PROFILER
1X08:  CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC:  12/14/1996
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Written by:  SIBYL GARDNER
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SUMMARY:  Sam and the team investigate a series of murders whose victims were 
connected to the conviction of a murderer on death row.
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PROFILER
1X08:  CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
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FADE IN.

[CLOSE UP:  LIPS]

(A woman applies red lipstick to her lips.

WOMAN:  Don't look at me like that, Ronnie.  I'll only be gone a few hours.

(She puts the lipstick back on her vanity and picks up her perfume bottle.)

WOMAN:  Stop pouting.  I mean it. Ok?

(She applies two sprays of perfume to her cleavage.  She puts it back on the 
vanity counter.  She kisses the air.)

[INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT]

(THE WOMAN stands up and passes the black German Shepherd watching her get 
dressed.  She heads for the closet and removes the dry cleaning wrapper from her 
dress.)

WOMAN:  When I get back, we'll go for a walk.

(She buttons her dress.)

WOMAN:  Oh, he'll like this.  It shows lots of cleavage.

(She smoothes the front of her dress down with the palms of her hands.  She puts 
the dry cleaning wrapper in her purse and cleans up her hair appliances by 
tucking them into her bag.  She reaches out and opens the storage box near the 
bed and takes out a lighter.  She flips it on, then off.  She tucks that into 
the bag also.)



[EXT. THOMPSON HOUSE - NIGHT]

(Outside the house, A PERSON spray paints a big black X on the wall of the 
house.)

(Inside, PHYLLIS THOMPSON kisses her husband good bye.)

PHYLLIS THOMPSON: Bye.

(She grabs her things and walks out the front door.)

(The PERSON waiting in the shadows turns on his tazer gun.  PHYLLIS THOMPSON 
steps out from the porch out the front.)

(The PERSON fires the tazer gun.  It hits PHYLLIS THOMPSON in the back.  She 
falls down.  The PERSON turns off the tazer gun.  He tosses it into the PHYLLIS 
THOMPSON'S bag, picks it up and grabs the rods off the woman's back.)

(The PERSON puts a wire mesh over PHYLLIS THOMPSON and hauls her off.)

(Camera swings back to her husband inside the house, then to the side to focus 
on the big black spray painted X on the house wall.)

FADE TO
END OF TEASER
ROLL TITLE CREDITS



FADE IN.

[INT. SAM'S PLACE -- NIGHT]  

(SAM sits on the couch talking with COOP on the phone.)  

SAM:  Yeah, but, Coop, I mean, how do you kill ninteen people and not have a 
fingerprint on file anywhere?  (pause)  No, Jack's prints didn't match anything:  
Not military, not criminal, nothing.  (pause)  Yeah, I miss you, too.  All 
right, I'll, uh ... I'll talk to you over the weekend.  Ok.  All right. Bye.

(SAM hangs up.)

CUT TO:



[INT. JACK'S PLACE]  

(The door opens and JACK walks in.  He shuts and locks the door behind him.  He 
puts his bag down on the table and removes something wrapped in a black plastic 
bag.  Camera moves around JACK'S work table where we see a toy plastic laser gun 
and a newspaper clipping:  "JACK OF ALL TRADES" ESCAPES.  The subheadline reads:  
Handicapped man left dead in train station.)

[CUE SOUNDS:  HEAVY BREATHING]

(JACK carries the black plastic bag to the freezer.  He opens the freezer and 
puts it in the back.  We also see some necklaces hanging in the freezer.)

(JACK picks up an old ice cream container.  He opens it and sniffs it.  He puts 
it back in the freezer, then shuts the door.)

(JACK picks up the phone and dials the old rotary phone.  He's calling someone.  
The phone rings.)

CUT TO:



[INT. SAM'S PLACE -- NIGHT]  

(SAM is sitting on the couch scraping the bottom of an old ice cream container, 
yes it's the same kind that JACK had in his freezer.  The phone rings.  She 
answers it.)  

SAM:  Hey.  (pause)  Oh, hey, Bailey.  (clears throat)  No.  (pause)  What kind 
of cage?

CUT TO:



[EXT. WOODS -- NIGHT]  

LEGEND:
NORTH FALLS STATE PARK
OHIO

(A car drives up to the scene.)  

(There are OFFICERS everywhere as they scour the area.)

(SAM and JOHN exit the car.  JOHN holds the flashlight for SAM as they make 
their way to the crime scene.)

(They meet up with BAILEY who is already there standing in front of a woman in a 
small cage.)

BAILEY:  A couple of horseback riders found her this afternoon.  Local police 
think it might be some kind of cult thing.  Pretty freaked.  They're not used to 
this level of violence.

JOHN:  And we're supposed to be?

SAM:  How long has she been out here?

GRACE:  She's been dead less than 12 hours and out here a few days before that.

JOHN:  Any idea who she is?

BAILEY:  No I.D. On the body.  Nothing yet off missing persons.

SAM:  Asphyxiated?

GRACE:  Well, it looks like it, but she's covered with wounds.  She's got burns 
on her feet, on her back, lacerations to her head.

JOHN:  What's with her fingers?

SAM:  Looks like she was clawing the dirt.

JOHN:  Trying to get out.

BAILEY:  Not with this lock.

JOHN:  Looks like her hair.

(JOHN picks up some hair from the ground.)

SAM:  Was it cut off?

GRACE:  I don't know. I have to examine it in the lab.  I think she was pulling 
it out.  It's one big clump.

(SAM nods.)

JOHN:  What the hell is this?

(JOHN finds a switch and turns it on.  It activates a strobe light.)

GRACE:  Ooh. Ooh, that would drive me crazy.

(SAM turns to look at the woman in the cage.)

(Quick flashback to:  The WOMAN in the cage screams, pulls out her hair and 
claws at the dirt with her fingernails.  End of flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  Maybe that was the point.  Someone wanted her to go insane.

CUT TO:



[INT. FBI -- AUTOPSY ROOM]  

(GRACE and SAM walk over to the body.  GRACE explains what she's found.)  

GRACE:  We found 6 prints on the dry cleaning bag.  No matches yet.

SAM:  Any sexual abuse?

GRACE:  No, not unless he's into feet.  They've got third-degree burns from some 
kind of flame.  Maybe to stop her from running away?

SAM:  No, I think he probably did that after he got her into the cage.

GRACE:  It started with a stun gun.  She's got 2 burns on her back from 50,000 
volts.

SAM:  Well, maybe he had to knock her out to get control.

GRACE:  Well, she's got severe head trauma, but it's not from blunt force.  I 
think she was banging her head against the cage.

SAM:  I think it was about torturing her mind as well as her body.  I mean, the 
lights, the noise, her feet ... 

GRACE:  Looked like she had a pretty good life before this:  Designer clothes, 
the best dental work money could buy, cesarean scar.

SAM:  A mother.

GRACE:  Do you think he knew her?  Or she just happened to be at the wrong place 
at the wrong time?

SAM:  No, the wounds are too specific.  I think that the killer knew her.  And I 
think that he wanted to hurt her before he killed her.

(Quick flashback to:  The tazer gun and the electric currents pass through the 
wire.  The WOMAN falls.  End of flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  It's almost as if it was an act of revenge.

