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[EERIE MUSIC]

[MUSIC BUILDS, FADES]

- JOE: They call me the Christchurch Carver,

but really, I'm just a regular Joe

with two fish,

a crazy mother and a hobby.

[WOMAN GASPS, SHUTTER CLICKS]

I like women.

I'm currently getting to know Laura.

It's going well.

The police are all at sea,

looking outwards when they should be looking inwards.

And I've even made a friend. She's obsessed with me.

But I've got no time for small talk

when I've got a copycat on my hands.

Daniela Walker is dead,

and somebody is trying to pin it on me.

Is it the husband? I'm gonna find out.

But between Fluffy the cat and a crazy journalist,

my orderly life has been turned upside down.

She knows I'm the Christchurch Carver.

What she wants?

I'm about to find out.

[JOE GROANS]

[DOG BARKS, TRAIN RATTLES PAST]

- Should I be flattered?

- What? - That I was gonna be

your next victim. And were you gonna strip me naked?

- [GRUNTS]

- Were you gonna kill me here... or at home?

[TENSE MUSIC]

- STRAINS: You've got this all wrong.

- Oh, shut up.

- Really. - I said...

- [GRUNTS] - ...shut up.

- [WHIMPERS] - Careful. I might slip.

Listen, we're gonna make a deal, OK?

You cut the denials, and I won't cut off Little Joe.

Yeah? - [GRUNTS QUIETLY]

- That's you admitting it? - Mm.

- Uh-huh? Big nod?

- [PANTS HEAVILY]

Listen, Melanie- - It's Melissa, arsehole.

- That's a weird surname.

Aargh! It's me. It's me. It's me. I admit it.

I'm- I'm the Christchurch Carver.

- Ah. [CHUCKLES] See? That wasn't hard.

And you were gonna kill me? - No.

[BLADE PRESSES] No, no, no! That's the truth.

That's the truth. I- I like to get to know people first.

- Right. So you were gonna kill me next week? Is that it?

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

- [GRUNTS]

What do you want?

- Joe Middleton, day custodian. I fuckin' knew it.

- Knew what? - That you weren't a cop.

But this... this is hilarious. A cleaner.

1I thought you said serial killers don't have menial jobs.

- 'Spoken like somebody who hasn't had to

'clean up the men's bathroom.'

- Ooh, nice lock picks.

- You're following me?

- I saw you poking around the Walker house. I was curious.

- 'So I wasn't being paranoid.'

Why were you there?

- This is not about me, Joe. This is about you.

Really?

[SNIGGERS]

Well... - Hey.

- It's just...

returning to the scene of the crime - that is a cliche.

- It's not a cliche. And I didn't kill Daniela Walker.

- [SIGHS] You expect me to believe that?

- It's the truth!

Even the police are thinking it's a copycat. [PANTS] Look,

why would I admit to being the Carver and lie about this?

- Mm. Why, indeed?

- [GRUNTS]

[STRAINS, SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]

- [SIGHS] Must be fun -

you know, being right under their noses

while they're looking for you. - [SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY]

- I know a lot about serial killers, Joe.

Who's the dominating woman you can't kill? Is it your mummy?

[WHACK!]

What's the matter? Can you only get it up for her?

- 'Who comes up with shit like this?'

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

- I think you already know where these are going.

- [GRUNTS]

- I want you to remember me... forever.

Eeny... meeny...

- [GROANS] - ...miny...

[CRUNCH!] ...Joe!

[JOE SCREAMS]

[MENACING MUSIC]

- [GROANS]

[GASPS]

[PANTS]

Oh, help- help me.

Hey, help me!

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[STRAINS]

[RETCHES, VOMITS]

Ohh! Fuck!

Fuck, fuck.

[STRAINS]

'Jesus.'

Oh, fuck.

'It looks like something you'd find hanging

'in the butcher shop window.'

[WHIMPERS]

'As bad as this is, the forever optimist inside of me

'is telling me, "I'm lucky she didn't crush them both -

'"luckier still she didn't take a souvenir."

'I am gonna cut Melissa Arsehole

'into a hundred pieces.

'Or a thousand. Like a jigsaw.

'Even Mother won't be able to put her back together.'

God. [PANTS]

[WHIMPERS]

Ah, fuck. Ooh, fuck.

