Thin Walls (2024)

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(film reel sound)

(no audio)

(ominous string music)

(Dana) It felt like the

end of the world that day.

Where there had been life and

meaning before was now empty.

Sights that were once familiar only

reminded of what could no longer be.

Life as it had been

was over.

(ominous string music)

Time stopped.

There would be no more

leisurely Sunday walks,

no more meeting friends for lunch,

spontaneous road trips, or

crowding the front row of a concert.

There would be no Easter egg

hunts or Thanksgiving dinners,

no chance-romantic encounters.

The door from past to

present was permanently shut.

For one young woman, all

the world had been taken away.

Lost forever to this

(through smart speaker)

this senseless crime.

Those close to her would ask:

Could this tragedy have been prevented?

Well, it's impossible to know.

There were those who

felt something was wrong.

Who suspected the worst

long before she was found.

As you'll see in this case,

some even went to the authorities

hoping their concerns

would be taken seriously.

Whatever might have been,

(from the other room) what we

can be sure of is that, ultimately,

It was too little, too late.

(music building)

(phone pinging)

Are you sure you're okay to head out?

Because it's totally okay if

you're not comfortable going.

No, it's so fine.

I just need to finish packing

and I'll see you in the morning.

(message sending)

(phone locking)

(News intro playing on TV)

(News Man) County

health officials are still

recommending that individuals not

gather with others outside their household,

and have restricted meetings

to fewer than ten persons.

They're closely mirroring

the CDC's guidelines

to stay home as much as possible

and when it is necessary to leave,

to wear some kind of face covering

and maintain distance from others.

If you have a weakened immune system,

you are urged to stay isolated

and avoid public spaces at all costs.

Those with preexisting conditions should

limit essential errands to early morning.

(News Woman) It's still

unclear at this point whether

transmitting the virus is

possible without symptoms.

Scientists are saying

data is still being gathered,

but that asymptomatic transmission

is not out of the question.

(truck engine revving overtakes TV)

(Spokeswoman) ...and

other countries as well...

in addition to our

own specific Utah data to

(truck door opening) come

up with the best public health...

recommendations to slow the spread...

(news fading into background)

(Metal gate sliding open)

Howdy, neighbor.

(News Man) Better to play it safe since

we still don't know.

In the meantime, it is

highly recommended

to avoid people you do not live with,

as contact with a stranger

could mean infection.

Which, in the worst cases of

course can be life threatening.

(News Woman) And coming up: Ibuprofen.

- What am I doing?

- France's Minister of health

says it might make coronavirus worse...

(microwave beeping) But

other experts aren't convinced.

(News Man) And, N-95, KN-95?

What's the difference

between all these masks?

(cellphone pinging) (Iggy)

No, you're totally fine.

Don't even worry about it at all.

Carolyn and Ashley

already had to call it quits.

So you're not alone.

And you just survivor spirit

the way that's best for you.

Love you.

Thanks.

I'll just be here with my gourmet meals.

(message sending)

(muffled thudding)

And my new next door neighbor, apparently.

(thudding)

Cheap a*s apartment.

(cellphone pinging)

(cellphone locking)

(Podcast host) As it would

turn out, this was only the

first of seven victims. But his

neighbor, we'll call her Marsha

didn't think much of

their first encounter in 1985.

The following is a rare recording

of her statement to police.

(Marsha) He was sorta odd...

Always disappearing into his garage.

- I thought he was one of those preppers.

- Oh, Marsha.

(Podcast Host) But what

this sicko was preparing for...

You should have called the cops.

(Door knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

(Door knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

(sighing)

What are you doing here?

You never texted me back.

Shouldn't you be camping?

I'm quarantining.

I don't want you here.

I know, I just wanted to

make sure you had dinner.

I don't need your food.

I mean, you need vegetables.

Thank you for your concern, but no.

Look, I promise I'll

leave. Just... Just take it.

Bye.

(play button chiming)

(Iggy) ...beautiful day! We can't wait...

to get out, and get hiking.

OK guys, let's... oh!

I'm dying!

Girl, you nasty.

That is so gross!

What happened? (Multiple voices join)

- Oh my gosh!

- That looks gnarly, dude.

- Come check this out!

- Hey, turn the camera off!

Okay, alright... (video cutting out)

(muffled giggling)

(giggling continues)

(woman exclaiming playfully)

(thudding against the wall)

(Woman) Such a naughty boy...

(Man) Oh yeah, you like that?

(hitting) (Woman grunting)

(Woman) Oh yeah! Hit me harder!

(rhythmic thudding) (woman moaning)

Harder, harder!

(Woman moaning louder) (Man grunting)

(rhythm intensifying) (woman moaning)

(rhythm winding down)

(cellphone pinging) Oh yeah...

(Taylor chuckles) (woman groaning)

(rhythmic thudding resumes) (woman moaning)

(man grunting) (woman vocalizing)

(Woman) Yes! Right there! Yes!

