Haunted Echoes (2008)

[bunniefuu]

[Dog barking]

Guy, the dog's barking.

Hm?

The dog's barking.

Honey, he'll be quiet

in a minute.

[Dog barking continues]

Trotsky.

Trotsky, come here.

Trotsky.

Where are you, Trotsky?

[Screams]

[Dogs barking]

REPORTER: Ten-year-old

Kimberly Dykstra

was found missing by her parents

early Sunday morning.

Although the back door

was discovered open,

there were no signs

of forced entry.

Police have questioned

Kimberly's parents

and ruled them out as suspects.

[Crowd chatter]

MACDONALD: Quiet, please.

Please, quiet.

Can I have your attention please?

The investigation is underway,

and we are following

all possible leads.

If anyone knows anything,

get in touch with us, please.

We haven't been able to sleep and...

We just want to say, um,

we love you, sweetheart.

REPORTER: Still no breaks

in the case of Kimberly Dykstra

who disappeared from

her parents' home five days ago.

Neighbors and even strangers

have joined police in the search...

REPORTER: Police have verified

that the body found last night

is, in fact, ten-year-old

Kimberly Dykstra,

who disappeared without a trace

nine days ago.

The body was found

by two volunteers...

I can't really say anything

about the condition of the body

or what the autopsy revealed,

but Kimberly's parents did have

a statement they'd like me to read.

FEMALE: Certainly.

MACDONALD: We would like

to express our gratitude

to all who've supported us

during this most difficult time.

Your prayers and heartfelt wishes

have meant more to us

than words can say.

[Screams]

GUY: Just, it's just an anesthetic.

How am I supposed to put

the sutures in without an anesthetic?

She doesn't like needles, man.

And she doesn't speak English.

I figured that out for myself.

You sure she fell?

Sure a tree didn't hit her?

She fell, all right. Look at her.

She ain't got no balance...

Well, just do me a favor

and translate.

Tell her it's only gonna hurt

for just a second,

and then she's not

gonna feel anything,

and we can patch her right up,

and she can go home.

Would you just tell her that, please?

[Speaks Spanish]

Tranquila. Okay?

[Screams]

RADIO: It's 8:27

on this lovely Tuesday morning,

so let's check in for a traffic report

with Officer Don.

Hi, Don.

OFFICER DON:

Good morning.

It's presently smooth on the 110 north

and the 134 west.

The 405 north is backed up

as usual at this hour,

and that also goes for the 10,

and there's a major pile up

blocking all lanes of traffic

on the 110 north

near the Marmyan Way exit,

so all you Pasadena bound drivers

might want to consider a detour.

Hey, Laura.

Laura, pick up the phone, honey.

I think I've found something

you're just gonna love.

It was owned by the same person

for almost 40 years, a widow.

Her son put her in a nursing home.

As you can see,

she took really good care of it,

even kept the original furnishings.

Now, I certainly don't think

you'll have to renovate

unless you want to, of course.

Now, my house,

we live in an old place, too.

When we moved in,

my husband wanted to change it,

I said, "Barry, no."

A place this beautiful,

it's like painting a mustache

on the Mona Lisa.

[Laughs]

Now, I hate to be forward, but you

two are such a handsome couple.

Are you Italian, by any chance?

Uh, no, sorry.

REALTOR: Well, I am.

I moved to California

to be an actress,

but then I met my husband,

he's a doctor, you know.

LAURA: Oh, so is Guy.

Yeah, you mentioned that.

Maybe that's why

you look so familiar.

My husband's a plastic surgeon,

does all the big celebrities.

Tina Hunt, the newscaster.

That's Barry.

LAURA:

Guy works in the ER.

Yeah, it's temporary, uh,

the hospital was cutting staff,

and I just, I keep meaning

to get into private practice,

but, you know,

one thing and then another.

Yeah, Barry works on a lot

of free victims, accident victims.

I'm sure you get a lot of those.

Yeah, that's, uh, generally what

you do get in the emergency room.

Are these floors new?

Yes, they are. I guess Mrs. Gitchell

must have re-done it.

That's the previous owner.

She must have been crazy about

this place to live in it for so long.

She raised her children here.

You can just sense it.

It is the perfect place

to raise children.

Or, if you don't want any,

it's perfect for that, too.

[Laughs]

Are there a lot of children

in the neighborhood?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that's how I know you.

You're the ones

with the little girl who...

Oh, my God, I am so sorry for you.

I watched the whole thing on TV.

I said to Barry, I said,

"Barry, if that ever happened

to my little girl,

I don't know what I'd do."

Yeah, well, I guess...

Something you can't know

unless it happens to you.

[Singing on video]

[Phone rings]

Hey.

Is it busy there tonight?

GUY: Well, it's kind of slow,

actually.

Did I wake you?

No. I couldn't sleep.

GUY: So, what'd you think?

I don't think so.

Why not?

You always said you wanted to live

in a Victorian and, uh,

I realize it's gonna take some work,

but I thought it might give us

a project.

You know, keep us busy.

You mean keep me busy, don't you?

You're already busy.

GUY: Well, Laura, I'm not gonna

be working this shift forever,

it's temporary.

And, you know, I could take

a couple weeks off to get it started.

I, I just, I worry about you

being alone all the time,

cooped up with all those memories.

But I want to remember.

GUY: And I want you to, but,

you know, I also want you to live.

GUY: Laura.

Got some food down here.

[Laughing]

I couldn't even see it,

and then I opened the top

of the box to let it out,

and out it goes, out of the box

and right out the window.

[Laughing]

GUY: I didn't think Kimberly

was ever gonna forgive you.

That was the whole reason

we got that dog.

[Laughing]

-LAURA: Oh, God.

-GUY: Man.

Oh, I thought he was so cute.

Although you didn't think he was so

cute after he chewed your shoes up,

that was the whole reason

that you...

I know,

l, I put him outside that night.

We don't know if that's what led to...

No, it must have been.

Must have been.

I mean, she, you know

how much she loved that dog.

You know, every time

you would put him out,

she would go right downstairs

and let him in again.

And there was no signs

of a break in.

No fingerprints that they found

on Dennis Law

in our house anywhere.

Well, he might

have been wearing gloves.

Look, honey, we don't know

what happened that night.

And we never will.

Like I don't know what you did

with that dog, either.

Nothing. I didn't do anything

to the dog.

He just ran away one day.

Dogs do that, you know.

Because he knew you didn't like him.

You know what, I liked him just fine.

I really don't want

to talk about it anymore.

What happened happened.

No amount of second guessing

is ever gonna change anything.

I r*ped her, you know.

It felt so good.

Can I show you how I did it?

Guy.

[Scream]

She just touched me.

Who?

This, this girl.

I'd had a bad dream,

and I came downstairs,

and then l,

there's this girl standing here,

and then l, I heard the water,

and then I went

into the bathroom and,

and then I went to turn it off,

and she touched me.

Well, who was it?

I don't know. I didn't see her face.

I just felt her.

[Unintelligible]

I'm scared.