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

Aargh! [WINCES]

'My gun.

'She's got my gun.

'And my favourite knife.'

STRAINS: Come on, Joe. Come on, Joe.

Aah! Fuck.

Oh! [PANTS HEAVILY]

'I'm gonna hunt her down. I'm gonna kill her -

'slow!'

[CACKLES]

'She's gonna regret crossing the Christchurch Carver.'

Fuck!

[TRAIN HORN BLARES IN DISTANCE]

[WIND CHIMES RING SOFTLY]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KEYS JANGLE]

[CAR LOCK CLICKS, BEEPS]

[CELL PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES, WORSHIP SONG PLAYS]

- ♪ Jesus lifts us all.

- Sally speaking. - JOE: Help me.

- Sorry?

- It's me, Joe. I've been hurt.

- Hurt? Do you... Do you need me to call you an ambulance?

- No, no ambulance. No police. You said I could trust you.

[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]

- What's your address?

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BRAKES SQUEAK]

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

[TENSE, INTRIGUING MUSIC]

[PANTS]

[PANTS]

Joe?

It's Sally.

Joe?

[AQUARIUM BUBBLES]

[FLY BUZZES]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[FLY BUZZES]

[DARK MUSIC]

Joe?

- Oh.

[JOE GRUNTS]

[SINISTER MUSIC]

[WHIMPERS]

- Joe. Oh my God. Oh my God. What happened?

Oh my God. You need an ambulance. The police...

- No, no, no, no! No. No, police, no. No, no, no.

- How did this happen?

- Just- Just help me. Just help me.

- No, Joe, this is- this is really bad.

I- I need to call an ambulance.

- No, you'll make it worse.

I just want medicine. - But Joe...

- You said you'd help. You said I could trust you.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PANTS, WHIMPERS]

- You can, Joe. - [WHIMPERS]

- You can. - [WHIMPERS]

[WINCES]

- These scratches -

they're old, like... scars, and...

Joe- - [GRUNTS LOUDLY]

- I'm sorry.

It's fresh, Joe.

Who did that to you?

- WEAKLY: Satan.

- Satan isn't walking around in real life, Joe.

- 'Isn't she? Sure feels like I'm in Hell.'

- This is a real mess, Joe. I...

- Just... Just don't take me to hospital, OK? Don't. Don't.

- [PANTS] I'm gonna need to take a look, Joe.

I'm gonna need to take off the tape.

- [SCREAMS]

[KEYS CLATTER] - Hey, Dad.

- Aren't you meant to be at breakfast

with your church friends? - Something came up.

- Are you OK?

Haven't seen that out for a while.

- Uh, a friend needs my help.

- Anything I can do to help? - Oh, no. No, no, no. No.

- You sure? - Yeah.

Yeah. I won't be long, OK?

[KISSES] I love you.

- All right.

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]

- [GROANS LIGHTLY, PANTS]

[GROANS]

Ugh!

STRAINS: Shit, shit, shit.

Ohh. Ooh.

[STRAINS, PANTS]

[SIGHS]

[PANTS]

Phew. [PANTS]

[MOANS]

[SINISTER MUSIC]

[MOANS, WHIMPERS]

Aah!

[SINISTER MUSIC RISES]

Ohh!

- It's all right. Keep still.

'Sally? Fuck. I'd rather be back at the park with Melissa.'

- Just... had a bit of a tear.

I'm just putting in a couple of stitches.

- 'What the hell kind of nightmare is this?'

[TRAIN RATTLES IN DISTANCE]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[VACUUM CLEANER WHINES]

[DOOR CREAKS]

[AQUARIUM BUBBLES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WATER POURS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LOCK CLICKS]

- Joe.

There's some medication here, and some water,

and I've inserted a catheter, so be careful.

And...

I found a spare key, so I'll come check in on you later, OK?

[UNEASY MUSIC]

[KEYS JANGLE]

[DOOR OPENS]

- ECHOES: 'I know who you are, Joe. I know what you do.'

- 'Apartment? Melissa in my apartment.'

- Eeny... - 'No, Melissa.'

- ..- 'No.'..

- miny... - 'No!'

- ...Joe! - 'Mum.'

- EVELYN: You make terrible coffee.

[EVELYN COUGHS] - Mum. Is Mum OK?