(Woman exclaiming) (Man grunting)

(thudding slowing) (woman whimpering)

(breathing and moaning)

(silence)

(metal music blaring)

(Taylor groans)

Hey!

(knocking)

Turn it down!

(rock music continuing)

(sighing)

(knocking harder) Turn it down, dickhead!

(loud crashing cuts off music)

(Frantic banging on wall)

- (Woman) Somebody help me!

- Hey!

(Man) Shut up!

Hey!

(unintelligible yelling)

(Woman) Get off of me!

I'm calling the police!

(Woman) Help me!

(Man) Hey!

(Screaming)

(Man) Shut up!

(Unintelligible yelling)

(call ringing) (screaming continuing)

(Dispatcher) 9-1-1,

What is the address of your emergency?

- Uh...

I'd like to report(terrified screaming)

(loud thud) (screaming ends abruptly)

Hello?

What is the address of your emergency?

(stuttering)

40 Apple Street.

I'm on the second floor.

Uh, there's a

woman screaming in

the apartment next to me.

I think he might be hurting her.

Who's hurting her?

I don't know, uh...

There's a man.

Are you in any danger?

Uh... No.

No, I'm OK.

Okay, just stay on the line.

(hollow metallic scraping)

I'm sending two officers to...

(muffled knocking)

(multiple voices talking)

(questions and responses unintelligible)

(door closing)

(slow footsteps) (tense string music)

(speaking continuing)

(speaking continuing)

(string music building)

(footsteps continuing)

(multiple voices speaking)

(door closing)

(phone chiming)

(Iggy from phone) We're

heading into the canyon now...

So we probably won't have

cell service for the next few days.

But we miss you and we love you.

(multiple women) Survivor Spirit!

Survivor Spirit!

(thud)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(phone call connecting)

This is Lieutenant Hawley.

(Taylor) Hi! Yes...

I was calling to follow up about a case.

A case?

Well, I called about

my neighbors last night.

It just seemed like they were fighting,

or, like maybe someone was being hurt.

I wanted to make sure everyone was OK.

This was around

three AM?

-Yes, it sounded like someone...

-Uh, yeah

Looks like we had a couple

officers check out the call,

and it's been marked as resolved.

Oh.

Okay.

Is there anything else I can do for you?

No, I guess not.

Thank you,

for your... service?

Uh... sure thing.

(low rumbling music)

(Podcast Host) Sarah filed a

missing person's claim on

the morning of the first, but she was

immediately met with resistance by

investigators. She pushed ahead anyway,

trusting her most disturbing instincts

that something was very wrong.

As it... (phone locking)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(tense string music)

(music tempo increasing)

(low whooshing)

(Woman) Please

(whimpering)

(Woman) I won't tell anyone.

(Man) You're really funny.

(Woman) Please let me go!

(Man chuckling) (Woman sobbing)

(glass clanging against the wall)

sh*t sh*t sh*t!

(quick footsteps)

(call connecting)

9-1-1, what is the address of your-

40 Apple... (clang)

(hollow metallic scraping)

Hello?

Hello?

What is the nature of your...

(unintelligible voices)

(door opening)

(unintelligible speaking continuing)

(speaking continuing)

(multiple voices speaking)

(recording beep)

(unintelligible speaking through mic)

(unintelligible speaking continuing)

(unintelligible speaking continuing)

(multiple people laughing)

(speaking continues)

(voices fading away)

(door closing)

(knocking)

(knocking)

(ominous music)

Hello?

(Man outside) Hello.

This is Officer Young and Officer Fields.

We're from the Unified Police Department.

May we speak to you for a moment?

Just a second.

So, is she going to be okay?

Miss Davis,

What was it exactly

that you heard next door?

I heard a woman crying, sobbing,

begging that guy to let her go.

- And you also placed a call last night?

- Yes.

I woke up to them yelling at each other,

and the woman was screaming for help.

So...

- Is she going to be okay?

- Miss Davis, as far as you could tell...

Sorry, could you just...

Oh, sorry.

As far as you could tell,

did anyone leave your

neighbor's apartment

between placing the call,

and when the officers arrived?

Tonight? No.

What about last night?

No.

Are you sure about that?

Yes. Nobody left the apartment.

(sighing)

My partner and I were just

in your neighbor's apartment.

Mr. Doss lives alone and says

he hasn't had anyone over.

-So, what does that mean?

-Well

we didn't see a woman.

Okay...

Well, I heard a woman scream for help...

- Is it possible that you...

- Excuse me, could you just

not touch anything?

Miss Davis, we checked with the

officers that responded last night,

we got the same story they did.

Your neighbor's stereo has been acting up.

Volume's been going up and down,

he said he broke it during the move.

No.

-That's impossible, I know, I heard...

-Miss Davis, if you have

any more noise complaints,

we suggest you call

your landlord.

Save UPD a trip.

We'll help ourselves to the door.

Have a good night, ma'am.

Have a good night.

How are you?

Fine.

Did you get a new washer and dryer set up?

Uh, yeah.

When do you need it back?

