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- Where are you?

Please, no!

Molly! Molly!

- My God...

Matt, is that you?

- Wait, Molly! Please help me!

Please...

- No... no...

- Who are you? What do you want from me?

Please, leave me alone...

Where are the keys?

Alex is that you?

Please... start!

Oh my God... it's fuck... it's jammed...

At the end of our first week

of studying serial killers

we give blood samples.

What is the significance of blood

and of the typing and DNA testing we will be doing?

For the answers to these questions I suggest we look to history.

In 1 888...a series of brutal murders took place

which heralded the age of the serial killer.

They were committed in the East End of London, in England

by a man popularly known as Jack the Ripper.

Amongst his victims were Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman

Elisabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly.

The victims were subjected to horrendous mutilations

carried out with an exacting surgical precision.

Today, we can analyze fibres, prints, hair, bone, dental records, tissue, and of course...

blood, which we will be doing in the coming weeks.

With these methods, we can reach far back into the past

as I did in my own book, to establish the true identity of Jack the Ripper...

Montague John Druitt.

How do serial killers of recent times compare with the Ripper?

I want you to step inside the killer's mind.

How do they manipulate their prey? What motivates them

and equally important, what methods do they use

to gain the confidence of their victims? Jason.

- Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, posed as a building maintenance man

and preyed on single women living in apartment buildings.

- Preyed on what specifically?

- A sense of loneliness? - What else?

- A woman sometimes feels helpless around mechanical things.

She fears she needs a man to help.

- Somebody want to turn on the air conditioner? Maybe it's just me

but I think I'm going to have a heart attack over here.

- Ted Bundy - Go.

Handsome. Charming... projected Ivy League image... all-American... extremely intelligent...

...upwardly mobile. - And who were his victims?

Andrea.

- Single women. They were young, looking for excitement. They found it.

- Why were they vulnerable to him? What... what did... what did they want?

- To get laid?

- I'll take a bite of that. - She means sexual attraction.

- Too easy... no pun intended. - Romance.

He's everything they've been conditioned to desire, the tall, dark, rich

educated, male dream partner, the handsome prince.

He served the cultural icon up to them on a plate.

- Thank you Mary Anne. And once the hook is in...

- The fish will follow. - So, who is this hypothetical killer?

What are some of the psychological factors that link these killers and their traits?

- Premature ejaculation?

- He's sexually frustrated, perhaps impotent. He craves the bodies of his victims

gaining control over them, dominance. - How does he get close enough to them

to do that?

Who is this man? - He gets close because he seems like

the most harmless man she's ever met

He projects an aura of success, like Bundy did, like a bad cologne, to appeal to her vanity.

But he's a bubbling mass of rage inside, because his mama died, or left him, and

his caretaking came with a nasty little condition called, ""leave me, and I'll fuck you.""

He's white, well-educated, speaks to her like a teacher, like... like a ""Mack Daddy""

to soothe her, stroke her impress her, weave his little web around her.

His work seems dangerous, yet respected, and she finds it appealing, but strange

like him, with his nervous ticks and inner anxieties.

- That's very interesting, Miss Keller. One might almost think

you could've been describing myself. Do you think I could match the profile

of such a killer?

- No. - Really? Why?

- Because the killer's a con, and your rap's for real, because he can't get it up

and you can't turn it down fast enough. Because he wants what you have

...and you already have it. And because if I read your biography right

you're very close with your mother.

So you see, Professor Kane you just don't measure up.

- What if I told you I was going to murder one of you today?

What if everything I've accomplished in my field, thus far, was a vicarious way

to experience what I'm really drawn to?

And what if, the truth is, that

I've studied serial killers all my life because subconsciously

I wanted to be one but was too scared to admit it.

And what if I had medicated myself for years, seeing psychoanalysts

to repress this desire, and finally

two weeks ago, stopped taking the medication and

desired to step into the abyss?

So, who will it be?

Mr Sackman?

- I'm... I'm flattered, Teach, but you've got the wrong dude.

You know, I'm... I'm strictly hetero.

Okay, the fun is over, now, all right?

We know you're not going to do this.

- No? How do you know? - Because you're the teacher.

Don't you read the newspapers, Mr. Kane? It's supposed to be the other way around.

- Out of my way. Out of my way!

- A joke?

- I knew that Mr. Kane, I knew you were joking.

- Ladies and Gentlemen

please, take your seats. Thank you Mr. Lask.

