Separation Page #2

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YOU HAVE TO FACE REALITY.

MOM?

ANGIE?

[ ANGIE LAUGHS ]

[ GASPS ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

NO!

[ PANTING ]

IT'S OKAY.

[ SIGHS ]

Jesus Christ.

OF COURSE THE CABLE'S NOT HOOKED

UP.

THAT WOULD JUST PUSH ME OVER THE

HAPPINESS THRESHOLD.

OKAY, COME ON, YOU SON OF A...

THE PRESIDENT...

...B*TCH.

...BY HIS OPPON--

COME ON.

WHOOPS.

...IMPORTS FROM CHIN--...

...ARE CONTRIBUTING TO JOB...

...TURMOIL HERE AT HOME.

OKAY.

AND NOW A LOCAL STORY THA HAS GRIPPED NATIONAL

ATTENTION.

THE RECENT GRISLY DISCOVERY OF

A SLAUGHTERED FAMILY OF FIVE

HAVE POLICE FINALLY ADMITTING

THE POTENTIAL EXISTENCE OF A

SERIAL KILLER OF A RARE

VARIETY.

IT'S GONNA BE JUST...

...OF...

...DETECTIVE ELLIOT ROBINSON,

WHOSE SISTER WAS BRUTALLY

MURDERED, ALONG WITH HER

HUSBAND AND THREE YOUNG

CHILDREN, SPOKE WITH THE MEDIA

EARLIER TODAY.

DETECTIVE ROBINSON HAS RECEIVED

CLEARANCE BY THE

APPELLATE COURT TO REJOIN THE

INVESTIGATION AFTER THE POLICE

COMMISSION HAD REMOVED HIM FROM

THE CASE.

VALERIE McDONALD HAS THIS

REPORT.

POLICE SERVICES PSYCHOLOGISTS

MADE THE RECOMMENDATION AFTER

INITIALLY CONCLUDING THAT HIS

PERSONAL ATTACHMENT TO MULTIPLE

VICTIMS IN THE CASE WOULD

UNDERMINE HIS ABILITY TO

PERFORM HIS DUTIES.

DETECTIVE ROBINSON FOUGHT THE

DECISION, WHICH WAS FINALLY

OVERTURNED BY JUDGE JOHNSON

EARLIER TODAY.

NEWS CHANNEL 5 CAUGHT UP WITH

DETECTIVE ROBINSON AFTER THE

ANNOUNCEMENT.

DETECTIVE, DETECTIVE,

DETECTIVE.

WHAT'S YOUR NEXT MOVE,

DETECTIVE?

ARE THERE ANY LEADS?

IS THERE A PROFILE?

DETECTIVE, DO YOU REALLY FEEL

FIT TO BE HANDLING THIS

INVESTIGATION?

DETECTIVE ROBINSON, ARE YOU

HAPPY ABOUT BEING BACK ON THE

CASE?

HAPPY?

THERE'S NOTHING HAPPY ABOUT ANY

OF THIS.

EXCUSE ME.

DETECTIVE, JUST A FEW MORE

QUESTIONS.

DETECTIVE ROBINSON'S

FRUSTRATION IS ECHOED IN QUIE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE

GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA, LIKE

HERE, IN SUBURBAN HIGHBROOK.

ALL 4 FAMILIES, 17 VICTIMS IN

ALL, SENSELESSLY MURDERED, WERE

LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS NO

DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE.

THE ONLY PATTERN APPEARS TO BE

THE CRIMES ARE OCCURRING

FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM

CITY CENTER.

THE WIDENING OF THE CRIME AREA

INTO MULTIPLE POLICE

JURISDICTIONS HAS DONE NOTHING

TO CALM THE CITIZENS OF OUR

CITY.

DETECTIVE ROBINSON AND THE

ENTIRE POLICE FORCE ARE HOPING

THE SKETCH RELEASED EARLIER

THIS MORNING WILL TURN UP A

LEAD BEFORE ANOTHER INNOCEN FAMILY TURNS UP DEAD.

SANDRA, BACK TO YOU.

COMING UP, TIM THOMAS HAS

SPORTS AND SCORES RIGH AFTER --

[ STATIC CRACKLES ]

Great.

GOD DAMN IT, LIZ!

JESUS CHRIST, YOU SCARED THE

SH*T OUT OF ME.

SORRY.

ARE YOU OKAY?

[ SIGHS ]

DO YOU STILL LOVE ME?

I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYBODY

ELSE.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ GASPS ]

GOD!

WHAT, LIZZIE?

TH-THERE WAS A LIGHT OR

SOMETHING.

THERE WAS...

LIZZIE.

NO, I KNOW WHAT I SAW, JACK.

I KNOW I DID.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

LOOK.

NO.

I SAW IT, JACK.

I KNOW I SAW IT.

[ SIGHS ]

WHAT, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO OU THERE AND PROVE IT TO YOU?

I MEAN, LIZ, IT'S JUST YOUR

IMAGINATION.

ALL RIGHT.

NO, NO, DON'T! NO, WAIT.

DON'T GO OUT THERE.

DON'T GO. DON'T GO, JACK.

DON'T GO.

LIZZIE, YOU'RE SEEING THINGS.

OKAY, HONEY?

YOU'RE NOT TAKING YOUR

MEDICATION.

I KNOW YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER,

BUT THERE IS NOTHING THERE.

I AM.