BAILEY:  Just heard from Atlanta P.D.  Someone called in a bomb threat at the 
train station.  Said the device was in the handicapped stall.  That's the same 
stall we found Jack's last victim.

SAM:  That's a nice subtle message about Coop, isn't it?  No bomb, right?

BAILEY:  Just a note, to you.

(BAILEY hands SAM the note.)

SAM:  "Looks like you could use a hand."

(Quick flashback to:  The Handicapped Man dead in the bathroom stall.  End of 
flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  I guess we're not moving fast enough for him.

GRACE:  Sorry, we're busy.  He's not the only sick-o on our minds.

SAM:  Well, he wants me totally focused on him.

BAILEY:  I called Coop. He's ok.

SAM:  Thanks, Bailey. 

(GEORGE rushes into the lab.)

GEORGE:  We just got a hit on missing persons.  Cincinnati Bureau's faxing over 
the stats.

SAM:  Grace, could you --

(SAM hands the note to GRACE.)

GRACE:  Oh, yeah, I'll get right on it.

CUT TO:



[INT. FBI - VCTF - COMMAND CENTER]  

(Open on the photo and stats of PHYLLIS THOMPSON on the monitor.)  

GEORGE:  Her name is Phyllis Thompson.  She's a clinical psychologist.  Husband 
reported her missing four days ago.

SAM:  She was a psychologist?

GEORGE:  Yeah. They've been harassed for the past two months, filed 8 police 
reports.

BAILEY: What were they on?

GEORGE:  Well, the night she disappeared, this was painted on the house.

(The photo of the "X" on the wall goes up on screen.  The photos change as 
GEORGE explains.)

GEORGE:  A week before, broken windows, and the whole time, they were getting 
weird stuff in the mail, like this stuff.

(Photos of a headstone and a death certificate appears on screen.)

JOHN:  Any matching M.O.s?

GEORGE:  (sighs)  Not this century.

BAILEY:  First impressions?

SAM:  Well, there are two things going on here.  Psychologically, we have 
someone who creates a total state of fear.  

(The photo of the woman in the cage appears on screen.)

SAM:  He enjoys taunting and forecasting death.  And on a physical level, he 
tortures before he kills.

JOHN:  A sadist?

SAM:  Mmm, but it isn't sexual.  (She takes a couple of steps forward.)  I think 
it's about control or revenge.  Where was Phyllis Thompson's practice?

GEORGE:  The outpatient clinic, St. James Hospital, Cincinnati.

BAILEY:  Check her patient list, John.  Sam, let's talk to the husband.

(BAILEY and SAM head out of the office.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. THOMPSON RESIDENCE -- DAY]  

(MR. THOMPSON is scrubbing the wall when BAILEY and SAM walk up to him.)  

BAILEY: Mr. Thompson?

(MR. THOMPSON doesn't stop scrubbing the walls.  BAILEY puts a hand on his 
shoulder to get his attention.)

BAILEY:  Mr. Thompson, can you tell us where your wife was going when she 
disappeared?

MR. THOMPSON:  She got a call from a patient.  Someone upset.

(He turns to look at the wall.)

MR. THOMPSON:  It won't come off.  I got to get it off.  I can't stand looking 
at it.

(SAM watches as MR. THOMPSON dips his brush in the bucket and continues 
scrubbing the wall.)

(Quick flashes of:  The black spray-painted "X" on the wall.  The black spray-
painted "X" on the back of the woman in the cage.  PHYLLIS THOMPSON kisses her 
husband goodbye as seen through the window.  End of flashback.  Resume to 
present.)

(MR. THOMPSON continues to scrub the wall.)

SAM:  You--you know what you could do? You know what you could do?

(SAM puts her hand on his arm to get his attention.  He stops scrubbing.)

SAM:  You could paint over it.

(He looks at the wall.)

MR. THOMPSON:  Yeah, maybe this wall.  Just this section, yeah.  

(He looks at SAM.  She nods.)

MR. THOMPSON:  That'd work.  Thanks.

BAILEY:  The person who called your wife, was it a man, woman?

MR. THOMPSON:  Philly didn't say, but whoever it was, was a fake, the cops said.

BAILEY:  Can you show us where she was abducted?

MR. THOMPSON:  Um ... 

(MR. THOMPSON reaches for the rifle resting up against the wall.  Both BAILEY 
and SAM notice the move.)

(He walks past them toward the front of the house.)

MR. THOMPSON:  (upset, crying)  The police said that ... it happened right here 
on the side of the road.  Just right around here.

(As soon as they turn the corner of the house, a large black german shepherd 
barks and growls at them, startling them.)

MR. THOMPSON:  Dwayne!  Dwayne!  Calm down.

(The dog calms down slightly.  MR. THOMPSON leads BAILEY and SAM to the front of 
thehouse.)

MR. THOMPSON:  Sorry about that.

BAILEY:  It's ok. We needed the adrenaline rush.

MR. THOMPSON:  It's ok, good boy.

BAILEY:  Was Dwayne out here the night Phyllis disappeared?

MR. THOMPSON:  Yeah.

BAILEY:  Was he chained?

MR. THOMPSON:  No. At night, we don't chain him.

BAILEY:  How did someone get past Dwayne?

MR. THOMPSON:  He probably threw a bone to Dwayne.

SAM:  Did your wife ever mention any patients that she was afraid of?

MR. THOMPSON:  She didn't talk much about her work -- um, professional ethics, I 
guess.  But there were a couple guys who kind of worried her.  Um, Monty was 
one, and--and--and, I don't' know, Jim or Jack or something.

(BAILEY'S eyes flicker at the mention of Jack's name.  SAM nods.)

(There's a creaking sound.  They all turn and see the little girl on the swing.  
MR. THOMPSON rushes toward his daughter.)

MR. THOMPSON:  Where's Jenn?

DAUGHTER:  She's out in the front.

(He rushes around the front of the house and stands in front of JENNIFER ANN.  
He starts shouting at her at the top of his lungs, unmindful that BAILEY, SAM 
and the other workers are there watching.)

MR. THOMPSON:  (shouting)  Jennifer Ann!  What are you doing out here?!  Told 
you never, never, never to go anywhere by yourself!  What is wrong with you?!

(SAM looks up and notices the bars on the windows.  The van and workers are from 
the SLAVIN ALARM SYSTEMS / COMPUTERIZED ELECTRONIC SECURITY company.)

(They turns and watch MR. THOMPSON put the rifle down on the ground, kneel in 
front of JENNIFER ANN, hold her and cry.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. FBI  BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY]



[INT. FBI - BAILEY'S OFFICE -- DAY]  

(SAM picks up her big salad and starts picking at it.)  

SAM:  I've stopped being thrown every time someone mentions the name Jack.

BAILEY:  I get thrown too.  I wake up in the morning thinking about the Bastard.

(BAILEY works on his hot dog as SAM picks at her salad.)

BAILEY:  Please pass the mustard.

SAM:  Here.

(SAM hands him the mustard bottle and scrunches her face at his hot dog.)

SAM:  Do you know what's in those things?

BAILEY:  Sometimes, denial's a good thing.  (He adds more mustard to his hot 
dog.)  Let's get back on Phyllis Thompson.