All right, okay, well, come here.

See what's going on.

Oh, Laura.

-What?

-Come here.

What?

Come on.

How did that get in here?

Well, I don't know,

we left the windows open,

probably just climbed in.

It was not the cat, Guy.

I felt her, I saw her.

[Phone rings]

Yeah, hello.

Okay, great.

All right. See ya.

LAURA:

I see we have a landline now.

Huh? Oh, uh, yeah.

That was the, uh, movers.

They're over at our old house.

I think maybe I'll, uh,

go over and supervise.

[Laughs]

I'll go.

Uh, I don't think there's a need

for both of us to go.

Why don't you stay here

and finish up?

I mean,

unless you really want to go.

Okay, that's all right.

Uh, run along, I can be fine here.

-You're sure?

-Yeah.

All right, I'll see ya, honey.

[Phone rings]

Hello.

Hello?

MALE: Yeah, who is this?

Laura, who's this?

MALE: Kenneth.

Did you just call me?

No.

MALE: Sorry. Never mind.

[Hangs up]

Hello?

Guy!

Guy!

Excuse me, I beg your pardon,

I was looking for my cat.

Cat?

Yeah, kind of a big white thing,

uh, I live a couple of houses down,

and, uh, she used to belong

to the previous owner.

Yes, we've seen her.

You have?

Well, not right now,

but, uh, the other night she got in,

and she nearly scared me to death.

Oh, I'm sorry about that.

I try not to let her out,

but, you know,

she still thinks Mrs. Gitchell owns

the house, and, uh, you know.

Uh, l, you know,

she, she had a lot of cats,

and she gave me a couple

just before she, her son put her in...

uh, are you okay?

No.

[Breathing heavily]

I was... yes, l, just a minute ago

l, I was in there and--

I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Mrs. Gitchell gave you--

Yeah, a couple of her cats.

I mean, she had about 20 of them,

uh, she was a batty old thing.

Why?

Well, l, you know, I only moved

in here a couple of years ago,

but, uh, you know,

she never came out of the house.

She used to stay in there,

and, you know,

even in the middle of the night

you'd see all the lights blazing.

And, and I'd hear her in there

screamin', talkin' to herself.

And I'd come over, you know,

just to make sure she was okay.

Even then, she never let me inside.

Then, of course, the, the kids

all started talkin' about that.

They would?

Well, you know how kids are.

You know, they got an old house,

an old lady livin' in it,

so they, they say she's a witch,

you know, things like that.

[Laughs]

You know kids.

I imagine your daughter's

the same way.

What are you talking about?

Oh, uh, isn't that your daughter,

uh, the girl I saw in the window

lookin' down?

Where?

Well, uh, right up, right up there.

I saw her lookin' in the window

down here just before you ran out.

Sweetheart, are you okay?

But...

Uh, it was almost

seven months ago,

and we had just gotten back from

a recital that my daughter had given,

and I heard the dog barking,

and, you know, my daughter,

she loved that dog so much,

so we think that maybe

she went down and let him in.

And then she vanished.

And it was ten days

before we knew where she was.

NEIL: But you did find her.

Well, we didn't.

We had a lot of strangers

helping us look for her,

and two of them found her.

They were two kids

that lived not that far away,

and one of them was the one

that k*lled her.

[Gasps]

Oh, my God!

Guys, we found her!

Oh, no!

Oh, no! Oh, God!

Oh, no!

Oh! Oh!

[Cries]

He had molested

other kids in the past,

and he was a minor at the time,

so the police

never really did anything.

[Sighs]

And he only lived four blocks away,

but I'd never seen him.

But he'd seen us, that's for sure.

And the police think that he

was probably stalking Kimberly

for quite some time.

Was he convicted?

No.

They arrested him.

And they found a lot of circumstantial

evidence linking him to Kimberly,

but the case never came to trial.

Right after the arraignment,

he hung himself,

which is something

I still don't understand

because how could the police

not have known

that he was a risk for suicide,

but they left him alone,

and he k*lled himself,

and we never got our day in court.

And that was really important,

you know?

I just wanted to hear him say

that he had done it,

just so I could...

Know for sure he had.

Yeah.

Well, I'm very sorry

you had to go through that.

I realize it's not the same, but, uh,

my wife, uh, she died

about five years ago,

that, that's why I moved here.

Uh, I couldn't stay

in the other place, uh,

too many memories.

Yeah, us, too.

Would you mind looking

at a picture of my daughter?

I, I know you only saw that girl for--

But I don't really see

how it could be your daughter.

To a fresh start.

GUY: Here, here.

Now, uh, if you have any complaints

about the food,

don't blame Laura,

this is my own little creation.

I call it Chicken Guy.

I made a plate of vegetables

for you, Claire.

I remember another creation

with, uh, with lamb.

GUY: You didn't like the lamb?

Not especially.

-GUY: What?

-LAURA: Oh, good Lord.

Well, you can't be great

at everything.

-I mean, this house is fantastic.

-LAURA: Thank you.

You and Laura continue to outdo

me and Claire in every way.

-LAURA: Oh, not really.

-GUY: Oh, no, that's not true.

You don't think, sweetheart?

And, uh, a little broccoli

and carrots and everything.

-JASON: Are you still...?

-LAURA: Oh, thank you, thank you.

I think this house is haunted.

I'm sorry, Laura, but I do.

There's something...

There's a very peculiar energy here.

I felt it the second I walked in.

I told you.

GUY: Well, you coached her.

LAURA: No, I didn't.

I didn't say a word.

You're right.

There is a strange energy here.

The very first night we were here,

I felt something or someone standing

next to me in the bathroom.

I felt it there, too.

I feel it everywhere.

Well, I don't feel anything.

How about you, Guy?

No, I don't,

which I find very interesting.

LAURA: Really?

You find that so interesting.

What's that supposed to mean?

It just means, why are you always

the one who feels it?

Why doesn't it ever happen to me?

LAURA: It just happened to Claire.

JASON: I wouldn't take that

very seriously.

-Claire's always feeling things.

-GUY: Hm.

LAURA: Jason.

Thank you so much, Jason.

JASON: It's true.

I just wish she'd feel more

buying some lottery tickets.

[Laughing]

GUY: I'm sorry.

Claire, it was funny. Come on.

LAURA: Look, she's not the only one

who has seen stuff.

Neil.

The other day,

he saw a girl standing up in the

window upstairs in that bedroom.

GUY: Neil.

-LAURA: Neil, that's our new neighbor.

-GUY: Oh.

And it was the same day

that that happened in the bathroom.

GUY: Oh, well, now, come on, now.

You're not gonna say

that that was writing, honey.

That was, that was just,

it was a couple of strokes

left by a paintbrush.

You left them there yourself

without realizing it.

You don't believe that.

GUY: I do.

I did not make this up, Guy.

Wait a minute. What a--?

What are you guys talking about?

Come on, I'll show you. Come on.

JASON: Now?

You're gonna go now?

-LAURA: It's right here.

-GUY: We're eating.

