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Now the princess can hide from the evil witch or become a sleeping beauty.

Torshete.

Ah, careful, Chloe.

Pot of shot.

You know what? We're going to have to figure out your costume pretty soon.

Uh -huh.

Oh, man, this is the part with the poison spinning wheel.

I'm live at St. Genevieve's Cathedral where a councilman, Norman Westfall, has

been murdered.

Westfall appears to be the victim of a botched kidnapping.

Apparently, officials have no leads. Yeah, I'm watching it right now.

The story begins at 2 o 'clock this morning.

FBI?

Okay. Thanks.

Bailey. Hey.

Local Bureau was called in when they got the ransom note.

It was kicked over to us when they found Westfall's body.

Who got the note?

A reporter from Channel 7, Nikki Ware.

Yeah, I'm going to want to talk to her later.

Yeah.

Let's take a look first.

An aide to the mayor named Arthur Clanton brought the ransom as

A million bucks.

Dropped it when he found the body.

You really brought the bag?

Yeah.

Never mind.

If that brings him life, it will just as well.

So what's worth more to him than a million dollars?

Did you know Westfall?

I interviewed him a month ago for a piece on the new city tax. It took about

minutes. I'm sure he forgot my name a minute later.

Miss Ware, he didn't just call the station.

He called you.

He chose you for some particular reason.

Look, have you covered a lot of kidnappings and murders?

A couple murders.

Right after I started in this market, I was on a domestic murder -suicide. Then

there was the Jane Doe found out at Joe Mountain.

Tell me about the note.

It was in yesterday's mail, along with a videotape of Westfall. No stamp, no

postmark. Addressed to me.

A plain, typewritten page, unsigned, demanding a million dollars from the

The FBI has it already.

I'm sorry, I haven't seen it yet.

He asked if I would broadcast a story on the kidnapping, or Westfall would die.

He also sent an audio cassette of some music asking me to play it on the air.

Which one?

Nothing I've ever heard before.

It was on a tape. We've got that, too.

Channel 7 went along with the mayor and the police and kept the story under

wraps.

But I can't help wondering if he'd still be alive if we hadn't.

Look, I think that Westfall's murder was a part of the plan from the beginning.

Don't blame yourself.

Why should she? She did what she was told. It was the spin doctors at City

who made the call not to broadcast.

Are you okay?

This is Lonnie Simmons, my boss.

Lonnie, this is Agent Waters. Me too.

Yes, the fin doctors at City Hall think it's best not to publish ransom demands.

Sort of an open invitation.

Look, are you finished with her? Because I need Nikki to do a stand -up for the

noon report.

We've got five minutes.

Sure, we can talk later.

This is my story.

I played ball.

Now I want everything first.

I'll do what I can do.

We've got four minutes.

So you volunteered to deliver the ransom money. That's right.

We were trying to contain this to the mayor's staff.

I had the money there on time.

It's not our fault how this turned out.

I feel bad as hell about what happened to Norman Westfall.

But you and I both know that the press is going to damn us for keeping quiet.

And the fact that Westfall and the mayor always clashed over policy issues has

nothing to do with how this was handled. I hope that's clear.

No one is suggesting otherwise.

We're going to have to do some damage control Malone.

Can I count on you? I catch killers, Mr. Clanton.

Count on me for that.

As for politics, help me out.

Most ransom kidnappings are done by more than one person, but this strikes me as

a very individual act.

As to the murder, I don't think that we should rule out retaliation for not

following the instructions.

We've already established that he didn't want the money. He was after something

else.

He wanted it to be a big story.

He wanted to make a splash.

Do we know how Westfall was abducted, Judge? Yes. He had massage therapy on

Friday nights twice a month, and the masseur went back in to check on him

he didn't exit after the massage, and he found Westfall gone and the curtains

around the table torn down.

So it was precise at the time of play. Well, that would require talking.

You know what really intrigues me? The music. Do we have anything on that yet?

mean, who wrote it might be important. The title, where... Good guy.

That's awful.

It's experimental.