You may return to your drama class.

According to Miss Keller, I do not fit the profile

because I have a close relationship with my mother.

But I would be suspicious of any grown man who had an unusually close relationship

with their mother. Wouldn't you?

Does anyone remember what I told you on the first day of the class?

- Think outside the box.

- Well done Chantal. Think outside the box.

Never forget those words. If you do, you could become a victim.

- Hey I thought I recognized you. You're Molly Keller, right? Remember me, Aaron Kroeker?

Grosvenor High? You know, I wondered what happened to you, after all those years.

Pretty funny meeting here, after all those years, after you dropped out of school.

- I don't know you, man.

- That's cool, listen, I got the names for the study groups but you can change it

if you want.

You know, you look different. You seem different. I guess after what happened

back then on the island.

Hey, we've got the morgue assignment next week, and I was thinking

all those dead bodies should be a real kicker, huh, cadavers and stuff. And I was thinking

maybe we could be partners, and maybe I could be in your study group...

- Shut up.

Don't talk about my past with anybody. Understand?

- Yeah, I understand, Molly. It's okay. I'll talk to you later, okay, Molly?

- What's up? Guy's a creep, right? You all right?

- Why? Are you a doctor? - It depends. Do you need a check up?

Cause you know gynaecology is my specialty.

- You want me, dont' you?

- When you put it that way how can I refuse?

- At first I thought you were taking me for someone you could screw with

but after you came with shit in your pants in class today

I thought maybe you're not thinking too clearly.

So I'm going to let it go this time. Cause it's not going to happen again, is it?

- She's interesting. - Different.

- I'm just not sure she's going to fit in. - C'est la vie.

- I can't believe she made such a fool of herself.

If she's in our group, her behaviour reflects on all of us.

She needs an attitude adjustment.

- Look who decided to join our little party.

- Hi, Molly. We were beginning to think you weren't going to make it.

Would you mind not smoking in here?

Excuse me... I can't speak for everybody, but this course means a great deal to me

therefore, I've done a great deal of preparation. Now, I feel qualified

to suggest certain guidelines... - What are you, the hall monitor?

- I think we should make some rules. - Francoise, rich girl look over here.

Voulez-vous couchez avec moi? Look, if you've got something to say

you say it to me. But, you don't make rules for me. Understand?

- What?

What'd you say?

You know what? If you're in I'm fucking gone. See you.

- Relax, baby balls. Haven't said I'm joining anything yet, ok?

- Let me tell you something, rat girl. - Relax, relax!

- Guys, come on. - You want a date?

- Cool it. - What?

- Come on, y'all, can't we just work together, to make this a more exuberant team?

- Personally, I don't really care if you join us or not. But I think you owe us an explanation.

- I don't owe anybody anything.

The only reason why I'm here, is because this study group is a course

requirement, and if I decide to join

and I say ""if"", I work by myself.

I mean, you can use whatever I do but I don't work or study with anybody

as far as the course goes, unless you're willing to go to the wall

unless you're willing to see the attraction to death and killing in yourselves.

I think you're just jerking off.

- Should be a fun course. - Forget her, man.

It's party time. - Rock on.

- Sounds good to me. I got the night off from the morgue.

- Take this for me.

Let's go, come on!

- I was under the assumption you weren't joining group activities.

- Believe me, I wouldn't miss this one for the world.

- And either with Marisa . She seems to have all the right moves.

- Here's your friend Kroecker. He's a weird one.

- No, he's more than weird. He's invisible. Chinese call them ""hungry ghosts""

spirits that wander the Earth craving contact.

- I don't know anything about you, where you're from, where you've been.

- Too easy. Let's see you work for it.

- You're an artist. I just took up the paint under your nails.

And you're a watcher. You see everything and everybody, and... you read them pretty clear.

Well, how'd I do?

- Pretty good at fiction. Let's see you take a stab at Kane.

- The world's leading profiler of serial killers, who, suddenly, overnight, quits

and then, five years ago, resurfaces to teach here, and then, writes a best-seller.

I don't know, there's something strange about him.

I don't trust him and I don't like his methods.

- Why are you here?

- When I was younger, I was in a... an accident.

- And?

- Got to piss.

- Thanks for sharing!

- Mary-Anne's such a loser, with this cheerleader costume. Miss Goody-goody.

Who does she think she's trying to fool?

Did you see Marisa? She was, like, screwing that guy, right on the floor. What a slut.