CLAIRE: One second.

GUY: You know, Jason--

LAURA: Come here.

CLAIRE: I want to see this.

-GUY: Don't wait. This is ridiculous.

-CLAIRE: What are you talking about?

LAURA: It's weird, Claire.

CLAIRE: Yeah.

See right there?

You can just make it out.

Do you see it?

CLAIRE: Yeah.

I turned my back for just a second,

and there it was.

And something else was painted

upstairs on the upstairs window,

and I'm telling you right now,

I did not put it there, I'm not crazy.

Nobody said you were.

LAURA:

So, how do you think it went?

Pretty good.

LAURA: Oh, I think it was

much better than pretty good.

I think it went great.

KIMBERLY: You think so?

Maybe I should be a singer.

GUY: Great. I thought you said

you were gonna be a doctor.

KIMBERLY: Maybe I can do both.

I'll go around and be a doctor,

and when people are sick,

I'll sing and make them feel

all better.

GUY:

You think it's that simple, huh?

KIMBERLY: Naturally.

[Laughing]

[Phone rings]

Hello?

MALE: Hello, uh, uh, listen.

It's, it's after midnight, okay?

Uh, I have to work tomorrow,

so let's, let's just stop this, okay?

Let's just cut this out.

LAURA: Who is it?

It's a wrong number,

that's what it was.

Jesus Christ, look at me.

The phone rings,

I'm jumpin' out of my skin.

I hope you're happy.

You and all your spook talk,

and you're sister, too.

You're drunk.

Yeah?

LAURA: Yeah.

Well, you've been drunk a lot, too,

you know.

Hey, you know how many times

I come home last two months

I find you passed out?

How many times you ever come

home and find me passed out?

None. That's how many.

LAURA: I can't talk to you

when you're like this.

GUY: Talk?

When do you ever want to talk?

You've been shutting me out

ever since it happened.

The other night, that was

the first time we've made love

since I can't remember when.

You honestly believe that you're

the only one who's suffering?

I know.

I make one mistake,

I put the g*dd*mn dog out,

and I gotta pay for it

for the rest of my life!

You were the one that heard him,

why didn't you go down

and let him in?

Because I didn't want

to make you mad.

You just flipped out

about your lousy shoes,

and I didn't want to hear it again.

Hey! I told you

when we got that dog

that I wanted him to stay outside,

but you let Kimberly

spoil him so bad,

he started barking the second

anybody put him in the yard.

He was barking in the yard

because Dennis Law

was hanging around the house.

Now, that's, that's why

you got rid of him.

You blame him when all he

was trying to do was to warn us.

It was an accident, Laura.

You want to know

what happened to the dog?

I backed over him, okay?

He's dead!

I'm sorry, he'd, uh...

Oh, Jesus, man.

He'd gotten out, and, uh,

I was late for work and l, I just...

I missed him, that's all.

He was just sitting

in the driveway and...

...you know he never had

any sense about cars.

No.

So why didn't you tell me?

Why'd you lie to me if you--?

Because I know that you'd say

I did it on purpose,

but I swear to God I didn't.

I would have replaced him if I could,

and we still can.

We can go tomorrow

and get a new dog if you want.

Oh, sure, Guy,

let's, let's replace the dog,

and while we're at it

we'll just replace Kimberly, too.

We can go make some love,

that'll make you happy.

GUY: Laura.

-LAURA: Shut up!

-GUY: Laura!

GUY: So, what happened here?

Fight. Cut out...

and broke my finger pretty good.

GUY: It's not broken, it's dislocated.

Want to see the X-ray?

You don't remember me, do you?

It's me, Ben.

I found your little girl.

Oh, yeah, right.

Take this down to the lab for me.

I'm sorry, l, uh, I only saw you

that one time at the arraignment.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I wanted to walk over

and say something,

but I felt kinda weird, you know,

me being friends with Dennis and all.

Yeah, well, uh,

I guess we don't always know

the people we're close to.

I know.

I knew Dennis my whole life.

He didn't do it.

I mean, when we found her,

he was so upset,

you know, crying and sh*t.

I just, I don't think he would act

like that if he had done it at all.

Guilt will make you do funny things.

Yeah, but I really don't think

he did it.

I mean, I know the police says

he fooled around with little girls

and stuff,

but he was just a kid himself

when he did that, you know?

He was a really normal guy.

Look, he did it, okay?

There was all kinds of evidence

linking him to Kimberly.

Yeah, but I think the police

planted that stuff.

I mean, kinda like O.J., you know?

Everybody was freaking out,

so they wanted to grab somebody

right away,

and, you know,

Dennis looked kind of weird so...

Dennis was weird. Let's just

have a look at your finger.

I don't think he k*lled himself,

either.

I think the police went in there

and hung him themselves.

You know, Ben, let's just change

the subject. All right?

Now, we're gonna have to pop

this back into joint,

and it might hurt a little.

You know, the way I figure it,

they knew he was gonna get away

because they didn't have anything

on him, you know,

but they could never let that happen,

so they strung him, I mean--

[Screams]

Laura.

GUY: Can I help you?

Oh, you're Guy, right?

I'm Neil Solomon. I live--

GUY: Yeah, I know who you are.

You're the one who filled

Laura's head with all ghost B.S.

Well, not exactly, l, I just told--

GUY: I know what you told her.

You got a big mouth, you know that?

And if Laura was still here, I'd tell

her not to speak to you anymore.

Oh, she, she's not here?

We're separated.

Your work here is done, okay?

You can go home now.

[Groaning]

FEMALE VOICE:

I'll do whatever you want me to.

Laura?

Laura?

KIMBERLY:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

Laura?

CHILDREN:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

GUY: Kimberly?

[Grunts]

She doesn't want to see you.

LAURA: Who is it?

You were right.

CLAIRE: The letters, M.O.N.

I wonder what they stand for.

JASON: Send money.

CLAIRE: Oh, Jason.

JASON: Are you sure

that's what the letters were?

GUY: Well, it's what they looked like,

I didn't exactly stick around --

Oh, uh, hi, uh, Miss Goldstein,

it's Guy Dykstra,

you sold us the house on Kilkeya

a few weeks back.

No, yeah,

we're very happy there, um,

but I was wondering, uh, do you know

how to contact the former owner?

I found some things there

I'd like to return to her.

You related to Miss Gitchell?

You related or just friends?

Uh, we're friends,

but we haven't seen her for a while.

Well, you'd best prepare yourself.

She's one crazy old witch.

What do you mean?

You'll see.

[Knocking]

Miss Gitchell. You got company.

MRS. GITCHELL:

Who the hell is it?

Ralph, is that you?

Where the hell ya been, Ralph?

I've been cooking all day.

It's isn't Ralph, Mrs. Gitchell, uh,

it's Guy Dykstra.

I live in the house you used to own.

Well. Come over here so I can get

a better look at you, huh?

Who are they?

Oh, uh, that's my wife, Laura,

and her sister, Claire.

Uh, Laura lives at the house with me.

Do you like spaghetti?

