1 00:03:16,567 --> 00:03:19,000 A week ago, the only thing I thought was 2 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,400 Out of the ordinary was that it was my birthday. 3 00:03:45,734 --> 00:03:48,834 Sorry. 4 00:03:48,834 --> 00:03:50,767 I'm just bored. 5 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,234 Oh. 6 00:04:05,901 --> 00:04:08,000 Unit 5, come in. 7 00:04:09,534 --> 00:04:11,767 Unit 5, come in. 8 00:04:11,767 --> 00:04:13,601 Do you read me, unit 5? 9 00:04:15,534 --> 00:04:18,300 Of course, things didn't really start here. 10 00:04:24,567 --> 00:04:27,667 * I'll have a blue... * 11 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,167 How do I look? 12 00:04:30,167 --> 00:04:33,901 - The truth? - I look like a rock star, don't I? 13 00:04:33,901 --> 00:04:37,000 - You look great. - Hey, what's going on with you? 14 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,634 - What? - Why are you acting so weird? 15 00:04:38,634 --> 00:04:40,634 - What do you mean? - You got drugs on you? Smoking cigarettes? 16 00:04:40,634 --> 00:04:43,100 - Huh? Oh, just holding them for a friend, huh? - Have a good time. 17 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,133 - Ha ha. - Have a good time. 18 00:04:45,133 --> 00:04:48,167 Aggie, you okay? 19 00:04:49,834 --> 00:04:53,267 - Sexy. 20 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,434 Do you hate me? 21 00:04:55,434 --> 00:04:57,334 As much now as the day I met you. 22 00:04:57,334 --> 00:05:00,868 - You know, I might be contagious. - I could be immune. 23 00:05:00,868 --> 00:05:04,033 - What about the party? - Like they're gonna miss me. 24 00:05:04,033 --> 00:05:06,968 What about the cake? 25 00:05:06,968 --> 00:05:09,868 I'd like two words on my tombstone-- 26 00:05:09,868 --> 00:05:11,968 "What if?" 27 00:05:11,968 --> 00:05:15,200 What if I had said screw the cake? 28 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,834 Single tonight, Walter? 29 00:05:16,834 --> 00:05:19,133 Not actually, no. 30 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:21,701 - Oh, hey! - Oh, come on. 31 00:05:21,701 --> 00:05:23,834 Why don't you wag your tail at me in the bitches' room? 32 00:05:23,834 --> 00:05:25,400 - Sybil. 33 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,334 What if I had been a bit more... 34 00:05:27,334 --> 00:05:29,067 sybil, I wouldn't wag my tail in the bathroom 35 00:05:29,067 --> 00:05:32,000 With you if you were the last bitch on earth. 36 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,300 ...tactful? 37 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:38,000 Sparrow, I repeat. 38 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,533 We have an unidentified scavenger sighting. 39 00:05:40,534 --> 00:05:42,234 It's one minute to 5:00, Sybil. 40 00:05:42,234 --> 00:05:45,367 Then we're agreed you're still on duty. 41 00:05:47,534 --> 00:05:50,534 Mm-Hmm, yeah, sure. 42 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:54,567 Sounds delicious. Can I get it to go? 43 00:05:56,868 --> 00:05:59,067 Right. 44 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:02,234 Okay okay. 45 00:06:12,067 --> 00:06:15,234 Come to papa. 46 00:06:15,234 --> 00:06:16,934 Maybe you'd like to hear a story. 47 00:06:16,934 --> 00:06:19,367 - Hmm? 48 00:06:19,367 --> 00:06:22,567 Yeah, once upon a time 49 00:06:22,567 --> 00:06:24,701 There was a dog 50 00:06:24,701 --> 00:06:26,434 Who lived a life of terror, 51 00:06:26,434 --> 00:06:29,534 Feared no one. 52 00:06:29,534 --> 00:06:33,067 But although his teeth were sharp 53 00:06:33,067 --> 00:06:36,334 And his belly full, 54 00:06:36,334 --> 00:06:37,934 His heart was empty. 55 00:06:37,934 --> 00:06:41,000 He decided to go on a journey 56 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,868 To a land far far away, 57 00:06:44,868 --> 00:06:48,400 Where he came upon a wooden shack one day 58 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,901 With a thin old man inside. 59 00:06:51,901 --> 00:06:54,634 And he invited him in. 60 00:06:54,634 --> 00:06:56,834 The dog... 61 00:06:56,834 --> 00:07:00,300 was overjoyed. 62 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:02,234 And that night 63 00:07:02,234 --> 00:07:05,467 Warm smoke billowed from the chimney above, 64 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:07,667 But, oh... 65 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:10,667 what an odd-Smelling smoke this was. 66 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:13,901 You see, the land was china. 67 00:07:15,067 --> 00:07:17,901 And in China, 68 00:07:17,901 --> 00:07:20,968 - They eat dog. 69 00:07:20,968 --> 00:07:23,067 - Whoa! Ooh! 70 00:07:24,767 --> 00:07:28,100 Let me see who your irresponsible owner is. 71 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Oh, god! 72 00:07:46,834 --> 00:07:48,267 Damn it! 73 00:07:51,267 --> 00:07:54,534 Didn't like my story, huh? 74 00:07:54,534 --> 00:07:58,267 That's all right. I can take criticism. 75 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:27,968 Oh, god. 76 00:08:27,968 --> 00:08:29,968 Oh, I don't believe this shit. 77 00:08:34,167 --> 00:08:37,501 All right, buddy, pick a spot. 78 00:08:41,767 --> 00:08:44,901 Now where'd you go? 79 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:37,968 Destiny-- 80 00:09:37,968 --> 00:09:40,100 Maybe that's too big a word for it. 81 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:43,834 If I'd been nicer to sybil, she never would have sent me after that dog. 82 00:09:43,834 --> 00:09:46,400 I wouldn't have been late to meet Agatha, 83 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,067 And none of this would have happened. 84 00:09:49,067 --> 00:09:50,934 But I was late. 85 00:09:50,934 --> 00:09:53,067 And that's all it took. 86 00:09:53,067 --> 00:09:54,501 Oh! 87 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,133 - Take a look at that. Try not to throw up. - Oh oh, god! 88 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:02,167 "Nasty evil dog"-- 89 00:10:02,167 --> 00:10:04,534 That's what "Ned" stands for. 90 00:10:04,534 --> 00:10:06,801 If I ever see him again, he's gonna be Ned with two d's-- 91 00:10:06,801 --> 00:10:08,467 "Nasty evil dead dog." 92 00:10:08,467 --> 00:10:10,968 - All right, now take a deep breath. - Dead Ned. 93 00:10:10,968 --> 00:10:13,267 - That's what he's gonna be. - And remember, 94 00:10:13,267 --> 00:10:15,234 It's your birthday, okay? 95 00:10:15,234 --> 00:10:16,834 - Yeah, I've been thinking about that. - Mmm-Hmm. 96 00:10:16,834 --> 00:10:19,567 Why is it we go and see your friends on my birthday? 97 00:10:19,567 --> 00:10:21,133 Um... 98 00:10:21,133 --> 00:10:23,901 probably because you don't have any. 99 00:10:23,901 --> 00:10:25,601 - Oh. 100 00:10:25,601 --> 00:10:27,601 Makes sense. 101 00:10:27,601 --> 00:10:30,334 So I'm older, I'm disfigured, 102 00:10:30,334 --> 00:10:32,334 And I'm spending an evening in hell. 103 00:10:32,334 --> 00:10:35,634 - No. - I suppose I'm buying that for you too. 104 00:10:35,634 --> 00:10:37,634 Well, actually, I've had a good long time to flip through it. 105 00:10:37,634 --> 00:10:39,267 Why don't you give it a try? 106 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:43,167 Have some writer fill my head with nonsense? I'll wait for the movie. 107 00:10:43,167 --> 00:10:44,767 You don't know what you're missing. 108 00:10:44,767 --> 00:10:47,534 Hmm, and yet life goes on. 109 00:10:47,534 --> 00:10:49,734 "'The number 23.' 110 00:10:49,734 --> 00:10:52,701 A novel of obsession by Topsy Kretts." 111 00:10:52,701 --> 00:10:54,200 Hmm. 112 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:58,033 "A heart-wrenching odyssey into paranoia. 113 00:10:58,033 --> 00:11:00,667 One of the most horrifying metamorphoses ever told. 114 00:11:00,667 --> 00:11:03,133 Beware of the dog next door." 115 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:06,100 Get out of here. Are you kidding me? 116 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:08,167 I'm buying this for you, okay? 117 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:09,801 - Would you get the cake? - Yeah. 118 00:11:09,801 --> 00:11:12,601 February 3rd, that makes me aquarius. 119 00:11:12,601 --> 00:11:15,834 Experts say friends are vitally important. 120 00:11:15,834 --> 00:11:17,467 - Hi. - Hello. 121 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:18,968 - Hi. - Hey. 122 00:11:18,968 --> 00:11:22,300 - Hello. - Hey. 123 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:23,901 I'm sorry we're late. 124 00:11:23,901 --> 00:11:26,067 - Nothing a kiss won't cure. - Oh! 125 00:11:26,067 --> 00:11:29,234 I am living proof of the fallacy of astrology. 126 00:11:30,267 --> 00:11:32,901 Hi. How's your arm, birthday boy? 127 00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:35,000 - You okay? - Just waiting for it to fall off. 128 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,167 - Good thing it didn't bite you somewhere else. - Oh. 129 00:11:37,167 --> 00:11:39,367 - Five seconds. Five seconds. - Fourth word. 130 00:11:39,367 --> 00:11:41,601 - Birds, butterflies, birds. - It flies. 131 00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:43,000 - Birds, birds. - Flies, flies. 132 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,367 - "Lord of the flies"! 133 00:11:48,334 --> 00:11:50,934 - Okay, you're next. - Thank you. 134 00:12:03,167 --> 00:12:05,968 "All the characters in this book are fictitious, 135 00:12:05,968 --> 00:12:08,767 And anyone finding a resemblance to actual persons, 136 00:12:08,767 --> 00:12:11,601 Living or dead, should proceed no further." 137 00:12:16,634 --> 00:12:19,968 - Now it's time for birthday sex. 138 00:12:19,968 --> 00:12:22,434 I need a lot of birthday sex. 139 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,234 - You know what? - What? 140 00:12:29,234 --> 00:12:30,834 Let's sit out here for a while. 141 00:12:30,834 --> 00:12:33,167 Oh-- Oh, honey. 142 00:12:33,167 --> 00:12:36,033 - Come on, it'll be romantic. - Yeah, but it's also cold. 143 00:12:36,033 --> 00:12:38,400 Here, take my coat. 144 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,734 Your jacket, take it. I'll call you. 145 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,667 Mom, dad. I thought I heard voices. 146 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:51,334 Well, you know, 147 00:12:51,334 --> 00:12:54,234 If someone was in bed asleep the way they were supposed to be, 148 00:12:54,234 --> 00:12:56,534 - They wouldn't hear any voices. - In bed? Okay. 149 00:12:56,534 --> 00:12:59,567 You're supposed to be in bed. 150 00:12:59,567 --> 00:13:02,734 Oh, dad. Dad, I, uh, forgot to give you this. 151 00:13:02,734 --> 00:13:04,834 - Here. - Oh, cool. 152 00:13:04,834 --> 00:13:07,167 - Yeah, I wrapped it myself. - Yeah. 153 00:13:07,167 --> 00:13:10,701 I accept bribes any time of the day or night. 