[SINISTER MUSIC]

- [COUGHS RAGGEDLY, HACKS]

[SINISTER MUSIC CONTINUES]

[GASPS]

- [PANTS] [TELEPHONE RINGS]

'It's just a dream. Has to be.'

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

'Not a bad one, though.'

Mum.

[TELEPHONE RINGS, STOPS]

'What the hell?'

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

'It's either Mum or somebody about Mum.'

[GROANS]

'Maybe my dream was a premonition.

'Maybe I have to spend this afternoon looking for

'a funeral dress and spend tomorrow coffin-shopping.'

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

'As a final mark of respect to my mum,

'I'll find something on sale.'

Mum?

- This is Jennifer from Emergency Vets.

- How's he doing? - She. She's great.

You said on the phone yesterday that you'd consider

taking her in if we couldn't find the owner.

- The other day?

- If you change your mind, we can send her to a shelter.

- 'And on to death row if nobody takes her in.'

I can take her. - There is a balance owing.

- I'll cover it. - Thank you.

And any chance you can make it in today?

We need the space here.

- 'Who tidied up my room?'

- Joe?

- 'Was Melissa here? Surely not.'

- Joe, are you there? - What's today?

- Excuse me?

- Oh, uh... I've been sick in bed and lost track of time.

- Oh. Sorry to hear that. It's Tuesday.

- 'Tuesday? I've lost two days.'

Um, I can come in tomorrow evening.

- 'Course. I'm here till midnight.

Take care of yourself, Joe. - Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.

[HANDSET CLATTERS SOFTLY]

[QUIRKY, CURIOUS MUSIC]

[GROANS LIGHTLY]

[BAG THUDS] Oh! Fuck.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Graham Galletly?

Jesus. Was the Sally here, boys?

'Fuck. So it wasn't a dream. The Sally really was here.'

Ah, shit.

She's been through this.

[GRUNTS]

Oh. Cops are probably on their way.

[TENSE MUSIC]

'I know how they work.

'Cut the hose, which deflates the balloon

'holding it in my bladder, then pull.

'OK. How bad can it be?'

Ooh. [GRUNTS]

'Oh, it's bad! It's bad!

'Ooh! Bad!'

Fuck!

Ugh. Fuck.

[GRUNTS]

Boys, we're going on a road trip.

I don't even know where. Jesus. I don't even have a passport.

[GRUNTS]

Tuesday. [PANTS]

If the Sally or the Melissa blabbed,

the police would be on their way. They'd be knocking on the-

[HEAVY KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[HEAVY KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[PANTS]

'Is this how it ends?

'Joe Middleton, survived by his mother and goldfish,

'gunned down in a hail of bullets

'after having his nuts flattened.

'If I had my gun, I'd be shooting my way out of this.

'Thanks, Melissa [!]'

[GRUNTS]

'I'd rather jump than have Schroder take me in.'

Ohh! Fuck.

[PANTS]

'Well, what are you waiting for?'

[HEAVY KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

[GROANS]

[CURIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

'I don't like where this is going.

'Melissa.

'Fuck, she knows where I live.

'She's telling me she can send these to the police at any time.

'Unless I do what for her?'

[CURIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

'[GROANS] The Sally. Thanks, but no thanks.

'But I am going to need to pay you a visit.'

[SEAGULLS SQUAWK]

'How is the Christchurch Carver

'meant to keep carving his way through Christchurch

'if he can barely walk? Am I gonna have to limit myself

'to houses with handicapped entrances?

'And, by extension, handicapped people?'

[AIR HISSES, BRAKES SQUEAK]

- Hey, Joe.

- 'If Melissa was gonna tell the police,

'she would've done it by now.

'She doesn't seem like the police-telling kind.

'But the Sally?

'That's different.

- Thank you.

- 'Sorry, Laura. Our romance will have to wait.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

'Would the Sally's religion compel her to tell Schroder

'what she saw, or make her keep it a secret?'

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Joe.

- 'Shit. I should've never come back here.'

- Hey, situation room's a bit of a tip.

- [CHUCKLES] Sorry, Detective. I was off yesterday.

- Oh, were you?

- 'I really am invisible.'

[GROANS]

- What have you done to yourself?

- 'I offered to walk a woman home.'