My baby, he don't like spaghetti.

But I make him eat it anyway.

'Cause it's real good for you.

Well, yeah, it is. Spaghetti is

a vital part of a balanced diet.

Yeah, um...

But, uh, look, I was wondering, um,

we've been having some strange

things go on at the house.

For instance, the computer

and printer and TV

will go on for no reason,

and, and, and there's, uh,

we found writing on the wall.

Writing.

That's right.

Well, those Mexicans... they spray

crap every now and again.

I don't like those Mexicans.

There's more and more of them

all the time.

Yeah, well, I don't think this has

anything to do with Mexicans.

You never,

back when it was your house,

you never noticed

anything strange going on?

They k*lled those Kennedy boys,

both of them.

Good thing, I say.

Chasing all those girls around.

That's when you ruin everything,

when you chase the girls around.

My baby, he knows that for sure.

Your baby?

MRS. GITCHELL: I got two.

Only one's alive.

I promised myself no one

would ever take him away.

They'd have to go through me first.

GUY: Hm.

And, and the other one,

what about him?

Or, or was it a him?

What the hell you talking about?

Your baby, Mrs. Gitchell.

He was just two weeks old.

Just two weeks.

And he ups and dies.

It was the year that, that...

Yes?

Ralph?

Where the hell

have you been all day?

I've been cooking all day!

She got ya, huh?

Yeah, she got me the same way

one or two times, man.

Thanks for the warning.

CLAIRE: Laura, you remember

Stephanie Watkins, don't you?

Remember that girl I used to live with

right before I met Jason?

Well, she used to be friends

with a psychic--

Forget it.

No, no. Get the number.

-Anything's more productive than this.

-MALE: Excuse me.

Now, I have specifically asked Claire

not to tell me anything about you,

and you haven't, have you, Claire?

I haven't. No.

Now there's a wonder.

JAY: There's no place here

for that kind of attitude.

Now, if you won't take this seriously,

you can just leave now.

Or I will.

LAURA: There won't be any more

disruptions to the proceedings,

will there, Jason?

CLAIRE AND JASON: No.

JASON: There, there won't be.

JAY: Now, this is not a sance,

it's a reading.

I'm not going to be writing

anything down.

I just use this

to help me concentrate.

Understood?

Just answer yes or no.

-GUY: Yes.

-LAURA: Yes.

JAY: Now, I'm gonna ask you

a few questions

and whenever I ask one,

I want you to answer yes or no.

Yes.

JAY: I'm not trying to lead you

in any way.

This just helps me to stay focused.

Understood?

Yes.

JAY: There's a girl.

She's a very young girl,

I can't quite tell her age.

But her name begins with a C.

No. Make that a K.

Does this mean anything to you?

Yes.

JAY: This girl,

she says she's your daughter.

She says she loved you both

very much,

but she was taken away from you

very suddenly.

CLAIRE: [Gasps]

JAY: Does this mean

anything to you?

She was m*rder*d.

JAY: Just yes or no, please.

Yes.

She says something about singing.

She says she sings for you both

all the time.

Because she knows you feel bad

about the way she left,

and she wants you to feel better.

Does this make any sense to you?

LAURA: Yes.

She says she knows

this has been very hard on you both.

She knows you blame each other

for what happened.

And it makes her very sad.

She hears you fighting all the time,

and she wants you to stop

and realize that she's always

with you...

...everywhere you go.

Is this understood?

Yes.

Now, this house where you're living...

She says it's no accident

that you're here.

She led you here

for a very special reason.

Is this understood?

LAURA: Yes.

JAY: There is a man.

His name is...

I can't see it.

This man is the reason

she's no longer with you.

She's been trying to tell you

about this man for the longest time.

And this is not the man

the police were blaming.

The true man...

Can't make it out.

His name is...

...priest.

Is he a priest?

But this is the man

who took her from you.

He's taken others before,

and he will take others again,

unless you stop him.

Is this understood?

Yes.

JAY: She says you have to do

whatever is necessary to stop him,

even if you have to take the life

of this man yourselves.

You must do it.

There are children all around him,

and he's planning to do to others

what he did to her.

-What is his name?

-JAY: Can you please be quiet?

Now... She's gone.

GUY: No.

You're just like Stephanie said

you were.

Didn't you hear me tell you before

we started not to say one word?

JASON: She said she was sorry.

Well, it's too late for that,

isn't it?

This young girl had a very

important message for her parents,

and you went and...

[Groans]

GUY: What is it?

Oh, my God!

GUY: Sergeant MacDonald?

Oh, look at this.

Oh, boy, it's good to see you.

Uh, are we interrupting?

No, no, have a seat.

Oh, good.

I'm just writin' up

a freakin' arrest report.

Yeah.

What'd you do to your face?

GUY: Oh, l, uh, cut myself shaving.

Well, that's some nick.

GUY: Yeah.

How are you two holdin' up?

-Oh, we're good.

-Well...

Not a day goes by

that I don't think about you.

-Well, that's nice to hear.

-No, I'm serious.

I got in a prayer request at church,

whole congregation's praying for you.

LAURA: Thank you.

My wife asked after you.

Kimberly touched a lot of people.

Yes, she did.

She really did, yeah.

So, you still in the same place?

No, we moved.

MACDONALD:

That's good, that's good.

Must have been tough

living in that house.

It was very tough.

A house or...?

Uh, yes, it's a house, it's, it's real

nice, we like it just fine now.

Uh, but...

the last few weeks we've, uh,

we've really started to have

some serious doubts about the case.

Doubts?

Uh, yeah, we're just not convinced

Dennis Law was guilty anymore.

MACDONALD: Well--

I know it sounds strange, but he--

We just want to speak

to you about it.

Let me ease your minds

about that right now.

There's not a question in my mind

that he was guilty, not a one.

I'm not talking

about just the hard evidence,

the hair, the fiber, the rest.

I'm talking about a gut feeling.

When you do this work

as long as I have,

you get a sense of these things.

Well, that's what you told us

at the time.

MACDONALD: What?

Well, for instance, the hair

you found on Kimberly's body,

it matched Dennis Law,

that's what you told us, right?

But if he's the one

that found the body,

isn't it just possible that that's

the reason the hair was found on--?

No. Kimberly...

She was r*ped repeatedly,

you know.

The hair that we found on her body

was in coagulated blood.

You don't bleed after you die.

That hair was embedded in there.

And, of course,

he knew exactly where to find her.

But he was looking everywhere,

wasn't he?

I mean, that wasn't

the only place he looked,

and why would he go right to her

if he didn't want to get caught?

Dr. Dykstra, can you tell me

where this is going?

'Cause it's been

months and months,

and up until now I was under

that impression you had no doubts.

We just have good reason to think

the case should be re-opened.

And the reason is?

We just do.

We think someone else

is responsible,

and it's very likely

he's going to strike again.

MACDONALD:

And that person is?

We don't know.

You two aren't making this

easy on me.

This case is closed.

I need a name, compelling evidence

that I can take to my superior

officers in order to re-open it.