154 00:13:10,701 --> 00:13:12,567 Back door? 155 00:13:12,567 --> 00:13:14,400 She went down the alley. 156 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,234 Wow, that's cool. 157 00:13:16,234 --> 00:13:19,868 Robin, she's a nice girl. 158 00:13:19,868 --> 00:13:21,868 Make sure she stays that way. 159 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:24,167 All right. Good night, dad. 160 00:13:24,167 --> 00:13:26,534 - Happy birthday. - Thanks. 161 00:13:36,868 --> 00:13:40,300 "Chapter 1: you can call me fingerling. 162 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,367 It's not my real name. 163 00:13:43,367 --> 00:13:46,200 It came from a book I read as a child, 164 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,801 'Fingerling at the zoo.' 165 00:13:48,801 --> 00:13:51,100 Paper flap long gone, 166 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:54,701 It had a green hardback cover and mottled texture. 167 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:58,200 It was possibly my very first book. 168 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,968 Funny, 169 00:13:59,968 --> 00:14:03,067 I can't recall what it was about. 170 00:14:03,067 --> 00:14:05,701 The only thing I remember is the name-- 171 00:14:05,701 --> 00:14:07,667 Fingerling. 172 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:10,234 I wished it was mine 173 00:14:10,234 --> 00:14:13,100 And now it is." 174 00:14:25,601 --> 00:14:27,400 This is your first bite? 175 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,400 First animal one, yes. 176 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,067 My wife, she has these gnawing urges 177 00:14:32,067 --> 00:14:34,067 In her sleep and... 178 00:14:34,067 --> 00:14:36,834 tell me about this canine Ned. 179 00:14:36,834 --> 00:14:38,901 What would you do if you came across him again? 180 00:14:38,901 --> 00:14:42,234 If I was in my truck, I'd accelerate 181 00:14:42,234 --> 00:14:44,267 Until I heard a thud. 182 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,567 I'm sorry. I'm just-- I'm joking. 183 00:14:48,567 --> 00:14:50,567 I just-- This is just silly. 184 00:14:50,567 --> 00:14:53,968 Mr. Sparrow, animal-Control regulations state 185 00:14:53,968 --> 00:14:56,601 That any officer suffering at the hands of an animal 186 00:14:56,601 --> 00:15:00,033 Must undergo psychological counseling within seven days 187 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:02,033 To evaluate their state of mind. 188 00:15:02,033 --> 00:15:04,200 I gave him my arm on a platter. 189 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Can't blame a creature of lower intelligence for that. 190 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,367 I made a mistake, okay? Write that down. I made a mistake. 191 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:13,300 It's my fault-- Like when I told my wife 192 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,067 She could choose the color 193 00:15:15,067 --> 00:15:17,300 For the living room walls, you know? 194 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:20,000 Not that women are of lower intelligence, just... 195 00:15:23,634 --> 00:15:25,767 have a good day, mr. Sparrow. 196 00:15:25,767 --> 00:15:27,033 No, I'm jus-- 197 00:15:27,033 --> 00:15:29,968 No, Agatha is the most intelligent person I know. 198 00:15:31,267 --> 00:15:33,267 What she sees in me, I'm not sure. 199 00:15:33,267 --> 00:15:35,000 Look... 200 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,167 I love my job, and I'm good at it. 201 00:15:37,167 --> 00:15:39,000 Ned got away. 202 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,601 Well, yeah, but... 203 00:15:41,601 --> 00:15:44,133 don't worry. Apart from a flawed sense of humor, 204 00:15:44,133 --> 00:15:46,367 I'm giving you a clean bill of health. 205 00:15:46,367 --> 00:15:48,067 You're not a danger to anyone. 206 00:15:48,067 --> 00:15:50,968 That's why you can go and have the whole day off. 207 00:15:52,133 --> 00:15:54,934 Really? 208 00:15:54,934 --> 00:15:56,934 I'll take it. 209 00:15:56,934 --> 00:15:58,634 - Mr. Sparrow. - Yeah. 210 00:15:58,634 --> 00:16:01,300 What color did your wife choose for the walls? 211 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,400 Red, blood red. 212 00:16:10,267 --> 00:16:12,267 "Chapter 2: 213 00:16:15,434 --> 00:16:18,667 Imagine me, if you must, 214 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:20,667 As someone you once knew. 215 00:16:22,467 --> 00:16:26,300 Someone perhaps you liked. 216 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:29,033 Or better yet, 217 00:16:29,033 --> 00:16:32,334 Imagine me as you. 218 00:16:32,334 --> 00:16:34,968 As a kid, I was top of my class, 219 00:16:34,968 --> 00:16:37,400 Not because I liked studying, but because I realized 220 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,167 That an education was my best shot at getting out. 221 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:43,400 See, the stork dropped me in a small dustbowl of a town. 222 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,400 There wasn't anything wrong with it. 223 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,400 As far as boring towns go, 224 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,634 I'm sure it ranked above average. 225 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:53,501 I had friends, but... 226 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,367 I always felt alone. 227 00:16:59,934 --> 00:17:02,167 No one ever left, 228 00:17:02,167 --> 00:17:04,167 But I wasn't gonna die here. 229 00:17:04,167 --> 00:17:05,901 As much as I loved him, 230 00:17:05,901 --> 00:17:09,100 I didn't want to be anything like my dad. 231 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:13,033 He seemed so distant and sad. 232 00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:15,834 Numbers were his life. He was an accountant. 233 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:19,200 And I guess he had expected me to take over the business he had built, 234 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,267 But I had other plans. 235 00:17:21,267 --> 00:17:23,300 My mom was tickled pink on my eighth birthday 236 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:26,501 When I announced I wanted to be a detective. 237 00:17:26,501 --> 00:17:28,434 Can't say the same for my father. 238 00:17:28,434 --> 00:17:31,400 It really put the kibosh on his master plan 239 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,100 And it fueled his hatred for the widow dobkins. 240 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,100 She lived next door. 241 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:38,400 - It sounds odd, but her dog alfie... 242 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,534 Is the reason I became a detective. 243 00:17:40,534 --> 00:17:43,167 The grass is always greener on the other side, 244 00:17:43,167 --> 00:17:45,234 At least according to alfie. 245 00:17:45,234 --> 00:17:47,400 That's why he was always in our yard, 246 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,767 And it was my job to catch him. 247 00:17:51,634 --> 00:17:55,234 But I never crossed the fence into the widow dobkins' yard. 248 00:17:55,234 --> 00:17:57,467 That was my father's rule. 249 00:17:57,467 --> 00:17:59,701 On my eighth birthday, 250 00:17:59,701 --> 00:18:01,701 I broke the rule. 251 00:18:06,701 --> 00:18:09,434 Now I must admit that my loneliness and obsession 252 00:18:09,434 --> 00:18:12,934 With detective stories had fueled fantasies. 253 00:18:12,934 --> 00:18:15,634 So I'm not sure of all the details, 254 00:18:15,634 --> 00:18:17,801 Except one. 255 00:18:19,801 --> 00:18:21,801 The widow dobkins was dead. 256 00:18:29,501 --> 00:18:32,467 It was a whole hour before the doctor arrived, 257 00:18:32,467 --> 00:18:34,267 And in that uncertain hour 258 00:18:34,267 --> 00:18:36,667 My eight-year-old mind raced. 259 00:18:36,667 --> 00:18:39,033 I decided that the widow dobkins was killed 260 00:18:39,033 --> 00:18:41,501 By a man with a deranged mind, 261 00:18:41,501 --> 00:18:44,534 A mind such as our town had never seen before. 262 00:18:44,534 --> 00:18:47,701 No one would be safe from him, not even his loved ones. 263 00:18:47,701 --> 00:18:49,834 Especially his loved ones. 264 00:18:49,834 --> 00:18:52,167 Of course, a doctor later concluded that it was suicide, 265 00:18:52,167 --> 00:18:54,767 But I never believed it. 266 00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:58,467 By then, my mind had been opened to a whole new existence. 267 00:18:58,467 --> 00:19:01,701 From this, a detective was born-- 268 00:19:01,701 --> 00:19:03,834 Detective fingerling." 269 00:19:08,767 --> 00:19:10,767 This has promise too. 270 00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:14,868 Hey, there you are. What are you doing? 271 00:19:14,868 --> 00:19:17,300 I'll clean this up later. 272 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:19,200 Filling your head with nonsense, are you? 273 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,067 - Did you read this? - Most of it. 274 00:19:22,067 --> 00:19:25,367 - It's very creative. - This fingerling guy. 275 00:19:25,367 --> 00:19:27,033 Yeah, it's a cool name. 276 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:29,334 Yeah, what did you make of him? 277 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:31,734 I loved him at the-- Well, at the beginning I did. 278 00:19:31,734 --> 00:19:33,667 What do you mean at the beginning? 279 00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:36,534 Well, he-- How far have you gotten? 280 00:19:36,534 --> 00:19:38,534 - Oh, two chapters. - Oh. 281 00:19:38,534 --> 00:19:41,267 Honey, will you move this ladder for me, just right over here? 282 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:44,801 You know, honey, this fingerling guy reminds me of my life. 283 00:19:44,801 --> 00:19:46,968 It's so weird. 284 00:19:46,968 --> 00:19:50,968 Like, it's like my childhood, my memories, you know? 285 00:19:50,968 --> 00:19:52,968 Will you hand me that blue paint? 