Whirlpool. Sweet.

Brigham.

I mean, I'm not even allowed to

take it from the station, technically.

What?

I mean I don't think

anybody would notice.

But they might.

Well

I really appreciate you

stopping by to drop it off.

- I'll see you in a couple days?

- You want the stuff?

You get me, too.

- I'm not gonna break anything.

- Of course not.

It's non-negotiable.

Are you doing

social distancing?

Yes.

-I'm asking...

-My work is like a ghost town.

90% of the employees work from home.

And the others have to wear

masks and work in separate offices.

There's zero human contact all day.

Don't hover.

What is this?

You said you needed

something to record audio.

This is what's jeopardizing your job?

-I mean, yeah.

-Does it even work?

Yeah...

It should.

(record button clicking)

(tape hissing fades in)

(whispered) Uh...

Hmm.

(timer dinging)

(food sizzling)

(tape crackling)

(knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

Dinner's ready.

Don't do that.

Sorry.

This looks nice.

Oh, man.

I haven't had this crap in so long.

(scoffing) Please.

So, um...

Why are you recording your walls?

I keep hearing...

Something?

No, it's serious.

I think my neighbor hurt somebody,

and the cops couldn't find anything.

The cops were here?

Twice?

But they didn't find anyone?

It's just like, this Doss guy.

He moved in like, three days ago.

So, wait, what'd you hear?

Well, the first night I woke up

to a woman screaming for help.

So he was fighting with his girlfriend.

- He says he lives alone.

- And you call the cops?

Yeah, and they said they

resolved it or whatever...

And then the next night, I

distinctly hear a man and a woman...

And she sounded terrified, you

know? Not like a normal argument.

Hmm.

- So I call the police again...

- They check it out, he's alone.

Exactly.

That's really weird.

Right?

-What if...

-No one left the apartment.

Copy that.

You done?

I wonder if this is something

Dana would be interested in.

Dana?

Yeah. Dana Carson.

She's an investigative reporter.

Oh, like

Dana Carson with the podcast.

Do you listen to that one?

Sometimes.

She's a little theatrical.

Do you work with her?

No, uh.

We work in different departments,

but on break we'll talk sometimes.

I mean, before all this, but

she's really nice in person.

Well, what would you tell her?

I think I would just have

her come over here and

listen to what you got.

And uh, be careful not

to expose you to anything.

(knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

(Brigham) Thanks again for coming over.

(Woman) So crazy.

This is literally the first time

I've left home since the shutdown.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

(chair scraping across the floor)

So Brigham says you're

a big fan of the show.

Oh, yeah...

I listen all the time.

Well, it's nice to hear people

actually enjoy our take on true crime.

Truth be told, I feel a little

silly playing up the drama

on 50 year old murders, but

maybe one day I'll actually get

to report on something relevant.

Gah! Come on, Utahns.

Start k*lling more people.

(polite laugh)

(clearing throat)

I was telling Dana about how you were

writing a paper for

your criminology class

how you needed to interview

a professional in the field.

Right.

I remember my first criminology class,

and I'd love to help a long

time listener such as yourself.

Wow. Thank you.

(swallowing)

Do you have any questions?

Something to take notes on?

Yes, uh...

(mouthing)

Ah!

I'm still trying to come up

with how to word my thesis, so...

Oh, yeah. That's fine.

On your podcast

the stories are all about

local victims who go missing,

and then are brutally m*rder*d either

as a one-off or as a series of killings.

That's correct.

And the people you interview...

People who knew the k*ller:

Friends, family -Neighbors.

They talk about strange things

happening around the time the k*lling.

That's right. They have an off putting

interaction or notice a change in behavior.

You know, something that

really makes their gut twist.

Do you really think that if those

people came forward earlier that

maybe those murders could

have been solved faster?

Even prevented future murders?

Oh, of course, it happens all the time.

A therapist violates HIPAA and

stops her client from k*lling someone.

A physician calls CPS when a child's

injuries are consistent

with domestic abuse.

Acting odd or being rude isn't

exactly evidence of a crime, but

speaking up never hurts.

If a person was convinced a crime happened

but they didn't have any evidence

what advice would you give that person?

If a crime did occur,

then there is evidence of it happening.

My advice?

Go find it.

(staccato string music)

(low thud)

(door closing)

(recorder button clicking)

(microphone bumping)

(low footsteps)

(tense music building)

(low footsteps)

(microphone rubbing)

(footsteps stop)

(music ends)

(tense string music)

(tape hissing through headphones)

(metallic scraping)

(low footsteps)

(footsteps stop)

(footsteps starting again)

(footsteps stop)

(unintelligible speech)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(staccato string music)

(door closing)

(car unlock beeping)

(knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

Come in.

Did you bring a new

interview subject for my paper?

Was it helpful?

Remains to be seen.

I've been tracking his

movements for evidence.

When he leaves, when he comes home.

Actually,

- I think he comes back pretty soon.

- Well yeah, it is the end of the workday.

