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'cause there's a serial

killer on the loose, and...

I know.

I'll be okay.

All right. Well,

then at least let me walk you to your car.

Okay.

Thank you for dinner.

Tonight,

the body of a young woman has been found

in the Multnomah

district of Portia.

Police linked her death to a series of

grisly murders plaguing the state of Oregon.

The Griffin has claimed...

Now! Shh! Shh! Shh!

Your lovely neck

is encircled by a garrote.

Simply by twisting the mantles,

I can cut

through your flesh like wax...

Do you understand

what I'm telling you?

Please don't kill me.

Listen to me, Miss Alden...

You've seen the news stories

about the other women.

Well,

I may make an exception and let you live,

if you do what I tell you.

I'll do anything.

Whatever you wish.

Anything at all.

I want you to repeat

some special words.

If you do that,

I will release you, unharmed.

Now, repeat after me.

You're far greater

and stronger than I.

You're the strongest.

I'm blinded by your radiance.

Overwhelmed.

Chastened. Humbled.

I'm blinded by your...

I'm blinded by your radiance...

...by your radiance

and I'm...

I'm, uh...

I'm sorry! I'm...

Never mind.

No! Tell me again.

Just tell me again.

I promise I'll say...

I promise I'll say it right this time,

I promise I won't disappoint you...

I'm humbled and I'm blinded by your...

There, there.

- I'm humbled and I'm...

- My dear...

You've done fine. Excelled.

The Griffin is well pleased.

It makes me sorry

I lied to you.

What did you lie to me about?

Letting you live,

sparing your life.

There never was

a chance I could do that.

You're far too fine a specimen.

You'll make such a wonderful

addition to my collection.

You're mine now, Miss Alden.

Mine, forever!

Ten days have passed

since the body of Elizabeth

Osborne was found.

Tonight, it would appear the

Griffin has claimed another victim.

Where's the griffin?

He always leaves his calling card.

Yeah... I'll go check

with Forensics.

Who was first on scene?

I was, sir.

I've been getting false alarms

on this for the last two weeks.

Who rents this place?

Only one name on

the mailbox. Was, uh...

"Kutzlow.

Jennifer Kutzlow."

Airline stewardess.

Jennifer Kutzlow.

Airline stewardess.

Oh. Hello.

Tell me your name.

Hmm?

Jennifer!

Hmm! Jennifer...

Ooh... Stunning.

No! Please, don't.

I was simply admiring how

attractive you are. That's all!

If you don't mind my asking,

why is such a charming young

lady as yourself home all alone,

instead of out with

some dashing young man?

Take anything you want.

Just please, don't hurt me.

What's that you're

listening to? Hmm?

It's just that, you know, it's a bit

loud and it's giving me a headache.

I wonder if you'd mind

turning it down.

I hope it was as good for you

as it was for me, Jennifer.

Hey, Wendy, it's Jeffr.

Try my new cell.

It's 503, uh, 555-4123.

Okay? Bye.

This way, Miss Alden.

Take a seat right here.

Detective Delgado will be

with you in a minute.

Exactly why you want to live.

Why your life matters.

What's important to you.

Your aspirations,

your dreams. Tell me.

I don't know what to say.

Well you'd better think

of something, Miss Alden,

Miss Wendy Alden.

Okay.

Okay, I'll tell you.

I don't want to die not knowing what I...

What I could have done,

or what I...

What I could have been.

And I...

I wanna fall in...

I want to fall in love.

Oh.

I don't know...

I don't know what I'm saying.

I like that.

You're not at all like the

others in this polluted city.

You're so

wonderfully untouched.

Uncorrupted.

Pure.

It makes me sorry

I lied to you.

What did you lie to me about?

Letting you live.

Sparing your life.

There never was

a chance I could do that.

You're far too fine a specimen.

You'll make such a wonderful

addition to my collection.

You're mine now, Miss Alden.

Mine, forever!

Griffin! Griffin!

Miss Alden.

Miss Alden?

I'm Detective Delgado.

I'm the chief investigator on this case.

I only wish we were meeting under

more pleasant circumstances.

I've seen you on TV.

How's your neck?

It hurts a little.

The officers took me

to the hospital,

but the doctor said that the

cut's not very deep, so...

We found this in your apartment.

Is it yours?

It's my necklace.

Must've gotten caught

on the wire.

Wire?

Uh, it was a steel wire,

with handles on the ends that would...

...tighten when he twisted them.

He called it a "garrote."

We had assumed he used a knife.

Did he say why he attacked you?

No.

Did he suggest that you

had met previously,

either socially or at work?

He never said

anything like that.

I'm sure I've

never met him before.

So you didn't

recognize his voice?

No. He was whispering.

But he knew my name.

He kept saying,

"Miss Wendy Alden,"

or just, "Miss Alden."

He was very polite.

They said somebody was murdered

in my building last night.

Jennifer Kutzlow?

Miss Alden...

Please, don't call me that.

That's what he called me.

Please just say, "Wendy."

Just... Call me Wendy.

I'm sorry, Wendy.

I know this is hard.

I just hate this so much.

Hey. You're doing fine.

You got away.

You survived.

I stabbed him.

He'll probably wanna come even the score.

You gave him a lot more

trouble than he bargained for.

We're gonna get him.

And in the meantime?

You'll be protected. I'll have

officers with you around the clock.

Oh, hello, Jeffrey,

how you doing, man?

Sorry to wake you so early,

I just had to apologize

about the party on the weekend,

not making it and all...

Oh, is this Jeffrey Booker?

Oh, Jeffrey Palman!

I'm sorry, man, I got the wrong Jeffrey.

Yeah, it happens. It's Robert.

I'm sorry to wake ya.

Wendy, do you have

a place you can stay?

Can I use your phone?

Hi, Jeffrey, it's Wendy.

Um, I'm at the police station.

No...

I'll explain everything

to you later. I just...

...called because I wanted to

know if I could stay with you.

For, uh...

A little while.

I'll have officers take

you there later on today.

Okay. Uh, the detective said that

he's going to have his officers

bring me over to you later.

Thanks. I'll see you later.

Okay. Bye.

I think we've, uh,

covered enough for now.

I gotta finish up

some of my notes.

We have a room here

that you can lay down.

It's nothing much,

but you can get some rest

before we have to

take you to Jeffrey's.

Thank you.

Is she okay?

Yeah.

She was the Griffin's

target from the start.

What happened to you?

Later, okay?

Thank you, officers.

- Thank you for everything, okay?

- Our pleasure.

Thank you.

Jeffrey, I'm sorry I called

so early this morning,

when you were probably asleep.

No, I'm glad you called.

Besides, you didn't even

wake me up. I, uh...

I got a wrong number

just before you called, so...

It's fine.

I know this is going to be

hard to believe, but, um...

It was the Griffin, wasn't it?

How did you know?

I turned on the TV

after you called and, um...

The reporter said

that the Griffin

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