286 00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:57,734 - Here. - Fingerling's nothing like you. 287 00:19:57,734 --> 00:20:01,067 Oh, yeah, look at that? 288 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:04,400 "Fingerling at the zoo." My mother read it to me when I was a kid. 289 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,434 I'm sure a lot of people read that as a kid. 290 00:20:06,434 --> 00:20:08,734 - Did you? - No. 291 00:20:08,734 --> 00:20:11,534 - Ha-Aa! - But you know what? Every time I read a book, 292 00:20:11,534 --> 00:20:15,501 It's like, the author stole a part of me that I thought only I knew. 293 00:20:15,501 --> 00:20:18,334 Someday I'm gonna write a book and I'll do it to somebody else. 294 00:20:18,334 --> 00:20:21,100 I don't know, hon. It's-- It's just really 295 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,567 - Kind of strange. - You know what? 296 00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:26,968 There's a lot of neighborhoods with houses just like yours, 297 00:20:26,968 --> 00:20:28,934 With streets just like yours. 298 00:20:28,934 --> 00:20:30,801 Yeah? With dogs next door? 299 00:20:30,801 --> 00:20:33,367 Oh, your neighbor had a dog. Well, that's shocking. 300 00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:36,400 It wasn't called alfie. It was called chief. 301 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,400 "Mis-Chief" my father called it. 302 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,934 He used to escape all the time. That's why I became an a.C.O. 303 00:20:41,934 --> 00:20:43,434 Fingerling's a detective. 304 00:20:43,434 --> 00:20:46,334 I used to collect detective magazines. 305 00:20:46,334 --> 00:20:49,267 And the widow next door, mrs. Dobkins, 306 00:20:49,267 --> 00:20:51,567 Well, that's like my mom. 307 00:20:53,133 --> 00:20:55,868 She died on my eighth birthday. 308 00:20:55,868 --> 00:20:58,534 Look, I got freakin' goose bumps. 309 00:20:58,534 --> 00:21:01,300 Honey, keep reading, okay? 310 00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:04,601 Soon you will discover that fingerling is nothing like you. 311 00:21:04,601 --> 00:21:06,234 Somebody wrote a book about dad? 312 00:21:06,234 --> 00:21:09,100 - No. - Yes. Yes. 313 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:12,234 - How's school? - Horrible. 314 00:21:12,234 --> 00:21:14,734 Am I in it? 315 00:21:14,734 --> 00:21:16,734 I mean, if the book's about dad, 316 00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:18,601 Then I should have, like, a starring role or something. 317 00:21:18,601 --> 00:21:20,601 Yes, you should, and yet you don't. 318 00:21:20,601 --> 00:21:23,267 Now what do you think that means? 319 00:21:23,267 --> 00:21:25,868 - Hmm, jeez. - Who's that? 320 00:21:25,868 --> 00:21:28,501 - Fabrizia. - Fabrizia? 321 00:21:28,501 --> 00:21:30,400 Uh-Huh. 322 00:21:38,067 --> 00:21:40,100 * got a big plan, this mindset * 323 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:43,267 * maybe it's right at the right place and right time * 324 00:21:43,267 --> 00:21:45,200 * maybe tonight and the whisper * 325 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,501 * or handshake sending a sign * 326 00:21:47,501 --> 00:21:49,467 * wanna make out and kiss hard? * 327 00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:50,667 * wait, never mind * 328 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:52,834 * late night and passing * 329 00:21:52,834 --> 00:21:54,868 * mention it flipped her best friend * 330 00:21:54,868 --> 00:21:56,701 * who knows saying maybe it slipped * 331 00:21:56,701 --> 00:21:59,200 * but the slip turns to terror and a crush to light * 332 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,767 * then she walked in, he throws up * 333 00:22:01,767 --> 00:22:04,767 - * believe it's the fright, it's cute in a way... * 334 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:08,033 * till you cannot speak and you leave to have a cigarette * 335 00:22:08,033 --> 00:22:11,033 * your knees get weak, escape was just a nod * 336 00:22:11,033 --> 00:22:14,000 * and a casual wave, obsessed about it * 337 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,934 * heavy for the next two days * 338 00:22:15,934 --> 00:22:19,234 * it's only just a crush it'll go away * 339 00:22:19,234 --> 00:22:22,133 * it's just like all the others, it'll go away * 340 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:25,300 * or maybe this is danger and you just don't know * 341 00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:28,834 * you pray it all away but it continues to grow * 342 00:22:28,834 --> 00:22:32,868 * I want to hold you close * 343 00:22:32,868 --> 00:22:35,200 * skin pressed against me tight * 344 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,601 * lie still, close your eyes, girl * 345 00:22:37,601 --> 00:22:39,734 * so lovely it feels so right. * 346 00:23:50,701 --> 00:23:53,067 "Chapter 5: 347 00:23:53,067 --> 00:23:55,300 I meet the suicide blonde." 348 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:31,667 I got a tip from your neighborhood watch. 349 00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:33,868 I know what you're up to. 350 00:24:33,868 --> 00:24:37,067 This befriend-Me crap, it won't work. 351 00:24:37,067 --> 00:24:39,067 Come any closer and I'll do it. 352 00:24:41,934 --> 00:24:43,868 Well, I hope you don't. 353 00:24:43,868 --> 00:24:45,901 It's my birthday today. 354 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:48,367 You end up hanging yourself, it'll be the worst one ever. 355 00:24:48,367 --> 00:24:51,133 You're pathetic. 356 00:24:52,901 --> 00:24:56,367 - I'm serious. I'll do it. - Hanging-- 357 00:24:56,367 --> 00:24:58,434 It's a painful thing. 358 00:24:58,434 --> 00:25:00,601 Most people get the noose wrong, 359 00:25:00,601 --> 00:25:03,100 End up walking around with a permanent necklace... 360 00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:08,868 agonizing reminder of how fucking pitiful they are. 361 00:25:10,734 --> 00:25:12,734 Come on, let's talk. 362 00:25:14,267 --> 00:25:17,033 If you're still bummed, I'll put one right between your eyes. 363 00:25:20,534 --> 00:25:22,434 I'm a good shot. 364 00:25:27,133 --> 00:25:28,901 Is it really your birthday? 365 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,334 "The suicide blonde tells me she was a good person once, 366 00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:44,834 But now..." 367 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:47,200 I'm a bad person. 368 00:25:48,534 --> 00:25:51,200 I don't wanna make you bad. 369 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,601 You don't have that power. 370 00:25:55,133 --> 00:25:57,868 Go see my ex-Boyfriend. He'll show you. 371 00:25:57,868 --> 00:25:59,968 "I should have gotten out of there 372 00:25:59,968 --> 00:26:03,934 Right at that moment, but then she said..." 373 00:26:03,934 --> 00:26:05,767 It's this number! 374 00:26:05,767 --> 00:26:09,067 This fucking number-- 23. 375 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:10,801 It rules my world. 376 00:26:10,801 --> 00:26:12,801 It's my father's fault. 377 00:26:12,801 --> 00:26:15,334 He said he'd found a way to beat the number, 378 00:26:15,334 --> 00:26:18,067 That he'd beat it, that I was safe. 379 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:22,801 He said, "daddy loves you. And he's gonna do something... 380 00:26:22,801 --> 00:26:25,734 ...to guarantee that you won't inherit the curse." 381 00:26:31,133 --> 00:26:33,734 He was wrong. 382 00:26:33,734 --> 00:26:36,334 His guarantee wasn't worth the blood it was written in. 383 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,601 I guess daddy didn't love me enough. 384 00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:50,267 It's everywhere-- Dates, times, 385 00:26:50,267 --> 00:26:53,100 License plate numbers, pages of books, 386 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:54,767 Even elevator floor lights. 387 00:26:54,767 --> 00:26:58,234 Soon I found it was in my name. It was in the words I spoke. 388 00:26:58,234 --> 00:27:01,467 Nothing, nothing is safe. 389 00:27:01,467 --> 00:27:04,234 Pink is my favorite color. Do you know what pink is? 390 00:27:08,267 --> 00:27:10,300 Red 27, white 65. 391 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,901 65 plus 27-- 92. Pink has four letters. 392 00:27:12,901 --> 00:27:15,467 92 divided by four. 393 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,467 Twenty-Fucking-Three! 394 00:27:18,901 --> 00:27:20,734 "I'll be honest-- 395 00:27:20,734 --> 00:27:22,767 I didn't get it. 396 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:25,334 I asked her the only question I could muster." 397 00:27:25,334 --> 00:27:27,434 Any more coffee? 398 00:27:27,434 --> 00:27:30,434 "It was important to keep her talking, 399 00:27:30,434 --> 00:27:33,501 So I tell her a story." 400 00:27:33,501 --> 00:27:38,367 I had this uncle, his name was charlie. 401 00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:40,868 And, uh, one day, he read in his stars 402 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,868 That he was gonna fall in love 403 00:27:42,868 --> 00:27:45,033 With a woman in red. 404 00:27:45,033 --> 00:27:47,901 So he went out looking all day long 405 00:27:47,901 --> 00:27:49,968 And he found one. 406 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:51,968 Six months later, they were married. 407 00:27:51,968 --> 00:27:53,200 You're lying. 408 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,367 Two years later, the woman in red divorces my uncle, 409 00:28:00,367 --> 00:28:02,234 Takes him for everything he's got. 410 00:28:04,334 --> 00:28:07,167 He's out there right now 411 00:28:07,167 --> 00:28:09,267 At this very moment... 412 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,400 still looking for the woman in red. 413 00:28:16,033 --> 00:28:17,868 Figures he just got the wrong one. 414 00:28:19,334 --> 00:28:22,033 And this is supposed to make me feel better how? 415 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:24,767 You look smarter than my uncle charlie. 416 00:28:27,934 --> 00:28:30,968 "She has a face meant to smile. 417 00:28:30,968 --> 00:28:32,834 And as I exit the building, 418 00:28:32,834 --> 00:28:34,767 I figure it's another job well done. 419 00:29:01,801 --> 00:29:04,200 The next day I traced the ex-Boyfriend 420 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,834 Suicide blonde mentioned. 421 00:29:06,834 --> 00:29:08,834 Burning coffee grounds is an old trick 422 00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:12,601 Cops use to take away the smell of death at a crime scene. 423 00:29:12,601 --> 00:29:15,601 But somebody had used all the coffee. 424 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:33,067 When I tell Fabrizia about the suicide blonde, 425 00:29:33,067 --> 00:29:36,334 She begs me to take her to the apartment. 426 00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:39,033 Her reaction is pure Fabrizia. 