SAM:  If it was a patient, I know how she must've felt.  One of my first 
patients was a guy named Jerry Pape.  After his first visit, I knew he was a 
little out there.  On his third visit, he gave me a lucky rabbit's foot and I 
thought ... huh ...  He's a little sweetie, he has a crush on me.  Then, I saw 
the rest of the rabbit over the pocket (she laughs).

BAILEY:  True love.

SAM:  Hmm.  Part of me was determined to stay and help him and the other part 
just wanted to run for the hills.

BAILEY:  What did you do?

SAM:  I passed him along to someone more experienced.  And I felt like a 
complete failure.

BAILEY:  I'm glad you survived and ... 

(SAM rolls her eyes.)

SAM:  Ego.

(The telephone rings.  BAILEY answers it.)

BAILEY:  (to phone)  Malone.

(JOHN knocks on the door and walks into the office.)

SAM:  Did you have any luck at the clinic?

JOHN:  After I made a few threats.  What is it with these people?  You'd think 
it was the pentagon, the way they try and hide their files.

SAM:  Well, if you were a patient, you'd probably appreciate it.

JOHN:  I'm investigating a murder, Sam.

BAILEY:  (to phone)  What time?

JOHN:  Sorry.

BAILEY:  (to phone)  Give me the address again.

JOHN:  Uh, she had a -- a violent patient named Lenny Krupak, hung himself a 
couple of days ago.  Sounds like he could've been the guy.

(BAILEY hangs up the phone.)

BAILEY:  Not unless he came back from the dead.  Just found another victim.  

(They all look at each other.)

BAILEY:  Tennessee.

(BAILEY gets to his feet.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. - NIGHT]



[EXT. LARSON STATE PARK -- NIGHT]  

LEGEND:  
LARSON STATE PARK
TENNESSEE

(The team is at the site where another woman is in a small cage.)  

GRACE:  She's got the same "X" on her back and burns from the stun gun.

BAILEY:  Is there anything on her feet?

GRACE:  No, her feet are fine.  The killer used the same kind of dry cleaning 
bag.

(SAM notices the handcuffs on the woman's wrists.)

SAM:  Phyllis Thompson wasn't handcuffed.

GRACE:  And she wasn't outside as long as Thompson was.

BAILEY:  Could be changing his M.O., doing them quicker, less brutal.

GRACE:  I don't think so.  Take a look at this.

(GRACE shines the flashlight on her eyes.  They're bloodied.)

BAILEY:  Oh.

JOHN:  What happened to her eyes?

SAM:  Why would he want to blind her?

(Camera holds on SAM.)

FADE OUT.



FADE IN.

[EXT. LARSON STATE PARK -- NIGHT]  

(GRACE fills BAILEY in.)  

GRACE:  The same kind of cage.  Company's called Sutherland equipment.  They 
sell wholesale to kennels and animal shelters.

BAILEY:  And then, occasional psychopaths.

GRACE:  Women need to know about this, Bailey.  He's going from state to state.

BAILEY:  I've already got it wired, Grace.  We got to be careful.  We don't want 
to start a panic.

JOHN:  The police found clothing fibers in the victim's car.  We also got a name 
here:  Marilyn Norville.  She's a teacher from Chattanooga.  She and her car 
disappeared at the discount mart parking lot two days ago.

(As JOHN talks, BAILEY sees SAM standing off alone, apart from everyone.  He 
heads toward her.)

(He settles behind her.  SAM turns and glances at BAILEY, then turns back to 
look out into the dark.)

SAM:  Why here?

BAILEY:  Secluded ... far away from people.

SAM:  Yeah, he doesn't do too well with people.  He does better with animals.  
Didn't have any trouble getting past Dwayne.

BAILEY:  Why these women?  What do they have in common?

SAM:  Maybe it's what they don't have in common.  Why would he try to blind one 
and drive the other one crazy?  Maybe he's angry at them for different reasons.

(BAILEY shakes his head.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. FBI BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY]



[INT. FBI - BULLPEN -- DAY]  

(SAM walks through the bullpen as BRAD fills her in.)  

BRAD:  I spoke to Marilyn Norville's husband.  Past couple of months they've 
been harassed just like Phyllis Thompson.  Poor guy doesn't even leave his house 
anymore.  Basically, same thing:  "X" spray painted on the house, broken 
windows.

SAM:  Thank you, Brad, thanks.

(SAM turns and heads to her office.)



[INT. FBI - SAM'S OFFICE - DAY - CONTINUOUS]

(SAM looks at the photos of the victims, their houses, their crime scenes.)

(Quick flashes of:  PHYLLIS THOMPSON'S unhandcuffed hand hanging out of the 
cage.  MARILYN NORVILLE'S handcuffed wrists.  The tazer.  The bars on the 
windows.  End of flashes.  Resume to SAM.)

(SAM thinks about it.)



[INT. FBI - BAILEY'S OFFICE - DAY - CONTINUOUS]

(SAM enters BAILEY'S office.)

SAM:  Bailey, I need you to listen to this and tell me if it makes sense.  I 
think that these crimes are about prison.  I mean, everything the victims went 
through has something to do with being in prison:  The stun gun, the handcuffs, 
the bars on the cages.

BAILEY:  Keep going.

SAM:  Well, there's no connection between the victims -- I mean, at least not an 
obvious one -- but look at Adam Thompson.  I mean, he's a prisoner in his own 
home.  And all of the victims ended up prisoners in cages.  Now, who uses a stun 
gun?  

BAILEY:  Cops, prison guards.  You think we're looking for someone who works at 
a prison?

SAM:  No, it's more like they're experiencing what it's like to be a prisoner.  
I think that he's blaming them for his experience.

BAILEY:  Like it's their fault he once went to prison?

SAM:  Yeah.

BAILEY:  Ok, so who's responsible for putting people in prison?  We've got 
police, prosecutors, judge, jury.

SAM:  Maybe they served on the same jury and convicted him.

BAILEY:  I'll have George check it out.

(SAM turns to leave.  BAILEY reaches for the phone.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. FIRE HOUSE - RAINY NIGHT]



[INT. SAM'S PLACE -- NIGHT]  

(SAM closes the door.   She gets into bed, but doesn't immediately go to sleep.  
The alarm goes off.)  

CUT TO:



[EXT. FBI BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY]



[INT. FBI - BULLPEN -- DAY]  

(GRACE meets up with SAM as she walks into the office.)  

GRACE:  Sam, you want to look at something?

SAM:  If I can keep my eyes open.

GRACE:  Why? You couldn't sleep?

SAM:  No.  My daughter Chloe has been having nightmares, and, I don't know, it 
just worries me.

GRACE:  Well, how old is she?

SAM:  She's seven.

GRACE:  Aw, you know, 7-year-olds have nightmares all the time.  I used to have 
nightmares at 7 years old.  You know, you grow out of it.  She'll be all right.

[LAB - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]

(They enter the lab.

SAM:  Did you ever want to have kids?

GRACE:  Yeah, I did.  But my ovaries, they had other plans.  But, you know, I 
got the last laugh.  I raised 3 poodles who think they are kids, except I get to 
put them out in the backyard with a nice little bowl of water and go to the 
movies.  You can't do that with a kid, huh?