I'M TELLING YOU, SWEETIE.

THERE'S NOTHING.

I'M NOT OFF MY MEDS.

I F***ING SAW A CLOWN IN THA WINDOW, JACK!

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

[ GASPS ]

THAT'S THE FRONT DOOR.

[ KNOCKING CONTINUES ]

I SEE YOU!

I'M SORRY.

I-I DIDN'T MEAN TO STARTLE YOU.

MY NAME IS GEOFFREY, WITH A "G."

YEAH, I LIVE DOWN THE STREET.

I JUST SAW YOUR LIGHTS ON, AND I

JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU TO

THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, I BROUGHT YOU A

HOUSEWARMING PRESENT.

HI.

HI, THERE, MR. APPLETON.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I-I BROUGHT YOU FOLKS SOME

FLOWERS.

THEY'RE FROM MY OWN GREENHOUSE.

IT'S A BIT OF A HOBBY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[ CHUCKLES ]

LOOK, HONEY.

NICE TO MEET YOU,

MRS. APPLETON.

MAY I COME IN?

NO.

LIZ?

WE'RE VERY TIRED.

IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT A GOOD

TIME.

YEAH.

THE MOVE.

I UNDERSTAND.

YOUR DAUGHTER -- RIGHT? -- HOW

IS SHE ADJUSTING?

MOMMY?

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS A BAD

TIME?

I MEAN, I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE

WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE.

SORRY.

TONIGHT'S NOT A GREAT NIGHT.

WHY DON'T I COME AROUND YOUR

PLACE?

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

OH, JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN --

YEAH, THE ONE WITH THE RED DOOR.

YOU COULD COME OVER NOW, IF YOU

LIKE.

OH, I...

RIGHT, OF COURSE.

TOMORROW IT IS.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, GEOFFREY.

WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW --

RED DOOR.

SEE YOU THEN.

YOU BET.

OH, WAIT.

I ALMOST FORGOT.

OH, HEY, NOW WAIT A SECOND.

OH, NOW HOLD ON A SECOND.

JUST -- UH, THAT'S NOT A

GREAT...

MMM.

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD

NEWSLETTER.

I'M THE EDITOR.

YEAH?

[ Laughing ] IT'S ANOTHER BI OF A HOBBY.

RIGHT.

WELL, OKAY, LOOK.

SEE YOU SOON?

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

OKAY.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT GUY

AGAIN.

[ SNIFFS ]

QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, MY ASS.

[ EXHALES ]

[ PANTING ]

NO, NO!

AAHHH!

AAHHH!

[ CACKLES ]

NO!

[ CRYING ]

YOU'RE OKAY.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

I SAW HIM OUTSIDE.

HE WAS LOOKING UP AT ME, AND

THEN HE WAS HERE.

HE WAS RIGHT -- HE WAS RIGH HERE.

WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

I -- I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO

JACK.

NOBODY'S WATCHING, LIZ.

[ PANTING ]

WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!

WE NEED TO!

THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE.

A REAL MAN WOULD BE OUT THERE

BY NOW WITH A:

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER.

PLEASE -- PLEASE GO AND

CHECK.

YEAH.

NO PROBLEM.

MY WIFE IS CRAZY

SHE'S DRIVING ME BONKERS

MY WIFE IS CRAZY

SHE'S DRIVING ME NUTS

LIZZIE, YOU CAN'T GO ON LIKE

THIS.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!

SOMETIMES, WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER

A GREAT LOSS, THEY LOSE

THEMSELVES.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAY

THAT THINGS WERE BEFORE.

I CAN'T GET HER BACK.

I CAN'T -- NOT EVER.

OLLIE, OLLIE, OLLIE,

OXEN FREE:

[ CHUCKLES ]

NOW LISTEN.

YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU

HAVE.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, OR YOU

WILL LOSE EVERYTHING.

RIGHT?

BUT I CAN'T.

YOU CAN, AND YOU WILL.

YOU'RE GONNA BLAME THAT MAN FOR

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

SO, WHY NOT MOVE ON?

THE THREE OF US TOGETHER -- WE

COULD START FRESH.

THAT'S NOT A FAMILY.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO RIP US APART?

BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH

DAD?

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADVICE ON

HOW TO KEEP US TOGETHER, THEN I

DON'T WANT YOUR ADVICE AT ALL.

I'M TRYING TO HELP.

LEAVE ME ALONE!

[ SIGHS ]

[ SIGHS ]

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ Echoing ] JACK?

[ DISTORTED VOICES ]

WHAT ALL THESE TISSUES HERE

ARE ABOUT...

SHE JUST DID THE CUTEST THING.

AND THEN, ALL THE SUDDEN...

OH, REALLY?

[ LAUGHTER ]

JACK?

...TO BE A TURKEY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

BUT I INSISTED THAT SHE WAS A

PILGRIM!

AW!

THERE YOU GO.

LOOK AT THAT!

[ LAUGHTER ]

LOOK AT THAT!

MOMMY'S GONNA CUT THE TURKEY.

RIGHT, MOMMY?

I SURE AM.

YOU LOOK LOVELY.

THANK YOU.

SO DO YOU.

NO, HE DOESN'T.

HE LOOKS SILLY.

A SILLY CARROT MONSTER.

[ GROWLS ]

[ LAUGHS ]

LIZZIE, THIS LOOKS JUS WONDERFUL.

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