I was able to catch some of

the basic stuff he was doing:

- My mom says hi.

- General moving around the apartment

watching TV.

-She's worried about you.

There was some stuff I

couldn't quite make out, though.

She says you must be goin...

Going crazy

being stuck here all the time.

It was easy to understand when

they were yelling at each other.

But he was so quiet last night.

And there was this other noise.

(tape whirring)

(stop button clicking)

Here.

Maybe you could...

(play button clicking)

(tape hissing)

Yeah.

Yeah, there's...

There's no way.

Sorry.

- I thought, maybe...

- Yeah. No, it's all right.

I mean, it'd be one thing

if he was in front of me.

Maybe I could read his lips,

but what you're hearing is

kind of basically what

it's like for me all the time.

I wish there was a way I

could, like, make it clearer.

Well, what does it sound like?

Well, he's definitely talking.

Okay...

What do the words sound like?

I don't know.

What, like you want me

to repeat what I'm hearing?

Yeah. I mean...

When I was a kid, that's

what my parents would do

when I didn't understand something.

They would repeat it over and over again.

And they'd make me say it over

and over again, until I got it right.

That really worked?

I mean, yeah.

I mean, there are different techniques.

Like what?

You could say the phrases

at different speeds

going faster or slower to help clarify it.

I mean, you can even do

different tones, even singing.

(scoffing) Singing? Really?

Yeah, and if all that doesn't work

just consider the context.

So... using the words I do

know to fill in the blanks?

Boom! You got it.

I'm not going to do it in front of you.

-Why not?

-Cause you'll make fun of me.

-So?

-Exactly. Not happening.

Okay.

Hey, um.

-Do you still have the...

-Actually I already recorded on both sides.

Do you think you can get me some more?

I just don't want to record over

something that might be important.

I meant the ring.

Oh.

We don't have to talk about it.

I mean, I haven't pawned

it off for toilet paper.

Yet.

Are you still up for that promotion?

Yeah, it's me and one other guy.

You don't take time off as it is.

The news never stops, Taylor.

- Even when the rest of the world does?

- And what would you have me do?

We live out of our cars, and we

forage for berries in national parks?

I would rather waste away in an office

trying to come up with

new ways to report on traffic.

And what?

You're going to open a

private detective agency

because you think you heard

something through the wall?

I'm not making this up, Brigham!

I know, I'm sorry. I...

I wouldn't have lent you all

this stuff if I didn't believe you.

Do you want it back?

(sighing)

No, it's okay, I'll get you more tapes.

I meant the ring.

(door closing)

That's him.

(on button clicking)

So, are we just...

Bye, then. I guess.

(tape hissing)

(joints popping)

(play button clicking)

(unintelligible speech)

(tape rewinding)

(unintelligible phrase repeating)

(stop button clicking)

Ready, ready, ooh, can I be a messy jaw?

Ready, ready, ooh, can I be... Ready,

ready, ooh, can I be a messy jaw?

(scoffing)

Stupid.

Stupid.

So stupid!

(sighing)

Ready, ready, ooh.

Can I be a messy jaw?

(unintelligible speech)

(tape rewinding)

(tape hissing)

(unintelligible speech)

(clicking off)

Ready, ready, ooh

can I be a messy jaw?

(whispering) Ready, ready,

ooh, can I be a messy jaw?

Ready, ready, ooh. Can I be a messy jaw?

(Chanting) Ready, ready,

ooh. Can I be a messy jaw?

Ready, ready, ooh. Can I be a messy jaw?

Ready, ready, ooh. Can I be a messy jaw?

(singing) Ready, ready,

ooh, can I be a messy jaw?

(singing overlapping) Ready,

ready, ooh, can I be a messy jaw?

Ready.

Ready.

Ooh.

-Ready, ready, ooh.

-Can I be?

-A messy.

-Can I be a messy?

(in unison) Jaw.

Ready, ready, ooh.

(whisper singing) Can I be a messy jaw?

(unintelligible speech)

(rewind whirring)

(unintelligible speech)

(rewind whirring)

(unintelligible speech)

(the tape repeats)

(the tape repeats faster)

(unintelligible speech)

Getting ready you.

Can I be a messy jaw?

Getting. Ready. You.

(exhaling)

Can I be a messy jaw?

(knocking to 'shave and a haircut')

Getting ready you, can I be a messy jaw?

What?

Is that more food?

Um...

I just figured if you're

gonna keep doing this...

I'd get you a couple items just to be safe.

Okay?

And I know you don't like g*ns.

So you got me a USB flash drive.

-What does this do?

-No, no!

(alarm screeching) Oh, ow!

- Are you trying to make me go deaf?

- I don't... How do I...

(alarm continues screeching)

(alarm clicking off)

Let me explain it to you!

-I'm sorry! I didn't know!

-What?

- I said I'm sorry!

- OK, you don't need to yell.

(Brigham wincing)

-It's a personal siren.

-No kidding.

It's... to daze the bad guy.

And then the sharp end is for

stabbing people.