- Hey Marisa. You're allright? - I'm a little bit sick. I think I'm

just going to head back to the residence. I'm going to get a cab.

I'll be all right. Rock on, allright?

- Well, you don't think she heard the ""slut"" part, do you?

- I think she did.

- Shit.

What's going on?

Fuck! What is this? Shit.

Fuck. Great, thirteenth floor, just what I needed.

Hey, down there, can anyone hear me? I'm stuck up here.

Fuck!

Fuck!

Is anybody here?

Shit.

My God.

Shit!

Who's there?

What do you want?

Fuck you! You want to fuck with me?

You want a piece of me?

Come on, baby. I'm ready for you.

Help me! Someone help me!

- Cool man.

- No! Please, no, help me!

I can't believe it. I thought she left. I should have taken her home. I knew she was drunk.

- Touching. This, from a chick who called her a slut, right before she was sliced and diced.

- I didn't know she was about to die, okay?

I mean, I wish I could take it back, but I can't.

Did anybody see anything suspicious? - I did.

Didn't I see you talking to her before she left?

You were arguing with her, Jason. What's with that?

- So what are you trying to say? - What do you think I'm trying to say?

- Stop it, you two.

It gives me goosebumps. Who could've done something like this?

How could something so horrible happen to one of our friends?

- Don't worry, Mary-Anne, it's going to be okay.

Listen, maybe it's time we put our class theory into practice.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really upset about what happened to Marisa but

this is what we are studying, right? We could work together, and try to find out

who the killer is. - I'm sorry I have to go back home.

My mom's really freaked about all this. I just have to go, make sure everything's okay.

I'll be back in a couple of days. - Did you hear? We thought that we could use

the study group to try to ID this guy. Everybody pitches in, covers an area.

- I'm working at the morgue tonight. I could steal...

I mean, borrow some information from the coroner's lab.

See if there's anything the cops aren't feeding to the media.

- What if Jason and I scan the Net, and look up serial killers...

and see if we can create and match a profile with this killer.

- Well, include me out. - Why?

- Because this is for real. This girl is dead. There's things you guys don't know

you'll never know. Just let the cops deal with it, all right?

- Why doesn't that surprise me? - Just the way I see things.

- Whatever.

- Look, who are you, and why are you following me?

So, you're a cop. That doesn't answer my question.

- You don't remember me, do you?

- Detective Kelso. - What's her story?

- She says her and her friends were attacked on a sleep-over on the island.

It seems like they're all dead. She's the only survivor.

- You were there.

What do you want from me now? - I need to show you something.

- I don't think so. - Molly, listento me. I've just left

the crime scene. He's back. He's back, Molly.

- Forensics reckons this could be identical to the weapon that stabbed Marisa Tavares

over and over again.

Thirty-nine times. To be exact.

It's blood, Marisa's blood. He's sending a message.

She had sex shortly before she was murdered. We found semen. Do you know who, or...

- No, I don't.

- She was butchered, Molly, but slowly.

He wanted her to know she was going to die.

By the blood splatter patterns, we reckon that he first plunged

the knife into her body over there against the wall.

She was screaming.

Pleading for mercy.

I know all about you, Molly. No mother. Father drank himself to death.

Spoiled, rich kids calling you white trash.

Must have been hard, trying to fit in.

Some people deserve what they get.

What do you think?

- I think you need help. - No.

I think it's you that needs the help, Molly. I think it's the same killer.

- No. - I think he's still out there.

- That's bullshits.

- Take your hands off of me, or I'll scream rape.

- I just...

just hope you're not thinking of running again.

This time, I'll be watching you. You're not going anywhere.

- That's very touching, but you can let go, now.

- Of course, Miss Keller. I'll be in touch.

- No!

...she was butchered... she died... over and over...

...you look different... he's back, Molly... over and over...

...plunged the knife into her... he's back, Molly... over and over...

...plunged the knife into her, over and over. Plunged the knife into her back... back then...

Who are you? What do you want from me?

- What's your goddamn problem, buddy?

What the hell is going on here? Who the hell are you?

- What the hell...

What are you doing, you idiot?

Who are you?

Oh, my God, Jesus Christ!

Why are you doing this? What do you want?

Somebody help me!

- Stinks in here.

Looks like a body was dragged in from the cliff. Detective Kelso, look at this.

There's blood under her nails.

A week ago

Marisa Tavares died.

And now, Mary-Anne Nordstrom was found, early this morning.