427 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,000 Death and sex-- 428 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000 What a turn-On. 429 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,267 As the pages fell from the walls, 430 00:29:47,267 --> 00:29:51,467 The scope of the suicide blonde's obsession became clear. 431 00:29:51,467 --> 00:29:54,901 She had reduced everything to 23." 432 00:29:54,901 --> 00:29:58,000 It's everywhere-- Dates, times, 433 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,901 License plate numbers, pages of books, 434 00:29:59,901 --> 00:30:02,834 Even elevator floor lights. Soon I found it was in my name. 435 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:04,701 It was in the words I spoke. 436 00:30:04,701 --> 00:30:07,300 It was in my name. It was in my name. 437 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:09,334 It was in the words I spoke. 438 00:30:11,267 --> 00:30:13,634 "When I found out what her name was, 439 00:30:13,634 --> 00:30:16,100 That added up too. 440 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:18,400 Maybe it was just a coincidence. 441 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,067 I mean, a name is just a name. 442 00:30:22,067 --> 00:30:25,000 And a number is just a number. 443 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,667 Isn't it?" 444 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,000 It's self-Printed, 445 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,267 Self-Published, 446 00:30:50,267 --> 00:30:52,701 And it's by an author I never heard of. 447 00:30:59,033 --> 00:31:01,434 Looks like old topsy here hasn't written anything 448 00:31:01,434 --> 00:31:03,501 Before or after since. 449 00:31:10,667 --> 00:31:12,834 Walter, what are you doing? 450 00:31:12,834 --> 00:31:15,601 Check this out. 451 00:31:15,601 --> 00:31:17,601 Walter sparrow doesn't work. 452 00:31:17,601 --> 00:31:20,534 But if I use my middle name... 453 00:31:20,534 --> 00:31:23,133 - Walter. - 5-1-1-9-7. 454 00:31:23,133 --> 00:31:25,133 - Isn't that amazing? - What? 455 00:31:26,367 --> 00:31:29,033 It's all 23. My birthday-- 2/3, 456 00:31:29,033 --> 00:31:31,534 Driver's license, social security number-- Everything. 457 00:31:31,534 --> 00:31:35,501 I was born at 11:12 PM. 11 plus 12. 458 00:31:35,501 --> 00:31:39,100 It's like it's imitating my life. 459 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:40,767 You can't be serious. 460 00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,434 The author knows so much about me. 461 00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:44,100 It's as if he chose me. 462 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:45,934 Is this what you've been doing all day? 463 00:31:45,934 --> 00:31:48,200 - Have you finished the book? - Not yet. 464 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,300 You've concerned yourself with minutia 465 00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:52,634 And you've drawn wild conclusions from them. 466 00:31:52,634 --> 00:31:54,868 What about the fact that fingerling becomes a killer? 467 00:31:54,868 --> 00:31:56,901 - A killer? - And just how many people have you killed? 468 00:31:56,901 --> 00:31:59,234 Wait, who gets killed? 469 00:31:59,234 --> 00:32:00,901 Ask mr. Fingerling. 470 00:32:00,901 --> 00:32:02,767 I'm sorry, honey. 471 00:32:06,334 --> 00:32:08,000 Why this color? 472 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,667 Why did you choose this color? 473 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:12,634 I don't know, you tell me. 474 00:32:12,634 --> 00:32:15,667 Red number five-- R-E-D is 27, 475 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,300 Plus five is 32 which is-- 476 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,601 You're reaching now. 477 00:32:19,601 --> 00:32:21,601 Sure, there are differences. 478 00:32:21,601 --> 00:32:23,834 Fingerling's a detective, I'm a dog catcher; 479 00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:26,167 He met Fabrizia when he was 32, 480 00:32:26,167 --> 00:32:27,634 Whereas I met you when I was-- 481 00:32:27,634 --> 00:32:30,634 - 23. - And the day we met was? 482 00:32:30,634 --> 00:32:33,300 - September 14th. - 9/14. 483 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:36,767 - 14 plus 9 is? - 23! 484 00:32:36,767 --> 00:32:40,200 We married october 13th-- 485 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,167 10/13, 23. 486 00:32:43,167 --> 00:32:44,934 Suicide blonde said it ruled her world. 487 00:32:44,934 --> 00:32:47,701 She killed because of it. Then she handed it on to fingerling 488 00:32:47,701 --> 00:32:50,100 On his 32nd birthday-- 23 reversed. 489 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:52,734 Fingerling called it fate. Do you know what fate is? 490 00:32:52,734 --> 00:32:55,133 32. 491 00:32:55,133 --> 00:32:56,868 I rest my case, your honor. 492 00:32:59,167 --> 00:33:01,334 - Honey, I think you're taking this too seriously. - Wait wait wait 493 00:33:01,334 --> 00:33:03,434 Wait wait wait. We live at 1814. 494 00:33:03,434 --> 00:33:05,934 I mean, 18 is one plus eight which equals nine. 495 00:33:05,934 --> 00:33:08,501 And nine plus 14 is also 23. 496 00:33:08,501 --> 00:33:11,167 14 is one plus four which equals five. 497 00:33:11,167 --> 00:33:13,234 And five plus 18 is 23 too. 498 00:33:13,234 --> 00:33:15,467 - Oh my god. - All right, Robin, 499 00:33:15,467 --> 00:33:17,033 Please don't you start this nonsense. 500 00:33:17,033 --> 00:33:21,434 This is not nonsense! I-I mean, five plus 18 is 23. 501 00:33:21,434 --> 00:33:24,133 Well, if the book were 27 or 150, 502 00:33:24,133 --> 00:33:26,300 You could do the same thing. 503 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:29,601 18 plus 14 is 32. 504 00:33:29,601 --> 00:33:31,801 23 reversed. 505 00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:33,467 Spooky, huh? 506 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:38,367 "Chapter 7: 507 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:42,601 The suicide blonde had given Fabrizia a taste for new thrills. 508 00:33:42,601 --> 00:33:44,567 I played along, 509 00:33:44,567 --> 00:33:47,567 But all I could think about was the number." 510 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,734 Thanks. 511 00:33:49,734 --> 00:33:51,734 "I didn't tell her 512 00:33:51,734 --> 00:33:53,801 That the clock behind the desk read 9:14. 513 00:33:59,434 --> 00:34:01,901 Just rip it open. Just rip it off. 514 00:34:10,701 --> 00:34:13,634 Pretend you have a knife. Pretend you have a knife. 515 00:34:13,634 --> 00:34:15,267 Come on. 516 00:34:23,167 --> 00:34:26,834 I know you're gonna hurt me. 517 00:34:26,834 --> 00:34:29,367 You shut up, bitch, 518 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:31,701 Or you die. 519 00:34:31,701 --> 00:34:34,234 "Of course I would never really harm Fabrizia. 520 00:34:34,234 --> 00:34:37,801 I loved her. And I thought she loved me." 521 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,868 "But I started having terrible nightmares." 522 00:36:11,701 --> 00:36:16,300 Eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13-- 523 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:18,267 What are you doing? 524 00:36:19,434 --> 00:36:21,734 Reading. 525 00:36:21,734 --> 00:36:24,901 You're insane. 526 00:37:19,267 --> 00:37:21,934 - Isaac? - Simply put, 527 00:37:21,934 --> 00:37:23,667 It's a box that collects 528 00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:26,767 Orgone energy. 529 00:37:26,767 --> 00:37:31,033 We'll talk about wilhelm reich next week. Thank you for coming. 530 00:37:31,033 --> 00:37:34,033 Well, it sounds like a fascinating read. 531 00:37:34,033 --> 00:37:36,000 Of course there exist far too few books 532 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,834 Where the main character plays the saxophone. 533 00:37:38,834 --> 00:37:40,801 I wasn't aware you also played. 534 00:37:40,801 --> 00:37:43,100 I don't. That's just it, it doesn't all match. 535 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:46,434 It's the number. I'm seeing it everywhere. 536 00:37:46,434 --> 00:37:48,934 Well, conspiracy buffs would say, "of course. 537 00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:52,033 After all, the world spins in an axis of 23°." 538 00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:54,501 When you tell them it's actually 23.5, they say 539 00:37:54,501 --> 00:37:57,567 Five is simply two plus three. 540 00:37:59,801 --> 00:38:03,067 23 is very good at this particular game. 541 00:38:03,067 --> 00:38:06,033 - Game? - Yeah, paranoia. 542 00:38:07,901 --> 00:38:10,968 - There's a fair bit of literature on the 23 enigma. - There is? 543 00:38:10,968 --> 00:38:14,133 There are 23 axioms to euclid's geometry. 544 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,801 The human body consists of 46 chromosomes-- 545 00:38:18,801 --> 00:38:21,100 23 from each parent. 546 00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:24,801 Blood takes 23 seconds to circulate. 547 00:38:24,801 --> 00:38:26,901 The mayans believed the end of the world 548 00:38:26,901 --> 00:38:30,367 Would occur december 12th, 2012. 549 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:32,467 20 plus 12 is? 550 00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:34,701 23 reversed. 551 00:38:34,701 --> 00:38:37,234 Or 20 plus one plus two. 552 00:38:37,234 --> 00:38:38,968 So what is this? 553 00:38:38,968 --> 00:38:41,567 What is 23? 554 00:38:41,567 --> 00:38:44,434 Is it... 555 00:38:44,434 --> 00:38:46,501 god? 556 00:38:46,501 --> 00:38:48,267 Two divided by three-- 557 00:38:48,267 --> 00:38:50,634 .666. 558 00:38:50,634 --> 00:38:54,167 666, the number of the devil. 559 00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:57,267 There are only 22 chapters in the book of revelations. 560 00:38:57,267 --> 00:39:00,801 We all know how that ends. 561 00:39:00,801 --> 00:39:03,100 So is 23 a blessing or a curse? 562 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:05,267 What's true is that there's a select group of people 563 00:39:05,267 --> 00:39:09,000 That take delight in perpetuating the number's infamy. 564 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,834 Lucky seven, unlucky 13, 565 00:39:11,834 --> 00:39:14,167 Ballplayers, lucky shoes. 