Oh, perfect.

And this?

The classic pepper spray.

An oldie but a goodie.

- Just don't test it on me, please.

- (scoffing)

Thank you.

Nothing's going to happen to me, though.

I'm not going to leave this

apartment anytime soon.

I know, it's just I couldn't stop

thinking about last night. And

if anything were to

happen to you, I just...

I just want you to be safe.

I've been working on those phrases.

I think I just have a few words down but

do you think you could listen?

sh**t.

So it's...

Getting ready you... can I be a messy jaw.

Getting ready you, can I be a messy jaw...

Is he asking a question?

How can you tell?

If he ends it on an up

it's usually a question.

If it's on a down, it's

usually a statement.

(whispering) Can I be a messy jaw?

He goes down

pretty sure.

Then he's probably stating something.

It's probably not Can I be?

Can I be, a messy jaw.

Conna... Bay...

A massay... jaw...

Conna bay...

Gonna be?

Gonna be.

Yeah, maybe.

Gonna be.

(rewind whirring)

(clicking off)

(footsteps moving closer)

(tense music)

(muffled door opening)

(heavy footsteps)

(sign language) Quiet!

(sign language) We have to call the cops!

(sign language) I already told you,

(sign language) the cops don't believe me.

(sign language) Does he know it was you?

(sign language) Yes.

(sign language) Are you sure?

(sign language) I was yelling

and banging on the walls...

(sign language) So yeah, pretty sure.

(sign language) Do you believe me?

(sign language) Yes...

(sign language) That's

why I'm staying the night.

(sign language) No...

I've got pepper spray.

(sign language) The man next

door m*rder*d a woman...

(sign language) Is trying

to GET RID of the body...

(sign language) Knows that

you called the cops on him...

(sign language) Twice! And

you want to sleep here ALONE?

(sign language) That's what I thought.

(tender music swelling)

(sign language) You okay?

(sign language) I'm scared.

What time is it?

I think it's noon.

Stop. What time is it?

Why don't you check for yourself?

(gasping)

(low thud)

(low thud)

He's leaving early today.

Hey, he's leave early today.

-What?

-You have to follow him!

Why?

He might be getting rid of the body!

(Brigham groaning)

-Come on!

(Brigham struggling) Okay! Whoa!

-Brigham!

-Oh, my hearing A*DS!

- Brigham!

- Oh yeah, I forgot... Oh, thank you!

(car unlocking) (tense string music)

Come on, come on.

(car door closing) (car engine starting)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(smoke alarm beeping)

sh*t.

(smoke alarm beeping)

Oof!

(cell phone ringing)

Brigham.

Did you lose him? Does he have a body?

(Brigham) Uh, no body.

But he went to the hardware store.

Here, check it out.

He's buying cleaning supplies.

-Really heavy duty stuff.

-No way.

Why would he buy bleach

first thing in the morning?

Because he's cleaning up a m*rder.

The body's still in the apartment.

(tape recorder clicking on)

(tape hiss) (microphone bumping)

(door closing)

(footsteps)

Anything yet?

(something shaking)

(something solid pouring)

(footsteps)

(hollow metallic scraping)

(unintelligible speech)

(Doss) ...do you?

(whimpering)

What? You don't like it?

(whimpering)

(rattling)

(sign language) Still alive...

Don't be ungrateful. You don't

want to hurt my feelings, do you?

(small whimper)

What did you say the

subject of your paper was?

Stop.

If anything but the absolute

truth comes out of your mouth

I'm done here.

My neighbor's holding a

woman against her will.

And torturing her.

Okay.

You hear your neighbor attacking someone.

The police say they can't find anyone.

-You start stalking...

-Observing.

Stalking your neighbor.

Recording the activities and the

sounds coming from his apartment.

From all this, you have a couple

photos of him buying bleach.

- What about the tapes? You heard it.

- It sounds like a man

feeding a whining dog.

- We haven't seen him with a dog.

- You haven't seen a woman either.

Taylor, have you heard of Occam's Razor?

Sometimes the best

explanation is the simplest one.

Your neighbor's television was too loud.

I better get going.

I'll walk you out.

Sorry.

I know what I heard.

It wasn't a TV and it wasn't a dog.

There is a woman next door

who's hurting, and she needs us.

You interview people all the time.

People who have no evidence

but see all the warning signs.

You constantly say that we need to

speak up if we know something's wrong.

I know what I heard.

You said his name is Doss.

Is that a first name or last name?

Last name. Pretty sure.

I don't know his first name.

Well, you have his address. Do you

have any other information on him?

Phone number? Email?

Yeah.

Yeah, we have his license plate.

His car is the silver one right there.

Pen and paper.

You can keep observing his

behavior, but don't do anything drastic.

If you two get caught

doing anything stupid...

I was never here and

we never talked about this.

Thank you.

I'm not convinced he's

guilty of anything yet.

What you have here doesn't

impress me, let alone the police, but...

You have my curiosity.

I'll take a quick look into this

guy, see if anything stands out.