It's not mainstream.

Go downstream.

Find out what the hell it is. For God's sakes, turn it off. It's annoying.

Sam, you said the reporter wasn't picked at random. Let's find out about her.

Nikki Ware, 28, your basic overachiever, born in Tampa, graduated from the

University of South Florida.

Her first job was in Champaign, then on to Wichita. She's been here for six

months. Two weeks ago, she was promoted to weekend anchor. All of a sudden, the

biggest story in town falls in her lap. You think the lady's doing a little self

-promotion? If so, it's working. They featured Nikki on the Today Show this

morning. Well, she doesn't like her ambition, that's for sure.

I'll see what I can find out about it.

Let's put her under surveillance.

If my life story is your reading material, you're going to need a lot

coffee than that. I'm just doing my homework. Have a seat.

Thank you.

It's fascinating how you catch these people. You're not really a detective,

right? No.

I'm a profiler.

I climb inside people's heads.

Speaking of which, I have been trying to understand why this kidnapper

specifically chose you.

How did you end up here in Atlanta?

Is that relevant?

Your background may give us a clue as to why he picked you, which may ultimately

tell me who he is.

The weekend news desk gets quite a big jump from your last job in Wichita.

I earned it.

When I was in Wichita, I covered a hotel fire.

Over a hundred people were trapped.

After my story, the Kansas State Assembly passed legislation outlawing

of construction and building materials that let the fire spread so fast.

Journalism is important to me.

Like a calling.

Sorry, you don't want to hear all this. No, no. I understand that.

When you find what you want to do with your life, you end up pushing yourself

new limits.

As well as everyone else around you.

Are we talking about me or you?

One minute to air, Nikki.

Okay.

You must have passed over quite a few people in order to get where you are. Do

you think that you made any enemies? Not intentionally. A lot of the boys don't

want the girls in the club.

But you should know all about that. A hot shot federal task force tracking

monsters. That's really boys down.

How do you manage?

Well, it's not as hard as it looks.

Listen, Nikki, there is a possibility that this guy contacted you in the past

before all of this.

I would like your permission to go through all of your letters, your phone

records, things of that nature.

Fine. Are you suggesting this is like that serial killer in San Francisco?

letter after letter, the same reporter for years?

It could be.

We would also like to install a special phone line in case he tries to contact

you again. We can monitor it, if that's all right with you.

Nikki, we've got 30 seconds.

Hi. Hi.

Add that to your copy.

You know, why don't I give you my card in case you need to call me, all right?

Day or night, feel free. Thanks. All right.

He'd never sent this tape along with a note, Nicky. Then he made one call two

two hours after the note arrived.

By six at St.

Genevieve's or I'll kill Westfall.

One person with the money to the west steps.

I suppose you can unravel the distortion so we can hear the voice.

No, we tried.

The encryption is just really sophisticated.

That could be you or me. We would never know it. His mother may not be proud of

what he's doing, but he's neat.

No prints at St.

Genevieve's or in Westfall's body.

No fiber evidence that's going to amount to anything. Even the ransom note was

made on a laser printer, so we can't match it to a typewriter. But if we

find the computer, there would still be footprints, even if he's erased the

files. I'm sorry, Bill, that's all.

Look at these prices.

Thanks.

Good.

Sam's going to be busy.

Which makes my job that much...

easier.

I think if we're dealing with a male, he is 25 to 50, very intelligent but

emotionally immature. He probably has a tough time sustaining a relationship. He

doesn't have the ability to be direct, especially when it comes to women.

Where do you get that?

Well, he specifically chooses Nikki, but he goes about getting her attention in

a very roundabout way. He probably has a deep -seated fear of women. Instead of

introducing himself to the woman next door, this man would steal her morning

newspaper to get her attention.

You know, we might get a lead from her fan mail.

The station sent over all the calls and letters Nicky's received in the last six

months.

You'll have your work cut out for you, George.

I'm going to run a cross -check as soon as the folks in research can get it into

a database.

I think he just wants to make people listen to that electronic crap that he

calls music.