566 00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:17,868 People only pray because they believe that god will help them if they do. 567 00:39:17,868 --> 00:39:20,667 This is magical thinking, 568 00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:23,067 Non-Scientific causal reasoning. Now you're-- 569 00:39:23,067 --> 00:39:26,000 You're looking for 23 so you're finding it. 570 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,033 Agatha thinks I'm nuts. 571 00:39:30,033 --> 00:39:32,801 Finish the book. 572 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,501 And if after reading it in its entirety, 573 00:39:36,501 --> 00:39:38,100 You still believe the subject to be you, 574 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:39,767 Then whoever wrote it knows you very well. 575 00:39:39,767 --> 00:39:42,434 And only they can give you your answer. 576 00:39:42,434 --> 00:39:44,968 - That's a good idea. - And in the meantime 577 00:39:44,968 --> 00:39:47,067 I can speak to Agatha, if you like. 578 00:39:48,767 --> 00:39:50,534 Hmm. 579 00:39:55,701 --> 00:39:58,100 The number was everywhere. 580 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,501 You have 23 pairs of shoes. 581 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,601 You're counting my shoes? 582 00:40:14,767 --> 00:40:16,767 - What are you doing? - Reading. 583 00:40:16,767 --> 00:40:18,567 You're insane. 584 00:40:32,767 --> 00:40:36,467 "Night after night I killed Fabrizia in my dreams. 585 00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:40,334 I explained to the department shrink what her full name added up to." 586 00:40:40,334 --> 00:40:43,300 - 23. - What do you think that means? 587 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:45,701 I don't know, miles. 588 00:40:47,801 --> 00:40:50,767 Maybe I should be a fucking accountant. 589 00:40:50,767 --> 00:40:54,601 "The wise dr. Phoenix recommends I take a break." 590 00:40:54,601 --> 00:40:57,133 Maybe you should take a break. 591 00:40:57,133 --> 00:40:59,133 "Like time is gonna heal me." 592 00:40:59,133 --> 00:41:01,801 Time is a-- A gentle man. 593 00:41:01,801 --> 00:41:04,200 "Time is just a counting system, 594 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,801 Numbers with meaning attached to them. 595 00:41:06,801 --> 00:41:10,567 Still, a break is what he prescribes. He called it--" 596 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:13,234 Emotional leave. 597 00:41:13,234 --> 00:41:16,234 So you're not a detective anymore. 598 00:41:16,234 --> 00:41:19,234 "Fabrizia was not impressed." 599 00:41:19,234 --> 00:41:21,868 I'm a detective on vacation. 600 00:41:24,467 --> 00:41:27,133 - And you don't have a gun? 601 00:41:29,968 --> 00:41:31,467 I still have these. 602 00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:33,567 Maybe you should just get some sleep tonight. 603 00:41:47,367 --> 00:41:49,734 "The number was everywhere. 604 00:41:49,734 --> 00:41:51,467 At this point, 605 00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:53,868 I don't need to tell you 606 00:41:53,868 --> 00:41:55,300 How many pairs of shoes she had. 607 00:42:09,267 --> 00:42:12,133 What are these shoes doing in the trash? 608 00:42:13,801 --> 00:42:16,400 Did you know you had 23 pair? 609 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,868 Oh! 610 00:42:18,868 --> 00:42:21,200 You're insane! 611 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,534 The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8:15. 612 00:42:24,534 --> 00:42:28,300 Eight plus 15 is 23. 613 00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:30,300 Waco, Texas, and the Oklahoma city bombing 614 00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:32,734 Both happened on april 19th. 615 00:42:32,734 --> 00:42:35,167 Four plus 19 is 23. 616 00:42:35,167 --> 00:42:38,567 Tropic of Cancer, 23.5° north; 617 00:42:38,567 --> 00:42:41,167 Capricorn 23.5° south. 618 00:42:41,167 --> 00:42:44,934 10886 is the number al capone wore 619 00:42:44,934 --> 00:42:48,234 On his uniform in prison. 620 00:42:48,234 --> 00:42:51,467 Ted bundy was executed on the 23rd of january. 621 00:42:56,334 --> 00:42:58,601 It's all 23. 622 00:42:59,834 --> 00:43:02,067 "She didn't understand, 623 00:43:02,067 --> 00:43:04,834 Which was fine because neither did I. 624 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,501 All I knew was 625 00:43:08,501 --> 00:43:10,934 The number had gone after suicide blonde, 626 00:43:10,934 --> 00:43:13,133 Isabel lydia hunt. 627 00:43:17,634 --> 00:43:19,901 Now it was coming after me." 628 00:43:19,901 --> 00:43:22,901 I can speak to Fabrizia if you like. 629 00:43:25,968 --> 00:43:29,033 "I believe he said it in total innocence at the time. 630 00:43:50,434 --> 00:43:52,434 But looking back..." 631 00:43:52,434 --> 00:43:54,934 I can speak to Fabrizia if you like. 632 00:43:54,934 --> 00:43:56,767 "...I wish I had reacted differently." 633 00:44:27,534 --> 00:44:29,834 "I should have realized the truth. 634 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:32,968 I know it's absurd, 635 00:44:32,968 --> 00:44:35,868 - But even the color of his tie betrayed him." 636 00:44:41,801 --> 00:44:43,534 Do you know what pink is? 637 00:44:43,534 --> 00:44:46,934 Red 27, white 65. 65 plus 27-- 92. 638 00:44:46,934 --> 00:44:49,667 Pink has four letters. 92 divided by four... 639 00:44:49,667 --> 00:44:52,267 twenty-Fucking-Three! 640 00:44:53,667 --> 00:44:57,634 In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha if you like. 641 00:44:57,634 --> 00:45:00,634 Paranoia. 23 is very good at this... 642 00:45:00,634 --> 00:45:02,467 paranoia, paranoia. 643 00:45:02,467 --> 00:45:04,501 In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha 644 00:45:04,501 --> 00:45:06,534 If you like. 645 00:45:06,534 --> 00:45:09,501 ...of an axis of 23°. When you tell them it's actually 23.5, 646 00:45:09,501 --> 00:45:12,767 They say five is simply two plus three. 647 00:45:35,734 --> 00:45:39,167 In the meantime, I can speak to Agatha 648 00:45:39,167 --> 00:45:41,601 - If you like. 649 00:45:51,868 --> 00:45:54,167 "Chapter 21..." 650 00:48:19,767 --> 00:48:21,834 Oh, god! 651 00:48:24,634 --> 00:48:26,133 Ag! 652 00:48:27,267 --> 00:48:30,167 Oh, god! Oh, god! 653 00:48:35,634 --> 00:48:37,901 It's a nightmare. It's a nightmare. 654 00:48:37,901 --> 00:48:40,968 It's a nightmare. It's gonna be all right. 655 00:48:40,968 --> 00:48:43,334 No! 656 00:48:43,334 --> 00:48:44,767 No! 657 00:49:45,033 --> 00:49:47,734 Ag, I don't want you 658 00:49:47,734 --> 00:49:49,734 To be worried. 659 00:49:49,734 --> 00:49:52,400 I just need one night to clear my head. 660 00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:56,400 Please don't give up on me. 661 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,868 Your loving dog-Catching husband, 662 00:49:58,868 --> 00:50:00,501 Walter. 663 00:50:18,601 --> 00:50:20,467 Why that street? 664 00:50:20,467 --> 00:50:22,934 Why that hotel? 665 00:50:24,133 --> 00:50:26,300 Like it was my choice. 666 00:50:50,334 --> 00:50:52,634 - Morning. - What can I do for you? 667 00:50:52,634 --> 00:50:55,934 Yeah, um, I'd, um... 668 00:50:55,934 --> 00:50:58,033 Like a room. 669 00:50:58,033 --> 00:50:59,834 Sign the register. 670 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,400 27's the quietest. 671 00:51:09,801 --> 00:51:12,400 What about 23? 672 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:16,234 We've been experiencing some plumbing problems with 23. 673 00:51:47,434 --> 00:51:50,834 Chapter 22 was as I feared. 674 00:53:10,434 --> 00:53:13,701 Tropic of capricorn. 675 00:53:35,767 --> 00:53:38,467 It wasn't the happiest of endings. 676 00:53:38,467 --> 00:53:40,334 It wasn't an ending at all. 677 00:53:40,334 --> 00:53:43,501 After chapter 22, there was nothing 678 00:53:43,501 --> 00:53:45,934 But the question. 679 00:53:45,934 --> 00:53:48,934 Did the number live to kill another day? 680 00:53:48,934 --> 00:53:50,701 The number had gone after fingerling. 681 00:53:52,567 --> 00:53:55,968 - And now it was coming after me. 682 00:53:59,434 --> 00:54:01,434 You. 683 00:54:04,334 --> 00:54:07,434 It's all your fault. If you hadn't made me late... 684 00:54:30,167 --> 00:54:33,200 all right, this suits me fine. 685 00:54:37,267 --> 00:54:40,267 A place to rest in peace. 686 00:54:42,167 --> 00:54:44,801 Yes! 687 00:54:48,067 --> 00:54:50,934 I got you, you son of a bitch. 688 00:54:50,934 --> 00:54:52,934 It's okay, boy. 689 00:54:52,934 --> 00:54:55,200 You'll get up in a couple of hours with a bad headache. 690 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,334 That's all. 691 00:54:58,634 --> 00:55:02,234 Not so tough now, are you, nasty evil dog? 692 00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:06,434 Ned. 693 00:55:06,434 --> 00:55:09,701 L, m, n-- 14. 694 00:55:09,701 --> 00:55:13,234 A, b, c, d, e... 695 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,000 shit. 696 00:55:21,234 --> 00:55:24,067 Ned, Ned! 697 00:55:24,067 --> 00:55:25,567 I'm father sebastian. 698 00:55:25,567 --> 00:55:27,300 I trust there's an explanation for this. 699 00:55:27,300 --> 00:55:30,400 He's just sleeping, father. I'm an animal control officer. 700 00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,534 - Is this your dog? - It belongs to barnaby, my gardener. 701 00:55:33,534 --> 00:55:36,834 Don't worry, barnaby, he's all right. He's just sleeping. 702 00:55:42,667 --> 00:55:44,868 - Why did you name him Ned? - He didn't. 703 00:55:44,868 --> 00:55:46,734 He-- He took Ned in as a stray. 704 00:55:46,734 --> 00:55:50,734 He likes graveyards. He sits and watches the stones 705 00:55:50,734 --> 00:55:53,634 Like he was watching over them. 706 00:55:53,634 --> 00:55:57,033 That's how he got his nickname-- Guardian of the dead. 707 00:55:57,033 --> 00:55:59,234 Lately it's been this one. 708 00:56:03,767 --> 00:56:06,434 Oh, no way. 709 00:56:06,434 --> 00:56:08,734 What's wrong, son? 710 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:12,467 She died on her 23rd birthday. 711 00:56:12,467 --> 00:56:14,267 Well, we can only assume. 712 00:56:14,267 --> 00:56:17,534 - What? - That she died. 713 00:56:17,534 --> 00:56:20,701 They never found her body. This is only a marker. 714 00:56:20,701 --> 00:56:24,067 - Where have you been? - Library. It's not just a book. 715 00:56:24,067 --> 00:56:27,300 It's true, the number screws with your mind, 716 00:56:27,300 --> 00:56:30,000 Makes you do... 717 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:31,667 terrible things. 718 00:56:31,667 --> 00:56:34,501 Perhaps I should be going. 719 00:56:34,501 --> 00:56:38,100 No, I want you to see this, all of you. 720 00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:41,634 There was a college girl named laura tollins who was murdered. 721 00:56:41,634 --> 00:56:43,834 They never found her body, 722 00:56:43,834 --> 00:56:47,000 But her bed was soaked in so much blood. 723 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,601 This is the man who killed her, kyle flinch. 724 00:56:49,601 --> 00:56:52,467 Police found a murder weapon, a butcher's knife, 725 00:56:52,467 --> 00:56:54,467 With his prints all over it. 726 00:56:54,467 --> 00:56:56,634 Well, Walter, this was nearly 15 years ago. 727 00:56:56,634 --> 00:57:00,634 Ag, he wasn't just her psychology professor. They were lovers. 728 00:57:00,634 --> 00:57:03,868 Everything they did together sexually 729 00:57:03,868 --> 00:57:05,868 Was exactly like the characters in the book. 730 00:57:05,868 --> 00:57:08,667 He said it was her idea to buy the knife. 731 00:57:08,667 --> 00:57:12,467 She wanted to fake an attack. 732 00:57:12,467 --> 00:57:16,467 Kyle flinch is topsy kretts. 733 00:57:16,467 --> 00:57:19,167 The book is his... 734 00:57:19,167 --> 00:57:22,067 warped literary confession. 735 00:57:24,133 --> 00:57:27,000 Agatha said a-A dog told you this. 736 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:30,234 Ned isn't just a dog. 737 00:57:30,234 --> 00:57:32,300 He's the guardian of the dead. 738 00:57:33,634 --> 00:57:35,300 But what about all these 23s 739 00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:36,901 In-In-In your name and everything? 740 00:57:36,901 --> 00:57:39,634 - Is it all just a coincidence? - I don't know. 741 00:57:41,033 --> 00:57:42,901 But I know who can tell me. 742 00:58:01,167 --> 00:58:03,801 Well, you're two days early. 743 00:58:05,868 --> 00:58:07,567 You knew I would come? 744 00:58:12,567 --> 00:58:14,834 Reporters always come on the 10th. 745 00:58:14,834 --> 00:58:16,667 The day you killed laura tollins. 746 00:58:16,667 --> 00:58:19,501 The day she was taken from me. 747 00:58:19,501 --> 00:58:22,901 I'm not a reporter. My name is Walter sparrow. 748 00:58:22,901 --> 00:58:25,200 I was born february 3rd. 749 00:58:26,767 --> 00:58:30,267 Happy belated birthday. 750 00:58:30,267 --> 00:58:33,067 February 3rd. 2/3. 751 00:58:33,067 --> 00:58:36,834 - Yeah. - Don't pretend you don't know, 752 00:58:36,834 --> 00:58:39,667 Topsy kretts. I read your book. 753 00:58:39,667 --> 00:58:42,300 Tell me about the number. 754 00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:44,367 Is that why you killed her? 755 00:58:44,367 --> 00:58:47,067 I need to know. You have to tell me. 756 00:58:52,267 --> 00:58:55,834 What happened to you? I'm afraid it's happening to me. 757 00:58:55,834 --> 00:58:58,033 What happened to me? 758 00:59:02,868 --> 00:59:05,934 You want to know the worst thing about being in prison? 759 00:59:05,934 --> 00:59:09,701 Your family, your sister, your parents, 760 00:59:09,701 --> 00:59:12,000 They come to visit you. 761 00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,534 Over time, though, the visits get less 762 00:59:14,534 --> 00:59:16,601 And your sister stops coming at all. 763 00:59:18,367 --> 00:59:21,501 Then you start to notice your mother won't look you in the eye. 764 00:59:21,501 --> 00:59:24,567 Pretty soon, she stops coming too. 765 00:59:26,100 --> 00:59:27,601 Eventually, your-- 766 00:59:27,601 --> 00:59:30,567 Your father tells you your sister had a breakdown... 767 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,734 unable to deal with having a murderer 768 00:59:34,734 --> 00:59:36,667 For a brother. 769 00:59:36,667 --> 00:59:39,067 Now there's tears in his eyes when he says this, 770 00:59:39,067 --> 00:59:42,467 But he's not sad. 771 00:59:42,467 --> 00:59:45,000 He's angry. 772 00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,834 That's the last time you ever see him. 773 00:59:50,334 --> 00:59:53,567 I didn't kill laura. 774 00:59:53,567 --> 00:59:55,701 I loved her. 775 00:59:55,701 --> 00:59:58,701 And I didn't write a book about a number. 776 01:00:01,601 --> 01:00:04,267 You're lying. 777 01:00:04,267 --> 01:00:08,234 I'm in prison for a crime I did not commit, mr. Sparrow. 778 01:00:10,868 --> 01:00:13,901 But somehow I think your problems are bigger than mine. 779 01:00:16,868 --> 01:00:19,701 Fucking liar! 780 01:00:21,934 --> 01:00:24,501 No. Yeah, no. 781 01:00:27,601 --> 01:00:29,901 If I was to write a book, 782 01:00:29,901 --> 01:00:33,567 I wouldn't use a ridiculous name like "top secrets." 783 01:00:57,434 --> 01:00:59,734 He was real convincing about his innocence. 784 01:00:59,734 --> 01:01:01,667 Well, killers usually are. 785 01:01:01,667 --> 01:01:03,868 His fingerprints were on the knife. 786 01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:06,167 Her blood was on his hands when he dialed 911. 787 01:01:06,167 --> 01:01:09,734 - No, he's innocent. 788 01:01:12,567 --> 01:01:14,934 All because his name doesn't add up to 23? 789 01:01:14,934 --> 01:01:17,767 The real killer, the author, he's still out there. 790 01:01:17,767 --> 01:01:20,000 I have to find him. 791 01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,434 Wait, I--I--I--I know how you can find him. 792 01:01:29,300 --> 01:01:32,167 Last night w-when I was reading the book, 793 01:01:32,167 --> 01:01:34,968 I found a p.O. Box address in the back. 794 01:01:42,767 --> 01:01:45,834 - Are you sure you don't want anything in this? - Just the snow. 795 01:01:45,834 --> 01:01:48,868 - When do you want it to get there? - Tomorrow morning. 796 01:01:48,868 --> 01:01:51,367 - It'll have to go express. - Fine. 797 01:01:51,367 --> 01:01:52,934 Is that all? 798 01:01:52,934 --> 01:01:54,968 No no, we want a-- 799 01:01:54,968 --> 01:01:57,534 We want 23 of them. 800 01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:04,701 I dreamt that I killed you, ag. 801 01:02:04,701 --> 01:02:08,234 - Fingerling had the same dream about-- - Shh. 802 01:02:08,234 --> 01:02:11,133 I'm going with you today. 803 01:02:11,133 --> 01:02:13,701 And all this is gonna come to an end. 804 01:02:15,701 --> 01:02:17,801 You wouldn't hurt me, Walter. 805 01:02:19,767 --> 01:02:23,200 You wouldn't hurt anyone ever. 806 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,100 How do you know? 807 01:02:37,968 --> 01:02:40,033 There's your boxes, kiddo. 808 01:02:40,033 --> 01:02:42,868 Now we'll see if somebody shows up. 809 01:02:44,334 --> 01:02:47,534 This may not be the author. He may not even be a man. 810 01:02:48,601 --> 01:02:52,133 Well, we'll know soon enough. 811 01:03:15,534 --> 01:03:17,534 - Walter, look. - Huh? 812 01:03:17,534 --> 01:03:19,534 Somebody's gone in. 813 01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:24,234 That's him. I-It's gotta be him. 814 01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:27,701 - You think? - Yeah, I mean, look at him. 815 01:03:27,701 --> 01:03:29,734 It's gotta be him. 816 01:03:36,133 --> 01:03:38,167 Game's over, topsy kretts. 817 01:03:48,767 --> 01:03:51,934 You sh-- Should be dead. 818 01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:55,534 You should be dead! 819 01:03:58,033 --> 01:04:01,234 - Walter, no! - I'm calling the cops! 820 01:04:01,234 --> 01:04:04,234 Stop! Who are you? 821 01:04:04,234 --> 01:04:06,767 The number, what does it mean? 822 01:04:06,767 --> 01:04:09,334 I think you know. 823 01:04:12,868 --> 01:04:14,601 - Oh my god. Get an ambulance! - Watch out! 824 01:04:14,601 --> 01:04:18,567 - Dear god. - Get an ambulance! 825 01:04:18,567 --> 01:04:20,367 Don't you die on me. 826 01:04:20,367 --> 01:04:22,801 You hear me? Don't you die. 827 01:04:22,801 --> 01:04:24,767 Walter, please. 828 01:04:24,767 --> 01:04:27,968 He's the only person that can help us get back to normal. 829 01:04:27,968 --> 01:04:29,901 Honey, you're not helping, okay? 830 01:04:29,901 --> 01:04:32,601 Now I want you to take Robin and go home. 831 01:04:32,601 --> 01:04:34,467 This man needs a hospital. 832 01:04:34,467 --> 01:04:37,734 - I'll take care of it. - But he knows, hon. 833 01:04:37,734 --> 01:04:39,901 Take Robin and go home. 834 01:04:39,901 --> 01:04:43,701 I said I'll take care of it. 835 01:04:49,100 --> 01:04:50,634 He knows. 836 01:04:50,634 --> 01:04:52,734 Shit! 837 01:04:52,734 --> 01:04:54,834 Hard to get rid of... 838 01:04:54,834 --> 01:04:57,767 - what? - I was insane. 839 01:04:57,767 --> 01:04:59,434 What was driving you insane? 840 01:04:59,434 --> 01:05:02,267 Hard... 841 01:05:02,267 --> 01:05:05,067 to get rid of... 842 01:05:07,467 --> 01:05:09,901 The institute. 843 01:05:09,901 --> 01:05:13,000 Go there. 844 01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:14,667 You'll see. 845 01:05:14,667 --> 01:05:17,300 Oh my god. 846 01:05:29,234 --> 01:05:31,734 - Agatha. - Walter, he didn't make it. 847 01:05:31,734 --> 01:05:33,334 I'm so sorry. 848 01:05:33,334 --> 01:05:35,534 Well, did he say anything? 849 01:05:35,534 --> 01:05:38,501 No, I'm sorry. 850 01:05:38,501 --> 01:05:41,133 Did you find out who he was? 851 01:05:41,133 --> 01:05:43,701 No. 852 01:05:43,701 --> 01:05:46,868 I'll be home in a little while. 853 01:07:19,067 --> 01:07:20,467 Oh, shit! 854 01:07:20,467 --> 01:07:23,133 You gotta be kidding me. 855 01:07:25,567 --> 01:07:27,567 Robin! 856 01:08:25,701 --> 01:08:28,534 Every 23rd word on every 23rd page: 857 01:08:28,534 --> 01:08:32,367 "Visit casanova spark, dig beneath the steps to heaven." 858 01:08:33,734 --> 01:08:36,701 - Who's casanova spark? - It's not a person. 859 01:08:36,701 --> 01:08:39,200 "I warn you, hell is waiting, sparrow man." 860 01:08:41,067 --> 01:08:43,334 We need to go. 861 01:09:19,734 --> 01:09:21,734 23! 862 01:09:35,133 --> 01:09:37,634 What was driving you insane? 863 01:10:10,267 --> 01:10:12,901 Wanna take bets that there's 23 of them? 864 01:10:18,934 --> 01:10:21,801 20, 21, 22... 865 01:10:26,501 --> 01:10:28,501 are you sure you wanna do this? 866 01:10:31,133 --> 01:10:34,667 What if mom was right? 867 01:10:34,667 --> 01:10:36,501 Wh-Wh-What if-- What if the man wasn't the author? 868 01:10:36,501 --> 01:10:39,901 What-- What if he was just the guy's father or something? 869 01:10:39,901 --> 01:10:42,334 Sounds like a lot of what ifs. 870 01:10:42,334 --> 01:10:45,601 Wouldn't that mean that the real killer's still out there? 871 01:10:53,434 --> 01:10:56,467 Did you hear something? 872 01:10:57,601 --> 01:10:59,801 You're starting to sound like me, kiddo. 873 01:11:07,267 --> 01:11:10,000 Gimme the light. Gimme the light. 874 01:11:12,701 --> 01:11:16,133 Oh, my-- 875 01:11:23,267 --> 01:11:27,167 Okay, we gotta go. Go! 876 01:11:27,167 --> 01:11:30,133 Give me the light. Let's get out of here. 877 01:11:39,567 --> 01:11:42,400 - There's one right there. - Where? 878 01:11:46,868 --> 01:11:48,934 You stay here! 879 01:11:50,934 --> 01:11:53,601 911. What's your emergency? 880 01:11:53,601 --> 01:11:55,801 You need to send someone 881 01:11:55,801 --> 01:11:57,801 To casanova's park. 882 01:12:02,133 --> 01:12:05,367 Is this your idea of a joke? 883 01:12:05,367 --> 01:12:07,501 It's empty. 884 01:12:11,267 --> 01:12:12,834 What? 885 01:12:14,734 --> 01:12:17,067 It was right there. 