(page tearing)

-If you're right about all of this, then...

-Then I'll give you

the exclusive interview.

For Too Little, Too Late.

(Dana chuckling)

She is trouble.

I like her.

Yeah.

(News Woman) ...remains

in full swing with...

no indication on how long the

statewide shutdown will be extended.

We have a short term problem,

whether that's two months or four months.

Our first concern as a government

is to the health and welfare

of the people we represent.

These are troubling times.

There's a lot of rumors out there of

what's going to happen or not happen,

or what is happening.

With all the challenges

we face with coronavirus.

(News Woman) And local business owners

have begun to express their frustrations.

(Man) It's not right.

Everyone shutting down,

losing their livelihood

And no one's even got a plan.

(News Woman) The governor

issued a statement earlier

today saying he'll do everything

he can to get businesses open again.

(Governor) Are there

ways we can open back up

at least in some limited way,

to allow for customers to come in

with certain parameters and guidelines

that will keep the public safe

and still allow for their businesses

to kind of tread water as we

go through these troubled times.

(News Woman) That

being said, a full reopening

doesn't seem to be in the near

future, with estimates ranging from

a few more weeks, to several months.

With some experts saying

the closure should be indefinite

citing public health safety and

an already alarming loss of life.

(emotional music)

This technique works

really well for like stage

because you're far enough

away that they're just seeing...

Hey, guys! Today we're going

to go over some basic lock pick...

(washing machine beeping)

(water rushing)

(washing machine whirring)

Hey.

Taylor.

What?

It's okay to be upset.

I'm not upset.

I just want to do something about it.

Well some things are out of our control.

- And all we can do is sit and wait.

- Don't say that.

I don't believe in that.

It's not like we can invent a vaccine.

What are you talking about?

A global pandemic.

- What are you talking about?

- We need to get into his apartment.

-What?

-It would have to be you.

We just have to see

the inside for ourselves.

That is extremely ill*gal.

I don't think that matters

given the circumstances.

Okay. And how would we...

How would I do that?

Well I've been watching

lock picking tutorials.

How about I go knock on his door?

- I could do it in disguise.

- I already thought of that.

You could be delivering a package or

pretending to be a maintenance man.

- I could be a missionary.

- No, that wouldn't work.

-Why not?

-They come in twos.

They can be by themselves.

Well, it's not every day

you learn something new.

The only problem with you going in disguise

would be that he might recognize you later.

How about a drone?

A drone?

Yeah. We could just look through

the window without breaking in.

Are you patronizing me?

Why do we you eat prison food?

- You're not taking this seriously at all!

- Taylor. Breaking. In.

That's the complete

opposite of what Dana said:

- Don't do anything drastic.

- Which is code for 'don't do anything'.

And she's the expert.

Well, according to

experts, I shouldn't be here.

Okay.

I'm not going to do this right now.

- Where are you going?

- I am going to go make dinner.

For which I need ingredients,

which you don't have.

(distant door unlocking)

(suspenseful music)

(sighing)

(cellphone ringing)

What?

Doss just left his apartment.

He left the door open.

-What?

-I'm in Doss' apartment!

sh*t.

(car beeping)

Do you see anybody?

No, it looks pretty empty.

Look around!

The cabinets? Are you serious?

I don't know! I don't hide bodies!

-Wait.

-Wait, what?

He's coming back up.

- I'm getting the hell out of here.

- No! Just look in the bedroom!

- You just said he's coming up here!

- You have 40 seconds! Look in the bedroom!

Oh my gosh!

This whole place is empty!

The closet! The closet!

My a*s is so dead.

Taylor. No one is in here!

- I'm getting out!

- The bathroom! Just look in the bathroom!

Oh, sh*t. I am not ready for this.

Hurry! He's coming!

Okay. Okay.

Please don't be a dead body in here.

Okay. Three.

Two.

One.

f*ck me!

He's back. Doss is back.

Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap.

Ah! Oh!

(whispering) Brigham.

(suspenseful music building)

(door unlocking) Hi!

(door closing)

Hello.

You just moved in.

Yes.

How

do you like...

-You heard screaming from my apartment.

What?

Late at night you hear screaming

coming from my apartment.

(inaudible)

The police were called.

Twice.

You were the one that called them.

I wanted to apologize and explain myself.

It's embarrassing.

I have these dreams.

You ever have a dream so horrific

you wake up screaming?

Like a nightmare.

Huh.

I guess you could call it that.

But in a nightmare,

terrible things happen to you.

In my dreams,

I'm the one doing the terrible things.

-The things I do to these people.

-Stop!

I have a condition.

I get sick easily.

I can't get too close to anyone right now.

You know, it's probably best

if you don't come out here.

A lot of people you don't know

walking around this hallway.

(crashing)

It'd be a shame.

Like you just met your neighbor and

then you die.

See you around.

-I'm not...

-Shhh!

(door closing)

That was way too close.

I can't believe you did that.

Neither can I.

You were amazing!

Hey, check this out.