And it has to be

compelling evidence.

LAURA: Okay.

Kimberly told us.

We had a psychic come in

and give us a reading,

and Kimberly, she told us

that the k*ller is still out there,

and he's going to strike again

unless he's stopped.

I see.

A priest.

Jay said that she'd been k*lled

by a priest.

But I don't ever remember Kimberly

coming into contact with one.

Well, we didn't know she'd come

into contact with Dennis Law

until the police picked him up.

If she ever had come

into contact with him.

God, that poor kid.

k*lled himself over something

he never even did.

Ah, he did something, all right.

He may not have k*lled Kimberly,

but he molested

a couple of other kids.

I'm not so sure anymore.

I mean, all we've got to go on

is what the police have told us,

and if they were wrong

about Kimberly,

God knows what else

they're wrong about.

Yeah, that's what the kid

in the ER said.

Oh, speaking of that,

what time is it?

Oh, probably time

for you to go to work.

Honestly,

I wish you'd get a different shift.

I will.

You want me to drop you

at Claire's?

No, that's okay.

I'd feel better

if you weren't here alone.

No, I want to be here.

I need to be.

[Car drives away]

[Cat meows]

[Door shuts]

FEMALE VOICE: [Groans]

I'll do whatever you want me to do.

Do you like that?

Do you like it when I do that?

[Groaning]

[Groaning continues]

[Scratching]

[Beeping]

Neil.

Well, there you are.

I thought your husband said

you'd moved out of town.

I did, briefly.

But, Neil, I'm, I'm afraid...

I'm afraid there's been an accident.

Uh, oh, wh--

Your cat.

Your cat, I don't know how she did it,

but she got inside our microwave,

and somehow it was turned on,

and, and...

Oh.

This is your cat.

Oh, well, it's not like

I don't have plenty of others.

Hey, uh, why don't you come inside

for a second?

There's some people

I'd like you to meet.

LAURA: I'm very sorry.

NEIL: Ladies.

This is m--, this is, uh...

[Laughs]

Sweetheart, I'm so drunk,

l, I can't even remember your name.

LAURA: Laura.

Laura.

Uh, this is Evelyn Dander

and her daughter, Julie.

They've been in this neighborhood

ever since--

EVELYN: Oh, you don't want

to know how long.

Laura just moved

into the Gitchell place.

The witch house.

Oh, now, Julie, that's terrible.

Mrs. Gitchell was not a witch,

she was just a little crazy.

Well, we used to call it that.

God, what a weird

old thing she was.

Every time we'd go

anywhere near there,

she'd crack the door open

and say, "Get away."

And her son, what a creep.

He was not a creep.

He was a perfectly nice young man.

JULIE: That's what you think.

You remember we used

to have that sprinkler?

EVELYN: Mm-hmm.

Well, every time we'd play with it,

he would just sit on the front stoop

staring at us.

I mean, we were only 10 or 11

at the time,

and he'd just be sitting there staring

like we were Farrah Fawcett

or something.

LAURA: What are you saying,

that he, what? That he...

JULIE: A pervert? Yes.

Now, Julie, that's not fair.

You took piano lessons from Kenneth

for three whole months,

and he never once tried anything.

He sure looked at me funny.

He was just shy, and who can

blame him having a mother like that.

But, you know, when I first met her,

she was perfectly normal.

But then, of course, Mr. Monk died,

and she married that Ralph Gitchell,

and, oh, what a nightmare he was.

He and his daughter both.

You could hear them yelling

all the way down at my place.

You know, I believe

that's what drove her crazy,

and that's

what made Kenneth shy, too.

Poor boy.

You know, I don't think I ever once

saw him with a girlfriend.

Because he's a pervert.

CHILDREN:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

[Phone rings]

ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi, this is

Laura and Guy Dykstra's residence.

Please leave a message.

[Beep]

MALE VOICE: Look, I don't know

who you are or why you're doing this,

but I want this to stop.

Do you understand me?

One more, one more time,

and I'm calling the police.

OPERATOR: We're sorry. Your call

cannot be completed as dialed.

Please check the number

and dial again.

MONK:

Good night.

So, what was college like?

You ever go away on spring break?

No, no, I never did.

JENNA: Why not?

Didn't you have, didn't you want

to hang out with girls gone wild?

[Laughs]

What do you know

about girls gone wild?

MOLLY:

I am a girl gone wild.

I can dance just like them.

Wanna watch?

MONK: [Laughs]

LAURA: Molly!

Mrs. Dykstra?

What are you doing here?

LAURA: Oh, I was just taking a walk.

Long time, no see.

MOLLY: Yeah.

I'm, uh, I'm sorry, I know you,

but I don't remember--

Uh, yeah, uh, last Christmas,

the... your daughter...

Right. Oh, the, the recital

here at the school.

Yes. Well, weren't you the one

playing the piano?

I was, yes, yes.

Although, l, I did see you

the other day

at the, uh,

Wilton Arms Nursing Home.

Oh, that's right.

I knew I recognized your face,

but I couldn't quite place you.

Well, you know,

you'd only met me that one time.

Yeah, uh... I w--, I w--,

I was going to say hello,

but, you know, uh,

I felt kinda awkward.

Oh. Why?

Well, you know, uh,

I really respect your privacy and, uh,

although, uh, the nurse did say to me

that you had been to see

my mother, Lenore Gitchell?

LAURA: Yes, that's right.

We bought her house.

-You did?

-Mm-hmm.

Oh, uh, how funny, 'cause I usually,

the attorney handles all that,

so l, you know, l, I really don't have

a head for business.

Oh. Well, I'm sure there's plenty

of things you are good at.

Say, how have you been, Molly?

Whose class are you in now?

MOLLY: Mr. Monk's.

Oh. That's you, right?

Yes, I remember Kimberly

talking quite a bit about you.

Really, that's, that's strange

because, you know,

l, I really didn't know her at all.

Was your daughter m*rder*d?

Jenna, that's very rude!

Now you apologize!

Oh, no, no.

I don't mind if she's so blunt.

There are a lot of pretty awful people

out there, predators.

You know what I mean?

I hope you're just as blunt if you

ever have to tell on one of them.

So, uh, how's, how's the house?

Is, uh, you're remodeling? Just--

No. Not really.

We've been very pre-occupied,

you know?

Turns out, there's a lot

of unanswered questions

about Kimberly's death.

Oh? Oh, yeah, I thought they caught

the person that did it.

Yeah, so did we.

We thought so, too,

but we have reason to believe

that the person who did it

may still be out there.

You don't happen to know anything,

do you?

Me?

Well, I mean, you were

the director of the recital,

maybe you saw someone

or noticed something...

-...or maybe she confided in you.

-No, no, no, no, no.

No, l, I taught her music

once a week, you know.

That's it.

Really.

I barely knew her.

Thought I'd ask.

Did you see him?

Yeah.

He's guilty as sin.

NURSE: Oh, Mr. Monk.

There you are.

Did you receive my message?

MONK: Message?