886 01:12:17,067 --> 01:12:20,767 We're not crazy. We circled every 23rd word on every 23rd page 887 01:12:20,767 --> 01:12:22,367 - And it told us to come down here. - Yeah. 888 01:12:22,367 --> 01:12:25,033 And I sound completely crazy, don't I? 889 01:12:25,033 --> 01:12:26,767 Just get some sleep, okay? We're done here. 890 01:12:26,767 --> 01:12:29,067 10-23, u.T.L. 891 01:12:32,434 --> 01:12:34,200 Mom. 892 01:12:36,067 --> 01:12:38,367 Oh, honey. 893 01:12:45,667 --> 01:12:48,968 - Let's go home, okay? - Yeah. 894 01:12:58,434 --> 01:13:01,033 Skeletons can't just get up and walk away. 895 01:13:01,033 --> 01:13:03,601 You were right. That man wasn't the killer. 896 01:13:03,601 --> 01:13:05,400 The real killer is still out there 897 01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:07,467 And he knows dad's onto him. 898 01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:11,601 The book, it's got all these-- These-- 899 01:13:11,601 --> 01:13:13,601 These secret messages every 23rd page. 900 01:13:13,601 --> 01:13:15,601 - He's right, every 23rd page in the book. - Stop it! 901 01:13:15,601 --> 01:13:17,868 - Yes. - Both of you, stop it! Now listen to me. 902 01:13:17,868 --> 01:13:21,133 23 is a number, okay? There's no magical meaning. 903 01:13:21,133 --> 01:13:22,701 Only people can give it that. 904 01:13:22,701 --> 01:13:25,434 And I don't care how many lunatics are fantasizing about 23. 905 01:13:25,434 --> 01:13:27,601 They're wrong! There's no curse. 906 01:13:27,601 --> 01:13:30,467 There's no killer running around out there. 907 01:13:30,467 --> 01:13:32,300 - Jesus. 908 01:13:37,234 --> 01:13:39,067 It's him. 909 01:13:41,400 --> 01:13:43,834 That's Ned. 910 01:13:48,300 --> 01:13:51,834 Nasty evil dead dog. 911 01:13:56,334 --> 01:13:59,667 - Dad! - Walter! 912 01:14:26,467 --> 01:14:28,467 You. 913 01:14:30,033 --> 01:14:32,667 It was you. 914 01:14:32,667 --> 01:14:34,667 You moved the skeleton. 915 01:14:36,567 --> 01:14:37,834 Please don't do this, Walter. 916 01:14:37,834 --> 01:14:39,701 Then how did you know, unless... 917 01:14:44,467 --> 01:14:46,734 your maiden name is pink. 918 01:14:46,734 --> 01:14:48,501 Do you know what pink is? 919 01:14:48,501 --> 01:14:51,701 Red and white, 92 divided by 4. 920 01:14:53,667 --> 01:14:56,200 Someday I'm gonna write a book and I'll do it to somebody else. 921 01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:58,234 - Walter. - Oh, god. 922 01:14:58,234 --> 01:14:59,767 Whoever wrote it knows you very well, 923 01:14:59,767 --> 01:15:01,501 And only they can give you your answers. 924 01:15:01,501 --> 01:15:04,767 You wrote it. 925 01:15:06,367 --> 01:15:07,968 Isaac knew all along, didn't he? 926 01:15:07,968 --> 01:15:11,267 Walter, just let it be, please. 927 01:15:11,267 --> 01:15:13,067 You're topsy kretts. 928 01:15:13,067 --> 01:15:14,567 He may not even be a man. 929 01:15:14,567 --> 01:15:17,868 - Don't make me do this. - Why, ag? 930 01:15:20,434 --> 01:15:22,467 Why'd you do this? 931 01:15:23,968 --> 01:15:27,601 - Who have I been living with? - Walter. 932 01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:36,734 What's this for, ag? 933 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,367 What were you gonna do with this? 934 01:15:40,367 --> 01:15:42,234 I-- 935 01:15:42,234 --> 01:15:44,734 I took it to protect us 936 01:15:44,734 --> 01:15:48,434 From whoever we were gonna meet at the mailbox facility. 937 01:15:48,434 --> 01:15:51,567 Intending to kill that poor old man who you got to publish your book 938 01:15:51,567 --> 01:15:53,467 And protect your little secret? 939 01:15:53,467 --> 01:15:57,434 - I'll take care of it. - He was alive before you sent us away. 940 01:15:57,434 --> 01:16:00,634 - Robin will hear you. - Oh, we wouldn't want that, would we? 941 01:16:00,634 --> 01:16:03,901 Wouldn't want our son to know the horrible truth about his mother. 942 01:16:03,901 --> 01:16:05,834 Mom, dad, what's going on? 943 01:16:05,834 --> 01:16:07,801 She's topsy kretts. She wrote the book. 944 01:16:07,801 --> 01:16:11,734 No, it's not true. Now your father's gonna put down the knife. 945 01:16:11,734 --> 01:16:14,434 - Aren't you, Walter? - Tell him the truth. 946 01:16:14,434 --> 01:16:17,567 - Walter. - Tell him how you took the skeleton. 947 01:16:17,567 --> 01:16:20,734 Yes, Isaac and I took the skeleton. 948 01:16:20,734 --> 01:16:23,033 - You did? - And I'd do it again. 949 01:16:23,033 --> 01:16:25,067 But I did not write the book. 950 01:16:25,067 --> 01:16:27,567 Don't lie. 13 years, ag. 951 01:16:27,567 --> 01:16:28,968 13 years of lies! 952 01:16:28,968 --> 01:16:31,100 - No more. - Don't do this to us, Walter. 953 01:16:31,100 --> 01:16:33,767 - Mom, who wrote the book? - Tell him who wrote it. 954 01:16:33,767 --> 01:16:36,601 Tell him. 955 01:16:36,601 --> 01:16:39,100 You wrote the book, Walter. 956 01:16:51,267 --> 01:16:54,133 I found this with the old man's things. 957 01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:06,801 You put my name on this. 958 01:17:06,801 --> 01:17:08,367 No. 959 01:17:09,467 --> 01:17:11,801 No no no no no. 960 01:17:11,801 --> 01:17:13,434 You're lying. 961 01:17:13,434 --> 01:17:17,000 She's lying. I didn't-- I didn't write that. 962 01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:18,834 Then who did? 963 01:17:20,701 --> 01:17:22,334 You. 964 01:17:24,434 --> 01:17:28,300 It was both of you all the way along, wasn't it? 965 01:17:28,300 --> 01:17:30,667 - No. - What is this? 966 01:17:30,667 --> 01:17:32,667 What are you doing? 967 01:18:00,033 --> 01:18:01,801 Dad. 968 01:18:03,767 --> 01:18:05,033 Dad, what's happening? 969 01:18:08,834 --> 01:18:11,434 Walter, we can get you help. 970 01:18:13,701 --> 01:18:15,434 The woman in red. 971 01:18:15,434 --> 01:18:17,701 And this is supposed to make me feel better how? 972 01:18:22,300 --> 01:18:25,133 Oh my god. Shit! 973 01:18:30,033 --> 01:18:31,601 Walter. 974 01:18:40,300 --> 01:18:44,133 No! Get out of here! 975 01:18:44,133 --> 01:18:45,901 Get your car. Come on. 976 01:18:45,901 --> 01:18:48,300 - Let's go. - Come on, honey. 977 01:20:11,033 --> 01:20:13,701 "Chapter 23: 978 01:20:13,701 --> 01:20:16,801 You can call me fingerling, 979 01:20:16,801 --> 01:20:20,367 But my real name is Walter. 980 01:20:20,367 --> 01:20:24,167 Walter paul sparrow. 981 01:20:24,167 --> 01:20:27,501 What you have read so far is not the whole truth. 982 01:20:27,501 --> 01:20:31,167 Much has been changed to protect the innocent 983 01:20:31,167 --> 01:20:33,200 And the guilty. 984 01:20:38,934 --> 01:20:41,434 I once read that the only philosophical question that matters 985 01:20:41,434 --> 01:20:44,167 Is whether or not to commit suicide. 986 01:20:45,734 --> 01:20:48,100 I guess that makes me a philosopher. 987 01:20:50,567 --> 01:20:53,067 You could say it was my inheritance. 988 01:20:53,067 --> 01:20:55,567 After my mother's death 989 01:20:55,567 --> 01:20:57,767 My father couldn't cope. 990 01:21:02,734 --> 01:21:04,701 He didn't leave a note. 991 01:21:06,100 --> 01:21:07,968 Just a number. 992 01:21:10,133 --> 01:21:13,200 That number followed me from foster home to foster home, 993 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:15,934 Till college when I met her. 994 01:21:15,934 --> 01:21:17,934 Laura tollins. 995 01:21:37,067 --> 01:21:38,701 Do it tight. 996 01:21:41,567 --> 01:21:44,334 Pretend that you have a knife. 997 01:21:44,334 --> 01:21:46,234 I got a knife. 998 01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:48,133 Cut my shirt. 999 01:21:48,133 --> 01:21:50,300 - I'll cut you some more. - Are you? 1000 01:21:50,300 --> 01:21:51,567 Yeah, I'll cut you. 1001 01:22:04,834 --> 01:22:07,434 Cut me. Cut me. 1002 01:22:07,434 --> 01:22:10,834 "I loved her." 1003 01:22:10,834 --> 01:22:13,267 One little-Known... 1004 01:22:13,267 --> 01:22:15,434 "And I thought she loved me." 1005 01:22:15,434 --> 01:22:18,000 ...esoteric procession of the number 23. 1006 01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,534 Does a thing itself have a mystical power? 1007 01:22:20,534 --> 01:22:23,133 - Does that equate? - Yes, that-- That's-- That's the... 1008 01:22:23,133 --> 01:22:26,567 "Until my father's number returned to haunt me." 1009 01:22:40,667 --> 01:22:42,734 Are you insane? 1010 01:22:42,734 --> 01:22:45,067 "That fucking number." 1011 01:23:06,734 --> 01:23:09,634 "When I circled every 23rd letter of her note... 1012 01:23:11,534 --> 01:23:14,367 it became clear." 1013 01:23:15,934 --> 01:23:18,300 "The number had gone after me. 1014 01:23:21,934 --> 01:23:24,501 - And now it wanted her." 1015 01:23:28,300 --> 01:23:30,467 Laura, this room-- You gotta get out. 1016 01:23:30,467 --> 01:23:32,467 - It's coming for you. I can't stop it. - What? 1017 01:23:32,467 --> 01:23:35,400 - What? - The number. 1018 01:23:36,767 --> 01:23:40,234 - No no no no no. - Leave me alone. 1019 01:23:42,834 --> 01:23:45,501 You think you have the guts to use it? 1020 01:23:45,501 --> 01:23:48,501 Go ahead. 1021 01:23:48,501 --> 01:23:51,167 Kill me. 1022 01:23:54,834 --> 01:23:56,834 I love you. 1023 01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:02,501 I never loved you, ever. 1024 01:24:02,501 --> 01:24:06,100 How could I? 1025 01:24:06,100 --> 01:24:08,434 How could anyone? 1026 01:24:08,434 --> 01:24:10,367 You're pathetic. 1027 01:24:11,834 --> 01:24:13,968 Just like your father. 1028 01:24:16,300 --> 01:24:17,834 - Get out! 1029 01:24:27,901 --> 01:24:29,868 Laura. 1030 01:24:29,868 --> 01:24:32,501 Laura! 1031 01:24:32,501 --> 01:24:35,000 Laura! Laura! 1032 01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:36,667 Laura! 1033 01:24:36,667 --> 01:24:40,133 Laura! Laura! 1034 01:24:40,133 --> 01:24:43,100 Laura! Laura! 1035 01:24:43,100 --> 01:24:46,534 Laura! Laura! 1036 01:24:46,534 --> 01:24:49,667 Laura! 1037 01:24:51,100 --> 01:24:53,200 "I was right. 1038 01:24:53,200 --> 01:24:55,434 She was in danger. 1039 01:24:55,434 --> 01:24:58,501 I just didn't realize the danger was me." 1040 01:25:00,934 --> 01:25:03,567 It's gonna be all right. 1041 01:25:06,534 --> 01:25:09,701 I just didn't realize the danger was me." 1042 01:25:26,033 --> 01:25:28,501 Hey, laura. 1043 01:25:33,133 --> 01:25:35,133 Laura? 1044 01:26:13,000 --> 01:26:15,801 "What began as a suicide note 1045 01:26:15,801 --> 01:26:17,367 Turned into something more..." 1046 01:26:26,868 --> 01:26:28,501 Shh-- Get the-- 1047 01:26:30,234 --> 01:26:33,067 "...Much, much more." 1048 01:26:34,901 --> 01:26:36,901 23. That's a good one. 1049 01:26:36,901 --> 01:26:38,934 That's a good one. 1050 01:26:46,501 --> 01:26:49,267 23. 23. 1051 01:26:49,267 --> 01:26:50,601 23. 1052 01:26:50,601 --> 01:26:53,601 23, 23. Fuck it, fuck it. 1053 01:26:53,601 --> 01:26:54,968 I can see it. It's everywhere. 1054 01:26:54,968 --> 01:26:58,300 It's everywhere. It's everywhere. 1055 01:26:58,300 --> 01:27:00,400 No more fun and games. 