Oh. [CHUCKLES] Fell on the stairs at home.

Have you seen Sally?

- No, she hasn't been in this week. Uh,

Graham's in the hospital. - Her dad?

- Yeah. He also took a fall.

- Do you know when she'll be back?

- No. I'm sure she'll appreciate you asking after her.

- 'I'm not so sure she would.'

[DARK, TENSE MUSIC]

[WIND WHOOSHES, LEAVES RUSTLE]

[WIND CHIMES JANGLE]

[DARK, TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DOORKNOB RATTLES]

[GRUNTS]

[CLICK!]

[GRUNTS LIGHTLY]

[VEHICLE APPROACHES]

[VEHICLES APPROACHES, SLOWS]

'The Sally. You're home early.'

[LOW, MENACING MUSIC]

'Maybe I should find out exactly what you know.'

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DOOR CREAKS]

- Joe. - Hey, Sally.

- What are you doing here?

- I came to say thanks for looking after me.

- You shouldn't be out of bed, Joe.

- 'And you shouldn't have snooped around my house.'

- Well, I've- I've gotta get a few things for my dad,

and then I'm popping out, but... if you wanna come in?

- 'I wonder how many days the Sally would need to be

'away from work before anyone noticed.

'Five? 10?

'A thousand?'

Detective Carl said your dad fell.

- Uh, he did, on his way to the dairy.

[BRIEFCASE THUDS]

And he's got other conditions that'll complicate his recovery.

[LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC]

Is the catheter still inserted?

- I was able to remove it.

- Joe, you should've left that for me.

- 'You wish.'

- In fact... you really should still be in bed.

- 'Like I said, you wish.'

I'm fine, Sally.

[OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

- Did you think any more about going to the police?

- 'Did you?'

- Someone hurt you, Joe. You need to tell someone.

- It's fine.

- It wasn't...

Travers?

- No. [FLY BUZZES]

- Well, what this person did is horrible,

and they need to be stopped.

- 'Can't argue with that.'

You came to my house.

- Every day - to check on you and those stitches.

- You gave me stitches? - Yeah. I used to be a nurse.

I told you. [CHUCKLES] But I, um...

I quit when Martin died.

- 'You're about to be reunited.'

- Look, I... I can come with you.

We could go see Schroder.

- I didn't see who it was.

I was walking home in the park, and it was dark.

- Are you sure? - I'm sure.

- You had... articles on your fridge...

about the Christchurch Carver.

And you had, um...

you had a file with...

crime scene photos.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

I want to understand. That's all.

- I... I just wanted to look at them...

to see if I could work it out, what the Carver was doing.

- You?

- 'Who better?'

I thought if I could work it out,

that would help Detective Carl.

- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] That's so sweet of you, Joe,

but you can't take things like that from work.

[OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

- Are you gonna tell on me?

- Of course not.

I wouldn't do that to you.

- You're nice, Sally. And you're not gonna tell

anybody about what happened to me?

- I really wish that you would, but...

if that's what you want, then I won't tell anyone.

- 'And a dead Sally would mean no more sandwiches.'

- Right. I- I have to get back to my dad, but, um, if...

if anything else happens, promise you'll tell me?

- Cross my heart. [BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

'Thinking about it,

'it was the right call not killing the [GRUNTS] Sally,

'considering I had been asking Schroder about her earlier.

'Plus, there's always tomorrow.'

[CELL PHONE RINGS, BRIGHT TUNE PLAYS]

- Were you telling the truth about Daniela Walker?

- What do you want, Melissa?

- Is that why you wanted to get into that house?

To figure out who the copycat is?

- Something like that.

- I was wrong to think you were a run-of-the-mill serial killer,

Joe. I've decided I wanna get to know you better.

- Well, that's not gonna happen. - Oh, I think it is.

- Is that why you returned my lock picks,

because I'm suddenly more interesting?

- Is finding this guy an ego thing, or...

you don't like the competition? - It's my civic duty.

[MELISSA LAUGHS]

- That's- That's really funny.

OK. The lock picks are for the Walker house.

It's no longer under guard. I want you to find this guy.

- What, so you can torture him? - You sound jealous.

- 'You sound insane.'

- You have two days to find him. - What?!

- Anything longer, and I get bored.

- Yeah?

What happens when you get bored?