SAM:  No, you can't.

(GRACE turns to the baggied article from JACK.  The headline reads:  "JACK OF 
ALL TRADES" ESCAPES.  The subheadline reads:  Handicapped man left dead in train 
station.  The hand-written note on the article reads:  LOOKS, LIKE YOU COULD USE 
A HAND.  She turns on the black light and a print appears on the paper.)

GRACE:  Now take a look at this.  This is a note from the train station, all 
right?  Ok, come here.  Take a look at this.

(GRACE turns to the computer to show the print comparison with a 99.97% 
probability match.)

GRACE:  This is a perfect match to the print on the victim in the train station.

SAM:  Which matches nothing.

GRACE:  It's got to be Jack's prints.  What else could it match?

SAM:  Can you run all of the prints at all of his crime scenes?  Even the 
victims?  I don't know, maybe we missed something.

GRACE:  Sure, I can do that.

SAM:  Great.  Thanks.

CUT TO:



[INT. JACK'S PLACE -- DAY]  

(JACK is sanding down something when he skips and injures himself.)  

JACK:  Ow!

(He uses a pick tool and tries to dig it out.

JACK:  Ow!

(He tosses the tool aside.  He picks up some sand paper and sands down his 
nail.)

CUT TO:



[INT. FBI - BULLPEN -- DAY]  

(BAILEY and SAM walk through the bullpen on their way to the Command Center.)  

BAILEY:  Sam, the link between Norville and Thompson, you were right.  They were 
both involved in the same trial ten years ago.  A guy named Ronnie McDern.  He's 
on death row in North Carolina, set to be executed tomorrow at midnight pending 
a final appeal.

[COMMAND CENTER - DAY - CONTINUOUS]

(They walk into the Command Center and take their seats.  A photo and stats of 
Ronnie McDern is on the monitor.)

JOHN:  Meet Ronnie McDern.  Norville and Thompson both lived in North Carolina.  
In '85 and '86, both testified against him in his murder trial.

GEORGE:  He and a partner robbed a convenience store.  McDern blew away the 
clerk and a customer for no reason at all.  And neither one of them ever even 
saw McDern or his partner.  Their backs were to them the whole time.

JOHN:  Clerk did everything they said.  Gave them the money, didn't move, didn't 
speak.

GEORGE:  Marilyn Norville saw the whole thing.  She testified against him at his 
trial.  She nailed his ass.

(Quick flashback to:  In the convenience store, MARILYN NORVILLE is walking 
through the aisle with her basket when she hears the commotion.

RONNIE MCDERN: Against the wall!  

(Through the mirrors up on the corners, she sees the robbery taking place.)

PARTNER:  Turn around!

RONNIE MCDERN:  Against the wall!

(RONNIE MCDERN opens the cash register and removes the money.

MAN: Don't move!

(They start to leave.  On their way out, RONNIE MCDERN shoots and kills the two 
men.  She sees everything.  RONNIE MCDERN grabs a package of potato chips, takes 
a last look, then leaves.)

(End of flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  That's why he tried to blind her.

JOHN:  And Phyllis Thompson testified that he was sane when he pulled the 
trigger, which wipes out his insanity plea.

SAM:  So he drove her insane.

BAILEY:  He didn't.  He's behind bars thirty-six hours from meeting with the 
hangman.

JOHN:  We'll see. He's already had a couple of trials and a string of appeals.  
Thirty-six hours is a long time.

SAM:  Especially if you're seeking revenge.  When was his last appeal denied?

GEORGE:  Two months ago.  When the harassment started.

SAM:  What's the method of execution in North Carolina?

BAILEY:  Guess.

(SAM turns and looks at the photo on the monitor.)

(Quick flashes of:  MARILYN NORVILLE.  Of the plastic bag around her head.  Of 
PHYLLIS THOMPSON'S dead body.  End of flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  Gas.  It asphyxiates.  (BAILEY nods.)  All right, so who's doing his 
killing for him?

GEORGE:  Well, his partner, Dan Parson ... he did his time.  He got out a year 
ago.

BAILEY:  John, talk with him.  If he's planning on killing anyone else, he's 
probably harassed them like the others.  George, contact everyone connected with 
his trials, from the judge to the bailiffs who work the courtroom, anyone with 
the slightest harassment.  I don't care if they got bumped on line at a grocery 
store.  I want them under protective custody.

(JOHN stands up and leaves the table.)

SAM:  What about McDern?  Who's talking to him?

(SAM turns to look at BAILEY.)

CUT TO:



[INT. PRISON -- DAY]  

(The guards open the door for BAILEY and SAM.)  

BAILEY:  I'm going to check the visitor's list.  I'll meet you inside.

SAM:  Okay.

(BAILEY checks in as the other guard leads SAM into the inner area.  BAILEY 
shows the guard his ID and the guards hands him an envelope.)

GUARD:  Yes, I have it right here.

(The other GUARD opens the door for SAM.  He closes the door behind her.)

(BAILEY watches as SAM walks in.)

[DEATH ROW]

(The door opens and SAM walks in.  She signs in at the station and looks up.  
She sees RONNIE MCDERN sitting on his cot.  The guard gives her her ID.)

SAM:  Thank you.

(The GUARDS open the cell door.  SAM walks inside.

SAM:  Mr. McDern?

(RONNIE MCDERN gets to his feet.  He walks over to the table and with his 
chained hands, pulls out the chair for SAM.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  (southern drawl)  I hope this doesn't offend you.

(SAM sits down.  RONNIE MCDERN takes the opposite seat.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  Women's lib:  In ... or out these days?

(SAM smiles at him.  He smiles at her.)

SAM:  If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions.

RONNIE MCDERN:  That's fine by me.

SAM:  I understand that you've had a pretty rough time in here.  You filed a 
civil suit after some guards burned your feet on the asphalt.

(RONNIE glances at the GUARD sitting behind the desk outside his cell.  The 
GUARD looks up.  RONNIE turns back to look at SAM.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  They're all healed now, ma'am.  Not that it makes any 
difference.

SAM:  I saw some similar burns on a murder victim in Ohio.  Phyllis Thompson.

(RONNIE stares blankly at SAM.  SAM meets his gaze.)

SAM:  You don't remember her?

(He shakes his head.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  Should I?

SAM:  Well, she testified against you at your trial along with Marilyn Norville.  
They were both murdered recently.

RONNIE MCDERN:  (shakes his head)  I'm sorry, ma'am. I ... I don't know anything 
about it.  I mean, if they were at my trial ... I don't remember them.

(SAM sees the mermaid tattoo on his arm.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  I don't think about it much at all, honestly.  I try to keep my 
sights  on the future, not the past.

(She sees a second tattoo on his other arm of a woman in her underwear looking 
out at bars, her back to the viewer.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  Maybe someone read about me and got some crazy ideas.

(SAM stares at RONNIE.)

(Quick flashes of:  SAM'S eye.  RONNIE'S eyes.  RONNIE'S smile.  RONNIE'S 
handcuffs around his wrists.  The two tattoos.  RONNIE'S eyes.  End of 
flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  Maybe it was someone you know.

RONNIE MCDERN:  I have a lot of supporters ... but they've been trying to get 
justice through the court.