You took his spare key?

Yeah, I wasn't thinking

and I saw it on the counter...

Figured I'd take it, I don't know.

But you looked everywhere

and you didn't see anything.

Actually, I... (outside thud)

That laundry basket is bad luck.

That's what I tripped

over in the apartment.

-Are you OK?

-Look!

I didn't find a body, but he has

a lot of bloody towels in there.

(cell phone ringing)

It's Dana.

Dana, you won't believe what we just saw.

-Brigham was in Doss' apartment and...

-Whoa!

How did he get into the apartment?

That's not important.

He found a laundry basket

full of bloody laundry.

Like towels just soaked in blood!

That's your evidence right there.

Did he grab any of it?

I was trying to get out!

No.

But we both saw the laundry

spilled all over the ground.

And you're sure it was human blood?

What?

What else would it be?

Look, I did some digging.

Your neighbor, Doss?

He works at a veterinary clinic.

What?

Yeah.

He's a vet tech.

Which means he helps during surgeries.

Neutering, spaying,

bloodier stuff than that.

It's no surprise this guy would have some

bloody laundry or bleach to clean it up.

Who is he talking to then?

The person he was feeding?

Apparently he does

like, a hospice for dogs.

Before they're put down

he'll bring them home,

and give them a comfortable last day.

It's very humanitarian, actually.

No.

No, you haven't talked to this guy.

You don't know what he's like.

What do you mean?

Wait, did you talk to Doss?

I did. Out in the hall.

What did he say exactly?

He says he has dreams

where he hurts people,

and that he wakes up screaming,

Okay.

Granted, that's very creepy.

But don't you think that's a

good explanation right there?

What? What do you mean?

Taylor.

The man's having night terrors.

That's what you heard.

He's lying. And he's not even consistent.

First his stereo broke, and

now he's having night terrors.

Are you seriously buying

either of those two stories?

(Dana sighing)

Come on, Taylor. What's more likely?

There's a woman next door being

tortured that only you've heard,

and no one else has seen?

Even after breaking into the apartment,

Which totally violates

our terms, by the way!

-I'm telling you...

-'Don't do anything drastic'!

That was our deal.

I cannot be held liable

for stunts like that.

What if you got caught?

Or hurt?

Someone is hurt!

And I have to help her

because no one else will.

Goodbye, Taylor.

(call disconnecting)

What are you doing?

Just getting ready.

Taylor.

What about what Dana said?

(scoffing) About him being a vet?

Yeah. Doesn't that connect all the dots?

I don't care if you're doing

surgery or delivering puppies.

Seems like way too much blood.

(sighing) No.

We just have to push harder if

we want to find more evidence.

Push harder?

We don't have anything. I was

just in there and I didn't see anybody.

We don't have any

evidence. And I don't know

how I can show my

face at work after all of this.

Seriously?

We're about to solve a crime

and all you can think about is work?

Crime?

Have you ever considered that

you need there to be something?

What does that mean?

I mean

you're stuck here, but you

would rather there be a m*rder,

or a kidnapping next door than come to

face the fact that you're not in control.

You're not in control of the pandemic,

you're not in control

of getting sick again.

I don't think that you accept

the fact that you're scared.

I mean, that's why I work so much.

That's why I never

take a day off, because...

If you were to ever

get sick again, I need...

I need to be able to take care of you.

Because...

I can't lose you.

If you're not going to help me,

then you should probably go.

(door opening and closing)

(tape hissing)

(door opening)

(door closing)

(footsteps)

(faint TV playing)

(faint tape recorder whirring)

(distant dog barking)

(distant dog barking)

(distant dog barking)

(dog barking continuing)

(dog barking)

(lock rattling)

Hello?

(tense string music)

(metal sliding)

(teapot whistling)

('How to Spend Valentine's Day

Alone' by Love, Audrey playing)

Okay!

(grunting)

(exhaling)

(straining)

Microwave mac, I have found a new man.

(Dana, on podcast) Despite

the fact that they had been

through a long and arduous process

to bring evidence against the k*ller,

he was granted an appeal during

the summer of nineteen nine...

('How to Spend Valentine's Day

Alone' by Love, Audrey fading out)

(low rumbling)

(rumbling growing)

(glass shattering)

(sharp string music)

(Taylor sniffing)

(buttons beeping)

(contemplative string music)

(clinking) Ow!

(music building)

(objects shuffling)

(tapping to 'Shave and a Haircut')

(faint tapping)

(tense string music)

(knocking to 'Shave and a Haircut')

(faint tapping)

(knocking to 'Shave and a Haircut')

(music building)

(knocking to 'Shave and a Haircut')

(music stops)

(cell phone ringing)

Hey.

(Brigham) Hey, are you okay?

Yeah. A little flustered,

but nothing too bad.

I've been trying to call you.

Cell towers must be flooded right now.

Any damage?

Nothing major.

How's everything at the station?

Well, everyone's running

around trying to put out fires.