Nicky buzzed.

Kidnapper is on her line at the TV station, and they got another videotape.

They're beaming it to us via microwave.

I have Valerie Jackson.

I wonder if she's worth as much to the city as an obnoxious councilman.

Okay, I got a fix on him. Told you to do the story last time. You kept quiet and

wistful. It's the train station. I want you to read my ransom on the news. It's

two blocks from here.

John, get Marcus to get over there. And personally, bring me my money. No

police. No FBI.

Just one news chopper. He's playing out some kind of fantasy. Or Valerie Jackson

die.

Screaming. This is all about Nikki.

Not exactly.

A hundred interviews at the train station and no luck.

We might have spotted him getting out if he was a pink elephant.

Otherwise, forget it.

Valerie Jackson was abducted getting out of her car.

The car was impounded.

One doer descriptions all over the map.

Planned perfectly at the time and place.

Just like the first one.

You think the kidnapper has any intention of giving this woman back?

I would give a son of a bitch.

Give me my 15 minutes on a tube, I'll kill somebody for you. Where's the rhyme

and reason?

Victimology should tell us something.

Dirty council member in a grocery store, yes, sir.

Where's the link?

So far, there's only one.

Mickey.

You will get my mother back.

The city will pay, right?

The mayor has already agreed to pay the ransom.

Eve, we're all determined that you know the home safe.

It's all my fault.

Mama had a good job up north, but she quit to move us here so we could live in

this place.

Because of me.

My figure skating.

There's a coach here who's really good. He's donated her services.

I promise that we are going to do everything we can to get your mom back,

Eve, have you noticed anyone watching your mother?

It doesn't necessarily have to be a stranger, just anything out of the

What's up?

Yo, little man, what's up?

Huh? Hey, hey, hey, hey. Let me go. Hey, man, it's cool.

Oh, FBI.

I didn't do nothing, man.

What are you stressing for, man? We're just talking.

Huh?

What's your name?

Curtis.

Curtis, I figured you're the man around here. You know what time it is.

You got your nice mic.

Keep it all cleaned and polished.

And I bet you know just what kind of car you want to drive when you get older.

Want me a red Corvette?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's a serious ride, man.

Anybody around here visiting one of those or got one of those?

No, these folks are tired, man.

Who rolls in and out of here, man?

Have there ever been any news

stories done on you or your coach?

Sports coverage of the matches?

But your mother returned.

She's never missed one.

Did a reporter named Nicky Ware ever interview you or your mom?

Never heard of her.

And, uh, you've seen strangers around?

Strangers?

Strangers.

What kind of strangers?

Baby, I don't know everybody.

Thanks. Wait.

Wait.

There was this one man.

Uh -huh.

I remember now.

He wasn't from around here.

In fact, I did wonder why he was hanging around, watching everybody.

Yes, ma 'am. Can you tell me what he looked like?

Of course I can. I can see.

He had long sideburns.

Kind of like a potbelly, you know. And he combed his hair way up high.

Just like he did in Fever, Las Vegas.

Excuse me?

You know, Juliet Prowse, Viva Las Vegas.

Oh, wait a minute.

Was that Jailhouse Rock?

Talking about Elvis.

I got enough trouble as this. People investigate me as it is. Take care of

own business. I'll take care of mine.

Hope you've got good news.

Afraid not.

We can't miss the hell out of this area.

So if he stalked Valerie Jackson before he kidnapped her, he did it invisibly.

If Valerie Jackson was kidnapped at random, I don't know.

I was sure that this was all connected to Nikki somehow.

We don't think that you should deliver the money.

This woman, Valerie Jackson, is in mortal danger.

And poor judgment by law enforcement already cost one man his life.

Capitulate to the kidnappers' demands this time, and there'll be more. This

isn't about Valerie Jackson or Councilman Westfall.

And as we've seen, it's not about the money.

It's about you.

And we know what this man is capable of. Nevertheless, it has to be Nikki.

I've been on the phone to the station owner and the general counsel, and you

have their full support.

Of course she does.