Both victims were savagely murdered.

Based on the evidence, it's my belief

that it is the same killer, and that he knows the area

and most of you personally.

- I... I know

this must come as a shock. However, it has come to my attention

that some of you have taken it upon yourselves to play detective.

You are here to study theory.

- Bullshit.

You talk about historical comparisons

and profiling serial killers, but what it really comes down to

is you don't have ""it"" anymore. You know, everybody here knows

that you ran when things got tough with the FBI, and now, two of your

students are dead and you don't give a shit.

What are you afraid of, Kane?

- Have you ever been face-to-face with a serial killer?

Someone who's... raped and tortured women, men, maybe little girls

boys, then, left their lifeless bodies to rot, and stink in some vermin-infested sewer?

Sometimes, there's pieces missing of that little child

because the bastard's decided he wanted a souvenir

...a trophy of his conquest.

If you're fortunate to catch him, you suddenly realize, hey, he looks like me.

Big difference. You have a conscience. You have something inside you saying

over and over again, ""it's wrong to kill.""

But the more you see, the more you know it's a tiny, tiny, fine

line that gets thinner, and thinner, every case. You can't sleep anymore. You daren't.

You might wake up and find the line is gone.

So is your self-esteem that low you have to ridicule me?

Then, profile this killer.

Profile away.

Well? I'm waiting.

- Well, how about the Hillside rapist? He had sex with his victims, like Marisa.

Well that's according to the newspaper.

- We don't know that Miss Tavares had sex with the killer.

We just know that Marisa had sex.

- The Green River killer. The victims are young, female. The killer used a knife.

- This killer's making a statement.

- Like Son of Sam.

- Or Manson.

- Or the Ripper.

- The Ripper, Miss Keller.

Would you care to elaborate?

This is a visual representation of the police coroner's report

for the cause of death for Marisa. The medical examiner wrote

that she had been strangled, then, her throat cut from left to right.

Several teeth had been knocked out, and she had suffered thirty-nine stab wounds

mainly to the breasts, stomach, and genitals.

This is another drawing, altered only to match the scale of Marisa's drawings.

Another murder committed, in 1 888. The victim's name, Martha Tabram.

generally acknowledged to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper.

Most historians disagree with your statement about Martha Tabram.

Instead, clearly identified Polly Nichols as the first victim of the Ripper.

But I commend you for recognizing the symmetry between Miss Tavares's wounds

and those of the Ripper victims. However, there are several glaring inconsistencies

between the modus operandi of Jack the Ripper, and of whomever killed Miss Tavares.

First, all of the Ripper victims were prostitutes. Marisa was not.

Second, he killed clandestinely, and usually left the bodies in an alley, not in public view.

Third, he killed with an expert surgical hand, which, although, admittedly, was more

evident in the later victims, did unerringly point to Montague John Druitt.

Druitt was a teacher, with surgical training, whereas Miss Tavares's incisions

are far too crude, not the work of a surgeon.

In short, Miss Keller, your comparison misses the mark

by a long shot.

Thank you, Miss Keller. You may step down.

- No, I haven't finished.

The Ripper killed in alleyways but they were always near busy streets.

The police medical examiner report, at the time, indicated that the wounds of the victim

were that of a nature indicating surgical training, or use of a tool, such as knives

used by a butcher, or dock worker.

So, what if you're wrong? What if Druitt wasn't the Ripper?

What about Joseph Barnett? He was also a suspect, and boyfriend to the last victim

Mary Kelly. He was a fish cleaner, and dock worker, who owned such a set of knives

not a surgeon. He matches the profile.

I mean, does it even matter if the killer isn't absolutely faithful to the Ripper's M.O.?

I mean, if the killer thinks he's following in the Ripper's footsteps, I mean

isn't that all that counts? I mean, doesn't that give us something to work on?

Weren't you the one who said we had to think outside the box, professor?

- But what of your history, or of the condition of survivor's guilt?

Would it allow you to see where others cannot?

Do you think you have the strenght to face it alone?

- I don't know. But I know I won't let it happen again

not without a fight.

- Hey, I can't believe that you stole that report from right under my nose.

Know what? I'm glad you did. You did a great job, in there.

- Listen, guys when I suggested that we tried to catch Marisa's killer I thought

I thought it would bring us together, like a team. But now

I'm not so sure. We're dealing with two deaths.

Maybe Kane's right, we don't know what it really looks like to come face to face

with a serial killer.