Well, your mother had

a slight heart attack.

Oh?

But don't worry.

She pulled through as always.

Good.

MRS. GITCHELL: Who is it?

Is that you, Ralph?

Hm?

It's not Ralph, Mom.

It's me, Kenneth.

MRS. GITCHELL: It's my baby.

Ohh.

Oh, I don't feel so good.

MONK: I know.

MRS. GITCHELL: Ohh.

MONK: I know.

[Groans]

Oh, I wish I was dead.

I feel so bad.

Those nurses, they're so mean.

Oh... that's because they're Mexican.

Oh, that's all there is anymore.

Mom.

MRS. GITCHELL: Hmm?

Uh, Mrs. Dykstra,

she came by the school today.

You know,

the woman who bought the house.

MRS. GITCHELL: Mrs. Dykstra.

Yeah. You remember,

she came by a few days ago. Okay?

You remember you had

some strange visitors.

[Laughing]

I get them all the time.

Okay. But this was...

This was a woman and her husband,

and I think, I think it was

another woman, too. Okay?

-MRS. GITCHELL: Mm.

-MONK: You remember?

You know, Ralph came by,

and he brought

some of his wh*res with him.

The nerve of that man. Oh.

MONK: Ralph's dead, Mom. Okay?

These were the people

who bought your house.

Mom, Mom.

Mom, what did you say to them?

Did they ask about me?

Uh-uh. Wait, she does,

she always asks about you.

She's dead, Mom. Okay?

I hope you didn't say anything

to the Dykstras about them.

You didn't, did you?

She comes in the night,

and she sits at the foot of my bed,

and she tries to hurt me.

And then she wants me

to hurt you, too,

but no way am I gonna hurt my baby.

No way am I gonna hurt my baby.

MONK: I know you must have said

something to the Dykstras, Mom.

Mrs. Dykstra, she was asking

the strangest questions.

I tell you not to chase

the girls around?

No, Lord, oh, no, there's she is,

she's right behind you.

Oh. Oh. Oh.

Mom.

-MRS. GITCHELL: What?

-MONK: There's nobody there.

Oh, yes, yes.

Oh, she comes back and back,

and she hurts my kitties,

and she hits me, and, oh,

I swear to God she's just about

driven me out of my mind.

She has, Mom.

Make her go away.

I don't want to see her no more.

Please make her go away.

I don't want to see Ralph either.

Okay, Mom.

-MRS. GITCHELL: Okay?

-I'll make them go away.

MRS. GITCHELL:

Okay. Okay. Okay.

I love you, Mom.

MRS. GITCHELL:

Oh, I love you, too, baby.

I love you.

MRS. GITCHELL:

[Cries]

No, no!

My mom! My mom, I think

she had another heart attack!

-NURSE: Okay.

-Go, go!

Molly? Hi. You want a ride?

No, thanks.

Ah, come on.

It's not like we're strangers.

Besides, we got a present for you.

Oh, yeah?

So, how's school?

How's Mr. Monk?

He's been absent lately.

His mom died,

so he's been going to the funeral,

and, you know, stuff like that.

LAURA: Well, that's not good.

Yeah.

We've got a really mean substitute.

She's really dumb, too.

Like the other day,

she was showing us

this math problem,

and she got it wrong.

So, what'd you get for me?

I hope it's nothing Kimberly owned.

I mean, she had real nice stuff

and everything,

but, you know, it'd feel real funny

owning something

that used to belong

to a m*rder*d person.

LAURA: So, in your opinion,

Mr. Monk likes girls better than boys?

Well, he yells at them more.

But they really deserve it.

And he'll talk to us at recess

about really cool stuff.

He's not like most teachers.

He's sorta like a kid himself.

LAURA: And what does he talk

to you about?

MOLLY: What's this?

It's a DVD of you singing

at the pageant last Christmas.

And that's my present?

Yeah.

We figured you didn't have one.

Thanks.

So, Molly, what I was trying

to get at before is does Mr. Monk

ever talk about anything that's

inappropriate for a girl your age?

What do you mean?

Well, she means adult type stuff,

uh, things that might be personal.

Well, he talks about Michigan.

He used to live there.

And he saw a bear one time

when he was walking in the woods,

and he pretended like he was dead.

Does he ever keep you after school

or give you rides home or, or--?

Well, he's a real friendly guy.

Well, except with the boys.

I don't know.

Jenna says he's a f*g,

but he's a really nice f*g.

Uh-huh.

So, has he ever tried to touch you

or ask you to sit on his lap

or anything?

Why do you guys keep asking me

about Mr. Monk?

He's a real friendly guy.

Even my mom thinks he's nice,

and she's never liked

any of my teachers.

We just want to know some things

about your life, that's all.

We used to see you a lot, and now

we don't see you so much anymore.

Yeah. You must feel kind of sad

without Kimberly.

We do.

Well, you too, right?

Well, you know, I thought I would,

and sometimes I think about her,

but my mom told me I shouldn't

'cause it's morbid.

And you know,

she wasn't always that nice to me.

She used to brag about

all the nice things she had,

and how her dad was a doctor

and everything.

She thought she was all that.

Can I use the bathroom?

Sure.

FEMALE VOICE:

She wasn't always that nice to me.

She thought she was all that.

Who is that?

[Scream]

[Meows]

[Screams]

GUY: Molly! Molly!

I mean, the whole story was so crazy

her mother didn't really believe her,

but she kept asking why

we took Molly back to the house,

and Molly kept saying we were asking

questions about Mr. Monk,

and, boy, we had a hell of a time

explaining that.

LAURA: We don't want this guy

to get skittish.

GUY: He might skip town

or something, I mean--

LAURA: Something like that.

JASON: You know,

it doesn't even sound like Kimberly

to attack another child.

-GUY: Yeah.

-LAURA: No, it doesn't.

JASON: And to put a cat

in a microwave?

GUY: I know,

that is really strange, right?

She's mad about it, that's all.

The least of the problems.

She just wants, she, I mean, the guy

who did it is running around free,

and she's angry about it,

and who can blame her?

I mean, the police won't even

re-open the case

unless they get some hard evidence,

quote, unquote.

But don't worry, we'll get some.

We've got a private detective

poking around in his background.

GUY: Yeah, that sure is costing

a pretty penny.

LAURA: Yeah, but it's worth it.

JASON: It's crazy.

LAURA: Kimberly said

that he'd do it again,

and you know he had

to have left a trail.

But what if he hasn't?

Well, then, we'll k*ll him.

Have you lost your mind

completely?

You can't run around

saying things like that.

What, do you want to go to jail?

If that's what it takes.

We don't even know

if this is the guy yet.

No, we know.

We may not have any proof yet

but deep down,

both of us know he's the one.

And like Claire said,

we may never get any proof.

And what are we supposed to do,

just stand back and let him hurt

other innocent children?

Of course not.

So how are we supposed

to stop him unless we k*ll him?

-It's not gonna come to that.

-How do you know?

Well, it might,

but you can't run around sh**ting

your mouth off before hand.