SAM:  And what is your idea of justice, Ronnie?

RONNIE MCDERN:  Truth.  People not lying about me.  I was a hothead.  I'll give 
you that.  But I didn't kill nobody.  It was Dan who pulled that trigger.

SAM:  Well, the jury didn't see it that way.

RONNIE MCDERN:  (wistfully)  Well, they don't always see the truth.

(SAM watches RONNIE carefully.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  And I'm paying for that with my life.  But I didn't kill 
anybody.

(The buzzer blares and the door opens.  BAILEY walks in.  SAM excuses herself.)

SAM:  Excuse me.

(She stands up and leaves the cell to meet with BAILEY.)

SAM:  It's a woman.  If anyone is killing for him, it's a woman.

BAILEY:  Are you sure?

SAM:  He's very charming, in a scary sort of way.  What else would explain the 
stun gun? She needed to knock them out first.

BAILEY:  Then she just killed his Public Defender.  We couldn't get there quick 
enough.

(SAM turns to look at RONNIE.  He looks up and glances back at her.  Camera 
holds on SAM.)

FADE OUT.



FADE IN.

[INT. PRISON -- DAY]  

(The buzzer blares.  SAM and BAILEY are inside RONNIE MCDERN'S cell.)  

SAM:  Did you find anything?

(As he reads, SAM goes through RONNIE'S fan mail.)

BAILEY:  (reading)  "Dear Ronnie, I miss you so much I've decided to do it.  I'm 
leaving my husband.  You were so right about everything.  He doesn't understand.  
Even my kids don't understand, but I know you do."  (BAILEY looks up at SAM.)  I 
don't.

SAM:  There's a lot of lonely women out there.  Look at this.

(She hands a letter to BAILEY.)

SAM:  Ronnie McDern fan club.  

BAILEY:  You'd think she'd touch up her roots for the picture, if she really 
cared.

(SAM looks through the photos and finds a photo of a black "X" spray painted on 
the side of a wall.)

SAM:  Bailey.

(SAM stands up.)

SAM:  Look at this.

(BAILEY peels the photos and finds a second photo of the woman dead in her 
cage.)

BAILEY:  What do you think they are? Proof she did the job for him?

SAM:  Or proof of her love for him.  It's probably the way they consummated 
their relationship.

(In the background, we hear a door slide open and the hoot, hollers and whistles 
of the other prisoners.)

BAILEY:  Well, which one is she?  There's dozens of them.

(KATHERINE EVERS walks in.)

KATHERINE EVERS:  What do you think you're doing?

BAILEY:  Bailey Malone, Sam Waters, FBI.  

(BAILEY shows her his ID.)

BAILEY:  And you are?

KATHERINE EVERS:  Katherine Evers, Mr. McDern's attorney.  He just informed me 
of your little visit.  Get this straight:  I don't like little visits with my 
clients when I'm not present.

BAILEY:  Your client's a suspect in a double homicide investigation.

KATHERINE EVERS:  Really? How convenient.  You pin a couple of cases you can't 
solve on someone who's about to be executed.

BAILEY:  Both victims helped convict McDern in his original trial fifteen years 
ago.  What do you call that, Miss Evers, a coincidence?

KATHERINE EVERS:  If he is under investigation for a crime, he had a right to 
counsel when you talked to him.  Now, your behavior's outrageous.

BAILEY:  Give me a break.  He's a convicted murderer.

KATHERINE EVERS:  That is my client's personal property.  I'd advise you not to 
take it.  

(BAILEY and SAM ignore the thread and gather the letters.)

KATHERINE EVERS:  You just bought yourself a lawsuit.

BAILEY:  Why bother? McDern's not going to be around to collect the damages.

(BAILEY heads out of the cell past KATHERINE EVERS.)

BAILEY:  Excuse me.

(SAM also leaves the cell.  As she exits the cell, hoots, cat-calls and whistles 
from the other inmates sound.)

CUT TO:



[INT. JACK'S PLACE -- DAY]  

(JACK works at his work table.  We see various items on the table.  He picks up 
a piece of paper and puts some glue on it.  He smears the glue with the tip of 
his finger.  He uses a tool and continues to gouge out something he's working 
on.)  

CUT TO:



[EXT. FBI BUILDING (STOCK) -- NIGHT]  



[INT. FBI - HALLWAY - NIGHT]

(GEORGE walks up to SAM and BAILEY as they arrive.)  

GEORGE:  I just finished McDern's enemy list ... three other people were 
harassed.  The jury foreman, the judge from his second trial, and the 
prosecuting attorney.

BAILEY:  You brought 'em under protective custody?

GEORGE:  Oh, yeah, it's taken care of.  Yeah, we've been reading McDern's 
letters from these women - 

BAILEY:  One second.

GEORGE:  Some of them need to be locked away.

SAM:  You know, well, nine times out of ten, these women have been abused.  And 
a lot of them don't think that their men are guilty.  I mean, Carol Bruth, she 
didn't.  She fell for Ted Bundy at his trial, married him and had his child.

BAILEY:  You're kidding me.  One of the hillside stranglers, Kenneth Bianchi's 
girlfriend tried to copycat a crime.  Make the police think the real killer was 
still on the loose.  She tried to kill a woman for him.

SAM:  But she botched the murder, and he married someone else.

BAILEY:  Let's meet McDern's fan club.

(They walk into the Command Center.)

[COMMAND CENTER - CONTINUOUS]

(GEORGE is at his laptop putting the photos of the women up on the monitor.)

JOHN:  Number one is Rita Herrera.  32, divorced, works as a manicurist.  She's 
been corresponding with McDern for the last eight years.

GEORGE:  I just don't get it.  I don't know.  Call me crazy.

SAM:  A lot of these women associate violence with masculinity.  The more 
violent the man is, the more feminine they feel.

GRACE:  Take Charles Manson ... never hard up for a date.

SAM:  He could mesmerize women.  Sort of like McDern.

JOHN:  Heard you thought he was charming.

GEORGE:  How did they do it?

SAM:  Well, they're natural psychologists.  They're experts at manipulating 
human emotion.  All that time in prison, they learn how to read people.

BAILEY:  Let's try to read these women.  We've got a lot of letters and not a 
lot of time.

(On the monitor, photos of the women flash as JOHN narrates.)

JOHN:  Ok, uh, number 2 is a doctor, Leslie Ryan, and why she's going for a guy 
like him when she could have me, I don't know.

GEORGE:  You know, here's something.  She moved to North Carolina to be closer 
to the prison two years ago.

SAM:  Did any of the others?

GEORGE:  Yes, four of the others.

BAILEY:  Let's concentrate on them.

(GEORGE puts the photos of the four women on the board.)

GEORGE:  And they all showed up on his visitors list for the past two months. 
Barbara Minetta, she's a nurse at park hills hospital.  Ilene Klinger she's been 
protesting one thing or another ever since Vietnam.  Helen Oaks is 35.  She's 
unemployed since her move to Raleigh.  And Corporal Mackensie Sutton.  Stationed 
at an army base in Greensboro.

(BAILEY reaches over and taps JOHN on his shoulder.)

BAILEY:  Let's check their alibis.

SAM:  That's not everyone.  Katherine Evers is in love with him, too.

