DON'T MEAN TO BRING ANYTHING UP,

BUT DID YOU HEAR PAUL WAS OUT?"

AND I SAID, "NO."

SHE SAID, "YEP. HE'S OUT."

AND I WAS DEVASTATED.

NO ONE BOTHERED TO TELL ME.

HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME?

HOW COULD SOMEBODY NOT PICK UP A PHONE

OR AN E‐MAIL OR ANYTHING?

YOU GUYS FOUND ME. WHY COULDN'T THEY?

Jackson: IT'S AN INSANE STORY.

EVEN TELLING IT, IT STILL SEEMS ‐‐

I STILL SEEM REMOVED FROM IT.

TV announcer: IN 1987 AND 1988, THE LIONS FINISHED 1‐8.

LAST YEAR, THEY WERE 4‐5.

WHAT'S WRONG? AND THIS SEASON, WHO KNOWS?

[ TELEVISION CHATTER ]

I WAS TOLD THAT SCOTT WAS TAKING TIME OFF OF WORK,

AND IT ALL COINCIDED WITH DAYS THAT SHE HAD OFF,

SO I SHOULD'VE BEEN SEEING SIGNS BETTER,

AND I WAS BEING DECEIVED.

FINE. YOU WANT TO KEEP SULKING?

YOU KNOW, I SEE HOW YOU GUYS ACT.

HOW DO WE ACT?

SPEAK!

YOU KNOW, I'M SICK OF YOU BEING TOO SCARED TO SAY ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT ME, ALL RIGHT,

AND TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON.

[ TELEVISION CHATTER ]

WHEN SHE FINALLY ADMITTED TO ME, YOU KNOW,

THAT SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIM,

AND IT JUST...

RIPPED MY HEART OUT,

AND I SAID, "WELL, I CAN'T HANDLE THIS,

AND I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE A BAD DECISION."

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT,

MY BROTHER DOUG AND I WENT OUT DRINKING,

AND HE WAS ENCOURAGING ME TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE,

"JUST FORGET ABOUT THIS. MOVE ON."

I'M DEVASTATED. I JUST ‐‐ I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND SHE HAD SAID, "WELL, JUST GET OVER IT,"

AND IT JUST RIPPED MY HEART OUT, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THAT.

"JUST GET OVER IT"?

I REMEMBER WAKING UP IN THE MORNING,

AND, YOU KNOW, DOUG AND I CONFERRING ABOUT ME

NEEDING TO GO FIX MY CAR.

I GOT IN MY CAR TO DRIVE DOWN TO HIS PLACE...

...AND I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT

AND SAW SCOTT'S TRUCK SITTING THERE.

AND I CHOSE TO RETRIEVE A KNIFE FROM MY CAR.

EVERYTHING HURT, AND EVERYTHING IN MY MIND WAS MISFIRING.

AND IT WAS UNLOCKED, AND THE KNOB TURNED,

AND THE DOOR POPPED RIGHT OPEN, AND I STUCK MY HEAD INSIDE,

AND SCOTT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR,

AND HE IMMEDIATELY GOT UP AND TOLD ME

THAT I SHOULD GET THE "F" OUT,

AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

I WALKED IN.

I PULLED THE KNIFE OUT, AND I STABBED HIM ONCE IN THE CHEST.

YEAH.

I REMEMBER HER TENSING AND LOOKING AT ME,

WONDERING IF I WAS GOING TO STAB HER,

AND I HAD A BRIEF THOUGHT,

AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THERE.

OF STABBING HER, YEAH.

[ SNIFFLES ]

IN PRISON, MY ADDICTION GOT WORSE.

YOU KNOW, I DRANK HOOCH AND SMOKED MARIJUANA

AND DID HEROIN WHILE I WAS IN PRISON, AS WELL.

I CERTAINLY FEARED THAT I WOULD NEVER GET OUT,

AND I WAS CERTAINLY DOING A GOOD JOB

AT MAKING SURE THAT I NEVER GOT OUT, YOU KNOW?