You gotta be smarter than that.

You gotta be as smart as he is.

What makes you think

he's so smart?

He got away with it, didn't he?

[Phone rings]

FEMALE VOICE: Kenneth.

[Phone rings]

LAURA: Yes?

I know who this is.

Why aren't you speaking?

I know who this is, too.

It's Mrs. Dykstra, right?

That was you on the line before,

wasn't it?

LAURA: I don't know

what you're talking about.

Mrs. Dykstra, someone has been

calling me at all hours of the night,

and obviously,

if I call back this number

and you pick up the line--

It wasn't me.

Well, who was it then?

Who do you think it is?

I think it's you, Mrs. Dykstra.

I think for some reason

you have it in your head

that I had something to do

with Kimberly's death,

and now you're playing

some kind of game with me,

and I would really like to know why.

Look, I really can't talk right now.

And my husband needs

to use the phone.

Oh, is your husband there right now?

Why?

MONK: Because I, I would like

to speak with him

and maybe he can tell me

what you're refusing to.

Mrs. Dykstra.

Mrs. Dykstra!

I'm sorry, l...

[Scratching]

[Door bell]

Claire.

Does Jason still have

that handgun?

Laura!

No, l, I'm serious,

he, he, called me last night.

He asks me if I'm alone,

and I am alone, you know?

It's just for protection.

I swear.

Can I borrow it?

You know he knows where I live.

Please?

Is she okay?

CLAIRE: She's fine.

She just had a bad night.

She's not gonna move back

in here again, is she?

CLAIRE: No, she's okay.

Are you gonna take a shower?

Why, you think I need one?

Uh, yeah.

Thanks a lot.

Laura, please, don't do anything

that you might regret.

MALE: He's never even gotten

so much as a speeding ticket.

And I did check on missing kids

dating back to 15 years ago,

and his name never comes up

as a suspect on a single one of 'em.

Great.

And I'm not finished yet.

I said he wasn't a suspect,

but he was questioned

along with his mother

when his stepsister disappeared

almost 10 years ago.

Stepsister?

Yeah. Apparently, uh,

his old man bought the farm

when Monk was just a kid,

and then his mother married

this guy named Ralph Gitchell.

Now, um, he's got a record.

He's arrested twice

for slappin' the old lady around,

and it looks like

he slapped Monk around, too.

Anyway, he had this daughter

named, um...

...Elena,

who was livin' with them

and kept on stayin' there

even after Gitchell died.

It appears that, um,

Elena had some troubles of her own

because Mrs. Gitchell had her

sent away to a reformatory.

Um, I don't know why,

all the records are sealed,

but, um, she ran away from

the home, oh, about 10 years ago

and has been missing ever since.

And Monk was questioned about it.

Yeah. The old lady, too.

They didn't have anything

on either one of 'em,

so that's as far as it went.

But get this.

At the time, Monk was teaching at,

uh, Hepplewhite Elementary, right?

Well, almost as soon

as Elena vanishes,

he quits his job

in the middle of the school year

and moves off to Michigan.

And that's where he stayed

until just about a year ago.

Did you check the records

in Michigan?

Yep. But nothing comes up.

So, I talked to his principal,

and she says he's the greatest

teacher that they ever had,

and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

but, you know,

that's what people often say

about, um, pedophiles.

They tend to work around kids.

They almost always work harder

than everybody else

so as not arouse suspicion,

and, uh, they almost always

start early,

and there's almost always

incest involved.

So you think maybe... maybe

his stepsister was his first victim?

In more ways than one.

LAURA: Oh, God.

MONK: Okay,

I'm gonna dispose of this.

I don't want anyone else to read it.

But I don't want you

passing notes, okay?

This is, like, this is a class.

We learn in class, okay?

So, remember that for next time.

See you at the recital.

Don't be late.

Go play.

What's wrong with you?

You've been acting strange

ever since I got back.

Something wrong at home?

No.

Well, I wish you'd tell me what it is

because from that look on your face,

it can't be good.

Do you promise

you won't laugh at me?

Of course not.

I got attacked by a ghost.

You said you wouldn't laugh.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Okay, I'm sorry.

It's just, really, there's,

there's no such thing as ghosts.

Yeah, there is, too.

No one believes me.

But this ghost, all of a sudden,

it just attacked me

for no reason at all.

Okay.

And, um, where did this happen?

Mrs. Dykstra's house.

And what were you doing there?

Yes, I remember Elena.

Oh, she was a complete nightmare.

But you know,

I always felt sorry for her having

Ralph Gitchell for a father.

You could see exactly

where she got it from.

Well, Ralph Gitchell didn't go

around dressed like a sl*t, did he?

She was already a sl*t

in the sixth grade.

And she stole from me.

Remember that down jacket

I had when I was 11?

Yeah, she stole it

and sold it for drugs.

Oh, Julie, please.

Children that age don't do drugs.

[Sighs]

You are so nave.

So, do you know

what happened to her?

I hope you don't mind me asking,

but we were just curious

about the history of the house.

EVELYN: Well,

it was the strangest thing.

She kept on running away and

getting into trouble with the police.

This was after Ralph died.

Then Mrs. Gitchell, the poor thing,

wanted her real mother

to take her back,

but she refused to do it.

Smart.

No, she just didn't have

a lot of money.

Mexican, you know.

Then, finally, Mrs. Gitchell

had her declared incorrigible

and sent her to reform school,

and then she ran away from there,

and nobody ever heard

from her again.

Probably k*lled turning a trick.

Oh, Julie, please,

she was just a child.

So, you mentioned before that you

thought Kenneth was a pervert.

I mean, I don't know,

that's what you called him, right?

Do you think he was a molester?

I think it's very possible.

EVELYN: That's not true.

If anyone was molesting her,

it was Ralph Gitchell,

but not Kenneth.

He wouldn't hurt a fly.

If it was human

and dressed the way she did,

yes, he definitely would have.

You're right.

He's too clever.

And I can't live with myself

knowing that he's out there

walking around free,

I can't sleep at night.

Oh, Laura.

Well, you know what?

Look, I've given notice

at the hospital,

so, uh, in a couple of weeks,

I'll be here all the time,

maybe you can sleep better

that way.

Where are all my ties?

You know, that's a good idea.

That's when we'll do it.

W--, w--, we'll take a trip, okay,

and we'll go to the mountains

or someplace,

and we'll check into a hotel, right?

And then when everybody's asleep,

we'll drive back to the city,

and we'll k*ll him.

We'll k*ll him.

Why not?

GUY: How?

LAURA: We'll poison him.

And we'll have an airtight alibi, too.

It will take a couple of hours,

and then we'll drive back up

to the mountains,

and then in the morning

everybody'll see us checking out.

Hey, we can't be in two places

at the same time, right?

GUY: You know what, I am not gonna

have this discussion with you.

You know what?

Would you just listen to yourself

for a moment?

How are we supposed to get away

without anybody hearing the car?

LAURA: We'll drive two cars up,

and we'll park one within

walking distance of the hotel.