Ratings are ratings. Channel 7 is number one, and they want to stay there.

Look, in the last ten years, over 500 journalists lost their lives in the line

of duty worldwide.

It's a dangerous profession.

It doesn't mean we stop doing our jobs any more than you stop doing yours.

Thanks for the history lesson, but the point is moot anyway.

The Attorney General has decided against putting this on the air. I don't care

if it's the President himself.

When Channel 7's license is up for renewal, the FCC can pull it if they

Until then, I'm calling the shots, and I say we go live just like he wants. I

didn't go on before, and a man was murdered.

I'll be damned if I won't go on that time.

Listen, there is a compromise.

Could you delay your broadcast by a few seconds?

That way we could have some control over it.

Yeah, we can do that.

Okay. Mickey?

I've got to do this.

You understand?

If the Attorney General approves, we'll go with the delay.

But if being on the air threatens one of my agents, or it gets ugly...

I'm going to tell you to pull the plug and you're going to do it.

Money's in here.

A million in marked bills.

It's expendable, of course.

Valerie Jackson's safety is imperative.

But the mayor has asked me to express his concern that we are getting

close to dancing to this maniac's tune.

If you exploit the situation, I'll... Believe me, the last thing on my mind is

milking this first story.

Arthur, I think you should brief the mayor.

Nikki, why don't you sit down?

Do you want to get you some water?

Thanks. I guess this is starting to feel real.

All right, look, we're going to walk you through this. If there's anything that

you don't understand, just stop us, okay? We've got 30 agents disguised as

bystanders. We're out of sight.

A high -altitude chopper with quiet rotors and a telephoto camera.

We're not going to lose them.

We've got sharpshooters on all corners. Clear filts of fire if we get to take a

shot. Don't worry.

I'm not going to get fresh.

but I am going to put a simple biosensor on you to monitor your heart rate and

your breathing.

If your pulse skyrockets or you start to hyperventilate, we will pull you out.

This little pinhead camera on your jacket will feed picture and sound to

station and to our surveillance van.

Nicky, expect the kidnapper to send you to one or more false locations.

No, he's going to do that to make sure you're not being followed.

You won't know we're there, but we'll be with you at all times. John and I will

be in the surveillance van and block away shadowing you.

I'm going to be your eyes from... station's control room. I'll be on a

comm channel with you at all times.

And I'll never be far behind.

Okay, that's it. Would you like to go over it again?

Yeah.

Stand by, Nicky. We got you. Cue music in five, four,

three, two, one.

He's created a stage and put her right in the middle of it.

Cue Nicky. I'm Nicky Ware, live at City Center Plaza.

Our top story.

Valerie Jackson has been held hostage by the mysterious primetime kidnapper.

As instructed, I have a suitcase containing one million dollars from the

Atlanta.

I'm still with her.

That's him.

Jerry, pack that call through.

News entry seven.

Tell Nikki to walk through the plaza past the waterfall.

Nikki, walk past the waterfall and up the stairs.

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm being instructed to pass the waterfall and go

stairs.

The plaza was constructed using big federal funds to rejuvenate the inner

Construction began in the fall of 1993 and was completed in the spring of 1994.

That's not him, Nikki. Our guy wouldn't look through you like that.

It is the brainchild of acclaimed Los Angeles architect, Monica Gillette.

The waterfall contains a quarter of a million gallons of water, which

continuously recycles every 20 minutes. The program can be changed to suit

whatever...

He's one of us.

Plaza is a popular venue for belays and concerts. It was also the site of a

political protest in which a man had a heart attack. She's getting serious this

time. News Center 7's own heroes for the day.

You're doing a great job.

No bogeys in sight.

It's because he's not there.

Walk across the catwalk to the out -of -service sign.

This guy plans things for the second.

Her signs are climbing. She's not in trouble yet, though.

He always creates a spectacle.

It's obvious.

Smith.

Did you hear that? That was the tram.

The tram is out of service.

Zoom in on the tram.

Give me a close -up on the tram.

You too.

Oh, yeah, Lonnie got the picture. Bailey got to get in there right now. He's

killing Valerie Jackson.

Vicki! Vicki, stop!

I said pull the plug and do it now!

Send it back to the studio.

Vicki, get out of here.

I can't

stop it here!

She's okay, John.

That madman strangled Valerie Jackson almost to death and left her to die.

The important thing is that we got there in time.

She's going to pull through.

A woman almost gets killed and my phone is ringing off the hook.

I could have an anchor job on the network of my choice.

I can't do this anymore.

I remembered you said he might be after me and part of me. I'm glad that it

wasn't you.

Look, that is normal.

That's probably even healthy.

Normal and healthy.

Two words that will never apply to me again.

What you're feeling has nothing to do with the fact that you're at your end,

Mickey.

It has to do with the fact that you've been victimized.

It's very hard to get through something like this, but, you know, your work,

your calling, it can help you.

It can be a source of strength if you let it.

That simple.

Sometimes it is, yeah.

Look, all you can do is trust your kid.

Her accelerator was stuck.

She was unable to stop.

or signal the officers that she was in trouble.

I'm Nikki Ware.

I'm in the parking lot of Atlanta's most violent public housing project, where

we find another hero for the day. The story begins at 2 o 'clock this morning

when a security guard was shot.

He's presently listed in critical condition, and the doctors tell us his

prognosis is good.

Parking space where Valerie was abducted was a part of Nicky's Hero for the Day

series. There was the flagpole where Westfall was hanged. This is the spot a

beautiful baby boy was delivered beneath the flag of St. Genevieve's Cathedral.

Both mother and child are fine.

Unfortunately, the benefactor took off and remains anonymous.

Damn parking space.

Flagpole. Yes, well, that's obsession free and no details too small.

Why not just kidnap Nicky Ware?

Because he's not obsessed with Nikki as a person. He's obsessed with her as a

media figure.

I mean, look at what he's done. He's married stories that she's done to

he's created.

He's made a media spectacle revolving around her and indirectly him.

Elvin McCurpy. She must have had contact with this guy at one point. George, how

are we doing on the family?

I've had research working overtime just to create the database.

I'll get you some extra manpower, Georgie, but crack the whip. We need

information. Thank you.

John and Marcus, I want you to check with her old boyfriend to see if there

anyone who wouldn't let go.

Bailey, this guy probably watched us rescue Valerie on the TV.

He thinks that he's helping Nikki.

If he feels betrayed, he may go after her.

What do you say we rehearse Sleeping Beauty?

No,

Mom, I don't feel like it.

Oh, come on.

I'll be the prince.

No, I'm not going to be in the recital.

And I don't even want to be in the... Stupid class anymore.

Why not? You were doing so well.

I am not.

I'll look dumb.

No, you won't, Claude. You know, we have a whole week to practice.

I don't want to.

She was loving ballet. I mean, she bowed three times after Cinderella.

Yeah, well, that was a school play only for the parents.

This one they're selling tickets to.

Come on, you remember your sax fellow at the county fair, don't you?

I couldn't keep anything down for a week.

You were even worse, though, remember? The poetry reader. Yes, I know.

Lee, third birth, I blacked out.

She's just a little scared.

I don't think we've...

Research came up with a hit list through fan mail.

We've got three suspects.

Dennis Benjamin, 35, unmarried, a mechanical engineer who does freelance

for defense contractors.

Benjamin was featured in one of Nikki's stories. He wrote her seven letters and

placed four phone calls.

What happened last Thursday?

I saw this woman and she stepped off the curb towards me. She seemed oblivious

to this truck that was coming at her. So I ran out and pulled her back.

In our series on Everyday Heroes, we're looking at what makes people like you

tick. What do you like to do?

I like my orchid. George, could you turn it down?

It's a part of Mickey's Hero for the Day series. It's where Benjamin's

fascination with her could have begun. And notice his body language. He faces

her squarely enough, but he never makes direct eye contact.

Works for me.

Behind door number two, Kenneth Petroski, 29, single.