YOU'RE JUST DIGGING YOUR GRAVE DEEPER AND DEEPER.

AND I EVENTUALLY HAD GOTTEN A YEAR

IN THE BOX OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR THAT.

THE BOX IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO CRAZY, YEAH.

BUT IT WAS A TURNING POINT FOR ME.

I FINALLY LOOKED AT THE CARNAGE I HAD LEFT IN MY WAKE.

I WAS IN PRISON BECAUSE I MADE THE DECISION

TO WALK IN THAT DOOR AND I STABBED HIM.

THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT MY LIFE STARTED TO CHANGE.

Officiant: ALEXANDRIA AND PAUL, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE

FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. [ LAUGHS ]

[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

YOU LIKE THAT, HUH?

[ COOING ]

OH, YOU CAN'T FIGHT IT.

MWAH!

OH, MY GOODNESS!

YOU JUST GOT SMOOCHED.

IT HAPPENS.

Jackson: TO MY FAMILY, LIAM REPRESENTS THE FUTURE,

HE REPRESENTS HOPE, AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE.

I HOPE, FOR HIS SAKE, HE HAS BETTER SENSE THAN I DID.

HE DID THE CRIME, AND HE DID THE TIME,

AND NOW IT'S HIS CHANCE TO HAVE A FRESH START IN LIFE

AND GO FROM THERE.

[ MID‐TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ KIRSTEN SNIFFLES ]

IT JUST...

THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]

[ SNIFFLES ]

HE SHOULDN'T GET TO BE HAPPY ‐‐ EVER.

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]

[ SNIFFLES ]

Jackson: IT CAN BE BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT I'M ENJOYING

IS THE SAME THING THAT I TOOK FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW.

SCOTT'S PARENTS WANTED HIM TO HAVE CHILDREN

AND HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, AND I DEEPLY REGRET

THAT I TOOK THAT AWAY FROM THEM.

Producer: IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD WANT TO SAY TO KIRSTEN?

I'M SORRY THAT I DID TRAUMATIZE HER.

I KNOW THAT I DID, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE,

YOU KNOW, HOW SHE'S LIVED WITH THAT,

AND...I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO EVER THINK HE DESERVES FORGIVENESS.

I DON'T WANT HIS "SORRY."

I DON'T.

I HAVE NO NEED FOR HIS "SORRY."

25 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW,

MAYBE 25 YEARS AGO IF HE HAD SAID SOMETHING...

[ SNIFFLES ]

I THINK HE DESERVES A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT HE GOT,

AND I HOPE HE LIVES WITH IT EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE.

I HOPE EVERY DAY HE WAKES UP THAT HE FEELS THE PAIN

THAT HE PUT EVERYBODY THROUGH.

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]

Lung: HE HID HIS OBSESSION UNTIL THE LAST DAY.

I FEEL THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF DARKNESS

HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE OR PUSH BACK,

YOU KNOW, THAT KEPT CREEPING FORWARD.

BYE, MOM!

THAT DAY, TO ME, WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE.

I WAS IN SHOCK.

Perkins: MORE THAN 20 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE ALL OF THIS BEGAN.

I BELIEVE THAT OUR NATURAL DEFENSES HAVE ALLOWED US

TO PUT SOME OF THESE THINGS ON THE BOOKSHELF,

BUT JUST LIKE A BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF,

IF YOU REACH OUT TO IT AND OPEN IT,

ALL THE PRINT IS STILL THERE.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]

Lung: IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

I GUESS I ASSUMED THAT THE DISTANCE,

THE TIME WOULD HAVE MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER,

BUT IT HASN'T.

SHARI WAS ALWAYS A QUIET PERSON.

IT COMES TO MY MIND QUITE OFTEN

THAT I WISH SHE HAD SAID SOMETHING.

THINGS WOULD BE A LOT DIFFERENT TODAY IF THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED.

