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Mighty and dreadful

Thou art not so

Though soonest our best men

With thee go

Rest of their bones

And soul's delivery

But those thou dost think'st

Thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death

Nor canst thou kill me

I was only 21 when I died.

We're a hospital, not a war zone.

How do you expect us to keep

people calm when you're..?

You need a court warrant

to do what you're doing!

I appreciate your trying

to prevent further tragedy.

Think of the state of our patients'

minds when...

- Lieutenant wants fingerprints taken.

- Prints?

- Not on your life. No way, Jose!

- He's right here.

- Want to talk to him?!

- Heard of malpractice?

- Heard of the Gemini Killer?

- Have I what?

- I said...

- Yes! So what?

- He's dead.

- Right. He died in the electric chair.

- Why are we talking about..?

- Just a minute, I'll explain.

The Gemini is dead. We know that.

Do you recall the stories

in the papers and on TV...

...about his strange m. o?

I'll remind you.

Supposedly, the middle finger of the

victim's left hand was always found...

...severed. Always missing.

In addition, on the victim's back,

we were told, the killer carved out...

...a sign of the zodiac.

- The Gemini symbol, the twins.

- That was 15 years ago.

- Go ahead.

- Why are you encouraging..?

Shut your mouth!

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

EKG stat to ER.

The Gemini m.o.

that you heard about is false.

The missing finger was

on the victim's right hand.

It was the index finger.

This one.

And the sign of the Gemini

was carved...

...not on the victim's back...

...but on the victim's left palm.

Only Richmond Homicide knew that.

No one else.

Misinformation was fed

to the press to weed out...

...those who said

they were the killer.

"I cut off this finger,"

the loony says.

"And on their backs I made my mark."

Next case.

But, in this case, gentlemen...

...three decapitations,

three victims...

...with this finger severed.

The correct one.

And the sign of the Gemini here.

Here!

One more thing.

The Gemini wrote letters to the

newspapers, bragging of his murders.

He always doubled his final L's.

Two L's, as in "wonderfull."

Yes.

The victims' names always start

with K, like Karl, his father...

...the famous evangelist

he hated and wanted to shame.

And whom he wanted to kill

and keep killing.

But the priest,

Father Joseph Dyer...

Dyer's middle name was Kevin.

Kevin.

Even that could do it.

- Would it take a lot of strength?

- No, not at all.

Very little, in fact.

Spring-activated.

Open it, and it closes on its own.

Takes strength just to open it.

It's a little stiff.

Needs adjustment.

- What's this?

- What?

This label.

- Just a shipping tag.

- Is it new?

Just came in.

A replacement?

Where's the old one?

Two priests and a crucified boy.

Clearly some religious connection.

But what is it?

I don't know what I'm looking for.

I'm groping.

But besides being priests...

...what might Kanavan and Dyer

have had in common? Where's the link?

I don't know. I don't know.

Dear God.

It could be that exorcism.

The MacNeil kid, Regan MacNeil.

The exorcism on Prospect Street

that Damien Karras did.

The one that killed him.

- Excuse me.

- Alice!

The speech! Will you give this

to Father, please? I gotta run.

- What's wrong with the lights?

- Good night!

Good night, Father.

Your speech, Father.

- Thanks.

- That's all right.

Need a drink?

I do.

Do you believe in possession, Father?

Who cares? I worry enough

about kids who need scholarships.

- I'll talk to Paul Morning.

- Who is he?

Our chaplain at the hospital.

He performed an exorcism once

in the Philippines.

- His hair turned white overnight.

- Is that true?

- What's that got to do with this?

- You mentioned that exorcism.

As a connection.

- To the people who were murdered?

- Right.

- Joe and Damien Karras were close.

- Yes, I know.

Joe was also a friend of the MacNeils.

- And Father Kanavan?

- He had my job back then.

He gave Damien permission

to investigate.

- That leaves us with the Kintry boy.

- Does it?

Damien gave our School of Linguistics

a tape to analyze for him.

The voice of the MacNeil kid,

supposedly possessed.

He wanted to know if the sounds on

the tape were a language or gibberish.

He wanted proof the kid was

speaking a language she didn't know.

- And was she?

- No.

English in reverse.

- The expert who figured it out...

- Kintry's mother.

This is impossible.

Do you remember coming in here

when the priest died?

- You're the radio man.

- Yes, that's right.

Do you remember coming in here?

Do you remember coming in

and touching those jars?

Why did you touch them?

Was there anyone else in this room?

Who was in here?

That radio isn't mine.

Mine is newer.

That man in the isolation tank...

You know, the one you looked in on?

The one you looked in on.

The police brought him

in here 15 years ago.

They picked him up

wandering the C&O Canal.

Down around Key Bridge.

Yes, total amnesia.

The man in the isolation tank...

You know, the one you looked in on.

The police brought him

in here 15 years ago.

They picked him up

wandering the C&O Canal.

Down around Key...

You had something to tell me?

Please, sit down.

There's a paper drive?

Haven't had a chance yet to read them.

I just keep them till I do.

I hate to miss the science articles.

They're good.

That man in the isolation tank...

- You know, the one you looked in on.

- Yes.

The police brought him here

They picked him up wandering

the C&O Canal around Key Bridge.

Total amnesia. No I.D.

They brought him to us here.

And his condition grew worse.

He ended up catatonic.

Completely withdrawn.

But recently...

Well...

...about six weeks ago,

he slowly started to come out of it.

Every day he got better.

Just a little, but better.

And then all of a sudden,

he got violent. Really bad news.

We give him electroshock therapy.

And as of two weeks ago

he's been in isolation...

...but the thing is...

- Yes?

He says he's the Gemini Killer.

I want the file on that man.

Get it. Now!

You want to know

about the man in cell 11.

Stretch your memory. What was

he wearing when he was brought in?

- That was quite some time ago.

- Was he dressed like a priest?

- Like a priest?

- Were there any signs of injuries?

- That would be in the file.

- It is not in the file! It is not!

Two men on every ward.

Rotate them 24 hours a day.

In the disturbed ward, one man inside

near the entry door, one man outside.

Ask the Jesuits for the dental

records of Father Damien Karras.

Find out if he had a saliva test.

Might help us get a positive I.D.

What for, sir?

Sir, are you all right?

IV team to NICU.

IV team to NICU.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Father Karras...

...was a Jesuit psychiatrist

at Georgetown University.

The man was a saint.

He was my best friend. I loved him.

Fifteen years ago he jumped

or was pushed to his death...

...down that long flight of steps

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