A manager for a plumbing supply company, he placed ten phone calls to Nicky in

one week.

One day he was caught trying to climb her fence.

Nicky, I love you.

Watch this.

He looks right into the lens. I love you, Nicky.

It's not enough for him to just be a fan. He needs to be part of the show.

I love you, Nicky.

And, last but not least, an old boyfriend of Nicky's, Jason Bunt.

They dated when she was in Wichita, Kansas.

Nikki says they broke up when she moved to Atlanta, but they haven't had any

contact since.

But he moved to Atlanta a month after she did and not for a job. He's on

unemployment. She doesn't even know he's here.

That made me feel that since he can't sustain a relationship with Nikki, he

doesn't want anyone else to either.

Well, he's been ghost for about a week.

His car's not at home and nobody's seen him. Find him. And we have locations on

the other two.

Mr. Benjamin.

Yes? I'm Agent Waters. This is Agent Grant. We're with the FBI.

We would like to ask you a few questions, if that's all right.

Sure.

What's the problem?

No problem. One of your neighbors has applied for a sensitive government

program. We'd like to ask you a few questions about it.

Would you like to sit down?

No, thanks. We won't be long.

Now, the records show you've lived here for about five years.

Yes. You know your neighbors very well.

What? Some of them pretty well.

Been to a few parties.

You would?

No. Girlfriend. Oh, she's lovely.

Thank you.

I know you. I recognize you from somewhere.

I was on TV once, but it was months ago.

Hero for a day. Channel 7 News, right?

Yeah. I saw that.

You were wonderful.

That's great.

Well, look, I think we have it up. I mean, sorry to bother you.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Pleasure. Thank you.

Petruski, what's here?

Yeah, double -checked it.

I hear a compressor on him, Doctor. Somebody's got to be here.

Doesn't feel right.

Why don't you call for backup?

Open up, Petruski!

Hey, Doctor.

I don't talk. You don't talk.

Billy!

Billy!

Of the 6 o 'clock news, this will be the only story.

You will play our song and read my demand to the city. You'll do it like I

and when I say. Bye -bye now.

Beth Bradley, high school senior, abducted after cheerleader practice.

So, it's not Kenneth Petrovsky he's in custody.

His storage shed was loaded with stolen goods.

You link him to an open burglary homicide.

No wonder he shot at you.

Now, our connection with Nikki here is that Nikki did a story on this high

school's football team because they're the state champs, and Beth was in the

background when Nikki was on camera.

Get Nikki on the line.

Yeah, Nikki, it's Sam.

Listen, I don't think that there's any reason to believe that he's not going to

kill Beth, no matter what you do.

With all due respect, we can't just write off Beth Bradley. That's not going

happen, Lonnie. But what if he kills that girl because I disobeyed?

Like he did with Westfall.

You have agents protecting me. I'll be the bait.

Sam, if he were asking for you, you'd go, wouldn't you?

I don't have a choice.

Nikki goes on the air in three hours. Let's pull this together, people.

All right, so far there have been two constants.

Nikki... And the music, it's the same with every ransom demand.

Well, it doesn't relate to anywhere Nicky's ever worked or lived. And I ran

every conceivable sampling combination, and the worldwide search on published

music still came up empty, so the tune is either original or incredibly

Pretty dead stuff.

Chaotic at worst.

I schooled it then.

Maybe he doesn't even see it as music.

It's not very melodic, it's just repetitive.

George, can we see a score?

Got a program that can write it out, but it isn't going to be pretty.

Oh, yeah.

Just try it on with that.

That's a good idea.

Trish, strip out everything but the central melody.

The part that you would hum.

There's the repetition.

There isn't a sharp or flat in a bunch.

There's naturals.

Natural notes.

Natural notes A, B, E, sort of like an alphabet.

Maybe he's using it like a code.

George, assign letter values to each note.

Okay. Thing is, there are only seven whole musical notes as opposed to 26

letters of the alphabet.

He could be using several octaves to get from A to Z. I think you're right.

Okay. Lowest octave gives us A through G.