CUT TO:



[INT. PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE -- DAY]  

(At 4:20 in the afternoon, the office is busy.)  

LAWYER:  (to phone)  Just tell him we don't have until tomorrow.  We need 
another stay.

(SAM is trying to talk with KATHERINE EVERS.)

SAM:  Did he ever mention any of these women to you:  Uh, Barbara Minetta, Helen 
Oaks, Mackenzie Sutton, or Ilene Klinger?

KATHERINE EVERS:  Uh, no.

SAM:  You're sure about that?

KATHERINE EVERS:  Yes.

SAM:  Would you mind just looking at these letters?

KATHERINE EVERS:  Do I look somewhat busy to you?  I'm waiting for the ruling on 
an appeal that could save a man's life.  Now, I don't have the time, nor the 
inclination to look at his correspondence at the moment.

SAM:  These aren't just pen pals.  They're in love with him.

(KATHERINE looks down at the letters and photos on the desk.  She looks back up 
at SAM, then down at the letters again.  She picks them up and hands them to 
SAM.)

KATHERINE EVERS:  Get this crap out of here.

SAM:  Miss Evers, I'm trying to save lives, too.  One of these women may have 
killed for McDern.  I think that he knew it and probably encouraged it.

KATHERINE EVERS:  Well, I think that's impossible because, you see, I know my 
client.  And he wouldn't do that.

(SAM pauses for a moment.)

SAM:  He used these women.  And I think he's using you.

KATHERINE EVERS:  Get out!  Now.

(SAM nods.  She turns and leaves.  Camera holds on KATHERINE EVERS.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY - NIGHT]

(Outside a crowd has gathered in protest of the coming execution.  SAM makes her 
way through the crowd.  She's looking for someone.)

(On the other side, BAILEY and JOHN are also walking through the crowds.  He's 
looking for SAM.  They find each other.)

BAILEY:  Sam!

SAM:  Any luck?

BAILEY:  Sutton was at an officer training camp the day Thompson was kidnapped.  
We haven't found Helen or Barbara.  We've got agents at their homes waiting.

SAM:  What about Ilene Klinger?

BAILEY:  Her son said she'd be here.  She's been crusading against the death 
penalty for years.

JOHN:  She got to know McDern fighting his cause ... the, uh, love came later.

BAILEY:  (to JOHN)  Look, uh, check the perimeter.  Meet me back here in five 
minutes.

(JOHN leaves.)

BAILEY:  George found a match on the fingerprints from the Atlanta Train 
Station.  They're not Jack's.

SAM:  Whose were they?

BAILEY:  His 11th victim ... Dr. Nelson.

(Quick flashes of:  A photo of a smiling Dr. Nelson.  Flash to:  A latex-gloved 
hand thumbing the edge of a knife.  Flash to:  Peeling the gloves off the hand.  
End of flash.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  The doctor who delivered me?

(BAILEY nods.)

SAM:  I'd say he's winning, Bailey.

CROWD:  (b.g.)  Free Ronnie McDern!  Free Ronnie McDern!

(BAILEY looks around and sees ILENE KLINGER talking with some people.)

BAILEY:  That's Klinger.  

(He and SAM head toward her.)

BAILEY:  Ilene Klinger.

(She turns around.  BAILEY shows her his ID.)

BAILEY:  We're with the FBI.  We'd like to talk to you about your relationship 
with Ronnie McDern.

ILENE KLINGER:  Yes, what about it?

SAM:  Well, we understand that you have very deep feelings for Ronnie.

ILENE KLINGER:  I didn't know it was illegal to care about another human being.

BAILEY:  Depends on how far your caring went.  Where were you Tuesday night?

ILENE KLINGER:  Tuesday night I was at the prayer vigil, why?  Would you like to 
know what I did every other night this week?  Wednesday there was a 
demonstration in front of city hall, and Thursday there was a letter-writing 
campaign, and yesterday I spent with my divorce attorney.  I was hoping it would 
come through.  I want to marry Ronnie.  I don't expect you to understand, but 
when you love someone, you make sacrifices.

BAILEY:  Like killing for him?

ILENE KLINGER:  What?  Ronnie's not capable of murder.  So why would he want 
someone else to?  He's the kindest, gentlest man I have ever met.

PROTESTER (WOMAN):  Ilene?  Look at this.

(She hands ILENE KLINGER a note.  She reads it and her face falls.)

ILENE KLINGER:  They've denied his stay.  They're going to kill him at midnight.

(She turns and looks them both, then turns and walks away.)

(JOHN walks up to them.)

JOHN:  No sign of Helen or Barbara.  Just a lot of unhappy campers.

(BAILEY glances down at his watch.)

BAILEY:  The execution goes on at midnight.

SAM:  Which judge denied the appeal and lifted the stay?

BAILEY:  Oh, some federal judge.  I got it covered, surrounded the courthouse 
just in case.

JOHN:  Was that Ilene?  Shouldn't we stay on her?

(SAM shakes their head.)

SAM:  No. She's not going anywhere.  It's got to be either Helen or Barbara.

BAILEY:  If she can't get to the judge, who does she go after?

JOHN:  Who else is to blame?

SAM:  The person who lost the appeal ... Katherine Evers.

(They look at each other.)

FADE OUT.



FADE IN.

[INT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY - CORRIDOR -- NIGHT]  

(The SECURITY GUARD leads BAILEY, SAM and JOHN to RONNIE MCDERN'S cell.)  

GUARD:  They're keeping him down here.  He's on death watch.

BAILEY:  Wouldn't want to cheat the hangman.

GUARD:  Some of the other prisoners were egging him on.  I wouldn't mind it 
myself.  I'd get home for a hot meal that much quicker.

(They reach the large cell.  The GUARD unlocks and opens the cell door to let 
them inside.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  I don't want no trouble, but I don't feel like talking to you 
right now.  Get me my chaplain?  

GUARD:  Yeah.  Just relax and talk to these guys.

RONNIE MCDERN:  What do you want?

SAM:  Ronnie, where's Katherine?

RONNIE MCDERN:  She's supposed to be here.  What do you mean?

BAILEY:  Why don't you tell us where she is?

RONNIE MCDERN:  I don't know.  She's ok, isn't she?

BAILEY:  When are you going to stop, Ronnie?  Is this how you want to spend the 
last few hours of your life ... a liar?

SAM:  I know you're scared.

RONNIE MCDERN:  Yeah, but I want my family.

(RONNI sits down.  SAM kneels down to his eye level.)

SAM:  I think what you want is some peace.  And you're never going to have that 
unless you start telling the truth.

(They look at each other.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  If anyone's going psycho, it's--it's Barbara.

SAM:  And why is that?

RONNIE MCDERN:  She can't deal with the fact that I'm going to die.  About six 
months ago, she -- she started to get weird.  Asking me all kinds of things 
about the trial.  I didn't realize why until ... well, until you came by.

JOHN:  Why didn't you say something before?

RONNIE MCDERN:  I wasn't sure.  You have to find Katherine, I mean ... no one 
deserves to get killed.  Not her.  Not me.  Not anyone.

BAILEY:  Eternity is a long time, McDern.  For the sake of your soul ... I hope 
you're telling the truth.

(The door opens.  BAILEY and JOHN walk out of the cell.  SAM lingers.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  Ma'am?  

(SAM looks and meets RONNIE'S gaze.)

RONNIE MCDERN:  You believe me, don't you?

(After a long look, SAM stands up and walks out of the cell.  When she steps 
out, she turns and looks back at RONNIE.)

(The door closes behind her.)

SAM:  It's Helen, not Barbara.

JOHN:  Why?

(They stop in front of the locked door.)

SAM:  Because from the moment I met him, he was trying to manipulate me. And he 
still is.

JOHN:  How'd he know to turn in Barbara?

(The GUARD unlocks the door for them.)

SAM:  I mentioned their names to Katherine.  She must have told him.

BAILEY:  We've got 68 minutes.

(They walk through the door.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. OAKS' RESIDENCE -- NIGHT]  

(A car drives up the road and parks in the driveway.  BAILEY, JOHN and SAM exit 
the car.  They draw their weapons.  They approach the house.  They reach the 
front porch.)  

(BAILEY takes up position next to the door.  JOHN holds his gun up to eye 
level.)

BAILEY:  Be my guest.

(JOHN kicks the front door open.  Inside, a black German Shepherd barks.  JOHN 
stops in his tracks.)

BAILEY:  Ok.

JOHN:  Good boy.  Good boy.

SAM:  (to JOHN)  You get bit as a kid?

JOHN:  Atta boy.  That's it, good boy.

(The dog stops barking.  He whimpers, then lies down.)

(In the distance, another dog barks.  A cat meows.  SAM looks around the small 
house.  There are framed photographs of dogs as well as other dogs and animals 
in her house.)

SAM:  She's a rescuer.

(SAM steps into the next room and looks around the place.  BAILEY and JOHN also 
look around the living room.  Outside, we still hear dogs barking.  A cat 
meows.)

(BAILEY sees the photos of the women in the cages posted on the wall next to 
articles of the upcoming execution.  Headlines read:  CRIMINAL GIVEN LIFE 
SENTENCE.)

BAILEY:  McDern's not the only one who got off on those pictures.

(JOHN walks over to stand next to BAILEY.  He looks at the wall with multiple 
pictures and articles.)

(In the next room, SAM finds something.)

SAM:  Guys!

(They turn and head toward the bedroom.)

SAM:  Look at this.

(There are two cages, one with a picture of the judge and the D.A.)

SAM: Reserved for the judge?

BAILEY:  And the D.A.

(Inside one of the cages is a long-nosed pliers.)

JOHN:  What are those for?  (realizes)  Don't take me there.

BAILEY:  How about Katherine?  Where's her cage?  Didn't Ray say that these were 
sold at kennels and pet shops?

JOHN:  Maybe she works at one.

SAM:  No, she's unemployed.

BAILEY:  These animals are from the pound.

SAM:  She volunteered.  She couldn't stand to see them killed, so she brought 
them home.

(Quick flashes of:  The barking black german shepherd as well as the other 
animals.  Flash to:  The cage and the woman with the plastic wrap around her 
head.  End of flashback.  Resume to present.)

SAM:  Don't they kill stray animals with gas?

BAILEY:  Yeah.

(Behind them, JOHN is petting a white cat in his arms.)

(Quick flash to:  The black spray-painted "X" on the back of the woman in a 
cage.  Flash to KATHERINE EVERS.  Flash to RONNIE MCDERN.  End of flashback.  
Resume to present.)

SAM:  (thinking)  She's going to kill Katherine the same way Ronnie's going to 
die.

(JOHN checks the white cat's tag.)

JOHN:  They're from the Blue Ridge Animal Shelter.

SAM:  Let's go.

CUT TO:



[INT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY -- NIGHT]  

(RONNIE MCDERN sits on a chair in the center of the cell while the doctor 
listens to his heart with a stethoscope.)  

CUT TO:



INTERCUT WITH:

[EXT. BLUE RIDGE ANIMAL SHELTER -- NIGHT]  

(The car screeches to a halt alongside the curb.  They park and get out of the 
car.  They check the front door and find it locked.)  

JOHN:  I'll go around back.

(JOHN runs to the side and climbs up over the fence.  He jumps down and starts 
checking the side.  Dogs bark.)

CUT TO:



[INT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY -- NIGHT]  

(The priest reads rites to RONNIE MCDERN.)  

CUT TO:



[INT. BLUE RIDGE ANIMAL SHELTER -- NIGHT]  

(JOHN opens the front door to let SAM and BAILEY inside.)  

JOHN:  You know there are dogs in here.

BAILEY:  Don't worry, John, they're in cages.

(HELEN OAKS walks down the stairs.)

HELEN OAKS:  Can I help you?

SAM:  Helen, where's Katherine?

(She smiles at them.)

HELEN OAKS:  You can try all you want.  You're never going to separate me and 
Ronnie.  Our love is too strong.  Last week we went roller skating.  He wanted 
me to get some color in my cheeks.  And we watched the sunset together.  It's 
one of Ronnie's favorite things to do.  He's so romantic.

(She turns to leave.)

BAILEY:  Helen, we'd like you to come with us.

(JOHN draws his gun on HELEN.  She dares him.)

HELEN OAKS:  Use it.  Then I'll be with Ronnie tonight.

(She watches them for a moment, then makes a break through the doorway into the 
kennel.)

BAILEY:  John!

JOHN:  I got her.

(JOHN runs after HELEN.  SAM and BAILEY run up the stairs where HELEN walked 
down from to look for KATHERINE EVERS.)



(Cut to:  HELEN runs through the corridors.  JOHN chases after her.)

JOHN:  Helen!

(JOHN turns the corner and proceeds cautiously.)



(Cut to:  BAILEY and SAM open the door and walk through the hallway.  They head 
for the place where they put the dogs to sleep.)

CUT TO:



[INT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY - NIGHT]

(RONNIE MCDERN adjusts his shirt and fixes his collar.)

CUT TO:



[EXT. BLUE RIDGE ANIMAL SHELTER -- NIGHT]  

(HELEN OAKS runs out the back door.  JOHN chases after her.)

JOHN:  Hold it!

(He catches up to her and tackles her against the fence, then down to the 
ground.  She struggles.)

HELEN OAKS:  Ugh! Uh!

JOHN:  Roll over!  Roll over!

(She screams.)

JOHN:  Your arm!  Your other arm!

(JOHN puts handcuffs on her.)

JOHN:  It's over, Helen.

(In the distance, sirens wail.)



(Cut to:  BAILEY and SAM search the shelter for the gas chamber.  At the end of 
the hallway, they see the door with the sign:  POISON GAS AUTHORIZED PERSONS 
ONLY.  They rush toward the door.)

(They open the door and find that the gas is already on.)

BAILEY:  Turn off the gas!

(SAM runs to the far wall and turns the gas off.  BAILEY opens the chamber and 
pulls KATHERINE EVERS out.  He removes the tape from her mouth.  She coughs.)

BAILEY:  Come on. Breathe!  Breathe!

SAM:  It's ok.  You're ok.

BAILEY:  Ok.

SAM:  She's ok.