GUY: And how are we supposed

to get access to Monk's place?

And what if somebody

sees us there?

And what if he puts up a fight?

LAURA: Like the fight

you're giving me right now?

GUY: Yes,

because you're not thinking.

I'm thinking, Guy!

You're not!

You know, we both talked about

the police having to rush to judgment,

you're doing the exact same thing.

The police aren't gonna

take care of this.

And he's gonna k*ll again,

that's just what Kimberly said.

Kimberly never said

a g*dd*mn thing!

Yes, she did!

No, we don't know

who that is or what.

It's Kimberly, of course,

it's Kimberly.

How do you know?

Because it is, goddammit! It is!

[Unintelligible]

You know what?

I see what you're up to.

You want to make me mad, huh?

You want to make me

so mad that I'll...

Well, it won't work.

I don't want to make you mad!

I want justice!

GUY: Justice, my a*s.

LAURA: It's absolute justice.

GUY: I'm not gonna let you

manipulate me, Laura.

I'm not manipulating you.

GUY:..when we've run out

of every other option,

but I am not gonna let you

push me into it.

LAURA: Then I'll do it alone.

I've done everything alone,

every step of the way of this marriage

I've done everything alone.

Yeah, fine. You know what?

You can get caught alone, too.

Guy! Okay, I'm sorry!

[Door slams]

TV ANNOUNCER:

There you go. Okay.

Good, good, good.

Now we'll go ahead

and place this pre-hung door,

which already has the framing on it,

inside our home

in our wall right now.

There you go, just go ahead,

put it up in there.

Okay, now, one of the most important

things we want to make sure...

Surprise.

What do you want?

You mean you aren't happy

to see me.

And then I get home from work,

and she's still up.

My boyfriend never put her to bed,

and then she's running around

with a jar of peanut butter,

and then the next thing I know,

she falls and her,

-look at her forehead, it's broken.

-NURSE: Dr. Dykstra.

I can't take it right now.

NURSE:

She said it's your daughter.

FEMALE: It's, now she's never

gonna have a date. Look!

Will you, uh, excuse me.

Just, just a second.

Yes? Hello?

FEMALE VOICE:

Come home.

Who is this?

FEMALE:

Monk's in the house.

Laura, is that you?

TV ANNOUNCER:

It won't open and shut properly.

It'll swing open and stay open,

or it'll swing shut.

[Grunts]

Laura, pick up the phone.

I know you're there,

pick up the phone.

GUY: [On answering machine]

I just want to make sure you're okay.

Um, please pick up

the g*dd*mn phone!

Go to hell.

What about scarring?

Is she gonna be scared for life?

Huh? Is there something

that I can do?

Yeah, there's something

you can do.

You can get a job

with regular hours,

so you can keep

a better eye on your kid.

Excuse me, rudeness.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I, I'm having some trouble at home.

I, I apologize.

Yeah. Trouble at home.

GUY: Don't move, sweetie.

-We all have trouble at home.

-All right, all right.

[Groans]

[Screaming]

MONK: Mrs. Dykstra.

[Gasps]

I knew it.

I knew you were here.

Just put the g*n down.

No. You k*lled my daughter.

No, I never touched Kimberly.

Oh, yes, you did, you liar.

But I didn't.

Yes, you did.

It's Elena. She's back.

Don't you understand?

My mother, she tried to tell me that.

Put the g*n down.

I'll explain everything.

[Siren]

See, Elena, she wasn't

like a normal child.

Her and her father,

they were both pure evil.

But my mother,

she was too good, you see.

Even after Ralph died, she refused

to throw Elena out in the street.

You were molesting her.

No, she seduced me.

Why don't you people

ever have anything good to eat?

Oh, well, I hear they have

really good food in jail.

You know, I think you are

really gonna like jail, Kenneth.

And I think those big old black guys

are gonna like you a lot.

Kenneth, call the police.

You are going right back

where you came from, little lady.

I'm not gonna put up with your

foolishness not one more minute.

Sorry, I'm not going

back to that place.

I'm leaving, and your are gonna

give me the money to do it with.

Otherwise, your little

lover boy's going to jail.

That's right.

I know all about you two.

It's too bad Mr. Kenneth

never told you about me.

MRS. GITCHELL:

What is she talking about?

Oh, go on, Kenneth.

It's perfectly normal for a man your

age to sleep with a 15-year-old.

Bet all the weirdoes are doing it.

Even if we had given her

the money,

it wouldn't have made

any difference.

She just wanted more

and more and more so...

So what?

MONK: So we had no choice.

MONK:

She wasn't like a normal child.

She, she, she was a k*ller herself,

she k*lled our animals.

She stole, she lied,

and she's trying to do it again,

she's tryin' to convince you

that I k*lled Kimberly

when I know I didn't.

Don't you dare say her name.

MONK: But I didn't do anything

to Kimberly.

Liar.

I'm gonna take her now,

and I'm gonna put her somewhere

where she can't hurt you,

or me or anyone ever again.

LAURA: [Screams]

Just calm down, all right?

I'm not gonna hurt you,

just calm down, we'll talk this out.

-LAURA: [Screams]

-MONK: [Groans]

LAURA: [Screams]

Listen, I got money, all right?

I've got some money.

If you, if you want money,

that's what you--

LAURA: [Screams]

MONK:

You don't understand!

Stop it, just... stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it, stop it, stop it.

[Grunts]

NEIL: Laura! Laura!

Oh, my God!

[Stammers]

I thought you were k*lling her!

I was about to call the police!

What are you talking about?

NEIL: Your, your, your wife, she...!

GUY: Laura!

Laura. Laura.

Laura.

LAURA: [Groans]

MONK: Help me!

[Grunts]

[Laughs]

I hope that's not another cat.

No, no, no, no, no,

it's just a little present.

I realize it isn't much,

but after all you did.

I didn't do that much.

Oh, yes, you really did.

If you hadn't have told the police

it was self-defense,

Guy could have gotten

into so much trouble.

Well, it was self-defense in a way.

Well.

Well, come inside,

let's see what you got.

Ooh, a present...

Oh, that is really good stuff.

Now, you, you shouldn't have.

Hey, why don't you come on in

and help me do a little taste test?

Oh, no, no, I really can't.

The movers are coming

tomorrow morning,

and, and, well, we still have

so much packing to do.

Where'd you say

you were going to?

Aberdeen, Oregon.

What the hell

are you gonna do there?

Sweetheart,

you're gonna get bored to death.

No, no.

I think it's gonna be okay.

Guy's brother is there, and Guy's

gonna start his private practice,

and after everything

that's gone on here,

I think we need a change of pace.

Eh, you're probably right.

Thanks again, Neil.

Uh, Laura.

You never told me.

Do you still think Monk

k*lled your daughter?

I don't think we'll ever know

for sure.

But he k*lled someone's child.

We made good and sure

he won't do it again.

Bye.

CHILDREN:

[Singing "Greensleeves"]

KIMBERLY:

[Sings "Greensleeves"]