Next higher one, H through N, et cetera.

Here would be the translation.

Dennis Benjamin.

He staged his apartment just like he staged the crime scene.

I never was a girlfriend.

I was always Nikki.

It's messages like Edgar Allan Poe, Quoth the Raven, and Evermore.

Yeah, but Benjamin said Evermore.

Life isn't forever.

The death is.

The death

is.

Fly crawl.

Fountain.

He always had that name.

Benjamin, it's the station.

John, get Simmons on the phone.

He's got Nikki.

Threatened to kill her if we didn't go live right then and there. Does he know

that you're not on the air?

No, the monitors in the studio look to him like we're live. Who else is in

with them?

Nobody. He ordered the crew to get out. The cameras, they don't need operators

to work. You can switch them from the control room. Is there access to the

studio of Benjamin Kenzie?

Yeah, storage loft up top.

Get someone to take him up there. You got it. Marcus, seal this place off. I

want him leaving unless we let him leave.

Let's go.

Billy, wait.

Let me try talking to him.

Face to face.

He's ready to try.

Okay.

Keep your distance.

I want to make sure we can get a clear shot.

Sam.

Be careful.

Dennis Benjamin wants you to know he's a hero.

A man acting on his convictions.

From a deep sense of love and affection.

Mr. Benjamin.

Agent Waters.

I play a pretty good game, huh? Yes, you do.

The lipstick, the pictures, the letters.

I knew you'd come to my house sooner or later.

Can you turn the lights up out there?

Yeah. Slowly.

Even rehearsed what I was going to say. Pretty good, huh?

Very good.

I appreciate what you did, Dennis.

And I know that Nikki would appreciate it too if you would just give her the

chance. I already gave her a chance.

But I saw what they were doing was wrong.

Now they ignore her.

They didn't treat you like a star.

I put stuff to it.

I made you.

And you betrayed me.

She didn't mean to. She was... She was overwhelmed.

She's never been loved like that before.

Your story together is a beautiful one.

Don't you know that?

What would I know?

It is that you've made a bad mistake coming in here. Before, it was just

to be me and Nicky, and now you're in it right to the end.

But why does it have to end? I mean, Nicky doesn't understand. Your public

doesn't understand.

You just want me to stop so you can arrest me.

You don't care what I have to say.

You don't care what I feel, but you can't stop me. We're all going down in

history.

I'm going to the whole world.

Dennis, you're part of history.

What the world wants, what it needs, is to know more.

I'm not going to tell them.

I'm going to show them.

Wackerman? It's Roger.

Afraid I caught a bug.

I better not come in tomorrow.

Oh, man.

Yeah. I feel like I've been hung out to dry.

Don't sweat it. I'll cover for you.

Yeah, thanks.

Oh, Samantha.

I hope you like a man in a uniform.

How are you holding up?

I don't even believe in myself, but I'm all right.

As a matter of fact, I was just thinking, people need to know what

And I still want to tell them.

Good. Well, I'm glad that you're not going to quit.

Sam, I don't know how to thank you for stopping me.

You take care of yourself, okay?

Thanks.

I'll be here.

What's she doing? She hasn't said more than two words.

So I'm going to go to the movies.

Okay. All right. All right. Bye. Bye.

Hey, Doris.

What are you doing in your home?

No, I finished.

I'm just reading.

You know, Chloe, I've been thinking about your ballet recital. I told you.

I just can't do it.

Chloe, I think that you're suffering from a case of what they call stage

You know, some of the best dancers and singers in the world get it. But if I

to be the dancer, I'll forget a dance step or something.

I'll get lost.

I'm not too sure about that.

I've seen you dance. I think you're pretty good.

You know, Clay, life is not a fairy tale.

I mean, the prince doesn't always come along and wake us up.

You have to have faith in yourself.

That is what gets you through all of the hard times.

You don't think I'll trip?

No, I don't think you'll trip.

But even if you do, so what?

You just pretend it's part of the dance.

The important thing is to just keep on dancing.

Okay. Okay.