1056 01:27:01,634 --> 01:27:03,901 Laura. 1057 01:27:15,067 --> 01:27:18,000 Shit! This fucking... 1058 01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:20,033 it's not true. 1059 01:27:20,033 --> 01:27:22,067 It's not true. 1060 01:27:22,067 --> 01:27:24,968 He does not-- Does not-- 1061 01:27:29,200 --> 01:27:31,267 I love you... 1062 01:27:31,267 --> 01:27:32,868 more than any of... 1063 01:27:32,868 --> 01:27:35,601 period, exclamation. 1064 01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,033 Remember this? 1065 01:28:34,501 --> 01:28:36,767 "They thought it was the fall..." 1066 01:28:36,767 --> 01:28:40,667 He doesn't remember anything. It's not uncommon in cases of such severe head injury. 1067 01:28:40,667 --> 01:28:43,934 He could recover his memory tomorrow or never. 1068 01:28:43,934 --> 01:28:46,067 Well, of course you have to factor in the history 1069 01:28:46,067 --> 01:28:48,634 Of mental instability of the patient's family. 1070 01:28:48,634 --> 01:28:50,634 His own father attempted suicide. 1071 01:28:50,634 --> 01:28:54,100 He just managed to be a little more successful at it. 1072 01:28:54,100 --> 01:28:57,868 "...Because the trauma of laura appeared to be fiction." 1073 01:28:57,868 --> 01:29:00,767 - And all that scribbling? - Severe graphomania. 1074 01:29:00,767 --> 01:29:02,767 The rantings of a delirious mind. 1075 01:29:02,767 --> 01:29:04,767 Some sort of a survivor's guilt mixed up 1076 01:29:04,767 --> 01:29:06,367 With a numerology obsession. 1077 01:29:06,367 --> 01:29:09,467 You have your hands full, doctor. 1078 01:29:09,467 --> 01:29:12,100 Mmm. I'll do what I can. 1079 01:29:13,234 --> 01:29:16,267 Say, uh, may I have this book? 1080 01:29:16,267 --> 01:29:18,734 Thank you. 1081 01:29:18,734 --> 01:29:20,868 "My novel, 1082 01:29:20,868 --> 01:29:22,834 My confession, 1083 01:29:22,834 --> 01:29:26,734 - I never saw it again." - My name is dr. Nathaniel. 1084 01:29:26,734 --> 01:29:29,767 "Some injuries can be healed over time. 1085 01:29:29,767 --> 01:29:33,167 Some are just too hard to deal with. 1086 01:29:33,167 --> 01:29:34,767 So my brain just blocked out 1087 01:29:34,767 --> 01:29:37,400 The terrible thing I had done 1088 01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:39,400 And the reasons why." 1089 01:29:40,634 --> 01:29:42,734 - Take care. - I hope I never see you again. 1090 01:29:42,734 --> 01:29:45,901 - I hope not. I hope not. Don't come back, fella. - Okay. 1091 01:29:54,968 --> 01:29:57,868 - Ooh! Oh my god. I'm so sorry. - Oh! 1092 01:29:57,868 --> 01:29:59,434 Oh, no. 1093 01:29:59,434 --> 01:30:01,767 "Agatha knew nothing about my past." 1094 01:30:01,767 --> 01:30:03,567 Oh, you owe me a cake. 1095 01:30:03,567 --> 01:30:06,033 "That made two of us. 1096 01:30:06,033 --> 01:30:08,534 I was free for now, 1097 01:30:08,534 --> 01:30:11,100 But the number found a new victim. 1098 01:30:11,100 --> 01:30:13,934 The number left me alone for 13 years... 1099 01:30:15,634 --> 01:30:19,567 until the night she found my book, 1100 01:30:19,567 --> 01:30:21,701 Or the book found her." 1101 01:30:45,767 --> 01:30:47,868 This is where I wrote it all. 1102 01:30:47,868 --> 01:30:51,100 It was me. 1103 01:30:51,100 --> 01:30:53,434 I'm a murderer. 1104 01:30:58,033 --> 01:31:01,334 I don't know what happened to you, but I do know this: 1105 01:31:03,234 --> 01:31:05,701 You weren't a bad person who got better; 1106 01:31:07,400 --> 01:31:10,000 You were a sick person who became well. 1107 01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:13,167 I killed laura tollins. 1108 01:31:16,033 --> 01:31:18,734 There's an innocent man in prison because of me. 1109 01:31:20,467 --> 01:31:22,968 You're a wonderful husband, 1110 01:31:22,968 --> 01:31:26,968 And you're the best father a son could ever have. 1111 01:31:26,968 --> 01:31:29,567 And what would Robin do without you? 1112 01:31:31,100 --> 01:31:34,200 You know I can't let an innocent man go on suffering 1113 01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:38,100 For my horrible sin. 1114 01:31:38,100 --> 01:31:40,701 We're all broken, Walter. 1115 01:31:40,701 --> 01:31:42,701 Remember, you told me your life started 1116 01:31:42,701 --> 01:31:44,701 When you met me? 1117 01:31:44,701 --> 01:31:47,334 Well, my life 1118 01:31:47,334 --> 01:31:50,167 - Began that day, too. - You didn't know who I was. 1119 01:31:50,167 --> 01:31:52,701 I didn't know who I was. 1120 01:31:52,701 --> 01:31:55,400 - I want you to leave, ag. - No. 1121 01:31:55,400 --> 01:31:57,868 - You need to leave before... - No. 1122 01:31:57,868 --> 01:32:00,367 Before what? 1123 01:32:04,634 --> 01:32:06,634 Before you kill me? 1124 01:32:09,067 --> 01:32:11,567 Damn it, Walter. 1125 01:32:11,567 --> 01:32:13,734 Look, this... 1126 01:32:13,734 --> 01:32:15,734 this is who you were. 1127 01:32:15,734 --> 01:32:17,934 This is not who you are. 1128 01:32:19,634 --> 01:32:21,934 - This is not who you are! - I'm a killer! 1129 01:32:23,601 --> 01:32:26,868 I have killed someone. 1130 01:32:26,868 --> 01:32:29,634 I killed someone. 1131 01:32:29,634 --> 01:32:31,634 I could do it again. 1132 01:32:31,634 --> 01:32:34,601 You think you could do it again? You think you're a killer? 1133 01:32:35,634 --> 01:32:37,000 Here, then take this. 1134 01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:39,000 You go ahead and do it. 1135 01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:41,067 If you're a killer, then kill me! 1136 01:32:41,067 --> 01:32:42,667 Look around at all the beautiful 23s. 1137 01:32:42,667 --> 01:32:45,167 You don't want to disappoint them, do you? 1138 01:32:45,167 --> 01:32:47,067 Do it! 1139 01:32:49,567 --> 01:32:51,534 I love you. 1140 01:32:51,534 --> 01:32:54,567 No, don't you say that. 1141 01:32:56,167 --> 01:32:59,167 - I love you. - No, you can't! 1142 01:33:03,300 --> 01:33:05,367 Nobody can. 1143 01:33:43,067 --> 01:33:45,133 Dad! 1144 01:33:54,634 --> 01:33:56,300 There's no such thing as destiny. 1145 01:33:58,133 --> 01:34:00,133 There are only different choices. 1146 01:34:18,033 --> 01:34:20,567 It's just a number. 1147 01:34:20,567 --> 01:34:23,601 Some choices are easy; 1148 01:34:23,601 --> 01:34:25,501 Some aren't. 1149 01:34:25,501 --> 01:34:28,400 Those are the really important ones, 1150 01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:31,734 The ones that define us as people. 1151 01:34:31,734 --> 01:34:34,801 The lord is my shepherd. There is nothing I lack. 1152 01:34:34,801 --> 01:34:37,434 In green pastures, you let me graze. 1153 01:34:37,434 --> 01:34:41,100 To safe waters, you lead me. You restore my... 1154 01:34:41,100 --> 01:34:43,601 13 years ago I made the wrong choice... 1155 01:34:43,601 --> 01:34:45,901 guide me along the right path for the sake... 1156 01:34:45,901 --> 01:34:49,100 I needed to put it right, 1157 01:34:49,100 --> 01:34:51,167 And not just for my sake. 1158 01:35:07,601 --> 01:35:11,467 To die there in the street would have been easy, 1159 01:35:11,467 --> 01:35:14,434 But it wouldn't have been justice, 1160 01:35:14,434 --> 01:35:18,067 At least not the justice fathers teach their sons about. 1161 01:35:26,534 --> 01:35:29,234 I'll be sentenced in a week or so. 1162 01:35:29,234 --> 01:35:31,534 My lawyer says the judge will look kindly upon me 1163 01:35:31,534 --> 01:35:34,000 For turning myself in. 1164 01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:36,701 Maybe it's not the happiest of endings, 1165 01:35:36,701 --> 01:35:39,167 But it's the right one. 1166 01:35:40,834 --> 01:35:42,968 Someday I'll be up for parole 1167 01:35:42,968 --> 01:35:44,968 And we can go on living our lives. 1168 01:35:44,968 --> 01:35:47,734 It's only a matter of time. 1169 01:35:47,734 --> 01:35:49,734 Of course, time's just a counting system-- 1170 01:35:49,734 --> 01:35:51,901 Numbers... 1171 01:35:51,901 --> 01:35:53,901 with meaning attached to them. 1172 01:35:57,300 --> 01:36:00,000 Isn't it? 1173 01:36:16,701 --> 01:36:19,634 * I've got me a badge * 1174 01:36:19,634 --> 01:36:23,634 * a bright, shiny badge * 1175 01:36:23,634 --> 01:36:25,400 * I'm painting the crest * 1176 01:36:25,400 --> 01:36:28,567 * in yellow and blue * 1177 01:36:30,300 --> 01:36:33,300 * I've got me a club * 1178 01:36:33,300 --> 01:36:35,634 * an exclusive club * 1179 01:36:37,667 --> 01:36:41,567 * doesn't include a place for you * 1180 01:36:44,067 --> 01:36:47,234 * hey * 1181 01:36:48,834 --> 01:36:50,968 * hello, neighbor * 1182 01:36:57,667 --> 01:37:00,667 * hey * 1183 01:37:02,467 --> 01:37:04,734 * hello, neighbor * 1184 01:37:06,801 --> 01:37:08,801 * right you are * 1185 01:37:10,334 --> 01:37:14,033 * it's in the way that you walk * 1186 01:37:14,033 --> 01:37:17,968 * all of the changes, all the mistakes * 1187 01:37:17,968 --> 01:37:19,868 * it's in the demands * 1188 01:37:19,868 --> 01:37:22,601 * you constantly make * 1189 01:37:23,968 --> 01:37:26,901 * it's in the way that you grieve * 1190 01:37:28,267 --> 01:37:31,634 * all of the loss * 1191 01:37:31,634 --> 01:37:35,501 * you don't know when you're better off * 1192 01:37:37,501 --> 01:37:40,067 * or at what cost * 1193 01:37:44,868 --> 01:37:47,133 * you've got it good * 1194 01:37:53,567 --> 01:37:55,968 * the banality * 1195 01:37:55,968 --> 01:37:58,968 * of evil * 1196 01:37:58,968 --> 01:38:00,968 * benevolent mother * 1197 01:38:00,968 --> 01:38:02,868 * smother the child * 1198 01:38:02,868 --> 01:38:06,234 * the perpetrators are in denial * 1199 01:38:07,234 --> 01:38:09,734 * the banality * 1200 01:38:09,734 --> 01:38:12,467 * of evil * 1201 01:38:12,467 --> 01:38:14,567 * king of the castle * 1202 01:38:14,567 --> 01:38:16,234 * room at the top * 1203 01:38:16,234 --> 01:38:18,033 * off with their heads * 1204 01:38:18,033 --> 01:38:21,000 * chop 'em off * 1205 01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:23,367 * the banality * 1206 01:38:23,367 --> 01:38:25,601 * of evil * 1207 01:38:25,601 --> 01:38:27,834 * benevolent mother * 1208 01:38:27,834 --> 01:38:29,767 * smother the child * 1209 01:38:29,767 --> 01:38:33,467 * the perpetrators are in denial * 1210 01:38:34,634 --> 01:38:36,901 * the banality * 1211 01:38:36,901 --> 01:38:39,601 * of evil * 1212 01:38:39,601 --> 01:38:41,834 * king of the castle * 1213 01:38:41,834 --> 01:38:45,100 * room at the top, off with their heads * 1214 01:38:45,100 --> 01:38:47,667 * chop 'em off * 1215 01:38:47,667 --> 01:38:50,534 * the banality * 1216 01:38:50,534 --> 01:38:53,167 * of evil * 1217 01:39:01,434 --> 01:39:04,133 * the banality * 1218 01:39:04,133 --> 01:39:06,200 * of evil * 1219 01:39:15,300 --> 01:39:17,767 * the banality * 1220 01:39:17,767 --> 01:39:19,934 * of evil * 1221 01:39:28,767 --> 01:39:31,100 * the banality * 1222 01:39:31,100 --> 01:39:33,634 * of evil. *