(Newsman) ...from our

own studio moments ago...

while an official report is pending,

researchers at the University of Utah...

(TV sound fading out) I've

never felt an earthquake before.

- So weird.

- (Brigham) Yeah.

(News Man) Easily the biggest earthquake

the state has seen in almost 30 years.

(Brigham) Supposed to

be the biggest in like

the last 30 years.

(News Woman) Salt Lake

City Police are asking residents...

So you're still at the station?

(Brigham) Yeah, well

you know how it is.

News never stops.(Chuckling)

Hey, I've been thinking about things.

Things?

Just like

about the future,

About what you said.

I don't want to just report about life.

I want to live it, too.

I don't know if I would call

traffic updates 'reporting about life'.

(chuckling) Maybe not.

But these past few

days, it made me realize...

I want to go out and join you on

whatever adventure you have cooked up.

I'll even use my vacation days.

Yeah, well,

I'm kind of adventured out for now.

Global pandemic,

imaginary murders,

now an earthquake.

It's amazing.

Even when you try to just

chill, trouble finds its way to you.

(scoffing) Seems like it.

And then you drag me into it.

So you see, I have no other choice.

You really don't.

Wait, I dragged you into it?

As I recall, you broke into

Doss' apartment all by yourself.

Don't remind me.

That was, like, the second most

stressful thing I've ever done in my life.

I could have sworn I

heard more noises today.

Oh, by the way

I couldn't find my press badge.

You haven't seen it around, have you?

No.

Turned the whole place

over yesterday. I didn't see it.

Oh, man.

What is it?

What if I dropped it in Doss' apartment?

What? How?

When I tripped over that laundry basket.

Oh, man! I'm going to lose my job.

I'm going to jail. I'm gonna go to jail!

Well, I still have his

key. I could go check.

Yeah, I'm hardcore vetoing that.

What do you want to do?

I don't know, maybe...

Maybe he didn't find it.

Or maybe he found it at the

laundromat. (Car door closing)

And thought it got mixed

up in his laundry. (Car locking)

Wait, Doss went to the laundromat?

Where else would he be

taking his dirty laundry?

Well

they just installed new

machines in all our units.

He would have just done it at home.

Unless...

(sinister music)

Taylor?

Brigham.

I need you to...

Call the cops, Brigham!

He's going to k*ll her!

Uh!

(keys jingling)

(frantic string music)

Hey!

(straining) Come on!

Rrr! Come on!

(grunting)

Listen I'm here to help you

but I can't move this on my own.

You have to push from your side, okay?

(grunting) Come on! Come on!

Rrgh!

(metallic screeching)

Here, take my hand.

Ugh!

(door thumping)

Hey. We have to go.

-I can't. I can't.

-Yes you can!

-Yes you can!

-I'm too tired.

I'm going to help you stand, okay?

We have to get out of here.

(grunting) (door banging)

(breathing heavily)

Hold onto the railing.

We've got to get to the other balcony.

-I can't.

-Yes you can! Yes you can.

I'm gonna go first, I'm

going to pull you over.

Hey you!

(fire alarm blaring) (coughing)

Argh!

Okay, come on.

(woman coughing) Why is there a fire?

Just stay low and follow me.

(both coughing)

(door pounding)

(Doss) You're not going anywhere!

We're trapped.

Just stay here.

(woman coughing)

(woman coughing)

Breathe through this.

(Taylor coughing)

What now?

- The police are on their way.

- We can't stay here!

(door pounding) (string music intensifying)

We're going to die here.

I have an idea. But we

have to do it together.

Okay?

Hey.

Hey, what's your name?

-It's Ava.

-Ava?

We can do this, Ava.

We can do this.

(snarling, grunting)

(personal siren screeching) Ahh!

Ugh!

Ah!

(straining)

You couldn't just mind your

own business, could you?

Could you?

Rrgh!

-Ah!

-Ugh!

(Taylor grunting) (Doss coughing)

-Ah!

-Come on!

Breathe it in!

Breathe that in!

Hey!

Ah!

(screaming)

Augh!

(moaning)

(coughing)

(coughing) (fire alarm blaring)

(coughing)

(all gasping, coughing)

(Ava sobbing)

Thank you!

(both crying)

Taylor!

(distant sirens wailing)

(gentle music swelling)

(Dana) In the most recent press release

the Unified Police Department

stated that samples of Ava's blood

showed large amounts

of Ketamine in her system.

Doss sedated her minutes before

officers arrived with drugs he'd skimmed

from the veterinary clinic.

Lucky for her

(through speaker) she had

a guardian angel listening.

(recording of hollow metallic scraping)

(Taylor coughing)

-Hold your breath.

As you listen through thin walls to

an exclusive recording that will send

chills down your spine.

Next week on Too Little, Too Late.

(coughing)

I think I may have added

a little too much spice.

I might actually be able to taste it.

Go slow.

Oh, this came in for you.

(soft string music)

(music swelling)

(inaudible)

(inaudible)

('How to Spend Valentine's

Day Alone' by Love, Audrey)