CUT TO:



[INT. NORTH CAROLINA STATE PENITENTIARY - NIGHT]

(The handcuffs are put on RONNIE MCDERN'S wrists.  The cell door opens.  He 
walks out of his cell.)



(Cut to:  [EXT.]  The GUARDS clear a path through the demonstration crowd to 
open the gates for the vehicles.)

GUARDS:  Move back, folks, move back.



(Cut to:  [INT.]  The GUARDS escort MCDERN through the corridor.  As he walks 
through death row, he sees the other inmates watching him.)

(At the end of the hall is a doorway with a light behind it.)

(Camera pushes in to the light.)



(Cut to:  [EXT.]  The ambulance and coroner's van drives through the open gate.  
The guards close the gates.)



(Cut to:  [INT.]  RONNIE'S wrists are tied to the chair, the buckles are 
tightened around his chest, the straps secured around his ankles.)

INTERCUT WITH:



[INT. FBI - VCTF - HALLWAY/BAILEY'S OFFICE - NIGHT]

(SAM and BAILEY walk through the hallway.)

SAM:  What would you do if you only had 12 minutes left to live?

BAILEY:  I can't even think about it.  How about you?

SAM:  I don't know.  Guess I'd try to settle that age old question of 
redemption.

(BAILEY uncaps the decanter and pours himself a drink.)

BAILEY:  What about McDern?  Think he cares about redemption?

(He looks at SAM.)



(Cut to:  The gas chamber door is closed, secured and sealed.  The gas hisses.  
Camera holds on RONNIE MCDERN.)



(Cut to:  Outside, the protesters hold their candles in prayer.  Various cuts of 
the people - A Man, A nun, ILENE KLINGER, and the crowd.)



(Cut to:  It's midnight.)

BAILEY:  If this day ever comes for Jack, would you want to be there?

SAM:  I don't know.

(Camera pulls back on BAILEY and SAM and the empty office.)

CUT TO:



[INT. JACK'S PLACE - NIGHT]

JACK:  (on phone)  No, mom ... mom, you got to keep the heat on.  The nights are 
getting too cold.  (sighs)  If you need some money, I can send you some money.  
Yeah ... no, uh, as a matter of fact, I'm feeling pretty cozy.  You know, I'm 
wearing those flannel PJs you sent me.

(JACK turns the wheel.)

JACK:  (to phone)  Yeah. Ha ha!

(The pictures on the wheel move from BAILEY to GRACE ... )

JACK:  (to phone)  Uh, no, mama. Yeah.  I--I love you.

( ... to NATHAN ... to ANGEL ... )

JACK:  (to phone)   I love you, too, mom.

( ... to GEORGE ... to JOHN ... 

JACK:  (to phone)  (sighs)  Bye.

(JACK hangs up.  He gives the wheel a spin.  In the center of the wheel is a 
photo of SAM.)

FADE OUT.

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THE END 
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TITLE/OPENING CREDITS
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PROFILER
1X08:  CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC:  12/14/1996
TRANSCRIBED FROM DVD

ALLY WALKER as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters
ROBERT DAVI as Agent Bailey Malone

JULIAN McMAHON as John Grant
ROMA MAFFIA as Grace Alvarez
MICHAEL WHALEY as Nathan Brubaker

PETER FRECHETTE as George Fraley
ERICA GIMPEL as Angel Brown
CAITLIN WACHS as Chloe Waters

Created by: CYNTHIA SAUNDERS

Executive Producers:  IAN SANDER
Executive Producers:  KIM MOSES

Guest Stars
GARY STRETCH as Ronnie McDern
WANDA DE JESUS as Catherine Evers

KIM DARBY as Eileen Klinger
MICHAEL C. MAHON
DEBRA CHRISTOFFERSON as Helen Oaks

Co-Producer:  JOHN FORREST NISS
Produced by:  ANTHONY SANTA CROCE

Supervising Producer:  CYNTHIA SAUNDERS
Creative Consultant:  KEN SOLARZ

Executive Producer:  LARRY HERTZOG
Co-Executive Producer:  NANCY MILLER

Written by:  CYNTHIA SAUNDERS
Directed by:  IAN TOYNTON

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END CREDITS 
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Sanders/Moses Productions
NBC Studios
NBC Enterprises

with
ERIC FLEEKS as Guard
BRAD HELLER as Assistant #1 (Brad)
CHELSEY BARTHEL as Little Girl

Story Editor:  JEAN GENNIS
Story Editor:  PHYLLIS MURPHY

Casting:  ANTHONY BARNAO
Director of Photography:  MICHAEL BONVILLAIN
Production Designer:  JONATHAN CARLSON

Edited by:  JON KOSLOWSKY, A.C.E.
Main Title Theme:  ANGELO BADALAMENTI
Music by:  JEFF RONA

Unit Production Manager:  ANTHONY SANTA CROCO
First Assistant Director:  CAROL GREEN
Second Assistant Director:  JEFF KAY

Costume Designer:  TOM McKINLEY

Production Supervisor:  LORIE ZERWECK
Camera Operator:  THOMAS YATSKO
First Asst. Cameraman:  BUTCH PIERSON
Dolly Grip:  RICK MAXEY
Production Sound Mixer:  KEN SEGAL
Second Second Assistant Director:  LAURA SYLVESTER

Location Manager:  RHONDA BAER
Gaffer:  VANCE TRUSSELL
Key Grip:  RONN COONEY
Construction Coordinator:  ANDREW MOORE
Transportation Coordinator:  STEVE ZERWECK
Script Coordinator:  ERNIE ORSATTI
Special Effects Coordinator:  LARRY FIORITO

Art Director:  JEREMY A. CASSELLS
Art Department Coordinator:  JANIENE KURI
Costume Supervisor:  SUSANNA T. SANDKE
Set Decorator:  RICHARD REAMS
Property Master:  BLANCHE SINDELAR
Make-up Artist:  CRISTINE CHADWICK
Hair Stylist:  TAMMY KUSIAN

Production Auditor:  BETHANY BROWN
Script Supervisor:  JANEL F. REEVES
Production Coordinator:  JANE EVERETT
Assistant to Executive Producer:  NICHELLE M. PROTHO
Assistant to Writers:  ANNIE BRUNNER
Assistant to Producer:  KIMBERLY DICKENS

Computer Graphics:  PAUL LeBLANC
Video Playback:  BOB MORGENROTH
Insert Coordinator:  CRAIG FELLER
Assistant Editor:  J.J. ROGERS
Post Supervisor:  LYNN STEVENSON
Post Coordinator:  GINA LAMAR

Supervising Sound Editor:  PETER AUSTIN
Music Editor:  KIM NAVES
Re-Recording Mixers:  MIKE GETLIN / DEAN OKRAND / BILL THIEDERMAN
Main Title:  SUZANNE KILEY

Telecine:  MACE JOHNSON
Da Vinci:  RICK DALBY
Optical Online:  ROGER AMES BERGER
Autopsy Equipment Provided by SHANDON LIPSHAW

The characters and events depicted in this program are fictional.  Any 
similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to any actual events is 
coincidental and unintentional.

Executive in Charge of Post Production:  JOSEPH DERVIN, JR.

(c) 1996 National Broadcasting Company, Inc.  All rights Reserved.

Executive in Charge of Production:  JOHANNA PERSONS

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