- Then your knife and gun end up with the police.

[CLICK! TONE BEEPS]

- 'Definitely insane.'

[SINISTER MUSIC]

This is way harder to make sense of when you didn't do it.

I know, I know.

But I can't face going there tonight.

You try going up and down flights of stairs

with a torn testicle. [TELEPHONE RINGS]

What if Mum really is sick?

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

'Maybe it's the doctor, to say she's dead.'

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

'Act surprised, Joe.'

Hello? - Joe, it's your mother.

I've had the worst diarrhoea.

Honestly, I've been spray-painting the toilet.

The only blessing was I took my new jigsaw into the bathroom,

and there were no pieces missing!

- That's great, Mum, but I'm working.

- At this time of night? - Something important's come up.

- If you say so.

- 'Night, Mum. I'm glad you're feeling better.

- I'd believe that if you ever came around.

[HANG-UP TONE BEEPS]

- Should've used more rat poison.

[CURIOUS, PENSIVE MUSIC]

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Morning, Detective Carl. - Hey, Joe.

- Hey, boss. - Yeah?

- I've got a couple of things about Mike Walker.

- OK.

- 'The husband. I fuckin' knew it was him.'

[TENSE, CURIOUS MUSIC]

[GRUNTS IN PAIN]

[WINCES]

- KENT: I know, according to everyone that was at the game,

but something's still not adding up.

The thing is Walker was at soccer, as per his statement,

but he wasn't on the sidelines.

He was in his car most of the time, doing emails.

The car park isn't in view of the grounds,

and it's not a long drive from the Walker house.

- Shit. So you really think he could've done it?

- You tell me.

I also talked to the pathologist.

Look at that list of injuries.

Exactly.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[TENSE, INTRIGUING MUSIC]

- 'Damn, that's a nice house.

'It'll become affordable, too, if I kill the next few owners.'

[CLICKING]

[LOCK CLICKS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

'This is the room where somebody pretended to be me.

'It's only fair that now I get to pretend being you.'

[SIGHS]

'But first things first.'

[BOTTLE CAP SNAPS, HISSES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SIGHS]

[MUSIC ENDS]

'This is gonna be easy.'

[TENSE, PENSIVE MUSIC]

- CARL: Thanks for coming in.

- Didn't really feel like I had much choice, Carl.

What? I'm guessing you didn't bring me here

to tell me you caught the guy.

- We're working on it.

- SOFTLY: Yeah.

You have been looking for the Carver for two years.

If you'd been better at your job, Daniela wouldn't...

I'm sorry.

I'm just frustrated.

- Mm.

According to Daniela's autopsy report,

she understood your frustration too.

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

- 'OK, so maybe not so easy after all.

'So, what do we know?

'We know her husband treated her like a punching bag.

'We know there was no forced entry into the house.

'We know the media have blabbed so much

'that he could stage a crime scene to look like I was there.

'But we also know that it's all circumstantial.

'Only thing that's for sure is Daniela knew her killer.'

- The coroner found a lot of pre-existing injuries, Mike.

Fractures to her ribs, her collarbone and orbital socket.

- Why are-?

- The injuries are old, Mr Walker. They go back years.

- Did she threaten to go to the cops?

Or did she talk back one too many times?

Is that what happened, Mike?

- 'What else?

'What else?

'Think, Joe. Think.

'Nothing.

'Crossword.

'OK, let's get creative.'

- Sometimes, we had fights.

OK?

She wasn't easy.

The way she was with men -

I saw the way they looked at her.

- Are you seriously blaming her right now?

- No, of course not!

I'm just saying she didn't exactly help herself!

How do you think it made me feel when sometimes she'd look back?

- I don't know, Mike, but I bet it made you feel

like a real fuckin' man smacking her around, eh?

Is that what happened, Mike?

- 'Crossword - check.'

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

'Alarm clock - check.

'Pot plant - check.

'Ugly sandals - check.

'Pen - check.'

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- MIKE: You have kids. You know what it takes

to hold a family together. That's all I was doing -

just reminding her how bad it would be for all of us

if she decided to leave. - So that's what happened?

She tried to leave. You lost control,

so you thought you'd make it look like it was the Carver?

- I didn't kill her!

- 'Expensive house means expensive beer.'

[HISS!]