THE FIRST TIME I MET SHARI WAS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

HEY!

I DIDN'T THINK YOU GUYS WERE COMING.

WELL, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY WANT TO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, PIZZA AND STALE BEER ‐‐

WHO COULD STAY AWAY, RIGHT?

HEY, YOU WANT TO PLAY?

YEAH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PLAY FOR?

MIDTERMS. JUST KIDDING.

HOW ABOUT CHEMISTRY HOMEWORK?

OVERALL GRADES.

YOU'RE ON. OKAY.

WE INSTANTLY BECAME FRIENDS JUST FROM THE CAREFREE SPIRIT

AND KINDNESS THAT SHE SHOWED ME.

I JUST THINK THAT OUR SENSE OF HUMOR WAS SIMILAR.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS WOULD GET TOGETHER,

WATCH MOVIES, YOU KNOW, ORDER PIZZA,

PLAY POOL AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN THE BASEMENT, YOU KNOW,

JUST HAVE HALLOWEEN PARTIES, JUST GOOFY, KID THINGS.

OH, MAN, AT THIS RATE,

I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR YOU TO DO MY FINALS.

OH, YEAH. I COULD TOTALLY PRETEND TO BE BOTH OF US AT THE SAME TIME.

YES.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF J.P. AS A FRIEND IN SCHOOL.

J.P. WAS OFTEN JUST VERY SERIOUS, QUIET.

HE WOULD ALWAYS BE PART OF THE GROUP,

BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE FRONT OF THE GROUP.

YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT HIS SENIOR PHOTO,

HE DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY.

[ LAUGHS ]

BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S HIS SERIOUS LOOK

THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT TIMES.

THIS IS MY SOPHOMORE YEARBOOK FROM 1990.

"THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FUN.

WE HAVE TO DO MORE OVER THE SUMMER.

YOU BETTER BE IN SOME OF MY CLASSES AGAIN.

SHARI."

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE J. P. RIGHT BELOW IT, TOO.

HE WROTE, "JENNY, IT WAS A VERY FUN YEAR.

I HOPE AND PROBABLY WILL SEE YOU OVER THE SUMMER.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FRIENDS."

OUR JUNIOR YEAR, SHARI BEGAN DATING J. P. MERCHANT.

SHE NEVER SAID A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP

THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

HE HAD BROKE HER TAILLIGHT OR SOMETHING IN HER CAR

AT ONE POINT FROM JUST GETTING MAD AT SOMETHING SHE HAD SAID

AND KICKED IT OR SOMETHING.

I THINK SHE KEPT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS TO HERSELF.

PROM IS DEFINITELY A BIG DEAL.

WE WERE PLANNING ON A TIME

WHERE MY BOYFRIEND AND I AND SHARI AND J. P.

WERE GOING TO GO ORDER THE GUYS' TUXES

AND GET OUR FLOWERS PREPARED,

AND LUCKILY FOR US, BEING A SMALL TOWN,

EVERYTHING WE NEEDED WAS ON ONE STREET ‐‐ MAIN STREET.

[ DOOR OPENS, BELL CHIMES ]

IF YOU GET A LAVENDER BOUTONNIERE,

IT'LL MATCH MY DRESS.

I'M NOT WEARING PURPLE.

IT'S ‐‐ IT'S NOT PURPLE.

PLUS, PURPLE IS THE SCHOOL COLOR.

LOOKING BACK AT THE DAY,

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY HUGE INDICATOR

THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING WRONG.

IT JUST SEEMED THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT

OF A QUIETNESS THAT WAS THERE.

DID YOU GUYS FIND ANYTHING?

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO PRETTY TRADITIONAL ‐‐

WHITE ROSES AND WHATNOT.

YEAH.

CLASSIC.

OKAY.

[ DOOR OPENS, BELL CHIMES ]

Lung: SO, AFTER WE LEFT MAIN STREET,

SHARI DROVE J. P. HOME, DROPPED HIM OFF,

DROPPED ME OFF AT MY HOUSE,

AND ASKED IF SHE COULD USE THE PHONE.

HEY, MOM. I'M HOME.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR PHONE.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

HEY, SWEETIE. HOW DID IT GO?

PRETTY GOOD.

DID YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKED?

YEAH, WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED. WE'RE GONNA PICK IT UP THURSDAY.

OKAY, GREAT.

HEY, SHARI.

AND AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ODD OF, YOU KNOW,

WHY SHE WOULD NEED TO USE THE PHONE.

DID YOU SCHEDULE YOUR HAIR?

DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL TOMORROW?

YES, PLEASE.

HOW ABOUT...

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE. FINE.

HI. HOW DID IT GO, HON? FINE.

UH, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET GOING, SO I'LL...

OH, OKAY. WELL, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

AND WE SAID OUR GOODBYES, AND SHE DROVE HOME.

[ OWL HOOTS ]

SO I LEFT TO BABYSIT...

OH, YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOWN.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. HERE. PLAY FOR ME.

...AND RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY BOYFRIEND'S MOTHER

WHILE I WAS BABYSITTING...

HELLO?

...TO TELL ME THAT

[ Voice breaking ] SHARI HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.

AND...

[ SNIFFLES ]

TAKE A BREAK FOR A MINUTE?

Producer: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT THAT WE NEVER SAW.

I'VE ALWAYS FELT THERE WAS MORE ‐‐

SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, THERE WAS MORE TO THE STORY.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED

THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS A LETTER,

JUST TO LET THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNOW

WHAT HAD OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS DATED MAY 2, 1991.

"TO THE PARENTS OF HOMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,

WE HAVE SUFFERED A TRAGEDY AS A COMMUNITY.

LAST NIGHT, A BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN

[ Voice breaking ] CHOSE NOT TO CONTINUE LIVING" ‐‐

[ SNIFFLES ]

I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT.

[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]

PART OF ME ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMETHING SEEMED OFF ABOUT

SHARI EVEN POSSIBLY EVER DOING THIS.

SHARI AND I HAD ACTUALLY SET A COUPLE COLLEGE VISITS UP

WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GO TOGETHER WITH MY PARENTS,

AND SHE SEEMED VERY EAGER AND VERY EXCITED.

SHE ALWAYS WAS PLANNING AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

I ALWAYS HAD A GUT FEELING THAT IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT.

LISTEN, MAN.

I DON'T MEAN TO PRY, BUT IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING...

DID SHARI SAY ANYTHING?

LIKE, SHOW ANY SIGN, OR...

GUYS, HE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

YOU THINK I KNEW SOMETHING?

HE SEEMED TO BECOME...

JUST, HIS EMOTIONS WOULD TAKE OVER,

AND HE SEEMED AT TIMES TO BECOME AGGRESSIVE.

NO.

I MEAN, UM... I‐I DON'T KNOW.

SHE DIDN'T SEEM DEPRESSED.

YEAH. I KNOW.

SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME.

YOU COULD SEE IT BUILD UP TO THE POINT

WHERE HE COULDN'T GET HIMSELF CALMED DOWN.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO...

HE'S JUST TRYING TO ‐‐

I KNOW WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO!

‐LOOK, J. P. ‐HEY!

‐J.P.! ‐J.P.!

YOU THREE, MY OFFICE ‐‐ NOW!

[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]

A BUNCH OF US WERE IN THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE,

AND I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF US TRYING JUST TO TALK TO HIM.

AND HE KEPT GETTING MORE AND MORE TO THE POINT

THAT HE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, YELL OR SCREAM

OR JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SLAM HIS FISTS DOWN,

AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE,

AND I JUST THINK IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR HIM TO HEAR.

AND PART OF ME, I THINK, LOOKED AT IT

AND SAID IT WAS A DARKNESS.

SOMETHING CAME IN, AND IT JUST MAKES YOU QUESTION A LOT.

THIS ONE, HE HAD WROTE, "JEN, IT'S OVER, WHICH IS GOOD,

BUT IT IS ALSO BAD

BECAUSE ALL OF US WILL HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE."

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I KIND OF LOST TRACK OF J. P. AND...

...WE WEREN'T CLOSE.

I MEAN, I KNEW, KIND OF, THAT HE WAS STILL LOCAL,

GOING TO COLLEGE,

BUT BEYOND THAT, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH HIM,

BUT I'VE ALWAYS FELT THERE WAS MORE ‐‐

SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, THERE WAS MORE TO THE STORY.

THAT DAY, TO ME, WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE,

JUST HEARING THAT NAME

AND SPINNING AROUND AND LOOKING AT THE TV.

I WAS IN SHOCK.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

A FRIEND OF MINE FROM HIGH SCHOOL

HAD WORKED AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS,

AND J. P. AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME,

COACH STARR'S DAUGHTER,

USED TO FREQUENT THE RESTAURANT QUITE OFTEN.

AND ONE OF THE NIGHTS, THE YOUNG GIRL HAD SEEMED VERY UPSET.

YOU GOING TO CRY NOW?

AND J. P. HAD EXCUSED HIMSELF TO USE THE RESTROOM.

Woman: AMBER?

MY FRIEND HAD WENT OVER AND TOLD HER, YOU KNOW,

"IF IT'S NOT ‐‐ IF THE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT THAT GOOD,

YOU PROBABLY SHOULD END UP

GETTING AWAY FROM HIM AND JUST LEAVE,"

AND HAD TOLD HER QUICKLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED

WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

LOOK, J. P. ‐‐

YOU KNOW HE DATED SHARI FITTS IN HIGH SCHOOL?

SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE WHILE THEY WERE DATING.

LISTEN, IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY...

JUST BE CAREFUL, OKAY?

YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING?

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

Lung: I THINK THERE WAS A LOT THAT WE NEVER SAW.

AND I DON'T THINK HE EVER KNEW HOW TO HANDLE IT.

1994 ‐‐ I WAS A SIXTH‐GRADE TEACHER

IN THE DRYDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IF I WERE TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL,

THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU FEEL INSIDE IT IS VERY TIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE LION PRIDE.

Announcer: 3rd AND 4.

[ CHEERLEADERS CHANTING ]

Williams: THERE IS A HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME ‐‐

YOU KNOW, HOMECOMING KING, HOMECOMING QUEEN,

THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE 9 YARDS.

IT'S THERE.

STEPHEN STARR WAS A REGULAR GUY.

HE LOVED BEING AROUND SPORTS.

AND WE PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE.

AND IF WE DO, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.

HE ADORED HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTERS,

AND HE DOTED ON THEM.

Stephen: GIRLS?

WELL, LOOK WHO JUST ROLLED OUT OF BED.

I GOT A WHOLE STACK OF PANCAKES HERE. THEY'RE READY.

WE HAVE TO GO, DAD.

I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE IN 15 MINUTES.

WE KNOW.

WHAT, ARE YOU TOO COOL TO BE SEEN WITH ME NOW?

PANCAKES USED TO BE YOUR FAVORITE.

[ HORN HONKS ] THAT'S US.

LOVE YOU! Girls: LOVE YOU, TOO!

HE REALLY LOVED HIS FAMILY.

THAT WAS IT. FAMILY WAS REALLY EVERYTHING.

Girl: READY?

All: OKAY!

G‐O!

GO, DRYDEN!

G‐O!

LET'S GO!

G‐O!

GO, DRYDEN!

G‐O!

LET'S GO!

G‐O!

GO, DRYDEN!

G‐O!

LET'S GO!

G‐O!

GO, DRYDEN!

G‐O!

LET'S GO!

G‐O!

GO, DRYDEN!

G‐O! LET'S GO!

YEAH?

HE'S IN THE GYM.

THEN LET'S GO.

G‐O! LET'S GO!

J.P.! COME HERE!

Williams: IT SET OFF SOME RED FLAGS, AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO STEVE,

"HOLY COW. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY."

J.P.!

[ CHEERLEADERS CHANTING ]

YEAH?

HE'S IN THE GYM.

THEN LET'S GO.

G‐O! LET'S GO!

J.P.! COME HERE!

J.P.!

J.P.!

STAY OUT OF THIS.

I CAN'T DO THAT, SON.

HEY! HEY!

HEY!

LISTEN TO ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU.

YOU DON'T GO TO THIS SCHOOL ANYMORE, OKAY?

YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO BE HERE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET.

ALL RIGHT? I GET THAT.

IT'S HARD TO GET YOUR HEART BROKEN,

BUT WHEN IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER.

YOU CAN'T COME AROUND HERE SCARING THESE KIDS,

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

IT SET OFF SOME RED FLAGS, AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO HIM,

"HOLY COW. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY,"

AND STEVE KIND OF LAUGHED AND SHRUGGED AND SAID, "NO WAY."

HE SAID, "THE ONLY PERSON THAT HE'S GOING TO HURT

WOULD BE HIMSELF."

HE SAID, "IT'S NOT THAT."

[ HURRIED FOOTSTEPS ]

HE EXPRESSED THAT J. P. WAS DISTRAUGHT AND SAD,

AND AS A DAD, THAT HIT STEVE ON A DAD LEVEL,

SO I THINK HE RESPONDED ON A DAD LEVEL.

[ SIGHS ]

Lung: "HE HID HIS OBSESSION UNTIL THE LAST DAY."

I FEEL THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF DARKNESS

HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE OR PUSH BACK,

YOU KNOW, THAT KEPT CREEPING FORWARD.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

HELLO?

THERE WAS, I THINK, A PRETTY SOLID UNDERSTANDING

THAT IT WAS IN TERRITORY THAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.

HELLO?

J.P.: No one is going to stop me from being with you.

J.P., I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU ANYMORE.

I THINK THAT IT WAS A NATURAL ASSUMPTION,

IS THAT IT WOULDN'T MANIFEST ON ANY TYPE OF, LIKE,

AN ACTUAL DANGEROUS SCALE.

I DON'T THINK THAT HE SAW WHAT WAS COMING.

YOUR DAD TRIED TO THREATEN ME.

Did he tell you?

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

HE CAN PROTECT ME.

[ Click, dial tone ]

BYE, MOM!

COME ON, LET'S GO.

I CAN GO TO CORNELL, IF I CAN GET IN.

YOU AREN'T GOING TO STAY CLOSE.

IT'S TEN MILES.

I MEAN, MOM AND DAD WOULD LOVE IT.

I'D SAVE ON RENT.

IS THAT J. P.?

YEAH.

[ DOG BARKS ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

[ GUNSHOT ] [ GASPS ]

[ GASPS ]

[ DOORKNOB RATTLES ]

[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]

[ GRUNTS ]

[ POUNDING CONTINUES ]

[ GASPING ]

GET UP.

GET UP!

J.P., WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

SHUT UP.

AMBER, RUN.

[ GUNSHOT ]

ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"...

[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]

HELP! NEIL!

NEIL, LET US IN!

WE GOT A CALL CAME IN THAT SAID THAT JONATHAN WAS AT THE HOUSE.

THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED,

AND I JUST REMEMBER DRIVING THE FASTEST

I'VE EVER DRIVEN TO GET TO THAT HOUSE.

AND THEN, WE HAD A HORRIBLE INCIDENT

WHERE TWO OF OUR CHEERLEADERS WERE MISSING.

WHY DRYDEN? IF THIS IS TRUE, WHY DRYDEN AGAIN?