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

'What am I missing? There has to be something here.'

[SIGHS]

'This is gonna be a long night.'

- I loved her.

Knowing that someone...

She was mine.

And someone made her theirs.

- You never deserved her.

And you don't deserve those kids.

- Fuck you, Carl.

Fuck you both.

If you guys wanna talk to me again, you can call my lawyer.

- Oh, we will, Mr Walker. You don't have to worry about that.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

- 'So much for putting myself in the mind of a killer.

'Maybe what I ought to do is figure out what Schroder

'and the rest of the travelling circus would do.

'Then I can do the exact opposite.

'Or maybe I let them do some of the groundwork,

'see what they find, then come back here and make sense of it.

'Maybe my copycat might strike again

'and give me a second crime scene to look at.

'Whatever I decide, there's no point in hanging around here

'any longer. I'll grab the rest of my beers from the fridge

'and...

'Hold on.'

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

'They're different.

'Damn.

'So, Daniela is doing a crossword puzzle

'when the copycat comes in.

'All you have to defend yourself with is a pen.

'So you try to stab him.

'But you do a shit job. He takes it...

'and throws it.

'Bull's-eye.

'So who could have switched it after it was photographed?

'Somebody who was at the crime scene while it was active.

'Daniela Walker was killed by a cop. But which-?'

[THUD!]

'Fuck!'

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[SWITCH CLICKS]

[MUSIC EASES]

[SINISTER MUSIC]

[CLICK!]

[CRICKETS CHIRP]

'Schroder. You come back looking for your pen?'

- [SIGHS]

[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC BUILDS]

[SWITCH CLICKS]

[CELL PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES]

- Hey. - KENT: Hey. Where did you go?

- Ah, needed to leave and clear my head.

- Right. Uh, so, what are your thoughts on Walker?

- It's him. - Yeah, he was an arsehole

for sure. But what he said about nobody else having

the right to hurt her - I mean, that rang true.

- The guy knows how to fool people.

He's been fucking fooling us for years.

- Sure. I get that you're taking this personally, Carl,

but let's try not to jump to conclusions.

- I wanna shine a light into all the cracks

of this guy's life, yeah? - Yeah, of course. Got it.

- I gotta go. I got Sarah on the other line.

I'll see you tomorrow. - Yeah, OK. See you soon. Bye.

[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]

- Hey, honey. - Hi. Where are you?

I thought you said you'd be home by now, Carl.

- Yeah, I'm leaving now. - Long day.

- Yeah, I know. It's- Yeah. It's a little later than I thought.

[TENSE MUSIC]

- OK. Hurry up.

- Yeah, OK. Shouldn't be too far away. Kids still up?

- Yeah. They're in the bath. - Yeah.

- Love you. - Love you.

- 'Love you too, Detective Carl.'

[DOOR CLOSES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[RURU HOOTS, ENGINE STARTS]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

'A lot of cops would've come through the house

'the night Daniela died. I need to let this copycat know

'that I'm on to them, flush them out, make them sweat.

'And I know just what message to send.'

[TENSE, PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC FADES]

[SOFT, MYSTERIOUS PIANO MUSIC]

'The beautiful Laura.

'I don't like bringing forward the end of our relationship

'like this, especially when getting to know you

'is half the fun.

'You're gonna be the shortest relationship I've ever had.

'But right now, you need to help me out with the copycat.

'Convenient. You're always so considerate, Laura.'

[WATER TRICKLES]

[SOFT, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

'Oh, you're in the shower.

'Classic Laura.'

[WATER TRICKLES]

'Do I kill her here and dump her body at the Walker house?

'Or would it be easier to take her there and then kill her?

'Decisions, decisions.'

[WATER TRICKLES]

[BRIEFCASE CLICKS]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BRIEFCASE CLICKS]

[WATER TURNS OFF]

[SIGHS]

[SINISTER, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS]

[MUSIC STOPS]

[WATER DRAINS, SHOWER CURTAIN RATTLES]

[WATER RUNS]

[TAP SQUEAKS, WATER TURNS OFF]

[TENSE, SINISTER MUSIC]

[MUSIC BUILDS]

[DOOR CREAKS]

- [GASPS]

- Who the fuck are you?

[JAUNTY, UNSETTLING MUSIC]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES]